>> Ted: AN UPDATE ON THE ATTACK BY ISRAEL AND THE LATEST INFORMATION OVER SPORT'S RELATED CONCUSSIONS.

CHILD-CRISIS ARIZONA BREAKS GROUND TO HELP VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ARE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

ISRAEL ORDERED A COMPLETE SIEGE OF THE GAZA TRIP AFTER HE KILLED 900 PEOPLE IN AN ATTACK ON ISRAEL.

HAMAS HAS TAKEN 150 ISRAELIS HOSTAGE AND TODAY THREATENED TO EXECUTE A HOSTAGE EACH TIME AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE HIT IN THEIR HOPES.

THEY HAVE LAUNCHED HUNDREDS SINCE THE HAMAS ATTACK ON SATURDAY TARGETING WHAT ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY ARE SITES LINKED TO HAMAS.

HOSPITALS, HOMES AND MOSQUES ARE HIT WITH 650 KILLED.

THE PRIME MINISTER SAID THE ISRAELI RESPONSE HAS JUST BEGUN.

>> WE HAVE BEGUN AND WE HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO STRIKE IN HAMAS.

THE IMAGES OF THE DEVASTATION AND THE DESTRUCTION FROM THE STRONG-HOLDS IN GAZA ARE JUST THE BEGINNING AND WE HAVE ELIMINATED MANY HUNDREDS OF TERRORISTS AND WE WILL NOT STOP THERE.

>> Ted: S >> Ted: AS IT ESCALATES, THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAD THIS TO SAY.

>> I RECOGNIZE THE GRIEVANCES OF THE PEOPLE BUT NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY THE ACT OF TERROR AND THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS.

I WILL SEIZE THESE ATTACKS AND RELEASE ALL HOSTAGES.

>> Ted: THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SAID THE HAMAS ATTACK KILLED NINE AMERICANS IN ISRAEL AND THAT WAS UPDATED TO 11 AMERICANS KILLED.

>> I CAN CONFIRM NINE AMERICANS, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THESE HORRIFIC ATTACKS IN THE REGION AND WE'RE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL AS THEY CONDUCT SECURITY OPERATIONS TO LOCATE MISSING U.S.

MISSING CITIZENS AND WE ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE FAMILIES OF THESE NINE DECEASED AMERICANS AND OFFERING THEM ANY COUNSELOR ASSISTANCE WE CAN PROVIDE.

>> Ted: THAT NUMBER WAS UPDATED TO 11 AND THERE ARE STILL AMERICANS UNACCOUNTED FOR, AS WELL, AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON ISRAEL AND THE ISRAELI RESPONSE IN JUST A MOMENT.

>>> OTHER HEADLINES, ROBERT F. KENNEDY ANNOUNCED TODAY HE WAS ENDING HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN FOR THERUNS A A DEMOCRAT AND WILL RUNS A AN INDEPENDENT.

HE'S A APPROPRIATE OF MANDATORY VACCINES FOR CHILDREN.

THIS COULD BE PROBLEMATIC FOR DEMOCRATS FEARING HE COULD TAKE AWAY VOTES FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>>> A HEALTH NOTE, OLDER ADULTS IN THE U.S.

STILL MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE CDC WHICH REPORTS THAT ADULTS 65 AND OLDER ACCOUNT FOR 63% OF THE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID AND THAT SAME DEMOGRAPHIC MADE UP 61% OF INCENTIVE CARE.

AND 88% MADE UP THE DEATHS FROM COVID AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE UNDERLYING CONDITION AND THE REPORT FOUND THAT ROUGHLY THREE QUARTERS OF OLDER PATIENTS WERE NOT UP TO DATE ON THAT COVID VACCINATIONS.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED THE ATTACK BY THE GROUP HAMAS, IT HAS KILLED UPWARDS OF 900 AND ESTIMATED 130 TO 150 ISRAELIS TAKEN HOSTAGE.

ISRAEL'STHE DEATH TOLL IS EXPECTED TO RISE AS ISRAEL ISSUED A FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR.

THE CODIRECTOR OF ASU'S FUTURE SECURITYINITIALITY.

THIS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ISRAEL'S WORST MILITARY DAY IN HISTORY.

DOES THAT RING TRUE FOR YOU?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEIGHBORING STATES, AND THIS OCCURRED ON THE 50th 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE YOM KIPURR WAR AND THE LAST INCIDENT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS AND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ATTACK BECAUSE THIS IS AN ATTACK BY A TERRORIST GROUP WHICH HAS A PARTICULAR ROLE IN THE GAZA STRIP.

IT PLAYS A GOVERNING ROLE THERE.

>> Ted: WHY DID HAMAS ATTACK AND DO IT NOW?

>> SO HAMAS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF ATTACKS AND YOU'VE SEEN THEM COVERED IN THE NEWS, PARTICULARLY MISSILE ATTACKS AND ARMED GROUPS INTO TERRITORY.

BUT THIS UNPRECEDENTED BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF THE ATTACK.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED, THAT'S A BIG QUESTION AND THERE ARE GENERAL CONTEXTUAL ISSUES WITHIN THE REGION.

ISRAEL HAS BEEN GOING TIME OF ENORMOUS DISCORD, AND ONE OF THE INTEGRATE CRISIS IN HISTORY.

>> Ted: THIS WAS A COORDINATED ATTACK AND I THINK THERE WERE 22 TARGETS AND SMALL FORCES INVOLVED.

AGAIN, WHY DID HAMAS DECIDE TO DO THIS SNOWING THIS THIS KNOWING ISRAEL WOULD TAKE ACTION AND AND THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO BE BROKEN SOMEHOW.

IS THAT PART OF THE CHESS BEING PLAYED HERE?

>> THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ON THE BRINK OR CERTAINLY ADVANCING ON A SIGNIFICANT ISRAELI SAUDI ARABIA DEAL FOR A NEW FORENOT.

FORMAT THIS HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT AND ONE OF THE MOST UNIFYING ELEMENTS WAS SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE AND THAT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN CHANGING.

>> Ted: BACK TO THE ATTACK, WHERE DID HAMAS GET SO MANY WEAPONS, SO MANY ROCKETS?

WHERE DID THIS STUFF COME FROM?

>> SO SOME ARE HOMEMADE AND LOW QUALITY AND MADE IN GAZA AND THE BIG PATRON IS IRAN AND WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN THE IRANIAN REGIME AND THIS SET OF ATTACKS IS UNCLEAR.

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS SAID RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO -- THEY'VE DETECTED NO CLEAR TRACES OF SOME KIND OF COMMAND OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP, BUT SURELY, THERE'S MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT AND IT COULD BE HARD TO IMAGINE THERE ISN'T SOME DEEP CONNECTION.

>> Ted: WHICH MEANS WHAT AS FAR AS U.S. RELATIONS WITH IRAN?

>> U.S. RELATIONS COULDN'T BE WORSE WITH IRAN.

IT'S ESCALATION AND THIS EVENT COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT LEADS TO CONFLICT IN THE BORDER WITH LEBANON AND SYRIA AND MAYBE EVEN EXTENDING OUT TO SOME KIND OF MORE AGGRESSIVE ENGAGED CONFLICT WITH IRAN.

>> Ted: WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE AND ONE BILLION DOLLAR BARRIER WALL?

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> THAT'S A QUESTION WE MAY LEARN ABOUT OVER TIME.

IT LOOKS LIKE A FAILURE OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE.

AS MY COLLEAGUE WROTE IN CNN, 9-1-1,9/11 LOOKED THAT WAY AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED HERE, BUT IT'S A DEVASTATING ATTACK, UNPRECEDENTED.

>> Ted: WE HAVE A MAP TO SHOW WHERE THE GAZA STRIP IS AND IT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PIECE OF LAND THERE, BUT IT'S CRUCIAL AS FAR AS MIDDLE EAST CONCERNS ARE AT PLAY HERE AND WHY?

>> WELL, THE GAZA STRIP IS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF NEW YORK CITY, HAS AROUND 2.2, 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE AND ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREAS AND IT'S HALF LIVE ON INTERNATIONAL AID.

THERE'S NO JOBS OR FUTURE AND IT'S BEEN SUBJECT TO A BLOCKADE BY ISRAEL AND SO SOME PEOPLE DESCRIBE THIS AS AN OPEN-AIR PRISON.

IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

THERE WAS AN ELECTION THAT PUSHED POTA OUT AND HAMAS CAME OUT AND HAMAS HAS GOVERNORRED THE AREA EVEN AS IT'S RECOGNIZED AS A TERRORIST GROUP BY THE UNITED STATES, THE U.K. AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> Ted: MANY OTHER COUNTRIES AND HOW MANY MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE HAMAS SUPPORT AND SUPPORT HAMAS?

THERE'S A BLOCK BLOCKADE WITH EGYPT AS WELL.

>> IT'S BEEN COMPLEXLY HELD IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND ISRAEL PULLED OUT ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND THE POPULATION AND THEN NOW COMPLETELY UNDER THE CONTROL OF A PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT BUT ONE THAT HAS VERY LITTLE ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS AN ORDINARY STATE.

>> Ted: THE TAKING OF HOSTAGES, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE WHOLE 80?

>> IT'S HORRIFIC AND A KEY ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGY WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A TERROR STRATEGY, KILLING PEOPLE, INTENTIONALLY KILLING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND TAKING HOSTAGES AND AN EFFORT TO TERRORIZE THE POPULATION.

NOT CLEAR HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT eeAND.

A SOLDIER CAPTURED BY HAMAS IN 2006 AND THE RELEASE COINCIDED WITH THE FREEDOM OF OVER ONE THOUSAND PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE BEEN HELD IN PRINT AND PRISON.

WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT.

WE'RE SEEING ENORMOUS SIGNIFICANT MILITARY OPERATIONS AND THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT IS INTENSE, SERIOUS AND LIKELY WILL BE VERY SIGNIFICANT CONFLICT AND CASUALTY.

>> Ted: IT MIGHT LEAD TO A RESHAPING THE MIDDLE EAST AND HOW LONG DOES THIS GO ON?

IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT HAVE A MAP WILL CHANGE ONCE ALL IS SAID AND DONE?

>> THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.

THERE'S BEEN ENORMOUS DEBATES OVER THAT MAP FOR 70, 80 YEARS, GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BRITISH PARTITIONING OF THE TERRITORIES THEY HELD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO THE TO THE SIX-DAY WAR, ET CETERA.

ITS BEEN A MAP SUBJECTED TO COUNTLESS THINGS.

WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THIS IS A DANGEROUS TIME FOR ISRAEL AND FOR AMERICA AND FOR THE WORLD.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO SAY, U.S. CITIZENS, SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT THIS?

>> WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE REGION.

ISRAEL IS THE CLOSEST U.S.

ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.

OF COURSE, SEEING THE BRAZENNESS OF THIS ATTACK AND PURPOSEFUL MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

IT CAN SPILL OVER IN OTHER WAYS TO LEAD OUR WORLD IN A DIRECTION POSING DANGER DIRECTLY FOR AMERICANS AND ALL OF OUR MANY RELATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Ted: BEFORE YOU GO, DOES THIS AFFECT THE WAR IN UKRAINE?

>> IT MIGHT AFFECT THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

WE DON'T KNOW SPEAL EXACTLY HOW.

GETTING ARMS THE FORCES AND HOW MANY CONFLICTS CAN THE U.S. BE INVOLVED WITH?

THERE'S REGIONAL REALIGNMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IT'S A TRAGIC MOMENT AND ALL WE CAN HOPE FOR IS THAT THERE'S THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SUFFERING IN THE NEXT DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS.

>> Ted: DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, WHAT'S LEARNED ABOUT SPORTS-RELATED CONCUSSIONS.

>> A NEW STUDY OF SPORT'S-RELATED CONCUSSIONS ARE PART OF CTE.

WE WELCOME THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE BRAIN INJURY AND SPORT'S NEUROLOGY CENTER AT THE INSTITUTE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND WE HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS.

WE'VE DONE THIS AT TIMES OVER THE SHOW BECAUSE IT'S A FRIGHTENING SITUATION, SOMETHING HA HAPPENEDTHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG COULD GET YOU WHEN YOU'RE OLDER.

HOW IS THIS DEFINED?

>> IT'S ON THE MILD END OF THE SPECTRUM AND A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IS WHEN SOMEONE HAS A PHYSICAL TRAUMA TO THEIR HEAD OR BODY THAT CAUSES SOME DISRUPTION OF BRAIN FUNCTION.

AND A CONCUSSION IS A VERSION OF THIS WHERE IT DOESN'T CAUSE BLEEDING OR SMUG SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE ON A SCAN AND CAUSES SYMPTOMS.

>> Ted: HOW IS IT DIAGNOSED THEN?

AS YOU MENTIONED, TEMPORARY SYMPTOMS?

>> IT'S CLINICAL AND THE TOTAL DIAGNOSIS IS CLINICAL AND WE BASE IT OFF THE STORIES AND WHAT THE PATIENT RECOLLECTS AT THE SCENE AND IT'S BASED OFF HOW THEY PRESENT AND THEIR SYMPTOMS, YEAH.

>> Ted: WHAT IS CTE?

>> CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY THINK IS FELT TO BE RELATED NO INNUMERABLE SELF CONCUSSIVE HITS.

>> Ted: IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE BIG HIT, BUT CANDIDATE IT COULD BE A BUNCH OF LITTLE HITS OR COULD IT BE ONE BIG HIT?

>> WE DON'T THINK ONE BIG HIT.

I'VE HAD THREE CONCUSSIONS AND WILL I GET THIS?

BUT UNABLE TO QUANTIFY HITS.

>> Ted: IT'S REALLY DIAGNOSED FOR CERTAIN AFTER THE PATIENT DIES, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

>> Ted: WHAT DO YOU FIND?

>> SO A LOT OF PATIENTS COME TO US ASKING IF THEY HAVE THAT OR CONCERNS THEY HAVE THAT AND AS OF NOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO DIAGNOSE IT IN A LIVING PERSON.

AS WE GET MORE STUDIES, WE GET WHAT THIS CLINICALLY LOOKED LIKE WHEN SOMEONE WAS ALIVE.

WE HAVE NO WAY TO TREAT IT, EITHER.

>> Ted: STUDIES ARE FINDING OUT THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF CTE, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

IT LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 30 WHO UNDER AUTOPSY WERE SAID TO HAVE CTE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN BRAIN-THINK THIS THE COUNTRY OUT OF AUSTIN IS THE GREAT DATA WE HAVE AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF ATHLETES ELECT OR THE FAMILIES ELENT TO DONATE BRAINS.

MANY DO THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED THEY HAVE CONDITIONS.

SO IT'S SELECTED OFF OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE CONDITIONS AND NUMBER CAN BE ASTOUNDING.

>> Ted: WHAT SURPRISED YOU WITH THIS STUDY IN.

>> WE ALL THEIT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE NEWSPAPERS AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE HITS TEASE PATIENTS SUSTAIN WHEN THEY'RE ALIVE.

IT'S HARD TO COME UP WITH A BLANKET CONCLUSION BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT DONATED BRAINS TO THIS BANK WERE CONCERNED THEY HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM.

ALSO, MANY OF THEM WHO PLAYED THESE SPORTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE YOUNGER, PLAYED THEIR CONTACT OR COLLISION SPORTS TEN, 15 OR MORE YEARS AGO.

THE BECAUSE THE SPORTS ARE PLAYED THEN VERSUS NOW IS DIFFERENT.

>> Ted: THAT'S TRUE.

BUT AS FAR AS THE TRENDING FOR THIS RESEARCH, WHERE WAS IT GOING AND WHAT DID DO THE PARENTS, COACHES AND ALL OF US NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS?

>> INTO WHAT HITS CAUSE THIS AND HOPEFULLY WHO IS MOST AT RISK.

WE KNOW NOT EVERYBODY GETS THIS DISEASE AND EVEN PEOPLE PLAYING IN PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES FOR A LONG TIME.

AND REALLY, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO DOING WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP THE SPORT SAFE.

SO NOT JUST LOOKING AT CERTAIN RULES, LIKE REDUCING BODY CHECKING AND HOCKEY AND COLLISIONS IN FOOTBALL, BUT HAVING PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEM.

SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT MEDICAL PRIORS, BUT PARENTS TEAMMATES, COACHES WHO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT A CONCUSSION LOOKS LIKE AND EVALUATED, IT'S A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> Ted: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BRAIN INJURY AND THESE THINGS, THAT PLAYS INTO IT, AS WELL, DOES IT NOT?

>> ITIT DOES.

SO WE SEE THIS EVERY DAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THESE PATIENTS COME TO US AND THEIR STORIES SPAN MANY YEARS OF ABUSE AND STANDS TO REASON, THEY WOULD BE MORE AT RISK THAN ATHLETES.

THERE HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED CASES OF WOMEN, SPECIFICALLY, WHO DIED, WHO WERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS WITH CTI.

>> Ted: SO THE RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT?

>> YES.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE HEADLINES AS MUCH AS SPORTS.

>> BUT STILL THERE AND VERY IMPORTANT.

>> Ted: A SPORT'S NEUROLOGIST, GOOD INFORMATION AND SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA IS BREAK BEING GROUND ON A NEW FRIENDLY CLIMATE CAMPUS TO HELP YOUTH AND FAMILIES FROM PARENTING CLASSES TO ADOPTION SERVICES.

THE CEO OF CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA AND TORI, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT IS CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA?

>> WE'RE A 45--YEAR-OLD NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN.

>> Ted: AND YOU BASICALLY SAVE KIDS, STRONG FAMILIES.

THAT'S YOUR MOTTO?

>> OUR MOTTO AND VISION AND EVERYTHING WE DO HAS TO RELATE BACK TO KEEPING KIDS SAFE AND CREATING STRONG FAMILIES.

>> Ted: TALK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DO.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROGRAMS IS THAT WE CARE FOR CHILDREN EAR YOUTH IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

WHETHER IN STATE OR EVEN A FEDERAL SYSTEM, WE HAVE HOMES, SHELTERS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

FOSTER CARE IS SUCH A NEED IN OUR STATE AND WE ARE ALWAYS RECRUITING FAMILIES, HOPING THEY WILL OPEN HEARTS AND HOMES TO FOSTER YOUTH AND CHILDREN THAT ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES.

>> Ted: ADOPTION SERVICES, AS WELL, CORRECT.

>> WE?

>> SOMEBODY CAN GO THROUGH TRAINING CLASSES TO ADOPT CHILDREN AND THEY COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT THEY FOSTERED OR GO STRAIGHT THROUGH AND WHEN PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE SEVERED BY A JUDGE OR SOMETIMES EVEN AT BIRTH, WE CAN PLACE A CHILD INTO WITHIN OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND HAPPY ENDINGS.

>> Ted: PARENTING CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, SUPPORT GROUPS, LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON.

>> THERE REALLY IS.

ONE OF THE COVID KEEPERS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, IS WE PUT ALL OF OUR FREE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES ONLINE.

SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND EVEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE WATCHING, POTTY-TRAINING BASICS AND POSITIVE DISCIPLINE AND HOW TO PARENT AND TALK TO YOUR TEEN AND SO, THAT'S A GREAT NEW SERVICE ON DEMAND AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN EACH AND EVERY WEEK.

>> Ted: AND WE SHOULD MENTION YOU HAVE A RELATIVELY COLORFUL HARD HAT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW FACILITY IN MESA.

>> WE ARE AND THANK YOU.

THIS IS MY BEDAZZLED HARD HAT.

ED INIT'S BY TEM PATIENT TEMPE AND WE'LL HAVE PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER.

>> Ted: IS IT BY THE MARKETPLACE?

>> FURTHER PASSED MARKETPLACE AND IF YOU GO DOWN, IT ENDS AT COUNTRY CLUB.

WE HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, BUT ACROSS THE STREET, WE PARCELED TOGETHER ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND WE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND WE ARE BUILDING THIS BEAUTIFUL CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY WELLNESS.

>> Ted: TWO AND A HALF ACRES, YOU SAID.

>> YES.

>> Ted: AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EMPHASIZE AT THIS FACILITY THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZED BEFORE?

OR IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO EMPHASIZE?

>> WE'RE INVITING IN OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO JOIN US ON THIS CAMPUS WHERE IT'S EASIER TO GET A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES.

NOT ONLY WILL FAMILIES HAVE SERVICES AT CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA WITH US, BUT WE'LL INVITE BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS AND OTHER NONPROFITS CAN COME ON SITE AND DO WHAT THEY DO BEST WITH US.

AND IT JUST MAKES SENSES.

>> Ted: IT'S TRULY A CAMPUS THEN AND A HUB, IF YOU WILL.

>> YES.

>> Ted: THIS LOOKS FANCY AND NEW AND THIS IS KIND OF HIGH TECH AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY AND LIGHTING AND VENTILATION AND THE LANDSCAPE AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE FEEL THAT ALL OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE'RE SERVING DESERVE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE.

SO WE DECIDED, LET'S DO THIS AND GO NET ZERO.

EVERYBODY WAS, LIKE, THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT YEAH, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THIS AND WE'LL BE PRODUCING MORE ENERGY THAN WE WILL USE AND IN ADDITION ADDITION, WE BELIEVE WE ARE THE FIRST NONPROFIT IN ARIZONA TO DO THIS.

>> Ted: TO HAVE THAT FACILITY GOING?

>> YES.

>> Ted: WHEN WILL THIS BE A REALITY?

THE DATE ON THE CALENDAR IS JULY OF 2024.

SO WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE DONE THEN AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME KIND OF A RIBBON CUTTING AND BIG CEREMONY IN THE FALL, WHEN EVERYONE IS BACK AFTER THE SUMMER.

>> Ted: FOR CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA, THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO AND YOU SEE A LOT OF SAD STORIES AND TOUGH SITUATIONS.

IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS A -- DOES THAT JUST LIFT SPIRITS ON IT OWN?

>> IT DOES.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND PEOPLE WILL FEEL GREAT WHEN THEY ARRIVE TO WORK AND ALL EMPLOYEES AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND COMPASSION FATIGUE IS SOMETHING EVERYONE STRUGGLES WITH.

HAVING A LACE WHERE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE IS WONDERFUL.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.