he worked on the railroad here in minnesota. he was a union member, and for all these generations my family has been raised as to the importance of people standing together and the solidarity, and the strength that americans have when we stand together, and ask for all rights. on my maternal side, my great grandparents also came here, both the same time, from czechoslovakia and austria. now, i grew up hearing stories from my grandfather and from my parents about the world war ii era. my maternal grandfather was sent over to work with the navy to restore pearl harbor. he was a painter, and when he returned their work jobs. we all certainly know that the depression was much worse than what we are going through. my parents, again like everyone else in that era, a lot of families had food rations. the government said here, you can have this much sugar, here, you can have that much of that. good luck to you. there wasn't food. there was nothing. can't participate in the war effort. they ran around getting tires and bringing them in t

tonight minnesota's fiveth. the fightin' fifth! the fifth district made history back in 1855 when they opened the hennepin avenue bridge, the first bridge that allowed eastbound travelers to cross the mississippi or if they were headed west the ippississim. the cities are new hope which is superior to neighboring cities attack of the clones, wisconsin. the fifth contains the walker art center which featured the boonbridge and cherry sculpture, a testament to the city's love of art as wells a realistic depiction of midwestern portion sizes. [ laughter ] and it's home to pop imp prince with amazing fans with his ability to viefer minnesota winters in ass-less pants. who has the mini apples to represent minneapolis? none other than three term congressman ellisson. thank you for talking to me today. >> pleased to meet you. >> stephen: tell me about the fightin' fifth. >> it's a great place. proud to represent minneapolis. >> stephen: that's in canada, correct? >> it's minnesota. >> stephen: i think it's manitoba. >> no. >> stephen: sur

what i believed in and what i have gotten done in minnesota, goes head long in most of minnesota historyt of minnesota's culture and traditions. >> when he took over the governor's office in 2003, minnesota faced a $4 billion budget shortfall. nearly a fifth of the state's $22.5 billion budget. instead of raising taxes he scoured the state's books and personally cut the budget by $3 billion. primarily by slashing funding increases for state services. like transportation and welfare. libertarian cato institute gave him an "a" grade calling him a "frugal budgeter" who repeatedly vetoed tax increases passed by the legislature on gas, income. likunlike portman, pawlenty has reputation being reserved. i asked him about it. >> political scientist at carlton college said this. this is not a fellow who is going to come across as strikingly charismatic. people see he is smart and competent. but there is not much sizzle. how do you respond to that? >> we have seen sizle in the current president. so there is a time in history where sometimes entertainment or, you know, drama is more important. ther

and the steel must be mined from northern minnesota. if all goes well, they will win the super bowl. [laughter] revitalizing american manufacturing should be an urgent national priority. 55,000 factories have closed which resulted in a 6 million jobs lost. factories do not often reopen at their capacity but we do have hope. the u.s. now relies on foreign suppliers from everything from steel, cement, batteries to everyday medical supplies such as antibiotics and penicillin. the resilience risks include not having access to these materials and products, the late delivery times. the edge the democratic platform committee to examine the report preparing for the 21st century risks, revitalizing american manufacturing to protect, respond, and recover. i went to thank you for taking the time to listen to us today please do everything you can to bring the manufacturing base back to the united states instead of shipping its overseas. >> thank you. we appreciate the of the system may factoring and everything alcee of shared with us. next, we will

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no today's country church salute goes to nazaeetl in trail minnesota. it's just east of grand forks. founded in 1906 it was made up of mainly norgewian settlers. they moved in to a log church until 1924 when a new church was built. it and little oak lutheran joined in the 50s and since then other small churches have joined them as well. our thank you to mary who has been playing organ there for about 50 years. as always we want to learn about your home church. salutes can be sent to the address on the screen. >>> stay with us. the mailbag is next. us - the mailbag is next. time now for our weekly look . >>> time for the weekly look inside the farm report mailbag. roger pearce thinks i'm wimping out when the subject of climate change comes up. how can you not disassemble balance warming? farmers need to prepare for heat and drought as a normal condition or start supporting efforts to reduce co2 emissions. i go totman who goes to his doctor and says it hurts when i do this, the doctor say don't do that. most farmers disagree about the existence after impo

minnesota and import $20 billion worth of fossil fuels. i want to think the obama administration for their leadership in increasing fuel efficiency standards to 54.5 mpg by 2025, support of electricity and the electric vehicle and battery technology. today, every major manufacturer , on a manufacturer, is producing hybrid, plug in hybrid, or electric vehicles. we need the same level of commitment that was provided to transforming our transportation center -- sector, applied to our renewable energy industry. over the past few years, americans have installed to begin the more sick man -- solar energy than others, the progress is dwarfed by what is occurring in the global market, in places like germany and china. germany has installed the equivalent of 27 nuclear power plants worth of solar energy. in one day this year, solar produced half of germany's electricity. china just announced it is increasing its solar boulter 21 gigawatts by 2015, which demonstrates the growth occurring in the global marketplace. last year, the department of energy

minnesota anglers for habitat. and minnesota outdoor heritage alliance. i'd like to submit for the record a letter of support for the minnesota outdoor heritage alliance. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cravaack: senator clobeshire introduced companion legislation co-sponsored by senator franken. tim walz and others lent their support as well. i'd like to thank jeff and john for the coast guard subcommittee staff for working with me on the language of this amendment as well as tom dylan from legislative counsel. i'd like to thank joe damato, for prosiding his guidance and expertise, as well as mr. kim elvrim from the minnesota department of natural resources and george nitty of nitty's point hunt resort. though this bill is short, a lot of work went into making sure it accomplishes the goals of restoring injure diction to minnesota. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. larsen: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: th

that's what it was designed for many minnesota. and -- in minnesota. and there are those types of allowances in lots of different states. not all states allow it, um, not all states require licensure. another thing that i also am is i'm a collaborative practice dental hygienist in addition to being a dental therapist which means there are times i still actually work as a dental hygienist. i can place dental sealants, i can do a cleaning, i can do x-rays, things of that nature. those are all under that collaborative practice agreement that's allowed in the state of minnesota for dental hygienists to do. so that's what they're talking about, and it varies from state to state which is actually very appropriate way to do it because the state is best knowing what its needs are. >> yes, monica. >> so just, basically, the difference is the cutting of hard and soft tissue. a dental therapist can cut the tooth and do the surgical part of it, and a advanced, um, dental assistant just restoring it and doesn't cut the prep. >> i want to come back to the question o

in minnesota, there are actually two types of therapist. there are dental therapists and advanced dental therapist according to the legislation, dental therapist are required to to have a bachelors that many have a master for the university of minnesota is the only bid if you can dental therapy. the metropolitan school of his requiring me to work on your is a full-time hygienist. we have the least amount of experience for searchers and we had one hygienist with the hygienist for 18 years. after i complete 2000 hours, which is a lot like residency, i will become an advanced dental therapist read they're trying to figure out what they're going to do in minnesota when i hit that number in november of this year. but i can get that licensure. the biggest difference between the two is the supervision. dental therapist have to be an indirect supervision. adenosine to be on the premises at all times. different types of procedures are being performed. once they become an advanced dental therapist, they can do general supervision. i can do anything w

michele bachmann's mentor in minnesota wants to join her in congress. and you know what, he just might get his wish. this is going to be a tough night. former state representative turns soybean farmer allen quist. he won the republican primary in minnesota's first congressional district. he will face democratic congressman tim waltz in november, and he has bachmann's full support. as mother jones reported, quist worked with bachmann in the late '90s to fight minnesota's state education standards. with quist's help, bachmen won a seat in the state senate a short time later. now she's returning the favor and fund-raising for this guy. who is he? quist at one time believed dinosaurs co-existed with man. he once compared a university's gay counseling clinic to the ku klux klan. he called for mandatory aids testing to obtain a marriage license. and now he's having to explain an interview he gave back in 1994. here's what quist had to say about the roll of women in society. >> political arrangement in marriage, similar to any other political arrangement. and

last summer, we took a vacation in northern minnesota. my husband likes to fish and i like to cardiac. it was a great vacation -- i like to kayak. it was a great vacation, but as i was getting out of the kayak, i slepped. -- slipped. i fell in to the water and swallowed some water. the doctor said i had a mild case of pneumonia. i thought after a few days of antibiotics, i would be back to normal, but i was wrong. one week later, i was on life- support and a medically induced,. a terrible infection was raging in my body, but doctors had no clue what was causing it. even though i was on a ventilator, my body could not get enough oxygen. my lungs had failed. i developed septic shock. my kidneys failed. my digestive system failed. my liver was not working so well. multiple blood transfusions. because of the kidney failure, i was on constant dialysis for two weeks. i learned later that my chances for survival and were very low. about one in three. finally, my doctors decided what was making me sick. i had contracted a rare, and ammonia in my

. >>> in still water minnesota authorities have closed a lake beach after a young boy died of a rare brain eating infection. the city is warning people not to jump in the lake. tj has the latest. >> reporter: the water of lily lake has claimed another young life after a 9-year-old died of a rare infection. health officials believe he got it after swimming in the still water lake two weeks ago. he passed away on tuesday. >> just terrible to see -- just terrible to see how quick someone go from being happy little boy to dead. it's not fair. >> reporter: it lives in warm freshwaters. > >> it's a very rare one. it's a natural one. just -- because he swam in the lake it doesn't mean you will die. >> reporter: until results come back from water samples the beach will stay closed. the only other case of this was back in 2010 in minnesota when a 7-year-old died after swimming in the same lake. >> first happened twice in the same lake in minnesota they should fill it in with dirt. >> reporter: as parents drop off their kids at a summer sports camp beside lake many can't help but worry. >> kno

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they put minnesota in play for romney. >> the final one, rob portman from ohio. he was senator and budget director under george w. bush which may be a problem. also a member of the house. what is the main plus and minus for rob portman. >> ohio roots. it's a two-point state f. rob portman can boost you up where he comes from, hamilton count fe he can help you, mitt romney needs ohio. he was the budget director and that's a huge challenge facing the country and he knows every nook and cranny. he was on the armed serfs committee and you could say here's a guy with security skills and has bipartisan respect. they like him and think he is a nice guy and enjoy working with him. the bush bag that you mention, he can say 20 plus years in washington. other people might say washington insider and some people say he is bland. >> you got to call it like you see it, john. we poled the strike team on this and this is our panel of 31 independent juniorists and analysts and say does he need a game changing pick? the country is split like this. 53% say yes and 47% say no. let me

alaska, minnesota. the green states are states where pew is working, states where kellogg is working, states or the american dental association is working, and states that have taken the initiative on their own. i commend them for doing this, because it is not an easy conversation to have. i also appreciate the alliance and the robert wood johnson foundation for making this a focus today. if you like to keep up with the information on what we're doing at the pew dental camping, please sign up for our in news and views. the information is right there. we're happy to share what we're doing monthly. here is my contact information if you have additional questions after this briefing. thank you. >> terrific, thank you. finally, we will hear from christy fogarty who is a licensed dental therapist, one of the first two people in the nation to receive this recognition. she started as a dental assistant and then became a licensed dental hygienist. last year, she finished two years of training as an advanced dent

>> i said minnesota means progressive sir, the farm labor coalition. it is a serious state. i know it is on the verge of socialism. i am so terrified. >> there is a question right here. with the blue shirt. >> the finding your hard to miss norman mailer? >> i was very fond of norman mailer. i can't say i was fond of his writings. i was published in 46 that he was published in 48. we are close contemporaries. there's a nice picture if you like pictures, norman mailer and me in vanity fair. but good journalist -- and the war was heating up and walking around for the great voices of american literature speak against the war in the middle east and so on. and the only three voices from literature that we heard were kurt vonnegut, norman mailer and gore vidal, three octogenarians who served in the second world war. you will get the picture. >> what do you think of sarah palin? [laughter] and caroline kennedy? >> sarah palin -- that horrible speech of hers, i am going to tell you, you got to know, there is some -- something came to mind reading her quoted dialogue. just the way she

paul, minnesota. let's edit that to the minnesota town of st. paul is where born tim pawlenty was. (laughter) he was the son of eugene joseph pawlenty and let's say mrs. butterworth. (laughter) intending to become a dentist, pawlenty started his career in santa's workshop. (laughter) wait a minute. wait a minute. what am i doing? this is wikipedia. anything you type in here becomes reality. on august 10, 2012, tim pawlenty was named mitt romney's running mate and wiki, wiki, wiki. with (cheers and applause) so i have designated t-paw the v.p. pick but it doesn't have to stay that way, folks. you get on wikipedia and edit any of these guys' pages to give them the edge or maybe edit the page of more of a dark horse-- like mitt romney's dark horse. (cheers and applause) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back everybody, thank you so much. nation, i don't know about you but i have had it up to here with animal rights groups. i mean, how endangered could the black rhino be? every time i go on safari i bag one. (laughter) and spare me your phone calls. i use e

el primero que figura es el ex gobernador de minnesota.tado no se fuera al piso. como otras economÍas de otros estados. y demostrÓ una capacidad de mantener la creaciÓn de empleo que serÁ importante. >>> tambiÉn estÁ el senador de ohio ningÚn republicano, ha ganado la casa blanca. sin salir adelante en ese estado. considerado clave. uno de los puntos dÉbiles de portman lo ven como el tÍpico polÍtico en washington. >>> cualquier persona, por muy bueno que sea, que tuvo un tipo de relaciÓn con la casa blanca obviamente serÁ un punto dÉbil y en el partido demÓcrata lo atacaran. >>> otros republicanos, abogan por alguien que entre mefc la ca campaÑa y sus u ideas en cuanto a como reducir de los gastos del gobierno. con esa misma idea de generar energÍa en la campaÑa. se menciona tambiÉn. al senador de la florida. marco rubio. >>> el punto fuerte de marco, es que es una figura nueva, es una figura que en el poco tiempo que ha estado en el senado ha demostrado mucha capacidad y muchas ideas frescas, nuevas. otros que mencionan y virginia mc dona

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alaska, minnesota. the green states are states where pew is working, states where kellogg is working, states or the american dental association is working, and states that have taken the initiative on their own. i commend them for doing this, because it is not an easy conversation to have. i also appreciate the alliance and the robert wood johnson foundation for making this a focus today. if you like to keep up with the information on what we're doing at the pew dental camping, please sign up for our in news and views. the information is right there. we're happy to share what we're doing monthly. here is my contact information if you have additional questions after this briefing. thank you. >> terrific, thank you. finally, we will hear from christy fogarty who is a licensed dental therapist, one of the first two people in the nation to receive this recognition. she started as a dental assistant and then became a licensed dental hygienist. last year, she finished two years of training as an advanced dent

efficient -- i'm from minnesota but my dad is a minnesota expatriate link and working in essex county, new jersey, downtown newark. got a little bit of new jersey in me. i have come from minnesota where be the first state of 31 to reject an amendment to our state constitution to separate people from their freedom in that constitution, the freedom to marry and redact a amendment to the constitution that will separate individuals from their freedom of right to vote so i'm excited about the prospect november 6. i couldn't let this slip by without making special mention of the section on page 28 that talks about individuals' freedom to marry. the fact that couples come to want to take responsibility for each other and their lives and build a life together should be taken as an aforemakes -- that marriage really matters. this is a significant moment but when we consider the breadth and sweep of this document it would affirm the values we share as democrats but as americans that everyone enjoys the freedom that are guaranteed in our constitution. but everyone has the right to live their liv

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. >> and could new poll numbers in minnesota mean michele bachmann could be out of a job? >> the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. >> tonight, an "the ed show" penetrating expose. >> this is it for freedom. >> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. it's been seven days since mitt romney had a slip of tongue when introducing his running maim mate. >> in me in welcoming the next president of the united states, paul ryan. >> well, that was a mistake. but over the past week, mitt romney and paul ryan have repeated lie after lie after lie. so i thought it would be good if we should just pick up the big eddie board of truth and keep track of the lies from the gop ticket just this week. >> there's only one president that i know of in history that robbed medicare $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call obama care. >> oh, the medicare lie, that is a big one. and it helped create more lies to benefit paul ryan. >> this man said, i'm going to find democrats to work with, found a democrat to co-lead a piece of legisl

paul, minnesota. minnesota where everything -- where everything tastes better on a stick.ers and applause] >> jon: i don't understand these people. [laughter] >> jon: let's recap -- it's the weirdest city i have ever -- it is -- i've never been in a city this friendly with this much tear gas residue. everybody's delightful and yet wants to you clear the intersection. let's recap how the republican national convention turned into the latest high concept matthew mcconaughey-kate hudson romantic comedy. imagine you know somebody a long time and you trust them and you're desperate and you make is the commitment and plan the date and but you get ready to take the plunge, she walks in. beautiful. charasmatic. creationist. what do you do? what... do you do? you got to go through with it. you already rented the plate. you got the groomsman and the bestman, the bridesmaid laid out crazy cash on some ridiculous outfit she'll never wear again. besides, how bad can it be really? >> i've been called a maverick. [applause] >> someone who marches to the beat of his own drum. sometimes it

paul, minnesota. let's edit that to the minnesota town of st. paul is where born tim pawlenty was.laughter) he was the son of eugene joseph pawlenty and let's say mrs. butterworth. (laughter) intending to become a dentist, pawlenty started his career in santa's workshop. (laughter) wait a minute. wait a minute. what am i doing? this is wikipedia. anything you type in here becomes reality. on august 10, 2012, tim pawlenty was named mitt romney's running mate and wiki, wiki, wiki. with (cheers and applause) so i have designated t-paw the v.p. pick but it doesn't have to stay that way, folks. you get on wikipedia and edit any of these guys' pages to give them the edge or maybe edit the page of more of a dark horse-- like mitt romney's dark horse. (cheers and applause) we'll be right back. ♪ we ran a mile before breakfast ♪ ♪ sure, i had a salad for lunch ♪ ♪ but a miller 64 at dinner? ♪ oh yes, 'cause i've worked off my paunch ♪ ♪ 'cause we live a life of balance ♪ ♪ and no one can say that we're wrong ♪ ♪ so here's to good miller, who cut out the filler ♪ ♪ and made a beer worthy of

paul, minnesota. let's edit that to the minnesota town of st. paul is where born tim pawlenty was. (laughter) he was the son of eugene joseph pawlenty and let's say mrs. butterworth. (laughter) intending to become a dentist, pawlenty started his career in santa's workshop. (laughter) wait a minute. wait a minute. what am i doing? this is wikipedia. anything you type in here becomes reality. on august 10, 2012, tim pawlenty was named mitt romney's running mate and wiki, wiki, wiki. with (cheers and applause) so i have designated t-paw the v.p. pick but it doesn't have to stay that way, folks. you get on wikipedia and edit any of these guys' pages to give them the edge or maybe edit the page of more of a dark horse-- like mitt romney's dark horse. (cheers and applause) we'll be right back. ll hello, welcome to hotels.com. summer road trip, huh? uhuh yep uch let's find you a room. at hotels.com, you'll always find the perfect hotel. because we only do hotels. wow. i like that. nice no. laugh... awe uch ooh, yeah hmm nice huh book it! oh boy call me... this summer, we're finding you th

the 2012 football will begin tonight in san san francisco as the 49ers host the minnesota vikings.m dennis o'donnell and the 49ers are back. among the nfl's elite teams. they are so good, in fact, that jim harbaugh will need to come up with a new strategy because the underdog role isn't going to work anymore. >> well, i don't know how much he used that