across the nation, it s heart wrenching. to really think about how we are invisible. i don t want another family to ever feel like how we felt. hello, and welcome to dateline. we carla yellow bird mmiw grew up surrounded by love on her north dakota indian reservation, when she vanished her family was frantic to find her, and believed authoritarians were not doing enough. it is a common feeling in native american circles. but the yellow birds had a secret weapon, carla s own aunt happened to be a no nonsense investigator determined to find the truth. here s andrea canning with the secrets of spirit lake. there s been a lot of sacrifice that went with this, on a personal level, you know. but you are never done? never done. her name is lisa yellow bird, her job defies description. investigator, interrogator, searcher of last result. the one people turn to in their very worst moments. this is backbreaking, this is 24/7. this is you living and breathing this. const
people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle. for me, this is joe amish land. my name is alyssa london. i grew up here, but i m a proud member of the indian tribe of alaska. as an alaskan native, my native identity includes as everything i do. as an msnbc contributor, entrepreneur, and former miss alaska usa. alaska airlines flew me to washington, but i m not here to be in seattle. i m on my way across the puget sound. we are really moving! to the suquamish tribal nation. these are the plans of chief seattle, a suqua
congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what some lawmakers want to do about that now. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. in a very rare public appearance. the chiefs of the fbi, the cia. nsa and odni and d.e.a. all came together on capitol hill to hand over their annual threat assessment to lawmakers. and it covered a wide variety of topics from the russia war on ukraine to iran s nuclear program, but china, they say, is the most consequential threat to america s national security right now. and lawmakers grilled them on this app. tiktok which even intel officials admit screams national security concerns. it may be the beginning of the end for tiktok as the nation s top intelligence officials testified on capitol hill about the dangers of the chinese-owned app. at a hearing on threats around the world. could they use tiktok to control data on millions of users? yes. could they use it to control the software on millions of devices given the
smaller than our federal workforce. entire countries. in other words, the u.s. government is astoundingly large, truly gargantuan. what do all those people that work there every day do? many aren t sure, including employees themselves. fundamentally, the federal government is a mystery, and like the universe, it goes on forever. the good news is every once in a while, our government does something we can understand. that happened recently when joe biden $750 billion piece of legislation, the inflation reduction act. what does it do? are you slow? the answer is in the name. the inflation reduction act is an act that reduces inflation. voters say it is the problem that they worry about most: inflation. that s how things work in washington. you identify a law and make something illegal. if it s also so hot, just have congress write a law banning high temperatures. congress has decided to bring that approach to inflation. you can imagine how terrifying it would be seeing it red
workforce. entire countries, many of them. the u.s. government, in other words, is astoundingly large world, historically big scale without precedent. truly, gorgan. so what do all those people who work there do every day maybe wondering that? what s a good question? actually , nobody s really sure, including many of the employees themselves. fundamentally, the federal government is a mystery like the universe. it goes on forever. it makes you feel small thinking about it, which is probably the point. the good news is every once in a while our government does something you can actually understand that happened recently when joe biden signed a 700 or fifty billion dollar piece of legislation called the inflation reduction act, which is the inflation reduction act du come on , what do you slow the interest right there in the name? the inflation reduction act is an act that reduces inflation. it s an inflation reducing act and that s welcome news because inflation is indeed a pr