THANKS.

>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> Eric: YOU BET, YOU BET.

"ALMANAC" HAS REPEATEDLY REACHED OUT TO ALL TEN MEMBERS OF OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, INCLUDING OUR REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOSE INVITATIONS TO JOIN US, OF COURSE, ARE STILL OPEN.

ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE GOT TO HEAR FROM VOTERS IN DROVES AT PRECINCT CAUCUSES THAT KICKED OFF A BUSY CAMPAIGN SEASON.

POLITICAL REPORTER MARY LAHAMMER SHOWS US HOW THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IS AFFECTING ALL THE TOP CONTESTS.

>> I HAVE ANNOUNCED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY WE'LL DRAW DOWN 700 PEOPLE EFFECTIVE TODAY.

>> Mary: ANOTHER PROMISE OF A DRAWDOWN OF FEDERAL AGENTS IS MEANT WITH HOPE AND SKEPTICISM IN MINNESOTA AS A BOY WITH A BLUE HAT AND BACKPACK CAME HOME AFTER JUDICIAL INTERVENTION.

>> THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE AROUND.

NOT MASKED AGENTS CARRYING AUTOMATIC WEAPONS THAT ARE PULLING THEM AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

>> HE CALLED THE OPERATION METRO SURGE ILL CONCEIVED AND INCOMPETENTLY IMPLEMENTED.

LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S ABOUT AS POWERFUL LANGUAGE YOU'RE EVER GOING TO READ IN A JUDICIAL DECISION.

>> Mary: SCHOOL LEADERS ARE TIRED OF KIDS MISSING AND FEARING I.C.E.

AGENTS PATROLLING OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS.

>> NO AMOUNT OF SCHOOL-BASED SUPPORT CAN UNDO THE TRAUMA CAUSED BY FEDERAL AGENTS POSTURING IN, ON, AND NEAR OUR SCHOOL PROPERTIES.

>> SCHOOLS MUST BE SAFE PLACES.

THEY MUST NEVER BECOME PLACES OF INTIMIDATION.

I.C.E.

DOES NOT BELONG IN AND AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.

IN AND AROUND OUR US TOPS.

[ Applause ] I WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP.

AND I AM ASKING URGENTLY FOR ACTION.

GET .C.E.

OUT OF SCHOOLS!

>> THEY ARE EXHAUSTED.

I AM EXHAUSTED.

EVERY DAY I SEE THE STRESS, TEARS, AND FEAR AS THEY FACE THE UNCERTAINTY OF EACH SCHOOL DAY.

HOW MANY KIDS WILL BE IN CLASS THAT DAY?

AND HOW MANY WILL GO HOME TO FIND A PARENT MISSING?

>> WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT LIAM AND HIS FATHER WERE ABLE TO RETURN HOME SAFELY.

BUT WE KNOW THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE SUPPORT THAT HE'LL NEED TO PROCESS THIS EXPERIENCE THAT ILL LIKELY HAVE LONG-LASTING TRAUMATIC EFFECTS.

>> FRUSTRATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ACTION IN MINNESOTA LED TO ROBUST, EVEN RECORD TURNOUT FOR DEMOCRATS IN PRECINCT CAUCUSES ACROSS THE STATE AND A RELATIVELY EASY WIN FOR U.S.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.

>> OUR STATE IS ONCE AGAIN THE CENTER OF AMERICA'S HEARTBREAK, BUT I HOPE MY HAD COLLEAGUES SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO THE CENTER OF AMERICA'S COURAGE AND HOPE.

COURAGE AND HOPE WHEN 50,000 PEOPLE MARCH PEACEFULLY IN BELOW-ZERO WEATHER, COURAGE AND HOPE WHEN NEIGHBORS ARE HELPING NEIGHBORS.

>> Mary: REPUBLICANS SAW DECENT TURNOUT IN A CROWDED CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR WITH VOTERS EAGER TO END DECADES OUT OF STATEWIDE OFFICE.

SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH CONTINUES TO LEAD THE FIELD.

>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN GOVERNOR WALZ AND SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE MORE OF THE SAME.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A WALZ THIRD TERM AND MINNESOTANS NEED AND DESERVE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.

>> Mary: HER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED A PLAN TO STOP THE FRAUD, SPECIFICALLY USING HER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PICK TO TACKLE THE ISSUE.

>> I WILL SPECIFICALLY BE EMPOWERED TO REALLY CHANGE THE CULTURE OF GOVERNMENT, GETTING DOWN INTO THE PARTICULAR AGENCIES AND CROSS-AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT FRAUD STOPS.

>> Mary: BUT THE PRESIDENT AND I.C.E.

ACTION COULD BE TOUGH ISSUES FOR REPUBLICANS TO COUNTER HERE.

>> WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD SAID AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT OUR BORDERS WERE SECURE, HE'S DELIVERED ON THAT.

THE BIDEN POLICIES ALLOWED AN INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS THAT ARE HERE DOING THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO ARE TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.

>> WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.

EVERYBODY SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO THAT.

>> Mary: REPUBLICAN KENDALL QUALLS FINISHED A STRONG SECOND GOING ON TO THE STATE CONVENTION.

>> THERE'S SO MUCH SUPPORT THAT 2/3 OF THE DELEGATE POOL ARE LOOKING FOR AN OUTSIDER TO LEAD OUR STATE.

NOT JUST TO ATTRACT SWING VOTERS, BUT ALSO TO CLEAN UP THE MESS OF St.

PAUL.

WE HAVE A CHOICE OF CANDIDATES, A LEGISLATOR VERSUS A LEADER.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A POLITICAL OUTSIDER TO BE THE LEADER.

>> Mary: IN THE DFL U.S.

SENATE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN PROVED POPULAR WITH THE ACTIVIST BASE.

>> DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVE UNDERESTIMATED WHO WE ARE.

>> THESE ROOMS ARE PACKED, PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED, THEY ARE READY TO FIGHT BACK, THEY ARE READY TO STAND UP FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT DEMOCRACY IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR AND MINNESOTANS KNOW IT.

SO, I AM JAZZED AFTER DFL PRECINCT CAUCUSES AND SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT TONIGHT.

>> Mary: THE MORE MODERATE MEMBER OF CONGRESS, ANGIE CRAIG, HAD TO DEFEND HER VOTE ON IMMIGRATION.

>> SHOW WE'RE XPERIENCING TOGETHER.

ANGIE CRAIG HERE.

ON CAUCUS NIGHT.

I'M SO EXCITED TO MEET EVERYBODY.

I'M OT SUPPOSED TO -- WHEN WE'RE IN SESSION, BUT I DID ANYWAY.

RIGHT AFTER I VOTED AGAINST A