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My dad with a pretty severe drinking problem. he's doing well now at age 90. to the life i lead now. >> bret: that is the elevator pitch? >> no, my elevator pitches i've had it with governing from chaos. we need to govern from opportunity. we need to look up at the challenges before us instead of looking down and looking away. those challenges are big. but we are up to them as a country. one of the reasons i came on this show is that i believe candidates for office, whether democrat or republican, have to go not just where it's comfortable but where it's uncomfortable. and i love you. fox may ...

I will tell you what i think and no matter what, i'll lead from the heart. >> reporter: klobuchar joins an increasingly crowded field including cory booker and kamala harris. it is from that committee perch last fall that klobuchar captured the national spotlight with her questioning of then supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> you say there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about a blackout. i don't know. have you? >> the exchange for which kavanaugh later apologized went viral. >...

I will tell you what i think. and no matter what, i'll lead from the heart. >> reporter: klobuchar joins an increasingly crowded democratic field, including fellow senate judiciary committee members cory booker and kamala harris. it is from that committee perch last fall that klobuchar captured the national spotlight with her questioning of then supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> so you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about -- yeah, black out, i don't know, have...

Court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> so you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about a blackout. i don't know, have you? >> reporter: the exchange for which kavanaugh later apologized went viral. >> could you answer the question, judge? that's never happened? is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem. >> reporter: klobuchar later said she was stunned by the moment which led her to discuss her own experience growing up with an al...

Is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> reporter: klobuchar later said she was stunned by the moment, which also let her discuss her own experience growing up with an alcoholic father. >> my dad, who's 90 now, struggled with it throughout his life, and finally got treatment and is sober. >> reporter: with her national profile elevated, klobuchar coasted to re-election in 2018 with 60% of the vote. winning 42 counties carried by donald trump in 2016. >> you go where it is uncomfortable, not just where it's comfortable. and that's how w...