growing gangs in the state of mississippi. one of the fastest growing organizations for the simple fact that everybody is learning about it, and that s what they want to be. but to truly be a royal, you got to understand our bylaws and the way we do ourselves. just because you say i m a royal and you get a couple tattoos don t make you a royal. royal is in your heart. royal is in the way you live. so what you re saying is the simon city royals is a brotherhood? yes, ma am. most definitely. when you bring a brotherhood from a penitentiary to the streets and especially here in mississippi, we have a meth epidemic. methamphetamine is so bad here and once they start getting high and using, then they start using the royal name with this drug trade. so now you ve got 12 royals in a meth ring getting high. i have the same problem that mississippi has got. i m a meth addict. i ve been doing drugs since i was 12, 13 years old. do you have kids?
mississippi. one of the fastest growing organizations for the simple fact that everybody is learning about it, and that s what they want to be. but to truly be a royal, you got to understand our bylaws and the way we do ourselves. just because you say i m a royal and you get a couple tattoos don t make you a royal. royal is in your heart. royal is in the way you live. so what you re saying is the simon city royals is a brotherhood? yes, ma am. most definitely. when you bring a brotherhood from a penitentiary to the streets and especially here in mississippi, we have a meth epidemic. methamphetamine is so bad here and once they start getting high and using, then they start using the royal name with this drug trade. so now you ve got 12 royals in a meth ring getting high. i have the same problem that mississippi has got. i m a meth addict. i ve been doing drugs since i was 12, 13 years old. do you have kids?
take action about homelessness. but is it an issue that the president can fix or anyone can fix? do we even understand what is causing it? jason rantz a radio host looked deeply in the question and he joins us tonight. jason, thank you for coming on. so you are from a city and a part of the world that has been transformed by the emergence of the homeless tent cities and vagrants everywhere. what is driving this, would you say? so, there is a number of things driving it. part of it has to do with the opioid epidemic. what we learned this week on tuesday is also now a meth epidemic. we have a lot of people dealing with the drug issues and it s not actually being treated. we have people dealing with mental illness in desperate need of attention. yes, there is a part of the population that simply can t afford to live here. it s a little more complex than that. we know a lot of the depriving issues behind this but we re kind of not doing anything because we are stuck in an
they have been impacted by the tariffs and negotiations. that s brought them to the table to negotiate better agreements going forward. so, yes, if this continued on for years, absolutely countrieso fill their needs, but they still need american soybeans and that s why it s important that right now, we use every leverage that we have, every option that we have to get better deals for our trade agreements and our farmers ongoing. this has been decades in the making and this president s trying to get us a level playing field. we re just encouraging him to make sure he keeps the pressure on because we need resolution and to open up those markets. governor, really quickly, you re asking for help for a drug epidemic in your state. the meth epidemic. china, it s feintal has been flooding american markets with drugs illegally. are they responsible for the
it is my vision for the state that resonated with folks and that s what we talked about out on the campaign trail and i m looking forward to putting into place. congratulations. thank you. i m really excited for you and for what this means for south dakota and women. all right. let s get to the impact of the shutdown on your state. as you know the department of the interior and ag, those are both major employers in south dakota and provide vital services to other sectors and businesses in your state. what are you hearing from people being impacted by this shutdown? uh-hum. there are folks that are impacted and we ve certainly heard those stories and have seen it, but i don t want people to forget that we were being impacted by a poorest southern border as well. one of the biggest challenges we have in south dakota is a meth epidemic and the vast majority of that meth came across that southern border illegally from mexico. we re fighting the breakdown of families, addiction, risin