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>> ERIC: IN THE NEXT HOUR WE'LL TALK JOBS AND INTEREST RATES, SEE HOW SOME MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES ARE DEALING WITH THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, FILL THE COUCH WITH POLITICAL PUNDITS, AND WE'LL TOSS IN AN ARON WOLDESLASSIE ESSAY PLUS LIVE IRISH MUSIC FOR YOU.

>> CATHY: BUT WE START TONIGHT WITH THE BIG POLITICAL NEWS THAT HAS DOMINATED HEADLINES HERE IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE NATION SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO THAT HE WOULD NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.

WHO WILL PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS CHOOSE AS HER RUNNING MATE?

AS THE HANDFUL OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES MAKES THE ROUNDS ON NATIONAL NEWS PROGRAMS, SOME OBSERVERS SAY GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS RISEN CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE GROUP OF GOVERNORS, SENATORS AND OTHERS IN THE MIX.

THE TOP THREE CONTENDERS MOST OFTEN MENTIONED LATE THIS WEEK INCLUDE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, ARIZONA SENATOR MARK KELLY, AND MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ.

MARY LAHAMMER CAUGHT UP WITH THE FORMER FOOTBALL COACH EARLIER THIS WEEK AT VIKINGS TRAINING CAMP.

CHEER 'EM ON, GUYS.

>> Mary: A FOOTBALL FIELD REMINDS FOLKS OF GOVERNOR WALZ'S RESUMÉ AS A STATE CHAMPION HIGH FOOL FOOTBALL COACH AS HE TRIES OUT FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

DID YOU LOVE BEING BACK HERE AS A FOOTBALL COUCH?

>> A LITTLE NOSTALGIC BUT ALWAYS THE FRESH START THINKING, OH, NO, HERE WE GO, FOOTBALL IS WHO WE ARE.

I WILL SAY THIS, NOW I'M GETTING A ALSO BUILT, DID NOT ANG, SUMMER IS GOING FAST.

>> Mary: HOW ABOUT YOUR RESUMÉ, THE NATIONAL PRESS HAS TAKING NOTE.

>> I LEAD WITH THAT FOOTBALL COACH.

I SAID IRNEVER CLOSED THE YEAR BOOK.

>> Mary: MINNESOTA GOV TIM WALZ IS ONE OF THOSE BEING VETTED AS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE.

YOU'RE GOVERNOR FOR THE MIDWEST STATE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

ARE YOU WHAT THIS TICKET NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THE TRUMP-VANCE TICKET?

>> WE WILL BEAT THAT TICKET.

THE ENTHUSIASM THAT HAS EXPLODED ACROSS MINNESOTA SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD.

>> Mary: WALZ HAS BEEN LEADING A LOT OF MEDIA REPORTS LATELY WHICH HAVE BEEN MAKE MAKING THE TOP THREE IN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S SEARCH FOR A RUNNING MATE.

>> Mary: WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE TOP 3, DO YOU FEEL IT, DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

>> I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS AND I MADE THE CASE, I THINK WE JUST NEED A CHANGE TOWARDS A MORE INCLUSIVE AND A MORE HOPEFUL TYPE OF POLITICS AND I'M JUST DOING MY PART TO BE A PART OF THAT.

>> Mary: NO MATTER WHAT, DO YOU KEEP -- >> I'LL BE OUT THERE.

I'LL DO HATEVER IS ASKED OF ME TO MAKE SURE THE TICKET GOES.

>> Mary: PRESS AS FAR AWAY AS THE GUARDIAN IN BRITAIN HAD THE DETAIL F WHAT CAMP LaSHOULD SELECT TIM.

BUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE BATTLEGROUNDS OF THE MIDWEST IS ALSO GETTING NOTICED >> I GUARANTY YOU OVER TODAY IN THE BARS IN WISCONSIN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PACKERS AND INTERCEPTIONS.

SO IT SEEMS WEIRD HAT YOU WOULD FOX CONSCIOUS N THAT RATHER THAN FOOTBALL SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TO TALK VIKINGS.

>> THESE ARE WEIRD IDEAS, SEE HOW THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS.

>> THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING THE LEAD.

>> Mary: WE'RE TOLD IT WAS NO BIG STRATEGIC PLAN THAT GO CREATED THE WEIRD TRENDS.

>> IT WAS NOT PRACTICED, IT JUST HAPPENED.

>> THE THICK I'M TELLING PEOPLE IS IT'S NOT MENTION TO BE MEAN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE KIND OF OBSESSED HAT SEEM REALLY WEIRD TO ME, LIKE MORE THAN OWED, KIND OF WEIRD.

>> Mary: ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT IT'S GONE VIRAL AND TAKEN OFF LIKE IT HAS?

>> A LITTLE BIT, I WILL GIVE CREDIBILITY TO THOSE OUT THERE, I ASKS O.WAS ASKING, HOW THIS GOING?

>> LEADERS NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY ARE SAYING WALZ IS THEIR MICK FOR V.P.

>> WHAT BETTER WAY TO CONNECT THE SUPPOSE PRO-WORKER ADMINISTRATION THAN HAVING THE MOST PRO-GOVERNOR IN THE NATION SERVE AS OUR VICE PRESIDENT.

>> HE WAS A FORMER UNION TEACHER WHO KEPT TIES WITH PEOPLE IN PARTICIPATION, INCREASING EDUCATION FUNDING DESPITE MANY DISTRICTS STILL MAKING CUTS.

>> AT HIS CORE, HE IS STILL A TEACHER.

TEACHERS GET THINGS DONE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A CLASSROOM FULL OF STUDENTS AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP, YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T KICK THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

THE CHILDREN NEED YOU, NOW.

>> Mary: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS APPRECIATED A RECORD BILLION-DOLLAR BIPARTISAN BONDING BILL FOR STATE ROJECTS THAT CREATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

>> TIM WALZ S ONE OF US.

A UNION TEACHER, A COACH, A VETERAN, FROM THE MIDWEST, FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

>> Mary: THE STATE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS IN MINNESOTA, AND THE STATE WORKERS' UNION ALSO BACKS WALZ.

>> I STAND HERE PROUDLY TODAY TO BACK GOVERNOR WALZ FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT IS WITHOUT QUESTION THAT HE HAS BEEN THE MOST PRO-WORKER, PRO-LABOR AND PRO-UNION GOVERNOR THAT THIS STATE HAS SEEN.

>> Mary: IF HARRIS SELECTS WALZ, IT WOULD ELEVATE A NATIVE WOMAN TO GOVERNOR AND A BLACK MAN TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FROM PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE MAKING HISTORY.

>> NOTION ABOUT ME BECOMING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I -- I DON'T THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

I'M INTERESTED IN US GETTING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ELECTED.