i really really enjoyed the university of minnesota crookston-- very diverse campus, lots of support, faculty and staff, very inclusive. i felt like i belonged, and i felt like they believed in me. being able to bring in a different culture to this area has made this community stronger. most definitely are the economic contributions that we give to the area. i often think about my mother who had never left the state of texas to move to crookston minnesota. i've always wondered like, what made you move here, why do we stay here? i find my wise in being able to give your talent and skills to better someone's life. i feel that my calling is to be able to use my voice here and to help empower others to find their own voice. i do feel like there's a purpose here for me. we were constantly on the move. i was born in crystal city, texas. we didn't stay there too long. we traveled to michigan. there was little camps that they had in michigan the farmers never really asked you how old are you? it was just, can you work? [letty laughs] i remember working in the harvester for, i would say about

the, at the university of minnesota, a research team headed by going to guild of discover a compound that would be suitable for making known, hormonal contraceptive pills from men and micro. we're merely targeting a multitude of proteins, i would say probably about 6, and of course the, it's very in stages of development. and the one that is the, for as long as the project on richard in the wake assets receptor, alpha. so i guess we are at the stage where we have um, i guess the clinic. okay. i mean it's not a candidate is called y c t 529. i'm was tested on my own mice. this compound is reducing spar. i'm counts. and the thoughts from montezuma and excite coal and the mouse is $35.00. that is true. and so that is the amount of times that you have to administer the walk to see if the effect 99 percent of the mice rented, instead of tile 6 weeks after being taken off the drug they were able to reproduce again. plus the side effects minimal. the contraceptive has since been tested on other animals the company that license the compound, they also did a similar amazing studies with rats.

and so my dad went on to the university of minnesota where i was born to get a ph.d. in plant genetics and ended up serving humanity throughout the world for his entire career as a international agronomies. i'm the middle of five kids, born in st. paul, minnesota. which always, you know, puzzles me when people can me where i'm from, you know, where i learned how to speak english -- [laughter] and more recently, why don't i go back where i'm from. [laughter] and so, but those are things that, you know, we, or you know, endure as part of what we call or what have been labeled as microaggressions that make us feel like we don't belong. so my, the experience since i'm the middle of five kids, of course, everybody was japanese-american, right? everybody expected to go to college. i didn't even know you could have a job without a college degree. [laughter] and i, there was no money. so i joined the navy to go to med school. and, by the way, you know, when you're 3 years old and you tell your japanese-american father that you're going to be a doctor, guess what you wind up be

so glad to see you this evening and fellow minnesotan, go, university of minnesota in particular. chard, i have to ask you about these charges. you know he's facing three federal conspiracy charges. talk to me about how you've viewed the seriousness of in these because the allegations are far more than your garden variety if there ever was one of kickbacks. >> well, i agree strongly with congressman dean phillips of minnesota, who was the first democrat in congress to announce his demand that senator menendez resign. and that's what needs to happen here. this is not about partisan politics. this is about corruption in our government and our national security. we have a senator who is indicteds six years ago. he had a trial. he was -- had a hung jury, so he got off, but then to make him chair of the senate foreign relations committee and, of course, foreign governments are going to be attracted to that situation. and he has the payments here in gold bars and cash, the government, of course, does have to prove an official act under the supreme court case law, bribery cases are very,

michael osterhome, the director of the center for infectious disease research and policy at the university of minnesotaank you so much for being with us. how worried should people be. >> thank you. >> should they be thinking about masking again? >> well, first of all, it's really an important point to make that while we're seeing widespread transmission, and i think it's gaining quickly, we're now learning of states where up to a quarter or more of all nursing homes are in the middle of large outbreaks, large number of school outbreaks. so in a sense we're back to seeing the transmission we saw in 2020-2023 time period but what we're also seeing is a much milder cases. we had a peak back in january of 2022 and now we're here at 17,400 a week, a far, far cry from the 150,000. and so while it was up some from where it was in july, it's still low. same with deaths. if you look at deaths in january of 2021, we had 25,000 deaths in one week in this country. today we're at 122 death as week. so still an issue, i don't want to minimize it, but i think what's happening is we're seeing this widespread transmiss

. >> reporter: it was shaped by bill doherty, who teaches relationships at the university of minnesotaat divorce is not possible in america. >> reporter: in traverse city, participants arrived uneasy at first, defensive. >> it was difficult to get in the car and drive there, but i knew i had to do it. >> reporter: to get over her fear of the other side. after what happened in january 2021, when keli macintosh addressed a virtual county commission meeting asking commissioners to denounce the proud boys after the violence of january 6th. this was the response. then came the threatening phone calls. task number one at a red/blue workshop -- >> anti-second amendment, baby killers -- >> reporter: it sounds cou counterintuitive. list what they call you. the stereotypes. reds and blues in separate rooms. >> deplorables. >> misogynists. conspiracy theorists. >> reporter: they ask can if there is a kernel of truth in those stereotypes. >> pro-life, cause sometimes seems to not hear women. >> reporter: and so it goes for three hours. peeling back the onion of opinion. looking for common ground.

. >> reporter: emily fairfax is assistant professor at the university of minnesota where she studies f luke at the plants, they are so full of water. the tissues are green and lush and they are not withering, not crinkly, and that's hard to burn. you don't want to start a fire with wet material. this is, obviously, very wet. >> reporter: you are certain there are beavers here because we have a dam, a lodge, and also what did you find? >> i just found a beaver poop. so these really highlight what beavers eat and don't eat because if you look carefully, it's just plant material. it's just sawdust, a little sawdust marshmallow. it's fresh. we know they have been here working recently because they are leaving poops in the water. >> reporter: you just handed me a beaver terd? >> welcome to the field. >> reporter: kind of woody. if we could see the california of 500 years ago with plentiful beaver, we'd see a greener landscape that would burn less easily. >> pre-european fur trade, the estimate is that there were between 100,000,400 million beavers in north america. for perspective, that's

i'm the assistant director of the immigration history research center at the university of minnesota twin cities. it's a real pleasure to be part of this panel today. back in 1994, i was

i'm the assistant director of the immigration history research center at the university of minnesota twin cities. it's a real pleasure to be part of this panel today. back in 1994, i was a fresh new policy analyst and researcher and immigrant advocate working in chicago and some of the

william black, thank you for your contribution, professor of economics and law, university of missory, kansas city, wington minnesota, thank you, with that we come to an end for this edition of the spotlight from way in the team, it's goodbye. another footage has been released showing a us military convoy apparently transporting stolen syrian oil to iraq. us house of representatives passes a stop gap measure to avert a government shutdown just hours before funding expires. and the chinese foreign ministry says that the united states is a true empire. of lies after the us state department accuses beijing of manipulating the global media.

i'm the assistant director of the immigration history research center at the university of minnesota twin cities. it's a real pleasure to be part of this panel today. back in 1994, i was a fresh new policy analyst and researcher and immigrant advocate working in chicago and some of the national organizations held a meeting in san francisco so that we could be a part of the around prop 187 and see some of the and the organizer thing firsthand. so that was a really important part of my the early part of my career. and it's coming full circle now today. and of course, the ripples prop 187 have been felt throughout the last 30 years, throughout my entire career. today we have a really distinguished of panelists who are here to discuss prop 187 and its aftermath. i'm going to introduce everybody very briefly here to my left, we have gustavo arellano. he's columnist at the los angeles times, where he covers politics and issues in southern california. he previously wrote a column called, ask a mexican, and that is also a book now. correct. and he's also the author of taco usa how mexican con

let me introduce our guests. i am black of economics and law at the university of missouri kansas city. joins us from bloomington minnesota. also joining us is daniel shaw academic and commentator who joins us from new york. welcome to you both uh william black. i'll start with you. so you have uh the union and the companies uh remaining far apart in terms of the autoworker strike on key economic issues. the president has said um that he's going to stick with that demand for 40% pays over four-year contract uh the companies however have offered pays of about 20%. that's the latest. have what's your impression on? yeah, the absolute latest is uh the w has gone down to around 36% negotiate, you make smaller moves and take more time. by the way, the actually there's a settlement uh with the canadian uh auto workers who are also part of the uaw, so the management it is as you can see quite different uh in canada. what type of? settlement did they reach with canada? so they reached a settlement more in the lines of a 25 ish percent to to 30% increase. 25 to 30% increase. okay, that's over the period of several years. right, ri

amna: -- geoff: fred's reporting is in partnership with the university of st. thomas in minnesotahe other debate playing out in the halls of congress. about clothing. with the senate loosening a long-standing tradition requiring business attire in the upper chamber. john fetterman appreciates the change but many others do not. a group of republican senators road to the majority leader that allowing casual clothing on the senate floor disrespects the institution that we serve in the american families we represent. dumb -- some democratic senators are also openly disagreeing with the change. a professor at stanford law school and the author of dress codes. thank you for being with us. in response to the relaxed dress code, senator susan collins first joked that she was going to wear a bikini on the senate floor adding i think there is a certain dignity we should be maintaining in the sun and to do away with the dress code debases the institution. >> i see it as a change reflecting the change in society. it has been for many years that the norms of dress have been getting more casual

. >> nebraska played the university of north dakota i think this year. >> nebraska played minnesota this year. got a root for them. [inaudible] [laughter] >> catherine keeps mentioning the voten in iowa, but i've been booed a few times since i've been here. i said, catherine and i fed with the best days in iowa. the day then north dakota beat the cyclones -- [laughter] you soon? come on. it was like 2014, 2016. a long time ago. we were there for both of those games. >> what is concerning you guys these days about the world or nebraska? >> worried about the border. i am. >> these are things that are affecting everybody. >> it is. i'm retired, kind of on a fixed income. >> $700 more a month now before the biden administration. >> yeah. >> inflation. >> oh, yeah, for sure. >> at least they kept the pizza ranch. [laughter] >> campy those prices. >> went to the border a few weeks ago and got two different appointments with the national guard. just shocking how underreported it is. maine, new hampshire, vermont, rhode island, delaware, biden's homestay, and then throw in montana. 6 million peo

after time attended the university of miami he played for several teams in the nfl quoted minnesota vikings, detroit lions, seattle seahawks. following sampling for the nfl he joined the securities as a senior financial advisor and is chairman ceo of touchdown radio. graduated university of amite business management thank you for joining us today. we look forward to discussing this important topic with you. i not recognize ranking member from new york briefly introduce our last witness improved for us today for. >> thank you, mr. chairman fred like to welcome madeline salamone vice president the college association. is an attorney and college athlete advocate in her college years she played lacrosse for duke university and her first year ranked number six nationwide by inside lacrosse. however her college career involved many battles with injuries, resulting in three neat surgeries. these challenges gave her a deep understanding of the difficult mental and emotional issues many college athletes endure. she also chairs ncaa division one athletes and committee serving on rules, legislative an

minnesota. so okay, showing through kim jong and arrive to drive the bus stop, saw eastern federal university where some of those korean students are enrolled. university officials led him through the campus, poking through the institute st. shots development plans with him. the on wednesday, the move career and need to how full hours of why locked support with the russian president meeting, wrapped up with the ceremonial dinner at the vast fortune causing to turn the leaders both know to the 2 countries, cooperation, and price friendship. i found this, there was a program in korea was close, then you are the best with friends, the old of the best. and all people say an old friend is better than to new ones. these folk wisdom south, fully applicable to more than relations between all countries. i would like to propose a toast to the further strengthening of friendship and corporation between all countries, between the russian federation and the dpr take to the wellbeing and prosperity of all peoples to the help of commer chairman and everyone's presents. we. i'd like to take this opportunity to convey from

university of arkansas. other universities have easy safe kodaly mascots to raise like the oregon beavers, the georgia bulldogs, or the minnesotahers. not arkansas and not keith. we have a razorback at 300 pound wild boar with giant tusks and a well-deserved reputation for a bad attitude. for that reason the university of arkansas had long settled for a, frankly, embarrassing little pig in the last mascot. a small trailer with little fanfare about 25 years erago so former university of arkansas football players decided to get a real live razorback mascot. turned to keith who had experience working hogs. they also asked for his help designing a large and impressive trailer for the new mascots travel in style. keith took on the challenge with his usual enthusiasm determination and positive attitude. ever since keith and his family have raised task one through task five and i doubt any animals have ever been better treated or trained. keith devoted thousands of hours of his time to domesticate the tasks so they could travel and safely interact with the fans. keith would have tusks follow him around everywhere on the farm and even

attending the university of miami where he played winning a nnational championship in 1989 s well as in 1981. he went on to win the heisman trophy in 1992. playing for several teams including the minnesotags detroit lions and seattle seahawks. he joined the securities as a senior financial provider and us chairman and ceo of touchdown radio. he graduated from the university of miami with a degree in business management. thank you for joining us today and we look forward to discussing this important topic with you. i now recognize the ranking member. please introduce our last witness here before us today. >> i would like to welcome the vice president of the college football association. an attorney and college athlete. in the college years she plays lacrosse for duke university and entered her first year ranked nationwide by inside lacrosse. her college career has many battles with injuries resulting in surgeries. this gave her a deep understanding for physical mental and emotional issues that college athletes endured. also chairing the division i to advise the committee serving on rules, legislation and leadership rules. voting power for college athletes at all levels for the global gov

critical states in universe of voters that will decide this election, they feel good about where they are, yet -- >> yet, van jones, can i take you to our backyard barbecue table in minnesotaany people from many different walks of life, many are not feeling that data. what jim is saying is true. they are not living it. they are not feeling it. and there are liberals who are saying to me, you know, i am thinking about nikki haley a lot. and i just wonder what you think about that, van, as you try to you figure out why those facts that are good for biden are not translating in these polls. >> if jim says we are bed-wetters, invest in pampers and depends because a lot of people are terrified that joe biden is in real trouble and you can't talk about it. so that's what's going on. listen, jim is right. anybody wants to argue against jim messina is going to waste their time. and may in fact be true that a year from now things look very different because there has been a year of of a real campaign and all this kind of stuff. but right now today i think a lot of democrats look at these numbers and say the whispers are finally showing up in this data. people are talking behind the

university of southern california. she had phd in public policy from harvard. joining us remotely is the cofounder and board member neighbors for morer neighbors se led the statewide minnesotareen commuters program for 10 years national network for three years she has been a landlord for 27 years. gregory good, welcome cheap real estate officer director of asset management at m best new worker. mr. good works with investment newark land bank to boost homeownership and develop affordable housing. has extensive experience working on housing and community development including the york housing authority the city of east orange and the city of newark. with eric schaefer chief business development officer at fading west affected built construction company in colorado where he has worked for five years. a partners with municipalities developers and general contractors throughout the western united states. we will begin and then turned into the other panels who are here in person. witnesses you have five minutes for opening statements. each of you have a clock in front of you to help you keep h track of time. and of course your full written statement will be made part of thest rec