was elected attorney as the most populous county. eight years later she became the first woman elected to represent the state in the u.s. senate. i left minnesota with our 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. the president wasting no time in reacting to her jumping into the race tweeting that amy klobuchar talked proudly fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. bad timing.
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.
eyes to the future of women in politics. for me, it was a moment when i knew that anything and everything was possible for women in the united states of america. reporter: in 1998, klobuchar was elected attorney of minnesota s most populous 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 workplace harassment and prescription drug costs, earning r respect across the aisle, k credentials she hopes will give her an advantage in the campaign to come. reporter: and ana, she said she would tackle things like climate change, cybersecurity, as well as immigration reform, those being critical issues, but
you go where it is uncomfortable, not just where it s comfortable. and that s how we re going to win the midwest. reporter: a graduate of yale university, klobuchar interned for fellow minnesotan walter n mondale in the senate office. i thank senator mondale who has been a mentor to me. elizabeth warren, the first woman on the ticket, opened the door. for me i knew anything was possible for women in the united states of america. reporter: klobuchar 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