SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE OETA MOVIE CLUB.

HEIRLOOMS, SURPRISES, AND STORIES ON ANTIQUES ROADSHOW.

MONDAY EVENINGS AT SEVEN.

PRIMARY NIGHT IN OKLAHOMA, PROVIDING ITS SHARE OF SURPRISES.

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW.

THE RUNOFF IS ABOUT A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND WHO WILL REPLACE TERM LIMITED GLEN MULREADY AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.

THE JOB IS NOT TO ADVOCATE FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.

INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE LOTS OF ADVOCATES ON THEIR OWN SIDE.

CLASSIC CARS TRAVELING A CLASSIC ROAD TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL OF ROUTE 66.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL.

YEAH, WE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS YEAR AND ADDED ANOTHER EVENT TO THE SHOW.

AFTER NEARLY 40 YEARS, THE CHICKASAW NATION WILL SOON HAVE A NEW LEADER.

THE SAME GOALS, SAME OBJECTIVES, THE SAME MISSION STATEMENT EXISTS.

WE HAVE MOST OF THE SAME PEOPLE.

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS RAMP UP AROUND THE STATE FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY IS FREE.

THE CONCERT IS FREE.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME.

THOSE STORIES.

PLUS, WHAT KIND OF GARDEN IS THIS?

NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

HELLO EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I'M RICH LENZ.

REPUBLICANS GET NEAR DRUMMOND AND MIKE MAYES WILL SQUARE OFF IN A PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION ON AUGUST 25TH TO DETERMINE WHO WILL FACE DEMOCRAT CINDY MUNSON IN THE RACE TO REPLACE TERM LIMITED KEVIN STITT NEXT NOVEMBER.

NOAH MACK HAS MORE ON THE RESULTS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY.

THE VERY FIRST VOTES OF OKLAHOMA'S 2026 RACE FOR GOVERNOR ELEVATES TWO GOP CANDIDATES TO A ONE ON ONE RUNOFF.

FORMER SENATOR MIKE MAYES.

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW.

AND CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL GENTNER DRUMMOND.

THE RUNOFF IS ABOUT A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS OF LEADERSHIP.

TO AVOID THIS RUNOFF, ONE CANDIDATE WOULD HAVE HAD TO REACH 50%.

HERE'S HOW THE VOTE COUNT PLAYED OUT.

DRUMMOND GARNERED THE MOST VOTES, MAZIE TRAILING ONLY BY ABOUT A THOUSAND.

PERHAPS THE BIGGEST SHOCK WAS THE LONGEST SERVING SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, CHARLES MCCALL, FALLING TO FIFTH PLACE.

SANDY.

SANDY, SANDY.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME?

YEAH.

I THOUGHT WE HAD A COUPLE MORE HOURS TO GO, BUT I GUESS NOT.

WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M THE PROJECTED WINNER IN THE.

ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, IT WAS NOT SO CLOSE.

CURRENT HOUSE MINORITY LEADER CYNDI MUNSON SECURED HER PARTY'S NOMINATION EARLY INTO THE NIGHT WITH THREE QUARTERS OF THE VOTE COUNT.

I FEEL A LOT OF ENERGY, JUST LIKE I HAVE BEEN TELLING FOLKS AS I'VE TRAVELED ACROSS OKLAHOMA, THE ENERGY IS BUILDING.

THERE IS MOMENTUM BEHIND MAKING CHANGE IN OKLAHOMA.

MAZIE AND DRUMMOND WERE NECK AND NECK ALL NIGHT, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL HERE AT THE MAZIE PARTY, SPIRITS ARE STILL HIGH AND THEY'RE GOING TO RIDE THAT WAVE INTO THE RUNOFF.

THERE IS A CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MR.

DRUMMOND AND ME.

I HAVE THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

MAZIE IS STILL ELATED WITH RECEIVING THAT COVETED TRUMP ENDORSEMENT, AND SO ARE HIS SUPPORTERS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.

I WAS HOPING HE WOULD WIN.

IT WAS SUCH A CLOSE RACE AT THE TIME, I. I WAS HOPING THAT THAT WOULD TIP THE SCALE TO A NEWSPAPER.

AND I LOVE TRUMP, SO THAT JUST MADE IT MORE DEFINITE.

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MIKE MAZIE BEFORE THIS ELECTION?

NO.

WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEBATE, THAT WAS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE WAS BECAUSE WE KNEW 1 OR 2 THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE FOR, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA WHO WE WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR.

DRUMMOND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS BANKING ON HIS RECORD AS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MAKING THIS RACE ABOUT LEADERSHIP STYLE.

THIS RUNOFF IS NOT ABOUT FINDING A CANDIDATE YOU AGREE WITH 100% OF THE TIME.

IT'S ABOUT CHOOSING A LEADER.

YOU CAN TRUST 100% OF THE TIME.

DRUMMOND RECENTLY CRITICIZED MAZIE FOR WAFFLING ON A PROPOSED STATE SUBSIDIZED SMELTER PLANT IN INOLA, OKLAHOMA, OWNED BY OUT OF STATE ENTITIES.

MAZIE DECIDED TO SUPPORT THE TRUMP BACKED PLANT BEFORE RECEIVING THE PRESIDENT'S ENDORSEMENT, AND MANY, INCLUDING DRUMMOND, WERE DUBIOUS, RAISING EYEBROWS AT MACY'S RECENT PAYMENT TO TRUMP'S CLOSE CONSULTANT, ROGER STONE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

ALLUDING TO THAT TUESDAY NIGHT.

MY PRINCIPLES DON'T CHANGE WHEN THE AUDIENCE CHANGES, WHETHER I'M SPEAKING IN A TOWN HALL, A CHURCH, A BOARDROOM OR A COFFEE SHOP, YOU'LL HEAR THE SAME MESSAGE BECAUSE THE TRUTH DOESN'T CHANGE.

WHAT I FIND INTERESTING, AND I TELL PEOPLE THIS, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT WHERE YOU STAND WITH GEITNER EVER.

JOHN FITZPATRICK FLEW FIGHTER JETS AROUND THE SAME TIME AS DRUMMOND.

ALL MY FRIENDS.

YEAH, MORE THAN I CALL HIM A BROTHER.

FITZPATRICK IS PREPARED TO VOTE FOR DRUMMOND AGAIN AND URGES ON THE FENCE VOTERS TO CLOSELY EXAMINE THE TWO CANDIDATES.

MAZIE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

I'M NOT A FAN, DON'T I?

I TALKED WITH HIM NINE MONTHS AGO AND THOUGHT THEN THAT HE WASN'T THE RIGHT PERSON AT ALL.

SO I HOPE PEOPLE GET OUT AND GET TO KNOW GEITNER FOR WHAT HE REALLY IS.

MAZIE MADE A DIRECT PITCH TO SUPPORTERS OF THE OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT.

I WANT TO ESPECIALLY COMPLIMENT AND THANK CHARLES MCCALL, CHIP KEATING AND JAKE MERRICK FOR WORKING HARD TO SHARE CONSERVATIVE IDEAS WITH THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA.

FOR ALL OF YOU WHO SUPPORTED THESE GENTLEMEN, THERE IS A HOME FOR YOU WITH THE MAZIE TEAM.

WHOEVER WINS THE RUNOFF WILL CONTEND WITH CYNDI MUNSON.

OH, MY SWEET DAD, WHO, BY THE WAY, IS A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME.

OKLAHOMA HASN'T ELECTED A DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR IN 20 YEARS, BUT MUNSON SENSE IS THERE'S A GROWING HUNGER FOR A LEADERSHIP SHIFT, REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION.

WHAT I HOPE IS THAT ALL OF THESE FOLKS BEHIND ME, THEY'RE SUPPORTING ME.

THEY'RE NOT BEHIND ME.

THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING ME.

THEY ARE HELPING ME LEAD THE WAY IN OKLAHOMA, BUT THAT THEY SEE MYSELF IN THEM, JUST LIKE I SEE MYSELF IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE DO THE WORK AND WE BELIEVE IN OURSELVES.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR OKLAHOMANS TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES AND DEMAND BETTER FROM OUR LEADERS, BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, OVER 575,000 OKLAHOMANS CAST A BALLOT IN ONE OF THE TWO GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES.

COME AUGUST 25TH, POLLING STATIONS WILL BE BACK AND BUSTLING TO SELECT THE GOP NOMINEE AND USHER IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

NOAH MACK THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

NOAH.

THANK YOU.

NOW, ANOTHER KEY RACE INVOLVES THE OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.

REPUBLICAN GLEN MULREADY IS TERM LIMITED.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT, REPUBLICANS BOB SULLIVAN AND MARTY QUINN MOVED ON TO THE RUNOFF ELECTION ON AUGUST 25TH, ADVANCING PAST CHRIS MEREDITH AND GRETA SCHULER.

ONE OF THEM WILL REPRESENT THE GOP AGAINST DEMOCRAT CRAIG MCINTYRE IN NOVEMBER'S GENERAL ELECTION.

NOW, WE HEARD FROM ALL FOUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES DURING A ONE HOUR FORUM AT OUR OETA STUDIOS ON JUNE 9TH.

BECAUSE CRAIG MCINTYRE DID NOT FACE A PRIMARY OPPONENT, WE ELECTED TO INTERVIEW HIM SEPARATELY THE NEXT DAY.

I'M RICH LENZ, ALONG WITH REPORTER JAKE HOLMAN, WITH DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE CRAIG MCINTYRE AND CRAIG, WE GAVE THE REPUBLICANS A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

THANK YOU, RICH G. SO I'M A DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER POSITION FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

I'VE GOT 35 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE INSURANCE WORLD, PRIMARILY AS AN ACTUARY, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, WORKED WITH LEGISLATORS, WORKED WITH INSURANCE DEPARTMENTS, MANAGED TEAMS, TESTIFIED BEFORE LEGISLATURES.

SO I'VE DONE LOTS OF THE INSIDE WORK.

I UNDERSTAND HOW RATES ARE MADE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN AND CANNOT DO.

I'M I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO IS ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.

AND WE'VE GOT FOUR KIDS, THREE OF WHICH STILL LIVE IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND EIGHT GRANDKIDS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW A WEIRD FACT ABOUT ME, I REPRESENTED TEAM USA IN THE WORLD TRIATHLON LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND CLEARLY FALLEN OFF THE TABLE SINCE THEN.

SO WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT POLITICS IN THE RACE.

AND THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES WERE TAKING CARE TO TO BURNISH THEIR CONSERVATIVE CREDENTIALS AS THEY SPOKE AND SAYING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WOULD BRING TO THE JOB.

THAT'S STRIKING BECAUSE POLLING SHOWS THAT THAT INSURANCE IS NOT A PARTICULARLY POLITICAL ISSUE IN THE STATE.

90% OF PEOPLE ARE SUSPICIOUS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AND ONCE POLICYHOLDERS TO BE ABLE TO SUE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ABOUT POLITICS AND INSURANCE?

I THINK BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION DECIDED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A POLITICAL POSITION, WE CAN'T TAKE THAT OUT.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO MOVE THE CONSTITUTION.

PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE A NONPARTISAN POSITION.

AND I DON'T SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M A DEMOCRAT RUNNING.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN UPHILL RIDE.

BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A CEO JOB THAT'S TO ADVOCATE FOR 4 MILLION OKLAHOMANS.

IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IF YOU'RE RED OR BLUE OR WHATEVER THE JOB.

AND THE DEPARTMENT EXISTS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA.

SO ON TUESDAY, THE REPUBLICANS, WE ASKED THEM ABOUT YOU, AND THEY WERE MOSTLY COMPLIMENTARY, ACTUALLY, YES.

HOW ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THEM?

I THINK ALL FOUR OF THEM ARE QUALIFIED TO BE IN THIS RACE.

I THINK THAT EACH OF THEM COMES WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF THEIR PERSPECTIVES COME DOWN TO THE SAME THING, THAT THE FREE MARKET WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.

IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE FREE MARKET SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE MOTIVATED, THEY'RE INTELLIGENT.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE NICE.

I MEAN, I'VE ENJOYED CHATTING WITH THEM AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, AND I THINK OKLAHOMA IS BETTER FOR HAVING A RACE LIKE THIS.

WITH THE THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 3781, THERE'S NOW A NEED FOR ACTUARIAL FIREPOWER IN THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.

THE OTHER CANDIDATES WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT AND THEN NOTED THAT YOU HAVE ACTUARIAL EXPERIENCE AS SOMEONE WHO'S DONE ACTUARIAL WORK, HOW DOES THAT BETTER PREPARE YOU FOR SOMEONE WHO'S JUST BEEN IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY?

I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT GOES INTO MAKING RATES AND HOW RATES ARE DONE IS SOMETHING THAT, AS YOU SAW, ALL FOUR CANDIDATES WHEN THEY REFERRED TO ACTUARIES LIKE, OH, TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

OH, THERE'S STATISTICS INVOLVED.

THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

I THINK.

NOT ONLY ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE AN ACTUARY, AND THREE OF THEM ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE ONE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A DEPARTMENT.

THE CAPABILITY DOES NOT EXIST, AND IT HAS TO BE UP AND RUNNING BY MAY 15TH, NOT JULY 1ST, BECAUSE THE FIRST RATE FILING THAT THE RATES CHANGE ON JULY 1ST, THE LAW APPLIES, WHICH MEANS IT BACK DATES AT LEAST 30 DAYS.

AND SO THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE SET AND READY TO GO.

AND I'VE SET UP DEPARTMENTS LIKE THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU NEED.

AND THE COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE IT'S NEW, THEY HAVE TO DICTATE POLICY.

AND I THINK FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, YOU GOT TO KIND OF HAVE SOMEBODY WITH THE EXPERIENCE.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT.

WE ASKED THESE THIS OF THE CANDIDATES THE OTHER NIGHT.

DO YOU THINK GLEN MULREADY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS?

YES OR NO?

AND EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

YES AND NO.

I THINK GLEN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE STRUCTURAL SIDE OF INSURANCE.

WE'RE NOW A LEADER IN CAPTIVE INSURANCE MARKETS.

WE'RE A LEADER IN TRANSFER OF INSURANCE IN THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ACTUALLY LIKE GLEN.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

BUT FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, I THINK HE'S KIND OF MISSED THE BOAT.

AND I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE DECLARED A NONCOMPETITIVE MARKET A YEAR AGO BECAUSE EVEN IF IT DIDN'T GET THE DECLARATION DIDN'T GO THROUGH AND IT WASN'T MADE, IT WOULD HAVE PUT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ON NOTICE.

AND I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES AT THIS POINT.

J.C.

ABOUT 30S LEFT.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

SURE.

CRAIG, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK VOTERS SHOULD REALLY KNOW ABOUT YOU?

I THINK THAT WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW IS THAT I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR THEM.

THE JOB IS NOT TO ADVOCATE FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.

INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE LOTS OF ADVOCATES ON THEIR OWN SIDE.

THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, IS HERE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIZENS.

PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE TREATED FAIRLY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR AND DON'T VOTE FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER DESERVE TO BE TREATED THE BEST.

GREG MCINTYRE, DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE.

EXCELLENT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

JUNE 5TH WAS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY, AND IN OUR UPCOMING IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, WE'LL DISCUSS HOW TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE AND AWAY FROM GUNS.

EACH YEAR, MORE THAN 100 AMERICAN CHILDREN DIE FROM UNINTENTIONAL FIREARM INJURIES AND HUNDREDS MORE ARE INJURED.

HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THAT DISCUSSION WITH MODERATOR SUSAN KUDO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST PROTECTING SMALL CHILDREN WHO DON'T KNOW BETTER BY KEEPING THE GUNS UNLOADED AND LOCKED IS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN BUT AS CHILDREN GET OLDER, JUST RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SAFE AROUND GUNS CAN GO A LONG WAY.

FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, EVERY FIREARM, IF IT'S NOT IN USE, SHOULD BE STORED IN A SAFE OR WITH GUN LOCKS ON THEM.

ANYTHING FROM THE CABLE LOCKS TO THE TRIGGER LOCKS, YOU CAN IN SEVERAL OF THESE SAFES THAT YOU SEE CAN BE BIOMETRIC, OR A COMBINATION, WHICH WOULD DETER CHILDREN FROM BEING ABLE TO GET TO THEM.

BUT ALSO THE MAIN THING IS KEEPING THE AMMUNITION SEPARATE FROM THE FIREARM.

THE REST OF THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

TRIBAL LEADERS MEETING IN OKLAHOMA CITY THIS WEEK FOR THEIR ANNUAL SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM.

WITH MORE ON THE AGENDA AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY JASON DOYLE.

JASON RICH.

FOR THE LAST 38 YEARS, THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM HAS BEEN A FORUM FOR TRIBES TO WORK TOGETHER OVER INDIAN COUNTRY LEGAL ISSUES.

AND OVER THOSE YEARS, IT HAS EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE.

WELCOME TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 38TH ANNUAL SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM, THE LARGEST CROWD EVER FOR SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM, AS MORE THAN 800 ATTENDEES FROM AROUND THE NATION GATHERED AT THE O'CONNOR RESORT.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LATEST ISSUES TRIBES FACE.

WE ARE EXPANDING EVERY YEAR TRYING TO DRAW IN AUDIENCES NOT JUST IN OKLAHOMA, BUT ADVOCATES FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

EMILY, LEFT THE ROCKIES, IS THE INAUGURAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL'S TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY INSTITUTE, AND THE NEWLY NAMED GOVERNOR BILL ANOATUBBY CHAIR IN TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.

THE ANNUAL EVENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TRIBAL LEADERS AND OTHERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATION, HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND WHAT IT MEANS, AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE AND HAVE THESE COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL, WHICH IS TO HONOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR TRIBAL NATIONS.

SHE ADDS THAT THE SYMPOSIUM TRIES TO ADDRESS SEVERAL AREAS OF INTEREST TO TRIBAL NATIONS AND THOSE WHO PARTNER WITH THEM.

WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT OUR ATTENDEES WERE GETTING TO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF LEGAL TOPICS, POLICY MAKING TOPICS, JUST TOPICS THAT ARE INTERESTING AND TOPICS THAT MATTER FOR THEM AND MATTER TO INDIAN COUNTRY.

THERE'S LOTS OF COLLABORATION.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AS VARIOUS TRIBAL NATIONS, VARIOUS ENTITIES, NON-TRIBAL CITIZENS AS WELL, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT ALSO JUST TO ESTABLISH THAT PURPOSE AND CONFIDENCE OF, OF WHO WE ARE AS TRIBAL CITIZENS.

CHICKASAW NATION LEGISLATOR LISA JOHNSON BILLY SAYS THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE MANY NON-TRIBAL PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY WORKS.

I RUN INTO PEOPLE WHO THEY REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TWO TRIBES DERIVE THEIR SOVEREIGNTY.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

AND WHY DO YOU ALL HAVE THAT PLACE IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND WHERE WE ARE NOW?

THE SYMPOSIUM ALSO BRINGS TOGETHER TRIBAL LAWMAKERS SO THEY CAN SEE HOW OTHER TRIBES ARE ADDRESSING ISSUES THEY'RE FACING.

A FEW YEARS AGO, I IMPLEMENTED OUR TRIBAL LANGUAGE WHEN I WAS THE CHAIR OF OUR LEGISLATURE INTO OUR ACTUAL PROCESSES.

STITT ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TO SHARE THAT AND THEN TO LEARN HOW OTHER TRIBES ARE IMPLEMENTING AND DOING THAT.

SO PART OF OUR SOVEREIGNTY, OUR LANGUAGE, IS A PART OF WHO WE ARE.

AND SO JUST GAINING THAT NEW INFORMATION FROM OTHER, OTHER LEADERS.

FOR ME, I LOVE THAT I GET VERY ENERGIZED BY THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY'S LAW SCHOOL IS INVOLVED.

THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM ALSO ACTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LAWYERS TO REFRESH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN LAW.

FOR EXAMPLE, SESSIONS ON THE IMPACT OF THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT'S 2020 MCGIRT DECISION ARE OF MAJOR INTEREST TO ATTENDEES.

AS THE CASE LAW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.

THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO BE HAD, AND I THINK REALLY THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS, NOT JUST THE VERY, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL NUANCES, BUT JUST A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT MCGIRT DID, WHAT IT MEANS AND, AND WHY IT'S IMPACTFUL TO OUR TRIBAL TRIBAL NATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEAN OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE MAYOR OF OKLAHOMA CITY, APPRECIATES.

WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN STAYING CURRENT WITH ISSUES AND RULINGS IN THE AREA OF AMERICAN INDIAN LAW.

AND, OF COURSE, EVERY AREA OF LAW HAS ITS OWN COTTAGE INDUSTRY.

IT'S IT'S A SPECIALIZATION WITH THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM HOSTED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, HOLT SAYS IT ACTS AS A TYPE OF UNITED NATIONS FOR TRIBAL CONCERNS.

IT'S 39 NATIONS IN OKLAHOMA, AND NONE OF THEM ARE HEADQUARTERED IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

SO AS THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OFTEN HISTORICALLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT, BUT IT ALSO POSITIONS OKLAHOMA CITY.

MAYBE WE CAN BE SWITZERLAND.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE THE PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY CONVENES AND NOBODY IS ON HOME TURF.

AND AND SO I THINK THAT OKLAHOMA CITY CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY THAT ROLE, WHETHER IT'S THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM OR OTHER EVENTS.

HOLT SAYS OVER ITS 38 YEAR RUN, THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM HAS EVOLVED PAST JUST BEING A LEGAL CONFERENCE.

I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND CONTINUING THE TRADITION OF BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

AND IT'S IT'S OSTENSIBLY A LEGAL CONFERENCE, BUT IT REALLY GOES BEYOND THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, VENDORS ARE PART OF THE CONFERENCE SHOWCASING SERVICES AND CULTURAL ITEMS OFFERED TO THOSE ATTENDING.

TOM FERRIS, WHO HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, PARTNERED WITH A FRIEND TO SELL THEIR ART.

I'M KIND OF BRANCHING OUT INTO TRYING SOME NEW, DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR WHERE I CAN DISPLAY AND SELL MY WORK.

SO A FRIEND OF MINE SAID THAT CONFERENCES HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR HER, SO SHE INVITED ME TO SHARE HER BOOTH TODAY.

FERRIS SAYS HIS ARTWORK DOES SEEM TO RECEIVE A DEEPER APPRECIATION BY THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM.

WHAT I REALLY LOVE IS THAT HERE, THERE'S AN AUDIENCE THAT KIND OF APPRECIATES ALL THE INSIDE JOKES AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDS THE CULTURAL REFERENCES AND MAYBE PICK UP ON SOME THINGS THAT YOUR AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, JUST NON-NATIVE AUDIENCE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A GOOD FIT.

WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE CULTURAL COMPONENT THAT COMES WITH BEING A TRIBAL CITIZEN, BEING A TRIBAL NATION, AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO OUR CULTURE.

THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM WAS STARTED FROM AN IDEA BY FORMER OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE YVONNE COGGER NEARLY FOUR DECADES AGO, AS A WAY TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES THE TRIBES FACED.

RICH, JASON, THANK YOU.

OUTGOING CHICKASAW GOVERNOR BILL ANOATUBBY WAS ALSO HONORED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE SYMPOSIUM.

WITH MORE ON THAT AND ANOATUBBY LASTING LEGACY.

TAELYR JACKSON CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE.

TAELYR.

THAT'S RIGHT, RICH GOVERNOR BILL TUBBY WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS DECADES OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP.

HE RECEIVED A CEREMONIAL BLANKET AND A KEY TO OKLAHOMA CITY.

I TRULY APPRECIATE HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

AFTER NEARLY 40 YEARS OF LEADING THE CHICKASAW NATION, GOVERNOR BILL ANOATUBBY IS STEPPING DOWN.

I APPRECIATE THE CHICKASAW PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE STOOD BEHIND ME IN SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA.

NO ONE HAS DONE MORE THAN GOVERNOR ANOATUBBY IN PROMOTING THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE STATE AND OF HIS PEOPLE.

NO ONE HAS DONE MORE TO MELD THE TRIBES AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT TOGETHER, BECAUSE THE CHICKASAW NATION IS A POWERFUL ECONOMIC FORCE AND THAT HAS BENEFITED ALL OKLAHOMANS.

AND.

TUBBY WAS HONORED AT THIS YEAR'S SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM HELD AT OCANA.

AND SO IT IS MY HONOR, AS MAYOR, TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE KEY TO THE CITY, SO YOU MAY ALWAYS RETURN.

MAYOR HOLT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW'S TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY INSTITUTE HAS RENAMED THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION AFTER THE OUTGOING TRIBAL LEADER, MAYOR HOLT.

THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND I THANK THE PEOPLE OF THE CHICKASAW NATION.

BUT ALLOW ME TO PLAY A SMALL ROLE IN HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND A TUBBY FIRST TOOK OFFICE IN 1987.

UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CHICKASAW NATION THRIVED.

IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT, RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICIANS IN THIS STATE THAT TALK ABOUT BEING PRO-BUSINESS AND BEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS.

GOVERNOR ANOATUBBY DELIVERED.

AND WHEN HE TOOK OVER THE CHICKASAW NATION, THEY HAD ABOUT 250 EMPLOYEES AND AROUND LIKE AN $11 MILLION BUDGET THAT IS NOW A $5.5 BILLION STATE IMPACT TO THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN 16,000 EMPLOYEES.

CHAD WARMINGTON WITH THE STATE CHAMBER, SAYS GOVERNOR TUBBY'S ABILITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRIBAL NATIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS PART OF WHY HIS VISION FOR THE TRIBE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL.

THE NATION HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, BOTH ECONOMICALLY, CULTURALLY, BUT ITS IMPACT TO OKLAHOMA IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, AND THAT IS IN LARGE PART DUE TO HIS JUST UNIQUE ABILITY TO WORK ACROSS, YOU KNOW, TRIBAL AND STATE SOVEREIGN LINES, BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE LOSING THAT INCREDIBLE AMBASSADOR OF TRIBAL NATIONS WITH OKLAHOMA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WITH MORE THAN 100 BUSINESSES IN VARIOUS FIELDS, THE CHICKASAW NATION BOASTS NEARLY $8 MILLION NATIONAL IMPACT.

ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES INCLUDES THE TRIBE'S RESORT, O'CONNOR.

IT DRAWS IN PLENTY OF FOLKS FROM AROUND THE NATION TO THE SOONER STATE.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE O'CONNOR AND NOT JUST O'CONNOR, BUT EXHIBIT C, WHICH IS ALSO CHICKASAW RUN IN ENTITY.

IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THIS AREA THAT WE CALL THE HORIZONS DISTRICT THAT IS ALL NATIVE RUN BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS LITTLE SECTION OF OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE YOU SEE THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRIBES AND THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO, NOT ONLY FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITIES, BUT FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AND DRIVING TOURISM AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS.

FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM DIRECTOR KELLI MOSTELLER SAYS ANATOLE HAS INSPIRED MANY LEADERS LIKE HERSELF.

I THINK HE'S BEEN A ROLE MODEL TO SO MANY OF US.

WHETHER YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICE OR WORKING FOR YOUR OWN TRIBE OR WORKING IN A NONPROFIT LIKE HERE AT FAM, LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE CONGRATULATED ANNA TUBBY ON HIS LONG TRACK CAREER.

HOUSE SPEAKER KYLE HILBERT SENT WELL WISHES IN A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART, GOVERNOR BILL, ANNA TUBBY'S LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED SHAPE NOT ONLY THE FUTURE OF CHICKASAW NATION, BUT THE FUTURE OF OKLAHOMA AS A WHOLE.

HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER CYNDI MUNSON SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT READS, IN PART, I CONTINUE TO BE IN AWE OF ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

HE HAS ENRICHED OKLAHOMA DURING HIS TIME SERVING THE CHICKASAW NATION.

MOSTELLER SAYS ANNA TUBBY PLAYED A ROLE IN GETTING THE FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM OFF THE GROUND.

GOVERNOR ANNA TOBY HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FOR DECADES.

YOU KNOW, FROM WORKING WITH SENATOR KELLY HANEY TO TO GET THE LEGISLATION PASSED, TO BEING A REALLY STRONG SUPPORTER, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH ADVOCACY, GIVING US HIS WISDOM AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD, FINANCIAL HELP.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS ON OUR BOARD FOR DECADES.

HIS RESIGNATION WILL TAKE EFFECT ON JUNE 26TH.

ACCORDING TO THE CHICKASAW NATION'S CONSTITUTION, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL TAKE OFFICE IF THE GOVERNOR IS NO LONGER PRESENT.

THE CHICKASAW NATION'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, CHRIS ANOATUBBY, WILL TAKE HIS FATHER'S PLACE.

OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS BEEN WITH THE CHICKASAW NATION FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS.

HE SERVED AS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NOW FOR ALMOST SEVEN.

AND HISTORIAN BOB BURKE SAYS THE CHICKASAW NATION WILL BE LEFT IN GREAT HANDS.

I'M GLAD FOR GOVERNOR ANOATUBBY THAT HE'S GOING TO GET SOME REST, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT HIS HAND WILL NOT BE ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT STILL HAPPEN IN THE CHICKASAW NATION BECAUSE HIS SON, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, NOW, IS A WELL, WELL QUALIFIED MAN WHO HAS LITERALLY WALKED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND SO THE CHICKASAW NATION, THE CHICKASAW PEOPLE, HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO FEAR.

THE SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM WAS ONE OF THE LAST MAJOR EVENTS TO ATTEND AS THE GOVERNOR OF THE CHICKASAW NATION.

HIS RESIGNATION WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK.

RICH TAYLOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN OKLAHOMA, WITH MANY OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY.

IT'S A FOUR DAY EVENT IN OKLAHOMA CITY, AND THIS YEAR, FREE CONCERT FEATURING LUPE FIASCO WILL BE HELD SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY ZOO AMPHITHEATER.

YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY CELEBRATE FREEDOM AND LIBERATION OF ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THE FREEDOM OF LIBERATION OF ALL PEOPLE.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE, ESPECIALLY AS AN AMERICAN, YOU KNOW, IF IF ANY OF US ARE AREN'T FREE, NONE OF US ARE FREE.

SO, SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THAT HISTORY, CONTINUE TO LIFT UP, YOU KNOW, THE VOICES OF THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US.

AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE EVENTS, INCLUDING SATURDAY, ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

OKLAHOMA HAS MORE DRIVABLE MILES OF HISTORIC ROUTE 66 THAN ANY OTHER STATE.

AND FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, CLASSIC CAR ENTHUSIASTS HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM, INCLUDING STEVE SHAW, WHO JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON RECORD SETTING CAR PARADES IN TULSA AND EL RENO.

STEVE RICH, TULSA'S ROUTE 66 CAPITAL CRUISE CLASSIC CAR CENTENNIAL PARADE, RECENTLY SET A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD OF NEARLY 4000 CLASSIC CARS, AND ON JUNE 6TH, THE CITY OF EL RENO HOSTED WHAT THEY CALL THEIR SMALL TOWN WEEKEND.

BUT THERE WAS NOTHING SMALL ABOUT IT.

MORE THAN 400 CLASSIC CARS STARTED LINING UP JUST AFTER 6 P.M.

TWO SATURDAYS AGO AT EL RENO'S ADAMS PARK SMALL TOWN WEEKEND HOSTED A PAIR OF CLASSIC CAR CRUISES ONE FRIDAY AND ONE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

KEITH WARD IS PRESIDENT OF THE EL RENO CRUISERS CLASSIC CAR CLUB.

THEY PUT ON THE EVENT.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL.

YEAH, WE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS YEAR AND ADDED ANOTHER EVENT TO THE SHOW.

SATURDAY'S CLASSIC CAR CRUISE WITH OVER 400 CARS AND TRUCKS, DID ABOUT A THREE MILE CIRCLE AROUND TOWN.

THOSE CLASSIC CARS CAN GET OUT HERE AND THEY CAN DRIVE BACK AND FORTH, CRUISE AROUND LIKE WE DID WHEN WE WERE KIDS.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT IT GETTING JAMMED UP AND NOT MOVING.

I WAS LIKE, THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE KIDS, AND YOU JUST HUNG OUT THERE AND TALKED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR NEXT TO YOU.

WHAT KIND OF RIG IS THIS?

THIS IS A 1971 CHEVELLE SS 454.

HOW FAST CAN YOU GO?

FASTER THAN I WANT TO GO.

LARRY LOYAL AND HIS WIFE, KATHY MAKE THESE CRUISES A PRIORITY EACH YEAR.

IT'S JUST A CAMARADERIE.

A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE JUST IT'S KIND OF LIKE NASCAR.

IT IS PROBABLY.

OR COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

IT'S A CAMARADERIE, RIGHT?

YOU LIKE TO BE AROUND THE SAME, SAME MINDSET OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE.

THE EL RENO CRUISERS HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON THIS ANNUAL CAR SHOW AND CRUISE FOR 28 YEARS.

RETIRED EL RENO FIREFIGHTER TOM CURTIS HAS DRIVEN IN ALL 28 CARS.

THIS.

WHAT IS THIS?

THIS IS A 69 GTO JUDGE.

AND YOU BOUGHT THIS WIN.

35 YEARS AGO.

RESTORED IT FROM THE GROUND UP.

THESE OLD CARS WILL SET YOU BACK IN THE SEAT UNDER A FULL RESTORATION.

IT'LL SET YOU BACK IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

I HEARD THAT THE ONE I ENJOY THE MOST OF IT IS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

YOU'RE SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS.

IT SETS YOU BACK IN TIME.

YOU JUST REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD TIMES THAT YOU HAD BACK IN THE DAY.

AND OF COURSE, ANY MEMORY AT MY AGE IS A GOOD THING.

EL RENO EARLIER THIS YEAR USED $1.2 MILLION IN STATE GRANT MONEY TO TEAR DOWN A DILAPIDATED DOWNTOWN GAS STATION.

IN ITS PLACE NOW SITS THE FILLING STATION, WHICH IS EL RENO'S NEW WELCOME CENTER AND A POPULAR PLACE.

EL RENO VICE MAYOR DAVID BLACK HAS HAD A 1955 CHEVY 210 TWO DOOR HARDTOP IN HIS FAMILY FOR 30 YEARS.

IT'S A FAMILY CAR.

HOW MANY MILES YOU GOT ON THAT BEAST?

OH, GOSH, I DON'T KNOW.

SPEEDOMETER SAYS 65,000, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH MORE ON THAT.

IT'S NO SECRET THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PASS THROUGH EL RENO ON THEIR ROUTE 66 ADVENTURES.

THE FILLING STATION HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH FIVE GUEST BOOKS SINCE THE FILLING STATION OPENED LAST YEAR.

PEOPLE FROM 75 COUNTRIES, NOT COUNTING SPOKES COUNTRIES, HAVE COME AND SIGNED THESE BOOKS.

LONDON, ENGLAND RESIDENTS STEVE GREENWOOD AND DOMINIKA MAZUREK PASSED THROUGH ON A TRIP THAT STARTED LAST MONTH IN TULSA AND WILL END IN LAS VEGAS.

IT'S AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, WE FEEL, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN ENGLAND, WE'VE SEEN THE AMERICAN DREAM.

WE SEE ALL THE FILMS.

YOU KNOW, I'M A BIKER.

SO I HAVE THAT THING OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LONG ROAD FOR BIKING.

YOU'RE A BIKER.

YEAH.

AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE BACK IN 2012, WE DID A BIG STRETCH ON A HARLEY DAVIDSON, MORE ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO THAT WAS AMAZING.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT IN TERMS OF MEETING PEOPLE, HEARING PEOPLE'S STORIES AND GETTING TO KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING KEPT ALIVE AND REJUVENATED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY STILL WORSHIP THE ROUTE 66, AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE MUSEUMS THAT WE'VE BEEN VISITING REALLY SINCE OUR JOURNEY BEGAN.

AND ON MAY 30TH IN TULSA, TULSA REGIONAL TOURISM HOSTED AN ATTEMPT AT A WORLD RECORD CLASSIC CAR CRUISE.

THE PREVIOUS WORLD RECORD HAPPENED IN PUERTO RICO IN 2017.

THEY COUNTED 2491 CARS.

TOURIST OFFICIALS SAY APPROXIMATELY 100,000 SPECTATORS ATTENDED TULSA'S THREE DAY ROUTE 66 CELEBRATION.

4300 DRIVERS ARRIVED IN THEIR CLASSIC VEHICLES AT EXPO SQUARE BEFORE THE PARADE, BUT THE OFFICIAL FINAL GUINNESS BOOK TALLY TURNED OUT TO BE LESS.

TODAY, I CAN ANNOUNCE IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, USA, YOU HAD A TOTAL OF 3596 IS A NEW WORLD RECORDS TITLE.

CONGRATULATIONS, TULSA, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY AMAZING.

JONATHAN HUSKEY IS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR TULSA REGIONAL TOURISM.

WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT GUINNESS CLICKED LIKE THE KIND OF THE GROSS NUMBER.

I GUESS THAT GUINNESS CLICKED.

HE THEY DO NOT SHARE THAT AS A MEANS OF OF POLICY, BUT BASED ON ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, OUR ESTIMATE IS OVER 4000.

YES.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON FOULS?

WE DON'T KNOW.

THAT WAS ALL THOSE WERE THAT WAS A YEAH, I WAS NOT PART OF THAT PROCESS AT ALL.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY SECRETIVE AND VERY SET APART.

YEAH.

THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY.

PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT READ IN PART, HUNDREDS MORE WERE TURNED AWAY AT THE GATE AND COULDN'T PARTICIPATE, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THEM HAD TRAVELED A GREAT DISTANCE AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO DO SO.

JONATHAN HUSKEY TOLD ME.

TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT, EVERY REGISTERED CAPITAL CRUISE DRIVER RECEIVED A REFUND OF THEIR BASIC REGISTRATION FEES.

RICH STEVE STILL LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

WELL, TURNS OUT CHRISTMAS OR NEW YEAR'S DAY ISN'T THE MOST REQUESTED DAY OFF BY EMPLOYEES.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY OKLAHOMA CITY BASED PAYCOM, THE MOST REQUESTED DAY OFF IS THE 4TH OF JULY, WITH 63% OF WORKERS ASKING FOR THAT DAY OFF.

AND SUMMERTIME IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANAGERS TO MAINTAIN PROPER STAFFING LEVELS DUE TO VACATIONS.

AND THAT'S WHERE NEW PAYCOM SOFTWARE CAN HELP.

WITH AUTO DECISIONING BUILT IN THROUGH PAYCOM, MANAGERS ARE TAKEN COMPLETELY OUT OF THAT EQUATION.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THE BAD GUY OR THE GOOD GUY, OR HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL THE DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT DO I GIVE TENURE PRIORITY HERE?

DO I GIVE X, Y, Z PRIORITY?

CAN I APPROVE ALL OF THEM?

AM I GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE ON SHIFT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE INFLUX OF CUSTOMERS THAT I'VE GOT COMING IN?

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT KEEPING THE BUSINESS OPERATING, RUNNING EFFICIENTLY.

AND THE STUDY FOUND 92% OF EMPLOYEES EXPECT THEIR TIME OFF REQUEST TO BE GRANTED, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE REQUEST IS MADE.

OKLAHOMA CITY BASED MIDFIRST BANK IS EXPANDING INTO TEXAS.

THAT STORY TOPS THIS WEEK'S STATEWIDE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW WITH JASON DOYLE ITS NEXR STEP IN ITS GROWTH IN TEXAS.

OKLAHOMA CITY BASED MIDFIRST ACQUIRED DALLAS CAPITAL BANK, WHICH IS A PRIVATELY OWNED COMMERCIAL BANK.

IT MANAGES MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN ASSETS.

MIDFIRST LEADERSHIP SAYS THE CULTURE AT DALLAS CAPITAL BANK MATCHES ITS OWN.

THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE LATER THIS YEAR IF REGULATORS GIVE THEIR APPROVAL.

QUANTUM SPACE, LED BY OKLAHOMA JIM BRIDENSTINE, IS GOING PUBLIC.

THE COMPANY HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH POINT ACQUISITION CORPORATION SIX, WHICH WILL MAKE QUANTUM A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.

QUANTUM SPACE HAS A MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN TULSA UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

THAT FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BUILD THE COMPANY'S ADVANCED MANEUVERABLE SPACECRAFT, CALLED RANGER, AFTER THE TRANSACTION TAKES PLACE.

QUANTUM SPACE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN EQUITY VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $1.2 BILLION.

THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO RENT UNDER 1000 BUCKS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO FIND IT IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THAT'S THE FINDING OF A REAL ESTATE WEBSITE.

ZILLOW'S MAY RENTAL REPORT.

THE REPORT SAYS OKLAHOMA CITY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF RENTALS FOR UNDER 1KA MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, AT 29.8%, ACCORDING TO ZILLOW'S REPORT.

THE TYPICAL MONTHLY RENT PAID IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS JUST UNDER 1400 A MONTH.

THAT'S A 2.8% INCREASE OVER MAY OF LAST YEAR.

FLORIDA BASED GENESIS SYSTEMS HAS OPENED A NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN TULSA.

THE COMPANY MAKES AN ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATION DEVICE CALLED WATER CUBE.

IT'S ABLE TO COLLECT MOISTURE FROM THE AIR AND TURN IT INTO DRINKABLE WATER.

THE U.S.

MILITARY DEPLOYED THE DEVICE TO UNITS IN THE MIDDLE EAST DURING OPERATION EPIC FURY.

THE NEW FACILITY IN TULSA IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT AROUND 80 JOBS AND GENERATE AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OVER $250 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

JASON.

THANK YOU.

EACH YEAR, THERE ARE ABOUT 350 INCIDENTS OF ACCIDENTAL FIREARM INJURIES INVOLVING CHILDREN IN AMERICA, RESULTING IN WELL OVER 100 DEATHS.

JUNE 5TH WAS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY, AND IN THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, MODERATOR SUSAN GOODELL DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM WITH HER PANEL OF GUESTS.

JOINING US FOR THIS DISCUSSION IS DOCTOR JEREMY JOHNSON.

HE'S THE TRAUMA MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND A PEDIATRIC SURGEON WITH OKLAHOMA CHILDREN'S OU HEALTH AND NRA CERTIFIED FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR MICHAEL FULLERTON.

GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

ALL RIGHT, MIKE, I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.

WELL, SINCE 2013, I GOT CERTIFIED AS AN NRA FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.

PRIOR TO THAT, IN 2009, I BECAME AN.

SO WHICH IS A RANGE SAFETY OFFICER.

OKAY.

SO SAFETY IS VERY, VERY MUCH A PASSION OF MINE.

IT'S A PASSION OF YOURS.

AND DOCTOR, I'M A PEDIATRIC SURGEON AT OKLAHOMA CHILDREN'S.

I FINISHED TRAINING TEN YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN THE TRAUMA MEDICAL DIRECTOR THERE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS.

I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU, DOCTOR.

I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO GUNS IN OKLAHOMA.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S OKLAHOMA.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GUNS AROUND.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ISSUE IS CHILDREN GETTING HURT.

HAVE YOU SEEN INSTANCES OF THIS?

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE OFTEN WHEN WE SEE THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER KIDS, IT'S TOTALLY ACCIDENTAL.

KIDS ARE CURIOUS.

THEY OFTEN WILL FIND GUNS THAT ARE LOADED AND UNLOCKED AND JUST START PLAYING WITH THEM.

AND SOMETIMES BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

SO I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO GET SPECIFIC, BUT WHAT KIND OF REPERCUSSIONS DOES THAT HAVE ON THE FAMILY, ON A COMMUNITY, ON YOU AND THE MEDICAL STAFF?

YEAH, IT CAN BE TOUGH KIDS.

YOU KNOW, KIDS DON'T ALWAYS MAKE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

AND IT DOES IMPACT THE ENTIRE TRAUMA TEAM WHEN THEY COME FOR TREATMENT.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

DOCTOR, I DO WANT TO TALK BEFORE I COME TO YOU, MIKE, ABOUT SOME AMERICA'S HEALTH RANKINGS.

WHEN IT COMES TO GUN ACCIDENTS WITH CHILDREN OR UNINTENTIONAL.

OKLAHOMA IS RANKED NUMBER 29 WITH 7.5 GUN DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION.

MASSACHUSETTS IS THE LOWEST NUMBER ONE SPOT AT 5.3, AND LOUISIANA IS AT THE HIGHEST WITH 16.1 CHILD GUN DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE.

SO, MIKE, LET'S COME TO YOU.

WHY ARE THESE DEATHS HAPPENING?

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS PARENTS NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING UP THEIR FIREARMS.

POSSIBLY WE GET ACCUSTOMED TO EVERYDAY LIFE.

AND JUST LIKE LEAVING YOUR FIREARM WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE.

I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE GOING TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND YOU SEE A FARM IN THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE GRANDPA'S HOUSE AND HE HAS A REASON FOR IT TO BE THERE.

AND HE HAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO HAVE IT THERE.

BUT HE MAY NOT PAY ATTENTION WHEN HIS SMALLER GRANDCHILD'S THERE THAT IS IN THAT LOCATION.

I THINK MY DAD ALWAYS KEPT A SMALL GUN IN HIS BOOT.

AND THEN I DISCOVERED LATER IN LIFE THEY ALWAYS KEPT ONE UNDER BLANKETS OR BOOKS IN A WOVEN BASKET BY DAD'S CHAIR, AND I NEVER KNEW THEY WERE THERE.

AND NO ONE EVER SPOKE TO ME ABOUT GUNS.

AND YOU HUNT, RIGHT, DOCTOR?

I DO.

DO YOU THINK EDUCATION ABOUT WEAPONS IS IMPORTANT?

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST PROTECTING SMALL CHILDREN WHO DON'T KNOW BETTER BY KEEPING THE GUNS UNLOADED AND LOCKED IS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN BUT AS CHILDREN GET OLDER, JUST RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SAFE AROUND GUNS CAN GO A LONG WAY.

SO WHAT IN PARTICULAR, MIKE, CAN FOLKS DO?

EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS OR SOMETHING, YOU SHOULD STILL BE CAREFUL.

SO WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN PEOPLE DO TO LOWER THE RISK?

FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, EVERY FIREARM, IF IT'S NOT IN USE, SHOULD BE STORED IN A SAFE OR WITH GUN LOCKS ON THEM.

ANYTHING FROM THE CABLE LOCKS TO THE TRIGGER LOCKS, YOU CAN IN SEVERAL OF THESE SAFES THAT YOU SEE CAN BE BIOMETRIC, OR A COMBINATION, WHICH WOULD DETER CHILDREN FROM BEING ABLE TO GET TO THEM.

BUT ALSO THE MAIN THING IS KEEPING THE AMMUNITION SEPARATE FROM THE FIREARM.

I MEAN, THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING, BUT IF SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE AT NIGHT, YOU GOT TO GO UNLOCK THIS AND GET THE BULLETS AND PUT IT IN.

THAT'S HARDLY A FAST RESPONSE.

ABSOLUTELY IT IS.

IT IS.

AND AND YOU SAID, IF YOU REMEMBER, I SAID, IF THEY'RE NOT IN USE, OKAY, NOW WHEN WHEN I SAY IN USE, THAT IS THE ONES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, I KEEP A BIOMETRIC SAFE BESIDE THE BED SO THAT I CAN BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT RAPIDLY.

MY WIFE EVEN HAS ONE FOR HER OWN SIDE OF THE BED.

SO WHEN I'M NOT AT HOME, WHICH HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY, SHE HAS ACCESS TO ONE.

SHE BETTER NOT HAVE A BAD DREAM.

SHE BETTER NOT GET UPSET WITH YOU.

OKAY, DOCTOR, ONE OF THE OTHER STATS THAT I CAME ACROSS, MOST OF THE MANNERS OF DEATH WITH GUNS IS SUICIDE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE IN TEENAGERS AT 51%.

THIS IS IN OKLAHOMA, HOMICIDE IS 44% AND UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS IS 3%.

DO YOU SEE THAT GAMUT ACROSS THE BOARD?

DO YOU THINK THAT KIDDOS, IF THEY'RE OLDER, IF THEY'RE TEENS, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING IF THEY WANT TO FIND SOMETHING, I MEAN, THEY CAN, BUT IT STILL HELPS TO HAVE TO HAVE THE GUNS, YOU KNOW, STORED IN A SAFE THAT AN ADULT HAS, HAS PUT IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION VERSUS FREE ACCESS TO THE GUNS.

JUST IF IT'S HARDER TO FIND AND GET AHOLD OF THOSE NUMBERS DECREASE.

WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN THEY'VE COME IN AFTER A CHILD HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN?

NO MATTER WHAT AGE DO YOU HEAR THINGS LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW HE KNEW WHERE THE GUN.

WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

YEAH.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GUILT ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN A CHILD GETS INJURED, WHETHER IT'S INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL.

AND SO THEY REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE, JUST THE MOST OVERWHELMING EMOTION IS GUILT THAT WE SEE.

SO THIS ISN'T THIS IS THE STATS I'VE BEEN GIVING ARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

THERE ARE MORE THAT HAVE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND THANKFULLY HAVE SURVIVED.

CORRECT.

DO YOU SEE THAT VERY OFTEN?

YEAH.

I MEAN, I'D SAY WE SEE.

10 OR 15 OF THESE A YEAR IN THE YOUNGER KIDS AND THEN THE OLDER TEENAGERS, QUITE A FEW MORE.

AND YOUR HOSPITAL IS WHERE KIDDOS WHO HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES LIKE THIS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE STATE, THEY COME TO YOUR HOSPITAL.

RIGHT?

SO THIS IS SO OKLAHOMA CHILDREN'S IS THE ONLY PEDIATRIC LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER IN THE STATE.

SO DEFINITELY IN THIS IN THIS REGION, NOW TULSA REGION WILL HAVE CHILDREN TREATED AT DIFFERENT HOSPITALS THERE.

BUT FOR THE REST OF THE STATE, THEY COME TO THE CHILDREN'S.

AND AS BEING THE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, WE ALSO ARE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR ROLE IS TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

AND SO THIS COUNTS AS PART OF THAT.

BUT WE ALSO AT THE IN THE CHILDREN'S E.R.

WE HAND OUT GUN LOCKS TO FAMILIES.

NO QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN HAVE A FREE GUN LOCKS.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS WHERE WE GO TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, LIKE WE WERE JUST AT THE ZOO LAST MONTH, GIVING OUT GUN LOCKS THERE AS WELL.

WELL, MOST OF YOUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS DO THAT AS WELL.

THEY'LL GIVE OUT THE GUN LOCKS, THE CABLE LOCKS SO THAT THEY.

SO PARENTS HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT AREA.

LIKE I SAID, SAFES.

THE BEST PLACE CABLE LOCKS, SECONDARY.

I PREFER BOTH, BUT LIKE I SAID, WHEN FIREARMS IN USE, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS FOR THAT.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO BEING RESPONSIBLE.

BESIDES KEEPING ACCESS DOWN, YOU CAN ALSO TRAIN A CHILD ON GUN SAFETY, CORRECT?

YES.

AND YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THAT DOCTOR AS WELL?

YES.

I WISH EVERY CHILD COULD TAKE A HUNTER SAFETY CLASS WHEN THEY'RE A TEENAGER.

SO HOW EARLY DOES THAT?

CAN THAT BEGIN AND WHAT SHOULD BE COVERED?

TO ME, IT STARTS AS SOON AS THEY ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT A FIREARM IS, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO PLAY GUNS THAT THEY'RE PLAYING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH AIRSOFT OR THE NERF GUNS.

I MEAN, AS MY CHILDREN LEARNED, YOU KNOW, WE STEPPED UP THE LEVEL OF TRAINING THAT THEY HAD.

MY SONS BOTH STARTED WITH NERF GUNS AND THEN WENT TO VBS AND OR AIR AIR.

SORRY, BUT AIR BABIES AND AS WELL AS BB GUNS AND PELLETS AND THEN UP TO 20 TWOS AND LARGER CALIBERS.

SO NONE OF THAT YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT.

YOU SAID BB GUN.

IT ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK OF THAT CHRISTMAS MOVIE.

TECHNICALLY, YOU COULD SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT WITH A RICOCHET FROM A BB GUN, AND YOU MAY HAVE EVEN SEEN SOME OF THOSE.

WELL, LUCKILY I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ONE.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ONE.

OKAY, BUT LOW RISK THERE.

BUT BUT THE NRA DOES A AN EDDIE EAGLE GUN SAFE TRAINING.

OH WHAT IS THAT.

IT'S BASICALLY IT TEACHES CHILDREN FOUR RULES.

AND YOU KEEP THOSE FOUR RULES.

KEEP REPEATING THOSE FOUR RULES UNTIL IT BECOMES PERMANENT IN THEIR BRAIN.

ONE, YOU KNOW, FOR CHILDREN, LET'S SAY PRE-K TO ELEMENTARY.

STOP.

DON'T YOU KNOW, LIKE IF THEY WALK INTO A ROOM, THERE'S A GUN IN THERE.

STOP.

DON'T TOUCH.

RUN AWAY.

TELL AN ADULT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE IF THEY SEE ONE.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I CAN TELL A LITTLE STORY ABOUT HOW I CAME ACROSS ONE OF THESE CHILDREN THAT DO.

PLEASE.

I WAS IN WALMART.

YOU CAN IMAGINE I'VE GOT MY FIREARM ON MY SIDE, AND I USUALLY USUALLY COVER MY FIREARM BECAUSE I CONCEAL MY WEAPON.

YEAH, BUT IT RISEN UP WHEN I WAS HOLDING SOME A CASE OF WATER.

AND THIS CHILD, ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD, STARTED SAYING GUN, GUN, GUN.

AND I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON?

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE, WHO'S GOT A GUN?

AND THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER JUST ABOUT 3 OR 4 MILES DOWN, AND HE COME RUNNING.

AND THEN WE ALL KIND OF GOT A LITTLE LAUGH AFTERWARDS.

OH, I BET.

BUT THIS CHILD DID WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO, SO THAT'S GOOD.

SO THAT THING I AM IMPRESSED ME WITH THE ADULTS.

WHAT DO YOU BOTH THINK OF THE THE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO CARRY A WEAPON HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

DOCTOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

WE'RE GETTING OUT OF YOUR MEDICAL REALM AND INTO YOUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS REALM.

BUT.

I DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ON THAT.

OKAY.

MAYBE COME BACK TO ME ON THAT ONE IN A SECOND.

OKAY.

YEAH, I'VE SEEN THEM.

I'VE SEEN THEM OUT AND ABOUT AND IT STILL STARTLES ME, YOU KNOW, AND I, I'VE BEEN OUT ON THE GUN RANGE.

I'VE TAKEN THE, THE LADIES GUN TRAINING COURSE, WHICH WAS A THREE HOUR LONG THING.

IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.

BUT I STILL, WHEN I SEE SOMEONE WITH A GUN ON THEIR HIP, IT'S A LITTLE.

I FEEL LIKE I'M IN DODGE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M A. I'M A VERY MUCH A SECOND AMENDMENT PERSON.

I'M FOR OPEN CARRY.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN.

THE THING I LIKE IS I CONCEALED CARRY BECAUSE THAT'S MY PREFERENCE.

BUT YOU CAN OPEN, YOU CAN OPEN CARRY IN OKLAHOMA.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A. I USED TO BE AN SDA, WHICH IS A SAFE DEFENSE ACT INSTRUCTOR.

I'M NO LONGER ONE RIGHT NOW WORKING THROUGH THE PAPERWORK TO GET THAT BACK, BUT I TEACH IN.

60% OF MY CLASSES WERE WOMEN OF ALL THINGS.

YEAH.

AND THEY HAD.

THEY HAD A WOMEN'S ONLY CLASS TO KEEP BECAUSE MEN TEND TO OVERPOWER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR KIDDOS.

DOCTOR, WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY?

WELL, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT QUESTION IS I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE, I REALLY LIKE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SIMILAR TO HAVING TO PASS A TEST TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME EDUCATION WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING AROUND A GUN.

IF YOU'RE IN A PLACE WHERE GUNS ARE NORMAL, THEY'RE JUST PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

FOR MANY RESIDENTS, PERHAPS THAT SHOULD BE A MANDATE.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM LEGALLY, YOU CAN CARRY THEM AROUND, YOU CAN HAVE THEM OUT.

MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE REQUIRED LEARNING THEN PERHAPS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKE?

SHOULD IT BE REQUIRED?

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED.

I MEAN, I BELIEVE IF WE START YOUNG ENOUGH IN OUR CHILDREN AND I CALL IT PASSING THE SECOND, THE SECOND AMENDMENT SPARK IS WHAT I CALL IT.

BUT IF YOU START YOUNG IN A TRAINING, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT I'M 61 YEARS OF AGE AND MY DAD TAUGHT ME, HIS DAD TAUGHT HIM.

AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS GAP WHERE DADS ARE NOT TEACHING THEIR KIDS ON GUN SAFETY.

AND NOT ALL DADS.

I UNDERSTAND NOT ALL DADS LEARN ABOUT GUNS, AND THERE'S THAT GAP THERE.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND START THINKING ABOUT THAT.

I THINK RECENTLY THEY HAD A BILL TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK INTO TRAINING INTO THE SCHOOLS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING.

WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT NOT JUST KIDDOS, THOUGH.

MIKE, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOLKS WHO MAY BE IMPAIRED IN OTHER WAYS AND NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT JUST KIDDOS WHO CAN GET AHOLD OF A GUN, WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH A GUN.

IS THAT CORRECT?

YES, THERE IS PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPAIRED THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO GUNS, AND I THINK THE.

BUT THERE SHOULD BE A RESPONSIBLE PARTY OVER THAT PERSON IF THEY'RE AT THAT POINT AND NOT CORRECT ON THAT.

DOCTOR.

YEAH, I MEAN, I IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF MY AREA TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING.

YEAH.

BUT YEAH, THERE COULD BE.

AND DOCTOR, I NOTICED RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT ON THAT YOU HAD THIS PIN ON.

WHAT IS THAT?

THIS PIN IS ORANGE.

IT'S AN ORANGE RIBBON.

AND IT JUST WE JUST HAD LAST WEEK GUN SAFETY AWARENESS DAY.

IT'S A NATIONAL INITIATIVE JUST TO KIND OF DO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, TALK ABOUT GUNS AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE WITH THEM.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S A REMINDER TO, TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

BUT THIS WAS REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.

AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING WITH US.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AND SUSAN, GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS.

OKAY.

IN THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL REVIEW, WE'RE HEADING WEST TO SAN DIEGO, WHERE A FORMER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR HAS CREATED A WHIMSICAL UNDERWATER GARDEN IN HER OWN BACKYARD.

THAT STORY, COURTESY OF JOHN CARROLL, KPBS PUBLIC MEDIA IN SAN DIEGO.

THE GARDEN IN THIS HOME'S FRONT YARD TELLS YOU A SERIOUS GREEN THUMB LIVES HERE.

BUT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE BACKYARD, THE TABLEAU OPENS UP INTO AN UNDERSEA MASTERPIECE.

CAROL KENT IS THE CREATIVE FORCE BEHIND THIS SEA SCENERY, AND I WOULD.

I THINK IT'S FAIR TO CALL YOU A MASTER GARDENER, BUT NO.

YEAH, YOU KIND OF.

YOU KIND OF MADE YOURSELF ONE.

AFTER ALL, WHO WOULD TAKE THIS STUBBY, SUCCULENT, PUT LACY SPANISH MOSS BELOW IT TO MAKE A JELLYFISH?

THE INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF THIS COMES FROM DECADES AGO WHEN KENT CAPTAINED A SCUBA DIVING BOAT.

SHE ALSO DID A LOT OF SNORKELING DURING THOSE YEARS.

AND I HAD 15 YEARS OF INCREDIBLE STORIES OUT ON THE OCEAN, IN THE SEA.

IT'S JUST I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE DONE THAT.

VISITING KENT'S GARDEN IS LIKE SNORKELING ON DRY LAND, AND IT'S DROUGHT TOLERANT.

IF WE HAVE NORMAL RAIN, I DON'T HAVE TO WATER FOR SIX MONTHS.

BUT THEN IN THE HEIGHT OF THE SUMMER, I MIGHT WATER ONCE A WEEK.

THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE IN THIS GARDEN OF WONDER PLANTS AND OTHER LITTLE SURPRISES AROUND EVERY TWIST AND TURN.

BUT THEY DON'T USUALLY TURN RED.

IN FACT, THE FELLOW THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM IS A SPECIALIST, AND HE HAS NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS AGAVE IMPRESSA AND IT IS IMPRESSIVE.

I TOOK A CLASS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE CERAMIC FISH, AND SO THEY'RE PRETTY RECENT ADDITIONS.

THEN IT MUTATES INTO THAT FORM WHERE IT'S VERY, VERY CRUSTED.

IT LOOKS LIKE CORAL.

AND YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE TURTLE FAMILY HERE.

THE KIDS LOVE TO PLAY WITH THAT.

GRANDKIDS COME AND NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS COME.

THE LARGEST PLANT IN THIS SEASCAPE IS VERY UN OCEANIC.

I HOPE YOU LIKE AVOCADO.

WE LOVE AVOCADOS.

GUACAMOLE.

YEAH.

SO WHEN WE HAVE GOOD YEARS, WHEN WE HAVE GOOD YEARS, WE HAVE AN AVOCADO A DAY.

APART FROM THE PLEASURE THAT COMES WITH HAVING A PLACE LIKE THIS TO ESCAPE TO.

KENT LOVES TO TALK ABOUT AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT THAT'S COME WITH THIS GARDEN.

ONCE A MONTH, I GIVE AWAY A TRUCKLOAD OF SUCCULENTS BECAUSE THEY GROW A LOT FASTER THAN YOU THINK.

SO I MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THAT, AND I HAVE FRIENDS THAT I'VE MET BY GIVING AWAY PLANTS, AND WE DO THINGS TOGETHER.

IT'S GREAT.

BUT KENT IS ON THE VERGE OF DOWNSIZING THE GARDEN.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AND A SURFING INJURY SHE SUFFERED YEARS AGO MEANS THE PHYSICAL PROCESS OF GARDENING IS PAINFUL.

ARE YOU WISTFUL AT ALL ABOUT THIS?

I'M KIND OF A NOW PERSON, YOU KNOW, SO I FEEL REALLY GOOD HAVING DONE THIS.

AND AS IT CHANGES, IT'LL BE GREAT.

YEAH.

A MOMENT IN TIME.

YEP.

AND IT'S DOCUMENTED.

SO I CAN ALWAYS GO.

YES IT IS.

YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

IT'LL LIVE ON THE INTERNET FOREVER.

YEAH.

AND ALSO, NO DOUBT IN THE HEART OF THIS MASTER GARDENER, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

IT'S AN AMAZING GARDEN.

OKAY.

ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

OIL PRICES FALL AFTER THE U.S.

AND IRAN REACH A DEAL TO END HOSTILITIES.

WHAT IMPACT IS THAT HAVING ON GAS PRICES AND OKLAHOMA'S OIL INDUSTRY?

JASON DOYLE REPORTS FRIDAY AT SEVEN.

WE'LL SAY SO LONG FOR NOW WITH A LOOK AT A NEW ART EXHIBIT CALLED FORMLESS MATTER AT OKAY!

CONTEMPORARY, PUT TOGETHER FOR US BY OETA JASON STEWART.

FOR ALL OF US WHO PLAY A ROLE IN PUTTING THIS NEWSCAST ON THE AIR EACH WEEK, I'M RICH LENZ.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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THIS WEEK WE'RE WATCHING A GREAT CLASSIC, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, STARRING SPENCER TRACY AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR.

THE POPCORN WILL BE READY AT