minnesota's most populist county. eight years later she became the first woman elected to represent the state in the u.s. senate. >> i left minnesota with my husband and our daughter and loaded up our saturn with our college dishes and a shower curtain from 1985. >> reporter: on capitol hill, klobuchar has partnered with republicans on issues such as online privacy, workplace harassment and prescription drug costs. earning respect across the aisle. bipartisan credentials klobuchar hopes will give her an advantage in the campaign to come. >> suzanne malveaux with that report. so now at least 11 democrats are either running or exploring a run for president. six of them are women. well, the acting u.s. defense secretary has touched down in afghanistan on an unannounced trip. patrick shanahan's visit comes ahead of the munich security conference later this week.