Almanac - August 3, 2007
Segments
The Weekly Monologue (08/03/07)
Jim Ragsdale has been thinking a great deal about Wednesday's tragedy.
Pawlenty and Rybak (08/03/07)
Governor Pawlenty and Mayor Rybak join us with the latest about the 35W bridge collapse.
Senator Coleman and Representative Oberstar (08/03/07)
Norm Coleman and Jim Oberstar talk to us live from Washington, DC, about federal funding for a new bridge.
The Transportation Battle (08/03/07)
Struggles with transportation funding tie up our state legislature each year. Even if we get much more aggressive with fixing our state's infrastructure problems, can the funding be found? We hear from two of the keenest transportation minds at the Capitol: DFL Senator Steve Murphy and GOP Rep. Mary Liz Holberg.
Mr. McFeely in the tpt Neighborhood (08/03/07)
Mr. Speedy Delivery from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is in town to help Channel 2 celebrate its 50th anniversary.
tpt Heavyweights (08/03/07)
This weekend Twin Cities Public Television celebrates its 50th anniversary. We sit down and chat about the past and future of public broadcasting with the current General Manager and two former ones. Bill Kobin, Dick Moore and Jim Pagliarini are our guests.
Republican National Committee (08/03/07)
The group has been meeting in the Twin Cities this week in prep for next year's national convention. RNC member Brian Sullivan stops by.
The Big Garnett Trade (08/03/07)
Remember when THIS was going to be the big story of the week? Larry Fitzgerald touches on the KG swap ... the Castillo trade ... and the Vikes pre-season.
tpt 50th Treasures (08/03/07)
We talk about the fun block of historic programming that tpt will air for its anniversary. It's a great lineup.
The Big Picture (08/03/07)
How will the 35W bridge collapse change our transportation and work patterns, and for how long? We gather a group together to do some big-picture thinking.