COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR LOCAL NOES ON ARIZONA PB ZEST ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE JOURNALIST ROUNDTABLE, THE FIGHT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE GOVERNOR IT'S OFFICE ON MASK MANDATES AND CLASSROOMS ON CRONKITE NEWS: MORE ON A COURT CHALLENGE TO THE STATES BAN ON MASK REQUIREMENTS AND SCHOOLS.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN: WHY SO MANY PEOPLE KEEP MOVING TO ARIZONA.

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

>> THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FRIENDS FROM PBS, YOUR PBS STATION.

THANK YOU.

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I AM TED SIMONS.

A COALITION OF ARIZONA EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS IS SUING THE STATE OVER ITS BAN ON MASK AND SCHOOLS.

THE SUIT CLAIMS THAT THE BAN IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF A BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILLS AND IS NOT ON ITS OWN AND BECAUSE THE BAND APPLIES ONLY TO PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AND NOT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

THE LAWSUIT COMES AFTER A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE GONE AROUND THE LAW ENACTED THEIR OWN MANDATES.

FALLOUT FROM TWO REPORTS RELEASED YESTERDAY REGARDING PHOENIX POLICE AND THE COUNTY IT'S ATTORNEY IT'S OFFICE CHARGING SOCIAL JUSTICE PROTESTANT PROTESTERS WITH GANG-RELATED FELONIES LAST YEAR.

ONE OF THE REPORTERS IN THE PHOENIX POLICE CHIEF TRAN THREE RECEIVING A ONE-DAY SUSPENSION, ALONG WITH THREE TOP OFFICIALS IN HER OFFICE BEING REASSIGNED AND ONE POLICE SERGEANT PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

THE OTHER REPORT FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT'S OFFICE SHOWS THAT THE PLAN TO PROSECUTE FOR STRING STREET GANG CRIMES WAS SPEARHEADED BY ONE PROSECUTOR WHO WAS WORKING WITH THE POLICE.

THAT PROSECUTOR EARLIER THIS WEEK FILED A 10 MILLION-DOLLAR DEFAMATION CLAIM AGAINST THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT'S OFFICE CLAIMING THAT SHE WAS DONE UNDER THE BUS FOR THE WHOLE THING.

ARIZONA RECORDED MORE THAN 3200 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 TODAY.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY.

THAT'S WHERE 23 COVID RELATED FOR TALLIES ON RECORD, THAT'S THE HIGHEST ONE-DAY TOTAL SINCE MARCH.

THE NUMBER OF ARIZONANS IN ICU WITH THE COALBED IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE LATE JANUARY OR I'M SORRY SINCE LATE FEBRUARY.

ARIZONA RECORDED MORE THAN 3200 NEW CASES.

THE FDA IN THE CDC ARE BOTH RECOMMENDING THAT A 23rd DOSE OF COBE VACCINE BE ADMINISTERED TO THOSE WHO ARE SEVERELY IMMUNE COMPROMISED, INCLUDING ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS ON A MOON COMPRESS MEDICATION AND PEOPLE WITH IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES.

ALSO OF NOTE: THE CDC MET WITH TODAY TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT TO RECOMMEND BOOSTER SHOTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

A FEDERAL JUDGE SEYI RULED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IT'S LATEST ADVECTION MORATORIUM CAN REMAIN IN PLACE, AT LEAST FOR NOW.

THE JUDGE SAID A REQUEST FROM THE LENDER ASSOCIATIONS TO BLOCK THE MORATORIUM.

BUT THE EXTENSION FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

THE US SUPREME COURT VOTED FIVE-FOUR IN JUNE TO ALLOW PREVIOUS EXTENSION BUT JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAGH, WAS THE SWING VOTE IN FAVOR AND HE INDICATED AT THE TIME THAT HE WOULD AND HOLD THE MORATORIUM IF IT WERE EXTENDED AGAIN.

IN JULY WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH EVER RECORDED GLOBALLY.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND ATMOSPHERIC MINISTRATION, WHICH RELEASED A REPORT SHOWING THAT JULY WAS THE WORLD IT'S HOTTEST MONTH EVER RECORDED.

LAND AND OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURES LAST MONTH OR 1.67 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAN, THE MOST IT'S BEEN SENSE RECORDS BEGAN KEEPING IN 18A.

TIME IS FOR THE JOURNALIST ROUNDTABLE AND NOW FOR ANOTHER VERY BUSY WEEKEND WE WELCOME HALLIE FISHER OF CAPITAL MAY BE SERVICES AND THE OF THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC.

HOW WE WE HAVE A COURT CASE AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND FOLKS FILING SUIT SAYING THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR IT'S OFFICE IS DOING BUT GIVE US AN OVERVIEW.

>> THE GOVERNOR IT'S OFFICE IN WYOMING AS A WHOLE OTHER STORY SO WE BELIEVE THAT TO BE.

THE BILLS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR, ONE OF WHICH SAYS THAT SCHOOLS MAY NOT IMPOSE MASK MANDATES AND THEY MAY NOT REQUIRE MASK OR CO- BUT AS A CONDITION OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

THE PHOENIX UNION, SOUTHER OF DICKS WAS ON THE VALLEY AND THE STATES WENT AHEAD AND SAID, NO WERE GOING TO PUT A MASK MANDATES NOW, POINTING OUT THIS LAW, LIKE ALL THE LAWS OF NEW EXCEPTIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT THE 91st DAY OF THE SESSION.

THAT IS SEPTEMBER 209th.

IT'S AUGUST 13th.

MY CALENDAR SUGGEST THAT THE LAW IS NOT IN EFFECT.

THAT DID NOT STOP A TEACHER AT THE PHOENIX UNION FOR FILING SUIT TO TRY TO GET THE COURT TO SAY THEY HAVE TO OBEY ITS NOW.

THEY WERE IN COURT THIS MORNING SAYING, IT REALLY IS A BUDGET BILL AND IT DOES NOT TAKE EFFECT 91 DAYS EARLIER AND MARY O'GRADY FOR THE DISTRICT SAID, WAIT A SEC.

THE CALENDAR IS THE CALENDAR WHAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

AS OF THIS HOUR WE STILL HAVE A RULING.

TWO, AS YOU POINTED OUT WE HAVE A NEW LAWSUIT AT THE AEA IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND THE DOCTOR'S ACTION ALLIANCE SAYING, HERE IS THE BIGGER PROBLEM.

SEPTEMBER 209th OR NOT THIS WAS ENACTED AS WHAT THEY CALL A BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL.

THIS IS 231 PAGES OF SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO READ ALSO WITH DETAILS ON STATE AID TO SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE PILED IN THERE.

WAS ALSO PILED IN THERE IS THE MASK MANDATE AND WHAT IS ALSO PILED IN THERE IS THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SPEAKING WITH THE GOVERNOR REALLY CALLS A CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.

WITH THE LAWSUIT SAYS IS THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION THAT SAYS EVERY BILL AND THERE HAS ONE SUBJECT AND IT HAS TO REFLECT THAT.

THE ATTORNEYS SAY ON BOTH ACCOUNTS >> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS KIND OF A PERFORMANCE DOWN THERE AT THE LEGISLATURE.

LORI, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER IS THUMBING THEIR NOES WITH HIS BAND ON THE MASK MANDATES.

>> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC] WE WERE JOKING EARLIER WHAT IF THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE MEETS BUT NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING THEM BUT THIS CASE THERE WAS LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY ASKED AS PART OF THE BUDGET BILL IS EVEN LEGAL.

YOU NOW HAVE NO NO ON THIS STARTED WITH IS HOW HE MENTIONED THIS ISSUE AND THEN SPREAD TO NINE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ASU FIGURED OUT, THEY READ THE LAW AND IT IS REDUCING A BAN MASS IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

AND IF YOU READ THE LAW IT'S A BAN ON REQUIRING UNVACCINATED STUDENTS TO WEAR A MASK.

ASU IS A WAY THEIR LAWYERS READ IT'S THE LAW DOES NOT STOP THE UNIVERSITY FROM REQUIRING EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK THEY SIMPLY CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AN VACCINATED STUDENTS AND STAFFERS.

SO, THEY WENT AHEAD AND SAID THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE MASKS.

AND WITHOUT A HALF A MINUTE, UA SAID, SO ARE WE.

AND THE TWO LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGES SAID ME TO, LET US IN.

AND BASICALLY YOU'VE GOT A WHAT WIDESCALE REVOLT ACROSS THE STATES EITHER CALLING INTO QUESTION WHAT LEGISLATORS DID WAS ILLEGAL OR WHETHER IT'S RIGHT IN SAYING, IT SIMPLY WE NOT GOING TO GO ALONG WITH IT >> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS ALSO SAID YES, IT'S FINE BY US.

MAT EXCUSE ME >> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC] THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING FIGURES IS JAMPACKED WITH GOVERNOR DUCEY.

EVEN GOVERNOR DOOZIES SEE THE PROBLEM HERE.

THE LEGISLATURE IS ASKING SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IS CHOOSE BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEIR POLITICS.

SO THEY HAVE RIGHTFULLY, I BELIEVE IN MY NON- LEGAL OPINION, RIGHTLY FIGURED OUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE IS NOT LEGAL.

AND GOOD FOR THEM.

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES] MORE TO THE POINT FROM THE POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE DOUG DUCEY HAS BEEN THE RAJEEV RODNEY DANGERFIELD HE GETS NO RESPECT BUT ALSO LIKE RODNEY DANGERFIELD HE'S BECOME THE BUTT OF THE JOKES.

IF YOU WANT I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE NOW IN THIS BUSINESS INCLUDES PUTTING EVERYTHING IN RECREATIONAL BILLS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS UNDER HYDRO HEADED PIECE OF LEGISLATION, THAT IS NOT THAT UNUSUAL DOWN THERE.

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES].

NO THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT, THEY ORIGINALLY HAD IT ON THE BUS RECONCILIATION BEYOND THE SUPREME COURT SAID YOU CAN'T DO THAT THEY NOW HAVE SMALLER BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILLS, ONE FOR HEALTH AND ONE FOR K-12, ONE FOR BUDGET PROCEDURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WHAT THEY ARE STILL DOING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, HIS HORSE TRADING.

THEY'RE TELLING SOMEBODY, YOU DID NOT LIKE THE BILL ON A CRITICAL RACE THEORY, FAILED AS AN INDIVIDUAL BILL.

SOME LAWMAKERS DIDN'T LIKE IT.

THEY WENT BACK THEY PILED IN THIS 231 PAGE BILL AND SAID TO TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS WE WILL PUT IN SOMETHING THAT YOU ONCE, LIKE A MASK MANDATES.

THE QUESTION IS IS HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK?

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] YES, NOT A NEGATIVE ANSWER TO THAT APPARENTLY.

>> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC] YOU HAVE NO TIME FOR DISCUSSION, DEBATE, INPUTS FROM ANY OF THE STUDENTS OR TEACHERS, OR ANY PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY JUST THROW IT IN THERE IN THE LAST HOUR IN THE LEGISLATURE.

IF YOU DARES TO SUGGEST WHAT THEY DID WAS NOT LEGAL THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PROTESTS IN ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS.

ULTIMATELY THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SHAKEN UP BY THE COURTS.

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] YES, YES HOW HE THEY'RE ALSO 26 I BELIEVE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS CALLING FOR LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT AS I MENTIONED, THEY WERE THUMBING THEIR NOES AT THE MASK MANDATES.

I BELIEVE THEY WERE CALLING THESE ANTI- SCIENCE MACS AND VACCINE MANDATES.

AND THAT THESE WERE ROBY DISTRICTS AND GOVERNMENTS AND THEY WANT THE GOVERNOR TO DO SOMETHING AND DO SOMETHING NOW.

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES].

OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK FROM WYOMING, BUT WILL LEAVE THEM ASIDE.

WAS ANTISCIENCE ABOUT WEARING A MASK?

I DON'T KNOW I CAME HERE TO THE ASU STUDIOS, I WORE A MASK, I WANT TO BE PROTECTED AND I DON'T WANT TO INFECT EVERYONE ELSE.

WITH A COIN FORCE A FEW THINGS.

ONE, THE GOVERNOR COULD FILE SUIT AGAINST DISTRICTS.

WELL, HERE'S THE PROBLEM OF THE LAW DOES NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2,029th WERE BACK TO THAT.

TWO, HE SHOULD WITHHOLD FEDERAL AID WITHIN HIS CONTROL FROM THE DISTRICT.

HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AUTHORITY THERE BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE NOW GOING INTO TRICKY TERRITORY.

A NUMBER THREE WHICH IS THE MOST INTERESTING IS, HE SHOULD OFFER VOUCHERS TO PARENTS OF THE KIDS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL TO HAVE HER WHEREABOUTS ARE REQUIRED.

LET THEM USE TAXPAYER MONEY TO ATTEND A PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A MASK.

NOW I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNOR HAS A LATERAL AUTHORITY AND TO DECIDE WHO GETS VOUCHERS, THAT WAS THE CASE EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE A VOUCHER.

PLUS THE FACT LOOK AT PLACES LIKE BROPHY OR SOUTHPOINT, GOOD CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRING MASS, SO WHAT'S THE POINT.

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] ONE.

TEXT IS THIS MAKE SENSE?

IS THERE TENURE HERE WHEN YOU ARE THREATENING SCHOOLS AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DOING A HEALTH PANDEMIC?

>> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC].

WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS YOUR THREATENING STUDENTS.

YOUR THREATENINGS THE STUDENT'S EDUCATION.

YOU ARE SAYING ARE WE ARE SAYING WERE GOING TO START YOUR EDUCATION IF WE DON'T DO WOULD USE WE SAY YOU MUST DO.

EVEN IF WE SAY, THE SCHOOL SAY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ILLEGAL AND WERE GOING TO SUE YOU.

NO, NO, NO YOU HAVE JAY KAUFMAN AND BAR LIGHT LEGISLATURES WHO WERE STOMPING THEIR FEET AND BASICALLY CALLING ON DUCEY TO PUT EVERYBODY IN ORDER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FALLEN ALONG WITH WHAT THEY WANT.

THIS WILL ALL SHAKE OUT IN THE COURTS BUT THE IDEA OF THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE IT'S WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SHORT CHILDREN OF THEIR EDUCATION WHEN THEY ALREADY ARE SHORTED AND HAVE BEEN SHORTED FOR YEARS FINANCIALLY, IS KIND OF GROSS.

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST].

YEAH, WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING HERE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

AGAIN LAWMAKERS ACT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO QUOTE TO DO ITS JOB.

I THINK THEY SAID IN THE LETTER WE ASK PRIVATELY NOW WE ARE GOING PUBLICLY.

SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT AT WITS END.

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES].

THEY'RE OUT OF OPTIONS.

BUT REMEMBER THIS IS ALSO THE PHILLY SEASON.

WE HAD A MAN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR SAY THE GOVERNOR SHOULD CALL A SPECIAL SYSTEM ON VOUCHERS.

STEVE GAYNOR WHO WAS ALSO RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND I WILL DO YOU BETTER, I THINK THE GOVERNOR SHOULD ORDER AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

AGAIN, THIS IS ALL POLITICS.

THIS IS ALL CATERING TO A CERTAIN BASE IN THE GOP IT'S.

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST].

LET'S GO QUICKLY, SOME ARE USED TO BE QUIET TEXT.

THIS USED TO BE THE QUIET TIME AND IT'S NOT ANYMORE.

THE PHOENIX POLICE AN INVESTIGATION AND A CITY MANAGER FINDS ALL SORTS OF GOINGS-ON REGARDING GANG CHARGES AGAINST PROTESTERS CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PROTESTERS.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE A AND B, HOW BIG OF A HEAD WAS THE WIDTH OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO ALONG WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION?

>> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC] I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY NEEDS TO HIRE A CRISIS PR GUY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR THEM.

DON'T ALSO FORGET THAT THE MARICOPA ATTORNEY IT'S OFFICE OR UP WITH THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION THIS WEEK.

THEY FOUND MUCH THE SAME THING.

IN THOSE CASES WHICH YOU BASICALLY HAVE IS A BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PONY UP SOME CHARGES AGAINST 15th STREET PROTESTERS, BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS AND INVENT A NEW GAME, THEY WERE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE GANG MEMBERS SO WE CAN LOAD ON THE YEARS SHOULD THEY BE CONVICTED OF ALL OF THIS STUFF.

WERE NOT GONNA BRING THE GANG SQUAD INTO UP THEY CAN AGREE THIS IS NOT REALLY AGAIN.

YOU'RE GONNA PONY UP AND LET IT HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF, JERRY WILLIAMS, DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING AND WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE, NAYAR DID THEM MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OUT THE INVESTIGATOR FOUND THAT BASICALLY, THIS WAS ONE PROSECUTOR WHO IS REALLY TIGHT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE TOOK THEIR WORD FOR WHAT THEY SAID THEY HAD EVIDENCE OF, WELL BEFORE A GRAND JURY AND EXAGGERATED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE AND GOT THESE CHARGES BROUGHT.

ONCE THE MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR I THINK IT WAS ABC 16 WITH AN INVESTIGATION DONE ON THIS THING AND PRETTY MUCH A CUT OUTS.

THAT'S ALL THE INVESTIGATION STARTED AND BASICALLY WHAT WERE LEFT WITH IS THE POLICE CHIEF WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT AND A MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO DOES NOT GO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HIS DEPARTMENT.

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES] THERE IS A GOOD POINT THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST HERE.

LAWMAKERS ADDED THIS AGAIN ENHANCEMENTS TO CRIME.

THIS THING GIVES US A NEW TOOL TO GO AFTER SOME MEXICAN STREET GANGS OR HONDURAN STREET GANGS.

THIS GIVES US THE TOOL.

BUT THE PROBLEM BECOMES THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CASE THE LAW WAS LOOSEY-GOOSEY ENOUGH THAT SOME CREATIVE OFFICER SAID, WELL THIS BUNCH OF PEOPLE COORDINATED COORDINATED, THEY HANG TOGETHER, THEY OPERATE UNDER A BANNER OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, THEREFORE THEY ARE AGAIN.

AND IT SHOWS THAT WHEN CERTAIN OFFICERS, CERTAIN OFFICERS HAVE AUTHORITY THEY WILL ABUSE IT.

I MEAN WHAT CONSTITUTES AGAIN?

TEXT AND I WORK WITH THE CAPITAL PRESS CORPS ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE AND ARE WE PART OF A CAPITAL GAIN?

AND CAN THEY CHARGE US WITH A FELONY?

B3 DON'T GIVE THEM THAT IDEA >> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] THE PROSECUTOR THAT YOU MENTION EARLIER THIS WEEK SHE FILED A 10 MILLION-DOLLAR PROSECUTION SUIT SAID THAT YOU THREW ME UNDER THE BUS.

>> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC] IT'S HOWIE FISCHER, I WANT TO TAKE ISSUE THAT THIS IS A BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS DOING THIS.

THERE WERE THREE DEPUTY CHIEFS WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO.

THAT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY BEEN DEMOTED BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DEMOTED EVEN THOUGH THEY CALL IT REASSIGNED.

MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYBODY GET FIRED FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE?

THEY WERE CONSPIRING TO CHARGES PEOPLE WITH CRIMES THAT WOULD HAVE LITERALLY RUINED THEIR LIVES.

I MEAN THEY DIDN'T CHARGE HIM WITH CRIMES BUT FORTUNATELY THE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED.

BUT IT WAS SUCH A GROSS OVERSTATEMENT AND SUCH A GROSS ABUSE OF POWER.

THAT YOU HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF WHO SAYS, I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS GOING ON.

WELL WHY NOT?

WHY DIDN'T YOU?

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES].

WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THE TIMING OF THIS IS HORRIBLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS ALREADY LOOKING AT CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSE BY THE DEPARTMENTS.

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER WE NEED A TRUE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, EVEN IN AN ALLEGED PLACE TO UNDERMINE THAT.

SO, WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPENING THERE IS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE ON THE HORIZON FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT >> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST].

BOOK QUICKLY HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE MINUTES LEFT AND THEN IT WILL DO THIS VOTING SYSTEMS ASSUMES THAT WHATEVER THE CALLING THEMSELVES.

AS OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH GROUPS THAT HAD BEEN APPARENTLY, FUNDING THE STATE SENATE SO-CALLED FORENSIC AUDIT HERE.

THEY FILED SERIOUS LAWSUITS, THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THIS THING.

>> [HOWIE FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES].

THIS IS THE NEXT STEP, THE FIRST RUN OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE BLICK RUDY GIULANI AND SIDNEY POWELL WHO IS THE PRESIDENT IT'S ATTORNEY.

THIS IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SPREADING THAT WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS MISINFORMATION.

BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE CHRISTINA BOB WHO IS A QUOTE UNQUOTE REPORTER WHO IS RAISING MONEY FOR THE AUDITS.

SHE'S REPORTING ON IT AND PULLING THINGS OUT OF THINGS WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

AND SOME OF THE STUFF THERE IS NO BASIS FOR THIS.

THE ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE LIKE GOOSENECK IT'S THAT WE WERE REPEATING WHAT OTHER FOLKS SAID, THAT BY ITSELF IS NOT A DEFENSE.

I'M A JOURNALIST I CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL SOMEBODY TOLD ME THIS AND I KNOW IT TO BE FALSE OR I KNOW WHAT NOT TO HAVE A BASIS.

THAT IS DEFAMATION AND IT IS LIABLE >> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO WRAP IT UP FOR US TEXT >> [LAURIE ROBERTS, ARIZONA REPUBLIC] AND WONDER AT THE DOMINION WILL TURN ITS ATTENTION TO ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS STATE TO HAVE REPEATED SOME OF THOSE SAME LIES AND UNFOUNDED STATEMENTS ABOUT DOMINION.

>> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST].

IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT AND I THINK JUDGING BY DEMING IT'S PACE OF ACTION THAT MIGHT BE I DON'T KNOW, IN THE NEAR FUTURE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE.

>> THEY MAY UP OWNING A DENTAL PRACTICE AND HAVE IT IN SIOUX CITY.

HOWIE FISCHER >> [TIM SKUBICK, HOST] HOWIE FISCHER AND TEXT.

TED SIMONS UP NEXT THE PROGRAM PARENTS PLAY IN HAVING KIDS GET READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> GRANDPARENTS IN HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS COMPLETE HUGE ROLE TO HELP PREPARE KIDS FOR A RETURN ROLE TO SCHOOL HORIZONTAL TEASE JOSE CARDENAS AND ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT A FARSI METAL GROUP DR. RAJESH BHAKTA ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP TO AN HISPANIC GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN THIS TIME OF YEAR.

DR. RAJESH BHAKTA IT'S, WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF GRANDPARENTING YOU'RE RAISING YOUR CHILDREN BUT THIS IS A PARTICULAR ISSUE FOR HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS.

AS I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TWO AND FIVE HISPANIC GRANDPARENTS BABYSIT YOUR KIDS YOU'RE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

THEN YOU HAVE 20% ARE MULTI GENERATIONAL OR 12% LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.

SO YOU HAVE A MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE PARTICULAR TO THAT ARRANGEMENT?

WHY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR LATINOS AND THE WORLD THAT GRANDPARENTS PLAY?

>> YOU KNOW FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO THIS INTERVIEW AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT AT MY MEDICAL GROUP IS SPECIALIZED IN 65 AND OLDER.

I THINK WE CAN HELP THESE GRANDPARENTS SET THE STANDARD FOR FUTURE GENERATION.

THEY CAN LEARN AND GROW AND LEAD A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.

IN PARTICULAR, AS YOU SAID, GRANDPARENTS CAN REALLY HELP SET THE STANDARD FOR DIET AND EXERCISE.

SO, FOLLOW ME AND THEY WILL DO.

IF OUR GRANDPARENTS ARE DOING HEALTHY DIETS AND THEIR WALKING EVERY DAY IT TEACHES THE YOUNGER GENERATION, I THINK I NEED TO FOLLOW MY GRANDPARENTS DIRECTION INSTEAD OF PLAYING ON MY PHONE.

IT GOES ALONG THE WAY.

ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ALL LIVING TOGETHER.

THEY'RE SETTING AN EXAMPLE THEY WILL FOLLOW IT.

>> I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE A PERFECT ACCENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COMES FROM THE FACT THAT YOU GROW UP AND YOU IN LATIN AMERICA AND YOU ARE A PERFECT SPANISH SPEAKER.

STICK I WAS BORN IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.

I HAD A LOT OF LATIN INFLUENCE AND A LOT OF DUE IN THE FAMILIES OF INDIA.

AND WE GREW UP IN ARIZONA WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEARNING THERE.

I ENJOY THE SMALL TOWN FEEL WITH LATIN HERITAGE THEY ARE.

>> ATAGO YOUR DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PRACTICE IS THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU AND PARTS ABOUT TO RAISING GRANDCHILDREN TO YOUR PATIENTS WHO ARE THEMSELVES GRANDPARENTS.

SOME CITY A LOT OF MY HISPANIC PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES.

THE GRANDCHILDREN AND CHILDREN AS WELL.

I SEE IT IN PERSON LIVES SO BY ASSENT IMPORTANT?

THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE SEEING THEIR GRANDPARENTS, GOING TO THE DOCTORS, GETTING THE CHECKUPS, ALTHOUGH THAT WILL SET THE STANDARD FOR OUR KIDS, ESPECIALLY AFTER GOING TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE THEY NEED TO DO THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL, CHECKUP AND THAT SET THE FUTURE TRENDS.

HOPEFULLY BY DOING THAT WE CAN PREVENT DIABETES, BLOOD PRESSURE, CHOLESTEROL ISSUES THAT ARE PLAGUING SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONE OF THESE DAYS I SHOULD GIVE THE GRANDPARENTS THIS TALK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR GRANDPARENTS CAN TRUST AND CONFIDE IN THEIR DOCTORS AS OPPOSED TO DON'T RELY ON YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR BUDDIES AND MAKE SURE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN UNDERSTAND WORKERS OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN BE TALKING TO BUT MEDICAL ISSUES.

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR HEALTH COME TO THE PROFESSIONALS.

COME INTO THE BLOOD WORK, IF WE CAN CATCH THINGS EARLY WE CAN PREVENT THEM.

IN THIS WAY YOU KNOW YOU CAN SET A STANDARD.

>> WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM ABOUT MEAL PREPARATION?

EVERYBODY HAS MANY LATINOS HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER IT'S COOKING.

BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE HEALTHIEST, I HAVE TO ADMIT.

>> YOU KNOW BUT WE CAN MAKE IT THE HEALTHIEST.

LATINO FOOD IS SO DELICIOUS AND WITH THE CURRENT CULINARY TREND WE CAN MAKE IT DELICIOUS.

GRILLED VEGETABLES WITH SOME OLIVE OIL.

I THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT TREND MOVING FORWARD HERE IN PHOENIX.

WE CAN MAKE NUTRITIOUS MEALS AS WELL.

>> GIVEN THE CURRENT CONTEXT THAT WE ARE IN, ARE YOU TELLING THE GRANDPARENTS ABOUT VACCINATION?

>> WHAT IN THE CURRENT SITUATION ARE YOU TELLING YOUR PATIENTS ABOUT VACCINATIONS?

AS YOU KNOW CURRENTLY THE DELTA VARIATION IS STRONG.

AND GUESS WHAT, ABOUT 94% OF ICU PATIENTS ARE UNVACCINATED.

THERE'S TWO PURPOSES.

BY THE VACCINATION?

ONE, TO AVOID SERIOUS HOSPITALIZATION AND TWO, IF YOU DO GET THE VACCINE AND GET SCOLDED THIS SENTENCE WILL BE MILD.

SO THIS WILL PREVENT YOU FROM GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AT ALL.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COME AWAY TO WEAPONS MY FRIENDS, THE MASS AND THE VACCINATION.

IF WE ALL COMBINED TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS AND GET ON THE SELF ENDEMIC REALLY FAST.

>> ARE YOU EXPECTING THEM TO CONVEY THAT MESSAGE TO THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN?

>> YES, I THINK SO.

IF THE AND USUALLY WERE WE GREW UP WE ALWAYS LISTEN TO OUR ELDERS.

I THINK THEY SET A PRECEDENT RIGHTS.

THEY SAY HEY THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND THEN EVERYBODY WILL FOLLOW.

>> HAVE YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THE DOWNSIDES OF EATING THE VACCINATIONS?

>> YES, THE TALK ABOUT OTHER MYTHS AND THEY SAY OKAY IT'S WAY TO CAUSE ME TO GET THE VIRUS.

A WHAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ME TO DIE.

I SAY NOBODY EXPLAINED THE DATA TO THEM NICELY AND EFFECTIVELY.

AND THEN THEY UNDERSTAND.

AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ALL GET OUT OF THIS TOGETHER IT'S.

THAT'S WERE ALL HOPING FOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. RAJESH BHAKTA IT'S FOR TALKING AND ACROSS HE IS AMIGO.

GRAZIE IS DANA BE ONE THAT IS IT FOR NOW, I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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