thing will be a state, all of oklahoma was going to be a state, some of it will be split into oklahoma territory. we will bring more white settlers in. now we split up the territory anin two. the civil war happens and we are going to, we are not sure what we will do, we have split it into two territories. and you have lost demographics because we brought in the sooners. this is when they were coming and they said, there were people here before us but they must've left early. so at that point, right, you have got this really -- situation, but >> you've got this whole history consistent in the 1866 actual language understood that the name of the game of what was going to happen next is we were going to build axt state. there was a lot of discussion about that but for the entire period of time eating 66 until 1906, the tribes were working along with the process of how we are going to get the state and all these disputes but at the end of the day in 1906 by the way they did it is maybe not what we were expecting. theyid didn't say congress has a statute snap your fingers. what theyfe did i

i agree with you that there is no oklahoma exceptionalism, but i think it cuts in our favor, what oklahoma says is that among all of the states in the union, it is exempt from the major crimes act. i think that act, the enabling act does the opposite. in the 18 97 statute said, the laws of the united states enforce in the territory shall apply to all persons irrespective of race, yet you are saying that cases at the time of statehood to be treated based on race how can that be consistent with the 18 97 act? extends --it extends both u.s. law and the arkansas law regardless of race, but it did not eliminate any language that was in the major crimes act already paired that was a portion of u.s. law. regardless of what happened pre-statehood. we can debate that, but regardless, there is no disagreement that the major crimes act applies of its own term at statehood. statehood itself was a major event that transferred, obviously transferred oklahoma from a territory to a state. >> can you cite a single state under the major crimes act that was thereafter prosecuted in federal court? >> this cou

this is mcgirt verse oklahoma. joining us to discuss, lindsay robertson, who joined a brief submitted on behalf of the historian legal scholars and cherokee nation in support of the petitioner, and faculty director for the center of the study of american indian law, chickasaw nation and native american law, and sam k. -- family foundation presidential professor at the oklahoma university school of law. filed a brief in support of the respondent. he is an associate professor. he has revisited parties in many proceedings, before the u.s. supreme court and u.s. courts of appeals. i am delighted to welcome both of them. thank you so much for joining us, robert sharon and lindsay. >> thank you. >> i am so glad you are here. lindsay, we will begin with you. you filed a brief on behalf of the petitioner's. chief justice roberts asked a question out of the gate, saying the state argues that this indian community is not an independent reservation, but a dependent indian community. tell us about that rather technical soundin

the gentlewoman from oklahoma -- the gentleman from oklahoma reserve, the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, chairman of the subcommittee on the legislative branch, mr. ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: this is absolutely unbelievable. just a few years ago, the stock market at 25,000, corporate profits are the highest they've been in decades, the rich keep getting richer and our friends on the other side say, what do we do now? let's do a tax cut. where 83% of it gos to the top 1% of the wealthiest people. global pandemic. 36 million unemployed. 40% of families who have a worker that makes $40,000 a year or less lose their job last month. four million people didn't pay their rent. and the republican party said we don't can have any money to help you. are you kidding me? where do you guys live? food lines around the block at our food banks, in the united states of america. one in five kids are going hungry. this isn't a wish list. if it's a wish list it's for

the laws of the territory of oklahoma. in the 1907 act. they shall be preceded with handheld and determined by the courts of the b state coming about. the successors and united states courts in the indian territory, so it's rather ambiguous given the practice what do you think? >> it would make my life much easier in this case to say there was plaintext transfer jurisdiction of the state but we can't bind that. in the amended section 16 prosecutions of the crimes which haven't been committed and the case. justice alito. justice alito on the justice sotomayor? >> can you finish your answer to justice breyer, please click >> absolutely. the cases that would have been recognizable in federal court as oklahoma has been the state included. they are arrogating to jurisdiction to themselves and federal government was advocating even in cases where the reservation is clearly intact that happened in south dakota and nebraska and washington state. the court unanimously across different cases paid no heed to the practice. here is all the reason not t

about 100 miles east of oklahoma, city. -- oklahoma city. we visited there and asked the tribe's curator, john beaver, to give us a tour of their landmark council house. john: hi. welcome to the creek nation council house. the building you are in, this building here, served as the creek nation national capital from 1878 until 1907. prior to 1878, there was a two-story log cabin that sat on this site that served as our national capital building until this was constructed in 1878. one we actually were a removed tribe here to indian territory. we began the removals starting in 1829 and they culminated in our larger removal here to indian territory in the summer and fall months of 1836 with our arrival 1836, and throughout january of 1837, when we arrived at port gibson in indian territory. for about 20 years or so, beginning at about 1840, prior to settling here, we met at the grand council of our tribal towns until 1861. 1861 was the arrival of the civil war in the united states, and affected just about everyone. after the civil war, we had to

my lawyer in oklahoma. carol hunter hired my law firm whitman verged to represent the state of oklahoma and try to recoup all of the costs that the state has incurred because of the opioid epidemic we've this person is a. case. and. i think we're going to be able to prove that 80 percent of all the crime in the state of oklahoma is directly caused by this opioid epidemic in our prisons are over feel because of the loss of productivity of taxpaying citizens costs the state money but i'm anxious to get this 1st this 1st battle started. what they did to this country. is from. their estimates bring the cost of the epidemic to $7000000000.00 in oklahoma. this is storm cool hearing will take place in a few days. today reggie which will explain his motivations to a group of students for this struggle is a personal one. partner reiji has been involved in the opioid addiction the opioid crusts ever since the death his son brian and i had a nice that also related to drugs and so when the attorney general talked about

oklahoma might change the course of history. for the 1st time in the united states a doctor will be sued by the state for 2nd degree murder for over prescribing opioids hears the accused that to reconnect calls. a family doctor for over 22 years she's now suspected of being a prescription murderer. the judge has to ascertain if there is enough material to go to trial. the plaintiffs in the room have all lost a child a brother a friend from an opioid overdose. dr nichols was their doctor she was the one prescribing the trucks. let him serve unbox i'm an attorney at oklahoma city i practice crippled events i've got a police officer and i've been a prosecutor and i've been a judge i've been here all my life born and raised in oklahoma. all right the hard to the oil production we're right on the edge of we're cowboys are the and so we've got a lot of people in here that are hard working people and it's a pretty peaceful city as far as that goes. box knows these roads inside out and who's on 1st name terms with the local people all h

the gentlewoman from oklahoma -- the gentleman from oklahoma reserve, the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, chairman of the subcommittee on the legislative branch, mr. ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: this is absolutely unbelievable. just a few years ago, the stock market at 25,000, corporate profits are the highest they've been in decades, the rich keep getting richer and our friends on the other side say, what do we do now? let's do a tax cut. where 83% of it gos to the top 1% of the wealthiest people. global pandemic. 36 million unemployed. 40% of families who have a worker that makes $40,000 a year or less lose their job last month. four million people didn't pay their rent. and the republican party said we don't can have any money to help you. are you kidding me? where do you guys live? food lines around the block at our food banks, in the united states of america. one in five kids are going hungry. this isn't a wish list. if it's a wish list it's for

lamalfa: i thank my colleague from oklahoma. our founders used to ride days on horsebook, wagons, through unkind conditions to d.c. to do their job for all of us at the time. us, we only have to brave t.s.a. lines and occasionally a delayed flight. you know, the constitution here did not catch the virus. why are we voting on a measure to suspend it? these rules have been in place since 1789. mr. speaker, our constituents elected us to come to congress and do our job and be their voice in washington, d.c. this would only mute their voice. this has led to shady, fraudulent outcomes. members should not have to be here to be possibly coerced by certain other members to how their votes should be shaped. they need to be able to show up. not that hard, really, at the end of the day. we have a higher calling to come here and do our job an be present. to have these interactions. to have these conversations. especially when we're talking about possibly $3 trillion of new spending that's going to be debt for the grandkids that we are so tr

at oklahoma state university dr. coburn was an honor student in president of the student council graduating in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. after the family business he worked as he was admitted in medical school in the university of oklahoma and received his medical degree with honors and interned at saint anthony's hospital in oklahoma city in 1986 he founded the muskogee family medical practice which is still in operation today. his victory over melanoma is a young man inspiredan him to bece a physician. he stated he wanted to give back because he had been given to prevent forcefully that battle with melanoma when he was a young man was not his last battle of cancer but as a physician and his dedication to his patients was inexhaustible. over his career he delivered 4000 babies and saw 30 patients a day in his office projector his election the house of representatives in 1994 he would fly home every week so he could continue to see his patients on weekends to schedule he maintained for the entire s

wheat's coming in and in oklahoma it looks beautiful. it's green still, but in the days ahead as it comes in it will be very important to us. but it will be interesting to be able to see this crop, if it's not taken out by the hail coming in this weekend. this crop, as it comes in, will be very important to us. but the challenge will be that this year the h-2-a workers that typically come in from all over the world that do custom cutting are not able to come in this year because of the coronavirus. the challenge will be will americans step up when literally the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. will americans step up and say i will not let that harvest go to waste? i will engage in bringing the harvest in. folks that are in forestry, forestry and logging is a crop in oklahoma. for those of y'all that haven't been there, it's the eastern side of our state. it's incredibly important to us, and we're seeing a boom in that area, thanks to things like a great need for boxes for everyone getting all their materials shipped to their

very different for his wife, his daughter, their family, and the state of oklahoma. it's not just a day about sleeping in and sales on dishwashers and cars. it will evoke the memory of tech sergeant marshall roberts and the hundreds of thousands of others like him, they gave their everything for the sake of our liberty. those men and women are not forgotten. they are our heroes and this memorial day we will remember. in this time, it's interesting to note that with all that's going on, america is still eating, america is still moving because there are essential workers that are still serving. they're health care workers, grocery store workers, they're trucking. folks at convenience stores and gas stations, sanitation workers and power generation. they're farmers and ranchers, they're refineries, yes, even in government. public safety, law enforcement. while the news every day covers folks that are at home waiting to return to work, we at times forget the people that are working twice as hard right now to be able to make sure that's even possible. and we're grateful f

his focus was not oklahoma. it was the nation. ira member asking him privately before i started serving in the house of representatives how he made a difference. his answer was there or to people that make a difference, the two peopleho that study and the committee chairman. study more than anyone else, know the issue and you can get it done. his tenacity on each issue was legendary. politico oncevi summarized as saying a typical bill moving through the senate has a number of hurdles to clear. some committees, leadership and coburn. it's that last one you won't find in the textbook. the stafferof devoted to th stae cause not necessarily because of him but because of the mission. one of the staffers wrote this after he passed, the basically blocked a lot of bills incurred a lot of amendments and lost a lot of votes. we highlighted wasteful spending and over time we started changing how business was done. those that have expended could pass without offsets in the duplication became part of the lexicon, the promise of earmarking went

to theeld two minutes gentleman from oklahoma, ms. horn. in support of stimulus governmentslocal who are in dire need of help in this crisis. they are essential to the pandemic response effort into the more than 200 million americans who live in our nation, rural counties, suburbs, and small cities. this debate is about providing local governments with the economic help they need to avigate a national disaster, public and health economic crisis. in oklahoma, our towns and cities are especially hard-hit because municipalities rely solely on tell -- solely on sales tax for revenue. to provideave increased services related to this covid-19 crisis. -- towns in my community and across oklahoma have a

his focus was not oklahoma. it was the nation. i remember asking him privately before i started serving in the house of representatives how he made a difference. his answer was there are two people that make a difference in congress, the person who studies and the committee chairman, study more than anyone else, now the issue and you can get it done. his tenacity on every issue was legendary. politico one summarized it will saying a typical bill moving through the senate has a number of institutional hurdles to hear, subcommittee, committee, leadership and coburn. it is that last one you won't find in a textbook. the staff are devoted to the cause not necessarily because of him but because of the mission. what if his former staffers wrote this after doctor coburn past, he said we all her a lot of amendments, we lost a lot of votes. we highlight a lot of wasteful spending and helped a lot of people and over time we started changing how business was done. bills that added new spending couldn't pass, duplication became part of the me

the state of oklahoma once the lawsuit to go before a criminal court. i think she acted extraordinarily recklessly so what my goal is is to berks file a motion to allow the jury to hear all the other victims that died as a result from that which is off so the jury can get a picture of what she was doing here and there are many. women died as it was why should anyone outside of medication and each one especially diabetic. you think of the evidence as absolute and fail to show. this is. the law is very clear about what is a murder case and what is an aunt there's other cases involved. frankly with. egregious conduct in this. meeting you just see that make those or you just dismiss it so are you confident. you're waiting for the doctor. should be brought in and could we have an interview with her maybe later as soon as the case dismissed you. all along the hearing dr nichols seems detached from the events surrounding her but they can look on her face she will never speak as if none of this were her concern . the judge has reached a ruling. dr nichols will

a lot of people outside of oklahoma don't realize oklahoma has more lines of fresh shoreline than any of the 50 states. she and i built our place way back a long time ago. when i drive up there you go through that little town of adaire, oklahoma. i go by that little sheltered area that is half torn down by now with years have gone by. they tore down the biggest bank in town when they built that. every time i go by there i have to say i recall meeting for the first time with a young doctor from muskogee, tom coburn. i regret to say there are times in our service together when we have not been in agreement on specific issues. we have one characteristic in common. that is we are both bullheaded. that has created some temporary hard feelings but there was one thing that overshadows that, and that is jesus has a family and his family has a lot of people in it. some are here in this room, tom coburn and i are brothers. in the 20 years that i have been here in the senate i don't believe i heard a speech that was as touching and insincere as a speech i heard from my junior senator just a shor

i am a descendent of the kiowa in oklahoma. we do not hear too much about too many tribes anymore, and i was wondering how they fare in this modern age still, in the oklahoma territory there. >> mr. gover? >> as it happens, i am from oklahoma. i grew up around many kiowa people, actually. i have comanche relatives. to see what has happened in the state of oklahoma in the 45 years since i lived there isso really quite remarkable. so when i was there, i was fully aware that there were a lot of native american people there, and that there were a lot of tribes, and i learned how they all came to be in oklahoma from the various parts of the country. but out in the political life and civic life in the economic life of the state, indians were invisible. that is not the case anymore. now we see many of the tribes are thriving economically. they are among the largest employers in the state of oklahoma, and many of them are the largest service providers to all people, not just indians. in their respective jurisdictions, with education pr

joining us now the oklahoma governor, thank you for joining us. tells us what is your reaction at stillwater city. >> we don't condone violence. i set guidance for the whole state. i have given flexibility to our local mayors to set their standards. oklahoma have done a really good job flattening the curve in our state and our data is showing that. >> we did see and i am sure you saw as well, governor, some protesters armed at the capitol building and michigan and all sorts of weapons, are you worried about that type of backlash? >> you know i am really not. i have signed 15 executive orders dating back to march 15th, oklahomans have done a good job. we think it is time to open, our data shows that. we are not concerned about those kinds of things in our state. >> dr. birx stated that she had a strong reaction to those images we saw from michigan. i want you to watch what she said earlier today. >> it is devastating because if they go home and infect their grandmother or grandfather who have a serious condition or unfortunate outcome, they'll feel

he was born in 1912 in oklahoma and so we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma, where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for those people who were migrant workers from oklahoma, kansas and texas during the decibel era. who have found themselves in california, literally starving and he saw this vast difference between those who were the haves or that have knots and became their spokesman through his music. the what guthrie center was open in april of 2013. it started with a purchase of the woody garth three archives from his daughter, nor got three. the plan was to have this research facility in tulsa. as the concept grew of opening these archives to a new generation, and teaching people about what is important part of american history, this museum came to be. we really consider it a place to inspire people. we want them to investigate what woody did with his talents. and inspire people to go and use their talents do something of their own. >> when the sun come shining and i were strolling (music) (music) >> many of the people disp