IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS, A PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY IN TUCSON RESUMES PROVIDING ABORTION SERVICES AND LATER ON CRONKITE NEWS, HOW ARIZONA SCHOOLS ARE COPING WITH TEACHER SHORTAGES.

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>>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE LEAD TO CONFUSION OVER THE AVAILABILITY OF ABORTION SERVICES IN THE STATE AND MOST HEALTH CENTERS STOPPED PROVIDING ABORTION BUT CLINIC IN TUCSON STARTED PROVIDING ABORTIONS AND JOINING US NOW IS BRITTANY FONTENO AND THERE SHE IS.

WELCOME AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: SO PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TUCSON RESUMES ABORTION SERVICES.

>> YES.

>> Ted: WHY?

>> SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE ALWAYS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO RESUME ABORTION CARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WHEN THE SUPREME COURT MADE THE EGREGIOUS DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, IT CREATED CHAOS AND CONFUSION BECAUSE ARIZONA HAS A LOT OF CONFLICTING LAWS THAT RESPECT ONAREON THE BOOKS AND WE PAUSED THIS UNTIL WE HAD LEGAL CLARITY.

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEK, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A COURT CASE AGAINST THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS ATTEMPTS TO REINSTATE A NEAR TOTAL BAN FROM 1864 AND THROUGHOUT THE COURT PROCEEDINGS, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THERE IS AN INJUNCTION THAT IS IN PLACE THAT MAKES THE CURRENT LAW THE BAN, THE NEAR TOTAL BAN UNENFORCEABLE RIGHT NOW AND SO WITH THAT LEGAL CLARITY, WE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE IN BEING ABLE TO RESUME ABORTION SERVICES IN TUCSON AND BE ABLE TO RETURN TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE.

>> ONE CLINIC IN TUCSON RIGHT NOW?

>> WE'RE FOCUSED ON TUCSON AND THE REASON IS THAT IS WHERE WE HAD STAFF THAT FELT COMFORTABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES DURING THIS PERIOD OF RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY.

WE PREVIOUSLY WERE PROVIDING ABORTION SERVICES IN FOUR HEALTH CENTERS AND OPERATE SEVEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND HAD A CENTER IN FLAGSTAFF AND TWO IN THE PHOENIX AREA AND ONE IF TUCSON THAT PROVIDES ABORTION SERVICES.

AND SO, LAST MONDAY, WE OPENED UP FOR ABORTION CARE AGAIN.

WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SERVE PATIENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

>> Ted: ARE THERE OTHER CLINICS, HEALTH AGENCIES AROUND PROVIDING ABORTION SERVICES NOW IN ADDITION TO YOUR CLINIC IN TUCSON?

>> YES.

IN ARIZONA, WE ARE LUCKY IN ADDITION TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND THERE ARE WONDERFUL AND COMPASSIONATE PROVIDERS WHO ARE PROVIDING ABORTION CARE IN THIS MOMENT AND SO, TO FIND THOSE ABORTION PROVIDERS, PEOPLE JUST HAVE GO TO ABORTIONFINDER.ORG AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROVIDE THAT'S ARE PROVIDING SERVICES RIGHT NOW.

>> Ted: FOR THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TUCSON, SAME AS PRIOR TO ROE V. WADE AND HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?

>> RIGHT NOW, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN INTEREST ON BIRTH CONTROL.

SO WE PROVIDE A RANGE OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES INCLUDING SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION, BUT WE HAVE SEEN SKYROCKETED THE REQUESTS FOR LONG ACTING CONTRACEPTIVES WITH IUD'S.

>> Ted: OBVIOUSLY, THE CONFUSION IS STILL THERE IN SOME RESPECTS, ESPECIALLY LEGAL TERMS, BUT FOR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THESE SERVICES, ARE THEY CONFUSED?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK IT CAN'T BE OVERSTATED, THE AMOUNT OF CHAOS AND CONFUSION IN ARIZONA OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CONFUSION WASN'T ACCIDENTAL.

IT WAS INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC ON THE PART OF ANTIABORTION POLITICIANS AND ADVOCATES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.

THEY DON'T WANT PATIENTS TO KNOW HOW TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED PATIENTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS WHO WEREN'T SURE IF ABORTION WAS LEGAL, IF IT WAS A HEALTHCARE SERVICE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

THANKFULLY, WE'RE ABLE TO RESUME ABORTION CARE AND GIVE THEM THE HEALTHCARE THEY NEED.

>> Ted: WE'VE HAD FOLKS FROM CENTER FOR ARIZONA PROJECTS, AND THAT'S FOLKS AGAINST ABORTION SERVICES AND THEY SAID PRO-LIFE SERVICES ARE UP AND FACING UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD, OUR FOCUS IS REALLY ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE UNBIASED, ACCURATE INFORMATION AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN PERSONAL DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODYINGS, BODIES, BUYS LIVES AND FUTURES.

OUR ROLE AS A MEDICAL PROVIDER, AS AN EDUCATEOR AND ADVOCATE IS TO HELP IN MAKING THAT DECISION.

>> Ted: WHERE DOES THIS COURT CASE STAND NOW?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO WE HAVE A BIG DATE COMING UP AND SEPTEMBER 20th IS THE EARLYEARLIEST THE JUDGE COULD RULE.

WE WERE EXCITED TO GO DOWN TO TUCSON AND PRESENT OUR CASE IN COURT.

WE WANTED TO PRESENT OUR ARGUMENT, WHICH IS THAT ARIZONA HAS A VARIETY OF ABORTION LAWS THAT ARE STILL ON THE BOOKS AND THAT NEED TO BE HARMONIZED AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOESN'T GET TO CHERRY-PICK ONE SPECIFIC LAW AND SAY THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS LAWS, YOU CAN SEE ABORTION IS CLEARLY A LEGAL, MEDICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED BY A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.

AND SO THAT IS THE ARGUMENT THAT THE JUDGE IS NOW CONTEMPLATING.

WE FEEL CAUTIOUSLY OPT OPTIMISTIC TO RULE ON ON THE 20th.

>> Ted: SO MANY LAWS AFTER THE TERRITORIAL LAW AND I WOULD HOPE SO.

IS THERE A PLAN B, C, D AND E AS NOT QUITE HARMONIZED?

>> WE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF LEGAL AND POLITICAL STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE REPRODUCTIVE PREMFREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE IN ARIZONA.

SPEAKING OF ELECTIVE STRATEGIES, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW IS THIS CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

IT'S NOT OVERSTATING IT TO SAY THAT ABORTION RIGHTS AND ACCESS ARE ON THE BALLOT.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO SECURE A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT HERE THAT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN ARIZONA, 87% SUPPORT, OR HAVE IT BE LOST.

AND SO, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS, PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA WON'T STOP FIGHTING UNTIL EVERYONE HAS THE CARE THEY NEED.

>> Ted: BRITTANY FONTENO, FOOD GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, THE STATUS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE OF THE DACA PROGRAM.

♪♪ >> Announcer: TONIGHT ON, ARIZONA PBS.

>> Ted: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TOOK STEPS TO PROTECT THE PREFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVAL'S PROGRAM KNOWN AS DACA HELPING THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT HERE AS CHILDREN REMAIN IN THE U.S.

HERE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS IS THE DIRECTOR OF ASU CLINIC AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF DACA AND WHERE ARE WE?

>> THERE'S MULTIPLE LEVELS THAT WE ARE APPROACHING AND SO, THE COMPLEX ECOSYSTEM WE HAVE GOING HERE.

ONE, THERE'S BEEN RECENT MOVEMENT WITHIN THE USCS AGENCY TO PRO REGULATIONS AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGH A MEMORANDUM RECENTLY.

THEY WERE MOSTLY CAUTIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE DRAFTING.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT ANYONE WHO IS NOT PREVIOUSLY ON THE DACA PROCESS WITH THE CARD CAN APPLY.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGE OF THE TEXAS CASE THAT IS PENDING IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

AND THEY ALSO DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND ANYTHING OF THE PROCESS AND IT JUST GOT PLACED INSIDE A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND THAT MIGHT PROTECT IT A LITTLE MORE FROM BEING OVERTURNED BY THE COURTS.

>> Ted: AGAIN THIS CASE IN TEXAS, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS ORDERED A FREEZE ON NEW APPLICANTS AND DUE TO THE REPUBLICAN-LEAD LAWSUIT HERE.

HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THIS APPEAL'S DECISION?

>> NOT THAT LONG BECAUSE IT'S NOT AT THE FIFTH CIRCUIT AND WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THEM SOON.

THE ARGUMENTS WERE IN JULY OR AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THEY WERE INTERESTED IF PROTECTING THE DACA PROCESS.

AND SO, MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, THEY WERE SAY THE DACA SHOULD BE ELIMINATED.

WITH THAT, THAT WILL TRIGGER A REQUEST TO HAVE THE WHOLE ENTIRE FIFTH CIRCUIT HEAR OUT THE ARGUMENT.

FROM THERE, OBVIOUSLY, THE NEXT STEP IS THE SUPREME COURT.

>> Ted: SO WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, SO IT BASICALLY PUTS THE REGULATION IN AND DOES THIS REPLACE THE ORIGINAL DACA MEMO?

>> SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO THE DACA AND ALSO THE TERMINATION WAS NOT DONE THROUGH THE NORMAL SYSTEM OF REGULATION DRAFTING.

AND HERE WHAT THE AGENCY DID, THEY PUBLISHED A PROPOSAL REGULATION, GOT 1400 COMMENTS ON THAT AND PUBLISHED A FINAL REGULATION.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST DACA, THAT IT WAS DONE BY MEMO AND THEREFORE NOT LEGALLY BOUND.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ONLY ONE OF THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED BY THE STATES.

>> Ted: SO BASICALLY, THIS REGULATION DOES NOT IN AND OF ITSELF, AS WHAT IT SAYS, STRENGTHEN DACA IN THE CASE IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT?

>> IT DOES BECAUSE IT ELIMINATES ONE OF THE CHALLENGES.

>> Ted: IT BASICALLY GETS RID OF THE ARGUMENT.

AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT SAYS, THE FACT THAT IT'S THERE?

>> RIGHT, AND IT DOES PROVIDE SOME CLEARER GUIDELINES TO CERTAIN THINGS.

SO IT DOES PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS AND SAY, HEY, OFFICER, YOU NEED TO ENFORCE THE REGULATION THAT IS WRITTEN AS OPPOSED TO A MEMO THAT DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH CLARITY, BUT IT DOESN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE ON WHO QUALIFIES.

FOR INSTANCE, ANYONE THAT QUALIFIED THAT WAS PRESENTLY HERE IN 2007, AND YOU HAVE TO BE 15 AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY FOR DACA ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TURNED 15 AS OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

BUT EVEN THEN, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO APPLY BECAUSE THE REGULATIONS DID NOT CHALLENGE THE COURT DECISION TO BLOCK NEW APPLICATIONS.

SO IT PROTECTS SO ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM AND HAVE ESTABLISHED ELIGIBILITY.

>> Ted: THAT SAID, PRESIDENT BIDEN PUTS DACA ON A STRONGER FOOTING.

FOOTING, YOU WOULD AGREE?

>> IT DOES, BUT WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE BILLS PENDING BEFORE THE CONGRESS TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE COMPOSITION OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE CHALLENGE TO DACA THROUGH HOW IT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT'S LIKELY TO HAVE GOOD FOOTING, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE LOOK AT THE BLOCKS AGAINST THE 42 RULING.

>> Ted: SO WITH THIS DECISION UPCOMING, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING DREAMERS AND THOSE DACA PARTICIPANTS THAT SAYING, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A DECISION ON THIS?

>> I WOULD SAY CONTINUE APPLYING THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE BEEN APPLYING, MEETING THE REGULATIONS, MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON HAVING AN ANSWER TO THIS THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE COURT SYSTEM AND OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR NORMS.

IT'S THAT WAY THAT WE CAN WITHSTAND A CHARGE BY THE STATES AND IN THE SUPREME COURT.

>> Ted: THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD TELL DACA PARTICIPANTS WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM?

>> CONFUSION, DEFINITELY CONFUSION BECAUSE WITHOUT -- WITH ALL OF THESE MOVING PARTS, WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO?

WHEN YOU LOOK AT A NEW REGULATION BEING PUBLISHED, YOU MAY THINK, OH, DOES THAT MEAN THAT I HAVE AN ABILITY TO APPLY FOR IT IN X WAY AS OPPOSED TO Y WAY?

THE REALITY IS THAT IT DOES NOT DO THAT BUT THERE ARE UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT TRY TO UTILIZE THE POLISHING OF THE RELATIONSHIP TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A NEW DACA.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT.

>> Ted: EVELYN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

OB FUSS >> TONIGHT, INSPECTORS DISCLOSE FINDINGS FROM THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CAUGHT IN THE CROSS-FIRE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.

COMING UP AFTER YOUR HOUR OF LOCAL HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> Ted: ARIZONA RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A CHEMICAL COMPOUND IN COMMON HERBICIDES TO INFILTRATE THE BRAIN ASSOCIATED WITH NEURODISORDERS AND WE HAVE RAMON VELASQUEZ AND PATRICK PIRROTTE FROM THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THIS IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND RAMON, THIS HERBICIDE GUY FOE GUY FOESIDE, WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS FOCUSED ON THE EXPOSURE EFFECTS IN TERMS OF THE PERIPHERAL BODY AND THE CDC RECENTLY PUBLISHED A REPORT SHOWING THAT 80% OF TESTED INDIVIDUALS HAD THIS DETECTABLE IN URINE AND NO ONE HAS LOOKED AT WHETHER IT HAS THE ABILITY TO INFILTRATE THE BRAIN.

DOES IT HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFILTRATE THE BRAIN?

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE IN MICE, IT DOES.

BUT IN HUMANS, WE HAVE A BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND HOW IS IT SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US?

>> IT'S LIKE A FIREWALL THAT PUSHES OR PREVENTS MOLECULES FROM COMES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AND PERVADING THE BRAIN AND IT'S THERE TO PROTECT US AND IN THE CONTEXT, WE THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SEE GLPHOSATE GO THROUGH THAT BARRIER AND IT WAS A GREAT FINDING.

>> Ted: IS GLYPHOSATE UNUSUAL FOR DOING THAT?

>> IT ALTERS DRIVEN BY THE BRAIN AND THE FACT IT GOT INTO BRAIN WAS FASCINATING FOR US.

THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER IS THERE TO PROTECT AND THE FACT IT GOT IN INTRIGUED US AND ACTUALLY OPENS THE DOOR TO A LOT OF FUTURE QUESTIONS.

>> Ted: FUTURE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE OTHER HENDERSON HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES AND THIS GETS THROUGH, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT ELSE GETS THROUGH?

>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND THERE IS LITERATURE SOME PESTICIDES ARE GOING THROUGH BUT THIS WAS A SURPRISING FINDING.

AS A MOLECULE, THIS IS EXTREMELY DISSOLVABLE IN WATER AND A SMALL MOLECULE, BUT NOBODY ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD CROSS THAT.

>> Ted: HOW DID YOU DO RESEARCH?

>> I RUN AN ANALYTICAL LAB AND I MEASURE THIS AND OTHER MOLECULES AND RELIABLY AS POSSIBLE.

IN THE CASE OF GLYPHOSATE AND I HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT IN MY LAB, KATHY WHO DEVELOPED THIS AND TOOK THEM OVER A YEAR AND TO MEASURE THIS IN THE BRAIN AND THAT'S WHEN WE DEPLOYED THAT ESSAY IN THIS SETTING.

>> Ted: AND, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, IS IT PRO INFLAMMATORY AND CANCER COULD BE INVOLVED HERE, TOO, RIGHT?

>> THERE'S A LOT OF LINKS AND RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS AND THE EFFECTS TO CANCER, RIGHT.

THAT'S BEEN RESEARCHED QUITE A BIT AND, IN FACT, THE REASON WHY WE LOOKED AT ONE OF THE PRO-INFLAMMATORY MOLECULES, AND WE LOOKED AT IT IN THE BRAIN.

>> Ted: THAT MEANS ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DISEASES ARE AT PLAY HERE?

>> POTENTIALLY.

I THINK WE NEED MORE RESEARCH AND THAT'S THE NEXT DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POST MORTEM BRAIN TISSUE IN PATIENTS THAT PASSED AWAY WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND WHETHER THEY ARE THIS DETECTABLE IN THE BRAIN.

>> Ted: MICE ARE ONE THING AND HUMANS ARE ANOTHER AND HOW TO DO WE TAKE THE NEXT STEP?

>> IN THE VALLEY, THEY PROVIDE POST-MORTEM TISSUES AND AFTER SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY AND THESE ARE THE TISSUES THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING ACCESS TO AND WE WOULD WANT TO COMPARE, FOR INSTANCE, IN PATIENTS OR DONORS THAT HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE VERSUS DONORS THAT DID NOT HAVE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND THAT'S OUR BASELINE COMPARISON AND IF THIS IS IN THE BRAIN OF THOSE DONORS.

>> Ted: IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE, THE MAKERS SAY YOUR DATA CONFLICTS WITH DATE FROM HIGH QUALITY STUDIES AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> I THINK MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH GLYPHOSATE IN THE BRAIN AND IT'S OUR MISSION AND ANSWER TO PROVIDE MORE SCIENTIFIC DATA TO PROVIDE MORE CONCLUSIONS.

>> Ted: AND FILL THE GAP AND THAT'S IT, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT'S EXACTLY IT.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S OUR MAJOR CHALLENGE IN THE FIELD, IS FIRST, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THERE ARE CORRELATIONS AND THEN WE NEED TO DIG INTO POTENTIAL MECHANISMS.

ARE THERE MECHANISMS AT PLAY OR NOT AND THAT'S WHERE THE STUDY IS LEADING US NEXT.

>> Ted: GLYPHOSATE DOES THIS AND COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT.

ARE THERE PRODUCTS ON THE SHELVES THAT INCLUDE A CHEMICAL COMPOUND SIMILAR TO OR COULD DO THE SAME THING?

>> THERE'S OTHER HERBICIDES AND I THINK HE WOULD TOUCH MORE ON THAT.

I'M ON THE SIDE OF THE MODELING.

>> Ted: QUICKLY, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS ON THE SHELVES TO LOOK AT?

>> OTHER PRODUCTS ON THE SHELVES AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM AND I THINK WHETHER HERBICIDES OR PESTICIDES, THOSE ARE USED IN EVERY CULTURE.

>> Ted: ARE YOU OPT OPTIMISTIC?

>> I'M GRATEFUL.

>> I THINK IT SHOWS COLLABORATIONS ARE KEY IN SCIENCE.

>> Ted: INDEED AND CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST OF LUCK AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR STUDIES AND THANK YOU BOTH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: THAT IT IS FOR NOW AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF LOCAL NEES LOCAL LOCAL NEWS, THE CONFUSION ON ABORTION LAWS.