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NOW AT ELEVEN --
SEVERE WEATHER HITS PARTS KANSAS
AND OKLAHOMA...
LEAVING DESTRUCTION IN ITS
PATH... MORE ON IF THIS STORM
SYSTEM COULD BE MAKING ITS WAY
HERE.
PLUS -- ANOTHER DEATH IN THE
STATE HAS BEEN LINKED TO
ELIZABETHKINGIA AS THE C-D-C
SEARCHES FOR THE SOURCE OF
THE DEADLY INFECTION...
AND -- THE F-D-A IS RELAXING
RESTRICTIONS ON AN ABORTION
PILL...
WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE MAKING
THE CHANGES.
GOOD MORNING. I'M ASHLEY
MATTHEWS.. WE BEGIN WITH THE
WEATHER...
IT'S BEEN A FOGGY AND RAINY
MORNING HERE IN MADISON...
BUT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE IN
CLEAN UP MODE.. SEVERAL
TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
TULSA OKLAHOMA.
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER.
METEROLOGIST AJ WATERMAN JOINS
US NOW WITH OUR THURSDAY
FORECAST.. AND HOW MUCH MORE
RAIN WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET.
THURSDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
BEFORE NOON, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY
AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN NOON AND 1PM, THEN A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 1PM.
PATCHY FOG. OTHERWISE,
CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 51.
NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH
BECOMING NORTHWEST IN
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND
HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.
THURSDAY NIGHT
A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER
1AM.
MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND
31. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION IS 30%.
A PUBLIC MEMORIAL IS BEING HELD
RIGHT NOW FOR A FORMER
STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
TAMARA GRIGSBY DIED AT THE AGE
OF 41 EARLIER THIS MONTH BEACUSE
OF HEALTH COMPLICATIONS.
A SERVICE IS BEING HELD AT FIRST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN
MADISON.
IT BEGAN JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
GRIGSBY DEALT WITH CANCER DURING
HER TIME IN THE
LEGISLATURE, STEPPING DOWN IN
20-13 AFTER EIGHT YEARS
REPRESENTING A PORTION OF
MILWAUKEE.
IN OUR DECISION 2016 COVERAGE...
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY RELEASED A
NEW POLL TODAY AND IT
SHOWS DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON
AND REPUBLICAN DONALD TRUMP
SPORTING DOUBLE-DIGIT LEADS IN
NEW YORK.
CLINTON LEADS VERMONT SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS 54-PERCENT TO
42-PERCENT.
TRUMP ALSO LEADS HIS CLOSEST
OPPONENT TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ
WITH 56-PERCENT OF THE SUPPORT
TO CRUZ'S 20-PERCENT.
NEW YORK'S PRIMARY TAKES PLACE
APRIL 19TH.
THE CANDIDATES ON BOTH SIDES ARE
LASHING OUT AT DONALD TRUMP
TODAY... OVER A CONTROVERSIAL
STATEMENT HE MADE DURING A
TOWN HALL MEETING.
TRUMP INITIALLY SAID IF
ABORTIONS WERE MADE ILLEGAL IN
THIS
COUNTRY, ANY WOMAN WHO GETS AN
ABORTION SHOULD BE
PUNISHED SOMEHOW.
NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER REPORTS.
(-- PKG --)
(SOT TRUMP AT WI RALLY:)
"NOBODY, NOBODY RESPECTS WOMEN
MORE
THAN DONALD TRUMP..."
(NARR:)
THIS MORNING, FOR DONALD TRUMP,
THAT MAY
BE A TOUGH SELL.
PRESSED BY CHRIS MATTHEWS DURING
AN
MSNBC TOWN HALL...
... TRUMP INSISTED IF ABORTION
WERE TO BE
OUTLAWED, WOMEN VIOLATING THE
BAN SHOULD BE PUNISHED.
(SOT:)(TRUMP)(MSNBC)(13:41:33)
TRUMP: THE ANSWER IS THERE HAS
TO BE SOME
FORM OF PUNISHMENT.
MATTHEWS: FOR THE WOMAN?
TRUMP: YES.
MATTHEWS: 10 DAYS OR 10 YEARS?
TRUMP: I DON'T KNOW. THAT I
DON'T KNOW.
TRUMP: I AM PRO-LIFE. I HAVE NOT
DETERMINED
WHAT THE PUNISHMENT WOULD BE.
MATTHEWS: WHY NOT?
TRUMP: BECAUSE I HAVEN'T
DETERMINED IT.
MATTHEWS: HOW DO YOU BAN
ABORTION? HOW DO
YOU ACTUALLY DO IT?
TRUMP: YOU KNOW YOU'LL GO BACK
TO A POSITION
LIKE WHERE THEY HAD WHERE PEOPLE
PERHAPS WILL GO TO ILLEGAL
PLACES.
(NARR:)
TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS
IMMEDIATELY
UNLEASHING A WAVE OF BIPARTISAN
CRITICISM...
... DRAWING FIERCE DENOUNCEMENTS
FROM
BOTH THE ABORTION RIGHTS GROUP,
NARAL...
... WARNING TRUMP'S "UNHINGED
POSITION... IS
SURE TO ENDANGER WOMEN..."
... AND THE ANTI-ABORTION GROUP,
MARCH FOR LIFE..
(SOT:)(JEANNE MANCINI MARCH FOR
LIFE)
OFTEN A WOMAN MAKES A CHOICE FOR
ABORTION
OUT OF DESPERATION.. AND THE
LAST THING SHE NEEDS IS THE
THREAT OF PUNISHMENT
(NARR:)
TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS -
BOTH OF
WHOM SUPPORT AN ABORTION BAN --
ARE NOW ACCUSING HIM OF BEING
ALONE ON AN
ISLAND OF IGNORANCE..
[KASICH / MSNBC TOWN HALL]
"I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
TED CRUZ SAYING IN A STATEMENT:
"OF COURSE
WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT
PUNISHING WOMEN; WE SHOULD
AFFIRM THEIR DIGNITY..."
CRUZ: OF COURSE NOT AND DONALD'S
COMMENTS TODAY ARE JUST THE
LATEST DEMONSTRATION THAT HE
HASN'T THOUGHT SERIALS
ABOUT THE PROBLEMS FACING THIS
COUNTRY, AND IS WILLING TO SAY
ANYTHING TO GET
ELECTED.
(NARR:)
WITHIN THREE HOURS -- TRUMP DID
A "180."
IF ABORTION WERE ILLEGAL, HIS
CAMPAIGN
WROTE: "... THE DOCTOR OR ANY
OTHER PERSON PERFORMING THIS
ILLEGAL ACT UPON A
WOMAN WOULD BE HELD LEGALLY
RESPONSIBLE, NOT THE WOMAN."
ADDING: "THE WOMAN IS A VICTIM
IN THIS CASE AS IS
THE LIFE IN HER WOMB. MY
POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED."
(NARR:)
BUT TRUMP DEFENDED ABORTION
RIGHTS WITH
TIM RUSSERT IN 1999
(SOT:)(TRUMP)
"I'M VERY PRO CHOICE."
(NARR:)
HILLARY CLINTON ACCUSED TRUMP OF
LEADING AN ASSAULT ON WOMEN'S
RIGHTS.
(SOT:)(CLINTON)
"WHAT HE SAID TODAY IS JUST
AMONG THE MOST
OUTRAGEOUS AND DANGEROUS
STATEMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD
ANYONE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
SAY IN A REALLY LONG TIME."
(NARR:)
BERNIE SANDERS CALLING TRUMP'S
WORDS
SHAMEFUL.
(SOT:)(SANDERS)
"THE IDEA OF PUNISHING A WOMEN
THAT IS JUST
BEYOND COMPREHENSION."
(NARR:)
TRUMP ALREADY EXTREMELY
UNPOPULAR
WITH FEMALE VOTERS.. 70 PERCENT
REPORTING AN UNFAVORABLE VIEW.
A POTENTIAL LIABILITY IF HE WERE
TO FACE
HILLARY CLINTON IN THE FALL.
(SOT:)(CLINTON)
WHEN IT'S ALL STRIPPED AWAY SO
MUCH OF THE
REPUBLICAN AGENDA TURN THE CLOCK
BACK ON WOMEN MAKE NO MISTAKE
ABOUT IT
IN HEALTH NEWS...
THE F-D-A HAS RELAXED SOME
RESTRICTIONS FOR AN ABORTION
PILL.
WOMEN WILL NOW BE ABLE TO TAKE
THE ABORTION PILL.. MIFEPREX..
LATER IN PREGNANCIES.
THEY WILL NOW BE ABLE TO TAKE IT
UP TO 70 DAYS SINCE THEIR
PREGNANCY
DATE VERSUS 49... AND WITH FEWER
DOCTOR VISITS.
THE CHANGE ALSO MAY MAKE ACCESS
TO THE ABORTION PILL EASIER FOR
WOMEN IN STATES WITH MORE
RESTRICTIONS.
THE F-D-A SAYS THE CHANGES ARE
BASED ON MEDICAL SCIENCE, AND
THAT
ORIGINAL GUIDELINES FROM THE
1990'S NEEDED UPDATING.
ANOTHER DEATH IN WISCONSIN HAS
BEEN LINKED TO ELIZABETHKINGIA.
18 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH THE BLOODSTREAM
INFECTION HAVE DIED IN THE
STATE.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY MOST
ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65 AND
HAVE A SERIOUS UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITION.
62 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED
WITH THE BACTERIA SO FAR.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
IS WORKING WITH STATE OFFICIALS
TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE
BACTERIA THAT BEGAN SHOWING
UP IN THE STATE IN NOVEMBER.
A LONGER PERIOD OF OVERNIGHT
FASTING ... COULD REDUCE THE
RISK
OF RE-CURRENCE FOR SOME BREAST
CANCER PATIENTS.
A NEW U-C DAVIS STUDY FOLLOWED
MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND
WOMEN WITH EARLY STAGE BREAST
CANCER FOR 11 YEARS.
WOMEN WHO FASTED LESS THAN 13
HOURS AT NIGHT WERE 36-PERCENT
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A RECURRENCE
... THAN THOSE WHO
FASTED LONGER.
RESEARCHERS SAY PROLONGED
FASTING DURING SLEEP HELPS KEEP
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS LOW.