The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Abigail Wolters hopes to win the seat in District 60. She talked about how she intends to win, with Tom Hauser on The WCCO Morning News.

She will be sworn in today at noon, taking the place of Dean Phillips in Congressional District 3. She joined Tom Hauser live from Washington DC on Friday morning.

Jess Myers from the pioneer press joins the show. He talks about the dirty play that resulted in an injury for Minnesota Wild player Jared Spurgen. It comes after an injury to Kirill Kaprizov. The World Juniors is underway in Canada and Vineeta is on her way there.

Children's Theatre Company's next production will be the Minnesota premiere of Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster. Artistic Director Rick Dildine tells us about the performance and how long you have to see it.

Adam Duininck, President & CEO of the Minneapolis downtown council talks about what went into making Holidazzle possible this year and his vision for the event in the future.

Henry Lake talks about the two college bowl games last night as well as the Wild losing Jared Spurgen and the Wolves are back on the court tonight.

WCCO TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Schaffer talks about what was the warmest year on record as well as the cold that is coming to Minnesota this week.

The organizers behind Holidazzle in Minneapolis did a good job this past year and we are looking forward to what it could look like next year.

Blois returns after being off for the holidays. We send our sympathies to him after the loss of his dog Maverick. We take a look at the upcoming legislative session in Minnesota and all the unpredictability that comes with it.

Sara Berhow from the Minnesota DNR talks about the First Day Hikes event where more than a dozen parks open up and and you can experience nature with Minnesota State Park naturalists.