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Unemployment Overhaul Update; Lame Duck Session; Smokefree Anniversary

An effort to overhaul Ohio's unemployment fund hit a sudden and unexpected snag after lawmakers in the Ohio House suddenly tabled the bill.  Is the effort to reform the system finished for this session?  Plus the latest on efforts to pass legislation before the lame duck session ends.  Then, the impact of Ohio's decade as a smokefree state.

Andy Chow, Reporter, Ohio Statehouse News Bureau  
Zach Schiller, Research Director, Policy Matters Ohio  
Add: Tim Burga, President, Ohio, AFL-CIO 
Karen Kasler, Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Chief  
Tom Bonda, Chair, Volunteer Leadership, American Cancer Society Greater Cleveland  
Jeff Stephens, Director, Ohio Government Relations, American Cancer Society Cancer Action