>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE LOOKS AT LATEST ON ISSUES REGARDING THE TIMING OF ELECTIONS IN THE STATE.

ALSO TONIGHT, A NEW ART EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON THE GEORGE FLOYD UPRISING AND MUSICIANS FROM 16 ISLAND NATION ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ARE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCKED A COMPROMISED BILL ON CAPITOL HILL THAT COMBINES BORDER SECURITY WITH AID TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL.

THE REPUBLICANS HAD DEMANDED BORDER RESTRICTIONS BE INCLUDED IN THE FORGOTTEN SECURITY PACKAGE AND BACKED AWAY AFTER DONALD TRUMP OPPOSED ANY MEASURE ADDRESSING BORDER SECURITY DURING THIS ELECTION YEAR.

ARIZONA SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA WHO HELPED TO DRAFT THE LEGISLATION AND THOUGHT SHE HAD REPUBLICAN SUPPORT WAS NOT AMUSED.

>> SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEND THE BORDER CRISIS FOR YOUR OWN POLITICAL AGENDAS, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE THE SOUTHERN BORDER AS A BACKDROP FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, THAT'S FINE.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

BUT I HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR ANYONE USING THE SOUTHERN BORDER FOR STAGED POLITICAL EVENTS.

"DON'T COME TO ARIZONA.

TAKE YOUR POLITICAL THEATER TO TEXAS ."

>> Ted: DEMOCRATIC CHUCK SCHUMER GIVES A STAND ALONE BILL THAT GIVES FUNDS TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL.

>>> DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO CONTINUE TO CLAIM PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT'S CASE PLAYING OUT IN FEDERAL COURT IN FLORIDA DESPITE THEM REJECTING CLAIMS OF IMMUNITY AND A SEPARATE CLAIM.

TRUMP PLANS TO APPEAL THAT RULING AND AGAIN USE IMMUNITY AS A DEFENSE AGAINST CHARGES THAT HE RETAIN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER LEAVING OFFICE.

>>> THEJENNIFER LONGDEN RESIGNED FROM HER SEAT AND THE SECOND TIME SHE'S BEEN APPOINTED HAVING SERVED FROM 2021 TO 2023.

>> A LETTER TO THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO ROGER SMITH HIRED TO MONITOR ACTIONS BY THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SMITH RESIGNED DUE TO FRUSTRATION AFTER THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW ALLOWING HIM TO MONITOR AND NOT INVESTIGATE POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES.

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC REPORTS THE CITY CLAIMS BROWN, QUOTE, CHAFED AGAINST THE RESTRICTIONS AND OVERSTEPPED HIS ROLE.

HE SAYS THIS IS BASELESS AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT HIM.

>>> RAIN AND SNOW WITH RAIN TOTALS UP TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN.

ROAD AND SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE IN EFFECT DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRETCHES OF I-40 NEAR WINSLOW AND ASHFORK REMAIN CLOSED AT WINSLOW.

>>> IT'S WEDNESDAY AND THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND TONIGHT WEB HEAR FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE AISLE ON THE INCREASINGLY CONCERN OVER THE TIMING OF ELECTIONS AND RECOUNTS IN ARIZONA.

JOINING US NOW IS A SENATE PRESIDENT PROTEM, SENATOR SHOPE.

WE KNOW IT'S BUSY AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, HAVE YOU VOTED ON THIS TODAY?

.

>> WE HAVE NOT, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY I'M COMING TO YOU FROM THE OFFICE INSTEAD OF IN THE STUDIO BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THIS PORTION, WE'RE HEADING TO THE FLOOR.

>> Ted: WHAT WILL YOU BE VOTING ON AND WHY DOES THIS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED?

>> A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR DUCEY PASSED A BILL AND CHANGED THRESHOLDS WITH RIGHT COUNTS AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT EXAMPLE, WE HAD A RACE FINISHING WITH 80 VOTES IN THE PRIMARY AND THAT PERSON THAT LOST THAT PRIMARY FELT THAT THE PREVIOUS THRESHOLD OF 50 VOTES, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MINISCULE.

SO THAT AND OTHER RACES WERE REASONS THE BILL WAS RUN AND PASSED AND CHANGED LAW.

FAST-FORWARD, WE HAD CLOSE RACES IN ELECTIONS OVER THE PAST CYCLE AND WE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT VARIABLES WITH THE LEAP YEAR AND OTHER CALENDAR ISSUES, THAT THE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY OUR OVERSEAS VOTES AND MILITARY VOTES ARE ABLE TO BE COUNTED AND THEN RECOUNTED IF NECESSARY IF A RACE IS TOO CLOSE.

>> Ted: I WOULD IMAGINE EXTRA DAYS TO THE PRIMARY AND EXTRA DAYS FOR THE GENERAL, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT AND WE WORKED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO WENDY ROGERS ON THE SENATE SIDE WITH THE COUNTY RECORDERS AND DIRECTORS OF ALL 15 OF ARIZONA'S COUNTIES AND REALLY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTIES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PITCH THE PLAN TO OUR RECONCILED MEMBERS IN THE SENATE.

I HAVE TO REASON TO BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A BEEHIVE APPROVAL OF THIS BILL THIS EVENING.

>> Ted: SO WE'LL MOVE THE PRIMARIES UP A BIT, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO.

THE ORIGINAL WAS A 19 DAYS AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT FAR, BUT EVERY COUNTY RECORDER AND ELECTION'S DIRECTOR BELIEVED WE MOVED THE NEEDLE SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH TO BE COUNTED.

THERE WERE ISSUES WHERE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO AHEAD AND ENSURE THAT THEIR EARLY BALLOT IS CORRECT, THAT THEY HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND WE'LL ALLOW, YOU KNOW, FOR WEEKEND DAYS TO BE USED THERE AND OVERALL, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE VOTER AND FOR OUR FOLKS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, COUNTING AND CANVASSING THE ELECTIONS AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE BIPARTISAN RESULTS.

>> Ted: WE HAD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON LAST NIGHT, SENATOR, AND SHE SAID SHORTENING THE CURE PERIOD FROM FIVE BUSINESS DAYS TO FIVE DAYS IN GENERAL, SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THAT AND THE IMPACT OF LOW INCOME VOTERS.

SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT RURAL AREAS AND RESERVATIONS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN PLACES AND IT TAKES TIME TO GET THINGS GOING BACK AND FORTH.

VALID CONCERN?

>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK SO.

I REPRESENT A RURAL DISTRICT, NON-PHOENIX METRO OR NON-TUCSON METRO DISTRICT AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT CONCERN.

OR IN PINAL, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I THINK, FRANKLY, ADDING AND REQUIRING A WEEKEND TO BE USED MAYBE BENEFICIAL FOR SOME FOLKS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO GET OUT OF WORK DURING THE WEEK.

>> Ted: DOES THIS LEGISLATION THAT YOU'LL BE VOTE ON HERE IN A MINT MINUTE NOW, DOES IT BOOST EARLY BALLOT SIGNATURE PROCESSES?

DOES THE MESS AROUND WITH THAT, AS WELL?

>> IT DOES NOTHING BUT ENHANCE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER VERIFICATION PROCESS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CLICK OF THE BUTTON AND NOT OVERLY CUMBERSOME TO THE PEOPLE COUNTING.

THIS SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY AND FRANKLY, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.

IF YOU'RE CHANGING THAT PROCESS, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE VOTER AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND ENSURE THE BALLOT IS CAST, IS ACTUALLY THERE.

>> Ted: I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONCERN AMONG DEMOCRATS AND THE GOVERNOR THAT THAT SIGNATURE VERIFICATION ADDING TO THE ISSUE THERE JUST MAKES FOR MORE TIME, MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE.

I MEAN, DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I THINK THAT, FIRST OF ALL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS CHOOSE TO SUBMIT THEIR BALLOT THAT WAY AND, FRANKLY, EVEN OUT OF THOSE FOLKS THAT VOTE BY AN EARLY BALLOT, A HUGE NUMBER DECIDE TO DROP IT OFF ON ELECTION DAY ANYWAY.

SO MAYBE NOT EVEN TOUCHED BY THE MAIL.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND AND TO THAT AND WE THINK WE'LL END UP WITH A SMOOTHER ELECTION DAY THAT PEOPLE WILL REALLY SEE THAT THE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE THIS COMING PRIMARY DAY.

>> Ted: WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TODAY AND ALL OF THESE ISSUE, SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR THERE WOULD BE REAL PROBLEMS.

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: WHY WASN'T THIS STUFF CONSIDERED PRIOR TO THE CHANGES, PRIOR TO THE LAW PASSING WHEN IT DID?

>> IF WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A TIME MACHINE BACK A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I THINK THIS WASN'T REALLY CONSIDERED.

SOME OF THESE CONCERNS WEREN'T BROUGHT UP AT THE TIME.

HOWEVER, AS THEY BEGAN TO BE BROUGHT UP AS WE BEGAN TO GO AHEAD AND GET SO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS.

FIRST, OBVIOUSLY, THE ELECTION'S COMMITTEE AND MEDICALS OF THAT, WE WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND INTO THE WEEKENDS.

OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING THIS ISSUE PRETTY HEAVILY OVER THE LAST WEEK, SO MUCH SO THAT A LOT OF THE AGENDA OTHERWISE LEGISLATIVELY THIS WEEK, WE DECIDED TO KIND OF PUT ON HOLD.

SO THAT WAY WE COULD GET THIS ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF.

FRANKLY, IT'S THE WAY THAT I THINK THAT THE VOTERS AT HOME EXPECT THE LEGISLATURE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH EACH OTHER.

>> Ted: WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF JUST REPEALING THE LAW AND GOING BACK TO 1/TENTH OF A% RECOUNT NUMBER.

NUMBER?

.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A PART OF THE EQUATION FOR THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.

WE LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY CLOSE ELECTIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE CYCLES AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION AS FAR AS RECOUNTS GO.

FRANKLY, IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE CAUCUS' OPINION, IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GIVE THE AVERAGE VOTER AND PUBLIC TO SEE A RECOUNT THAT TOOK PLACE AND MAYBE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE RESULTS.

>> Ted: WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND GET BACK TO BUSINESS.

I'VE SEEN ONE REPRESENTATIVE SAY IT'S A MANUFACTURED CRISIS.

ARE THERE ENOUGH VOTES IN THE HOUSE?

I'M GETTING YOU HAVE ENOUGH IN THE SENATE AND YOU CAN COUNT VOTES HERE AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WASHINGTON.

ARE THEY COUNTED VOTES IN THE HOUSE ON THIS?

>> THEY CERTAINLY ARE AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL SEE MEMBER THAT WE HAVE IN THE SENATE AFTER THIS VOTE TONIGHT, THAT WILL REPEL THE HOUSE INTO ACTION TO WORK AND I HAVE TO DOUBT THAT TOMORROW, THEY'LL HAVE A POSITIVE RESULT, AS WELL, AND SEND IT UP TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING IT.

THE COUNTY AND SENATOR ROGERS HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS.

>> Ted: YOU DISAGREE IT'S A MANUFACTURED CRISIS?

>> I DON'T AGREE AND I GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SMALLER RACE.

IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL THAT SOME LOOK AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR THE GOVERNOR'S RACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AND THE PERSON WITH THE FEWER VOTES, AS LOW AS 80, AND THAT THRESHOLD IS 50, THAT'S A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW.

IS IT THAT DIFFICULT TO RUN THOSE BALLOTS THROUGH THE MACHINE TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTE IS ACCURATE?

>> SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO BUSINESS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, AN ART EXHIBIT FOCUSED ON THE GEORGE FLOYD UPRISING.

>> THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST ARTISTS IN R&B AND GOSPEL TAKES THE STAGE.

>> GOSPEL IS MY FOUNDATION.

>> IT'S A CELEBRATION.

>> WE'RE HONORING THE LEGACY.

>> WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS.

>> JOIN ME, HENRY LEWIS GATES, JR., FOR GOSPEL LIVE.

>> ON ARIZONA PBS.

♪♪ >> A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EVENT, THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA WITH A 300 VOICE CHOIR AND A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALL UNDER THE BATON OF HENRY PANION, III.

"THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA."

>> FRIDAY NIGHT AT 9:00 ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> Ted: ASU PARTNERED WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL TO PRESENT AN EXHIBIT TITLED "TWIN FLAMES" SHOWING OFFERINGS AT THE GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

WE LEARNED MORE FROM DR. RASHAD JABAZ FROM URBAN PLANNING.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TWIN FLAME'S EXHIBIT AND WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS?

>> IT'S AN EXHIBITION THAT IS PUT TOGETHER BY A COALITION OF GROUPS, THE SENATE FOR WORKING DEMOCRACY AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE ASU MUSEUM.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO BRING OFFERINGS FROM THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL WHICH ARE SIGNS AND PIECES OF ARTWORK THAT WERE LAID AT THE GEORGE FLOYD SITE IN MINNEAPOLIS TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY AT THE ASU ART MUSEUM.

>> Ted: THIS IS A DESCRIBED AS A COMMUNITY-LEAD EXHIBITION AND THE OFFERINGS MAKE THAT THE COMMUNITY, CORRECT.

>> ?

>> THE OFFERINGS WERE SELECTED BY ARIZONA COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND A BLACK CENSURED GROUP AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE VALLEY, THE YOUNGEST BEING MY 9-YEAR-OLD SON.

WE WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS TO BRING THEM HERE.

WHAT WE DID, THE FOLKS AT THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL WOULD SHOW US THE IMAGES ON ZOOM AND WE AS THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, IS WHAT WE CALLED OURSELVES, WE WOULD SELECT THEM.

>> Ted: AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ITEMS?

WHAT WAS SELECTED AND WHAT WERE THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE EXHIBITION?

>> WELL, WE SELECTED THINGS BASED ON THEMES.

WE HAD THEMES THAT WE TRIED TO ADHERE TO AND THESE THINGS DEALT WITH ISSUES AROUND THE LINK BETWEEN THE PROTEST IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT ENDED UP BEING A GLOBAL PROTEST AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE IN THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THAT TIME.

WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS TO SORT OF ON THE ONE HAND SPEAK TO OUR PARTICULAR STRUGGLES AROUND RACIAL JUSTICE, AROUND POLICING AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE ISSUES WHILE BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS.

SO THE IDEA OF TWIN FLAMES IS TO SORT OF BRING THESE TWO COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO ASK BEHIND THE NAME, WHY "TWIN FLAME FLAMES" AND BASICALLY TWO COMMUNITIES GETTING TOGETHER.

>> IT'S SURROUNDED THE ENVIRONMENT LIKE, ONE OF THE HOTTEST SUMMERS ON RECORD AND DURING A MOMENT OF COVID AND ALL PROTESTERS WERE MASKED AND WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE LARGER POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT THESE PROTESTS WERE TAKING PLACE IN.

AND SO, "TWIN FLAMES" IS A SIGNATORY OF THAT.

>> Ted: WAS THERE HEALTHY DEBATE AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AND WHAT SHOULD NOT?

>> SOME OF US AGREED WITH THUMBS UP AND THUMBS DOWN AND THUMBS IN THE MIDDLE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, WE TRIED TO BE DECRATTIC AND SELECTED OFFERINGS THAT REPRESENT THE REPRESENTED THE EXHIBITION.

>> Ted: IS THE GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL INVOLVED WITH THIS AROUND THE COUNTRY?

>> THE FIRST TIME THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE SUCCESS OF THIS EXHIBITION CAN OPEN POSSIBILITIES FOR THESE OFFERINGS TO BE SHOWN IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THE PARTNERSHIP IS CONCERNED, HOW DID THAT EVOLVE AND HOW DID THAT GET TOGETHER?

>> SOMEWHAT OF A LONG STORY AND THE WAY IT BEGAN IS THAT THE HEAD OF THE SENATE FOR WORKING DEMOCRACY, MIKE MCQUARY, HE REACHED OUT AFTER THE PROTESTS BEGAN IN MAY OF 2020 AND HE ASKED ME IF THE CENTER SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.

I'M BOARD AND I SAID YES.

IN MAY OF 2022, WHICH IS THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER, THERE WAS A CEREMONY WHICH IS CALLED "RISE AND REMEMBER," WHICH IS A COMMUNITY-LEAD EVENT BY THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL WHICH EMERGED TO COLLECT ALL OF THE OFFERINGS LEFT BY PROTESTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL BEGAN TO ARCHIVE THEM AND AS A PART OF A WAY OF RAISING MONEY, THEY BEGAN TO AUCTION OFF THESE OFFERINGS.

MICHAEL MCQUARY SUGGESTED WE BID ON IT AND WE BID AND WE WON THE AUCTION AND THEN IN OCTOBER OF 2022, I REACHED OUT TO MICKEY GARCIA AND TOLD HER ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAD AND IF WE COULD USE THE MUSEUM SPACE TO SHOW THE OFFERINGS.

SHE AGREED AND WE BEGAN WORKING ON IT.

>> Ted: THAT SOUNDS RIGHT UP THE ASU'S ART MUSEUM AS ALLEY THERE.

>> THE OFFICIAL OPENING WAS ON FRIDAY.

>> Ted: WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE HAVE YOU HAD?

>> WELL, AT THE OPENING ON FRIDAY, WE HAD OVER 500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> Ted: WOW!

>> WE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE A ASU COMMUNITY AND THE LARGEST GROUP WERE PEOPLE FROM THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE AND GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL AND GEORGE FLOYDs AUNT SHOWED UP, AS WELL AS HIS SISTER.

IT WAS A MAGICAL NIGHT THAT WE ENGAGED AND THOUGHT DEEPLY ABOUT THE EXHIBITION.

>> Ted: WHAT DID THE FAMILY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW?

>> THEY WERE THRILLED WITH THE OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT HERE.

THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP ON A FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE THAT EXHIBITION.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION.

THIS RUNS THROUGH JULY 28th, CORRECT AT THE ASU ART MUSEUM?

>> CORRECT.

>> Ted: WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE FROM THIS EXHIBIT?

>> A FEW THINGS.

ONE, WE WANT THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DEBATE AROUND GEORGE FLOYD IN HIS MURDER IS NOT A MINNEAPOLIS CENTRIC DEBATE BUT A NATIONAL DEBATE.

ARIZONA HAS ISSUES AROUND POLICE VIOLENCE, VIS-A-VIS PEOPLE OF COLOR, BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM.

THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A BLACK PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT A BROWN PROBLEM.

IT'S REALLY A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR WAYS, BUT IT'S A SOCIAL PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US.

WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A COLLECTIVE STORY, RIGHT?

WHILE IT FOCUSES AND IMPACTS BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR WAYS, POLICE VIOLENCE IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM IN THAT WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THE EXHIBITION AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE AND FIND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.

>> Ted: THE "TWIN FLAMES" EXHIBIT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> TONIGHT ON THE "NEWS HOUR" SENATOR JOE MANCHIN ON WHAT'S NEXT AFTER REPUBLICANS BLOCK A BIPARTISAN BILL TO FUND BORDER SECURITY, ISRAEL AND UKRAINE.

COMING UP AT 6:00, ON "ARIZONA PBS."

>> Ted: SMALL ISLAND, BIG SONG BRINGING MUSICIANS TOGETHER FROM 16 ISLAND NATIONS BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOSTED BY THE CITY OF PHOENIX.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU.

>> GIVE SMALL ISLAND, BIG SONG, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> BRINGED MUSICIANS TOGETHER FOR COLLABORATION AND MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS AND FILM.

SO REALLY, WE'RE BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER ADDRESSING AN ISSUE THAT WE ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> Ted: HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?

>> MY HUSBAND IS AUSTRALIAN AND WE, IN 2015, WE HEARD HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTED THE ISLAND NATIONS.

WE STARTED A THREE-YEAR JOURNEY TRAVELING ACROSS 16 DIFFERENT ISLAND NATIONS AND DURING THAT TRIP, WE MET WONDERFUL MUSICIANS WITH US AND RECORDING AND FILMING WITH EVERYONE.

AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER A LIFE PRODUCTION THAT WE'RE TOURING AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Ted: INCLUDING TEMPE, ARIZONA.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS AND WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE TEMPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS?

>> THE TEMPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION, THIS TOURING SHOW AND IMMEDIATELY, WE WERE BOTH, LIKE, THIS IS FOR US.

I THINK THE WAY THAT THE PROJECT REFLECTS THE FULL DIVERSITY OF WHO WE ARE IN ARIZONA AND ALSO CONNECTS US WITH A GLOBAL DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMUNITIES AND IDEAS AROUND AN URGENT ISSUE THAT AFFECTS US ALL.

IT WAS A COMPELLING REASON TO SAY YES.

I THINK THE OTHER REASON THAT IT'S BUILT ON THE PEPOSH PEOPLES AND TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE A SPACE BOTH LOCAL AND GLOBALLY WITH INDIGENOUS VOICES.

>> Ted: WERE YOU FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE SOUNDS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW AND HEARD FROM SOME OF THESE ISLAND NATIONS?

IT HAD TO BE KIND OF A SURPRISE.

>> I SPEAK TAIWANEESE AND IT WAS BIG TRIP FOR ME AND WE FIND A LOT OF COMMONALITIES AROUND THE OCEAN.

THERE'S A SEA FARING LANGUAGE AND THERE WAS EVEN COUNTING FROM ONE TO TEN.

.

>> Ted: INTERESTING.

>> IT'S SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OTHER INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES.

>> Ted: BRENDON, THESE THINGS, THEY COULD LITERALLY BE DISAPPEARING BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING OCEANS.

>> IT IS.

AND I THINK THIS PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL LOSS OF SENSE OF PLACE.

IT'S NOT ONLY A LOSS IN THE COMMUNITIES AND I THINK WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT IS THAT, THERE'S AN INFLECTION OF HOPE IN WHAT WE CAN ALL DO LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY ABOUT THIS.

>> Ted: SOME OF THAT VIDEO IS FANTASTIC.

THE MUSIC IS FANTASTIC AND THE STAGING.

THESE ARE THE SAME MUSICIANS TOURING THE COUNTRY AND FROM THOSE ISLAND NATIONS.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

THEY ARE ALL VERY -- IT'S A LONG TRIP.

[LAUGHTER] >> TO COME TO ARIZONA.

>> Ted: WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT TOURING?

YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WHAT DO THEY THINK?

>> IT'S VERY COLD AND THEY'RE HAPPY THEY'RE IN THE WARMTH TODAY.

BECAUSE THIS IS OUR SECOND VIEWER'S TOUR AND I SEE THE CORE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS TOUR IS TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

I KNOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE A LOT IN THE NEWS, BUT FOR US, I THINK, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE MUSICIANS -- THEY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON STAGE SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IT THEMSELVES.

AND THERE'S A TWO-WAY IMPACT, YOU KNOW.

IT'S ALSO FOR OUR ARTISTS AND OUR ARTIST'S COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT DURING THESE TOURS.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION HERE.

YOU CAN LITERALLY WATCH WHAT MIGHT BE DISAPPEARING IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE.

STORY-TELLING, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> THERE'S A CONCERT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 10th AND ON FEBRUARY 8 AND 9, THERE'S A RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITIES, LOCAL ARTISTS TO INTERACT TO DO WORKSHOPS AND THE KIDS FROM 9 TO 12 YEARS ODD AT THEYEARS OLD AT THE LIBRARY.

THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT WEARABLE, INDIGENOUS JEWELRY AND FASHION AND HOW CULTURE IS EXPRESSED.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP AT TEMPECENTERFORTHEARTS.COM.

SEE YOU THERE.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST OF LUCK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

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