>> GOVERNOR TONY EVERS ORDERED
FLAGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF
IN HONOR OF THE SHOOTINGS
VICTIMS IN MILWAUKEE.
SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE
GUNMAN, 51-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY
FERRILL, DIED IN THE RAMPAGE.
THE CEO OF MOLSON COORS
DESCRIBED THE FIVE VICTIMS AS
OPERATORS, MACHINISTS AND
ELECTRICIANS.
THE SHOOTER WAS A CURRENT
EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY.
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE IS ASSISTING MILWAUKEE
AUTHORITIES FROM.
WE ARE JOINED NOW BY ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOSH KAUL AND THANKS
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> FIRST, WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE
AND REACTION TO THE SHOOTING IN
MILWAUKEE?
>> WELL, THESE MASS SHOOTINGS
THAT WE KEEP SEEING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL AWFUL
AND TRAGIC.
BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY BEGUN
WRENCHING WHEN ANOTHER SHOOTING
HAS HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN.
OUR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE TO
THIS SHOOTING.
OUR DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION RESPONDED SHORTLY
AFTER THE SHOOTING AND OUR
OFFICE OF CRIME VICTIM SERVICES
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST
THOSE IMPACTED.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO EMPLOYEES
AT MOLSON COORS AND EVERYBODY
IMPACTED BY THIS.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO
SUCH THINGS AS MOTIVE OR WHERE
THE GUN CAME FROM OR WHETHER
THERE WERE ANY RED FLAGS ABOUT
THE GUNMAN?
>> AS YOU SAID, THE
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, BUT
THERE ARE A LOT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO
RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND WHO
ARE INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE TO
THIS, INCLUDING INVESTIGATING
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU JUST
TALKED ABOUT.
AS WE LEARN MORE, WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE
TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT PEOPLE
KNOW AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT
WHAT LED TO THIS TRAGIC
INCIDENT.
>> ON OTHER MATTERS, YOUR
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS JUST
SIGNED ON TO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE LARGEST AGAIN NER AGAIN NER AGAIN NER RICK
OPIOID MANUFACTURER IN
WISCONSIN.
>> WE WANT TO HOLD THOSE
RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT INCLUDES DRUG COMPANIES
THAT ENGAGED IN FALSE MARKETING
PRACTICES.
THIS AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE
PART OF THAT EFFORT.
IT'S GOING TO MEAN THAT MORE
RESOURCES ARE COMING TO THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN AND I'M GOING
TO DO WHAT I CAN TO MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE RESOURCES GO WHERE
THEY SHOULD, WHICH IS TO HELP
FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WITH
SUPPORT FOR TREATMENT,
PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT
EFFORTS.
>> ANY UNDERSTANDING YET AS T MUCH OF THE SETTLEMENT UNDER
THE AGREEMENT WOULD COME TO
WISCONSIN?
>> WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS YET.
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE AGREEMENT
IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $1.6
BILLION NATIONWIDE.
SO THERE WILL BE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS COMING TO WISCONSIN AS A
RESULT OF THAT AGREEMENT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT
WAS INVOLVED IN OPIOID
MANUFACTURE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER
COMPANIES THAT WERE INVOLVED AND
DISTRIBUTORS THAT WERE INVOLVED
AND IN MY VIEW IN CONTRIBUTING
TO THIS EPIDEMIC.
SO THIS IS ONE PART OF HOLDING
THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
>> ONE WITH ONE OF THOSE MIGHT BE PURDUE
PHARMA, THE MANUFACTURER OF
OXYCONTIN.
>> LAST YEAR WE FILED SUIT
AGAINST TWO COMPANIES AS WELL AS
THE PRESIDENT AND CO-CHAIR OF
THE BOARD.
PURDUE PHARMA HAS DECLARED
BANKRUPTCY.
SOME STATES ENTERED INTO A
PROPOSED SETTLEMENT.
WISCONSIN DID NOT JOIN THAT
PROPOSED SETTLEMENT.
I DON'T THINK IT GOES FAR ENOUGH
TO HOLD MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY
ACCOUNTABLE.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE
RECOVERY FOR THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN SO THAT WE CAN GET
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES TO HELP
THEM FIGHT THIS EPIDEMIC.
>> YOU'VE ALSO JOINED A
MULTISTATE INVESTIGATION OF JUUL
LABS, WHICH MAKES E-CIGARETTES
FOR VAPING.
WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING
INVESTIGATED?
>> WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
IN e-CIGARETTE USE AMONG YOUNG
PEOPLE.
I THINK IF YOU TALK MOST
PARENTS OF KIDS WHO ARE IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND EVEN SOME MIDDLE
SCHOOL STUDENTS, CERTAINLY
TEACHERS AT HIGH SCHOOLS AND
MIDDLE SCHOOLS, YOU'LL HEAR
ABOUT JUST HOW WIDESPREAD THIS
HAS BECOME.
THAT'S A REAL DANGER FOR THE
HEALTH OF KIDS HERE IN WISCONSIN
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS
LOOKING IN TO SEE WHETHER THERE
WERE ANY FALSE OR DECEPTIVE
MARKETING OR SALES PRACTICES,
ALSO TO SEE WHETHER THERE WAS
TARGETING OF YOUNG PEOPLE
THROUGH THE ADVERTISING THAT
JUUL WAS DOING.
IF WE DO FIND THAT THAT SORT OF
IMPROPER MARKETING AND SALES
PROCESS WAS GOING ON, WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE STEPS TO HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> LASTLY AND BRIEFLY, WITH
ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT, WHAT IS
YOUR RESPONSE TO THE STATE
LEGISLATURE NOT PASSING THE
SEXUAL ASSAULT BACKLOG BILL?
>> IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO SEE
HOW THE LEGISLATURE RESPONDED TO
THAT.
YEARS AGO, WISCONSIN IDENTIFIED
THOUSANDS OF UNTESTED SEXUAL
ASSAULT KITS.
WHAT THAT BACK LOCK HAS BACKLOG HAS MEANT IS
JUSTICE WAS DELAYED AND PEOPLE
WHO COMMITTED A DANGEROUS
OFFENSE REMAINED ON THE STREETS
LONGER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE.
WE ANNOUNCEED A CONVICTION OF
SOMEBODY WHO THERE WAS A KIT
COLLECTED IN HIS CASE ABOUT 20
YEARS AGO AND HE WENT ON TO
COMMIT TWO MORE ASSAULTS BECAUSE
THAT KIT WASN'T TESTED.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURES THERE'S
NEVER ANOTHER BACKLOG OF KITS IN
WISCONSIN AGAIN.
WE HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE
SENATE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY POLITICS GOT
IN THE WAY OF IT GETTING PASSED
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
I'M GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING TO
GET THAT PASSED.
>> JOSH KAUL, THANKS VERY M