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JASON:
PRIMARY SEASON CROSSES
INTO MARYLAND.
FROM A HISTORY-MAKING RACE FOR
U.S. SENATE TO A
HEADLINE-STEALING RACE FOR
PRESIDENT, WE HEAR FROM THE
CANDIDATES AND FROM YOU AS WE
DISSECT A LOCAL POLL.
HELLO EVERYONE, I'M JASON
NEWTON.
WE'LL START WITH THE EFFORT TO
FILL THE SEAT HELD BY BARBARA
MIKULSKI IN THE SENATE.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, A
HEAD-TO-HEAD DONNA EDWARDS AND
, CHRIS VAN HOLLEN ARE POLLING
SIDE-BY-SIDE.
AND REPUBLICANS CHRYS KEFALAS,
KATHY SZELIGA, AND RICHARD
DOUGLAS ARE ALL VYING FOR THE
GOP NOD.
HOW ABOUT THE NUMBERS?
THE MOST RECENT GOUCHER POLL
FOCUSED ON DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
SHOW JUST HOW CLO
THIS TO OUR,
ONLY 2% IN THE POLL, EDWARDS HAS
39%, HOLLAND 39%.
A WIDER RANGE BETWEEN THE TWO
AND ALSO IN THAT RANGE WITH
REPUBLICANS AS WELL.
DR. MILEAH KROMER IS JOININ US
FROM THE SARAH T. HUGHES FIELD
POLITICS CENTER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE
NUMBERS?
MILEAH KROME IT IS REALLY
INTERESTING ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE AND IT SHOWS EVERYBODY OUT
THERE
COULD REPLACE MIKULSKI, IT
IS.
IT WILL COME DOWN TO BALTIMORE
FOR DEMOCRATS.
AFTER BALTIMORE, AFTER THAT
DEMOCRATIC SIDE, IF TURNOUT IS
HIGH IN TH CITY, IF A LOT OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WOMEN GET
OUT THE VOTE, YOU MIGHT SEE
EDWARDS SLIGHT AHEAD.
JASON:
IT IS INTERESTING HOW
THAT DIVIDE OCCURS WHEN YOUR
TALKING ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS
IN BALTIMORE.
IF THE RATE WAS -- IF THE RACE
WAS HELD RIGHT NOW, IT IS SKEWED
TO T CITY?
MILEAH KROME SHE
HAS BEEN
RUNNING ADS, AND IF CHRIS VAN
HOLLEN IT, HE WILL RECOGNIZE IF
HE NEEDS TO WIN BALTIMORE, HE
BEATS TO DO WELL IN THE CITY.
HIS ADS DON'T REALLY PLAY ON THE
LOCAL METRO.
JASO AND ON THE GOP SIDE, A
RACE FOR MONEY.
MILEAH KROME THE SAME
BALTIMORE SUN PO SHOWS A
REALLY UNKNOWN RACE.
THE GOP SIDE IS UNDECIDED.
FOR THEM, FOR THE TOP MONEY
GETTERS, CHRYS KEFAL
AND KATHY
SLIGER, AROUND $200,000, AND
THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY WE THINK
ABOUT THEM AS PART OF THE
DEMOCRATIC COUNTERPARTS.
JASO SO DO YOU RIDE THE HOGAN
WAY FOR THE DONALD TRUMP WAVE?
MILEAH KROME THE
DEMOCRATIC
SIDE IT IS THE DOWNTOWN'S THAT
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
FROM REPUBLICANS, WHAT CAN THEY
DO?
IT LOO LIKE TED CRUZ IS
CERTAINLY GOING TO PUSH THIS
RACE UNTIL IT COMES TO MARYLAND
.
IF YOU ARE CHRYS KEFALAS OR
CACHES IS LIKE A OR RICHARD
DOUGLAS, WHAT DO YOU DO?
DO YOU GO OUT BEHIND TRUMP?
MAYB
PUSH THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,
BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT WHEN
YOU HAV PUT TOGETHER THAT HOGAN
FORMULA?
IT NEEDS TO STAR WITH
REPUBLICANS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU WANT TO WRITE THE TRUMP
WAVE.
JASON: VERY INTERESTING RIGHT
NOW, MARCO RUBIO HAS LOST IN
FLORIDA, HILLARY CLINTON IS
CONTINUING.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE RESULTS SO
FAR?
MILEAH KROMER: IT LOOKS LIKE
HILLARY IS GOING TO BE THE
NOMINEE.
IT WOULD TAKE A LOT FOR BERNIE
SANDERS, SOMETHING CRAZY WOULD
HAVE TO HAPPE, FOR HIM DIRECTLY
TAKE HER.
THERE ARE STILL DELEGATES UP FOR
GRABS, BUT SHE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL
LEAD IN FRONT OF HIM.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT IS
INTERESTING.
YOU HAVE MARCO RUBIO OUT.
AT ONE TIME, HE WAS THE
ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE.
IT WAS LIKE THAT WILL NOT BE
HAPPENING FOR HIM.
WE HAV JOHN KASICH, TED CRUZ,
AND DONALD TRUMP.
WE ARE DOING WELL MARYLAND.
IF TRUMP CAN KEEP THIS MOMENTUM
UP, AND THE GAP STOPS HAPPENING,
AND IF CREWS CONTINUED -- TED
CRUZ CAN CONTINUE TO GET
ELECTABILITY BEHIND HIM -- HE
HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT IN
THE PAST.
IF USING GET THE MARCO RUBIO
VOTERS, HE MAY BE ABLE TO
OVERTAKE THEM.
JASON: DID YOU NOTICE IN HIS
SPEECH, HE SAID, I ADMIRE YOUR
MARCO RUBIO?
HE MIGHT THE FIGHT OVER THAT
WITH JOHN KASICH AS WELL.
MILEAH KROME TED CRUZ WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE OUTSIDER.
TRUMP HAS TAKEN ALL OF THA RACE
ENERGY OUT OF HIM.
HE HAS TO RUN AS THE INSIDE, GET
REPUBLICAN FROM THE SENATE
BEHIND HIM.
JASON: SO WHAT IS THE GOUCHER
POLL GO FROM HERE?
MILEAH KROMER: FROM US, WE WILL
NOT BE IN THE FIELD UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
GENERAL ELECTION RACES, THAT
WILL BE REALLY EXCITING
ESPECIALLY PAST THE PRIMARY O
-- THE SENATE PRIMARY ON THE GOP
SIDE.
WOULD STRANGE TO GET PAST THE
HOGAN THING.
WILL THEY BE WILL TO PUSH PROXY
AND GET BEHIND CANDIDATES, BILLS
THE HOGAN COALITION AROUND
EITHER SHIPLEY GO
SLEGEY
OR VON HOLLAND.
JASO
RIGHT NOW OVER THE PAST
FEW WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN INVITING
THE SENATE CANDIDATES TO VOTE --
JOIN US ON THE 11 TV HILL, AND
WE ROUND OF THE COMMITMENT
COVERAGE OF THIS RACE WITH THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
FIRST WE SAT DOWN WITH CANADA
KATHY SZELIGA AND THEN CHRYS
KEFALAS.
TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR CAMPAIGN.
YOU SAID IN ONE OF YOUR SPEECHES
YOU WANT TO STOP THE FIGHTING IN
D.C. AND HAVE LAWMAKERS WORKING
TOGETHER.
CHRYS KEFALA
I THINK IN
ANNAPOLIS WE DO A GREAT JOB OF
THAT.
KATHY SZELIG WITH DELEGATES
DAVID MOO, AND POLITICALLY A
MANY ISSUES WE DISAGREE, WE
AGREE ON TRANSPARENCY.
WE HAVE A BILL IN THAT WILL
REQUIRE VIDEOCAMERAS ON THE
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
THIS IS GOOD GOVERNMENT.
IT IS NOT REPUBLICAN, IT IS NOT
DEMOCRAT.
IT IS HIS IDEAS THAT AMERICAN
CITIZENS I MARYLAND IN
PARTICULAR EXPECT.
JASON: HOW D YOU BRING A TOUCH
OF MARYLAND TO THE U.S. SENATE?
YOU LOOK AT D.C. RIGHT NOW, THE
MIDDLE KIND OF DISAPPEARED AREAS
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT REAPPEAR?
KATHY SZELIGA: IN ANNAPOLIS WE
DO IT EVERY DAY, AND WE DO IT
TOGETHER.
WE FIND IDEAS THAT ARE GREAT AND
PEOPLE WANT AND EXPECT, AND WE
WORK ACROSS THE AISLE.
JASO OUTSIDE OF ANNAPOLIS, YOU
ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
TALK ABOUT MAKING MARYLAND
ATTRACTIVE AND GETTING PEOPLE TO
WO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
JOBS AND JUST CAN'T FIND THEM.
WHEN Y HAVE A BUSINESS LIKE
YOU DO, WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
ACROSS AMERICA REALLY TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN?
KATHY SZELIGA: I'M A CROWD
THUNDER.
WE STARTED A BUSINESS 30 YEARS
AGO IN CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK THAT SECTOR OF THE
ECONOMY HAD BEEN DAMAGED.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY.
WE ARE N, THE GOVERNMENT IS
NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF
CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH JOBS.
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE TRUCK
DRIVERS, WE HAVE MANY COMPANIES
LOOKING FOR TRUCK DRIVERS.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND THEM.
AND OU BUSINESS, LOOKING FOR
CARPENTERS AND PLUMBER.
I DON'T THINK SCHOOLS HAVE DONE
A GOOD JOB PREPARING PEOPLE FOR
THAT WORKFORCE.
IT HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY A
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH TO
EDUCATION.
AND THEY ARE SAYING EVERYBODY
CAN SUCCESSFUL AND GO TO
FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE AREAS MY
CAMPAIGN IS SAYING, YOU KNOW
WHAT, EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS
UNIQUE.
LET'S MAKE SURE ALL JOB
POSSIBILITIES ARE ON THE TABLE
FOR OUR KIDS.
LET'S SAY A PLUMBER OR A
CARPENTER OR A TRUCK DRIVER OR A
DOCTOR OR A TEACHER, THESE ARE
GREAT PROFESSIONS.
LET'S MAKE SURE KIDS KNOW THESE
ARE ALL OPTIONS FOR THEM.
JASON: COMMITTEE SECURITY AND
HOMELAND SECURITY ALSO CAME UP.
WE DEALT WITH ANOTHER SHOOTING,
SAN BERNARDINO A WELL.
IF YOU BECAME U.S. SENATOR, WHAT
ROLE DOES WASHINGTON HAVE IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THINGS LIKE THAT?
KATHY SZELIG IT IS A TRAGEDY.
I LOOK TO HARPER COUNTY JUST
RECENTLY WITH THE STAR REMINDER
THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDER, LAW
ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY PERSONNEL
ARE SO IMPORTANT AS WE MOURN THE
LOSS OF OUR DEPUTIES IN HARTFORD
COUNTY.
AND AS THE NEXT UNITED STATES
SENATOR, I WILL BE STANDING
BEHIND AS MANY WOMEN THAT
BRAVELY GET UP EVERY D WITH
OUR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US.
THEY HAD ANOTHER GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS ASKED HIM BEHIND THEM.
THEIR FAMILIES WORRY EVERY DAY,
WILL THEY COME HOME TO ME?
WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTING THOSE
MEN AN WOMEN WHO SELFLESSLY PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LIFE FOR US.
JASO HOPING TO RIDE THE HOGAN
WAVE WE SAW WITH THE ELECTION OF
THE GOVERNOR?
KATHY SZELIGA: YES, AND I AM
PROUD TO WORK WITH LARRY HOGAN
EVERY DAY.
REALLY PROUD OF THE THINGS YOU
HAVE DONE IN MARYLAND.
PUTTING A BUSINESSMAN IN OFFICE,
SOMEONE THAT KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A
PAYROLL AND HOW A BUDGET REALLY
WORKS.
NOT EVER MA A
-- NOT
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS AND
WASN'T AND INSIDERS BUT PEOPLE
THAT REALLY KNOW THESE THINGS
AND I AM PROUD OF THE THINGS HE
IS DOING IN MARYLAND.
HIS POLICY IS CREATI JOBS.
HE IS REMOVING BUREAUCRA AND
REGULATIONS FROM CROWDS VERY
MUCH TO WORK AND REPEAL THE RAIN
TAX, WHICH H BEEN A POSTER
CHILD FOR BAD GOVERNMENT.
JASON: THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE INVIT CANDIDATES
FROM THE SENATE TO JOIN US HERE.
EACH WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DISCUSS THEIR VISION, AND WE
WERE JOINED BY CHRYS KEFALAS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY,
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
CHRYS KEFALAS: THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
JASO TELL ME ABOUT VIOLENT
OFFENDERS.
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO KEEP THEM
FROM BECOMING REPEAT OFFENDERS?
WHAT CAN BE DONE IN D.C.?
CHRYS KEFALAS: WE REFORM THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
344 HOMICIDES IN BALTIMORE IS A
SHAMEFUL.
REFORM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM GETTING INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE NOT VIOLENT OFFENDERS, THOSE
WITH DRUG ADDICTION, HELPING THE
SERVICES AND COUNSELING TO GET
THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO OVER ALL IS
BY PUTTING RESOURCES ON THOSE
INDIVIDUALS, TARGETING DRUG
ADDICTION.
WE C ENABLE THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM TO GO AFTER
VIOLENT CRIMINALS.
JASON: YOU RUN UP DRUGS, THAT
WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
TALK ABOUT CRIMINALIZING AND
LEGALIZING DRUGS.
STOP TREATING PEOPLE THAT HAVE
AN ILLNESS LIKE THEY BELONG
BEHI BARS.
DO YOU THINK THIS METHOD COULD
CLEAN UP THE STREETS?
CHRYS KEFALAS: IT CAN DO A LOT
OF THINGS.
IT CAN BRING BACK THE TRUST WE
HAVE LOST BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY SO
THAT WE CAN MEXICO AFTER
INDIVIDUALS -- WE CAN ACTUALLY
GO AFTER INDIVIDUALS WHOSE
FAMILIES ARE FALLING APART.
WE HAVE TO GET INTO SOLVING GUN
VIOLENCE IN A SYSTEMIC WAY.
TH HOMICIDE RATE IN BALTIMORE
IS PRETTY BAD.
FEDERA GOVERNMENT CAN BE
HELPFUL, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO
ALLOW US TO DO BETTER.
WE CAN GO AFTER MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES, BUT IT REQUIRES A
HOLISTIC WAY TO DO WITH CRIMINAL
JUSTICE PROBLEMS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER WE
GET THEM THROUGH THEIR
ADDICTION, WE HAVE TO GET THEM A
JOB.
WE ARE SEEN MANUFACTURING LOT
--
JOBS LOST MARYLAND, AND WE
CAN FIX THINGS WITH LOWER TAXES,
REGULATORY REFORM IN WASHINGTON
TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
JASON: YOU WERE WITH
MANUFACTURING.
HOW DO YOU MAKE CITIE
ATTRACTIVE TO A MANUFACTURER TO
COME BACK?
CHRYS KEFALA I REPRESENT OVER
14,000 MANUFACTURERS, COMPANIES
LIKE UNDER ARMOUR THAT ARE
WILLING TO PROVIDE NEW JOBS IN
MARYLAND IF WE GET THINGS UNDER
CONTROL IN WASHINGTON, AND THAT
HIS TAX BENEFIT.
TAXE ARE UNFAIR IN MARYLAND.
COUNTRIES LIKE GERMANY, INDIA,
THEY ARE CLEANING OUR CLOCK.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
THE REGULATORY SIDE, THE AVERAGE
MANUFACTURER PLAYS A $5,000 A
YEAR IN COMPLIANCE COSTS.
MOST CUSTOMERS LIVE OVERSEAS.
WE DO SELL MORE PRODUCTS TO THEM
AND OPEN N PRODUCTS --
MARKETS.
JASON WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THE RACE ON THE GOP SIDE?
CHRYS KEFALAS: WHAT
PEOPLE
SEE, TAXPAYERS NEED TO COME
FIRST.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP OR
EV OTHERS, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE
HEARING ON THE TRAIL IN
MARYLAND.
I VISITED ALL 23 COUNTIES IN
MARYLAND, AND WE WANT TAXPAYERS
TO COME FORWARD, AND THAT IS
WHAT I INTEND TO DO AS A
SENATOR.
JASON: WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
SENATORS WRITING THE HOGAN WAVE.
CHRYS KEFALAS: LARRY HOGAN IS
A
FRIEND.
WE WALKED TOGETHER IN THE EARLY