
Dem legislative update, Latinos long covid, Phoenix Chorale
Season 2024 Episode 43 | 22m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Dem legislative update, Latinos and long covid, Phoenix Chorale
We're joined by two democratic district senators to discuss various democrat legislative updates. Latinos are being disproportionately affected by long covid, and what's being done to counteract it. The Phoenix Chorale to put on a new performance at the Scottsdale center for Performing Arts in March.
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Dem legislative update, Latinos long covid, Phoenix Chorale
Season 2024 Episode 43 | 22m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
We're joined by two democratic district senators to discuss various democrat legislative updates. Latinos are being disproportionately affected by long covid, and what's being done to counteract it. The Phoenix Chorale to put on a new performance at the Scottsdale center for Performing Arts in March.
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WHY LATINOS ARE SUFFERING FROM SYMPTOMS OF LONG COVID.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FRIENDS OF PBS THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZONS I'M TED SIMONS.
IN WHAT COULD BE A LANDMARK DECISION THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AGREED TO HEAR DONALD TRUMP'S IMMUNITY CASE.
THE HIGH COURT SAID THAT ARGUMENTS WILL BE HEARD IN LATE APRIL BUT THE DECISION NO LATER THAN THE END OF JUNE WHICH IS CONSIDERED A WIN FOR TRUMP IN THAT IT FURTHER DELAYS THE TRIAL OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> LAWSUIT AGAINST NINE MAJOR RENTAL COMPANIES IN A TEXAS BASED FIRM.
THE LANDLORDS CONSPIRED TO RAISE AND DRIVE UP COSTS.
AND BY DOING SO THE COMPANIES QUOTE CONTRIBUTED TO RAISE PRICES BIG NEWS ON CAPITOL HILL, CONTIME REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER MITCH McCONNELL ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
FATHER TIME HAS WON I'M NO LONGER THE YOUNG MAN SITTING IN THE BACK HOPING COLLEAGUES WOULD REMEMBER MY NAME.
IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP.
>> McCONNELL IS 82 HAVING FIRST BEEN ELECTED IN 1986.
>> A NEW LINK BETWEEN SMOKING MARIJUANA AND SHOWING A LINK BETWEEN HEART ATTACK AND STROKE.
A 25% HIGHER RISK OF HEART ATTACK.
THE STUDY WAS ESTABLISHED TODAY BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AGAINST SMOKING OR VAPING ANY SUBSTANCE.
>> WE WELCOME SENATOR BRAVO WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 26 WELCOME.
>> LOTS TO TALK ABOUT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THREE BILLS CALLED THE ARIZONA INVASION ACT.
>> >>.
>> BILL 1231 TODAY THE HOUSE ACTUALLY SUSPENDED THE RULES IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE GETTING THE BILL TO THE GOVERNOR.
EVERY MEMBER VOTED IN OPPOSITION.
IT WOULD GIVE MIRROR THE COPY CAT BILL IN WHAT WE WOULD SEE IN TEXAS.
THE BORDER BILL THIS BILL WOULD MAKE IT A STATE CRIME TO ENTER THE U.S.
WITHOUT INSPECTION.
>> PROTECTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AGAINST ARREST AND DEFENCE IN TERMS OF CIVIL CASES?
>> IT PUTS THEM AT RISK OF LAWSUITS FOR RACIAL PROFILING.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY STANCE OR IN SUPPORT ON THIS.
>> IT WAS MY INFORMATION IT GAVE CIVIL IMMUNITY.
>> FOR APPREHENDING I BELIEVE.
>> YES, YES.
>> AND COMPENSATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTS AND IT FORCES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO GO AFTER THE FEDS FOR FUNDS?
>> YES, AND IN 2010 TERRY GODDARD AT THE TIME REFUSED TO FACE LITIGATION.
THEY WANT TO PUT ATTORNEY GENERAL GENERAL MAYS -- >> BUT THE GOVERNOR IS NOT LIKELY TO SIGN.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE RETURN OF SB 1070.
>> WHAT IS IT CALLED?
>> DIFFERENT NAME SAME SHAME.
>> IT DOUBLES DOWN ON ARIZONA'S PARTICIPATION ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAM.
IT WOULD INCLUDE SUB CONTRACTORS AND ALSO RESTRICT PUBLIC WELFARE BENEFITS.
>> AS FAR AS REGISTRATION AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS -- >> THE PROBLEM IS THERE HAVE BEEN CASES OF INACCURACY AND IT MAKES IT MORE CHALLENGING.
WE HAVE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE.
POLICE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THE BUSINESS THAT ACCUSE AND INVESTIGATE PEOPLE.
>> THE REASON THEY ARE DOING IT AS A HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IS THEY KNOW IT IS BAD FOR BUSINESS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE GOVERNOR.
THEY WILL ARGUE LET'S LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
AT LEAST FIVE OR TEN LEGISLATIVE DEFER ALES WE ARE SEEING AN EFFORT THE ABILITY TO DECIDE WHO OUR JUDGES ARE.
OTHERS ARE SAYING LET THEM DECIDE.
THE SPEAKER CONTINUING RESOLUTION QUOTE THE TOUGHEST LEGISLATION LAWS RESPOND PLEASE.
HE IS PRIORITIZING HIS CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS.
HE IS SOMEBODY THAT I BELIEVE MANY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH.
>> AN AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE BILL PACKAGE THE INVASION ACT, WHICH CALLS FOR LICENSING AND E-VERIFY FOR EVERYTHING.
OUR BORDER IS BEING OVER RUN BY ELEGAL ALIENS THAT'S THE VERBIAGE HE USED.
HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU I SPEAK TO THEM AS I LEAVE.
THEY ARE CONTRACTED BY THE STATE.
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE FIELDS AND AGRICULTURE.
THE BUSINESS HAS COME OUT OPPOSED TO THIS BILL THEY KNOW --.
ONE WHICH SHOWS THAT ARIZONA SPENDS $2.3 BILLION ON BENEFITS THAT WIND UP GOING TO UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.
HE SAYS THEY SAY TIME FOR THAT TO CHANGE.
DO THEY HAVE A POINT?
>> YOU KNOW MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE RECEIVING.
THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING IN TAXES.
THE VOTERS PASSED PROP 308 WHICH ALLOWS IN STATE UNIVERSITIES.
WE ARE HAVING GRADUATES WITH MORE SPECIALIZED CAREERS.
WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE AND I THINK THAT'S WRONG.
>> BOTTOM LINE HOW BEST DO YOU THINK ARIZONA TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?
YOU CAN STILL DO SOMETHING CAN'T YOU?
>> WE CAN.
IN READING MORE INTO THAT DURING HER BUDGET PROPOSAL AND EARLIER TODAY AS WELL, IT PROMOTES COLLABORATION IN THE CITY COUNTY AND AS WELL AS STATE LEVEL TO MOVE FORWARD THE BILL THAT DIDN'T COME UP FOR A VOTE.
>> STATE SENATOR GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, TED.
>> RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LONG COVID IS AFFECTING LATINOS.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
DEFINE LONG COVID WHAT IS IT?
>> THE CDC DEFINED IT WELL BEYOND A NEGATIVE TEST.
LINGERING FOR LONGER AFTER YOU HAVE IT.
>> BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING IT.
IT SEEMS TO BE A DIAGNOSIS OF ELIMINATION.
>> CORRECT.
THERE ARE MANY DEFINITIONS OF LONG COVID.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO COVID.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S A LINGERING FACT OF COVID, WINDED BRAIN FOG HEADACHES.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
>> WE SAW COVID-19 HIT THE LATINOS COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
MORE THAN OTHER GROUPS SO WE ARE SEEING THAT WITH LONG COVID AS WELL.
IT'S AFFECTING THE LATINOS COMMUNITY.
>> MULTIGENERATIONAL HOMES COULD THAT BE A FACTOR?
>> MANY OF THAT FALLS UNDER THAT IDEA AFFECT OUR VULNERABILITY TO HELP.
MORE CROWDED CONDITIONS AND MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT MORE LIKELY TO GET COVID AND MORE LIKELY TO HAVE EFFECTS OF LONG COVID.
>> THE LONG COVID NUMBERS MIRROR THE COVID NUMBERS.
>> THE EFFECTS ARE LINGERING.
AND ADDED TO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO DOCTORS AT THE SAME RATE WHICH MAKE IT WORSE.
>> YEAH, WE ARE DOING A SERIES OF PROJECTS.
ALSO THE RESEARCH CENTER HERE AT ASU.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, IT'S A HEALTH COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN.
THE GOAL IS TO GET THE NEEDLESSLY COMPLEX COMMUNICATION ISSUES.
WE USE THE ARTS.
ARTWORK FROM RENOWNED ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST THAT IS NOT GETTING IT OTHERWISE.
>> WE GOT AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE.
BUT WE DID STUDIES ON REACH AND IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE REALLY REALLY LIKED OUR MESSAGING.
IT'S CULTURALLY TAYLORED THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.
FOR SOME COMMUNITIES YOU TELL ME, THERE'S A THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
IT'S ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL.
DO YOU SEE THAT?
>> WE COLLECT THE DATA AND WE DID RESEARCH ON THAT.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE FOUND WAS, THE PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA.
THE SYMPTOMS THAT I'M EXPERIENCING NOW.
IT'S CONNECTED TO WHEN I GOT COVID.
THAT CONNECTION IS NOT CLEAR IN PEOPLE'S MINDS.
NO WHEN TO GO TO A DOCTOR.
THE IDEA IS THERE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED AFTER COVID I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
YOUR MESSAGING IS DOING A GREAT JOB THERE.
AND BEST OF LUCK WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU TORE HAVING ME.
>> THE PHOENIX CORAL STARTS WITH LOST BIRDS.
WE SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR.
WELCOME BACK GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOZART'S REQUIEM.
>> IT HAS A GOOD STORY BEHIND IT.
MANY WILL REMEMBER IT FROM THE 1984 MOVIE.
AMEDAUS.
40 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE LAST PIECE MOZART WRE IN 1791 WHEN HE PASSED AWAY.
LIKE ALL GOOD STORIES THERE WAS A MASKED FIGURE THAT HE NEVER KNEW WHO COMMISSIONED HIM TO WRITE IT.
WE BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY A NOBLEMAN WHO PROBABLY WANTED TO PASS IT OFF AS HIS OWN.
>> THE MOVIE AMADEUS HOW MUCH WAS ACCURATE?
>> IT'S HARD TO SAY.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS ONE OF HIS PEOPLE COMPLETED THE SCORE.
AND MANY MUSIC SCHOLARS HAVE NEVER BEEN CONTENT WITH THE WAY IT WAS COMPLETED.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE EDITION OF THE WAY IT APPEARED IN THE MOVE I HAVE.
>> PEOPLE CAN SEE THE MASK IT WAS THE POSTER OF THE BLIM.
THE GUY IN THE MASK.
THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK OF.
THE FILM IS THE WORK OF WRITING THE RECQUIEM THAT DROVE HIM TO DEATH.
HE WAS FORCED TO WRITE MUSIC FOR MUSIC BOXES AND COLLECTS.
HE WASN'T THE SUPER STAR PERSON THAT WE THINK OF HIM TODAY.
HE NEEDED THE MONEY SO HE TOOK IT BUT HE WAS TOO ILL TO WRITE THE PIECE.
SO HIS ILLNESS KILLED HIM BUT THE RECQUIEM DIDN'T HELP.
>> FAN THE FAMILIARITY MAKE IT EASIER TO HANDLE IT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT IT TO SOUND LIKE.
BUT AS WITH ALL WELL-KNOWN MUSIC IT'S CHALLENGING IN MORE WAYS.
>> WE WANT TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE THINKING THAT'S A FRESH TAKE.
JUST DOING IT AND SPITTING IT OUT.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND MORE NUANCE AND CONTRAST.
IT'S A BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVE.
>> SPEAKING OF FRESH, YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE LOST BIRDS BY CHRISTOPHER TIN.
THE MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A MEMORIAL TO WHAT?
LOST BIRDS?
>> YEAH CHRIS CONTINUE IS A DOUBLE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER.
HE WROTE FOR A VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE.
HERE, HE TURNS TO A SUBJECT ECOLOGY AND THE ROW TECKS OF A SPECIES.
♪ AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AFTER OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT.
SETTING TEXT BY FOUR 19th CENTURY FEMALE WRITERS.
BUT ALSO GIVING US A WARNING THAT PERHAPS IF WE DON'T LOOK AFTER THE ENVIRONMENT HUMAN KIND COULD BE IN DANGER ITSELF.
INDEED THERE IS A TRIBUTE IN THIS AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT IN THE MUSIC.
>> WE HAVE HEART, SYMPHONY AND THE MUSIC IS ALMOST PASTORAL.
THE BIRD LIKE THE HEDGEROW.
BUT ALSO THE PERCUSSION BRINGS IN THE IDEA OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND MANKIND STARTING POLLUTION IN THE 19th CENTURY.
WE HAVE A MOZART AND INDUSTRIAL -- IT'S BEAUTIFULLY QUINN.
>> AND THE LAST QUESTION YOU DEAL IN THE HUMAN VOICE.
THE HUMAN VOICE HAS SOMETHING THAT CAN TRANSLATE NOT ONLY THE REQUIEM IT'S FASCINATING HOW THE HUMAN VOICE CAN DO SO MUCH.
>> AS SINGERS WE HAVE WORDS.
INSTRUMENTALLISTS DON'T HAVE WORDS.
WE ARE EMPOWERED TO COMMUNICATE AND TRANSLATE THE GIVEN TEXT.
THE IN INTERPRETATION BUT ALSO MAYBE EDUCATE IT.
WE CAN TURN OUR VOICES TO IT.
BUT ALSO SOFT ADVOCACY THE WORLD AROUND US.
>> THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.
REAL QUICK SO MUCH INTEREST HERE IN MUSIC.
21st CENTURY THERE WAS A LOT OF ATONAL SERIALISMS YOU NAME IT.
YOU CAN'T LISTEN TO IT.
IT WAS DIFFICULT AND ACADEMIC.
THIS LOST BIRDS VERY MELODIC.
THEY EBB AND FLOW LIKE THE SEA.
IF YOU LOOK AT MUSIC FROM THE LAST 600 YEARS.
MULTIPLE VOICES SINGING AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE HERE AS A CONTINENT WE HAVE THIS STRUCTURE THAT IS PLEASING TO THE EAR.
WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT.
AVANTE GARDE TRENDS AND WE RETURN TO THE POSITION OF TONALITY AND THIS IS A CONCEPT TO BRING ANYBODY TO NOT GOING TO BE A CONCERT.
RETURNING TO THE ROOT CORE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH BEST OF LUCK ON THE PERFORMANCE.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.
I'M TED SIMONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
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