>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA "ARIZONA HORIZON," A FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON YOUNG ADULTS AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM HAS EXPIRED.

WE'LL LOOK ANOTHER THE AND IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH; A LOOK AT HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED BREAST-CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS.

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

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

I'M TED SIMONS.

SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA TODAY RESPONDED TO AN INCIDENT ON ASU, INVOLVING A PROTESTER FOLLOWING HER INTO A RESTROOM IN AN EFFORT TO SPEAK WITH HER ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES.

IN A STATEMENT, SINEMA, CALLED THE GROUPS WHOLLY INAPPROPRIATE.

SAYING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GAINING ENTRY TO CLOSED UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, DISRUPTING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND FILING STUDENTS IN A RESTROOM.

SINEMA ADDED THAT SHE HAS MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVIST GROUP, QUOTE, SEVERAL TIMES SINCE ELECTED TO THE SENATE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT THE INCIDENT.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE APPROPRIATE TACTICS, BUT IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY.

IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

>>> OTHER NEWS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CASE HEART INFLAMMATION AFTER MRNA VACCINATIONS ARE HERE.

THEY LOOKED AT OVER 2 MILES PER HOUR PEOPLE, AND FOUND ONLY 15 WHO DEVELOPED HEART INFLAMMATION.

ALL OF THE CASES WERE MEN BETWEEN 20 AND 32 YEARS OF AGE.

BUT HEART INFLAMMATION OCCURRED IN PEOPLE WHO DID NOT GET A VACCINATION, AND THAT STUDY WAS HALF OF THE SIZE.

>>> THE STATE RECORDED MORE THAN 2100 NEW CASES OF COVID, WITH NO NEW COVID-RELATED FATALITIES.

THE DEATH RATE PER 100,000 REMAINS AT 17TH HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND WHAETS APP ALL WENT DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.

NO WORD AS YET ON WHAT CAUSED THE OUTAGE.

THIS COMES A BAY AFTER A FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER APPEARED ON "60 MINUTES," CLAIMING THEY KNEW THEIR PLATFORMS WERE SPREADING HATE, VIOLENCE, AND MISSION INFORMATION.

>>> THE STATE SUPREME COURT RESUMED IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A YEAR.

JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH PARTICIPATED REMOTELY AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID LAST WEEK.

>>> THE FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM EXPIRED LAST FRIDAY.

IT ALLOWED YOUNG PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN FOSTER CARE EVEN AFTER TURNING 21, AND ALLOWING ANYONE UP TO 26 YEARS OF AGE TO RE-ENTER THE SYSTEM.

WE SPOKE TO KRIS JACOBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION ABOUT THEN OF THE MORATORIUM.

KRIS JACOBER GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED ON FRIDAY?

>> SO, I'M JUST GOING TO BE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT TED TO TELL YOU IN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF -- WELL, IN THE SPRING, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DUMPED A LOT OF MONEY IN ARIZONA -- AROUND $10.5 MILLION TO -- FOR COVID RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN FOSTER CARE AND WHO HAD TRANSITIONED OUT OF FOSTER CARE.

THE ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION SINCE ABOUT JUNE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTING THAT MONEY TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN FOSTER CARE, AND WHO TRANSITIONED OUT OF FOSTER CARE UP TO THE AGE OF 26.

ON FRIDAY, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH BETWEEN 21 AND 26 YEARS OLD TO ACCESS THAT FUNDING ENDED.

THAT WAS PART OF THE GENERAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD EXPIRE OWN SEPTEMBER 30TH.

>> SO HOW MANY YOUNG ADULTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> WELL, ABOUT 900 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TRANSITION OUT OF FOSTER CARE EVERY YEAR, SO SAY UP TO THE AGE OF 26, THAT'S 8 YEARS BETWEEN 18 AND 26, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE LIKE 7200 YOUTH.

WE -- WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER HAD DISTRIBUTED FUNDS TO ABOUT 550 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, SO LESS THAN 10%, REALLY, OF THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS OF THOSE FUNDS GONE.

>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY -- JUST IN GENERAL, THAT CHOSE TO STAY IN FOSTER CARE BEYOND THE AGE CEILING, AND HOW MANY RETURNED TO FOSTER CARE BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM?

>> YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO ACCESS THESE FUNDS, WE JUST HAD TO FIND YOU.

>> WOW.

>> AND YOU CAN SIGN A VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT TO STAY IN FOSTER CARE AFTER AGE 21, AND MOST OPT NOT TO DO THAT.

MOST ARE DONE WITH FOSTER CARE AND WALK AWAY.

BUT OUR CHALLENGE AND THE STATE'S CHALLENGE WAS TO REACH KIDS BETWEEN 21 AND 26, WHO HAD THIS DEADLINE HANGING OVER THEIR HEAD, AND THAT IS REALLY THE HARDEST GROUP OF PEOPLE TO REACH.

THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE SYSTEM FOR MAYBE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS, AND WHEN WE -- WE DID OUR BEST, BUT IT WAS A SHORT DEADLINE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE REACHED LESS THAN 10% OF THEM.

>> SO WHAT IS OUT THERE FOR THESE YOUNG ADULTS?

>> THERE'S INDEPENDENT LIVING.

THERE IS A STIP -- STIPEND, AND IF YOU TRANSITION OUT OF FOSTER CARE WITH NO SUPPORT, YOUR FUTURE IS NOT VERY STATISTICALLY BRIGHT, SO MANY END UP HOMELESS.

MANY YOUNG WOMEN END UP PREGNANT, AND THE CYCLE JUST CONTINUES FOR MANY, MANY KIDS WHO AGE OUT.

>> AS FAR AS FOSTER FAMILIES ARE CONCERNED, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

ARE YOU GETTING A REACTION FROM WHAT HAPPENED FRIDAY?

>> HERE IS THE OTHER THING, MOST KIDS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF FOSTER CARE DON'T LIVE IN A FOSTER FAMILY.

THEY LIVE IN A GROUP HOME.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT REALLY A FAMILY SETTING.

IT'S LIKE AN INSTITUTION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO -- AND SO THIS PROGRAM -- THE INTENTION WAS GREAT.

IT CONTINUED FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN UP TO AGE 20 FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT THE EXTENSION THAT THOSE YOUTH WERE ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR, IT MADE PERFECT SENSE, BECAUSE WE DID NOT SERVE ENOUGH KIDS WHO QUALIFIED TO GET THE MONEY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MORATORIUM EXPIRING A PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM BEFORE WAS JUST FINDING THESE YOUNG ADULTS.

ARE THERE BRIDGE STRATEGIES?

WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE.

>> THE STATE HAD A DIGITAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

THEY REACHED OUT TO KIDS WHO AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

THEY TRIED TO REACH OUT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.

THEY TRIED EVERY WAY THEY COULD THINK OF TO REACH YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THAT AGE GROUP.

AND WE BUILT A LOT OF MOMENTUM AS IT WENT ALONG, BUT -- BUT, AGAIN, IT -- IT WAS THE GROUP THAT WAS THE HARDEST TO REACH ON THE SHORTEST DEADLINE, AND MANY, MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMAN WHO QUALIFIED DID NOT GET CONTACTED.

>> SO WHAT IS NEXT?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE DONE?

>> SO, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE AND ALLOW US TO SERVE THAT OLDER GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

AND THEN WHAT IS MEANT FOR YOUTH 14 TO 20 IS TO GO TO AFFCF.ORG/CAA, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN SOMETHING FOR TRANSPORTATION, INTERVIEW CLOTHING, AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT OLDER TEENS NEED, IT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO YOU, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KRIS JACOBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION, BEST OF LUCK.

THANKS.

>> TED, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR KIDS IN FOSTER CARE, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST -- ALLOWING US TO TELL OUR STORY.

>> YOU BET, THANK YOU, KRIS.

>> THANK >>> UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," CLIMATE MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT IN THIS TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>>> EXTREME WEATHER SUCH AS TORNADOS AND HURRICANES ALONG WITH CROP FAILURES AND POLLUTION COULD DISPLACE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY RELEASED BY THE WORLD BANK.

WE LEARNED MORE FROM VALERIE MUELLER OF ASU'S SCHOOL OF POLITICS AND GLOBAL STUDIES.

VALERIE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

DEFINE CLIMATE MIGRATION?

>> THAT CAN MEAN A BUNCH OF THINGS, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK.

IT CAN BE REFLECTIVE OF HURRICANE KATRINA REFUGEES, OR SOMEBODY THAT IS IN A HOUSEHOLD THAT IS HAVING A BAD YEAR, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE ENOUGH YIELD, SO SOMEBODY HAS TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY, AND IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.

>> YEAH, THE WORLD BANK HAD A REPORT ON CLIMATE MIGRATION, OF HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD BE DISPLACED.

DID THAT MAKE SENSE THAN YOU?

>> MIGRATION IS MUCH LOWER THAN PEOPLE THINK.

AND THE WORLD BANK ARE SORT OF LOOKING AT WHAT PLACES WILL BE VULNERABLE, AND WHAT ARE THE SHEER POPULATION FIGURES IN THOSE PLACES, AND TRYING TO EXTRAPOLATE WHAT THE MIGRATION WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND IF YOU USE THAT TYPE OF APPROACH, TYPICALLY THE ESTIMATES MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY OBSERVING PEOPLE MIGRATE AND LOOKING AT CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MIGRATION AND A CLIMATE DISASTER.

>> AND THE IMPACT -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS, AND THE IMPACT ON COUNTRIES, AND WE'RE TALKING IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR SO HERE, I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.

>> IT IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE ARE PLACES THAT MOST OF US WOULD THINK ARE ALREADY UNHABITABLE, AND WITH THE -- YOU KNOW, IF THE THRESHOLD FOR TEMPERATURES CHANGES A LITTLE -- YOU KNOW, BY ONE OR TWO DEGREES, THAT IS REALLY GOING TO DEVASTATE CERTAIN POPULATIONS.

SO I'M THINKING OF POPULATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE ALREADY IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A LIVELIHOOD.

AND ALSO THE IMPACT ON REFUGEES.

>> YEAH, THE DEFINITION OF REFUGEES IS A LITTLE BIT CONTENTIOUS, BECAUSE WE USUALLY THINK ABOUT PEOPLE CROSSING BORDERS, BUT A LOT OF THE MIGRATION THAT WE WITNESS HAPPENS WITHIN BORDERS >> WOULD THAT EFFECT NATURAL RESOURCES, THOUGH?

>> I DEFINITELY THINK IT WILL, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE GREAT CAPACITY TO REGULATE RESOURCES.

I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON RESOURCES IN PARTICULAR.

>> LABOR MARKETS?

HOW WOULD THEY BE EFFECTED DO YOU THINK?

>> LABOR MARKETS IS QUITE TRICKY, BECAUSE THINKING OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, YOU KNOW, FERTILITY IS GOING DOWN, SO HAVING MORE MIGRATION INTO A COUNTRY MAY ACTUALLY BE SOMEWHAT DESIRABLE, SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THAT CHANGE IN MIGRATION IS GOING TO PRESSURE THOSE MARKETS.

AND IN SOME PLACES IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BENEFIT THOSE PLACES.

>>> HERE IN THE U.S. WHAT ARE WE SEEING -- I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS, PEOPLE THERE ILLINOIS COME TO ARIZONA, BUT ARE GOING TO START PEOPLE FROM ARIZONA AND FLORIDA MOVING TO NEW ENGLAND OR THE NORTHWEST OR SOMETHING?

>> THAT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY, BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, PEOPLE MIGRATE -- THEY RESPOND TO MARKETS, RIGHT?

SO AS PLACES BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE -- LIKE PHOENIX, THE PRIZE OF HOUSING IS RISING DRAMATICALLY.

SO PHOENIX MAY BECOME LESS DESIRABLE.

SO A LOT OF IT IS SORT OF UNKNOWN, BECAUSE THE WAGES AND HOUSING IS CHANGING AT A PRETTY HIGH RATE.

>> YEAH, YEAH, BUT AS FAR CLIMATE MIGRATION, WE HEARD ABOUT FLOODING, AND THAT IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE, AND THERE ARE BUILDINGS SINKING IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THAT HAS GOT TO BE A CONCERN.

>> I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TRUE.

ONE THING THAT SEEMS REALLY INTERESTING -- I STARTED WORKING ON SEA-LEVEL RISE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ONE THING THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING -- WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW STUDIES THAT THERE ARE SIGNALS IN THE HOUSING MARKET, IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH IN HOUSING PRICES ISN'T CHANGING AS RAPIDLY AS THEY ARE IN OTHER AREAS.

AND WE'RE BASICALLY FINDING THAT COMMUTING PATTERNINGS ARE BEING DELAYED.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE LONG COMMUTES, SO IF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE LESS DESIRABLE BECAUSE OF COMMUTE, THEN PEOPLE WILL START TO RELOCATE.

>> SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO END UP.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> WELL, ONE THING I DO WANT TO SEE IS THAT, TED, THE PANDEMIC HAS TAUGHT US THAT IN CERTAIN TYPES OF PROFESSIONS, REMOTE WORKING IS POSSIBLE.

SO PLACES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE CENTRAL -- YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND SO WE MIGHT SEE MORE PEOPLE MOVING TO PLACES IN THE MIDWEST, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

VALERIE MUELLER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> HACKS FOR HUMANITY IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH INTERVENTIONS TO A VARIETY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

THIS YEAR'S FOCUS IS HEALTHCARE AND WATER ISSUES, ALONG WITH CONCERNS IN SPORTS.

DR. NEAL LESTER IS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF HACKS FOR HUMANITY.

DR. NEAL LESTER GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S TIME FOR A HACKS FOR HUMANITY.

TELL US WHAT HACKS FOR HUMANITY IS.

>> FOR THE EIGHTH HERE, IT IS A COMPETITION THAT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO RETIREES TO COME TOGETHER TO CREATE SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

>> BUT YOU HAVE USE SOME PRINCIPLES.

>> YEAH, YOU HAVE GOT TO USE SOME PRINCIPLES.

WE STARTED -- I GUESS SIX YEARS AGO, A MOVEMENT CALLED HUMANITY 101, AND THEY BUILD THESE TECHNOLOGIES THAT REFLECT THESE PRINCIPLES OF SELF REFLECTION, AND INTEGRITY.

SO IT CAN'T JUST BE, LIKE, I WANT TO FIND MY CAR IN A PARKING LOT.

THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES HUMANITY.

>> AND EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE A FOCUS.

YOU HAVE THREE SUBJECTS, TOPICSES THIS GO AROUND.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> WELL, WE TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND PULL FROM THAT.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE JUST FOCUSED ON THE PRINCIPLE.

THIS TIME WE ADDED THESE TRACKS SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE REPEAT PEOPLE COME THROUGH.

SO THIS YEAR IS HEALTHCARE, SAFETY, AND WATER.

AND WE DON'T GIVE PEOPLE PROBLEMS, WHAT WE DO, AS WE SAY IN MY CLASSES, I WILL GIVE YOU A TOPIC, AND FROM THAT TOPIC, YOU WOULD COME UP WITH A THESIS.

SO WE WON'T SAY HOMELESSNESS, OR LACK OF WATER, SO WE WILL COME UP WITH, BASED ON RESEARCH, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS.

AND WE WANT TO CALL THEM INTERVENTIONS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING CONNECTED TO THIS ISSUE.

WE SAY WE WANT TO SEE HOW IT CAN BE EXPANDED.

>> AND I NOTICE IN THE WATER ISSUES, THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS -- NOT JUST ON THE FACT -- WE KNOW THERE'S A DRAUGHT AND WATER ISSUES, BUT DEALING WITH WATER, SHOWING RESPECT TO WATER.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PRESENT THROUGH THE LENS OF RACIAL JUSTICE.

WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT, BUT WE HAVE DONE IT MORE INTENTIONALLY AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD PARTICULARLY.

SO WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WE NEED TO DO PROGRAMMING THAT HONORS VALUES AND PAYS ATTENTION TO MOTHER EARTH.

AND WE'RE LEARNING THAT FROM OUR NATIVE AMERICAN COLLEAGUE STUDENTS THAT WATER IS NOT JUST ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH WATER, BUT BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE EARTH, AND WE KNOW IF WE TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH, THE EARTH WILL TAKE CARE OF US, BUT THAT'S A BIG IF.

SO THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF RETHINKING AND RESITUATING OURSELVES.

IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, I SEE LOTS OF LAWNS BEING WATERED, AND I DON'T MEAN THE ASTROTURF LAWNS.

I MEAN LAWNS ARE GRASS.

SO THE IDEA OF HOW ARE WE BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE EARTH?

HOW ARE WE SHOWING THAT THE EARTH IS WHAT SUSTAINS US IN WAYS THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN ALWAYS AWARE OF.

>> AND THE THIRD TOPIC IS PROBLEMS IN SPORTS, INEQUITIES THERE?

>> OH, GOSH, I SAID SAFETY.

I MEANT SPORT.

I'M THINKING OF MOST RECENTLY, SOME OF THE IDEAS ADDED TO ISSUES THAT CAME UP DURING THE OLYMPICS RELATIVE TO MENTAL HEALTH.

AND HOW SOME OF THE ATHLETES SORT OF INTERRUPTED THEIR SKY-ROCKETING FAME AND FORTUNE AND STATUS TO TALK ABOUT NOT BEING WELL, AND NOT LOOKING AT THAT AS SOME KIND OF TABOO OR WEAKNESS.

SO WE'RE HOPING, AGAIN, NOT TO DEFINE AN ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S SEXUAL ABUSE, BUT RATHER SAYING HERE IS AN AREA THAT WE WANT YOUR TEAM TO PROBE INTO AND COME UP WITH AN INTERVENTION.

>> SO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING INVOLVED IN HACKS FOR HUMANITY, WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING?

>> FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AND IT IS VIRTUAL, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL BEING MINDFUL OF A PANDEMIC THAT IS NOT QUITE IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR.

AND WE HAVE 600 REGISTRANTS RIGHT NOW, WHO ARE READY TO COME IN, FORM TEAMS AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

AND YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AND EVERYTHING IS THERE.

AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS A COMPETITOR, COME IN AS A VOLUNTEER OR MENTOR.

WE WANT EVERYBODY.

THIS IS NOT JUST FOR CODERS.

IN ORDER FOR US TO BE OUR MOST DIVERSE AND EXCELLENT, WE NEED PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DR. NEAL LESTER IT IS GOOD TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

BYE-BYE.

>>> 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 CRONKITE NEWS, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT BEGINS A NEW SESSION.