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>> ANOTHER LAWSUIT OVER VOTING
00:00:14SETTLED IN OHIO, BUT QUESTIONS
REMAIN.
00:00:16A HOUSE LEADER WHO CHAMPIONED
MEDICAID EXPANSION LEAVES TO
00:00:17TAKE A JOB DEALING WITH
MEDICAID.
00:00:19AND THE CONVENTION COUNTDOWN IS
ON THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
00:00:21CONVENTION IS JUST A FEW DAYS
AWAY. WE'LL HEAR FROM ONE OF THE
00:00:23ORGANIZERS ABOUT THE FINAL
PREPARATIONS AND DETAILS FOR THE
00:00:26RNC IN CLEVELAND.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:29OHIO".
THE LAWSUITS KEEP ON COMING IN
00:00:42THIS ELECTION YEAR IN OHIO. A
JUDGE HAS REJECTED A LAWSUIT
00:00:44BROUGHT BY VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS
THAT ALLEGED OHIO'S MAINTENANCE
00:00:45OF VOTER ROLLS IS ILLEGALLY
REMOVING ELIGIBLE VOTERS. BUT
00:00:50THE JUDGE SAID OHIO'S PROCEDURES
FOR MAINTAINING VOTER
00:00:53REGISTRATION ROLLS ENSURE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION
00:00:57PROCESS. DEMOCRATIC REP. ALICIA
REECE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO
00:01:02LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS, SAID
IN A STATEMENT THAT READS IN
00:01:04PART:
"PURGING VOTERS FROM THE ROLLS
00:01:11SIMPLY FOR BEING INACTIVE IS
UNDEMOCRATIC AND PROPORTIONATELY
00:01:13DISENFRANCHISES MINORITY AND
LOW-INCOME VOTERS IN OHIO. I AM
00:01:14DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED THAT A
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT HAS
00:01:18SIGNED OFF ON THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S EFFORTS TO STRIP
00:01:19THOUSANDS OF OHIO VOTERS OF
THEIR MOST FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM."
00:01:22BUT REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF
STATE JON HUSTED HAS SAID THE
00:01:28STATE MANAGES VOTER ROLLS
ACCORDING TO STATE AND FEDERAL
00:01:31LAW, AND SAYS THE RULING ALLOWS
THE STATE TO PUT "ANOTHER
00:01:33WASTEFUL LAWSUIT" BEHIND IT AND
FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT WORK OF
00:01:37RUNNING ELECTIONS.
THIS WEEK STATE AUDITOR DAVE
00:01:43YOST TOLD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
ABOUT AN AUDIT HE DID OF THE
00:01:44$2.5 BILLION FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
IN OHIO. YOST'S REVIEW OF THE
00:01:47SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR SNAP
00:01:53FOUND $31,000 OF WHAT HE CALLED
QUESTIONABLE COSTS, INCLUDING
00:01:54BENEFITS USED BY DEAD PEOPLE.
>> WHAT WE FOUND WAS 1862 PEOPLE
00:02:06DIED AT AND THEY STILL RECEIVED
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS ON THEIR
00:02:13CARD.
THE CURRENT FEDERAL RULE IS THAT
00:02:18THE STATES REQUIRE A CHECK ONCE
A YEAR FOR DEADBEAT ON THE
00:02:24ROLLS.
IN FACT, WE ONLY FOUND 36 OF
00:02:31THOSE 1800 THAT HAVE BEEN DEAD
MORE THAN A YEAR.
00:02:38RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF
FOLKS.
00:02:39WASTEUL LAWSUI"BEHN IT ADHER%
FOCUS ON AH IMPOTNT WORKO%
00:02:45P
NNINGEETONSTRY%-$9NW
00:02:49THIS WEEK STATE AUDITOR DAVE
YOST TOLD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
00:02:52ABOUT AN AUDIT HE DID OF THE
$2.5 BILLION FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
00:02:53IN OHIO. YOST'S REVIEW OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
00:03:00ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR SNAP
FOUND $31,000 OF WHAT HE CALLED
00:03:02QUESTIONABLE COSTS, INCLUDING
BENEFITS USED BY DEAD PEOPLE.
00:03:06>> WHAT WE FOUND WAS 1862 PEOPLE
DIED AT AND THEY STILL RECEIVED
00:03:21ADDITIONAL BENEFITS ON THEIR
CARD.
00:03:21THE CURRENT FEDERAL RULE IS THAT
THE STATES REQUIRE A CHECK ONCE
00:03:31A YEAR FOR DEADBEAT ON THE
ROLLS.
00:03:33IN FACT, WE ONLY FOUND 36 OF
THOSE 1800 THAT HAVE BEEN DEAD
00:03:45MORE THAN A YEAR.
RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF
00:03:47FOLKS.
>> THE REPUBLICAN AUDITOR SAYS
00:03:55NEARLY $29 MILLION WAS SPENT
OUTSIDE OF OHIO, INDICATING THAT
00:03:56THOSE RECIPIENTS DON'T LIVE IN
THE STATE OR THAT THEY'RE
00:03:58SELLING CARDS AND BENEFITS. YOST
SAYS THE FINDINGS SHOW FRAUD
00:04:00ISN'T WIDESPREAD, BUT IT CAN ADD
UP THE STATE'S JOB AND FAMILY
00:04:07SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY
ADD UP TO ABOUT A TENTH OF A
00:04:10PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE
PROGRAM. YOST TESTIFIED BEFORE
00:04:14THE U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE ABOUT HIS FINDINGS
00:04:16HE WANTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO TURN THE PROGRAM OVER TO THE
00:04:18STATES SO THEY CAN HAVE BETTER
CONTROL OVER IT. LISA HAMLER
00:04:20FUGITT WITH THE OHIO ASSOCIATION
OF FOODBANKS SAYS THE AMOUNT OF
00:04:23FRAUD WITHIN THE SYSTEM IS VERY
SMALL AND SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
00:04:29BUT SHE SAYS THE VAST MAJORITY
OF FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS REALLY
00:04:31NEED THEM AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE WRONGDOING
00:04:35OF OTHERS.
WHEN STATE LAWMAKERS COME BACK
00:04:38AFTER THE ELECTION, THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE WILL BE
00:04:39SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. REP. BARBARA
SEARS IS LEAVING THE LEGISLATURE
00:04:42TO BECOME THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH
00:04:56TRANSFORMATION. SEARS WAS TERM
LIMITED AND WASN'T SEEKING
00:04:57ANOTHER OFFICE, AND SHE HAS SOME
EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA SHE WAS
00:05:00ON THE JOINT MEDICAID OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AND HAD BEEN THE
00:05:02HOUSE'S CHIEF BACKER OF GOV.
JOHN KASICH'S EXPANSION OF
00:05:03MEDICAID IN 2013, WHICH WAS MET
WITH SO MUCH OPPOSITION IT ENDED
00:05:05UP BEING PUT INTO PLACE THROUGH
THE PANEL OF LAWMAKERS WHO MAKE
00:05:08UP THE STATE CONTROLLING BOARD.
I RECENTLY TALKED TO BARBARA
00:05:11SEARS ABOUT HER NEW JOB.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO CONSIDER
00:05:17MYSELF TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
AND THE RIGHT TIME.
00:05:21I HAVE SPENT NINE YEARS OF MY
LIFE TRYING TO LEARN AS THEY CAN
00:05:28AND FEEL THAT YOU CAN LEARN.
IF WE WANT TO REMOVE BARRIERS SO
00:05:40THAT THEY CAN BE THE BEST THAT
THEY CAN BE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
00:05:43HEALTH ISSUES AND EMPLOYMENT
ISSUES AND PULLING AWAY THOSE
00:05:48BARRIERS THAT PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR
00:05:52LIFE.
ALSO JOINING THE OFFICE OF
00:05:55HEALTH TRANSFORMATION IS CONNIE
WEHRKAMP, WHO'S BEEN A LONGTIME
00:05:56ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPAIGN AIDE
FOR GOV. JOHN KASICH AND WAS THE
00:05:58COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR NEW
DAY FOR AMERICA, KASICH'S
00:05:59PRESIDENTIAL SUPERPAC.
AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING AND
00:06:03ANTICIPATION, WE'RE FINALLY JUST
A FEW DAYS FROM THE REPUBLICAN
00:06:06NATIONAL CONVENTION IN
CLEVELAND. AND FOR THE LAST FEW
00:06:11MONTHS, THE PUBLICITY AND
PREDICTIONS LEADING UP TO THE
00:06:13CONVENTION HAVE RANGED FROM
EAGER EXCITEMENT AND CHEERFUL
00:06:14OPTIMISM TO PANICKED DREAD TO
TERRIFYING VISIONS OF DISASTER.
00:06:28THE WASHINGTON POST RECENTLY
REPORTED ON THE "MANY UNKNOWNS"
00:06:29OF THE CONVENTION ABOUT THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIGH-PROFILE
00:06:31REPUBLICANS WHO WON'T BE
ATTENDING, LEAVING HOLES IN THE
00:06:32SCHEDULE FOR SPEAKERS, ABOUT THE
CORPORATE SPONSORS WHO ARE
00:06:33TURNING AWAY, ABOUT THE
PROTESTORS WHO MIGHT BE ON THE
00:06:35WAY, AND ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE RULES MIGHT BE CHANGED
00:06:38TO MAKE SOMEONE OTHER THAN
DONALD TRUMP THE NOMINEE, WITH
00:06:39TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN WORKING TO
QUASH THAT.
00:06:57DAVE O'NEIL IS THE DEPUTY PRESS
SECRETARY FOR THE 2016
00:06:58REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
HE JOINS ME IN THE STUDIOS OF
00:07:00WVIZ/IDEASTREAM IN CLEVELAND
JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM
00:07:02WHERE THE CONVENTION WILL KICK
OFF IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK.
00:07:05>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE
WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE?
00:07:09>> I THINK WHEN PEOPLE GET HERE
TO CLEVELAND, THEY ARE GOING TO
00:07:18SEE THE TYPE OF PLANNING AND
ALSO THE CITY OF CLEVELAND HAS
00:07:26MADE AS WELL.
THEY HAVE A GREAT PARTNER TO US.
00:07:29GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF
THE CITY AND THE ONLY UNKNOWN
00:07:38WILL BE WHY HAVEN'T WE COME TO
CLEVELAND MORE OFTEN.
00:07:41WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS THING IS
ABOUT TO KICK OFF.
00:07:46>> THE CAVALIERS WERE IN THE NBA
FINALS.
00:07:51IT WAS AN AWESOME GAME FOR THE
FANS AND THE CITY.
00:07:55NOT FOR YOU FOLKS IN THE
CONVENTION BUSINESS.
00:07:59HOW FAR DOES THAT SET YOU BACK.
HOW MUCH WORK HAVE YOU HAD TO
00:08:06CRAM IN A SHORT.
OF TIME.
00:08:09>> THE CLEVELAND -- THE
CONVENTION WAS NAMED FOR
00:08:17CLEVELAND IN 2014.
THEN A SHORT TIME LATER, THE
00:08:20CAVALIERS GOT LEBRON JAMES BACK.
WE CERTAINLY HAD A PLAN A WITCH
00:08:34WITH ITS THE CAVALIERS GOT
KNOCKED OFF A EARLIER.
00:08:35THE PLAN C IN WHICH JULY 16
WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THEY
00:08:43WOULD BE PLAYING.
ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 17, WE
00:08:46SET UP SHOP AND THAT GAVE US
ABOUT 30 DAYS TO GET THIS WHOLE
00:08:52THING READY.
IT HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN DONE.
00:08:55WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
IF THEY DO NOT SET US BACK AT
00:09:08ALL.
I THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO
00:09:13HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
TYPE OF WORK THAT'S DONE.
00:09:15PHILADELPHIA HAD ABOUT NINE
WEEKS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
00:09:20WE ONLY HAVE FOR THE WE WILL PUT
UP OUR SET DESIGN AGAINST
00:09:28THERE'S ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
>> WHAT MAKES US THAT SPECIAL OR
00:09:34DIFFERENT?
I THINK TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY
00:09:40THAT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES ITSELF.
EVERY MONTH THERE IS SOMETHING
00:09:47NEW COMING OUT.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE
00:09:52LATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
SPRING.
00:09:54WE HAVE LIGHT PANELS THAT WILL
BE UTILIZED.
00:10:01IT WILL BE PUT INTO PLAY AND
INTO CONSTRUCTION.
00:10:08WHEN PEOPLE TUNE INTO THE EVENT,
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT
00:10:16HOMELIKE FEEL.
YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IF YOU ARE
00:10:20WATCHING THIS EVENT AROUND THE
FIREPLACE.
00:10:22THAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE WE WANTED
TO CREATE FOR THE AMERICAN
00:10:27PEOPLE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
00:10:30MOST-WATCHED CONVENTIONS IN
MODERN HISTORY.
00:10:34WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE DID THAT.
>> OVERALL, IT TRUMP SAID HE
00:10:49WANTED A MORE SHOWBIZ TONE.
>> THIS IS THE ONLY TIME EVERY
00:10:58FOUR YEARS WHERE THE ENTIRE
REPUBLICAN PARTY MEET AS ONE.
00:11:02WE'VE HAD THE GROUNDWORK FOR A
YEAR NOW PLANNING THIS EVENT.
00:11:09IT HAS BEEN A TIME CRUNCH.
NORMALLY A NOMINEE IS NOT KNOWN
00:11:21IN EARLY MARCH.
THE CONVENTION TAKES PLACE IN
00:11:24SEPTEMBER.
DO NOT KNOW OUR NOMINEE UNTIL
00:11:29MAY.
THAT'S ONLY ABOUT 60 DAYS TO
00:11:34WORK WITH TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THEY'VE BEEN FANTASTIC BAR --
00:11:40PARTNERS WITH US.
THEY ARE SORT OF FILLING IN THE
00:11:45GAPS.
>> THERE'VE BEEN SOME REPORTS
00:11:53THAT TRUMP WANTED TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT FACILITY INVOLVED.
00:11:56IS HE GOING TO ACCEPT THE
NOMINATION?
00:12:02IS HE GOING TO ACCEPT IT?
>> HE WILL ACCEPT IT.
00:12:07THE BALLOONS WILL DRAW.
WE HAVE 150,000 BALLOONS THAT
00:12:17WILL DROP FROM THE QUICKEN LOANS
ARENA.
00:12:19>> THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF SPEAKER NOMINEES.
00:12:26THOSE ARE PEOPLE LIKE JOHN
KASICH AND TED CRUZ GLOVE NOT
00:12:36ENDORSE TRUMP AT ALL.
ALSO JEB BUSH.
00:12:38HE WON'T BE THERE FOR HIS
FAMILY.
00:12:44HOW WILL THE PRIMETIME SPEAKERS
BE?
00:12:51>> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT
00:13:02THE PLANNING IS STILL GOING ON
FOR THAT.
00:13:03WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT
GRADUAL AND THOSE
00:13:10ANNOUNCEMENTS.COM UNTIL WE GET
CLOSER TO THE CONVENTION.
00:13:13TWO DAYS LATER THOSE PLANS.
IN 2008, WE HAD TO CANCEL.
00:13:25-- DAVE CANCEL.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
00:13:33ROLLING OUT THAT LIST OF
SPEAKERS FOR THIS CONVENTION AND
00:13:36IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC LIST OF
PEOPLE.
00:13:39THE MEDIA WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT.
00:13:44>> MANY REPORTERS ARE GOING TO
BE STAYING IN DORMS ON A COLLEGE
00:13:52CAMPUS.
NO DELEGATES WHO ARE GOING TO BE
00:13:54OUT.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE PEOPLE WHO
00:14:02HAVE BEEN LESS THAN THRILLED.
>> THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE
00:14:07MIDDLE OF APRIL.
IT HAS COMMENTED SOME CONCERNED.
00:14:14IF YOU LOOK AT NORTHEAST OHIO, I
HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME UP TO ME
00:14:28AND SAY THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA
THAT THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF
00:14:34FAME WAS IN CANTON, OHIO.
THE ENTIRE NORTHEAST.
00:14:38IT IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT.
00:14:45YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
STAYING FURTHER OUT FROM THE
00:15:02CONVENTION.
I CREDIT THE RNC FOR A CHANCE ON
00:15:10CLEVELAND.
THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
00:15:16THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER.
00:15:20THE CITY HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AND
NORTHEAST OHIO HAS BEEN
00:15:31FANTASTIC.
>> THE WORK FOR THE CONVENTION
00:15:36DELEGATES STARTS NEXT WEEK.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THOSE EVENTS?
00:15:40>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
DELEGATES FROM EACH TERRITORY
00:15:46AND STATE.
ABOUT 100 AND 12 PEOPLE AT EACH
00:15:54OF THOSE COMMITTEES.
THEY WILL RECOMMEND A REPORT TO
00:15:58THE CONVENTION ON THE MONDAY
THAT IT STARTS.
00:16:02THEY WILL BE EITHER VOTED UP OR
DOWN ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR OF
00:16:08THE 18TH.
THE RULES COMMITTEE IS ON
00:16:13THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE PLATFORM KICKS OFF ON
00:16:17MONDAY.
THE RNC WILL HAVE THEIR SUMMER
00:16:25MEETINGS HERE IN CLEVELAND ON
WEDNESDAY.
00:16:27THAT WILL GIVE US A BIT OF A
BREATHER.
00:16:29IT HAS BEEN A HECTIC PAST 30
DAYS.
00:16:33THAT WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS.
>> I PLAN TO COME OUT FOR THE
00:16:44RULES COMMITTEE.
YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE FIREWORKS
00:16:47THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT #
TO TAKE THE NOMINATION AWAY FROM
00:16:53DONALD TRUMP.
IS IT TYPICALLY A FREE-FOR-ALL?
00:16:56YOU'VE SEEN SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM
IN THIS PRIMARY CYCLE THAT IS
00:17:06UNPRECEDENTED.
THE APPETITE FOR NEWS AND
00:17:12CONTENT REGARDING THIS ENTIRE
PROCESS HAS BEEN IN INTENSE.
00:17:14I TRY TO ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST
OF MY ABILITY.
00:17:25WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THE 14TH ROLLS AROUND.
00:17:29WE EXPECT A SMOOTH PROCESS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO NOMINATING TRUMP
00:17:37ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, SECURITY.
00:17:43YOU WILL HAVE PROTESTERS THEY
WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
00:17:54THESE PROTESTERS MIGHT BE
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
00:17:58CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS.
WHERE WILL THE SECURITY ZONE B?
00:18:06>> WITH AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND
THE SAD STATE OF THE WORLD THAT
00:18:14WE LIVE IN TODAY AS WE HAD
ALREADY BEEN PREPARING FOR
00:18:19SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT COULD
00:18:21HAPPEN IN CLEVELAND THAT WE WILL
NOT PREPARED FOR?
00:18:27WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN
CLEVELAND.
00:18:37I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE HERE
THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
00:18:45SAFEST PLACES IN THE WORLD
DURING THAT CONVENTION WEEK.
00:18:48WE INVITE ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO
JOIN THAT.
00:18:52THIS IS AMERICA AND PEOPLE HAVE
THEIR RIGHT TO THE FIRST
00:18:58AMENDMENT.
THESE ARE PEACEFUL PEOPLE.
00:19:04ONE GREAT THING IS THAT THERE
WERE 250,000 PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AND
00:19:19THE PARADE.
THINGS DO SORT OF HAPPENED AND
00:19:24WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE
PEOPLE HERE IN CLEVELAND.
00:19:25WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS
00:19:32GOING TO BE SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE
CONVENTION.
00:19:35>> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU
EXPECTING IN TERMS OF DELEGATES
00:19:40AND SPEAKERS ARE ON?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT
00:19:4815,000 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA.
IN ADDITION, WHEN YOU PUT THE
00:19:57NUMBER TOGETHER IT IS ABOUT
60,000 PEOPLE WHICH PALES IN
00:20:04COMPARISON TO THE 150,000 THAT
WERE DOWNTOWN.
00:20:05IT WILL SEEM BUSIER DOWN HERE.
YOU LOOK AT CITIES WHO HAVE HAD
00:20:27SUPER BOWL.
OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE
00:20:33SOME SLIGHT INCONVENIENCES.
>> MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL BE
00:20:41AMONG THE TENS OF THOUSANDS.
THANK YOU MUCH FOR TALKING TO ME
00:20:46ABOUT IT.
IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT
00:20:47CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICERS WILL
BE WEARING BODY CAMERAS DURING
00:20:49THE CONVENTION. AND COPS IN
OHIO'S BIGGEST CITIES ARE EITHER
00:20:50ALREADY USING OR ABOUT TO USE
BODY CAMERAS. EXPERTS ARE NOW
00:20:52TALKING ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT
SHOULD BE IN PLACE AS THESE
00:20:59CITIES MOVE FORWARD. MY
STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU COLLEAGUE
00:21:04ANDY CHOW RECENTLY MODERATED A
DISCUSSION BEFORE THE COLUMBUS
00:21:05METROPOLITAN CLUB ON BODY
CAMERAS, AND IT FEATURED TWO
00:21:08PEOPLE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN
THE ISSUE - LARRY JAMES, GENERAL
00:21:11COUNSEL FOR THE NATIONAL
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, AND
00:21:16DENNIS HETZEL WITH THE OHIO
NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION. ONE BIG
00:21:18QUESTION IS WHEN TO TURN THEM ON
AND WHEN TO TURN THEM OFF. JAMES
00:21:22SAYS THERE HAVE TO BE STRONG
POLICIES IN PLACE SO POLICE
00:21:23OFFICERS CAN STILL DO THEIR
JOBS.
00:21:27>> THE CLASS OF OFFICERS I
ALWAYS WENT TO FOR CLARITY."
00:21:38ON POLICY WERE THE COMMANDERS.
THAT IS THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE
00:21:45COMMAND.
I'VE USED THEM AS MY PARAMETER.
00:21:47I CAN'T THINK OF A POLICY THAT
SAYS THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
00:21:57WHEN YOU HAVE MULTI JURISDICTION
AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.
00:22:02I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT WHETHER
THAT IS POLICE OR NOT, JUST TRY
00:22:20TO MAKE THEM CONSISTENT.
>> WHAT CONCERNS THEY HAVE ON
00:22:29WHETHER CAMERAS ARE TURNED ON OR
OFF?
00:22:30>> I CAN CERTAINLY ENVISION
CIRCUMSTANCES HAVING BEEN A
00:22:35REPORTER.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE POLICY IS
00:22:38THAT THE CAMERA SHOULD BE ON.
I AM NOT SURE IT IS OUR
00:22:45DISCUSSION TO HAVE ON WHETHER
THE STATUTE SINCE SHOULD SAY
00:22:53WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE ACTIVATED.
ONCE YOU ACTIVATED THAT CAMERA.
00:22:57THESE ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC
RECORDS.
00:23:04THE REAL WORLD COMPLICATES THAT
ISSUE.
00:23:19THAT CONFIDENTIALITY COMES INTO
QUESTION.
00:23:27THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF REAL-LIFE
SITUATION THAT YOU ARE
00:23:32DETERMINING.
>> BUT THAT ALSO BRINGS UP THE
00:23:36QUESTION OF THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF JOURNALISTS TO PROTECT
00:23:37PRIVACY.
>> YOU KNOW IT IS SITUATIONAL.
00:23:41I DON'T KNOW HOW WE UNRING THAT
BELL OR PUT TOO MANY
00:24:03RESTRICTIONS AROUND THAT.
IN DECIDING WHAT CAN BE RELEASED
00:24:10AND NOT BE RELEASED.
IT IS A TRUE DILEMMA.
00:24:13WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN
IS HAVE SOME TYPE OF ABILITY TO
00:24:19PETITION A COURT THAT THE PUBLIC
INTEREST OUTWEIGHS THE NEED FOR
00:24:24SECRECY.
>> I THINK DENNIS IS ABSOLUTELY
00:24:37CORRECT.
I DON'T -- I AM NOT SURE THE
00:24:42CASE LAW IS GOING TO BE THAT IT
WILL END UP ON SOMEONE'S VIDEO.
00:24:52>> THERE IS NO WAY OF STOPPING
THAT.
00:24:56YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COURT
BUT THE TIMING OF THAT IS ALMOST
00:25:01IMPOSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE
PUBLIC TO AVAIL THEMSELVES.
00:25:10IT IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE.
THAT PRIVACY ISSUE THAT WE LOOK
00:25:17AT IS WHAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN
TO.
00:25:22IF YOU JUST SAY FROM THIS
STANDPOINT THAT IT IS GOING TO
00:25:31BE PROTECTED EVEN IN THAT
SITUATION.
00:25:32>> CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE
MEDIA OUTLETS.
00:25:38THEY ARE NOT NPR BUT THERE'S
OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE THAT ARE
00:25:46AGGREGATES FOR THIS CONTENT?
>> THERE ARE YOUTUBE CHANNELS
00:25:54NOW THAT JUST TAKE OFF ALL THE
POLICE VIDEO.
00:25:59DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AND PEOPLE
HAVE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS --
00:26:11DEFINITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
AND PRIVACY.
00:26:15IT IS PROBABLY A TERRIBLE
GENERALIZATION THAT THEY DON'T
00:26:22SEEM AS HUNG UP ON PERSONAL
PRIVACY AS THE OLDER GENERATION
00:26:27IS.
THEIR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT PRIVACY
00:26:30MAY BE DIFFERENT.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS TO WORK
00:26:38THROUGH.
>> THERE IS A PROPOSED BILL THAT
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