so this company was trying to pretend that this pipeline qualified for that half acre exemption. the corps finally said no. why do companies do this? in 2016 when you know there s going to be opposition to this or any other pipeline, i get the argument there are millions of miles of piepeline in this country, why not do it differently?
crossing permit but before you do that, you have to do the full looking at alternative routes. as you know, the pipeline was originally routed through the waters of bismarck. you had white people at that point who protested, so the company moved the project on to indian land. thinking they won t have the political clout to get the sh t shutdown. exactly. so what the eis process is to look at all the alternatives but it is not a denial and that s one of the reasons a lot of the people are protesting out there. good to see you. thank you for joining us. thanks for having me. coming up, the country trying to wrap its mind around the saga of sherry papini. the ransom expert and then reward for sherry will be here.
theory that made the round during this presidential co campaign was the center of a child sex ring run by hillary clinton. since this went viral, the owner said he s received hundreds of death threats. at this point police believe it s only welch that was involved in this incident. halle, it defies belief. what a story. ali jackson for us in washington. coming up, cheers and celebration. it s announced that the standing rock pipeline will be rerouted. but a new president is coming in in a month so is this simply a delay? scary, and messy and fragile. but under the proper care, they become something beautiful.
of course now one of the big questions is what are they going to do with this energy pipeline statement? do they protect the pipeline? do they protect the protesters? where do they fall in this after they were supposed to stop construction. apparently now that is not going to happen, ali. the protesters had a deadline. today they were supposed to leave. and many are saying they re not leaving. has that got to do with what you just said about people looking for a confrontation with authorities? reporter: yes. and the other thing that s happening here is you have this overwhelming feeling, especially from the standing rock sioux tribe that they ve been betrayed by the government before and that this will be much of the same, that this is just another example of the u.s. government making a decision and then it being reversed, whether it s the energy company or the administration, this was almost expected by some of the elders in the tribe when this news broke out, the elders in the t
have been there. steve patterson for us in oakland. coming up, donald trump names his new hud secretary. what qualifies ben carson who run the housing department? and cheers rang out as the pipeline is rerouted. er that uses technology once only available in doctors offices. its wireless remote let s you control the intensity. and helps you get back to things like. this, or this. and back to being yourself. introducing new aleve direct therapy. find yours in the pain relief aisle. check your sunday paper for up to $13 in savings.