% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT ON HERE AND NOW.
%
WHISTLE BLOWERS AND IMPEACHMENT.% WE
GET THE LATEST WASHINGTON
% NEWS FROM
%
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DEBATE OVER% EF
FORTS TO LAND F-35 JETS IN
% MADISON.
%
AND OUR POLITICAL PANEL PROVIDES% AN
INSIDE LOOK AT THE WILD WEEK
% IN WASHINGTON.
%
IT'S HERE AND NOW FOR SEPTEMBER
% 27.
% FUNDING FOR HERE
AND
NOW
IS
% FUNDED BY FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN
% PUBLIC TELEVISION.
% A FIRST LOOK TONIGHT AT
% WASHINGTON IN DISARRAY.
% DEMOCRATS EXCORIATING PRESIDENT
% DONALD TRUMP OVER WHAT THEY CALL
% DAMNING ALLEGATIONS OF USING HIS
% POWER TO SOLICIT INTERFERENCE IN
% THE 2020 U.S. ELECTION.
% ALLEGATIONS IN A WHISTLE-BLOWER
% COMPLAINT ALLEGE THE PRESIDENT
% PRESSURED UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT TO
% INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN'S SON,
% USING U.S. AID TO UKRAINE AS
% LEVERAGE.
% THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES AN
% ATTEMPTED WHITE HOUSE COVER-UP.
% ON THE FLIP SIDE: REPUBLICANS
% CALL IT A HOAX, FAKE NEWS AND A
% CHARADE PERPETRATED BY DEMOCRATS
% STILL ANGRY OVER DONALD TRUMP'S %
ELECTION.
% WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN, BUT FIRST,
% A CHECK IN WITH ONE MEMBER OF
% WISCONSIN'S CONGRESSIONAL
% DELEGATION:
% U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MARK POCAN,
% DEMOCRAT FROM THE 2ND DISTRICT.
% HE JOINS US FROM WASHINGTON.
% THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
DOING
SO.
% >>
WHAT
IS
YOUR
REACTION
TO THE
% PHONE
CALL TRANSCRIPT
AND THE % WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT?
% >> IT'S
NOTHING
SHORT
OF
A
BOMB
% SHELL.
% WE
HAVE BEEN
LOOKING
AT THE
% MUELLER
REPORT ABOUT ANOTHER % FOREIGN
COUNTRY
TRYING
TO
GET
% INVOLVED
IN
OUR
ELECTIONS AND
% THE
PRESIDENT
DENYING
% ALLEGATIONS.%IN
THIS
CASE,
HE'S
ESSENTIALLY
% CONFESSING.%HE
SAID HE
ASKED
THEM
TO DO
A
% PERSONAL
FAVOR
OF
INVESTIGATING
% A
POLITICAL
OPPONENT'S
FAMILY
% AND
BLOCKED
FUNDING
TO GO
TO
THE
% SAME
COUNTRY
AND
WE
HAVE
THE
% WHISTLE
BLOWER
REPORT.
% THIS
CUTS
OUT
THE
MIDDLE MAN % BECAUSE HE'S ESSENTIAL
LY % CONFESSED
TO
IT.
% THAT'S
WHY
THE
REACTION
HAS BEEN
% SO STRONG
FROM
THE
PUBLIC AND
% CONGRESS.%>> WHAT DO YOU TH
INK
SHOULD
% HAPPEN
NOW?
%
WE HAVE
TO DO
THE
PROPER
% CONFERENCE.%THE
WHISTLE
BLOWER,
HE
OR
SHE
% WILL
COME
IN AND
TALK
ABOUT
WHAT
% THEY
WROTE
IN
THE
REPORT,
WHICH % IS A
VERY
STRONG
REPORT
AND
ANY % OTHER
WITNESSES THAT
MAY BE
% INVOLVED
WILL BE BROUGHT
THERE.
% IF
THE
WHITE HOUSE
TRIES
TO
PLAY% THE SAME GAME NOT
LETTING
% WITNESSES
COME
TO
CONGRESS.
% THE
SMOKING
GUN'S
NAME
IS DONALD% TRUMP AND WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD
% EXPEDITIOUSLY.%>>
WHAT
STANDS OUT
MOST
TO
YOU % IN THE
WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT?% >>
JUST THE
BRAZENNESS
FROM
THE
% CALL.
% HE'S ASKING
FOR
A
PERSONAL
% FAVOR,
HE
BROUGHT
IT
UP
A
FEW
% TIMES
ABOUT
GOING
AFTER
THE
VICE% PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S
SON.
% GETTING
INFORMATION.
% HE
BROUGHT
UP
A
WEIRD
EXPERIENCE
% THEORY
ABOUT
SOMEHOW
HOW
UKRAINE
% AND
NOT
RUSSIA
INTERJECTED
IN
% OUR
ELECTIONS AND WE KNOW
HE
% TRIED TO
HOLDUP
AID
TO
THE
% COUNTRY.%WHEN
YOU
HEAR
THE
WHISTLE
BLOWER
% REPORT,
RUDY
GIULIANI, THIS
% WHOLE
THING
IS
A
MESS
AND
REALLY
% SHORT
OF
PUTTING
I
DID
IT
TATTOO
% ON
YOUR
FOREHEAD, THE
PRESIDENT
% HAS
CLEARLY
EXPLAINED WHAT
HE'S
% DONE AND
I
THINK THAT
CLEARLY
IS
% A
VIOLATION
OF
HIS
OATH
OF
% OFFICE.
% >> THE
RANKING
REPUBLICAN
ON
THE
% INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE
CALLS
% THIS PROCESS A
GROTESQUE,
% SPECTACLE
AND
A
HOST.
% TO
RE-LITIGATE
RESULTS
OF
THE
% 2016
ELECTION, WHAT IS
YOUR
% RESPONSE
TO
THAT.
% >>
THEY TRY TO SPIN
AND
THEY
% JUST LOOK
DIZZY
AND
IT'S
NOT
% MAKING
SENSE.
% THE
PUBLIC IS
WAY
SMARTER THAN
% POLITICIANS IN
WASHINGTON.
% HE
ASKED
FOR THIS
LEADER OF
A
% FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO DO THIS.
% THIS IS
REALLY
IN MANY
WAYS
WHAT
% THE
MUELLER REPORT
WAS
ABOUT
AND
% NOW
HE'S
FESSING
UP
TO
IT.
% WE
HAVE TO DO
OUR
JOB
AND MAKE
% SURE
WE
HOLD
THE
WHITE HOUSE
% ACCOUNTABLE.%>>
WHY
WOULD
THE
PRESIDENT
% HIMSELF
RELEASE
THE
CALL
% TRANSCRIPT AND THE
COMPLAINT IF % HE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT
% >>
BECAUSE I
DON'T
TRY
TO
FIGURE
% ANYTHING
THIS
WHITE HOUSE
DOES.
% NOTHING
SEEMS
RATIONAL.
% YOU
GET
THE
TWEETS
WHEN
YOU
DO.
% THAT'S
HOW
WE
GET
THE
% INFORMATION FROM THE WHITE %
HOUSE.%THERE WAS
A
CONTROVERSY
WHETHER % TO
RELIEF
IT.
% THIS WAS
PUT IN
A
SPECIAL
SAFE
% FOR
HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED.
% INSTEAD,
THIS WAS
POLITICAL % STUFF
HE
DID
THAT IS
A
VIOLATION% OF
OFFICE.
% THERE'S
SO MUCH
MORE WE'RE
GOING
% TO
FIND
OUT.
% JUST THE
INFORMATION
WE
HAVE
% THIS
WEEK IS
REALLY
DAMMING
FOR % THE
PRESIDENT
% >> IN
TERMS OF THE
SECRET
% PLACE,
ACCORDING
TO
WHITE HOUSE
% OFFICIALS, THIS IS IN THE %
WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT.
% THIS WAS NOT
THE
FIRST
TIME
% UNDER
THE
ADMINISTRATION
% SOMETHING
HAD BEEN
PLACED
INTO
% THE
CODE
LEVEL
AREA.
% PROTECTING
POLITICALLY
SENSITIVE
% CONCERN.%HOW CONCERNING
IS
THAT?
% >>
MANY
OF
US
REMEMBER WHEN
% PRESIDENT
NIXON
WAS
PRESIDENT.
% THE FACT
THAT
THE
PRESIDENT
DOES
% IT
SO
BRAZENLY
AND A
DAY
AFTER
% MR.
MUELLER
TESTIFIED
ON % CONGRESS AND DIDN'T DELIVER A
% BROADWAY
PLAY
PERFORMANCE.
% THE
PRESIDENT THOUGHT HE
COULD
% GET
AWAY WITH
MORE.
% THIS
TIME
HIS
BRAZENNESS WENT % TOO FAR
AND
THE
AMERICAN
PUBLIC
% CAN
SEE THE
FACT
OF
WHAT'S
GOING
% ON
WHAT
I
THINK
MANY OF
US
HAS
% KNOWN
HAS BEEN GOING
ON.
% >>
REPRESENTATIVE,
MARK
POCAN
% THANK YOU VERY MUCH.%>>
GLEN
GROWTH MAN PROVIDED A % STATEMENT
SAYING
A BROAD % DISCUSSION
WITH
THE
UKRAINE
% PRESIDENT IS
IMPORTANT.% I
DO
THINK
HE
SAYS
THERE ARE
% LEGITIMATE
QUESTIONS TO BE
% RAISED AS
TO
WHY
HUNTER BIDEN
% WAS
EMPLOYED BY
A
UKRAINIAN
% OWNED
COMPANY
AT THE SAME TIME % HIS FATHER OVER
SAW
UKRAINIAN
% RELATIONS
WITH
OBAMA.
% >> OUR NEXT GUEST
HAS BEEN
% TEACHING HIS
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
% STUDENTS
THIS
WEEK ABOUT
THE
% IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS.
% DAVID
CANNON
IS
HERE.
% >>
GOOD
TO BE
HERE.% >>
FIRST
OF
ALL, WHAT STOOD OUT
% TO
IN
THIS
WHISTLE
BLOWER
% COMPLAINT?
% >> WE
HEARD
THE
PHONE
CALL
AND
% THE
DETAILS
OF THE
TRANSCRIPT
% AND
ONE THING
THAT
BROKE
OUT
TO
% ME WAS THE
COVER
UP
ANGLE.
% THE
PEOPLE
IN
THE
WHITE HOUSE % RIGHT
AFTER
THE
CONVERSATION % WERE VERY
CONCERNED
ABOUT
THE
% CONTENT OF
THAT
PHONE
CALL.
% AND
THEN
IMMEDIATELY PUT
IT
INTO
% LOCK
DOWN
MODE
ON THIS
SERVER
% THAT WAS
PASSWORD
PROTECTED
THAT% ONLY
TOP-LEVEL
PEOPLE
HAD
ACCESS
% TO.
% THAT WAS A
STRONG
INDICATION % THEY
KNEW
THERE WAS
SOMETHING
% PROBLEMATIC IN
THE
PHONE
CALL.
% CALLING IT A
COVER UP IS % BASICALLY
ACCURATE
IN
TERMS
OF
% HOW
THEY'RE
DEALING WITH
THIS.% >> IS
WHAT
IS
HAPPENING
% UNPRECEDENTED.%>>
IT
REALLY
IS.
% A PRESIDENT
ASKING
A
FOREIGN % COUNTRY
TO
DIG
UP
DIRT
ON
A
% RIVAL.
% BASICALLY
USING
THE
POWER
OF THE
% PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND
% POTENTIALLY
UNDERMINING
FOREIGN
% POLICY AND
SECURITY BY
WITH
% HOLDING
$400 MILLION
IN
AID
TO
A% CRITICAL
COUNTRY
WHILE
THIS
% WHOLE
PROCESS
UNFOLDS
IN
TERMS
% OF WILL
UKRAINE DO
HIS
BIDDING
% AND
DO
THE
INVESTIGATIONS THAT % HE'S ASKIN
G FOR
IN
THIS
PHONE
% CALL.%THAT
REALLY
IS
UNPRECEDENTED.% >> CAN IT
NO,
THOUGH,
BE
% DESCRIBED
AS
THE
PRESIDENT
% DESCRIBES
IT
AS
A WITCH
HUNT?
% I DON'T THINK
SO,
BASED
ON
THE
% FACTS
WE
KNOW
ALREADY
AND
THE
% FACTS
THE
PRESIDENT
ADMITTED
TO,
% HE
DID
BRING
UP
VICE PRESIDENT
% BIDEN AND
HUNTER
BIDEN
IN
THIS
% PHONE
CALL,
THAT
I
THINK IS
% UNCONTESTED IN
TERMS
OF THE
% FACTS
HOW
PEOPLE
DIFFER, IS % WHETHER OR NOT THERE
NEEDS TO BE
% AN
EXPLICIT
QUID
PRO
QUO
AND
% HELP YOU
OUT.
% OR
IS
JUST
THE
ASKING
ENOUGH?
% YOU
DO
GET
DIFFERENCES
OF
% OPINION
THERE.
% WHERE
AND
PEOPLE ARE
SAYING
% WITHOUT
THE
EVIDENCE OF
QUID
PRO
% QUO
BUT
ASKING I
S
ENOUGH.
% ONE
THING
THAT
I
THINK
REALLY
% HAS
COME
OUT
IN
LAST
24
HOURS
IS
% THE
CIA
OPERATIVE,
SOMEONE WHO % HAS
INSIDE KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT
% UKRAINE
HAS
INSIDE
INFORMATION % AND
POLICY IN THE
AREA.
% IT'S
A
LEGITIMATE QUESTION TO
% BRING
UP
IN
TERMS
OF
WHAT
WAS
% THIS
ALL
FIRST
HAND
INFORMATION?
% I
WASN'T
ON THE PHONE
CALLS BUT
% FROM
OTHER THINGS
I
HEARD FROM
% PEOPLE
WHO
WERE
INVOLVED.
% GIVEN
THE
PERSON'S POSITION
AS
% THE
CENTER OF
DIGESTING
ALL OF % THE CRITICAL INFORMATION
FROM
% THAT
REGION, IT
REALLY
IS
VERY
% WELL
SITUATED
FOR
MAKING
THIS
% WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT BECAUSE% THEY
KNOW
THE
STRATEGIC
% QUESTIONS
INVOLVED.% >>
IN
TERMS
OF THE
PROCESS,
YOU
% HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTING
YOUR
% POLY-SCI
STUDENTS
ON
% IMPEACHMENT.
% >> SOMETIMES
PEOPLE USE
THE
WORD
% IMPEACHMENT AS
REMOVAL
OF
% OFFICE.%IT'S A
TWO-STEP
PROCESS.
% THE FIRST
IS
THE
HOUSE
% IMPEACHING
WITH
A
MAJORITY
VOTE.
% THAT'S THE
CHARGES AGAINST
THE
% PERSON
AND
THE
TRIAL
GOES
TO THE
% SENATE.
% THAT'S
WHERE
BY
A
TWO-THIRDS % VOTE
THE
PRESIDENT WOULD BE
% REMOVED
IF
CONVICTED.
% BILL
CLINTON WAS
IMPEACHED
BUT
% NOT
REMOVED.
% HE MAY BE
IMPEACHED
BUT NOT
% REMOVED
IF
REPUBLICANS
DON'T
GET
% ON
BOARD.
% YOU
NEED 20
REPUBLICANS
TO VOTE
% FOR CONVICTION IN ORDER TO
% REMOVE THE
PRESIDENT.
% THAT'S
THE FIRST
POINT.
% THE
SECOND
IS
WHAT
IT
TAKES
TO
% GET
IMPEACHMENT
CHARGE
AND
THE
% CONSTITUTION
IS
VERY
SPARSE
IN
% ITS
LANGUAGE.
% BRIBERY
AND
MISDEMEANORS.% IT
COMES
DOWN
TO
WHAT
A
GIVEN
% HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SAYS I
T% IS AT
A
GIVEN
POINT
IN
TIME.
% THERE'S
NO
CRIME
THAT
HAS
TO BE
% INVOLVED.
% IT'S
JUST IF THERE IS
A
% VIOLATION OF
PUBLIC
TRUST.
% DAVID
CANNON.
% THANKS
VERY
MUCH.
% >>
GOOD
TO BE
WITH
YOU.
% IN
TONIGHT'S
CLOSER
LOOK,
THE % U.S.
AIR FORCE
IS
DECIDING
% WHETHER
TO
DECIDE
MADISON'S
% TRUAX
LOCATION.
% IT'S
ONE
TO
THE
115TH
FIGHTER % WING
AND THE
CURRENT
COMPLEMENT
% OF
F-16S.
% FOUR OTHER
AREAS
ARE
IN
THE
% RUNNING
ARE
FOR
18,
F-16
% FIGHTERS.%THE AIR FORCE
IS
RUNNING
INTO
% CONTROVERSY BECAUSE OF
THEIR OWN
% ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATEMENT % THAT FOUNDED THE
CHANGE
IN THE
% NOISE ENVIRONMENT
ASSOCIATED
% WITH
THE
F-35S WOULD BE
% CONSIDERED
"SIGNIFICANT IN
THE
% AREA
SURROUNDING THE AIR
FIELD
% AND
THERE
WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANT
% DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS
TO
LOW
% INCOME AND MINORITY
POPULATIONS % AS WELL AS CHILDREN
.% BUT
SUPPORTERS OF
LOCATING
THE
% F-35S
SAY
THE
ECONOMIC
IMPACT
OF
% HAVING
THEM
HERE
WOULD BE
% SIGNIFICANT
TOO.
% AND THE
BASE
COULD
CLOSE WHEN
% ITS
AGING
FLEET
OF
F-16S
RETIRE.
% THIS
WEEK
THE
AIR FORCE
% ANNOUNCED
IT WOULD
EXTEND
PUBLIC
% COMMENT FOR
30
MORE
DAYS.
% WE
HEAR
NOW
FROM
BOTH
SIDES
OF % THE
DEBATE,
CHRIS
AERNS
AND
% THANK YOU BOTH
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >> FIRST TO YOU,
CHRIS,
WHAT
IS
% YOUR
OPINION?
% >>
THE
ECONOMIC
IMPACT
IS
% $100 MILLION.
% SUPPORTING
1200
JOBS
AND
THE
% F-35 WOULD SECURE THAT
MISSION
% FOR THE
NEXT 30
TO
40
YEARS.
% ABSENT
OF
THIS
MISSION,
I
CAN
% TELL
YOU
FIRST
HAND
HAVING
% THROWN
THE CURRENT
F-16S,
THEIR
% SHELF LIFE
IS
COMING
TO AN
END.
% IF
WE
DON'T GET
A
NEW
MISSION % SUCH
AS
THE
F-35,
THAT
PUTS
THE
% BASE
IN
JEOPARDY
OF
CLOSURE.
% >>
AND
REPRESENTATIVE
TAYLOR,
% WHAT
IS
YOUR
OPINION?
% >> THE
AIR FORCE
PUT OUT
2200
% INDIVIDUALS AND
1000
RESIDENCES
% ARE
GOING
TO BE
IMPACTED
THESE % ARE
VERY
LOUD
JETS.% THIS
IS,
THEY ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY
% LOUDER
AND
THAT'S
WHAT
THE
AIR % FORCE
SAID.
% THEY
WILL
RUN
APPROXIMATELY
2300
% ADDITIONAL
OPERATIONS AND WE
% KNOW THE
AIR FORCE
IS
ALSO
% TELLING US
THIS HAS A
DISPARATE
% IMPACT ON
COMMUNITIES
OF
COLOR
% AND
CHILDREN.
% WE
HAVE
SOME
OF THE MOST
% SIGNIFICANT RACIAL
INEQUITIES.
% WE
ALREADY
KNOW
SCHOOLS
ARE
% RIGHT
AROUND
THIS
ZONE
OF
NOISE.
% WE
KNOW THE
AIR FORCE
IS
TELLING
% US
KIDS
ARE
IMPACTED
BY
THIS
% TYPE
OF
NOISE.
% NO ONE
IN
THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
% STATEMENT
DOES
IT
SAY
TRUAX
WILL
% CLOSE.
% THEIR
OWN
ANALYSIS SAY
% OPERATIONS
WILL
CONTINUE.
% THEY POINT
TO
A
NEGLIGIBLE
% IMPACT.
% >>
WE
WILL
GET
6400
JOBS.
% WHAT ABOUT
THIS
WHOLE
CONCERN
IS
% THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
% STATEMENT
THAT
DID
SAY
THAT
THE
% NOISE
WOULD CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT
% ISSUES?
% >>
WE
BELIEVE
THAT
THE
% ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATEMENT % IS
OVERSTATING
THE
NUMBER
OF
% OPERATIONS
THAT
ARE
GOING
TO
% OCCUR.
% IT
EVEN
SAYS
THIS IS
A
MAXIMUM
% POTENTIAL
IMPACT.
% WORSE
CASE
SCENARIO.
% AS
AN
OPERATOR, I
CAN
BREAK
DOWN
% ALL
OF
THOSE
NUMBERS,
THE
6200
% OPERATIONS.%PART
OF
THAT
ASSUMPTION IS
ALL
% FLIGHTS
WILL
FLIGHT OUT
OF
% MADISON.
% IT'S
JUST
NOT
TRUE.
% IN FACT
RIGHT
NOW,
OUR
F-16S ARE
% DEPLOYED
TO
AFGHANISTAN
AND
WILL
% REDUCE
20%
OFF
THE
BAT.
% WE ASKED
OUR
INPUT
TO THE
% COMMENTARY TO GIVE
US
A
MOST
% LIKELY
SCENARIO.
% I
THINK WITH
OVERSTATING
THE
% NUMBER OF
OPERATIONS IN
THERE,
I
% AGREE,
IT
DOES
WORRY
I
THINK
% UNDULY THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
% WE
NEED
A
BETTER
IDEA
OF THE
% NOISE.%>> WHAT ABOUT
THIS
WHOLE
ISSUE
% OF
AFTERBURNERS?
% THEY
TAKE OFF
AND
IT'S
THIS
% SUPER
POWERED
BURNER
AND
T
HAT'S
% EVEN
LOUDER.
% IS THAT
ACCURATE?
% >>
THAT
IS.
% CURRENT
OPERATIONS
WITH
THE
F-16
% USE
60%
OF THE
TIME.
% THAT
INCREASES
THEIR
SPEED
FOR % TAKE
OFF.
% THAT'S REALLY DUE
TO
WEATHER
% CONDITIONS,
ESSENTIALLY
THE
% HOTTER IT IS,
THE
MORE
THEY
HAVE
% TO
USE
IT.
% WITH
THE
F-35S, IT
HAS
A
MORE
% POWERFUL
ENGINE AND
ONLY
% REQUIRES 5%
FOR
AFTER
BURNER % TAKE
OFF.
% >>
WHEN
CHRIS
ARENZ
SAYS
THESE
% PLANES
WON'T
BE
OPERATING AT
% THAT
LEVEL,
WHAT
ABOUT
THAT?
% DOES
THAT
SOFTEN
THE
BLOW
FOR
% YOU?
% >>
NO.
% THE
AIR FORCE
WAS
JUST
ASKED
% THIS
QUESTION
AND HE WAS
ASKED,
% IS
THIS
SIMILAR TO
CURRENT
% OPERATIONS AND
THEY
CAME
BACK
TO
% SAY
THIS IS
THE
NUMBER
OF
% OPERATIONS.%THEY DETERMINE
THE
NUMBER
OF
% OPERATIONS.
% THEY HAVE
REAFFIRMED
THE
NUMBER
% OF
OPERATIONS
PREDICTED
ARE
AS
% WHAT
THEY
BELIEVE
IT
TO
BE.
% >>
NOW IN
TERMS
OF THE NOISE
% LEVELS, IN
THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD,
OR
% NEIGHBORHOODS, AREN'T
THEY
% ALREADY
AFFECTED
BY
TRUAX
AND
% THE
F-16S.
% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% THESE
JETS ARE NOT
A LITTLE BIT
% NOISIER
BUT
MORE.
% IT'S
ESTIMATED IT'S
AT
10
% DECIBEL
INCREASE.
% TO THE HUMAN
EAR,
THAT'S
TWICE % AS
LOUD.% >>
HOW LOUD
IS
IT?
% WHAT
IS
YOUR
EXAMPLE,
YOU
% SUGGEST
PEOPLE IN
SCHOOLS
AND
% CHILDREN
IN THEIR
HOMES,
WHAT
% ARE THEY
GOING TO
HEAR?
% >>
IN MY
DISTRICT,
CARP
PENTER
% RIDGE
WAY.
% THE
PEEK
TO
GET
TO
114
DECIBELS.% THAT'S
A
ROCK
CONCERT.
% HAWTHORNE
SCHOOL HAS
68%
OF THE
% KIDS ARE
LOW
INCOME.
% 74%
ARE
KIDS
ARE
COLOR.
% THEY
ALREADY DO
HEAR
NOISE.
% I
HAVE
HEARD THAT
FROM
THE
% TEACHERS.%THIS TYPE
OF
JET
IS
GOING
TO
FLY
% OVER
THEIR
SCHOOL.% THEY
DON'T
HAVE
AIR
% CONDITIONING.
% YOU
CAN'T
MITIGATE
A
PLAY
GROUND
% AND
THE
AIR
FORCE'S OWN
STUDY
% SAYS
CHILDREN
CAN BE
ADVERSELY
% AFFECTED BY
AIRPORT NOISE.
% IT
DECREASES
THEIR
READING.% >> HOW MUCH DOES THAT
RESONATE % WITH
SUPPORTERS
BRINGING
IN
THE
% F-35S
IN
HERE?
% >>
ABSOLUTELY,
WHAT
I
WANT
TO
% RETURN
TO.
% WE'RE
NOT
DISPUTING
THE
NUMBER
% OF
OPERATIONS BUT
SAYING THOSE
% OPERATIONS WON'T OCCUR
HERE
IN
% MADISON.%SO
BECAUSE
OF
THAT,
THAT
IMPACT
% THAT
IS
SHOWN
IN
THE
NOISE
% CONTOURS
WHICH IS
A
DIRECT
% RELATION
TO
HOW MANY IS
% INACCURATE
AND
IS
MUCH
SMALLER.
% SO
WHAT
WE
SAY
IS,
WE
DO
NOT
% THINK
IT WILL
HAVE THE
IMPACT
% THAT
THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
% SAYS.%>>
REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR DOESN'T
% BELIEVE
IT'S
ACCURATE.
% IF THE
F-35S
DON'T
COME
HERE, % THAT
AIR
FIELD
WOULD
CLOSE.
% >>
THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY
THE
% CONCLUSION THAT
WILL
HAPPEN.
% IN FACT
IT'S
BEEN
STATED
BY
% FORMER
SECRETARY
OF THE
AIR
% FORCE, WILSON IN
REGARD TO
% BURLINGTON,
VERMONT
IF THE % MISSION
DIDN'T
COME THERE,
THEY
% WOULD
LOSE
THE
BASE.
% >>
THE PUBLIC
COMMENT
IS
OVER
% FOR
ANOTHER
30
DAYS.
% CHRIS
AERNZ AND REPRESENTATIVE
% TAYLOR, THANK YOU
SO
MUCH.
% >>
WE
RETURN
TO
BILL
MCCOSHEN % AND
SCOTT
ROSS.
% THANK YOU FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
I'M
GOING
TO
ASK
YOU
EACH
% RIGHT
OFF
THE
TOP,
THE OPINION % OF THE WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT?
% >>
IT WAS
SIMILAR
TO THE
MUELLER
% REPORT.%THAT WAS JAMES
COMEY
WHO
WANTED
% TO CREATE
A
SPECIAL COUNCIL.% THIS
WHISTLE
BLOWER
DIDN'T
SIT
% IN
THE
ROOM
OR
READ THE
% TRANSCRIPT
OR
HAVE
FIRST-HAND
% KNOWLEDGE
OF
WHAT
WAS
SAID
OR
% DONE.%THIS WAS
ALL
HEARSAY
AND
THAT
% ALL LED
T
O
A
BIG
NATIONAL
STORY.
% THE
SPEAKER
OF THE
HOUSE,
NANCY
% PELOSI
FINALLY
SAYS
THEY'RE
% GOING
TO
OPEN
AN
IMPEACHMENT
% INQUIRY
BEFORE
SHE READ
THE
% TRANSCRIPT OR
THE
WHISTLE
% BLOWER.
% >>
THE
PRESIDENT
SOLICITED
A
% FOREIGN CURRENT TO
INTERFERE IN
% OUR
2020
ELECTIONS AND
UTILIZED
% THE
PROMISE
OF
A
MEETING AND
% FINANCIAL AID IN ORDER
TO DO
% THAT.
% IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ONE
OF
MOST,
THE
% GROSSEST
APPALLING
DISPLAYS OF
% LAWLESSNESS
WE
HAVE
SEEN
COME
% OUT
OF
POLITICS
OR
GOVERNMENT.
% THE
FACT
IS,
I
APPRECIATE WHERE % BILL
IS
COMING
FROM.
% HE'S
GOT
THE
TALKING
POINTS.
% THE FACT
IS
--
% >>
I'M
GOT
THE
FACTS.
% >>
THE
FACT
IS, THE
WHISTLE
% BLOWER
CAME
FORWARD.
% SPOKE
TO THE
INTELLIGENCE
% COMMITTEE'S
INSPECT
GENERAL, THE
% INSPECTOR GENERAL
SAYS
THIS IS
% CREDIBLE.
% DID
THE
INVESTIGATION AND
CAME
% BACK
WITH
THAT.
% IT'S
NOT
SIMPLY A HE
SAID
SHE
% SAID.%HE HAD
DIRECT AND
INDIRECT
% KNOWLEDGE OF
WHAT
WAS
GOING
ON.
% CORROBORATED BY
NUMEROUS % GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS AND
I
THINK
% THE CASE
IS
INCREDIBLY STRONG
% AND
WE'RE
SEEING IT
BECAUSE
THE
% PRESIDENT IS
REACTING
HARSHLY.
% >>
I
THINK
THIS IS THE
FLIMSIEST% EVIDENCE FOR
IMPEACHMENT.
% THEY
DIDN'T
ACTUALLY FORM
AN
% IMPEACHMENT
COMMITTEE.
% IT
GIVES
THEM
THINGS THE
% PRESIDENT
COULDN'T BLOCK
WITH
% EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGE.% THE
REASON
IS,
ALL
POLITICS
% AGAIN.
% NANCY
PELOSI
DID
NOT
WANT
THOSE
% 35
DEMOCRATS
WHO
WON
SEAT
WON
BY
% DONALD TRUMP IN
2016,
THESE
WON
% THE
SEATS IN
2018,
WHICH
HELPED
% DEMOCRATS TAKE
THE
HOUSE.
% RON
IS
ON
THAT
LIST.% >>
THERE IS
12
DEMOCRATS
THAT
% HAVEN'T
FORMALLY SAID
I
THINK
HE
% SHOULD BE
IMPEACHED.% THEY
ARE
TIRED
OF THE
% RECKLESSNESS.
% O.J.'S
BOOK
WAS
IF
I
DID
IT.
% TRUMP
WAS
WHEN
I
DID
IT
.
% >>
HE
GAVE
UP
THE
TRANSCRIPT.% I
READ
THE
TRANSCRIPT.
% IT
IS,
THERE'S N
O
THERE.
% IT'S THE
FLIMSIEST EVIDENCE
IN
% HISTORY.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
% SO
SPEAKING
OF
THIS,
DOES
THIS
% TRICKLE
DOWN
TO THE
SEVENTH
% CONGRESSIONAL RACE WE'RE
ABOUT
% TO
EMBARK
UPON?
% DO YOU THINK
IT
DOES?% >>
IF
IT
DOES,
IT'S
A
POSITIVE
% WAY.
% THAT'S
TRUMP
COUNTRY.% DONALD TRUMP DID
BETTER
I
N
THE
% SEVENTH
DISTRICT.
% THE
MOST
RECENT
MARQUETTE POLLS % SHOW HIM.%
I
EXPECT
TOM
TIFFANY AND
JASON % CHURCH
TO BE
STRONG
WANTERS
OF
% TRUMP AND
THE
TRUMP
SUPPORTERS
% WILL TURN
OUT
ON
DECEMBER 30TH % >> WHO
DO YOU THINK ABOUT
% VOTERS IN
THAT
DISTRICT?
% >>
COUPLE
THINGS.
% FOR
ONE, FOR 40
YEARS,
THE
MAPS
% WERE
RIGGED IN
THAT
PLACE.
% THAT WAS
SOLID
PROGRESS
COUNTRY.
% THE
FACT
IS
THAT
TOM
TIFFANY HAS% BEEN A
NONSTOP
ADVOCATE FOR
% POLICIES
THAT
ARE
HURTING
THE
% PEOPLE
OF THE
SEVENTH
CD
AND
% BOTH OF
THEM
ARE
GOING
TO
THE,
% THEY
ARE
GOING
TO
HAVE
TO
% OUT-TRUMP
EACH
OTHER.
% >>
HE
IS
A
SAFE
BET
IN
THE
% SEVENTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT % AND THE
DULUTH
DISTRICT.
% HE
TURNED
THAT
REPUBLICAN.% MY
ENTIRE
LIFETIME, THAT WAS
AS
% DEMOCRATIC
AS
A
GOD.
% >>
THE
DATE
FOR
PRIMARY
WAS
% ASKED
TO BE
CHANGED
BECAUSE
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
SET
IT
FOR
% HANUKKAH.
% >> LET
ME
SAY
THIS,
THE
IDEA
% THAT ROBIN
VOSS
IS
NOW PIOUS
IN
% TERMS OF
RELIGION WHEN
WE'RE
% THINKING ABOUT,
SORRY
WHEN
WE
% THINKING
ABOUT
THE
FACT
THIS
% ELECTION
NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AND
THE
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
WANTS
THE % ELECTION
TO
HAPPEN AS SOON AS % POSSIBLE BECAU
SE HE
WANTS
TO
PUT
% DEMOCRACY
IN THE
HANDS
OF
% VOTERS.
% THE
FACT
IS
THE
LEGISLATURE
IS
% SCHEDULED
TO BE
IN
SESSION
ON
% THE
TWO
ACTUAL
HIGHEST
HOLIDAYS % FOR
THE
JEWISH
PEOPLE.
% ROSH HASHANAH AND
YOM
KIPPUR.
% >>
I DON'T AGREE WITH THE
% GOVERNOR'S
DATES
HERE.
% HE MADE
A
POLITICAL
CALCULATION
% ON
DECEMBER
30TH.
% HAD
HE
WAITED
AND
CALLED
THAT
% PRIMARY IN
MOVED
IT
INTO
NEXT
% CALENDAR YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE
HAD
% TO
HAVE
LINED
UP WITH
THE
% PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY
AND
% GENERAL.%IN
FEBRUARY AND
APRIL
WHEN
% CLERKS ARE
WORKING
ANYWAY.
% I DON'T THINK VOSS'
POINT
IS
THE
% RIGHT
ONE
TO
MAKE.
% THE
GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE
MADE A % CONSCIOUS
DECISION TO
HAVE
THE
% PRIMARY
IN
DECEMBER SO THE
DATES
% DIDN'T
HAVE TO
LINE UP
WITH
THE
% SUPREME COURT
AND
PRESIDENTIAL
% PRIMARY
IN
APRIL.% >>
THANK YOU
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% THAT'S
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT'S
% PROGRAM.
% NEXT
WEEK,
ZACH
SCHULTZ TELLS
% THE
STARTY
OF
ONE
MILWAUKEE
% FAMILY'S
ON
GOING
RECOVERY
FROM
% GUN
VIOLENCE.% I'M
FREDERICA
FREYBERG.% HAVE A GREAT EVENING.