
11-10-21: Paul Gosar, Steve Chucri, CN: Krysten Muir Package
Season 2021 Episode 230 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Gosar tweets video about AOC. Steve Chucri resigns. Cronkite News story features athletes.
Fallout continues over an altered anime video tweeted out by Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. In the video, Gosar is shown killing New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Steve Chucri recently resigned from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Cronkite News reporter Zachary Larsen has the story of a participant who used the power of sports to help her overcome significant hardships.
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11-10-21: Paul Gosar, Steve Chucri, CN: Krysten Muir Package
Season 2021 Episode 230 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Fallout continues over an altered anime video tweeted out by Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. In the video, Gosar is shown killing New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Steve Chucri recently resigned from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Cronkite News reporter Zachary Larsen has the story of a participant who used the power of sports to help her overcome significant hardships.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF A CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO RELEASED BY CONGRESSMAN PAUL GOSAR, AND ON "CRONKITE NEWS," HOW THE POPULAR RODEO PROGRAM AT DINE COLLEGE ON THE NAVAJO NATION IS COMING BACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
THAT'S ALL AHEAD IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS.
>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."
I'M TED SIMONS.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN OCTOBER ROSE FROM 6.2% FROM THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, THE FASTEST YEAR-TO-YEAR INCREASE SINCE 1990.
THE SPIKE CAME WITH RISING FUEL PRICES, GROCERIES AND NEW AND USED CARS.
>>> OTHER NEWS, PROSECUTORS ARE ASKING FOR AN ARIZONA MAN TO RECEIVE A PRISON SENTENCE OF MORE THAN FOUR YEARS FOR HIS ROLE IN THE JANUARY RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.
JACOB CHANSLEY, ALSO KNOWN AS JACOB ANGELI WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROTESTS TO MAKE IT INTO THE CAPITOL.
PROSECUTORS SAYS THE SEVERITY OF THE SENTENCE IS MEANT TO STOP FUTURE RIOTERS.
>>> JUST UNDER 3800 COVID CASES WERE ADDED TODAY.
THE DEATH RATE IS ALSO GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
>>> AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR KNOWN OR SUSPECTED COVID CASES INCREASED FOR THE SIXTH STRAIGHT DAY WITH JUST OVER 2000 REPORTED.
>>> A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT COVID-19 VACCINES COULD HELP STOP EVEN ASYMPTOMATIC CASES OF COVID-19.
>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TODAY SAID THAT IT EXPECTS 900,000 CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11 TO RECEIVE A FIRST COVID VACCINATION DOSE BY THE END OF THE DAY, AND ABOUT 700,000 APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ?
>>> AND NEW CNN POLLS FINDS THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS THINK THAT FACEBOOK IS MAKING SOCIETY WORSE.
RESEARCHERS CONDUCTED A SURVEY OVER A THOUSAND AMERICANS, AND CONDUCTED IT ONLINE.
>>> FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER AN ALTERED ANIME VIDEO TWEETED OUT BY ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN PAUL GOSAR.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE VIDEO WITH FIRST AMENDMENT ATTORNEY DAN BARR AND POLITICAL CONSULTANT WES GULLETT.
GENTLE MEN THING YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WES, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE GOSAR ANIME VIDEO, WHAT HAVE YOU.
>> I FIND IT REPULSIVE, AND YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT MURDER, AND WHEN YOU SAY, OH, IT'S AN ANIME AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE HUMOR -- MURDER IS NOT HUMOROUS.
>> DAN, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THAT IT IS NOT ALL THAT FUNNY OR HUMOROUS, BUT ARE THERE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR THIS?
>> SURE.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IT'S EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED FANTASY THAT WAS POSTED BY THE CONGRESSMAN, BUT HE HAS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DO SO.
FEDERAL LAW MAKES IT A CRIME TO THREATEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN A WILLFUL A MANNER.
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HELD BACK IN 1966 THAT POLITICAL HYPERBOLE IN THREATENING TO SHOOT THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT A CRIME.
THIS GUY SAID, IF I GET DRAFTED AND GET A GUN, THE FIRST PERSON I'LL PUT IN MY SITE IS LBJ.
AND THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT WAS DISTASTEFUL, BUT NOBODY REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT THE PRESIDENT.
AND A MAN THREATENED THE LIFE OF BARACK OBAMA, BECAUSE OBAMACARE HAD BEEN PASSED.
AND IN THAT INSTANCE, IT STATED THAT HE STATED HIS INTENT AND INTENDED TO CARRY OUT THE CRIME.
>> GOSAR'S OFFICE TWEETED OUT, I THINK IT WAS, QUOTE, IT'S A CARTOON.
RELAX.
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT WHETHER IT IS LEGAL OR ILLEGAL.
IT IS BAD TASTE, BUT IT IS ALSO A PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH DYSFUNCTION AND PARTISAN DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY.
NOW THAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE 1840S TOO.
THEY WERE -- THE SAME KIND OF STUFF WAS HAPPENING.
IT WASN'T A VERY GOOD TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THIS ISN'T EITHER.
AND WE HAVE GOT TO FIX IT.
>> BUT REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS IN CRICKETS ON THIS THING.
SOMEONE ON YOUR SIDE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
>> I JUST DID.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IN A SIMILAR DYSFUNCTIONAL SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE LEADERS WHO WANT TO STAND UP AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE LEADERS AND THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH OF THIS.
>> DAN AS FAR AS AN INVESTIGATION GOES, SHOULD THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION.
KATHY GRIFFIN HAS COME OUT ON TWITTER, AND SHE SAYS SHE WAS INVESTIGATED TWICE BY THE FBI, PUT ON THE NO-FLY LIST, INTERPOL LIST, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
SHOULD THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THIS VIDEO?
>> I THINK IT WAS SICKENING AND SHOWS A LACK OF EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY ON HIS PART, BUT TAKEN AT FACE VALUE, DO PEOPLE REALLY THINK HE IS GOING TO BE FLYING AROUND AND KILLING SOME GIANT WITH ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ'S FACE ON IT AND THEN FLYING UP TO A GIANT WITH JOE BIDEN'S FACE ON IT?
OF COURSE NOT.
AND SAME THING WITH KATHY GRIFFITH.
BUT THIS IS SICKENING BEHAVIOR, AND WHILE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION, IT IS SICKENING NEVERTHELESS.
>> BUT IT IS PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION.
>> CORRECT.
>> WES, WE MIGHT SEE MORE OF THIS.
>> WELL, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T VOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE, AND VOTE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THEIR PLACE.
PAUL GOSAR HAS A PROBLEM.
HE IS IN A DISTRICT RIGHT NOW THAT IS BEING LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC THAT HAS A TOM O'HALLERAN.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T VOTE FOR THE GUY.
HIS FAMILY IS NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.
WE KNOW THAT FROM PAST BEHAVIOR OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
SO MAYBE WE DON'T VOTE FOR THEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
>> BUT YOU ARE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR THOSE IN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.
THESE FOLKS BACK IN WASHINGTON, THEY ARE LITERALLY SAYING NOTHING -- SHOULDN'T THEY SAY SOMETHING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO TAKES THESE PEOPLE TO TASK AND SAY, LOOK, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, BECAUSE THEY ARE DESTROYING MY PARTY.
WHEN WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HUGE DIFFERENCE, THEY ARE TAKING IT AND PULLING US BACK, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.
>> DAN, IS THIS GOING TO BE A BIGGER PROBLEM AS TIME GOES ON, BECAUSE THE LINE BETWEEN CRITICISM AND SATIRE, IS IT GOING TO GET EVEN MORE BLURRY.
>> BACK IN 1971, GROUCHO MARX SAID THE ONLY ANSWER WE HAVE IS TO ASSASSINATE RICHARD NIXON.
AND THAT WAS A STUPID REMARK.
AND HISTORY IS FULL OF THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS, NOT ONLY THESE PEOPLE IN -- IN CONGRESS AND IN POLITICAL LIFE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING GOOD PEOPLE TO GET INTO POLITICAL LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICS.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO PUT UP WITH THIS NONSENSE?
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS GETTING GOOD SMART PEOPLE WITH GOOD JUDGMENT TO THROW THEIR HAT IN AND GET INTO THE POLITICAL DEBATE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFENSIVE SPEECH THESE DAYS >> YEAH.
YEAH.
AND ADAM SAYS THIS WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WON'T CRITICIZE HIM.
IS HE RIGHT?
>> IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THERE'S REPERCUSSIONS FOR IT, YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S HUMAN NATURE, SO WE HAVE GOT TO -- AND IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT, WE NEED TO DO IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> THANK HORIZON," FORMER MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE CHUCRI TALKS ABOUT WHY HE RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD.
>>> STEVE CHUCRI RECENTLY RESIGNED FROM THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AFTER A RECORDING SURFACED OF HIM CRITICIZING BOARD MEMBERS.
WE SPOKE WITH STEVE CHUCRI ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND SPEAKING WITH US AND TO US ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH YOU AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
WHY DID YOU RESIGN?
>> WELL, TED, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
WE HAVE HAD MANY GOOD CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS, AND I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
WE KNEW THAT WHEN THESE SECRET RECORDINGS WERE RELEASED, IT SERVED AS A TIPPING POINT FOR ME TO SAY IT'S TIME TO MOVE TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF MY LIFE.
I OWNED IT, AND I APOLOGIZED, AND THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
THEY ARE GOOD MEN.
BUT UPON FURTHER REFLECTION, TED, I MADE THE DECISION TO HAVE THIS BE MY THIRD AND FINAL TERM.
AND SO WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND I SAW THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY BEING ABLE TO DO THE THINGS WE WERE ELECTED TO DO, AND ALSO THE BUSINESS MINDS THAT WE BROUGHT TO MARICOPA COUNTY OVER THE PAST DECADE, I THOUGHT I WOULD ACCELERATE THAT DECISION, AND IT WAS BEST FOR ME TO STEP ASIDE AND MOVE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
>> DID YOU FEEL PRESSURE TO RESIGN?
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
IT WAS A DECISION I MADE ON MY OWN.
I SPOKE TO MY WIFE ABOUT IT, AND SHE WAS AGAINST IT, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I RESIGNED, BUT REALLY IT WAS A CULMINATION AND TIPPING POINT OF WHEN THOSE RECORDINGS WERE RELEASED THAT MADE THE DECISION FOR ME TO MOVE ON, AND LET'S WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND TRY TO BRING ABOUT MORE CIVILITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO.
>> YOU CRITICIZED A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS, SUGGESTED THEY OPPOSED THE AUDIT BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION RESULTS, AND DEAD PEOPLE VOTED, WHY DID YOU SAY THOSE THINGS?
AND AT THE TIME DID YOU BELIEVE THEM?
>> I WILL TELL YOU I REPEATED SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING TOO CLOSE TO CALL, AND I REGRET THAT.
THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE FINE MEN, AND THEY WOULD NEVER DO THAT, BUT MOVING FORWARD, AT THE TIME, AND THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE RECORDINGS, TED IS THEY WERE AT TWO DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES, AND THEY WERE CONFLATING THE TWO INTO ONE.
SO I BELIEVED WE NEEDED TO HAVE AN AUDIT FOR THE FUTURE OF ELECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND.
I HAD SO MANY CONSTITUENTS SAYING, HEY, DID MY VOTE COUNT?
AND I FELT THAT THROUGH OUR OWN AUDIT, I BELIEVED THAT WOULD ALLAY CONCERNS, AND AT THE TIME MY COLLEAGUES DISAGREED.
LATER ON, WE ALL AGREED TO AN AUDIT, AND IT CAME BACK CLEAN.
SO, YES, I DID AT THE TIME BELIEVE THAT, AND WE ENDED UP HAVING THOSE AUDITS, AND THEY PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
MY CONCERN FOR MY CONSTITUENTS WAS KIDS THAT MOVED ON TO COLLEGE STILL GOT BALLOTS.
ONE CONSTITUENT GOT A BALLOT FOR HIS FATHER WHO HAD PASSED AWAY, AND SO I PASSED THAT INFORMATION ALONG.
BUT I DID SAY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAN UP THOSE VOTER ROLLS, RIGHT?
AND I THINK THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DOING THAT.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP.
>> DID YOU FEEL PRESSURE TO SAY THINGS NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP?
WE HAD SLIGHT IRREGULARITIES, BUT NOTHING TO THE POINT THAT ANYTHING WOULD SAY AN AUDIT WOULD SAY OTHERWISE?
DID YOU FEEL PRESSURE, BECAUSE YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO THINK DONALD TRUMP WON THE DIRECTION.
DID YOU FEEL PRESSURE TO FOLLOW THAT LINE OF THOUGHT?
>> I HAVE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION, EVEN MONTHS AGO FROM THE "ARIZONA REPUBLIC."
AND WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
THE REASON I SUPPORTED AN AUDIT THEN AND NOW WAS REALLY TO PROVE WE HAD NOTHING TO HIDE.
SO I DIDN'T FEEL PRESSURE PER SE THAT WE HAD TO DO THAT TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF ALL REPUBLICANS.
I FELT WE HAD TO DO THAT TO ALLAY THE CONCERNS OF THE VOTING PUBLIC AT LARGE SO THEY KNEW IT WAS SAFE TO VOTE, BUT WERE DEATH THREATS LOBBED, DID I HAVE TO HAVE A SECURITY DETAIL, YES.
SO THOSE PRESSURES WERE THERE, BUT I THOUGHT AN AUDIT WOULD ALLAY THOSE CONCERNS.
>> AND YOU HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELECTION OUTCOME NOW?
>> NO, I DO NOT.
I HAVE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS THAT I SUPPORT OUR ELECTIONS TEAM.
THEY HAVE VERY GOOD TALENT, AND THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE, AND MY FORMER COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
>> YOU MENTIONED A QUOTE AT THE LAST MEETING.
CIVILITY AND DECORUM NO LONGER SEEMS TO HAVE A PLACE.
DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY NOW.
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP SEEMS TO BE LEADING THIS PARTY, AND HOW DO YOU GO FORWARD?
>> WELL, I -- I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND JOINED THE INDEPENDENT PARTY HERE IN ARIZONA.
I HAVE NO INTENTION, TED, OF LEAVING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF OUTREACH FROM GOOD REPUBLICANS, REPUBLICANS YOU AND I WOULD KNOW.
SOME WHO HAVE FORMERLY SERVED IN OFFICE, AND SOME WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN OFFICE, AND SAY HEY, SIGN US UP.
WE NEED TO TONE DOWN THE ANGER AND DO THE BEST WE CAN TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO BE EASY, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF OUT REACH THAT I HAVE RECEIVED.
>> LAST QUESTION, YES OR NO, ARE YOU GOING TO GET BACK INTO POLITICS?
>> I HAVE NOT RULED IT OUT.
I THINK TODAY AS I SEE IT, THIS IS THE ROLE I SHOULD PLAY, BUT I ALWAYS THINK I WILL RETURN TO POLITICS AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> STEVE CHUCRI THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, TED.
>>> SPORTS CAN TEACH HARD WORK, COMMITMENT AND RESILIENCE, CRONKITE NEWS REPORTER ZACHARY LARSEN HAS THE STORY OF ONE YOUNG PARTICIPANT WHO USED THE POWER OF SPORTS TO HELP HER OVERCOME HARDSHIPS.
>>> THIS CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CELEBRATION AND A LONG-RIDE HOME.
>> THOSE CAN MAKE OR BREAK THE GAME.
>> Reporter: NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN KRYSTEN.
>> AS LONG AS I CAN HELP WITH MY KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT, AND JUST MOTIVATE THEM AND PUSH THEM AS FAR AS THEY CAN, AND MAKE THEM AS GOOD AS THEY CAN, THEN THAT'S GREAT.
>> Reporter: SHE MADE HISTORY IN 2015 AS THE FIRST FEMALE ATHLETE TO SCORE A POINT IN AN AIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
>> AT THE TIME I WAS JUST PLAYING THE GAME.
>> SHE RUNS A TIGHT SHIP, AND SHE GREW UP AROUND IT, AND SHE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES.
>> Reporter: BUT SUCCESS ON THE FIELD IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT SHE HAS ENDURED OFF OF IT.
IN JANUARY 2021, A CAR ACCIDENT CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER.
SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN VERTEBRAE, AND DAMAGED HER SPINAL CHORD, LEAVING HER PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
>> A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE SURGERY WHEN THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT IN THE TOES WAS WHEN I STARTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS TOLD SHE MAY NEVER WALK AGAIN.
>> WHEN THE DOCTORS TOLD ME YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WALK, IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, I AM, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO SURGERY AND REHAB AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
>> Reporter: AND AT THAT POINT, HER DETERMINATION TOOK OVER.
WITHIN THREE SHORT MONTHS SHE WAS ON HER FEET ONCE AGAIN.
AND BY AUGUST, SHE WAS BACK ON THE SIDELINES WORKING AS A KICKING COACH.
>> SHE PERSEVERED, AND YOU CAN SEE HER PUSHING HERSELF.
>> Reporter: HER RETURN TO THE SIDELINES WASN'T THE ONLY SURPRISE AS THE ARIZONA CARDINALS ANNOUNCED A SCHOLARSHIP THAT PROVIDED $3,000 TO TEN-GRADUATING STUDENT ATHLETES, ONE OF WHICH IS IN HER NAME.
SHE EVEN GETS TO PICK THE RECIPIENT.
>> I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE AS HUGE, AND NOW I'M LIKE, THIS WILL BE LIKE A LEGACY KIND OF THING.
>> IF THAT'S HOW HER NAME GOES DOWN AND HOW SHE IS REMEMBERED AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND -- SORRY -- THEN -- THEN ALL YOU CAN HOPE FOR AS A FATHER.
>> Reporter: WHILE KRISTEN CONTINUES TO INSPIRE OTHERS, SHE HAS ONE GOAL LEFT FOR HERSELF, TO KICK ONE THROUGH THE UP RIGHTS AGAIN HERSELF.
>> OH, YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN.
OH, YEAH.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW, KRISTEN WILL CONTINUE TO COACH AS SHE LOOKS TO INSPIRE OTHERS FOR YEARS TO COME.
>> KRISTEN PLANS TO WRITE A BOOK IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT HER JOURNEY.
>>> 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 ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS, HOW ONE LOCAL GROUP IS FOCUSING ON HELP BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE DEALING WITH BURNOUT, AND DEPRESSION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
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