Navajo leaders push for landmark water deal

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

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Three tribes in the Southwest are hoping federal lawmakers will pass a water rights deal in the remaining weeks of the year. The agreement would allow many communities to bring piped water to the Navajo Nation, where about a third of households do not have clean water. We hear about the deal from Ethel Branch, attorney general of the Navajo Nation. And, think twice before getting sucked down the rabbit hole of Black Friday madness. Maurie Backman of Motley Fool Money reveals the secret marketing tactics that make holiday sales deceiving. Then, American songwriter Tom Paxton is preparing to give his final public performances next year. The 87-year-old musician reflects on his life and career.

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0:38.5	Congress is unpredictable, as you know, and we don't want to risk a new Congress.
0:43.9	So we're very, very committed to getting this spill through this Congress.
0:49.4	Navajo leaders are in Washington to push a major deal on water rights.
1:02.5	Music leaders are in Washington to push a major deal on water rights. It's Thursday, November 28th, and happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at here and now anytime.
1:08.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:12.3	Today on the show, Black Friday used to be a single-day event. Now it's a whole season,
1:19.0	but it's still a good deal, right? Maybe not. We'll dig into the ways that retailers use
1:24.9	psychology to control you into spending.
1:33.4	Unless you're really in a time crunch, I would actually say, at this point during the holiday season,
1:36.6	don't rush out on Black Friday, maybe wait.
1:45.7	And Tom Paxton wrote some of America's most famous anti-war anthems, but he says don't romanticize the 60s. There was lots of opposition to what we had to say. People hated us. People loaned us and hated us.
1:53.2	A folk star reflects on his career coming up in about 15 minutes. But first, happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thanks for making us a part of your
2:03.3	holiday. And on this holiday, we're kicking off the show with a story of huge importance to
2:08.7	three tribes in the southwest. That includes the Navajo Nation, where about a third of households
2:15.5	do not have clean water.
2:24.0	It's been an issue for decades, but a potentially historic water rights deal is headed to Congress that would allow many communities to build badly needed infrastructure.
2:28.7	Ethel Branch is Attorney General of the Navajo Nation, and she's advocating for this deal,
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