AS THE TIME UNTIL ELECTION
DAY TICKS DOWN, THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE CANDIDATES' BEHAVIOR
AND HEALTH COSTS IS HEATING UP.
BOTH IMPORTANT TOPICS HAVE
BEEN HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL.
WE HAVE INVITED TWO PEOPLE WHO
KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF
POLITICS IN MINNESOTA.
FROM PUBLICATIONS FIRM NGA
JOINS US THE SECRETARY AND
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF.
PRESS SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR MARK
DAYTON.
THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
RIDDLEDED WITH CONTROVERSIES.
WHAT IN YOUR OPINION IS THE
BIGGER OCTOBER SURPRISE, TRUMP'S
HOLLYWOOD ACCESS TAPE OBJECT
E-MAILS.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
GO.
WELL, IT MAY COME AS NO
SURPRISE I THINK DONALD
TRUMP'S -- THE TAPE OF DONALD
TRUMP TALKING ABOUT WOMEN THE
WAY HE DID WAS A BIGGER
SURPRISE, ALTHOUGH IN SOME WAY
NOT A SURPRISE JUST KNOWING WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT HIM IN A PERSON.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
HILLARY CLINTON'S E-MAILS FOR
MORE THAN A YEAR.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS
ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK SHE HAS
ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
SHE HAS ANSWERED IT OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AND I DON'T THINK
THAT -- I MEAN LIKE --
YOU THINK IT'S BAKED IN.
ABSOLUTELY THINK IT'S BAKED
IN.
IS IT SUCH A SURPRISE
BECAUSE IT'S NEBULOUS.
THERE IS NOT A THING.
THAT MAKES IT WORSE BECAUSE
IT COMES BACK TO ANTHONY WEINER.
AS WE ALL KNEW IT WOULD.
AND I THINK THE OCTOBER
SURPRISE THIS YEAR IS THAT THERE
IS A SURPRISE ALMOST EVERY DAY.
RIGHT?
WE KIND OF HAVE THIS SPRAWLING
SET OF SURPRISES.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING
IS AFTER THE TRUMP TAPES AND
AFTER HILLARY'S E-MAIL
INVESTIGATION BEING RESTARTED I
THINK WE ARE BACK TO WHERE WE
WERE BEFORE.
AFTER THE TRUMP TAPES HILLARY
HAD KIND OF TAKEN ABOUT A 1 TO 2
POINT LEAD.
NOW THAT HAS SHRUNK AGAIN.
AS LONG AS TRUMP STAYS QUIET, IT
WAS SLIDING.
MIKE PENCE SAYS IT'S TIME
FOR REPUBLICANS TO COME HOME.
HAVE THEY DONE THAT?
THAFRJTS'S NOT AN EASY ASK AT
THIS POINT AFTER TRUMP HAS GONE
SO FAR FROM WHAT IS EXPECTED AS
A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, I THINK
THAT'S A HARD ASK TO ASK THEM TO
COME BACK AT THIS POINT.
HILLARY REALLY CONSOLIDATED
THE DEMOCRAT BASE AND TRUMP WAS
LAGGING.
WE CAN ALL SAY SHE IS A CROOK.
TRUMP SHOULD STEP ASIDE.
IS HE COMING HOME.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK TO HIM SINCE THIS, BUT I
WOULD SAY NO.
I'M A REPUBLICAN WHO NEVER HAS
SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP AND NEVER
GOING TO.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.
I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR EVAN MACK
MULL LYNNE, OR AS MY SON CALLS
HIM EGG MACK MUFFIN.
THIS GUY ISN'T GOOD FOR US.
IT'S GETTING CLOSER.
20 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY CAST BALLOTS.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS BAKED
IN.
BUT WHAT BRIAN SAID IS
IMPORTANT.
SIX MONTHS AGO THEY SAID THEY
WERE SUPPORTING THE CANDIDATE
THEY WERE SUPPORTING BECAUSE
THEY HATED THE OTHER ONE.
THAT'S CHANGED.
THEY ARE SAYING VOTING FER
HILLARY BECAUSE THEY WANT
HILLARY TO BE PRESIDENT, NOT
JUST BECAUSE THEY HATE TRUMP.
SHE HAS SHORED UP HER SUPPORT.
WE WILL SEE.
TOP LEADERS HAVE TRADED
INSULTS AND ACCUSATIONS IN THAT
SUDDEN SPIKE IN HEALTH PREMIUMS.
CATHERINE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING
TO DO?
THE GOVERNOR HAS A PROPOSAL.
HE HAS SOMETHING -- HE CAME
OUT -- HE SAID THE GOVERNOR SAID
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROBLEM.
I HEAR YOU PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA.
WE NEED TO FIX THIS.
SO HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS
COME OUT WITH A PLAN TO FIX IT
IMMEDIATELY.
WELL, BRIAN.
HE SAID THE AFFORDABLE ACT IS NO
LONGER AFFORDABLE.
HE IS THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT
THIS TO MINNESOTA.
HE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
DAY ONE TO PUT THIS INTO ACTION.
ON TOP OF 45 INCREASE THE YEAR
BEFORE AND IT HAS BECOME THE
NO.
1 ISSUE AT THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
YOU WORK WITH GOVERNOR
DAYTON, DID HE MAKE A MISTAKE?
HE IS THE STAR OF THE AD SAYING
NO LONGER AFFORDABLE.
HE WAS HONEST ABOUT THE
REALITY OF THE SITUATION.
NOW, THE BENEFITS OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ARE
UNDENIABLE.
IF REPUBLICANS HAD THEIR WAY ALL
THEY WOULD DO IS REPEAL.
THEY HAVE NOT ONCE OFFERED A
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS WE ARE
FACING.
WE ARE COMING TO THE OPEN
ENROLLMENT AND THERE IS GOING TO
BE A LOT OF LEGISLATIVE
BICKERING ABOUT THIS AND MAY BE
A SPECIAL ELECTION, HERE IS WHAT
THEY SAID LAST WEEK.
HE OUGHT TO HAVE A COMMAND
CENTER SET UP 24/7 WITH A
THOUSAND PEOPLE IN IT DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM EVERY MINUTE OF THE
DAY UNTIL HE HAS GOT IT SOLVED.
BUT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
MUST BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED.
IT IS ESSENTIAL NEXT YEAR THE
CONGRESS AND LEGISLATURE SET
ASIDE THEIR TALKING POINTS AND
ATTACK ADS AROUND WORK
COOPERATIVELY TOGETHER TO SO FAR
THESE PROBLEMS AND RESTORE THE
PROMISE OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THIS
HAS TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR IN
WASHINGTON.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE
IS BROUGHT US 67% INCREASE IN
HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND
NOW CAPS --
AND INDIVIDUAL MARKET.
23,000 MINNESOTANS.
THIS IS NOT A SMALL ISSUE.
AND CAPS ON ENROLLMENT.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE
SAYING CALL, GET IN RIGHT AWAY.
THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
DOES ANYBODY THINK THEY ARE
READY?
WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS.
AND CATHERINE, DO YOU THINK THIS
HAS AN EVENTING ON THE RACES?
WE HAVE HEARD IN 2014 AND
2012 TALK ABOUT THIS NONSTOP.
IT DID NOT HAVE THE EFFECT.
BECAUSE I THINK VOTERS ARE AS A
MATTER OF FACT ENOUGH TO KNOW
BLOCKING AND REPEALING IS NOT
ENOUGH TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
AND UNLESS THEY GIVE A SOLUTION
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THIS
TIME.
THERE ARE REPUBLICAN
SOLUTIONS, BUT AT THIS STAGE
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON