PAPERWORK REGARDING A POTENTIAL
LAWSUIT.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE AND
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HOPES TO
RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
ON TUESDAY.
THE BIG DAY IS FINALLY
HERE.
HUNDREDS WILL TAKE PART IN AN
EPIC TUG-OF-WAR ACROSS THE CITY
TO BENEFIT FRAZIER, MINNESOTA'S
LEADER IN AUTISM SERVICES.
MARY MAGUIRE JOINS US LIVE FROM
THE EPICENTER OF IT ALL,
REGIONAL FALLS PARK IN ST. PAUL.
THE SETUP IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE.
READY TO POLE.
Reporter: IT IS.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME WE HAVE
FOLKS ON THE BARGES.
IT IS A VERY WINDY DAY HERE IN
ST. PAUL AT HIDDEN FALLS
REGIONAL PARK BUT IT WILL BE A
CLASSIC BATTLE FOR THE AGES.
10 TEAMS FROM MINNEAPOLIS
TAKING ON 10 TEAMS FROM ST.
PAUL.
IT WAS NO SMALL FEAT TO GET
READY FOR A BIG EVENT LIKE
THIS, FOR THE TUG-OF-WAR ITSELF,
TEAMS WILL BE STANDING ON
BARGES ON THE RIVER.
OUR DRONE WAS UP OVER HIDDEN
FALLS REGIONAL PARK YESTERDAY
SHOWING THEM MOVING INTO
POSITION.
OUR GROUPS WERE ALSO BUSY
SETTING UP BLEACHERS FOR THE
MAIN STAGE FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A GIANT MISTING
FAN TO KEEP PEOPLE COOL.
WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF TEAMS
PRACTICING FOR THE EVENT.
WHEN WE SAY PRACTICING WE ARE
NOT KIDDING.
THE WOMEN OF GLAM DOLL DONUTS
REPRESENTING MINNEAPOLIS ARE
BRAND-NEW TO TUG-OF-WAR.
LUCKILY FOR THEM, DJ'S TUG-OF-
WAR CAME BY TO GIVE THEM A
LESSON THIS WEEK.
THEY WERE TELLING THEM TO KEEP
THEIR SHOULDERS BACK, NEVER LET
THEIR FEET LEAVE THE GROUND.
GLAM DOLL IS MATCHED UP AGAINST
MINNESOTA ROLLER GIRLS OUT OF
ST. PAUL.
EVERY TEAM IS GETTING INTO THE
SPIRIT INCLUDING POLICE
DEPARTMENTS FROM MINNEAPOLIS
AND ST. PAUL.
THEY SHARED PHOTOS OF THEM
PUMPING IRON.
EVEN ONE OFFICER PULLING A
CRUISER TO GET READY.
HERE'S A LOOK AT ALL TEAMS
COMPETING TODAY, THE TWINS
AGAINST THE SAINTS, SURLY
BREWERY AGAINST BAD WEATHER AND
OTHERS INCLUDING OF COURSE TEAM
FRANK AND TEAM CHRIS HERE AT
WCCO 4. I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY,
GO, TEAM FRANK.
JEN, I KNOW THAT YOU AND MIKE
ARE BOTH ON TEAM CHRIS SO YOU
BETTER HAVE YOUR GAME FACE
READY BECAUSE WE ARE PREPARING
TO BRING IT.
WE ARE SET FOR 11:15 THIS
MORNING.
THE FUN GOES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH THE LAST AT 2:45.
OR FAMILIES WANTED TO COME
DOWN, IT IS FREE.
THERE WILL BE A LIVE MUSIC
PERFORMANCE, BEER FROM SURLY
AND BAD WEATHER BREWING OF
COURSE, FOOD TRUCKS, PEARSON'S
CANDY, AND A KID'S ZONE.
I WANT TO MENTION AN IMPORTANT
PARK -- PART ABOUT PARKING, YOU
WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK NEAR THE
PARK WHERE FOLKS USUALLY DO BUT
YOU CAN PARK FOR FREE AT THE
OLD FORD PLANT NEARBY AND THERE
IS A SHUTTLE.
METRO TRANSIT IS ALSO PROVIDING
RIDES FOR FREE.
FIND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AT
THAT WCCO.COM.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION LEFT, JEN.
WHAT PREPARATIONS HAVE YOU BEEN
MAKING FOR THIS?
I WAS WONDERING THE SAME
THING FOR YOU SINCE WE ARE
RIVALS TODAY.
I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME SPECIAL
WORKOUTS.
YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE
WHEN I PULLING THE ROPE.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Reporter: I HAVE BEEN
WORKING OUT SO FIERCELY.
I HAD TO COME UP WITH A
NICKNAME FOR MY BICEPS.
THE CHANGING CLIMATE.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THE ART
THAT WILL ON -- BE ON DISPLAY,
GO TO WCCO.COM/LINKS.
MIKE AND I WERE OUT THERE
YESTERDAY, IT WAS FUN TO SEE.
PEOPLE CAN TAKE METRO TRANSIT
THERE OR TO WHERE YOU ARE AT
HIDDEN FALLS REGIONAL PARK.
YOU ARE THERE WITH CASEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Reporter: CASEY IS OUR
CREATIVE DIRECTOR.
YOU INSPIRED US TO DO THIS
IDEA, RIGHT?
I CERTAINLY HAD A HAND IN IT.
Reporter: I FEEL LIKE WHEN
IT COMES TO THIS EVENT, AND YOU
MAY ARGUE WITH ME ON THAT FROM
DAY TO DAY BUT YOU ARE THE BOSS
TODAY.
WE WILL GO WITH THAT, SURE.
Reporter: MARY WAS TALKING
SMACK ABOUT HER BICEPS.
I BROUGHT SCISSORS.
CAN I CUT THE SLEEVES OFF OF
MINE?
YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD.
THIS IS A NO SLEEVES KIND OF
DAY.
NO BLOOD DRAWN?
THANKS, CASEY.
WE WILL SEE YOU LATER.
COME ON DOWN TO HIDDEN FALLS
REGIONAL PARK.
9:00 I IS WHEN THE FESTIVITIES
GET UNDERWAY, BUT YOU CAN SAY
HELLO TO US THROUGH 9:00.
AND WE ARE LIVE AT HIDDEN
FALLS REGIONAL PARK IN ST.
PAUL, GETTING READY FOR PULLING
TOGETHER.
AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S
THESE GUYS.
THESE GUYS ARE HELPING TO
SECURE HISTORY ON ONE OF THE
TWO BARGES, THAT ALL OF THE
TEAMS WILL BE STANDING ON TO
TALK ACROSS THE RIVER.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT
YOU'VE PLAYED TUG-OF-WAR?
WE GOT SOME INSTRUCTION AT
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE WERE ON THE SAME TEAM FOR
THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
Reporter: BUT THAT HAS
CHANGED TODAY.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TIP THEY
GAVE YOU?
Reporter: TO KEEP YOUR
CENTER -- WAIT A MINUTE.
WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?
YOU ARE ON THE OTHER TEAM.
FORGET IT.
LEAN FORWARD AND BE AS OFF-
BALANCE AS POSSIBLE IS THE TIP
THAT THE KIDS GAVE US.
WARRIORS 137-116 LAST NIGHT.
MONDAY'S GAME IN OAKLAND WILL
BE ANOTHER MISSED -- ANOTHER
MUST WIN GAME FOR THE CAVALIERS
WHO TRAIL THE WARRIORS 3-1.
TALKING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PULL
TOGETHER FOR FRASER.
HUNDREDS WILL TAKE PART IN OUR
EPIC TUG-OF-WAR TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR MINNESOTA'S LEADER IN
AUTISM SERVICES AND ALSO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF FUN ON THE WAY.
MARY McGUIRE JOINS US LIVE NOW.
THIS TUG-OF-WAR HAS ALREADY
WAIVED -- RAISE WELL OVER SIX
FIGURES.
PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
Reporter: IT IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT MIKE AND I
HAVE JUST BEEN HAVING A BLAST
OUT HERE AT HIDDEN FALLS
REGIONAL PARK.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY JUST
FINISHED SETTING UP THE BARGES.
BUT THIS EVENT IS ALL FOR AN
AMAZING ORGANIZATION IN
MINNESOTA.
WE DO WANT TO PULL UP THE
TOTALS TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH
MONEY WE HAVE RAISED FOR THEM.
NEARLY $98,000 RAISED BY THE
MINNEAPOLIS TEAMS AND NEARLY
93,000 BY ST. PAUL.
THAT MONEY WILL GO A LONG WAY
IN HELPING FRASER.
FRASER IS THE STATE'S LARGEST
PROVIDER OF AUTISM SERVICES.
IT GIVES LIFELONG SUPPORT TO
ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS.
THE ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED AS
WE HEAD TO THE HELP OF A
MINNESOTA MOTHER.
A TEACHER NAMED LOUISE FRAZIER
WAS LED TO MINNEAPOLIS.
SHE HAS A DAUGHTER DIAGNOSED AS
SEVERELY DISABLED.
THAT WAS DURING THE 1930S WHEN
TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS WAS MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN TODAY.
EVERYONE TOLD HER TO PUT HER
KID IN AN INSTITUTION AS MOST
FAMILIES DID BACK THEN, BUT SHE
REFUSED TO DO THAT.
SHE DECIDED TO OPEN UP A SCHOOL
INSIDE OF HER OWN HOME TO HELP
HER CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS.
EIGHT DECADES LATER, THAT
VISION CONTINUES THROUGH FRASER
ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND
ADULTS ACROSS MINNESOTA.
TODAY, WE ARE PULLING TOGETHER
TO KEEP IT GOING.
BACK TO THE EVENT, 10 TEAMS
FROM MINNEAPOLIS, 10 TEAMS FROM
ST. PAUL.
THEY WILL BE DOING A TUG-OF-WAR
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT AT FIRST WHEN
THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE A TUG-
OF-WAR.
THERE WILL BE TWO BARGES OUT
HERE ON THE WATER, THAT'S WHERE
THE TUG-OF-WAR WILL BE TAKING
PLACE.
THE FIRST STARTS AT 10:15 THIS
MORNING.
THERE ARE 20 TEAMS PULLING
TOGETHER ACROSS THE RIVER.
10 FROM EACH CITY.
THE WCCO'S TEAMS WILL COMPETE
AT 11:15.
COME OUT AND JOIN US, GRAB A
BITE TO EAT, DRINK, AND WATCHED
HUMANS. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE
WCCO 4 PULLING TOGETHER TEAMS.
FRANK IS LEADING THE TEAM FROM
MINNEAPOLIS AND CHRIS IS
LEADING THE TEAM FROM ST. PAUL.
SO IT SHOULD BE AN EXTREMELY
FUN DAY, OUT HERE AT HIDDEN
FALLS REGIONAL PARK.
IT WILL BE A STEAMY ONE.
SO, MAKE SURE TO DRESS
APPROPRIATELY.
HYDRATE A LOT.
AND ANY EVENT THAT HAS
PEARSON'S CANDY AND GLAM DOLL
DONUTS, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT
COME?
I'M READY TO JOIN YOU
ALREADY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ASKING ABOUT PARKING.
HOW DO PEOPLE GET THEIR
INTEREST SHOULD THEY PARK?
Reporter: YOU ACTUALLY CAN'T
PARK WHERE YOU NORMALLY WOULD
IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE
REGIONAL PARK.
SO, THERE ARE SOME PLACES YOU
CAN PARK, JUST ABOUT A HALF-
MILE.
VERY CLOSE.
WE WILL HAVE SHUTTLES BRINGING
PEOPLE DOWN HERE CLOSER TO THE
WATER.
METRO TRANSIT IS OFFERING FREE
RIDES TODAY.
NO EXCUSE NOT TO COME OUT HERE,
ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.