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TED: COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE DISCUSS THE STATE SENATE DOING BATTLE WITH MARICOPA COUNTY OFFICIALS OVER THE REVIEW OF COUNTY BALLOTS.

>>> ON CRONKITE NEWS, A LOOK AT LEGISLATION AIMED AT FENTANYL OVERDOSES.

>>> AND ON "BREAK IT DOWN," THE LACK OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN MEDICINE.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF ARIZONA PBS.

ANNOUNCER: THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FRIENDS OF PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.

THANK YOU.ONTO TRUCKS BOARD SHARE JACK SELLERS CALLED THE CLAIMS, QUOTE, FALSE AND ILL-INFORMED ADDING THIS IS NOT FUNNY, THIS IS DANGEROUS.

SUPERVISOR BILL GATES CALLED ACTIONS MADNESSES AND COUNTY RECORDER STEVEN RICHER LIKE THE OTHERS, A REPUBLICAN, TWEETED IN PART, ENOUGH WITH THE TEFMATION, ENOUGH WITH UNFOUNDED ALLEGATION.

THE 2020 ELECTIONS WERE RUN WITH INTEGRITY, WE WERE ACCURATE AND TWO INDEPENDENT AUDITS CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY ARE THE TRUE FINAL WORD ON THE SUBJECT.

WE KNOW AUDITING, THE CYBER NINJA AUDIT IS NOT A REAL AUDIT.

WE'LL HAVE MORE IN THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE.

>>> NATIONAL NEWS, CONGRESS TOOK A BIG STEP IN INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6 RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS STRUCK A DEAL TO CREATE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO STUDY WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY AND WHY?

THE PANEL WILL HAVE THE POWER TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS, A FINAL REPORT ON THE RIOT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE ELISE STEFANIK IS THE NUMBER THREE REPUBLICAN IN THE U.S. HOUSE.

HER COLLEAGUES VOTED HER IN TODAY, TWO DAYS AFTER VOTING WYOMING'S LIZ CHENEY OUT.

CHENEY WAS OUSTED FOR CRITICIZING DONALD TRUMP, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH STEFANIK.

>> I BELIEVE THAT VOTERS DETERMINE THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE LEADER THEY LOOK TO.

I SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP, VOTERS SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.

HE IS AN IMPORTANT VOICE IN OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM.

TED: ECONOMIC NEWS, RETAIL SALES IN THE U.S.

DROPPED AFTER A MASSIVE INCREASE IN MARCH.

THAT INCREASE WAS FUELED BY THE LATEST ROUND OF FEDERAL STIMULUS CHECKS.

NO SUCH INPUT IN APRIL SO SALES FELL .8%, THAT'S UP 27% FROM APRIL OF LAST YEAR.

>>> TIME NOW FOR THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE, AND THIS WEEK WE FOCUS ON THE STATE SENATE'S RECOUNT OF MARICOPA COUNTY PRESIDENT AND U.S. SENATE VOTES ALONG WITH OTHER HEADLINES OF THE WEEK.

OUR GUESTS, HOWARD FISCHER AND STEVE GOLDSTEIN OF KJZZ RADIO.

GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ON THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE ON THIS FRIDAY.

STEVE, START WITH YOU, AND, OF COURSE, WHAT THE NATION IS TALKING ABOUT.

THE STATE SENATE'S AUDIT OF MARICOPA COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL AND U.S. SENATE VOTES, NO OTHER VOTES, PRESIDENTIAL AND U.S. SENATE.

>> WELL, TED, WE AT LEAST ARE GOING TO GET A BREAK FOR A LITTLE BIT AS WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS COMING IN.

THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PUT SOMEWHERE, WE HOPE SOMEWHERE SAFE.

WE HEARD ON THE FAIRGROUNDS THEY'RE PUT PAST THE CATTLE AREA, AND CAN YOU MAKE YOUR OWN JOKE OUT OF THAT, BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THIS WILL BE GOING ON THERE.

IN ESSENCE, WE'VE SEEN AN ESTIMATED 500,000 BALLOTS COUNTED.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

YOU HAD THE SENATE LIAISON ON "ARIZONA HORIZON" TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS OUTSTANDING.

WHO'S PAYING FOR IT?

CAN WE TRUST CYBER NINJAS.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS FINISHED BY MID-JULY WHEN THE OTHER LEASE IS GOING TO RUN OUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION AND FIGHTING.

TED: HOWIE, MOVING ALL OF THIS STUFF, THE EQUIPMENT, THE BALLOTS, ONE THING TO MOVE THEM INTO THE ARENA, NOW OUT OF THE ARENA, BACK INTO THE ARENA.

KEN BENNETT SAYING HE CAN ASSURE YOU AND ALL MARICOPA COUNTY VOTERS THAT THE BALLOTS ARE SECURE.

>> WELL, KEN BENNETT HAS BEEN SAYING A LOT OF THINGS, LATER TURNS OUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

THE GUY WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SENATE LIAISON, THE INTERFACE WITH SENATE PRESIDENT KAREN FANN AND CYBER NINJAS, I THINK HE'S FINDING OUT AFTERWARDS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

HECK, EVEN THE TWITTER ACCOUNT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING WAS RUN BY SOMEONE ELSE.

SO YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION HERE WHERE WE'RE FORCED TO RELY ON KEN BENNETT, THE PRESS IS RELEGATED TO THE 19th ROW OF VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, HANGING OUT WITH BINOCULARS, NOT THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, AND WE'RE SITTING HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON?

THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF THEIR DESIRE SAYING THIS CIRCUS HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH.

TED: I WANT TO GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

BACK TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE COLISEUM TODAY.

OBVIOUSLY IT CLEARED OUT.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS GO ON NEXT WEEK AND MOVES BACK.

IN BENNETT ON THE PROGRAM LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS INTERESTING, EVERY TIME NOW SOMEONE LOSES, THE LOSING PARTY OR CANDIDATE IS GOING TO DEMAND A RECOUNT, SAY IT WAS FRAUD, RIGGED.

KEN BENNETT SAID THIS SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS, AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THESE AUDITS MORE OFTEN?

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE CONCERNED BY THAT, TED.

IN PART, THE COUNTY ITSELF DID TWO AUDITS WHICH IN THE PAST IS ABOVE AND BEYOND, THIS IS USUALLY TRUSTED.

WHEN YOU HEAR SURVEYS THAT SAY UPWARDS OF 75% OF REPUBLICANS THINK THERE IS SOME SORT OF FRAUD IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, FOLKS LIKE SENATE PRESIDENT KAREN FANN SAYING WE HAVE TO RECOUNT THE ELECTION.

IF THERE ISN'T FRAUD, WHO ARE YOU SERVING?

THERE IS CONCERN IT'S A TEMPLATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

KEN BENNETT MIGHT LIKE IT, PEOPLE MIGHT BE SCARED BY THAT.

>> THERE ARE LAWS OF RECOUNTS IF THE MARGIN IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

A BILL LANGUISHING IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT SAYS IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN DEMAND A RECOUNT.

HERE'S THE OTHER PART OF IT, IT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS.

SITTING HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY TO DEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS INAUGURATED ON JANUARY 20, AND YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE FOLKS LIKE MARK FINCHEM WHO INSISTS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE 11 ELECTORAL VOTES OVER TO TRUMP, THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.

I UNDERSTAND KAREN FANN SAYING THIS ISN'T ABOUT CHANGING THE ELECTION, FINDING OUT WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED IN THE PROCEDURES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME, FIND A WAY TO SAY AH-HAH, JOE BIDEN WASN'T ELECTED HERE, AND THE MODEL THEY WANT TO USE, IF SOMETHING COMES UP FUNNY HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN AND TRY TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.

TED: AND TO THAT END, GET TO THE FIGHT, A ABSOLUTE BLOWOUT BETWEEN REPUBLICANS STATE SENATE, REPUBLICANS ON THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SENATE PRESIDENT KAREN FANN WANTS THIS HEARING NEXT WEEK FOR THE BOARD TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES, AND THE BOARD IS SAYING EXPLAIN WHAT?

>> RIGHT, KAREN FANN IS SAYING THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT WERE THERE THINGS MESSED WITH, A SERVER THAT DISAPPEARED THAT HAD BALLOTS ON IT?

JACK SELLERS, DEJA VU, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

DIDN'T WE TALK ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO?

DIDN'T WE DO WHAT WE AGREED TO DO?

ONLY SENATE PRESIDENT PAUL BOYER WHO KEPT SOME OF THESE, IF NOT ALL GOING TO JAIL.

KAREN FANN WANTS TO TALK TO COUNTY OFFICIALS COMING UP NEXT TUESDAY.

THE SUPERVISORS ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING NOND SEE WHAT TO DO.

I THINK MORE LAWYERS ARE IN THE FUTURE, TED.

TED: THIS IS GETTING NASTY BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.

>> THE VERBIAGE, JACK SELLERS, FAIRLY RESERVED, HE'S A LITTLE TICKED OFF, SHALL WE SAY.

SAID, LOOK, I CAN SAY THE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE AND UNINFORMED, HE'S DEMANDING IMMEDIATELY RETRACTING OF PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON THIS.

HE SAYS THE CLAIM THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DELETED ELECTION FILES AND DESTROYED EVIDENCE IS OUTRAGIOUS, COMPLETELY BASELESS AND BENEATH THE ARIZONA STAFF.

GETTING BACK TO THE HEARING THAT KAREN FANN WANTS, JACK DELIVERED A TWO WORDS RESPONSE, THE SECOND WORD IS YOU, AND THE FIRST IS CERTAINLY NOT THANK.

TED: THE COUNTY RECORDER, ANOTHER REPUBLICAN, WHO WON A RACE THAT IS NOW QUESTIONED WITH TAINTED -- I'M SORRY, I'M LOSING TRACK HERE.

HE'S ANOTHER REPUBLICAN WHO BASICALLY SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, NO QUESTION.

>> AS HOWIE SAID, THE BATTLE IS INTERESTING.

BILL GATES PROFILED BY THE "NEW YORK TIMES," AND SAYING THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.

GOING BACK TO PAUL BOYER, SAYING THIS IS MAKING US LOOK LIKE IDIOTS, WHEN WE COME DOWN TO CHOOSING CYBER NINJAS, PEOPLE ARE ON THE FENCE, MAYBE WE NEED ANOTHER AUDIT.

IF THEY SHOW THE LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM, IT IS THE REPUBLICAN VERSUS REPUBLICAN BATTLE.

WE'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, NOTHING LIKE THIS.

TED: HOWIE, A LOT OF REPUBLICAN AGREEMENT ON SB1485.

THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT INTO LAW, WE CAN'T CALL IT THE PERMANENT EARLY VOTING LIST ANYMORE, HUH?

>> THEY TOOK THE WORD PERMANENT OUT OF IT, THE ACTIVE EARLY VOTING LIST.

THE IDEA IS IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED IN EITHER OF THE LAST TWO ELECTION CYCLES, PRIMARY, GENERAL, PRIMARY, GENERAL, IF YOU HAVEN'T USED YOUR EARLY BALLOT, WHY ARE WE MAILING YOU ONE?

TO THE DEFENSE OF PEOPLE LIKE MICHELLE UGENTI-RITA, IT DOESN'T STRIP PEOPLE OFF OF THE VOTER ROLLS, IF THEY HAVEN'T VOTED IN THE LAST FOUR ELECTIONS, THEY WILL GET A NOTICE FROM THE COUNTY RECORDER SAYING DO YOU STILL WANT TO BE ON THE EARLY VOTING LIST AND GET BACK ON?

THE CONCERN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THEY'VE DONE MATH AND SAID BASED ON PRIOR ELECTIONS, THIS AFFECTS MINORITIES MUCH GREATER.

THEY'RE THE ONES LESS LIKELY TO BE PERMANENTLY CONNECTED TO THE ELECTION SYSTEM, THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS WHY WOULD I WANT TO VOTE?

I DON'T LIKE EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE.

THEY TURNED OUT AND HAD CLOSE TO 90% EARLY VOTING, NOW THE REPUBLICANS SAY, OH, WELL, THESE PEOPLE WHO TURNED OUT, MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN EARLY BALLOTS AND MIGHT BE BALLOTS FLOATING AROUND SOMEWHERE DESPITE EVIDENCE OF FRAUD.

TED: THE GOVERNOR WASTED NO TIME IN SIGNING THIS.

WASTED ABSOLUTELY NO TIME.

QUICKER THAN ANY LOBBYING EFFORT COULD MAKE A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS.

>> HE SHOT DOWN THE IDEA WHAT ARIZONA IS DOING HERE IS NOT GOOD AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DISENFRANCHISED, WE CAN GO BACK ALL THOSE MONTHS AGO WHEN GOVERNOR DUCEY STOOD UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SAID ARIZONA'S VOTING SYSTEM IS FINE, DOING GREAT, WE HAVE GREAT SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

GOING TO WHAT HOWIE SAID ABOUT THE VOTERS, A LOT OF THE VOTERS WHO ARE LOW INCOME OR PEOPLE OF COLOR, DO NOT HAVE HIGH EFFICACY NATURE TO THEM.

SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOTE, THEY'RE NOT USED TO IT AS MANY OF THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE.

THAT'S THE BIG CONCERN.

TED: HOWIE, QUICKLY, IS THERE IRONY ON THE ELECTION INTEGRITY AS WE MAKE NATIONAL HEADLINES ON AN AUDIT?

>> BELIEVE ME.

WE HAVE ASKED HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO COMMENT, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AUDIT?

THAT'S NOT MY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE AUDIT IS DOING FOR THE IMAGE YOU TRIED TO CULTIVATE?

NOT FOR ME TO SAY.

HE WANTS TO STAY SO FAR AWAY FROM THIS, HE'S GOT HIS FINGER UP IN THE AIR, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NEXT AND WHO DO I WANT TO TICK OFF?

HE'S MOVED DIRECTLY INTO THE PATH OF I DON'T WANT TO ANNOY ANYBODY BUT I'M PRO-BUSINESS AND I'M WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE CHANGES LIKE OTHER GOVERNORS TO THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM EVEN IF IT DOES AFFECT MINORITIES.

TED: SPEAKING OF OTHER GOVERNORS, IT DOES DEAL WITH FEDERAL JOB BENEFITS AND THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING THE BENEFITS OF $300 A WEEK SUPPLEMENT GOES AWAY, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BONUSES FOR FULL AND PART-TIME JOBS?

>> RIGHT, USE THE FEDERAL MONEY TO DO IN A DIFFERENT STANCE.

IF SOMEONE GETS EMPLOYED IN A FULL-TIME JOB BY SEPTEMBER 6, YOU GET A $2,000 BONUS FROM THE STATE.

IF YOU GET A PART-TIME JOB, A $1,000 BONUS.

YOU CAN GET PAID FOR A SEMESTER AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

GOVERNORS SOON AFTER THE NUMBERS CAME OUT A WEEK AGO, WHICH SHOWED TEPID JOB GROWTH, WE'RE PAYING PEOPLE TOO MUCH, THEY'RE STAYING AT HOME, IT WAS A QUICK TURN ON THIS.

ONE OTHER QUICK THING, THERE IS THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, DAVID COOK, BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BUMP UP ARIZONA'S $240 A WEEK BENEFIT, THAT'S SITTING NOWHERE RIGHT NOW.

TED: DOES THAT GET A BOOST FROM THIS OR DOES THAT GET A KNOCKDOWN?

>> I THINK, I TALKED TO DAVID COOK AND TALKED TO KAREN FANN, SPONSORING THE SENATE VERSION AND SAID WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS, AT SOME POINT, I THINK JULY 10 WHEN THE EXTRA $300 DISAPPEARS.

ONLY MISSISSIPPI PAYS LOWER BENEFITS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER HALF OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

THIS IS MEANT TO BAIL OUT THE RESTAURANT AND HOTEL INDUSTRY HERE.

THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS FINDING PEOPLE WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE UP BEDS AND STAND AT A COUNTER AND SAY DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?

I HAD A GREAT TALK WITH STEVE WHO SAYS WE'RE PAYING A LOT MORE, IF YOU WERE PAYING A LOT MORE, YOU WOULD FIND PEOPLE TO DO IT.

$300 PLUS THE 240 TRANSLATES TO $13.50 AN HOUR.

IF YOU WERE PAYING 15, 16, $20 AN HOUR FOR BASIC JOBS AND MORE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, YOU WOULD FIND PEOPLE.

EVERY JOB HAS A PRICE THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO, WHETHER IT'S ROOFING OR MOPPING FLOORS.

TED: ALL RIGHT, WE GOT TO STOP IT RIGHT THERE.

GENTLEMEN, GOOD CONVERSATION, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE.

>>> AND UP NEXT, HOW ONE LOCAL CHEF OPENED HER OWN RESTAURANT AND IN DOING SO HONORED HER JAPANESE HERITAGE?

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TED: MAY IS ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER'S HISTORY MONTH, AND TONIGHT WE VISIT WITH CELEBRATED LOCAL CHEF LORI HASHIMOTO.

WE TALKED ABOUT HER PHOENIX RESTAURANT, HANA JAPANESE EATERY AND EXPERIENCE GROWING UP AS AN ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN IN ARIZONA.

AND LORI, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.

THIS IS ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS' HISTORY MONTH.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS IT BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ASIAN IMMIGRANTS HAD WHEN THEY CAME OVER TO THE UNITED STATES TO CREATE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.

TO ME, THAT IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THE GRATITUDE THAT OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS HAVE FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT OUR ANCESTORS MADE.

TED: YEAH, YEAH, YOU ARE A THIRD GENERATION, IS THAT TRUE?

THIRD, FOURTH?

HOW MANY GENERATIONS BACK.

>> I'M ACTUALLY THIRD.

MY GRANDMOTHER, MY FATHER'S MOTHER, HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS SHE WAS BORN NINE MILES NORTH OF CAVE CREEK ROAD, WE FIGURED OUGHT THE TIME THEY WERE TRYING TO GET DOWNTOWN TO RECORD THE BIRTH IN A BUGGY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT IS FANTASTIC, AND THE FAMILY NOW, A FAMILY OF FARMERS, CORRECT?

>> YES, MY FATHER WAS A VALLEY FARMER HERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, VEGETABLE FARM.

WE WERE ACTUALLY JUST NORTH OF THE JAPANESE FLOWER GARDENS OWNED BY MANY OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE VALLEY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

TED: 24th STREET AND SOUTHERN, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE WERE ON 24th STREET AND SOUTHERN AND HAD THE BEAUTY OF BEING ABLE TO SMELL ALL THE FLOWERS ON BASELINE ROAD.

TED: THOSE WERE SUCH TIMES.

I REMEMBER, THAT THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN.

MORE SOBERING NOTE, YOUR DAD AND UNCLE WERE IN INTERNMENT CAMPS.

>> THEY WERE.

TED: TALK ABOUT HOW THE EXPERIENCES AFFECTED YOU?

>> YOU KNOW, MY FATHER, MY UNCLE, MY AUNT AND I HAD ANOTHER AUNT BORN IN CAMP, THEY WERE SENT THROUGH THE GILA RIVER, SACATON-AREA CAMPS AND LATER, MY GRANDMOTHER, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THEY WERE TURNING AND THEY WERE ON THE CALIFORNIA-OREGON BORDER.

UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME, DENOUNCING AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP THOUGHT SHE MEANT MAYBE SOMEONE COULD GET OUT OF CAMP, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT WASN'T THE CASE, AND THEY WERE HELD UNTIL 46, EVEN AFTER THE WAR ENDED.

WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY HAD, LIKE MANY OTHERS, LOST THEIR LAND AND CAME BACK TO NOTHING.

THEY WERE GIVEN ONE WAY RAILROAD TICKET TO GET BACK TO WHEREVER THEY COULD, AND THEIR BAGS, THE THINGS THEY CAME WITH.

MY FATHER AND MY UNCLE DID NOT SHARE A LOT OF THAT UNTIL MUCH LATER ON, BUT AT THE TIME, MY DAD SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES, IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, AND SO HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO SAY WE CAN'T LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF.

TED: YEAH, YEAH.

INCREDIBLE TO HAVE A FAMILY GO THROUGH THAT.

YOUR DAD WENT ONTO SERVE IN KOREA, DID HE NOT?

>> YES, HE DID.

MY FATHER CAME BACK TO ARIZONA, WHERE THE FAMILY HAD BEEN, AND HE WENT TO GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954.

HE DID GRADUATE LATE BECAUSE THEY WERE LET OUT LATE.

AFTER THAT, HE WENT TO SERVE IN THE U.S. ARMY.

HE WENT THROUGH FORT ORD, AND WAS SHIPPED TO KOREA.

TED: AMAZING STORY.

THE OLDER YOU GET, THE STORIES, DO THEY MEAN MORE TO YOU?

>> THEY ABSOLUTELY RESONATE MORE.

WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER, YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, AND AS YOU GET OLDER AND YOU HEAR THE STORIES AND THE SACRIFICE AND YOU HEAR OF THE WAY YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING, AND IN MY FATHER'S EYES, HE SAID WHAT CHOICE DO YOU HAVE?

YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP TOMORROW AND GET OUT OF BED AND DO YOUR THING.

FOR ME, I THINK IT'S GIVEN ME A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THE THINGS I HAVE AND THINGS I WANT TO HOLD ONTO.

>> THE THINGS HAVE YOU RIGHT NOW, AWARD WINNING, CELEBRATED CHEF WITH HANA JAPANESE EATERY.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU WERE A KID?

>> I WANTED TO BE A PHARMACIST, TED.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.

TED: MY GOODNESS.

>> I HAVE AN UNCLE WHO IS A PHARMACIST AND FOR WHATEVER REASON WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ALLURE WAS, I WANTED TO BE A PHARMACIST.

I DID GO INTO THE NUTRICEUTICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS WORKING IN THE LABORATORY AND LATER ON WORKING IN OPERATIONS AND REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THAT JOB.

IN MY EARLY 30s, I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY, WE'RE IN THE INDUSTRY.

MY STEPFATHER WAS THE EXECUTIVE CHEF WHO OPENED THE RESTAURANT IN THE BILTMORE WHEN IT WAS BUILT, AND I WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE -- NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE MY FAMILY BUT THEY'RE INCREDIBLY TALENTED.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, I DID NOT DO ANY OF THIS BY MYSELF.

TED: NO KIDDING, DO YOU FEEL WITH THE RESTAURANT AND WHAT DO YOU, ARE YOU SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF CULTURE?

NOT JUST THE FOOD HERE BUT YOUR CULTURE WITH VISITORS TO THE RESTAURANT?

>> YES.

I THINK WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TAKE AWAY ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE UNKNOWN TO SOMEONE.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED HANA TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SURROUNDED AND EATING WITH FAMILY.

TO NOT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THEY DON'T KNOW.

A NAME, A FOOD, A FLAVOR, I WANT THEM TO BE COMFORTABLE AND KNOW THE CULTURE SO THAT WAY ANY DIFFERENCES THEY MAY HAVE SEEN CAN KIND OF GO TO THE WAYSIDE AND BE COMFORTABLE.

TED: A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNE WITH PEOPLE.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR HANA JAPANESE?

>> WHAT'S NEXT FOR HANA JAPANESE, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN FOR DINE-IN ON MAY 20, AND WE HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ONLY DOING TAKE-OUT AND DELIVERY SINCE MARCH 17 OF 2020.

SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR HANA.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE WELCOMING LIMITED PEOPLE BACK INTO THE RESTAURANT, BUT TO GET THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO SEE A CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE IS WHAT HANA IS LOOKING FORWARD TO.

TED: I GOT TO ASK YOU BEFORE WE GO.

YOUR FAMILY, THEY MUST BE PROUD OF YOU, THAT MUST MEAN A LOT TO YOU?

>> I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE.

I THINK THAT SEEING ME FIGHT EVERY DAY TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE HAS PROBABLY MADE THEM THE PROUDEST.

TED: WELL, THEY HAVE A LOTTOR PROUD OF.

LORI HASHIMOTO, CHEF HANA JAPANESE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOUR SUCCESS, BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND CONCERNS VIA E-MAIL AT -- WHEN YOU WANT TO BE MORE CONNECTED, FRIEND US ON FACEBOOK, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, WATCH US ONLINE.

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TED: THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS A LOOK AT NEW LEGISLATION AIMED AT FIGHTING OVERDOSES OF FENTANYL IN ARIZONA.

AND ON "BREAK IT DOWN," HOW PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS?