>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD BE FORGIVING UP TO $10,000 IN STUDENT LOANS FOR CERTAIN BORROWERS.

>> WHEN YOU OWE ON A MASSIVE STUDENT LOAN BURDEN, THAT AFFECTS YOUR ABILITY TO BUY A HOME.

YOU CAN'T SAVE FOR RETIREMENT.

>> SOME SAY THE LOAN FORGIVENESS DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, WHILE OTHERS DECRY THE PLAN AS A HANDOUT.

THE RECENTLY PASSED INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FAILED TO ADDRESS 9THE COST OF INSULIN WHICH IS AFFECTING THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY HOOSIERS.

>> WE KNOW THAT 1 OUT OF 4 PATIENTS WITH DIABETES HAVE RATIONED INSULIN.

>>> ADVOCATES SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LAWMAKERS TO CAP THE COST OF INSULIN.

AND WE TALK RUSSIAN POLITICS AS THE INVASION OF THE UKRAINE HAS ENTERED SIX MONTHS.

PLUS WE WILL HAVE NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

♪ WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK"!

I'M JOE HREN.

WELL, ON WEDNESDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL CANCEL $10,000 IN FEDERAL STUDENT DEBT PER STUDENT BORROWER EARNINGS UNDER $125,000 A YEAR.

AS CLAYTON BAUMGARTH REPORTS, THE PLAN WAS MET WITH MIXED REACTION.

>> IT WAS A BUSY DAY ON INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS.

FALL CLASSES HAVE STARTED AND THE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS NEWS HAS REACHED MANY STUDENTS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN CALLS FOR CANCELLATION OF $10,000 FOR EVERY BORROWER EARNING UNDER $125,000 A YEAR.

FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE PELL GRANT, UP TO $20,000.

AND IT EMTENDS THE PAUSE ON THE STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

SOME STUDENTS FEEL $10,000 SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR MANY BORROWERS AND THE PLAN LEAVES SOME WITH LARGER DEBTS OUT IN THE COLD.

>> I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE GONE THROUGH GRAD SCHOOL AND HAVE Ph.D.s AND UNFORTUNATELY THEIR COMBINED INCOME IS MORE THAN $125,000, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

>> ADDING UP TO ABOUT $1.6 TRILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

IN INDIANA ALOAN, THERE ARE 930 CARRYING $30 BILLION AND 1 FROM 6 RURAL BORROWERS HAVE FALLEN BEHIND.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, THERE'S MORE THAN 83,000 BORROWERS ON $1.8 BILLION -- WITH A B, AND THAT AFFECTS EVERY AREA OF THEIR LIFE WHEN YOU OWE ON A MASSIVE STUDENT LOAN BURDEN.

>> AUBREY KEARNY DREAMS OF GETTING MARRIED, OWNING A HOME AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BABIES, BUT SHE SAID KNOWING SHE WILL BE MAKING STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS OF $350 TO $450 A MONTH FOR DECADES INFLUENCES PLANNING FOR LIFE WITH HER PARTNER.

>> THIS IS A $60,000 BEHEMOTH THAT HANGS OVER HER.

THEY CHOSE TO GET A HOME INSTEAD OF GETTING MARRIED.

>> IT'S PAINFUL EVERY DAY THAT I'M NOT A MOM, BASICALLY.

LIKE, I WANT TO BE A MOM SO BAD!

AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE MAYBE IT CAN'T EVEN HAPPEN AND THAT'S REALLY SAD AND SCARY.

>> WHILE THIS NEW PLAN FALLS SHORT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO FORGIVE ALL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT DEBT AT PUBLIC, HISTORICALLY BLACK AND MINORITY SERVING UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, IT REMAINS AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE.

WITH UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDING IN THE ECONOMY AND THE FUTURE OF THE STUDENT DEBT CRISIS, MANY STUDENTS SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GOVERNMENT ACTION.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW THE CORRECT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT IS, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT OUR LEGISLATURE AT LEAST THINKING ABOUT IT.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M CLAYTON BAUMGARTH.

>>> THE RECENTLY PASSED INFLATION REDUCTION ACT REVIVED THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND THE PRICE OF INSULIN WHICH DIABETICS USE TO MANAGE THEIR DISEASE.

THE BILL TAKES SOME STEPS TO CAP OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR THE LIFESAVING DRUG BUT AS MITCH LEGAN REPORTS, ADVOCATES SAY IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH, AND MANY HOOSIERS WILL CONTINUE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD INSULIN.

>> FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, INSULIN HAS DOMINATED MOLLY KING'S ROUTINE.

>> IT HAS SEVEN GRAMS OF CARBS.

SO THAT WILL PLAY INTO HOW MANY CARROTS A USE.

>> SHE'S A TYPE ONE DIABETIC WHICH MEANS HER BODY DOESN'T CREATE INSULIN, THE HORMONE THAT REGULATES HER BLOOD SUGAR.

WITHOUT IT, SHE COULD HAVE SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING BLINDNESS OR EVEN DEATH.

SO SHE KEEPS CAREFUL TRACK OF WHAT SHE'S EATING AND INJECTS HERSELF BEFORE EVERY MEAL.

>> SO YOU HEAR THAT?

>> I USE A LONG ACTING INSULIN THAT I TAKE TWICE A DAY.

THE SHORT ACTING INSULIN IS WHAT CHANGES BASED ON MY FOOD INTAKE AND MY CURRENT GLUCOSE NUMBERS.

>> KING IS ONE OF AN ESTIMATED 1 MILLION HOOSIERS LIVING WITH DIABETES, NOT ALL DIABETICS NEED INSULIN, BUT SHE SAYS FOR THOSE WHO DO, IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE.

KING WAS FIRST CONSCIOUSED WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES IN 2010.

SINCE THEN, THE MONTHLY COST OF HER INSULIN MEDICATION HAS BALLOONED FROM ABOUT $300 TO OVER $1,000 A DAY.

>> I'M 30 AND I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS BECAUSE MY MEDICATION IS SO EXPENSIVE.

I KNEW FINANCIALLY I COULDN'T.

I WOULD EITHER HAVE TO CHOOSE TO PAY MY BILLS OR PAY MY RENT OR KEEP MYSELF ALIVE FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

>> KING'S SITUATION IS NOT UNIQUE.

THE PRICE OF INSULIN HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.

DURING THE SAME TIME, THE THREE MAJOR INSULIN PROVIDERS, SANOFI, NOVONORDISK AND ELI LILLY RAISED THEIR PRICES NEARLY IN LOCKSTEP.

THAT'S LED TO LAWSUITS AGAINST THE COMPANIES OF COLLUSION BUT THEY SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES COMPLICATED MEDICAL LANDSCAPE AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE FULL PRICE.

>> WE KNOW INSULIN COSTS $6 A VIAL TO PRODUCE AND EACH VIAL IS OVER $300 IF BOUGHT OUT OF POCKET AT THE PHARMACY COULDN'TER.

>> SO KASPER, KING AND OTHER ADVOCATES WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT MADE IT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DESK.

WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED, IT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO INSULIN PRICES.

>> IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOST IMPACTED, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH INSURANCE AND WITHOUT INSURANCE.

>> THE BILL CONTAINS A $35 INSURANCE COPAY CAP FOR PEOPLE ON MEDICARE BUT THERE WAS A SECTION THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED PRIVATE INSURANCE TOO.

MOST SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTES AGAINST IT, THEY SAID IT WOULD HAVE VIOLATED BUDGET RULES.

>> IT DOES NOT HELP THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WITH INSULIN NEEDS, AND SO WE'RE STILL PUSHING FOR A TOTAL RETAIL CAP AND NOT JUST A MEDICAID OR MEDICARE CAP OR AN INSURANCE COPAY CAP.

WE WANT A PRICE CAP.

>> INSULIN ADVOCATES SAY A PRICE CAP WOULD HELP EVERYONE WHO NEEDS INSULIN.

A COPAY CAP ONLY HELPS PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSURANCE AND STILL ALLOWS FOR DRUG COMPANIES TO CHARGE WHAT THEY WANT.

>> YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT ONE OUT OF FOUR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES HAS RATIONED INSULIN DUE TO COSTS AND WE THINK THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY EVEN AN UNDER COUNT BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS RATIONING.

>> IN A STATEMENT, ELI LILLY SAID IT WAS IN FAVOR OF THE PRIVATE $35 COPAY CAP THAT FAILED IN THE SENATE.

IT ALSO SAID THAT ANYONE CAN BUY THEIR MONTHLY PRESCRIPTION OF INSULIN FOR NO MORE THAN $35 THROUGH THE DISCOUNT PROGRAMS, BUT THE INSULIN DISCOUNT PROGRAMS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.

>> IF YOU ARE NOT ESTABLISHED WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER OR IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SEEING A DIABETES SPECIALIST ELSEWHERE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE CAN'T NAVIGATE THOSE RESOURCES ON THEIR OWN FROM THE INTERNET.

>> KING IS NOT ON THE LILLY BRAND OF ENSUE LANE INSULIN.

SHE'S HAPPY TO SEE CONGRESS TAKE SOME ACTION ON INSULIN PRICES BUT SHE SAYS IT'S A LONG WAY FROM MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR MOST HOOSIERS.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MITCH LEGAN.

>> AND THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION SAYS IT PLANS TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR RELIEF THIS FALL, INCLUDING THE INSULIN ACT, WHICH CALLS FOR CAPPING MONTHLY INSULIN COSTS FOR A BROADER PATIENT POPULATION.

>>> WELL, WE ARE JOINED NOW BY HOLDEN ABSHIER FOR MORE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

HELLO, HOLDEN.

>> HI, JOE.

THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IS URGING HOOSIERS WHO HAVEN'T RECEIVED A DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF THEIR AUTOMATIC TAXPAYER REFUND AND INFLATION RELIEF PAYMENTS NOT TO CONTACT THE AGENCY UNTIL NOVEMBER.

LAWMAKERS EARLIER THIS MOVE APPROVED $200 PER TAXPAYER INFLATION RELIEF PAYMENTS AND THOSE GETTING PAPER CHECKS WILL GET THOSE COMBINED WITH THE ORIGINAL $125.

ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED BY NOVEMBER 1st.

>>> INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO MOURN THREE STUDENTS WHO WERE KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT LAST WEEKEND.

CLAYTON BAUMGARTH HAS THIS REPORT.

>> IT WAS A SOMBER AFFAIR MONDAY ON THE I.S.U.

CAMPUS AS OFFICIALS GAVE THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE ACCIDENT.

>> OUR INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF LIFE AND DIRECTING OUR HEARTFELT CARE TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE RECOVERING FROM THIS TRAGEDY.

>> A POLICE REPORT RELEASED TUESDAY CONFIRMED THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING 90 MILES PER HOUR WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE IN THE TOWN OF RILEY, JUST 10 MILES FROM TERRE HAUTE.

PRESIDENT CURTIS SAID THE PASSENGERS IN THE CAR BEHIND THE ACCIDENT ACTED QUICKLY AND FIRST RESPONDERS PROVIDED HEROIC EFFORT TO PULL EVERYONE FROM THE FLAMING WRECKAGE.

CALEB VANHOOSER AND JAYDEN MUSILI DIED AT THE SCENE.

THE SURVIVORS OMARION DIXON, AND JOHN MOORE REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN THE I.C.U.

EUBANKS AND VANHOOSER WITH PLAYED ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

>> WE NEED EACH OTHER DURING THIS TIME.

AND MY STAFF HAS DONE AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB BEING AROUND THESE PLAYERS.

AS I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY, THEY WENT TO THE DORMS AND THEY NEED THEM.

THEY NEED EACH OTHER.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S GETTING US THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW IS EACH OTHER.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M CLAYTON BAUMGARTH.

>> THE I.S.U.

FOOTBALL TEAM OPENS ITS SEASON AGAINST NORTH ALABAMA ON SEPTEMBER 1st.

>>> MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION IS AWARDING ITS BUS DRIVERS A $1,000 BONUS.

ALL CURRENT DRIVERS AND NEW HIRES WITH THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE WILL RECEIVE THE BONUS.

CURRENTLY THE MINIMUM PAY FOR BUS DRIVERS IS $20.25 PER HOUR.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDES TRAINING FOR APPLICANTS WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL LICENSE AND DRIVERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS.

>> WE DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT JUST GO UNHEARD OF.

WE MAY NOT BE TEACHERS, BUT YET WE'LL TEACH YOUR CHILD.

WE MAY NOT BE TAXIS BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET 'EM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

>> THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS ALREADY GENERATED NINE APPLICANTS WITH COMMERCIAL LICENSES IN ONE WEEK.

>>> THE JOHNSON CREAMERY SMOKE STACK IN DOWNTOWN BLOOMINGTON IS COMING DOWN TO 60 FEET.

THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION COMES AFTER THE CITY ISSUED AN UNSAFE BUILDING ORDER IN JANUARY AND MARCH.

THE SOUTH HALF OF THE PROPERTY IS A BUSINESS CENTER AND NORTH HALF IS A PARKING LOT, WHICH THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED FOR A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN OCTOBER OF 2021, HOWEVER, AT PROVED SITE SITS PARTIALLY IN A PUBLIC ALLEY AND CITY COUNCIL MUST VACATE THE LAND FOR THE BUILDING TO MOVE FORWARD.

>>> THE INVASIVE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY HAS BEEN FOUND IN SWITZERLAND COUNTY AND HUNTINGTON COUNTY.

>> I THINK THE THINKING IS THAT THE EGGS WERE LAID ON A TRAIN -- ON TRAIN CARS AND THEY COME IN AND OUT OF SOME BIG STATIONS THROUGH THIS?

>> THE LANTERNFLY WHICH FEEDS ON GRAPEVINES AND TREES, COULD THREATEN THE WINE, GRAPE, AND WALNUT INDUSTRY.

ITS NYMPH IS BRIGHT RED WITH WHITE SPOTS.

IF YOU SEE A SPOTTED LANTERN NIGH, CONTACT THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

>>> THE STRIKE IS LIKELY TO RESUME THIS FALL IN THE UNIVERSITY REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAD WORKERS UNION.

THE COALITION CHOSE SEPTEMBER 25th FOR THE VOTE ON WHETHER TO STRIKE.

THAT DAY IS ALSO THE ADD/DROP DEADLINE FOR SEMESTER LONG CLASSES.

IF A STRIKE RESUMED AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 25th DEADLINE AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER, THE BEING EFFECT COULD INCLUDE CANCELED CLASSES IN THE PROFESSORS DIDN'T CROSS THE PICKET LINE.

>>> NATIONAL TOWN LEADERS ARE LOOKING FOR MEMBERS TO JOIN THE FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.

THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED AT THIS MONTH'S MEETING AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE.

THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE A TRUSTED CENTRAL LOCATION FOR COMPLAINTS AND GETTING INFORMATION TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.

IT WILL ALSO HELP EDUCATE TOWN LEADERS AND PUT ON WORKSHOPS.

>> THERE'S SOME FEAR GOING ON.

WHAT HAPPENS, CHANGE IS HARD.

WE HAVE TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT GET APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION ARE TRUSTWORTHY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE COUNCIL.

>> CROCKER SAYS THAT THEY PLAN TO HAVE THE COMMISSION FORMED BY DECEMBER.

>>> A NEW INDIANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE AIMS TO CONNECT HOOSIERS WITH SERVICE TO HELP THEM GET AND KEEP JOBS IN A FAST AND EASY MANNER.

USERS CAN SEARCH BY ZIP CODE TO FIND HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS RANGING FROM EMPLOYMENT HELP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, TO JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

THE NAVIGATOR WAS DEVELOPED WITH $2.5 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE LILLY FOUNDATION.

>>> THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR HEADLINES THIS WEEK.

JOE, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, HOLDEN.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE ENTERED A SIXTH MONTH THIS WEEK.

WE TALK WITH AN EXPERT ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

>>> AND THE INDIANA FOOTBALL TEAM IS GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER SEASON WITH THE BIG QUESTION OF WHO WILL BE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK.

>>> THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

WELL, WEDNESDAY MARKED SIX MONTHS SINCE RUSSIA BEGAN A FULL-SCALE INVASION OF NEIGHBORING UKRAINE.

IT WAS ALSO THE DAY UKRAINE CELEBRATED THE 31st 31st INDEPENDENCE DAY.

MORE THAN 13 MILLION UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE WAR AND 6500 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

ROUGHLY 100,000 UKRAINIANS HAVE ENTERED THE U.S.

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT.

WE'RE JOINED NOW BY REGINA SMITH, A PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY AND AN EXPERT ON RUSSIAN POLITICS.

SHE WILL BE HOSTING A SERIES OF LECTURES THIS FALL CALLED RUSSIA AT WAR.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, PROFESSOR.

>> THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS CATASTROPHIC WAR AND FOR REMINDING YOUR VIEWERS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WAR FOR U.S. SECURITY INTERESTS.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HALF A YEAR INTO THE WAR.

JUST GENERAL INSIGHT.

ANY END?

>> SO, YES, A HALF YEAR IN.

IT'S AWFULLY HARD TO PREDICT ANY END IN SIGHT.

MOST ANALYSTS ARE NOW PREDICTING A LONG AND PUNCTUATED FIGHT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT BECAUSE RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ARE FIGHTING VERY DIFFERENT WARS.

UKRAINE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL AT MODERN WARFARE.

THEY HAVE A SMART BATTLEFIELD LEADERSHIP, AMAZING TROOP TRAINING AND AN ASTONISHING USE OF THE WEAPONS FROM U.S. AND EUROPE.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN CUTTING RUSSIAN TROOPS OFF FROM THEIR SUPPLY LINES AND DESTROYING STORAGE MILITARY THAT HAS GIVEN THEM A HUGE HEDGE.

IN CONTRAST, RUSSIA IS FIGHTING WITH WORLD WAR II TACTICS WITH POORLY TRAINED SOLDIERS AND CONSTRAINTS PULLED FROM PRISON OR VOLUNTEER ARMY FORCES.

ONE THE MOST COMMON PHRASES WE HEAR NOW ABOUT THE RUSSIAN WAR IS THAT TROOPS ARE BEING USED AS CANNON FODDER.

>> IS THERE A DANGER FOR PUTIN AT HOME, YOU KNOW, THE LONGER THAT THIS WAR GOES ON AND RUSSIAN LOSSES START TO PILE UP?

>> WELL, NOT SURPRISINGLY, RUSSIA, WHO THE CIA REPORTS MAY HAVE LOST UP TO 70,000 TO 80,000 TROOPS KILLED OR INJURED IS NOT REPORTING THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN RUSSIA, THERE'S NOT REAL RALLY AROUND THE FLAG SUPPORT.

THIS IS PUTIN'S DEFENSE AGAINST U.S. AND NATO ADDRESSION THAT THREATEN RUSSIA.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT A FRIEND, OR COLLEAGUE, JEREMY MORRIS CALLED DEFENSIVE CONSOLIDATION ALONG THE IDEA THAT THE WAR IS NECESSARY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE SEEING INCREASING OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN TERMS OF PUBLIC OPINION POLLS IN THE LARGEST PROTEST SINCE THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION AND VERY UNDER THE RADAR OPPOSITION EFFORTS.

>> NOW, HAS THE U.S. -- >> SORRY.

>> WELL, THE U.S.

COMMITTED ANOTHER $3 BILLION IN MILITARY AID THIS WEEK S. THERE A CONCERN THAT INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT WILL WANE?

>> YES.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PUTIN IS FIGHTING THE WAR THIS WAY IS HE'S DEPENDING ON THAT KIND OF ATTRITION.

HE THINKS THAT IF HE CAN DRAG OUT THE WORLD, INCREASE THE COSTS OF THE WAR IN TERMS OF ENERGY AND FOOD SHORTAGES AND INCREASED PRICES, HE CAN CRACK IT.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME SIGNS OF CRACK.

THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN AS SUPPORTIVE AS THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HELPED, BUT THE GERMAN PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED AND READY TO INCUR COSTS.

SO, YES, THIS IS A PROBLEM.

BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT, PROFESSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INSIGHT.

WE HAVE TO GO.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> INDIANA AND OTHER STATES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE DAY A YEAR WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FEELS LIKE 125 DEGREES OR HOTTER.

AS REBECCA THIELE REPORTS, THAT'S ACCORDING TO A INOSITIDEY BY THE NONPROFIT FIRST FOUNDATION.

>> WHILE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE HIGHER TEMPERATURES OVERALL, PEOPLE IN STATES LIKE INDIANA WILL FEEL THE HEAT MORE, AS CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES HUMIDITY WORSE, AND THERE ARE NO COASTAL BREEZES TO COOL THEM DOWN.

>> THE EXTREME HEAT BELT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PROXIMITY TO WATER, ALLOWS THE TEMPERATURES TO GET MUCH HOTTER.

AND THE HUMIDITY THAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS ADDING TO THAT.

>> A HEAT INDEX OF 125 DEGREES OR MORE CAN CAUSE MORE HEAT-RELATED DEATHS, AS WELL AS MAKE KINKS IN RAILROAD TRACKS AND MELT THE TARMAC AT AIRPORTS.

E.B.

SAYS THE U.S.

NEEDS TO ADAPT TO NOT JUST WHAT THE HOTTEST DAYS ARE LIKE TODAY, BUT TO WHAT THEY WILL BE LIKE THREE DECADES FROM NOW.

>> THIS VERY HOT SUMMER THAT WE ALL JUST EXPERIENCED AND EVERYONE IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH AND POINTING OUT HOW IT'S KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED, THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE BETTER SUMMERS THAT YOU WILL HAVE HAD IN YOUR LIFETIME GOING FORWARD.

>> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M REBECCA THIELE.

>>> AND THE INDIANA FOOTBALL TEAM OPENS UP A NEW SEASON NEXT FRIDAY, AND WHO WILL BE THE HOOSIER STARTING QUARTERBACK ISN'T THE ONLY QUESTION FACING THE TEAM.

PAT BEANE HAS THIS REPORT.

>> INDIANA FOOTBALL APPEARS TO BE AT A CROSSROADS AS TOM ALLEN BEGINS THE SIXTH SEASON AS THE HEAD COACH.

THE HOOSIERS FOLLOWED ONE OF THEIR BEST SEASONS IN MEMORY TWO YEARS AGO WITH ONE OF THE WORST LAST YEAR.

SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER 2020, WHEN I.U.

WENT 6-2 AND FINISHED 12th IN THE NATION OR 2021 WHEN THE HOOSIERS WENT 2-10 IS THE ANOMALY.

>> I GUESS 2022 WILL SHOW YOU, WHAT WAS THE -- YOU KNOW, THE OUTLIER, WAS IT '20 OR '21.

>> ALLEN BELIEVES OR IS AT LEAST HOPING LAST YEAR WAS THE ANOMALY.

GAMES WERE PLAYED IN EMPTY STADIUMS AND MANY WERE CANCELED LAST YEAR.

INDIANA PLAYED EIGHT GAMES IN 2020, BUT RANKED IN THE TOP TEN AT ONE POINT.

THE HOOSIERS CAPPED THE SEASON WITH AN APPEAR ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN THE OUTBACK BOWL.

>> I THINK THAT IT'S EASY TO FORGET 2019.

I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO SAY THAT 2020 HAD ITS UNIQUE QUALITIES ABOUT IT FOR EVERYBODY, AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WERE ABLE TO ELEVATE OURSELVES IN THAT TIME PERIOD WAS THE STRENGTH OUR CULTURE.

>> I.U.

IS RANKED 17 GOING INTO LAST SEASON BUT BLOWN OUT GOING INTO IOWA AND NEVER RECOVERED.

INDIANA WENT 0-9 IN THE BIG TEN.

INJURIES DECIMATED THE HOOSIERS, BUT NO GREATER THAN AT QUARTERBACK WHERE DIFFERENT FIVE PLAYERS.

QUARTERBACK JACK TUTTLE AND LINEBACKER CAM JONES CREATED A POWER POINT FOR THE TEAM.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY STUFF IN THERE.

WE PRESENTED IT TO THE WHOLE TEAM IN JANUARY AND IT CREATED THE SPARK WE NEEDED.

AND THAT MOTIVATION WE NEEDED AND HUNGER WE NEEDED TO GET BACK, GRIND, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND IMPROVE.

>> TUTTLE PLAYED IN SIX GAMES LAST SEASON.

HE AND MISSOURI TRANSFER CONNOR BAZELAK HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR THE STARTING QUARTERBACK JOB SINCE THE SPRING PRACTICES.

WHO WILL START IS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS.

ALLEN HAS MADE HIS DECISION.

HE'S JUST NOT TELLING ANYONE OUTSIDE THE TEAM.

>> IT WAS A VERY, VERY LONG, DETAILED PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, AND JUST COLLECTED THE WHOLE GROUP.

I HAVE TO MAKE THE FINAL CALL AND THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME ON THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS A GREAT DECISION AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

>> WHOEVER IS RUNNING THE OFFENSE, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS LONG THE WORST IN THE BIG TEN.

ALLEN FIRED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR NICK SHERIDAN AND REPLACED HIM WITH WALT BELL, WHO WILL BE THE THIRD NEW OFFENSE FOR BOTH QUARTERBACKS.

>> WE KNOW HOW TO RUN AN OFFENSE, KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A HUDDLE.

SO THAT'S ONE PART THAT IS MADE EASIER AND ALSO I THINK COACH BELL JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BEING SO OPEN TO HAVE US COME INTO THE OFFICE, TEACHING US ANYTHING ABOUT THE OFFENSE, JUST LIKE WHATEVER WE WANT, HE'S THERE FOR US.

>> THE DEFENSE HAS A NEW COORDINATOR TOO.

CHAD WILT REPLACES CHARLTON WARREN WHO LEFT AFTER LAST SEASON WHEN THE HOOSIERS FINISHED LAST IN THE BIG TEN IN SCORING, SACKS AND INTERCEPTIONS.

WHAT IMPACT ALL THE CHANGES WILL HAVE ON THE HOOSIERS WILL BE SEEN ON SEPTEMBER 2nd, WHEN I.U.

HOSTS ILLINOIS IN THE SEASON OPENER.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M PAT BEANE.

>>> THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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