BE IT'S DIFFERENCE.
VOTE.
AARP HAWAI'I AND KHON 2
WE'RE LOCAL HEADQUARTERS.
PRESENT THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
ALOHA.
I'M BARBARA KIM STANTON.
STATE DIRECTOR OF AARP
HAWAI'I.
AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 50
ARE THE MOST POWERFUL VOTING
BLOCK IN HAWAI'I.
AND IN FACT, THE NATION.
WE WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE IN
ELECTION.
FOR MORE THAN 32 YEARS, AARP
HAS WORKED TO MAKE SURE THAT
CANDIDATES ADDRESS ISSUES
IMPORTANT TO VOTERS.
DURING TONIGHT'S DEBATE,
FEATURING THE TOP TWO
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR.
WE WILL ASK THEM ABOUT ISSUES
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR
KUPUNA AND THEIR FAMILIES.
IMPROVING FINANCIAL SECURITY,
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, HELP
FOR CAREGIVERS, AND CREATING
MORE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.
AARP IS A NONPARTISAN
ORGANIZATION.
WE DO NOT ENDORSE CANDIDATES,
NOR DO WE CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES OR
ON BEHALF OF AARP, AND OUR
NEARLY 150,000 MEMBERS IN
HAWAI'I, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US FOR TONIGHT'S DEBATE.
NOW, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE
OUR MODERATOR.
GINA MANGIERI.
THAT FORMAT ALSO BEEN
DEVELOPED BY AARP.
EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE ONE
MINUTE FOR OPENING REMARKS.
PANELIST, GERALD KATO WILL
OUGHT TALTERNATE QUESTIONS.
ONE MINUTE TO ANSWER EACH.
IF FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IS
POSED, RESPONSE WILL BE
LIMITED TO ANOTHER 30 SECONDS.
CANDIDATES TO QUESTION EACH
OTHER.
THE CANDIDATES ASKING THE
QUESTION HAS THE OPTION TO DO
REBUTTAL, NOT TO EXCEED 30
SECONDS.
I WILL BE PRESENTING THE
QUESTIONS FROM THE VIEWERS.
IN BETWEEN ROUNDS OF AARP AND
CANDIDATE TO CANDIDATE
QUESTIONS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
FORUM, EACH CANDIDATE WILL
HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR CLOSING
REMARKS.
I WILL BE ENSURING THAT TIME
KEEPING IS STRICTLY ADHERED
TO.
YELLOW LIGHT VISIBLE TO BOTH
CANDIDATES THE STUDIO WILL
RED LIGHT WILL FLASH WHEN THE
EXPIRED TIME IS UP.
AT WHICH POINT THE CANDIDATE
WILL BE PERMITTED TO FINISH
HIS OR HER SENTENCE.
MANY OF THE QUESTIONS FOR
TONIGHT'S DEBATE WERE
DEVELOPED BY AARP AND THEY
WERE HELD IN CONFIDENCE.
SOME QUESTIONS WERE ALSO ASKED
BY KHON 2 BY THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
OUR PANELIST TONIGHT IS
PROFESSOR GERALD KATO FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
WHO FORMALLY COVERED THE
CAPITOL BEAT AS A REPORTER.
IF MY PLEASURE NOW TO
INTRODUCE THE CANDIDATES.
CONGRESSWOMAN COLLEEN HANABUSA
AND GOVERNOR DAVID IGE.
CANDIDATES, GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME.
THE ORDER FOR TONIGHT'S
FORM HAS BEEN DECIDED IN
ADVANCE.
BY CCOIN FLIP.
CONGRESS WOMAN HANABUSA WILL
GIVE OPENING REMARKS.
ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU SOCIETY IS
DEFINED BY HOW WE TREASURE OUR
KUPUNA AND OUR YOUTH.
WE ARE ENTERING A STAGE NOW
WHERE THE BABY-BOOMERS ARE
AGING AND THE MILLENIAL
GENERATION IS GROWING TO THE
POINT THAT THEY MAY JUST
EXCEED THE BABY-BOOMERS.
SO WHAT WE REALLY DO NEED IS
TO HEAR THEIR VOICES AN TO
LISTEN TO THEM.
THAT IS WHY AS I TRAVEL
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, I
DECIDED WHAT IS NECESSARY IS
AN ELEVATION TO THE CABINET
LEVEL POSITION OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH THE
SENIORS, KUPUNA, AND THE
MILLENIALS.
BECAUSE AS WE PLAN FOR THEIR
FUTURE, WE MUST UNDERSTAND HOW
AND WHAT THEY WANT.
GOVERNMENT HAS SIMPLY DICTATED
AND THAT IS WE WANT.
THAT IS WHAT WE CANNOT
CONTINUE TO DO.
THIS IS WHY I WILL MAKE SURE
THAT THERE NEVER LEFT BEHIND
AGAIN.
AND THEY WILL HAVE A SAY IN
HOW GOVERNMENT PROCEEDS.
THANK YOU.
GOVERNOR?
ALOHA.
I WANTED TO START BY THANKING
AARP HAWAI'I FOR REALLY GIVING
THE VOTERS OF HAWAI'I THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR CANDIDATES
SIDE BY SIDE.
FOUR YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO
RUN FOR GOVERNOR BECAUSE I
FAVORED SPECIAL INTERESTS AND
SELF-INTERESTS RATHER THAN THE
PUBLIC INTERESTS.
I PLEDGED TO BE GOVERNOR FOR
ALL OF HAWAI'I.
REAL LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY,
WORKING TO FIND THE BEST
SOLUTIONS, AND THEN GETTING IT
IIMPLEMENTED.
I HAVE A RECORD OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNLIKE ANY
OTHER CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE.
YOU KNOW, I PROMISE TO COOL A
THOUSAND CLASSROOMS AND WE'RE
AT 1300 CLASSROOMS AND
COUNTING.
WE HAVE FOCUSED ON HOMELESS.
AND FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,
THE HOMELESS COUNT ALL ACROSS
THE STATE HAS DECREASED.
I AM COMMITTED TO CARRYING OUT
THE PUBLIC INTERESTS IN EVERY
DECISION.
RIGHT THINGS IN THE RIGHT WAY