%
>> A PBS
W
ISCONSIN
ORIGINAL
% PRODUCTION.
% THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS PART
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% OUR "HERE AND NOW"
2020
ELECTION
% COVERAGE.
% >>
TOTAL
ACQUITTAL.
%
TOTAL
ACQUITTAL.% >>
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
% VOICING HIS
VINDICATION
% FOLLOWING ACQUITTAL
IN
THE
U.S.
% SENATE.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW," A
% FIRST
LOOK
A
T
NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS,
% CONFIRMED IN WISCONSIN.
% AFTER
THAT, A
CLOSER LOOK
A
T
THE
% IMPEACHMENT
ACQUITTAL
OF
% PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
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O
% ELECTION S
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!
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OR
% FEBRUARY 7.%>>
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NOW" I
S
% PROVIDED BY
THE
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US
FUND
FOR
% JOURNALISM AND
FRIEN
DS
OF PBS
% WISCONSIN.
% >>
TODAY, WE
ARE
ANNOUNCING THE
% FIRST
CASE
O
F
2019
NOVEL
% CORONAVIRUS
I
N A
WISCONSIN
% RESIDENT.%>> IN
OUR
F
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TONIGHT,
% STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCED
% WEDNESDAY THAT
THE
NOVEL
% CORONAVIRUS HAD
REACHED
% WISCONSIN.
% THE
1
2TH
CONFIRMED CASE
IN
THE
% UNITED
STATES.
% THE
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% THE CENTERS FOR
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% THE
ONLY
LAB
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% FOR
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CONFIRMED
THE
% RESULTS.
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S
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RESS
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% COORDINATING
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% STATE
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S
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S
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O
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% NEWS WILL NOT
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HE
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% POSITIVE CASE WE
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E
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% IN
OUR
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% >>
TONIGHT
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T
HE
% CORONAVIRUS IN
WISCONSIN.
% WE ARE
JOINED
AGAIN
BY
THE
STATE
% EPIDEMIOLOGIST RYAN WESTERGAARD.
% THANKS
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% WHAT
ARE
THE
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%
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E
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% EPIDEMIC OF
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O
% EXPAND
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% CASES LAST
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O
31,000 NO
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S
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% CONTAIN
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W
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% RESULTS
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!
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% DISSEMINATING THAT T
O
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% LABORATORIES.
% THAT
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% TIME.
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% SO
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% NOW
AND
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%
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ORE
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E
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% SPECIFIC DEFINITION
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% RESPONSE SO
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AR.
% >>
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OW
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% CHANGED
N
OW
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A
%
CONFIRMED CASE
I
N
WISCONSIN?
% >> WE
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WE
% GOT THE
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% MOST OF
THE
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% SOME
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% WE WERE
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% GOING TO
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% CONTAINMENT MODE.
% WHAT THAT MEANS
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S W
HE
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% TO
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, WHICH
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ITH,
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% THERE
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% BEEN IN
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% NEED
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ORE
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L
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% TRACING?
% AND YOU H
AVE
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WIT
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THIS% DANE
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M
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W
% HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
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AND
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DESCRIBE
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% KIND OF
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CONTEXT
THAT
YOU'RE
% TRYING TO TRACE
DOW
N
THAT
THIS
% PERSON MAY
HAV
E
HAD
CONTACT
% WITH?
% >>
YES.
% THIS
I
S A
TRIED
A
ND
TRUE
METHOD
% IN
PUBLIC
HEALTH,
SHOE
LEATHER
% EPIDEMIOLOGY,
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% THEIR TRAVEL
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D
TH
E
PLACES
% THEY'VE
BEEN.
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F
WHAT
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% SOME RISK.
% SO DURING
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PERIOD
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HERE
THE
% PERSON WAS
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BEFORE THEY
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% DIAGNOSED
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O
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N
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% BEEN IN
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N
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F
% PEOPLE
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% WITHIN
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% THOSE
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E
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AND
% EVALUATED
IN A
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% GET
OFFERED
TESTING
IF THEY
HAV
E
% SYMPTOMS.%>>
HAVE T
HOSE
PEOPLE
BEEN
% CONTACTED
AT
THIS
POINT?
% >>
THAT'S
STANDARD
PROCEDURE.
% THOSE ARE
UNDERWAY.
% BECAUSE
IT'S A
L
ONG
TRAIL
% POTENTIALLY FOR
ALL
THESE
CASES,% A LOT O
F
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SOMETIMES
% THESE
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COORDINATED
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Y
% VARIOUS
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% THE
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CAL
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% DEPARTMENTS AND
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% THE
CDC,
PARTICULARLY
WHEN
I
T
% INVOLVES
TRA
VEL
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SEVERAL
% STATES.%>>
WHA
T
SHOULD
THE
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KNOW
% ABOUT
THIS?
% >>
WELL,
OUR
MESSAGE
CONTINUES% TO BE
THAT RIGHT
N
OW
THE
R
ISK
OF
% PEOPLE
GETTING
S
ICK
WIT
H
% CORONAVIRUS IS
V
ERY
LOW
IN
THE
% COMMUNITY.
% BUT WE ARE
IN
THE
MIDDLE OF
% RESPIRATORY VIRUS
SEASON
I
N
% GENERAL AND
HAPPEN TO
HAVE
HAD A
% BAD
WEE
K I
N
TERMS
O
F
INFLUENZA.
% OUR
TEAM
RELEASED
T
HEIR
NUMBERS
% AND THERE WERE A
TOTAL
O
F
3,000
% INDIVIDUALS IN
WISCONSIN ALONE
% IN THE
L
AST
WEEK WHO
TESTED
% POSITIVE
F
OR
INFLUENZA.
% SO
INFLUENZA
CAUSES A
COMPARABLE
% ILLNESS TO
THE
NOVEL
CO
RONAVIRUS
% AND
RIGHT
NOW IT
IS A
MUC
H
% GREATER THREAT TO
T
HE
PUBLIC
% THAN
THE
NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.
% SO
OU
R
MESSAGE, WHAT
PEOPL
E
% SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT, IS
LET'S
D
O
% OUR
BEST TO
B
E
INFORMED
A
ND
% PREPARED FOR
TH
E
N
EW
V
IRUS,
B
UT
% DON'T FORGET
A
LL
THE
THINGS
WE
% KNOW HOW
TO
DO
T
O
PREVENT
THE
%
SPREAD
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F
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WE
KNOW
ABOUT
% AND
INFLUENZA
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S
THE
MOS
T
% IMPORTANT OF
T
HOSE
BECAUSE WE
% ARE
APPROACHING THE
PEAK OF
THE
% SEASON RIGHT
N
OW
.% >>
THERE'S A
COUPLE
DIFFERENT
% STRAINS
OF
INFLUENZA OUT
THERE,
% RIGHT?%>>
RIGHT
.
% IT'S A
TRICKY VIRUS.
% IT
MUTATES ON THE
FLY,
WHICH
I
S
% WHY WE NEED TO
HAVE A
NEW
% VACCINE EVERY
SEASON
,
BECAUSE IT
% CHANGES.
% THE
VACCINE
IS
NEVER
PERFECT
% BECAUSE OF THE WAY
T
HAT
THE
% VIRUS
CHANGES.
% BUT WE
H
AVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION
% TO
KNO
W
THAT
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AVERAGE
I
F
%
EVERYONE GOT
THE
INF
LUENZA
% VACCINE,
WE
WOULD
CUT
DOW
N
THE
% NUMBER OF
C
ASES
SUBSTANTIALLY.
% SO
THAT'S
STILL
OUR
% RECOMMENDATION FOR
PEOPLE, TO
GO
% OUT AND
GET
THEIR
VACCINE AS% SOON AS THEY
CAN
.
% >>
B
U
T
MEANWHILE,
UNLIKE
THE
%
INFLUENZA THAT
Y
OU
HA
D
THE
SE
% PEAK NUMBERS
O
F
THIS
WEEK,
YOU
% ARE
ABLE,
IEWSH
!
YOU'RE
HOPEFUL,
T
O
% CONTAIN THIS CORONAVIRUS
I
N
THI
S
% COMMUNITY.%>>
THAT'S
STILL OUR GOAL.
% THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHERE WE
% ARE IN
THE UNITED STATES
W
ITH
% THE
CONTAINMENT
RESPONSE
I
S
V
ERY
% DIFFERENT, WHAT'S GOING
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N
IN
% CHINA,
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S A
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HE
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VER
Y
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O
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I
N
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D
WISCONSIN.
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I
N
PLACE
% AND THE
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I
S
WORKING.
% SO
WE'RE
GOING
TO STAY AT
I
T.
% >>
GREAT.
% THANK YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% FOR
IN-DEPTH
REPORTING ON
% CORONAVIRUS IN
WISCONSIN
AND
% ADDITIONAL
I
NFORMATION,
PLEASE
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wiscontext.org
% >>
IN
OUR
CLOSER
LOOK,
THE
TRIAL
% OF
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP
I
S
% OVER.
% ON
WEDNESDAY, T
HE
SENATE
VOTED
% ON
TWO ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT,% ABUSE OF
POWER
A
ND
OBSTRUCTION
% OF CONGRESS.
% THE
SENATE
D
ID
NOT
HAVE
THE
% TWO-THIRDS
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% FIND THE
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% EITHER
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ITH
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VOTE
% CAST
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% PARTY LINES.
% THE PRESIDENT
AS
EXPECTED
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%
OUT
SWINGING.
% ONE
DESCRIPTION:
TRUMP
ON
% STEROIDS.%>> IT
WA
S
EVIL.
% IT
W
AS
CORRUPT.
% IT
WAS DIRTY
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% IT WAS
LEAKERS
A
ND
LIARS
.
% ADAM
SCHIFF
I
S A
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% HORRIBLE PERSON.
% NANCY
PEL
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IS A
% HORRIBLE
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% >> RON
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AND TAMMY
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IR
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% POSITIONS AHEAD OF
THE
VOTE.
% BALD
WIN
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% WITNESSES CALLED
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EFERENCED AN
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% CONVERSATION
WHERE
T
HE
SENATOR
% CHALLENGED
TRUMP'S
MOTIVATIONS
% FOR
WITHHOLDING
A
ID
FROM
% UKRAINE.%>>
LA
ST
MONTH,
PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S
% FORMER
NATIONAL
SECURITY
% ADVISER,
JOHN
BOLTON,
PROVIDED% AN
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MANUSCRIPT
TO
THE
% WHITE HOUSE.
% THE RECENT
MEDIA
REPORTS
ABOUT
% WHAT
AMBASSADOR
BOLTON COULD% HAVE
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HAD
HE
NOT
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BLOCKED
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A
WITNESS G
O
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% THE HEART
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F T
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IMPEACHMENT
% TRIAL.%>>
I
REACHED
OUT
TO
JOHN
B
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% AND SAID
I
F
YOU'VE
G
OT
SOMETHING
%
TO
SAY
,
G
ET
IT ON
THE
RECORD.
% WOULD YOU
LIKE
TO
T
AL
K
TO
OUR
% COMMITTEE?
% HE
S
A
ID
HE'D
ONLY
RESPOND
TO A
% SUBPOENA, WHICH
I
RESPECT AS
% WELL.%>>
PRESIDENT
TRUMP
TOLD
% AMBASSADOR
BOLTON
IN
AUGUST THAT
% HE
WANTED
TO
CONTINUE
FREEZING
% $391
MILLION
IN
SECURITY
% ASSISTANCE
TO
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E UNTIL
T
HEY
% HELPED WIT
H
THE
POLITICALS
% INVESTIGATION.
% HAD
AMBASSADOR
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TESTIFIED
% TO
THESE
FAC
TS
IN
T
HIS
TRIAL, IT
% WOULD
DIRECTLY CONTRADICT
W
HAT
% THE
PRESIDENT
TOL
D
SENATOR
% JOHNSON
IN A
PHONE
C
ALL
ON
% AUGUST 31,
2019,
WHERE,
% ACCORDING
T
O
SENATOR
JOHNSON,
% THE
PRESIDENT
S
AID
I
W
OULD
NEVER
% DO THAT.
%
WHO TOLD
YOU
THAT?
%
>> AND
I'M
THE
ONE
T
HAT
RAISED
% THE
ISSUE.
% MR. PRESIDENT, I
HEARD THERE
MAY
% BE
SOME
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F
%
UKRAINE DOES
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K,
!
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YOU
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A
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H
E
% IMMEDIATELY
ANGRILY
D
ENIED,
NO,
% I
WOULD
NEVER
DO
THAT.
% NO WAY.
%
WHO TOLD
YOU
THAT?
% >> JOH
N
BOLTON NOT ONLY
H
AS
% DIRECT
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THAT
IMPLICATES% PRESIDENT TRUMP
I
N A
CORRUPT
% ABUSE OF
POWER,
HE
HAS
DIRECT
% EVIDENCE
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
% LIED
TO ONE
OF
OUR
COLLEAGUES
IN
% AN
ATTE
MPT TO
COVER
I
T
UP.
% >> TO
ME,
IT DIDN'T
HAVE
ANY
% IMPACT.
% I DON'T
THIN
K
WHATEVER
JOHN
SAYS
% IS
GOING
TO
REALLY
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%
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% AGAIN, WHAT WAS
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IN
THES
E
%
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IS
% NOT
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% >>
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% WE
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% >> YOU'RE
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O
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ALDWIN
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IN
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O
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THE
ACQUITTAL BE
% VIEWED
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T
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% RESONATES
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S
THE
% PRESIDENT REACTS
T
O
IT
RIGHT
% NOW?
% >>
IN
WISCONSIN
RIGHT
NOW
WE'RE
% LIVING
IN
T
WO
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%
REALITIES.
% 47% OF
THE
VOTERS
LIKE
TRUMP
AND
% AGREED
WITH
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OUTCOME
AND
47%
% OF
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WIT
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LIK
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T
WO
SHIPS
%
PASSING IN THE
NIGHT
.
% THEY
DON'T
EVEN LIVE
IN
THE
SAME
% WORLD.%>> HOW
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S
T
HIS
EMBOLDEN% PRESIDENT TRUMP AND H
IS
% SUPPORTERS?%>> WELL,
I
THINK
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OT
% SURE
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M
UCH MORE
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% BOLD
I
N
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OF
THIS HAS
% BEEN
HIS
STYLE
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D
AY
H
E
% BECAME PRESIDENT.
% HE'S A
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% HE
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ONLY
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WITH
HIS
% OPPONENTS.
% HE
WANTS
T
O
CRUSH
THEM.
%
ONLY
H
E
IS
RIGHT.
% EVERYBODY
ELS
E IS
WRONG.
% THAT'S A STYLE.
% I
GUESS
YOU
MIGHT
S
AY
IT'S
% ALMOST
LIKE A
NEW YORKIE
STYLE
% THAT
HE'
S
CARRIED
THROUGHOUT HIS
% PRESIDENCY.
%
SO WHEN
HE
C
AM
E
O
UT
SWINGING, IT
% WAS THE
SAME
O
LD
TRUMP.
% I'M SURE SOME
OF
YOUR
VIEWERS
% CAN COMPARE
IT
TO PRESIDENT
% CLINTON THE
DAY AFTER
THE
% IMPEACHMENT VOTE WHEN HE
WAS
% ACQUITTED.
% HE CAME
OUT
A
ND
H
E
APOLOGIZED T
O
% THE PUBLIC AN
D
H
E
SAID HE
WANTED
% TO WORK WIT
H
T
H
E OTHER
PARTY.
% SUCH A
DIFFERENCE.% >>
DOES
TH
E
ACQUITTAL HURT
% DEMOCRATS?%>> I
TH
INK
THAT
WHAT
THE
% ACQUITTAL
DOES
IS
IT
SAYS THIS
% IS H
OW
I
T'S
GOING TO
B
E
UNTIL
% THE
ELECTION.
% IN OTHER WORDS,
F
OR
THOSE
PEOPLE
% WHO
REALLY
DISLIKE PRESIDENT
% TRUMP AND WERE
SORT
OF
% FANTASIZING
ABOUT
HIM
BEIN
G
% REMOVED FROM
OFFICE,
I
THINK
% THIS
PUT
S
THE
M
BACK I
N
TOUCH
% WITH THE
FACT
THE
% REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
NOW
TH
E
% TRUMP
P
ARTY, THAT
NO
MATTER
H
OW
% THEY
F
EEL
ABOUT PRESIDENT
T
RUMP
% BEHIND-THE-SCENES,
THA
T
A
LL
% REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
IN
THE
%
HOUSE
AND
SENAT
E WILL
G
O
ALONG
% WITH
HIM,
WITH
THE
EXCEPTION
OF
% ROMNEY,
AND
THA
T THEY
ARE
% LOCK-STEP WITH
HIM.
% THIS IS
W
HAT
THE REPUBLICAN
IS.
% THIS IS
I
N A
SENSE
THE
NEW
% NORMAL.%>>
LET'S
MOVE
ALONG
TO
IOWA.
% GIVEN
THE
SNAFU THERE
WITH
THE
% NEW
AND
GLITCHY
APP
TO
REPORT
%
RESULTS, THE
DELAYS
AN
D
NOW AN
% ASK
FOR A
RECANVASS,
WHAT DO YOU
% THINK ABOUT
WHETHER
THE
IOWA
% CAUCUS SHOULD BE
PUT OUT
O
F I
TS
% MISERY?%>>
WEL
L,
THEY
DON'T
HAVE A
VERY
% GOOD
TRACK
RECORD,
B
UT
I
SUSPECT
% THEY'LL
FIGHT
L
IKE
H
EC
K
TO
HOLD
% ON
TO
IT.
% THEY'RE
THE
FIRST
CAUCUS IN
THE
% SERIES,
NO
T
THE
FIRST
PRIMARY.
%
SO
I
THINK
IT'S
GOING
TO
END U
P
% BEING THE
SAME.
% YOU
KNOW,
SOME OF THE
STUFF
THAT
% WENT
WRON
G
W
AS
JUST
PLAIN
% AMATEUR
HOU
R.
% IT SORT
O
F
REMINDS
US OF
THE
% ROLL-OUT
O
F
OBAMACARE
WHERE
% THERE
WASN'T
ENOUGH
BETA
% TESTING.
% BUT I
THINK
IT'S
ALSO
% INTERESTING THAT THERE
WAS
SOME
% JAMMING OF
THE PHO
NE
LINES,
THAT% THERE
WAS A
BACKUP
HOTLINE T
O
% CALL IN
WHEN
THE
A
PP
DIDN'T
WORK
% AND
APPARENTLY
SOME
OF
I
T
WAS
% JAMMED BY
SUPPORTERS
OF% PRESIDENT
TRUMP,
ALMOST LIKE
ON% A
PRANKISH
BASIS.
% SO
THERE'S A
L
OT
O
F
BLAME TO
G
O
% AROUND, B
UT I DON'T
THINK
IOWA
% IS
GOING TO
BE
CHANGING
IN
TERMS
% OF
ITS
ROLE
I
N
PRESIDENTIAL
% CYCLES.%>> AS
TO
THE
RESULTS,
WHAT'S
% YOUR
REACTION
TO
THOSE?
% >>
I
T
PERMITTED
THE
FOU
R
LEADING
% CANDIDATES TO ALL
M
OVE
ON
TO NEW
% HAMPSHIRE
AND
SAY I
DIDN'T
LOSE
% BECAUSE THERE
WASN'T
ANY% DEFINITIVE WINNER.
% SO
THE
OPTICS TH
AT
YOU
A
ND
I
A
RE
% USED
TO,
THAT ON THE
NIGHT OF
% THE
CAUCUS
SOMEBODY
IS ON
THE
% PODIUM
WITH
THEIR
HANDS
RAISED
% THAT THEY
WON
THE
PRIMARY AND
%
THAT GIVES
THEM
THE
BUMP TO
G
O
% ON
TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE,
THAT
J
UST
% DIDN'T EXIST.
% SO IT
WAS
ALMOST
ANTICLIMATIC
% THAT
NOW NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE
% THE ONE
TO
TELL
US WHO
IS
THE
% LEADER.%>>
YOU
S
AID
PREVIOUSLY THAT
YOU
% THINK THE FIELD
WIL
L
NOT
B
E
% ARROWED
BY
THE
NAME O
F
% WISCONSIN'S PRESIDENTIAL
% PRIMARY.
% DO
YOU
STILL T
HINK
THAT?
% >>
Y
OU
PROMISED
M
E YOU WERE
% GOING T
O
ERASE
THA
T
PART OF
TH
E
% TAPE,
B
UT
I THINK THERE
A
R
E
AT% LEAST
THREE
,
PROBABLY
F
OU
R
% LONG-DISTANCE
RUNNERS.
% IN OTHER
WORDS,
UNLESS
SOMEBODY%
DOES
TERRIBLY
IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE,% SOUTH
CAROLINA,
NEVADA,
THEY'VE
% GOT THE
MONEY
TO
S
TA
Y
IN.
% MAYBE IT
WILL
BE
BLOOMBERG
O
R
% PATRICK WHO
COMES
OUT, B
UT
I
% THINK WISCONSIN
I
S
GOING TO
% REAL
RACE.
% SO
FOR
U
S
THAT WILL BE
GOOD.
% WE
MAY
WELL
BE
THE
PIVOT
I
N
THE
% PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATING PROCESS.% >>
SAY
THERE'S A
DECENT
% CHANCE
OF A
CONTESTED
DEMOCRATIC
% CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE.
% WHY?%>>
WELL,
IF
I
'M
RIGHT
ABOUT
MY
% PREDICTION ABOUT THE
PRIMARY
P,
% THAT
MEANS
THERE'S
ALSO
A
% LIKELIHOOD
THAT
THOSE
TWO
OR
%
THREE OR
FOU
R
A
RE
GOING
TO
% SURVIVE BEYOND
THA
T AND
COM
E
TO
% MILWAUKEE FOR
THE
CONVENTION AND
% FIGHT IT
OUT.
% THE LAST
T
I
ME
I
T
HAPPENED
WA
S
% J.F.
KEN
NEDY I
N
1960
IN
% LOS ANGELES.
% THE FACT THAT
HE
WON ON
THE
% FIRST
VOTE
WAS
EVERYBODY'S
% SURPRISE.%IN
FACTS,
HE
WON
W
IT
H
WYOMING,
% THE LAST
STATE
,
PUTTING
HIM OVER
% THE
TOP.
% SO
WE MIGHT
BE LUCKY.
% IT MIGHT BE
THAT
THE
M
ILWAUKEE
%
CONVENTION WILL
BE A
REAL
% CONVENTION WITH WHO
KNOWS
WHA
T
% WOULD HAPPEN.
% AND
I
THINK
THAT'
S GOOD.
% YOU
KNOW,
WHEN A CON
!
CON
VENTION I
S
% MERELY A
CORONATION
PROCESS,
% WHEN
THERE'S
N
O
NEWS THAT
COMES% OU
T
OF A
CONVENTION,
IT'S
% ANTICLIMATIC.
% I'M
HOPING
THAT
MILWAUKEE WILL
% BE
C
LIMATIC.% >>
AS
TO
REPUBLICANS,
WITH
A
BOUT
% A MINUTE
LEFT,
WIT
H
TRUMP
% UNOPPOSED,
WHAT
C
OULD
HAPPEN
% THERE?
% >>
O
H,
THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION.
% I TH
INK
REPUBLICANS
IN
WISCONSIN
% WHEN
THEY COME T
O
THE
% APRIL PRIMARY ARE GOING TO HAVE
% TO
DECID
E D
O
W
E
WANT
TO
SHOW
% TRUMP THAT
HE'S G
OT
SUPPORT?
% EVEN THOUGH
H
E'S
UNOPPOSED
% SHOULD
WE VOTE
IN
TH
E
REPUBLICAN
% PRIMARY FOR
HIM?
% OR SHOULD
WE
CROSS
OVER
A
ND
% PERHAPS PLAY A LITTLE
B
I
T
OF
% MISCHIEF,
PERHAPS VOTE
FOR
THE
% WEAKEST
DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE?
% WHEN YOU'VE
G
OT AN
O
WN
P
RIMARY,
% SOMETIMES
THE INTERPRETATION OF
% WHAT IT
MEANS
IS
VERY HARD
TO
%
DISCERN.%>>
COULD
TRUMP
REPUBLICANS
% POSSIBLY BEAR
T
O
CROSS
OVER?
% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
PRETTY
COMMON
I
N
% WISCONSIN
POLITICS.
% ONE-THIRD OF
THE
VOTERS
% SOMETIMES
VOTED
IN
REPUBLICAN
% AND
DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES.
% YOU'RE
NOT
BETRAYING YOUR
PARTY
% OR BEING
FALSE
IF
YOU
VOTE
IN
% THE OTHER
P
ARTY'S PRIMARY.
% SO
I
THINK
THEY'RE
GOING
T
O
FEEL
% FREE
T
O DO
IT.
%
IT
MAY
W
ELL
B
E
THAT
THEY
% COALESCE
TO
SAY
I
JUS
T
WANT
TO
% TELL TRUMP THAT I
SUPPORT
HIM.
% >>
YEAH.
% ALL
RIGHT
.
% MORDECAI
LEE,
THANKS A
LOT.
% >> THANK
YOU
.
% >>
I
N
TONIGHT'S LOOK
AHEAD, IN
% THE
FEBRUARY 18
SPRING
PRIMARY
% ELECTIONS I
N
NORTHERN
WISCONSIN,% THERE COULD BE
SOME
C
ONFUSION
% FOR ABSENTEE
VOTERS.
% THAT'S
BECAUSE THERE
A
RE
T
WO
% BALLOTS.
% ONE
WEN
T
OU
T
EARLIER
FOR
THE
% SPECIAL
PRIMARY
FOR
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7
.
% ANOTHER CAME OUT
LATER
AND
% INCLUDES
BOTH
THE
7
TH
% CONGRESSIONAL
AND
STATE-WIDE
% JUSTICE OF
THE SUPREME
COURT
% PRIMARY
A
ND
OTHER
COUNT
Y
O
R
% MUNICIPAL
CONTESTS.
% WHAT
HAPPENS
IF AN
ABSENTEE
% VOTER
FILLS
OUT
BOTH?
% WE TURN
T
O
THE CITY
O
F
SUPERIOR
% CLERK AND
ELECTIONS
OFFICIAL,
% TERRY
COLON
,
WHO
JOINS US FROM
% SUPERIOR.%>> GOOD
MORNI
NG.
% THANK YOU FOR
HAVING
US.
% >>
W
E WANT
T
O
PUT
UP
% DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF
THE
% BALLOT.%WE
HAVE
THE
"A"
BAT
LOCAL
FOR
% THE
7
TH
CONGRESSIONAL ONLY
AND
% THEN WE
HAVE
THE
B
BALLOT
WHICH
% INCLUDES
THE SUPREME COURT
RACE
% AND
OTH
ER
L
OCAL
ELECTIONS.
% DESCRIBE WHY
THESE
T
WO
VERSIONS
% ARE
NECESSARY.% >>
WELL,
BECAUSE
THE
% CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT
IS A
% FEDERAL
ELECTION, A FEDERAL
% POSITION.
% THOSE
BALLOTS
NEED TO
BE
MAILED
% OUT
B
Y
L
AW
4
7
DAYS PRIOR
T
O
THE
% ELECTION, WHICH
IS
JANUARY 2.
% OUR LOCAL
FIL
ING
DEADLINE
WASN'T
% EVEN
UNTIL
JANUARY 7.
% SO WE
HAD
T
O
S
EN
D
OUT A
SECOND
% BALLOT T
HAT
INCLUDED
THE
% CONGRESSIONAL
RACE
A
LONG
WITH
% OUR
LOCAL
RACE
S.% >>
S
O
WALK U
S
THROUGH
WHA
T
% HAPPENS.
% IF AN
ABSENTEE VOTER
FILLED
O
UT
% BALLOT
A
,
THE
N
GOT
B
ALLOT
B
% LATER AND
FILLE
D
THAT
OUT
ALSO.
% >>
IF
THEY
RETURN BOT
H
O
F
THEM,
% WE
WILL
REJECT
BALLOT
A
AND
WE
% WILL COUNT
BALLOT
B
.% >>
SO
-
YEAH.
% IN
TH
IS
C
AS
E
WHA
T
H
APPENS
IF A
% VOTER
FILLED
OUT
BALLOT
A
,
THEN
% GOT
BALLOT
B
AND
BECAUSE
THEY'D
% ALREADY FILLED
OUT
A
I
N
THE
% CONGRESSIONAL
RACE,
THE
Y
DON'T
% FILL
O
UT
THAT
PART
O
F
B
ALLOT
B
,
% THINKING,
WELL, I DON'T WAN
T
O
% VOTE
TWICE?
% >>
YEAH.
% THERE'S A LOT
OF
CONFUSION
OVER
% THAT
AND
WE'VE
GOTTEN A
LOT
OF
% PHONE
CALLS.
% BUT
OUR
DIRECTION FROM
THE
STATE
% IS
IF
T
HEY
RETURN
BALLOT
B,
% BALLOT A
IS
REJECTED.
% WE
DON'T OPEN IT.
% WE
DON'T
L
OOK
A
T
IT.
% SO
W
E
W
ON'T
KNOW.
% >> OH.
% WELL, WHAT
CONCERNS DO YOU
HAVE
% THAT
SOM
E
VOTERS'
INTENTIONS% MIGHT BE
NULLIFIED
BECAUSE
O
F
% THESE
BALLOTS?
% >> IT
I
S
A
C
ONCERN,
B
UT
I
'M
% REALLY NOT
SURE.
% WE
DIDN'
T
RECEIVE
A
NY
OTHER
% DIRECTION FROM
THE
STATE
ON
H
OW
% TO
HANDLE IT.
% SO
WE'RE
JUST
FOLLOWING
WHAT
% THEY
ARE TELLING
US
TO
DO.
% >> HAVE
YOU
GOTTEN
ANY
QUESTIONS
% FROM
CANDIDATES
THEMSELVES
O
R
%
THEIR PARTIES
ABOUT
THESE
KIND
% OF
DUELING
BALLOTS?
% >>
NOT SO
MUCH
THE
CANDIDATES,
% BUT A
LOT
O
F
ABSENTEE
VOTERS WHO
% RECEIVED A
BALLOT, HAVE
BEEN
%
CONFUSED.
% WE
PUT
SOME
PRETTY
GOOD
% DIRECTIONS I
N
T
HE
ENVELOPE
WIT
H
% THE
B
ALLOT
IN
HOPES
THAT TH
EY
% WOULD READ
IT AND
UNDERSTAND
IT
% AND FILL
O
UT
THE
F
ULL
SECOND
% BALLOT.%>> WHAT
IS
YOU
R
MOST
% STRAIGHTFORWARD
GUIDANCE
THEN
% FOR
THESE
VOTERS?
% >> TO
FIL
L
OUT
THE
B
BALLOT
% COMPLETELY AND RETURN
IT.
% >>
AND
WHY IS
THAT?
% >>
BECAUSE
THAT
WILL
HAVE
ALL OF
% THE
RACE
S
O
N
THERE,
INCLUDING
% THE
CONGRESSIONAL,
EVEN
THOUGH
% THEY
VOTED T
HE
A
BALLOT WITH
% JUST THE
CONGRESSIONAL.% >>
OKAY.
% HOW
MANY
ABSENTEE VOTERS
MIGHT
% THIS
AFFECT?
%
>>
I
TH
INK
WE
SEND
O
UT
CLOSE
T
O
% 700
FOR
THIS
PRIMARY.
% >>
A
ND
IT'S
HAPPENING
AGAIN
FOR
% THE
PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY; IS% THAT
R
IGHT
?
% >>
CORRECT.
% THERE'S
GOING TO
BE
AN
A
AND
B
% BALLOT
FOR
THE
SPRING
% APRIL ELECTION.
% THE A
BALLOT
WILL
HAVE TO BE
I
N
% THE
MAIL
BY
FEBRUARY 20, WHICH% IS
RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER, TWO
% DAYS AFTER
TH
E
PRIMARY,
AND
TH
E
% B
BALLO
T WILL
G
O
OU
T
ON
MARCH
% 17.%>>
S
O
IT
SEEMS
POTENTIALLY
LIK
E
% MORE
WORK
AND A
LITTLE
B
IT
MOR
E
% READING
AND
FOCUS
FOR
VOTERS
WHO
% HAVE
TO
FILL
T
HESE THINGS
OUT
.
% BUT
A
T
LEAST AFT
ER
THIS
% FEBRUARY ELECTION
YOU'LL
HAVE
% HAD KIND
OF
S
OME
PRACTICE
W
ITH
% IT.
% >>
YEAH.
% WE'RE STILL
TRYING T
O
WORK
% THROUGH TH
E
DETAILS
O
N
OU
R
END
% HOW
GOING
TO
DO
IT,
% BECAUSE
CENTRAL
COUNT
OU
R
% ABSENTEE
BALLOTS.
% THEY'RE
COUNTED
A
T
OU
R
% GOVERNMENT
CENTER
BY
ELECTION
% INSPECTORS ON
ELECTION
D
AY.
% >>
SO --
% >> SO
WE'RE
JUS
T
TRYING
TO
% FIGURE OUT THE
DETAILS
OF
HOW
% WE'RE
GOING
TO
D
O
TH
AT.
% >> IT'S
COMING
RIGHT UP ON
YOU,
% TOO.%>>
IT
SURE
I
S.
% >>
YEA
H.
% AFTER
SEEING WHAT
HAPPENED
IN
% THE
IOWA
CAUCUS,
HOW
GLAD ARE
% YOU THA
T
YOU'RE JUS
T
DEALING
% WITH
TW
O
BALLOTS?
% >> VERY
GLAD.
% >>
YEAH.
% >>
I
WOULDN'T
WANT TO
B
E
I
N
% THEIR POSITION.%>> YEAH.
% FOR
SUR
E.
% ALL
RIGHT.
% TERRY
KALAN,
THANKS
VER
Y MUCH
% FOR
JOINING
US
A
ND
GOO
K% WITH ALL
O
F
THIS.
% >> THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% >>
STATEWIDE THERE
W
ILL
B
E
% AN
A
AND
B
BALLOT
FOR
THE
% APRIL 7 ELECTION.
%
FOR
VOTERS
W
HO
REQUEST AN
% ABSENTEE
BALLOT
BEFORE
MID-MARCH
% THERE WILL BE ONE
F
OR
THE
% PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
AND ONE FOR
% ALL
RACES.
% THE
BEST
GUIDANCE
I
S
T
O
VOTE I
N
PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY
O
N
BOT
H
% BALLOTS AND
SEN
D
THEM BACK TO
% YOUR
CLERK
,
WHO
WIL
L S
OR
T O
UT
% THE
RIGHT
O
NE TO BE
COUNTED.
% MORE
THAN
130,000
ABSENTEE
% BALLOTS W
ERE
ISSUED
BY
MAIL
IN
% THE
2016
PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS LATE
THI
S
%
WEEK
CALL
ED A SPECIAL SESSION
TO
% ADVOCATE
FOR
MORE STATE
FUNDING
% FOR
K-12
EDUCATION.
% HE SAID THE
GOAL OF
THE
SESSION% SHOULD BE
T
O
RETURN
STAT
E
% CONTRIBUTION TO
TWO-THIRDS
O
F
% LOCAL
DISTRICTS' COSTS.
% HE
S
AID
T
HE
B
OOST SHOULD COME
% FROM
T
HE
STATE'S
SURPLUS.
% THE
STATE
WIL
L
TAKE
IN AN
EXTRA
% NEARLY
$45
2
MILLION
IN
TAX
% REVENUE
T
HAN
PROJECTED.
% THEY
W
AN
T
IT TO
GO
TOWARD
% PROPERTY TAX
CUT
S
INSTEAD.
% NEXT
WEEK ZAC SCHULTZ
REPORTS
% FROM
NORTHERN
WISCONSIN ON
THE
% SPECIAL PRIMARY
I
N
THE
7
TH
% CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
FOR
MORE "HERE AND NOW"
2020
% ELECTION COVERAGE,
G
O
T
O
PBS
OR
G
% AND CLICK
ON
NEWS.
% >>
FUND
ING
F
OR "HERE AND
NOW"
IS
% PROVIDED BY
THE
FOCUS
FUND
FOR
% JOURNALISM AND
FRIENDS
OF PB
S
% WISCONSIN.