>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON,," HOW A SUCCESSFUL TEAM IMPACTS A COMMUNITY.

ALSO TONIGHT, A NUMBER OF NEW STATE LAWS THAT TOOK EFFECT THIS WEEK AND A LOCAL AUTHOR ABOUT A MEMOIR ABOUT GROWING GROWING UP IN A INSTRUCT RASTAFARI FAMILY IN JAMAICA.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

ARIZONA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, BEN TOMA MADE IT OFFICIAL TODAY HE IS RUNNING TO REPLACE DEBBIE LESKO IN ARIZONA EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

HOPEFULS ARE ANNOUNCING THEIR INTENTIONS IN THE HEAVILY REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

TOMA WAS ENDORSED BY LESKO WORKING, QUOTE, TO GET HIM ELECTED.

>>> A MAN SHOT BY POLICE AFTER HE THREW ROCKS AT A PATROL CAR.

CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE A $5.05 SETTLEMENT WITH OLLY OSMOND.

THEY CITED EXCESSIVE FORCE AND NEGLIGENCE IN THE CITY'S HIRING AND TRAINING OF OFFICERS PHOENIX PD COUNTERED THAT FIRING AFTER ORDERING HIM TO STOP THROWING ROCKS.

CITY COUNCIL VOTED 6-1 TO ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT.

>> SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN, DEPARTED FOR ISRAEL TO PUSH FOR A, QUOTE, HUMANITARIAN PAUSE TO ALLOW FOOD, WATER AND AID TO GAZA TRYING TO GET HOSTAGES OUT.

>> THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL, OTHER DEMOCRACIES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PROTECT CIVILIANS WHO MAY BE CAUGHT IN HARM'S WAY AND THIS, AGAIN, IS A CROSS-FIRE OF HAMAS' MAKING AND SOMETHING THE UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED TO.

I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS HERE, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH ON THE AGENDA.

WHEN I SEE A PALESTINIAN CHILD, A BOY, A GIRL, PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE OF A COLLAPSED BUILDING, THAT HITS ME IN THE GUT AS MUCH AS SEEING A CHILD IN ISRAEL OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

>> Ted: IT INCLUDES LATER TOPS IN JORDAN, TURKEY, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ALONG WITH INDIA THROUGH NOVEMBER 11th.

>> MORTGAGE RATES ARE DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN WEEKS.

IT SHOWS 30-YEAR FIXED MORTGAGES AVERAGE 6.6% DOWN A TICK FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

RATES ARE UNDER 7%.

>>> THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS UMPROBABLE WORLD SERIES RUN ENDED LAST NIGHT AS THE HOME TEAM LOST TO THE TEXAS RANGERS TO 5-0 IN DOING SO LOST THE SERIES FOUR GAMES TO ONE.

BUT THE SUCCESS OF THE D-BACKS WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN AND SEEMED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER OVER A SHARED INTEREST.

WE WELCOME JAY.

THE IMPACT OF THE DIAMONDBACKS' WORLD SERIES RUN ON EVERYTHING.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN FORGET WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, PUT THEIR PROBLEMS BEHIND THEM FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS A NIGHT.

>> Ted: HOW DEEP IS THAT?

AND FOR THE DIAMONDBACKS, THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T -- THIS WAS NOT EXPECTED AND HOW DID THAT PLAY INTO IT?

>> I THINK IT HELPS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY LIKE THIS, IT'S A TRANSIENT SPORT'S CITY AND NOT LIKE THE EAST COAST.

SO WHENEVER YOU GO GET THE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAN BASE, IT HELPS.

SO RETURNING TO THE POST-SEASON IN SUCH A BIG WAY, I THINK WILL HELP THEM IN THE LONG RUN BUILD FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

>> Ted: I THINK OF PITTSBURGH WHERE THEY'RE NUTS, NUTS OVER THE STEELERS, ESPECIALLY.

COMMUNITY, HOW DEEP IS THAT?

>> THE WEST COAST IS DEEP FROM THE EAST COAST.

THE EAST COAST WILL BRAG THEY'RE PAYING ON A TEAM THAT NEVER WINS AND THE WEST COAST, AH, WAIT AND SEE.

WHEN THE DIAMONDBACKS DID THIS, SAW THE FALL-OUT EVERY NIGHT, $500, $600 AND YOU WERE RICH ENOUGH TO GO TO THE GAME.

BUT I THINK AUTOMATICALLY, THAT GROUND SWELL BUILT AND YOU FIND A REAL INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Ted: WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT IN THERE'S MORE THINGS TO DO, TRANSIENT NATURE BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MORE STUFF TO DO IN.

DO?

>> IN PHOENIX, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO MOVE HERE AND LAY DOWN ROOTS.

WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME FOR KIDS TO GO UP.

THE DIAMONDBACKS HAVE ONLY WITHIN AROUND 25 YEARS AND THOSE KIDS ARE NOW BECOMING ADULTS WITH DISPOSABLE INCOME AND FINALLY, IT'S THE PERFECT STORM.

THE DIAMONDBACKS HITTING THE WORLD SERIES WHEN THESE KIDS ARE COMING OF AGE AND THE FIRST GENERATION OF FANS, WE GET STRONGER.

>> Ted: DOES THE TEAM IDENTIFY, DO THEY IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITY?

FORGET THE FANS, BUT MORE WITH THE TEEM OR INDIVIDUAL FAMILY TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL ONES?

>> THERE'S A BIG TURNOVER, BUT WHEN YOU CAN GRAB ONTO A STAR LIKE THE NATIONAL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, CORBIN CARROLL.

THE FANS CAN LATCH ONTO HIM.

HE'S HUMBLE AND EASY TO IDENTIFY WITH.

WHEN BUYING THE DIAMONDBACKS' JERSEY, NUMBER 7 IS A GOOD ONE.

>> Ted: HE'S A GAD PLAYER GOOD PLAYER AND HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO IT?

>> AND A MANAGEABLE PAYROLL.

THE TEXAS RANGERS WERE IN 247 MILLION.

SO GOING FORWARD, THIS IS A MANAGEABLE PAYROLL AND ALL OF THE THE MONEY WE MAKE, THE SURPRISE POST POST SEASON WILL BE PUT BACK INTO THE TEAM.

>> Ted: IN GENERAL, SUCCESS OF A TEAM LIKE THE DIAMONDBACKS OR INWHEN THE CARDINALS MADE THE SUPER BOWL, WHEN THESE TEAMS -- DOES IT HELP BOND A COMMUNITY?

>> ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

A LOT OF FANS WILL TAKE A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH.

FOR INSTANCE, FAN DUAL CAME OUT THE ODDS A DIAMONDBACKS ARE 14th AND TEXAS IS THIRD.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

THE TEAMS ARE EVENLY MATCHED AND THIS TEAM WILL HAVE A CHIP ON ITS SHOULDER AND MAYBE KEN AND DEREK, THEY'LL MAKE NECESSARY MOVES AND KEEP THE VALLEY EXCITED.

>> Ted: WE TALK ABOUT SUCCESS OF A TEAM AND BONDING, WHEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF BAD TEAMS, IT JUST PUTS A DAVENNER ONLY DAMPER ONLY THINGS.

>> IT WAS HARD TO FIND ANY ROUTING INTEREST OTHER THAN DEVON BOOKER.

>> Ted: IT FEELS ALSO A LOST OPPORTUNITY AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY YEARS TO ROUTE FOR A TEAM AND NO ONE WANTS TO BE A LONG SUFFERING SUB'S FAN.

SO MANY LIVE LIVE THEIR LONG LIVES WITH NOTHING.

>> THEY WENT TO THE GRAVES NEVER SEEING THE RED SOX WIN.

SO YEAH, WE'RE HOPING TO AVOID THAT HERE.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, ALL OF THIS, THIS CONNECTION WITH SPORT'S TEAMS AND, AGAIN, LIFTING SPIRITS, DAMPENING SPIRITS, IS THAT A GOOD THING?

>> WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE GRINDING ON, IT'S GREAT.

SPORTS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RECESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN GO INVEST IN AND NO PRESSURE.

YOUR TEAM WINS AND IT'S GREAT.

YOUR TEAM LOSES, NEXT YEAR.

>> Ted: SUPPOSED TO BE RECESS, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE RIOTS IN THE STREET WHEN THEY WIN OR LOSE.

IS THAT CHANGING AT ALL OR HAS THAT ALWAYS BEEN THERE?

>> ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE IT ABOUT THEM.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL DO IT AND I REMEMBER AT THE REPUBLIC IN 2001.

I WAS WORKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, CARS ARE JAMMED ON THE STREET AND IN JEFFERSON, PEOPLE ARE ON TOP OF THE CARS AND PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING PROPERTY.

WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR D.N.A.?

>> VETERAN SPORT'S WRITER TALKING ABOUT HOW SUCCESS OF SPORT'S TEAMS CAN BOND A COMMUNITY.

GOOD CONVERSATION.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, A LOOK AT THE NEW STATE LAWS THAT TOOK EFFECT THIS WEEK.

>> MONDAY MARKED 90 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH MEANS THAT WAS WHEN NONEMERGENCY LAWS PASSED DURING THE SESSION TOOK EFFECT.

JEREMY DUDA JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW STATE LAWS.

BAD TO HAVEWHAT'S THE DEAL WITH IT TAKING 90 DAYS FOR THINGS THAT WERE PASSED LONG AGO TO OFFICIALLY BECOME LAW?

>> SO IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE THE OPTION OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS A "CITIZEN REFERENDUM" SO IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE LAWS OF THE LEGISLATURE PASSED, THEY CAN REFER TO THE BALLOTS SO PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE PUTTING THE LAW ON HOLD UNTIL PAY SAY PEOPLE SAY YAY OR NAY AND THE 90 DAY WINDOW IS CONFLICTING COLLECTING SIGNATURES.

IF YOU WANT TO REFER TO THE BALLOT, YOU CAN AND WE SEE THAT APP AND SOMETIMES THERE'S BIG CAMPAIGNS.

>> Ted: THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE ALLOWS THINGS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?

>> YOU NEED A SUPER MAJORITY.

>> Ted: HAVE WE HAD MUCH OF THAT THIS SESSION?

>> SOME.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WHAT STOOD OUT IS HOW MANY GOT VI VETOED AND SOME THINGS, EVEN IN VERY CONTENTIOUS YEARS, SOME THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GET A LOT OF ATTENTION AND SOME THINGS GET UNANIMOUS OR NEAR UNANIMOUS VOTES EVEN IN A DIVIDED CLIMATE LIKE THIS.

>> Ted: SOMETHING THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION WHEN IT BECAME LAW AFTER THE 90-DAY PERIOD WAS A TAX REPEAT IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR SAID, THIS IS GREAT AND DIDN'T SAW THAT DURING THE SESSION.

>> SHE WAS NOT A BIG FAN AND AN IDEA OF WHAT KINDS OF TAX REBATES SHE WANTED.

THIS IS WHAT SHE GOT AND THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET AND THE RESULT OF A VERY UNIQUE STYLE OF BUDGETS THAT WAS UNUSUAL WHERE EVERY LAWMAKER GOT A HANDFULL OF CASH AND YOU CAN SPEND IT AS YOU WANT.

SOME FOLKS FROM THE CONSERVATIVE FREEDOM CAUCUS, REPUBLICANS PULLED THEIR MONEY TOGETHER TO GET EVERYONE, SOME OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS BACK AND REBATE FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE KIDDED.

KIDS.

KIDS UNDER 17, $250 A KID AND THEN IT'S CAPPED AT 750 BUCKS AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING OUT NOW.

SO IF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THAT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SOON.

>> Ted: CHECKS AND ELECTRONIC REFUNDS ARE ALREADY GOING ON.

ANOTHER ONE IS TEXT BANS AND IN PROTECTING YOUR -- IF YOU'RE ON THE NO-CALL LIST, THIS EXPANDS THAT AND BASS GOING ON WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> A FEDERAL NO-CALL LIST AND SPAMMERS AND WHATNOT AND ROBO CALLS AND NOW UNDER STATE LAW, IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR THAT, YOU WERE TELLING PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO GET AUTOMATED TEXT MESSAGES TO TRY AND GET YOU TO BUY STUFF.

THEY ALREADY HAVE A LAW ON THE BOOKS, A LAW OR TEN YEARS, I BELIEVE, THAT JAN BREWER SIGNED AND SOME FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN HUT WITH VARIOUS FINES.

ANYONE WITH A CELL PHONE KNOWS THERE'S NOTHING ABSOLUTE AND THESE TEXT MESSAGES ARE GOING OUT.

>> Ted: THIS PROBABLY GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT AT THE LEGISLATURE, DID IT NOT IN.

>> ?

>> NOT EVERYTHING GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

YOU HAVE TO ATTACH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE INTO THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL AND HAD TO WAIT THE 90 DAYS.

SO SORRY FOR 90 DAYS OF EXTRA SPAM TEXT MESSAGES.

>> Ted: SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THIS LOOKS LIKE A ROW VERSE CRIMINAL REVERSAL.

IT GOES INTO EFFECT MONDAY, BUT WHAT GOES INTO EFFECT?

>> A COUPLE YEARS EIGHT, THERE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FOURTH GRADE, THERE WERE EXCEPTIONS FOR WEAPONS, DRUGS AND THE VERY SERIOUS STUFF, BUT THERE WAS A PUSH TO GET RID OF THAT FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS FEELING THAT IT SETS THAT THESE STUDENTS BACK.

SOME COME FROM BAD HOME LIVES AND COMPOUNDS THINGS AND WE SAW PEOPLE SAID, HEY, WE WANT THAT OPTION BACK THERE, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT FELT THAT TOOK AN IMPORTANT TOOL OUT OF THEIR TOOLBOX WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN OPTION TO DO ANYTHING OR HAVE ANY SORT OF ENFORCEMENT OTHER THAN A SUSPENSION LIKE THAT.

SO THAT GOT ROLLED BACK THIS YEAR, THAT 2021 LAW REPEALED AND AS OF NOW, IT'S IN EFFECT AND IT GOES BACK TO THE STATUS QUO, PRE-2021 WHERE STUDENTS, NO MATTER HOW YOUNG CAN BE SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.

>> Ted: WAS THAT CONTROVERSIAL AT THE LEGISLATURE?

>> I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF CONTROVERSY THAT ANYTIME YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE AND SUPERINTENDENT HOR OFNE TALKS ABOUT THAT.

>> Ted: ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE MISSING OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE?

IT SEAMS A LOT THAT HAPPENS 90 DAYS LATER -- REBATE IS GREAT, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, NOT AS MANY AS PREVIOUS SESSIONS.

>> THAT MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF THE DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.

THERE WAS A LAW THIS WEEK THAT TAKES THE TRAUMA ACCOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND APPLIES THAT TO 9-1-1 OPERATORS, AS WELL.

THESE FOLKS ARE KIND OF CAUGHT IN THE MIX AND NOT SEEN, BUT THEY'RE TAKING SOME DRAMATIC THINGS AND EXTENDS THAT TO THEM, AS WELL.

>> Ted: ALSO HEARING TRAUMATIC THINGS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Ted: THE LAST QUESTION BEFORE YOU DO.

WE'REGO.LAWS THAT TAKE EFFECT 90 DAYS AFTER THE SESSION.

JUST, YOU KNOW, SPITBALL HERE, IS THIS GOING TO BE A RAUCOUS AFFAIR?

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SURPLUS AND YOU HAVE DIVIDED GOVERNMENT AND WILL IT BE CRAZY TIMES DOWN THERE?

>> I THINK THEY'LL GET UGLY, A $4 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT AND I THINK EVERYONE EXPECTS THAT TO BE WORSE AND NO ONE WILL BE $260 WORTH OF REBATE CHECKS.

>> Ted: JEREMY DUDA, GOOD INFORMATION.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TESTED A NEW MEMOIR >> Ted: THIS BOOK IS TITLED, HOW TO SAVE BABYLON "AND SINNED FRESH OFF HER APPEARANCE FROM THE "TODAY" SHOW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: WAS THIS BOOK BREWING FOR AWHILE OR WAS THERE A SPARK?

>> I SAY IT'S A MEMOIR AND A LIFETIME IN THE MAKING AND I FIRST STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT LIKE TEN YEARS AGO, A DECADE AGO AFTER I HAD LEFT JAMAICA AND CAME TO CAR CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE WAS FINALITY TO IT OR SOME SHIFT IN MY LEAVING THAT I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT WRITING THE STORY.

>> Ted: RAS FARRASRASRASTAFAR OF COURSERRISM, WHAT IS THIS?

>> THE FAITH IS BASED IN -- IT'S BORNE OUT OF ANTICOLONIAL THEORY AND IT WAS BORN WHILE JAY JAMAICA WAS IN THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ROUX AND THEY FOUND THAT INSPIRATION FOR THE BLACK FREEDOM IN THE ETHIOPIAN EMPORER WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE ONLY BLACK RULER IN THE WORLD AND THE ONLY BLACK NATION TO BE COLONIZED.

SO FOR THE RA RASTAFARI, HE BECAME A MAN, A PART OF THE MOVEMENT AND IT WAS AROUND THE IDEA OF BLACK LIBERATION TO AFRICA.

>> Ted: YOUR BOOK STARTS WITH A VISIT AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND YOU FORGET THAT HE WAS -- HE WAS LIKE A D ISSUING DEITY.

>> HE ARRIVED IN JAMAICA AND THIS WAS 30 YEARS AFTER THE MOVEMENT HAD BEGUN.

AND SO, THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME LANDING IN JAMAICA AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RASRASTAFARI WHO FLOCKED THE AIRPORT.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE PEOPLE MEET THE MESSIAH FACE TO FACE AND HE WAS SCARED TO LEAVE.

BUT WHEN HE DID, YOU KNOW, THE PRIME MINISTER IN JAMAICA LAID OUT THIS PRIM AND PROPER WELCOME PARTY AND A RED CARPET ROLLED OUT FOR HIM AND INSTEAD OF STEPPING ON THE RED CARPET, HE STEPPED ONTO THE MUDDY GROUND OF THE TARMAC.

>> Ted: IT WAS HUMILITY, THE HUMBLE GROUND TO DO.

YOUR FAR WAS A RA RASTAFARUI WITH A CAPITAL R AND HE WAS QUITE A GUY AND YOU WERE RAISED UNDER QUITE A SITUATION.

>> HE BELIEVED DEEPLY IN ONE OF THE DEEPER SECTORS AND SO THIS GOVERNS THE WAY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DRESS AND THE THINGS WE COULD EAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE COULD HAVE FRIENDED FRIENDS OR NOT.

THE RULES WERE INSTRUCTOR STRICTER FOR ME AND MY SISTER THAN MY BROTHER.

IT WAS SEEING AS THE VANITY OF BABYLON.

>> Ted: BUT YOUR MOM INTRODUCED YOU TO BOOKS, TO WORDS AND THIS LITERALLY FREED YOU.

TALK TO US ABOUT THE PATH OF BREAKING FREE FROM SUCH A RIGID LIFESTYLE BY WAY OF WORDS.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S MY FAVORITE THING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY THAT MY MOTHER CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE AND I MANY THAT SO SINCERELY BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WRITE THE BOOK BECAUSE I COULD SEE DIRECTLY AND TANGIBLY HOW SHE DID THAT.

SHE HAD ME AND MY SIBLINGS READING BOOKS AND RECITING AND MEMORIZING POEMS AND HANDED ME MY FIRST BOOK OF POEMS AND SAID I THINK THIS WILL HELP YOU.

I THINK YOU WILL LIKE THIS AND SHE WAS RIGHT.

>> Ted: SHE SURE WAS.

>> FROM HER, MY GIFT AND LOVE OF WRITING AND OF POETRY BLOOMED.

>> Ted: HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT FOUR TO BREAK FREE?

YOUR MOTHER WAS ADMITTED AND COMMITTED AND DEVOTED TO YOUR FATHER.

YOU MOVED AND HOW DIFFICULT WAS THAT?

>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

JUST AS DIFFICULT AS ANYONE COULD IMAGINE AND GROWING UP WITH A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY.

I GREW UP IN A PARTICULAR WAY FOR MOST OF YOUR LIFE AND TO MAKE THE DECISION TO SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK THIS WAY OF LIFE IS FOR ME, IT IS HARD TO DO THAT SEVERING.

BUT THERE IS A TIME WHERE I FELT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR ME AS A WOMAN BECAUSE I FELT DIMINISHED UNDER THE RULES OF RA OFSTAFARI.

>> Ted: WHEN YOU WERE WRITING THIS BOOK, WAS IT CATHARTIC, EASY, DIFFICULT?

>> IT WAS NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CATHARTIC.

A LOT OF WRITING OF THE BOOK YOURSELF, I'VE FOUND TO BE HEALING.

YOU FOUNDI FOUND IT GAVE ME A MORE DIFFERENT VIEW OF MY PARENTS AND FATHER AND SO IN THE WRITING OF IT, YOU KNOW, THE BOOK YOURSELF BECAME IT OWN CURRENCY FOR HEALING.

>> Ted: WITH THAT IN MIND, THIS IS YOUR STORY AND A REMARKABLE STORY BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT OTHERS TO TAKE FROM THE BOOK?

>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANTED THE BOOK TO BROADEN THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF OUR JAMAICA, THE STEREOTYPES AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT JAMAICA IS LAKE BEHIND THIS POSTCARD IDEA OF PARADISE.

THINK TO NOT JUST HAVE REVISION OF THE MUSIC, BUT WHAT ABOUT A YOUNG RASTA GIRLS AND WOMEN AND IF THEY FELT THEY WERE STAUNCHED WITH SILENCE OR REPRESSION OR AUTONOMY WAS TAKEN FOR THEM, WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY IS IMPORTANT AND THEY, TOO, CAN SPEAK THEMSELVES INTO POWER.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS BOOK AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.

THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

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

(people chattering) - I am Monique Martinez.

I am a staff sergeant in the Arizona Army National Guard.

What I expected of the military is completely different than what I actually got.

To be a female in the United States Military, first and foremost, it is one of the most empowering things you can do as a woman.

It still has its challenges in a sense that you are outnumbered like 1 to 10, it is very, very empowering.