>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A VACCINE TO PREVENT EAR INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND HEAR FROM FLAGSTAFF OWNERS AS THE CITY GETS READY TO RAISE ITS MINIMUM WAGE.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

THE FINAL VOTE TALLY FOR THE RECENT MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE OVER IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

THAT MEANS THE RESULTS TIGHTENED AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE PUTTING DEMOCRAT KRIS MAYES AHEAD OF REPUBLICAN ABE HAMADEH BY 510 VOTES AND THAT IS WELL WITHIN THE MARGIN FOR AN AUTOMATIC RECOUNT WHICH OCCURS AFTER STATE CERTIFICATION ON DECEMBER 5th, BUT AS THINGS STAND NOW, KRIS MAYES IS THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL.

A MOH.IT SHOULD BE NOTED THIS IS A PURELY POLITICAL MOVE AND COUNTIES IN ARIZONA DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT CERTIFYING AN ELECTION AND IF THEY REFUSE, THE COURTS WILL DEMAND WITH CLASS 6A 6A.

>>> REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL KARI LAKE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF CONCEDING AND MARK FINCHEM WHO LOST IS CALLING FOR THE ENTIRE ELECTION TO BE REDONE.

INDEED, A RECENTLY ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHANDLER SAYS THAT SHE WILL NOT CAST HER VOTE ON ANY BILL IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION UNLESS THE ENTIRE ELECTION IS REDONE.

LIZ HARRIS ISSUED A STATEMENT ON INSTAGRAM SAYING CLEAR SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY, IN PART, BECAUSE KIMBERLY YEE RECEIVED MORE COUNTS THAN GOVERNOR OR U.S. SENATE AND HARRIS SAID IT WAS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>>> OTHER HEADLINES, MURDER CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST A SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURIES 25 OTHERS IN THIS AN LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB IN COLORADO.

INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO HOW THE SUSPECT OBTAINED AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE.

COLORADO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD THIS TO SAY.

>> THE LEGITIMATIZATION OF HATING OF LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS HAS TO STOP.

THE IDEA TO SAY THEY'RE LESS THAN HUMAN OR DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY IS A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SETS THE PRECONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE TO THINK, OH, THIS PERSON IS NOT WORTH LIVING AND I CAN USE MY OWN, AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS PHRASE, SECOND AMENDMENT REMEDIES JUSTIFYING HATE CRIMES, VIOLENCE.

WE CAN AND WE ALL MUST RECOGNIZE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO BE THEIR BEST AUTHENTIC SELVES AND LOVE WHO THEY LOVE AND NOT LIVE IN FEAR.

>> THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE IS IN CUSTODY AND RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

>>> BACK VAX IS A MEDICAL RESEARCH COMPANY DEVELOPING A VACCINE TO PREVENT EAR INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN AND WE LEARN MORE OF THIS AS PART OF OUR "HEALTH TOMORROW" SEGMENT AROUND PHOENIX AND WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF "BACK VAX."

GIVE ME YOUR DEP ANYTHING.

DEFINITION.

>> WE DESIGN VACCINES AND THE BASIC IDEA IS, WELL, EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND IT RAISED MORE GENOME SEQUENCING.

>> Ted: INTERESTING.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A VACCINATION OF EAR INFECTION IN KIDS AND HOW DOES BACK VAX WORK INTO THAT?

>> I'M TRAINED IN PEDIATRICS AND TRAINED IN INFECTION DISEASES AND THE MOST COMMON INFECTION THAT REQUIRES ANTIBIOTICS IS EAR INFECTIONS.

SO WE BELIEVE IT OR NOT WOULD LIKE TO ELIMINATE EAR INFECTIONS.

>> YOU WORK WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ON THIS?

>> I CAME TO INFECTION, ACTUALLY, FOR SEVERAL REASONS AND ONE IS TO WORK AT PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND ALSO TO BE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PHOENIX AND ALSO NOW IN THE ASU INCUBATOR BUILDING FOR START-UP COMPANIES.

AND NOW BEEN WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED DURING ACADEMICS, WE'VE ROLLED OUT OF ACADEMICS FULLY INTO THE COMPANY TO ACTIVATE THESE VACCINES.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED WHAT YOU DEVELOPED AS FAR AS GENETICS AND HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT NOW ONTO SOMETHING THAT'S TANGIBLE?

>> SO, WE FIRST STARTED WITH AN ORGANISM WE STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS AND WE ORGANIZED THOSE SEQUENCE OF GENOMES AND THE PROTEIN STRUCTURE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE PIECES OF PROTEIN ON THE OUTSIDE AVAILABLE TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT ARE ALSO CONSERVED IN A WAY WAY SO THE TARGETS WOULD BE EXCELLENT TARGETS AND WE ACCUMULATE THOSE TOGETHER.

>> Ted: HOW DOES THIS DIFFER WHEN IT COMES TO EAR INFECTIONS?

>> EAR INFECTIONS ARE TOUGH AND IT WORKS LIKE THIS.

EVERYBODY HAS HAD A TETANUS SHOT.

THAT'S THE TOXIN OF TETANUS DEACTIVATED AND YOU'RE IMMUNE AND DIPHTHERIA IS LIKE THAT AND IF ALL BACTERIA HAD ONE TOXIN THAT WAS IMPORTANT, THEN VACCINE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE EASY, BUT IT DOESN'T AND SO, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND THOSE TARGETS ON THE SURFACE THAT ARE USEFUL IN VACCINES.

NOW THAT WE HAVE GENOMICS AND PROTEIN STRUCTURE, WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

>> Ted: WHAT ABOUT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, LIKE A PIPELINE GOING HERE?

>> YOU HAVE BACTERIA IN YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE, ONLY TWO THAT CAUSE MOST ANTIBODY EAR INFECTIONS AND WE'VE DEVELOPED A VACCINE THAT WORK WELL IN THE PRECLINICAL MODS ANDMODELS.

>> Ted: EUREKA MOMENT, AND YOU SAY THIS IS IT AND WE WANT TO GET THIS TO THE DRUGSTORES, TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND PHARMACIES AND HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> OUR STEP IS TO DO THE SCIENCE AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT WOULD WORK IN THE PRECLINICAL MODELS.

EXCEPT FOR COVID, DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE ALL THE WAY TO THE MARKET TAKES ABOUT TEN YEARS.

>> Ted: WOW!

>> AND ABOUT A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS AND WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SAGA.

>> YOU HAVE CLINICAL STUDIES AND REGULATORY APPROVAL AND NEXT?

>> WHAT WORKED WELL WITH THE COVID, THE CLINICAL STUDIES WERE THE SAME AS THE VACCINES AND THE REGULATORY WENT FAST AND SO, IN MOST VACCINES, YOU GET THIS COMBINATION OF CLINICAL STUDIES AND THEN THE IN BETWEEN WITH REGULATORY AND MORE CLINICAL STUDIES AND MUCH MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE PATHWAY.

>> Ted: YOU THINK THAT'S STREAMLINE POST COVID AND LEARNING LESSONS THERE?

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY LESSONS LEARNED AND SOMEWHAT SHORTER AND IT WILL TAKE A PANDEMIC TO GET TO POINT WITH COVID OF DOING A VACCINE FROM BEGINNING TO END WITHOUT -- WITHIN A YEAR.

>> Ted: SO YOU'VE GOT THE -- HOW FAR ALONG, TECHNICALLY, ARE WE HERE?

WHAT KIND OF TIME TABLE ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> THE TWO COMPONENTS, ONE OF THEM WE BASICALLY HAVE.

WE HAVE A PRODUCT IN HAND AND APPROPRIATE PATENTS ON THAT PRODUCT AND WE'RE WORKING FOR THE SECOND ONE.

THE KEY TO THE SECOND ONE IS JUST THAT PRODUCTION OF HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO SCIENCE AND NOT ALWAYS QUITE PREDICTER PREDICTABLE.

>> Ted: ARE YOU WORKING FOR VACCINES OR BACTERIA FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE EAR INFECTIONS?

>> WE ARE LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT ANIMALS AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT ANIMALS CAN BE DEVELOPED, THOSE ANIMAL VACCINES MUCH FASTER AND MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE AND HELP TO PROVE THE POINT OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE'RE WORKING ON.

>> Ted: GENETICS AT THE CORE OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Ted: I WANT TO GO BACK TO COVID BECAUSE NOW THE BOOSTER SHOTS ARE THE BIG THING AND EVERYTHING HAS TO GET IT BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC -- DO YOU THINK EVEN SCIENCE -- HAS COVID CHANGED THE WAY EVERYONE LOOKS AT COVID AND THE VACCINES?

>> MANY, MANY PEOPLE YES.

WE'RE LOSING ALMOST 300 PEOPLE A DAY FROM COVID AND WE WOULD BE LOSING MANY, MANY MORE WITHOUT THE VACCINE.

SO THE VACCINE HAS SAVED MANY, MANY LIVES AND THAT BRINGS US ALL TO AN AWARENESS OF HOW IMPORTANT VACCINES ARE.

>> Ted: I IMAGINE THAT MEANS MARKETING.

ONCE YOU GET PASSED THE REGULATORY STATUS, YOU HAVE TO MARKET THIS TO MAKE SURE MOM AND DAD USE THE VACCINATION.

>> THE WAY CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS WORK, THEY GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE F.D.A.

BUT ALSO THE CDC.

AND THEN, IT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ROUTINE CHILDHOOD VACCINES.

SO ALMOST EVERYBODY GETS THEIR CHILDREN IMMUNIZED NOW AND IF THIS PASSED ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE HURDLES OF SAFETY AND END OF EFFICACY, IT COULD GO INTO CHILDHOOD VACCINES.

>> Ted: THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE YOU COMES ON.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TED.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, REDISCOVERING MUSICAL TREASURES AT THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM.

>> THIS IS CALLED REDISCOVERED TREASURES AND FEATURES THE RAREST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND INCLUDED ITEMS USED BY MUSIC LOVERS FROM JAMES MADISON TO PRINCE.

HERE IS RICH WALTER, THE CURATOR FROM CANADA AND EUROPE AND FOOD TO HAVE YOUGOODTO YOU HAVE YOU BACK.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND KIND OF AN EXCLA MAKES POINT THESE ARE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.

>> Ted: MORE THAN TWO DOZEN?

>> THE GALLERY IS FILLED WITH 80 AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN NEW ITEM INTERESTS THISITEMS.

WE'RE REDISCOVERING AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT MAKES THESE SO SPECIAL.

>> Ted: LET'S START WITH A CHINESE BELL FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C.

TALK TO US ABOUT THIS.

>> SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR ANCIENT TREASURERS AND THIS IS ABOUT 2500 YEARS OLD AND IT'S A CHINESE BELL.

THIS IS THREE FEET TALL.

IT'S EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE AS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, IT'S CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE THAN ONE NOTE AND AS A PIECE OF ART, IT'S JUST A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW SOPHISTICATED THE BRONZE TECHNIQUES WERE.

IN ANCIENT CHINA, IT'S MYRRH RACKMIRACULOUS.

WE'RE ALL SCOURING THE EARTH TRYING TO FIND THESE INSTRUMENTS HE FOUND A SPECIAL ONE AVAILABLE AND IT'S ONE OFAND IT'S ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ONES.

>> Ted: YOU HAVE A PEDAL HARP FROM GERMANY.

>> THIS IS A PEDAL HARP WITH A FOOT AND THIS IS LIKE A HARP ON A CONCERT STAGE AND THIS IS THE ORIGINS AND ONE OF NUMEROUS WITH THE BEGINNINGS AND GROUND-BREAKING DESIGNS AND THIS IS THE GROUND-BREAKING MOMENTS AND FOUR OF THESE AND THE ONLY ONE IN NORTH AMERICA.

>> Ted: INTERESTING!

WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FROM 18th 18th CENTURY IRAN AND THIS IS A BODE STRING INSTRUMENT AND I WON'T PRONOUNCE THIS.

>> THIS IS A CAMANCHA, DEEP PERSIAN CLASSICAL HISTORY AND THIS IS ONLY A MALL HANDFUL KNOWN TO SURVIVE FROM A GREAT MAKER NAMED KARAM KAHN AND A NICK NAME AND TRANSLATED BASICALLY MEANING "LIFE."

THIS IS VERY SPECIAL AND PERSIAN AND IT'S ONE OF THESE SINGULAR EXAMPLES REPRESENTING THE BEST OF IT KIND.

>> Ted: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT'S GORGEOUS!

>> Ted: A LITTLE MORE MODERN, A GRAND PIANO USED BY PRINCE, HUH?

>> THIS GOES BACK SIX THOUSAND YEARS TO A CHINESE DRUM AND UP UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY AND MORE CONTEMPORARY POP STARS AND PRINCE'S ESTATE, A PIANO AND ELECTRIC BASE AND STAGE WARDROAD FROMWARDROBEAND A GUITAR BY JAZZ GREATS AND AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE INSTRUMENTS TO HAVE THIS CONCEPT OF TREASURES CLOSER TO PEOPLE'S MEMORIES AND THOUGHTS OF POPULAR MUSIC TODAY.

>> Ted: AND NICKNAMED BEAUTIFUL AND YOU SAID IT ON THE SIDE.

I MENTIONED JAMES MADISON AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXACT INSTRUMENT BY MADISON AND SOMETHING GIVEN TO MADISON.

>> THIS MAN MADE GLASS-BODIED FLUTES AND SOME PRESENTED TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING JAMES MADISON AND HIGH STATUS FOLKS AND WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE CRYSTAL FLUTES AND RECENTLY ANOTHER ONE OWNED BY JAMES MADISON AND HA THAT MAKER WAS IN THE NEWS AND THE SAME MAKER'S OUTPUT AND THIS FLUTE IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> Ted: AND ERIC CLAPTON AND WAS THAT ON LOAN OR HAD IT BEEN SOLD AND CHANGED HANDS OVER THE YEARS.

>> THIS IS NICKNAMED "BROWNIE" AND FROM THE MUSEUM OF POPULAR CULTURE IN SEATTLE.

AND ABOUT 75% OF THIS GALLERY IS FILLED WITH MIM'S POPULAR COLLECTION OBJECTS AND THE REMAINDER ARE FROM GENEROUS LENDER PARTNERS AND THIS IS ON LOAN FROM A COLLECTION AND THEY'VE HAD IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND WE PARTNER WITH ESTATES, PRIVATE COLLECTIONS WHO TRUST MIM WITH THEIR TREASURES ON A PUBLIC DISPLAY.

>> Ted: ARE YOU SEEING MORE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, MORE MIM.

MIM-LIKE PLACES?

>> MIM STILL IS QUITE UNIQUE IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE WORLD ON DISPLAY AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES MIM DISTINCTIVE FROM OTHER MUSEUMS THAT CELEBRATE MUSIC.

WE CELEBRATE, HAVE AUTHENTIC PIECES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND IN THAT REGARD, IT'S STILL THE BEST OF ITS KIND.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE INCREASING PLACES WHERE YOU CAN FIND STUFF.

>> OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND WHAT'S NICE, WE'RE PROUD MIM HAS MADE CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE THESE SPECIAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY OCCASIONALLY TO HAVE THINGS ON DISPLAY IN PHOENIX FROM THE MUSICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR COLLECTION.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTS AND HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS AROUND THE WORLD AND MIM HAS BEEN A MAGNET TO SHOWCASE THOSE.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

RICH WALTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEND THE PAST 15 YEARS ON ARIZONA HORIZON INTERVIEWING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS AND JUST PLAIN FOLKS ABOUT A VARIETY OF ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES AROUND THE STATE.

SO FAR, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.

I ALWAYS LOVED HORIZON AND IF MICHAEL GRANT WOULD LEAVE, THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

NEVER THINKING THEY WOULD LEAVE.

>> GOOD EVENING, I'M MICHAEL GRANT.

>> I WAS WORKING AT KTAR AS A TALKSHOW HOST AND NEWS ANCHOR GUY IN THE AFTERNOONS OVER KTAR AND MY CONTRACT WAS COMING UP AND MIKE, WHO WORKED OVER KTAR TOLD ME, HEY, MICHAEL GRANT IS LEAVING ON "HORIZON" AND WE GAVE IT A COUPLE OF RUN-THROUGHS AND IT WORKS OUT.

>> SUPER BOWL VIII IS MAYOR SKRUGGS.

>> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE THE FIRST NIGHT WITH YOU AS THE PERMANENT HOST OF "VERIZON."

>> THAT'S NICE OF YOU.

>> Ted: I WOULD DESCRIBE ARIZONA HORIZON AS A PROGRAM THAT SPEAKS IN PARAGRAPH AS OPPOSED TO SENTENCES.

WE TAKE ISSUES AND WE FLESH THEM OUT.

IT'S NOT A SOUNDBITE, NOT "FLASH AND DASH."

IF IT INVOLVES SCIENCE, ART, GOVERNMENT AND VARIETY OF THINGS, WE TALK ABOUT IT.

I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN JOURNALISM.

AS A KID, I WOULD PRETEND TO READ THE NEWS AND GRAB "TIME" MAGAZINE AND I WAS WATER CRONKITE AS A KID.

WAYS A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, PROUD POLITICAL SCIENCE GRADUATE.

BEFORE THE CRONKITE SCHOOL, I WOULD TELL STUDENTS ALL THE TIME THAT THE WEST WAY BEST WAY TO GET INTO JOURNALISM WAS TO GO TO ENGLISH, STUDY ENGLISH OR SOCIOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY BECAUSE THAT TEACHES YOU TO LEARN TO READ AND TO WRITE AND TO THINK AND THOSE THINGS WILL HELP YOU NO MATTER TO JOB YOU GET INTO.

MY FIRST JOB WAS KAET TELEVISION IN ARIZONA.

I HAD A VOLUNTEER AND STUDENTS WOULD SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER AND YOU WOULD COME IN AND I WORKED MY WAY UP TO PRODUCTION AND DIRECTING PLEDGE BREAKS.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

WHEN I GOT A JOB AT CHANEL 5 ON THEIR PRODUCTION CREW, THEIR BROADCASTER SAID I KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED.

I'M LEAVING AND I GOT A SHOT AND THEY GAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT PERSON DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU HAD TO ACTUALLY WORK TO BE A SPORTSCASTER AND AFTER ONE WEEKEND, HE WAS OUT AND I GOT A CALL FROM CHANNEL 5 SAYING YOU WANT TO COME IN TOMORROW NIGHT AND DO SPORTS AND I SAID SURE.

I HAD TO BUY A JACKET AND NICE SHIRT AND A TIE.

AND MY HAIR WAS LONG AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET THAT CUT.

BUT THAT'S HOW STARTED, OF CHANNEL 5 AS A WEEKEND SPORTSCATTER WHICHSPORTSCASTER.

I PREPARE FOR THE TOPIC KNOWING I HAVE THAT IN THE BACKGROUND, NOT TO IMPRESS YOU WITH EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW.

YOU NEED A FOUNDATION.

WHEN I DO RESEARCH BEFORE THE INTERVIEWS, I NEED THAT TO MAKE SURE WE GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS AND EVERY INTERVIEW IS DIFFERENT.

YOU HAVE TO MASSAGE HERE AND THIS WAY AND PUSH THEM OUT AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND EVERYONE CONVERSATION IS DIFFERENT.

JUST THINK ABOUT CONVERSATIONS.

EVERY CONVERSATION YOU HAVE WITH SOMEONE IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE.

IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH INTERVIEWS.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST INTERVIEWS ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD GUESTS.

A GOOD GUEST IS SOMEONE WHO LISTENS TO THE QUESTION AND NOT ONLY ANSWERS THE QUESTION AND ADDS TO THE ANSWER AND MAKES IT CONVERSATIONAL AND RELEVANT AND MAKES IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT KNOWING THAT WHOEVER IS WATCHING CAN EAVESDROP AND INTERESTING.

AL FRANKEN WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER BECAUSE A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I WAS, YOU KNOW, ON A "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."

I COULD ASK A RELATIVELY HUMOROUS QUESTION AND THE CROWD LOVED IT.

EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS HUMOROUS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

SO THAT WAS FUN.

AND JIMMY CARTER WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW JUST BECAUSE IT'S JIMMY CARTER, YOU KNOW, AND HE WAS SUCH A NICE MAN.

HE LISTENED TO THE QUESTIONS AND YOU COULD TELL HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND YOU COULD TELL THE INTERVIEW WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM.

AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY REFRESHING.

WHAT MEMORIES DO YOU FIND AT THIS STAGE, DO YOU FIND YOU ENJOY MOST?

>> THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART OF MY LIFE SINCE I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE.

OF COURSE, IT WAS GREAT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THEPRESIDENT AND I HAD A GREAT LIFE SINCE THE 35 YEARS SINCE WE LEFT.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN 75 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

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>> Ted: KEN BURN WAS GREAT INTERVIEW BECAUSE I COULD TELL HE WASN'T THAT INTERESTED IN DOING THE INTERVIEW.

BY THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, HE WAS TALKING, LAUGHING AND JOKES ANDJOKINGAND AFTERWARDS, HE SAID HE ENJOYED THE INTERVIEW AND TO ME, THAT'S THE BEST COMPLIMENT.

I'M PROUD I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE LEGACY OF VERIZON GOING ON BECAUSE I GOT HERE AND THIS WAS A PRETTY STRONG THING GOING HERE.

"VERIZON" HAD ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD AND I DIDN'T WANT TO MESS THAT UP AND I DON'T THINK I'VE MESSED THAT UP AND I THINK I MOVED IT IN CERTAIN WAYS THAT IT'S A MORE RELEVANT AND STRONGER PRODUCT, PERHAPS, OR WE'RE STILL DOING WHAT VERIZON HAS ALWAYS DONE AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO DO SO.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMON INTERESTS THANKS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

MANY THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THAT LOOK BACK AND HERE'S TO MAKING MANY MORE MEMORIES IN THE YEARS TO COME.

I'M TED SIMONS AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.