>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, FOX NEWS AGREES TO SETTLE A MASSIVE DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BY DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS.

AND AN UPDATED COVID AND THOSE WITH A WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM.

WE SPEAK TO AN ARIZONA VETERAN REGARDING HIS EXPERIENCE WITH VALLEY FEVER.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS WAS SETTLED JUST PRIOR TO OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE TRIAL AND IT INVOLVES FOX PAYING DOMINION $787.5 MILLION FOR KNOWINGLY SPREADING DISINFORMATION WITH THE ELECTION AFTER DONALD TRUMP LOST THE 2020 ELECTION.

THE PAYMENT IS HALF THE 1.$6 MILLION, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST SETTLEMENTS ON RECORD AND IN SETTLING, FOX AVOIDED HAVING A JURY DECIDE.

AFTER THE SETTLEMENT, THEY SAID THE STATEMENTS WERE FALSE AND AS FOR DOMINION'S REACTION -- >> THE TRUTH MATTERS.

LIES HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

OVER TWO YEARS AGO, A TORRENT OF LIES SWEPT DOMINION AND ELECTION OFFICIALS ACROSS AMERICA.

INTO A UNIVERSE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES CAUSING HARM TO DOMINION AND THE COUNTRY.

TODAY'S SETTLEMENT OF $787,500,000 REPRESENTS VINDICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND LIES HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

>> Ted: THE AMOUNT WAS MADE AND WE DON'T KNOW IF FOX WILL NEED TO MAKE AN APOLOGY.

>>> REPUBLICANS IN CHANDLER NOMINATED THREE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE LIZ HARRIS WHO WAS EXPELLED FROM THE ARIZONA HOUSE FOR DISORDERLY BEHAVIOR.

AMONG THOSE TO REPLACE HER WAS LIZ HARRIS ANDTHERE'S JULIE WILLOUGHBY AND STEVEN STEEL AND THOSE NAMES GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD OR THEY'LL THROW ALL THREE NAMES OUT AND REQUEST A NEW SLATE.

DEMOCRATS MOVED TO FILL A VACANCY AND TO REPLACE ROCKELL TERHAN AND THERE WERE TWO SITTING MEMBERS.

IF EITHER HOUSE MEMBER IS APPROVED, THEN THEIR SEAT WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME REPLACEMENT PROCESS.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, TOX NEWS AGED TO PAY $787.5 MILLION TO SET A DEAF DEFAMATION SUIT WHICH ACCUSED FOX OF SPREADING SPARES THEORIES AND WE'RE JOINED BY THE PROFESSOR OF ARIZONA THEORY AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST CLINIC AT COLLEGE OF LAW.

JOE, ARE YOU SURPRISED?

>> I WANTED TO SEE THIS PLAY OUT IN COURT AND IF THE TRUTH MATTERS AND ACCURATE, FACTUALLY BASED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING TO SEE THIS COME OUT IN COURT AND BE ON THE RECORD.

>> Ted: FIRST OF ALL, WERE YOU SURPRISED BY TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT?

>> NOT REALLY BECAUSE LAWYERS FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOX HAS TO SETTLE.

>> Ted: WHY WOULD THEY HAVE TO SETTLE?

>> IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE PUBLIC AND A BAD IDEA FOR FOX.

>> Ted: AND FOX WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY AND HAVING CERTAIN PEOPLE TESTIFY?

>> IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUY THEIR WAY OUT.

>> Ted: WHY DID DOMAIN DOMINION SETTLE?

>> IF THEY FELT THEY WERE GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO SHOW THAT FOX WAS GUILTY, NEIGHBOR THAT WAS ENOUGHMAYBE THATWAS ENOUGH.

THEY DON'T WANT LITIGATION TO GO ON AND OVER.

THEY WANT A RESOLUTION.

AND MAYBE THAT WAS ENOUGH.

>> Ted: THIS PAYOFF IS MORE THAN DOMINION?

>> IT'S POSSIBLE, YES.

>> Ted: FOX ADMITS IT MADE FALSE CLAIMS AND ELSE IN THE HEADLINES AND THAT WAS IN A STATEMENT AND NO COMMENTS FROM MY ATTORNEYS AND I HAVEN'T WATCHED MUCH OF FOX NEWS AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED AT ALL.

WILL THERE BE AN APOLOGY OR REFERENCE AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

>> I THINK IN PART, IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT WAS STIPULATE PUGHED INTHE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND IF NOT DRESSED, I WOULD IMAGINE FOX WILL GO ON AS BUSINESS AS USUAL, PAYING NO ATTENTION TO THIS.

THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO IGNORE IT TO BEGIN WITH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MONEY SETTLEMENT, THE NUMBERS HERE AND NOT 1.6 BILLION AND HALFWAY THERE AND CLOSE TO HALF WAY THERE.

FOR A BUSINESS LIKE FOX, HOW MUCH OF A HIT ON THE BOTTOM?

AGAIN, AS YOU SAY, CAN THEY AFFORD TO JUST GO RIGHT ON PASSED THIS?

LITERALLY AFFORD TO DO SO?

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY WILL HAVE VIRTUALLY NO PROBLEM, VERY LITTLE PROBLEM IN AND ABSORBING THIS.

THE MURDOCH EMPIRE IS VAST.

>> Ted: SO IS THIS A WIN FOR FOX OF SORTS?

>> A WIN IN THAT THEY GET TO AVOID A LOT OF EMBARRASSMENT.

THEY GOT ALL OF IT AND PAY A TINY AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO THE CORPORATE TREASURY.

>> Ted: IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS -- JUST A BIG DOLLAR DEFAMATION SUIT AND DO YOU USUALLY SEE A SETTLEMENT AT THE LAST MINUTE?

>> NOT WHEN THERE'S THIS MUCH MONEY AT STAKE?

THEY'RE DESPERATE TO SEE A WIN FROM A JURY AND THEY WOULDN'T BE MAKING THIS LARGE OF A SETTLEMENT.

WE RARELY SEE THIS BIG -- WELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS LARGE OF A SETTLEMENT OR ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT FROM A MEDIA COMPANY.

>> Ted: HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WILL REMAIN QUIET?

>> I IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT THAT WON'T COME OUT BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT KIND OF APOLOGY MUST BE MADE BUT THERE WILL BE SOME LIMITS ON WHAT FOX CAN SAY IN THE FUTURE.

PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE IFSURE -- IF YOU'RE SETTLING A LIBEL SUIT, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SAME CLAIMS AREN'T GOING ON A YEAR FROM NOW.

NO MEDIA COMPANY WANTS THAT TO BE PUBLIC.

>> Ted: JOE, A PRECEDENT NOT JUST FOR FOX BUT OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS WHO SAY, YOU JUST CAN'T SPOUT OFF.

>> MOST MEDIA OUTLETS RESPECT FACTS AND DON'T PUT OUT ANYTHING KNOWINGLY THAT IS UNTRUTHFUL.

SO IN SOME WAYS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THE IMPACT WILL BE LIMITED ACROSS THE NEWS MEDIA GENRE.

>> Ted: FOR FOX, THEY'RE FACING OTHER DEFAMATION SUITS ANOTHER ONE BIGGER FROM SMART TECH AND DOES THIS, JUST SETTLING A SUIT LIKE THIS, DOES THAT AFFECT OTHER SUITS AGAINST FOX DOWN THE ROAD?

>> I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD.

THE FACT THAT THEY'VE HAD SUITS FILED AGAINST THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE, I THINK OPENS THAT DOOR, MAKES IT SEEM MORE POSSIBLE AND SO IT VERY WELL COULD HAPPEN.

>> Ted: ADMITTING THAT YOU MADE FALSE CLAIMS HERE AND ADMITTING THAT MAKES IT MORE VULNERABLE AND DO THEY NEED TO WATCH THEMSELVES CLOSER?

>> I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY WON'T.

AS I SAID, BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE MOST PART AND YOU WOULD THINK SOME OF THIS WOULD BE REIGNED IN.

>> THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE TODAY TO SAY -- TO ADMIT THAT THERE WERE FALSE FACTS.

THERE WAS A RULING BY THE COURT THAT WOULDN'T BE A PART OF THE TRIAL BECAUSE THE COURT FOUND THAT BY LAW OR AFTER RULING ON THE MOTIONS THAT THESE WERE FALSE FACTS.

SO FOX WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT THAT.

>> Ted: WITH THE COURT DOING THAT, WAS THAT A FACTOR IN IN TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT?

>> WHAT COMES UP IS THE ACTUAL MALICE.

IS THIS FALSE IN TERMS OF DID YOU KNOW IT AT THE TIME AND THAT GETS INTO YOUR REPUTATION.

ANY MEDIA SUIT IS HORRIBLE TO THAT STAGE BECAUSE IT OFTEN MEANS THEY GET TO PRY INTO YOUR STATE OF MIND AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING AND WHO YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE AND IT'S A HORRIBLE PART OF A LIBEL SUIT.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS JOURNALISM, IN THE VAST MEDIA LANDSCAPE, WHERE DOES THIS REGISTER AND WHAT HAPPENS?

>> IT'S BEEN TAKEN NOTICE OF.

I DO THINK IT SENDS A SIGNAL, A REMINDER TO NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, FACTS, ACCURACY MATTER.

AS YOU MENTION, THOUGH, MOST NEWS ORGANIZATIONS SEEM TO RESPECT OR UNDERSTAND THAT.

AS FAR AS ONLINE SOURCES, SOME OF THE FRINGE ELEMENTS, DO THEY TAKE NOTICE OF THIS?

>> WELL, I WOULD THINK SO, BUT AS GREG KNOWS, AS ANY LAWYER KNOWS, YOU NEED A WILLING PLAINTIFF IN ORDER TO HAVE A LAWSUIT.

IT TAKES TWO.

AND A LOT OF WOULD-BE PLAINTIFFS ONLY BECOME THAT.

THEY NEVER FOLLOW THROUGH ON FILING THE CLAIM FOR VARIOUS REASONS INCLUDING COSTS.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THE SMART TECH SUIT COMING DOWN THE PIKE, DOMINION HAS SUITS FOX FACING OTHER SUITS AND HOW DOES THIS IMPACT FURTHER LEGAL ACTION?

>> LAST WEEK'S RULING THAT THESE WERE FALSE STATEMENTS AND WOULDN'T BE SENT TO A JURY HAS THE GREATEST IMPACT BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN FUTURE TRIALS, THAT THERE WILL BE A FINDING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE FALSE STATEMENTS OF FACT MADE.

IT WILL BE WHETHER THEY ACTED WITH ACTUAL MALICE AND IN A SENSE, THAT FIRST HURDLE IS WON BY ALL PLAINTIFFS TO COME IN THIS AREA.

>> Ted: LAST POINT HERE AND ONE OF THE DOMINION'S ATTORNEYS SAYS ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> THAT'S TOUGH TO ANSWER BECAUSE IN 99% OF THE LIBEL CLAIMS, I WOULD BE ON THE SIDE OF THE PLAINTIFF AND I'M NOT ON ANYONE'S SIDE HERE.

I'M SORRY, ON THE SIDE OF THE MEDIA DEFENDANT'S AND IN THIS CASE, IN MOST CASES, I WOULD SAY VERY LITTLE IS ACHIEVED WHEN THERE'S A JURY VERDICT AGAINST THE MEDIA BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY JUST SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T LIKE THE MEDIA AND PUNISHING THEM.

THIS CASE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IF A JUDGE FOUND THESE WERE STATEMENTS OF FACTS AND NOT SUBJECT TO GOING TO A JURY AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS OF SHOWING WHETHER OR NOT THEY KNEW THEY WERE FALSE, I THINK A LOT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BY AVOIDED.

>> Ted: DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> THAT HAS BEEN OPENED UP WIDELY.

>> Ted: GOES BACK TO HOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED BY THIS?

>> INDEED.

>> Ted: GENTLEMEN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE FTAF.D.A.

APPROVES AN UPDATED COVID BOOSTER SHOT.

THE F.D.A.

HAS A SHOT WITH A WEAKEN IMMUNE SYSTEM.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: WHAT DID THE F.D.A.

DO TODAY IN.

>> TWO?

>> TWO THINGS.

AUTHORIZED A SECOND BOOTER DOSE OF THE NEW UPDATED BOOSTER WHICH HAS THE ORIGINAL STRAIN AND OMICRON IN IT FOR SENIORS 60 AND OLDER AND DEPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND SIMPLIFIED THE BASIC REGINAMRNAS.

>> Ted: ARE THESE DIFFERENT SHOTS?

A LOT GOT THEIR SHOTS IN WINTER AND FALL.

>> THIS IS THE SAME UPDATED BOOSTER LAST FALL AND INCLUDES TWO STRAINS, THE ORIGINAL STRAIN AND ALSO THE OMICRON BA4 AND 5 STRAINS.

SO IT'S TAILORED FOR THE NEWER OMICRON STRAINS AND WILL OFFER THE MOST PROTECTION.

>> Ted: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOTS BACK IN THE WINTER AND THE FALL AND HOW LONG DID THEY SEEM TO LAST AND IS IT ABOUT TIME FOR THE CYCLE TO COME AROUND?

>> IT'S HARD TO KNOW.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET THE VACCINE, THE IMMUNITY DOES WANE OVER TIME AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO GETTING SEVERELY SICK OR EVEN DYING SHOULD GET A SECOND BOOSTER.

WHAT WE'RE ALL ANTICIPATING THAT F.D.A.

WILL DO THIS SIMILAR TO THE FLU SHOT.

>> Ted: IF THAT HAPPENS, WOULD IT BE SIMILAR TO THIS BOOSTER SHOT OR ANOTHER COCKTAIL OF THINGS?

>> DIFFICULT TO KNOW, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE CORONAVIRUS DOES TEND TO MUTATE OVER TIME.

SO WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IS WE'LL FOLLOW THE STRAINS COMMONLY CIRCULATING IN THE U.S. AND THAT THEY WILL LIKELY UPDATE THE BOOSTER HOT TO MATCH WHATEVER STRAINS ARE CIRCULATING.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THE WANING IMMUNITY, IS IT FRONTLINE THAT WANES OR SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THAT RAISE SAYS IF YOU HAD YOUR THREE OR FOUR IN THE PAST, YOU'RE PROTECTED AGAINST DISEASE OR SIMPLY JUST WIPED OUT?

>> NOT AT ALL.

SO THE REASON WHY COVID IS LESS SEVERE THAN IT IS NOW IS FOR A COMBINATION OF REASONS.

ONE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE DISEASE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED.

BUT CDC PUT OUT A STUDY JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEY COMPARED PEOPLE WHO WERE COMPLETELY UNVACCINATED TO THOSE WHO GOT THAT UPDATED BOOSTER.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO GOT THE UPDATED BOOSTER WERE THREE TIMES LESS LIKELY TO GET SICK AND 14 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO DIE.

AND THEN THEY COMPARED BEING UNVACCINATED TO JUST GETTING THE PRIMARY SERIES WITHOUT THE BOOSTER AND THERE WERE STILL SOME PROTECTION BUT NOT AS MUCH AS IF YOU GOT THE UPDATED BOOSTER.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR SENIORS 65 AND OVER AND PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEMS TO GET THIS EXTRA BOOSTER.

>> Ted: SO CAN WE SAFELY SAY THE MORE BOOSTER ALONG THE WAY, THERE'S A STAIR STEP INCREASE IN IMMUNITY OR AVOIDING SERIOUS ILLNESS?

>> FOR SURE IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE AND YOU HAVE THE ONE RECOMMENDED UPDATED BOOSTER, YOU ARE AT THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE DISEASE AND DEATH.

AND FOR JUST THESE INDIVIDUALS AT HIGHEST RISK RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE 65 AND OVER AND PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, THEY SHOULD GET A SECOND UPDATED BOOSTER.

>> Ted: SO 65 AND OLDER AND DEPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEMS MEANS WHAT?

PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CANCER THERAPY?

>> STEROIDS AND PEOPLE'S IMMUNE SYSTEM WON'T FUNCTION IF THEY HAVE CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND TYPICALLY, THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE AND THEY DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT SECOND UPDATED BOOSTER.

>> Ted: I WOULD THINK, AT LEAST, ALWAYS CONSULT A DOCTOR IF YOU'RE AT ALL CONCERNED OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> Ted: SO WE WAIT NOW UNTIL THE BIG MAN IS UNVEILED FALL, WINTER?

WELL, THE F.D.A.

HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT UNVEILING A PLAN FOR ROUTINE BOOSTERS AND WE'RE JUST WAITING AND SEEING UNTIL THEY ROLL IT OUT.

AND, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO WAIT FOR CDC AND THE ACIP WHO MAKE THOSE OFFICIAL, FINAL VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS.

TED >> Ted: THIS IS AN ODD QUESTION.

IF YOU'RE YOUNG OR SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON HERE, SHOULD YOU AVOID GETTING A BOOSTER SHOT?

>> I WOULD NEVER AVOID GETTING A BOOSTER SHOT.

TO ME, I LOOK AT GETTING VACCINATED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT PERFECT.

I LOOK AT THIS AS WEARING A SEAT BELT.

COULD I STILL GET INJURED IN A CAR ACCIDENT?

YES, I COULD GET BRUISES, BUT THAT SEAT BELT PREVENTS YOU HAVE HAVING SEVERE INJURIES AND DEATH AND THAT'S WHAT A VACCINE DOES, MAKES IT MUCH LESS LIKELY YOU'LL BE HOSPITALIZED OR DIE.

SO NO MATTER HOW OLD I WAS, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND GETTING AT LEAST THAT ONE BOOSTER AT YOUR PRIMARY SERIES WHICH IS RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE SIX MONTHS AND UP.

>> Ted: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LAST BOOSTER?

>> SO AGE SIX MONTHS AND UP, EVERYONE IS RECOMMENDED THAT ONE BOOSTER.

>> Ted: BUT IF YOU HAD THE BOOSTER IN THE WINTER, HOW LONG DO YOU WAIT?

>> SO IF YOU'RE 65 AND OLDER AND HAVE A DEPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEM, FOUR MONTHS FROM THE LAST BOOSTER AND TWO MONTHS FOR A DEPRESSED TWO MONTHS AND EVERYONE ELSE, NOT RECOMMENDED TO GET A SECOND BOOSTER.

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

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Ted: RICH IS AMONG THE MANY WHO HAS BEEN HIT BY VALLEY FEVER AND AN ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS SLOWED BY VALLEY FEVER AND WE WELCOME HIM TO ARIZONA HORIZON AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: HOW DID IT HIT YOU, VALLEY FEVER?

>> I HAD AN INJURY IN MY HAPPENED, A LITTLE BUMP AND THIS DISSEMINATED AND ONLY 5% OF THE PEOPLE GET THAT COMPARED TO THE OTHER VALLEY FEVER.

SO IT'S PROMINENT.

AND THEY REMOVED THE LUMP AND FOUND OUT IT WAS VALLEY FEVER.

>> Ted: HOW LONG?

>> I HAVE IT FOREVER.

>> Ted: FOREVER?

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: WERE YOU ESPECIALLY SICK WHEN YOU WERE FIRST DIAGNOSED?

>> NO, NOT AT ALL.

>> Ted: YOU'RE A VETERAN VETERAN AND OLDER VETERANS, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE GETTING VALLEY FEVER AND IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING?

>> NOT REALLY.

MOSTLY PEOPLE THAT GET OUT IN THE DUST, WHEN THE DUST STORMS COME AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN GET IT.

>> Ted: YOU HAD THIS HOW LONG AFTER YOU GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY?

>> OH, PROBABLY 15 YEARS.

>> Ted: AND WHEN YOU VOLK FOR ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS AND TRY TO HELP OTHERS, WHERE DO YOU TELL THEM TO GO?

>> THEY NEED TO GO TO A SPECIALIST.

I USE DR. CROWE AND IT'S VERY RARE, DISSEMINATED VALLEY FEVER.

>> Ted: TO THE DOCTOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE VA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

TELL US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING TO THE VA AND NOT GOING TO THE VA FOR THE COST OF THAT MEDICATION IN.

>> IF YOU BROUGHT IT DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER, IT WOULD BE OVER $5,000.

THROUGH MY INSURANCE, IT WAS $480 AND THROUGH THE VA, IT'S $11.

THE VA HAS TAKEN GREAT CARE OF ME.

>> Ted: IS THAT SOMETHING VETERANS NEED TO KNOW AND SOMETHING VETERANS DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GET TO THE VA?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Ted: IS IT A LACK OF INFORMATION?

>> COULD BE.

THIS IS VERY RARE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THE REGULAR VALLEY FEVER AND THEY COULD GET OVER THAT IN ABOUT A YEAR.

>> Ted: A LONG TIME TO GET OVER SOMETHING.

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: YOU'RE FEELING OK NOW?

>> FEEL GREAT.

>> Ted: AND THE MEDICATION HELPS?

>> IT DID.

>> Ted: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR MILITARY CAREER.

YOU HAVE QUITE THE CAREER, HUH?

>> I WAS IN THE AIRFORCE FOR FOUR YEARS AND A WEAPON'S TECHNICIAN AND I WENT IN THE ARMY AND FLEW HELICOPTER GUN SHIPS AND YOU SEE THE SOLDIERS, THAT WAS MY OUTFIT.

I GOT THERE TWO MONTHS, FIRST AIR CALF AND AFTER THAT, I GOT OUT AND I FLEW HELICOPTERS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, FLEW WITH CHRIS CHRIS TOSON AND THEN I WAS QUALITY MANAGER IN THE APACHE HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

NOW I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS, "CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT" AND WE MAKE LASER SIDERS AND BOMB SQUADS TO REPRESENTEDDER SQUADS.

>> Ted: YOU DON'T NEED TO GET KNOCKED DOWN BY THIS AND ANY ADVICE FOR VETERANS WATCHING AND THEY MAY HAVE A COUGH AND DON'T KNOW?

>> GET A CHECK IF YOU HAVE COUGH FOROR SOMETHING.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND BEING ON THE PROGRAM AND GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND ON YOUR MILITARY CAREER.

THAT'S QUITE A RECORD OF SERVICE.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!