
82323- Leqembi Approval, Economics, Awesome Arizona
Season 2023 Episode 167 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
New Alzheimer's drug approved, Swift, Beyonce, Barbie economics, "Awesome Arizona" Book.
In July, The Food and Drug Administration approved the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, a pivotal decision that will expand access to the expensive drug for older Americans. Taylor Swift and Beyonce are expected to earn at least a billion dollars off their tours. Roger Naylor has written a new book called: Awesome Arizona- 200 Amazing Facts about the Grand Canyon State.
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82323- Leqembi Approval, Economics, Awesome Arizona
Season 2023 Episode 167 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
In July, The Food and Drug Administration approved the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, a pivotal decision that will expand access to the expensive drug for older Americans. Taylor Swift and Beyonce are expected to earn at least a billion dollars off their tours. Roger Naylor has written a new book called: Awesome Arizona- 200 Amazing Facts about the Grand Canyon State.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A CLOSER LOOK AT A NEW ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT JUST APPROVED BY THE F.D.A.
AND HOW BARBIE, BEYONCE AND TAYLOR SWIFT ARE BOOSTING THE ECONOMY.
AND A BOOK THAT DETAILS 200 AMAZING FACTS WERE THE STATE.
THOSE STORIESAND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M TED SIMONS.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE FROM THE TOWN OF TUSAYAN WERE EVACUATED LAST NIGHT DUE TO FLOODING IN THE AREA.
THIS RESULTED IN THE EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS.
>>> STARTLING NEWS OUT OF RUSSIA, YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, THE LEADER OF THE WAGNER MILITARY GROUP IS PRESUMED DEAD AFTER A PLANE CRASH NORTH OF MOSCOW KILLED ALL TEN PEOPLE ON BOARD.
PRIGOZHIN WAS LISTED AS A PASSENGER ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS.
PRIGOZHIN LEAD A BRIEF MILITARY UPRISING.
THEY BACKED OFF IN A DEAL WITH THE KREMLIN AND REACTION FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN ON TODAY'S NEWS.
>> I DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW DETAILS.
>> Ted: NO WORD AS YET ON A CAUSE OF THE CRASH OR IF IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN.
>>> THIS WAS THE SCENE OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA'S FULTON COUNTY JAIL AS RUDY GIULIANI TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES.
HE.HE WAS BOOKED ON 13 CHARGES OF TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE 2020 ELECTION.
HE WAS RELEASED ON $100,000 BOND IN WASTED NO TIME IN CRITICIZING HI ARREST.
>> I AM VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THIS CASE IS A FIGHT FOR A WAY OF LIFE.
THIS INDICTMENT IS A TRAGEDY TRAVESTY AND NOT JUST DONALD TRUMP AND PEOPLE IN THIS INDICTMENT, BUT AN ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF THEY CAN DO THIS TO ME, THEY CAN DO THIS TO YOU.
>> Ted: DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES TOMORROW.
>>> THE BREAK ANNOUNCED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A FIGHT CUT CANCER TO CUT IT IN HALF.
IT WHO'SES MRNA TECHNOLOGY TO TRAIN IMMUNE AND AUTO DISEASES MORE EFFECTIVELY.
IT WAS USED TO DEVELOP COVID VACCINES THAT HELPED SAVES MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>>> THE FIRST ANTIBODY TREATMENT TO RECEIVE ALZHEIMER'S APPROVAL.
IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO SLOW THE COMPRESSION.
HERE TO TELL US MORE IS DR. ALIREZA ATRI.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT.
>> LAKENAMAB, WE LEARNED THIS IN TIMES OF COVID AND IT'S A FIRST OF ITS KIND TREATMENT IN MANY WAYS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, IT HAS FULL APPROVAL BECAUSE IT REMOVES AND LOWERS THE PLAQUES IN THE BRAIN THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING AND CAUSING APPROVED.
THIS IS PLAQUE THAT DEVELOPS OVER 20, 25 YEARS BEFORE INDIVIDUALS SHOW SYMPTOMS.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE CAN SHOWSHOW WE CAN LOWER THE PLAQUES AND ACTUALLY, IN MANY INDIVIDUALS AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, WE CAN BRING THEM DOWN TO MANY LEVELS OF PLAQUES IN THE BRAIN.
AND WITH THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROUPS, WE CAN SLOW DOWN ON AVERAGE ABOUT 25 TO 35%, THE CLINICAL PROGRESSION, THE DECLINE THAT WE SEE.
SO OVER A YEAR A A HALF, THAT'S SIX MONTHS OF BENEFIT.
>> Ted: NOT A CURE WHICH SLOWS THE PROGRESSION WHICH MEANS HAVE MORE TIME -- OBVIOUSLY MORE TIME IN ALZHEIMER'S IS A BLESSING.
>> IT IS BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THIS MEDICATION IS WHEN INDIVIDUALS HAVE SYMPTOMS AT THEIR EARLIER STAGES.
WHAT WE CALL MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS OR MILD KNOWN OR MILD DEMENTIA STAGES AND THAT CAN BE MEANING FOR FORFOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.
>> Ted: HOW IS THIS ADMINISTERED?
>> THE BURDEN AND COSTS IS THAT IT'S AN INFUSION DRUG.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IN AN IV EVERY TWO WEEKS, AN INFUSION AND THE COST OF THE DRUG CAN BE HIGH.
YOU KNOW, MEDICARE AND OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR SOME OF THAT.
THERE MAY BE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED.
THE OTHER PARTS OF THAT ARE THERE ARE REACTIONS OR SIDE EFFECTS THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE.
WITH THAT, WE NEED TO DO SURVEILLANCE MRI'S AND SO LOOK AT MRI'S IN SCHEDULED WAYS BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE SOME INFLAMMATION OR BLEEDING IN THE BRAIN.
>> Ted: I SAW BRAIN SWELLING AND BLEEDING.
HOW LIKELY ARE THOSE RISK FACTORS?
IT'S BEEN CHOSEN ON THE PATIENT THAT'S BEEN CHOSEN PROPERLY.
SOME PATIENTS MAY NOT QUALITY FEWQUALIFYBECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE RIGHT CLINICAL STAGES OR THEY'VE HAD BLEEDING OR DAMAGE TO THE BLOOD VESSELS.
SOME THAT HAVE A GENE CALLED APR4, BUT THOSE ADDRESSED ARE MORE AT RISK.
THIS IS ABOUT 12% THAT GET SOME OF THE SWELLING KIND, BUT THAT RISK REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH BLOOD VESSEL CHANGES YOU'VE HAD AND WHETHER YOU HAVE THIS E-4.
MOSTLY THEY'RE NOT SYMPTOMATIC AND WE CATCH THEM ON MRI'S AND PAUSE THEM.
BUT VERY RARELY, THEY CAN CAUSE SWELLING OR HEMORRHAGES.
>> Ted: YOU WANT TO GET STARTED EARLY, THE EARLIER, THE BETTER.
ASYMPTOMATIC AND WHEN ARE TOO MANY SYMPTOMS THAT WE CANNOT GO THERE RIGHT NOW?
>> BECAUSE ALZHEIMER'S HAS A CLINICAL SYMPTOMATIC STAGE THAT COULD BE FROM 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS, THERE'S A SILENT PHASE.
A PRE-SYMPTOMATIC OR CLINICAL PHASE THAT IS 25 YEARS.
PLAQUES DEVELOP AND CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND THEN THERE'S SHRINKAGE OF THE BRAIN.
IN THE STAGES INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED, THAT'S NOT STENOGRAPH SOMETHING THAT SOMETHING CLINICAL AVAILABLE BUT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT'S A HOPEFUL STAGE.
THERE'S HOPEFUL TRIALS FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SEE IF THEY IS PLAQUES IN THEIR BRAIN AND RANDOMIZED TO GETTING DRUGS LIKE THIS OR OTHER DRUGS IN THE CLASS.
THAT'S WHAT IS REALLY, I THINK, THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS PREVENTION AND ALSO A COMBINATION DRUG.
>> Ted: YOU CAN SEE PLAQUE ADMIT BRAININTHE BRAIN, CAN'T YOU?
>> THERE ARE PET SCANS AND SPINAL FLUID WANT, AND A LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND THE BLOOD TESTS ARE MORE ACCURATES IN THE COMING YEARS.
THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR HEALTH IF THEY ARE AT RISK OR HAVE SYMPTOMS.
>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED THE PRICE AND I'M SEEING 26.5, $26,000 A YEAR, F.D.A.
APPROVAL, MEDICARE AND HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN?
>> SO MEDICARE SAID THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO BE USED AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A REGISTRY AND THE CLINICIANS HAVE TO REGISTER PATIENTS THAT WAY OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES.AND MEDICARE IS DETERMINING HOW TO PAY FOR PET SCANS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE STICKER PRICE.
SOY REALLYSO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BE CHARGED, BUT SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE COPAYS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, HAS TO BE DETERMINED.
>> Ted: OBVIOUSLY, ALONG WITH GOING THERE TWICE, EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS, FOR RURAL PATIENTS THAT COULD BE TOUGH.
>> SO ACCESS CAN BE AN ISSUE.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE'LL LEARN HOW TO DO THIS BETTER IN THE COMING YEARS AND THIS IS SUCH A NEW PARADIGM FOR US.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP AND STEPPING STONE FOR OUR FIELD, BUT WE HAVE TO LEARN OVER THE NEXT YEARS AND PROBABLY EVEN A DECADE, YOU KNOW, WITH BIOMARKERS HOW WE MEASURE THE PROCESS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND NOT JUST THE PLAQUES AND HOW TO USE THESE DRUGS BETTER.
IT'S LIKE CANCERS 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO OR LIKE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
I THINK THIS IS A RATIONAL BASIS TO TAKE THE 25% OR 30% AND MAKE IT 50% OR 06 60% AND SAFER IN THE COMING YEARS.
IT'S A LEARNING CURVE AND PRACTICING CLINICIANS, A COMPLETEBLYCOMPLETEY NEW PARADIGM.
>> Ted: ANY KIND OF OPTIMISM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I DO THINK THIS IS THE END OF THE BEGINNING, BUT WE NEED COMBINATION DRUGS AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT FOR ANY GIVEN PATIENT THE RIGHT WAY.
>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND GOOD INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ted: UP NEXT, THE ECONOMIC BOOST OF WOMEN SPENDING BIG BUCKS ON BARBIE, BEYONCE AND TAYLOR SWIFT.
>> Ted: THIS HAS RAKED IN OVER $1 BILLION IN TICKET SALES AND THEY SAY WOMEN ARE SPENDING MONEY ON EXPERIENCES IN EXPERIMENT MORE THAN JUST BUYING THINGS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL?
FOR THAT, WE WELCOME SUSAN TANG FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ted: SUMMER OF GIRL POWER, I MEAN, HOW MUCH OF THIS IMPACTED THE ECONOMY?
>> THIS IS HUGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE TAYLOR SWIFT ERA'S TOUR, IT CAN BE $2.2 BILLION AND ESTIMATED THAT THE TOTAL IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY IS LIKE AT $4.6 BILLION AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN SOME COUNTRIES' ANNUAL GDP.
FOR THE BARBIE'S MOVIE, WE KNOW THE TICKET IS MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION.
IN GENERAL, THIS IS A HUGE IMPACT.
>> Ted: HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE, THOUGH, TO THE OVERALL ECONOMY WITH JOBS, WITH ANCILLARY BUSINESSES AND PLANES, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS?
I MEAN, PEOPLE FLYING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO SEE SOME OF THESE ARTISTS?
>> FOR EXAMPLE, THE TAYLOR SWIFT'S TOUR, IF YOU ASK ME, THERE'S 17,000 JOBS CREATED BECAUSE OF THIS AND FOR GLENDALE, THERE'S A TOUR IN THE START OF THE TOUR AND WE ATTRACTED MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE HERE AND OVERALL, I THINK THAT THE HOTEL PRICES ARE HIGHER AND WE SEE VERY IDAHO TELL HIGH REVENUE AND OTHER SERVICES ARE BOOSTING.
THIS IS PRETTY HUGE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE OF PHILADELPHIA, ACTUALLY THEY SEE THE HIGHEST HOTEL REVENUE IN MAY AND MOST IS BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF TAYLOR SWIFT.
>> Ted: DID I READ BEYONCE MAY HAVE INCREASED INFLATION IN STOCKHOLM?
IT WAS A BUMP.
[ Laughter ] >> A BUMP.
>> Ted: TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT WOMEN AND SPENDING HABITS AND CONTROL IS INFLUENCED AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, PRIORITIZING NOT JUST BUYING STUFF, BUT BUYING THE EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING TWIST, ISN'T IT?
>> RIGHT.
IT'S BECOMING A GENERAL TREND AND WE PUT EXPERIENCES AND WE PUT THE MEMORIES WE GOT, WE VALUE THAT A LOT.
MANY CONSUMERS ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE THAT AND CONSUMERS NOWADAYS VALUE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY BECAUSE THE CONSUMPTION ON THE EXPERIENCES, MANY TIMES IT'S HAPPENING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
IF THEY'RE DINING OUT NEARBY AND IF THEY HAVE THE NAILS DONE NEARBY.
IT'S GOOD FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND FOR AFTER THE COVID TO REVITALIZE OUR ECONOMY AND I THINK IT HAS GOOD POWER.
AND ALSO FOR THOSE MOVIES AND THE CONCERTS, WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE DIRECT IMPACTS ON, LIKE, THE TICKET SALES, LIKE THE HOTELS AND ACTUALLY, THE TOTAL IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY CAN BE LARGER BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SPEND MONEY ON HOTELS AND THE HOTEL, THE WORKERS HAVE THEIR ADDITIONAL INCOME AND THAT INCOME CAN BE SOME OTHER CONSUMPTION.
SO THE TOTAL IMPACT CAN BE LARGER.
>> Ted: ALSO A FACTOR HERE, AS I WAS DOING RESEARCH, MORE WOMEN THAN EVER, THEY'RE IN PRIME WORKING AGE RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE THE BUCKS TO DO THIS.
>> EXACTLY.
THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS BEHIND IT.
THE CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HISTORICALLY LOW AND WE SEE HIGHER AND HIGHER LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES FOR BOTH WOMEN AND MEN.
FOR WOMEN, WE KNOW DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT'S A BIG HIT FOR THE PARTICIPATION.
AFTER THAT, WE REALLY ARE RECOVERING FROM IT FOR THE WOMEN AND IT'S CLOSE TO 78% AND IT'S HIGH.
BESIDES PARTICIPATION, WE HAVE HIGH INCOME.
THE WEEKLY SALARY, THE WEEKLY INCOME IS ALSO HIGHER THAN BEFORE AND ALSO HISTORICALLY HIGH.
>> Ted: WITH ALL OF THIS -- I'VE SEEN CRITICISM OF WELL-KNOWN BRANDS WHO HAVE HAD WOMEN IN THE POCKET, BUT THEY SPEAK TO WOMEN IN A ONE DIMENSIONAL WAY AND THIS SUGGESTS YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, CAN YOU?
>> BUT I THINK IN GENERAL, IT DEPENDS ON PERSPECTIVES FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES, FOR OUR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.
WE CAN HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO ATTRACT CONSUMERS AND WOMEN CAN PROVIDE DIFFERENT PREFERENCES.
>> Ted: WITH THAT IN MIND, IS THIS JUST A BLIP?
I MEAN, TAYLOR SWIFT AND BEE BEYONCE AND BARBIE, YOU TALK ABOUT A HURRICANE, EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN TO KEEP GOING DOWN THE LINE OR IS THIS KIND OF A BLIP?
>> WE HAVE A STRANGE LABOR MARKET AND THAT WOULD BE FOUR SURE GOINGFORSURE TO LAST LONGER AND WOMEN AS A MAIN PURCHASING, LIKE, POWER AND HAVE HIGHER PURCHASING POWER HERE, FOR SURE.
>> Ted: THE SHE SESSION, THAT'S LONG GONE, ISN'T IT?
>> YEAH, I HOPE SO.
[ Laughter ] >> Ted: SUSAN TANG, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?
I WATCHED THE BARBIE.
>> ?
>> I WATCHED THE "BARBIE" MOVIE AND LIKED IT.
>> Ted: THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TED.
>> Ted: A NEW BOOK BY ROGER NAILER TRAVELS ALL KINDS OF THING AND AWESOME ARIZONA, 200 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE GRAND GRANDCANYON STATE.
200 FACTS AND COMMENTARY ON ARIZONA AND HOW DID YOU CHOSE WHAT TO PICK?
>> THAT'S THE HARD PART, WHAT TO LEAVE OUT.
THERE'S SO MUCH GO THROUGH A AND I TRIED TO DO A MIX OF BIG OBVIOUS FACTS AND SOME FACTS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW AND A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY MIGHT FIND, MIGHT SPUR THEM TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE MORE AND HISTORIC TIDBITS.
IT'S SORT OF A COMBINATION ENCYCLOPEDIA LOVE LETTER TO ARIZONA.
>> Ted: IS THERE SOMETHING NEW IN HERE YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT?
>> SURE.
I'M ALWAYS UNCOVERING NEW THINGS I DIDN'T REALIZE OR DIDN'T KNOW AND THAT GETS ME MORE EXCITED AND I LIKE TO DIG OUT MORE AND MORE FACTS AND EVER SINCE THE BOOK HAS COME OUT, I HAVE A LIST OF NEW ONES AND SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT ONE IN THERE.
>> Ted: VOLUME 2 IS ON THE WAY, IN ORDER.
LET'S LOOK AT THE ITEMS YOU HAVE INCLUDING A MULE CARRYING THE MAIL IN ARIZONA.
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
>> THERE'S ONE PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE MAIL IS STILL DELIVERED BY MULE AND THAT'S HERE IN ARIZONA.
IT'S THE VILLAGE OF SUPAI DOWN IN THE HALVE SUE HAVASU CANYON.
IT LOOKS LIKE A TROPICAL ISLAND AND SPECTACULAR!
THE MAIL IS STILL DELIVERED BY MAIL THERE, ONLY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND ALSO TO PHANTOM RANCH AND THAT'S DONE BY ZANTERA, AND IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU CAN WRITE A LETTER AND POSTCARD AND HAVE IT STAMPED AND "SENT BY MULE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND CANYON."
>> Ted: OUR NEXT ONE IS ARIZONA CITY THAT HAS A LIGHTHOUSE AND HOW DOES AN ARIZONA CITY HAVE A LIGHTHOUSE?
>> YOU'LL WIN BAR BETS WITH THIS BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD DO THIS.
AN ARIZONA CITY HAS THE MOST LIGHTHOUSES OF ANY TIME IN AMERICA.
IT'S LAKE HAVASU CITY.
THEY'RE SCALED DOWN VERSIONS UP AND DOWN THE EAST AND WEST COAST, BUT THEY'RE FULLY FUNCTIONAL, NAVIGATIONAL AIDS ON THE ISLANDS OF LAKE HAVASU.
SOME OF THEM YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE SHORELINE AND OTHERS YOU NEED TO VISIT BY BOAT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE VISITOR'S CENTRE AND GO OUT AND EXPLORE.
>> Ted: THEY HAVE THE LONDON BRIDGE AND LIGHTHOUSES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Ted: NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND WE TALKED NATIONAL MONUMENTS ON THE SHOW AND NOW AND THEN AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM, DON'T WE?
>> WE DO.
WE HAVE MORE NATIONAL MONUMENTS THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
WE'RE KNOWN AS THE GRAND CANYON STATE AND WE HAVE THREE NATIONAL PARKS, AND THEY REQUIRE AN ACT OF CONGRESS FOR A NATIONAL PARK.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS CAN BE DONE BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE AND WE HAVE 18 AND THEY COVER SOME OF OUR MOST SPECTACULAR SCENERY LIKE THE VER MILL-IN CLIFFS AND INCLUDING CULTURAL SITES LIKEMONTLIKEMONT ZUMA CASTLE.
>> Ted: MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
OK, LET'S TALK POKER, LONGEST POKER GAME IN HISTORY?
>> WE PLAYED THE LONGER GAME IN HISTORY DOWN IN TOMBSTONE, AND OBVIOUSLY KNOWN FOR THE MOST FAMOUS GUN FIGHT IN HISTORY AND AT THE OTHER END IS THE BIRD CAGE THEATER, WHICH THE "NEW YORK TIMES" CALLED THIS THE MOST WICKED.
IT OPENEDDESPITE A THOUSAND DOLLAR BUY-IN, IT RAN EIGHT YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.
>> Ted: YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND EAT.
>> NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, A BUY-IN.
>> Ted: I GOT YOU.
>> PEOPLE LIKE DOC HOLIDAY, GEORGE RANDOLPH HERST AND THEY ALL SAT IN AND THE BIRD CAGE IS SUCH AN AMAZING PLACE BECAUSE ONCE THE MINES STARTED TO CLOSE, IT SHUT DOWN AND LEFT EVERYTHING AS IS.
IT REOPENED DECADES LATER AND EVERYTHING IS ORIGINAL.
THERE'S MORE THAN 140 BULLET HOLES IN THE WALLS.
26 MEN DIED ON THE BIRD CAGE FLOOR SO A LOT OF GHOSTS AND THEY DO GHOST STORES AND YOU CAN VISIT AND JUST SEE A REALLY NICE PIECE OF HISTORY.
>> Ted: THE LAST ONE IS A PAINTING ON A CANYON NORTH OF KINGMAN.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, A LITTLE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE ROCKS PAINTED, BUT WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
>> ROY PURCELL, A PART-TIME MINOR IN ARIZONA'S OLDEST OCCUPIED TOWN, HE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING BIG AND DRAMATIC AND SO HE PAINTED THE MURAL CALLED THE JOURNEY 2,000 SQUARE FEET SPREAD ACROSS MURALS IN THE CANYON AND CAME BACK 40 YEARS LATER AND RETOUCHED IT UP AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> Ted: "AWESOME ARIZONA."
YOU'RE A BUSY MAN AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME.
>> ANY TIME.
>> Ted: AND A PROGRAMMING NOTE TOMORROW ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WE'LL LOOK AT A BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ASTEROID BENU AND 3D STEREOSCOPICS AND THIS IS FASCINATING STUFF.
THAT'S TOMORROW ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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