The Latest From Standing Rock And The Farewell To Fidel Castro

Dec. 8, 2016, 3:52 p.m. CT

People walk along a snowy hillside in a storm at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D last week. Many Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents who've gathered for months in the camp in southern North Dakota are committed to staying despite wintry weather and demands that they leave. David Goldman / AP Photo

The Latest From Standing Rock And The Farewell To Fidel Castro

Dec. 8, 2016, 3:52 p.m. CT

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On today’s show:

Blizzard conditions have hit the camp at Standing Rock in North Dakota. We speak with environmental ethicist, Michael Schuck, who was there to support the protesters.
And we hear how Cuba has mourned their former leader Fidel Castro during the past nine days from freelance journalist Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, who was in Cuba to report on Castro’s farewell.