[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," A LOOK AT THE INCREASING VOLATILITY OF TOMORROW'S CONGRESSIONAL RESULTS.

ON CRONKITE NEWS A LOOK AT POLITICAL STORIES TRENDING IN THE STATE.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN THE HISTORY OF HEALTH DISPARITIES INVOLVING PEOPLE OF COLOR.

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

I'M TED SIMONS.

ARIZONA CONTINUES TO BE THE NATION'S HOT SPOT FOR COVID-19.

THIS DAY AGAIN TODAY LEADS THE COUNTRY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER CAPITA.

WE HAD CLOSE TO 6,000 NEW CASES REPORTED TODAY, AND YOU'LL NOTE THE DEATH COUNT.

253.

THAT'S A NEW RECORD.

>>> HOSPITALS IN ARIZONA REPORT ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HIGHS FOR INPATIENT AND ICU BEDS IN USE.

92% OF THOSE BEDS ARE CURRENTLY IN USE.

AND THE STATE NOW SAYS THAT OVER 100,000 ARIZONANS HAVE RECEIVED A COVID-19 VACCINE.

THAT NUMBER IS STARTING TO RAMP UP AFTER INITIAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ROLLOUT.

THE CDC SHOWS ARIZONA'S VACCINATION NUMBERS AT ONLY 66,000.

>>> ALL EYES ON GEORGIA TODAY AS THE STATE HOLDS A RUNOFF ELECTION.

GEORGIA IS EXPECTING A RECORD TURNOUT AT THE POLLS.

CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE IS AT STAKE HERE WITH REPUBLICANS KEEPING CONTROL IF ONE OR BOTH G.O.P.

CANDIDATES WIN.

>>> TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ PLANS TO OBJECT TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION.

STATES WILL BE CERTIFIED ALPHABETICALLY, WHICH MEANS ARIZONA'S CHALLENGE WILL BE THE FIRST.

AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN WASHINGTON AS BUSINESSES ARE BOARDING UP AND ROADING BEING BLOCKED AHEAD OF EXPECTED PROTESTS FROM FAR-RIGHT GROUPS.

>>> AGAIN THIS IS ALL DUE TO CONGRESS CONVENING TOMORROW TO COUNT EACH STATE'S ELECTORAL VOTES TO REAFFIRM PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY.

"HORIZONTE" HOST HAS MORE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW YOU ARE A LAWYER, BUT YOU ARE ALSO A CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORIAN, AND WE HAVE SOME HISTORY THAT WILL BE MADE TOMORROW FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN.

TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ROLE THAT CONGRESS PLAYS IN CERTIFYING ELECTORALS, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME INTERESTING TIDBITS IN THE PAST WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIES.

>> YEAH, BASICALLY THIS IS ALL AN ACT OF CONGRESS.

IT WAS THE ELECTORAL COUNTOUT IN 1877.

IN TITLE 3, SECTIONS 15 THROUGH 17, IT SPECIFIES THE ROLE OF CONGRESS.

NOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS THEY HAVE CERTIFIED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OF THE VARIOUS STATES.

USUALLY PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, BUT THE FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THEM TO DO THAT.

THAT GIVES WAY TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS PRESIDING OVER BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S THEIR JOB TO CERTIFY THE SLATE OF ELECTORALS THAT COME IN AND TABULATE THEM FOR PURPOSES OF DECIDING WHO IS PRESIDENT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GETS THESE AND THEY NEED TO TABULATE THAT, BECAUSE IF THERE IS A TIE, IT GOES INTO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR DECIDING WHO IS PRESIDENT.

AND BY THE WAY THEY DESIGNATE ONE OR TWO MEMBERS TO BE TELLERS, SO IF YOU ARE A CONGRESS PERSON YOU MIGHT BE DESIGNATED A TELLER FOR THAT DAY AND YOUR JOB IS TO COUNT JUST LIKE A BANKER.

>> VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WILL BE PRESIDING, AND HE HAS INDICATED HE MAY BE RECEPTIVE TO THE ACTIONS OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO OBJECT.

>> VICE PRESIDENTS IN THE PAST NEVER DONE THAT.

IN THE PAST DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS PERSONS HAVE OBJECTED TO THE ELECTION.

THE MOST NOTABLE WAS IN 2001 WHEN VICE PRESIDENT GORE WAS PRESIDING OVER THE PROCESS.

THEREFORE, HE JUST SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN BECAUSE THE ELECTION HAD BEEN DECIDED.

>> IF THERE HAD BEEN A SENATOR WHO OBJECTED, WHAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE?

>> IF THERE HAD BEEN A SENATOR, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPELLED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW TO SPLIT THE JOINT SESSION.

EACH HOUSE WOULD GO INTO ITS OWN HOUSE, THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DEBATE FOR NO MORE THAN TWO HOURS.

AND AFTER TWO HOURS THERE IS A VOTE AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK.

>> SO VICE PRESIDENT PENCE COULDN'T REFUSE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS YOU JUST DESCRIBED.

>> CORRECT.

HE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT, AND THEN THE WAY THE VOTES ARE TABULATED NOW, EITHER OBJECTION IN EITHER HOUSE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANY POWER.

AND THEN YOU JUST COME BACK AFTER ASKING WASTED THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

>> VICE PRESIDENT NIXON, THEN VICE PRESIDENT, HAD AN INTERESTING ROLL IN CONNECTION WITH HIS ELECTION.

>> YES, IN 1961, HE LOST A VERY NARROW ELECTION TO SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY.

AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THE DELEGATES FROM HAWAII.

AND HAWAII CERTIFIED ITS VOTES FOR NIXON, AND THEN THEY DID A RECOUNT, AND THE GOVERNOR RECERTIFIED THOSE VOTES FOR JOHN F. KENNEDY.

AND TO NIXON'S CREDIT, HE SHUT IT DOWN.

I'M GOING TO QUOTE FROM THIS VERY BRIEFLY, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SIGNIFICANT.

HE SAID IN OUR KOOM PAINS NO MATTER HOW HARD FOUGHT THEY MAY BE, THOSE WHO LOSE ACCEPT THE VERDICT AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO WIN.

IT IS IN THAT SPIRIT THAT I DECLARE JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> AND WAS THAT THE MOST CONTESTED CERTIFICATION ELECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY?

>> NO.

IT WAS NOT.

THE MOST CONTESTED WAS THE ELECTION OF 1876.

THERE WERE THREE STATES, FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, LOUISIANA, AND OREGON, THAT HAD THESE CONTESTED VOTES, SO IT ALL DUMPS INTO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

AND WHAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENED WAS HAYES CUT A DEAL WITH DELEGATES TO GIVE HIM THOSE VOTES AND WIN THE PRESIDENCY.

THAT ENDED A LOT OF THE GREAT RACIAL KIND OF EQUALIZING THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE SOUTH AND RECONSTRUCTED IT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWED THE SOUTH TO BRING BACK SLAVERY IN ALL BUT NAME.

BUT THAT WAS THE MOST CONTESTED AND THAT WAS THE RESOLUTION OF THAT.

>> ONE LAST QUESTION.

YOU JUST GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE IMPACT OF WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE 1800S.

WHAT DO YOU THIS IS GOING TO DO TO US -- NOT JUST THE OUT COME BUT AS A PRACTICAL MATTER.

>> IT IS GOING TO HAVE NO PRACTICAL EFFECT.

WHAT I WORRY ABOUT THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME, WHICH HAS BEEN A WORRY I HAVE HAD MANY TIMES DURING THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, IS THE EROSION OF WHAT PEOPLE KNOW AS CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS, AND SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY UNSCRUPULOUS COULD OVERTURN THE ELECTION.

AND IT WOULD BE UTTERLY UNDEMOCRATIC, BUT IT COULD BE DONE.

AND THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN DOES IN RUSSIA.

AND WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE RICHARD NIXON CAN GET THIS RIGHT AND CLEAR, AND SOMEBODY LIKE PENCE CANNOT, I FIND THAT THE BIGGEST WORRY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>>> UP NEXT, DETAILS ON A NEW STATE LAW THAT BANS TEXTING AND DRIVING.

>>> IT IS NOW ILLEGAL TO -- TEXT AND DRIVE IN ARIZONA UNLESS USING A HANDS-FREE DEVICE.

BUT GOT THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS TEXTING LAW.

WHAT REALLY CHANGES?

>> WELL, FIRST, TED, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.

WE'RE NUMBER 48 IN TERMS OF STATES TO BAN TEXTING AND DRIVING, SO IT'S ABOUT TIME.

AND AS YOU KNOW THIS LAW ACTUALLY PASSED BACK IN APRIL OF 2019.

THE LAW HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT UP UNTIL JANUARY 1ST OF 2021, LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ONLY ISSUING WARNINGS NOT CITATIONS, SO NOW IT HAS GONE FROM A WARNING TO A TICKET.

SO WHAT DO YOUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW?

THEY SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THIS.

BUT THE MESSAGE IS YOU CAN'T HOLD A CELL PHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN YOUR HAND WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.

YOU CAN'T PERCH IT UP ON YOUR SHOULDER.

YOU CAN'T USE IT TO SEND EMAILS, TO READ EMAILS, TO WRITE EMAILS OR TEXT OR INSTAGRAM.

YOU CAN'T WATCH VIDEOS.

EVEN IF IT IS NOT ON YOU.

YOU CAN'T DO IT.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING, YOUR EYES NEED TO BE ON THE ROAD, YOUR HANDS NEED TO BE ON THE WHEEL, AND YOUR MIND NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR DRIVING.

THIS IS A PRIMARY OFFENSE, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO DO SOMETHING WRONG IN ORDER FOR THE POLICE TO STOP YOU.

SO IF YOU JUST HAVE THAT PHONE IN YOUR HANDS.

THAT AND THAT ALONE IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

>> INTERESTING.

BUT HANDS-FREE DEVICES HERE.

WE SEE PEOPLE WITH PHONES PROPPED UP ON TO SOME SORT OF A HANDLE ON THE DASHBOARD.

ARE THOSE THINGS OKAY?

>> YEAH, THEY DRAW A LINE, IF YOU ARE IN HANDS FREE MODE.

SO YOU ARE LITERALLY NOT TYPING AWAY AND LOOKING AT OR ENGAGED IN ANY TEXT-TYPE COMMUNICATION.

YOU ARE NOT READING AN EMAIL.

IF YOU ARE JUST SPEAKING -- SO THE WAY I ENVISION THIS IS YOU ARE ON YOUR BLUETOOTH IN YOUR CAR, YOU HAVE YOUR SPEAKER IN YOUR CAR, AND YOU GET A CALL, AT LEAST PER THE LAW YOU ARE LEGAL TO DO THAT.

IF YOU ARE USING SOME VOICE-BASED CONTROL, THEN THAT'S OKAY.

AGAIN, THE CONCEPT HERE IS, WE DON'T WANT YOUR EYES OFF OF THE ROADWAY ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

WE DON'T WANT YOUR HANDS OFF OF THE WHEEL AND ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

AND SAME THING WITH YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES.

>> AND AS FAR AS GPS, GOOGLE MAP AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS, YOU CAN STILL LOOK AT IT, BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH IT?

>> NO.

THAT'S THE POINT OF DISTINCTION.

YOU CAN USE GPS, BUT IF YOU GET A TEXT, YOU CAN'T READ, WRITE, OR SEND ANY TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ON YOUR BODY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PHONE, A CELL PHONE IN A DOCK -- SO IT'S NOT ON YOUR BODY, YOU CANNOT -- WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, READ A TEXT, SEND A TEXT, WRITE AN EMAIL.

IF YOU ARE STOPPED AT A RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL, DIFFERENT STORY.

IF YOU HAVE GOT YOUR CAR PARKED, DIFFERENT STORY, BUT IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAY YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

>> WHAT KIND OF PENALTIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> 75 DOLLARS TO 149 DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND THEN UP TO 250 BUCKS.

IT'S A CIVIL PENALTY ONLY.

IT'S NOT GOING AGAINST YOUR TRAFFIC RECORD, BUT IF YOU CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHILE USING YOUR CELL PHONE, AND IT WINDS UP SERIOUSLY HURTING SOMEONE OR WORSE, THEN ALL BETS ARE OFF.

YOUR DRIVING PRIVILEGES CAN BE SUSPENDED.

YOU COULD GET JAIL TIME.

AND I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING LAW FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, IN THE LAST TEN YEARS I HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEOPLE USING A CELL PHONE.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES AND DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A HUGE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS, NOT ONLY IN ARIZONA, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> LAST QUESTION, AND MARK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS.

THIS SOUNDS DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AS FAR AS THIS TRIAL PERIOD, AND NOW WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING ONCE THIS THING NOW IS GOING TO RESULT IN PENALTIES FOR FOLKS?

HOW IN THE WORLD IS THIS GOING TO BE ENFORCED?

>> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS RUN INTO THIS ISSUE.

IT IS GOING TO BE BASED OFTENTIMES ON OBSERVATION.

A POLICE OFFICER IS GOING TO SAY I SAW MARK USING HIS CELL PHONE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY.

WE HAVE ALL SEEN IT BEFORE.

WE KNOW WHEN WE DRIVE UP TO THAT CAR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOMEONE ON AN DEVICE.

AND I THINK ANY JUDGE IS GOING TO SAY, WELL, I SAY, IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SELF-SERVING.

BUT THE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW THE LAWS SO TAKE THAT CELL PHONE FROM YOU AND INSPECT IT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE PRIVACY LAWS ABSENT A SEARCH WARRANT, WHICH THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE AT THE SCENE OF PULLING YOU OVER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> TAKE CARE, TED.

THANKS.

♪ >>> VIRTUAL LEARNING IS STILL A NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR MANY ARIZONA KIDS GOING BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAY BREAK.

WITH THAT IN MIND, THE TEACHING COLLEGE IS OFFERING ONLINE CLASSES FOR PARENTS NEEDING THE SKILLS TO MASTER THIS ENVIRONMENT.

WE SPOKE TO THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THIS IS -- REDESIGNING EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS AND EDUCATORS.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS -- THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT, HAS REALLY BROUGHT TO BARE A LOT OF CRASHING IN ON NORMAL.

NOW WE'RE SEEING KIDS THAT ARE REMOTE, KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL, WE'RE BACK AND FORTH, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, WE WERE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT WE WERE -- REQUIRING TEACHERS, EDUCATORS TO DO AND BE ALL THINGS TO ALL KIDS.

AND WE SAID WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TEACHERS AND TEACHING AND EDUCATOR'S AS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM NOT JUST A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROBLEM.

>> WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE LEARNED?

WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT?

>> WELL, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT ROLES.

TEACHERS NOW WORKING TOGETHER IN TEAMS.

WE'RE BREAKING DOWN THE ONE TEACHER, ONE CLASSROOM MODEL.

AND THEY ARE LEAVING THE FIELD SOONER.

THEY ARE NOT COMING IN AS WE LIKE WOULD THEM TO.

SO HOW DO WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO CHANGE THE JOB OF THAT TEACHER, BUT HOW DO THEY WORK IN TEAMS, AND ALLOW PERSONALIZED LEARNING FOR KIDS.

HOW DO WE REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OTHER EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT THESE TEACHERS?

BECAUSE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE.

HOW DO WE TRAIN THOSE PEOPLE AND GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON WHAT GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN A VERY QUICK WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ARMY OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE SKILLS AND CAN SUPPORT THE TEACHER IN OUR CLASSROOM.

>> IT'S INTERESTING.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS ALSO EXERCISE AND PRACTICING MINDFULNESS.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THIS IS HOME AND COMMUNITY EDUCAEDUCATORS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HOME WITH KIDS, AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN SERVE AS EXPERTS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK THIS DOWN INTO 20-MINUTE LITTLE NANO COURSES AND TEACH THE WORLD TO TEACH.

SO WE THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED AROUND HOW DO WE GIVE THEM PHYSICAL BREAKS?

HOW DO WE GIVE THEM MENTAL BREAKS?

HOW DO YOU HOLD THE BOOK WHEN YOU ARE DOING A READ-ALONG WITH A KID.

AND WE WERE GOING TO GROW THIS TO HUNDREDS OF THOSE SMALL NANO COURSES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT MAKE THE CRAFT OF TEACHING MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> IS THERE A SENSE OF THE GOAL POST BEING MOVED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC?

>> I THINK THE GOAL POST MOVED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

I THINK THE PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN.

FEWER PEOPLE COMING INTO THE PROFESSION.

MORE PEOPLE LEAVING MORE QUICKLY, THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

IT'S NOT A SUSTAINABLE PROFESSION RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHO THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER IS AND HOW THEY ARE SUPPORTED AND HOW THEY WORK.

SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT.

BUT IT BEGS THE QUESTION ON HOW DO WE CHANGE THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

>> AND REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET YOU GO, I DO WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ARIZONA TEACHER SHORTAGE.

LAST REPORT OVER A THOUSAND TEACHERS HAVE RESIGNED SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THIS?

>> WELL, WE'RE ADDRESSING IT, AND WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE.

WE BELIEVE IT HAS TO DO WITH WORKING CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS AND THE FACT WE NEED ADVANCEMENT TESTS FOR TEACHERS, AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT PATHWAY IS FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS PROFESSION, AND HOW THAT JOB LOOKS LIKE.

AND HOW WE STOP REQUIRING THEM TO KNOW THE COLLECTIVE WE KNOWS, AND ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE EXPERTISE, SPECIALIZATION, AND CHANGE WHAT THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

MISPERCEPTIONS OUT THERE.

THE BIGGEST ONES REGARDING TEACHING RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, TEACHING IS NOT EASY.

TO SAY TO A TEACHER HERE IS YOUR 30 KIDS, AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW, 173 STANDARDS TO SERVE THOSE KIDS, AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DISPARITY OR INEQUITY IS ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB TODAY.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO COME BACK AND SAY WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS WHO NEED THE SUPPORT, AND SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY WHO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT TEACHING, BECAUSE THERE ARE SKILLS, AND WE WANT TO TEACH EVERYBODY THOSE SKILLS TO SUPPORT THAT PROFESSION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

>>> AND THAT IS IT FOR YOU.

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 AZ.

ON CRONKITE NEWS AN UP DATE OF COVID AND POLITICAL STORIES TRENDING IN THE STATE, AND ON BREAK IT DOWN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

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