minnesota lost theirs with a coach's challenge earlier. now mike yeo will exercise his right with 43.8 seconds on the clock. what a game. this has been a fantastic series, brian. >> brian: mike yeo and the blues knew the toughest game to win would be the fourth one. a desperate hockey club, had a fantastic regular season, the wild did, for a reason. they're a deep team, a team that does not give pup. things did not go their way in the early part of this series through the first three games. they've given everything that the blues can hand until the last two games. you have to appreciate the resiliency of thi the third period. they lost their top center in eric staal. they fell behind by two. they had a disallowed goal. and yet they're tied with under a minute to go in this hockey game. >> john: a record-setting season of 106 points. second seed in the west. blues had an outstanding half, the hottest team going into the playoffs. out to a three-game lead in the series. 40 seconds left. all the way back. spurgeon. will wind it up. st. louis

minnesota lost theirs with a coach's challenge earlier. now mike yeo will exercise his right with 43.8 seconds on the clock. what a game. this has been a fantastic series, brian. >> brian: mike yeo and the blues knew the toughest game to win would be the fourth one. a desperate hockey club, had a fantastic regular season, the wild did, for a reason. they're a deep team, a team that does not give pup. things did not go their way in the early part of this series through the first three games. they've given everything that the blues can hand until the last two games. you have to appreciate the resiliency of this wild club in the third period. they lost their top center in eric staal. they fell behind by two. they had a disallowed goal. and yet they're tied with under a minute to go in this hockey game. >> john: a record-setting season of 106 points. second seed in the west. blues had an outstanding half, the hottest team going into the playoffs. out to a three-game lead in the series. 40 seconds left. all the way back. spurgeon. will wind it

the minnesota wild fought through all kinds of adversity. devan dubnyk did what he had to do in this series but especially in this game, fall beg hind 3-1, losing eric staal, a top center, leading goal scorer in the series. fighting all the way back. mikko koivu, jason zucker with a goal, forcing overtime. it's magnus paajarvi who gets it. and vl started the scoring in this one, and young paajarvi, a young player coming out of the edmonton oilers organization, 26-year-old finn, his greatest moment as an nhl'er comes here in game five and seals it for the st. louis blues. there will be a salute here from minnesota from their crowd after the handshake, which continue clutds now. st. louis doing an outstanding job to restructure their season. coaching change, mike yeo taking over for ken hitchcock. outstanding final count in overtime, st. louis 4, minnesota 3. up next, except on the west coast, it's your local news. tonight at 8:00 eastern on nbc, the stanley cup playoffs continue as henrik lundqvist and the rangers look to clinch the series as

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. walz: mr. speaker, can i inquire how much time we have left because i have two speakers to go. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has seven minutes. mr. walz: i want to yield to someone that came to the house of representatives, asked to serve veterans and be on the committee, the gentleman from california, mr. correia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. correa: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman roe and for mr. walz for all of their good work for veterans. i urge my colleagues -- our veterans all gave some and many, many made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. providing our vets with the best health care our nation can deliver in a timely basis is the least we can do for our veterans. sadly, as all of us know, in 2014, the average wait time at a v.a. medical center was 115 days. the choice program has provided vets with the opportunity of obtaining health care in their community in a timely basis. the v.a., of course,

i think about the fascinating things here in minnesota in the was several years has -- the minnesota historical society. if you went to that exhibit one of the things is that laos prominently -- thinking there's very little mention about vietnam. -- i would like your reflection on that in terms of what is happening domestically and there were a lot of attention southeast asia >. tell this about lyndon johnson. it's personal. my wife is vietnamese. so john wrote -- i don't know if you know john roach -- john was deputy dean of the fletcher school for a long time, one of the founders. the americans with democratic action. intellectualn's residence. when i was at the law school after the war -- i used to see him in somerville -- they told me a story about johnson and full right. william fall right in the vietnam hearings. and figuringght second momentum to the counter narrative. fulbright -- this is the last meeting that he had personally was trying to- he convince johnson not to fight in south vietnam. he goes through his arguments. johnson discusses his bill, i've got this, you've got

the gentleman from minnesota, mr. lewis. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. all time has expired. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill number 496. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 876. the aviati

attorney's office here in minnesota continues their investigation so far andrea no findings have been released. >> we heard about the treasure trove of music prince had yet to be released. will fans get to music? i thought something was supposed to drop today? >> yeah certainly it is no secret that prince had a huge vault full of unreleased music inside of paisley park here. universal music group did strike publishing rights for that unreleased music but we don't know a timeline of when it could be released but good news is all of his released music is streaming on title, apple music and spotify and some of the music in that vault dated back to the 80s. incredible. >> we can't wait to hear it but we have the music we've always been enjoying for decades with us now. don champion reporting live from minnesota. >> a montgomery based on profit is giving foster children hope and dignity. volunteers with comfort cases make sure children going to new homes get a bag full of necessary items. the organization fo says many children travel house- to-house with a trash bag. the organization has g

>> john: love it. >> pierre: time-out for minnesota. >> john: so minnesota now will burn it. each team has called a time-out. that's all you get. 92 seconds left. >> pierre: jake allen's faced 41 shots in this game. faced 52 in game number one. and look at him here this afternoon in st. louis. i mean he's been all over. he's been anchored. he's been solid. rebound control. more times than not he's been exceptional. and i think the biggest thing is more traffic for minnesota. harder game for them to play. i think he's handled it fantastically well, john. really solid. >> john: from the outside of this series. where he had 51 saves in game one. not as many shots in game two. but lots of quality. emerged as a top flight goaltender here in the late stages of his regular season and continuing in the playoffs. everybody up here at scottrade. false start. we'll get this situated again between patrik berglund and mikko koivu. >> pierre: koivu's had his way with him the last two. interesting to see if berglund tries to change his tactics at all. he's not going to win it clean i don't

>> john: love it. >> pierre: time-out for minnesota. >> john: so minnesota now will burn it. each team has called a time-out. that's all you get. 92 seconds left. >> pierre: jake allen's faced 41 shots in this game. faced 52 in game number one. and look at him here this afternoon in st. louis. i mean he's been all over. he's been anchored. he's been solid. rebound control. more times than not he's been exceptional. and i think the biggest thing is more traffic for minnesota. harder game for them to play. i think he's handled it fantastically well, john. really solid. >> john: from the outside of this series. where he had 51 saves in game one. not as many shots in game two. but lots of quality. emerged as a top flight goaltender here in the late stages of his regular season and continuing in the playoffs. everybody up here at scottrade. false start. we'll get this situated again between patrik berglund and mikko koivu. >> pierre: koivu's had his way with him the last two. interesting to see if berglund tries to change his tactics at all. he's not going to win it clean i don't

then he is moved to minnesota while minnesota was still a territory. dr. emerson marries eliza sanford. he dies in 1843. dred scott, after the death of dr. emerson, dred scott sues for his freedom. in the year 1846. eliza sanford transfers ownership of dred scott to her brother john sanford in 1850. that is just a detail. dred scott sues for his freedom. sues in the state courts in missouri. why? >> [inaudible] prof. guelzo: look at fort armstrong. what is illinois? illinois is a free state. mind you, there were transit laws. transit laws permitted slaveholders, if they have to journey or live for a short period of time, to do so without jeopardizing title to their slaves. emerson was doing more than a quick pass through illinois. even more so, fort snelling is in the minnesota territory. what is the minnesota territory governed by? >> [inaudible] prof. guelzo: no, the northwest ordinance of 1787. it mandated that slavery could not exist in those territories. dred scott's logic is, i was taken into a free state and lived there not under temporary transit b

fromt a $15 check minnesota the other day. as long as we are providing useful information, -- host: how much staff to you have to help you? guest: we have about 18 folks on board right now. had about 150 volunteers working around the clock to support this effort, and over the last couple of months, we have been transitioning to a staff-based model, so we are actually able to answer you from 9:00 to 5:00 now. host: you mentioned town halls and we pulled video from the 10th district in texas, it was sort of an unofficial town hall. michael mccaul didn't show up, but he had a cut out of himself and took questions. is that a model you guys advocate? guest: absolutely. one of the questions we got early on around the country is, "my member of congress is hiding from me, what do i do? they are refusing to be held accountable and listen." we are shocked by that. one of their jobs is to listen to constituents. we say go to a committee center, invite your members of congress, and if they show, great, and we've seen examples, but if they

host: i grew up in minnesota, there were two seasons, winter and construction. guest: you are right about that. host: vicki, anchorage, arkansas, republican. caller: hi. i want to ask a question as to for the having to pay airport, that part of the transportation? the airline? they are making a lot of profit, they are flying in and out, i are not now why they responsible for maintaining their own situation there? 'll take the answer off, thank you so much. guest: that's a great question. t's not in many cases a self-supporting model. in other words, if the airlines a se just to fly to make profit, you will find a lot of rural and regional airports are going to exist. i think most people find that is not acceptable. purely profit model as far as what can they afford fundingnd there is some issues with the way the proposals out there, we're going rural, some outlying smaller airports that see less traffic are not open, not able stay open f. it were pure urban high see big traffic airports that would operate. host: there are passenger built into the price of the ti

in herluded the miners home city of minnesota. so, that is one, general objection i think has some merit. there is also just a lot of objections that he was unsympathetic to those who are not in power. that is the main thing i think is evident here. host: mimi referring to the questioning during judge gorsuch's confirmation hearings. the vote happening in the senate judiciary committee yesterday moving jeff gorsuch to the floor of the senate. it was 11-9 party nine -- party line vote. the regrets now city have enough votes to filibuster the nomination. we want to hear your thoughts. james, an independent. go ahead. caller: good morning. i am afraid that they are going to have to use the nuclear option to get this judge whoever will be acceptable if this guy is not? -- isk this is your spite pite politics. if he had gone through, we would have had these decisions on the dreamers. the whole family, they want to throw this link it legalization legalizationet over everything. host: i'm too concerned that whatever is left of bipartisan

the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, before i begin my remarks on judge gorsuch, i just want to take a minute to talk about the chemical attack in syria. words cannot describe these vicious attacks against civilians. we have all seen the horrific footage. many of these victims were children. these are innocent men, women, and children, mr. president, who through no fault of their own are caught in the middle of a bloody civil war. stuck between a brutal regime, armed groups, and foreign powe powers. my heart goes out to the victims and their families. mr. president, the world has come together and unequivocally condemns these acts and their perpetrators. we must work together to find a path toward peace and stability in syria, and the united states must take a leadership role in that effort. now i will turn to my remarks. mr. president, i rise in opposition to the nomination o

an elevatorof company in minnesota. here in minnesota we tried to file a complaint with the human rights department on the discrimination that happened to us on the vikings stadium. now they are planning on having a super bowl here at the vikings stadium. had -- discrimination we we went through on a particular situation. i wanted to see what donald trump could do about the discrimination here in minnesota considering we were the only minority elevator contractor here. --didn't get any conclusions inclusions. nothing. in -- helgin, the director at vikings stadium, she got caught basically sneaking in to those suites. i don't know how they did it, but she got canned basically. i guess mondale, he had to resign also. i was wanting donald trump to look at that and see what he could do firsthand on the discrimination situation like this. that strikes me as more of athat will be state-level issue than a federal level issue. he's been very busy in the first 100 days and i suspect will continue to be pretty busy for the next 1

. >> this young lady's from minnesota. >> i'm valerie from minnesota. >> what do you snee terms of your teacher. >> yeah, today was a great day meting with the president and just gave me a lot of hope for the future of agriculture and certainly congratulations to you and thank you for all you've done for us already and the future of agriculture. we have 650,000 members across the united states in puerto rico and the virgin islands who goont back to agriculture careers. we are looking forward to that challenge and feeding the growing population so thank you for what you do. >> valerie and kids like her give me hope for american agriculture. thank you. okay. >> mr. secretary. >> thank you all. >>> coming up on c-span 3 a hearing on u.s./egypt relations and aid to that country. in a town hall bheegt congressman matthew cart wright of pen. after that, global nationalism on elections. larlt a look at medical research and patient treatment options. >>> next a hearing on u.s./egypt relations and the millions given to that country annually. three former state department officials testified befo

the university of minnesota humphrey school of public affairs hosted this discussion shortly after the inauguration. speakers include authors and academics from case western reserve university and the university of minnesota. this is about an hour and a half. >> has all of us know who are here in the united states, or even from abroad, during the fall of 2016, we had campaign that was permeated by issues of gender and race and class.

jackie deangelis has the story from mountain iron, minnesota. >> reporter: in northern minnesota, they're blasting. digging. and trucking towards an american infrastructure revival by mining for a key component of steel. >> it all starts here with the iron ore production. >> reporter: larry sutherland is general manager of u.s. steel's mining solutions. >> we produce approximately 25 million net tons annually of iron ore pellets. >> reporter: it's shipped off to gary, indiana, where it's melted, mixed, and formed into some 300 or more types of steel, which is then trucked off in massive coils to be cut into parts for products from ovens to cars to buildings and bridges. >> it's impressive, the products that we make here that helps support american families. and the things that they use. >> reporter: the steel industry has faced its share of competition from overseas manufacturers. among the challenges, what it says are anticompetitive trade policies and foreign government subsidies, which makes some grades of steel cheaper. but all that could change. >> steel made in this country and pipe

i know minnesota enough it comes full circle. sorry, minnesota. >> she has special powers like you. >> one of those places, extremes, because of its geography, you have the open field the canada, open playing field with the planes, and the gulf. so warmth can surge north, colds can surge south. you can get all sort of crazy weather really at any of year. but here in our area, it is actual lay lot more tell pratt. you toned have a little bit more consistency at least. actually storm that we were just showing you brought in some snow to minneapolis and those surrounding suburbs. curchly working its way into northern wisconsin, upper michigan, actually dragging cold front through our area late tonight, and into tomorrow. so that's what we have to deal with the next round every wet weather. doesn't look like it will be all that impressive of moisture content with this front. we will end up with few showers, very likely thunderstorm, but it passes through, then pretty much done. it does knock the temperature back. which you will see i

you saw individual groups in california, new york, minnesota, outside of democratic senator saying do not vote for thi nominee. and we counted it as a victory that zero democrats voted for betsy devos to a slayer. it is not that she is so much worse as apartment education secretary -- although she is their bad -- it is that voices were heard. people in alabama, georgia, minnesota -- across the country, what you will see is people stand up for progressive values, and that is how we will win a legislation and elections. host: our next call from jacksonville, florida, independent line. caller: good morning. i have a comment in an idea, and i hope you will comment on it and give me just a moment to explain it. i have been trying to organize a pledge, called take the which means you vote out every single incumbent. what this would do is it would eliminate all the money and the lobbyists because there would be no point in finding an incumbent for reelection if they knew that the people were going to vote on every incumbent level, democrat or republican. that is my comments, and i am wonderi

. >> reporter: inside this ice shanty in northern minnesota-- >> here we go! >> reporter: there's a fish out of water. >> oh, yeah, look at that. >> reporter: and i'm not talking about the walleye. >> is that a keeper or a tosser. >> reporter: chris ingraham is dressed in his pea coat and boots with the tags still on appears out of place. he works for "the washington post" and the only reason he is out here is because of an article he wrote in 2015 about a seemingly innocuous department of agriculture study that ranked places in the country on scenery and climate and chris concluded the absolute worst place to live in america-- drum roll, please-- red lake county, minnesota. and that was it. >> so i published the story. the story goes up at, like, 9:32 on a monday. by 9:37, the hate mail started rolling in. >> reporter: no way. >> like on social media and it was fast and furious and it was like nothing i had ever seen before. >> reporter: and all of it from the same zip code. >> we got some people take it personally. >> yeah, we took offense. >> how does this

steve hartman, on the road in red lake county, minnesota. red lake county, minnesota. >>> that's the overnight n,, captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> it's monday, april 3rd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> hail, rain, and tornados sweep across the south, leaving at least two people dead and miles of damage. >>> and in colombia, the search is on for the missing after a mudslide kills more than 200 people. >>> preparing for a showdown over the u.s. supreme court nominee. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. how that happens really depends on our democratic friends. >>> and that sweet sound of victory. south carolina takes home their first ncaa women's basketball chpi

the panelist we had is in a logan, professor of sociology at the university of minnesota. i asked her to start off the panel because her expertise is in electoral politics and campaigns in particular. she is known for her book called at this defining moment, barack obama's candidacy and the new politics of race. she is in a research project that look specifically at the 2016 campaign and young people's perspective of gender and race in that campaign. she is a professor at case western reserve university. she is the cornerstone master professor and chair of the department of political science. professor beckwith is known for her work on women's movements and gender and party leadership. this book compares the cabinet appointments in seven industrialized countries. and the implications of the process for the presence of women in those cabinets. the third speaker will be captain pearson, associate professor of political science here from the university of minnesota. she is an expert in u.s. congressional politics she has been published widely in this area with her most recent

host: minnesota, democrat. hello. caller: hello. living in minnesota and growing up is 61 years, i grew up on the lake and the streams. we have such a beautiful state. you can see what the chemicals and the pollution is doing to it. i think the only reason we do not go farther and protecting our environment is because of the big industries. it is all about the bottom dollar. that pipeline coming through in the dakotas next to me, it is very upsetting. in science, biology, chemistry, and you sent us to school to get smart and study and tell the world about better ways to live and you do not listen to us. we need to stop the pollution. guest: i am against pollution, but i am against limiting the world's ability to deal with pollution. carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. it is a naturally occurring gas necessary for life on earth. not model predictions, the data -- bob talks about everything going up, but the rate of warming is so much lower than what the models have predicted that i think it calls into question the entire project. we h

don champion, cbs news, minnesota. >>> a campaign to keep food waste out of landfills. how chefs are getting creative with scraps. >> and, the changing face of grocery shopping. fresh grocer tony joins us live in studio. >> kpix5 studios, good afternoon everybody. the coast is clear, we have blue sky ins the city of san francisco. and we are working one of the warmest days so far this year, but, there is a change in the weekend forecast. we will talk about that as the news continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, so >> there is a new move to keep wasted food out of landfills. they are recycling every part of the produce. one chef pulverizing the scraps to make a roasting powder. environmentalists say 40% of food waste ends up in the landfills every year. >> food waste is 16% of the methane in the u.s. it is a very potent greenhouse gas. >> 100% of the food that goes through production here never makes it to landfills. it is consumed by humans or animals. >> the nrdc says that one in six americans don't have a sufficient amount of food to eat. reducing food waste by 15% would be enou

yes, i am from minnesota, and i -- you know, i celebrate my heritage there too. >> the minnesota native's love of confederacy is causing him some trouble. in the past few days. four of the five republicans who serve with stewart on the county board announced their support for his rival and long time political ally prince william county sheriff hill yanked his endorsement from stewart. all that confederate stuff, i don't think that's necessary for a person that's running for public office. >>> for the first time as a federal employee, an unpaid adviser tot president of the united states, first daughter ivanka trump stepped yonlt the world stage to represent the white house and america at a women's conference in berlin, germany. it included german chancellor angela merkel and christine lagarde, and the moderator, a german journalist asked a simple question about ivanka's particular role. >> as a part of the audience, especially the german audience is not that familiar with the concept of a first daughter, i'd like to ask you what is your role, and whom are you representing? your father as t

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. >> rob joining us from minneso minnesota. thanks, rob. >>> hell's kitchen paulie, reportedly died from drug overdose. the 36-year-old was found dead in his home here in philadelphia yesterday. tmz is reporting that it was an accident. the medical examiner found drugs in his system. we don't know yet what he took. the brooklyn born chef feuded with gordon ramsay during the shows 16th season. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority now live look at read berks county. rain this morning. clouds today. a few peeks of sunshine but of course everyone wants to know will we see the sun at all this weekend? meteorologist scott williams has the answer in 15 seconds. >>> we'll see a little bit of sun for the up coming weekend but he also have some clouds and, yes, more scattered showers to deal with. the temperatures today, though he they were below average. so what can we expect over the next several days? for the upcoming weekend, 64 degrees the high temperature tomorrow. upper 50s sunday. still below average on monday. take look at

cloud area ymc asks, big brothers and sisters of minnesota, and the boys and girls clubs of central minnesota. in addition to financially giving back to these charity he also gave his time by serving as a board move the st. cloud hospital in the soft rapids rice schools. in addition to serving as a founding move the united way of central minnesota. dan ocoburn was a hero in our community and his passing is a massive loss to us all. -- to us all. i wish his family peace in this difficult time and i promise his life's work won't be forgotten. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? without objection. >> mr. speaker, across the board, the president's first 100 days have been marked by nothing but broken promises. instead of creating jobs , he has made it a prior toy repeatedly push for a trumpcare bill that will increase costs for family and rip away care from more than 24 million people. ms. matsui: the american supreme made it clear time and time again that trumpcare is a bad bill but the president refuses to listen. he and

. >>> one year ago today prince was found dead inside his paisley park estate in minnesota. despite the criminal investigation into his death, don champion reports, fans are promising to make sure his legacy and music live on. >> reporter: prince fans of all ages gathered outside his paisley park estate in minnesota to remember. some say they just wanted to honor his memory and laugh one more time in the purple rain. >> a lot of us took him for granted. and we didn't realize what we had until it's gone. >> reporter: he died a year ago today at the age of 57 from an overdose of the opiod fentanyl. the medical examiner ruled it an accident. but police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. messages to the beloved pop star were scrolled on the wall of a tunnel near his home. bridget logan and her friend wrote, thanks for being the sound track to my life. >> prince to me had a mystery about him. just seeing that his energy would go on forever. >> reporter: tributes are being made all around the city. last night bridges and buildings in purple. >> there

remembering the legendary musician by paying tribute at his pace the park compound in minnesota. fans left momentos along the proper fence. that fence is being heft left out the month and four day celebration is being planned for later in the month. >> all right. rain is already started out there. need that umbrella and rain gear tomorrow. one of those soakers. >> this is what you can expect overnight tonight. talking about temperatures that are going to stay in the 50s but look at this moderate to heavy rain. isolated thunder storm. could be a few rumbles. and of course winds gusting to 30 even 40 miles an hour. so this is all over night tonight. >> hmm. >> doesn't look good. >> no. >> we got better stuff coming. >> we do. another round of rain later in the week. better stuff coming after that. >> masters week this week. >> i know. >> little rain delay for the phillies when they come back. >> we don't want to see that. no, we don't. more entertainment straight ahead on fox 29tmz and dish nation chasing news followed by the simpsons. we of course are back here at 4:00 a.m. for "g

red lake county, minnesota. red lake county, minnesota. >>> that's the overnight n,, captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> it's monday, april 3rd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> hail, rain, and tornados sweep across the south, leaving at least two people dead and miles of damage. >>> and in colombia, the search is on for the missing after a mudslide kills more than 200 people. >>> preparing for a showdown over the u.s. supreme court nominee. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. how that happens really depends on our democratic friends. >>> and that sweet sound of victory. south carolina takes home their first ncaa women's basketball championship. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> severe weather hammering the southern u.s. and forcing people to take cover this morning. the worst of it was in louisiana where a tornado flipped a mobile home, killing a mother and her 3-year-old daug

. >> reporter: inside this ice shanty in northern minnesota, there's a fish out of water. >> oh, yeah, look at that. >> reporter: and i'm not talking about the walleye. chris ingram dressed in his coat and boots with the tag still on appears equally out of place. he works for the "washington post" and the only reason he's out here is because of an article he wrote in 2015. the article was about a seemingly innocuous u.s. department of agriculture study. it ranked cities in the country based on climate. and in the article, chris concluded the absolute worse place to live in america is drum roll please, red lake county, minnesota. and that was it. >> i published a story, story goes up at like 9:32 on a monday. by 9:37 the hate mail started rolling in on social media. it was fast and furious like nothing i'd ever seen before. >> reporter: and from the same zip code. you get people who take it personally. >> yeah, we take offense. how does this person have a clue? >> he obviously didn't know what he was talking about. >> reporter: just about everyone in town took a shot at the messenger,

paul minnesota up next. is in st. paul, minnesota. caller: i am a retiree of 1998. i received avice, lot of issues and the pertains to my health. -- i received a lot of issues as it pertains to my health. toldrd a rumor, but i was there was a bill in congress that will script the veterans of either of their retirement pay for the disability. i was told that they would only get one, whichever is higher. my concern is this -- let's say a soldier served five years in , and he gets 100% disability. i served 24 gears in the military -- 24 years in the mattel. -- i served 24 years in the military. if this bill is true, i will , either ave one check higher military tech, or a higher disability. -- go, armyhings for randy. and there are issues that they have been talking about. after 9/11 took place, there was a big push in congress to ensure that retirees, like randy and others, would be able to receive the retirement benefits in addition to any v.a. disabilities called concurrent receipt. have been discussions recently about repealing that, or changing it, if you will. an

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in minnesota she and her mom is is hoping a dna test will give her peace of mind after her father died of alzheimer's disease. >> i don't want my children to end up with it. i don't want them to see me with the disease. >> reporter: here is how it works, customers order the $200 kit online and send back a saliva sample. that sample is tested for more than half a million markers that could be associated with one of ten diseases and conditions including late onset alzheimer's, parkinsons disease, celiac disease and various blood and organ disorders, not cancer. the fda warns the tests cannot diagnose and genetic risk is one piece of puzzle. it does not mean they will or won't develop a disease. we talked to dr. robert green by skype. >> we're moving as a society toward empowering people with health-related information and this is i think a welcome step along that journey. >> reporter: still, some doctors worry about giving people confusing and life-changing test results without having a professional help them interpret what they really mean. in minnesota christi marks has decided. >> if

the probation office in minnesota is who is supervising this and is being trained by mr. keller to deal with people who are part of this program. people have been radicalized. they're funded is -- their funding is dependent on the budget. there will be some pushback. but federal judges have lifetime tenure, so they are more protected against political winds and say legislators are. jason is a first in marietta, georgia. line for democrats. caller: good morning. no disrespect to mr. koerner, he looks very intelligence, being from wired magazine and all. but he's trying to solve this problem with intelligence and logic against a bunch of people who are fanatics. you cannot solve this type of problem that way. you're not going to reason with a grizzly bear, you are not going to reason with a pitbull. you are not going to reason with a rabid animal. you have to put it out of its misery. these people are never going to stop. you are never going to change them. if we could use reason and logic to solve the world's problems, we wouldn't be in yet another war right now. ultimatel

to ireland is medical device maker medtronic, which still maintains a hefty presence in its native minnesota. medtronic's operational headquarters and all of its top executives are in the united states, but its official headquarters is here, in dublin, ireland, in that building behind me. that change of address was engineered two years ago when medtronic bought covidian, an irish-based medical device maker. this modest building in dublin may be medtronic's global headquarters, but the company employs around 4,000 people in ireland compared to more than 43,000 in the united states. >> they went out of their way to guarantee that they weren't going to move employees out of minnesota, that everything from a u.s. perspective would remain exactly as it was before. >> reporter: medtronic declined newshour weekend's request to be interviewed. in a written statement, the company said: >> we don't offer any sweetheart tax deals to any individual companies. >> reporter: ireland's minister of foreign affairs and trade, charlie flannigan, makes no apologies that 12 of the 20 biggest companies in ireland

. >>> a 22-year-old minnesota woman will make history this coming november. makayla holmgren will become the first contestant with down syndrome in a miss minnesota usa pageant. >> i want to do this on my own, and i'm really, really proud of myself. >> holmgren is a university student who loves dancing and gymnastics. her mother calls her an ambassador for those struggling to achieve. >>> well, coming up on "cbs this morning," jeff glor takes us to iceberg alley in the atlantic, where trackers are working to keep the waters safe for ships. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." enamel is the strong, white, outer layer of your tooth surface. the thing that's really important to dentists is to make sure that that enamel stays strong and resilient for a lifetime. the more that we can strengthen and re-harden that tooth surface, the whiter their patients' teeth are going to be. dentists are going to really want to recommend the new pronamel strong and bright. it helps to strengthen and re-harden the enamel. it also has stain lifting action. it's go

umbrella weather heading anywhere in minnesota, also northern wisconsin. pretty good thunderstorms by sioux false and houston area. houston, you talk about rainfall and early morning traffic, it's always a nightmare. there are some thunderstorms dotting the landscape, too. the big story this april is unseasonable warmth that continues out there today. so many locations are seeing beautiful explosion of leaves, flowers, grass is growing . chicago beautiful at 75. d.c. about perfect at 71. atlanta at 81. orlando about 86. tomorrow we do it all over again. cleveland, 84. st. louis, 85. mobile at 84. still holding onto coolish type weather in the northeast. we'll see as we heads toward the up coming weekend a cooling trend. there's still cold air in canada that will occasionally sneak down. later in the week we cool it off. this isn't earth-shattering. but in chicago we go from 60s to 50s this weekend. don't put those coats away quite yet. other areas we stay in the 80s. today's forecast, relatively quiet. a few spots with wet weather and a few thunderstorms l

the university of minnesota's public affairs hosted the discussion after the inauguration. speakers include authors and from two universities. it is about 90 minutes. as all of us know, who are here in the united states or abroad. 2016, we hadll of a campaign that was permeated by issues of gender and race and the class. we had a woman at the top of the democratic ticket for the first time. we had a billionaire at the top of the republican ticket who had a discourse of some population -- populism. also in the campaign, we saw differences of campaigns in the past in that sex and race enters in new andscourse different ways. sexism and racism in particular were overtly discussed by candidates in ways that ways we had not seen in previous campaigns. that is not to say previous campaigns didn't have it, but rarely do we hear sexist or racist comments coming from the candidates themselves. in part due to the campaign, and the ways in which gender and race played in, we expect gender in thee to a large roles 45th presidential administration. we already see, for example, today, in

he's going to look great. .22.guy is in a catch and the last call comes from value from minneapolis, minnesota. she's an independent. caller: hi. during the campaign, trump often talked about how and obama created isis. or isil. you want to give them. in to syria e went as a cover. you know. and also i don't think that any proof of anything that is nk that, nfortunate that there are americans who support what these in syria.s we support so many things that officials do and we as american citizens, we require ke, we don't any proof or any evidence of like are on we just sorry for just feel the syrian people but also for people in and the afghanistan. we seem to be so quick to murder really sad.hat is thank you for taking my call. in.t: thank you for calling let's take a quick look at tomorrow's show. o'clock, a conversation about nuclear and chemical weapons. t 8:30, craig shirley will be here to talk about the rise of ronald reagan. 9:15, a conversation about the u.s.-mexico border arrests. will do it for today's program. thanks for making "washington a part of your morning. we'll be back here

they can't afford to lose a state like minnesota or maine, both of which they won in 2016 by less than three points. it will have to appeal to a lot of different corners of the country which won't be easy. host: mckinney, texas, republican line. colors becausef there are a lot of people moving here to texas. i want to point out there are 1865 families a day moving to the state of texas. isn't that interesting? my question for david, let's talk about the 800-pound gorilla in the room. ist people assume, david, and am assuming you and steve also innk that trumps when november was an outlier by winning the electoral college vote.sing the popular i would argue that perhaps for the rest of my life, we will win, that is the republicans, we winning the electoral college in losing the popular vote. what say you? a for a long time there was blue wall that republicans just could not penetrate. donald trump actually had an opportunity to win the white house while losing the popular vote. the reason was he was unusually popular with three demographic groups that work concentrated in safe states. c