HEALTHY.%>>
WE
INVITED
DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR
%TAMMY BALDWIN
T
O
JOIN
OUR
%PROGRAM.
%SHE
WAS
UNABLE.
%SHE
DID
PROVIDE
THIS
STATEMENT.
%PRESIDENT
TRUMP
KEEPS
PRETENDING%THAT
THINGS
ARE
GETTING
BETTER
%WHEN
THIS
PUBLIC
HEALTH
AND
%ECONOMIC
CRISIS
CONTINUES TO
GET
%WORTH.
%FOR
NEARLY
THREE
MONTHS
DEMOCRAT
%REPUBLICANS HAVE
FAILED
TO
TAKE
%ACTION ON
LEGISLATION THAT
%
PASSED
THE
HOUSE
AND
NOW
THEY
%WANT
TO
CUT
FEDERAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
%BENEFITS
WHILE SO
MANY
ARE
STILL
%OUT O
F
WORK
AND
STRUGGLING
T
O
%MAKE
ENDS
MEET.
%FAMILIES, SMALL
BUSINESSES
AND
%SCHOOLS NEED HELP
AND WE
NEED
%ACTION
NOW
ON
BIPARTISAN
%LEGISLATION THAT
DELIVERS
IT.
%TODAY
MARKS
THE END OF THE
FIRST
%FULL
WEEK OF
THE
MAS
K
MANDATE
IN
%WISCONSIN.
%GOVERNOR
EVERS'
ORDER
REQUIRES
%WISCONSINITES TO WEAR
MASKS
%INDOORS UNTIL
THE END OF
%SEPTEMBER.%THERE ARE
CONTINUED SIGNALS
FROM
%REPUBLICANS AT
THE
STATE
CAPITOL
%REGARDING A LEGISLATIVE%CHAL
LENGE TO
THIS
MANDATE.
%THIS
WEEK
STATE
HEALTH
OFFICIALS
%REPORTED
HIGH
ACTIVITY
LEVELS
OF
%THE
VIRUS
IN
66 OUT OF THE
%STATE'S
72
COUNTIES.
%GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
JOINS
US
%AGAIN
THI
S
WEEK.
%AND,
GOVERNOR, THANK
YOU SO MUCH
%FOR BEING
HERE.
%>>
THANKS,
FREDERICA.
%APPRECIATE
IT.
%>>
WELL, WHAT
ARE
YOUR
PUBLIC
%HEALTH OFFICIALS TELLING
YOU
%ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
YOUR
MASK
%MANDATE
IS
YET
SLOWING
THE
%SPREAD
OF
COVID-19
IN
WISCONSIN
%AS
W
E
NEAR
1,000
DEATHS
AND WE
%ARE
LIKELY
TO
SURPASS
THA
T
THIS
%WEEKEND.%>>
YES.
%WHAT A
SAD
MARK ON THE
COUNTRY
%AND
THE
STATE.
%IT'S
JUST TOO
MUCH
TO
ALL TAKE
%IN.
%BUT
WE'VE
HAD
GOOD
RESPONSE
T
O
%THE
MASKING,
WHETHER
IT'S
BEEN
%FROM
BUSINESS LEADERS
OR
FRO
M
%SCHOOL
PEOPLE
OR
GENERAL
PUBLIC.
%OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE PEOPLE
WHO
%SAY
WISCONSIN
IS
VERY
%INDEPENDENT.
%I'M ONE OF THEM.
%BUT THE
F
ACT OF THE
MATTER
IS
%MASKS
SAVE
LIVES.
%MASKS SLOW DOWN
THE
%TRANSMISSION.
%AND AT
THE END OF
THE
DAY,
IT'S%A MINOR THING
FOR
US
T
O
DO.
%AND
SO
I
FEEL
VERY
CONFIDENT
%THAT THIS
IS
GOING
TO
BE A
%DIFFERENCE.%IT'S
DIFFICULT
TO
POINT A
METRIC
%AT
THIS
POINT
IN
TIME,
BUT
I'M
%CONFIDENT THAT IT
IS
BEING
%SUCCESSFUL AND
WE'RE
VERY
%HOPEFUL
THAT
PEOPLE
DO
WHAT
THEY
%NEED TO
DO.
%WE
CAN
SLOW
DOWN
THE
%TRANSMISSION OF
THIS
VIRUS.%>>
WHY
DON'T
YOU
THINK A
%REPUBLICAN CHALLENGE TO
YOUR
%MANDATE
AND
EMERGENCY
ORDER
HAS
%YET
MATERIALIZED?
%>>
THAT I DON'T KNOW.
%I
MEAN,
FIRST
OF
ALL,
I
THINK
%IT'S
HORRIBLE
PUBLIC
POLICY
FOR
%THEM TO
DO
THAT.
%AND,
FRANKLY,
I
THINK
IT'S
ALSO
%HORRIBLE POLITICS.
%THE
VAST
MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE
IN
%THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
%UNDERSTAND
HOW
SIMPLE
AND
%IMPORTANT THIS IS.
%AND
HOPEFULLY
THEY'RE
GETTING
%THE
IDEA,
TOO.
%BUT
IF
THEY'RE
INSISTENT ON
%COMING
IN, IT
WOULD
BE A
HUG
E
%MISTAKE AS
I
T
RELATES
TO
PUBLIC
%HEALTH.%>>
ONE OF THE
THINGS
THE
GOP
%WARNS
ABOUT,
THOUGH,
IS
THAT
YOU
%WILL
USE
YOUR
ORDER
TO GO
AHEAD
%AND
CLOSE
SCHOOLS
TO
IN-PERSON
%LEARNING.
%WHAT WOULD
IT
TAKE FOR TO YOU
DO
%THAT?%>>
WELL,
FIRST
OF
ALL,
I'VE
BEEN
%WORKING
WITH
SCHOOLS
ALL ACROSS%THE
STATE,
TALKING T
O
THEM.
%SO
THERE'S
N
O
SHORTAGE OF
%CONVERSATION THERE.
%AND
I'VE
BEEN
FAIRLY HAPPY
WITH
%THE PROCESS
THEY'RE USING.
%THEY'RE USING SOME OF
THE
I
N
%FROM
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
%
INSTRUCTION, THEIR
LOCAL
PUBLIC
%HEALTH PEOPLE.
%AND SO IT
WOULD
B
E
JUST AN
%EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE
FOR
%ME
TO
INTERVENE.
%ALMOST
EVERY
SCHOOL DISTRICT%I'VE TALKED
T
O
HAS A
VIRTUAL
AND
%REMOTE OPTION SO
THAT
IF
PARENTS
%OR KIDS
FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY
%HAVE THAT OPTION.
%AND
I
KNOW
SCHOOLS
ARE
GOING
TO
%DO A BETTER
JOB
OF
THAT
THAN
%WHEN THEY WERE SO
RUSHED
I
N
THE
%SPRING.
%>>
WOULD
YOU
EVER DO
IT,
THOUGH?
%>> I
CAN'T
IMAGINE.
%I
MEAN,
YOU
NEVER
SAY
NEVER.
%IF
OUR
POSITIVITY RATE
GOES UP
%TO
20%
OR
30%,
OBVIOUSLY
THAT
%WOULD
BRING
OUR
ENTIRE
ECONOMY
%TO A
HALT,
INCLUDING SCHOOLING.
%BUT
I
THINK
WE'RE
IN A
PLACE
NOW
%THAT IT IS
SOMETHING
THAT
LOTS
%OF
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HAVE
FIGURED
%OUT AND
I
FEEL
GOOD
ABOUT
IT.
%WE
HAVE
KIDS
GOING
T
O
SCHOOL
%RIGHT NOW IN
THE STATE OF%WISCONSIN THAT
ARE
IN
YEAR-ROUND
%SCHOOLING.
%SO I DON'T WANT
TO
DISMISS
THE
%PROBLEMS.
%THERE ARE
--
IT'S
--
IT'S
NOT A
%RISK-FREE ENVIRONMENT.%BUT
I
THINK
PEOPLE
ARE
BEING
%VERY
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
WHAT
I
T
%SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
%>>
TOWARD
THAT
END, YOU
HAVE
%RELEASED
$32
MILLION
TO
THE
U
W
%SYSTEM
TO
CONDUCT
TESTING
O
N
%CAMPUSES.
%WHAT
OTHER
HELP MIGHT BE
COMING
%THEIR
WAY?
%>>
WELL,
CERTAINLY
THEY'RE
PART
%OF
OUR
ECOSYSTEM.
%WHATEVER WE CAN
DO
TO
HELP
THEM.
%I
MEAN,
THERE'S A LIMITED
AMOUNT
%OF MONEY
THAT WE
HAVE
TO
PROVIDE%TO
THE
UW
SYSTEM.
%BUT
WE'RE
IN
CONSTANT
%COLLABORATION WITH
THEM,
AND
IF
%THEY HAVE OTHER
NEEDS,
WE'LL
BE
%ABLE
TO
SEE
K
--
WORK
WITH
THEM.
%CONTACT
TRACING
I
THINK
I
S
GOING%TO
BE AN
ISSUE
AND
I
THINK WE
%CAN
BE
HELPFUL
THERE,
TOO
.%>> ALL RIGHT.
%BRIEFLY,
B
ECAUSE OF THE
%CORONAVIRUS,
A
S
YOU
WELL
KNOW,
%THE
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
IN
%MILWAUKEE HAS
ALL
BUT
COLLAPSED.%WHAT
IS
YOUR
REACTION
TO JOE
%BIDEN
DECIDING
NOT
TO
ACCEPT
HIS
%NOMINATION
HERE?
%>>
WELL, IT
WAS
--
NOT
-- IT
WAS
%-- IT WAS
NOT
THAT
IT
WASN'T
%EXPECTED.
%CLEARLY WE
HAVE A
PANDEMIC GOING
%ON
IN
THIS
COUNTRY,
AND
SO
HIM
%NOT
BEING
THERE
ISN'T
THE
ONLY
%REASON IT'S
NOT
GOING TO BE
%THERE.
%IT'S
JUST
THAT A
PANDEMIC LEADS
%ITSELF TO
MAKING
SURE
THAT WE
%HAVE TO
BE
AS
THOUGHTFUL AS
%POSSIBLE.
%AND PEOPLE WERE.
%AND SO
IT'S
GOING TO
BE A
%VIRTUAL
EVENT.
%AND IT
WILL
BE
FINE.
%BUT
IT'S
NOT
FINE
I
N
THAT A
%PANDEMIC
HAS
CAUSED
US
TO
--
THE
%MILWAUKEE AREA WOULD HAVE
HAD A
%SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BOOST
FROM
%THIS.
%AND THAT
IS
NOT
GOING TO
HAPPEN.
%BUT
IT'S
THE
WISEST THING
TO
DO,
%AND SO
I'M
LOOKING
FORWARD
T
O
%DOING IT
IN A
VIRTUAL
WAY.
%>>
ALL
RIGHT.
%GOVERNOR TON