..I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO CUT TOO MUCH IN TAXES, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

YET THEY THOUGHT WHEN THE MOMENT OF TRUTH COMES, HE'LL COME AROUND, AND HE DIDN'T.

NOW WE RECESS, WE ARE COMING BACK AGAIN THIS MONDAY.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GO FROM HERE.

>> WAS IT JUST A MISCALCULATION, DID THEY THINK THEY WOULD STRONG ARM HIM AT THE END?

>> IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL THING.

THEY WERE TRYING TO EMBARRASS HIM, AND TO REALLY - TO TRY TO FORCE HIM, PUBLICLY SHAME HIM INTO SUPPORTING A BUDGET THAT HE HAD BEEN VOCAL IN OPPOSING.

THEY THOUGHT THAT HIS TALK OF OPPOSING A BUDGET WOULD MELT AWAY.

AND THE ONLY REPUBLICAN TOO SIDE WITH ALL THE DEMOCRATS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY REPRESENTATIVE COOK DID WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO, AND EVEN AS THE TELEGRAPH FIRE RACED TO HIS HOUSE AND HIS FAMILY WAS TOLD TO EVACUATE.

>> I DON'T THINK THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

HOUSE BILL 2500, WHICH HAS THE TAX CUTHAS AN INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

HASN'T INCREASED SINCE 2004.

JAMES HOFFMAN TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT.

HE COULDN'T TAKE IT OUT.

IF THEY PULLED TOOK IN.

THEY WOULD HAVE LOST HOFFMAN ON THE OTHER END.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEADERSHIP IS THINKING, I THINK IT WAS LET'S TRY SOMETHING TO MAKE IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

>> THEY HAVE A ONE VOTE MAJORITY.

MEANING ANY ONE LAW-MAKER IS THE MOST POWERFUL LAW-MAKER.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.

THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES THE LEGISLATURE MOVE FORWARD.

THEY HAVE A TIME BOMB TICKING, THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT IN PLACE TO START THE NEXT YEAR.

>> THEY CENTER TO HAVE IT IN PLACE BEFORE THE SHUTDOWN, THEY HAVE A FEW PATHS IN FRONT OF THEM.

THEY COULD RENEGOTIATE A NEW BUDGET.

WHICH SEEMS UNLIKELY.

THEY COULD BRING THE DEMOCRATS TO THE TABLE.

THE REALITY IS THAT THE THINGS THE DEMOCRAT CRATS SAY ARE MUST HAVES, LIKE TAX CUTS, AND SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE AIMED AT HELPING PRESENT THOSE THAT ARE HAVING TO PAY MORE IN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED INITIATIVE.

I THINK WHAT YOU HE IS AN ATTEMPT TO BROKING THE DEALS, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A 1.9 MILLION TAX CUT, MAYBE IT'S IN THE MILLION RANGE.

IF IT FAILS LEADERSHIP PASSES THE SKINNY BUDGETS.

WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR WHEN THE COVID-19 SHUT DOWN THE LEGISLATE OF SESSION, AND THEY PASSED A BUDGET THAT KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT GOING, AND THEY GO HOME.

>> QUICKLY, SO WE UNDERSTAND IT.

A SKINNY BUDGET IS SOMETHING THAT IS PLACE FOR THE NEXT YEAR, OR SOING THAT WILL COME -- SOMETHING THAT WILL COME ABOUT IN A WEEK OR TWO.

>> THE GOVERNMENT CAN PASS A RESOLUTION TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING.

THERE'S NO POSITION FOR A CONTINUING RESOLUTION.

THEORETICALLY COME JULY 1ST WITHOUT A BUDGET.

THE PARKS SHUT DOWN, THE PRISONS SHUT DOWN.

I AM SURE THEY'LL FIND EMERGENCY FUNDS TO DO THAT.

EVERYTHING COMES IT A STRETCHING HALT.

BY DROPPING A SKINNY BUDGET THEY ARE BUYING TIME.

TO GET BACK TO JIM'S POINT.

SO WHAT.

WE ARE HERE IN AUGUST, YOU AND I AND JIM ARE SITTING AROUND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME UP WITH 16 VOTES IN THE SENATE.

SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.

WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT IS A NON-STARTER, BUT IT MAY COME DOWN TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR MOST RECALCITRANT REPUBLICANS TO BACK UP.

YOU SAY WHAT DO WE TAKE TO GET THERE, AND IF WE PICK UP DEMOCRATIC VOTES, MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, WHILE THE BUDGET BATTLE IS GOING ON, THE GOVERNOR CALLED FOR A SPECIAL SESSION TO DEAL WITH WILDFIRES.

REMEMBER I TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, WHAT IS THE GO.

YOU CAN'T SAY WILD FIRES ARE BAD.

WHAT DOES THE GOVERNOR HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH A SPECIAL SESSION.

>> WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS FINDING A WAY TO DIRECT RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RAVISHED BY THE FIRES THAT ARE, AS WE ARE TALKING, BURNING OUT OF THE CONTROL AND THREATENING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PROPERTIES.

AND IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO - THEY CAN NESTLE THE SPECIAL SESSION INTO THE MIDDLE OF A REGULAR SESSION.

TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN FIND LIBERTY, TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S - IT'S SOMETHING THAT SH NEEDED.

THERE'S -- THAT IS NEEDED.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEED WITH REGARD TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO HELP THEM ADAPT AND RECOVER FROM THE FIRE.

ONCE APPOINT A TIME.

THE SPECIAL VOTE WAS NOT CALLED UNTIL THE BILLS AND EVERYTHING WAS LINED UP.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE NOW.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THIS IS NOT GOING BE A TRACTION ABOUT THE BOGEMENT.

BUT WILL IT BE.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE.

THERE ARE NOTIONS BEHIND THE SCENES, IT'S HARD TO DISTRACT AGAINST SOMETHING THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

HERE IS THE FUNNY PART.

THE LEGISLATURE IS ALREADY THERE, WE DO NOT NEED A SPECIAL SESSION.

THE ASSUMPTION ASSIST WHATEVER THE GOVERNOR PROPOSES.

IF HE SAYS I NEED $22 MILLION, IT WOULD PASS WITH A SIZEABLE MAJORITY, WITH ONLY EMERGENCY CAUSE, WILL TAKE PLACE WITH OR WITHOUT A SPECIAL SESSION.

IT (A) MAKES THE GOVERNOR LOOK LIKE HE'S DOING SOMETHING.

I CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION, LOOK AT ME.

>> IT MAKES THE LEADERSHIP FEEL WILL WE NOT HAVE EVERYONE SINGING TO THE SAME PRAYER BOOK.

WE HAVE JUNE 30TH LOOMING ON THE HORIZON, I HAVE NO IDEA.

AND NEITHER DO THEY OF GETTING THERE.

WE'LL LEAVE THE LEGISLATURE BEHIND.

A QUICK PREDICTION FOR BOTH OF YOU , AND HOW HE'LL START WITH YOU, BUT WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET BY JUNE 30TH.

WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET.

BY LAW WE NEED IT.

>> A REAL BUDGET.

A FLAT TAX BUDGET.

>> WE WILL NOT HAVE A FLAT TAX PERIOD.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINGS.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN.

THIS WEEK, IT'S BEEN THE RACE FOR THE US SENATE.

WE HAVE TWO NAMES, MARK HAS JUMPED IN.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT RACES, AND WE SHOULD START BY TALKING ABOUT THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL WAS GOING TO JUMP INTO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE ABOUT HIM COMING INTO THE RACE FOR US SENATE.

>> THAT WAS THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM FOR A LONG TIME.

HE WAS EYEING THE NINTH FLOOR AND HOPING TO REPLACE DOUG DUCEY AS BUDGET.

THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE WAS A LOT MORE RUMBLES THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT THE US SENATE RACE.

IT SEEMS APPEALING, AND THEY HAD A LOT OF NATIONAL WUB CANS IN THAT RACE.

I THINK THAT THEY LOOKED AT THE FIELD THAT WAS SHAPING UP THERE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OPTIONS, THE DC ESTABLISHMENT WAS LOOKING FOR.

SO IT WAS SOMEONE WITH POSSIBILITIES TO RUN FOR THAT.

>> HE HAS THE MAIN IDEA.

AND HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DETRACTOR IN THE FACT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE IS NOT HAPPY.

>> LET'S PASS THAT ON A BIT.

TRUMP SAID YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE.

BUT BY THE SAME TOTAL BURNABIC HAS BEEN IN THE TRUMP CAMP IN TERMS OR SECURING THE BORDER.

HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT.

>> WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ELECTION, HE'S TOED THE LINE.

>> I DON'T SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE THERE, WHETHER THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT HELPS A LOT.

I DON'T KNOW, I CAN SEE TRUMP ENDORSING HIM BEFORE A PRIMARY.

GENERAL MAGUIRE IN THE RACE, IT KIND OF AN UNKNOWN.

I KNOW HE GOT A LITTLE AIR TIME, STANDING THERE NEXT TO HIS GOVERNOR IN THE UNIFORM.

BUT HE IS A FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE.

A LOT DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH KELLY, AND THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

IF HE STUCK TO WHAT THE WIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS, HE COULD BE VULNERABLE.

>> THIS UPCOMING ELECTION, THERE'S A LOT OF STATE OFFICERS UP FOR GRABS.

AND THE GOVERNOR, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

HOW DO YOU HANDICAP THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AT THIS POINT.

>> KADY HONS ANNOUNCED -- KATIE HOBBS ANNOUNCED SHE'S THE MOST PROMINENT DEMOCRAT, SHE IS COMING - WRITING A NATIONAL MEDIA WAVE.

SHE HAS BEEN - SHE'S BEEN UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ABOUT THE ELECTION AUDIT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, AND IT RAISED HER PROFILE.

SHE CAPITALIZED ON THAT IN HER CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT.

RAISING A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE.

AND ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, IT'S BECOMING A CROWDED FIELD.

YOU'VE GOT KAREN TAYLOR, WHO IS A DEVELOPER.

HOWIE, HELP ME OUT.

>> CARY WHITE.

>> AND ONE THAT QUIT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE NEWS WAS REPORTED.

NEVER MIND SHE PROBABLY HAD A ROLE IN SOME OF THAT, AND IS ALIGNING HERSELF WITH THE... >> I THINK SHE'LL COME IN AS A STRONG CONTENDER IN THE RACE.

>> I THINK SHE UNDERSTANDS THE MEDIA, HE HAS CERTAIN... >> QUITE A BIT OF MEDIA.

>> IN TUSCON IT'S "WHO IS THIS WOMAN", SHE HAS MORE THAN ROBSON AND KAREN.

>> THEY ARE THE TWO BIGGEST RACES THAT WE TALK ABOUT, LET'S TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE OTHER RACES.

SECRETARY OF STATE, RAYEDRIAN IS JUMPING IN THIS IS THAT GOING TO BE A DOG NIGHT RACE.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

SOME STATE LAWMAKERS NIBBLE AROUND THE EDGES.

MAYBE LOOKING AT STUFF.

REMEMBER, THIS IS MORE THAN THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

THIS IS THE PERSON WHO, IF THE GOVERNOR QUITS, IS SECOND IN LINE.

THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WILL BE A LOT OF JUDGE, YOU HAVE TWO HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE THERE.

I HAVE SENATOR MICHELLE UJENTE REA, BEATING ON THINGS BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION.

AND IF YOU THINK CARY LAKE IS CONSERVATIVE.

TALK TO MARK FINCH IN, SHE'S DIE IN THE RULE.

SHE WANTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.

HE WAS IN WASHINGTON FOR THE JANUARY 26TH GENERATIONS, YOU HAVE A CONSPIRACY THEORY.

HE'S YOUR MAN.

>> THERE'LL BE A LOT OF INTERESTING RACES WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED ON.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE OUT OF THE TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME JIM.

HOWIE, AS WELL.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE .

>> COMING UP NEXT - A LOOK INTO HOW ASU'S BIODESIGN CLINICAL TESTING LABORATORY HAS CONDUCTED IT'S WORK THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

>> THE ASU BIO-DESIGN CLINICAL TESTING LABORATORY HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT IN HOW ARIZIONA HAS WEATHERED THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

IN JUST A FEW MONTHS IT GREW FROM AN ASU LAB TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST SALIVA TESTING SITES IN THE COUNTRY.

A GROUP OF STUDENTS AT BARRETT, THE HONORS COLLEGE HAS CREATED A DOCUMENTARY ON THE LAB'S SUCCESS.

>> TODAY A WE ARE AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

THE LAB CONDUCTS ARRIVED THE CLOCK TESTING IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES.

>> CURRENTLY, THE LAB IS RUNNING LIKE A WELL OILED MACHINE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONQUER EVERY MAJOR AND MINOR CHALLENGE WE WERE PRESENTED.

THIS IS ON A PAR WITH THE BEST CLINICAL LABORATORIES TROUT THE CONTEXT.

>> THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WE MADE IT A GOAL TO PAYING IS EFFICIENT.

WE EXAMINED TURN AROUND TIMES, WHEN SAMPLES COME INTO A LAB, HOW LONG IT TAKES TO WALK A PIECE OF INSTRUMENT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER ALL WERE TIMED AND BROKEN DOWN IN WHETHER IT WAS CHANGING THE PROGRAMME OF THE ROBOT YICKS, 2.7 TO 2.5.

WE DID ALL OF THAT.

>>.

>> AUTOSITUATION WAS A HEAVILY LIFT TO MAKE THE LAB MORE EFFICIENT.

BY COMBINING AUTOMATION WITH HUMAN EFFORT.

THOUSANDS OF TEST SAMPLES WERE DONE PER DAY.

>> TODAY WE HAVE DONE OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION TESTS.

IT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE SAMPLES.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT MANY SAMPLES IF YOU DON'T AUTOMATE THE PROCESS.

IF YOU DO IT BY HAND, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ERROR, DELAY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU NEED TO HAVE WORKING IN THE LAB WOULD BE TOO GREAT.

WE DESIGNED THE PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING TO RUN ON ROBOTS, AND THEN WE EXPANDEDED THAT PROCESS WITH MORE ROBOTS, AND MORE TECHNOLOGY.

WE WOULD TYPICALLY BE DOING BETWEEN 8-10,000 SAMPLES A DAY.

IMAGINE HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE A TO UNSCREW THE CAP AND TAKE OUT THE SAMPLES FROM EACH OTHER.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE IN ANY REASONABLE TIME SCALE.

>> DESPITE GEAR ARING TOWARDS MORE AUTOMATION, THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS WAS IMPERATIVE.

THE ABC TL HIRED MORE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS.

>> THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE WORKERS, IT WAS THE ELECTRICITY THAT MADE THIS MACHINE ONE.

PEOPLE RECOGNISING THAT THERE WAS AN EMERGENT SITUATION.

THEY MOTIVATED TO HELP, COMMITTED TO HELP, HAVING THE EXPERTISE AND THE ENERGY TO COMMIT TO THIS.

IN THE MIDST OF A CHAOTIC SITUATION.

THE VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME TO WORK IN THIS LABORATORY, THEY WERE EVERYTHING.

IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM.

>> TRAINING AND REPORTING OF THE ENTIRE SCENARIO HAS BEEN SUPER INTERESTING.

WE HAD TO WORK CLOSELY WITH H.R.

WE HAD TO WORK WITH REPORTERS, THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN AS FAST AS WE CAN.

ONCE IN THE LAB, WE USE A C1, B1 MESSAGE, WHERE PEOPLE WILL CHALLENGE THE EXPERIENCE, AND AFTER THE PERIOD IS OVER, THEY DO SOMETHING THAT THEY CALL OPERATOR PROFICIENCY.

WHICH MEANS THEY ARE OBSERVED DOING A RUN, BUT THE OBSERVER IS BLOCKED AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN.

AFTER THAT THEY ARE CLEARED.

>> COMMUNICATION WAS KEY IN BRINGING TOGETHER THE GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS WITH DIVERSE EXPERIENCES AND SKILL SETS.

>> IT REQUIRES NOT ONLY SEAMLESS PROCESSES BEING ESTABLISHED AND BEING MONITORED.

BUT IT REQUIRES SEAMLESS COMMUNICATION AND TEAM WORK AMONG THE PEOPLE CARRYING THIS OUT.

>> THIS LABORATORY HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER.

MOST EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND NOW I SEE THAT WE ARE BONDED FOREVER.

>> YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL "LAETS GO SAVE SOME LIVES" DOCUMENTARY ON YOU TUBE, WITH A LINK AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE >> THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M RICK DEBRUHL IN FOR TED SIMONS WHO WIL BE BACK ON MONDAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US , YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

[ ♪♪♪ ] PSH PSH >> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS: ON CRONKITE NEWS, WE'LL EXPLAIN THE NEW FIRE RESTRICTIONS GOING INTO EFFECT AS TEMPERATURES SOAR IN OUR STATE.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN: WHY RATES FOR WOMAN OF COLOR IN CORPORATE AMERICA ARE SO LOW.