[Music] from Montana's News Leader this is the MTN 530 news good afternoon everybody and thank you so much for joining us on this Saturday I'm Alina howder time may be ticking on Tik Tok last May Montana became the first state to try and ban the app and now Congress is taking up the debate with millions of dollars pouring into States like Montana in the form of advertising campaigns as lobbyists try and convince lawmakers how to vote and as our Kelsey bogs reports tonight Montana is ground zero
for that debate Tik Tok has gained a major following since its debut in 2016 with more than 150 million active users in the United States but some are arguing the app owned by a Chinese Corporation poses a security threat what's going on guys welcome back to the stream it's Mr Jay let's continue on with our latest Adventures for many Tik Tok is a source of seemingly endless entertainment reached 1,000 subscribers it's just been a way to like really connect with people and grow allowing users to
create a community I'm so blessed to be in this villain's Community from other metal artists to other combat veterans that we check in and you know have our own s of Brotherhood and camaraderie amongst our group and then also being in active recovery I have a whole support system of people who are in recovery but soon it could all go away to have it be like banned it just kind of feels like all that time and effort is just thrown out the window it's very concerning for me um personally last May
Montana became the first state to ban Tik Tok Montana attorney general Austin canuteson led the charge stating quote Tik Tok poses a threat to every Montan who has the app on their devices while a federal judge ultimately blocked it the US House has voted to ban Tik Tok which means it's up to the Senate he's stoking divisions and driving misinformation China is using Tik Tok to sway American politics and opinion millions of dollars are being spent on advertising campaigns in five States includin
g Montana as both sides try to sway vulnerable Senators up for reelection on how to vote we have got to make enough noise about this so that they don't take away our voice creators like Rick Baker hope they're listening I would just encourage them to listen to the actual voters they're representing because they probably be surprised at how many montans actually use the platform in a positive way Baker is a metal fabricator who also owns the nonprofit hoodies for Heroes he says Tik Tok has helped
both his professional and personal growth 60% of my sales of that stuff comes from Tik Tok and probably the other 40% from Instagram and Facebook chance Jordan says he found his nich streaming and the ability to make money off of his videos is an added bonus it was a good source of entertainment people connected a lot and that's where I really kind of shine the most but others view Tik Tok much differently meaning the verdict is still out his mission quote transmit the correct political Directi
on and only time will tell how Senate lawmakers will vote I think it's an area they need to tread very lightly on I think there's a lot of focus on the bad the good side of it is just kind of shoved under the rug I'm making people happy by doing something that I enjoy doing in Billings Kelsey bogs MTN [Music] news and good early Saturday evening everyone taking look outside with our clouds and our radar not much precipitation our viewing area earlier today we had some areas of freezing Mist arou
nd South Central Montana North Central Wyoming also then it turned over to some light snowflakes but very little hit the ground we're going to have a little bit less active weather this evening just some spotty Showers of rain and snow here and there but the temperatures did not recover very well on this final Saturday of March with all the clouds outside we had a low that was fairly close to average at 28 but the high it was not up to Snuff at a high today of only 36° not much precipitation and
you'll see we still have another foot and a half of snow to get to average for our snowfall totals 7-day forecast plus Easter coming up that overcast weather didn't stop over 2,000 parents kids and volunteers from taking part in the Southside task force annual Easter egg hunt over at South Park Volunteers started at 9 this morning hiding over a thousand candy filled eggs over South Park before the hunt officially started at noon but kids have had a chance to win more than just candy the lucky o
nes found little slips of paper in their eggs with the name of a prize and with over 50 donors sponsoring the event kids want all sorts of things like bikes toys sports equipment and even big bunnies like the one six-year-old Warren Elliot won happy because I was surprised and um I just wanted to Hope I got a prize I can't wait for the E the Easter Bunny to come tomorrow that'll be exciting it's a thrill just to see all the kids come out I had some people say oh it's too cold and things like tha
t doesn't matter to the kids they're going to come out they're going to have fun didn't make it this year there's always next Easter but come early once egg hunting started at noon it only took 5 minutes for the kids to clear them out as we all know vehicles are expensive and sometimes getting around can feel more like a burden than a luxury as our Market kova reports Billings own City College is aiming to undo the cost and knowledge barriers associated with our transportation so we're talking a
bout fluids we're talking about belts we're talking about tires I for one know that anytime my truck decides to show off the fun new sounds that learned on the road to despair I panic the cost of replacing a new a car is very expensive cars will last a long time if you spend a few extra dollars here and there Mak making sure the maintenance is done on them cat foul the department chair for transportation and Welding at city college at msub is taking time on the weekend to empower Montana's women
so they don't panic I think it's giving me tools to be more independent when my car does break down I like car but I know nothing about him so like thought it was a great opportunity for me to to learn about these things I might make a career out of it as all education shows us everyone has to begin learning somewhere in high school I had an old pickup and it was always breaking down and I was so frustrated that I never knew how to fix it and it just clicked I loved math I loved science and for
a number of women in the class this learning begins after being born to cultures more focused on public transportation and walkable cities I'm from Russia and just like I said I've been using public transportation all my life there I never drove a car my mom didn't either where I come from I never drove and my parents really didn't drive so I really didn't have anybody to introduce me to cars for a few years they didn't even know how to put the gas in in Europe you don't typically pump your own
gas cat says she aims to make a space for these women to feel comfortable to arm themselves with questions and understanding you are empowered to ask that technician why are we replacing this or should we be doing this or hey will you look at my brakes while you're rotating your tire so it's it's just more knowledge Marcus kova MTN news from col strip Speed Demon to the NFL tough Harris is continuing to apply his life skills by molding Native American leaders our Scott Breen shows us how and wh
y yeah this is one5 of what we do healthy eating cooking together Harris is sharing details of one- heart Warriors his leadership training that's done nothing but Prosper since he launched it with the help of Faith Chapel seven years ago yeah we pour into the individuals in five areas physical spiritual mental relational Financial it's a program of roughly 9 months coinciding with the school year Bertha who you see on the left and Dominique are approaching graduation after rebounding from strenu
ous life paths Dominique entered Job Corp as early as she could at 16 and again at 21 a lot of my family is toxic and so there's not really that option I was in treatment Bertha had been applying to different healing programs and after missing an email that she'd been accepted to one heart she was pretty disappointed until her manager answered a phone call I was so excited like just tell everyone just jumping for joy and because of that you know I broke my phone Harris who played for the Steeler
s dolphins and Saints voluntarily gave up his NFL dream for this bigger one it now reaches the entire country we've had people go back to Hawaii uh we've had people from Mexico City California one of the creative funding sources for one heart can be seen on vehicles like this one with specialty license plates we were getting our own license plates personally for our vehicles looked up and saw some license plates some specialty license plates and and just inquired how do you get those partnering
with the state and their program to have a specialty license plate for nonprofit has been huge for us with that Revenue source and a combination of Grants Harris recently upsized to this one heart home near Rocky Mountain College it's given us a lot of uh a lot of freedom to just dream again and and just we were borrowing spaces and and just kind of growing as a young organization but now we feel like we're taking that next step that includes the number of Warriors He's been able to house once n
ine now up to 18 Bertha who grew up in Crow would love to return and guide others out of hardships she's endured I want to help others who've you know been through been through the struggles of addiction and abuse Dominique grew up in Billings I want to advance dance and culinary arts take up business administration and also get into classes for counseling one of the most intriguing angles of one heart centers on Harris's original Vision involving burning arrows they had pristine Arrow uh feathe
rs arrow tips everything was was going out and they would hit the ground so I knew that had to do with leadership I knew it had to do with Native Americans um young men and women after they go through this program go back to their wherever they came from wherever they're wherever they're launched out to to cause that fire a good fire that refines and and helps for the next wave of leadership to come through one Arrow at a time one heart graduates are paying it forward Scott Breen MTN news tomorr
ow Scots and lodg grass showing us three leaders who thanks to oneart Warriors are helping restore a town that has spiraled towards crime drugs and alcohol abuse that promising story tomorrow on Q2 and still to come on the MTN 530 news here on Q2 the Biden Administration is on the verge of taking another major step aimed at protecting Public Health when it comes to cigarettes but politics could get in the way find out more after the break from Montana's News Leader you're watching the MTN 530 ne
ws for years anti-smoking Advocates have been pushing the government to ban menthol cigarettes the Biden Administration has been taking steps in that direction but progress has been stalled for months news Congressional correspondent Stephanie liebergen explains what's behind the push to ban Menthol and the delay in making it happen in April 2021 the Biden Administration announced plans to ban menthol cigarettes but 3 years later the new rule is still pending the FDA proposed the rule thanks to
the Tobacco Control Act of 2009 that law gave the agency the power to regulate manufacturing distribution and marketing of tobacco products the law also banned all flavored cigarettes with one exception of all the flavored cigarettes that were characterizing tobacco products at the time of the 2009 Act menthal was the one with the most addictive potential and it was the one that was in fact left on the market tobacco companies have spent decades aggressively marketing Menthol in Black communitie
s a 2020 study estimated 80% of African-American smokers choose Menthol the way in which the chemistry of Menthol is really quite um specific it cools the throat as it goes down and so it makes it much easier to consume it also goes deeper into the lungs making it much more addictive anti-smoking Advocates the FDA the CDC and others say the science is clear but efforts to ban Menthol and cigarettes have been delayed over and over again across multiple administrations Richardson says the tobacco
Lobby has played a big role in those delays but so is Politics the further we get into the political season the harder it is to do what people may perceive as something tough to do support from the black community will be crucial for President Biden's 2024 reelection efforts a recent poll conducted on behalf of the campaign for tobacco free kids shows a majority of black Americans support a menthol ban and those results track with other studies going back to 2009 the Biden Administration if it's
committed to cancer reduction as it has articulated in terms of its moonshot initiative then this is the most effective and most important thing it can do to begin to address that concern tobacco use still is the number one cause of cancer deaths in this country it's up to the White House Office of Management and budget to approve the final rule that was supposed to happen in August 2023 then it was delayed to December and then it was delayed till March 2024 OMB declined to comment for this sto
ry it's unclear when or if the Biden Administration will take the last step needed to ban menthol cigarettes Stephanie liberan scrips News Washington
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