feel released. just because your brain freezes when you see those images. you cannot accept a, but you know that you have to. you have to react, you have to talk to the world. now the world needs to react to what is happening. it is just mind-boggling, that s it. thank you for the time that you take to spend with us. thank you for getting this message out. thank you for all that you are doing. it s an honor to finally meet you in person. we will speak many times, unfortunately. maybe we will speak in good times. so much hope sue. and it s lawson is a member of the ukrainian parliament. at times this program is difficult to watch. it is a sunday morning, but it is our responsibility as americans and people to bear witness to these atrocities. we much look. after the break we will be joined by retired colonel alex vindman, who has already called for the u.s. to do more. including the ukraine to do a
back to south dakota by the end of the year to cover the story and see what was going to happen to it. america s indian tribes have fought the white man over many different issues through the years, but the newest fight is over a dinosaur. it was a big story and a very unusual story. come in and seize sue, everything exploded. controversy tonight. controversy surrounding the institute and their most famous discovery. it may be the custody battle of the century. scientists, indians, the u.s. government. you find any fossils, the government may take them away. not only has he taken this dinosaur away, but he s taken our research away too, every photograph, every record we had about this dinosaur and the locality where she was found. sue was seized pursuant to a search warrant, but there was never a crime charged. pat and i talked about filing suit. you know, we sued the federal government for return of our property. the black hills institute
$7.6 million? $7.6 million. fair warning, $7.6 million. up here. [ applause ] you didn t know immediately who it was. everybody s looking around saying okay who s going to come forward. the bidding was exciting, despite the fact that i was horrified that it was happening. raised my paddle twice, and then i was out of it. there it went. completely shocking. sue sold that fast, and the price went that high. i wasn t shocked that it went that high. i think it s worth more than that. it s the most by far any fossil had ever sold for, and although i m sad. i m very sad we couldn t get it. i m thinking, okay, this is a statement about black hills institute and the people. you guys did a good job. new home on the shores of
if she wasn t going to be in black hills where she morally should be, field museum was a good place. this was just the kind of place that we felt sue had to go to. my reaction was relief that that specimen wound up where the public and scientific community will have access to it. i think it s probably the second best place she could have been. it s going to go where millions of people would see her. she s not going to be in prison anymore. sue is free. and people can see her and they can get the same excitement that i have for her, and they can love her just like i do. to me, the dinosaur still belongs in hill city. pete s the kind of guy who can go out and find half a dozen
and see what was going to happen to it. america s indian tribes have fought the white man over many different issues through the years, but the newest fight is over a dinosaur. it was a big story and a very unusual story. to have the federal government come in and seize sue, everything exploded. controversy tonight. controversy surrounding the institute and their most famous discovery. it may be the custody battle of the century. scientists, indians, the u.s. government. you find any fossils, the government may take them away. not only has he taken this dinosaur away, but he s taken our research away too, every photograph, every record we had about this dinosaur and the locality where she was found. sue was seized pursuant to a search warrant, but there was never a crime charged. pat and i talked about filing suit. you know, we sued the federal government for return of our property. the black hills institute said it purchased the fossil