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We're going to talk in just a couple minutes to James Kelly, our reporter from the Chippewa Valley about what's going on tomorrow.
But let's take a look first in Iran.
President Trump said that it's up to Iranian leaders to convince him to halt the war, saying he doesn't care about making a deal and that the U.S.
has additional targets to, quote, hit before we leave, end quote.
Also, Israel's military said early this morning that it had conducted a wave of strikes in the heart of Tehran after U.S.
President Donald Trump again extended that self-imposed deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump says talks to end the war are going very well, but Iran continues to publicly insist it is not negotiating with the White House.
He said he doesn't care about making a deal, but the talks are going very well.
Iran's stranglehold on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has caused growing concerns of a global energy crisis and appears to be part of a strategy to get the U.S.
to back down by roiling up the world economy.
A Gulf era block said on Thursday that Iran is now exacting tolls from ships to ensure their safe passage through the waterway.
So that is a few, those are a few headlines from Iran.
Let's turn our
Focus a little closer to home Parker because there is some the stuff you need to know
This is good news.
I can't I can't believe it, but it is good news.
The senator this morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay TSA agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports, disrupted travel and imposed financial hardships on workers.
The deals the deal which the Senate approved unanimously without a roll call now goes to the House, which is expected to consider it Friday.
They better consider it fast because you know they leave for their
two week break now.
John Thune, the Senate Majority Leader said we can
get at least a lot of the government opened up again and we'll go from there.
Obviously, we still have some work to do.
The deal didn't include any of the restraints that Democrats have demanded as they sought to rein in the mass deportation agenda of this administration.
Chuck Schumer, not in an angry or strongly worded letter, but actually came out and said the outcome could have been reached weeks ago.
He vowed that his party would continue fighting to ensure Trump's rogue immigration operation does not get more funding with
without serious reform.
So at least on what would have been another missed payday, TSA agents are going to get their pay.
And so will FEMA and so will the Coast Guard.
Everybody will get funded.
And those are things that we can celebrate this morning.
In other stuff you need to know, Iran and the United States appeared at an impasse yesterday, hardening their positions over ceasefire talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the Middle East.
war.
As thousands more U.S.
troops neared the region, President Trump extended his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6th, and Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial strait, while Israel poured more troops into southern Lebanon to fight the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
The U.S.
has offered shifting objectives, including ensuring Iran's missiles and nuclear programs are no longer a threat and ending Tehran's support for armed groups in the region.
Washington at one point also put
for the overthrow of Iran's throcracy.
Iran continues to fire missiles and there is no sign of an uprising against the government.
Iran has been blocking ships from the strait that it perceives as linked to the U.S.
and Israeli war effort while letting through a trickle of others.
Trump said during a cabinet meeting yesterday that Iran is allowing some oil tankers through as a sign of good faith for the talks.
And a little closer to home as part of budget cuts at Milwaukee Public Schools, 201 employees received letters this week informing them that their jobs will end after this school year.
That according to MPS who shared the news on March 25th, lay officer expected as part of Superintendent Brenda Kacelius's plan to reduce about 260 jobs, which was approved by the Milwaukee School Board on March 9th.
Many of those jobs are already
and a small number of employees in the targeted positions decided to retire.
That means 201 of those employees got notices about their jobs ending.
Most heavily, the cuts include 59 assistant principals and 19.
So not a good day if you are an MPS employee.
But tomorrow is going to be quite the day.
Tomorrow is the...
Big No Kings rally.
It's the third No Kings march of the year of this last year.
Well
Experts, organizers, not experts, organizers are saying that this could be the biggest protest march in U.S.
history.
There are more than 3,100 events scheduled nationwide.
There are more than 75 protest marches and rallies planned throughout Wisconsin.
And we want to know from you, if you're going, where are you going to go?
If you're planning on going, have you made signs?
What's your plan for the No Kings protests tomorrow?
And if you need to know where a protest is, we can help you with that too.
85575 Civic.
But we want to go up to the Chippewa Valley to James Kelly.
He is our reporter for WCFW and WSCM in the Eau Claire and Chippewa Valley area.
Chippewa Falls Valley.
Chippewa Falls Legion.
It's a Chippewa Valley.
James, save me from talking over myself and becoming a rambling idiot.
What's the outlook for no kings in your area?
Yeah, it's Chippewa something or something or other.
Chippewa Falls, we got so many.
And we will have a no-kings protest in Chippewa Falls, downtown Chippewa Falls as well.
But the big one's gonna be taking place in Eau Claire starting at 10 a.m.
Going out of Owen Park.
You mentioned this could be one of the larger protests we've ever seen across the country.
That is certainly a possibility here.
The last time we did this no-kings protest here in Eau Claire, about 6,000 people were in attendance.
Well, about triple what it was the first time around at about 2000.
And this time they added a new march route.
So I would assume that means they're expecting even more this year.
Yeah, they've worked pretty closely with the Eau Claire Police Department in the past to kind of ensure that everything is running smoothly and there's not really any conflict between Counter protesters the last time around it's interesting there were less incidents of people kind of going at each other during the protest the last time than the first time despite it being a larger event which I thought was interesting the first time around you know there were some people honking their horns sharing some
interesting language out
their
window as they drove by and I even saw one woman hanging halfway out the passenger side of a truck carrying a Trump 2024 flag, which seemed incredibly dangerous.
So I'm glad that didn't happen the second time around.
Anyway, we were, I don't want to upset anybody in the Eau Claire area.
So you're expected, they're expecting another big crowd.
The is
Do you think because of, we've heard reports from that area about, you know, a lot, some ICE activity up there, is that driving more people you think to go to the, take to the streets tomorrow?
I think it will, I think over the first two protests we've kind of seen maybe one major theme stick out of what everybody's signs are saying and what everyone's saying about what kind of drove them out here.
The first time around it was immigration, the second time healthcare and tariffs and with the recent ICE enforcement action that took place in Altoona here a few weeks ago, I would assume that there's going to be a few people in attendance who are not so happy about that and want to make their voices heard and want their signs to reflect that.
will be a lot of signs and costumes and everything tomorrow.
Well, there was a pretty big turnout at Altoona City Hall at the meeting just after that.
A lot of people were looking for answers about the involvement of local law enforcement in the incident.
Their claim is that they were kind of just in the area.
I told them that they were going to be conducting an enforcement action at a local construction site and they responded to a local school just in case there were any complications.
The individuals who were the target of the enforcement action ended up hiding in a nearby house and local law enforcement was called when the owner of the house didn't really feel comfortable dealing with immigration enforcement.
So they did end up being involved in taking those individuals into custody.
So there was a lot of questions about how much involvement they really did have in the incident.
some questions that are still yet to be answered about that.
But so far, it looks like most people are going to have a pretty significant focus on that specifically for the Snow King's event.
James, you mentioned earlier that there's, you know, at every protest like this, there are people from both sides.
And we know Wisconsin is notoriously a purple state in the Eau Claire Chippewa Falls area.
How how purple is it?
Does it go?
a little more red, a little more blue.
What's the breakdown up there?
And do you anticipate people coming in from other areas to bolster one side or another?
I certainly think there will be some visitors from at least maybe half an hour out, maybe the Menominee area or Rice Lake, just in the Chippewa Valley.
There are other protests scheduled in those areas, but I believe Eau Claire will likely be the biggest one.
Eau Claire runs pretty blue.
They have a lot of blue state representatives right now, obviously represented by Congressman Derek Van Orden in Congress.
And Chippewa Falls is a little more the opposite.
It's a little redder.
The last time they had the No Kings rally in Chippewa Falls, it was...
really only about 550, maybe 600 people, but they kind of circle this big entrance into downtown Chippewa Falls, obviously a smaller city than Eau Claire.
So it certainly feels like a lot more than that.
And there are a few more people driving by who are willing to share their thoughts on the protest in Chippewa Falls than Eau Claire I've noticed.
Yeah, so Eau Claire will start at 10 a.m.
There's going to be some speeches and a quick program beforehand that'll be at Owen Park in Eau Claire and then there will be five different march routes so people can organize go wherever they want I believe one will go around some some other local parks one will go down towards UW Eau Claire and then in Chippewa Falls it'll be at the Peace Circle which is that big roundabout going right into downtown Chippewa Falls that'll start at 4 p.m.
And also in Eau Claire there's going to be some musical performances after the march which should be exciting.
he's going to make the trip for this.
There might be another broadcast he has to hit
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It is time for Swiper Stay here on the Civic Media Network.
This is where we put away the politics for just a short time and talk about something else.
Our producer, Frank, joins us.
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It's becoming very skeletal again.
Demi Moore was an example at the Oscars.
Ariana Grande is so thin.
And it's just not great.
So I don't disagree with the two actresses.
Lynn from Golden Valley, by the way, chiming in on the text line saying Brady should sponsor some beers, ice cream flavors, restaurants, et
kill her
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It's wordy.
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We need you to call in because you have to win these, not just call in or not just text in and hope, you know, maybe we pick you know, you have to earn these tickets.
Yes.
It's a fun game.
Troy played yesterday.
Troy won in the first round.
Boom.
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He was a big winner and he had his tickets within 10 minutes.
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Have your MLB, your ballpark app.
That is the key because that's how we'll get you the tickets and they get to you right away.
But you also need to call in so you can play and you'll get.
Now, Jamie, Jamie undersold it, I think you said just two tickets to the Brewers versus the Yankees on May 10th, which is true technically.
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But these are not just
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These are club level seats at Ampham Field, which means you're going to get that, you know, a little higher view.
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It's a super fun atmosphere to check out the game.
So again, that is coming up at 7.50.
So now we're about 10 minutes or so away from you being able to call in and have a chance to play our really fun game and win that pair of tickets for the Brewers and the Yankees May 10th, again, is that game time.
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While we've got a few minutes of levity, let's balance it out with a few more minutes of misery.
That's how we do it here on Daybreak.
We make you smile, then we go, hey, hey, hey, wait, we still live in America.
And this is what's happening.
The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are close to an agreement to share voter registration data for immigration and criminal investigations, expanding how that data could be used beyond elections.
Oh, that sounds nice, doesn't it?
No.
The data comes from voter rolls.
The federal government is trying to collect from states that and could
include sensitive personal information like partial social security numbers, driver's license numbers, voting history, and eligibility documents.
The plan would likely allow officials to cross-check voter data with federal immigration databases like the SAVE system to identify possible non-citizens on voter rolls.
They will not let this go, Jamie.
Now, so many non-citizens have been voting.
The election process is sick with non-citizens.
so minuscule at this point nationwide studies show that fraud is vanishingly rare That's the word that these studies use and not enough to impact election outcomes even large reviews have found that only dozens of cases out of tens of millions of votes even exist because our elections are closely
monitored.
so the point to that comment though is, is that in 2024, we are not litigating that because this president won.
So he has no problem with the outcome of that.
presidential election.
In 2020, which is what we continually keep talking about, where all of this voter fraud apparently happened, he lost.
And so we continually bring it up, even though the courts have told us time and time again, there was absolutely no fraud whatsoever.
And we just told you that it was .00084% of voter fraud in our election systems.
subpoena
So obviously there is something that they're targeting.
In Minnesota, it has been the Somali community that they have been targeting.
And you know, this is, if you're paying attention to what's happening here,
Here, even in Wisconsin, they have threatened to get their hands on Wisconsin's voter rolls.
And in fact, just this week alone, the ACLU Law Forward Common Cause and some other groups asked a court to block a federal lawsuit seeking Wisconsin's voter data.
Now, Wisconsin officials say that they are legally required to protect that information and cannot release it.
And of course, there are people who say that there's no clear reason for safeguards for the request, and they warn that it could lead to the misuse intimidation.
and less trust in elections, noting similar efforts have failed in other states.
And that's exactly what this is, right?
They want to make sure that people do not trust the election process.
This president is already saying that the midterm results cannot be trusted.
It is March, right?
I'm looking at my calendar, March,
Okay.
But this is what he did before the 2016 election, before 2020.
He has done this from the very beginning and enough of his minions believe it.
that that's why you saw all those stop the steel lunatics running around.
And I'm sorry if you were one of those people.
Can we talk about the guy in Racine?
like we are in bizarro world because you we lay out the facts and it's like none of the facts add up nothing nothing is as it's told to us nothing is as it should be nothing is nothing is right
And that's the problem.
But the distrust has been sowed.
And it was funny.
If you think back, Jamie, and you and I remember Parker's young.
He probably doesn't remember 2016.
He was watching Nick at night doing whatever it is he did with the Rugrats.
Full
But it
started it started sowing dissent and people said well if he doesn't if he doesn't win he's going to say the election is fixed and His supporters like oh, you're just great.
That's their whole thing.
Yeah, just crazy You have Trump Trump derangement syndrome and he did and he won in 2016 so the elections were cool.
Because if a Republican won a statewide office or if a Republican, you know, won a seat in the Senate or the House, those elections, those had to be called into question.
So we're, people buy into this and I wonder,
Listen, I know I we don't want to single out people.
I know we don't want to aggravate people who voted a different way But I am I am always curious about What about the facts do you do they not get right how can you look at the the numbers and Still believe what's coming out of the administration
I don't know.
I don't want to cast aspersions on your intelligence.
I don't want to cast aspersions on their character.
I just wonder how it could be.
Yeah.
And I don't know.
I want
First we play a second of a song.
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then you'll get another pitch you'll get three seconds of the song if you still can't guess well that's strike two but we will then give you five seconds of the song if you don't get it after five seconds that's strike three you are out and we move on to the batter on deck remember you need to have the song and the artist all right coming into the batter's box now our first batter is Joe from Nina Joe welcome how are you
I'm doing great.
How are you?
We are.
We are excited that you're on deck.
What are you doing Nina Joe?
Well, I got the day off today.
Flex hours at my job.
We got them all in them by Thursday and get an extra day a weekend.
It's very wide.
I've listened to plenty of radio.
I'm guessing this is all 90s hip-hop songs,
hip-hop
DJ
Ray roll.
Joe Cocker lights at the highway.
Any idea?
Red Hot Chili Peppers, California Cations.
There it is!
Yes!
Joe, you are going to see the Milwaukee Brewers take on the New York Yankees May 10th.
You're sitting in the club seats and these are, these are nice.
Congratulations, Joe.
That was very good.
I was thinking after you had said you listened to a lot of radio.
I was like, oh, I knew you heard this song.
I knew you were going to get
in and congrats.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I mentioned it yesterday when we were all talking after the show, but my kid is a drummer.
So the Red Hot Chili Peppers are a major part of his vernacular of drumming.
So, Californication, Danny, California, those were all songs that I have listened to so many times.
He didn't do under the bridge?
He did not.
No, no, no.
He likes to be able to do a really good hard fill in those songs.
And so we surprised him for his 18th birthday with tickets to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Minneapolis.
And so.
And then he was really embarrassed that his parents were going with him.
And we were like, dude, we're not missing out on the red hot
We actually want you to win.
We do.
That was something I got told I was I've been fortunate enough in my storied past to be on three different TV game shows and I've won on all of them.
But the one thing they told us at the we had reached a point where we were going out, we could either take a big chunk of money or we could risk it.
And the producers were all like, you guys do what you want.
But
We want people to win.
And it's like,
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