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

ON ARIZONA HORIZON: THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE LOOKS AT THE STALLED STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL, ALONG WITH TALK OF ADDITIONAL AUDITS OF MARICOPA COUNTY VOTES.

ON CRONKITE NEWS, A WARNING FROM FIRE MANAGEMENT TEAMS CONCERNING WILDFIRES THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, HOW THE PANDEMIC IS REVEALING ISSUES IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.

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

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TED: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THERE WILL BE NO CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

THAT'S BECAUSE SENATE REPUBLICANS TODAY VOTED AGAINST A BI-PARTISAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION.

A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE VOTED FOR THE COMMISSION, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO BLOCK A REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER.

REPUBLICANS ARGUE THAT THERE ALREADY ARE ENOUGH INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH.

BUT DEMOCRATS SAY THERE'S ONLY REASON FOR THE NO VOTES.

>> I'M TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT SO MANY REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO EVEN LOOK AT BIPARTISAN DOWN THE MIDDLE, LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP.

DONALD TRUMP IS TO OUR DEMOCRACY, AND UNLESS PEOPLE, IN HIS OWN PARTY STAND UP TO HIM, IT IS BAD FOR PARTY.

IT IS BAD FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT MOST OF ALL, IT IS BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.

TED: CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER BRIAN SICKNICK DIED DEFENDING THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH.

HIS MOTHER REACTED TO TODAY'S VOTE IN A CNN INTERVIEW.

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

THEY ARE ELECTED FOR US, THE PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.

THEY CARE ABOUT MONEY I GUESS.

AND POCKETBOOKS, IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT.

AND THEY DON'T CARE.

TED: OF NOTE, SIX REPUBLICANS DID VOTE FOR THE COMMISSION, WHILE NINE OTHERS SIMPLY DIDN'T VOTE.

TWO DEMOCRATS ALSO DIDN'T SHOW UP TO VOTE.

ONE OF THEM ARIZONA SENATOR KRYSTEN SINEMA.

CLOSER TO HOME, GOVERNOR TODAY VETOED 22 BILLS AND PROMISED NOT TO SIGN ANY OTHER LEGISLATION UNLESS AND UNTIL LAWMAKERS PASS A BUDGET.

THE BUDGET THAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO SEE INCLUDES A FLAT-TAX, WHICH APPARENTLY DOESN'T HAVE THE NEEDED VOTES TO PASS.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE ON HIATUS UNTIL JUNE 10 THAT THE LATEST.

ALL THIS AS THE STATE SENATE IS THINKING ABOUT DOING ANOTHER RECOUNT OF MARICOPA COUNTY BALLOTS FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC REPORTS THAT THIS RECOUNT WOULD USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND LOOK AT ALL VOTES CAST FOR EVERY RACE ON THE BALLOT.

THE REPUBLIC REPORTS THAT THE COMPANY BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL AUDIT HAS NEVER BEEN HIRED TO CONDUCT AN ELECTION-AUDIT AND WOULD BE USING TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NEVER BEEN USED IN SUCH AN AUDIT.

AND A NEW SURVEY FINDS THAT 23-PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS MOSTLY OR COMPLETELY BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES LINKED TO Q -ANON, INCLUDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT, MEDIA AND FINANCIAL WORLDS ARE CONTROLLED BY A GROUP OF SATAN-WORSHIPPING PEDOPHILES WHO RUN A GLOBAL SEX-TRAFFICKING OPERATION.

THE SURVEY IS FROM PRRI.

IT FOLLOWS AN IPSOS-REUTERS SURVEY LAST WEEK THAT FOUND THAT 56-PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THAT THE LAST ELECTION WAS THE RESULT OF ILLEGAL VOTING OR ELECTION RIGGING.

TIME NOW FOR THE JOURNALISTS' ROUNDTABLE AND JOINING US THIS WEEK FOR A LOOK AT WHERE THE STATE BUDGET STANDS, ALONG WITH THE LATEST ON THE SENATE'S REVIEW OF MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS, WE WELCOME HOWIE FISCHER OF CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES AND LUIGE DEL PUERTO OF THE ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES.

AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON FRO FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.

HOWIE, WE WILL START WITH YOU.

THE GOVERNOR, TODAY, 22, COUNT THEM, 22 VETOES.

HE BASICALLY SAYS MORE WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME A BUDGET.

EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

HE THROUGH A LITTLE HISSY FIT.

HE HAS THE POWER.

GET THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE.

THIS IS STUFF HE ACTUALLY LIKES.

HIS ARGUMENT IS OK, WHEN WE GET TO JUNE10th NOW 20 DAYS UNTIL IN THE OF FISCAL YEAR.

NOW THE FACT IS WE HAVE DONE BUDGETS UP TO THE END OF FISCAL YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES OTHER THAN ALLOWS PEOPLE.

REMEMBER WHAT HE VETOES IN HIS FIT THINKS HE AND THE REPUBLICANS LIKE LIKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, LIKE EXPANDING DEDUCTIONS FOR 529 PROGRAMS FOR END ARE SENDING KIDS TO COLLEGE ON TAX BASIS.

EVEN HIGHER SPEED LIMITS.

HE THINKS THIS IS GOING TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR HIM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

I DON'T THINK SO.

>> YOU MENTIONED JUNE TENTH, THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE OFF ON A HIATUS UNTIL THE LATEST DAY AND THEY COME BACK EARLY.

THAT'S THE LATEST DATE THIS IS REACTION TO THE HOUSE AND THEY CANNOT PASSES THIS BUDGET AND CAN NOT GET IT THROUGH, LUIGE.

>> THEY CAN NOT.

IN A TYPICAL YEAR, THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET BILLS YOU WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU GOT THE BUDGET OUT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS BIG PLANS TO BUT SOME SORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OR APPROACH.

WANT TO WEAR PEOPLE DOWN.

YOU WANT TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND WEAR PEOPLE DOWN, THAT IS WHY YOU KEEP THEM THERE.

ONCE GET THEM GO OVER THE WEEKEND FOR EXAMPLE.

GIVE THEM A BREAK OF A DAY OR TWO DAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS.

THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT THE ADVOCATE, THE LOBBYISTS, THE ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE ALL KINDS OF NEGATIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE BUDGET THEN COME BACK AND BE MORE RESILIENCE TO PRESSURE AND THEN, THEREFORE, A BIT HARDER TO GOT THE BUDGET OUT.

THEN CERTAIN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS WEEK, THE LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, AND THE OTHER DAY, SOB THAT WE, WE CANNOT GET THE BUDGET OUT WITH THE FLAT TAX PROPOSAL THAN THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS BUDGET.

YOU KNEE?

WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK.

WE'LL GIVE THEM SEVERAL DAYS AND YOU KNOW, WE RECONVENE ON JUNE10th.

NOW IN THE PERIOD AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO MEMBERS TO TRY TO SCHEDULE THEM AND OFF AND YOU KNOW GET THEM TO THE BUDGET.

>> HERE IS THE THING AND THE POINT IS, REALLY IMPORTANT.

I DON'T MIND BEING A DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND.

THEY TOLD ME YESTERDAY, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WE HAD IT PRETTY WELL CEMENTED.

PEOPLE WENT HOME.

THEY SLEPT ON IT.

BY THURSDAY.

SHE HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN SHE STARTED WITH WEDNESDAY.

YOU SEND PEOPLE HOME UNTIL JUNE10th NOT ONLY A QUESTION TALKING ABOUT TALKING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS ALL THE SUDDEN PEOPLE SAY, WAIT A SECOND.

SO AND SO IS GETTING SOMETHING.

WANT SOMETHING, TOO.

OF COURSE, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PRICE.

RIGHT.

THIS BUSINESS OF VETOING EVERYTHING AND UNLESS YOU GIVE ME A BUDGET THIS IS NOT A NEW TECHNIQUE HERE IN ARIZONA.

NO.

NO.

>> HE WENT AHEAD IN 2013 AND ACTUALLY IT DID EARLIER IN MAY AND WANTED THE BUDGET AND ALSO WANTED THE MEDICAID EXPANSION AND SHE SAID I WILL DO EVERYTHING.

ANDY DOINGS SAID I AM SURE ARE KIDDING AND HE SENT BILLS AND TOLD HIM WHERE HE CAN THINK OF.

SO IS THE TACTIC THAT WORKS.

SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS NECESSARY.

EVERYBODY IS WEAR OF JUNE30th.

EVERYBODY IS AWARE YOU NEED 16 VOTES IN THE MATE.

31 IN THE HOUSE.

WHETHER YOU HAVE TO GO DEMOCRAT OR SOMETHING ELSE I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT DOES OTHER THAN GET THE GOVERNOR A HEADLINE.

>> WELL, I DO HAVE, I THINK, IT IS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE WISDOM OF THE TIMING OF THIS VETO 22 BILL AND AT THIS POINT.

I THINK THAT THE BETTER APPROACH MAY HAVE BEEN TO POST A MORATORIUM AND MAYBE FIVE BILL, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY.

THEN TELL EVERYBODY.

I AM NOT.

DON'T SEND ME ANY MORE BILLS UNLESS YOU GET BUDGET OUT.

WHAT THAT OFFERS PEOPLE OFFERS THEM THE CHANCE TO WORK THROUGH MARCH, APRIL AND MAY, GET A BUDGET OUT.

AND EYE DALLY THAT GIVES THEM ENOUGH TIME TOLL GO BACK TO THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN VETOED THEN PASS THEM.

SO, SO I GUESS WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW TAN TICK.

I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE TIMING OF DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT DOES CREATE BIT OF PRESSURE ON LEGISLATURES TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER, GET A BUDGET OUT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, THE TRUTH IS THE GOVERNOR CAN STAY HERE AND WAIT IT OUT.

HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

>> WELL, WE COULD.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT.

HERE THIS IS OTHER PIECE OF THE PROBLEM.

THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T FORMULA TROD OUT THE PACKAGE UNTIL BILLION A WEEK AGO.

AND I AM SURE HE BELIEVED IN HIS MIND, WELL, OF COURSE, EVERY WOMEN SEE THE WISDOM OF THIS, SNOW 1.9BILLION IN PERMANENT TAX CUT, THE FLAT TAX, THEN HOLDING THE RICH PEOPLE HARMLESS FOR PROPS 208 WE ARE GOING TO GOING TO AHEAD.

WE HAVE 16.8BILLION SPENDING PLAN.

LITTLE HERE.

A LITTLE THERE.

WE WIDEN I-10, FOR EXAMPLE.

EVERYBODY WILL SIGN ON.

YOU KNOW?

FOR GUY HAS BEEN GOVERNOR MANY YEARS.

I DONE SEE WHY HE THINKS THAT IS GOING TO WORK.

>> WELL, ALSO, THIS WEAK AT THE CAPITAL, THE HOUSE DID A VETO OF ITS OWN.

THEY BASICALLY VOTED DOWN THIS MAIL-IN BALLOT BILL S B-17 13.

WHAT DID THIS BILL CALL FOR REAL QUICKLY.

GIVE US SYNOPSIS OF THIS.

YOU WERE SIGHED IT DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT.

WELL.

YEAH.

YOU SEE PROPOSAL THAT HAS MAJORITY OF SUPPORT WITHIN THE MAJORITY.

CALL THE MAJOR THINK OF MAJORITY IF YOU WILL.

IT SEEMS TO ME IT IS ONE OF THOSE PLEASURES THAT SEEMED TO AT LAST THE PURPOSE IS TO KIND OF ENSURE THERE IS ELECTION INTEGRITY HOWEVER YOU DESIGN ELECTION INTEGRITY.

YEAH.

I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THIS BILL FAIL.

WHAT HE DOES, IT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL VERIFICATIONS BY VOTING BY MAIL AND HELP REQUIRE VOTE REMEMBERS TO PROVIDE THE BALLOTS SOME SORT OF AFFIDAVIT IN WHICH THEY PUT THERE AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR EITHER THE DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OR MAYBE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT IS THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION INTEGRITY, OF COURSE THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS JUST GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT, FOR FOAM GO, YOU ARE PUTTING UP SOME SORT OF, AND THAT ARE SOME ARGUMENTS BY DEMOCRATS WHENEVER YOU ARE PUTTING DOWN THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND YOUR SIGNATURE ON A PIECE OF PAPER, THAT IS THE RISK FOR SOME SCAMMER GETTING A HOLD OF IT.

HERE IS THE PROBLEM THAT I THINK SOME FOLKS HAD.

IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF A SOLUTION OR SOLUTION MORE THE POINT IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW?

WE HAVE BALLOT MATCHING.

ELECTION OFFICIALS GO.

THEY LOOK AT THE SIGNATURE.

IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CALL PEOPLE.

NOURISHES IT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WANTINGS TO SIT THERE AND TRACE SOMEONE ELSE'S SIGNATURE AND DO THAT.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT HAPPEN.

HERE IS THE OTHER PIECE OF THE POLITICS OF.

THE TWO REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST IT.

JOEL JOHN WHO IS FROM ARLINGTON, OUT TOWARD YUMA WAY, BOTH OF THESES ARE DISTRICTS THAT STARTING TO TURN DEMOCRATIC.

AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY SAY, DO I REALLY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND A BUNCH FOLKS WHEN I AM IN DISTRICT WHEN I LOSE THE SEAT.

MICHELLE HAS ANOTHER ISSUE FOR HER AND HOPEFULLY RUNNING FOR SCHOOL.

THAT IS HER INTENTION AND NEEDS DEMOCRATIC VOTES BECAUSE OF THE FACT SHE WANTS THE STATEWIDE.

YOU CANNOT LOOK AT IT FROM HER OWN NARROW PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU CAN ARGUE MANY OF THESE ARE SOLUTIONS IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.

LUIGE, EVERY WEEK WE DO SOMETHING ON THE REVIEW, THE RECOUNT, THIS AUDIT, TELL IT WHAT YOU WILL.

WE HAVE 800,000 PLUGS.

THEY GOT TO GET DONE BY JUNE30th.

JUNE IS THE MAGIC MONTH OF COURSE.

NOW WE'RE SEEING THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC REPORTING THE SENATE IS GOING THIS IS SWELL.

LET'S DO SOME MORE.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> WELL, SO YEAH.

WHAT WE'RE HEARING 3:00 FROM THE AUDIT IS THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONDUCT A SECOND AUDIT.

NOW, THIS AUDIT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY ARE DOING IT BY HAND COUNTING AND GIVE A JUNE DEADLINE.

THAT DEADLINE HAS BEEN MOVING IF YOU RECALL.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, EARLIER, NOW IT JUST KEEPS MOVING.

I AM NOT THAT CONFIDENT IT IS RECOUNT BY HAND.

THEY CAN BE DONE BY JUNE30th.

PUTTING THAT ASIDE.

THEY ARE THINKING OF DOING A SECOND AUDIT.

THIS SECOND AUDIT IS A DIGITAL AUDIT INSTEAD OF COUNTING BY HAND THEY ARE GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL BE ABOUT WHO THIS MACHINE AND COUNT IT THAT WAY.

NOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC, THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE AND WE HAVE NOT PAWNED OFF YOU KNOW COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS AND I THINK THEY ARE HIRING CALIFORNIA OUT.

AND THIS KIND OF AUDIT BEFORE.

IT IS A TEST.

>> AND IN FACT THE KIND OF MACHINE IS IN FACT THE KIND OF RECOUNT THAT IS NORMALLY DONE BUT USE THEIR OWN MACHINES.

AND THE BALLOT IS OVERVOTED AND IF YOU HAVE EXTRANEOUS MARKS AND VOTED FOR TRUMP AND BIDEN.

THEY GO AHEAD AND THEY AND CREATE A NEW BALLOT.

THAT IS ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THEY ARE SAYING THIS ADJUDICATION PROCESS IS FLAWED.

WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO FEED BACK TO MACHINE?

I THINK IT IS ALL BACK DOWN TO PEOPLE LIKE MARK WHO IS CONVINCED NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WE ARE NEVER GOING TO KNOW THE REAL AND HE INSISTS TRUMP WANTS AND DIDN'T GOING TO ACCEPT SIT SAN DOING THOUGH STUFF AT IT.

WE'LL WRAP IT UP HERE WITH THE GOVERNOR APPEARING ON FOX NEWS AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT OR INDIES CUSSING THE STATE'S COVID RESPONSE, HE SAID THAT ARIZONA PRIORITIZED LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND I REMEMBER WHEN ARIZONA WAS HOT SPOT.

IN THE WORLD, FOR THE PANDEMIC.

MAIN, ARE WE, ARE WE REWRITING HISTORY HERE.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THINK TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

THE PEOPLE IN POWER KIND OF REWRITE HISTORY TO PUT THEIR, YOUR ACTIONS IN A BETTER LIGHT.

I WOULD SAY, THE GOVERNOR DID PRIORITIZE LIVELIHOODS AND TO WHAT EXTENT HE BALANCES THAT AND YOU KNOW, IT IS OPEN TO TODAY.

HE IS HEARING NUMBERS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 879,000 CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE STATE.

THERE IS ALMOST 1800, 18,000 PEOPLE WHOLE DIED FROM THIS FROM THIS PANDEMIC.

YOU KNOW?

THE NUMBER OF CASES HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT NOW SEEMS TO BE FINISHING UP A LITTLE BIT ABOVE 500 AT THIS POINT.

NOW, BE WITH THAT SAID, THE HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ARE DOING THEIR JOB.

THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THEY KNOW WHAT PROTOCOLS TO USE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

YEAH.

THE GOVERNOR TO A CERTAIN EXTENT CLAIM HE IS BALANCED OR NOT NECESSARILY BALANCED BUT THOSE ARE PRIER TOES.

IT IS OPEN TO DEBATE.

YEAH.

HO WHICH E, ARIZONA'S SIXTH HIGHEST DEATH RATE IN THE COUNTRY ROAR.

MAYBE YOU WANT TO SKIP OVER AND DON'T WANT TO SELL RIGHT?

WELL, OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, HE IS SITTING THERE TALKING AND REMEMBERING THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HE THINKS CLEARLY TO GET THINGS.

NOT ONLY WEAR MASKS.

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND HE SAID, WELL, THAT INCLUDES BARBERS AND YOU KNOW, LIKE IT COULD STAY SOCIALLY DISTANCED THEN HE HAD THIS WEIRD THING WHERE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT STORES THAT SOLD JEWELRY COULD BE OWN.

JEWELRY STORES COULD NOT.

HE WAS ALL OVER THE BOARD ON THIS THING AS HE SAID HE IS REWRITING HISTORY THE FACT IS THAT IT WAS NOT UNTIL WE PEAKED UNTIL WE HAVE NATIONS ATTENTION ON THE INFECTION RATE AND MAYBE MASKS ARE NOT A BAD IDEA.

WELL, YOU GOT 30 SECONDS THERE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO WRAP IT UP THOUGH FOURTH AUDITED WE HAD THREE.

THE FIRST THREE CAME OUT CLEAN AND SEE WHAT THE FOURTH ONE SAYS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT AND SEE WHAT IT SAID AND MAYBE THE FIFTH ONE, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE TO.

GOOD STUFF.

WELL, OF COURSE, ARIZONA CAPITAL TIME AND HOWIE FISCHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, A BOATING SAFETY COORDINATOR TALKS ABOUT HOW TO STAY SAFE ON THE WATER.

TED: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS ALWAYS A BIG TIME FOR BOATERS ON ARIZONA LAKES.

IT ALSO CAN BE A DANGEROUS TIME.

ALREADY THIS YEAR, ARIZONA GAME AND FISH REPORTS THAT THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND NINE INJURED IN BOATING ACCIDENTS AROUND THE STATE.

WE SPOKE WITH GAME AND FISH BOATING-SAFETY COORDINATOR, JOSH HOFFMAN, ABOUT WHAT TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE HEADING OUT ON THE WATER.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST WEEKENDS WITH OF THE YEAR.

WHEN IT COMES TO BOATING SAFETY IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE FEW REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS.

THE FIRST WOULD BE LIFE JACKETS.

THAT IS KEY, IS IT NOT?

>> IT IS.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE, IT IS ALMOST SO SIMPLE YOU OVERLOOKING IT.

THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN DO TO KEEP YOURSELF STAVE ON THE WATERS THE LIFEJACKET.

YOU RECENTLY HAD LIFE JACKET AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALONG THOSE LINES.

WE PUT ON LIFEJACKET EXCHANGES AND THROUGH U.S. COAST GUARD GRANT FUNDING AND WE USE QUITE A FEW PARTNERS LOOK THE U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AND DIFFERENT SHERIFF'S OFFICES TO ALLOW FOLKS TO EXCHANGE OLD LIFE JACKET AND MAYBE IT IS WARN OUT OR USED TO FIT YOUR SON LAST YEAR AND DOESN'T FIT THIS YEAR AND BRING RITE IN THEN GET A BRAND-NEW ONE WE HAD A SET OF EXCHANGING THIS LAST SATURDAY BUT NOT TO WORRY IF YOU MISSED IT WE WILL BE HAVING MORE POSSIBLY IN JUAN AND JULY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

LIFE JACKETS ARE OBVIOUSLY KEY.

ANOTHER KEY I WEIGHAGE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SEARCH AND RESCUE YOU GOT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR FOLKS TO SEARCH IN ORDER TO BE RESCUED.

HOW BEST TO DO THIS?

>> WELL, YOU WANT TO LET FOLK KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING.

WE DON'T A LOT OF BIG WATER WITH IN ARIZONA.

BUT WE DO HAVE CANYONS INVOLVED AND SIDE COVES, IF YOU CAN LEAVE SOME INFORMATION WITH SOMEBODY AT HOME, WHERE YOU ARE GOING.

WHAT PART OF LAKE YOU ARE GOING TO.

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BET OR KAYAK.

HOW NANNY PEOPLE ARE YOU WITH.

ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES WILL HELP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS NARROW DOWN THE SEARCH AREA A LOT QUICKER TO GET YOU TO YOU FASTER IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF THIS.

>> I HEARD IT AS IT SMART IDEA TO PUT A LITTLE NOTE ON THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU PARK.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> WELL SHALL THAT WOULD HELP, YES.

I AM NOT SURE HOW OFTEN A FIRST RESPONDER CHECKED THERE BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THE STATE AND NATIONAL PARKS HAVE A CHECK-IN FORWARD OR A BOOKLET WHERE YOU PUT THE INFORMATION BEFORE BUT HEAD OUT.

LEAVING A NOTE ON YOUR COMPUTER, ON YOUR CAR DASH WOULD BE HELPFUL, THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, THE U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY, AND THE BOATS HAVE APPS AVAILABLE THAT WORK ON ANDROID AND POLE WHERE YOU CAN SEND ELECTRONIC, WE CALL IT THE PLAN, YOU LET FOLKS KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND SAVE THEM ON THE APP THEN SEND IT OUT ANY TIME YOU GO AND SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO SOMEBODY WHERE YOU ARE HEADING TO.

>> OK. THAT MAKE SENSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED APPS AND APPLE AND ANDROIDS AND SUCH.

YOU BETTER A HAVE CELL PHONE.

MAKE SURE IT IS FULLY CHARGED, HUH?

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BRING ONE OF THE BATTERY STICKS TO RECHARGE YOUR PHONE, DRAINS IT.

THE POWERBOAT.

YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE USD AND IF NOT, BRING ALONG A LITTLE EXTRA BATTERY, CHARGE YOUR PHONE OR KEEP IT IN AIRPLANE MODE UNTIL YOU HAVE A NEED TO USE IT.

I DO NOTE, BE THAT A LOT OF THE LAKES ARE PRETTY REMOTE ON LAKE PLEASANT THERE IS LIST THIS AREAS WILL NOT HAVE CELL COVERAGE AND MAY NEED TO MOVE SOMEWHERE TO GET A CALL OUT.

>> WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO REMEMBER ON THE WATT HERE.

THESE ARE COMMON SENSE KIND OF STUFF.

I KNOW, BE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND OUT THERE.

>> WELL, LOOK YOU SAID.

A VERY BUSY WEEKEND COMING HUMAN HERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.

A LOT OF FOLKS WANTS TO ENJOY THE WATER IN THEIR WAY, AND WE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND, THEIR METHOD OF CREATION MAY NOT BE OUR CHOSEN METHOD.

WE HAVE BOATER, FISHERMAN, STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDER, KAYAKER, NAME IT.

WE SHARE THE WATERWAY WITH FOLKS TO BE AWARE THERE IS LOTS OF PEOPLE AROUND.

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS THERE TO ENJOY THE SAME WATER THAT YOU ARE AND IT IS NOT, NO ONE'S PRIVATE LAKE OR WATERWAY, SO WE GOT TO MAKE ACCOMMODATION FORCE THE DIFFERENT USERS GROUPS BUT MOSTLY TO REALLY BE AWARE THE OTHER BOATERS ON THE WATER AND DON'T HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS OR COLLISIONS ANYTHING OF THAT ASSAULT AND THE WATERS ARE PACKED.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THE LAST POINT HERE BEFORE YOU GO.

BOAT SOBER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

SAVE BE THAT FOR ONCE YOU GET BACK TO THE CAMPSITE OR BACK HOME.

IT IS NOT WORTH OUT IN THE BATTER.

DON'T DO IT WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.

DON'T DO THAT WHEN YOU ARE OPERATING A BOAT EITHER.

ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT.

JOSH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH.

LOTS OF GOOD ADVICE.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS FUN AND RESPONSIBLE FUN AND MAKE IT HOME SAFELY.

GOOD STUFF.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GLAD TO BE HERE, THANK YOU.

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YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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