>> FROM NJ PBS, THIS IS NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS WITH BREANNA.

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US MONDAY NIGHT.

I AM BREANNA.

IN A RARE MOVE, THE UNITED STATES NAVY IS ORDERING AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION OF ITS ELITE SEALS SELECTION COURSE.

A PROBE THAT WAS SPURRED BY A NEW JERSEY MOM.

REGINA MOWING BEGAN THE CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION AFTER HER SON KYLE DIED IN FEBRUARY.

JUST HOURS AFTER COMPLETING THE NAVY SEALSWEEK.

AND HAS A REPUTATION AS THE MOST ETHICALLY GRUELING TRAINING COURSE IN THE MILITARY.

HIS DEATH REVEALED AN UGLY SYSTEM OF ABUSE AND POOR MEDICAL OVERSIGHT WHERE ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, SEAL CANDIDATES WERE HIT AND KICKED BY INSTRUCTORS, SPENT HOURS IN FREEZING WATER IS DESPITE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF PNEUMONIA AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESS.

THOSE WHO SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP WERE DENIED AND DEGRADED AS QUITTERS.

NOW A LETTER FROM THE TOP LEADER IN THE NAVY IS GIVING INVESTIGATORS 30 DAYS TO REPORT THEIR FINDINGS ON ISSUES AT THE COURSE AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE KYLE'S DEATH.

HIS MOTHER, REGINA JOINS ME NOW.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE OVERALL DECISION BY THE NAVY TO START THIS NEW INVESTIGATION?

>> TO ME, THEY SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED WITH THEMSELVES BECAUSE HOW MANY INVESTIGATIONS YOU HAVE TO DO UPON OURSELVES, THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING IT, IT SHOULD BE AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE WAS A LOT OF SERIOUS ISSUES WITH IT.

>> ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT HAS BEEN DETAILED IN SOME RECENT REPORTS FROM SOME ANONYMOUS MEN HAS BEEN THAT THESE CIVILIAN, SENIOR CIVILIAN ADVISORS, BASICALLY PEOPLE PUT IN PLACE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, TO OVERSEE THIS RIGOROUS TRAINING, THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE HELL WEEK TO INTERVENE.

HAD THOSE BEEN IN PLACE, DO YOU THINK THE SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT FOR KYLE?

>> YES.

YES.

IF SOMEBODY THAT HAD HAVE A BRAIN, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT HAD BEEN FORCED TO RING THE BELL AT MEDICAL, IF SOMEONE HAD SENT THAT YOUNG MAN TO MEDICAL WHO IS SPITTING UP BLOOD OR SOILING HIMSELF WITH DIARRHEA, HE NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION, YES, MY SON MOST LIKELY WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY.

>> I WENT TO JUST SHIFT GEARS.

YOU WERE RECENTLY AT YOUR SON'S ALMA MATER AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY RETIRED HIS JERSEY NUMBER 44, WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING ON THAT FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE GRADUATED?

>> WELL, IT BROUGHT BACK NICE MEMORIES BECAUSE IT WAS A GREAT TIME IN MY LIFE AND GREAT SUPPORT FROM ALL THE COMMUNITY THAT KNEW MY SON AND THERE WERE SO MANY LIVES HE TOUCHED, EVEN THE YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYERS HE WAS TRAINING, THOSE LIVES, THOSE PARENTS, ALL TO BE SUPPORTIVE WAS VERY TOUCHING TO ME.

>> TO SEE JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE ALSO LOVE TO HER SON.

>> YES.

NOT JUST ME.

>> IT IS NOT JUST MY COMMUNITY, IT IS ALL THE PEOPLE HE HAS MET TO TRAINING TO THE SEAL CANDIDATES, EVEN BOOT CAMP, SO MANY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.

THOUSANDS OF NOTES.

BEEN GETTING TATTOOS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AS JUST, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT FEELING.

>> I WONDER ABOUT HOW THIS IS ALL HITTING YOU.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE PAIN ON TO SPEAK OUT VERY PUBLICLY ABOUT THIS, THAT HAS NOW SPURRED MAYBE NOT THE ACTION THAT YOU WANTED, BUT SOME ACTION AND HOW THAT MAY IN TURN PROTECT A FUTURE SEAL CANDIDATE.

HOW IS THAT WEIGHING ON YOU?

>> IT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I HAVE MET A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS THAT WERE IN THE CANDIDATE PROCESS AND I WAS IN AWE OF THESE YOUNG MEN THAT WERE VERY EDUCATED, SO RESPECTFUL AND INTELLIGENT.

I WORRY ABOUT THEM ALL AND I JUST FEEL LIKE MY SON SET OUT TO SAVE LIVES AND I HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT FOR HIM TO PROTECT THOSE MEN THAT I HAVE MET, THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OF THEIR MOTHERS.

IF ANYONE HERE IS IN CONGRESS AND CARES, THEY WILL HAVE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND THEY WILL HAVE PERMANENT OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THESE LIVES MATTER.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

REGINA MULLEN, WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING SOME TIME FOR US TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> NEW JERSEY IS TAKING MORE STEPS TOWARDS IMPROVING MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, PARTICULARLY AMONG BLACK WOMEN BY BEGINNING A NEW PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CREATE BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE PERSON GIVING BIRTH.

THEY CALL IT SHARED DECISION- MAKING.

ADVOCATES SAY IT IS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO A DECADES-OLD PROBLEM.

MELISSA COOPER GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE PROGRAM TODAY IN MONMOUTH COUNTY.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE FIRST TIME AN INITIATIVE LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING IN NEW JERSEY AND DOCTORS SAY IT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THE PATIENT IS HEARD AND NEEDS ARE BEING MET TO ENSURE A SAFE AND HAPPY DELIVERY.

>> THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A JOURNEY TO IMPROVE MATERNAL INFANT HEALTH.

>> LINDA, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NEW JERSEY HEALTHCARE QUALITY INSTITUTE CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF TEEN BIRTH IN NEW JERSEY.

THE MODEL IS BEING USED TO HELP IMPROVE MATERNAL AND INFANT OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN OF COLOR BY GIVING THE PATIENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE WITH THEIR MEDICAL TEAM.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, GIVING THEM A REAL SAY IN THEIR TREATMENT PLAN.

THE QUALITY INSTITUTE IS HELPING TO LEAD THE PROGRAM.

>> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE SHARED DECISION-MAKING, THAT CONVERSATION CENTERING THE MOM AND HER TEAM AND THE PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL AND WHOEVER THEY WANT AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR VALUES AND PRIORITIES, MAKING THE A PART OF THEIR BIRTH JOURNEY.

>> BARNABAS HEALTH, AN UNDERWRITER FOR MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER IS ONE OF THE THREE HOSPITALS INCORPORATING THE PROGRAM.

THIS IS ANOTHER FACILITY.

>> THE FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION IS WHERE WE THINK WE WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

IT IS SOMETHING YOUR MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD YOU TO DO, LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND ACT ON THEIR WISHES.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND IT WILL BE FORMALIZED.

>> BOARDS LIKE THIS WILL BE HUNG IN THE ROOM CLEARLY OUTLINING THE PATIENT'S DESIRES AND PRINTING PLAN SO ANYONE WHO TREATS THE PATIENT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

>> THERE ARE BIG DECISIONS TO BE MADE.

SHE WILL BE INVOLVED IN HER CARE.

THIS A SHARED DECISION-MAKING.

>> MARILYN IS THE OB/GYN CENTER DIRECTOR AT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER AND THE PHYSICIAN CHAMPION 14 BIRTH PICTURES IS INCORPORATING A MODEL LIKE TEEN BIRTH IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR PATIENTS OF COLOR WHOSE VOICES ARE OFTEN IGNORED.

>> THIS IS AMERICA.

INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IS HERE TO STAY.

WHEN YOU HAVE INCOME AND EQUITY, WHEN YOU HAVE NO INSURANCE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME DOCTORS OR THE SAME CLINIC SAME HOSPITALS.

>> HOWARD STATISTICS ARE SHAMEFUL.

>> TAMMY MURPHREE IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE DISPARITY OF TREATMENT FOR BLACK MOTHERS.

SHE HAS MADE IT HER MISSION TO ENSURE THERE IS EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> A BLACK MOTHER IN NEW JERSEY IS MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN A WHITE MOTHER TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY -RELATED COMPLICATIONS.

AND A BLACK BABY IS THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY THAN A WHITE BABY.

BEHIND THESE STATISTICS ARE OBVIOUSLY REAL WOMEN, BABIES AND FAMILIES, AND TOGETHER WE CAN ENSURE THEY NOT ONLY COME TO THIS WORLD HAPPY AND HEALTHY, BUT THEY LIVED WELL INTO THEIR YEARS.

>> A TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BIRTHING INDIVIDUALS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS REQUIRES COMMUNICATION, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

>> WITH THE LAUNCH OF TEEN BIRTH IN NEW JERSEY, THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 60 HOSPITALS ACROSS THE NATION USING THE MODEL AND A TOTAL OF ABOUT 70 FACILITIES EXPECTED TO USE IT BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT.

>> THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER THE GROWING POLIO OUTBREAK AFTER EVIDENCE OF THE VIRUS WAS DETECTED IN WASTEWATER SAMPLES FROM NEW YORK CITY AND FOUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES, INCLUDING ROCKLAND AND ORANGE COUNTIES, WHICH NEIGHBOR NEW JERSEY.

THE OTHER SAMPLES CAME FROM SULLIVAN AND NASSAU COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND.

THAT ONE IS SAID TO BE GENETICALLY LINKED TO THE ORIGINAL CASE IDENTIFIED IN ROCKLAND WHERE AN ADULT CAUGHT THE VIRUS IN JULY AND SUFFERED PARALYSIS.

IT IS THE FIRST KNOWN INFECTION IN THE U.S.

IN ROUGHLY A DECADE.

THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS BEING CALLED TO BOOST VACCINATION RATES AMID THE COMMUNITY SPREAD.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ANYONE WHO IS UNVACCINATED SHOULD RECEIVE THEIR SHOTS IMMEDIATELY.

>>> WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE NEW JERSEY CONGRESSIONAL RACES DOMINATING NOVEMBER'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

TONIGHT THE FIFTH DISTRICT BETWEEN THREE TERM INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT JOSH GOT HEIMER AND REPUBLICAN FRANK PALLOTTA WHO RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY TWO YEARS AGO.

A SENIOR CORRESPONDENT DAVID CRUISE REPORTS, IT IS A RACE GETTING NATIONAL ATTRACTION.

>> I TAKE A WHILE TO GET FROM ONE END OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT TO THE OTHER, ENCOMPASSING A RIGHT TO LEFT SWING GEOGRAPHICALLY AND POLITICALLY THROUGH MOST OF OREGON AND SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES.

IT IS WHAT FRANK PALLOTTA SAYS HE LOVES ABOUT THE FIFTH.

>> THIS DISTRICT IS A MICROCOSM OF THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY.

I KNOW YOU KNOW THE DISTRICT WELL AND YOU HAVE GOT THE HACKENSACK URBAN AREAS.

YOU MOVE INTO THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE I LIVE AND OAKLAND AND THEN YOU HAVE GOT TREMENDOUS FARMS AND SUSSEX COUNTY.

WHEN I RAN, WARREN WAS INCLUDED, SO YOU CAN GO FROM HACKENSACK ARE YOU CAN MEET THE PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET AND THEN YOU CAN DRIVE OUT AND THEN YOU ARE IN SUSSEX.

YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR DISTRICT.

>> AND HOPES TO BE POLITICALLY NIMBLE IN A DISTRICT THAT JOSH GOT HEIMER ONE AND 2016, HAD BEEN ELECTED TO SOMEONE FROM THE PARTY IN 90 YEARS.

GOT HEIMER, COFOUNDER OF THE SO- CALLED CONGRESSIONAL PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS HAS BEEN ADEPT AT KEEPING FOCUS IN DISTRICT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN URBAN HACKENSACK AND RURAL SUSSEX TO HIS GO TO ISSUE AT THE MOMENT, CONGESTION PRICING.

>> I'M HOPING THE LEADERSHIP AND SET UP THIS GIANT CASH GRAB TRYING TO LINE THEIR POCKETS WITH THE HARD-EARNED DOLLARS OUT OF FAMILIES WILL BACK OFF THIS AND WAKE UP.

>> I THINK HE FROM DAY ONE HAS BEEN GOOD TALKING TO EVERYONE IN HIS DISTRICT.

AND GOING TO THEM RATHER THAN HAVING THEM COME TO HIM.

THIS IS A DIVERSE DISTRICT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO WESTERN NEW JERSEY.

SO YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO EVERYBODY.

>>BRIAN SAYS THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOWS THAT THE DISTRICT, WHICH REDISTRICTING STOCKED WITH 20,000 MORE DEMOCRATS AND 20,000 FEWER REPUBLICANS IS TURNING BLUER.

>> THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT FOR THE MOST PART HAS REJECTED A CANDIDATE LIKE PALLOTTA MANY TIMES BEFORE.

IT WILL REJECT HIM AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.

>> PALLOTTA, A CONSERVATIVE WHO GOT CHUMS SUPPORT WHEN HE LOST IN 2020 PLACED ON THE CONNECTION NOWADAYS DESPITE EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP STILL HOLD SWAY IN THE PARTY.

>> I AM A REPUBLICAN, NOT A TRUMP REPUBLICAN.

I AM A PRINCIPAL REPUBLICAN, I AM ABOUT LOWER TAXES.

THE POLICIES OF THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, POLICIES PREDATED THE ECONOMIC POLICIES WERE SPOT ON.

>> I THINK IT IS A TALL ORDER.

HE HAS GOT TO EXPLAIN WHERE HE IS GOING TO PULL THOSE VOTES FROM.

HE CAN ENERGIZE HIS SIDE, BUT GOT HEIMER SIDE IS ENERGIZED AS WELL.

HE HAS GOT $14 MILLION HE CAN PULL OUT TO ENERGIZE HIS SIDE.

IT IS TOUGH TO SEE WHERE THE COMPETITION WILL COME FROM KNOWING THAT TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS NOT ALL THAT COMPETITIVE.

>> DEMOCRATS INSIST ABORTION AND THE LEGAL RIGHT TO IT HAS MOTIVATED NOT ONLY THEIR VOTERS, BUT A BIG CHUNK OF THE NONAFFILIATED OR INDEPENDENT VOTERS AS WELL.

REPUBLICANS LIKE PALLOTTA INSIST IT IS STILL THE ECONOMY, STUPID, AND THAT WHEN THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING FROM MILK TO GASOLINE GOES UP, SO DOES THEIR CHANCE OF TAKING BACK THIS SEAT.

>>> FOR A DEEPER DIVE INTO DISTRICT 7, A TITLE RACE BETWEEN TOM KANE JUNIOR AND TOM MALINOWSKI, CHECK OUT COLLEEN'S REPORTING AT NJ SPOTLIGHT MEANS.

THEN CLICK ON THE NJ DECIDES 2022 TAB TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW GOING INTO THE VAULT ELECTIONS INCLUDING WHETHER YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AND IS RUNNING IN YOUR DISTRICT.

>>> THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE HAS A NEW STATE SENATOR.

RENéE BURGESS WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED BY THE ESSEX COUNTY DEMOCRATS TO TAKE OVER RETIRED SENATOR RON RICE A SEAT BURGESS IS CURRENTLY THE IRVINGTON COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP FOR THE VOTE.

THE 51-YEAR-OLD WAS NOMINATED TO BE BOTH THE IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT AND RUN A NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE REST OF THE TERM.

SENATOR RICE SERVED IN THE UPPER HOUSE SINCE 1986, BUT STEPPED DOWN IN AUGUST CITING HEALTH REASONS.

THE REPLACEMENT VOTE DID NOT COME WITHOUT A HINT OF DRAMA.

CLEOPATRA TUCKER, REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT SINCE 2008 MADE IT CLEAR SHE WAS VYING FOR THE SEAT AND HAD THE BACKING OF RICE AND NEWARK MAYOR PROSPECT, BUT STEPPED BACK AFTER REALIZING SHE DID NOT HAVE THE VOTE STILL IN.

>>> OPPOSED OFFSHORE WIND FARM IS ON A COURSE WITH THE GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE SUING THE GOVERNMENT OVER WHAT THEY SAY WAS A FAILURE TO STUDY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BEFORE THEY THINK THE PROJECT.

IT WILL BRING AS MANY AS 200 WIND TURBINES, ROUGHLY 8 MILES FROM THE SHORT.

THE GROUP SAVE LONG BEACH ISLAND ONCE THE TURBINES PLACED FURTHER OUT TO SEA, ARGUING THEIR PLACEMENT WILL NOT JUST HURT THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

TED GOLDBERG REPORTS.

>> Reporter: BOB STERN KNOWS WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO BEACH HAVEN.

>> WHY DO PEOPLE COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

SHORT OF SOMETHING NATURAL, SOMETHING PRISTINE, THEY WANT TO SEE THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ESCAPE.

>> HE IS AFRAID THAT WINDFARMS WILL GET IN THE WAY OF THAT AND SO ARE THE 4000+ PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF SAVE LBI.

IT IS A COMMUNITY GROUP HOPING TO PERSUADE POLITICIANS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO PUSH TURBINES FURTHER OUT TO SEA.

>> THE SITE FOR THIS PROJECT IS JUST NOT A GOOD ONE.

IT WAS NOT CHOSEN PROPERLY.

IT ACTUALLY CAME INTO BEING MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO.

THERE WAS NO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY DONE THEN, AND MAYBE EVEN WORSE THAN THAT, THERE WAS NO PUBLIC INPUT TO THE PROCESS.

>> ATLANTIC SHORES IS PLANNING ON BUILDING HUNDREDS OF TURBINES BETWEEN EIGHT AND 15 MILES OFF OF THE JERSEY SHORE.

ACCORDING TO THE ARTIST RENDERINGS, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SLEEP TURBINES MOST OF THE TIME UNLESS YOU HAVE PERFECT VISIBILITY ON THE SHORT.

STERN IS NOT CONVINCED THAT IS THE CASE.

>> THE WHEN THEY DID FROM BEACH HAVEN WHERE WE ARE HERE WAS DONE BEFORE THERE WAS LIGHTING.

IT WAS PRE-SUNRISE, SO IT WAS NOT A VERY USEFUL RENDITION.

>> STERN THINGS THAT WINDFARMS WILL HURT TOURISM IN COMMUNITIES THAT CAN SEE THEM, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN, NORTH BRIGANTINE AND ATLANTIC CITY.

HE SAYS THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE STUDY CONFIRMED HIS BELIEF.

RESEARCHERS ASKED MORE THAN 1700 BEACHGOERS HOW THEY FELT ABOUT VISIBLE TURBINES 12 MILES FROM SHORE.

>> 19% SAID THEY WOULD NOT COME AND VISIT IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO GET RENTALS AND WITH A 19% DROP IN TOURISM, I DON'T KNOW EXACT DOLLAR NUMBERS THAT WILL REDUCE, BUT IT WILL BE A LOT.

>> LEADERS IN ATLANTIC CITY DISAGREE.

>> IT IS NOT A CONCERN OF OURS.

>> MICHAEL LEAVE THE GREATER AC CHAMBER AND HE THINKS TURBINES MIGHT ACTUALLY GIVE TOURISM A BOOST.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, DINING, ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY.

I CAN SEE CHARTER TRIPS TO GO SEE THE WINDMILLS.

YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS NO DATA THAT SUPPORTS THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE RECREATIONAL FISHING INCREASING AS THEY FORM AN ARTIFICIAL REEF.

>> SAVE LBI ARGUES TURBINES SHOULD BE 35 MILES OFF THE COAST, FAR ENOUGH SO YOU CAN'T SEE THEM FROM SHORE AND AN EXTRA FEW MILES TO GIVE MIGRATING WHALES SOME SPACE.

THE NONPROFIT FILED SUIT IN JANUARY TO TRY AND HALT THE PROJECT, WHICH COULD START BUILDING TURBINES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

>> THEY SEEM TO JUST BE MARCHING ALONG TO THIS PARTICULAR SITE AND SOME OTHERS.

SO WE FELT WE HAD TO FILE A LAWSUIT TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE PROPERLY.

>> JENNIFER DANIELS IS A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR ATLANTIC SHORES AND SHE SAYS THE SITES WERE APPROVED BY GOVERNMENTS.

>> WE WORKED WITH THEM ON HOW WE ORIENT OUR TURBINES, I WAS IS THE TURBINES TO ENSURE WE ALLOW THE NATURAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND FISHING AND THEN WE ARE ALSO DOING SOME RESEARCH WITH THOSE FISHERIES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE SPECIES ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCING AND GROWING WITHIN THE LEASE AREA OVERTIME.

>> CHRIS LEAVES THE THINK TANK SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON OFFSHORE WIND.

SHE THINKS SAVE LBI HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE IN COURT.

>> WHEN A DEVELOPER OF WINDFARMS SECURE THE LEASE FOR THE OCEAN SEABED, THEY DO NOT YET KNOW WHAT PROJECT THEY WILL PUT ON THAT.

IT WOULD BE AKIN TO YOU BY IN AN ACRE OF LAND AND BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW WHAT HOUSE OR WHAT YOU WOULD BUILD ON THE PROPERTY NEEDING TO PICK PLANS TO THE ZONING BOARD.

>> THE LAWSUIT IS ASKING FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ATLANTIC SHORTS, WHICH WOULD STOP THE PROJECT.

ALL EYES ARE ON THE JUDGE WHO WILL DECIDE IF THE CASE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

>>> NEW STATE RULES FOR HOW TO TREAT MARIJUANA USE IN THE WORKPLACE AND IT IS A LOT LIKE ALCOHOL.

RHONDA SHOPPER HAS THE LATEST FROM THE STATES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA MARKET PLUS TONIGHT'S TOP IS THE STORIES.

>> Reporter: NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS FINALLY HAVE A ROADMAP FROM THE STATE ON MARIJUANA IN THE WORK PLACE.

LATE LAST WEEK THE CANNABIS REGULATORY COMMISSION ISSUED A LONG-AWAITED GUIDANCE AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT STANDARDS OUTLINING HOW BUSINESSES SHOULD RESPOND IF A WORKER IS IMPAIRED DUE TO MARIJUANA.

A KEY RECOMMENDATION SAYS EMPLOYERS CAN, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE SO-CALLED WORKPLACE IMPAIRMENT RECOGNITION EXPERTS OR WIRES WHEN DETERMINING IF A WORKER IS HIGH ON THE JOB.

DEPUTY CHIEF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICER AT THE NEW JERSEY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CALLED IT A BIG STEP FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO TO PROTECT THE WORKPLACE.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU COULD OR COULD NOT DO.

THIS WILL HELP PROVIDE SOME CLARITY TO THE SITUATION.

>> THE COMMISSION ALSO GAVE THE OKAY FOR FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY OFFEND WELLNESS TO BEGIN RECREATIONAL SALES, WHICH IT HOPES TO START SOON.

PUBLIC WORKERS PLAN TO PROTEST AT THE STATE HOUSE TO BORROW OVER A PROPOSAL TO RAISE HEALTHCARE COSTS, HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS CAN SURGE MORE THAN 20% FOR SOME GOVERNMENT WORKERS NEXT YEAR.

LABOR UNIONS ARE URGING THE MURPHY ADMINISTRATION TO REDUCE OR STOP THE INCREASE.

TREASURY OFFICIALS SAY SOME OF THE FACTORIES BEHIND THE INCREASE INCLUDE THE GROWING COST OF HEALTHCARE, THE IMPACT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AS WELL AS INFLATION.

A VOTE ON THE PLAN TO RAISE PREMIUMS IS SET FOR MIDWEEK.

>>> KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MAIL FROM THE STATE ABOUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BEGINNING TODAY.

HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS ARE BEING MAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO APPLY TO THE NEW ANCHOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM.

HOMEOWNERS WITH ANNUAL INCOMES OF UP TO $250,000 CAN APPLY.

RENTERS WHO EARN UP TO $150,000 ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S STOCK MARKET ACTION.

I AM RHONDA SCHEFFLER AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

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>> BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT, THIS WEEKEND, THE NATION MARKED THE 21st ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS.

THE AFTERMATH OF WHICH CONTINUES TO REVERBERATE THROUGH OUR DAILY LIVES AND ON TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED.

ACROSS NEW JERSEY THAT CEREMONIES WERE POIGNANT AND SOLEMN FROM SERVICE PROJECTS TO CANDLELIGHT VIGILS.

IN CEDAR GROVE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT STUDENTS CARRIED ON THEIR EIGHTH YEAR OF THE 9/11 MEMORIAL PLAQUE INSTALLATION.

2977 FLAGS, ONE FOR EACH OF THE LIVES LOST AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THAT DAY.

THEY ARE PLANTED ON THE FRONT LAWN OF CEDAR GROVE HIGH SCHOOL.

A TRADITION THAT IS NOW CARRIED ON BY A CLASS OF STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT YET BORN AT THE TIME OF THE TERROR ATTACKS, BUT ARE LEARNING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT DAY TO OUR HISTORY.

IN ESSEX COUNTY, RESIDENTS TURNED OUT FOR THE ANNUAL WREATHLAYING AT THE EAGLE ROCK MEMORIAL, A STRING QUARTET PLAYED AT THE MEMORIAL SITE THAT DISPLAYS MORE THAN 7000 POUNDS STEEL AND CONCRETE ARTIFACTS FROM THE TRADE CENTER.

ONE OF THE MANY ELEMENTS THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN.

>> THAT WILL DO IT FOR US TONIGHT.

BUT MAKE SURE YOU HEAD OVER TO NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON THE GARDEN STATE.

I AM BREANNA, FOR THE ENTIRE NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS TEAM, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW.

>> MAKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADE FOR EVERY CHILD.

RW J BARNABAS HEALTH, LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER, AND COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A NEW LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE FOR NEW JERSEY.

>> AND JM INSURANCE COMPANY HAS BEEN SERVING NEW JERSEY POLICYHOLDERS FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

BUT JUST TO OUR AND JAMS POLICYHOLDERS?

THEY ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO KEEP THE GARDEN STATE GROWING.

BUSINESS LEADERS, THE CARETAKERS OF OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, AND THE CUSTODIANS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR STATE A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME.

AND JM, WE HAVE GOT NEW JERSEY COVERED.

>> I AM VERY GRATEFUL I AM STILL HERE.

>> WE CELEBRATED OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

>> WITH A NEW KIDNEY, I HAVE STRENGTH.

>> I AM STILL GOING EVERYWHERE AND EXPLORING NEW PLACES.

>> NOBODY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OLDER WITH MY WIFE.

>> WE ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH INNOVATIVE NEW TREATMENTS, HAVING DONOR PROGRAMS AND WORLD-RENOWNED CARE AT NEW JERSEY'S PREMIER HOSPITALS.

>> IT IS A BLESSING.

>> BARNABAS HEALTH, LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.