then to death on the dakota access pipeline. >> i uncovered two deaths that occurred during the dakota access pipeline. that led me to it is one of the deadliest jobs in america. amy: we will speak to investigative journalist antonia juhasz. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. "the storm of a lifetime." that's how one national weather service meteorologist is descriribing the massive categoy 4 hurricicane florence currereny barreling toward the c coast of ththe carolinas, slalated to mae landfall on friday. the nationonal hurricane cenr rs warning of a life-ththreateningg storm surge, as well as massivie flooding and highly destructive winds. this is north carolina governor roy cooper. >> this storm is a monster. it is big and it is vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life-threatening, historic hurricane. that is why i am ordering a mandatory state evacuation for our barrier islands. and i am directing the people of north carolina to obey local evacuation orders that have already been issued and will b

andre hen south dakota. organization has been flying in physicians since the 1990s, after the last remai abortion doctor in the state retired. dr. traxler is one of four t ctors who rotate in and the sioux falls clinic. she says that about a third of her patients travel more than 150 miles to get to her. >> there's no "typical" abortion patient. i see women from all over and from all walks of life come through these doors. >> nawaz: planned parenthood says about 17% of all their paents in south dakota are here for abortion-related services. under ste law, they provide abortions up until the gestational age of 13 weeks and six days. last year, the clinic rformed 525 abortions in all. planned parenthood requested that we not show the inside layout of their clinic, nor the outse of dr. traxler's car, nor the security that she travels with here in south dakota. their concerns, they s, is rooted in the recognition that they're working in hostile territory. that's because in recent years, south dakota's abortion l

dakota. how about dakota access?uation and i approved it, protests, nobody called me, they just built the pipeline, it's been working ever since. a lot of jobs, it was very unfair. they got approval and said, you have your approvals, but you can't build it, you will never be able to build it. i was told they would never be able to build it. i approved it on day one, day one it was approved. same thing with keystone, i approved keystone. total of 48,000 jobs, more importantly, two great projects and we approved them both immediately and you would have been stuck, would have been stuck never getting that approved. so many people thank me for that. i guess more importantly, when i walked in, i was walking in with kevin cramer and walking through the door and a strong man came up to me, tough kind of a guy and said, i want to thank you, mr. president, for saving our country. and he had tears coming down his eyes. this wasn't just a statement, he had tears coming down, unless he was a real wise guy. but he had tears comin

i just left a place called north dakota, do you all like north dakota? [laughter] i do. have kevin cramer running for the senate, he is doing great. i just left and did something similar, i walked in and it was very interesting. a man greeted me at the door but it happens so much. he was a strong, tough guy and he was crying. he said mr. president, thank you for saving america, you have saved america. [applause] i'm telling you, that man, he was tough. i don't think he cried when he was a baby. [laughter] he meant it. it happened right now, we were just shaking hands with some of the people from your area right here. so many of those people say thank you for saving america. we were on a path that was going to be -- we run a really bad path. those two men have helped us a lot. mike and john, they were -- they have helped us, i can't even tell you but they have helped us a lot. another thing, new unemployment claims hit a 49 year low. economic growth was 4.1, they just adjusted upward to 4.2%. think of this, it is a great story 401k's, a lot of people have them. i was in n

dakota. [cheers and applause] how about dakota access. that was very unfair situation. approved it. i thought there were protests. nobody called me. they just built the pipeline. it has been working ever since. a lot of jobs. it was very unfair. they got their approvals. you have your approvals but you can never be able to build it. i was told they would never be able to build it. i approved it on day one. day one it was approved. same thing with keystone. i approved keystone. total of 48,000 jobs, but two great projects. we approved them both immediately. you would have been stuck, you were never getting that approved. so many people thanked me for that. i guess more importantly when i walked in, i was walking in with kevin cramer and walking through the door, and a strong man came up to me, tough, kind of a guy and said, i want to thank you, mr. president, for saving our country. [cheering] he had tears coming down his eyes this wasn't just a statement because he had tears coming down. unless he was a real wiseguy. he had tears coming down his eyes and he said, i want

pick back up with their hero in north dakota and the pilgrimage continues on stephen and dave head out on the road to take a tour of standing rock there we go and drive the sort of guys one two three. and stephen is excited to show dave his r.v. and his awesome driving skills somebody gregorio. don't don't don't just put him on the bed to lay down the road. for you think so far did. the belt. on the. seat belt on that support. the driver awareness. so that's not just some custom in this town. as they leave dave's convenience store david spleens to stephen why starting his own business wasn't important what that means for his people. we bought it probably about fifteen years ago and we've been running it since there was no indian owned businesses here. and i wanted to show our members we can do it on our own businesses we can have our own commerce with each other i want to be an example and i also want to be a role model. really challenging because. we have about. forty percent poverty rate. with poverty we have high unemployment we have. abuses alcohol abuse. all the symptoms of povert

challenger kevin kramer in north dakota. now i look at some of the key gubernatorial races republicans are targeting. correspondent peter doocy ins in st. paul. >> in three states with retiring democratic governors, gubernatorial elections are about to give voters their first chance to either double down and take a democrats direction or reconsider and pick a republican. in minnesota where mark dayton is retiring, g.o.p. candidates jeff johnson says president trump's rise gives him an edge. >> regardless of what people think about donald trump, one thing he did his he empowered a lot of people haven't been involved before. >> he's running against democratic congressman tim walls. >> i hope he asked them to take the teraflop soybeans soybeans and figure that out. >> in connecticut the retiring democratic governor is very

dakota. how about the coat access? access?bout dakota [applause] situation.ry unfair nobody called me. they just built the pipeline. it has been working ever since. lots of jobs. it was very unfair. they got their approvals and they said, you got their approvals but you will never be able to build it. i was told they would never be able to approve it and never be able to build it. i approved it on day one. on day one it was approved. the same thing with keystone. i approved keystone. 48,000 jobs more importantly, to projects and we proved them immediately. you would have been stuck. you were never getting that approved. so many people have thanked me for that. more importantly, i was walking in, i was walking in with kevin

for his fruit is as is the nobody drinks the water out of iron stepfather from north dakota i think everybody drank so bottled water you know it just is just like you ever. drop water on the out of the faucet night isn't this it is pretty nasty when we're fracking no oil or grease is allowed to be spilled on the ground if you make an a mistake and you drop one cup you have to clean it up and take it away with you it's not polluting north dakota the air is clean the water is clean. this is privately owned land this is not government land any less the environmental protection agency finds scientific proof that there is real pollution going on they won't be able to shut this down. and so far there is no proof. there's just. propaganda. is it possible to respect safety measures while tracking. down how to pain is advocating this notion in attempt to avoid all risk of polluting groundwater it seems to success is very unlikely either this question is me raised to address the intention of anti-fashion groups. one thing is certain the practice of hydraulic fracking to be as large quantities of drinki

. >> nawaz: fred deutsch is the president of south dakota right to life. he ss the state's current restrictions have helped prevent abortions, and he's hopeful that sueme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh will be the justice to help reverse roe v. wade. >> obviously, i'd like to see the supreme court revisit roe. i'm hopeful that if roe is potentially overturned, i hope that the decisiomaking can come back to the states, so each state can make their own decision. >> states started limiting access to abortion as soon as the k was dry on roe. >> nawaz: elizabeth nash says that while she's worried roe o might one day rturned, her bigger concern is that abortion access is already being restricted aggressively in many states across the nation. >> since january 2011, we've seen 423 abortion restrictions enacted in 33 states. from, you know, virginia to arizona to south dakota to georgia. it's everywhere. >> nawaz: soutdakota is one of

trump speaking in fargo, north dakota at a campaign fundraiser for a republican u.s.there. the speech there in north dakota following president obama's remarks at the university of illinois. he gave a bit of fact check on his time in office. >> just so when you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let's just remember when this recovery started. i mean, i'm glad it's continued, but when you hear about this economic miracle that's been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers, suddenly republicans are saying it's a miracle, i have to kind of remind them, actually those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016. >> i am joined by ken vogel, "new york times" political reporter. we heard president obama refer to his successor by name in that speech. the gloves appear it be off. what do you think the likelihood is that president trump is going to be responding in his speech a few minutes from now, ken? >> well, whether he responds in this speech or not i think we will definitely see him respond more and engage with president obama

for i'm not to tell you more with a cold people so you really pick back up with our hero in north dakota and the pilgrimage continues on stephen and dave head out on the road to take a tour of standing rock there we go in tried to sort of be out guys one two three. and stephen is excited to show dave his r.v. and his awesome driving skills somebody gregorio. with the. i don't know just put them on the bed to lay down the road. what do you think so far did. i read this i'm going to put my name seatbelt on that's important usually the driver awareness the time for me to put mine on. so that's not just some kind of an indian custom and has come so well. as the convenience store david spleens to stephen why starting his own business was important what that means for his people so that was my little store right we bought it probably about fifteen years ago and we've been running it since then there was no indian owned businesses here on standing up and i wanted to show our members that we could do it we could own our own businesses we could have our own commerce with each other sure i wanted

dakota. how about dakota access? [applause] that was very unfair situation. nobody called me.just built the pipeline. it has been working ever since. lots of jobs. it was very unfair. they got their approvals and they said, you got their approvals but you will never be able to build it. i was told they would never be able to approve it and never be able to build it. i approved it on day one. oen day one it was approve. same thing with keystone. i approved keystone. total 48,000 jobs but more importantly two great projects and we approve themmed both immediately and you would have been stuck. you were never getting that approve sosmed many people thanked me for that. i guess more importantly when i walked in, i was walking in with walking through the door and a kevin cramer and walking through the door and a strong man came up to me, tough kind of a guy, and said i want to thank you, mr. president, for saving our country. [applause] he had tears coming down his eyes. this wasn't just a statement he he had tears coming down. unless he was a real wise guy. [laughter] but he had t

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he is in what is now western dakota. we all make jokes about the dakotas. the dakotas in 1843 is where the action was. audubon is on the prow of this .essel, the omega "we passed some beautiful scenery and almost opposite had the pleasure of seeing five mountain rams, or big horns, on the sun it -- on the summit of a hill. we saw what were supposed to be three grizzly bears, but could not be sure. we saw a wolf attempting to climb a steep bank of clay, and on the opposite shore, another wolf was lying down, looking on us like a dog. i forgot to say that last evening, we saw a large herd of buffalo's with many calves among them. they were grazing quietly on a fine bit of prairie. they stared and then started at supporting anner, beautiful picturesque view. we have seen many elks swimming the river. these animals are abundant beyond belief about, and if ever there was a country where wolves are so passingly abundant, it is the one we are now in." that is the account of two days on the missouri river in 1843. he closed that with a note to "i am so telling her

list and on fort berthold reservation for blackall flows freely and accounts for one quarter north dakota's production. this oil field isn't all. good for everybody we have sacred land here we have virgin land here and now there's oil roads and oil fields. at night time some of these trucks to drive along gravel roads and they don't poison. rocking water it's all water the all the things into the ditch. because they're too lazy to drive to the dump. and that going into our river going into our critics if went into our spot on. the food not in the water but it is you know they're not telling the truth. i have twenty nine grandchildren i want them to enjoy this river where i didn't want them to walk in the water i want them to catch a fish if you can eat you know want to grow garden did you would have to worry about poisoning the planet i want to have plants with better medicine if not before and now because of the things that are in the water. oil workers are best suited to judge the eventual pollution is caused by fracking. unfortunately this problem is not a priority they are in survival m

south dakota. it is an important organization that provides health care to millions of women. they knew land parroted -- president isthood a physician. it is exciting to have somewhat they -- someone with a medical background. mcconnell says october could be a long, working month. what do you think about the decision? guest: if we are working an october, a hope we can do working on health care. that is the number one issue minnesotans are talking about, particularly prescription drugs and bringing down the cost of prescription drugs. host: does that affect your campaigning in october? guest: i will campaign when i am able and will work for the people in th

natalia kanem. >> thank you, dakota.annot afford or access contraception. and in some places, a three pack of condoms cost more than a day's pay. >> what? >> and for a young person, the cost of regular birth control pills is completely out of reach. we at unfpa believe the choice can change the world. she is equal. she decides whether, with whom and when to start a family. and she should have access to the services and information that she needs. unfpa is the world's largest supplier of donated contraceptives, join us, we need more champions of choice. please stand up, be counted. and sport our unfpa supplies program. thank you so much. and thank you too, dakota. >> ladies and gentlemen, danai gerrera. >> good evening, everyone. 130 million girls are not in school today. these are girls whose parents marry them off to men two times, three times their age. girls who are constantly told that their place is in the kitchen and not the classroom. girls with astounding potential inside of them. they may never have the chance t

. >>> now to north dakota, the site of the nation's hotly contested senate races. heidi heitkampes a challenge from kevin cramer in an election that could decide the balance of power in the senate. >> reporter: in the bad lands of north dakota, famies gather each summer for good old-fashioned fun. life's simple play and pitch fork fondue. >> reporter: even with a heated senate race, you won't hea politics around these tables. >> people are so angry. >> reporter: they judge candidates differently out here. >> senator heitkamp has done a good job. she's probably the most conservative senate in the candidate. cramer i think would do a good job. i'm kind of torn. >> reporter: more than the upcoming senate race, check is where we want to go. >> reporter: he's not the only trump supporter worried tariffs could put the brakes on north dakota's booming economy. >> scares me a little bit kind of what's going on but i'm willing to see how it plays out. >> reporter: the main attraction here is the medora that's history. it tells the story of teddy rooseve roosevelt. in town s

you pick back up with our hero in north dakota and the pilgrimage continues on stephen and dave head out on the road to take a tour of standing rock there we go to drive the story one two three. and stephen is excited to show dave his r.v. and his awesome driving skills somebody gregorio. but don't just put him on the bed to lay down the road. what do you think so far did. this on the road. that's important. so that's not just some custom. as they leave dave's convenience store dave explains to stephen why starting his own business wasn't important what that means for his people. we bought it probably about fifteen years ago and we've been running it since then there was no indian owned businesses here. and i wanted to show our members. we could do it we could own our own businesses we could have our own commerce with each other sure i wanted to be an example and i also wanted to be a robot. through congress to take more so they took our black hills by eight hundred eighty nine they put us on a reservation standing rock sioux tribe was established as two point three million acres the

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nevada, north dakota, west virginia is an even split.ersey and wisconsin have been advantage republicans. what do you make out of any of this? i think the most curious thing to me is the fact that florida is a defensive seat. almost all of the defenses, democrats have outspent the republicans but not rick scott. >> because rick scott has a ton of money to spend. i think what's interesting actually is the wisconsin. republicans, you know -- republicans think that they have a very good chance of winning wisconsin and so they're spending a lot of money there. >> with president hillary clinton, i think they do. that's the question, i don't know now. >> they spent a lot of money early and are continuing to spend a lot of money there. i think they think wisconsin is a good pickup seat. north dakota, though, everyone is putting money into that game but to republicans, that's a number one pickup. >> it's so funny, cornell and michael, i'll talk to republicans and that race is over. it's done. you talk to democrats and they're like we've got the

in north dakota.ou for your time. guest: thank you. host: we go to florida, this is tampa. caller: hello. good morning. just tired of looking at tv. i think this question needs to be asked of the federal government. why are we still putting race on anything. we are all human beings. i am happy to be an american. i am 72 years old. i was raised to believe if you worked hard you could achieve. congressis stuff up in , i felt so bad for the judge because they were trying to make pretend he was a racist. it is so unfortunate. but really bothers me is my grandbaby is seven years old. she said grandma did you know i was black? she has never been taught what color she is. she knows people have different tones of skin. to federal government needs take race off everything. accept boys you to and girls are no different, take race and sex off. we are all human beings. that is irene calling in tampa. the bureau of labor statistics puts up the unemployment rate. that information shows for august the rate is 30.9%

he's focused on it, determined he's going to get me. >> in north dakota, david shannon's family triedwith the shocking information. the murder, the revelations about swinging, and now joan was telling them that she had become a suspect, to which they replied -- joan? not a chance. >> we tried to play the scenario. did joan have a part in it? none of us could see that she could possibly have done that. it is just not in her nature to do that. she can't. >> but brenda did have somebody else in mind. >> now, elizabeth? i could see it. >> elizabeth? the shannons' 15-year-old daughter? is it possible she was a cold-blooded killer who executed her very own stepfather? the man who adopted her, raised her, provided for her? maybe, said david's sister brenda. daisy and elizabeth were always troubled, said brenda. and when elizabeth hit her teens, watch out. >> david and joan did not have the tools needed to deal with what those two girls dished out. it was boys, drugs, violence. if she got angry, she would destroy something of theirs. >> that was hardly elizabeth's view of things. she conceded

north dakota, south dakota, montana, washington in 1889, and idaho and wyoming in 1890. how much did harrison have to do with that? charles: harrison certainly endorsed the idea. harrison, when he was in the senate, had been on the territories committee, and he tried to get the dakotas in earlier. but politics always played into the admission of states, and the dakota territories, of course, very small population but nonetheless they would have a few electoral votes, and a few electoral votes could mean a lot in that era. the dakotas were largely republican, so the democratic house of representatives prior to harrison would not let them, would not go along with legislation to admit those s tates. harrison, this is important to remember about harrison's term, he carried elected .oth houses of congress first time since 1875. first thing they wanted to do was admit the states democrats were blocking before, so they did come into the union. them did get some votes to weaver in 1992. you did point out that in his four years, four nominations to the supreme court. these are fo

board air force one, recorded in audio form and not by cameras, while traveling from montana to north dakota. >> do you want your people to take lie detecter tests about this op-ed? >> people have suggested it. rand paul, who i like and respect, came out this morning. he said, have them take lie

on friday in south dakota. but this is the president really making good on a campaign -- on a promise to head out and help republicans keep the senate, help push out some vulnerable democrats. in one case a feud with jon tester in montana that he has been eager to fulfill, he's been trying to get tester out of that seat after tester played a role in nixing one of his veterans affairs department nominees. so the president, it's personal in that race. but the president is really saying he's going to be out there most of the week from now up until the campaign -- the november election in part because it's an understanding of how serious this issue is for republicans. they really understand that the senate could be at risk of flipping here and they're trying to in some cases flip some democratic seats that are being held, montana and north dakota in particular. >> and abby, while the president's on the road the fight begins over his next supreme court nominee. what can you tell us about the fight over the documents

north dakota. >> i don't know anyone who lives in north dakota. >> it's a small state.you can almost know everybody there. >> you can assume by these statements that are being made very flippantly that some republicans really just are sticking to the rhetoric that this administration has had towards women, to be pretty degrading and to not recognize the peril that they face with suburban women voters who were the biggest block that turned out for trump in '16 as a surprise factor. >> more than we thought. not a majority. >> a lot more. >> i visited north dakota recently and i have some reporting on this. there are women in north dakota and they will vote and they are affected by this sort of thing. previous to this he talked about this being even more absurd than anita hill because teenagers were involved, as if it's not a serious matter if teenagers -- >> in the tradition of mourdock and aiken. where do they come from? >> it's also not just north dakota, it's happening everywhere. you have people in the republican party, republican officials joking about ruth b e bader

we care a lot about north dakota, but it is a cheap date. it will be less of a drain on the treasury. alexi: what he thinks senate democratic candidates are doing well this cycle? steven: raising money. part of it is they are mostly incumbents. they had six years to build up bank accounts, but democrats have cracked the code, especially on low dollar fundraising that is cheap to do, relatively low transaction costs come and yet able to raise large amounts of money. that matters. you look at missouri, claire mccaskill had four times as much money as josh holly. that makes a difference. i think they have done a good job on that. i think joe donnelly has done a good job, figuring out how to thread the needle come voting with trump only 40% of the time. he knows those issues. he tries to ingratiate himself with voters to win in november. >> how much capital does mike pence have? steven: he was the former governor and can get attention. he can help support the republican candidate, mike braun. i think just as much in other parts of the state, so

we go to a republican from south dakota, mike rounds. he was the governor of south dakota so he knows about dealing with national disasters. thank you for being here. >> i appreciate the opportunity. david: president trump this morning said we have done a pretty good job with this storm and are prepared. from what you know in dealing with fema, are we ready for this? >> fema has good leadership. i do believe you are always looking for ways to improve it. they have good leadership and a good team but together. they have the resources, everybody at the federal level is committed. when you have a major issue like together,ybody works not republican or democrat. you focus on getting help to the folks that need it. what you can do in advance in terms of getting teams ready to go in, you pretty position your assets come your supplies, you make sure you have the manpower to make sure they can do with the damage. that is what fema is doing. david: i want to turn to trade, nafta, now there is a delegation going back to the united states from mexi

i'll just list you a bunch of races that are dead even, arizona, nevada, tennessee, montana, north dakota, missouri, indiana, west virginia and florida. all of them too close to call and every one of them like a fight in an alley, just a brawl, a in every one of those places. i hope when the smoke clears that we'll still have a majority in the senate. >> too close to call, a knife fight in an alley? what is the senate majority leader talking about? let's go back in time. here's where we stand now, cnn, if you take all of the seats that are solid, likely and lane, those that are solid, likely and republican are 49. the democrats 49. this map so favors republicans when you look on democrats in defense on states that the president won. it wasn't all that long ago that republicans thought even in a midterm year, they might be able to gain seats, gain seats. there was some scenarios from some republicans that they could get as high as five more, pick up a couple of these democratic seats, florida, pick that up, indiana, republicans thought just a week or two ago, that maybe five was high, but

next hour he'll head to far, we go north dakota. later today sioux falls south dakota for more campaign events. meantime, a trump campaign aide in the 2016 election, a name you know by now, george papadopoulos, he will appear in federal court. he is going to be sentenced on his guilty plea in the russia probe. much more on that in a moment, let's go to the white house. abby phillip joins me there. quite a night in montana from the president. a lot of focus on the anonymous op-ed by one of his senior staffers in the "new york times" but interestingly a lot of talk about impeachment from the president and the fact that he pointed his finger saying if i'm impeached, it's your fault. meaning don't let democrats overtake the house. that's right, poppy. it seemed very much impeachment was top of mind for this president who has spent so much of this week dealing with a lot of blows coming at him, first from this bob woodward book that implied that the president's aides were trying to undermine him regularly then from this op-ed that was al

steven: north dakota at this point, it will be hard for heidi heitkamp to win. she is behind by double digits. hard to imagine her putting together a enough votes to beat kevin cramer. i think missouri is shaping up to be that kind of race, where claire mccaskill won't put together a winning coalition. >> you would be surprised if heidi heitkamp came back next year? steven: i would come yes. >> is it fair to say we will see the groups that you run make a financial investment in the texas senate race? steven: if ted cruz needs our help, we will be there. we will have to take some measurements of our own. he will not be for want of resources. jonathan: what does that say to you about the politics, that the mcconnell group might write to the rescue of ted cruz and 2018? steven: we protect no matter what. i think senator cruz has become more of a partner in the senate than in the past, less the gadfly. that has helped him politically in his state and in the caucus. alexi: when we were discussing the errors in a primary, you talked about the challenge of bringing tog

are you supporting kevin cramer in north dakota? explain that a little bit. david: we have a scorecard we keep track of how people vote on the economic issues. congressman cramer has not scored very well, to be honest with you. he is in the c minus or d range. we just decided he is not somebody that club for growth will put its endorsement behind. our members expect us to do that. we interviewed them all. we do research other background and their votes. it would be a miscue to the members about if he is a real conservative or not. susan: the club for growth and tariffs are antithetical to each other. you are a free market organization. would you talk about the impact of the president's tariff policies on individual districts and what you see problems for people? alcorn, indiana where is one where the industry is worried about the impact of the local economy. how do you see that playing out? david: you have named one. i have seen examples in missouri, where it is a close race. essentially it is the steel and aluminum tariffs that are increasing the cost of inp

president trump is hitting the campaign trail with stops in montana and north dakota.e, let's bring in greg from washington. we are hearing from sources that the president to be campaigning for more than 40 days starting in april. will that be welcome for all of these districts? >> well, republican incumbents defending their majorities in the house and senate in some cases will welcome the president's participation. summer public and challengers will in states where they are in profound states like montana and north dakota. montana voted for the president by almost 20 percentage points in 2016. a big key of this election will be, does the enthusiasm for trump voters -- will that outweigh the uptick in democratic enthusiasm and fundraising we are seeing throughout the cycle? david: to drive home that point the abc news washington post poll over the weekend, a number of people saying they will vote this year is really remarkable, very high. if that gets delivered, is that good news for democrats or republicans if we have a historic high in participation? greg: it favors

the 36th in the squadron, the dakota air force base is providing forward-based tactical airlift in japanughout the pacific. some of you who were not in one of these operational squadrons asking yourselves what is your role? what about you? let me tell you something. i'm not on that chart. general goldfein is not on that chart. in fact, not a a single general officer in the united states air force is on that chart. it takes all of us to get that combat power ready and able to fight. a fist is nothing without the weight of the body behind it. the chief and i were asked in march, what it would take for the air force to implement the national defense strategy, to confront innovating adversaries seeking to dominate their neighbors. what does it take? as ehrman we should be able to answer that question. the defense strategy tells us that we need to be able to defend the homeland, provide a credible nuclear deterrent, went against a major power while encountering a rogue nation, all while managing violent extremists with lower levels of effort. while all of those missions rely on every service

mgx minerals neil: the president arriving in north dakota, fargo, north dakota. a bit of an uproar on standard trade threats, on china i is promising tariffs ready to go on 2 $67 billion worth of additional chinese goods. that is the worst-case scenario than he what was bandied about $200 billion. the japanese we need to get a fair deal with them. they are getting into talks and need to make a fair deal for their interest. we have the international federation of business ceo. juanita, what do you make of all this? >> thank you, neil. nfib representing small businesses 75 years and our jobs numbers came out yesterday. the small business economy is on fire. it is the best small business economy we've seen in 50 years. this jobs report hit record for number of job openings. it hit records for plans to hire. this is very significant. it is clear that the small business economy is on fire. most importantly about these numbers, it shows that 2/3 of small businesses are trying to hire, to have job openings and 90% of those are having difficulty finding qualified workers

with a culture where people just so uselessly brilliant you pick back up with their hero in north dakota and the pilgrimage continues on stephen and dave head out on the road to take a tour of standing rock.