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>> ERIC: COMING UP ON TONIGHT'S "ALMANAC," WE'LL LOOK AT ELECTION RESULTS IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE.

MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE JOB.

WE'LL VISIT WITH THE FIRST SOMALI AMERICAN ELECTED MAYOR IN THE U.S., ST. LOUIS PARK'S NADIA MOHAMED.

AND MARY LAHAMMER HAS A LOOK AT THE RISE IN CONTESTED SCHOOL BOARD RACES.

>> Mary: SCHOOL BOARD RACES IN THE STATE ARE INCREASINGLY LOOKING A LOT MORE LIKE LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS.

WE'LL DIVE INTO THIS INCREASINGLY PARTISAN PART OF POLITICS.

>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN MULTIPLE RACES, THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR THE PROCESS.

>> WHO CAN AFFORD TO RUN IN THESE RACES?

I MEAN, ARE WE KEEPING PEOPLE OUT?

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

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>> ERIC: COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR, ST. LOUIS PARK'S NADIA MOHAMED JOINS US.

SHE'S THE FIRST SOMALI AMERICAN ELECTED MAYOR IN THE U.S. KAOMI LEE BRINGS US A STORY OF ANCESTORS RETURNING HOME TO THE PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

AND A COUCH FULL OF REPORTERS HELP US BREAK DOWN ELECTION RESULTS AROUND THE STATE.

>> CATHY: WE START TONIGHT WITH AN ANNIVERSARY.

THIS WEEK MARKS ONE YEAR ON THE JOB FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES, CHANGE AND CONFLICT FOR THE OUTSIDER FROM NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE, CONTINUED STAFFING ISSUES, AND THE ONGOING DISPUTE OVER A NEW LOCATION FOR THE THIRD PRECINCT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING BACK TO "ALMANAC," CHIEF.

THANKS.

>> THANK YOU FOR VAGUE ME.

>> Cathy: HEY, BIG NEWS, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, EVIDENTLY, NOW YOU'RE NEGOTIATING WITH A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE UNION.

AND YOU HAVE LANGUAGE YOU'VE AGREED TO THAT IS A PACKAFTER OF RECIEWMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVES.

DO YOU THINK THAT WILL KEEP COPS ON THE JOB?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S THE MINIMUM WE NEED TO DO.

THE CONTRACT'S BEEN EXPHIERED MORE THAN A YEAR.

CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO INVEST FINANCIALLY.

BUT ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT E'RE RAISING THE SALARY AS WELL.

WHILE MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING, IT CERTAINLY MATTERS ANDWE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION THAT REFLECTS THE FACT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS IN POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> Cathy: IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 18 TO $20,000 IN AN INCENTIVE BONUS; IS THAT RIGHT?

>> 15,000 FOR NEW HIRES AND 18,000 FOR RETENTION, YES.

OVER THE COURSE OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

>> Eric: INTERESTED TO SEE THAT THE NEW HEAD OF THE HOMICIDE UNIT HAD A DISCIPLINARY ACTION OF SENLDINGSENDINGA RACIST EMAIL A DECADE AGO AND HE'S NOW GOING O BE THE HEAD OF THE HOMICIDE NIT.

WHAT LED YOU TO HIRING HER?

>> SO THAT EMAIL IS ALMOST 12 YEARS OLD.

IT CAME UP DURING THE M.D.H.R.

INVESTIGATION.

SHE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FROM DUTY FOR OVER A YEAR.

I REVOLVED THE CASE EARLIER THIS YEAR BY SSUING HER A WRITTEN REP WRITE MANDATE.

AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR IN MY REASONING THAT IN THE, YOU KNOW, 11 TO 12 YEARS SINCE THEN, SHE HAS HAD AN OUTSTANDING CAREER.

SHE HAS ADVANCED ALL THAT SHE DID WAS THAT SHE SIMPLY FORWARDED AN EMAIL ALMOST 12 YEARS AGO THAT HAD PICTURES ON IT, MOST OF WHICH DID NOT EVEN HAVE PEOPLE IN IT.

AND IT WAS AT THE LEAST, YOU KNOW, INSENSITIVE AND SOMETHING THAT COULD DAMAGE TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, SHE REMAINS AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE.

AND I CHOSE TO PROMOTE COMMANDER -- TO COMMANDER, RICHARDISMER MAN WHO'S OUR SENIOR POLICE OFFICER TO THAT POSITION.

AND I GAVE HER THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY OF ALSO SUPERVISING HOMICIDE BECAUSE THOSE VICTIM ARE SO CLOSELY RELATED.

SO SHE'S GETTING EXTRA WORK.

AND I THINK SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE.

AND I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE UINDISCRETIONS, SIMPLY FORWARDING AN EMAIL, NOT EVEN COMMENTING ON IT 12 YEARS AGO SHOULD PRECLUDE SOMEONE FROM BEING AN EMPLOYEE.

THE CITY'S STILL PAYING HER.

WE SHOULD GET OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF HER.

>> Cathy: YOU MENTIONED HOMICIDE.

I KNOW YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF INVESTIGATORS OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

HOW LONG DO CASES NOW GO UNSOLVED?

>> SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS LOTS NEARLY 40% OF OUR SWORN MEMBERS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THAT RATIO IS NOT THE SAME, DEPENDING ON WHICH COMPONENT OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT'S HALF OR MORE IN INVESTIGATIONS, WHERE WE HAVE LOST PEOPLE.

AND WE GET A LOT OF HELP, THANKFULLY, FROM A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS, PARTICULARLY THE B.C.A.

AT TIMES.

THEY HELP US INVESTIGATING NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS WELLS MURDERS.

AND WE'VE HIRED TEMPERATURE CIVILIAN CASE INVESTIGATORS TO DO A LOT OF THE PREP WORK THAT YOU DON'T NEED A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO DO.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON PAR WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR CLEARANCE RATES WITH MURDERS, PARTICULARLY AS THEY'VE DECREASED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.

AS OF TODAY, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 170 FEWER SHOOTING VICTIMS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND 22 FEWER MURDERS YEAR TO DATE.

SO THERE ARE FEWER CASES.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I NEEDED TO COMBINE THE SHOOTING RESPONSE TEAM WITH HOMICIDE.

IS TO TRY AND SPREAD UT, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, DEVOTE TIME FOR INVESTIGATORS TO INDIVIDUAL CASES.

>> Eric: HOW CHALLENGING IS IT FOR YOU TO NAVIGATE THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLTD IN MINNEAPOLIS?

POLITICS?

MINNEAPOLIS?

>> SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE ABOUT POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY IS THAT WE SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM POLITICS.

>> Eric: THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE N MINNEAPOLIS ALL THE TIME.

>> WE ARE THE POLICE FOR EVERYONE WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT I REINFORCE WITH THE RANKS.

WHETHER FOLKS AGREE WITH POLICING OR 24EU6BG THINK WE SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.

HOWEVER, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TRADITIONALLY IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN INVOLVED POLITICALLY IN WAYS THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN FAMILIAR WITH IN THE BASK.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH THE CREATION OF THE FIST OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND HAVING A COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER, I THINK I CAN RELY INCREASINGLY ON JUDGE BARNETT O FILL SOME OF THAT VOID.

>> Cathy: BY THE WAY, HOW'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDGE BAWRN EAT?

>> I THINK JUDGE BARNETT IS FANTASTIC.

HE'S UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO FILL IN THIS ROLE FIMENT.

PARTICULARLY SINCE HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE FOR DECADES.

AND HE'S SOMEONE WHO AS A JUDGE HAS EXPERIENCE LISTENING TO DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE STORY AND MAKING A REASONED DECISION AND I THINK THAT'S INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN MINNEAPOLIS, PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND REFORM.

THESE ARE VERY HIGHLY CHARGED ISSUES IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ALMOST TRIBAL AT TIMES WHERE PEOPLE SIMPLY SEE THESE ISSUES AND THEY THINK, HOW THEY WOULD RESPOND TO IT BASED ON WHATEVER FILTER, WHATEVER TRIBE THEY'RE FROM.

>> Eric: THIS IS PROBABLY FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY, BUT DO YOU HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR OBSERVATIONS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS?

SOME KIND OF OUT OF JAIL DETENTION, LEARNING TREE THING?

>> YEAH, I THINK THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GETTING BETTER, JUST HAS BEEN A SMALL GROUP OF JUVENILES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE MUCH YOUNGER THAN THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.

BUT THEY'RE INVOLVED REPEATEDLY IN CRIMES, PARTICULARLY WITH AUTO THEFT AND THEN PROBLEMS THAT RELATE, LATER FROM THAT.

AND WE CANNOT HAVE A REVOLVING DOOR WITH JUVENILES, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE RIDING AROUND, JOY RIDING IN STOLEN CARS, AND THEN ENGAGING IN MORE DANGEROUS CRIMES AFTER THAT.

AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS COMMITTED AND IS CHARGING JUVENILES MUCH QUICKER THAN HAD BEEN IN THE PAST, MAKING CHARGING DECISIONS.

AND WE'VE HAD SIS OF SUCCESS WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE FOR THE COUNTY STARTING TO HOLD SOME OF THESE JUVENILE MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.

BUT ACCOUNTABILITY OVER JUVENILES DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN FOR ALL OF THEM, THAT THEY NEED TO BE LOCKED UP AND 4E89D.

BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT IF YOU'RE RIDING AROUND IN A STOLEN CAR OR ENGAGING IN SOME OTHER DANGEROUS ACTIVITY THAT WE DON'T SIMPLY TAKE YOU IN AND RELEASE YOU.

THAT'S PROVIDING NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT WINDS UP GETTING THESE KIDS EITHER KILLED OR INVOLVED IN MORE SERIOUS CRIME.

>> Eric: YOU'RE NICE TO COME OVER AND YOU'VE GOT A DIFFICULT JOB.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

♪♪ >> I REALLY LOVE THAT MAN.

HE WAS SO KIND TO ME.

YOU NOW, THE HISTORY OF VICE PRESIDENTS HAS BEEN A PRETTY TOUGH ONE.

AND HE WAS ALWAYS KIND TO ME.

AND ROSALYN AND THE PRESIDENT WERE BOTH ALWAYS KIND TO ME.

HE NEVER ONCE DID ANYTHING TO DI MINUTE YES, SIR ME.

MORE THAN THAT, I THINK HISTORY'S GOING TO BE VERY KIND TO HIM, GIVEN A LITTLE TIME.

>> ERIC: EARLIER THIS WEEK, NADIA MOHAMED BECAME THE FIRST SOMALI AMERICAN TO WIN A MAYOR'S RACE IN THE U.S. MOHAMED WILL BE MOVING FROM THE ST. LOUIS PARK CITY COUNCIL TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE CITY SHE HAS CALLED HOME SINCE SHE WAS TEN YEARS OLD.

NO STRANGER TO BEING A PIONEERING POLITICIAN, SHE WAS ELECTED TO HER CURRENT CITY COUNCIL SEAT AT THE AGE OF 23.

MAYOR-ELECT, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, ERIC.

>> YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF FIRSTS IN THIS ELEEKS THIS WEEK AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO INFORM HOW YOU HANDLE YOUR DUTIES AS MAYOR?

>> YEAH, WELL, FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS OF ST. LOUIS PARK.

AND THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND VOTED AND SUPPORTED AND PUT ME IN THIS POSITION.

AND, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF FIRSTS BEFORE US, RIGHT?

I'M THE FIRST BLACK MUSLIM SOMALI MINERAL IN ST. LOUIS PARK HISTORY.

>> Eric: IN A TOWN THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY A LARGE JEWISH POLICY.

>> YES, AND I SEE GREW UP WITH ALL OF THEM.

I GREW UP WITH MY NEIGHBORS.

AND SO I AM EXCITED.

I AM THRILLED.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST A MILESTONE, RIGHT?

AND NOT OUR DESTINATION.

THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO.

AND SO MUCH COLLABORATION, WHETHER IT'S ACROSS RACIAL SPECTRUM OR INTERFAITH WORK.

THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE.

AND SO I'M EXCITED TO DO IT.

>> Cathy: WHAT'S JOB ONE FOR YOU?

YOU RAN ON HOW FASTING, CLIMATE CHANGE.

CLIMATE MITIGATION.

WHAT'S JOB ONE FOR YOU?

>> SO I THINK, NOT, I THINK, BUT I'VE BEEN DOOR KNOCKFOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I'M AT THE DOORS KEEP HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT HOUSING HAS GOTTEN VERY EXPENSIVE.

EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS WHO WOULD SAY, LOOK, IF I PUT MY HOUSE ON THE MARKET, I KNOW THAT I COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD IT, RIGHT?

AND SO THAT'S DAY ONE FOR ME, JUST ADDRESSING HOW INAFFORDABLE ST. LOUIS PARK HAS -- IS BECOMING, RIGHT, WHETHER IT'D CREATING HOME OWNERSHIP, PATH WAYS TO HOASM OWNERSHIP.

WE'VE GOTTEN A RENTAL OPTIONS IN HERE TO ALLOW COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST COMING INTO OUR CITY TO -- THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN OUR CITY, RIGHT?

SO JUST KIND OF MULTI-TASKING AND FIGURING OUT, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN THE CITIES THAT THEY GREW UP IN AND THE CITY THAT THEY LOVE.

>> Eric: I'M CURIOUS HOW THE MAYOR'S ROLE FITS IN, IN THE ST. LOUIS PARK GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.

THERE'S A CITY MANAGER.

>> YEAH.

>> Eric: AND THE COUNCIL.

AND THEN WHERE DOES THE MAY YOUR FIT IN TO ALL THAT?

>> SO THE MAYOR FACILITATE THE MEETINGS.

HE SUPPORTS THE COUNCIL.

AND HE COUNCIL SUPPORTS HIM OR HER.

AND HE REPRESENTS THE CITY OR SHE IN THIS CASE, REPRESENTS THE CITY, YES, YEP.

REPRESENTS THE CITY IN MATTERS THAT ARE OFFICIAL.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, YEAH.

>> Eric: DO YOU GET AN AGENDA SETTING OPPORTUNITY?

>> WE DO SET IT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.

WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCED STAFF AND WE HAVE SUCH GREAT AMAZING COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND SO WE DO IT ALWAYS IN COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT OF EACH OTHER.

>> Cathy: YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO THE HISTORY-MAKING PART OF YOUR JOURNEY HERE, DO YOU FEEL PRESSURE BECAUSE YOU ARE A PERSON WHO IS BLAZING A TRAIL?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, LIKE, EYES ON ME, RIGHT?

BUT I KNOW THAT WITH THE SUPPORT, AGAIN, WITH -- OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF AND MY COMMUNITY, RIGHT, THE ST. LOUIS PARK COMMUNITY, I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE -- THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, RIGHT?

IT MIGHT BE A BIT HARD.

BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET DONE HERE IN ST. LOUIS ARK.

>> Cathy: WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS SAY?

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE YOUR FAMILY.

ARE THEY STILL CELEBRATING?

>> THEY REALLY ARE.

BOTH MY PARENTS WERE REALLY THRILLED.

THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PUBLIC SERVANTS, EVEN BACK AT HOME.

AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT I'M ABLE TO CARRY THIS ON.

MY MOM DEFINITELY THOUGHT I WOULD BE A DOCTOR, BUT SHE'S SETTLED.

>> Eric: I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHERE DID THIS DESIRE TO BE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WHERE THAT DID COME FROM.

>> I GREW UP IN A LONG LINE OF FAMILIES MEMBER WHO WERE TEACHERS AND NURSES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

DEFINITELY NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I'VE SET THE EXPECTATION THERE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE EXCITED AND THEY'RE -- I THINK WHAT THEY'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE ABILITY FOR ME TO GIVE BACK TO ST. LOUIS PARK THAT HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH.

>> Cathy: OKAY, SO YOU ARE A YOUNG PERSON, DO YOU SEE YOURSELF RUNNING FOR OTHER OFFICES IN THE PICTURE?

I MEAN, IS POLITICS YOUR CALLING?

>> I THINK COMMUNITY IS MY CALLING.

IT'S -- I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN SWORN IN.

SO I WILL BE -- I'LL BE FOCUSED IN ST. LOUIS PARK FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT IS WHEN YOU LOSE TRACK OF YOUR GOAL.

>> Eric: THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING VETERAN POLITICIAN'S ANSWER.

[ Laughter ] YOU'VE GOT IT ALREADY.

>> WELL, I JUST -- I KNOW THIS.

BUT IT IS TRUE, THOUGH.

IT IS TRUE, THOUGH.

>> Eric: PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE HOW YOU DO.

GLAD YOU CAME OVER.

THANKS.

♪♪ >> CATHY: THE PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY WELCOMED HOME FIVE OF ITS DAKOTA ANCESTORS RECENTLY.

DOZENS ATTENDED A REPATRIATION AND REBURIAL CEREMONY NEAR WELCH, MINNESOTA.

THE ANCESTORS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL BURIAL MOUND ON LAKE MINNETONKA MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO.

REPORTER KAOMI LEE EXPLAINS.

>> Kaomi: ON A RECENT DAY DESPITE THE BITTER WIND AND COLD, A HOMECOMING OCCURRED, SOME 120 YEARS AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM THEIR GRAVES IN MINNESOTA, FIVE DAKOTA AN ANCESTORS FINALLY CAME TO REST.

>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MAKE THIS REPATRIATION SIGNIFICANT.

>> RANKE JACKSON IS THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THE PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.

HE SAYS THE FOUR DAKOTA BANDS OF MINNESOTA FILED UNDER THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT.

>> WE'VE HAD IT AROUND FOR 30-SOME YEARS OR SO.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE FOUR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES HERE IN MINNESOTA FILED A JOINT PROCLAMATION TOGETHER.

AND SO I THINK THAT IN ITSELF IS A HISTORIC UNDERTAKING.

>> IT CALLS FOR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED OR OBJECTS THAT WERE AGUIRREED ON FEDERAL LAND SUCH AS INDIGENOUS ANCESTRAL REMAINS OR ASSOCIATED GRAVE GOODS, TO BE REPATRIATED OR RETURNED TO THE INDIGENOUS NATIONS THAT THEY BELONG TO.

THERE'S SEVERAL ISSUES WITH WHY THE LAW STILL OR STILL REPATRIATION PROJECTS STILL IN PROGRESS.

>> Kaomi: GOVER IS IS A MEMBER OF THE PAWNEE NIGHTS AND STUDIES INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY.

HE SAYS SOME INSTITUTIONS ARE UNWILLING TO REPATRIATE NATIVE ANCESTORS.

THERE'S ALSO A LACK OF FUNDING, WITH THE BURDEN OFTEN PLACED ON THE TRIBES THEMSELVES.

>> SOMETIMES WITH THE OBJECTS, THAT MAY DATE BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, IDENTIFYING WHICH NATIONS THEY BELONG TO BECOMES DIFFICULT AND THEY USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

>> Kaomi: THE CONNECTICUT STATE ARCHAEOLOGY OFFICE COOPERATED UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW, BUT NAGPRA DOESN'T ADDRESS NATIVE ANCESTORS IN PRIVATE HANDS.

THAT XPLAINS WHY IT TOOK A CENTURY TO RETURN THEM.

>> IT'S AN UNUSUAL *.

THERE AREN'T MANY INSTANCES WHERE HUMAN REMAINS THAT WERE EXCAVATED IN THE 19TH CENTURY HAVE SURVIVED THIS LONG.

>> Kaomi: BUT IN 1875, AN ATTORNEY FROM CONNECTICUT NAMED CARRINGTON PHELPS HAD AGUIRREED AN ENTIRE ISLAND ON LAKE MINNETONKA.

IT WAS RAE NAMED PHELPS ISLAND AND HE BUILT A LODGE.

ALSO ON THE ISLAND WERE TWO NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL MOUND GROUPS.

>> LAKE MINNETONKA HAS A HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF MOUNDS.

SOME ARCHAEOLOGISTS CLAIM THAT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DENSE AREAS OF MOUND BUILDING IN THIS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

THERE ARE ALMOST 500 MOUNDS AT LAKE MINNETONKA THAT WERE COUNTED AND MAPPED.

IN THE 1880s.

>> Kaomi: THE LAKE WAS CONSIDERED A ACRED PLACE.

HISTORIAN PAUL MARAVELLIS SAYS ANCESTORS TO DAKOTA AND OTHER TRIBES USED IT AS A RESOURCE AS WELL AS A PLACE OF FINAL REST.

>> MOST OF THESE WERE EXCAVATED AT LAKE MINNETONKA BY 1890.

WE HAVE DATA ON THAT.

THERE WASN'T A SENSE THAT THEY SHOULD BE PRESERVINGED AS WE THINK ODAY.

>> Kaomi: AND ALSO WERE THEY NOVEL SOUVENIRS, PEOPLE GRAVE DIGGING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Kaomi: IN 1902 PHELPS LOST OWNERSHIP OF THE ISLAND AND WENT WACK TO CONNECTICUT.

HE ALSO TOOK NATIVE ANCESTORS WHO WERE BURIED ON THE ISLAND.

A DECADE AGO THEY WERE DISCOVERED AFTER THE FAMILY SOLD THE HOUSE.

OUR HISTORIANS SAID THE FAMILY MADE NO EFFORT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE BROUGHT THE BONES BACK AFTER HE DESTROYED THE MOUND.

OVER THE YEARS, THEY SHOWED THEM TO PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE SOUVENIRS.

A DECADE LATER, THEY FINALLY MADE THEIR WAY HOME.

I'M STANDING HERE ON 160 ACRES IN WELCH, MINNESOTA, THAT WAS RECENTLY AGUIRREED BY THE PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY.

IT'S HERE WHERE HISS TOMORROWACHE REPATRIATION OF ANCESTORS WILL TAKE PLACE.

THERE WILL BE A FOUR-DAY CEREMONY STARTING WITH LIGHT EAGHTS.

SACRED FIRE.

>> I DON'T THINK THE AVERAGE MINNESOTAN UNDERSTANDS THE WEIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE MINNESOTA TRIBES CARRY WHEN IT OMES TO RECONCILING OUR ANCESTORS THAT CAME FROM BURIAL MOUNDS AND OTHER BURIAL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS.

>> Kaomi: A PRO PUBLIC YA INVESTIGATION THIS YEAR FOUND THAT MANY OF THE NATIONS'S PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS HAD STILL NOT REPATRIATED LARGE NUMBERS OF NATIVE AMERICAN AN SECORS.

IN NOTE, THE UNIVERSITY'S WISE MAN MUSEUM HAS SIMILARLY COME UNDER FIRE.

CURRENTLY HELD AT THE MINNESOTA INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND HAMLINE UNIVERSITY.

OFFICIALS FROM BOTH OF THEM SAY EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE ARE UNDER WAY.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE INDIGENOUS NATIONS ARE SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FULL LEGAL AND MORAL AUTHORITY TO DICTATE THE -- THEIR CITIZENS, THIRD DEGREE ANCESTORS AND THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ARCHAEOLOGY IS GOING THROUGH THE CURATION CRISIS.

>> Kaomi: HE SAYS MUSEUMS HAVE JUST TOO MUCH INVENTORY.

SOME HAVE YET TO FULLY RECORD IT ALL.

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGIST RON SHERMER WITNESSED THE RECENT REPATRIATION OF DAKOTA AN SECORS.

HE SAYS THEIR FINAL JOURNEY HOME WAS HEALING FOR ALL.

>> BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT AND BE PART OF THAT AND SEEING AGAIN THOSE OLD WAY EALGTZ COMING BACK IN PRACTICE, WHEN THEY WERE FORBIDDEN, THEY ARE SQUASHED, THEY WERE SUPPRESSED FOR SO LONG, IT MAKES YOUR HEART FEEL GOOD.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT MAKES YOUR HEART FEEL SAD KNOWING THAT THIS HAS TAKEN SO LONG.

♪♪ >> ERIC: MINNESOTA WEATHER, IT'S ALWAYS A CONVERSATION STARTER.

TODAY WAS BREEZY, CLOUDY, AND COLDER THAN AVERAGE.

OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND THE STATE WILL BE IN THE 20S.

MAYBE SOME TEENS IN THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD.

MUST MEAN WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, RIGHT?

NOT SO FAST.

NEXT WEEK'S FORECAST INCLUDES UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPS THAT COULD REACH INTO THE 60S ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, AND THE ARROWHEAD COULD SEE 50S.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PROFESSOR EMERITUS MARK SEELEY, A LONGTIME METEOROLOGIST AND CLIMATOLOGIST AT THE "U," JOINS US TO TALK WEATHER WHIPLASH.

SHORT-TERM WHAT ISWHAT IS CAUSING ALL THIS?

>> IT'S FOLLOWING TREND, ERIC.

IN FACT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY ON MPR.

THE NOVEMBER TREND IS HEAVILY, HEAVILY WARMER THAN NORMAL.

WE'RE PUCKERING SOMETHING LIKE 70% OF ALL NOVEMBERS HAVE BEEN WARMER THAN NORMAL.

AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF NOVEMBERS BRING 60-DEGREE DAYS.

WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET NEXT WEEK.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL PLACES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THAT ARE GOING TO SEE 60 DEGREES NEXT WEEK.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME PLACE DIDN'T EVEN PUSH TO 70 NEXT WEEK.

>> Cathy: THAT'S SO UNUSUAL.

>> WE HIT 70 IN NOVEMBER ABOUT ONCE EVERY SIX OR SEVEN NOVEMBERS, CATHY.

WE HIT 60 IN ABOUT EVERY TWO OUT OF THREE NOVEMBERS.

SO IT'S BECOMING MORE COMMON.

AND THIS IS CLIMATE CHANGE SIGNATURE.

THERE'S NO IF,S, ANDS, OR BUTS ABOUT THIS.

EVEN IN THE LATE AUTUMN, IS INCREASING.

WE'RE SEEING A INCREASING FREQUENCY OF THIS.

>> Cathy: AND THAT INCLUDES THE OVERNIGHT LOWS TOO.

>> YEAH, OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE GOING UP TOO.

AND A LOT OF NIGHTS THAT WE'RE NOT DROPPING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS CRAZY.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

A STRONG SIGNATURE.

THESE LONG AUTUMNS, THOUGH, ARE FRUSTRATING FOR SOME MINNESOTANS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF MINNESOTA CITIZENS THAT LOVE WINTER RECREATION.

>> Eric: OH, SURE.

>> THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT SEASON TO START.

BUT NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO BE MORE AND MORE PATIENT.

>> YOU TWO TALKED ALL SUMMER ABOUT THE DROUGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?

>> IT HASN'T GONE AWAY, ERIC.

WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 43% OF THE MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE IN AT LEAST MODERATE OR WORSE DRIEWGHT.

DROUGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF STABLE THE RESDZ OF THE WAY.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THAT AMOUNT OF DROUGHT OVER INTO 2024.

AND WE'LL HAVE O DEAL WITH IT IN 2024.

BUT OF COURSE THAT'S A LONG WAY OFF.

A LOT COULD HAPPEN IN THE LATE WINTER AND SPRING THAT COULD STILL HELP ALLEVIATE THAT BEFORE FARMERS HAVE TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD NEXT SPRING.

>> Cathy: SAY, I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT ODAY, THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER, IS THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF EDMUND FITZGERALD, GALES OF NOVEMBER.

AND WE ALL KNOW OF COURSE, ALL OF US KNOW THAT THAT BIG LAKE CAN JUST BE -- SHE CAN GET PRETTY IRRITATED AT TIMES AND GET PRETTY VIOLENT.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT STORM?

>> WELL, IT WAS ONE OF THE CLASSICS GALES IN NOVEMBER IN TERMS OF LARGE SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AFFECTED A FAIRLY LARGE AREA.

HAD A VERY LOW BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.

ALMOST A HURRICANE-LIKE, LOW BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

OVER 70 MILES AN HOUR WINDS CIRCULATING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR.

AND HUGE WAVES.

AND IT DELIVERED A LOT OF PRECIPITATION.

A LOT OF HIGH WINDS.

WE HAD A LOT OF PLACES THAT REPORTED WINDS OVER 50 AND 60 MILES AN HOUR.

AND THEN IT'S FUNNY YOU BRING THAT UP, CATHY, BECAUSE ALMOST THIS VERY MOMENT IN TIME AS WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW -- WAS ALMOST THIS VERY MOMENT IN TIME 48 YEARS AGO THAT THEY LOST SIGHT OF IT.

AND IT SANK.

>> Eric: I WAS WORKING THAT NIGHT AT KADL.

WINTER EXPECTATIONS WITH EL NINO?

>> WARM.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FROM ALL THE METEOROLOGICAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ON THE SAME PAGE IN THIS REGARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS EL NINO, ERIC, IS GOING TO BE A STRONGER THAN AVERAGE EPISODE.

IT'D GOING TO BE A STRONG EPISODE.

BIG DEPARTURES IN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES.

SO I THINK THE SIGNATURE OF THAT IS A MILDER THAN WARMER WINTER.

SNOW IS A WILD CARD.

LET'S TAKE THE DICE AND THROW THEM, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE LACKING SNOW IN THE FIRST HALF OF WINTER.

BUT THEN I THINK WE CAN MAKE UP FOR IT THE SECOND HALF OF WINTEVER.

ALTHOUGH I AM NOT SAYING WE'LL MAKE UP FOR IT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAD 90 INCHES LAST YEAR.

BUT WE GET MIGHT MORE HEAVY SNOW FALLS THE SECOND HALF OF WINTER.

>> Cathy: PEOPLE CAN DEAL WITH THE SNOW.

IT'S THE ICE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE.

>> YES, RIGHT.

AND YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

IN FACT, THIS IS ANOTHER TREND, I HATE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT SCARES PEOPLE, BUT IN DECEMBER, ESPECIALLY CATHY, IN RECENT DECADES WE'VE SEEN MORE ICE IN DECEMBER AND THAT'S KIND OF SCARY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AUTO OF OUT RUN ING AROUND IN DECEMBER.

YOU GOT THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND HAVING TO COPE WITH RICE IS NO GOOD.

>> Eric: GIVE YOUR BEST MINUTE ON THE LAST 25 YEARS OF MINNESOTA WEATHER.

>> WILDLY VARIABLE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WILD EXCURSIONS.

WE'VE HAD SOME SUPER COLD SPRINGS.

AND WE'D HAD SOME EXTRAORDINARY WARMTH.

WE'VE HAD SOME HEAT WAVES.

WELL, LIKE THAT HEAT WAVE IN AUGUST.

WHEN EVERYBODY -- WE HAD, WHAT, TWO, THREE DAYS WHERE OUR HEAT INDEX WAS BETWEEN 109 AND 1127.

I'M FORTUNATELY THINKING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPECT MORE FREQUENCY OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.

>> Cathy: ALL RIGHT.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT SEEING YOU.

BE BACK WITH PAUL DOUGLAS TIME.

>> I'LL LOOK FORWARD THAT.

>> YOU COULD BE AN EDUCATOR WHEN YOU GROW UP.

>> I'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT.

>> MARK SEELEY, EVERYBODY!

>> THANKS.

♪♪ >> SHELETTA: WHEN DID I GET THIS OLD?

IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY THAT I WAS FULL OF LIFE AND ENERGY.

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES AHEAD.

BUT AT SOME POINT, THE YEARS STARTED PASSING MORE QUICKLY.

AND NOW I'M "MATURE."

I'M COUNTING MY PILLS IN MY VERY OWN GRANNY BOX.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, A GOOD NAP IS NOW A GOOD TIME.

I'LL BE GETTING IN THE BED WHEN IT'S STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE.

IF I GO TO A PARTY THAT STARTS AFTER 4:00 P.M., BEYONCE OR CATHY WURZER BETTER BE THERE.

IF I WANT TO BE HAPPY, I'M HOME AT THE END OF HAPPY HOUR.

I'M AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND PICK UP A MAGAZINE AND FIND THE TOPICS SO INTERESTING.

THEN I REALIZE I'M READING THE A.A.R.P.

MAGAZINE.

WHEN I'M AROUND OTHER PEOPLE, I HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MY OWN BODY NOT TO MAKE THAT UNDIGNIFIED NOISE AS I GET OUT OF A LOW CHAIR.

Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WHY DID I THINK THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO ME?

THEY TOLD ME CHILDREN WOULD KEEP ME YOUNG.

SO I HAD FOUR OF 'EM.

THEY DIDN'T SAY, BUT FIRST THEY WOULD MAKE ME OLD.

BUT REALLY, I CAN'T COMPLAIN.

MY BUBBLY PERSONALITY HASN'T GONE COMPLETELY FLAT.

NO MATTER HOW "MATURE" I GET, I REMAIN IMMATURE.

AND HERE'S THE BEST PART: I GET TO BE AROUND REAL TWIN CITIES CELEBRITIES FOR PEOPLE MY AGE.

LIKE CATHY WURZER, ERIC ESKOLA, AND ALL THOSE POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSORS WHO DON'T MAKE UNDIGNIFIED NOISES WHEN THEY GET OFF THE "ALMANAC" COUCH.

♪♪ >> CATHY: WHEN MUKHTAR IBRAHIM FOUNDED "THE SAHAN JOURNAL" IN 2019, HE HAD WORKED IN LEGACY NEWSROOMS FOR NEARLY A DECADE.

HIS GOAL WAS TO CHANGE THE WAY MEDIA COVER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, HE HAS GROWN THE ONLINE NEWS SOURCE FROM A STAFF OF ONE TO NEARLY TWO DOZEN, WINNING LOCAL AND NATIONAL AWARDS ALONG THE WAY.

LAST WEEK IBRAHIM ANNOUNCED HE IS STEPPING DOWN AS CEO AND PUBLISHER OF "THE SAHAN JOURNAL" TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.

MUKTAR IBRAHIM, WELCOME BACK TO "ALMANAC."

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Cathy: IT'S A BIG DECISION.

SO WHEN YOU AND I WORKED AT MPR NEWS TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU WENT TO THE "STAR TRIBUNE," WHAT WAS MISSING IN THOSE NEWS EXPERIENCES FOR YOU THAT LED YOU TO FOUND SAHAN?

>> YEAH, I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER IN LOCAL NEWS ROOMS MOSTLY AT MPR AND THEN AT THE "STAR TRIBUNE."

AND I WAS TRYING TO DO GOOD WORK OF REPORTING ON DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TOPICS, IMMIGRATION, EDUCATION, F.B.I.

AND AS I WAS CHANGING TOPICS AFTER TOPICS, I REALIZED THAT I WASN'T SEEING A LOT OF COVERAGE THAT I -- THAT RESONATES WITH ME.

ESPECIALLY FROM MY COMMUNITY.

I'M SOMALI.

AND THE COVERAGE THAT THEY OFTEN CAME ACROSS WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T REALLY REFLECTIVE OF THE TRUE COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW OF.

AND I AM PART OF.

AND IT'S MOSTLY THROUGH TRAGEDY WHEN THERE'S DOUBLE SHOOTING IN SEWARD NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, R WHEN YOUNG KIDS TRY TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND JOIN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THAT WAS JUST THE NARRATIVE THAT KEPT COMING BACK IN THE NEWS CYCLE.

AND I WASN'T SEEING STORIES THAT GO BENEATH THAT AND REALLY SURFACE THE TRUE MINNESOTA THAT I KNOW OF AND -- SO THAT WAS, YOU NOW, THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE CAME ACROSS IN THOSE NEWS ROOMS AND I JUST WANT TO GO BEYOND THAT TO DO MORE COVERAGE THAT TRULY REFLECTS MY COMMUNITY.

>> Eric: DID YOU GET SOME HEAT FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU MIGHT WRITE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T TOTALLY GLOWING ABOUT THEM?

WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND THESE COMMUNITIES?

>> AT AHAN JOURNAL OR IN GENERAL?

>> Eric: YEAH.

>> I MEAN, WE'RE A JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION, SO WE COVER ALSO JUST NEWS AND THAT SOMETIMES TAKES YOU TO PLACES THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE, BUT THAT'S THE NATURE OF JOURNALISM AND YOU HAVE TO COVER THE GOOD, THE BAD, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

BUT JUST DON'T BE SO FOCUSED ON ONE SIDE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER A COUPLE YEARS, YOU GET THAT SINGLE STORY ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE AND WANT TO GET THE FULL BREADTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF CHRONICLING THEIR SUCCESS, HOW THEY ARE DEFINING OUR STATE.

>> Cathy: DO YOU THINK, THEN, MUKHTAR, GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE OF SAHAN JOURNAL, THAT YOU'VE HELPED OTHER LEGACY NEWS OOMS CHANGE HOVER THEY COVER COMMUNITIES F COLOR AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ESPECIALLY SIN THE MATTER OF GEORGE FLOYD, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE NATURE OF JOURNALISM AND THE OLE OF JOURNALISM IN MAKING SURE IT TRULY REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE ARE BUILDING THE ORGANIZATION THAT WHEN WE CAME TO THE SCENE, AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CHANGES IN BOTH, YOU KNOW, BIG NEWS ROOMS IN THE STATE, MPR, "STAR TRIBUNE," THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB IN COVERING COMMUNITIES, AND NOT JUST GOING IN, IN A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY WHEN WHISTLEBLOWER SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS.

>> Eric: WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF WHERE JOURNALISM IS HEADING WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?

WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

>> JOURNALISM IS A -- ESPECIALLY LOCAL JOURNALISM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, NEWSPAPERS HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THERE'S A NEW MOMENTUM AROUND NON-PROFIT JOURNALISM WHERE PHILANTHROPY INSTITUTIONS ARE STEPPING UP BECAUSE THEY SEE THE WHOLE OF JOURNALISM IS A BIG ROLE IN TERMS OF EDUCATING PEOPLE, MAKING THEY ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND COVERING, YOU KNOW, THOSE LOCAL RACES IN A MORE DEEPER WAY.

SO THERE'S A GOOD MOMENTUM AROUND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM.

AS WE HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE "PIONEER PRESS," A SIZEABLE NEWSPAPER, JUST COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IS NOW DOWN TO A COUPLE F REPORTERS AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW -- WANT TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL, AND IF YOU'RE NOT IN THOSE PLACES.

>> Cathy: PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE JOURNALISM.

>> NO, I'M NOT.

THIS IS MY PROFESSION.

AND I HOPE TO STICK AROUND AND CONTRIBUTE IN A WAY THAT'S GORCHTHAT'SGOING TO MOVE THE JOURNALISM FORWARD.

>> Eric: YOU GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD IT OF >> Cathy: YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS.

REALLY AMAZING.

♪♪ >> ERIC: ELECTION NIGHT BROUGHT RESULTS FROM AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF SPENDING AND PARTISANSHIP IN SCHOOL BOARD RACES.

IT'S A NATIONAL TREND THAT'S HERE.

"ALMANAC" POLITICAL REPORTER, MARY LAHAMMER TAKES A DEEPER LOOK AT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE POLITICIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

>> Mary: RECORD MONEY, ENDORSEMENTS, AND PARTISAN POLITICS ENTERED SCHOOL BOARD RACES IN THE STATE THIS ELECTION PSYCH AME.

AND VOTERS RESPONDED WITH 85% OF EDUCATION MINNESOTA'S CANDIDATES WINNING.

>> I REALLY THINK THAT MINNESOTA OTERS, YOU KNOW, MADE A PRETTY BIG STATEMENT.

THEY SAID THAT VERY WANT SCHOOLS WHERE KIDS ARE GOING TO FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME.

WE REALLY SAX THAT NATIONAL AGENDA THAT WE KIND OF SEE IN OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, FLORIDA, TEXAS, CREEPING HERE INTO MINNESOTA.

>> Mary: REMEMBER, THESE ARE LOCAL, UNPAID POSITIONS.

>> I CAN CONFIRM THERE IS LITTLE TO NO PAY FOR FOLKS THAT ARE SERVING ON SCHOOL BOARD.

>> Mary: EXCEPT THERE'S MONEY NOW IN THESE ACES.

>> IT'S WILD TO THINK ABOUT.

WHEN YOU TRANSITION LIKE I HAVE HAVE A NONPARTISAN TO A PARTISAN OFFICE, YOU EXPECT THAT, RIGHT?

IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

>> Mary: SENATOR DUCKWORTH STARTED ON SCHOOL BOARD, BECOMING CHAIR IN LAKEVILLE.

>> IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE, BUT I WILL SAY, THINGS DID SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE UST A FEW YEARS AGO THAN KIND OF WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY AS IT ROALTS TO SCHOOL BOARDS.

>> Mary: DID IT FEEL PARTISAN OR POLITICAL WHEN YOU YOU WERE ON THE BOARD?

>> IT DID NOT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY MUCH NONPARTISAN.

>> Mary: HE BEAT A D.F.L.

RISESTAR.

>> IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ALMOST CHOSE NOT TO RUN FOR STATE SENATE.

I WASN'T INTERESTED IN THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS DI DIVISIVE AS IT HAD BECOME.

>> Mary: THEY BOTH AGREE THE SPENDING AND POLITICIZING IS A NEW TREND THAT ISN'T FOR THE BEST.

>> THIS YEAR WE DID DO DIGITAL ADS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IN YEARS PAST, I THINK OUR TRADITION HAS REALLY ONLY BEEN LOCAL UNIONS WILL ENDORSE, AND THEN THEY WILL DO THE WORK.

>> TO THE TUNES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN MULTIPLE RACES AND RUNNING SLATES IN A VERY CONCERTED STRATEGIC EFFORT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY NEW.

>> I THINK WE HAVE TO PAUSE AND ASK THE QUESTION, LIKE, WHO CAN AFFORD TO RUN IN THESE RACES?

I MEAN, ARE WE KEEPING PEOPLE OUT?

>> MY PERSON OPINION IS, THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR THE PROCESS.

>> Mary: SENATOR DUCKWORTH HAS BECOME A LEADING VOICE ON THE ISSUE OF EDUCATION FOR REPUBLICANS.

ESPECIALLY THE CHANGES TO STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS.

>> MY CONCERN IS, ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BEING A LEADING VOICE ON ANYTHING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS I'M A DAD.

I'VE GOTH THREE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO -- >> Mary: HAVE PEOPLE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT RUNNING FOR SOMETHING HIGHER, BIGGER?

>> FOLKS ALWAYS HAVE GREAT IDEAS.

THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS TO DECIDE THAT IS MY WIFE.

>> Mary: DUCKWORTH THINKS REPUBLICANS GET A BAD RAP WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING EDUCATION, BUT THE TEACHERS UNION SAYS THE BOOK BANNING SWEEPING RED STATES FUELED FEAR HERE.

>> WE REALLY HEARD ONE CENTRAL QUESTION, AND THAT QUESTION WAS, WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES WHO WANT TO BAN BOOKS?

BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED TO REJECT THOSE CANDIDATES AND REALLY, THAT QUESTION, I THINK, IS SHORTHAND FOR THE KIND OF POLITICS THAT DIVIDE US.

>> Mary: DO YOU THINK ANY BOOKS SHOULD BE BANNED?

>> OF COURSE NOT.

I MEAN, WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT BANNING BOOKS.

I THINK THERE'S A GOOD INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.

>> Mary: THE CONSERVATIVE MINNESOTA PARENTS ALLIANCE ELECTED A HANDFUL OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN THE HASTINGS AND ANOKA-HENNEPIN DISTRICTS.

>> THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST CULTURALLY CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT OR ELECTION IN THE STATE THIS YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF EXPECTED THAT TO BE TOUGH.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN HASTINGS, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COUPLE OF YEARS RUNNING WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME I THINK MORE TOUGH RACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY KIND OF DUG IN, IN A PARTISAN WAY.

>>S PRODUCT OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, KNOWING THINGS LIKE RACISM ARE BAD.

THAT YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT.

THAT URTZ KIND TO EVERYONE.

REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, THEIR GENDER, THEIR ORIENTATION, WHAT HAVE YOU.

THAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN MINNESOTA SCHOOLS.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE SAW THIS YEAR IS REALLY A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR NEXT YEAR.

I THINK THE MESSAGING WILL BE THE SAME.

I THINK THAT THIS WAS KIND OF A PRACTICE ROUND.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THESE DIVISIVE MESSAGES.

♪♪ >> ERIC: FOR AN OFF-YEAR ELECTION, THERE WAS A LOT OF NEWS MADE THIS WEEK.

IN ADDITION TO THE HOTLY CONTESTED SCHOOL BOARD RACES AROUND THE METRO, FORMER STATE SENATOR ROGER REINERT BEAT INCUMBENT MAYOR EMILY LARSON IN DULUTH.

AND THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE SEVERAL NEW PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS, BUT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANDREA JENKINS DID WIN RE-ELECTION BY JUST 38 VOTES.

WE'VE ROUNDED UP A GROUP OF ESTEEMED POLITICAL REPORTERS WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ACTION.

DAVE ORRICK COVERS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE "STAR TRIBUNE."

CAROLINE CUMMINGS COVERS ALL THINGS POLITICS FOR WCCO TV.

ACROSS TOWN AT KARE-11 IS WHERE JOHN CROMAN COVERS POLITICS AS WELL.

AND OUR VERY OWN MARY LAHAMMER ROUNDS OUT THE GROUP.

IS MR. ORRICK, SINCE YOU ARE AT MINNEAPOLIS CITY HALL, YOU GET TO WATCH WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL MOVING NOW EVEN FURTHER LEFT THAN IT WAS.

WHAT OF THAT?

>> YEAH, THERE'S MINIMUM WAGE OF SEVEN PROGRESSIVES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE NEW COUNCIL, BE SWORN IN JANUARY 1ST.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TALKING ABOUT FARTHER LEFT IN THIS DAY, COMPARED TO WHAT FARTHER LEFT MAY HAVE SOUNDED LIKE IN 2020 RIGHT AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED.

THIS IS NOT AN ABOLISH THE POLICE MAJORITY ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL.

AND IT'S OT A VETO-PROOF MAJORITY FOR MAYOR JACOB FREY.

>> Cathy: ANYBODY WANT TO CHIME IN ON THIS AT ALL.

>> Eric: IS IT A HE OR SHE ANGER OF 2024?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FAIR TO SAY.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, YOU SAW THE DREND OF DIVERSITY.

PROGRESSIVE.

WOMEN.

PEOPLE OF COLOR.

IT'S LOOKING LIKE ST. PAUL, I THINK WE JUST HEARD SHANIQUA JOHNSON, JUST WON.

THAT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED.

SO THIS LOOKS LIKE IT OULD BE A MAJORITY FEMALE ST. PAUL CITY COUNCIL.

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S REFLECTING WHAT WE SAX IN THE LEGISLATURE.

VERY MUCH LIKE THAT ELECTION PSYCH AME.

RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

>> YEAH, AND I WAS IN ST. PAUL ALL AYE AT THE RAMSEY COUNTY ELECTION CENTER WATCHING THEM SHUFFLE AND RESORT THE ANKED CHOICE BALLOTS AND DEFINITELY IT'S DEFINITELY YOUTH - MOVEMENT.

IT'S WOMEN OF COLOR AND IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE FOR SURE BE ALL WOMEN FOR -- IN THE CITY COUNCIL IN ST. PAUL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.

SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT DOWN THERE.

ALTHOUGH IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, UNOFFICIAL UNTIL THE CANVASSING BOARD SEES IT.

I THINK IN ST. PAUL THE IMPLICATIONS WILL BE -- HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH RENT, WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL RENT CONTROL.

WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CALL -- >> Eric: RENT STABILIZATION.

>> AND OF COURSE OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS DIDN'T GAIN NATIONAL ATTENTION.

BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME NATIONAL HEADLINES, WHAT DO THEY MEAN IN MINNESOTA, I WAS WATCHING THE OHIO BALLOT MEASURE ON ABORTION, ACTUALLY JUST TALKED TO SPEAKER HORTMAN, JUST THIS WEEK, AND ASKED HER, ARE YOU CONSIDERING KNOWING THE ELECTORAL SUCCESS THAT THESE BALLOT MEASURES HAVE HAD FOR ABORTION RIGHT SUPPORTERS IN RHETTERS RED STATES AND BLUE STATES, WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT AND THEY ARE CONSIDERING A BALLOT MEASURE IN 2024 TO PUT IS A BOORGS RIGHTS IN THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO THE P.R.O.

ACT THAT WE HAVE ALL COVERED HERE HAT PUT CODIFIED ABORTION RIGHTS AND OTHER PROTECTIONS FOR FERTILITY TREATMENTS IN STATE LAW.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS WATCHING NATIONWIDE THAT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT HERE.

>> Eric: A PERSON IN THE KNOW SAID THAT PRO-LIFERS MAY BE OKAY WITH THAT.

IT WOULD GET IT OFF THE TABLE AS AN ISSUE.

>> WELL, THE -- >> Eric: BECAUSE IT'S HURTING REPUBLICANS APPARENTLY.

>> WELL, THE OPPONENTS OF IS ABORTION IGHTS ARE REALLY UNDETERRED IN THEIR MESSAGE AND THEY'RE SAYING, THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE GOING OUT TO MINNESOTANS AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THIS LAW IS, THE P.R.O.

ACT IS.

AND SOME OF THE REPEALS OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS.

I'M TALKING NEXTED CONSENT, AND THE 24-HOUR WAITING PERIOD WERE AMONG THE REPEALERS IN THAT REPEALER BILL.

AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT MINNESOTANS -- THIS IS NOT WHERE MINNESOTANS ARE AT.

SO TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD E OKAY WITH THAT, I FEEL LIKE, IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WANT IT ON THE BALLOT TOO BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE THE TICKET, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR PROSE BIDEN AND IF YOU PUT ABORTION ON THE BALLOT THAT, COULD HELP DRIVE WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS AN ENTHUSIASM.

>> Cathy: I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO DAVE ORRICK HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT.

WITH THIS NEW MAKEUP OF THE COUNCIL, SOME OF THESE NEW FACES, HOW MIGHT THAT AFFECT SOME OF THE AISHZ COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

WE TALKED TO CHIEF O'HARA HERE, THIS POLICE CONTRACT THAT WILL BE COMING ROUND THE THE CORNER.

>> YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE A HARDER LIFT FOR MORE MONEY FOR MORE POLICE WITH THIS NEWER COUNCIL.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN ABOLITIONIST MAJORITY THAT IS GOING TO COME IN, BUT IT'S NOT A CITY COUNCIL THAT IS GOING TO RUBBER STAMP THINGS THAT THE POLICE ARE EHIND.

AND WE WILL SEE.

I'M INTERESTED TO SEE THIS NEW RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION THING THAT JUST BROKE TODAY THAT YOU TALKED WITH THE CHIEF ABOUT.

THAT WILL COME UP TUESDAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL.

WHICH DOES AVE A MORE MODERATE MAJORITY.

I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THEY RESPOND TO THAT.

BECAUSE NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER, YOU'RE GOING TO, I THINK, SEE, THIS CITY COUNCIL START TO TRY TO FLEX ITS MUSCLE A LITTLE BIT IN THE PUSH AND PULL AND THE POWER STRUGGLE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BECAUSE THIS THING COMES IN VERY LATE IN THE BUDGET CYCLE.

IT'S VERY INSIDE BASEBALL AND STUFF, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES.

THEY HOLD PURSE STRINGS AND COMBINE A LITTLE BIT OF FEELING LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE BEING BOXED INTO A CORNER ON SHORT NOTICE WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS WHO REALLY PROBABLY DON'T LIKE THIS NEW MONEY FOR COPS, I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TUESDAY ON THAT.

AND NEXT YEAR, IT'LL BE EVEN MORE SO.

>> Eric: TELL US ABOUT YOUR VISIT TO THE GRANITE STATE AND DEAN PHILLIPS, PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKOFF.

>> HEY THAT, WAS A WHIRL WIND TRIP.

I WAS IN D.C. FOR EMMER FOR THREE DAYS, THEN DROVE TO IN.

>> DROVE?

>> YEAH, AND I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF PRETTY SCENERY.

AND THEN WE WERE LOANED TO OUR STATION IN MAINE TO HELP COVER THE MASS SHOOTING THERE.

SO THERE WAS LIKE EIGHT DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I'M GOING TO MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT.

SORRY, BOBBY BEAR FANS.

>> Eric: DAVE DUDLEY.

>> YOU KNEW THAT ESKOLA WOULD KNOW.

[ Laughter ] ANYHOW, WITH PHILLIPS IT WAS INTERESTING, BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE WE GOT THERE, WE HAD OTHER REPORTERS IN D.C. LIKE, WHO'S DEAN PHILLIPS AND DEAR ABBEY'S GRANDSON.

WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT.

BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF INTEREST.

AND THERE WAS A TON OF MEDIA THERE IN CONCORD THAT DAY THAT WERE REALLY JUST CLAMORING TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN SUSTAIN THAT.

YOU KNOW, ALL THE CAMPAIGN STOPS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

I MEAN, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T HELP HIM THAT BIDEN'S NOT ON THE BALLOT IN IN.

L. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

>> Cathy: HE SENT THE PAPERWORK FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA HELLO PRIMARY.

>> THAT'S JOE BIDEN COUNTRY.

THAT'S THE STATE THAT DELIVERED JOE BIDEN THE NOMINATION AND IT'S REALLY WHY BIDEN WANTED TO REWARD SOUTH CAROLINA FOR -- WITH ITS RESHUFFLING OF THE CALENDAR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TO JOHNSON'S POINT ABOUT BIDEN NOT BEING ON THE BALLOT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THIS DOES HAVE TO PUT BIDEN AND HIS SUPPORTERS A LITTLE BIT ON OFFENSE.

RIGHT IN CAMPAIGN EVEN IF THEY'RE -- A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN EVEN -- I MEAN, IT DOES COMPLICATE THINGS FOR THE PRESIDENT THAT HE IS RUNNING.

>> Eric: AND MARY, HOW DOES STATE SENATOR MORRISON GET INVOLVED.

>> Mary: TO SAY WHAT I'M WATCHING WITH DEAN PHILLIPS TO SEE WHAT IT DOES WITH HIS CAREER IN MINNESOTA.

AND HE GOT A FOR YES, I DIDDABLE CHALLENGER.

HE ALREADY WILL ONE.

HE GOT ANOTHER.

BUT OB/GYN, STATE SENATOR, SHE WON A REPUBLICAN SEAT IN THE STATE HOUSE.

SHE JUST WON A REPUBLICAN SEAT IN THE SENATE.

SHE'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME REDISTRICTING, BUT THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS KNOCKED OFF BASICALLY TWO REPUBLICAN SEATS IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND SHE CAN OWN WHAT, I THINK, IS STILL GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST ISSUE AT THE BALLOT, I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO HIT ABORTION HARD AND SHE'S AN OB/GYN.

SHE'S ALSO SEEN AS A MODERATE SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR THE DISTRICT.

HE COULD VERY WELL BE JEOPARDIZING HIS SEAT.

>> IS SHE IN IT TO WIN IT OR CAN S SHE TRYING TO SCARE HIM?

>> Mary: THERE ARE NO STAKES BECAUSE SHE CAN STILL RUN FOR HER STATE SENATE SEAT.

AND YOU CAN'T LOSE A SENATOR FROM THOSE WESTERN SUBURBS FURTHER OUT BECAUSE THAT'S STILL A COMPETITIVE AREA.

>> YEAH, AND IF ABORTION IS STILL THE ISSUE THAT IT HAS PROVEN TO BE IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS OF MOTIVATING VOTERS AND WINNING OVER THOSE INDEPENDENTS, I MEAN, SHE CAN RUNL ON THE FACT THAT YES, SHE'S A OB/GYN, BUT SHE ALSO HELPED WRITE THAT P.R.O.

ACT LEGISLATION, AND THOSE ARE THINGS JUST TO BOLSTER HER RECORD ON THAT ISSUE THAT COULD BE STILL EALLY IMPORTANT TO VOTERS COME NEXT YEAR.

>> Cathy: AND DO WE KNOW, IS PHILLIPS RUNNING FOR HIS SEAT?

SO IF HE FAILS -- >> HE HASN'T SAID.

HE'S GOT UNTIL JUNE 4TH TO DECIDE.

>> Eric: WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE DLIEWTDZDULUTH MAYOR'S RACE?

>> Mary: I RECALL IN THE ROOM, WE GOT BARKED AT A FEW TIMES, I THOUGHT, WOW, THESE DULUTH VOTERS REALLY CARE.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING.

AND YOU COULD FEEL THE NGST.

YOU COULD KIND OF SEE THAT ANTI-INCUMBENT, TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW.

WE REALLY DIDN'T LIKE ALL THE SNOW THAT DIDN'T GET ARE REMOVED.

I MEAN, THEY WERE STILL -- WE WERE UP THERE ON A WARM SUNNY DAY AND PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SNOW IN DULUTH.

AND YOU HEARD FORMER STATE SENATOR ROGER REINERT SAY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO CITY STUFF.

WHAT WALTER MONDALE THAT THE PHRASE?

WHICH I THINK EANS SNOW REMOVAL.

BUT REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE EVERY BIG DEMOCRAT AND THEIR MOTHER CAME UP FOR HER.

WALZ, KLOBUCHAR, EVERYBODY.

BUT YOU KNOW.

YOU'RE FROM DULUTH.

THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO, DO THEY?

>> Cathy: WHAT DOES IT MEAN, THE FACT THAT LARSON DID HAVE A TON OF UNION ENDORSEMENTS AND AS YOU SAY, LL THESE MAJOR D.F.L.ERS.

SO DO ENDORSEMENTS MEAN THING TO ANYBODY ANYBODY?

>> THEY CHANGE.

I THINK DONALD TRUMP SHOWED THE CHANGE IN DYNAMIC IN ENDORSEMENTS.

IN MINNESOTA WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS FUNNY SITUATION WITH THE RANGE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE METRO AND YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT UNIONS UP THERE AND STUFF.

I WAS JUST AMAZED THAT THE DULUTH THAT THE MARGIN WAS SO MUCH.

>> Eric: DOES EMILY LARSON HAVE A FUTURE OR IS THAT GONE NOW?

BECAUSE IS A SHE WAS SEEN AS MAYBE THE NEXT BIG THING.

>> WE ALL COVERED ROGER IN THE LEGISLATURE WHEN REINERT WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE.

AND HE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF WONKISH.

LIKE, HE COULD TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT A LOT F THINGS.

BUT I DIDN'T SEE HIM RISING UP AND UNSEATING A INCOUPLE BERNLT LIKE THAT I.

>> Mary: HE WAS TRYING TO DENINE 34EUD MIDDLE GROUND WHICH IS INCREASINGLY DISAPPEARING AT THE CAPITOL AS THE TWO RIGHT AND LEFT EXTREMES TAKE OVER.

THERE'S NOT MANY ROGER REINERT'S LEFT AT THE LEGISLATURE.

>> Cathy: I KNOW WE HAD A BUSY WEEK, BUT WHAT OTHER STORIES ARE YOU LOOKING T?

>> OTHER THAN THE FLAG?

[ Laughter ] >> THE FLAG!

THE BIGGEST HEADLINE.

WEEK.

HOTDISH CAPITOL OF THE U.S. >> Eric: YOU PUT THAT ON TWITTER.

>> HOTDISH CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> Eric: HAS IT GOT A SHOT?

>> NO.

IT RUNS IS A FOUL OF ALL OF THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE SET.

MANY OF THOSE DO, INCLUDING THE PICTURE OF THE DOG.

SOMEBODY SUBMITTED JUST A PICTURE OF THEIR DOG.

>> Eric: WHAT ABOUT THE LOON WITH THE LASERS?

>> AT THESE THREE LOONS WITH LASERS COMING OUT OF THEIR EYES.

>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> MAYBE THAT'S THE SYMBOL FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.

>> WE COULD AT LEAST CALL IT IS THE FLAAAAAA OF COURSEG.

>> Eric: THIS STATE IS SO PRIVILEGED TO INVOLVERPRIVILEGED HAVE REPORTERS OF YOUR QUALITY.

>> THIS IS LIKE FLAMING THE SNOWFLAME IM--NAMING THE SNOW FLOW.

♪♪ BE >> THIS IS THE GENIUS OF SYSTEM.

IT CAN START TO HAPPEN.

AND I FOUND THIS REALLY AN INTERESTING STATISTIC THAT WE'RE THE ONLY STATE WITH DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.

>> Eric: SINCE 1914.

>> YES, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT INSIDE THAT IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

♪♪ >> ERIC: THAT WAS GOVERNOR-ELECT TIM WALZ FIVE YEARS AGO, SHARING HIS HOPES FOR A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD WORK TOGETHER.

LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW TO THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE SECTION WHERE WE TRY TO STUMP YOU ABOUT AN EVENT OR PERSON IN MINNESOTA HISTORY.

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