Captioning Provided By AVm THE CROPS SEEM TO LOVE BIO-SOLIDS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HUMANS NEARBY?

>> THE DEA SAYS IT'S SAFE, THE D EX SAYS IT'S SAFE AND YOU ARE JUST CRAZY FOR SOUNDING THE ALARM.

>> SHOULD GOVERNOR STITT REHIRE THE MAN HE JUST FIRED IN FOREST INDUSTRY?

>> I FELT LIKE THE PERSON AT THE TOP THAT DID NOT PUT ALL THOSE FIRE HOSES AND THOSE RESOURCES ON THE FIRES.

>> WILL OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES SURVIVE NOW THAT IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING HAS BEEN ACTIONED BY DOGE?

>> THIS IS NOT FOR A FUTURE BUDGET, THIS IS MONEY THAT IS OWED TO OKLAHOMA.

>> IT'S NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK.

>> MARCY'S LAW IN THE CONSTITUTION NOW CALLS FOR VICTIMS TO BE NOTIFIED IF THERE'S ANY PROCEEDING THAT LEADS -- THAT INVOLVES THEIR CASE.

>> AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THE EARLY IMPACT ON TARIFFS.

>> FROM YOU AT THE GROCERY STORE TO YOU AT YOUR JOB THERE'S NO PART OF YOUR DAY THAT THIS WILL NOT AFFECT.

>> THAT, AND MUCH MORE, NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I'M JASON DOYLE.

RICH LENZ WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK.

OKLAHOMA FARM EARLIES HAVE BEEN FERTILIZING THEIR FIELDS WITH BIO-SOLIDS FOR DECADES AND SAY IT'S SAFE.

SOME LIVING NEAR THE FARMS SAY THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WHAT ARE BIO-SOLIDS?

I'LL LET STEVE SHAW EXPLAIN.

STEVE?

>> JASON, BIO-SOLIDS ARE MADE FROM HUMAN WASTE.

IT'S SOMETHING FARMERS HAVE USED TO FERTILIZE THEIR FIELDS FOR CENTURIES, BUT THAT PRACTICE HERE IN OKLAHOMA FACES INCREASING SCRUTINY.

>> THESE ARE AMERICAN MAMMOTH DONKEYS, THEY ARE DESCENDENTS OF MORNING WASHINGTON'S, THAT WAS A GIFT FROM THE KING OF FRANCE.

>> SANDRA AND HER FAMILY HAVE OPERATED THE OKLAHOMA DONKEY DAIRY JUST OUTSIDE LUTHER IN RURAL OKLAHOMA COUNTY FOR THE PAST DECADE.

>> FOR ABOUT 40 PLUS YEARS THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY ADMIN AND ALL THE BIG CITIES PRETTY MUCH HAVE BEEN DUMPING THEIR BIO-SOLIDS, ALSO CALLED HUMANER ON FARMLAND.

IT'S CHEAP AND THEY CAN DUMP IT OUT HERE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF CITIES IS FAIR GAME.

>> THE FARMERS WANT THEM TON2 >> Ti DOARMERS WANT THEM TON2 THIS?

>> SO IT'S FREE.

AND THEY GET THEIR LAND DISKED TWICE TYPICALLY FOR FREE, THEY GET THEIR SLUDGE FERTILIZE EVERYBODY FOR FREE AND THEY ARE NOT BEING TOLD THE FULL TRUTH ABOUT THIS.

>> SHE SAYS NOT ONLY DO BIO-SOLIDS STINK, SHE SAID STUDIES HAVE KNOWN THAT THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE SPREAD ON FARMERS' TOXIC.

>> WHEN I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND I ASKED THEM, ARE YOU WARNING FARMERS OF THE RISKS OF THE CHEMICALS KNOWN TO BE IN SLEDGE AND THEY SAID NO.

WHEN I ASKED WHY, THEY SAID WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BENEFICIAL USE OF BIO-SOLIDS.

I SAID I'M SORRY I THOUGHT YOUR JOB WAS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT INDUSTRY.

>> SHELLY IS WATER QUALITY DIVISION DIRECTOR AT THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

>> I'M CURIOUS AT WHO SHE MIGHT HAVE TALKED TO.

THAT SEEMS AN UNUSUAL ANSWER TO ME.

DEFINITELY WE DO NOT WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE FARMERS.

THE CITIES THAT ARE LAND APPLYING OR SEEKING TO LAND APPLY THEIR BIO-SOLIDS, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE AN APPROVED PLAN TO DO THAT.

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE HAD CHANGES IN OUR PROCESSES.

SOMETHING WE DID NOT DO 40 YEARS AGO.

[[#yíS WE DID NOT HAVE PRETREATMENT OR SOURCE CONTROL ONlAúzíOv WHAT'SG INTO OUR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

IT WAS JUST WHATEVER SOMEBODY DUMPED IN.

NOW YOU CAN'T JUST DUMP INTO THAT SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO BE PERMITTED BY THE CITY TO CONNECT.

IT IS TRUE THAT YOU CAN'T TEST FOR EVERYTHING ALL THEDúoj>Of THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE JUST NOW LE RNING ABOUT AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATEx[á129'i TESTING MET.

BUT TO SAY IT'S NOT TESTED IS NOT ACCURATE.

>> SHE DOESN'T BUY IT.

>> THE FARMERS ARE SAYING THE EPA SAID IT'S SAFE, THE D EX SAYS IT'S SAFE AND YOU ARE CRAZY FOR SOUNDING THE ALARM.

SO THE CITIZENS TELLING THE TRUTH ARE THE ONES BEING DEFAMED AND DEGRADED.

AND THE AGENCIES ARE FAILING ALL OF US.

>> SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE VERY ACIDIC SO I THINK YOU ARE GOOD WITH RUNNING PHs ON THEM ESPECIALLY AS WE GO INSO0-eñ DE.

WINE IS THE MANAGEMENT EXTENSION SPECIALIST FOR OKLAHOMA STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.

HE SAYS BIO-SOLIDS ARE SAFE.

>> SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IF YOU LOOK AT APPLYING BEEF FEEDLOT MANURE, SWINE AFFLUENT OR THE BIO-SOLIDS.

THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE BIO-SOLIDS HAVE TO GO THROUGH REFINEMENT.

THEY HAVE TO BE PURIFIED TO THE POINT WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S NO HEAVY METALS AND WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S NO PATHOGENIC CONCERN.

>> HE SAID BIO SOLIDS ARE REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN BAGS OF FERTILIZER OR MANURE YOU CAN BUY AT HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S.

>> THE DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU LOOK AT IT OVER THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS IS THAT THE REGULATIONS ON USING THESE BIO-SOLIDS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY MAKING SURE THEY GO THROUGH CERTAIN STANDARDS, THAT WE AROUND DELIVERING TOO MANY HEAVY METALS AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH PROCESSES THAT LIMIT ANY PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF APPLYING SINCE IT IS COMING FROM A HUMAN BACKGROUND.

>> THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>> IT IS A GOOD THING, RIGHT.

>> OKLAHOMA STATE SENATOR SHANE JED ISN'T CONVINCED.

>> IT SOUNDS GREAT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY AREN'T TESTING AND THEY CAN'T TELL THEY FARMERS WITH ANY DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT IS BEING SPREAD ON THEIR LAND IS SAFE.

WE DO KNOW IT SAVES THEM A TON OF MONEY, THE MUNICIPALITIES.

THEYE,trp BASICALLY PUT LIME INE MIXTURE AND THEN SAY IT'S SAFE AND THAT'S THE TREATMENT.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM SHAW AGREES WITH JED.

>> WE HAVE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT, A HUGE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINANTS Ia BIO-SOLIDS.

THE TESTING THAT IS DONE ONLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS AND ISSUES THIS COULD HAVE.

>> SO YOU ARE DISAGREEING WITH WHAT THE DEQ SAYS AND YOU ARE DISAGREEING WITH WHEN AN AGRICULTURE PROFESSOR TOLD ME YESTERDAY?

>> I AM, ABSOLUTELY.

>> BLAKELY'S FAMILY HAS OWNED A 1500-ACRE FARM JUST OUTSIDE OF OOLOGAH IN ROGERS COUNTY FOR NEARLY A CENTURY.

HE SAID THE PASTURE ON THE LEFT LOOKS GREENER AND HEALTHIER THAN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS TREATED WITH BIO-SOLIDS.

>> I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE SAFE.

I WOULDN'T BE PUTTING MY FAMILY IN IT OR ANIMALS IN IT EITHER WAY IF I DID NOT FEEL CONFIDENT IT WAS SAFE.

>> AND THE CITY OF TULSA JUMPED THROUGH THE NECESSARY HOOPS TO SPREAD THIS OUT HERE?

>> YEAH.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A RATHER SUBSTANTIAL BOOK THEY Hc7UK2=dR FILL OUT, SOIL SAMPLES ARE DONE ANNUALLY.

THEY HAVE TO DO A SOIL SAMPLE BEFORE THEY SPREAD AND ONE YEAR AFTER THEY SPREAD.

>> MACYN OLSON IS A5[tPX SENIORE OOLOGAH HIGH SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR THEY WON A STATE-WIDE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA COMPETITION.

THEIR WINNING PROJECT FOCUSED ON IF BIO-SOLIDS ARE SAFE.

>> TO CONVINCE A STATE LAWMAKER I WOULD SAY BRING ALL THE ECONOMICAL PROFITS IT HAS FOR FARMERS AND AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT.

'zAJZ4?M ENTRY SCORED VERY HIGH IN THE NATIONAL FFA COMPETITION LAST YEAR, AS WELL.

THEY BELIEVE THEY÷ HAVING ON OKLAHOMANS.

WHEN YOU WAKE UP UNTIL YOU GO TO SLEEP TARIFFS WILL IMPACT YOUR DAY, AND WE CAN THINK OF IT FROM THE CONSUMER POINT OF VIEW.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ESTIMATES OUT THERE AND ON THE MOST CONSERVATIVE END COSTINGH$Ñ%D:t CONSUMERS ABOUT AN EXTRA $4,000 PER YEAR.

>> THE WILLINGNESS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION TO, FOR EXAMPLE, LEVY 104% TARIFF ON OUR CHINESE TRADING PARTNERS SIGNALS SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ENDURE PAIN ON BEHAVE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT I THINK NO INVESTOR ACTUALLY EXPECTED.

>> THE REST OF THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

>> ELON MUSK DOGE COMMITTEE HAS NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES THAT IT'S FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.

A LOSS OFwd YEAR FOR OKLAHOMA.

CAN THE STATE PROGRAM SURVIVE THAT KIND OF CUT?

NOAH MACKG÷ NOAHú ;óUñ JOINS US NOW WITH MOE ON THAT.

NOAH.

>> WELL, JASON, I ALSO MET ANOTHER JASON WHEN I WENT OUT TO DO THE STORY.

JASON?V MANY THAT WILL LOSE FUNDING WITH THE LATEST DOGE CUT.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WE ARE ON ROAD TRIPS AND THEY ARE LIKE, WOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS HERE, THIS IS COOL THAT A COMMUNITY LIKE YOURS CAN SUPPORT THISsNia MUSEUM.

>> WE HAVE A BEGAN SCHOOLHOUSE SET UP TO BE A 1930s SCHOOLHOUSE.

SCHOEj&k$U$IS IS A QUAINT LITTLE MUSEUM IN KINGFISHER.

A WINDOW INTO THE HISTORY OF FARMING AND RANCHING IN OKLAHOMA.

>> I REALLY LIKE WALKING THROUGH THIS SECTION WITH VISITORS WHO ARE IN THEIR 80s BECAUSE THEY WILL LOOK AT A LOT OF THE STUFF AND THEY WILL REMEMBERm7%zTh/v T AS A KID OR WATCHING FAMILY MEMBERS USE IT AND THEY WILL POINT RIGHT TO STUFF, I REMEMBER WHEN UNCLE JOE DID X, Y AND Z WITH THAT PLOW.

>> WITH RECENT FUNDING CUTS IT PUT MUSEUMS LIKE THIS IN JEOPARDY.

>> WHEN YOU LOSE FUNDING PLACES LIKE OUR INSTITUTION DO CLOSE.

YOU LOSE A LOT OF THE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE OBJECTS WE HAVE AND YOU LOSE THE HISTORY, YOU LOSE THE BITS AND PIECES OF HISTORY THEY HOLD.

>> MUSEUMS ARE PART OF THE HUMANITIES, AND OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES NESTLED IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY IS THE NUCLEUS THAT BINDS ALL OF THE STATE PROGRAMS TOGETHER.

>> WE ARE A NONPARTISAN, WE ARE NONPOLITICAL, WE ARE PROVIDINGC EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES<!ç TOL 77 COUNTIES.

>> AND AT THE BEHEST OF DOGE, OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES WILL LOSE $1 MILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDING.

>> OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES IS NOT LIKE AN ABSTRACT AGENCY IN D.C. WITH THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS ME IN MY TRUCK DRIVING FREE BOOKS TO RURAL LIBRARIES.

>> IN 1965 CONGRESS PASSED A NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ACT DECLARING THAT/q/ BELONGED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT CREATED THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES WHICH PASSED DOWN FEDERAL DOLLARS TO THE INDIVIDUAL HUMANITIES STATE COUNCILS.

THEY ACTED AT CON DUE ITS DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> THESE ARE ACTIVE GRANT CONTRACTS THAT WERE SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE PEOPLE WE ELECT TO REPRESENT US.

THIS IS NOT FOR A FUTURE BUDGET THAT HAS YET TO BE PASSED INTO LAW.

THIS IS MONEY THAT IS OWED TO OKLAHOMA.

>> LOWRY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DONNED A BOW LOW TIE IN OUR INTERVIEW.

>> THIS IS FROM JAY, A BOARD MEMBER FROM OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES AND VERY ENGAGED, TRIBAL CITIZEN.

HE GAVE THIS TO ME TO WEAR IN TIMES THAT REQUIRE CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND SPEAKING ON BEHAVE OF YOUR PEOPLE IN TIMES OF LEADERSHIP.

>> HER PEOPLE IS AN OFFICE OF ABOUT SEVEN EMPLOYEES AND ONE MASCOT.

THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE FOR DECADES RUNS THROUGH THE VEINS OF OKLAHOMA COMMUNITIES.

>> LET'S SEE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WINNING THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ESSAY CONTEST THAT WE USED TO RUN ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR.

>> THESE CUTS WILL HINDER THE TRIBAL PROJECTS ON THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE AND OTHER STORIES.

>> WE HAVE TO SAVE THE STORY.

IT MATTERS TO OKLAHOMA.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN OKLAHOMA ARCHIVE WITHOUT A PICTURE OF A GIANT TORNADO COMING THROUGH, CAN YOU?

>> IT GIVES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HOST SYMPOSIUMS AND FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HISTORY DAY.

>> NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE COMPETE WITH VARIOUS HISTORICAL PROJECTS.

IT COULD BE AN EXHIBIT OR A PAPER OR A PERFORMANCE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 7,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT PARTICIPATE.

LAST YEAR WE HAD STUDENTS FROM 40 COUNTIES.

>> THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT PROGRAMS LAKE THIS WILL IMMEDIATELY VANISH, BUT IT WILL SHRINK THEIR IMPACT.

>> IF WE DON'T GET A GRANT, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO SCALE DOWN AN EVENT.

IT MAY MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE IT FOR A PARTICULAR YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF HUMANITIES IS A $60,000 PLANNING GRANT TO PUT IN NEW EXHIBITS AT THE PIONEER WOMAN MUSEUM AND NOW THAT GRANT IS IN JEOPARDY AS WELL.

>> SMALL TOWN MUSEUMS WITH LESS RESOURCES LIKE THIS ONE WILL STRUGGLE THE MOST.

>> CUTTING BACK OUR RESOURCES THAT WE USE TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE THE VISITORS IS CATASTROPHIC.

IT MEANS LESS BODIES IN THE DOOR, WHICH MEANS LESS GIFT SHOP REVENUE, AND LESS PROGRAM MONEY MEANS WE AREN'T REACHING NEW AUDIENCES TO HELP ENSURE OUR SURVIVABILITY OR SUSTAINABILITY OVER TIME.

THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR, JASON HARRIS, SAID PROGRAMS LIKE THERE'S BRING HISTORY TO LIFE FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS.

>> WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE EXCITING OR ENGAGING PARTS OF HISTORY ALL YOU ARE LEFT WITH THE TEXTBOOKS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO READ.

>> AND JASON IS HIMSELF A TESTAMENT AS TO HOW A MUSEUM CAN CHANGE A KID'S LIFE.

>> WHEN I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SIDE CAME TO OUR SCHOOL AND DID AN OUTREACH PROGRAM, CAME AS CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS.

BECAUSE I REALLY LIKED HISTORY, I SAID WHEN I GROW UP I THINK I WANT TO WORK IN MUSEUMS AND I KIND OF KEPT THAT PATH AND DECIDED THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND GOT MY DEGREE AND GOT A JOB AT THE SAME MUSEUM WORKING FOR THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO MY SCHOOL.

20 YEARS LATER HERE I AM DIRECTOR OF A SMALL MUSEUM.

>> OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES OPENED A DIALOGUE WITH THE OKLAHOMA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THAT LONG SUPPORTED THEIR WORK, HOPING TO RESOUP SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOFF KEN STITT FIRED MARK GOELLER FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WILD FARES BACK IN MARCH.

NOW SUPPORTERS ARE GOELLER ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNOR TO REVERSE THE DECISION.

GOVERNOR STITT IS NOW TAKING MEASURES TO IMPROVE OKLAHOMA'S FIRE RESPONSE.

>> WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE.

>> DURING THIS WEEK'S AVAILABILITY AT THE CAPITOL KEVIN STITT WAS PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT A WEEK WORTH OF CHANGES INVOLVING THE RESPONSE TO THE STATE WILDFIRES AND RECENT FIRINGS AT THE FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE TO THEM.

>> I TERMINATED THE PEOPLE THAT I FELT LIKE THE PERSON AT THE TOP THAT DID NOT PUT ALL THOSE FIRE HOSES AND THOSE RESOURCES ON THE FIRES.

>> LAST WEEK STITT SHOWED HIS INITIAL FRUSTRATION WITH THE FOREST SERVICES RESPONSE BECAUSE HE SAID ASSETS WERE KEPT IN AREAS THAT DID NOT HAVE THERCIjç IMMEDIATE THREAT OF WILDFIRES.

>> THERE WERE ASSETS THAT WERE NOT DEPLOYED DURING THAT EVENT.

MYSELF AS GOVERNOR, I HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

SO WE ARE DIGGING INTO THAT, WE WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE FIND IT.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE -- HERE'S THE DEAL.

WHY DO I EVEN HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF FOREST INDUSTRY?

LET'S GET RID OF THE WHOLE THING.

>> THAT STATEMENT RAISED CONCERNS AROUND THE CAPITOL AND ESPECIALLY WITH AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS.

>> NOT SECOND GUESSING IF THE EMPLOYEES DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO OR NOT, MY WHOLE DEAL IS HERE MY MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHUTTING DOWN OF THE OKLAHOMA FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE.

>> AMERICAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS PRESIDENT SCOTT BLUBAUGH SAID HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE STATE FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE IS NOT AS DESCRIBED OF LATE.

>> WE SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THE OKLAHOMA FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE DOES.3 ABOUT 19,000 JOBS COME FROM THE FOREST INDUSTRY IN OKLAHOMA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG THE TIMBER IN THE FOREST INDUSTRY IS HERE IN THE STATE BUT IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IT'S HUGE.

SO 19,000 JOBS, ABOUT $7 BILLION IN REVENUE COMES FROM OUR FOREST INDUSTRY.

SO THOSE THINGS, ALONG WITH THE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVING THE FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE AS REALLY THEIR -- HAVING THEIR BACK, THEIR TRAINING, RESOURCES, GRANT MONEY, ALL COMES THROUGH THAT FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE.

>> TERMINATED FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE MARK GOELLER DID NOT ANSWER OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT POSTED ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.

IT READS IN PART, I HAVE BEEN FALSELY EYE CAUSED OF NOT DOING THE DUTIES NEED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THE AGENCY TO WHICH I DEDICATED OVER 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE WAS SAID TO HAVE PERFORMED POORLY.

PREPARATIONS WERE MADE WELL IN ADVANCE.

THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE IMPENDING FIRE DANGER.

FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES WERE ORDERED AND IN PLACE.

NOTHING WAS HELD BACK AS THE EVENTS OF 14th AND FOLLOWING DAYS UNFOLDED BY AGENCIES AND FIREFIGHTERS AND CAREER IS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RISKED THEIR LIVES WILLINGLY TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY IN THE CONDITIONS.

GOVERNOR STITT DISAGREES.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE RESOURCES AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WELL HAVE THE WORST WILDFIRES IN STATE HISTORY AND YOU ARE NOT DEPLOYING THEM TO THOSE FIRES, YOU ARE LEAVING HALF OF THOSE ASSETS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR TAXPAYERS TO SPEND MONEY TO BRING IN RESOURCES FROM LOUISIANA, FROM ARKANSAS.

>> ON TUESDAY STITT'S OFFICE ISSUED AN EXPLANATION SAYING AFTER SOME INITIAL RESIS SENTENCE FROM FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE OFFICIALS, HIS ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT WHEREAS SETS WERE DURING THE WILDFIRE OUTBREAK AND PROVIDED A MAP SHOWING THOSE LOCATIONS.

>> THE BUREAUCRACY TOOK HALF OF OUR RESOURCES TO THE MOST CRITICAL THINGS AND LEFT HALF THE RESOURCES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA FIGHTING A 2-ACRE FIRE, A 13-ACRE FIRE.

REMEMBER, WE HAVE WONDERFUL FIREFIGHTERS IN IDABELL AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND WE HAVE THOSE FOLKS DOWN THERE FIGHTING THE FIRES LOCALLY, AS WELL, WE NEEDED OUR RESOURCES IN STILLWATER, IN GUTHRIE, AND WE NEEDED THE RESOURCES UP HERE FIGHTING THE 92,000-ACRE FIRE SCREENING THROUGH.

>> THIS WEEK LAUNCHED THE FIREFIGHTING WORKING GROUP TO ENHANCE THE STATE'S WILDFIRE RESPONSE.

HE SAID SIX OBJECTIVES FROM THE GROUP INCLUDING ENHANCED INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, ENHANCED WILDFIRE MITIGATION EFFORTS AND LEVERAGE GRANT AND FEDERAL FUNDING PARTNERS WITH STAKEHOLDER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE COLLABORATION.

THE WORKING GROUP WILL BE CO-LED BY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BLAYNE ARTHUR AND THE SECRETARY TRICIA EVEREST AND A REPORT IS EXPECTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE IN SIX MONTHS.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT TIME THERE'S WILDFIRES WE DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THE ASSETS ON THOSE FIRES.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE ARE SAYING.

I THINK WE'VE BEAT THIS HORSE.

>> WHILE THE RHETORIC AROUND ELIMINATING THE STATE FOREST INDUSTRY SERVICE HAS DIED DOWN, FOR FOLKS WHO DEPEND ON IT, THEY WILL HELP OKLAHOMANS FACE THE THREAT OF A WILDFIRE.

>> LET'S MAKE IT BETTER, LET'S GIVE THEM MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH, LET'S GIVE THEM NOR ASSETS AND PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.

LET'S NOT GO THE OTHER WAY AND CUT FUNDING AND DO AWAY WITH THAT.

I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE JUST AN ABSOLUTE MESS FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

>> AT LEAST ONE OF OKLAHOMA'S NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS BELIEVES TRIBES COULD PLAY A MORE EFFECTIVE ROLE IN PARTNERING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CHOCTAW NATION WE'VE BATTON MADE THAT STATEMENT LAST WEEK LAST WEEK IN THE U.S. HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE ON CITY AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.

HE BELIEVES IF TRIBES COULD ENTER MORE COMPACTS WITH THE FE.s TO MORE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THE FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS.

>> WE BELIEVE IF WE COULD JUST DO HHS AND FOREST INDUSTRY, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE SAW NATIONAL FOREST IS -- WASAW NATIONAL FOREST IS IN OUR COMPACT.

AND EACH OTHER AGENCIES, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, ALL OF THOSE IF YOU GIVE US THE RESPONSIBILITY, WE WILL SHOW YOY SESPONSIBILITY, WE WILL SHOW YOY SESPONSIBILITY, WE WILL SHOW YOY THAT WE CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE CAN ADMINISTRATOR.

>> HE USED THE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT USED TO DETERMINE HOW HEALTHCARE DOLLARS WERE USED BY THE TRIBE, WHICH LIMITED THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS.

NOW THE CHOCTOWWL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAS MORE THAN 1 MILLION PATIENT VISITS A YEAR.

COMMEMORATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND INDIAN ASSISTANCE ACT.

>>> WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MEANING THINGS ARE BUSIER THAN EVER.

WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE PUBLISH AREA SHAWN ASHLEY THIS WEEK ABOUT THE ACTION, WE BEGAN OUR DOLLARS ABOUT HOW LAWMAKERS ARE ADDRESSING THE SHORTFALL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.

>> THE HOUSE SPEAKER HAS INDICATED HE PLANS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO BRING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES OFFICIALS TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS GOING ON45lkr FINANCIALLY WITHIN THEIR AGENCY.

AS YOU MAY RECALL EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HEARD THERE WAS A $63 MILLION SHORTFALL AT THE AGENCY.

BUT THEN THAT NUMBER WAS REDUCED.

AND HELBERT SAID IN A RECENT MEETING AT THE CONCLUSION OF IT WHEN MEMBERS WERE ASKED WHAT IS THESYi'RTFALL, THEY CAME UP WITH FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

SO THEY HOPE TO PIN DOWN A NUMBER AND THEN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

>> ADDRESSING A BILL THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY ZERO OUT OKLAHOMA'S INCOME TAX WON SENATE APPROVAL THIS WEEK.

HOW DOES THE HOUSE BILL 15ED COMPARE WITH THE WISH OR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST?

>> IT DOES PROVIDEeJew A PATH TO ZERO, HOWEVER IT DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR A HALF PERCENTAGE POINT INCOME TAX REDUCTION¤:y WHAT THE BILL DOES IS SET IN PLACE A TRIGGER SO THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX WOULD BE REDUCED BY APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A PERCENT EVERY TIME REVENUE GROWS BY $300 MILLION OR MORE.

IN A MEETING OF THE SENATE REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, SENATOR MICHAEL BERGSTROM SAID CURRENT PROJECTIONS PUT THAT AT ABOUT THE YEAR 2028 BEFORE THE FIRST TRIGGER MIGHT BE FLIPPED AND THE FIRST INCOME TAX REDUCTION MIGHT OCCUR.

IT WOULD NOT BE IMMEDIATE.

>> A MOVE TO REFORM[VvA[ OKLAHOS INITIATIVE PETITION PROCESS TOOK ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.

WHAT DOES THE RECENTLY PASSED SENATE BILL 1027 DO?

>> WELL, THIS BILL HAS GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF CHANGES AS IT HAS WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

IT DID SO AGAIN IN THE ELECTIONS AND ETHICS COMMITTEE ON THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE REQUIRES THAT THOSE HOW COLLECT SIGNATURES BE REGISTERED OKLAHOMA VOTERS.

IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT IF THEY PAID, IF THEY ARE PAID, THAT THEY NOT BE PAID PER SIGNATURE BUT SIMPLY A FLAT RATE.

AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY IT SETS CAPS ON THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT COULD BE COLLECTED IN ETCH OTHER COUNTY.

IN THIS INSTANCE IT LIMITS THAT TO APPROXIMATELY 20% IN THE LARGER COUNTIES AND 11.05% IN THE SMALLER COUNTIES.

AND THAT'S A PERCENTAGE OF VOTES CAST IN THE MOST RECENT STATEWIDE ELECTION IN THAT COUNTY.

SO IT TIES IT MORE CLOSELY TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE AND IT HAS TO GO TO THE HOUSE FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.

>> THE SENATE HAS CONFIRMED THE NEW DIRECTOR FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

TELL US ABOUT STERLING ZERLY.

>> IT'S A WELL-KNOWN NAME AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL.

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HE WORKED AT THE TOURISM AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS DIRECTOR OF STATE PARKS.

SOME 20 YEARS WITHIN THE STATE AGENCY BEFORE HE LEFT TO WORK FOR AN ASSOCIATION AND OTHER GROUPS.

HE RUSHED TO THE AGENCY IN -- RETURNED TO THE AGENCY IN 2024 AND NOW FINDS HIMSELF LEADING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER.

>> HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE ANOTHER MEMBER SHORT THIS WEEK.

WHY DID REPRESENTATIVE JASON LOWE RESIGN A SEAT?

>> REPRESENTATIVE LOWE WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO IS SORT OF A REVERSAL OF THAT TREND WHERE WE THINK OF LOCAL INDIVIDUALS BEING ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THEN MOVING ON TO STATEWIDE OR SOME OTHER OFFICE.

HE BECOMES THE THIRD INDIVIDUAL TO TAKE A LOCAL ELECTED SPOT EITHER IN A MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION OR IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION CAPACITY.

HE BEGAN SERVING ON MONDAY AND IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.

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KEVIN STITT HAS SET THE ELECTIONS FOR THE HOUSE DISTRICT 97 RACE AND THOSE FILINGS WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS MONTH.

>> SHAWN ASHLEY PUBLISHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

>> THIS IS NATIONAL CRIMEatá >> THIS IS NATIONAL CRIMEatá VICTIMS b%9[ VICTIMS b%9[EEK AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S BEING DONE IN OKLAHOMA TOk2 s. IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY CRIMINAL VIOLENCE.

MORE AS WE HEAR FROM TAYLOR JACKSON.

>> SO IT'S NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK.

ACROSSQeñáw THE NATION CRIME VIM ADVOCATES LIKE KIM MOYER ARE RECOGNIZING VICTIMS OF CRIMES.

THEY HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THEIR STATE.

>> THEY CAMEk% WITH THE GOAL OF AMENDING OKLAHOMA'S CONSTITUTION NO INCLUDE MORE RIGHTS FOR CRIME VICTIMS.

SO WE PULLED TOGETHER AMñ#:z LAE COALITION OF VICTIMS, SURVIVORS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT FELT STRONGLY THAT CRIME VICTIMS DESERVE TO HAVE MORE SUPPORT IN OUR STATE.

>> IN 2018 OKLAHOMA VOTERS PASSED MARCY'S LAW BY 78%.

>> IT WAS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR INITIATIVES THAT VOTERS IN OKLAHOMA HAD EVER TRIED TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK ON STILL TO THIS DAY SO THAT CRIME VICTIMS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE.

THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE IN THESmñ CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

>> FOR LESLIE BELL, VICTIMS RIGHTS ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO HER HEART.

>> IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE, REGARDLESS WHEN THE CRIME HAPPENED, THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL BEHIND YOU.

>> LESLIE'S DAUGHTER, BRIANNE, WHO WAS DISABLED, WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED IN 2015 BY A SUPERVISOR WHERE SHE WORKED.

>> SHE IS JUST SUCH A JOY, AND WE SAW HER LIGHTSZ[XHJ JUST FADD WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL SHE DISCLOSED WHAT WAS GOING ON.98I SO SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED DAILY.

WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL SHE TOLD US.

>> BELL WENT TO THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY FOR HELP.

THEú"'71 PERPETRATOR WAS ARRESO DAYS LATER.

BRIANNE'S ABUSER PLEADED GUILTY BUT DIDN'T SERVE HIS FULL SENTENCE IN PRISON.

>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN 85% CRIME, WHICH MEANS HE WAS TO SERVE 8 1/2 YEARS OF HIS 10 YEAR SENTENCE AND HE ONLY SERVED 4 BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE MISWORDING IN THE LAW AND NOW WE ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT THAT WORDING HAS BEEN CHANGED DUE TO BRIANNE'S CASE.

>> THE CHANGE CAME ABOUT IN THE FORM OF THE BRIANNE BELL ACT WHICH WAS PUT INTO LAW(níek IN .

>> OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, ANTHONY MOORE, AJ GRIFFIN HELPED US PASS A LAW IN BRIANNE'S NAME WHERE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR VULNERABLE ADULTS, THEY ARE NOT TO HAVE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH SOMEONE ENTRUSTED IN THEIR CARE, WHICH IS KIND OF A NO-BRAINER.

>> THE BILL NOW SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR MARCY'S LAW FOR OKLAHOMA.

>> MARCY'S LAW, THEY CONTACTED ME.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY FOUND OUT, BUT THEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT MARCY'S LAW WAS ALL ABOUT.

SO I KNEW I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT AS AÑXHVUxdZáñzn >> SHE ADDS EFFORTS BY THE STATE TO GIVE MORE PROTECTIONS TO VICTIMS AND TOOLS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE HELPED INCREASE AWARENESS OF CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

>> PEOPLE ARE FINALLY SAYING, YEAH, THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE AND IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S MISSING PEOPLE INSIDE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT NOW IT'S SPILLING OVER TO OTHER AREAS.

>> SKOON SAYS OTHER LAWS THAT ACTUALLY HELP ALL VICTIMS STARTED WITH THE NOTION THAT SPECIAL ATTENTION NEEDED TO BE PAID TO CRIMES IN INDIAN COUNTRY.

>> ONE OF THOSE WAS IDA'S LAW WHICH REQUIRES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO ANNUAL PHRASING IN+#Lp8 MG PERSONS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.

THE OTHER IS CASEY'S LAW AND THAT STARTED OUT OF A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

>> MARCY'S LAW FOR OKLAHOMA, THEY ADD THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK EMPOWERS PEOPLE WITH THEIR RIGHTS.

>> IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY DURING THE WEEK TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS INVOLVED IN -- WHEN YOU ARE IMPACTED BID A CRIME.

>> TAYLOR JACKSON, THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RARE EARTH WILL EDGE BAND IT'S BUSINESS IN STILLWATER.

THAT STORY TOPS THIS WEEK'S STATEWIDE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEWS.

>> USA RARE EARTH ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IT'S ADVANCED INNOVATION LAB WILL BE BUILT AT IT'S FACILITY IN STILLWATER.

ST PURPOSE IS TO DO NEOMAGNETS FOR PEOPLE STARTING7I(Oo THIS Y.

THE SPECIAL RARE EARTH PLAYING NETTLE ARE USED FOR ALL THINGS FROM PHONES TO CELL PHONES.

MANUFACTURING LINES IN STILLWATER ARE EXPECTED TO GO LIVE IN EARLY 2026.

AAR HAS FORMED A JOINT VENTURE WITH KIRA AVIATIONÑm CALLED KALS, LLC.

THEY WERE RECENTLY AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR THE U.S. NAVY.

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SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEARv FORECLOSURES HAVE INCREASED 45%.

ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL FORECLOSURES STARTS INCREASED BY 14% SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2520.

A NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, KANSAS, SAW THE LARGEST JUMP IN THE START OF FORECLOSURES AT 117%.

THIS/#f- IS THE OKLAHOMA BUSINES REVIEW.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ASKING AMERICANS TO HANG TOUGH AS STOCK MARKETS REACT NEGATIVELY TO HIS CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO USE TARIFFS TO RESET AMERICA'S TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.

HE SAID SHORT TERM PAIN WILL LEAD TO LONG-TERM GAIN.

HOWEVER, THIS WEEK TRUMP ANNOUNCED A 90-DAY PAUSE BUT THE MARKETS HAVE NOT FULLY RECOVERED.

IN THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WE DISCUSS THE EARLY IMPACT OF TARIFFS ON OKLAHOMANS.

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>> THERE'S BEEN QUITE A LOT OF CONFUSION OVER THE NEW TARIFFS PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE IS DR. TRAVIS ROACH,L)EP AN ASSOCIE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA'S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS.

WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY MJ YANG, AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

PROFESSOR YANG YOU GAVE A LECTURE EARLIER THIS WEEK ON TARIFFS POLICY 20 YOUR STUDENTS.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT TARIFFS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> TARIFFS IS BASICALLY A TAX ON IMPORTED GZ.

THERE ARE THREE GOALS TO TARIFFS, INNOCENTVISE MANUFACTURING BACK TO THE U.S., AND NUMBER TWO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT, AND THREE, A NEGOTIATING TOOL, SORT OF THE STICK PART OF THE CARROT AND STICK THAT ALLOWS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS A RESERVE CURRENCY WHILE ALSO INCENTIVIZING OTHER COUNTRIES TO WEAKEN THE U.S. DOLLAR.

IMPORTANT FOR OUR VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND HERE IS THAT THERE ARE INHERENTLY A GOAL CONFLICT HERE.

IF, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN AND THE U.S. DOLLAR WOULD STRENGTHEN, THEN ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN PRICES WOULD STAY CONSTANT IN THE GROCERY STORE GROCERY STOR4Ñ BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT COMPANIES WOULD HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO REBATE TROTTIZE JOBS.

>> WHAT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN?

WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IN THE GROCERY STORE.

>> ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO GO RIGHT FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE THIS HAVE LITTLE OR NO IMPACT.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO SEE HOW THE TARIFFS PASSED THROUGH TO CONSUMER PRICES AND THEY WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY FILTERED INTO CONSUMER PRICES.

WE WOKE UP TODAY IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC WORLD THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN IN OUR LIVES OR ANY OF OUR PARENTS HAVE SEEN.

AND THE AMOUNT OF JUST ECONOMIC DISTRESS THISq("S WILL PUT US , REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG THE TARIFFS STAY ONLINE, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING WE CAN TALK ABOUT, IS UNTOLD.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN TARIFFS AT THIS LEVEL IN OUR LIFE TIMES OR OUR PARENTS' LIFE TIMES.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND MAYBE IT'S JUST MY GENERATION BUT EVERYONE IS COMPARING WHAT WE MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH, A POTENTIAL RECESSION, THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT LATER, TO THE 2008 HOUSING MARKET CRASH.

I THINK THAT'S THE LAST TIME MY GENERATION NOW THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN.

BUT IS THIS A SIMILAR SITUATION TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE 1930s?

WE SAW TARIFFS BEING RAISED BUT IT AFFECTING AND PUT US EVEN DEEPER INTO THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP COMING BACK TO THE FACT THIS IS SELF-INFLICT THE.

THE GREAT RECESSION, THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DRASTIC AND ROUGH, ESPECIALLY FOR US MILLENNIALS WHEN WE AGED INTO THE WORKFORCE BUT THAT WAS SLOW BY COMPARISON.

THIS IS SUDDEN AND DRASTIC, AND WE DON'T HAVE PRODUCERS OR PEOPLE WHO CAN READY THEMSELVES TO TAKE ON THIS KIND OF PRICE IMPACT.

YOU WILL START HEARING THE WORD STAGFLATION GOING AROUND WHICH IS THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RELY ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO COME IN AND HELP US OUT BUT THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS REALLY LIMITED WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THE FACE OF STAGFLATION.

SO YOU ARE ASKING THEMQEíSm WHICH POLICY ISSUES THEY GO AFTER.

>> WITH THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE TARIFFS AND LIBERATION DAY WE'VE SEEN A SHARP DOWN TURN IN THE MARKET, EVEN TODAY.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADE POLICIES AND INVESTOR SENTIMENT?

>> THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THERE ARE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS.

THE DIRECT EFFECTS ARE RELATED TO THE DIRECT EFFECT ON COMPANIES.

A LARGE PART OF THE U.S. STOCK MARKET IS DRIVEN WHICHSEN TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, ALSO SOMETIMES CALLED THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

SO YOU CAN THINK OF APPLE, AMAZON, FACEBOOK, TESLA, N INDIVIDUAL YEAH AND MICROSOFT.

ALMOST ALL OF THE U.S. TECH COMPANIES RELY ON THE IMPORT OF ELECTRONICS, SUCH AS COMPUTERS.

BUT COMPANIES LIKE APPLE AND AMAZON ARE ESPECIALLY DEPENDENT ON ELECTRONIC IMPORTS BECAUSE THEY RELY ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN TO BRING YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, AN IPHONE.

POUR SOME ESTIMATES, THINK0 POUR SOME ESá ABOUT, THINK0 YOUR IPHONE 16 THAT YOU CAN CURRENTLY BUY, AND IT COST YOU $1,000, IT'S PRODUCED PARTLY IN VIETNAM AND PARTLY3ÑRRÅt VIETNAM >53CNARTLY3ÑRRÅt WITH 104% TARIFFS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT IPHONE RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO DOUBLE IN PRICE.

ACCORDING TO SOME ESTIMATES, IF THAT IPHONE WERE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES IT WOULD COST YOU $3,000.

THEN THERE ARE INDIRECT EFFECTS.

I THINK MOST OF WALL STREET WAS EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN TARIFFS ON APRIL 2nd, WHICH WAS LIBERATION DAY, BUT MOST ANALYSTS DIDN'T EXPECT SOMETHING MORE THAN 10%.

THE AVERAGE TARIFF HAS INCREASED FAR BEYOND 20% ON ALL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CHINA, THE EUROPEAN UNION.

CANADA AND MEXICO WERE EXCEPTED FOR LIBERATION DAY TARIFFS BUT AS THE VIEWERS MIGHT KNOW THERE'S BEEN A TRADE CONFLICT ONGOING WITH THESE TWO COUNTRIES.

THE OTHER EFFECT IS THE WILLINGNESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO, FOR EXAMPLE, LEVY 104% TARIFF ON OUR CHINESE TRADING PARTNERS SIGNALS SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ENDURE PAIN ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT I THINK NO INVESTOR ACTUALLY EXPECTED.

>> DR. ROACH, SPEAKING OF INCORRECT AND DIRECT EFFECTS, WHAT WILL OKLAHOMANS BE EXPERIENCING?

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT OUR WALLET, OUR BUDGET, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE STOCK MARKET NECESSARILY BUT THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET GROCERIES.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THEM?

>> THERE'S NO PART OF YOUR DAY IN THIS WILL NOT AFFECT FROM WHEN YOU WAKE UP TO WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP TARIFFS WILL IMPACT YOUR DAY, EPSRY AT THE LEVEL THEY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

WE CAN THINK OF IT FROM THE CONSUMER POINT OF VIEW.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ESTIMATES OUT THERE ON THE MOST CONSERVATIVE END COSTING CONSUMERS ABOUT AN EXTRA $4,000 PER YEAR.

AGAIN, THESE ARE $4,000 THAT YOU MAY NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR IN YOUR OWN JOB.

YOUR JOB WOULD HAVE TO PAY YOU $4,000 MORE FOR YOU TO BE AS WELL OFF AS BEFORE ASK I DON'T EXPECT COMPANIES TO BE DOING THAT IN THE CASE OF UNCERTAINTIES, THEIR OWN TRADE COSTS GOING UP.

SO YOUR REAL INCOME WILL DECLINE AND HAD THOUSAND DOLLARS IS PROBABLY ON THE LOW END.

IT COULD BE MUCH HIGHER.

SO AGAIN FROM YOU AT THE GAUCHE IRY STORE TO YOU AT YOUR JOB THERE'S NO PART OF YOUR DAY THAT THIS WILL NOT AFFECT.

>> THIS IS A TOPIC I WANT TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ON BUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY HAS FUNCTIONED A VERY SPECIFIC WAY BECAUSE OF THE WAY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE UNITED STATES HAS SET IT UP.

WILL THIS MOVE, WILL THESE TARIFFS RESET THE GLEBAL ECONOMY AND WHERE WILL THE UNITED STATES' SEAT BE IN THAT DISCUSSION.

>> THE CLASSIC ECONOMIST ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS.

BUT LET'S TAKE THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT THEY HAVE SAID ABOUT THE TARIFFS.

THEY COULD LAST DAYS OR WEEKS, WE DON'T KNOW.

WE ARE DEPENDING ON THE WHIMS OF A 78-YEAR-OLD MAN.

AND NO COMPANY IS GOING TO CHOOSE TO MOVE THEIR ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN TO THE UNITED STATES OVER A TARIFF THAT MIGHT LAST DAYS OR WEEKS.

THAT'S A DECISION THAT WOULD TAKE FIVE YEARS AT THE VERY QUICKEST TIME HER RISEN TO START A NEW MANUFACTURING PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES AND YOU WOULD HOPE THE MANUFACTURING PLANT WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

NO COMPANY IS GOING TO BE CHANGING THEIR ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK OVER TARIFFS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT LAST BEYOND THIS WEEK.

>> HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT TRUMP'S TARIFFS SHOULD WE TAKE AT FACE VALUE WHEN IT'S OFTEN MET, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK OR FALLEN BACK.

HOW MUCH SHOULD WE TAKE AT FACE VALUE?

>> IN MY OPINION EVERY BIT OF IT.

AS OF RIGHT NOW EVERY SINGLE TARIFF IS ON LINE.

THE GOODS BEING BROUGHT INTO THIS COUNTRY FROM CHINA, IF THEY COME FROM CHINA THEY ARE DOUBLED IN PRICE AS OF YESTERDAY.

THE UNCERTAINTY, THAT'S WHERE PRODUCER OVER EVERY INDUSTRY IS CHANGING THIS AND THEY WILL PRESS PAUSE.

THEY WILL SAY MAYBE I WANTED TO EXPAND BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE, I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF.

SO CEOs ARE MAKING THAT DECISION SO THEY ARE HIRING MANAGERS AND IF YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE I'LL GET A NEW DISHWASHER, YOU ARE GOING TO BECAUSE THAT DECISION.

SO THIS KIND OF COLLECTIVE BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS STOPS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND DOLLARS FROM FLOWING AND THAT'S WHERE THE RECESSION CONCERNS START TO REALLY, REALLY LEVEL UP.

>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK, BUT PROFESSOR YANG AND DR. ROACH, ARE WE SEEING COUNTRIES TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE TARIFFS LEVELED AGAINST THEM BY THE U.S. AND WHO ARE THE COUNTRIES OR ARE THEY SAYING ABSOLUTELY NOT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS.

>> CHINA LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PLAY BALL.

NEITHER IS THE EUROPEAN UNION.

ONE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE CORE IDEA OF DR. MORAN THAT THE DOLLAR NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN, THE PROBLEM IS WE NEED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ON A SUSTAINED BASIS.

FOR ONE EXAMPLES, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HOLDS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN U.S. TREASURIES.

IF THEY WOULD TOMORROW TURN AROUND AND SELL THEM AND BUY INSTEAD OF U.S. TREASURIES GERMAN BONDS, THAT WOULD SEND LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES AND SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SKYROCKETING, WHICH AGAIN WOULD DEPRESS INVESTMENT HERE, IT WOULD WEAKEN THE U.S. DOLLAR, AND MAKE ACTUALLY THE INFLATION EFFECTS THAT DR. ROACH TALKED ABOUT EVEN WORSE.

AND IT WOULD, ON THE OTHER HAND, STRENGTHEN THE EURO.

AT THE SAME TIME UNDERMINE THE CENTURY-OLD ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES.

>> DR. ROACH, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HIS TARIFFS ARE MEANT TO RESET AMERICA'S TRADE AGREEMENTS AND LEAD TO LONG-TERM GAIN, BRINGING BACK BUSINESS TO AMERICA.

WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT HOPING TO ACHIEVE AND DO YOU THINK HIS PLAN IS REALISTIC?

>> IT SEEMS THAT HE IS OBSESSED WITH REDUCING TRADE DEFICITS AND I THINK IT'S THE WORD DEFICIT THAT'S STUCK IN HIS CRAW THERE.

HE BELIEVES ANY TRANSACTION OF A DOLLAR LEAVES THE UNITED STATES AND GOES TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, IT'S A DEFICIT.

I HAVE A DEFICIT WITH MY UBER DRIVER, I HAVE A DEFICIT WITH EVERY GROCERY STORE, THEY HAVE NEVER BOUGHT FROM ME BUT THAT'S THE WRONG WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I GAIN VALUE FROM THAT.

I'M NOT LATE TO THE AIRPORT BECAUSE I PAID THE UBER DRIVER.

JUST BECAUSE MONEY LEFT MY POCKET AND WENT INTO THEIRS DOES NOT MEAN IT DIDN'T BENEFIT BOTH OF US.

THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN OKLAHOMA, IN AMERICA, THAT DEPEND ON A GLOBAL TRADE SYSTEM WHERE THEY GET SOME OF THEIR RAW MATERIAL, THEY ADD THEIR OWN VALUE THROUGH KNITTING AND TRANSFORMING IT TO A FINAL GOOD BUT CAN'T DO THAT IF THERE'S NO TRADE SO SUDDENLY WE ARE PUTTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF BUSINESS.

>> PROFESSOR YANG, DO YOU >> PROFESSOR YANG, DO YOU áízTñE÷r SSOR YANG, DO YOU ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> THIS IS 20th CENTURY INDUSTRIAL TAKING THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO THE 21ST CENTURY INTO A SYSTEM THAT YOU MENTIONED THE UNITED STATES HAS FOUGHT LONG AND HARD FOR BY WORKING AND BUILDING TRUST.

TRUST THAT CAN BE EASILY DESTROYED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND HAS TAKEN A CENTURY TO BUILD.

SO I AM TRULY, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROFESSOR ROACH MENTIONED I THINK IS EXACTLY RIGHT, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY IS GOING TO PAY $4,000 FOR A GAMBLE THAT I WISH THEM THE BEST, BUT I FEAR THAT THE AVERAGE WORKING MAN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT.

>> THIS IS MY FINAL QUESTION.

IT'S FOR BOTH OF YOU.

BUT WHAT SHOULD THE OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING -- WHAT SHOULD THEY BE GETTING READY FOR OR PREPARING FOR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS REGARDING TARIFFS AND HOW CAN THEY PREPARE FOR ANY UPCOMING ECONOMIC SHIFTS?

>> SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHOULD GO OVER WHAT YOU ARE PURCHASING, AND THAT IS IMPORTED FROM CHINA.

MOST OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE ELECTRONICS, CLOTHING, SHOES, BUT ALSO CERTAIN TYPES OF FURNITURE.

THE OTHER THING IS YOU SHOULD, IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO RETIREMENT OR ARE RETIRED AND ARE LIVING OFF OF YOUR 401K, TRY NOT TO FIRST OF ALL FOLLOW THE STOCK MARKET TOO CLOSELY.

HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE STOCK MARKET, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT SOME OF THE WORST DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY HIGH STAKES DECISIONS, ARE MADE IF YOU ARE UNDER DURESS AND WHEN YOU ARE ANXIOUS.

SO TRY TO KEEP IT COOL, TURN OFF THE TV AND TRY NOT TO MAKE ANY HIGH STAKES DECISIONS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

>> DR. ROACH, FINAL THOUGHTS.

WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

THE FACT THEY HAVE STAYED SILENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS CONCERNING.

WE HAVE A LACK OF COURAGE IN OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

I THINK TO OUR FARMERS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY HURT BY THE LAST TIME TARIFFS HAPPENED, THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

MY REPRESENTATIVE FRANK LUCAS HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS YET HIS CONSTITUENCY WILL BE DIRECTLY HURT BY THIS.

IT'S TIME FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO COMMENT OPEN THIS AND NOTE THE ECONOMIC HARM THAT'S POSSIBLE.

>> GENTLEMEN, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> VERY INFORMATIVE.

THANK YOU, CATIONDY.

IN THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL VIEW WE WILL GO TO AUSTIN TEXAS TO LEARN ABOUT A NONPROFIT PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR HORN 30 YEARS.

IT ENABLES THE HOMELESS TO GET OFF THE STREETS AND INTO AN ART STUDIO.

THAT IS COURTESY OF OUR PBS PARTNER AT AUSTIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

>> BECAUSE OF THIS STUDIO, MY LIFE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED.

IT'S THE MOTIVATION THAT YOU DON'T FIND ON THE STREETS.

AND I GET THAT HERE.

I'M SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHEN ENCOURAGE ME AND INSPIRE ME.

I BELIEVE IN MYSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.

>> I AM MARLA JOHNSON.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTS IN THE STREETS.

FOR 33 YEARS WE'VE PROVIDED A PLACE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNHOUSED OR AT-RISK ADULTS TO CONNECT AND TO FIND PURPOSE THROUGH ART.

WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING OPEN STUDIO SESSIONS, FREE SUPPLIES.

WE ALSO OFFER EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE WE SELL ARTWORK.

ARTISTS RETAIN 95% FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALES OF THEIR ORIGINAL ARTWORK.

ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ALLOW OUR ARTISTS THE CHANCE TO MAKE A DIGNIFIED INCOME THROUGH THE SALE OF THEIR ARTWORK.

WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN HAVING NEVER CREATED ANYTHING BEFORE.

AND THEY PICK UP A PAINTBRUSH AND JUST IMMEDIATELY FEEL THE HEALING POWER OF HAND-TO-PAINTBRUSH-TO PAPER.

>> I'VE BEEN WITH ARTS IN THE STREETS, THIS PROGRAM GOING ON NINE TO TEN YEARS NOW.

THERE'S A CAMARADERIE BETWEEN THE STAFF, LET'S SAY THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THE ARTISTS.

THERE'S FOOD, THERE'S AIR CONDITIONING, THERE'S MUSIC.

IT'S JUST A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT TO BE CREATIVE IN.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL STUDIO TIME.

ODDLY ENOUGH THE FIRST YEAR I SOLD ZERO.

BUT THE SECOND YEAR I BROKE THE ICE.

I DID SELL ONE PAINTING.

THE THIRD YEAR I DID WELL.

AS MY ART AGED AND APPRECIATED, SO DID THE FINANCIAL ASPECT.

>> I'M BLOWN BY THE REALITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

I TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT FOR THE GENERAL AUDIENCE.

COULD THAT BE REAL?

MOST LIKELY IT IS SOMEWHERE.

SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE THIS IS A REALITY.

>> THIS IS BOB.

I WATCHED HIM ON TV ALL THE TIME.

I'M USED TO GOING FAST BECAUSE HE GOES FAST.

I CAN'T DO IT LIKE HIM BUT I CAN GET ONE DONE IN A SETTING.

>> I'VE BEEN MAKING THESE FROM LINOLEUM, AND I WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER LINO CUT OF ANIMALS.

>> I THINK PAINTING, A LOT IS ABOUT THE VIBE, THE FEELINGS THAT YOU ARE FEELING AT THE MOMENT, WHERE YOUR MIND IS AT AND YOU PUT THAT ON TO A CANVAS.

NOTHING ELSE IS QUITE LIKE THAT.

>> ALL OF IT IS NEW TO ME.

ALL OF IT FEELS VERY THERAPEUTIC.

EVERY BRUSH STROKE, WHETHER IT'S THE RESULT I WANTED OR NOT, I'M LEARNING THE WHOLE WAY.

I'M A LITTLE SCARED TO RIDE A BIKE TOWN THE SIDEWALK THESE DAYS BUT IT'S COMING BACK, IT'S ALL COMING BACK BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT MY OWN LIFE THROUGH THIS STUDIO.

>> TRAUMA IS CORE TO WHAT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS HAVE EXPERIENCED AND HAVE NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM.

THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONNECTED TO OTHER PEOPLE, THAT THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

THEY NEED TO FIND PURPOSE WITHIN A GROUP, AND THEY NEED TO FIND A COMMUNITY.

JUST THE FACT THAT I CAN CREATE STUFF AND PEOPLE RESPOND TO IT AND APPRECIATE IT, IT GIVES ME HOPE.

THERE'S A CHANCE TO MAYBE ONE DAY HAVE A BUSINESS OF MY OWN AND HAVE VERY SECURE HOUSING LIKE A STUDIO.

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