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What do you think is the big issues that are stopping more economic development, more jobs on the reservation? >> part of it is that indians don't own their own land, you know what i mean? the federal government holds this land in trust for the benefit of indian use rights, which is a clever way of saying, indians can't really own the land. they can use the land. so, if i wanted to build a house, own this land we're standing on, if i wanted to develop it, if i wanted to put like a resort here, build my own house here, i have to get the permission of the agent of the united states government. >...

Know what i mean? the federal government holds this land in trust for the benefit of indian use rights, which is a clever way of saying, indians can't really own the land. they can use the land. so, if i wanted to build a house, own this land we're standing on, if i wanted to develop it, if i wanted to put like a resort here, build my own house here, i have to get the permission of the agent of the united states government. >> oh, wow. >> to even collateralize it or to borrow money against it or to do anything that, you know, any economic development which is facilitated anywhere else in the w...

And may be in deportation proceed pgs. >> let me change subjects. >> what would be your standing to sue the trump administration on issues of climate change? what's a specific you might have standing on. >> there are any number of causes of actions raised for any of the things that donald trump has talked about. what they exactly would be depends on what he tries to do. we have moved guard with the blessing of the federal government, pretty far forward on a number of items. and we relied on the representations of the federal government to take actis. we're not pulling back. we're going to cont...

>> i loved melania's dress. watching from the streets to the sky, washington dc on lockdown is 30,000 law enforcement official stand guard. what we can expect today, a new reality when it comes to security. >> activities picking up with law enforcement officers and agents. the spot we are standing on, constitution avenue, the president-elect will become president on the national mall, and pennsylvania avenue past the international hotel where the group will be, a lot of this is here, the time they have taken to sweep this morning because they want to make sure they have everything on the bigge...

>> i think you will hear more. we were talking is earlier, you know, we have a new chair being elected in february. i agree. it is too late. we should be talking about how steve bannon enshrines all of the things that we hated about donald trump's campaign. >> and who is the leader of the democratic party. >> right now it's dan donna brazile. when have you chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, you know, i think they're going to be fighting back. the fact that i'm here saying that and you know, you're looking at me like maybe not is an issue. but we should be fighting back. no question about it. and goi...