Q2 Montana This Morning with Hailey Monaco 6-19-25

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>> FROM MTN NEWS. THIS IS MONTANA THIS MORNING. >> WHAT’S REALLY PRICELESS TO IS THE COST OF LOSING YEARS WITH THE IN FIELDS, THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST AFTER THIS WEEK’S SEVERE STORMS AND HOW FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE COPING. >> WE EXPECT THAT THE COURTS WILL CONTINUE TO VINDICATE THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER MONTANANS. WE PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ADULT CONSEQUENCES AND ADULT DECISIONS. >> RESTRICTING TREATMENTS. HOW THE LANDMARK DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT IMPACTS MONTANANS AND TRANSGENDER MEDICAL CARE >> I’M JONATHAN AMBARIAN IN HELENA. I’LL HAVE MORE ON A BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGN SEEKING TO PUT A MEASURE BEFORE VOTERS NEXT YEAR TO TRY TO GET AROUND THE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION ON CAMPAIGN SPENDING. >> THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR. GOOD MORNING. AND WELCOME BACK TO MONTANA OF THIS MORNING ON THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH AND HAILEY, MONACO. YOUR WITH MILLER ROBSON, MILLER. WE’RE ALMOST TO THE END OF THE WEEK AND ALMOST TO THE OFFICIAL START OF SUMMER. YES, FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT STARTS OFF ON A BUMPY NOTE STARTING THIS AFTERNOON, A CHANCE OF MORE SEVERE STORMS ALL THE WAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT WE’VE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT IT STILL COULD KIND OF DICEY, VERY HIT OR MISS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. KIND OF WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT. AND IF YOU MISSED THIS LAST HOUR, THIS NEXT HOUR, WE’RE GOING BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD YESTERDAY. IT WAS HOT, A GOOD 8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL HIGH OF 86. 55. PRETTY SEASONAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. TOP CAUSE YESTERDAY OF 21 MILES. AN HOUR WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY YESTERDAY. A LOT OF SUNSHINE STILL IN THE HOLE FOR THE MONTH IN TERMS OF MOISTURE FOR THE YEAR. WE’RE STILL AHEAD. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE FOR SOME AREAS MAY BE A DECENT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS WE HAVE SEVERAL WAVES COMING THROUGH. PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE’RE FACING TODAY. GIVE OR TAKE AN HOUR 03:00PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA OUTSIDE OF MAYBE NORTHERN PARTS WYOMING WHERE WE COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 65 MILES AN HOUR. THAT WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN AND THE SECONDARY THREAT WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL RIGHT NOW AS WE WAKE UP TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50’S. WE’VE GOT RIGHT NOW IN BILLINGS, A VERY NICE START AT 56 DEW POINTS AT 49 DEGREES. WINDS OUT OF SOUTHWEST 6 MILES AN HOUR. A LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY. DID YOU SET THAT ATMOSPHERE WILL BE INTO THE 80’S BY LUNCHTIME INTO THE 90’S? BY TH TIME WE DRIVE HOME TODAY. AND THAT’S WHEN MAYBE THIS EVENING WE START TO SEE A CHANCE OF THAT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO ALONG 90 DEGREES, RIGHT WE’RE GETTING EXACTLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> FROM HUNTLY TO HIGH WOOD AND SHEPHERD TO SHERIDAN. MUCH OF MONTANA WAS SLAMMED BY SEVERE WEATHER AT THE YOU’VE SEEN THE DAMAGE TO – HOMES LIKE THIS ONE THAT WAS COMPLETELY FLATTENED MONDAY IN SHEPHERD. BUT THAT’S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG WHEN IT COMES TO DAMAGE IN THIS MORNING’S MONTANA AG REPORT, HANNAH PEDEFERRI TAKES US TO TO MONTANA RANCH IS REELING WITH LOSSES AFTER THEIR ENTIRE CROPS WERE WIPED OUT. A SCENARIO MANY ACROSS THE STATE CAN RELATE TO. >> THIS IS WHAT REMAINS ON. NORMAN HOLLAND SAID HE GOT A CALL MONDAY THAT IT WAS NO LONGER STANDING WHERE IT ALWAYS HAS LITERALLY BLOWN AWAY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. NORMAN. >> YOU REALIZE YOU’RE THE SHAME OR SHED IS GONE. IT’S NOT IN YOUR FIELD. >> AND NOT ONLY IS HIS SHED GONE. >> SHEPARD GOT HIT THE HARDEST. THIS WATER WAS ALSO SWALLOWED BY DEBRIS SITE. NORMAN IS STILL TRYING TO PROCESS. >> I’M JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO COME AND LOOK AT SO WE CAN START CLEANING BUT NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE CLEANED UP. LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH A LOT MORE. >> 150 ACRES OF WHAT USED TO BE 2 TO 3 FEET OF MALT BARLEY IS NOW FLAT. >> THAT CROP UP, THERE’S PROBABLY WORTH A BUT 100 GRAND. SO THAT’S A LOSS. >> YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT’S GROWING. WELL, IT HURTS. YEAH, IT HURTS. IT’S A REAL FINANCIAL LOSS. >> JUST DOWN THE ROAD, THE MSU AGRICULTURE CENTER OF RESEARCH AND HUNTLEY IS ALSO FACING THE DEVASTATION. >> THERE’S REALLY NOTHING WE HAVE NO CROPS LEFT ON THE STATION >> UNABLE TO REPLANT. >> WE’LL HAVE NO HARVEST HERE ON STATION FALL. >> SUPERINTENDENT KENT MCVEIGH RECALLS SIMILAR DAMAGE FROM A 2019 STORM. >> MAY HAVE AS MUCH DAMAGE THIS TIME AS WE DID. THEN. >> MCVEIGH ESTIMATES THE STORM HERE CAUSED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF DESTRUCTION. 400 ACRES WAS WIPED OUT. BUT HE SAYS THAT PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTS HAPPENING HERE NOW, LAST. >> BUT LET’S REALLY PRICELESS. IS THE COST OF LOSING YEARS WITH THE DATA. A FIELD DAY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY AT THE STATION WAS CANCELED. >> BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING TO SHOW COURT WAS PROBABLY IT WOULD HAVE TO FOOT TALL BEFORE THE STORM. AND IT WAS JUST BLASTED DOWN TO THE GROUND BACK ON HOLLAND RANCH NORMENT WHO IS NOW CONTEMPLATING WHAT’S NEXT? HE DIDN’T HAVE CROP INSURANCE AND IS NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN B PUT A >> CROP IN LIKE SORT IMMERSE OF THEM DRESSED FOR SOME. >> AND SHEPARD HANNAH PEDEFERRI MTN NEWS. HANNAH, THANK YOU. >> THAT STORM LEFT BEHIND A LARGE AREA OF HAIL MORE THAN A HALF FOOT IN SOME PLACES CREATING A WINTER SCENE IN JUNE. SEEING THE DESTRUCTION FROM THE GROUND IS ONE THING. BUT A ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FLIGHT COORDINATOR CAPTURED THE STORM’S PATH FROM ABOVE THIS WEEK. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS. THESE WERE TAKEN AROUND TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MORE THAN 18 HOURS AFTER THE STORM HAD DEPARTED, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST A LINE OF HAIL STONES REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOLLOWING THE STORM OUT OF SHEPHERD AND TO THE SOUTHEAST PILOT LANE CHRISMAN SAYS THE SCENE PROVES JUST HOW DEVASTATING WEATHER CAN BE. >> AS PILOTS RATE, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WEATHER IS SUPER EVER CHANGING. IT CAN BE A HUGE HAZARD TO US. IT’S STUFF LIKE THAT. OBVIOUSLY WERE NEVER FLYING IN. BUT IT’S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT REALLY MAKE YOU REALIZE THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF A STORM DUMPING 8 INCHES OF HAIL THAT LAST THROUGH SEVERAL DAYS PRETTY UNCOMMON, AT LEAST FOR ME FLYING. SO GETTING TO SEE THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING EYE OPENING TO JUST THE SHEER POWER OF WEATHER. >> THROUGH ALL THE WRECKAGE, THE SHEPHERD COMMUNITY IS RALLYING TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF ONE FAMILY. THE DALTON’S WHO TRAGICALLY HAD THEIR TRAILER HOME RIPPED FROM ITS FOUNDATION AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN MONDAY. WE’RE STILL TRYING TO PIECE THEIR LIVES TOGETHER. BUT AS OUR CHARLIE KLEPPS REPORTS, IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THEY’LL BE DOING IT ALONE. >> THE WORK HASN’T STOPPED. WERE OUT HERE FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS YESTERDAY THERE IN THE AFTERMATH OF MONDAY NIGHT’S EXTREME STORM. THE ADULT AND FAMILY CONTINUES TO PICK UP THE PIECES JUST KIND GOING THROUGH THE RUBBLE, TRYING TO FIND VALUABLES. WHETHER SEARCH HAS FOUND IMPORTANT SENTIMENTAL ITEMS LIKE MY GRANDFATHER’S ASHES SEEING THERE SCATTERED BELONGINGS AND THEIR OVERTURNED HOME IS STILL HAUNTING LIKE EVERY TIME WE COME BACK OUT HERE AND SAY THE AFTERMATH WAS JUST LIKE OPENING THE FIRST KNOW THINGS LIKE CHILDREN’S TOYS, BICYCLES, THE FAMILY, FREEZER AND MATTRESSES FROM STRUGGLING. >> CLEANING UP THE DAMAGE HERE IS PROVING TO BE AN ENDLESS PROCESS. BUT THANKFULLY THE FAMILY IS NOW RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH 3 DIFFERENT GOFUNDME IS CREATED IN THEIR BENEFIT. YOU FEEL SO LOVED WITH OR SUPPORT THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM OUR FAMILY FRIENDS AND THE COMMUNITY. IT’S. >> THAT’S A LOT TO TAKE CARE AND AND AS THE DULLNESS CONTINUE TO CLEAN THOSE GO FUND ME ACCOUNT HAS PICKED UP STEAM OR MORE THAN GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING. I MEAN, WAY. >> WE THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH. HONESTLY, DON’T SAY ITS SUPPORT. THAT IS SHOCKING CONSIDERING HOW DEVASTATING THE STORM WAS FOR EVERYONE. >> EVERYTHING ON ON EVERYBODY HAVE AND SO MUCH TO VILLA FROM SILVA. IT WAS OVERWHELMING TO SAY I WANT SUPPORT AND THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO HELP US. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO THE FUNDS YET NEEDING TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT AT A BANK THAT WILL HONOR THE FUNDS RAISED THE IDEAL THE THROW AND STILL THE MONEY REPRESENTS HOPE. >> I THINK IT KIND OF GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF SIGH OF RELIEF. WE HOPE EVERYONE ELSE. I GOT AFFECTED BY STORM GETS JUST AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE IN SHEPARD, CHARLIE KLEPPS MTN NEWS. CHARLIE, THANK YOU. >> THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HERS. IT’S 7 TODAY THIS MORNING AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS FOR IRAN’S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. IT’S A CALL THAT COUNTRY’S SUPREME LEADER CONTINUES TO REJECT ISRAEL’S MILITARY SAYS IT STRUCK AROUND 20 TARGET CENTER ON YESTERDAY, PROMPTING THOUSANDS TO FLEE WITH THOSE ATTACKS TAKING PLACE. TRUMP SAYS HE IS NOW CONSIDERING JOINING ISRAEL IN STRIKING IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES. HOWEVER, SOURCES SAY THERE IS NOT AGREEMENT AMONG THE PRESIDENT’S CLOSEST ADVISORS ABOUT NEXT STEPS. YOUR OWN LEADERS WARN ANY MILITARY INVOLVEMENT BY THE U.S. WOULD CAUSE, QUOTE, IRREPARABLE DAMAGE IN A LANDMARK DECISION. A DIVIDED U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS UPHELD A TENNESSEE LAW RESTRICTING SON MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER MINORS. THAT LAW WAS CHALLENGED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND 3 FAMILIES ARGUING THE TREATMENTS ARE LIFE-SAVING FOR TEENS DIAGNOSED WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA. IT’S A DECISION THAT COULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT HERE IN MONTANA. ONE OF 26 OTHER STATES WITH RESTRICTIONS ON GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. OUR DAVID JAY DIVES DEEPER INTO WHAT THE RULING MEANS FOR THE TREASURE STATE. >> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED 6 TO 3 THAT A TENNESSEE LAW PROHIBITING PUBERTY BLOCKERS HORMONE THERAPY AND SOME SURGERIES DOES NOT VIOLATE THE 14TH AMENDMENT AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON. >> CHILDREN DESERVE PROTECTION FROM OUR STATES. NOT EXPERIMENTATION. MONTANA FAMILY FOUNDATION SAYS THIS RULING IS GOOD FOR CHILDREN WHILE THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION CALLS THIS A DEVASTATING LOSS. >> GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT THIS ATMOSPHERE ANTI-TRANSGENDER ANIMUS, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WROTE FOR THE MAJORITY STATING ROLE IS NOT TO JUDGE THE WISDOM, FAIRNESS OR LOGIC OF THE LOBBY FOR US. WE LEAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT’S POLICY TO THE PEOPLE. THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. >> STATES SHOULD BE EMBOLDENED TO TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS CHILDREN FROM IRREVERSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE AN EPIDEMIC OF CHILDREN EXPERIENCING THESE CONSEQUENCES LATER ON IN LIFE AND LEST DATES MAKE MOVES TO PROTECT THEM. NOW. >> DISSENTING JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR WROTE THAT WITH THE DECISION. THE COURT ABANDONS TRANSGENDER CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO POLITICAL WINDS. THESE DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL. >> THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS INSERTING ITSELF INTO THAT MEDICAL GROUP. >> DECEMBER, THE MONTANA SUPREME COURT AGREED WITH A LOWER COURT. THE LAW PROHIBITING MINORS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA FROM GETTING SURGICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND NOW THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW THIS U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING WILL AFFECT MONTANA LAW. THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT GIVING UP IN THE STATE OF MONTANA IS NOT GIVING UP ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DEFINITIONS THAT MAKES SENSE THAT ARE OBJECTIVE, THAT IS IMMUTABLE. YOU CAN’T CHANGE IT AND THAT WE’RE GOING TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM THESE DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTS. WE ENJOY A GREATER CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AND OUR STATE CONSTITUTION THEN EXIST UNDER THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. >> AND SO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR TRANSGENDER MINORS REMAINS LEGAL IN THE STATE AND WILL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 26 STATES HAVE LAWS WITH RESTRICTIONS ON THESE PROCEDURES. >> IN BILLINGS, DAVID, JAY MTN NEWS. >> THANKS, DAVID. THE FUTURE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROTECTIONS CAME BEFORE MONTANA FEDERAL COURT THIS WEEK. THE HEARING IS THE LATEST IN THE LONG BATTLE OVER FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR GRAY WOLVES. THE ANIMALS ARE CURRENTLY PROTECTED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT IN THE LOWER. 48 EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, INCLUDING MONTANA CONSERVATION GROUPS PETITIONED THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO REINSTATE PROTECTIONS IN THE REGION AND WHEN THE PETITION WAS DENIED, THEY SUED OVER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. THE GROUPS INCLUDING ZULLO BASED WILDERNESS WATCH SAYS TSA PROTECTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO HAVE A HEALTHY WOLF POPULATION. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WAS WRONG IN THE WAY THEY TONIGHT. THE PETITION. >> WALLS ARE STILL BEING PERSECUTED AS THOUGH WE WERE IN THE 19TH CENTURY INSTEAD OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND OUR DESIRE TO SEE THEM RECEIVE THE PROTECTIONS THAT THEY DESERVE AND THAT THEY NEED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS WHY WE WERE HEARING COURT AND I’M HOPEFUL THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. >> IN THE HEARING, LAWYERS FOR THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ARGUED THAT WITH MANAGEMENT FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES, THE WOLF POPULATION DOES NOT NEED FEDERAL PROTECTION AND THAT THE AGENCY WAS JUSTIFIED IN ITS DENIAL. JUDGE DONALD MOLLOY OF MISSOULA SAID HE WOULD RULE ON THE CASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. STARTING TODAY, SOME YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CLOSING MUCH EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. THE MADISON RIVER FIRE WHOLE RIVER AND GIVEN RIVER WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN DAILY AT 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE CLOSURE IS DUE TO WARMER WATER TEMPERATURES AND LOW RIVER FLOWS. WATER TEMPS HAVE EXCEEDED 68 DEGREES IN RECENT DAYS. AND THOSE CONDITIONS CAN BE LETHAL TO TROUT. THE CLOSURE WILL PROTECT THE PARK’S NATIVE AND WILD TROUT FISHERIES AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE YELLOWSTONE LAKE