GO BACK IN TIME AND EXPLORE OKLAHOMA'S HISTORY.

THURSDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN.

PROGRESS IN IMPROVING THE TRAINING FOR 911 CALL SCREENERS IN OKLAHOMA.

AND SO TO ACTUALLY PRACTICE AT A DESK THAT HAS THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE WITHIN A 911 CALL CENTER IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.

AN HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT RESULTS IN THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES AND PALESTINIAN PRISONERS.

20 COURAGEOUS HOSTAGES ARE RETURNING TO THE GLORIOUS EMBRACE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

AND IT IS GLORIOUS.

THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT REJECTS A PLAN TO CREATE COURTS DEVOTED SOLELY TO BUSINESS LITIGATION.

THE LEGISLATURE CAN'T CREATE ANY MORE COURTS THAN HAVE BEEN CREATED.

AND SO IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO CREATE A NEW COURT.

RECOGNIZING COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, STAGE FOUR BREAST CANCER IS NOT CURABLE AND STAGE ZERO TO STAGE THREE BREAST CANCER ARE COMPLETELY CURABLE.

A BRIGHT SPOT IN WHAT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR OKLAHOMA STATE FOOTBALL FANS.

APPRECIATE OUR STUDENTS HANGING IN THERE WITH US AND GIVING US SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR.

THOSE STORIES, PLUS OUR IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I'M RICH LINS.

BEING A 911 CALL OPERATOR IS A STRESSFUL AND DIFFICULT JOB TO DO WELL, AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH A PROPER TRAINING IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY.

THEY'VE BUILT THEIR NEW 911 CALL CENTER INSIDE OF A METRO TECH BUILDING, WHICH GIVES STUDENTS AN ONSITE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN ALONGSIDE VETERAN OPERATORS IN REAL TIME.

STEVE SHAW JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT PROGRAM.

STEVE RICH, OKLAHOMA COUNTY BUILT THEIR NEW 911 CALL CENTER INSIDE A TECHNICAL SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THEY WERE LOSING TOO MANY DISPATCHERS BECAUSE OF STRESS AND NOT ENOUGH TRAINING.

OKLAHOMA COUNTY.

YES.

OH YES 164 AND THEN WHAT WERE YOU AT ON BRADEN REID IS A 2016 CHOCTAW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, 1090, AND A FORMER PARAMEDIC, NURSE AND ER TECH COUNTY TO 164.

CAN YOU CALL IN, PLEASE?

WHO FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS HAS THRIVED AS A 911 DISPATCHER?

ALL RIGHT, THAT'LL WORK.

I'LL PUT IN THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

OF COURSE.

ANY TIME FOR THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE COUNTY HAS 18 DISPATCHERS THAT SERVE AN AREA OF MORE THAN 700MI!S.

JUST OVEA MONTH AGO, OKLAHOMA COUNTY OPENED THE NEW 911 CALL CENTER INSIDE METRO TECHNOLOGY CENTERS.

METRO TECHNOLOGY SUPERINTENDENT AARON COLLINS SAYS OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF TOMMY JOHNSON DESERVES GREAT CREDIT FOR SEEING A GREAT COMMUNITY NEED A LOT OF OUR POLICE AGENCIES DO NOT HIRE UNTIL STUDENTS ARE 21, AND SO WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP OF WHAT CAN STUDENTS DO BEFORE THEY GET 21?

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS ME THE COUNTY HAD BEEN LOSING TOO MANY 911 DISPATCHERS IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

IN MANY OF THOSE CASES, PEOPLE QUIT BECAUSE THEY REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND MENTALLY WHAT THEY WERE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR THE JOB.

JUST BLEW THE STOP SIGN ON.

HIAWASSEE SPEEDS ABOUT 105.

NO TRAFFIC.

STILL EASTBOUND.

UNCLEAR.

EASTBOUND FROM 15TH IN HIAWASSEE.

COLLINS SAYS METRO TECH'S FIRST 911 DISPATCHER CLASSES WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT TEN MONTHS.

WHAT WE DO IN OUR TRAINING IS THREEFOLD.

ONE IS CLASSROOM.

YOU STILL HAVE TO GET THE CLASSROOM AND GET THAT KNOWLEDGE.

SECOND THING IS YOU NEED PRACTICE.

AND SO TO ACTUALLY PRACTICE AT A DESK THAT HAS THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE WITHIN A 911 CALL CENTER IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.

THEN THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WORK BASED LEARNING.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE OF YOU BEING ABLE TO SEE SOMEONE DOING IT LIVE, AND THEN YOU BEING ABLE TO TEST THAT THROUGH WORK BASED LEARNING.

THIS ROOM WE CALL THE QUIET ROOM OR THE DEBRIEF ROOM, WHERE IF THEY'VE HAD A HARD CALL OR JUST A HARD DAY, THEY CAN COME IN HERE AND RELAX AND HELPS WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IS THAT A MASSAGE CHAIR I SEE THERE?

THAT IS A MASSAGE CHAIR.

THAT'S GOOD ANYWHERE, ISN'T IT?

YES IT IS, YES IT IS.

JILL STOVER'S DIRECTED OKLAHOMA COUNTY'S 911 DISPATCH FOR A DECADE.

SHE SAYS METRO TECH'S STUDENTS WILL SHADOW COUNTY DISPATCHERS.

THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FLOOR, AND THEY CAN SEE THE DISPATCHERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND THEY CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE NEW DISPATCH CENTER ALSO HAS A BANK OF TV'S.

THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS ALSO A GAME CHANGER FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE TO DO THEIR JOB AND DO IT EFFICIENTLY.

LIKE WHAT IT'LL BE THE NEW SIT STAND DESKS, THE THE MEDIAL WALL WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO TO SEE THE NEWS THAT IS GOING ON AND OTHER THINGS.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT IS IMPORTANT AS WELL AS ONE OF THE STATIONS WHERE THEY CAN SEE WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE AT SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DIRECT THEM QUICKLY IN THAT MANNER.

IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST WATCHING TV, IT'S ABOUT KEEPING UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.

ABSOLUTELY, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HELP THE METRO.

SO THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR.

911 DISPATCHER AND IF A STUDENT CAN COME THROUGH AND HAVE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND CERTIFICATIONS, THEN THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP THEM FIND THE RIGHT AGENCY FOR THEM.

AND THEY CAN GO AND ALREADY BE A STEP ABOVE AND AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, JUST WALKING IN THERE FROM FROM THE STREETS.

THIS IS WHERE THE COUNTY'S 911 CALL CENTER USED TO BE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM TINKER AIR FORCE BASE.

THE OLD FACILITY WASN'T SOUNDPROOF, WHICH WAS NO PICNIC WHEN MASSIVE AIRCRAFT FLEW BY.

AND EVERY TIME SEVERE WEATHER HIT, MIDWEST CITY DISPATCHERS HAD TO LEAVE THEIR POSTS AND SCRAMBLE TO A SHELTER.

THE ENTIRE NEW 4100 SQUARE FOOT DISPATCH CENTER IS A FEMA RATED SAFE ROOM, WHICH GIVES DISPATCHERS ONE LESS THING TO WORRY ABOUT.

MORALE IS TICKED UP.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S KIND OF YOU NOTICED THAT KIND OF SURPRISED YOU?

I WOULDN'T SAY SURPRISED ME, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE IN A SAFE ROOM.

THE BEING IN A IN A ROOM THAT IS IS SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND FEMA RATED.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PART OF THE STORMS.

EXACTLY.

YES.

BEING BEING ONLINE AND BEING ON THE RADIO WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO TO OUTSIDE RESOURCES AS WELL.

WHILE THE STORMS ARE CONTINUING.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY BEFORE.

WE SURE DIDN'T.

SPEAKING OF LUXURY, BRAYDEN REED THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS ABLE TO PLOP DOWN INTO THAT MASSAGE CHAIR.

YOU NEED HELP ON HOW TO OPERATE THE CHAIR.

YES, THAT'S COMING.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S A CHAIR?

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?

FEELS PRETTY COMFORTABLE.

IT IS REALLY COMFORTABLE.

SHE'S CURRENTLY TAKING A MEDICAL CALL, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE TONING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS GETTING AN AMBULANCE TO THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED.

GUTHRIE POLICE OFFICER TAYLOR MARTIN JUST GOT MARRIED TWO WEEKS AGO.

HE STARTED HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNEY EARLIER THIS YEAR AS A 911 DISPATCHER FOR GUTHRIE.

HE SAYS OKLAHOMA COUNTY'S NEW SETUP IS A BIG DEAL.

IT JUST PREPARES YOU SO YOU DON'T GO IN BLIND.

IT'S FANTASTIC TO GET IN AND KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO, RATHER THAN JUST GOING BLIND AND HAVE TO LEARN EVERYTHING ON THE FLY AS YOU'RE ANSWERING CALLS.

AND DID YOU FEEL THAT KIND OF THAT WAY WHEN YOU FIRST WENT IN AS A DISPATCHER AT GUTHRIE?

A LITTLE BIT, YEAH, IT'S IT'S KIND OF TRIAL BY FIRE.

YOU LISTEN TO A COUPLE, BUT THE BEST WAY TO LEARN IS REALLY DOING IT.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SAVED.

THEIR LIVES ARE GOING TO BE SAVED BECAUSE OF THIS BUILDING.

AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S GOING TO BE NICE TO NOT ONLY SERVE, BUT ALSO ELEVATE OTHERS.

WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR IS THEY GET IN THE CALL CENTER, THEY ENJOY IT, AND THEY STAY IN THE CALL CENTER BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH CARE, EMPATHY, CONFIDENCE TO ANSWER THAT PHONE CALL AND KNOW THAT HELP IS ON THEIR WAY.

THE NEW 911 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS PAID FOR BY AN $80 MILLION BOND ISSUE THAT PASSED BACK IN 2018.

RICH.

REALLY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU.

STEVE.

THE SIDE OF 20 ISRAELI HOSTAGES BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS IN HAMAS CAPTIVITY GALVANIZED MUCH OF THE WORLD ON MONDAY, THE FIRST PHASE OF A PEACE AGREEMENT BROKERED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT INCLUDES AN ISRAELI CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, HAS BEEN HERALDED AS AN HISTORIC MOMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

NOW, THE HARD WORK OF PHASE TWO BEGINS.

AFTER 738 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY.

20 ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE TEARFULLY AND JOYFULLY REUNITED WITH THEIR LOVED ONES IN ISRAEL MONDAY MORNING.

AFTER TWO HARROWING YEARS IN DARKNESS AND CAPTIVITY, 20 COURAGEOUS HOSTAGES ARE RETURNING TO THE GLORIOUS EMBRACE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

AND IT IS GLORIOUS.

28 MORE PRECIOUS LOVED ONES ARE COMING HOME AT LAST TO REST IN THIS SACRED SOIL FOR ALL OF TIME.

AND AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF UNCEASING WAR AND ENDLESS DANGER, TODAY THE SKIES ARE CALM, THE GUNS ARE SILENT, THE SIRENS ARE STILL.

AND THE SUN RISES ON A HOLY LAND THAT IS FINALLY AT PEACE.

IN RETURN, ISRAEL RELEASED NEARLY 2000 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, SOME OF THEM CONVICTED OF MURDER FROM ITS JAILS AS PART OF PHASE ONE OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT.

THE RETURN OF THE REMAINS OF THE DECEASED HOSTAGES MAY TAKE WEEKS, ACCORDING TO HAMAS, AND SOME BODIES THEY SAY MAY NEVER BE RECOVERED.

MOST OF THE GAZA STRIP LAYS IN RUINS, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTS IT WILL BE REBUILT GENERATIONS FROM NOW.

THIS WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE MOMENT THAT EVERYTHING BEGAN TO CHANGE AND CHANGE VERY MUCH FOR THE BETTER.

LIKE THE USA RIGHT NOW, IT WILL BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISRAEL AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST.

IT'S GOING TO WORK TOGETHER.

THE 20 POINT PEACE PLAN, BROKERED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM WAS SIGNED BY THE LEADERS OF EGYPT, QATAR AND TURKEY AT A CEREMONY ATTENDED BY ALMOST TWO DOZEN WORLD LEADERS IN EGYPT.

FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES.

WHY THIS HAPPENED IS THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND THEY WANTED TO GET GAZA STRAIGHTENED OUT.

THEY WANTED TO GET THE WHOLE THING STRAIGHTENED OUT.

IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS JUST CRAZY.

AND ONCE THEY GOT TOGETHER AND ONCE WE STARTED TALKING, IT WENT REALLY TO ME, IT WENT SMOOTHLY.

IT WENT SO SMOOTHLY.

YOU WERE SUCH A BIG HELP, BUT IT WENT SO SMOOTHLY THAT NOBODY CAN EVEN BELIEVE IT.

PHASE TWO OF THE PEACE PLAN MAY PROVE MORE DIFFICULT TO COMPLETE.

IT INCLUDES HAMAS VOLUNTARILY GIVING UP ITS WEAPONS, AND EXCLUDES THEM FROM PLAYING A ROLE IN THE POSTWAR GOVERNANCE OF GAZA.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PALESTINIAN STATE ALSO REMAINS AN UNRESOLVED ISSUE.

I EXTEND MY HAND TO HOLD THOSE WHO SEEK PEACE WITH US.

NO ONE WANTS PEACE MORE THAN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.

ISRAEL WILL ALWAYS REMAIN VIGILANT IN DEFENDING ITSELF, AND ISRAEL WILL ALWAYS REMAIN FULL OF HOPE.

HOPE IS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

HOPE IS OUR CREED.

HOPE IS OUR STRENGTH.

IT IS TIME, MY FRIENDS, TO REALIZE THAT HOPE AND EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF PEACE THAT MUST INCLUDE HAMAS DISARMING ITSELF.

AND IF THEY DON'T, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS WEEK, QUOTE, WE'LL DISARM THEM AND IT WILL HAPPEN QUICKLY AND PERHAPS VIOLENTLY.

I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD INVOLVE NOT AMERICAN TROOPS ON THE GROUND, BUT THAT WOULD INVOLVE ALLOWING ISRAEL TO BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN AGAIN AND TO SAY THIS CANNOT CONTINUE.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ONCE ISRAEL PULLED OUT OF THAT AREA AND THE HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED, HAMAS THAT WAS IN GAZA THEN TURNED THEIR GUNS ON OTHER PALESTINIANS AND STARTED RUTHLESSLY EXECUTING THEM IN THE STREET.

OKLAHOMA SENIOR SENATOR KNOWS THE OUTCOME IN GAZA REMAINS UNCERTAIN, BUT AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY THIS WEEK, THE IMPOSSIBLE SEEMED POSSIBLE.

MY FIRST REACTION WAS JUST HALLELUJAH.

QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS A MOMENT TO SAY, FINALLY, WE HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH.

EUROPE HAS TRIED TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL.

THE MIDDLE EAST HAS TRIED TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL.

TURKEY AND OTHER NATIONS HAVE TRIED TO STEP IN AND NEGOTIATE A DEAL.

ALL HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

AND COMING UP LATER IN OUR IN-DEPTH SEGMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR LOCAL REACTION TO THE HISTORIC EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS WEEK, AS MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD SITS DOWN WITH SUPPORTERS OF BOTH ISRAEL AND PALESTINE.

HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THAT CONVERSATION.

WHEN THEY DECLARED THAT THE WAR IS OVER AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCHANGE.

AND AND THE HOSTAGES ARE COMING OUT AND THE PALESTINIANS ARE COMING OUT.

IT WAS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WATCHING WATCHING PEOPLE BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR WITH THEIR FAMILY IS JUST A FEELING OF JOY THAT THIS WAR HAS STOPPED.

WELL, I THINK THAT HAMAS NEEDS TO STEP UP AND UPHOLD THEIR END OF THE DEAL.

YOU KNOW, WITH WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE WAR IS NOT OVER.

WAR IS A LEGAL STATUS.

IT WAS THERE'S A WAR THAT WAS DECLARED.

AND UNTIL THE WAR IS ENDED, AND EVEN IF IT'S A FORMALITY TO HAVE THE KNESSET SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT IN WAR ANYMORE, THERE ARE THERE'S STAGE ONE, STAGE TWO OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PEACE AGREEMENT.

BECAUSE IF THE REST OF THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THIS NEWSCAST, THE IDEA OF CREATING BUSINESS COURTS IN OKLAHOMA IS, WELL, GOOD BUSINESS, ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT.

BUT THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT DOESN'T AGREE, AT LEAST NOT WITH THE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE LAST SESSION.

JASON DOYLE JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN HOW BUSINESSES OPERATE AND THE CHANCES OF THEM BECOMING REALITY IN THE FUTURE.

JASON RICH.

THE INTENT OF BUSINESS COURTS IN OKLAHOMA WAS TO HELP CREATE A FAST LANE FOR BUSINESS RELATED LAWSUITS.

DESPITE A RULING BY THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT, BUSINESS COURTS STILL COULD HAVE A LIFE IN OKLAHOMA.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA COMES ON HEARING BEFORE THE COURT IN BANK CASE NUMBER 123222.

THAT'S HOW THINGS GOT STARTED ON JULY 15TH, AS THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST SENATE BILL 632, THAT LEGISLATION HAD BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT WITH THE INTENTION OF SETTING UP A BUSINESS COURT SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA, SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN WANTING FOR HIS BUSINESS FRIENDLY AGENDA FOR A FEW YEARS.

DESPITE BEING RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IN A 6 TO 2 DECISION BY THE JUSTICES.

THE IDEA OF BUSINESS COURTS IS ALIVE.

THERE WAS BROAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE LEGISLATION WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.

REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, OVERWHELMING NUMBERS.

AND THEN I THINK THE PUBLIC IS THERE'S A REAL APPETITE FOR IT, WHICH IS PART OF WHY THE GOVERNOR CHAMPIONED THIS INITIATIVE OVER THE YEARS.

GOVERNOR STITT'S GENERAL COUNSEL, BEN LEPAK, WAS ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS DEFENDING THE LAW.

HE SAYS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS COURTS HELPS TO PLAY INTO THE GOVERNOR'S DESIRE TO MAKE OKLAHOMA MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.

WHAT THAT DOES FOR BUSINESSES IS IT CREATES CERTAINTY AROUND WHAT THEIR LITIGATION COSTS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET A QUICK RESOLUTION OF THEIR CASES.

ULTIMATELY, THAT HELPS MAKE OKLAHOMA MORE OF A PRO-BUSINESS STATE AND ENCOURAGES COMPANIES TO MOVE HERE, TO HEADQUARTER HERE AND TO OTHERWISE OPERATE HERE.

HOWEVER, THOSE WHO SUED TO STOP THE LAW FROM GOING INTO EFFECT CHALLENGED HOW THE BUSINESS COURTS WERE BEING ESTABLISHED.

WHEN GOVERNOR STITT ANNOUNCED THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE SPECIAL BUSINESS COURTS TO HANDLE BUSINESS DISPUTES.

I'M NOT TERRIBLY AGAINST THAT IDEA.

HOWEVER, BY THE TIME THAT THE LEGISLATURE GOT THROUGH WITH THE BILL, THEY HAD ADDED SO MANY THINGS TO IT THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST FIVE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

BOB BURKE WAS ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS CHALLENGING THE NEW LAW.

HE SAYS ONE OF THOSE PROVISIONS APPOINTED THE BUSINESS COURT JUDGES, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM STAND FOR ELECTION.

THE PROVISION OF THE BILL THAT WAS MOST REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION WAS THAT IT ALLOWED THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT TWO BUSINESS COURT JUDGES FROM A LIST GIVEN TO HIM BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

THE SUPREME COURT ENDED UP AGREEING WITH THAT NOTION.

BURKE ADDS, THAT WASN'T THE ONLY PART OF THE LAW THAT WAS QUESTIONABLE TO HIM.

THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO SET UP A WHOLE NEW COURT, AND WHEN WE HAD COURT REFORM IN 1969, AFTER A HORRIBLE SUPREME COURT SCANDAL IN OKLAHOMA, THE VOTERS OF THE STATE SAID, HEY, THE LEGISLATURE CAN'T CREATE ANY MORE COURTS THAN HAVE BEEN CREATED.

AND SO IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO CREATE A NEW COURT.

THE COURT DID NOT RULE ON THAT POINT, BECAUSE THE ISSUE OF APPOINTING VERSUS ELECTING JUDGES WAS ENOUGH FOR THE JUSTICES TO CALL THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THIS IS SENATE BILL 632.

IT WAS WRITTEN BY HOUSE SPEAKER KYLE HILBERT AND SENATE PRO TEM LONNIE PAXTON.

IT WOULD HAVE SET UP THE COURTS HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

HOWEVER, THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION HERE NULLIFIED THAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE ISSUE OF BUSINESS COURTS IN OKLAHOMA IS OVER.

AFTER THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT RENDERED ITS DECISION, GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT REACTED ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, POSTING HIS BELIEF THAT A BUSINESS COURT SYSTEM CAN WORK IN OKLAHOMA, SAYING THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION BLOCKING THE BUSINESS COURTS LAW IS DISAPPOINTING AND CONTRASTS WITH OUR REPUTATION AS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE.

THERE IS STILL STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND A CLEAR PATH FORWARD.

I REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAKING OKLAHOMA A TOP TEN IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

GENERAL COUNSEL BELIEVES A SECOND ATTEMPT WILL ULTIMATELY BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH, IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE BILL AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE COURT, WAS A REALLY STRONG MODEL THAT THAT WOULD LEAD THE NATION.

THE GOOD NEWS IS NOTHING ABOUT THE COURT RULING THAT WE SAW THIS SUMMER REALLY HAD TO DO WITH ANY OF THAT SUBSTANCE.

LEPAK SAYS THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM STUDIED OTHER STATES WITH A SPECIALIZED BUSINESS COURT SYSTEM.

THEY TRIED TO INCORPORATE THE BEST PARTS, WHICH WOULD WORK FOR OKLAHOMA.

A LOT OF BUSINESSES HISTORICALLY HAVE INCORPORATED IN STATES LIKE DELAWARE, WHERE THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE FOR THESE KINDS OF DISPUTES.

AND THE GOVERNOR HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT YEARS, DELAWARE'S COURTS HAVE SORT OF LOST SOME OF THEIR REPUTATION FOR BEING A FAVORABLE VENUE FOR THAT SORT OF DISPUTE.

AND SO YOU'VE SEEN OTHER STATES TRY TO POSITION THEMSELVES TO, TO RECEIVE SOME OF THOSE INCORPORATIONS.

LEPAK SAYS TEXAS HAS SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THAT OVER RECENT YEARS BY DEVELOPING THEIR OWN BUSINESS COURT SYSTEM.

OKLAHOMA'S VERSION OF THE LAW WOULD HAVE SET UP THE BUSINESS COURTS IN OKLAHOMA AND TULSA COUNTIES THE WAY IT WAS CRAFTED.

THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL JUDGES WOULD SIT, BUT IT ACTUALLY PROVIDED FOR IF THERE WERE CASES THAT CAME FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE THAT ENDED UP IN A TRIAL, THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE TRIAL ACTUALLY IN THE THE COUNTY WHERE THE CASE ORIGINATED.

BURKE BELIEVES THAT COULD BE OUT OF BOUNDS TO THE IDEA BACK AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WAS THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BE AT LEAST A DAYS WAGON RIDE AWAY FROM THE COURTHOUSE, AND WE DON'T HAVE WAGONS ANYMORE, YOU KNOW.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA ARE ALLOWED TO LITIGATE THEIR CLAIMS IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.

LEPAK HAS CONFIDENCE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CAN WORK WITH LEGISLATORS TO CRAFT A BILL WHICH WILL STAND CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT NOW TO DETERMINE THE PATH FORWARD.

ALREADY IN LAW, ACTUALLY, THERE'S THERE'S PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS COURTS, AND THAT'S BEEN IN LAW FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

AND SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A PATH FORWARD.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KIND OF HAMMERING OUT THE DETAILS WITH THE LEGISLATURE.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, BEN LEPAK SAYS THERE'S EVEN A PATH THAT THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT COULD HELP SET UP A BUSINESS COURT SYSTEM AND WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IF THE JUSTICES WERE WILLING.

RICH, JASON, THANK YOU.

COLUMBUS DAY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY WERE BOTH CELEBRATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON MONDAY IN OKLAHOMA, HOME TO 39 TRIBES, THERE WAS A LARGE GATHERING AT THE FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM TO HONOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, HIGHLIGHTED BY A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION READ BY OKLAHOMA CITY MAYOR DAVID HOLT, WHO ALSO RECEIVED A SPECIALLY MONOGRAMMED NATIVE BLANKET.

WE ARE ALL GATHERED HERE TODAY TO HONOR THE BEAUTY, STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND LIVING PRESENCE OF THE 39 TRIBES IN OKLAHOMA TODAY.

THIS LAND CARRIES THEIR STORIES, STORIES THAT HAVE SHAPED WHO WE ARE, THAT TALK ABOUT RESILIENCE AND TALK ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CULTURES.

AND WHEREAS OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY IS DEDICATED TO OPPOSING RACISM, SUPPORTS EQUITABLE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, INCOME AND HEALTHCARE SUPPORTS DEEPER RESPECT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND FAMILY PRESERVATION.

SUPPORTS A HIGHER AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES FACING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND SUPPORTS POLICY MAKING TO ADDRESS SOCIAL CRISES LIKE MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES.

THIS IS THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT OKLAHOMA CITY HAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

OKLAHOMA CITY VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSING A $2.7 BILLION BOND ISSUE IN TUESDAY'S ELECTION.

JUST OVER 34,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO VOTE, WITH ALL OF THE 11 PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT RECEIVING 75% OF THE VOTE OR MORE.

THE BOND ISSUE WILL NOT RAISE PROPERTY TAXES.

THE BIGGEST OUTLAYS WILL BE FOR STREET WORK 382 PROJECTS IN ALL, COSTING ALMOST $1.4 BILLION.

$415 MILLION WILL BE USED TO BUILD OR IMPROVE 31 PARKS AND TRAILS.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE $130 MILLION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COURT SYSTEM 107 MILLION.

AND THERE ARE ALSO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATIONS FOR THINGS LIKE TRANSIT, PARKING, LIBRARIES AND CITY MAINTENANCE.

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND WHILE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN SURVIVAL RATES, BREAST CANCER REMAINS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG WOMEN.

TAYLOR JACKSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

TAYLOR.

YEAH, RICH.

1 IN 8 WOMEN IN THE U.S.

WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCERS IN THE COUNTRY.

AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ARE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION.

LORI FORD WAS 49 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE TWO B BREAST CANCER.

I HAD SEVERAL ACQUAINTANCES WHO HAD HAD BREAST CANCER OR A SCARE OR SO, SO I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY FOR MYSELF AND GO AHEAD AND GET COURAGEOUS TO GET THAT MAMMOGRAM.

THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION SAYS WHEN A PERSON IS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE TWO B, THE TUMOR IS LARGER OR THE CANCER CELLS HAVE SPREAD INTO LYMPH NODES.

FORD NOTICED SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING A SELF-EXAMINATION.

IT WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER WHERE IT FELT JUST A TINY BIT SORE, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS ISN'T NORMAL.

I JUST DON'T LIKE THE WAY THIS IS FEELING.

AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

LIKE IT WAS OCTOBER.

SO ALL OF THE MEDIA WAS TALKING ABOUT BREAST CANCER, AND THERE WERE ADS FROM SUSAN G. KOMEN OR INTEGRIS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS IS JUST A MESSAGE.

GOD IS JUST SAYING, GET THAT MAMMOGRAM.

RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION, SHE WENT IN FOR MAMMOGRAM SHORTLY AFTER.

AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY SAID THIS AREA IS SUSPICIOUS, JUST LIKE YOU THOUGHT.

SO WE NEED YOU TO COME BACK AND DO AN ULTRASOUND.

AND SO THEN HAD THE ULTRASOUND.

THEN AN ULTRASOUND WITH BIOPSY.

THE OU STEPHENSON CANCER CENTER SAYS EARLY DETECTION IS IMPORTANT.

THERE ARE MANY YOUNG WOMEN WHO HAVE PICKED UP AN ABNORMALITY AND HAVE GONE FOR BREAST MAMMOGRAPHY.

AND THEY WERE DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY STAGE DISEASE, WHICH THEY WERE COMPLETELY CURED AFTER THE TREATMENT.

AND SELF-EXAMINE YOURSELF OFTEN, JUST AS LORI DID, YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW YOUR BREASTS FEEL.

YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW IT LOOKS.

IF THERE ARE ANY SKIN CHANGES, ANY REDNESS, ANY NIPPLE CHANGES, ANY LUMP THAT YOU ARE FEELING, DO NOT IGNORE IT.

TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT.

WITH THE SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS, LORI STARTED ON A JOURNEY TO REMISSION.

MY MOM WAS JUST A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR ALL MY LIFE, FOR JUST HAVING A WONDERFUL, POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

AND REALLY, I BELIEVE THAT THAT I WAS PLACED IN MY FAMILY BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT GOD KNEW EXACTLY WHERE I NEEDED TO BE AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF MINDSET JUST GOING FORWARD WITH A 90% SURVIVAL RATE.

FORD BEGAN CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION.

THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART OF MY JOURNEY, AND MOST BECAUSE I GOT SICK DURING THAT TIME WITH KIND OF A FLU LIKE VIRUS, AND I WAS JUST KNOCKED OUT FOR ALMOST A MONTH FROM JUST BEING ILL.

BUT JUST THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM CHEMO ARE REALLY HARD.

RADIATION WASN'T EVEN HALF AS BAD AS THAT.

FORD SPENT NINE YEARS CANCER FREE, SO THAT WAS JUST A HUGE VICTORY FOR ME.

JUST MADE KNOWING THAT EVERYTHING I HAD GONE THROUGH, ALL OF THE THE PAIN AND FRUSTRATION AND FEELING SO CRAPPY, JUST KNOWING IT WAS WORTH THAT FIGHT, IT WAS WORTH THE STRUGGLE.

AND I HAD SUCH A GREAT TRIBE ALL AROUND ME.

ACCORDING TO OU HEALTH, ABOUT 15,000 WOMEN WERE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022.

I BECAME A RUNNER AND I STARTED RUNNING HALF MARATHONS AND DOING SOME REALLY LONG HIKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO AND WHICH I LOVED ALL THAT.

BUT I WAS HAVING SOME REOCCURRING PAIN IN MY HIP, AND I WAS HAVING A TINY BIT OF PAIN IN MY SPINE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT WAS RELATED TO.

RUNNING.

IN 2023, FORD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER.

METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IS A CANCER THAT SPREADS BEYOND THE BREAST AND LYMPH NODES TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY.

THERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS OF BREAST CANCERS, AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT KIND OF BREAST CANCER THE PATIENT HAD, THERE ARE SPECIFIC SITES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE PATIENT'S.

THE MOST COMMON CANCER IS ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE CANCER HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE CANCER.

SO THAT CANCER USUALLY LIKES TO GO TO BONES.

DOCTOR RAZAK SAYS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAGE FOUR AND EARLIER STAGES OF CANCER IS SURVIVAL.

STAGE FOUR BREAST CANCER IS NOT CURABLE AND STAGE ZERO TO STAGE THREE BREAST CANCER ARE COMPLETELY CURABLE.

STAGE FOUR BREAST CANCER THE PATIENTS HAVE TO BE ON SOME SORT OF THERAPY ALL THEIR LIVES, SHE SAYS.

THERE ARE NOW PLENTY OF MEDICATIONS TO HELP THOSE WITH STAGE FOUR BREAST CANCER.

WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF MEDICATIONS, PLENTY OF NEWER MEDICATIONS THAT ARE BEING FDA APPROVED.

SO THE SURVIVAL IN METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IS MEAN.

SURVIVAL IS ABOUT THREE YEARS.

THAT RANGES BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, FROM FEW MONTHS TO LIKE MANY YEARS, PATIENTS WHO HAVE HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER THAT IS INVOLVING THE BONES.

THEY THEY LIVE FOR YEARS, MANY YEARS.

FORD SAYS HER MEDICATION, KISQALI, HAS MADE HER CANCER DORMANT.

SO THOSE DRUGS ARE SO POWERFUL, THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE TERRIBLE.

BUT IT WORKED.

LORI IS GRATEFUL FOR EACH DAY SHE HAS.

I PRAYED TO GOD THAT I SAID, YOU KNOW, PLEASE JUST LET ME LIVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY GRANDKIDS.

AND SO I AM SO, SO THANKFUL TO SAY THAT MY FIRST GRANDBABY IS GOING TO BE BORN IN JANUARY.

SHE ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO MAKE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF GETTING CANCER.

START RUNNING, START WALKING.

START EXERCISING.

IMPROVE YOUR DIET.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

DOCTOR RAZAK SAYS OKLAHOMANS CAN VISIT THE OU HEALTH WEBSITE TO ACCESS SCREENING AND PREVENTION RESOURCES.

RICH TAYLOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

OKLAHOMA MAY NOT BE A TOP TEN STATE TO DO BUSINESS IN, BUT THEY'RE TOP 15, ACCORDING TO ONE BUSINESS PUBLICATION.

THAT STORY TOPS THIS WEEK'S STATEWIDE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW WITH JASON DOYLE, BUSINESS PUBLICATION AREA DEVELOPMENT RANKS OKLAHOMA AS NUMBER 15 ON ITS LIST OF TOP STATES FOR DOING BUSINESS.

THE ANNUAL SURVEY RANKING SHOWS OKLAHOMA'S STRENGTH IS IN THE COST AND AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY.

AREA DEVELOPMENT PUTS OUR STATE AT NUMBER TWO FOR ENERGY COSTS AND NUMBER NINE FOR ENERGY AVAILABILITY.

OKLAHOMA CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOME RENTAL MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY.

REALTOR.COM RANKS THE STATE'S CAPITAL CITY AT NUMBER TWO FOR AFFORDABILITY, ONLY BEHIND THE AUSTIN, TEXAS, AREA.

IN SEPTEMBER, THE AVERAGE RENTAL IN THE OKC METRO IS $1,007 A MONTH.

PEOPLE RENTING IN OKLAHOMA CITY USE ABOUT 17% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME TO PAY FOR A PLACE TO LIVE, A SLIGHT DROP FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND THAT FOLLOWS A NATIONAL TREND OF MORE AFFORDABLE RENTALS.

OKLAHOMA CITY BASED BANK SEVEN CORPORATION REPORTS THIRD QUARTER NET INCOME OF $10.8 MILLION.

THAT'S A DIP FROM THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR AT 11.8 MILLION.

THE BANKING COMPANY'S TOTAL ASSETS DID GROW FROM THE SECOND TO THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR TO $1.9 BILLION.

THAT'S A 3% INCREASE.

TOTAL LOANS ALSO INCREASED BY 2.46% COMPARED TO THE SECOND QUARTER.

THUNDER BASKETBALL STAR JALEN WILLIAMS IS THE FACE OF ECHO UNLIMITED'S F W 25 CAMPAIGN.

THE COMPANY SAYS THAT J. W IS AN ATHLETE WHOSE STYLE, VERSATILITY AND AUTHENTICITY EMBODY THE SAME RAW ENERGY THAT MADE ECHO A CULTURAL FORCE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

WILLIAMS IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE NBA'S BEST DRESSED PLAYERS.

HE CREDITS HIS PARENTS AND PEERS FOR INFLUENCING HIS STYLE AND FASHION SENSE.

THE F W 25 CAMPAIGN IS A NOD TO ECHO'S AD CAMPAIGNS FROM ITS EARLY YEARS.

ALSO THIS SPRING, THE COMPANY WILL LAUNCH A COLLECTION DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH WILLIAMS.

BY THE WAY, THE THUNDER START THEIR SEASON ON TUESDAY.

THIS IS THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

WHAT IS NOW OFFICIALLY REFERRED TO AS THE TRUMP DECLARATION FOR ENDURING PEACE AND PROSPERITY, IS A 20 POINT PLAN THAT MAY TAKE DECADES TO FULLY REALIZE RIGHT NOW A CEASE FIRE, A PULLBACK OF ISRAELI FORCES AND AN EXCHANGE OF HOSTAGES FOR PRISONERS HAS TAKEN PLACE.

BUT THERE'S STILL MUCH TO DO, AND EVERYBODY AGREES IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.

WITH MORE ON THE HISTORIC EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS WEEK AND A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT, HERE'S IN-DEPTH MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD WITH HER SPECIAL PANEL OF GUESTS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS DISCUSSION IS RABBI JARED HARRIS OF THE TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL AND IMAM AHMAD IN CHELSEA WITH THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE ON IN DEPTH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

OF COURSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO LET'S START WITH YOUR REACTIONS TO THE RELEASE OF THE ISRAELI HOSTAGES AND THE PALESTINIAN DETAINEES.

RABBI HARRIS, WHAT DID YOU THINK?

I MEAN, OVERJOYED THAT THE HOSTAGES ARE HOME AND STARTING TO RECEIVE THE TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED, THAT THEIR FAMILIES CAN HOLD THEM IN THEIR ARMS?

AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE STILL PRAYING FOR AND WAITING FOR THE DECEASED HOSTAGES TO ALSO BE RETURNED HOME, BUT JUST OVERJOYED, OVERJOYED.

AND IMAM, HOW DID YOU FEEL SEEING THOSE VIDEOS OF REUNIFICATION AND HEARING FROM, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THIS JOY?

AGAIN, THE THE THE I THINK I TOLD MY WIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SAID, I'LL BE ABLE TO GET A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP.

I'VE BEEN A NEWS JUNKIE ALL THOSE TWO LAST TWO YEARS, WATCHING AND ANTICIPATING CRYING.

BUT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DECLARED THAT THE WAR IS OVER AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCHANGE AND AND THE HOSTAGES ARE COMING OUT AND THE PALESTINIANS ARE COMING OUT, IT WAS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WATCHING WATCHING PEOPLE BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR WITH THEIR FAMILY IS JUST A FEELING THAT I KNOW VERY, VERY, VERY WELL.

TEARS MIXED WITH LAUGHS MIXED WITH JUMPING UP AND DOWN, MIXED WITH CAUTION.

OPTIMISM.

BUT OVERALL A FEELING OF JOY THAT THIS WAR HAS STOPPED.

AND IMAM, WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE AND YOU JOINED US RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, ALL TWO YEARS AGO, WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT HOW YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN DEEPLY, DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THIS.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM NOW?

WELL, THEY'RE HAPPY THEY'RE GOING BACK HOME, BUT THERE'S NO HOME.

THEY'RE HAPPY.

THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THEIR STREET.

I GOT A I GOT A MESSAGE.

WHENEVER THEY GET INTERNET AND THEY SHOW ME THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY HAVE THAT IS NO LONGER THERE.

ONE OF MY RELATIVES ACTUALLY HAVE A THREE HOUSE, A THREE STORY HOUSE THAT HAVE PANCAKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

AND SHE HAVE THAT AT THE VERY ENTRANCE OF THAT HOUSE.

AND SHE WAS VERY GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS WHERE HER AND 11 MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY IS GOING TO BE STAYING FOR RIGHT NOW.

SO MANY OF THEM WERE VERY HAPPY THAT THE WAR IS OVER AND THAT THE BOMBING IS OVER.

AND, AND, AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET TO GO BACK HOME, BUT ALSO WELL AWARE THAT THERE'S NO SIGN OF LIFE, NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY, NO INTERNET, NO HOSPITALS TO GO TO.

AND DESPITE ALL OF THAT, I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE RESILIENT PEOPLE THAN THIS, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ERECTING A TENT AND AND SITTING THERE ON TOP OF THEIR HOUSES.

RABBI HARRIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEXT STEP SHOULD BE TO KEEP PEACE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS?

WELL, I THINK THAT HAMAS NEEDS TO STEP UP AND UPHOLD THEIR END OF THE DEAL.

YOU KNOW, WITH WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE WAR IS NOT OVER.

WAR IS A LEGAL STATUS.

IT WAS THERE'S A WAR THAT WAS DECLARED.

AND UNTIL THE WAR IS ENDED IN EVEN IF IT'S A FORMALITY TO HAVE THE KNESSET SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT IN WAR ANYMORE.

THERE ARE THERE'S STAGE ONE, STAGE TWO OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PEACE AGREEMENT.

AND I THINK THAT PEACE SEEKING PEOPLE NEED TO STEP UP AND UPHOLD EACH OF THEIR ENDS OF THE BARGAIN.

AND MOM, KIND OF THE SAME.

QUESTION YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT PEACE GOING FORWARD?

WELL, WE KEEP WE KEEP TRYING TO COVER UP SYMPTOMS.

THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IS OCCUPATION.

AND THE PALESTINIANS GAVE UP 80% OF THEIR LAND FOR ONE PURPOSE.

AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY IS TO HAVE A STATE AND AND TO FEEL, YOU KNOW, SELF-DETERMINATION AND AND TO FEEL DIGNITY, EVEN OVER 20% OF THEIR ORIGINAL LAND.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN GAZA ARE NOT FROM GAZA.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN GAZA, LIKE MY FAMILY, IS FROM THE CITY OF JAFFA.

THEY USED TO BE PALESTINE IN 1948.

SO IF WE KEEP PUTTING A BAND-AID ON ISSUES, I'M AFRAID, LIKE THE RABBI HAVE SAID, THAT THE WAR HAVE NOT HAVE NOT ENDED.

THERE IS THIS THERE IS THIS BRUTAL OCCUPATION THAT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENDURING SINCE 1948.

AND THIS LAST ROUND IS JUST, JUST IT'S JUST AS TERRIBLE AS IT IS IF IT'S IF WE DON'T LOOK AT STAGE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE IDEA OF A STATEHOOD AND THE IDEA OF THE PALESTINIAN SELF-DETERMINATION, I'M AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO BE CONTINUING FOREVER AND EVER.

RABBI.

YEAH, PLEASE.

WELL, I'M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OCCUPATION, WHAT ARE THE BORDERS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

ARE YOU SAYING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS PALESTINE UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE UP UNTIL WORLD WAR ONE?

WE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING 1967 BORDERS.

THAT'S WHAT THE OSLO AGREEMENT WAS, THAT THE PALESTINIANS GET THEIR OWN STATE.

AND NOW EVEN.

BUT YOU SAID YOU SAID INITIAL THOUGHTS REALLY QUICK SINCE 1948.

SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OCCUPATION WAS IN 1948.

THE NAKBA STARTED IN 1948.

BUT WHAT THE PALESTINIANS HAVE AGREED TO IS THE 1967 BORDERS, WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN STATE, WHICH IS 22% OF OF THE LAND.

AND SINCE THEN THERE HAS BEEN SETTLEMENTS AFTER SETTLEMENTS, AFTER SETTLEMENTS, AS WE SPEAK, THERE ARE MORE SETTLEMENTS BEING BUILT.

ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS ARE BEING BUILT ON, ON PALESTINIAN PALESTINIAN LAND.

AGAIN, THE POINT, THE POINT IS NOT THE IS NOT THE YOU KNOW, THE PALESTINIANS ARE READY TO HAVE A STATE THAT IS THAT IS 20% OF THEIR LAND.

AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

AND ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT OF, OF, OF THIS, THIS CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS THERE WILL BE NO PALESTINIAN STATE.

SO IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK OVER THOSE PLANS.

WELL, GOING BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT, RABBI, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION.

ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PACE OF THE REMAINS OF OUR HOSTAGES WHO HAVE PASSED GETTING THOSE BACK?

ABSOLUTELY.

BECAUSE IF HAMAS AGREED AS A PART OF THIS DEAL, TO RETURN THE DECEASED BODIES, THEN THAT IS A PART OF THIS PROMISE.

FAMILIES ARE STILL WAITING.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT SKIRT AROUND, THOUGH THIS QUESTION OF OCCUPATION 1948 AND PALESTINIAN LAND, BECAUSE IF WE ONLY START WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN 1948, THEN I THINK THAT WE GIVE THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS A AN AUTONOMOUS, SELF-GOVERNED PLACE CALLED PALESTINE.

BUT THE ATTEMPT FOR A TWO STATE SOLUTION GOES BACK TO 1947.

AND BEFORE THAT, THERE WASN'T AN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT FOR EITHER OF THE PEOPLES.

SO AND THAT GOES BACK, OF COURSE, TO THE OTTOMANS AND THAT GOES BACK, YOU KNOW, BRITISH MANDATE OTTOMANS, ETC.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE LEAVE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION, THEN WE END UP WITH PEOPLE CHANTING ABOUT FREE PALESTINE FROM OCCUPATION.

AND IT GETS VERY CONFUSING AS TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

CONNECTING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS AND THE WAR THAT ENSUED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT OF GAZA, HAMAS WAGED A TERROR ATTACK INTO ISRAEL, CONNECTING THAT TO FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND SAYING THAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH LOOKING FOR AUTONOMOUS GOVERNANCE BECOMES A VERY, I THINK, SLIPPERY SLOPE OF CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT SENDS THEIR MILITARY INTO.

THE ROOMS OF BABIES TO CUT THEIR HEADS OFF.

WELL, IMAM, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT SIMPLE AS WELL ON EITHER SIDE.

IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED, COMPLICATED.

BUT, IMAM, PLEASE.

THE TWO STATE SOLUTION THAT WAS AGREED UPON IN OSLO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE TWO STATE SOLUTION?

YES.

IN 1948, THE UNITED NATIONS SAID ESTABLISHED GAZA, WHICH WAS A LOT BIGGER PIECE OF LAND THAN THAT.

AND THE AND THE WEST BANK, THERE WAS A COHESIVE PIECE OF LAND.

BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 1967 BORDERS AND THE OSLO AGREEMENT FOR, BY THE WAY, WHEN WE SAY TWO STATE SOLUTION, THE STATE OF ISRAEL ALREADY EXISTS.

SO THE ONLY THE ONLY STATE THAT DOESN'T EXIST IS A PALESTINIAN STATE.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY BY BY THE IDEA OF, OF OF TWO STATE SOLUTION.

AND YOU KNOW, I AM NOT I'M SPEAKING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC GROUP OR ANYBODY ELSE.

AND, RABBI, WHEN WE SPOKE BEFORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, WE TALKED ABOUT REPEATING NARRATIVES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM JOURNALISTS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS CONFLICT?

AND WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE HERE IN OKLAHOMA TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON?

WE PLACE A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON WORDS THAT WORDS CREATE WORLDS BECAUSE GOD CREATED USING ONLY WORDS, AND WORDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO SOME OF THE WORDS THAT GET REPEATED JUST BECAUSE I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE SAY IT.

SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

OR I HEARD A JOURNALIST SAY IT, SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

WORDS LIKE GENOCIDE, WORDS LIKE COLONIZING GENOCIDE REQUIRES INTENT.

AND IN THIS CONFLICT, HAMAS ACTUALLY HAS A CHARTER THAT EXPRESSES THEIR INTENT TO COMMIT GENOCIDE AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

ISRAEL HAS NO SUCH INTENT.

AND I THINK OVER AND OVER AGAIN HAS ATTEMPTED TO TO PROVE THAT THIS IS NOT AN INTENT BASED CONFLICT.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS THAT GET REPEATED.

FOR INSTANCE, THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN THIS CONFLICT, PARTICULARLY THE NUMBERS IN GAZA, WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE PROVIDED BY THE GAZA HEALTH AUTHORITY, WHICH I THINK THAT PEOPLE FORGET THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN GAZA IS HAMAS.

SO WE'RE REQUIRING OR WE'RE RELYING ON THE NUMBERS THAT COME FROM A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION TO TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

WE TALK ABOUT IT'S HORRIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO BE KILLED, TO DIE, PERIOD.

BUT THERE IS NO DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN A 17 YEAR OLD WHO'S A CHILD VERSUS A 17 YEAR OLD WHO'S CARRYING A AUTOMATIC OR SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE REPEATED THAT ARE IN THE CATEGORY OF POWERFUL HEADLINES.

AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL WITH USING OUR CRITICAL THINKING TO REALLY PULL THOSE APART.

ALSO, THE IDEA OF, OF, YOU KNOW, COLONIZING, WHICH AGAIN, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT HISTORY LIKE COLONIZING FOR WHOM?

WHO'S THE MONARCH THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE COLONIZED FOR.

SO A LOT OF THOSE KINDS OF WORDS MATTER TO US.

IMAM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

I DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT UP WITH WITH I WITH, YOU KNOW, WORDS AND TERMINOLOGY AND AND IDENTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I COULD VERY CLEARLY TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.

THE THING IS, JUST FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING IN GAZA.

MY OWN FAMILY THAT LIVED IN GAZA ARE 76 PEOPLE.

17 HAVE BEEN MURDERED, OUT OF THE 17 HAVE BEEN MURDERED.

THERE ARE SEVEN CHILDREN.

THEY WERE LIVED IN TENTS.

THERE ARE NOW TEN MISSING, PRESUMED TO BE UNDER RUBBLE.

WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CALL THAT COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT GENOCIDE, WHATEVER IT IS, THERE IS A CLEAR SUFFERING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN WAR.

APPARENTLY, COMBATANTS CAN HIDE, COMBATANTS CAN GO UNDERGROUND.

COMBATANTS HAVE TANKS.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHO LIVED IN DURING THE INVASION OF LEBANON, ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON, THAT THE SUFFERING OF THAT YOU COULD CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

BUT THERE IS A REAL SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE NUMBER IS 70,000 PEOPLE OR NUMBER 100,000 PEOPLE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, ONE IS TOO MANY.

WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT.

BUT I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

THOUGHTS MOVING FORWARD.

RABBI, WHAT DO YOU THINK MOVING FORWARD?

YEAH.

MOVING FORWARD.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN NEXT?

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REMAINING HOSTAGES RELEASED TO THEIR FAMILIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAMAS DISARMED AND GIVE UP CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT.

I THINK THAT A GOVERNMENT'S JOB IS TO PROTECT ITS PEOPLE, AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT, COMBINED WITH THE IDEA OF SEEKING PEACE, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAMAS HAS SHOWN OR DEMONSTRATED SINCE THEY TOOK OVER THE GAZA STRIP 20 YEARS AGO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ISRAEL HAVE PARTNERS THAT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RESPECT ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE AND ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE.

AND, MOM, SAME QUESTION TO YOU GOING FORWARD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN?

AND THEN, YEAH, I'D LIKE INTERNATIONAL LAW TO BE APPLIED.

THAT'S WHAT THE PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW.

THEY SUBMITTED AND SURRENDERED TO INTERNATIONAL LAW.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MY PEOPLE FREE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MY PEOPLE WITHOUT OCCUPATION, WHETHER THAT'S IN THE WEST BANK OR IN GAZA.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN SELF-DETERMINATION, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLACE CALLED THE STATE OF PALESTINE THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS.

WELL, AS THIS THESE PHASES CONTINUE ON.

WE'LL BE KEEPING UP WITH BOTH OF YOU.

WE'LL BE PRAYING VERY HARD.

VERY, VERY WE'LL BE PRAYING VERY, VERY HARD.

THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I DO EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THIS TO HOLD, FOR THE CEASE FIRE TO HOLD AND FOR THIS WAR TO BE OVER AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA TO TO REBUILD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A PROFOUND CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

CASSIDY.

WELL, WE'VE ALL HEARD GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS DISTURBING A QUIET FALL DAY.

LOUD BUT EFFICIENT.

THEY'RE OUT IN FULL FORCE RIGHT NOW AS THE LEAVES BEGIN TO DROP TOO LOW FOR SEVERAL COMMUNITIES UP IN MASSACHUSETTS.

THE SETTING FOR THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL VIEW.

GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS ARE BEING BANNED IN SOME PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

MAYBE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

HERE'S OUR REPORT FROM OUR PBS PARTNERS AT GBH NEWS.

ON THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN.

AND THE SOUND YOU LOVE TO HATE.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT THE DEVIL'S HAIRDRYER.

WHEN YOU'RE HOME IN THE SUMMER AND THE WINDOWS ARE OPEN AND YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK AND YOU'VE GOT.

WAH WAH WAH.

THE LEAF BLOWERS AREN'T JUST ANNOYING.

THEY'RE HEALTH HAZARDS.

THEY DAMAGE HEARING.

THE COMMERCIAL MACHINES RUN AT ANYWHERE FROM 90 TO ALMOST 110DB AT THE YEAR OF THE OPERATOR, AND YOU CAN STILL HEAR THAT NOISE FAR AWAY BECAUSE THE SOUND HAS A LOW FREQUENCY COMPONENT TO IT THAT ALLOWS IT TO READILY PENETRATE WALLS AND WINDOWS, AND THAT CHRONIC NOISE IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH AND ADD STRESS, WHICH IS LINKED TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.

AND THOSE SMALL ENGINES GIVE OFF CANCER CAUSING EXHAUST, ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA'S AIR RESOURCES BOARD, COMMERCIAL BACKPACK LEAF BLOWERS GENERATE AS MUCH AIR POLLUTION IN ONE HOUR AS A CAR DRIVING 1100 MILES.

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HOUSE THERE, A HOUSE THERE, A HOUSE THERE THAT USE LEAF BLOWERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO CLOSE THE DOORS AND THE WINDOWS BECAUSE THE FUMES WOULD COME INTO THE HOUSE.

SO WHY DO WE STILL USE NOISY, POLLUTING LEAF BLOWERS?

BECAUSE THEY'RE FAST AND POWERFUL, AND WE LIKE THE LOOK OF OUR LAWNS AND GARDENS IMMACULATE AND LEAF FREE.

IT LOOKS VERY STERILE AND MANICURED, BUT IT'S UNHEALTHY.

I'VE HEARD THIS CALLED A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

MOSTLY, IT'S OUR LOW INCOME AND IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUR LANDSCAPERS IN MANY CASES, AND THEY'RE OPERATING THIS EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS ALSO EXTREMELY BAD FOR THEIR HEARING.

AND THE VIBRATIONS, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAVE HEALTH IMPACTS TO THE BODY.

THESE ARE MACHINES THAT ARE USED AROUND SCHOOLS OF ALL KINDS, AROUND HEALTH FACILITIES, MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN CUSTOMERS AND SIMPLY THE WEALTHY SUBURBS.

DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A LEAF BLOWER GAME?

BUT REGULATING LEAF BLOWERS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.

ARTICLE 47 AMEND GENERAL BYLAWS USE OF GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS I AM AN EAR, NOSE AND THROAT PHYSICIAN WHO HAS TREATED HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS, MANY OF THEM LANDSCAPERS WHO DON'T USE EAR PROTECTION.

ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH A LEAF BLOWER CAN TELL YOU WHAT A VALUABLE TOOL IT CAN BE.

THEY'RE A SCOURGE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

LET'S GET RID OF THEM.

TOTALLY.

IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THE LAWNS DONE QUICKLY AND THE BLOWER MAKES THE JOB EASIER.

WE WANT LESS BLOWING.

I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IT DOES NOT NEED TO LOOK PERFECT.

WELL, I THINK YOU WOULD DISAGREE IF YOU WERE THE ONE PAYING FOR THE SERVICE.

IT JUST DRIVES YOU CRAZY.

IT ISN'T EXACTLY REVOLUTIONARY, BUT APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, THE FIRST LEAF BLOWER BAN IN THE STATE WAS ENACTED HERE IN LEXINGTON.

IT GOES INTO EFFECT IN 2026, AND A GROWING NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ARE PILING INTO THE LEAF BLOWING DEBATE.

MOST ARE LIMITING WHAT THEY CAN BE USED WITH OTHERS.

PLANNING BANS AND STILL MORE COMMUNITIES ARE CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM.

OF COURSE, THERE IS AN ELECTRIC OPTION.

THIS IS THE POWER LEVEL.

WHEN YOU HAVE THIS THAT USES MORE BATTERY.

SO IF YOU DON'T NEED IT.

I STARTED MY BUSINESS AROUND TEN YEARS AGO.

I DID WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THE MORE I LEARNED ABOUT IT, IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THING WHERE YOU HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE CONSUMPTION CREATING A HUGE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS COMPARABLE TO A LOT OF GASOLINE LEAF BLOWERS.

IT'S QUIETER.

GOING ELECTRIC SOUNDS EASY, BUT IF YOU'RE A LANDSCAPER, IT MEANS MAKING A BIG INVESTMENT IN NEW EQUIPMENT.

IN MASSACHUSETTS, THERE'S A BILL TO HELP LANDSCAPERS MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM GAS POWER TO ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT.

I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT TO SMALL BUSINESSES.

THE BILL IS TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM, ESSENTIALLY FOR PEOPLE TO TRADE IN GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT, TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO CITIES AND TOWNS TO TRANSITION THEIR COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT OVER TO ALL ELECTRIC.

STILL, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OLD FASHIONED RAKING OR LEAVE THE LEAVES BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTHY PLANTS.

WELL, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH SEASON FOR OKLAHOMA STATE FOOTBALL.

MIKE GUNDY GOT FIRED AFTER TWO GAMES, AND THE COWBOYS ARE CURRENTLY ONE AND FIVE ON THE YEAR, INCLUDING THE LATEST LOSS TO HOUSTON AT T BOONE PICKENS STADIUM LAST SATURDAY.

THE STANDS WERE EMPTY IN SEVERAL SECTIONS UNTIL ONE STUDENT, TRENT EASTON, TOOK HIS SISTER UP ON A DARE AND BEGAN WAVING HIS SHIRT AROUND HIS HEAD.

AND HE WASN'T ALONE FOR VERY LONG.

EVENTUALLY, HUNDREDS OF COWBOY FANS JOINED HIM TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

PRETTY COOL.

A BRIGHT MOMENT WHEN IT'S BEEN A DISMAL SEASON SO FAR.

THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.

I MEAN, GOOD LORD.

I MEAN, BECAUSE HUMAN NATURE IS JUST KIND OF POUTING, JUST FADING THE PAIN LEAVE, YOU KNOW, GO HOME AND SHOOT.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW.

HEY, GUYS, WHOEVER YOU ARE, THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.

WHERE OUR GUYS KIND OF FELT IT.

THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING LIKE THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO, BUT JUST AWESOME.

APPRECIATE OUR STUDENTS HANGING IN THERE WITH US AND GIVING US SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR.

OSU HOSTING 24TH RANKED CINCINNATI ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN STILLWATER.

ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, THE NUMBER OF FOOD TRUCKS IN OUR STREETS CONTINUES TO GROW IN OKLAHOMA, AND SOON THERE WILL BE NEW RULES ON WHERE AND HOW THEY CAN OPERATE TO ENSURE SAFE, SANITARY FOOD.

STEVE SHAW REPORTS FRIDAY AT SEVEN.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH A LOOK AT THE CHANGING COLORS OF FALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY, PUT TOGETHER FOR US BY OITA'S LEGACY KYOTO.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN ACCESS ADDITIONAL NEWS CONTENT BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE, TV, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH ANY OF THE REPORTS IN THIS NEWSCAST AGAIN, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL BY MONDAY EVENING.

FOR ALL OF US WHO PLAY A ROLE IN PUTTING THIS NEWSCAST ON THE AIR EACH WEEK, I'M RICH LENZ.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

CAN I JUST GET A SHOT OF YOU GUYS GIVING EVERYTHING?

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN, LEAVES ARE BROWN.

AND GOD'S GREAT SONG.

I'VE BEEN FOR A WHILE.

A WINTER'S DAY ON A WINTER'S DAY.

BE SAFE AND WARM.

BE SAFE AND WARM.

IF I WASN'T, IF I WAS IN LA.

CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA.

DREAMIN.

ON SUCH A WINTER'S DAY.

STOPPED INTO A CHURCH I PASSED ALONG THE WAY.

WELL I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES, MY KNEES.

AND I PRETEND TO PRAY I PRETEND TO PRAY.

YOU KNOW THE TO LIKE THE COLD, LIKE THE COLD.

HE KNOWS I'M GONNA STAY, I'M GONNA STAY.

CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DREAMIN.

ON SUCH A WINTER'S DAY.

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