led journalist stephen marche to write the next civil war. what you see is a deep decline in trust in the thinglike the church, the police, educational institutions, media institutions. and without institutions it s very hard to keep a country running. reporter: in 2020 gabriel sterling, now georgia s interim deputy secretary of state, gave a blunt warning as emotions boiled over. someone s going to get hurt. someone s going to get shot. someone s going to get killed. reporter: and yet he remains an optimist. winston churchill used to always say about americans, they will always do the right thing once they ve exhausted every other option. reporter: in our democracy we settle our differences at the ballot box. no one knows what will happen if that is lost. barry petersen, cbs news, atlanta. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, tapping tomatoes. how the fruit is being transformed into drinking water. transformed into drinking water.
where they have explosives on the dam that if they blow will take vitally needed water forle coming. and of course that would affect the electrical in the country. it isydroelectric power plant there. so the infrastructure to keep the country running is very much under target and today more so than the previous couple of days. and one of the other big worries from ukrainian perspective, belarus moving its equipment to its border. so what does that suggest and how serious a threat could that pose? reporter: of course belarus is being used right now to launch cruise missiles fired in to ukraine. and so belarus is in the fight. but its border is not being used
that unless you looked at your 401k and you might think twice. those remarks from the president over the weekend as millions of americans feel the weight of inflation. as many people work from home our next guest says appreciation of the blue collar american worker who kept the country running is on the decline. mike rowe, host of how america works, is with us now. great to have you back. thanks for coming here. make your case about the blue collar american worker first. well, after the lockdown i think there is good news and bad news. if you are willing to work, if you are willing to learn a skill that s in demand and if you are willing to get out into the world, the opportunities have never been better. on the show that i work on for fox business every single week, we shine a light on an industry that s essential to our country, staying on the rails and without exception every single one of them are hiring, hiring, hiring, hiring. i just talked on the negative side to an economist
america works hosted by mike rowe. just like last season, he s going to be taking you behind the scenes for an in depth look at the people that keep this country running, the people that make the country great. here s a sneak peek of the first episode of the new season, which focuses on the men and women that keep america s cargo moving. think about life without them. not pretty. instead of me being down here picking up little by little, half buckets or quarter budgets, he rolls it down here in the big piles where i can get full buckets each time. saves us time in the end. everything is going good right now. going smooth. as johnny is about to find out his troubles with the hopper are not over yet. go ahead. the chute is not open. you re kidding, right? sean: here with more, our friend and the host of how
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