SUMMER SUM ♪ >>> WE HAVE A PACKED SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WE LOOK AT EARLY VOTING NUMBERS.

WE LEARN ABOUT FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN CHILD CARE SERVICES IN RED LAKE.

PAUL DOUGLAS WILL TALK WEATHER AND MARY LAHAMMER IS TALKING TO TOP CANDIDATES AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

>> THE CANDIDATES HAVE A VARIETY OF ISSUES AS THE ELECTION NEARS.

WE'LL EXPLORE HOW MUCH PUBLIC SAFETY COULD BE A FACTOR.

>> WHY THIS EVENT WAS IMPORTANT AFTER THE DEBATE.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT, OF COURSE, FOR SAFETY.

>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

>> THAT'S COMING UP ON "ALMANAC."

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>> HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE ONCE AGAIN ACCUSED OF SLOWING DOWN LOCAL AND STATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DEATHS OF ALEX BREDDY AND RENE RENE GOODE DURING METRO SURGERY.

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY SAYS EVIDENCE IS NOW ON PAUSE.

THE HENNEPIN MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION SAYS KEY INTERVIEWS AND CELL PHONES FROM THE AGENTS INVOLVED ARE NOW BEING WITHHELD.

>>> THOUSANDS MORE THANKED THE DEATH OF A YOUNG SHERIFF'S DEPUTY KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

ON MAN, 26-YEAR-OLD KATHRYN FRANK WAS LAID TO REST.

THE DAWSON, MINNESOTA NATIVE WAS SHOT RESPONDING TO A CALL IN SOUTH DAKOTA EARLIER THIS MONTH.

IT WAS THE FIRST GUN-RELIED LINE OF DUTY DEATH IN MORE THAN A CENTURY.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RENEWING CALLS FOR ILHAN OMAR TO RESIGN.

THE PRESIDENT IS RAISING QUESTIONS OVER THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S NAME AND POSSIBLE ALIASES USED.

BUT THE FULL NATURE OF THE EARLY OCTOBER RAID OF HER WASHINGTON, D.C.

HOME REMAINS UNDER SEAL.

OMAR REVEALS SHE PLANS TO MOVE OUT OF WARRANT AND MADE HER FIRST TV APPEARANCE ON THE LEFT-LEANING MS NOW.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> THERE ARE RIGHT-LEANING PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT THIS MAN WAS YOUR BROTHER.

YOU CALL IT A DISGUSTING LIE.

>> RIGHT.

>> WHO WAS THIS MAN THAT WOULD SAY YOUR HUSBAND?

WHEN DID THEY START SAYING HE WAS YOUR BROTHER?

WHY?

>> IT STARTED WITH THE SOMALI BLOG THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT STILL EXISTS, BUT SOMEBODY PUT IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD TO HAVE BEEN MY BROTHER OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

AND RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS IN MINNEAPOLIS GOT AHOLD OF IT, AND THEY JUST KIND OF WENT AND FOUND PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, SHE INTRODUCED US.

YOU KNOW, SHE INTRODUCED HIM TO US AND SAID HE WAS HER BROTHER.

IT JUST -- YOU KNOW, INSANE.

I DON'T KNOW THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY TALK ABOUT.

>> HE WAS -- YOU'RE NOT RELATED TO HIM AT ALL.

>> NOT -- >> SO THERE'S NOT -- A KERNEL OF TRUTH.

>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

>> ELECTION DAY IS A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK OUT, BUT SO FAR MANY MINNESOTANS AREN'T WAITING.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT IT SENT OUT A HALF MILLION BALLOTS WITH OVER 400,000 BALLOTS RETURNED, FAR AHEAD OF THE 022 MID TERMS.

WE'RE JOINED BY JOE MANATEE.

WHEN YOU WERE THE ARCHITECT, DID YOU EVER IMAGINE IT WOULD BE THIS POPULAR.

>> NO, ACTUALLY, MARY, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, BECAUSE I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT -- REMEMBER, I WROTE THIS BILL IN 2016 AND I THOUGHT IN 10 OR 15 YEARS, WE SHOULD BE UP AT ABOUT 50%.

WELL, THE ONLY TIME WE GOT THERE WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE WAS NO OTHER CHOICE.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR -- LOOKS LIKE WE COULD GET UP TO ABOUT 800,000 PEOPLE VOTING BY ABSENTEE, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE -- AROUND 30, 31, 32.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD, I'LL TAKE IT.

>> 800,000, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EYE-POPPING, BUT JUST GIVE IT SOME CONTEXT.

JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WAY MORE PEOPLE VOTING ELECTION DAY, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

OUR URNOUT WILL BE -- GIVEN THAT CONTROVERSY IS GOOD FOR THE ELECTION BUSINESS.

AND ANY TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP IS INVOLVED, HE'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW B65% OF OUR ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 2 MILLION, $750,000 OR THERE -- THAT'S -- THAT'S A VERY HIGH NUMBER.

FOR AN ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING THERE AT THE GENESIS OF THIS CONCEPT, BECAUSE WE USED TO HAVE TO HAVE AN EXCUSE.

WHY DID WE WANT TO GO TO NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE, AND THEN TRUE EARLY VOTING IN THE STATE.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR ABSENTEE VOTING LAW WAS WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, OVER A CENTURY AGO, RELATIVELY FEW PEOPLE EVER VOTED BY ABSENTEE BALLOT.

IN FACT, WHEN I STARTED WORKING IN ELECTIONS IN 1984, IF WE HAD 5% OF OUR TOTAL VOTING ABSENTEE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HIGH NUMBER.

>> WOW.

>> BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

PEOPLE'S LIFESTYLES HAVE CHANGED.

THEY WERE TELLING US WE NEED TO HAVE MORE TIME AND PLACE OPTIONS AND SO OUR -- WHAT WE CALL EARLY VOTING HERE IN MINNESOTA, THAT IS OUR -- THIS IS OUR RESPONSE TO THE -- TO THE INTERESTS OF THE VOTERS THAT WERE TELLING US WE NEED MORE OPTIONS.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEA LEAVES AND YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS FOR EARLY VOTING, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC PARTY THAT BENEFITS FROM EARLY VOTING?

>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK SO.

AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY DATA IN ANY STATE THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, HEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS CONCEPT, WHICH WAS IN THE '80s AND IT ACTUALLY TOOK US -- WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE '80s, IT WASN'T ENACTED IN UNTIL 2016 SO IT TOOK US A WHILE TO PLOW THAT FIELD.

AND BACK IN THE '80s, A LOT OF THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE WERE PERFECTLY FINE WITH HAVING PEOPLE VOTING EARLY.

WHY?

BECAUSE IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, THEY KNEW HOW TO USE THIS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO GET PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE DUE PAGEN AND PETE WILSON ELECTED GOVERNOR.

>> IS THERE ANY TRUTH OR CONCERN, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT FRAUD AND CONCERNS ABOUT -- S EARLY VOTING SAFER OR LESS SAFE WHEN IT COMES TO FRAUD.

>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

WHETHER YOU'RE STANDING IN OUR OFFICE OR AT ONE OF OUR POLLING PLACES, WE GO THROUGH THE EXACT SAME PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHO YOU ARE AND WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED YOUR ELIGIBILITY WHEN YOU REGISTER TO VOTE.

BY THE TIME YOU WALK INTO -- AGAIN, EITHER A POLLING LACE OF OURS OR NE OF OUR OFFICES, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, NOT TO SPILL THE BEANS HERE, WE PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU THAN YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH.

>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

>> WAIT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, JOE?

>> YEAH, DO TELL.

>> REMEMBER, WE HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE RECORD.

WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY RECORD.

AND, YOU KNOW -- AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT COME OUR WAY.

>> AND IT'S STILL SECURE.

>> AND IT'S STILL ERY SECURE.

>> OKAY.

>> SO LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.

YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES, OUR STATE LAW HAS ENABLED OUR MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES TO HAVE A CHALLENGERS AND TO HAVE CHALLENGERS AT THE POLLING PLACES.

I AM TELLING YOU IN THE 35 YEARS I WORKED IN ELECTIONS THAT CHALLENGES AT THE POLLING LACE ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

THEY HARDLY EVER HAPPEN.

AND WHY IS THAT THE CASE?

BECAUSE BOTH PARTIES KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU, BOTH PARTIES KNOW THAT OUR SYSTEM HERE IS SECURE.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN -- WHAT DO YOU MAKE, THEN, THAT MINNEAPOLIS, HENNEPIN COUNTY, RAMSEY COUNTY, THERE WILL BE FEDERAL ELECTION OBSERVERS AT THE POLLS.

>> DOES THAT GIVE YOU PAUSE?

>> NOT REALLY.

WHEN I WAS AT RAMSEY COUNTY, I USED TO APPROVE OBSERVERS TO COME IN, AND I -- YOU KNOW, I WELCOMED THEM.

I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND SO IF -- YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM JUSTICE OR FROM SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON, I MEAN, IF I WERE STILL WORKING, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOTHING HERE TO HIDE.

AND FRANKLY, THE MORE THEY SEE, I THINK THE MORE THEY KNOW ABOUT OUR SYSTEM, I THINK THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.

>> BUT WHAT ABOUT IMMIGRATION OR I.C.E.

OFFICERS?

THERE'S LIMITS OF WHERE THEY CAN BE.

>> THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT STORIES GOING ON HERE.

FROM THE 100-FOOT MARK OUTSIDE OUR BUILDINGS FROM THERE OUR ELECTION LAW IS WHO CAN COME IN OR NEAR OUR POLLING PLACES.

BUT FROM 100 FEET OUT, THAT IS NO LONGER AN ELECTION MATTER.

THAT IS NOW A LAW ENFORCEMENT SITUATION.

>> OKAY.

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT VOTERS TO KEEP IN MIND IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS?

RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION IS HERE.

>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT I LEARNED WHEN I WAS AT RAMSEY COUNTY AND THIS THING GOT OFF THE GROUND.

THAT I USED TO GO OUT AND STAND OUT IN THE LINE WITH THE PEOPLE SO I COULD TALK TO THEM AND FIGURE OUT, HY ARE YOU STANDING IN THIS LINE?

AND MONDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN YOU COULD GO TO YOUR POLLING PLACE TOMORROW AND THERE WOULD BE NO LINE?

I NEVER GOT A SATISFACTORY ANSWER TO THAT.

BUT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SATURDAY, SUNDAY MORNING, MONDAY, PEOPLE WANT TO VOTE WHEN THEY WANT TO VOTE.

AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT OUR JOB IS TO -- IS TO PROVIDE VOTING TO YOU AT A TIME AND PLACE OF YOUR CHOICE, NOT OF MINE.

>> ONE LAST QUESTION.

WE SET A NEW PRIMARY RECORD.

IS THERE A CHANCE OF A NEW MIDTERM RECORD?

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS INTERESTING CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS HERE.

WE HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HE DRIVES INTEREST IN THE ELECTIONS.

WE ALSO FOR ONCE HAVE SOME VERY CLOSE STATEWIDE RACES.

>> OPEN, OPEN, RIGHT?

>> AND, AGAIN, CLOSE RACES, A LOT OF CONTROVERSY.

THAT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.

>> JOE MANSKY, YOU ARE A TREASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.

♪ >>> AN UPHEAVAL IN THE RED LAKE NATION HAS THAT COMMUNITY STILL TRYING TO SORT THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

LAST MONTH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM, DESCRIBING LONGSTANDING ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF AS MANY AS EIGHT CHILDREN SINCE 2021.

MPR NEWS REPORTER MELISSA OLSON WAS IN RED LAKE TODAY AND WAS OUT IN RED LAKE TODAY AND JOINS US NOW LIVE.

MELISSA, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, CATHY.

>> LET'S RUN THROUGH SOME OF THESE ALLEGATIONS THESE ALLEGATION THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE MAKING.

WE SHOULD SAY, THE ALLEGATIONS OF EIGHT CHILDREN DYING ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS.

WHAT ELSE IS BEING SAID.

>> SO IN ADDITION TO A NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SAID TO HAVE DIED SINCE 2021 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF RED LAKE'S CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALLEGING THAT THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS KNOWN AS OMBY, HAS IMPEDED THE -- THE WORK OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS.

SO THEY MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO, LET'S SAY, OBTAIN RECORDS R REALLY COOPERATE IN ANY WAY WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.

>> MELISSA, WE HAVE SOME IMAGES, AS WELL, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE.

I THINK YOU WERE COVERING A VIGIL.

COULD YOU TELL US WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE WITH THAT?

>> YEAH.

SO ON MONDAY EVENING, RED LAKE BOYS AND IRLS CLUB HELD A VIGIL IN THE COMMUNITY OF RED LAKE, WHICH IS ALSO SORT OF A TOWN ON THE RESERVATION, WHICH YOU'RE SEEING IS ABOUT 50 OR SO PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AROUND 6:00 P.M.

ON MONDAY NIGHT, AND THEY GATHERED THERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO REALLY JUST BE PRESENT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THERE WERE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HUGS AND A FEW TEARS.

THE RED LAKE NATION YOUTH COUNCIL REALLY HELPED LEAD THE EVENT, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE STAFF AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THERE WERE THREE YOUNG MEN WHO SANG A COUPLE OF HONOR SONGS, AND THEN THERE WAS WHAT THEY CALLED A SMUDGE WALK.

PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE AROUND THE RADIUS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

AND IT WAS SORT OF A SYMBOLIC WAY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS THE START OF A HEALING JOURNEY.

IT WAS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THE COMMUNITY THERE HAD GATHERED SINCE THE BIA'S RELEASE OF ITS -- WHAT'S CALLED THE RESUMPTION NOTICE.

>> I'M WONDERING, MELISSA, WHAT'S THE REACTION FROM THE RED LAKE NATION TRIBAL LEADERS TO THIS.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT, CATHY.

YOU KNOW, INITIALLY THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF STATEMENT WHEN THE TAKEOVER HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.

AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER BRIEF STATEMENT WHEN THIS REASSUMPTION NOTICE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME OUT.

IN BOTH OF THOSE NOTICES, THEY SAID THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, COOPERATING FULLY WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

AND THEN THERE WAS SORT OF A FLURRY OF STATEMENTS.

THIS TIME LAST WEEK.

RED LAKE AT THAT TIME WAS -- THERE WAS SOME DISPUTE OVER WHETHER OR NOT THEIR CHAIRMAN HAD STEPPED DOWN, AND SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS THAT CAME OUT.

THEY TALKED -- THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE.

THEY REALLY DIDN'T ADD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THOSE MISTAKES MIGHT BE.

THEY ALSO PUSHED BACK ON SOME OF WHAT WAS IN THIS FEDERAL NOTICE, THIS REASSUMPTION NOTICE, SAYING THAT THERE WERE MISTAKES IN THAT DOCUMENT, AS WELL.

BUT THEY -- YOU KNOW, THEY EMPHASIZED THAT THEY ARE COOPERATING AND THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN MEDIATION WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.

>> THERE IS THE LEADER OF THE RED LAKE CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES.

I'M WONDERING, WHAT IS THAT PERSON SAYING, IF ANYTHING?

>> REALLY, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING BEING SAID BY THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE OMBI PROGRAM.

>> FORMER DIRECTOR.

>> FORMER DIRECTOR.

THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, IS THAT THE DIRECTOR IS -- IS NO LONGER THERE.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO STATEMENTS FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL.

I SHOULD BE REALLY CLEAR.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THAT PERSON WHATSOEVER.

>> MELISSA, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME CONTEXT?

BECAUSE BVIOUSLY THERE'S HISTORIC DISTRUST BETWEEN THE TRIBE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

HOW IS THAT PLAYING INTO THIS SITUATION?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LONG HISTORY FOR SURE.

I THINK WHAT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT REAASSUMPTION IN THIS CONTEXT IS THAT RED LAKE HAS FOR THE PAST -- SINCE 1997 -- OPERATED UNDER A FEDERAL COMPACT OR AN AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AT RED LAKE.

AND THAT'S REALLY SORT OF A HARD-WON BATTLE WITH THE INDIAN AFFAIRS WHICH HAS ITS OWN SORT OF LONG HISTORY OF REMOVING NATIVE CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOMES.

YOU KNOW, THE BUREAU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN MANY WAYS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE REMOVAL OF CHILDREN TO FEDERAL RESERVATION BOARDING SCHOOLS AND DAY SCHOOLS.

THE BIA WAS A PART OF REMOVING CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOMES INTO ADOPTIVE, NOT NATIVE FAMILIAR ADOPTIVE, NOT NATIVE FAMILIES IN THE 1950s AND 1960s.

BUT AFTER THE PASSAGE, THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE.

THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT, THAT IS.

AND YOU HAD TRIBES AND RED LAKE ONE OF THEM, WHO HAD GRADUALLY TAKEN OVER WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES TO THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

>> FINAL UESTION HERE, MELISSA, WITH ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS STORY?

DO YOU KNOW?

>> THAT IS A REALLY GREAT QUESTION, CATHY.

YOU KNOW, THE STAR TRIBUNE REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT ONE OF THE CHILDREN WHO IS THOUGHT TO HAVE DIED IN THE LAST -- IN JULY MAY, IN FACT, BE ALIVE.

SO THERE MAY BE A NEXT PART OF THIS STORY THAT IS ABOUT RYING TO REALLY VERIFY AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISCREPANCY IN THE BIAs NOTICE -- YOU KNOW, MAY BE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY, OF COURSE, FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO KNOW.

AND THAT IS SEVERAL CHILDREN HAVE DIED IN THIS PROGRAM.

BUT I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE NOW A PROCESS THAT UNFOLDS WHERE WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE ACCURACY OF THE DOCUMENT THAT THE BIA PUT OUT LAST WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MELISSA OLSON OF THE MPR NEWS NATIVE NEWS TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

♪ ♪ ♪ >>> I WAS IN THE MIDST OF A LOT OF GRIEF, AND I REALLY WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD KIND OF TAKE MY MIND OFF OF THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND FLYING TRAPEZE DID IT.

>> CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST DR.

SHERRY SHERRY WILLIAM THOUGHT SHE KNEW EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO KNOW ABOUT GRIEF.

UNTIL BOTH HER FATHER AND MOTHER DIED MONTHS APART.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WE WANT AFTER LOSING HIS BROTHER.

ABIGAIL ADAMS MOURNED HER MOTHER AND CHILDREN IN ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF LETTERS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA.

SHERRY REALIZED HER TRAUMA EXPERTISE WASN'T ENOUGH.

SO THEY GOT OUT OF HER HEAD AND FOUND HAPPINESS IN HER BODY, 30 FEET UP IN THE AIR.

UP!

.

.

>> HI!

.

.

>> HI.

ARE YOU GOING TO TEACH ME OW TO DO THAT?

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HEIGHTS IN GENERAL?

>> I'M OKAY WITH HEIGHTS.

>> OKAY.

>> BUT USUALLY NOT JUMPING OFF ON PURPOSE.

>> HOW DID YOU FEEL THE FIRST TIME YOU DID IT.

>> I WAS TERRIFIED.

MY BODY'S INSTINCT IS THIS IS DANGEROUS AND THE BODY IS WELL-ORGANIZED TO STAYING ALIVE.

YOU GOT IT, THOUGH.

>> RIGHT.

>> THIS IS KATIE -- >> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> CIRCUS.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO TODAY?

>> NO.

>> WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES DOWN HERE AND UP THE YELLOW LADDER TO THE TRAPEZE.

>> OKAY.

>> COME ON UP.

>> THIS IS WILD, BECAUSE ON MY WAY OVER HERE, I'M THINKING ABOUT 15 MILLION THINGS AND NOW ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS JUST, LIKE, NOT FALLING TO MY DEATH.

>> I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY I LOVE IT.

>> HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS FROM SWEATING?

>> WE HAVE LOTS OF CHALK.

>> WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE, YOU CAN'T BE THINKING ABOUT YOUR GROCERIES OR KIDS OR OTHER RAPIDS.

IT'S VERY PEACEFUL, ACTUALLY.

>> YOU READY?

>> NO [ LAUGHTER ] .

.

>> HOW IS THAT?

.

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>> OH, MY GOSH.

BREATHE.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART.

OH, MY GOSH.

THIS IS, LIKE -- FOR REAL SCARY.

OH, MY GOSH, OH, MY GOSH.

OH, MY GOSH.

.

.

>> THAT'S IT.

>> OH, MY GOD!

.

.

>> PULL YOUR LEGS TOGETHER.

>> I THINK THE FIRST TIME THAT I DID FLYING TRAPEZE, I REALLY DID FEEL LIKE A CHILD ON THE SWING SET AGAIN.

I LOVED THAT.

I THINK IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY HOPEFUL, LIKE, WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE?

>> WHEW!

.

.

>> NICE.

>> THERE WEREN'T MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE BEGINNERS AT.

>> AND ESPECIALLY BEING ADULTS, AND YOU CAN SORT OF RELAX INTO NOT HAVING TO KNOW.

>> GOTCHA!

NICE JOB.

AND DOWN WE GO.

WHEW WHEW.

>> THAT WAS A CLIP FROM MINNESOTA PBS ORIGINAL DOCU-SERIES, "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS."

HOST AMANDA BRINKMAN SET OUT TO MEET WITH EVERYDAY MINNESOTANS TO REFLECT ON THEIR OWN PURSUITS.

AMANDA JOINS US NOW.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

OKAY.

YOU REALLY DOVE IN QUITE LITERALLY.

THOSE ACTUALLY IS OUR FIRST DAY OF FILMING.

>> STOP.

>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS SIGNING UP FOR.

BUT IT WAS EXHILARATING.

TO CONNECT YOUR MIND AND BODY IN THAT WAY AND TO TRY SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, TO JUMP OFF A PERFECTLY GOOD PLATFORM INTO THE -- BLANK SPACE AND PROVE TO YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT JUST REMINDED YOU OF THE POWER OF JOY AND THE POWER OF PLAY, AND IT WAS VERY EXHILARATING.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

>> WAS IT ALSO PARTICIPATORY FOR YOU?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK ONE OF OUR BIGGEST STRUGGLES AS HUMANS IS STAYING PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.

IT'S REALLY FOCUSES ON WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HAPPINESS, CONTENTMENT AND JUST OUR ENJOYMENT AND FULL I WILLMENT IN LIFE.

A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE SPEND SO MUCH OF OUR TIME EITHER IN THE FUTURE OR PAST.

AND APPROXIMATE AND APPROXIOUR MIND ISN'T RIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KIND OF CAN'T NOT BE PRESENT.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE FOCUSED IN ON WHAT YOU DO.

AND JUST DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO REMIND YOURSELF OF BEING PRESENT WAS REALLY POWERFUL.

>> GOOD FOR YOU.

I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

SO YOU TALKED TO ALL THESE PEOPLE AND YOU KIND OF EXPERIENCED THIS YOURSELF.

WHAT ARE THE COMMONALITIES?

>> YEAH, SO IN THE ENTIRE SERIES, WHAT WE SET OUT TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WAS WHAT DO THE FOUNDING FATHERS MEAN WHEN THEY PUT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

AND 200 YEARS LATER.

AND TO YOUR QUESTION, NO ONE RESPONDED TO THE THINGS WE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH KIND OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

NO ONE TALKED ABOUT THE CAR THAT THEY DROVE.

OR HOW BIG THEIR HOUSE IS.

OR THE SIZE OF THE BANK ACCOUNT OR TITLE AT WORK.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR CONNECTION TO OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE REPORT SPENDING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME THINKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

>> AND YOU'RE IN MINNESOTA.

HOW DO MINNESOTANS RATE WHEN IT COMES TO HAPPINESS?

>> WE ACTUALLY RATE INCREDIBLY HIGH.

AND I THINK WHAT WAS REALLY FUN IS WE WERE FILMING THIS, YOU KNOW, IN SPRING OF 2026, EARLIER THIS YEAR, RIGHT AFTER MINNESOTA REALLY SHOWED UP WELL.

YOU KNOW, AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WERE VERY PROUD OF HOW MINNESOTANS GATHERED AROUND EACH OTHER, HOW NEIGHBOR BECAME A VERB.

>> AND ALSO WENT THROUGH A LOT, TOO.

>> WE ARE, YEAH.

>> NE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOWED UP IN ALL OF THE STORIES WAS THIS CONCEPT OF RESILIENCE.

THAT, YOU KNOW, HAPPINESS IS NOT THE AVOIDANCE OF TOUGH STUFF IN OUR LIFE.

IT IS HOW WE NAVIGATE THE HARD THINGS THAT WE SURROUND OURSELVES WITH, WHAT RITUALS WE USE, HOW WE REALLY REFOCUS ON CONTENTMENT AND ENJOYING THESE BEAUTIFUL LIVES WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH AND HAVE BUILT.

EVEN IN TIMES OF TRAUMA, EVEN IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE.

>> I WONDER, YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF PURPOSE.

FINDING YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE.

YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AN AWFUL LOT.

AND I'M WONDERING, HOW DID THAT DOVETAIL INTO WHAT YOU'RE 3 WORKING WITH WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

>> YEAH, DO SPEND ALL OF MY TIME REALLY THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING I'VE WORKED ON, THE INTERSECTION OF PURPOSE AND HAPPINESS AND MEANING.

AND SO FOR ME, THIS WAS SUCH A DELIGHT TO KIND OF BE A HAPPINESS TOURIST AND TO THINK ABOUT HAPPINESS THROUGH THE LENS OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT MINNESOTANS AND DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AND COMMUNITIES.

FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I THINK I -- I SPEAK A LOT ABOUT HOW PURPOSE REALLY ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FIND.

IT'S SOMETHING WITH HE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE IN AND REALLY RECOGNIZE THE BLESSINGS IN OUR LIFE AND THE GIFTS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AND HOW E CAN SERVE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THOSE.

AND SO TO WATCH IT SHOW UP IN ALL OF THE STORIES WHERE REALLY THEY WERE FINDING MEANING WITH HOW THEY WERE IN SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM WAS VERY AFFIRMING.

>> I'VE ALSO NOTICED WHEN YOU GET -- WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND YOU IMMERSE YOURSELF AS A HOST IN A SERIES LIKE THIS, YOU CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

SO HOW DID YOU CHANGE IN DOING ALL THESE INTERVIEWS?

>> WELL -- I'M SORRY.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I -- WHAT REALLY ASN'T -- HADN'T BEEN EXPOSED TO BEFORE WAS THIS INDIGENOUS BELIEF AROUND SEVEN GENERATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.

BUT IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD THINK THROUGH THE LENS OF WHATEVER WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, HOW WILL IT AFFECT THINGS SEVEN GENERATIONS FROM NOW.

HOW ARE WE TREATING OUR LAND, OUR WATER SUPPLIES, HOW WITH THEY THINKING ABOUT OUR FOOD, THE CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FOR PASSING ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION AND HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THIS WORLD SEVEN GENERATIONS FROM NOW.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF TIMES IN AMERICA WE THINK VERY SHORT-KITED.

IT'S VERY QUARTER TO QUARTER.

AND I THINK IT IS REFRESHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT LONG EFFORT, AND THINK ABOUT OUR LEGACY AND LASTING IMPACT.

SO THAT WAS A NEW LENS FOR ME, TO THINK ABOUT THAT LONG-TERM LASTING.

>> OKAY, TELL US, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AIRED ON MINNESOTA PBS TOTALLY TOTA LOCALLY.

TELL US ABOUT THE NATIONALLY AIRING.

>> NOVEMBER 1ST.

BUT YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT NOW ON THE PBS APP.

THE PBS WEBSITE.

THERE'S EVEN A YOUTUBE LINK OUT THERE.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR PEOPLE TO SEE US.

WE NEED MORE GOODNESS ON TELEVISION.

AND I THINK IT BRINGS PEOPLE A LOT OF JOY AND ASKS SOME REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS.

>> THANKS FOR SHARING HAPPINESS WITH US.

IT'S GREAT.

>> THANKS.

♪ >>> HALLOWEEN IS UPON US, WHICH MEANS IF YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP, YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE IN A COUPLE'S COSTUME.

THERE ARE A FEW RULES, THINGS LIKE DON'T DRESS UP AS SIBLINGS OR OTHER RACES AND FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THAT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT THE BIG RULE FOR A COUPLES' COSTUME IS, GO ALL IN.

COMMIT COMPLETELY.

DO THE THING, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY ABOUT IT.

LISTEN, I GET THAT HALLOWEEN ISN'T SOMETHING ADULTS SHOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY.

IT'S ANNOYING TO GET A DOZEN TEXTS ABOUT PRETENDING TO BE RAGGED IAN DESO YOUR PARENT CAN BE RAGGEDY ANN.

BUT B WE KNOW THAT HISTORY IS FULL OF MOMENTS WHERE THE UNENTHUSED WERE AT THE MERCY OF THE EXCITED.

BIRTHDAYS, WEDDINGS, D-DAY OR WHEN THE TRULY DELIGHTED OVERPOWERED EVERYONE ELSE.

AND I THINK WE CAN AGREE, THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE FOR IT.

IT'S EASY TO SAY AN IT'S EASY TO SAY A COUPLES' COSTUME IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY AND EFFORT.

AND BELIEVE ME, IT IS.

BUYING AN OUTFIT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO WEAR ONCE IS HISSING YOUR MORTICIAN DECIDES, NOT YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

BUT WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE?

REFUSING FUN, ROLLING YOUR EYES?

TURNING YOUR NOSE UP TO THE IDEA OF PLAY?

WHY DO THAT TO THE PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT?

IT YOU CAN'T COMMIT TO HAVING FUN ITH SOMEONE, WHY HAVE THEM IN YOUR LIFE AT ALL.

SO THIS HALLOWEEN, GO ALL-OUT.

AT FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL STUPID AND ANNOYED.

BUT I PROMISE, THE MINUTE YOU PUT ON THOSE COWBOY BOOTS OR TENTACLES OR HOOKS, YOU WILL FIND THE JOY, THE WHIMSY AND THE DELIGHT OF HALLOWEEN.

AND YOU DON'T, WELL, THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THANKSGIVING, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T IKE DRESSING UP YOUR LOVED ONES, YOU'RE GOING TO HATE COOKING FOR THEM.

♪ ♪ >>> THE TREES ARE CHANGING TO THEIR VIBRANT COLORS.

A LOT OF TREES ALREADY HAVE LOST THE COLOR.

BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE FALL, RIGHT?

METEOROLOGIST PAUL DOUGLAS IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS WEATHER WHEN HE'S NOT PENNING HIS COLUMN FOR THE STAR TRIBUNE.

HE HAS HIS OWN WEATHER COMPANY CALLED PRAEDICTIX.

I LIKE THE WARM WEATHER, BUT I FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE 70s AND 80s IN OCTOBER.

>> IT IS A GUILTY PLEASURE.

I SHARE THAT.

I FEEL LIKE I'M A WEATHER GUY IN SAN DIEGO.

>> YES.

>> WHAT AM I GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY?

THERE'S NO WEATHER.

CRYSTAL-CLEAR SKIES, LIKE LIVING IN A POSTCARD.

THIS WEEK -- >> IS IT WRONG?

>> YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE WRONG.

THERE ARE NO BEAUTIFUL DROUGHTS, MARY.

THAT IS AN OXYMORON.

AND YES, MUCH OF THE STATE IS IN DROUGHT, RIGHT?

>> UH-HUH.

>> BUT, YES, IT HAS BEEN GORGEOUS.

AND IF ANYBODY ASKS, AND I HOPE THEY DON'T, TODAY WAS THE 1 47th DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH THE MERCURY AT OR ABOVE 70.

THE FIFTH-MOST ON RECORD.

AND BY THE WAY, FOUR OF THE FIVE LONGEST STRETCHES OF 70s TAKING PLACE SINCE 2016.

HALF THE YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN 70 OR WARMER.

>> THAT IS CALIFORNIA.

>> EXPLAIN THAT TO A NONMINNESOTA.

>> WOW.

>> AND YEAH, WE'RE REALLY PAST PEAK NOW ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE.

STILL SOME POCKETS OF COLOR.

AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE COLORS SEEM DULLER.

I SEEM DULLER.

>> NO!

NEVER.

STOP.

.

.

>> AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

WHEN IT GETS DRY, TREES GO INTO SELF PRESERVATION MODE.

AND THEY LOSE THEIR LEAVES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO EVAPORATE AS MUCH MOISTURE INTO THE AIR AND THE DROUGHT IS IMPACTING SUGAR PRODUCTION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

SO, YEAH, NOT YOUR IMAGINATION.

STILL BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE, BUT NOT QUITE AS VIBRANT AS PREVIOUS YEARS.

TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE IN MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT.

WE HAVE EXTREME DROUGHT IN PARTS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN, EVEN WORSE CONDITIONS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF WISCONSIN.

BUT, YEAH, IT'S NOT REALLY GETTING ANY BETTER OUT THERE.

AND WITH THIS BREWING EL NINO, WHICH IS NOW WELL UNDER WAY, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT DROUGHT INTO MUCH, MUCH OF NEXT YEAR.

A REPORT FROM KMSQ -- KSMQ -- >> AUSTIN, ROCHESTER, DOWN THERE, YEAH.

OUR FRIENDS.

>> WELCOME ABOARD.

AND I FOUND IT INTERESTING.

I THINK IT APPLIES TO MUCH OF THE STATE.

THEY'RE GETTING REPORTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE BURNING THEIR LEAVES.

>> DON'T DO THAT.

>> AND YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

AND ACCORDING TO LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS IN THE AUSTIN AREA, THE FIELDS RE TINDER DRY.

CORN CORNFIELDS AND BEAN FIELDS.

AND SO JUST CHECK AND THINK BEFORE YOU CONSIDER TURNING THAT PILE OF LEAVES INTO A BONFIRE.

BECAUSE THAT COULD QUICKLY SPREAD UT OF CONTROL.

A LOT OF FIRES NOW UP NORTH, AND ACROSS WISCONSIN.

BRIGHT SUN, LOW HUMIDITY.

AND FREQUENT WINDY SPELLS IN RECENT WEEKS.

WE NEED A GOOD SOAKING.

AND IT MAY BE COMING THIS WEEKEND.

THE MODEL IS HINTING AN INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY LATE IN THE DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND EXTENDED RAIN EVENT.

AND I THINK SATURDAY MAY BE THE LAST SHOT AT 70.

BUT WE COOL OFF INTO THE 50s FROM HE -- HALLOWEEN UPCOMING CELEBRATION AND ALSO LOOKS LIKE ELECTION DAY WE COULD BE UPPER 40s TO AROUND 50.

SO NO PARKA WEATHER JUST YET.

BUT MAYBE BACK INTO JACKETS AFTER SHIRT SLEEVES.

BY THE WAY, ON AVERAGE, 30-YEAR DATA, WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN OUR HARD FREEZE ON OCTOBER THE 19TH IN THE METRO.

A FEW YEARS BELOW 28.

FIRST TRACE OF SNOW USUALLY COMES NOVEMBER 10TH.

I WOULDN'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.

THE FIRST ONE-INCH SNOW COVER COMES NOVEMBER 25TH.

EVERYTHING IS BEING DELAYED BY BACKGROUND WARMING, CLIMATE WARMING, AND THIS SUPER EL NINO, WHICH IS HISTORIC.

THAT RED LINE SHOWS YOU WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SO FAR THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO NORMAL, WHICH IS THE BLACK LINE DOWN BELOW AND PREVIOUS EL NINOS.

WE ARE IN UNCHARTED WATERS, AND WHEN YOU HAVE WARM WATER IN THE PACIFIC, THAT TENDS TO HIJACK THE JET STREAM, MORE OF A PACIFIC FLOW.

WE'LL STILL GET SOME ARCTIC OUTBREAKS, BUT PROBABLY NOT AS MANY AS DURING A TYPICAL MINNESOTA WINTER.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE'S NOAAs FORECAST.

COOLER FOR THE UPPER U.S.

PRECIPITATION, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE SNOWSTORM.

AND THE LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE, I FOUND IT INTERESTING, THEY SAID THAT IF WE DO GET SNOW, IT WILL PROBABLY COME IN NOVEMBER OR MARCH.

THE SHOULDER SEASON.

>> GREAT.

>> LESSER CHANCE DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

.

.

>> WOW.

>> OH, WHEN WE WANT IT.

RIGHT.

>> THE STORMS IN THE SOUTHERN U.S., RIGHT U.S., RIGWRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN.

>> OR WOMAN.

>> I'M JUST THE MESSENGER.

BUT MY FORECAST PROBABLY MILDER THAN AVERAGE.

STRONG CORRELATION.

PROBABLY MORE ICING EVENTS, WHICH DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD, RIGHT?

THE WINTER WEATHER ENTHUSIASTS NOT EXCITED ABOUT ICE.

AND IF WE DO GET THOSE BIG SNOWSTORMS, A BETTER CHANCE IN NOVEMBER OR MARCH.

AND PROBABLY A FEW IG SURPRISES.

>> LIKE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

NOT NECESSARILY HERE.

BUT ELSEWHERE.

I MEAN, MASSIVE FLOOGD, MUDSLIDES FOR CALIFORNIA.

THE LAST SUPER EL NINO LIKE THIS ONE, IT WAS '97, '98 AND THE MOST TORNADOES ON RECORD FOR FLORIDA.

SO I THINK THE SOUTHERN U.S.

COULD TAKE A BEATING THIS YEAR WITH A CONGA LINE OF WILD STORMS WHILE WE SAY, HEY, THE BIG STORMS ARE STAYING SOUTH, WE NEED THAT MOISTURE, WE NEED THE SNOW.

AS AN INSULATOR.

I STILL THINK WE COULD SEE AVERAGE SNOWFALL, BUT I WOULDN'T BET ON IT.

>> SO WHAT IS IT THEN FORETELL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MARCH, APRIL, MAY?

I WOULD THINK THAT THE DROUGHT WOULD DEEPEN AND THAT WOULD BE BIG TROUBLE.

>> USUALLY -- I MEAN, THE SEVERITY OF THE DROUGHT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, IT TAKES ONE TO TWO YEARS OF AVERAGE RAINFALL TO COME OUT OF IT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER A COUPLE OF STORMS.

BUT MY HOPE IS THAT AS EL NINO FADES BY PRING OF NEXT YEAR, WE GET BACK INTO A MORE NORMAL CADENCE OF SIGNIFICANT STORMS.

HALF THE AMOUNT OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT WE NORMALLY GET THIS PAST SUMMER.

MEANWHILE, PHOENIX JUST SAW 2-INCH HAIL.

HAIL THE SIZE OF HENS' EGGS.

TORNADOES IN MINNESOTA.

>> OKAY, SO DON'T FLY SOUTH THIS YEAR.

THAT'S THE MESSAGE TO OUR SNOW BIRDS.

>> SNOW BIRDS -- >> STAY HOME.

>> STICK AROUND.

>> WATCH FOR THE ICE.

>> NOT SO BAD.

>> HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

>> THANK YOU BOTH.

♪ >>> CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR CONCLUDED THEIR TWO DEBATES THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER SENSE OF WHERE THAT RACE STANDS AFTER WATCHING THE TWO GROUNDBREAKING WOMEN SQUARE OFF.

NO SURPRISE.

THAT'S MY RACE TO WATCH THIS WEEK.

>> AS GOVERNOR, KEEPING MINNESOTANS SAFE AND OUR CHILDREN SAFE IS THE FIRST COMMITMENT WILL MAKE.

>> IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK FOR THE FRONTRUNNER FOR GOVERNOR, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, AMY KLOBUCHAR.

>> WHAT ABOUT WHAT PHASE WE'RE IN.

YOU'RE DONE WITH THE DEBATES AND HOME STRETCH OF THE CAMPAIGN.

WHAT DOES THE REST LOOK LIKE?

>> THIS IS NOW REALLY GOING EVERYWHERE AS I ALWAYS DO.

I HAVE FINISHED MY 87 COUNTIES, BUT IT'S GOING BACK TO A NUMBER OF AREAS, CAMPAIGNING AROUND THE STATE AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT MY POSITIVE AGENDA FOR THE STATE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN IN TRUST LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN MINNESOTA WITH OUR STATE GOVERNMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO RESTORE IT.

>> AS THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA 3 AND THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE AS GOVERNOR OF ANY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> YES, THIS IS HISTORIC.

I'VE BEEN THE FIRST WOMAN COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE FIRST WOMAN WHEN I SERVED IN THE URZ SENATE FOR MINNESOTA.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR FIRST GOVERNOR.

BUT I DON'T DO IT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN.

>> THE TWO TOP WOMEN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR KNOW THEY'RE MAKING HISTORY AS THEY DEBATE AND CAMPAIGN.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU CONTINUOUSLY LONG THE TRAIL.

>> REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE, GETTING NEWS COVERAGE WITH REGULAR EVENTS.

>> ON DAY ONE, I WILL SCION AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ROTECT THOSE WHO PROTECT TAXPAYERS.

AMY KLOBUCHAR'S WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED OFTEN DEHUMANIZING, AND HER SENATE OFFICE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS AN ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLED BY FEAR, ANGER AND SHAME.

SHE HAS EVER YET SEPARATED HERSELF FROM A SINGLE ONE OF GOVERNOR WALZ'S POLICIES.

SHE CALLED HIM AN INCREDIBLE GOVERNOR WHO HAS DELIVERED FOR THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA.

I KNOW THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA REALLY AREN'T LOOKING FOR THE KIND OF DELIVERY THAT WE HAVE HAD WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $9 BILLION OF FRAUD.

I'VE HEARD NOTHING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE OR FROM WASHINGTON ABOUT A POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL VISIT.

>> THE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR REMAIN ISSUES FOR BOTH CANDIDATES, AS THEY SQUARED OFF.

>> SHE CAN'T THINK OF ANY WAY THAT SHE DIFFERS FROM DONALD TRUMP.

YET HE HAS JUST ENDORSED HER FOR THIS RACE FOR GOVERNOR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE NEED A RUBBER STAMP OF DONALD TRUMP IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

I THINK WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN GET THINGS DONE FOR YOU AND LOOK OUT FOR YOU AND NOT HIM AND ONE OF HIS TOP DONORS WHO IS FINANCING HER ADS, WHO IS A BILLIONAIRE OUT OF WISCONSIN WHO, BY THE WAY, IS A PACKERS FAN.

>> WHAT WE HAVE NOT YET EARD IS FROM SENATOR KLOBUCHAR WHERE SHE DIFFERS ON A POLICY OR A BILL THAT GOVERNOR WALZ HAS PUT INTO PLACE.

CITY STILL CALLS HIM AN INCREDIBLE APPROXIMATE GOVERNOR WHO HAS DELIVERED FOR THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA.

MY QUESTION FOR MINNESOTANS, IS3 YOUR LIFE BETTER THAN IT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO?

>> CHAOS AND CONFUSION AFTER BULLETS START FLYING OUTSIDE A HOME COMING FOOTBALL GAME.

>> AFTER A SHOOTING AT AN EDEN PRAIRIE HOME COMING FOOTBALL BECAME, LISA DEMUTH HELD A PUBLIC SAFETY ROUNDTABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN EXPLODE WITH CRIME, SPECIFICALLY SOMALI GANG VIOLENCE, THAT HAVE AFFECTED A FOOTBALL GAME RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM IN EDEN PRAIRIE -- >> DEMUTH SAYS THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS RISEN TO THE TOP IN VOTERS' MINDS IN SUBURBAN DISTRICTS REPUBLICANS USED TO WIN, BUT IT MOVED IN DEMOCRATS' DIRECTION IN THE LAST DECADE.

>> I THINK EVERY INGLE SEAT IS IN PLAY, BECAUSE MINNESOTANS AROUND THE STATE, ARMED THE STATE, ARE FINALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

OUR STATE -- THIS IS NOT WHAT WE NEED.

THIS IS NOT GOOD.

AND ONE-PARTY CONTROL A FEW YEARS AGO MADE DRASTIC CHANGES.

BUT DEMOCRAT CONTROL IN THIS STATE FOR 16 YEARS IS NOT DELIVERING WHAT WE NEED.

I WOULD SAY, GET READY, BECAUSE EVERY SEAT IS IN PLAY RIGHT NOW.

>> AND IF YOU CAN WIN IN THOSE AREAS -- >> I CAN ABSOLUTELY WIN IN THOSE AREAS.

BLOOMINGTON IS STOMPING GROUNDS FOR ME, ACTUALLY.

I LIVED IN BLOOMINGTON WHEN I WAS GROWING UP FOR A TIME.

>> WE ARE GOING TO FIND YOU, WE ARE GOING TO LOCK YOU UP.

>> EVEN BEYOND THE ISSUE OF GUNS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST SOME TRUST IN OUR GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF FRAUD, YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOVERNOR YOU CAN TRUST.

YOU WON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH WHAT THEY DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

AND I BELIEVE THESE PARENTS, I KNOW THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN THE CPITOL.

AND SHE DENIED THEM ABOUT THAT SHE PROMISED THEM.

>> SHE'S DONE A LOT OF EVENTS AND SAID PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES.

>> DOES THIS FALL ON PUBLIC SAFETY?

>> YES, IT DES.

SO PUBLIC SAFETY, AS I KNOW FROM BEING THE FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY, IS GOING AFTER GANG CRIME, MAKING SURE LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THE RESOURCES.

>> FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS RESPONDED WITH A COORDINATED EFFORT.

>> THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

THE ACTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT DEFINE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE IS MAKE CLEAR THAT GANGSTERS HAVE NO PLACE IN MINNESOTA, FOR SOMALI GANGS AND ANY GANGS IN OUR STATE.

>> WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ABLE TO DO THE JOBS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO AND THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY PROSECUTORS THAT WILL PROSECUTE CRIMINALS AND JUDGES THAT WILL UPHOLD THE LAW, OUR PROBLEMS COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF IN VERY SHORT ORDER.

>> A GUN CONTROL BILL BEFORE HE LEGISLATURE ALSO DIVIDED THESE CANDIDATES IN THE FINAL DEBATE SCHEDULED FOR VOTERS TO SELECT A NEW GOVERNOR.

>> SHE HAD THE FAMILIES IN HER LIVING ROOM THAT WAS KILLED WHEN THE BULLETS RANG THROUGH THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF ANNUNCIATION ANNUNCIA ANNUNCIATION CHURCH.

SHE TOLD THEM SHE WOULD GIVE A VOTE, GIVE A VOTE FOR THE GUN SAFETY PACKAGE.

ALLOW HER VOTE, NO MATTER HOW SHE VOTED ON IT, AND SHE DID NOT.

SHE LIED TO THEM.

>> I GAVE THEM MY WORD.

I WOULD NOT LIE TO THEM.

BUT I WOULD BILLS WILL BE INTRODUCED, THEY WILL O THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THEY WILL VOTED ON.

THAT HAPPENED EIGHT TIMES.

>> THE REALITY IS, SHE BLOCKED IT FROM HAPPENING.

SO I THINK SHE LIED TO US IN OUR LIVING ROOM INTENTIONALLY.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THEN CONTINUED TO LIE AS WE CALLED IT OUT.

♪ ♪ .

.

>> IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, MINNESOTA'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE COULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.

WE'VE CONVENED AN EXPERT POLITICAL PANEL TONIGHT.

ON THE LEFT, DFLer JEFF HAYDEN, FORMER MAJORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE.

AND FORMER LEGISLATIVE STAFFER AND NOW AN ATTORNEY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.

REPUBLICANS JOINING US TONIGHT, AMY FREDERICKSON IS A FORMER STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, NOW A LOBBYIST, AND BRIAN McCLUNG, FORMER SPOKESPERSON FOR GOVERNOR PAWLENTY AND LONG TIME CAPITOL OBSERVER.

WELCOME, ONE AND ALL.

SENATOR FREDERICKSON, I'M WONDERING, WHEN IT ACCOMMODATION TO THE FAMILY OF HARPER MOYSKI, CLAIMING A SPEAKER LIED ON A GUN PACKAGE, DOES THAT HAVE LEGS FOR VOTERS?

>> IT CERTAINLY HAS LGS.

THE ANNUNCIATION EVENT WAS TRAGIC.

THE FAMILY OF PARENTS OF A HILD THAT WAS LOST SPEAKING OUT AND SAYING, NOW -- NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT ON IN THE ROOM, RIGHT?

WE DON'T KNOW THE CONVERSATION.

AND SOMETIMES I'LL SEE AS A LOBBYIST, SOMETIMES PARENTS SAY LOBBYIST, SOMETIMES PARENTS S SAY -- I'M NOT SAYING -- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT FOR THEM TO HAVE THE COURAGE -- AND THEY HAVE NOT POLITICIZED THIS AT ALL.

PREVIOUSLY.

FOR THEM TO SY, WE'VE -- WE FELT SHE LIED TO US AND SHE'S CONTINUING TO LIE ABOUT TIS, WE EXPECTED A VOTE ON THE FLOOR, THAT'S IS A BIG MOVE, ESPECIALLY IN SORT OF SUBURBAN AREAS WHERE I THINK THERE'S BEEN THIS PUSH AND PULL ON THE ECONOMY AND GANG VIOLENCE AND FRAUD.

THIS IS A WALKDOWN FOR THE SUBURBS SUBU SUBURBS.

>> YOU MENTIONED SUBURBS.

BECAUSE WE HEARD THE SPEAKER THERE SAY, OH, I WANT TO PLAY IN THE SUBURBS.

I'M FROM BLOOMINGTON.

SHE'S DOING EVENTS IN EDEN PRAIRIE.

SHE TALKED ABOUT A SHOOTING IN EDINA.

ARE THE SUBURBS BACK IN PLAY?

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT REPUBLICANS WERE HOPING.

THEY WERE HOPING FRAUD WOULD BE AN APPEAL TO THOSE SUBURBAN MIDDLE-AGE WOMEN.

AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF ISSUE THAT BRINGS THEM BACK INTO THE DEMOCRATIC FOLD.

GUNS IS AN ISSUE THAT SUBURBAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN FEITH ON FOR DECADES.

AND NOW TO SEE THIS ISSUE AS A WEDGE IS PROBLEMATIC FOR THE SPEAKER.

>> WELL, YEAH.

BUT AS FAR AS THE SUBURBS GO, HERE'S WHAT I AM SEEING AND HEARING WHEN I TALK TO CANDIDATES, AND PARTICULARLY CANDIDATES FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHO ARE PERSONALLY OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS.

THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY RISING TO THE TOP.

ONE IS FRAUD, AND THE OTHER IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SHOOTING AT A HIGH SCHOOL HOME COMING FOOTBALL GAME, THE KIND OF I'D IDYLLIC IDYL IDYLLIC SETTING, THERE'S A SHOOTING THERE, FOLLOWED UP SHORTLY BY A TERRORISM THREAT AT THE MALL OF AMERICA, THESE THINGS ARE REAL.

WE HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES TO DEAL WITH RELATIVE TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN MINNESOTA.

AND I THINK THAT BRINGS PEOPLE BACK TO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON THESE ISSUES MORE FORCEFULLY.

AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BA IN 2002, TIM PAWLENTY RAN AN AD TALKING ABOUT THE TERRORISTS ARE HERE.

AND NOW WE HAVE THIS MALL OF AMERICA TERROR THREAT.

I THINK THAT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE.

>> THESE ARE PERSONAL.

THESE ISSUES GET PERSONAL, DON'T THEY?

>> THEY GET REALLY PERSONAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS ISSUE AROUND GUN VIOLENCE WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU, AS ONE OF WHOSE KIDS WENT TO ANNUNCIATION TEN YEARS BEFORE, I'VE TALKED TO THESE FAMILIES, AND THAT'S REALLY.

SO AMY MIGHT BE RIGHT.

MAYBE THEY MISINTERPRETED, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY DID.

AND FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEY DIDN'T.

THEY BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE, NOT SOME PROCESS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THAT COMMITTEE, BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT SHE SAID THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE.

THE SENATE TOOK A VOTE, AND THE SENATE PASSED IT AND SENT THAT BILL OVER TO THE HOUSE.

AND SHE PUT IT IN THE DRAWER AND NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY.

THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS THAT PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT THE ANNUNCIATION PARENTS AND OTHERS WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS NOT JUST THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, BUT OTHER THINGS TO GET AHEAD OF AND PREVENT THE THINGS THAT KIDS SEE ONLINE AND OTHER THINGS.

BUT IT'S A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE AND PERM.

AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THESE SAME SUBURBAN WOMEN METRO SURGE.

THEY DON'T FORGET ABOUT THAT EITHER.

>> I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE DEBATE LET'S.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEBATE BETWEEN KLOBUCHAR AND DIE BETWEEN KLOBUCHAR AND DEMUTH.

WHAT STOOD OUT.

>> FAIRLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT.

BOTH CANDIDATES SAID THEY WOULD TURN OVER STATE GOVERNMENT AND BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO IT.

BOTH SAID THAT THINGS LIKE DATA CENTERS SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON 3 LOCAL CONTROL AND DECISION MAKING.

SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A HIGH-PROFILE RACE, THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT, WHICH I THINK ALSO REFLECTS KIND OF WHERE MINNESOTANS ARE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT?

YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO HAS VERY LOW APPROVAL RATINGS.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE READY TO TURN THE PAGE.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF CAME THROUGH.

>> HOW ABOUT STYLE VERSUS SUBSTANCE?

BECAUSE MOST OF THE ONLINE REACTION WAS STYLE.

>> LOOK, THERE'S NO QUESTION.

THE PRESENTATIONS WERE A BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF, YOU KOW, ENERGETIC ORRIN TENS ENERGETIC ORRIN T INTENSE VERSUM AND ALOOF.

BUT GOING INTO THIS DEBATE IT WAS ABOUT GOOD LISA DEMUTH CHANGE THE DYNAMIC IN THIS ELECTION.

SHE IS DOWN NINE POINTS.

SHE HAD TO GET A KNOCKOUT BLOW.

SHE DIDN'T DO THAT.

>> OR DID SHE.

NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DID, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHANNEL 9 DEBATE.

BUT HE CHAMBER DEBATE THAT HAPPENED CLOSE TO THIS WAS A LITTLE MORE RELAXED AND LITTLE MORE BACK AND FORTH.

I THINK THAT ONE THAT I FOLLOWED ACTUALLY -- I ENJOYED A LITTLE MORE.

I FELT LIKE THEY WERE A LITTLE MORE PERSONALABLE, AND PROBABLY JUST THE STYLE OF THE DEBATE.

>> BUT A LITTLE MORE BORING, MAYBE, TOO.

HONESTLY.

THE CHAMBER DEBATE?

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN, THERE WAS NO INTERACTION.

>> I WAS IMPRESSED.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH BOTH OF THEM.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK -- RIGHT -- I THINK WHAT WAS MISSING WAS, LIKE, DID THIS MOVE THE POLLS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND I DON'T THINK IT DID.

SOMETIMES A DEBATE CAN HAVE A MOMENT.

>> YES.

>> AND I DON'T THINK IT -- A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I FEEL, ABOUT THE U.S.

SENATE RACE AND MAYBE WE'LL GET TO THAT.

>> THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR'S RACE, SPEAKER DEMUTH HAD TO TRANSFORM HERSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

SO I SEE CAMPAIGN ADS THAT SPEAK TO HER BEING PUBLIC.

NOW TALKING MORE ABOUT HER SUBURBAN ROOTS, AS OPPOSED TO HER RURAL ROOTS.

SO I FEEL SHE'S TRYING TO FOLLOW AND GET MORE IN THE MAINSTREAM, AS OPPOSED TO SENATOR KLOBUCHAR IS, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHO I AM AND YOU KNOW THE KIND OF WORK I DO.

>> PIVOT TO THE U.S.

SENATE RACE.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, RIGHT?

ISN'T THIS ONE WHO KNOWS?

IS IT TAFOYA, RIGHT?

IS IT FLANAGAN.

>> THE NATIONAL REPORTERS WERE CALLING US, ESPECIALLY REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE.

THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND THE HILL AND EVERYBODY ELSE LATELY, BECAUSE THIS HAS SLINGSHOTED INTO THE ATIONAL RADAR.

AND I THINK IN PART THAT'S BECAUSE REPUBLICANS NATIONALLY ARE REALIZING IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE U.S.

SENATE, THEY MAY NEED TO FLIP MINNESOTA.

AND SO NOW THAT'S WHY THE NRSC IS STARTING TO SPEND.

IT IS A MARGIN OF ERROR RACE.

I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES, THIS IS A 4-3, TWO-POINT RACE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK MICHELLE TAFOYA HAS THE MOMENTUM.

I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB IN THAT DEBATE.

AND I THINK THE FRAUD AND TIM WALZ IS AN ALBATROSS WITH PEGGY FLANAGAN.

AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO CHANGE OR TURN THE PAGE, I THINK THAT'S NOT GOING TO TURN OUT.

>> T WAS AN AGGRESSIVE PERFORMANCE IN THEIR ONE AND ONLY DEBATE.

>> NO QUESTION.

CLEAR CONTRAST.

REMEMBER, THIS ELECTION IS NOT HAPPENING IN ISOLATION.

THE SENATE RACE IS NOT HAPPENING IN ISOLATION.

IT'S A MIDTERM ELECTION WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS HISTORICALLY UNPOPULAR IN MINNESOTA.

THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE RACE.

AND SECOND, AMY KLOBUCHAR IS WING BY WING WINNING BY NINE POINTS.

AND I SEE IT AS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT DRAG PEGGY FLANAGAN ALONG AND HAVE DEMOCRATS TURN.

>> HERE'S WHERE SOME OF THAT -- THE POLLS ALSO SHOW TWO THINGS.

TWO ISSUES ARE TOP OF MIND FOR MILLENNIALS.

ONE IS THE EONOMY.

DOES NOT PLAY WELL.

PLAYS WELL FOR SENATOR KLOBUCHAR AND THE DEMOCRATS.

AND SECOND AND VERY CLOSE IS FRAUD.

AND THERE'S ONE PERSON ON THE BALLOT THAT WAS ON THE WALZ/FLANAGAN TICKET AND AT THE WALZ/FLANAGAN ABLE AND THAT'S PEGGY FLANAGAN.

AND MINNESOTANS, WE USED TO BRAG ABOUT IT ALL OVER.

AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN SPLITTING OUR TICKETS.

THIS IS MILLENNIALS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO THEIR -- THEIR ROOTS, WHICH IS WE COULD DIVIDE SOME TICKETS HERE.

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THAT'S WISHFUL THINKING.

I WILL SAY THIS.

WE WENT INTO A SITUATION -- PEGGY FLANAGAN WAS TIED BY 20 POINTS.

RIGHT?

SO THERE IS A GROUP OUT THAT POLLSTERS AREN'T TALKING TO.

THEY ARE YOUNG, PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE VOTING FOR PEGGY FWLAN BEGAN.

>> AND METRO SURGE VOTED FOR A UNIVERSE OF VOTERS WHO WILL TURN OUT.

>> WHAT ABOUT LEGISLATURE?

WHAT THE HECK HAPPENS?

SENATE FLIP?

MAYBE NOT THE HOUSE?

THE HOUSE CLOSE, NOT CLOSE?

LET'S GIVE SOME QUICK SUMMARIES ON THAT.

>> ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, I THINK THE HOUSE PROBABLY GOES DFL.

>> YEP.

>> THE SENATE IS A LITTLE HARDER TO IAGINE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE MATH IS MUCH BETTER FOR THE SENATE GOP.

>> THE RURAL SEATS.

>> THE RURAL SEATS.

AND REGIONAL CENTERS.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, GIVEN THE CLIMATE, IT'S HARD -- >> OTHER FORMER SENATOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK THE INTURNLS.

I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THE SUBURBS AGAIN, AND THERE ARE SOME SEATS THAT I'M HEARING ARE IN PLAY THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT WOULD BE IN PLAY.

SO I THINK THAT THIS ISSUE OF THAT THE SUBURBS AND THE WAY THE SUBURBS VOTE IS GOING TO PROBABLY -- ARE IN PLAY AND PROBABLY GIVES THE DEMOCRATS MAYBE A ONE OR TO-PERSON LEAD.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THAT 3 TURNOUT IN GREATER MINNESOTA AND WATCH THE HOUSE, CHILD AND CUE PACK AND PUTNAM SEATS.

AND IF REPUBLICANS WIN TWO OR THREE OF THOSE, SUBURBS, REGIONAL SUBURBS, BLUE WAVE, GRAB YOUR SURFBOARD.

>> BEFORE YOU GO, THE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS LOOK REALLY BIG.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

ANYTHING?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MEANS ANYTHING.

I THINK MORE AND MORE VOTERS LIKE TO VOTE EARLY.

WE'VE GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO IT.

>> GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU.

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