<b>[ ♪♪♪ ]</b> <b>>> THE PRIMARIES ARE OVER, AND</b> <b>THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN IN</b> <b>THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.

</b> <b>>> OKLAHOMA, WE BELIEVE THAT</b> <b>LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION.</b> <b>THAT'S OUR DECISION.

</b> <b>>> IT'S A HEALTH CARE DECISION</b> <b>BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOCTOR,</b> <b>AND IT NEEDS TO STAY THAT WAY.</b> <b>>> WE'LL RECAP THE ELECTION,</b> <b>INCLUDING THE VOTE TO BUILD A</b> <b>NEW JAIL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.</b> <b>>> IT HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED</b> <b>OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.

</b> <b>>> A WEEK AFTER THE REVERSAL TO</b> <b>ABORTION, OKLAHOMANS GRAPPLE</b> <b>WITH A NEW STATE LAW.

</b> <b>>> WE'VE TRIGGERED THOSE LAWS AS</b> <b>I UNDERSTAND IT.

</b> <b>WE ARE A PRO-LIFE STATE.

</b> <b>>> ESSENTIALLY, ABORTION HAS</b> <b>BEEN BANNED IN THE STATE OF</b> <b>OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>>> OKLAHOMA'S YOUNGEST CITIZENS</b> <b>NOW ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A</b> <b>COVID-19 VACCINATION.

</b> <b>>> A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF KIDS</b> <b>WILL HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS AND</b> <b>THEY'RE SHORT LIVED.

</b> <b>>> THOSE STORIES, PLUS THE</b> <b>WEEK'S ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS</b> <b>NEWS NEXT ON THE "THE OKLAHOMA</b> <b>NEWS REPORT.

"</b> <b>[ ♪♪♪ ]</b> <b>>> HELLO, EVERYONE.

</b> <b>WELCOME TO THE "THE OKLAHOMA</b> <b>NEWS REPORT.

"</b> <b>I'M RICH LENZ.

</b> <b>WHILE A FEW KEY RACES WILL</b> <b>REQUIRE A RUNOFF ELECTION IN</b> <b>AUGUST, WE HAVE A CLEARER WHO</b> <b>WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR</b> <b>NOVEMBER'S MIDTERMS.

</b> <b>TONIGHT, WE PRESENT TEAM </b> <b>COVERAGE.

</b> <b>REPORT TAELYR JACKSON RECAPS THE</b> <b>PARTIES.

</b> <b>STEVE SHAW LOOKS AT THE OUTCOME</b> <b>OF A VOTE TO REPLACE OUR STATE'S</b> <b>LARGEST COUNTY JAIL IN OKLAHOMA</b> <b>CITY AND FORMER GOVERNOR WILL</b> <b>GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

</b> <b>WE BEGIN WITH TAELYR JACKSON AND</b> <b>A RACE FOR GOVERNOR THAT COULD</b> <b>PROVE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST</b> <b>INTRIGUING MATCHUPS IN RECENT</b> <b>MEMORY.

</b> <b>>> HEY, OKLAHOMA, WE DID IT!</b> <b>[ Cheering and Applause ]</b> <b>>> SPIRITS WERE HIGH AS KEVIN</b> <b>KEVIN STITT'S RESULTS CAME IN,</b> <b>SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING AND</b> <b>SAYING, "FOUR MORE YEARS.

"</b> <b>ACROSS TOWN, THE JOY HOFMEISTER</b> <b>TEAM ALSO CELEBRATING AS WELL.</b> <b>JOY HOFMEISTER!</b> <b>[ Cheering and Applause ]</b> <b>BOTH THE OUTGOING SUPERINTENDENT</b> <b>OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND THE</b> <b>INCUMBENT GOVERNOR RECEIVED THE</b> <b>VOTE.

</b> <b>>> WE WILL KEEP OUR FOCUS ON AND</b> <b>EDUCATION MAKING CERTAIN WE HAVE</b> <b>THE RESOURCES, TEACHES THAT WE</b> <b>NEED, UM, ACCESS TO QUALITY,</b> <b>AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND GREAT</b> <b>JOBS FOR OKLAHOMANS.

</b> <b>>> WE ALL WANT THE BEST </b> <b>EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS.

</b> <b>HOW DO WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNT</b> <b>AND GIVE PARENTS MORE CHOICE?</b> <b>STITT AND HOFMEISTER HAVE</b> <b>OPPOSING VIEWS ON THE SUPREME</b> <b>COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN</b> <b>ROE V. WADE AND HOW THAT WILL</b> <b>IMPACT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO</b> <b>REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN OKLAHOMA.</b> <b>>> I AM PERSONALLY PRO-LIFE,</b> <b>LIKE A LOT OF OKLAHOMANS, GREW</b> <b>UP SOUTHERN BAPTIST AND DO NOT</b> <b>FAVOR EXTREMES.

</b> <b>IT'S A HEALTH CARE DECISION</b> <b>BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOCTOR,</b> <b>AND IT NEEDS TO STAY THAT WAY.</b> <b>>> OKLAHOMA, WE BELIEVE THAT</b> <b>LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION.</b> <b>THAT'S OUR DECISION.

</b> <b>IN OKLAHOMA, WE ARE GOING TO</b> <b>LOVE THE MOTHER, WE'RE GOING TO</b> <b>LOVE THE CHILD, WE'RE GOING TO</b> <b>LOVE BOTH OF THEM AND WE'RE</b> <b>GOING TO BE NUMBER ONE IN THE</b> <b>COUNTRY AT SUPPORTING </b> <b>PREGNANCIES AND MOTHERS.

</b> <b>>> FOUR MORE YEARS!</b> <b>FOUR MORE YEARS!</b> <b>>> THANK YOU.

</b> <b>>> IF RE-ELECTED, STITT SAYS HE</b> <b>WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH A </b> <b>PRO-BUSINESS AGENDA FOR </b> <b>OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>>> IT'S SOMETHING WE WILL ALWAYS</b> <b>FOCUS ON AS LONG AS I'M THE</b> <b>GOVERNOR, THAT'S DEREGULATION,</b> <b>MAKING SURE WE'RE THE MOST</b> <b>PROBUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE,</b> <b>LOWERING TAXES TO MAKE SURE THAT</b> <b>EVERYBODY KNOWS OKLAHOMA'S THE</b> <b>RIGHT SPOT TO LOCATE YOUR</b> <b>BUSINESS AND RAISE YOUR FAMILY.</b> <b>>> Reporter: BUT HOFMEISTER SAYS</b> <b>THE GOVERNOR'S PERFORMANCE OVER</b> <b>THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN</b> <b>LACKING.</b> <b>>> IT HAS BECOME OUT OF SYNC.</b> <b>GOVERNOR STITT PROMISED HE WOULD</b> <b>RUN THE STATE LIKE A BUSINESS,</b> <b>AND BY HIS OWN STANDARDS, THE</b> <b>BUSINESS OF OKLAHOMA IS FAILING.</b> <b>WE HAVE A GOVERNOR THAT IS NOT</b> <b>SELF-DEALING, WHO IS NOT DRIVING</b> <b>THE STATE INTO THE GROUND LIKE</b> <b>GOVERNOR STITT BUT ONE THAT WILL</b> <b>PEOPLE AHEAD OF NATIONAL TALKING</b> <b>POINTS.

</b> <b>>> TW.

SHANNON AND MARKWAYNE</b> <b>MULLIN WILL NEED VOTER SUPPORT.</b> <b>WHILE MULLIN SAYS INFLATION IS A</b> <b>FOCUS, SHANNON WILL CONTINUE TO</b> <b>FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION.

</b> <b>>> IF WE LOOK TO OKLAHOMA AND</b> <b>TEXAS, WE CAN SOLVE THAT ISSUE.</b> <b>WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THE A CARTEL</b> <b>TO DO IT.

</b> <b>IF WE DON'T CONTROL PRICES OF</b> <b>ENERGY, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO</b> <b>CONTROL THE PRICES OF OTHER</b> <b>GOODS.

</b> <b>ENERGY IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR</b> <b>ECONOMY.

</b> <b>>> EVEN OUR OPPONENT SIDED WITH</b> <b>JOE BIDEN TO SEND $40 BILLION TO</b> <b>UKRAINE TO SECURE UKRAINE'S</b> <b>BORDER AND ARM UKRAINIAN </b> <b>CITIZENS WHILE OUR SOUTHERN</b> <b>BORDER REMAINS OPEN.

</b> <b>THAT IS AMERICA LAST.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: INCUMBENT JAMES</b> <b>LANKFORD WILL BE HEAVILY FAVORED</b> <b>TO WIN.

</b> <b>>> THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT</b> <b>THAT HAS TO GET DONE, GAS</b> <b>PRICES, INFLATION, RAMPANT</b> <b>ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, HEALTH CARE</b> <b>COST AND AVAILABILITY, SUPPLY</b> <b>CHAIN PROBLEMS.

</b> <b>RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE ON THE MOVE</b> <b>AND THEY INTEND ON CONTROLLING</b> <b>THE WORLD.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: IN ONE OF THE</b> <b>TIGHTEST RACES OF THE NIGHT,</b> <b>DRUMMOND OUSTED JOHN O'CONNOR BY</b> <b>LESS THAN TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS</b> <b>TO FACE LINDA STEELE IN </b> <b>NOVEMBER.

</b> <b>[ ♪♪♪ ]</b> <b>>> YO, SAVE THE KIDDOS.

</b> <b>[ Cheering and Applause ]</b> <b>>> Reporter: AN UPBEAT MOOD AT</b> <b>APRIL GRACE'S WATCH PARTY IN</b> <b>NORMAN.

</b> <b>SHE ADVANCES TO RUN OFF AGAINST</b> <b>FELLOW REPUBLICAN AND CURRENT</b> <b>SECRETARY OF EDUCATION RYAN</b> <b>WALTERS, OUTPACING GRACE WITH</b> <b>41% OF THE VOTE ON PRIMARY</b> <b>NIGHT.

</b> <b>>> WE WANT TO RESTORE THE</b> <b>PROFESSION.

</b> <b>THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON.</b> <b>THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE</b> <b>WANT TO DO QUICKLY AND WE WANT</b> <b>TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LOOKING AT</b> <b>A DIFFERENT VERSION AND THINGS</b> <b>LIKE THAT.

</b> <b>>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR</b> <b>YOUR SUPPORT.

</b> <b>WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT WITH</b> <b>PARENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF</b> <b>OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: WALTERS SAYS HE</b> <b>WILL FOCUS ON EXPANDING SCHOOL</b> <b>CHOICE AND CODIFYING CURRICULUM</b> <b>STANDARDS.

</b> <b>>> I THINK PARENTS FROM AROUND</b> <b>THE STATE HAVE SPOKEN.

</b> <b>THEY WANT MORE CHOICE IN THEIR</b> <b>KIDS' EDUCATION.

</b> <b>THEY WAND RADICAL LEFT-WING</b> <b>IDEOLOGIES OUT OF THEIR SCHOOLS.</b> <b>THEY WANT THE GOVERNOR'S </b> <b>EDUCATION AGENDA TO CONTINUE.</b> <b>>> YOUR 2020 TEACHER OF THE YEAR</b> <b>IS GINA NELSON.

</b> <b>THE WINNER OF AUGUST 23rd RUNOFF</b> <b>WILL FACE THE TEACHER OF THE</b> <b>YEAR.

</b> <b>TAELYR JACKSON, THE "THE </b> <b>OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

"</b> <b>>> THANKS.

</b> <b>SO, AN EXCITING NIGHT FOR MANY</b> <b>AND FOR SOME A DISAPPOINTING</b> <b>ONE.

</b> <b>COMING UP, TWO OF OUR FAVORITE</b> <b>PARTISAN, FORMER GOVERNOR, DAVID</b> <b>WALTERS, A PROUD DEMOCRAT AND</b> <b>REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST NEVA HILL</b> <b>WILL SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS IN OUR</b> <b>WEEKLY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION</b> <b>HOSTED BY MODERATOR SUSAN CADOT.</b> <b>>> THAT STUFF IS WEARING ON THE</b> <b>GOVERNOR'S CREDIBILITY AS</b> <b>SOMEBODY WHO CAN RESPONSIBLY,</b> <b>YOU KNOW, CONDUCT A TURN AROUND</b> <b>OR GET US INTO THE TOP 10.</b> <b>WE PICKED UP SEVERAL BOTTOM-10</b> <b>RANKINGS DURING HIS </b> <b>ADMINISTRATION AND THAT BORES</b> <b>OKLAHOMANS.</b> <b>>> WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE</b> <b>OUTNUMBERED DEMOCRATS 2-1 AND</b> <b>YOU SEE THERE WAS MORE THAN</b> <b>ABOUT 150,000 MORE VOTES THAT</b> <b>STITT RECEIVED IN HIS PRIMARY</b> <b>THAN HOFMEISTER, THEN YOU SEE</b> <b>WHAT THE BATTLEGROUND SHAPES UP</b> <b>IN THE FALL.

</b> <b>>> THAT FULL CONVERSATION COMING</b> <b>UP IN A FEW MINUTES.

</b> <b>>> NOW, VOTERS IN OKLAHOMA</b> <b>COUNTY HAVE PASSED A $260</b> <b>MILLION BOND ISSUE TO CONSTRUCT</b> <b>A NEW JAIL TO REPLACE THE</b> <b>CURRENT FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN</b> <b>BESET WITH ISSUES SINCE IT FIRST</b> <b>OPENED IN 1991.

</b> <b>STEVE SHAW HAS MORE ON THAT.</b> <b>>> Reporter: RICH, FOR </b> <b>SUPPORTERS OF A NEW JAIL, THIS</b> <b>WAS IT.

</b> <b>THERE WAS NO PLAN "B.

"</b> <b>TO FIX A GLARING PROBLEM THAT</b> <b>STAINED THE IMAGE OF THIS REGION</b> <b>OF OKLAHOMA FOR DECADES.

</b> <b>>> THE PROBLEMS WELL BEFORE THE</b> <b>CURRENT JAIL OPENED IN 1991.</b> <b>POLITICIANS CUT CORNERS ON A</b> <b>13-FLOOR FINAL PRODUCT THAT WAS</b> <b>SO POORLY BUILT, IN THE FIRST</b> <b>MONTH, THERE WERE SEVERAL</b> <b>ATTEMPTED ESCAPES.

</b> <b>THERE WAS NO MEDICAL FACILITY</b> <b>EITHER, WHICH CAME BACK TO</b> <b>HAUNT.

</b> <b>THE JAIL'S ORIGINAL CAPACITY WAS</b> <b>SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 1200.

</b> <b>BY 2004, THAT NUMBER HAD SOARED</b> <b>TO WELL OVER 2500.

</b> <b>WE KNOW THE DEPARTMENT OF</b> <b>JUSTICE IS WATCHING THIS </b> <b>ELECTION.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: TIM BONO IS A</b> <b>GOVERNMENT REGULATORY ATTORNEY</b> <b>WHO CALLS THE JAIL A HUMAN</b> <b>RIGHTS MONSTROSITY.

</b> <b>HE STUDIED IT FOR MANY YEARS.</b> <b>LAST WEDNESDAY, A WEEK BEFORE</b> <b>THE VOTE, HE SPOKE TO AN </b> <b>OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY LAW</b> <b>SCHOOL CLASS ABOUT THE TROUBLED</b> <b>OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL.

</b> <b>>> THIS IS OUR CHANCE, REALLY,</b> <b>TO SOLVE THIS WITHOUT A TAX</b> <b>INCREASE, WITHOUT A PROPERTY TAX</b> <b>INCREASE, WITHOUT A SALES TAX</b> <b>INCREASE, AND FOR US TO FINALLY</b> <b>TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS </b> <b>THREE-DECADE-LONG PROBLEM THAT</b> <b>WE'VE HAD.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: TARDY BONO SAYS AN</b> <b>EXISTING COUNTY BOND TAX THAT</b> <b>WAS DUE TO EXPIRE LATER THIS</b> <b>YEAR IS THE WAY THE COUNTY NOW</b> <b>WILL FUND THE NEW JAIL.

</b> <b>THAT TAX WILL EXTEND ANOTHER 25</b> <b>YEARS.

</b> <b>>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME FOR</b> <b>THAT.

</b> <b>YOU CAN ASK THE DEPARTMENT OF</b> <b>JUSTICE, YOU CAN ASK OUR STATE</b> <b>HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN ASK</b> <b>ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IN THAT JAIL.</b> <b>IT WAS DESIGNED POORLY FROM THE</b> <b>BEGINNING, IT HASN'T BEEN AMANDA</b> <b>TO THE LEVEL IT NEEDS TO BE OVER</b> <b>THE LAST 30 YEARS.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY</b> <b>JAIL HAS BEEN ON THE UNITED</b> <b>STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S</b> <b>RADAR FOR MORE THAN A DECADE</b> <b>BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF</b> <b>CIVIL RIGHT COMPLAINTS.

</b> <b>SEVEN YEARS AGO, THE GREATER</b> <b>OKLAHOMA CITY CHAMBER </b> <b>COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO COME UP</b> <b>WITH A PLAN TO REPLACE IT.</b> <b>IF TUESDAY'S VOTE HAD FAILED,</b> <b>CHAMBER PRESIDENT ROY WILLIAMS</b> <b>SAYS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF</b> <b>JUSTICE LIKELY WOULD HAVE TAKEN</b> <b>OVER AT A COST OF MAYBE DOUBLE</b> <b>WHAT IT'S NOW GONNA COST.</b> <b>>> WE HAVE COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO</b> <b>WORK IN A FACILITY THAT IS</b> <b>TOTALLY A HORRIBLE PLACE TO</b> <b>WORK.

</b> <b>WE ARE INCARCERATING PEOPLE IN</b> <b>THERE, IN A FACILITY THAT REALLY</b> <b>DOESN'T HAVE OR MEET THE </b> <b>STANDARDS OF THE FEDERAL </b> <b>GOVERNMENT FOR INCARCERATING</b> <b>PEOPLE.

</b> <b>>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE</b> <b>ISN'T REALLY THAT CONCERNED</b> <b>ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, AND</b> <b>SO WHAT WE'RE PAYING OUT OVER 25</b> <b>YEARS, THE CITIZENS WILL HAVE TO</b> <b>PAY OUT OVER THREE YEARS.</b> <b>AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COST</b> <b>IS.

</b> <b>WE'VE CONTAINED THAT COST TO</b> <b>$300 MILLION.

</b> <b>WE DON'T KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO</b> <b>CONTAIN THEIR COSTS TO 300</b> <b>MILLION.

</b> <b>SO IT COULD BE 350 BEEN 400,</b> <b>500, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WILL BE.</b> <b>>> Reporter: TARDY BONO AND</b> <b>WILLIAMS SAY A NEW ONE-LEVEL</b> <b>FACILITY WITH A 1600 INMATE</b> <b>CAPACITY SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY</b> <b>LATE 2026.

</b> <b>>> I THINK THE FIRST APPOINT AN</b> <b>OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

</b> <b>AND THAT OVERSIGHT GROUP THEN</b> <b>TAKES CHARGE OF PUTTING OUT RFPs</b> <b>FOR ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS</b> <b>CONCURRENTLY WITH CITING IT</b> <b>PHYSICALLY, WHERE IS THIS</b> <b>FACILITY GOING TO GO?</b> <b>AND THEN MOVING INTO </b> <b>IMPLEMENTATION.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: THE OTHER SIDE OF</b> <b>TUESDAY'S VOTE REMAINS SKEPTIC</b> <b>SOCAL.

</b> <b>>> I MEAN, IS IT HARSH TO SAY I</b> <b>DON'T TRUST THEM ANY FURTHER</b> <b>THAN I CAN THROW THEM?</b> <b>BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: HE IS FORMER CHAIR</b> <b>OF STATE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND A</b> <b>MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL</b> <b>FOR JUSTICE REFORM, THE GROUP</b> <b>THAT URGED VOTERS TO SAY NO.</b> <b>HE SAYS THE FACT 41% AGREED</b> <b>MEANS THE GROUP STRUCK A NERVE.</b> <b>>> ANY COUNTY WHO HAS BUILT A</b> <b>NEW JAIL HAS INCREASED </b> <b>INCARCERATION ACROSS THE BOARD</b> <b>NATIONALLY, A MEDIAN OF 27%</b> <b>INCREASE INSTEAD OF BUILDING</b> <b>BIGGER JAILS, THEY BUILT MENTAL</b> <b>HEALTH FACILITIES AND THAT TAKES</b> <b>A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF THAT JAIL</b> <b>WHO SHOULD BE TREATED, THEY</b> <b>SHOULD NOT BE CRIMINALIZED.</b> <b>THEY IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS.</b> <b>THEY BUILT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING</b> <b>FOR THE HOMELESS.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: CHRISTOPHER </b> <b>JOHNSTON IS A LICENSED COUNSELOR</b> <b>AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GROUP.</b> <b>>> THE PROPOSAL SAID THIS, HEY,</b> <b>WE DON'T HAVE A LOCATION YET.</b> <b>TRUST US, YOU KNOW.

</b> <b>AND SO WHAT I -- WHAT I TELL</b> <b>PEOPLE IS THAT, THINK ABOUT IT</b> <b>LIKE THIS: THEY'RE SAYING THAT,</b> <b>HEY, WOULD YOU BUY A HOUSE IF</b> <b>YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS</b> <b>LOCATED?</b> <b>WOULD YOU BUY A HOUSE IF YOU</b> <b>DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH, THE</b> <b>INTEREST RATE OR HOW MANY PEOPLE</b> <b>WOULD BE LIVING THERE, </b> <b>ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA?</b> <b>THERE'S TOO MANY UNKNOWNS ON</b> <b>THIS.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: THE COUNTY WILL</b> <b>HAVE TO USE THE CURRENT JAIL FOR</b> <b>ANOTHER THREE, MAYBE FOUR YEARS.</b> <b>THEY RECENTLY SPENT MORE THAN</b> <b>$10 MILLION IN CARES ACT MONEY</b> <b>TO FIX A LIFELONG WATER ISSUE</b> <b>THAT ENABLED INMATES TO FLOOD</b> <b>THE BASEMENT OF THE JAIL BY</b> <b>REPEATEDLY FLUSHING TOILETS.</b> <b>THEY ALSO INSTALLED A NEW CAMERA</b> <b>SYSTEM AND ALL NEW INMATES NOW</b> <b>ALSO GET A FULL-BODY SCAN TO CUT</b> <b>ON CONTRABAND.

</b> <b>TWO MONTHS AGO, THE JAIL CHANGED</b> <b>ITS INTAKE PROCEDURE.

</b> <b>THEY ADDED A FULL MEDICAL</b> <b>EXAMINATION TO THE INTAKE</b> <b>PROCESS.

</b> <b>THE NEW JAIL WILL ALSO HAVE ITS</b> <b>OWN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH</b> <b>WING.

</b> <b>>> SOME OF THE THINGS THE OTHER</b> <b>SIDE WANTS, MENTAL HEALTH</b> <b>FACILITIES, DIRECTIONS, UM,</b> <b>THOSE THINGS ARE COMING THROUGH</b> <b>MAPS 4 AND THROUGH THE STATE</b> <b>POSSIBLY EXPANDING THEIR MENTAL</b> <b>HEALTH BEDS.

</b> <b>>> WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PRESSURE</b> <b>ON THEM.

</b> <b>WE STILL DO NOT WANT A MENTAL</b> <b>HEALTH FACILITY INSIDE OF A</b> <b>JAIL.

</b> <b>THAT HAS FAILED IN OTHER CITIES</b> <b>WHERE IT'S BEEN DONE.

</b> <b>>> THEY'RE INTENDING TO BUILD A</b> <b>FACILITY THAT WILL HOUSE AT THE</b> <b>LEAST 1800 PEOPLE.

</b> <b>THEY MAY BE WALKING IT BACK NOW</b> <b>BECAUSE IT'S FASHIONABLE, BUT</b> <b>THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE SAID.</b> <b>SO, WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM </b> <b>ACCOUNTABLE.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: CHRISTOPHER </b> <b>JOHNSTON SAYS THE PEOPLE'S</b> <b>COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE REFORM IS</b> <b>STILL ALERTING THE STATE </b> <b>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND A</b> <b>GRAND JURY ABOUT ABUSES IN THE</b> <b>OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL.

</b> <b>>> ELLIOT CHAMBERS IS THE</b> <b>SECRETARY OF THE OKLAHOMA</b> <b>COMMISSION OF LAND OFFICE</b> <b>RESIGNED FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS</b> <b>OF WRONGDOING APPOINTED BY KEVIN</b> <b>STITT IN 2020, HE'S BEEN ACCUSED</b> <b>OF INAPPROPRIATE FIRING OF A</b> <b>WHISTLE-BLOWER WHO HAD COME</b> <b>FORWARD WITH ALLEGATIONS OF</b> <b>MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS AND</b> <b>CONFLICTS.

</b> <b>GOVERNOR STITT IS CALLING FOR A</b> <b>FULL AUDIT OVERSEEING </b> <b>INVESTMENTS RELATED TO PUBLIC</b> <b>EDUCATION.

</b> <b>STATE SUPERINTENDENT AHOFF IS</b> <b>DEMANDING AN INVESTIGATION OF</b> <b>THE ALLEGATIONS.

</b> <b>>> WE ARE NOW A WEEK REMOVED</b> <b>FROM THE SUPREME COURT'S </b> <b>STUNNING DECISION TO OVERTURN</b> <b>ROE V. WADE.

</b> <b>AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION</b> <b>AS TO WHEN THE LAWS WILL TAKE</b> <b>EFFECT AND HOW THEY WILL BE</b> <b>ENFORCED.

</b> <b>JOINING US NOW TO TRY TO ANSWER</b> <b>SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS</b> <b>REPORTER JASON DOYLE.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: OKLAHOMA IS ONE OF</b> <b>13 STATES THAT HAD TRIGGERS</b> <b>WITHIN LEGISLATION RESTRICTING</b> <b>ABORTION.

</b> <b>WHEN THE DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN</b> <b>HEALTH CLINIC DECISION WAS</b> <b>HANDED DOWN, MANY OF OUR </b> <b>PRO-LIFE LAWS WENT INTO EFFECT.</b> <b>OKLAHOMA IS NOW CONSIDERED ONE</b> <b>OF THE MOST PRO-LIFE STATES IN</b> <b>THE COUNTRY AND MUCH OF IT IS</b> <b>DUE TO LEGISLATION PASSED OVER</b> <b>THE LAST TWO SESSIONS.

</b> <b>>> THE OKLAHOMA LEGISLATION THAT</b> <b>THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AND THE</b> <b>HOUSE AND THE SENATE PASSED, UM,</b> <b>PREVENTS ABORTIONS ONCE THERE'S</b> <b>FERTILIZATION, EXCEPT TO SAVE</b> <b>THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER OR IN THE</b> <b>CASE OF A REPORTED TWO LAW</b> <b>ENFORCEMENT RAPE OR INCEST.</b> <b>>> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE LAWS</b> <b>MAKE IT A FELONY TO PERFORM AN</b> <b>ABORTION IN THE STATE.

</b> <b>ANOTHER LAW IS MODELED AFTER THE</b> <b>TEXAS ABORTION LAW ALLOWING</b> <b>CITIZENS TO FILE A LAWSUIT IF</b> <b>THEY LEARN OF AN ABORTION</b> <b>PERFORMED IN TEXAS.

</b> <b>OKLAHOMA'S LAW IS EFFECTIVE AT</b> <b>CONCEPTION.

</b> <b>>> UNDER OUR LAWS, THERE ARE</b> <b>CRIMINAL PENALTIES, THERE ARE</b> <b>CIVIL PENALTIES.

</b> <b>WE DON'T MAKE ANYTHING CRIMINAL</b> <b>AGAINST THE MOTHER, JUST THE</b> <b>PROVIDERS OR OTHERS WHO AID OR</b> <b>ABET THE ABORTION.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: SENATOR SHANE JETT</b> <b>IS A MAJOR PRO-LIFE PROPONENT</b> <b>AND BELIEVES LAWMAKERS MADE THE</b> <b>RIGHT DECISION BY ADVANCING</b> <b>PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION BEFORE THE</b> <b>SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED </b> <b>ROE V. WADE.

</b> <b>>> WITH THE SUPREME COURT</b> <b>REVERSING ITS WRONG DECISION</b> <b>FROM 1973, WE AFFIRMED THAT LIFE</b> <b>STARTS AT CONCEPTION AND IT</b> <b>STARTS IN THE WOMB AND YOU A</b> <b>HUMAN BEING, YOU'RE NOT A SHEEP,</b> <b>YOU'RE NOT A PUPPY, YOU'RE A</b> <b>HUMAN BEING.

</b> <b>IT'S A FELONY FOR YOU TO KILL AN</b> <b>ADULT.

</b> <b>IT'S NOW A FELONY TO KILL A BABY</b> <b>THAT'S IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB.</b> <b>>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES THE</b> <b>LEGISLATURE DID THE RIGHT THING</b> <b>BY NOT ALLOWING FOR PROSECUTIONS</b> <b>OF THE MOTHER.

</b> <b>>> BY NOT CRIMINALIZING THE</b> <b>MOTHER I THINK IS THE RIGHT</b> <b>THING TO DO, BECAUSE THAT MOTHER</b> <b>IS IN CRISIS.

</b> <b>THAT MOTHER ALREADY HAS </b> <b>DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE.</b> <b>>> Reporter: WORK SHOULD FOCUS</b> <b>ON FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT</b> <b>MOTHERS IN CRISIS TO HAVE THE</b> <b>CHILD INSTEAD OF AN ABORTION.</b> <b>>> WE NEED TO COME IN AND</b> <b>SURROUND THAT MOTHER WITH LOVE,</b> <b>SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE SO IT'S</b> <b>EASY TO CHOOSE LIFE AND NOT</b> <b>DIFFICULT.

</b> <b>I RAN SOME LEGISLATION WHERE I</b> <b>TRIED TO OFFSET THE COST -- IT'S</b> <b>INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE A</b> <b>BABY.

</b> <b>HE'S LOOKING TO REFORM THE TAX</b> <b>CODE TO HELP WITH EXPENSES</b> <b>RELATED TO HAVING A CHILD.</b> <b>>> WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT IS TAX</b> <b>DEDUCTIONS ON STATE AND FEDERAL</b> <b>INCOME TAXES THAT ALLOW THEM TO</b> <b>DEDUCT THE COST OF BRINGING A</b> <b>BABY INTO OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: DESPITE EFFORTS TO</b> <b>ASSIST EXPECTANT MOTHERS, HOUSE</b> <b>DEMOCRAT HOUSE CAUCUS CHAIR</b> <b>DEMOCRAT MUNSON BELIEVES THE</b> <b>RESTRICTION ON ABORTIONS IN</b> <b>OKLAHOMA COULD THREATEN THE LIFE</b> <b>OF THE MOTHER.

</b> <b>>> WE ARE STILL CREATING A LOT</b> <b>OF DANGER FOR HER LIFE BECAUSE</b> <b>SHE CANNOT ACCESS THE CARE SHE</b> <b>NEEDS.

</b> <b>WHILE YOU MAY NOT BE </b> <b>CRIMINALIZING HER, YOU ARE</b> <b>PUTTING HER AT GREAT RISK OF</b> <b>SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES AND</b> <b>POSSIBLY DEATH.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: MUNSON NOTES THE</b> <b>STATE MIGHT NOT BE CRIMINALIZING</b> <b>MOTHERS FOR HAVING AN ABORTION,</b> <b>BUT THEY ARE CRIMINALIZING THOSE</b> <b>WHO OFFER THE SERVICE.

</b> <b>>> IT'S PRETTY CLEAR, JUST BASED</b> <b>ON THE AG'S RESPONSE AND THE</b> <b>GOVERNOR AND THE LEADERS OF THE</b> <b>HOUSE AND THE SENATE THAT THEY</b> <b>ARE INTERESTED IN CRIMINALIZING</b> <b>PHYSICIANS, THEY'RE INTERESTED</b> <b>IN CRIMINALIZING ANYBODY WHO</b> <b>HELPS THE MOTHER OR A WOMAN WHO</b> <b>ACCESS ABORTION CARE.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: THOSE WHO SUPPORT</b> <b>ABORTION RIGHTS ALSO BELIEVE</b> <b>THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST IT ARE NOT</b> <b>DONE.

</b> <b>>> WHAT WE SAW IN THIS DECISION,</b> <b>AND WHAT WE'VE KNOWN HERE IN</b> <b>OKLAHOMA IS THIS IS NOT THE END</b> <b>FOR ANTI-CHOICE ACTIVISTS AND</b> <b>LEGISLATORS.

</b> <b>WE SAW IN JUSTICE </b> <b>THOMAS' CONCURRING OPINION THAT</b> <b>WE SHOULD NOT THINK THAT </b> <b>CONTRACEPTION, OR EVEN MARRIAGE</b> <b>EQUALITY IS NOT ON THE CHOPPING</b> <b>BLOCK NEXT.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN</b> <b>FILED AGAINST OKLAHOMA'S CURRENT</b> <b>ABORTION LAWS.

</b> <b>THEY FEEL THAT COULD PROVIDE A</b> <b>WAY FORWARD FOR ABORTION </b> <b>SERVICES TO RESUME IN OKLAHOMA.</b> <b>>> THERE'S STILL A PATH TO</b> <b>VICTORY.

</b> <b>IT'S A LONG PATH, AND WE KNOW</b> <b>WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT BACK</b> <b>TOMORROW, BUT WE STILL HAVE</b> <b>THREE LAWSUITS PENDING IN FRONT</b> <b>OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE SUPREME</b> <b>COURT, UM, SO IT'S POSSIBLE OUR</b> <b>OKLAHOMA STATE SUPREME COURT</b> <b>COULD FIND THERE'S NO RIGHT TO</b> <b>AN ABORTION.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: VOTERS COULD TAKE</b> <b>MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.</b> <b>>> THERE'S AN INITIATIVE </b> <b>PETITION PROCESS THAT COULD BE</b> <b>AVAILABLE TO OKLAHOMAS THAT</b> <b>STATES THERE'S A RIGHT TO AN</b> <b>ABORTION.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: AS FAR AS THE</b> <b>CURRENT SITUATION, SHE SUGGESTS</b> <b>WOMEN SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY CAN</b> <b>AND CAN'T DO UNDER THE LAW.</b> <b>>> THE BEST THING THAT OKLAHOMAN</b> <b>WOMEN CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS ENSURE</b> <b>THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.</b> <b>AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT</b> <b>ABORTION ACCESS LIMITED ON JUNE</b> <b>21st.

</b> <b>THAT DOESN'T MEAN EDUCATION</b> <b>ENDS.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: SHE ADDS </b> <b>ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ACLU OF</b> <b>OKLAHOMA AND THE CENTER FOR</b> <b>REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WILL </b> <b>CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST</b> <b>THE REVERSAL OR ROE V. WADE.</b> <b>>> WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO</b> <b>FIGHT JUST AS HARD AS WE DID</b> <b>YESTERDAY TO ENSURE PEOPLE GET</b> <b>THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED.</b> <b>WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A DUTY AND AN</b> <b>OBLIGATION TO DO THAT.

</b> <b>>> I SUSPECT OKLAHOMA'S LAW WILL</b> <b>BE CHALLENGED BY PLANNED </b> <b>PARENTHOOD AND OTHERS AND,</b> <b>FRANKLY, I CONSIDER IT AN HOUR</b> <b>TO DEFEND THE BILLS.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE STATES</b> <b>WILL VIGOROUSLY PROTECT THE</b> <b>PRO-LIFE LAWS IN COURT.

</b> <b>>> IF YOU RUN A RED LIGHT AND</b> <b>YOU HIT A VAN AND THAT LADY IS</b> <b>PREGNANT, YOU CAN BE PROSECUTED</b> <b>IN OKLAHOMA FOR TWO </b> <b>MANSLAUGHTER.

</b> <b>MUNSON EXPECTS TO SEE MORE</b> <b>PRO-LIFE BILLS WHEN THE </b> <b>LEGISLATURE RETURNS TO SESSION</b> <b>NEXT YEAR.

</b> <b>>> I THINK WE WILL SEE AN INFLUX</b> <b>OF LEGISLATION IN THE COMING</b> <b>MONTHS.

</b> <b>YOU KNOW, WE CAN FILE AND WORK</b> <b>ON BILLS RIGHT NOW.

</b> <b>I THINK YOU WILL SEE SOME OF</b> <b>THAT WITHIN THE INTERIM AND</b> <b>DEFINITELY AS WE GET CLOSER TO</b> <b>THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.</b> <b>>> Reporter: HOWEVER, SHE STILL</b> <b>BELIEVES MOST OKLAHOMANS DO NOT</b> <b>WANT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION.</b> <b>I HAVE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS</b> <b>REPUBLICAN WOMEN WHO CLAIM</b> <b>THEMSELVES TO BE PRO-LIFE AND</b> <b>HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE STATE</b> <b>LEGISLATURE AND, OF COURSE, THE</b> <b>SUPREME COURT HAVE GONE WAY TOO</b> <b>FAR AND THIS ISN'T FAR AND IT'S</b> <b>NOT RIGHT.

</b> <b>RECENT POLLING HAVE SHOWN THAT</b> <b>OVER 54% OF OKLAHOMANS DO NOT</b> <b>WANT A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION,</b> <b>AND THAT INCLUDES DEMOCRATS,</b> <b>REPUBLICANS, MEN AND WOMEN.</b> <b>>> WELL, NOW OKLAHOMA COMPANIES</b> <b>HAVE PUBLICLY COME OUT TO SAY</b> <b>THEY WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR</b> <b>AN EMPLOYEE TO SEEK AN </b> <b>OUT-OF-STATE ABORTION.

</b> <b>NATIONALLY KNOWN COMPANIES LIKE</b> <b>DISNEY, NETFLIX AND WARNER BROS.</b> <b>SAY THEY WILL COVER TRAVEL</b> <b>COSTS.</b> <b>>> THE LANDMARK REVERSAL OF</b> <b>ROE V. WADE IS A HIGHLY </b> <b>ANTICIPATED RULING IN THE LAST</b> <b>FEW WEEKS.

</b> <b>THEY'VE ALSO ADDRESSED GUN</b> <b>RIGHTS, SCHOOL CHOICE, RELIGIOUS</b> <b>FREEDOMS, ENVIRONMENTAL </b> <b>REGULATIONS AND A WIN FOR</b> <b>OUTGOING ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN</b> <b>O'CONNOR THAT PUTS LIMITS ON THE</b> <b>2020 McGIRT DECISION.

</b> <b>THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CAN</b> <b>PROSECUTE CRIMES AGAINST NATIVE</b> <b>AMERICAN VICTIMS COMMITTED ON</b> <b>RESERVATIONS IF THE DEFENDANT IS</b> <b>NOT NATIVE AMERICAN.

</b> <b>THE GOVERNOR WELCOMED THE</b> <b>DECISION.

</b> <b>>> IT'S HARD TO CATEGORIZE IT AS</b> <b>ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ACT OF</b> <b>CONQUEST BY A SUPREME COURT THAT</b> <b>IS DISREGARDING TRIBAL </b> <b>SOVEREIGNTY.

</b> <b>>> I'M A CHEROKEE TRIBAL MEMBER.</b> <b>WE'RE ALL OKLAHOMANS, TOO.</b> <b>I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TRIBE OR</b> <b>A STATE THAT WANTS CRIMINALS TO</b> <b>BE LOOSE ON THE STREETS.

</b> <b>THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT WE</b> <b>VIDEO -- HAVE A STATE AND A</b> <b>TRIBE NOT GETTING ALONG.

</b> <b>>> NEXT WEEK WE WILL LOOK AT THE</b> <b>HIGH COURT'S OTHER SIGNIFICANT</b> <b>DECISIONS ON SCHOOL PRAYER AND</b> <b>OTHER LAWS.

</b> <b>SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE WE SHARED</b> <b>THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WEEKLY</b> <b>COVID NUMBERS.

</b> <b>TWO NEW VARIANTS ARE </b> <b>CIRCULATING.

</b> <b>AS OF THURSDAY, THERE WERE</b> <b>ALMOST 12,000 ACTIVE CASES IN</b> <b>OKLAHOMA AND THE ROLLING </b> <b>SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF NEW CASES</b> <b>PER DAY IS NEARING 1,000.</b> <b>206 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN </b> <b>HOSPITALIZED, INCLUDING 43</b> <b>PEOPLE IN ICU BEDS.

</b> <b>29 OKLAHOMA CHILDREN ARE </b> <b>CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED.

</b> <b>NOW, OF COURSE, THE VACCINES ARE</b> <b>AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN AGES 6</b> <b>MONTHS TO SIX YEARS.

</b> <b>WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, I</b> <b>SPOKE TO THE DOCTOR.

</b> <b>>> WHY DOES IT TAKE LONGER TO</b> <b>PRODUCE THIS VACCINE AND GETET</b> <b>OKAYED FOR CHILDREN AS OPPOSED</b> <b>TO ADULTS?</b> <b>>> THIS IS A VERY TYPICAL</b> <b>PROCESS FOR A VACCINE AND,</b> <b>ACTUALLY, ALL MEDICATION </b> <b>APPROVALS, IS THAT WE ALWAYS</b> <b>WANT TO MAKE SURE A VACCINE IS</b> <b>SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN ADULTS AND</b> <b>THEN WE LOOK AT IT FOR </b> <b>ADOLESCENTS AND THEN OLDER KIDS</b> <b>AND THEN THE YOUNGER KIDS.</b> <b>IT'S PART OF THAT SAFETY PROCESS</b> <b>TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING</b> <b>EXTRA, EXTRA CAREFUL FOR OUR</b> <b>LITTLEST ONES, THAT ANYTHING WE</b> <b>RECOMMEND OR AUTHORIZE FOR THEM</b> <b>IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

</b> <b>>> SO, NOW WE'RE HEARING ABOUT</b> <b>NEW VARIANTS, I BELIEVE BA4 AND</b> <b>BA5.

</b> <b>HOW WILL THAT IMPACT YOUNG</b> <b>CHILDREN AND ADULTS, IF YOU CAN</b> <b>SPEAK TO THAT?</b> <b>>> WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT,</b> <b>THEY BLEED THROUGH IN TERMS OF</b> <b>THE INFECTIONS.

</b> <b>WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO</b> <b>REMEMBER IS THAT THE WHOLE POINT</b> <b>OF VACCINES, THE REASON WE GIVE</b> <b>THEM IS TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW,</b> <b>CHILDREN AND ADULTS AGAINST</b> <b>SERIOUS INFECTION.

</b> <b>>> SO, AGAIN, AT THIS POINT,</b> <b>IT'S TOO SOON TO TELL WHAT THESE</b> <b>NEW VARIANTS, WHAT IMPACT THEY</b> <b>MAY HAVE ON THE VACCINE IN YOUNG</b> <b>CHILDREN?</b> <b>>> THERE WILL BE VARIANTS AND WE</b> <b>HAVE TO WATCH AND MONITOR AND WE</b> <b>WILL HAVE GOOD PROTECTION.</b> <b>>> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT</b> <b>PARENTS MAY HAVE MOVED ON FROM</b> <b>COVID AND NOT REALLY THINKING</b> <b>ABOUT IT AS MUCH THESE DAYS</b> <b>ALTHOUGH THE VIRUS IS, </b> <b>OBVIOUSLY, STILL THERE, AND THEY</b> <b>MAY BE RELUCTANT TO GET THEIR</b> <b>YOUNG CHILDREN VACCINATED?</b> <b>>> I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE FEELING</b> <b>THAT IT'S OVER TWO YEARS, WE'RE</b> <b>REALLY READY FOR THIS ALL TO BE</b> <b>OVER.

</b> <b>WE MAY BE OVER COVID, BUT COVID</b> <b>IS NOT OVER US QUITE YET.</b> <b>>> DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE</b> <b>THAT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG AMERICAN</b> <b>CHILDREN MAY HAVE CONTRACTED</b> <b>COVID, THESE LITTLE ONES, AND</b> <b>PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW IT, THEY</b> <b>THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A COLD THEY</b> <b>BROUGHT HOME FROM DAYCARE OR</b> <b>THEIR SCHOOL?</b> <b>>> STUDIES SHOW THREE QUARTERS</b> <b>OF CHILDREN IN THE U.S. HAVE</b> <b>BEEN FOCUSED WITH COVID AT SOME</b> <b>POINT.

</b> <b>THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS</b> <b>THAT DOESN'T MEAN VACCINES</b> <b>AREN'T NECESSARY.

</b> <b>MANY OF THE STUDIES ARE SHOWING</b> <b>THAT, ACTUALLY, THE COMBINATION</b> <b>OF A VACCINE AFTER YOU'VE BEEN</b> <b>INFECTED WITH COVID GIVES YOU</b> <b>EVEN STRONGER PROTECTION.</b> <b>>> THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES</b> <b>WHERE CHILDREN GET SERIOUSLY</b> <b>ILL.

</b> <b>WHAT WERE SOME OF THE RECURRING</b> <b>ILLNESSES YOU SAW IN YOUNG</b> <b>CHILDREN?</b> <b>>> YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE VERY</b> <b>SERIOUS IMPACTS ON THEIR LUNGS,</b> <b>THEIR HEARTS, THEIR KIDNEYS.</b> <b>WE'VE ALSO SEEN A NUMBER OF</b> <b>CHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD LINGERING</b> <b>OR LONG-TERM EFFECTS FROM COVID</b> <b>THAT CAN LAST SEVERAL MONTHS,</b> <b>SOMETIMES INFECTING SORT OF</b> <b>THEIR COGNITION, HOW THEY'RE</b> <b>THINKING AND HOW THEY'RE </b> <b>FEELING.

</b> <b>SO, LOTS OF REASONS TO WANT TO</b> <b>PROTECTOUR -- PROTECT OUR</b> <b>CHILDREN AND OURSELVES FROM</b> <b>COVID.

</b> <b>>> ANY ADVICE?</b> <b>>> BE HONEST AND REASSURING.</b> <b>LET THEM KNOW THEY MAY GET A</b> <b>SHOT AND THAT MAY HURT FOR A</b> <b>SECOND.

</b> <b>BUT YOU AS A PARENT OR A </b> <b>CAREGIVER WILL BE THERE WITH</b> <b>THEM.

</b> <b>>> SIDE EFFECTS FOR THE SHOT</b> <b>FROM THESE YOUNG KIDS SO A FAR,</b> <b>YOU'RE SEEING ONE?</b> <b>>> SORENESS IN THE ARM OR LEG,</b> <b>DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SHOT WAS</b> <b>GIVEN.

</b> <b>SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE</b> <b>CRANKINESS, NOT QUITE FEELING</b> <b>THEMSELVES.

</b> <b>A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF KIDS WILL</b> <b>HAVE A FEVER.

</b> <b>BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS</b> <b>THESE EFFECTS TYPICALLY ARE VERY</b> <b>MILD AND SHORT-LIVED.

</b> <b>WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF AN</b> <b>UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF CASES IN</b> <b>COVID ACROSS THE COUNTRY.</b> <b>DO YOU EXPECT A LEGITIMATE SURGE</b> <b>FOR KIDS WHEN SCHOOL RESUMES IN</b> <b>THE LATE SUMMER AND FALL?</b> <b>>> YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING RIGHT</b> <b>NOW AN UPTICK IN COVID CASES AND</b> <b>THEY'RE PROBABLY UNDERCOUNTED</b> <b>BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES ARE</b> <b>TESTING AT HOME.

</b> <b>I THINK WITH THE PREVIOUS WAYS</b> <b>OF COVID AND WITH OTHER </b> <b>RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, WE DO</b> <b>TEND TO SEE SPIKES DURING THE</b> <b>WINTER AND DURING THE TIMES WHEN</b> <b>KIDS GET BACK TOGETHER IN</b> <b>SCHOOL, SO TIME WILL TELL WHAT</b> <b>WE SEE.

</b> <b>BUT I THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY</b> <b>BE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT</b> <b>THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

</b> <b>>> Dr. BIERS JOINING US FROM</b> <b>D.C.</b> <b>THANK YOU.

</b> <b>>> THANK YOU.

</b> <b>>> WELL, THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR</b> <b>ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PRYOR,</b> <b>OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW CANOO</b> <b>CANOO ELECTRIC VEHICLE FACTORY</b> <b>IS ON HOLD.

</b> <b>JASON DOYLE HAS THE DETAILS IN</b> <b>THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.</b> <b>>> Reporter: THE DELAY OF THE</b> <b>300,000 SQUARE FOOT CANOO</b> <b>FACILITY IS DUE TO SEVERAL</b> <b>FACTORS.</b> <b>THE DELAY COULD BE SIX MONTHS OR</b> <b>LONGER AND SOME OF THE REASONS</b> <b>INCLUDE THE EV MARKET DOWNTURN,</b> <b>THE STOCK MARKET AND </b> <b>CONSTRUCTION COSTS.</b> <b>THE ORIGINAL PLANT WAS TO HAVE</b> <b>THE PLANT RUNNING BY 2024.</b> <b>OKLAHOMA HAS THE EIGHTH WORST</b> <b>INFLATION IMPACT IN THE COUNTRY,</b> <b>THAT'S ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY</b> <b>MERCHANT MAVERICK CALLED 10</b> <b>STATES WHERE INFLATION IS</b> <b>HITTING CONSUMERS HARDEST.</b> <b>TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE CAUSING</b> <b>OKLAHOMA'S INFLATION BURDEN TO</b> <b>BE HIGH AND IMPACTED BY HIGH</b> <b>SALES TAXES, EVEN THOUGH THE</b> <b>STATE IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A</b> <b>LOW INCOME RATE.

</b> <b>MERCHANT MAVERICK'S REPORT SHOWS</b> <b>HIGHER INFLATION IS FELT </b> <b>THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.

</b> <b>LOUISIANA HAS THE HIGHEST</b> <b>IMPACT.

</b> <b>IT'S GETTING HARDER TO FIND A</b> <b>RENTAL HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY.</b> <b>REALTOR.COM SAYS OKLAHOMA'S</b> <b>CAPITAL CITY HAS ONE OF THE</b> <b>LOWEST VACANCIES RATES IN THE</b> <b>COUNTRY FOR MAY.

</b> <b>THE AVERAGE RATE AT 950 A MONTH</b> <b>TO $1,000 A MONTH, WHICH IS</b> <b>STILL THE LOWEST AVERAGE RENTAL</b> <b>PRICE OF THE 50 LARGEST U.S.</b> <b>CITIES.

</b> <b>AVERAGE RENT IN OKLAHOMA CITY</b> <b>INCREASED 11% FROM A YEAR AGO.</b> <b>THEY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE</b> <b>STATE OF OKLAHOMA OVER THE</b> <b>CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN RESTAURANTS</b> <b>AT STATE PARKS.</b> <b>THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED IN </b> <b>OKLAHOMA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT</b> <b>AND CLAIMS THE STATE BREACHED</b> <b>THE CONTRACT AND DEFAMED THE</b> <b>COMPANY.

</b> <b>SWADLEY'S FILED A DEFAMATION</b> <b>LAWSUIT AGAINST A FORMER </b> <b>EXECUTIVE.

</b> <b>THE SWADLEY'S CONTRACT IS UNDER</b> <b>INVESTIGATION BY THE OSBI AND A</b> <b>SPECIAL HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE</b> <b>COMMITTEE.

</b> <b>THE STATE FILED A LAWSUIT</b> <b>AGAINST SWADLEY'S EARLIER THIS</b> <b>YEAR TO RECOUP OVERPAYMENTS.</b> <b>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS</b> <b>DOUBLING THE STOCK REPURCHASE</b> <b>PROGRAM FROM $1 BILLION TO $2</b> <b>BILLION.

</b> <b>CHESAPEAKE HAS REPURCHASED 5.4</b> <b>MILLION SHARES OF THE COMMON</b> <b>STOCK AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $89</b> <b>A SHARE.

</b> <b>THE COMPANY IS MAKING THE MOVE</b> <b>BECAUSE IT BELIEVES THE STOCK IS</b> <b>CURRENTLY UNDERVALUED.

</b> <b>>> JASON, GREAT JOB.

</b> <b>THANK YOU.

</b> <b>OG&E AND THE OKLAHOMA </b> <b>CORPORATIONS COMMISSION REACHED</b> <b>A SETTLEMENT ON A RATE INCREASE</b> <b>PUBLICLY OPPOSED BY AARP.</b> <b>THE GROUP URGED THE OKLAHOMA</b> <b>CORPORATIONS COMMISSION TO</b> <b>REJECT THE INCREASE COMING AT</b> <b>THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE OF</b> <b>INFLATION.

</b> <b>THE ORIGINAL REQUEST HAS BEEN</b> <b>REDUCED TO $30 MILLION, WHICH</b> <b>WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE PER</b> <b>MONTH OF $2.07.

</b> <b>THE SETTLEMENT STILL HAS TO BE</b> <b>APPROVED BY THE FULL COMMISSION</b> <b>AND AARP STILL REMAINS AS</b> <b>OPPOSED TO ANY INCREASE.

</b> <b>TOLL PLAZAS WILL SOON BE A THING</b> <b>OF PAST ON THE BAILEY TURNPIKE.</b> <b>THE NEW CASHLESS SYSTEM IS NOW</b> <b>IN EFFECT BETWEEN LAWTON AND</b> <b>OKLAHOMA CITY.

</b> <b>ALL OF THE SOON-TO-BE OBSOLETE</b> <b>TOLL PLAZAS WILL BE DONE BY THE</b> <b>END OF JULY.

</b> <b>IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PIKE PASS,</b> <b>CHARGED A HIGHER FEE THROUGH THE</b> <b>PLATE PAY PROGRAM.

</b> <b>>> NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY IN DEPTH</b> <b>DISCUSSION.

</b> <b>DEMOCRAT DAVID WALTERS, A FORMER</b> <b>GOVERNOR AND NEVA HILL JOIN US</b> <b>TO SHARE THEIR TAKEAWAYS FROM</b> <b>TUESDAY'S PRIMARIES.

</b> <b>SO, TAKE IT AWAY MODERATOR SUSAN</b> <b>CADOT.

</b> <b>>> THANK YOU, RICH.

</b> <b>WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WITH REAL</b> <b>INSIGHT INTO THE ELECTIONS HERE</b> <b>IN OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>FIRST WE HAVE NEVA HILL, WHO IS</b> <b>A REPUBLICAN POLITICAL </b> <b>CONSULTANT; AND FORMER GOVERNOR</b> <b>OF OKLAHOMA DAVID WALTERS.</b> <b>THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US</b> <b>TODAY.

</b> <b>>> PLEASURE.

</b> <b>>> DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.

</b> <b>>> ALL RIGHT.

</b> <b>I'M GOING TO START WITH, </b> <b>GOVERNOR, ANY SURPRISES IN THE</b> <b>OKLAHOMA PRELIMINARY?</b> <b>>> YOU KNOW, NOT MANY.

</b> <b>I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S</b> <b>RACE WAS CLOSER THAN POLLING HAD</b> <b>INDICATED, SO I THINK THAT</b> <b>WAS -- THIS LAST-MINUTE PUSH BY</b> <b>GOVERNOR STITT TRYING TO PULL</b> <b>HIS HANDPICK AG ACROSS THE LINE.</b> <b>I THINK ALL THE REST OF THE</b> <b>RESULTS WERE ABOUT AS EXPECTED.</b> <b>I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED -- YOU</b> <b>KNOW, THE NEXT-DAY HEADLINE WAS</b> <b>WHAT A BIG NUMBER STITT HAD IN</b> <b>THE PRIMARY.

</b> <b>THE TRUTH IS, THERE WERE OVER $6</b> <b>MILLION SPENT ON HIS CAMPAIGN</b> <b>DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME AND</b> <b>FOR HIM TO ONLY GET 69% WITH</b> <b>REALLY UNKNOWN OPPONENTS WAS I</b> <b>THINK A SURPRISE TO A NUMBER OF</b> <b>FOLKS.

</b> <b>>> NEVA, WERE THERE ANY </b> <b>SURPRISES TO YOU, OR DO YOU</b> <b>THOUGHTS ALIGN WITH THE </b> <b>GOVERNOR?</b> <b>>> I THINK THERE WEREN'T MANY</b> <b>SURPRISES.</b> <b>THE POLLING PROVED TO BE TRUE,</b> <b>THE MARGIN, CERTAINLY, IN A</b> <b>COUPLE OF RACES DID NOT KIND OF</b> <b>EXPAND LIKE SOME HAD PREDICTED.</b> <b>IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, I MEAN,</b> <b>WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE TWO</b> <b>NOMINEES NOW.

</b> <b>WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOVERNOR</b> <b>STITT'S 69%, THE REPUBLICAN</b> <b>NOMINEE NOW AND YOU HAVE THE</b> <b>DEMOCRAT NOMINEE, JOY </b> <b>HOFMEISTER, SHE ONLY HAD 61%.</b> <b>I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT</b> <b>GOING INTO THE FALL WHERE</b> <b>REPUBLICANS HAVE OUTNUMBERED</b> <b>DEMOCRATS 2-1 AND YOU SEE THERE</b> <b>WAS MORE THAN ABOUT 150,000 MORE</b> <b>VOTES THAT STITT RECEIVED IN HIS</b> <b>PRIMARY THAN HOFMEISTER, YOU</b> <b>BEGIN TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THE</b> <b>BATTLEGROUND I THINK SHAPES UP</b> <b>LOOKING TOWARD THE FALL.

</b> <b>>> WELL, GOVERNOR, WHAT DO YOU</b> <b>THINK THIS SAYS ABOUT PUBLIC</b> <b>OPINION ON GOVERNOR STITT, THAT</b> <b>HIS MAN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,</b> <b>DIDN'T PULL THROUGH?</b> <b>>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A BLOW TO</b> <b>HIM.

</b> <b>YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A</b> <b>CONSTANT CASCADE OF CORRUPTION</b> <b>ALLEGATIONS, THERE ARE SEVERAL</b> <b>CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS UNDER</b> <b>WAY.

</b> <b>AND SO, I THINK IT'S </b> <b>UNCOMFORTABLE, I'M SURE, FOR</b> <b>THEM NOT TO HAVE THEIR HAND</b> <b>PICKED ATTORNEY GENERAL IN</b> <b>PLACE.

</b> <b>OF COURSE, THAT TRANSFER DOESN'T</b> <b>HAPPEN UNTIL THE ELECTION.</b> <b>BUT I DO THINK THAT THE 31% OF</b> <b>REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING FOR AN</b> <b>INCUMBENT CANDIDATE WHO HAS</b> <b>SPENT $6 MILLION UP TO THAT</b> <b>POINT, WITH 3 OR 4 MILLION ON</b> <b>TELEVISION DURING THE PRIMARY IS</b> <b>TELLING.

</b> <b>>> NEVA, DO YOU WANT ANSWER</b> <b>THAT, GOVERNMENT OVERREACH,</b> <b>THINGS GOING ON IN THE STITT</b> <b>CAMP THAT CONCERN YOU, OR IS IT</b> <b>MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH?</b> <b>>> WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT</b> <b>FALL ELECTIONS, RUNOFFS IN LATE</b> <b>AUGUST.

</b> <b>ANYTIME YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE</b> <b>WITH CHALLENGERS, YOU WILL HAVE</b> <b>FOLKS THAT HAVE A CHOICE AND ON</b> <b>THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, THEY HAD A</b> <b>CHOICE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.</b> <b>THERE WAS THAT PERCENTAGE THAT</b> <b>VOTED FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN</b> <b>KEVIN STITT AND THAT'S NOT</b> <b>SURPRISING.

</b> <b>THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN ON THE</b> <b>BALLOT AS WELL.

</b> <b>HE KNOWS THAT YOU GIVE CHOICES</b> <b>TO PRIMARY VOTERS, AND THEY WILL</b> <b>MAKE A DECISION, AND IT'S NEVER</b> <b>GOING TO BE UNANIMOUS OR 90%.</b> <b>YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THAT</b> <b>SEGMENT THAT, FOR WHATEVER THEIR</b> <b>REASON, CHOOSE A DIFFERENT</b> <b>CANDIDATE.

</b> <b>>> DO EITHER ONE OF YOU THINK</b> <b>THE CONFLICT WITH THE TRIBES</b> <b>COMES INTO PLAY WITH THE PUBLIC</b> <b>PERCEPTION OF GOVERNOR STITT?</b> <b>>> I THINK WITHOUT A DOUBT, YOU</b> <b>CAN SAY THAT'S BEEN A BACKDROP</b> <b>TO MUCH OF HIS TIME IN OFFICE,</b> <b>THIS BATTLE WITH LEADERS.</b> <b>IT SPILLED INTO THE RACE AND ON</b> <b>ELECTION NIGHT WHEN GETNER</b> <b>GRUM -- DRUMMOND WAS THE CLEAR</b> <b>WINNER, TRIBAL LEADERS SAID,</b> <b>LOOK, THIS IS NOW TIME.

</b> <b>WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO</b> <b>WILL RESPECT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY,</b> <b>SOMEONE THAT WE HOPE WE CAN WORK</b> <b>WITH.

</b> <b>AND I THINK YOU HEARD GETNER</b> <b>DRUMMOND SAYS THAT ONE OF THE</b> <b>FIRST THINGS HE WOULD BE </b> <b>INTERESTED AND MOVE TOWARD DOING</b> <b>IS REPAIRING THE RELATIONSHIPS</b> <b>WITH THE TRIBES IN OKLAHOMA.</b> <b>SO, THAT IS A CONTRAST TO WHAT</b> <b>WE SAW WITH THE CURRENT ATTORNEY</b> <b>GENERAL, JOHN O'CONNOR, WHO WAS</b> <b>IN TANDEM WITH THE GOVERNOR IN</b> <b>TERMS OF THEIR POSITIONING AND</b> <b>THEIR FIGHTS WITH THE TRIBES</b> <b>DURING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.</b> <b>>> WELL, REPORTS OF TURNOUT WAS</b> <b>KIND OF ARGUE -- AVERAGE FOR THE</b> <b>PRIMARIES?</b> <b>>> AWFUL OVERALL.

</b> <b>>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TO THE</b> <b>POINT ABOUT TURNOUT.

</b> <b>WHEN YOU HAVE RACES WHERE YOU</b> <b>HAVE A DOZEN OR MORE CANDIDATES</b> <b>IN AN OPEN SENATE SEAT, IN THE</b> <b>CD2 CONGRESSIONAL RACE, YOU HAVE</b> <b>VOTERS CONFUSED.

</b> <b>I MEAN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS</b> <b>ON THE BALLOT.

</b> <b>MOST OF THESE FOLKS HAVE HAD LOW</b> <b>INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE </b> <b>CANDIDATES.

</b> <b>THEY SUFFERED FROM VERY LITTLE</b> <b>IN TERMS OF MONEY TO GET THEIR</b> <b>MESSAGE OUT.

</b> <b>AND SO OFTENTIMES MY EXPERIENCE</b> <b>HAS BEEN THAT YOU HAVE THE</b> <b>POSSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE AN</b> <b>AVERAGE OR SLIGHTLY BELOW</b> <b>AVERAGE PRIMARY, AND THE RUNOFF</b> <b>COMES, YOU'VE GOT IT DOWN TO NOW</b> <b>COMPETITIVE, HEAD-TO-HEAD,</b> <b>CONTRASTING RACES IN THESE</b> <b>OFFICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON</b> <b>THE BALLOT ON AUGUST 23rd, AND</b> <b>THEN YOU SEE FOLKS COME BACK OUT</b> <b>BECAUSE THEY NOW HAVE SOMETHING</b> <b>THAT THEY CAN REALLY FOCUS ON</b> <b>AND MAKE A HARD DECISION ABOUT.</b> <b>>> SPEAKING OF BEING COMPETITIVE</b> <b>AND HEAD-TO-HEAD, GOVERNOR, IT</b> <b>LOOKS LIKE JOY HOFMEISTER WILL</b> <b>BE THE MAIN CONTENDER AGAINST</b> <b>INCUMBENT GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT</b> <b>IN NOVEMBER.

</b> <b>SHE CHANGED FROM REPUBLICAN TO</b> <b>DEMOCRAT AND SHE HAS A LOT OF</b> <b>DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT BEHIND IT.</b> <b>WHY DID THAT SUPPORT COME SO</b> <b>QUICKLY FOR HER?</b> <b>>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S BEEN</b> <b>KIND OF A DEEP-SEATED RESPECT</b> <b>FOR JOY HOFMEISTER AND THE</b> <b>LEADERSHIP THAT SHE'S LEADERSHIP</b> <b>SHE'S PRESENTED, REALLY MODERATE</b> <b>RELATIONSHIP AND THE EDUCATION</b> <b>FIELD IS FOCUSED ON AND </b> <b>EDUCATION DOING A GOOD JOB.</b> <b>YOU KNOW, THAT'S HER BACKGROUND.</b> <b>SO, SHE KNOWS THAT WELL.

</b> <b>AND THAT BRED, I THINK, A LOT OF</b> <b>RESPECT FOR HER; SO THAT SHE WAS</b> <b>WELCOMED INTO THE DEMOCRATIC</b> <b>PARTY AND RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN.</b> <b>SHE'S QUITE MODERATE, AND THAT'S</b> <b>THE PERFECT KIND OF CANDIDATE TO</b> <b>HAVE GOING INTO THE GENERAL</b> <b>ELECTION.

</b> <b>THE REPUBLICANS, YOU KNOW, IT</b> <b>WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO</b> <b>HOLD YOUR HANDS UP TO YOUR HEAD</b> <b>AS THOSE ADS CONTINUE TO POUND</b> <b>AWAY ON, YOU KNOW, TRUMPISM AND</b> <b>BEING FOR ALL THE -- YOU KNOW,</b> <b>THE TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION AND</b> <b>THE CRAZY GUN LAWS THAT WE'VE</b> <b>GOT, THE PERMITLESS CARRY IN THE</b> <b>FACE OF ALL THESE TRAGEDIES.</b> <b>I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY KIND</b> <b>OF GETTING TIRED OF THAT, TO BE</b> <b>HONEST WITH YOU.

</b> <b>I THINK -- WE SEE IT -- OR, I</b> <b>SEE IT JUST IN THE </b> <b>COMMUNICATIONS THAT I HAVE AND</b> <b>THE PEOPLE THAT I SEE.

</b> <b>SO, I THINK IF SHE CAN TAP INTO</b> <b>THAT, IF SHE CAN PURSUE A</b> <b>MODERATE COURSE, LET PEOPLE KNOW</b> <b>THIS WILL NOT BE AN EXTENSION OF</b> <b>XRMG EXTREME RIGHT-WING </b> <b>IDEOLOGY.

</b> <b>40% OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE</b> <b>AGAINST A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION,</b> <b>WHICH THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE</b> <b>AND GOVERNOR SIGNED.

</b> <b>I THINK THOSE THINGS DON'T BODE</b> <b>WELL FOR A GENERAL ELECTION</b> <b>CAMPAIGN, AND MY GUESS IS THAT</b> <b>SHE'LL DO -- SHE'LL BE VERY</b> <b>COMPETITIVE.

</b> <b>IT DOESN'T HURT HAVING A FORMER</b> <b>REPUBLICAN RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT</b> <b>BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A SIZABLE</b> <b>NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS THAT</b> <b>HAVE A VERY FAVORABLE VIEW OF</b> <b>HER, AND THAT WILL BODE WELL, AS</b> <b>WELL.

</b> <b>>> NEVA, DOES THE ABORTION</b> <b>ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR IS TAKING A</b> <b>TOUGH STANCE ON THAT ABORTION,</b> <b>WILL THAT HURT THE GOVERNOR OR</b> <b>HELP HIM?</b> <b>>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL HURT</b> <b>THE GOVERNOR.

</b> <b>I THINK WHAT WE HAVE WHEN WE</b> <b>LOOK AT THE RACE FOR NOVEMBER,</b> <b>WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE</b> <b>BACKDROP IS GOING TO BE </b> <b>WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WHETHER</b> <b>WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE </b> <b>GOVERNOR'S RACE OR THE U.S.</b> <b>SENATE RACE OR CONGRESSIONAL</b> <b>RACES, I THINK VOTERS HAVE IN</b> <b>MIND AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE</b> <b>POCKETBOOK ISSUES, THE ECONOMY,</b> <b>THE PRICE OF GASOLINE, THE PRICE</b> <b>OF GROCERIES, WHERE WE ARE AS A</b> <b>COUNTRY AND WHERE THE ISSUES --</b> <b>THE BIG ISSUES ARE.

</b> <b>I THINK THOSE CLEARLY CAN TEND</b> <b>TO FAVOR REPUBLICANS.

</b> <b>AND OKLAHOMA IS A CONSERVATIVE</b> <b>STATE.

</b> <b>THE GOVERNOR WOULD, I'M SURE,</b> <b>DISAGREE IN TERMS OF THAT ISSUE,</b> <b>BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT</b> <b>OKLAHOMA, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE</b> <b>A STRONG RED STATE BECAUSE</b> <b>OKLAHOMA IS CLEAR ON WHAT THEY</b> <b>WANT FROM THEIR ELECTED LEADERS,</b> <b>AND I THINK JOE BIDEN'S LOW, LOW</b> <b>APPROVAL RATING, THE ISSUES THAT</b> <b>ARE CHRONIC IN WASHINGTON, D.C.</b> <b>RIGHT NOW WILL GRAVITATE DOWN</b> <b>AND WILL IMPACT RACES UP AND</b> <b>DOWN THE BALLOT, AND THAT WILL</b> <b>BE, NO DOUBT, VERY GOOD NEWS FOR</b> <b>REPUBLICANS IN NOVEMBER.

</b> <b>>> GOVERNOR, YOU MENTIONED</b> <b>MODERATE REPUBLICANS.

</b> <b>DO YOU THINK THE ABORTION ISSUE</b> <b>HELPS OR HURTS THE GOVERNOR?</b> <b>>> I DON'T THINK IT HELPS IN A</b> <b>GENERAL ELECTION.

</b> <b>THIS IS -- THIS IS ONE OF THOSE</b> <b>HARD-BASE PRIMARY THINGS WHERE</b> <b>YOU GOT 31% OF THE REPUBLICANS</b> <b>THAT SAY -- OR 31% OF VOTERS</b> <b>SAYING THEY'RE FOR A TOTAL BAN</b> <b>AND MOST OF THOSE FOLKS WILL</b> <b>VOTE FOR GOVERNOR STITT ANYWAY.</b> <b>SO, YOU'VE GOT A LARGE COMPONENT</b> <b>OF REPUBLICANS WHO -- YOU KNOW,</b> <b>IF THIS WAS, LIKE, 15 WEEKS OR</b> <b>24 WEEKS OF VIABILITY OR, YOU</b> <b>KNOW, SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR</b> <b>ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES AND ALL THE</b> <b>REST, IT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENT.</b> <b>THIS IS A BRUTAL, EXTREME</b> <b>OVERREACH THAT I THINK WILL SOAK</b> <b>IN OVER TIME TO THE VOTERS</b> <b>BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER AND BE</b> <b>PROBLEMATIC.

</b> <b>YOU ADD ON TOP OF THAT, YOU</b> <b>KNOW, VOTERS HERE STILL WANT TO</b> <b>BELIEVE 18-YEAR-OLDS CAN STILL</b> <b>BE ABLE TO BUY GUNS AND CARRY</b> <b>AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, BUT THEY</b> <b>AGREE, AND REPUBLICANS AGREE IN</b> <b>BIG NUMBER ON RED FLAG LAWS, ON</b> <b>BACKGROUND CHECKS, BEING </b> <b>SENSIBLE ON GUN SAFETY LAWS.</b> <b>WE'VE GONE TO EXTREME ON BOTH OF</b> <b>THOSE ISSUES.

</b> <b>THE OTHER UNDERLYING THING ARE</b> <b>THESE CORRUPTION CHARGES.</b> <b>I MEAN, SWADLEY'S WAS ALMOST</b> <b>COMICAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S</b> <b>BARBECUE, EVERYBODY CAN </b> <b>UNDERSTAND IT.

</b> <b>NOW WE HAVE INVESTIGATIONS UNDER</b> <b>WAY AT THE COMMISSION OF LAND</b> <b>OFFICE WHERE THERE'S A BILLION</b> <b>DOLLARS AT STAKE AND BEING --</b> <b>AND WHERE THERE'S TWO </b> <b>WHISTLE-BLOWERS AND, YOU KNOW,</b> <b>THESE ARE PEOPLE APPOINTED BY</b> <b>GOVERNOR STITT AND HE WILL HAVE</b> <b>TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEM.</b> <b>WE LOST TENS OF MILLIONS IN THE</b> <b>PPE ACQUISITIONS AND THE </b> <b>HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, ALL THAT</b> <b>STUFF IS FINALLY WEARING ON THE</b> <b>GOVERNOR'S CREDIBILITY AS</b> <b>SOMEBODY WHO CAN RESPONSIBLY,</b> <b>YOU KNOW, CONDUCT A TURNAROUND</b> <b>OR GET US INTO THE TOP 10.</b> <b>WE'VE PICKED UP SEVERAL NEW</b> <b>BOTTOM-10 RANKINGS DURING HIS</b> <b>ADMINISTRATION AND I THINK THAT</b> <b>BROTHERS OKLAHOMANS.

</b> <b>>> I DO WANT TO SHIFT GEARS</b> <b>WHILE WE STILL HAVE TIME.</b> <b>I WANT TO TALK ABOUT </b> <b>CONGRESSIONAL RACES.

</b> <b>MARKWAYNE MULLIN IS IN RACES</b> <b>WITH T.W.

SHANNON.

</b> <b>>> MARKWAYNE MULLIN IS IN THE</b> <b>ENVIABLE POSITION GIVEN THE</b> <b>MARGIN BETWEEN T.W.

SHANNON.</b> <b>T.W.

SHANNON, SECOND TIME MAKING</b> <b>A SENATE BID.

</b> <b>I THINK THAT IN THIS RACE, IT</b> <b>WILL BE A QUESTION OF, CAN</b> <b>MARKWAYNE MULLIN JUST CONTINUE</b> <b>TO SOLIDIFY THE BASE OF VOTERS</b> <b>THAT HE HAD IN THE PRIMARY AND</b> <b>JUST EXTEND IT ON TO BE ABLE TO</b> <b>WIN THE NOMINATION?</b> <b>FOR T.W.

SHANNON, HE HAS TO</b> <b>BUILD A CONTRAST.

</b> <b>I THINK HE BEGAN THAT ON </b> <b>ELECTION NIGHT, TRYING TO MAKE</b> <b>THE POINT THAT HE WOULD KEEP HIS</b> <b>PROMISE, BASICALLY ALLUDING TO</b> <b>THE FACT THAT MARKWAYNE MULLIN</b> <b>HAD SAID THAT HE WOULD ONLY</b> <b>SERVE TWO TERMS IN CONGRESS.</b> <b>HE'S NOW A FIFTH-TERM </b> <b>CONGRESSMAN.

</b> <b>SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME REAL</b> <b>SPIRITED GIVE-AND-TAKE I THINK</b> <b>IN THIS RUNOFF, AS WE ALWAYS SEE</b> <b>IN RUNOFFS.

</b> <b>I MEAN, IT'S A HEAD-TO-HEAD,</b> <b>KNOCK DOWN, DRAG OUT, EIGHT WEEK</b> <b>FIGHT AND SOMEONE WILL BE LEFT</b> <b>STANDING WHEN THE DUST SETTLES.</b> <b>IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT CAMPAIGNS,</b> <b>YOU LIKE TO START IN THE BETTER</b> <b>POSITION OF THE 40 PLUS CATEGORY</b> <b>THAN IN 19 OR 20.

</b> <b>>> FUNNY HOW THAT CHANGES,</b> <b>RIGHT, GOVERNOR?</b> <b>>> IT IS.

</b> <b>I THINK -- I THINK -- I THINK</b> <b>MARKWAYNE MULLIN WINS THAT RACE.</b> <b>OBVIOUSLY, HE'S SITTING AT 44%.</b> <b>T.W.

WAS WAY DOWN THE ROSTER.</b> <b>HE ONLY HAS TO CAPTURE A SMALL</b> <b>PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTERS THAT</b> <b>DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM INITIALLY TO</b> <b>GET OVER THE HUMP.

</b> <b>I SAW T.W.

SHANNON RECENTLY.</b> <b>I SAID, IF YOU'D SHAVE THAT</b> <b>BEARD OFF, YOU'D PICK UP 10% IN</b> <b>THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, AND WE</b> <b>LAUGHED ABOUT THAT.

</b> <b>>> I DO WANT TO ASK YOU QUICKLY</b> <b>ABOUT THE RUNOFF BETWEEN MADISON</b> <b>HORNE.

</b> <b>SHE WANTS TO BRING LOGIC BACK TO</b> <b>POLITICS AGAINST JASON </b> <b>BOLLINGER.

</b> <b>I LOVE BOTH THESE ACCOUNTS.</b> <b>MADISON HORNE IS A CYBERSECURITY</b> <b>EXECUTIVE AND JAYSON IS A</b> <b>MEMBER.

</b> <b>THEY'RE BOTH LOOKING FOR WAYS TO</b> <b>COLLABORATE TO BRING PEOPLE</b> <b>TOGETHER AND SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS</b> <b>AND TO GIVE OKLAHOMNS THEIR</b> <b>FREEST LIVES.

</b> <b>WE BATTLED IT OUT TO SEE WHO</b> <b>WOULD GET BEAT.

</b> <b>YOU KNOW, BEATING JAMES LANKFORD</b> <b>WILL BE A PIECE OF WORK.

</b> <b>BUT I CAME WITH ONE PERCENTAGE</b> <b>POINT OF DOING THAT.

</b> <b>IT'S POSSIBLE.

</b> <b>ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

</b> <b>I KNOW THERE'S SOME TESTIMONY</b> <b>ABOUT 13-YEAR-OLDS CONSENT FOR</b> <b>SEX, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASE THAT</b> <b>HE WAS TESTIFYING IN.

</b> <b>UM, SO MISTAKES CAN BE MADE AND</b> <b>SUPPORT CAN BE LOST, BUT I THINK</b> <b>IT'S A LONG HILL FOR THESE TWO</b> <b>YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO GET THERE,</b> <b>BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE</b> <b>WHERE THEY GO NEXT IF THEY'RE</b> <b>UNSUCCESSFUL IN THIS RACE.</b> <b>>> NEVA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING</b> <b>ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?</b> <b>>> I THINK IT BEARS STATING</b> <b>THAT, YOU KNOW, JAMES LANKFORD</b> <b>HAS PROVEN TO BE A VERY </b> <b>FORMIDABLE POLITICAL CANDIDATE</b> <b>AND VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS BIDS</b> <b>FOR OFFICE IN THIS RE-ELECTION,</b> <b>IN THE PRIMARY, A COMMANDING,</b> <b>DECISIVE VICTORY ON TUESDAY</b> <b>EVENING, AND I THINK WHEN WE</b> <b>LOOK AT THE -- WHAT THE GOVERNOR</b> <b>ALLUDED TO -- I MEAN, THIS LATE,</b> <b>LAST-MINUTE-WEEKEND-BEFORE THE</b> <b>ELECTION CHARGE THAT WAS OUT</b> <b>THERE, VOTERS SAW IT FOR WHAT IT</b> <b>WAS, SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST A</b> <b>LATE ATTACK THAT REALLY WENT</b> <b>NOWHERE, AND I THINK WE'LL SEE</b> <b>THAT -- I THINK -- I DON'T THINK</b> <b>WE'LL SEE THAT CONTINUE TO BE AN</b> <b>ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.

</b> <b>>> THERE'S SO MUCH MORE I'D LOVE</b> <b>TO TALK TO YOU BOTH ABOUT, BUT</b> <b>THAT IS OUR TIME.

</b> <b>THANK YOU.

</b> <b>WE HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE</b> <b>FUTURE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON</b> <b>AS WE GET CLOSER TO NOVEMBER.</b> <b>THANK YOU.

</b> <b>>> THANK YOU, SUSAN.

</b> <b>>> GREAT CONVERSATION.

</b> <b>THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL'S NOW</b> <b>ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE</b> <b>GOVERNOR'S ARTS AWARD.

</b> <b>YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION AND</b> <b>NOMINATION FORMS BY BOG -- GOING</b> <b>TO THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN.</b> <b>THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES TO</b> <b>ENTER.

</b> <b>KEEP IN MIND, NOMINEES MUST BE</b> <b>FULL-TIME RESIDENTS OF OKLAHOMA.</b> <b>WE WELCOMED A NEW CONTENT</b> <b>PARTNER.

</b> <b>SUNUP TV IS PRODUCED BY THE OSU.</b> <b>FOCUS IS ON AGRICULTURE IN OUR</b> <b>STATE.

</b> <b>THIS WEEK WE REPORT ON A </b> <b>FOURTH-GENERATION WHEAT FARM IN</b> <b>LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA, OWNED AND</b> <b>OPERATED BY THE MOFFAT FAMILY.</b> <b>>> Reporter: THIS ICONIC SCENE</b> <b>OF WHEAT HARVEST IS THE FABRIC</b> <b>OF OKLAHOMA.

</b> <b>FARMING IS WHAT HOLDS US </b> <b>TOGETHER AND HELPS TO FEED THE</b> <b>WORLD.

</b> <b>IT'S WHAT THE MOFFATS HAVE BEEN</b> <b>OF FOR FOUR GENERATIONS.

</b> <b>>> MY FOLKS MOVED DOWN HERE IN</b> <b>ABOUT I THINK '47 OR SOMETHING</b> <b>LIKE THAT, AND I WAS 5 YEARS</b> <b>OLD.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: JIM MOFFAT IS THE</b> <b>PATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY FARM.</b> <b>HIS SON AND GRANDSONS RUN THE</b> <b>DAY-TO-DAY.

</b> <b>TODAY THEY'RE CUTTING WHEAT AND</b> <b>GETTING READY FOR SOYBEANS.</b> <b>>> WE'RE JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON</b> <b>IN THE SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER</b> <b>BOTTOM.

</b> <b>RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF OUR WHEAT</b> <b>HARVEST TIME.

</b> <b>WE'VE DOUBLE CROP SOYBEANS</b> <b>BEHIND THE WHEAT.

</b> <b>WE NORMALLY TRY TO NO-TILL IF</b> <b>THE GROUND CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.</b> <b>THIS IT'S A LITTLE BIT WET</b> <b>HARVESTING, SO FIELDS WILL BE NO</b> <b>TILLED AND SOME CONVENTIONAL</b> <b>TILLED BACK INTO SOYBEANS.</b> <b>>> Reporter: MUDDY FIELDS SLOWED</b> <b>PROGRESS.

</b> <b>>> WE GOT 5.5 INCHES THERE IN A</b> <b>MATTER OF ABOUT TWO DAYS.</b> <b>WE LUCKILY GOT TWO LOADS OUT</b> <b>BEFORE THE RAIN, BUT THEN WE HAD</b> <b>TO WAIT FOR IT TO KIND OF DRY</b> <b>OUT TO GROUND TO COMBINE.</b> <b>>> Reporter: AND COMBINE THEY</b> <b>ARE.

</b> <b>A FEW HOT AND DRY DAYS MEANS</b> <b>IT'S FULL SPEED AHEAD.

</b> <b>>> THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY, HAS BEEN</b> <b>A REAL GOOD YEAR FOR US.

</b> <b>THE WHEAT LOOKS GOOD.

</b> <b>WE SWITCHED TO DOUBLE STOP A FEW</b> <b>YEARS AGO, AND THAT VARIETY OF</b> <b>WHEAT FOR US HAS BEEN MORE</b> <b>TOLERANT TO OUR CONDITIONS HERE.</b> <b>THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH</b> <b>THAT 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN ON IT,</b> <b>WE HAD VERY LITTLE WHEAT THAT</b> <b>WENT DOWN.

</b> <b>>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOUBLE</b> <b>CROPPING, THIS YEAR MAKING 45</b> <b>BUSHEL AN ACRE IS GOOD.

</b> <b>RAIN AT THE RIGHT TIME AND</b> <b>DIDN'T DRY UT TOO MUCH FOR IT.</b> <b>WE HAD TO GET IT UP.

</b> <b>OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S BEEN A</b> <b>GOOD WHEAT YEAR.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: OKLAHOMA'S 2022</b> <b>WHEAT CROP IS HIT OR MISS.</b> <b>DROUGHT LEAD TO ABANDONMENT.</b> <b>AREAS WITH TIMELY RAINS ARE</b> <b>THRIVING, WITH GOOD YIELDS AND</b> <b>PROTEIN DEPENDING ON THE VARIETY</b> <b>OF.

</b> <b>>> WE'VE BEEN GETTING HIGHEST</b> <b>PROTEIN OVER THERE, APACHE.</b> <b>WE REALLY LIKE IT.

</b> <b>IT STANDS UP, SO IT DOESN'T</b> <b>SPROUT AS BAD.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: AT AGE 20, CONRAD</b> <b>DOES MORE THAN FARM.

</b> <b>THIS FALL HE STARTS HIS SENIOR</b> <b>YEAR AT OKLAHOMA STATE </b> <b>UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN ANIMAL</b> <b>SCIENCE WITH AN INTEREST IN</b> <b>LIVESTOCK GENETICS FOR THEIR</b> <b>CATTLE OPERATION.

</b> <b>HIS GRANDPA SAYS CONRAD'S</b> <b>EDUCATION IS ALREADY MAKING A</b> <b>DIFFERENCE.

</b> <b>>> AND HE'S REAL GOOD ON KEEPING</b> <b>TRACK OF THE BULLS AND WHAT</b> <b>BREED LINE WE NEED TO STAY WITH</b> <b>AND ALL OF THAT.

</b> <b>I MEAN, HE'S GOOD ON THAT.</b> <b>GOOD ON THE COMPUTER.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: HE IS, INDEED, THE</b> <b>EMBODIMENT OF THE FUTURE OF</b> <b>AGRICULTURE.

</b> <b>>> DAD'S FARMED HERE ALL OF HIS</b> <b>LIFE AND, OF COURSE, I KIND OF</b> <b>GREW UP IN IT.

</b> <b>THAT'S ALL I KNEW WHAT TO DO AND</b> <b>EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO.</b> <b>FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A BIG BENEFIT.</b> <b>I ENJOY THE WAY OF LIFE.

</b> <b>I MEAN, I COULDN'T ASK FOR</b> <b>ANYTHING ANY BETTER AND TO SEE</b> <b>MY BOYS COME UP AND KIND OF</b> <b>WANTING THE SAME WAY, IT MAKES</b> <b>YOU PRETTY PROUD.

</b> <b>>> Reporter: CONRAD AND HIS</b> <b>BROTHER COY PLAN TO CARRY ON THE</b> <b>FAMILY FARM.

</b> <b>>> AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO DO</b> <b>IT, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT,</b> <b>WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT WITH</b> <b>IS.

</b> <b>RAISING FOOD FOR PEOPLE IS WHAT</b> <b>IT'S ABOUT.

</b> <b>>> I'M HOPING AFTER COLLEGE TO</b> <b>COME BACK AND TAKE IT OVER TO</b> <b>WALK IN MY DAD'S AND GRANDPA'S</b> <b>FOOTSTEPS.

</b> <b>>> IS GRANDPA RETIRED?</b> <b>>> HE SAYS HE IS.

</b> <b>HE WILL ALWAYS COME AROUND AND</b> <b>HELP.

</b> <b>HE SAYS HE IS RETIRED.

</b> <b>WE STILL DON'T SEE IT AND</b> <b>BELIEVE IT.

</b> <b>FOR SUNUP, I'M LINDELL STOUT.</b> <b>>> ON THE NEXT "THE OKLAHOMA</b> <b>NEWS REPORT," WITH CONSTRUCTION</b> <b>CANOO FACTORY -- WE LOOK AT THE</b> <b>INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY IN</b> <b>PLACE AND THE ECONOMIC FACTORS</b> <b>IMPACTING A TRANSITION AWAY FROM</b> <b>FOSSIL FUELS.

</b> <b>OKAY.

</b> <b>WE GOT A FUN CLOSER FOR YOU THIS</b> <b>WEEK.

</b> <b>THE SUMMER CANINE OLYMPICS AT</b> <b>THE OKLAHOMA STATE FAIRGROUNDS</b> <b>PHOTOGRAPHED AND EDITED.

</b> <b>FOR ALL OF US HERE ON THE "THE</b> <b>OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT," I'M RICH</b> <b>LENZ.

</b> <b>HAVE A WONDERFUL FOURTH OF JULY</b> <b>HOLIDAY.

</b> <b>STAY SAFE, STAY TUNED, AND STAY</b> <b>TUNED TO O.E.T.A.

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