% >>
I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND NOW," THE
% LATEST RESULTS FROM
THE
% MARQUETTE
LAW
SCHOOL
POLL.
% THE
NEW
CEO OF
THE
WISCONSIN
% ECONOMIC
DEPARTMENT CORPORATION% MISSY HUG
HES IS HERE.
% AND AN
INSIDE
LOOK
AT
THE
IMPACT
% OF
CHINA
TRADE
TARIFFS.
% IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
FOR
% OCTOBER 25.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS
% PROVIDED
ON,
IN
!
,
I
N
PART,
MY
FRIENDS
OF
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
% >>
IMPEACHMENT
HEARS,
U.S.
% FOREIGN
A
NEW
LOOK
AT
THE
% MARQUETTE
POLL.
% CHARLES
FRANKLIN
JOINS
US
NOW
% FOR
RESULTS
AND
ANALYSIS.
% SO
NEWS OUT OF
THE
IMPEACHMENT
% HEARINGS IN
WASHINGTON
IS
% DIZZYING, BUT YOU
ASKED
ABOUT
% THIS.
% LET'S
TAKE A
LOOK
AT
HOW
% WISCONSIN IS
RESPONDING
% ACCORDING T
O
YOUR
POLLING.
% 46%
OF
THOSE
SURVEYED
SAYS THERE
% IS ENOUGH CAUSE
TO
HOLD
THE
% HEARINGS.
% 49%
SAYS THERE
IS
NOT
ENOUGH
% CAUSE.
% 5%
SAYING
THEY
DON'T
KNOW.
% BUT
THERE HAS
BEEN A
DEFINITE
% UPTICK
SINCE
YOU
POLLED
ON
THIS
% IN
APRIL.% >> THAT'S
RIGHT.
% IN
APRIL, WE WERE
IN
THE
CONTEXT% OF
THE END OF THE
MUELLER
REPORT
% AND
SUPPORT
WAS
17
POINTS
LOWER
% FOR
HOLDING
HEARINGS
THEN
THAN% IT IS NOW.
% SO THAT'S
BEEN A BIG
CHANGE.
% AND
THE
CONTEXT OF
WHAT
THE
% SUBJECT
MATTER
IS
HAS
SHIFTED
% FROM THE
MUELLER
INVESTIGATION% TO
THE
UKRAINE
SITUATION,
THE
% PHONE
CALL
AND
SO
ON.
% AND THE
KIND
OF
EVIDENCE
THAT'S
% ALREADY PUBLIC
ON
UKRAINE
% INCLUDES
THE
WHITE
HOUSE
% TRANSCRIPT OF
THE
PHONE
CALL
% BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
% PRESIDENT
OF
UKRAINE.% >>
STILL
ONLY
46%
OF
THOSE
% SURVEYED
SAYS THERE
IS
ENOUGH
% CAUSE
NOTWITHSTANDING
TO WALL
TO
% WALL
COVERAGE.% >>
DEMOCRATS
ARE
POSITIVE
ABOUT
% HEARINGS,
REPUBLICANS NOT SO
% MUCH.
% SO
I
THINK
IT'S
EARLY
IN
THE
% PROCESS.
% I
THINK
ONE
POINT
ABOUT
THE
% HEARINGS
BEING
BEHIND
CLOSED
% DOORS IS
THAT
WHILE WE
HAVE
% HEARD
BIT
S
AND
PIECES
FROM
% OPENING
STATEMENTS AND
THINGS
% LIKE
THAT,
THE
PUBLIC
REALLY
HAS
% NOT
SEEN
THE
SORT
OF
PACKAGE
OF
% THOSE THINGS.
% REPUBLICANS
SAY THEY
ARE
% UNCONVINCING.
% DEMOCRATS SAY
THEY'RE
UTTERLY
% CONVINCING.
% I
THINK WE NEED TO
SEE
THAT
LAID
% OUT FOR
THE
PUBLIC TO SEE
THE
% EVIDENCE AND
PRESUMABLY THAT'S
% COMING FAIRLY
SOON.
% >>
ON
INTERNATIONAL
FAIRS
IT
% DOES
SEEM
THE
PRESIDENT
IS
% UPSIDE DOWN
ON
THIS
MATTER.
% ACCORDING TO
YOUR
POLL,
59%
% DISAPPROVE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S
% HANDLING
OF
FOREIGN
POLICY,
% WHILE
30%
APPROVE.
% IN YOUR
MIND,
DID
THE
% ADMINISTRATION'S
PULL-OUT
OF
% TROOPS
FROM
NORTHEASTERN
SYRIA
% TIP THE
SCALES
ON
THIS?
% >>
I
THINK THAT'S
PART
OF
THIS.
% THIS
IS
ALSO
WHERE
THE
UKRAINE
% MATTER
INCLUDES
SOME
FOREIGN
% POLICY OF
HOW
ARE
WE
DEALING
% WITH AN
ALLY, AS
WELL
AS A
THE
% SYRIAN SITUATION
OF
HOW
DO WE
% NEED
WITH
THE
KURDS,
WHO HAVE
% BEEN
SUCH A STRONG
ALLY
IN
THE
% FIGHT AGAINST
ISIS.
% AND
YOU'VE
SEEN
REPUBLICAN
% MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS PUSH
BACK
IN
% THE
SYRIAN
SITUATION
WITH
THE
% KURDS.
% IT
MEANS
THERE'S A
SET
OF
ISSUES
% NOW
WHICH
THE
PRESIDENT
IS
% UNIQUELY
RESPONSIBLE
FOR
AND
% ACTIVE IN EACH
OF
THESE
% DECISIONS.
% AND
THAT'S QUITE
DIFFERENT
FROM
% THINGS
LIKE
BUILDING
THE
BORDER% WALL
TO
THE
EXTENT
THAT
THAT'S A
% BIG
POLICY
DIFFERENCE,
BUT
IT'S
% BEEN THERE
FROM
THE
BEGINNING
OF
% HIS
ADMINISTRATION.% THIS
IS
NEW
MATERIAL.% >>
ON
THE
HONESTY
OF
THE
% PRESIDENT, YOUR
POLLING
SAYS
% THAT
65% OF
THE
RESPONDENTS SAY
% TRUMP
IS
SOMEONE THAT
IS
NOT
% HONEST
OR
HONESTY
DOES
NOT
% DESCRIBE
HIM,
WHILE
30%
SAY
IT
% DOES DESCRIBE THEM.
% IN
JUNE
THOSE
NUMBERS
WERE
% BETTER.
% WHAT'S
HAPPENED?
% >>
THEY'RE A LITTLE BETTER.
% HE'S
MAYBE
COME
DOWN
FIVE
POINTS
% OR FOUR
POINTS ON
THE
HONESTY,
% SO IT'S
NOT A BIG
CHANGE.
% BUT
MAYBE A
LITTLE
BIT
LOWER.
% BUT
THAT'S AN
EXAMPLE
OF
I
THINK
% -- PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S
HONESTY
% RATINGS
WERE
PRETTY
LOW,
VERY
% LOW,
IN
2016
BEFORE
THE
ELECTION% AS
WELL.
% BUT THAT
WAS A
CASE
WHERE% HILLARY CLINTON
ACTUALLY
GOT
% LOWER
RATINGS
ON
HONESTY THAN
HE
% DID.%THIS
IS A PER EPTION
IS OF
THE
% PRESIDENT
--
PERCEPTION OF
THE
% PRESIDENT THAT'S BEEN
BAKED
IN
% FROM
THE
BEGINNING
AND
YOU
% EITHER
LIKE
HIM
REGARDLESS OF
% THAT
OR
YOU
DISLIKE
HIM
BECAUSE
% OF
IT.
% BUT
IT
HASN'T
CHANGED.
% AGAIN,
THAT'S
WHAT'S
SO
% DIFFERENT
WITH
UKRAINE
AND
% SYRIA.
% THESE
ARE
NEW
DEVELOPMENTS THAT
% HE'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR AS
OPPOSED
% TO THE
KIND
OF
PERSON
HE
IS
AND
% PEOPLE HAVEN'T
CHANGED
THEIR
% PERCEPTION
ON
THOSE
GROUNDS.% >>
LET'S
TALK
ABOUT
THE
% DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES
RUNNING
% FOR
PRESIDENT.
% POLL
LIKES
BIDEN
MORE.
% THOSE
THREE
ARE
AHEAD
OF
TRUMP
% IN THE
CASE
OF
SANDERS
AND
% WARREN.
% WHERE
DOES
TRUMP
STAND
IN
% COMPARISON TO
THESE
PEOPLE?
% >> JOE
BIDEN
HAS A
SIX-POINT
% LEAD
OVER
TRUMP,
BUT
ALL
ARE
% INSIDE
THE
MARGIN OF
ERROR.
% FOR
WARREN AND
SANDERS,
THEIR
% NUMBERS
MOVE
JUST A
LITTLE
% BETWEEN
THE
AUGUST POLL AND
NOW.
% BIDEN
IS
NOW
THREE
POINTS
FROM A
% NINE-POINT
LEAD
IN
AUGUST.
% I
WOULD
STRESS THESE
ARE
SMALL
% MOVES.%>>
SUPER
QUICKLY, YOU
ADD
ED
PETE
% BUTTIGIEG.
% WHY?
% HE'S
BEEN
POLLING
IN
FOURTH
% PLACE
IN
NATIONAL POLLS.
% WE
ASKED
ABOUT
KAMALA
HARRIS,
% BUT
SHE
HAS
SLIPPED
DOWN
INTO
% FIFTH
PLACE
IN
NATIONAL.
% SO WE
TRIED
HIM
THIS
TIME.% >>
LET'S
TAKE A
LOOK
AT GOVERNOR
% EVERS'S
POLLING.
% JOB
APPROVAL
NUMBERS,
52%
% APPROVE,
34%
DISAPPROVE,
13%
NO
% OPINION.
% HE
CITES
YOUR
POLLING
ON
HIS
% SPECIAL SESSION.
% DO YOU
THINK
THAT'S
GOING
TO
% HELP OR
HURT
HIM
HERE?
% >> I DON'T
THINK
THE
POLLS
HAVE
% MUCH TO
DO
WITH
HOW
LEGISLATORS% REACT
TO
OUR
PROPOSALS.
% EVERS
IS
NET
POPULAR.
% HE
WAS
PLUS
20
I
N
AUGUST,
UP
% FROM
PLUS
TEN
BEFORE
THE BUDGET
% IN THE
SPRING.
% BUT
THINGS
LIKE
GUNS
ARE A
BIG
% RANGE.
% SO YOU
GET A
BIG
MAJORITY THAT
% THE GOVERNOR
LIKES
TO
CITE
FOR
% BACKGROUND
CHECKS
AND
RED
FLAG
% LAWS,
OVER
80%.
% AND
OVER
70%
OF
REPUBLICANS% SUPPORT THOSE
ON.
% BUT THERE
ARE MORE
THAN
% CONTROVERSIAL GUN
PROPOSALS,
% LIKE
MANDATORY
BUYBACKS OF
% ASSAULT
WEAPONS.
% ONLY
13%
OF
REPUBLICANS
SUPPORT,
% 70
SOMETHING OF
DEMS
DO,
AND
NET
% MAJORITY OPPOSE
THAT.
% GUNS
ARE
NOT A
SINGLE
ISSUE
AND
% THEY
DIVIDE
THE
PARTIES
IN
% DIFFERENT WAYS
ON
DIFFERENT
% ASPECTS OF THE
GUN
ISSUE.% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% CHARLES FRANKLIN,
THANKS A LOT.
% >> THANK
YOU.
% >>
A
MARQUETTE LAW
POLL
IN
% AUGUST FOUND
80%
APPROVAL
FOR
% UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUNDS
CHECKS
AND
% RED FLAG
LAWS
IN
WISCONSIN.
% BEARING THAT
IN
MINDS,
GOVERNOR% TONY EVERS
THIS
WEEK
CALLED A
% SPECIAL
SESSION
FOR
NOVEMBER 7
% TO TAKE
UP
BOTH
GUN
CONTROL
% MEASURES.
% BUT
REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATIVE% LEADERS
IMMEDIATELY
THREW COLD
% WATER ON THE
IDEA.
% FOR
MORE
ON
THIS
SPECIAL
SESSION
% TUG-OF-WAR, WE
GO
TO
THE
STATE
% CAPITOL,
WHERE
CAPITOL
REPORTER
% LAUREL WHITE JOINS US.
% THANKS FOR
BEING
HERE.% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
IN
FAIRNESS,
SPEAKERS
VOS
AND
% SENATE
MAJORITY
LEADER
% FITZGERALD DID MORE
THAN
JUST
% THROW COLD WATER O
N
THIS
% SESSION.%>> THAT'S RIGHT.
% SO GOVERNOR EVERS HAS BEEN
% TALKING ABOUT
THESE
TWO
SPECIFIC
% PROPOSALS HE
WANTS TO
SEE
% DEBATED
DURING A SPECIAL
% SESSION.
% BECAUSE
OF
THAT,
REPUBLICAN
% LEADERS SAY THEY
KNOW
THEY'RE
% CONFIDENT THEY DON'T
HAVE
THE
% VOTES TO
PASS
EITHER
OF
THOSE
% BILLS.
% SPECIFICALLY,
SCOTT
FITZGERALD
% SAID
HIS
MEMBERS
HAVEN'T BEEN
% ABLE
T
O COME
UP
WITH
ANY
% ALTERNATIVE PLAN
THAT THEY
WOULD
% RATHER VOTE
ON.
% SO
HE
SAYS
THEY'RE
GOING
TO
% CONVENE THE SPECIAL SESSION AND%
THEN
IMMEDIATELY
END
IT
WITHOUT
% HAVING
ANY
DEBATE
OR
HOLDING
ANY
% VOTES.
% >>
SO
GAVELING
IN
AND
GAVELING% OUT?
% AND THAT IS
ALLOWED, I
TRUST?
% >> IT IS.
% SO
WHEN
THE
GOVERNOR
CALLS A
% SPECIAL
SESSION,
HE
CAN'T
COMPEL
% THEM TO
VOTE
ON
ANYTHING IN
% PARTICULAR OR
TAKE
ANY
VOTES AT
% ALL.
% THE
ONLY
THING
HE
CAN
COMPEL
% THEM TO
DO
IS
BEGIN
AND
END
THAT
% SPECIAL SESSION.%>>
NOW,
REPUBLICANS SAY
THAT
% THESE
MEASURES
ARE
TANTAMOUNT
TO
% CONFISCATING GUNS.
% ONE OF
THE
MEASURES
WOULD
ALLOW
% SOMEONE'S GUNS TO BE
REMOVED.% >>
UNDER
THE
RED
FLAG
PROPOSAL,% A
JUDGE
COULD
TEMPORARILY REVOKE
% SOMEONE'S GUN
RIGHTS
IF THEY
ARE
% FLAGGED BY
SOMEONE WHO
KNOWS
% THEM, A FRIEND
OR
FAMILY
MEMBER,
% AS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO
% THEMSELVES OR
OTHERS.
% UNDER
ANOTHER
PROPOSAL,
THE
% BACKGROUND CHECK
PROPOSAL,
% BACKGROUND CHECKS
FOR
GUN
SALES
% IN
WISCONSIN WOULD
BE
EXPANDED
% TO
PRIVATE
SALES.
% THOSE SALES
CURRENTLY AREN'T
% SUBJECT TO
BACKGROUND
CHECKS.
% AND
PRIVATE
SALES
AT
GUN
SHOWS% AS
WELL.%
>>
EVERS
SAID,
QUOTE,
AT
THE
END% OF
THE
DAY, HOW
MANY
TIMES CAN
% YOU
GO
AGAINST
80% OF THE
PEOPLE% OF
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
AND
% ESSENTIALLY TELL
THEM
TO
GO
TO
% HELL AND AT THE SAME
TIME
EXPECT% TO
BE
REELECTED.
% THIS
DOES
NOT
SENSE
TO
ME.
% SCOTT
FITZGERALD
IN
PARTICULAR
% WOULD SEEM
AT
THIS
MOMENT
CANNOT
% CONSIDER
GUN
CONTROL
% POLITICALLY.%>> THAT'S
RIGHT.
% SO
THE
SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER
% SAYS THAT
HE'S
VERY
CONFIDENT
% THAT HE
KNOWS
WHAT
HIS
% CONSTITUENTS WANT
HIM
TO
D
O
% REGARDING GUN
CONTROL.
% HE SAYS
HE
HAS
PRETTY
PROFOUND
% CONCERNS
ABOUT
SECOND
AMENDMENT% RIGHTS
AND
DUE
PROCESS
RIGHTS,
% ABOUT
THESE
TWO
PROPOSALS,
AND
% HE
SAYS
THERE
JUST
ISN'T
THE
% SUPPORT THERE
IN A
% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED%LEGISL
ATURE.% >> AND HE
HAS
THROWN HIS HAT
IN
% THE
RING
FOR
THE
FIFTH
% CONGRESSIONAL
RACE?
% >> THAT'S RIGHT.
% HE
IS
THE
FIRST
REPUBLICAN
AND
% ONLY
REPUBLICAN AS
OF
RIGHT
NOW
% TO ANNOUNCE
FOR
THAT
RACE.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% LAUREL
WHITE,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH.
% AND
WE'LL
BE
TALKING WITH YOU
% SOON.%>>
ABSOLUTELY.
% THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
SPECIAL
SESSIONS
HAVE
% HISTORICALLY
PLAYED A UNIQUE
% ROLE
IN
THE
LEGISLATURE.
% MARISA
WOJCIK BRINGS
US
THESE
% FAST
FACTS
ON
SPECIAL
SESSIONS.
% >> THIS
EK
!
WEEK, GOVERNOR
EVERS
% CALLED ON
THE
LEGISLATURE TO
% HOLD A
SPECIAL
SESSION
TO
% ADDRESS TWO
BILLS
ON
GUN
% CONTROL.
% TYPICALLY,
THE
CALENDAR AND
% AGENDA
O
F
REGULAR
LEGISLATIVE
% SESSIONS
ARE
SET
BY
THE
% LEGISLATURE ITSELF.
%
BUT
WHAT
MAKES A
SPECIAL
SESSION
% SO
SPECIAL?
% A SPECIAL
SESSION
IS
CALLED
BY
% THE
GOVERNOR.
% AND
IT
MUST
ADDRESS
NEW
ISSUES
% NOT
ALREADY
BEING
CONSIDERED.
% THE
WISCONSIN
LEGISLATURE
HAS
% CONVENED
97
O
F
THESE
SPECIAL
% SESSIONS
SINCE
1848
WHEN
THE
% STATE WAS
FOUNDED.
% THE FIRST
SPECIAL SESSION
WAS
IN
% 1861,
AND
THE
MAIN
PURPOSE
WAS
% TO ADDRESS
CIVIL
WAR
POWERS.
% THE
SECOND
WAS
IN
1862,
AND
IT
% COVERED
MILITIA
ORGANIZATION,
% SOLDIERS' RIGHT
TO
VOTE,
INDIAN
% UPRISING
AND
PAYMENT
TO
MILITARY
% OFFICE EMPLOYEES.
% SOME
TOPICS COME
UP OVER
THE
% YEARS,
LIKE
COLLECTIVE
% BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS,
% UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
OR
% CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS.
% OTHER
TOPICS
ARE A
LITTLE
MORE
% UNIQUE,
SUCH
AS
WAR
ECONOMY,
% INDEMNITIES FOR
CATTLE
WITH
% TURBERCULOSIS, URBAN
PROBLEMS,
% STUDDED
TIRES
AND
CORPORATE
% HOSTILE
TAKEOVERS.
% IN THE
STATE'S
EARLY
HIS
TOARKS
% THE
LECTURE
DIDN'T
CONVENE
AS
% OFTEN
AS
IT
DOES
NOW
AND
SPECIAL
% SESSIONS
BEGAN
TO
GET
LAWMAKERS% TO
COME BACK
TO
THE
CAPITOL
TO
% ADDRESS
EMERGENCIES.
% TODAY, SPECIAL
SESSIONS
HAPPEN
% MORE
FREQUENTLY, WITH
THE
% MAJORITY
OF
THEM
HAVING BEEN
% CALLED
IN
THE
LAST
SEVERAL
% DECADES.
% THIS
HAS
LES
S
TO
DO
WITH
THE
% URGENCY OF THE
MATTERS BEING
% ADDRESSED.
% BECAUSE GOVERNORS CAN
SELECT
THE
% TIME AND
SET
THE
AGENDA OF
THE
% CALL, A
SPECIAL SESSION
ALLOWS
% THEM
TO
HIGHLIGHT
POLICY
% PROBLEMS
AND
PROPOSE
SOLUTIONS.
% THE
LEGISLATURE
MUST
RESPOND.
% AND IN
THIS
WAY,
THE
SPECIAL
% SESSION POWER
GIVES
THE
GOVERNOR% AN
ENHANCED
ROLE
IN
SETTING
THE
% LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
% FOR
THESE
AND
OTHER
FAST
FACTS,
% VISIT
wpt.org.
% >>
NOW
TO
THE
ECONOMY
AND
NEW
% LEADERSHIP AT
THE
WISCONSIN
% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
% CORPORATION.%MISSY HUGHES I
S
THE
NEW
CEO,
% FORMALLY GENERAL
COUNSEL
FOR
% ORGANIC
VALLEY, A
NATIONAL
COOP% FARM ORGANIZATION.
% SHE
TAKES
THE
REINS
FROM
MARK
% HOGAN WHO
WAS
APPOINTED
IN
2015
% AND
STEPPED
DOWN
IN
SEPTEMBER.
% HOE
DPAN
!
HOGAN
OVERSAW
THE
$3
BILLION
% FOXCONN CONTRACT WITH THE
STATE.
% WE TALK
NOW
ABOUT
THE FUTURE
OF
% THAT
PROJECT AS
WELL
AS
OTHER
% AGENCY
PRIORITIES
WITH
NEW
WEDC
% HEAD MISSY HUGHES.
% THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >> THANK
YOU.
% >>
TELL
ME
HOW
YOUR
BACKGROUND
% INFORMED HOW YOU
WILL
WORK
AS
% CEO AT
WEDC.% >>
I
CAME
FROM A
CORPORATION
OF
% 2,000
FAMILY FARMERS.
% AND
MY
BACKGROUND THERE
IS
% REALLY
BRINGING
ALL
OF
THESE
% DIVERSE
STAKEHOLDERS
TOGETHER.
% THEY'RE
THE
OWNERS OF THE
% BUSINESS AND
BRINGING THEM
% TOGETHER
TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE
% WE
GOING,
HOW
ARE
WE
GOING
TO
% MARKET
AND WHAT
ARE
WE
TRYING
TO
% DO
TO
SUCCEED.
% SO I
THINK
THAT
EFFORT
OF
% COLLABORATION IS
GOING
TO
SERVE
% ME
REALLY
W
ELL AS
I
WORK
AT
WEDC
% WITH
ALL
THE
DIFFERENT
% STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED
IN
% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
% WISCONSIN.%>>
NOW, YOU
HAVE
TOURED
THE
% STATE EVEN
IN
YOUR SHORT
TENURE
% AS
CEO.
% WHAT DID
YOU
FIND
AND
WHAT WILL
% BE YOUR
PRIORITIES?
% >> I
FOUND
THAT
THERE'S A
LOT
% GOING
ON
ALL AROUND
THE
STATE AS% FAR
AS
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
% GOES.
% AND
WHAT I
WAS
REALLY
IMPRESSED
% WITH
IS
THE
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
% PARTNERSHIP THAT
I
SAW
% THROUGHOUT THE
STATE
IN
PLACES
% LIKE
GREEN
!
GREEN
BAY
OR
EAU CLAIRE,
% BUSINESSES THAT
WERE
TAKING
% ADVANTAGE OF BEING
IN A
STRONG
% COMMUNITY
AND
WORKING
WITH
THE
% COMMUNITY
TO
MOVE
THINGS
% FORWARD.%>> WHAT IS THE
SITUATION WITH
% FOXCONN RIGHT
NOW?
% >> SO
FOXCONN
IS
UNDER A
WHOLE
% GAMBIT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND
% THERE'S A TON
HAPPENING THERE.
% WE JUST
BRIEFED THE
WEDC
BOARD% ON THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S
% HAPPENING
THERE.
% WHERE I'M
LEARNING ABOUT
IT,
I'M% MEETING
WITH
THE
LEADERSHIP
% SOON.
% THERE'S
BEEN A
WHOLE
TRANSITION
% OF DIFFERENT FOLKS.
% THERE'S A DIFFERENT
% ADMINISTRATION, A DIFFERENT ME
% AND A
DIFFERENT
FELLOW
IN
CHARGE
% OF
AMERICA'S
PROJECTS
FOR
% FOXCONN.
% SO I'M
GOING TO BE
MEETING
WITH
% HIM
AND
REALLY
LEARNING MORE
% ABOUT
HOW
D
O
WE
MAKE
THIS
% PROJECT
SUCCEED,
BOTH
FOR FOR
% EXAMPLE CON AND
FOR
THE
STATE.% >>
HOW
IMPORTANT
IS
% ACCOUNTABILITY?%>>
HOW
IMPORTANT
IS
% ACCOUNTABILITY?
% I
THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT ACROSS% THE
BOARD
FOR
FOXCONN
OR
ANY OF
% THE
PROJECTS THAT
WEDC
IS
% INVOLVED IN.
% AND SO
MARK
HOGAN
HAS
PUT
IN A
% GREAT
FOUNDATION
OF
% ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
TRANSPARENCY% AND
I
LOOK
FORWARD
TO
REALLY
% BUILDING ON
THAT.
% BUT
ALSO
REALLY
THINKING
ABOUT
% WHAT
ARE
THE
OTHER
PROJECTS
THAT
% WEDC CAN
BE
INVOLVED
IN,
WHETHER
% IT'S
COMMUNITY
BUILDING
OR
SMALL
% MINORITY
BUSINESSES,
HOW
ARE
WE
% HELPING
THEM.
% I THINK
THERE'S A
WHOLE
GAMBIT
% BEYOND
FOXCONN.
% AS
CEO
OF
WEDC
I
HOPE
WE'RE
% TALKING A LOT
MORE
ABOUT
THOSE
% PROJECTS
AND A
LOT
LESS
THAN
% FOXCONN.%>>
WE
READ
THAT
MANUFACTURING% HAS
SLIPPED
IN
WISCONSIN.% WHAT IS
YOUR
PLAN
TO
MAKE
SURE
% THAT THE
STATE'S
LARGEST
% EMPLOYMENT
SECTOR
THRIVES
GOING
% FORWARD?%>> I
THINK
THAT
THERE'S A
NEW% DAY FOR
MANUFACTURING IN
% WISCONSIN.
% AND AS
PART
OF
MY
TOUR,
I
% VISITED A
NUMBER
OF
% MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES.
% AND
I
SAW
AMAZING
ROBOTICS.
% I
SAW
AMAZING
NEW
TECHNOLOGY
% THAT'S
BEING
IMPLEMENTED.
% AND
JUST
SIMPLE
IDEAS.
% PRINT
PACK
IN
RIEN
!
RHINELANDER
HAS A
% GREAT NEW
IDEA
FOR
SIMPLE
THINGS
% LIKE
PRINTING
FILMS
THAT
GO
% AROUND CANDY BARS.
% I
THINK
THERE'S
ALL
SORTS
OF
NEW
% THINGS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE
% HAPPENING
AND
THE
FUTURE
OF
% WISCONSIN
IS
MANUFACTURING AND
% THE
FUTURE
OF
WISCONSIN'S% WORKFORCE IS WORKING I
N THAT
% MANUFACTURING.%>> WHAT DO YOU
THINK
ABOUT
THE
% MANUFACTURING
AND
AG
TAX
CREDIT
% AS A
JOB
CREATION
TOOL?
% >>
I
THINK
THAT
OFFERS
THE
% ABILITY
FOR
MANUFACTURING
AND
AG
% BUSINESSES
TO
LOCATE
IN
% WISCONSIN
WITH
VERY
LITTLE
TAX
% IMPACT.
% AND
SO
THEN
THEY'RE
ABLE
TO
% SPEND THEIR
MONEY ON
THE
% WORKFORCE
AND
ON
DEVELOPING% JOBS.
% SO
IT'S A
REGENERATIVE EFFORT.
% I
THINK WE
NEED
TO
UNDERSTAND IS
% THAT WHY
COMPANIES
ARE
STAYING
% IN WISCONSIN
AND
WHY
THEY'RE
% COMING
TO
WISCONSIN AND
% UNDERSTANDING THE
IMPACT
OF
IT,
% AS WE
NEED
TO
BE
DOING
WITH
ALL
% OUR
TAX
CREDITS.% >>
WHAT
ARE
OTHER
KINDS
OF
JOB
% CREATION TOOLS THAT YOU
WOULD
% LIKE TO
MAKE
USE
OF?
% >>
I
THINK
ONE OF
THE
REALLY
% MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS
IN
JOB
% CREATION
IS
HAVING
THE
% FOUNDATION FOR FOLKS TO
WANT
TO% COME
AND
STAY
IN
WISCONSIN.
% SO
STRONG
COMMUNITIES, A STRONG% QUALITY
OF
LIFE,
HOUSING,
% BROADBAND.
% THERE'S A
GAMBIT
OF
ALL
% DIFFERENT TOOLS IN
THE
TOOLBOX
% IN
ORDER
TO
CREATE
JOBS.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST TAX
CREDITS.
% IT'S
NOT
YUS
!
JUST
THE
STATE
GIVING
% AWAY
INCENTIVES.
% BUT
IT'S
WORKING
WITH
ALL
MY
% PARTNERS
IN
THE
AGENCIES.
% I
JUST
CAME
FROM
MY
FIRST
% CABINET MEETING
AND
MEETING ALL
% THE FOLKS
I'M
GOING TO
BE
% WORKING
WITH
IS
REALLY
EXCITING.% >>
ONE THING
THAT
I
KNOW
THAT
% THE
PREVIOUS
CEO
HAS
EMBARKED% UPON WAS
THIS
KIND
OF
AD
BLITZ
% TO
KIND
OF
ATTRACT EMPLOYEES
TO
% WISCONSIN.
% HOW IS THAT GOING?
% ARE
WE
DOING
WELL
ON
THAT?
% >>
WELL,
I
THINK WE
HAVE A
GREAT
% CAMPAIGN.
% AND
WHAT
I
ALWAYS
SAY,
COMING
% FROM A
MARKETING
COOPERATIVE,% YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A
GREAT
PRODUCT
% AND THEN
YOU
CAN
MARKET
THAT
% GREAT PRODUCT.
% SOIC
!
SO
MAKING
SURE WE
HAVE
STRONG
% COMMUNITIES, STRONG
BUSINESSES,
% PLACES
THAT
KIDS
WANT TO
GO
AND
% WORK
AT,
THAT
PARENTS
WANT
THEIR
% KIDS TO GO
WORK
AT
AND
THEN
% WE'LL MARKET
THAT
PRODUCT
AND
BE
% ABLE
TO
RETAIN TALENT
AND
BRING
% FOLKS
IN.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% MISSY
HUGHES, THANKS SO
MUCH.% >>
THANK
YOU SO
MUCH.
% >>
NOW
TO
MORE
ECONOMY-RELATED
% NEWS
AND A
TRADE
VISIT
T
O
% WISCONSIN
BY VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE
% PENCE.
% THE VICE PRESIDENT APPEARED
AT
% U-LINE, A DISTRIBUTOR OF
% PACKAGING MATERIALS
IN
PLEASANT
% PRAIRIE.
% HE
USED
THE
OCCASION
TO
% ENCOURAGE SUPPORT
FOR
THE
% U.S./MEXICO/CANADA TRADE%AGRE
EMENT.
% THE
PLAN
AWAITS
CONGRESSIONAL
% APPROVAL.
% MEANWHILE, THE
U.S.
TRADE
WAR
% WITH
CHINA
IS
HITTING
WISCONSIN% GINSENG
PRODUCERS
IN A BIG
WAY.
% TONIGHT, HOW
CHINA'S
RETALIATORY
% TARIFFS
AND VALUE-ADDED
TAXES
% HAVE
ROCKETED
TO A
41%
ADDED
% FEE,
MAKING
THE
COVETED
PRODUCT
% MORE
EXPENSIVE FOR
BUYERS,
MANY
% OF
WHOM
SAY
THE
FARMERS
SHOULD
% ABSORB THE
INCREASED COST.
% SO WHERE
DOES
THIS
LEAVE
% WISCONSIN GINSENG
GROWERS
WHO
% EXPORT
85
BERS
!
%
OF
THEIR
CROP
TO
% CHINA.
% WE
CHECK
IN
WITH
WILL
HSU
WHO
% OPERATES A
GINSENG
FARM
NORTH
OF
% WAUSAU.
% SO
WHAT HAS BEEN
THE
EFFECT OF
% THE
U.S.
TRADE
WAR
WITH
CHINA
ON
% YOUR
GINSENG
FARM?
% >>
WELL,
I
THINK
FOR
THE
OVERALL
% INDUSTRY, WHAT
IT'S
MEANT
IS
THE
% PROCESSORS AND
PURCHASERS IN
% CHINA
HAVE
REALLY ASKED
THOSE
OF
% US HERE
IN
CENTRAL
WISCONSIN
TO
% ABSORB
THE
BRUNT OF THE
TARIFF,
% MEANING THE
PRICES
THAT
FARMERS
% ARE RECEIVING HERE
ARE
ABOUT
30%
% TO
40%
LOWER
THAN THEY
WERE
THE
% LAST
COUPLE
YEARS.
% >>
SO
WHAT
KIND
OF
LOSSES
DOES
% THAT
REPRESENT?
% >>
FOR
OUR
INDUSTRY, A
30%
TO
% 40%
PRICE
DECREASE
PROBABLY
% MEANS
THAT
THE
LOCAL
ECONOMY
% HERE IS
LOSING
SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN
% $10
AND
$15
MILLION
THAT'S
% INFUSED
DIRECTLY TO
THE
FARMERS.
% AND
THOSE
FARMERS
BUY A
LOT
OF
% THEIR
EQUIPMENT LOCALLY.
% WE
BUY
VEHICLES,
TRUCKS,
% TRACTORS
AND
WE
EMPLOY A LOT
OF
% PEOPLE HERE
IN
CENTRAL
% WISCONSIN.
% AND
SO
IT
DOES
MEAN
THAT
WE'VE
% HAD TO
FIND
WAYS
TO
MAYBE
TRIM
% COSTS AND
NOT
USE
AS
MUCH
LABOR
% OR NOT
HIRE
AS
MANY
PEOPLE.% >>
WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF
THE
U.S.
% TRADE
POLICIES THAT
BROUGHT
YOU
% TO
THIS
PLACE?
% >>
I
THINK
MOST OF
THE
FARMERS% HERE
IN
CENTRAL
WISCONSIN,
% REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE
T
ALKING
% ABOUT
GINSENG
FARMERS
OR
OTHER
% PRODUCERS, UNDERSTAND THE
NEED% TO
HAVE
FAIR
TRADE,
AND
THEY
MAY
% SUPPORT
THE
REPUBLICAN% ADMINISTRATION IN TER
MS
OF
WHAT
% THEY'RE TRYING
TO
DO
TO
LEVEL% THE
PLAYING FIELD
WITH
CHINA.
% I
THINK THE DIFFICULT
PART
OF
% THAT
IS
HOW IT
IS
IMPACTING
US
% PERSONALLY AND
FINANCIALLY.
% I
THINK A
LOT
OF
FARMERS
FEEL
% THAT PINCH.
% THEY
FEEL
THE
BRUNT OF
THE
TRADE
% WAR.
% AND
THEY'RE
HAVING TO
TAKE
IT
IN
% THE
POCKETBOOK BECAUSE
OF
OUR
% BROADER NATIONAL
POLICY
AND
% TRADE
STRATEGY.% >>
NOW, PRESIDENT
TRUMP
% ANNOUNCED A TRADE
DEAL
WITH
% CHINA
EARLIER
THIS
MONTH.
% HOW
OPTIMISTIC ARE
YOU
THAT
% MIGHT BRING SOME
RELIEF
HERE?
% >>
I
GUESS
IT'S
HOPEFUL
% OPTIMISM.
% WE'VE
HEARD
IT
BEFORE.
% I DON'T KNOW IF
I
CAN
% NECESSARILY COUNT
ON
IT
AND
BANK% ON IT.
% I
THINK, YOU
KNOW, YOU
HAVE A
% DIFFERENCE IN
REGIME.
% YOU
HAVE
CHINESE
PREMIERE,
WHO
% FOR
LACK
OF
BETTER
WORD
DOESN'T
% HAVE
TO
FACE
REELECTION AND YOU
% HAVE A PRESIDENT
THAT'S
GOING TO
% HAVE
TO
FACE
REELECTION NEXT% YEAR.
% SO IF
YOU LOOK
AT
THE SHORT TERM
% VERIZON
!
SHORT
TERM
VERSUS
THE LONG TERM
WE'RE
% LOOKING
AT
TWO
DIFFERENT
GAMES.
% >> HOW
DOES
THE
CROP
LOOK?
% >> THIS
YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE
% WEATHER, WHICH NO ONE
CAN
% CONTROL,
THE
CROP
YIELD
IS
NOT
% AS
GOOD
AS
IT HAS
BEEN
IN
RECENT
% YEARS.
% THE
OVERALL
POUNDAGE
MAY
BE
DOWN% A
LITTLE
BIT.
% YOU'RE
SEEING
MORE
FARMERS
SAVE
% ROOTS
FOR AN
ADDITIONAL
ROOT,
% MEANING
SAVING
THREE-YEAR-OLD
% ROOTS
YOU
WOULD
NORMALLY
% HARVEST, WITH THE
HOPE
THAT A
% TRADE
DEAL
IS
DONE
AND
THAT
% PRICES
ARE
BETTER
AND
RECOVER
% NEXT
YEAR.% >>
HAVE
YOU
SOLD
YOU
R
GINSENG
% CROP?%>>
MOST OF
THE
CROP
THAT
WE
% HARVEST
OURSELVES
IS
USED
% INTERNALLY WITHIN
OUR
OWN
% OPERATION FOR
OUR
OWN
CUSTOMERS.
% I
WOULD
SAY
THAT THERE
ARE A
FEW
% FARMERS
THAT
STILL
HAVE
CROP
% LEFT
OVER
FROM
LAST
HARVEST,
SO
% 2018
HARVEST,
AND
SOME OF
THE
% NEW CROP
IS
JUST
STARTING TO
% COME ON THE
MARKET.
% AND WE ARE
SEEING SOME
SOFTNESS
% AND
WEAKNESS
IN
PRICE
AS
THE
% TRADE WAR
DRAGS
ON
AND
IT
% CONTINUES TO
HAVE A
DOWNWARD
% PRESSURE ON THE
OVERALL MARKET
% PRICE FOR
GINSENG, ES
PECIAL
LYL
% FOR
!
ESPECIALLY
FOR
THE
NEW
2019
CROP.% >>
I
KNOW
FOXCONN
SIGNED AN
% AGREEMENT WITH
THE
GINSENG BOARD
% AND
YOURSELF
TO
PROMOTE
% WISCONSIN GINSENG
I
N
FOREIGN
% MARKETS AND
PRODUCE
THE
% COMPANY'S OWN
BRAND
OF
GINSENG.
% WHAT HAS
BEEN THE
OUTCOME
OF
% THAT
AGREEMENT?% >>
SO
I
THINK
IN
SOME
REGARDS TO
% THE TRADE
WAR,
WHAT
WE'RE
SEEING
% WITH
FOXCONN
IS
THAT THEY ARE
% DOING
THAT
AGREEMENT IN
TAIWAN.
% SO THEY ARE
PURCHASING PRODUCT
% FROM
US,
EITHER HERE
IN
% WISCONSIN
OR
FROM
OUR
OPERATIONS
% IN
TAIWAN,
AND
MARKETING AND
% SELLING THAT ROOT
IN
TAIWAN.
% BUT BECAUSE OF
THE
IMPACT OF THE% TARIFFS ON ON
ON
!
IMPORTS
INTO
CHAIN
% THAT,
THEY
AREN'T
PURSUING
IT
IN
% CHINA,
ONE OF
THE
BIGGEST
% MARKETS.
% SO IT
IS A
MISSED
OPPORTUNITY
% WITH
THAT
TRADE
AGREEMENT
WITH
% FOXCONN BECAUSE OF
THE
TRADE
% WAR.
% BUT
IT'S A
SIDE EFFECT
OF
WHAT'S
% GOING
ON
NATIONALLY.% >>
DID
FOXCONN
END
UP
INVESTING
% IN HIGH-END
INSPECTION% TECHNOLOGY AT
YOUR
FARM
TO
% PRODUCE
ITS
GINSENG?
% >>
NO.
% THEY
HAVE
NOT.
% TO
DATE, THEY HAVE NOT.
%
AND
I
THINK
PART
OF IT
IS
JUST
% BECAUSE
THE
VOLUME THAT
THEY
% NEED TO
SATISFY
THE
TAIWAN
% MARKET
IS
VERY
SMALL
VERSUS
HOW
% BIG
THEY
EXPECTED
THE
CHINESE
% MARKET TO BE.
% >>
JUST
VERY
BRIEFLY,
SHOULD
THE
% TRADE
DEAL
WITH
CHINA
BE
% REALIZED,
CAN
YOUR
LOSSES
AND
% MARKETS BE
RECOVERED?
% >>
I
THINK
SOME OF
THE
MARKET
% LOSSES WILL BE
RECOVERED
% IMMEDIATELY, BUT
THE
LONG-TERM
% EFFECT
IS
PRETTY
DAMAGING.
% IT
TOOK
US
20
YEARS
TO
DEVELOP
% THE
CHINA
MARKET.
% THEY
ARE
STILL
OUR
PRIMARY
%
CONSUMER.
% THEY
WILL
STILL
COME
BACK.
% BUT WHAT
IT HAS
ALLOWED IS
THE
% PRODUCERS
OF
AMERICAN
GINSENG
IN
% CHINA
AND
CANADA
TO
REALLY
STEP
% IN
WITH
WHAT
ISN'T
NECESSARILY
% LOWER
COST,
BUT
IT'S
LOWER COST
% TO
THE
CONSUMER.
% MEANING
!
MEANING
BECAUSE OF
THE
% ADDITIONAL
40%
TARIFF
I
T
GIVES
% THEM A
MARKET
TO
OPERATE
BECAUSE
% THEY DO
NOT
HAVE
TO
PRICE
% COMPETE
WITH
US.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% WE
NEED
TO
LEAVE
IT
THERE.
% WILL
HSU,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH
AND
% GOOD
LUCK.
% >>
THANK
YOU.
% >> NOW FOR A LOOK
AT
OTHER
STATE
% NEWS,
INCLUDING THE
RETIREMENT
% OF
U.S.
SYSTEM PRESIDENT
RAY
% CROSS.
% CROSS
HAS
LED
THE
UW
SYSTEM
% SINCE 2014.
% BEFORE
THAT, HE
WAS
CHANCELLOR
% AT UW
COLLEGES.
% HE'LL
CONTINUE
TO
SERVE
UNTIL A
% SEARCH
COMMITTEE
DETERMINES
HIS
% REPLACEMENT.
% ALSO THIS
WEEK,
THE
WISCONSIN% SUPREME COURT
HEARD
ARGUMENTS
IN% A LAWSUIT
CHALLENGING
LAME
DUCK
% LAWS.
% THE CASE
WAS
FILED
BY A
% COALITION OF
UNIONS
THIS
PAST
% FEBRUARY,
INCLUDING
THE
SERVICE
% EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL.
% THE
UNIONS
CONTEND THAT
THE
% STATE'S
LAME
DUCK
LAWS
ARE
% SHIFTING POWERS
FROM
THE
% EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO
THE
% LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND
THEREFORE
% ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
% MUCH OF
THE
HEARING
FOCUSED ON% THE
REDUCED
POWER
OF
ATTORNEY
% GENERAL
JOSH
KAUL,
WHO
UNDER
THE
% NEW
LAW
MUST
CONFER
WITH
% LAWMAKERS BEFORE
LEAVING
FEDERAL
% LAWSUITS OR
SETTLING
CASES
FOR
% THE STATE.
% THE SUPREME COURT
HAS
YET
TO
% RULE ON
THIS
CASE.
% AND THAT
IS
OUR
PROGRAM FOR
% TONIGHT.
% I'M F
!
FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND
NOW"
I
S
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
B
Y
FRIENDS
OF