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Thing is not going to go away and for donald trump the way out of this is war. Is anyone else worried that hes itching for a war . Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy coming to you from los angeles. That was bill mahers big question when we joined him on hbos realtime on friday night. For donald trump it seems that the worlds most powerful military isnt powerful enough. Hes looking for less talk and more military action. With a proposal that would slash budgets for the state department and the...

See this coming together across ethnic institutional state, national lines, in large part led by your fight against this pipeline? >> im very enlightened and im happy that america has -- is waking up. theres a new consciousness with the next generation nationwide. not only indigenous, but americans, young americans have a new mindset. and im very impressed by that. and so i believe that our treaty stat can create a social impact assessment methodology that could be used nationwide. >> well, here...

>> we stand withsta standing ro >> we stand with standing rock. >> water is life, water is life. >> joining me now is someone who was at that protest. phyllis young is a member of the standing rock sioux tribe. also with me is jane kleb, moustafa ali and tom steyer. that you all for being here. phyllis, i have to go to you first. its an honor to meet you in person. tell us about that protest. now that these pipelines have been approved, what was the goal of that protest at the white house? >> we...

Agreements with the united states at the highest level, treaties which are statutory, and which have requirements that have to be met, including damages and trespass. >> yeah. and,jane, the issue of trespass, i wa to focus on specifically, because you do have pipelines that are now approved because trump is in. these are not american projects. these are canadian pipelines being built with russian steel and indian steel that could seize american land. >> so these pipeline companies can use eminen...

Remember her from this moment in 2014 when she was photographed sitting on a chair shaped like a bound black woman, for mlk day. she later apologized. joining me now is leo girard and jane kleb, chairman of the nebraska democratic party and malcolm nance, msnbc contributor and author of "the plot to hack america." thank you all for being here. jane, as part of the group bold nebraska, you opposed and tried to stop this pipeline from happening and you actually got a look in person at these pipes ...

Do you think that donald trump letting keystone off the hook because theres pipe laying on the ground you said, you and jane said for years, that wasnt made here, do you think thats a betray betrayal. >> theres nothing that he can do about that when its there. what im more concerned about is the long term. weve got to get back to making 125 tons. were only going to do that if we enforce our trade laws. look, weve been -- we did a video of then candidate trump buying chinese alum yinumalumine gla...

There, russia owns one of them. this man is one of vladimir putins closest associates, his closest friends. he is worth a lot of money. estimates up to somewhere around $20 billion must say, and the trump administration would make a decision to benefit him personally, this is a man whose wife is best friends with ivanka trump. that tells you just exactly where the money is going. >> very interesting. we will keep on this story. thank you so much to leo girard, jane kleb and malcolm nance. comi...

Mercy of big companies. public comment is going to be closing tomorrow. they extended it until tomorrow. so if you have something to say nows the time to speak up. we are joined tonight be colleen mckinney, a member of stop the pipeline.org, and jane kleb executive director of bold nebraska. great to have you both with us. not a lot of people have heard of this pipeline. you have some photos around your pipeline as a local landowner, and with this pipeline coming through, what is most importan...

The region over the past decade. how would this pipeline make things worse? >> the pipeline would go through a region thats experienced 300-year flood within a decade. in order to build a pipeline it would take away clear-cut 1,000 acres of trees and cross 277 water bodies. by crossing i mean blasting and digging across these water bodies. that alone is going to increase flooding make it worse, put peoples properties even maybe their lives at risk. >> what elected official is on their side? >> i...

Willing to stand up to the carbon energy industry. now i bet you that andrew cuomo kind of didnt actually like that sash, that tiara bestowed upon him. >> it was a no-win situation for him. there are only two or three things you can do to create jobs in upstate new york in some of these places. he is just xed off and one of those things who said we cant do it so it was a risky thing for him to do and it was a hard choice and thats why he wants distance to it, he cares who the losers were going t...