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>> Announcer: THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS A PBS WISCONSIN
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.
>>> ABORTION ADVOCATES BRACE
THEMSELVES FOR A WORLD WITHOUT
ROE.
COVID VACCINES FROM THE YOUNGEST
KIDS GET EMERGENCY APPROVAL.
AND POLITICS HEAT UP NATIONALLY
AND STATE SIDE.
I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
TONIGHT ON "HERE AND NOW,"
REACTION TO THE HISTORIC RULING
THAT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE.
WHAT PARENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
COVID VACCINES FOR CHILDREN
UNDER 6.
OUR POLITICAL PANEL FORESHADOWS
THE MIDTERMS.
IT'S "HERE AND NOW" FOR JUNE 24.
>>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TODAY
OVERTURNED THE 50-YEAR PRECEDENT
CASE ROE V. WADE IN WHAT'S BEING
CALLED A RULING FOR THE AGES.
AND WITH IT, THE GENERATION LONG
FIGHT ON ON ANTY ABORTION
ACTIVISTS TO END LEGAL
ABORTIONS.
LAWS AROUND ACCESS NOW TURN TO
THE STATES WE RETURN TO
GRACIEES -- GRACIEES, FOR HER
REACTION.
AND THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE
RULING?
>> WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OVERJOYED.
THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF
PREBORN LIFE AND THE OVERTURNING
OF ROE FOR DECADES.
SO IT'S HARD TO EVEN BELIEVE
THAT THE STATE HAS COME -- THIS
DAY HAS COME.
>> IN WISCONSIN WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S A LAW ON THE BOOKS
REDATING ROE THAT CRIMMIZES
ABORTION.
COULD YOU EXPECT TO WORK TO
TIGHTEN THAT EVEN MORE?
>> OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS
CALLING ON OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO ENSURE
THAT THAT LAW IS EFFECTIVE AT
SAVING LIVES.
BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY WILLING AND
PREPARING FOR FURTHER ACTION WE
CAN TAKE LEGISLATIVELY IF MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT
PREBORN LIVES.
BUT I THINK OUR MAIN FOCUS IS
REALLY ON SUPPORTING WOMEN WHO
ARE FACING THESE CHALLENGING OR
UNEXPECTED PREGNANCIES.
WE REALIZE THAT THEY WILL BE IN
NEED OF SUPPORT, POTENTIALLY
MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING, ALL OF
THOSE CONCERNS, AND WE WANT TO
INCREASE THE EFFORTS OF THE
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS AND
MATERNITY HOMES SO THAT THEY ARE
ABLE TO FILL IN THE GAP FOR
THOSE WOMEN.
>> WHAT ABOUT RECENT WISCONSIN
POLLING THAT SAYS 31% FAVOR
OVERTURNING ROE WHILE A FULL 69%
OPPOSED STRIKING IT DOWN?
DOES PUBLIC OPINION MATTER ON
THIS ISSUE TO YOU?
>> I THINK THAT THE
EXTRAORDINARY THING ABOUT ROE
BEING OVERTURN SAID THE DECISION
REGARDING ABORTION ACCESS NOW
RETURNS TO THE STATES.
SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS IN WISCONSIN AND
IT WILL CERTAINLY BE AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE GOING INTO THE
ELECTIONS.
AND OUR WORK AT WISCONSIN RIGHT
TO LIFE IS TO CHANGE HEARTS AND
MINDS.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE
ON THE REALITY OF ABORTION, AND
HOPEFULLY BY PROVIDING WOMEN
WITH LOVING, SUPPORTIVE OPTIONS,
THEY WILL WANT TO CHOOSE LIFE.
>> NOW, A MOMENT AGO YOU SPOKE
TO THE IDEA THAT YOUR FIRST
PRIORITY IS TO WORK WITH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, JOSH CALL, TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS LAW ON THE
BOOKS IN WISCONSIN IS ENFORCED.
HE HAS SAID HE WOULD NOT ENFORCE
IT.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
>> WE BELIEVE AND KNOW
FUNDAMENTALLY THAT HIS ROLE IS
TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS.
SO OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT SHOCKED
THAT HE IS SAYING THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A
LONGER CONVERSATION AND BATTLE
THAT WE ARE WILLING TO FIGHT
HERE IN WISCONSIN IF HE IS NOT
WILLING TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
AND AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR ELECTIONS IN
THE FALL.
THERE ARE MANY PRO-LIFE
CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING TO
TAKE HIS PLACE, TO TAKE OUR
GOVERNOR'S PLACE, AND WOULD BE
WILLING TO PROTECT THESE
CHILDREN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GRACIEE, THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE SAYS
IT IS NOT IN FAVOR OF REMOVING
THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY EXCEPTION
IN WISCONSIN LAW.
FOR ADVOCATES OF ACCESS TO LEGAL
ABORTION, THE RULING OVERTURNING
ROE V. WADE IS DEVASTATING.
TANYA ATKINSON IS PRESIDENT AND
C.E.O. OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF
WISCONSIN AND THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO YOU HAVE CALLED THIS A
DEVASTATING RULING THAT HANDS
WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE DECISIONS
OVER TO POLITICIANS.
WHEN THIS RULING CAME DOWN THIS
MORNING, WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR
CLINICS IN WISCONSIN?
>> THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
WE HAD PEOPLE IN OUR WAITING
ROOM U, IN OUR HEALTH CENTERS
AND WHEN THE RULING CAME DOWN,
OUR TEAM HAD TO GO OUT INTO THE
LOBBY AND LET THOSE INDIVIDUALS
KNOW THAT THEY -- EXCUSE ME,
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
HEALTHCARE THAT THEY NEEDED.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD MADE
A DECISION FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
FAMILIES, THEIR HEALTH, HAD TO
BE TOLD THAT RATHER THAN MAKING
THAT DECISION, THAT THEY HAD
ALREADY MADE, THAT INSTEAD,
SOMEONE ELSE HAD MADE THAT
DECISION FOR THEM AND THEY
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT
CARE.
AND WE WORKED TO TRY TO FIND
THEM AN APPOINTMENT IN OTHER
STATES WHERE ABORTION IS STILL
SAFE AND LEGAL.
>> WHAT WERE THE REACTIONS OF
THE WOMEN IN THE WAITING ROOM
WHEN TOLD OF THIS NEWS AND WHAT
IT MEANT FOR THEM?
>> YEAH, THE REACTIONS -- YOU
KNOW, IT WAS -- IT WAS -- IT WAS
TRAUMATIC FOR SOME PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO -- YOU
KNOW, TO NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THIS CARE THAT THEY HAD
CONTEMPLATED AND DECIDED THAT
THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR HEALTH OR
THEIR FUTURE.
>> WHAT KIND OF HELP CAN PLANNED
PARENTHOOD OFFER TO WOMEN
SEEKING ABORTION SERVICES
INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAD TO BE
ESSENTIALLY TURNED AWAY TODAY?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
WE HAD 70 PATIENTS WITH
APPOINTMENTS.
OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS.
THESE ARE OUR FAMILIES.
THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND THIS IS A HUMAN IMPACT OF
THESE POLICY DECISIONS.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE REALITY
THAT THE MAJORITY OF WISCONSIN
ITS THINK ACCESS TO ABORTION
SHOULD BE SAFE AND LEGAL.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
BECAUSE PLANNED PARENTHOOD
REMAINS OPEN ACROSS THE STATE
AND IF SOMEBODY NEEDS AN
ABORTION, WE ASK THAT THEY
CONTACT US AND WE CAN HELP THEM
IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THE
HEALTHCARE THAT IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY ABORTION.
WE HAVE NAVIGATE,THAT CAN
HELP -- NAVIGATORS THAT CAN HELP
THEM FIND APPOINTMENTS AND
FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT THEY
MIGHT NEED.
AND WE WILL BE THERE FOR PEOPLE
WHEN THEY RETURN HOME AGAIN FOR
ANY AFTERCARE OR ANY OF THE
ARRAY OF OTHER SERVICES THAT WE
PROVIDE.
>> PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAYS IT
DOES NOT BELIEVE WISCONSIN'S
1849 ABORTION LAW IS ENFORCEABLE
AND EXSCORING -- EXPLORING LEGAL
OPTIONS.
LIKE WHAT?
>> WELL, THERE'S A NUMBER OF
LEGAL OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT WORTH
RISKING THE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM
OF OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PAUSED
SERVICES.
>> TANYA ATKINSON, PLANNED
PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAKE CARE.
>>> PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF
WISCONSIN DID PREPARE AHEAD OF
TODAY'S RULING.
MARISA WOJCIK VISITED ONE OF
THEIR CLINIC OSMADISON'S EAST
SIDE.
>> SURGICAL NURSES CLUSTER
AROUND A TABLE, PREPPING FOR A
BUSY DAY THURSDAY.
THE DAY BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT STRUCK DOWN ROE V. WADE.
UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES,
IT WOULD BE A NORMAY DAY --
NORMAL DAY,ENS SPENT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD -- EXCEPT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD TOOK DRAMATIC STEPS
TO REORIENT PATIENT WAY AWAY
FROM ABORTION IN ANTICIPATION OF
THE RULES.
THESE NURSES HAVE SEEN MANY
PATIENTS, HEARD MANY STORIES.
>> WE'RE JUST HERE TO SUPPORT
THEM, WHATEVER THEY DECIDE.
>> I THINK THAT'S THE BEST PART
OF THIS JOB.
AS A NURSE, MY SOUL PURPOSE --
SOLE POWER PLAY -- PURPOSE IS TO
SUPPORT WHO MY PATIENT WANTS AND
WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM.
>> OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE NOW
CRIMINALIZES ABORTION.
>> I LOVE THIS JOB.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS JOB.
AND YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S
SOME DISCUSSION AND EFFORTS
RIGHT NOW FOR SOME OF US TO
TRAVEL TO ILLINOIS TO CONTINUE
TO PROVIDE ABORTION SERVICES AND
HELP WITH SOME OF THE INFLUX OF
PATIENTS THAT ILLINOIS IS --
>> THE CLINIC PLANS TO REMAIN
OPEN AND BOOST THEIR EARLY
PREGNANCY ASSESSMENT AND FAMILY
PLANNING SERVICES.
>> WE'RE NOT GETTING FIRED OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY
SPECIAL TYPE OF CARE THAT YOU --
THAT WE DO HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT'S TOUGH.
>> FOR "HERE AND NOW," I'M
MARISA WOJCIK IN MADISON.
>>> WISCONSIN LAWMAKERS ALSO
WEIGHED IN.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS SAID QUOTE,
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY DISASTROUS
AND UNCONSCIONABLE DECISION BY
THE SUMMERTIME SUPREME COURT.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH I HOPE
TO NEVER SEE AGAIN IN MY
LIFETIME.
WISCONSIN'S DEMOCRATIC U.S.
SENATOR TOMMY BALDWIN SAID
REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN WISCONSIN
WOMEN BACK TO 1849.
AND IT IS REPUBLICANS WHO WANT
TO KEEP US THERE WITH SUPPORT
FOR HAVING POLITICIANS INTERFERE
IN THE FREEDOMS OF WOMEN WHO
WILL NOW HAVE FEWER RIGHTS THAN
THEIR MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS
HAVE HAD FOR DECADES.
AND REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR RON
JOHNSON SAID, QUOTE, FOR ALMOST
50 YEARS, THE DECISION OF NINE
UNELECTED JUSTICES HAVE
PREVENTED A DEMOCRATICALLY
DERIVE CONVINCE ON THE PROFOUND
MORAL ISSUE OF ABORTION TO BE
FORMED.
THIS DECISION HE SAYS WILL NOW
ALLOW THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO
UNFOLD IN EACH STATE.
THIS WEEK THE JANUARY 6th
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE
INSURRECTION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL
FOUND WISCONSIN AND SENATOR RON
JOHNSON FIGURING PROMINENTLY IN
TESTIMONY THAT DONALD TRUMP
ORCHESTRATED THE EFFORT TO
OVERTURN 2020 ELECTION RESULTS.
THE COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON THE
SLATE OF FALSE REPUBLICAN
ELECTORS FROM SEVEN BATTLEGROUND
STATES INCLUDING WISCONSIN,
SAYING THE SCHEME WAS TO HAVE
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE COUNT THEIR
VOTES INSPED OF THOSE -- INSTEAD
OF THOSE OF THE STATE-SURVIVED
BIDEN LEGISLATORS.
ONE EXHIBIT SHOWED A TEXT
MESSAGE JUST BEFORE THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S COUNTING OF VOTES ON
JANUARY 6th FROM JOHNSON'S
CHIEF OF STAFF TO PENCE'S
STAFFER.
IT SAID, JOHNSON NEEDS TO HAND
SOMETHING TO V-POTUS.
THE PENCE STAFFER ASKED, WHAT IS
IT.
JOHNSON'S CHIEF TEXTED, AN
ALTERNATE SLATE OF ELECTO, FORCE
MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN, TO WHICH
PENCE'S PERSON SAYS DO NOT GIVE
THAT TO HIM.
>> THIS IS A TOTAL PARTISAN
WITCH HUNT.
>> FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE
HEARING, JOHNSON TOLD REPORTERS
HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF IT.
ONE OF WISCONSIN'S FALSE
ELECTORS, FORMER CHAIR OF THE
STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY, ANDREW
HITT, WAS DPOADZ BY THE
COMMITTEE AND SAID HE UNDERSTOOD
THE GOP ELECTORS VOTES WOULD
ONLY COME INTO PLAY IN ANY OF
TRUMP'S LEGAL CHALLENGES
SUCCEEDED.
>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USING
OUR ELECTORS -- IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN USING OUR LEGISLATORS IN
WAYS THAT -- ELECTORS IN WAYS WE
WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT.
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUPPORTED.
>> IN THE 2022 ELECTIONS, THE
PRIMARY IN WISCONSIN FOR
GOVERNOR AND U.S. SENATE ARE NOW
JUST SIX WEEKS AWAY ON AUGUST 9.
AND MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL
POLLSTER CHARLES FRANKLIN TOOK
VOTERS' TEMPERATURES ON THE
CANDIDATES THIS WEEK.
HE JOINS US NOW WITH RESULTS OF
HIS LATEST STATEWIDE POLL.
AND CHARLES, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
>> GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> BEFORE GETTING INTO YOUR
LATEST POLLING, IN MAY YOUR
SURVEY FOUND THAT 69% OF
RESPONDENTS DID NOT FAVOR
OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE.
NOW THIS HAS HAPPENED.
WHERE DO VOTERS GO WITH THAT
SENTIMENT?
>> YEAH, AND THAT 69% WAS IN THE
NATIONAL SURVEY.
SO THOSE WERE VOTERS NATIONWIDE.
HERE IN WISCONSIN, WE'VE
CONSISTENTLY FOUND AROUND 59 OR
60% FAVOR LEGAL ABORTION IN ALL
OR MOST CASES, ABOUT 35% SAY IT
SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN ALL OR MOST
CASES.
AND THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BARELY
BUDGED OVER THE LAST DECADE.
I THINK WHAT THE COURT'S
DECISION TODAY DOES, THOUGH, IS
IT THROWS ABORTION POLICY BACK
TO GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATURES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT MAKES THIS AN ISSUE IN
WHICH THOSE GOVERNORS AND
LEGISLATURES HAVE VASTLY MORE
CONTROL THAN THEY'VE HAD FOR 49
YEARS.
THAT MAKES IT LIKELY THAT THIS
BECOMES A REALLY PERTINENT ISSUE
IN THE FALL CAMPAIGNS.
>> INDEED.
LET'S GET NOW THEN TO THE
RESULTS OF THIS WEEK'S POLITICAL
POLLING.
ACCORDING TO YOUR RESULTS, TIM
MICHELS HAS -- UP TO THE TOP
NOW.
27-26 OVER REBECCA CLAY FISH.
TIM RAMTHUN AT 3%.
IT DIDN'T TAKE MICHELS LONG TO
MAKE IT COMPETITIVE WITH THE
FRONTRUNNER.
>> NO, IT SEEMS CLEAR THERE WERE
VOTERS SITTING ON THE SIDELINES
IN THE REPUBLICAN PRY PRAYER
THAT DID COME -- PRIMARY THAT
DID COME TO HIM QUICKLY, A MONTH
AND A HALF AFTER HE GOT IN THE
RACE.
KLEEFISCH AND MICHELS PICKS UP
27%.
SO OBVIOUSLY, MOST OF WHAT HE
PICKED UP CAME FROM DON'TS --
DON'T KNOWS, WHICH CAME DOWN
FROM NEARLY HALF TO ONLY ABOUT A
THIRD NOW.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE FULL SLATE OF
ELECTION POLLING AND OUR
EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES
FRANKLIN ON OUR WEB PAGE.
>>> NOW FOR A STRAIGHT-UP
PARTISAN LOOK AT UPCOMING
ELECTIONS, WE TURN TO REPUBLICAN
BILL McCOSHEN AND DEMOCRAT
SCOTT ROSS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
BUT SCOTT, FIRST TO YOU.
HOW DOES THE ISSUE OF OF
ABORTION ACCESS PLAY INTO
VOTERS' DECISIONS IN WISCONSIN
WHERE A STANDING LAW ON THE
BOOKS CRIMINALIZING ABORTION
COULDN'T BE VETOED BY THE
GOVERNOR IN ANY CASE?
>> YEAH, BUT IT'S ALSO WHY IT'S
SO IMPORTANT THAT WE RE-ELECT
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS BECAUSE HE
HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR WOMEN.
HE HAS VETOED NINE SEPARATE
ATTACKS ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
THAT WOULD PUNISH WOMEN AND
DOCTORS.
AND REMEMBER, THE REPUBLICAN
POSITION IS THAT THEY'VE STAKED
OUT IS AMATH MA TO WHAT THE
PEOPLE WANT.
OVER 50% SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS.
ONLY 11% SUPPORT WHAT CLE FISH,
WHAT MICHELS ARE THE REPUBLICANS
SAYING, NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE
AND INSESSION.
THAT'S JUST DEVASTATING.
>> BILL, HOW DOES ABORTION PLAY
INTO VOTERS' DECISIONS AT THE
POLLS?
>> WELL, CHIPS -- IT RUNS FROM A
STATE ISSUE.
STATE SENATE, ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON
ABORTION, BECAUSE STATES WILL
HAVE THE ABILITY TO MODIFY LAWS.
WISCONSIN HAS A LAW ON THE
BOOKS.
SO IT WILL -- THEY'LL GET ASKED
ABOUT THAT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
SO ABORTION NEVER USED TO BE A
PRIMARY ISSUE IN GENERALLY
LEAKS.
ALL THE -- ELECTIONS.
ALWAYS HAS BEEN ON THE PRIMARIES
BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A
GENERAL ELECTION ISSUE FOR
LEGISLATIVE RACES.
>> HAS FOR WHO'S GOING -- AS FOR
WHO'S GOING TO GET TUT AND VOTE,
REPUBLICAN REPORTERS SEEM MORE
ENTHUSIASTIC VOTERS THAN
DEMOCRATS.
WHAT IS DRAGGING DOWN THE
DEMOCRATS' ENTHUSIASM?
>> I THINK IT'S A COUPLE THING.
WE STILL HAVE A HANGOVER FROM
THE PANDEMIC.
AND DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE HERE AND DEMOCRATS HAVE
CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR'S -- OR
THE PRESIDENCY AND BOTH CHAMBERS
OF CONGRESS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A
FUNCTIONAL MAJORITY.
BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE IT.
YOU OWN IT.
AND THAT'S WHY DEMOCRATS HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE ARTICULATING
THESE CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE
REPUBLICANS LIKE WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT, ABORTION.
>> BILL, WHY ARE REPUBLICANS
MORE PROMPT IN YOUR MIND?
>> I'M GOING TO STEAL A LINE
FROM JAMES CAR VERY WELL.
-- CARVILLE.
IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S DRAGGING DOWN
DEMOCRATS.
REPUBLICANS ARE FIRED UP ABOUT
INFLATION.
IT'S AT A 41-YEAR HIGH.
GAS PRICES ARE AT THE ANY OF US
CAN REP IN -- REMEMBER IN OUR
LIFETIME.
THOSE ARE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES
THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND
THAT'S WHAT'S MOTIVATING THE
REPUBLICANS.
THEY WANT TO SEE A CHANGE.
AND THAT WILL ENVIRONMENT, WE'LL
GET TO THAT LATER, IS GOING TO
HELP RON JOHNSON.
>> I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT.
DOES BIDEN OWN INFLATION?
>> IT'S A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK A REPUBLICAN CAN
TELL YOU WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO
SOLVE IT OTHER THAN TAX BREAKS
TO RICH PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S
THE ONLY ELIXIR THEY HAVE.
BUT ATTACKING WORKERS' RIGHTS,
THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT
THEY WOULD DO.
HERE'S THE THING.
DEMOCRATS -- IF THE CAMPAIGN
TALKS ABOUT ABORTION,
HEALTHCARE, AND GUNS, DEMOCRATS
WILL DO VERY WELL.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING
BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND YOU
KNOW, IF IT TALKS ABOUT
INFLATION, BECAUSE BIDEN IS THE
PRESIDENT AND IT IS CHALLENGING.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT REPUBLICAN
U.S. SENATOR RON JOHNSON.
HIS FAVORABILITY AS WE KNOW IS
WAY UPSIDE DOWN RIGHT NOW IN
THAT LATEST POLL.
PLUS, CAN SOMEONE OFFER UP FALSE
ELECTORS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES AND GET
RE-ELECTED?
I'M ASKING BILL THIS FIRST,
BECAUSE HE'S YOUR PARTY'S
CANDIDATE.
>> YEAH, LET ME START WITH THE
SECOND PART OF THAT.
I THINK THAT I WOULDN'T WORRY
TOO MUCH ABOUT HIS FAVOR ONLY
UNFAVORABLE.
I THINK THE ENVIRONMENT IS
CERTAINLY HELPS HIM.
STARTING WITH THE ECONOMY.
STARTING WITH HOW PEOPLE YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE MORE LAYOFFS
COMING.
PEOPLE ARE LOSING MORE OF THEIR
PAYCHECKS BECAUSE INFLATION IS
SUCKING UP MORE OF THEIR
HARD-EARNED DOLLARS.
SO THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO
WORK FOR JOHNSON.
REGARDLESS OF WHO HIS OPPONENT
IS.
ON YOUR LAST POINT, YOU KNOW,
RON JOHNSON HAS SAID THAT HE HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED
ON JANUARY 6th.
I'LL TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
HE SAID IT WAS STAFFED TO STAFF.
THAT'S ALL THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE
SO FAR, IS THAT IT WAS STAFF TO
STAFF.
SO WE'LL SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE
COMES TO LIGHT OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS.
>> YEAH, PLEASE.
RON JOHNSON WANTS US TO BELIEVE
THAT HE HAD A PACKAGE DELIVERED
TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES BECAUSE A HOUSE
INTERN TOLD HIM TO DO IT.
WITH PEOPLE LIKE LAUREN BOEBERT
AND MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE AND
YOU KNOW, JOSH HAWLEY, IN THE
SENATE, SOMETIMES YOU SAY, TOO
STUPID TO BE IN CONGRESS BUT IN
THIS CASE WE MIGHT THERE BE,
UNLESS RORN JOHNSON IS LYING,
THE GUY WHO SAID HE WOULDN'T RUN
FOR A THIRD TERM AND THE GUY WHO
GAVE HIS DONORS HUGE TAX BREAKS.
THAT GUY MIGHT BE LYING.
>> SO BILL, JUST BACK TO THAT, I
MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
FOR HIS BASE?
THAT HE -- HIS STAFF, HE SAYS HE
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE.
TO THE SCREEN -- ON THE JEAN IN
THE COMMITTEE -- ON THE SCREEN
IN THE COMMITTEE THEY'RE WHEN --
WHERE HE WANTS TO HAND DELIVER
THIS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT.
DOES HE WANT TO FIRE UP HIS
BASE?
>> HIS BASE IS FIRED UP.
IF YOU WENT TO THE STATE
CONVENTION, THE MOST POPULAR GUY
IN THAT BUILDING WAG RON
JOHNSON.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THE REPUBLICAN BASE LOVES HIM.
AND HE WILL HAVE THEIR FULL
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
TO WIN HE'S GOING TO NEED
INDEPENDENTS AS WELL.
AND SO I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE THE
GROUP THAT I'D BE WORRIED ABOUT,
HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS.
BUT WILL THEY ACCEPT HIS
EXPLANATION OR WILL THEY LOOK
FOR MORE?
WE'LL SEE.
BUT HIS BASE IS ROCK SOLID.
>> RON JOHNSON IS THE LEADER OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WISCONSIN.
AND HE IS LOSING TO HIS
OPPONENTS.
TONY REVERSE IS BEATING ALL OF
HIS OPPONENTS.
DEMOCRATS HAVE CHALLENGES BUT
LIKE OUR PEOPLE ARE AHEAD IN THE
POLLS.
>> JUST BY THIS MUCH AND THEN
THAT ENTHUSIASM COMES IN.
BUT MEANWHILE, IN THIS RACE, FOR
GOVERNOR, TIM MIC WREELS HAS
OVERTAKE -- MICHELS HAS
OVERTAKEN REBECCA.
BILL, WHO'S YOUR CANDIDATE HERE?
>> THE MOMENTUM IN THIS RACE
RIGHT NOW IS ON MICHAEL'S SIDE.
HE'S GOT THE RESOURCES TO COME
OUT SWINGING ON AUGUST 10th
AFTER HE WINS THIS PRIMARY.
SO YOU KNOW, IF I'M THE MICHELS
CAMPAIGN, I'M NOT TAKING
ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
REBECCA WORKS HER TAIL OFF.
SHE'S INVESTED A LOT IN THIS
RACE.
AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO GO DOWN
WITHOUT A FIGHT.
SO THIS FINAL 45 DAYS WILL SORT
OF THE CONTRAST PHASE OF THAT
RACE AND I EXPECT THERE TO BE
SOME JABS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
BUT IF YOU'RE PLACING A BET
TODAY, I'D PLACE IT ON MICHELS
BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE MOMENTUM.
>> SCOTT, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE CANDIDATES?
>> THEY'RE ALL JUMPING OVER EACH
OTHER TO BE AS DIVISIVE AS
POSSIBLE.
GOVERNOR EVERS SPENT THE LAST
THEE YEARS DOING WHAT'S WRITE
FOR WISCONSIN MOVING URS
FORWARD.
WE'RE BETTER AND STRONGER THAN
WE WERE WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE.
AND HE CONTINUES TO TRY AND WORK
WITH THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE.
NOT WORKING SO WELL BUT HE'S
TALKING TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS AT
THE SAME TIME ABOUT THAT WHO MAY
BE HAVING TROUBLE WITH WHERE
THEIR PARTY HAS GONE, BECAUSE
IT'S GONE OFF THE DEEP END.
AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE
THE REPUBLICANS ARE AT THIS
POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, THINK
ABOUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES FACING THE COUNTRY.
GAS PRICES, RIGHT?
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH GAS PRICES?
REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S A BIG
PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS.
THE FACT IS REPUBLICANS ARE IN
THE POCKET OF BIG OIL.
>> I WANT TO GIVE THE FINAL
WORD, 30 SECONDS, TO BILL.
GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, LET'S GO BACK TO
GOVERNOR EVERS.
HE'S LIKE MR. ROGERS.
HE'S A LIKABLE GUY.
HE'S NOT POLARIZING.
THAT'S A BRAND THAT WORKS FOR
HIM.
TOMMY THOMPSON IS THE ONLY
GOVERNOR WHO HAS WON RE-ELECTION
WHEN HIS PARTY CONTROLLED THE
WHITE HOUSE.
THAT WAS IN AN 1990.
I WAS A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
ON THAT CAMPAIGN.
AND THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT,
THERE'S POLITICAL GRAVITY THAT
WILL PLAY IN HERE.
RIGHT TRACK, WRONG DIRECTION, IS
UPSIDE DOWN BY 20 POINTS.
YES, EVERS NUMBERS ARE GOOD.
WE WON'T BE -- WON'T BE EASY TO
BEAT.
THE HISTORY IS NOT ON HIS SIDE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK SOON.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, THE FDA THIS
WEEK GAVE EMERGENCY
AUTHORIZATION FOR COVID-19
VACCINES IN CHILDREN FROM 6
MONTHS TO 5 YEARS OLD.
MARISA WOJCIK SAT DOWN WITH
SPECIALIST DR. JAMES CONWAY FOR
MORE.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM
PARENTS, IF ANY, NOW THAT THE
APPROVAL OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE
HAS COME OUT FOR KIDS UNDER 5?
>> YEAH, WITH EVERYTHING
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, IT'S A
MIXED BAG.
THERE'S A LARGE GROUP OF PARENTS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY REALLY
EXCITED, THAT I HAVE BEEN --
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME
AND ARE EAGER TO GET THEIR KIDS
SIGNED UP AND ARE FRUSTRATED
THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VACCINE.
THERE'S A GROUP, THE LARGEST
GROUP, THAT HAVE TAKEN THE
WAIT-AND-SEE ATTITUDE, ALTHOUGH
IT'S A SPLIT GROUP.
ONE GROUP DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL
WITH THE HASSLE AND TRYING TO
COMPETE TO GET SLOTS, SO THEY'RE
WAITING AND SEEING MOSTLY TO BE
ABLE TO GET IT EASILY.
BUT ANOTHER GROUP THAT DOES WANT
TO SEE MORE DATA COME OUT FROM
LARGER SECTIONS OF THE
POPULATION.
AND THEN THERE'S A RELATIVELY
SMALL GROUP THAT ARE FIERCELY
OPPOSED AND THEY'RE NEVER GOING
TO GET IT NO MATTER WHAT WE ASK
THEM TO DO.
>> THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION,
THOUGH, THAT KIDS ARE LESS
VULNERABLE.
DO CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF KIDS
OF THIS AGE GROUP FEEL LEFT
BEHIND?
>> I WON'T ARGUE THE FACT THAT
MOST KIDS DO FINE AND RECOVER
FROM IT.
BUT WE ARE SEEING NOW THE SAME
THINGS WE SEE IN ADULT.
KIDS WITH LONG COVID, KIDS WITH
PERMANENT DISABILITIES RELATED
TO LONG -- LUNG AND HEART
INJURIES OR NEUROLOGICAL
PROBLEMS.
SO I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT
MORE WITH THIS LAST OMICRON
SURGE BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY
DIFFERENT DYNAMIC AS FAR AS
BEHAVIOR AND ALSO WHO WAS
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> WHICH BRANDS OF THE VACCINES
HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND AT WHAT
DOSAGES?
>> SO THE PFIZER KIDS ARE GOING
TO GET THREE DOSES.
WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY SEEMED TO
BE GETTING READY TO SUBMIT THEIR
INFORMATION BACK IN FEBRUARY AND
MARCH, PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT AND
SAID, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
EFFECTIVE ENOUGH WITH TWO DOSES,
SOE THEY CONTINUED THOSE STUDIES
AND BASICALLY EXTENDED THEM AND
DECIDED ON THREE DOSES.
MODERNA IS COMING IN WITH TWO
DOSES.
AT THAT 25 MICROGRAMS.
I THINK MOST OF THE EXPECTATIONS
ARE THESE -- THESE GROUPS WILL
EVENTUALLY NEED BOOSTERS THE
SAME FOR ALL THE OTHER AGE
GROUPS, INCLUDING THE 5- TO
11-YEAR-OLDS.
>> NOW, YOU'VE DEALT WITH.
>> S IN YOUNGER HUMANS FOR QUITE
A WHILE.
AND WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO
PARENTS OR GUARDIANS THAT ARE
UNSURE ABOUT EVACUATING THEIR --
VACCINATES THEIR CHILD BETWEEN 6
MONTHS AND 5 YEARS OLD?
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS.
THIS VIRUS IS UNPREDICTABLE.
AND AS MUCH AS WE THINK WE
UNDERSTAND IT, IT DOES THINGS
AND IT CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY
THEN LEADS TO UNEXPECTED
CONSEQUENCES.
SOME OF WHICH ARE PRETTY
UNFORTUNATE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A FALSE
NARRATIVE TO CONVINCE OURSELF
THAT IS THE VIRUS IS GETTING
MILDER OR LESS INVASIVE OR LESS
TRANSMISSIBLE.
I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT
THIS VIRUS KEEPS CHANGING.
AND AS IT KEEPS MUTATING, PEOPLE
ARE NOT MAINTAINING THEIR
IMMUNITY.
BUT WE CAN'T LET OURSELVES BE
FOOLED BY THAT PREDICTING THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECTED
AND HAVE A MILDER CASE OR HAVE
NO INFECTION WHEN IT COMES
AROUND.
SO WE'VE GOT A TOOL NOW THAT IS
EXTRAORDINARILY SAFE IN ALL
THESE STUDIES.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY
WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AS
BEING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE HOW WE THINK ABOUT THIS,
IS TRYING TO GIVE ESSENTIALLY
EQUITABLE PROTECTION TO ALL AGE
GROUPS SO THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED
AGAINST THE WORST OUTCOMES THAT
CAN HAPPEN, AS WE CONTINUE TO
LEARN ABOUT THIS REALLY SORT OF
RAPIDLY CHANGING DYNAMIC OF THIS
PANDEMIC IN FRONT OF US.
>> SO IF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS
OUT THERE LISTENING TO THIS AND
THEY ARE REALLY EAGER TO GET
THEIR CHILD VACCINATED, CAN THEY
JUST GO TO THE PHARMACY, LIKE SO
MANY OF US HAVE, TO GET OUR
COVID SHOT OR IS THERE A
DIFFERENT PROCEDURE FOR THIS
REALLY YOUNGER GROUP?
>> YEAH, NOT QUITE YET.
I THINK THAT CURRENTLY THE
SUPPLIES ARE JUST STARTING TO
ROLL OUT AND THEY'RE SHIPPING
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND BEING
ALLOCATED OUT.
SO I THINK EVERYBODY IS GOING TO
BE LOOKING FOR APPOINTMENTS,
WHETHER PHARMACIES, PUBLIC
HEALTH, OR HEALTH SYSTEMS, UNTIL
THERE IS MUCH MORE SUPPLY
AVAILABLE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE MORE OF AN EFFORT
NOW TO MOVE THE VACCINES OUT
INTO MY PRAYER CARE OFFICES
TO -- PRY MAYOR CARE OFFICES AND
WHERE THEY'RE MORE FAMILIAR AND
COMFORTABLE AND WHERE THEY CAN
TALK TO PEOPLE AND GET THEIR
ANSWERS.
UNDER AGE 3 KIDS NEED A
PRECIPITATION.
THEN -- PREPARATION.
THEN THE PHARMACY CAN REACH OUT.
UNDER AGE 3 PEOPLE NEED
SOMETHING THAT A PROVIDER HAS
PRESCRIBED IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DR. CONWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THIS INFORMATION.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER
ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN, WES OUR
WEBSITE AT WPTV.COM AND THEN --
PGA WISCONSIN
-- I'M FREDED FROM.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.