in duluth, minnesota. a state which hillary clinton narrowly won. at the moment he is holding a roundtable and wants the rally begins we will take you there live. good evening everyone on this wednesday evening, tonight's rally coming only hours after signing an executive order ending migrant family separation and sliming suggestions that he is backing down. >> president trump: we are signing an executive order. i consider it to be a very important executive order. it's about keeping families together. at the same time we make sure that we have a very powerful and strong border. the border is just as tough but we do want to keep families together. >> so in the phase of a national outcry, detectives they can kes together. but those on the left are still not satisfied. >> when you stop putting whole families into detention, that evokes to me a picture of japanese americans being incarcerated during world war ii. speak out there is no other place in this country that i know of in which we detain minor childre

and in minnesota, that is how it happens. it makes the voting process one that minnesota's can be proud of. we often lead the nation in electoral turnout. we have had multiple statewide recounts that have not had any issues regarding whether or not political material was in the polling place. this statute has worked. it's worked well for more than 100 years. and the, the rule that is laid out makes it clear that it is only political material that is going to be something that is advocating for electoral choices. justice alito: suppose a group of people want to make a statement about a political issue. not a political candidate, but a political issue. and they say they're going to wear all-white on election day when they go to the polls. would that be allowed? mr. rogan: under the statute, yes. it's not a political badge, button or insignia. >> that doesn't express a view on a political issue? express a political issue, but it's not a political badge, button or insignia. an insignia is a distinguishing mark. an article of clot

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thank you, minnesota. thank you, minnesota.you can't always get what you want you can't always do what you want but if you try sometime, you'll find, you can get what you need ♪ ♪ [cheering] you can't always get what you want you can't always get what you want you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need ♪ ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues every day that impact you. coming up thursday morning, we are in juneau, alaska for the next stop on the 50 capitals tour. bill walker is our guest on washington journal starting at 7:45 a.m. eastern then, iowa public and congressman's the king talks about child separation. watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern thursday morning >>

thank you, minnesota. thank you, minnesota. [♪] lou: joining us now dr. sebastian gorka.efense attorneyy rebecca rose woodland and to assess -- i have to tell you, i love watching every one of these speeches, those rallies by this president. he enjoys them so much, the crowds fill the arenas to capacity. and are sitting there mesmerized for an hour, hour 15 minutes and having a great time. i love when the president says, no one has more fun than those folks at a trump rally. he's a heck of a marketeer for what he's selling and a heck of a salesman as well. >> he's selling america, values, democracy, the constitution. we have very low unemployment rates. we have the gang violence -- down. these are great points when there is so much divisiveness, let's come together and recognize the country is doing well. lou: to do so in duluth, minnesota. it's not the first choice i would have thought of for the president. but he thought it was a terrific ideas and as i looked at the numbers from 2016 it's easy to forget he didn't win minnesota. but he only missed by 1.5 points. that wa

thank you, minnesota. thank you, minnesota. [♪] lou: joining us now dr. sebastian gorka.efense attorneyy rebecca rose woodland and to assess -- i have to tell you, i love watching every one of these speeches, those rallies by this president. he enjoys them so much, the crowds fill the arenas to capacity. and are sitting there mesmerized for an hour, hour 15 minutes and having a great time. i love when the president says, no one has more fun than those folks at a trump rally. he's a heck of a marketeer for what he's selling and a heck of a salesman as well. >> he's selling america, values, democracy, the constitution. we have very low unemployment rates. we have the gang violence -- down. these are great points when there is so much divisiveness, let's come together and recognize the country is doing well. lou: to do so in duluth, minnesota. it's not the first choice i would have thought of for the president. but he thought it was a terrific ideas and as i looked at the numbers from 2016 it's easy to forget he didn't win minnesota. but he only missed by 1.5 points. that wa

president trump heading to minnesota later today. he wants to turn deep blue minnesota read.can see in the fox business network, 7:30 is when it starts. 20 minutes from now, the president meets with congress to talk about dte. one topic that will surely come up, immigration. paul ryan says the house will vote tomorrow on immigration and we have this -- this is important. fox news john roberts reporting president trump is considering taking executive action that would allow children to stay with their detained immigrant parents. that is big. from the white house. john roberts right there. this topic highly emotional. the president tackled on capitol hill last night. they screamed at him quite frankly. right at him. unbelievable. congressman carlos curbelo, a florida republican got into a shouting match with the democrats. 11:30 this morning. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at

you make minnesota proud. mr. speaker, i rise today t recognize an incredible financial institution in my district, 21st century bank. beginning as a farmer state bank of seeder in 1917, it served - in 1917, it serv the rural community and one of the few banks to come through the great depression. over 100 years later, the bank has opened location it's all over our state, iluding bank in minnesota's sixth congressional district. at the helm is thomas p. dolphin who said, quote, in the beginning it was a handshake that sealed the deal and that is still true today at 21st century bank. having been at the bank for more than 40 years, tom has been an integral part of turning trevert bank from a small rural -- 21st century bank with a small rural bank to now with more than $240 million in assets allowing them to serve more families across minnesota. it -- and most businesses that work with them are small to medium-sized businesses making 21st century bank part of the foundation of our local economy. after celebrating t

beating her in northeastern minnesota's eighth district.o, the president is trying to get these districts flipped to the republican side, a solid blue collar workers in these districts your take on all of this? >> well solid blue collar workers have always hit the donald trump column when you see he was able to galvanize those voters very quickly in the 2016 election but i know for tonight there's a lot of folks focused on his conversation around immigration and what does it mean and signing the executive order going to be a temporary fix, while congress does its job for once or something he's looking to do the permanently fixed scenario that outraged a lot of people so i think that's what the conversation is largely centered around tonight and maybe the fbi possibly. liz: you know the house is taking up two immigration bills tomorrow, antwon. will democrats go for the bill? >> well i think the immigration like most of the issues that we face in this country should not be a partisan issue. unfortunately, the republican party and president t

so much work is going forward in minnesota and other states.have regulation situation not fully implemented because we have statutorily we have certain lengths of time, you can't do anything after 90 days, then you have to wait 120 days. we have cut out more regulations than any president in the history of our country. that's four years, 8 years or in one case 16 years. we have done that in 500 days and we have more to come. as you know in minnesota we have set a record on a expansion of american energy. we are now annex porter of d we are now an exporter of energy. we are much more reliant on faraway lands. you saw the iran deal terminated and rightfully so. we have fair and reciprocal trade for american workers. we want to be fleet a reciprocal way. we have other people that will charge 375 percent tariff on dairy product and we charge very little. that's not reciprocal. that's a barrier to our farmers. we want reciprocal trade. era of economic surrender for america is over. just to finish up, national security, we had700 b approved for our m

>> next to the argumen the argun minnesota voters alliance. under the polling place dress code a voter here and in a polling place cannot fire political badges or insignia on election day. they ruled the law banning the apparel of the polling places is unconstitutional and violates the first amendment's free speech clause. here is the argument from february. >> minnesota statute bans all conventional political expression on apparel to prevent a smaller class of materials that can already be regulated under other statutes. chamber of commerce, moveon.org and countless other examples of prohibited since a vast amount of the material is legitimate speech and the statute has a few plainly justified applications is overbroad and unconstitutional. >> those examples the uk could be prohibited under the properly joined statute? >> they are prohibitive. >> could they be under the statute that was more narrowly drawn? >> data type of generalized political expression associated could not be. >> the first time around if rejected the spatial challenge and

in minnesota's eighth congressional district. the democrat who holds the seat, rick nolan, announced in february he's not seeking re-election. president trump is supporting republican candidate and former professional hockey player pete stauber. there you see the scene in duluth. live coverage now on c-span. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i said hey what is this maybe she's in need of a kiss i said hey what's your name baby maybe we can see things the same ow don't you hesitate raise ve before they it's all right now baby it's all right now all right now ♪by it's all right now >> as we wait for president trump to make his way out to this rally in duluth, minnesota, let's show you what we can of the president earlier signing that executive order dealing with migrant children at the border. president trump: signing an executive order. it's a very important executive order, it's about keeping families together while at the sape time making sure we have a powerful, strong border, and border security will be equal if not greater than previously. we're goi

, and indian country while also sustaining tens of thousands of minnesota jobs. the farm bill works when all three pillars of the bill work together -- traditional farm programs, rural development, and nutrition. if we remove one of these pillars, the farm bill is not able to stand. the nutrition programs authorized -- reauthorized by the senate farm bill are of vital importance. according to the agriculture department, in 2016 is over 41 million people, including millions of children across the country, live in food-insecure households. this is why when you talk to farmers and ranchers in my state, they know how important it is to support nutrition programs. and they understand as i do that any efforts to weaken nutrition programs will ensure that this bill does not pass. i was proud to be able to participate in crafting the farm bill as a member of the agriculture committee. it was a truly bipartisan process and an example of how we can get things done when we work together. and i am very happy that this bill includes many of the provisions that i worked hard o

other states caused. >> they don't go as far as minnesota. what has been the record? >> they don't have any instances of disruption caused except for when the polling workers confidant the problem to try to police and that is part of the problem is the intimidation is going to occur through the policing and thought through the fact as they go in and out of the polling place. >> they are selected from the parties and i don't know how many there are. we know there's more than one and the also know there's other officials. >> so if an official thinks that the entirety of a particular voter violates this law, what happens, that is the final decision? >> it is a final decision in this respect. the other judge says i disagree. then what happens? >> there would be a decision to be made and that would be a disruption going on in the polling place because the apparel is being policed. >> do you know whether they have any training and do they test them to see if they are a reasonable observer? >> i know they try to train them and this is how the policy

thank you minnesota! thank you minnesota. ♪ >> president donald trump addressing a rally of supporters in duluth, minnesota, hitting a number of topics, , and some you would expect and some you wouldn't. taking the idea of elites and one aside which i thought was amusing. president trump's executive order also a topic of conversation today was signed it, intended to stop the separation of parents and children of the border. that came up. lots of news tonight. our friend tammy bruce was watching it and she brings us reaction. >> incredible crowded. they had to change the venue because so many people were there. clearly the crowd love the speech. but i found interesting is that he has always been good at these rallies but at this particular one you could tell that he really understands that crowded. he likes them, when he speaks about what they represent, he understands it in his heart. it is a real indication of his own growth as a man and it certainly as president, and he likes the american people. that i

the entire state of minnesota is changing. talk about the unions, i not only organed my union but i was my union's president as a police officer. that resonates with people. that blue collar conservative message resonates in the eighth descriskt minnesota. our our campaign continues, brian. we are working hard. meeting as many people as we can. brian: as you know politics s become a contact sport. contact sport you are used to being that you have a rich hockey background. you vietnamese very natural in front of a fugitive office surprising the president with a speech that i don't think he was prepared for you to make. he was well in support. pete stauber, thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: coming up straight ahead. we all remember steve scalise's triumphant return to the baseball game. what is life like for him on capitol hill. when you pass a big bill, get something real big done. my team works really hard. brian: steve disoosy spent a big day with steve scalise. he will give you the play by play. a hotel can make or

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minnesota has one mental health counselor for the entire state. on a slow day, this gentleman gets 16 calls. on a regular day, he is getting 40 calls a day. the stress act, the idea would be to bring back a bill -- it expired in 2014 -- we suspect because the champion of this legislation, senator harkin, retired. it expired, but this is such a big issue across this country that we decided it is time to bring it back, and we talked to the chair, mike conaway, of the agricultural committee. he not only thought it was a good idea, he encouraged us to bring it back. i understand, yesterday, i think it was certainly this week, the senate is moving their farm bill, their version of the farm bill, and joni ernst and one other -- tammy baldwin. joni ernst from iowa and tammy baldwin from wisconsin have actually brought the same version on the senate side. so i expect we will get it passed in this year's farm bill. host: you are right it passed the senate committee by a vote of 20-1, and now is coming to the senate floor. we will have that debate on our re

it means that it hits particularly close to home for us in minnesota. we appreciate the federal partnership that we have received so far and i want to say once again i want to thank everyone including senator klobuchar as part of getting that $380 million and it is critical and crucial and we will plan to use every penny of that for a good effects. it will go a long way. however, i would respect leah crossed that those in congress -- while we don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth and i am grateful for that money it is expensive and recommendations that we get from the permit plant security all helpful they have a price tag. is not always accounted for and i ask respectively that you consider that a well. on the policy side, i'd be remiss if i didn't put in a word for senator langford and senator klobuchar were advised and i do think that it's a legitimate federal interest. we do have floors, not seals, night micromanagement but some federal that we are talking and not just doing her own thing in her own way and we attain that [inaudible] if for n

this is what many states have done, not just minnesota. we managed to repulse or rebuff or turn away those who tried to get in, which is good, but i like to say this is a race without a finish line. there is no end zone where you get to spike the football. there is no tape that you get to cross. you always have to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, and the bad guys get smarter every year, and by the way, some of them are funded by foreign governments will virtually unlimited resources. so, that race without a finish line is something that keeps a number of us awake at night. that takes effort, that takes focus, and it takes money. these things have price tags. >> thanks. thanks. >> senator cortez masto. >> thank you. thank you all for being here. i, too, want to thank you for this important hearing and let me associate myself with senator durbin's comments initially. i was attorney general of nevada from 2007 to 2014, and i can tell you, i can count on one hand the type of voter fraud that we saw. and most importantly, not only did we se

minnesota, minnesota has one mental health counselor for the entire h state. on a slow day, this gentleman gets 16 calls. on a regular day, he's getting 40 calls a day. soar the stress act, the idea would be to bring back a bill that -- it expired in 2014. we suspect because the champion of this legislation, senator harkin, retired, it expired. but this is such a big issue across this countryac that we decided it's time to bring it back. and we talked to the chair, mike conaway of the house agricultural committee. he thought not only was it a gooded idea, he encouraged us to bring it back. earlier this week the senate is moving their farm bill, their version of it, and joan -- joni be earnest and tammy baldwin from wisconsin have actually brought the same version on the senate side. so i expect we're going to get it passed in this year's farm bill. >> host: and you're right, it pass9 by a vote of 20-1, and now we'll have debate in the house and the senate on our respective networks. rob is joining us from port crane, new york, independent line with congressman

in minnesota, we produce a lot of food. our economy is diverse from north to south and east to west, whether it's corn, soybeans, hogs, turkeys in the western part of state, wheat and ka nola in the northwest or dairy and cattle in the central and southwest. as a state we are number one in turkeys. yes, mr. president, that is true, minnesota is number one in turkey and sugarbeets. we are number two in hogs, number three in soybeans. but the prices farmers received when selling these goods has declined since 2013. the forecasts is net farm income to fall another 7% which would represent the lowest lel since twic. -- 2006. this is creasingly -- increasingly centered. minnesota sent $7.1 billion agriculture protects to markets around the world. our soybeans and dairy go to china, pork to canada, beef to south korea and corn and poultry to mexico. these exports are a crucial part of our economy and the unknowns on trade and the threat of tariffs, especially from allies with allies like canada and what we've been seeing there, a

the republicans feel like they can turn minnesota red? >> some do. i think the trade issue would be optimistic to say they camp it if you think about minnesota was a blue state in presidential election but it has a purple streak. here in st. louis county hillary clinton won by double digits the county but president trump did well in the district of minnesota. he won by 15 points so speaking to people earlier in the day businesspeople and the like traveling to iowa couple of weeks ago concerned about the presence trade policy. here in duluth this is the area where the economy is different and have people who are supportive of his trade policy think it will protect the industry that brings so much money into the local economy so we will see the they are maybe more hopeful than they would be in the state. kennedy: you have covered several of these rallies. how did that crowd respond? >> well this was an interesting venue and as i said it's a hockey arena and it reminds you of a minor league hockey game one of those smaller than the nhl hockey arenas. th

minnesota is proudly old-school we have paper ballots and that is the bedrock of our system in minnesota. we feel that we have those in hand in terms of state law and some of the resources we need to attack those things. second we think that we have benefited from the infrastructure. with those votes dhs has put together a government coordinating council. although that's good i think it could be even better. finally we have the attention of colleagues in congress but the local and national media and other election administrators around the country. in minnesota we are number one in voter turnout. we are eligible voters who voted in the last election. we appreciate the federal partnership that we have received so far and i want to say once again i want to thank everyone who were part of getting that $380 million for us. it is critical. it is crucial. we plan to use every penny of that money over the next five years. i would respectfully request that those in congress consider some ongoing way to provide some resources for us along those same lines and while we don't want to look horse in

i mean you know i'm not trying to bag on minnesota but this isn't the first time there's been in the minnesota police department is that a lot of bad a lot of bad yeah and the last few years you can definitely see them lou i mean from the shooting of steel and everything that happened with and you know they've been major line of fire lack of a better term how is the community you just mentioned you know people writing letters things like that how is the community up in minneapolis as a whole here and yet another you know look this is what the police are doing again and really i can't see the justification for any of this i cannot see the justification for the police saying hey let's go throw some kind of meaning to this person in the course of doing our business because let's also remember that any interaction you have with the police you need to have all your senses about you you're dealing with the authorities and if you're suddenly drug were essentially what's the horse tranquilizer street drug it also used for anesthesiologists you.

. >> donald trump back in campaign mode at the big rally in minnesota talking about cracking down on illegal immigration, a big plus for republicans in the midterms, stephen miller indicated he wanted to roll out tough border security measures to rally their base. on the other side senate democratic leader chuck schumer says he wants to help the kids on the border but blocking many legislation that would help the kids and doing that so he can rally democrats base ahead of the midterms. what we saw was the president reversing himself on the issue to mute the negative headlines and images on the short-term but to reframe this. in the medium and long term and play this as being tough on illegal immigration while trying to show compassion. this keeps families together while in custody, speeds of their cases and brings in the pentagon to provide shelter. the president acknowledged to house republicans he knew the party was facing political pressure so this executive order keeps families together while in custody and seeks to modify the 2015 court settlement from when barack obama was pres

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. paulsen: i thank the chairman and my colleagues for supporting the amendment and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota. those in favor say aye. . those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 53 printed in part a of house report 115-711. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 5 port printed in part a of house report offered by mr. moulton of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. moulton and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. moulton: i rise in support of my amendment which will increase funding for the army corps of engineers storm and hurricane restoration and impact minimum ms.at

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the president visited minnesota only once during the 26 campaign. he won a large majority of the counties but lost the population centers, ultimately losing minnesota by a thin margin. judging by the fact that he brought it up at least three times a day, the president is not okay with that. >> became this close to winning the state of minnesota. and in two and a half years, it's going to be really easy i think. really easy. >> so to become the first republican to end minnesota since nixon, what trump needs to do is to dominate the blue collar counties, like the iron range year in northeast minnesota. despite his wealth, despite their largely working-class background, trump spoke a language that seems to connect at least with the supporters who showed up here. he will win favor talking about trader job creation 90 wins by chopping up, up with the so-called elite had for the population centers. >> the elite, the elite, why are they elite? i have a much better apartment than they do. [cheers and applause] i'm smarter than they are. i'm richer than they

go but let's move on to what happened in minnesota.verwhelming amount of people that were there, this area of minnesota traditionally democrat but didn't look like it last night. >> the numbers of people outside switched the venue to accommodate the people they did have is assigned the president maintains his support, his approval rating is high. the economy is gangbusters and that is what matters and the crowd, a remarkable statement and a reminder to the left that all these games and the american people notice what is going on but they support the president has been honest with them, made promises that they elected him for a particular reason to accomplish these things, they care about the quality of life for everyone including immigrants coming into this country and children so they have the security and safety required when they into this country. >> you are able to meet with the president, you said hello to him. >> this is what struck me and reassured me a great deal. when i sigh him he is clearly in his element, thrilled with wha

nolan my frie from minnesota, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. . mr. nolan: thank you, mr. speaker and you chairman bish your thoughtful consideration of this legislation and your explanation of what it does. i want to thank our ranking member and thank the bipartisan sponsorship that this legislation adjusting expanding and finishing off this great north american scenic trail. i had a map somewhere -- i'll continue on, if you would bring that over here, rick. can you bring it here? ank u. as chairman bishop explained, it starts up here at the park and travels all through the boundary waters and superior national forest, through wisconsin, michigan, ohio, new york, ennsylvania, all the way up to beautiful lake cham plain and will connect with the great appalachian trail which my family has hiked on in years past. so i want to note with gratitude the fact that virtually -- i'm not sure everyone, but almost all of the members, democrats and republicans whose district this trail go

we have a big track of forests in minnesota where my dad's hometown is up in northern minnesota. so thanks for all. all in all, this has been a great effort and really assigned to our rural communities that we're going to have some consistency coming out of the united states senate when that corn is knee high or shoulder high on the fourth of july. thank you. >> i thank the senator. senator purdue. >> thank you, mr. chairman. united states is today one of three great bread baskets in the world and certainly a national security industry. it is the largest industry in my state and i fought to get on this committee for that reason. i want to thank you and the ranking member for your hard work on this farm bill, producing a product that balances the needs of every commodity in every region is not an easy task. i'm happy to see this draft attempts to do just that. as most of our members have done, i have traveled all over my state, the state of georgia listening to stakeholders. in we have part of the ag industry. one thing is abundantly clear, this is a jobs bill. getting this farm b

as we speak, president trump has landed back at andrew's from duluth, minnesota.ir force one taxiing to a stop. >>> coming up, new details on the infamous trump tower meeting involving don junior, a russian lawyer and they were told dirt on hillary clinton, when we continue. but i'm not standing still... and with godaddy, i've made my ideas real. ♪ i made my own way, now it's time to make yours. ♪ everything is working, just like it should ♪ >>> the pretext of the meeting was hey, we have information and there was small talk. it was sort of nonsensical and garbled. it went onto a story about russian adoption and how we could possibly help. that's when we shut it down. >> my son is a wonderful young man. he took a meeting with a russian lawyer. most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research. the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. >> to refresh memories, the meeting june 9, 2016. trump tower in new york blocks from here involved donald trump junior paul manafort and several russians including a

kno the process in minnesota.hall we say, loud and very am bunk husband is sometimes. >> we are high spirited. >> yes. i to be tough to balance. >> it's common for elected officials to also be active at party building. s in a regular thing. and -- this is a regular thing. i will be devoteding well more than -- [ audio problems ] i will also help strengthen the democratic party to advance values of inclusion and fairness in our -- for everybody. >> i do know there are some among certain segments of the democratic parties that some diss truss of the dnc chair tom perez and a lot of sanders supporters in particular see you as their guy, right, as their person to watch at the dnc to watch on behalf of sort of the snickers wing - between now and and foreseeable future to really focus on helping to build the democratic party. -- our commitment to run every race -- time -- not let any particular race go unfought for. we are committed to 24/7, every race, in every year. we are going to continue to do that. but that's goin

here in minnesota he talks about international trade.t's a big issue for the local economy here in duluth, which is a port city. many people we've been speaking to are quite supportive of the president recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum. he spoke about that. >> we've been ripped off by almost every country on earth. >> before coming to the rally, the president made another stop nearby at the roundtable event for business leaders where he talked more about the trade issue. once he was here, the crowd was ready and certainly fired up to see him. tossing it affect you come you, gerri willis and tracee carrasco in new york. there are a number of tracee carrasco and i ran into here in the city of duluth. i understand that's what you need your start in the television business and i learned that tracee carrasco still huge in duluth. trinity thank you, connell. i got my start parent fox there in duluth, minnesota. some democrats claimed the executive order. senator bernie sanders treating the executive order merely replaces one wit

paul, minnesota, after climbing to the top of an office building.er handle created for the creature, the mpr raccoon posting this tweet, i made it. i'd like to thank god, great people of minnesota and the wu tang clan. now someone come get me. i'm on the roof. it was a wildlife drama unfolding in realtime, some 20 stories in the air. >> oh, god -- >> reporter: the tiny masked daredevil clawed his way up the concrete. >> poor little guy. >> reporter: the adventurous animal first spotted on monday managed to evade workers who tried to coax him down before scurrying up 20 floors. cell phone video shows the crafty creature grooming on a window ledge. hundreds of feet in the air. before stretching out to take a well deserved nap. >> the raccoon becoming an instant social media star. >> i don't know if he's aware the world is watching him but he's just driven by whatever is inside that little guy. >> reporter: minnesota public radio hashtag mpr raccoon becoming the number one trending topic on twitter. >> this raccoon is unifying minnesota. how can you no

it came about since northeastern minnesota. it is a crisis situation. donald trump and pres.job. pres. obama's efforts were not as far as donald trump's. >> let me sneak in here. the argument says the prices of steel going up now, more and people impacted negative by these tariffs than people who work in the steel industry. how do you respond to that. we are manufacturers as well as we see those impacting in our facilities so i understand people are starting to see that. it is a small price to pay to secure our nation's iron and steel manufacturing processes. at the end of the day if our critical infrastructures reliant on another foreign source it is a problem for national defense and the nation. we represent 16% of gdp for steelmaking. it is a significant part. >> thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. great to talk with you. >> licensing up, happy first day of summer, we are celebrating in e. >> to celebrate the season, we created anll-new menu and your favorite news team trying it out. >> i feel bad. it is good. >> i am going to give a nice little endorsement that i

we had snow in april in minnesota, a blizzard. we have trade issues and pork and steak, paltry to mexico, producers sent 7.1 of the market around the world and it makes it more important that we come together with a solid and consistent policy in the congress when they are facing this kind of headwinds. we are really glad that the chairman of the safety net is in some of the changes because our programs are good. i'm glad the work senator cornyn and i did together to lead to permanent authorization for the national animal disease preparedness response and recovery program. this is important in the midwest and we don't know when we are going to see the next disease or what it will be or how to be prepared for that. our conservation programs are good. we got up 1 million acres and would like to see more. and a provision to the balloon -- would pull to make it as sophisticated as the technology we are using now to be able to boot with precision act allow the data to be shared but it's also partnered with our farmers because it could

campaign-style event duluth, minnesota as the u.s. d china are upping the ante by threatening each other. quite a rally last night. what about a republican president going to duluth, minnesota? >> i think it says we'll win that seat and it will become a republican seat, not a democrat seat. he is talking to working men and women in america who have felt left behind and pushed out and bring back manufacturing jobs here. standing up for american values and it is paying off. look at the economic data, bill. it's the best unemployment rate that most people working in america have ever seen. decades since we've seen 3.8%. >> bill: you are confident he can get a better deal on tariffs than we have now and you won't step on this bull i shall economy? >> look, i think there will be pulls and takes here. nobody is going to negotiate better for america than donald trump and he is after it. you have people in here they are wringing their hands and doing these things. there are concerns back and forth in that world. put it up against what is happ

the justices rulds minnesota's was too broad. zbliefrmt a reminder for voters in the rict. i recall voting in d.c. t prima enay. election day is next tuesday, june 19th. maryland voters have until next thursday to cast their balance loss early. >>> after being devastated by fire earlier this year, it is now on its way to reopening. hank's stood with him right. since then the lot has been empty. yesterday the county issued owners permits needed to start reconstruction. they did not have insurance, says the majority of that work that will be done by volunteers with donated materials. >>> an update to breaking news we brought you earlier this week. it's scary for anybody who has a car. a shop vac is being blamed for thisn investigation in t outside nnsylvania, flerg. it was being used to suck up water. one man was killed in that explosion. another person was critically injured. the blast was is strong it registered on a soiz mick detector about 20 miles away, where. >>> cleanup begins this morning for several pennsylvania toubz tornado. take a look at some of the damage here i

>> reporter: minnesota public radio started trailing her public journey. soon the raccoon was a worldwide force of unity. she reached the roof safely at 2:30 the morning. >> aedevil raccoon has become an internet sensation. >> reporter: instant stardom. she's fueled inspiration, t-shirts, memes, reenactments. in the end, wha goes up must come down. npr raccoon released at an undisclosed location, with far more than 25 stories to tell. ron mott, nbc news. >>> with the world cup about to begin, half a world away soccer fans rejoiced. the eve isoming to north america. the u.s., canada, and mexico will host the tournament in 2026, beating a bid from morocco and returning the men's event to the u.s. for the first time since 1994. >>> when we come back, his dreams of servi his country hit a setback. but now he's flying high. those who serve is the housing crisis in one peninsula city is about to get worse... thanks to a new hotel. plus, fixing one of the most dangerous places in the south bay for animals. the new plan to protect wildlife. next. >>> finally tonig

nolan of minnesota. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. nolan, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. nolan: mr. chairman, members of the house, i'd be remiss if i didn't thank chairman shuster for your leadership on this important legislation. subcommittee chairwoman napolitano, and the other members of the committee and the staff as well. my amendment is pretty straightforward. it simply expresses the sense of the congress that the construction of a new sioux lock at sioux st. marie, michigan, is vital to our national economy, to our national security, and to our vital infrastructure. why? well, real briefly. that lock is a gateway for the port of duluth and all of the commerce out of lake superior. that's the iron ore, that's the corn, that's the soybean, that's the forest products -- soybeans, that's the forest products. all of which are essential to our national security, our national economy. i would just cite one thing. the homeland security did a study. they found

congress she's also a member of the hotel nation and in minnesota state representative peggy flanagan she's part of the white earth nation of ojibwe tribe and is a democratic candidate for lieutenant governor welcome everyone's welcome to this room so good to have you all here i want to get started on my laptop with this piece of video released about two months ago it's called the climb have a look i don't look like most people in congress my life is different to push through college and law school as a single mom i'm thirty years sober but struggle made me fear my work is to fight for all of us clean energy jobs medicare for no more for money in politics trump and this if we ask politely holland and i approve this message because the old ways of working we must be fierce are you ready we must be fierce and you mentioned they are pretty powerful piece of video it is a campaign ad of course but you mention i don't look like most people in congress talk to us today about what it took for you to make it to where you are today sure thank you for having me i'm honored to be here with such