♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪ >> coming up next on "arizona horizon" we'll hear from the maricopa county elections department on all you need to know about voting in the upcoming primary election.

That and more, next, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA, I THINK TED SIMONS, CMM REPORTSED TO THAT THE U.S. IS OFFER TO GO SWAP A CONVICTED RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER AS PART OF ANNEX CLANG FOR PHOENIX MERCURY START BRITTNEY GRINER AND FELLOW AMERICAN PAUL WHEELER, WHO IS ALSO BEING DETAIN ED IN RUSSIA AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2018.

THE ARTICLES DEALER IS SPECIFIC A 25 YEAR SEN NEGLIGENCE THE U.S. AND HIS RELEASE HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION FOR WEEKS, THE SWAP NOW HAS THE BACKING OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHICH GENERALLY OPPOSES PRISON TRADES.

BRITNEY GRIPER TESTIFIED TODAY IN HER DRUG POSSESSION TRIAL IN RETURN ARC SHE TESTIFIED THAT HER RIGHTS WERE NAP EXPLAIN TODAY HER WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED AT A RUSSIAN AIRPORT AT CANNABIS WAS FOUND HER LUGGAGE, GRINER SAID SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED ACCESS TO LAWYERS AND WAS STRUCK TODAY SIGN DOCUMENTS WITHOUT BEING TOLD WHAT SIGNING THE DOCUMENTS IMPLIED.

GRINER ADDED THAT AT REST OCCURRED AFTER A LONG, 13-HOUR FLIGHT FROM ARIZONA TO MOSCOW AND THAT SHE STILL DOESN'T KNOW HOW THE VAPE CARTRIDGES CONTAINING MEDICINAL CANNABIS OIL GOT IN HER WILL LUG BELIEVE, ANOTHER NEWS THE RED FEDERAL RESERVE INCREASED INTEREST RATES TODAY.

RATES HIKED THREE-QUARTERS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT AFTER IS A SERIES OF INCREASES EARLIER THIS YEAR ALL DESIGN TO ADDRESS INFLATION CONCERNS.

>> MY COLLEAGUES AND ARE STRONGLY COMMITTED TO BRINGING INFLATION BACK DOWN AND MOVING CA DISH USUALLY TO DO SO.

WE HAVE THE FOOLS THE RESOLVE TO WILL TAKE TO RESTORE PRICE PRICE STABILITY ON THE PARAGRAPH OF FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES THE ECONOMY BEEN THROUGH A LOT OVER THE PAST TWO CONTRIBUTE NFL YEARS AND HAVE PROVED TO BE RES *EUPT SIT GENERALLY I WANT ESSENTIAL TO BRING IT DOWN IF WE ARE TO HAVE ESTABLISHED LABOR MARKETS TO BENEFIT ALL.

>> THE FED CHAIR ADDED ANOTHER LARGE INCREASE IN THE FEAR FUTURE COULD BE, QUOTE, APPROPRIATE DEPENDING ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

THE U.S. SENATE TODAY PASSED A $52 BILLION BILL TO BOOST THE PRODUCTION OF SEMICONDUCTORS.

THE LEGISLATION IS AIMED AT ADDRESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP SHORTAGE AND MAKING THE U.S. LESS RELIANT ON OTHER COUNTRIES, NOTABLY CHINA FOR MANUFACTURING.

AS SUCH SUPPORTERS SAY THE BILL IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY IT MOVES TO THE HOUSE WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS LATER THIS WEEK.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS LAST WEEK.

BIDEN SAID THAT HE TESTED NOSE TIFF THIS MORNING AFTER ISOLATING HIM SEVEN FOR THE PAST FIVE DAYS.

>> THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS IN ISOLATION I WAS ABLE TO WORK, TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AND WITHOUT ANY INTER INTERRUPTION.

IT'S A REAL STATEMENT, I AM WE ARE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

>> AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TODAY LAUNCHED A PIRATE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO USE SOLAR ENERGY TO BRING DOWN UTILITY COSTS ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS AND FAMILIES.

THE PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW THOSE IN SUBSIDIZED HINT THE OR LOW INCOME HOUSE TO GO APPLY FOR COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY, GENERATED FROM SOLAR FARMS.

THE PROGRAM AIMS TO POWER 5 MILLION HOMES BY 2025.

AIR NAMES ARE YOU ELECTIONS ARE SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS AS TO WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR VOTE IN AND MAKE SOME SHOWER THAT IT'S COUNTED ROBBIE JOIN IS YOU NOW THE SCOTT JARRETT MARICOPA COUNT ELECTIONS DIRECTOR.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, TED, GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> ARE YOU SET FOR TUESDAY?

ANY CONCERNSES?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> WE HAVE BEEN BUSY, YOU MENTIONED THAT EARLY VOTING HAS BEEN UNDERWAY, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 54 VOTING LOCATIONS OPEN AND READY TO SERVE VOTERS, WE HAVE OVER 400,000 BALLOTS RETURNED TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT THINK PROBABLY WE USUALLY CALCULATE FOR AN AUGUST PRIMARY, 30 TO 40% OF VOTERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING SO WE HAVE HALF THE BALLOTS BACK N EVERYTHING SMOOTH SO FAR, ANY CLICKS, CONCERNS?

>> NO, NO REAL CONCERNS, NO GLITCHES, WE'LL BE BUSY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SETTING UP THE VOTING LOCATIONS FOR ELECTION DAY.

>> LET'S DEFINE TERMS, SOME FOLKS ARE NOT SURE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

VOTE CENTERS, WHAT IS A VOTE CENTER?

WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?

>> SO WE WILL HAVE OVER 200 VOTE CENTERS, OR VOTING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY.

MEANING A VOTER CAN GO TO ANY LOCATION.

PRIOR TO 2020 WE USE AID PRECINCT BASE VOTING MODEL WHICH MEANT THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED A SPECIFIC LOCATION.

NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION, THEY CAN GO TO ANY ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS LITTLE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO TO LOCATIONS.MAYOR COTA.VOTE AND THAT HAS THE LIFT OF ALL THE VOTING LOCATIONS AND HOURS OF OPERATIONS AS WELL AS WE POST WAIT TIMES ON THE WEBSITE.

>> INTERESTING.

FOR THE VOTE CENTERS, HOW MANY ARE OPEN?

HOW MANY DID YOU MENTION, TWO -- >> 54 OPEN.

>> 54, OKAY.

>> THAT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

EVERY DAY EXEMPT FOR SUNDAY.

AND THEN ON MONDAY WE'LL HAVE OVER A HUNDRED, AND ON ELECTION DAY WE'LL HAVE OVER 200.

>> 200.

OKAY.

GRADUALLY INCREASING UNTIL ELECTION DAY, ALL RIGHT.

THOSE ARE VOTE CENTERS.

ELECTION DAY, OPEN 6:00 A.M., 7:00 P.M., OPEN ALL DAY, AREN'T THEY?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, 6:00 A.M. OPEN UNTIL 7:00 P.M.

IF YOU ARE STANDING IN LINE AT 7:00 P.M. HOPEFUL THE LEANS ARE SHORT YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.

>> AND, AGAIN, YOU CAN CHECK AHEAD.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STAND IN LINE, GO FIND -- THEY HAVE TO DRIVE A BIT.

MIGHT FIND A BETTER SPOT.

>> MOST ARE 1.2 MILES APART ON AVERAGE.

>> INTERESTING.

OKAY?

>> VERY CLOSE, BUT THEY CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE LIKE I SAID AND LOOK AT THE WAIT TIMES AND FIND THAT SHORTEST LINE OR ONE MOST CONVENIENT TO THEM.

WHETHER THAT IS WHERE THEY WORK OR CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE.

>> OKAY, WHAT ARE EMERGENCY VOTE CENTERS?

>> THAT REALLY CATEGORIZES THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH WE ARE HOPEFUL EMERGENCY VOTING STARTS AT 5:00 P.M. ON THIS COMING FRIDAY.

AND THEN THAT LASTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH 5:00 P.M. ON THE MONDAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTERS IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

THEY CAN GO TO ANY ONE OF OUR EMERGENCY VOTING LOCATIONS.

>> AND YOU CAN VOTE WITH A BALLOT AS OPPOSED TO EARLY BALLOT.

>> THEY WILL BE GIVEN AFFIDAVIT ENVELOPE.

SIGN THAT GO AFFIDAVIT ENVELOPE.

THE TEST THAT GO THEY ARE HAVING AN ISSUE PREVENTS THEM FROM VOTING ON ELECTION DAY THAT, WILL GO IN THE AFFIDAVIT ENVELOPE COME BACK TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

FOR SIGNATURE VERIFICATION, AND THEN OUR EARLY BALLOT PROCESSES .

>> GOTTA SHOW I.D., CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

WHETHER IT'S EARLY VOTING, EMERGENCY VOTING, OR ELECTION DAY YOU HAVE TO SHOW I.D.

>> LET'S TALK DROP BOXES THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS IN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF WHAT IS AN EARLY BALANCE UP DROP BOX, WHAT ARE THEY, HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> WE HAVE A DROP BOX, EVERY WITHIN OF OUR VOTE CENTER, OVER 200 AVAILABLE TO VOTERS.

WE ALSO HAVE DROP BOXES IN CITY AND TOWN CLERKS OFFICES AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW 24 HOUR DROP BOXES, THOSE ARE OUTSIDE THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE ONE DOWNTOWN PHOENIX, ONE IN MESA, AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOTERS WITH THAT EARLY BALLOT, TAKING THAT AFFIDAVIT ENVELOPE SIGN IT, VOTERS NEED TO REMEMBER TO SIGN THAT BALLOT.

DATE IT, PUT A PHONE NUMBER IN CASE WE QUESTION THEIR SIGNATURE.

AND THEN THEY CAN BE DROPPED OFF ANY VOTER CAN DO IT, A VOTER -- OR A FAMILY MEMBER, HOUSEHOLD MEMBER OR CAREGIVER CAN TAKE THOSE BALLOTS AND DROP IT OFF.

>> BUT A VOTE CENTER AND A BALLOT BOX AND DROP CENTER IN THE SAME PLACE WHY?

>> SO RIGHT, SO 78% OF MARICOPA COUNTY VOTERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR ACTIVE EARLY VOTING LISTS IF THEY HAVE THEIR EARLY BALLOT THEY CAN GO TO A VOTE CENTER AND DON'T HAVE TO STAND IN LINE, THEY CAN SKIP THE LINE, TAKE IN THAT EARLY BALLOT AND TAKE IT TO OUR EARLY BALLOT DROP BOX INSIDE THAT VOTE CENTER.

>> AND THE DROP BOXES ARE OKAY UP TO ELECTION DAY?

OR INCLUDING ELECTION DAY?

>> INCLUDING ELECTION DAY, THEY CAN DON'T IT OFF AT ANY ONE OF THE 200 VOTE CENTERS OR THE DROP BOXES IN THE CITY AND TOWN CLERK OFFICES .

>> HOW CAN VOTERS TRACK THEIR BALLOTS?

>> WE HAVE A CUSTOMIZED PERSONAL DASH BEBALLOTREADY.VOTE.

LOG IN AND ENTER SOME PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, THEY CAN SEE YOUR BALLOT STATUS WHEN IT WAS MAILED, ONCE THEY SENT IT BACK ONCE WE HAVE RECEIVED IT, SIGNATURE VERIFIED AND TABULATION.

THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE AND GET ON THEIR PHONE, ALL THAT HAVE INFORMATION.

>> REFRESH TO GO SEE IT WHEN YOU GET IT ON YOUR PHONE I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS ANYMORE.

PEOPLE WANT TO WORRY ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY HERE REENDSRECENTLY I AM STARTING TO HERE PENCE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PENCE USED IN THE ELECTION.

>> WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON ELECTION DAY, THAT THEY SHOULD USE THE RECOMMENDED FELT-TIP PEN THAT'S RIGHT IN THE VOTING BOOTH THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE VOTERS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY USE THAT FELT-TIPPED PEN IS BECAUSE IT HAS THE FASTEST DRIVING INK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU THINK ABOUT ONCE YOU HAVE USE AID BALL POINT PEN AND FILLING OUT ANYTHING IT'S EASY FOR THE BALL POINT PEN THE INK DOESN'T DRY AS FAST AND YOUR HAND COULD SMUDGE AND GOING IN TO OTHER OVALS ON THE BALLOT POTENTIALLY CAUSING OVER VOTES BUT IMPORTANT FOR THE TABULATION EQUIPMENT AS WELL.

IF IT HAS WET INK IT COULD GUNK UP THE TABULATOR AND WE HAVE TO SEND OUT A TECHNICIAN TO REPAIR THE TABULATOR AND POTENTIALLY EVEN REPLACE IT, CREATING LONG LIES ON ELECTION DAY.

ET CETERA JUST BEST TO USE THAT FELT-TIPPED PEN THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT VOTING BOOTH.

AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE VOTERS TO FILL OUT.

>> NOTHING NEFARIOUS INVOLVED?

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INK THAT DRIES THE FASTEST.

>> QUICKLY, LAST QUESTION, WHAT QUESTION DO YOU HEAR THE MOST?

>> REALLY WHERE CAN I VOTE?

I WOULD SAY GO IT OUR LOCATIONS.MARICOPA.VOTE AND LOOK IT UP.

IT'S A DASHBOARD THAT HAS A LOT OF SEARCHABLE FUNCTIONALITY.

TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS, WORK ADDRESS IT, RETURNS THE CLOSEST LOCATION, YOU CAN SEARCH BY CITY, AND, AGAIN, SEARCH BY WAIT TIME.

>> ONE PORE TIME THE ADDRESS.

>> LOCATIONS.MARICOPA.VOTE.

>> LOCATIONS.MARICOPA.VOTE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND GOOD INFORMATION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> COMING UP NEXT ON A NEW SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE.

>> THERE IS A NEW 3-DIGIT SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IN THE U.S. WHO IS HAVING A MEN THE HEALTH CRISIS AND LOOKING FOR HELPFUL MORE ON THIS NEW HOTLINE WE WELCOME JIM DUNN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, VALLEY OF THE SUN.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, THANKS FOR JOINING ME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> 988, SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE, THIS IS NATIONWIDE, ISN'T IT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> WHY WAS THIS INSTITUTED AND WHY DID IT CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS SERVICES?

>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LINE FOR QUITE SOMETIME NOW.

10 DIGIT NUMBERS ARE RATHER CHALLENGE TO GO REMEMBER.

PEOPLE WERE TECHNICALLY DEFAULT TO GO 911, AND YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE ILL-PREPARED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES, M. ACTUAL NI WE HAVE LONG TRIED TO PREPARE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU CALL 99 MAKE SURE IT'S A POLICE OR FIRE ISSUE NOT A BEHAVE I DON'T RECALL, HEALTH ISSUE BETTER SERVED WITH A CRISIS LINE, WE HAVE PIONEERED IN AREA THE CRISIS LINES FOR 25 YEARS.

WE HAVE A STRONG SYSTEM TO BE PROUD OF IT'S A THREE DIGIT NUMBER AND SO MUCH EASIER TO REMEMBER.

WE HAVE HAD A CRISIS NUMBER FOR 10 YEARS AND STILL CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER.

>> 988 AND YOU GET A MENTAL HEALTH -- WHO IS ON THE OTHER LINE?

>> THERE IS ACTUALLY IN ARIZONA WE HAVE COUNSELORS RIGHT THERE.

THEY TRIAGE, DISPATCH MOBILE TEAMS, RAPID RESPONSE, LAW ENFORCE IF THEY NEED TO.

MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T.

THAT'S PREFER TABLE ARE RABBLE AND ADVANCED AND LIFE SAVING.

THOSE CRISIS LINES THAT WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALREADY I THINK TAKEN A CALL VOLUME THAT'S MAYBE 30% GREATER THAN THE NATIONAL NUMBER.

AND THEY HAD TAKING THAT NATIONAL NUMBER WHEN IT WAS A 10-DIGIT NUMBER.

THIS IS GOING TO EASE THAT BURDEN FOR THEM.

>> VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

VETERAN SAYS, I NOTICE THERE IS ALSO A VETERANS PRESS ONE AT 988, CORRECT?

>> YES, SIR.

AND ACTUALLY, I WAS A VETERAN, I SERVED FROM 79-'87.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE V.A.

AND THEY HAVE A BE CONNECTED AZ PROGRAM IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR W YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND FIND OUT ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT RESOURCES TO HELP VETERANS, IT'S POWERFUL.

ARIZONA PIONEERED THAT WITH SENATOR McCAIN.

>> YEAH.

AND SO, AGAIN NINE 988 PRESS ONE.

>> AND TAKES TO YOU THE VETERAN COUNSELORS, AND OUR CALL CENTERS HAVE HAD VETERAN COUNSELORS ON HAND SINCE BE CONNECTED WAS ENACTED AND YOU YOU ARE ABLE TO DEFAULT TO THE VA CRISIS LINE AS WELL.

>> AS WELL FOR TEXTING FOR VETS YOU CAN DO, WHAT, TEXT NUMBER AS WE'LL?

>> YES, SIR.

>> WE HAVE 838255 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?

YOU GET AGAIN WITH A COUNSELOR?

>> YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

AND YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY STATE IS AS WELL PREPARED AS WE ARE.

YOU CALL 988 AND MAY NOT HAVE ANYBODY ANSWER THE PHONE SO THAT WILL DEFAULT FOR THE NATIONAL STAFF.

THANKFULLY WE HAVE HAD THESE CRISIS LINES IN ALL THREE RENAL UPS, BEHAVIOR HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND WE WERE WELL PREPARED FOR THIS.

IT'S NOT JUST HAVING THAT LINE WE TELL PEOPLE, 911, 988, DON'T WORK.

IF YOU CAN'T GET A DIAL TONE OR A VOICE SIGNAL OR WIFI, THESE RURAL AREAS NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPED.

>> THEY DO.

>> AND WE SEE GREAT DETERMINATION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

IT'S A POWERFUL TIME AND WE ARE EXCITED.

>> VERY GOOD.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO LITERALLY WITH THREE DIGITS ON A PHONE, THEY GOT A LINE, A PHONE, I MEAN, THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN CONNECT WITH SOMEONE, JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF CHECKING WITH SOMEONE.

TALK TO US.

>> WE HAVE SEEN LIFE SAVING, ONE OF THE POWERFUL INNOVATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT WHEN YOU ARE LEADING THE PACK.

YOU CAN SEE THE COMPLAINTS AND WHAT'S WRONG, IT'S THE STATES AND BEST PRACTICES, AND YOU KNOW, IN THE INSANE CONSEQUENCES OR WHATEVER, WE HAVE BEEN LEADING IT FOR 25 YEARS, WITH PEER AND FAMILY SUPPORT.

AND A RECOVERY MODEL.

RESILIENCY MODEL NOW AN INCLUSIVE MODEL.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THAT IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE ANY EMERGENCY OR CRISIS EPISODE OR EVEN JUST CALL, SOMEBODY CHECKS BACK WITH THEM THE NEXT DAY.

WE FOUND THAT THAT FOLLOW-UP MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE AS WELL.

>> HOW DID ARIZONA BECOME SUCH A LEADER IN THIS IN.

>> WE HAD A LAWSUIT.

WE HAVE THE NATION'S LONGEST RUNNING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND ENERGY AND NEVER TO THAT.

WE CARVE OUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO TRACK AND WITH WE REALIZED JUST PUT IT AN EXTRA ADMINISTRATIVE LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY AND FEES AND STUFF AND WE CARVED IT BACK IN, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT IT OVER TO ACCESS, IT REALLY WAS ONE OF THE SMARTEST BUSINESSES DECISIONS WE COULD HAVE MADE.

YOU KNOW, BROUGHT EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY CONTROL AND ADMINISTRATION.

WE CAN BE PROUD OF OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM.

>> IT TOOK A WHILE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW HOW WENT FOREVER.

>> 30 CAREERS.

>> WE DID 30 SEGMENTS ON THAT PARTICULAR -- >> IT BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS TOO ONEROUS, AND THE FOCUS MAYBE GOT OFF TRACK.

WE WERE CREATING COLLEGE-LEVEL DISSERTATIONS FOR ASSESSMENTS AND TREATMENT PLANS, BUT IT HAD ITS PURPOSE FOR A WHILE.

>> ALL RIGHT, TALK ABOUT YOUR GROUP HERE.

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS HERE.

WHAT YOU DO.

HOW YOU OPERATE.

HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS.

>> THANK YOU.

WE ARE THE NATION'S LARGEST GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH MEN THE ILLNESS, NATIONAL RELIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS I AM WITH THE ARIZONA STATE ON HIM, WE CALL IT NAMI ARIZONA, WE NINE ACTIVE, ONE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OUR AFFILIATES OF THE LIFEBLOOD BEING BACKBONE OFFERING NO COST EDGE CHANGE AND ADVOCACY, NAMI HAS ESTABLISHED BEST PRACTICE, FAMILY FOR FAMILY OR BASICS OR PEER TO PEER, INTERIM, VOICE, THE BIG ONE RIGHT NOW IS ENDING THE SILENCE WHERE WE HAVE A YOUNG PERSON THAT GOES IN TO THE SCHOOLS WHERE AN EDUCATOR AND THEY ADDRESS HIGH SCHOOLERS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BREAKDOWN THE STIGMA.

THEY ALSO ADDRESS THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND A BIG PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THAT TO HE HAVE COUNTY, EVERY AREA ACROSS THE STATE.

>> YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

AND WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS HOTLINE TOO, I HOPE IT SAVES LIVES AND HELPS FOLKS GET BACK ON TRACK, JIM DUNN NATIONAL LINE ON MENTAL ILLNESS ARIZONA, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU, WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF YOU AND YOU DO GREAT WORK.

>> THANK YOU, SIR, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, TAKE CARE.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISED INTEREST RATES TO COMBAT RAISING PRICES WILL IT WORK.

COMING UP OFF OUR LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS.

>>> THE JAMES WEBB STAYS PELL SCOPE OR JWST RECENTLY SENT BACK ITS FIRST COLLECTION OF I THINK AND THEY WERE SUITABLY SPECTACULAR YOU INCLUDING VIEWS OF THE UNIVERSE NEVER BEFORE CAPTURED.

A TROP HERS IN ARIZONA WORKED ON THIS AND WE RECENTLY VISITED WITH TWO OF THE SUNIS DR. MARK A REIKE Ph.D AND PRESS TOSS AURA TROP ARE YOU AND UNIVERSITY AND ARIZONA AND DR. GORGE REIKE PHL REGENTS PROFESSOR OF A ASTRONOMY U OF ACTUAL.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, LAST WEE SPOKE THIS WAS A CURE IT IS ON, LOT HAS CHANGED MASH THAT STARTING WITH -- MARCIA STARTING WITH YOU A LOT AS CHANGED.

>> WE ALIGNED THE TELESCOPE, CHECKED IT OUT AND NOW EVERYTHING IS IN ROUTINE OPERATION, NOT JUST ROUTINE PRACTICE, BUT EVERYTHING WORKING BETTER THAN WE HOPED.

>> ISN'T THAT GREAT, GEORGE YOUR THOUGHTS WHAT YOU SAW THE IMAGES COMING IN, WHAT DID YOU THINK?

WOW.

THAT WAS IT.

AFTER ALL THE TIME AND ATTENTION AFTER THE LAUNCH THERE WAS A LOT OF NAIL BITING AND NOW WE CAN SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE FRUITS OF 20, 25 YEARS OF WORK.

A HUGE INVESTMENT BY EVERYBODY IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

AND ALL OF THE WORK OF THE ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS THAT'S COMING REAL.

>> WOW FOR YOU AS WELL, MARCIA, HUH?

>> OH, SORT OF BEYOND WOW.

I FEEL LIKE I AM ABOVE CLOUD 9, NOT JUST ON CLOUD 9.

>> YOU ARE SEEING MORE THAN CLOUD 9, THAT'S FOR SURE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ROLE IN THE PROJECT, YOU WORKED ON THE CAMERAS, ONE OF THE CAMERAS, TALK TO BUS THIS.

>> YES, I AM THE PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATE FORE THE NEAR CAM, THE NEAR INFRARED CAMERA.

THAT MEANS I AM THE TEAM LEADER.

IN THIS INITIAL ROUND OF IMAGES NEAR CAME PLAYED A ROLE IN ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE.

I AHEAD PROUD THAT WE ARE DELIVERING THE GOOD SO TO SPEAK.

>> THAT CAMERA, IF I REMEMBER OUR CONVERSATIONS FROM THE PAST, 10 TIMES MORE LIGHT THAN YOUR EYE CAN SEE, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

>> YEAH, THAT'S THE LONGEST WAVE LEN THAT THIS IT WORKS AT IS 10 TIMES VISIBLE LIGHTS WAVELENGTH.

SO IT'S VERY MUCH IN TO THE INFRARED.

>> AND SO YOU ARE SEEING GALAXIES, YOU ARE SEEING EXOPLANETS THERE, MARCIA STICKING WITH YOU, ANY SURPRISES SO FAR?

>> WELL, WE KNEW THAT GALAXIES TEND TO BE BRIGHTER IN THIS PART OF THE INFRARED, BUT THAT HAD NOT BEEN INTERNALIZED AND WE ARE DISCOVERING THAT GALAXIES PHOTO BOMB ALMOST EVERY PICTURE WE TAKE, SO TO SPEAK.

IT WAS -- WE -- INTELLECTUAL I WE SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL YOU STARTED SEEING THAT YOU REALIZED THAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> GEORGE, WHEN YOU STARTED SEEING THESE PHOTOS COMING IN, THESE IMAGES COMING IN, I MEAN, WAS IT WHAT YOU EXPECTED?

>> I HAVE TO CONFESS, NO.

AND THE REASON IS EVERYTHING WE HAVE USED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE SAME KIND OF SENSITIVITY OR EVEN APPROACHING IT, HAD MUCH POORER RESOLUTION.

THE BEAM SIZE WITH AN INFRARED INSTRUMENT IS 50 TIMES SMALLER THAN THE PREVIOUS MISSION.

AND SO I JUST WAS NOT EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE DETAIL THAT THAT WILL SHOW UP.

I KIND OF KNEW INTELLECTUALLY THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

BUT THE I WOULD PACK OF THE PICTURES JUST BLEW ME AWAY.

>> YOU DEVELOPED THE MID INFRA SPREAD AS YOU DESCRIBED VERY CREASE EIGHT I FELT NAMED THERE UP TO 50 TIMES WAVELENGTH THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SEEN IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> SO THIS -- GO AHEAD.

>> IT FEELS OUT THE SPECTRUM AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT IS THE NEAR CAM IS STILL LACKING WHERE MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE IS STAR IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

AND WHEN YOU GET BEYOND 10 TIMES VISIBLE LIGHT.

SUDDENLY YOU START TO END UP TO ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.

SO THAT'S WHY THE PICTURES WERE SO SOUND, BECAUSE THINGS LOOK REALLY, REALLY DIFFERENT.

>> THEY SURE DO.

MARCIA, HOW FAR AWAY IS THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE FROM EARTH?

>> ABOUT A MILLION MILES.

>> OKAY.

WHY COOL IT NOT GO FURTHER OUT, WHY THIS SPOT?

NICE, CLEAR SPOT, WHY THERE A MILLION MILES?

>> A SPECIAL SPOT CALLED THE SECOND LOS ANGELES LAGRANG POINT SORT OF A PSEUDO STABLE POINT OF VIEW.

SO THE EARTH AND SORT OF FORMATIONS FLYING AROUND THE SUN SO THAT IT'S IN THE SAME PLACE WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH.

WHICH MAKES SENDING THE DATA BACK AND THINGS MUCH EASIER.

>> YEAH, SO BASICALLY IT'S EASIER TO TETHER THERE?

>> GRAVITY PROVIDING A METAPHORICAL LEASH.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

AND, GEORGE, AS FAR AS LOOKING BACK NOW, HOW FAR ARE WE LOOKING BACK?

BECAUSE WE ARE LITERALLY LOOKING BACK IN TIME.

>> SO IT'S NOT -- THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

WE ARE LOOKING BACK TO BASICALLY 100 TO 200 MILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG AND I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE YOUR VISION, YOUR TIME COUNTING FROM THE BIG BANG RATHER THAN HOW FAR AWAY WE LOOK.

BECAUSE THE TOTAL INCREASE IN DISTANCE IS NOT THAT GREAT BUT THE INCREASE, THE DECREASE AND DISTANCE FROM THE BIG BANG IS PHENOMENAL.

>> HOW CLOSE, GEORGE CONSIDERING YOU GET?

FEASIBLY, REALISTICALLY, VIABLY, HOW CLOSE COULD YOU DID TOTAL BIG BANG?

>> WELL, MAYBE MARCIA SHOULD ANSWER THAT MUCH IT'S HER THING.

>> OKAY, MARCIA.

>> YOU CAN GET MAYBE -- THERE IS A MOTHER NATURE WILL PREVENT US FROM GETTING ANY CLOSER TO THE BIG BANG THAN ABOUT 500,000 YEARS.

AND BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL -- WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT CLOSE BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE DON'T THINK ANY STARS HAD FORMED YET.

AND SO PART OF OUR JOB IS TO FIND WHEN DID THESE FIRST -- STARS FORM AGGREGATES THAT WE CAN DETECT.

>> AND YOU ARE SEEING SOME OF THAT, AREN'T YOU?

>> WE THINK SO.

WE NEED TO ANALYZE THIS PICTURE SOME MORE AND THEN IN SECRETARY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IMAGES -- SEPTEMBER WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IMAGES THAT WILL HAVE 10 TIMES THE EXPOSURE AND WE SHOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO PIN IT DOWN.

>> GOODNESS, THOSE MUST BE FANS AT THIS.

WHAT KIND OF TIMETABLE.

WHEN WILL THE NEXT EMMELS COME BACK?

IS THERE A SCHEDULE INVOLVED HERE?

>> SO THE TELESCOPE IS TAKING IMAGES EVEN AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.

, IT HAS A WHOLE SEQUENCE.

IT DOES THIS ALL AUTOMATICALLY.

SONG SEQUENCE OF OBSERVATIONS ARE SENT TO IT AND IT DOES IT ON ITS OWN ROBOTICALLY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN TOUCH WITH THE EARTH ALL THE TIME.

SO EXCITING NEW STUFF IS COMING DOWN TO THE GROUND A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY WHEN IT'S DOWNLOAD IS BEING TAKEN CONTINUOUSLY.

THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF EXCITING NEW STUFF.

>> YEAH.

I GUESS WHAT NASA IS RELEASING THIS SLOW LOW LEINGANG TOY MAKE SURE, WHAT, THE INTEREST CONTINUES?

>> IT GETS TO THE SCIENTISTS RIGHT AWAY.

GNARLS IS SAVING THE BEST FOR YOU ALL IT'S NOT RELEASING SCIENTIFIC NERDY STUFF ONLY GIVING YOU THE REALLY SPECTACULAR STUFF.

>> JOB DONE THERE.

THESE IMAGES ARE SPECTACULAR AND THEN SOME.

DR. MASH THAT REIKE, DR. GEORGE REIKE.

U OF A ASTRONOMERS BOTH.

CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THANK YOU SEVEN FOR JOINING US.

AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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