♪♪ >> COMING UP, LOCAL NEWS ON PBS AND CITIES AND TOWNS AROUND THE STATE ARE CONCERNED FOR A POTENTIAL FLOOD TEST AND REVENUE FOR SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TRAVELS TO TULSA TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS OF THE CITY'S WASTE MASSACRE.

AND MICHAEL CROWE DISCUSSES HOW THE UNIVERSITY HANDLED THE PAST YEAR.

THAT'S COMING UP ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY FRIENDS OF PBS.

THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOVERNOR DUCEY ORDERED FLAGS AT HALF STAFF IF HONOR OF POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT.

IT HAPPENED AT CAKE CREEK ROAD AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED TO A RED LIGHT HOSPITAL.

OFFICER NEW WAS 27 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN WITH THE PD SINCE 2019.

TODAY IT WAS RULED THAT THEY CAN STOP AND DETAIN NATIVE-AMERICANS.

LOWER COURTS RULED THAT THEY LACKED THE AUTHORITY.

IT REVOLVES AROUND AN INCIDENT ON THE CROWE RESERVATION.

TODAY'S POOL REPORTER SAID THAT HALF OF THE ONE MILLION BALLOTS HAVE BEEN COUNTING.

ADDING YESTERDAY A RECORD NUMBER WITHIN OFFERED.

ALSO VISITING LAWMAKERS FROM PENNSYLVANIA WHO ARE CONSIDERING A RECOUNT OF THEIR OPEN ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE A TOUR TOMORROW.

MODERNA HAS AUTHORIZATION.

THE VACCINES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED 120 MILLION IN THE U.S. A RECENT POLL SHOWED 32 PERCENT OF UNVACCINATED AMERICANS SAID A FULL FDA APPROVAL WOULD CAUSE THEM TO GET VACCINATED.

IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR THE COVID CAMPAIGN.

INFECTIONS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS WOULD CONTINUE TO RISE IF QUARANTINES AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WERE REMOVED.

THEY SAID THIS WOULD REDUCE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS.

ECONOMIC NEWS.

THE ECONOMY IS SO HOT RIGHT NOW THAT LUMBER PRICES ARE 400 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.

IT IS ADDING MORE THAN 35,000 DOLLARS FROM THE COST OF NEW HOMES AND STEEL PRICES ARE SURGING.

THEY'RE UP 270 PERCENT SINCE BOTTOMING OUT LAST AUGUST.

SOME ARE ASKED TO REMOVE CARROTS THAT THEY SAY ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE PRICE INCREASES.

>> THE LEGISLATURE ON A HIATUS AS THEY DECIDE ON A BUDGET.

FLAX TAGS WOULD GREATLY REDUCE SHARED REVENUES.

WE TAKE ABOUT THIS WITH THE CITIES AND TOWNS.

NICK BONDER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE TALKING FLAT TAX.

ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS, YOU'RE AGAINST THE FLAT TAX, WHY?

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

WE'RE ACTUALLY AGAINST THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

IF THE STATE WERE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO PASS THE FLAT TAX PROPOSAL WITHOUT IMPACT ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE OKAY WITH THE PROPOSAL AND NOT WEIGH IN OR SIGN A NEUTRAL.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO IT AT THIS CURRENT STAGE IS IN 1972 THE VOTERS PASSED A TAX PROPOSAL THAT SUBJECTED THAT CITIES AND TOWNS COULDN'T IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN INCOME TAX.

IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT DREAMLINE WAY OF IMPLEMENTS TAXES, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RECEIVE 16 PERCENT OF WHATEVER THE STATE COLLECTS.

WITH THE STATE PROPOSING TO CUT TAXES BY 1.9 BILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S CONSIDER RESPONDING TO 285 MILLION DOLLAR PER YEAR IMPACT ON GOVERNMENTS.

THAT'S 70 PERCENT OF WHAT THEY RECEIVE IN LOCAL REVENUE.

IT HAS IMPACT ON YOUR GOVERNMENTS AND HOW CITIES AND TOWNS WOULD HAVE TO MANAGE THAT GIVES US GREAT CONCERN IN RESPECT TO CUTS AND SERVICES OR POTENTIALLY INCREASES IN TAXES WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO DO.

>> IF THIS INCLUDES THE FLAT TAX AND INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN SHARED REVENUE TO 17 PERCENT, MAYBE 20 PERCENT SO THE IMPACT IS FOR THE SONOT SO HARD, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD LIVE WITH?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

SOMETHING WE DID EARLY ON, WE CONTRACTED WITH A NOTED ECONOMIST HERE IN ARIZONA TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE BENEFITS WERE TO THE FLAT TAX PROPOSAL AND THE PITFALLS FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

WITHIN THAT CONTRACT, THE -- THE ECONOMIST INDICATED THAT WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE SHARED REVENUE OR THE REVENUE THAT THE CITIES AND TOWNS RECEIVED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 18.2 AND 18.9 PERCENT IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE AN IMPACT.

IF THE LEGISLATURE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT RANGE BETWEEN 18.2 AND 18.9 PERCENT, WE WOULD MOVE TO NEUTRAL AND NOT VOCALIZE OUR OPPOSITION.

WITHOUT THAT INCREASE, WITH 15, IN THE 18.5 RANGE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE -- ARE JUST VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON THEIR ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

>> THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WOULD THAT HELP OFF SET THINGS DUE TO THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT THE REPUBLICANS SAY, THEY HAVE A STIMULUS HERE.

UNTIL THAT KICKS IN, WOULD THE FEDERAL STIMULUS COVER THINGS?

>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.

THE STIMULUS IS ONE-TIME MONEY.

THAT MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REVENUE LOSSES THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN MARCH OF LAST YEAR AND TODAY.

FOR EXAMPLE, TRAVEL REVENUES WERE DOWN, OVERALL 70 PERCENT.

ON AGGREGATE THEY'RE DOWN 30 PERCENT OVER THE PAST YEAR.

RESTAURANT AND BAR REVENUES WERE DOWN I THINK ON AGGREGATE ABOUT 10 PERCENT.

IRRESPECTIVE OF THE RESCUE PLAN, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO FILL THE REVENUE GAPS THAT WERE CREATED.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WE HAVE TO COMPARE THE CURRENT TAX POLICY WHICH HAS BEEN POSITIVE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS COMPARED TO THE FUTURE TAX POLICY.

IN THIS TAX POLICY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS PROJECTING ABOUT 5 PERCENT GROWTH, INCOME TAX GROWTH PER YEAR PROSPECTIVELY.

WE'RE ALREADY GETTING 5 PERCENT GROWTH PER YEAR.

THERE'S NO PROPOSED ADDED GROWTH THAT WOULD MAKE UP FOR THE LOSSES THAT WE RECEIVED AND SO TO THAT END, I DON'T THINK THAT -- THAT FEDERAL AMERICAN RELIEF RESCUE PLAN MONEY WOULD SATISFY OR MAKE UP FOR -- FOR THOSE LOSSES AS WE RAMP UP.

>> WHAT ABOUT LEGALIZED MARIJUANA AND SPORTS AND GAMBLING AND ONLINE SALES AND TAX REVENUE.

THAT KIND OF MONEY IS COMING IN HERE, AND THAT SHOULD OFF SET SHARES REVENUES TO CITIES AND TOWNS.

YOU WITH THAT?

>> LET'S START WITH THE GAMBLING REVENUE.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT CITIES AND TOWNS WILL RECEIVE NEW REVENUE.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THEY GENERATED, ACCORDING TO THEIR NUMBERS, 300,000 DOLLARS IN REVENUES TO THE STATE.

THEY'RE UNWILLING -- THEIR LOSSES -- THEY'RE UNWILLING TO OFF SET AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

AS IT RELATES TO ONLINE SALES, AGAIN FOR A DECADE BEFORE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED, FOR A DECADE IT WENT AWAY FROM CITIES AND TOWNS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COLLECTION THOSE TAXES.

WE DON'T THINK THAT'S NEW REVENUE.

WE THINK THAT'S COMMERCE.

WE USE THAT TO RUN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

THEN LASTLY ON PROP 207, THERE'S A SPECIFIC CLAUSE.

THIS IS THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA PROPOSAL.

THERE'S A CLAUSE IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT THE RESERVE FEWS THAT COME FROM THAT CAN BE USED TO SUPPLANT YOUR REQUIREMENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

IT WAS INTENDED TO COVER SAFETY COSTS AS A RESULT OF THIS INITIATIVE PASSING OR TWO, TO PAY OFF PENSION OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE CREATED A THE THE STATE LEVEL.

SO WE JUST DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE ARGUMENTS HOLD UP PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION AND THE BENEFIT CITIES GET.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAID THIS WILL HELP ATTACK AND RETRAIN BUSINESS IN ARIZONA.

IT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE STATE.

YOUR RESPONSE?

>> WHEN I WAS IF SCHOOL I ALWAYS HEARD MY MATH TEACHER SAY, SHOW YOUR WORK.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING THE STATE TO DO AND THE LEGISLATURE TO DO.

WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH AN ECONOMIST THAT PRESENTED US WITH ANALYSIS THAT SAID THE GROWTH WILL NOT MAKE UP FOR THE LOSSES.

THAT'S HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE 18.2, .9 PERCENT.

MY RESPONSE WOULD BE HAVE THEY HAD AN ECONOMIST LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL AND IDENTIFY THE NEW GROWTH THAT WILL BE CREATED ABOVE OUR CURRENT TAX POLICY THAT WOULD BE CREATED BECAUSE OF THIS TAX PROPOSAL.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST WHEN THERE'S BIENICK ANALYSIS DONE.

WE SUPPORTED IT.

SHOW YOUR WORK, IF THAT SHOWS GROWTH, WE LOVE TO LOOK AT IT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU, SIR, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE COUNTRY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS SINCE THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ 100 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY AND TODAY WHITE RESIDENTS OF TULSA OKLAHOMA LOOTED AND BOMBED THE CITY OCCUPIED BY SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WERE KILLED AND MUCH OF WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE BLACK WALL STREET WAS DESTROYED.

BIDEN CALLED IT HATE AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGACY OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH PROFESSOR SHABAD.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

A SPECIAL DAY.

TALK TO US.

WHAT HAPPENED IN TULSA 100 YEARS AGO.

>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, A THRIVING BLACK SECTION OF TULSA OKLAHOMA KNOWN AS BLACK WALL STREET WAS MARAUDED AND BURNED TO THE GROUND AND LOOTED AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS WERE KILLED BY -- BY A RUTHLESS MOB OF TULSIANS WERE INTENT ON DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE A THREAT HAD BE MADE OR A VIOLATION HAD BEEN MADE FROM A WHITE WOMAN WHO HAD ACCUSED A -- A BLACK MAN OF ASSAULTING HERR WHICH, WHICH WAS SO COMMON IN THE SOUTH.

A VIGILANTE GROUP WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE TO LYNCH THIS YOUNG MAN WHO HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF THIS CRIME.

BLACK RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO DEFEND HIM.

A GUN WENT OFF.

AND THE -- THE WHITE RESIDENTS LOOTED MARAUDED, BURNED AND KILLED OVER 300 MEMBERS OF THE -- OF THE GREENWOOD COMMUNITY.

RAN MANY OTHERS OUT OF TOWN AND THEY BULL DOZED THE TOWN, BUILT OVER IT AND -- AND -- AND ERASED THE HISTORY OF THIS -- OF THIS HORRIBLE CRIME.

>> DID PEOPLE TAKE PART OF IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, WERE THERE ARRESTS AND REPERCUSSIONS?

>> THERE WAS NO ARRESTS MADE.

NO REPERCUSSIONS.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PRESSED CHARGES AND THEY ISSUED LAWSUITS BUT THERE WERE -- THERE WAS NO JUSTICE THAT WAS GIVEN.

THOSE THAT PERPETRATED THE CRIME GOT AWAY WITH, NOT ONLY DID THEY GET AWAY WITH IT, BUT THE MEMBERS OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO STEAL THEIR LAND.

THAT'S -- THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER HERE.

IN ADDITION TO MURDERING PEOPLE WEALTH IN THE FORM OF LAND ACQUISITION WAS STOLEN FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN REPAID.

THAT STOLEN LAND WAS USED TO BUILD WEALTH FOR WHITE RESIDENTS IN TULSA FOR GENERATIONS.

MANY OF WHOM LIVE ON THAT LAND TO THIS DAY.

THERE HAS BEEN -- THERE HAS BEEN NO JUSTICE IN THIS CASE WHATSOEVER.

>> IS THERE A MOVE NOW TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE HANDS OF -- OF RELATIVES AND DESCENDANTS.

A 100-YEAR-OLD WOMAN THAT WAS A CHILD BACK THEN, IS THERE MONEY TO DO SOMETHING HERE?

>> THERE'S A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

THE LIST IS OUT.

THE PRESIDENT IS IN TULSA TODAY.

HE'S TALKING ABOUT -- ABOUT THIS EVENT.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN NO -- NO MOVE BY THE CITY OR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY KIND OF REP PAR -- REPARATION.

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THAT THE GREENWOOD COMMUNITY AND BLACK TULSIANS NEED HOUSING SUBJIEDS AND HELPING TO REBUILD BUILDINGS THAT WERE LOST DURING THAT TIME.

THIS IS WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED TO INSURE THAT THIS -- THIS IS -- THIS IS -- IS REPAIRED TO THE DEGREE IT CAN BE REPAIRED BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERGENERATION THE TRAUMA OVER A CENTURY.

WHAT IS NEEDED IS REPARATIONS FOR BLACK PEOPLE HERE.

>> WE TALK ABOUT GENERATIONS OF THIS STORY AND THIS HORRIFIC ACT DID NOT CAPTURE THE COUNTRY'S ATTENTION.

PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE SAID HE WAS THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TO VISIT TULSA ON THIS OCCASION.

WHY WAS THIS NOT A STORY THEN AND THEN IN SUCCEEDING YEARS?

>> IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY AROUND TULSA.

SO THE AFTERMATH OF THIS HORRIFIC MASSACRE, THE POLICE, THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AS WELL AS THE PRESS BURIED IT.

WE DESTROYED DOCUMENTATION.

THEY WOULDN'T DO FOLLOW-UP STORIES.

THERE WAS THREATS ON -- ON -- ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY WAS THREATENED TO NOT TALK ABOUT IT -- TO NOT SHARE INFORMATION, TO NOT MAKE IT PART OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD.

YOU HAVE POWER IN THE FORM OF POLICE, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND THESE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE PRESS COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO DAMPEN THIS STORY AND BURY IT AND MAKE SURE IS NEVER MAKES THE LIGHT OF DAY.

ONE REASON THAT IT IS FOUND TO DAYLIGHT IS BECAUSE OF THE BOMBING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING IN 1995.

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT, SCHOLARS AND PEOPLE IN THE PRESS HAD ASKED WERE THERE OTHER BOMBINGS LIKE THIS?

AND THE NEWS ABOUT THE BOMBING IN TULSA IN 1921 CAME OUT.

IT WAS ONLY THROUGH THAT THAT -- THAT WE START TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

THEN A REPORT WAS DONE ABOUT TWO PROMINENT HISTORIANS THAT UNEARTHED THE INFORMATION TODAY.

>> THE INFORMATION IS OUT TODAY.

IT IS A TROUBLING ANNIVERSARY.

100 YEARS AGO, TWO DAYS OF LOOTING AND BOMBING.

THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> FOR MORE ON THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE, YOU CAN WATCH TULSA.

IT IS ON 8.3, FOR SCHEDULING CHECK AZPBS.org.

>> THE VEX A SPACECRAFT.

IT IS ON ITS WAY BACK TO EARTH WITH SAMPLES OF DUST AND ROCKS.

DEONTAY IS A KEY MEMBER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

PREPRESH WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS A MATH ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM.

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO GO TO AN ASTEROID AND BRING THAT MATERIAL BACK TO EARTH.

THEY WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE ONE THEY COME CLOSE TO THE EARTH AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE WE CAN LAUNCH, RENDEZVOUS AND RETURN HOME.

IT MAKES IT INTERESTING SCIENTIFICALLY BECAUSE IT COULD IMPACT THE EARTH AND UNDERSTAND THE OR BIT PRECISELY AND DETERMINE WHAT THE RISK MIGHT BE.

THE SECOND REASON WE CHOSE IT, IT IS A VERY RARE ASTEROID THAT CALLED DARK ASTEROIDS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF CARBON AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE ROLE THESE OBJECTS MIGHT HAVE PLAYED IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE.

>> BASICALLY, THE SPACECRAFT COLLECTED -- OUR BIG OF SAMPLES.

WE USE AN AIR FIT THEY'RE IS 12 INCHES ACROSS.

IT COULD PICK UP ARTICLES THAT ARE AN INCH OR BIGGER, THEIR LONGEST DIMENSION.

>> I READ THIS COULD YIELD DECADES WORTH OF FURTHER SCIENCE.

THE SAMPLES WILL BE COME BACK TO THE EARTH AND THEY WILL BE CURE RATED WHERE THE APOLLO MOON ROCKS ARE HOUSED IN.

AND JUST LIKE THOSE SAMPLES, THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE INTO THE FUTURE.

THE CRAFT NOW IS ON ITS WAY BACK.

IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO GET THIS.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GET BACK?

>> WE HAVE 2 1/2 YEAR HOME.

WE GOT OUR LABORATORIES AVAILABLE AND WE BUILD AT NASA CENTER.

IT GIVES US TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE FINAL SCIENCE CAMPAIGN OF THE PROGRAM.

>> AS FAR AS ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE, SOMETHING I READ IS FASCINATING.

IT LA TO COME IN AT THE RIGHT ANGLE, TRUE?

>> TRUE.

IF IT COMES IN TOO SHALLOW, IT WILL SKIP OFF THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND SKIPPING ROCKS ON THE POUND.

IF IT IS TOO STEEP IT WILL BE ENORMOUS AND IT WILL BE DISINTEGRATED ON ENTRY.

DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS GOING TO LAND?

>> WE'RE BRINGING THIS MATERIAL HOME TO THE UTAH RANGE, JUST WEST OF SALT LAKE CITY.

FROM DEEP SPACE WE CAN TARGET A POINT IN THE UTAH DESERT WITHIN A FEW KILOMETRES OR SO.

>> YOU GET THE SAMPLES.

YOU TAKE THEM OFF.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPACECRAFT.

IS IT JUNK?

WHAT HAPPENS?

>> THE CYRUS X DOES AMAZING JOB OF COLLECTING THE SAMPLE.

RIGHT NOW ITS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO BRING THEM BACK TO EARTH.

ONLY ONE COMPONENT COMES THROUGH THE SAMPLE.

THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENT IS CAPABLE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ASTEROID THAT WE DETERMINED WE COULD SEND THE SPACECRAFT TO FOR A NEW MISSION.

>> FOR REX.

WHEN IT COMES BACK TO EARTH AND YOU WORK HARD ON THIS, IS THERE NOSTALGIA, DOES IT GET YOU EMOTIONALLY WHEN IT COMES HOME?

>> IT WAS EMOTIONAL WHEN WE FIRED THE ENGINES.

I HAD HAD GOT USED TO BRINGING BACK A SPACECRAFT AND BRINGING DATA ON A DAILY BASIS.

THAT STRUCK HOME.

IT WAS THE END OF VACATION AND YOU'RE SATISFIED THAT THAT PART OF YOUR LIFE IS OVER.

>> YOUR LIFE IS SO INVOLVED.

EXPAND, IF YOU WILL, WHAT -- WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS TESTING AND RESEARCH WITH THIS MATERIAL, THEORETICAL MODELS COULD BE CHANGED, THESE SORTS OF THINGS?

>> I GOT AN ANALYSIS TEAM AROUND THE GLOBE AND THE BEST LABORATORIES ON EARTH ARE GETTING READY TO ANALYZE THIS MATERIAL.

WE'RE DOING NOTHING LESS THAN RECONSTRUCTING THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND HOW DID EARTH BECOME HABITABLE.

WHERE DID THE OCEANS COME FROM AND THE ATMOSPHERE COME FROM AND THE CARBON COMPOUND?

WE BELIEVE THE ASTEROID HOLDS THE SECRETS?

>> DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE SURPRISED.

>> IT HAS DONE NOTHING BUT SURPRISE ME SINCE THE MOMENT WE SPOTTED IT.

SO I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING.

>> UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MISSION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING WELL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TULSA MASSACRE RENEWS CALLS FOR THE MASSIVE WEALTH GAP IN THE U.S. >> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> COMING UP, GLOBAL NEWS ON CRONKITE NEWS, A PREVIEW OF THE PLAYOFF GAME AND WE TALK TO MICHAEL CROWE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT FALL.