>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE SPECIAL PATRICK KENNEDY TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK.

>> THE DIRECTOR OF AOC NEW GLOBAL FUTURE WATER INSTITUTE.

AND TALKING ABOUT INDUCTION IN THE ARIZONA VET REPUBLICAN'S HALL OF FAME SOCIETY THAT MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON I'M TED SIMONS.

REPORTEDLY AGREED TO A CEASE-FIRE BASED ON A PLAN FROM QATAR AND EGYPT BUT NOT FROM ISREAL THE ISRAELI MILITARY ORDERED 100,000 CIVILIANS TO IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE.

AIR STRIKES IN THE AIR INCREASE SIGNALLING AN INVASION OF THE CITY.

TERMS FIRE PROPOSAL ARE UNCLEAR.

ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SAID IT FAILS TO MOTE DEMANDS THE COUNTRY WILL SEND THE DELEGATION TO CEASE-FIRE TALKS >> ARIZONA ATTORNEY MARK KELLYO MEET THE PRESS AND TALKED ABOUT ISSUES INVOLVING PROPALESTINIAN CAMPUS PROTESTS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS A CERTAIN GROUP OF THEM THAT SHOW UP.

TO PROTEST.

AND YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT WANT CONFLICT.

AND IN SOME CASES OF ASSAULTED POLICE OFFICERS.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO BE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY.

AND STUDENTS ON CAMPUS SHOULD GO TO CLASSROOMS.

GET THEIR EDUCATION NOT BE INTIMIDATED.

THE RIEGZ ANTISEMITISM WE SEEN IS OF GREAT CONCERN FOR ME IT SHOULD BE FOR EVERYBODY IN ELECTED OFFICERS.

>> OTHER HEAD LINES CRIMINAL TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUED TODAY THIS IS DAY 12 OF THE TRIAL.

BEFORE THE JUDGE IN THE CASE THREAT END TRUMP WITH JAIL TIME FOR VIOLATING A COURT GAG ORDER.

10TH TIME HE VIOLATED THE ORDER AND THE JUDGE SAID THE MAGNITUDE OF SENDING TRUMP TO JAIL IS IN THE LOST BUTT END OF THE DAY I HAVE A JOB TO DO.

TRUMP'S VIOLATIONS INSTITUTE A DIRECTOR ATTACK ON THE RULE OF LAW.

>> FORMER CONGRESS MAN PATRICK KENNEDY NEPHEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS AN ADVOCATE BOOK PROFILE IN MENTAL HEALTH COURAGE.

AND HEEL TALK ABOUT THE BOOK TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK IN TEMPE.

BEFORE THAT APPEARANCE WE PUBLISH HIM TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU >> THANK YOU, TED.

GOOD TO SEE YOU >> THIS IT IS A FULL UP ON A STRUGGLE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT THIS .

IS DIFFERENT AND WE TALKED ABOUT PROFILES AND COURAGE THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH COURAGE?

>> CORRECT.

>> TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> L YOU KNOW THERE SUSPECT GREAT EFFORT BEING MADE TO DESTIGMATIZE THE ILLNESSES AND MADE PROGRESS.

YOU SEE MORE PEOPLE WILLING TO SAY THEY HAVE A DIAGNOSE I SUFFERED THAT, TOO OR I AND RECOVERY, BUT THEY DON'T SAY REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO, I DECIDE IN THIS BOOK TO FIND 12 PEOPLE EACH FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUND AND WALKS OF LIFE AND EACH WITH A DIFFERENT DIAGNOSE.

AND I GET THEM TO TELL ME THE STORY A DEEP DIVE TO WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE WITH THE ILLNESSES.

HOW DO THEY DEAL WITH RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR FAMILY.

WITH WORK.

AND THESE OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY MOST AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ABOUT UNLESS YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO HAVE THE ILLNESSES.

IF YOU ARE, YOU OFTEN DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW YOU ARE MAKING BECAUSE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING BETTER.

THE POINT IN THIS IS THAT THESE ARE MESSY ILL KNOWSES AND COMPLEX.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEM IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO FINALLY TACKLE THESE IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY.

GI KNOW A LOT INSTEAD UPON IN MENTAL HEALTH WORLD.

HI THE HONOR OF WRITING THE ADDICTION EQUITY ACT.

THAT CALLS FOR END TO DISCRIMINATION IN INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING CARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION.

SAYS YOU GOTTA TREAT THE BRAIN LIKE ANOTHER ORGAN IN THE BODY AND INSURANCE CAN'T IMPOSE HIGHER PREMIUM COSTS OR DEBEING DUCTABLES OR THAT.

ANY MORE SO THAN CANCER AND DIABETES.

IN THE COURSE OF THE YEARS DOING THAT I GOT TON A LOT OF PEOPLE WHAT I ASKED THEM TO DO IS COULD YOU FORWARD A LETTER TO WHATEVER PATIENTS YOU HAD YOU THINK ARE INTERESTING AND -- WE'LL SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

I GOT A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

JUE MENTION FEDERAL THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, WAS IT TOUGH ASKING THE FOLKS THESE QUESTIONS?

>> I SAID TO THEM THEY COULD PULL OUT OF THE.

BOOM BOOK AT THE 11TH HOUR AFTER THEY READ THE CHAPTER.

DO THEY CONTINUING ACCURATELY PORTRAYS THEIR STORY OR NOT.

PEOPLE TOOK ME OCCUPY TEMPERATURE I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE 12 GOOD STORIES AND THOSE PEOPLE TOLD IT ALL.

THEY AND IN ALL.

THEY REALLY HELPED DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES FROM THEIR ILL KNOWS.

YOU SEE MOST OF US CAN FLAT WO WE ARE TO OUR ILLNESS AND BY REALLY GOING IN TO THE DETAILS OF LIVING WITH THE ILLNESSES YOU GOT TO SEAT PERSON AND THE ILL KNOWSES: >> THAT IS INTERESTING, THERE ARE SUCCESS STORIES AND OTHER STORIES WHERE THE SUCCESS IS THERE >> THESE ARE WRON CHRONIC ILL KNOWSES YOU HAVE PROGRESS AND YOU RELAPSE AND MAKE PROGRESS AND IT IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE FIRST STILLING IN DOES IN THE MEAN MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO IF THEY DO ASK THEY THEIR INSURANCE PLAN DOES NOT COVER TEMPERATURE IF THEY GET COVERAGE AND GET TREATMENT THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY THAT TREATMENT IS EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENT.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

I MAJORITY OF OUR TREATMENT IN THE COUNTRY DOES NOT USE EVIDENCE BASED THEY'RE PIECE.

A TYPE OF ADDICTION TO A HENNAL ILLNESS THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THERAPY AND DEPLAYED ON YOUR DIAGNOSE.

AN ELEPHANT GUN PROP.

WE ARE ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

CANCER, RADIATION.

CHEMO.

SURGERY AND GOT A LOT GOING ON.

IN MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL?

THERE IS TALK THERAPY AND MEDITATION AND A LOT THAT DOES WITH SOCIALIZATION.

SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING.

SOBER HOUSING.

CLUB HOUSE MODELS NONE OF THAT IS PAID FOR IT IS A MEDICAL ILLNESS BUT KNOW THIS IS MORE THAN A MEDICAL ILL KNOWLEDGE.

IT IS SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HAVE YOU TO GET ALL TACKLE TOGETHER TO GET PEOPLE THE BEST CHANCE OF OPTIMAL RECOVERY >> YOU ARE ALSO IN THE BOOK, I BELIEVE IN THE BOOK.

4 DAYS I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT T. YOU ARE TALKING TO CARE GIVERS AND FAMILIES AS WELL?

>> WE GOT A NUMBER OF COUPLES.

YOU KNOW.

ONE OF THE SPOUSE HAS THE MEANTAL ILLNESS AN EXAMPLE WHAT IT LIKE TO LIVE WITH SOMEONE WITH THE ILLNESSES.

WE FEATURE MY COUSIN MARK WHO LOST HIS SON TO SUICIDE.

THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST 6 YEARS HE TALKED ABOUT HIS SON'S DEATH.

I TALKED TO HIM AND HARRY WHO TOOK HIS LIFE.

I TALKED TO HIS BROTHER.

I TALKED TO HARRY'S ROOMMATE IN COLLEGE.

THING I GOT FROM IT IS MARK THE FATHER KNEW THINGS THAT THE BROTHER TO HARRY DID IN THE KNOW.

THE BROTHER TO HARRY KNEW THINGS THE FATHER DID NOT.

ROOMMATE IN COLLEGE KNEW THINGS NEITHER OF THEM KNEW.

WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

YOU SAW FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT HARRY WAS GOING THROUGH.

I THINK THAT CHARACTERISTICIZES A LOT.

WE HAVE A NARROW PERSPECTIVE.

IF WE WERE MORE OPEN ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE ILLNESSES YOU WOULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE SO QUIET AND SO UNWILLING TO INTRUDE ON PEOPLE'S PERSONAL SPACE.

BUT THEIR LIVES COULD BE AT RISK.

WE HAVE TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING.

>> YOU WERE COMFORTABLE AT THIS YOUR MEMOIRE COMMON STRUGGLE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR STRUGGLES AND YOUR CONCERNS WITH THESE ISSUES.

DID YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SOME OF THE FOLKS YOU WERE TALKING TO?

>> I MEAN I'M BLESSED I'M IN 12 STEP RECOVERY FOR ME IT MEANS I HAVE NOT HAD TO DRINK OR DRUG OR USE MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCE.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES IN PIER RECOVERY FEEL LIKE IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE 11TH TRADITION IN A 12 STEP IF YOU DON'T SAY THE TYPE OF 12 STEP RECOVERY, IT IS FIND TO SAY YOU NEAR 12 STEP RECOVERY.

WE HAVE 30 MILLION AMERICANS IN LONG-TERM RECOVERY BUT MOST AMERICANS DON'T SEE SUCCESS IN RECOVERY.

SO THEY ARE BOMBARDED WITH THE NEGATIVE STORIES.

AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN ANONIMITY AND AN ACTIVE CITIZEN WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO MORE OF >> AS FAR AS THIS BOX IS CONCERN WHATTED DO YOU WANT FOLKS TO TAKE.

>> NOT FEEL AS ALONE.

WE ARE COMPARING OURSELVES TO THE OUTSIDE.

BUT YOU KNOW SO MANY NEED TON THESE ARE NOT EASY ILLNESSES BUT NOT TO FEEL PUT DOWN BY THAT.

TO KNOW THAT YOU GOTTA KEEP UP AND STRUGGLE AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD AS WE SAY IN RECOVERY WE HAVE TO TRUJ THE ROAD OF HAPPY DESTINY.

KEEP WORKING AT TEMPERATURE I THINK THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL SURVIVE THIS TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE AND OVER DOSE IF WE TALK EARLIER.

WE DON'T TREAT THE ILLNESSES UNTIL THEY ARE STAGE 4.

IF THEY WERE CANCER WE SCREEN STAGE ONE.

AN ADDICTION WE WAIT UNTIL DEATH'S DOOR BEFORE WEAVE INTERVENE ZEECHL TO CHANGE THAT AND GO UPSTREAM.

AND TREAT THIS LIKE WE WOULD CANCER.

OR ANY OTHER PHYSICAL ILL KNOWS.

PREVENTION IS THE BEST FORM OF INTERVENTION.

YIU ARE DOING YOUR PART.

PROFILE IN MENTAL HEALTH CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK AND THE MEMOIRE.

YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

GI LOVE WHAT I DO.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> YOU BET.

>> GLOBAL FUTURE WATER INSTITUTE TO PREDICT AND ADDRESS WATER CHALLENGES IN ARIZONA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE AND JOINS US NOW.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> HOW ARE YOU >> I'M VERY WELL THE GLOBAL FUTURE WATER INSTITUTE WHAT IS A BETTER DEFINITION >> LET'S TALK THE GLOBAL FUTURE.

INITIATIVE AT ARIZONA STATE THAT LOOKS FORWARD, OF COURSE, AND THE IDEA IS HUMANITY FACES MANY CHALLENGES.

BY TRYING TO ANTICIPATE THEM AND ADDRESS THEM WE MIGHT MAKE T. >> DOING A JOB OF PREDICTING WHAT AT STAKE >> ANTICIPATING.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THE PREDICTION IN A NARROW SENSE.

IDEA HERE IS WE ARE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN EXAMPLE AND WATER SECURITY >> AN EXAMPLE OF PREDICTING WATER CHALLENGES HERE IN ARIZONA?

BECAUSE WE GOT THEM.

>> YEA.

SO.

IT IS AN INTERESTING PLACE OF WE WANT A LARGE POPULATION YET HERE WE NEAR PHOENIX.

THE THEMMING WHAT SUSTAIN THIS IS LAND THE RAIN UPON EVENTSES AND GROUNDWATER AND COLORADO RIVER.

ABSENT THE DIVERSION OF COLORADO RIVER WIELD HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY.

THOSE ARE SOME OF CHALLENGES BUTTEEN GIVEN THE INCREASING POPULATION HERE IT SEEMS THAT WE SHOULD REALLY NOT HAVE THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM.

>> AND I THINK SRP AND THE RESERVOIRS AND MOUNTAINS THAT IS WELL DONE SPECIAL DOES A GOOD JOB?

>> IT DOES, INDEED.

>> OKAY.

>> IS THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE UNIVERSITY INVOLVED HERE?

THE IDEA IS WATER INSTITUTE TO BRING THE UNIVERSITY TOGETHER.

TURNS OUT THERE ARE OVER 150 FACULTY WING ON WATER.

SOCIAL SCIENCE, EVEN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

TECHNOLOGIES.

USING SATELLITE INFORMATION AND SO FORTH.

GOAL HERE IS THAT BRING THE THINGS TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IDENTIFY WERE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO FOLLOW THEM.

A PROACTIVE PROP.

>> IS LOOKING LIKE FROM GROUND UP LOOKING IN THE FUTURE.

I MEAN THE FUTURE CHANGES THE GOAL POSTS MOVE.

DO THEY NOT.

>> OF COURSE.

IF YOU ONE WAY TONG WHEN THE RESERVOIRS HERE WERE DESIGNED.

WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED WOULD BE FUTURE DEMAND IS IN THE WHEN WE HAVE TODAY.

>>.

INDEED AND MIGRATION CHANGES AND POPULATION GROWTH CHANGES ALL FACTORS IN.

ALL FACTORS IN, IF YOU LOOK TODAY ARIZONA IS DEVELOPING A TECHNOLOGY BASE.

IT WAS HISTORICALLY AN AGRICULTURAL BASE IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THEY CAN BE SATISFIED.

WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG NOW?

WHY IS THE GOAL OF FUTURE'S WATER NEED SND >> IT IS NEEDED BECAUSE WATER IS FRAGMENT IN THE HOW IT IS [INAUDIBLE].

IF YOU LOOK AT ANY COUNTRY OR STATE IN THE U.S., YOU HAVE AT LEAST 6-10 AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT WATER.

THEIR ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE, COORDINATE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IS LIMITED BECAUSE EACH HAS A SPECIFIC MANDATE AND TRYING TO THREAD THATTET NEEDLE.

THE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE IS HOW TO LOOK AT THE BIG ARE PICTURE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

AND TRY TO GET THE FOLKS TO TAKE THAT GUIDANCE.

>>.

I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW BIG A CHALLENGE >> THAT IS A CHANGE EACH PEOPLE WHO RUN THE AGENCIES ARE GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO AND THE AGENCIES DO GOOD WORK OF THE THING THAT IS LIMIT IN THE THE UNITED STATES COMPARED TO MANY OTHER COUNTRY SYSTEM PLANNING.

THIS IS A WEAK SPOT FOR SOME REASON BECAUSE WE HAVE MUCH MORE REGULATE STRUCTURE IN THE AGENCIES THAT MANAGE WATER IN TERMS OF PLANNING FORWARD.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IS THAT MUCH OF THE WATER IS OLD.

BEYOND THE DESIGN LIFE.

WE NEED TO REDESIGN, REBUILT.

>> I THINK A QUOTE FOR CLIMATE INDUCED HAZARDS ALL THE CLIMATE HAZARDS WE HEAR ABOUT, WATER IS A FACTOR?

>> YES.

SO IT IS INTERESTING THAT TO SIMPLIFY THE STORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE WE SAID.

IT IS GOING TO BE WARMER.

IT IS.

BUT DO WE CARE ABOUT WARMTH AND PHOENIX, YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A 100 DEGREE DAYS.

THOSE ARE MANAGEABLE.

IMAGINE NOW YOU HAD NO WATER HERE OR YOU WERE FLOODED.

THOSE BECOME UNATTAINABLE.

>> ARE POLITICIANS, LEADERS ARE THEY GETTING THE MESSAGE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO TO THE DEGREE THEY NEED TO.

BECAUSE I'M CONNECTED TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PER WE NEED TO SPEND 2-4 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS TO REFURBISH THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON WATER.

DAMS AND LEVIES AND OPEN WATER STRUCTURES.

TALKING ABOUT REPLACEMENT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.

YOU SAID EARLIER, CONDITIONS ARE CHARGING.

WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGIES SHOULD ALLOW US TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE WATER AT THEIR TAP AND HOUSE THAT IS OFFERED QUALITY AND SAFE AND SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURE TECH LOGICALLY WE CAN DO THAT.

WE VO TO GET WATER TO THEM.

SO WE HAVE TO BE THINK BURGLAR WHAT THE CLIMATE IS GOING TO DO.

WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING.

WHERE THE AGRICULTURE SHOULD MOVE.

HOW WE CAN REENFORCE THE WATER SUPPLY FOR AGRICULTURE.

ALL TOGETHER IS DOING ONE OF THE PUZZLES.

>> YES.

>> AND IT IS IN THE EASY >> IT DOES NOT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS EASY.

>> GLOBAL FEATURE WATER INSTITUTE BEST LUCK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN SEARCHS AND 21 YEAR VETERAN OF THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD.

CURRENTLY SERVICE AS THE DIRECTOR OF ASU OFFICE FOR VETERAN AND MILITARY ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT INDUCT IN THE THE VETERAN'S HALL OF FAME FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE'S VETERAN COMMUNITY.

>> TONIGHT WE WELCOME BACK TO ARIZONA.

YOU HAVE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF TIMES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME I APPRECIATE TEMPERATURE JUE BETCHA.

THE ARIZONA HALL OF FAME SOCIETY.

>> HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

>> IT WAS AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THE NOMINATION.

AND TO GET THE AWARD IS JUST -- THE PRIDE I FELT WAS OVERWHELMING.

>> AND THIS IS AGAIN FOR VETERANS HONORED FOR WORK OUTSIDE OF MILITARY SERVICE.

YOU SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING AFTER THAT IS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO HELP THE COMMUNITIES.

DOES IN THE HAVE TO BE VETERANS.

SOMEONE CAN NOMINATE YOU FOR THE HONOR AND GOES TO A PROCESS.

THE NOMINATIONS END IN MARCH AND OCTOBER THEY HAVE THE CEREMONY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDUCTEES.

AND YOU ARE -- THE SOCIETY IS WE TALKED THE LEADING ADVOCATE FOR ARIZONA VETERANS >> IT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY THEY DO GREAT WORK IN VETERAN COURT.

THEY ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE VETERAN HOMES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER VET REPUBLICAN CHALLENGES THEY WORK ON TO TRY TO HELP VET REPUBLICAN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU.

YOU WORK LOCALLY, NATIONALLY FOR VET IN A VARIETY OF WAYS YOU MENTIONED HAD YOU ON THE SHOW YOU ARE BUSY THERE.

WHAT GETS YOU DOING THIS.

THIS IS A LOT OF WORK AND EFFORT?

>> IT IS VETERANS.

THEY ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE.

NOW I'M DEALING WITH STUDENT VETERANS I'M AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

I HAVE A LOT OF JOY WITH THAT AS WELL.

WE HAVE A NEW COURSE, APPLIED VET REPUBLICAN STUDIES WE TEACH VETERANS AND CIVILIANS ABOUT VETERANS AND MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS.

AND YOU KNOW IT IS JUST IT IS SUCH A GREAT WAY TO LIVE YOUR LIFE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE TEMPERATURE YOU TALKED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT SUICIDE AND GETTING BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS A VARIETY OF ISSUES REGARDING VETERANS THE SUICIDE ISSUE SEEMS LIKE IT DOES NOT GO AWAY.

TALK ABOUT EFFORTS THERE AND W THERE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED WITH THIS.

>> I THINK IT IS STILL AN ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY AND IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS DOING WORK AROUND SUICIDE PREVENTION.

ONE THING THEY ARE WORKING ON IS MORTALITY REVIEW.

NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERY DEATH THAT HAPPENED IN THE STATE TO REVIEW THEM TO SEE IF THEY ARE VET REPUBLICANS WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MANY VETERANS DIED BY SUICIDE IN ARIZONA.

WE CAN GO AND DO FORENSIC WORK ON WHY.

AND WHEN YOU USE THAT TO CREATE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT IN THE FUTURE.

JOT ISSUES INVOLVE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE AND TALKED ABOUT THAT.

IS THAT GETTING EASIER FOR VET REPUBLICANS?

I FOAL THERE ARE PROGRAMS TO HELP IT EASIER TEMPERATURE IS TOUGH.

TOUGH TO TRANSITION WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN IN ONE INSTITUTION YOU COME OUT OF IT AND NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD.

IS DIFFICULT.

I ALWAYS CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT VET REPUBLICANS N ANY WAY THEY CAN IF THEY ARE YOUR NEIGHBOR, IF YOU W WITH THEM.

YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE TEACHING AND DEPENDANTS HELP >> GETTING CARE AND ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS A, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT AND B, IS IT GETTING BETTER?

IT IS GETTING BETTER T. IS DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE ESPECIALLY WITH MULTIPLE ILL KNOWS THAT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED SOMETIMES.

AND IF YOU HAVE TO BE UPON SENT OUTSIDE.

VA THAT CAN GET COMPLICATED.

>> AND.

AM EFFORTS.

WE TALK ABOUT TRANSITIONING.

AND YOU KNOW GETTING THE JOB AND FITTING IN.

>> YES, IT IS STILL DIFFICULT THINK A LOT OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITION TO EDUCATION FOR THAT REASON.

THAN I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO GET REEDUCATED AND RESKILLED IN CYBER SECURITY THAT IS THE NEXT BIG THING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CHIP MANUFACTURED THAT IS A NEW TREND.

SO, WE ARE GOING IN EDUCATION AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO TRANSITION TO.

AM RIGHT AWAY.

I THINK IT IS GETTING BETTER.

>> FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN TO BE A COLONEL IN THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD HOW DID THIS MAKE YOU FEEL?

>> I HAD A GREAT LIFE.

GREAT FAMILY.

GREW UP AND HAD GREAT MENT TORS AND LIVE IN THE MILITARY.

I LOST MILITARY WHEN I WAS IN T. AND GETTING OUT AND I WAS A VICE PRINCIPAL FOR A SCHOOL AND I BECAME THE DIRECTOR FOR 8 YEARS THE BEST JOB I EVER HAD.

AND NOW I'M AT ASU >> AND WHEN YOU HEAR THAT WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THE HALL FAME SO ASSIGNMENT 21 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS STUFF.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO LOOK BACK.

GI FORGE FORWARD.

YOU SEEM LIKE YOU DON'T DO THAT YOU DO FORWARD THINKING.

>> I DO.

I'M A STRATEGIST BY HEART.

I DO REJECT WITH MY FATHER WHO WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN.

AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL DURING CIVIL RIGHT'S AM TIME.

AND HOW STANDING ON HIS SHOULDERS MADE IT EASIER FOR ME.

>> COLONEL IS A GREAT CAREER.

KEEP IT GOING.

YOU ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW I'M TED SIMONS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.