>>> JD VANCE MAKES TRUMP'S VERY SHORT VP LIST.

WELCOME TO COLUMBUS ON THE RECORD BY ALL APPEARANCES JD VANCE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO BE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE.

HE'S HOSTED FUNDRAISERS.

HE SAT IN COURT WITH TRUMP DURING HIS TRIAL AND BLASTED THE PROSECUTION OUTSIDE THE COURT HOUSE.

WELL THOSE EFFORTS MAY PAY OFF.

TRUMP THIS WEEK SAID HE HAS ASKED A SELECT FEW REPUBLICANS FOR VETTING MATERIALS.

SENATOR VANCE IS AMONG THEM..

ALONG WITH SENATORS MARCO RUBIO OF FLORIDA AND TIM SCOTT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

AS WELL AS NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM.

STACK UP?

>> HE IS COMPETITIVE AS THE OTHERS.

MARCO RUBIO IS A NATIONAL START.

JD VANCE HAS AN AMAZING STORY.

TWO YEARS HE HAD THE HARSHEST WORDS TO DONALD TRUMP.

HE COMPARED HIM TO HITLER.

HE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING IT APPEAR KEY HAS ISSUED LEGISLATION HERE DEMANDING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE PROSECUTOR AND THE JUDGE.

HE IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO WIN TRUMPS FAVOR.

>> THEY SPOKE ABOUT EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS.

WHAT DOES JD VANCE BRING TO DONALD TRUMP'S TICKET?

CAN HE BRING SOMETHING HE DOES NOT ALREADY HAVE?

>> ALL OF THEM BRING SOMETHING.

MARKY RUBIO HELPS WITH HISPANICS.

DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OHIO.

HE WILL CARRY OHIO.

I THINK IT WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 10-15 POINTS.

ONE THING THAT JD VANCE BRINGS TO THE TICKET IS HE WILL BE THE FIRST MILLENNIAL ON A NATIONAL TICKET.

WE HAVE AN AGE ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

MAYBE HE CAN HELP THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH THE MILLENNIALS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM.

THEY HAVE BECOME A BIG VOTING BLOCK.

>> THERE WAS A FUNDRAISER IN CINCINNATI.

I ATTENDED ONE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

HE WILL GO TO SILICON VALLEY.

THAT MAY BE A FACT.

>> CERTAINLY THAT WILL HELP HIS RESUME.

THE FUND RAISING ABILITY.

HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DONALD TRUMP JR., ALSO THE LOYALTY FACTOR.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DONALD TRUMP IS LOOKING FOR.

>> IS NO WOMAN ON THE SHORT LIST.

THERE COULD BE OTHERS OUT THERE.

THIS IS THE WEEK THAT WAS PUT OUT THIS WEEK.

>> I AM NOT SURE THAT HE PUT IT OUT.

IT IS THE SUPPORTERS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

DONALD TRUMP ALWAYS HAS WIGGLE ROOM TO CHANGE HIS MIND AT THE LAST MOMENT.

WE KNOW THAT AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT.

JESSE HIT IT ON THE HEAD IN TERMS WITH JD VANCE.

THAT WAS CRITICAL IN GETTING JD VANCE THE ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, WAS A JUST TWO YEARS AGO?

IT WAS WINNING THE >> DOES IT MATTER?

>> THAT WILL NOT MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN OHIO ARE NATIONALLY.

HE BRINGS TO OTHER THINGS, ONE IS THEY AGREE ON FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES.

JD VANCE INDICATES, I WILL USE THE TERM HE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT NATO.

ALSO JD VANCE IS VERY CLOSE TO PETER FIELDS, HE IS THE FENDER OF PAYPAL.

>> IN THE END, PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP REGARDLESS OF HIS VP PICK.

>> I DO NOT KNOW.

YOU MENTIONED EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH MIKE PENCE.

EIGHT YEARS AGO THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.

WITH EVANGELICALS.

MIKE PENCE HELPED RESOLVE THAT.

NOW DONALD TRUMP, WE WILL GET INTO IT LATER IN THE NEXT SUBJECT.

SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FIRM OPINIONS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.

IT IS NOT LIKE ONE THING CAN CHANGE IT THAT MUCH.

PEOPLE USED TO TALK ABOUT VICE PRESIDENTIAL SELECTIONS AS PROVIDING BALANCE.

DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT NEED BALANCE.

SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THERE WAS GEORGE BUSH PICKED HIS VP.

PHIL KENT LINNTON PICKED ALAN GORE.

THERE WAS NO BALANCE.

THE CONCEPT OF BALANCE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH RELEVANCE ESPECIALLY WITH A STRONG CANDIDATE LIKE DONALD TRUMP.

>> DONALD TRUMP WILL WIN THE FOUR STATES, FLORIDA, MAY BE, HE IS FAVORED THERE HEAVILY.

MARCO RUBIO WILL NOT HELP HIM THERE .

>> PERHAPS HE WILL BRING IN THE HISPANIC VOTE.

THESE ARE PLACES WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS DOING QUITE WELL.

YOU ARE NOT BRINGING IN VOTES BECAUSE OF THAT.

I DO NOT KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THAT.

>> THERE ARE TOO MANY DOG OWNERS IN AMERICA.

>> TRY TO KEEP THE RATINGS UP HERE WE WILL NOT GO THERE.

>> THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT NIKKI HALEY WILL VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.

>> IF RUBIO IS CONSIDERED, HE HAS TO MOVE OUT OF FLORIDA.

WE CANNOT HAVE TWO CANDIDATES ON THE TICKET FROM LORD UP.

THAT WORKS.

>>WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IMPACT TRUMP'S CONVICTION WILL HAVE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK.

ONE NATIONAL POLL INDICATES A SLIGHT EROSION OF SUPPORT HERE IN OHIO, JUST ABOUT EVERY.

REPUBLICAN OFFICE HOLDER HAS LINED UP SOLIDLY BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

JD VANCE... OF COURSE, BUT THE OTHERS HAVE DENOUNCED THEIR PROSECUTION.

CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN CALLED IT A KANGAROO COURT, SECRETARY OF STATE FRANK LAROSE CALLED IT A SHAM TRIAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVE YOST CALLED THE NEW YORK PROSECUTOR UNETHICAL, AND THE US SENATE CANDIDATE BERNIE MORENO PUT OUT AN AD.

CRITICIZING SHERROD BROWN FOR NOT CONDEMNING THE PROSECUTION.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE DAYS WOULD DOOM A POLITICAL CANDIDACY?

IS THERE ANY HARM OF ANY OF THESE FOLKS DOUBLING DOWN ON DONALD TRUMP.

>> WE HAVE THIS BRAVE NEW WORLD.

I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT STOPS.

IT IS SO HARD, HERBERT I AM BOB, ALL OF THESE YEARS.

WE DID THE CALCULUS.

IT IS STILL EARLY IN THE POLLING WORLD.

WE ARE LIKE YEARS AWAY FROM THE ELECTION.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE POLLS DID NOT MOVE MUCH.

THAT COULD BE THE STORY OF THIS ELECTION.

PEOPLE ARE LOCKED IN.

EVERYONE KNOWS JOE BIDEN AND THEY KNOW DONALD TRUMP.

IF YOU ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT IF YOU ARE THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY YOU WILL FADE A LITTLE BIT IN THE POLLS.

THEY WENT BACK TO HER PREVIOUS POLL, AGAIN THERE WAS MAY BE 2% OR FOUR PERSON, THAT WILL DEFINE THIS RACE.

THE NATIONAL POLLS WILL SAY ONE THING.

IT IS THE 17 STATES THAT REALLY MATTER.

>> HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONVICTION.

>> WE HAVE LEARNED, WITH YOU WILL GET A SHORT STOP.

THIS IS NOT A TOPIC THAT GOVERNOR DeWINE WHAT DOES SPEAK ON.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OHIO.

HE AND DONALD TRUMP HAVE HAD AN INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP.

HE WAS THE COCHAIR FOR DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.

THEY HAVE BOTH ENDORSED ONE ANOTHER.

GOVERNOR DeWINE WAS NOT EAGER TO BE AT A BUNCH OF TRUMP RALLIES.

HE WAS A FORMER PROSECUTOR AND A FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HE RESPECTS THE RULE OF LAW.

>> I DISAGREE WITH THE JURY BUT WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE JURY'S DECISION.

>> HE HAS AT A TIME IN HIS CAREER WHERE HE DOES NOT HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT.

WHY JUMP IN IT?

WHAT BILL WAS SAYING, REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RACE, LOOK AT THE RACE.

IT HAS BEEN STABLE FOR THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS.

THEY ARE TIED OR WHEN IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD.

IT IS NOT BUDGING EVEN WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BATTLEGROUND STATES.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT.

I THINK WHAT DONALD TRUMP AND TO SOME EXTENT JOE BIDEN IT IS A BAKED IN.

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN OUT THERE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER THAT WILL SHAKE IT UP VERY MUCH.

>> NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

HE WILL LEAVE IT TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE IN NOVEMBER.

>> HE SAID A VERY SMART THING.

THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE SAYING.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

THAT SHOULD BE THE DEMOCRATIC MANTRA.

THEN SOME PEOPLE CAN ELABORATE ON IT.

>> WHITE SHOULD HE SAY WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A CONVICTED FELON IN THE WHITE HOUSE?

>> HE DOES GET SOME SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE THAT LIKE SOME OF TRUMP'S POLICY.

HE WAS ON TRADE POLICY, BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WAS ON THE SCENE.

>> HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED.

IS HE ENDORSED BY DONALD TRUMP?

>> THIS WAS THE STRATEGY WHEN >> I AM SURE BROWN IS IN AN INCREDIBLE CAMPAIGNER.

WHAT HE IS DOING NOW, AS BOB SAID IT COULD THE DONALD TRUMP BY 10 OR 15.

IF BROWN WANTS TO WIN HE WANTS TO WIN THE VOTERS.

HE HAS TURNED UP WITH NEWS RELEASES AND PUBLIC EVENTS.

HE HAS DONE A LOT TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

YES, HE HAS TO WIN OVER THE TRUMP VOTERS.

>> HE WILL NOT WIN THE VOTERS CALLING HIM A CONVICTED FELON.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE CARDS RIGHT.

>> FOR MARINOS ADD SAYING THE TRIAL WAS RIGGED ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS TO HANG ON TO EVERY ONE OF THE VOTERS.

>> THAT HAS WORKED WELL FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE LAST SEVERAL ELECTIONS.

>> THE DANGER FOR DONALD TRUMP IS THEY COULD GO OVERBOARD.

THEY TALK ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM AND IT IS CORRUPT.

EVERYTHING IS CORRUPT EXCEPT FOR ME.

GET SOME TIME THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL SAY WAIT A MOMENT, HE IS NOT HAVING A SECOND TERM.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT.

WE HAVE A DEBATE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THAT WILL GET A LOT OF EYEBALLS ON IT.

WELL, THERE WILL BE JUDGMENT FROM BODY LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE THIS.

I THINK IT WILL BE THE BIGGER ISSUE, BIGGER THAN THIS CONVICTION IS THE AGE.

IT IS JOE BIDEN'S AGE.

THE DEBATE WILL BE REALLY TELLING WHETHER IT WILL BE AN ISSUE OR NOT POINT TO BE AN ISSUE.

>>THE NEW LAW TO CHANGE THE RULE FOR OHIO ISSUES CAMPAIGNS MAY HAVE UNINTENDED OR PERHAPS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO PUT JOE BIDEN'S NAME ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, LAWMAKERS PASSED A LAW THAT BANS FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATE ISSUE CAMPAIGNS.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT WILL PREVENT FOREIGN INFLUENCE.

OPPONENTS SAY DONATIONS WERE ALREADY ILLEGAL.

THE LAW ALSO GIVES NEW AUTHORITY TO THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE ISSUES.

CAMPAIGNS FOR VIOLATIONS, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BIPARTISAN OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION.

CRITICS SAY THE MOVE PUTS TOO MUCH POWER IN THE HANDS OF.

PARTISAN POLITICIAN.

JESSIE BALMERT, WHAT ARE ADVOCATES SAYING ?

THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE, IT IS MOSTLY DEMOCRATS.

THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT DAVE YOST HAVING TOO MUCH PAYER.

HE CAN INVESTIGATE ANY ENTITY HE MAY SEE FIT.

IT COULD BE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OHIO.

DO YOU TRUST THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO IS THE STATE'S TOP COP AND THE TOP ATTORNEY TO DO THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER?

>> HAS HE COMMENTED ON THIS?

>> HE SAID I DID NOT ASK FOR IT BUT I WOULD TAKE IT IF YOU GIVE IT TO ME.

I DO NOT.

>> HE IS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> I QUESTION A LOT OF FOLKS.

A LOT OF PROPONENTS, THEY ARE SAYING EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FOREIGN LEGISLATURE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FOREIGN MONEY, THERE IS FOREIGN MONEY THAT WAS IN OHIO LAST YEAR.

IT HELPED PASS THE ABORTION ISSUE LAST YEAR.

IT IS GOING TO BE BIG ON THE BALLOT FOR REPUBLICANS.

SHOW ME HOW.

THEY ARE CLAIMING THIS SORT OF MONEY, A $40 MILLION OF THE MONEY IS FOREIGN WHEN IT COMES FROM A FOREIGN DONOR.

ECHOES THROUGH A MIDDLE PERSON.

THAT IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TRACE THE MONEY.

>> HE GAVE MONEY FROM THE NATIONAL GROUP.

THEN THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ABORTION RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.

BOB, WE DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

>> BY THE WAY I DID NOT HAVE DEMOCRATS WANTING UNTRACEABLE FOREIGN DOLLARS, MONEY ON MY 2024 SCORECARD.

THE MERE FACT THEY ARE FIGHTING THIS MUCH, THEY ARE GAINING FROM IT.

I DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE IT.

THEY ARE FIGHTING TO THE NAIL NOT TO ALLOW THIS TYPE OF MONEY IN OUR STATE.

THAT TELLS ME THEY ARE GETTING IT OR THEY WOULD NOT BE FIGHTING IT.

>> IT IS THE NARRATIVE OF VOTER SUPPRESSION GOING ON.

>> THERE IS TOO MUCH MONEY IN POLITICS.

I THOUGHT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DEMOCRATS SET ABOUT REPUBLICANS.

WE ARE TAKING THIS CORPORATE CITIZEN MONEY WHICH IS DIRTY MONEY THAT IS BEING USED IN THE CAMPAIGN AND IT IS NOT REPORTED.

THIS IS FOREIGN MONEY.

IT IS NOT REPORTED AMERICAN DOLLARS IT IS UNREPORTED FOREIGN DOLLARS.

>> HOW ABOUT FOREIGN MONEY IN CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNS?

>> IS IT ILLEGAL?

>> I THINK WE WILL FIND OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO HAVE RESIDENCY HERE OR HAVE OTHER MEANS OF CONTRIBUTING TO OTHER GROUPS.

>> ARE YOU OKAY WITH FOREIGN DOLLARS COMING IN?

>> THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY PROPOSE.

>> IF YOU CANNOT TRACE THE MONEY BECAUSE IT IS SECRET AND IT IS UNDISCLOSED, AND TELL THEY CHANGE THAT ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL THERE IS NO WAY YOU WILL KNOW FOR SURE.

>> SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN BIPARTISAN TO REQUIRE MORE DISCLOSURE FROM 501C 4 WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THEIR DONORS.

THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT TYPE OF MONEY IS BEING ISSUES BOTH FOREIGN AND IS MASTIC.

>> THIS IS HOUSE BILL NUMBER SIX.

>> IT IS TO THINGS.

THE SENATOR, ACTUALLY PROPOSED A CLEAN BILL.

IT WOULD BE FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, THE OHIO BIPARTISAN GROUP WOULD ENFORCE IT.

>>> CENTRAL OHIO VOTERS THIS FALL WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO RAISE TAXES TO PAY.

FOR AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO BUILD A BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM.

IF APPROVED, IT WOULD IMPOSE THREE QUARTERS OF A CENT SALES TAX FOR THE COTA.

THAT'S HALF A CENT HIGHER THAN THE.

COTA'S CURRENT TEMPORARY SALES TAX.

IT WOULD RAISE SOME $6 BILLION FOR THE PROJECT.

PLANS CALL FOR THREE RAPID BUS LINES.

ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE AND A THIRD NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY.

>> WE ARE TALKING RECORDERS OF ASSENT .

IS THAT A GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY?

>> YOU KNOW ME MIKE.

I DO NOT WANT TAX PAYER DOLLARS USED FOR ANYTHING.

THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL, THEY ADMIT IT IS DOWN.

THEIR ATTITUDE IS IF WE BUILD IT THEY WILL COME.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT I AM NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTAND.

I UNDERSTAND PUBLIC TRANSIT IS IMPORTANT.

THEIR LIVELIHOODS DEPEND ON IT.

THE IDEA IS WE NEED TO EXPAND IT TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN, I AM NOT THERE.

I DO NOT THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN.

>> THE ARGUMENT IS THE CITY IS GROWING THAT WE WON'T NEED MORE OPTIONS.

WE HAVE A RAPID BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT AN HOUR.

>> THE PROJECTIONS, IT IS THAT MID-OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, THE POPULATION IS GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY.

THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT WE NEED A BETTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES HERE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO REALIZE IS HOW CROWDED THE ROADS ARE.

ANYONE MOVING FROM THE EAST COAST OR THE WEST COAST THEY SAY IT IS PARADISE.

IT IS SO EASY TO COMMUTE, IT IS ONLY 40 MINUTES.I THINK COTA AND OTHER GROUPS HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE BENEFIT NOW AND IN THE LONG TERM FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO RAISING TAXES FOR A BENEFIT THAT WILL NOT OCCUR THAT IS A HARD SALE.

REMEMBER WHEN BOB WALLER SUGGESTED FREE COTA .

THAT MAY BE A VERY WISE PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER.

THAT WAS REJECTED.

>> IT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET.

THEY HAVE THE RAPID BUS SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE BUS LANES AND BIKE LANES.

WHEN YOU DRIVE TO THE CITY THERE IS NO TRAFFIC.

IT IS SYMBOLIC OF A CHANGING, PROGRESSIVE CITY THAT MAY BE ATTRACTIVE TO A YOUNGER PERSON.

IS THAT PART OF THE EQUATION?

>> THAT IS A FACTOR THAT COLUMBUS COULD BE CONSIDERING.

LOOKING TO YOUR ISSUE, OUR PEOPLE NOT TAKING THIS BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONVENIENT?

WILL IT TAKE THEM IS THAT HOW THEY WANT TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES?

WOULD THEY RATHER DRIVE?

IT IS HARD TO TELL.

>> WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT DERREL?

IT IS EASY TO MOVE A LIGHT RAIL PURE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

>> I TELL YOU, LIGHT RAIL HAS NOT CAUGHT FIRE IN THIS TOWN.

>> THERE IS AN OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING ON A RAIL.

>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.

NOW WE ARE SO BIG.

IT WOULD BE A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.

THERE IS THIS IMAGE PROBLEM WITH THE BUS.

LOOK AT THAT BIG OLD BUS THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WRITING ON IT.

I WOULD TAKE THE BUS BUT IT IS THE FIRST MILD IN THE LAST MILE TO GET ON AND OFF THE BUS.

WE HAVE A NEW VISION HERE THEY HAVE A VISION TO SELL TO THE PUBLIC.

ALSO FOR THE FUTURE, NOT FOR RIGHT NOW.

>> , THAT KILLED THIS?

IT IS NOT COMPETITION.

>> WE SAW LAST NOVEMBER THERE WERE SO MANY SCHOOL ISSUES.

I THINK THE ELECTORATE IS GETTING TO A POINT, PEOPLE FEEL UNDER STRESS PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL RIGHT NOW.

THAT TYPE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GOOD IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

ALL OF THE TVS, I THINK TWO STATES WILL START GETTING IT, VIRGINIA AND MINNESOTA.

THERE WILL TO SEE IF THEY WILL PICK TV.

>> AVENUE DONALD TRUMP PICS JD VANCE AS HIS RUNNING MATE AND THEY WIN AND DONALD TRUMP WOULD REQUEST A SECRET SERVICE DETAIL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON MY VICE PRESIDENT.

P WE HAD A TOUGH YEAR AGAIN HERE, I RESEARCH AND WROTE ABOUT THE DEAL ABOUT THE FOREIGN MONEY COMING INTO OHIO.

I TALKED TO THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY, THE GUIDED STUDY TO PROSECUTE.

I TALKED TO CAMPAIGN EXPERTS AND THEY SAID IT IS BUNK.

IT IS REPEATED AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN.

WHAT DOES A JOURNALIST DO?

YOU CALL THEM OUT AND YOU CALL THEM OUT AGAIN BUT THEY KEEP USING IT.

WHAT ARE YOU TO DO IN A >> I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT YOU TO A GREAT INVESTIGATION THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY.

THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY JAILS KIRK SOME OF THE SITUATIONS ARE HORRIFYING.

ONE PROPOSAL GOVERNOR DeWINE SPOKE ABOUT IT IS A SHERIFF SHOULD NOT INVESTIGATE A JAIL DEATH.

>> THE EIGHT LANES ON THE OUTER BELT ARE ALSO EMPTY.

>> THAT'S COLUMBUS ON THE RECORD FOR THIS WEEK.

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