NewsNight Minnesota RealVideo Archive
September 2000

Tuesday, September 05

Debate Week

Four straight nights of debates on TPT starting tonight on NewsNight. Tuesday and Wednesday we'll concentrate on the hotly contested congressional race to replace Rep. Bruce Vento. Tonight: DFL candidates. Tomorrow: Independence candidates.

Headlines

Its back to school time: hear from Minneapolis Superintendent Carol Johnson and see the inside of UMD's new, expensive library... the major newspapers have made their political endorsements... and the BCA breaks ground on a new HQ.

Cool Space

In honor of back-to-school day, get a look inside Randolph Heights in St. Paul.

Wed., September 06

Debate Week rolls on

Last night, we heard from the DFL'ers looking to replace Rep. Bruce Vento in the hotly contested 4th District Congressional race. Tonight, its the Independence Party's turn, featuring candidates Pam Ellison and Tom Foley.

Health Diary on the campaign trail

Locally produced, internationally broadcast, multiple award-winning HEALTH DIARY begins its third season this week. Host Siobhan Cleary joins us to preview the season premiere - following the health regimens of the presidential candidates.

Presidential politics in town

Hadassah Lieberman, wife of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe, is in town today for some political stumping. We tried to follow her.

Larry Storch...

... infamous character actor, notably of F TROOP, has a funny story about Jackie Gleason.

Thursday, September 07

Debates shift focus

Its Debate Week on TPT and tonight on NewsNight and tomorrow on Almanac our focus shifts to the Senate race. All four Independence candidates are scheduled to square off tonight.

Annie Get Your Gun

A local Native actor reacts to the big show in town... does the updated version deal with the stereotypes? And meet former F TROOPer Larry Storch.

Headlines

Mourners rally at the capitol for a slain Kenyan reverend with local ties... The Duluth News Tribune drops a bombshell of an endorsement... Get a glimpse of the new Rudy Perpich Memorial.

Monday, September 11

Haskins vs. University of Minnesota

The U of M has filed a lawsuit to take back around $1,000,000 of former men's basketball coach Clem Haskins' contract buy-out.

Return to Vietnam

In a story you won't see anywhere else, Ken Stone introduces us to a woman who returned to her Vietnamese homeland to teach English... and ended up learning about her life.

Moyers on Dying

Jeff Kahn joins us from the Center for Bio Ethics to explore some of the end-of-life issues raised by Bill Moyer's latest series.

More

Live music from the Ordway... Mary profiles some lesser known, still hotly contested legislative races... and Rep. Bruce Vento is honored by a local school.

Tuesday, September 12

Primary Day

Some are sent packing... some gear up for November. Mary Lahammer has the highlights thus far and then sits down with our esteemed political panel to make sense - or not - of it all.

Return to Vietnam, Part 2

The second of Ken Stone's stories of local women who travel to Vietnam and find themselves transformed.

Headlines

National pollsters rate the significance of Minnesota's congressional races and one of the worst bottlenecks in the country is exposed.

Thursday, September 14

Governor weighs in...

... with some general election endorsements. Find out who and why.

Bob DeFlores, film preservationist

... and one of KTCA/TPT's best resources. Ever seen a history documentary on our channel? You can bet Mr. DeFlores probably helped out. Now the nationally recognized archivist gets his own show at the Walker Art Center.

Hype: First time voters

Remember your first time? The Hype Crew susses out the process.

Spotlight on Paul Dandy

Revered by the late Tiny Tim as the "greatest entertainer ever". And he's in the NewsNight spotlight tonight.

Monday, September 18

Debating the tax plan

Commissioners and lawmakers are in the studio tonight to discuss the Governor's proposal to remove property taxes from school funding equations. Should the state cover all education costs?

Senate candidates face off

Rod Grams, Mark Dayton and Jim Gibson met today for a Senate debate. Hear some of that tonight on NewsNight.

Carlson @ Olympics

Ken Stone looks at how Carlson Companies are involved in the Sydney Olympics.

Headlines

The Governor is in Canada on a trade mission, the Lt. Gov. is in Croatia on a humanitarian tour... so who's in charge if we're invaded by North Dakota? Find out tonight.

Tuesday, September 19

Live from Duluth

We're taking our act on the road... Jim Neumann looks into domestic abuse in Greater Minnesota in the wake of three recent murders in Duluth.

Live from Washington, DC

Mary Lahammer reports from the nation's capitol as Gov. Ventura stumps for campaign finance reform. Check out our new technology as videographer Butch Bowring sends back pictures from the day's events.

U of M Summit preview

Tomorrow, the University is hosting a conference looking into Minnesota's economic readiness heading into the new century. We'll get a preview of the summit from a U of M dean. By the way, Wednesday's entire summit will be broadcast live on TPT-17... followed by a special one hour NewsNight.

Greater Minnesota editors

Fran Edstrom from Winona and Bill Hanna from the Range give us a statewide perspective on the biggest issues facing Minnesota.

Wednesday, September 20

The future of the Minnesota economy

Most would agree that we're living in pretty good times, but how long can it last and what can the state do to keep it going? Minnesota faces some challenges and today the U of M convened a summit to address these issues. Tonight the dialogue continues with business and community leaders from around the state in a one hour special edition of NewsNight, in partnership with the Star Tribune.

Thursday, September 21

War in the skies

Fare war, that is. Airline analyst Terry Trippler returns to NewsNight to examine who's winning the war and what it means to discount carriers like Sun Country, already struggling to make a profit. And will Northwest really improve its food like it says it will?

Painting the Dakota

A new book from Afton Press looks at the paintings of Seth Eastman, who lived amongst the Dakota at Fort Snelling. Eastman's life is also the subject of a documentary currently in production at TPT. Meet both the author and producer tonight.

Master of Chopin

One of the greatest composers of all time lives on through the fingers of one of the greatest Chinese musicians performing today. Pianist Fou Ts'ong graces the Spotlight.

And so much more...

... Snoopy on parade... the cool space of the Washington, DC, Metro escalator... headlines from around the state.

"Poster child for bad behavior"

That's how one airline analyst deems Northwest Airlines for what he says is predatory pricing. Now what if we told you that the analyst's funding partially came from Northwest's competitor, Sun Country? Tonight on the NewsNight set, the analyst, Prof. Paul Dempsey, and NWA spokesperson Jon Austin have the opportunity to talk to each other.

Biotech Ag

The McKnight Foundation has released a report saying that genetically modified crops need more research, despite the pleas of environmental and health groups. Find out why McKnight feels so strongly tonight.

Ventura's Big Plan...

... is intended to be inclusive, so says the governor. He visited a Native American school today to get his message out.... Jan Gangelhoff's guilty plea is thrown out... more headlines.

Soulful Spotlight

The Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir joins us for a live performance before its CD release party this weekend.

Tuesday, September 26

Historic Preservation in MN

...past, present and future. We're devoting a good part of the show tonight to the topics of what to do with our old buildings and what we've done to them in the past. Lou Harvin begins in Winona, where the 1888 courthouse faces millions of dollars worth of damage. Ken Stone talks with a local preservationist about what's currently on the hit list. And we'll meet the author of LOST MINNESOTA, a book that chronicles buildings gone by.

Who will catch the speeders?

The State Patrol lacks full staffing and the problem will only get worse by the year's end. Mary Lahammer talks with Public Safety Commissioner Charlie Weaver about what the department can do.

The future of agriculture

Can genetically modified crops help the starving countries of the world? Last night on NewsNight, we met the author of FOOD'S FRONTIER and today at the McKnight offices in Minneapolis, the discussion continued. Hear it on NewsNight.

The future of Social Security

Wall Street Journal writer and frequent NewsHour political commentator Paul Gigot shares some thoughts about what might happen to the safety net.

Wednesday, September 27

Poverty Rates

Poverty rates are dropping while median household incomes are hitting record highs. So what do we make of people with full-time jobs who are still homeless? Tonight's guests look at the people behind the numbers.

Long Night's Journey Into Day

A new documentary playing at the U Film Society looks at how South Africa is dealing with its apartheid past. Local Judge LaJune Lange was in South Africa in 1997 as an international observer to that country's amnesty hearings and she joins us tonight.

Get out the vote

Gov. Ventura went to St. Cloud today to encourage 18-24 year olds to make their way to the ballot box come November. See some of that.

Crash in the Spotlight

Mary Ellen Child's latest work comes to Studio B in tonight's live Spotlight performance.

Thursday, September 28

One on one with Gov. Ventura

The governor sat down with political reporter Mary Lahammer today to talk about his plan to extend benefits to the domestic partners of state employees. Extended sound from that interview tonight.

Women in sports

As women make strides in sports, are the media keeping up? Mary Jo Kane joins us from the U of M to preview a symposium she's put together to look at the issue.

Lizzards display

Jim Neumann profiles a trio of brothers who have just opened up a new exhibit at Lizzards Art Gallery in Duluth. The zeitgiest meets the Zenith City.

Puppets in the Spotlight

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre provides the entertainment tonight - a puppet performance of "The Moon and the Dragon".

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