>> Rich: WE'LL TAKE A DEEP DIVE TO THE OKLAHOMA ELECTORATE THAT MADE IT TO THE POLLS ON NOVEMBE.

>> WE SPOKED THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING BY 120, 125,000 VOTERS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS RECORD IN 2020.

>> Rich: AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ON FOOD CONTAMINATION OUTBREAKS IN THE UNITED STATES AND OKLAHOMA?

>> THERE'S A LOT OF OUTBREAKS.

YOU HAVE LARGE OUTBREAKS AND SMALL SPORADIC OUTBREAKS.

>> Rich: OU HEALTH GIVES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A LOOK AT WHAT A CAREER IN MEDICINE MIGHT ENTAIL.

>> WE WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT HEALTHCARE CAREERS, GET THEM EXCITED AND IGNITED.

>> Rich: INMATES INSTRUCT THEIR OWN BARBERSHOPS.

>> THEY DID THE PLUMBING, THE DRYWALL AND EVERY SCREW AND NAIL AND COAT OF PAINT, EVERY SINGLE TILE LAID.

>> Rich: THE CITY OF TULSA EXPANDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE WORK TRANSLATE INTO THE OUTCOME.

>> Rich: THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE NEXT ON "THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT."

WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

WE BEGIN OUR NEWSCAST WITH A DEEP DIVE INTO THE OKLAHOMA ELECTORATE.

WHO VOTED ON NOVEMBER 5th?

WHY DID THEY VOTE THE WAY THEY DID AND IS IT TIME TO BOLTSTER OPPORTUNITIES.

MY FIRST QUESTION FOR JASON DOYLES, HOW MANY REGISTERED VOTERS ARE IN OKLAHOMA AND HOW MANY EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC DUTY?

>> RICH, RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION GOT UNDERWAY, OKLAHOMA HAD MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION VOTERS.

HOWEVER, NOT EVERYONE OF THOSE NEW REGISTRATIONS TURNED INTO ACTIVE VOTERS.

>> BUT THERE WERE ONE MILLION 500,000.

>> THIS IS THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION AND THAT MILLION AND A HALF VOTES SET A RECORD.

>> WE BEAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE MOST OVERALL VOTES CAST IN ELECTION BY 5,000.

IT WAS MORE THAN WE SAW IN 2020, WHICH WAS THE RECORD BEFORE.

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE TURNED OUT AND VOTED.

>> HE CONFIRMS THERE WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF EARLY VOTES IN THIS YEARs GENERAL ELECTION.

>> WE SMOKED THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING BY 125,000 VOTERS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 2020.

>> WILL THAT LEADING EXPANDING VOTING SITES AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DAYS TO VOTE EARLY?

REPRESENTATIVE ARTURO SAYS EXPANDING EARLY VOTING COULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON TURNOUT.

>> THERE'S LIMITED IN-PERSON VOTING DAYS AND HAVING THAT SINGLE ELECTION DATE WITH PEOPLE VOTING IN THEIR POLLING PLACES.

SO WE COULD EXPAND IT HAVING MORE EARLY VOTING AND THAT MIGHT HELP TO BRING OUT YOUNGER VOTERS.

>> DESPITE THE TURNOUT AND VOTER REGISTRATIONS, OVERALL VOTER TURNOUT WAS AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE NATION.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

ALTHOUGH WE HAD THE MOST VOTERS, IT WAS NOT A RECORD.

IN FACT, IT WAS FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN 2020, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THAT DIDN'T TRANSLATE TO ALL OF THEM TURNING OUT, BUT AT LEAST SOME OF THEM DID AND WE WERE GLAD WE HAD HIGHER TURNOUT.

>> THEY FOUND 53.4% THAT MET AGE AND REQUIREMENTS IS THE LEAST PERCENTAGE OF VOTER TURNOUT IN THE NATION.

FORMER OKLAHOMA AJ GRIFFIN SAID DURING OUR OKLAHOMA VOTE's 2024 COVERAGE, IT'S DUE TO FEWER COMPETITIVE RACES IN THE STATE.

>> VERY BAD VOTER TURNOUT AND SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME.

IT'S DRIVEN BY 86% OF THE RACES IN THE STATE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BALLOT WERE DECIDED BEFORE THIS EVENING.

>> POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR JAMES DAVENPORT AGREES.

>> JUST THE FACT THAT NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS COMPETITIVE IN OKLAHOMA, BUT EVEN IN THE DOWN-BALLOT RACES, PROBABLY THE MOST COMPETITIVE RACES WERE WERE THE JUDICIAL RETENTION FOR THE THREE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

>> DAVENPORT SAYS MANY PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED HOW WELL PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP PERFORMED AMONG A WIDE RANGE EVER VOTERS.

>> HE DID BETTER WITH WOMEN, WITH MINORITIES.

HE DID REASONABLY WELL WITH MEN AND IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN AND LOOK AT HISPANIC MEN, HE DID EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

>> A CONSERVATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE WHICH HAS SUPPORTED TRUMP BOTH IN THIS YEAR's ELECTION AND IN THE 2020 ELECTION SAYS LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE NOT A BLOCK.

>> PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID BACK IN, I THINK, 1980, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET.

SO TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION 40 ODD YEARS LATER IS GREAT TO SEE.

>> TRUMP RECEIVED 26% OF THE HIGHEST VOTE, THE HIGHEST ANY PRESIDENT GARNERED.

JUST LIKE MANY OTHER VOTERS, IMMIGRATION AND THE ECONOMY WERE TOP OF MIND FOR LATINOS.

>> BY AND LARGE, MOST HISPANICS AGREE THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES WILL BE IMMIGRATION AND IN THE ECONOMY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND THAT WAS THE DRIVING FACTOR.

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IMMIGRATION IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT RESONATES A LOT WITH LATINOS, BUT IT'S NOT.

THE ECONOMY IS ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES.

>> DEMOCRAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALONSO SANDOVAL AGREES AND FELLOW DEMOCRATS WILLING TO TAKE THIS LOSS AND LEARN FROM IT.

>> WHAT WILL THIS CONVERSATION LOOK LIKE?

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, JUST, WHAT DOES OR MESSAGING LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD?

THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT DIDN'T WORK.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING TO REASSESS OUR STRATEGY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING EFFECTIVE AND MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH ISSUES THAT ARE REAL TO THEM.

>> OKLAHOMA REPUBLICAN CHAIR PAMPOLLALR SAYS IT RESONATED THN VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, FOR EXAMPLE ON IMMIGRATION AND BOATER SECURITY.

BORDER SECURITY.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY MAP, EVERY SINGLE BOARDING COUNTY WAS BLUE?

YOU KNOW 100% OF THOSE COUNTIES VOTED TRUMP IN 2024.

>> BOTH TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE TRYING TO SET EXAMPLES TRYING TO BRING THE COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER AFTER SUCH A CONTENTIOUS RACE.

>> I THINK MOST PEOPLE SAW THAT ON WEDNESDAY, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND THEY WERE CORDIAL AND MET FOR OVER AN HOUR, THEY SAID, AND CAME AWAY SHAKING EACH OTHER's HANDS AND STILL LAUGHING AND PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE SHOULDER AS THEY WALKED OUT.

>> NOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA ARE NAMED TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS LIKE REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HERN AS CHAIR THE PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE, THE FINAL HIGHEST LEADERSHIP IN THAT CHAMBER.

SENATOR JAMES LANGFORD FOR THE CAUCUS.

>> REPUBLICANS ASKED ONE THING, CAN YOU GET US BACK ON TRACK?

70% OF THE COUNTRY BELIEVES THE COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACK.

IT'S GOING TO BE TO DEFEND OUR VALUES AND BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN US AS NATION AND BRING PROSPERITY TO PEOPLE SUFFERING.

>> AND WHO FROM OKLAHOMA MIGHT SERVE IN PRESIDENT's TRUMP CABINET.

>> THERE'S STILL A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPECTATIONS AND ANTICIPATION THAT WILL BE SENATOR MULLEN.

BUT SENATOR MULLEN, LAST TIME I TALKED WITH HIM AND HIS FOLKS, HE HADN'T DECIDED IF HE WANTS TO LEAVE HIS SENATE SEAT.

>> LOOKS LIKE MULLEN WILL BE STAYING IN THE SENATE.

LATE THURSDAY NIGHT, WE FOUND OUT HE WON'T BE THE NEXT INTERIOR SECRETARY.

INSTEAD, PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP HAS PICKED NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR, DOUGBURGHAM TO FILL THAT ROLE.

>> Rich: TULSA's OKLAHOMA CEMETERY REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC TO HONOR REMAINS OFVIES OF INDIS RECOVERED OF THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CEMETERY.

AND GRAVESTONES WILL BE INSTALLED.

ONE MAN, CL DANIEL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BEEN A VICTIM OF THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

>>> MONROE NICKELS SWORN IN AS THE 41st MAYOR AND BE IN A POSITION TO THE APOLOGY COMMITTEE THAT MET FOR THE FIRST TIME ON OCTOBER 18th.

THEIR TASK IS TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF REPARATION SHOULD BE DETERMINED.

IT'S TO IMPROVE AFORMEDDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER MENTIONED MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND ECONOMIC RESTORATION.

IT SHOULD HELP UNIFY THE TULSA COMMITTEE.

COMMUNITY.

>> I'VE SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND NOW, I THINK MY ROLE AS MAYOR AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND MONTHS AND MAYBE YEARS AHEAD, WHETHER IT BE THE DOJ INVESTIGATION OR BEYOND APOLOGY COMMISSION, WE DO IT IN A UNIFIED WAY.

FOR ME, MY ONLY ATTITUDE ABOUT IT IS, THAT WE'LL HOLD THIS TOGETHER AND GET THE CLOSURE WE NEED.

WE'LL MAKE THE INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY OF TULSA, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, IS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS THE FOCUS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

>> Rich: THE BEYOND THE APOLOGY COMMITTEE WILL RELATION THIS BY NOVEMBER 30th.

>>> MAYOR BYNUM ANNOUNCED $75 MILLION HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE PATH PROGRAM.

THE BULK WILL BE SPENT ON HOUSEHOLDS EARNING LESS THAN THE 60% MEDIAN INCOME AND OTHERS TO INVESTMENTS IN AREAS TO UTILIZE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS AND THERE'S ALSO ADVANCED FUNDING TO HELP BUILDERS ACCESS FINANCING.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS WE'VE DONE WORK AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE WORK TRANSLATE INTO THE OUTCOMES.

WE'VE TEED THINGS UP WELL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME IN AND MAKE A HUGE IMPACT WITH $75 MILLION COMING ONLINE BUT ALSO REFORMS IN OUR ZONING PRACTICES AND HOW WE DO DEVELOPMENT FOR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.

WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT AND STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND TO HIS CREDIT, HE TALKS ABOUT THAT BEING WITHIN OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES, AS WELL.

>> Rich: THE REMAINING MONEY IS EARMASHED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF RECALLS DUE TO THE THREAT OF CONTAMINATION INCLUDING ONE THIS OKLAHOMA.

12 MILLION POUNDS OF MEAT AND POULTRY PROVIDESSED IN DURANT WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF LISTERIA CONCERNS.

HOW SAFE IS AMERICA's FOOD SUPPLY IN THAT'S OUR DISCUSSION WITH CASSIDY MUDD.

>> I LIKE AT IT IT'S OUT THERE BEFORE IT'S HARVESTED IF NOT WEEKS, MAYBE MONTHS.

A LOT OF THE BACTERIA COULD FORM BIOFILMS ON PRODUCE ITSELF WHICH IS HARDER TO ELIMINATE BY SANITARY TREATMENT AND SO FORTH.

>> IF YOU ARE A HIGH RISK INDIVIDUAL THAT IS AT RISK FOR SEVERE COMPLICATIONS, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR AND SEE IF YOU SHOULD BE EATING RAW PRODUCE.

LIKE HE SAID, IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, WASH THESE THINGS AND MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S COMPLETELY 100% SAFE IF YOU HAVE A CONTAMINATE CONTAMINATEDPRODUCT.

>> Rich: THE JOHN LILLEY CORRECTIONAL CITY IN OKLAHOMA, THEY'VE COME UP WITH A NOVEL YESTERDAY TO BOOST INMATE MORALE.

THEY FINISHED AN IN-HOUSE BARBERSHOP STAFFED BY THE INMATES.

STEVE STRAW MADE THE TRIP AND JOINS US NOW WITH THAT COUNTY.

>> RICH, FIVE MONTHS AGO, JOHN LILLEY's WARDEN TOLD ME ABOUT THIS BARBERSHOP SAYING MANY INMATES MADE TERRIBLE MISTAKES AND TO REASON TO MAKE IT WORSE.

>> THIS IS A BIG MORALE BOOST.

>> TERRY TUGGLE COMPLETED HIS 39th YEARS WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TWO WEEKS AGO.

HE'S BEEN THE WARDEN HERE AT JOHN LILLEY IN BOLEY SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

ONE THING TUGGLE NOTICED EARLY ON WAS JOHN LILLEY's IN-HOUSE BARBER SERVICE WAS WOEFUL.

>> IT'S CLAUSTROPHOBIC, THAT'S MY POINT, VERY.

YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

AND I'M THINKING, MAN, THIS IS HORRENDOUS.

>> YOU CAN SEE WHY.

>> I CAN SEE.

IT BECAME OBVIOUS WHEN I FIRST CAME IN AND IT WASN'T NO PRIDE IN IT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO COME.

>> TUGGLE SAYS IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO GET SOME INMATES TO GET THEIR HAIR CUT AT HOME.

>> THIS IS A PENITENTIARY AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT MISUSE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE WAS JUST NOT INTERESTED.

I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SIDE OF IT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD BARBER SHOP.

>> THE WARDEN WANTED TO FIX IT, JOHN PLANS TO FIX THE CENTRAL BUILDING.

ALL OF THAT PHYSICAL LABOR, PLUMBING, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK AND HVAC WAS COMPLETED BY INMATES HERE.

THE NEW CENTRAL CONTROL BUILDING OPENED ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED.

>> SOME OF THE SAME GUYS THAT GOT THE CENTRAL CONTROL BUILDING GOING PARTICIPATED IN GETTING THE BARBERSHOP GOING.

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY DID.

WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, THEY TOOK GREAT SATISFACTION WITH THE NEW CONTROL AND NOW, IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO ME THEY TOOK MORE SATISFACTION THAN GETTING THAT BARBERSHOP.

YOU TALKED TO THEM AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED.

THAT WE WANTED.

AND ALL NEEDED WAS TO LET THEM DO IT.

THAT TO ME WAS SO SPECIAL.

THE MOST SPECIAL THING ABOUT THE BARBERSHOP IS SOMETHING THAT THEY TO FOR THEMSELVES.

>> JOHN LILLEY, RECREATION DIRECTOR, SUPERVISED THE PROJECT.

>> YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT THIS USED TO LOOK LIKE.

KNOWING WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE AND SITTING IN THE CHAIR TODAY IS A BIG TESTAMENT TO THE CRAFTSMANSHIP.

>> DONE BY INMATES IN THIS FACILITY.

>> YEAH.

THEY DID THE PLUMBING, THE ELECTRICAL, THE HVAC, THE DRYCALL, EVERY TILE LAID.

THEY HAND FINISHED ALL THE WOOD.

YOU NAME IT, THEE DONE IT.

THEY'VE DONE IT.

>> ALL YOU NEED IN HERE IS A TV.

>> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT.

SO WE'LL MOUNT IT RIGHT UP HERE.

>> SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S GREAT FOR MORALE, ALL THESE HAIR HAIRS ARE FREE AND STAFF PAYS A BUCK A CUT.

>> THE NEW BARBERSHOP IS STAFFED COMPLETELY BY INMATES.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

>> FOUR YEARS.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR?

>> MAKING BAD CHOICES AND IT LEAD ME HERE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN AND MY LAST TIME IN.

YOU WON'T SEE ME BACK IN HERE.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CUTTING HERE?

>> SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S TELLING MY AGE, 27 YEARS I'VE BEEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL NOW.

>> IS THIS SOMETHING, MAYBE, YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU GET BACK ON THE OUTSIDE?

>> YEAH, MY GOAL IS TO DO, LIKE, TEN HEADS A DAY AND CHARGING $10 BUT THE REGULAR HAIRCUT IS $35, $40.

>> 69-YEAR-OLD JOHN FIELDS HAS BEEN INCARCERATED FOR A YEAR AND CUTS HAIR JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS BAD FOR YOU, TOO, ISN'T IT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> WHAT DOES IT DO FOR YOU?

>> IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT TO TAKE SOMETHING AND MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.

>> AND THESE GUYS WANT THE HELP.

>> A LOT OF GUYS IN THE YARD THAT NEED GOOD HAIRCUTS.

>> AND THERE'S GOOD DISCUSSIONS, I'M SURE, THAT GO ON IN THIS ROOM THAT'S VERY PRODUCTIVE.

>> YES, SIR, VERY PRODUCTIVE.

>> IT'S A BLESSING, IT REALLY IS, WITH EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD.

>> WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WHEN YOU GET OUT?

>> CONTINUE TO BE RETIRED.

I SPENT 40 YEARS AND NINE MONTHS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BEFORE I GOT INCARCERATED.

SO, LIKE I SAID, I WAS RETIRED AND I'LL GO BACK TO BEING RETIRED AND CHASING GRANDKIDS.

>> ROBERT SCALLION HAS BEEN INSIDE FOUR YEARS.

>> THERE'S CAMARADERIE, ISN'T THERE?

>> GOOD GUYS, EXCELLENT GUYS.

I LIKE TALKING TO THEM AND BEING AROUND THEM AND COMING IN THE BARBERSHOP AND JUST SHOOTING THE JUNK.

>> AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT.

>> AND THE RICE IS RIGHT.

>> JACK BARNETT HAS BEEN IN PRISON FOR 21 YEARS FOR ASSAULT WITH INTENT.

HE'S ALSO ONE OF THE INMATES WHO HELPED BUILD JOHN LILLEY's NEW CENTRAL CONTROL BUILDING.

>> WE DID A BUNCH OF DEMO AND PUT A BARBERSHOP TOGETHER.

IT'S SLICK.

>> HOW MUCH DOES THIS DO FOR YOU?

YOU'RE GETTING OUT IN 30 DAYS AFTER 21 YEARS.

THIS HAS TO GIVE YOU MOMENTUM GOING FORWARD.

>> YES, I WAS A CARPENTER BEFORE I CAME IN AND I THOUGHT I LOST THOSE SKILLS AND FORGOT WHO I WAS.

THIS HAS BEEN A GOD SEND.

THIS MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT GAVE ME A SECOND LOOK AT WHAT I USED TO DO AND I'M REAL THANKFUL FOR IT.

>> WARDEN TUGGLE SAYS HE'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY ADD A FEW MORE CHAIRS, MORE SPACE AND START A SMALL BARBER SCHOOL HERE AT JOHN LILLEY.

>> WATCH ALL THESE TALENTED PEOPLE.

THEY'RE COMING IN THERE AND THEY CUT HAIR AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LIFE.

THEY'RE JUST GOOD AT IT.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO GET A LICENSE BEHIND BEING GOOD?

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE AS GOOD AS YOU ARE.

>> THEY MADE THEIR MISTAKE AND HERE TO REHABILITATE TO PROGRESS IN THEIR LIVES AND SO WE DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE.

SO ANY STRESS THAT WE CAN ALLEVIATE TO CREATE A REAL WORLD SCENARIO TO NOT JUST BE STUCK WHERE THEY ARE HELPS WITH THE MORALE IN THE YARD.

>> THE BARBERSHOP WAS BUILD WITH MATERIALS LEFT OVER FROM CONSTRUCTION AND THE INMATES PERFORMED ALL THE LABOR.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS, CAREER TECH, OKLAHOMA CAREER TECH, THEY PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THIS, AS WELL.

>> Rich: THAT WAS A GREAT STORY.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ES EDUCATION ANNOUNCED THEY MADE AN AP GOVERNMENT CLASSES.

THIS MAKES OKLAHOMA THE FIRST STATE TO ACQUIRE BIBLES AS AN ACADEMIC AND LITERARY RESOURCE.

IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN PLACING BIBLES IN EVERY OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM.

>>> THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN OKLAHOMA, DOCTORS, NURSES, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

THIS WEEK, OU HEALTH HOSTED AN EVENT TO INSPIRE GENZERS IN MEDICINE.

>> OU HEALTH GAVE AWAY $25,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR STUDENTS TO PURSUE ES IN EDUCATN HEALTHCARE.

>> "I KNOW I CAN BE WHAT I WANT TO BE."

>> ABOUT 350 OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPENT A DAY AT OU HEALTH LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE HEALTHCARE TEAM.

FIELD.

>> WE KNOW GETTING THEM INTERESTED TO PIPELINE INTO A FULL-TIME POSITION, WE WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT HEALTHCARE CAREERS AND IGNITED AND THAT'S HOW THIS EVENT CAME TO BE.

>> THE EXPLORE ACE DAY WAS HELD IN MAY.

>> IT WAS AN ENGAGING EVENT.

>> THEY ESTIMATE A SHORTFALL OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS BY 2030 AND THERE WAS AN EXPLORATION DAY AT THE CAMPUS ON TUESDAY.

.HOW TO ADDRESS THIS IS THROUGH GENERATING THE NEXT PIPELINELINE OF THE WORKFORCE.

>> THIS STARTED WITH PRESENTATIONS FROM HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.

THIS SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO BRING ABOUT 40 STUDENTS.

>> WE HAD 60 SIGNUP AND THE WANT AND NEED IS THERE AND THIS PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO NOT ONLY GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS.

>> AS PART OF THE DAY, FIVE LUCKY STUDENTS RECEIVED A $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

>> I WAS SHOCKED.

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD WIN AND EVERYONE WAS CHEERING.

>> IT'S GIVING ME MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE WITH MY EDUCATION AND THIS IS GIVING ME A REASON TO CONTINUE.

>> OU HEALTH WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE DESERVING STUDENTS.

>> WE WANTED TO EASE THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR THOSE PURSUING HEALTHCARE CAREERS AT OU NORMAN AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT A SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE THAT DECIDE TO CONTINUE ON TO OU HEALTH.

>> AFTER THE PRESENTATION, STUDENTS ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCE COLLEGE FAIR.

>> IT'S INFORMATIVE AND EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE WAS HELPFUL.

>> HEIDI MARTIN IS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COLLEGE DENTISTRY.

>> FIRST THING I'M LETTING THEN KNOW THAT AS EARLY AS AT AGE OF 16, THEY CAN GO TO THEIR PERSONAL DENTIST AND ASK IF THEY CAN SHADOW, SHADOW A DENTIST, A DENTAL ASSISTANT.

A LOT OF DENTISTS ARE MORE THAN THRILLED TO SHARE THEIR CAREER EXPERIENCE.

IT GIVES THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WILL BE ABOUT.

>> ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE ANALYSIS, ABOUT 77 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN A DENTAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA.

MARTIN SAYS SUPPOSING STUDENTS TO THE WORK INDUSTRY AT AN EARLY AGE WILL DIVIDENDS IN THE LONG RUN.

>> SEE IF YOU CAN SHADOW A LAWYER OR DOCTOR.

MAKE SURE YOU VISIT AND FIND OUT.

SO THE EARLIER TO SHADOW, DO IT.

>> SHE REMAINS PARENTS TO REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF OTHER CHILDREN.

>> IT MAY NOT BE YOUR DREAM, BUT SUPPORT THEM.

YOU NEVER, EVER KNOW WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS.

I THINK THAT'S THE KEY RIGHT THERE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.

MAKE SURE THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS.

PARENTS HAVE TO LET GO AND I KNOW I'M A PARENT AND HAD TO LET GO.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST EXPLAIN TO YOUR CHILD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD GO AND DO AND GUIDE THEM.

>> WITH MORE THAN 1300 PHYSICIANS AND PRACTICE PROVIDERS EMPLOYED, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF TALENT ACQUISITION RACHEL BOLTON HOPES THIS WILL LEAD TO STUDENTS BECOMING FEATURE OU HEALTH EMPLOYEES.

>> A PASSION FOR HEALTHCARE, EXCITED WHAT'S NEXT AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES AND CAREER JOURNEY.

WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OR THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER TO PURSUE A CARRY IN HEALTHCARE.

WE ALSO WOULD LOVE THEM TO JOIN THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION IN N ONE OF OUR PAID STUDENTS ROLES.

>> I ENJOYED TODAY.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND GOOD INFORMATION.

I THINK IT WILL HELP ME.

I WANT TO BE A PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGIST.

SO THIS IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR SCHOOLING.

>> THEY WILL HOST A SIMILAR CAREER TOWARD COLLEGE STUDENTS.

>> Rich: OIL PRODUCTION HELPS TO LAUNCH THIS.

THIS IS IN "THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW."

>> THERE'S WHAT A PROFIT OF $80,012,000,000.

THE COMPANY ACHIEVED THAT THROUGH STRONG OIL PRODUCTION WHICH REACHED 335,000 GALLONS OF OIL A DAY BEATING EXPECTATIONS.

HE PAID DOWN OUTSTANDING DEBT AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECLARED A 22 CENTS PER SHARE DIVIDEND FOR INVESTORS.

>>> NET INCOME OF MORE THAN 608 MILLION.

WHILE THE COMPANY RECORDED THAT LOSS, THE CASHFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES IS STRONG, GULFPORT IS PAYING $1 BILLION, A 54 INCREASE.

>>> NEARLY $30 MILLION WORTH OF BROADBAND EXPANSION GOT UNDERWAY IN OKLAHOMA.

THIS MANAGED BY CHISOLM BROADBAND.

THIS TOLDED 23.8 MILLION.

THIS IS MATCHING THAT WITH $6 MILLION OF ITS OWN INVESTMENT.

THE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONNECT MORE THAN 2,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES USING FIXED WIRELESS SYSTEMS.

>>> MORE THAN 158 MILLION IN ARPA FUND GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO INTERNET PROVIDERS AND $650 IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ACCESS PROGRAM.

>>> OKLAHOMA CITY BASED BRANCH CLOSED A TRANSACTION BRINGING A MIDFIRST IN HOUSTON.

THEY BEGAN OPERATIONS OUT OF THE OF THE MIDBANK BRAND WITH ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO AND IT'S HOME STATE OKLAHOMA.

>>> THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECLARED A DIVIDEND OF 8 CENTS A SHARE.

>> Rich: LATELY THE F.D.A.

HAS BEEN BUSY REMOVING POWELLTY AND ONIONS FROM THE FOOD SUPPLY AND SOME IS ORIGINATED RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

WITH MORE ON HOW TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE, HERE IS CASSIDYMUDD.

>> A DEADLY E.COLI OUTBREAK AT MCDONALD'S RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES.

THERE'S A LARGE RECALL IN OKLAHOMA AND THIS IS KENDRA DOHRTY OF THE RESPONSE TEAM AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

WE'RE JOINED BY PETER MARIANA OF ANIMAL AND FOOD SCIENCES ATARY T ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.

AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIES THIS, HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU TO HEAR ABOUT THIS NATIONALLY AND RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA?

>> NOT SO SURPRISED.

THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND THE TYPE OF COMMODITY THAT'S IMPLICATED CAN EASILY BE CONTAMINATED.

>> ELABORATE ON THAT.

>> OK, WELL, I GUESS IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE QUARTER POUNDER AND THEN IT WAS JUST THE IMPLICATED ONE WHICH HAS A COUPLE OF CONDIMENTS.

IT COULD BE ANY ONE CONTRIBUTING TO THE OUTBREAK.

SO, YEAH, THE QUESTION, WAS IT THE QUARTER POUNDER OR THE SLIVERED ONIONS AND I THINK THE -- FROM WHAT I READ IN THE TUESDAY, IT WAS BEING IMPLICATED THAT THE SLIVERED ONIONS WAS POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THAT, I THINK, IS YET TO BE PROVEN.

I SAW TWO REPORTS IN THE NEWS YESTERDAY.

ONE FROM CDC THAT BLAMED THE ONIONS AND ONE THAT SAID HOLD YOUR HORSES.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND EVIDENCE TO CONCLUSIVELY SAY THAT.

>> SO THEY'RE NOT SURE.

>> I'M NOT SURE IF THEY -- A LOT OF TIMES YOU PULL UP SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND YOU LOOK AT THE DATE AND IT'S AN OLD ITEM.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS IN RECENT HISTORY DID EITHER OF THOSE TWO COME UP, BUT I SAW THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

>> I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SERIOUSNESS OF FOOD BORNE ILLNESS AND THE IMPACTS?

>> IT DOES POSE PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE DO HAVE THOSE ON THE REPORTABLE DISEASE LIST.

WE MONITOR THOSE AND THEY CAN BE AS SEVERE AS REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

>> WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS LINKED WITH E.COLI AND LISTERIA?

>> A LOT OF TIMES IT'S STOMACH SYMPTOMS AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU'LL HAVE A FEVER OR NAUSEA OR VOMITING, CHILLS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE STOMACH UPSET.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF YOU'VE BEEN CONTAMINATED OR CAUGHT ONE OF THOSE DISEASES.

PROFESSOR, IF IT'S JUST THE ONIONS, COULDN'T IT BE AFFECTING ALL INGREDIENTS?

>> WHATEVER THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH.

IT WOULD BE CONFUSING WHAT IS CONTAMINATED.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SOURCE AND YOU'RE REVOLVED WITH THAT AND THEY GO TO THE SOURCE AND TRY TO FIND IT AT THE SOURCE.

YOU TRACE BACK AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO TO MAKE IT CONCLUSIVE.

>> EARLY YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T SURPRISED.

HOW OFTEN DO WE SEE OUTBREAKS?

>> YOU HAVE LARGE OUTBREAKS AND SMALL SPORADIC OUTBREAKS BECAUSE WITH.

'S SO FEW AS FAR AS PRODUCE, I LOOK IT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW, PRODUCE IS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD BEFORE IT'S HARVESTED FOR WEEKS, IF NOT MAYBE UP TO MONTHS.

THERE'S ANIMALS SHEDDING BACTERIA IN THEIR FECES.

YOU MAY HAVE BIRDS NEAR RETENTION BONDS.

YOU SEE A LOT OF GEESE AND DUCKS AND SO FORTH.

WHEN THEY TAKE OFF, THEY BASICALLY CARPET BOMB NEIGHBORING FIELDS.

SO YOU COULD HAVE THAT AND YOU COULD HAVE DEER, RABBITS, MICE RUNNING THROUGH THE FIELDS DROPPING OFF FECES AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTAMINATION.

A LOT OF THIS BACTERIA CAN FORM BIOFILMS ITSELF, WHICH IS HARDER TO ELIMINATE BY SANITARY TREATMENT AFTERWARD.

PROCESSING ITSELF IS ONLY GOOD FOR MAYBE ONE AND A HALF, TWO LOG REDUCTION.

THAT WOULD BE A 99% REDUCTION OF WHAT'S THERE.

IF YOU GET A HIGH, LOW, IT MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF RESIDUAL BACTERIA LEFT OVER.

AND, BASICALLY, LIKE FOOD MICROLAB FOR CLASS, MY GO-TO PRODUCTS FOR GIVING THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO PLATE COUNTS WE HIGH NUMBER AND BACTERIA ON FOODS, WE OFTEN DO PRODUCE.

THERE'S ONIONS, CARROTS, LEAFY GREENS, SPINACH.

IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, I DON'T GET ANY BACTERIA -- AS MUCH AS WE USED TO GET FROM JUICE IN THE HOT DOG PACKAGE OR GROUND BEEF.

>> THAT'S A GOOD THING.

[LAUGHTER] >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT FROM WHAT I WOULD SEE IN THOSE PRODUCTS.

YEAR AFTER YEAR, I STILL TRIED THOSE PRODUCTS.

MY TA AND CLASS WAS SAYING, WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM THAT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

[LAUGHTER] >> SO I JUST HAVE TO CHUCK IT UP TO THE FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS ARE WORKING.

>> THERE ARE THINGS WORKING FOR THIS.

>> BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK 100%.

>> AND WE EXPECT 100%.

I COULD SEE FROM THOSE PRODUCTS AND EXPERIENCE IN USING THEM TO TEST, THAT I'M SHIFTING THE PRODUCE.

THAT'S THE HARDER ONE.

>> DOES THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS?

YOU GO AND GET YOUR GROCERIES AT THE STORE, BRING IT BACK HOME AND WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT?

>> PRODUCE IS A HARD ONE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE GERMS THAT ARE ON THEM, YOU DON'T USE SOAP AND WATER LIKE YOU WOULD WITH YOUR HANDS AND YOU CAN'T USE HAND SANITIZER AND IT'S DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH RINSES.

IF YOU EAT RAW PRODUCE, IF YOU'RE A HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUAL THAT IS AT RISK FOR OF THESE FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.

>> HOW MUCH DOES THIS PLAY INTO FOOD SAFETY AND FOOD-BORNE ILLNESSES?

>> WHERE YOU'RE HAVING THAT FLASH KILL STEP, IT CAN PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S A PREPACKAGED, READY-TO-EAT, IF YOU'RE WANTING RAW PRODUCE, THERE'S GOING TO BE ONLY SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND THAT'S WHY THESE RECALLS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

USUALLY THESE RECALLS ARE HAPPENING ON THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR PEOPLE TO GET SICK FROM BECAUSE THERE ISN'T THAT KILL STEP POTENTIALLY AT HOME.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, FRANK BLOODY DIARRHEA.

MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY SOMETHING IS WRONG AND GO TO THE DOCTOR AND CHECK IT OUT.

LISTERIA HAS AN INCUBATION OF 12 TO 43 DAYS BEFORE SYMPTOMS EVEN SHOW.

AND SO ON AN INVESTIGATIVE SIDE, YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT YOU ATE RECENTLY.

I CAN'T GO BACK FURTHER THAN THREE DAYS.

UNTIL I WENT TO A RESTAURANT.

THE FOOD IS NOT LIKELY TO BE AROUND ANYMORE.

SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH LISTERIA.

ONE OF THE EARLY SYMPTOMS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLU.

SO THEN YOU BYPASS MORE TIME AND GETS ENTRENCHED INTO THE BODY WITH INFECTION.

THAT'S DIFFICULT IN TERMS THE OUTBREAKS.

>> WITH LISTERIA, YOU HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAT HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND DOES IMPACT PREGNANT WOMEN.

THAT'S WHY PREGNANT WOMEN ARE ADVISED AGAINST EATING CERTAIN FOODS LIKE COLD CUT DELI MEAT.

THEY WANT YOU TO WARM IT TO DO THAT KILL STEP.

AND ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO AT HIGHER RISK.

THERE'S A LOT OF DOCTORS TO AT ADVISE EATING THOSE HIGH RISKED FOODS TO PROTECT AGAINST LISTERIA.

IT'S A HARD ONE FROM AN OUTBREAK PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT A FOOD HISTORY OVER A MONTH LONG.

IT SOMETIMES IS VERY CHALLENGING.

>> AND YOU'RE TRACKING NOT JUST ONE CASE WITH ONE PERSON BUT MAYBE HUNDREDS OF, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR LUNCH THREE DAYS AGO?

THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

HOW LONG DOES IT USUALLY TAKE THE STATE TO BE ALERTED ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND HOW LONG DOES THE STATE LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AN OUTBREAK?

>> IT DEPENDS.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW -- LIKE IF IT'S A LOCAL OUTBREAK, A NATIONAL OUTBREAK, SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR INDIVIDUALS -- IT COULD DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF ILLNESS, RIGHT?

LIKE YOU SAID, LISTERIA IS KIND OF A MORE INSIDIOUS BEGINNING TO THE SYMPTOMS AND COULD TAKE SOMEONE LONGER TO GO TO THE DOCTOR IN ADDITION TO HOW LONG THE INCUBATION PERIOD IS TO BEING EXPOSED TO START HAVING SYMPTOMS.

AND THEN IT COULD TAKE A DOCTOR A MINUTE TO REALIZING YOU WOULD USE.

SOMETHING LIKE SALMONELLA, IT'S A SHORT INCUBATION PERIOD.

UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT EVER GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR SALMONELLA INFECTION.

SO THOSE OUTBREAKS, THEY COULD HAPPEN AND WE WOULD ATTORNEYLY NEVER KNOW THEY EXISTED BECAUSE THE SYMPTOMS RESOLVE AND THEY GO ON WITH THEIR LIFE.

E.COLI, 0157, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE BLOODY DIARRHEA IS SCARRY AND CAUSES A SEVERE ILLNESS AND REQUIRES HOSPITALIZATION.

BY THE TIME YOU'RE HOSPITALIZED, THEY'LL DO THROAT CULTURES TO LOOK INTO WHAT HAS MADE YOU SO SEVERELY ILL.

BUT I FEEL THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT CAN RESOLVE ON THEIR OWN WITH AN E.COLI INFECTION AND MAY NOT EVEN GET TESTED.

>> OR THINK TO REPORT IT.

>> ALL THAT TO SAY, IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS -- I CAN'T GIVE YOU A GREAT ANSWER, BUT WE HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE.

THE REPORTABLE DISEASE RULE WHERE IF SOMEONE GOES TO THE DOCTOR AND THEY'RE TESTED, THOSE ARE REPORTED TO US WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY IS WHAT THE RULE IS.

THOSE ARE SIGNED OUT THE SAME DAY.

THEY COME IN AND WE INVESTIGATE THEM.

IF WE SEE TRENDS IN EXPOSURES OR A COUNTY THAT HAS A HIGH NUMBER OF INFECTION, WE CAN LOOK INTO THOSE MORE.

FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS THIS SECOND LAYER OF TESTING THAT'S DONE ON A LOT OF THESE FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES.

IN ADDITION TO THE LAB RESULT BEING REPORTABLE, THE ISOLATE, THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING.

THEY CAN ANALYZE IT FROM A GENETIC PERSPECTIVE AND SEE HOW SIMILAR ONE PERSON's ISOL ARCATE IS TO ANOTHER.

HOMEGENO SEQUENCING.

WE CAN IDENTIFY CLUSTERS IN OKLAHOMA OR TIE IT IN TO A NATIONAL OUTBREAK.

YOU'RE NOT TIED IN TO A NATIONAL OUTBREAK UNLESS YOU HAD THAT SIMILARITY.

>> I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY FINAL THOUGHTS.

PROFESSOR?

>> IT SOUNDS LINING WE HAVE A LIKE WE HAVE A LOTOF PROBLEMS, G ON SOLUTIONS.

I WORKED WITH SYSTEMS THAT ARE SOLD TO MARLIN INDUSTRIES AND THEY MADE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT TO ADDRESS A LISTERIA ON READY-TO-EAT MEATS.

A LOTTIST IS FROM THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE COOKED IN A BAG AND THAT'S GREAT.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE JUICE, THE PURGE IS GENERATED AND TO COOL THEM DOWN, THEY RIP THEM OUT OF THE BAG, PUT THEM ON TRAILS, CARTS AND WHEEL THEM TO BLAST CHILLERS.

BLAST CHILLERS ARE NOTORIOUS IN THEIR OWN RITE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE NUTRIENTS AND MOISTURE AND YOU HAVE HOT PRODUCTS INTO A BLAST CHILLER, CONDENSING ON THE CHILLER APPARATUS AND SENDING A BLAST TO COLD AIR.

THAT PRODUCT THAT HAS TO BE PACKAGED THE NEXT DAY.

>> A LOT OF RESEARCH GOING ON.

KENDRA, ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?

>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT OUR ABILITY TO DETECT AND RESOLVE OUTBREAKS WITH FOOD BORNE ILLNESS, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND THE PUBLIC AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

ULTIMATELY, PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO SEE THEIR PHYSICIAN AND THE PHYSICIAN HAS TO TEST AND THEN THAT HAS TO BE REPORTED TO US.

SO I VIEW THIS AS A PARTNERSHIP AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL WHEN INDIVIDUALS RESPOND FOR INTERVIEW AND CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EXPOSURES THEY HAD.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HELP US IF WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE TIED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE HOMEGE NO SEQUENCING MATCH IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CONSUMED.

I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP AND I ENJOY THAT PART OF OUR JOB VERY MUCH.

>> WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND BREAKING DOWN THIS ENTIRE SITUATION.

>> Rich: THIS WEEK, WE TAKE A TRIP TO KENTUCKY.

THIS DATING BACK TO 1774 WHERE THE FIRST SETTLEMENT BUILT OUTSIDE OF THE FIRST 13 COLONIES.

SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORERS SPENT TIME THERE.

♪♪ >> WE'RE COMMEMORATING A HISTORY SITE.

THE FORT WAS THERE LONG BEFORE THE TOWN WAS.

WE OPERATE AS A STATE PARK, BUT WE REALLY FUNCTION AS A COMMUNITY PARK.

MOST OF THE RECONSTRUCTIVE FORTS THAT YOU CAN VISIT ARE SOMEONE's BEST GUESS AS TO WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE.

WE HAVE ACCURATE RECORDS TO HOW THE FORT WAS CONSTRUCTED.

THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN 1783 AND WROTE DOWN SPECIFICALLY HOW THE FORT AS CONSTRUCTED AND EVEN DREW A MAP WITH MEASUREMENTS AND HIS JOURNAL IS IN THE SMITHSONIAN ENCONSTITUTE.

INSTITUTE.

THE ORIGINAL WAS 264 BOTH DIRECTIONS.

>> THE FIRST BASTION WE HAVE AND THIS SPEAKS TO A NEW AGE AND KENTUCKY's CULTURE AS A WHOLE.

>> ANYBODY's NAME YOU RECOGNIZE IS HERE.

DANIEL BONNE, FORT HAROD WAS THE JEWEL AND THIS WAS THE COUNTY SEAT OF KENTUCKY AND WHERE THE LAND OFFICE WAS AND WHERE THE MILITIA MUSTERED AND WHERE COURT WAS HELD.

OUR FEDERAL MONUMENT BY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND HAND CARVED GRANITE.

THE CENTER FIGURE REPRESENTS GEORGE ROGERS CLARK FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD.

THE TWO FIGURES ON THE LEFT ARE THE YOUNG DESPERATE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR LAND AND A NEW BEGINNING OUT OF THE COLONIES AND THEN THE TWO ON THE RIGHT ARE EXPERIENCED WOODSMEN ALONG THE JOURNEY.

THIS OSAGE ORANGE TREE, THIS IS THE BIGGEST DRAW ON THE PARK AND AN ICON.

THE TREE ITSELF IS INSPECTED ANNUALLY.

SO THE TREE IS AS HEALTHY AS EVER.

WE HAVE HISTORICAL INTERPRETERS IN DRESS THAT WORK THROUGHOUT THE FORT, FROM THE BLACKSMITH AND GUN SMITH AND ANOTHER LADY SPINNING WOOL INTO YARN OR AT THE LOOM, WEAVING RUGS.

THEY LOVE DOING IT.

THERE THIS IS AN AMAZING HISTORICAL SITE, PEOPLE YOU CAN TALK TO WHERE IT'S JUST MORE THAN A MUSEUM OF ARTIFACTS BEHIND GLASS.

>> THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE SHINE.

GUNSHOTS (.

>> EVERY YEAR WE DO THIS RAID AND TRY OUR BEST TO GIVE A NOD TO THE SET SETTLERLERS THAT FOUNDED THE TOWN.

>> YOU HAVE A CLASH OF CULTURE BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOCATION LOCAL TRIBESAND THEY DON'T WANTE BREAKING TREATIES.

PEOPLE ARE ILLEGALLY SQUATTING ON NATIVE TERRITORY AND HISTORY UNFOLDS.

BUT WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE, YOU CAN GET A REAL MULTIFACETED STORY FROM THE NATIVE PERSPECTIVE.

YOU CAN GET A MULTIFACETED PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SETTLER EXPERIENCE.

>> IF YOU STUDY HISTORY, LIVING HISTORY IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

HISTORY IS IN THE DETAILS AND IN ALL OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WE DID NOT REMEMBER.

BUT THEY WERE THE PEOPLE LIKE US.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW EVERYDAY PEOPLE WERE LIVING AND THE TASKS THEY DID, LIVING HISTORY IS THE WAY YOU DO AND YOU'LL NEVER FIND THIS IN A TEXTBOOK.

>> RELIVING HISTORY IS AN AMAZING HOB WROTE OR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S BORDERING ON AN ADDICTION.

WE DO OUR LEFT BEST TO MAYBE IT AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE.

>> NOT EVERYBODY IS WILLING TO SPEND WHAT IS LOOKING TO BE A 90-DEGREE WEEKEND WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING AND NO FANS.

>> ANYTIME THERE'S STREAMTY OF THE WEATHER, COLD OR HOT, PEOPLE ARE AMAZED YOU SLEEP IN A TENT ON THE GROUND.

I'M, LIKE, WELL, PEOPLE DID IT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THEY INTENTED THE HOUSE, SO I THINK I'LL SURVIVE.

YOU DON'T JUST GET A FEEL OF HOW THESE PEOPLE LIVED, BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIPS THEY WENT THROUGH.

>> THEY'RE A GENEROUS COMMUNITY AND GIVING AND MOST OF OFF, JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.

>> I COME OUT BECAUSE IT'S MY HISTORY.

MY ANCESTORS CAME HERE BEFORE THIS PERIOD.

I'M A PROFESSIONAL BLACKSMITH AND GOT MY START HERE.

I LEARNED UNDER JIM MOORE, HOW TO CHANNEL MY CREATIVITY INTO THE STEEL AND THAT IS MY PROFESSION AND HOW I MAKE A LIVING.

IT CAME FROM RIGHT HERE.

>> SOME OF THE BEST TIMES I HAVE ARE WHEN WE HAVE A GROUP OF 30 SCHOOL KIDS.

ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HEAR THAT THIS IS THE BEST SCHOOL FIELD TRIP EVER.

IT'S A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE TO KNOW I'VEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE PARK THAT COMMEMORATES SO MUCH IMPORTANT KENTUCKY HISTORY.

>> Rich: THAT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT.

ON THE NEXT EDITION, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND PATRIOTISM.

WHAT IS ITS MISSION?

SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS EXPLAINS NEXT FRIDAY AT 7:00.

WE'LL ROLL THE CREDITS WITH THE PARADE SHOT AND EDITED BY OETA's CASETY FERGUSON.

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I'M RICH LENZ.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

WEEKEND!