in the midwest, we again see the decline i south dakota. in the south, there was a great range among individual states. louisiana with a 1.4% growth and west virginia with 2.5% growth can be contrasted to texas with a 20.6% growth. in the west, there is an even larger difference between montano what 9.6% growth and again nevada with 35.1%. now i turn to the implication of the 2010 official census results on the membership of the u.s. house of representatives. as you know, the constitutional purpose of the senses is the redistribution of the membership of the house of representatives across states, proportional to their populations. since 1940, the law has specified that the census bureau use the method of equal proportions to assign seats to states. this method is based on the population of the 50 states, excluding the district of columbia, supplemented by the federal-affiliated overseas population. if we look at the congressional apportionment each decade since states, and a tendency to lose seats from the midwestern and northeastern states

tonight, south dakota's lone member of the house, moderate stephanie herseth sandlin. judy spoke with her last week as the lame duck session was coming to a close. >> representative stephanie herseth sandlin, thank you for talking with us. >> woodruff: you were elected in 2004 with fanfare, one of the youngest members of the house of representatives, the first woman from south dakota. six years later, what happened? >> i think there was clearly a wave of discontent against washington. it was taken out on the democratic party being in control of both the white house and both chambers of the congress, i think there was a lot of undisclosed money that came into south dakota driving a message to paint me as a washington partisan. which i don't believe that i am but it was a message that resonated after pounding it away for a number of weeks. and you know, again, south dakotans -- you know, we thought we communicated effectively about a record of accomplishment, and we kept it close, but clearly, given that it was a wave election, given the resources that were spent, i thin

thank you. >> hi, i'm kristi noem, congresswoman-elect from the state of south dakota. i'm honored to represent the people of my state as part of a new majority committed to being humble, more modest, and more focused on addressing the challenges our nation faces. while washington has been busy doing what's best for washington things have gotten worse, not better for families and small businesses. with unemployment still rising, the number one thing our family-owned small businesses need right now is certainty. they need to know that the government is not going to come in and do anything to jeopardize their ability to keep their doors open. so it's certainly encouraging to see that president obama has proposed a potential agreement to stop all the tax hikes scheduled to take effect on january 1st. failing to stop all the tax hikes would mean taxes would go up for small businesses all across this country, destroying more jobs. the american people want to see all the tax hikes stopped, and they won't tolerate games that might get in the way. they won't put up with any cel

the clerk: the senator from south dakota, mr. thune, proposes an amendment numbered 4841. in section -- mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the reading be set aside. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i would further ask unanimous consent that we resume consideration of the inhofe amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i would like to yield at this moment to -- mr. kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: i am just trying to get a procedure in place if we can. i wanted to ask my colleague from north dakota if we could enter into a time agreement on this. we won't ask colleagues to come back to vote tonight, obviously, but if we could get a time agreement and then set them aside for a vote at such time as the leadership decides is appropriate, i think that would help us expedite issues. mr. inhofe: i would object to a time agreement at this time, although that shouldn't delay it. i know there are several people, including the senator from arizona who wants

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: i thank the senator from oklahoma for yielding some time. we're going to vote on his amendment and then on the amendment that i offer. both address important subjects in this treaty. the senator from oklahoma is dealing with the issue of verification and pointing out the shortcomings in the treaty with regard to that very important issue, and the amendment that i will have voted on deals with the issue of delivery vehicles, which in my viewment is a critically important -- in my view is a critically important element in this treaty as well. as i said earlier today on the floor, what this amendment does is very straightforward and very simple. it just increases the number of deployed delivery vehicles which are the bombers, the submarines and the icbms allowed for in the treaty from 700 to 720. and just in terms of background about why that's important, i want to inform my colleagues in the senate about why it is important that we get that number up to 720. i asked at an armed s

in the midwest, we again see the decline in michigan but we also see a 7.9% growth in south dakota. in the south, there was a great range among individual states. for example, louisiana with a 1.4% growth and west virginia with a 2.5% growth can be contrasted with texas with a 20.6% growth. in the west, there is even a wider difference between montana at 9.6% growth and again in nevada with 35.1%. i turned to the implication of the 2010 officials said its results on the membership of the u.s. house of representatives. as you know, the constitutional purpose of the census is the redistribution of the membership of the house of representatives across state proportional to the population. the official 2010 population count at the state level on congressional apportionment is a shift of 12 seats affecting eight different states. those states gaining seats include arizona, florida, georgia, nevada, south carolina, texas, utah, and washington, as you see on the graphic. those losing states are illinois, iowa, louisiana, massachusetts, michigan, missouri, new jersey, new york, ohio, and pen

well in south dakota casino bill dropped the revenue thanks mostly to the down economy. but early winter storms have kept gamblers home and many believe a new state-wide smoking ban, that's a part. >>> we have only had three weeks in november and a few weeks in december and we are getting worse numbers than we had a couple of weeks ago. at the end of november we were looking at 15 to 20%. but properties now are reporting it could be 30 to 40%. >> now, while south dakota struggles the keystone state continues to fly, pennsylvania casinos have collected nearly a billion dollars of revenue and that's not counting state taxes. a large percentage of revenues go to help relieve property tax for pennsylvania residence, each homeowner gets about $200 back per year. >>> well, the spirit of christmas alive at the baltimore science city in a way. for these kids, the homeless for the holiday. we will explain in a very special celebration. >>> plus we all have the sounds but at what costs. i know everybody who walks down 34th street goes i wonder how much. tonight we will find out. [

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sioux falls, south dakota. hello. are you there? good-bye.ry cord lane, idaho, hello. >> caller: hi, larry. congratulations i love you. i have a question for ms. naomi. i've hepatitis b and so does my husband. you've been our inspiration. i want to know how you stay so beautiful and how you're hanging in there. is there anything you can say for us that can help us go as far as you have. i really need to know, naomi. help us, please. >> bless your heart. >> larry: that's the disease? hepatitis c. it's going to kill four times more americans than aids will in the next decade. i'm sad to hear that. the good news is that i actually had a meeting with pretty much america's expert last week, dr. bruce bacon in missouri. we have a new drug coming out. it's going through the fda right now. we think that it's going to have a really high cure rate. if you take intron which is new and advanced with riboverin right now, we're seeing a 72% cure rate. when i had it in 1990, there was nothing you could do for it. >> larry: how did you get it? >> i used to w

south dakota, minnesota, and iowa are experiencing near whiteout conditions. transportation officials are telling drivers in southern minnesota and iowa to stay home because of worsening weather. they even ordered snow plows off the roads in open areas. some areas are expected to get a foot or more of snow today. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser here, we're just experiencing some dense fog. >> leigh: we could have some slight delays at bay area airports. here's a shiite shot -- here's a shot from the high definition tamalpais cam. we have been socked in, in some locations. all day long. in fact here's a look at some current visibility. i just updated for these. nine-mile visible in napa. seven miles, sfo. four miles at half hoop -- half moon bay, and the central valley fog is being pushed towards the coast that is reducing visibility in this area from concord to oakland, towards sf expo the coast and that's going to continue off and on tonight and tomorrow. here's a look at current temperatures. 60 in san francisco. 65 redwood city. 58 in oakland -- in antioch,

north dakota to as far south as central florida. today, green beans were being harvested before they could freeze. and, tonight, orange growers are struggling to keep their crops from being destroyed in the bitter cold. >> it's got to stay warm. this is the only thing we can do. >> the air mass behind this storm system is brutally cold. certainly it's the coldest in quite some time. and for many, it may be the coldest of the season. >> reporter: tonight, with 14 dead in the wake of this storm, much of the country is bracing for another bitter dose. and we're still a full week away from the official start of winter. i'm chris bury for "nightline," near valpariso, indiana. >> our thanks to chris. >>> when we come back, college campuses. the ghost writer paid thousands to do student's work. ooh, a brainteaser. how can expedia now save me even more on my hotel? well, hotels know they can't fill every room every day. like this one. and this one. and oops, my bad. so, they give expedia ginormous discounts with these: unpublished rates. wh

well, -- and i listened to my friend from south dakota recently. he was just on the floor talking about creating jobs and all that kind of stuff. well, we just had the new unemployment figures come out this morning from the labor department. the bureau of labor statistics says we are now -- the unemployment rose to 9.8%. but that's just the official, the official unemployment figures. actually if you do an accurate count of payroll data and if you don't exclude the changes in khroeuplt among the nation -- employment among the nation's farm workers, if you take into account the 14.8 million workers who are part time of necessity because they can't get a full-time job, or they're discouraged and they've left the workforce because they have been looking and they're out of work and they've gone past their 99 weeks of unemployment compensation. when you take all that into account, according to leo hentkraoeurbgs who is the chairman of the smart globalization initiative, the real unemployment rate is 18.7%. 18.7%. and the job gap, the job gap is not -- i

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i think the american people when they spoke at the election this year basically were saying one thing, and that is we want to keep the main thing the main thing and the american people the main thing is getting the economy growing again and creating jobs. now, almost everything that has been done here in congress in the last couple of years has been the exact opposite of that. because you've seen policies put in place that increase the cost of doing business in this country and make it more difficult for small businesses to create jobs. and so here we are today debating what evidently has become the democrat economic theory which is raise taxes to create jobs. now, we've seen it in play throughout the last year -- the last couple of years. the cap-and-trade bill was a tax on energy. it didn't get through the senate here because we were prepared to stop it, but it passed in the house of representatives, was headed here. the health care bill raised taxes on medical device man

if you're -- >> south dakota, where is that? >> no we're in nevada.ight there. >> he's traveling fast. he's going to be making his way to our direction. >> all right. we will be back at 11:00 on cbs 5. remember, the news even on christmas eve is always on cbs5.com.

>> several of them, not the least of them was john thune, tall, handsome south dakota and. he was making sounds of running for president in 2012. lisa murkowski, they reelected republican from alaska, is an independent agent all of a sudden. don't ask, don't tell, start -- the republican leadership, if you recall, cut her loose. she apparently has a long memory. >> and she has cut them loose. >> she voted for all of these things. >> let me say one word about start. there is something so anachronistic about it. it is putting us and the russians back in the 1950's. the idea that we are going to curtail our arsenals by 10%, and that will make any difference, even if the russians wanted to triple their arsenal, it will not make a difference. who cares. the point is, obama wanted a victory of sorts, and this is the only one that he had in foreign affairs. intrinsically, it has almost no importance whatsoever. >> that is not a question of trust. it was not just rakowski. you have 13 republicans who did not follow leadership. >> the public does not give a darn about what the leade

the nexus fargo south dakota. in san francisco they say the average person as 12 drinks a month. more than 8% are considered heavy drinkers nearly 20% are considered in shrinkers. d y russert down in santa clara county a crackdown was in effect from december 17th through 28. three injured 75 people arrested for driving under the influence. if that section down from 444 last year. there still will be extra d y patrols wrote the town tonight. in looking at the roof cam a looking out over san francisco at beautiful clear dry night stay with us will be back after this break

strong winds gusting at 50 miles per hour are creating blizzard-like condition conditim south dakotaminnesota. residents here in minneapolis are trying to stay ahead of the 18 inches expected to pile up by the storm's end. >> it's rough. it's really rough, and all the snow doesn't make it any better. >> reporter: it's complete white-out conditions. officials have ordered snow plows off the streets and are warning people to stay inside. three major highways are closed. along interstate 29 in des moines, winds and icy roads caused disbz of spinouts and accidents. in deliewght, tugboats are deps rattily breaking up a freezing lake superior. minneapolis international is shut down and more than 600 flights have been canceled. >> it's just getting for bad to worse right now. >> reporter: chicago is expected to get hit with three inches as the storm heads east, dumping more snow long the great lakes and rain along the east coast but an arctic broadcast is not far behind. in the plains and upper midwests, temperatures will be near zero. >> we'll see a quick freeze-up. we'll go from some wet

do expect slippery travel along i-90 heading through south dakota.gland. we are still talking some lake-effect snow in cities like syracuse, rochester and erie. i think our main concern here in the east will be very gusty winds, especially in cities like boston. as for the southeast, a picture perfect travel day on deck with high pressure in control looking cool and dry. my advice would be to travel early on. in both the southeast and the midwest because snow is on the way. that snow is expected to arrive on your christmas eve in cities like chicago down to st. louis. back to you, rob and vinita. >> all right, amy, thanks a lot. >>> here's the rest now of your thursday forecast. heavy mountain snow out in utah, colorado, arizona, and new mexico. it will be a damp thursday in the pacific northwest with off and on showers from seattle to portland. >> mostly 40s in the pacific northwest and rockies. 56 degrees in sacramento. 30s from omaha to indianapolis. a gusty 42 in boston. 37 in baltimore. 72 degrees in miami. >>> with tensions on the korean penins

heavy snow also closed highways in south dakota, minnesota, colorado, nevada and arizona. >>> well, a sad update in the search for a missing snow border in the sierra. rescue teams yesterday found the body of the 25-year-old woman missing since tuesday from alpine meadows ski resort. shawnte marie willis got separated from her friends while snowboarding. rescuers aren't sure whether she intentionally left marked trails. >> i really don't want to second-guess her. she was skiing with people. at that particular time, they chose not to go in the same direction. >> her body was found near the base of a tree where it appears that she crashed. an autopsy is scheduled for next week. >>> 4:49. let's check in with tracy. >> hey, good morning. well, our forecast as we move into the big holiday, we will start things off again on a cold note and these temperatures are colder than they were at the same time yesterday morning. 33 in livermore. 34 in concord. temperatures just at or below freezing from fairfield to napa to santa rosa. 32 in vallejo, 37 in san rafael. 37 in oakland, 38 in fremont. 43

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: -- giving me an opportunity to respond briefly, if i might, to some of these issues. one of the issues, too, that general chilton, the stratcom commander, i think testified to was an assumption that there would be no cheating. and as i said before, there are -- history is replete with examples of the russians cheating on these agreements. and furthermore, what they agreed to was a -- not a -- the treaty is 700 but what general chilton and the nuclear force structure plan would call for is 720. it's 240 submarine-launched ballistic missiles up to 420 icbms and up to 60 bombers. now, again, that adds up to 720 and that's all this amendment does is simply makes consistent what the nuclear force structure plan, as outlined by general chilton and others, would be with what the treaty requirements would be as well. and again, i want to make one point about this because i said this earlier, but we have 856 launch vehicles, delivery vehicles in our arsenal today. the treaty calls for 7

and on i-90, from south dakota to wisconsin. wet on i-5, in northern california.cy on i-15, and 70 in the rockies. >> and if you're flying today, expect airport delays in san francisco, salt lake city and minneapoli >>> now, to a dramatic rescue by a quick-thinking highway patrol officer in florida. with the dash cam rolling, the officer first tried to use a fire extinguisher to smash through the window of a burning suv, after it crashed in boca raton. now, when that didn't work, he made everyone stand back, fired two shots in the window and pulled a passenger to safety. >>> police in california are still trying to figure out some solid answers about the mysterious murder of hollywood publicist ronni chasen. investigators are now doing ballistics tests on the gun used in yesterday's suicide of a person of interest in the case. they want to see if it's a match with the gun that killed chasen. meanwhile, chasen's will has revealed that she was worth more than $6 million. >>> dive teams have joined the search for three, missing brothers, last seen at their father's h