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Brian Williams on Letterman
David Letterman returned last night and one of his first guests of 2011 was NBC News anchor Brian Williams. We’ve seen Williams be funny plenty of times before with Jon Stewart, or with Jimmy Fallon...
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DeBlog: Is It OK For Men To Cry?
I admit it, I’m a crier. I was tearing up like a baby when I was watching Toy Story 3 last weekend. I try to hide it, covering my face a bit, turning to the side. But why? Tomorrow Rep. John Boehner...
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Good Question: Is It OK For Men To Cry?
By Jason DeRusha, WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When new Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner went on “60 Minutes,” he broke into tears, several times. It’s happened often throughout his career. Some...
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Boehner Signals Compromise In Budget Talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite fresh pressure from tea party conservatives, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that Republicans “can’t impose our will” on the White House and Senate Democrats on...
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Debt Debate Debacle
John Avlon will join the show Monday to talk about his article on the debt debate and react to President Obama’s press conference.
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Pawlenty: Boehner’s Latest Budget Plan Falls Short
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says House GOP leaders’ latest deficit-reduction plan doesn’t go far enough. Pawlenty says in a statement Tuesday that he favors the...
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The Debt Ceiling
Major Garrett will join the show to talk about the debt ceiling. Here are a couple of his latest stories. Boehner to Rewrite Bill, Pres. Obama and compromise.
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Opinion: Harry Reid Dares to Talk About Angry Old White Men
Every time I think I may have figured U.S. Senator Harry Reid out, he says something else completely outrageous that convinces me that I haven’t even come close in figuring him out yet. Of all of the...
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Opinion: Bachmann’s Muslim Brotherhood Concerns In Obama Administration...
Hold it! Don’t drop last week’s controversial headlines regarding U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and four other GOP House members who said that President Barack Obama’s administration has connections to...
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Opinion: Billions Are Being Spent On This Election, But Will It Change Anything?
As the polls stand today the biggest question of the 2012 election is: (a) what happens in the House of Representatives? And (b) is it possible, after billions of dollars in ads and two years of...
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Opinion: Four More Years Of Gridlock
The 2012 presidential election results gave the United States Congress little reason to end the gridlock that has plagued President Barack Obama for the past two years. After all, the politicians who...
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Opinion: Quit Gloating And Whining
Even though it’s only three days after the presidential election of 2012 and a certain amount of gloating on the part of President Barack Obama supporters and a certain amount of whining is expected...
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Opinion: Elections Have Consequences
President Obama won an Electoral College landslide on Tuesday. He held on to every swing state that Romney needed to win. Obama defeated Romney in his home states of Massachusetts and Michigan and in...
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Opinion: Pelosi Stays On As Leader, Continuing To Defy The GOP War On Women
Depending on how leadership elections go in the minority party in the House and in the Senate, it looks as if all the party leaders will be the same as they were in the last Congress. Unless House...
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Opinion: Grover Puts Himself Before Party And Country
In the Presidential debates, Mitt Romney targeted Big Bird as a place to take the knife when cutting the federal budget. But it turns out that Grover, and not Big Bird, has the most to lose following...
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Opinion: The Fourteenth Amendment Solution
With one month to go before the U.S. goes off what is being called by some the fiscal cliff and others, more accurately, the fiscal slope, the president and Democrats hold all the cards. Absent a...
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Opinion: GOP A Party Without A Plan
Yesterday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner brought the President’s $2 trillion deficit reduction plan to the Senate. It included $1.6 trillion in new revenue and $400 billion in entitlement...
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Obama Phones Minn. Residents, Talks Fiscal Cliff
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – President Barack Obama is ramping up efforts to force Congress to make a deal. He’s hoping to reach a budget agreement soon to avoid what Washington calls a “fiscal cliff.” That’s...
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Opinion: GOP Too Extreme
A majority of Americans think the GOP is too extreme. According to new polling by CNN, 53 percent of Americans think that the Republican party’s policies and views as too extreme. Nearly a quarter of...
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Opinion: Sore Losers
Once again, House Republicans have taken their ball and gone home. Members of the House of Representatives bolted town on Thursday after rejecting a plan advanced by House Speaker John Boehner. It is...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann To Attend Thatcher’s Funeral
WASHINGTON (AP/WCCO) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was chosen Monday to be part of the congressional delegation headed to London for the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Bachmann...
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Peterson Hopeful For Passing Farm Bill This Summer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An influential Minnesota voice on agriculture says he’s hopeful that Congress will pass a new farm bill this summer after efforts last year failed. U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, the...
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Social Security In 1935: How Today’s Health Law Should Evolve
“If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” – President Barack Obama speaking before the American Medical Association on June 15, 2009 The president’s...
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Obama Pardons Turkeys As Part Of Annual Rite
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama spared two turkeys from the brine and the oven Wednesday, fulfilling the annual tradition of a presidential pardon for a couple of lucky birds ahead of...
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12-13-13 The Morning Take On The Morning News With Dave Lee
Listen to Dave Lee and Blois Olson mornings at 6:22 on WCCO Download: 12-13-13-morning-take.mp3
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Borlaug, ‘U’ Grad & Green Revolution Pioneer, Immortalized At US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of the so-called Green Revolution has a permanent home in the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers unveiled a statue of Norman Borlaug on Tuesday in a ceremony on what would have been...
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Obama Rips GOP In Election-Year Economic Salvo
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Blasting the GOP as wilfully indifferent to American struggles, President Barack Obama issued a rebuke Friday to Republican attempts to thwart his economic agenda, offering a stark...
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McCollum To Skip Netanyahu Speech To Congress
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum says she’ll skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress next month. The Minnesota Democrat calls Netanyahu’s...
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Defying GOP, Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his veto power for only the third...
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John Kline Not Seeking Re-Election In 2016
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Seven-term Minnesota Republican Congressman John Kline said Thursday he won’t seek re-election next year, setting off a scramble to replace him. Kline is an influential...
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Rep. Paul Ryan Not Interested In Replacing Boehner As House Speaker
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan is not interested in replacing Rep. John Boehner as speaker of the House of Representatives. Boehner announced Friday that he will be resigning at the end of...
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Good Questions: Chef’s Hats, Apples, The Speaker Of The House
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Every Friday, we tackle a bunch of viewers’ burning questions. This week, Heather Brown explores chefs hats, apples and the speaker of the house. Connie from Menagha asks: Why do...
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Paul Ryan Reiterates He’s Not Interested In Being Speaker
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan does not want to be speaker of the House. The Wisconsin Republican on Thursday issued a statement saying he was disappointed in Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s surprise...
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House Conservatives Back Ryan, Opening Door To A New Speaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Backed by a majority of the pugnacious House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Paul Ryan seems all but assured of becoming the next House speaker, an ascension Republicans hope would end a month...
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Wis. Congressman Paul Ryan Declares Candidacy For House Speaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan formally declared his candidacy for speaker of the U.S. House Thursday evening, pledging in a letter to GOP colleagues, “We have an opportunity to turn the page.”...
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