good evening wisconsin, honorable supreme court justices, tribal nation leaders members of the wisconsin national guard and active and retired members of our armed forces. cabinet members, senate president, majority leader minority leader -- speaker vass minority leader and legislate stores, distinguished guests, and wisconsinites joinings here and from afar thank you for being here with us tonight i'm tony proud to be here as the 46th governor of the great state of wisconsin too deliver my 2024 "state of the state" address. [applause] [cheering] my daughter katy and my grandson keaton are here with us tonight and you bear with me for a minute i would like to give a special shoutout my better half kathy who is here as well. [cheering and applause] kathy was named at 2023 caregiver hero by social services which is awarded in honor of our good friend governor former governor marty kathy was recognized for her advocacy around alzheimer's and other dementia including making executive resident and dementia friendly location and kathy francis i'm so proud of you. i love you so much. [applause]

i join with the wisconsin labors about a year ago to announce wisconsin had the highest participationan rate in our registered apprenticeship program in two decades. in november i celebrated national apprenticeship week and now wisconsin hadnt reached an all-time record high number of participants in the registered, how about that. [applause] >> also high-need areas of workforce and bolster support naccording to the department of workforce development wisconsin faces potential deficit of 20,000 nurses by 2040. between 2020 and 2030 wisconsin's healthcare industrya will see nearly 32,000 annual openings across occupations. so last year, my administration launched one of the country's first everin registered nurse apprenticeship pathways to help address the demand for workers and we announced a new initiative to train over ten rthousand certified direct healthcare professionals to address our state's shortage of caregivers. [applause] >> but there's more that we have to do i to address our healthcae industries chronic challenges. next week i will sign an executive order creating new healt

good evening wisconsin. hon. supreme court justices, tribal nation leaders, constitutional officers, members of the wisconsin national guard active and retired members of our armed forces. cabinet members,senate president , majority leader. minority leader fine, speaker and minority leader. legislators, distinguished guests and wisconsinites joining us here and from afar. thank you for being here with us tonight. i am tony evers and i'm proud to be here as the 46th governor of the state of wisconsin to deliver my 2024 date of the state address. [applause] my daughter katie, my daughter katie and my grandson keaton are here with us tonight and if you'll bear with me for a minute i'd like to give a shout out to my better half catherine. [applause] kathy was named a 2023 caregiver hero by the social services which is awarded in honor of our good friend governor nomarty schreiber. applause mac kathy was recognized for her advocacy around alzheimer's and other dementia including making a second residence in the metro

good evening wisconsin, honorable supreme court justices, tribal nation leaders members of the wisconsinl guard and active and retired members of our armed forces. cabinet members, senate president, majority leader minority leader -- speaker vass minority leader and legislate stores, distinguished guests, and wisconsinites joinings here and from afar thank you for being here with us tonight i'm tony proud to be here as the 46th governor of the great state of wisconsin too deliver my 2024 "state of the state" address. [applause] [cheering] my daughter katy and my grandson keaton are here with us tonight an for a minute i would like to give a special shoutout to my better half kathy who is here as well. [cheering and applause]■t kathy was named at 2023 caregiver hero by social services which is awarded in honor of our good friend governor former governor marty kathy was recognized for her advocacy around alzheimer's and other dementia including making executive r and dementia friendly location and kathy francis i'm so proud of you. i love you so much. [applause] thank you. wisconsin it's b

if trump won in wisconsin. on december 4th, he says, he was advised by the state gop's outside legal counsel to gather the other republican electors on december 14 at the capitol. and as a contingency, signed a document claiming trump won this state in case a court overturn the election in wisconsin in case the legal arguments that the trump team is making actually win in court, right? >> and i remember asking how can they be that a court overturns the election? and just because we don't meet and fill out this paperwork on the 14th, that trump would forfeit wisconsin and the legal analysis back was the statutes very clear. the electors have to meet at noon at the capitol in wisconsin under number 14th. >> that morning, the state supreme court, 4-3 ruling rejected the trump campaigns attempt to throw out more than 200,000 votes. but andrew hitt says he and the other republican electors met any way to cast fake votes because he'd been told the trump campaign would appeal to the us supreme court kenneth cheseboro,

if trump won in wisconsin. on december 4th, he says he was advised by the state gop's outside legal counsel to gather the other republican electors on december 14 at the capitol. and as a contingency, signed a document claiming trump won the state in case a court overturn the election in wisconsin in case the legal arguments that the trump team is making actually win in court, right? >> and i remember asking how can be that a court overturns the election and just because we don't meet and fill out this paperwork on the 14th that trump would forfeit wisconsin and the un legal analysis back was the statute is very clear. the electors have to meet at noon at the capitol in wisconsin on december 14. >> that morning, the state supreme court, 4-3 ruling rejected the trump campaigns attempt to throw out more than 200,000 votes. but andrew hitt says he and the other republican electors met any way to cast fake votes because he'd been told the trump campaign would appeal to the us supreme court. kenneth cheseboro, a-pro

it wasn't stolen in wisconsin. >> reporter: this past december, andrew hitt and wisconsin's other republicanawsuit against them by some of the state's democratic electors. they admitted they signed a document that was used as part of an attempt to improperly overturn the 2020 presidential election results. hitt resigned as chairman of the wisconsin republican party in august 2021. he's cooperated with the january 6th committee -- >> using our electors in ways that we weren't told about. and we wouldn't have supported. >> reporter: -- and he says he's also cooperated with federal prosecutors. he maintains he and the other fake electors in wisconsin were tricked. >> whenever anybody sees our text messages, our emails, our documents, they understand, they know, their conclusion is we were tricked. the january 6th committee saw it, jack smith specifically in his indictment refers to some of the electors were tricked. that was us. >> the former president is known to watch "60 minutes." if he's watching, what would you want to say to him? >> i would say that this country needs to move forward, tha

and wisconsin, this past december, andrew hitt and wisconsin's other republican electors settled a civil lawsuit against them by some of the state's democratic electors. they admitted they signed a document that was used as part of an attempt to improperly overturn the 2020 presidential election result. hit resigned as chairman or the wisconsin republican party in august 2021. >> he's >> cooperated with the january 6 committee using our electors in ways that we weren't told about. and we want to support it. >> and he says he's also cooperated with federal prosecutors. >> he maintained and he and the other fake electors and wisconsin were tricked whenever anybody sees our text messages are emails are documents they understand they know they can their conclusion as we were tricked the january 6 committee sought jack smith's specifically in his indictment refers to some of the electors were tricked. that was us, the former president is known to watch 60 minutes if he's watching, what would you want to say to him? >> i would say that this country needs to move forward that we need a leader w

so they can win more seats from wisconsin despite getting fewer votes from wisconsin.sin, it's the democrats who have won 14 out of 17 of the last state-wide elections, but republicans consistently win more seats even though they have fewer votes. the state consistently votes overall for democrats, most recently in the 2022 election. but republicans nevertheless got nearly two-thirds of seats in the state assembly and a full two-thirds of the seats in the state senate. for the past 13 years in wisconsin, the bottom line is that democrats can basically win as many votes as they want, but those votes will not put them into power in the state. and for years, wisconsin democrats have been trying to fix that, have been trying to level the playing field, again, so that what people vote for is what they get in terms of state government. in 2017, wisconsin democrats brought a legal challenge to the republican drawn maps, all the way up to the u.s. supreme court. that got swatted down. in 2022, following his re-election, democratic governor tony evers was able to push through r

so they can win more seats from wisconsin despite getting fewer votes from wisconsin.in wisconsin, it's the democrats who have won 14 out of 17 of the last state-wide elections, but republicans consistently win more seats even though they have fewer votes. the state consistently votes overall for democrats, most recently in the 2022 election. but republicans nevertheless got nearly two-thirds of seats in the state assembly and a full two-thirds of the seats in the state senate. for the past 13 years in wisconsin, the bottom line is that democrats can basically win as many votes as they want, but those votes will not put them into power in the state. and for years, wisconsin democrats have been trying to fix that, have been trying to level the playing field, again, so that what people vote for is what they get in terms of state government. in 2017, wisconsin democrats brought a legal challenge to the republican drawn maps, all the way up to the u.s. supreme court. that got swatted down. in 2022, following his re-election, democratic governor tony evers was able to push

the wisconsin supreme court. the court to the liberals. and, wisconsin voters then filed a new lawsuit, arguing that the republican maps were illegal, the state supreme court agreed, and they ordered new maps for wisconsin, new, fair, on gerrymandered maps, that meant the playing field would not be tilted in either parties direction. today, just today, 13 years since that all started, governor u-verse has signed new state maps into law, maps that would effectively and republican gerrymandering, and give equal party a fair shot at trying to concern -- it took state -- 13 years oppressor view, by wisconsin democrats. but those old, unbelievably outrageous republican maps are finally gone, which means when republican, or democratic voters go to the polls in wisconsin, however they vote, it will now be reflected in their state government, shocking, i know. but for now, these maps apply just to the state legislature. on the congressional level, it's still the way it was. there is a fairly evenly split electorate in wi

to the wisconsin supreme court.ourt to the liberals. and wisconsin voters then filed a new lawsuit, arguing that the republican maps were illegal, the state supreme court agreed, and they ordered new maps for wisconsin, new, fair, un- gerrymandered maps, that meant the playing field would not be tilted in either party's direction. today, just today, 13 years since that all started, governor evers has signed new state maps into law, maps that will effectively end republican gerrymandering, and give equal party a fair shot at trying to control the legislature in that state -- 13 years oppressor view, by wisconsin democrats. but those old, unbelievably outrageous republican maps are finally gone, which means when republican, or democratic voters, go to the polls in wisconsin, however they vote, it will now be reflected in their state government, shocking, i know. but for now, these maps apply just to the state legislature. on the congressional level, it's still the way it was. there is a fairly evenly split electorate

to the wisconsin supreme court.rol of the court to the liberals. and wisconsin voters then filed a new lawsuit arguing that the republican maps or illegal. the states supreme court agreed, and they ordered new maps for wisconsin, new, fair, on gerrymandered maps that met the playing field would not be tilted in either parties direction. today, just today, 13 years after this all started, governor evers has signed a new state maps into law, maps that will effectively end republican gerrymandering and give equal party a fair shot at trying to control the legislature in that state. it took 13 years of perseverance by wisconsin democrats. but those old unbelievably outrageous republican maps are finally gone, which means when republicans or democratic voters go to the polls in wisconsin, however they vote will now be reflected in their state government. shocking, i know. for now, these maps apply just to the state legislature. on the congressional level, it is still about way it was. there is a fairly evenly split elect

because wisconsin is important. it's also important for wisconsin as an example to other states that have had to deal with, you know, anti- democratic power grabs like that, for how you can unravel that. i think it's also just important for us as a principle. if you are fighting for democracy, you have to use democratic means to stand up for yourself and to winning the fight. and ben wikler, and what he and wisconsin democrats have done have shown that you don't need to turn away from democracy. you don't need to turn to authoritarian tactics of your own. you need to stand up for democracy by using democracy to fix our problems, including against an opponent that once democracy not to work. you have to kind of repair the plane while flying it. but wisconsin democrats have shown how you can do it, there's a lot to learn from them. >> all it takes is 13 years. >> yeah. 13 years. and a lot of focused effort and principal action. -- >> and it's a huge lesson for people out there about time frames in politics and governi

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we don't have an orange county in wisconsin, we don't grow oranges here.californian. but not only did mitch mcconnell get a great recruit from their respective, but he also has somebody who is going to tow the mcconnell agenda. -- supports a national abortion ban, he supports cutting social security. and he also wants to overturn or repeal the affordable care act. he is going to self-fun, he says he is going to put 20 -- of his own money into this race. i cannot self funds, anybody watching who wants to help us fight back, go to tammy baldwin.com. >> it sounds like you can put in a lot more than $20 million. >> i think he can. he has said, he offered that figure up last year, when he was considering getting into the race. now he is in. as i've said, they've gotten their top recruit, beacon -- but also because he maintains his, these horrible policy positions that would harm wisconsinites. >> we saw today that wisconsin is now finally going to have a reasonably drawn electoral maps. this is a 13-year battle. and so in that, in that outcome, in that aura of

we don't have an orange county in wisconsin, we don't grow oranges here.tch mcconnell get a great recruit from their respective, but he also has somebody who is going to tow the mcconnell agenda. -- hovde supports a national abortion ban, he supports cutting social security. and he also wants to overturn or repeal the affordable care act. he is going to self-fund, he says he is going to put 20 million of his own money into this race. i cannot self funds, anybody watching who wants to help us fight back, go to tammy baldwin. com. >> it sounds like he can put in a lot more than $20 million. >> i think he can. he has said, he offered that figure up last year, when he was considering getting into the race. now he is in. as i've said, they've gotten their top recruit, because he can self-fund, but also because he maintains his, these horrible policy positions that would harm wisconsinites. >> we saw today that wisconsin is now finally going to have a reasonably drawn electoral maps. this is a 13-year battle. and so in that, in that outcome, in that aura of vict

in wisconsin where liz is from, 39%. suicide not to care about this block of voters. [applause] >> when you look at the fact that across this country, poor and low wealth voters, there's not a state where low income, low wage poor, low wage voters do not make up at least 20% of the electorate. finally, here are these numbers. in michigan, in 2016 the margin of victory in the presidential election was 10,000 votes. in 2016, 980,000 poor and low wage eligible voters did not vote. it would only take 1.1% of that percentage of low wage voters, non-wage voters to overcome that in 2016. in k north carolina margin victory. and did not vote. it would take the percentage for poor or low wage voters to match or succeed the voters in that state, we have power, we've got to use it and the time is now to build a third reconstruction and be a resurrection of power in this moment. there is no turning back. march the 2nd we mobilize for 42 straight weeks to shift the political electorate in this country. [applause] >> at this time i wan

in pennsylvania 34% and in wisconsin 39%.cide not to care about this block of voters. [applause] when you look at the fact that across this country there is not a state low income voters in not make up at least 20% of their electric.. finally here these numbers in michigan in 2016 the margin of victory in the presidential election was 10,000 votes. in 2016980000 poor blue-eyed eligible voters did noter vote. it would only take 1.1% of that percentage of low wage voters nonvoters to overcome the margin of victory in 2016. in north carolina late margin for president was 170,000 votes. in 216,920,000 poor low wage it would only take 18.9% of a low w income low-wage nonvoters to match or exceed the margin of voters in that state. we have power we have got to use it and the time is now to build the third reconstruction be a resurrection of power in this moment. there is no turning back. march the second we mobilize for 42 straight weeks to shift the political electorate in this country. [applause] at this time i want to invite coc

in wisconsin where liz is from, 39%.s block of voters. [applause] >> when you look at the fact that across this country, poor and low wealth voters, there's not a state where low income, low wage poor, low wage voters do not make up at least 20% of the electorate. finally, here are these numbers. in michigan, in 2016 the margin of victory in the presidential election was 10,000 votes. in 2016, 980,000 poor and low wage eligible voters did not vote. it would only take 1.1% of that percentage of low wage voters, non-wage voters to overcome that in 2016. in k north carolina margin victory. and did not vote. it would take the percentage for poor or low wage voters to match or succeed the voters in that state, we have power, we've got to use it and the time is now to build a third reconstruction and be a resurrection of power in this moment. there is no turning back. march the 2nd we mobilize for 42 straight weeks to shift the political electorate in this country. [applause] >> at this time i want to invite the co-chair of th

veronica from wisconsin. >> we are short on time. my name is veronica burton.right around the corner from one of the billionaires. i am a family service worker. sometimes i am a tenant on a bus. i only get paid for one position. because of the low wages with no raises, our staffs are short across the country. plus, employees use their personal funds to help programs in our community. minimum wage is $7.25. i have to work two hours to get a gallon of orange juice. i call that shrinks elation -- shrinkflation. i pay $1500 a month for child care. two rent increases during covid. being a family service worker, the pain and concerns are heartbreaking from the families i'm supposed to be helping in the program. a couple of kids in there had to on enroll -- unenroll because the mom could not pay. i am not alone. the families i work with struggle to get child health care and good paying jobs. that's why we are here. i'm here, mobilizing. i wish i had more time. we are hurting here. mobilize, we are here. >> forward together. >> not one step back. rev. barber: and so am

ashley employs 16,000 americans, including 3,000 in my home state of wisconsin. he's the personification of the phrase business is a force for good. not only is ashley furniture industry a massive economic driver in wisconsin and beyond, the ronald and joyce foundation has contributed tens of millions of dollars in support of a multitude of important charities. he's an unmatched supporter of the technical and stem education at both k-12 and post secondary levels. through its various programs and partnership the ronald and joyce foundation aims to inspire and empower students to pursue career stemfields and improve the quality of life in our communities. in addition, he's a passionate supporter of veterans. just one example is his establishment of the incredible soldiers walk and the memorial park in arcadia, wisconsin, a premiere war memorial outside of washington, d.c., that has 29 monuments honoring all who have served our nation. finally, he's not only the great embodiment of the american dream, but he actively provotes it -- promotes it through his unwavering

in wisconsin president biden and former president trump are tied among wisconsin voters. and in georgia, which biden won in 2020, twuchl leads biden by eight. democrats had recent success in your state. are you surprised trump has such a big lead over biden in georgia notice? >> no, i'm not. just talking to people and hearing people talk, it is not a surprise. georgia has had electoral losses for other reasons that play into that besides georgia becoming a purple state. our governor and everybody elsz re-elected with fine margin. 51% is outside the margin of error. when you broke it down further, you are seeing trump is getting 50% of voters under 35. and up with african american voters. if i were the biden administration, i would be thinking there is a problem. if you are having a problem in georgia, even if numbers adjust, that is a large defeat if donald trump wins georgia. >> todd: if you are a democrats, you are guaranteed the youth vote and he is losing by 7 points to donald trump, that speaks volumes. economy is the most important issue, election integrity is high

it says we, the duly certified electors of the state of wisconsin.f the document, you don't need a law degree to see if you are putting your signature to something that's patently false, it's against the law. so i agree with claire that a little bit of this revisionism sort of covers up realtime kind of mindful involvement in this scheme. and this young law student, you know, the notion that she's making history. this isn't how we make history. this isn't how a constitutional democracy works, a furtive hand to an unknown lawyer outside of the capitol building. we are rules and standards and we are a nation of laws that enshrine how we conduct elections, how the transfer of power works in this country. it has worked for centuries with everyone respecting it. and this keystone cops notion of some sort of spy-like passage of a fake document, it just shows how completely ridiculous it is. and it's going to be fertile ground for jack smith to show that they had to go around the law. they knew that they were not playing by the rules but are doing some kind

and 15 in wisconsin. national prayer breakfast. >> our prayers continue to be with the national servicemen killed. >> biden send nothing signs of a policy shift while recognizing the cost of war for gaza and u.s. troops under fire in the region. >> we'll never forget the sacrifices of service to our country that the dozens of service members who were wounded and is recovering now. >> families of the three fallen soldiers will have biden at their side tomorrow as the bodies return home. >> thank you so much for your wf comfort from a parent experienced it. >> just hang on to each other. >> although the president met with black faith leaders and union workers today, there was no big speech with prepared remarks. part of a recent campaign strategy to connect with people from the ground without a teleprompter. but the campaign also withheld details about the president's movement causing speculation that he might want to be avoiding protests, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. thank you. th

well, how about abortion laws in the state of wisconsin, right? how about the state workers and their right to negotiate with the state government, public sector unions. you go back to the beginning of the last deck i remember scott walker in the republican state legend just like your basically cut those rights completely out. yeah, these could be major shifts. if in fact democrats can win control of the state legislature with these new lines going forward. >> this is someone sitting at home who made up, pays close attention to you as to this as you do, may wonder, the state legislature approved, but these maps, it's under a republican control. if they're looking at it saying, well, what's in it for them, why did they approve this >> why? because the state supreme court, if they in fact did not approve these lines of state supreme court could have very well picc lines were even worse for republicans in the state legislature that what was going on right there trying to sell this as a when they're trying to sell this as a when there's i mean, robin

and i'm going not really in wisconsin. it really was the case.oe biden won that state by a little bit less than a percentage point yet he only won about 33% of the state assembly districts, about 35% of the state senate districts. and now with these new lines over son, he is winning, in fact, a majority of the state senate districts. and it basically splits down even been evenly 50, 50 on a state assembly. now you mentioned national implications, right? well, how about abortion laws in the state of wisconsin, right? how about the state workers and their right to negotiate with the state government, public sector unions. you go back to the beginning of the last deck. i remember scott walker in the republican state legislature basically cut those rights completely out. yeah, these could be major shifts if in fact democrats can win control of the state legislature with these new lines going forward. >> this is someone sitting at home who made up as close attention to you as to this as you do, may wonder, the state legislature approved, but these map

host: from geneva, wisconsin. this is john. caller: good morning. the democrats were not charged the first years of this administration. that must not have been important to you whenever you had control of the house and the senate. i would encourage everyone to google whitewater wisconsin and look up any illegal minor being sex trafficked. these democrats contributed to the indentured servitude of these illegals -- these migrants who had to pair coyotes -- who had to pay cody's -- pay coyotes. what are you going to do about that? guest: first up, i do agree that the rules in the senate, unit 60 votes and they did not have 60 votes. -- you need to 60 votes and they did not have safety votes. i came to congress in 2016 and there were 60 votes for a compromise that john boehner refused to take up in the house. we were busy during those two years doing a lot of things. one, getting us out of covid. two, investing in our infrastructure, roads and bridges. three, we were getting manufacturing here like computer chips and things that create jobs. four, we

i think the wisconsin cheese head from 1990, crucially important because it really is a symbol of wisconsint's a symbol of the green bay packers. which my giants defeated. but, what it is, it is really an example of the -- >> i did consider declaring my time at that moment. but continue. >> that's really important. here what you have is an m1 helmet. this was really used by a puerto rican brigade who valor from fighting in the korean war. and we wanted to tell that story. these are jail for freedom pendants. which is about women suffrage. these are pins to commemorate that. we e also have a mary todd lincoln kennedy assassination watch. this was given to her as a way to make sure she kept abe lincoln close. we have an array of things. there were moments of real terror and moments of boredom. and many of the soldiers created art. this was a piece created out of shells that is in a shape of a book that was really used to store material. but again it just demonstrates the array of things that are part of the smithsonian collections. to say to you that any time you want to come and have me give

sharp." [ laughter and applause that's right, biden went to superior, wisconsin.wn over, inferior, wisconsin, was like, "of course, he'd never visit us, we suck. [ light laughter ] biden's talking infrastructure in wisconsin, while here in new york we got potholes so deep you can wave to satan you go, "hey!" [ laughter ] wow! speaking of biden, he just won the endorsement of the american autoworkers union. and now if you watch his campaign commercials, it feels like he's really trying to appeal to blue collar workers. take a look at this. >> biden, 2024 come on now. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: powdered milk. they used powdered milk. that's very interesting, yeah. went to see three stooges, yeah well, here's some good news -- the stock market just closed at a record high. and today -- [ cheers and applause the s&p 500 was heading for its fifth straight record day. [ record scratch ] >> say what? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: apparently, the dow jones finished above 38,000 for the first time in history. >> say what? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, and many inv

in wisconsin during the month of february. that is significant. we need to mark that because it's just not something that we have ever seen before. in total we had three tornado reports across parts of the midwest and this is all part of the warmth that has been bubbled across this region, breaking records for so many locations. look at des moines iowa yesterday, 63, previous record 60 degrees. and the warmth and warmer trend continues for the northeast, over 150 temperature records possible through the day on sunday. this is an interesting graphic put together by my weather producer monica, i'm grateful for this because what you're seeing here, every single red dot across the midwest and northern new england, that is locations that have experienced their warmest winter to date. so that just really puts it into context how warm it's actually been across this part of our country. this is having great impacts on the ice cover on the great lakes. so much of it is normally frozen in ice, frozen in time, we have a mere 5% of the en

and elsewhere the former head of the wisconsin republican party said he was tricked into signing thatd the former president trump won the 2020 election. in a new interview that that aired on "60 minutes," andrew hit said the state's urged him to sign on as a contingency. he said he did not believe trump's allegation of election fraud and he did it out of safety. take a listen. >> beautiful kids. good, good. i'm going to blame you, andrew. >> can you imagine the repercussions on myself, my family if it was me, andrew hit, who prevented donald trump from winning wisconsin? >> you said you were scared. >> absolutely. >> scared of trump supporters in your state. >> it was not a safe time. if my lawyer is right and the whole reason trump loses wisconsin is because of me, i would be scared to death. >>> and lastly, alabama's supreme court has ruled frozen embryos are children. the ruling last friday stems from a lost from instreet row fertilization patients who sued a clinic after their embryos were removed from a storage unit and dropped on the ground. an act that protects unborn children.

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we need to mark that that this is the first february tornado in wisconsin. that is significant, right? three tornadoes overall across the midwest yesterday. you saw one of them in southern wisconsin just really impressive, impressive sight for this time of year. now, what do we need for tornadoes in the middle of february? you need warmth and a very moisture laden air mass and that is what we have. 150 potential warm temperature records from the midwest all the way to northern new england through the end of the weekend. this was part of a larger trend. look at this map, every single red dot you see here across the midwest and into new england are locations that have had their warmest winter to date and that is very significant, especially considering that that warmth is centered across the great lakes. we did the numbers, we've calculated that we've had near record ice cover across the great lakes sitting at 5% we should normally have about 37% of the great lakes covered in ice right now, only saginaw bay and the green bay region. this has major implications

let's say it is battleground states, wisconsin or miss again. let me show you how bizarre or outlandish and hypothetical that is. this is road to two 70, this is the current race ratings if it is red or pink it is leaning towards trump. it is safely in trump's camp, if it's light blue or dark blue, it's leaning towards biden or safely in biden's camp. the yellow states are the true toss-ups right now. i just want to fill in some of the hypothetical. let's say that donald trump actually were to win in arizona. so he wins the whole sun belt. we have nevada leading the way, arizona, georgia, those competitive states go trump. let's say that this congressional district in nebraska goes to biden and the omaha area. let's say biden restores a bit of the blue ball and pennsylvania and wisconsin indeed fall to biden. we have michigan leaning trump right now. but if trump were invalidated by the ballot in michigan like alina kegan said today, look what happens? he drops down to two 68. this then becomes -- whoever wins michigan would win the presidency i

whether wisconsin, georgia, wherever you go, numbers are consistent. women, those with college degree and union households. trump is winning men, white evangelicals. name of game is for trump to pick off suburban women and union households. the name of the game, we know. >> emily: right, we discussed in the republican party, it is divided among argue class and degree within the party. additional mechanics is polling out everyone to be cohesive block. most frightening thing that keeps me up at night is thought people are not showing up to vote, that is a big dirth and i'm worried. >> lisa: a lot keeps me up at night. >> emily: add to the list. >> kayleigh: iran among them. >> lisa: list as long as hillary clinton's excuses why she lost the presidential race. >> dagen: immigration number one in iowa and new hampshire i argue because the economy is receding in importance among voters because it is good. stock market is at high. up in two months, the most in three decades. and homeownership, if you own your home and low fixed rate mortgage and value of you

len look at wisconsin. it is a dead heat there according to this poll with each at 47%.l of voters from theory swing states tracy johnson, a wisconsin voter. a republican. we also have khann donna roe a republican from georgia. charlie darian from georgia independent voter. thank you all, ladies, for joining us. >> hello. >> good morning. >> ainsley: tracy, i will start with you, you are in wisconsin. that is where they are neck and neck, biden and donald trump. so tell me who you are choosing, how are favoring and why? what your big issues are. >> i would have supported nikki haley if she were on the ballot but, you know, given the binary choice, i just can't support an incumbent. i was surprised to see these numbers as close as they were just being in a suburb of milwaukee where biden really carried that area. but, i think it's referendum on the incumbent as we see it. we just have no leadership at the top we have got our economy is hurting. we have a crisis at the border. we are involved in all these foreign conflicts and just no leadership. so i guess given that bina

so well, whereas in wisconsin, the states that became wisconsin, michigan got rid of the black laws in some in many ways is from the 1830s onward indiana illinois and was and ohio doubled down on them. so what were these black laws and what did they do? these laws, first of all, they called out they talked explicitly about race. right. so they would identify that certain things were for white people and certain things were black people or there were things that black people prohibited from doing. so these laws placed restrictions on the legal settlement of african-americans, the states. what that meant was that if you were a black person and you wanted to move into a state, you would have to by law appear at the county clerk's office and present papers showing that you were free and you often had to have. somebody put up a bond, your good behavior or the idea that you wouldn't become dependent on public resources. so these laws so white people did not have to abide by these laws. these laws applied to african-americans only. when you registered you had to pay a fee. so you also had to

but her vote totals in wisconsin but the minute were bigger than trumps the margins in each of the states. i can be small and decisive. democrats and neither side is that torqued up about bobby kennedy junior. stories unflattering that might knock him back a little bit probably would not be the most popular person thanks giving dinner. >> when we talk about these things you are talking about -- mchugh when i talked about how people perceive the economy that is or isn't helping the current president. first of all i appreciate being here. it's part of an affirmative action program for people who did not do wellin economics 101 and college. [laughter] so i appreciate that. economists talk about the economy and swing voters think about my economy my personal economy but how do i proceed? so with all due respect to this incredibly smart people you could have this room and nobel prize-winning economist in terms of what impact of the going to have on the election i would rather look at a cross-section of swing voters. what should and what is is often times different. i think when a president bid

but if you look at the swing states, places like michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona in those governors races 65% of the state said they wanted abortion to remain legal in all or most cases and upwards of 75% of those voters did vote for the democrats. in places like that. and the whole eruption of this debate about ivf just, just just underscores how powerful these concerns are gonna be. don't forget, republicans are going to be very reluctant to do anything at the federal level to secure these rights even when 2022, when the house voted, after clarence thomas's suggestion in the decision that they might go after contraception, there was a bill to provide a federal right to contraception. virtually all republicans voted against it. this isn't over, but can i just quickly i would also say that even in republican states where this was front and center, where you had valid issues and kansas it wins on the ballot. so the challenge for the biden campaign and for democrats is going to be keeping this issue front and center, which is part of what they're doing here. >> audie, what d

nicole saphier and coof had host of bottom line, former wisconsin congressman sean duffy. that was really a pop-up and kind of reminder that the game has started in south carolina. >> sean: the game is on for sure, i think donald trump is a candidate that can who can best deliver the message, defend me and attack. tim scott was doing that well and to trump's point, he does it better for trump than he does for himself. he is so strongly opposed to nikki haley, she elevated him from the house to senate and he's left her. >> harris: he explained where he was and we shared eye contacts, doctor, he said people are good. the end of the day, politics is what it is, he hopes she will come through and support donald trump. she took that pledge. everybody on the debate stage took that pledge. if she gets out, just like desantis did, will she honor that pledge? >> dr. saphier: what is best is for peep toll come together and unify. what is wonderful is what he just said, talking about why he dropped out, he said, the people spoke and they want someone provocative and rambunctious that

goodness you are going to have a mess on your hands >> also to that marquette law school poll from wisconsin swing state, 61% voters say biden is too old,29%, think that trump is too old, again we still have primary to get through nikki haley fighting, for a spot, but if it is trump and biden that is what wisconsin is saying just one state. >> i don't mean to gang up on you i really the disagree poll numbers from wisconsin echo poll numbers pretty much everywhere in the country swing states enterprise. this is not a wonderful old man that that is nostalgic quality pleading in polls, democrats are going to say we win joe biden, then we can replace him, reality is america sees his cognitive decline in plain sight going to lose with joe biden, and obviously, goes to president trump that is why they are going to replace him not because they feel bad for him not because they think should be dictating grappledkids to baseball game it is about winning for them. >> last hour, a democrat, said like i am saying out loud what my leagues if the democrat party are saying we need somebody else. it can't b

joining us is the great state of wisconsin, welcome, senator. the border is the number one issue in. the voters of the miny of those above the economy. is there a bill to pass between now and the election, or is this the political reality of neither side wanting to give a victoryor to an opponent, especially one who is on the water on the issue? >> well, "sunday night in america," from my standpoint, president biden colleagues in congress, they were open border policy is a clear and present danger to america.ho so it should be top priorityul. it should be what we focus on but how do we actually get control of our border? i'm concerned with the bill that has been negotiated will execute the border and even more importantly, will it not hamper or hinder or hamstring the next president whwao might actually want to secure the border? you talk about these thresholds that are set at unreasonably high levels. that could hamstring the president to make the futureto e president here that is what we need to evaluate going through this bill. >> trey: enter

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