>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ARIZONA HORIZON RECOMMENDING THE LIFE OF GRANT THAT PASSED AWAY WHICH WEEKEND.

FOOD BANKS IS HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS DEAL WITH FOOD INSECURITY.

IT'S AHEAD ON THE NEXT HALF HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.

ARIZONA HORIZON IS MADE PART BY THE SUPPORT OF: >>> GOOD EVENING A WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

BOTH MEN WERE MENTIONED IN A ROLLING STONES REPORT.

THIS INWAS INCLUDED IN THE MEMBERS OF THE RALLIES.

THE IDEA OF A BLANKET PARDON REGARDING ANGUNRELATING AND ENCOURAGE THE JANUARY SIXTH PROTESTS.

BOTH ARE NOW COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY INVESTING THE RIOT.

>>> CINEMA IS STILL IN THE NEWS AS PRESIDENT BIDEN TRIES TO GET HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN APPROVED THIS WEEK.

BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL TAX RATES NEGOTIATORS ARE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO PAY FOR THE PACKAGE INCLUDING A WEALTH TAX.

A GLOBAL CORPORATE MINIMUM TAX, AND STRAIGHTENING OF THE IRSs ABILITY TO COLLECT UNPAID TAXES.

THEY WILL PUSH TO GET THE PACKAGED PASSED BEFORE THE PRESIDENT LEAVES TO A SUMMIT IN SCOTLAND.

>>> THE COVID-19 VACCINE GENERATED A STRONG IMMUNE RESPONSE IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN.

MODERNA USED A SMALLER DOSAGE AND THE TWO DOSAGE REGIMENT.

THEY SPENT 28 DAYS APART.

SIGNIFICANT RESULTS OF ANTIBIOTICS AFTER A MONTH OF THE SECOND DOSAGE.

THE MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECT WITH THE VACCINE AND HEADACHE AND FEVER.

MORE THAN 4700 THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TRIAL AND SUBMITTED RESULTS TO THE FDA.

>>> FORMER ARIZONA GRANT WOODS DIED UNEXPECTEDLY SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 67.

WOOD'S DEATH IS ATTRIBUTED TO A HEART ISSUE AND FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SPENDING.

GRAND WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST FIGURES FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.

HE WAS CONGRESSMAN JOHN MCCANE'S FIRST CHIEF OF STAFF.

HE WAS ON AS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE 90s.

WOODS WAS AN ATTORNEY.

BROADCASTER, AND POLITICAL COMMENTATOR.

>> HE CALLED ME ON THE PHONE AND SAID I THINK I SCREWED UP.

I SAY, WHY.

I WAS TALKING TO STUDENTS OF U OF A AND HE SAID WHY DO YOU COME DOWN HERE.

YOU ONLY GO TO RETIREMENT PLACES.

HE SAID THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T VOTE.

THE OTHER DUDES VOTE 100%.

YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME DOWN HERE VOTE LIKE THEY VOTE OUT A SEIZURE WORLD.

>> YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT, DID YOU.

THERE WAS A BIG RETIREMENT CALLED LEISURE WORLD.

THEY WEREN'T REALLY HANDY WITH THEIR NICKNAME JOHN SAID LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES I SCREWED UP.

WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE IN JUST A FEW DAYS.

WE WENT OUT AND A MEMBER DROVE IN.

A 90-YEAR-OLD GUY IN THE GOLF CART.

>> AND LITTLE DID HE KNOW WE BOTH SAID THAT'S GREAT.

JOHN WAS LIKE, HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WE WENT IN AND WENT TO WORK AND GUESS WHAT, I THINK HE WON THAT ABOUT 85-15.

>> ARIZONA HORIZON MET WITH WOODS IN WASHINGTON BEFORE THE FINAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR MCCANE AT THE NATIONS CAPITOL.

>> WHEN I SPOKE IN FEE NIX A FEW -- PHOENIX WE ARE READY TO WALK IN.

WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ALL OF THAT AND I STARTED CHOKE UP AND GET EMOTIONAL.

IT HIT ME AND CLEAR AS A BELL.

WITHOUT QUESTION IT WAS RIGHT THERE.

THEY SAID BLANK, BLANK, BUCK UP BOY.

>> HE'S A MAN OF MANY TALENTS.

HE WAS AN ATHLETE AND PLAYWRIGHT.

THEY SING HIS SONG AND THE PROJECT WHICH WE PROFILED IN 2015.

>> IT STARTED LIKE THIS.

>> WOODS PENNED ALL TEN SONGS.

>> I VIEWED THIS AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

I CAN ONLY IMAGE TO RUN WITH IT AND PUT THEIR OWN STAMP ON IT.

>> THEY DID.

LISTENING TO HER TAKE ON BLUES HOTEL.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> FOR MORE ON THE LIFE OAF GRANT WOODS WE SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF THEIR POLITICAL ANALYST.

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS FIRM HIGH GROUND.

CHUCK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY AS WE REMEMBER GRANT WOODS.

>> I MOVED OUT IN 189 H 1985.

WELL, I STARTED TO WORK ON HIS CAMPAIGN.

HE ALSO RED ABOUT JOHN.

IT WAS OVER AND HIS FATHER AND HE HELPED ME GET A JOB.

THIS IS AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS DID GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.

MCCANE AND HE SPOKE.

SO, IT GOES BACK A LONG WAYS THROUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RUN.

I WENT FOR IT AND HE WAS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MAINTAINED A CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OVERTIME.

I SPOKE ABOUT IT OVER THE YEARS.

WE TALK WHEN NECESSARY.

WHEN 2010 ROLLED AROUND IT WAS THE HEAD OF THE TRANSITION TEAM.

THEY HAD NOTHING IN COMMON.

WE CAN CAMPAIGN FOR THE COACH CHAIRMAN.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE STRAIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DIFFICULT TIME.

SO, HE MAINTAINED FRIENDSHIP JOKING AND RELATIONSHIP EVER SINCE.

HE WAS SO CREATIVE.

HE WAS A MUSIC WRITER.

I HAD TO TELL DANNY A WEEK AGO THE GUY WHO HE WAS.

>> WHEN YOU FIRST MET HIM DID YOU SENSE THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE GUY.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HE HAD A CHARISMA AND HE WAS BRASH.

I WAS YOUNGER AND HE WAS POINTED AND HE WAS FUNNY.

IT WASN'T YOUR TYPICAL POLITICAL PERSON.

THEY WILL MIX IT UP.

HE WAS INTELLECTUALLY SHARP.

HE WASN'T YOUR AVERAGE GUY.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE TYPE OF POLITICAL FIGURE.

THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE RELATIONSHIP AND WE MAINTAIN THEM THROUGH THE YEARS.

IT MIGHT NOT EXIST.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THE JOB BUT THEY WOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

THAT TOOK A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COURAGE FOR THE CENTER.

GRANT ALWAYS MAINTAINED AND ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE RELATIONSHIP.

THAT WAS WHAT MADE IT CLOSE.

THAT'S WHAT WAS SO STRONG.

IT WAS REAL RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER THAT HE HAD WITH A SENATOR AND THEY HAD IT TOGETHER.

>> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK AS FAR AS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT COMES TO MIND.

HIS SPEECH AT THE MCCANE MEMORIAL SERVICE THE INTEREST IN THE ARTS AND PERFORMANCE WAS HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS.

>> HE WAS ON A NATIONAL STAGE IT PROBABLY WAS.

THAT'S HOW HE WAS.

HE LAD A PICTURE OF BOBBY KENNEDY HE WAS AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE HE THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT WAS THERE TO SEVER PEOPLE AND NOT GOVERNMENT TO GET AROUND.

JUST TAKING UP SPACE.

JOHN USED TO SAY HE DEDICATED THEY PUT THEM AT ODDS HE ALWAYS WAS STRONG.

HE DIDN'T LET IT GET TO THEM AND HUMOROUS.

HE RECOGNIZED THAT.

ALSO WHEN I WENT TO WORK FOR HIM IN 1981 HE HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPER CONFIDENT AHEAD OF THE TIME AND VERY PROFESSIONALLY ACCOMPLISHED IN THEIR OWN WAY.

MIKE CUNNINGHAM WAS THE HEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION AHEAD OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS SECTION.

HE HAD A REALLY SMART PEOPLE THAT WERE ENGAGED OF PUBLIC POLICY.

SOMETIMES THE LEARNING CURVE.

THEY COME UP WITH THIS IDEA.

THERE WAS A LEMON LAW ONE TIME.

I GOT A CALL FROM THE GENERAL COUNCIL AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY HE WAS -- IT'S ALWAYS MAKING A DIFFERENCE WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS AND SETBACKS.

HE GOT OFF AND DEED HIMSELF OFF EVERY TIME AND CAME BACK IN THE RING.

HE WOULD NOT SIT QUIETLY.

HE WAS A PART OF WHAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED.

>> CHUCK, LAST QUESTION HERE.

THE IMPACT OF LOSING SOMEONE SO CLOSE SO SUDDENLY AND SO UNEXPECTEDLY.

>> TOMORROW EVENING -- SHE HAS TO BE STRONG FOR THEM.

>> YEP.

>> HE LOVED HIS KIDS.

THAT WAS THE CORE OF WHO HE WAS.

HE WAS MOST PROUD OF THEM.

>> YEAH.

>> CHUCK, WE THANK YOU.

THIS IS A TRYING TIME FOR ALL OF GRANTS FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM AND NEVER MET HIM THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

>> THANKS A LOT.

>>> UP NEXT WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE ON THE PASSING OF FORMER ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>>> OUR REMEMBRANCE OF GRANT WOODS CONTINUES.

WE SPOKE TO TERRY GOTTARD EARLIER TODAY.

HOW LONG DID YOU KNOW GRANT?

>> I KNEW HIM A LITTLE BIT IN THE 80s.

HE WAS SOMEONE I CAME IN CONTACT WITH AND GOT CLOSE TO.

>> DID YOUR RELATIONSHIP CHANGE?

>> IT CHANGED BIG TIME HE STARTED AN INVESTIGATION.

I THOUGHT IT WAS THEY BOTH CAME TO THAT CONNECTICUT COLLUSION.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT START TO A RELATIONSHIP I'LL NEVER FORGET MEETING HIM.

WE CAME TOGETHER OVER CRITICISM OF THE THEN GOVERNOR.

IN SPITE OF BEING A REPUBLICAN HE HAD TO TAKE IT ON AND FELT IT WAS WRONG.

>> HE ENDED UP ENDORSING YOU.

>> HE DID HE WAS WILLING TO INVESTMENT IN WROTE THE BOOK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ARIZONA.

HE WAS A COURAGEOUS A.G. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT WAS THE BIG ONE.

HE AND MIKE ARE GOOD FRIENDS THEY WERE THE FOLKS THAT MADE IT A NATIONAL MOVEMENT.

THE EFFORT TO HOLD THE BIG TOBACCO COMPANY AND MAKE THEM PAY FOR GENERATIONS AND HARM.

>> HE WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FOR A SHORT TIME.

YOU TOOK OVER AND WON.

WERE THERE BEST PRACTICES LOOKING BACK TO HIS TERM THAT YOU TOOK I DIDN'T WANT TO RELATE TO THAT I'M A SYMPATHETIC TO THAT.

GRANT CAME IN AN OFFICE THAT RUN AGAINST HIM.

THE CHIEF DEPUTY OF HIS PREDECESSOR WAS GRANTS OPPONENT IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

IT WAS NO GOOD FEELING AND IT CAME OUT OF THAT ELECTION.

THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES MADE IN THE A.G.s OFFS.

GRANT TOOK IT ON.

HE WOULD ADMIT HE DIDN'T ALWAYS DO IT RIGHT.

HE TOOK ON THE VERY SERIOUS JOB AND HE WANTED TO MAKE HIS OWN.

ONE THING I INHERITED FROM HIM IS SET A CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

HE BELIEVED IN EVERYONES CIVIL RIGHTS.

HE WAS AN EARLY ENDORSER OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY.

>> SHE WAS NOT AFRAID TO STICK HIS NOSE INTO THINGS.

HE REALLY TOOK THINGS ON.

>> HE DID THAT IN LIFE.

HE WAS ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATELY.

WHEN HE SAW A WRONG, HE WANTED TO WRITE IT.

>> FOLKS WERE EXPECTING MORE FROM HIM.

ARE YOU SURPRISED HE NEVER RAN AGAIN?

>> I WAS.

HE DANG.ED IT IN FRONT OF THEM.

HE LEFT OFFICE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HE SPOKE ABOUT A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OR SENATOR.

THE AMAZING THING ABOUT GRANT, IT'S AMAZING.

HE STAYED IN THE PUBLIC EYE FROM 1999 UNTIL HIS PASSING.

AS A PUBLIC CHARACTER AND PERSON WHO COMMENTED ON THINGS.

HE WAS ON YOUR SHOW AND DID A LOT OF OP EDS.

HE WAS THE GO TO GUY FOR A QUICK STATEMENT ABOUT SOMETHING AND HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT IT.

HE HAD THE ABILITY AND FEW WORDS.

THIS WILL MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

>> LAST QUESTION AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

ANY PARTICULAR MEMORY.

HALF TIME AT THE SUNS GAME.

>> THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE WHEN WE SPOKE AS POTENTIAL FRIENDS.

I REMEMBER THAT VIVIDLY.

MY LAST SPEAKER HAS ALWAYS BEEN GRANT WOODS.

I WAS ON THE WAY TO CALL HIM.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THE OBLIGATION OF THE PUBLIC OFFICE.

THE IMPORTANCE OF REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE AND NOT A SPECIAL INTEREST.

THAT'S WHAT HE DID AS AG.

I'LL NEVER FORGET HIS LINE YOU ARE HERE AS THE ATTORNEY FOR STATE OF ARIZONA AND PEOPLE OF ARIZONA.

NOT STATE FARM.

YOU ARE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR A WIN.

THAT'S WHY I REMEMBER HE CAME BACK TO IT.

IT WAS A CONSTANT REFRAIN IN HIS CAREER.

A GREAT MAN AND ARIZONIAN AND SOMEBODY WE WON'T FORGET.

>> TERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, PHOENIX MAYOR OF GRANT WOODS.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR PRESIDENT BIDEN ENTERS A CRITICAL WEEK AS HE PUSHES FOR THE SPENDING AGREE.

THIS IS AFTER YOUR HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

>>> WE CONCLUDE OUR REMEMBRANCE OF GRANT WOODS SYMPTOMS JOHN GILES.

>> MY FIRST MEMORY WAS AS A FER YEAR LAW STUDENT.

LIKE A LOT OF FIRST YEAR LAW STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO FIND A JOB FOR THE SUMMER AND I INTERVIEWED WITH GRANT WOODS.

NOT BECAUSE I WAS THAT OUTSTANDING BUT I WAS AN ALUMNI OF WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

HE HIRED ME FOR THAT SUMMER AND SPLIT MY TIME FOR CONGRESSMAN MCCANE.

SO, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 1984.

>> WOW, THAT'S A LONG TIME.

FOR THOSE NEW TO ARIZONA REALLY QUICKLY WHO WAS GRANT WOODS.

>> HE WAS A REALLY STATESMAN AND ONE OF A KIND.

THERE WAS THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND UNSELFISH ENOUGH TO SUBJECT HIMSELF TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE BACKAGE THAT COMES WITH SEVERING IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE THING, TO ME THAT STANDS OUT ABOUT GRANT HE WAS A REALLY LOUSY REPUBLICAN.

HE WAS A REALLY LOUSY DEMOCRAT.

GRANT WASN'T A PARTISAN FELLOW.

HE KIND OF CALLED IT LIKE HE SAW IT.

HE WASN'T ONE OF THOSE POLITICIANS THAT RUN TO THE LEFT AND RE-CLAIM THE MIDDLE IN THE GENERAL.

HE WAS ALWAYS TRUE TO WHO HE WAS WAS IT SOMETHING HE AIMED FOR.

>> GRANT WAS AN EXTROVERT.

I WAS A FEW YEARS BEHIND HIM HE RAN THE PLACE.

HE WAS DRAWN TO BEING A SHOW MAN AND BEING ENGAGED.

HE WAS AN ENTERTAINING GUY AS WE KNOW.

I THINK THAT CAME NATURALLY TO HIM.

MORE SO THAN POLITICS.

>> YOU MENTIONED WEST WOOD HIGH SCHOOL A FEW HIGH SCHOOL.

HE HAD THAT FOUNDATION AND WITH JOHN MCCANE, HOW IMPORTANT WAS JOHN MCCANE TO GRANT?

>> I THINK THEY BOTH VERY MUCH MUALLY BENEFITED FROM ONE ANOTHER.

JOHN MCCANE WAS CRITICIZED FOR BEING A CARPETBAGGER.

WHEN HE RAN HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN TO BE A CONGRESSMAN.

THIS WAS A GUY THAT HAD HARDLY MOVED TO THE STATE COMING IN AND HITCH ACCIDENT HIS WAGON.

GRANT WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS JOE WOODS.

THEY WERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRST PART OF SIGHTS.

IT COULD BE BEEN JOHN WITHOUT GRAN WOODS.

>> WERE YOU SURPRISED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL DAY 990 WHEN HIS TERM ENDED HE NEVER RAN AGAIN?

>> YES AND FLOW.

HE WASN'T A GREAT PARTISAN.

GRANT WOULD WIN THE GENERAL EVERY TIME BUT STRUGGLED TO WIN A PRIMARY AND EITHER THE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE.

I THINK HE ENJOYED BEING THERE AND HE WASN'T WILLING TO COMPROMISE OR PRETEND TO BE SOMETHING HE WASN'T SO THAT'S A BIT OF A HANDICAP.

>> I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKED OUT IN TERMS OF HOW SERIOUS AND POLITICAL THAT WAS.

THE FIESTA BOWL IS SOMETHING HE REGRETTED THE WAY HE HANDLED THAT.

>> HE ADMITTED AND NEVER PRETENDED TO BE PERFECT.

ABSOLUTELY HE MADE MISTAKES LIKE WE ALL DO.

HE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE REMEMBERED ANY OTHER WAY.

>> WE ALL HANDLE SUCCESS PRETTY WELL, I HOPE.

WHEN IT COMES TO NOT SO SUCCESS THAT'S WHY YOU FIND THE MIDDLE.

HOW DID HE HANDLE THINGS WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL.

>> I WASHED THOSE PROBLEMS WE JUST MENTIONED BUT THE THING IS WE WILL ALL MAKE MISTAKES.

IN BOTH SITUATIONS HE OWNED IT.

HE DIDN'T MAKE EXCUSES AND SAY, WELL, I NEVER SAID THAT.

HE DIDN'T BLAME OTHERS.

WHEN HE HAD A MISCALCULATION HE OWNED IT.

THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US.

>> IT IS INDEED.

AS INTEREST RANGE FROM SPORTS.

A LOT OF MUSIC AND THEATER AND THE ARTS.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> HE WAS A RENAISSANCE MAN.

THE TIME OR TWO THAT I NEVER BEEN TO A, IF YOU GO TO A SUN'S GAME OR DIAMOND BACKSEAT GAME YOU WILL LIKELY SEE GRANT WOODS.

HE WASPISH NATE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK, MARLENE.

HE WAS AN ARTSY GUY AND WROTE BOOKS AND PLAYS.

HIS SON AS A FILL ONLY MAKER.

THERE WAS VERY MUCH A THEATRICAL AND PERFORMANCE SIDE TO GRANT AND HE ENJOYED THAT.

>> MAYOR, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND MEMORIES OF YOUR FRIEND.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

>> MY MEASURE.

IT'S A HUGE LOSS FOR ALL OF US.

>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.