>> A DROUGHT-FUELED WATER DISPUTE BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL OKLAHOMA.

>> THEY SAY THEY NEED THE WATER.

>> I QUESTION THEIR MOTIVES.

I'M THE DROUGHT WHISPERER.

>> THE TWO LEADING CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR DEBATE WITH THE ELECTION NOW LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY.

>> I AM PERSONALLY PRO-LIFE, BUT I HAVEN'T WALKED IN EVERYONE'S SHOES.

>> WILL SHE SIDE WITH THE BIDEN PARTY AND ALLOW ABORTIONS UP UNTIL THE TIME OF BIRTH?

>> OSU ADDRESSES STUDENT DEBT AS THE FEDERAL DEBT RELIEF PROGRAM LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE.

>> WE'RE NOT IN A BAD POSITION.

WE WILL INCREASE THAT BY 50%.

>> THE OSAGE NATION COMMEMORATES 150 YEARS IN OKLAHOMA.

>> THERE IS AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF THINGS TO DO TO MAKE A SAFER, HEALTHIER, HAPPIER COMMUNITY.

>> PLUS, AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR NEXT ON THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT."

HELLO.

I'M RICH LENZ.

IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND NO DOUBT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

OKLAHOMA CITY IS DRAWING WATER FROM LAKE CANTON AFTER DROUGHT CONDITIONS LOWERED THE WATER LEVEL IN LAKE HEFNER.

IT'S LEGAL BUT NOT WELCOMED BY FOLKED UP IN BLAINE COUNTY.

STEVE SHAW VISITED CANTON THIS WEEK TO LEARN MORE.

>> Reporter: RICH, CANTON IS A TOWN OF AROUND 600 PEOPLE SIX MILES WEST OF OKEENE.

DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS ON THE WEEKEND, THAT NUMBER SWELLS TO MAYBE DOUBLE THAT.

CANTON LAKE IS THEIR LIFEBLOOD, AND FOR SOME, THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

AT 8:00 A.M. MONDAY, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS OPENED THE GATES AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF AQUA BEGAN TO GUSH DOWN THE NORTH CANADIAN RIVER FROM THE CANTON LAKE DAM.

IT WILL GO ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE AUGUST OKLAHOMA CITY HAS REQUESTED A BILLION GALLON PLUS DRAW FROM CANTON LAKE AND LEGALLY THEY HAVE THE RIGHT.

ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE SENT OUT BY OKLAHOMA CITY LAST FRIDAY, THIS LATEST DRAW WILL LOWER CANTON LAKE BY ABOUT TWO FEET.

WHEN THE WATER LEAVES CANTON, IT TRAVELS DOWN THE NORTH CANADIAN TO BETHANY WHERE IT EITHER DUMPS INTO THE LAKE IN OKLAHOMA CITY OR CONTINUES TO LAKE HEFNER.

AND LAKE HEFNER, WHICH WAS ALSO BUILT IN THE 1940s, IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS.

OKLAHOMA CITY SAYS THE WATER FROM CANTON LAKE WILL RAISE THE LEVEL AT HEFNER A FOOT AND A HALF.

>> THEY SAY THEY NEED THE WATER.

>> I QUESTION THEIR MOTIVES.

>> Reporter: 90 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE HEFNER, DEBBIE ROBINSON AND HER FAMILY OPERATES LINENS AND LACE MARKETPLACE IN DOWNTOWN CANTON, A TINY AREA OF COMMERCE THAT DEPENDS ON REVENUE FROM VISITORS EACH YEAR.

>> A COUPLE OF FEET TO US COULD BE OUR LIVELIHOOD.

THAT'S WHAT I SAY, YOU KNOW.

AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WASTING THE WATER, AND I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT IT'S ALL FOR THEIR DRINKING WATER, LIKE THEY'RE TELLING THEIR PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

>> Reporter: DEBBIE'S FATHER, WAYNE, 85 YEARS AGO, HELPED OPERATE THE HEAVY DIRT-MOVING RIGS USED TO BUILD CANTON LAKE.

CURTIS HOSKINS' GRANDFATHER, LEROY, ALSO HELPED BUILD THE LAKE.

HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE CANTON LAKE ASSOCIATION.

HE SAYS THIS SECOND DRAW TO LAKE HEFNER IN OKLAHOMA CITY WILL DROP CANTON LAKE TO LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE 2011.

AND THAT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE HERE.

>> NOW, WE'RE, BASICALLY, TWO FOOT BELOW NORMAL PULL LEVEL.

CANTON LAKE IS LIKE A BIPLATE.

INSTEAD OF A DEEP CAVERNOUS LAKE, YOU KNOW, FLAT, HAS A SANDY BOTTOM.

IT COVERS A LOT OF SURFACE AREA, BUT ONCE YOU START DRAWING FEET OUT OF IT, YOU'LL SEE HOW FAR THE SHORELINE RECEDES.

>> Reporter: THE OVERLOOK RESTAURANT HAS BEEN AN INSTITUTION AT THE CANTON LAKE DAM SINCE 1953.

CAROL GILCHRIST HAS CO-OWNED THE OVERLOOK FOR SEVEN YEARS.

>> THE PEOPLE QUIT COMING.

IF THE LAKE GETS SO LOW THEY CAN'T LAUNCH A BOAT, THEY COME HERE TO BOAT, SKI, SWIM, FISH, IF THEY CAN'T LAUNCH A BOAT, THEY DON'T COME.

>> Reporter: RON CHAPDELAINE HAS OPERATED CANTON FOODS DOWNTOWN SINCE 1999.

HE SAYS DRAINING CANTON LAKE IS SHORTSIGHTED.

>> AS DRY AS IT IS IN THE RIVER BED, MOST OF IT WON'T MAKE IT TO OKLAHOMA CITY.

IT WILL GET SOAKED UP IN THE RIVER BED.

>> Reporter: OKLAHOMA CITY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JENNIFER McCLINTOCK SAYS THE RIVER HAS BEEN A WATER SOURCE SINCE THE 1800s AND MOST OF THE WATER DRAWN FROM CANTON LAKE DOES NOT GO TO WASTE.

>> WE DO LOSE ABOUT 30% DEPENDING UPON THE CONDITIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THE AREA IS A LOT DRIER, THERE IS MORE ABSORPTION INTO THOSE NATURAL WATERWAYS BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLY DRY.

AS THAT WATER BUILDS, THERE'S LESS ABSORPTION, SO IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT WE DO GET THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER COMPLAINT: SOME CANTON RESIDENTS HAVE IS BACK IN 2011, WHEN OKLAHOMA CITY DREW A FEW BILLION GALLONS FROM CANTON LAKE, THEN OKLAHOMA CITY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS AND SENT THAT WATER SURPLUS DOWN TO TEXAS.

McCLINTOCK SAYS THAT'S NOT REMOTELY TRUE.

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO TRANSPORT MECHANISM TO GET WATER DOWN TO TEXAS.

SECONDLY, THERE'S NO LEGAL MECHANISM, NOR ANY KIND OF CONTRACT OR WATER COMPACT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ALLOWS US TO SELL WATER TO TEXAS.

SO, THAT'S -- THAT'S FALSE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

>> Reporter: SO, WHY IS IT SO DRY RIGHT NOW ANYWAY?

GARY McMANUS IS A CLIMATOLOGIST FOR THE STATE.

>> I TRACK THE DROUGHT IF WE'RE DEALING WITH DROUGHT.

>> Reporter: YOU'RE THE DROUGHT GUY?

>> THE DROUGHT WHISPERER, EXCEPT NOW I'M YELLING.

>> Reporter: McMANUS SAYS THE WESTERN PART OF THE SOONER STATE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A DISCOUNT SINCE AUGUST OF 2021 AND STATEWIDE THERE HASN'T BEEN SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL SINCE JUNE 11th OF THIS YEAR.

>> IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE WATER FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE, IT'S IN YOUR AREA WHERE THAT WATER IS COMING TO, PRACTICE ROLL GOOD CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

WE SAW THAT BACK IN 2013 AND '14 WHERE YOU WOULD SEE PEOPLE WATERING THEIR LAWNS IN THE HEAT OF DAY AND, MEANWHILE, CANTON LAKE IS GOING DRY FROM THOSE WATER RELEASES AND THE ECONOMY'S DEVASTATED OUT THERE.

SO, THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN THE TWO.

CONSERVE THE WATER IN THE AREAS WHERE THE WATER IS GOING TO AND MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP CONSERVE THE WATER WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

>> Reporter: JENNIFER McCLINTOCK SAYS AN EVEN AND ODD DAY LAWN WATERING RULE IS ONE OF SEVERAL WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS THAT ARE ENCOURAGED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, AND SHE SAYS WATER RATES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS SKYROCKET IF THEY USE A LOT OF WATER.

RICH?

>> STEVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE ONE AND ONLY GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE FEATURING REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT AND DEMOCRAT JOY HOFMEISTER WAS STREAMED ON THE INTERNET, NOT SHOWN ON TELEVISION.

HERE'S AN EQUAL-TIME EXCERPT FROM THE DEBATE.

>> YOU KNOW, THE FACTS ARE MY OPPONENT HAS RECEIVED A BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW SPENDING OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

THE ONLY THING THAT HASN'T IMPROVED IS EDUCATION.

SO, REALLY, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, SUPERINTENDENT, WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHY HAS YOUR RECORD GONE DOWNHILL IN EDUCATION OUTCOMES SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SUPERINTENDENT?

>> WE DID RAISE OUR ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS, OUR STANDARDS, AND NOW THEY MOVED FROM A D- TO AN A RATING.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TEACHERS TO TEACH, WHAT GOOD IS IT.

HERE IS THE PROBLEM: THIS GOVERNOR HAS A SCHOOL VOUCHER SCHEME THAT IS A RULE-SCHOOL KILLER.

YOU KILL THE SCHOOL, YOU KILL THE COMMUNITY.

I'M AN INDEPENDENT THINKER.

I AM RUNNING AS AN OKLAHOMAN AND I'M ON TEAM OKLAHOMAN.

I STAND HERE REPRESENTING OKLAHOMA FAMILIES REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION.

I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I WAS A REPUBLICAN LONGER THAN GOVERNOR STITT WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE.

>> MY OPPONENT COULDN'T SEE A PATH FORWARD AS A REPUBLICAN SO SHE SWITCHED PARTIES.

SHE JOINED THE BIDEN PARTY.

THEY BELIEVE IN OPEN BORDERS.

SHE NEVER SAW A TAX THEY DIDN'T LIKE AND WANT TO SPEND YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

FOLKS, THE TURNAROUND IS WORKING.

WE HAVE AN AWESOME STATE.

WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER OFF FOUR YEARS -- TODAY THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.

WE WANT TO KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING.

>> DO YOU THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE BASICALLY HAVE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA TODAY BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TAX INCOME.

SO, THAT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME REVENUE THAT WOULD HELP EDUCATION IN SOME OTHER NEEDED AREAS.

BUT WHAT I'M MOST WORRIED ABOUT IS CLEANING UP THE MESS THAT'S BEEN LEFT UNDER GOVERNOR STITT'S WATCH.

>> TO THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING AT HOME AND CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, IT'S A REAL MESS.

WHEN I FIRST BECAME GOVERNOR, IT WAS A POORLY WORDED REFERENDUM AND THIS INDUSTRY POPPED UP OVERNIGHT, MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.

SO, WE PASSED NINE DIFFERENT -- NO, NO.

I THINK 12 DIFFERENT LAWS LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS IT.

WE SPUN THE AGENCY OUT, WE HIRED 80 NEW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, WE HAVE A MORATORIUM.

SO I HEARD FROM RURAL OKLAHOMA WITH ALL THE FOREIGN NATIONALS BUYING UP FARMLAND AND RANCH LAND, WE PUT A MORATORIUM.

THERE'S NO MORE NEW LICENSES UNTIL WE GET CONTROL OF THIS INDUSTRY.

>> JOY HOFMEISTER IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE O.E.T.A.

BOARD FOR FULL DISCLOSURE.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW BIG AN IMPACT DARK MONEY AND SUPER PAKS WILL AFFECT THE RACE.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING RAISED AND SPENT.

THIS WEEK, I SPOKE WITH FRONTIER REPORTER REESE GORMAN WHO TOLD ME OUTSIDE GROUPS ARE FAR OUTSPENDING THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES.

REESE, LET'S BEGIN WITH DEFINITIONS.

WHAT ARE SUPER PAUKS -- PAKS?

>> SUPER PACs ARE GROUPS THAT SPEND UNLIMITED AMOUNTS.

THEY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE FUNDED BY THESE THINGS CALLED NONPROFIT GROUPS, WHICH ARE DARK MONEY GROUPS.

THEY'RE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE IRS ALLOWS THEM TO HIDE THEIR DONORS FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO, YOUER IN -- NEVER KNOW WHO IS FUNDING THE GROUPS.

>> I'M SURPRISED.

ACTUALLY, THEY'RE SPENDING MORE THAN THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES.

>>, JUST ON TV ALONE, THAT'S $12.35 MILLION.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE CONSULTANTS, SIGNS, BILLBOARDS, THE COMMUNICATION PEOPLE THEY'RE PAYING.

I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THESE POLITICIANS REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SPO TO SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY.

THE ORGANIZATION WILL HELP THEM OUT THEMSELVES.

>> THE FIVE TRIBES HAVE COME OUT AND PUBLICLY ENDORSED AHOFF.

ARE THEY DOTING TO HER CAMPAIGN AS WELL?

DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH?

>> THERE ARE A FEW TRIBES THAT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED.

THEY'RE SUPPORTING HER.

THEY GIVE THE MAX AMOUNT WHICH IS 2900.

SOME TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE DONATED DIRECTLY AND THE FAMILIES AS WELL.

>> ARE THERE SUPER PACs AND DARK MONEY SUPPORTING THE CANDIDACY OF GOVERNOR STITT AS WELL?

>> THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ASSOCIATION JUST THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SEVEN-FIGURE AD BUY IN OKLAHOMA TO KIND OF ADVOCATE FOR THE GOVERNOR.

THEY'RE ATTACKING JOY HOFMEISTER ON BIDEN'S POLICIES.

THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST -- IF YOU ASKED ME THIS LAST WEEK, NO, THERE'S NO GROUP SUPPORTING STITT BUT NOW THERE IS.

>> ISN'T THERE ANY OVERSIGHT OF THIS DARK MONEY AT ALL?

>> REGULATORY-WISE, FCC DOES A GREAT JOB.

YOU REPORT WITHIN 24 HOURS.

ON THE CONTRARY, THE OKLAHOMA ETHICS COMMISSION, THEY'VE CONSISTENTLY HAD THEIR BUDGET CUTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TEETH.

THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO REGULATE THIS DARK MONEY SPENDING.

ALSO, TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL.

DARK MONEY SPENDING IS LEGAL.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS THEM TO DO.

>> YOU KNOW, FINALLY, REESE, HOW ARE THE TWO CANDIDATES PUBLICLY RESPONDED TO THIS?

>> STITT HAS DECRIED IT, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S ATTACKING HIM.

I MEAN, THIS IS MILLIONS -- IT'S KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED.

OKLAHOMA HAS NEVER SEEN THIS AMOUNT OF DARK MONEY IN A RACE, ESPECIALLY A GUBERNATORIAL RACE.

SHE CAN'T GO HEY, DON'T SUPPORT ME.

SHE HAS NO CONTROL OVER IT.

YESTERDAY, SHE DECRIED IT AS WELL.

>> REESE GORMAN WITH THE FRONTIER.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IMPACTFUL THIS HAS ALL BEEN.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, RICH.

>> IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER 8th ELECTION, WE WILL CONDUCT SEPARATE 15-MINUTE-LONG INTERVIEWS WITH ALL FOUR OF THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.

NOW, THIS WEEK, MODERATOR SUSAN CADOT SITS DOWN WITH THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE NATALIE BRUNO.

>> NUCLEAR ENERGY ACTUALLY HAS SOME OF THE CLEANEST BURNING ENERGY THAT'S AVAILABLE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE US APPRECIATE AND HOLD ON TO THE, YOU KNOW, OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AS WE HAVE IT, BUT REALLY TRY TO START PIVOTING AND BRINGING IN OTHER CLEAN-BURNING ENERGY SOURCES.

>> I'M EXTREMELY PRO-CHOICE AND THIS IS WHY.

ABORTIONS IS A FEW AREA WHERE WE TRY TO INVOLVE OURSELVES IN MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT IS WEIGHTED TOWARDS RURAL AND LOW INCOME AND ALSO LIKE TO SEE IT TO WHERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF IT IS FORCED TO STAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR.

I THINK WE CAN MARRY THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.

>> PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE REST OF THAT IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION LATER.

DEMOCRATS MADISON HORN AND KEN TRA HORN ARE NOT RELATED.

EACH IS A HEAVY UNDERDOG IN THEIR QUEST TO BECOME A U.S.

SENATOR.

JASON DOYLE HAS MORE.

>> FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN KENDRA HORN HAS BEEN TRAVELING THE STATE IN HER BID TO WIN THE U.S. SENATE SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY RETIRING SENATOR JIM IMHOF.

HORN SAYS THEY ARE CALLING FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLES TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> I HEAR FROM OKLAHOMANS THAT THEY'RE TIRED OF THE PARTISAN DIVISION, TIRED OF THE EXTREMISM, FINGER-POINTING AND NAME-CALLING AND COMPLAINING WITHOUT OFFERING SOLUTIONS.

>> HORN IS ONE OF FOUR CANDIDATES VYING TO FINISH THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF IMHOF'S CURRENT TERM JOINED BY ROBERT MURPHY, REPUBLICAN MARKWAYNE MULLIN AND INDEPENDENT RAY WOODS.

HORN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT'S DOBBS DECISION.

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IS ON THE BALLOT.

THE REALITY IS WE FEEL IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA WITH THE ALMOST COMPLETE ABORTION BAN THAT THE STATE HAS PASSED THAT MARKWAYNE SUPPORTS, AND HE SAID HE WANTS TO GO EVEN FURTHER.

>> LIFE MATTERS TO US.

AS CHRISTIANS, THIS IS JUST THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIFE.

I'M MARKWAYNE MULLIN AND I'M CHRISTY MULLIN AND WE APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE MULLIN CAMPAIGN FOR AN INTERVIEW AND DIDN'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

HE'S NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM BEING A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN RUNNING ON PRO-LIFE AND ON THE RECORD HE DOES NOT BELIEF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WON THE 2020 ELECTION.

>> IT WILL BE HARD TO CONVINCE ME THAT JOE BIDEN RECEIVES MORE VOTES THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.

IT'S ABSURD TO THINK THAT IS POSSIBLE.

>> ROBERT MURPHY, THE LIBERTARIAN IN THE RACE, TAKES AN ISOLATIONIST STANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> MY TOP PRIORITY IS GET OUT OF ALL OF OUR FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS.

WE DON'T NEED ALLIES TO HELP DEFEND THE UNITED STATES.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES.

>> MURPHY WOULD ADDRESS INFLATION BY TYING THE U.S. DOLLAR TO A COMMODITY STANDARD.

>> THERE'S TOO MANY DOLLARS CHASING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF GOODS, SO THE PRICES NATURALLY GO UP.

WE WOULD LIKE A SYSTEM BASED ON SOME KIND OF A COMMODITY, LIKE SILVER AND GOLD, AS IT USED TO BE.

>> WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO RAY WOODS BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.

HE'S CAMPAIGNING TO REBOOT U.S. CONSTITUTION AND START OVER ON FEDERAL LAWS.

THE FULL-TERM SENATE RACE ALSO HAS FOUR CANDIDATES, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JAMES LANKFORD.

HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF PRO-LIFE ISSUES AND WORKED ON BORDER ISSUES WHILE IN THE SENATE.

HIS OPPONENT IS MADISON HORN.

SHE FEELS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CITIZEN SERVANTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> I SEE A LOT OF EGOS, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING TO KEEP THEMSELVES IN POWER VERSUS TRULY SERVING AND FIXING ISSUES THAT ARE FACING EVERYDAY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE CYBERSECURITY EXPERT FEELS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO MORE TO EARN THE TRUST OF VOTERS.

>> WE HAVE TO BRING TRUST BACK INTO GOVERNMENT.

IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES I'M HEARING AS I TRAVEL TO ALL 77 COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE.

I DON'T TRUST MY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

>> THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE VYING TO REPLACE LANKFORD IS MICHAEL DELANEY.

>> I WILL ADDRESS EDUCATION AND ENERGY AND HEALTH CARE.

HE BELIEVES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS USED LGBTQ AND RACIAL ISSUES TO CONTROL EDUCATION AND SCARE PARENTS.

>> THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE TOPICS THAT THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IS HELL-BENT ON SCARING THE POPULATION, ESPECIALLY RURAL OKLAHOMANS.

>> DELANEY BELIEVES OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF RENEWABLE EMERGENCY DEVELOPMENT.

>> OKLAHOMA IS IN A SWEET SPOT FOR WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY.

DO WE WANT TO BE THE STATE THAT AGAIN, SPEAKING HISTORICALLY, WE WAIT FOR THINGS TO GET SO BAD THAT WE ARE FORCED TO CHANGE?

>> THE LIBERTARIAN LOOKING TO UNSEAT LANKFORD IS MICHAEL BLEVINS.

>> WE NEED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT IS BEING TAKEN OUT OF TAXPAYERS' POCKETS GO TO WHAT IS NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY, IT'S NOT GOING FOR FRIVOLOUS SPENDING OR GOING OVERSEAS TO SUPPORT WARS.

>> HE FEELS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO MORE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERAN FIGHTERS.

>> I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR.

HE ADDS CANNABIS LEGALIZATION WOULD HELP VETERANS.

THE LAST TIME OKLAHOMA HAD TWO U.S. SENATE SEATS UP FOR GRABS ON THE SAME BALLOT WAS 2014 WHEN LANKFORD WON.

SENATOR IMHOF WON ANOTHER TERM THAT YEAR AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT WON'T BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, BUT ON MARCH 7th OF NEXT YEAR, VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO LEGALIZE THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

STATE QUESTION 820 WOULD ALLOW ANYONE 21 YEARS OR OLDER TO LEGALLY CONSUME MARIJUANA WITHOUT A MEDICAL REASON OR LICENSE, AND IF IT PASSES, IT WOULD INCLUDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

THE U.S. 10th CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS RULED OKLAHOMA'S EXECUTION PROTOCOLS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND DO NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF DEATH ROW INMATES.

A GROUP OF CONVICTED MURDERERS CHALLENGED THE USE OF A CERTAIN DRUG WHEN THE EXECUTION IS PERFORMED.

ON THURSDAY, OKLAHOMA EXECUTED BENJAMIN COLE, FOUND GUILTY OF BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS 9-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER IN 20002.

ON SATURDAY THE OSAGE NATION WILL COMMEMORATE THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF ITS REMOVAL FROM KANSAS TO THE LANDS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

OUR NATIVE AFFAIRS REPORTER KENNEDY SEPULVADO HAS MORE ON THE EVENT SURROUNDING THE OCCASION.

>> Reporter: RICH, THAT SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENT ON SATURDAY COMMEMORATES THE REMOVAL OF THE WAH-ZHA-ZHE NEE-KASH-EE, OR OSAGE PEOPLE, TO INDIAN TERRITORY AND CELEBRATES THE RESILIENCE OF THE TRIBE THROUGHOUT THE LAST 150 YEARS.

>> WHEN THE OSAGE MOVED HERE IN 1872, THERE WAS JUST ABOUT 5,000 LEFT, AND THEN THERE WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OF GREAT DIFFICULTIES WHERE THE -- IN STARVATION AND OTHERS, WHERE THE FULL BLOOD POPULATION DROPPED TO ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: BY 1890, NEARLY 90% OF THE POPULATION WAS LOST AND, ALONG WITH IT, MUCH OF THEIR CULTURE.

>> WE HAD WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAVE, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE THEN TO HOLD ON BEST WE CAN.

>> Reporter: CHIEF STANDING BEAR ENTERED HIS THIRD TERM IN JULY 2022.

DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE, HE'S FOCUSED ON IMPROVING COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR TRADITIONAL DANCE CEREMONIES.

AND LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION AND PRESERVATION.

>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, IT WAS NORMAL TO GO INTO A ROOM AND SEE ALL THE ELDERS TALKING OSAGE.

BUT THE LOSS OF THE LANGUAGE OCCURRED VERY RAPIDLY.

THEY HAVE WORKED TO CREATE AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED SO THEY CAN PUT IT ON KEYBOARDS.

IT'S NOW ON OUR CELL PHONES.

>> Reporter: OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE USING THE ARPA FUNDS TO ADDRESS EMOTIONAL HEALTH, DEVELOPING ELDER HOUSING AND EXPANDING BROADBAND ACCESS.

>> A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR TEAMS ARE GOING TO SERVE NOT ONLY THE OSAGES BUT ALL THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS UNDERSERVED NOW, WITH INTERNET.

SOME OF US ARE STILL ON SATELLITE.

SO, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

THAT'S REALLY A GAME-CHANGER.

>> Reporter: APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE CARES ACT ASSISTED FOOD SOVEREIGNTY EFFORTS.

>> WE BUILT A MEAT PROCESSING PLANT, GREENHOUSES AND ENHANCED OUR RANCH SO WE CAN FEED OURSELVES.

COVID BROKE A LOT OF SUPPLY CHAINS.

WE WERE SHORT ON FOOD IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATES THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST 150 YEARS.

A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE OSAGE NATION MUSEUM WILL OPEN FOR THE EVENT ON SATURDAY.

THE EXHIBIT FEATURES OSAGE ARTISTS' REFLECTIONS OF LAND AND FUTURE GENERATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL OSAGE.

>> ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP ARE DESCENDANTS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

THIS COMPETITION WILL -- EXHIBITION WILL BE UP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LIVING EXHIBIT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE ADDING TO IT AS IT'S UP ON THE WALL.

>> Reporter: IT'S A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MUSEUM AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1938.

>> DOING COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITS IS IMPORTANT.

YOU GET A MULTITUDE OF VOICES THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES, AND SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE FACILITATING THAT NARRATIVE AND STORY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NO NATION, NO GROUP OF PEOPLE IS A MONOLITH WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF VOICES AND OVERLAP.

THAT'S WHERE YOU FOUND THE POWER OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE OSAGE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH SINCE BEING FORCED TO CURRENT-DAY OSAGE COUNTY IN 1872.

DUE TO THE OSAGE PURCHASING THEIR RESERVATION, THE TRIBE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE 1887 GENERAL ALLOTMENT ACT AFTER STRIKING OIL IN THE 1890s, TRIBAL LEADERS PUSHED TO ENSURE THE OSAGE NATION AMANDA -- MAINTAINED THE RIGHTS OVER MINERALS.

THE 1906 ALLOTMENT ACT DIVIDED THE RESERVATION LANDS.

EACH A LOTEE RECEIVED THE HEAD RIGHT FOR THE MINERALS ON THEIR ALLOTTED LAND, WHICH LATER LED TO THE REIGN OF TERROR IN THE 1920s.

>> SO, WE HAD THIS NEW WEALTH AND MONEY FROM OIL, AND THEN HAD IT TAKEN FROM US, FOR THE MOST PART, NOT ONLY BY THE MURDERS THAT OCCURRED, BUT BY THE BAD ACTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEIR AGENTS, BUSINESSMEN, RANCHERS AND OTHERS, WHO FOUND WAYS TO CREATE LAWS WHICH MADE IT LEGAL TO GO AHEAD AND THEY PLANNED TO REMOVE FROM THE OSAGE THEIR OWNERSHIP OF LANDS AND PROPERTY.

AND IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED, SOMETHING THEY DON'T TEACH IN SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED.

>> Reporter: THAT WELL-DOCUMENTED EVENT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE 2017 BOOK AND UPCOMING MOVIE "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON " WHICH WAS SHOT ON THE OSAGE RESERVATION.

THAT MOVIE IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE IN MAY 2023.

>> KENNEDY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE 20th ANNUAL SOVEREIGNTY RUN REACHED CALIFORNIA AFTER STARTING IN OKLAHOMA IN EARLY OCTOBER.

RUNNERS FROM SEVERAL TRIBES ARE TAKING PART IN THE ALMOST 1800 MILE LONG RUN RELAY RUN THAT WILL END IN SACRAMENTO ON OCTOBER 31st AND WILL BRING ATTENTION TO THE CASTRO-HUERTA CASE THAT ALLOWED THE STATE TO PROSECUTE NON-INDIANS FOR CRIMES WITHIN A RESERVATION.

THAT RULING ALTERED THE LANDMARK McGIRT DECISION ONCE AGAIN CHANGING CRIMINAL JURISDICTIONS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

>> THE ORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY RUN WAS IN 2002 ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.

THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ISSUED DECISIONS THAT ARE A BLOW TO TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN AND THE SUPREME COURT IS ON A MISSION TO UNDERMINE TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.

A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE SOVEREIGNTY RUN IS WE WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION AND ELEVATE THE GREATEST ATHLETE TO EVER LIVE AND THAT IS JIM THORPE.

THIS YEAR WE PARTNERED WITH BRIGHT PATH STRONG TO ENSURE THAT HIS GOLD MEDALS WERE REINSTATED AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

>> THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS ANNUAL CONVENTION WILL BEGIN IN SACRAMENTO ONCE THE RUNNERS ARRIVE ON THE 31st.

>> LET'S GET A RECAP OF THE WEEK'S ECONOMIC NEWS WITH JASON DOYLE.

>> Reporter: THE FOUNDER OF CONTINENTAL RESOURCES IS LOOKING TO TAKE THE COMPANY PRIVATE OFFERING MORE THAN $74 A SHARE THAT TOTALS IN THE RANGE OF $4.3 BILLION.

HAMM SAYS PUBLIC MAMMALS ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND HAS LIMITED ITS GROWTH.

HAMM AND HIS FAMILY CURRENTLY OWN 83% OF THE STOCK.

TULSA-BASED WILLIAMS IS WORKING WITH NEW YORK-BASED DEROGGE POWER TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM CUSTOMERS FOR CLEAN HYDROGEN.

WILLIAMS WILL LEVERAGE ASSETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BLEND, STORE, AND TRANSPORT IT.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CANOO HAS LANDED A BINDING ORDER OF 9300 VEHICLES FROM VAN RENTAL PROVIDER KING B.

THE CONTRACT HAS AN OPTION TO INCREASE THE ORDER TO 18,600 UNITS.

CANOO IS CURRENTLY BUILDING A FACTORY IN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS.

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CLINICAL AFFAIRS Dr. JUDITH JAMES HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST ESTEEMED ADVISERS ON HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SHE WAS ELECTED FOR HER ROLE IN PIONEERING HER ROLE IN SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNITY AND ADVANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE START AND HOW THE IMMUNE RESPONSES EVOLVE.

JACK IN THE BOX RESTAURANTS HAS CHOSEN TULSA FOR THE NEW RESTAURANT PROTOTYPE FOR DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE AND DIGITAL ORDERING WITH A DEDICATED WINDOW FOR MOBILE AND THIRD PARTY DELIVERY ORDERS.

IT WILL SAVE 20%.

JASON DOYLE, THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED A BETA TEST VERSION OF ITS APPLICATION TO FORGIVE DEBT AND COULD SEE $20,000 OF DEBT WIPED OFF THE BOOKS BUT THE PLAN COULD COST TAXPAYERS HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS.

NOW, AT THE SAME TIME, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO REDUCE STUDENT DEBT AS WELL.

TAELYR JACKSON HAS MORE DETAILS NOW.

>> Reporter: RICH, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT JEROME LOUGHRIDGE SAYS OSU HAS ALWAYS KEPT STUDENT LOAN IN DEBT BUT THIS WILL PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS.

THIS PLAN IS TRANS TORMTIVE AND BOLD.

>> Reporter: LAST WEDNESDAY, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY UNVEILED A NEW STRATEGY TO FURTHER THE LAND GRANT MISSION.

>> WE ARE LAND GRANT.

TODAY IS ABOUT BUILDING ON OUR IMPACTFUL LEGACY WITH UNCOMMON PREEMINENCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY WANTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEBT-FREE STUDENTS TO 60% AND REDUCE THE AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT TO NO MORE THAN $3,000 PER YEAR OF ATTENDANCE.

>> NOW, TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT, WE CURRENT GRADUATE 40% OF OUR STUDENTS DEBT FREE.

WE'RE NOT IN A BAD POSITION BUT WE WILL INCREASE THAT BY 50%.

WE ANY THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY OF STUDENT ACCESS.

>> Reporter: THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED AFTER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BETA LAUNCH OF THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS APPLICATION.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE APPLICATION SHOULD TAKE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO PROCESS.

THE LOAN FORGIVENESS HAS RECEIVED MIXED REVIEWS.

WHILE SOME ARE EXCITED ABOUT DEBT RELIEF, OTHERS SAY IT'S NOT FAIR.

SIX STATES, INCLUDING NEBRASKA, MISSOURI, AND ARKANSAS ARE SUING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ALSO DISAPPROVES OF LOAN FORGIVENESS AS HE WAS ONE OF 22 REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS THAT SENT A LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN URGING HIM TO UNDO HIS STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PROMISE.

>> FOR US, THE APPROACH TO ACCESS IS GOING FORWARD TO SCHOLARSHIP IN SUCH A WAY THAT STUDENTS CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THEIR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS ON CAMPUS WITHOUT THAT BURDEN OF DEBT.

WE KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY AT THE OUTSET OF A YOUNG CAREER, NOTHING CAN MORE DERAIL SUCCESS THAN, YOU KNOW, A DEBT BURDEN.

>> Reporter: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO INCREASE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ASSIST WITH STUDENT DEBT.

SENIOR LAUREL POPPIN SAYS THE EXTRA SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE A GREAT HELP FOR ALL STUDENTS.

>> I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL.

I'M A FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND MY MOM IS A SINGLE MOM, SO WE'RE LIVING OFF, LIKE, JUST HER OWN INCOME.

MINIMIZING DEBT FEDERALLY OR FROM THE STATE IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT IN THE.

>> Reporter: ADMINISTRATORS ARE WORKING TO ENSURE STUDENTS GRADUATE ON TIME.

>> IT'S NOT ENOUGH WE GET OUR STUDENTS IN SO WE DO CONTEMPLATE A GROWTH OF 10% OVER FIVE YEARS IN OUR INCOMING CLASS, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH WE THINK SIMPLY TO HAVE STUDENTS MATRICULATE.

>> Reporter: OSU HAS SET A GOAL OF 10% SECRECY IN THEIR GRADUATION RATE.

>> THAT'S OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO US BECAUSE THE OTHER SORT OF LINGERING COMPONENT, ALONGSIDE STUDENT DEBT, IS PEOPLE WHO START A COLLEGE CAREER AND NEVER ABLE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHATEVER THINGS THAT LIFE THROWS THEM, AREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE.

OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GET FOLKS IN INCREASING NUMBERS THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO DEGREE COMPLETION.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS OKLAHOMA PRODUCES FEWER GRADUATES THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

HE SAYS IN ORDER FOR OSU TO DO THEIR PART IN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PRODUCING GRADUATES, THEY MUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE-READY STUDENTS THAT ATTEND.

BY THE YEAR 2026, OSU AIMS TO ENROLL A MINIMUM OF 5,000 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS.

>> SO, ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS ALONGSIDE THESE SCHOLARSHIP-RELATED COMMITMENTS THAT REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF ACCESS AND ULTIMATELY OF DEBT, A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT IS STUDENT ADVISING.

SO, ANOTHER TENET OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR ADVISING CAPACITY BY 20%.

>> Reporter: THE OTHER PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ADVISERS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.

>> THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN ADVISE STUDENTS THAT IS OVER AND ABOVE INVESTMENTS IN NEW INDIVIDUALS DOING THE ADVISING.

ALL THOSE AROUND THE TABLE FOR US, BUT NET OF ALL THAT, WE VIEW ADVISING AS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING THE STUDENT FROM DAY ONE ON CAMPUS THROUGH GRADUATION.

>> Reporter: POPPIN SAYS ADVISERS ARE IMPORTANT.

SHOULD I DO THIS MAJOR, LIKE, WHAT DEGREES NEED TO GO INTO MY CAREER PATH I WANT.

>> Reporter: MUCH LIKE POP JIN, FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS OFTEN DO NOT UTILIZE THEIR ADVISERS UNTIL LATER IN THEIR MATRICULATION.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE THERE FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY WANTS TO BRIDGE THAT GAP TO MAKE SURE ALL INCOMING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF USING THEIR ADVISER.

>> WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RECTIFY THAT SUCH THAT ALL OSU STUDENTS EXPERIENCE WITH ADVISING IS SIMILAR WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY, TO TOUCHES.

>> Reporter: OSU'S STRATEGY IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE NEXT OO BOARD OF REGENTS' AGENDA AND TWO OF THE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN REJECTED.

>> TAELYR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> WE WILL INTERVIEW EACH OF THE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR LEADING UP TO THE MIDTERM ELECTION.

LAST WEEK WE SPOKE WITH Dr. ERVIN YEN, AN INDEPENDENT.

THEN JOY HOFMEISTER AND THEN KEVIN STITT.

THIS WEEK WE HEAR FROM THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE NATALIE BRUNO.

HERE IS SUSAN CADOT.

>> RICH, WE HAVE INVITED EVERY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE IN OKLAHOMA TO OUR SUBSTITUTES -- STUDIOS FOR A 15-MINUTE INTERVIEW.

WITH THAT, LET'S GET STARTED ON THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW WITH LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE NATALIE BRUNO.

Ms. BRUNO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THE FIRST QUESTION I LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.

WHAT DON'T WE KNOW ABOUT YOU?

>> I HAVE BEEN PRETTY INTERPRET ON ALL OF MY WEBSITES.

I TRY TO PUT OUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

I WAS BORN IN FORT SILL OKLAHOMA, MY FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR 32 YEARS.

I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WE PING-PONGED ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN TEXAS, CAME BACK WHEN I WAS 18 WHERE I'VE REMAINED EVER SINCE.

I WON'T SAY HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN.

I HAVE A BLENDED FAMILY WITH MY HUSBAND, TAYLOR, SIX CHILDREN, TWIN DAUGHTERS AND FOUR SONS.

I DO MARKETING AND ADVERTISING FOR MY NORMAL NINE TO FIVE AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH CHILDREN AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM SPACE.

>> WHY DID YOU WANT TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR?

WHAT WAS THE MOMENT WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR?

>> SO, I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS BUT ON THE BACK END OF THINGS.

I'VE HELP RUN CAMPAIGNS.

I WAS JOE'S MARKETING DIRECTOR IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS, BUT I HAD NEVER PLANNED ON BEING A CANDIDATE, REALLY.

YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SPACE AND WITHIN THE CHILD SPACE, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, I WAS A CASA VOLUNTEER FOR SIX YEARS IN CARTER COUNTY, I'VE CHAIRED SPORTS.

I WORK WITH TONS OF NON-PERISHABLES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

YOU RUN INTO BARRIERS ALL THE TIME WHERE YOU CANNOT REALLY HELP PEOPLE OR HELP ISSUES UNLESS YOU CHANGE THEM LEGISLATIVELY.

THEN WHY, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR VERSUS RUNNING FOR SENATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE -- EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL THE THIRD LARGEST PARTY, THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS, WE'RE SMALLER.

IF I WERE ELECTED IN A SENATE POSITION, ANY SWAY I HAVE ON LEGISLATION WOULD BE TINY.

THE ABILITY TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR, I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VETO BILLS AND MORE INFLUENCE.

ON TOP OF THAT, IT WOULD ALLOW OUR LEGISLATURE TO WORK TOGETHER AND ALLOW FOR A LOT MORE CROSSOVER.

>> A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS EDUCATION AND FUNDING AND PRIORITIZING CHILDREN IN OKLAHOMA.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW WITH EDUCATION, I.E., VOUCHERS FOR SCHOOLS OR PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN WHAT GOES ON IN A SCHOOL?

>> AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I HAVE SIX KIDS, I HAVE FOUR, PLUS TWO BONUS CHILDREN.

THEY'RE IN A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL.

I EVEN PULLED MY SONS OUT AND HOMESCHOOLED THEM, NOT, LIKE, VIRTUAL, I COMPLETELY HOMESCHOOLED THEM DURING COVID.

I THINK WHAT WE HAVE IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE, IS WE HAVE A LACK OF PARENTS BEING ABLE TO REALLY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE KIDS' EDUCATION.

SECONDLY, THERE'S TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT OVERREACH AND INVOLVEMENT, EVEN FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING CLASSES, RIGHT?

YOU SAY YOU NEED THESE AND DON'T NEED THESE AND PUTS CHILDREN IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN CHILDREN ARE FORCED TO TAKE CLASSES THAT MAYBE AREN'T TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR BEST INTEREST.

WHEN IT COMES TO VOUCHERS -- SO, I SUPPORT VOUCHERS BUT NOT IN THE WAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BEEN PUSHING THEM.

MY TWIN DAUGHTERS HAVE AUTISM AND USE THE GRANT THAT IS A CLOSE THING TO A VOUCHER SYSTEM.

ANYBODY WHO IS ON AN IEP, INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN, AUTISM, THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IEP WITHIN THE EDUCATION SPACE.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE RANKED AND GIVEN A VOUCHER TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

IF THEY FEEL LIKE THAT THE CLASSROOM SIZE AND STUFF WAS HELPFUL MORE SO THAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO WOULD BE TO.

IT WAS A GAME-CHANGER FOR MY DAUGHTERS.

MY OLDEST WILL BE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL WITH AUTISM AND ADHD, AND HAD A 31 ON HER A.C.T., YOU KNOW, AND UNWEIGHED ALMOST 4.0 AND GOING TO OSU NEXT FALL.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS I FEEL CONFIDENT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IF SHE WAS FORCED TO STAY IN A REGULAR PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING JUST BECAUSE OF THE CLASS SIZES.

I'D LIKE TO SEE A VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT IS WEIGHED TOWARDS RURAL AND LOW INCOME AND SEE IT TO WHERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IS FORCED TO STAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR.

I THINK WE CAN MARRY THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT IN RURAL AREAS THERE ARE NOT AS MANY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SO PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE A LONG WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VOUCHER SYSTEM.

WOULD IT REALLY KIND OF IMPACT MORE URBAN AREAS THAN OKLAHOMA'S MORE RURAL AREAS?

>> SO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

SO, EACH CHILD ESSENTIALLY HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THEM.

I WANT TO SEE IT WEIGHTED FOR RURAL AND LOWER INCOME.

THEY COULD POTENTIALLY GET MORE FUNDING TOWARDS THEIR SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE FACT FOR EACH CHILD, THEY HAVE A HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNT.

THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOLLOWS THEM TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

ON TOP OF THAT, IF THERE'S UNDERSTAND THE FOR FUNDING TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, I THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT MORE SATELLITE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS POP UP IN SOME OF THESE RURAL AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEMAND, AND, THEREFORE, A NEED TO BE MET.

>> RIGHT.

THE ARGUMENT HAD BEEN IF WE LOSE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THESE RURAL COMMUNITIES, IT WOULD REALLY IMPACT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY NEGATIVELY.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT YOU THINK THE NEW PRIVATE SCHOOLS SHOWING UP TO SERVICE THOSE VOUCHERS WOULD COMPENSATE FOR THAT?

>> I'M NOT EVEN SAYING NECESSARILY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BUT HAVING MORE FUNDING.

FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, LET'S SAY EACH CHILD GETS $7,000 THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THEM FOR EACH SCHOOL THEY GO TO BASED OFF FUNDING.

IF WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM TO WHERE THE RURAL AND LOWER INCOME ACTUALLY HAVE A HIGHER VALUE THAN WHAT THE REGULAR, YOU KNOW, HIGHER INCOME AND METRO KIDS HAVE, THEY COULD BE GETTING MORE FUNDING PER CHILD, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT JUMP UP TO $10,000 PER KID BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGHER WEIGHTED.

THE VOUCHER SYSTEMS I'VE SEEN AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, IT'S NOT ONLY YOU CAN TAKE THIS AND GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

IT MEANS THAT EACH CHILD HAS A VALUE TO THEM THAT CAN GO TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD STAY ON FOREVER, BUT WE DO HAVE TOPIC S OF OTHER CONCERNS.

>> WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON THE ENERGY SECTOR AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT?

>> I THINK THAT IT HAS TO DO A LOT WITH PIVOTING A LITTLE BIT.

SO, I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.

THEY'VE BEEN PHENOMENAL FOR US NOT ONLY FROM A TAXATION STANDPOINT WITH FUNDS AND JOBS AND ENERGY.

WE HAVE A DONE A GREAT JOB AT TRYING TO BRING IN MORE SOLAR ENERGY AND WIND ENERGY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT AT A LITTLE BIT FASTER PACE THAN WE HAVE BEEN.

ALSO, LOOKING INTO OTHER TYPES OF ENERGY AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, LIBERTARIANS ARE KNOWN A LOT FOR TALKING ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY AND PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD NUCLEAR AND KIND OF FREAK OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THINK OF CHERNOBYL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US APPRECIATE AND HOLD ON TO THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AS WE HAVE IT, BUT REALLY TRY TO START PIVOTING AND BRINGING IN SOME OF THE OTHER CLEAN SOURCES.

>> DO YOU THINK THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN TREATED FAIRLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS?

>> HOW DO WE DEFINE FAIR?

I KNOW -- WE HAVE A LOT OF REGULATION WITHIN THOSE AREAS, AND I THINK SOMETIMES -- AND NOT EVEN WITH OIL AND GAS, BUT OTHER AREAS AS WELL, WEHAVE LEGISLATORS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THE LOBBYISTS TRY TO EDUCATE AS BEST THEY CAN.

IN SOME WAYS THEY HAVE BEEN AND SOME WAYS THEY HAVEN'T.

I'M NOT AN OIL AND GAS PERSON.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THAT INDUSTRY.

THAT'S WHERE I RELY A LOT ON THE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE TO GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION TO LET ME KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT BILLS SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER.

>> ANOTHER BIG TOPIC IN OKLAHOMA AND NATIONALLY IS THE ABORTION ISSUE.

>> UH-HUH.

>> OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN SAID TO HAVE THE STRICTEST ABORTION LAWS IN THE NATION.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ABORTION ISSUE?

ARE YOU PRO-LIFE?

PRO-CHOICE?

DO YOU HAVE A CUTOFF TIME IF YOU'RE PRO-CHOICE?

>> IF I GET TO PICK A TOPIC TO GO A LITTLE BIT OVER, THIS IS PROBABLY IT.

I AM EASILY THE MOST PRO-CHOICE CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.

I KNOW YEN LIKES TO KIND OF MENTION HE IS, BUT HE ACTUALLY WAS PRO-LIFE UP UNTIL HIS CHANGEOVER TO INDEPENDENT.

JOY, SHE EVEN SAYS SHE'S PERSONALLY PRO-LIFE BUT BELIEVES IT'S EXTREME ON BOTH SIDES.

ABORTION IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS WHERE WE TRY TO INVOLVE OURSELVES IN MEDICAL DECISIONS THAT WE ALWAYS TRADITIONALLY HAVE ALLOWED DOCTORS TO BE THE EXPERTS IN MAKING DETERMINATIONS ON THOSE THINGS.

THERE'S THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT THE ONLY ABORTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE THESE FRIVOLOUS WOMEN THAT DON'T WANT TO BE MOMS AND JUST HAVING ABORTIONS.

IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ARE SO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.

A PERFECT EXAMPLE I ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE IS MY OWN PERSONAL STORY.

SO, I AM A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, AND I'VE HAD THREE C-SECTIONS WITH MY CHILDREN.

AFTER I HAD MY THIRD, AND ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, I WAS ADVISED NOT TO HAVE ANY MORE PREGNANCIES BECAUSE OF THE FACT IT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO MY HEALTH.

I HAD A TUBAL DONE, WHICH IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA IS HARD.

I HAD TO SCHEDULE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE OUT-PATIENT SURGERY.

SO, I WENT IN AND HAD MY TUBAL.

AS WE'VE HEARD STORIES, PEOPLE STILL HAVE GOTTEN PREGNANT AFTER TUBALS, JUST LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN PREGNANT AFTER, YOU KNOW, MEN HAVING -- OH, MY GOSH, BRAIN FART HERE.

>> VASECTOMY?

>> YES, A VASECTOMY, THANK YOU.

IF I WERE TO BECOME PREGNANT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN MEDICALLY ADVISED IT COULD BE DANGEROUS TO MY HEALTH TO CARRY A CHILD, UNDER THE CURRENT LEGISLATION, I WOULD BE FORCED TO CARRY THAT BABY UNTIL I'M PHYSICALLY AT THE POINT OF DYING AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ABORTION.

I HAVE FOUR OTHER CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THAT I NEED TO RAISE.

THERE'S SO MANY MORE STORIES SIMILAR TO THAT.

IT IS NOT A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REMOVE GOVERNMENT FROM MAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS WHATSOEVER AND ALLOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD BETWEEN WOMEN AND THEIR DOCTORS.

>> AS OUR TIME WIND DOWNS, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT POLLING.

THE POLLS ARE SHOWING, REALLY, GOVERNOR STITT AND SUPERINTENDENT HOFMEISTER AND REALLY NOT MENTIONING THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES, WHICH INCLUDES YOU.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE POLLING?

LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHY ARE YOU STAYING IN THE RACE AND CONTINUING TO CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR?

>> THAT'S KIND OF A TWO-PART ANSWER.

THE POLLING IS REALLY, AS WE'VE SEEN, WITHIN A WEEK, ONE POLL SHOWED STITT WAS UP 15 POINTS AND ANOTHER ONE SHOWED HOFMEISTER UP FOUR.

THE POLLING IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PERSON PAYING FOR IT.

SOME OF THESE SAMPLE SIZES ARE VERY SMALL.

WHEN YOU ACTUALLY READ INTO THE SPECIFICS ON THE POLLING, A RECENT ONE SHOWED THAT STITT WAS AT 48 AND HOFMEISTER WAS AT 49.

IT WAS ONLY POLLED, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED IN THE PRIMARIES.

WELL, INDEPENDENTS A LOT OF TIMES DIDN'T VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES.

THE PRIMARY TURNOUT WAS LOW.

IT GIVES A VERY SKEWED VIEW.

I MEAN, I MYSELF HAVE POLLED ANYWHERE FROM 1%, 5%, 6% TO 9%, DEPENDING ON WHO THEY'RE ASKING.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES.

WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR QUESTION WHY I'M STAYING IN THE RACE, WE AS LIBERTARIAN, WE HIT SO MANY OTHER GOALS OUTSIDE OF JUST WINNING.

OBVIOUSLY, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO WIN, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP BALLOT ACCESS.

TO STAY AS A REGISTERED PARTY IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, WE HAVE TO HAVE 2.5% IN A STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO EXTEND IT OUT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME WE DO BETTER AND BETTER, WE GET MORE AND MORE PARTICIPATION.

I WAS INVITED TO EVENTS THAT CHRIS POWELL IN THE LAST ELECTION WAS NOT INVITED TO.

IF WE WERE TO ACTUALLY GIVE FAIR REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO -- I MEAN, ARTICLES THAT HAVE ALL FOUR OF US HAS A PICTURE OF STITT AND HOFF, AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING.

IF IT WAS ACTUALLY FAIR REPRESENTATION, I THINK WE WOULD SEE THE POLLING NUMBERS VASTLY DIFFERENT.

EACH TIME WE DO BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER, IT GIVES THE FUTURE LIBERTARIANS A BETTER CHANCE.

>> SO, IT'S PRETTY MUCH PAVING THE ROAD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> NATALIE BRUNO, LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> RICH, WE WILL HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, JOY HOFMEISTER, WITH US NEXT WEEK.

BACK TO YOU.

>> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU.

PBS NEWS HOUR, WHICH PRECEDES THIS NEWSCAST ON FRIDAYS HAS A STUDENT REPORTING LAB THAT HELPS YOUNG REPORTERS STRENGTHEN THEIR JOURNALIST CHOPS.

WHAT BETTER PLACE TO DO THAT THAN HAWAII AND HOW PLASTICS ARE POLLUTING PARADISE.

>> WHAT IT MEANS FOR ME IS ALL OF US BEING AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND US.

AND TO ME, SCIENCE MEANS CREATING A SOLUTION TO THIS.

>> AND BY THIS, MIKE OTMAN, THE CHAIR OF THE MAUI SURFRIDER CHAPTER, MEANS PLASTIC.

JENNY ROBERTS FROM THE PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION EXPLAINS HOW DANGEROUS PLASTIC IS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.

>> ACTUALLY, WE ARE FINDING THAT THE MICROPLASTICS, OR THE SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC, ARE ACTUALLY THE BIGGER PROBLEM.

PLASTIC NEVER TRULY BIODEGRADES.

THE FIRST PIECE OF PLASTIC EVER CREATED STILL EXISTS TODAY.

IT JUST BREAKS DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES AND THOSE ARE CALLED MICROPLASTICS.

THOSE CAN BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE BIG ONES BECAUSE THE MICROORGANISMS EAT THEM.

THEN THE BIGGER FISH EAT THE LITTLE FISH AND UP THE CHAIN.

>> Reporter: AT ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO COLLECT DATA ON THE PLASTIC PROBLEM IS THE NORTHWEST COAST OF MAUI.

HERE CHERYL KING, A MARINE BIOLOGIST ON MAUI, COLLECTS DATA ON THE MANY PLASTICS SHE FINDS.

>> WE RECORD EVERYTHING THAT WASHES ASHORE AND THEN WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO SHOW, OKAY, WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THESE ITEMS.

THE OCEANS HAVE THESE CONCENTRATION POINTS OF DEBRIS BECAUSE THE WAY THE CURRENTS AND WINDS MOVE.

IT'S NOT A FLOATING ISLAND WHERE YOU CAN GO OUT AND PICK IT UP EASILY.

IT'S A PLASTIC SOUP THAT IS DOWN TO THE SEAFLOOR.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING ENDEAVORS ON A LOCAL BASIS AND A GLOBAL BASIS, IT'S DEFINITELY CHANGING.

IT'S DEFINITELY GETTING OUT THERE AS FAR AS THE MESSAGE.

>> Reporter: AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT HOW TO TAKE ACTION.

>> I THINK BEACH CLEANUPS ARE THE FIRST STEP.

FOR ME, IT CREATED AWARENESS THAT, OH, MY GOSH, ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN, YOU SEE ALL THE LITTLE BITS OF TRASH ON OUR FAVORITE BEACHES, THE TURTLES, THE FISH, THE WILDLIFE ARE EATING IT.

SO TO ME, THE BEACH CLEANUP IS CREATING THAT AWARENESS THAT WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS MAKING STEPS TOWARDS CHANGE.

>> Reporter: AND THESE STEPS ARE CREATING A PATH THAT MANY AROUND THE WORLD ARE FOLLOW, INCLUDING AMY LAFRAMBOISE, A VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF THE MANY BEACH CLEANUPS ON MAUI.

>> ANYWHERE I GO, I ALWAYS TRY TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOCAL ASPECT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH TOURISM NOWADAYS.

IT'S SUCH A LARGE ASPECT OF EVERYONE'S REALLY ROUTINE OR LIFESTYLE THAT WHEN YOU DO TRAVEL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'RE TRAVELING TO.

IN THE LONG RUN, IF EVERYONE REALLY TAKES THOSE LITTLE STEPS, IT WOULD REALLY BECOME A MASSIVE MOVEMENT.

I THINK OUR SOCIETY IS REALLY COMING A LONG WAY WITH THAT.

>> Reporter: CLAIRE AGREES.

>> WE SHOULD CLEAN UP THE MESS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS KAYLA MORE ROW REPORTING FOR STUDENT REPORTING LAB.

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