>> "ALMANAC" IS A PRODUCTION OF TWIN CITIES PBS FOR THE STATIONS OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION.

>> Cathy: COMING UP ON THIS FRIDAY ALMANAC, SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND D.C.

POLITICS.

THE TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PHILANDO CASTILE'S DEATH BY A POLICE OFFICER, A LOOK BACK IN THE TPT ARCHIVES AT A TRAILBLAZING LAWMAKER, AND MARY LAHAMMER MEETS UP WITH POLITICAL LEADERS WHO ARE FORGING BIPARTISANSHIP OVER THE WORLD CUP.

>> WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW WORLD CUP SOCCER IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, INCLUDING POLITICAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE AISLE.

>> WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS WE DON'T HATE EACH OTHER.

>> I THINK WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND SAY THAT WE HATE FIFA AS AN INSTITUTION.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S COMING UP ON "ALMANAC."

♪ >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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>> Cathy: GLAD YOU'RE HERE, THIS IS "ALMANAC."

COMING UP LIVE COOKING IN THE STUDIO FROM A LOCAL MINNEAPOLIS HOT SPOT AT MINNEHAHA FALLS.

WE REMEMBER FORMER REPRESENTATIVE KAREN CLARK WHO DIED LAST WEEK.

VALERIE CASTILE SITS DOWN TEN YEARS AFTER THE POLICE KILLING OF HER SON.

>> Eric: WE'RE STARTING TONIGHT WITH D.C.

AND ABROAD, THE CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAS COLLAPSED AFTER RENEWED U.S.

STRIKES ON IRAN AND TODAY THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO SIGN A BIPARTISAN HOUSING BILL FROM CONGRESS.

HE DID NOT OWEVER ISSUE A VETO, IT MEANS IT GOES INTO LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE.

LET'S TURN TO DAVID SCHULTZ, TEACHES POLITICAL SCIENCE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY AND IS ALSO AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST.

THOMAS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MITCH MCCONNELL.

>> THERE IS A GOOD CASE TO BE MADE AT THIS POINT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST SENATOR OR ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE LEGISLATURE IN, CONGRESS THAT'S HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS.

MITCH MCCONNELL, I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT AT LEAST FOR A MONTH, GO BACK FOR AT LEAST A YEAR IF NOT MORE HE'S HAD -- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN STROKES, TIAs OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT BUT CLEARLY WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM THERE.

AND WE HAVE THE 25TH AMENDMENT, 25TH I THINK IT IS FOR THE PRESIDENT, NEVER BEEN -- ACTUALLY BEEN INVOKED A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WE PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING FOR LEGISLATORS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TERM LIMITS, AGE LIMITS OR SOMETHING TO REMOVE THEM FOR INCAPACITATION, I THINK THAT DEBATE IS OUT THERE.

>> Cathy: WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS?

>> BOY, THAT IS A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION HERE.

IS THAT DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THE HEALTH OF ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

>> Cathy: ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER HUBERT HUMPHREY WHEN HE WAS SENATOR, HE WAS VERY OPEN ABOUT HIS BLADDER CANCER.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Cathy: HE WAS VERY OPEN ABOUT TREATMENTS AND PROGNOSIS, HE EVEN SPOKE BEFORE THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ABOUT IT.

SO YOU CAN BE REALLY OPEN, OR.

>> YEAH, OR YOU COULD HAVE OPEN IN THE SENSE WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON WAS PRESIDENT LIFTING UP HIS SHIRT AND SHOWING, WHAT, HIS APPENDECTOMY SCAR?

THAT'S PROBABLY TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

BUT, NO THIS GETS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH IS THE PUBLIC ENTITLED TO FOR THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL PHYSICALS IN TERMS OF INFORMATION AND SO FORTH.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, CLEARLY BUT IS THE PUBLIC ENTITLED TO KNOW IF THEY'RE IN GOOD HEALTH OR NOT?

I THINK SO, MAYBE THE BETTER QUESTION IS IS THE PUBLIC ENTITLED TO KNOW THAT THE INDIVIDUALS ARE UP AND CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THEIR WORK.

NOW, HOW WE MAKE THAT JUDGMENT AGAIN I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE MITCH MCCONNELL PROBLEMS AND I'M FORGETTING HER NAME NOW, THE CALIFORNIA SENATOR FROM A FEW YEARS AGO.

>> DIANNE FEINSTEIN?

>> I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY WERE WHEELING HER IN ON A GURNEY BUT THEY WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHEELING HER IN ON A GURNEY ALSO.

>> Eric: HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE ANOTHER -- HOW LIKELY DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE ANOTHER SHOT AT THE BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP?

>> IT IS INCREDIBLY RARE FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO REVISIT A QUESTION AND SAY, WELL, WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IT WRONG, LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

THE CLOSEST ANALOGY TO THIS, DOESN'T REALLY FIT, ONE IS BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1954 WHICH IS ALL ABOUT SEGREGATION WHERE THE COURT ASKED FOR IT TO BE REARGUED BUT NOT BEFORE THEY RENDERED AND A DECISION AND THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF OTHER CASES OUT THERE WHERE THE COURT CHANGED ITS MIND BUT NOT WITH THE PRESIDENT ASKING IT TO RETHINK IT.

WHEN THE DECISION CAME DOWN ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, BOUT A WEEK AGO, TEN DAYS AGO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMEONE SAID TO ME, WELL, THAT ISSUE IS DEAD.

I SAID THAT ISSUE IS NOT DEAD.

THERE'S GOING TO BE EFFORTS IN CONGRESS TO TRY AND PASS A LAW EVEN THOUGH YOU NEED AMENDMENT FOR IT, THE PRESIDENT'S GOING TO KEEP PUSHING ON IT.

IT'S NOT A DEAD ISSUE.

>> Cathy: IF YOU THINK BIRTHRIGHT IS NOT A DEAD ISSUE I'M WONDERING ABOUT THIS REALLY STRICT VOTER I.D.

BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT REALLY WANTS.

AND HE SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO SIGN THE BIPARTISAN HOUSING BILL BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO MOVEMENT ON THAT VOTER I.D.

BILL.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE ANYWAY.

I'M JUST WONDERING IS IT MUST ADO ABOUT NOTHING?

OR IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE WEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR WHEN IT COMES TO VOTER I.D.

ISSUES HEADING INTO THE GENERAL.

>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE ANYTHING FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

FIRST I THINK THE REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE THE VOTES TO OVERRIDE THE FILIBUSTER IN THE SENATE.

TWO, AS MUCH AS HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT VOTER RAUD AND AGAIN WE CAN BE HONEST AND SAY IT'S REALLY NEGLIGIBLE, THERE'S A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ALSO UPSET WITH THAT IDEA AND DON'T ANT TO HAVE VOTER I.D., BECAUSE WHY?

A LOT OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE VOTING BY MAIL, VOTING REMOTELY AND THIS COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN TERMS OF ALSO AFFECTING REPUBLICANS.

ON TOP OF WHICH NOW NOBODY LIKES TO CHANGE THE RULES SO CLOSE TO AN ELECTION.

ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING RULES ARE GENERALLY THE MOST CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY'VE WON BY THE EXISTING RULES, WHY CHANGE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

SO I THINK AT THIS POINT IT'S PROBABLY DEAD.

LAST POINT I SHOULD MAKE HERE IS REMEMBER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CONSTITUTION LEAVES TO THE STATES THE AUTHORITY TO RUN THE ELECTIONS.

SO TO A LARGE EXTENT THIS IS A GREAT TALKING POINTS ISSUE FOR BOTH SIDES BUT SUBSTANTIVELY MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

>> Eric: WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS IN THE POLITICAL PANEL.

THANKS FOR COMING OVER.

>> MY PLEASURE.

♪ >> Cathy: THIS MONDAY MARKED TEN YEARS SINCE THE POLICE KILLING OF PHILANDO CASTILE IN FALCON HEIGHTS AT THE HANDS OF OFFICER JERONIMO YANEZ.

OFFICER YANEZ WOULD LATER BE CHARGED AND ACQUITTED BUT PHILANDO'S LEGACY CONTINUES.

ON THIS WEEK OF THIS ANNIVERSARY WE ASKED HIS MOTHER VALERIE CASTILE, WHO'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR POLICE REFORM FOR THE PAST DECADE SINCE HER SON'S DEATH, AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO SIT DOWN WITH US.

ANNIVERSARIES CAN BE KIND OF FRAUGHT, NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UT PHILANDO'S DEATH WAS PUBLIC, IT WAS SUDDEN, IT WAS VIOLENT ND I'M WONDERING THIS HAS BEEN A LONG WEEK OF DIGGING UP MEMORIES, HOW IS YOUR HEART TONIGHT?

>> MY HEART IS FINE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN OVER THE MEMORATIONS THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AND UNITY GET-TOGETHER IN FALCON HEIGHTS.

SO I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW.

>> Cathy: IT MUST BE EXHAUSTING, THOUGH.

>> OH, IT IS.

IT IS.

AND I WAS REALLY AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTING OF RENEE GOOD AND ALEX, BECAUSE IT HIT ME TWO-FOLD.

RENEE WAS IN HER VEHICLE, AND ALEX HAD A RIGHT TO CARRY.

SO THEY REALLY HURT MY HEART.

>> Eric: ABOUT THE RIGHT TO CARRY, YOU'VE ASKED TO MAKE TRAFFIC STOPS SAFER AND CHANGED THE LAW AS FAR AS TRAFFIC SPOTS IN A CAR.

>> YES, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL PUTTING IN THE MINNESOTA DRIVER'S MANUAL ABOUT GUIDING LEADERSHIP AND HOW TO REACT WHEN YOU'RE STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER.

>> Cathy: WHAT DO YOU THINK PHILANDO WOULD THINK OF YOUR ADVOCACY?

YOU DOVE INTO THIS WITH NO ROAD MAP.

>> I KNOW, THERE IS NO PLAYBOOK ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOUR LOVED ONE IS KILLED IN ANY MANNER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO DO THING THAT HE HELD NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART AND THAT WAS COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND HE CHILDREN THAT HE SERVED.

SO THAT'S WHY I DID THOSE THINGS IN THAT ORDER.

YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR FOOD INSECURITIES AND PRETTY MUCH HOUNDING THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE FREE MEALS FOR ALL BILL.

AND I STOOD ON CAPITOL HILL WITH REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR TO PRESENT THE NO SHAME AT SCHOOL ACT, WHICH BOTH PASSED.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT FINDING SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF A BAD SITUATION.

>> Cathy: RIGHT.

WHAT'S FRUSTRATING?

WHAT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING ABOUT TRYING TO WORK WITHIN HE SYSTEM TO GET CHANGE?

>> OH, MY GOD.

WHAT'S FRUSTRATING IS TO GO DOWN TO THE STATE CAPITOL AND GO AND TALK TO THIS PERSON, SAY THE SAME THING ON COUNTLESS MEASURES, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IF IT MAKES SENSE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE IN LIGHT F MY SON BEING KILLED MAKES SENSE.

SO IT WAS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY NO AND SOME WILL BE YES, BUT I JUST KEPT COMING BACK.

>> Eric: YOU'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF FOLKS REACHING OUT TO YOU.

I EVEN READ THIS WEEK THAT THERE'S ARTWORK THAT HAS BEEN IN THE MINNEAPOLIS NSTITUTED OF ARTS -- INSTITUTE OF ARTS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT?

THAT'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

>> YEAH.

THE ARTWORK, I HAVE A ROOM DEDICATED TO PHILANDO AND I WAS SURROUNDED BY ARTWORK AND IT MADE TAKE FEEL BETTER.

AND I WANT TODAY SHARE THE ARTWORK WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY.

EVERYTHING THAT I DO IS COMMUNITY CENTERED SO IT WAS AMAZING JUST TO TALK WITH THEM AND THEM TO AGREE TO HAVE AN EXHIBITION DESIGNED AROUND A BLACK MAN.

>> Cathy: TELL ME ABOUT THAT ROOM DEDICATED TO PHILANDO.

>> OH, MAN, I COULD SHOW YOU PICTURES, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S ALL TYPE OF ARTWORK, DIFFERENT TYPES, LIKE WATER PAINTING, SKETCHES, PAINTS, CERAMICS.

JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART.

DRAWINGS WITH CRAYONS FROM CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, LETTERS, JUST A RAY OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF ART THAT I HAVE.

QUILTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF STUFF.

I HAVE PROBABLY THE LARGEST ART COLLECTION THAN ANYBODY BECAUSE I HAVE THAT STUFF STORED IN MY GARAGE.

AND THAT'S ABOUT MAKING THE EXHIBITION MYSELF.

>> Cathy: WHEN DO YOU GO IN THAT ROOM?

>> I GO IN MY ROOM DAILY.

I HAVE TO PASS BY WHEN I GO ON THE STEPS, I GO IN THERE AND SAY GOOD MORNING PHILO.

>> Eric: THAT'S NICE.

I WONDER ABOUT THE MISSION YOU'VE ADOPTED, WHAT'S NEXT?

WHAT'S THE NEXT PROJECT TO FURTHER THE CAUSE?

>> WELL, WE WANT TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.

YOU KNOW, HOUSING SECURITIES I WOULD SAY.

WE WANT TO ADDRESS HOUSING SECURITIES.

I WANTED TO PRETTY MUCH HAVE A FOCUS AROUND WOMEN, SINGLE PARENTS, AND WOMEN COMING OUT OF PRISON.

YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF TRY TO STOP RECIDIVISM BY GIVING THEM A STEPPING STONE.

>> Eric: WE ADMIRE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND AMID ALL THE TRAGEDY YOU'VE REALLY MADE SOMETHING POSITIVE OUT OF IT.

>> YES, SIR, THAT'S ALL I COULD DO IS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DISPARITIES WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES, AND WE JUST NEED THAT LIFT, YOU KNOW AND EMPOWERMENT.

>> Cathy: IT'S SAID THAT PEOPLE, -- PEOPLE DON'T DIE WHEN THEY'RE, THAT THEIR NAMES CONTINUE TO BE SAID THEY'RE NEVER REALLY GONE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, YOU HAD TO PUT THAT NAME IN PEOPLE'S MINDS AND IN THEIR HEARTS.

YOU KNOW, PHILANDO WAS A PHENOMENAL PERSON AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS SCARED TO DEATH, I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD.

I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP MY BABY ALIVE, GUESS WHAT?

I'M DOING IT.

>> Eric: YOU'RE DOING IT.

THANKS FOR COMING OVER.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Eric: YOU BET.

>> YEAH.

♪ >> Adia: BEING A PASSIONATE FAN WHEN NO ONE ELSE CARES CAN BE LONELY WORK.

IMAGINE LIKING A BAND OR A MUSICIAN FOR YEARS ON YEARS.

YOU ATTEND THEIR SHOWS IN GRUBBY, HOLE-IN-THE-WALL CLUBS.

YOU BUY THE MERCH.

YOU EVANGELIZE TO EVERYONE ABOUT HOW AWESOME THE MUSIC IS AND EVERYONE JUST GOES, “UH HUH.

THAT’S NICE.” THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYONE’S WEARING THE T-SHIRT.

TALKING ABOUT THE MUSIC ONLINE.

THEY’RE BUMPING THEIR SONGS IN THE CLUB.

YOUR FRIENDS ARE ASKING YOU, “OH MY GOSH!

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS NEW SONG?” AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE!

YOU’VE HEARD ALL THE SONGS!

YOU KNOW ALL THE LYRICS, AND IT’S MADDENING THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS JUST NOW CATCHING ON, BUT YOU SMILE AND SAY, “YEAH, IT’S REALLY GREAT, ISN’T IT?” BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, YOU WANT EVERYONE TO LOVE THE MUSIC AS MUCH AS YOU DO.

I IMAGINE BEING A LONG-TERM LYNX FAN IS KIND OF LIKE THAT.

I’M ONE OF THE NEWBIES CROWING TO EVERYONE ABOUT HOW GREAT OUR TEAM IS.

I’M THE ONE THAT WENT “UH HUH,” EVERY TIME PEOPLE SAID, “THE LYNX HAVE WON FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS!” AND THEN MY SISTER TOOK ME TO GAME 4 OF THE 2024 CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE AT TARGET CENTER AND I WAS HOOKED.

LYNX FAN FOR LIFE.

THE PASSION, TEAM CAMARADERIE, THE SHOW-STOPPING SKILL ON THE COURT, THE ENERGY OF THE CROWD: 10 OUT OF 10.

NO NOTES.

SO LONG-TERM LYNX FANS: THE ARENAS HAVEN’T ALWAYS BEEN FULL AND THE MEDIA COVERAGE WAS SPARSE, BUT, IN CASE NO ONE’S TOLD YOU, THANKS TO YOU AND THE INCREDIBLE PLAYERS FOR HANGING IN THERE.

LET’S GO, LYNX!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> Eric: PIONEERING FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE KAREN CLARK DIED AT THE AGE OF 80 LAST WEEK.

CLARK WAS THE FIRST OPENLY LESBIAN STATE LAWMAKER IN THE COUNTRY WHEN SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 1980.

SHE RETIRED IN 2019 AS THE NATION'S LONGEST SERVING OPENLY LESBIAN STATE LEGISLATOR IN THE NATION.

A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, REPRESENTATIVE CLARK PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN EXPANDING THE MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT BACK IN 1993.

IN 2013 SHE WAS THE CHIEF HOUSE AUTHOR OF THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL THAT BECAME LAW.

REPRESENTATIVE CLARK WAS FEATURED IN THE TWIN CITIES PBS HISTORY DOCUMENTARY "OUT NORTH” IN THE FALL OF 2017.

AND HERE'S AN EXCERPT THAT LOOKS BACK AT HER ACTIVISM AND DECISION TO RUN FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

>> THE FARMER LABOR ASSOCIATION SAID WE WANT TO RUN SOMEBODY FOR THE LEGISLATURE, AND THEY SENT THEIR EMISSARY TO ME AND SAID WOULD YOU CONSIDER RUNNING FOR THE LEGISLATURE?

TO ME I JUST LAUGHED, I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING.

I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE, I'VE BEEN OUT N THE STREET IN THE ANTIWAR PROTESTS AND OTHER LESBIAN FEMINIST THINGS.

AND AFTER I GOT DONE LAUGHING THEY SAID WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE VERY SERIOUS AND WE WANT YOU TO BE OUR CANDIDATE.

I THOUGHT, WELL, IF I'M GONNA RUN, I'M GONNA WIN.

♪ ♪ >> WE NEED LEADERS WITH COURAGE.

♪ ♪ [ CROWD CHEERING ] >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS, I WOULD CERTAINLY RISE TO STRONGLY OPPOSE ... ♪ ♪ >> THING THAT PEOPLE OFTEN PUT IN AN INTRODUCTION OF WHO I AM, SHE'S THE LONGEST SERVING OPENLY GAY, LESBIAN GAY PERSON IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT'S TRUE IN TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

MY PARTNER OF 26 YEARS WHEN WE GOT MARRIED HER NAME WAS JACQUELINE ZITA.

I HAD MET HER SHORTLY AFTER I GOT ELECTED, SHE WAS AN OPENLY LESBIAN, ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY LESBIAN PROFESSORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

SHE ASKED ME TO SPEAK TO HER CLASS.

A FEW YEARS LATER A FRIEND OF OURS INTRODUCED US AT THE GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL, AND WE DID MEET EACH OTHER, AND SHE CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND SAID I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO TALK ABOUT.

I THOUGHT THAT'S A NEW LINE.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

[ LAUGHTER ] I LOVE THIS WOMAN DEARLY, SHE'S THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE.

OF COURSE BEFORE I COULD GET MARRIED, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD TO PASS A LAW THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE.

♪ ♪ >> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DEAL WITH RACIAL DISPARITIES WITHIN OUR OWN MOVEMENT AND THAT WE CANNOT TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WOMEN ARE STILL NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED WITHIN THE GLBTQ MOVEMENT.

I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

♪ >> Adia: TUCKED AWAY AT MINNEHAHA FALLS IS LOCAL SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RESTAURANT, SEA SALT EATERY, AND THEY HAVE A NEW BOOK OF RECIPES AND HISTORY SET TO RELEASE NEXT TUESDAY.

HERE WITH US NOW ARE THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK, KAIT ZIEMER-DAVIS IS A MANAGER TURNED CO-OWNER OF SEA SALT, AND WITH HER IS FORMER "STAR TRIBUNE" EDITOR AND COLUMNIST GAIL ROSENBLUM.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US, THIS IS A TREAT FOR US.

>> YEAH, I'M -- WELL, IT'S A TREAT FOR ME TOO.

[ LAUGHTER ] I LOVE SEA SALT AND I IMAGINE OTHER PEOPLE DO TOO BASED ON THAT LONG LINE THAT YOU USUALLY HAVE.

I AM CURIOUS HOW YOUR JOURNEY STARTED AT SEA SALT.

YOU COOK, OBVIOUSLY, IT SAYS YOU'RE MANAGER AND CO-OWNER BUT YOU COOK OBVIOUSLY.

>> YEAH, I STARTED THERE VERY RANDOMLY KIND OF SIMILARLY TO MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES, I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS WORKING WITH THERE ONE SUMMER AND I NEEDED A SUMMER JOB.

AND THEN I JUST SORT OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WORK AND KEPT GOING BACK SEASON AFTER SEASON AND GROWING AND LEARNING NEW THINGS.

>> Adia: YEAH, AWESOME.

HOW DID YOU TWO MEET?

>> YES, HOW DID WE MEET?

WELL, FORTUNATELY FOR US KAIT MARRIED MY DAUGHTER SYDNEY, SHE'S MY DAUGHTER IN LAW.

A FEW YEARS AGO WE GOT WIND OF THE FACT SEA SALT WAS GOING TO BE 20 AND I WAS RETIRING FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO AND I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS THE MOST PERFECT PROJECT, HOW ABOUT IF WE COLLABORATE ON A COOKBOOK TOGETHER, I'LL WRITE THE STORY AND YOU GOT TOED GATHER UP THOSE AMAZING RECIPES FOR HOME COOKS SO IT'S BEEN A DELIGHTFUL PROJECT FOR ME BSOLUTELY.

>> Adia: WHAT ARE YOU PREPARING FOR US TONIGHT >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE NEW ORLEANS BARBECUE SHRIMP.

>> Adia: AMAZING.

>> I'VE GOT THE PAN NICE AND HOT AND A LITTLE LADLE FULL OF OUR SAUCE.

AND THIS IS A SUPER EASY RECIPE TO MAKE AT HOME.

SO I'LL JUST THROW -- WE'LL THROW SIX SHRIMP IN THERE.

>> Adia: NICE.

SO GAIL, WE HEARD HERE'S A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST RECIPES IN THE BOOK.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK.

>> SO IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO FIND.

KAIT SENT ME OFF ON THIS GREAT MISSION OF EXPLORING AND I DUG ALL THE WAY INTO THE HISTORY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY STAGES WHERE THE BUILDING THAT PEOPLE ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH HAS BEEN THERE MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

>> Adia: WOW.

>> SO IT'S BEEN SEA SALT FOR 20 BUT IT HAS A WONDERFUL RICH HISTORY AND SOME REALLY FUNNY STORIES ABOUT IT OVER THE YEARS.

SO I DUG INTO THE HISTORY AND THEN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING THE REGULARS WHO WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, THE DAY IT OPENED AND ALSO SOME OF THE STAFF WHO HAVE STAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN, IT JUST KEPT GROWING AND GROWING, AND THE STORIES WERE GREAT.

>> Adia: WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND THE BOOK AND WHEN DOES IT RELEASE?

>> YES, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS NEXT TUESDAY AND NEXT WEDNESDAY WE'LL BE AT MOON PALACE BOOKS IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS FOR OUR LAUNCH PARTY AT 7:00 P.M.

ON WEDNESDAY THE 15TH.

BUT IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ALL YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORES, INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES, AND THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS AS WELL.

SO SHOULD BE EASY TO FIND.

>> Adia: ONDERFUL.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, I CAN'T WAIT TO TASTE THIS WHEN WE'RE RIGHT BACK.

♪ >> Cathy: IT'S JULY 10TH IN MINNESOTA.

I THINK WE CAN OFFICIALLY SAY THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE HERE.

IT WAS HOT TODAY, IT WILL BE HOTTER TOMORROW AND THE DAY AFTER THAT.

AND AFTER THAT.

AND THE REAL QUESTION IS, WILL WE HIT OUR FIRST TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURE OF THE SEASON BEFORE NEXT FRIDAY'S SHOW?

PAUL DOUGLAS IS HERE.

WHEN HE'S NOT JOINING US IN STUDIO B YOU CAN CATCH HIS PREDICTIONS IN THE STAR TRIBUNE AND HE ALSO RUNS HIS OWN WEATHER COMPANY ALLED PRAEDICTIX.

LET US TALK ABOUT HAT TORNADO AROUND DETROIT LAKES.

>> YEP.

>> Cathy: IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR HALF-MILE?

NO.

>> IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 7 MILES.

>> Cathy: AND IT WAS A HALF-MILE WIDE.

WHAT THE HECK.

>> BIG FLOYD LAKE.

THIS WAS A SIZEABLE TWISTER, EF2, ESTIMATED WINDS 115.

I'M RELIEVED THERE WERE ONLY TWO INJURIES TO MY KNOWLEDGE BASED ON WHAT THE WEATHER SERVICE ANALYSIS SHOWED FROM GRAND FORKS, BUT, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A REASONABLY QUIET YEAR FOR TORNADOES, THAT'S BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL.

AND I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE FOR THE TWIN CITIES MARATHON.

PUSHING IT BACK.

>> Cathy: ANOTHER BIT OF NEWS WEATHER-WISE.

>> BASED ON DATA, ASED ON THE FACT THAT, YES, OCTOBERS ARE TRENDING WARMER.

>> Eric: I'M MORE OF A VISUAL LEARNER, MAYBE YOU COULD -- >> Cathy: THERE YOU ARE.

>> WERE WE HAVE VISUALS, YES, WE DO.

>> Eric: GO FOR IT.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT 18-YEAR TIME SLOTS WE'VE ALMOST TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF 70-DEGREE-PLUS DAYS FOR THE TWIN CITIES MARATHON.

IT STARTED IN '82, BETWEEN '82 AND 2000 ONLY THREE DAYS AT OR ABOVE 70.

BETWEEN 2007 AND LAST YEAR, EIGHT TIMES, WE'VE HAD 80s, WE'VE HAD 90s.

MY WIFE RAN SIX MARATHONS INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES MARATHON.

SHE SAID, YOU NOW, 40s, 50s IS KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT, ANYTHING MORE THAN 07 AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY MADE THAT DECISION.

BASED ON THE WEATHER SERVICE, 30-YEAR CLIMATE DATA WE ARE NOW SEEING ON AVERAGE 24 MORE DAYS OF WARMER THAN AVERAGE NOW THAN WE DID BACK IN 1970.

AND MINNESOTA IS ONE OF THE FASTEST WARMING FALL STATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

THE WARMING SIGNAL IS STRONGEST IN THE WINTER.

NUMBER TWO SEASON IS FALL.

WE'RE SIMPLY SEEING MORE 60s, 70s, 80s DEEPER INTO OCTOBER.

AND, YEAH, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH A WARMING ATMOSPHERE.

WE'RE ALSO PROBABLY GETTING A BOOST FROM THIS MAJOR EL NINO.

SOME OF THE LATEST MODELS SHOW 4, 5 CELSIUS WARMER THAN AVERAGE.

WHICH IS A BIG DEAL.

IF IT REALLY TURNS OUT TO BE 8, 9 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE IN THE PACIFIC, THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT LEAST SINCE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THESE EL NINO PHENOMENON.

>> Cathy: WOW.

>> AND WHAT EFFECT THAT WILL HAVE, WE WILL SEE.

BUT STRONG CORRELATION WITH WARMER WINTERS FOR MINNESOTA.

AND AGAIN WE'RE SORT OF OFF THE SCALE IN TERMS OF THE WARMTH AND THE DEPTH OF WARM WATER IN THE PACIFIC.

YOU CAN SEE PREVIOUS YEARS THE AVERAGE, THE MEAN IS SORT OF THAT DARK GREY LINE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE ARE.

WE'RE WAY UP THERE.

SO, YEAH, EL NINO, HERE WE GO.

AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HELP TO HEAT THINGS UP STARTING NEXT WEEK WHEN A HEAT DOME, A BUBBLE OF HOT, DRY DESERT AIR IS GOING TO STALL TEMPORARILY.

IT'S GOING TO BE TOO DRY ALOFT TO GET THUNDERSTORMS.

AND THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE A SLOUGH OF 90s, A SHOT AT 100.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THE METRO WILL SEE 100.

I THINK SOUTH AND WEST OF THE METRO, WESTERN MINNESOTA, A BETTER CHANCE OF 100-DEGREE HEAT FOR A WEEK, MAYBE TWO WEEKS.

THIS COULD BE THE HOTTEST SPELL OF THE SUMMER.

AND PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, PAUL, HOW DID OUR ANCESTORS DEAL WITH 25 DAYS OF 100-PLUS DURING THE DUST BOWL?

>> Cathy: THEY WERE TOUGH, THOUGH.

>> THEY WERE TOUGH.

DID THEY COMPLAIN?

PROBABLY, BUT THEY PERSEVERED, SLEPT IN SLEEPING PORCHES, MOVED FROM UPSTAIRS INTO THE LOWER LEVEL, IF THEY AD A BASEMENT, THEY SPENT MUCH OF THEIR DAY IN THE BASEMENT, SLEPT NEAR LAKES, AND A LOT OF FARMERS GOT UP AT 4:00 A.M.

EVEN EARLIER TO TRY TO GET THEIR WORK DONE BEFORE THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON.

I WAS IN CHICAGO WORKING, WELL, PRETENDING TO WORK IN 1995 WHEN THERE WAS JUST A MEGA HEATWAVE, FIVE DAYS, 739 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES, MANY OF THEM UNABLE OR NWILLING TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES OR APARTMENTS.

DEW POINTS WERE IN THE 80s.

NIGHTS IN THE 80s.

AND PEOPLE SIMPLY COULDN'T GET RELIEF.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE DATA SHOWS.

IT'S NOT THE DAYTIME HIGHS, IT'S THE NIGHTTIME LOWS.

IF YOU GO THREE, FOUR NIGHTS IN A ROW IN THE 80s, PEOPLE CAN'T RECOVER.

HEAT, THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN THE COUNTRY.

AND, AGAIN, THAT HEATWAVE IN '95 CHANGED HOW THE WEATHER SERVICE APPROACHES HEAT.

THEY APPROACH IT NOW LIKE THEY WOULD AN ONCOMING HURRICANE CAPABLE OF A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF LIFE.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REAL SUMMER, A SUPERSIZED SUMMER, AND A LONGER, MILDER AUTUMN, LESS SNOW, PROBABLY MORE RAIN, MIXED PRECIPITATION, I'M THINKING A DES MOINES WINTER.

>> Cathy: AWW, REALLY?

>> COULD BE KANSAS CITY WINTER.

>> Eric: EXCELLENT INFORMATION TONIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> Cathy: KEEP COOL.

>> WE GOT THE CRAZY EXTREMES.

CAMPFIRES BANNED IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS, FIRE THREAT, RECORD FLOODING IN AUSTIN.

ANYWAY, TOO MUCH WEATHER.

>> Cathy: SEE YOU LATER.

HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A POPULAR CHEF RIGHT NOW IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHO'S TAKING HIS FARM TO TABLE CUISINE BACK TO THE FARM.

ONE GREATER MINNESOTA REPORTER KAOMI LEE CAUGHT UP WITH MATTHEW JENSEN AND HIS WIFE AMBER ABOUT THEIR NEW VENTURE.

>> BURR VINEYARDS IS NEAR BRANDON, MINNESOTA.

IT WILL SOON BE THE SITE OF TONIGHT'S CROWDED TABLE, AND FEATURE WINE FROM THE COLD-HEARTED GRAPES.

>> LIKE I SAID, MY GRANDPA STARTED, AND HE WAS A VETERINARIAN.

>> ONCE A RETIREMENT PLAN, A YOUNGER GENERATION IS AT THE HELM.

FRONTENAC AND MARKHEAD GRAPES CREATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HELPED LAUNCH THE VINEYARD.

>> THESE GRAPES WERE PLANTED IN 2006.

>> AFTER THE TABLE IT'S TIME TO SAMPLE WINE AND HORS D'OEUVRES.

BUT THE WINES AND ALFRESCO SETTING ARE ONLY PART OF THE ATTRACTION.

THE MAIN EVENT IS A FOUR-COURSE DINNER COOKED OVER AN OPEN FIRE BY AREA CHEF MATTHEW JENSEN.

>> WAY TRICKIER THAN COOKING ANY OTHER WAY.

WOODFIRE OVEN, THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES ON THE HEAT, LIKE HUNDREDS OF DEGREES.

>> BUT IF ANYONE CAN DELIVER WOODFIRE OVEN PERFECTION ON THIS EUROPEAN HERITAGE BREED PORK LOIN, HE CAN.

>> THE FLAVOR OF WOOD IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN JUST GAS OR PROPANE OR EVEN JUST CHARCOAL.

>> WHEN THEY EAT A LOT OF ACORNS IN THE FALL WHICH IS WHAT THEY FED THIS, THE ACORNS TRANSFORM THE FAT, HAS A LOT MORE OMEGAS IN IT AND THE FAT GETS SOFTER AND IT'S A LOT TASTIER.

>> THIS MANGALITZA PORK LOIN WAS PRODUCED LOCALLY IN APPLETON.

HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT LOCAL FOOD AND PROMOTES THE FOOD HE SOURCES FROM.

>> THEY SOLD THE FARM THIS YEAR AFTER 13 YEARS.

>> ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE SOURCED LOCALLY FROM WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE HOSTING.

AND THEN THE HOST FAMILY IS ALSO BENEFITING.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE PRICE TAG.

AND OUR MOTTO IS ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

>> ABOUT TWO DOZEN DINERS PAY $160 EACH FOR THE EXPERIENCE.

IT'S CALLED THE CROWDED TABLE.

THE JENSENS PARTNER ARE WITH AROUND 6 OR 7 MINNESOTA FARMS PER YEAR.

THEY'RE NOW IN THEIR THIRD SEASON.

THE COURSES ARE ONLY REVEALED TO DINERS AT THE TABLE.

>> YOUR FIRST COURSE TONIGHT IS A CHEESEBALL.

>> COW'S MILK CHEESE FROM RE REDHEAD CREAMERY, FRESH RUBARD TART WITH LETTUCE.

AND OTTER TAIL COUNTY WILD RICE WITH SEARED PORK AND HERB BUTTER.

AND FINISHED WITH A MAPLE BUTTER BLONDIE WITH MACERATED RED CURRANTS.

EVERY COURSE PAIRED WITH BURR VINEYARD WINES.

THE JENSENS ARE DISRUPTING TRADITIONAL FINE DINING AND DO MOST EVERYTHING THEMSELVES.

IT'S NOT WITHOUT BIG RISKS.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY WHEN WE STARTED, AND WE STOPPED DOING DINNER SERVICE AT THE RESTAURANT AND STARTED DOING THESE AND PUT THE RESTAURANT FOR SALE SO WE CAN DO IT FULL TIME.

I THINK EVERYONE HERE WHO KNEW US KNEW IF ANYONE COULD DO IT, WE COULD.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEND YOUR MONEY LOCAL BECAUSE IT HELPS MAKE US AS A STATE MORE INDEPENDENT ECONOMY-WISE.

THE MORE MONEY E KEEP HERE, THE MORE MONEY STAYS HERE AND THE STRONGER WE ARE, WE ARE MORE RESILIENT TOWARDS ECONOMIC DROPS.

>> THIS CHICAGOAN SUMMERS IN THE AREA AND DECIDED TO GIVE THE CROWDED TABLE A TRY.

>> I REALLY LIKE THAT IT'S LIKE LOCAL FOOD, FARMERS, GROWERS.

THINGS I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD LIKE I REALLY LIKED.

>> THE JENSENS RY TO SPARK CONVERSATIONS WITH CREATIVE SEATING.

SOME SAY IT'S REFRESHING TO SOCIALIZE IN PERSON INSTEAD OF BEHIND A SCENE.

>> SO TO COME OUT INTO A PUBLIC PLACE AND MEET NEW PEOPLE AROUND A TABLE I THINK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK PEOPLE CRAVE IT.

>> CHEERS!

>> WHOO!

♪ >> Adia: WE'RE BACK HERE WITH GAIL AND KAIT, FINISHING UP SOME BBQ SHRIMP FROM THEIR NEW BOOK.

OH, I'M SUPER EXCITED.

SO IF I WERE TO ORDER -- THIS IS AT THE RESTAURANT, RIGHT?

THIS IS AVAILABLE >> CORRECT, YEP.

>> Adia: IF I WERE TO ORDER THIS AT SEA SALT, HOW WOULD IT BE PRESENTED ON THE PLATE?

>> WE SERVE IT WITH A SIDE SALAD, TO COOL YOUR MOUTH ESPECIALLY FOR MINNESOTANS.

LITTLE BIT OF HEAT, YEAH.

NEW ORLEANS STYLE BARBECUE SAUCE AND WE SERVE IT, PUT A LITTLE RICE DOWN FOR YA.

AND THEN SERVE IT HERE.

WE COOK THEM WITH THE SHELL ON.

I DID POP THE SHELL OFF OF ONE OF THEM FOR YOU.

SO I'LL GET YOU SET UP WITH THAT.

PUT THAT THERE FOR YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA OF THE SAUCE HERE, LADLE IT ON, THAT'S THE GOOD STUFF HERE.

AND THEN ON THE SIDE ALONG WITH THE SALAD, WE SERVE IT WITH MAQUE CHOUX.

>> Adia: TELL US ABOUT IT, WHAT IT IS?

I CAN SEE CORN THERE.

>> MAQUE CHOUX, YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE FAMILIAR WITH A TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN SUCCOTASH, THIS IS THE CAJUN VERSION OF THAT.

INSTEAD OF CORN AND BEANS, IT'S BELL PEPPERS AND SPICES ARE MORE BOLD AND LEVELED UP.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON YOUR PLATE IF YOU ORDERED THIS AT SEA SALT.

>> Adia: GARNISH WITH A LITTLE GREEN ONION?

>> SURE DOES, THANK YOU.

EVERYBODY SAID DON'T FORGET THE GREEN ONION.

>> Adia: HAVE TO GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE.

I'M GOING TO DIVE IN HERE.

I'M GOING TO TRY THIS.

EVERYBODY GETS TO WATCH ME EAT ON TV.

[ LAUGHTER ] OH, SO GOOD.

AMAZING.

TELL US -- [ LAUGHTER ] DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.

IS TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BOOK, TELL US AGAIN WHERE IT'S RELEASED AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND IT.

>> HAPPILY, HAPPILY.

SO IT COMES OUT OFFICIALLY ON TUESDAY AND ON WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 AT MOON PALACE BOOKS.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE JUST A FUN GATHERING AT 7:00 THAT NIGHT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE BOOK WITH THE KEY PLAYERS AND HAVE A LITTLE QUIZ.

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW SEA SALT AND SOME, A Q&A WITH THE KEY PLAYERS, I'LL BE SORT OF THE EMCEE FOR THE NIGHT AND HAVING SOME FUN WITH ALL OF THAT.

SO WE DO HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT, 7:00 WEDNESDAY AT MOON PALACE BOOKS.

>> Adia: I HOPE SO TOO.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, THIS IS SO EXCITING AND IT WAS DELICIOUS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Adia: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

♪ >> Eric: WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEBATE WHETHER THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN WORLD CUP SOCCER CALLS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW THE GLOBAL GAME IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER -- EVEN LEGISLATIVE LEADERS WHO OUR NORWEGIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL REPORTER MARY LAHAMMER WATCHED A GAME WITH THIS WEEK IN A BIPARTISAN COLLABORATION.

[ CROWD CLAPPING ] >> THE WORLD CUP HAS CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF AMERICANS, INCLUDING POLITICAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE AISLE HERE IN MINNESOTA WHO ARE MITTEN WITH SOCCER.

>> I GREW UP PLAYING FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL, AMERICAN FOOTBALL AND HAVING SIX KIDS I FIGURED SOMEONE WOULD FOLLOW, SO OUR OLDEST BECAME VERY ATHLETIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

ONE DAY HE COMES TO ME AND HE SAYS, DAD, AMERICAN FOOTBALL IS LAME.

AND IT WAS LIKE A KNIFE TO MY HEART.

HE SAYS I'M PLAYIN' SOCCER.

>> IT'S MY FAVORITE SPORT, SO.

YEAH, I PLAYED SOCCER WHEN I WAS A KID.

I WASN'T EVER VERY GOOD BUT I LIKED IT.

>> WHAT HAS IMPRESSED THIS REPUBLICAN AND EMOCRAT WHO GATHERED TOGETHER IN A SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RESTAURANT IS HOW THE WORLD HAS EMBRACED AND UNITED OUR COUNTRY.

>> IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.

I MEAN, I'M A LITTLE HOARSE BECAUSE I WAS SCREAMING AT THE TELEVISION LAST NIGHT AND THAT VERY DISAPPOINTING LOSS.

BUT I HAVE LOVED WATCHING THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE DIFFERENT FANS' EYES.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ON INSTAGRAM AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS PEOPLE SAYING AMERICA'S ACTUALLY GREAT!

WE CAME OVER BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS HORRIBLE OR THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET HELD UP AT EVERY TURN, WE LOVE YOUR FOOD, WE LOVE YOUR PEOPLE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE ALEXIS DETOKEL, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, 1835 CAME OVER AND TRIED TO SEE AMERICA THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT AMERICA DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY HAVE.

♪ ♪ >> IT'S BEEN SUPER FUN TO WATCH THE GAMES.

REALLY FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY LOCALLY GET INTO IT.

BUT I'VE ALSO LOVED SEEING PEOPLE RECEIVE THE FANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY AND GET EXCITED, YOU SEE VIDEOS OF FOLKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CHEERING WITH THE COLTISH FANS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> AFTER ALL THE DIVISION AND LOSS THEY'VE SEEN IN POLITICS THIS SUMMER OF SPORTS IS REFRESHING.

>> WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS WE DON'T HATE EACH OTHER.

WE FIGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO.

BUT SOCCER IS THE WORLD SPORT, IT IS A GREAT UNIFYING EFFORT.

>> I THINK WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND SAY THAT WE HATE FIFA AS AN INSTITUTION.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND V.A.R.

>> AND V.A.R.

[ LAUGHTER ] BUT WE LOVE SOCCER.

>> SCORES!

AGAIN!

NORWAY LEAD THE NORTHERN LIGHTS!

>> I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT NORWAY, ENGLAND WE'RE ALL ROOTING FOR NORWAY.

>> OH, NO, NO, NO.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> NORWAY'S SUCCESS IN THE WORLD CUP HAS PEOPLE EXCITED HERE AT NORWAY HOUSE IN MINNEAPOLIS, IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, WHICH HAS THE SINGLE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF NORWEGIAN AMERICANS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

>> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A NORWAY HOUSE HERE.

THERE ARE SO MANY NORWEGIANS THAT HAVE, AMERICANS THAT HAVE NORWEGIAN ANCESTRY AND SO WE HAVE A HOME HERE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT YOU CAN COME AND DO GENEALOGY RESEARCH, BECOME AN ANCESTRY INVESTIGATOR.

>> STATE FUNDING MATCHED PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR THE $22 MILLION EXPANSION WHERE YOU CAN PROBE HISTORIC FARM BOOKS, CHURCH DOCUMENTS, AND SHIP MANIFESTS TO FILL IN YOUR PAST.

>> SO THIS IS WHAT THE CENSUS RECORDS IN NORWAY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

>> I'M A DOCENT, IT MEANS I CAN MAYBE HANDLE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT CASES THAN SOME OF THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS.

>> AM I DIFFICULT CASE >> YOU'RE A DIFFICULT CASE.

>> WHY IS THAT?

>> I STARTED LOOKING INTO YOUR FAMILY A LITTLE BIT AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT KIND OF, I HIT A FEW WHAT WE CALL BRICK WALLS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH THE NAME HOLLAND.

>> BECAUSE OF WORLD CUP SOCCER AND A VERY FAMOUS, WONDERFUL PLAYER, EHRLING HOLLAND, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE RELATED TO HIM INCLUDING ME.

SO ARE WE?

IS IT POSSIBLE?

>> WELL, IT IS POSSIBLE.

I WOULD HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH THAN WHAT I'VE DONE, WHICH WAS JUST POKING INTO IT.

BUT IT SORT OF APPEARS TO ME THAT THEY'RE FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO MY SUSPICION IS THAT MAYBE NOT, BUT I CAN'T RULE IT OUT.

>> FOOTBALL ROYALTY.

>> HE HAS DRAWN ON ALL OF OUR HEARTSTRINGS, WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE CALLED NORWEGIAN AND JUST WATCHING THIS HUMBLE TEEN BE SO ENERGETIC AND COME IN AND BEAT THESE PLAYERS, THESE COUNTRIES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOING FURTHER, AND WE'RE SUCH A SMALL COUNTRY.

5.6 MILLION, I MEAN, WE'RE A SMALL NATION SO WE ARE DEFINITELY THE UNDERDOGS IN THIS WORLD CUP.

BUT WE'RE CHEERING THEM ON.

>> HAALAND, HE WANTS ANOTHER ONE!

HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE!

HOW ABOUT THAT!

EXTRAORDINARY!

JUST PHENOMENAL!

>> NORWAY HOUSE IS FAMOUSNOT GINNER BREAD HOUSE DISPLAYS DURING THE HOLIDAYS BUT THE WORLD CUP HAS PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK.

[ DRUMMING AND CHANTING ] >> NEARBY ENGEBRETSON'S NORDIC MARKET CAN HARDLY KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR NORWAY JERSEYS AS FANS LIKE TO ROW LIKE THE VIKINGS.

[ CHANTING, DRUMMING ] >> IT IS SO FUN, I THINK IT'S JUST BRILLIANT, YOU KNOW, THE CHANT AND THE ROWING AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RELATABLE THINGS EVEN TO OUR SOCIETY HERE IN MINNESOTA WITH THE VIKINGS.

AND THE GOPHERS, SO I MEAN JUST FUN TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAYBE BRING THAT OVER HERE FOR FURTHER.

>> DO YOU PLAN SOMETHING MAYBE IN THE WORKS?

>> YEAH, WE ARE HOPEFULLY PLANNING SOME KIND OF ROW CHANT.

WE'VE DONE ONE IN SUNDID ALREADY BUT WE'RE HOPING TO DO ONE MORE BEFORE THE BIG GAME.

[ RUMMING AND CHANTING ] [ CHEERING ] ♪ ♪ >> Eric: JUST A MONTH AWAY FROM RHYMERIES, LOT TO DISCUSS.

SUMMERTIME POLITICAL PANEL.

REPUBLICANS, FRITZ KNAAK, REPUBLICANS, FRITZ KNAAK.

REPUBLICANS, FRITZ KNAAK.

PAT AROFALO.

D.F.L.ERS, KARLA BIGHAM, D.F.L.

FORMER STATE LAWMAKER, SERVED IN BOTH CHAMBERS, NOW A WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

ROUNDING OUT THE PANEL, ABEAU AMARA, FORMER LEGISLATIVE STAFFER NOW AN ATTORNEY.

SENATOR, YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN VOTING MATTERS.

LEGAL VOTING MATTERS.

>> UH-OH.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT USUALLY STARTS SOMETHING BAD.

>> Eric: OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR SAID ELECTION DAY VOTERS MAYBE NOT BEING VERIFIED ENOUGH, INACTIVE VOTERS HAVE BEEN ON THE ROLLS FOR TOO LONG.

>> CORRECT.

>> Eric: APPARENTLY DOJ MONITORS ARE COMING IN FOR THE PRIMARY AND FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION FROM THE FEDS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS?

>> I THINK WE SHOULD WELCOME IT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COME ON.

I THINK I'M NOT TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF A TWEAKING THAT WAS BEING RECOMMENDED.

I THINK THE SYSTEM IS FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND.

AND I THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO COME IN AND OBSERVE LET THEM COME AND IN AND OBSERVE, I'M REALLY FRANKLY STILL IS A LITTLE PUZZLED BY THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT NOT ALLOWING ACCESS TO THE FEDS IN TERMS OF VOTER, ALL THE VOTER INFORMATION.

WHY NOT?

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HIDE.

IF ANYTHING I THINK WE COULD SET OURSELVES UP AS A BIPARTISAN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT SHOULD BE RUN IF YOU'RE OPEN ABOUT IT.

>> IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OJ AND LAWSUITS, THEY'RE 0 AND 10 ON THIS ISSUE THAT FRITZ JUST BROUGHT UP.

AND THE DOJ WON'T SAY WHY THEY WANT THE, AND WHAT HEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SAME LEGAL POSITION AS THE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ENTITLED TO THIS PRIVATE INFORMATION.

THIS IS OUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, OUR SOCIAL SECURITY STUFF.

THEY DON'T NEED IT.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT TO BIG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF INFORMATION FROM THE STATE.

THAT'S THE OLD REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AT NOW?

YOU'RE SAYING TAKE EVERYTHING.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO IN MINNESOTA, WHEN IT COMES TO DATA, STATE LEVEL DATA THAT'S ABOUT US, WE DROLL IT, WE PRESERVE IT.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OBSERVING IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTIONS, ALL FOR IT.

>> THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN MINNESOTA THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH FRAUD SCANDALS IS THAT THE HONOR SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.

I WISH WE HAD A MINNESOTA WHERE YOU COULD 100% TRUST EVERYONE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THIS CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO VOUCH FOR STRANGERS, SHOW P AND VOTE ON ELECTION DAY AND SOMEONE ELSE NEXT TO YOU SAYS, YEAH, THEY'RE A GOOD GUY OR GOOD GAL SO THEY GET TO VOTE.

I'M SORRY BUT WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN INTEGRITY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE WHOLE SYSTEM BUT ET'S INVITE, LIKE FRITZ IS SAYING, Mr.

KNAAK IS SAYING, I APOLOGIZE, LET'S INVITE THAT, HAVE VISIBILITY, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>> I'M ALL FOR THAT.

>> Eric: ARE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES GOING TO DEBATE?

I THINK WE HAVE AN INVITATION IN FOR THE PRIMARY.

>> I HONESTLY HOPE SO, THE MORE EXPOSURE THEY GET, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE INVITES THEM TO DO A SOAPBOX IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, TAKE IT.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS NO ONE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE, MORE EXPOSURE THEY GET THE BETTER.

>> Eric: 26% UNDECIDED?

>> I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S MAJOR CONCERN, IF YOU'RE LISA DEMUTH, YOU GOT TO PLAY IT SAFE HERE.

ON ON ONE LEVEL YOU'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO MODERATES, ON ONE LEVEL YOU'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO RESEARCHERS, SOMEONE LIKE MIKE LINDELL WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A WEDGE BETWEEN THOSE BASE OF VOTERS.

>> THE IMPORTANT THING IS WE WANT TO AVOID A PILLOW FIGHT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> YIKES.

>> I THINK ALL THREE OF THESE CANDIDATES HAVE DEBATED QUITE A BIT DURING THE CAUCUS PROCESS.

PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE PRIMARY DEBATES, GO AHEAD BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I JUST, I DO NOT SEE THIS AS BEING RELEVANT DECIDING FACTOR.

ULTIMATELY THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MINNESOTA AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO BACK TO THE LAW FREAK SHOW OF DEMOCRATS HAVING TOTAL CONTROL IN MINNESOTA, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, WHO'S THE BEST ARTICULATE MESSENGER FOR THAT YOU DON'T NEED A DEBATE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> WE'VE HAD ONE DEBATE HERE FOR OUR SENATE CANDIDATES AND THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE AND I KNOW THERE'S AN OPEN INVITATION ON WCCO WITH BLOIS OLSON.

>> MPR.

>> MPR.

BUT THEY NEED TO DO MORE DEBATES AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO SEE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FLANAGAN AND CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG DEBATE MORE.

>> LET'S JUST BE HONEST, OKAY, IT'S SUMMERTIME IN MINNESOTA, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WATCH DEBATES ON TV.

>> PLENTY OF ADS RUNNING.

>> I HEAR THE SHOW WAS QUITE POPULAR THAT FRIDAY NIGHT THEY WERE ON.

>> WE HAD GOOD NUMBERS.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> MORE EXPOSURE YOU GET THE BETTER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Eric: NOW, PAID LEAVE.

>> YEAH.

>> Eric: IS POPULAR.

AND IT IS SENDING OUT MORE IN BENEFITS THAN THE PAYROLL SYNTAX PROVIDING TO PAY FOR IT, SO WHAT HAPPENS >> ERIC, IT TURNS OUT, AND FIRST OF ALL, ERIC, CATHY, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> Eric: GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> IT URNS TURNS OUT WE TELL PEOPLE WE'LL PAY YOU AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK, PEOPLE LIKE IT.

IMAGINE THAT, A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO PAY PEOPLE NOT TO WORK ON TOP OF THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM, ON TOP OF UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM, THIS IS ALL LAYERED IN AN ECONOMY WHERE WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF WORKERS AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WE'RE SHOCKED, SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO GET PAID NOT TO WORK.

>> Eric: IS HE TAX GOING TO GO UP?

>> NO, NO, I THINK TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

>> WHOA, NO, IT'S NOT?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY IMPLEMENTED THERE WERE COST OVERRUNS OVERRUNRUNS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND TWEAK THEM AND FEW THEM.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

POINT NUMBER ONE.

POINT NUMBER TWO I DO THINK THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN SUSTAIN THIS MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT MASSIVELY INCREASING TAXES OR INCREASING THEM AT ALL.

FOR ONE EXAMPLE IF YOU HAD A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT SAID YOUR EMPLOYER PROVIDED AT THE LEVEL OR ABOVE IN TERMS OF PAID LEAVE THAT YOU WOULD BE OPTED OUT OF THAT PROGRAM.

THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF A WAY TO TAKE THE TAX BILL OFF F A LOT OF MINNESOTANS AND STILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE UNIVERSALITY IN THE PROGRAM.

>> THAT'S ALREADY THE LAW, THOUGH.

>> NO, NO, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COLLECTION, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO INCREASE TAXES, FLATLINE THEM AND CERTIFY IF YOUR BUSINESS PROVIDES IT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY MORE.

>> LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, THE PAYROLL TAX WAS .7%, THEY'VE ALREADY DIALED IT UP TO .8%.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THAT HAS A MODEL LESS GENEROUS THAN OURS, DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON ARE TALKING ABOUT A 2% PAYROLL TAX.

AND MY FAVORITE LINE OF THIS PROGRAM OUT THERE, THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS TOO POPULAR TO NOT FULLY FUND.

>> I DO BELIEVE THE ACTUARIAL STUDY THAT WILL COME OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH WILL GIVE A LOT MORE ANSWERS CLEARLY AND I DO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE CHANGES NEXT SESSION.

>> 100%, 100%.

>> Cathy: SAY, I HAVE TO ASK YOU ALL, I ASKED THIS TO OUR POLITICAL SCIENCE FRIEND DAVID SCHULTZ.

MITCH MCCONNELL, WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT MY QUESTION TO HIM WAS WHERE'S THE LINE, FOR OUR THREE FORMER LAWMAKERS, WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN PATIENT PRIVACY AND TRANSPARENCY AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL >> FRANKLY IT'S UP TO THE SENATOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DISCLOSED OR NOT DISCLOSED.

AND IT'S A PROBLEM, BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE FUNCTION OF THE SENATE.

AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO DEFER TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SENATOR.

AND I THINK THE REASON WHY THERE'S HESITATION ISN'T ANY LACK OF WANTING TO TALK ABOUT ON THE PART OF THE REPUBLICANS AND RESPECTING, RESPECTING SENATOR MCCONNELL'S WISHES I SUSPECT.

>> Cathy: AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK IF IT IMPACTS THE ELECTED OFFICIAL'S ABILITY TEED THE JOB, IT IS -- TO DO THE JOB, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A MUST TO DISCLOSE WHAT IS GOING ON.

MY DEAR FRIEND THE MAYOR OF COTTAGE GROVE HAD A VERY SERIOUS SURGERY AND HE DISCLOSED THAT ON FACEBOOK AND THERE WAS AN ARTICLE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, HERE'S MY MAYOR PRO TEM, I'LL BE BACK.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER, WHETHER YOU'RE A LEGISLATOR, LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH LEGISLATORS BECAUSE THEY'RE ART-TIME BUT REGARDLESS, YOU CAN'T DO THE JOB, THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ACTUAL MEDICAL SSUE.

>> YOU'RE NOT A FORMER LAWMAKER, SHE ASKED FORMER LAWMAKERS.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> FAIR, FAIR, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ANYWAY.

>> Cathy: 30 SECONDS, GO AHEAD.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MEDICAL CONDITION, AT SOME POINT IF YOU'RE MISSING FOR A MONTH.

IF I WERE GOVERNOR BESHEAR I WOULD SAY IF I DON'T HEAR FROM MITCH MCCONNELL WITHIN 30 DAYS, I'M GOING TO DEEM HIM MISSING AND FILL THAT SEAT.

>> IT'S A TOUGH ISSUE, WE DEAL WITH IN SOCIETY AND THE LEGISLATURE IS THE SAME WAY.

I DO THEY NEED A SERIOUS CONVERSATION, WE HAVE A MINIMUM AGE TO BE IN CONGRESS, WE SHOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM AGE AS WELL.

>> EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> Cathy: THANKS, PANEL!

♪ ♪ >> HEY WELL, JUST CAME UP WITH SOMETHING, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

THIS IS A BATTERY-FREE, ELECTRONICS FREE SMOKE DETECTOR, YOU DUCT TAPE A CAN OF JIFFY POP ON YOUR CEILING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT YOU HEAR POPPING, SMELL POPCORN YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> EXCELLENT IDEA, TIM.

>> THE DUCT TAPE GUYS, THEY WERE FUNNY, THEY WERE FUNNY.

Y'ALL STILL HAVE THEIR BOOKS OR TAPES AT HOME, ANYBODY?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND FOR OUR INDEX FILE.

BEEN A BIT SINCE WE ORIGINALLY ASKED OUR QUESTION, FRIENDS SO HERE'S A REVIEW.

IT'S 19734, A MINNESOTAN'S PORTAT -- 1973 -- THIS MINNESOTA NATIVE WAS BORN IN WASES CREEKA.

AFTER ATTENDING COLLEGE IN OMAHA AND SERVING IN ORLDWAR ONE HE SETTLED IN GARY, INDIANA, AND SEPARATE MORE THAN THREE DECADES IN CONGRESS.

WHAT MINNESOTAN WAS HONORED WITH A PORTRAIT UNVEILING IN THE U.S.

CAPITOL IN OCTOBER OF 1973?

SADLY WE DID NOT PAINT A CLEAR ENOUGH PICTURE FOR THESE NEXT CALLERS.

"U.S.

MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM MINNESOTA ANDREW VOLSTEAD...HE WAS FROM GRANITE FALLS, MN."

“WHAT MY A.I.

SAYS IS THAT IT WAS HAROLD KNUTSON•ANYWAYS THIS IS STEVEN CARROLL FROM PLYMOUTH."

"THE ANSWER IS RAY MADDOX FROM WASECA AND HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE WITH INDIANA."

>> Cathy: OOH, SO CLOSE, SO CLOSE, STEVE OUT IN HAM LAKE, FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER WE GO BACK TO STEVE IN PLYMOUTH.

>> MY ORIGINAL ANSWER IS NOT CORRECT, ACCORDING TO CHATGPT, IT SAID "WHAT HAPPENS, I MADE A MISTAKE."

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, FROM A.I.?

ANYWAY, THE ANSWER IT'S NOW GIVING ME IS RAY MADDEN.

HE REPRESENTED INDIANA'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

HE WAS BORN IN WASECA, MINNESOTA AND MOVED TO NEBRASKA AS A CHILD, AND SERVED IN THE HOUSE FROM 1943 TO 1977.

ANYWAY, I GUESS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISN'T PERFECT.

>> Cathy: THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

RAY JOHN MADDEN WAS THE ANSWER WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

AND HANKS TO ALL THE CALLERS WHO USED THEIR ACTUAL INTELLIGENCE ON THIS INDEX FILE QUESTION.

COUPLE OF NOTES BEFORE WE DEPART, WE WANT TO CONNECT YOU WITH ALL OF YOU IN PERSON LATER THIS MONTH.

WE LOVE CONNECTING WITH YOU.

ALMANAC AFTER HOURS RETURNS ON JULY 30 -- EXCUSE ME, JULY 21ST, 21ST.

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