1 00:00:07,233 --> 00:00:11,733 >>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:51,433 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: 3 00:00:51,433 --> 00:00:54,400 >> COMING UP ON "INDIANA 4 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,966 NEWSDESK," LAWMAKERS WANT TO 5 00:00:55,966 --> 00:00:57,100 LIVE POLICE MORE FLEXIBILITY 6 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:58,400 WHEN USING DRONES. 7 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,800 BUT SOME DEPARTMENTS SAY A BILL 8 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,366 MOVING THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE 9 00:01:01,366 --> 00:01:02,333 IS UNNECESSARY. 10 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:04,300 >> IT'S AN EXERCISE IN 11 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:04,666 SEMANTICS. 12 00:01:04,666 --> 00:01:07,100 I WOULD RATHER SEE IT FAIL, 13 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:09,700 BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING 14 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:12,600 OTHER THAN REASSURE CERTAIN 15 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,166 PEOPLE IN THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR 16 00:01:14,166 --> 00:01:14,833 JOB. 17 00:01:14,833 --> 00:01:17,000 >> THE DEBATE DRONES ON AHEAD. 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,600 ONE FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE 19 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,466 NO MORE INFANTS WILL DIE OF THE 20 00:01:20,466 --> 00:01:22,133 TREATABLE DISEASE THAT HAS 21 00:01:22,133 --> 00:01:24,500 AFFLICTED THEIR SON IS NOW STATE 22 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:25,166 LAW. 23 00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:27,566 >>> AND THE FOUNDERS OF AN 24 00:01:27,566 --> 00:01:28,966 ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER WAS 25 00:01:28,966 --> 00:01:30,266 SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR 26 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:33,733 POSSESSION CHARGE IN 2014. 27 00:01:33,733 --> 00:01:35,033 BUT A SUPREME COURT RULING LATE 28 00:01:35,033 --> 00:01:36,100 LAST YEAR SET HER FREE. 29 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:38,933 >> WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ARGUE. 30 00:01:38,933 --> 00:01:40,300 I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY 31 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,000 IMPRESSIVE! 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,166 >> NOW SHE'S BACK WORKING WITH 33 00:01:42,166 --> 00:01:43,866 HER DAUGHTER TO HELP THOSE IN 34 00:01:43,866 --> 00:01:45,000 RECOVERY. 35 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,666 THOSE STORIES, PLUS THE LATEST 36 00:01:46,666 --> 00:01:48,500 NEWS HEADLINES FROM ACROSS THE 37 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:57,266 STATE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA 38 00:01:49,466 --> 00:01:58,566 NEWSDESK." 39 00:01:58,566 --> 00:02:03,133 ♪♪ 40 00:02:03,133 --> 00:02:04,000 >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:04,366 NEWSDESK." 42 00:02:04,366 --> 00:02:05,866 I'M JOE HREN. 43 00:02:05,866 --> 00:02:08,200 A BILL THAT WOULD EXPAND THE USE 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,200 OF POLICE DRONES IS MOVING 45 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,800 FORWARD AT THE STATE HOUSE. 46 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,366 INDIANA IS ONE OF SEVERAL STATES 47 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:14,833 THAT REQUIRES POLICE TO OBTAIN A 48 00:02:14,833 --> 00:02:16,733 SEARCH WARRANT BEFORE PUTTING A 49 00:02:16,733 --> 00:02:18,766 DRONE IN THE AIR, UNLESS IT'S AN 50 00:02:18,766 --> 00:02:19,133 EMERGENCY. 51 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:20,800 NOW REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE 52 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:21,800 SAYS HIS LEGISLATION WOULD 53 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,700 CREATE ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS, 54 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:27,500 BUT AS BARBARA BROSHER REPORTS, 55 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:30,966 SOME QUESTION IF IT'S NECESSARY. 56 00:02:30,966 --> 00:02:33,966 >> WHEN DEPUTY BRANDON CHORDAS 57 00:02:33,966 --> 00:02:34,666 PUTS A DRONE INTO THE SKY. 58 00:02:34,666 --> 00:02:36,066 >> RIGHT NOW, I WILL RAISE THE 59 00:02:36,066 --> 00:02:36,666 LANDING GEAR. 60 00:02:36,666 --> 00:02:38,700 >> HE GETS A PERSPECTIVE HIS 61 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:40,400 DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. 62 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,900 >> IT'S CUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME 63 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:44,333 WE ARE SPENDING AT THE SCENE 64 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:46,433 DOWN CONSIDERABLY, AND WE NEED 65 00:02:46,433 --> 00:02:52,066 LESS MANPOWER TO COVER LARGE 66 00:02:52,066 --> 00:02:53,966 AREAS, THEY USE THE TECHNOLOGY 67 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:56,300 TO FINDING MISSING PERSONS TO 68 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:57,566 TAKING PHOTOS OF A CRIME SCENE 69 00:02:57,566 --> 00:02:58,466 AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T 70 00:02:58,466 --> 00:02:59,733 HAVE TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT 71 00:02:59,733 --> 00:03:01,800 BEFORE FLYING THE DRONES. 72 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,433 >> MOST TYPICALLY WE ARE 73 00:03:04,433 --> 00:03:05,200 DEPLOYING OUR DRONES IN RELATION 74 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,700 TO A PURSUIT OR SEARCHING FOR A 75 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:14,566 SUSPECT, KNOWN AS EXAT THE GENT EXAT THE GENT 76 00:03:14,566 --> 00:03:15,000 CIRCUMSTANCES. 77 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,500 >> FIRST RESPONDERS NEED A 78 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:19,333 SEARCH WARRANT BEFORE DEPLOYING 79 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,033 A DRONE, UNLESS IT'S AN 80 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:20,700 EMERGENCY SITUATION. 81 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:23,033 BUT A PROPOSAL AT THE STATE 82 00:03:23,033 --> 00:03:24,366 HOUSE AIMS TO CHANGE THAT. 83 00:03:24,366 --> 00:03:25,733 >> AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL 84 00:03:25,733 --> 00:03:27,900 THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN USE 85 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:28,433 NOW. 86 00:03:28,433 --> 00:03:29,266 >> REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT MORRIS' 87 00:03:29,266 --> 00:03:30,600 BILL WOULD CREATE MORE 88 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,400 SITUATIONS WHERE POLICE CAN FLY 89 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,033 A DRONE WITHOUT A PARENT. 90 00:03:36,033 --> 00:03:36,966 THEY WOULD NO LONGER NEED ONE IF 91 00:03:36,966 --> 00:03:38,400 THEY ARE SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC 92 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,833 AT A PUBLIC EVENT OR PLACE, OR 93 00:03:40,833 --> 00:03:42,200 COLLECTING EVIDENCE AT A PLACE 94 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,733 WHERE THERE'S NO REASONABLE 95 00:03:43,733 --> 00:03:46,233 EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY. 96 00:03:46,233 --> 00:03:50,400 MORRIS SAYS IN ONE CASE, FORT 97 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,433 WAYNE POLICE DIDN'T OBTAIN A 98 00:03:51,433 --> 00:03:52,333 SEARCH WARRANT BECAUSE THEY 99 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:53,433 WANTED TO RESTORE TRAFFIC FLOW 100 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:55,500 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 101 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,066 >> AND IN COURT CURRENTLY, IF 102 00:03:57,066 --> 00:03:58,333 YOU DO NOT HAVE A WARRANT TO 103 00:03:58,333 --> 00:04:00,200 SHOOT THOSE PICTURES, THEY THROW 104 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,366 ALL THE PICTURES OUT. 105 00:04:02,366 --> 00:04:04,300 THEY COULD IN THE USE THOSE IN 106 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:05,066 COURT. 107 00:04:05,066 --> 00:04:05,733 >> THE FORT WAYNE POLICE 108 00:04:05,733 --> 00:04:07,066 DEPARTMENT IS IN FAVOR OF THE 109 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:07,400 CHANGES. 110 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,566 LIEUTENANT JOHN BAUERS SAYS THE 111 00:04:09,566 --> 00:04:11,900 CURRENT LAW IS FLAWED. 112 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:13,500 >> SO IF I HAVE A CAMERA AND I'M 113 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:14,666 STANDING ON A PUBLIC PLACE AND 114 00:04:14,666 --> 00:04:16,866 I'M TAKING A PICTURE OF A CRIME 115 00:04:16,866 --> 00:04:19,366 SCENE BUT SENATOR MORRIS IS 116 00:04:19,366 --> 00:04:20,366 FLYING A DRONE FOR ME, HE NEEDS 117 00:04:20,366 --> 00:04:21,733 A WARRANT BUT I DON'T. 118 00:04:21,733 --> 00:04:23,900 >> BUT THE INDIANA PUBLIC 119 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:24,900 DEFENDER COUNSEL HAS CONCERNS 120 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:25,633 ABOUT PRIVACY. 121 00:04:25,633 --> 00:04:27,733 THE AGENCY WORRIES IF THE 122 00:04:27,733 --> 00:04:29,800 PROPOSAL PASSES, THE LEGISLATURE 123 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,766 COULD RELAX THE REQUIREMENTS 124 00:04:31,766 --> 00:04:33,533 EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE. 125 00:04:33,533 --> 00:04:35,366 >> THE TERMS OF THIS BILL ARE 126 00:04:35,366 --> 00:04:37,166 TROUBLING, BUT THEY ARE NOT 127 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:37,500 ONEROUS. 128 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:38,300 THEY ARE NOT THROWING IT WIDE 129 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:41,266 OPEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, 130 00:04:41,266 --> 00:04:44,266 HOWEVER, IT IS CREATING MORE 131 00:04:44,266 --> 00:04:45,866 INCREMENTAL TO A STRONG 132 00:04:45,866 --> 00:04:48,166 STATUTORY SCHEME THAT WAS PUT IN 133 00:04:48,166 --> 00:04:49,266 PLACE IN 2014 AND THE CONCERN 134 00:04:49,266 --> 00:04:52,100 WOULD BE THAT MORE INCREMENTAL 135 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:53,200 EXCEPTIONS WOULD FOLLOW WITH IT. 136 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,133 >> WHILE THE BILL MOVES FORWARD 137 00:04:54,133 --> 00:04:56,400 AT THE STATE HOUSE, THE DEPUTIES 138 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,133 WITH THE NOBLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S 139 00:04:57,133 --> 00:04:57,833 DEPARTMENT SAY THEY DON'T SEE 140 00:04:57,833 --> 00:04:59,533 THE POINT OF THE LEGISLATION. 141 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:01,366 THEY DON'T THINK THE PROPOSAL 142 00:05:01,366 --> 00:05:03,266 MAKES ANY CHANGES TO WHAT'S 143 00:05:03,266 --> 00:05:04,566 LEGAL UNDER CURRENT LAW. 144 00:05:04,566 --> 00:05:06,366 >> IT DOES NOT MAKE MY JOB ANY 145 00:05:06,366 --> 00:05:08,533 EASIER THAN IT ALREADY, NOR DOES 146 00:05:08,533 --> 00:05:09,900 IT MAKE IT ANY MORE DIFFICULT. 147 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:11,666 >> IN FACT, BAKER SAYS HE WOULD 148 00:05:11,666 --> 00:05:13,100 LIKE TO SEE THE BILL FAIL 149 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:15,266 BECAUSE HE THINKS EXISTING LAW 150 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:17,233 IS STRONG ENOUGH. 151 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:19,166 >> IT SIMPLY SAYS IF YOU DON'T 152 00:05:19,166 --> 00:05:24,233 HAVE AN EXTIGGENT CIRCUMSTANCE, 153 00:05:24,233 --> 00:05:26,333 YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GET A SEARCH 154 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:26,666 WARRANT. 155 00:05:26,666 --> 00:05:28,733 FOR ME, I BELIEVE WHOLLY IN THE 156 00:05:28,733 --> 00:05:29,466 CONSTITUTION AND I DON'T BELIEVE 157 00:05:29,466 --> 00:05:30,233 THAT POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE 158 00:05:30,233 --> 00:05:31,866 PUSHING THE BOUNDS OF THE 159 00:05:31,866 --> 00:05:32,300 CONSTITUTION. 160 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:33,800 SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE 161 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,066 FACT THAT THE LAW REQUIRES A 162 00:05:36,066 --> 00:05:36,400 WARRANT. 163 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,333 >> TO FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," 164 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:40,766 I'M BARBARA BROSHER. 165 00:05:40,766 --> 00:05:42,033 >>> AND THAT POLICE DRONES BILL 166 00:05:42,033 --> 00:05:43,533 WAS JUST ONE PART OF A BUSY WEEK 167 00:05:43,533 --> 00:05:45,966 FOR LEGISLATORS AT THE STATE 168 00:05:45,966 --> 00:05:46,266 HOUSE. 169 00:05:46,266 --> 00:05:47,666 POLITICAL REPORTER BRANDON SMITH 170 00:05:47,666 --> 00:05:49,333 JOINS US NOW TO TALK THE LATEST 171 00:05:49,333 --> 00:05:50,333 FROM THE CAPITOL. 172 00:05:50,333 --> 00:05:52,500 HI, BRANDON. 173 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:53,500 >> HEY THIS, JOE. 174 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,300 >> SO FIRST OFF, WE HAVE ANOTHER 175 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:58,366 WRINKLE IN A SEEMINGLY UNENDING 176 00:05:58,366 --> 00:05:59,500 STORY OF HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION 177 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:00,233 IN INDIANA. 178 00:06:00,233 --> 00:06:01,466 SO UPDATE US ON WHAT HAPPENED 179 00:06:01,466 --> 00:06:03,400 THIS WEEK. 180 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,266 >> WELL, PROBABLY THE END GAME. 181 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:07,700 HOUSE REPUBLICANS FOUND THEIR 182 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:08,866 PREFERRED SOLUTION TO THIS HATE 183 00:06:08,866 --> 00:06:10,300 CRIMES DEBATE AND THEY QUICKLY 184 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:11,166 APPROVED IT. 185 00:06:11,166 --> 00:06:12,566 NOW, THEIR HATE CRIMES LANGUAGE 186 00:06:12,566 --> 00:06:14,900 SAYS THAT A JUDGE CAN IMPOSE A 187 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,133 HARSHER SENTENCE IF A CRIME WAS 188 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,100 COMMITTED IN PART BECAUSE OF 189 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:19,400 BIAS. 190 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,533 IT ALSO REFERENCES A LIST OF 191 00:06:20,533 --> 00:06:21,600 BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS THAT 192 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,100 ALREADY EXISTS IN STATE LAW, BUT 193 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:25,600 THAT LIST DOESN'T INCLUDE SEX, 194 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,400 AGE, OR GENDER IDENTITY, AND 195 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,566 THAT HAS MANY ADVOCATES AND 196 00:06:29,566 --> 00:06:31,233 DEMOCRATS SAYING IT DOESN'T GO 197 00:06:31,233 --> 00:06:31,900 FAR ENOUGH. 198 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:33,566 NOW, GOVERNOR HOLCOMB SAID 199 00:06:33,566 --> 00:06:34,566 INITIALLY THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR 200 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:35,800 OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS 201 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,333 LANGUAGE, AND THEN HE LATER SAID 202 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:38,633 THAT HE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE 203 00:06:38,633 --> 00:06:42,166 HIS LIST, WHICH IS MORE 204 00:06:42,166 --> 00:06:42,600 COMPREHENSIVE. 205 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,233 >>> AND LAWMAKERS APPROVED 206 00:06:44,233 --> 00:06:45,300 LEGISLATION THIS WEEK ALONG 207 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:47,700 PARTY LINES THAT BANNED DILATION 208 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:50,000 AND EVALUATION ABORTIONS. 209 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,033 WHAT DID DOCTORS SAY ABOUT THE 210 00:06:52,033 --> 00:06:54,266 ISSUE AT A HEARING THIS WEEK? 211 00:06:54,266 --> 00:06:55,566 >> WELL, DOCTORS QUITE FRANKLY 212 00:06:55,566 --> 00:06:57,933 ARE SPLIT ON THE ISSUE. 213 00:06:57,933 --> 00:06:59,066 NOW ANTIABORTION PHYSICIANS IN 214 00:06:59,066 --> 00:07:00,900 FAVOR OF THE BILL SAY THAT 215 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:02,333 FETUSES CAN FEEL PAIN AND THEY 216 00:07:02,333 --> 00:07:04,100 CALLED THIS PROCEDURE BARBARIC, 217 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,233 BUT OTHER DOCTORS SAY THAT 218 00:07:06,233 --> 00:07:08,033 ACCEPTED MEDICAL SCIENCE SAYS 219 00:07:08,033 --> 00:07:10,200 THAT FETUSES LITERALLY CANNOT 220 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,466 FEEL PAIN AT THAT STAGE OF 221 00:07:11,466 --> 00:07:11,933 DEVELOPMENT. 222 00:07:11,933 --> 00:07:14,266 THEY ALSO ARGUE THAT D.N.E.s 223 00:07:14,266 --> 00:07:15,500 ARE THE SAFEST ABORTION 224 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,300 PROCEDURE AT THAT STAGE OF 225 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:18,666 PREGNANCY. 226 00:07:18,666 --> 00:07:19,466 >> WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THAT 227 00:07:19,466 --> 00:07:23,000 BILL IS SIGNED INTO LAW? 228 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:23,666 >>> WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, 229 00:07:23,666 --> 00:07:24,466 D.N.E.s WOULD LARGELY BE 230 00:07:24,466 --> 00:07:25,833 BANNED IN THIS STATE EXCEPT FOR 231 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:27,500 SITUATIONS WHERE THE WOMAN FACES 232 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:29,866 SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS, BUT THE 233 00:07:29,866 --> 00:07:32,933 ACLU OF INDIANA HAS ALREADY SAID 234 00:07:32,933 --> 00:07:34,400 THAT THEY WILL SUE OVER THIS 235 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,400 BILL IF IT BECOMES LAW AND THE 236 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:38,566 ACLU HASN'T LOST AN ABORTION 237 00:07:38,566 --> 00:07:40,633 CASE IN INDIANA THIS DECADE. 238 00:07:40,633 --> 00:07:42,133 >>> AND WHAT ABOUT THE BILL THAT 239 00:07:42,133 --> 00:07:48,800 GIVES PAYOUTS TO EXXONEREES OR 240 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,833 THE WRONGLY IMPRISONED. 241 00:07:50,833 --> 00:07:52,300 IT DIDN'T FACE OPPOSITION. 242 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:53,166 >> IT'S THE FIRST REAL 243 00:07:53,166 --> 00:07:54,233 OPPOSITION WE HAVE SEEN TO THAT 244 00:07:54,233 --> 00:07:55,933 BILL THIS SESSION. 245 00:07:55,933 --> 00:07:58,366 NOW, THE BILL GIVES $50,000 TO 246 00:07:58,366 --> 00:08:00,100 PEOPLE WHO -- TO INNOCENT PEOPLE 247 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,733 FOR EVERY YEAR THAT THEY SPEND 248 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:03,466 WRONGLY IMPRISONED. 249 00:08:03,466 --> 00:08:04,733 A COUPLE OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS 250 00:08:04,733 --> 00:08:06,200 IN THE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK 251 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,300 THOUGHT $50,000 WAS ACTUALLY TOO 252 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:10,666 MUCH MONEY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 253 00:08:10,666 --> 00:08:11,700 ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT THE 254 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:13,800 STATE HAS PAID OUT IN 255 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,500 SETTLEMENTS TO EXONEREES. 256 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:18,666 >> A VERY BUSY BRANDON SMITH. 257 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:19,800 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 258 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,233 >> THANK YOU, JOE. 259 00:08:21,233 --> 00:08:23,100 >>> FIRST BILL GOVERNOR HOLCOMB 260 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:25,366 SIGNED THIS YEAR WILL REQUIRE A 261 00:08:25,366 --> 00:08:26,466 TEST THAT COULD SAVE THE LIVES 262 00:08:26,466 --> 00:08:28,500 OF SOME HOOSIER NEWBORNS. 263 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:29,666 TYLER LAKE REPORTS ON A BILL 264 00:08:29,666 --> 00:08:32,400 THAT ADDS THREE NEW DISEASES TO 265 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,866 MEDICAL SCREENINGS OF NEWBORNS. 266 00:08:34,866 --> 00:08:36,366 >> THIS IS BRYCE CLAUSEN AND HIS 267 00:08:36,366 --> 00:08:37,533 PARENTS SAY HE'S THE INSPIRATION 268 00:08:37,533 --> 00:08:38,933 FOR A BILL THAT WOULD ENSURE NO 269 00:08:38,933 --> 00:08:40,933 OTHER PARENTS WOULD LOSE THEIR 270 00:08:40,933 --> 00:08:42,266 CHILD LIKE THEY WILL LOSE HIM. 271 00:08:42,266 --> 00:08:44,033 >> WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 272 00:08:44,033 --> 00:08:45,533 WE DID ALL THAT WE COULD TO MAKE 273 00:08:45,533 --> 00:08:47,166 SURE THAT NO OTHER HOOSIER 274 00:08:47,166 --> 00:08:48,533 FAMILIES HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS 275 00:08:48,533 --> 00:08:50,533 AND HAD TO LOSE THEIR BABY FROM 276 00:08:50,533 --> 00:08:53,966 A DISEASE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 277 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:54,300 TREATED. 278 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:57,533 >> KRABBE IS A RARE NEUROLOGICAL 279 00:08:57,533 --> 00:08:59,500 CONDITION THAT AFFECTS ONE IN 280 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:00,366 100,000 AMERICANS. 281 00:09:00,366 --> 00:09:01,933 IT CAN BE TREATED WITH AN EARLY 282 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:03,600 STEM CELL TRANSPLANT BUT IF NOT 283 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,066 TREATED EARLY, THE DISEASE 284 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:06,400 USUALLY RESULTS IN DEATH BY AGE 285 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,866 2. 286 00:09:07,866 --> 00:09:09,566 AND THE CLAUSENS BROUGHT BRYCE 287 00:09:09,566 --> 00:09:10,633 TO THE BILL SIGNING TO CELEBRATE 288 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:13,333 HIS LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT ON 289 00:09:13,333 --> 00:09:14,700 HIS 14th MONTH BIRTHDAY. 290 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:16,133 >> WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT 291 00:09:16,133 --> 00:09:16,866 HAPPENED IN 49 DAYS. 292 00:09:16,866 --> 00:09:19,700 I MEAN, THAT'S JUST INSANE TO 293 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:19,966 US. 294 00:09:19,966 --> 00:09:21,600 WE NEVER IMAGINED THAT IT WOULD 295 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,933 HAPPEN IN THIS LEGISLATIVE 296 00:09:23,933 --> 00:09:24,700 SESSION, BECAUSE THEY PUT THE 297 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:28,933 BILL IN AFTER THE SESSION HAD 298 00:09:28,933 --> 00:09:29,833 STARTED. 299 00:09:29,833 --> 00:09:31,200 SO WE ARE JUST KIND OF IN AWE 300 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,700 THAT IT ALL HAPPENED. 301 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:34,866 >> GOVERNOR ERIC HOLCOMB WAS 302 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:36,266 CLEARLY MOVED AS HE SIGNED THE 303 00:09:36,266 --> 00:09:38,000 BILL, THANKING THE CLAUSENS AND 304 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,100 PRICE FOR THE CHANGE THEY 305 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:42,766 BROUGHT ABOUT. 306 00:09:42,766 --> 00:09:44,266 >> FEW PEOPLE WILL GET MORE DONE 307 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:46,866 BEFORE THE AGE OF 2 THAN BRYCE. 308 00:09:46,866 --> 00:09:48,766 >> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 309 00:09:48,766 --> 00:09:53,033 TYLER LAKE. 310 00:09:53,033 --> 00:09:55,033 >> POMPE DESEASE AND HURLER'S 311 00:09:55,033 --> 00:09:57,533 SYNDROME OR THE OTHER TWO 312 00:09:57,533 --> 00:09:59,233 DISEASES ADDED TO THE LIST FOR 313 00:09:59,233 --> 00:10:00,633 NEWBORN SCREENINGS. 314 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,300 BARBARA BROSHER HAS LATEST ON 315 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:03,766 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES. 316 00:10:03,766 --> 00:10:04,766 >> THANKS, JOE. 317 00:10:04,766 --> 00:10:06,966 MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONER 318 00:10:06,966 --> 00:10:11,066 AMANDA BARGE SUSPENDED HER 319 00:10:11,066 --> 00:10:14,000 DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST JOHN 320 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:20,366 HAMILTON AFTER SEXUAL 321 00:10:20,366 --> 00:10:20,966 ALLEGATIONS BY DRAKE. 322 00:10:20,966 --> 00:10:22,200 THE MONROE COUNTY LEGAL 323 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,033 DEPARTMENT ISSUED A STATEMENT IN 324 00:10:24,033 --> 00:10:25,533 RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS 325 00:10:25,533 --> 00:10:26,400 AGAINST BARGE THAT FOCUSED 326 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,266 SOLELY ON DRAKE'S JOB 327 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:29,666 PERFORMANCE. 328 00:10:29,666 --> 00:10:30,900 DRAKE SAYS THAT INFORMATION IS 329 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:31,300 IRRELEVANT. 330 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:33,066 HE SAYS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE IS 331 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:37,400 A DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL 332 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,733 ISSUE. 333 00:10:38,733 --> 00:10:41,166 >> WHO WOULDN'T COME TO WORK 334 00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:41,566 DISGRUNTLED? 335 00:10:41,566 --> 00:10:43,300 WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK AND 336 00:10:43,300 --> 00:10:45,000 HAVE A POOR JOB PERFORMANCE IF 337 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,133 YOU HAD TO EVERY DAY WONDER IF 338 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:49,733 YOU ARE GOING TO BE HARASSED? 339 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:51,466 >> BARGE SUSPENDED HER MAYORAL 340 00:10:51,466 --> 00:10:52,333 CAMPAIGN BUT SAYS SHE DOESN'T 341 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:54,600 PLAN TO STEP DOWN AS A COUNTY 342 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:55,033 COMMISSIONER. 343 00:10:55,033 --> 00:10:56,666 THE MOVE LEAVES MAYOR JOHN 344 00:10:56,666 --> 00:10:58,066 HAMILTON AS THE ONLY CANDIDATE 345 00:10:58,066 --> 00:11:00,266 IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. 346 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:01,500 AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY EXPERT 347 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:03,466 SAYS IT'S HARD TO HOLD ELECTED 348 00:11:03,466 --> 00:11:05,300 OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN 349 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:08,900 INCUMBENTS GO UNCHALLENGED. 350 00:11:08,900 --> 00:11:10,866 >> PEOPLE ARE NOT ANGELS. 351 00:11:10,866 --> 00:11:11,566 WE GOVERN OURSELVES. 352 00:11:11,566 --> 00:11:15,466 ALL THE MORE REASON WHY YOU NEED 353 00:11:15,466 --> 00:11:19,966 REALLY ACTIVE ELECTION CYCLES. 354 00:11:19,966 --> 00:11:21,966 >> HE SAYS THE SAME HAPPENS WITH 355 00:11:21,966 --> 00:11:23,433 THE MAJORITY OF CONGRESSIONAL 356 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:25,000 CANDIDATES WHO WENT ON THE SIDE 357 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,500 OF THE PREDOMINANT POLITICAL 358 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:27,033 PARTY. 359 00:11:27,033 --> 00:11:28,700 REPUBLICAN AND LIBERTARIAN 360 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:30,433 PARTIES HAVE UNTIL NOON ON 361 00:11:30,433 --> 00:11:31,533 JUNE 30th TO CHOOSE A 362 00:11:31,533 --> 00:11:33,833 CANDIDATE TO CHALLENGE HAMILTON. 363 00:11:33,833 --> 00:11:35,466 INDIANA'S PRIMARY ELECTION IS 364 00:11:35,466 --> 00:11:37,233 MAY 7th. 365 00:11:37,233 --> 00:11:41,500 >> A SECOND GUIDANCE COUNSELOR 366 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:47,900 FROM RONCOLY HIGH SCHOOL. 367 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:48,600 COUNSELOR LYNN STARKEY FILED 368 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,366 SHELLEY FITZGERALD IN FILING 369 00:11:50,366 --> 00:11:51,766 CLAIMS WITH THE EQUAL 370 00:11:51,766 --> 00:11:52,466 OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT 371 00:11:52,466 --> 00:11:53,466 COMMISSION AGAINST THE SCHOOL, 372 00:11:53,466 --> 00:11:54,600 SAYING THEY WERE DISCRIMINATED 373 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,100 AGAINST BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL 374 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:57,633 ORIENTATION. 375 00:11:57,633 --> 00:11:59,600 THE ARCHDIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS 376 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,366 SAYS CONTRACTS ARE GUARANTEED 377 00:12:01,366 --> 00:12:03,166 FOR ONE YEAR. 378 00:12:03,166 --> 00:12:04,533 AND STARKEY WAS IN VIOLATION OF 379 00:12:04,533 --> 00:12:05,633 HER CONTRACT BECAUSE OF HER 380 00:12:05,633 --> 00:12:06,733 CIVIL UNION. 381 00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:10,766 LAST YEAR, THE SCHOOL RECEIVED 382 00:12:10,766 --> 00:12:12,066 $1.7 MILLION IN STATE FUNDS FROM 383 00:12:12,066 --> 00:12:12,833 SCHOOL VOUCHERS. 384 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:14,233 NOW ONCE THE COMMISSION REVIEWS 385 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:17,200 THE CLAIMS, STARKEY AND 386 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,333 FITZGERALD CAN FILE LAWSUITS. 387 00:12:21,333 --> 00:12:26,766 >> FORMER VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL 388 00:12:26,766 --> 00:12:27,500 CORPORATION SUPPLEMENT DANIEL 389 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:28,400 TANOOS WILL TRY TO GET THREE 390 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,700 FELONY COUNTS OF BRIBERY 391 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:30,066 DROPPED. 392 00:12:30,066 --> 00:12:32,900 HE'S ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING BRIBES 393 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:33,766 IN EXCHANGE FOR A CONTRACT WITH 394 00:12:33,766 --> 00:12:34,600 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 395 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:35,500 HIS ATTORNEY REQUESTED THE COURT 396 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:38,233 OF APPEALS APPEALS REVIEW A PORTION OF 397 00:12:38,233 --> 00:12:39,433 THE CASE THIS WEEK BEFORE IT 398 00:12:39,433 --> 00:12:40,033 REACHES TRIAL. 399 00:12:40,033 --> 00:12:41,966 THIS COMES AFTER THE COURT 400 00:12:41,966 --> 00:12:43,333 DENIED A MOTION EARLIER IN THE 401 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:46,200 WEEK TO DISMISS ALL CHARGES 402 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:46,933 AGAINST TANOOS. 403 00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:48,566 A STATUS HEARING IS SCHEDULED 404 00:12:48,566 --> 00:12:50,166 FOR APRIL 24th IN MARION 405 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:51,866 COUNTY. 406 00:12:51,866 --> 00:12:53,166 >>> A PART-TIME MEDICAL CLINIC 407 00:12:53,166 --> 00:12:55,133 FOR VETERANS HAS CLOSED LESS 408 00:12:55,133 --> 00:12:57,700 THAN A YEAR AFTER OPENING IN 409 00:12:57,700 --> 00:12:58,033 KOKOMO. 410 00:12:58,033 --> 00:12:59,666 U.S. SENATOR JOE DONNELLY LAST 411 00:12:59,666 --> 00:13:02,200 YEAR HAD ASKED THE V.A. TO 412 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,266 INVESTIGATE AFTER SOME VETERANS 413 00:13:03,266 --> 00:13:05,000 SAID THAT THE CLINIC DIDN'T 414 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,600 PROVIDE ENOUGH SERVICES. 415 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,333 >> I FELT LIKE THEY NEVER 416 00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:11,500 REALLY -- THERE WAS -- I WILL 417 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:12,300 JUST BE CLEAR. 418 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:14,100 I FEEL LIKE THE V.A. NEVER 419 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:15,100 REALLY COMMITTED TO THE LOCATION 420 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:17,333 AND TO THE PROJECT ITSELF. 421 00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:19,533 >> THE CLINIC WAS LOCATED IN THE 422 00:13:19,533 --> 00:13:21,133 JOINT CITY COUNTY WELLNESS 423 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:21,466 CENTER. 424 00:13:21,466 --> 00:13:23,066 A SPOKESPERSON AT THE U.S. 425 00:13:23,066 --> 00:13:24,300 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 426 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:25,666 SAYS STAFF HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED 427 00:13:25,666 --> 00:13:29,466 TO A V.A. CLINIC IN MARION. 428 00:13:29,466 --> 00:13:31,366 >>> A DETERIORATING DOWNTOWN 429 00:13:31,366 --> 00:13:33,033 PARKING GARAGE IN BLOOMINGTON IS 430 00:13:33,033 --> 00:13:34,033 YET AGAIN IN QUESTION BY THE 431 00:13:34,033 --> 00:13:35,466 CITY COUNCIL. 432 00:13:35,466 --> 00:13:37,133 MEMBERS ARE SPLIT ON WHETHER TO 433 00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:38,700 FUND A NEW GARAGE WHERE THE 434 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:39,800 CURRENT ONE STANDS. 435 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,566 MAYOR JOHN HAMILTON IS ASKING 436 00:13:41,566 --> 00:13:43,366 THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT BUILDING 437 00:13:43,366 --> 00:13:46,166 A NEW GARAGE, AND SO DID 438 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:47,333 REPRESENTATIVES FROM CFC 439 00:13:47,333 --> 00:13:48,900 PROPERTIES, WHICH OWNS A NUMBER 440 00:13:48,900 --> 00:13:52,266 OF DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS. 441 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:54,100 >> PARKING IS SO VALUABLE, AND 442 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,633 IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE PARKING 443 00:13:56,633 --> 00:13:57,500 NECESSARY, IT IS GOING TO HAVE 444 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,066 AN IMPACT ON BUSINESSES. 445 00:13:59,066 --> 00:14:01,800 IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON 446 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,333 THE COMMUNITY. 447 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:04,800 IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON 448 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,700 THE TOURISM DOWNTOWN. 449 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:10,800 THE CITY PROPOSED USING AN 450 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:11,633 $18.5 MILLION TAX REVENUE BOND 451 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:13,766 TO ACQUIRE, DEMOLISH, AND 452 00:14:13,766 --> 00:14:15,733 CONSTRUCT A NEW GARAGE WITH A 453 00:14:15,733 --> 00:14:18,500 MAXIMUM OF 550 PARKING SPACES. 454 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,100 A REPORT FROM STRUCTURAL 455 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:21,933 ENGINEERS REVEALS THAT THE TRUE 456 00:14:21,933 --> 00:14:24,233 COST OF REPAIRS TO THE 4th 457 00:14:24,233 --> 00:14:26,766 4th STREET GARAGE WOULD BE 458 00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:27,666 ALMOST $1.6 MILLION. 459 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:30,600 THAT'S NEARLY 25% MORE THAN THE 460 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:31,266 INITIAL ESTIMATE. 461 00:14:31,266 --> 00:14:32,766 THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE A FINAL 462 00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:36,033 VOTE ON THE PROPOSAL NEXT WEEK. 463 00:14:36,033 --> 00:14:37,400 >>> WELL, BLOOMINGTON COMPANY IS 464 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,800 USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO HELP 465 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,333 TRAIN PEOPLE FOR REAL WORLD 466 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:42,733 SITUATIONS. 467 00:14:42,733 --> 00:14:44,233 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST 468 00:14:44,233 --> 00:14:45,533 APPLICATIONS IS SEXUAL 469 00:14:45,533 --> 00:14:48,433 HARASSMENT TRAINING. 470 00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:51,133 REGATTA V.R. USES VIRTUAL AND 471 00:14:51,133 --> 00:14:52,466 AUGMENTED REALITY ALONG WITH 472 00:14:52,466 --> 00:14:54,566 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP 473 00:14:54,566 --> 00:14:56,833 COMPANIES TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES. 474 00:14:56,833 --> 00:14:57,866 >> IT MIMICS CONVERSATIONS WITH 475 00:14:57,866 --> 00:15:00,633 PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX AND 476 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:06,833 ENCOURAGES THE PERSON TO ANSWER 477 00:15:06,833 --> 00:15:08,033 CORRECTLY AND TRACKS THEIR EYE 478 00:15:08,033 --> 00:15:09,000 MOVEMENT AND THEIR MOVEMENT. 479 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,066 IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU ARE 480 00:15:10,066 --> 00:15:11,766 SAYING TO THE PERSON, BUT MAYBE 481 00:15:11,766 --> 00:15:12,633 WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING, HOW YOU 482 00:15:12,633 --> 00:15:14,633 ARE ACTING, HOW CLOSE YOU GOT TO 483 00:15:14,633 --> 00:15:16,266 THEM, WHERE THEY MIGHT FEEL 484 00:15:16,266 --> 00:15:16,633 VIOLATED. 485 00:15:16,633 --> 00:15:17,766 >> AND AS MORE COMPANIES LOOK TO 486 00:15:17,766 --> 00:15:19,166 EDUCATE THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT 487 00:15:19,166 --> 00:15:22,233 SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WAKE OF 488 00:15:22,233 --> 00:15:24,266 THE #ME TOO MOVEMENT, HE SAYS IT 489 00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:26,166 PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. 490 00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:27,366 IT'S A SAFE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE 491 00:15:27,366 --> 00:15:28,466 CAN MAKE MISTAKES WHILE 492 00:15:28,466 --> 00:15:29,800 LEARNING. 493 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,066 >>> AND JOE, I ACTUALLY GOT TO 494 00:15:31,066 --> 00:15:32,533 TEST OUT THE TECHNOLOGY. 495 00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:33,666 YOU REALLY DO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE 496 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:36,666 IN A ROOM AND THESE REAL WORLD 497 00:15:36,666 --> 00:15:37,533 SITUATIONS WHEN YOU PUT THOSE 498 00:15:37,533 --> 00:15:38,433 GOGGLES ON. 499 00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:39,900 >> THAT'S AMAZING, BARBARA. 500 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:40,733 THANK YOU. 501 00:15:40,733 --> 00:15:44,533 >>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA 502 00:15:44,533 --> 00:15:46,133 NEWSDESK," ESKANAZI HEALTH IS 503 00:15:46,133 --> 00:15:48,633 EXPANDING A PROGRAM TO BRING IN 504 00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:51,033 VOLUNTEERS TO OLD BABIES IN THE 505 00:15:51,033 --> 00:15:52,800 NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TO 506 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,766 GIVE THEM A MUCH NEEDED HUMAN 507 00:15:54,766 --> 00:15:55,066 TOUCH. 508 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:55,900 >>> AND AFTER THINKING SHE COULD 509 00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:57,766 SPEND THE NEXT 30 YEARS IN 510 00:15:57,766 --> 00:15:58,966 PRISON, A SUPREME COURT RULING 511 00:15:58,966 --> 00:16:00,833 FREED A SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMAN 512 00:16:00,833 --> 00:16:01,666 AFTER TEN MONTHS. 513 00:16:01,666 --> 00:16:03,366 NOW SHE'S BACK HELPING OTHERS 514 00:16:03,366 --> 00:16:05,300 RECOVER FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. 515 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:09,800 THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT 516 00:16:08,033 --> 00:17:13,700 HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 517 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:14,466 >>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA 518 00:17:14,466 --> 00:17:14,833 NEWSDESK." 519 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:16,266 WELL, WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO 520 00:17:16,266 --> 00:17:18,500 LISA LIVINGSTON A YEAR AGO. 521 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:20,000 SHE WAS AWAITING SENTENCING ON 522 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,700 SEVERAL DRUG-RELATED CHARGES. 523 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:23,333 HER FATE AND THAT OF THE WOMAN'S 524 00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:24,400 RECOVERY CENTER SHE FOUNDED WAS 525 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,466 UP IN THE AIR. 526 00:17:26,466 --> 00:17:27,733 ULTIMATELY, A JUDGE ORDERED HER 527 00:17:27,733 --> 00:17:29,700 TO 30 YEARS. 528 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:30,700 MY COLLEAGUE BROCK TURNER HAS 529 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,233 BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY FOR 530 00:17:32,233 --> 00:17:33,666 OVER A YEAR NOW, BROCK AND 531 00:17:33,666 --> 00:17:35,433 THAT'S NOT WHERE LISA'S STORE I 532 00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:36,000 ENDS. 533 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,166 >> NO -- STORY ENDS. 534 00:17:37,166 --> 00:17:37,833 >> NO, IT'S NOT. 535 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:39,833 SHE STARTED SERVING HER SENTENCE 536 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:40,400 IN MARCH. 537 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:41,800 HER ATTORNEYS FILED MULTIPLE 538 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,166 APPEALS AND IT SEEMED LIKE SHE 539 00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:44,233 WOULD SERVE HER FULL PRISON 540 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:45,466 SENTENCE. 541 00:17:45,466 --> 00:17:47,900 IN OCTOBER 2017, LISA LIVINGSTON 542 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,466 OPENED THE BREAK AWAY. 543 00:17:49,466 --> 00:17:51,333 HER ARREST IN 2013 FOR METH 544 00:17:51,333 --> 00:17:54,000 POSSESSION WAS THE WAKE-UP CALL 545 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,866 SHE NEEDED TO GET CLEAN AND TAKE 546 00:17:55,866 --> 00:17:57,800 IT A STEP FURTHER TO HELP OTHER 547 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,200 WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. 548 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,800 SINCE THEN 19 HAVE GRADUATED TO 549 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,166 LIVES OF SOBRIETY. 550 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:04,766 BUT WHEN SHE WAS SENTENCED, IT 551 00:18:04,766 --> 00:18:07,700 WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THIS 552 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:10,633 HOME IN NEW ALBANY WOULD 553 00:18:10,633 --> 00:18:10,966 SURVIVE? 554 00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:11,900 >> SHE'S CERTIFIED. 555 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:13,233 I KNOW SHE HAS MY BACK. 556 00:18:13,233 --> 00:18:14,333 SHE'S ALWAYS HAD MY BACK. 557 00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:17,700 SHE'S MY BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS 558 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:18,866 AND I JUST KNOW THAT I MADE A 559 00:18:18,866 --> 00:18:19,866 PROMISE TO HER THAT I WOULD DO 560 00:18:19,866 --> 00:18:23,233 WHATEVER I HAD TO DO TO KEEP HER 561 00:18:23,233 --> 00:18:24,800 DREAM ALIVE, TO KEEP THE HOUSE 562 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,533 GOING, TO KEEP THE WOMEN SAFE, 563 00:18:27,533 --> 00:18:28,800 AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE 564 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,600 GRADUATIONS AS IF SHE WAS HERE. 565 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:31,666 >> JUDGES HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO 566 00:18:31,666 --> 00:18:33,066 SEND LIVINGTON TO THE DEPARTMENT 567 00:18:33,066 --> 00:18:35,800 OF CORRECTION. 568 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,066 MANDATORY MINIMUMS REQUIRED, IT 569 00:18:37,066 --> 00:18:37,966 HOWEVER SHE AND HER ATTORNEY 570 00:18:37,966 --> 00:18:40,600 HOPED LIVINGSTON COULD SERVE THE 571 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,000 ENTIRE OF HER SENTENCE IN A 572 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:42,966 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS SYSTEM 573 00:18:42,966 --> 00:18:44,200 AWAY FROM PRISON, WHERE SHE 574 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,733 COULD CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE 575 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:46,100 BREAKAWAY. 576 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:46,633 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 577 00:18:46,633 --> 00:18:49,000 THE MANDATORY MINIMUM WAS LONGER 578 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,400 THAN WHAT MANY DEEMED PRACTICAL 579 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,166 TO SERVE IN COMMUNITY 580 00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:53,166 CORRECTIONS OR HOUSE ARREST. 581 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:56,533 >> IT WAS A SUCKER PUNCH TO THE 582 00:18:56,533 --> 00:18:58,166 GUT IS WHAT IT FELT LIKE. 583 00:18:58,166 --> 00:18:59,166 >> HER CASE MADE HEAD LINES 584 00:18:59,166 --> 00:19:00,166 BECAUSE OF THE WORK SHE WAS 585 00:19:00,166 --> 00:19:01,133 DOING TO HELP OTHER WOMEN 586 00:19:01,133 --> 00:19:07,666 THROUGH RECOVERY. 587 00:19:07,666 --> 00:19:09,600 DURING HER TIME IN PRISON, HER 588 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,366 ATTORNEYS FILED A PAIR OF 589 00:19:11,366 --> 00:19:11,700 APPEALS. 590 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:13,266 SHE TRIED TO FIND ACCEPTANCE. 591 00:19:13,266 --> 00:19:14,266 >> I THREW MYSELF IN CHURCH. 592 00:19:14,266 --> 00:19:16,833 SO I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 593 00:19:16,833 --> 00:19:18,733 TO KNOW GOD AND READ MY BIBLE, 594 00:19:18,733 --> 00:19:20,900 AND I SPENT EVERY 10, 30 COUNT 595 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:23,166 AND I WOULD GET ON MY KNEES AND 596 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:26,300 PUT MY SHOWER SHOES SHOES UNDER MY 597 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:29,566 KNEES AND I WOULD STAY THERE 598 00:19:29,566 --> 00:19:30,766 UNTIL IT GEARED WHICH IS USUALLY 599 00:19:30,766 --> 00:19:31,433 ABOUT AN HOUR. 600 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:32,966 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MY 601 00:19:32,966 --> 00:19:34,633 DAUGHTER'S AGE, 53 YEARS OLD AND 602 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:37,600 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BETWEEN 603 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,866 25 AND 30. 604 00:19:39,866 --> 00:19:42,266 >> SON DECEMBER 28, THE INDIANA 605 00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:43,033 SUPREME COURT CHANGED EVERYTHING 606 00:19:43,033 --> 00:19:45,300 IN A RULING THAT THEY SAID IS 607 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:47,666 EXTREMELY RARE, THEY ALTERED 608 00:19:47,666 --> 00:19:48,866 LISA'S SENTENCE AND RELEASED HER 609 00:19:48,866 --> 00:19:49,566 FROM PRISON. 610 00:19:49,566 --> 00:19:52,200 SHE WOULD GET TO GO BACK TO 611 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,266 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 612 00:19:55,266 --> 00:19:58,500 >> WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ARGUE. 613 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,933 I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY 614 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:01,333 IMPRESSIVE. 615 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,266 IT WAS FILED BY BRIEF, AND RULED 616 00:20:04,266 --> 00:20:08,300 ON BY BRIEF. 617 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:10,600 WHICH IS REALLY STUNNING. 618 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:15,533 SIGNAL >> COLETTEA SAYS IT SETS A 619 00:20:15,533 --> 00:20:17,733 PRECEDENT FOR NONVIOLENT DRUG 620 00:20:17,733 --> 00:20:18,633 OFFENDERS TO HAVE THEIR 621 00:20:18,633 --> 00:20:21,133 SENTENCES SHORTENED, BUT 622 00:20:21,133 --> 00:20:22,033 LIVINGSTON DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS 623 00:20:22,033 --> 00:20:22,733 WITHOUT A PURPOSE. 624 00:20:22,733 --> 00:20:25,300 HER DAUGHTER LACY OVERDOSED. 625 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:27,233 PARAMEDICS USED MULTIPLE DOSES 626 00:20:27,233 --> 00:20:29,333 OF NARCAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO 627 00:20:29,333 --> 00:20:31,300 REVIVE HER, BUT LACEY'S HEART 628 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:32,100 STOPPED. 629 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:33,500 PARAMEDICS PERFORMED CPR AND 630 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:34,833 EVENTUALLY SHE REGAINED 631 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:37,333 CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE WAY TO A 632 00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:38,533 LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. 633 00:20:38,533 --> 00:20:39,933 >> I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I 634 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:40,800 WELCOMED DEATH. 635 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,700 I KNEW WHEN I CAME TO IN THE 636 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:43,966 BACK OF THE AMBULANCE, IT ENDED 637 00:20:43,966 --> 00:20:47,400 UP HAPPENING WHEN I MY MOM GOT 638 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,033 LOCKED AWAY, I CRIED AND I CRIED 639 00:20:49,033 --> 00:20:49,800 TO THE EMT. 640 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,700 I SAID, HELP ME. 641 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,100 I CANNOT STOP! 642 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:53,433 I CAN'T STOP! 643 00:20:53,433 --> 00:20:55,100 >> FOR LACY, THAT MOMENT PAIRED 644 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:56,400 WITH THE SHORT STAY IN JAIL WAS 645 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,433 HER BREAKING POINT. 646 00:20:57,433 --> 00:20:59,333 SHE ENROLLED IN THE BREAKAWAY, 647 00:20:59,333 --> 00:21:00,833 THE RECOVERY HOME HER MOM 648 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:01,166 STARTED. 649 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:02,700 >> ALL OF THESE EMOTIONS THAT WE 650 00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:04,133 DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH, 651 00:21:04,133 --> 00:21:06,666 WE ARE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH 652 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:06,966 THAT. 653 00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:08,166 ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I WAS 654 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,500 GETTING HIGH OVER AND STAYING 655 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:11,033 HIGH OVER, I DEALT WITH THOSE 656 00:21:11,033 --> 00:21:12,066 THINGS IN THIS HOUSE. 657 00:21:12,066 --> 00:21:13,633 AND THE BEST PART WAS I DIDN'T 658 00:21:13,633 --> 00:21:14,600 DEAL WITH THEM ALONE. 659 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,433 I HAVE A WHOLE HOUSE FULL OF 660 00:21:16,433 --> 00:21:18,033 WOMEN THAT HELPED ME THROUGH, 661 00:21:18,033 --> 00:21:19,333 EVEN THE HARD TIMES WITH THE 662 00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:20,833 FACT THAT MY MOM WAS GOING TO BE 663 00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:22,666 IN PRISON FOR 30 YEARS. 664 00:21:22,666 --> 00:21:24,366 YOU KNOW? 665 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:26,166 THE LADY WHO RUNS THIS PLACE, 666 00:21:26,166 --> 00:21:28,500 SHE LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE. 667 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:30,033 >> AFTER JUST SIX MONTHS IN THE 668 00:21:30,033 --> 00:21:31,200 HOUSE, LACY RECENTY THERE 669 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,033 GRADUATED FROM THE 12-STEP 670 00:21:33,033 --> 00:21:33,366 PROGRAM. 671 00:21:33,366 --> 00:21:35,233 WHILE THE ROAD AHEAD MIGHT BE 672 00:21:35,233 --> 00:21:36,500 DIFFICULT, BOTH LACY AND LISA 673 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,400 KNOW THEY NOW HAVE EACH OTHER TO 674 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:40,633 RELY ON. 675 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:41,866 >> SHE'S A CHILD THAT I HAVEN'T 676 00:21:41,866 --> 00:21:44,200 SEEN FOR TEN YEARS. 677 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,700 AND WHEN I HAVE SEEN -- I KNOW I 678 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:46,900 KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN 679 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:48,300 I SEEN WHAT THIS HOUSE DID FOR 680 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:50,400 HER, I'M JUST LIKE, OH, MY GOD. 681 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,733 WHEN YOU SEE OTHER PEOPLE DO IT, 682 00:21:51,733 --> 00:21:52,966 ONCE AGAIN, AND THEN WHEN YOU 683 00:21:52,966 --> 00:21:55,033 WATCH YOUR DAUGHTER DO IT AND 684 00:21:55,033 --> 00:21:56,700 THE CHANGES YOU SEE IN YOUR OWN 685 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:57,600 DAUGHTER, IT'S AMAZING. 686 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,866 SO GETTING TO BE THERE IS -- 687 00:21:59,866 --> 00:22:02,166 IS -- I'M EXTREMELY BLESSED. 688 00:22:02,166 --> 00:22:03,333 >> AND IT'S A BLESSING THAT 689 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:05,433 ISN'T LOST ON THE WOMEN WHO KEPT 690 00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:07,666 THE HOUSE GOING IN LISA'S 691 00:22:07,666 --> 00:22:08,266 ABSENCE. 692 00:22:08,266 --> 00:22:10,066 >> I THINK EVERY STRUGGLE WAS 693 00:22:10,066 --> 00:22:11,233 NEEDED, INCLUDING HER BEING GONE 694 00:22:11,233 --> 00:22:13,133 FOR THE TEN MONTHS THAT SHE HAD 695 00:22:13,133 --> 00:22:14,733 TO GO AWAY. 696 00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:16,500 I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT GAVE HER 697 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:18,266 DAUGHTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME 698 00:22:18,266 --> 00:22:20,200 HERE, FOCUS ON HERSELF, AND 699 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,533 BECOME THE WOMAN THAT SHE'S 700 00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:25,133 SUPPOSED TO BE. 701 00:22:25,133 --> 00:22:27,033 >> MANY DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, 702 00:22:27,033 --> 00:22:28,066 PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES I SPOKE 703 00:22:28,066 --> 00:22:29,200 WITH AGREE THERE'S MORE OF A 704 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,133 NEAT FOR RECOVERY OPTIONS ACROSS 705 00:22:31,133 --> 00:22:32,900 THE STATE, WHILE THERE'S DEBATE 706 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:34,866 ABOUT THE ROLE INCARCERATION 707 00:22:34,866 --> 00:22:35,933 PLAYS, MANY DO AGREE INDIANA 708 00:22:35,933 --> 00:22:38,266 WOULD BENEFIT FROM MORE RECOVERY 709 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:38,800 OPTIONS. 710 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:39,633 ACCORDING TO THE INDIANA 711 00:22:39,633 --> 00:22:41,700 AFFILIATION OF RECOVERY 712 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:43,066 RESIDENCES LESS THAN 2% OF THOSE 713 00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:44,133 IN NEED HAVE ACCESS. 714 00:22:44,133 --> 00:22:46,300 THAT TRANSLATES TO MORE THAN 715 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:47,166 TWO-THIRDS OF INDIANA COUNTIES 716 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:49,866 MANY OF WHICH ARE IN RURAL PARTS 717 00:22:49,866 --> 00:22:51,933 OF STATE THAT DON'T HAVE A 718 00:22:51,933 --> 00:22:52,300 FACILITY. 719 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:54,100 THERE'S CURRENTLY A NEED FOR 720 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,433 66,000 BEDS ACROSS THE STATE. 721 00:22:55,433 --> 00:22:56,133 >> BROCK, GREAT STORY. 722 00:22:56,133 --> 00:22:57,200 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 723 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,733 >> APPRECIATE IT, JOE. 724 00:22:58,733 --> 00:23:01,633 >>> WELL BEING PROGRAMS FOR 725 00:23:01,633 --> 00:23:02,466 VOLUNTEERS TO HOLD BABIES IN THE 726 00:23:02,466 --> 00:23:05,166 INTO HEIO NATAL INTENSIVE CARE 727 00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:07,600 UNIT ARE -- NEONATAL INTENSIVE 728 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:12,533 CARE UNIT ARE BECOMING MORE 729 00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:14,433 POPULAR. 730 00:23:14,433 --> 00:23:15,733 ESKANAZI IS EXPANDING THEIR 731 00:23:15,733 --> 00:23:17,433 PROGRAM AND MARY KATE MET WITH 732 00:23:17,433 --> 00:23:19,166 THEM. 733 00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:25,600 >> WHEN MARY ROBBINS NIERSTE 734 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,100 HEARD ABOUT THE CUDDLE BUDDIES, 735 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:28,766 SHE JUMPED AT THE UNIT. 736 00:23:28,766 --> 00:23:30,833 >> I RETIRED AND I WANTED TO DO 737 00:23:30,833 --> 00:23:31,766 SOME VOLUNTEER. 738 00:23:31,766 --> 00:23:32,766 I FOUND A COUPLE OF THINGS 739 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:34,466 AROUND THE CITY AND THEY STARTED 740 00:23:34,466 --> 00:23:36,000 THIS PROGRAM AND I WAS -- I WAS 741 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,066 RIGHT -- I WAS RIGHT THERE, THE 742 00:23:37,066 --> 00:23:40,133 FIRST ONE. 743 00:23:40,133 --> 00:23:41,266 >> ESKANAZI HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY 744 00:23:41,266 --> 00:23:45,500 IT HELPS INFANT DEVELOPMENT 745 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,100 THROUGH HUMAN TOUCH. 746 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:50,400 INFANTS CAN EXPERIENCE IMPROVED 747 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,433 SLEEP, FASTER GROWTH, LOWER PAIN 748 00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:54,300 LEVELS AND SHORTER HOSPITAL 749 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,566 STAYS JUST BY BEING HELD. 750 00:23:56,566 --> 00:23:59,800 >> HELLO THERE. 751 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,400 >> TEN-DAY-OLD BABY ALYNE IS A 752 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,266 RESIDENT AND ONE OF THE NEWBORNS 753 00:24:05,266 --> 00:24:07,233 THAT USES A CUDDLE BUDDY. 754 00:24:07,233 --> 00:24:09,200 >> SOME OF THEM, YOU CAN FEEL 755 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,500 THEM RELAX, AND YOU JUST KNOW 756 00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:11,900 THAT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU 757 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:13,133 ARE DOING FOR THEM. 758 00:24:13,133 --> 00:24:14,833 AND I WAS AMAZED AT THAT WHEN I 759 00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:18,166 FIRST STARTED. 760 00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:19,200 >> BUT ROBBINS SAYS IT'S NOT 761 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,066 JUST THE BABIES THAT BENEFIT 762 00:24:21,066 --> 00:24:21,900 FROM THIS PROGRAM? 763 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:22,433 >> I DON'T KNOW. 764 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:24,700 I JUST HAD THIS TOTAL CALMING 765 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:25,300 EFFECT ON ME. 766 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:26,500 >> THE SERVICES OFFERED WHEN 767 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,433 PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE 768 00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:29,500 OBLIGATIONS THAT TAKE THEM AWAY 769 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:30,366 FROM THE HOSPITAL. 770 00:24:30,366 --> 00:24:31,266 MARY COMES INTO THE HOSPITAL 771 00:24:31,266 --> 00:24:33,966 ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE HOUR SHIFT 772 00:24:33,966 --> 00:24:35,233 AND HAS VOLUNTEERED WITH THE 773 00:24:35,233 --> 00:24:36,300 PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. 774 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:37,466 >> I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO 775 00:24:37,466 --> 00:24:38,400 MY THURSDAYS. 776 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,700 IT'S CERTAINLY MY FAVORITE DAY 777 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:40,300 OF THE WEEK. 778 00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:41,900 I DO OTHER VOLUNTEER THINGS, BUT 779 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:45,166 THIS IS CERTAINLY MY FAVORITE. 780 00:24:45,166 --> 00:24:46,600 >> SINCE RECEIVING THE HUGGIES 781 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,933 NO BABIES UNHUGGED GRANT, 782 00:24:49,933 --> 00:24:51,233 ESKANAZI HEALTH HAS HAD TO 783 00:24:51,233 --> 00:24:53,500 CREATE A WAITING LIST FOR INFLUX 784 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:54,366 OF VOLUNTEERS INTERESTED IN 785 00:24:54,366 --> 00:24:55,700 BECOMING A CUDDLE BUDDY. 786 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:57,033 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MARY 787 00:24:57,033 --> 00:24:59,166 KATE HAMILTON. 788 00:24:59,166 --> 00:25:00,633 >> AND CREWS SAY THEY WILL BE 789 00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:01,966 DONE RECONSTRUCTING A COVERED 790 00:25:01,966 --> 00:25:03,933 BRIDGE IN MONROE COUNTY BY NEXT 791 00:25:03,933 --> 00:25:04,266 MONTH. 792 00:25:04,266 --> 00:25:05,733 THE ORIGINAL BRIDGE DATES BACK 793 00:25:05,733 --> 00:25:08,366 TO THE 1880s, BUT IT WAS 794 00:25:08,366 --> 00:25:11,966 DESTROYED IN A FIRE IN 1976. 795 00:25:11,966 --> 00:25:13,966 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE 796 00:25:13,966 --> 00:25:15,766 STATE OF INDIANA TRAVEL ALL 797 00:25:15,766 --> 00:25:17,400 AROUND JUST TO GO SEE A COVERED 798 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:17,733 BRIDGE. 799 00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:19,166 SINCE THIS IS NEW, YEAH. 800 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:21,400 WE DO EXPECT -- I'M SURE THE 801 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:22,666 NEWNESS WILL WEAR OFF QUICK, BUT 802 00:25:22,666 --> 00:25:23,700 IN THE BEGINNING I'M SURE WE 803 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:24,900 WILL HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT 804 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:28,166 THERE DURING THE SUMMER. 805 00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:29,833 >> BRIDGE SAYS FEDERAL MONEY IS 806 00:25:29,833 --> 00:25:32,733 FUNDING 80% OF THE $1.6 MILLION 807 00:25:32,733 --> 00:25:33,066 PROJECT. 808 00:25:33,066 --> 00:25:35,333 AT ONE TIME MONROE COUNTY HAD 14 809 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:36,666 COVERED BRIDGES. 810 00:25:36,666 --> 00:25:37,733 >>> THAT' THE END OF THIS 811 00:25:37,733 --> 00:25:39,200 PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES 812 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,366 ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS 813 00:25:40,366 --> 00:25:44,100 THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT 814 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:46,700 WTIUNEWS.ORG. 815 00:25:44,566 --> 00:25:47,233 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 816 00:25:47,233 --> 00:26:00,000 ♪♪ 817 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,266 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 818 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:04,466 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: