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follow the federal response to the outbreak. c-span.org/coronavirus. to molly who is the politics and state government reporter for the milwaukee journal sentinel. good morning. guest: thanks for having me. host: how concerned are state leaders about political unrest at the state capital? guest: i think they are being cautious. there is no direct threat to madison where the is where i am. there is going to be national guard and wisconsin state patrol and the wisconsin state capitol building has a police force and also madison police force will be there on sunday. if something is going to happen,

it will probably happen on sunday. the police have called -- told lawmakers not to come to the building and stay home. they have not told lawmakers to avoid doing anything in the building next week when the inauguration is, but it sounds like they are not expecting anything specific, but they are putting the national guard in place and police around the building. host: governor tony evers, has he put any specific security precautions in place around the governors mansion, around the capitol building? if people went to madison, what they see anything different? guest: i think so. they started putting up traffic barriers around the capitol building which is in the middle of downtown madison.

a lot of people drive by it every day, it is very accessible for people walking and shopping in the downtown area. the governors mansion is a little bit further away from downtown. we have not heard any security measures at the governors mansion. there is quite a bit there already. i know the national guard -- the governor said the national guard is already in place. he did not say where but they are already in place around the capital. host: are there any protests or demonstrations already planned for this weekend or coming up until inauguration day or is it the same flyer that we have heard other people talk about -- lets everybody protest in political capital is in america over this weekend? guest: that is the flyer we have seen. it is not specific to wisconsin

at all. there is a demonstration scheduled for the capital area -- as your viewers probably know, this summer there was a police shooting of jacob blake and just recently, the district attorney decided not to charge the police officer in that incident and there is going to be an event related to that this weekend and the capitol. but that is the only event that i know of that is scheduled. the department of administration who runs the capital, there have not been any permits that are applied for. host: have you talked to state lawmakers and government officials and what have they said about their personal security? in other states, there have been lawmakers and officials who have gotten threats. what are you hearing from wisconsin officials? guest: we have not heard anybody say that they are personally

concerned more so than they have been otherwise as a public figure in wisconsin. i know the governor has been making it. since -- the governor has been making appearances, but that was about the pandemic, it was not about any concerns about lawmakers who held a floor session this week in the capital. the building is not open to the public because of the pandemic. business is going as usual and i have not heard any concerns from them. host: we have heard from other state capitals that there are conversations around the carrying of firearms inside the capitol building. what rules exist for the carrying of firearms inside the wisconsin state capital? guest: wisconsin is a concealed carry state and you can have a

firearm in the if you have a license. i asked the governor's office and legislative leaders if they have talked about changing those rules in light of the possibility of some of that this weekend but they did not answer those questions so they are not changing the rules. host: have officials done any coordination with federal officials around security over this next week? has the national guard gotten involved? guest: the national guard is in place around the capital. governor eaters since about -- governor evers sent troops to the u.s. capitol for inauguration. i know that the department of justice said that they are aware of the fbi's warning last week

that there could be protests in the state capitals. beyond that, we have not heard any specific communications between state officials and federal officials. host: we have been talking about state capitals and state lawmakers. what about local officials, towns, counties, parishes? have they had any concerns about their safety during this time? guest: i have been focused just on madison local officials and they are more concerned about what is going to happen at the capital because the capitol is right in the middle of madison. a lot of people are around it all the time. it is a pretty popular street that has shots -- shops and restaurants and things like that. if you are going to visit madison, you are usually going to be around the capital. at least in madison, they are

concerned with making sure the capital area is safe. host: what should we keep our eyes on in wisconsin? guest: hopefully nothing happens here. [laughter] i think the state leaders -- they have been talking about this for days. there will be a national guard presence. we have not heard of any actual demonstrations planned. hopefully it will be quiet here. host: keep us informed. we would like to thank capital reporter molly beck of the milwaukee journey -- milwaukee journal sentinel on keeping us informed.enential for political unrest and violence in their state capitols. let's move to michigan and talk to carol thompson, the state watchdog reporter for the lansing state journal. good morning. guest: good morning, jesse. thanks for h