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 having me. host: so, how concerned are state leaders in michigan about the potential for political unrest at the state capitol this weekend? guest: they are taking these warnings from the fbi and others in very seriously. i haven't heard anything specific about credible threats here, but there is plenty of activity in michigan. we are no stranger to a big the most rations, and sometimes pretty chaotic ones. if you are to to her downtown lansing right now you would see boarded-up windows. you walk into a business or a church, you would find that people are on edge, anticipating what the next few days are going to look like. host: your paper is talking about the -- going up around the capitol. tell us about the fence? guest: it was put u

. >>> the milwaukee journal sentinel says a former pharmacist accused of intentionally destroying coronavirus vaccines has been released on bond. steven bradenberg was arrested last week following an investigation into 57 spoiled viles of the moderna vaccine. he told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of the vaccine because he believes the shots would mutate people's dna. a detective said he is an admitted conspiracy theorist. >>> and our new york station wcbs reports that the first nurse in the u.s. to get the covid vaccine got her second and final dose. sandra lindsay received her pfizer shot yesterday at long island jewish medical center in queens, new york. lindsay says -- rather, lindsay oversees the intensive care patients and she says she didn't realize her experience would forever be etched in our nation's history. >> i had no idea i was going to be the first in new york state, the first in the country and that it would generate all of this attention. use me as an example. you can ask me questions. talk to your health care providers. be informed. don't listen to hearsay. go wit

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we would like to thank capital reporter molly beck of the milwaukee journey -- milwaukee journal sentinelkeeping us informed. thank you so much for your time. guest: thanks for having me. host: we want to know what you think about the possibility of political violence in your state. we are going to go back to phone lines and start with laura who was calling from -- who is calling from ohio. good morning. caller: i am not worried about our capitol building or state buildings because our state is republican but i do worry about our democratic officials because, needless to say, this is republican land. even in my county before the trump rally on the sixth, my county republican organization had buses loading and going to d.c. that day. i live in rural ohio. it is a lot different and has a lot more ignorant and trumpsters in it than most ohio has. i worry about our democratic politicians. host: let's talk to virginia who was calling from oklahoma -- who is calling from oklahoma. caller: good morning. i appreciate you so much. i really enjoy watching the journal. unfortunately, i want to have

we would like to thank capital reporter molly beck of the milwaukee journey -- milwaukee journal sentinelkeeping us informed. thank you so much for your time. guest: thanks for having me. host: we want to know what you think about the possibility of political violence in your state. we are going to go back to phone lines and start with laura who was calling from -- who is calling from ohio. good morning. caller: i am not worried about our capitol building or state buildings because our state is republican but i do worry about our democratic officials because, needless to say, this is republican land. even in my county before the trump rally on the sixth, my county republican organization had buses loading and going to d.c. that day. i live in rural ohio. it is a lot different and has a lot more ignorant and trumpsters in it than most ohio has. i worry about our democratic politicians. host: let's talk to virginia who was calling from oklahoma -- who is calling from oklahoma. caller: good morning. i appreciate you so much. i really enjoy watching the journal. unfortunately, i want to have

tot: by the way, if you go the editorial pages of the milwaukee journal sentinel, they highlight thetial actions of today of senator ron johnson, the editors write, the johnson stunt will do harm to our democracy. what happens the next time either party loses the presidency narrowly while controlling both houses of congress, will they do what johnson and his hyper-partisan anbar doing? will they make up lies about the election, cry voter fraud, complain about voting machines, election officials, and any other ghost they can conjure?" rosario in massachusetts on the democrat line. caller: yes, hello. host: the first thing you need to do is turn down that television. caller: good morning. host: the first thing you need to do is turn down your television sir. go ahead. about them calling vote today in congress. all mike pence needs to do is go he is just like the referee in the impeachment, he has no say or nothing. president trump wants to create a civil war against the people. he is doing anything to stay out of jail. died.0 americans have host: you think that vice president pence wil

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 diff