amy: dave archambault, thank you for being with us, chairman of the standing rock sioux tribe. will continue this conversation when we come back from break with standing rock sioux member chase iron eyes and indigenous leader dallas goldtooth. stay with us. ♪ [ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the e war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we continue our conversation about the fight against the 3.8 billion dollar dakota access pipeline. on tuesday, the u.s. army corps of engineers said it will grant -- greenlight the final phase of construction of the pipeline. and as the international called it unlawful and appalling violation of human rights. in recent months, police have launched an escalating and violent crackdown against the resistance is standing rock. last week, more than 70 were arrested after militarized police raided a new resistance camp set up on historic sioux treaty land. among those arrested was award-winning public journalist in a monday who was on assignment for indian country media today. for more, we're joinened by two guests. dalla

that may pose a problem but certainly from the statements issued by the standing rock tribe tripe andt comes to —— the sioux tribe. the top story today, mps in westminster have supported a bill in the house of commons to allow the uk to start formal negotiations with the european union to trigger its exit, triggering article 50. nigel farage, former leader of the uk independence party, has said... of course until we get to the end of those negotiations we cannot know the form brexit will take. what we do know now is that prime minister theresa may is in a position to go to the european union with the backing of the house of commons, to trigger article 50 and begin those two years of negotiations, and of course we will be covering that every step of the way here on 0utside source. just quickly, if you area 0utside source. just quickly, if you are a football fan, let me bring up some news coming through the bbc newsroom , some news coming through the bbc newsroom, to update you on that fa cup game we were speaking about earlier. the game between the premier league champions leicester, a

>> reporter: for months standing rocked a row elevate advocates themselves water protecters have camped out through tear gas and blizzards. the standing rock sioux tribeled this land home long before it was renamed the state of north dakota. in november, abc's cameras are there as standing rock supporters face down law enforcement over remaining on what they say is a sacred site. >> those are burial sites up on that hill. they are in our land. we're here for prayer. we're here to stop this with prayer. >> reporter: police have been using this ridge along the cannonball river as a surveillance post. >> it's 11 to 14 graves up there. we asked them when they were up there kicking rocks around, how would you like it in arlington cemetery if all our kids went over and stood on them? >> reporter: the protesters have come to pray but some crossed the river to confront the police. 25-year-old danny grassroe, a member of the sioux, tried to keep tension from boil boiling over. >> i went over trying to pray, trying to tell them to pray as a unit. because they're over there, they're not doing anything but antagonizing them. there's a couple people there in praye

the standing rock tribe will continue fighting the project says the government shouldn't move forward with the granting of the easement until environmental study is complete. a judge wants the government to pride more information on the easement next week in washington. >> the irs warning abut a major scam hitting americans from coast to coast. >> callers posing as are scamming thousand of victims out of millions of dollars by threatening them with jail if they've don't pay up. here is abc's clayton sandell. >> they're the fake irs agents looking to steal real money. this tax season they're working overtime. >> before there is an arrest warrant issue on your name i want you or your attorney to give us a call back. >> reporter: cindy stillwe'll 85-year-old father joe was scammed by phone over two years losing $400,000. >> it in fur yafuriates me ther people out there doing this to senior citizens. >> reporter: her dad isn't alone. since 2013, phone scammers tricked 10,000 victims out of $54 million. fake agents are aggressive threatening to call the cops if i dent pay up. >> and within

prevent a pipeline from being built next to the sue tribe sacred land which they say could also pollute their source of drinking water. for months, standing rockdvocates calling themselves water protecters have camped out around the construction site through tear gas and blizzards. the standing rock sioux tribe has call this had land home long before it was renamed the state of north dakota. they say they're fighting back against aoffcy that tells of a underground and destroy the tribe's way of life, that snake they say the oil pipeline. the original 1851 treaty, the sioux nation signed with the u.s. government. native american tribes have been negotiating with washington for centuries. but the close of the 19th century, the sioux had endured abusive assimilation, the outlawing of their religious, dependence on government rations and the massacre at wounded knee. >> today we're saying no, don't put this here. enough is enough. respect our lands. respect our people. respect our rights. >> reporter: suddenly, what appears to be a stunning it reversal. on december 4th, the airplane corps of engineers announces it will not approve the easement nee

the standing rock tribe chose not to participate. orps made multiple attempts to contact them to insure their opinions were considered. >> the pipeline has been rerouted 140 times. in an email to supporters the standing rock tribe said today the trump administration threw down the gauntlet. our movement must hold together and strengthen itself. we won't be silenced. throughout the fight the protests encampment is being held outside the reservation. their vigil continues now. >> bill: it is february and can be wicked out there. what about those protests? >> they have been very violent at times. in fact, law enforcement has been targeted by those angered by the pipeline construction. north dakota's governor is requesting more federal and state officers to help keep the peace. >> we need to bring this to a conclusion not only because we need the energy infrastructure but it's been difficult for the people that live and work in the region. >> opponents say it's not over, bill. >> bill: thank you. not over. we'll see. thanks. live in denve

construction on the dakota access pipeline until a dispute with native american tribes is resolved there. with standing rock cheyenne river sioux tribes claiming the pipeline is threatening their water supply, that is why they want it stopped. joining us now, mercedes, criminal defense attorney and fox news legal analyst and carry, immigration and criminal defense attorney also a member of the nassau county legislature on long island here in new york, welcome to both of you. you say that the tribes in your view do not have standing, and furthermore, you say the judge is already indicating that. >> exactly right. usually, they try to get a pulmonary injunction, basically stop the construction because our rights are being violated, the judge did not agree, it was a perimeter hearing, they had a pulmonary hearing, the judge said it was unlikely they are going to succeed so they denied it. that is a barometer as to whether or not they are going to ultimately succeed if that first hearing took place. >> jon: he is shaking his head, he does not seem to agree. >> sioux nation and standing rock tribe are not gettin

the standing rock tribe is now promising to fight the process in court and on the street.ay the pipeline could hurt the tribe's water supply, but the developer insists the project is safe. there were several arrests at a protest in separate disco yesterday. the u.s. hasn't stopped screening that its refugees hold on to specific island. australia reached a deal with the obama administration that would resettle them in the u.s. president trump called it "quite a dumb deal." and says he will refuse the agreement. i'm foxnewstv.com's, now back to "red eye." for all of your headlines, log onto foxnewstv.com, you're watching the most powerful name in news, fox news channel. ♪ musical physical >> tom: what's this, a video of a couple holding hands, must be a story about romance and dating. according to a match.com survey, most millennials are fine with sex before the first day. but what's not okay with the singles, a cracked phone. 95% of men and 98% of women say they negatively judge someone if they're screen is busted. in fact, phones factor in a lot in dating. their scientific

the standing rock sioux tribe started the clean up a few weeks ago.hey need 200 more dumpsters to finish the job. someone opened fire outside of a home in howlland township today. police don't know the motivate and they have not released the names of anyone involved in the case. >>> donations are pouring in for the victims of a bar shooting in kansas. the gunman yelled, get out of my country before shooting two indian men and a bystander. the suspected shooter is behind bars. so far people have donated to the families. >> here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighter report. >> he was a fun loving guy. he like today cut hair. he was a family man. he also liked to play music and also, he recorded our music for some people. jocelyn brown says her 39-year-old son joseph was well known in the area of his barber shop in the philadelphia logan section. >> everyone knew him in the neighborhood. he walked peacefully. >> jocelyn knows little about the events sunday, september 4th. >> all i know about that night was, joseph was with a group of friends that

we are hearing the standing rock tribe has filed a legal challenge trying to block the completion of project. >>> oakland release more than 600 pages of public records about the deadly warehouse fire with 36 people died. the documents say what the police knew people were living at the warehouse. they knew since 2014. the police were called several times in 2015 for rental disputes and even criminal activity. after the fire 2 investigates uncovered several violations. 3 were verified in the report. 1 in 2005 and another in 2014. the most recent violation was 2 weeks before the fire for trash and hazardous materials piling up on the property. and suspicion of people living there. >>> alameda county health officials responded to a study that said many children and oakland are exposed to dangerous amounts of lead. they will start training people on how to protect their families from lead exposure. it begins at noon at the fruitvale senior center. in january the health department showed us the testing process. they test dust and homes and use an x-ray machine to test layers of paint. most

not only do you have the protest from the standing rock sioux tribe. but what really has people wondering and it certainly is interesting as a group of u.s. military vets in some cases 2,000 of them had promised to come. they raise $200,000. they say there to come and in to be over there dead body. just a couple of weeks ago our jeff flock was speaking with some of them. and i want your comment. these are army veterans who came from southern california. it's not just native americans you're gonna say. even though in your phrasing. these guys are still working. they're not leaving. how does it look. how will it look. i think the word optics is over used. if you have these pipelines that start up again. and you have military vets who are standing a tweet tweet the pipeline into the workers. >> every member has the right to speak up about a pipeline project. the route for the dakota access was altered at 140 times to address things that came up during that concern. pipelines had broad support from the public generally and in the case of dakota access the

standing rock tribe willow pose the project and immediately vowed to again go do court to stop it. >> u.s. customs and border protection named ronald bitelo to leetd the agency less than a week after his predecessor resigned under pressure. this is out spoken of trump bid openly supported him for the job. that appointment is not subject to senate confirmation. >> australian prime minister says president trump agreed up to hold refugee resettlement plan put in place by obama administration. he declined to say how many may be sent to the u.s.. most of asylum seekers are muslim. >> and here in the district still no sign of the bob cat which disappeared from the national zoo. espeound bob cat named h and zoo keepers think she may be in nearby rock creek park and people reported sightings in wood creek park and woodly park and 70-year-old cat should be able to reside on her own but would be better at the zoo. >> opera winfrey named as special contributor on one of television's longest running news magazines. >> and lebron james goes off on charles barkley after the nba hall of famer called

amy: we thank you both for being with us, ladonna brave bull allard, of the standing rock sioux tribe also runs the sacred stone resistance camp. and linda black elk, medic and healer and mom, part of the medic and healer council at standing rock and ethnobotanist. ton we come back, we go madison, wisconsin, to talk about the new epa administrator. while he was approved last week, thousands of emails have just released from the oklahoma attorney general office. he was the oklahoma attorney general. we will speak with lisa graves about what is in them. thank you. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. thousands of pages of newly released e-mails reveal how epa administrator scott pruitt closely collaborated with koch brothers-backed oil, coal, and gas companies to rollback environmental regulations during his time as oklahoma's attorney general. the documents were released just days after pruitt was sworn-in as the new head of the epa, the agency tasked with curtailing pollution and safeguarding public hea

pipeline is most thely finished but for an area under a north dakota lake which is near the standing rock tribe tribe is concern that the construction would affect their drinking water. last week the president signed an order aimed to speed up construction. tribal larderers promising to fight that in court. >>> and thousand of dollars worth of girl scout cookie was destroyed in a house fire in southern california. that fire started yesterday admonishing in the garage of a home. the family of five was able to get out without injury but a local girl scout troupe was storing its cookies in the garage and all of them were destroyed. >> the girls worried about their girl scout cookies and making sure that they -- they have lost them all. over a thousand boxes in the garage. >> they say the family won't be held responsible for the loss and the organization will replace them. maybe insurance will help cover that. >> yeah. >>> a former american serviceman separated from his mother a day before she died. coming up, why he is blaming the president's travel ban. >> thousands of fans from far and near are

that crossing is how they'll work on the project the standing rock sioux tribe worries they will lose water. they'll keep fighting the project in court. the developer says the pipeline is safe. >>> we'll show you video. we want you to take a quake look. police need to identify two people caught on camera damaging vehicles during the inauguration day protest. one person threw a flair into the limousine at that went up in flames. here's that video. a second person damaged an suv. this was along the 1300 block in the northwest. if you can help identify those people, contact police. >>> we're learning more about a 65-year-old woman killed simply trying to cross the street. ellis was struck by an alleged drunkn driver last night. the woman was leaving a meeting of her eastern star chapter where she had just been honored for her 30 years of service. >> unbelievable. under arrest was jones. he was speeding, drinking, and he didn't stop after he hit ellis with his vehicle. terminal could soon go but it's not for humans. it's for horse. >> hit could cost millions but also bring money to the ar

the standing rock sioux tribe says it will challenge the decision. four days after taking office, president trump signed an executive order telling the army to reconsider the impact study. the pipeline would bring oil from north dakota to illinois. >>> and law enforcement officials in houston say they are ready to handle any protests leading up to sunday's super bowl. sunday's game has been declared a tier 1 national security event. thousands of law enforcement officers are on hand. there are bomb-sniffing dogs and concrete barriers that have been set up. more than 47 federal agencies are involved. >> they said people who work together will win. that's exactly what we're doing nchl addition to the houston police department, the nfl, the fbi, we have over 41 federal agencies and departments including 25 dhs agencies supporting this event. >>> 75,000 people are expected to attend the game. >>> sportscaster brent musburger signed off for the last time last night. >> thanks so much to you for sharing your time with me. what great memories we've had over

the standing rock sioux tribe fears the pipeline will contaminate drinking water and the tribe plans to take this to court. no ruling on the stopped travel ban. heard testimony today but is not ready to rule. the president tonight said he wanted to give travelers a month's notice before instituting the ban, but claims he was overruled by law enforcement. for with abc 7 and wjla.com updates. jonathan: demoralizing and disheartening, words president trump supreme court pick used to describe the president's reaction to the judiciary system. he told a u.s. senator he was disheartened by trump's tweets about the judiciary system. trump called a federal judge in seattle a "so-called judge" after blocking the travel ban. , importanty on 7 tax documents, maybe even paychecks is important mail, so why was a pile of it found on the porch of a net abandoned home? tim: this pile of paper may look like trash, but as greg baker discovered, it is more like a golden ticket for a thief. ande saw the usps crate just piles of undelivered mail. tim: inside, financial records, including some of his neigh

standing rock. >> standing rock has been the tribe standing rock has been opposing this since 2014 and last year startingousands of people protest this pipe-line and we got the army corps of engineers under obama's administration to deny the easement so they couldn't drill. and as we have all maybe heard in the last few weeks, there has been an executive order from trump's administration saying that they were going to go ahead with the easement anyways and start drilling. >> stephen: so do the protests continue or is it sort of-- fet aplomb. >> the protest is continuing, people are still there. but the thing that i like to sort of start talking about now is that the front lines don't necessarily have to be in north dakota. the front lines can be wherever you r you can create a protest in new york city, you can create a protest because protests are about creating awareness and about people coming together. and i think one of the biggest ways that we're going to defeat this pipeline more so than even protesting on the front lines if that's not your speed is to divest from these big banks that are invested

tribes seeking to stall construction. the controversial pipeline would tunnel under lake owahe. that lake is a water source located on the standing rock sioux tribe reservation. in january, president trump signed an executive order declaring the pipeline's completion a national priority. >>> nearly 200,000 people evacuated from their homes in north california still can't go home. if an emergency spillway at the oroville da erode, their homes will be in the path of potentially calf involvic flooding. -- catastrophic flooding. harassments are -- helicopters are flying in boulders to shore up the dam. governor brown says he's unaware of a newly surfaced report from 2005. at that time, the motion filed with the federal energy regulatory commission urging federal officials to require that the dam's emergency spillway be armored with concrete rather than remain as an everyonen hillside which could erode. residents ordered out of their homes are demanding answers. >> i'm no engineer and i don't ever want to be, but i don't -- i don't think it was handled right at all. >> it was chaos. >> governor brown says he's sent a letter to the white ho

meantime, the standing rock sioux tribe plans to move forward until an environmental study is finished. the last section to be finished is under the missouri river in north dakota which runs near tribal land. >>> with 20 executive orders and ten days, plus a supreme court and cabinet nominees, there has been no shortage ophyrons at play in the less than two weeks donald trump has been president. and of course people are passionate on both sides of the issue. but as wusa9's hilary lane explains, some people are having trouble having their voices heard. >> i am not political at all. >> reporter: but the issues at stake have motivated arlington's gina to pick up the phone and get political for the first time in her life. >> it was time for me to kind of lace up any boots and -- my boots and get in there. >> reporter: when she called her representative to talk about issues like president trump's cabinet picks and the affordable care act, she didn't get very far. [ phone ringing ] >> this mailbox is full and cannot accept new messages. to disconnect, press 1. >> literally our voices cannot

. >>> leading the news, the standing rock sioux tribe, their attorneys say president trump abandonedevious commitment to an environmental review when he ordered the army corps of engineers to rush approval of the project. activist have protested for months saying it threatens native-american lands and waters. the latest filing comes a day after a judge refused to grant a restraining order blocking construction. >>> police say a 28-year-old woman was identified from surveillance video where an attack took place on kim jong-un's brother, and he may have once again marked one of his own relatives for death. >> a cold-blooded execution straight from a spy movie local media reports say, and kim jong-un's half brother apparently targeted by two female assassins. he criticized north korea's supreme leader, and the hit staged at a airport in malaysia, and he was seen struggling for help but died in an ambulance. north korea's ruthless ruler showing no mercy. kim jong-un had his own uncle put on trial and executed, and his latest apparent target, his father's son. in 2001, he was caught sneak

. >>> the standing rock sioux tribe is promising to fight in court after the army said today it's cleared the way for the completion of the dakota access pipeline which has been the source of numerous protests. the army says it will allow the pipeline to across under a missouri reservoir, despite the tribe's concerns of pipeline leak could pole out the source of its drinking water. >>> now to important news for parents about this deadly flu season. a new cdc report shows the number of states with widespread outbreaks of flu has risen to 40. there's growing concern that it's hitting children particularly hard this year with several more months still to go. let's get more from nbc ann thompson. >> reporter: 17-year-old kayla linton, a three-sport athlete, a sister and a life just lost to the flu. >> at least perfectly healthy. it took her life. >> reporter: so far it's been a deadly flu season for kids. there are 15 flu associated deaths among children under the age of 18. a 67% increase compared to the same time last year and the season has at least three more months to go. four children h

. >>> leading the news, the standing rock sioux tribe, their attorneys say president trump abandonedevious commitment to an environmental review when he ordered the army corps of engineers to rush approval of the project. they say it threatens native-american lands and waters. the latest filing comes a day after a judge refused to grant a restraining order blocking construction. >>> 40 years after the kidnapping of 6-year-old aton pates, his family has justice. >> i am truly relieved, and i tell you, it's about time. >> that was the reaction from aton's father after pedro hernandez was convicted of kidnapping and murdering his son. he disappeared in 1979. hernandez confessed to luring the boy into a store basement before killing him. his lawyers say he was in a mentally ill state when he confessed. hernandez faces up to life in prison. >>> good news for air travelers. >>> plus a brazen assassination at the airport. did this dictator have his own half brother killed? you're watching "early today." so we don't have to wad to get clean. mmm, cushiony...and we can use less. charmin ultra

further environmental studies on the $3.8 billion project will be canceled meanwhile the standing rock sioux tribeght the pipeline in court. >>> a buck county cemetery the focus of a "action news" investigation last year is once again accused of misplacing the remains of a family's loved one. wendy saltzman has a preview. >> this grieving mother says her son's body is lost zbru remember the date that you had that baby and you remember the day that baby leaves you. >> but when the family went to visit his grave she says she was sento the wrong plot. >> it's like another slap in the face. another stab in the heart. e confront the cemetery for answers. >> plus, how the family plans to find their missing loved ones. >> get to digging. because you are going to dig every marker up. >> don't miss my exclusive investigation another grave error on "action news" at 11:00. >>> well, this year the nfl is rolling out an estimated $1 billion concussion case settlement to players. today a federal judge in philadelphia live streamed a hear something retired players can learn what to expect and the nfl is moving t

for months, activists and members of the standing rock sioux tribe have been camping out trying to prevent construction of the final segment of the pain line which is on federal property but which runs through ancestorial grounds. >> i will be moving on to maybe another camp or something to help. >> the dakota access pipeline was stalled by former president obama who blocked construction of the final segment but president trump reversed that decision with an executive order shortly after take office. >>> still to come here, a homeless man says he warned oakland police about a dangerous shooting suspect, but he says the police treated him like he was the suspect. in minutes, the action that man and his attorney is take. >>> plus, congresswoman nancy pelosi speaks out in san francisco. what she said about president trump's new travel order which is expected to be rolled out soon. >>> now to today's stop stories. friends and colleagues are mourning the death of the alameda county sheriff deputy struck by an inmate transport bus early yesterday morning. the accident happened in the parking lot

the pipeline is mostly finished except for an area under north  dakota lake under the standing rock suix tribe. tribal leaders are vowing to fight the permit in court. >>> time is 4:37, still following san jose's fourth homicide of the year, it happened last night on tullly road near south king street just before 10:00. shots were fired out there and these are live pictures of the location. the police were called and again, this is still an active investigation scene. you are looking at police still arriving as i'm talking to you now. when they arrived last night they found a man who had been shot at least once. he was pronounced dead right there at the scene. at this point we don't know his name. we didn't know of a motive or suspect. but again, as you can see the police are still actively at the scene investigating it. and we'll bring you more details as we get them in. >>> time is 4:37. jewish community centers all across the country are reporting a third wave of bomb threats in less than a bomb. the fbi reported that jewish centers in at least 1 states including here in california were thr

attorneys for the standing rock sioux tribe believe it cannot be legally granted at this time. >>> and two determined burglars in florida, they walked away with not very much. maybe a few bruises after picking this gas station convenience store in the middle of the night. they probably figured it would be easy to smash the glass door panel. no dice. hammer, shattered the window, didn't break it. then tried running at it. that didn't work. another crook tried to hammer and a body slam. eventually they gave up. >> police did put out a be on the look ute for two guys with bruised egos andide splitting a home in half. >>> the mystery in panama. an american found dead. we have new details now about her death that could lead to a murder investigation. don't look now but chuck norris is right behind you. i heard superheroes read chuck norris comics. i heard at night, the boogeyman checks under the bed for chuck. i heard cats say they have chuck-like reflexes. do you think he's still got it? i bet you a buck he catches this salt shaker. you're on! hey! chuck! you owe me a buck. you can't alway

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the standing rock sioux tribe worries that a leak could pollute their drinking water. it promises to chemofighting in court. -- keep fighting in court. the developer says the is safe. >>> the president has promised to beef up the military and the pentagon is asking for $30 billion in an increase to their budget to do that. that will be part of the senate armed services subcommittee hearing on troop treadness today. -- readiness chair. committee chair john mccain says the raid was a failure in yemen. an 8-year-old girl was among those killed now yemen will no longer allow the united states' ground troops in that country on counterterrorism missions. >>> so have you had your heart checked out? if not today is the perfect time to get to inova urgent care in springfield for our heart love campaign. andrea roane is up next with more on a heart health assessment for free. happens this afternoon. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can deliver equal uploads and downloads. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's h