>> ERIC: IN THE NEXT HOUR, WE'LL MEET THE NEW MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER, DAVID GILLETTE HAS SOME HALLOWEEN COSTUME SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU, AND OUR COUCH FULL OF POLITICAL ANALYSTS BREAKS DOWN A BIG WEEK OF MINNESOTANS MAKING POLITICAL NEWS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> CATHY: AND THAT BIG NATIONAL POLITICAL NEWS IS WHERE WE START TONIGHT.

EARLIER TODAY, MINNESOTA'S THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DEAN PHILLIPS FILED FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND ANNOUNCED HE IS CHALLENGING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.

MARY LAHAMMER HAS MORE.

>> I AM TODAY ANNOUNCING MY CANDIDACY FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

>> Mary: YOU'RE LIVE ON THE 2024 DEAN PHILLIPS AMPAIGN BUS WHERE HE JUST SAW IT FOR THE VERY FIRST MOST.

>> MARISA FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE OR SHOULD WE CALL YOU SCOOP, NOW, CONGRATS ON THE FIRST LIVE INTERVIEW.

TELL US HOW YOU GOT IT?

DID YOUR MINNESOTA CONNECTIONS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT?

>> THANKS, WELL, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, NO, IN THIS CASE.

I GAINED SOME NATIONAL POLITICAL ATTENTION FOR A STORY I DID ON BLUE USBS MAILBOXES BEING REMOVED BEFORE THE ELECTION AND BECAUSE OF, THAT IT KIND OF LOOPED ME INTO SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE KNOW.

I LET HIM KNOW I'M FROM ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA, MY GRANDFATHER WAS BARRY ZAVAN THE WEATHER MAN AND HE WENT ON FOR QUITE A FEW MINUTES ABOUT MY GRAND MA AND HIS LEGACY IN MINNESOTA AND WHEN EMIT HIM.

>> SAY COME ON, AMERICA.

WE ARE BETTER.

I KNOW WE ARE BETTER SO LET'S DO BETTER.

IT IS TIME... [Applause] >> IT IS TIME, MY FRIENDS, IT IS TIME FOR WE, THE EXHAUSTED MAJORITY, TO MEET THIS MOMENT!

WE WILL STAND IN THE WAY OF EXTREMISTS.

>> Mary: GIVE US A LITTLE SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE NOT SEEING ON CAMERA.

WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THERE?

>> HE'S WE'LL TALKING TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND THE THING ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THAT VOTERS REALLY TAKE THIS IDEA OF BEING FIRST PRIMARY IN THE COUNTRY SERIOUSLY.

WELL, THE DNC MOVED IT, THE FIRST PRIMARY IN THE COUNTRY, TO SOUTH CAROLINA NEXT YEAR.

BECAUSE OF, THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE SAYS, WELL, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HOLD OUR PRIMARY.

THE DNC SAYS, OKAY, YOUR DELEGATES WON'T COUNTS IN YOU DO THAT AND JOY BIDEN WON'T BE PRINTED ON THE BALLOT HERE.

>> I LOVE THE PRESIDENT.

I THINK HE'S SAVED OUR COUNTRY AT A TIME WE REALLY NEEDED HIM AND DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

IT'S TIME TO PASS THE TORCH.

ALL THE DATA, ALL THE POLLING, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I'M HAVING SAY THE SAME THING, THAT HE IS AT GREAT RISK OF LOSING THE LAST ELECTION.

>> >> >> Mary: YOU PULLED DOWN SOME HISTORY, HOW DID YOU READ HIS RESPONSE?

>> HE SEEMED PREPARED AND GAVE US EXTRA TIME.

THEY KEPT TRYING TO WRAP US AND HE WANTED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND WE SAW HIM DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

HIS BUS, AS SO MANY PEOPLE SAW IN THE PHOTO THAT NAPPED ON AN OHIO INTERSTATE, IT SAID MAKE MERELY AFFORDABLE AGAIN.

WHEN WE GOT ON IT THIS MORNING, THAT WAS WIPED CLEAN, NOT ON THE BUS, SOMEBODY ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID, HEY, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ECHO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DEFEATED BY A CHATTER IN THE PRIMARY SO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE HISTORY HERE?

>> FOR THE FIRST THING, THERE IS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.

>> Mary: I'M WONDERING ABOUT VOTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE'RE HEARING FROM DEMOCRATS IN MINNESOTA WHO ARE CONFUSED AND REALLY ANGRY AND UPSET WITH HIM.

>> I THINK A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE INK AGREE AND UPSET.

I HAVE BEEN MONITORING MY TWITTER RESPONSES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, DON'T DO THIS, YOU'RE HURTING BIDEN EVEN MORE IN A REALLY STATE RACE.

WHEN POLITICAL VOTERS SAY NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS ARE OPEN-MINDED.

I BELIEVE THEM.

I WENT OUT LAST TIGHT, TALKED TO VOTERS ON THE STREET, I COULDN'T FIND ONE PERSON WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA FOR HIM TO ENTER THIS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

AS ONE POLITICAL EXPERT, LONG-TIME POLITICAL EXPERT HERE TOLD US YESTERDAY, HE SAID, LISTEN, WE DATE A ONG TIME BEFORE WE GET MARRIED AND WE WON'T MAKE THIS DECISION UNTIL THE 11th HOUR.

>> I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN DECLARING A NEW AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

>> Mary: INDEPENDENT.

HE USED THE WORD "INDEPENDENT."

I WAS SLIGHTLY SURPRISED, INDEPENDENCE IN HIS REMARKS TODAY.

CLEARLY, THAT'S REACHING OUT TO THAT GROUP.

>> >> HE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THAT CASE IN OUR INTERVIEW WITH HIM SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE CLAIMED HE'S MOST BIPARTISAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

>> Mary: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO VOTERS WHO SAY, OH, WOW, ANOTHER MULTI-MILLIONAIRE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?

>> YOU KNOW, I LOST MY FATHER IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

I WAS SIX MONTHS OLD.

HE HAD NO MONEY, HE USED AN ROTC SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND THEN I WHEREAS CENTER TO WAR, FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM AND HE WAS KILLED.

I WAS ADOPTED BY AN EXTRAORDINAIRE FAMILY.

>> EVERYONE'S INVITED.