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>> CATHY: COMING UP ON TONIGHT'S SHOW, LOTS OF POLITICS, BIG SPORTS HAPPENINGS IN BOTH MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, THE CHORAL GROUP CANTUS IS HERE IN STUDIO.

AND MARY LAHAMMER WRAPS UP THE CONTENTIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR US.

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>> THE INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIPS I'VE HAD ON BOTHCIDES OF THE AISLE, I VALUE, I TREASURE.

>> KEEP YOUR WORD.

REMEMBER WHO SENT YOU HERE.

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

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♪♪ >> CATHY: WE HAVE AN ACTION-PACKED HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.

A COUCH FULL OF FORMER LEGISLATIVE LEADERS LOOKS BACK AT THE CHAOTIC END TO SESSION, THE CHORAL GROUP CANTUS IS HERE IN STUDIO, AND THE FORMER HEAD OF THE MINNEAPOLIS NAACP REFLECTS ON THE FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER >> ERIC: WE START TONIGHT WITH BIG SPORTS AND TOURISM NEWS.

TWO MINNESOTA PRO SPORTS TEAMS HAVE PLAYOFF GAMES TONIGHT.

PWHL MINNESOTA IS HOSTING GAME THREE OF THE FINALS JUST ACROSS DOWNTOWN AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER.

BUT THE TEAM GARNERING THE MOST NATIONAL ATTENTION THIS WEEK IS THE TIMBERWOLVES.

THEY HOST GAME TWO OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS IN JUST ABOUT A HALF HOUR OVER IN MINNEAPOLIS.

IT'S NOT THEIR PLAY ON THE COURT THAT WENT VIRAL THIS WEEK, IT WAS A POST-GAME INTERVIEW BETWEEN CHARLES BARKLEY AND ANTHONY EDWARDS THAT LED EXPLORE MINNESOTA TO CREATE A NEW UNOFFICIAL SLOGAN.

HERE WITH MORE, LAUREN BENNETT MCGINTY, HEAD OF MINNESOTA'S DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM.

HOW HAS THIS MUSHROOMED INTO KIND OF A PHENOMENON AND HOW DO YOU CAPITALIZE ON THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A STATE DEPARTMENT AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY MOVE AND GET PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THEIR TEAM TO BE REALLY SUPPORTIVE HAS BEEN AMAZING, AND MY TEAM HAS JUST BEEN O EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF IT, AND ALL THE BUZZ AND WORKING REALLY HARD BUT I THINK REALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS, ANT OPENED THE DOOR.

THAT COMMENT WAS ONE WAY TO SAY MINNESOTA IS GREAT AND WE WANT YOU HERE, WE WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF T AND HE'S NOT HERE FROM HERE ORIGINALLY, AND WE LOVE THAT, WHERE HE LOVE TRANSPLANTS SO TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT MON IN A WAY WE DON'T NORMALLY DO AS MINNESOTANS.

>> Cathy: HOW HAS THIS TAKEN OFF FOR YOU GUYS?

>> IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A BIG DEAL.

SO WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ON OUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC OVER 1 175% INCREASE ON USERS, OVER 75% OVER SEXES AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS WHERE WE REALLY TOOK OFF BUS WE HAD A 1,000 OW INCREASE AND OF COURSE THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION THE OTHER DAY PROBABLY CHOSER TO OVER 6 MILLION VIEWS NOW ON X.

SO ITS BINE INCREDIBLE.

T-SHIRTS, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE POPPING UP.

WE SORT OF STARTED THE MEME TEMPLATE WHICH IS A VERY FUN PLACE TO BE AT THE BEGINNING OF A TREND AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, THE STATE FAIR GO, OF COURSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES THAT POPPED UP BUT EVERYBODY IS KIND OF TAKING IT IN STRIDE.

>> Eric: WITH THIS NEW EXPOSURE, HOW DO YOU PREVENT THIS FROM BEING A FLASH IN THE PAN AND GIVE IT FORWARD MOMENTUM?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE CHANCE MUCHED OUR BRAND-NEW TOURISM CAMPAIGN AT EXPLORE MINNESOTA AND AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD WE FIGURED OUT IF WE USE THE STAR OF OUR NEW STAR OF THE NORTH CAMPAIGN WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME STAR ON THE NEW FLAG WE COULD SPIN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

DALLAS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF OUR NEW MARKETS THAT WE'RE MARKETING TO SO THAT WORKED OUT, AS WELL.

AND WE'RE REALLY JUST -- THE FACT THAT THE CONTENT IS DRIVING TO THE WEBSITE, WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY DRAFT PEOPLE INTO ALL OF OUR NEW CONTENT THAT WE JUST UT OUT THIS YEAR AND IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.

>> Cathy: WHAT DOES IT DO FOR TOURISM TO HAVE BIG SPORTS EVENT?

NOT ONLY YOU HAVE THIS, YOU HAVE THE TEAMS IN REALTIME GOING THROUGH THEIR FINALS, THE PWHL AND THE WOLVES OF COURSE BUT OTHER BIG SPORTING EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.

HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL VISITORS?

>> IT'S A REALLY GREAT DRIVER OF TOURISM AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IN MINNEAPOLIS, HOTEL ROOMS WILL BE SOLD OUT TONIGHT, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING WHO ARE MAYBE NOT FROM THE TWIN CITIES BUT ARE IN MINNESOTA SO THAT'S DRIVING FOR HOSPITALITY PURPOSES.

BUT ULTIMATELY, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE LONGER TERM TOURNAMENT, WE'VE HAVE THE GYMNASTIC TRIALS COMING UP IN A MONTH AND THOSE ARE MULTIPLE DAY STAYS SO IF YOU'RE SITTING AROUND AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS LIKE CHARLES BARKLEY APPARENTLY DID, YOU CAN DEALT OUT OF TOWN AND FIND OTHER OTHER THINGS.

>> Eric: WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS?

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO HAVE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO REALLY QUICKLY THROW TOGETHER A PARTY FOR EVERYBODY TONIGHT, CHANGING OUT SIGNS, PUTTING GO WOLVES ON THE ROAD BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A WAY FOR THEM TO SHOW OFF THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS STILL A FANTASTIC PLACE TO VISIT.

THERE'S ALSO A TWINS GAME GOING ON SO THERE IS A LOT TO DO IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BRING FAMILY AND RIENDS.

>> Cathy: LAST TIME WELL TALKED TO YOU, IT WAS VIRTUALLY BECAUSE WE HAD COVID SO GREATER MINNESOTA DID PRETTY WELL IN TERMS OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT TO GO TO PLACES BUT I WONDER, AS THE WHOLE STATE RECOVERED FROM THE PANDEMIC WITH TOURISM?

>> YOU KNOW, WINTER WAS TOUGH, THIS PAST WINTER, THE LOSS OF SNOW IN MOST PLACES WAS REALLY HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SO THAT KIND OF SET US BACK A LITTLE BIT BUT I WOULD SAY, I FULLY EXPECT TO BE BACK TO 2019 NUMBERS THIS YEAR AND I KNOW, LIKE OUR RESORTS ARE DOING REALLY WELL AND EVEN NOW WITH THE TWIN CITIES KIND OF BOUNCING BACK IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC YEAR.

>> Eric: THANKS FOR COMING OVER, LAUREN.

KEEP HAVING FUDGE.

>> YEAH, GO WOLVES!!

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♪ NO SEX THAT'S OKAY ♪ AT LEAST HE AIN'T NO SOB, LIKE THAT... >> CATHY: TWO OF THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE MADE HEADLINES AGAIN THIS WEEK.

ON FRIDAY MORNING, THE U.N. COURT OF JUSTICE ORDERED ISRAEL TO STOP THE RAFAH OFFENSIVE, INCREASING INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL'S CONDUCT IN THE WAR.

IT'S AN ISSUE THAT HAS SPLIT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PARTY.

ON TUESDAY, THE NEW YORK HUSH MONEY TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INCHED CLOSER TO RESTING IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY.

THE DEFENSE RESTED WITHOUT TRUMP TAKING THE STAND.

CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.

HERE WITH MORE, CINDY RUGELEY HEADS UP THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH.

AND KATHRYN PEARSON TEACHES POLITICS AT THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS OF THE U OF M. PROFESSOR PEARSON, ET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRUMP TRIAL, SHALL WE?

POLLING IS SHOWING THE NEEDLE IS NOT MOVING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

>> WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING.

YOU KNOW, WE -- VOTERS HAVE -- WERE ACQUAINTED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP YEARS AGO AND SO ALL OF THIS IS NOT REALLY NEW INFORMATION.

SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THE NEEDLE IS NOT MOVING.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST ATTENTIVE ARE PEOPLE WHO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO POLITICS SO THEIR OPINION OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT REALLY ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THIS TRIAL.

NOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD CHANGE NEXT WEEK BUT AS OF NOW, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THE NEEDLE HASN'T MOVED.

>> Eric: SO HIS CONDUCT IS KIND OF BAKED INTO THE ELECTORATE ALREADY OR -- >> I THINK IT IS, AND, I MEAN, A LOT OF THE SALACIOUS DETAILS, THEY WEREN'T ON TELEVISION, IT WAS JUST READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPER, HERE'S A SYNOPSIS OF IT.

MAYBE HAD PEOPLE HEARD IT ONE ON ONE, THEY OULD HAVE CHANGED BUT I THINK PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE'S DONE.

IT'S NOT UNLIKE WHEN CLINTON WAS ACCUSED, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYBODY SAID WE NECESSITY HE DID THIS WHEN WE VOTED FOR HIM.

>> Cathy: I'M WONDERING ABOUT ISRAEL.

THAT SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A TOUGHER NUT TO CRACK.

>> IT IS AND IN INCREASINGLY DIVIDING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

WE SEE THIS IN HEARINGS ON CAPITOL HILL, WE SEE IT IN THE ELECTORATE, WE SAW WITNESS UNCOMMITTED VOTERS, A MINORITY OF THEM WHO SLOWED UP IN THE PRIMARIES BUT, NEVERTHELESS, SIGNIFICANT IN STATES LIKE MINNESOTA AND MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN BEING A KEY SWING STATE AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WILL BE COMPLICATED FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN GOING INTO THE ELECTION BUT EVEN THOUGH THE ELECTION IS HEATING UMM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT IT HAS IN PREVIOUS CYCLES, IT'S STILL OFF IN NOVEMBER.

>> Eric: WHAT ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DECISION TO DEBATE A COUPLE OF TIMES?

>> I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING.

I THINK WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IS SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE BIDEN VERSUS TRUMP TO GET THE CAMPAIGN GOING.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, OU KNOW, IT'S BEEN WELL-PUBLIC SIDED, THERE'S DOUBLE NEGATIVES BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING MABEL IT WON'T BE THEM AND I THINK HE'S SAYING, HERE'S YOUR FACE, YOUR COMPARISON.

>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT AND IF WE THINK BACK TO THE STATE OF THE UNION, PARLIAMENT AGAIN DID A GOOD JOB AND THE MEDIA SORT OF RESPONDED TO THAT AND WHERE HE SAW THE DISCUSSION THAT HAD REALLY HEATED UP ABOUT HIS AGE SORT OF TAKE A BACK STAGE A ITTLE BIT.

SO THIS DEBATE IN THAT SENSE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IF PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES WELL, I THINK IT SORT OF QUELLS A LOT OF DISCONTENT AMONG DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND IF HE DOESN'T DO WELL, IT MAKES FOR A COMPLICATED SUMMER GOING FORWARD.

>> Cathy: I WONDER, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FACT THERE WON'T BE AN AUDIENCE, A LIVE AUDIENCE TO WATCH THESE DEBATES, AS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST?

>> RIGHT.

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT.

TO BE HONEST, I MEAN, IT -- I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

I MEAN, I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE TWO CANDIDATES AND FRANKLY THE DEBATES FOUR YEARS AGO WERE EMBARRASSING AND SO I'M HOPING THIS TIME THERE ARE A A LITTLE MORE DIFFERENT.

>> I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT THE MICROPHONES WILL BE TURNED OFF WHEN THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS NOT SPEAKING.

>> Cathy: RIGHT.

SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

>> YEAH.

>> Eric: THE COST OF LIVING IS SEEMS TO BE EXCEEDING ABORTION AS AN ELECTION ISSUE, AND I GUESS THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GETTING CREDIT FOR THE STATISTICS THAT SHOW THE ECONOMY IS DOING WELL OR... >> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED, YOU KNOW, IS IT THE -- ARE THEY GOING TO FEEL THE SAME WAY SIX MOMENTS FROM NOW THAT THEY FEEL NOW?

I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT ISSUES AND, I MEAN, IS IT MORE IMPORTANT THAN ABORTION?

IS IT -- YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS.

I MEAN, I DON'T -- THE ECONOMY IS ALWAYS A BIG ISSUE, YOU KNOW, IN CAMPAIGNS BUT, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE JUST THIS OR THAT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF ISSUES THAT MAKE PEOPLE DECIDE.

>> Cathy: WHAT ABOUT YOUNG VOTERS?

ARE THEY REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY MORE THAN ABORTION OR -- YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON WITH THEM?

>> WELL, I THINK YOUNG VOTERS WHO IDENTIFY AS DEMOCRATS >> VERY HAPPY WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.

THEY'RE THE LEAST LIKELY TO TURN OUT BUT IF THEY TURN OUT IN ATYPICALLY LOW NUMBERS, IT WON'T BIDE VERY WELL.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS CYCLE IS THAT USUALLY POLITICAL SCIENCE MODELS THAT BASE ELECTION PREDICTIONS BASED ON THE ECONOMY, PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL, THOSE ISSUES FAIR PRETTY WELL BUT I THINK WITH A CURRENT PRESIDENT, A FORMER PRESIDENT, THE ISSUE OF ABORTION BEING A BIGGER DEAL THAN IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS, AN ECONOMY WHERE SOME PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED MORE THAN OTHERS, IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE ELECTION THAT'S HARD TO PREDICT.

>> Eric: DONALD TRUMP CAME TO MINNESOTA FOR A FUND RAISE IDEAS AND SAILED NOW MINNESOTA AND VIRGINIA IS ON HIS LIST.

>> I SAID YESTERDAY NEW YORK WAS ON HIS LIST SO WHO KNOWS.

HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WANTED MINNESOTA -- THAT HE WON MINNESOTA FOUR YEARS AGO AND HE DIDN'T.

I MEAN, IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK MINNESOTA GETS ATTENTION.

WHEN HILLARY CLINTON AND WHEN THAT RACE WAS CLOSE, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, TRUMP DID WHAT ALL THE REPUBLICANS HAD DONE, GOT BETWEEN ABOUT 44 AND 45% OF THE VOTE AND CLINTON UNDERPERFORMED.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, HE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP SOME GROUND.

>> Eric: WE'LL HAVE TIME TO KEEP GOING.

I HEAR THE BELL.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> IT’S BEEN ANOTHER YEAR SINCE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE GLOBAL UPRISING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IT SPARKED.

THERE WERE CALLS FOR CHANGE, FOR US ALL TO DO BETTER, IN CORPORATE BOARDROOMS, THE HIGHEST HALLS OF POWER AND AT KITCHEN TABLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YET THESE YEARS LATER, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THINKING, “DO WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS?” IT IS SO UNCOMFORTABLE.

I STILL DON’T KNOW THE RIGHT THINGS TO SAY AND I DON’T WANT TO OFFEND SOMEONE.

LET’S JUST MOVE ON.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, I INTERVIEWED MINNESOTA’S OWN MICHELE NORRIS, THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF “OUR HIDDEN CONVERSATIONS.” HER MESSAGE WAS, IF WE’RE REALLY COMMITTED TO US ALL LIVING AND THRIVING TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP LISTENING AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

>> IF WE'RE DOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LISTEN TO ACH N THE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN SPACES LIKE THIS, IN COMMUNITIES, IN THE WORKPLACE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT SOMETIMES IN OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'VE ALL BEEN TO THANKSGIVING WHERE SOME -- YOU KNOW, COME ON, NOW, RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES WHERE WE CAN SPEAK WITHOUT REBUKE, WE ALSO HAVE TO GET USED TO STAYING IN SPACES WHEN THERE IS REBUKE.

AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE AT THE TABLE EACH WHEN THINGS GET A LITTLE HOCKEY AND PART OF THAT ALSO IS TELLING PEOPLE AT THE OUTSET, IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE ROCKY.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SAFE SPACES.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR BRAVE SPACES.

>> TANE: SO PULL UP A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

SET SOME GROUND RULES, AND THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT SCARES YOU A LITTLE.

IT’LL BE UNCOMFORTABLE AT TIMES, AND WE WILL ALL GET SOME THINGS WRONG.

BUT ABOVE ALL, STAY AT THE TABLE.

AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU WILL LEARN THINGS, YOU WILL DEVELOP DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS, AND YOU’LL HELP BUILD THAT WORLD WHERE WE CAN ALL LIVE AND THRIVE TOGETHER.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> ERIC: AS TANE JUST NOTED, TOMORROW MARKS FOUR YEARS SINCE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD.

LESLIE REDMOND WAS THE HEAD OF THE MINNEAPOLIS NAACP AT THE TIME, THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER LEAD THAT ORGANIZATION.

REDMOND NOW LEADS TWO NON-PROFITS.

ONE OF THEM, "WIN BACK," HELD A DAY-LONG REMEMBRANCE FOR FLOYD ON FRIDAY.

WELCOME BACK TO "ALMANAC," LESLIE REDMOND.

ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT YOU HAD TODAY WAS -- AND TALKING ABOUT KEEPING MOMENTUM MOVING, EVEN THOUGH TIME PASSES, WE PRAY FOR A MOVEMENT, NOT A MOMENT.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT?

>> 100%.

SO WHAT WE SAW IN 2020 WAS AN UPRISING.

EVERYONE HILT THE STREETS, RIGHT?

THERE WAS A HUGE MOMENT BUT A MOVEMENT LASTS LONG BEYOND JUST THAT MOMENT IN TIME.

A MOVEMENT INVOLVES ALL OF US.

IT INVOLVES STRATEGY, IT INVOLVES INTENTION ALT, RIGHT, WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING TOWARDS PROGRESS AND A BETTER FUTURE THAT MANY GENERATIONS CAN LIVE OFF OF, RIGHT?

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD, MOMENTUM.

>> Cathy: WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT MICHELE NORRIS, WHO I ADORE, WHAT SHE SAID IN THAT TAPE THERE?

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SAFE SPACES BUT WE REALLY THEY WOULD BRAVE SPACES.

WHERE ARE THE BRAVE SPACES?

>> 100%.

WE HAD A BRAVE SPACE TODAY.

WE HOSTED A BRUNCH AND WE HAD FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO I REALLY SEE IN THE SAME ROOM -- RARELY SEE IN THE SAME ROOM, NEVERTHELESS THE SAME PANEL.

WE HAD BAKER AT ICOLAB, CHIEF ARRADONDO, ATTORNEY ONKEITH ELLISONS AND NAKIMA ARMSTRONG, THAT WAS A BRAVE SPACE.

THEY DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMONALITY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD ON WHAT EACH OTHER WAS SAYING AND EACH THIS HAVE WHEN THEY DISAGREED, THEY WERE RESPECTFUL.

>> Eric: WHAT'S THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY FOUR YEARS LATER?

>> FOUR YEARS LATER.

WELL, LET'S JUST TAKE IT BACK A SECOND >> 2020 WAS A HISTORIC MOVEMENT.

WHAT WE SAW IN CHIEF ARRADONDO WAS COURAGEOUSNESS, RIGHT?

HE REALLY STOOD OUT AS A BRAVE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS WILLING TO FIRE ALL FOUR OFFICERS AND THEN TESTIFY AGAINST DERRICK CHAUVIN.

THAT WAS HUGE.

NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL SEE BLACK MEN BEING MURDERED BY POLICE OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.

WE SAW JUST LAST YEAR, RICKY COBBS, II, WAS MURDERED AND SO WE'RE SEEING MORE ACCOUNTABILITY OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW DANTE WRITE WAS MURDERED DURING THE TRIAL OF CHAUVIN AND AND THE WOMAN WAS ACCOUNTABLE BUT NOW SHE'S OUT.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT THE DEATHS TO STOP, THE MURDERS TO STOP.

>> Cathy: WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED OR NOT CHANGED, I MEAN, WHERE -- YOU WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> YEP.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE NOW, WE MENTION POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT WHAT ELSE HAS CHANGED OR NOT CHANGED THAT YOU REALLY WERE HOPING FOR MORE ATTRACTION ON?

>> YES.

WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGED AND CHIEF ARRADONDO ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY ON THE PANEL, WE ARE MORE CONNECTED NOW THAN EVER BEFORE, RIGHT?

EVEN WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE BRUNCH, WE HAVE FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USUALLY NOT SHARING SPACE, EVEN WHEN WE THINK TO THE MARS THAT HAPPENED IN 2020, YOU HAD WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE AND LDERLY PEOPLE.

THIS MORNING WE HAD AN INTERFAITH PRAYER THAT HAD RABBIS, HAD IMAMs, BISHOPS, PASTORS, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND SO THAT'S A PART OF THE LIGHT THAT EXISTS AND THE DARKNESS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH.

NOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF STATUS QUO, RIGHT?

WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN QUITE ENOUGH CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION, AGAIN, BLACK PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING MURDERED, WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE WORST DISPARITIES IN THE NATION SO THE WORK HAS TO CONTINUE, RIGHT?

UNFORTUNATELY, DO I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER US STOP TALKING ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD, FORGET 2020 EVEN APPENED AND MOVE FORWARD BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE REALLY SEE SOME CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION.

>> Cathy: I ASKED YOU THIS ON THE AIR WHEN YOU AND I TALKED AND WE BOTH AGREED THAT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGE, IT'S THE LAWMAKING, RIGHT?

SO WHERE ARE WE ON THAT?

MINE, ARE YOU SEEING ANY MOVEMENT AT THE CAPITOL THAT YOU -- THAT GIVES YOU HOPE?

>> 100%.

SO, IN THIS LAST CYCLE, THEY WOULD THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION ACT THAT PASSED.

THAT WAS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S GOING TO HELP BLACK CHILDREN AND BLACK FAMILIES.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THOUGH, THERE'S STILL FIGHTING FOR ACCOUNTABILITIES WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD POLICING BILL, RIGHT, AND SO IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS LATER.

AND SO THERE'S STILL A DISCONNECT THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.

>> Eric: YOU WERE VERY BUSY TODAY AND THIS WEEKEND COMING UP SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO COME OVER.

>> Cathy: BY THE WAY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE TOMORROW?

>> GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, THEY'RE DOING A WELLNESS, I PLAN ON GETTING A MASSAGE, I NEED IT.

>> Eric: I BET.

THANKS FOR COMING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ERIC: WE'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING SOME PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN CHILDCARE SHORTAGES LATELY.

THE NEED FOR CHILDCARE SLOTS IS GREATEST IN PLACES LIKE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

REPORTER KAOMI LEE WENT TO POLK COUNTY TO MEET ONE IMMIGRANT WOMAN WHO HAS OPENED HER OWN CHILDCARE CENTER.

IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR FATIMA TO OPEN HER BUSINESS.

>> I SEE THE PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY I LIVE THE CHILD CARE.

>> AHMED IS IN HER FIRST YEAR OF OPERATING THE CHILD CARE CENTER IN EAST GRAND FORKS.

IT WOULD BE AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANYONE BUT HER STORY IS EXTRAORDINARY.

>> I'M COMING TO SOMALIA AND I LIVE IN... BECAUSE SOMALIA IS LOT OF PROBLEM FOR MY FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND IS DEAD.

>> YOUR HUSBAND DIED IN SOMALIA?

>> YES.

>> AHMED AND HER YOUNG FAMILY FLED FROM TRIBAL UNREST.

EVENTUALLY THEY CAME TO THE U.S. AS REFUGEES AFTER THAT I -- ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS, LIKE THAT.

AFTER THAT, I NEED SOME WORK WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE... THEN I COME TO MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS.

I LOOK AND MY COMMUNITY FOR HELP, BUT THERE'S NO HOUSING, LIKE THAT.

>> SHE MOVED TO FARGO.

SHE FOUND A JOB MAKING SAMBUSAS IN A RESTAURANT FOR $1100 A MONTH.

BUT SHE STRUGGLED TO FIND CHILD CARE.

EVERYWHERE SEEMED TO HAVE A WAITING LIST AND FEW PROVIDERS TOOK GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

EVENTUALLY SHE ND HER FAMILY CAME TO EAST GRAND FORKS.

SHE STARTED HER OWN FAMILY CHILD CARE IN HER HOME BUT SHE HAD TO TURN MANY AWAY.

HER LICENSE ONLY ALLOWED UP TO 14 KIDS.

THAT'S WHEN A BIGGER DREAM WAS HATCHED.

>> Reporter: SHE SAVED $40,000 AND GOT A LEASE FOR A 5,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY.

IT NEEDED A GUT RENOVATION AND COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS LIKE A NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

THEN SOME BAD LUCK.

A CONTRACTOR LEFT BEFORE FINISHING THE JOB AND THERE WAS A FIRE.

AHMED SAYS THE COSTS SKYROCKETED TO SIX FIGURES.

INSIDERS SAY THAT MONEY PIT EXPERIENCE IS COMMON.

>> THE CHALLENGE REGARDLESS OF THE BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE STARTING THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY IN THE WORK THAT I DO, AS WELL, IS ACTUALLY THAT CAPITAL.

>> Reporter: ABDI IS ALSO A SOMALI IMMIGRANT AND ENTREPRENEUR.

HE OWNS A CHILD CARE CENTER IN St.

CLOUD.

HE SAYS START-UP COSTS CAN BE PROHIBITIVE FOR MUSLIM SOMALIS WHO MUST ALSO ADHERE TO SHARIA LAW.

>> THREE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MONEY THAT HEY NEED TO START THEIR BUSINESS, RIGHT?

A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY BELONG TO THEIR FAITH, THEY AN'T GO TO THE BANK AND GET INTEREST-BEARING LOAN.

>> Reporter: THE CONCEPT OF TAKING YOUR CHILD TO A CHILD CARE CENTER IS FOREIGN TO MOST SOMALIS.

TRADITIONALLY, FAMILIES HELP ONE ANOTHER.

HE SAYS SOMALIS GETTING INTO CHILD CARE ARE MIXING TRADITION WITH AMERICAN NORMS.

>> WE ARE ENTREPRENEURS.

WE LOVE BUSINESS, WE LOVE DOING BUSINESS.

IT IS HOW A LOT OF FAMILIES SEE IT SO YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY A COUPLE EARS -- A YEAR AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO THAT'S TRYING TO START UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, WHETHER THAT COULD BE A RESTAURANT OR A GROCERY OR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: FORTUNATELY, AHMED FOUND HAPPY.

THE MIDWEST FOUNDATION ASSISTED HER WITH A PACKAGE OF GRANTS AND LOONS AND THEY DID IT BY AVOIDING AND INTEREST-BEARING LAND TO RESPECT HER RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WAS FINDING THE RIGHT WAY TO SUPPORT AND TO HELP AND TO LIFT HER UP.

YOU KNOW, MONEY IS ONE THING, GETTING LOAN FUNDS IS ONE THING, BUT EVEN JUST THAT ASSISTANCE, THAT -- YOU KNOW, HELPING HER FIND THAT SELF-DETERMINATION TO KEEP GOING -- >> Reporter: IT TOOK MANY PARTNERS TO COME TOGETHER.

SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE SET ASIDE SALES TAX REVENUE TO HELP.

>> SEEING IT AS COMMUNITY NEED, WE NEED CHILD CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, LET'S FUND IT ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL.

>> Reporter: AND THE NEED IS GREATER IN GREATER MINNESOTA.

>> THERE ARE REGIONS OF THE STATE WHERE THE CAPACITY ONLY COVERS HALF THE POTENTIAL OF KIDS.

IN THE METRO AREA, IT'S MORE LIKE A QUARTER OF THE KIDS OF THE POTENTIAL THAT KIDS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY CAPACITY AND IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, IT'S A LITTLE LESS, IT'S MORE LIKE IN THAT 20-125% REGION.

BUT WHEN YOU GET UP INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA, IT REALLY GETS QUITE SEVERE UP THERE.

>> Reporter: INFANT CARE IS THE HARDEST TO FIND ANYWHERE.

FAMILIES HAVE TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES AND PLAN AHEAD.

>> SOMETIMES HEY EVEN TELL YOU BEFORE YOU GET PREGNANT TO START LOOKING.

THAT'S HOW MUCH OF A SHORTAGE THERE IS.

>> Reporter: AMANDA KINNEY WORKS AT A NEARBY COLLEGE.

SHE SAYS SHE LIKES HAVING HER SIX-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER IN A MULTI-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.

>> I LOVE THE DAY CARE.

I COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER PEOPLE TO WATCH HER.

THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> JEARLYN: THE CHORAL GROUP CANTUS KICKS OFF THEIR ANNUAL "COVERS CONCERT" SERIES NEXT SATURDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THIS YEAR, THE GROUP WILL PERFORM HIT SONGS FROM THE YEAR 1999.

YAWLING IS JUST DON'T KNOW HOW COOL THIS IS GOING TO BE.

WELCOME BACK TO "ALMANAC."

HOW ARE YOU?

SO GOOD TO SEE ALL THE GUYS AND OF COURSE STANDING NEXT TO ME IS ROD KELLY HINES, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE JOINING US TONIGHT.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> 17 YEARS, FOR WHEEL?

>> 17 YEARS?

>> 17 YEARS, I READ THAT IN HERE.

17 YEARS.

IS THAT RIGHT?

ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

>> YEAH, SO THIS YEAR, OUR COVER SHOW IS THE THEME IS COVERS LIKE IT'S 999.

AND COVERS IS SALES EXTREMELY EXCITING BECAUSE WE GET THE CHANCE TO PERFORM WITH A LIVE BAND.

IN 1999 IS A VERY SPECIAL YEAR FOR MUSIC.

IT'S SORT OF A BANNER EAR FOR MUSIC ACROSS ALL GENRES AND THIS SHOW KIND OF HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

>> THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING POP MUSIC.

AS PART OF THIS, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW YOU GOT THERE BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WHEN DOES THE SUMMER COVERS PROGRAM BEGIN?

>> SO WE OPEN NEXT WEEKEND WITH TWO PERFORM AUNTS ON SATURDAY, JULY 1 AND -- JUNE 1 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 2nd AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND THREE MORE PERFORMANCES FRIDAY PERFORMANCES WILL BE AT THE LUMINAIRE CENTER IN THE NORTH LOOP.

>> BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

AND I THINK IT WILL SELL OUT, THAT'S AMAZING.

NOW, THE SONGS ARE IN THE POP GENRE AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO BUT THIS IS A FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IT, RIGHT?

>> WELL, WE DO COVERS EVERY YEAR AND WE SORT OF SWITCH UP THE THEME AND COVERS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SING IN THE POP GENERAL REWHERE NORMALLY WE SING MORE OE OF THINGS.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SING NOT JUST POP, WE'LL BE SING POP MUSIC, COUNTRY, A ALSO BUILT OF ROCK AND ROLL, A LITTLE BIT OF HIP-HOP -- >> YOU KNOW I SHOULD BE IN THIS BAND, RIGHT?

>> COME AND JOIN US.

>> I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.

WHAT'S THE FIRST SONG YOU'RE SINGING?

>> THE FIRST SING IS A BOY BAND CLASSIC BY THE BACK STREET BOYS.

THIS IS "I WANT IT THAT WAY."

♪ I WANT IT THIS WAY ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ IS YOUR MY FIRE, THE ONE DESIRE ♪ ♪ BELIEVE WHEN I SAY,.

♪ I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪ ♪ BUT WE ARE TWO WORLDS APART.

♪ CAN'T REACH O YOUR HEART.

♪ WHEN YOU SAY ♪ I WANT IT THAT THAT WAY ♪ ♪ TELL ME WHY AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HEART BAKE ♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING UT A MISTAKE.

♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU AY.

♪ I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪♪ ♪ AM I YOUR FIRE YOU'RE ONE DESIRE ♪ YES, I KNOW, IT'S TOO LATE.

♪ BUT I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪ ♪ ELL ME WHY.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE.

♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MISTAKE.

♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY.

♪ I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪ ♪ NOW I CAN SEE THAT WE'RE FALLING APART.

♪ FROM THE WAY IT USED TO BE ♪ ♪ YEAH, YEAH ♪ ♪ NO MATTER THE DISTANCE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DEEP DOWN INSIDE OF ME ♪ YOU ARE MY FIRE.

♪ THE ONE DESIRE ♪ ♪ YOU ARE.

♪ YOU ARE.

♪ YOU ARE.

♪ YOU ARE.

♪ DON'T WANNA HEAR YOU SAY ♪ ♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT JUST A HEARTACHE.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MISTAKE.

♪ I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY.

♪ I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪ ♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE.

♪ OH, TELL ME WHY.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MISTAKE.

♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY.

♪ I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪ ♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE.

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MISTAKE.

♪ TELL ME WHY.

♪ NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU.

♪ NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU SAY.

♪ I WANT IT THAT WAY.

♪ 'CUZ I WANT IT THAT WAY ♪♪ [Cheers & Applause] >> Cathy: THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MUSIC RIGHT NOW.

LEGENDARY FOLK/BLUES HERO SPIDER JOHN KOERNER DIED LAST SATURDAY FROM CANCER AT THE AGE OF 85.

THE MINNESOTA SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST WAS BEST KNOWN FOR THE ACOUSTIC TRIO KOERNER RAY & GLOVER FORMED BACK IN THE 1960S.

HE APPEARED ON TWIN CITIES PBS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE DECADES.

HERE'S AN EXCERPT OF SPIDER JOHN PERFORMING "CARELESS LOVE” ON "ALMANAC" BACK IN JANUARY OF 2009.

♪ ♪ LOVE, OH LOVE, OH CARELESS LOVE.

♪ LOVE, OH LOVE, OH CARELESS LOVE.

♪ LOVE OH, OH LOVE, OH CARRIES LOVE.

♪ CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT CARELESS LOVE HAS DONE ♪♪ ♪ IT'S GON' AND BROKE THIS HEART OF MINE, OH, YES.

♪ OH, MAN, YOU'VE GONE AND BROKE THIS HEART OF MINE.

♪ HEY, NOW, YOU'VE GONE ND BROKE THIS HEART OF MINE, IT WILL BREAK THAT HEART OF YOURS SOME TIME ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WELL, NOW, WHEN I WORE MY -- HEY, NOW, WHEN I WORE MY APRONE MOVE, YOU WOULD FOLLOW ME TO THE... >> ERIC: THE END OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS LOUD, CHAOTIC AND CHARACTERIZED BY MANY AS UNPRECEDENTED.

IT WAS ALSO MARKED WITH SOME EMOTIONAL RETIREMENT SPEECHES ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

OUR MARY LAHAMMER HAS MORE.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, POINT OF ORDER.

>> UNDER 11 -- POINT OF ORDER.

>> Mr.

PRESIDENT!!

>> Mary: AN UNUNPRECEDENTED SUSTAINED SHOUTING MATCH MARKED THE ND OF SESSION.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, RIGHT HERE.

POINTS OF ORDER.

POINT OF ORDER.

>> Mary: AS DEMOCRATS WHO RUN THE SENATE STRUGGLED TO SPEAK ABOVE REPUBLICANS YELLING FURIOUSLY IN THE MINORITY AS A BILL 2,000 PAGES LONG PUSHED THROUGH.

>> Mr.

PRESIDENT!!

>> Mr.

PRESIDENT!!

>> Mary: IN THE CHAOS, THE MAIN WORK OF SESSION, A BONDING BILL, DIDN'T GET THROUGH IN TIME.

>> Mr. PRESIDENT, IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT.

>> IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT, NO BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

>> IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT.

>> NO BILLS CAN BE PASSED AFTER MIDNIGHT, Mr. PRESIDENT.

>> JUST FEEL GROSS COMING OFF THAT SENATE FLOOR TODAY.

THE ABUSE OF THE RULES, THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILLS THAT ARE COMING OFF THERE AND, BY THE WAY, THEY USED AN ALLEGED FELON TO PASS THESE BILLS.

>> Mary: THE FELONY ARREST AND CONTINUED VOTING BY SENATOR MITCHELL PROVED A STRAIN TO SESSION.

>> MY EARS ARE STRIP RINGING.

ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE MINORITY USED HIS VOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T PASS A BONDING BILL.

THE BONDING BILL CAME TO US LATE, WE LOST IT BY ABOUT 30 SECONDS, IF YOU FOLLOW THE RESULT, WE CAN'T PASS MIDNIGHT.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING] >> Mary: THE HOUSE HAS OFTEN HAD ROWDY ONCLUSIONS, REPUBLICANS THERE, TOO, PROTESTED.

>> RIDICULOUS.

ABSOLUTE CHAOTIC END TO THE SESSION AND THE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY ABSOLUTELY RAMMED THROUGH 2,860 PAGES.

THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER IN THE CHAMBER, ANYONE IN WATCHING OR WANTING TO GO ONLINE TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THERE, THERE WERE ONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WERE COMBINED INTO THIS ONE EXTORTION BILL.

>> Mary: THE DFL LEADER HAS SEEN POLITICS CHANGE OF LATE.

>> YOU'VE SEEN A REAL COARSENING OF DEBATE IN THE TIME THAT I'VE HERE HERE FROM WHAT THE TEA ARTY CAME IN IN 2010 TO WHEN THE TRUMPET SUPPORTERS CAME IN.

IT'S JUST BEEN A COARSENING AND WHERE WE USED TO HAVE DEBATES, WE NOW HAVE PEOPLE SCREAMING AT US.

THERE IS A MUCH MORE MEAN-SPIRITED FLAVOR TO THE DEBATE.

>> Mary: AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT BALLOT QUESTION AGAIN FAILED TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

>> UNITED.

>> Mary: DEMOCRATS' COMPLETE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT BROUGHT ONE BIG COMPROMISE AT THE ENDS TO KEEP AND ASSIST UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS.

>> THIS IS HARD, NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> THIS DAMN BILL.

[Laughter] OH, MAN.

ITS RYE BEEN TWO LONG YEARS.

>> Mary: LAST YEAR, IT WAS AND STILL IS THE ONLY VETO THE GOVERNOR ISSUED IN THE TRIFECTA.

>> THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT FAIR WAGES, FAIR TREATMENT AND PROTECTING WORKERS.

>> WHAT AM I MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

I'M EXCITED UBRRRR-LIT GOT DOWN, EMS GOT DONE.

>> Mary: NOW THE FIGHT MOVED TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHERE ALL 134 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ARE UP FOR REELECTION ALONG WITH THE DFL TRIFECTA AND THE RETIREMENT OF A COUPLE OF HIGHLY RESPECTED LAWMAKERS COULD FURTHER CHANGE THE CULTURE HERE AT THE CAPITOL.

>> MY FIRST TEN YEARS, THIS PLACE WAS FUN.

IT'S CHANGED.

IF YOU HAPPEN BY THE LITCHFIELD WALMART, YOU CAN PAUSE, OINT AT ME AND SAY, "THERE HE IS, THE LAST EISENHOWER REPUBLICAN."

HE TRIED TO DO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.

[Applause] [Laughter] >> THIS PLACE RUNS ON RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIPS I'VE HAD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, I VALUE, I TREASURE, AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM.

I THINK ABOUT THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAT IN THESE SEATS FOR SO LONG, AND I LOOK AROUND THIS CHAMBER AND I SEE SO MANY FACES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN REPRESENTED HERE BEFORE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

SO FOR ALL OF US WHO WANT TO COME HERE TO MAKE CHANGE, THIS IS FOR YOU.

♪ COMING GATHER AROUND, PEOPLE WHEREVER YOU ROAM.

♪ AND ADMIT THAT THE WATERS AROUND YOU HAVE GROWN.

♪ AND ACCEPT THAT SOON YOU'LL BE DRENCHED TO THE BONE.

♪ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO -- WELL, YOU BETTER START SWIMMING OR YOU'LL SINK LIKE A STONE ♪ >> EVERYBODY SING WITH ME.

♪ FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A'CHANGING ♪ >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.

THANKS.

[Applause] >> ERIC: WAS THE END OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE MOST CHAOTIC EVER?

WE'VE ASSEMBLED A GROUP OF FORMER LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND MORE.

REPUBLICANS UP FIRST TONIGHT, KURT DAUDT IS A FORMER SPEAKER OF THE MINNESOTA HOUSE.

MICHELLE BENSON WAS A DEPUTY MAJORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE.

DEMOCRATS WITH US TONIGHT, JEFF HAYDEN, ALSO A DEPUTY MAJORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE.

AND WE WELCOME BACK SUSAN KENT WHO SERVED AS SENATE MINORITY LEADER.

SENATOR BENSON, THIS HAPPENS IN THE HOUSE PERIODICALLY BUT THE SENATE!!

>> I KNOW.

IT WAS -- >> Eric: WHAT?

>> IT WAS A TERRIBLE NIGHT FOR THE SENATE.

>> Eric: WHAT HAPPENED?

>> I THINK THE MITCHELL ISSUE AND THE FACT THAT THERE WAS AN 11-HOUR GAP ON SATURDAY WHERE NO NEGOTIATIONS, THE MINORITY WASN'T INVOLVED.

AND I HAD THE MIXED BLESSING OF ALWAYS HAVING A GOVERNOR OF A DIFFERENT PARTY WHEN WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY AND SO YOU HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER VOICES, AND THERE HAD TO BE A PROCESS BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T GOING TO GET ANYTHING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IF THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T SAY, ALL RIGHT, I'LL CHOKE IT DOWN BUT YOU GOT DO THIS FOR ME.

SO IT WAS -- IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT AND THAT FORCED SOME DECORUM BECAUSE THE EN NORTH HAD A LOT MORE STRENGTH WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THEIR PARTY.

>> Eric: I WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND CLEAN UP WITH SPEAKER DAUDT.

YOUR THOUGHTS FOR HE SAKE OF THE SENATE.

>> YEAH, I THINK THE DECORUM HAD BEEN KIND OF GOING DOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MAYBE THAT STARTED WITH COVID WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND THEY WEREN'T THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF COVID FRESHMEN, NOT TO BLAME IT ON THEM, BUT I THINK THE COLLEGIALNESS OF THIS PROCESS HAS KIND F FADED SINCE COVID AND I THINK THAT SENATOR BENSON SAID IT'S RIGHT, LIKE THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THEY NEEDED TO GET DONE AND THERE WAS A BIG GAP ON SATURDAY.

AND LET'S JUST SAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TALKING GOING ON AND I THINK THAT HE HOUSE SHOWED THE KIND OF FILIBURGER, LIKE 52 HOURS OWN A PARTICULAR ISSUE, SO THAT WAS GOING ON, AS WELL.

I WANT TO POINT OUT.

>> YEAH, I ACTUALLY WAS OUT OF TOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND SO I JUST WATCHED TODAY AND IT WAS DISGRACEFUL.

IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING AS THOSE OF US HO HAVE LOVED THAT INSTITUTION AND WORKED HARD THERE BUT I AGREE WITH JEFF, I THINK -- I WOULD SAY SOME OF THIS IS THAT SOME OF THE STUFF WE'RE SEEING IN WASHINGTON MAKES IT WAY TO St. PAUL AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DELAY THAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ANY OF THIS, THAT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP, NOBODY HEARS ABOUT THAT AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GOVERN, YOU GOT TO MOVE, YOU GOT TO GET STUFF DONE AND WE ARE EEING THERE IS A PARTY THAT IS INTO CHAOS AND OBSTRUCTION IN WASHINGTON AND HERE BUT I WILL SAY, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU, SENATOR BENSON, I CAN'T MA'AM YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE SERVED WITH DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> Cathy: NOW, SPEAKER DAUDT, IT HAS HAPPENED PERIODICALLY IN THE SENATE -- >> Eric: IN THE HOUSE.

>> Cathy: EXCUSE ME, IN THE HOUSE, PART ME, IT'S HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE, THERE IS BEAN VERBAL FOOD FIGHTS AT THE END.

DIDN'T YOU HAVE A MUTE BUTTON INSTALLED?

>> UH-HUH.

>> Cathy: JUST BECAUSE OF.

>> THAT.

>> I WILL SAY WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY LEGISLATURES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE LIFE MICROPHONES AND I DID BECAUSE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND ACTUALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE AUDIO FROM THAT IGHT, IT WAS SPEAKER HORTMAN WHO WAS SHOUTING INTO THE MICROPHONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I WAS MOST DISAINTERESTS POD THIS YEAR AT THE BLAME OF REPUBLICANS.

THIS ISN'T -- YOU DON'T GET TO BLAME REPUBLICANS.

DEMOCRATS HAVE POLITE ONTROL OF STATE OVERNMENT, THEY MISMANAGED THE CLOCK, THEY WERE -- YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD ISSUES WITH A FELONY ARREST OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS, THEY HAD A SITUATION WHERE A SENATOR HELD THE CHAMBER HOSTAGE FOR 11 HOURS ON SATURDAY UNTIL THE UBER LIFT BILL GOT DONE.

THEY DIDN'T MANAGE THE CLOCK WELL ENOUGH TO GET THEIR WORK DONE ON TIME.

AND IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT THEIR OWN AND THIS WILL HURT THE INSTITUTION AND IT WILL HURT THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.

IT WAS THAT BAD.

>> WELL, I WANT TO SAY THAT, YES, THERE WERE TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF ALL KIND ACROSS THE BOARD BUT IF WE JUST FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR SESSION, THAT MAY BE THE CASE BUT I REMEMBER N 2021 N JUNE WHEN WE WERE DOING A SPECIAL SESSION TO GET THE BUDGET DONE BECAUSE WE WERE DOING SPECIAL SESSIONS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF COVID AND WE HAD THAT FEDERAL MONEY WE HAD TO DO AND I WENT BACK TO MY TWITTER FEED FROM THAT TIME PERIOD AND I HAD A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING IN THE MINORITY IN THE HOUSE WHEN WE IN THE MINORITY IN THE SENATE WERE TRYING TO GET WORK DONE.

WE WOULD MAKE -- HAVE A FEW AMENDMENTS, SAY SOME STUFF ON THE FLOOR BUT WE WERE THERE BECAUSE WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO GET IT DONE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WASHINGTON AND LOOK AT St. PAUL THESE DAYS, THE PATTERN TENDS TO BE THAT IT IS REPUBLICANS WHO RE MORE ABOUT OBSTRUCTION AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE'S WORK.

>> I HAVE TO SAY LIKE THE E.R.A., THEY KNEW EARLY ON WASN'T GOING TO PASS THE SENATE SO THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME -- I THINK THEY RESTARTED THREE TIMES BEFORE THEY TOOK A VOTE.

THEY RESTARTED DEBATE ON THE ERA SEVERAL TIMES AND IT WAS GOSSIP AT THE CAPITOL THAT THE SENATE THE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES.

>> YEAH, BUT THAT'S GOSSIP AT THE CAPITOL AND THAT'S DIFFERENT IF YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF WHIP IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT GETS PASSED AND WHAT COMES OVER BUT THIS -- THE ISSUE, THE REASON WHY THEY HAD TO START AND STOP IT THREE TIMES IS BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WERE FILIBUSTERING AND THEY WERE ASKING QUESTIONS THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, SO THEY HAD TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO GET THE BILL DONE.

>> HARE NISKA IS NOT A DOESN'T MAKE SENSE GUY.

HE WAS ASKING VERY CLEAR QUESTIONS SO THAT FIT PASSED -- >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HARRY BUT THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS NOT MAKING ANY SENSE.

>> I GUESS MY POINTS IS, THEY COULD HAVE PASSED THE RA BEFORE DEADLINES.

ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED -- >> THEY HAD TO CALL THE QUESTION TO CAUSE IT.

>> YOU HAVE BIN ON THE RULES COMMITTEE, AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF LATE BILLS SO DEADLINES EVIDENTLY HAD NO MEANING IN THIS SESSION, WHICH JUST GUMS THINGS UP BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY CAN JUST GET THEIR BILL THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE.

>> Eric: TIME LIMITS ON THE DEBATE?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER STATES THAT DO TIME LIMITS.

IT PROBABLY IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP THE PROCESS.

WE TALKED IN THE BACK ABOUT ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY MPORTANT THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM, WE ALWAYS USED TO HAVE REAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES WHERE YOU WENT THROUGH EVERY BILL AND YOU VOTED ON AND DISCUSSED EVERY AMENDMENT SO THE MEMBERS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YOU GET THESE DELETE-ALL AMENDMENTS THAT SHOW UP AT THE LAST MINUTE AND GET POPPED INTO THE BILL.

>> I MEAN, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE -- WE KIND OF WORKED TOGETHER SOMETIMES ME YOU AND TOM AND OTHERS AND DAVID THAT HAD SOME THINGS THAT WENT INTO THE BILL SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL DO WHAT WE DO BUT THIS WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT.

>> THIS IS FROM THE POINT OF PURETY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEES CAN BE REALLY TOUGH.

BUT THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE NOR NOT DOING THEM, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, WHEN I WAS LEAD WITH TONY LOUREY, SENATOR LOUREY, WE DID CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.

>> YEP, WE DID.

>> AND IT WAS TOUGH.

>> Cathy: DO YOU THINK THERE'S SHORT MEMORIES ON THIS, THOUGH, COMING -- ALL THIS HAPPENED AT THE END OF THIS SESSION BUT NEXT SESSION, DO YOU THINK IT ALL WILL BE KIND OF PEACE IN THE VALLEY?

WHO KNOWS, RIGHT, I GUESS, BUT WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK?

>> I THINK PEOPLE'S MEMORY DOES GET SHORT AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THE LEADERS ARE GOING TO HANDLE THEM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS GOING TO BE BRUTAL, ANYWAYS, BRUTAL AT THE TOP AND IN THE HOUSE AND WE DON'T KNOW THE COUPLE OF SEATS IN THE SENATE BUT I THINK AFTER THAT, PEOPLE WILL FORGET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY.

I THINK WHAT HEY'LL BE FOCUSED ON IS WHAT HAPPENED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

>> THE QUESTION IS WILL THE LEADERS USE THIS METHOD AGAIN.

WILL THEY LEARN SOME LESSONS?

WILL THERE BE REAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES?

THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE.

>> Cathy: YOU MENTIONED SENATOR MICHIGAN I WILL, DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD RESIGN NOW?

>> I DO.

IF YOU ASK ME WHAT I REALLY THINK IS GOING TO HAND, I THINK SHE'LL PROBABLY PLEA DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE.

SHE DOESN'T FACE THE ELECTORATE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

SHE ALREADY SERVED THREE WEEKS HERE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

I THINK SHE SHOULD.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHE CONFESSED TO A FELONY-LEVEL CRIME, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING.

SHE DOES DESERVE HER DAY AND COURT AND I THINK SHE SHOULD GET THAT BUT LEGISLATORS SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

>> Eric: DO THE ETHICS RULES NEED TO BE CHANGED?

>> NO, THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON.

IF YOU CHANGE IT, YOU WEAPONIZE IT ON EITHER IDES SO I THINK THE ETHICS COMMITTEE IS TO GET OUT THE STORY YOU NEED.

>> Eric: I SEE 14 SEATS THAT LOOK COMPETITIVE OUT OF 104 TODAY.

>> THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT RIGHT, WE ALWAYS WOULD SAY WE WOULD RECRUIT FOR ABOUT 20 SEATS THAT WOULD BE COMPETITIVE ND BY THE TIME OF THE ELECTION, IT WAS WHITTLED DOWN.

PROBABLY 14 IS GOOD AND IT WILL GET DOWN TO PROBABLY NINE OR SO.

>> Eric: SEVEN, OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> Cathy: SOME INTERESTING FOLKS RETIRED.

>> YOU SAW REPRESENTATIVE HORNSTEIN, REPRESENTATIVE URDAHL, LIKE THESE ARE INSTITUTIONAL FOLKS.

>> GAROFALO.

>> ANN NUE.

SUCH A CLEAR JOYFUL VOICE.

>> YOU MAY SEE SOME OF OHM HAD NOT COACH AS FORMER LAWMAKERS.

[Overlapping Conversation].

>> >> Eric: THANKS, GUYS.

FUN TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN... ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Eric: MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

>> I VETOED THAT BILL, I STAND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

THE EXPERIENCE IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES HAS NOT BEEN POSITIVE.

THE AMERICAN MEDICAL SO, HAS NOT ENDORSED THE BILL, THE MINNESOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HASN'T ENDORSED IT AND ALMOST ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BILL AND SO I STAND WITH THEM IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.

♪♪ ED >> CATHY: IT'S TIME FOR THE HISTORY PORTION OF OUR SHOW.

LAST TIME WE TRAVELED BACK TO A TIME WHEN THE MINNESOTA TWINS CALLED THE METRODOME HOME.

THE YEAR IS 1985.

OUR MYSTERY MINNESOTAN APPEARS ON KSTP'S "TWIN CITIES LIVE" PROGRAM.

IN RESPONSE TO A VIEWER QUESTION, THIS LOCAL CELEBRITY CLAIMS THAT HE OR SHE RECENTLY HIT A HOME RUN IN THE METRODOME.

I ADDED THIS HINT FOR YOU...

THE HOME RUN WAS NOT DURING AN OFFICIAL BASEBALL GAME BUT DID INVOLVE OUR MYSTERY PERSON'S PROFESSION.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU, WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTA CELEBRITY?

THESE FOUR VIEWERS CALLED IN WITH A BIG SWING AND A MISS.

>> CATHY: FRANK AND CHERYL, YOUR PRIZE TONIGHT IS 17 SECONDS IN THE INDEX FILE HALL OF SHAME.

FOR THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER, TAKE IT AWAY, BONNIE.

>> CATHY: YES, BONNIE, YOU ARE CORRECT.

HERE'S A BIT OF THAT KSTP-TV BASEBALL-THEMED PROMO FROM THE 1980S.

I RECOGNIZE SO MANY OF THOSE FACES.

RUTH SPENCER IS THE FIRST BATTER IN THAT QUICK BLURRY OLD VIDEO.

WE PROMISE THE ORIGINAL LOOKED MUCH BETTER BACK THEN.

THERE YOU GO, THIS IS FOR MY KS FRIENDS.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR ANOTHER SONG BY CANTUS.

REMINDER, THEIR ANNUAL "COVERS CONCERT" SERIES STARTS UP NEXT WEEKEND.

TAKE IT AWAY.

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♪ YOU END UP HAVE YOU WEAR THE SHOES, I'LL -- ♪ OH, OH, KISS ME.

♪ BENEATH THE MILKY TWILIGHT.

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♪ OH, O KISS ME, BENEATH THE MILKY TWILIGHT.

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