health care providers race in south dakota, educated in south dakota and on-the-job training in south dakota are more likely to stay in south dakota and we have to work harder to make that happen for rural areas and that is where we have been focusing our efforts. we made important strides. two years ago we expanded the rural health care facility recruitment program for fields such as registered nurses and physical therapists. as a result of this expansion we have 120 health care professionals that were successfully recruited to 49 rural communities including communities like scotland, mich. timber lake. we also need more capacity in our educational programs. in fiscal year 13 we increased the size by four students and in my budget this year i am proposing we add another 11 students per class. that means in five years we will need 60 more students being trained in our state than we did before the expansion began. in the future we must work to add residents to keep these additional med school graduates doing their residency training right here in south dakota. we have increased the cap

and california is very different from south dakota. and i certainly am a you know, was exposed to some things, learned some things out there. obviously got a great education -- christian liberal arts education -- and then came back to the university of south dakota where i got my mba. i then decided after having lived in california that i down inanted to settle the midwest and south dakota. i just never got it out of my system. and loved everything about it. so i came back to get my mba in south dakota, assuming i would end up working financial services or some field like that. and ended up on this career path. >> culture shock from south dakota to los angeles >> very much so. i'm sure i sort of looks like somebody -- when i got to california, maybe a little bit of a hayseed. when i got there, because it is, it is a dairy different culture. au do have, i think, transitional period when you make a big change like that. i was young, and came from a really good, solid up ringing and background. so pretty well grounded, but just an entirel

north dakota senator heidi hike can and south dakota this -- south dakota senator john thune. then, a discussion about security at the olympic games. >> next a conversation with heidi heitkamp. >> senator heidi heitkamp, a democrat from north dakota. i want to begin with one of your campaign ads. you describe your mom as a janitor, your dad as someone who never finished high school and you are one of seven. what was that like? >> we did not think it was all that rare. back then, a lot of people in the world war ii generation did not finish high school, who had to help out on the farm. an eighth grade education was considered the most you could ascribe to. for us, it was not odd. our dad was always a community leader and so we never thought about education as being what you learned in school. education was what you did and how you learned in real life. my dad was a community leader and my mom was the protector of the underadvantaged. the worst thing you could commit from my mother was to pick on another kid. when i was born, my mother had 4 kids and the oldest was 2 and they ha

south dakota is one of the. today south dakota has over 10,000 more jobs than we did before the recession. south dakota, in fact, is two and a half% above our pre recession peak. the nation remains about 1% below pre recession levels. south dakota's average personal income growth continues to be among the highest in the nation. in the third quarter of last year personal income growth compared to the same quarter in 2012 was the highest in the nation. we have reached another important milestone as well. our per capita income now exceeds the national average. numbers available for 2012 indicate that the average resident earns about 3 percent more than the average american. one consequence of western and the economy is that 2013 saw a 1% decrease in the number of people on medicaid. at two and a half% decrease of those enrolled for food stamps. this is the first year in recent memory that enrollments in these programs have dropped. of course not all our economic, and we can be proud of our success in many areas. s.

-- murdough, south dakota.s i was in the checkout line, somebody behind me tapped my shoulder and he said, i noticed you missed one last night. i was like, who was the smart alec? i'm a freshman and i made five out of six. he introduced himself as congressman jim abner. and he sort of follow my sports career, and i started to get interested in his political career, but that was my first exposure really to a political figure. and so that sparked my interest at least initially. i have never contemplated doing this as a career path until later in life. and that also was related to then senator abner. but growing up it was not something that was really part of our daily conversation and certainly anything that i aspired to do at the time. >> where is murdo, south dakota? >> it is at the intersection of interstate 90 and highway 83. we always thought it was the center of the universe growing up, but 500 people. when i was growing up, it was about 800 people. great place to grow up, but when i was growing up, my life

i never thought i'd be doing this, when i was growing up in myrtle, south dakota. but sometimes opportunities come your way and i think that you have to be prepared for that and obviously look at how you think you can put your gifts to their highest and best use. >> how does job thune make a decision, when -- john thune make a decision, when you're looking at a bill, an issue, what's the process? >> the issues we're dealing with here, the world has gotten very complecated. there's a lot of information coming at you on any particular bill or any particular vote so you surround yourself with good people, people who understand your basic philosophy, and hopefully are keeping themselves very informed on the issues. but then you have to spend a lot of time getting informed. i think in most cases, your decisions are sort of shaped by two things. one is, your sort of core values, conscience, whatever you want to call it. and secondly, informed by the people you represent. you have to stay very much in step with and understand the core of the people you represent on any gi

south dakota came in second followed by nebraska. west virginia ranked last. >>> when we come back, dash cam drama. a police officer in the right place at the right time. new video of a fiery rescue that saved a man's life. >>> and talk about a hazard. an unexpected visitor poking his head out on a golf course.

that is what we do in south dakota to pull together when times get tough. take care of ourselves, help our neighbors as south dakota celebrates 125 years of statehood we can be proud we are strong because we have not forgotten those values. what is the status of our state today? the status of the code is strong and the best is yet to come. let's work hard this year. [applause] [applause] how the u.s. may be perceiving this and is proceeding the threats from the games. i had the advantage of being in the government during several olympics and the beijing olympics to coordinate u.s. security and potential response to threats. it is fair to say not from an alarmist standpoint but an objective standpoint given everything we heard and everything we know that these are the most dangerous olympic games since 9/11 given both a threat environment and given all of the opportunities various groups gordon laid out have in terms of this game. let me lay out how the u.s. might view this and why i suggested the most dangerous context of the olympic games since 9/11. in th

red and energy producing states, including louisiana, alaska, west virginia, south dakota, arkansas, north carolina, and montana, where democrats are most vulnerable. >> they're going to have to distance themselves from the executive order big time in order to prevent some of the damage, but it's really too late. the president is the leader of their party. so if you're a republican challenger, you're going to say, you know, you're going to say senator kay hagan, senator mark pryor, senator begich, they supported president obama and he's the leader of their party, and they're all in this together. >> liberal super pacs and environmentalists like tom stier who spent $11 million to elect virginia's new governor last year, are raising hundreds of millions of dollars to court environmentalists in both parties. >> big oil and big coal and utility companies are going to attempt to beat up members of congress who want to address climate change. at the same time, poll after poll shows the vast majority of people in states red and blue

and the sad part is if you follow the pipeline route south dakota has the same thing.inent domain laws in favor of pipe lines and that type of thing. so they have greased all the wheels all up and down the line. they have undue influence in so many legislatures. and we are seeing the power of money in america. >> in this entire debate the only assurance that landowners have been given about protecting the water is a shrug of the shoulders, just don't worry about it. >> the safest ship ever built. [ laughter ] >> titanic. >> we are definitely stubborn here in nebraska, no question about that. landowners in other states are stubborn, as well. i think the water, the massive amount that our state sits on definitely is a game changer with this pipeline. it certainly touches other states, as well. you are essentially talking about our entire state. we are an ag state. we are not an oil state. >> joining us tonight former montana governor and first appearance as msnbc contributor. doing the homework on this and the research i can't seem to get a good answer from anybody who i

you've seen it happened tom harkin in iowa, tom daschle in south dakota, hubert humphrey.strated path for victory for people who are willing to get out there and work hard. for me it's a three-word plant -- relentless hard work. while i'm doing that, chuck, and you've been in this towns, my likely opponents is out shaking down big money in new york and texas. i think that's going to win in campaign. >> let me ask you this on the issue of health care, i think you believe that the health care law didn't go far enough. >> exactly. >> what would you have done? >> i support making medicare available to everyone of any age. people should be able to buy into medicare. the reason that didn't happen, when the affordable care act was being debated and decided out here in washington, it was because of the big health insurance companies and big drug companies that didn't want that medicare option. >> you think they captured president obama? >> they captured the process -- >> you think he is too captured by the process. >> they captured the process and co-opted it with their influence.

. >> reporter: in the black hills of south dakota tribe members burn an offering of sage and pray toother earth. >> we come and stand in the footsteps of our an zest t zest -- ancestors. >> reporter: the project begins in the canadian tar sands, running 1100 miles from montana to nebraska. in south dakota it would skirt seven native american nations. >> the pipeline will be four miles to the west here. >> reporter: that's too close for 60-year-old steve vance. he worries if the pipeline ruptures it could pollute the cheyenne river and the ogallala aquifer. it's solvents to make it fluent, so when the pipe breaks, which i know it will, it is not going to just leak oil. >> reporter: this isn't just a battle over water. it is also a battle over land. the tribe says the pipeline violates 19th century treaties it negotiated for territory rights in the black hills. treaties the u.s. government abolished more than a century ago, but treaties the tribes say are still valid. the construction of the pipeline could also unearth sacred native american artifacts. trans-canada says it has protecti

in south dakota it would cover seven native american reservations. >> the pipeline will be approximately four miles to the west. >> that's too close for 60-year-old. their aquifer is in the pipeline path. >> when the pipe breaks, which i know it will, it's not going to leak oil. it's going to leak oil and chemicals. >> for the l la cota, this is nt just a battle over water, it's a battle over land. and the lakota fear the construction of the pipeline could unearth sacred native american artifacts. transcanada has met with the tribes and said it has protections in place to preserve the site. they encourage the involvement of indigenous cultures and strife to build long-term trust and with respect with tribal groups. but at this meeting tribe members prepared for a fight. some even threatening to physically block the pipelines' construction. >> we'll stand in front of transcanada. they'll have to run over us or put us in jail to play their pipeline. [♪ singing ] >> reporter: a threat the lakota hope they won't have to carry out. diane estherbrook, al jazeera, black hills, south dakota. >>

south dakota, west virginia. all of us -- it's way too early to make these predictions, aren't they? >> it's way early. there's a 63% chance that i think it's really, really early to make this sort of precise prediction. we don't know what's going to happen. we don't know who is running in these states. however, nate silver's numbers were dead on, but he did know who the candidates were and i do this it's a prerequisite. i'm not going to dis my newspaper. >> joe. >> john, lets talk about the consequences of this. democrats have to be worried about it. nobody is better than numbers than men and women in the obama white house. they had it played out perfectly in 2008, 2012. they understand these post numbers are accurate, too. they may be facing a battle in the senate. what's at stake for the obama presidency, for the obama legacy, if he spends his last two years in office with mitch mcconnell running the senate and john boehner running the house? >> it's been tough enough with split control. i think he ends up in

located in south dakota, they will measure how they change on the way. the beam will widen to several miles across as it goes through all that rock. on the other end, scientists will be able to measure how many have been changed. the detector will be like this. only 200 times larger. nine british universities helped to build it. it is very exciting to work with neutrinos. are all over the universe, but we know basically nothing about them. it will be very exciting to unravel some of the mysteries neutrinos are holding. >> it was the japanese who first discovered neutrinos changed as they traveled. 16 years ago. since then, researchers have been convinced that the way neutrinos changed was important to the first few moments of creation. the aim of this new international project is to learn more about how these mysterious particles helped shape the early universe. bbc news, chicago. >> from science to sochi. right now, athletes from around the world are busy competing for gold. raisingme americans, the funds to get there is a huge task. countries, the u.s.

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. north dakota. ms. heitkamp: thank you so much for this opportunity to talk about something that is -- i ask that quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from north dakota. ms. heitkamp: in north dakota in spite of all of the discussion about our great energy renaissance and all of the above and the new manufacturing and yes, we are going to be a test site for -- for the unmanned aircraft, in north dakota we live and we breathe agriculture. in summer our plains are filled with beautiful sunflowers and canola fields and flax and if you have never seen a field of flax i'll send you a picture. it's the most amazing view especially when the canola is next to the flax. our ranchers take serious provide in their cattle herds that graze around our state. and the wheat, grain, corn and soybeans farmers provide help feed the world and are the best products produced in agriculture today. agriculture also supports 16 million jobs around the country including thousands of man

zero, the consistently bone chilling cold has been pretty extraordinary. >> how is business in south dakotas unemployment rate? >> 3.6. >> oh, my gosh. >> why? >> not as good as north dakota where it's 2.6. they have the energy thing going up there but we have financial service, health care, drive es of our economy, and real very favorable business economic climate there. >> do you get any positive impact from what's going on in north dakota economically? >> we do. >> how does north impact south dakota? >> quite a spillover, the trucks going 24/ from rapid city to the wilston basin. electrical, all kinds of guys doing work up there. a ripple effect. we don't get the direct benefit from it. i kid my friends from north dakota, some day we'll repay them stealing the territorial capital by horizontally drilling into their oil and pulling it down into south dakota. >> isn't it almost surreal that america's energy revolution -- >> yeah. >> as i say on this show all the time, an economic revolution that is going to impact the way our children and possibly grandchildren live economically. >> yeah.

from sioux falls, south dakota. i am in sioux falls south dakota. two yearsre about ago. jumped on my son. my sons are in and out of jail. put himt son they just back in for violating parole. they are trying to give him eight years like he killed somebody. out when thee case white boys jumped on my son. i need to know what is going on. host: a couple of tweets that we have received on this question. ifhost: nond him you want to be in a recession, go to facebook. run is on the independent line. i would just like them to work together. they say it is always the other guy's fault. they go home and look at it in a mirror and say i am part of the problem. what can i do to work with the other side? they should work with one another to do what is right for the american people. it is disgusting to watch all the criticism when they get up in front of a microphone. i support the minimum wage being raised. support gay marriage or abortions. host: what do you think about your senate rate there in kentucky? i don't have an opinion. i don't like senator paul. he wasted our time and our

north dakota senator heidi hike can and south dakota this -- south dakota senator john thune. then, a discussion about security at the olympic games. >> next a conversation with heidi heitkamp.

. >> you haven't seen the new south dakota flag. pretty wild. >> i haven't seen south dakota. >> you can tour there. what happened on the way over here? >> i was in a corporate limo. >> it felt good, didn't it? >> i feel good about myself. >> i say disable youtube comments. i am on board with that. have you seen the youtube comments? >> no, it is unhealthy for your brain. >> it is hilarious if you have no personal stake in the video. if it is your video it is brutal. >> i like it when it starts out the first three are funny and then somebody says something and it goes off on a tangent about something different. and then there are 65,000 comments about something else that goes into this deep, dark hole. >> the worst were the pageant blogs. people will rip on the girls. they are told to never read them and we all do. >> i do, but i am month longer in pageants. >> i disabled pageants. i had to. a bunch of mean people out there, dan. they are saying ugly things and i was tired of policing it. i am doing this job to promote beauty and ma

we have more from diane eastabrook in newell south dakota. >> as western south dakota struggles under winter's icy clip, there are signs. these are some of the 400 cows that the rancher brought to replace the nearly 400 that died last october. they perished when an ub expected blizzard swept through the state, trapping the herds. faced with a 600,000 loss. >> what changed your mind? >> i hated to quit on a bad note like that, i guess. >> realised there might be good years. >> to stay in business, she is buying more pregnant heifers. >> is that a good deal? >> if they have good calves. >> at 2,000 ahead. cattle will head higher. he took out a 3 million bank loan to finance the herd and put his ranch up as capital. >> it's a gamble, but worth taking. >> corn prices came down. that makes it better. >> interest rates are better. >> they are wonderful. >> boylan wonder. branches are trying to make more loan terms. >> we can extend payment, defer payments, we do subsidised interest rates. >> boylan got money from a ranchers relief charity. he may qualify for the disaster funds under a new f

. >> a tough and early winter took its toll on ranchers in south dakota, after 40,000 cattle died inan october blizzard. instead of giving up, many of the ranchers are doubling down. >> reporter: as western south dakota struggles under winter's icy grip, there are signs of rebirth at waylon ranch. >> these are all first calf heffers. >> these are some of the 400 cows that he bought to replace the 400 that died last october. they perished when an unexpected blizzard swept through the state, trapping the herds miles from shelter. faced with a $600,000 loss, he wasn't sure if he could continue ranking. >> what changed your mind? >>> i hated to quit on a bad note i guess, didn't want to feel sorry for myself. there might be good years in the livestock business. >> reporter: to stay in the business, boylen is buying more pregnant heffers. >> is that a good deal? >> if the they have a calves, ad good year. >> at roughly $200,000 a head now, he took out a $1 million bank loan to finance the herd and put his ranch up as collateral. it's a gamble, but boylen is convinced it's worth taking. >>

and then you have the open seats, south dakota, montana, and west virginia.sis are states that president obama can't come into and campaign for democrats because he didn't even win the primaries in those states. he can raise a lot of money for democrats. he can try to get his approval ratings up because that's a big correlation with the party's performance in the midterm. beyond that, he can't do that much for them. >> on the issue of climate change, which they have been hitting hard in the last few days and fuel efficiency today, how does that play in michigan or iowa or louisiana or alaska? >> if he agrees to the keystone pipeline, it won't matter that he raised the fuel efficiency standard for trucks. the most important thing he can do for democrats is approve the keystone. >> it's not going to help them in kentucky, in west virginia, in appalachia. the idea they're going to pivot to climate change as a way to save these senate seats is quite insane. the people who care about climate change are the people who are comfortable, who don't worry about a payche

joining us is john thune of south dakota, a member of the senate financial committee and chairman of the senate republican conference. senator, good morning. on one hand the administration wants to insure people, but what are they doing on the other hand? cutting benefits for people who are already insured? >> good morning. unfortunately americans are being reminded on a daily basis of the broken promises and friday seniors became the latest victims. as you mentioned, these cuts now to medicare advantage will hurt millions of seniors who rely on that popular program for their health care needs. many of them choose it, because it's a procedure comprehensive way to get services, but what this does is essentially now uses the advantage program as an atm card to pay for obamacare. i think every member who voted for this train wreck will owe seniors in this country an explanation for they cuts. seniors already who are seeing higher costs and reduced access. >> you think it's a switch and bait? >> i do. this was part of it. when we were involve we talked about the medicare cuts and what th

that story comes to msnbc and "the ed show" tomorrow night from south dakota. that's "the ed show."d schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, al. >> good evening, rev. thanks to you for tuning. in i'm live tonight from atlanta, georgia. tonight's lead, dick cheney and the gop war on the poor. right after the obama administration announced historic military cuts, dick cheney, of all people, had the nerve to say this in an interview with fox news. >> i think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances. it's driven by budget considerations. much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops. >> there is so much to say about that comment.

. >> speaking of ideology, south dakota is considering a bill that would allow a form of creationism. >> next up, why ice fishermen may have to find a different way to get their beer. a high school basketball player scores big. he may be unlike a player you have seen. he has two prosthetic also. that's not what almost kept him off the court. cz >> the final countdown to the super bowl has begun. a broncos player is a winner. ross shimabuku tells us why. >> in the n.f.l. was there a doubt. peyton manning caps his fifth mvp award, including 55 touch down. no player has more than three mvp awards. the big prize is if they win the super bowl. >> the class of 2014 was announced. the headliners: >> in the here and now the soccer team laces up for the first time in 2014. have you heard of chris lamanowsk. >> - you may want to remember his name. the united states taking on south korea. the american on the attack. chris wunalowski. there to clean up the mess. that is stuffed. team usa up 1-0. the kid taking advantage of his opportunity. wando was living large was the red, white and blue beat s

that story comes to msnbc and "the ed show" tomorrow night from south dakota. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, al. >> good evening, rev. thanks to you for tuning. in i'm live tonight from atlanta, georgia. tonight's lead, dick cheney and the gop war on the poor. right after the obama administration announced historic military cuts, dick cheney, of all people, had the nerve to say this in an interview with fox news. >> i think the whole thing is not driven by any change in world circumstances. it's driven by budget considerations. much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops. >> there is so much to say about that comment. former vice president dick cheney, who used the u.s. military as a political pawn, who relied on bogus claims to sell two wars with disastrous results is lecturing president obama? and, again, listen to the words he chose, focusing on food stamps. >> he'd much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong milita

we just came back from south dakota. educatingth the visit our patriots out there.hey keep me on track. i have 10 minutes. i have to move fast. i move fast for reason. $8.8overnment spends million a minute. i find it disheartening to find out we spend our congressmen and and lose their. moral conference -- lose their moral compass. i do not know about you, but i get upset about that. canked the question, how that be? i listen to their speeches. they impress me. they told me they believe in the constitution. but all of a sudden, they get this disease. this amnesia disease. they get to d.c.. all they think about is party, power, control. that makes me angry. about thet declaration of independence. we are endowed by our creator by certain unalienable rights. we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. let it be known right now, my creator is my heavenly father, not the government. [applause] our rights, they are not allowed to take them away, by passing legislation like common core. dumbing down our children. shame on them. how about stealing our cop

more from the black hills of south dakota. >> on the dakota sioux. >> we make offerings to the be sacred water >> so the lakota, it's sacred medicine. the project begins in the canadian tar sands, running 1100 miles from montana to if ebb neb. it would skirt seven native nations. >> it would be approximately four miles from the lake. >> that's too close for 60-year-old steve vance, who lives on the reservation. if the pipeline ruptures, it could pollute the river and the quack fir, which are in the of aquaphor. >> if the pipe breaks, which i know it will, it will leave chemicals. >> for the lakota. it's not just a battle over water, but over land. the tribe said that it violates 19 century treaties that it new negotiated with the u.s. government, treaties that they abolished but the tribes say that they're still valid. the pipeline through those territories could unearth sacred american artifacts. transcanada has met with the tribe and said that it has protections in place to preserve both the environment and cultural sites. transcanada has a deep level of cultural awareness, and it enco

in south dakota it would skirt seven native american reservations including the cheyenne river reservation>> the pipeline will be approximately four miles to the right here. >> reporter: that's too close for this 60-year-old who lives on the reservation. >> it is not oil. it's chemicals, solvents to make it fluid, so when the pipe breaks, which i know it will, it's not going to leak just oil. it will leak other chemicals. >> reporter: this isn't just a battle over water, it's also a battle over land. the tribe says the pipeline violates 19th century treaties it negotiated with the u.s. government for territory rights. treaties the u.s. government abolished more than a centurying a, but treaties the tribes say are still valid. the lakota fear construction could also unearth sacred artifacts. trans-canada says it has protections in place to preserve the environment and cultural sites. in a statement the company says . . . >> 830,000 barrels a day -- >> reporter: but at this meeting tribe members prepared for a fight, some even threatening to physically block the pipeline's construction. >> w

there's a little disturbance in south dakota. that will race southeastward and may give us the best chance for snow tomorrow afternoon. in fact, looks like this, saturday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. probably the best chance for light snow, less than an inch. sunday 4 p.m. to midnight best chances probably less than an inch. that looks a little more promising than it was about 12 hours ago. roads should just remain wet and oddly enough a better chance of snow monday noon to midnight. that might actually be the snowiest of the next three days. we'll break it down. you're fine in the morning 22 to 30, 26 to 32 by 9:00 and by 11:00 maybe a flake, 28 to 33. we'll come back and talk more about the prospect for snow sunday night and monday. >>> new tonight cops have released a sketch of the man who knocked on an alexandria woman's door and then shot and killed the beloved piano teacher inside. mola lenghi is live from the 2400 block of ridge road drive. >> reporter: it's still an active crime screen. police are investigating still, but detectives

simply a formality more and more it's women who feel the need to arm themselves amanda lives in south dakota today she is on her way to a gun store in the u.s. there are eighty thousand of them almost as many as the number of pharmacies amanda is the secretary she is twenty eight with two kids and the average american with no wild stories two years ago this young mother bought her first realizing a lifelong dream. i have been saving up for a long time and i have sacrificed something to be able to have the money to get the gun that i want. the things that i've given up is probably away. you know like stuff that i would normally buy for myself probably like her. and i mean really big in texas or reason things but i don't spend that much on nose things because buying guns and ammo and all that for recreation it's quite a bit of money hello. i'm looking for like a colt forty five kind of gun or a thirty thirty with a lever action. a store. there may be literally. she now owns three guns and today she is going to buy a fourth yeah i think this is the one that i want to go with ok i think i'm goin

. >> tough winters across america are taking their tolls on cattle farmers in south dakota. some aren't letting a massive die off of their herds stop them from pushing forward. >> good morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. ranchers in one part of the u.s. aren't giving up after mother nature dealt them a big blow. >> let's find out first of all where it's going to rain and snow across the country, possibly rain. good morning, nicole. >> we have a potent system especially into tomorrow. we're going to have to watch that. a different sort of white stuff this morning. portions of louisiana, texas, the coastline areas especially, dense fog, so watch that heading out the door in places like interstate 10. you get back into new mexico, low humidity, record high temperatures and winds kicking up, we could have some dangerous fire situations. red flag warnings have been issued here. across the country, the central u.s. we're watching closely today into tomorrow. today, pennsylvania, a lot of this will be rain, but there has been freezing rain and snow to the north. it could ca

speakers included house minority leader nancy pelosi, south dakota senator john finn u.s. representative donna edwards of maryland and arizona senator jeff flake. the event began with a presentation of the foundations awards including one for lifetime achievement for abc news radio white house correspondent anne compton. [applause] >> thank you david and thank you so much to my friends at the washington press club foundation for the honor of being here tonight. i want to get right into our presentation of awards starting with the prestigious david lynch award for regional reporting. this is an award recognizing a daily print reporter who provides excellent coverage of congress from a regional perspective, making sure that what happens here in washington gets translated into something more akin to how real people speak. david lynch covered washington with an emphasis on congress for the buffalo news and the riff in laramie bureau which serves daily newspapers in england, alaska and south carolina and then later he ran a one-man bureau with daily newspaper clients in iowa an

report says they will produce 3900 temporary construction jobs for one year in montana, nebraska, south dakota and kansas and 50 permanent jobs. and states that of 14 protected species like the whooping crane, only one, the beetle would be adversely affected. not so say environmentalists. >> if there was a spill, animals could be impacted and the greatest threat to wildlife is climate change. >> reporter: environmentalists point to this pipeline that has not been cleaned up, north of little rock. >> there is enormous pressure within the beltway to approve this project. and i think around the country people understand this is actually a terrible idea. >> reporter: environmentalists are also crying foul because they charge the consultants who worked on today's final report had ties to the pipeline company. a state department inspector general is investigating alleged conflict of interest. brian? >> andrea mitchell in d.c. tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> as millions of viewers around this globe get ready to watch the super bowl on sunday this comes at what may be the start of a troubling time for or

education the moral value of protecting the family is more important than the physical aspect where in south dakota. jack is five he can barely get out of the car in his own but every weekend his father teaches them how to shoot with real bullets under the watchful eye of his mother gretchen you want her some stuff. put your glasses down. on her that. you know that. jack hasn't been learning long and already he likes helping his dad set up for him it's just like any other day. i've been shooting since i was five or six. and i learned to shoot. in our. brains are we had in california and i used to go down and shoot every day after school i started shooting not turn i was probably eighteen. with brian he would go to the shooting range and he took me with a few times and tommy had a should have been doing it ever so i think it's important that women know how to shoot that they can protect themselves. the weapon is heavy difficult for such a young child to handle. action doesn't intervene she wants her some to feel empowered. that. we teach jack that guns are to kill in the right situation. he's learni

if thirties going into south dakota now.hat is the warmer air that will fight trying to get into this area. mia getting this little area of snout to develop as you can see on radar. none of this is very heavy or isnor is it expected to be. we might get a couple of flakes of snow that is 5:00 this evening. a few flurries from that. it turns partly cloudy later tonight and tomorrow. here's the big weather story. the storm is lifting from the western gulf into the atlantic. >> how close over for mixed precipitation. this is already taking power out by downing tree limbs and power lines. a winter storm warnings and washington york or philadelphia. even boston under a winter storm watch. in terms of how much snowfall might come down. here's a model forecast. the spine of the mountains we willwill see the most. we get about 9 in. in maryland. 6 in. in the area around philadelphia. these are people in the us. you're missing all of it. it is kind of ok. intentionally cold air that produced the temperature deficits. 11 days this mont

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