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Emacia emaciated nanook are wandering into tune. whale scraps are the next best thing. but skinny, hungry polar bears are not the only warning sign up here, thats the airport. and they are moving it away from the coast due in part to sea level rise. theyre seeing more and more freakish rainstorms in the winter and blizzards in the summer, but, at the same time, all the modern creature comforts in the town from the clinic to the school were paid for with oil money. and with the promise of fresh m...

And donald trump. are you a fan of president trump? >> yeah, he does good things. he does bad things. im grateful that he got that bill passed. >> reporter: decembers tax cut bill also opened the arctic refuge to drilling and the government is now moving fast to lease 8,000 acres on this coastal plain. this is where the last caribou give birth, a place of life and beauty made all the more fragile by a staggering rise in arctic temperatures. do you believe in climate change? you think it exists? ...

Known as a wildlife guy who carries a revolver just in case the skinny polar bear gets grouchy. >> this guy is more powerful than dirty harry. >> reporter: is that right? he points out that the arctic slope regional corporation is worth billions thanks to royalties from other drilling sites. but the wealth does not trickle down. and his neighbors here believe that tapping the refuge will finally bring the wealth and respect they deserve. there are a lot of people in chicago or dallas or iowa who...

The issue has become. >> think about what is going to happen to this land if theres an oil spill and the response thats going to come along with it. >> thank you for that message. may i ask where you are from? >> reporter: that loaded question and attention in the room shows how much resentment there is for outsiders who want to protect the ref yunugerefuge. and to those along the coast, the environmental arrivals include the tribe up in the mountains fiercely opposed to drilling. >> so they par...

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Tweeted. what kind of lawyer would tape a client? so sad. is this a first? never heard of it before. why was a the tape so abruptly terminated, cut, while i was presumably saying positive things? i hear there are many other clients and reporters that are taped. can this be so? too bad! the presidents current personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, said trump never made a payment adding, quote, theres no indication of any crime being committed on this tape. but it does suggest that then candidate trump k...