>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT OUR ON LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON ARIZONA HORIZON - THIS WEEK'S JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE LOOKS AT THE GOVERNOR'S LIFTING OF STATE COVID RESTRICTIONS.

ON CRONKITE NEWS, WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING TO KEEP THE CURTAIN OPEN ON THE ARTS.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BLACK AND ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC-ISLANDER ACTIVISTS.

ALL THIS AND MORE AHEAD IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

VACCINE APPOINTMENTS FOR THOSE AGED 16 AND OLDER OPENED UP AGAIN THIS MORNING.

THOSE WHO MANAGE TO REGISTER TODAY WILL BE GETTING THEIR SHOTS NEXT WEEK AT STATE-RUN VACCINATION SITES.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SUGGESTS THAT IF YOU COULDN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT TODAY, CHECK BACK ON A DAILY BASIS FOR TIME SLOTS THAT COULD UP OPEN DUE TO CANCELLATIONS.

STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR CARA CHRIST ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE STATE IS NOW ALLOWING PIMA COUNTY TO WORK WITH FEMA TO SET UP A SOUTHERN ARIZONA VACCINATION SITE.

THE GOVERNOR INITIALLY REFUSED FEMA'S OFFER, EVEN THOUGH IT FOCUSED ON UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES, SAYING THAT THE SITE WOULD TAKE AWAY STATE PEOPLE ARE RESOURCES, INCLUDING VACCINE SUPPLIES.

BUT FEMA SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT STATE TODAY TO REVERSE ITS DECISION AND ALLOW PIMA COUNTY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY WITH FEMA ON SETTING UP THE SITE.

CHRIST TODAY ALSO DEFENDED GOVERNOR DUCEY'S REMOVAL OF ALL COVID RESTRICTIONS ON ALL NON-GOVERNMENTAL BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC EVENTS.

FEDERALLY ALLOCATED VACCINE WAS REASSURING.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE HEARING.

AS LONG AS THEY GUARANTEE THAT, AND PIMA IS FINE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND STAFF, WE'LL LET THEM WORK WITH F.E.M.A.

>> CHRIS DEFENDED GOVERNOR DUCEY'S LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS ON ALL PUBLIC EVENTS.

>> THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY LIFTED.

THEY WERE MADE TO BE RECOMMENDATION, EVERYONE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO WEAR MASKS, TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT.

THEY WERE NOT ENFORCED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

A.D.H.D.

ENFORCED REQUIREMENTS WE PUT IN PLATE.

IT'S A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THAT MASK IN A SECOND.

AND THE DATA IS TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> BUT MANY LOCAL AND NATIONAL HEALTH OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE COVID DIRECTORS SAY THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THESE KINDS OF MOVERS.

>> IT'S CLEAR THERE IS A TASTE FOR OPTIMISM.

BUT THERE IS NOT A CASE FOR RELAXATION.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO LET DOWN OUR GUARD.

>> ARIZONA REPORTED 571 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 TODAY.

THAT'S JUST SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE 7-DAY AVERAGE, WHICH REMAINS AT OR NEAR THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

THE STATE'S 7-DAY AVERAGE FOR COVID-RELATED FATALITIES IS GETTING WORSE, IT'S NOW THIRD HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, 24 ADDITIONAL DEATHS CERTIFIED TODAY.

AND NATIONAL NEWS, DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS TODAY FILED A $1.6-BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX NEWS.

THE VOTING MACHINE COMPANY CLAIMS THAT FOX TOOK PART IN A DIS-INFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN WHICH FOX ALLEGED THAT DOMINION RIGGED THE ELECTION AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

DOMINION'S ACTION FOLLOWS A $2.7 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX NEWS FILED LAST MONTH BY SMART-TEC, ANOTHER ELECTION-TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.

TIME NOW FOR THE JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE, AND WITH THE LATEST ON GOVERNOR DUCEYS LIFTING OF COVID RESTRICTIONS AND THE STATE SENATE'S ON-GOING ELECTIONS BATTLE WITH MARICOPA COUNTY, WE WELCOME LAURIE ROBERTS FROM THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC AND HOWIE FISCHER OF CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES.

WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THE ROUNDTABLE WAS RECORDED THIS MORNING, PRIOR TO THE STATE REVERSING ITS DECISION REGARDING A FEMA VACCINATION SITE.

AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US ON THE JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE.

LAURIE, WE START WITH YOU.

THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY LIFTS COVID RESTRICTIONS.

DID WE SEE THIS COMING?

>> I DID NOT SEE IT COMING, WE KNEW IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN, THINGS ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WITH ALL THE CAUTIONS FROM ALL THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS SAYING PLEASE GO SLOW UNTIL WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE VACCINATED.

I NEVER DREAMED HE'D COME OUT SAYING ALL BETS ARE OFF.

OF COURSE, WITHIN HOURS OF HIS CONFIDENCE THAT BUSINESSES WOULD MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, I HAPPENED TO BE AT MY GYM.

AND THE MANAGER WAS GOING AROUND PLUGGING IN TO EVERY OTHER MACHINE THAT WAS IDOL, AND RIPPING OFF THE SIGNS ABOUT MASKS, AND GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR MASKS, THE PROBLEM, THE CRISIS IS OVER.

>> ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT TAKE IT TO HEART AND DO THE RIGHT THING?

>> I THINK THAT SOME WILL BUT THE CONCERN IS THAT HE'S DOING THIS AT A TIME WHEN 16% OF THE STATE.

INCLUDING HIMSELF BY THE WAY, IS FULLY VACCINATED.

FOR THOSE PEOPLE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WORRY, I DOUBT THERE HAS BEEN ANY WORRY FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

THE FIRST SHOT GIVES YOU SO MUCH COVERAGE.

HE ANNOUNCED ALL BETS WERE OFF, AND REMOVE THE MASKING, 24 HOURS AFTER OPENING UP THE VACCINES FOR THOSE 16-24 H THEY HAD 24 HOURS TO TRY TO GET A SHOT BEFORE HE DID THIS.

IT SEEMS PREMATURE AND POLITICALLY CALCULATED, AS EVERYTHING IS.

>> A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS GOING ON.

THE STATE'S SUPREME COURT SAID THAT HIS DECISION TO KEEP BARS CLOSED WHILE OTHERS COULD OPEN IS ILLEGAL.

AND SO HIS DECISION WAS WELL, DO I SAY I'LL LET THE BARS WIN OR GET AHEAD OF IT.

NUMBER TWO, BUSINESSES COULD DECIDE WHETHER THEY REQUIRED MASKS OR NOT.

OF COURSE, THE PERSONAL LOSERS ARE THOSE IN THE STATE-WIDE OFFICE.

>> I FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR STORE CLERKS STANDING IN THE FRONT OF STORES SAYING PLEASE WEAR A MASK IN MY PLACE AND PEOPLE WILL SAY "I DON'T HAVE TO.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS I DON'T HAVE TO", IT PUTS THE ONUS ON THEM TO BE THE BAD GUY.

IF HE'D JUST WAITED A MONTH, HOPEFULLY THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

NOW YOU WONDER ARE WE GOING TO HEAD TO A THIRD SPIKE.

LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE GOVERNOR HERE.

MAKING HEADLINES THIS WEEK, F.E.M.A.

SAYING, OFFERING, A FEDERAL VACCINATION SITE FOCUSSED ON THE UNDER SERVED COMMUNITY IN F.E.M.A.

COUNTY, AND THE FEDERICO CORIA SAYS NO, SIR.

>> NO, NO, NO.

WE ARE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING.

WE ARE THE ALPHA, THE OMEGA.

WE KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS, AND NEVER MIND THAT F.E.M.A.

WAS WILLING TO COME IN AND REASSURED THE STATE THAT ANY OF THE VACCINES WOULD NOT FALL AWAY FROM THE STATE'S SHARE.

THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED WELL NO, NO, I DON'T GET THE HEADLINES.

I DON'T GET TO GO DOWN TO TUSCON AS I DID TO GET A PHOTO OP.

I DON'T GET TO GO DOWN TO STATE FARM STADIUM.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS, ALL ABOUT POWER, AND ALL ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS OFFERING IT.

I WONDER IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAY HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT DECISION.

>> LET'S ADD IN THE FACT FOR A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT THAT LAST WEEK HE WAS ON THE BORDER, CHOPPERING AROUND.

APPARENTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE BORDER LOOKED LIKE ON THE GROUND SO HAD TO TAKE A 20 MINUTE TOUR WITH SENATOR RICK SCOTT OF FLORIDA, A PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER POSSIBLY, DEPENDING WHAT TRUMP STARTS TO DO.

DUCEY HAD A PHOTO OP PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE BORDER, IN DOUGLAS, TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS AN EMERGENCY IN THE CRISIS, AND SINCE THEN HE HAS TAKEN OFF AFTER THE VICE-PRESIDENT SAYING THAT SHE WAS THE WORST PERSON HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN.

ADD INTO THAT, THE F.E.M.A.

THINK, IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS IS A MAN SIGNALLING TO THE WORLD THAT HEY, I'D LIKE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND BE IN THE MIX.

FOR THE NO.1 OR TWO SHOT.

>> I THINK IT'S ALL SETTING THAT UP ALONG WITH THE MASK THING.

>> WELL, WE COME BACK TO SOMETHING I SAID ON THE AIR BEFORE.

>> IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH HE HAS RELEASED HOWIE, HIS INNER TRUMP.

ANY CONCILIATORY MEASURES TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ADIOS.

>> HE IS NOT DOING THIS ALONE, LOOK AT THE LAWMAKERS FEDERAL AND STATE RUSHING TO THE BORDER TO FIND A CAMERA, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS CRITICIZING BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.

THIS IS ALL THE REPUBLICANS.

REMEMBER, HE IS PART OF THE ASSOCIATION IN CHARGE OF GETTING THE PUBLIC ELECTED.

RICK SCOTT.

REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT PARTY MESSAGE.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT MARK KELLY, AS FAR AS THE REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED.

IT'S ALL POLITICS.

122% POLITICS.

.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON AND TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS CAN'T BE TOLL TICKS.

THE STATE SENATE OVER THE ELECTION BALLOT.

A FULL E-COUNT EVERY SINGLE BALLOT IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

>> ALL 2.1 MILLION WILL BE HAND COUNTED.

SHE HAYS SHE HAS SOMEONE LINED UP.

SHE DON'T SAY WHO IT IS, SHE SAYS SHE WILL AT ONE POINT.

HOPEFULLY NOT TRUMP-AFFILIATED AUDITORS.

SHE RAISED THE PROSPECT OF HAVING VOLUNTEERS, I DON'T KNOW TO COUNCIL THE BALLOT OR WITNESS IT, I AM NOT SURE WHAT SHE MEANS.

LAST I HEARD, SHE HAS NO PLACE TO PUT THE BALLOTS.

SHE'LL NEED A PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND SECURE AND NOT BEING FIDDLED WITH.

NO WORD YET ON WHEN OR WHERE.

CLEARLY WHETHER OR NOT SHE BELIEVERS THERE'S A PROBLEM, SHE'S BOUGHT.

>> AND GIVEN CREDIBILITY TO THIS WHOLE ELECTION FRAUD IN ARIZONA?

>> YOU ARE REFERRING TO SENATE KAREN FAN.

>> SHE HAS GONE SO FAR SHE CAN'T TURN BACK.

>> NO, NO, SHE'S DEEP IN THE SLOTH WE WERE TRYING TO DRAIN.

ORIGINALLY HE WAS WE WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE.

EACH TIME SHE TURNS AROUND SHE'S PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE RIGHT.

THE PROBLEM IS FINDING PEOPLE TO DO IT, TO OVERSEE IT.

WE APPROACHED HELEN PURCELL.

A REPUBLICAN RECORDER.

A WOMAN THAT UNDERSTANDS RECOUNT.

AND HELEN TOLD HER WHAT SHE CAN DO, SAYING NO, WE DON'T NEED THIS.

THE ELECTION WAS OKAY, AND WASN'T AN ELECTION THAT SHE OVERSAW.

IT WILL BE HARD FINDING PEOPLE WHO WERE NEUTRAL, AND 2.1 MILLION - I HAVE A VISION OF WHAT USED TO HAPPEN, THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING UP THE BALANCE, LOOKING FOR HANGING CHAIRS.

AND DOING THIS AND HAVING AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE OVERSEAS PEACH BALLOT.

ASSUMING THE DEMOCRATS WOULD COME IN, AND THE FACT IS THAT IT WILL NOT SATISFY THE FOLKS WHO ARE CONVINCED THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

>> LET'S WRAP IT UP.

I READ A KUMBAYA AND BREAKING OUT ACROSS THE CAPITAL.

THIS WEEK WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF RESTRICTIONS ON DEBATE, AND SOME PRETTY NASTY STUFF.

>> REPRESENTATIVES, SHAWNA BO LICK WHO HAS THE GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, MAYBE THAT'S KAVANAUGH.

AND JOHN KAVANAUGH SEEM TO BE ABOUT CUTTING OFF DEBATE.

SPECIALLY ON THE CONTROVERSIAL BILLS ON VOTING LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH THEM SAY YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION 208 WHEN WE ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO DO AN END RUN AROUND PROPOSITION 208 BY CREATING A NEW TAXING CATEGORY.

SHE DID NOT - SHE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO MENTION PROP 208.

WHEN IT CAME TIME TO EXPLAIN THE VOTE SHE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT DO YOU THINK, PROP 208.

VERY STRANGE AND NOT CONDUCIVE TO TODAY DEMOCRACY OR POLICY.

>> THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR THAT.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK THAT EACH COMMITTEE CAN HERE BILLS IN THE CHAMBER, THEY ARE TRYING TO SHORTSTOP, PARTICULARLY ELECTION BILLS, THERE'S A SERIES.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET STUFF OUT.

IT'S THE SHOT-GUN APPROACH.

SHOOT THEM UP, THROW ENOUGH STUFF AT THE WALL SOMETHING WILL STICK.

AND ALL THE WAYS THEY RETAIN CONTROL IS TO ALTER THE PROCESS.

>> WE HAVE TO STOP IT THERE.

ARIZONA REPUBLIC, ALWAYS A PLEASURE, THANK YOU FOLKS.

>> KEEP SMILING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, OUR SERIES ON WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CONTINUES WITH MAYORS KATE GALLEGO OF PHOENIX AND REGINA ROMERO OF TUCSON.

IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WE'VE SPOKEN WITH PROMINENT ARIZONA WOMEN TO GET THEIR PERSONAL STORIES AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE IMPACT OF WOMEN ON ARIZONA'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

TONIGHT, OUR GUESTS ARE PHOENIX MAYOR KATE GALLEGO AND TUCSON MAYOR REGINA ROMERO.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.

MAYOR, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

>> IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNISE WHAT WOMEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

IT'S POIGNANT.

AS WE RECORD WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF A GREAT ARIZONA JUDGE, THE FIRST WOMAN SERVING ON THE SUPREME COURT.

>> FOR ME, IT'S INSPIRING TO THE LITTLE GIRLS IN MY COMMUNITY SAYING I CAN GROW UP TO BY FIRE CHIEF, MAYOR, AND WE OUGHT TO CELEBRATE THAT.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

>> IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE ADVANCEMENTS IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE GAINED AND REALLY WORKED FOR.

AND ALL.

WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

I'M SUPER PROUD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TUSCON, RIGHT.

THAT HAPPENED IN 2019, SO IT'S A BITTER TWEET THING, IT'S 2019.

SO LOVE TO BE THE FIRST, AND I'VE BEEN THE FIRST IN MANY, MANY THINGS.

BUT IT HAS TO BE NORM.

SO WONDERFUL ADVANCEMENTS, LOTS OF GOOD WORK.

LOTS TO CELEBRATE AND, YET SOME CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT FORWARD, BUT THAT'S - YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I SEE MY ROLE AS BEING, AS THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TUSCON, OPENING THE DOOR TO OTHER LITTLE GIRLS, AS MY SISTER MAYOR SAID, OPENING THE DOOR TO OTHER GIRLS TO BE ABLE TO DREAM THAT THEY COULD BE THE MAYOR OF THE TUSCON AREA, HOPEFULLY THE FUTURE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA.

>> AND MAYOR, WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL RAISED IN ALBUQUERQUE, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.

LOTS OF STUFF ALONG THE WAY.

WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT POLITICS WAS IN YOUR BLOOD.

THAT GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE.

>> PEOPLE THAT KNEW ME GROWING UP WOULD BE STUNNED.

I LOVED READING.

I WAS NOT KNOWN AS THE MOST EXTRAVERTED PERSON OUT THERE.

WHEN I RAN FOR BIRD.

IT WAS WRITTEN THAT I WAS NOT THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, BUT I'M GETTING BETTER.

MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, AND I HAVE A BUSINESS DEGREE AND I'M INTERESTED IN CLEAN TECH, ENERGY, AND GOT INVOLVED WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION AND HELPED DEVELOP THE PROGRAMME, AND I WAS HOOKED ON VOLUNTEERING AT THE CITY, AND HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT WHAT CITY I WANTED TO BUILD, AND ENDED UP RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND GOT INVOLVED AT THE CITY LEVEL.

BUT IT WAS THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND HOW WE CAN BUILD THE GREAT CITY, MAKING ME THINK ABOUT MAKING THE JUMP TO RUN FOR MAYOR, ONE THING THAT IS RELEVANT IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

I HESITATED A LOT AT THE TIME I WAS MAKING THE DECISION, GREG WAS MAKING THE DECISION TO LEAVE US.

AND NONE OF THE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY HAD A FEMALE MAYOR.

>> I NEVER LIVED IN A STILL THAT ELECTED A PHOENIX MAYOR.

PHOENIX DID ELECT MARGARET BEFORE I ARRIVED.

I THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT WHETHER SOMEONE LIKE ME HAD A CHANCE TO BE A MAYOR, THAT HESITATION IT NOT GREAT FOR ME.

THAT'S A REASON WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS IMPORTANT AND RECOGNISE MANY WOMEN HAD GONE BEFORE US.

IN THE END IT DID NOT END UP BEING AN ISSUE, I DID ASK QUESTIONS WHETHER A WOMAN OF MY AGE COULD RUN FOR MAYOR.

>> MAYOR, YOU GRADUATED ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, LOTS OF STEPS ALONG THE WAY.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS IT LIFE FOR YOU, DID ANYONE SAY NO, YOU BETTER THING TWICE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU ARE A WOMAN.

>> NO.

I GREW UP IN ARIZONA, A FARM WORKING COMMUNITY, PARENTS WERE FARM WORKERS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE.

I DID KNOW ABOUT POLITICS.

DAD AND MOM TALKED TO US ABOUT POLITICS, AND THEY WERE INVOLVED.

SPECIALLY DAD, WITH THE UNITED FARM WORKERS, TO THEY KNEW WHAT POLICY DECISIONS MEANT.

I HEARD ABOUT POLITICS.

THEY ARE 10 MINUTES FROM THE BORDER.

DIDN'T SEE MYSELF DOING THAT.

CAME TO TUSCON, TURNED 18 HERE, I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAMILY, BORN ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER.

YEARS LATER.

MY PARENT AND MY SISTERS WERE NOT NATURALIZED.

AT THE TIME I WAS THE ONLY ONE, MY DAD WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR WITH ME.

YOU HAVE TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

AND REGISTER FOR THE EIGHT OF US.

I REPEATED THEIR VOTES WHEN I TURNED 18.

SO HAD AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, AND CONTINUED TO LEARN ABOUT POLICY, AND WHAT THAT DOES TO FAMILIES, AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

SO I STARTED TO VOLUNTEER FOR INITIATIVES, IN THE FIRST CAMPAIGN THAT I VOLUNTEERED FOR.

12 YEARS AFTER THAT I RAN FOR THE SEAT NEVER KNOWING, AND NEVER STARTING TO THING I'M GOING TO RUN FOR THIS.

12 YEARS AFTER I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED.

PEOPLE ASKED ME TO RUN FOR MAYOR, WHEN MY PREDECESSOR RETIRED.

SO FOR ME IT WAS LIKE "SHOULD I DO IT?

", AND EVERYONE, INCLUDING MY HUSBAND WERE "YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, YOU ARE PREPARED."

SO WE MADE HISTORY IN 2019.

AND THE MAYOR TOLD ME, YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE ONLY FEMALE MAYOR IN THE LARGEST 50 CITIES.

HERE WE ARE?

>> HERE WE ARE, GREAT STORIES FROM BOTH OF YOU, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF THE TIME.

WE HAVE A MINUTE OR SO LEFT.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE TO YOUNG WOMEN THINKING EVER GETTING INTO POLITICS.

>> I THINK YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR DREAMS.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY, ENJOY IT, DREAM BIG ABOUT WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY YOU WANT TO HELP BUILD.

>> ADVICE NOR THOSE LOOKING INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

>> VOLUNTEER.

PART OF SUCCESS IN LIFE IS SHOWING UP AND BEING PREPARED.

VOLUNTEER.

GET YOUR VOICE INTO THE PROCESS, WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU AN A GOAL.

SET YOUR GOAL.

THERE ARE SO MANY MUCH US OUT THERE THAT WILL HELP YOU GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GET.

WE NEED MORE YOUNG WOMEN IN POLITICS AND EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

SHOW UP.

>> VOLUNTEER.

>> THERE YOU GO.

MAYOR OF TUSCON, AND MAYOR OF PHOENIX.

THANK YOU BOTH.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH AND WE APPRECIATES IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[ MUSIC ] >> AND THAT IS IT FOR KNEW, I'M TED SIMMONS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.