>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

HEAR FROM DEMOCRAT ON THE LATEST ACTIVITY OF THE STATE CAPITOL.

TONE MILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDERS HEADED FOR PROGRAMS THAT HELP THE HOMELESS.

AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CO-AUTHOR OF A BOOK THAT CHRONICLES THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR'S FATHER A HOLOCAUST SUBURBAN VIVER.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

VOTERS IN TEMPE DECIDED ON THREE CITY COUNCIL SEATS WITH DARLENE AND RANDY KEYING AND NEW COMING NIKKI HAMBURG AMONG THE WINNERS OF YESTERDAY'S VOTE.

COREY WOODS RUNNING AND WON AS DID AN UPON GENERAL PLAN THAT OUT LINES THE CITY'S FUTURE REGARDING LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT.

VOTERS IN RIDGEFIELD PARK AGREED TO A CHARTER GIVING RESIDENTS MORE LOCAL CONTROL MAKING IT THE FIRST NEW CHARTER CITY AND MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

6 OF 7 TEENS CHARGED IN THE BEATING DEATH ENTERED PLACE OF NOT GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND KID NAPPING THE 7TH WILL BE AH RAINS TOMORROW.

ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS ARE HELD ON A MILLION DOLLARS BONDS.

AND OF NOTE WHO TWO DEPARTMENTS REASIGNED AFTER PROVIDING TREATMENT TO THE PARENTS OF A SUSPECT IN THE LORD KACHLTS DEPUTIES ESCORTED REASONER'S PARENTS THROUGH A SECURE AREA AND RETRIEVED THE PARENT'S CAR AFTER LAST WEEKY HEAR NOTHING JUVENILE COURT.

SAID THE 2 DEPUTIES ACTIONS WERE UNAUTHORIZED.

>> ON CAPITOL HILL THE HOUSE VOTES TO FORCE TIKTOK TO BE OWNED BY ANOTHER INTEREST OR BANS IN THE U.S.

THE BILL WAS PASS IN THE A BIPARTISAN VOTE.

>> SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE ON TIKTOK AND DATA IS AT RISK IT IS TIME CONGRESS PROTECT THAT DATAASM THE APPLICATION CAN MOVE FORWARD UNDER IN BILL BUTT CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS PEOPLE'S DATA.

THAT IS AN IMPORTANT SAFE GUARD FOR FAMILY IN AMERICA.

JOY DON'T SUPPORT A BAN ON LEGISLATION THE LEGISLATION DID NOT BAN TIKTOK.

IT IS SIMPLE LOW A VEST TOUR OF TIKTOK SO THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM CAN BE OWNED BY AN AMERICAN COMPANY.

THAT WOULD PROTECT THE DATA AND THE PRIVACY OF THE AMERICAN CONSUMER.

FROM FOREIGN INTERESTS LIKE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

>> ARIZONA CONGRESS MAN IS AMONG THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST THE BILL.

HE IS RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE VOTED, NO, ELIMINATING FREEDOMS OF ARIZONA BEFORE EXPLORING OPTION SYSTEM NOT THE ANSWER.

ANDY BIGS VOTED, NO SAYING IT WAS NOT A SERIES ATTEMPT TO FIGHT CHINA'S DATA COLLECTION >> A STUDY SHOWS QUALITY TIME WITH DOGS CAN INCREASE BRAIN WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH RELAXATION AND CONCENTRATION.

A STUDY LOOKED AT BLOOD PRESSURE AND HORMONE LEVELS AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH ANIMALS AND FIZZ LODGE CAT RESPONSE WERE REFLECTED.

PAYMENTS IN THE STUDY REPORTED FEELING LESS FATEAGUED AND STRESSED.

>> IT IS WEDNESDAY AND THAT MEAN ITS IS TIME FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THE DEMOCRATS TURN JOINING US SENATOR BRIAN FERNANDEZ AND STEFANI HAMILTON.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> WE'LL START WITH YOU.

YOU HAD A BODIES DAY RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION ACT WAS IT HEARD TODAY?

>> IT WAS NOT HEARD TODAY.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT I COULD IN THE SAY THE WORD CONTRACEPTION WHEN WE MADE A MOTION TO TEMPORARILY CHANGE TO GET BILL UP ON THE BOARD FOR A READING.

>> BASICALLY, WHAT IS THIS BUSINESS YOU CAN'T MENTION WORDS?

>> UM -- IT WAS A RULING OF THE CHAIR THE SPEAKER -- WHEN WE MADE THE MOTION TO PUT THE BILL UP ON THE BOARD.

I HAD TO DEFENLTDZ REASON I DIDN'T WAS MAKING THAT MOTION AND I WAS CAUTIONED NOT TO SAY THE WORDS OR I WOULD BE GAVELLED DOWN.

>> WHERE DOES THE BILL STAND?

IT IS DEAD.

>> WHAT WOULD IT HAVE CALLED FOR WHAT WOULD -- >> THROW SIMPLE THINGS THE BILL SIMPLE LOW STATES THAT IT IS CALLED THE ARIZONA RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION ACT EVERYONE IN ARIZONA HAS A RIGHT TO CONTRASEPGDZ ANDLLOW MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO PRESCRIBE AND GIVE INFORMATION REGARDING CONTRACEPTION.

>> THE CRITICS SAYING THE RESIDENCE ARE SAY THERING IS NO ONE TRYING TO BLOCK CONTRACEPTION.

DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

IT F THEY ARE NOT TRYING WHY TO THE VOTE THIS INTO LAW.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND HEALTH CARE AND THE RIGHTS THAT WE DO HAVE, I WILL SAY -- THERE ARE SOME FAITHS THAT MOVED DISALLOW OR BAN IUD'S AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING THE HIT THAT WAS TAKEN IN ALABAMA TO SAY THAT WE NO LONGER CAN CHOOSE HOW WE GET PREGNANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IV F, IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT HELPS.

AND SO THAT IS THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BECOME PREGNANT WHEN WE WANT AND NOT WHEN AND HOW WE WANT.

>> CRITICS SAY THE BILL ITSELF IS NOT NECESSARY.

I THINK IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SCARE TACTIC.

YOU SAY, >> IT IS IN THE A SCARE TACTIC.

IT IS A RIGHT.

AND WHILE IT MAY NOT BE UNDER ATTACK NOW, I THINK OUR STATE WILL FOLLOW SUIT WITH OTHER STATES.

IF NOT UNDER ATTACK WHY NOT PUT THE ISSUE TO REST.

VOTE IT GET IT IN LAW AND BE DONE >> WHAT ABOUT OTHER ABOERGZ BILLS WHERE DO THEY STAND?

>> ANY BILL THAT PROMOTES REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS NOW HAS NOT BEEN HEARD IN COMMITTEE.

NOW THIS WE REACHED THE CROSSOVER WEEK THE CHAMBER HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD.

ST. JOHN'S FAMILIAR IN THE SENATE.

>> SAME.

>> WE DID A SIMILAR MOTION AND WE WERE NOT GAVELLED DOWN WE USED THE WOREDS WE CHOSE BUT STILL NOT PASS.

>> AS FAR AS HEARING BILLS ARE DEMOCRATIC BILLS HEARD AT THE LEGISLATOR MUCH IF AT ALL?

>> AT ALL.

YES >> WE HAVE I BELIEVE 7 OR 8% OF THE BILLS HAVE BEEN GOT TO COMMITTEE.

AND THAT IS YOU KNOW PRETTY NORMAL.

THAT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS T. IS NOT NEAR PAR'DY.

>> THE SENATOR SAID THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA IS OUT OF TOUCH AND THE REASON WHY BILLS ARE NOT HEARD.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> I DISAGREE.

I THINK THE BILLS WE HAVE REALLY HAVE SUPPORT WITHIN ARIZONA.

IF YOU LOOK AT THEM.

BILL BY BILL OUR BILLS ARE SUPPORTED BY EVERY DAY PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT THE BILLS THAT MANY RESIDENCE PROPOSED HAVE BEEN MORE EXTREME.

YOU KNOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP ARIZONA EVERY DAY ARIZONA FAMILIES.

I THINK THAT THE SENATE REPUBLICANS AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS FOR THAT MATTER HAVE JUST CHOSEN AN EXTREMIST AGENDA >> THEY SAY DEMOCRATIC AGENDA IS NOT ADDRESSING IMMIGRATION AND INFLATION AND THESE THINGS.

AGAIN, HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> I GO BACK TO IMMIGRATION.

AND FOR THAT QUESTION YOU GOT 2 PEOPLE HERE WHO OUR DISTRICTS MAKE UP THE WHOLE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ONE PORT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE DISTRICT AND IS THAT ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE BORDER AND THE TALKING POINTS WE HEAR NOW IS A PLATE CAL PLOY.

THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TAKE PLACE AT THE FEDERAL SLEFL ON A DESK.

>> RIGHT THAT IS THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

AS FAR AS THE STATE.

>> THAT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD PUT FORWARD IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IMMIGRATION IS A FEDERAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

WHY AN ISSUE IS PAY FOR STATE LAW MAKERS.

NOT FOLKS AT THE LEGISLATOR LIKE YOU, BUT STATE OFFICIALS WHAT IS THAT ABOUT.

WHERE DOES IT STAND?

>> I'M HOLDING THAT BILL.

BILLED ATTACH THE GONER'S SALARY TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND EVERY OTHER WOULD BE INTERVAL LOW ARE THAN THE GOVERNOR'S SAUL ROW.

WOULD NOT START UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.

SO THIS SLATE OF OFFICIALS WOULD NOT MIGHT NOT EVEN SEAT PAY RAISES.

>> BUT MAINTAIN IT IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD TIME TO DO THIS.

I THINK IT IS GOOD POLICY T. IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED.

SENATOR KAVANAUGH WHEN HEARD THROUGH COMMITTEE AND SAID YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

I THINK THAT THE STATE GOT WHEN THEY PAID FOR IN THE OFFICIALS >> YOUR BILL WAS GOVERNOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE WIDE OFFICE BUT NOT FOLKS AT THE LEGISLATOR.

HAVE YOU NOT HAD A RAISE SINCE THE 90'S.

>> WE CAN GIVE RAISES TO STATE WIDE OFFICIALS WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS THAT CAN BE DONE.

YOU KNOW.

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE ROLES WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS THE VOTERS VOTE, NO.

I WAS NOTTEEN THINK BURGLAR THAT I WAS THINK BURGLAR OTHERS EVEN THOUGH I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD GET A RAISE TO FOLKS NOT SPEAKING FOR MYSELF BUT OTHERS.

>> LAST QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU.

WORK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNOROR.

AND THERE WERE BUMPY ROAD THERE IS WHAT ABOUT THIS SESSION?

HAS IT IMPROVED AND HOW?

>> THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT TO BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE STAFF.

I THINK THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE OPEN THERE IS A CLEAR CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION.

THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHD AND IT IS VERY CLEAR ON HOW WE GET INFORMATION TO THE GOVERNOR AND HOW INFORMATION COME TO US.

I WHICH IT HAS BEEN NICE TO HAVE.

THINGS TIGHT EVENED UP.

>> ANY RESULT.

ARE YOU SEEING.

FIRST ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS AND B, WHAT IS COMING OF IT?

>> I THINK THAT EVERY YEAR THE GOVERNOROR SEA STAFF IS BETTER AT COMMUNICATION.

IT IS HARD TO SAY YOU KNOW END RESULT WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT MANY SIGNED YET.

NOT THAT POINT IN THE SESSION.

I THINK THEY WILL BE IN THE PUDDING AT THIS POINT.

>> I CAN SAY WHEN EVERY YEAR TO BEGIN A NEW SESSION WE HEAR A PREVIEW IN APPROPRIATIONS.

WE DO HEAR THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND PRIORITIES.

LAST YEAR WAS VERY BILL.

THIS YEAR WE -- WENT IN WITH WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A PREVIEW OF THAT.

HAVE OUR TALK HAPPENING POINTS READY AND WE ARE WELL APPROPRIATED IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IT DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

I THINK PROCEDURAL STUFF HAS REALLY HAS BEEN TIGHTENEDUM AND PROFESSIONAL.

>> IMPROVEMENT THERE.

REPRESENTATIVE HAMILTON AND FERNANDEZ GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE >> THANK YOU.

JOIN MOW FOR THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE BEYOND FLORENCE.

>> I'M TED SIMONS MANAGING EDITOR OF ARIZONA HERIZE OBJECT NIGHT BEFORE ARIZONA VOTERS CAST BALLOTS DON'T MISS AZ VOTES.

>> MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS ALLOCATE TOED PROGRAMS THAT HELP THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THE MONEY SHOULD MEAN MORE PROJECTING TARGETING HOUSE AND SERVICE.

WE WELCOME RACHEL THE COCHAIR OF AMERICA CONTINUUM OF CARE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU THANK YOU FOR JOINING US UPON 47 MILLION DOLLARS?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE LEARN IN THE LATE JANUARY THAT THE RENALING NOT CONTINUUM OF CARE WOULD GET A 10 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE OVER LAST I DON'T REMEMBER 47 MILLION.

>> WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO?

HOW MANY PROGRAMS INVOLVED?

GIVE US IDEA OF WHERE THIS IS GOING?

>> SO THE 47 MILLION WILL GO TO SUPPORT HOUSING AND SERVICE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE.

THERE IS 26 PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS GRANT.

AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY WHICH IS OUR DATA AND HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND WILL IMPROVE OUR INTAKE SYSTEM.

>> SO HOUSING AND SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.

BIG HIT?

>> YES.

SO THIS WILL REALLY HELP US BECAUSE OF OUR HUGE INCREASE IN RENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS HELPS US KEEP US STABLE WE NEEDED THIS 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO MAIN TAINT HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ASSISTED THROUGHOUT CONTINUUM OF CARE Y.

GETTING PEOPLE TO APPROPRIATE HOUSING.

THOSE PROGRAMS.

BIG HIT THERE?

>> GOOD.

>> IMPROVEMENT.

AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE ROUGHLY 2100 HOSE HOLDS DEPARTMENTOM THIS FUNDING TO MAINTAIN HOUSING.

>> AND THE LAST THING ABOUT DATA COLLECTION THAT IS INTERESTING.

OBVIOUSLY TO PROP AN ISSUE YOU NEED TON WHAT IT GOING ON.

WHAT DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS ARE GOING ON NOW?

HOW WILL THEY BE IMPROVED >> 4 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE 47 MILLION IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR SYSTEM AND SOME OF THAT IS GOING TOWARD TO IMPROVE OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE STAFFING LEVELS THERE YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN THAT LEVEL STAFFING IN OUR SYSTEM FOR AWHILE NOW.

MEANWHILE, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE INITIAL PEOPLE AND USERS IN OUR DATA SYSTEM.

THIS WILL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT ON THE DATA SIZE AND INTAKE SIDE.

>> AND WHERE, YOU REFERRED TO THIS EARLIER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WHERE DOES IT WHAT IS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

JOT CONTINUUM OF CARE IS HUD PROGRAM TEMPERATURE IS DEDICATED TO A COMMUNITY WIDE SYSTEM TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.

NOW IT IS STAFFED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1999.

IT IS A REGIONAL EFFORT.

THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD I'M COCHAIR OF WITH DOCTOR PHILLIPS FROM COMMUNITY BRIDGES.

IT IS MADE UP OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NONPROFITS, PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WITH LIVID EXPERIENCE.

THIS BOARD HELPS DETERMINE HOW FUNDS SUGGEST UTILIZED AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT STAFFED THE CONTINUIUM CARE.

YOU EVER RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING THE GUARANTEES AND ALLOCATING IF THE MONEY COME THROUGH.

>> THE GOVERNMENTS SUBMITTED THE GRANTS AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD MANAGES AND MAINTAIN AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO HELP ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> INCREASE IN FUNDING IS COMING THROUGH THAT IT IS A POSITIVE THING FOR THE W AND THE EFFORT.

MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT IN THE PAST.

ARE THERE RESULTS FROM THIS MONSDPE WHAT OPTIMISM CAN YOU GIVE.

A LOT OF FOLKERS FRUSTRATED NOT JUST THOSE SPRNGS HOMELESSNESS BUTMENT THINGS TO IMPROVE HOW DO WE KNOW SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN HERE >> THIS DEDICATED TO HOUSING AND SERVICE.

THAT IS WHAT ENDS MACHINE'S HOMELESSNESS.

WHAT ENDS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IS HOUSING THAT IS ESSENTIAL IT KEEPS PEOPLE HOUSED.

KNOWING THAT WE HAVE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN RENT OVERNIGHT LAST SEVERAL YEARS SINCE 2019 RENTS APARTMENT RENTS INCREASED BIDE 38%.

HAVING LEVEL FUNDING WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE LESS PEOPLE THIS INCREASE IN FUNDING 10 MILLION DOLLARS HELPS US MAINTAIN THE RENT AND SERVICE FOR OVER 2100 HOUSEHOLDS OR 5,000 PEOPLE.

>> WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL FOLKS AFFECTED?

HELPED HERE?

WE HOPE NOW WITH THIS FUNDING WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE SERVED IN HOUSING SYSTEM WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT WE MAIN TAINT PEOPLE AND NO ONE WILL LOSE HOUSING.

>> THERE IS OPTIMISM?

>> DEFINITELY.

>> THAT'S WHEN WE WANT TO HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> A NEW BOOK TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.

NEW IN WORK WITH OSCAR SCLINDZ LER AND MADE HIS WAY TO THE VALTOW RAISE A FAMILY AND LIVED WITH POSITIVE IDAND PURPOSE.

DEATH AND DIMONDSES CO-AUTHORED BY HIS KAURT LAURA.

JOINING ME NOW IS LAURA.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS WAS BASICALLY THESE ARE HIS WORDS IN THE BOOK TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

>> FOR MANY, MANY YEARS MY DAD WORKED HAVE HIS MEMORIES PUT TOGETHER.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE PASSED AWAY PRIOR TO BEING PUBLISHED.

SO, WE BASICALLY CO-AUTHOR AND I BASICALLY PIECED HIS WORDS TOGETHER THROUGH MANY SPEECHES AND HE -- DID A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING ON THE HOLOCAUST.

PIECED EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND WERE ABLE TO PUT THE MEMORIES TOGETHER >> AND AGAIN.

7 NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

WHY YEA.

>> WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, DID YOU -- DID HE PROTECT FRUSOME OF THIS OR WHEN DID YOU REALIZE DAD IS SPECIAL HERE?

>> YOU KNOW HE STARTED SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT IT PROBABLY WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 OR 11.

I WANTED ABOUT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BUT HE NEVER SHARED THE STORIES WITH ME.

I WAS TOO YOUNG.

BUT AS I GREW OLDER, HE DID SHARE STORIES WITH ME AND HE YOU KNOW ALWAYS FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHEN HE HAD GONE THROUGH AND LEARN ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.

>> AND THE STORIES IN THE BOOK ARE DIFFICULT TO READ AND GO THROUGH.

I WANT TO SHOW PHOTOS FROM THE BOOK AS LIMP THE FIRST IS OSCAR.

EVERYBODY KNOWS.

HE KNEW AND WORKED WITH OSCAR.

>> HE DID.

AND HE CONSIDERED OSCAR ONE OF HIS SAVIORS.

HE WAS FORTUNATE THAT -- HE ENDED UP WORKING IN OSCAR'S FACTORY.

OSCAR BECAME A PROTECTOR AGAINST AND FELT FORTUNATE TO WORK IN THE HIS FACT ROW AND REALLY FELT THAT WAS A BIG REASON WHY HE SURVIVED WHAT DID HE THINK OF THE MOVIE >> HE LOVE TODAY.

THOUGHT IT REALLY, REALLY DEPICTED THE TRUE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.

AND OF COURSE IT WAS A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.

THERE WERE PARTS THAT NOT REALISTIC.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, HE REALLY THOUGHT AND YOU FELT IT SO MUCH DEPICTED HIS LIFE HE GREW UP THERE AND THE PHIL FOR THE MOST PART WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD GONE THROUGH.

WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF WHAT IS LABELED THE STAIRS OF DEATH IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

THIS IS THE CONCENTRATION CAMP YOUR FATHER WAS LIBERATED FROM.

>> CORRECT.

THE CONCENTRATION CAMP, WAS A ROCK QUARRY THEY WOULD HAVE THE PRISONERS CARRY LARGE ROCKS, STONES UP JUST FOR LABOR PURPOSES.

THEY WERE NOT BEING USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO YOU KNOW -- HAVE THE PRISONORS DO SOMETHING.

>> YEA.

>> IT WAS VERY FEW PEOPLE.

ENDED UP SURVIVING AND ENDURING MANY DAYS IN THE QUARRY.

>> YEA.

>> AND THAT AGAIN THAT WAS THE CAMP THAT WAS HIS LAST CONCENTRATION CAMP.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND IT WAS ALSO THE LAST CONCENTRATION CAMP TO BE LIBERATED.

>> INTERESTING.

>> NEXT PHOTO THIS , IS OF YOUR FATHER DOING SOMETHING THAT GOT HIM TO ARIZONA.

AND BASICALLY.

HE WAS A SKILLED KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.

>> DIAMOND CUTTER >> YES.

A DIAMOND CUTTER.

AFTER HE WAS LIBERATED HE BEGAN LEARNING THE DIAMOND TRADE AND MADE HIS WAY TO AMERICA.

IN NEW YORK, HE WAS A DIAMOND CUT AND CUTTING DIAMONDS IN 1962 BARRY GOLDWATER FOUNDED A DEAL WITH HARRY WINSTON AND THE BUREAU OF INDZ YEN AFFAIRS AND THEY OPENED A DIAMOND FACT ROW TO GIFT NATIVE AMERICAN IN ARIZONA A TRADE.

MY FATHER WAS FORTUNATE TO BE HIRED TO METHOD DIAMOND FACT ROW FOR HARRY WINSTON >> FANTASTIC.

LAST PHOTOGRAPH IS YOU AND YOUR DAD.

THIS IS SPECIAL TO YOU.

AND -- WHEN YOU DID THIS PROJECT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FAMILY AND YOU HEARD AND LEARNED.

AS YOU DID YOU LEARN MORE AND LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

HOW DU RESPOND TO THIS BOOK.

>> I LEARNED SO MUCH MORE.

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU I GREW UP WITH IT I FELT LIKE I KNEW EVERYTHING AND EVERY STORY.

ONCE YOU DELVE INTO HIS STORY SCOMBHT DETAILS AND TO JUST THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF EVERYTHING AND UNDERSTANDING THE FULL CIRCLE OF WHAT WENT ON.

SO I LEARNED SO MUCH.

>> AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT STORY STILL.

IS IT IN THE?

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO TRULY EDUCATE ARIZONA AND EDUCATE EVERYONE BUT EDUCATE YOU KNOW THE CHILDREN, AND YOU KNOW JUST SO IT IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.

>> YEA.

THIS IS THE TITLE.

DEATH AND DIAMONDS.

CONGRATULATIONS ONE LAST THING.

I FEEL WEIRD BRINGING THIS UP.

I LOVE TABLE TENNIS.

>> THAT'S FUNNY.

AS A YOUNG PERSON HE WAS PRETTY GOOD.

>> HE WAS.

HE WAS A TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION.

STARTED PLAYING IN EUROPEIR HAVE TONS OF TROPHIES OF HIS T. IT IS A GREAT SPORT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

I HAD TO BRING THATUM.

I'M A FAN TO HEAR THAT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK.

GREAT JOB AND THANKS FOR TELLING AND SHARING THAT STORY, TOO.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> YOU BET >> THAT'S IT FOR NOW I'M TED SIMONS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.