♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪ >> TONIGHT THE MARROW CLINIC PORE FORMED ARIZONA'S FIRST TRIPLE ORGAN TRANSPLANTS WE'LL MEAT THE SURGE RUN AND THE PATIENT A NEW REPORT LISTING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GETTING MORE ARIZONA STUDENTS TO ATTEND COLLEGE, THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>>> THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS IS MADE POSSIBLE BITE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FRIENDS OF PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON" I AM TED SIMONS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY FORMALLY ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR REELECTION, THE PREMADE AT ANNOUNCEMENT BY WAY OF A THREE-MY MINUTE VIDEO IN WHICH HE SAID HE'S RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM BECAUSE HE BELIEVE THERE IS STILL A HE HAD, QUOTE, BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA.

HOURS AFTER THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE AT A TRADE UNION CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON.

>> I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR BEING LABELED THE MOST PRO-UNION PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HUSTLE I AM PROUD OF IT.

I AM PROUD OF IT.

[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> I REALLY AM.

>> WALL STREET DIDN'T BUILD AMERICA, THE MIDDLE CLASS BUILT AMERICA AND UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS.

[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> THEY DID.

THAT'S THE GOD'S TRUTH.

>> TODAY'S EVENTS WERE SIMILAR TO THE PRESIDENT'S 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH WAS ALSO MADE IN AN ONLINE VIDEO AND FOLLOWED BY A SPEECH AT A UNION HALL.

OTHER HEADLINES THE ARIZONA HOUSE TODAY FAILED TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO OF THE SO FOULED TAMALE BILLED WHICH WOULD HAVE EASED RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OF HOME COOKED FOODS IT RECEIVED BY PART SAN SUPPORT OF LAWMAKERS BUT THE GOVERNOR CITED CONCERNS OVER FOOD-BORN ILLNESSES AND ENOUGH HOUSE DEMOCRATS TODAY DECIDED AGAINST JOINING REPUBLICANS FOR AN OVERRIDE.

EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THOSE DEMOCRATS INITIALLY VOTED FOR THE BILL.

ECONOMIC NEWS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS DOWN.

CONFERENCE BOARD CONSUMERS CONFIDENCE INDEX DROPPED SLIGHTLILY FROM MARCH TO APRIL KEEPING IT ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED WITH REDEMPTION SOMETIME IN THE NEXT YEAR IT'S BEEN AT THOSE RECESSION THREATENING LEVELS SINCE IF HE CAN.

CONSUMER CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION, AND JOBS AND EXPECT THINGS TO GET WORSE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

AND HARRY BELAFONTE HAS DIED THE ICONIC SINGER AND ACTIVIST DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF NINE SICKER WENT FROM BEING A POPULAR SINGER DUBBED THE KING OF CALYPSO MUSIC TO STARRING IN A NUMBER OF MOVIES AND THEN FINDING HIS GREATEST ROLE OFF STAGE AS AN ARDENT ACTIVISTS IN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

HE WAS A CLOSE FRIENDS OF MARTIN LITHER KING, JR., AND BEFRIENDED NELSON MANDELA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST APARTHEID.

HARRY BELAFONTE, ARTIST AND ACTIVIST DEAD AT 96.

PHOENIX MAYOR KATE GALLEGO RECENTLY DELIVERED HER STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS IN WHICH SHE TOUCHED ON A VARIETY I HAVE ISSUES RANGING FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOMELESSNESS.

FOR MORE ON THE ADDRESS, WE WELCOME PHOENIX MAYOR KATE GALLEGO TO "ARIZONA HORIZON", GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GOOD TO BE BACK.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE CITY OF FINE.

>> I CAN IT'S STRONG.

WE TALKED ABOUT A VARIETY I FEEL DIFFERENT THEMES INCLUDING THE HIGH-WAGE ECONOMY AND WATER SUSTAINABILITY.

>> LET'S GET CLOSER HERE AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, WHERE IS THE CITY, WHERE IS IT GOING?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME IN MY STATE OF THE CITY AND JUST GENERALLY, IS WE NEED TO EXTEND PROPOSITION 400, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL SALES TAX THAT SUPPORTS OUR FREEWAY SYSTEM, SOME ARTERIAL ROADS AND PART OF OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM F WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DOES SYSTEM IN MARICOPA COUNTY OUTSIDE OF PHOENIX, WE NEED THIS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AND AVAILABLE FOR APPROVAL FOR THE VOTERS.

IT PASSED THE LEGISLATURE LAST SESSION AND DOUG DICE HAVE YOU TOED IT.

GOVERNOR HOBBS SAID YOU APPROXIMATE PUT ON MY DESK I WITHIN WILL SIGN IT THE BUT THE LEGISLATURE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY CUTTING TRANSIT AS MANY ARE STRUGGLING ECONOMICALLY AND CHALLENGES WITH AIR QUALITY.

>> LIGHT RAIL IS THE STICKING ISSUE HERE.

HOW DO YOU CONVINCE FOLKS THAT LIGHT RAIL IS WORTH IT?

>> WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD AN ELECTION IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX JUST ABOUT LIGHT RAIL AND THE MOST CONSERVATIVE PRECINCTS THE ONES THAT VOTED REPUBLICAN AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE LIGHT RAIL.

IT'S BEEN AN ECONOMIC ENGINE IF YOU GO THROUGH DOWNTOWN PHOENIX NEAR THE STUDIO WHERE WE ARE TODAY YOU SEE SO MUCH GROWTH PARTICULARLY IN HOUSE AGO LONG THE LIGHT RAIL THE PRIVATE SECTOR WANTS IT, PEOPLE ARE MOVING TOWARDS IT AND I HOPE THE LEGISLATURE WILL GIVE THE VOTE, A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THEIR OWN.

>> YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR SPEECH I BELIEVE, THAT YOU WANTED THE LEDGE LAY TRUE TO CARVE A PATH IN TOURED PASS THIS.

>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> TWO DAYS IT COULD MOVE FORWARD.

EIGHT NOW MARICOPA IS THE ONLY COUNT THAT I DOESN'T HAVE APPROVAL TO GO TO THE VOTERS AND ASK THEM TO APPROVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO THE LEGISLATURE COULD AUTHORIZE THE VOTERS AND COUNTY TO PUT ON OUR OWN INITIATIVE AND THEY DON'T HAVE GET IN THE DETAILS.

THAT WOULD WORK OR THEY COULD AUTHORIZE THE PLAN THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY MAYORS, TRIBAL LEADERS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

HOW OFTEN DO WE GET ANYTHING UNANIMOUS IN POLITICS ANYMORE.

CONSERVATIVE MAYORS, PREROGATIVE MAYORS ALL CAME TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO THE REGION AND WE THINK THE VOTERS SHOULD GET A CHANCE TO GIVE A VOTE UP ORE DOWN.

>> LAST POINT ON THIS, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR SPEECH, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.

THAT'S A QUOTE FROM YOU.

ARE YOU PREPARED?

IS THERE A PLAN-B WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS HALF CENT TAX IS NOT EXTENDED.

>> SO MUCH OF THE PROSPERITY IN THIS COUNTY COMES BECAUSE WE HAVE INVESTED IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DECADES, AS YOU HAVE JUST ALLUDED THIS IS AN EXTENSION, IT'S NOT A NEW TAX AND WE NEED IT.

THERE IS ALTERNATIVE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS IF THE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT APPROVE IT THAT WOULD REQUIRE CLEPPINGING SIGNATURES AND A BALLOT INITIATIVE.

BUT THIS IS THE CHANCE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO VOTE ON THE BIGGEST JOBS BILL THAT THEY WILL EVER BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD WHAT ANNEX TIED SITING OPPORTUNITY I URGE THEM TO CONSIDER IT AND SEND IT TO GOVERNOR HOBBS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.

YOU MENTIONED COOL PAYMENT AND COOL CORRIDORS WHAT ARE COOL CORRIDORS?

>> WE ARE PLANTING TREES IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX LIE A HUNDRED IN A SIX NEAR A LIBRARY ARE SCHOOL IT CAN BE 10 DEGREES COOL OFFICER YOU HAVE A GOOD TREE CANOPY WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD MORE SHADE ABOVE SIDEWALKS.

WE LAUGH WHEN SOMEONE HIDES BEHIND A STREET LIKE FOR TWO INCHES OF SHADE SHADE IN THE SUMMER BOW IT'S BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WE ARE COUPLE OFFING TREES, SHADE, WITH A LATER COLORED PAVEMENT THAT CAN ALSO REVIEWS THE ENERGY REFLECTED AND KEEP YOU, AGAIN, ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER.

SO WE WANT TO DESIGN THE CITY TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR MORE OF THE YEAR.

100 DEGREES IS COMING AND WE ARE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS INEVITABLE PART OF OUR SEASON.

A BIG FACTOR IN SUSTAINABILITY IS, OF COURSE, WATER.

I WANT TO GET TO THE COLORADO RIVER WATER IN A SECOND.

THIS 91st AVENUE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WHAT IS THIS AMOUNT?

CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE?

>> THE CITY OF PHOENIX IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WOULD HAVE VERY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS REVERSE OSMOSIS IT WOULD BE THE CLEANEST WATER IN OUR SILLS TAILLIGHT AND TAKE WATER THAT MIGHT BE DISCHARGED TODAY THE AQUIFER OR TO THE SALT RIVER AND ALLOW US TO PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN TO OUR SYSTEMS SO IT WOULD BE VERY ADVANCED RECYCLING.

ALSO ALLURING US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE FOR THE FEDERAL MONEY FOR WATER.

RIGHT NOW CALIFORNIA HAD BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AND GETTING BIG CHECKS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE DON'T SAY PROJECT TO PROPOSE TO GET OUR TAX DOLLARS BACK WE ARE HOPING GET 60 MILLION GALLONS WITH THIS PLANT A NEW BUCKET OF WATER TO HELP US SHOW TO THE LARGEST COMMUNITY IN THE COLORADO BASIN WE ARE TAKING THE DROUGHT SERIOUSLY.

AND WE ARE MAKING LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS TO BE SUSTAINABLE.

BUT THEY SHOULD BE VERY TRUSTING THAT WE ARE DESERVING OF OUR WATER.

IT'S A VERY POLITICAL BATTLE RIGHT NOW.

>> RIGHT.

>> THERE ARE SOME PARTNERS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN WHO ARE SAYING PHOENIX IS NOT DOING THEIR PART FOR WATER AND SHOULD BE CUT.

>> I SAW THE GOAL WAS TO BUILD IT BY 2030 AND MAYBE REPLACE HALF OF WHAT THE CITY GETS WITH THE COLORADO RIVER WATER WITH THE TREATMENT PLAN ONCE IT'S UP AND OPERATIONAL THINK UNTIL THEN TAPPING GROUNDWATER.

IT'S HAPPENING, ISN'T IT?

>> THE CITY OF PHOENIX HAS BEEN STORING GROUNDWATER FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

WE THINK OF IT AS A BANK ACCOUNT.

WE EXPECT WE WILL HAVE TO DRAW ON IT.

BUT FOR A TRIER TIME PERIOD TO GET THROUGH THE WORST DROUGHT.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT NEW BUCKETS.

IT JUST CAN'T BE THE WATER THAT WE HAVE SCORED IT'S A FINITE SUPPLY.

WE ARE DELIVERING WATER FOR SURFACE WATER WHICH IS RENEWABLE.

THE GROUND WATER SAVINGS BANK IS THERE WHEN WE NEED IT.

BUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE WANT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, TO RECYCLINGRECYCLING AND USE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

>> LET'S GET TO POLICING.

YOU MENTION IN THE YOUR SPEECH PROGRESSIVE BUT PRACTICAL APPROACH TO POLICING.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

>> SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT IS A FALSE CHOICE TO ME.

WE CAN INVESTMENT IN THE VERY BEST WELL-TRAINED OFFICERS, HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY AND HAVE GREAT RELATIONS WITH ALL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING YUCK PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND MORE.

WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE VERY BEST DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST PAID POLICE OFFICERS OFFICERS.

IT HAS MADE UP COMPETITIVE ASU GRADUATES, MILITARY VETERANS WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND SOME FOLKS WHO ARE THE MOST QUALIFIED AND PASSIONATE.

WE ARE TRYING TOO ATTRACT TOP TALENT WE FILTH A DIG CITY AND INVEST FIRST SOCIAL WORKERS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

WE HAVE ASKED POLICE OFFICERS TO DO TOO MUCH.

AND RIGHT NOW AS WE HIRE WITH OFFICERS WE ARE ALSO HIRING CASEWORKERS AND SOCIAL WORKERSERS TO DEAL WITH MINE 11 CALLS WITH ADDICTION OR HOMELESSNESS IS AT THE CENTER OF THE CALL AND LONG-TERM SERVICES IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION.

>> I WAS GOING ASK YOU ABOUT THAT COMMENT THEY WERE ASKING TOO MUCH OF THE CITY'S OFFICERS.

YOU MENTIONED HOMELESSNESS, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.

WE ARE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRISIS, HOMELESS, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, LEGISLATURE HAS ALL SORTS OF IDEAS REGARDING IN MANY CASES TAKING SOME OF THE AUTHORITY AWAY FROM CITIES AND SAYING REGULATION HAS TO STOP WE HAVE TO GET MORE HOUSING UNITS BUILT.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> THE CITY OF FINE SIX LITERALLY THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY BUILDING KNEW NEW HOUSING BUT NOT AT THE RATE AT WHICH PEOPLE ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY THE MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT HAS FOUND MORE THAN 100,000 UNITS APPROVED, BUT NOT YET BUILT.

A VARIETY OF THE REASONS FOR THAT INCLUDE SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES, LABOR CHALLENGES AND WE HAVE TO LOOK HO US TICK AT THIS AT HOUSING TO ME IT IS NOT THE RIGHT DECISION TO TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL OVERLAPPED USE, THEY PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON TWO CITIES, TUCSON AND PHOENIX AND IN OUR LIGHT RAIL CORRIDORS.

WE HAVE JUST COME UP WITH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLANS FOR HOW WE WANTED TO DEVELOP IN THOSE CORRIDORS.

ONE IN SOUTH PHOENIX PENAL HAVE PUT YEARS AND YEARS IN DO TODAY DEVELOP A VISION THAT CAPITALIZES ON THE RIVER FRONT AND OTHER UNIQUE AREAS.

IT'S A SPECTACULAR PLAN, AND TO JUST SAY WENT AS MUCH GENTRY IF I TAKES AS POSSIBLE BUILD LOTS OF TIE, HIGH, APARTMENTS IS MISGUIDED.

WE APPROVE APARTMENTS IN PHOENIX.

WE HAVE APPROVED A VARIETY I HAVE NEWER SHELL IT WAS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING THING SO ZONE.

WE HAVE PROVEN WE WILL CREATE THESE INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX.

IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR THE LEGISLATURE IT TAKE AWAY THE TOOLS THAT ALLOWS NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHAPE THEIR COMMUNITIES.

ALSO, IT ALLOWS TO US ADDRESS CHALLENGES LIKE TRAFFIC AND HOW TO CREATE WALKABLE VIBRANT GROUND FLOORS LIKE YOU SEE IN OUR DON'T THINK WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE TOOLS TO CREATE WONDERFUL CITIES WHEN WE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO BUILT THE MOMENTUM IN PHOENIX ASK KATE GALLEGO MAYOR OF PHOENIX THE STATE OF THE CITY IS STRONG GOOD TO HAVE YOU JOINING US.

>> GOOD TO BE BACK, THANK YOU.

>> BEING UP NEXT WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A LIFE-SAVING TRIPLE ORGAN TRANSPLANTS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN ARIZONA.

>> LAST DECEMBER SURGEONS AT THE MAYO CLINIC COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER TRIPLE ORGAN THAN PLANTS IN ARIZONA.

53-YEAR-OLD DOYLE TALK RECEIVED TPHRAO *EFD A HEART, LIVER, KID ANY IN WHAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL SURGE RIM SO MUCH SO HE'S SET TO GET SENT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW.

FOR MORE ON THIS HISTORIC SURGERY, WE WELCOME DR. BASHAR AQUEL.

JOINING US FROM HIS HOSPITAL ROOM A MAYY CLINIC, THERE HE IS, DOYLE DUKE AND HIS WIFE BILLY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH IN A VARIETY YOU HAVE WAYS, WE WERE IOWA EL HOW TO GET A SECOND DOCTOR WE ARE STARTING WITH YOU.

FIRST TRIPLE ORGAN TRANSPLANT IN ARIZONA, WHAT?

>> YES.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, AS YOU KNOW, TRIPLE PLANS PARTICIPANT HEART, LIVER, KID ANY TRANS PLANT SAY VERY RARE OCCURRENCE, SINCE WE STARTED TRACKING THE NUMBER OF THOSE TRANSPLANTS SINCE 1988 THIS IS ONLY BEEN DONE 42 TIMES, THREE TIMES A YEAR ACROSS THE U.S. AND THIS IS CLEARLY THE FIRST HEART, LIVER, KID ANY TRANSPLANT IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND WE ARE PROUD THAT THIS SURGERY HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT MAYO CLINCH ANYTHING ARIZONA.

>> TALK ABOUT DOYLE, WHY WAS HE THE FIRST?

>> WELL, I MEAN, TOIL HAS DEALT WITH WHAT WE CALL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.

DESPITE MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND A GREAT TEAM THAT HE HAD AT HOME, AND HIS HEART DISEASE DID NOT RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT RESULT ED IN THE PROGRESSION TO WHAT WE ALL ENDS STAIN HEART FAILURE.

UNFORTUNATELY IT STARTED TO AFFECT HIS LIVER AND ADVANCED IN LIVER DISEASE AND HIS KIDNEYS WERE AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE PROCESS THAT RESULTED IN CHRONIC KID ANY DISEASE.

IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS FOR HIS MEDICAL TEAM BACK HOME THAT HEART TRANSPLANT NUMBER ONE IS NOT AN OPTION.

AND HIS ONLY OPTION IS A HEART, LIVER, AND KID ANY TRANSPLANT.

>> AND REAL QUICKLY BEFORE GET TO DOYLE.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO A HEART TRANSPLANT IF THERE IS LIVER AND KID ANY DISEASE.

YOU ALMOST HAVE TO DO THE REPLACEMENT JUST TO GET THE HEART TRANSPLANT, TRUE?

>> AT ABSOLUTELY TRUE IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING LIVER AND ASKED ANY DISEASE HEART TRANSPLANT ALONE NOT AN OPTION YOU ARE UNLIKELY STIR STRIVE THE SURGERY ONLY WAY IS TO SURVIVE BY GETTING A SIMULTANEOUS HEART, LIVER AND KID ANY TRANSPLANT AS I SHOULDER AND YOU SHARED WITH YOU STATISTICS THE NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT CENTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS ARE FEW AND THAT'S WHY MR. DUKE AND HIS MEDICAL TEAM REACHED ON IT OUT MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA, FOR HELP.

>> ALL RIGHT, DOYLE LET'S GET TO YOU NOW.

FIRST OF ALL HOW ARE YOU FEELING OVER THERE?

>> I FEEL GREAT.

>> FEELING GREAT.

-- >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU FEEL GREAT.

IS THIS KIND OF HOW YOU EXPECTED TO FEEL?

IT'S SUCH A -- IT'S A UNIQUE SITUATION NONE OF US CAN FIGURE OUT HOW EXACT WILL YOU YOU THIS IS THIS WHAT YOU EXPECT?

>> YOU YEAH, ITTY MUCH EXPECTED IT WOULD BE TOUGH, HEART, YOU KNOW, I EXPECTED IT TO BE TOUGH.

>> YOUR THOUGHTS PRIOR TO SURGERY, DOYLE, WHAT WERE, -- AGAIN, WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING, WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR?

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

>> OH, MY GOD IS WHAT I AM THINKING AM I DOING THIS REALLY.

>> YEAH.

>> WE DO.

I WOKE UP, AS I ALWAYS DO.

FROM EVERY HEART SURGERY AND HERE WE GO.

LET'S GET BETTER.

>> I WAS GOING SAY, YOU HAD BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH.

YOU KNEW THIS WHAT TO GET DONE, RIGHT?

IT'S TIME FOR RUBBER TO MEET THE ROAD?

>> YEAH, I KNEW.

KNEW OR PACKAGE ME UP OR SHIP ME OUT.

>> YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET SHIPPED OUT TOMORROW.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

BILL, I GOTTA ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT -- THIS MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY ROUGH ON YOU?

>> YES, AND I AM JUST SO THANKFUL.

FOR THE ORGAN DONOR AND YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH.

THEIR FAMILY ENOUGH.

IT WAS -- YOU KNOW FOX, WHAT THEY DID FOR MY HUSBAND.

HE'S STILL HERE WITH ME.

>> HE IS INDEED.

AND REAL QUICKLY, DOOR DOCTOR, IT WAS THE SAME ORGAN DONOR FOR ALL THREE ORGANS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

FROM THE SAME ORGAN DONOR.

>> WOW, THAT'S UNUSUAL IN AND OF ITSELF IS IT NOT.

>> IT IS UNUSUAL THAT YOU CAN GET THREE ORGANIZE BEGANS FROM THE SAME DOWN TOUR ON AND DIRECT THEM FROM THE SAME RECIPIENT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT WITH MULTI ORGAN TRANSPLANTS.

>> WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY NOW OF A TRANSPLANT JUST EVENING THE POSSIBILITY, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> I WAS ECSTATIC, VERY HAPPY.

I LOVE LIFE AND I WANT TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THIS ADVENTURE, AND I AM WILL WILLING TO HELP OUT PEOPLE ALL OVER.

AND MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND TO DONATE, DONATE, DONATE.

>> IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED MOST ABOUT THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT DONATION IS?

>> EIGHT PEOPLE FOR EVERY ONE PERSON.

THAT'S AMAZING.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> JUST CHECK A LITTLE RED BOX GET THAT HEART ON THERE, YOU KNOW.

>> BILLY I ASKED DOYLE ABOUT WHAT HE EXPECTED BEFOREHAND.

DID HE EXPECT.

WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING BEFOREHAND?

DID YOU REALIZE.

-- ALL THESE MONTHS THAT IS BEEN WHAT YOU EXPECTED OR A REAL UNIQUE JOURNEY?

>> IT'S BEEN A REAL UNIQUE JOURNEY.

YOU KNOW, IT IS A SLOWER PROCESS THAN WHAT I THAT YOU HAD IT WOULD BE.

YOU NO, I THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD BE WELL A LOT SOONER.

STUFF LIKE THAT.

HE DID HAVE A CUP OF SETBACKS, BUT IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

>> UP HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT'S LIKE A MIRACLE RECOVERY UNIVERSITY IN EXAMINE OF ITSELF.

FIRST OF A, DOES IT FEEL LIKE A MIRACLE DISCOVERY TO YOU, BILLY?

>> YES..

I BET IT DOES.

>> US A MIRACLE.

>> I AM SORRY, GO AHEAD.

>> I SAID HE WAS A TRUE MIRACLE.

>> YOU YEAH, HE WAS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, DOLE?

>> I LIKE THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> I GET YOU DO.

HAVE YOU GOT YOUR LIFE PLANNED OUT.

YOU ARE FROM OKLAHOMA, CORRECT.

>> YES.

>> YOU GOT YOUR LIFE PLANNED OUT?

HOW WILL THINGS CHANGE FOR YOU?

>> AS MUCH AS I CAN LIVE I AM GOING TO LIVE.

I OWE TO MY DONOR AND I AM GOING TO LIVE, LIVE, LEVEL.

LIVE AS HARD AS I CAN THINK AND ENJOY LIFE AND ENJOY MY GRANDKIDS.

ENJOY MY KIDS.

JUST CARRY ON.

>> YEAH.

DOCTOR BACK TO YOU.

HOW LONG DID THE SURGERY TAKE?

HOW MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED?

>> YOU KNOW, THE STORY OF THAT TRIPLE TRANSPLANT YOU KNOW, VERY FEW CENTERS ARE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS.

FOR MR. DUKE, ONCE WE BECAME AWARE OF THE CASE WE HAD HIM COME HERE FOR AN INTENSIVE EVALUATION, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EXPERTISE WERE INVOLVED.

TO DO A VERY COMMENCE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE CAN DO IT ALTOGETHER.

AND AFTER AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM ENGINE CERTAINLILY CAME WITH A PLAN THAT REALLY INTERNALLY WE CALLED IT THE PLAYBOOK AND THE PLAYBOOK WAS SIMPLY OUTLINING THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SURGERY THAT WELL BE PERFORMING.

THE SEE WENT SEQUENCE OF THE SURGERIES AND HOW WE WOULD PERFORM THEM AND INVOLVE THE ALL THE TEAMS THAT WE MAKE SURE IT'S A SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL BE SURPRISED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE DURING A 14-HOUR SURGERY, THERE WERE AT LEAST 10 TO 15 PEOPLE IN THE OPERATIVE ROOM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

>> WOW.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

DOYLE THAT MUFF BE MUSIC TO YOUR EARS.

WE GOTTA GO NOW.

WE GOTTA LET YOU GO YOU GOT A LIFE TOO LIVE HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> FOR JOINING US.

BILLY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL YOU BOTH LOOK HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND BEST TO BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND, DOCTOR, THANK YOU AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪ ♪♪ Music Playing ♪♪ >> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR THE MESSAGE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TRYING TO SEND TO VOTERS AS HE KICKS OFF HIS REELECTION BID.

COMING UP AT 6:00 ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> A NEW REPORT FROM THE HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND EDUCATION FORWARD ARIZONA LOOKS AT HOW MUCH STUDENTS AND THE STATE STAND TO GAIN BY INCREASING COLLEGE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND GRADUATION RATES.

DR. PAUL PERREAULT IS SENIOR PRY SREZ OF HELIOS, HE JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE REPORT.

GOOD YOU HAVE TO HERE WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

ECONOMIC BENEFITS BASICALLY FOR THE STUDENT, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

FOR ALL OF US?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

IN ARIZONA WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL GAIN FROM THIS.

HOW DO WE BUILT AND WITH COLLEGE INDICATION A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE, A THRIVING ECONOMY AND ULTIMATELY A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL ARIZONA ANS .

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FOCUS COLLEGE ATTENDANCE AND DEGREE.

>> YES.

WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS KIDS GOING TO COLLEGE BUT ALSO WANT TO SEA THEM COMPLETE.

ONCE YOU GET THAT ASSOCIATE APT DEGREE OR BACHELOR'S DEGREE YOU HAVE A LARGE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LIFETIME OF YOUR CAREER.

SO IT, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY THAT GETS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WILL EARN LEE TEAMS AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

>> YOU CAN EXPECT TO EARN MORE.

ALSO FISCAL GAINS HERE, HIGHER TAX REVENUE, HRERSZ SOCIAL SPENDING.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT?

>> SURE.

THE FISCAL COMBINES WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR ACTION RATES LOW.

WHEN WE HAVE BETTER PAYING JOBS AND MO HIGH DEMANDS JOBS, PENAL ARE EARNING HIGHER SALARIES.

THEY ARE BUYING THOSE HOUSES THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WITH THE MAYOR.

THEY ARE BUYING HE BUYING MORE THINGS IN STORES AND SO WE BRING IN MORE TAX REVENUES THAT REAL CAN I HELP BUILT BETTER PARKS, BUILD THOSE TREES THAT THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE SOCIAL GAINS WHEN YOU HAVE ALIVE QUALITY OF EDUCATION YOU WILL YOU HAVE LONGER, LESS CRIME IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU ARE HEALTHIER AND HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY HEALTHIER FOOD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY ANDLY AS WELL.

>> AM I READ THIS IS RIGHT A MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN THE LIFETIME OVER A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN SOCIAL GAINS.

>> A MILLION DOLLARS MORE AND YOU ARE READING THAT EXACTLY RIGHT IF WE INCREASED BY 20% THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS GOING TO COLLEGE THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $5 BILLION PER COHORT THAT WE WOULD ADD FOR ARIZONA EACH YEAR.

>> AND I ALSO SAW THIS INCREASING COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY 20% RETURNS MORE THAN TWO TIMES WHAT ARIZONA ALLOCATES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR UNIVERSITIES TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> WE HAVE REAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SO WE AT HELIOS REALLY BEEN COLLEGE AS AN INVESTMENT.

AND SO WITH THAT INVESTMENT, WITH GOING TO COLLEGE, YOU ARE GOING PATHOS DIVIDENDS, YOU WOULD SEE THAT PLAY OUT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT FOR SOCIETY AND ULTIMATELY FOR OUR GOVERNMENTS TO DO GREAT THINGS IN ARIZONA.

>> AND IT SOUND LIKE THE REPORT IS BASICALLY PUTTING NUMBERS ONTO COMMON SENSE WE KNOW THIS.

IT MAKES SENSE, NOW WE ARE SEEING THE FACTS AND FIGURES AND YET HERE IS ANOTHER FACT AND FIGURE, POST SECONDARY ATTAINMENT RATE IN ARIZONA, 46% IN 2020.

THAT'S NOT SO GOOD.

HOW TO YOU IMPROVE THAT?

>> WE HAVE TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

SO YOU KNOW, STARTING WITH THE BASICS MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS.

YOU CAN MAY 3 TIMES AS MUCH IF YOU GET A COLLEGE DEGREE.

HELPING THEM WITH THE FOSSA, THE FREE -- THE FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENTS EIGHT.

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE AT THAT STUDENTS GET THAT COMPLETE SO THEY CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY CAN GET IN AND MONEY TO HELP THEM GO TO COLLEGE.

AND REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP KIDS GO COLLEGIATE A LOWER EXPENSE RATE.

>> I KNOW THE GOAL FOR THE STATE IS 60% POST IS SECONDARY TRAIN LITTLE BY 2030.

46% NOW, GOUT SOME WORK AHEAD.

HOW DO YOU CON VIN FOLK THESE STUDIES ARE, YOU KNOW, PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, HOW DO YOU CONS FINS FOLKS THAT ARE NOT SEEING THESE STUDIES AND ARE NOT THERE FOR THIS THAT THEY GOTTA GET TO SCHOOL IN.

>> WELL, NUMBER ONE FOR THE STUDENTS HO THEM WHAT WE SHOWED.

YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CAN MAKEOVER YOUR LIFETIME.

NUMBER TWO, FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES AND BRING BUSINESSES HERE WE NEED A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE AND SHOW THEM WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE THAT QUALIFIED WORKFORCE THE BIGGEST THING COMPANIES ARE OFTEN LOOKING FOR IS THE EDUCATION BACKGROUND.

AND REALLY JUST YOU KNOW, REVERB RAITH THIS MESSAGE ACROSS THE STATE.

IF HE REALLY WANT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE IN ARIZONA THAT CON TO BE AN NECK LEADER WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE WAY COLLEGE EDUCATION IS IS THERE A MESSAGE IN THESE NUMBERS FOR EDUCATORS?

>> I WOULD SAY THERE IS A NUMBER OF THAT.

WE BEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS KIDS ARE COMING THROUGH THE SCHOOL WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

GOOD GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SHOWING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THAT HE CAN GO TO COLLEGE.

INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT AT HELIOS WE HAVE SEEN DUAL ENROLLMENT CAN INCREASE STUDENT'S LIKELIHOOD TO GO TO COLLEGE AND ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS THAT ARE LOW INCOME THINK MINORITY STUDENTS THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE, TOO, IS REALLY IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT THAT DOUBLY GONE TO COLLEGE THAT'S GOING TO HELP BUILD THAT ECONOMY AS WELL.

>> RUNG OF TIME GIVE MY HEAD LINE ON THE REPORT?

>> GO TO COLLEGE IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ARIZONA.

>> ALL RIGHT, DR. PAUL PERREAULT, HELIOS FUND.

THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR JOINING US GOOD INFORMATION, GOOD TO HEAR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND AT THAT THAT IS IT FOR NOW I AM TED SIMONS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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