amy: i want to go to jan hasselman for a moment.ou're the lawyer who brought the case of the standing rock sioux tribe to federal court. can you just describe for uss this dramatic series of events that took place on friday? >> yeah, good morning, amy, thank you for having me back. everybody knew the court case was a nuptial struggle. an uphill struggle. we took our best shot. we were reading this opinion that denied the relief we were asking for and it was crushing because everyone had put a lot of effort into that. 15, 20 minutes later, the world turned upside down with thihis announcement from the administration -- which is really what the tribe has been asking for all along. this is the situation that calls out for intervevention andd leadership at the highest levels to de-escalate the tensions out there, to address the really fundamental unfairness of the process. and so we were very heartened the obama administration step in and took a leadership role. so there's going to be a timeout on additional permitting and we're going t

jan hasselman is a staff attorney with earth justice.e is representing the standing rock sioux tribe in its lawsuit against the army corps of engineers over the dakota access pipeline. he is headed to federal court injunction of the pipeline. and dave archambault, chairman of the standing rock sioux tribe. we welcome you both to democracy now! we just came back from north dakota. having failed what took place on saturday, which shocked everyone, the dogs and pepper spray unleashed on native americans were protesting, or as you say, protecting the area that the dakota access pipeline is being constructed on. can you respond to what took plplace? being out you, amy, for there in capturing the footage. there are always two sides to the story. law officials try to say they were attacked by angry mobs and it was a riot scene. that is not what was taking place. we have protectors concerned about the land. it just goes to show what kind of company energy transfer partners is. ony have zero policies community relations, zero policy on human righ

jan hasselman, attorney for the standing rock sioux tribe responded to the ruling. we're disappointed with what happened here today. we provided evidence on friday on sacred sites that were directly in the pipelines route. by saturday morning, those sites had been destroyed. and we saw things happening out beingnding rock -- dogs put on protesters that have not been seen in america and 40, 50 years. amy: as the ruling was issued in washington, d.c., about 100 land defenders shut down construction on the dakota access pipeline by obstructing equipment. some of them locked themselves to the bulldozers. >> my name is julz rich. lockedre this morning down because water is life. we need our water to survive. we need to put a stop to this pipeline. tuesday's limited restraining order does not can's -- cover this construction site, either. meanwhile, north dakota authorities said they plan to pursue trespassing and vandalism charges against green party presidential candidate jill stein for spray painting construction equipment at the dakota pipeline action. joel stein is s