>>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT ADELITA GRIJALVA JOINS US AS SHE CONTINUES TO WAIT TO BE SWORN INTO OFFICE.

ALSO TONIGHT: WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE ARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION'S WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR BURN SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.AND, A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST THROUGH AN INDIGENOUS STORY-LINE.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>>> ARIZONA MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

ADELITA GRIJALVA RECENTLY WON A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ARIZONA'S 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

SHE WILL SUCCEED HER LATE FATHER, RAUL GRIJALVA.

BUT THE QUESTION IS "WHEN" WILL THE CONGRESS-WOMAN ELECT BE FORMALLY SWORN INTO OFFICE.

IT'S BEEN 2-WEEKS SINCE THE ELECTION - AND SHE'S STILL WAITING.

JOINING US NOW "IS" CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT ADELITA GRIJALVA.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?

>> I'M HERE IN DISTRICT.

>> YOU ARE IN TUCSON.

>> YES.

>> WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING REGARDING GETTING SWORN IN?

>> NOTHING AT ALL DIRECTLY.

SOME OF THE FLUSTRATION HAS BEEN THERE HAS BEEN NO DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM SPEAKER JOHNSON'S OFFICE AND MYSELF AND THAT'S BEEN VERY FLUSTERING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRECEDENT HERE THIS SPEAKER HAS SWORN PEOPLE IN DURING THE PERFORMANCE SESSION, APRIL SECOND, WITH TWO REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES, THEY WERE SWORN IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS FROM THE DATE OF THEIR ELECTION.

THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM VIRGINIA, ALSO SWORN IN 24 HOURS HIS ELECTION.

CONGRESS WAS IN SECTION.

THIS IDEA, WE NEED TO BE IN SESSION OR WE CAN'T HAVE A SHUTDOWN TO SWEAR ME IN IS IN ACCURATE.

THIS SPEAKER, HAS DONE BOTH AND IN 2019, A WHOLE FRESHMAN CLASS WAS SWORN IN DURING A SHUTDOWN.

>> THE SPEAKER SAID HE WILL SWEAR YOU IN WHEN THE HOUSE RETURNS TO SESSION.

HE SAID THE HOUSE WON'T RETURN TO SESSION WHILE THERE IS A SHUTDOWN.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> WHERE ARE REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBERS WORKING?

WHERE ARE THEY WORKING?

THEY SEEM TO BE ON VACATION WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE IN D.C.

READY TO GET TO WORK TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE SHUTDOWN.

EVERYDAY WE ARE SHUTDOWN FAMILIES ARE HARMED.

OUR ECONOMY WILL SUFFER.

LAST TIME WE WERE IN THE SHUTDOWN, THE HIT TO THE ECONOMY WAS $11 BILLION.

INFLATION, WITH INFLATION IT'S HIGHER.

WE CONTINUE TO HURT PEOPLE BY NOT GOING TO WORK.

>> I'D LIKE TO GET TO THE SHUTDOWN AS WELL.

AS FAR AS THE SPEAKER IS CONCERNED.

HE SAID NEW MEMBERS WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE WHEN THE HOUSE IS FULLY MEETING AND THAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE?

>> NOT FOR THIS SPEAKER WHO ON APRIL 1st, TWO MEMBERS WERE VOTED IN AND ON APRIL SECOND ON A PERFORMANCE SESSION WERE SWORN IN.

LIKE, THE HYPOCRISY AND THE CHANGING OF THE RULES ARE VERY INTERESTING.

WE HAVE A PRECEDENT WITH THIS SPEAKER, THIS YEAR.

HERE I AM TWO WEEKS LATER.

>> HIS POINT, CONGRESS IS NOT IN SESSION.

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DIDN'T EXIST DURING THE OTHERS.

DOES HE HAVE A POINT?

>> NO HE DOESN'T WE HAD A SHUTDOWN 2018 AND 2019 AND AN ENTIRE FRESHMAN CLASS WAS SWORN IN.

HE CAN CALL A SESSION FOR ME TO BE THERE TOMORROW AND BE SWORN IN.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING.

YOU ARE THE DECIDING VOTE TO GET A VOTE TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

IS THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOING ON?

>> I TRY NOT TO BE APART OF THE CONSPIRACY THEORY IDEAS.

RESPECTFULLY, THERE IS NOTHING DIFFERENT FROM ME GETTING SWORN IN THAN MY THREE COLLEAGUES GETTING SWORN IN EARLIER THIS YEAR OR MONTH.

THE ACCEPT STEIN FILES IS THE ONLY OUTSTANDING ISSUE.

OR THE OBVIOUS, I'M A WOMAN OF COLOR.

WHICH EXCUSE WOULD HE LIKE TO THROW IN.

>> HOW MUMP ACCESS DO YOU HAVE AT THE CAPITOL.

WHAT IS THERE IF ANYTHING?

>> LAST WEEK, THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS HAD A MEETING.

WE DID A PRESS CONFERENCE.

I HAVE TO BE ESCORTED IN EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LEGAL REASON TO BE IN THE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUTDOWN DOWN, SO AMMONIEMIA PLATE IS ON THE OFFICE THAT I WILL OCCUPY BUT I DON'T HAVE KEYS AND CAN'T GET IN.

WHEN WALKING FROM FROM THE BASE OF THE CAPITOL, I WAS STOPPED AND HAD TO BE ESCORTED IN BY VERY KIND AN ACCOMMODATING STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE STAFF OR STANDING THERE.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE MAKESHIFT STAFF?

>> WE ARE IN A SMALLER SPACE HERE.

MY DAD HAD OFFICES AND OFFICE HOURS.

I KNOW, MORE PEOPLE ASK FOR SERVICES DURING THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN BECAUSE WORKING FAMILIES CANNOT GO WITHOUT A CHECK.

A LOT OF ASSISTANCE.

RIGHT NOW ANYONE REACHING OUT IS GETTING A VOICE FROM MY DAD.

THE OFFICE IS COMPLETELY CLOSED.

NO CELL PHONE, NO STAFF THE SPEAKER SAID THIS WILL BE FIXED ONCE CHUCK ALLOWS US TO OPEN THE GOVERNMENT.

THE ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE DEMOCRATS WOULD LIKE THESE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO SKYROCKET AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

DEMOCRATS ARE RESPONSIBLE, IT'S ARGUED, FOR THE CLOSING OF THE GOVERNMENT.

>> DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE MINORITY.

REPUBLICANS HAVE THE WHILE THE HOUSE, SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN.

NOT A DEMOCRATIC SHUTDOWN.

THIS IS NOT WHAT AMERICANS WANTED TO ADDRESS AND KEEPING PEOPLE INSURED THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT FACTORS THE SPEAKER SAID WE CAN WORK ON THAT LATE HE WERE WE NEED ACTUAL LAWS IN THE BOOKS BOOZE IT ASK BE ROLLED BACK.

>> THEY SHOULD OPEN THE GOVERNMENT CHARGE AHEAD, THESE ARE ALL ISSUES AND THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT, THEY CAN'T BE CONSIDERED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUTDOWN.

YOU ARE SAYING YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM?

>> NO.

NO.

NO.

WE NEED TO COTFY IT INTO LAW.

THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

CONGRESS, WE ARE EXEMPT.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GET PAID WHETHER THEY SHOW UP OR NOT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT GOVERNMENT IS SHOUT DOWN.

THE SEN TATTED IS STILL HAVING HEARINGS.

WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB.

WE CAN'T DO THAT WHEN NOT PRESENT.

LOOK AT THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

NOT A REPUBLICAN IS AROUND.

>> LAST QUESTION, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORKERS OF CONGRESS FROM YOUR DAD.

THIS IS YOUR FIRST EXPOSURE TO YOUR CAREER IN WASHINGTON.

WHAT ARE YOU THOUGHTS.

SOUNDS LIKE THINGS ARE BROKEN.

>> THERE IS SERIOUS DYSFUNCTION AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.

THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT HELPING TO CORRECT THOSE.

THEY ARE EXACERBATING SO MANY ISSUES.

THE INA FISHENTCIES AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

THEY ARE USHERING THAT FORWARD.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

NEXT TIME WE SPEAK MAYBE FROM D.C.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> THE ARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION'S THRIVE PROGRAM PROVIDES RESOURCES TO BURN SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THOSE SERVICES INCLUDE EMOTIONAL AND PEER SUPPORT, ALL IN A SAFE AND ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT.

TO LEARN MORE, WE ALBRIGHT, THE ARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION'S C-E-O.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THIS IS GREAT.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE MISSION.

>> THE BURN FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1968 MEDICINE CAL TECH NOLGY IS MOVING FORWARD.

HE RECOGNIZED, THERE IS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT NECESSARY INCLUDING THE FAMILIES.

HE CREATED OUR FOUNDATION TO BE THAT EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FRO GRAM TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL NEED.

>> IT'S BASICALLY CONTINUED CARE FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> CORRECT.

WE ARE THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRAUMA WAS AND MOVING THEM FORWARD TO NEXT STEP WHICH IS RECOVERY.

UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE AT AND OF COURSE, WE GO TO THRIVING.

THEY GET OUT AND LIVE THE LIFE THEY ARE MEANT TO LIVE WITHOUT THE STIGMA.

>> ALSO A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE.

>> WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND YOU ARE STILL A PERSON.

AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S OPEN AND ACCEPTING OF THAT.

WHETHER IT'S CHILDREN ARE ADULTS HEY, IT'S JUST OKAY.

WE ARE JUST LIVING OUR LIFE.

IS IT TOUGH TO GET BEYOND THIS IDEA.

>> CORRECT.

>> YOU DON'T SEE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS THAT ARE BURN MODELS.

WHEN THEY SEE THAT ON TELEVISION WE SEE THEMSELVES AS LESS THAN.

WE WANT THEM TO BE A POSITIVISM AGE.

>> THEY HELP PEOPLE THRIVE.

>> WITH THE GRANT TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES.

WE CAN GET THEM IN THE PROGRAMS TO COME TOGETHER IN PUBLIC SETTINGS WITHOUT THE NATURE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING.

THEY WERE AT CAMP COURAGE, WHAT'S THAT ABOUT 6789.

>> THE FIRST CAMP WE STARTED IN IS THEY 91.

IN THE 31st YEAR.

BROUGHT 6 TO 19 -YEAR-OLDS TOGETHER.

WE GO TO PRESCOTT.

BRING EM UP WITH 100 VOLUNTEERS.

THIS SPOKE ABOUT WANTING TO GET THEM OUT, ENJOY NATURE.

WITH THAT PROGRAM, IF A SURVIVOR COMES INTO THAT.

WHERE HE WANT THEM TO GIVE BACK TO THE YOUNGER KIDS.

LET'S TEACH YOU HOW TO GIVE THAT BACK TO THE YOUNGER KIDS.

WE TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

YOU LEAVE AS AN 18, 19-YEAR-OLD.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU AND HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELF.

>> IF YOU'D LIKE ON EDUCATION, COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

TECH SCHOOLS.

ALL HELP WITH SCHOLARSHIPS.

>> YES WE LOOK AT THE NEXT COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY.

YOU WANT TO GO INTO A VOCATION, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

4 YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM, WE SUPPORT YOU.

>> SOCIAL GATHERS AS WELL.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO TO A GAME.

YOU BRING OTHER BURN SURVIVORS EITHER AT CAMPS.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY ENJOY A BASEBALL GAM.

THEY DON'T REMEMBER THEY ARE A BURN SURVIVOR 6789.

>> HOLIDAY PICK ANYMORES AND PARTIES.

>> WE ARE A BIG HEAVY GROUP.

>> WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM THE KIDS AND FAMILIES.

>> SOME WE CREATED IS GOING TO A CAMP.

THE BEST TIME I HAVE IS GOING TO YOUR CAMP OR RETREAT.

DISAPPOINTING WHEN I GO HOME.

THESE ARE TO BRIDGE THE GAP.

OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE 12 MONTHS PER YEAR NOW READ THE STORIES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT HAS ACCEPTED.

>> AZBURN.ORG.

>> CORRECT.

>> LAST QUESTION, THIS MUST BE REWARDING, YOU MUST SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT.

>> I SLEEP WELL.

I HAVE A BURN STORY AND IT'S SOMETHING FULL CIRCLE FOR ME.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN A FAMILY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS WHY THEY LOOK THIS WAY OR ACT THAT WAY IT'S OKAY.

WATCH THIS PROCESS WORK.

>> CONTINUED SUCCESS REX, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> A NEW FILM, TITLED "THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST," FOCUSES ON THE COLORADO RIVER IN A JOURNEY TOLD THROUGH AN INDIGENOUS POINT-OF- VIEW.

THE DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS THE REGION'S WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURES, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CALLING FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE RIVER.

RYAN OLINGER IS THE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

HE'S JOINING US FROM TUCSON.

THANK YOU FOR THE TRUMP, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THERE IS MORE GOING ON HERE.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VISUAL JOURNEY DOWN TO COLORADO RIVER FROM WHERE IT USED TO REACH THE GULF.

AS A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST.

I WANTED TO GAIN A BE OR UNDERSTANDING.

WE SET OUT TO MAKE THE FILM THROUGH WILDLIFE.

THIS IS MY BACKGROUND.

WE HAD SEVEN SCENES.

IT'S TOLD THROUGH AN INDIGENOUS VOICE.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INJURY DIGITNOUS.

IT'S EDUCATIONAL.

>> HOW DOES THE VOICE CHANGE WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR.

>> IT PROVIDES A LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS REGION IN THE SOUTHWEST.

WE ARE NOT THE FIRST PEOPLE HERE, ME INCLUDED.

WE ARE SEEING THE FOOTAGE HERE NOW.

THE INJURY DIGITNOUS VOICE IS POWERFUL.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD.

A DIFFERENT WAY OF TELLING YOUR STORY.

IT'S A FEMALE VOICE AND THAT'S POWERFUL.

>> THE IMPACT OF DAMS AND WATER OVER USED.

>> WE HAVE HYDROLOGY SECTIONS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES AND TRY TO SHED LIGHT ON ALL OF THEM.

>> THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT.

SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.

SHOOTING NATURE HAS TO BE VERY CHALLENGING.

>> MAKING WILDLIFE DOCUMENTS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ACTION OR CUTTING TO A COMMERCIAL.

WE HAVE TO BE ON AND READY TO GO.

THIS COMES DOWN TO PROPER PREPARATION AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS.

WITH RESEARCHERS, SCIENTIST, AND NONPROFITS.

THEY PROVIDE AN INSIGHT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS WE COLLABORATED WITH WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THESE IMAGES.

WERE YOU ON THE ROAD AND HAD THEM TELL YOU NOT SO FAST.

>> THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF PREPRODUCTION WE PUT IN THE STORY.

>> AGAIN, IT'S ALL WILDLIFE.

IT'S ALL NARRATION.

WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT AT ALL.

>> THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE A STRONG FEMALE VOICE TO LEAD THE STORY.

THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE FOR A WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARY.

THE NARRATER DID AN AMAZING JOB.

THAT'S IMPORTANT DELIVER THAT IN A POWERFUL WAY.

>> DID THE FILM DID THIS WIND UP AS YOU ENVISIONED.

>> IT WAS BETTER THAN WE ENVISIONED.

WE GAVE IT OUR ALL.

THIS TOOK THREE YEARS OF FILMING AND FULL YEAR OF EDITING TO COME TOGETHER.

IT'S BEEN RUNNING IN THEATERS.

WE WERE IN 78 THEATERS.

WE ARE ABOUT TO START STREAMING THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th, IT'S BEEN SO INSPIRING.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF STORY TELLING.

>> WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE THEATER AND DONE STREAMING.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT AND THE REACTION TO BE.

>> YEAH, PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE PEOPLE TO THINK TWICE ABOUT THE COLORADO RIVER.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEMS.

I'D LIKE PEOPLE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE BACKYARD WE SHOULD BE BETTER STUARTS OF THE LAND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE SPECIES AND REGIONS.

>> WILL THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE COLORADO RIVER IMPACT.

WE HAVE DONE SO MANY SEGMENTS ON THIS.

THE COLORADO RIVER IS OVERVIEWED AND STATES DON'T AGREE ON HOW IT'S MANAGED.

YOU THINK THIS WILL HELP?

>> I'M OPTIMISTIC.

WHEN YOU TELL A POWERFUL STORY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CHANGE.

THIS HELPS PROVIDE A UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITIES.

WE NEED TO BE BETTER FOR THIS TO KIND OF -- FOR US TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE.

>> IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION, WHERE DO WE GET IT.

>> THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th, IT'S STREAMING ON ALL THE PLATFORMS YOU KNOW AND LOVE.

SUCH AS APPLE TV.

THE BEST WAY, HEAD TO THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.

YOU WILL SEE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM OR HEAD TO YOUR NEAREST STREAMING PLATFORM.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> BEFORE YOU GO.

YOU WORKING ON ANOTHER FILM.

>> ALWAYS ON SOMETHING.

MORE ISSUES TO ARIZONA.

I HOPE THIS HELPS MOVE THE PROJECT ALONG.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT