the sioux. bad call. in any case, the french, in certain ways, are among the less lucky adventures of the 18th century. the enemies they make are quite formidable enemies. there is a family exploration that is killed by a sioux war party. as a part of this exploration. even if the sioux make certain allies, they also antagonize of the groups. -- other groups. if we wanted to summarize the take away points from this particular set of material, i think the first thing is regional dynamism. the plains are not static in the 1700s, all kinds of changes are going on. the long-term dynamism, the adoptions of crops, corn-based agriculture, which you see in centuries preceding this, the horse coming out onto the plains in the late 17th century and 18th century. this is a very different place than it was before. so regional dynamism. i think a second point are the presence of these crop going peoples. which is different than the iconic image of the plains indians. it is worth noticing, if you think about the course

the sioux. bad call. the french, in certain ways, are among the less lucky adventurers of the 18th century. the enemies they make are formidable. there is a family exploration that is killed by a sioux war party. so even if the sioux make certain allies, they also antagonize other groups. if we wanted to summarize the take away points from this particular material, i think the first thing is regional dynamism. the plains are not static in the 1700s, all kinds of changes are going on. all kinds of dynamism the , adoptions of crops, corn-based agriculture, which you see in centuries preceding this, the horse coming out onto the plains in the late 17th century and 18th century. this is a different place than it was before. so regional dynamism. i think a second point is these crop growing people. the economic image of the plains indians -- it is worth noticing. if you think about the course as a whole, look at how many of these kinds of indian peoples we have seen. the folks at coronado met. the pueblo india

the sioux will adopt horses. different groups see the horse as a potential advantage, and you get a lot of groups profiting. that example i gave you, you can see some of the consequences of people beginning to move easily across the plains and raid one another. one of the great ironies is this , what's the best way to get at this? who are the bad as people in history? [indiscernible] i think there a contender. when you get to the 20th century, there's a lot of competition. the mongrels, genghis khan, you can argue he's the baddest dude in history. you could argue of attila and the huns are the baddest. what eric arises these classic baddies? i'm just suggesting. if you took a poll. i think they are pumped about this in mongolia. what characterizes them? >> [indiscernible] >> absolutely. one of the great continuities of your race in history is you have these guys who live on the steps of eurasia. they get horses and that enables them to be these formidable mounted people. they don't have guns, but they have compou

will it be the leaning tower of sioux falls?e knew. >> things did not go quite according to plan. >> the explosion shortened approximately 40 feet in mere seconds. so the building went from 205 feet to roughtly 160 feet tall, so the wrecking ball could reach the rest of the building and bring the top of it down. >> it takes three weels to finish the job. during that time, the leaning tower of zip makes national news. and thousands more make donations to the ms foundation, totaling more than $150,000. >> i would say another 20, 30% came in after the fact because of the way this thing all turned out. >> if it had just fallen over, okay, it's over. it's what we expected. it was the blooper of it all. >> the initial demolition may have been a bust but that blooper led to something quite progressive. the zip's soft concrete is crushed, recycled, and laid into the foundation of the new building. >> it's not the tallest building in south dakota anymore, but it's still there. it's still part of south dakota. >> the zip may be down, but

at one points he wrote, planned parenthood abortionists in sioux falls are beheading unborn childrensmemberment abortions. >>> several donors are co-chairing a fund-raising event for graham next month. >>> joe biden will be in latin america, at the same time benjamin netanyahu will be speaking in front of congress. >>> from "usa today" 95 lawmakers to attend the selma march anniversary. this is the 50th anniversary of the march in alabama. 13 senators and 82 members of the house will attend the event. >>> "saturday night live's" sicily strong is gearing up to host the white house correspondents awards dinner. capital file magazine asked her what she is looking forward to and he said i'm excited to have my private meeting with the obamas. so, i have that story. hong kong's leader tells people to act like sheep. hong kong's chief executive said, in the coming year i hope that all people in hong kong will take inspiration from the sheep's character and pull together to work for hong kong's future. >>> this moment, john froin, mayor bitten on the ear during groundhog day. the mayor lost

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sioux sainte marie michigan. these pictures that i show you -- i'm going to have to spin around a little bit, so i can see what i'm talking about -- this specific spot here. as many of our burial spots are, they are on a high piece of ground overlooking water and this is right downtown saint marie. it is known as a burial ground for thousands of years. through negotiations and discussions, much like is taking place here today, we are able to negotiate with the united states army corps of engineers to get a lease for the interior of this and to protect it from any further dangers. we fenced it off, and now the tribe has complete control of the interior. this is again remains that were requested by the army surgeon general, specifically a letter was written that documented that fact, and it's interesting that has been brought up many times here today in regards to how some of our ancestors were collected for that purpose. to not know that in advance, but to yet have this presentation ready again, it just reinforces

. >> reporter: from kalamazoo michigan to, sioux falls, south dakota, the storm swept across the midwest dumping record levels of snow. detroit reported its third biggest snowfall, and chicago its fifth the evidence -- heaviest on record. all this snow shut down the nearby brookfield zoo, and that seemed to give the bison and tigers reason to roam. but just outside the windy city, black ice is blamed for a multi-car collision after two semi trucks jackknifed on a highway during the morning rush hour. in west hartford, connecticut, a.a.a. crews came to the rescue of stranded motorists. >> what seems to be the issue? >> reporter: it was so cold, edguardo rivera had to replace edward wilson's battery. the clean-up will cost $10 million to boston, and that's even before today's snow, which could be as much as another 15 inches. >> where are they going to put the rest of it? it's crazy. >> reporter: schools will be closed for the second day in a row tomorrow, and that big super bowl parade for the new england patriots for their victory in the super bowl that was originally scheduled for tuesd

it feels like 7 below in sioux falls. look at chicago.o 40 degrees this time of year normally. 3. 37 degrees below average for this time of year. impressive set up. christine. >>> thanks pedram. it looks boston is spared the worst of this storm, but still the bone-chilling cold and of 7 feet of snow. cnn's will ripley is here for us. >> reporter: christine, this is a herculean effort to get the streets of the city clear as people prepare to go back to work this morning. this is one of the largest snow farms in boston. this was an empty lot. as you see now, it has become a literal mountain of snow. a mountain that is so high it dwarfs the heavy construction equipment you see there. scooping the snow up and bringing it down to this machine here. a snow melting machine. we are told has the ability to melt 150 tons that's 300,000 pounds of snow per hour. they dump the snow into this and then the water comes out right there and they dump that water into the sewers. this is a tremendous operation with a lot of capacity. it is still not nearly e

[applause] >> hi, my name is jack gordon, from sioux falls south dakota but i attend the university ofowa. what will it take to get momentum we need to start a real revolution in this country? [applause] >> going to take you and everyone else in this room to take personal responsibility for making this country a freer place. joining us with leadership programs. organizing more events like this. making liberty one of your life projects. changing society to support freedom more broadly. remember what jorge said more people supported the anti-shutdown movement than supported it. people that supported the shutdown. same case with what you're doing. more people agree with principles of liberty and support our ideas that we really know. john: thank you, alexander, and jorge. coming up, students with guns. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] john: we're back at the students for liberty conference and i want to ask you, how many of you are carrying a gun now? yeah, you're in washington, d.c. you would be jailed if you carried a gun but should you be allowed to carry a gun on your campu

police in charlotte, north carolina say 19 year oley manual ray sioux hernandez has been charged with killing 19 year old mirganapular and two other people. victims found in a home on tuesday. police did not reveal how they were killed. hernandez is now being held behind bars. >> appeared on america's next top model last year, in a statement tyra banks who produces and hoses the show said she is deeply saddened by the news of her death. >> 7:14. a woman from the philadelphia area is a finalist competing for 24 spots on runway -- one way trip to mars. >> one way. >> yes. >> one way trip. >> yes, one way to go there. sarah from the suburbs of philadelphia, she was one of nearly 200,000 people who applied couple of years ago to be a part of mars once trip to mars. now, sarah said she has had life-long love of science and atlantic city fiction, so just went for it. >> being on the forefront of space exploration, pushing the limits of human experience, what is possible for us, something that i have always wanted. >> competing for one of 24 spots from people from around the world. so mars w

. >> let's go to antonio in sioux falls, south dakota. >> caller: yes i'm calling because i have a problemeing on medicaid. i've been on medicaid mostly all of my life for medical problems. they've been sending me bills and stuff like that, with me being on medicaid. so i just received a $13,000 bill, and i'm still -- i mean i've been back and forth to the doctor because of medical problems. my medical problems still haven't been rectified. and they just did surgery on my foot. with them doing surgery on my foot, now i can't walk. i used to be able to walk and they messed up my foot. they put metal in my foot. and now i have a $13,000 bill and i'm getting worser instead of better. >> does medicare and medicaid use these debt collectors for bills through that? >> that's not something that we looked into during our investigation. >> i will say that linebarger did work for the treasury won't for many years and collecting for a variety of federal agencies. i know the treasury department still does work with private >> when these debt collectors work with local agencies, how much access do they

but if you're living in des moines or sioux city, iowa, you're not paying attention to those kinds of it doesn't seep down to the grassroots or the average caucusgoer the way you might expect. >> and let's remind folks, in iowa, it's very important, we all pay a lot of attention to iowa. but in iowa, it's worth remembering that rick santorum and mike huckabee won the last two caucuses and neither of them went that far in terms of the presidential race. >> but a man named george w. bush won the two before that. >> john berman now fits into the category of smarty pants analyst. >> but iowa is not about who's going to win the nomination. it's about winnowing down the nomination. people will start to peel away before the caucus and right after the caucus. >> two people right here are very excited for it. doug, great to see you. >> thanks, doug. >>> ahead "@this hour," we have a fascinating new cnn series called "finding jesus," separating fact, faith and forgery. we'll give you a preview next. in my world, wall isn't a street. return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward

>>> coming up unless the ferguson police department changes its ways the federal government might siouxabout the just stis department's investigation into the michael brown shooting. it's expected to reveal a broader problem of racial bias. we'll have an attorney for the brown family weighing in next. >>> new this morning, cnn sources say justice department officials could file a lawsuit against the ferguson missouri police department over allegations of racially discriminatory tactics. that's only if ferguson police do not agree to review and change their practices. >> this comes on the heels of a civil rights investigation following the shooting death of michael brown by officer darren wilson. the justice department is expected to announce it will not be charging officer wilson in that shooting. let's bring in darrell parks, the attorney for the michael brown family. mr. parks, it's good to see you. >> good morning. >> thank you very much. i wanted to ask you, in terms of we're waiting to hear from the justice department. what if anything, have you and the michael brown family heard f

many accidents where the pilots are able to control it most of the way down but then it clips a wing sioux city this one, the one of the ethiopian carrier, they were so close to actually having made it but just at the last minute a wing catches and then the plane tumbles or catapults. here a second more just a hundred feet more of altitude and maybe they all would have survived. >> heartbreaking. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> coming up jordan's king vowing revenge while isis supporters cheer as they watch that sick propaganda video of the jordanian pilot being burned alive. how involved will the united states be in avenging his death? >>> plus a packed commuter train slamming into an suv sitting on the tracks in new york. ahead, new video from inside the train just seconds after the crash. was the train going too fast to stop? discover card. hey! so i'm looking at my bill and my fico® credit score's on here. we give you your fico® score each month for free! awesomesauce! wow! the only person i know that says that is...lisa? julie?! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. ge

. >> hey, sioux, morning, everybody. 8:15 this wednesday morning, live look at the blue route, 476, rollingelaware county, pack your shades, sun glare this morning, as you head south down toward philly international. coming in toward philly, it is a back up on the benny. jammo, from pretty much the toll plaza, up and over, into downtown at eighth and vine, little sun glare splashed across the bridge, as well, but no complaints, because we're not going to have have the sun tomorrow, this time, to be complaining about it. twenty minute delays though on septa's media elwyn regional rail line, because of some early morning equipment problems. and because of the cold weather, septa has no a or b service on the market frankford line today. every train is making every stop, and they are rolling all the way through the york and dauphin station. south on 295, the gang leaving south jersey, heavy cherry hill, mon laurel, all the way down to the 42 freeway, all because after crash, right in the work zone there, in bellmawr. mike, alex, back over to you. >> okay, i have a bottle of watt their chris o'c

bringing, you know sioux secure fixed line as well as wireless solutions to the market. that will be our largest business segment when we get to the second half of this year and it's growing. it's growing very nicely. when you look at our wireless business all the growth is coming from the b to b. the business to business sales piece of that. that will be our largest piece. our second largest piece of business revenues will come from tv and broadband that we sell to the consumer. it's going to be a very large scaled business. our tv business is not profitable. we close directv and that becomes a very large scale tv broadband business that is profitability as soon as we close it. our third largest is consumer mobility and it becomes 20% of our business. it's the third largest share of our business and the most exciting part probably is going to be latin america. we have the best tv business in latin america. it will be the largest tv business in latin america and the investments we're making in mexico in mobility is going to make this a very fast growth piece of our busin

host: let us go to antonio in sioux falls, south dakota.re on with blake ellis and melanie hicken. caller: i'm calling because i have a problem as far as being on medicaid. i've been on medicaid mostly on my life. i have medical problems. they have been sending me bills and stuff like that. with me being on medicaid, i just received a $13,000 bill and -- i've been back and forth to the doctor has a medical problems. my medical problems still have not been rectified. i just got another medical problem. they do surgery on my foot. with them doing surgery on my foot, now, i cannot walk. i used to be able to walk. they messed with my foot. they put metal in my foot. i cannot do anything and now, i will have a 13,000 dollars bill and i'm getting worse instead of getting better. host: does medicare and medicaid -- these private debt collectors for bills through that? guest: that is not something we looked into during our investigation. guest: i will say that linebarger did work for the treasury department for many years collecting for a variety o

the city of omaha, nebraska paying $2 million and sioux city iowa hit with a $2.75 bill.ding. the latest is did you buick, iowa. >> nobody wants to be the kill joy that said don't go sledding and have fun in the winter time but the fact is that you live in a society where you can file a lawsuit. >> even top experts say that's extreme. the presidents of the national safety council, here are simple tips to keep your family safe on the slopes. >> tip number one, it's the kind of hill you sled on. >> location location location. >> no matter how far you go even if you, amazing, you can't hit anything. >> no trees and no fences and cross traffic. >> for these tips i need to show you. right now i am making two big mistakes. >> this is a seated slide and you went down head first. if you go down head first, you want to have a dwhis has ability to steer it. a. >> notice i almost hit that tree. couldn't steer away. can you guess mistake number two. >> you were not wearing a helmet and we know the number one cause is head injuries. your helmet is your best protection. >> take another

sioux faulgslls, 14 below zero it's 2 in minneapolis.wind chill of 18 below zero, the frigid temperatures are going to move east as we go through today and cold air coming in behind it by the end of the weekend, highs in the teens in boston on friday. saturday a high of 22. back to 19 on sunday. new york city your high is 20 on friday we see lows in the single digits even below zero in boston by saturday morning. your temperature, 2 below zero. that's one component and then we have the snow. we're going to get a little bit of snow today and tomorrow that's not the big story. the bigger story is what's coming by the end of the weekend. we're talking about big-time snow again, possible blizzard conditions, windy conditions and a lot of snow. so we could see another one of these strong systems just like we've seen one after another. right in the northeast. and yes, boston one of the areas, in the bull's eye, could see up to a foot of snow. by the time we get through monday of course maine could see well over two feet of snow. models do have