>> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.

>> BEEN KNOWN BY MANY NAMES.

JUBILEE DAY, FREEDOM DAY, LIBERATION DAY, EMANCIPATION TODAY AND TODAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS DECLARES JUNETEENTH TO BE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN TIME FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO GET TODAY OFF WORK.

STATE OFFICIALS OBSERVED JUNETEENTH TRADITIONS AT THE CAPITOL THIS MORNING.

BLACK AMERICANS CELEBRATE THIS WEEKEND AS MANY PAUSE TO LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK AND THE SENTENCING OF DEREK CHAUVIN, THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD.

I'M ZAC SCHULTZ SITTING IN FOR FREDERICA FREYBERG.

TONIGHT GOVERNOR TONY EVERS TALKS ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY FOR REELECTION.

MURV SEYMOUR TRAVELS THE STATE AND MARISSA WOJCIK REPORTS ON A BARBER SHOP THAT GETS PEOPLE TO MEDICAL HELP.

>> LAST NIGHT THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE WRAPPED UP THEIR WORK ON THE STATE BUDGET BY INSERTING INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX CUTS THAT ADD UP TO 3.4 BILLION.

IT HEADS TO THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE AND THEN THE DESK OF GOVERNOR EVERS WHO ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH HE IS RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

HE JOINS US NOW FROM MADISON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANKS, ZAC, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> GOOD.

IN THE PAST INCUMBENT GOVERNORS WAITED UNTIL THE BUDGET WAS SIGNED TO ANNOUNCE.

WHY DID YOU DECIDE THE TIME WAS RIGHT IN EARLY JUNE.

>> IT WAS AROUND THE ISSUE OF THE BUDGET.

CLEARLY THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET THAT I FELT AND PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT ME FELT THAT WEREN'T PARTICULARLY GOOD FOR OUR SCHOOLS OR OUR HEALTHCARE OR FRANKLY EVEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT I AM IN FOR THE LONG HAUL AND I'M ALL IN AND MY GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS BUDGET AS GOOD A BUDGET AS POSSIBLE.

SO IT WAS AROUND THE DIRECTION OF THE BUDGET.

>> SPEAKING OF THE BUDGET.

JOINT FINANCE WRAPPED UP LAST NIGHT AND THE LEGISLATURE COULD MAKE CHANGES ON THE FLOOR NEXT WEEK THERE WORK APPEARS TO BE DONE.

WE INVITED REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO JOIN US TODAY AND THEY DECLINED.

THE JOINT CHAIR SAID THIS.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES.

THIS MONEY WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT INCOME, PROPERTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX CUTS TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF.

NOW GOVERNOR, CONSIDERING WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE WITH TAXES AND EDUCATION SPENDING ARE YOU STILL CONSIDERING A VETO OF THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT?

>> IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

I MEAN EVEN THOUGH JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE IS DONE WITH THEIR WORK, FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF IT.

ON THE FLOOR THERE IS ALWAYS CHANGES.

THERE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT ARE MADE AND SO I'M RELUCTANT TO SAY WHETHER I WILL SIGN IT OR VETO IT OR VETO PARTS OF IT.

BUT THAT DECISION MAKING GETS A LOT OF TIME.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE EXACT LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

CLEARLY I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR SEVERAL AREAS.

I WOULD SAY OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR IS PRETTY WEAK.

THEIR RESPONSE TO FOLKS THAT WORK IN K-12 OR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES I DON'T THINK ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

THEY'VE SHOULDERED A GREAT DEAL OF THE BURDEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC ALSO.

>> IF YOU WERE TO VETO THE WHOLE BUDGET REPUBLICANS AREN'T LIKELY TO COME BACK AND TRY AGAIN.

WOULD THE STATE BE BETTER OFF UNDER THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND WOULD IT IMPACT OUR SCHOOL'S ABILITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS?

>> ALL THAT IS ON THE TABLE.

CLEARLY I WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM PERIOD.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR STATE.

AND SO IF NEED BE, WE WILL SIGN AND DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH PARTIAL VETOES BUT AGAIN, IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I AM WAITING TO SEE A FINAL DOCUMENT.

THERE WILL BE CHANGES ON THE FLOOR.

THERE ALWAYS IS.

PEOPLE LOOKING TO GET THEIR PET PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

SO I'M REALLY RELUCTANT TO EVEN CAPSULIZE WHAT THE BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> THE WAY THE REPUBLICANS MET -- WAS TO SEND MORE MONEY TO SCHOOLS BUT REQUIRE TO LOWER THE LEVY REDUCING PROPERTY TAXES BUT DOESN'T CREATE NEW FUNDING FOR EDUCATION.

I KNOW IN THE PAST YOU HAVE SAID THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM.

CAN YOUR LINE ITEM VETO AUTHORITY IMPACT SOME OF THOSE LEVY LIMITS IN THE WAY EDUCATION FUNDING IS ALLOCATED?

>> YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS I HAVE AS AN EDUCATOR WHEN I WAS IN THE FIELD AND THE PRESENT EDUCATORS HAVE.

THE MONEY -- WHERE THEY PUT THE MONEY DOESN'T COME DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IT IS DONE THROUGH LOWER PROPERTY TAXES.

IN ORDER FOR SCHOOLS TO CAPTURE SOME MONEY THEY HAVE TO RAISE TAXES AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK WELL.

THAT MONEY IS GOING TO -- I UNDERSTAND TECHNICALLY THAT MONEY IS NOT GOING DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS.

IT IS VIEWED AS SCHOOL AID BUT A PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

THAT DOES NOT HELP OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE MONEY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, EITHER.

>> WHEN YOU FIRST RAN FOR GOVERNOR YOU LAID OUT A FUMBER OF PRIORITIES LIKE EXPANDING MEDICAID THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE REFUSED TO CONSIDER.

DO YOU THINK VOTERS WILL UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVEN'T ACHIEVED THOSE GOALS?

>> THEY -- YES, THEY NO DARN WELL SPEAKER VOS SAYS FROM THE BEGINNING HE BELIEVES IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE RELIANT AND DEPENDENT ON -- HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND APPARENTLY THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE.

IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT HAS QUESTIONS WHY WE DON'T HAVE MEDICAID EXTENSIONS I'LL TELL THEM THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET MEDICAID IN THIS STATE BUT WE NEED FAIR MAPS FOR SURE.

BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WILL ABOUT.

THE PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN.

70% OF THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING ME.

REGARDLESS OF HIS INDIVIDUAL BELIEFS, I KNOW THERE ARE REPUBLICANS OUT THERE THAT WILL SUPPORT MEDICAID EXPANSION.

>> WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A PREVIEW OF WHAT REPUBLICANS VIEW AS YOUR WEAKNESSES IN THIS NEXT ELECTION.

ONE OF THOSE ISSUES IS THE DELAY IN HANDLING UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

YOUR ADMINISTRATION TALKED ABOUT THE ANTIQUATED COMPUTER SYSTEM.

DOES THE BUDGET PROPERLY ADDRESS UPDATING THAT SYSTEM?

>> WELL, WE HAD SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO UPDATE THAT SYSTEM AND CLEARLY WE'LL BE -- THEY SHUT DOWN MOST OF THAT.

WE'LL BE LOOKING TO FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER MECHANISMS TO MAKE SURE WE UPDATE THAT.

YES, ATTACKING THAT WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WERE IN OFFICE.

I WASN'T IN OFFICE WHEN THE AUDIT BUREAU SAID YOU HAVE TO FIX THIS THING.

THIS IS BIG TROUBLE.

BUT REGARDLESS, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE WILL GET THIS THING FIXED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

WE ARE PUTTING OUT UPDATES FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE IMPROVEMENT.

>> THE LAST TIME WISCONSIN VOTERS ELECTED A GOVERNOR OF THE SAME PARTY AS THE PRESIDENT WAS 1990.

THAT TREND INCLUDES YOUR ELECTION IN 2018.

DOES THE MID-TERM ENVIRONMENT CONCERN YOU HEADING INTO 2022?

>> NOT AT ALL.

I KNOW THINGS ARE GOING WELL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

I BELIEVE MORE THAN EVER THAT THAT DOESN'T HOLD TRUE ANYMORE.

THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES THAT FACE WISCONSIN DIRECTLY AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE IMMUNE TO SOME OF THAT.

BUT I BELIEVE MY CHANCES OF WINNING REELECTION ARE VERY STRONG.

WE HAVE A GOOD RECORD.

A GOOD RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC WITH THE LEGISLATURE OUT OF TOWN FOR 300 DAYS.

WE ACTUALLY HAD CHANGES MADE AND MADE SURE WE GOT SHOTS IN ARMS AND GOT LOTS OF FEDERAL MONEY.

IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET OUT THE PEOPLE IN OUR TOURISM INDUSTRIES AND FARMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

I THINK MY RECORD IS A GOOD ONE AND I KNOW I WILL GET REELECTED.

>> WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANKS, TAKE CARE.

>> JUST YESTERDAY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED LEGISLATION MAKING JUNETEENTH A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

OFFICIALLY JUNETEENTH IS CELEBRATED TOMORROW JUNE 19th WHICH IN 1865 WAS THE DATE FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVED IN TEXAS TO LET AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVES KNOW THE EMANCIPATION OCCUPATION HAD FREED ALL THE SLAVES TWO YEARS EARLIER.

SLAVERY EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S. WAS NOT ABOLISHED WHEN THE 13th AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED AS PART OF OUR CONSTITUTION.

IN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING GOVERNOR TONY EVERS GATHERED WITH OTHER STATE OFFICIALS TO CELEBRATE THE NEW HOLIDAY AND KICK OFF WEEKEND ACTIVITIES IN WISCONSIN.

THE JUNETEENTH FLAG WAS RAISED.

RUBEN HOPKINS FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE WISCONSIN BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS IT'S TIME TO BRING A NEW LAYER TO THE HOLIDAY.

AN EMPHASIS ON BLACK OWNED BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE SPOKE WITH HOPKINS ABOUT WHAT JUNETEENTH MEANS TO HIM.

>> I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE JUNETEENTH SHOULD BE CELEBRATED DIFFERENTLY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE DO A PARADE AND WE DO BASICALLY A DAY OF FESTIVITIES IN MILWAUKEE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND SO I THINK THAT JUNETEENTH HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW THAT CONGRESS HAS VOTED TO MAKE IT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, I JUST THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE OF A BLACK ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE BUILT AROUND WHAT ARE THE REAL PROGRESSES THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THIS COUNTRY?

BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ARE MAKING SOME AMAZING PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE DON'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT AND WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT.

PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO FRAME IT.

IN SOME CASES PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO FRAME IT BECAUSE AGAIN, SOMEHOW IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE SHOW THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE DOING WELL, THERE IS A GROUP OF WHITE PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ONLY DOING WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING IT FROM US.

NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

>> PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND NOW MORE THAN A YEAR OUT, HOW ARE BLACK BUSINESSES, BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES FARING?

>> WE'RE STRUGGLING BECAUSE MOST OF THE MONEY THAT WAS FOR PPP AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE CREATED WITH THE RECOVERY ACT, MOST OF THAT MONEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

>> WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THAT AN ADDITIONAL $300 IN UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FROM COVID-19 RELIEF DOLLARS ARE DISINCENTIVIZING PEOPLE FROM WORKING AND HURTING LOCAL BUSINESSES.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

AND IS THAT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM YOUR MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER?

>> NO, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

YOU HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.

I RUN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUSINESSES WANT TO MAKE MONEY AND PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE MONEY AND SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO PAY OUT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT.

YOU KNOW.

BUT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE.

AND I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT YOU'VE GOT TO PAY PEOPLE, RIGHT?

AND I THINK SO THE PANDEMIC WOKE UP PEOPLE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED BY GOING TO WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC, NOW THAT THE PANDEMIC IS OVER OR WE SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M WORTH MORE THAN WHAT THIS JOB IS WILLING TO PAY ME.

>> ONE WEEK FROM TODAY DEREK CHAUVIN, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER CONVICTED OF MURDERING GEORGE FLOYD WILL RECEIVE HIS PRISON SENTENCE FOR THE CRIME THAT SET OFF A WORLDWIDE SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT.

"HERE AND NOW" SPECIAL PROJECT JOURNALIST TOOK HIS CAMERA TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF WISCONSIN TO LISTEN WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BRACING FOR THE UPCOMING SENTENCING.

>> THE URBAN LEAGUE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVIL RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NATION.

BEEN AROUND SINCE 1910 HERE IN MADISON WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1968.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WRONGED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE FIGHT FOR OUR CITIZENS WHEN INJUSTICE HAPPENS IN ONE PLACE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS THE PROBABILITY THAT IT CAN HAPPEN ACROSS THE LAND.

SO WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE SENTENCING.

>> MUCH OF THE ANXIETY, I BELIEVE, THAT WE FELT IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS AROUND IF HE WOULD BE CHARGED AT ALL OR CONVICTED AT ALL.

WE KNOW WE CAN'T ALWAYS STOP ALL THESE SITUATION FROM HAPPENING BUT WE DO KNOW THAT ACTUAL LAW CHANGES ACTUALLY DO MAKE A SHIFT.

>> I'M HERE WITH MY GRANDSON.

I DON'T WANT THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS TO KEEP GOING ON THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

I WANTED TO DOCUMENT THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T GRASP IT RIGHT NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL.

STOP BITING ME.

>> WE DON'T ALWAYS GET JUSTICE.

WE'VE GONE SO MANY YEARS NOW WHERE IT JUST FEELS LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ONE OF OUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, POLICE BRUTALITY AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN -- IT SEEMS WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT.

WE NEED TO KEEP GOING.

THIS ISN'T THE FINISH LINE.

THIS ONE CASE ISN'T THE END OF IT.

>> I KNOW THERE IS GOOD AND BAD IN EVERYTHING.

WE DEFINITELY HAVE ENDURED AND SEEN ENOUGH THAT WE'RE VERY HESITANT TO TRUST.

I HAVE HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH GOOD POLICE.

I ALSO KNOW LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IF I NEED THE POLICE, I HAVE A FEAR OF WHICH ONES ARE SHOWING UP.

YOU KNOW?

YOU JUST HOPE IT'S THE RIGHT ONE.

THE ONE THAT IS THERE TO TRULY PROTECT AND SERVE NO MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, NO MATTER YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

>> VERDICT HAS ALREADY BEEN HANDED IN AND HE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY.

>> PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE GIVEN A BREAK.

>> ALWAYS A FEELING OF YEAH, BUT.

>> YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE SYSTEM.

>> SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WE KEPT PUTTING OUR TRUST IN THE SYSTEM THAT ESSENTIALLY WAS RIGGED AGAINST US.

IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CHANCE FOR TRUE JUSTICE TO BE SHOWN IN CHARGING, IN SENTENCING.

IN HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE.

>> WHAT WE GOT ON APRIL 20th WAS THE CORRECT THING TO BE GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS.

A JUST SENTENCE WOULD BE MAXIMUM SENTENCE THEY COULD GIVE.

>> HE WAS BLATANT AND IRRESPONSIBLE.

>> I THINK THE SENTENCING SHOULD BE A HARSHER SENTENCE SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS A FIGURE OF AUTHORITY, A MAN GIVEN POWER NOT TO ABUSE IT.

>> IF THE SENTENCING IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS COMMITTED THOSE SAME CRIMES THAT'S INJUSTICE.

>> THERE IS A LIFE THAT'S TAKEN THAT I FEEL WASN'T NECESSARY.

>> HE LITERALLY MURDERED A HUMAN BEING.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SET A PRECEDENT IF THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

>> HE SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.

TO NOT JUST SEND A MESSAGE, BUT TO GIVE ASSURANCE TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO ALL THE COMMUNITY, TO EVERYONE, THAT THIS TYPE OF STUFF CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND GO ON.

>> IT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT BE TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED, YOU KNOW, IF THE SENTENCE IS LIGHT.

>> WE NEED TO SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I THINK IT WILL DEFER PEOPLE FROM DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN.

>> WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE I'M HERE WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE A VICTIM AND THEY SHOULD NEVER BE A VICTIM OF POLICE.

>> I'M RAISING THREE AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOYS AND IT HITS HOME QUITE NATURALLY WITH ME THAT YEAH, IF THEY GO OUT AND MAKE A MISTAKE, I WANT THEM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE COURT OF LAW, NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE STREETS.

>> IT WILL CONVEY THAT THIS CAN'T KEEP HAPPENING ANYMORE.

AND THAT GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE MATTERED.

>> JUST WHEN WE THINK WE'VE GOT JUSTICE AND WE START TO HEAL, WE GET SET BACK AND THEN WE'RE BACK WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

I'M NOT TRUSTING THE SYSTEM AND I'M FEELING LIKE JUSTICE HASN'T BEEN SERVED.

>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST OPEN ARMS TO TRUST OVERNIGHT BUT I THINK THE MORE THAT PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THINGS, RIGHT, BY PEOPLE I MEAN OUR LEADERS, DO THE RIGHT THING, THAT WILL GROW.

>> THE COUNTRY IS AT A VERY DELICATE PLACE.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN BECAUSE -- >> MINNESOTA IS NOT VERY FAR AWAY.

>> WE'RE NEIGHBORS TO MINNESOTA AND THESE TYPE OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN.

>> THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ACROSS THE NATION HAVE LOCAL IMPACTS.

>> TO ME I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO HUG MY CHILDREN TIGHTER.

I NEEDED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE.

>> I DO HAVE SYMPATHY.

HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER AND PUBLIC SERVICE BUT HE JUST WENT WRONG ON THIS DAY.

>> HE COMMITTED THE CRIMES AND HE SHOULD SERVE THE TIME.

HE OBVIOUSLY MADE A MISTAKE IN THIS SITUATION AND HE STILL HAS TO PAY.

>> I DON'T THINK -- WE HAVE A BLACK VICE PRESIDENT AND WE HAD A BLACK PRESIDENT.

WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED WAY DOWN THE TOTEM POLE AS A PEOPLE.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS STUFF DOESN'T KEEP HAPPENING IN OUR LITTLE KIDS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GROW UP FEARING POLICE.

>> WE'LL KNOW WHEN THERE IS A LOT MORE LEADERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SERVICE POSITIONS THAT LOOK LIKE US.

>> WE'RE ALREADY OVER A BIG HURDLE.

>> I FEEL HOPEFUL IT IS GOING TO BE JUSTICE SERVED.

>> WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE JUST HOPE AGAIN THAT JUSTICE CONTINUES TO BE RENDERED AS WE WAIT FOR THE SENTENCING.

>> I KNOW THERE IS A TIME OF BEING WOKE AND I DO FEEL LIKE THERE HAS BEEN AN AWAKENING WHERE PEOPLE ARE SITTING UP AND TAKING NOTICE AND I FEEL LIKE AFRICAN-AMERICANS, ASIANS, LGBTQ, SOME ALLIANCES THAT ARE BEING FORMED AND WE HAVE ALLIES AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> JUST PRAY THAT EVERYTHING GOES AS IT SHOULD.

>> WE TURN NOW TO A NEW AND UNCONVENTIONAL WAY OF THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT GO FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE, A BARBER SHOP.

WE HAVE THIS STORY ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE MODEL OF HEALTHCARE THAT'S ON THE CUTTING EDGE.

>> I HAD THIS IDEA WHEN I USED TO COME AND GET MY HAIR CUT WHEN I HAD HAIR.

I WOULD COME TO THE BARBER SHOP AND HEAR GUYS TALKING ABOUT ALL TYPES OF HEALTH PROBLEMS.

THEY WOULD GET THAT BEAUTIFUL HAIRCUT AND WALK OUT THE DOOR AND JUST OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS HEARING THIS AND THEN HEARING WHAT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY WAS SAYING ABOUT WE CAN'T REACH BLACK MEN.

>> HAVING MADE HIS OWN HEALTH A PRIORITY AFTER FINDING OUT HE WAS DIABETIC AARON PERRY WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE STATS.

EVEN WITH TODAY'S MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS ONE QUESTION RESOUNDED IN HIS MIND.

>> WHY CAN'T WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP BLACK MEN ALIVE LONGER THAN 51 YEARS OF AGE?

>> WE'RE SEEING BLACK MEN WITH INCREASINGLY HIGHER RATES OF CANCER, LUNG DISEASE, DIABETES, OBESITY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND OTHER THINGS THAT THREATEN THEIR QUALITY AND LENGTH OF LIFE.

>> THIS DOCTOR IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST FROM THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.

A LONG TITLE FOR WHAT SHE CALLS.

>> A DISEASE DETECTIVE.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO IMPACTING LONG-TERM HEALTH ISSUES.

>> PREVENTION IS KEY.

INSTEAD OF WAITING AND UNTIL A PROBLEM COMES UP AND THEN GOING TO THE DOCTOR TO WORK ON FIXING IT, WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

>> AARON HAD AN IDEA ABOUT THAT.

>> WHY DON'T WE BRING THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY TO THE BARBER SHOP?

IT JUST MADE SENSE.

>> THIS SIMPLE SOLUTION TO ADDRESS A COMPLEX PROBLEM HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

>> SO I PITCHED THAT IDEA TO JEFF PATTERSON, THE OWNER.

>> HIS BARBER WHEN HE HAD HAIR.

>> HE WAS A CUSTOMER HERE AND KNEW WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS WE RAN AND HIS PRESENTATION WAS OUTSTANDING.

IT WAS A NO-BRAINER.

>> WITHIN MONTHS THE REBALANCED LIFE BALANCE ASSOCIATION, THE FIRST EVER MEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF ITS KIND OPENED ATTACHED TO THE GP HAIR DESIGN BARBER SHOP IN MADISON.

>> WE DO BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS, FLU SHOTS, DIABETES TESTING, GLUCOSE TESTING AND CHOLESTEROL TESTING AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE FREE AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE, YOU KNOW?

WHEN WE STARTED WE HAD TO CONVINCE THE GUYS TO DO THIS.

NOW IT'S JUST LIKE SECOND NATURE.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THE BARBER SHOP PROVIDES THAT MAKES THIS MODEL SO SUCCESSFUL.

>> IT'S A TRUST THING.

I THINK BARBERS HAVE A GOOD PERSUASION OVER THEIR CLIENTS.

THERE IS TRUST.

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRUST IT IS NOT JUST CREDENTIALS, BUILDING TRUST IN RELATIONSHIPS WHEN YOU MAKE IMPORTANT HEALTHCARE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT PERSON IS RELIABLE.

YOU NEED TO BE IN A SAFE SPACE.

>> THE BARBERS TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PANDEMIC AND HELPING DISTRIBUTE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

>> I ALWAYS TELL THE BARBERS HERE WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE SAY BECAUSE OUR CLIENTS BELIEVE IN US.

SOCIAL CONNECTIVITY IS SO IMPORTANT AND ALSO IN MANY OF THESE SPACES YOU AREN'T ALONE.

>> THE BARBERS, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ALL OF THEIR CLIENTELE.

>> MARRIAGE, KIDS, WORK PROBLEMS, WORKING OUT, EVERYTHING.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS A PLACE TO COME HERE.

>> FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TRUST IN HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE ROOTED IN FACTORS BEYOND THE MEDICAL FIELD.

>> STRAOUK TOURAL RACISM CONTRIBUTES TO UNEQUAL ACCESS TO WEALTH, HOUSING, FOOD AND HEALTHCARE.

ALL THESE THINGS HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HOW LONG PEOPLE LIVE AND HOW HEALTHY THEY ARE.

>> THEY SPAN GENERATIONS.

>> WE'RE STILL FEELING THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

IN THAT SETTING THAT HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S ACTUAL BIOLOGY.

>> SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION IS EMBEDDED IN THIS FAMILY SETTING.

>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>> THE CRAZY THING IS THEY STILL HAVE BOOSTER CHAIRS AND PARENTS BRING THEM AND THEY GET OLDER AND START COMING IN THEMSELVES.

>> THE HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS EXPANDED TO TWO CENTERS.

RESILIENT HAIR DESIGN AND BE RIGHT BARBER SHOP.

>> I COME IN EVERY OTHER WEEK ME AND MY FAMILY.

>> I ALWAYS WANT TO -- MAKE SURE MY HEALTH IS GOOD.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE NOBODY ELSE KNOWS.

>> IF I WANT SOMETHING HERE I CAN TELL THEM GO BACK HERE AND CHECK IT OUT.

>> AARON IS SETTING HIS SIGHTS HIGHER HOPING TO OPEN CENTERS IN OTHER STATES AND BECOME THE NATION'S FIRST FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IN A BARBER SHOP >> WE'RE MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.

WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF WAITING.

>> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.

NEXT WEEK A SPECIAL REPORT ON PROPERTY TAXES AND HOW THE LEGISLATURE'S FOCUS ON THEM IMPACTS EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE.

FREDERICA FREYBERG WILL RETURN NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

I'M ZAC SCHULTZ.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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