And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your

host, David Axelrod.

You hear a lot about the Senate as a millionaires club.

And then there are people like Amy Klobuchar, the Senator from Minnesota.

In fact, she's written a book called The Senator Next Door, talking about her upbringing

in suburban Minnesota, the daughter of a sports writer, his struggles with alcoholism,

and a whole lot of formative experiences that have made her such an interesting figure

in our national politics.

And I sat down with her the other day to talk about these things, about the fight over

the Supreme Court, about her recent trip with a president to Cuba.

Amy Klobuchar, welcome.

Thank you, David.

Not just a United States Senator, but an author, The Senator Next Door.

Tell me what Next Door was like, and you wrote about it growing up in Minnesota.

Well, that was actually one of the reasons I wrote the book.

Because I wanted to make clear that people from regular backgrounds can end up in the

Senate going from being a car hop at the A&W root beer stand where they made it.

Love it, David.

Yeah.

Well, yeah, but you didn't have to wear a t-shirt that said, take home a jug of fun.

Like, it made me.

But to go from that to being a US Senator.

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