%úIT'S GOING TO
TAKE
LONGER
FOR
%-PEOPLE TO GET
TO
CARE.%-IT'S GOING TO
TAKE --
IT'S
GOING%-TO
BE MORE
CHALLENGING FOR
THEM,
%-FOR E.M.S. IN
PARTICULAR
IN
%-RURAL
AREAS.
%-WE'RE VERY
CONCERNED
ABOUT DRIVE
%-TIMES, AND
SO THAT IS
POSSIBLE,
%-BUT I
THINK
THAT WE
HAVE
A
%-ROBUST HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM IN THIS
%-STATE AND PEOPLE
ARE
DOING
THEIR
%-BEST
AND
ARE
PROVIDING
EXCELLENT
%-CARE.%-SO IT
IS
A
CHALLENGE,
FOR
SURE.
%- >> HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS,
BOTH
%-URBAN AND
RURAL,
FACE
WORKER
%-SHORTAGES.%-IS IT WORSE
IN
RURAL
AREAS?%- >> I
THINK, YOU
KNOW,
THE
%-PANDEMIC
BROUGHT
THIS SORT
OF%-SOCIAL
CHALLENGE, SORT
OF
THE
%-DIVISIONS, THE
PARTISAN
%-DIVISIONS, WHERE
WE
TAKE
%-HEALTHCARE
AND
POLITICIZE
IT,%-AND
SO YOU
HAVE
WORKERS
WHO
WENT
%-FROM BEING
HEROES
TO
SUDDENLY
%-BEING
POLITICAL
OPERATIVES, AND%-I THINK THAT
REALLY
PLAYS
OUT IN
%-A
SMALLER
COMMUNITY, PEOPLE
KNOW%-EACH OTHER
BETTER.
%-AS SOMEONE
WALKS
PAST
ME IN
A
%-CITY
STREET,
I
MAY
NOT
KNOW
%-THEIR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER,
BUT
%-IF IT'S A
COMMUNITY
WHERE%-EVERYONE KNOWS WHO
WORKS AT THE
%-HOSPITAL OR CLINIC.
%- >> THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS
A%-PBS
WISCONSIN
ORIGINAL
%-PRODUCTION.
%- >> YOU'RE
WATCHING "HERE AND
"HERE AND
%-NOW"
2024
ELECTION
COVERAGE.
%-A WEEK
OF
BLUSTER AT THE
CAPITOL
%-HAS
FURTHER FRACTURED
%-REPUBLICANS ON
IMMIGRATION
AND
%-AID
FOR
UKRAINE.
%-AND GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
TELLS
%-EAU CLAIRE THE
STARTLING
AND
%-SUDDEN
CLOSURE
OF
CHIPPEWA%-VALLEY
HOSPITALS
AND
CLINICS
IS
%-WRONG.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%-TONIGHT ON "HERE AND NOW"
WE
%-HEAR
FROM
WISCONSIN
SENATORS
ON
%-BORDER SECURITY
AND FUNDING
FOR
%-UKRAINE.
%-AND
PART
TWO OF
A
STORY ON
THE
%-INFLUX OF
IMMIGRANTS
TO
A
SMALL
%-WISCONSIN
CITY.
%-CHARLES
FRANKLIN TAKES
THE
%-TEMPERATURE OF
INVENTORIES
ON
%-PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES
AND
%-ENTHUSIASM FOR
NOVEMBER.
%-AND
FINALLY, THE
STATE
OF
RURAL
%-HEALTHCARE CAN
AND
WHAT
%-DECLINING ACCESS
MEANS
FOR
%-MILLIONS.
%-IT'S
"HERE AND
NOW"
FOR
FEBRUARY
%-9.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%-WISCONSI
N.
%- >> THE ISSUE
OF
IMMIGRATION
%-REFORM
HAS
EXPLODED IN
THE
U.S.%-WITH A
CRUSH
OF
MIGRANTS
%-ENTERING AT
THE
SOUTHWEST
%-BORDER.
%-SECURING THE BORDER
IS
THE
MOST
%-IMPORTANT
ISSUE,
ACCORDING TO
%-REPUBLICANS
IN
CONGRESS,
BUT
%-THIS
WEEK,
THE BIPARTISAN
DEAL
%-THAT INCLUDED
AID
TO
UKRAINE
AND
%-ISRAEL PAIRED
WITH
IMMIGRATION
%-REFORM
MEASURES
COLLAPSED IN
THE
%-U.S.
SENATE.
%-AMONG LEADING
REPUBLICANS
%-OPPOSED TO
THE
FOREIGN
AID
%-BORDER
SECURITY
PACKAGE,
%-WISCONSIN
U.S.
SENATOR RON
%-JOHNSON, WHO
JOINS
US
NOW.
%-SENATOR, THANKS THANK YOU VERY%-MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.%->> WHAT
IS YOUR
OPPOSITION TO
%-THE
BIPARTISAN
BORDER
SECURITY
%-DEAL THAT
IS NOW
EFFECTIVELY
%-DEAD?
%- >> IT MADE
MATTERS
WORSE.%-LET ME
EXPLAIN
THAT.
%-WHEN WE WENT
INTO THESE
%-NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH I DON'T
%-THINK
EVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN
%-SECRET, SHOULD HAVE
BEEN
PUBLIC,
%-WHAT WE WERE ASKING
FOR
IS
LET'S
%-USE
THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION'S
%-DESIRE
FOR
UKRAINE
FUNDING
AS
%-LEVERAGE
TO FORCE PRESIDENT
%-BIDEN TO
SECURE
THE
BORDER.
%-HE OPENED IT
UP.
%-HE
WANTS
AN
OPEN
BORDER.
%-HIS DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES
IN
%-CONGRESS WANT
AN
OPEN
BORDER,
%-AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE
%-NEGOTIATING IN
GOOD
FAITH,
BUT
%-WE WEREN'T
LOOKING FOR
A
MASSIVE
%-IMMIGRATION
BILL.%-WE
WERE
JUST
LOOKING
FOR
SIMPLE
%-METRICS.%-FOR
EXAMPLE,
IDENTIFYING UKRAINE
%-FUNDS
SPECIFICALLY TO
BENCHMARKS%-THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO
MEET TO%-HAVE
THE
MONEY
FLOW,
AND I
THINK%-WE
WERE
ALL
SHOCKED
AT WHAT WAS
%-PRODUCED, BUT
AGAIN, MANY,
MANY
%-PROBLEMS WITH THIS
BILL, BUT
THE
%-BIGGEST
ONE
WAS
PRESIDENTS
%-ALREADY HAVE
THE
POWER
TO
SECURE
%-THE
BORDER.
%-TRUMP DID
IT.
%-BIDEN
USED THAT SAME
AUTHORITY
%-TO
OPEN UP
THE
BORDER.
%-HE
HAS
THE
EXECUTIVE
AUTHORITY.
%-HE
HAS
REPUBLICANS IN
CONGRESS,%-THAT IF THE
COURTS
INTERVENE,
%-THAT WE'LL DO
ANYTHING WE
CAN
TO
%-PASS
MEASURES
TO
OVERRULE
THOSE
%-COURTS.%-BUT THE
FACT OF
THE
MATTER
IS,
%-THIS
BILL,
BY
CREATING
%-DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY
TO
STOP
%-PROCESSING
ASYLUM
CLAIMS
AT
%-4,000,
NOW ALL OF A
SUDDEN
%-YOU'RE SAYING THE
PRESIDENT
%-REALLY DOESN'T
HAVE
THAT
%-AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
%-CODIFY
THAT
DISCRETION
AND
THAT
%-ABILITY WOULD
RUN
OUT
AFTER%-THREE
YEARS.
%-SO YOU
WOULD
ACTUALLY
HAMPR
A
%-FUTURE PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO
%-SECURE
THE
BORDER
BEFORE%-THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
A
DAY
ON
%-AVERAGE
WOULD
COME INTO THE
%-BORDER.
%-AND BY THE
WAY,
THIS
WOULD
%-NORMALIZE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
A
%-DAY, WHICH IS
JUST
SIMPLY
%-UNACCEPTABLE.%- >> ISN'T SOMETHING
BETTER
THAN
%-NOTHING IN THIS
RECORD?
%- >> NOT IN THIS CASE,
NO,
BECAUSE%-IT WOULD
ACTUALLY TAKE
AWAY
%-PRESIDENTIAL
AUTHORITY FROM A
%-PRESIDENT WHO WANTS TO
SECURE
%-THE
BORDER, IT
WOULD
CODIFY
OPEN
%-BORDER POLICIES OF THIS
%-ADMINISTRATION.%-SO,
AGAIN, I'M
SORRY TO
SAY
%-THAT.%-I WAS
TELLING MY
COLLEAGUES, I
%-WOULD NOT
ONLY VOTE FOR
IT, I
%-WOULD PROMOTE
A
BILL THAT
WOULD
%-SECURE THE
BORDER
AND
PROVIDE
%-SUPPORT TO
THE
UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE,
%-BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT
WE
GOT.%- >> CAN THERE
BE
NO
NEGOTIATION?
%- >> WELL, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A
%-PRETTY SIMPLE
NEGOTIATION.%-THE
PRESIDENT NOW
REALIZES,
%-BECAUSE
MAYOR
ADAMS,
THE
MAYOR
%-OF
CHICAGO, ARE
TALKING ABOUT
%-THE FRACTION OF THE
6
MILLION
%-PEOPLE
THAT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION%-LET
IN TO
DESTROY
THE
CITIES,
SO
%-NOW THAT
YOU'RE
FINDING
OUT FROM
%-THE STANDPOINT
OF
POLITICS,
WE
%-BETTER
DO
SOMETHING.
%-SO
NOW
WE'RE
SAYING THEY
WANT TO
%-SECURE THE
BORDER.
%-WE'RE
HAPPY TO
WORK WITH
THEM.
%-IT'S
NOT
ABOUT
PROVIDING%-BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FOR
%-SANCTUARY
CITIES.
%-IT'S
NOT
ABOUT
PROVIDING
MORE
%-LEVELS OF VISAS
AND
WORK
PERMITS
%-AND
PRETTY
WELL
LEGALIZING
THE
%-ABUSE OF
THE PRO
AUTHORITY.
%-THERE'S SO
MANY
PROBLEMS WITH
%-THIS
BILL.
%-BEEFING UP
CUSTOMS
AND
BORDER
%-PATROL
SO THEY
CAN
HANDLE
%-THOUSANDS A
DAY.
%-THE BETTER
SOLUTION THERE
IS
%-LET'S BRING
IT DOWN
TO
A
%-TRICKLE.%- >> YOU WANT TO SHUT
DOWN
THE
%-BORDER,
EFFECTIVELY.
%- >> YES, SO WE
CAN
ESTABLISH
AID
%-LEGAL
IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM, WHICH
%-IS WHAT I WAS
WORKING WITH
THE
%-TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
IN
2020.
%-UNFORTUNATELY, HE
LOST
THE
%-ELECTION.%-PRESIDENT BIDEN
OPENED UP THE
%-BORDERS, SET
BACK
LEGAL
%-IMMIGRATION
REFORM
FOR
QUITE
%-SOME
TIME.
%- >> WHAT DO YOU
SAY
TO
CRITICS
%-THAT
OPPOSITION
IS
BECAUSE
%-FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
%-WEIGHED IN
AGAINST
IT?
%- >> I COMPLETELY
DISAGREE.
%-I
CERTAINLY NEVER
GOT
A
CALL.
%-THIS WASN'T
OUR
CONCERN.
%-WE
LOOKED AT
THE
ACTUAL
%-COMPONENTS OF
THE
BILL,
AND
SO
%-DID A LOT
OF
OTHER
PEOPLE,
TOO.
%-THE FACT THAT
THIS
BILL
%-COLLAPSED
IN
UNDER 24 HOURS
%-TELLS YOU
ALL
YOU NEED TO
KNOW.%-SENATOR
MURPHY, BUT THE
%-DEMOCRATS' CHIEF
NEGOTIATORS
%-SAID IT'S
TO
CLOSE TO
THE
%-BORDER.%-WE
HAD
A
SLIGHT
INCREASE IN
THE%-LIZA
!!
EISAI LIMB
STANDARD, YET
THAT'S
%-THE DEMOCRAT
NEGOTIATOR.%-THIS
BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN
WORSE
%-THAN
DOING
NOTHING.%-IT WOULD
HAVE
HARMED A
FUTURE%-PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO
SECURE
%-THE
BORDER.%-THAT'S
WHY
WE
HAD
TO
REJECT
IT.
%- >> MEANWHILE, WE ARE HERE NOW%-AND YOU
DID
NOT
VOTE
TO
ADVANCE
%-A
NOW
SEPARATE
FUNDING
BILL
FOR
%-EMERGENCY FOREIGN
AID.
%-WHY
NOT?
%- >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
OUR
TOP
%-PRIORITY SHOULD BE
TO
SECURE OUR
%-OWN BORDER
BEFORE
WE
SPEND
MONEY
%úTO SECURE
UKRAINE'S
OR
ANY
OTHER
%-NATION'S.%-SO WE STILL
WANTED TO
MAKE
THAT
%-POINT.
%-BUT I'VE
GOT REAL
QUESTIONS%-ABOUT THE
UKRAINE
WAR.
%-THE
ONLY
WAY
THIS
THING
ENDS
IS%-IN A
NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT.
%-EVERY
DAY THAT GOES
BY, I'M%-GOING TO HATE
THE
SETTLEMENT,%-BUT EVER
DAY
THAT GOES
BY,
THE
%-MORE UKRAINIANS
DIE,
MORE
%-RUSSIANS
DIE.
%-I
TAKE
NO
JOY
IN
THAT.
%-THESE ARE
PEOPLE THAT
WERE
%-YANKED OUT OF
VILLAGES.
%-MORE
PEOPLE
GET
DESTROYED.
%-WHAT OUR
ACTIONS OUGHT TO
BE%-DIRECTED
TOWARD
IS
BRINGING
%-PUTIN TO THE
NEGOTIATING
TABLE%-RATHER THAN
FUELING
THE
FLAMES
%-OF
WAR,
A
BLOOD
STALEMATE TO THE
%-TUNE OF
$60
BILLION.
%-SO,
AGAIN, I HAVE
A
FUNDAMENTAL
%-DISAGREEMENT WITH
PEOPLE
ON
IT
%-TO
FUEL
THOSE
FLAMES.
%- >> SO,
AGAIN,
YOU
OPPOSE
GIVING
%-THIS
EMERGENCY
AID
TO
UKRAINE?
%- >> CERTAINLY WITHOUT SECURING
%-OUR BORDER
FIRST,
YES.
%- >> SPEAKING
OF
THE
BORDER,
%-MIGRANTS
ARE
RELOCATING TO
%-CITIES, AS YOU
KNOW,
BUT
%-INCLUDING THE
SMALL
CITY HERE
IN
%-WISCONSIN
OF
WHITEWATER,
%-WHITEWATER IS
ASKING
THE FEDERAL
%-GOVERNMENT
FOR
FINANCIAL
HELP.%-WHAT
IS
YOUR
MESSAGE
TO
%-WHITEWATER OFFICIALS
SEEKING
%-THAT
ASSISTANCE?
%- >> I MET
WITH THOSE
OFFICIALS.
%-I'M COMPLETELY
SYMPATHETIC WITH%-THE PLIGHT THEY ARE
IN
CAUSED
BY%-PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND
HIS
DEMOCRAT
%-ALLIES
IN
CONGRESS,
THEIR
OPEN
%-BORDER
POLICY.
%-IF
THERE'S
FEDERAL
FUNDS CAN BE
%-FLOWING
TO
MAKE
UP
FOR
THEIR
%-LOSSES, IT
SHOULD
COME OUT
OF
%-OTHER
SPENDING.%-I WOULD
SUGGEST
TO
SOME
DEGREE
%-ENERGY
BOONDOGGLES
THE
$400
%-BILLION THAT
ARE GOING
TO
COST
%-1.2
TRILLION,
RE-PURPOSE THOSE
%-FUNDS.%-I
WOULD
BE FLORIDIAN
SUPPORTIVE
%-OF
THAT.%- >> WE HAD LEAVE
IT
THERE,
%-SENATOR RON
JOHNSON.
%-THANKS VERY
MUCH.
%- >> HAVE
A GOOD
DAY.%- >> TAMMY BALDWIN
WAS
UNABLE
TO
%-JOIN US
THIS
WEEK IN
SUPPORT OF
%-THE
BORDER
SECURITY
BILL, SHE
%-SAID,
QUOTE,
THIS
BIPARTISAN
%-COMPROMISE WAS A
PROMISING
%-OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST
IN HIGH
%-TECH
BORDER
SECURITY,
DISRUPT
%-THE
DEADLY
FLOW OF
FENTANYL
INTO
%-OUR
COUNTRY,
STREAMLINE
OUR
%-ASYLUM PROCESS
AND
ENSURE
%-WISCONSIN
COMMUNITIES
RECEIVING%-MIGRANTS
HAVE
THE
RESOURCES
THEY
%-NEED.%-AS
TO
RESOURCES
NEEDED,
LAST
%-WEEK,
WE
HEARD
FROM CITY
%-OFFICIALS
IN
WHITEWATER WHO
HOPE
%-THE STATE
GOVERNMENT
WILL
SOON
%-ALLOW MIGRANTS
TO
EARN
A%-DRIVER'S
LICENSE.%-THIS
WEEK,
WE TAKE A
LOOK
AT%-WHAT
THE
COMMUNITY IS
DOING
TO
%-SUPPORT
THE
NEWCOMERS
AND
WHAT
%-OTHER
SUPPORT
THE
CITY
MIGHT
%-NEED.
%- >> IT'S ANOTHER
GENERATION
OF
%-FAMILIES
COMING
HERE
TRYING TO
%-GET
JOBS,
FEED
THEIR
CHILDREN,
%-GET
THEIR
CHILDREN
THROUGH
%-SCHOOL.
%- >> CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES
ASSUME%-ABOUT 800
TO
A
THOUSAND
MIGRANTS
%-FROM CENTRAL
AND SOUTH
AMERICA
%-HAVE
COME
TO
WHITEWATER
SINCE
%-2022,
STRAINING
LOCAL
RESOURCES.%- >> WE'RE
TRYING
OUR
BEST.%->>
Reporter: SOME OF THE
MOST
%-VULNERABLE IN THAT
POPULATION
%-ARE
CHILDREN.
%- >> TO
REALLY, HOW CAN
WE
%-ADVOCATE
FOR
THESE
CHILDREN.%->>
Reporter: MIGUEL
ARANDA IS%-A MEMBER OF
THE
WHITEWATER%-SCHOOL BOARD AND
A
SECOND
%-GENERATION
IMMIGRANT
FROM
%-MEXICO.%- >> SO IF WE CAN
ADVOCATE
FOR%-FUNDING
FOR
RESOURCES TO
MAKE
IT
%-A
SMOOTH
TRANSITION
FOR A LOT OF
%-THESE FAMILIES
AND
THEIR
%-CHILDREN, THAT'S
WHAT I'M GOING
%-TO CONTINUE
ADVOCATING
FOR.%->> Reporter: WITH THIS
NEW
%-INFLUX OF
STUDENTS,
ARANDA DA
%-SAYS
THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT
NEEDS%-MORE
FUNDING.
%-WISCONSIN CURRENTLY
SITS ON
A
$3
%-BILLION
BUDGET
SURPLUS.
%- >> COMING FROM THIS
STATE, I
%-WOULD UNDERSTAND IF
THERE'S NO
%-MONEY, WE HAVE TO
MAKE
OUR
%-DECISIONS, BUT
TO
KNOW THAT
%-THERE'S
A
SURPLUS, IT
ALMOST%-LOOKS LIKE
THE
MONEY
IS
BEING
%-DWINDLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF
OUR
%-FACES.%->> Reporter:
BUT THERE ARE
%-PLACES IN
WHITEWATER THAT
HAVE
%-ACTED AS A
STOPGAP
TO
HELP
THE
%-NEW
ARRIVALS.
%- >> OUR MISSION IS
TO MEET THE
%-NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY,
WHATEVER%-THEY
ARE.%->>
Reporter:
CHRISTINE AND
KAY
%-ARE
CO
FOUNDERS OF
THE
COMMUNITY%-SPACE IN
WHITEWATER.
%-THEIR MISSION IS
TO PROVIDE
%-EVERYTHING A
PERSON
MIGHT
NEED,
%-FROM
BEDDING
TO
FURNITURE
TO
%-FOOD, ALL
FOR
FREE.
%- >> IF THEY'VE NEVER
BEEN
HERE%-BEFORE AND
THEY
COME
IN AND
SEE%-ALL OF
THESE
THINGS
AND
WE
TELL%-THEM
THAT THEY CAN
JUST HAVE
IT,
%-THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND.%- >> I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE
OF
%-WITNESSING SOMEBODY COMING
IN,
%-MAYBE HAVING
THEIR
WORST
DAY
AND
%-COMING IN
AND
JUST
NEEDING
SOME
%-SUPPORT, SOME
FOOD,
SOME
%-WHATEVER,
AND
SEEING
THEM
SLOWLY
%-RELAX AND
REALIZE
WE'RE
NOT%-GOING TO ASK
THEM
FOR
ANY
%-PAPERS.%- >> THEY WERE REALLY
HAPPY TO
BE
%-ABLE
TO, YOU
KNOW, LET
US
KNOW
%-WHAT THEIR
LIFE
WAS
LIKE.
%- >> THE
COMMUNITY
SPACE HAS
BEEN
%-ACCEPTING
DONATIONS
SINCE
2019,
%-BUT HAS
RAMPED
UP
ITS
EFFORTS IN
%-THE
LAST TWO
YEARS.
%- >> I'D CERTAINLY
LIKE TO SAY
%-THAT THERE HAS
BEEN
NO
CRISIS.
%-HAVE WE
HAD
TO
STRETCH
AND
%-ADJUST?
%-ABSOLUTELY.
%-BUT THERE
IS
NO
CRISIS.
%- >> WE'VE
GOTTEN
SO WE
CAN
%-COMMUNITY PRETTY
WELL.
%-WE
USE
OUR
PHONES
AND THEY
WILL
%-ALSO REACH
FOR
THEIR
PHONE
%-TRANSLATOR.%- >> THEY'RE OPEN ON
TUESDAYS,
%-WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
AND
SATURDAYS%-AS A
COMPLEMENT TO
THE
LOCAL
%-FOOD
PANTRY.%- >> I CAN STAND
UP IN
THE
MIDDLE%-OF
THE
ROOM
AND
SAY IS
THERE
%-ANYONE
HERE
THAT'S
BILINGUAL?
%-AND
INEVITABLY, I'LL
GET
A
%-9-YEAR-OLD
CHILD, WHICH
IS
%-AWESOME, AND I ALWAYS
SAY TO
THE
%-CHILD, YOU KNOW,
ISN'T
YOUR
%-MOTHER PROUD OF
YOU?
%-TELL
HER WE'RE
PROUD
OF
YOU.
%- >> WE LIKE TO THINK
HALF OF
WHAT
%-WE DO IS
SHARE AND
GIVE
AWAY AND
%-THE OTHER HALF
IS
HOW
WE
MAKE
%-PEOPLE
FEEL.
%- >> CITY
OFFICIALS
ARE
ALSO
%-LOOKING TO GET
HELP FOR THE
%-NEWCOMERS.%- >> I THINK
THE
UNDERLYING
THEORY
%-HERE IS THAT WE
KNOW
WE
NEED
%-RESOURCES.%- >> DAN MEYER IS
THE
CHIEF
OF
%-POLICE
IN
WHITEWATER.%- >> THIS IS
APOLITICAL.%-WE
HAVE
NO DOG
IN
THAT
FIGHT.
%-WE
SIMPLY
NEED
MORE
STAFFING.
%- >> HE SAYS
OVER THE
LAST TWO
%-YEARS, HIS
DEPARTMENT'S WORK
HAS
%-GOTTEN MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT
AND
%-TIME-CONSUMING.%- >> ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT HAS
%-BEEN
DIFFICULT FOR
US
AS LAW
%-ENFORCEMENT
IS
JUST
WORKING WITH
%-A
POPULATION
THAT, GENERALLY
%-SPEAKING,
IS
NOT
TRUSTING OF
%-GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE
THEY
COME%-FROM A
PLACE
WHERE THEY
DON'T
%-TRUST
THEIR
GOVERNMENT.%- >> TO TRY AND
GET SOME
HELP FOR
%-THE
CITY,
MEYER
AND CITY
%-OFFICIALS SENT A LETTER
TO
STATE
%-AND FEDERAL
OFFICIALS
IN
%-DECEMBER.
%- >> WE
NEED
MORE
OFFICERS
SO THAT%-WE CAN
GET
OUT
AND
PATROL AT
THE
%-LEVEL THAT THE
COMMUNITY
IS
USED
%-TO
HAVING
US OUT
THERE.%- >> BUT THE
LETTER REQUESTED MORE
%-THAN JUST A
BOOST
IN LAW
%-ENFORCEMENT
FUNDING.%- >> THIS IS
A
SITUATION
WHERE WE
%-ARE
A
POOR
DOWN
THAT
HAS
LIMITED
%-RESOURCES AND
NOT
ENOUGH
SHARED
%-REVENUE FROM
THE
STATE AND WE
%-WOULD LIKE
TO
HELP PEOPLE MAKE
%-SURE
THAT
THEY'RE
GETTING
JOBS,%-YOU
KNOW,
SHELTER,
FOOD,
ALL
%-THOSE
THINGS.
%- >> BRIENNE
BROWN IS A
MEMBER OF
%-THE
WHITEWATER
COMMON
COUNCIL.
%- >> WE
NEED
THE
LARGER
PICTURE TO
%-BE IF
CONVICTED
!!!!
FOCUSED
ON.
%-THE
CITY IN
THE
PREPARED.
%- >> MEYER AND
BROWN
SAY THEY HAVE
%-HEARD
FROM
LOCAL
OFFICIALS
WHO
%-SEEM WILLING
TO
HELP,
PLUS
%-WISCONSIN
SENATOR TAMMY
BALDWIN
%-PLANS TO SEE
WHAT SHE CAN
DO
TO
%-HELP
BY
VISITING
SOON.
%-RON JOHNSON
VISITED
WITH CITY%-OFFICIALS
BACK
IN
NOVEMBER.
%- >> SO
OBVIOUSLY, PRESIDENT
%-BIDEN,
DEMOCRATS DO
NOT
WANT
A
%-SECURED
BORDER.%->>
Reporter:
JOHNSON
BLAMED
%-WHAT HE
CALLED A
FLOOD OF
%-MIGRANTS
IN
WHITEWATER ON THE%-BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
%-BUT
WHILE CITY OFFICIALS
LOOK
%-WHEREVER THEY
CAN
FOR
RESOURCES,
%-IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES SAY
THE NEW
%-ARRIVALS SHOULD
NOT
BECOME
%-POLITICAL
SCAPEGOATS.
%- >> THERE'S A
REASON
WHY WE
ARE
%-HERE.%-I HAVE
MY
OWN
FAMILY
HERE.%-I DON'T HAVE ANY
PLANS
OF
%-LEAVING
WISCONSIN.%- >> IT'S REALLY
CONTRIBUTING TO
%-THE
VITALITY
IN
OUR
COMMUNITY.
%- >> FOR "HERE AND
NOW,"
I'M%-NATHAN DENZIN
IN
WHITEWATER.%- >> AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME
IN
%-WISCONSIN, IT'S A
DEAD
HEAT
%-BETWEEN JOE
BIDEN
AND DONALD
%-TRUMP IN
THE
LATEST
MARQUETTE
%-UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL POLL,
AND
%-THAT'S NOT
ALL
THE
SURVEY
SHOWS.
%-WE TURN
TO
POLL
DIRECTOR,
%-CHARLES FRANKLIN,
FOR
MORE.
%-CHARLES, THANK YOU FOR BEING%-WITH US.%- >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
%- >> SO I WAS GOING
TO
TALK ABOUT
%-THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER
IN
OUR
%-DISCUSSION, BUT
THE
SPECIAL
%-COUNCIL CHOOSING
NOT
TO
CHARGE%-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
OVER
HIS
%-HANDLING
OF
CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS
%-ALSO CALLED
HIM
AN
ELDERLY
MAN
%-WITH
POOR
MEMORY.
%-NOW,
YOUR
POLL
FOUND
THAT
61%
OF
%-RESPONDENTS
BELIEVE BIDEN
TOO
%-OLD TO
BE
PRESIDENT
COMPARED
TO
%-29%
FOR DONALD
TRUMP.
%-HOW DO YOU
THINK
THOSE
NUMBERS
%-WOULD
LOOK IF YOU
WERE IN
THE
%-FIELD AFTER THIS
REPORT?
%- >> WELL, I THINK IT
WILL
ONLY
%-MOVE
FURTHER IN
THE --
TOO
OLD%-TO
BE
PRESIDENT DESCRIBES BIDEN
%-VERY
WELL.
%-THAT
61%
THIS
TIME IS
ALREADY
UP
%-FROM
55%
IN
NOVEMBER, AND
SO I%-DO
THINK
THAT
THERE'S
NOT
ANY
%-EVIDENCE IN
THOSE
TWO
MONTHS
%-WORTH OF
POLLING
THAT
BIDEN
IS
%-ADDRESSING THE AGE
ISSUE.
%-NOW,
THE
!
THE
AGE
ISSUE HAS
BEEN WITH
%-HIM FOR A
LONG
TIME.%-DONALD TRUMP
IS
ONLY FOUR
YEARS
%-YOUNGER AND
YET
FAR
FEWER
PEOPLE
%-SEE HIM
AS TOO
OLD.
%-HOW DOES
THE
CAMPAIGN DEAL WITH
%-THIS,
GIVEN
THIS
REPORT AND
%-THESE
EXPLICIT
EXAMPLES
AND
NOW,%-OF
COURSE,
EVERYBODY
WATCHING
%-FOR
EVERY
TIME
BIDEN
MISSPEAKS.
%- >> MEANWHILE, WHEN YOU
WERE IN
%-THE
FIELD,
YOUR
POLL
SHOWED
A
%-DEAD
HEAT
WITH JOE
BIDEN
AT
49%
%-AND DONALD
TRUMP
AT
49%
AMONG
%-REGISTERED
VOTERS,
BUT
%-THIRD-PARTY VOTERS
POLLED
WAY
%-HIGHER WAY HIGHER THAN
NORMAL
%-WITH
RFK,
JR.
SEEING
16%.
%-WHOSE VOTES
IS
HE
SIPHONING
OFF?
%- >> WELL, IT'S
INTERESTING.%-SO WHEN
WE
JUST
MAKE IT
HEAD
TO
%-HEAD, IT'S A
DEAD
TIE.
%-WHEN
WE
GIVE
FIVE
CANDIDATES AS
%-THE
CHOICE,
KENNEDY AT
16
IS
%-TAKING A
LITTLE
MORE
ACTUALLY
%-FROM
REPUBLICAN
VOTERS
THAN
FROM
%-DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS.
%-BUT JILL
STEIN, THE
GREEN
PARTY
%-CANDIDATE, TAKES
8%
FROM
%-DEMOCRATS
AND
ONLY
1%
FROM
%-REPUBLICANS.%-AND
CORNELL
WEST GETS
ONLY
A
%-POINT
OR
TWO
FROM
EITHER
PARTY.
%-SO YOU'VE
GOT
TO
PUT
THAT
INTO
%-PERSPECTIVE
THAT
IN
2016,
WE
HAD
%-A
RECENT
HIGH
WATERMARK
FOR
%-30-PARTY
VOTES HERE IN
%-WISCONSIN,
AND THAT
WAS
ONLY
%-5-1/2%.
%-SO
THE
IDEA THAT WE WOULD
SEE
A
%-THIRD-PARTY VOTE
TOTALLING
20%%-OR
SO
SEEMS
UNLIKELY
COME
THE
%-FALL.
%-BUT IT DOES
REFLECT
THE
%-DISSATISFACTION WITH BOTH OF THE
%-TOP
PARTY
CANDIDATES.
%-WE
FOUND
18%
SAID THEY
HAD
AN
%-UNFAVORABLE VIEW
OF
BOTH
BIDEN%-AND OF
TRUMP.
%-HOW
DO
THOSE
18%
SHAKE
OUT OVER
%-THE
YEAR?%- >> THERE IS
ANOTHER
MATCH-UP
%-THAT'S SUPER
INTERESTING
AND%-KIND
OF
SPEAKS TO THIS
AND THAT
%-IS
THE
BIDEN
HALEY
MATCH-UP.
%-HALEY
GETTING
57%
TO BRAZOS
!!
BIDEN
41%.%-WHAT DOES
THAT
SAY
ABOUT
BIDEN,
%-HALEY AND
TRUMP?%- >> I
THINK IT'S
AN IMPORTANT
%-INDICATION THAT
BIDEN
AND
TRUMP
%-BOTH
HAVE
SERIOUS
DISADVANTAGES,
%-AND WHEN
YOU
PUT
THEM
HEAD TO
%-HEAD,
YOU COME UP WITH
A
TIE,
%-BUT
WHEN
IT'S
BIDEN
VERSUS
%-HALEY,
WHO
STILL
REALLY IS NOT
%-VERY
WELL
KNOWN IN THE
STATE,
%-BIDEN'S LIABILITIES STAND
OUT.
%-HIS
41%
AGAINST
HALEY IS
THE
%-SAME AS
HIS
JOB
APPROVAL
NUMBER.%-AND SO
THAT'S
JUST A
GOOD
%-EXAMPLE
THAT
A
CANDIDATE
WITHOUT
%-TRUMP'S
BAGGAGE
COULD AT
LEAST
%-HYPOTHETICAL DO MUCH
BETTER
TO
%-EXPLOIT BIDEN'S WEAKNESSES, BUT
%-JUST
AS
BIDEN
HAS
THIS
TOO
OLD%-TO BE
PRESIDENT,
53%
SAY
TRUMP
%-COMMITTED
ILLEGAL
ACTS AFTER THE
%-ELECTION IN
2020.
%-SO
THERE'S
THE FLIP
SIDE
OF
WHO
%-HAS
GOT
REAL
PROBLEMS.%- >> SO AND
THAT
MIGHT
SAY
%-SOMETHING, TOO,
ABOUT
VOTER
%-ENTHUSIASM.%-IN
THAT
REGARD,
49%
OF
YOUR
%-RESPONDENTS SAY THEY
ARE
VERY
%-ENTHUSIASTIC TO
VOTE
COMPARED
TO
%-70%
IN
2020.
%- >> IT'S DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT%-AND
THAT
2020
IS
FROM
JANUARY
%-2020 AS
WELL.
%-IT'S NOT
LATE IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
%-IT'S
THE
SAME
MONTH.%-AND ALSO
RIGHT
BEFORE COVID
HIT,
%-SO
IT'S BEFORE
THE
COVID
%-EFFECTS, IF
ANY.%-YOU
KNOW,
AGAIN, I
SEE
THAT
BOTH
%-BIDEN
AND
TRUMP
ARE
SEEN
MORE
%-UNFAVORABLABLY
THAN
FAVORABLY.%-EACH OF
THEM
HAS
THESE
%-DIFFICULTIES.%-ON ENTHUSIASM,
THOSE WHO
ARE
%-VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC GOES
HEAVILY%-FOR DONALD TRUMP.
%-IT'S
THE LESS
THAN
VERY
%-ENTHUSIASTIC,
SOMEWHAT,
NOT AT
%-ALL.
%-BIDEN
WINS EACH
OF
THOSE
GROUPS
%-VERY SUBSTANTIALLY AS
WELL.
%-AND YET
DESPITE
THAT,
THEY'RE
%-TIED WHEN YOU
PUSH
PEOPLE
TO
WHO
%-YOU'LL
VOTE
FOR.
%-THE
CHALLENGE FOR
THE
DEMOCRATS
%-IS
HOW DO
YOU
DEAL
WITH
THOSE
%-LESS ENTHUSIASTIC
PEOPLE
THAT
%-LIKE -- THAT ARE
DISAPPOINTED
%-WITH
BIDEN
BUT
LIKE
TRUMP
NOT
%-MUCH AT
ALL?
%-CAN YOU
MOBILIZE
THEM AND
GET
%-THEM TO THE
POLLS?
%-OR
ARE
THOSE
EXACTLY THE
PEOPLE
%-THAT
MAY
SAY,
MEH,
NOT
GOOD
%-ENOUGH,
I'LL
VOTE
THIRD-PARTY
%-THIS
YEAR.
%-NINE MONTHS TO
GO
TO
SETTLE THAT
%-QUESTION.
%- >> SO AS TO GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
%-IN
WISCONSIN
COMING
BACK
%-STATE-SIDE, HIS
APPROVAL
IS%-RIGHT SIDE
UP
WITH
51%
APPROVING%-OF HIS JOB
PERFORMANCE
AND
44%
%-DISAPPROVING.%-THAT STACKS UP PRETTY
WELL.%- >> IT'S
NOT
BAD AT
ALL.
%-IT'S
DOWN
JUST
SLIGHTLY FROM
%-NOVEMBER, BUT UP
A
BIT FROM THE
%-ELECTION IN THE FALL
OF
2022.
%-HE'S
DOING
PRETTY
WELL.
%-HE'S
GENERALLY
BEEN
ABOVE
WATER
%-ON
THAT
APPROVAL
MEASURE
HERE IN
%-THE
STATE.
%- >> WHICH SEEMS
INTERESTING
TO
ME
%-GIVEN HOW
MUCH KIND
OF
DISCORD%-THERE
IS.
%- >> WELL, THERE'S
STILL PLENTY
OF
%-DISCORD.%-THERE
ARE A COUPLE
OF
THINGS.
%-FROM
NOVEMBER
TO
JANUARY, THE
%-PERCENT
OF PEOPLE
SAYING
THE
%-STATE'S
HEADED IN THE RIGHT
%-DIRECTION HAS
BUMPED
UP
%-SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THE PERCENT%-OF PEOPLE SAYING
THE NATIONAL
%-ECONOMY IS
GETTING
BETTER
OR IS
%-NOT AS BAD
AS
THEY SAW
IT
IN
%-NOVEMBER, THAT'S
ALSO
ABOUT
10
%-POINTS HIGHER THAN
NOVEMBER.
%-AND
FINALLY,
WISCONSIN'S ECONOMY%-IS
SEEN
AS
EVEN BETTER
THAN
THE
%-NATIONAL
ECONOMY.
%- >> GOOD NEWS FOR
US.
%-CHARLES
FRANKLIN, THANKS VERY
%-MUCH.%- >> THANK
YOU.%- >> GOVERNOR TONY EVERS VISITED
%-EAU CLAIRE THIS WEEK
WHERE
THE
%-COMMUNITY
IS
STILL
REELING
FROM
%-LATE
NOTICE
ABOUT
CLOSURES
OF
%-TWO
HOSPITALS
AND
19
CLINICS.
%-THE
GOVERNOR
SAID HE
WAS
%-DISAPPOINTED WITH
THE
HOSPITAL
%-SISTERS HEALTH
SYSTEM'S
LACK OF
%-NOTIFICATIONS
AND
HOW IT WAS
%-HANDLED
WAS
WRONG.%-IN AN
INTERVIEW,
LOCAL
%-REPRESENTATIVE
KAREN
HURD
SHARED
%-HER
CONCERNS.%- >> AS FAR AS
THE
IMPACT,
I
%-CONSIDER
THIS TO
BE HUGE
.
%-NOT AS
BIG
AS
THE
MAUI
FIRES,
%-BUT CERTAINLY
BIGGER
THAN
THE%-EAST
PALESTINE-OHIO TRAIN
%-DERAILMENT WHERE THEY HAD
THE
%-BIG CHEMICAL
STILL.
%-IT'S BIGGER
THAN
THAT.
%-I SEE
IT
AS
BIGGER
THAN
THAT.
%-THIS PEOPLE
ARE -- I
SEE
THAT
%-PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO
DIE, BUT I
%-WANT YOU
TO
KNOW THAT
THE
STATE
%-REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
CHIPPEWA
%-VALLEY, WE ARE
LIVING,
BREATHING
%-THIS
EVERY
MOMENT
AND
TRYING TO%-COME
UP
WITH
SOMETHING,
%-SOMETHING TO BE
ABLE
TO
HELP.
%- >> FOR MORE ON
THE
GREATER
%-IMPACT
OF
THESE
CLOSURES AND
THE
%-OVERALL
TREND
OF
RURAL
HEALTH
%-ACCESS
DECLINING,
WE
TURN
TO%-JOHN
EICH,
DIRECTOR OF
THE
%-WISCONSIN
OFFICE
OF
RURAL
HEALTH%-AT
THE
UW SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE
AND%-PUBLIC
HEALTH.%-JOHN
EICH, THANK YOU FOR BEING%-WITH
US.
%- >> MY
PLEASURE.
%- >> SO
WHEN
HOSPITAL
SYSTEMS LIKE
%-THIS
PULL OUT
OF
RURAL
AREAS
IN
%-WISCONSIN, HOW
BIG OF
A
SHOCK IS
%-THAT
TO
HEALTHCARE
ACCESS?
%- >> IN A LOT OF
WAYS, I
THINK%-IT'S A
SHOCK.%-IT'S A
SHOCK
FOR
PATIENTS WHO
%-HAVE TO
NOW
DRIVE
FURTHER TO
GET
%-TO APPOINTMENTS
OR
TO
CARE
FOR%-LOVED
ONES.%-IT'S A
SHOCK TO
THE
E.M.S.
%-SYSTEM IN
THAT THEY
HAVE
TO
TAKE
%-PATIENTS LONGER
AND
LONGER
FOR
%-CARE.%-AND I
THINK
IT'S
ALSO
ITS
JOBS
%-AND IT'S
ALSO A
HIT TO
THE
LOCAL
%-ECONOMY.
%-A SMALL
COMMUNITY IS
MORE
%-ATTRACTIVE
TO
ALL KINDS
OF
NEW
%-BUSINESSES IF THEY HAVE
ROBUST
%-HEALTHCARE, AND
IF
THAT'S
%-MISSING, THAT'S
CHALLENGING AS
%-WELL.
%- >> BECAUSE WHERE ARE
PEOPLE
%-FINDING CARE IN
THE STATE
OF
%-WISCONSIN?%-WE HAVE A MAP
TO
LOOK
AT
TO
SHOW%-KIND
OF
THE
DRIVE
TIMES
THAT
%-PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE
GETTING
TO
AN%-EMERGENCY
ROOM.
%- >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
%-SO OUR
OFFICE
DID
AN
ANALYSIS
OF
%-THAT
DRIVE
TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE
%-THAT.
%-SO THE GREEN
IS
10
MINUTES.%-THE
YELLOW,
20.
%-AND THE
RED,
30-MINUTE
ACCESS.
%-SO
IT'S
FAIRLY
OBVIOUS
WHERE
THE
%-GAPS ARE OF
THE
NORTH
WOODS, HAS%-SORT OF
THE
BIGGEST
CHALLENGES
%-THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE
WHERE IN
%-A
SENSE
THE
CLUSTERS ARE AS
%-WELL.%-AND I THINK THAT
CLUSTER
IS
%-RELEVANT TO THIS
SITUATION,%-WHERE YOU HAVE
EAU CLAIRE
COUNTY
%-SO
CLOSE TO
THE
TWIN
CITIES
AND
%-THESE
ARE
VERY
LARGE
SYSTEMS,
%-THEY'RE COMPETING
PRETTY
%-FIERCELY WITH EACH
OTHER, AND SO
%-THERE'S A LOT OF
PRESSURES
ON
%-THEM.%-AND SO I THINK
WE
SEE
THAT IN
%-THIS
SITUATION
PARTICULARLY.%-I THINK
THERE'S
A
REASON THAT
IT
%-HAPPENED
HERE
VERSUS
OTHER
PARTS%-OF THE
STATE.
%- >> REPRESENTATIVE HURD SAID
%-PEOPLE WILL
DIE.%-IS THAT
WHAT
WE'RE
TALKING
%-ABOUT?
%- >> WELL,
HEALTHCARE IS
ALWAYS
%-LIFE
AND
DEATH, AND
SO I DO
%-THINK
THAT
IT'S GOING TO
TAKE
%-LONGER FOR
PEOPLE TO
GET
TO
%-CARE.%-IT'S GOING
TO
TAKE --
IT'S
GOING%-TO
BE
HORROR
CHALLENGING
FOR
%-THEM -- MORE
CHALLENGING FOR
%-THEM
IN
E.M.S.
IN
RURAL
AREAS
%-PARTICULARLY.
%-WE'RE VERY
CONCERNED
ABOUT DRIVE
%-TIMES, AND
SO THAT IS
POSSIBLE,
%-BUT I
THINK
THAT WE HAVE
A
%-ROBUST HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM IN
THIS
%-STATE AND PEOPLE
ARE
DOING
THEIR
%-BEST AND
ARE
PROVIDING
EXCELLENT
%-CARE.
%-SO IT
IS
A
CHALLENGE
FOR
SURE.%- >> HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS, BOTH
%-URBAN AND
RURAL,
FACE
WORKER
%-SHORTAGES.%-IS IT
WORSE
IN
RURAL
AREAS?%- >> I
THINK, YOU
KNOW,
THE
%-PANDEMIC
BROUGHT
THIS SORT
OF
%-SOCIAL
CHALLENGE, SORT
OF
THE
%-DIVISIONS, THE
PARTISAN
%-DIVISIONS WHERE
WE TAKE
%-HEALTHCARE
AND
POLITICIZE
IT.
%-AND
SO YOU
HAVE
WORKERS
WHO
WENT
%-FROM
BEING
HEROES
TO
SUDDENLY
%-BEING
PARIAHS
OR
POLITICAL
%-OPERATIVES, AND I THINK THAT
%-REALLY PLAYS
OUT IN
A
SMALLER
%-COMMUNITY, PEOPLE
KNOW EACH%-OTHER
BETTER.
%-AS
SOMEONE
WALKS
PAST
ME IN
A
%-CITY
STREET, I
MAY
NOT
KNOW
%-THEIR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER,
BUT
%-IF IT'S A
COMMUNITY
WHERE
%-EVERYONE KNOWS WHO WORKS AT
THE
%-HOSPITAL
OR
THE
CLINIC,
YOU'RE
%-MORE IN
A
SPOTLIGHT.
%-THOSE CHALLENGES THAT I
THINK
WE
%-ALL
FELT
WITH
FAMILY,
EXTENDED
%-FAMILY
AND
NEIGHBORS WHO
%-DISAGREE
ABOUT
TOPICS, I
THINK
%-THAT'S
VERY
COMPELLING.
%-IT'S VERY
CLOSE
TO
HOME IN
A
%-SMALLER
COMMUNITY.%-AND SO I
THINK
THOSE KIND
OF
%-SOCIAL
ISSUES
IMPACTED
THE
%-WORKFORCE,
NOT TO
MENTION
THE
%-FACT
THAT THEY WERE
DAY
AFTER
%-DAY OF THIS
WORK
AND SEEING
%-PEOPLE
VERY
SICK
AND
DYING.
%-IT
TAKES
AN
EMOTIONAL
TOLL,
AND%-I DON'T
THINK
IT'S
AS HE
DOES AS
%-WE
DON'T
HAVE
TO
WEAR
MASKS
%-ANYMORE.
%-IT'S
STILL I DON'T FEEL
GREAT
AT
%-MY
JOB.
%-MAYBE I SHOULD
CONSIDER
AN
EARLY
%-RETIREMENT
OR
MAYBE I SHOULD
%-CONSIDER A DIFFERENT
LINE
OF
%-WORK.
%- >> AND THAT
PERSISTS?%- >> IT
DOES.%-I THINK IN
BUSINESS,
THEY
TALK
%-ABOUT
HOW
CULTURE
EATS
STRATEGY
%-FOR
LUNK.
%-THESE
ARE
CULTURAL
ISSUES
AND
%-THAT
MEANS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO
%-SEE -- THESE
ARE
HARD
CHANGE
%-ISSUES AND THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE
%-A
WHILE.%-IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A LOT
OF
%-DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
AND I DON'T
%-THINK WE'LL SEE IT
GO
AWAY
%-QUICKLY.%-PEOPLE ARE WORKING
VERY
HARD
ON
%-IT, BUT
IT
WILL
TAKE
TIME.
%- >> SPEAKING OF
SOLUTIONS,
WHAT%-KIND OF
MEASURES
ARE
NEEDED
TO,
%-SPANNED
ACCESS
TO
QUALITY
EXPAND
%-ACCESS
TO QUALITY
CARE?
%- >> IN
WISCONSIN,
WE'RE
VERY
%-LUCKY.
%-UP UNTIL
RECENTLY,
WE
HAVEN'T
%-SEEN A LOT
OF
HOSPITAL
CLOSURES,%-AND SO I
THINK
WE'RE
DOING
WELL.%-WE
HAVE
TO
FILL
IN
THESE
GAPS%-THAT HAVE
BEEN
CREATED AND I
%-THINK HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS WILL
DO
%-THAT.%-I THINK WE HAVE TO
LOOK
AT
%-BUILDING BACK
THE
WORKFORCE.
%-THAT'S A
LONG
PROCESS AS
WELL,%-AND I
THINK
ALSO
BROADBAND
IS
%-VERY IMPORTANT
IF
WE'RE
%-PROVIDING CARE
TO
PATIENTS WHO
%-HAVE
TO
DRIVE TO
GET
INTO
A
%-FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT OR A
%-CHECK-IN, THEM BEING
ABLE TO
%-COMMUNICATE
WITH
THEIR
PROVIDERS
%-FROM
THEIR
HOME
OR FROM
A
MOBILE
%-SITUATION
IS
REALLY
IMPORTANT,
%-BUT THERE
JUST
ISN'T
THE
%-BROADBAND AND
CELLULAR COVERAGE
%-IN
RURAL
AREAS THAT
WE
NEED.%- >> JOHN
EICH,
THANKS VERY
MUCH.%- >> THANKS FOR
INVITING
ME.
%- >> FOR MORE ON
THIS AND
OTHER
%-ISSUES
FACING
WISCONSIN,
VISIT
%-OUR
WISCONSIN
AT
%-PBSWISCONSIN.ORG AND
THEN
CLICK%-ON
THE
NEWS
TAB.
%-THAT'S OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.%-HAVE A
GOOD
WEEKEND.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%-WISCONSI
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