our people that live in south dakota, that is south dakota story.our state has the best state motto in the nation under god. the people rule. but that could as well be a national motto as well. in america, we are not we will not be ruled by a class of so-called elite experts. we the people are the. but in a lot of ways, it's a story that is just getting started. we gained the nation's attention during the pandemic. we set an example of freedom for the rest of the country. and i hope that south dakota can continue to set an example the rest of the nation, when it comes to work as well. it would have been easier for me to follow the crowd definitely and to shut down our state. it would have been easier for me to tell dakotans to stay home. don't go work, rely on the government to get by. but did not do what was easy. we worked hard and we did it together as president. coolidge said, i cannot think of anything that represents the american people adequately as honest. when you think of south dakota, you may think of freedom, but you also might be thinki

waste his time in the middle of a presidential race to go to a small, insignificant state like south dakotawd booing] somebody really asked me that. that conversation went south quickly. another question they asked is, is president trump going to pick you as the most popular governor? i said, yes. [cheering and applause] here are the facts. chairman john wick had this fantastic idea to bring republicans and our state to gather to rally us around our values and our principles. i love the idea. i told him i would do every thing i could to help him. we started discussing inviting the candidates running to be president of the united states. tim scott was asked. and he declined. the vet was invited. he turned us down. other candidates were asked and all of them told us they had better things to do. [crowd booing] but, when trump was invited to come be with you tonight, he said "i will be there." [cheering and applause] you see, that is why people love president trump. he does not listen to consultants. he does not this into the media -- does not listen to the media or the political elite to tell

we will because they do not care about south dakota, we will stand up for south dakota workers.tand up for south dakota farmers. no one has ever taken care of the farmers like president trump.as your president i took on communist china like no administration in history, bringing hundreds of billions of dollars into our treasury. they did not like me too much. i think i got along well with them considering what we were doing. no other president had ever gotten $.10. hundreds of billions. i gave our farmers out of the money we got $28 billion. your state. iowa. i go to iowa tomorrow. i knock on wood. this is real wood. i do not like saying things like nobody else could do this, but nobody else could have gotten you 28 billion for your farmers, and i said to the people of iowa, nebraska, we are represented very well, charles, i said we cannot possibly lose because i got the farmers $28 billion from china. nobody else would think about it. i will just tell you, a guy who is very disloyal, i got him elected, he strongly oppose my protection for our farmers. those farmers got big chec

agriculture is the lifeblood of south dakota but there's a lot more that keeps south dakota moving. this august i had the chance to meet with electric cooperatives that provide power in south dakota communities, i joined midco communication which will bring faster internet to more homes. i was on hand for if the new i- i-29 exit ribbon cutting in lookings, south dakota. i visited a lot of local businesses and talked with local business owners from across the state. i visited show place cabinet tri, low key manufacturing in elk point, demmick cheese, and i met with start-up leaders in sue falls. we had some important conversations, mr. president. and it was clear that business owners are facing headwinds at the moment. business leaders discussed challenges arising from the workforce shortages in south dakota, with unemployment at 1.9% in south dakota, there are workforce challenges in just about every sector, with we talked about the importance of trade and how the bings has put expanding market access on the backburner, unfortunately. and business owners across the state expressed f

she is tough on china unlike other governors she never locked down south dakota. hey kept it open. i kept it open. they did not keep it open. we had some good ones. i tell you what. mcmaster, south carolina was great. we had some really good ones but kristi was just incredible. you got to look at those numbers. she did swell. 10%. what state has gone up 10%? i'm truly honored to receive your endorsement, very much so. i appreciate it. [cheering and applause] thank you very much. it is a great honor. i get endorsements, some good, some bad. i get endorsements. hers means a lot. let me tell you. everyone here tonight as part of the greatest political movement in the history of our country. this is the greatest movement -- look at this. this place is packed. we come to south dakota, i said how many people you normally have at your republican party dinners and events? a couple hundred. this is like 6000, 7000 people. this is a lot. your chairman is great. we will talk about him in a he second. has done a fantastic job. just broke your all-time record may be will break

donald trump is heading to south dakota today.ment of the state's gop governor, kristi noem, who organized today's fundraising event, fueling speculation that it is actually an audition for the role of trump's number two. nbc's vaughn hillyard is in south dakota ahead of the event. julie joins us from capitol hill, and matthew dowd is the former strategist for the bush campaign and a political analyst. vaughn, start us off with the latest news we're hearing. an endorsement coming from the governor, along with a possible audition for the position of vice president. >> reporter: right. let's just deal with the reality that we don't think mike pence is going to get offered that position a second go-around and suddenly deep states are not a question that folks are running away from right now, especially when you see how dominating donald trump is performing, because there's a recognition among some prominent republicans who are not in this presidential race that, yes, nikki haley and fellow governor ron desantis of florida, they may b

>> next, governors of south dakota and mark of wyoming testify on all school related conservation and landscape health designated by the bureau of land management. they discuss states rights and concerns over land use. force management and economic impact to self businesses in rural communities. this is just over three and a half hours. [background noises] >> committee on natural resources will come to order. i declare recess at any time. meeting today to hear testimony on representatives bill hr 3397 to require director bureau of land management for land management related conservation. ... good morning everyone. a little earlier starting time but hopefullywe will get on earlier today . we are here today to consider each are all is so-called action and landscape health goals this rule would devastate local economies under the is the pool only further this administrations rifle preservationists and half the us population lives within one also be out families on access blm lands were reopened, outdoor recreation, timber production for these activities are all part of the blm will use s

>> next, governors of south dakota and mark of wyoming testify on all school related conservation and landscape health designated by the bureau of land management. they discuss states rights and concerns over land use. force management and economic impact to self businesses in rural communities. this is just over three and a half hours. [background noises] >> committee on natural resources will come to order. i declare recess at any time. meeting today to hear testimony on representatives bill hr 3397 to require director bureau of land management for land management related conservation. ... good morning everyone. a little earlier starting time but hopefullywe will get on earlier today . we are here today to consider each are all is so-called action and landscape health goals this rule would devastate local economies under the is the pool only further this administrations rifle preservationists and half the us population lives within one also be out families on access blm lands were reopened, outdoor recreation, timber production for these activities are all part of the blm will use s

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we know in 2020 he came to south dakota and held that rally in front of mount rushmore as south dakotae first states to open up during the coronavirus pandemic. since, you've had her floated as a potential 2024 contender. she's sort of taken herself out of the running saying i can't beat president trump. he's the very clear frontrunner. when asked whether she would consider being his running made, she says she would consider it. so very clear jockeying from the public sense as to how this is all working. it does appear this could be potentially a way for him to check the temperature on her in south dakota. >> sandra: i suppose people are wondering why else would he be headed to south dakota for a rally. >> exactly. the state only has three electoral votes. reliably republican. it has a june primary. may not play that big of a role in the republican primary. that is a -- why we all have our eyebrows raised and eared perked up. kristi noem is someone who has grown her public profile recently. she's vying for this more public role. >> sandra: a beautiful state. thanks for joining us. hurr

south dakota, not just native, to get an even fellowship to harvard. so those those i think happened simply because i grew. i changed my writing changed. i think my writing matured all of the years. and i was able to sit in my classmates at harvard and educate them they wanted to know a lot of the that were happening in indian country. they had no idea. but we had students from ghana, from ecuador were from nairobi. they were all so interested in native americans. it just amazed me that they had no idea, you know, or what an indian was, whether any of us still spoke our own tribal languages. so those experiences, i think me to reach this point in my life and know i'm still here, i'm still healthy, i'm still writing and i'm 85 years old. so i good about i contribute to native american journal this evening. we're happy to welcome dit

south dakota is like florida. if the temperatures in florida went below 0. the country and one of the highest approval ratings at 83% and she was reelected by the largest margin of any governor in south dakota history. so she has a great story to tell and a great record and a terrific person on the national stage. >> harris: i love that state. i like that part of the country. the below 0 doesn't touch you, you are having so much fun and the food is delicious. i lived in minnesota. president biden facing a whole bunch of recent terrible polling, wow. sounds like a move eave. when it comes to his age and job approval, it is brutal. even democrat voters don't like it. dem insiders and liberal media finally seeming to face the facts. watch. >> you start to wonder, you have know, would you give this grandpa a high stress job for six more years or would you want something else for him? >> a lot of democratic voters and independents are nervous about an 80-year-old president who seems to at times, you know, forget names and get confused and so forth. >> the polls a

he will be joined alongside the south dakota gop who is actually hosting this event in rapid city, southota, as well as with governor here of south dakota kristi noem. for donald trump, this just speaks to the level of incoming. of course, the reveal of the special grand jury's report suggests there are other individuals who could have potentially faced indictments. but you're also looking at the fact here that in colorado, his attorneys in colorado have now filed a petition here this morning to move the challenge particularly around the disqualification clause, section 3 of the 14th amendment, which was filed by multiple voters in colorado to have donald trump's name removed from the ballot for having engaged in insurrection or rebellion. that is a lawsuit that was filed this week here against the secretary of state to have his name removed. he now has attorneys in colorado, we're finding out, who have filed a petition to have that case removed from the state court in colorado to a federal court, which suggests that the request here is that this is an expedited case, this could be happe

any minute, former president trump will kick off a rally in south dakota alongside governor christie ngnome. he's expected to endorse him, fuelling the speculation he's eyeing the number two spot in trump's third bid for the white house. >>> and at least eight confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer, with nearly 400 officers on the case, a prison guard has been fired. and still, the convicted killer who busted out of a prison in philadelphia is on the lam. i'm brianna keilar, and this is "the source." >>> good evening. kaitlan collins is off tonight. we are watching a major decision in the georgia election case. a judge just denied mark meadows' bid to move his case to federal court. he testified just days ago in his own defense, but that clearly did not move the judge, who says meadows failed to meet even the quite low threshold for removal. this can't be welcomed news for former president trump. just yesterday, he said he may try to get his georgia case moved as well. and moments ago, we learned that meadows has already filed notice to appeal. with me now, former federal prosecu

rapid city, south dakota, where he received the enodorsment for president -- endorsement from south dakotaoem. it was a huge turnout. both of them spoke. here's what they had to say. >> when president trump was invited to come be with you tonight, he said i will be there. [cheers and applause] you see, that's why people love president trump. he doesn't listen to consultants, he doesn't listen to the media or the political elite to tell him who is important and what his priorities should be. to him, every american is worth fighting for. he is the leader, the fighter that our country needs. he has my full and complete endorsement for president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] i will do everything i can to help him win and save this country. >> i'm truly honored to receive your endorsement, very much is so. i appreciate it. [cheers and applause] i get endorsements, some good, some bad. some don't mean anything, hers means a lot, let me tell you. [cheers and applause] everyone here tonight is part of the greatest political movement in the history of our country. pete: yea

nobody is worried about republicans winning and south dakota. this is for him about the optics of seeing his fans and supporters come out and fully behind him. >> yeah, it's about the optics of both of these people. it's about the optics of the governor. the optics of donald trump. she's not just paying for a rally, she's pin for her on audition, is what she's doing in the midst of this. i think this, i mean, if donald trump does have money was because of a legal case against him, and the fact that he's using campaign money to pay for all his legal woes, my guess is, over the course of the next year and two months, he's going to have the money assert to run a campaign. but this does tell you, as you look at this, kristi noem was a sort of credible character for a long period of time and just like so many other republicans, she's thrown away her own personal integrity, her own personal character to sort of just completely go into this production phase. she wants to be trump's vp. she expects donald trump, and i expect donald trump to be the nomin

tonight former president donald trump is heading to rapid city, south dakota. county, georgia, on charges of trying to overturn the last election. governor kristi nome offered him a nice miniature replica of mount rush more. this time he may offer him a presidential endorsement. cnn's kyung lah in south dakota. trump arguably doesn't need her endorsemented, right? >> not necessarily. this may be all about this evening with cnn reporting that governor nomes expected to endorse him this evening in rapid city, south dakota, a state republicans won by a very large margin is more of a job interview. he hasn't picked a vice president yet, jake, and that really is what we're expecting to see tonight, an undercurrent of a job application of sorts. >> trump is known for spending times at rallies sharing his various grievances. are we expecting him to introduce any new policies this evening to help the american people? >> reporter: well, in short, no. and there might be a reason why he doesn't feel he necessarily has to. we spent some time talking to people coming into t

i thought it was curious that the former president want to south dakota.hat seemed sort of -- it is not an early state so that surprised me. why he was there to sort of stroke his ego. and you do have to wonder if he does have to spend more time in these early states but he's so far ahead out in the polls that he seems confident in not having this aggressive ground game. >> could he regret not doing this? could he get rengret not gettin out there in iowa? >> he has name recognition. he doesn't have to be out there all of the time. however, sure, i'm sure there are voters in iowa and new hampshire that love to be courted this early who would love to see their preferred candidate. should he go back? yes? could he spend time in south dakota running a general election campaign? probably, too as well. >> he's so far ahead, he does not have to go there. but i'm sure he wants to keep his foot on the lid on the 30-point plus lid he has over his challengers. and the visit to north dakota just shows how confident he is and how he's using state parties as well to pay

thank you to the gentleman from south dakota, mr. johnson, and the tribes for their work on this important legislation and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 3371, the wounded knee massacre memorial and sake receiptside -- sacred site act introduced by representative johnson. this legislation is an important step to honor la cota lives lost at wounded knee and honor the lakota for generations to come. in particular, this bill would place approximately 40 acres of land located within the pine ridge indian reservation into restricted fee status for the oglala sioux tribe and the shy yab river sioux tribe. in the late 1880's, tribes began hosting ghost dances for the renewable of land in protest of the u.s. government, a

you can go-go anywhere in south dakota and see the private lands into operation with ranchers that are cared for in the land that would be under government jurisdiction or at the federal level. what's interesting to me to look at the mission and it specifically is to use the land. it's a land engagement agency and considers conservation in every activity. when you start prioritizing one over the other the entire mission of the agency fails. the way that they are putting us bye bye declaring the sonata major rule completely eliminates any of the facts they would need to know if the rule is going to work. we are chatting about conspiracy theories in this whole proposed rule is a conspiracy theory. they are avoiding federal law and they may not even under the processes they have they established in this rule even require to be under the federal register anymore under the process. they are taking away all public input potentially and how they will create impact landscape which means the public will have no input -- inputted and implemented overnight which is not under their authority. i'm

. >> i'm from south dakota so this would never fly in south dakota.ly a drone over a rancher and it will be down in 2.2 seconds. same in tennessee or anywhere the south, they would not last. new york city i'd be surprised if they lasted here as well. i don't think -- this might be a unifying issue, i don't think there are any americans, maybe gen z out there who are not bothered by being spied on on tik tok, maybe they are okay but it could be a unifying issue, i don't think anybody wants the idea of any type of law enforcement government entity spying over your party, seeing what you're doing flying overhead and let's think about the high-rises across somebody's bathroom window. there's a lot of issues and priorities, how much is it costing? i'd like to know that as well. >> they have -- they like these gadgets. >> this is an faa issue, where is mayor pete? who owns the airspace? if you have a backyard and a good law, is that airspace 200 feet? 10 feet, 1 inch? faa things it owns all of it so one out of every five flights in the country right now is

let me say this about south dakota.7:00 a.m. than the rest of us did for the entire day. there must be something about south dakota you guys and gals start off working. maybe come out of the nursery working? >> this is tough country, trey. these summers are hotter than heck the winters are as cold as it gets. both days of fall are beautiful of course. the reason i bring that up as the people who settled here the people stopped her, looked around at the sometimes difficult environment and said guests i'm going to pioneer here and going to grow crops and winter raise my family those are really hearty folks. we are the grandsons and granddaughters and great grandsons and great granddaughters of those folks. their work ethic still lives within us. that makes us an outstanding state. trey: congressman, and the grandson of somebody who wanted to play golf year-round. [laughter] which is why i chose the south carolina and not south dakota. but i am glad you are there. i'm glad you joined us on labor day weekend. my best to you

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last night's speech in south dakota showed why. he has the enthusiasm and the energy and the grit to take this fight to joe biden and the democrat party once again, who are fundamentally destroying america as we know it, hiking up prices on everything from groceries to gas and also, really embarrassing america on the world stages. peter doocy just reported joe biden's over at the summit in india, and vladimir putin and president xi from china don't bother to come. they're more focused on establishing a new world order because they don't take it seriously and they need donald trump to restore american greatness, not just here, but on the world stage as well. aishah: i want to ask you about, the former president had a huge audience there last night. he gets a lot of folks to come out to the rallies. governor hutchinson hasn't quite made the secretary -- second debate coming up in a few days here. if he doesn't make the second debate should he get out of the race? >> that's a decision he's going to make and i'm certainly not going to

the first clip was last night in south dakota. the second clip was from january 6th.he was using on january 6th, telling people to fight like hell and so on. does that disturb you? >> of course. and the bottom line is this. donald trump is a proven loser. he hasn't won an election since 2016. it is that kind of rhetoric that his people don't want to see anymore. our neighbors are not our enemies. our neighbors are our fellow americans that we happen to disagree with at times. and people do not want to see that kind of rhetoric. yes, donald trump is leading in the polls. but polls are a snap shot in time and people want to see someone who is talking about the future who is talking about how we will solve these complex challenges. how will we actually secure our border, deal with things like fentanyl. last year, 109,000 people died from drug overdoses. there's more the federal government should be doing to be protecting us. these are the people that people want to hear about. when they start paying more attention to the elections coming up, that's what they'll want to s

, six of them are in south dakota.e that there needs to be congressional action toward reauthorizing that that that such a difference for child pofr city in america? >> there are two parts. it is through that we went from above the poverty level to below the poverty level. and part of it is simply because there is more cash available through government programs and through tax relief. but there is another piece of this and a part that we haven't really talked about it. if we talk about the income, we also have to talk about the expenses as well. sounds like we're talking about inflation adjusted income, but we're not talking about the impact on a household basis of what inflation has done in the last two years. and we're looking at a 16% increase. in south dakota, the average household is paying over $917 per month just in living expenses. if you want to combine that with the fact that income is down, you see the reason why so many of these families are simply saying bidenomics is not working. >> i hear you, senator, b

he'll be here in south dakota for what is essentially a rally hosted by the south dakota gop here latero iowa for the iowa, iowa state university football game tomorrow. if i may, jose, add one other note here, you're talking about the number of folks going after him, colorado is another place where new lawyers for donald trump out of colorado have filed a petition with a federal court to have the lawsuit that you'll recall was filed here this week against the colorado secretary of state citing the 14th amendment, the section three, the disqualification clause to have him removed from the ballot in colorado here, they -- the lawyers for donald trump petitioned to have that case moved from the state court to federal court. donald trump is not the actual defendant. it is the secretary of state of colorado, but this is a lawsuit, this new petition would suggest that it is going to be moving rather quickly here. one secretary of state told me they need to have an idea of whether donald trump constitutionally can remain on the ballot in these states in which lawsuits are filed in short order

meanwhile, donald trump on the campaign trail, picking up an endorsement from the south dakota governor kristi noem. the former president, offering his route mount rushmore state. >> it means that if i win, somebody wants to run against me, i tell my attorney general and say listen, indict him. he hasn't done anything wrong, i don't know, indict him an interim tax invasion. we'll figure it out. >> trump had said i would today alongside many of his republican rivals. it comes as a new nbc report says that a number of trump's allies are growing concerns that his campaign and first in the nation caucus state is lacking. let's go now to more on that breaking news. from the g20 summit, we will go to msnbc's -- in new delhi for us. a long distance. mike, what more are we hearing from the president as he wraps up his very busy first day here in india. >> good to be with you, alex, the big headline, the big announcement from president biden on the world stage is very similar to what we hear him talk an awful lot about back home. it is infrastructure. this g20 summit, is really an opportunity fo

that's why he is in south dakota tonight.is going to be joined alongside south dakota governor who could be a vice presidential pick. this is before he goes to iowa for the football game. when it comes to the georgia case, i want to let you look at a new statement from the former president in which he writes, the georgia grand jury report has been released. it has zero credibility and taints willis and the political witch hunt. they wanted to indict anybody who happened to be breathing at the time. it undermines the credibility of the findings. only about half of the individuals that were named in the report were actually indicted by the grand jury and the district attorney. but for donald trump, the difficulty here is that it's a vast web of individuals who were loyalists to him and trying to keep them on his side is going to continue to be a hurdle. of course, yesterday, peter navarro was found in criminal contempt of congress for failing to comply with the subpoenas of the january 6 select committee. for donald trump, ther

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is it grown in south dakota? no.the power of the diesel engine and we are a generation that never had to build anything. we're spoiled rotten. get behind a giant truck filled with trees and up and down those grains and just struggling to get up. 18,000 pounds and it's moving to 10,000 little towns to bring milk, cattle, grain, cement, stone, roofing supplies -- host: tim, i think we got your point. has and it been important in your view for development? caller: you could probably ask the guy that's running. i don't know much about him. i was a roofer back there for many years. i've been on lots of job sites from north georgia to pennsylvania and i was always amazed at the amount of things that are moved to build a school or to boost a giant unit up on top of the roof. a lot of people don't take -- host: all right. we got your point. robert in alabama. what do you think of the biden administration piece decision on drilling? caller: i believe he's correct. you go up into the permafrost and then it's 200 years recovery

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johnson for two minutes from south dakota. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. johnson: as you know so often around here we vote on hair measures and bills that are in a modest way. this is not this bill. this is an opportunity and one vote to shut the border and keep the government open and reduce spending. the five conservative leaders crafted this proposal knew that bold action was needed. crisis one, for $33 trillion in debt that is pushing us towards insolvency and has grown by 50% in the last four years. this bill puts us back on the right track and cuts billions of spending even in the next month. number two, a shutdown accomplishes nothing. it does not save a nickel but costs american taxpayers millions. and number three, 1.8 million illegal crossings at our southern border is unacceptable. this bill puts into place the policies that we know work to secure our border. i'll admit to not understanding fully those who oppose this bill. i do not understand why anyone would choose open