paul, minnesota, melvin carter. s a supporter of the governor, tim walz, mayor carter, so good to see you. i want to understand from you, you are the mayor of the capital city of minnesota. you were also at the time of the aftermath and protests around the killing of george floyd. we know how that rock the name patient did you get enough support from the governor during those protests i am the mayor of the capital city of minnesota. >> it's the city that produced a great americans like governor tim walz as suni lee, joe mauer, and even the great laura coates. so we're excited to, for everything that's going on, i had to i had to jump that in you that was a rough time. >> yeah. >> you know, it's coming out, so that was a rough time for us and that's one of the things about being a leader, someone who's been in the trenches, someone who's done the hard work is that people who haven't get a chance to sit on the sidelines and criticize all day long i was the mayor during those times i got a chance to work with the govern

paul, minnesota, melvin carter to talk us through this a bit. as i understand it. thank you so much for coming on this morning you one of the trainers at that political boot camp that walz attended before he ran for office. what did you see during that training in walls that was different from the other candidates? >> good morning. thanks for having me on. yes, i was one of the trainers were part of a group of folks who after the plane crash that tragically killed former us senator paul wellstone, spent some time traveling the country and just training progressive activists. we go around the country and try our best to inspire people over the course of a three-day training. and every now and then we'd meet a participant who inspired us and there was this guy named tim walz at the training almost 20 years ago, who was one of the most incredibly authentic people we'd ever met had, had a story just that they worked really, really well and came across really, really well. he was running in a district that we all knew he couldn't possibly win. but he took really learn a