ALONG WITH THE... ♪♪ YOO HOO!!

SINGING: CELEBRATION.

>> YOU KNOW, BILL AND BRENDON REALLY ARE LEGENDS IN THESE HALLWAYS AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THEY'RE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

WE ACTUALLY ALL WENT OUT TO LUNCH AFTER RECORDING THAT SEGMENT AND THE REMINISCING KEPT GOING, FOR A LONG TIME.

WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PIECE OF VIDEO BECAUSE, NOW, WE'RE GOING TO REMINISCE WITH ALL OF YOU!

IT'S A SEGMENT WE'RE CALLING "40 YEARS OF "ALMANAC" IN FOUR MINUTES."

♪ ALMANAC THEME SONG ♪ >> GOOD EVENING, I'M JOE -- WELCOME TO "ALMANAC."

♪♪ >> JIMMY CARTER IS WITH US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST.

>> THE PALESTINIANS IN THE LEFT BANK IN GAZA ARE LIVING UNDERSTAND THE DOMINATION OF THE ISRAELIS FOR THE 18th YEAR.

THESE PALESTINIANANCE ARE NOT ALL TERRORISTS IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU MIGHT HER IN THIS COUNTRY.

[OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION] >> USA TODAY RAN A MAJOR FEATURE ON FEMALE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF COURSE OUR STATE AUDITOR, ANNE CARLSON.

>> RAISING MONEY FRANKLY, NO MATTER WHAT SEX I AM HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.

>> YOU RAN AN ALD THAT SAID LITTLE CHILDREN SOMEONE EEL GET ANYONE -- >> EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

>> THEY SETTLED THE BUS STRIKE.

♪ SETTLED THE BUS STRIKE] >> THEY CAN RAISE MY FARE, CULT MY SERVICE, I DON'T CARE, TO END THE BUS STRIKE ♪♪ ♪ ROLL OUT THE BARREL ♪ >> YOU EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS SORT OF THING NORTH LAST MONTH.

EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

>> A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.

>> BUT WE HAVE MORE KIDS -- >> I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU.

I'M SORRY, I'M TOUCHING YOU, I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT YOU.

>> I'VE SPOKEN MORE IRON ORE BEHIND MY EARS.

>> THAT MUST BE LAKE MILLE LACS RIGHT THERE.

AND I ALWAYS DIDN'T DO GOOD COLD FRONTS.

>> A TORNADO WAS APPROACHING, YOU CAN'T GET OFF THE FREEWAY, WHAT DO YOU DO, CATHY?

>> I WOULD GO IN A DITCH.

>> YOU WOULD GO IN A DITCH.

>> I WOULD, TOO.

>> I DRIVE IN DITCHES ALL THE TIME, BUT -- [Laughter] >> I'LL JOIN HER IN THE DITCH.

>> OH, THANKS.

GET YOUR OWN DITCH.

>> WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYMENT.

ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE SYSTEM, THEY SEE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEM BUT THAT WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

>> YOU SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE NOT LONG AGO THAT YOU DON'T' LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER MNsure, THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE -- >> I DON'T HAVE TO ANYMORE.

I DID BEFORE.

>> WOULDN'T IT BE COOL ON YOUR VERY OWN GRILL TO COOK A JUICY LUCY.

>> OUR PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING WAS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE SAFER AND I THINK THE MAYOR WAS ON BOARD WITH THAT.

♪♪ >> THANKS AGAIN TO OUR GRACIOUS HOST.

♪ PEACE ON EARTH, MERCY MILD, GOD AND SINNERS ♪♪ >> WHOO.

IT'S QUITE A WORKOUT.

>> THIS IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REDRESSED, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RE-SURFACING THAT'S HAPPENING, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW.

>> PRINZ ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS BEING A SEEKER CREATIVELY AND ALSO SPIRIT WALLLY AND THE TWO KIND OF MELTED TOGETHER.

AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT?

>> TOTALLY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

>> Cathy: YOU SAID YOU THINK IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS THAT COVID-19 -- THAT IT WILL BE IN THE U.S. >> WE SAW THIS AS EARLY AS LATE JANUARY AND PUT OUT A PUBLICATION FROM THE GROUP SAYING IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT WAS WORLD WILD.

>> GE GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER IS T EVER GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN.

>> >> WHEN YOU INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE NOT TO WORK, WHEN YOU SCARE PEOPLE FROM WORKING, INSTEAD OF SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION, BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

WHEN YOU'RE THE EXECUTIVE OF THE STATE, YOU STAND UP AND TOOK RESPONSIBILTY OF THIS.

>> WHAT WE SAW IN 2020, EVERYONE HIT THE STREETS, BUT THERE WAS A MOVEMENT.

BUT A MOVEMENT LAYS LONG BEYOND THAT MOMENT N TIME.

>> WE HOPE YOU'LL SPEND HIS HOUR WITH S, SIT BACK, TRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS WEEK'S EVENTS.

WITH A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR.