looks like TOM is Tom Hauser, KSTP-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota.
don’t know if this FB is about the particular press conference, though it’s exactly the same cast of character, and the pic seems to show KSTP dominating the room! not many comments, all praising Hauser for the hard questions!
Facebook: Tom Hauser “At Issue” (KSTP)
Yesterday at 08.29
DEVELOPING: I’m in place as we await a news conference by MN Gov. Tim Walz and state law enforcement regarding the protests, riots and looting in the Twin Cities. We’ll be live at 10:30 on 5 Eyewitness News and KSTP.com
replies:
Tris Casciaro Thank you for asking the hard questions. You’re one of the few unbiased and respected journalists and reporters out there and we need you!
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=193139530755079&story_fbid=3014899251912412
can’t find mention of the drugs/supremacist stuff on his twitter page:
Twitter: Tom Hauser, Chief Political Reporter, KSTP-TV
https://twitter.com/thauserkstp?lang=en
Updated 30 May: KSTP: Minnesota officials, leaders prepping for continued unrest in Twin Cities
VIDEO TOM HAUSER
We are now confronting white supremacists, members of organized crime, out of state instigators, and possibly even foreign actors to destroy and destabilize our city and our region.
— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) May 30, 2020
KSTP reporter Tom Hauser was able to get a video of Minnesota National Guard Convoy entering Minneapolis...
https://kstp.com/news/minnesota-officials-leaders-prepping-for-continued-unrest-in-twin-cities-george-floyd-/5745653/?cat=1
Wikipedia: George Floyd protests
Day 5: May 30
Governor Walz held a press conference at 1:30 am CDT on May 30, in which he said that as much as 80% of people causing destruction and lighting fires could be from outside the state. Walz said the rioters were a “tightly controlled” group in “an organized attempt to destabilize civil society”; the Star Tribune said, “It was not clear if the outside groups suspected to be playing a part in the mayhem are made up of white supremacist agitators, left wing anarchists, or both.”...
Alleged extremist involvement
Vice reported that the far-right “boogaloo boys”, whose ideological aim is to incite a second civil war, have been spotted at the protests. White supremacists were claimed by Minnesota officials to have taken part...
Ref 293: “Minnesota Officials Link Arrested Looters to White Supremacist Groups”. www.courthousenews.com. May 30, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests