%
- >>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND%-THE FIRST LADY
TEST
POSITIVE FOR
%-COVID-19.
%-LEADERS ACROSS THE WORLD
AND
%-HERE AT HOME
ARE
WISHING
THEM
%-WELL.%-CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN HAS
TESTED
%-NEGATIVE.
%-AND
POLITICALLY WHAT DOES THIS
%-MEAN
FOR
VOTERS
IN
WISCONSIN,%-NOW
EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE
%-SHARPEST SPIKES IN THE
VIRUS IN
%-THE
STATION?
%-WE
TURN
FIRST
TO -- IN THE
%-NATION?
%-WE
TURN
FIRST --
THANKS TO YOU
%-BOTH FOR BEING
HERE.%- >> THANKS FOR
HAVING
US.
%- >> SEEMS
TO
ME THAT
THE
%-PRESIDENTVAN COLDS
FEELS BOTH
%-FRIGHTENING
AND
DESTABILIZING,
%-ESPECIALLY AS THE VIRUS
IS
%-RUNNING
RAMPANT AROUND US
IN
%-WISCONSIN.
%-BUT
IS
IT
INPOLITICK TO
BLAME
%-HIS
BEHAVIOR FOR
IT,
BILL?
%- >> I
THINK, FIRST OF
ALL,
%-THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS TO
THE
%-PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST
LADY
FOR
%-THEIR
SPEED
Y
RECOVERY,
AND
%-FRANKLY ANYONE
WHO
HAS
COVID.
%-WE
EXPERIENCED
IT
IN
MY
FAMILY.
%-MY
YOUNGEST SON
GOT
IT
ON
HIS
%-24th
BIRTHDAY.%-SO IT
CAN
HAPPEN TO
ANYBODY.
%-I
THINK IT'S A
WAKE
WAKE-UP
CALL
%-FOR
EVERYONE THAT
WE
NEED TO DO
%-CERTAIN
THINGS.
%-PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.%-YOU HAVE TO WASH YOUR
HANDS,
USE
%-GOOD
HYGIENE.
%-YOU NEED
TO
SOCIAL
DISTANT.%-AND YOU NEED TO
WEAR A
MASK.
%-I
THINK
THOSE
THREE
THINGS
ARE
%-ESSENTIAL.%-AND THE
FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT%-OF
THE
U.P.S. AND
THE FIRST
LADY
%-COULD
CONTRACT
IT
WHILE
EVERYONE
%-AROUND HAS TO BE
TESTED,
IT'S
%-SOMEWHAT
FRIGHTENING.%- >> I LIKE
WHAT
BILL
IS
SAYING.
%-I
HOPE
HIS
REPUBLICAN
FRIENDS%-ARE
LISTENING,
BECAUSE
THE
%-REPUBLICANS HAVE
IGNORED
SIGNS.
%-THEY'VE
MOCKED
THE
WEARING OF
%-MASKS.
%-THEY'VE
LEFT WORKERS AND
%-FAMILIES
ON THEIR
OWN.
%-AND THEY'VE
SUED
AND
GONE
TO
%-COURT
A
SECOND TIME
NOW
TO
%-PREVENT GOVERNOR
EVERS'
%-SCIENCE-BASED EFFORTS TO PROTECT
%-US.%-THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED.
%-WE NEED
TO
LET
SCIENCE
RULE THE
%-DAY,
NOT
PARTISAN
POLITICS.%-AND I THINK THE
PRESIDENT
HAS
%-ALLOWED
PARTISAN POLITICS TO
%-RULE THE WAY AND
TO
IGNORE
%-SCIENCE.%-AND
IT HAS BEEN
DISASTROUS
IN
%-WISCONSIN.%-AS YOU POINTED
OUT,
WE'RE
NOW
%-THE LAST
TWO
WEEKS,
THIRD IN
THE
%-NATION IN
PER
CAPITA
IN
TERMS
OF
%-NEW
CASES.
%-AND
WE'VE
GOT
EIGHT
OF
THE
20
%-CITIES IN
THE
ENTIRE
%-UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE
%-NUMBER
ONE
CITY
OSHKOSH,
%-WISCONSIN, THE
HOME
OF SENATOR
%-RON
JOHNSON, WHO
PERMANENTLY
HAS
%-HELPED
BLOCK
AID
FROM GETTING
TO
%-WISCONSIN
WORKERS.
%-IT'S
UNBELIEVABLE -- IT'S MORE%-THAN A
WAKE-UP
CALL.
%-IT'S SOMETHING
WHERE WE
ARE
ALL
%-GOING TO
HAVE
TO
COME TOGETHER
%-AND
THAT
MEANS
REPUBLICANS HAVE
%-TO JOIN US
IN
COMING
TOGETHER.
%- >> SO HOW DO
YOU THINK
THE
%-PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
TESTING
%-POSITIVE
WILL
EFFECTIVELY CHANGE
%-THE
MESSAGING, ESPECIALLY WHEN
%-THE DISEASE ITSELF
AND
%-PRECAUTIONS AROUND
IT
HAVE
%-BECOME
SO
POLITICAL?
%-IS
IT
POSSIBLE IN THE
DIVIDED
%-LANDSCAPE
THAT WE
CAN
DO
THAT,
%-EVEN
AROUND
THIS?
%- >> I
THINK
YES --%-[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
%- >> BECAUSE, I'M
SORRY.
%-THE
REASON I
THINK
SO
IS
BECAUSE
%-HERE IN THE
STATE
OF
WISCONSIN,
%-REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN CONCERNED
%-WITH
NOTHING BUT
POWER.
%-THEY'VE TAKEN
AWAY THE
%-GOVERNOR'S
TOOLS.%-THEY
HAVE
USED
THEIR
POWER TO
%-TAKE AWAY THE
GOVERNOR'S
TOOLS.
%-I THINK THE MOST
POWERFUL
MAN
ON
%-PLANET
EARTH
GETTING THIS
%-CORONAVIRUS WHEN HE
HAS
EVERY
%-OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROTECTED FROM
%-IT WILL
CHANGE
THAT
DYNAMIC
IN
%-SHOWING THAT
ANYBODY WHEN I
%-HAVER IN,
ANYTIME
CAN
GET --
%-ANYWHERE,
ANYTIME CAN
GET
THIS
%-DISEASES.
%- >> BILL?%->> I THINK IN SOME
RESPECTS,
%-THERE MAY BE
PANDEMIC
FATIGUE,
%-RIGHT?
%-AND PEOPLE
STARTED
TO
LET
THEIR
%-GUARD DOWN
WAY
TOO
SOON.
%-WE'RE ALL HOPEFUL
THAT
THERE
%-WILL BE
A
VACCINE
SOONER RATHER%-THAN
LATER,
BUT
WE
CAN'T
LOSE
%-SIGHT OF THE
BASIC
FUNDAMENTALS
%-OF
HOW
TO
AVOID
THIS,
WASHING
%-YOUR
HANDS, WEARING
THE
MASK,
%-AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING.%-I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS
%-CHANGED
TO
THOSE
THREE
ITEMS.
%- >> SCOTT, YOU
MENTIONED BUT
HERE
%-IN
WISCONSIN, REPUBLICANS
FORGE
%-AHEAD
WITH
THAT
LAWSUIT
AGAINST
%-THE
GOVERNOR'S MASK
MANDATE.%-HOW DO
THOSE
ARGUMENTS STACK
UP
%-RIGHT ABOUT
NOW?
%-THOSE LEGAL
ARGUMENTS?%- >> WELL,
REMEMBER --%- >> I'M NOT AN
ATTORNEY.
%-BUT I
CAN
TELL
YOU
THAT FROM
A
%-PUBLIC PERCEPTION T
IDEA
THAT
%-REPUBLICANS IS
NOT
COME
TO WORK
%-IN
170
DAYS
WHILE PEOPLE HAVE
%-SUFFERED
AND
INSTEAD OF
DOING
%-NOTHING
THEY'RE
TRINK
TO
PREVENT
%-GOVERNOR FROM DOING
THE
RIGHT
%-THING.%-I
THINK
THAT'S
INCREDIBLE.
%-AND
IT WAS
SUMMED
UP
BEST
WHERE
%-A HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL SAID
IF
%-THE
LEGISLATURE WAS
PRACTICING
%-MEDICINE,
IT WOULD
BE CHARGED%-WITH
MALPRACTICE.
%- >> BILL?%->> IT'S NOT REPUBLICANS.
%-IT'S
THE
WISCONSIN INSTITUTE
FOR
%-LAW AND LIBERTY
AND
THERE'S
A
%-LEGAL
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
%-THE GOVERNOR
HAS
THE
AUTHORITY%-TO DO
THIS.
%-I MEAN,
TIMING OF
THE
LAWSUIT
%-PROBABLY IS
MORE
UNFORTUNATE%-TODAY
THAN
IT
WAS A
FEW DAYS
AGO
%-FOR
SURE.
%-SO IT'S
NOT
THE
REPUBLICANS WHO
%-ARE CHALLENGING
THIS.
%-I THINK REPUBLICANS NOW
%-UNDERSTAND THAT
MASKS
ARE
A
KEY
%-CRITERIA FOR
BATTLING THE
%-PANDEMIC.%- >> LOW
JIGSICALLY,
STAY --
%-LOGISTICALLY,
STAYING WITH YOU
%-BILL, IF
THE
PRESIDENT
IS
IN
%-QUARANTINE FOR
TWO
WEEKS, IN THE
%-HOSPITAL, THERE
GOES
HALF
HIS
%-CAMPAIGNING
TIME.
%-NOT TO
MENTION
POTENTIALLY
THE
%-NEXT
DEBATE.
%-WHAT
DOES
THIS
DO?
%- >> IT'S
TRICKY,
ESPECIALLY FOR
%-HIM,
BECAUSE
HE'S
AN
ENERGETIC
%-GUY.%-HE WANTED TO
BE ON THE
ROAD.%-HE
WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE
IN
%-WISCONSIN TWICE THIS
WEEKEND.
%-FIRST IT WAS
LA CROSSE AND
%-GREEN BAY,
THEN
JANESVILLE AND
%-GREEN BAY.%-THAT'S
HALF
THE
CAMPAIGN.
%-32 DAYS
LEFT IN THIS
RACE.
%-WE ALL
HOPE
FOR
HIS
SPEEDY
%-RECOVERY.%-BUT THE
REALITY
IS
HE
PROBABLY%-WON'T BE BACK
OUT ON
THE
TRAIL
%-ANYTIME
SOON.%-I
THINK
WHO
PEOPLE ON
THE
RIGHT
%-AND IN THE
CENTER
ARE LOOKING
%-FOR FROM
HIM
IS
SORT
OF
THAT
%-STATEMENT.
%-SOMETIME OVER THE
WEEKEND WE
%-WANT
HIM
TO -- YOU
KNOW,
%-ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE
AND HIS
WIFE
%-CONTRACTED
IT,
THAT IT
IS A
%-SERIOUS
DISEASE,
AND WE
ALL
NEED%-TO TAKE CERTAIN
MEASURES IN
%-ORDER TO
AVOID
IT.
%- >> SCOLTS, FINAL
WORD?
%- >> SURE.%-ONE THING
THE
REPUBLICANS DID
%-TIME A
BRIEF
IN
FAVOR OF
THE
%-LAWSUIT
TODAY.
%-SECOND, I
AGREE WITH
BILL,
THAT%-DONALD TRUMP
NEEDS TO
COME OUT
%-AND MAKE A
STATEMENT.
%-IT WOULD
BE
GOOD
IF
RE-REFUTED
%-HIS STATEMENT
IN
FEBRUARY, THAT
%-LIKE A
MIRACLE,
IT'S
GOING TO
GO
%-AWAY.%- >> THANKS VERY
MUCH,
GENTLEMEN.%- >> THANK YOU.%->> GOOD TO BE WITH
YOU.
%- >>> WORDS LIKE
CRISIS,
MAXED
%-OUT,
ALARMING.
%-THAT'S WHAT
WISCONSIN
OFFICIALS
%-ARE SAYING
THIS
WEEK
ABOUT THE
%-SURGECH
--
SURGE
OF
COVID-19
%-CASES IN THE
STATE,
NOW
%-DESIGNATED A
RED
ZONE BY THE
%-CDC.
%-WE'LL HEAR FROM A
DOCTOR IN
%-GREEN BAY, ONE OF THE STATE'S
%-HOT
SPOTS, AND
WHERE
THE
%-PRESIDENT HAD
BEEN
SCHEDULED TO
%-APPEAR AT A
RALLY
SATURDAY.
%-WE TURN
NOW TO
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
%-HEALTH
SECRETARY
DESIGNEEE
%-ANDREA PALM
FOR
THE
LATEST.
%-THANKS FOR BEING
HERE
AGAIN.%- >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
%-GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
%- >> YOU
DO.
%-THIS
QUESTION, IS THE
PRESIDENT
%-POSITIVITY
AN
ABJECT
LESSON
IN
%-MASK
WEARING?
%- >> SO I THINK, FIRST OF
ALL,
I
%-WANT TO
WISH
THEM
BOTH
A
SPEEDY
%-RECOVERY.%-I THINK RIGHT AS
THE DEPARTMENT
%-OF
HEALTH, OUR
GOAL IS
TO
%-PREVENT
EVERYBODY
FROM
GETTING
%-INFECTED
AND
SO --
WE
REALLY
%-HOPE
FOR
THEIR
SPEEDY
RECOVERY.%-I THINK
MORE
BROADLY,
WHAT WE
%-ALL NEED TO DO
NOW,
CONSIDERING
%-WHAT WE'RE SEEING
HERE
IN
%-WISCONSIN, IS THE
MASK
WEARING,%-IS THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING, IS THE
%-STAYING
HOME AS
MUCH
AS
%-POSSIBLE.%-WE'RE AT A
CRITICAL
MOMENT AND
%-WE
REALLY
NEED TO
TAKE
THOSE
%-STEPS
TOGETHER.%- >> WHAT IS THE
LATEST IN
%-WISCONSIN RIGHT NOW
IN
TERMS OF
%-CASE
SURGE,
HOSPITALIZATIONS,%-AND
DEATHS?
%- >> SO
TODAY,
WE
ADDED
ANOTHER
%-2700-PLUS
CASES AND WE HAVE
FIVE
%-DEATHS
TODAY, WHICH
IS
OBVIOUSLY%-A
LITTLE
BETTER
THAN
YESTERDAY
%-AND THE DAY
BEFORE.
%-BUT
OBVIOUSLY, ANY
DEATH
IS A
%-DEATH TOO
MANY.
%-AND
AGAIN, NOW IS THE
TIME TO
DO
%-WHAT
WE
NEED TO
DO
TO
STOP THE
%-SPREAD.
%- >> IN
WISCONSIN ARE
WE IN
THE
%-MIDST OF THE
FEARED WORST
CASE?
%- >> UH-HUH.
%-SO I THINK
WHAT
WE'VE
LEARNED,
%-RIGHT, THROUGHOUT
THIS
PANDEMIC
%-IS
YOU NEED
TO --
YOU NEED
TO
%-ACT
BEFORE
YOU
HIT
THAT PLACE
OR
%-YOU
WAITED TOO
LONG.
%-AND SO
NOW --
NOW
WE'VE GOT
AN
%-OPPORTUNITY TO TURN
THE
CORNER,
%-TO CHANGE
COURSE.
%-AND PREVENT
US
FROM GETTING TO
%-THE PLACE
WHERE
WE NEED TO
PULL
%-THE CORD
ON
THAT
ULTIMATE
%-INSURANCE
POLICY, WHICH
IS
THAT
%-ALTERNATE
CARE
FACILITY,
THE
%-SURGE HOSPITAL THAT WE
HAVE AT
%-THE
READY.
%-BUT NOW IS THE
TIME.
%- >> WHY IS
WISCONSIN
SO
BAD
%-COMPARED TO
OTHER
STATES?
%- >> UH-HUH.
%-SO I THINK
RIGHT,
WHAT WE
HAVE
%-SEEN
SINCE
MID
MAY WITH THE
%-LIFTING
OF
SAFER-AT-HOME, A
SLOW
%-RISE IN
THE
EPIDEMIC
HERE
IN
%-WISCONSIN.%-AND YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS A
SURGE
%-IN
JULY
THAT
LOCAL
COMMUNITIES,%-LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
MANAGED WITH
%-THE
MITIGATION TOOLS THAT THEY
%-HAD.%-BUT
THEN, YOU
KNOW,
WE
SAW
%-STARTING IN
SEPTEMBER,
THIS
RISE
%-IN -- AMONG
THE
18-
TO
%-24-YEAR-OLDS, PARTICULARLY IN
%-CITIES AND
TOWNS
WITH
COLLEGE
%-AND
UNIVERSITY
CAMPUSES.
%-BUT NOW
WHAT WE'RE
SEEING
IS
%-INTENSE COMMUNITY
SPREAD
ACROSS
%-ALL
AGE
GROUPS.
%-AND
THAT
TELLS
US
THAT THIS
IS
%-REALLY
IN
EVERY COMMUNITY IN
%-WISCONSIN.%-AND
AGAIN,
IT'S
REALLY TIME FOR
%-US TO DO
THE
THINGS
WE
NEED TO
%-DO TO
STOP
THE
SPREAD.
%- >> AND SO
IT
ALSO
TELLS
US
THAT
%-PEOPLE ARE
NOT
TAKING
ADEQUATE
%-PRECAUTIONS?
%- >> UH-HUH.
%-YEAH, I
THINK -- AND IT'S
WHY WE
%-HAVE BEEN
WORKING
SO
HARD
THIS
%-WEEK
AND
WE'LL
CONTINUE TO
GET
%-OUT THE
MESSAGE
ABOUT
HOW
%-SERIOUS THIS
IS.
%-AND
PEOPLE -- PEOPLE
DO NEED
TO
%-DOUBLE
DOWN.
%-MAKE
CHOICES
TO
WEAR THE
MASK,
%-MAKE
CHOICES
TO
NOT GO TO
%-GATHERINGS, MAKE THE
CHOICE TO
%-DO
A
VIRTUAL
HAPPY
HOUR
INSTEAD
%-OF GO TO THE
BAR,
ET CETERA,
%-WHILE
WE
REALLY
DO
EVERYTHING WE
%-CAN TO PROTECT OUR
HOSPITALS
AND
%-OUR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
%- >> NOW
THERE'S
AN
EMERGENCY
%-ORDER TO
EXPAND
THE HEALTH
CARE
%-WORKFORCE THAT
INCLUDES
ALLOWING
%-OUT-OF-STATE DOCTORS
TO
PRACTICE
%-HERE.%-DESCRIBE WHY THAT IS
NEEDED.
%- >> UH-HUH.
%-SO WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT
THE
%-INTENSE COMMUNITY SPREAD
THAT%-WE'RE
SEEING, WE ARE
SEEING
%-INCREASING NUMBERS OF
OUR HEALTH
%-CARE
WORKERS
BE
EXPOSED
TO
OR
%-INFECTED
WITH
COVID
OUTSIDE OF
%-THE
WORKPLACE.
%-IN
THEIR
COMMUNITIES.%-AND THOSE
FOLKS
CAN'T
COME TO
%-THE HOSPITAL
TO
WORK.
%-AND
SO
THE
STRESS WE
ARE
SEEING
%-ON
OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEMS, IT'S
%-NOT ONLY THE
NUMBER
OF
PEOPLE
IN
%-BEDS WHO
NEED
CARE, BUT IT
IS
%-THE
FACT
THAT WE
ARE
DOWN MEN
%-AND WOMEN
WHO
CAN WORK
IN
%-THOSE -- IN THOSE
FACILITIES
%-BECAUSE THEY HAVE
CONTRACTED OR
%-BEEN
EXPOSED
TO
COVID OUTSIDE OF
%-WORK.
%-AND
SO
THESE
FLEXIBILITIES
WILL
%-ALLOW HEALTH
CARE
TO
BRING
IN
%-ADDITIONAL WORKERS
FROM
OTHER
%-STATES
OR
OTHER
SYSTEMS TO HELP
%-FILL
THAT
GAP.
%-BUT
AGAIN,
IT
SPEAKS TO
THE
NEED
%-FOR
ALL OF US
TO
WEAR
A
MASK, TO
%-STAY
HOME AS
MUCH
AS
POSSIBLE,%-TO DO THE
THINGS
WE
NEED TO
DO
%-TO PROTECT
THOSE HEALTH
CARE
%-WORKERS AND
OUR
HOSPITAL
SYSTEM.
%- >> ANDREA
PALM,
THANKS VERY
%-MUCH.%- >> THANK YOU.%->>> THE SPIKE
IN
COVID
CASES
IN
%-GREEN BAY IS
PUSHING
HOSPITALS
%-THERE TOWARD
CAPACITY.%-WITH
THE
SURGE
AND
COMMUNITY
%-SPREAD MAKING THAT
CITY
A
HOT
%-SPOT, WITHIN
THE
WISCONSIN RED
%-ZONE FOR THE
VIRUS.
%-BROWN
COUNTY
WITH
3,777
POSITIVE
%-CASES
PER
100,000
PEOPLE IS THE
%-HIGHEST
RATE IN
THE
STATE.%-AND THE
PRESIDENT
HAD
PLANNED
TO
%-TRAVEL TO GREEN BAY
FOR
A
RALLY
%-TOMORROW.%-UNTIL
HE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE
%-CORONAVIRUS.%-TONIGHT WE
TALK
WITH
DR. RYE.
%-HE'S
THE
HEALTH PRESIDENT AND
%-C.E.O.
%-HE JOINS
US
FROM
GREEN BAY AND
%-DOCTOR, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
%-BEING
HERE.
%- >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME
TODAY.
%- >> SO FIRST
OFF,
FOR
ANY
PEOPLE
%-IN YOUR
COMMUNITY WHO
MIGHT
HAVE
%-CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPREAD BY
NOT
%-TAKING PRECAUTIONS
SERIOUSLY, IS
%-THE
PRESIDENT'S
POSITIVE TEST
%-RESULT A
WAKE-UP
CALL
THERE?%- >> YOU
KNOW, I
WOULD HOPE
SO.
%-I THINK
WHAT
GOES
FORWARD NOW IS
%-HOW THE
PRESIDENT
ACTS
PUBLICLY%-IN THE
NEXT
FEN
DAYS WHILE
HE'S
%-IN
ISOLATION.
%-BECAUSE YOU
KNOW,
PART
OF
OUR
%-SPREAD
ISSUE
IS
EVEN
PEOPLE
WHO
%-KNOW
THEY'RE
POSITIVE
NOT
TAKING
%-IT
SERIOUSLY
GOING
INTO
PUBLIC
%-AND
CONTRIBUTING THAT
SPREAD,
%-ESPECIALLY
EVENT-TYPE
%-SITUATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A
%-WEDDING OR
A
GATHERING
TO
WATCH
%-A FOOTBALL
GAME.
%-THAT'S REALLY
WHERE
OUR
SPREAD
%-IS COMING FROM AND
WE NEED TO
BE
%-ABLE
TO
EDUCATE
AROUND
THAT.
%- >> BEING ON THE FRONT LINES,
AND
%-ALL OF
YOUR
PEOPLE ON THE FRONT
%-LINES,
HOW
FRUSTRATING
IS
THAT?
%- >> YOU
KNOW,
IT'S
VERY
%-FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE, I
THINK A
%-COLLEAGUE IN
MONTANA
SAID
IT
%-BEST.%-IN THE
SPRING, YOU
KNOW,
WE
WERE
%-VERY
SCARED OF
THE
VIRUS
BUT
WE
%-DIDN'T HAVE A
WHOLE
LOT OF
%-VIRUS.
%-NOW WE HAVE A
WHOLE LOT OF
VIRUS
%-AND
NOT A LOT OF
FEAR.
%-AND THAT'S
FRUSTRATING TO US
%-RIGHT
NOW,
BECAUSE
THERE'S --
%-VIRUS
HASN'T
DISSIPATED AT
ALL.
%-IF
ANYTHING, IT'S
STRENGTHENED
%-ITS ABILITY
TO
SPREAD FROM
%-PERSON TO
PERSON.%-AND I'M
NOT
ASKING
EVERYBODY TO
%-BE
SCARED, BUT
LET'S
NOT
FORGET
%-THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT
GOT
US TO
%-THIS
POINT.%-WE KNOW THERE ARE
VERY
FEW
TOOLS
%-AND VERY
FEW
THINGS WE CAN
DO.
%-SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WEARING A
%-MASK, GETTING
TESTED, AND
%-STAYING HOME IF YOU HAVE
%-SYMPTOMS,
WASHING
YOUR
HANDS.%-VERY SIMPLE
THINGS TO
DO,
BUT
%-IT'S HARD TO
GET
PEOPLE
TO
EVEN
%-COMPLY WITH
THAT.
%- >> THE FOX
FAMILY
IN
GREEN BAY
%-IN -- AFFECTION
VALLEY AND
%-GREEN BAY
HAVE
SEEN FRIGHTENING
%-SPIKES.%-YOU HAVE CALLED IT
A
NIGHTMARE
%-SITUATION.%-HOW DOES
THAT
LOOK?
%- >> YOU KNOW, THE
NIGHTMARE
FOR
%-US
IS
YOU
THINK
ABOUT HEALTH
%-CARE IN
GENERAL.
%-WE'RE
NOT
DESIGNED -- OUR
%-HOSPITALS OUR CLINICS
ARE
%-DESIGNED TO TAKE
CARE OF THE
%-DISEASES WE
KNOW,
THE HEART
%-ATTACKS, THE CAR
ACCIDENTS,
%-STROKES.%-SO OUR
HOSPITALS
ARE
GENERALLY
%-BUSY
WITH ALL OF
THAT.%-IT'S
NOT LIKE
YOU
DESIGNED
A
%-SYSTEM
TO
HAVE
THREE
EXTRA
%-FLOORS IN CASE
A
PANDEMIC
HITS.
%-YOU TAKE
20,
30,
UP
TO
90
NEW
%-PATIENTS THAT ARE
COVID-19%-ACROSS THE
FOUR
HOSPITALS IN
%-GREEN BAY.
%-THAT'S ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
ELSE
%-WE'RE
DEALING.
%-SO
YOU MAY NOT
THINK THAT
THE
%-VIRUS IS GOING
TO
PUT
YOU IN THE
%-HOSPITAL.
%-IT
PROBABLY WON'T
STATISTICALLY.%-BUT YOU
MAY
NEED
THAT
HOSPITAL
%-BED IF
YOU'RE IN
A
CAR
ACCIDENT
%-OR
A
MOTORCYCLE
ACCIDENT
OR
%-HAVING CHEST
PAIN.
%-AND
THAT'S THE
PROBLEM.
%-THAT'S THE
NIGHTMARE
SITUATION.%-AND WE HAVE OTHER
THINGS TO
TAKE%-CARE
OF,
PLUS ALL
OF
OUR
%-COVID-19
PATIENTS.
%-THE TWO
COMBINED, ESPECIALLY
%-GOING INTO THE FLU
SEASON, IS
A
%-NIGHT
MAR
FOUR -- NIGHTMARE
FOR
%-US.%- >> YOU KNOW THE STATE
IS
%-STANDING
UP
THESE
ALTERNATIVE
%-CARE
FACILITIES.%-IS IT
YOUR
EXPECTATION
THAT
%-HOSPITALS IN
YOUR
AREA WOULD
%-HAVE
TO
KIND
OF
TAKE
POTENTIALLY
%-COVID PATIENTS AND
PUT
THEM IN
%-THOSE
FACILITIES?%- >> YOU
KNOW,
AND
WE'VE TALKED
%-ABOUT
THE
ACFs
LOCALLY.%-I THINK SOME
PEOPLE ARE IF
FAVOR
%-OF
IT.
%-OUR
BIGGEST QUESTION
IS
WHO'S%-GOING TO STAFF
IT.
%-SO IT'S
OUR
PHYSICIANS
THAT
NEED%-TO SEE THE
PATIENT.
%-NOW
YOU'RE
TAKING THEM
OUT OF
%-THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY'RE
%-NEEDED.%-IT'S
NOT
LIKE
THESE
ACFs
ARE
%-BEING
PUT
NEXT DOOR TO
US.
%-AND
THE
NURSES,
WHERE
ARE
THEY
%-GOING TO COME
FROM?
%-THE
NURSING
STAFF IS
COMING FROM
%-US.
%-SO WE
DON'T
REALLY
HAVE
THE
%-ABILITY TO STAFF
IT.
%-SO
BUILDING WITH
A BUNCH
OF
COTS
%-AND A
COUPLE
I.V.
POLES IS
NOT
%-WHAT WE
NEED.
%-WE
NEED COMMUNITY COOPERATION
%-AND MORE
STAFF.%- >> MORE
THAN
8,000 HEALTH CARE
%-WORKERS HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE.
%-NOW
THE
STATE
EMERGENCY
ORDER
%-ALLOWS FOR
EXPANDING
THE HEALTH
%-CARE
WORKFORCE.%-HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED
THAT
KIND
%-OF
RELIEF?
%- >> WE NEED IT
BIG
TIME.
%-SO I
REALLY
APPRECIATE THE STATE%-DOING
THAT.
%-NOW WE
CAN GO
TO
ILLINOIS,
%-MICHIGAN, MOMENT, AND SEE
WHAT
%-NURSES WE CAN PULL FROM
THERE.
%-THAT'S THE KIND
OF
DESPERATE
%-SITUATION HERE IN
GREEN BAY.
%-OUR
STAFF
IS
GETTING
SICK.
%-WE'RE
TESTING
THEM EVERY
DAY.%-MUST
HAVE
ORDERED HALF
A
DOZEN
%-TESTS SINCE
8:00
THIS
MORNING.
%-AND
OUR
STAFF --
THAM GROW
%-THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
NIGHT.%-WE ARE IN
A
GOOD
POSITION
WHERE
%-WE CAN TEST
OUR
OWN
STAFF AND
%-MAKE THE
RIGHT
DECISION.
%-NOT EVERYBODY IS
IN
THAT
%-POSITION.
%-BUT STAFF IS
OUR
BIGGEST
%-CONCERN.%- >> ALL RIGHT.
%-WE LEAVE IT
THERE.
%-THERE, WE
WISH YOU AND YOUR
%-STAFF
WELL.%-THANK
YOU.%- >> THANK
YOU.
%- >>> ELECTIONS THIS
FALL
WILL%-HAVE
A
DRAMATIC IMPACT
ON
WHAT
%-HAPPENS THE
NEXT
TWO
YEARS AT
%-THE STATE
CAPITOL, INCLUDING
%-ISSUES
LIKE
REDISTRICTING,
%-POLICE
REFORM
AND THE
STATE%-GRAND
JURY.
%-16
OF
WISCONSIN'S
33
STATE
%-SENATE DISTRICTS
ARE ON
THE
%-WEATHER.%-IT'S NOT WHETHER
DEMOCRATS WITH
%-WIN ENOUGH
SEATS
BUT
WHETHER
%-THEY CAN PREVENT REPUBLICANS
%-FROM
GAINING A
SUPER
MAJORITY.
%-HERE ARE
NOW
SENIOR
POLITICAL
%-REPORTER
ZAC SCHULTZ WHO
SHOWS
%-US
THREE OF
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
%-RACES.%- >> YOU KNOW
WHO I
AM?
%- >> WOW.
%- >> RUNNING
FOR
SAY
SENATE.
%- >> HE'S BEEN
RUNNING FOR
OFFICE%-IN
THE
LACRO
AREA FOR
20
YEARS.%- >> YOU
CAN VOTE FOR
ME,
SIR?
%- >> GIVE IT SOME
THOUGHT.
%- >> I APPRECIATE
THAT.
%- >> THIS WILL BE HIS
SIXTH
TIME
%-ON
THE
BALLOT
TO
REPRESENT
THE
%-THINK
2nd
SENATE
DISTRICT --
%-32nd SENATE
DISTRICT.%- >> GIVING PEOPLE
A
CHOICE.
%- >> HE
LOST
DEVICE THE
LAST
TIME
%-2016.%- >> I WON THIS
DISTRICT.%-I'VE LOST THIS
DISTRICT.%-IT'S AGAIN
VERY
COMPETITIVE.
%-SO YOU HAVE TO
WORK
VERY,
VERY
%-HARD.
%-LACROSS
TRENDS
BLUE.
%-AND YOU
KNOW, I'VE GOT
TO
PICK
%-UP THE
SURROUNDING
AREAS.
%- >> 2020 WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
%-IN
PART
BECAUSE
THE
INCUMBENT,
%-DEMOCRAT JENNIFER
SCHILLING, IS
%-NOT
RUNNING.
%- >> I'M VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS
%-ELECTION.%- >> THE DEMOCRAT
IS
BRAD
PFAFF
OF
%-WHO
BRINGS HIS
OWN
POLITICS TO%-THE
RACE.
%- >> PEOPLE
WHO
KNOW ME
KNOW WHEN
%-I GO TO
WORK,
I
WORK FOR
%-EVERYONE.
%- >> HE
RAN
WAY BACK
IN
2004
AND
%-LOST.
%-BUT
MOST
RECENTLY, PFAFF
OF
WAS
%-SERVING ARGOVERNOR
EVERS'
%-SECRETARY OF
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
%-AGRICULTURE
TRADE.
%- >> MILK PRICES ARE A
LITTLE
%-BETTER.%-GRAIN PRICES ARE
LOW.
%-SO
THEY'RE NOT
EXCITED
ABOUT
%-THAT.
%- >> WHILE SENATE
REPUBLICANS
%-STALLED HIS
NOMINATION
VOTE,%-PFAFF OF GOT INTO
A
FIGHT
OVER
%-WHEN
THE
REPUBLICANS
WOULD
%-RELEASE MONEY
EARMARKED
FOR
%-FARMERS
SUICIDE
PREVENTION.
%- >> THEY
DECIDED THAT THEY
WERE%-GOING TO SEND
ME
HOME.
%- >> REPUBLICANS KILLED HIS
%-NOMINATION.
%-EFFECTIVELY
FIRING
HIM.
%- >> I NEVER TOOK
THIS
PERSONAL.
%-BECAUSE I DON'T
BELIEVE THIS WAS
%-EVER ABOUT
ME.
%-I THINK THIS
IS
JUST
STRAIGHT
%-PARTISAN
POLITICS.
%- >> DESPITE HIS HISTORY AS
A
%-CANDIDATE, HE
SEES
THIS AS
A
%-RACE BETWEEN
HIMSELF
AND A
%-BUSINESSMAN
AND PFAFF
OF AS
A
%-PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE.%- >> I'VE
WORKED IN
THE
PRIVATE
%-SECTOR MY
WHOLE
LIFE.
%-HE'S BEEN
IN
PUBLIC
SECTOR.
%-THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY
BAD,
BUT
%-IT'S
A
CONTRAST.%- >> PFAFF OF SAYS
THE
DIFFERENCE
%-IS HE WAS RECALLED
FOR
HIS VOTE
%-ON ACT
10
WHILE
HE
LOST
HIS
JOB
%-WHILE
STANDING
UP
FOR
FARMERS.
%- >> I STEPPED
FORWARD TO HELP
%-INDIVIDUALS,
REGARDLESS OF
THEIR
%-POLITICAL
PERSUASION,
IN
TIMES
%-OF
NEED.
%-I
NEVER HAVE
BEEN
PART OF
THE
%-EXTREME
PARTISANSHIP
THAT
TOOK
%-PLACE IN THE
STATE
LEGISLATURE.%- >> THIS IS
SENATOR
PATTY
%-SHOCKNER
CALLING.
%-I JUST
WANTED
TO
TOUCH
BASE WITH
%-YOU.
%- >> FARTHER NORTH
DEMOCRAT
PATTY
%-SHOCKNER
REPRESENTS
THE
10th
%-SENATE
DISTRICT.
%- >> COMMUNICATING TO
DISTRICT
10
%-ABOUT
WISCONSIN
POLITICS CAN
BE
%-A
CHALLENGE.%- >> THE 10th
IS
BORDER
COUNTRY.
%-MOST OF THE
AREA
GETS
THEIR
%-LOCAL NEWS
FROM
MOANGTS.
%-AND MOST OF THE --
MINNESOTA.
%-AND MOST OF
THE
POPULATION
%-GROWTH IS
COMING
FROM
PEOPLE
WHO
%-WORK IN
MINNESOTA.
%- >> FOR
MOST
PEOPLE
IN
DISTRICT
%-10, WE
DON'T
LIVE
IN
HIGHLY
%-POPULATED AREAS.
%-OUR
BIGGEST
CITIES
ARE
NOT
LIKE
%-THE BIG
CITIES.
%- >> SHE SAYS THAT'S A PROBLEM
%-WHEN THINGS
WANT
THINGS
LIKE
%-MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
%- >> SO IF
YOU'RE
ON
BADGERCARE
%-AND YOU
KNOW,
NEED MENTAL
HEALTH
%-RIGHT
AWAY,
EVEN
THOUGH
IT'S
%-ONLY
20
MINUTES
AWAY,
YOU
CAN'T
%-GO
THERE.
%- >> SHOCKNER CAME INTO OFFICE BY
%-WINNING
A
SPECIAL ELECTION IN
%-JANUARY OF
2018.
%- >> WHEN I
RAN,
MOST
PEOPLE
KNEW
%-ME AS THE
MEDICAL
EXAMINER AND
%-MY WORK I'VE
DONE
IN
SUICIDE
%-PREVENTION
AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
%- >> HER
OPPONENT IS
ROB,
WHO
%-SERVES IN
THE
ASSEMBLY.
%-HIS
CAMPAIGN WOULD NOT
AGREE
TO
%-AN
INTERVIEW.
%-THE
32nd
AND
TETH ARE
TWO OF
%-THE
SEATS
REPUBLICANS
THINK THEY
%-CAN
WIN
IN
FALL.
%-IF THEY PICK
UP
THREE
SEATS,
THE
%-GOP WOULD
HAVE
VETO-PROOF
%-MAJORITY HEADING INTO
THE
NEXT
%-SESSION AND THE NEXT
ROUND
OF
%-PREDICTING.%- >> IF THEY
GET
THREE MORE
SEATS
%-IN
EACH
CHAMBER,
THEY'LL
HAVE
%-CONTROL OF
THE
LEGISLATURE
FOR
%-ANOTHER
DECADE,
BECAUSE
THEY'LL
%-BE
ABLE
TO
REJERRIY
MANDER
THE
%-MAP.%- >> HE SAYS THEY'RE
NOT
EVEN%-TRYING
TO
CONVINCE
VOTERS THEY
%-HAVE A SHOT
AT
WINNING
%-MAJORITIES.%- >> WE DON'T WANT
TO
BLOW
SMOKE.
%-REPUBLICANS REALLY
RIGGED THE
%-WAY
THAT
STATE
ELECTIONS WORK IN
%-WISCONSIN.%- >> THE IDEA
BEHIND
THEIR
SAVE
%-THE VETO
PUSH
IS
FOR GOVERNOR%-TONY EVERS
TO
VETO
%-REPUBLICAN-DRAWN MAPS NEXT
YEAR.
%-AND HOPE
THE
COURTS
DRAW
%-BOUNDARIES THAT ARE
MORE
%-FAVORABLE TO
DEMOCRATS FOR THE
%-NEXT
DECADES.
%- >> IT'S AN
INTERESTING
STRATEGY.%-IT'S
A --
I
UNDERSTAND,
THOUGH,
%-THAT YOU
KNOW,
THEY'RE VERY MUCH
%-CONCERNED ABOUT
HOW
%-REDISTRICTING
WOULD
GO
IF
WE
%-WOULD -- IF
REPUBLICANS
WOULD
%-ACHIEVE
THAT
VETO-PROOF
%-MAJORITY.%- >> ANDREW HINT IS
CHAIRMAN OF
%-THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
%-WISCONSIN.%-HE
DOESN'T THINK THE
SAVE
THE
%-VETO
MESSAGE
WILL
RESONATE
WITH
%-VOTERS.
%- >> PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO VOTE
ON
%-MORE
KITCHEN
TABLE
TYPE
ISSUES
%-THAN
SORT OF THIS
KIND
OF
VAGUE
%-POLITICAL
ISSUE
OF
%-REDISTRICTING.
%- >> DESPITE THE
DEFENSIVE%-APPROACH FOCUSED ON
SAVING
THE
%-VETO, DEMOCRATS ARE
LOOKING
TO
%-FLIP
SEATS.%- >> THIS IS THE
BEST
PICK-UP
%-OPPORTUNITY
FOR
DEMOCRATS
%-ANYWHERE IN THE
STATE.
%- >> DEMOCRAT
PAUL
PE
TRUSKY
IS A
%-FORMER POLICE OFFICER AND CITY
%-CLERK RUNNING
IN
THE
24th
%-SENATE.
%-I'M
PAUL.
%- >> THIS WAS A
LODGES
TEAM
%-DEMOCRATIC
SEAT BUT IT
FLIPPED
%-RED IN
2016.
%- >> 2016 WAS A
VERY
BAD
YEAR FOR
%-DEMOCRATS.%-TURN OUT
WAS
DOWN
AND
PEOPLE
%-FLIPPED
AND --
PEOPLE
WHO
VOTED
%-FOR
OBAMA
VOTED
FOR
TRUMP
AND
%-THEY
MAY
FOLLOW
SUIT DOWN THE
%-BALLOT.
%- >> HE'S HOPING THE
MODERATES
AND
%-INDEPENDENTS WILL PUT
HIM OVER
%-THE
TOP.%- >> THIS IS ONE OF THE
FEW
%-DISTRICTS IN THE
STATE
WHERE
YOU
%-DON'T
HAVE
AN
EXTREME
PARTISAN
%-ADVANTAGE
ON
EITHER
SIDE, SO
%-BOTH OF US
HAVE TO
APPEAL
TO
%-MODERATES.
%- >> HEY, HOW IS
IT
GOING?
%- >> GOOD, HOW ARE
YOU?
%- >> I'M
PAT,
YOUR
STATE
SENATOR.%- >> WE
SURPRISED A LOT OF
FOLKS%-BACK
IN
2016
BECAUSE
I'M
THE
%-FIRST REPUBLICAN THAT
WAS
%-ELECTED TO
THIS
DISTRICT
SINCE
%-1968.%- >> HE SAYS
HE
SAW
THE
SWING
%-COMING FOUR YEARS
AGO
WHEN HE
%-WAS TALKING WITH
VOTERS.
%- >> THAT'S WHAT I
HEARD
QUITE A
%-BIT AT THE
DOORS,
WAS THAT
THEY
%-FELT
AS
THOUGH
THE
NATIONAL
%-DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD KIND
OF
%-LEFT
RURAL
WORKING-CLASS FOLKS
%-BEHIND.
%-AND
THAT'S WHERE
INDIVIDUALS
%-LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND MYSELF
%-KIND
OF
HELPED
FILL
THAT
VOID.
%- >> THE
IMPACT OF
THE
%-PRESIDENTIAL RACE
DOWN
BALLOT
%-CANNOT
BE
OVERSTATE.
%- >> ANYTIME YOU HAVE A
%-PRESIDENTIAL YEAR,
THERE'S GOING%-TO BE AN
IMPACT AND
IT'S GOING%-TO HAVE A
RIPPLE
EFFECT
DOWN
%-BALLOT.%- >> TRUMP PERFORMED WELL IN
ALL
%-THREE SENATE
DISTRICTS
FOUR%-YEARS AGO
AND
REPUBLICANS HOPE
%-THE
SWING
VOTERS
DON'T
SWING
%-BACK.
%- >> EVEN MORE THAN IN
2016,
%-BECAUSE
TRUMP IS
NOW
%-PRESIDENT -- NOW IS NOW A
KNOWN,
%-WHERE IN
2016
A LOT OF
US
%-SAYING, WELL, IS
HE
REALLY
A
%-CONSERVATIVE
OR
WHERE
DOES
HE
%-HAND ON
FRO
LIFE
AND
WHERE --
%-PRO-LIFE AND WHERE
IS
HE?
%-NOW WE
KNOW.%-I
THINK
MORE
PEOPLE
ARE
MORE
%-CONFIDENT PUTTING
A
YARD
SIGN
%-THAN
IN
2016.
%- >> MATTERS A
TON
HOW
JOE BIDEN%-IS DOING
IN
WISCONSIN.
%-THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT
%-WHATSOEVER.%-AND IT'S ALSO THE
CASE
THAT THE
%-STATE
LEGISLATIVE
RACES
ARE
%-OFTEN
WON
OR
LOST ON THE
BASIS
%-OF
LOCAL
ISSUE.
%- >> PERHAPS MORE
CONFUSING
THAN
%-THE SWING
VOTER IS
THE
TICKET
%-SPLITTER.%- >> I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND
IT.
%-IT'S HARD TO
GET
YOUR
HEAD
%-WRAPPED AROUND
IT
EXCEPT YOU%-HAVE
TO,
BECAUSE
THAT
HAPPENS
%-TIME
AND
TIME
AGAIN
ALL
ACROSS%-THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, WHERE
%-PEOPLE WILL
SPLIT
THE
TICKET.
%- >> BUT
WILL
THERE
BE
TICKET
%-SPLITTERS
THIS
TIME?
%- >> I'M
CONFIDENT THERE
ARE.
%-WE'RE INDEPENDENT
PEOPLE.
%- >> WHO'S
MORE
LIKELY?%- >> I
WOULD
HOPE THAT OUR
BODY
OF
%-WORK OVER THE
LAST
FOUR
YEARS
%-WILL HELP I
KNOW
SLATE
US
FROM
%-ANY -- INSULATE
US FROM
THE
%-TURMOIL AT
THE TOP OF
THE
%-TICKET.
%- >> ALL THEY CAN CONTROL IS
THEIR
%-CAMPAIGN.
%- >> I'M TALKING
ABOUT
WHAT
I'M
%-BRINGING TO THE
TABLE.
%-I DON'T KNOW HOW
IT'S GOING TO
%-GO, BUT I KNOW THAT
CERTAINLY%-PEOPLE ARE
ENGAGED.
%- >> REPORTING
FROM
LACROSS,
%-STEVENS
POINT,
AND
SUMMER
SET,
%-I'M
ZACH
CONSULTS.
%- >>> YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED SOME OF
%-THE
CANDIDATES IN THIS
STORY
%-GOING DOOR
TO
DOOR WITHOUT
A
%-MASK.
%-AND
WONDERED ABOUT
HOW
THESE
%-CAMPAIGNS ARE
DEALING WITH THE
%-COVID-19
PANDEMIC
AND
HOW
THEY
%-MIGHT GOING
FORWARD.%-OVER THE
NEXT
SEVERAL
WEEKS,
%-ZAC SCHULTZ WILL CONTINUE
HIS
%-REPORTING
FROM AROUND THE
STATE,
%-INCLUDING A
SPECIAL
REPORT
HOW
%-THE
CANDIDATES
ARE
CAMPAIGNING
%-IN THE
COVID
ERA.
%-THAT'S OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.%-HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.