>>> FREEDOM DENIED, FOR NOW, FOR A CONVICTED KILLER.

>> WE REMAIN STEADFAST.

WE REMAIN FIGHTING FOR HER CASE.

>> I GET IT.

MS. WILKINS IS OBVIOUSLY ASSERTING HER RIGHTS UNDER THE OKLAHOMA SURVIVORS ACT.

>>> THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EMERGENCY CARE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

>> WE WANT THAT PERSON WHO WE CARE ABOUT TO GET THE BEST TREATMENT THEY CAN GET AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.

>>> A NEW IDEA TO KEEP BETTER TRACK OF INMATES IN THE STATE'S LARGEST JAIL.

>> WHAT THIS DOES IS IT WATCHES THEM 24-7, AND IT PLUGS IN ALL OF THE GAPS.

>>> IT'S "HANDS ON" FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST NOODLING TOURNAMENT DOWN IN PAUL'S VALLEY.

>> I MEAN A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT GRABBLING, HAND-FISHING, LOTTA DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IN OKLAHOMA IT'S CALLED NOODLING.

>>> COULD A.I.

POSE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO HUMANS?

>>.

>> .

>>> AN INDEPTH DEBATE NEXT ON >> HOW COULD POPULATION BECOME 100 MILLION ABOUT 270 YEARS FROM NOW.

>> THE KEY TO THIS IS BEING PREPARED.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN PREPARED PREPARATION.

>>> AN INDEPTH DEBATE NEXT ON THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT"!

HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT", I'M RICH LENZ.

WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO APRIL WILKENS LAST YEAR.

SHE'S CURRENTLY SERVED 27 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HER EX-FIANCE IN 1998.

WILKENS IS HOPEFUL THAT NEW LEGISLATION WILL HELP FREE HER FROM PRISON, SOMETHING THE VICTIM'S FAMILY ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO.

THIS WEEK, WILKENS WAS IN A TULSA COUNTY COURTROOM FOR AN IMPORTANT HEARING-- AND OUR REPORTER, JASON DOYLE, WAS THERE AS WELL.

JASON?

>> RICH, THE HEARING DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS WILKENS AND HER SUPPORTERS WERE HOPING THIS WEEK.

BUT THERE'S STILL A CHANCE UNDER THE OKLAHOMA SURVIVOR'S ACT FOR HER RELEASE.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEVE KUNZWEILER WAS THE FIRST ATTORNEY TO LEAVE CHAMBERS AFTER DISTRICT JUDGE DAVID GUTEN DENIED THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR APRIL WILKENS.

>> IT WASN'T ANY SURPRISE, OAK OKLAHOMA LAW, FEDERAL LAW IS PRETTY CLEAR ON MATTERS INVOLVING HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.

IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG FOR BOTH SIDES TO LAY OUT THEIR ARGUMENTS IN THIS WRIT OF HABEAS HEARING.

WILKENS' ATTORNEYS ARGUE THAT SHE'S BEEN HELD TOO LONG BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA UNDER THE OKLAHOMA SURVIVOR'S ACT.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARGUED THAT THIS TYPE OF HEARING WASN'T APPROPRIATE FOR HER EARLY RELEASE.

HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE ROAD FOR WILKENS AND HER ATTORNEYS.

COLLEEN MCCARTY ONLY PROVIDED A SHORT STATEMENT AFTER THE DECISION WAS RENDERED AND DID NOT TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE NEWS MEDIA.

>> WHILE WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT MS. WILKINS WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY PRESENTLY, WE ARE ENTHUSED THAT THE COURT HAS SET A FIRM'S RESENTENCING DATE.

YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE DOCKET SHEET LATER TODAY.

WE REMAIN STEADFAST.

WE REMAIN FIGHTING FOR HER CASE.

WE REMAIN FIGHTING FOR HER FREEDOM, AND WE BELIEVE WHEN WE PUT OUR CASE ON, THE EVIDENCE WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF.

THANK YOU.

>> IT HAS TAKEN MOST OF A YEAR TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR WILKENS.

OTHER INMATES IN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM HAVE FILED FOR SENTENCING RELIEF UNDER THE SURVIVORS ACT AND HAVE BEEN RELEASED, EVEN AS WILKENS WAS THE FIRST TO APPLY WHEN THE LAW TOOK EFFECT IN LATE AUGUST 2024.

WE DISCUSSED THE CASE WITH WILKENS IN DECEMBER 2024 WHILE SHE WAS BEING INCARCERATED AT MABEL BASSETT CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

SHE'S ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT HER FATAL SHOOTING OF HER EX-FINANCE, TERRY CARLTON, WAS AN ACT OF SELF DEFENSE.

>> HE WAS THREATENING TO KILL ME AND SODOMIZED ME, SODOMIZE ME FIRST, AND THEN KILL ME.

AND I, HE TURNED AROUND AND AS HE LUNGED, I FIRED AND I KEPT FIRING.

AND I COULD NOT STOP FIRING.

I COULDN'T STOP FIRING UNTIL, YOU , THE GUN WAS EMPTY.

>> LET'S BE CLEAR, IN ORDER TO OUR DUTY AS LAWYERS IS TO MAKE SURE THE COURT IS FULLY INFORMED AND WHAT THE LAW IS.

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE ORIGINAL SENTENCING COURT DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SENTENCE.

>> >> HOWEVER, THE JUDGE DID SET UP THE RESENTENCING HEARING UNDER THE OKLAHOMA SURVIVORS ACT.DESPITE THE DA'S OFFICE SAYING IT NEEDED TO KNOW WHO WILKENS' ATTORNEYS WERE GOING TO USE FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF EXPERT WITNESS AND TIME FOR REVIEW.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FROM DEFENSE COUNSEL, WHICH WE HAVE YET TO GET, THEY HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY THEY HAVE AS AN EXPERT, AND I'M ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING A COPY OF AN EXPERT'S REPORT, WE'VE RETAINED AN EXPERT AND OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE OUR EXPERT TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT THE DEFENSE IS GONNA RELY UPON.

>> AS FAR AS TERRY CARLTON'S FAMILY'S INTERESTS IN THIS CASE, DA KUNZWEILER SAYS IT IS HIS JOB TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE REPRESENTED IN COURT.

>> YOU WOULD WANT ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM FULLY PREPARED TO REPRESENT YOUR RIGHTS.

IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WE PASSED MARSY'S LAW IN WHICH WE VESTED FOR THE FIRST TIME CONSTITUTIONALLY THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF VICTIMS TO BE ADVOCATED AS ZEALOUSLY AS A DEFENDANT WOULD BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS IN A COURTROOM.

AS SO I AM ZEALOUSLY ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE VICTIM'S FAMILY IN THIS CASE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

>> KUNZWEILER SAYS WHILE HIS OFFICE WON'T HAVE ALL THE TIME THEY WANTED TO PREPARE FOR THE WILKENS' SURVIVORS ACT HEARING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE ALL PARTIES ARE PREPARED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

>> I DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT FLATFOOTED, NOR DO I WANT DEFENSE COUNSEL TO BE CAUGHT FLATFOOTED.

SO IT DOES TAKE TIME, MONEY, AND RESOURCES.

AND WHEN THIS PARTICULAR ACT WAS PASSED, THERE WASN'T A SINGLE DOLLAR SENT TO STATE PROSECUTORS TO SAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BE HANDLING CASES LIKE THIS CASE AND YOU GUYS JUST HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN RESOURCES.

>> THE LONG-TIME TULSA COUNTY DA SAYS WHILE HE WASN'T IN THAT OFFICE WHEN THE PROSECUTION OF WILKENS HAPPENED IN 1998, HE STILL HAS TO PREPARE HIS STAFF, FIND THE EXPERT WITNESSES TO COUNTER THE APPLICANT'S ARGUMENTS, AND STILL CONTINUE THE EVERYDAY TASK OF PROSECUTING CRIMINALS.

THE DELAYS IN WILKEN'S CASE ARE NOT ALL BECAUSE OF DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND HER LAWYERS.THIS WEEK'S HEARING JUDGE IS THE THIRD TO HANDLE THE REQUEST FOR RELIEF SINCE HER FILING LAST AUGUST.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THIS CASE ALONG AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S GOT WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE.

>> TULSA COUNTY JUDGE DAVID GUTEN HAS SET APRIL WILKENS' OFFICIAL OKLAHOMA SURVIVORS' ACT HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 3 AND 4, WITH AN AUGUST 13 HEARING TO CHECK THE STATUS OF DISCOVERY BETWEEN HER LAWYERS AND THE TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

RICH.

>>> THERE WILL BE A "WINNER-TAKE-ALL" GAME 7 IN THE NBA FINALS, SUNDAY NIGHT IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THE INDIANA PACERS MADE SURE OF THAT ON THURSDAY, BLOWING THE THUNDER OF THE GYM IN INDY, 108 TO 91- AND IT REALLY WASN'T THAT CLOSE.

WE'LL KEEP THE HIGHLIGHTS SHORT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T MANY- HERE'S WHAT HEAD COACH MARK DAIGNEAUT HAD TO SAY AFTER THE GAME.

>> FIRST OF ALL, CREDIT INDIANA, I THOUGHT THEY OBVIOUSLY EARNED THE WIN.

THEY OUTPLAYED US FOR MOST OF THE 48 MINUTES AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE STORY OF THE GAME.

THEY, THEY WENT OUT THERE AND ATTACKED THE GAME.

FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IT WAS UNCHARACTERISTIC, IT WAS DISAPPOINTING, BUT IT WAS COLLECTED.

IT WASN'T ONE GUY, YOU KNOW, JUST, WE WERE NOT WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.

>> A LOT OF IT WAS, YEAH, JUST NOT TRUSTING EACH OTHER TO MAKE THE RIGHT PLAYS AND THAT THAT STARTS WITH ME BEING BETTER, FIGURING OUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET MY TEAMMATES INVOLVED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE HAVE ANOTHER GAME TO FIGURE IT OUT.

>> GAME 7 TIPS OFF AT 7:00, SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE PAYCOM CENTER.

>>> THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING A NEW BILLION-DOLLAR ARENA FOR THE THUNDER IS UNDERWAY-- BUT BEFORE YOU CAN BUILD, SOMETIMES, YOU HAVE TO TEAR DOWN.

WRECKING CREWS ARE DEMOLISHING THE 145-FOOT PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE FORMER "MYRAID" BUILDING TO THE WYNDAM HOTEL.

THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE TAKEN DOWN AND THE NEW ARENA WILL BE BUILT ON IT'S FOOTPRINT.

THE THUNDER ARE PROJECTED TO BEGIN PLAYING IN THE NEW FACILITY IN JUNE OF 2028.

>>> THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL IS ADOPTING A SPECIALIZED "BIOMETRIC" TRACKING SYSTEM THAT WILL ENABLE CORRECTION OFFICERS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE INMATES ARE THROUGHOUT THE 13-STORY BUILDING--- AND IT CAN ALSO DETECT IF AN INMATE IS HAVING A MEDICAL ISSUE.

STEVE SHAW JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS.

STEVE?

>> RICH.THIS IS BIG, BECAUSE THE MUCH-MALIGNED OKLAHOMA COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WILL BE THE FIRST JAIL OR PRISON ANYWHERE THAT WILL HAVE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.

>> SO THIS IS REPRESENTING A CELL THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE IN.

THIS CORNER WOULD BE WHERE THE RADAR IS MOUNTED.

AND IT SHOOTS DOWNWARD.

>> GREG COUCH IS CHIEF OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL.

HE SAYS ABOUT A YEAR AGO OKLAHOMA COUNTY WAS APPROACHED BY A COMPANY CALLED INTEGRITY COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS OUT OF COLORADO SPRINGS.

THEY HAD PRODUCT HE BELIEVES WILL SAVE LIVES IN A FACILITY THAT'S BEEN KNOWN NATIONALLY AS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST JAILS IN AMERICA.

A RADAR DEVICE HALF THE SIZE OF A CELL PHONE PLACED IN THE UPPER CORNER OF ANY JAIL CELL CAN TRACK THE HEART RATE AND PULSE RATE OF ANYONE IN THAT CELL.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST A SMALL COMPUTER BOARD.

THAT'S THE DEVICE.

THAT'S IT.

THESE ARE THE ANTENNA.

THIS IS THE ANTENNA HERE, AND HERE IS THE REST OF THE ELECTRONICS THAT GOES.

>> GRAEME TOWNDROW IS THE FORMER HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE FOR THE ENTIRE PRISON SYSTEM IN ENGLAND OR U.K. TWO YEARS AGO HE WENT TO WORK FOR INTEGRITY COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS.

HE SAYS THE BEAUTY HERE IS THIS DEVICE, WHICH THEY CALL A "BIOMETRIC LIFE DETECTION SYSTEM" TRACKS THE HEALTH OF INMATES WITHOUT THE INMATES WEARING ANYTHING MORE THAN THEIR REGULAR CLOTHES.

>> AND AT LITTLE TINY FIVE MILLIMETER INTERVALS IT WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND MEASURE EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT YOUR BODY IS DOING.

>> TOWNDROW SAYS INTEGRITY COMMUNICATIONS' CEO IS A HUGO, OKLAHOMA NATIVE.

>> WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO DO IS FIRST OF ALL WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A JAIL, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH SOMEBODY 24-7.

YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW FINANCIALLY REALISTICALLY YOU CAN'T DO IT.

SO WHAT JAILS DO IS THEY DEVISE PROGRAMS SO PEOPLE GO AROUND AND CONTINUE TO CHECK ON PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT WATCHES THEM 24-7, AND IT PLUGS IN ALL OF THE GAPS.

YOU KNOW YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT WILL IT PREVENT DEATHS?

OF COURSE IT WILL, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TRIGGER WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES.

>> RIGHT NOW THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL DOES MORE THAN 245,000 SAFETY CHECKS OF THEIR JAIL CELLS EACH YEAR.

>> OF COURSE WE WILL ALWAYS DO HUMAN SITE CHECKS.

WE WILL ALWAYS PERFORM THOSE CHECKS.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO BY LAW.

BUT THIS THIS ACTUALLY HELPS US PROBABLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME WE HAVE TO PAY TO BRING EXTRA PEOPLE IN.

BUT AGAIN IT'S JUST,WELL, IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD.

>> THESE THINGS COST THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL TRUST $3500 EACH.

SO FAR, OKLAHOMA COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 42 OF THESE.

FIVE RIGHT NOW ARE BEING TESTED AND COUCH SAYS THEY WILL BE WORKING IN CELLS IN A FEW WEEKS.

>> THE RADAR GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO LET PEOPLE SLEEP.

SO FROM THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE IT GIVES THEM MORE CONFIDENCE IN DOING THEIR JOB, AND FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN REALITY YOU CAN ALLOW PEOPLE IN CUSTODY TO GET A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP.

THAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO BETTER MENTAL HEALTH, BETTER BEHAVIOR MORE STRUCTURE AND DISCIPLINE I IN THE JAIL ENVIRONMENT.

>> KIND OF MIND BLOWING TO ME, BECAUSE I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

>> INTERIM OKLAHOMA COUNTY DETENTION CENTER CEO PAUL TIMMONS SAYS THIS IS GOOD NEWS.

>> SOME OF THESE INMATES THAT DIE, NOBODY WANTS THEM TO DIE, BUT THEY COME IN HERE AND THEY ARE SICK ALREADY.

AND THIS WILL HELP THE STAFF KNOW THAT THEY ARE.

I TRULY FEEL IT WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US LIKE YOU SAY A LOT OF TIMES INDIVIDUALS COME IN, WE DON'T KNOW THEIR HEALTH HISTORY.

IN FACT A LOT OF THEM PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ILLNESSES OR ISSUES WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT THEY HAVE.

SO I FEEL THIS WILL HELP US A GREAT DEAL.

>> SEAN CUMMINGS IS THE LONG-TIME OWNER OF VITO'S RISTORANTE IN THE VILLAGE AND A LONG TIME CRITIC OF THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL TRUST.

BUT -- >> THAT'S ASTOUNDING.

SO IT'S BIOMETRICS UM ESSENTIALLY.

>> NOT THIS TIME.

>> LOOK I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE INSTANTANEOUS.

IF THERE IS IF SOMEBODY HAS VIOLATED YOUR SPACE, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS GOING TO GO UP.

THEY ARE GOING TO KNOW IT IMMEDIATELY.

NOW WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE COMPLACENCY OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HANDLING STUFF EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IT'S HAPPENING.

SO HOW DO WE GET RID OF THEM AND PUT PEOPLE IN THERE THAT ARE GENUINELY CONCERNED.

>> CUMMINGS SAYS HE'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE INFORMATION'S STORED.

>> WHO GETS THE DATA?

SO THE DATA WILL BE MONITORED ON A SCREEN THAT'S INTERNAL ONLY.

AND IT WILL BE MONITORED BY MEDICAL STAFF THAT IS ON SITE.

DOES THE MEDICAL STAFF RESPOND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE?

OR IS IT A GUARD?

BOTH.

>> ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE THAT SAFEGUARDS PRISONERS SAFEGUARDS STAFF YOU KNOW IS DONE IN AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO MY MIND IS FANTASTIC.

>> LOOK THIS IS THE FUTURE.

THIS IS THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

IT'S THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING.

WHERE THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND THESE ARE NOT JOBS PEOPLE ARE DOING.SO THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANYONE'S JOB.

DO WE NEED BETTER MONITORING?

YES.

DOES IT NEED TO BE SAFER?

YES.

ARE WE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THERE TRYING TO BREAK EM?

OF COURSE WE ARE.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO VIOLATE IT?

OF COURSE WE ARE.

I LOVE THE FACT THEY ARE WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.

>> YOU KNOW OFTEN THESE JAIL CELLS CAN BE DARK.

YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE COVERED UP IN BEDDING.

IT'S HARD TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT AND TO GIVE ANOTHER PAIR OF EYES TO DO THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RADAR.EXACTLY WHAT THE RADAR DOES.

>> GRAEME TOWNDROW SAYS MORE THAN TWO DOZEN OTHER JAILS AND PRISONS IN THE U.S. ARE LOOKING TO ADD THIS.

BUT HE SAYS IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIS CEO THAT THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY DETENTION CENTER GOT IT FIRST.

RICH.

>>> A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IS CAUSING A BIT OF A STIR WITH HIS PREDICTIONS ON HOW THE EMERGENCE OF "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" IS GOING TO IMPACT THE HUMAN RACE.

IT'S A LITTLE FRIGHTENING.

THAT'S THE FOCUS OF OUR UPCOMING "INDEPTH" DISCUSSION WITH MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD AND HER PANEL OF GUESTS, COMING UP LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

HERE'S A PREVIEW.

>> THIS MIGHT APPEAR TOTALLY OUTLANDISH.

YOU KNOW, HOW COULD POPULATION FROM 8 BILLION RIGHT NOW BECOME ONE 80TH OF IT, WHICH IS A HUNDRED MILLION, ABOUT 270 YEARS FROM NOW.

PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE WORLD ARE CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN AT THE SAME RATE.

THEY ARE STILL HAVING CHILDREN, BUT NOT AT THE SAME RATE AS WAS THE CASE BEFORE.

>> WE, WE AREN'T SURE QUITE YET WHERE AI IS GOING.

WE'RE STILL 3 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

SHE SAYS THERE'S FOUR LEVELS OF VERIFICATION IN THE STATE.

LEVEL ONE IS THE HIGHEST.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE OF TRAUMA CENTERS THAT THE OUTCOMES ARE MUCH BETTER AT A VERIFIED DESIGNATED FACILITY THAN THE NONDESIGNATED OR A STATE DESIGNATED FACILITY.

>>> STILL GOING THROUGH THE VERIFICATION PROCESS.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

FOLKS ON THE CERTAIN SIDE OF THE STATE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE A CLOSER OPTION IN AN EMERGENCY.

>> I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT EXEMPT WHEN PEOPLE -- EXCITEMENT WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF CARE.

ALL OF US KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS IN A SEVERE ACCIDENTAL AND WE WANT THAT PERSON TO GET THE BEST TRANSPARENTLY THAT CAN GET.

>> FOR THE SPECIALTY MEDICINES, PEDIATRICINGS, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE MORE ROBUST.

>> THE STUDENTS GETTING READY TO GRADUATE, AND GOING TO A RESIDENCEY, THEY HAVE ONLY ONE OPTION IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

A LOT OF THEM WILL LEAVE.

>> OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCE INSTITUTIONAL, DESIGNATED, SAYS THIS WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON LEARNERS.

>> IT OFFERS THEM A SUBSET OF PATIENTS THAT THEY WOULD POSSIBLY NEVER SEE WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, THEIR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING.

SO THIS REALLY BRINGS TO THE FOREFRONT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSING, THAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THEIR TRAINING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF FACULTY THAT ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THEM THE MOST ROBUST EXPERIENCE THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

>> ALBRECHT SAYS HAVING LEVEL-ONE TRAUMA CENTERS IN THE STATE IS CRITICAL.

>> WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT INJURY IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH, THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FROM AGES ONE TO 46.

OKAY?

THAT'S CHILDREN, THAT'S YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE VERY PRODUCTIVE YEARS.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS ABLE TO MOVE THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM QUICKLY.

>> OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO EXCITED FOR THE NEW CENTER TO OPEN UP.

SPEAKER KYLE HILBERT AND HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER MARK LAWSON BOTH ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING LEVEL-ONE A CENTER IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

RICH?

>>> JUNETEENTH, WHICH CELEBRATES THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES-- IS RECOGNIZED AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND WAS OBSERVED ON THURSDAY, THE 19TH IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

INCLUDING OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA.

THERE WERE ACTUALLY THREE DAYS OF EVENTS IN OKC-- WITH THE PARTY STARTING ON THURSDAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, A 5-K RUN ON FRIDAY AND MORE FUN, FOOD AND MUSIC SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY AS WELL.

>> IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO, TO EDUCATE AND, AND SHARE THOSE, THOSE MESSAGES AND THOSE STORIES.

BUT I THINK TODAY IT'S, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT I FEEL IS BEING ERASED ABOUT THIS HISTORY AND ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, IT'S RECOGNIZED, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT JUNETEENTH IS, DON'T UNDERSTAND, DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT JUNETEENTH MEANS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT JUST BLACK HISTORY, IT'S AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> THE TERM, JUNETEENTH, ACTUALLY DATES BACK TO THE 1890'S.

>>> AN AFGHAN CITIZEN LIVING IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO TERRORISM-RELATED OFFENSES.

NASIR AHMAD TAWHEDI PLOTTED TO CARRY OUT A TERROR ATTACK ON ELECTION DAY 2024.

TAWHEDI HAS ADMITTED TO OBTAINING FIREARMS TO CARRY OUT THE ATTACK IN SUPPORT OF ISIS.

HE FACES A MAXIMUM OF 35 YEARS IN PRISON-- HIS ACCOMPLICE, A MINOR AT THE TIME, IS FACING UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.

>>> THE 25TH EDITION OF THE OKIE NOODLING TOURNAMENT AND FESTIVAL WAS CONTESTED THIS PAST WEEKEND DOWN IN PAULS VALLEY-- AND, LEAVE IT TO OUR INTREPID REPORTER NOAH MACK TO JUMP RIGHT ON IN AND GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH A BIG 'OLE CATFISH.

NOAH?

>> RICH.

THESE FISH DO NOT MESS AROUND.

AND NEITHER DO THE NOODLERS.

A FAMILY OF PREVIOUS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS LET ME TAG ALONG AS THEY SCOURED THE CREEKS OF SHAWNEE FOR A WINNING FISH.

THEY FOUND THEIR FISH, BUT BATTLED THE ELEMENTS TO GET TO THEM.

THE SOUNDS YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO HEAR AT A CREEK DURING AN OKLAHOMA SUMMER ARE THE BIRDS CHIRPING.

BROOKS BABBLING.

AND OKIES NOODLING.

>> WHOO.YEAH!

DON'T LOSE HIM.

DON'T LOSE HIM!"

>> THE THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO MOST EVERY YEAR IS THIS --- PAUL'S VALLEY OKIE NOODLING TOURNAMENT --- AND CHRISTMAS.

>> OH.

IT'S ON THE GROUND.

>> THE PAUL'S VALLEY OKIE NOODLING TOURNAMENT CHALLENGES NOODLERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO BRING IN A CATFISH FOR A CASH PRIZE.

THEY HAVE 36 HOURS TO CATCH THEIR LEVIATHAN.

ROD AND REEL FISHING FOR CATFISH IS ONE THING --- BUT NOODLING --- >> NO HOOKS, NO BAIT, NO FEAR.

YOU'RE USING YOUR BARE HANDS.

>> NATHAN WILLIAMS IS A FIVE-TIME TOURNAMENT CHAMPION.

AND HOST OF THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL --- ADRENALINE RUSH.

WHERE HE POSTS A MYRIAD OF OUTDOORSY VIDEOS WITH HIS THREE SONS --- ALL OF WHICH NOODLED THEIR FIRST FISH AT THREE YEARS OLD.

LIKE JAYCE WILLIAMS.

>> I REMEMBER THAT TO THIS DAY, AT 22 YEARS OLD.

I WAS SO PROUD OF THAT LITTLE FISH.

IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT --- I DON'T KNOW --- MAYBE A FOOT-LONG FLATHEAD, AND EVER SINCE THEN, YA KNOW, I'VE BEEN HOOKED.

>> NO PUN INTENDED AND NO HOOKS REQUIRED.

>> SO YOU CAN NOODLE IN CREEKS, LAKES, OR RIVERS.

WE LOVE THE CREEKS AND RIVERS, SO LIKE A CREEK LIKE THIS, YOU JUST GET OUT NICE AND SHALLOW.

YOU DON'T EVEN USUALLY HAVE TO GET OVER YOUR HEAD AND SWIM IN MOST PLACES.

YOU FIND SOME WATER USUALLY KNEE-DEEP TO CHEST-DEEP, AND UH, IF THERE'S A NICE VERTICAL BANK YOU JUST FEEL ALONG IT, FEEL FOR A HOLE, IF IT FEELS NICE AND SANDY INSIDE YOU REACH IN THERE AND HOPE A CATFISH BITES YA.

>> PHIERCE WILLIAMS CERTAINLY LIVES UP TO HIS NAME.

>> NEVER HESITATE TO GO IN A HOLE --- WELL --- USUALLY NEVER HESITATE TO GO IN A HOLE.

>> HE BIT MY TOE ALREADY, GUYS, SO WE'RE GOOD.

>> I FEEL LIKE TODAY'S A GREAT DAY.

CREEK'S SHALLOW ENOUGH.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET SOME BIG ONES.

>> A LOT OF THE TIME, NOODLING TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF PATIENCE.AND CONCENTRATION.

>> GOOD LITTLE BREATH HOLD.

>> BUT ALWAYS SATISFYING WHEN YOU FINALLY GET A GRIP ON THAT FISH.

>> OKAY --- I GOT EM.

>> YOU GOT A PIECE OF HIM?

>> YEAH I GOT EM.

>> OW MY WRIST.

>> GENERALLY YOU'LL FIND FLATHEAD CATFISH IN PAIRS.

PHIERCE NABBED THE FEMALE.

>> LOOK AT HIM GUYS.

>> THERE WE GO!

FIRST ONE OF THE CONTEST!

>> OH YEAH!!

>> AND JAYCE WENT IN FOR THE MALE.

>> YEAH!!

OH YEAH!!

WELL, HE'S NOT A WINNER JAYCE >> NO, BUT HE'S A LOVELY CATCH!

>> HE'S A LOVELY CATCH.

GOOD JOB, BRING HIM ON UP HERE LET'S LOOK AT HIM.

>> THAT AIN'T GONNA DO NOTHING AT THE TOURNAMENT FOR ME, BUT I GOT SMACKED, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO GO A WHOLE LOT THIS YEAR SO THAT FELT GOOD.

>> AS TOUGH AS THESE CREEK DWELLERS ARE, THE WILLIAMS FAMILY IS LOOKING FOR BIGGER PRIZE.

>> I DON'T THINK THIS ONE'S GONNA CUT IT, NIETHER IS THIS ONE, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT EM BACK.

>> SO THE SEARCH PRESSES ON, DETERMINED TO FIND A TOURNAMENT WINNER --- COME HELL OR HIGH WATER --- WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY GOT.

THUNDER AND RAIN FILLED THE AIR ALMOST AS IF MOTHER NATURE WAS RINGING THE BELL FOR ROUND TWO.

>> OUCH!

>> WHOO.YEAH!

DON'T LOSE HIM.

DON'T LOSE HIM!

>> THE STORM BRINGS TWO MORE CATCHES.

THREE IN TOTAL.

THEY LOAD EM UP IN A TANK --- READY FOR DRIVE TO PAUL'S VALLEY.

BUT THEY AREN'T FINISHED QUITE YET.

WE'LL CATCH BACK UP WITH THE WILLIAMS FAMILY LATER.

MEANWHILE --- THE OKIE NOODLING FESTIVAL IS WELL UNDER WAY.

THIS YEAR'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY IS HOSTED IN DOWNTOWN AND FITTED WITH A REBRAND.

>> THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE WE TAKE IT BACK TO THE ROOTS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CITY TOOK IT OVER WE KIND OF COMMERCIALIZED IT A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BRING BACK THAT HEART OF THIS NOODLING COMMUNITY.

>> TO BRING THIS BACK TO ITS ROOTS --- THEY BROUGHT BACK THE MAN WHO STARTED THE WHOLE THING.

>> I STARTED THE OKIE NOODLING TOURNAMENT AS A DEVICE FOR THE FILM THAT I WAS MAKING TO ENABLE OUR CHARACTERS TO MEET ONE ANOTHER.

BRADLEY BEESLEY DIRECTED THE 2001 DOCUMENTARY --- OKIE NOODLING --- AND EVENTUALLY SOLD THE TITULAR TOURNAMENT TO THE CITY OF PAUL'S VALLEY.

BUT HE STILL NEVER MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S CALLED NOODLING.

>> THERE'S NO REAL WAY TO KNOW HOW THE NAME GOT STARTED.

I MEAN I TRIED TO TRACK THAT DOWN IN MY VARIOUS DOCUMENTARIES, BUT TRULY I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY KNOWS.

IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD ANSWER AND EVERYONE ALWAYS ASKS THAT.

>> I THINK IT'S AN EVEN BETTER ANSWER, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CALLED.

>> I MEAN A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT GRABBLING, HAND-FISHING, LOTTA DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IN OKLAHOMA IT'S CALLED NOODLING, AND NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHY.

THEY JUST MAKE UP STUFF.

>> WHATEVER THE NOODLING MYTHOS --- THE TOURNAMENT ALWAYS DRAWS CROWDS, TV CREWS, FOOD TRUCKS --- THERE'S A TITANIC TANK IN THE CENTER TO BRUSH UP ON YOUR NOODLING TECHNIQUE.

AND FOLKS CAN WEIGH THEIR FISH FROM NOON TO 6 PM.

NOODLERS OF ALL AGES.

>> EXCELLENT WORK GUYS!

>> AND CATFISH OF ALL SIZES.

NOODLING RIGHT UP UNTIL THE DEADLINE --- THE WILLIAMS FAMILY --- WEIGHED IN THEIR WHISKERED BEHEMOTHS.

>> PHIERCE WILLIAMS FROM SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

WE ARE AT 53.52!

>> NATHAN PARTICIPATED IN THE SCUBA CONTEST --- BRINGING IN A GOLIATH.

SURELY A WINNING SPECIMEN --- IF IT COULD STAY IN THE BUCKET LONG ENOUGH TO WEIGH IT.

>> OH.IT'S ON THE GROUND.

OH!!

>> NATHAN'S ENDED UP COMING IN AT 62.78, CLAIMING SECOND PLACE OVERALL.

AND PHIERCE WINNING FIRST PLACE IN BOTH THE NATURAL AND THE YOUTH NOODLER CONTEST.

A NOODLING FAMILY THROUGH AND THROUGH.

>> CATCHING FISH IS IS ALWAYS SUPER FUN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE OUT HERE, BUT I GET TO GO WITH MY DAD AND MY BROTHERS EVERY DAY.

>> QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST SOUND YOU'LL AT A CREEK DURING AN OKLAHOMA SUMMER.

IS THE SOUND OF A FAMILY HAVING FUN DOING WHAT THEY LOVE.

NATHAN WON $800, AND PHIEREC TOOK HOME 1200.

A BIG BOUNTY TO MATCH THE CATCH.

RICH.

>>> "NO KINGS" RALLIES PROTESTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, TAKING PLACE IN MORE THAN 1500 AMERICAN CITIES LAST SATURDAY-- INCLUDING TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TAKING PART IN A RALLY IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY, BEFORE MARCHING TO BICENTENNIAL PARK.

HUNDREDS MORE GATHERED IN DOWNTOWN TULSA AS WELL.

THESE PROTESTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME A MILITARY PARADE HONORING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. ARMY WAS UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON D.C. >>> COULD THE RISE OF A.I.

LEAVE THE EARTH WITH JUST 100 MILLION PEOPLE STILL ALIVE BY THE YEAR 2300?

THAT'S THE STARTLING CLAIM BY A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY-- AND THE TOPIC OF THIS WEEK'S "INDEPTH" CONVERSATION WITH MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD.

CASSIDY?

>> WE'RE JOINED BY THE OKLAHOMA PROFESSOR THAT SAYS IT'LL BE DEVASTATING.

WHO'S A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY.

AND A PROFESSOR AND CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA'S HEALTH AND SCIENCES CENTER.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

>> GLAD TO BE ON HERE.

>> YOU PREDICTED THAT AI WILL HAVE SO MANY ADVANCEMENTS THAT'LL TAKE THE POPULATION OF 8 MILLION PEOPLE OF TODAY DOWN TO 100 MILLION.

>> WHAT THEY SUGGEST IS BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY, THE POPULATION NOW AT 8 BILLION WILL GO DOWN TO 7.4, WITH A FERTILITY RATE OF 1.3.

NOW THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUT LAPPISH, HOW COULD -- OUT LANDISH -- ABOUT 270 WORLD SERIES FROM NOW, WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND FREQUENCY IN SOUTH KOREA.

THE FERTILITY RATE THERE IS 0.68.

YOU NEED A FERTILELY OF 2.1.

100 PEOPLE MAKE 34 BABIES.

IN TWO GENERATIONS, 100 PEOPLE WILL MAKE 24.4, THAT'S TEN BABIES.

AND EIGHT GENERATIONS IS 30 YEARS.

OF COURSE, THE PEOPLE WILL LIVE ON BUT THEY CAN SEE THAT 100 MILLION IN 270 YEARS IS NOT AS OUT LANDISH AS IT SOUNDS.

>> MANY IS DECIDING NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN.

YOUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT AI IS USED TO STRENGTHEN HEALTH CARE.

HOW DOES YOUR PERSPECTIVE DIFFER FROM THE IDEA THAT AI WILL RULE THE WORLD.

>> WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE AI IS GOING.

TWOEF WORK ON THIS.

WE HAVE TO WANT IT TO GO WELL.

AND WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THINGS WILL GO WELL.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 MILLION YEARS.

>> YOU SUGGEST THE DECLINE OF THE HUMAN POPULATION IS NOT A HOSTILE TAKE OVER OR A ROBOT WAR.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS CHANGE WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED IN DECLINE WILL HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S LIKE A TSUNAMI.

PEOPLE ARE MAKING DECISIONS, PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD ARE CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN AT THE SAME RATE.

THEY'RE STILL HAVING CHILDREN BUT NOT AS THE CASE AS BEFORE.

SO IT'S EXPECTED THAT BY 20 -- POPULATIONS STABILIZE OR BECOME TO SHRINK ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, AND IT OFFERS UP FERTILITY.

THERE'S NOT AS MUCH PRESSURE ON IF ENVIRONMENT, AND PERHAPS EVERYONE CAN REACH THEIR PENSION.

AND ONE CAN ACCEPT, MAYBE THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.

IF YOU AND I ARE DIFFERENT, THAT'S BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT -- IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE 8 MILLION AND THE SKIES WILL FALL.

PERHAPS WITH 100 MILLION PEOPLE, THINGS WILL BE FINE AND WE'LL HAVE BEAUTIFUL CITIES AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THEIR SELF-POTENTIAL.

>> INTERESTING, BUT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT ONCE.

OVER TIME.

>> SLOWLY.

>> OH, TOMORROW, 2 BILLION OF US ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF AI.

>> RIGHT.

>> VERY GOOD.

YOU USE AI TO TRAIN HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

BUT SOMETHING IS SO AUTOMATED, HOW TO WE NOT LOSE THE HUMAN ASPECT?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THE COMMITTEE IS TO BE PREPARED.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER OF PREPARED PREPARATION.

WE SIMULATE WHAT IT'LL BE LIKE TO HAVE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENTS THAT HAVE AI IN THEM, IN A SAFE PLACE.

JUST LIKE A FLIGHT SIMULATOR.

OR FOR SPORTS.

YOU'LL DRILL ON THESE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY DO THE -- ACTUALLY PUT PEOPLE IN PRACTICE.

THIS IS A GREAT SPOT TO GET PEOPLE TO THINK WELL.

WE NEED TO THINK WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE MENTORSHIP FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CAREER WITH MANY POINTS OF DECISION MAKING WITH COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY.

>> IN YOUR BOOK -- TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> THERE'S LOTS OF CAREERS THAT'LL -- STEPS BACK, AND SEE MOST OF WHAT HUMANS DO ARE PROCEDURE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE GET IN A CAR, WE ARE IN A CONSULTATION BUSINESS WE GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

AI CAN REPLACE US LIKE THAT.

OR PROFESSORS LIKE I DO, GO TO THE ROOM, ALL HAVE AI APPLICATION, WHERE YOU CAN FEED IT, A CERTAIN CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OR RESEARCH PAPER AND IT'LL COME UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL DIALOGUE.

SO, CLEARLY, AND THIS IS MY PREPAREDNESS, IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION, WE DON'T NEED A MILLION PROFESSORS, MAYBE A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND.

OPTIMIST SAYS CERTAIN JOBS GO AWAY.

THAT'S POSSIBLE.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE THE NUMBER OF JOBS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WOULDN'T BE NEEDED IN THIS SOCIETY.

>> THE PROCESS IS SLOWER?

>> NOT NECESSARILY, LOOK AT THE SYSTEM ALREADY, THEY -- 18 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A DEMOGRAPHIC OF CLIFF, POPULATION STARTED HAVING FEWER BABIES.

AFTER FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 2008, AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT OF UNIVERSITY DROPPED 10 TO 20%.

WITH THAT, AND WITH THE FACT THAT EDUCATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE, THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE A TENTH, AGAIN, USING AI TO CREATE A NEW KIND OF UNIVERSITY.

PERHAPS A HYBRID THING, A LOT ONLINE, BUT SOME HUMAN INTERACTION.

THERE'LL BE A CHALLENGE, AND WHEN THERE'S A GREAT CHALLENGE THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH NEW MODELS.

>> AND DOCTOR, YOUR RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROACTIVE.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE NEED TO HAVE REGULATIONS, WE HAVE THESE IN OTHER INDUSTRIES.

AND THE PEOPLE TO WORK THEM OUT.

I HAVE A GROUP OF 15 CLINICIANS IN THE GROUP, AND THEY'RE FROM ALL DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES.

TO ALL DISCIPLINES TO HAVE A CONTRIBUTION IN THIS.

ONE THING THAT MAY HELP US IN THE FUTURE, I ALWAYS THINK THAT PEOPLE'S WISH -- TO WANT IS INCREASING.

THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A DRIVE TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE THE THINGS WE WANT, AND THE HEALTH CARE, IT'S AN INFINITE PROCESS.

>> BOTH MY CHILDREN ARE PHYSICIANS, AND THEY WORK IN MIAMI.

IS THEY SAY AI TOOLS HAVE ALREADY BECOME BETTER THAN THE TECHNOLOGY.

BUT IT'S DIAGNOSTIC.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE OF AI BEING A HELPFUL TOOL OR THE DECISION MAKER.

>> I THINK IT IS CRITICALITY.

RESPONDING TO SURVEYS OR SOME SMALL PATH, THE IMPACT IS HIGHER, WE HAVE TO RELY ON HUMANITY MORE.

I BELIEVE THAT MEDICINE IS BOTH ART AND SCIENCE.

THERE'S A LOT OF RELATIONAL ASPECTS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE CHATTING WITH AI BOTS.

>> MACHINES WILL NEVER BE CONSCIOUS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD AI INTO CONSCIOUS MACHINES.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

THE FIRST THING MACHINES WOULD DO IS TO GET RID OF HUMANS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS COMPLAINING.

BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN RELATIONSHIPS IS REHASHING THE SAME STUFF.

OR PEOPLE GO FROM ONE IMAGE TO ANOTHER, READING STORIES, TV, ONE CHANNEL TO ANOTHER.

THAT'S ALMOST NONCONSCIOUS.

OBSERVING.

THAT'S FINE, IT CAN BE WONDERFUL, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHEN WE'RE TRULY CONSCIOUS.

THE CASE CAN BE MADE WE'RE TRULY CONSCIOUS WHEN WE'RE CREATIVE.

HOW DO WE USE THIS SCARY SITUATION, TO HELP EVERYONE REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

>> HOW DO WE DO THAT?

>> IN FACT, MOST SCIENTISTS AND DIFFERENT STUDIES SAY THAT CREATIVE IS NOT FULLY AWAKE BUT WHEN THEY'RE DOZING.

SONIED OR IN SLEEP -- OR IN SLEEP, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND THERE WAS AN AMERICAN INVENTOR.

HE INVENTED THE FIRST SEWING MACHINE.

HE WAS SEEING A DREAM.

IN THE DREAM HE SAW THAT HE WAS TAKEN INTO A -- AND THE STEERS HAD OPEN EYES.

HE REALIZED THAT HE NEEDED A NEEDLE WITH AN EYE.

>> QUICKLY HERE, THE YEAR 2300 FOUNDS FAR OFF.

BUT IF AI IS MOVING US TO THAT FUTURE, WHAT ARE THINGS WE SHOULD LOOK FOR NOW?

>> WELL, WE HAVE TO BE AWARE.

YOU CAN MAKE PROPER DECISIONS MAKING AWARE WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND FOCUS ON INTERPERSONAL COMPASSION.

CREATIVITY.

HOW CAN EVERYONE RISE UP, AND CERTAINLY OETA IS.

>> FINAL THOUGHTS.

>> IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S INTRINSIC MOTIVATION.

AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION.

WE HAVE TO WORK ON IT, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET THE INTRINSIC MOTIVATION.

IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS, AT THE END OF IT ONE OF THE THINGS THE MODELS WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE HUMANITY OF THINGS.

DIGNITY, AND EMPATHY.

THOSE ARE PART OF MEDICINE THAT ARE UNDESCRIBABLE BUT WE KNOW IT'S THERE WHEN WE SEE IT.

>> THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> GREAT CONVERSATION.

>>> OUR STATE-WIDE "OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW" BEGINS THIS WEEK WITH NEWS FROM PARIS, FRANCE THAT WILL BENEFIT WORKERS IN BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA.

JASON DOYLE PROVIDES THE DETAILS.

>> KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS IS PLANNING A NEW 50,000 SQUARE FEET ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES TO BUILD ROCKET ENGINES FOR THE MILITARY.

THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO BE EXPANDED TO 100,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE FUTURE.

KRATOS PLANS TO MANUFACTURE ITS GE AEROSPACE-KRATOS, OR GEK FAMILY OF TURBOJET ENGINES, INITIALLY FOCUSING ON THE GEK-800.

THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF 2026.

KRATOS HAS THE GOAL OF MANUFACTURING 500 ENGINES A YEAR FOR CRUISE MISSILES AND CCA-TYPE AIRCRAFT.

THE COMPANY ALSO PLANS THREE SMALL ENGINE TEST CELLS AT THE SITE THANKS TO A GRANT APPROVED BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT TOOK PLACE INCREASES IN OKLAHOMA CITY HOME RENTAL RATES ARE BELOW INCREASES IN INFLATION.

REALTOR.COM'S MAY RENT REPORT REVEALS THAT SINCE 2019, OKLAHOMA CITY RENTAL RATES HAVE INCREASED BY 7.7%.

OVERALL CONSUMER COSTS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD ARE 25.6%.

THE REPORT ALSO INDICATES THAT THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO IS SEEING A SOFTER DEMAND FOR HOME RENTALS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DUE TO WORKFORCE CUTS.

OKLAHOMA CITY'S AVERAGE RENTAL HOME IN MAY WAS 985 A MONTH, DOWN BY A FULL PERCENT WHEN COMPARED TO MAY OF LAST YEAR.

MEANING PRICES ARE STARTING TO APPROACH PRE-COVID PANDEMIC LEVELS IN OKLAHOMA'S CAPITAL CITY.

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS IN ENID ARE GETTING PRAISE FOR PROVIDING SOME OF THE HIGHEST INTERNET SPEEDS AMONG SMALL CITIES IN THE U.S. ISP REPORTS RANKS ENID FOURTH WITH A REPORT CARD OF "A".

THE AVERAGE INTERNET SPEED AMONG ITS TEN PROVIDERS IS 9,236 MEGABYTES PER SECOND.

SPEAKING OF BROADBAND INTERNET, THE TOWN OF CROWDER IN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS THE HOME TO A NEW $1.7 MILLION HIGH-SPEED INTERNET EXPANSION PROJECT.

1.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED BY THE OKLAHOMA BROADBAND OFFICE, WITH CANADIAN VALLEY TELEPHONE PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL $430,000 FOR THE PROJECT.

IT IS EXPECTED TO CONNECT MORE THAN 225 HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITH BROADBAND INTERNET.

OKLAHOMA CITY BASED CUSTOM MENSWEAR BRAND, ELM GROVE CLOTHING COMPANY, IS PROVIDING FORMER THUNDER PLAYER AND CURRENT NBA ANALYST KENDRICK PERKINS WITH THE SUITS HE'S WEARING DURING THE SEASON AND THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS.

ELM GROVE FOUNDER AND LEAD DESIGNER JONATHAN TRIPLETT SAYS EACH SUIT WAS TAILORED TO REFLECT PERKINS PERSONALITY, STATURE, AND CONFIDENCE.

PERK'S SUITS HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY COMPANY FROM AROUND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS NATIONWIDE.

JASON DOYLE.THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

>>> IN THIS WEEK'S "NATIONAL VIEW" WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE SKIES ABOVE FORT MORGAN, COLORADO.

AND PULL A FEW G'S WITH COLLEGIATE AEROBATICS TEAMS DURING A RECENT COMPETITION.

>> BIG NAMES FOR AEROBATTICS -- IN THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.

WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, WE HAVE OUR COACHES.

>> IN LA JUNTA, COLORADO.

EITHER OF THEM ARE PILOTS, AND -- [INAUDIBLE].

AEROBATTICS HAVE BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS.

I SEARCHED THE WEBSITES, AND IS CALLING HER AND GOT IT DONE, WITH MY INTERESTS AND EVERYTHING.

>> THE TRAINING FOR IT.

LIKE NO OTHER.

IT SHOWS THE LIMITS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR AIRPLANE, AND AS A PILOT.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.

THE USUAL ATTITUDE AND SITUATIONS.

AND ENDS UP [INAUDIBLE].

>> TO BECOME A SAFER PILOT.

[INAUDIBLE].

WHEN YOU GRADUATE, MANY OF THEM -- THEY DON'T FLY -- THEY FLY FOR THE SAME AIRLINES, AND SEE EACH OTHER IN THE CITIES THEY FLY TO.

>> MY GOAL IS TO GET MY INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION.

AND CARING ON THE LEGACY OF EVERYONE ELSE WHO COMES BEFORE ME.

>>> ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT" WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH SOME OF THE "MOVERS AND SHAKERS" WHO HELPED BUILD THE ARENA THAT EVENTUALLY BROUGHT THE THUNDER TO OKLAHOMA CITY.

STEVE SHAW REPORTS, NEXT FRIDAY AT 7PM.

>>> WE'LL SAY SO LONG THIS WEEK WITH A LOOK AT THE NEW ANSEL ADAMS EXHIBIT AT THE "OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART"--- PUT TOGETHER FOR US BY O.E.T.A.

'S JASON STEWART.

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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!