and, you know, utah may have a different idea of what essential benefits are than south dakota or new york. i'm not sure that's the answer anybody wants to hear, but i think that's where it's going with republicans running things. >> senator? well, i, obviously, would disagree with that. i think there's chronic illness in this country that's really an issue that we haven't adequately addressed. research care, something we haven't -- long-term care, something we haven't addressed. catastrophic plans only address, for the most part, acute illness, and it ignores the need for preventive hit and good prevention efforts overall, population health. it doesn't address the many issues. there was a poll recently of people who were asked if you had an unexpected $400 medical bill, could you afford to pay it? and 52% of the people said, no, they couldn't afford a $400 unexpected medical bill. so it gives you some sense of the incredible price sensitivity there is to health care today. we're the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't have universal health care. every other country'

i yield the senator from south dakota. a senator: mr. president, last week the senate judiciary committee held hearings of judge gorsuch to the supreme court. everything we heard from this nominee confirmed what has been clear from the beginning. mr. thune: judge gorsuch is the kind of judge all of us

i yield the senator from south dakota. a senator: mr. president, last week the senate judiciary committee held hearings of judge gorsuch to the supreme court. everything we heard from this nominee confirmed what has been clear from the beginning. mr. thune: judge gorsuch is the kind of judge all of us should want on the nation's highest court. judge gorsuch obviously has a distinguished resume. he graduated with honors from harvard law school and went on to receive a doctorate in legal philosophy from oxford university where he was a marshall scholar. he clerked for two supreme court justices, byron white and anthony kennedy and he worked in both private practice and at the justice department before being nominated to the tenth circuit court of appeals where he served with distinction for ten years. he's widely regarded as a brilliant and thoughtful jurist and a gifted writer whose opinions are known for their clarity. most importantly, however, judge gorsuch understands the proper role of a judge, and that role is to interpret the law,

if you go to rural south dakota, $97,400 a year is a firairly go living. if you buy a silver plan, you get a $5,000 subsidy. in my view, we should cover low income people on medicaid. above medicaid, you should probably subsidize people but where do you stop? i don't think you go to 67% of the population. i have had a lot of debates. peter orszag, he says, skully, we want to go to 300%, 400% of poverty. that's not that big a deal. there are 50 million people in that range. who do you want to subsidize, how much? the republicans view is subsidize poor people. subsidize middle income people on the lower end. at some point, people should get a catastrophic stop loss. if you are at 55%, 65% of the population incomewise, maybe you need a catastrophic stop loss if you happen to get cancer or hit by a bus, you may have a $700,000 loss and not have to pay a $400,000 bill. to make sure people who are not poor and were not insured and going to the hospital and having a $1 million bill they had to eat. the biggest issue for the hospital is not the $200,000 but the $2

this morning officials in south dakota are looking for the cause of the house fire that took the lives of five children. we will explain why it took hours to put out the flames. >>> plus, investigators zero in on the man they say is responsible for the fire of the highway in atlanta. in our suvs, you feel every mountain we've ever conquered. in our sports cars, you feel every podium we've ever climbed. and now, they've come together to create something you've never felt before. introducing the glc coupe. part suv. part sports car. all mercedes-benz. >>> nine minutes after 6:00. this is a live view from the nbc10 studios. temperatures are chilly right now. if you are headed out the door you will need a jacket or coat. we will see the numbers come up quickly. 38 in piney hollow, and it's 41 in lumber ton. temperatures chilly to start with, but with sunshine we will see a warmup today, in the 60s this afternoon. what we won't see, clouds and rain. out of the picture. we are completely dry today. we won't have to wait long for the next round of rains to come back into the area, and tuesday

like many south dakota and's -- south dakotans, i love to fish. there is one thing that every angler on the river knows, the law is the law. it doesn't matter who you are, you get a few things you can catch, they may be different lengths, it may determine where you catch them, but everyone gets four. the tax code should be applied fairly. the law is the law. whether you are a farmer, a small businessperson, president of the united states, period. it should entreat people differently -- it shouldn't treat people differently. mr. pescrell has singled out this issue for political reasons and political purposes. that is what this whole markup is doing. my colleague's resolution is a stunt. the treasury secretary may be breaking the law if he were going to comply with the language that mr. pescrell put forward. he is suggesting that we single out a single taxpayer for political purposes and that was sent an incredibly dangerous precedent. the law should apply equally just like the fishing limit. with that, i urge you to reject his resolution. i yield b

back to calls in watertown, south dakota. it is david on the line.aller: i want to know why we are talking about raising taxes, raising taxes on the middle income, raising taxes on the wealthy. how about talking about cuts to the parasites? we have 20 million illegals in this country. three quarters of them are getting some kind of government subsidy. nobody ever talks about if you want a welfare check, go out and fill a basket full of tomatoes. all they talk about, we have to give more to the poor in deadbeat, because the people in this country who don't work, never have worked are living better than a lot of people i know out here in south dakota who work 40 and 50 hours a week to pay taxes so the people who never worked a day in the life can live better than them. when is this country going to start trading out just start straightening out and worry about the people who support this country instead of the deadbeats who are along for a free ride? host: wanted to put up an article writing about undocumented immigrants. here is bill and mumford, tenn

senator john thune from south dakota. let's get check on the bloomberg first word news.ark crumpton is here with more. agreedresident trump has not to abandon the north american free trade agreement at least for now. some hard-line white house advisers favored threatening withdrawal from nafta this week. the president reportedly changed his mind after speaking with the leaders of canada and mexico. the canadian prime minister revealed part of the conversation. : whether or not the was a better deal to come, there were an awful lot of jobs and industries right now that have been developed under the nafta context. disruption like canceling nafta, even if theoretically it might eventually lead to better a lot of would cause shorand medium-term pain for an awful lot of families. mark: moderate white house advisers wanted a more measured path. the second ranking house democrats threatening to withhold votes for a short-term spending bill to keep the government open if republicans try to push for a health care vote this week. a statement today, democratic congressman steny hoy

they are out in south dakota. they went into the exchange in iowa but only in 40 of the 99 counties, only where they had a link up of subsidiary with the local hospital monopoly. they even now pulled out of that. that's what worries me. >> the whole point is make them one market. it benefits people that aren't subsidized. >> and that is the theory. >> in many places it worked. so california the average rate has been 7%. that's far lower than double digit increases. the beneficiaries, it's the 1 million people that aren't subsidized. >> and you have to look through and say did it work? it may have for other reasons worked in california but it clearly seems to have failed in a lot of other places and actually in a lot of other places the solution is to unwind that and to separate those markets. otherwise you have a situation where the anchor is pulling a boat under. >> and let me give chris a chance to jump in, if he wants to. i want to follow up on this. >> so peter beat me to it. i was going to say, it's not just

with a south dakota and iowa even though the of blue cross is the biggest carrier they need the individual market and they were advertising by the way into beyond the face california compliant coverage they're out in south dakota they went into the exchange in i above but only 40 of the 99 counties to link up with the subsidiaries now they have pulled out of that so that is what worries me so subsidizing so that is the theory in many places it has worked the average rate increases 7 percent cut is far lower than the double-digit increase this those 1 million people. >> but clearly in seems to and actually and a lot of other places otherwise you of us situation like self dakota or i was. >> that want to follow-up. >> peter beat me to lead the it is unjust find out in six weeks and then peter would tell you there are those areas so to keep that in mind with the individual market depending on where you are and really this is one market and for it to become an issue with the lack of offering in the exchange with those non exchange plans so that because it is an issue. >> so with that point of

joining us now, south dakota republican senator mike round.enator, thank you for taking a few minutes. >> you bet. >> democrats by my count, 33 or 34 willing to join the filibuster. if they hold to that filibuster, the only way to get gorsuch through, from your standpoint, is to do that nuclear option. change the rules, get rid of the filibuster. are you willing to vote to do that. >> yeah, i think we've got the votes to do that right now. what we're realing hoping is we don't have to and we don't end up with a filibuster that has to be broken. when harry reid did the change in the rules to begin with by basically using a parliamentary procedure to say that a rule didn't really say what it said in the rulebook and could challenge the ruling of the chair reading the rule, in doing that, every single chiange in te rules could now be made with 51 votes. that's what will probably happen again because that's now the precedent that's been set in the united states senate. that is not a good thing. >> you're referring back here to 2013, democrats had

south dakota state university professor mark cochran is working with the forest service to better understand how a changing climate is affecting our forests. professor cochran reported that forest fire seasons worldwide increased by 18.7% due to more rain-free days and hotter temperatures. secretary perdue could travel to iowa, and there he would hear from jean takle, professor of agrinomy and geologic and atmospheric sciences who said climate change is already affecting iowa farmers. this isn't just about the distant future, he said. and at iowa state's leopold center for sustainable agriculture, secretary perdue could hear about what the center calls, i'll quote them, aggravated and unpredictable risk that will challenge the security of our agricultural and biological systems. let me say that again. iowa state university's leopold center foresees aggravated and unpredictable risks that will challenge the security of our agricultural and biological systems. i'm from the ocean state, so let's turn to the oceans where the national climate assessment predicts that fishing costs are predicted t

ways, and i also want to saywe about hick, that she grew up in these impoverish ared parts of south dakota and was knowy exposed to these ways until she went to the south and likeck was eleanor, hick grew a lot and i also think that on the basic human, one-to-one level that hick was a very empath thick and comp passionate person who herself had such struggle in her own life.. just a little defense of hick. >> i'd like to thank you all for a very enlightening and entertaining session. blanche cook is going to -- heading up to san francisco for the wedding of a god child, and so she will not be able to make the book-signing session, but that book is going to be on sale and you can fine it easily enough. i can't promise you that she'll come over to your house. >> but i'll sign i in any way i can. >> thank you very much. [applause] ... >> and back tv on c-span 2 is live at the los angeles times festival of books, it's held on campus of univer .... ....southern california. it's been here for the last several years. prior to that held at ucla. it's currently in its 22nd year. now, we've got a fu

and here's rapid city, south dakota, late spring snowstorm, look, nearly 6 inches of accumulation in that area. tough to watch with the trees all in bloom there. >> another big threat ahead. the possibility of tornadoes in arkansas and louisiana. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking it all. >> good morning. it certainly looks pretty with the flowers and the snow. that's been the case in the northern plains. today the threat of severe storms. that could be one of the dangerous days, maybe the potential of a strong tornado. if it happens, likely in areas of arkansas or northern louisiana. shreveport to monroe to greenville is the area of concern. our mega moisture plume going from the philippines south of japan, continuous line of clouds for 6,000 miles into the pacific northwest. you don't need me to tell you how gloomy it's been t continue to see a decent spring is down towards the deserts of california. even l.a. on the cooler side. >> one spot in the northwest hasn't seen spot in 30 days in washington state. imagine that. >> put a call in to my relatives in the philippines abo

chip waiting in sioux falls, south dakota, good morning. caller: yeah. host: go ahead. items. two stop taxing social security benefits. make inniors working to his meat and it messes up their benefits. they are talk about repatriating overseas dollars and i would like to see them afford individuals the ability to roll $100,000 from their 401(k) at the same tax rate they would repatriate items back to the u.s. from corporate overseas dollars. thank you. host: why would that help? provideit will individuals the opportunity in their senior years to receive tax-free income. host: thanks for the call. jonathan, indiana, independent. good morning. caller: i don't understand why there is tax protected accounts for medical payments. $500 --carry over like host: go ahead. caller: i do not understand why accountsx protected for medical payments and you can carry over -- host: the house is gaveling back in now. we're going to take you there now. e clerk: the speaker's room washington, d.c. april 26, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable rob woodall to act as speaker pro tempore on this da

minnesota the least stressed with north and south dakota, iowa and utah in the top five. w york would be on the bottom of the list. >> i believe the midwest being one of the lesser, surprised me the south. south everybody is so chill and easy. >> i agree. i'm surprised. >>> parents trying to read teens minds for years. google may have answers for us. researchers designed a guide to generation disease for example companies to market to teens so they call it its lit. how teens define cool. something unique, impressive, interesting, amazing or awesome. so when asked by them to rank coolness you got youtube, netflix, google, play station and nike that came out on top when it comes to coolness. and some of the snacks generation disease loves, piz ar, oreos, chips and ice cream. i think that spans all the way from generation diseajennegener. >> ahead a bizarre explosion sent a boiler in the sky. three have died. the smoother the skin, you are in it. so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, flexes for comfort, and has a disposable made for you. skin smoothing venus razors.

and here's rapid city, south dakota, late spring snowstorm, look, nearly 6 inches of accumulation in that area. how ironironic. cherry blossoms and with the snow. >> also a big threat ahead. possibility of tornados in arkansas, louisiana and bill karins tracking it all. what are you seeing? >> we're watching storms dying now, new storms will form this afternoon. right now the storms were over missouri and also arkansas. and these will weaken. a little heavy we go into the day this is going to be a typical late afternoon, early evening threat. we have 12 million at risk. we could see a strong thunderstorm as far north as chicago but it's this area here from arkansas south to louisiana, northeast texas, shreveport to texarkana, this is the area under a moderate risk and the possibility of a strong tornado or two. that's when things get dangerous. we'll keep an eye on that. that's a look at the wig weather story of the day. now a closer look at your day ahead. dallas, you could see a shower or thunderstorm, most of the severe weather should be to the east of you today. same goes for hou

of congress, top republicans and democrats on the senate committee, on chairman john thune of south dakota and ranking democrat bill nelson, of florida, along with ranking top members of the aviation subcommittee have

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it was also winter again in aberdeen, south dakota with snow and blustery there. it will delay planting season for farmers. the weather will be better today, partly sunny, high near 50. >>> former president obama is taking heat for his plans to speak at a wall street sponsored conference for a fee of $400,000. >> both conservatives and liberals are calling obama a hypocrite because of his tough talk against the financial industry, but a spokesman says candidate obama raised lots of wall street money and that did not stop him from imposing strict regulations as president. announcing the arrest of 13 players. >>> and another airline is taking some heat after a passenger says he was kicked off the plane for using the bathroom when he was told not to. hear what the airline is saying. >>> plus funny money. a bank is launching an investigation after an atm dispensz bills meant for movie props. here we go! >>> a long line of police vehicles streaming out of a delaware hospital, escorting the body of slain state trooper steven ballard who died after being shot at a conven

minnesota the least stressed with north and south dakota, iowa and utah in the top five. >> i rememberther list and seeing minneapolis was one of the best cities to live in in the entire country. >> midwest have got it pretty good. >>> parents have been tried to read their teenager's minds for years, google finally has some research. the name for the research "it's lit." it starts with how teens define cool. and when asked to rank brands by coolness, youtube, netflix, google, xbox, play station, doritos. favorite snacks, pizza, oreos, chips, ice cream. this is "early today." the smoother the skin, you are in it. so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, flexes for comfort, and has a disposable made for you. skin smoothing venus razors. venus [ ominou[ sniffs ] little girl: daddy! trapped by your unrelenting nasal allergies? [ meow ] [ sneezes ] try clarispray clarispray provides unsurpassed relief. it's 24 hour, non-drowsy and prescription strength. free yourself with clarispray, from the makers of claritin. >>> welcome back. the travel forecast today, worst of it in the northeas

of congress, top republicans and democrats on the senate committee, on chairman john thune of south dakota and ranking democrat bill nelson, of florida, along with ranking top members of the viation subcommittee have written to both the united airlines to ask is this your policy, is this how you handle things, how might you have handled things differently and lso to chicago department of aviation which controls the airport, but more importantly officers who removed the person from the flight n. addition, house democrats on the transportation committee led by ofer difazio and rick larson washington have asked secretary -- transportation chow for the results of her investigation to say, is his the way things ought to work? should the department of transportation perhaps take realm.ory nation this host: part of the statement, we recognize importance of having comply with lawful crew instructions, it is hard to believe better planning, raining, communication or additional incentives would not ave mitigated this incident or avoided it altogether. what do you expect the response from members of

congress has lost south dakota's gain and in 2013 she became the president of the south dakota school of mines science and technology and showed extraordinary skill creating a large institution. madam president, in sum, doctor heather wilson is a person of great intellect, strong management skills and superlatives character. i believe she will be an outstanding secretary of the air force which is why i strongly encourage my colleagues to confirm her without delay. madam president, confirming doctor wilson was the stretch necessary to address the challenges facing our military. after all, there are fundamental issues regarding the readiness of our armed services, especially the air force must be confronted and resolved. the lack of proper investment in training is evident in each of the departments, i'm concerned about air force unique responsibilities. they describe each set of problems facing our air force , as too few. to view aircraft, too few personnel including pilots, too few flight training hours , regarding the shortage of aircraft as the aircraft speaker of staff recently tes

host: tom, a democrat calling from south dakota. caller: what you want to talk about? host: what you think about president trump's first 100 days. caller: i think he is doing pretty darn good. i have been a democrat all my life. i will never vote democrat again unless the democrats straighten out and start working with both sides. donald trump has done good in the first 100 days. he didn't get the health care thing passed through, but maybe it will take 120 days. give it some time. host: what specifically gives you hope? what were you encouraged by? caller: because everything he sets out to do, eventually he will get it done. he's a good man. a lot of people talk about the divide of this country. we are a divided country. i don't think it is donald trump's job to change all that. if you are abut white guy and don't like blacks, go take them out for supper. you'll work it out. it's the people that need to president. the the president can't change the divide of race. the people need to try harder. host: what do you think about that? the way people seem to view the person

first in hill city, south dakota. a democrat. good morning. caller: yes. i'm real concerned about this budget. appears that there's quite an expansion on the military end of it. ut besides being concerned about meals on wheels, i'm also concerned about the impact it ill have on other social programs, such as headstart, you this it appears that budget is very detrimental to to the rly, and children. and especially is going to hit communities and the rural communities the hardest. could you please comment on that? thank you. guest: yes. i think you're right to be concerned. the first headline i would say yes, it cuts programs that help the elderly, that help children, that help working americans, like people trying to work their way through college up. ve housing assistance, which helps eople be able to not be e victed and not be homeless. and it de range -- doesn't give all the details yet. it has less information than point. e at this but it proposes, for example, a 16% cut in everything the health and human services does, and it does that years of the pas

today, senator joe donnelly of indiana joined heidi heitkamp of south dakota and joe manchin of west virginia as the only democrats to say they'll vote for gorsuch. all three are from states won by mister trump. republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell predicted the nomination will pass. >> what i'm telling you is that judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed. the way in which that occurs is in the hands of the democratic minority, and i think during the course of the week we will find out exactly how this will end, but it will end with his confirmation. >> sreenivasan: unless republicans can get 60 votes, democrats are threatening to filibuster the confirmation; in part as payback for the senate's refusal to hold hearings on judge merrick garland last year. he was president obama's pick to replace scalia. >> it looks like gorsuch will not reach the 60-vote margin so instead of changing the rules, which is up to mitch mcconnell and the republican majority, why doesn't president trump, democrats and republicans in the senate, sit down and try to come up with a mainstream nomine

i'm from rosewood south dakota. [applause] >> i'm from chris what -- i'm chris watson and i've been living here for five years. i appreciate all this love. in this is awesome. thank you. [inaudible] >> my name is william, i am from rock creek south dakota and i would like to thank all of you for supporting us. it means a lot. [applause] >> hello my friends and relatives, i greet you with a handshake. i'm from the standing rock's reservation. this is the biggest family that all of us are ever blessed with. [applause] >> i'm from the can of all river standing walks -- standing rock sioux sioux tribe. my name is joy braun, and if it wasn't for this woman and all of these people standing here, i wouldn't have gone out there. me and my cousin, we were the first ones out there camping on april 1 2016. there was snow on the ground. >> [indiscernible] i humbly thank you for all of your support. >> i reside with my sister. earth andh on of the we were more than happy to come out and help. we had to get out there, brought our

democrat from south dakota. caller: hi. what do you want to talk about? host: what you think about president trump's first 100 days? caller: i think he's doing pretty darn good. i've been a democrat all my life and i will never vote democrat again unless a democrat -- the democrats straighten out and start working with both sides. donald trump is done good in the first 100 days. he didn't get the health care thing passed, but maybe it will take 120 days. give him some time. host: what specifically did you hope? -- gives you hope? what you encouraged by? caller: every thing sets out to do he eventually will get done. he's a good man. a lot of people talk about how divided this country is. i don't biggest all trump's -- i don't think it is donald trump's job to change that. if you're white man and you don't like blacks, go take them out for supper. you will work it out. it's the people that need to president. the he can change the divide of race. the people themselves can do that. and they need to try harder. host: what do you think about that? the way peop

congress' loss was south dakota's gain. in 2013 she became the president of the south dakota school of minds and technology. she showed extraordinary skill leading a large institution. madam president, in sum, dr. heather wilson is a person of great intellect, strong management skills, and superlative character. i believe she will be an outstanding secretary of the air force which is why i strongly encourage my colleagues to confirm her without delay. madam president, confirming dr. wilson with dispatch is necessary to address the many challenges currently facing our military. after all, there are fundamental issues regarding the readiness of our armed services, especially the air force which must be confronted and resolved. although the lack of proper investment and training is evident in each of the military departments, i am especially concerned about the air force because of its unique missions and responsibilities. two words describe each set of problems facing our air force. quote, too few, unquote. too few aircraft.

host: let's go to dennis from south dakota. good morning. caller: yes, there hasn't been much in the news as of yesterday . 48 years ago one of our navy planes, communication planes was listen from japan to in on conversations between north korea and china during the vietnam war. i am a three-tour vietnam veteran and i was one of those that was up in that area. carriers r aircraft that were sent up there and i see nothing in the news that really correlates to that and we are doing the same thing today warships up there. host: dennis, thank you for the call. what message does this send? our navy, those vessels in the region. guest: the most important message that we really hope that kim jong-un and the rest of the leadership hears is that the commitment is firm that the united states will respond if north korea thinks that it can be aggressive toward south korea. we are hoping that they will tread very carefully should they try to conduct a nuclear test and the big fear right now is what happens if north koreans decide to try an icbm test, th

this can be carried out by congress, but congress does have to aby to precedent, including a case south dakotaersus dole which set out a road map on to how congress can put strings on the receipt of federal funds. i wrote an opinion editorial that basically told congress how it can do this and if it abides by that road map and dots its i's and cross it t's it can give president trump a longer term victory, verses this efearial victory he was going for. >> is this a botch job wourt thinking it through? >> i don't want to judge them too much because you always make lot of mistakes early in days of administrations but i will say i think the trump administration was getting prethser to throw some bones to its base and that was a short term femeral pr victory. now they have to play the long game on a lot of these issues. because it's quite clear that this trump administration is going to face serious legal challenges to almost every major move it makes. >> it's pretty stunning. if that's the case that just like with the seven country ban -- >> i think the legal experts can speak to this a little bi

ways, and i also want to saywe about hick, that she grew up in these impoverish ared parts of south dakota and was knowy exposed to these ways until she went to the south and likeck was eleanor, hick grew a lot and i also think that on the basic human, one-to-one level that hick was a very empath thick and comp passionate person who herself had such struggle in her own life.. just a little defense of hick. >> i'd like to thank you all for a very enlightening and entertaining session. blanche cook is going to -- heading up to san francisco for the wedding of a god child, and

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>> yes, south dakota, one cute little piggy is bringing smiles to many. here, is no ordinary pig, all dressed up in a pink outfit. complete with a tutu. the one and a half year old animal visits residents at assisted living center. not only does dolly spin, she dances, she walks on a leash, dolly's owner says that she thought she would get her pig certified because she started noticing how people. happy people got when they saw her. >> he's undercover. he's hidden. but philadelphia's former mob boss is breaking his silence. >> plus, wedding -- swweating out in south philly. how these folks are doing more good than just burning calories. >> former mob boss ralph natale is speaking out, and blasting the local wise guys, the first mob boss to turn government witness in his new book called the last don standing. >> as fox 29's dave schratwieser reports, natale had some un kinds words for the local mobsters he turned on, especially reputed mob boss joey merlino. >> it was a rainy friday in south philadelphia outside the philadelphia mob's newest clubhouse at n

seen the joplin one which was kind of wrapped in rain and i've seen the battle one in 2010 in south dakotais up there with the real violent stuff. >> chris, how close do you let this thing get to you before you back away? >> this one got to within a half to three-quarters of a mile. at that point, i started to back away. >> do you feel something when you're there? the wind? is there rain? help us understand what that is like. >> it's kind of an indescribable feeling. your ears are popping and you feel the ground shaking like in the case yesterday. a little vibration in the ground. like a very cloud waterfall basically. kind of like if you're standing at niagara falls. about that same sound. it does sound like a train too. >> now what we are seeing now it looked as though we saw something light on popping in the middle of the tornado. would that have been the power lines that it hit? >> yeah. i wasn't quite exactly looking directly at it at the point. i was making sure i was getting the shot. of course, looking behind me making sure there were no satellite tornado coming around the back sid

if you don't know who the backup guard for south dakota state is -- >> stephen: will farber? ball, he's not real quick but, of course, has good handles. if you say it with conviction, they'll be like, "he knows everybody on that team. >> stephen: i did not follow that at all. did not follow that at all. who did you have gihad north carolina. >> stephen: you have north carolina in your bracket? >> that's going to sound phony. the week before the tournament, i was all about oregon, and they lost one of their best players, and i said when i fill out my bracket, i'm going north carolina. it was the only team i had left by the time it got there, so i did not win my pool. >> stephen: did you say you filled out your bracket a week before the championship? >> no, i predicted oregon a week-- no, before the tournament started not a week -- >> stephen: i thought you said a week ago you filled it out. and i thought, of course, anybody can do that. >> i don't know what the big problem is. i fill it out as i go. i never missed one? >> stephen: you host "inside the nba" on t.n.t. you have b

what used to be called the battle of wounded knee, but now is the massacre of wounded knee in south dakota were native people go to their nadir first sure. they lose the last shards of independence. second, the state of mississippi passes its new constitution. there was nothing wrong with the 1868 constitution, except that let blacks be citizens. they were explicit. they were going to remove that error in 1890 and they did. you probably know and you can ask me that i have to rush along. the third thing that happened before 1890 -- let me say this about the second thing. the 1890 constitution was in complete defiance of the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution. united states did nothing about it. seeing this, every other state as far as oklahoma followed suit by 1907. third, 20 in the 1890, the senate refused to pass -- more or less by one vote -- the voting rights act of 1890 that had been passed by the house. it would have been signed into law by republican president benjamin, but it failed. after it failed -- i'm going to have to use the n-word, hopefully just once, but i shall i

i have a theology degree and i had a couple churches in south dakota when i first got out of college.siness out there. i figured out i was more temperamentally suited for corrections work than the ministry. i still see this as my life's work. this is my ministry. it's not just a job. it never has been just a job for me. it's not natural to keep human beings in cables, and it's not natural to be the human being that's keeping somebody else in a cage. and there's something about that unnatural environment that causes the people who are the keepers of the cage to take some psychological steps to make that easier on them to the point to where you don't see them as humans at all. i tried to consciously fight against that tendency. hopefully i modelled that for some of the people. it is possible to spend your career in corrections and not treat inmates like dirt and not treat these people like trash, but to have compassion and sympathy and understanding for what the families go through. >> and families usually go through a lot. >> hi, we're here to see victoria groth. >> all right, can i ch

senator mike rounds from south dakota.king about france, there's this thinking up there today that marine le pen cannot win this runoff when she goes against macron. but remember, it was said about scott brown when he was running for the senate. remember that for ted kennedy sold in massachusetts? we'll talk about that coming up. tonight, friends of the fox news channel are watching a primetime lineup. tucker carlson moves to 8:00 p.m. eastern. moving to 9:00 p.m. eastern. don't miss that beginning tonight over the fox news channel here on fox business. "cavuto: coast-to-coast" continues in just a minute. ♪ predictable. the comfort in knowing where things are headed. because as we live longer... and markets continue to rise and fall... predictable is one thing you need in retirement to help protect what you've earned and ensure it lasts. introducing brighthouse financial. a new company established by metlife to specialize in annuities & life insurance. talk to your advisor about a brighter financial future. your insurance

i also want to say about hick, that she grew up, you know, in these impoverished parts of the south dakota and so on, you know, where she was not exposed at all to race issues in the way that she was when she went to the south and that i do feel that like eleanor, hick was -- grew a lot, and i also think that on the basic a human one-to-one level, that hick was a very compassionate person herself had such poverty and struggle that she understood it in others so just a little defense of hick here. >> well, i'd like to thank you all for a very enlightening and entertainment segment. [applause] >> blanche cook is going to-- is heading up to san francisco for the wedding of a godchild and so she will not be able to make the book signing session. but that book's going to be on sale and you can find it easily enough. i can't promise you that she'll come over to your house. >> but i'll si

some of the worst rolled through south dakota, lightning and thunderstorms probably woke some people. minnesota has all the bad weather. even noerlts of duluth it's snowing. mostly just a cold rain. there is great stuff after early morning fog. oklahoma city hits 80. atlanta is fine this morning. later on this afternoon main the heartfield airport could have a minor delay with showers and storms in the region. that goes for our friends in the mountainous areas of tennessee and north carolina. from d.c. northward it gets gradually cooler. d.c.'s at 72. beautiful afternoon. boston only 48 today. new york at 61. florida is still very warm. let's track some of the storms. the first batch we have just mentioned in minnesota, that travels to the east and to wisconsin. falls apart a little bit. don't expect a lot around milwaukee or green bay. carry the weather but don't expect a lot of bad weather. on the tail end a new storm comes tomorrow. looks like severe weather, not widespread. doesn't look impressive on future radar. if you're in the wichita area, omaha, des moines, maybe even chica

bring in republican senator mike brown from south dakota.armed services committee. what about that, senator? you can't put our military in harm's way without getting political consensus? >> i think the constitution would disagree. article 2, section 2 of the constitution clearly allows the president to direct the armed forces. we have also separated out from that in 1973 war powers act that allows the president to deploy our forces for period of up to 60 days prior to consulting with congress. along with that, there may still be discussion about authorization of use of military force from 2001, whether or not that may be applicable. there is some debate on that one. certainly the president has opportunit at least 60 days which to notify us. i would also point out that the president was very good in making notifications to members of the appropriate committees about their intent, and, what was going on during that raid. >> tell us exactly how you personally feel about what is going on? because clearly, when you look at the pictures of the gas

. >> jon: south dakota senator jonathan chairs the senate republican conference.enator thune, what happens on friday? >> on thursday, procedural votes, and the democrats are conducting a filibuster of this supreme court nominee. as a canadiens of that we have to have a series of votes on thursday to allow us to proceed to get to where we can vote on his nomination, at some point probably friday night. that's the timeline at the moment. we would like to see the democrats work with us so that all those procedural votes aren't necessary, but at the moment they have decided to do something that hasn't happened in the 230-year of the senate, and that is to conduct a successful partisan, one-party filibuster f supreme court nominee. >> jon: if republicans change the press department, go nuclear, allow a supreme court appointment to be passed on a simple majority vote, are you doing permanent damage to the institution? >> i don't think so, jon. i think we are restoring what's been the history on the supreme court. every supreme court nominee that's been considered -- and

host: let's go to ethan in south dakota. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. how are you doing. host: well. caller: great. thank you for the opportunity. i wanted to pass a couple of ess or nonpartisan takes on what we're talking about this morning. host: okay. go ahead. first take is just obviously on the conflict of interest between the family and trump administration young nd myself being a father with a little boy learning how to talk and coming from a family that was very involved. all very close in my immediate family, the way i take it is that it's -- the law is up to that's been set reflect an attitude of conflict of interest within a family unit think. so to clarify my point here, i understand the two takes on the side and the issues and oh, these people will be able to see a difference and there andate here and we have to give them the benefit of the doubt. but at the end of the day, what young family trying to make a difference in the world, and at the end of the of your advisors is your daughter, you have to add dimension of family relations and ti

a couple people in tough districts, senator from south dakota and such are going to be -- they mightote differently. but this is a show of strength now. politics is a lot of theater. >> i'm going to ask for an educated guess. gorsuch will get on. it will be like it was before the vacancy. who is going to be next. the next one will be big. >> we know who it will be. got to give it to trump on this. he gave us a list of the 20 people. >> who is going to go out next. >> how soon is that going to happen? a lot of people are worried about that. >> i can't go there. i can't pick who is going to die next. >> i don't think retire. certainly the people on the left will go out on a stretcher because they don't want to give the president another pick. >> a lot of people worried about this. no shortage of people with health problems on the remaining members of the court. keep the ambulance standing outside of the court. >> thank you, joe. >> coming up next on mornings on 2 the nine, too many students, not enough classrooms. up next, the push to build a second high school in dublin. >>> one of th