they appreciate the freedoms and personal responsibility and they share our south dakota values and thet to share in our way of life as well. over the past several months i've had the opportunity to travel to all corners of our state, and south dakotans have consistently asked me to thank governor noem for the actions she has taken. today, she will share with us how these actions have put our state and a strong position as we move forward. we are tremendously blessed to have her leading us through these unprecedented times. i've been honored to work alongside her to continue making south dakota safer, stronger and healthier. sergeant at arms would you please announce the arrival of our governor? >> ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome the honorable governor kristi noem. [applause] >> thank you. go ahead and be seated. lieutenant governor rhoden, mr. speaker, members of the legislature, chief justice jensen, justices of the supreme court, constitutional officers, and fellow south dakotans, it is my privilege to stand before you today to discuss the state of our state. the year

in south dakota, we live within our means. we balance a budget with out accounting gimmicks or tricks. we hold a triple-a credit rating and our state pension plan is fully funded. our state believes in smart regulation. we roll out the red carpet, not the red tape. we are the pheasant capital of the world. and our state parks, -- you can clap for that. [applause] gov. noem: our state parks and outdoor recreational opportunities are unmatched. for those who have spent the last nine months shut down or locked up in other states, south dakota is open. we have stayed open the entire time. that is how we will operate for as long as i am governor. [applause] gov. noem: one of my chief priorities is to grow south dakota. that is why you hear me inviting those who cherish and value our way of life to come and join us. south dakota is the perfect place to grow your family, grow your business, and live your life as you see fit my administration continues to do everything in its power to help in this effort. this last year, we assisted w

john: the cold war narrative is really part of south dakota. it is part of the dakota ethos. you want to study aviation history or even world history, you end up drawing lines back to ellsworth air force base. back to the prairies of south

the pandemic is practically over in south dakota.munity, i don't know, but it doesn't look like there was no lockdown necessary there. cases declined after peaking in mid-november. naturally, shutdowns meant big job losses and huge suffering across the country. while the national unemployment rate stands at around 6.7%, the situation in california and new york, far worse. meanwhile, check out these numbers from south dakota, florida, and texas. gosh, time to move to sioux falls. i will take freezing temperatures they are over lockdowns any day of the week. and by the same analysis, if you had to choose right now, between, let's say, living in florida, or california, which would you choose? let's start with california, governed by liberals at every level. just this week, we found out that governor gavin newsom's administration paid key covid data from the public because it was too complex for most regular folks to understand. well, one thing they did understand, they did in my ordered rolling blackouts. but like that sham while guy us

when i was in the south dakota legislature, i actually voted for it. did it without putting together consensus on it. if you're going to talk about an emergency operation, why would you then include and demand that that be a part of it? i think that's just looking for a way not to get some things done that might very well have to be done in the next couple weeks. >> let me ask you this, would you support some raise in the minimum wage? when we consider -- it does seem as if some of these things are negotiable. we haven't raised the minimum wage in years. it's sitting at $7.25. if it was 12 instead of 15, would that make it easier for wru to support this bill? >> i think the bigger issue here is whether or not we're going to be specific on covid relief. if you want to do those other items, such as that, let's break it out, separate it out, take correct. let's go back in and focus once again on covid relief. i'll say this again, republicans and democrats alike want to get ahead of this as quickly as we can. warp speed worked. it was done literally june a

when i was in the south dakota legislature, i actually voted for it. did it without putting together to be done in the next couple e is whether or not we're going to be specific on other items, such as that, let's break it out, separate it out, take the time and do it correct. let's go back in and focus once again on covid relief. i'll say this again, republicans and democrats alike want to get ahead of this as quickly as we can. warp speed worked. it was done literally june announcely. the senate worked together to get that don. we've done something in a matter of ten to 12 months that has never been done these out. it was a consensus-driven approach that everybody in the united states senate literally supported or it couldn't have been done that quickly. that's doable again. we didn't try to include other things that many of us would have liked to have included because we knew we had to find consensus. let's focus on those things that we can get done that we agree are specifically targeted to covid relief. >> let me move to the impeachment. do you be

mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of south dakota seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there for there from the donald j. trump of the state of florida perceive 3 votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received 3 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote 'd of the state of south dakota at the teller's verified appears to be regular and for an authentic this it to fit from tennessee the parliamentarians advise me is the only certificate of vote from the state reports to be returned from the state as an axe to it a certificate of authority of that state reporting to appoint an ascertain electors . mr president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of tennessee seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there from that andre tromping state of florida received 11 votes for president and michael r. pence the state of indiana received 11 votes for vice president are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote for the state of

, this certificate from south dakota, the parliamentarians advised is the only certificate of vote from that state that purports to be returned from the state and that is annexed through the certificate of authority from the state purporting to appoint an edge electors. >> mr. president, there sniffed offorget -- the certificate the state seemed to be authentic and it appears therefrom that donald j. trump of the state of florida received three votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received three votes for vice president. >> are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote of the state of south dakota that the tellers verified appears to be regular and -- in form and authentic? this certificate from tennessee, the parliamentarians advise me is the only certificate of vote from the state and purports to be a return from the state has annexed to a certificate of authority from that state reporting to and ascertain electors. thursday --dent, the certificate of the electoral vote of tennessee appears to be regular in form and authentic and appears

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. >> mister president, the only thing i would say to the chair , to my friend from south dakota is many of the proposals he proposed as alternatives to our proposal , beautiful imagery objected to when we had our associations on the cares bill . we believe this and be in addition to the expansion of unemployment insurance and other things in the state of the economy . this was needed and i thank you for that yield the floor. >> mister president . >> senator from vermont . >> let me say to my friend senator, certainly i concur with you what a pleasure it is to be spending new year's day with you and our colleagues. >> when i another number what to do but you are because we have to be . and we are here because back home er, in my state and all over the country , millions and millions of families are struggling to put food on the table . they are struggling to pay their rent. they're struggling to come up with the money they need to go to the doctor . and it hits me in a personal frway.i received the other day from a colleague of mine in burlington vermont where i live, or to see 40,000 pe

erik and robbie join us now from canton in south dakota. congratulations to you both. have any idea that robbie would plan this? >> no. i had no idea. i didn't think i would ever be surprised. i thought i would know, but it was crazy about this, he caught me off guard. >> that's great. >> now, i understand, robbie, that did you have this ring for three years? is that right? >> yeah. i bought it, and i just wanted to make sure that it was perfect. i needed the right time, the moment to ask him. and so yeah. i've had it for a little bit. yeah. >> so this definitely has been a year of such challenge, and i think a lot of introspection. what was it that happened in year specifically that made you decide this is it? >> it was just a tough year all around for everybody, and with getting the -- being able to get the vaccine, it was kind of like you know, opening a new chapter in our lives, just with that alone, and so i thought well, what better time, you know, what more memorable time to do it than to do it right when i was getting the vaccine? >> kind of brings it altogethe

it is cool to be in south dakota.>> 9 children, family of 11 and they are all beautiful and thank you for being on with us. we thank you. god bless you all. still ahead, he is known as one of the most feared sluggers in the sport but baseball legend darryl strawberry credits his fear in god as the real game changer. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ nicoreyou get advice like: smoking is hard. try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette >> he had 335 home ones and won -- baseball legend darryl strawberry is known for the hardships he has faced in his personal life. he credits his face for saving him and write about that in his new book called turn your season around. a lot of people look to you, about your baseball ca

assault on senator john thune, who said biden's win will not be overturned the president urged south dakota governor, christy gnome, to run against him. while stoking expectations for his supporters by promoting a big protest rally in washington, d.c., january 6th. that day, vice president mike pence must preside over the final counting of electoral votes. but he is fighting off a lawsuit that seeks to give pence power to toss out some states' votes. enough to flip biden's victory to trump government lawyers defending pence belittled the claim for suing, ironically, the very person whose power they seek to promote. making this all the more awkward, the suit was filed by a group of trump loyalists, including a texas congressman, against the vice president, who is widely viewed as unfailingly loyal to president trump peter. >> kelly, thank you. >>> the new year is ushering in new laws across the country, including one that impacts anyone who wants to board a plane. pete williams, with what you need to know. >> reporter: starting today, hawaii becomes the first state in the nation to ban the s

state of south dakota we met up with him to see how the waxy biden is taking shape . politics. subjects or studio sorry hills area of southeast. u.s. president. being a future wax figure in the presence of former british prime minister winston churchill whose likeness is also in the world. this beginning stage is really about sort of investigating. the form of his head and practicing sculpting some of the shapes so nothing to do with features or dates i was at the stage of the figure was commissioned by the national presidential wax museum in the us state of south dakota jethro crop has been working on the clay model for 4 weeks but it will take another 3 or 4 months before it becomes a finished watchword. crab studied sculpture and began his career at madame tussaud . or the legendary london watch museum fashioned lifelike sculptures of many famous people. such as former beatle paul mccartney actress fun being big and composer live begun by coven. war interests me about. the paper i scoped is that everyone is completely individual and capturing what it is about someone that ma

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center in south dakota. kristen klein is her name. you tell us about her and why she's so embmatic? >> sure, s's a senior nurse at a small hospital in sioux falls, south dakota. and we got to talking somewhere in early may when her area and eeher facility had largely untouched by covid, while others major ciere overrun. were being asked to rationthey masks. there are no masks. thers an extreme shortage. they're really worried. and we just sort of kept in touch. and slowly but surely, she was sort of in slow motieon as covid sort of swept over the country. and suddenly her small hospital and the small cmunity was really at the epicenter. and for me, her journey and just sort of what she was watching as a healthcare provider was an interesting lens to help us understand just the stress health care workuners arr and what it means to just worry each dae you come in. u going to have the mask you need so you don't get sick, or don't get your family sicngk? >> bm: i mean, this far into the pandemic, nurses at governmees-run facili i mean, th

we were in south dakota a couple weeks ago.a face mask. if you have that environment that is place people want to go to. if you look at new york and california people are fleeing those areas going to places like south dakota, texas and florida. that is where people can live their lives freely from the overpowerful and overbearing government. >> i have to say pete, will, jed, good morning, she is also a tough cookie. she got a lot of criticism when there was an outbreak i believe in a plant somewhere, a meat plant. pete: yeah. >> they called her a science denier. they tried to accuse her of murder, things that weren't hurled at governor cuomo who is having much more problems but she stood strong. i know what is right for my state. i trust my people. lo and behold look at these numbers. i want to add one other thing. i think one of the silver linings of covid that a lot of parents have been doing a lot of soul-searching about what they want for their families and you know, people want more time outdoors. i know sean took a trip t

been any big outbreaks in south dakota. i don't believe there have been school outbreaks of any great note in the country? there have been infections here and there, but i'm talking abou disastrous deathly events for students. >> we haven't seen it anywhere. a brand-new study just came out in the journal of pediatrics this week in north carolina, 11 school districts did all of their tracking and tracing and testing, and there were infections that showed up, ther were 700 infections that showed up that were caught at home or somewhere else in the community brought into the school. there were 30 some forward transmissions n0 from children to teach or spread. >> these are facts. want everyone to know, these ar facts. an inconvenient truth for twitter after they ban trump. i will explain. >> some very sad news tonight for twitter. since it decided to permanently ban president president trump, its shares have dropped over 2 percent. to couple of minutes ago it was almost up at 4 percent. that has wiped out billions in their mark

so if you have been to south dakota and the blackhills, it is a fabously alien looking landscape. so he sickis picking up on thisd he is taking wagner's prints, and puts it in an alum that is similar in scale and presence similar to the ones that wagner did, and it almost bankrupted him in the way that it almost bankrupted humboldt. and so you have niagara falls, and buffalo hunt there, and it is an encapsulation of what america meant to max here on the trip, and the cliff notes version of what you will get in the narrative, but what is also really great is that just as humboldt's generosity in lending us his map reset the way that we construed geopolitics after the louisiana purchase. william clark will give max copies of his turn by turn route maps up the mississippi and missouri rivers as a gift in order to help him to speed him on his way. and what i love ant this, it has got the same indicators and all of the little notes that lewis and clark made, and the point at which captain lewis made celestial observations on the 20th or the 26th of april with the latitude and the longi

president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of south dakota seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears there therefore from that donald trump of the state of florida received three votes for florida and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received three votes for vice president. >> are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote of tate of south dakota that the tellers verified appears to be regular in form and authentic? this certificate from tennessee the parliamentarians advise me is the only certificate of vote from the state and purports to be a return from the state as annexed to it a certificate of authority of that state purporting to appoint and ascertain electors. >> mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of tennessee seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears there from that donald trump received 11 votes for president and michael r. pence the state of indiana received 11 votes for vice president. >> are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote for the state

the governor of south dakota drew immediate attention when he stopped to take a picture of ike for his. as the end of the parade approach would the eisenhower bandwagon, a tribute lasting 3 hours and stretching for many miles had passed before him. throughout the parade the president stood for them all. the thousands in the line-up march who came to pay homage attesting his popular appeal to the millions across the breadth of our nation. the sun slowly settled behind the capitol as the daylight hours drew to a close. one by one as the lights came on the stage was set when the gala celebration was to follow was washington turned out in all her splendor for the inaugural ball tuesday be held in honor of the president. to accommodate the thousands who wished to attend, four separate balls were held. the president visited them all. here at the may flower hotel. a jubilant secretary humphrey, senator styles bridges and mrs. bridges. the president and mrs. eisenhower were escorted into their box by their host. as the officer salutes the president we bring to a close the salute of the america

. >> is there any objection to counting the certificate of south dakota? it appears to be regular in form and authentic. this certificate from tennessee is the only certificate of vote has annexed to it a certificate of authority of that state purporting to appoint and ascertain electors. >> mr. president the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of tennessee seems to be regular in the form and authentic and it appears there from that donald j. trump of the state of florida received 11 votes for president and michael r pence of indiana received 11 vote vice president. >> are there any objections to counting the certificate of the vote from the state of tennessee? verified hiss regular in form inauthentic. this certificate from texas is the only certificate of votes from the state. it purports to be a return from the state, has the certificate of authority from that state and to ascertain electors. >> mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of texas seems to be regular in form and authentic and it appears there from that d

coming across the south dakota -- for his son. parade approached with the bandwagon, attribute lasting three hours and stretching for many miles, before him, throughout the parade the president stood before them all, the thousands who marched. a testing his popular field amongst the breadth of our popular nation. >> the sun slowly settled behind the capital as the daylight hours drew to a close. one by one as the lights came on, the stage was set for the celebration that was that as washington turned out in all her splendor for the inaugural balls to be held for the president. to accommodate the thousands who wish to attend four separate balls were set up. the president attended them all. here at the mayflower hotel we see, her mother, what -- mÑhumphrey. mr. and mrs. bridges. isr s however were escorted by their hosts, mr. and mrs. abrams. as the officer salutes the president, we bring to a close a slew from the american leader, the president of united states, dwight eisenhower, and his beloved me. weeknights this month we're fea

the governor of south dakota drew immediate attention when he stopped to take a picture of ike for hisd with the eisenhower bandwagon, a tribute lasting three hours and stretching for many miles had passed before him. throughout the parade, the president stood for them all. the thousands in the line of came to pay homage, attesting his popular appeal to the millions across the brest of our nation -- the breadth of our nation. the sun settled behind the capitol as the daylight hours drew to a close. ♪ >> one by one as the light on, the stage was set for the gala's allegation that gala celebration that was to follow. the inaugural ball to be held in honor of the president. to accommodate the thousands who wish to attend, for separate balls were held. here at the mayflower hotel, we see guests. a jubilant teri humphrey -- secretary humphrey. ♪ >> the president and misses eisenhower were escorted by their hosts. [hail to the chief]

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the governor of south dakota drew immediate attention when he stopped to take a picture of ike for his the eisenhower bandwagon, a tribute lasting three hours and stretching for many miles had passed before him. throughout the parade, the president stood for them all. the thousands in the line of came to pay homage, attesting his popular appeal to the millions across the brest of our nation -- the breadth of our nation. the sun settled behind the capitol as the daylight hours drew to a close. ♪ one by one as the lights came on, the stage was set for the gala celebration that was to follow as official washington turned out in all her splendor for the inaugural balls to be held in honor of the president. to accommodate the thousands who wish to attend four separate balls were held. the president and mamie visited them all. we see mamie's mother and her sister, mrs. j gordon moore. a jubilant secretary humphrey. senator bridges and mrs. bridges. ["hail to the chief" plays] [jazz playing] >> the president and mrs. eisenhower were escorted into their box by their hosts, mr. and mrs. akres.

south dakota's nine tribal reservations. as crucial transportation linked to many communities paid for this reason i introduce the tribal equity and transparency improvement act, that is a mouthful with senator sinema last congress. in other provisions it seeks to improve the data on roads which is a critical aspect of ensuring funds are allocated where they are needed most. you agree that tribal road funding should be allocated the most up-to-date data? >> i do. >> would you commit to working with me in this congress to make sure this important program is improve? >> i would welcome that opportunity. >> thank you. let me just mention one other issue here. this is something that state deities, particularly rural areas like south dakota deal with. that is the lack of resources to comply with a lot of the federal administrative requirements. the act included several provisions are aimed at easing the legislative burden for state dot. and the bipartisan american infrastructure act which i said was unanimously approved by the en

the family is donating to five different south dakota charities.benefit from this massive sum of money. jillian: incredible. carley: absolutely. todd: rich people aren't that bad. there you go. carley, as always, a pleasure. jillian: thanks, carley. todd: vice president mike pence and second lady visited troops in fort drum, new york yesterday. this would be their final official appearance as america's second couple. during his remarks, he thanked the troops for the past four years. >> i'm here to deliver a simple message to each and every one of you, on behalf of your commander in chief and every american, thank you for your service. and to the first brigade combat team, welcome home. jillian: the troops of the first brigade recently returned from afghanistan. it is about 15 minutes until the top of the hour. a new caravan pushing its way closer to the u.s. critics blaming the president-elect rhetoric for motivating the migrants. >> nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days. todd: so is joe biden helping create another caravan crisis and

louis that they had used to get up to south dakota in the first place. and without their recordings and without their images, we would be much poorer in understanding how important this tribe was to the fur trade, to the negotiations between the french, the british, and the americans, and the other indian tribes along the upper missouri river. george catlin pops up again with our friend, mr. humboldt, because what he will do is after 1830 when andrew jackson puts out the indian removal act, catlin is livid. he feels this will create the wholesale destruction of american indian culture. in 1832, he will suggest that the entire western third of the country should be set aside as a national park where the indians and the bison who sustained them will be left to their own devices. that does not get traction, and in fact, catlin will get thrown out of the white house for protesting the indian removal act. so he is also shooting himself in the foot when it comes time to having a voice in american politics. what he does instead is he paints over 500 portraits o

. >> now the president is targeting, tweeting this afternoon that south dakota governor should challenge him i the 2020 primary, and if not, others are lining up a. he said last month that she is friends with soon and declined to challenge. the senator laughed it off saying finally, in a tax tweet, what took him so long for it i' not sure what i did to be deserving of all that, but that's fine.. the politics of larger checks i the election results are dividing republicans ahead of a joint session of congress next week were republican senator josh holly says he will object to certified state presidential electorssi joining house republicans, forcing a debate into vote for it. >> if you're going to retry the case in the senate that's already been tried in the federal courts, it would be har for me to basically take over the federal courts rolled. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell pressed him about his plans which requires difficult to take a vote, holly missed the call. vice president mike pence will preside over wednesday session where congress formally counts the electoral colleg

look at after the way he went after john thune, calling for the senator from south dakota to be primariedthe president clearly still holds the reigns of the republican party and is exercising that power in a way where establishment republicans are clearly bending to his will. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. >>> thanks, boris, for that. a lawsuit filed by u.s. house republican is taking another loss in court. on saturday a federal court dismissed an appeal after a trump appointed judge threw the case out the day before. the suit sought to force mike pence to interfere in the electoral college vote count. pence asked them to reject the lawsuit. earlier i spoke to a political science lecturer at the university college london and the director of ucl center on u.s. politics. i asked about the move by senators and whether it's less about the outcome and more about the act. this is what he had to say. >> i think this is mostly political theater, but we shouldn't underestimate how dangerous of a precedent it sets for u.s. senators to aid and abet trump's baseless allegations. i think it's

the hot springs facility in hot springs south dakota, the critical part of the system in october the secretary will be rescinded a record of decision on the future of the campus that provides vital healthcare services not only to south dakota but residents of nebraska, colorado, wyoming and so forth. i would like your commitment if confirmed to work on moving the hot springs facility and literally the black hills facilities themselves up into the century with regards to the services it's providing and lay out a long-term plan for the success of the veterans in those areas. >> i appreciate our conversation on this. i committed to you then and i recommit myself to you now to work closely with you on this and addressing the needs in and around the hot springs facility in as much as it is such a critical piece not only in south dakota but as you say nebraska, montana, wyoming. >> the mission act that we operate under now for our healthcare is an item that i didn't vote for. i didn't vote for it because it took away guarantees of a veteran to be able to find a physician of their own choic

a south dakota pathologist, dr. brad randall. >> and dr.es highly suggestive of a struggle and ruled it a homicide. >> homicide. and there was only one suspect. in april of 2013, 15 months after emily died, alex fazzino was arrested and charged with his wife's murder. >> they said you're under arrest. and i was in complete shock. when you're innocent, you don't think it can happen. you think, they're going to come to their senses. they're going to see it. but no. >> he spent three weeks in jail before being released on bond. >> the truth will come out. >> alex's sister marguerite says her brother was charged with murder because of small town politics. what was it that you think kept the state sort of moving forward with the idea of prosecuting? >> well, i think it was the beckwiths. i think the power that they have in that community, and i believe that they were putting political pressure on the state to prosecute this. >> the suggestion that there was some sort of political pressure that was put on my office to push this case forward or to