[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON BOTH THE ARIZONA DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES AMID THE POLITICAL TURMOIL ROCKING THE STATE.

TRANSMISSION RATES ARE UP AND VACCINE DOSES ARE DOWN HERE IN ARIZONA, THE SWEET INCENTIVE GETTING SOME TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, A CONVERSATION ON THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IN ARIZONA.

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

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE CDC TODAY RECOMMENDED THAT EVERYONE IN AREAS OF HIGH COVID TRANSMISSION WEAR MASKS IN DOORS.

THAT INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT EVERYONE IN ALL SCHOOL SETTINGS WEAR A MASK, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS.

JUST TWO MONTHS AGO THE CDC SAID MASKS WERE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THOSE WHO WERE FULLY VACCINATED.

THE DELTA VARIANT CONTINUES TO HIT ARIZONA.

NEW CASES INCREASED TO CLOSE TO 1500 TODAY.

THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES INCREASED BY 12, AND THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID CAME IN OVER 900.

>>> OTHER NEWS THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TOMORROW TO RESPOND TO SUBPOENAS.

SUBPOENA DEMANDS RANGE FROM BALLOT ENVELOPES TO INFORMATION ON CHANGES TO COUNTY ELECTION SYSTEMS.

SUBPOENAS CALL FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE DELIVERED IN TIME FOR A SCHEDULED HEARING ON AUGUST 2ND.

AND THE TWITTER SITE WAS SUSPENDED TODAY BY TWITTER.

TWITTER ROUTINELY SUSPENDS ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN HACKED OR CONDUCTED WHAT TWITTER CONSIDERS A VIOLATION OF ITS ABUSE POLICY.

>>> ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN ANDY BIGGS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE TWO HOUSE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THE CAPITOL RIOTS.

>>> I SAW THE THIN BLUE LINE FLAG MORE THAN ONCE BEING CARRIED BY THE TERRORISTS AS THEY IGNORED OUR COMMANDS AND CONTINUED TO ASSAULT US, AND THE MACE HUNG IN THE AIR AS THE TERRORISTS THROUGH OUR OWN GAS CANISTERS BACK AT US, AND SPRAYED US.

LATER I LEARNED AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WAS SPRAYING US IN THE FACE WITH WASP SPRAY.

>> MY FELLOW AMERICANS ARE DOWN PLAYING OR OUT RIGHT DENYING WHAT HAPPENED.

I FEEL LIKE I WENT TO HELL AND BACK TO PROTECT THEM AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, BUT TOO MANY ARE NOW TELLING ME THAT HELL DOESN'T EXIST, OR THAT HELL ACTUALLY WASN'T THAT BAD.

THE INDIFFERENCE SHOWN TO MY COLLEAGUES IS DISGRACEFUL.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THAT DAY.

[ INAUDIBLE ] DEMOCRACIES ARE NOT DEFINED BY OUR BAD DAYS.

WE'RE DEFINED BY HOW WE COME BACK FROM BAD DAYS.

>> REPRESENTATIVE CHENEY SAYS THE RIOT WILL BE A, QUOTE, CANCER ON THE COUNTRY IF CONGRESS FAILS TO HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE.

>>> THE ARIZONA POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IS IN TURMOIL WITH REPUBLICANS AT ODDS OVER THE RECOUNTED OF MARICOPA COUNTY BALLOTS.

BUT WHAT COULD IT MEAN FOR NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS?

GENTLEMEN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

CHUCK COUGHLIN WE'LL START WITH YOU.

HANDICAP BOTH PARTIES BRIEFLY IF YOU COULD FOR THE MIDTERMS?

CAN YOU EVEN DO IT THIS FAR AHEAD?

>> IT'S LIKE THE STORM THAT CAME IN OVER THE WEEKEND, AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHEN IT WILL COME BACK.

YOU CAN SEE SOME ENDEMIC PARTIES HANDICAPPING BOTH PARTIES RIGHT NOW.

IT SEEMS LIKE BOTH PARTIES ARE ENGAGED IN AN EXERCISE TO CREATE PROBLEMS FOR THEIR OWN PARTY RIGHT NOW.

SO I LOOK AT THAT UNAFFILIATED VOTER AND WHO IS GOING TO DO BEST.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOHN?

>> I THINK CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAYS NEXT YEAR WILL BE A TOUGH YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME REAL REASONS FOR DEMOCRATS TO BE OPTIMISTIC.

SINCE 2016, WE HAVE BEEN IN SOMEWHAT A NEW POLITICS EVER SINCE DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE, AND THESE ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN TOUGH ONES FOR REPUBLICANS.

HIS BRAND DOES REALLY POORLY WITH INDEPENDENT AND MODERATE VOTERS, AND HE IS STILL THE FACE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND YOU COUPLE THAT WITH A PRESIDENT THAT AS OF LAST WEEK WAS POLLING AT 51%, AND THEN A STRONG SLATE OF STATE-WIDE CANDIDATES LEAD BY KATIE HOBBS, AND I THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE A REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC.

>> MARK KELLY, A BIG FACTOR NEXT YEAR, HE HAS GOT TO PLAY IT CAREFULLY.

HOW CLOSELY DOES HE ASSIGN HIMSELF WITH SENATOR SINEMA?

>> MARK KELLY IS GOING TO DO WHAT MARK KELLY HAS DONE WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON SCENE, WHERE HE IS GOING TO RAISE A TON OF MONEY AND DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

HE'LL BACK UP PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGENDA, AND I THINK THAT SAFE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH GETS HIM TO REELECTION.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> YEAH, MIDTERM ELECTIONS TYPICALLY ARE MORE REPUBLICAN AFFAIRS.

THE PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE WAS ABOUT A PLUS 2 FOR REPUBLICANS, SO SIGNIFICANT PARTICIPATION ADVANTAGE FOR REPUBLICANS, AND I WOULD AGREE THAT THOSE ISSUES THAT KELLY IS FOCUSING ON IS -- HE'S A DISCIPLINED CANDIDATE.

SINEMA HAS LAID DOWN A PATH FOR DISCIPLINED MESSAGING.

KELLY FOLLOWED THAT PATH, AND DON'T FALL INTO THE PROGRESSIVE BUCKET OF VOTERS THAT ARE NOT HIGHLY REPRESENTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

>> BRNOVICH NOT GETTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF GLAD HANDS FROM DONALD TRUMP.

HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THAT?

>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.

SO 600,000 REPUBLICAN VOTERS.

35, 40% OF THOSE VOTERS ARE GIVING TRUMP EXTREMELY POPULAR NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.

SO NAVIGATING THAT UNIVERSE FOR HIM IS DIFFICULT.

BUT WHAT I HAVE SAID TO EVERYBODY IS JANUARY OF '20, WE ALL WOULD OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID TRUMP IS GOING TO WIN, AND THEN THE PANDEMIC TAKES HOLD, SO WE DO KNOW THAT ISSUES COME AND GO, OR STAY, AND THAT THEY CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT VOTERS WILL BE THINKING ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW.

BUT IF IT'S THE AUDIT, AND ELECTION INTEGRITY, THAT PUTS HIM IN A DIFFICULT SPOT.

>> WE MENTIONED SINEMA, PEOPLE ARE MARCHING ON HER OFFICE.

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW, JOHN?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU SAW YESTERDAY IN THAT PROTEST JUST HOW FRUSTRATED THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT IS WITH THE FILIBUSTER AND SENATOR SINEMA.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO FRAME THE DEBATE AROUND THE FILIBUSTER AROUND THIS PROCEDURAL THING, BUT THE TRUTH IS, VOTERS DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T GET STUFF DONE, AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGENDA IS VERY POPULAR, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE.

KYRSTEN SINEMA IS VERY GOOD AT PLAYING THE LAW GAME.

AND SHE IS NOT UP FOR ELECTION FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, BUT IT IS GETTING TOUGHER TO SEE THE POLITICAL CALCULOUS BEHIND HER STANCE ON THIS.

>> IF SHE GETS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THROUGH, AND IF THE SENATE DOES FLIP IN THIS CYCLE, SHE'LL LOOK LIKE A PROPHET.

I MEAN SHE WILL.

SHE WILL LOOK GREAT BY THE TIME HER CYCLE ROLLS AROUND.

BECAUSE EVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID I DON'T WANT TO SEE SHIFTING POLITICAL FANS ON MAJOR ISSUES CYCLE TO CYCLE.

THAT'S NOT A SOLID MESSAGE, BECAUSE THEY WILL LIKELY UNWRAP THAT IF THEY WERE TO BREAK THE FILIBUSTER RULE, IT LIKELY GETS UNWRAPPED TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

IF THAT KIND OF THING STARTS TO HAPPEN, THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> LET'S CLOSE IT ON THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS CAREY LAKE THE FRONTRUNNER?

>> I SAY YES.

I SAY YES.

SHE IS A WELL TRAINED -- SHE TALKS TO THE CAMERA WELL.

SHE IS A VOCAL PROPONENT OF ANGER, OF BITTERNESS, AND FRUSTRATION, WHICH CAPTURES THE HEART OF THAT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTORATE.

IT'S NOT A NARRATIVE THAT PROMOTES PROBLEM SOLVING, WHICH IS THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, THE PARTY OF LINCOLN, REAGAN, AND ROOSEVELT, SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO MAYBE TURN IT, BECAUSE IT JUST IS FRUSTRATION.

AND I GET THAT.

BUT SHE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT.

SHE IS REALLY BEGINNING TO RAISE MONEY VERY WELL, AND AS WE SAW AT THE RALLY, IS EMBRACED BY THAT PORTION OF THE ELECTORATE.

>> DO DEMOCRATS DISMISS CAREY LAKE AT THEIR OWN WARNING.

>> I THINK WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ELECTIONS FOR GRANTED, BUT SHE IS VERY ARTICULATE, AND IT'S ALMOST AMUSING THESE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT HAVE JOSTLED FOR THE TRUMP POSITION.

SHE HAD A CAREER IN JOURNALISM, AND IS VERY, VERY GOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.

BUT SHE IS NOT ARTICULATING ISSUES THAT ARE POPULAR FOR A PURPLE ELECTORATE, BUT I THINK SHE IS BEATABLE NEXT FALL IN THE GENERAL.

>> AND SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY SHE WAS A DEMOCRAT.

WHY SHE GAVE MONEY TO OBAMA.

>> DONALD TRUMP NEVER HAD TO DO THAT.

>> HE IS A PROFESSIONAL BULLY IN THAT REGARD, AND I THINK SHE IS GOING TO HAVE OPPONENTS THAT WILL CHALLENGE HER ON THAT.

>> GENTLEMAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, >>> UP NEXT, CONCERN OVER THE MENTAL HEALTH OF KIDS WHO ARE RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER LAST YEAR'S BREAK.

>>> IT'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIME FOR KIDS, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

THE PANDEMIC SHIFTED WHERE AND HOW CHILDREN LEARN, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO ANXIETY.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH DEAN ASLINIA FROM THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX.

DEAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

RETURNING TO SCHOOL IS STRESSFUL EVEN IN THE BEST OF TIMES.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT NOW AS THE SCHOOL YEAR GETS CLOSER?

>> YES, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE ODD YEARS THIS YEAR.

KIDS HAVE ALL OF THE NORMAL THINGS TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

PLUS, WE ADDITIONAL UNKNOWN THAT CREATE THAT EXTRA LAYER OF ANXIETY WHEN IT COMES TO PANDEMIC, BEING SICK, OR PERHAPS SOME OF THE ANXIETY AND WORRY THAT THEY ARE VICARIOUSLY PICKLING UP AT HOME, BE IT PERSONAL ISSUES THAT MAYBE MOM AND DAD ARE EXPERIENCING, STRESS FROM MOM AND DAD'S WORK, LACK OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOW ALSO BEING ADDED TO THE TYPICAL RETURN TO SCHOOL STRUCTURES THAT CHILDREN TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE.

>> WILL SOME OF THESE KIDS BE CONCERNED AND WORRIED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CATCH COVID AT SCHOOL?

>> THAT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PREDISPOSITION OF THE CHILD, AND HOW THEY TYPICALLY DEAL WITH STRESSORS GENERALLY SPEAKING, SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND PARENTS KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR CHILDREN, IF THEY KNOW THEIR CHILDREN TEND TO BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THINGS.

SO THIS IS REALLY WHERE PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP AND RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR CHILD IN A NORMAL LIFE EXPERIENCES HIGHER THAN NORMAL ANXIETY, OR TENDS TO WORRY MORE, THEN THOSE CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HIGHER LEVELS OF ANXIETY IN TERMS OF AM I GOING TO GET SICK, OR BRING IT HOME AND GET MY PARENTS SICK?

AND SOME OF THE OTHER POLITICAL DISCOURSE THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE ADULT LEVEL THAT KIDS HEAR AND THEY HAVE A GREAT LEVEL OF PERCEPTION, UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT SO GOOD AT INTERPRETING THAT DATA, AND THAT'S WHERE PARENTS AND EDUCATORS CAN INTERPRET SOME OF THAT DATA FOR THEM.

>> ALSO, NOT THE BEST, KIDS ARE, FOR A VARIETY OF UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS AT SHOWING, EXPRESSING THEIR ANXIETY, OR KNOWING WHERE TO TURN WHEN THINGS ARE GETTING ROUGH.

>> YEAH, SO I WORK WITH PLAY THERAPY AND SOME OF THE MORE SPECIAL APPROACHES WITH CHILDREN.

AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE EMOTIONS THAT WE EXPERIENCE, JUST THE SAME.

HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO COGNITIVE PROCESS THAT INFORMATION OR VERBALIZE IT, THAT'S WHERE THEY STRUGGLE.

THIS IS WHERE ADULTS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS, REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT SUBTLE CUES, AND REALLY GO WITH THE BASELINE THAT THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THAT CHILD IN THE PAST.

SO IF THE CHILD TENDED TO BE MUCH MORE OF AN EXTROVERT, OUTGOING, SPECIAL AND NOW THEY TEND TO BE RESERVED, WELL, NOW THERE IS A FLAG TO CHECK INTO.

IF NOTHING ELSE CHECK IN WITH THE CHILD, AND SAY, ARE YOU OKAY?

I'M HERE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED TO TALK.

AND REALLY JUDGING THE TYPICAL BASELINE VERSUS WHERE THE CHILD NOW MIGHT BE EXHIBITS BEHAVIORS AND EMOTIONS COULD BE A GREAT CLUE.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOTTOM LINE IS TO KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ALWAYS.

ALWAYS.

CHILDREN, AGAIN, EXPECT AND ALWAYS BELIEVE THEY ARE GETTING TRUTHFUL INFORMATION.

TO THEM THE CONCEPT OF WRONG DATA, OR, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL PROPAGANDA IS NOT A HIGH ON THE RADAR, SO THEY EXPECT HONESTY AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES.

TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT THE POTENTIAL RISKS MIGHT BE.

WHETHER THAT'S TAKING A HIGHER-LEVEL CLASS, OR ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASS, THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE RISK.

SO TRYING TO LIE TO THEM IS NOT RIGHT, BUT RATHER TELL THEM LIFE IS FULL OF RISKS, AND WE HAVE POSITIVE RISKS, AND OTHER THINGS WE CAN MITIGATE FOR OURSELVES, SO REALLY PREPARING THEM FOR WHAT REAL LIFE IS.

>> DEAN ASLINIA FROM THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, WE APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>>> RECENT TRIPS TO THE EDGE OF OUTER SPACE BY RICHARD BRANSON, AND JEFF BEZOS, ARE CHANGING THE NATURE OF SPACE TRAVEL.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET REACTION FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TO OUTER SPACE, COLONEL CADY COLEMAN, ASU'S GLOBAL EXPLORER IN RESIDENCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU SPENT TIME ON THE SPACE STATION.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THESE RECENT SPACE FLIGHTS?

>> I AM PERSONALLY A FAN OF MORE PEOPLE GOING TO SPACE.

THAT MEANS MORE IDEAS AND DIVERSE THOUGHTS.

THERE HAS BEEN A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING, AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TO LOOK BACK AND SEE THAT VIEW OF OUR PLANET.

AND JUST REALLY -- YOU KNOW, FOR ME, LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, IT WAS SO CLEAR THAT IF ONLY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND COULD BE CONNECTED TOGETHER, WE COULD LITERALLY SOLVE ANYTHING, AND WHEN YOU GIVE THAT VIEW TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS, THAT'S WHEN SOLUTIONS COME TOGETHER.

THE WAY I THINK ABOUT THIS IS THAT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VISION -- YOU KNOW, WE COULD THINK OF, YOU KNOW, JEFF BEZOS, AND THEIR PLANS ARE ALL DIFFERENT, AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S SOME COMMONALITY THERE, WHERE THEY REALLY THINK THAT SPACE BELONGS TO ALL OF US, AND IT'S A PLACE -- I MEAN, HERE IS OUR EARTH, AND WE USED TO THINK SPACE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT SPACE IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF OUR PLANET HERE, AND THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GO THERE.

>> WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS NASA IS CONCERNED?

WILL WE SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC/PARTNERSHIPS?

>> I WOULD THINK SO.

I MYSELF WENT UP TO THE SPACE STATION, STAYED SIX MONTHS AND CAME BACK WITH THE RUSSIANS.

AND THAT WAS -- I MEAN, TO ME IT IS ALL ABOUT LEAVING EARTH AND COMING BACK, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GLOBAL KIND OF ENDEAVOR, AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS A LOT OF CONVENIENCE AND ECONOMIC SCALE THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU LAUNCH FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY.

AND BY LAUNCHING FROM FLORIDA WE CAN DO MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS THAT WERE INCONVENIENT FROM HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD.

AND VIRGIN GALACTIC ARE GOING UP AND STAYING FOR A SHORT TRIP, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR A MICROGRAVITY WEIGHTLESSNESS TRIAL IS ABOUT 30 SECONDS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPACE.

AND YOU ARE TRYING TO SEE IF YOU CAN SQUIRT THIS FROM HERE TO HERE, AND YOU FIND OUT, OH, WE BETTER HAVE COATED THOSE NEEDLES.

SO THREE MINUTES MAY SOUND SHORT TO PEOPLE, BUT IT IS LONG IN TERMS OF NASA, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH BLUE ORIGIN TO DO EXPERIMENTS.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED THE TRIP TO THE SPACE STATION, AND THERE IS ANOTHER TRIP COMING UP IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THE BOEING FOLKS HAVE THEIR OWN CAPSULE, WHICH THEY HAVE DESIGNED.

WE KNOW HOW TO GET PEOPLE AND SUPPLIES UP TO SPACE.

NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO LET OUR COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS GIVE US THEIR BEST GUESS AT HOW TO DO THAT AND HOW TO DO IT BETTER THAN WE CAN.

SO THIS IS THE BOEING CAPSULE.

IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE LONG WAITING FOR IT, BUT ALL OF IT WILL BE IN THE NOISE WHEN WE HAVE TWICE AS MANY SEATS TO THAT SPACE STATION, BECAUSE THIS IS THE PLACE, ONE OF THEM, WHERE WE ARE FIGURING OUT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO LIVE ON THE MOON?

OUR SPACE STATION IS A PLATFORM FOR THAT.

>> LAST QUESTION HERE, ARE WE AT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS STAGE OF SPACE TRAVEL RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME, BECAUSE PEOPLE -- I MEAN, IT'S ALL -- IT HAS TAKEN YEARS TO GET THINGS TO GO, BECAUSE SPACE IS HARD, BUT IT IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME.

I WOULD PREFER THE WRIGHT FAMILY, BECAUSE THE MOM AND SISTERS WERE INVOLVED.

>> OKAY.

>> BUT NOT JUST FOR THESE COMPANIES YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, BUT LOOK AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, AND SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE A LOT OF MEME WHO HAVE BEEN DOING ASTRO PHYSICS AND SENDING SPACECRAFT TO FURTHER PLACES, AND THEY ARE GATHERING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THEM, AND EXPERIMENTS ARE BEING ORGANIZED AND SENT UP, SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME ON EVERY LEVEL.

>> GREAT STUFF, COLONEL CADY COLEMAN, ASU'S GLOBAL EXPLORER IN RESIDENCE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANKS VERY MUCH.

>>> 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 MEET TWO NEW COYOTES WHO WILL GET PLENTY OF TIME ON THE ICE AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, A CONVERSATION ON THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IN ARIZONA.