>> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PART
OF OUR "HERE AND NOW" 2018
WISCONSIN VOTE ELECTION C
OVERAGE.
>> I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
TONIGHT ON "HERE AND NOW," THE
VERY LATEST ON ALLEGED RUSSIAN
INTERFERENCE IN WISCONSIN'S 2016
ELECTION.
AFTER THAT, A CLOSER LOOK AT
VOTES THAT AWAIT THE STATE
SENATE.
SENATE LEADERSHIP IS HERE.
IN OUR LOOK AHEAD WE'LL HEAR
ABOUT A UW EBOLA VACCINE THAT IS
HEADED TO JAPAN FOR CLINICAL
TRIALS.
IT'S "HERE AND NOW" FOR MARCH 2.
>> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS
PROVIDED, IN PART, BY FRIENDS OF
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> A FIRST LOOK TONIGHT AT WHAT
STATE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT
REPORTS WISCONSIN VOTING SYSTEMS
WERE HACKED BY THE RUSSIANS.
THIS WEEK, NBC NEWS AIRED A
REPORT THAT SAID WISCONSIN WAS
ONE OF SEVEN STATES WHERE STATE
WEBSITES OR VOTER REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS WERE COMPROMISED AHEAD
OF THE ELECTION, BUT THAT
FEDERAL ELECTIONS OFFICIAL SAYS
S
NEVER TOLD WISCONSIN.
WHAT GIVES?
BECAUSE WISCONSIN ELECTION
OFFICIALS HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID
THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.
MEANWHILE, THIS MORNING THE
STATE ELECTIONS COMMISSION
FORWARDED THE NAME OF A NEW
ADMINISTRATOR TO THE SENATE FOR
CONFIRMATION, MEGAN WOLFE.
LOTS TO GO OVER.
SO FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW
WE TURN TO REID MAGNEY, PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE
WISCONSIN PUBLIC ELECTIONS
COMMISSION.
AS TO THAT QUESTION, WHAT GIVES?
>> SO TO THE BEST OF OUR
KNOWLEDGE, WE THINK THAT NBC WAS
REPORTING OLD INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED
IS THAT THE AREA OF
CYBERSECURITY IS -- AND THE
INTELLIGENCE THAT GOES BEHIND IT
TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP
INFORMATION.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE
USING INFORMATION THAT SOMEBODY
THOUGHT WAS CURRENT BUT IN
JANUARY OF 2017.
LATER IN JUNE OF 2017, HOMELAND
SECURITY SAID THERE WERE 21
STATES THAT THE RUSSIANS T
ARGETED AND THAT ONLY ONE OF
THOSE, I BELIEVE ILLINOIS, WAS
ACTUALLY -- THEY GOTLY GOT IN. ACTUALLY GOT I
N.
WE FOUND OUT THAT WISCONSIN WAS
ONE OF THE 21 STATES THAT HAD
BEEN TARGETED, MEANING THEY
SCANNED OUR SYSTEM.
IT'S LIKE A BURGLAR CASING THE
JOINT.
DIDN'T GET IN, BUT IT'S STILL
SUSPICIOUS.
WHAT WE THINK IS THAT BETWEEN
THE TIME THAT A THERE WAS SOME
INITIAL INTELLIGENCE BACK IN
JANUARY, 2017 AND THEN LATER,
HOMELAND SECURITY DETERMINED
NOBODY GOT IN.
YOU KNOW, SO -- AND I KNOW IT'S
CONFUSING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
SAYING ALL ALONG NOBODY GOT IN
AND THEN THIS NEW REPORT COMES
ALONG.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND SO --
>> I MEAN, COULD IT BE TRUE THAT
WISCONSIN KIND OF DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT IT DOESN'T KNOW?
THAT IT'S TRUE THAT FEDERAL
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS NEVER
TOLD YOU?
>> WELL, THE NEVER TOLD US PART
IS -- IF THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW
SOMETHING BACK IN JANUARY OF
2017, THEY DIDN'T TELL US AND
MAYBE THE REASON THEY DIDN'T
TELL US WAS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T
SURE.
AS THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS GOES
ON AND THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT IT,
I THINK MAYBE THEY REALIZED WE'D
ONLY BEEN SCANNED.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE'VE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE
CHECKED WITH PEOPLE AT HOMELAND
SECURITY AND THEY SAY NOTHING
HAPPENED.
>> BECAUSE THAT WAS MY NEXT
QUESTION.
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO UNRAVEL
WHO THE NBC SOURCES WERE OR HEAR
FROM ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS WHO
COULD REFUTE OR SUSTAIN THAT
INFORMATION?
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHO NBC IS
TALKING TO.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE TALKING
TO PEOPLE WHO SAW THIS
CLASSIFIED REPORT BACK IN
JANUARY OF 2017.
DOES THAT MEAN IT WAS PEOPLE
THAT WERE IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AND HAVE BEEN OUT
OF THINGS SINCE THEN AND DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S CURRENT?
WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECKED
WITH HOMELAND SECURITY.
THERE'S NOTHING NEW.
>> REGARDLESS, ALL OF THIS COULD
SERVE TO KIND OF UNNERVE THE
VOTING PUBLIC, OBVIOUSLY, AND
MAKE THEM QUESTION THE SAFETY
AND SECURITY OF OUR VOTING
APPARATUS.
SO WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO T
HAT?
>> SO WE ARE ON TOP OF SECURITY
PLANNING.
WE ARE -- WE HAVE PARTNERS BOTH
WITH WISCONSIN'S DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION, DIVISION OF
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY THAT
PROVIDES THE FIRE WALLS, SORT OF
THE WALLED CITY WHERE OUR S
ERVERS LIVE AND PROTECT US.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD A BREACH.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT SECURITY
AROUND THE PERIMETER.
WE'VE COMPLETELY ENCRYPT PPED
ED THE
DATABASE.
SO EVEN IF SOMEBODY GOT IN TO
STEAL SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE
USELESS TO THEM.
WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
CLERKS, HOMELAND SECURITY, THE
NATIONAL GUARD ON MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE ALL THE SYSTEMS AND
ALL THE SECURITY NECESSARY IN
PLACE.
>> MEANWHILE, THE DEMOCRATIC
LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE CALLING
FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALL OF
THIS.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> WELL, IF THEY'RE BASING IT ON
THE NBC REPORT, THAT'S OLD
INFORMATION AND THAT'S WHAT IT
SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE BASING IT
OFF, THE NBC REPORT.
IF THEY WOULD TALK TO US AND
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WE'RE
HAPPY TO DO IT.
WE'VE BEEN "INVESTIGATING" THIS,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE
REPORTS ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON
FOR MONTHS NOW.
>> THE COMMISSION TODAY TOOK
ACTION TO ADDRESS SOME PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN ERRONEOUSLY REMOVED
FROM THE VOTING ROLLS.
WHAT DID THEY DO?
>> SO WE HAD SENT OUTPOST CARDS
BACK IN NOVEMBER TO ABOUT 3
00,000 PEOPLE WHO WE BELIEVE
HAD MOVED BASED ON CHANGES AT D
MV OR OTHER AGENCIES.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS WE THINK
MAYBE A DOZEN PEOPLE WENT TO THE
POLLS ON ELECTION DAY AND THEY
WEREN'T ON THE POLL BOOKS, SO
THEY HAD TO REREGISTER.
WE DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT
WASN'T ABLE TO VOTE.
BUT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T
HAPPEN IN APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO
PRINT A SUPPLEMENT POLL LIST OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WE THOUGHT
MOVED AND IF THE POLL WORKERS
CAN'T FIND YOU ON THE MAIN LIST
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK ON THIS
OTHER LIST.
AND IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU JUST
SAY I HAVEN'T MOVED, I'M FINE
AND YOU'LL GET TO VOTE.
IF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY MOVED, YOU
WILL NEED TO REREGISTER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
IF YOU MOVE, WHETHER IT'S ACROSS
THE STREET, EVEN ACROSS THE HALL
IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, THE
LAW SAYS YOU HAVE TO REREGISTER.
>> SAME -DAY REGISTRATION.
REID MAGNEY, THANKS VERY MUCH.
THIS AFTERNOON GOVERNOR SCOTT
WALKER WENT AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S CALL FOR TARIFFS ON IM
FORTHED
IMPORTED STEEL AND ALUMINUM.
IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
PROTECT GOOD-PAYING, F
AMILY-SUPPORTING JOBS IN
AMERICA, ESPECIALLY HERE IN
WISCONSIN, THEN HE SHOULD
RECONSIDER THE ADMINISTRATION'S
POSITION ON THESE TARIFFS,
PARTICULARLY ON ULTRA THIN
ALUMINUM.
>> GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER THIS
WEEK SAID HE OPPOSES ARMING
SCHOOL TEACHERS, BUT IS WORKING
UP A PACKAGE OF BILLS TO ADDRESS
SCHOOL SAFETY, WHICH COULD BE
INTRODUCED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS IN SPECIAL SESSION.
SEPARATELY, A BILL TO HELP FUND
REMEMBER AD SCHOOL SAFETY
OFFICERS IS IN THE LAP OF THE
STATE SENATE, ALONG WITH OTHER
MEASURES ALREADY PARSED IN THE
ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING JUVENILE
PRISON REFORM AND CHILD TAX
CREDITS.
WE WILL TALK WITH MINORITY
LEADER JENNIFER SHILLING ABOUT
DEMOCRATICS' IDEAS, BUT FIRST WE
TURN TO REPUBLICANS.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF DETAILS ON THE GOVERNOR'S
PACKAGE YET.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE
SCHOOLS IN MY SENATE DISTRICT
AND HAVE ASKED THEM THEIR
OPINION, WHAT ARE THEY DOING N
OW, AND WHERE ARE THERE GAPS
THAT MAYBE THE STATE COULD FILL
IN.
SO BY AND LARGE WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS THAT
I THINK IN WISCONSIN, ESPECIALLY
MY DISTRICT, I THINK WE'RE DOING
A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF BEING
PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO
SCHOOL SAFETY.
OUR DOORS ARE LOCKED.
OUR STAFF HAVE GONE THROUGH
TRAINING, LIVE SHOOTER TRAINING,
WHICH IS GOOD.
MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE
DEDICATED SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS THAT ARE THERE, YOU
KNOW, PROVIDING PROTECTION AT
OUR SCHOOLS.
SO I THINK FOR THE MOST PART
SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT ARE DOING
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND WAITING
TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM TO SEE IF
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THEY CAN
DO.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF SMALL, RURAL
DISTRICTS IN MY SENATE DISTRICT,
SO ONE OF MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ADMINISTRATORS FROM ROYAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN ELROY, THEY'VE TAKEN
THE INITIATIVE TO ASSIGN EVERY
ONE OF THEIR PUPILS TO A STAFF
PERSON SO THAT EVERY STAFF --
EVERY STUDENT IS ASSIGNED.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW,
STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, BEING --
GOING OFF ON THEIR OWN BEING
DISTURBED, WHICH I THINK IS A
GOOD THING.
THOSE KIND OF SOLUTIONS MAY WORK
WELL IN MY RURAL DISTRICT.
MAY NOT WORK WELL IN LARGE URBAN
DISTRICTS.
>> DO YOU DIFFER WITH THE
GOVERNOR ON ARMING SCHOOL
TEACHERS OR HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, I HEARD FROM MY S
PRRNTS.
SUPERINTENDENTS.
THE FEEDBACK RANGES FROM YES, IF
THEY WANT TO BE ARMED, THEY
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM IS
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM MY
SUPERINTENDENTS RANGES THE FULL
SPECTRUM.
>> AS YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE
SPECIFIC PROPOSALS, INCLUDING
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, B
ANNING ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS,
48-HOUR WAIT PERIODS AND OTHER
THINGS.
WOULD YOU OR OTHER LAWMAKERS WHO
HAVE RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE NRA SUPPORT ANY OF THOSE?
>> WELL, I'M FOCUSED MORE ON
SCHOOL SAFETY, ON TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT STUDENTS IN OUR
SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.
AND SO I JUST THINK THAT MY
FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS
HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND
THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP
OUR STUDENTS SAFE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON THE
IDEA OF THESE ORDERS THAT WOULD
REMOVE GUNS FROM POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS PEOPLE WHEN THEIR
FAMILY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT KIND
OF REPORTED THAT SO-CALLED RED
FLAG LAW, WHAT'S YOUR POSITION
ON THOSE?
>> WELL, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU A
SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN
LAFAYETTE COUNTY FIVE OR SIX
YEARS AGO.
WE HAD A MURDER IN LAFAYETTE
COUNTY.
WE HAD SOMEBODY FROM WAUKESHA
WHOSE PARENTS WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR SON, THEIR ADULT S
ON, WHO HAD DONE SOME
RIDICULOUS THINGS, APPARENTLY,
AND THEY ALERTED LAW E
NFORCEMENT, THEY ALERTED A
NUMBER OF AGENCIES, AND THEY HAD
CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR SON.
AND BECAUSE THEY DETERMINED THE
SON WAS NOT A THREAT TO HIMSELF
AND HAD NOT HURT ANYBODY,
NOTHING WAS DONE.
AND THIS PERSON ENDED UP COMING
INTO MY DISTRICT AND ENDED UP
MURDERING THREE MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A LOT
OF CASES WE'VE GOT PROCESSES IN
PLACE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE
THINGS.
WE NEED TO BE MORE ATTENTIVE AND
RESPONSIVE I THINK TO THOSE
KINDS OF SITUATIONS.
>> LET ME GET TO SOME OTHER
MATTERS.
AS FOR THE JUVENILE PRISON
REFORM THAT WOULD CLOSE LINCOLN
HILLS, HOW WILL THE SENATE VOTE
ON THAT?
>> WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT
YET IN CAUCUS.
YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS.
I BELIEVE THERE'S CONSENSUS THAT
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AS FAR
AS CLOSING LINCOLN HILLS.
THE PROPOSAL THAT IS OUT THERE
IS SIGNIFICANT, A LOT OF MOVING
PARTS IN TERMS OF CLOSING THAT
FACILITY, OPENING UP REGIONAL
FACILITIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE
INVOLVEMENT, THE SUPPORT OF OUR
LOCAL SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BIG DOLLAR ITEM.
AND I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS WELL
THOUGHT OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN,
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF
DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
SENATOR MARKLEIN, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE TURN NOW TO SENATE
MINORITY LEADER JENNIFER
SHILLING AND WHERE DEMOCRATS
STAND ON GUN AND SCHOOL SAFETY.
SHE JOINS US FROM LA CROSSE AND
THANKS A LOT FOR DOING SO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
GOVERNOR WALKER CALLING A
POTENTIALLY SPECIAL SESSION ON
SCHOOL SAFETY BILLS?
>> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY LONG
OVERDUE.
I THINK WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ON
THIS ISSUE AS VIGILANTLY AS WE
SHOULD HAVE IN THE PAST, AND
CERTAINLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN
THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, YOU KNOW,
IN FLORIDA HAS PUT THIS FORWARD
FRONT AND CENTER, BOTH IN
CONGRESS AND IN STATE
LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE STATE --
OR ACROSS THE NATION.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ANY OF
THESE BILLS SHOULD INCLUDE?
>> WELL, AS WE ALL TOO OFTEN GO
TO OUR POLITICAL AND EMOTIONAL
CORNERS WHEN WE START TO TALK
ABOUT GUN SAFETY IN THIS STATE,
I THINK FIRST OF ALL BUSINESSES
ARE TAKING A STEP FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SEEN DICKS
SPORTING GOODS AND WALMART AND
OTHERS ARE FOLLOWING.
THEY'RE FRUSTRATED THERE'S BEEN
A LACK OF ACTION BY LAWMAKERS TO
DO SOME REASONABLE CHANGES OF
LAW WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO
FIREARMS AND WEAPONS.
SO CERTAINLY LOOKING AT
INCREASING THE AGE TO PURCHASE
FIREARMS.
I KNOW THAT MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS
HAVE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
LOOK AT UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND
CHECKS AND THE PUBLIC IS
CERTAINLY THERE ON THAT.
THAT IS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.
BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT
REINSTATING THE 24-HOUR WAITING
PERIOD.
LAST WEEK ON THE FLOOR I HAD AN
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE
ALLOWED SCHOOLS TO EXCEED THEIR
REVENUE LIMIT ON SCHOOL SAFETY.
WE HAD THAT IN PLACE IN 2009.
AND THEN IN 2011 IN THE BUDGET
THERE WAS A CHANGE WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION, WHO REMOVED THAT
EXEMPTION.
SO I HOPE THERE ARE SOME COMMON
AREAS THAT WE CAN FIND AGREEMENT
AND DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT ON
THIS ISSUE.
>> DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT
THERE WILL BE TRACTION FROM THE
MAJORITY ON SOME OF THESE GUN
CONTROL MEASURES OR WAITING
PERIODS OR, YOU KNOW, BANNING
ASSAULT RIFLES OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK WE ARE SEEING
MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM STUDENTS
AND THE PUBLIC, WHO ARE
FRUSTRATED.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE
COULD HAVE THE PASSION AND THE
COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
JUST AS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
SPEAKING OUT AND REALLY PUTTING
A FACE TO SCHOOL VIOLENCE AND
THE FEAR THAT THEY HAVE THAT
THEY DON'T WANT TO -- THEY DON'T
WANT TO LIVE LIKE THAT AND THEY
EXPECT LAWMAKERS TO DO SOME
REASONABLE THINGS.
AND SO WHILE WE ONLY HAVE ONE
DAY LEFT ON THE FLOOR PERIOD,
I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO A SPECIAL
SESSION THAT WE COULD MOVE THIS
ISSUE SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> YOU KNOW, WE JUST SPOKE WITH
SENATOR HOWARD MARKLEIN AND HE
SUGGESTED THAT AS OPPOSED TO ANY
OF THESE KIND OF GUN CONTROL
MEASURES, HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
KIND OF STRICTLY SCHOOL SAFETY
MEASURES, WHATEVER THOSE ARE
COMPRISED OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER
IT'S LOCKING DOORS OR, YOU KNOW,
SPECIFIC SECURITY IN SCHOOLS AS
OPPOSED TO ANY OF THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
DO YOU SUPPOSE THERE'S ANY
COMPROMISE IN THINGS LIKE THESE
RED FLAG LAWS OR THAT KIND OF
THING?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT GOES TO
THE HEART OF THE ISSUE OF
ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO EXEMPT
SCHOOL SAFETY MEASURES FROM
THEIR REVENUE LIMITS.
AND SO AS I HAVE SPENT THIS WEEK
TALKING TO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT
WESTERN WISCONSIN, THEY HAVE
TALKED ABOUT BULLET-PROOF GLASS.
THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT SECURING
THEIR BUILDINGS.
BUT THEY'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THEIR
SCHOOLS AND THE NEED FOR MORE
SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE,
WHO MAY FEEL THAT THEY DON'T
HAVE ANYONE THAT CONNECTS WITH
THEM IN THEIR LIFE.
SO I CERTAINLY THINK MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES IS ONE SET OF
AWARENESS, BUT LOOKING TO SECURE
THESE SCHOOLS IS ANOTHER ASPECT.
BUT ALSO IT IS SOME OF THE
COMMON SENSE ISSUES ABOUT MAKING
IT HARDER TO PURCHASE THESE
WEAPONS FOR PEOPLE WHO THEY
SHOULDN'T BE IN THEIR HANDS IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
>> JUST VERY BRIEFLY ON ANOTHER
MATTER, DO YOU EXPECT THE
JUVENILE PRISON REFORM BILL TO
PASS IN THE SENATE?
>> I THINK THAT CERTAINLY THE
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HAS
INDICATED THERE ARE SOME
CONCERNS WITH THAT.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH
INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COUNTIES
AND WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
SEE WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
I CAN GET BEHIND THE IDEA OF
MOVING CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
IN A REGIONAL APPROACH SO THEY
CAN BE CLOSER TO THESE YOUTHS'
HOMES AND SUPPORT CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S READY FOR
PRIME TIME, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE
IN THAT DIRECTION FOR OUR YOUTH
OFFENDERS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SENATOR JENNIFER SHILLING,
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP, DEBATE IN WASHINGTON
AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT GUN
LAWS IN THE WAKE OF PARKLAND,
FLORIDA'S MASS SHOOTING.
THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID
HE WOULD SUPPORT CHANGES IN
BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN BUYS.
HE ALSO ENDORSED RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE TO 21 FOR PEOPLE
PURCHASING ASSAULT STYLE RIFLES.
IN AN EMENT MONTH, MOMENT, WE WILL HEAR FROM
A RETAILER WHO SELLS AR RIFLES,
BUT FIRST HERE'S WHAT SPEAKER
PAUL RYAN HAD TO SAY MIDWEEK
ABOUT THE PROCESS OF BANNING
SUCH WEAPONS.
>> WE SHOULDN'T BE BANNING GUNS
FOR LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
CITIZENS WHO SHOULD NOT GET GUNS
IN THE FIRST PLACE SHOULD NOT
GET GUNS?
>> WHAT EXACTLY AREAR 15s.
MARISA WOJCIK WENT TO A GUN SHOP
TO SEE THEM UP-CLOSE.
>> WHEN NIKOLAS CRUZ OPENED FIRE
LAST MONTH, IT REIGNITED A
DEBATE ABOUT GUN RESTRICTIONS.
THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME, IT'S
NOT GOING AWAY.
CRUZ MURDERED 17 PEOPLE THAT DAY
USING ANAR 15 SEMIAUTOMATIC
RIFLE.
>> THIS IS THE FIREARM.
>> MANAGER OF THE DEERFIELD
PISTOL AND ARCHERY CENTER
EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ANAR 15 AND A SEMIAUTOMATIC
HUNTING RIFLE.
>> THIS GUN AND A SEMIAUTOMATIC
HUNTING GUN ARE THE SAME THING.
IT'S STRICTLY ASSET STICKS, IS
A AESTHETICS IN THE
DIFFERENCE.
>> THEAR 15 WAS DESIGNED AFTER
MILL GATHER
MILITARY GRADE GUNS FOR COM PAT.
WHAT DO ORDINARY CITIZENS USE IT
FOR?
>> MOORKS MAN MARKSMANSHIP AND HUNTING.
MILITARY ALWAYS HAS THE COOLEST
TOYS.
THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET
TO THEM
>> THAT SELLING POINT IS A HUGE
SALES DRIVER FOR GUN ENTHUSE A
FTS.
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ACT ACTOR.
>> WE HAD A LULL WHEN TRUMP TOOK
OFFICE.
THERE WASN'T THE DEMAND OR THE
PRESSURE ON THE GUN ISSUE AT
THAT TIME.
>> FOR WHITING, UPHOLDING THE
SECOND AMENDMENT IS ESSENTIAL,
BUT NOT THE END OF THE
CONVERSATION.
>> YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THEIR
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, OBVIOUSLY
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS
TO FIREARMS OR WE NEED TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE INTERVENING BEFORE AN
INCIDENT OCCURS.
>> THAT WAS MARISA WOJCIK
REPORTING.
NOW TO MEDICAL NEWS IN THE LOOK
AHEAD TO DECEMBER, WHEN A
VACCINE DEVELOPED AT UW-MADISON
WILL START HUMAN TRIALS IN J
APAN.
THAT'S WHERE UP TO 1,000 DOSES
OF EBOLA VACCINE WILL BE SENT
FROM UW.
THE CLINICAL TRIAL WILL BE LED
BY SOME OF THE SAME UW
SCIENTISTS WHO WORK THE LAB
WHERE THE VACCINE WAS CREATED.
IN 2015 RESEARCHERS REPORTED
MONK CAN CAN
MONKEYS WERE PROTECTED FROM
EBOLA INFECTION.
20,000 PEOPLE DIED IN AFRICAN
COUNTRIES.
UW-MADISON PATHOLOGIST ALHAJI
NJAI IS A NATIVE.
WHAT IS EBOLA AND WHERE DID IT
COME FROM?
>> IT'S A VIE VUS. VIRUS.
VERY, VERY DEADLY, EVOLVING OUT
OF CONGO IN CENTRAL AVENUE CA
AND CENTRAL CENTRAL AFRICA.
WE HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST
OUTBREAKS IN THE WORLD.
>> HOW EASILY IS IT SPREAD?
>> EBOLA IS VERY DEADLY AND IT'S
NOT AS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AS
OTHERS, BUT IT IS VERY DEADLY
WHEN SOMEBODY GETS IT THROUGH
BODY FLUIDS OR CONTACTS WITH
SWEAT OR SALIVA OR THINGS THAT
ARE COMING OUT OF AN INFECTED
PERSON.
>> SO YOU ARE ON OUR WAY TO
SIERRA LEONE TOMORROW.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WHAT WILL YOU DO THERE?
>> SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK, SO
SINCE 2014, DECEMBER, WE SET UP
A FUNCTIONAL LAB SYSTEM IN
SIERRA LEONE THROUGH A P
ROFESSOR'S GROUP WORKING ON THE
VACCINE, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT
SORT OF THE MOLECULAR CAUSES,
WHY DOES EBOLA KILL, WHY IS IT
SO LETHAL AND WHY DO SOME PEOPLE
SURVIVE IT?
SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MORE ON
SORT OF WHAT ARE THE RESPONSES
AROUND IT AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO
DEVELOP MUCH MORE EFFICIENT,
BETTER THERAPIES FOR EBOLA.
>> SO IN TERMS OF THE VACCINE,
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS
ACTUALLY -- SO MUCH OF THE
VACCINE IS ABOUT -- WHAT WE HAVE
NOW IS ACTUALLY THE EBOLA VIRUS
MINUS THE GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR
EBOLA TO ATTACH TO HUMAN CELLS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS JUST
BASICALLY KNOCK OUT THAT GENE
AND THEN WITHOUT THAT GENE, THE
EBOLA VIRUS IS UNABLE TO
REPLICATE AND ALSO UNABLE TO
ATTACH TO HUMAN CELLS.
>> SO HOW EXCITING IS THIS
PROSPECT OF A HUMAN VACCINE FOR
EBOLA?
>> IT IS HUGE.
IT IS HUGE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DEADLY
NATURE OF THIS OUTBREAK IN 2015
AND SURVIVALS AND THE TRAUMA AND
OTHER THINGS, HAVING A VACCINE
THAT WORKS, AND IF WE HAVE TO
WORK IN PHASE ONE IN DECEMBER,
THAT WILL BE TREMENDOUS NEWS FOR
NOT JUST THE MEDICAL WORLD, BUT
ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA
LEONE AND WEST AFRICA BECAUSE WE
KNOW WHENEVER EBOLA HITS, IT HAS
THE HIKELY LIKELIHOOD OF COMING BACK.
>> HOW WILL THE TRIALS WORK?
WHO WILL GET THAT?
TELL US ABOUT THE PROCESS.
>> WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT
ASPECT OF IT, SO IT'S STILL --
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
CLINICAL TRIALS, AND HOW THAT
WILL BE WORKED OUT.
SO I THINK THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
WE ARE PREPARED YET ON HOW IT'S
GOING TO WORK.
BECAUSE REALLY YOU REALLY WANT
TO BE ABLE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN
A LOT MORE OF THE INFORMATION
AND ASPECT OF THINGS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT
WILL WORK IN JAPAN.
>> AND WHAT IS THE GLOBAL KIND
OF REACTION TO THE IDEA THAT
THIS VACCINE IS OUT THERE AND
MORE THAN DEVELOPED, BUT GOING
TO TRIAL?
>> I THINK THAT THIS IS
TREMENDOUS.
IT IS JOUST JUST VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL EBOLA
VACCINE BECAUSE WE ARE USING THE
VIRUS AGAINST A FRAGMENT FROM
ANOTHER VIRUS.
SO THIS IS A REAL GOOD
BREAKTHROUGH, BUT ALSO A VERY
NOVEL BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE
MEDICAL WORLD.
>> DR. NJAI, THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING MEEVMENT
>> NOW TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL
UPDATE INVOLVING FOXCONN.
THE EPA HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER
THE AMOUNT OF AIR POLLUTION IN
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AND WILL
MAKE A DECISION WITHIN THE NEXT
THREE MONTHS ON HOW MUCH
COMPANIES LIKE FOXCONN WILL NEED
TO CURB THEIR EMISSIONS.
AT THE CENTER OF THIS DECISION
WILL BE NEWLY-APPOINTED HEAD OF
THE CHICAGO EPA OFFICE, CATHY
STEPP, WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS
DNR SECRETARY IN WISCONSIN.
SHE WORKED TO HAVE THE STATE
EXEMPTED FROM SMOG REGULATIONS.
ACCORDING TO AN EPA S
POKESPERSON, SHE WILL CONSULT
WITH ETHICS STAFF AT THE AGENCY
BEFORE DECIDING SHE NEEDS TO
RECUSE HERSELF FROM THE D
ECISION.
>> AND NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT,
MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL POLLSTER
CHARLES FRANKLIN WILL BE HERE
WITH THE FIRST STATEWIDE NUMBERS
ON THE STATE SUPREME COURT RACE.
UNTIL THEN, I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
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