MPR News AM Update: MN’s shortage of beds for people in crisis

Good morning and happy Monday. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

It’s a cloudy Monday. At least highs in the Twin Cities will be in the lower 30s with 5 to 10 mph winds. The metro will see snow accumulation around 2 inches at night. Statewide highs range from the lower 20s to lower 30s. More on Updraft. | Forecast

Across rural Minnesota, there’s a shortage of beds for people in crisis. Alisa Roth reports on what happens to people, and their families and health care providers, when their need for inpatient psychiatric care is only met after days of waiting and a transfer far from home.

Run a marathon, live longer. NPR reports that a six-month training program can give the heart a big boost — reversing the aging process in blood vessels.

Amy Klobuchar is bearing down on New Hampshire. Her pitch to voters there: I’m more electable than the others. Our reporter Mark Zdechlik recently followed the Klobuchar campaign New Hampshire as she continues her presidential campaign. The U.S. senator is polling in fifth place in Iowa, whose caucuses next month mark the first time voters pick their top Democratic presidential contender. New Hampshire’s primary comes next, a week later.

If you’re over 65, a man and have smoked (even a tiny bit), read on. A federal task force recommends men that have smoked as few as five packs of cigarettes be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms — a potentially fatal condition that can be repaired if caught early.