THERE'S
THERE'S A
THERE'S A CRASH BLOCKING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SHOULDER
CAUSING BUMPER-TO-BUMPER
CAUSING BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC, EVEN CAUSING THE
SLOWDOWN IN THE NORTHBOUND
LANES OF 494.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE
COMING UP.
COMING UP. >>> ELECTION DAY HAS COME AND
GONE.
GONE.
GONE. THIS MORNING, THE RESULTS ARE
IN.
IN.
IN. >>
IN. >> THIS IS NOT A STATE THAT
FEARS THE FUTURE, THIS IS THE
STATE THAT CREATES THE FUTURE.
>> THAT IS THE NEW GOVERNOR
ELECT, DEMOCRAT TIM WALZ.
>> HE BEAT OUT JEFF JOHNSON.
SEVERAL OTHER RACES TURNED TO
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDTERM
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. JOHN WAS THAT THE PARTIES RALLY
FOR THE CELEBRATION.
>> THEY CAME EXPECTING A MIXED
BAG, THEY GOT MUCH MORE THAN
THAT, GOING AWAY WITH MAJOR
WIND ACROSS MINNESOTA.
-- MAJOR WINS.
>> THE GOVERNOR ELECT, TIM
WALZ.
WALZ.
WALZ. >>
WALZ. >> HE WON HIS FIRST STATEWIDE
RACE AND TO HIS MINNESOTA
THEME, APPEALING TO THOSE WHO
VOTED AGAINST HIM.
>> I WILL BE YOUR GOVERNOR JUST
AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE IN THIS
ROOM.
IF
IF YOU
IF YOU CAN RUN A CAMPAIGN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER,
SETTING A VISION FOR THE FUTURE
AND PEOPLE EMBRACED IT.
>> HIS RUNNINGMATE IS THE
FIRST INDIGENOUS WOMAN EVER
ELECTED TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
OR ANY STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. >> IT IS NOT ABOUT ME.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
CLEARED THE PATH FOR ME TO BE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WE
HERE. WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE FOR
PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY DID
NOT HAVE A VOICE.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN
IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
SICK AND TIRED OF THE GRIDLOCK
AND GRANDSTANDING.
AND GRANDSTANDING. TINA SMITH, APPOINTED TO THE
SENATE 10 MONTHS AGO, ONE THE
SPECIAL ELECTION.
SPECIAL ELECTION. >> THERE ARE NOW 23 WOMEN IN
THE U.S. SENATE.
WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO BUT
IT FEELS GREAT.
>>> TIM WALZ WILL HAVE A
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE TO WORK WITH
BECAUSE THEY PICKED UP ENOUGH
LEGISLATIVE SEATS TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THE CHAMBER.
>> COMING UP, WE WILL HEAR FROM
THE GOVERNOR ELECTS OPPONENT.
>> LET'S GO NEXT DOOR WHERE A
MAJOR SHIFT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
WISCONSIN VOTERS ELECTED A
DEMOCRAT AS GOVERNOR.
>> THE RACE WAS ALMOST TOO
CLOSE TO CALL.
TONY EVERS BEAT OUT SCOTT
WALKER.
WALKER.
WALKER. WE ARE LIVE IN WISCONSIN.
THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.
>>
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. THIS MORNING, WE HAVE TALKED TO
A MAN WHO ACTUALLY VOTED FOR
TONY EVERS.
TONY EVERS. THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR
GOVERNOR WALKER.
GOVERNOR WALKER. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WAS
HERE JUST LAST WEEK CAMPAIGNING
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. WE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS BIG
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, LET'S FILL YOU IN WHAT
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN MILWAUKEE
APPARENTLY PUT TONY EVERS AHEAD
WITH 50% OF THE VOTE COMPARED
TO WALKERS 48%.
THAT IS A MARGIN TOO LARGE FOR
THE STATE.
THE STATE. THIS CHANGE IS A BIG DEAL
BECAUSE THEY COULD UNRAVEL WHAT
WALKER DID DURING HIS TWO TERMS
AS GOVERNOR.
AS GOVERNOR. FOR EXAMPLE, E VERSE WANTS TO
RENEGOTIATE A DEVELOPMENT DEAL
THAT WALKER SIGNED WITH A
COMPANY BASED IN TAIWAN.
HE HAS ALSO VOWED TO WITHDRAW
WISCONSIN FROM A FEDERAL LAWSUIT
THAT WAS SEEKING TO REPEAL THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
AS A MATTER FACT, HE FOCUSED A
LOT OF HIS CAMPAIGN ON
SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE FOR
PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. THIS MORNING, WE WENT AROUND
HDSON TALKING TO PEOPLE.
A HANDFUL OF THEM SAID THEY
WERE JUST WAKING UP TO THE NEWS
AND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A
STRONG OPINION JUST YET.
WE TALKED TO ONE WOMAN WHO SAID
SHE IS REALLY EXCITED FOR THE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
DEMOCRATS CELEBRATING ONLINE.
>> WE FOUND SOME EARLY RISERS
AND HUDSON.
AND HUDSON. >>> OTHER BIG RACES FINALIZED,
KEITH ELLISON IS THE NEW
ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE DEFEATED
THE REPUBLICAN.
THE REPUBLICAN. HE HAS SPENT NEARLY LOST DECADE
AS THE FIFTH DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE.
REPRESENTATIVE. >> AND UPSET IN THE THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DEAN
PHILLIPS BEAT ERIK PAULSEN.
>>> DEMOCRAT ANGIE CRAG IN A
REMATCH IN 2016, THE CAMPAIGNS
GENERATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
>>>
>>> TYPE
>>> TYPE YOUR DIGITAL DIE. IN MINNESOTA'S FIFTH DISTRICT,
IT WAS ILHAN OMAR WHO ONE WITH
MORE THAN 78% OF THE VOTE.
SHE IS THE FIRST SOMALI ELECTED
TO CONGRESS.
TO CONGRESS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE REACTION.
>> THIS STATE HAS ALWAYS MADE
ME FEEL LIKE I WAS PART OF A
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. BECAUSE HERE IN MINNESOTA, WE
DO NOT ONLY WELCOME IMMIGRANTS.
WE SEND THEM TO WASHINGTON --
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. >> SHE CAME TO THE U.S. MORE
THAN TWO DECADES AGO.
SHE IS ONE OF THE NATION'S
FIRST MUSLIM WOMEN IN CONGRESS.
WE HAD ANOTHER FIRST OF THE
NIGHT OUT OF THE MIDWEST HERE
IN MICHIGAN.
IN MICHIGAN. RASHIDA TILLEY JOINTS HER AS
THE FIRST TWO WOMEN IN CONGRESS
THAT ARE MUSLIM.
THERE WERE NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
ELECTED.
ELECTED.
ELECTED. SHE IS A PUEBLO.
OUT OF COLORADO, THE GOVERNOR
THEY ARE, A DEMOCRAT IS
EXPECTED TO WIN WHICH WOULD
MAKE HIM THE NATION'S FIRST
OPENLY GAY MAN TO BE ELECTED
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR. ARIZONA WILL MAKE HISTORY
BECAUSE TWO WOMEN ARE UP IN THE
SENATE RACE THERE.
ONE WILL WIN.
TOO EARLY AND TOO CLOSE TO
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. IN
CALL. IN TENNESSEE, MARSHA BLACKBURN
IS LIKELY TO BEAT OUT HER
OPPONENT AND WILL BE THE FIRST
FEMALE IN TENNESSEE.
IN GEORGIA, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS.
ESPECIALLY OPRAH WINFREY.
STACY ABRAMS IS NOT CONCEDING
JUST YET DESPITE THE FACT THAT
THE GOVERNOR IS LEADING BY A
FEW POINTS.
FEW POINTS. SHE IS NOT CONCEDING YET.
WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, ARE
YOU SURPRISED?
YOU SURPRISED? A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE RED RAVE, THE BLUE
WAVE, THERE WAS A PINK WAY.
SEMI WOMEN WERE BEING ELECTED.
I LOVE TO SEE THAT.
>>
>> REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, HAVING DIFFERENT PEOPLE BRINGS
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
>>>
>>> TIME
>>> TIME FOR MORNING RUSH. A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN IS FACING
CONSEQUENCES FOR KILLING THREE
GIRL SCOUTS IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
WISCONSIN. HE TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE
AFTER HE WAS HIGH BEHIND THE
WHEEL AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH
WHERE GIRL SCOUT TROOP WAS
PICKING UP TRASH.
HE IS CHARGED WITH 11 COUNTS
FOR THE HIT-AND-RUN CRASH.
THERE ARE SEVERAL GOFUNDME
PAGES FOR THE VICTIMS FAMILIES.
IT HAS RAISED MORE THAN 70,000
TOTALS.
TOTALS.
TOTALS. YOU CAN FIND THE LINKS ON
KARE11.COM.
KARE11.COM. >>> POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A
MAN WHO SHOT A MAN OUTSIDE A
MINNEAPOLIS GAS STATION.
THIS WAS ON 25th AND
BLOOMINGTON.
BLOOMINGTON. SHOTS WERE FIRED DURING A
FIGHT.
FIGHT.
FIGHT. ONE MAN WAS SHOT.
>>> A DISAPPOINTING NIGHT ON
THE ICE, THE MINNESOTA WILD
LOST 4-3 TO THE SAN JOSE
SHARKS.
SHARKS.
SHARKS. IT IS THE FIRST TIME SHARKS
HAVE BEAT THE WILD IN THE LAST
SEVEN TIMES THEY PLAYED.
>>>
>>> WHAT
>>> WHAT IS THE ONE THING TO KNOW ABOUT THE WEATHER?
>> COLD.
>> COLD.
>> COLD. GRAB A CODE.
TEMPERATURES WILL STAY AROUND
FREEZING.
FREEZING.
FREEZING. WE DO HAVE FLURRIES OUT THERE,
MOSTLY NORTH OF THE METRO.
WATCH OUT FOR A FEW SLICK
SPOTS.
SPOTS.
SPOTS. TEMPERATURES ARE JUST BELOW
FREEZING AND WILL STAY THERE.
>>>
>>> THANK
>>> THANK YOU. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE WALK.
LITTLE WALK. >> EARLIER WE TOLD YOU ABOUT
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH INFANT SAFETY SLEEP
INITIATIVE.
INITIATIVE. IN THE STATE, 50 INFANTS DIE
EACH YEAR.
EACH YEAR. >> IT IS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WE ARE HEARING FROM A
MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN AND HER MOM
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES KEEPING
UP WITH THE CHANGING SLEEP
RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE JOINED LIVE, WHAT CAN
YOU TELL US THIS MORNING?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW FIRSTHAND
WHAT IT IS LIKE BEING A MOTHER.
I AM UNDER THE BRIDGE BECAUSE
IT IS LIT IN BLUE AND IT IS A
SAFE SLEEP WEEK IN MINNESOTA.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KEEPING YOUR
BABY SAFE WHILE THEY ARE IN
THEIR CRIBS, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE CHANGED A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. I'M
LOT. I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
RECENT DECADES, BUT IN RECENT
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN 1990-2005,
THE APA SAYS IT'S OKAY FOR YOUR
BABIES TO SLEEP ON THEIR SIDES
OR BACK.
OR BACK.
OR BACK. IN 2005, THAT DRAMATICALLY
CHANGED WHEN THE AEP SAID WE
WILL CHANGE IT, IT IS NOT SAFE
FOR THEM TO SLEEP ON THEIR
SIDES.
SIDES.
SIDES. THEY SHOULD ONLY BE ON THEIR
BACKS.
BACKS.
BACKS. I
BACKS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE
CRIB SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU
PUT YOUR BABY DOWN.
THERE SHOULD BE NO SOFT THINGS
IN CRIBS.
IN CRIBS.
IN CRIBS. TAKE OUT PILLOWS, STUFFED
ANIMALS, TOYS.
ANIMALS, TOYS. IT SHOULD BE BAER.
LIE YOUR BABY ON THEIR BACK.
-- IT SHOULD BE BAER.
USE ONLY FIRM AND THEN BUMPERS.
>> THE SECOND SHE CAN START
SHOWING SIGNS OF ROLLING, WE
SHOULD HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN
IN PLACE.
IN PLACE.
IN PLACE. HER HANDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE
FREE IN CASE SHE CAN.
MY MOM HAS ALWAYS SAID WE PUT
THEM ON THEM -- ON THEIR
STOMACHS WITH A BOTTLE.
>> THEY SLEPT ON THEIR STOMACH
AND GRANDMA MADE THEM A BIG,
THICK QUILT AND HE PUT THAT ON
THEM AND THAT WAS IT.
>>
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS NOT THE RECOMMENDATION ANYMORE.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE, WE ARE
ASKING YOU TO POST YOUR
COMMENTS AND PICTURES TO SHOW
US AND TELL US HOW DO YOU KEEP
YOUR BABY SAFE WHILE THEY ARE
IN THEIR CRIB.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY TALK MORE
ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS AND SHARE
YOUR THOUGHTS.
YOUR THOUGHTS. >> THANK YOU.
SUCH AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS SAID OUR
MOMS PUT US ON OUR STOMACHS.
>> IT CHANGES.
>>> STILL A LOT TO COME,