naonally not just in minnesota. ten new cases per day for every 100,000 people is considered the sign of a out of control virus and w are at 85ases per 0,000 afraid that is way lower an we were. three weeks to the governors point, we've come down from 120 cases per 100,000 people. but we are still any times over what we would consider to be a high risk threshold . so i think that int the difficulty of striking this balance of absolutely wanting t make things possible where we can. i just have to keep being the bear of lesson good news to remind us that evenith this improvement that we've seen in the last couple of weeks, we are still at a very vulnerable place. >> governor, monday there's a deal now on the biness relief but no deal on unemploymt extension. when you sign a bill that only includes the five week extension of an appointment insurce are you holding up to the full urging makes . >> i'm not going to specula in the middle of the negotiation rated and i'm just going be very clr. think of to the legislature f

so what minnesota can do isn't going to be enough. it's not going to be as robust of what the federal government can do, but it is going to be a life line. because again, those businesses who are shutting their doors and whether they are angry and filing lawsuits or whether they're doing it and just waiting to come out the other side, all of them, if there was some relief for this. again, i keep thinking of this, these folks are closing their doors to protect the healthcare system, to protect the front-lienl workers to protect their kids to protect their neighbors. we can help them out. so i think, no. it's probably not. but i can tell you what. it is a robust package that is being done in a bipartisan manner. and it's the only one in the nation that they're doing it. so i'm proud of the work they're doing. we just need to get it done and sign it into law in the next couple days. » and, governor, will you sign it even if it does not include an extension of unemployment benefits? mn gov. walz: i'm not speculating at this time. i would

good afternoon, minnesota. i will be joined by the commissioner and jan malcolm for more of an in-depth dive into some of the data. i want to wish everyone, welcome back from a very unusual and quiet angst giving. i want to think everyone who made that effort to socially distance, to stay with your family, to do what we have been asking to protect the frontline health care workers as we knew in the midst of this would be a rough weekend and the numbers seem to show that. commissioner malcolm does a great job and i want to reiterate, data is important. the first lady often times tells me she was an assessment cordon ater for district 77 for a lot of years. data does not give you answers. data allows you to ask the right questions to find the answers that you need every that is where professionals come in. data can show trends. the actions you take can influence the direction of that and with commissioner's malcolm warning to us, being caught in the data can dehumanize the people behind that data. this weekend an

the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. peterson: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia and want to congratulate m on his outstanding support to be the next chairman of the ag committee, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. scott: thank very, very much. served , mr. speaker, i .n this body for 18 years , i throughout those 18 years that i am an to enter ent by god my life at a critical time. of that man is the chairman the agriculture committee, colin peterson. certainly ask everybody to make sure you vote unanimously on the bill. a great ere to express riendship, a heartfelt gratitude. and i say as so many of my colleagues, you cannot have gone through this tremendous challenge of being an elected having senthout god to le your way to help you, guide you. such a man is colin peterson. and let me tell you why. when i came to congress 18 years ago, i was assigned to the agriculture committee. d i was the only african-american on that committee. for several years

we know at that his red and black flannel shirt will be welcome in minnesota. it's something we see everywhere in northern minnesota and throughout our state and we hope to see him back soon. next, my friend senator enzi. true collegiality and camaraderie have sometimes been hard to come by in washington these past few years and that's why when i think about someone who never lets the temperature rise, who's always willing to find that common ground, who, as i heard him say and have heard him say many times, before his closing speech here, is that in his words, i always believe we could agree on 80% of the issues and on 80% of each issue and that if we focus on the 80% we can do great things for the american people. i remember him saying that when he would work with ted kennedy and their again, you know, friendship and i remember he said that many times to me as we worked on bills together. one of the first bills that i worked on a few years coming in here was with senator enzi, it was about our paramedics and using the experience that they'd gained, serving in

." >> whitaker: mike burns is the men's gymnastics coach at the university of minnesota. on september 10, he and the 18 student athletes on his team were about to start practice when their phones all began to buzz. >> burns: we had a text message at about 1:20 p.m., and it said, "you need to be on a zoom call at 2:00 p.m." >> whitaker: on that call, minnesota athletic director mark coyle told them that the men's gymnastics program would be eliminated, along with men's tennis and men's track and field. >> mark coyle: again, these are not easy decisions. >> whitaker: coyle said the covid pandemic had blown a multi-million dollar hole in the university's athletic budget. he said they were cutting salaries and costs wherever possible, but that cutting entire sports was necessary too. >> shane wiskus: i do not regret coming to the university of minnesota one bit. but i'm still mad. >> whitaker: senior shane wiskus is the star gymnast on minnesota's team, which two years ago finished second overall at the n.c.a.a. championships. >> nice! ( cheers and applause ) >> wiskus: i thi

those are two mortal sins in modern minnesota. allowing people to eat and allowing people to worship. for doing those things, the state of minnesota is finding her hundreds of dollars a day. they suspended her liquor license. meanwhile, indian casinos which are not paying the taxes that she is, are allowed to operate like there's no pandemic at all. how is this happening? what's the scene inside havens garden, this dangerous restaurant? wire officials in minnesota so determined to destroy it and her? we took a look around and there's no violence inside, no one's throwing rocks spray painting buildings, or chanting blm slogans, maybe if they were the place would stay open. this is what minnesota officials consider it clear and present danger to the safety of their state. ♪ that case is not unusual, we've talked to many business owners. all over the country and they told us the same story. dave moore in the upper midwest for example tried for months to keep his business open. it's called dnr's daily cafe. he's got no help from the

in minnesota, native people. we are doing our best to stay safe. we did not appreciate the 4200 workers that governor wolf brought into our community. now is the time to stay isolated and prepare for spring because spring will serve -- surely come and we will plant n seeds. you winona laduke, thank for being with us, executive director of honor the earth. forward to your upcoming book "to be a water protector." we come back, we go to kabul, afghanistan, shocking new expose reveals cia trained and funded afghan vets bites have targeted islamic schools, killing was as young as eight years old. we will speak to the reporter. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "for you sweet child" by the afghan music project. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. a shocking exposÉ out today in the intercept reveals cia-backed death squads in afghanistan have killed children as young as eight years old in a series of night raids, many targeting madrassas, islamic religious schools. in december 2018, one of the death squads attacked a madrassa in wardak province, k

a sentence that began when he was a teenager ended yesterday he walked out of a minnesota prison. >> reporter: this morning a man once sentenced to life in prison is now free. myon burrell walking out of prison tuesday after nearly two the minnesota pardon board cutting his sentence short amid outcry that his punishment was too harsh. burrell was 16 when he was corn viktsed of killing 11-year-old taisha edwards. a stray bullet hit her as she sat at her dining room table doing her homework. the charges carried a mandatory lifetime sentence. >> this is not in any way shape or form me trying to minimize the tragedy of the loss of 11-year-old taishi edwards. >> reporter: an associated press investigation revealed there was no physical evidence linking burrell to the shooting. >> i come before you, a 34-year-old man, who has spent more than half of his life incarcerated for a crime i didn't commit. >> reporter: the case coming to light during klobuchar's presidential campaign. klobuchar used the case as an example of being tough on crime. overnight klobuchar car calling the decision to co

. >>> in minnesota, a man convicted of a brutal crime when he was 16 has been set free. megan tevrizian has more. >> reporter: this morning a man once sentenced to life in prison is now free. myon burrell walking out of prison tuesday after nearly two decades. the minnesota pardon board cutting his sentence short amid outcry his punishment was too harsh. he was 16 when he was convicted of killing 11-year-old tyesha edwards. a stray bullet hit tyesha as she sat at her dining room table doing her homework. the charges carried a mandatory life sentence. >> this is not in any way, shape or form me trying to minimize the tragedy of the loss of 11-year-old tyesha edwards. >> reporter: the high-profile murder case gained national attention earlier this year after an associated press investigation revealed there was no physical evidence linking burrell to the shooting. >> i come before you a 34-year-old man who's spent more than half of his life incarcerated for a crime i didn't commit. >> reporter: the case taking a turn during minnesota senator amy klobuchar's presidential cam

place --f the laws in the minnesota laws are stricter. they know they don't have to pay rent, they have money coming in, i can't get proof of that because of privacy laws. they intentionally choose to not pay rent. i've been in touch with the governor's office, the city allocatedhey were $100 million back in july with the intent of having an avenue to go directly to landlords to prove money is being stolen from us. is down to $10 million and they are still not distributing it. the studies have been done. up to 8% of tenants are taking advantage of this. they already have bad credit with regard to the evictions coming up. you know as a lawyer that is a bunch of nonsense. the pipeline starts with this number of cases, it is going to be a year and 2.5 years long to get to the courts. no one is getting thrown out. the only thing is that landlords are getting thrown under the bus and nobody cares about the landlords. host: emily benfer, your response. caller: i -- guest: i appreciate his comments. i think landlords and tenants are bearing the

today in minnesota, we got a blizzard. people are losing their livelihoods, the greatest transfer of wealth taking place right now and we need an audit. >> mark: you've been skeptical about this for seven or eight months now because back in april, you made the observation that in fact as a doctor, you are being incentivized to exaggerate the number of covid deaths. >> you're exactly right and my name is scott, but i appreciate that. >> mark: i'm sorry about that. that was the last time i met y you. but you're right, you are scott, my apologies. >> when the department of health and the cdc decided to change the rules that had been in place for 17 years by encouraging the diagnosis of covid-19 in situations that it never would have otherwise, they were abandoning their long-held commitment to precisely identifying the inciting or the initiating of events that would lead to a sequence of events that would lead to a person's demise. when they did that, they open the door and i did make it clear that at that point in time, i wa

cup coming your way live on fox, somewhere out there i here wonder wall being sung in the distance, minnesota loons fans just loving it. we will see you monday night in seattle but speaking of seattle, don't get too overconfident right now -- we all agree seattle is the team to beat right now in mls cup, the big reason the big three upfront. to >> stu: this is going to be the toughest test for this back line which at times especially early in the game showed a bit of movement around them there can be some space and jordan morris with his speed and the finishing of diaz, that's a lot to contend for, this will be their toughest test of the season. >> alexi: for minnesota, this is without a doubt their biggest victory in their biggest moment in their mls life. the death loon has not yet been punched in the beak and they won three games in a row 3-0, the less two games certainly there were big opportunities that they've given up and i wonder what this loons team looks like if one of those goes in and goes in early. >> stu: you know how you avoided? you throw the first punch. it >> rob: they were

jennifer, what do you see, like, i made a joke about minnesota and maine but minnesota is a largely rural state. i people thinking? this continue after covid -- will this -- what are people thinking? --l this continue to covid will this continue after covid? >> thank you, senator. the broadband question is such an important one. there are many rogue places that do not have broadband access. would we think about broadband making it is about affordable for the patients and families. we often get out technology and equalizer, but sometimes it exacerbate the disparity that exist. ofterms of your notion whether we think we have unleashed something, i do before covid, we thought of it as accessing shelti care that was not available locally. that will continue to be true. they have done a great job with that, but we are off, in care, areo specialty talking about how family practice teams deliver care in rural communities and do it so that it is local care delivered via telehealth. they will have some staying power. know which services and what care is right and best to telehealth, we would be ab

al franken understands i think that minnesota and wisconsin are not the same as other parts of the country. we actually want people to be a little bit not crazy. >> we'll see. thank you all very much.

from nebraska to minnesota, police have been responding to hundreds of accidents as drivers navigate through blinding whiteout conditions. more details now from abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, millions of americans bracing themselves for a cold and blustery christmas eve. a major winter storm is sweeping across the midwest heading east from the dakotas to nebraska to minnesota. ferocious winds causing power lines to spark. in some areas the visibility so bad creating whiteout conditions like this making it nearly impossible for drivers to see the car ahead of them. state troopers responding to hundreds of crashes throughout the day as minnesota's governor called out the national guard to rescue stranded drivers. by nightfall officials were shutting down major highways. the roads simply too dangerous. >> it was pretty bad going 30 miles an hour on the freeway. >> reporter: a similar scene in colorado. on wednesday this so-called snow squall swallowing an entire neighborhood. the blizzard-like storm packing winds up to 95 miles per hour. megan tevrizian, abc news. >>

tony blinken, someone who cannot come before us for confirmation but i must mention because he's from minnesota work to read jake's old party see people who are well respected including treasury secretary to be yellin yelling. he has really lived his word and who he has nominated. it's our job to get it done. the last thing i would add is that we are in the middle of a pandemic right now. i don't have to tell you that. one of the things that we need right now is stability for the rest of the world and our own country. i have been pleased that my colleagues are moving ahead with some bipartisan negotiations. obviously that is not done. we have not heard good words from leader mcconnell on this. we cannot have note leadership in american place. when has suspected it means finding to get this vaccine output you cannot drop a bunch of vaccine and luverne, minnesota and think they're magically going to show up there. it takes coordination on infrastructure. on storage and the like. we have joe biden put a leadership team internationally. i'm excited to work on this. seems like we have had great nomi

just drop you cannot a bunch of vaccines in the middle of minnesota and think that it will work. it takes infrastructure on storage and the like. to do that, we knew joe biden to be able to put a leadership team both internationally and domestically. i'm excited to work on this. we have had great nominees come forward. it is on our republican leaders and us to work together to get them confirmed immediately. sen. schumer: thank you, senator klobuchar. >> you sent a proposal to leader mcconnell on covid relief last night. what was in it, are you letting go of the $2 trillion demand that you previously had? also, i'd like you to respond to attorney general bill barr saying there was no widespread fraud. in response to attorney general bill barr, i guess he is next to be fired because he now, too, says there is no fraud. trump team to fire anyone who says that in that regard. speaker pelosi and i yesterday sent a proposal to leader mcconnell in an effort to get things moving. i'm not going to get into the details, it was a private proposal to help us move the ball forward. let's mak

the alibi drinker re-in lakeville, minnesota, again minnesota, has become the latest bar embroiled in a legal battle for violating governor tim maltz's ban on indoor dining. minnesota attorney general keith ellison filed a motion for a temporary restraining order which was granted. the bar has been forced to shut down until further rolling from the court. joining me now is the owner of the alibi drinker e, lisa monet saar is a and her attorney. lisa, how far are you willing to take this legal fight? >> we are willing to take it all the way. we've got a restraining order put and we're just just waiting for the decision to see where we go from there. >> raymond: lisa, the video from inside your bar it shows almost no masks or social distancing. did the court have a right to shut you down given you don't have the practices in place? >> absolutely not. everyone's right is protected by the constitution. i respect anyone's decision to not wear a mask. the front of our building has windows, so anyone who was wondering if they want to come in with the masks -- they have a right to do it as an

the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. a senator: mr. president, i rise today to honor and pay tribute to our senate colleagues who are departing at the end of this congress. ms. klobuchar: i was able to work with all of them in different ways, and we're going to miss them. before that i did want to mention the importance of the continuing negotiations on end of the year pandemic relief. i've been involved in those, and i have been really -- i want to thank those members that have been at the forefront of this all through the weekend, all through the last few weeks. and i cannot stress how important it is right now. my state just got through a spike in covid. we lost so many people. we have so many small businesses like so many states in this country that are closed down. and while we see the light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine, i talked to a friend of mine whose husband is an infectious disease doctor, and she said when is he saw those trucks rolling out of michigan, she just started to sob, just seeing it on tv. i think tha

there's a lot of excitement here in minnesota. hallie? >> a lot of excitement and a lot of hope, i am sure. dasha burns, their for that reporting. >>> big airlines are also announcing some big changes this morning meant to help in the fight against covid. you have united airlines, the first to announce this new contact tracing program with the cdc starting in the next few weeks. at will ask everyone flying domestically or internationally if they want to share their contact info during check-in and within days, you nighted will ask people with flights arriving in the u.s. the same thing. delta's already announcing a similar plan for flights headed into the u.s. joining me is the chief communications officer for united airlines, josh earnest. good morning. thank you for being on the show. >> good morning, hallie. nice to see you. >> you, too. logistically, explain how this works. i fly, i. you the into my cell number so united can text me for delay. is this also giving permission for contact tracing reasons? >> it's about collecting more in

the growth of earth for his own freedom i think the decision by this legal you know serious assume minnesota criminal justice is that we are. far cry from being a just system we need a conviction integrity unit which recently there was funding for the act it's a place we need to reopen all of these cases that involve the minneapolis police department and you have defendants that are saying that they are innocent of the crimes for which they have been convicted so my hope is that this causes a cascade of changes within our criminal justice system in hennepin county and the state of minnesota it's long overdue yeah i want to ask you about those changes because look you know minneapolis became the center of the spotlight after the george ford murder of the summer and i know that you were right there on the ground and from fighting i'm working hard to get the city of minneapolis to change its ways to get the city to be d. from the police and change and go to a different style of policing in the city what is there and when you look at what happened to broke through that falls into this pattern wh

from new york to texas to minnesota, what we found tonight. in some places, failing grades, growing concern over students falling behind and we ask, what can be done? here's rachel scott.om covid te every week. >> i'm a little nervous about her going back to school. >> reporter: but as the virus surges across the country, and many schools remain closed or on a hybrid model, parents and teachers are sounding the alarm on the crippling effects of remote learning. from schools in illinois -- >> we know they are falling behind at rates that we are not satisfied with, we are not happy with it. it breaks our hearts. >> open our schools! >> reporter: to parents demanding schools open in coast to coast, school districts showing rising numbers of students with failing grades. in houston, 42% of students received at least one f in the first grading period of the year. and in st. paul, minnesota, nearly 40% of grades for high schools students were fs -- double the amount in a typical year. those already disadvantaged hit particularly hard, magnifying ine

so again, you take a state, say minnesota, african americans in minnesota will be disenfranchised at the expense of california, which has a greater illegal alien population. so again, the system under which states are incentivized to go against the system, to basically encourage illegal immigration in those particular states rather than abide by federal law. [indiscernible] rep. maloney: the gentlelady eels back. congresswoman presley, you are now recognized. pressley: thank you for convening this hearing with the urgency it deserves. we cannot risk the loss of doings of americans by compromising the integrity of our senses. the united states is a complete and accurate count of all people. andconstitution demands mark colleagues and art require it to do our jobs effectively. ours needed to inform policymaking and ensure our communities get their fair share of more than five -- four than $1.5 trillion in funding to support everything from our transportation system to education and health care infrastructure, to small businesses, and to nonprofits. snap, oure, look at nation's most imp

what we're seeing is that minnesota, ohio, and alabama may be losing a congressional seat. so therefore, african-americans in minnesota, alabama, and ohio, senior citizens in those particular states, are therefore going to be disenfranchised at the expense of illegal aliens in california. >> and then this sets up a perverse incentive for states to, if they want to get another representative in congress to incentivize illegal immigration into their states, doesn't it? >> that's correct. it's going to create, basically, a competition between states to try to attract illegal immigrants in their states rather than, what ronald reagan always said, that people can vote with their feet by basically going into states, citizens moving from one state to another based on economic needs or opportunities. it was interesting that we heard from one of the witnesses when he talked about the amount of resources that could be restricted, to say minority communities are senior citizens. again, counting illegals in that, basically take resources away from minority communities in other states,

landry: based upon whatt we are saying, you would think that what we are saying is minnesota, ohio and alabama may be losing and congressional seat so therefore, african-americans in minnesota, alabama and in ohio, and those particular states are therefore good to be disenfranchised at the expense of illegal aliens inia californ. >> and then if they want to get another rep. in congress to incentivize illegal immigration into the states doesn'tat. landry: that's crect it is going to created basically a competition between the state to try to attra into it in the state rather than the way the ronald reagan always said, that peoplean vote with their feet by basicallyoing and moving from one state to another based upon states . economic, or opportunities and it is interesting that we heard one of the witnesses when he talked about the amount of resources that could be restricted in the minority communities for the senior citizens and again, counting illegals and that basically again takes resources away from minority communities in other states like minnesota, alabama and ohio. massie: tha

so again, you take a state, say minnesota, african americans in minnesota will be disenfranchised at the expense of california, which has a greater illegal alien population. so again, the system under which states are incentivized to go against the system, to basically encourage illegal immigration in those particular states rather than abide by federal law. [indiscernible] rep. maloney: the gentlelady eels back. congresswoman presley, you are now recognized. pressley: thank you for convening this hearing with the urgency it deserves. we cannot risk the loss of doings of americans by compromising the integrity of our senses. the united states is a complete and accurate count of all people. andconstitution demands mark colleagues and art require it to do our jobs effectively. ours needed to inform policymaking and ensure our communities get their fair share of more than five -- four than $1.5 trillion in funding to support everything from our transportation system to education and health care infrastructure, to small businesses, and to nonprofits. snap, oure, look at nation's most imp

the way that you put it recently in minnesota is "the floodwall is being breached." how close are your hospitals in the state to being overwhelmed? >> good morning, poppy. thanks for this opportunity. you know, the wonderful thing about our health care providers and our hospital system is they just work tirelessly and keep adapting so that they can take care of the most, the people who really need hospital level care. so they have been and they will keep adapting to be able to provide the care that people need. it doesn't come without some impact, though. what that means is that people may have to be hospitalized further from home, less time urgent procedures will start to get delayed and pushed back, so the system will continue to adapt, but it is absolutely under great stress and as my colleague the surgeon general said, those health care providers as well as those in public health are really just have been running flat out since early this year and they're very fatigued. we all need to do everything we can to reduce the rate of growth in these cases, to help them

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he takes advantage of it first in minnesota, although they don't really develop a homestead there. it really becomes a factor in their lives when they move on to the dakota territory. i think it was, from the beginning, a real struggle for them because it involved breaking land, which cutting up the prairie with a breaking plow, which in itself is fiendishly difficult work to cut through all the routes and tear off the grasses on the prairie. i think by this time, he's an older ... >> how old was he about? >> i would have to look, but i think he was probably by that time in his late thirties. >> and he probably had been working. >> yes, he had been working like a dog all his life. so i think it really took it out of him. they were able to, you know, he wasn't really supporting the families with the homestead. he had to go into town and build houses and worked mainly as a carpenter in his later years. it shows you how tough that was. i think it was easier for big families who had a lot of sons and who could help out. >> right. he did not have any sons, right? oh, they had a boy. did

worked at minnesota west when i took a position down here. two years ago, kayla and i decided to write this book on pow escapes and rescues. you might remember the discussions and the talk about world war ii down here. so, when i told the bud man about our book, he asked us to come talk about a number of these episodes. so, the same thing we will start off talking about the history of prisoners an their treatments and talk about why it is so hard to make a successful escape. and talk about specific episodes of the prisoners and the escape attempts they made. we have a variety of stories for you tonight. we will talk about the great escape and a little bit more detail. we will talk about a prison camp in the philippines where the entire prison camp was rescued and we will talk about a number of individual escapes. american, french, german, and british officers. so i hope you enjoy it. >> in 2004, when tom coined the phrase the greatest generation, he was talking about those that grew up in the depression era and served in world war ii or staye

like we said the coronavirus really hit us hard here in worthington, southern minnesota, and we have seen that in our friends and neighbors and our co-workers here at work. the burden on all of us and really this is just hope and excitement for us that maybe we have an end in sight. or at least getting closer to that normalcy. >> leadership, i will bring you in, quick, you administered that first shot. how did that feel for you? >> to know that we can finally see a beginning to the end of this pandemic and for everyone to want to get the vaccine. >> thank you for all that you're doing. what is so cool is that worthington is the hub for vaccines across this region all day today. i saw pharmacists packing up box sos clinics as far away as 150 miles from here, communities as small as 700 people, it is really getting distributed across the country. it has come into fruition here. >> i'm so glad that you brought that to us. i know the vaccine is going to negate much of the problems because it doesn't need to be refrigerated at the same temperature, but how are they handling the refrigerat

you've been taking on the governor of minnesota, i believe. >> yes, i have. well, he has been calling, harassing, sending people out, the health department to hut down my business and to threaten us that we can't open. and so i got a cease and desist order on wednesday saying that i have 72 hours to be closed. that happened at, like, 10:30 in the morning. i don't know if you know, but they had taken my license last wednesday. to this wednesday the state department came and gave me a cease and desist order at 10:45, and then at 2:30 -- we were still open. about 2:00 in the afternoon, i get a visit from my health department, and they reinstated my license. so, yeah, it's just been an uphill battle. gerry: explain, if you would, what they said you had done wrong. why were they taking away your license? what was that about? >> yeah. they said that i was at a higher risk, you know, with giving people the coronavirus. so that's -- that i had violated the orders, the mandate, the unlawful and unconstitutional mandates of governor walz. gerry: because he'd imposed li

where she's the dean of liberal arts at the minnesota west community in technical college. kayla, thank you so much for making the trip. please join me in welcoming both of them, david mills and kayla westra. [ applause ] >> good evening, everybody. thanks for coming out. looks like the weather has cooperated. last year we were supposed to have a couple different presentations that eventually got canceled because of the weather. so it's great to see everybody. thanks for coming out. i'm dave mills. this is my good friend, kayla westra. we've been friends for about ten years. we work together in minnesota west community college up until a few years ago when i took a position down here. but about two years ago kayla and i decided to write this book about p.o.w. escapes and rescues. many of you probably remember the budman who was instrumental in orchestrating many of the discussions and the talk about world war ii down here. so when i told the budman about our book, he asked us to come and talk about a number of these episodes. so this evening we're going to start off talking

professor richard paynter from the university of minnesota. thank you. countless families are being kept apart this christmas because of the pandemic, but most parents are determined not to let covid ruin the most magical time of year for their youngsters. in russia, that opened the door to a new breed of children's entertainment. correspondent: it is the holidays and the russian capital, but with the pandemic raging, many families are worried father frost could leave more than presents under the christmas tree. that has created a booming market in children's entertainers, who have recovered from covid-19 and have antibodies to prove it. with at least temporary immunity to the virus, they promised to bring only holiday cheer to clients. these actors by trade transform into father frost and his helper. after recovering from covid this year, they decided even a global pandemic should not dampen the holiday spirit. >> the first snow fell, and the holiday season started, and i said to olga, let's do it. if we already recovered, why shouldn't we work? the kid