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position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >>> WELCOME TO "REPORTERS 00:51.100 --> 00:51.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ROUNDTABLE." 00:51.500 --> 00:52.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M MICHAEL ARON. 00:52.533 --> 00:54.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHY IS SENATE PRESIDENT STEVE 00:54.766 --> 00:56.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY HOLDING UP THE 00:56.533 --> 00:58.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR TWO OF 00:58.166 --> 00:59.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNOR MURPHY'S CABINET 00:59.866 --> 01:00.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OFFICERS? 01:00.300 --> 01:01.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WAS THE BIG QUESTION AT THE 01:01.933 --> 01:03.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE HOUSE LATE THIS WEEK. 01:03.933 --> 01:09.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'RE BOTH DEMOCRATS, RIGHT? 01:09.800 --> 01:10.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORMER SUPERINTENDENT IS 01:10.933 --> 01:14.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY'S CHOICE FOR EDUCATION 01:14.266 --> 01:14.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMISSIONER. 01:14.966 --> 01:17.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORMER OBAMA EDUCATION POLICY 01:17.900 --> 01:21.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ADVISOR ELLIS IS HIS CHOICE FOR 01:21.333 --> 01:22.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECRETARY OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 01:22.633 --> 01:24.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOST NOMINEES WERE APPROVED 01:24.633 --> 01:26.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EASILY IN COMMITTEE. 01:26.466 --> 01:29.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY SAID HE WASN'T SATISFIED 01:29.100 --> 01:30.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH SOME OF THEIR STATEMENTS 01:30.466 --> 01:32.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND POSITIONS. 01:32.666 --> 01:34.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THE SITUATION 01:34.100 --> 01:34.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ON THURSDAY? 01:34.800 --> 01:37.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THESE ARE TWO EXTRAORDINARY 01:37.466 --> 01:37.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDIVIDUALS. 01:37.866 --> 01:39.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DIDN'T SAY IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T 01:39.600 --> 01:44.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEAR ABOUT IT BEFORE DAN'S 01:44.333 --> 01:45.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COLLEAGUE HAD HEARD ABOUT IT AND 01:45.966 --> 01:48.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE PUT SOMETHING OUT TO THAT 01:48.733 --> 01:49.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EFFECT. 01:49.266 --> 01:51.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO CONFIRM 01:51.433 --> 01:54.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE FOLKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO 01:54.500 --> 01:57.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHDs ON OUR 01:57.466 --> 01:58.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOMINATED CABINET. 01:58.933 --> 01:59.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ APPLAUSE ] 01:59.333 --> 02:03.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE MOST DIVERSE CABINET -- 02:03.633 --> 02:04.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ APPLAUSE ] 02:04.066 --> 02:05.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT IS THE MOST DIVERSE 02:05.500 --> 02:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CABINET EVER NOMINATED IN OUR 02:06.933 --> 02:07.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE. 02:07.700 --> 02:09.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S THE MOST DIVERSE CABINET IN 02:09.200 --> 02:11.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COUNTRY. 02:11.900 --> 02:13.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF 02:13.866 --> 02:15.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVERYBODY BEGINNING WITH MY 02:15.000 --> 02:16.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PARTNER TO THE LEFT. 02:16.866 --> 02:18.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M CERTAINLY PROUD OF THE TWO 02:18.133 --> 02:19.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF THEM. 02:19.066 --> 02:20.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE WORKING 02:20.733 --> 02:24.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND CONTINUE 02:24.200 --> 02:25.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO DO SO TODAY. 02:25.300 --> 02:26.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ INAUDIBLE ] 02:26.400 --> 02:28.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT 02:28.033 --> 02:30.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE RELATIONSHIP, BUT THESE TWO 02:30.300 --> 02:32.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOLKS NEED TO BE CONFIRMED. 02:32.133 --> 02:33.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL BE 02:33.300 --> 02:35.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE THEY SERVE IT. 02:35.366 --> 02:39.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SWEENEY TOLD NJ ADVANCED 02:39.666 --> 02:40.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEDIA, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE SAID 02:40.800 --> 02:43.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 02:43.633 --> 02:43.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RACE. 02:43.933 --> 02:46.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL 02:46.233 --> 02:46.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FUNDING. 02:46.933 --> 02:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JOINING US TOM MORAN EDITORIAL 02:49.800 --> 02:52.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PAGE EDITOR OF THE STAR LEDGER. 02:52.233 --> 02:54.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MICHAEL HILL, CORRESPONDENT FOR 02:54.666 --> 02:57.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NJ TV NEWS. 02:57.066 --> 02:59.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KATIE JENNINGS HEALTH CARE 02:59.266 --> 03:01.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPORTER FOR POLITICO NJ. 03:01.400 --> 03:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND BRETT JOHNSON STATE HOUSE 03:03.200 --> 03:05.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RECORDER FOR NJ ADVANCED MEET 03:05.266 --> 03:05.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YA. 03:05.733 --> 03:07.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 03:07.100 --> 03:09.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE REAL SUBSTANTIAL FIGHT IS 03:09.700 --> 03:10.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING. 03:10.900 --> 03:12.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN THAT 03:12.700 --> 03:14.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY PUT OUT THAT HAD AN 03:14.666 --> 03:16.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCREASE BUT DIDN'T FIX WHAT 03:16.866 --> 03:21.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY SEES AS WRONG WITH THE 03:21.900 --> 03:22.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STUNNING FORMULA. 03:22.400 --> 03:25.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT HASN'T ADJUSTED WITH 03:25.666 --> 03:26.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CIRCUMSTANCES. 03:26.100 --> 03:28.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY HAVE MORE OTHER DISTRICTS 03:28.000 --> 03:29.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GROWING FAST AND ADDING 03:29.233 --> 03:29.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STUDENTS. 03:29.866 --> 03:32.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY GET NO MORE STATE AID. 03:32.766 --> 03:36.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S SEVERELY OUT OF WHACK. 03:36.933 --> 03:40.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 03:40.300 --> 03:42.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DOLLARS. 03:42.066 --> 03:43.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT IS WHY SWEENEY IS BLOCKING 03:43.066 --> 03:44.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE NOMINATIONS. 03:44.266 --> 03:47.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S REALLY A SYMBOLIC ACT. 03:47.333 --> 03:51.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHRIS SURF WAS ACTING 03:51.100 --> 03:52.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMISSIONER FOR A LONG PERIOD. 03:52.466 --> 03:55.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S AN OPENING SALVO IN THIS 03:55.466 --> 03:55.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIGHT. 03:55.833 --> 03:58.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COMMISSIONER NOMINEE SAID, 03:58.400 --> 04:00.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'LL GET TO SWEENEY'S CONCERNS 04:00.333 --> 04:02.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING IN SIX 04:02.300 --> 04:02.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MONTHS. 04:02.766 --> 04:04.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S AFTER THE BUDGET'S 04:04.166 --> 04:04.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PASSED. 04:04.500 --> 04:06.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE WAS SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO 04:06.133 --> 04:08.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DO WHAT SWEENEY WANT THIS IS 04:08.166 --> 04:09.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEAR. 04:09.600 --> 04:12.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MURPHY APPEARED TO CATCH 04:12.566 --> 04:19.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY OFF GUARD WHEN HE TURNED 04:19.366 --> 04:22.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS INTO SOMETHING ABOUT TWO 04:22.866 --> 04:26.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH PHDs. 04:26.933 --> 04:28.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DID HE TRY TO MAKE IT ABOUT 04:28.900 --> 04:29.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RACE? 04:29.200 --> 04:30.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 04:30.633 --> 04:31.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT. 04:31.166 --> 04:32.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 04:32.933 --> 04:34.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY SAYING THIS FOR 04:34.766 --> 04:36.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFRICAN-AMERICAN LAWMAKERS AND 04:36.100 --> 04:38.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OTHERS IN THE LEGISLATURE TO 04:38.466 --> 04:40.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% APPLY PRESSURE TO SWEENEY TO GET 04:40.333 --> 04:41.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS DONE. 04:41.000 --> 04:43.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO THAT TO IN 04:43.300 --> 04:45.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A SUBTLE WAY RAISE THE RACE 04:45.800 --> 04:46.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISSUE? 04:46.100 --> 04:48.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I WONDER IF SWEENEY EVEN HAD 04:48.500 --> 04:50.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT THOUGHT GOING INTO THIS, 04:50.333 --> 04:52.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GEE, I'M TAKING ON TWO 04:52.333 --> 04:54.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFRICAN-AMERICAN CABINET 04:54.500 --> 04:55.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OFFICERS. 04:55.066 --> 04:58.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I, WHO FOUGHT FOR JOHN WALLACE, 04:58.433 --> 05:00.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE LONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ON THE 05:00.300 --> 05:01.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE SUPREME COURT FOR YEARS 05:01.400 --> 05:02.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND YEARS AND YEARS. 05:02.733 --> 05:05.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT DIDN'T 05:05.766 --> 05:07.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OCCUR TO HIM WHEN HE TOOK THIS 05:07.133 --> 05:07.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POSITION. 05:07.700 --> 05:09.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I SPOKE TO HIM ALMOST TWO 05:09.566 --> 05:10.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WEEKS AGO. 05:10.233 --> 05:12.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE WAS A BUDGET HEARING IN 05:12.500 --> 05:14.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOUTH JERSEY. 05:14.933 --> 05:16.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE INTERVIEW WE HAD WITH 05:16.700 --> 05:18.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIM, HE WAS ADAMANT ABOUT SCHOOL 05:18.933 --> 05:19.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FUNDING. 05:19.266 --> 05:21.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE WAS NOT HAPPY THAT THIS 05:21.233 --> 05:22.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACTING EDUCATION COMMISSIONER 05:22.233 --> 05:24.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS TALKING ABOUT DELAYING SOME 05:24.166 --> 05:28.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOLUTION ON THE SCHOOL FORMULA. 05:28.966 --> 05:32.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IT WAS 05:32.366 --> 05:33.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AN ISSUE WITH RACE THAT HE WAS 05:33.300 --> 05:34.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOLDING UP THESE CONFIRMATIONS. 05:34.866 --> 05:36.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I DON'T THINK HE INTENDED IT 05:36.333 --> 05:37.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO BE AN ISSUE ABOUT RACE. 05:37.633 --> 05:39.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THE GOVERNOR TURNED IT IN A 05:39.300 --> 05:41.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAY THAT PUT THAT ELEMENT INTO 05:41.466 --> 05:44.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLAY. 05:44.466 --> 05:47.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KATIE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU 05:47.500 --> 05:48.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIGHT HERE. 05:48.733 --> 05:53.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OH YES, IS THIS SWEENEY PLAYING 05:53.133 --> 05:53.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GAMES? 05:53.933 --> 05:57.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT RELATIONS 05:57.600 --> 05:59.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM ARE 05:59.900 --> 06:00.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FROSTY. 06:00.300 --> 06:02.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OR IS THIS REALLY ABOUT THE 06:02.400 --> 06:02.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUBSTANCE? 06:02.766 --> 06:03.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OR BOTH? 06:03.266 --> 06:05.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK IT'S BOTH. 06:05.133 --> 06:06.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK THIS IS POLITICAL 06:06.533 --> 06:07.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POSTURING. 06:07.233 --> 06:10.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO THIS IS ABOUT SCHOOL AID BUT 06:10.600 --> 06:12.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE BIGGER PICTURE ABOUT THE 06:12.333 --> 06:12.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUDGET. 06:12.700 --> 06:15.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY BASICALLY HAVE A LITTLE 06:15.300 --> 06:18.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OVER TWO MONTHS TO HAMMER OUT 06:18.166 --> 06:20.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT'S GOING TO GET THROUGH BY 06:20.833 --> 06:22.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUNE 30th. 06:22.633 --> 06:24.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY HAS TO STAKE HIS GROUND. 06:24.333 --> 06:26.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE WANTS TO GET HIS PRIORITIES 06:26.633 --> 06:28.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN AS WELL. 06:28.366 --> 06:30.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOOK, SWEENEY IS THE POLITICAL 06:30.133 --> 06:32.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OPERATOR WHO'S BEEN THERE THE 06:32.700 --> 06:33.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LONGER. 06:33.033 --> 06:34.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IF MURPHY WANTS TO GET THIS 06:34.833 --> 06:36.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUDGET PASSED THROUGH THE 06:36.866 --> 06:37.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGISLATURE, HE'S GOING TO HAVE 06:37.800 --> 06:39.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO NEGOTIATE WITH SWEENEY. 06:39.966 --> 06:41.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE 06:41.700 --> 06:43.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN SWEENEY'S DIRECTION. 06:43.033 --> 06:45.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO FIX 06:45.500 --> 06:47.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS SWEENEY 06:47.133 --> 06:49.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WANTS FIXED. 06:49.166 --> 06:53.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEN THEY'LL SEND THE BUDGET TO 06:53.066 --> 06:53.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY. 06:53.866 --> 06:55.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IF THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T 06:55.533 --> 06:57.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROVIDE THE EXTRA MONEY FOR 06:57.066 --> 07:00.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE DISTRICTS THAT ARE 07:00.500 --> 07:02.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OVERFUNDED, MURPHY CAN ONLY TAKE 07:02.133 --> 07:03.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MONEY OUT. 07:03.700 --> 07:05.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE CAN'T PUT MONEY BACK IN. 07:05.500 --> 07:10.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK SWEENEY HAS THE TACTICAL 07:10.266 --> 07:13.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY ADDRESSED THIS, AS WAS 07:13.533 --> 07:13.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I. 07:13.833 --> 07:16.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU AND I HAD THE CONCLUSION 07:16.033 --> 07:17.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT IF THAT HAD BEEN CHRIS 07:17.800 --> 07:19.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHRISTIE UP THERE, HE WOULD HAVE 07:19.933 --> 07:23.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UTTERED FIGHTING WORDS AND THAT 07:23.266 --> 07:24.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY IS MUCH MORE A DIPLOMAT. 07:24.766 --> 07:26.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THAT WAS THE LEAD TO MY 07:26.933 --> 07:27.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STORY. 07:27.633 --> 07:29.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S JUST THAT CHRISTIE WOULD 07:29.866 --> 07:34.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE BEEN -- YES, SWEENEY, I'LL 07:34.200 --> 07:36.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GO RIGHT AT YOU. 07:36.233 --> 07:38.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY DOES THINGS A LOT MORE 07:38.500 --> 07:39.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUBTLY. 07:39.233 --> 07:40.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT 07:40.433 --> 07:40.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ATMOSPHERE. 07:40.833 --> 07:42.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BIG TALK IS THAT MURPHY AND 07:42.900 --> 07:44.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY JUST DON'T GET ALONG. 07:44.500 --> 07:47.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF 07:47.000 --> 07:47.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THINGS. 07:47.333 --> 07:49.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY DON'T TALK THAT OFTEN AND 07:49.100 --> 07:51.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE'S A LOT OF FROSTINESS 07:51.933 --> 07:52.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE. 07:52.266 --> 07:54.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT PERMEATES EVERYTHING. 07:54.100 --> 07:55.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THEY BOTH BELIEVE THAT THE 07:55.566 --> 07:58.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESS IS OVERPLAYING THEIR 07:58.733 --> 08:01.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PERSONAL ANIMOSITY. 08:01.433 --> 08:02.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY SAYS WE HAVE A REAL 08:02.966 --> 08:04.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIFFERENCE ON SCHOOL FUNDING. 08:04.800 --> 08:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S NOT PERSONAL. 08:06.933 --> 08:08.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE EACH 08:08.033 --> 08:08.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OTHER. 08:08.333 --> 08:10.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S CLEAR. 08:10.100 --> 08:11.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT I DON'T THINK SWEENEY WANTS 08:11.366 --> 08:13.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO SPEND HIS LIFE FINDING WAYS 08:13.233 --> 08:14.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO ONE UP MURPHY. 08:14.566 --> 08:16.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK HE ACTUALLY WANTS TO 08:16.400 --> 08:22.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHANGE THE SCHOOL FUNDING 08:22.166 --> 08:24.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORMULA -- NOT THE FORMULA, THE 08:24.100 --> 08:27.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAY MONEY IS A LOTTED. 08:27.300 --> 08:30.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MACK FRIEDMAN JOKINGLY WROTE, 08:30.100 --> 08:32.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M GETTING MY COT READY FOR THE 08:32.900 --> 08:34.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOURTH OF JULY TO HAVE NEAR THE 08:34.133 --> 08:35.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE HOUSE WHERE I'M CANCELLING 08:35.800 --> 08:37.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MY VACATION OR SOMETHING LIKE 08:37.766 --> 08:38.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT. 08:38.066 --> 08:39.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE WE HEADED TOWARD SOME KIND 08:39.800 --> 08:41.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF SHOWDOWN IN THIS BUDGET 08:41.566 --> 08:41.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SEASON? 08:41.900 --> 08:44.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I TALKED TO SOMEBODY FROM THE 08:44.333 --> 08:45.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAST WEEK. 08:45.566 --> 08:47.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE SAID YES, PREPARE FOR IT. 08:47.733 --> 08:51.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE SAID WE ARE PREPARING FOR A 08:51.133 --> 08:54.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VERY LONG JULY 4th WEEKEND. 08:54.100 --> 08:55.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE SAID, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE 08:55.866 --> 08:58.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE PARTIES COMING TOGETHER TO 08:58.366 --> 08:59.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. 08:59.300 --> 09:02.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> LET'S LOOK AT HISTORY. 09:02.166 --> 09:05.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN KORSIGN CAME IN AS 09:05.133 --> 09:07.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNOR, YOU HAD DEMOCRATS AND 09:07.533 --> 09:13.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU HAD A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 09:13.933 --> 09:15.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WILL 09:15.766 --> 09:17.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENT A BUDGET TO MURPHY. 09:17.933 --> 09:20.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT MURPHY 09:20.200 --> 09:21.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENTED TO THEM. 09:21.200 --> 09:24.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF, IT'S IN 09:24.800 --> 09:25.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR BOX NOW. 09:25.633 --> 09:28.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY SEEM PRETTY FUNCTIONAL 09:28.466 --> 09:28.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE DAYS. 09:28.866 --> 09:31.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE TOP TWO DEMOCRATS OF THE 09:31.300 --> 09:33.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SENATE BOTH SAY THEY DON'T SEE A 09:33.866 --> 09:35.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHUTDOWN COMING. 09:35.033 --> 09:36.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAYBE TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD 09:36.533 --> 09:38.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR NOW UNTIL WE GET TO LIKE 09:38.366 --> 09:39.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUNE 20th. 09:39.033 --> 09:40.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> LET'S MOVE ON. 09:40.633 --> 09:41.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUDGET HEARINGS BEGAN AT THE 09:41.933 --> 09:51.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATE HOUSE THIS WEEK. 09:51.866 --> 09:53.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE SAID WITHOUT NEW TAXES AND 09:53.800 --> 09:56.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUST HOLDING EVERYTHING ELSE 09:56.233 --> 09:58.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STEADY, THIS STATE WOULD BE $161 09:58.466 --> 09:59.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILLION SHORT. 09:59.600 --> 10:02.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THIS IS NOT ONLY 10:02.166 --> 10:02.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNSUSTAINABLE. 10:02.600 --> 10:03.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THE 10:03.866 --> 10:05.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING A SERIES 10:05.700 --> 10:08.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF NEW REVENUE AND BUDGET 10:08.400 --> 10:10.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INITIATIVES TO GET OUR FISCAL 10:10.033 --> 10:11.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOUSE IN ORDER. 10:11.300 --> 10:13.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MICHAEL HILL, LET'S TALK 10:13.166 --> 10:15.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT THE THRASH POINTS IN THIS 10:15.533 --> 10:16.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUDGET. 10:16.666 --> 10:17.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT ARE THEY? 10:17.900 --> 10:20.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK THE RAISING TAXES IS 10:20.066 --> 10:22.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BIG ONE. 10:22.900 --> 10:25.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 10:25.166 --> 10:25.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OPPOSITION TO. 10:25.933 --> 10:27.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A LOT OF DEMOCRATS AND 10:27.600 --> 10:28.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPUBLICANS ARE VOICING 10:28.833 --> 10:29.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OPPOSITION. 10:29.233 --> 10:30.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY DON'T LIKE THIS. 10:30.066 --> 10:31.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER 10:31.733 --> 10:33.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAY TO DO THIS. 10:33.300 --> 10:35.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT MAY BE TOO EARLY, THEY THINK, 10:35.500 --> 10:39.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO TALK ABOUT RAISING TAXES. 10:39.500 --> 10:40.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THEY SAY WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN 10:40.800 --> 10:42.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE APRIL 15th TAX COLLECTIONS 10:42.800 --> 10:43.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YET. 10:43.066 --> 10:43.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. 10:43.833 --> 10:45.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THEY HAVEN'T SAID WHAT THEY 10:45.433 --> 10:46.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WOULD CUT INSTEAD. 10:46.733 --> 10:48.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW ARE PLAYING 10:48.500 --> 10:50.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES 10:50.900 --> 10:51.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GAME. 10:51.200 --> 10:52.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT YOU'RE NOT HEARING ON THE 10:52.733 --> 10:54.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OTHER END, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO 10:54.266 --> 10:55.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DO INSTEAD? 10:55.700 --> 10:58.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE THERE IS A FISCAL 10:58.100 --> 10:59.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROBLEM IN THE STATE. 10:59.533 --> 11:00.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE QUESTION IS, WELL, WHAT 11:00.866 --> 11:02.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAPPENS NOW? 11:02.566 --> 11:03.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE HAVEN'T HEARD DEMOCRATS' 11:03.733 --> 11:04.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLAN. 11:04.100 --> 11:06.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE BULK OF THAT NEW SPENDING 11:06.733 --> 11:08.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS SCHOOL FUNDING AND PENSIONS 11:08.300 --> 11:09.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND NEW JERSEY TRANSIT. 11:09.966 --> 11:12.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE THEY GOING TO CUT INTO 11:12.533 --> 11:12.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOSE? 11:12.833 --> 11:13.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DON'T THINK SO. 11:13.333 --> 11:14.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK THEY WILL RAISE TAXES. 11:14.900 --> 11:16.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU THINK THEY'LL RAISE THE 11:16.966 --> 11:18.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILLIONAIRE'S TAX? 11:18.500 --> 11:19.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YES. 11:19.100 --> 11:21.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I HEAR THE WHINING BUT I DON'T 11:21.100 --> 11:22.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SEE AN ALTERNATIVE. 11:22.100 --> 11:24.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU THINK THEY'LL PUT THE 11:24.200 --> 11:26.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SALES TAX BACK TO 7%? 11:26.066 --> 11:27.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I DON'T KNOW WHICH EXACTLY 11:27.066 --> 11:28.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET 11:28.700 --> 11:30.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO MURPHY'S NUMBER OR CLOSE TO 11:30.533 --> 11:32.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET TO 11:32.466 --> 11:34.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT NUMBER TOO. 11:34.166 --> 11:36.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY HAVE TO PRESENT A BUDGET TO 11:36.666 --> 11:37.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY. 11:37.000 --> 11:38.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IF THEY DON'T GO WITH THE 11:38.633 --> 11:40.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILLIONAIRE'S TAX THEY HAVE TO 11:40.033 --> 11:42.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CUT THESE THREE BIG INCREASES, 11:42.400 --> 11:43.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PENSIONS, SCHOOL FUNDING AND NEW 11:43.766 --> 11:44.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JERSEY TRANSIT. 11:44.500 --> 11:45.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOSE ARE THINGS I DON'T THINK 11:45.900 --> 11:52.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANYBODY IS EAGER TO CUT RIGHT 11:52.100 --> 11:52.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOW. 11:52.366 --> 11:55.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SPENDING IS ANOTHER SLASH 11:55.366 --> 11:55.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POINT. 11:55.900 --> 11:58.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVERYBODY IS STILL TALKING ABOUT 11:58.633 --> 12:01.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY'S DOWN PAYMENT TOWARD 12:01.566 --> 12:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND DOWN PAYMENT 12:06.933 --> 12:09.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TOWARDS FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 12:09.300 --> 12:10.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE THOSE THINGS GOING TO 12:10.700 --> 12:11.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SURVIVE? 12:11.033 --> 12:12.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 12:12.433 --> 12:14.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THOUGHT THE REPUBLICAN 12:14.566 --> 12:16.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ASSEMBLYWOMAN QUESTIONED LIKE 12:16.666 --> 12:18.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHY ARE WE STARTING THESE NEW 12:18.600 --> 12:20.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROGRAMS WHEN WE AREN'T 12:20.900 --> 12:22.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ADEQUATELY FUNDING PUBLIC 12:22.200 --> 12:24.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EDUCATION AND TRANSIT? 12:24.800 --> 12:26.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK MURPHY WANTS TO PUT A 12:26.833 --> 12:28.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MARKER DOWN AND FILL THESE 12:28.366 --> 12:28.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUCKETS. 12:28.900 --> 12:30.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE'S PUTTING A LITTLE DROP IN 12:30.733 --> 12:31.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EACH ONE NOW. 12:31.500 --> 12:32.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER END 12:32.966 --> 12:35.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THE THINGS WE'RE NOT FUNDING 12:35.366 --> 12:37.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROPERLY, THAT'S GOING TO CREATE 12:37.000 --> 12:39.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOME SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR HIM. 12:39.000 --> 12:40.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THOSE 12:40.966 --> 12:43.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY INITIATIVES, THOSE 12:43.200 --> 12:47.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STRONGER, FAIRER INITIATIVES? 12:47.400 --> 12:49.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE 12:49.966 --> 12:51.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOVERNOR PRESENTED, IT'S JUST 12:51.566 --> 12:53.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE STARTING POINT FOR THE 12:53.633 --> 12:54.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEGOTIATIONS. 12:54.066 --> 12:57.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS ALL OF 12:57.300 --> 12:59.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE TINY LITTLE PET PROJECTS 12:59.333 --> 13:01.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT THEY NEED TO GET IN THERE. 13:01.566 --> 13:03.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK ULTIMATELY THE BUDGET IS 13:03.366 --> 13:04.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CERTAINLY GOING TO LOOK 13:04.600 --> 13:06.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MURPHY 13:06.633 --> 13:07.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENTED. 13:07.000 --> 13:13.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> ONLY AT THE MARGINS, 99 OR 13:13.233 --> 13:15.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 98% OF IT WILL BE WHAT HE 13:15.466 --> 13:16.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENTED. 13:16.066 --> 13:16.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAYBE NOT. 13:16.700 --> 13:19.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I DON'T THINK SO. 13:19.200 --> 13:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL FUNDING 13:21.033 --> 13:22.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THING IS GOING TO CHANGE. 13:22.333 --> 13:24.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO 13:24.700 --> 13:26.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PUT MORE MONEY INTO SCHOOL 13:26.433 --> 13:26.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FUNDING? 13:26.766 --> 13:28.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> NO. 13:28.966 --> 13:31.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'RE GOING TO FIX IT THE WAY 13:31.133 --> 13:32.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SWEENEY WANTS TO FIX IT, WHICH 13:32.833 --> 13:35.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS GETTING BACK TO THE FORMULA. 13:35.333 --> 13:38.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> AND THE TREASURER SAID, WE 13:38.366 --> 13:40.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AGREE THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE THE 13:40.000 --> 13:40.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORMULA. 13:40.333 --> 13:42.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU ALL CHANGED IT LAST YEAR, 13:42.433 --> 13:44.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT YOU DID IT THROUGH BUDGET 13:44.433 --> 13:44.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LANGUAGE. 13:44.800 --> 13:47.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU DIDN'T PASS THE STATUTE. 13:47.533 --> 13:49.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND 13:49.366 --> 13:54.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COME UP WITH A STATUTORY CHANGE, 13:54.000 --> 13:55.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE WE'RE BOUND BY STATUTE 13:55.466 --> 13:59.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO USE THE FORMULA FROM 2008 AND 13:59.966 --> 14:02.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOT GO ALONG WITH HOW YOU 14:02.066 --> 14:04.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TINKERED WITH IT IN THE BUDGET 14:04.100 --> 14:05.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LANGUAGE LAST JUNE. 14:05.000 --> 14:08.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A SUBTLE DISTINCTION, BUT ONE 14:08.666 --> 14:12.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT MAY COME INTO PLAY IN THIS 14:12.266 --> 14:13.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONVERSATION IN THE NEXT FEW 14:13.566 --> 14:13.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MONTHS. 14:13.900 --> 14:15.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS 14:15.600 --> 14:18.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT ARE FLASH POINTS, I WOULD 14:18.133 --> 14:18.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SAY. 14:18.400 --> 14:20.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ONE IS PROPERTY TAX REBATES, THE 14:20.866 --> 14:23.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OLD HOMESTEAD REBATE PROGRAM. 14:23.000 --> 14:27.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE LEGISLATURE CUT IT IN HALF 14:27.000 --> 14:29.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 14:29.600 --> 14:32.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LAST JUNE. 14:32.000 --> 14:33.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY AT SOME POINT IN THE 14:33.366 --> 14:36.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAMPAIGN TALKED ABOUT RESTORING 14:36.866 --> 14:40.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ROBUST REBATES, BUT HE'S GOING 14:40.966 --> 14:44.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALONG WITH THE 50% CUT THAT THE 14:44.066 --> 14:45.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGISLATURE DID LAST YEAR AND 14:45.333 --> 14:46.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GETTING SOME CRITICISM FOR IT. 14:46.633 --> 14:48.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANYBODY HEAR ANYTHING ON THAT? 14:48.266 --> 14:50.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ON THAT? 14:50.733 --> 14:51.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE 14:51.933 --> 14:53.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUDGET HEARING THE OTHER DAY 14:53.400 --> 14:55.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY. 14:55.300 --> 14:57.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY'S TEAM PRETTY MUCH HELD 14:57.000 --> 14:58.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STEADY AND SAID WE'RE KEEPING IT 14:58.666 --> 15:00.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AT THE 50% CUT THAT WAS LAST 15:00.833 --> 15:01.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEAR. 15:01.200 --> 15:02.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT'S GOING TO 15:02.700 --> 15:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAPPEN. 15:03.200 --> 15:05.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I 15:05.266 --> 15:05.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOUGHT OF. 15:05.866 --> 15:08.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT IS HAPPENING ON MARIJUANA? 15:08.466 --> 15:13.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY PUT IN $80 MILLION IN HIS 15:13.433 --> 15:15.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUDGET -- 60 MILLION COMING FROM 15:15.533 --> 15:18.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TAXES ON LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL 15:18.833 --> 15:19.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MARIJUANA. 15:19.200 --> 15:20.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SENATE HASN'T EVEN HELD A 15:20.966 --> 15:23.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEARING ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA. 15:23.366 --> 15:26.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MURPHY PUT OUT THIS REPORT VYING 15:26.233 --> 15:28.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO EXPAND THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA 15:28.000 --> 15:28.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROGRAM. 15:28.333 --> 15:30.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE ASSEMBLY HAS ADVANCED SOME 15:30.700 --> 15:32.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BILLS OUT OF COMMITTEE. 15:32.633 --> 15:34.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IF ANYTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON 15:34.766 --> 15:36.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT, IT HAS TO START HAPPENING 15:36.500 --> 15:36.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOON. 15:36.966 --> 15:40.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WELL, MURPHY'S BUDGET ASSUMES 15:40.500 --> 15:42.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT MARIJUANA WILL BE LEGALIZED 15:42.933 --> 15:49.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY JANUARY 1st OF NEXT YEAR, 15:49.233 --> 15:51.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 2019, AND THAT THEY'LL SOMEHOW 15:51.700 --> 15:54.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GET $60 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM 15:54.866 --> 15:57.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SECOND SIX MONTHS OF THE 15:57.466 --> 15:58.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FISCAL YEAR. 15:58.200 --> 16:00.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, DOESN'T LOOK 16:00.833 --> 16:02.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE 16:02.833 --> 16:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CASE. 16:03.200 --> 16:05.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THEY'RE FAR AWAY OFF RIGHT 16:05.200 --> 16:05.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOW. 16:05.466 --> 16:07.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE EITHER NO 16:07.100 --> 16:08.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OR UNDECIDED. 16:08.366 --> 16:10.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IF 16:10.800 --> 16:12.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'RE GOING TO PASS IT BY 16:12.433 --> 16:12.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JANUARY 1. 16:12.933 --> 16:14.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THINK ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES 16:14.933 --> 16:18.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO GET REGULATIONS PROMULGATED. 16:18.166 --> 16:20.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE HAS TO BE THE PUBLIC 16:20.333 --> 16:21.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMENTARY AND THEN IT HAS TO BE 16:21.466 --> 16:23.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ON THE BOOKS. 16:23.100 --> 16:25.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO GET STUFF UP AND RUNNING, 16:25.300 --> 16:26.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IN SIX 16:26.366 --> 16:26.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MONTHS. 16:26.766 --> 16:28.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> NO STATE HAS BEEN ANYWHERE 16:28.600 --> 16:29.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEAR THAT FAST. 16:29.700 --> 16:31.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MASSACHUSETTS IS JUST ABOUT TO 16:31.166 --> 16:32.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% START IN JULY, BUT THEY PASSED 16:32.866 --> 16:34.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BILL OVER A YEAR AGO. 16:34.333 --> 16:35.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT TAKES TIME TO RAMP THESE 16:35.933 --> 16:36.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THINGS UP. 16:36.633 --> 16:39.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IF THEY DON'T GET THAT $60 16:39.433 --> 16:41.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILLION, THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND 16:41.800 --> 16:44.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% $60 MILLION IN CUTS OR MAYBE 16:44.266 --> 16:45.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'LL PASS THE BUDGET WITH 16:45.766 --> 16:46.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT ASSUMPTION BUILT INTO IT 16:46.933 --> 16:49.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND DEAL WITH IT LATER. 16:49.166 --> 16:51.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK MURPHY'S TACTIC HERE 16:51.600 --> 16:56.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS THEY'RE HAVE TO AGREE TO 16:56.266 --> 16:59.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA 16:59.666 --> 17:02.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OR THEY HAVE TO COME WITH THEIR 17:02.100 --> 17:04.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OWN 60 MILLION. 17:04.166 --> 17:07.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE GROSS RECEIPTS ENERGY 17:07.200 --> 17:08.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TAX, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT 17:08.100 --> 17:09.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'RE DOING. 17:09.233 --> 17:10.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ANY OF YOU 17:10.566 --> 17:11.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DO EITHER. 17:11.333 --> 17:14.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 17:14.666 --> 17:17.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT THIS BUDGET -- THE STATE 17:17.166 --> 17:21.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COLLECTS $800 MILLION FROM 17:21.066 --> 17:24.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UTILITIES THAT IT TURNS OVER TO 17:24.533 --> 17:25.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MUNICIPALITIES. 17:25.000 --> 17:26.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THIS BUDGET FOR THE FIRST 17:26.133 --> 17:30.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TIME PUTS THAT MONEY INTO THE 17:30.333 --> 17:31.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF HAVING 17:31.900 --> 17:37.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT AS AN OFF-BUDGET ITEM. 17:37.300 --> 17:42.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAYORS APPARENTLY ARE VERY UPSET 17:42.566 --> 17:44.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT THIS. 17:44.366 --> 17:48.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE FACT THAT IT'S COMING OUT OF 17:48.566 --> 17:50.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF A 17:50.833 --> 17:51.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SEPARATE OFF-BUDGET COLLECTION 17:51.966 --> 17:54.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY THE STATE, WHICH ITSELF IS A 17:54.400 --> 18:00.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FAIRLY NEW GIMMICK, SEEMS TO 18:00.300 --> 18:03.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE SOME LAWMAKERS CONCERNED. 18:03.133 --> 18:04.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANYBODY HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT 18:04.100 --> 18:04.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT? 18:04.400 --> 18:06.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THOUGHT THE STATE WAS 18:06.433 --> 18:08.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PILFERING THAT STREAM OF REVENUE 18:08.066 --> 18:09.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR YEARS. 18:09.100 --> 18:11.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO THIS IS NEWS TO ME THEY'VE 18:11.233 --> 18:12.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEEN ACTUALLY TURNING IT OVER. 18:12.800 --> 18:14.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE CITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING 18:14.433 --> 18:16.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS. 18:16.100 --> 18:17.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS 18:17.200 --> 18:21.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT I WOULD BE 18:21.166 --> 18:24.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SCARED FOR ANY DEDICATED REVENUE 18:24.166 --> 18:25.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STREAM TO BE PUT IN THE GENERAL 18:25.633 --> 18:25.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FUND. 18:25.933 --> 18:27.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE WHEN THINGS GO IN THE 18:27.366 --> 18:29.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GENERAL FUND, THEY CAN BE USED 18:29.533 --> 18:30.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR ANYTHING. 18:30.233 --> 18:31.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THAT'S RIGHT. 18:31.500 --> 18:32.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LET'S MOVE ON. 18:32.233 --> 18:34.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A LOT OF BILLS WERE VOTED ON AT 18:34.566 --> 18:35.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE STATE HOUSE THURSDAY. 18:35.733 --> 18:37.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LET'S TALK ABOUT A FEW. 18:37.933 --> 18:39.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LET'S START WITH THE OUT OF 18:39.933 --> 18:42.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NETWORK BILL, TEN YEARS IN THE 18:42.133 --> 18:44.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAKING, SIX YEARS IN THE 18:44.100 --> 18:45.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAKING -- I READ DIFFERENT 18:45.866 --> 18:47.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NUMBERS THIS MORNING. 18:47.033 --> 18:49.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT? 18:49.466 --> 18:52.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THIS WAS A HUGE LEGISLATIVE 18:52.100 --> 18:55.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VICTORY FOR ASSEMBLY SPEAKER 18:55.466 --> 18:56.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CRAIG COUGHLIN. 18:56.366 --> 18:58.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR HIM IT'S BEEN A MAJOR POLICY 18:58.600 --> 19:00.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRIORITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 19:00.700 --> 19:02.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEARS AND IT HAS ALWAYS STALLED 19:02.933 --> 19:03.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUT. 19:03.200 --> 19:07.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT HAS NOT GOTTEN TO A FLOOR 19:07.700 --> 19:08.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VOTE. 19:08.000 --> 19:11.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS BILL HELPS PROTECT 19:11.066 --> 19:12.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSUMERS FROM THE SURPRISE 19:12.533 --> 19:13.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BALANCE BILLS THAT YOU WOULD GET 19:13.766 --> 19:15.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN YOU GO INTO THE HOSPITAL IN 19:15.566 --> 19:18.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR SAY 19:18.166 --> 19:21.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU GET AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST THAT 19:21.300 --> 19:24.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS GOING TO BE 19:24.966 --> 19:30.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PART OF YOUR OPERATION -- IF 19:30.966 --> 19:32.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY DISAGREE, THEY HAVE TO GO 19:32.933 --> 19:34.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTO THIS ARBITRATION SYSTEM AND 19:34.200 --> 19:36.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY NEED TO WORK IT OUT. 19:36.133 --> 19:38.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE STICKING POINT HAS ALWAYS 19:38.000 --> 19:39.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEEN WHAT THE ARBITRATION 19:39.300 --> 19:40.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. 19:40.533 --> 19:41.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS SAY THIS 19:41.633 --> 19:43.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS GOING TO LOWER OUR ABILITY TO 19:43.933 --> 19:44.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEGOTIATE. 19:44.533 --> 19:48.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH 19:48.533 --> 19:50.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEVERAGE WHEN WE WANT TO DO 19:50.766 --> 19:52.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOSE IN NETWORK RATES. 19:52.400 --> 19:54.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SO 19:54.333 --> 19:55.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SURPRISING, BECAUSE THE POLL OF 19:55.533 --> 20:03.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS HAS BEEN 20:03.366 --> 20:04.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUCH THAT THIS HASN'T EVEN 20:04.133 --> 20:04.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOTTEN TO THE FLOOR. 20:04.733 --> 20:06.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL 20:06.200 --> 20:07.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ASSOCIATION CAME ON BOARD. 20:07.400 --> 20:09.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS HAPPENING SO QUICKLY. 20:09.133 --> 20:11.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO NOW IT'S PASSED BOTH THE 20:11.266 --> 20:13.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE. 20:13.200 --> 20:16.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT'S PHIL MURPHY GOING TO DO? 20:16.200 --> 20:16.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN HE 20:16.900 --> 20:17.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TALKED A BIG GAME. 20:17.766 --> 20:22.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I REPEATEDLY ASKED HIM FOR 20:22.266 --> 20:24.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SPECIFICS. 20:24.133 --> 20:26.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE'S NEVER SAID. 20:26.133 --> 20:28.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE'S SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS AS 20:28.866 --> 20:30.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO WHAT THIS LEGISLATION CAN 20:30.733 --> 20:31.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACTUALLY APPLY TO. 20:31.833 --> 20:34.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE STATE ONLY REGULATES AROUND 20:34.133 --> 20:37.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 30% OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE 20:37.733 --> 20:39.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MARKET, AND THE OVER 70% ARE 20:39.500 --> 20:40.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEDERALLY REGULATED. 20:40.800 --> 20:44.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO THERE'S THIS BIG OUTSTANDING 20:44.600 --> 20:46.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGAL QUESTION, CAN YOU APPLY 20:46.766 --> 20:51.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS LEGISLATION TO THIS FEDERAL 20:51.100 --> 20:51.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEALTH PLAN. 20:51.500 --> 20:53.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT'S VERY COMPLEX. 20:53.633 --> 20:56.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT REALLY SHOULD SHOCK PEOPLE 20:56.100 --> 20:58.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW SLEAZY THIS BEHAVIOR IS. 20:58.733 --> 21:02.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU BREAK YOUR WRIST AND THEY 21:02.333 --> 21:04.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BRING IN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST OUT 21:04.933 --> 21:09.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF NETWORK AND YOU GET CHARGED 21:09.900 --> 21:11.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% $20,000. 21:11.133 --> 21:13.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE 21:13.300 --> 21:15.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NUCLEAR SUBSIDY BILL, WHICH 21:15.166 --> 21:17.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU'VE BEEN WRITING EDITORIALS 21:17.766 --> 21:18.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AGAINST. 21:18.233 --> 21:20.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT PASSED BOTH HOUSES YESTERDAY? 21:20.266 --> 21:21.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO MY 21:21.833 --> 21:23.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ADVICE AGAIN. 21:23.666 --> 21:24.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IMAGINE. 21:24.000 --> 21:25.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE SHOULD BE OUTRAGED AT 21:25.333 --> 21:27.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS. 21:27.333 --> 21:31.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S $300 MILLION. 21:31.600 --> 21:34.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE 21:34.333 --> 21:36.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELECTRICITY BILL. 21:36.566 --> 21:42.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EK TRIS -- ELECTRICITY BILL IS 21:42.800 --> 21:49.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MOST REGRESSIVE WAY. 21:49.200 --> 21:53.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S $300 MILLION A YEAR. 21:53.766 --> 22:02.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE BILL ITSELF IS SO FLAWED. 22:02.400 --> 22:06.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOST OF OF THE LEGISLATORS DON'T 22:06.033 --> 22:09.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNDERSTAND THE ENERGY MARKET. 22:09.033 --> 22:10.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY ADMIT THAT. 22:10.900 --> 22:15.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IS HE GOING TO SIGN BOTH OF 22:15.733 --> 22:17.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THESE MEASURES? 22:17.000 --> 22:17.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK HE WILL. 22:17.533 --> 22:19.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MOST TELLING LITTLE DETAIL I 22:19.600 --> 22:22.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN GIVE YOU THAT'S NOT 22:22.200 --> 22:23.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMPLICATING IS THEY'RE 22:23.466 --> 22:26.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXCLUDING THE RATE PAYER 22:26.100 --> 22:26.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ADVOCATE. 22:26.466 --> 22:29.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THAT'S A STATE POSITION. 22:29.100 --> 22:29.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> RIGHT. 22:29.700 --> 22:31.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN IT COMES TO THIS NUCLEAR 22:31.933 --> 22:34.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUBSIDY, SHE'S OUT. 22:34.966 --> 22:36.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNPRECEDENTED, UNLESS THE 22:36.133 --> 22:37.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE BPU SAY 22:37.866 --> 22:39.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE IS VITAL, WHICH IS A HUGE 22:39.866 --> 22:40.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGAL BARRIER. 22:40.533 --> 22:41.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT SAYS IT ALL. 22:41.633 --> 22:43.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE RATE PAYERS ARE GETTING 22:43.666 --> 22:44.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SCREWED HER. 22:44.433 --> 22:45.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT 22:45.900 --> 22:47.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BILL, OUT OF NETWORK OR ANY 22:47.800 --> 22:48.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OTHER BILL? 22:48.433 --> 22:51.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU COVERED A VOTER REGISTRATION 22:51.400 --> 22:51.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BILL. 22:51.700 --> 22:53.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> REPUBLICANS ARE VERY UPSET 22:53.366 --> 22:53.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT IT. 22:53.833 --> 22:54.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WHY? 22:54.566 --> 22:56.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IT 22:56.000 --> 22:58.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OPENS THE DOOR TO MORE FRAUD. 22:58.300 --> 23:02.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY THINK THAT THESE 18 STATE 23:02.333 --> 23:04.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AGENCIES OR SO DON'T 23:04.366 --> 23:04.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COMMUNICATE. 23:04.766 --> 23:07.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS GOING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE. 23:07.066 --> 23:10.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE BILL WOULD HAVE YOU BE 23:10.500 --> 23:11.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED TO VOTE 23:11.766 --> 23:13.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A DRIVER'S 23:13.700 --> 23:16.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LICENSE OR AT ANY OF THESE OTHER 23:16.300 --> 23:18.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 18 AGENCIES THAT YOU HAVE SOME 23:18.133 --> 23:19.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KIND OF DEALING WITH. 23:19.433 --> 23:20.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> RIGHT. 23:20.333 --> 23:20.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMOCRATS THINK THIS IS 23:20.933 --> 23:22.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT OPENS THE 23:22.233 --> 23:29.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DOOR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. 23:29.600 --> 23:31.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SENATOR VITALE SAID GET OUT 23:31.900 --> 23:34.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE AND ROLL THE DICE AND SEE. 23:34.800 --> 23:36.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> GOVERNOR GOING TO SIGN IT? 23:36.200 --> 23:37.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> HE SAID THE GOVERNOR IS GOING 23:37.666 --> 23:38.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO SIGN IT. 23:38.866 --> 23:39.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YES. 23:39.133 --> 23:39.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. 23:39.900 --> 23:41.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S TIME FOR YOUR JOURNALISTIC 23:41.966 --> 23:45.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIGH POINTS OF THE WEEK. 23:45.566 --> 23:45.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BRENT? 23:45.866 --> 23:48.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SWEENEY VERSUS MURPHY. 23:48.133 --> 23:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATCHING THIS ALL UNFOLD AND 23:49.800 --> 23:51.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RUNNING AROUND AT 6:00 AT NIGHT 23:51.866 --> 23:54.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO GET COMMENTS IS WHAT MAKE 23:54.266 --> 23:55.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS JOB FUN. 23:55.166 --> 23:57.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MOVING ON THE OUT OF NETWORK 23:57.566 --> 23:58.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BILL AFTER SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF 23:58.666 --> 23:59.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TIME. 23:59.000 --> 24:00.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MICHAEL? 24:00.500 --> 24:02.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THIS IS AUTISM AWARENESS 24:02.866 --> 24:03.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MONTH. 24:03.766 --> 24:09.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEARNING FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 24:09.000 --> 24:13.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PHOENIX CENTER IN NUTLEY, 24:13.000 --> 24:19.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW TO EDUCATE KIDS THAT ARE 24:19.033 --> 24:19.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AUTISTIC. 24:19.533 --> 24:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT WAS INCREDIBLE WHAT I FOUND. 24:21.033 --> 24:23.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE SIGNS OF THE ANTI-TRUMP 24:23.233 --> 24:25.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAVE IN NEW JERSEY BEING POTENT, 24:25.500 --> 24:26.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO PUT IT MILDLY. 24:26.700 --> 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