[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA WHAT AN INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES MEANS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

STATE OF TOURISM IN ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE CONTROVERSY INVOLVING CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND CHILDRENS' EDUCATION.

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

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

ARIZONA ISCO INDIVIDUAL COUNT IS UP AGAIN.

MORE THAN 1,000 NEW CASES REPORTED TODAY.

THAT MAKES FOR A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE.

THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IS ALSO ON THE INCREASE.

IT'S UP ABOUT 15% OVER LAST WEEK.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ALMOST ALL OF THIS IS DUE TO THE SPREAD OF THE DELTA VARIANT AND LAGGING VACCINATION RITS.

>>> THE AMERICAN AMERICAN RECOMMENDED UNIVERSAL MASKING IN SCHOOLS FOR EVERYONE OLDER THAN THE AGE OF TWO.

IT MAKES SENSE SAYS DR. ANTHONY FAUCI.

>> WE YOU HAVE A DEGREE OF VIRAL DYNAMICS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE POPULATION THAT IS UNVACCINATED, YOU WANT .TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT BREAK THROUGH, AND FOR THAT REASON, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS MIGHT DO THAT.

IF WE DON'T GET A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THESE PEOPLE VACCINATED, YOU ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A SMOLDER OF THIS OUTBREAK IN OUR COUNTRY FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE WHAT EVERYBODY WANTINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS TO BE ABLE TO CRUSH THIS OUTBREAK.

>>> PFIZER HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT BOOSTER SHOTS AS A GOOD WAY TOO CRUSH THE OUTBREAK.

BUT THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SAID NOT SO FAST.

>> I THINK THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE PROCESS.

IT IS THE FDA AND CDC THAT NEEDS TO MAKE THAT JUDGMENT, AND THEY SAID WE DO NOT NEED BOOSTERS RIGHT NOW.

>>> COVID'S CONCERNS AND FEARS TRIGGERED A HUGE SELL-OFF ON WALL STREET TODAY.

THE DOW AT TIMES WERE DOWN OVER 900 POINTS.

THEY ALSO SAW TODAY'S SLIDE AS A BLOWING OFF OF STEAM AFTER A LONG RALLY.

>>> AND FULLY VACCINATED CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER CANADA.

ENTRY WILL NOW BE ALLOWED STARTING AUGUST 9TH.

PROVIDING THE TRAVELERS SHOW PROOF THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>>> AND A FLORIDA MAN BECAME THE FIRST TO BE SENTENCED FOR THE JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL RIOT.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, COVID-19 CASES ARE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN DUE TO THE DELTA VARIANT.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FAMILIES PREPARING TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE ASKED DR. SWAPNA REDDY, FROM ASU'S COLLEGE OF HEALTH SOLUTIONS.

DR. SWAPNA REDDY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US HERE.

BIG NEWS TODAY REGARDING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.

>> YEAH.

THEIR LEADING THOUGHT LEADER AMONG PEDIATRICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES CAME OUT AND SAID EVERYONE OVER TWO, WE SHOULD HAVE UNIVERSAL MASKING FOR ANYONE OVER TWO, SPECIFICALLY IN SCHOOLS.

THAT IS PRETTY RELEVANT.

AT A TIME WE'RE REALLY GRAPPLING WITH WHAT TYPE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS, REGULATIONS AND PROTECTIONS WE SHOULD BE PUTTING IN PLACE.

>> WHY THIS RECOMMENDATION, AND WHY NOW?

>> YEAH, SO THIS IS REALLY COMING IN THE WAKE OF CDC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE RECENTLY RELEASED THAT BASICALLY SAID, CHILDREN THAT ARE VACCINATED DO NOT NEED TO BE MASKED OR QUARANTINED OR SPECIALLY SOCIALLY DISTANCED ONCE SCHOOL BEGINS, BUT AS WE KNOW THERE IS NOT REALLY A WAY TO VERIFY THE VACCINATION PROCESS, AND CERTAIN STATES, SPECIFICALLY EIGHT STATES, AND VERY SPECIFICALLY ARIZONA HAS SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE REGULATIONS.

THERE WILL BE NO MANDATORY MASKING OF CHILDREN THAT ARE UNVACCINATED.

>> SO YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, SAYING ONE THING, THE CDC SAYING ONE THING, AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA SAYING DO WHATEVER YOU WANT?

>> YEAH.

THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS A DECISION UP TO THE PARENTS.

THIS IS ABOUT CHOICE.

AND THEY DO NOT CHILDREN WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BE VACCINATED TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

WHICH IS AN INTERESTING TALKING POINT THAT REALLY HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH WHAT EVIDENCE AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS ARE TELLING US.

WE'RE SEEING A PANDEMIC THAT IS REALLY A PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED.

LAST WEEK WE SAW AN INCREASE IN 46 STATES, SO WE'RE SEEING RISING RATES OF COVID-19, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE STAGNANT RATES OF THE VACCINATIONS, AND THOSE ARE MOSTLY LITTLE KIDS AND THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT TO BE VACCINATED.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED AND THE IMPACT ON KIDS IF ADULTS DON'T GET THEIR SHOTS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE ABOUT 51, 52% VACCINATED IN THIS COUNTRY, AND ARIZONA IS ONE OF THE MANY STATES THAT HAS A STAGNANT VACCINATION RATE.

BUT WE'RE SEEING RISING COVID-19 CASES AND RISING HOSPITALIZATION RATES, AND A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO THE DELTA VARIANT.

AND WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THE REMAINING POPULATION OF UNVACCINATED ADULTS AND ADOLESCENCE, WHO IS MOST AT RISK IS KIDS.

BECAUSE KIDS UNDER 12 REALLY DEPEND ON THE REST OF US TO BECOME VACCINATED SO THAT IT'S LESS PREVALENT IN OUR SOCIETY.

>> AND WE SHOULD MENTION AS WELL, THIS IS NOT JUST COVID-19.

THIS IS COVID-19 -- A LOT OF YOUNGER FOLKS ARE HAVING LONG-HAUL PROBLEMS, NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS -- I MEAN, YOU WONDER SOMETIMES IF PEOPLE STILL THINK, IT'S JUST A FLU.

>> THAT'S A COMMON NARRATIVE.

THIS IS JUST A FLU OR YOUNG FOLKS CAN'T GET IT, AND WHAT WE ARE SAYING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DELTA VARIANT, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS YOUNGER AND YOUNGER FOLKS BEING HOSPITALIZED AND HAVING -- AS YOU JUST MENTIONED LONG-HAUL EFFECTS.

THAT ONE IN THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN INFECTED SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME SORT OF NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS.

IN PLACES LIKE MISSISSIPPI WE HAVE SEVEN KIDS IN THE ICU, AND TWO KIDS ON VENTILATORS, AND THESE ARE YOUNG KIDS.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS -- YOU MENTIONED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT THE AAP IS SHOWING US, WHAT THE CDC RECOMMENDS, AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN ARIZONA IS A REAL MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN MANY OF WHAT THE STATE AGENCIES AND WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS AND PHYSICIANS ARE RECOMMENDING.

>> AND AS FAR AS KIDS ARE CONCERNED, 12-PLUS ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW FOR VACCINATIONS.

THEY ARE STILL DOING TRIALS ON KIDS YOUNGER THAN 12, BUT THOSE ARE NOT READY YET?

>> THEY ARE NOT.

AND IT IS LOOKING LIKE MORE MIDWINTER BEFORE THOSE WILL BE APPROVED.

AND I KNOW FOR PARENTS OF KIDS UNDER 12 -- I HAVE ONE MYSELF -- WE ARE MORE THAN READY, AND MANY OF US CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED.

>> DR. SWAPNA REDDY, FROM ASU'S COLLEGE OF HEALTH SOLUTIONS, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK HORIZON, WHY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE SHOWING SOME OF THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATES IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> THE CDC REPORTS THAT NATIVE AMERICANS ARE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 AT HIGHER RATES THAN ANY OTHER GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY.

WE SPOKE WITH DEANNA SANGSTER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF NATIVE HEALTH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

>>> DEANNA SANGSTER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AMERICAN INDIANS, HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE IN THE U.S. ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT?

>> NO, ACTUALLY, NO.

>> HOW COME?

>> AS FAR AS THE VACCINATION RATES, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS -- EVEN WITH MY EXPERIENCE, IN THE BEGINNING I WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINATION, NOT KNOWING -- BECAUSE ITS WAS A NEW VACCINE.

BUT OVER TIME, I SAW OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR GET THE VACCINE, SO I THOUGHT, WELL, I TRUST HER, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF GETTING THE COVID, SO I DID IT FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY SONS, FOR MY COWORKERS, AND I GOT THE VACCINE.

>> AND THAT KIND OF STORY -- YOU HAVE HEARD THAT KIND OF STORY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS?

>> YES.

I THINK THAT THERE'S -- THERE WAS A LOT OF MISTRUST IN THE BEGINNING.

I THINK PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT PATIENTS WHO WERE GETTING THE VACCINE WERE EXPERIENCING, AND ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT, THERE WEREN'T MANY SIDE EFFECTS, BUT COMPARING THAT TO ACTUALLY GETTING COVID, I DHI ENCOURAGED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET THE VACCINE.

I THINK THE EDUCATION THAT WAS PRESENTED, I THINK THEY MADE A LOT OF EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> AND THE INFECTION RATE IN -- I THINK MAY OF LAST YEAR, WAS THREE AND A HALF TIMES THE RATE AT NATIVE AMERICANS, I WOULD THINK THAT KIND OF ADDED A SENSE OF URGENCY ONCE THESE VACCINATIONS WERE READY, TRUE?

>> EXACTLY.

YES.

SINCE DECEMBER, THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES REPORTED THAT OVER 800,000 NATIVE AMERICANS HAD RECEIVED THE VACCINE, BUT 3.7%, WHICH WAS WELL OVER THE POPULATION, GOT THE VACCINES, AND WE HAVE A BIG DISPARITY IN THE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND WITH THE -- ABOUT -- WITH THE -- ABOUT 4% OF COVID-19 CASES AND 4% OF HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, AND ARE MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED IN MARICOPA COUNTY, SO I THINK FOR THAT REASON, WE -- WE HAVE OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND KIND OF THING WITH NATIVE HEALTH WHERE WE PROVIDED MANY -- MANY VACCINATION CLINICS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS LOCATED THAT HAS REDUCED VARIOUS VACCINATIONS.

>> OKAY.

AND REAL QUICKLY NOW, TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES OUT THERE IN GETTING THAT EFFORT DOWN.

>> WE HAVE AN URBAN INDIAN HEALTHCARE PROGRAM LOCATED HERE.

AND WE PROVIDE SERVICES, AND WE WENT WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO.

WE WORKED WITHIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE WORKED WITH THE TRIBE IN GUADALUPE AND OTHER UNIQUE EVENTS TO GET OUR VACCINES OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES.

WE ALSO PROVIDE VACCINATION CLINICS IN THREE ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS AS WELL, SO WE ALSO MARKETED MANY MATERIALS THAT WERE CREATED SPECIFICALLY TARGETING NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKA NATIVES AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOS, POSTCARDS, AND WE EVEN HAVE NATIVE RADIO SHARING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.

>> AND THIS KIND OF EFFORT MIGHT NEED TO BE STEPPED UP AGAIN WITH THE DELTA VARIANT.

EVERYONE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THIS?

>> YES, WE ARE PREPARING TO DO THAT AGAIN AND HOPE TO REACH EVERYBODY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS, DEANNA SANGSTER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF NATIVE HEALTH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> TEMPERATURES IN THE WEST, ESPECIALLY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WESTERN CANADA ARE AT HISTORIC HIGHS.

IS THIS IS A NEW NORMAL?

AND IF SO, HOW TO ADDRESS THIS CHANGE IN CLIMATE.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH DAVID HONDULA, FROM ASU'S SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES AND URBAN PLANNING.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS.

WE'RE TALKING HEAT WAVE.

IT SOUNDS CRAZY.

IS IT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS?

>> IT IS BAD OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

THE EVENT WE JUST SAW COME THROUGH IS SO EXTREME THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A NUMBER ON EXACTLY HOW UNLIKELY THIS EVENT WAS.

SOME OF THE TEMPERATURES WERE AT 30 DEGREES OR MORE ABOVE NORMAL.

IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT IN THESE CLIMATE CHANGE ATTRIBUTION STUDIES TO GET A FIRM HANDLE ON THESE EXTREME EVENTS.

BY THEIR VERY NATURE THAT OCCUR SO UNUSUALLY.

BUT THIS IS A ONE IN A THOUSAND YEAR EVENT.

BUT THIS IS AN EVENT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN RECORDED HISTORY, AND HOW LIKELY IT IS TO REOCCUR, IS STILL GOING TO BE A GREAT DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD.

>> AND I'M SURE MUCH OF THAT WILL INVOLVE HUMAN-INVOLVED CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> THAT'S THE FINDING FROM THIS TEAM THAT CONDUCTED A RAPID CLIMATE ATTRIBUTION STUDY OF THE EVENT BASED IN EUROPE.

SO LET'S BREAK APART CLIMATE CHANGE A LITTLE BIT HERE, AND THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE.

ONE THINK ABOUT GREENHOUSE GASES.

AND HOW LIKELY WOULD THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN TO OCCUR WITH LOWER GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

WHEN THIS TEAM RAN THE MODELS, EVEN IN MODELS THAT INCLUDE GLOBAL WARMING, THIS HAPPENS RELATIVELY INFREQUENTLY.

SO THEY WITH SUPER-CHARGING THE SYSTEM, AND LOADING THE DICE AS WE HEAR, AND THIS WAS A PARTICULAR RECIPE IN THE WAY THE CIRCULATION WAS PLAYING OUT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS PROCESS IS INFLUENCED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME.

SOME SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING WE HAD A PERFECT STORM.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT URBANIZATION PROCESS.

AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS EVENT WAS MUCH WORSE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CITIES BECAUSE OF THAT URBAN HEAT EFFECT.

>> WE KNOW WE CAN PROBABLY HANDLE THIS BETTER THAN COMMUNITIES WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

HERE WE SUFFER EVERY SUMMER.

WE HAVE SEEM DIEING ON THE STREETS BECAUSE OF HEAT EXHAUST AND SUCH.

WHAT CAN CITIES DO TO MITIGATE WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN EVER-INCREASING RISE IN TEMPERATURE.

>> ONE IS THE COOLING STRATEGIES, AND THE CLIMATE MODELING STUDIES ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING HERE, WITH TREES AND SOME TECHNOLOGYIES WE CAN OFFSET THE CONTINUED WARMING, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

SO AS OUR CITIES CONTINUE TO GROW AND PUSH INTO THE DESERT, IT DOES HAVEN'T TO BE A HOTTER FUTURE FOR US.

WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION STRATEGIES.

WE HAVE HOT WEATHER HERE IN ARIZONA, AND WE NEED TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO IT IS HOT.

THE CITY OF PHOENIX HAS DEPLOYED A COOLING BUS FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT DURING A HOT DAY.

WE NEED TO SEE THAT A THOUSAND FOLD.

>> I LIKE THE IDEA OF IN-HOME SENSOR, WHEN THE SENSOR CAN TELL WHEN IT IS GETTING REALLY WARM, SO SOMEBODY CAN TEXT OR MESSAGE SAYING GET OVER TO SO AND SO'S HOUSE.

>> YEAH.

WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.

THERE ARE CARBON MONOXIDE REDETECTORSSS -- DETECTORS, AND WE CAN PUT THAT TECHNOLOGY TO WORK TO PREVENT HEAT-RELATED DEATHS EACH YEAR.

I HOPE TO SEE THAT BEING MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> AND LAST QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO, REAL QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE'RE RETURNING OUT OF TIME.

BUT IS THE POLITICAL CLIMATE -- ARE WE READY FOR THIS POLITICALLY?

>> I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST EVENT MAY BE MAKING US MORE POLITICALLY READY FOR THIS EVENT.

MORE THAN 600 DEATHS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS THUS FAR.

THE CITY OF PHOENIX INCLUDES AN OFFICE OF HEAT MITIGATION IN ITS BUDGET.

SO THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE WE'RE HEADING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DAVID HONDULA, FROM ASU'S SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES AND URBAN PLANNING, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>>> THE GROUP NATIVE WOMEN RUNNING AIMS TO GIVE INDIGENOUS WOMEN A PLATFORM TO SHARE THEIR CULTURE.

CRONKITE NEWS REPORTER IKE EVERARD SHARES THE STORY OF ONE WOMAN WHO HITS THE TRAIL FOR MORE THAN JUST EXERCISE.

♪♪ >>> OH, BEFORE I GO ON A RUN, I -- YOU KNOW, I -- USUALLY PRAY.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO BEFORE WE RUN.

WE SAY A SHORT PRAYER BEFORE WE GO OUT THERE.

WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WAKING UP, THANKING OUR CREATOR FOR ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY.

RUNNING FOR IS -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE CELEBRATING.

WE'RE CELEBRATING LIFE.

WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, CARRY ON THE CULTURE, BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR CULTURE, YOU KNOW?

AND WE'RE NOT JUST RUNNING FOR US.

WE'RE RUNNING FOR OUR PEOPLE.

WE'RE RUNNING FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T.

WE'RE RUNNING FOR PRAYER.

AND -- AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

I STARTED RUNNING ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING IT BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY HEALTH, MY HEALTH AND MY WELL-BEING, AND TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.

I HAVE FOUR KIDS, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE, YOU CAN STILL GO OUT THERE AND RUN.

♪♪ THE WOMEN ON NATIVE WOMEN RUNNING, ARE VERY INSPIRE RATAL.

WE'RE THERE.

WE MOTIVATE EACH OTHER, AND WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

♪♪ >>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, NATIVE WOMEN RUNNING ON THEIR WEBSITE, ON INSTAGRAM, AND ON FACEBOOK.

>>> 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 CRONKITE NEWS, A NEW SURVEY THAT LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE LAST ELECTION FOLLOWING THE AUDIT OF MARICOPA COUNTY BALLOTS.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING CHILDREN ON SUCCESSFUL BLACK PEOPLE FROM HISTORY.

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