in a small town, again, people are held accountable.ople who can run off x these mobs and riots that are going on -- and they're everywhere, they're happening in chicago, just happened yesterday, it's very, very dangerous and it's going to lead to the a lot more violence and bloodshed. elizabeth: people have to stand up and say enough is enough, you know? these flash mobs, again, we look atta footage of what's happening in new york city, you point out that it's about accountability. and we've got david brooks, he's a columnist in "the new york times," dean. he wrote a column, what if the bad guys are us? and that's getting a lot of debate and attention. it's about a boiling up of decades of working class frustration out there in middle and small town america with what they're seeing happening in d.c. and in big cities. you know, it's about, you know, or elites talking like cultural conflicts are far more important than economic alienation. what do you think of this? >> well, i didn't realize that the whole article -- read that whole art

as for the small town, how small is it? six person force. >> dana: 1,200 people in the town. >> greg: maybe this is a great experiment to go private, you know. private always does public better. >> you know for sure they can't afford it. can i speak? they were paying them something like $20, $22 an hour. they had ridiculous hours. there was low morale. the police chief went before the town board and said to the mayor, mayor, you got to give them some kind of raise. all of the neighboring police departments are offering them $30 and $45 an hour. and here, they have like high risk, ridiculous hours, no support from you, and the mayor does nothing and now the mayor says we're going to get through this. i mean, really? you couldn't get through it when he told you about it. but i think that this is part of the ripple effect because that town is 65 miles from where george floyd was killed. the original, you know, ground zero of defund the police. and it's like you throw a stone in the pond and the stone just doesn't hit one place.

that small town. it's incredibly powerful oratory you might not even want to use the word oratory, because that sounds sort high end and official. it's a personal communication from a family man to, his friends and that speech as he's the journey was beamed around the nation by telegraph. it sent a note out to all americans. this is a very thoughtful person. he's not a random western politician. he's us in a lot of ways. and this is a family separation as well as a national separation and as the train winds way through new jersey and then pennsylvania, he just keeps finding a a deeper register. you know, it's like a different gear inside of him and in trenton, new jersey, he gives two incredible speeches about what american revolution meant to him. then he goes the next day into independence hall in philadelphia and talks about the declaration of independence. and that's the roadmap that he will be. and talking about in the july 4th, 1861, message, the american people, which is a very important lincol

i grew up in a small town. you grew up in a small town.alk a little bit about how that has impacted your life. gov. burgum: i grew up in arthur, north dakota, 300 people. we did not even have a paved street. it was gravel roads. growing up there everything was great. you learn all the things you need to do, integrity, responsibility, hard rock -- work. when i was a freshman, my dad who was a world war ii veteran passed away and my mom had to go back to work. a widow with three kids and i got to see mom having to make the mortgage. between my mom and my dad, from my dad i learned about service and sacrifice. from my mom, she was such a rock. gov. reynolds: it is an incredible story. north dakota and iowa have done a great job in helping make in america energy independent. you have brought a new wave of oil and gas production. it feels like every single day the biden administration is doing everything they can to undo the great work that is being done. as president come what would you do to regain our energy independence for decades to come?

e museum workers of small towns.nizing these training courses, seminars and trainings of the school of museum development, to which people come literally from all over the country. well, on average, there are 70 people in the audience of the museum development school, while the most distant participants came to us from the republic of yakutia. so we are making a language; there are people coming from lensk, from chelyabinsk, from salekhard. yes, if the school for representatives of the cult of the camera come to small museum workers, and peterhof means, apparently, after all, we tell some things that are really interesting to people and that are in demand. this is very inspiring. intro museum is the main festival of our country. it takes place every year in the manege, and so we won the museum from the design school of museum development, just with this project it is connected precisely with the organization. here are such refresher courses for museum workers in small towns. we won the best a project aimed at inter-r

as for small town how small is it? - >> 1200 people in the town. >> so maybe this is a great experiment to go private. you know, private always does public better. >> but you know for sure they can't afford it they're -- can i speak? >> yeah. they were paying them something like $22 an hour. they had -- ridiculous hours, there was low morale the police chief went before the town board and said to mayor, mayor you've got to give them a raise all of the neighboring police departments are offering them $30 and $40 an hour, and here they have like -- high risk ridiculous hours, no support from you and mayor does nothing and now mayor says we're going get through this you couldn't when he told you about it. but i think this is part of the ripple effect because that town is 65 miles from where george floyd was killed original, you know, great news of defund the police, and it is leak you throw a stone in a pond, and the stone just doesn't hit one place it kind of keeps rippling across the pond and that's what we're seeing in

>> we were raised in a small town, small town love, i told lee, i'm about to go home and shoot a videot more real. >> steve: was that your real couch and living room? >> that is a truck, my mom's truck, our house in sumpter. that was in maine when we shot that part. that is up there. >> ainsley: that is where? >> where the field is? s sumpter, south carolina. >> steve: i was listening to the song and watching the lyrics, they are beautiful, real valentine to your family. you are a product of them. >> exactly, product of south carolina and their love growing up in a small town, they got married at a young town, it is an honest, true thing and they raised us with values. >> ainsley: are y'all touring together? >> some. >> done a few shows this summer over this year. >> ainsley: y'all get along? >> the fighting years are over. >> he grew up to a know ma, it was like, now you are not my aggravating brother. >> steve: what age was he a man when he growed up? >> i'm still wondering myself. >> steve: would you like to play the song and we'll talk to you on the other side. >> love to do that.

it's one of many small towns that is now facing a major cop shortage.arrett tenney joins us from the midwest newsroom with all the details. what's your understanding as to why these officers quit? >> well, a big part is money. there are so few people willing to be cops and cities of all sizes are desperate to have more officers. so the large cities can afford to pay cops more are scooping up a lot of the officers from smaller towns that just don't pay as well. that's what happened in the small town of goodhue, minnesota, when all seven of its officers sent in their letters of resignation last week. several trading in their $22 an hour jobs to join other departments nearby paying as much as 40 to 50 an hour and offering better hours to go with it. >> we were all a little bit blindsided by it. but we are resilient, and we are going to move forward. so -- but it is hard. >> the resignations should not come as much of a shock. the police chief warned officials that the small town policing they were used to would disappear if they didn't act. >> this has bee

his song "try that in a small town" sits atop the hot 100.cused him of promoting racism and gun violence aldean has been denying such allegations, saying it just celebrates small town america. it goes to further prove the point that all publicity is good publicity, because that song is way up there now >> wow, yes. meanwhile, robert downie jr. is handing fans the keys to his personal car collection. he is giving away six vintage cars refurbished to be eco friendly you don't have to drop a dime to en enter fans can donate to his non-profit he has six extras, how many are in the total collection? >> how many are in that garage and talk about money moves, the mic that cardi b dropped is on auction on ebay. the lister says he will donate 100% of the proceeds to charity. remember, the audience member who was hit by the mic has file a police report for battery. >> how do you authenticate that mic? >>> and in hollywood, big ticket names like the rock, oprah and more are lending a helping hand to their union the s.a.g. foundation has raised $15 milli

we're a little weekly in a small town.e larger towns surrounding us. >> while we're dealing with all this, you published a new edition today, the headline "seized but not silenced." do you think -- we're showing it right now. do you think this was retribution just because you are a pain in the ass to the people in power? i still don't understand exactly. this was such a shoddy search. and now they have walked back the search warrant. are these just people that are powerful in a small town thinking they can get away with whatever they want and taking it out on the one group of people that say not so fast? >> it involved all of the police officers in half the county. there was no police protection anywhere in the county for several hours while this raid went on. we're not like a drug cartel here. this is also -- even if they could prove the worst case scenario, it was identity theft. well, we didn't steal anything, we didn't use it. in fact, the document that was given to us, we decided not to use. so there was no disseminat

country and it's not about the quality of the people or the amazing communities because i know small towns, what's happening in new hampshire. neighbors help neighbors. there's inspiring stories. small nonprofits that aren't getting a dime from the government that are making a difference. there are great things happening that none of us ever hear about. i know it and see it. what we do know is the biden administration is pursuing a path on the economy, energy and national security and those three topics are completely interrelated. inseparable, always have been. they just need a course correction. a little bit this way or that way. we need a 180 degree turn around on where we are going. we have an economy that is crawling. i've been making payroll every two weeks since i was in my mid-20's. i've been signing the check, i've been writing it, i know what i've had to take a pay cut or eliminate my pay to make sure to keep members. i understand under biden's policies inflation is killing this country. people say it's this and that. inflation is the most corrosive thing that could possibly happ

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, where no one would step over a homeless person in the sidewalk in a small town.hat is the difference? anonymity. you are not only anonymous in a small town, past 150 years, four generations of your family is not anonymous, everyone knows everyone going back a long time, in a big city, everyone is anonymous, people -- even people you know you walk right by them, you wouldn't recognize them, they are walking by with 10,000 other people. so the hostility and dehumanizing nature of that, whereas if as you point out in a small town, someone stops out street to take issue with a political opinion you might have, it will be a whole lot more, mannerly and thoughtful, they know you, your parents they know your children, they know everything, they know that things can get broken when we're nasty, that is forgo forgotten in big places. >> thank you for joining us on a sunday night. >> great to see you. >> thank you for joining us. i hope you have a great week ahead, until next week you can find us on-line at gowdy america or trey gowdy pod cost, good night from south caroli

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i grew up in a small town of 300 people.d died when i was a freshman in high school, a start up in my 20s after every job i had working on the farm, even work as a chimney sweep, all the jobs are once you take a shower at the end of the day, not beginning of the day so i know what it's like to take hold of your own pay to pay your team members. i know what inflation means. when my dad died, my mom went back to work, i understand what she was going to to put food on the table and we need someone in the white house who understands our economy. i spent 30 years in the private sector creating jobs thousands of great jobs, incredible value for people and in that time i stepped in as governor and took that experience and we reduced the size of government and cut the budget by 27% and trains ran on time. so much wasted in government with got to get interest rates done, 22 year high, inflation down because part of what is driving inflation is crazy biden energy policies we have every car run on battery we buy from china and china bu

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is really a small town now and an urban-type settlement all become villages.ve these territories of certain privileges in any way because , after all, there are different approaches for rural and urban territories, for example, even in the context of educational subsidies, different approaches to accrual, so citizens will not lose anyone in this aspect, it was key, and therefore the draft law is mostly not fundamental , to be honest, it is difficult for me to say why it caused a resonance to a certain extent, but it is good that thanks to your broadcast, including to talk about him and if there are any additional questions i will be happy to answer well, i will tell you what caused the resonance people did not live long in the village, but they wake up in a couple of days in the village from here and the resonance mrs. yuliya vosenko is in touch with us, an expert on the chinese law that not signed by the president and has not entered into force, the experts of the network for the protection of national interests ann would ask about your comment , will it be a

i'm a small town kid from a small town in north dakota, built a business from scratch into a billionnd opportunity to lead global companies, we built it with small town kids and now have an opportunity the last six and a half years to lead north dakota and we have cut taxes, eliminated red tape, closed define benefit pension plan people have been trying to get done 30 years and on track to have the highest gdp of any state in the nation. we know we have a great story to tell and talking about the three things where the biden administration is headed in the wrong direction. the economy, national security, intertwined and as you were talking earlier. >> sandra: very interesting. >> 10% tax on pick-ups -- >> sandra: i want to make sure we get to a lot here. can your small town message resonate across the country? i know what you did there was really successful. can you make that economic message appeal to a broader audience nationally? how do you do it? >> an listen to your own show what you were just talking about, sandra, talking about all the issues in big cities. i think most americ

you grew up in a small town in i grew up in a small town, can you talk about how that has formed yous a governor and how it would shape you as a president. nikki: it was a small town, to stop lights. -- two stop lights. what got me into politics was i was never at that kid that was in college for government die am an accountant. after i left the corporate world, i came back home to the family business and i was telling my mom how hard it was to make a dollar in how easy it was for government to take it. my mama said quit complaining about it, do something about it. i didn't know you were supposed to run against him, the only option was to win. we said we have way too many lawyers at the statehouse. we think they need a good accountant. gov. reynolds: we really need a good accountant in washington, d.c. nikki: i think that growing up like that and seeing people who work hard, and south carolina it was always about faith, family and country. your parents raised you to be responsible individuals. he went to school and learn what it meant to be successful and you went to church and found

everyone will come, small towns will come to big ones to discuss their problems. first. second, he got acquainted with the format that we have. this is a parliamentary project exclusively for the partner association of the district grozny region on sustainable development. initially , five districts went to this alliance. today is already six. that is, it is called the alliance, it is called the partner alliance five plus why five, in in principle, initially there were five districts, and then another mostovsky district was added there . now six districts issued an agreement. and where did it come from? who came up with this idea? it was my initiative together with my fellow deputies from these districts. so we were supported by local deputies, district deputies, here we were supported by the executive committees, we were supported by, uh, the regional council of deputies the leadership of the parliament in this regard, and we signed such an agreement that we will complement each other to help each other in increasing sustainability ours. e districts have a number

>>> a minnesota small town left scrambling after the entire police force walked off the job. with two weeks' notice, the 1200-person-town must find a way to replace the police or up the cops' pay. >>> a sports car will join the electric revolution. how the lamborghini model is touting perform the without the gas. >> rep >>> how one surfer swam 20 miles for help, and why rescue crews are still searching the waves. it's wednesday, august 16. "early today" starts right now >> and good morning, and thanks for joining us i'm jessica layton >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera former president trump and his allies are already on the defensive after the sweeping indictment in georgia. trump on truth social tuesday called for his crowded schedule of trials to be pushed until after the 2024 election, allege be allegeing interference, meanwhile, mark meadows filed tuesday, attempting to move his own charges to federal court a move to federal court could result in a more favorable jury pool for defendants. nbc's garrett haake has more on the reaction from the political world. >> re

. >>> abc news has obtained new video that shows police raiding a small town newspaper. less than 24 hours later, the paper's co-owner suddenly dies. what led up to this extraordinary police action and what officers seized. >>> breaking news, video just coming in. a crash at an air show in michigan. a fighter jet slamming into a building. the crew parachuting to safety. >>> new details in that mysterious and deadly house explosion in pennsylvania. at least five people killed, a dozen homes damaged, and the surprising conclusion that gas was not the cause of it. >>> former president trump bracing for a possible fourth indictment this week. georgia officials accusing trump of tampering with the 2020 election results. aaron katersky standing by in atlanta. >>> and classes are canceled for nearly 100,000 students after a school bus snafu. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight." >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm linsey davis. tonight, the death toll is climbing in the maui fire. at le

a really small town. one stop sign kind of town. my father was a worker in mississippi. was a lumber. there was a little bit of farming where he lived. my mother was a schoolteacher at a small school system in mississippi. when they migrated of north to small-town freeport, they became factory workers. >> you went to college where? >> the university of illinois. i wanted to be a diplomat. i graduated in 68. >> then you went to woodrow wilson school. >> i got -- i got a masters degree. >> you get a graduate degree from princeton and all of this the u.s. government says we are ready for you to be a diplomat? what happened? >> all they ask you if you want to go into the foreign service. you have to take a test and the test requires you to be literate and things that a kid from hickory mississippi did not really know about. they asked me a question. >> ultimately, you clicked -- you came to washington and what did you do when you came to washington? . >> i came to d.c. with the princeton alma mater. i started making the rounds, people would referred me -- were for me to this

cell is a small town that has managed to carry its original spirit through the centuries, so it willresting for a tourist to visit here. and what to look at, which i will do now. you will probably be wondering where the city got such cell name. now i will tell you the legend once upon a time, i lived on this earth. prince nicknamed to the faces. it was a very tough prince. and he never forgave anything to anyone, when a man did something wrong, the prince shouted to stick him on the water and on the chain once the prince decided to marry , he chose a simple girl as his bride, but the girl’s heart was not free she loved a rural guy, but the prince did not look at this, grabbed the girl and closed it in the palace and said, in 2 days we have a wedding. choose a dress. yes and in general get ready for our future life together said the girl is it better to be in the damp earth than to be married? for you, you don’t know all my strength, answered her rings, ok, i just stomp the ground with my foot. it will immediately disperse that he, in principle, did a miracle, suddenly the earth parte

it, we will not back down or bow down, and jason aldean, they tried to cancel him, try that in a small townsmall group of crazy people trying to silent you, tell them to shut the heck up. >> it takes courage. >> they move on. >> yeah. >> they are like a swarm of bees or something. >> annoying. >> you know, david, comedians are funny and fearless, but it seems like they are being muzzled now. what do you think about marlon standing up? >> he is back. he is back. period. think about wa w wayans brothers when they started out, they were fearless. we are going back to great guying like carlin and ken since to where we are toward, male and female, and great thing, they made people laugh. laughter is the best medicine, they brought something absurd, look at blue collar comedy tour. >> dave chapel and -- all of this is out there. and they are trying to tell people to shut up, i'm with lisa, there is a time to look at them, shut up and comedians can leaded way think about george carlin, he broke the mold, he talked about politics and everything, life is absurd enough, they take it and put it on sta

the pastor said john's life and career served as a reminder that small town doesn't have to be smallort for their newspaper after the raid. >> the last 24 hours, she was just beside herself her whole life. she would now be turned around looking at the outpouring of people. should be very impressed with the organizations that supported us, the news organizations interviewing a. but i think mostly, what the average citizen coming out there and this is one of those issues that crosses left and right. >> tonight, we can report that the newspaper we are working for more than 50 years has more than doubled its subscriptions in the last two weeks. and on that note, i want to wish you a good night. i'm alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. you can always catch my show american voices on saturday and sunday at six pm eastern right here on msnbc. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. staying up late. >> happy to have you. here georgia senator raphael warnock is going to be our guest to live this evening. senator warnock does not do all tha

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. ♪ amna: one of the most popular country music hits of the summer is "try that in a small town."ong has ignited controversy and faced backlash from fans, who say the lyrics encourage racism and violence. jeffrey brown has more for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: the song is by jason aldean, one of country music's biggest stars. the video includes footage of violent protests and vandalism and was filmed in part at a courthouse in tennessee, which was the scene of race riots in 1946 and where a black man was lynched in 1927. critics, including singer sheryl crow and margo price, say the lyrics promote violence with verses that include "try that in a small town. see how far you make it down the road. around here, we take care of our own." ♪ jeffrey: following an outcry, the original video was slightly re-edited to remove some of its controversial images. small protests have taken place at several of aldean's concerts. but the song's popularity has only grown, jumping to number two on billboard's country music charts last week. joining me now to tell us more, marcus k.

the only way to describe florida's big bend, small towns with big damage tonight, our first look at the incredible fury of hurricane idalia powerful bursts of wind, relentless sheets of rain, and devastating storm surge combining into a destructive force of historic proportions. >> i don't think anybody expected it to be this bad. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the category 3 hurricane is the strongest to hit the big bend area in more than a century. landfall came this morning at keaton beach with maximum sustained gusts of 125 miles per hour homes here didn't stand a chance in nearby perry, this gas station toppled by fierce winds, and across the region, roofs ripped off buildings. >> oh, oh, my gosh >> have you ever seen anything like this in perry? >> absolutely not. nobody is going to get power for weeks. >> reporter: the governor touring hard-hit perry today >> what's your message to floridians who are trapped or stranded right now? >> well, if you are in distress, you can call 911, and there will be rescue efforts that will commence. the storm has passed the first responders are acti

we told you that it was try that in a small town was the number one song on itunes for a while and thee out what the top songs are at that time. to come out on billboard where they take a look at all the sales for a week or so. that's really big. >> ainsley: all three of those guys are wonderful singers. you love nashville as much as we do too and granger smith you remember his story he lost his child in a drowning accident. he and his wife are going to be on the show. they left the music world to go into ministry. their story is incredible. i was reading their book out yesterday crying my eyes out because he recounts finding his child in the swimming pool. >> steve: they are here today coming up. >> ainsley: they are going to be on our show. 9 minutes and 52 seconds before the top of the hour. check in on the streets new york city. what's it like out there. >> spectacular. a cold front move through on the weekend and much cooler air here in the northeast. not so much for the south and central plains. take a look at new york city right now. very low humidity, great hair day and the tem