THAT'S FOUR BILLION WITH A B AS KANSAS OFFICIALS CELEBRATE LANDING THE LARGEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PLANT IN THE WORLD IT'S GETTING UGLY IN THE STATE AHEAD OF THAT BIG ABORTION VOTE THIS IS AN EFFORT OF INTIMIDATION TO TRY TO SILENCE THE CHURCH FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CHURCHES BEING VANDALIZED SIGNS DEFACED AND STOLEN WE'D LOVE TO GET BOTH SIDES ON THIS PROGRAM TO DEBATE EACH OTHER BUT GUESS WHAT THEY REFUSE SO WE TRY TO ADVANCE THE ISSUE WITH POWERFUL VOICES ON BOTH SIDES ARCHBISHOP NAUMANN AND KANSAS SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DINAH SYKES JOIN US ON THIS NEWSMAKER EDITION OF THE PROGRAM PLUS WESTPORT BACK IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS ONE DEAD FIVE SHOT IN THE POPULAR BAR DISTRICT CITY LEADERS SAY THEY'VE TRIED EVERYTHING I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO DO WESTPORT BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE A FIX WESTPORT FIXTURE BILL NIGRO JOINS US WITH HIS ANSWER NEXT WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N.A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HELLO AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR WEEKLY JOURNEY THROUGH THE NEWS OF OUR WEEK WE WERE HOPING TO BRING YOU A MISSOURI U.S SENATE DEBATE THIS WEEK BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WON'T BE ONE THEY'RE NOT SHY ABOUT RUNNING LOTS OF ADS BUT THE FRONT RUNNERS REFUSING TO SHARE THE STAGE TOGETHER ANYWHERE BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND IT'S NOT JUST THE REPUBLICANS PLAYING HARDBALL IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ANHEUSER-BUSCH RS TRUDY BUSCH VALENTINE ALSO REFUSING TO COMMIT TO ANY DEBATES AGAINST HER MAIN OPPONENT MARINE VETERAN LANCE KUNCE SPEAKING OF NOT DEBATING WE WANTED TO BRING BOTH SIDES OF THE UPCOMING KANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT TO THE TABLE OR THE DEBATE STAGE THIS WEEK WE'RE ADMITTING DEFEAT THE NO GROUP LETTING US KNOW THAT WHILE A DEBATE IS ENTERTAINING IT DOES VERY LITTLE TO CLARIFY FACT FROM FICTION GIVEN THE TENDENCY FOR THE OTHER SIDE THEY SAY TO OPENLY LIE WE ARE HESITANT TO DEBATE THEM SO WE'RE TAKING A DIFFERENT HACK THIS WEEK AS WE BRING YOU TWO POWERFUL VOICES WITH TWO VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT'S AT STAKE WITH IN-PERSON VOTING NOW UNDERWAY IN KANSAS THE POLITICS ARE HEATING UP AND SO IS THE ANGER THE BIGGEST FUNDER OF THE ABORTION AMENDMENT IS THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE IN KANSAS CITY IT WAS THE TARGET OF VANDALS THIS WEEK SOMEONE USED SPRAY PAINT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING THIS IS AN EFFORT OF INTIMIDATION TO TRY TO SILENCE THE CHURCH FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR JOINING US NOW IS ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH NAUMANN THAT WAS ASCENSION CHURCH IN OVERLAND PARK THAT WE WERE JUST SEEING IN THAT VIDEO IS THAT THE ONLY CHURCH BUILDING THAT YOU EXPERIENCE VANDALISM IN THAT I KNOW OF IN FACT WE'RE JUST DOING A SURVEY OF OUR PARISHES TO SEE IF OTHERS I'VE HAD VERBAL REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DIOCESE BUT THAT'S THE ONLY CONFIRMED ONE HOWEVER WE'VE HAD MANY OF OUR SIGNS STOLEN OUR DEFACE THE THE SIGNS FOR VOTING YES AND UH IT SEEMS TO BE AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO STEAL THE SIGNS DID YOU EXPECT THIS KIND OF BACKLASH WHEN YOU TOOK THE STAND THAT YOU DID ON THE VALUE THAN BOTH AMENDMENT WELL IN ONE SENSE IT'S NOT SURPRISING IT'S BEEN PART OF THE STRATEGY OF ABORTION ADVOCATES BEFORE 1973 TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY CALL THE CATHOLIC STRATEGY AND THAT IS TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S A CATHOLIC ISSUE AND TO TRY TO PLAY TO ANTI-CATHOLICISM UM AND SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THEY'VE KIND OF STOOPED TO THAT IN IN IN THIS ARENA AS WELL NOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US OH WELL WHY IS THE CHURCH EVEN GETTING ENGAGED IN THIS ISSUE BUT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO YOU CAN'T SUPPORT POLITICAL CANDIDATES A NON-PROFIT OR A CHURCH CAN'T SUPPORT FOR INSTANCE A POLITICAL PARTY AND GIVE MONEY TO ONE BUT YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR AN ISSUE WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS YEAH I MEAN JUST TO CLARIFY THAT FIRST OF ALL THE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THERE WAS AN IRS WE DID OUR FIRST ARCHBISHOP ARCHBISHOP CARROLL FELT IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE IN A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC FOR THE CHURCH TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES OR POLITICAL PARTIES SO WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT WE DON'T IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE IRS THAT WE DON'T DO IT WE DON'T THINK IT'S THE WAY WE SERVE OUR PEOPLE BEST BUT WE DO BELIEVE IT'S OUR OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND TO FORM THE CONSCIENCES OF OUR PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE CHURCHES REALLY WERE THE LEADERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND SO UM I THINK THOSE THAT WANT TO SILENCE THE CHURCHES REALLY THAT'S A VERY UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITY NOT EVERY FAITH GROUP THOUGH BELIEVES THAT LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION IN FACT WHEN THE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL ISSUE WAS HAPPENING ON THE MISSOURI SIDE WE CONVENED I REMEMBER ALL OF THESE FAITH LEADERS ON THAT ISSUE AND I REMEMBER A JEWISH RABBI UH FROM OVERLAND PARK SAYING THAT FOR FOR THE JEWISH FAITH LIFE BEGAN WHEN THE CROWNING OF THE HEAD TOOK PLACE AT THE UM THE DELIVERY PROCESS SO ARE YOU SILENCING OTHER RELIGIOUS FAITHS BY LOOKING AT IN RESTRICTING ABORTION IN THE STATE OF KANSAS WELL FIRST OF ALL I'D SAY HIS OPINION THAT'S NOT UNIVERSAL IN JUDAISM YOU'D FIND A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT BUT WE DON'T LOOK AT IT AS A RELIGIOUS ISSUE THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE AND AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY THROUGH REASON IT HAS YES OUR FAITH SPEAKS TO IT BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THEOLOGY SO IT'S NOT IMPOSING THEOLOGY JUST LIKE TO SAY IT'S WRONG TO SEGREGATE OR TO BE RACIST THESE ARE FUN THE RELIGION SPEAKS TO IT BUT THESE ARE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF VOTERS ON AUGUST 2ND SAY YES TO THE VOLUME OF BOTH AMENDMENT I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PUBLIC POLICY WILL BE ON THE PROTECTION OF THE UNBORN AND THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN UH FROM THE ABORTION INDUSTRY SO IT WILL GIVE KANSANS THAT WILL RETURN TO KANSAS REALLY THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THIS THROUGH THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND IT'S LIKE BUT IF THOSE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AND KEPT IT THE WAY IT WAS WOULD YOU FEEL THIS HAD BEEN A WASTE OF YOUR TIME YOUR TREASURE IN ADVANCING THIS VALUE THAN BOTH AMENDMENT WELL FIRST OF ALL I MEAN IT WILL PRESERVE THOSE UM LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP YOU KNOW SUCH THINGS AS PARENTAL NOTIFICATION IF IF A DAUGHTER'S IF YOUR DAUGHTER IS GOING TO HAVE AN ABORTION OR INFORMED CONSENT SO THERE ARE SOME LAWS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN JEOPARDY WE KNOW BECAUSE THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT IN ITS RULING AND THE HODA'S RULING SAID THAT THEY'RE ALL PRESUMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED YET WHAT HAPPENS IF VALUE THEN BOTH FAILS ON AUGUST 2ND WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT'S IT AND WE WILL FOCUS ON OTHER ISSUES ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S AGENDA AFTER THAT WELL WE WE WE FOCUS ON A LOT OF ISSUES WE CAN DO MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME SO BUT UH NO WE WON'T UH WE'LL WE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO DO ANOTHER AMENDMENT AT SOME POINT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE OUTCOME BUT PART OF AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO AS A CHURCH IS OUR PASTORAL INITIATIVES YOU KNOW OUR PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY IS PART OF IT BUT WE'VE ALSO UM THE BISHOPS OF THE US JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO CALLED FOR WHAT THEY CALLED WALKING WITH MOMS IN NEED TO MOBILIZE ALL OF OUR CONGREGATIONS TO ACCOMPANY THOSE THAT ARE IN A DIFFICULT PREGNANCY SO THOSE THAT WE CAN'T PROTECT BY LAW WE CAN SAVE BY LOVE AND WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS ALSO OUR EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE THAT HAVE HAD ABORTIONS AND NOW DEEPLY REGRET THEM AND SO OUR POST-ABORTION MINISTRIES SO ALL OF THOSE WILL WILL CONTINUE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE BECAUSE THE LAW NOT ONLY PERMITS ABORTION BUT IT TEACHES PARTICULARLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ABORTION IS NOT TRULY THE TAKING OF AN HUMAN LIFE BECAUSE OUR LAWS DON'T PERMIT IT IN ANY OTHER CONTEXT SO WE SAW THAT WHEN ABORTION WAS LEGALIZED THAT THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS WENT UP ASTRONOMICALLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES SO THE LAW NOT ONLY PERMITS ABORTION BUT IT TEACHES ABORTION AND TEACHES A LIE IF THE VALUE THEM BOTH AMENDMENT PASSES LAWMAKERS MOVE TO RESTRICT FURTHER ABORTION IN THE STATE OF KANSAS WILL YOU BE ADVOCATING IN TOPEKA TO HELP THOSE WOMEN AND THOSE BABIES THAT ARE BORN PERHAPS EVEN ENSURING THAT THE STATE OF KANSAS PROVIDES FREE DAYCARE FOR INSTANCE WE THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS A PLACE IN THIS AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MANY SUCH MEASURES SEE I INVITE ANY WOMAN THAT'S VIEWING THIS TODAY IF THEY NEED HELP OR ASSISTANCE COME TO ONE OF OUR PARISHES AND WE'LL CONNECT YOU TO ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE YOUR OPPONENTS HAVE SAID THEY WON'T DEBATE THE VALUE OF THEM BOTH PROPONENTS BECAUSE THEY LIE WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION FOR YOU WELL I I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY ACCUSE US OF WHAT THEY DO I MEAN THEY'VE TRIED TO SAY THIS IS A BAN ON ABORTION IT'S NOT A BAN ON ABORTION WHAT IT DOES IS IT CORRECTS WHAT THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT DID AND IT GIVES BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE PUBLIC POLICY AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SO AFRAID OF THAT BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THAT ABORTION IS WILDLY ACCEPTED SO WHY WOULD THEY BE AFRAID TO LET THE PEOPLE TO DETERMINE PUBLIC POLICY ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH NAUMANN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY WEEK IN REVIEW WITH US UP NEXT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE AMENDMENT FROM TOP KANSAS SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DINA SYKES BUT FIRST HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW EVERY NATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION IS NOW IN KANSAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE NEW PANASONIC PLANT ANNOUNCEMENT BUT BECAUSE OF THIS UPCOMING KANSAS VOTE WHICH IS BEING VIEWED AS THE FIRST REFERENDUM ON ABORTION SINCE THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V WADE FROM TV STATIONS IN DALLAS TELLING THEIR VIEWERS HOW KANSAS IS THE CLOSEST PLACE TO TERMINATE THEIR PREGNANCIES TO THE NEW YORK TIMES EMBEDDING THEMSELVES INSIDE THE STATE'S BUSIEST ABORTION CLINIC IN WICHITA KANSAS BY THE WAY WICHITA KANSAS WOULD BE THE CLOSEST THAT A WOMAN FROM DFW WOULD BE ABLE TO GO FIND ABORTION CARE TRUST WOMEN IN WHICH YOU'RE TALL THIS IS ALLIE HOW CAN I HELP YOU TRUST ME PHONE CALLS HAVE PROBABLY DOUBLED TO TRIPLED RIGHT NOW THE SOONEST APPOINTMENTS THAT WE EVEN HAVE AVAILABLE OR THREE WEEKS OUT COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU WOULD BE COMING FROM DENTON TEXAS STILLWATER OKLAHOMA CITY WHAT NUMBER OF PREGNANCY IS THIS FOR YOU THREE OKAY IT WAS A HARD DECISION BUT ME AND MY KIDS FATHER WE BOTH DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST FOR US BECAUSE WE AREN'T FINANCIALLY MENTALLY PHYSICALLY READY TO HAVE ANOTHER KID I'VE BEEN TOO AFRAID TO REALLY ASK ANYBODY WILL I BE IN TROUBLE I'M SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW ALMOST FEELING LIKE I'M GOING TO THROW UP YOU KNOW I EVEN THOUGHT WHAT IF WE GO BACK TO OKLAHOMA AND THERE'S A COMPLICATION WE GO TO THE ER WE TELL THEM WE WENT OUT OF STATE AND GOT AN ABORTION ARE WE GOING TO JAIL A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK INSIDE THE BUSIEST ABORTION CLINIC IN KANSAS JOINING US NOW WITH A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE ABORTION AMENDMENT IS DINAH SYKES NOW SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS SENATE AS A REPUBLICAN SHE SWITCHED PARTIES AND IS NOW THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN TOPEKA SHE REPRESENTS PARTS OF OVERLAND PARK AND LINUX AND THAT GIVES YOU A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF COURSE OF THE PSYCHE OF LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON THIS ISSUE BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE VALUE OF BOTH AMENDMENT WE'RE TOLD NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS PASSES BECAUSE IT JUST PUTS THE ABORTION POLICY IN THE HANDS OF LAWMAKERS TO DECIDE LATER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN TOPEKA IF THIS PASSES SO I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT I THINK A NO VOTE KEEPS THINGS CURRENTLY AS THEY ARE OUR KANSAS CONSTITUTION IT KEEPS THE KANSAS CONSTITUTION AS IT IS AND WE BOTH KNOW THAT ABORTION IS HEAVILY REGULATED IN KANSAS SO I BELIEVE THAT A YES VOTE WILL LEAD TO A COMPLETE BAN EVEN IN CASES OF RAPE INCEST OR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER KANSAS LAWMAKERS THOUGH DON'T GO BACK INTO SESSION UNTIL JANUARY SO WOULD THAT BE A MAJOR DELAY OR HAVE YOU HEARD ANY WIND ANY EVIDENCE THAT LAWMAKERS WOULD BE COMING BACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER A VOTE TO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS NICK I WISH I HAD UM THE MAGIC EIGHT BALL TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION I ACTUALLY HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO EMAILED ME WITH THAT EXACT QUESTION AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT STARTING A FAMILY AND SHE WILL HAVE A VERY HIGH RISK PREGNANCY AND EMAILING ME THEIR STATE SENATOR SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT OUR FAMILY PLANNING YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME I DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR THEM AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THIS SHOULD BE A DECISION FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER NOT POLITICIANS IN TOPEKA THIS IS BEING FRAMED AS A HAVING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE BUT EVEN IF YOU VOTE NO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A WOMAN HAS A COMPLETE RIGHT TO CHOOSE IN KANSAS YOU YOU THERE ARE STILL RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE EVEN IF THIS FAILS THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ABORTION AFTER 22 WEEKS YES THAT IS CORRECT SO UM IT'S NOT SO WHAT WOULD YOU PROPOSE IF IT IS ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WOULD YOU PERMIT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE A LOOSENING OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS NO NICK I AM I LOOK AT MY OWN I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I HAD VERY MOSTLY UNCOMPLICATED PREGNANCIES BUT I NEVER HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND YOU KNOW I'VE HAD HEALTH CARE I'VE HAD ACCESS TO THAT I'VE HAD ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL SO I THINK AGAIN POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND WE'VE SEEN LEGISLATION INTRODUCED THAT WOULD EVEN ELIMINATE OPTIONS FOR CONTRACEPTION WHEN MY FIRST TERM IN THE LEGISLATURE THERE WAS A BILL IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE OF OUR CONS KANSAS CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWMAKERS KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MISSOURI I KNOW MISSOURI LAWMAKERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE THERE WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION TO CLARIFY THAT THE ABORTION LAW IN MISSOURI DOESN'T ALSO INCLUDE CONTRACEPTION YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT ABSOLUTELY UM LIKE I SAID IT'S ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE PAST I HAVE CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE I THINK THEY'RE JOKING BUT THEY SHARE ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RESTRICT AND WOMEN HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO EVEN IF THOUGH THE VALUE OF THEM BOTH GETS PASSED THAT DOES NOT MEAN LAWMAKERS WILL HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS ANY RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION I'M JUST REMINDED IN THIS PAST SESSION FOR INSTANCE THERE WAS A MAJOR PUSH TO BLOCK TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS LAWMAKERS PASSED THAT THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT THEY SIMPLY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR COULDN'T THE SAME HAPPEN WITH ABORTION WELL AS WE ALL KNOW TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT IT TOOK THE SUPER MAJORITY OF BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE THAT'S THE SAME NUMBER THAT IT TAKES TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO SO I SEE IT'S THE SAME VOTER OR THE SAME LEGISLATURE WHO PASSED THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHO WOULD BE DOING THAT ALSO YOU KNOW WE SEE MANY TIMES WHERE THE GROUP WHO IS PUSHING THIS HAVE PUSHED OTHER ISSUES THEY'RE VERY INFLUENTIAL WE HAD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO IS VERY ANTI-ABORTION WANTED THIS ON LAST YEAR'S ELECTION AND THEY TARGETED HIM THEY WERE SHOWING UP AT HIS HOME AND HE WAS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD SUSTAIN THAT VETO WHAT HAPPENS IF VALUE THEN BOTH FAILS IS THAT THE END OF THE STORY IN TOPEKA HAVE WE REMOVED ABORTION FROM THE AGENDA I DON'T THINK SO UM ABORTION HAS A VERY UM TROUBLING AND DEADLY UH IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL AND WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS UM LEGISLATION IS INTRODUCED UM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES EVEN INTRODUCED A BILL THIS LAST YEAR BANNING AND MAKING IT ILLEGAL I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT I HOPE THAT IF IT PASSES I MEAN WE SEE THAT THE KANSANS ARE SPEAKING BUT WE'VE SEEN IT WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION OVER TWO-THIRDS OF KANSANS SUPPORT MEDICAID EXPANSION WE SAW IT WITH FAIR MAPS IN OUR CONGRESSIONAL MAPPING SO I DON'T THINK LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP ALWAYS LIKES TO LISTEN TO KANSANS ON THE MISSOURI SIDE MAYOR QUENTIN LUCAS HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE ABORTION LAW NOW IN EFFECT IN MISSOURI HAS PROMPTED ONE CONVENTION NOT TO COME TO KANSAS CITY HE KNOWS ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO KANSAS CITY AS A RESULT OF THAT ABORTION LAW YESTERDAY YOU WERE IN TOPEKA UH CELEBRATING PANASONIC AND A FOUR BILLION DOLLAR DEAL FOR A ELECTRIC CAR PLANT THAT WOULD COME TO KANSAS WITH FOUR THOUSAND JOBS NOT FAR FROM YOUR OWN DISTRICT THERE IN JOHNSON COUNTY UH ANY NOTION THAT SOMEHOW PANASONIC WOULD NOT COME TO KANSAS IF VALIANT BOTH PASSES NO I HOPE THAT THAT DECISION IS MADE BUT THAT IS A CONCERN AS WE LOOK AT LEGISLATION BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE ADDRESSED IN THE PAST AND BUSINESSES ARE WATCHING AND BUT NOT JUST THAT OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING THEY WANT TO BE IN A COMMUNITY THAT ACCEPTS THEM AND ACCEPTS OTHERS AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO THOSE AROUND US THIS HAS BEEN NOW AN UGLY CAMPAIGN WE HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING SIGNS STOLEN THIS WEEK AT A CHURCH IN OVERLAND PARK AND YOU REPRESENT PART OF OVERLAND PARK IS DEFACED UH WITH UH AND UH ANTI UH OR WITH PRO-ABORTION MESSAGING WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST LESSON FOR YOU IN THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WELL FIRST AND FOREMOST I DON'T CONDONE ANY UM DESTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND I THINK IT GOES TO A LARGER CONVERSATION YOU MENTIONED THAT I WAS ELECTED AS A REPUBLICAN AND I CHOSE TO CHANGE TO A DEMOCRAT AND EVEN AT THAT TIME I HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY UPSET AND DEATH THREATS CONCERNS AND I THINK YOU KNOW AS A COMMUNITY AS A NATION WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION EVEN ON THESE EMOTIONAL ISSUES LIKE ABORTION WHERE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ARE YOU WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THE ABORTION ISSUE THEN YOU KNOW I WOULD THINK THAT WE ARE AT A COMPROMISE WITH WHAT WE ARE AND VOTING NO IS KEEPING A HEAVILY REGULATED ABORTION UM REGULATIONS IN PLACE BUT IT IS I'M GIVING A WOMAN A RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND WITH THAT DECISION WITH HER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER KANSAS SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DINA SYKES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US IN PERSON VOTING BY THE WAY ON THE KANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT STARTS THIS WEEKEND IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND NEXT WEEK IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY UP NEXT AS WE'VE BEEN TACKLING ABORTION IN KANSAS OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STATE LINE IN KANSAS CITY A NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE IS DOMINATING THE HEADLINES AS MAYOR LUCAS AND THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK TO MARK PASSAGE OF THE GUN BILL A MASS SHOOTING IN WESTPORT ONE DEAD FIVE INJURED AFTER A FIGHT AT THE ALE HOUSE MOVES OUTSIDE CITY LEADERS SAY THEY'VE TRIED EVERYTHING AND ARE OUT OF ANSWERS I THINK WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN DO IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY IDEAS OF WHAT WE CAN DO I AM CERTAINLY OPEN TO THEM BUT I I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO DO WESTPORT BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE A FIX WESTPORT FIXTURE BILL NIGRO JOINS US NOW BILL GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US DO YOU HAVE A FIX WELL I HAVE THINGS THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY MAKE IT BETTER THE CITY HAS DEFUNDED OUR SECURITY ACCOUNT HOW SIX YEARS AGO WE WENT TO THE CITY TRYING TO GET PERMISSION THAT WE COULD CHECK FOR GUNS AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT THE CITY MADE US JUMP THROUGH SOME INCREDIBLE HOOPS SO THE CITY SAID YOU HAD TO HAVE DIVERSITY MONITORS ISN'T THAT CORRECT METAL DETECTORS TO MAKE SURE YOU WEREN'T DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANYONE COMING INTO WESTPORT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PROFILE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WALKS THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR SO I CALLED UP THE ACLU THE ACLU INFORM ME THEY GO MR NIGRO UH WE BELIEVE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE COUNTRY BEING FORCED TO HIRE CIVIL RIGHTS MONITORS BY A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT HOW IS THAT IN ANY WAY WORSENING THE CRIME SITUATION IN WESTPORT THEY WORK EIGHT HOURS A WEEK FOR FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR YET THEY COMMAND A FULL 10 OF OUR NIGHTTIME SECURITY BUDGET AND AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT BIG OF A CHUNK OUT OF OUR BUDGET NOW WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE ON THE PERIMETERS TO PATROL THEM AND THAT'S WHAT OUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ON THE PERIMETER WELL IF YOU WEREN'T HAVING UH TO SPEND MONEY ON DIVERSITY MONITORS WOULD YOU THEN BE EXPANDING THE SECURITY AROUND WESTPORT SO IT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE ALE HOUSE WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THAT SECURITY WOULD THAT ALSO HAPPEN ON A SUNDAY NIGHT YOU ONLY HAVE TO HAVE METAL DETECTORS ON A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD YOU EXPAND IT TO SUNDAY NIGHT IF YOU WEREN'T TO HAVING DIVERSITY MONITORS WHAT WE DO IS INCREASE WE'RE WE'RE PROS AT KNOWING WHEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS SO WE KNOW WHEN A CLUB IS GOING TO BE HAVING YOU KNOW FOR INSTANCE A HIP-HOP NIGHT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BE STAFFED UP FOR THAT THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A HUGE CHUNK OF OUR MONEY IT DOESN'T GIVE US ANY ROOM TO PICK OUT THOSE EXTRA NIGHTS WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG CONCERT OR A BIG SHOW OR OR WHATEVER IT IS DOWN IN WESTPORT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE UNDERSTAFFED BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MONITORS THAT SIT THERE AND DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IT'S NOT THOUGH THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN RACIAL INCIDENTS IN WESTPORT I I 2018 YOU HAD THE SECURITY GUARD FIRED AFTER UH RACIST REMARKS HE WAS ORDERING THE TRAYVON MARTINI REMEMBER THAT IN 2019 THE OWNER OF JOHNNY UH CORES CREATED THE NO PLAYLIST OF BLACK RAP AND HIP-HOP SONGS HE DOESN'T PLAY VIOLENT HIP-HOP SONGS THE MAJORITY OF HIS MUSIC 80 PERCENT AFTER I TALKED TO HIM IS DONE BY BLACK ARTISTS SO NOW WE GOT THE CITY COMING IN AND TELLING US WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WE CAN PLAY AND WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE INCIDENT ABOUT THE THE SECURITY GUARD THAT SAID SOMETHING WITH THE BLACK OUR OUR SECURITY STAFF HAS TO DEAL WITH DRUNK PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND WE DO THE BEST WE CAN AND WE PUT THEM THROUGH A LOT OF TRAINING AND I STILL INSIST WE'VE REALLY HAD NO MAYBE THAT WAS FILED AGAINST THE SECURITY COMPANY BUT THAT'S NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF WESTPORT THERE'S BEEN NO BAR OR RESTAURANT THAT'S EVER HAD A RACE COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THEM THE CITY NOW IS LOOKING AT BRINGING IN JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTIES SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TO COME IN SPENDING OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP POLICE WESTPORT ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THEM ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK DO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT OR WOULD THE CITY BE PAYING FOR THAT WELL I DON'T KNOW YET THE CITY MAKES US PAY FOR EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND YOU KNOW IN THE 45 YEARS I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE THE CITY'S NEVER GIVEN US ANYTHING IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE THE CITY MARKET OR POWER AND LIFE THAT GETS A MILLION AND A HALF A MONTH TO COVER THEIR LOANS YOU KNOW WHAT WESTPORT'S GIVING THEM THAT MUCH MONEY MONTHLY WE'RE PAYING FOR OUR COMPETITION OTHER THAN UM NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR DIVERSITY MONITORS WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SUGGEST THAT COULD BE IMPROVEMENTS TO PREVENT THE KIND OF VIOLENCE WE SAW LAST WEEKEND IN WESTPORT WHERE ONE PERSON DIED AND FIVE PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED IF THE CITY GIVES US OUR MONEY BACK FROM THE BABYSITTERS WE'RE IMMEDIATELY GOING TO DUMP THAT INTO MORE PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND AT NIGHTS AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE PLACES THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE CREATING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ONE OF THE THINGS OUR HEAD OF SECURITY MENTIONED TO ME IS CREATING A DIFFERENT PROTOCOL AFTER THAT KIND OF A SITUATION WHERE THE PERSON THAT'S LEAVING THE PLACE IS CALMLY ESCORTED TO THEIR CAR AND WATCHED DRIVE OFF YOU KNOW SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT ARE YOU STARTING THEM WELL I DON'T KNOW I MEAN THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL BEING YOU KNOW THIS WEEK HAS BEEN A PANIC WEEK TO THE YOU KNOW IT'S A KNEE-JERK REACTION OKAY AND WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT TO MAKE IT BETTER I MEAN WE ALWAYS DO THAT IT SEEMS TO BE 20 YEARS WORTH OF THAT WE WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DRAW 10 000 TO 20 000 PEOPLE EVERY WEEKEND ON ON A PARTICULAR WEEKEND NIGHT CROWDS THAT BIG THE END OF THE NIGHT THE OPPORTUNIST AND AND THE WRONG KIND OF CROWD ALWAYS KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY PREY ON SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PERIMETER PROBLEMS BUT YOU KNOW TAKE OUR MONEY AWAY FOR OUR GUYS THAT COULD BE ON THE PERIMETER AND TIES OUR HANDS AND AND I THINK QUENTIN LUCAS BEING YOU KNOW THE MAYOR THAT'S IN CHARGE OF ALL SOCIAL INJUSTICE TELL ME WHY WE'RE THE ONLY ONES WHAT DID WE DO QUENTIN GIVE US OUR MONEY BACK SO WE CAN PUT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO WATCH OUR OUR CUSTOMERS AND I WILL BRING THAT QUESTION TO HIM BILL NIGRO THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY WEEK IN REVIEW OUR REPORTERS ARE BACK BY THE WAY NEXT WEEK AND WHILE I SAID DURING THIS PROGRAM WE'VE STRUGGLED TO GET CANDIDATES TO DEBATE WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ONE BIG RACE JOINING US THIS SUNDAY FOR THE MISSOURI FOURTH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE FORMER FOX 4 NEWS ANCHOR MARK ALFORD AMONG THE CANDIDATES RUNNING TO FILL THE SEAT BEING VACATED BY VICKY HARTZLER JUDGE THE CANDIDATES FOR YOURSELF THIS SUNDAY MORNING AT 11 30 ON KANSAS CITY PBS I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON