we now go to laurie williams. >> speaking of the court system, the state of washington has currently two lawsuits filed against the department of energy related to the nuclear reservation. one is about missing deadlines and emptying tanks and treating waste and the other is about worker protection from chemica chemicals. is the litigation the best way to achieve the cleanup and do you support both lawsuits? >> i appreciate you asking that because i spent part of the day talking to different people about that. during the campaign i learned an awful lot. i spent two or three days meeting with people from all sides of the issues. i talked to employees, contractors, members and the federal department of energy and i'm trying to understand from all perspectives what's going on and why we are falling so far behind. all these people have different perspectives on what we need to be doing but there are different elements that ring true to all of them. first is that the governor isn't really engaged in debate would say we really need a gubernatorial leadership. the second thing they are sayin

. >> moderator: we go now to laurie williams. >> speaking of the court system, the state of washington has currently two lawsuits filed against the department of energy related to the nuclear reservation. one is that missing deadlines and in think tanks and treating waste, the other is about seeking worker protections from chemical vapors. mr. bryant, isn't the litigation the best way to achieve cleanup, india support both lawsuits? bryant: i appreciate you asking that because i was spending part of the day talking to different people about that. during this campaign i learned an awful lot. i have more children but i spent three days remaining with people from all sides of the issue. i've talked to employees, previous employees, contractors, members of the federal department of energy. i'm trying to understand from all perspectives what's going on and why we are falling so far behind. all these people have different perspectives on what we need to be doing. there are three elements that ring true through all of them. the first is covered in sleep isn't engaged. are not as intense as th

williams called it rape of the soul. this is soul liberty. so i think that's what's at stake and why we try to work this out in spite of the fact, laurie, it's very different to get carve-outs, this and that. when public schools have to give exemptions for somebody has to wear a head covering for religion but nobody else can wear head coverings, they work at this and that's a good thing. that's what america is. we work at carving out for conscience shake. we a another example, and i'll stop, another controversial example, i think, pharmacists. this is controversial, you won't agree with me. many of you might not agree with me but i think a pharmacist who cannot prescribe certain things, if that prescription can be given immediately to the person or almost immediately, somebody else is there to give the prescription or whatever, if there's no harm, dignity, harm, to the person who's coming to get their prescription filled, then why in the heck not have an exemption, religious exemption, so that that person dioesn't hae to violate his or her conscience? pharmacy, hired to do this. wait a minute, liberty of conscience has to always be in the eq

williams called it rape of the soul. this is soul liberty. so i think that's what's at stake and why we try to work this out in spite of the fact, laurie, it's very different to get carve-outs, this and that. when public schools have to give exemptions for somebody has to wear a head covering for religion but nobody else can wear head coverings, they work at this and that's a good thing. that's what america is. we work at carving out for conscience shake. we a another example, and i'll stop, another controversial example, i think, pharmacists. this is controversial, you won't agree with me. many of you might not agree with me but i think a pharmacist who cannot prescribe certain things, if that prescription can be given immediately to the person or almost immediately, somebody else is there to give the prescription or whatever, if there's no harm, dignity, harm, to the person who's coming to get their prescription filled, then why in the heck not have an exemption, religious exemption, so that that person dioesn't hae to violate his or her conscience? pharmacy, hired to do this. wait a minute, liberty of conscience has to always be in the eq