>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, VOTING LIST NOT SO PERMANENT.

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>>> GOVERNOR DUCEY TODAY SIGNED INTO LAW A CONTROVERSIAL ANTI--ABORTION BILL.

THE PENALTY FOR ANYONE WHO ASSISTS IN A PROCEDURE WOULD BE UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON.

THE NEW LAW IS EXPECTED TO WIND UP IN COURT.

>>> A COURT HEARING WAS HELD IN THE LAWSUIT TO STOP A STATE SENATE'S AUDIT OF MARICOPA COUNTY'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTES.

THE JUDGE DID SAY THAT HE IS NOT CONVINCED THAT VOTER'S SECRECY IS BEING PROTECTED BY THE AUDITORS, AND THEY SAID REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE NO PROTECTED BY LAWSUITS IN THE STATE.

THE JUDGE GRANTED A MOTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE KATIE HOBBS TO INTERVENE.

TOMORROW THE COURT WILL HEAR A MOTION BY THE PRO-TRUMP AUDITOR TEAM.

>>> THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT APPOINTMENTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED AT THE VACCINATION SITES.

ALSO TODAY THE CDC CHANGED ITS GUIDELINES ON THE WEARING OF MASKS OUT DOORS.

>> THERE ARE MANY SITUATIONS WHERE FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO WEAR A MASK, PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE OUTDOORS.

IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND WANT TO ATTEND A SMALL GATHERING, OR DINE AT AN OUTDOOR RESTAURANT FROM FRIENDS FROM MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLDS, THE SCIENCE SHOWS IF YOU ARE VACCINATED, YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY UNMASKED.

>> THEY SAID THOSE VACCINATED SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY SIX FEET APART AND TRY TO AVOID CROWDS IN POORLY VENTILATED PLACES.

>>> THERE WERE 8 NEW FATALITIES REPORTED TODAY.

>>> THE FBI LAUNCHED A FED PROBE INTO THE SHOOTING OF ANDREW BROWN, A BLACK MAN KILLED BY NORTH CAROLINA DEPUTIES LAST WEEK.

BROWN'S SON SPOKE TODAY AFTER THE FAMILY'S ATTORNEYS RELEASED THE RESULTS OF A PRIVATELY-FUNDED AUTOPSY.

>> TO MY POPS, YESTERDAY HE WAS EXECUTED.

THIS AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWED ME THAT WAS CORRECT.

THOSE THREE GUNSHOTS TO THE ARM THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH?

THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH?

IT WAS OBVIOUS HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY?

AND THEY WERE GOING TO SHOOT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

>> BROWN WAS SHOT AND KILLED AFTER DEPUTIES TRIED TO SERVE ARREST WARRANTS.

THE FAMILY IS PETITIONING TO GET ACCESS TO FULL BODY CAM VIDEO.

>>> AND A STUDY FROM M.I.T.

FOUND THAT THE MILES THAT UBER AND LYFT CAN CAUSE TRAFFIC JAMS TO LAST UP TO 5% LONGER.

>>> AND CLIMATE CHANGE HAS CAUSED THE EARTH'S AXIS TO SHIFT, TILTING THE EARTH WHERE THE POLES HAVE MOVED ROUGHLY 13 FEET SINCE 1980.

>>> A REPUBLICAN-BACKED BILL THAT WOULD PURGE THE EARLY VOTING LIST HAS DIED, BUT IT COULD COME BACK.

CRITICS INCLUDING STATE BUSINESS LEADERS SAY IT WAS AN ATTEMPT AT VOTER SUPPRESSION.

THE BILL'S SUPPORTER WAS STATE SENATOR MICHELE UGENTI-RITA.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHY IS THIS BILL NECESSARY?

>> WELL, AS A STATE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE ELECTIONS ARE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT, THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE OUTCOMES, ALL OF THAT MAKES TOWARDS AN ELECTORAL PROCESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN.

ONE WAY TO ENFORCE THAT IS BY OUR MAIL VOTING SYSTEM.

THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIST THAT PEOPLE ARE ON TO RECEIVE THEIR MAIL-IN BALLOT IS ACCURATE; THAT IT IS UP TO DATE AND MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO INDEED WANTED TO VOTE BY MAIL AND ARE VOTING BY MAIL.

SO MY BILL SAYS IF YOU SKIP ANY ELECTION WITHIN TWO SEASONS, TWO ELECTION CYCLES, YOU WILL BE SENT A NOTICE, AND IF YOU DON'T RESPOND TO THE NOTICE, YOUR NAME WILL BE REMOVED.

>> THIS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY CRITICS AS A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

AND THIS IS A PERMANENT EARLY-VOTING LIST.

YOUR BILL DOES NOT KEEP THIS AS AN EARLY-VOTING LIST.

IS THAT A GOOD THING FOR THE STATE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE ONLY ONE OF FOUR OR FIVE STATES THAT HAVE A PERMANENT EARLY-VOTING LIST.

IT'S PERMANENT IF YOU VOTE EARLY.

BUT IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING, YOU ARE A NON-MAIL-IN VOTER, SO WHY WOULD WE SEND -- YOU TELL ME, WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE?

>> CRITICS WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THERE ARE FOLKS WHO DON'T VOTE EVERY ELECTION, AND THAT THIS BILL TARGETS DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> IT TARGETS EVERYBODY.

IT TARGETS VOTERS.

THE PEOPLE SAYING IT TARGETS INDIVIDUALS OF COLOR, OR PEOPLE OF COLOR, OR MINORITY GROUPS, THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S BOGUS.

POINT TO THE PAGE NUMBER WHERE IT TARGETS ONE GROUP AND NOT THE OTHER.

IT APPLIES TO ALL VOTERS, AND AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING BY MAIL, WHY WOULD THE STATE, AND WHY SHOULD THE STATE CONTINUE TO SEND YOU A BALLOT.

YOU TALK ABOUT NOT EVERYBODY VOTES EVERY ELECTION, AND YOU WOULD BE REMOVED IF YOU DON'T VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION.

YOU CAN BE A CASHAL VOTER.

BUT IF YOU MISS ALL OF THE ELECTIONS IN TWO ELECTION CYCLES, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOT VOTING BY MAIL, AND STILL ARIZONA WILL SEND YOU A NOTICE AND SAY, HEY, ARE YOU STILL WITH US?

ARE YOU THERE?

WHAT IS GOING ON?

IF YOU SIGN THE NOTICE AND SEND IT BACK, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET YOUR MAIL-IN BALLOT.

SO IT'S REASONABLE AND BALANCED.

>> BUT DOES IT CONCERN YOU THAT IT COULD IMPACT LOWER-INCOME FOLKS, PEOPLE OF COLOR DISPROPORTIONATELY.

>> YOU TELL ME WHY IT DOES THAT?

IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

THE OPPONENTS HAVE YET TO EXPLAIN HOW IT DISPROPORTIONATELY EFFECTS A LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL.

AND YOU ARE CONTINUING -- AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE ELECTION OVER TWO ELECTION PERIODS, THEN YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE RECONFIRMING YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WILL SENT A BALLOT.

>> OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS IN TOWN ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS.

THEY SAY THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION CLOAKED AS REFORM.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> WELL, THEY ARE IRRELEVANT, FRANKLY.

IF SENTIMENT WAS THE SENTIMENT OF THE PUBLIC, I WOULDN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE.

THEY ARE WILLING TO PLAY WITH ELECTION INTEGRITY SO CARELESSLY AND HAPHAZARDLY.

THE PUBLIC OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS A PROCESS THAT IS TIGHT, AND HAS GUARDRAILS, AND TO ME, THEY ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF STEP, AND THEY SHOULD PROBABLY STICK TO WHAT THEY KNOW, AND I'LL STICK TO WHAT I KNOW, WHICH IS REPRESENTING MY CONSTITUENTS.

>> REAL QUICKLY YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ELECTION AUDIT.

YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> WELL, AGAIN, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA SEEM TO WANT TO TAINT THIS PROCESS.

THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN FOR IT OR SUPPORTIVE OF IT SINCE THE BEGINNING, SO I DON'T IMAGINE ANY VENDER THAT WE WOULD HAVE PICKED THAT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY TO THESE GROUPS.

I THINK WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT, SEE WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.

AND WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION IF THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC, DID THEIR JOB, MAYBE EXPANDED THE HAND COUNT LIKE WAS RECOMMENDED.

THERE WERE OTHER REMEDIES THEY COULD HAVE UTILIZED, BUT THEY PUT THEIR BACK UP.

>> I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

THERE IS NO EF DINSZ OF FRAUD, THERE HAVE BEEN CHECKS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THIS ELECTION.

THESE ARE REPUBLICANS, SO NOT JUST DEMOCRATS WHO ARE SAYING THIS.

SO WHAT END SHOULD THEY HAVE GONE ALL OF THESE EXTRA STEPS?

>> WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE EXTRA STEPS.

YOU CAN TRUST THE OUTCOME AND VERIFY.

WE AUDIT ALL THE TIME TO MAKE SURE A PROCESS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.

THAT PEOPLE ARE ADHERING TO THE LAW.

SO THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL THING TO EMPLOY.

THIS IS HOW PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND REFIRM THAT THE PROCESS IS RUN WELL.

>> SO THE PREVIOUS AUDITS WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH?

>> CORRECT, YEAH.

THE PUBLIC WANTS AN ADDITIONAL AUDIT.

UNFORTUNATELY -- I HAVE TO GO BACK AND SAY IT, BUT WITH THIS SHENANIGAN FROM THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THEY LOST THE TRUST OF THE PUBLIC.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

AND NOW THE SENATE HAD TO STEP IN.

>> YOU SAY THE PUBLIC.

DO YOU THINK THE MAJORITY OF ARIZONA WANTS THIS?

DO YOU THINK THE MAJORITY OF ARIZONA THINKS THIS IS VALID, NEEDED AND WORTHY?

>> I ALWAYS THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS, AND FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS PROCEDURAL MANUAL.

THE STAKES ARE HIGH, AND WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO RECONFIRM TO THE PUBLIC.

EITHER WAY THE PUBLIC WINS.

>> STATE SENATOR MICHELE UGENTI-RITA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, DETAILS ON ARIZONA'S RECORD-SETTING DROUGHT.

>>> MUCH OF ARIZONA GOT RAIN OVERNIGHT, AND EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT THE STATE IS STILL IN A SEVERE DROUGHT OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH U OF A CLIMATE SCIENTIST MIKE CRIMMINS.

MIKE, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AGAIN, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, BUT THESE LAST TEN MONTHS, DRIEST ON RECORD, TRUE?

>> YES.

IT WOULD BE 12 MONTHS THAT IS THE DRIEST ON RECORD.

ARIZONA AS A WHOLE TYPICALLY SEES ABOUT 12 INCHES, AND WE SAW 4, SO WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 7 INCHES IN THE HOLE ON AVERAGE.

>> AND MOST OF THE STATE NOW IN EITHER EXTREME OR SERIOUS DROUGHT.

>> YEAH, EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT, WHICH IS THE WORST CASE CONDITION.

>> AND THIS IS ALL HAPPENING AS WE HEAD INTO THE DRIEST PART OF THE YEAR.

>> RIGHT.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS WINTER TO PRODUCE A LOT OF PRECIPITATION, BECAUSE WE WERE IN A LA NINA SITUATION.

>> AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RAINFALL HERE, BUT THAT SNOW PACK OVER THE WINTER, THAT MEANS A HECK OF A LOT, DOESN'T IT?

>> IT DOES.

>> HAVING A DRY MONSOON, AND IT LEADS TO DOUBLE SITUATION OF REALLY POOR MOISTURE CONDITIONS.

>> SO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ALL OF THE SNOW AND RAIN.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD MONSOON IN MEMORY, IT SEEMS LIKE.

WE UNDERSTAND LA NINA, MEANS NOT A LOT OF MEAN, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING?

>> THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN PRETTY INTERESTING.

2019 WAS BELOW AVERAGE.

2020 HADN'T HAPPENED YET AT THAT POINT.

2020'S MONSOON BEAT FLAGSTAFF'S DRIEST ON RECORD.

THEN A LA NINA DEVELOPED.

SO THEN YOU HAVE THIS RECORD-DRY WINTER, AND THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER LEAD TO THAT DRIEST 12-MONTH STRETCH WE HAVE SEEN ON RECORD.

>> I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS MONSOON MIGHT BE A LITTLE JUICERER THAN EXPECTED?

>> YEAH, THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT WE COULD AT LEAST SQUEAK OUT AN AVERAGE MONSOON SEASON, BUT IT'S A TOO EARLY TO TELL.

>> AND EVEN IF WE GET A GOOD MONSOON THIS YEAR, HOW MUCH RAIN OVER HOW LONG OF A PERIOD OF TIME ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO GET BACK TO EVEN APPROACHING NORMAL?

>> YEAH, HAVING TWO, QUOTE, UNQUOTE WET SEASONS, AT A MINIMUM YOU NEED A GOOD SUMMER AND GOOD WINTER, SO REALLY START TO PUT BACK TOGETHER THE DEFICIT WE HAVE ACHIEVED OVER THESE LAST 12 MONTHS.

AND THEN WE NEED TO SEE ANOTHER WET MONSOON AND WET WINTER, AND THOSE ARE HARD TO PULL OFF IN OUR DESERT CLIMATE.

>> OBVIOUSLY THE TREND IS DROUGHT.

IS THERE ANY SENSE OF A TREND MOVING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION?

>> YEAH, WE HAVE LONGEST TERM VARIABILITY IN OUR OPERATION.

IT'S PART OF NATURAL VARIABILITY, AND THEN WE HAVE CLIMATE CHANGE CHANGE AS WELL, WHICH IS PUSHING UP OUR TREFRPTURES.

SO WE HAVE A DRY CYCLE AND WARMING TEMPERATURES, SO THE EXPECTATION IS THE LONG TERM WE COULD RETURN TO WETTER CONDITIONS, BUT THAT WILL BE UNDER WARMER TEMPERATURES.

>> INTEREST.

INTEREST.

LAST QUESTION, REAL QUICKLY HERE.

WILDFIRE SEASON, WATER SUPPLIES, ALL PLAYS INTO IT?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO OUR LOOMING WATER SHORTAGES, WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY SEE THEM PLAY OUT NOW.

WITH WERE ALREADY IN A BAD TRAJECTORY, AND THEN THOSE DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FALL, THIS DRY WINTER HAVE LEAD US INTO WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW.

AND THEN OUR WILDFIRE SEASON, WE'RE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF IT, I THINK THIS WEATHER MAY BE HELPFUL TO MAYBE PAUSE THINGS, BUT I'M CONCERNED WITH MAY AND JUNE WITH WILDFIRE CONDITIONS RATCHETING UP.

>> MIKE CRIMMINS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, TED.

>>> APRIL IS FINANCIAL IT WILL ARESY MONTH, WITH A FOCUS ON TEACHING CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HOW TO SPENDING, SAVE, INVEST AND ALLOCATE MONEY.

WE SPOKE TO KIM DEES OF WaFd BANK ARIZONA, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR KIDS.

KIM, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

IT HAS BEEN FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL HERE.

FINANCIAL LITERACY.

WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN?

>> TED, THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND JOIN YOU TODAY.

FINANCIAL LITERACY, THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACT WITH THAT.

BUT IT'S REALLY GETTING DOWN TO THE ROOTS OF YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, TO LEARN HOW TO BETTER YOUR SITUATION FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR FAMILY, TO EMPOWER CONSUMERS TO BE ABLE TO PUT MONEY AWAY, OR SAVE FOR WHATEVER THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE FOR, AND JUST BE SMART SPENDING THEIR MONEY AND INVESTING.

>> AND WE'RE SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE OF A FOCUS ON TEENAGERS, AND YOUNG FOLKS BECOMING FINANCIALLY LITERATE.

HOW ARE KIDS DOING OUT THERE THESE DAYS?

>> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF THOSE TYPES OF SKILLS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL, AND IF PARENTS -- WE AS PARENTS AREN'T TAKING THE TIME AND TEACHING OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AS THEY GO INTO TEENS AND THEN ADULTS, THEY -- TEENS REALLY HAVE A DISADVANTAGE.

THEY REALLY STRUGGLE.

A LOT OF THEM, IT COMES TO FRUITION WHEN THEY GET THAT FIRST JOB, RIGHT?

WHETHER THEY ARE FLIPPING BUGGERS OR WORKING LAND SCAPES OR DOING A CAR WASH, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEY GET THAT MONEY, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF WANTS AT THAT POINT.

THEY WANT TO DRIVE, THEY WANT A CELL PHONE, THEY WANT, WANT, WANT.

AND THEY HAVE TO LEARN AS WE ARE DO AS ADULTS TO MANAGE OUR MONEY BETTER.

AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD EXAMPLES AT HOME TO HELP THEM GET THAT ESTABLISHED OR ARE LEARN -- LEARNING THROUGH SCHOOL OR OTHER AVENUES, THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.

>> REALLY, HOW -- HOW YOUNG IS -- IS -- IS A GOOD TIME TO START TEACHING YOUNG FOLKS ABOUT MONEY?

>> OH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE STARTING TO TALK TO OUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THEY START RECEIVING MONEY.

MAYBE AS YOUNG AS FIVE OR SIX, AND MAYBE GRANDMA SPENT THEM SOME MONEY FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY, OR MAYBE THERE WAS SOME EXTRA CHORES THAT THEY DID TO EARN SOME MONEY, AND LET'S SIT DOWN WITH THAT 10 OR $20 OR $50, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING MONEY AWAY, AND SAVING IT, PUTTING IT IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNTED.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING AS BANKERS TO HAVE THE YOUNG CHILDREN COME IN WITH THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ESTABLISHING THEIR FIRST ACCOUNT.

WE MAKE IT A BIG DEAL AT THE BANK.

>> I BET YOU DO.

>> YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN, AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME IN AND DEPOSIT AND -- YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY ENJOY THAT, BUT, REALLY, GOING BACK TO OUR KIDS AND SAYING, HEY, OKAY, YOU GOT $20, LET'S DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO WITH THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE COME OF THAT MONEY TO SAVE, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A PORTION OF THE MONEY TO USE WHAT YOU WANT.

BUT WHAT ARE YOU SAVING FOR, SALLY?

WHAT ARE YOU WANTING?

>> THIS ALL SEEMS EXTRA IMPORTANT THIS DAY AND AGE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE LIVING IN AN INCREASINGLY CRASHLESS SOCIETY, AND THAT CAN BE CONFUSING?

>> OH, IT CAN.

I REMEMBER MY SON SAID, I KNOW YOUR SECRET NUMBER.

I PUT MY DEBIT CARD NUMBER IN TO PAY FOR GROCERIES, AND IT WAS LIKE, WELL, DON'T TELL ANYBODY THAT.

BUT IT IS SURPRISING HOW QUICKLY CHILDREN PICK UP ON, ALL YOU HAVE TO PUT DO IS PUT A NUMBER INTO A MACHINE, AND YOU GET ALL OF THIS STUFF, SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF TYING THAT BACK TO ACTUAL MONEY, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR KIDS TO SAY, WELL, JUST PUT THE CARD IN.

AND WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND SAY I ALLOCATED SO MUCH MONEY FOR ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK, AND WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT THAT MONEY, AND REALLY HAVING THAT.

AND IT'S HARD FOR ADULTS AS WELL, BECAUSE MONEY IS MOVING IN AND OUT OF OUR ACCOUNTS SO QUICKLY.

>> KIM DEES OF WaFd BANK ARIZONA, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW, I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

♪ >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON ON CRONKITE NEWS, THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON YUMA AND THE REGION'S IMPORTANT FARMING INDUSTRY.

AND AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE IMPACT OF DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION TRAINING IN THE WORKPLACE.

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