you saw in north dakota. temperature-wise, they fall, but not too far. mid 50's expected here, at the northeast corner of the state and tomorrow, with the east wind we are held in the 60's. we have all across the coast, ocean city and delaware, even to wilmington the temperatures may be in the 50's. it will be in the 60's for us with slightly higher temperatures and we have 40's 4 lows, and generally cloudy skies. not as cold as it has been. some clouds, and and drizzle and perhaps a brief shower. 744 -- 7:44. most of the day will be cloudy with the brief shower and a generally dry day on tuesday, wednesday with a scattered showers or thunderstorms and by thursday, the main front will come in friday and saturday with the highest chance of rain. >> thank you. today was a tragic day in history. 101 years ago, the titanic struck that faded iceberg on the journey to -- journey from new york. after it struck the iceberg, two years later the unsinkable ship went under. 47 years earlier, the 16th president was assas

it's irish, almost south dakota. south dakotian. yeah. jimmy: it's like a leprechaun. i don't know how -- it's just like, "you got to get that true coat." that's all i know from "fargo." >> it's very similar. i think -- well, you know, "fargo" was banned in fargo for a while, the movie. >> jimmy: what do you mean? >> because we took offense. i mean -- >> jimmy: you did not. >> well, yeah. i didn't. i didn't. i love that movie. >> jimmy: but why? >> because we just -- i don't think -- even my own father doesn't think he has an accent. and he clearly does. he always says, "well, tom brokaw's from south dakota and he doesn't have an accent." >> jimmy: but tom brokaw doesn't even sound like a person sometimes. [ laughter ] tom brokaw's, he's telling the news like -- [ as brokaw ] [ mumbling ] i don't know where i would guess he's from. [ cheers and applause ] your dad has a point. your dad is definitely right. he does not sound like he's from south dakota. >> true. my dad thinks he sounds like tom brokaw. >> jimmy: oh, your dad sounds like to

but as provinces of canada and states of north dakota, states like north dakota are subnationals, that's their classification within trade law, they are not bound by very, very many of these treaties. they are not obligated under these foreign tax agreements that you hear over and over again. and it's not make-believe. the reality is in states like north dakota, we collect taxes from canadian companies. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would ask consent that as soon as i finish my brief remarks that the senator from montana be recognized to respond to the senator from north dakota's remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, this is not a partisan bill. there are times i'm on the floor advocating partisan advantage, but that isn't what we have here. we have managers of this bill have worked really hard on it for a long time, and this is where we are now. we're to a point where there have been a number of amendments offered, but there's been objections made. and so, no amendments are allowed to be debated and voted

so people are making a beeline to north dakota. jobs seem to be everywhere. he spends most of the day delivering parts and tools to the drilling towers. >> my experience so far is it is just getting really crazy. there are so many people here for the little amount of population that was already here. today is a good day for driving. normally, you could get stuck behind 3, of york, five cars. >> and he gets pretty cold here in the great plains. he is visiting his next customer. the oil-drilling facility looks like a small factory. >> nowadays, they have these automatic locks. technology is crazy nowadays. >> there is a real building boom going on in dickenson as well. everywhere you look, something seems to be going up -- schools, restaurants, but mostly places to live. houses and apartment complexes to hold the crowds of people coming to live here. many of the oil workers live in giant barracks where the rules are pretty strict. >> there's no drugs, alcohol, guns, no visitors, no dirty boots, ok? >> no dirty boots? >> no dirty boots. >> conditions are pretty

of south dakota and minnesota. it's ridiculously cold for april in the northern plains and that continues today. the other story this week is wednesday is the key day for severe weather and tornadoes. we have to watch out around oklahoma. >> we've been warned. thank you. >>> jackie robinson continued to make history this weekend. "42" had the biggest opening weekend ever for a baseball movie pulling in $27 million over three days. "scary movie 5" made $15 million. the big win at sunday night's mtv music awards went to "silver lining playbook" and will ferrell took home comedic genius award. he accepted his trophy in a money printed three-piece suit and brought his family with him on stage. albeit a fake family. no word where he got those folks. kelly ripa revealed in an interview that she has not seen former co-coast regis philbin since he left the show. they're not best friends and hugh jackman got a scare when an alleged stalker followed him into a new york gym. she was arrested minutes later. jackman was not inj

and it's interesting you mention north dakota you know that new law that passed in north dakota and north dakota only has one of bush in center in the entire state so it's very difficult in general across the country for people to access these services and broader services for reproductive health and basic health in general sure a gallup poll from january shows the president of the pro-choice position is actually getting more support at the same time the climate shifting favorably toward other social issues like gay marriage and what factors you think are causing the shift backwards. well i think it's mixed i think that you know on the one hand it's like we're seeing these these births of these movements movement the immigrant rights movement and so we sort of see at the same time the occupy movement and so there's sort of also a reaction to those movements and i think that abortion is one of those issues that can be used and is used to divide different communities and when in fact it's really just a big distraction a distraction that has a huge impact on millions of women their lives and

[laughter] site plans from south dakota and photographs from philadelphia. starting with a smattering of five suggested capitals in 1-9d 45, the proposed locations increased by 13 in october, 17 more in thof and then a torrent of 85 in december. a few suggestions arrived for locations outside the united states, but most of the correspondence came from american public officials, publishers, business leaders and other individuals promoting their own hometowns. and the appeals became more and more elaborate. these are some examples of the promotional materials that landed in the mail in london. philadelphia is at this point, um, still promoting its historic significance as its main ea peel. you see chicago situating itself at the center of the planet. and on the right what san francisco called a pro sure finish. [laughter] but it's clearly much, much more than that. it's being displayed by a flight attendant who's sitting amid the crates of these that were headed off to london. so here you see the, um, promotion being built around the promotion. so this is grow

south dakota and philadelphia. the capitals in september 1945, we propose locations by 13 in october, 17 november and 85 and december. a few suggestions arrived outside the united states, but most came from the american public officials, publishers, business leaders and individuals promoting their own home towns. the appeals became more and more elaborate. these are examples of the promotional materials that landed in the mail and london. philadelphia is at this point still promoting its historic significance as its main appeal. you see chicago situating itself at the center of the planet. on the right, what san francisco called a brochure is clearly much, much more than that, the flight attendant sitting amid the crates of these headed off to one in. so here you see the promotion being built around this promotion. so this is growing and growing and growing. once they got to the diplomats in london, the response they received only encouraged more because diplomats are diplomatic. no one said no. no one said go away

in mississippi and north dakota, the regulations are targeting the last remaining clinic in the stateabortion is being effectively banned in states all across the country, in states where republicans have governing power. in every state, there's a fight on to try to protect this right that american women are supposed to have to access abortion services. but through all of the means they have tried over the years, nothing has ever been as effective for the radical anti-abortion movement in this country as the election of veto proof republican majorities in the legislatures in multiple u.s. states in 2010. since then, since 2010 and since the 2012 election in particular when they picked up the pace, the republican party is now doing the work for them. joining us now for the interview tonight is tammy, the director of the red river women's clinic of fargo, north dakota, and julie birkhart. tammy and julie, i've talked to both of you over the years months and years, great to have you here in person. >> thank you so much for having us. >> julie, let me ask you first, opening up in wichita,

i blew up in a small town in north dakota -- i grew up in a small town in north dakota. you all might think that's 90,000 people. no, it's 90 people. my family was one-tenth the population of that town. when i was born my mother had four kids and the oldest was two and there were no twins. by the time my parents were done having children, there were seven children in nine years. my dad was a seasonal construction worker and my mom was a school cook and a janitor. think about that. seasonal construction worker and a school cook and a janitor. it's interesting because my mom was someone who never let anyone be bullied. the worst thing you could do in my mother's eyes was pick on somebody who couldn't defend themselves. and we knew that's what our role would be in our entire life. that's a value we carry with us, me and my six siblings. from my dad, we learned about community and about building community. my dad built the smallest v.f.w. chapter in the country. came back from world war ii, knew they needed a place to gather, to provide support for the veterans and support f

and certainly what we're seeing state by state, you mentioned north dakota. arkansas, alabama, these are states in which the most aggressive legislation is being passed. against undermining womens' rights. and it's, it seems like you know, it seems like nothing has changed. i think one of the things that's most concerning for planned parenthood as a health care provider is the bills are passing in states where there's very little access for health care for women, anyway. 85% of the counties don't even have an obgyn. so it's going to fall, these kinds of bills are going to fall hardest on women in areas where there's very little health care access. >> it's a little bit harder for the pro choice side to fight this. it used to be that the anti-abortion movement was characterized by extremism. going to abortion clinic and being intimidated. >> they're doing that, too. >> but that kind of activity, it still happens as you're saying. what's now characterizing the movement are these legal strategies where they go in and first they limit the number of clinics that ca

in north dakota they just passed a law to choose to take away your right after six weeks. even if a woman is raped. a woman may not know she is pregnant at six weeks. in mississippi, a ballad initiative was put forward that could not have outlawed your right to choose, but could have had all sorts of other far-reaching consequences like cutting off fertility treatments. making certain forms of contraception a crime. when you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar, make sure you still live in 2013. that's why no matter how great e challenge, no matter how fierce the opposition, there's one thing the past few years have shown, it's that planned parenthood is not going anywhere. it is not going anywhere today, not going anywhere tomorrow. as long as we've got a fight to make sure women have access to quality affordable healthcare and as long as we have the fight to to the right it make sure women have choices for their own health, you also have a president who is right there with you fighting every step of the way. >> that was president obama today addr

he was born in 1924 in south dakota. he served in the infantry in world war for. next a discussion with mr. neuharth from the 25th anniversary of "usa today" in 2007. he's joined by judy woodruff, helen thomas and ken paulsen. from american university, this is just over an hour. >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here. you probably can't hear this but al is whispering to me that that is much too long an introduction for the editor of "usa today." it should be three snns and out. >> that's not all i said. >> you asked if i wrote it, that's right. that's a new record. seven seconds before he interrupted me. we're going to have a fun night. it's just an honor to be here. and i'll be very brief because he will cut me off at the knees, no question about it. but i was fortunate enough to be on the first staff of "usa today" back in 1992 and though we were all optimistic and hopeful, i'm not sure any of us took for granted a 25thth anniversary celebration and to come back as editor of the paper in 2004 was an honor. we have some remarkable guests, i believe we'

how exactly are they going to do this, to blow up the biggest building in south dakota?anybody going to get hurt? >> to protect the public, authorities set up a wide perimeter. because there is so much land around the building, the plan is to tip the zip over like a tree rather than implode it straight down. that way, fewer explosives are required, according to demolition site manager, eric schuller. >> it was a very solid structure. to install enough explosives would have been a pretty big feat. to tip it over, it was a lot easier method. the explosive experts removed concrete in between the columns and then installed explosives in those columns. the plan was then to remove that support structure similar to falling a tree, creating a wedge for a tree to fall down to the east. >> on december 6th, 2005, with tens of thousands watching in person and on tv, the zip's time has come. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 -- >> whoa. >> the zip dips but it doesn't tip. >> instead of going over like i knew it was supposed to, it fell into this hole. a story and a half was blown out of it and there

this is what happened in bismarck, north dakota, on sunday. they're no strangers to nasty weather, but more than 17 inches of record-breaking snow in mid april is just too much. meanwhile, chaos on the road in minnesota. blizzard conditions caused three semi trucks to clyde. one truck was hauling pigs and one hauling cattle. bill karins joins us with a look at this forecast. the pigs and cattle are being affected? >> that won't be so bad if we could close the book but there's another storm. more snow from colorado to wyoming up to the plains. those are the poor folks who are dying for spring and can't get ahold of it. it's still snowing. it's snowing hard from fargo north wards up to areas around grand forks. interstate i-94 is still closed. that's a major highway through north dakota from fargo all the way to the montana border. thankfully minnesota is looking a little better. we mentioned snowfall totals. this just shatters all records for this late in the season, especially april records in north dakota. notice that dickinson, 16 inches. ev

i've don't really like north dakota right now. if the's not fun. >> the storm forced interstate 94 to be closed earlier today. heavy snow and high wind caused almost zero visibility on the roadway near the montana border. none of that here fortunately. in fact a warm-up coming right? >> yeah, we'll see our temperatures warming through wednesday. a week we are looking at above average temperatures. there are nuisance rain chances in the forecast. early this week. and might it delay the soccer game for 30 minutes. and is it going to be a soaking rain? no. a look outside. tranquil across the area. looking at cloudy skies. cloud acting as a blanket tonight. so temperatures won't get as cold as they have been the past few morningings. waking up tomorrow morning. heading to work. kids going back to school x pect temperatures generally in the low 50s. your weather headlines. and warming during the week. 67. and talking temperatures. wednesday through friday. and the upper 70s. there is an isolated chance of a shower. some shower chances

watching it all for us, weather channel's meteorologist janel klein is in fargo, north dakota. looks like december where you are. >> reporter: no doubt about that, lester. three weeks into spring there is a winter storm advisory for the entire state of north dakota with heavy snow and high winds blanketing much of the midwest. parts of the state have already gotten more than 16 inches of snow in cities in western north dakota are pulling plows off the road because visibility is almost impossible. this is all part of a complex storm moving across the northern part of the country while the south is dealing with another severe weather system. together these two storms are hitting more than a dozen states and will last well into tomorrow. a tornado watch is in effect for the florida panhandle and southwestern georgia where heavy rains are already soaking cities like new orleans and pensacola. back here in fargo, this is not just a winter storm. it is also an added threat for what could be major spring flooding as early as next week. volunteers have made 1 million sandbags here hopi

and as we mentioned, even more snow in the dakotas. rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. >>> 50s in seattle and salt lake city, mostly 40s in the middle of the country, 80s from new orleans to new york. >>> and coming up, why big banks are sending billions back to home owners. >>> also in business news, why this could be the best time in years to find a job. >>> and last team standing. a basketball powerhouse taking home another title. highlights from the women's championship coming up. >>> for a second time this month, investors send wall street to a new record level. the dow gained almost 60 points yesterday closing at 14,673. material stocks fueled the gains. the nasdaq also gained 15 finishing at 2,237. the s&p rose 5 points finishing near its record high set last week. >>> they were victims of home foreclosure abuse and starting friday, $3.6 billion in checks will be mailed to millions of home owners. the checks range from $300 to 125 grand. the money is a result of a federal settlement between banking regulators and 1

roads were picketed in south dakota and nebraska.d tear-gassed, but they held firm. north dakota organized and the georgia dairymendum. six weeks after the sioux city strike began, it was all over. although scattered protests continued throughout the nation, they were faint echoes of the anger that spilled over at sioux city. why was the strike unsuccessful? the milk dealers could find enough milk supply somewhere to thwart the desires of the dairy farmer. so there didn't seem to be much that farmers could do to improve their general lot. not individual action, not institutional activity, not even group protests and violence. economic analyst richard gill explains why farmers couldn't find their way out of this terrible economic predicament. there are really two points to be made here. the first is that the dairy farmers in sioux city and north dakota and georgia were not being at all irrational in trying to curtail milk supplies on the market. the reason it made sense from their point of view is that the demand for milk, like the de

right through south dakota.hat's also going to be a rainy day in south florida, on and off showers and thunderstorms where it will be warm and humid. bundle up in the northeast. >> all right. thanks, bill. >>> we will show you what's moving your money including boeing's big fix and what the is doing that could increase the cost of your online shopping. >>> thousands light up at a colorado marijuana celebration but when gunshots were fired there was a major public safety scare. "first look" back in three. vo: from the classic lines to the elegant trim in each and every piece, bold will make your reality a dream. >>> welcome back, everybody. here's some stories making news today. five people killed in a colorado avalanche over the weekend were all experienced snowboarders and instructors. authorities say the group was buried by some eight feet of snow saturday near loveland pass about 30 miles west of denver. >>> also in colorado, gunfire erupted at a marijuana party while revelers were celebrating the 4/20 holida

for north dakota. while estimates as to how high the river is going to get have been lowered, which is good news, no one here is taking any chances. brian? >> kevin tibbles in north dakota tonight. no short of good people there. thank you, kevin. >>> still ahead here tonight the intense battle over a project some say is vital, others say is too risky to try. tonight our firsthand look at the fight, what it's all about in a place most people never get to see. >>> later, genuine american heroes making a difference in boston by assuring the victims that everything is going to be okay. >>> tonight the energy company behind the controversial keystone pipeline says that the long delayed project will be delayed even longer now. the projected start date -- late 2015, as it awaits approval from the obama administration. it would carry almost a million barrels of oil a day from alberta to the gulf coast. but it is a highly polarizing project. our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson traveled n

the punishment for a north dakota anchorman after getting caught cursing on-air.t was his first day. >> painful. you have to see it. >>> plus, building oscar buzz. who is already being mentioned to host next year's academy awards? >>> it is time to check, "the pulse," stories you'll be talking about today. and it looks like seth macfarlane had hollywood on hold. still mum on whether he plans to host the oscars for a second-straight year. >> mcfarlane has been asked to return as host of the 2014 academy awards. as he referred to this year's gig as the a one-time job. he did bump up the ratings. >> yep. >>> and if it was almost the end of april, we would swear this was an april fool's prank. >> unfortunately this was very real for a very new north dakota anchorman. a.j. clemente. he learned a hard lesson about the downside of wearing a microphone on your first day on the job. >> nbc north dakota news, your news leader in high-definition. >> [ bleep ]. >> yep. that was an f-bomb. his bosses were not amused. clemente was first suspended. then, he was ultimately fired

north dakota is just a winter wonder land mess.eas like bismarck they had 17 inches on the ground yesterday and last night. it is snowing hard in fargo. you have about seven inches on the ground. schools are going to be canceled throughout much of the state. interstate 94 is closed across the state of north dakota. it's still snow from bismarck, grand forks, fargo, the heaviest being up towards grand forks. it's just cruel. this is now mid april and we just have one snow after the other. if you watched the masters yesterday, you saw some of that rain. it hit the southeast hard. now that rain, what is left of it, is up along the carolina coast line. raining hard in wilmington. showers in richmond, danville. some of that could move towards virginia beach. maybe washington. d.c., a sprinkle or two. primarily the rain is going to stay south of there. here's the bad news. i still can't put away my snow map. snow starting today in wyoming will drop 6 to 12 inches of snow in cheyenne, wyoming. then 3 to 6. the white is 3 to 6 from nebrask

, are actually helping the flooding concern, the spring flooding concern he is peespecially up ae dakotasemperatures right now are still close to freezing. and because we don't have a major warm-up in the forecast for areas like fargo, that should help with the snow melt. and so that it doesn't happen too rapidly and they can get a handle on some of the flooding before it gets too severe. in the midwest, though, chilly. temperatures below average across the entire northern tier of the country, even in the plains. normal highs in the low to mid-70s and we'll only be in the 60s this afternoon. there you see all those flood warnings posted all across michigan, wisconsin, down through i willinois and especia missouri we're kaepg an eye on for the potential of moderate to major flooding as we head into early next week. now we are seeing some showers redevelop especially back across iowa. unfortunately this is rain that that area does not need and it's not going to be too, too heavy but it's still more rain nonetheless so that is going to be an issue across iowa, eventually moving into wisconsi

look at this cold air back across minneapolis and into the dakotas.e we're going to see most of the snow today across south dakota and western and central nebraska. 6 to 12 inches of snow possible. we're also going to see the threat of stronger storms in the plains states today with tornadoes possible, especially in oklahoma and southeastern kansas. that rain will start to spread eastward. by tomorrow, washington, d.c., will see some of the showers. cloudy in the northeast and in the 60s and 70s. >> all right. sounds sounds good. thank you so much. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. >>> new yorkers and boston obviously have kind of a little bit of a, you know, a competition oftentimes the two cities accusing each other of various levels of suckatude. but it is in situations like this that we realize that it is clearly a sibling rivalry and that we are your brothers and sisters in this type of event. as a city that knows the feeling of confusion, anger, and grief and chaos that comes with these events, i

, and the estimated that north dakota had a bunch already.urvey says the up their estimates because of technical advancements to make fossil fuels in north dakota free-form carnation typically countable. you better be nice to them. up next, whistle-blowers clamming intimidation and threats from the obama administration. the "a-team" is here. does this go to the president himself? robert zimmerman. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the venture card because you can fly airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, you guys! and with double miles you can actuay use, you never miss the fun. beard growing conte and go! ♪ win! what's in your wallet? ♪ lou: now the "a-team," democratic strategist trevor zimmerman is back. former reagan political director , fox is political analyst, fox news editor. good to have you here. president obama today, he was not familiar with

>> recent polling shows 94% of people in north dakota. >> 94% of people in north dakota! but heidi heitkamp is worried about -- i don't even think it's the 6%! it's probably the 4% who are making phone calls. heidi heitkamp wants to be a united states senator but she is not tough enough to handle 4% of her constituents calling in her office a lot? she's not even taking phone calls! >> that's what they do. >> she doesn't face the voters. this is one the saddest most pathetic votes i think i've ever seen in washington, d.c. what heidi heitkamp has done cowarding in the corner because 4% maybe 5% of the people in her state were making phone calls that her staff had to answer. >> what about her own opinion? does chef one or is it the 4-1 that called her office or whatever the numbers were? that was her opinion? that is great. >> pathetic. >> >> 94% of people in heidi heitkamp's state want criminals and terrorists and rapists and former felons to go through criminal background checks. >> again, another -- >> hold on. i'm sorry. wait. she got a lot of phone calls. hold on. the

north dakota news your news leader in high definition. good evening i'm dan q you may have seen our newest a.j. and the north dakota news and hell be joining the weekend news same as my co-anchor tell us a little bit about yourself a.j. . thanks man i'm very excited i graduated from west virginia interests me and i'm used to you know from being from the east coast. welcome aboard. not surprisingly a.j. was fired but rumor has it he's been offered a position to join the channel four news team in san diego. fire travel for news team veronica corning stone and diver on burgundy. are still said to go. yesterday this man tim de christopher walked out of a prison after serving nearly two years for interfering in a give away oil auction hosted by the bush administration in two thousand and eight basically right before bush left office he put up one hundred thirty thousand acres of land in utah up for sale for the oil and gas industry it was an illegal auction that would have handed huge parcels of public land over to oil corporations for a sweet

north dakota news your news leader in high definition is. good evening i'm dan q you may have seen our newest a.j. i'm. seeing north dakota news and hell be joining the weekend news same as my co-anchor tell us a little bit about yourself a.j. . thanks man i'm very excited i graduated from west virginia interesting and i'm used to you know from being from the east coast. well not quite. but surprisingly a.j. was fired but rumor has it he's been offered a position to join the channel four news team in san diego. tired saddle for news team veronica corning stone and diver on burgundy. yourself said diego. yesterday this man tim de christopher walked out of prison after serving nearly two years for interfering in a give away oil auction hosted by the bush administration in two thousand it basically right before bush left office he put up one hundred thirty thousand acres of land in utah for sale for the oil and gas industry it was an illegal auction that would have had a huge parcels of public land over the oil corporations for a sweet deal and

it is north dakota and you get what you pay for. >> you know what, you have to start at small markets and move up. that's how you make your name. ambassador, clearly he wasn't ready for air. is that the station's fault? throwing him into the fire? >> i don't think so. look at barack obama who had a microphone on and jumping on netanyahu and explaining how he will sell us out once he is re-elected. why is this guy our president still then? >> way to bring it back to obama. >> if only bush could teachers and him not to mangle something. >> jaime, we have the advantage of not being a live show. should people who screw up on live tv get canned? if we screw up we edit it out. >> this is the world's worst first impression and last impression. they should have kept him and gotten brown knee points, but how much farther down is there to be from the minor leagues in bismark, north dakota? >> i don't know. we, ie bill, myself and andy, cannot talk because -- actually he was worse than we were on our first month on "red eye." were we as bad as that? >> one thing i noticed was he was looking at t

they can make 26 dollars an hour in north dakota dack? >> i am from dack and they are paying ever bey to mcdonald franchise to compete with oil field labor. >> wow. >> but the keystone pipe line. rick cited 20,000 jobs. but it is a 10-x factor and numerous groups studied this . the thing about jobs. we have a tragedy in the united states, that high school graduates really have the highest unemployment figures and that's where we need the jobs f. you are live on the coast and has s.a.t.'s and math. you are fine. but we need jobs. >> the unemployment rate for blue collar workers is 11-12 percent. we have hundreds of thousands of pipe lines in this country that . workers and add to the spare capacity to avoid the opec shenan gans . whether or not it is the president approving it given that he went to san francisco may be delayed again. >> the pipe line will only be creating and i am not misquoting here. 35, with numbers like that, you think the president will go. >> he want to go to the environmentalist. he wants to go back to wind and wood

thomas, north dakota. let's get to my first reads. as the senate prepares to take up gun legislation lawmakers who oppose new restrictions on guns will have to say no to the victims' families in person this week. all week the newtown families will be lobbying senator by senator hoping the overwhelming public support for increased background checks will convince congress to buck the nra. they traveled on airforce one back to washington last night with the president. vicky soto was among the six teachers and administrators killed. her sister jillian gave the president a bag with t-shirts reading, team vicky soto. she spoke with rachel maddow last night. >> my sister died and i am coming to washington to fight for change in her name and the other 25 victims of sandy hook. a lot of people have forgotten all the things that we are going through, and, yes, it's been almost four months but it is still very new to us. it's still something we live with every day. and it's a pain that will never go away from us and it's nice to have people rall

[cheers and applause] [laughter] kansas arkansas and north dakota. that's a red state try fecta. >> arkansas now has the toughest anti-abortion law in the country on the books banning abortions afterel 12th week. >> north dakota ban as abortions as early as four weeks. >> kansas concluded that life begins at fertilization. >> jon: kentucky says life begins when a man and woman's hands accidentally touch when reaching for the fries at the denny's. i just wanted to sell it. the states are saying you have to have the baby making sex and you have to have the resulting baby. any state laws that might cover what to do with them afterwards? [cheers and applause] let's head out to the volunteer state. >> we'll go to tennessee and tell but a state senator by the name of stacy campfield. he doesn't have children but he has an idea. [laughter] >> jon: go on. [ laughter ] >> if your kids don't get good grades, in other words don't pass, they would cut your welfare benefits 30%. [audience boos] >> jon: moochers. let me see if i can get this straight. little billy

the fight for north dakota and our values. they asked me to step to their shoes and i'm extraordinarily proud to be here. extraordinarily proud to represent agricultural, what do i mean by that? we have got frustration in farm country. sixteen million jobs in agricultural. it's the bright spot on our economy. it's adding to reduce the trade deficit, it's everything in my state. it is everything in my state. and you know what? we center small farmers, small family farmers who are -- who have to spend a million dollars before they can even take a crop out of the ground. that's an average farmer in my state. that's how much it costs to engage farming. and when we don't have a farm bill that provides some certainty, some security for them, we not only hurt them to and hurt american agricultural. we risk our secure food supply. i came here to speak for ntd farmers. -- north dakota farmers. i came here to speak for an energy policy. it's an amazing place here. you hear everybody say we believe in all of the above. and in north dakot