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>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, I'M BRIANA VANNOZZI.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO DONALD TRUMP.

IN THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION MADE THEIR STRONGEST CASE YET, WITH THE REPUBLICAN VICE CHAIR STATING BLUNTLY, THE MAJORITY OF EVIDENCE COLLECTED SHOWS THE CENTRAL CAUSE OF THE DEADLY RIOT WAS ONE MAN, DONALD TRUMP.

THE COMMITTEE PROVIDE A NEW TESTIMONY AND NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE SHOWING THAT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES PLANNED TO DECLARE VICTORY ON ELECTION DAY IN 2020, , LONG BEFORE THE VOTES WERE COUNTED.

THAT EVIDENCE HAS COME ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM REPUBLICANS REPUBLICANS AND SENIOR STAFFERS CLOSEST TO DONALD TRUMP, WITH PREPLANNED VICTORY SPEECHES, NO MATTER WHAT THE ELECTION RESULT.

RESULTS SHOWED.

AND, EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE COURTS RULED TRUMP'S ELECTION FRAUD ALLEGATIONS WERE, WERE FALSE, INCLUDING A DECISION DECISION FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTING HIS LAWSUIT.

IN A VIDEO, DEPOSITION PLAYED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, FORMER TOP AIDE TO E HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, MARK MEADOWS DESCRIBING TRUMP'S REACTION.

>> THE PRESIDENT SAID -- HE SAID SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, OF, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WE LOST, THIS IS EMBARRASSING, FIGURE IT OUT, WE NEED TO FIGURE FIGURE IT OUT, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE LOST.

>> HUTCHINSON DESCRIBED PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS IN WHICH DONALD TRUMP CONCEDED HE KNEW HE DIDN'N DIDN'T WIN BUT WOULD TRY TO CHANGE THE RESULTS ANYWAY.

THE COMMITTEE REVEALED NEWLY OBTAINED SECRET SERVICE EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES REVEALING AGENTS KNEW THE CROWD RALLYING ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 6 HAD WEAPONS AND GUNS ALONG WITH PLANS TO TARGET MEMBERS OF CONG.

OF CONGRESS.

OTHER NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM ONE ONE OF TRUMP'S TOP AIDES, JASON MILLER, WHO PURPOSEFULLY AMPED UP VIOLENT ONLINE RHETORIC AMONG AMONG RIGHT-WING GROUPS LIKE THE THE OATH KEEPERS AND PROUD BOYS AHEAD OF THE RIOT.

>> GALLOWS DON'T REQUIRE ELECTR, REQUIRE ELECTRICITY, IF THE FILTHY MAGGOTS TRY TO PUSH THEIR THEIR FRAUD THROUGH, THERE WILLE WILL BE HELL TO PAY.

LAWMAKERS CAN LEAD IN A BODY BANK, AND TWO, AFTER RIGHTFULLY ASSERTING TRUMP.

>> A TRAIL OF EVIDENCE DISCUSSED DISCUSSED TODAY SHOWED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK NO ACTION TO STOP THE VIOLENT CROWD, EVENS EVEN AS LEADERS OF THE HOUSE AND AND SENATE WERE BUNKERED AND HIDING DURING THE INSURRECTION.

ON THE PHONE, PLEADING WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CALL THE PRESIDENT AND CALL OFF THE .

THE RIOTERS.

IN THEIR FINAL ACTION OF THE DAY, THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SUBPOENA TRUMP FOR TESTIMONY AND AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO JANUAR6 JANUARY 6, THE BOLD BUT SYMBOLIE SYMBOLIC MOVE, HERE TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF THIS IS JOHN FARMER JUNIOR, FORMER NEW JERSEY JERSEY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DIRR AND DIRECTOR OF THE EAGLETON INSTITUTE OF POLITICS.

THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO SUBPOENA FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO TO TESTIFY BEFORE THEM.

WHAT DO THEY HOPE TO ACHIEVE HERE?

HOW COULD THIS PLAY OUT POTENTIALLY?

GIVEN THE FACT THAT TRUMP IS UNLIKELY TO COMPLY.

>> WELL, I THINK THEY WANT TO JUST COVER EVERY BASE, EVERY POSSIBLE BASE SO THEY CAN SEND A A REPORT.

WE SAW TESTIMONY FROMY FROM EVERY RELEVANT WITNESS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, EVEN IF AT THE END OF THE DAY HE ENDED UP NOT TESTIFYING.

>> IT IS INTERESTING, DURING THESE HEARINGS WE HEARD FROM THE THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYING THIS THIS IS A WITCHHUNT, THEY ARE COMING AFTER ME BUT THEY ARE NOT NOT ASKING ME ABOUT IT.

IS THERE POTENTIAL, LET'S SAY HE DOES TY DOES TESTIFY FOR OTHER CRIMINAL CHARGES TO BE BROUGHT?

OR, IS THERE ENOUGH HERE FROM WHAT WE HEARD IN THE NEW EVIDENCE TODAY FOR ANY POTENTIAL CHARGES?

>> WELL, SINCE JULY, THERE HAS N HAS BEEN THE POTENTIAL FOR A CHARGE OF OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING OF CONGRESS, CONGRESS, THAT IS WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN A SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY, HE CLEARLY, I THINK, THINK, EVEN BY HIS OWN ADMISSIO, OWN ADMISSION, TENDED TO OBSTRUCT THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS THAT DAY, SO THAT'S AN EASY ONE.

IF THEY WANT TO PROSECUTE HIM, THAT WOULD BE THE THE EASIEST TO CHOOSE.

IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN HAPPEN WITH THE PRESIDENTS TESTIFYING OR NOT TESTIFYING, I HAVE BEEN HALF EXPECTING HIM TO TRASH ONE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS AND INSIST ON TELLING A STORY ALTHOUGH I'M SURE EVERY LAWYER WILL TELL HIM, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T DO THAT.

SHE HAS OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY A MIND OF HIS OWN ON THESE THINGS AND LIKES THE DRAMA, FRANKLY.

AND THE DRAMA REINFORCES FOR HIS SUPPORTERS WHAT A LEADER HE IS.

SO THEY ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH, EVEN BEFORE BEFORE TODAY, TO CHARGE HIM, TO MAKE OUT FEDERAL CASES IF THEY WANT TO DO IT.

THEY MAY QUESTION QUESTION THE DISCRETION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS WAY, WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE COUNTRY WILL BE.

I THINK WHERE THEY ARE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT IS ON THE ISSUE OF SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY BECAUSE THEN YOU INQUIRE A REAL INTENT O INTENT TO CITE REBELLION AND OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD HAVE THE DEFENSE, BASICALLY I WAS LISTENING TO RUDY GIULIANI AND OTHER LAWYERS WHO ARE TELLING ME ME THAT THIS IS PROPER COURSE O.

OF ACTION.

AND ADVICE OF COUNSEL COUNSEL IS A POTENTIALLY VIABLE DEFENSE.

THAT IS WHY THEY'RE SO MUCH EMPHASIS TODAY ON WHAT EXACTLY THE PRESIDENT DID WHEN HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE LOST.

>> WHICH WE HEARD TODAY, THROUGH THROUGH SECONDHAND INFORMATION, THAT THERE WAS ACKNOWLEDGMENT T. ACKNOWLEDGMENT THERE.

>> THEY ARE TAKING PAINS TO SHOW SHOW THE INSTANCES IN WHICH THEY THEY EITHER SAID SOMETHING OR TOOK AN ACTION LIKE THE ORDER HE HE ISSUE THAT WAS NOT FILED FROM FROM THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN, WHICH INDICATED THAT HE WANTED THE TROOPS OUT BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE.

>> THAT WAS COMPELLING STUFF.

VERY QUICKLY, WHAT, IF ANY, IMPACT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE ON VOTERS AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS?

>> THAT IS A FAR ONE TO CALL.

I THINK, THE QUESTION IS, IS IT PERSUADING ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T ALREADY AGREE WITH THEM?

THAT IS IS REALLY UNKNOWN.

>> NEW JERSEY'S FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, AMONG OTHER TITLES THAT THAT YOU HOLD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.> >> IT WAS A SOLD-OUT EVENT IN UNION COUNTY TODAY FOR THE FIRST FIRST AND ONLY IN PERSON DEBATE IN THE STATES MOST CONTENTIOUS CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

THE REMATCH BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT ANN AND REPUBLICAN TOM KANE JUNIOR.

WITH A FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION, AND A LOT OF INTEREST GIVEN THAT THE RACE COULD HELPE HELP DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER POWER IN CONGRESS AND THERE HAVN HAVE BEEN A FEW PUBLIC SPEAKING APPEARANCES BY THE OPPONENT.

JOANNA GAGIS REPORTS.

>> IT WAS A RARE SIGHTING TO TODAY, FACING OFF AGAINST TOM KEANE JUNIOR, VYING FOR THE DISTRICT.

>> IN A DEBATE THAT FOCUSED ONLY ONLY ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, TOM KEANE WASTED NO OPPORTUNITY TOE TO TIE MALINOWSKI TO NANCY PELOSI, FAULTING DEMOCRATS FOR PASSING COVID RELIEF THAT LED TO TO RISING INFLATION.

>> THE ECONOMIST WARNED, WHETHER WHETHER THEY WERE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, THAT THIS AMOUNT OF STANDING WOULD CRIPPLE THE ECONOMY, WOULD HURT THE SUPPLY CHAINS BUT INSTEAD, INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE ECONOMIST, INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO HIS CONSTITUENTS, HE FOLLOWED NANCY PELOSI'S LEAD 100% OF THE TIME.

>> SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE BE PLAYING THE NANCY PELOSI DRINKING GAME, WHOEVER HAD NANCY NANCY PELOSI IS GOING TO BE REALLY HAMMERED BY THE END OF T. >> CLAPPING BACK ON HIS RECORD, SAYING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY 2 YEARS AGO WAS IN A FREEFALL.

>> MR. TOM KEANE REFERRED TO ECONOMISTS IN AMERICA, TELLING US TO DO SOMETHING BIG, AND HAD WE NOT DONE SO, THIS COUNTRY WOULD TODAY BE IN THE GREAT DEP.

GREAT DEPRESSION.

>> AND HE MADE THE CASE REPEATEDLY THAT A VOTE FOR SENATOR TOM KEANE IS A VOTE FROM FROM THE MEGA TRUMP AGENDA.

>> THE ASCENDANT LEADERS OF HIS PARTY IN WASHINGTON HAVE PUT FORWARD ABSOLUTELY NO PLAN TO DEAL WITH THIS ECONOMIC SITUATI.

ECONOMIC SITUATION.

BUT THEY DO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN FOR BANNING ABORTION.

THAT'S THE DI.

THE DIFFERENCE.

IT IS MODERATIOS MODERATION VERSUS MAGA.

>> BUT THEN THERE WAS THIS EXCHANGE.

>> MY OPPONENT, FOR 30 YEARS IN WASHINGTON DC HAS SUPPORTED EXPORTING MANUFACTURING JOBS TO.

TO CHINA.

AND UP ONLY THIS YEAR, HAS HE STARTED TO CHANGE, HE HAS PUT US IN THIS POSITION WHERE THE OUTSOURCING JOBS TO CA TO CHINA, OUTSOURCING JOBS TO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, AND HURTING THE MANUFACTURING.

>> I'M SORRY, I HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS FOR 4 YEARS, NOT 30 YEARS.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN IN WASHINGTON DC FOR 30 YEARS, YOU HAVE NEVER LEFT.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN IN TRENTON FOR 30 YEARS, WHAT IN THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES THAT HAVE GONE UP AND UP?

YOU ARE THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER, YOU ARE THE MOST POWERFUL REPUBLICAN IN NEW JERSEY FOR MOT OF THE LAST 20 YEARS AND YOU SAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO.

YOU MUMBLE ABOUT SUPPLY CHAINS.

I GOT THE JOB DONE, I HAVE BEEN IN WASHINGTON FOR 4 YEARS, WE PASSED THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WHICH ARE PARTY FAILED TO DO.

WE PASSED MEDICARE NEGOTIATION, WITH WHAT DONALD TRUMP PROMISED TO DO AND DIDN'T DO, WE GOT IT DONE.

>> TOM KEANE OFFERED CLARIFICATION ON HIS ABORTION ISSUE, THAT HAS CHANGED THROUGHOUT HIS CAMPAIGN.

>> I AM VERY CLEAR ON THAT, FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT I SUPPORT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE, UP UL UP UNTIL 20 WEEKS, POST 20 WEEKS IT IS THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, INCEST, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT DOES HE REALLY BELIEVE?

WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO ME IS THAT HE SUPPORTS AN ABORTION BAN WITH EXCEPTIONS TO PROTECT THE POLITICAL LIFE OF TOM KEANE JUNIOR.

>> SO IF HE CAME LOOKING FOR A LOT OF POLICY DETAIL, MALINOWSKI HAD THAT DEMAND.

IF YOU CAN FOR FOR CRITICISM OF THE PARTY IN POWER, THEN YOU HEARD THAT FROM TOM KEANE.

>> THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE OTHER DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO AND THAT THAT WILL BE THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, IT IS WORTH MENTION, WORTH MENTIONING, THE SENATOR TURNED DOWN A DEBATE MONITORED Y MONITORED BY PBS.> >> DON'T FORGET, FOR ALL OF YOUR YOUR ELECTION NEEDS, HEAD TO NJSPOTLIGHTNEWS.ORG , THEN CLICK CLICK ON THE NJ DECIDES 2022 TAB TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RACES WE ARE WATCHING, CANDIDATE PROFILES AND MORE DETAILS ON YOUR DISTRICT, ALONG WITH WHERE AND HOW TO VOTE.

> >> NEW JERSEY COULD HAVE TWO NEW NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGES IN JUST JUST A MATTER OF DAYS, HELPING TO FILL LONG-STANDING VACANCIES WITHIN THE HIGH COURT.

FIRST OFF, A SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY WHERE NS WHERE NOMINEES CONFIRMATION GOT HELD UP.

THEY USED AN UNWRITTEN TREND RULE TO BLOCK HER APPOINTMENT, BUT AGREED TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION AFTER STRIKING AN AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNOR MURPHY.

THAT WAS TO PUT PUT REPUBLICAN JUDGE FASCIALE ON THE COURT, CURRENTLY A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE AND HAS BEEN FILLING ONE OF THE THREE VACANCIES ON THE HIGH COURT, THE THE COMMITTEE TODAY ALSO APPROVED THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SEVEN SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES AS NEW JERSEY FACES AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF JUDICIA.

JUDICIAL VACANCIES.

>> LAWMAKERS TODAY ROLLED OUT ANOTHER PIECE OF THE TOUGHEST IN IN THE NATION GUN REFORM, LEGISLATION, A HIGHLY ANTICIPATD HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RESPONSE TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING EARLIER THIS YEAR.

EXPANDING THE THE RIGHT TO CARRY FIREARMS OUTSIDE THE HOME.

WHILST TED GOLDBERG REPORTS, THIS LATEST BILL BANS GUNS FROM MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PUBLIC SPACES AND BEEFS UP THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYONE HOPING TO CARRY ONE IN P. IN PUBLIC.

>> TODAY, WE ARE INTRODUCING WHAT WILL STAND AS THE NATION'S STRONGEST MEASURE, CONCERNING CONCEALED CARRY.

>> LAWMAKERS IN TRENTON HOPE A NEW GUN BILL WILL MAKE THE STATE STATE SAFER.

THE BILL WOULD EXPAND THE VETTING PROCESS FOR GETTING A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AND IT WOULD MAKE NEW JERSEY THE FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE HANDGUN OWNERS TO HAVE INSURANCE.

>> IT IS OUR GOAL TO MAKE NEW JERSEY THE SAFEST STATE IN THE NATION TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE S RAISE FAMILIES, FREE FROM FEAR OF BECOMING A CASUALTY OF GUN V. GUN VIOLENCE.

TOO MANY LEADERS, PARTICULARLY BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE GARDEN STATE HAVE ENABLED ENABLED GUN VIOLENCE TO PERSIST IN WAYS NO OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS ACCEPTED AS NORMAL.

>> IF THIS PASSES, PEOPLE WHO ON WHO OWN CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO GUN SAFETY TRAINING AND THEY COULDN'T BRING BRING GUNS TO SO-CALLED SENSITIVE PLACES.

UNLESS THE BUSINESS OWNER EXPLICITLY ALLOWS ALLOWS THEM.

>> PLACES LIKE PLAYGROUNDS, BARS BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL, TRAIN STATIONS, POLLING POLLING PLACES AND GROCERY STORES.

>> PICKING UP YOUR CHILDREN AT A A DAYCARE CENTER OR A VACATION AT A PARK OR BEACH, CASTING YOUR YOUR VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED TO BRING WEAPONS TO YOUR KIDS DAYCARE CENTER, THEN I THINK WE HAVE A MORE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM.

PROBLEM.

>> IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY HAVE GUNS, HUNT WITH GUNS AND LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BEAR ARMS, BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THEY WERE ALLOWED TO CARRY THEM ANYWHERE THEY WANTED.

>> I AM A GUN OWNER, I ENJOY MY GUNS OFTEN, BUT I ENJOY THE RIGHT TO HAVE THOSE GUNS AND USE USE THEM RESPONSIBLY.

THIS BILL PROVIDES ZERO CONFLICT.

>> THE COURTS HAVE DECIDED THAT SOME STATE LAWS DO CONFLICT WITH WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

A SIMILAR CONCEALED CARRY LAW IN NEW YORK IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A COURT CHALLENGE AND A SUPREME COURT DECISION FROM THIS SUMMER STRUCK DOWN LIMITATIONS ON CONCEALED CARRY IN SIX STATES INCLUDING NEW JERSEY.

THE DECISION SAID STATES MAY NOT ASK ASK GUN OWNERS TO PROVE THEY HAVE A SPECIAL NEED TO CONCEALED CONCEALED CARRY.

>> WHILE I RESPECT THE INSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES STATES SUPREME COURT, CANDIDLY IN THIS ONE, THEY GOT IT WRONG.

>> BY ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN ONLY OBTAIN A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AFTER EXTENSIVE REVIEW, AND APPROPRIATE TRAININ, APPROPRIATE TRAINING, WE ARE STANDING UP FOR VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND HELPING TO PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES WHILE ABIDING BY THE COURT'S DECISION.

>> STAUNCH >> STAUNCH GUN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CALL THE BILL YET ANOTHER CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THE DEMOCRATS OPEN HOSTILITY TO THE SECOND AMENDMET SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE CONSTITUTION AS A WHOLE.

LET'S BE REAL, CRIMINALS ARE THE PROBLEMS, NOT LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS WHO HAVE RIGHTS.

SCOTT BACH IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY RIGHTFUL AND PISTOL CLUB, HE TOLD US IN HIS STATEMENT, THESE ATTACKS BY NEW JERSEY LAWMAKERS ARE A BIG MIDDLE FINGER TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

THESE LAWMAKERS HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION OR THE RULE OF.

OF LAW.

THEY FOCUS ON ATTACKING CITIZENS RIGHTS WHILE SETTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS FREE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO OVERTURNING THESE MEASURES IN COURT AND FORCING THE STATE TO PAY OUR LEGAL FEES.

LEGAL FEES.

>> IT IS NEITHER A LEGAL CHALLENGE OR A DECISION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, AND THEY WILL NOT DICTATE TO US WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE MORALLY RIGHT.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT THIS STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE TO ALLOW FOR CONSTITUTIONALLY ALLOWABLE GUN G GUN CARRYING, BUT NOT JUST ANYWHERE YOU WANTED TO BE.

AND NOT JUST FOR ANY PERSON THAT WE ALLOW THEM TO HAVE GUNS.

>> THE BILL GOES TO THE COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK.

EVEN IF IT PASSES AND GETS SIGNED, THE COURTS MAY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT NOT THE LAW STAYS ON THE BOOKS.

IN TRENTON, I'M TED GOLDBERG, NJ NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

> >> IN OUR SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS REPORT TONIGHT, NEW SEPTEMBER INFLATION DATA SHOWS CONSUMER PS CONSUMER PRICES SPIKED MUCH HIGHER THAN ECONOMISTS EXPECTED.

EXPECTED.

RISING UP TO 8.2%, IT IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN AUGUST RECORD HIGH 8.3% BUT STILL SPELLS BAD NEWS FOR THE FEDERAL, FEDERAL RESERVE, AS IT TRIES TO BRING THE RATE BACK UNDER CONTROL.

AND IT IS TRICKLING INTO ALL OTHER AREAS OF LIFE BEYOND JUST THE COST OF FOOD AND AND RENT.

LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE LOOKING AT HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES, SPURRED IN PART BY RISING INFLAN RISING INFLATION, THAT LOCAL LEADERS SAY COULD TRIGGER PROPERTY TAX HIKES AND EVEN LAYOFFS.

BUDGET AND FINANCE WRI, FINANCE WRITER, JOHN REITMEYER IS WITH ME NOW TO DIVE INTO THIS.

WELCOME, LET'S START WITH THIS INFLATION REPORT.

WHAT DOES DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE SITUATION SITUATION HERE IN NEW JERSEY, GIVEN ALL THAT IS HAPPENING PARTICULARLY WITH THIS RECENT NEGOTIATION ON THESE BENEFITS.

>> IT'S GOING TO SHOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPRESSING, ANYBODY THAT IS GOING GROCERY SHOPPING OR PAYING FOR THEIR ENERGY BILLS BILLS IN RECENT MONTHS, THEY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.

MAYBE IF IF THERE IS A LITTLE POSITIVE TO TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE NEW NUMBERS, THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW IN OUR REGION, EVEN IN THE JERSEY AREA, MAYBE SOME SMALL IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GETTING HIT.

>> LET ME DIVE INTO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A RENEGOTIATION ON THE STATE HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN FOR ABOUT 800,000 PUBLIC WORKERS.

UNIONS THAT REPRESENT SOME STATE WORKERS WERE ABLE TO RENEGOTIATE THEIR RATE OF ABOUT 3% OF A HIKE, BUT LOCAL, COUNTYS COUNTY WORKERS, THEY ARE STARING STARING DOWN ABOUT A 20% INCREASE FOR THEIR HEALTH PLANS.

PLANS.

YOU COVERED A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, WHO WAS AT AT THAT AND WHAT DID THEY SAY?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE HEARD FROM A A LOT OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE THEIR LOCAL EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN THE STATE BENEFITS PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY A POOL FOR PUBLIC WORKERS IN NEW JERSEY, BUT IT IS A POOL THAT IS SEEING PREMIUM HIKES YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

SO SO THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT IS GOING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

THESE HIKES ARE HIDDEN WHEN WE HIT THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR IN JANUARY AND REALLY, FOR THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE FEELING STRAINED BY INFLATION AS WELL.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS RIGHT NOW TO ABSORB THESE BIG YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES, SO THEY ARE REALLY ASKING FOR GOVERNOR MURPHY AND STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO INTERVENE INTERVENE AND PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE TO HELP BLUNT THE IMS THE IMPACTS FOR THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASES OR EVEN LAYOFFS, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THESE ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE 2% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO TO SEE REALLY WHAT THE GOVERNOR AND LAWMAKERS DECIDE TO DO HERE.

HERE.

>> IT IS DEFINITELY TOUGH TIMING TIMING FOR SURE.

IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL HELP?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN NO AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS MADE OF LATE.

I THINK THEY ARE TALKING AND LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE AND LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME REFORMS ON ON THE BENEFITS SIDE.

MAYBE PLANNING EVEN.

BUT IN TERMS OF THAT NEAR-TERM CRUNCH THAT THESE LOCAL, MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE FACING, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE COME OUT RIGHT AWAY AND SAY OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

>> JOHN REITMEYER, THANK YOU AS AS ALWAYS.

> >> MARKETS REACTED TO THE HOTTER THAN EXPECTED INFLATION REPORT.

HERE IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S CLOSING TRADING NUMBERS.

>> SUPPORT FOR THE BUSINESS REPORT PROVIDED BY JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY, ANNOUNCING ITS 2022 NEW JERSEY BUSINESS HALL OF FAME, NOVEMBER 3, AT THE HYATT REGENCY IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

EVENT DETAILS ONLINE, , AND BY NEW JERSEY AMERICAN WATER, WE KEEP LIFE FLOWING.

>> MAKE SURE YOU CATCH NJ BUSINESS BEAT THIS WEEKEND WITH RHONDA SCHAFFLER, SHE SPOTLIGHTS SPOTLIGHTS THE HOUSING MARKET, FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS, TO HOW THE STATE CAN INCREASE BLACK AND BROWN HOMEOWNERSHIP.

THAT IS SATURDAY ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL AT 10:00 A.M. > >> FINALLY, ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED FORMS OF RADIATION TREATMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS IS NOW AVAILABLE TO SOUTH JERSEY JERSEY RESIDENTS.

VIRTUAL HEALTH HEALTH AND PENN MEDICINE THIS WEEK UNVEILED A NEW PROTON THERAPY CENTER, THE FIRST OF ITS ITS KIND FOR THE AREA, AND AMONG AMONG FEWER THAN 50 IN THE NATION.

THE TREATMENT USES A PROTON BEAM TO ZAP OR RADIATED CANCER CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH SOME OF THE HARDEST TO TREAT FORMS OF THE DISEASE.

MELISSA ROSE COOPER HAS THE STORY.

>> THIS IS THE PROTON SYSTEM.

WHAT IT DOES, IT SPEEDS UP ARTICLES TO TWO THIRDS THE SPEED SPEED OF LIGHT, OR WE CAN EXTRACT THE BEAM OUT THIS LITTLE LITTLE TUBE DOWN HERE AND IT'LL GO OUT, WE CAN SELECT THE DIFFERENT ENERGIES WE USE BEFORE BEFORE IT ENTERS INTO THE TREATT THE TREATMENT.

>> NEARLY 90 TONS OF MACHINERY WILL SOON CHANGE THE LIVES OF CANCER PATIENTS INSIDE THE PROTON THERAPY CENTER AT VIRTUAL VIRTUAL HEALTH HOSPITAL.

THE $45 $45 MILLION FACILITY MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH PENN MEDICINE.

>> REALLY EXCITING AND REWARDING, THIS HAS BEEN A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT AND REALLY CULMINATING THE PENN MEDICINE VIRTUAL HEALTH RELATIONSHIP, IT STARTED BACK IN 2013.

I THINK THIS WAS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.

>> TREATMENT CAN INTERACT AND DAMAGE NORMAL TISSUE AROUND THER THE TUMOR, PROTON THERAPY PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE IT IS NEEDED.

THIS MACHINE HAS A TURNING CAPABILITY OF 360 DEGRE.

360 DEGREES.

>> PATIENTS ARE POSITIONED ON THIS TABLE USING MOBILIZATION DEVICES THAT HOLD THEM IN PLACE, PLACE, YOU ALSO HAVE CAT SCAN CAPABILITIES.

THE TREATMENT PROCESS STARTS WITH A CAT SCAN THAT WE BUILD THE TREATMENT PLAN PLAN OFF OF.

WE WANT TO DELIVER THAT SAME EXACT PLAN EVERY DAY.

>> PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE PROTON TREATMENT FOR ABOUT FIVE WEEKS, IT IS TARGETED FOR MORE COMPLEX CASES OF CANCER LIKE WHEN THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD ARE IMPACTED.

>> LET'S SAY THERE IS A TUMOR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COURT AND YOU NEED TO DELIVER THIS HIGH-DOSE RADIATION WITHOUT CAUG WITHOUT CAUSING SPINAL CORD DAMAGE.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO SO BY DELIVERING THE DOSE RIGHT THERE TO THE TUMOR AND THERE WILL BE NO EXODUS BEHIND THE TU.

THE TUMOR.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND KIND IN SOUTH JERSEY, WHICH IS A A HUGE GAME CHANGER.

>> WITH MODERN MEDICINE ADVANCES ADVANCES IN CANCER THERAPY, PATIENTS ARE LIVING LONGER AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR THERAPIES, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL MINDFUL OF IT.

WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT ON THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IT MAY HAVE.

>> THEY KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW IMPACTFUL PROTON THERAPY CAN BE, BE, SHE RECEIVED TREATMENT 5 YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN CANCER FREE SINCE.

>> IT NOT ONLY SAVED MY LIFE BUT BUT IT MAXIMIZED MY LIFE BECAUSE BECAUSE I HAD NO RESIDUAL EFFECTS FROM THE RADIATION, SHORT OF SOME HAIR LOSS, WHICH I I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAMOUFLAGE IN SOME RESPECTS.

BUT, BEYOND THAT, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY LIFE-CHANGING EFFECTS FROM THE N THE RADIATION OR THE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR THAT MATTER.

>> CANCER PATIENTS WILL BEGIN RECEIVING TREATMENT AT THE PROTON THERAPY CENTER EARLY NEXT NEXT YEAR, GIVING THEM EARLY HOPE SO THEY CAN POTENTIALLY LIVE LONGER AND FULLER LIVES.

NJ NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS, I'M MELISSA ROSE COOPER.

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