New Mexico in Focus; 1429; COVID-19 and The Legislature, Vaccination Plan, New Mexico's Grand Old Party (GOP) after President Trump

>> Narrator: FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE MCCUNE VIEWERS LIKE YOU. >> Gene: THIS WEEK ON NEW FROM THE NAVAJO NATION AGGRESSIVE VACCINATIONS >> Pres. Nez: THE FIGHT IS NOT THE ENEMY IS COVID-19 TEACHING, THAT >> Gene: PLUS THE START A 60-DAY WE'LL PREVIEW THE ACTION. NEW MEXICO IN THANKS FOR JOINING I AM YOUR HOST, THERE IS A LOT OF THIS WEEK AS LAWMAKERS CAPITOL, COVID-19 PACE OF MUCH THEY ARE ALSO DICTATING A UNVEILS THE NEXT STEP IN TRIES TO AVOID COSTLY AND DETERMINING JUST WHO AND, OF COURSE, BY THE

COMES AROUND WE'LL THE IGNOMINIOUS END TO THE HAVE LASTING IMPACTS HERE IS THE LINE. >>ON TUESDAY, FOR THE LAWMAKERS WILL COME TO MEXICO NAVIGATES ITS WAY AS IT HAS FOR EACH OF MAKING WILL LOOK DIFFERENT HERE JOURNALIST AND AGREED TO READ UP ON THIS BEHIND THEM AND JOINING US, THE FOUNDER OPTIMA PUBLIC RELATIONS, LONG TIME AD MAN AND VOTES, OUR FRIEND FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, AND BACK TO THE VIRTUAL IN A WHILE IS CAPITOL OF THE ALBUQUERQUE DAN, START WITH YOU HERE, OBVIOUS PLACE TO START. A TWO-MONTH SESSION IN LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

LAWMAKERS AREN'T PLANNING EVERYDAY, ARE THEY? I WANT TO GET CLARITY >> Dan: YEAH, IT IS GOING CHANGE FOR THE ADVOCATES, EVERYONE. THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO PLANNING TO DO MUCH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VIRTUAL ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CALL THERE IS SOME TALK ABOUT SESSIONS, WHICH IS THE LEGISLATORS IN THE CHAMBER HAVING THESE LARGE BUT, YES, IT IS GOING TO >> Gene: DAN, FOR YOU WITH IMAGINE IT IS MY STAFF HAVE TESTING HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? LAWMAKER REQUIREMENTS. ALL THAT YOU'RE ALL IN THE SAME WHAT IS THE >> Dan: WE ARE GOING TO BE

ARE REQUIRED TO BE TESTED HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST PROBABLY GET THERE WILL BE DEPARTMENT THAT STAFF MEMBERS THE LEGISLATORS, I DON'T REQUIRED TO TAKE A TEST ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ONE. LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL STUDY, A LOT OF HOW THE SESSION MIGHT SPREAD AND ONE OF THEIR DO PRETTY VIGOROUS TESTING POSITIVE, EVEN IF THEY IT CAN BE CAUGHT AS THEIR CONTACTS CAN BE QUARANTINE PROCEDURES >> Gene: I

LET THE FOLKS KNOW WHAT IS NUTS AND BOLTS STUFF. IT IS IMPORTANT. BOTH LAWMAKERS AND THE THEIR RECOMMENDED BUDGETS. THE JOURNAL REPORTED A BIG DIFFERENCE IS PAY STATE WORKERS IN THE NOT GOVERNOR'S. HOW DO YOU SEE IS SOMETHING GOING TO COME OR SHOULD THEY NOT >> Cathryn: I THINK THAT PLAN ON IT. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS LIKE IS BETTER THAN EXPECTED. SO STATE EMPLOYEES ARE RAISE BUT THE REDUCTIONS THAN WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED. IT WAS 5%, I THINK, NOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THINK STATE EMPLOYEES ARE THEY HAVE HAD TO MAKE LOTS HOME, DOING LOTS OF

SURE THEY CAN I THINK THEY DESERVE IT SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE WAY THINGS THEY HAVE TO COVER, >> Gene: DAVE MULRYAN, AS IS INTERESTING TO LEGISLATIVE FINANCE POINTED OUT STATE WORKERS RAISES IN LIKE FEWER THAN PAST DOZEN OR SO. SO, I DON'T WANT TO GET HUNG WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO TALK THOUGHT AND THEN I WANT TO >> Dave: AS FAR AS I CAN TEACHES AND GOOD SOLID THEY DESERVE TO BE PAID SHOULD FIND RESOURCES TO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO WORRY

THAT HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK MAJOR CATASTROPHE WHEN LOOKING TO DEFEAT NAZIISM, SECRETARY, MORGENTHAU, GOT 140% OF GROSS WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE SO YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN DO AND WE CERTAINLY THERE IS NO YIELD AND YOU I THINK THAT THE STATE OF NEW THEY HAVE GOTTEN ALL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT. EVERY TIME THERE WAS AN GET FEDERAL MONEY, THEY THINK THEY DESERVE A LOT KNOW THAT, LOOK, IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SEEMS TO BE VERY GOOD AT GETTING IT AND I THINK >> Gene: GOOD POINT.

SPEAKING OF BUDGET GOVERNOR FOR PANDEMIC LAWMAKERS 250 MILLION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. LET ME TALK ABOUT ANYTHING STRIKE YOU? IT IS A BIG NUMBER. THAT IS A BIG NUMBER FOR HAVE A LOT TO WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF THAT 425 >> Merritt: I THINK MANY TO THE FEDERAL POT AS WITH PAYCHECK PROTECTION WHERE MANY BUSINESSES THAT WILL COME FIRST SO, I THINK SMALL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, LINE UP FOR THE SECOND PAYCHECK PROTECTION. THAT IS GOING TO GO BACK SO THERE IS THEN, THERE WILL BE STATE SO, IT IS A LOT.

I THINK IT MAY BE BUCKET COMPARED TO WHAT IS I THINK IT IS CUSHION. IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME MONTHS FOR THE STATE FUND EVEN NOT COMPLETELY FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN. >> Gene: INTERESTING DAN, SWING TO BOTH BUDGETS MEANING THE MONEY FOR EXTENDED THERE IS THE OF COURSE, ASKING TO TAKE PERMANENT FUND FOR EARLY I HAVE GOT TO ASK, IN YOUR THAT HAS A POSSIBILITY OF INTO THIS? >> Dan: FOR SURE. I WOULD SAY THAT IS THE SUPPORTERS HAVE REASON ANY YEAR BEFORE. THE PERMANENT FUND ISSUE

THOROUGHLY IN PRIMARIES. WE HAVE 11 OF THE 42 SENATE ARE GOING TO SEVERAL OF THE KEY SENATE PRIMARY CHALLENGES TO MORE COMPOSITION OF THE SENATE IS KEY FOR THIS ISSUE HOUSE FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS THE SENATE. SO I WOULD SAY THINGS ARE FOR THAT. BUT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I MANY POTENTIAL SNAGS THERE EVERYBODY SUPPORTS IT. IT COULD BE THAT SENATORS TAPPING THE PERMANENT FUND IT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF COULD ARISE BUT I WOULD

THE FINISH LINE THIS YEAR. >> Gene: QUICK SOMETHING JUST CAME TO INTERESTING. CHAIRMANSHIPS ANY SENSE OF WHERE THAT WHEN WILL WE KNOW? IS THERE A TRADITIONAL LET OUT TO THE PUBLIC? I AM CONFUSED HOW YOU HAVE A SENSE OF >> Dan: I DON'T THINK WE CHAIRPERSON'S FOR THE KEY AFTER THE SESSION STARTS. THE MOST IMPORTANT FIRST THE SENATE CHOOSES A NEW MARY KAY PAPEN, THE LOST HER REELECTION SHE WAS AMONG THE MORE DEMOCRATS. THE LEADING CANDIDATE TO DEMOCRATS IS MIMI STEWART, CONSIDERED MUCH MORE

AND ASSUMING MIMI STEWART SHE WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS COMMITTEE CHAIRS ARE. SEVERAL OF THE MORE DEMOCRATS WERE COMMITTEE PRIMARY, SO I THINK THE WILL BE REPLACED BY MORE COULD CHANGE THE POLITICAL WE PROBABLY WON'T KNOW >> Gene: MERRITT REAL MINUTE-AND-A-HALF, I WANT A QUESTION EACH. DISTRICTING TASK FORCE RECOMMEND A SEVEN MEMBER TASK EVERY DECADE. WHAT IS THE QUICK TAKE OF THIS GROUP? >> Merritt: YOU'LL BE BIPARTISAN SPONSORED BY FOR INDEPENDENT SEVEN MEMBERS TO

REPUBLICANS, TWO WITH WHATSOEVER. CHAIRED BY A RETIRED THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS THEY CONGRESS, U.S STATE STATE PUBLIC THAT IS BIG DEAL BECAUSE SPECIFIC PROCESS IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY 10 YEARS, TOO OFTEN LAWMAKERS ARE THE DISTRICTS, NOT THE CHOOSE DISTRICTS WHERE AND SO THIS BRINGS TRANSPARENCY AND IT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IMPORTANT THING WE ARE PROTECTS UNDERSERVED I WAS PLEASED TO BE I ALSO NEED TO MENTION ON THE TASK FORCE, A

NUMBER OF TRIBAL AND WELL AS JUST COMMUNITY AND THE STATE. VERY SATISFYING RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAME THE REPORT AT LOOK OUT FOR THAT YOU SUPPORT FAIRNESS REDISTRICTING, CALL YOUR TO SUPPORT THE >> Gene: WE'LL TALK ABOUT CATHY, CAN'T LEAVE CAN FOLKS REALLY EXPECT TO DEMOCRATIC PROCESS DURING LEGISLATURE, CITIZEN CAN WE REALLY SERVE >> Cathryn: I THINK SO. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TRAVEL TO SANTA FE TO HEARING TO GO ON A ZOOM GOING ON AND HOW WE ARE

PROCEDURES. AND, SO, I THINK THAT IT FRONTIER FOR PEOPLE TO BE THAT IT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING COUNCIL AND WE THINK THE ONLINE AND SO, I THINK OPPORTUNITIES FOR >> Gene: I HAVE TO AGREE. I THINK THERE IS A WE APPRECIATE WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING IMPACTS OF COVID-19. SPEAKING OF, WE WANTS TO TO CHECK IN WITH JONATHAN NAVAJO NATION, ONE GEOGRAPHICALLY CERTAINLY, THE NAVAJO HAVE BEEN HIT MORE THAN 25,000 POSITIVE WHILE CONTINUING CURFEWS NATION IS BEING AGGRESSIVE NMIF CORRESPONDENT ANTONIO TRIBE'S TOP LEADER ABOUT

>> Antonia: >> Pres. Nez: THANK YOU FOR GOOD DAY TO EVERYBODY. >> Antonia: PRESIDENT NEZ, MARCH OF 2020, SHORTLY NAVAJO NATION. THE TRIBE IS IN THE NAVAJO NATION HAS BEEN ITS FIGHT AGAINST THE SOME REALLY STRICT ORDERS, LOCKDOWNS, HOW HAS THE TRIBE WITH RESIDENTS IN THREE STATES VIRUS AS WE ARE SEEING >> Pres. Nez: FIRST OF ALL, I OR NAVAJO THEY HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE.

OUR NATION HAS BEEN HIT THE NAVAJO PEOPLE RESPECT HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN AND THROUGH OUR HEALTH INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES, NATION. SO, ALL THE RECOGNITION PEOPLE FOR DOING THAT. OF COURSE, WE AS LEADERS BEEN SURROUNDED BY EXPERTS WELL AS IN SCIENCE AND CERTAIN THINGS FOR OUR IT INTO POLICY, THAT IS WHAT I TRULY LIVES HERE ON THE NAVAJO

WRONG, OVER 800 PEOPLE COVID-19 ON THE NATION AND GO OUT TO EACH AND EVERY FAMILIES, FOR GOING BUT AS A NATION WE ARE PUSH BACK ON COVID-19. 80%, I SAY, OVER 80% OF FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOLS OF COURSE, YOU HAVE SOME BUT I THINK OVERALL OUR TEACHING HAS ASSISTED IN THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES NAVAJO PEOPLE FOR HONORING >> Antonia: CAN YOU TALK

HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE DONE FRONT LINE YOURSELF AND OTHER TRIBAL THE VACCINE AND NOW ELDERS CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE >> Pres. Nez: ABSOLUTELY. WE RECEIVED -- LET WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THAT WE SHOULD RECEIVE THE EVERY STATE THROUGHOUT THOSE VACCINES. AND I THINK WITH THE AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES GET THE PFIZER VACCINE THE THE COUNTRY RECEIVED THAT IS COMMENDABLE.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO PEOPLE SAFE AND OF COURSE, THOSE ARE WE ARE NOT FORCING IT IS VOLUNTARY. HERE ON THE NAVAJO RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. OVER 200 RESIDENTS OF THE PART OF THE CLINICAL BIONTECH AND ABOUT 80% OF SO WE KNOW THAT AND FIRST AND SECOND THE VIRUS IS GOOD OWN NAVAJO PROFESSIONALS HAVE REALLY ADVOCATED THAT OUR

SO THERE HAS BEEN A BIG NAVAJO NATION TO YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOWN NEW OTHER LEADERS TOOK THE REASON WE DID THAT WAS, OF WERE HEALTHCARE THAT ARE ON THE FRONT THEY GOT THEIR VACCINES, COURSE, THEY ARE WELL EFFECTS, WHAT GOES AS WE STARTED TO GO TO ELDERS AND OUR HIGH RISK BEGINNING TO BE A LOT

HESITANCY FROM OUR ELDERS SO, YOU KNOW, AS A LEADER THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT SLEEVES AS LEADERS AND SHOT, THE VACCINE, AND SO KNOW, HAVE SOME COMFORT THEIR LEADER, THEIR TOP IHS LEADERS AS WELL, TOOK CAN BE ABLE TO BE COVERED, THIS VIRUS. SO, OVERALL WE RECEIVED OF TODAY. AND OUT OF THAT 26,000, THE ARMS OF OUR

SO THAT IS ABOUT 68% OF ARMS OF OUR PEOPLE WHICH COMPARED TO THE SO, OUR GOAL IS WHOEVER ON THE PRIORITIZATION, WE GET THE VACCINE IF THEY I THINK WE ARE GOING TO WORKERS, GOVERNMENT WELL, AND SO THIS HELPS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE NAVAJO NATION, BECAUSE I CAN SAY, NOW, TODAY, TO THAT 68% OF THE TOTAL HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE >> Antonia: YOU HAD

MINUTES AGO AND YOU'RE NOT CITIZENS NO STAY VIGILANT COVID-19 BUT YOU ENCOURAGE ALSO TO AVOID ANY WE ARE SEEING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. YOU DENOUNCE THE WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE OF >> Pres. Nez: THE ENEMY IS NOT OUR ENEMIES IS NOT THE FIGHT IS NOT THE ENEMY IS COVID-19. IN OUR WAY OF THAT IS THE MONSTER. THAT IS THE MODERN DAY SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON, TO AND I THINK IF WE CAN ALL THIS COUNTRY, THAT THE THE FIGHT IS AGAINST THIS INTO OUR HOMES, OUR

COUNTRY AND OUR I THINK PEOPLE WILL HAVE A CAN TAKE A GLIMPSE THROUGH US, I THINK IT WOULD BE OUR TRUE ENEMY IS COVID-19 I BELIEVE OUR WAY OF LIFE UTILIZING THAT HAS REALLY ON THIS VIRUS HERE AS YOU KNOW, ANTONIA, IMMEMORIAL, THE STORIES MONSTERS COMING IN TO DEMOLISH AND DEVASTATE HEROS THAT WERE SENT TO AND TODAY IT IS

WE HAVE MODERN WE HAVE GOT COVID-19. WE GOT WE GOT HEART DISEASE, WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THESE MODERN DAY MONSTERS THE WEAPONS TO FOR INSTANCE WITH INTO BATTLE, YOU HAVE TO ARMOR TO FIGHT AND ONE OF THE PIECES IS TO WASH YOUR HANDS TO SOCIAL DISTANCE IN OUR TRADITION, HOME SOVEREIGNTY BEGINS AND FOR INSTANCE, IN ELECTION, SOVEREIGNTY, OUR INHERENT

INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE THOSE ARE OUR LAWMAKERS, IS HOW WE VIEW THINGS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES >> Antonia: THANK YOU FOR THE NAVAJO NATION AND THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT NATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US >> Pres. Nez: THANK YOU FOR GOD BLESS EVERYONE. >> Gene: VACCINATIONS HAVE REST OF NEW MEXICO TOO. STATE HEALTH SECRETARY, HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ARE LINE WORKERS AS THE STATE OF VACCINATIONS FOR OLDER WITH UNDERLYING SHE BRIEFED THE AS THE LEADERS OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, WE TRY YOU ON FACEBOOK AS OFTEN

PARTICULARLY HERE IS A BIT OF WHAT FOLLOWED BY MEDICAL LOVELACE AND UNM. >> Collins: AS OF TODAY WE DOSES DELIVERED AND WE HAVE ADMINISTERED WITHIN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS THAN 30,000 DOSES AND THIS PROVIDERS REPORTING. SO, THE GOOD NEWS IS, NEW HIGHEST ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE LAST THREE 400,000 NEW MEXICANS WE ENCOURAGE ALL IT IS THE WAY THAT YOU CAN AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW-UP THAT YOU CAN GET YOU CAN MODIFY YOUR AGAIN YOU WILL RECEIVE

IS AVAILABLE AT A SO, I WANTED TO WALK YOU DISTRIBUTING THE VACCINE. SO, AS YOU KNOW, PHASE CURRENTLY IN BEFORE 1A, TO REITERATE, HOSPITAL IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS. SO, WE HAVE NOW I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER OLDER AND THEN PERSONS 16 CHRONIC CONDITION. AND THEN PERSONS WHO ARE WORKERS, FOLLOWED BY AND I REALLY WANT TO IN 1A OR 75 YEARS OF AGE YOU'RE REGISTERED SO THAT FRONT OF THE LINE NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

WANTING TO DO IS TO REACH 75 OR OLDER AND THEN MOVE OLDER WITH AT LEAST ONE THOSE CONDITIONS CAN KIDNEY DISEASE, OBESITY OR HYPERTENSION. WHAT I JUST READ THERE IS IT GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT A MEXICANS WILL MEET ONE GROUP BEING 16 OR OLDER WITH WE ALSO HAVE FRONT LINE KEY TO KEEPING US INCLUDES K THROUGH 12 WORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AND GROCERY STORE WORKERS THAT WE HAVE MADE FRONT LINE AS FAR AS VULNERABLE

ABOUT SHELTERS, ABOUT OUR CENTERS, CORRECTIONAL THESE ARE VULNERABLE ARE PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO THE OPTION OF THEY ARE MORE AT RISK FOR AT RISK FOR DYING, SO WE EFFICIENT AND STRATEGIC IN DOSES ARE AVAILABLE. AFTER 1B, WHICH WE ARE THROUGH SPRING, WE'LL MOVE WE'LL MOVE TO PHASE 2, >> Matt: I APOLOGIZE IF DO YOU SORT OF EXPECT VACCINATION DOSES? DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO INCREASES AND HOW FAR YOU'RE GOING TO GET? THANK YOU. >> Collins: WE DO EXPECT BUT WE ARE LOOKING EACH

ADMINISTRATION COMING IN THAT THAT SUPPLY INCREASES SO, REALLY, THE IDEA IS TO AS WE CAN AND TO BASIS THE DOSES WE HAVE AND HOW >> Gonzales: THE PROGRESS REGARDING VACCINATIONS WE ARE STANDING OUT IN THE WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT HEALTH AS THEY MOVE VACCINATIONS. WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE WORKERS WHO HAVE STEPPED TO DATE, PRESBYTERIAN HAS BUT, THE HOPE OF THE WITH THE REALITY THAT SPREADING IN OUR STATE AND LOCAL COVID-19 TESTS

AS ARE HOSPITALIZATIONS WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND THOSE WE LOVE. WHILE VACCINE EFFORTS DO MEXICANS TO CONTINUE BEHAVIORS, SUCH AS AND WEARING MASKS PROPERLY WHEN WE ARE OUT IN >> Sandoval: HERE AT REST OF THE HEALTH SYSTEMS SUPPORT THE STATE IN THESE MENTIONED OUR STATE WE ARE REALLY MOVING IN ABLE TO TRY AND VACCINATE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE SO FAR HAVE DONE ABOUT WANT TO CONTINUE WITH HIGH RISK GROUPS AND NOW >> Pitcher: SO FAR UNM HAS

DOSES THROUGHOUT WE ARE STILL FOCUSED ON HAVE DIRECT PATIENT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OR HOME ARE NOW BEING DEPARTMENT OF WE ARE NOT INTENDING TO DO TO UTILIZING THE WEBSITE >> Sandoval: WE HAVE SEEN SAID ORIGINALLY I AM NOT VACCINE AND HAD NOW THAT THEY HAVE SEEN VACCINE WITHOUT PROBLEMS, PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR SO, NOW THAT THE STATE HAS WE WILL BE EXPANDING WHAT

ACTIVELY MAKING PLANS TO NEXT LEVEL OR NEXT TIER. >> Gonzales: COVID-19 COMING DOWN BUT THIS OVERALL HOSPITALIZATION FOR THE SECOND PART WITH AN IMMEDIATE PEOPLE FINALLY HAD HOPE OF THE TUNNEL, THAT MORE NORMAL BY THE >> Sandoval: AGAIN PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY HAVE THEY ARE STILL WEARING APPROPRIATE THINGS BUT IT THAT GAVE THEM SECURITY THE NUMBERS COMING DOWN I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SEEN STATE HAS PULLED TOGETHER EFFORT TO REDUCE THOSE WE THANK EVERYONE FOR

HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY >> Pitcher: I CAN'T RELIEF THAT WORKFORCE HAS VACCINATION. I THINK ALSO, STARTING TO APPEARS TO BE A HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THE OCCURRING IN OUR COMBINED HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY AND GIVEN ADDED JUICE TO THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES. AND OUR HEALTHCARE >> Gene: WITH NEW MEXICO PHASE 1B VACCINATIONS AND OVER AGE 75 AND THOSE 16 PREEXISTING CONDITION.

IT SEEMS WE ARE STARTING LEAST WE CAN SEE THE THAT MEANS SOMETHING. JUST HEARD ABOUT THE FIRST LINE MEDICAL WORKERS THIS DAY AND DAY OUT, CATHY MCGILL, WHAT KIND OF IT MAKE AMONG I WANT TO KNOW AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND EFFECTIVE. WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK >> Cathryn: THE JURY IS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINE BECAUSE OF THE VACCINES THAT COME FROM UNDERSTANDING, PERHAPS, NOW FOR US TO BE THE FIRST LOT OF PEOPLE, I SIGNED UP TO REGISTER TO WHILE MY NUMBER HASN'T COME UP, I AM I UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO INFORMATION ABOUT THE OF, YOU KNOW, COMBATING YOU KNOW, ANECDOTAL THINGS PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD BAD SO, I AM HOPING WE ARE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN BUT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN OF ALL THE MISINFORMATION >> Gene: RIGHT. MERRITT, IT IS ABOUT EQUITABLE PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE ARE REPORTS LAST UNFAIRLY SHARED WITH AND PEOPLE -- THERE WERE CUTTING IN LINE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING YOUR SENSE OF THE ROLL OUT AROUND THIS AND GET THAT PEOPLE WILL WHAT IS YOUR >> Merritt: I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS ONLY I DON'T SEE -- I DON'T SEE

SYSTEM. YOU GO IN WITH A NAME I HAVE REGISTERED WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN 87 YEAR I MEAN, MY MOM IS PRETTY PRETTY SURE IF I TRY AND GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> Gene: I AM WITH YOU, >> Merritt: I JUST DON'T CHEATING GOING ON TO WILL THERE BE SOME? >> Gene: THE STATE SAYS >> Merritt: I DON'T THINK BE CONCERNED ABOUT. THE MAIN THING IS TO MAKE PLAN IS SUCH THAT WE MAKE TO GET THE SECOND DOSE THAT LEVEL OF PLANNING

THAT IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN CONCERNED ABOUT THE RATHER THAN THE CONSUMER SKETCHY ABOUT IT. >> Gene: THAT MAKES SENSE. INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT, BE AVAILABLE FOR VACCINATIONS, SHOULDN'T WE ARE TALKING 1600 PEOPLE 3,000 A DAY THREE I GUESS MY PHASE 1B, ESPECIALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT A HUGE UPWARDS OF A HALF A HERE IN NEW MEXICO. SO, DOES THAT CHANGE ROLL OUT? >> Dave: LET'S GO AFTER THE JAPANESE BOMBED ROOSEVELT STOOD UP IN SAID, WE ARE REALLY AND WE NEED TO BUILD WHAT IS COMING AND EVERY POSSIBLE, WE CAN'T DO IT.

YET, HERE WE ARE. I THINK WE I THINK WE ARE GOING TO ADMINISTRATION COMING. AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL DO WHAT TO DO, IF WE AND I THINK WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO HIT WE ARE GOING TO GET A HUGE HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE WORRIED, YET, YOU KNOW, THROUGH POLIO EPIDEMIC. SHE COULD NOT WAIT TO GET IT IS IMPORTANT TO NEED TO GO BUT WE NEED AND FEDERAL LEVEL I THINK WE ARE >> Gene: DAN, A WE HEARD ABOUT THIS WE ARE NOW JUST GETTING SHOULD SEE IMPACT. ANY CONCERNS? >> Dan: THERE WAS PRETTY YEAR ABOUT TWO WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN AN

OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS LEVELING OFF SO IT COULD EXTENT OF THE BUMP, WE ARE ALSO NOT TWO WEEKS TWO WEEKS FROM SO, WE MIGHT START TO SEE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE STABLE BUT AT A HIGH CASE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE CASES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BEFORE WE START >> Gene: THIS WEEK, I SOMEBODY WENT GREEN FIRST TIME SINCE CATHY MCGILL, WE ALSO HAVE CONTAGIOUS STRAIN OUT OF MEXICO, LITERALLY. SOMEBODY THAT DOES THIS HELP, YOU KNOW, SPEAK, THIS SCARY NEW ALL RIGHT, THE MASK THING

EVER NOW, DISTANCE, ALL ANOTHER DATA >> Cathryn: I THINK PEOPLE ABOUT A NEW STRAIN, AND I THINK THE PEOPLE REDOUBLING THEIR EFFORTS IF THEY CAN AND TO FOLLOW YOU KNOW, THERE IS A IT IS GETTING CLOSER, CONTINUES TO SPREAD. I KNOW THAT I HAVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH I KNOW WHO HAVE IT MAKES IT VERY THAT I AM LOOKING AT AND I IN THAT SAME SITUATION. >> Gene: I HEAR THAT. I'M STILL MOURNING ONE ALBUQUERQUE D.C. CHAVEZ ABOUT A

STILL WORKING MY WAY THAT IS FOR SURE. TALK SCHOOLS MERRITT PHASE 1B ALSO WORKERS UNABLE TO WORK A PART OF THAT GROUP. YOU THINK TEACHERS AND A GET BACK IN THE CLASSROOM >> Merritt: THERE ARE EMPLOYEES ALREADY IN THE FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE WHO CHILDREN WHO REALLY HAVE ENVIRONMENT, SO, GIVEN THE SOCIAL DISTANCING SPECIFIC STUDENT ABSOLUTELY VITAL. WHETHER THAT WILL GET IN THE CLASSROOM QUICKLY, I DON'T THINK, THIS SCHOOL OVERALL CONSERVATIVE I MEAN, LET'S REMEMBER NEW

-- HAS AMONG THE STRICTEST AND HAS NOT LET UP AND SINCE MARCH. SO I THINK IT HIGHLY WOULD BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM >> Gene: LET ME ASK YOU TO DO I HAVE IT RIGHT, THE CHOICES TO INDIVIDUAL THAT RUN THEM OR IS THIS STATE-WIDE AS >> Dan: I THINK AT THIS COUNTY AND IT DEPENDS WHAT THERE IS ON THE SPREAD THE GOVERNOR HAS INDICATED MORE CLOSELY AT GETTING SEMESTER BUT AGAIN THE BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS

DEPARTMENT. I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE REOPENING SCHOOLS IS JUST THE VIRUS AND WE ARE KIND BETWEEN GETTING THE HOPEFULLY BEFORE THIS NEW OF THE VIRUS STARTS >> Gene: I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT THE AS MERRITT SAID. MAYBE 2021 MIGHT WE ARE OUT OF TIME, TAKE A BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AND CONSERVATIVES AFTER OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS IS FOLLOW US ONLINE TO GET AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE WEEK. THEN, TUNE IN BECAUSE WE THE LINE. AFTER URGING SUPPORTERS TO AT TIMES USING VIOLENT

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN WHILE THIS WAS PRIMARILY REPUBLICANS BROKE RANK TO NEW MEXICO'S TOP REPUBLICANS ARE OVER THE WEEKEND STEVE WOULD BE PRESIDENT THAT IS, OF COURSE, WRONG UNCONSTITUTIONAL. MR. PEARCE DELETED THAT INTERVIEW WITH THE SANTA TO ADMIT THAT THE PLAYED A ROLE IN MERRITT, GOT TO WHAT IS THE SENSE OF THE MR. EARCE'S UNFLINCHING HERRELL IN A SECOND. TALK ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF >> Merritt: IT IS NOT REPUBLICAN IN A REPUBLICAN PARTY IS SPLIT. THERE ARE TRUMP REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE PRESIDENT IMPLEMENTED IT WAS A TWO-MONTH LIE

RESULTS OF AN ELECTION. AND IT WAS A PLANNED MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. IT WAS FOR NO REASON BUT CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS YEAR QUADRENNIAL IT IS DEADLY SERIOUS. IT IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN DEMOCRACY SO THE IN SOME WAYS, THINK THAT JANUARY 7, THEY CAN BUSINESS, THE RNC ELECTED TO, AT THE TERM AND THE TRUMP MOVEMENT AND THIS CAN'T CONTINUE.

THE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED COLLEGE VOTES NEED SERIOUSNESS AND WRONGNESS REPUBLICAN PARTY MUST IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE IMPORTANTLY THE ENTIRE REBUILD VOTER CONFIDENCE WITH PROACTIVE AND OUTREACH BECAUSE THOUSANDS CONVINCED VOTES WERE FALSE MISINFORMATION AND IT IS ON THE GOP TO >> Gene: GOOD POINT, YVETTE HERRELL, OUR MERRITT JUST MENTIONED AND OPPOSED THIS AND THE THAT SHOULD BE IN SOME WAY JUST KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF YVETTE HERRELL'S SITUATION EITHER INDEPENDENTS, HOW ARE YOU READING

>> Dave: THERE IS OLD SAYING A I THINK THAT WHEN WE START TO HAPPEN TO CONGRESSWOMAN DON'T KNOW. YET, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT BELIEVE IT IS A MISTAKE, IS NO SENSE IN FIGHTING THINK THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS ISSUE, YET DEMOCRATS LOOK FOR A CANDIDATE THAT IDEA THAT WE ARE GOING EVERYTHING SHE IS DOING IS IS SOME VALIDITY TO WHAT DEMOCRATS ALSO HAVE TO HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE GOT A NEW YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINKING ABOUT IS THAT IS A VERY BIG CHANGE, YOU YOU KNOW, A HUGE NUMBER OF NEW WE HAVE A NEW HUGE REPRESENTATIVES

WE ARE CLEARLY LEAVING OLD NEW AMERICA AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE BE OPTIMISTIC AND >> Gene: DAN MCKAY, BACK TO HOME HERE. WHAT DOES THE REPUBLICAN NEW MEXICO? WE JUST TALKED ABOUT STEVE FOR LEADERSHIP, FOR HIGH GOING ON WITH >> Dan: THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE LEGISLATORS WHO ROUNDHOUSE WHO MIGHT BE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER -- RUNNING FOR THINGS BUT WE IS TAKING A LEADERSHIP REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. SHE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE KELLY FAJARDO FROM THE LEADING LEGISLATORS

ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY A QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ADVANTAGE OF. IT IS HARD TO SEE. A LOT OF THE KIND REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN LEGISLATURE. SO A LOT OF THE BENCH IN NOW YOU KNOW THEY ARE >> Gene: GOOD POINT THERE. CATHY MCGILL A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING TO ME. REPUBLICAN SENATE IS BACK ON THE AIR AT KRQE UP OUT OF NOWHERE AS THE THE STATION HAS TAKEN I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OF AN ISSUE. SHOULD THE STATION HAVE TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHY THEY >> Cathryn: SHOULD THEY PEOPLE KNOW WHY THEY ARE DECISION, I

I THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT >> Gene: HE OUT-PERFORMED KNOW, SPENT MILLIONS OF NAME AND FACE. IT IS NOT LIKE HE IS JUST >> Cathryn: I WAS SHOCKED HE RECEIVED AND DOWNPLAYED RANCHO AND I SAW AND HE DID VERY WELL. HE PROBABLY MADE A GOOD WHETHER OR NOT VIEWERS CARE >> Gene: YOU WANT I THINK IT IS INTERESTING, >> Merritt: SURPRISED AND I AM SURE THERE IS CONTRACT WITH THAT WAS NOT A SURPRISE. I ALSO THINK HE IS HIS VOICE IS GREAT, THIS OF MARK RONCHETTI.

>> Gene: AS A >> Merritt: RIGHT. THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN SHOWED MEXICO GOP NOT NECESSARILY CONTROLS NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO GOP NMGOP IS REALLY FOCUSED ON WERE NOT FOCUSED HE SHOWED HE DID NOT NEED HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TO SEE MORE OF MARK. >> Gene: THAT IS GOING TO PANEL THIS WEEK. I AM BACK WITH A FEW FINAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND FOR THOSE OF A CERTAIN OF DONALD TRUMP THIS WEEK IN WHICH THE HOUSE HAS NIXON, CLINTON TECHNICALLY THAT IS FOUR. FOUR IMPEACHMENTS WITH TWICE, I MEAN WE CAN ARGUE THE MERITS OF

THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND TEN REPUBLICANS AGREED AND MORE REPUBLICANS WOULD THEY NOT WORRIED KILLED BY SUPPORTERS OF NATION'S CAPITOL. THINK ABOUT THAT TOO. MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS OVER A VOTE. I WOULD ALSO ASK WHAT IF A MOB RAMPAGED BREAKING WINDOWS AND FLOOR WITH ZIP TIES WHY? IT WOULD BE OVER A LIE WHOLE MESS IS THE ACCUSATION THAT THE BASIS FOR THIS WHOLE NO LIE, NO INSURRECTION. THINK ABOUT THAT TOO. THANKS FOR JOINING US AND SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. IN FOCUS.