writers are going to --alle all moonshiners mountaineers as moonshiners. when northern readers are going to read the stories, they are going to equate mountaineers with moonshiners. also understand that moon shining occurs everywhere in the united states at this time. appalachia to the state is synonymous with men shining -- moonshining. don't realize it is not confined to appalachia. are goingnshine wars to do two things. one is crate the myth of violent app --appalachia. the second thing the moonshine wars are going to do, and i should say local color accounts of these moonshine wars are going to do is inspire the victorians-- urban to intervene on the half of the uneducated mountaineers. this is going to lead to what is movement.he uplift i'm going to save this discussion for monday. i'm going to and with the creation of business of violent appalachia. the first article i discovered that begins to talk about moonshine culture in the 1850's. 1870's,ut the early when reporters talked about moonshine they talked about illicit distilling. these local color

and the moonshine wars. the local color writers do overemphasize the level of virus -- level of violence. most moonshiners would rather flee than fight. flee and live another day. there are around six revenue agents who are killed per year. you would want the zero killed, but six is not a large number. definitely not the numbers of these local color writers are emphasizing in that their writing. everyone knows about the wild west. during the so-called wild west you had about 20 deputy marshals killed per year. when you compare the moonshine wars to the so-called wild west, the wild west is a lot more violent. these local color writers are going to overemphasize, exaggerate the level of violence the moonshiners committed against these revenuers. local color writers are going to dictate all mountaineers as moonshiners. when northern readers are going to read the stories, they are going to equate mountaineers with moonshiners. also understand that moon shining occurs everywhere in the united states at this time

and the moonshine wars. the local color writers do overemphasize the level of virus -- level of violence. most moonshiners would rather flee than fight. flee and live another day. there are around six revenue agents who are killed per year. you would want the zero killed, but six is not a large number. definitely not the numbers of these local color writers are emphasizing in that their writing. everyone knows about the wild west. during the so-called wild west you had about 20 deputy marshals killed per year. when you compare the moonshine wars to the so-called wild west, the wild west is a lot more violent. these local color writers are going to overemphasize, exaggerate the level of violence the moonshiners committed against these revenuers. local color writers are going to dictate all mountaineers as moonshiners. when northern readers are going to read the stories, they are going to equate mountaineers with moonshiners. also understand that moon shining occurs everywhere in the united states at this time

here with the song "moonshine" from the film "live by night," foy vance! ♪ moonshine rum whiskey and rye give the top and tail to the mountain trail ♪ ♪ and pour that heart in the jar that's right son ♪ ♪ moonshine a little bottle of good time burns like hell but tastes like heaven ♪ ♪ get those bottles on the road you're mine ♪ ♪ well i am a bootlegger with a truck load full of moonshine ♪ ♪ and my daddy tried to quell my crimes but i just couldn't let it go ♪ ♪ my heart was set on the money and the open road in the moonlight ♪ ♪ sooner or later i would meet and end but until then ♪ ♪ moonshine rum whiskey and rye give the top and tail to the mountain trail ♪ ♪ and pour that heart in the jar that's right son ♪ ♪ moonshine a little bottle of good time ♪ ♪ burns like hell but tastes like heaven ♪ ♪ i found myself a lover she swore she'd never leave me ♪ ♪ i found it hard to believe it but it turned out to be the truth ♪ ♪ though her heart was full of trouble and it always gathered round me ♪ ♪ sooner or later we would meet an end until then ♪ ♪ moonshine ru

>> the cowboy margerita, it's made with moonshine. >> are you guys drinking moonshine?there you go. this is legal moonshine or am i going to get in trouble here? >> it's legal. >> we are going to toast you guys in new york. cheers! >> happy new year! >> oh, that is awfully good. hang on. are you ready to ring it in? >> happy new year. >> what is your new years resolution? all right. come on down here. we are going to work this side. how about this side of the bar? now, are you guys ready to ring in the new year? they already did it in new york. are you going to do it louder here? what is your name. >> samantha. >> do you have a new years resolution? >> um, maybe to save more money. >> all right. well, there you go. well, that is the scene here. we've got a band up there we are going to be rocking because it's another almost 40 minutes we are going to go ringing in the new year from here in nashville. look at these guys. to you in new york. >> all right. thank you, ow we are going to t to cat and tyrus who are also here in times square. happy new year, guys. >> hey, happ

>> the cowboy margerita, it's made with moonshine. >> are you guys drinking moonshine?ing to work this side. how about this side of the bar? now, are you guys ready to ring in the new year? they already did it in new york. are you going to do it louder here? what is your name. >> samantha. >> do you have a new years resolution? >> um, maybe to save more money. >> all right. well, there you go. well, that is the scene here. we've got a band up there we are going to be rocking because it's another almost 40 minutes we are going to go ringing in the new year from here in nashville. look at these guys. to you in new york. >> all right. thank you, grif. >> now we are going to take it to cat and tyrus who are also here in times square. happy new year, guys. >> hey, happy new year. how is it going? >> we are on? >> we are on. we are live. >> you know, he's looking around for something to do, end of the night, you know. >> everybody is getting kisses. >> yeah. everyone is smooching around here. so what are you going to do? what are you doing? i think i'm going to do what i do e

an interest in combating illegal alcohol like moonshine just as we will in combating illegal marijuana. there should be a federal excise tax and we should use some of the revenues from that for drug treatment programs and also to go after in enforce our laws for some of the drugs that have devastated communities like the eth.ids and m we need the right kind of regulatory framework around marijuana. but as a stands today it is private federally so quite literally while the fbi would not necessarily have the resources to arrest every dispensary owner, there's nothing to stop them from sending a letter out to every dispensary owner, many states like mine keep license information for people that hold medical marijuana cards. those could be subpoenaed to the federal government and those people could be sent admonishing letters. very scary scenario and it's one that we need legislation to permanently change. host: you said 60% of the country is covered by legalized or medical world one up legalized. had he felt opposition on who would support your bill? guest: this is the result of the last

redneck chicks so drunk on moonshine, they'll think i'm leonardo dicaprio, and you're kumar. - i'll have to pass. - all right, how about this? bridal expo at the javits center, huh? "oh, ha-ha, i didn't get the dress i wanted. i want a party with leo dicaprio and kumar." - seems rock solid, sir, but again, pass. - i know what you want, but no one's gonna believe you're dicaprio.

but it's a rice-based alcohol, like a moonshine.f the tarantula-- whatever that means. but-- okay. so-- ( laughter ) to each his own! so then they have a glass that they put this stuff in with all the tarantulas in the bottle, but then they put one in your glaz. so you ever do this with a glass and then the ice comes in-- well, the spider comes on to your face. it's true! ( laughter ) and the leg legs are all-- and u have to peel them off and they're fuzzy! and than they took it! >> stephen: i'm guessing it's not the first drink you have. i'm guessing four drinks in you're saying, "i'll take the spider drink." what is this? is this beer here? this is called closter noizele? >> i don't know how to say that, either. >> stephen: what is this? >> this is antiaging beer, or so they will tell you. >> stephen: antiaging? >> you know why? >> stephen: because you're drunk and you can't remember how old you are. >> you just think you are. it spas spirilana, a blue-green algae, supposedly the healthiest food on earth, bioflavanoids and it's al

he owns moonshine dairy and says when it comes to extreme weather there's only so much farmers can do. his property abuts the san joaquin river which jumps the bank and often drowns his crops. >> probably about a quarter of the ranch would get flooded out. worst-case scenario. and if it sets long enough it would kill the crop. >> reporter: he says losing crops is far from the worst- case scenario in the central valley. other dairies would be forced to move livestock out of the way. >> if it floods, we need to be sure we keep the animals on high dry ground which they are and pray we don't get too much flooding. >> reporter: while city residents and those living in the farming communities around here are doing all they can to prepare, both areas say there's only so much you can do. in newman, susie steimle, kpix 5. >>> we just learned yosemite national park is being evacuated! everyone was ordered out today. the park officially shuts down tomorrow at 5:00. rangers are trying to avoid repeated scenes like this. the devastation caused when the merced river flooded in 1997. >>> there's als