♪♪ >> Mary: MORE CONTEXT ON CAPITOL ARRESTS, ERIC ESKOLA, LONGTIME POLITICAL REPORTER.

TO BE FRANK, ERIC, WE'VE SEEN SOME THINGS UP HERE IN THIS VERY HOUSE, WE HAVE SEEN A LAWMAKER ACTUALLY ARRESTED ON THE LOOR.

>> Eric: THAT'S TRUE.

>> Mary: THIS IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED.

>> Eric: NO, BUT THE FACT SITUATION, THE FACT THAT THE FACTS ARE IN DISPUTE MAKE -- THE FAMILY IS INVOLVED, IT'S REALLY A BIZARRE SET OF FACTS.

I MADE THE CALLS TODAY THAT YOU THINK I WOULD MAKE TO GET READY FOR THE PROGRAM TONIGHT.

AND WE'RE IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION.

OF AN ATOM BOMB HAS DROPPED.

UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

DEFIES COMMON SENSE.

THE TRIFECTA AT STAKE.

>> Mary: THIS IS DRAMATIC.

>> Eric: YEAH.

>> Mary: ON A SCALE, EVERY DAY HERE IS DRAMATIC, BUT THIS IS, LIKE WE SAID, NOT UNPRECEDENTED, THERE ARE RUN-INS WITH THE LAW, THERE WAS AN ARREST HERE.

BUT THIS ONE, THE DETAILS, YOU JUST HEARD THE SENATE LEADER REACTING TO THE VERY LATEST THERE ABOUT THE TRANSCRIPT, WHICH FURTHER KIND OF CONFUSES THINGS ON THAT 911 CALL.

>> Eric: WELL, IT DOES.

AND THERE HAS TO BE A WAY, MAYBE, FOR PEOPLE TO GET AHOLD OF THE BODY CAMERAS.

>> Mary: YEAH, WE'RE TOLD THERE WERE BODY CAMERAS UP THERE.

YEAH.

>> Eric: APPARENTLY IT'S UP TO THE POLICE, SENATOR MITCHELL COULD ALLOW THEM TO BE RELEASED, AND THE POLICE COULD DECIDE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO SETTLE SOME OF THE FACT CONTRADICTIONS.

>> Mary: BECAUSE THERE'S FACTS IN DISPUTE.

SENATOR MITCHELL'S ATTORNEY IS DISPUTING THE FACTS, SENATOR MITCHELL WENT ON FACEBOOK, DISPUTED THAT.

SO YOU THINK WE COULD BE AWAITING KIND OF THE NEXT SHOE TO DROP.

THERE COULD BE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.

>> Eric: MORE INFORMATION.

>> Mary: SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN TIES BEFORE AS WELL.

YOU, MY FATHER, HAVE BEEN AROUND, WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN TIES IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

>> Eric: WELL, I THINK -- THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO TODAY SEEM TO KIND OF SETTLE ON ONE POSSIBILITY THAT THE SENATOR SERVES UNTIL THEY GO HOME, MAY 20th, AND THEN RESIGNS.

AND THEN IF IT'S ALL BEFORE JUNE 8th, THEN THE GOVERNOR CAN CALL A SPECIAL SESSION -- ELECTION FOR THAT SENATE SEAT IN WOODBURY FOR NOVEMBER.

SO IT WOULD BE -- >> Mary: IN THE GENERAL HEN ALL THE HOUSE IS UP AS WELL?

>> Eric: YEAH.

AND WE SHOULD SAY THAT KELLY MORRISON IS A DFL SENATOR, WHO'S RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT, SO IF SHE HAPPENS TO PREVAIL AND IS NOT IN THE SENATE, THERE COULD BE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT OUT IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS, AS WELL AS THE WOODBURY SEAT.

>> Mary: WOW.

SEE, THIS IS HIGH DRAMA.

WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE, THIS IS THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE THEN AT STAKE.

THE HOUSE WAS ALREADY ON THE BALLOT AND NOW THE SENATE CONTROL COULD BE ON THE BALLOT.

>> Eric: YEAH, CONTROL OF THE SENATE WOULD BE UP FOR GRABS WITH THOSE TWO SENATE SEATS.

>> Mary: WOW.

>> Eric: IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE ROAD, THIS GETS CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER.

>> Mary: WOW.

BUT THIS DISTRICT ISN'T AS COMPETITIVE AS IT USED TO BE.

WE USED TO SEE SOME VERY COMPETITIVE SUBURBS, WOODBURY ISN'T QUITE THE BATTLE GROUND IT USED TO BE.

>> Eric: SHE WON BY 19.. >> Mary: THAT DOESN'T SEEM CLOSE?

>> Eric: NO, WHO KNOWS, THAT'S WHY THEY RUN THE RACE.

>> Mary: LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL YOUR SOURCES BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL INCREDIBLY WELL SOURCED UP HERE.

YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES.

WHAT IS SHE KNOWN FOR, WHAT'S HER REPUTATION, WHAT'S HER FRIENDSHIPS ACROSS THE AISLE, IN THE CAUCUS, WHAT IND OF PICTURE CAN YOU MAKE?

>> Eric: SHE'S A FIRST-TERMER, NOT PARTICULARLY WELL KNOWN, BUT INTENSE, I HEARD.

YOU KNOW?

TOUGH, INTENSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HER RELATIONSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH HER COLLEAGUES IN THE DFL CAUCUS AND THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, BUT ALSO WITH HER CONSTITUENTS.

SEE, THE CONSTITUENTS HOLD A LITTLE POWER HERE.

AND SHE MAY GET OME SUSTENANCE FROM THEM, ND SAY, I'M GOING TO CARRY ON.

AND MAY NOT TAKE THE ADVICE OF SENATOR MURPHY OR OTHER LEADERS OR CLOSE CONFIDANTES IN THE SENATE.

SO CHECK OUT WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE SHE GETS FROM HER DISTRICT DISWL.

>> Mary: IT HASN'T BEEN OVER FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED, TOMMY RUKAVINA, GOT A DUI, GOT ELECTED WITH MORE VOTES.

SO IT DOESN'T MEAN YOUR CAREER IS OVER.

>> Eric: WELL, THE GARDEN-VARIETY LEGISLATOR DUI, I MEAN, IT HAPPENS, THEY'RE LIKE THE REST OF THE POPULATION, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THIS WILL HAPPEN TO.

BUT THIS REALLY TRANSCENDS THAT.

AND IT'S EARLY DAYS.

SO LET'S WAIT AND SEE.

I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WILL SAY, DUE PROCESS.

I THINK SHE'LL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.

I MEAN, LET'S SAY SHE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE, WHAT WILL SENATOR JOHNSON AND THE REPUBLICANS DO ON THE FLOOR, BRINGING UP THINGS THAT MIGHT BE INJURIOUS TO THE DEMOCRATS, A LOT OF THIS YET TO BE WRITTEN.

>> Mary: IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING.

HE EAST STILL WAITING IN THE WINGS.