Jason DeRusha has the latest headlines. WCCO 4 News – March 16, 2021
Video transcription
JASON DERUSHA: Tuesday morning. Welcome to the CBS Minnesota Morning Update. I’m Jason DeRusha. Everything is fine. What are you doing? Are you shoveling? Are you letting it melt?
I rummaged a little yesterday, but not a lot. I think we hope the warm weather will do the job for us. That’s what we saw in Moncada. They have a foot of snow. Yes, you will not let it melt. You are going to take that snow blower and certainly clean the sidewalks, right.
I know that in my neighborhood, children go to the bus stop today. And so well, now I feel bad. Maybe I should have cleaned the sidewalk. Sorry, kids.
Okay, okay. I convinced myself of that. I will do this when I get home. But I’m waiting in the garage, for sure.
It will start to melt today. Cloudy day on the tap. Most of us are two to four inches, something like that. It is difficult to measure snow when it is so wet. IT kind of compresses itself. But we will melt from noon. We will be above zero soon.
This afternoon, around 40. It will be cloudy, however, without much sun. And then the warm-up continued throughout the week towards another perfect weekend. Our time has been very good. A pleasant, warm and sunny weekend. So that’s why we feel a little bit like spring, you know, in our free time it seems like it is.
Let’s talk about it because it’s the spring break season. Vaccines are coming out. Hope is on the horizon. But the CDC is asking Americans to put the brakes on when it comes to plans for this year’s spring break. Boy, Texas and Florida already overflowing with spring waves.
Some doctors fear that they could fuel another peak in cases of COVID-19. Of course, the reality is that many college students have had COVID and perhaps that makes them feel more comfortable to travel. How about you? We know that most families canceled their spring break plans last year.
I was going to New York City and Boston. And man, New York was a super hot place this time of last year, so we canceled that trip and canceled spring break again this week. Not this week, ours would be the last week of the month, but we canceled.
So I wonder what you’re doing. Are you going somewhere to stay at home, are you planning on traveling? Maybe you have a vaccine and feel good, like it’s time to go. Boy, if you had that vaccine, why not? Let us know what you think. Where are you on spring break. Leave a comment on Facebook. We will share some of your thoughts in just a moment.
The jury selection continues today. The jury for the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin is already half full. They are advancing at a perhaps surprisingly efficient pace. But your lawyer is asking for changes. That advertising. We learned on Friday that when the city gave a press conference announcing a registration agreement with George Floyd’s family, that would be a problem for the criminal case.
Chauvin’s lawyer called for the trial to be postponed, asked for a move to be removed from Minneapolis. The fear is that the jury will be influenced. If the city signs this big check, it must mean that Derek Chauvin did something wrong. The state said frankly, they are not sure how to cut, cut in defense or in favor of the state.
And the judge interrupted and said, the problem is that it cuts. It doesn’t really matter where you go. The judge said he will call back the seven chosen jurors last week for more questions and to see what they know about it.
Male Gopher basketball team. Hey, does anyone out there know anything about coaching a college basketball team? Because you can earn $ 2 million a year if you do that. Richard Pitino had a good eight seasons here in Minnesota, but no – he didn’t win. He didn’t win.
His team this year, which you know, I mean, Pitino had some bad hands with injuries, I mean, this year with COVID, just a tough move. But still in his record eight seasons, he lost almost twice as many games as he won. Athletic Director Mark Boyle said, look, we understand. We need new leadership.
And then he will give a press conference at 10:00 this morning. A kind of bore is that Richard Pitino is, in all aspects, a great guy. And last night he tweeted this photo with his kids saying, “I always wanted to represent Minnesota the right way, daily, with class and integrity. Thanks for your eight special years.” Squirrels have started a national search for their replacement.
And he did it, right. He did that. But the job at Big Ten University is to win. And then he needs a coach who earns more. We’ll see.
Let’s talk about COVID-19 student athletes. New recommendations from the Department of Health saying that all young people in sports should take the test every week and then take a COVID test three days before the games. Children in face-to-face learning and involved in other extracurricular activities must take the test every two weeks until the end of the school year, and their families must take the test together with their children.
So, the last time I took the test, I brought my kids. They are in school for hybrid learning. One is in youth sports and will therefore take the test. It’s free, it’s easy. Go do a test.
A year after the start of the pandemic, the Minnesota health commissioner is reflecting on the year that really few people have predicted, that’s for sure. WCCO Liz Collin with a really interesting one on one interview with Jan Malcolm. Malcolm says he understands the frustrations of so many overturned lives, but it is the loss of nearly 7,000 Minnesota residents from COVID-19 that weighs most on his mind.
Malcolm, Liz said, hey, what do you think we did wrong? And she said that the first mistake was to underestimate the role that people played in all of this that had no symptoms of the virus.
JAN MALCOLM: I thought that the role of asymptomatic dissemination was quite low. And now we know that the most recent data from the CDC represents 40% to 50% of the transmission of people who don’t even know they have them.
JASON DERUSHA: During the sudden surge in autumn, Malcolm also thinks he has waited a little too long to close restaurants, stop sports and tell people to rethink their vacation plans. Liz also asked about the decision to close schools and whether months of mitigation strategies in the state work.
Such interesting answers. Good questions from Liz. Full interview at WCCO.com.
Oscar nominations have already been released and, for many of us, this becomes a list of films that we should check out. As always, if you make a movie about old Hollywood, you win an Oscar, at least an Oscar nomination. Mank is the leader of the club, telling the story of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, from Citizen Kane.
Ten nominations, including best film, best director and best actor for Gary Oldman. Of course, having the most nominations doesn’t always mean having the most wins. So, some of the others nominated for best film. If you are looking for everything well, what should I convey? Here they are.
Judas and the Black Messiah, Promising Youth – that’s what I want to see – and Nomadland, who was the winner of the Golden Globe. I also saw the Chicago Seven Trial. This is also a good one.
For the first time, two women are competing for the award for best director. Nine of the 10 acting nominations were for people of color. You remember, Oscar is a white controversy from a few years ago. This is not the case this year. The Oscar will be presented on April 25th.
Historic finish for Iditarod in Alaska. Dallas Seavey won his fifth race. This tied a record. Dallas is 34 years old. He’s from Alaska.
He crossed the finish line yesterday morning. It is usually a 1,000-mile run. They cut it to 850 miles this year because of the pandemic.
DALLAS SEAVEY: I dreamed of it my whole life and now I really want to see it happen, to remember, this is really cool. So yes. It hasn’t hit me yet, but it will happen.
JASON DERUSHA: He’s pretty cool about it, right, winning number five. The excellence here is in the family. Seavey’s father Mitch was born in Minnesota. He’s one of us. He won the dog race three times, so there you have it.
St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow. Hey, by the way, happy St. Urho’s day with our fins. If you don’t know the history of São Urho, do a search on Google. It’s hilarious. Some crazy Minnesotans were upset with all the Irish getting all the love for St. Patrick’s Day, so they invented a fictional Saint, Saint Urho, and a fictional story about Saint Urho’s sacred skills. But we salute our ends in our audience today.
In Wisconsin there is a city called New London and in New London you’re like, well, do we care about St. Patrick’s Day? No. So, we changed the name to New Dublin. Take it? New Dublin. New London, near Green Bay.
I mean, they have a relatively large American Irish population. It can’t be that big. There are only 7,446 people living in New London. But these idiots wear green jackets, little black hats. They found only the shortest people who live in New London and said, you are now an elf and won the green hammer.
And it looks like a guy named Vern made that sign in his garage in New London– New Dublin. You would think that they could present a better signal than that. But maybe that’s the charm. Maybe that’s the charm. So, they do it every year and good things.
OK, our speaker today is spring break. And should we do this in the MTV style? Spring break. Lake Havasu.
You can tell your Generation X if your vision of spring break is that crazy spring break from MTV. Waba waba waba. Everything is fine. Here we go.
What are we doing? Adam Hoffman. Adam is spending his spring break staying at home and still wants a hug. I identify with that, Adam. I have to get that vaccine.
Becca, you’re not going anywhere. Son spending the night with his grandparents who were fully vaccinated. That is good. He’s having spring break and Becca is taking a break. Everyone is happy. I like it. This is a lot of fun.
Simon, staying home. Many people no longer wear masks. Saving to return to New York in December. Nice. Arlene, staying home until the second vaccine. It is the right thing to do. I mean, seeing all the people traveling.
We were thinking about going to Mexico. We wanted a place where you could be outdoors and not have to go to crowded places, but then you saw the virus explode in Mexico again, the different variants. Therefore, we are not doing this. We are not doing this.
Everything is fine. That’s it? I think that’s it. Thanks for watching everyone have a great day. I hope you enjoyed the update and we’ll do it again at the same time tomorrow.