Also this is this is our community cannonball these are good halls of thing and urban development sure theyre lower Income Housing and the rent depends on the salaries that you make so the incentive not to work because if you dont have income you dont have to pay for the house theres not enough comedy mana people who live here right so we get Little Things like this this is a fee much trailer during katrina they need a temporary hall before they got in and after housing was a needed they seem a good omen they ship them up here for us all the problem with these fema trailers the they are very low efficient so. A hundred bucks a month to heat in the wintertime is a hundred bucks a month to cool in the summertime. So its just a bad design thats about it that im going to win a solution and all that another way for disappointment but it is better than nothing what we got here this is the cannonball and shes cool. So whats with the fence around just an Elementary School well they anticipated that youre comin in this area and been that you can be within fifty feet. They put the fence up to remind you. We all willingly accepted the risk of being shot wounded taken prisoner but noone has signed up to be friggin poisoned by our own people ive seen stuff that was nuclear biological and Chemical Products the said do not find the truck tires all types of styrofoam polystyrene batteries trucks there was a complete denial i think at all levels of government that there was any connection between berm pits and what these brave soldiers were suffering from to compensate every soldier marine airman and sailor that was on the ground that are complaining about illnesses from exposure from the burn pits would really literally send a v. A. Broke and they dont want to pay it so the waiting in the decades a lot of those soldiers will die and the time and they will have to pay and. Call for help and get the middle finger to be used to model is. Delayed and i hope you die. Off. Manufacture consent to public wealth. When the ruling classes protect themselves. With the find. The roots to. Leave the. Room. Right now what we got here this is the kind of all immensely school so whats with the fence around just an Elementary School well the anticipated that youre comin in this area be within fifty feet of a school they put the fence up to remind you. Just to turn left. And stephen does his best to get further than fifty feet away from the school we can turn to. Daves house one hundred feet of earth. What were going to do is were going to drive straight up through here and then we will just back off im going to turn left here well send it back in there to go out to see what a street in the back off im going to be. A big test being. Creative and just put a cherry on top and say hey dave ive driven these suckers a whole bunch and. Its its its your lambs but its my army actually it belongs to the good people at outdoorsy ok. I was just going to help. Stephen and dave head inside so stephen can get a little more person. Into the know youve been. Through so that you. Stars because youre a little rambunctious in a real sense of humor but you had your knowledge is extensive like you almost talk like a lawyer but you dont have a lot of gray so just wondering how did you have to know this knowledge. Here where did you find the time to go to law school i went to law school i got an Honorary Degree from vermont last. Asked me to come to give a particular i went and i was on it is. There were. Very very rigorous you heard of trying to discuss you know its law school and its a doctor of law what makes it even better so i got a doctor degree we could be that quick from there where you from did you play ball which i was raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation all the way up to sixth grade my dad was a coach he was the head coach for basketball he was the head coach for crosscountry and in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine his team won. Country states by the time i reached sixth grade he became the director slash basketball coach for united types Technical College so he brought us up to bismarck north dakota after high school. She actually snag me if you remember nicole was daves wife from the last episode. Became my high school we ended up going to Bismarck State College so who talked to you first so ill tell you what happened. Thats what i want to know we were we were. Good friends her dad worked with my dad but she didnt know. I had a major crush on her she was like the most Beautiful Tree in the world and then when i was a senior and i was playing basketball. I said if i score thirty points today and i get a kid this is ok so what the cold doesnt know is that i can score anytime i want but i dont i try to get the team im a team player i want everybody to skip school. So. We play tennis court thirty points. So then that i get a kiss and its like wired into the slate buzzing usually you know theres an old saying. When youre dating someone you want to score some points you literally took as the literal idea and then order to score some points you had to score some points you can ask her if thats true. And shell confirm that i think even then she was hopeful that i would score so we both went to school we want to book Dakota State University you know theres theres something about both the call and i thats on usual both books chose to come back standing up and raise our kids here now the grass always seems greener off the reservation but we were both raised on his base and we turned out ok so whats wrong with this picture here to some wrong one has to change it are the codes one how do you change the codes you have to become the government you have to become the code maker you have to be on a Tribal Council to get into politics and i get out of Tribal Council out first and if they got a chance i just say im going to run and so i put my name in the hat and they elected. So now im launch im a council and i come in my eyeballs and this choir party after four years my brother touch it because i think its im one of seventeen and i cant change it i cant reform the government my two years go by and the chairman seat comes up. And i couldnt be left in two thousand and thirteen. And in order for us to accomplish Economic Development business the woman or the first to accomplish government reform in order for us to get the workforce and the skill set that answer lies within education and in lies with investing in our youth so as a chairman wrong. What i did was say focus on. What we can do for the kids how can we empower our kids. Lets head back outside. Dave take stephen outside to show him the view and also help him understand the problems brewing in his backyard well dave this is the view from your backyard here this is it and you know this beautiful body of water tell me about it right here where were looking was once where the cannonball community was this is a result of the Flood Control and if you look at the river its not a liver anymore its a lake so what the federal government that in one thousand nine hundred forty passive picks lonna and in fifty it actually flooded. Because of the flood it killed all the park cottonwood trees it killed all the plants and killed all the natural habitat and we were forced to relocate on the hilltops so thats why our community was up here today so i understand before this what looks like a lake there is a thriving part of your career in. Industry or business that is coming out of it or yeah there was it was easy to access the other side of the river so we had our tribal members they were able to cross the river and they were able to help the farmers and ranchers on the side if you go further south along the river they have a hotel they have. A bank and they have a rail system where your reasons for this had to be in the fortys so there was a thriving economy that was. A result of the river but when the federal government flooded the land those industries those businesses died but this is just an example you have three Infrastructure Projects that have a Significant Impact on our people and when i say Significant Impact i mean literally changing the way we live if you can see where the towers that is where the pipeline goes theres a high chair. And that can break and if it gets in the water the spill Response Plan the company has pushed everything on to this of the river not the site thats off the reservation sort of push everything this is right below my house and theyre saying this is where were going to clean it up when we say what impact is it going to happen if theres no impact you have nothing to worry about but we know it is because we were told the same thing over and over in the past and i say what why do you need this Infrastructure Project whats the reason for crossing the river with this pipeline this point and they said well we need it for three reasons we need it for Economic Development we need it for Energy Independence for this nation and we need it for National Security so i said. We already pay for. Energy independence with this dam you create hydro power were already paying for it we already pay for National Security you take in the gold on the black hills to back your currency were already paying for Economic Development you took our land those three things our people have been paying for we continue to pay for it we pay the cost now who benefits we live in a state of dependency we have high rates of poverty we have. All the symptoms thats the cost that we pay for this nation and our ancestors suffered the most so its our responsibility to remember that you know the messaging today either in the culture or in the media or whatever is like you know of the problems with native American Indians today thats all stuff to talk about when i. Know anybody what do you think about that theyll say well that was an us we were not the ones who took your land that was our ancestors so get over it they dont really understand that that behavior that was done in the one thousand nine hundred Seventy Eight hundred is happening today and its the two thousand thats happening right now and that i play is a perfect example of it its twenty seven you know to be. So the technology that we still have these squabbles and whatever its funny because there are so many times when youre talking and im missing and im risk on or i say somewhere but the problem has been listening thats why hes been so quiet this episode and the lack of understanding. Across the country with with all the issues i think its just more its mostly people wanting to be heard and having a willingness to listen to tell me what in all of who you are and all of which he said whats america to you to me personally absolute straight up. America represents this is my perspective and i dont want to offend anybody but it represents somebody who is a perpetrator who. Raped somebody early on did it again. Did it again. And everybody thinks its ok and awakening that she here is the First Nations the first people of these lands the first off of these lands saying that thats not right and listen for once like we dont have to be the victim anymore so in order for you to not be the victim you have to learn how to forgive not forget but lets learn how to forgive and lets find a way so that our children and their children and their children have a better than we have today im no longer going to be the chairman. It was honor and a privilege for me but im focusing on now what can i do. Continue to move continue to. Make change. Inspired not just new things are standing off but for for all that sounds pretty good sir thank you dan appreciate it i think with. This part of the pilgrimage has come to an end as our hero says goodbye to dave hes bequeaths with the kids. With the sacred tribal seal for a date this is a pretty big deal for stephen he has gained further insight into the problems facing the ancestors of the original americans. Now our hero sets his sights on the midwest where he will hopefully find max and continue on this Great American. Next time on the Great American pilgrimage hes got a good gig for the next eight years now. This is no one. I was told by a crew. That i would get credits in production. For feeding them yeah they were already out of work and then the end we can do that i have the power to do that all of us old enough that all the big no get out while you had more than. One so the. I think there is indeed to have potential to kind of come out of this impasse of implementing the means agreements by extreme long and un peace operations this is very sensitive politically walls contributing countries to be eventually offer troops its off to decide to whom they have confidence and to whom to have not. The two thousand and eight economic crisis turn some countries into pigs these are the countries with we korea colonies that needed austerity policies if you are in a situation of flow bloat even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesnt work and it makes millions of people very unhappy those who are unemployed see their wages decline almost a decade how good are the results in new york citys welcome by the people gathered in which to watch the old beat people with you what do i do enjoy. The beautiful blue she was i mean to for legal. Challenge nothing more than this she did not know it was always think its just something and not getting paid while the same measure is still in place to one of the consequences whos to weaken bluebirds food dispute who will first root. One hundred of this is the truth the consider this is the consequences are actually quite acceptable to the decision makers. Back skies are fine it will survive until they say much of the bellatrix look legit is it this is a central plank so for dying a poem is called a club and why dont they stop to. The weeks top stories in r. T. During the sarge secures ecuadorian citizenship with the remains holed up in the countrys London Embassy as britain insists he will face arrest if he steps outside also to come americans online army r. T. Learned the pentagon plans to develop software to automatically post messages and responses on social media and from Global Office our first there is global backlash over the u. S. President s alleged crude remarks about immigrants from africa and central america. Morning welcome you watching r. T. International here and the weekly look back at whats been happening over the last seven days its now on thursday ecuador announced it had granted wiki leaks founder Julian Assange citizenship hes been holed up in the countrys London Embassy for over five years now after seeking political asylum there but hes still unable to leave his the u. K. Refuses to grant him diplomatic immunity and says he must surrender and face justice or smith recaps the weeks developments. Billionaire sons posted a photograph of himself in an ecuadorian football shirt which gave rise to a lot of speculation about what that could mean he generally doesnt do things unless they mean something and then we saw reports surfacing from quito which said that he had received a National Identity number say hes been entered into the tax register essentially which is something that will only happen to citizens of ecuador this follows a statement earlier this week from the foreign minister of door saying that the situation of our sons living here in the embassy is unsustainable and asking for the first time for a third Party Mediator either another country or another person to see if they could help to resolve this issue with a person cant live in those conditions. Considering the option of mediation. Of said that could be done fire resistant country or individual. No solution is possible without International Corporations and its no wonder that she wants a resolution because of course its been five and a half years since i first went into the embassy behind me cause there have been developments in his case along the line most notably possibly last year we didnt drop the investigation into sex allegations against him but the u. K. Authorities still say that if he sets foot outside this embassy they will arrest him because he of course jumped bail when he went into the embassy and wiki leaks still fears and onward extradition to the United States so what were seeing ecuador making moves quite concerted moves to try and resolve the situation but the u. K. Government still remains intractable on the issue even after all this time its very unclear when and what will be the ending of this saga where u. S. Officials have refused to comment on the matter but as laura was saying there is still speculation that if a songe does step out of the embassy and is arrested the u. S. May request extradition we are some people in ecuador. If they supported their governments actions. Of going to war. For the most vital to continue negotiating the situation is difficult being incarcerated for several years is dangerous to health we all know that the objective behind the trials has nothing to do with us and we could weeks theres a real possibility of extradition to the us your. Opinion i think you so much was treated inhumanely during the entire trial process a prisoner without a fake sentence and with rights to defense i mean violated and we also got the opinion of two activists on what could happen to Julian Assange next basis on which the u. K. Authorities would arrest him apparently is for breaking bad conditions for the charges in terms of the case in sweden that have now been dropped. Maybe there will be an extradition attempt and various kind of International Bodies have found when theyve looked into it the chance of getting a free and fair trial in the u. S. Of minimal i think that this is really a continuation of a very dangerous and wrongheaded policy to target whistleblowers julian is one of the Biggest International whistleblowers and i think that they really want to stand up later its the worst kept secret in washington that julian is likely sleeted to begin working his way through the u. S. Judicial process if you ever leave the embassy well despite being holed up in that embassy for over five years now he may have found a new way to entertain himself cryptic tweet seem to be a new favorite pastime. Im no genius but reading the chessboard i think i can see the black pieces of the bad guys in the white pieces. Not so bad guys. And. Still be in progress but. Strong position against opposing us interests. That emerged on thursday that the us army does plan to step up its activities on social media its now on the hunt for a Software Tool which can understand and respond to you online posts in different languages and potentially sway Public Opinion and discuss this with kevin. The classic boss weve been out there for ages and we know what theyre usually used for that is sending out spam messages in some cases performing hacking attacks but it seems that uncle sam is after something much more sophisticated here if you go online and check out the us federal Business Opportunities website you will come across a pentagon request from earlier this week and this was something that really caught our attention with the Us Army Wants right now is a Software System that will be able to translate between languages most notably russian korean farsi in arabic and we all know which countries these languages are spoken and the tool is meant to understand and know how to use correctly dialects slabbing and even modis plus it must be a tool that is capable of analysis all these millions of posts comments and replies and we all that these things can be really dodgy are to be at a loss for emotion and sentiment key question is again its probably overused but whats it going to be used for potentially they want the software to be able to communicate with users online maybe not one hundred percent like a human being but somewhat close to that just take this requirement that i have printed out right here it is the ability to generate at least three or up to ten unique statements derived from the original social Media Statement while retaining the meaning and the tone of the original again the software monitor and adult lies its own impact from the messages that it sends then adjust plus it also needs to be self taught in a way that it can learn from its own mistakes and then improve an upgrade which provides potentially unprecedented opportunities for influencing opinion on life in a company youre going to notice the irony of this big plan is that saw on the heels of the us leaders complaining about all the. First of all an interference from other parties other countries really worth in the case when russian troll farms and bars there are all over the media news about that some experts have already told us that its part of a u. S. Campaign could be to expand their online influence in capabilities something that they have been up to for years but really the sophistication of this new project machines being able to analyze the emotions and the sentiment of comments online rather something alarming but we did contact the pentagon for clarification on this and they got back to mr you saying that the two would be helpful to them given the huge amount of data on the internet we also had a chance to talk with the n. S. A. Whistleblower William Binney and also the former m i five agent and he mashona the push to develop advanced. What they really want to do is be able to monitor Royce Communications or any kind of Communications Text and be able to assess it and. Check it before threats or things like that or even. From some of the manipulation programs even respond. And try to manipulate the other person at the other end so i mean all intelligence agencies have had this is one of their objectives white papers are generally circulated among contractors who do business with the government so it is a little unusual to see these things out in the public as far as i know the most obvious interpretation would be that this is a pushback against the allegations that have been made consistently for the last eighteen months about socalled russian troll phone influencing elections across the west and its interesting to see that the languages that theyre advertising for are the language of iran and of course north korea and russia so that would be a bit of a sort of give away about which countries they want to be targeting another news this week donald trump condemnation worldwide when it was reported on friday that he launched into a foul mouth rant in the oval office about immigrants several democratic norm