>> Ted: DETAILS ON HOW MEDICARE CAN NEGOTIABLE LOWER PRICE FOR SOME MEDICATIONS AND TREAT EVERYTHING FROM DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE TO BLOOD ABSOLUTE CANCERS.

>>> A LOOK AT THE FAMILY'S ROLE IN POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT.

>>> THE PHOENIX ZOO PARTNERED WITH A ZOO IN ISRAEL TO CONSERVE AN ENDANGERED VULTURE.

>> Announcer: THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FRIENDS OF PBS.

THANK YOU.

>> Ted: GOOD EVEN ING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

FIVE AMERICANS WHO HAD BEEN IMPRISONED BY IRAN WERE RELEASED TODAY AND THE RELEASE WAS PART OF A PRISONER EXCHANGE NEGOTIATED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND INVOLVES THE U.S.

AGREEING TO UNFREEZE $6 BILLION IN IRANIAN OIL REVENUE AGAINST CHARGES OF FIVE IRANIANS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FIVE AMERICANS.

RESPONSE FROM AN ATTORNEY FROM ONE OF THE AMERICANS RELEASED.

>> HE GAVE ME A CALL AS SOON AS HE GOT OFF THE PLANE AND HE SAID, "I'M FINALLY FREE."

IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT, THINK, FOR BOTH OF US.

I'VE BEEN AT THIS NOW FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS.

YOU HAVE TO RECALL HIS FATHER SPENT MANY YEARS AS A HOSTAGE IN IRAN.

>> Ted: THE FIVE AMERICANS RELEASED TODAY HAD BEEN HELD IN ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS DETENTION CENTERS IN IRAN.

>>> A NEW STUDY SHOWS OBESITY IS BECOMING A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN CARDIAC DEATHS.

THE RESEARCH BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FINDS THAT HEART DISEASE DEATHS LINKED TO OBESITY HAVE TRIPLED IN THE PAST 20 YEARS AS THE CHEF NINO STUDY SHOWED AN 18% DECLINE IN THAT TIME PERIOD.

ABOUT 115 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE OBESE AND THAT THE NUMBER IS INCREASING.

>>> MEDICARE CAN NEGOTIATE LOWER PRICE FOR TEN COMMON HIGH-PRICED MEDICATIONS INCLUDING DRUGS FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETES, HARD DISEASE AND KIDNEY DISEASE.

THE AUTHORITY WITH PART OF LAST YEAR'S INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND TO TELL US MORE IS DANA MARIE KENNEDY.

>> I WORKED WITH THE AREA AGENCIES.

>> Ted: WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM AND YOU'VE BEEN ON MANY TIMES TO TALK ABOUT A VARIETY OF ISSUES AND THIS TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING -- IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S A WIN BUT IT'S A DELAYED WIN.

TALK US TO ABOUT THIS.

>> TO WE GOT IT DONE LAST YEAR AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

WHEN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PASSED THE MEDICARE MODERNIZATION ACT IN 2003, WHAT THEY LEFT OUT WAS ALLOWING MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MEDICARE TRUST FUND, PRESCRIPTION DRUGSES, THIS WOULD CONTROL THE COST.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHEN IT COMES TO PRESCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

>> Ted: ARE THEY COMMON DRUGS O JUSTOR HIGH PRICED DRUGS?

>> IT'S ABOUT 14.$5 BILLION IN MEDICARE COSTS FOR MEDICARE RECIPIENTS THAT USE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

>> Ted: DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND A LOT COVERED HERE, HUH?

>> OVER TEN MEDS AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

WE WON'T SEEING THE BEGINNING OF THIS UNTIL 2026 AND MEDICARE WILL REACH OUT TO THE TEN DRUG COMPANIES AND THEY'LL START NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEY'LL START AN ADDITIONAL 15 MEDICATIONS IN 2027.

AND SO BY THE TIME THIS IS ALL DONE, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 60 DRUGS THAT MEDICARE IS NEGOTIATING BY 2029.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

>> Ted: WHY ARE WE WAITING UNTIL 2026?

>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO GET SET UP.

I THINK IT ALLOWS THE DRUG COMPANIES TO TRY, YOU KNOW, DO LAWSUITS AND TO TRY TO SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND A LAWSUIT, AND I THINK MERCK FILED A LAWSUIT.

>> WE DID FILE AN AMICUS BRIEF AND DRUG COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PRICE GOUGING FOR YEARS.

SO THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TRY TO STOP ACTUALLY US DOING SOMETHING TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Ted: YOU'RE EXPECTING MORE LAWSUITS?

>> THEY WON'T STOP.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T -- FORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T STOP THE RESEARCH THAT HAPPENS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS A LOT OF RESEARCH AND DRUG COMPANIES WILL SAY THIS IS STIFLING INNOVATION AND WE WOULD ARGUE IT'S NOT AND PAY FOR INNOVATION TO BRING THESE DRUGS TO MARKET.

WE'RE NOT STOPPING THEM FROM TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND IF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THE MEDICATIONS?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

>> Ted: YOU HAVE TO BE ENROLLED IN MEDICARE AND PARKING PLAN, AS WELL, A REQUIREMENT?

>> PART D IS A DRUG BENEFIT AND PEOPLE DECIDE WHEN THEY ENROLL IF THEY WANT THAT PART D. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE DO THE RESEARCH.

THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR BENEFIT DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT, BUT IT IS PART D. AND THEN, ALSO, SOME HOSPITALIZATIONS AND SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL, MEDICARE WILL COVER THAT.

>> Ted: HOW IMPORTANT IS IN TERMS OF THE COST?

BECAUSE YOU READ STORIES AND SEEING MORE AN ANTIDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING.

>> WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT HEALTH INNOVATIONS AND ONE WAY IS THESE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS PART OF THE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO TAKE MEDICATIONS SO THEY CAN LIVE THE BEST LIFE THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN WITH THE MEDICATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED OTHER HEALTH ASPECTS OF THE REDUCTION ACT.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> THE OUT OF OCTOBER POCKET EDUCATION EXPENSES WILL BE CAPPED.

RIGHT NOW, IF DRUG COMPANIES ACTUALLY RAISE THE COST MORE THAN INFLATION, THEY'LL BE PENALIZED.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE BENEFITS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE REDUCTION ACT.

ARP BELIEVES THIS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO IS EDUCATION.

WE'RE TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE BENEFITS WILL BE SO WHEN THEY MAKE CHOICES, THEY KNOW WHAT WILL BENEFIT THEM.

>> Ted: FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT MORE INFORMATION, WHAT DO THEY DO.

>> AARP.ORG AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IF SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY -- I HAD SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO ME OVER THE WEEKEND REGARDING ENROLLING THEIR MOM IN MEDICARE.

AS FAR AS BECAUSE SHOULD DO IS DO YOUR RESEARCH.

WE HAVE INFORMATION AT AARP.ORG UNDER MEDICARE AND THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM WITH THE STATE ORGANIZATION OR THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING, REGION ONE OR WHATEVER AREA THEY LIVE IN AND THERE'S TRAINED VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST PLAN FOR THEM DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR HEALTHCARE CONCERNS ARE, AS WELL AS MEDICATIONS THEY TAKE.

THIS IS A FREE BENEFIT FOR ANYBODY DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT AND THEY CAN DO THE RESEARCH AND PICK THE BEST PLAN FOR THEM.

>> Ted: IT CAN BE CONFUSING, CAN'T IT?

>> IT'S VERY CONFUSING.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN HEALTH INSURANCE, WE NEED TO DECIDE, BUT IF YOU'RE A MEDICARE BENEFICIARY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

YOU'VE GOT MEDICARE PART A, PART B AND PART D AND MEDICARE CHOICE.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE AND DON'T FORGET MEDIGAP POLICY WHICH COVERS EVERYTHING MEDICARE DOESN'T COVER.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THIS NEGOTIATING FOR PRICES, HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THIS?

>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.

WE WORKED OVER DECADES AND LOWER THE COST OF MEDICARE WHICH WILL LOWER THE COST FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

THIS SAVES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS BENEFICIARIES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL, HISTORIC.

>> Ted: DANA MARIE KENNEDY, AGAIN, AARP OF ARIZONA, THANK YOU AND GOOD INFORMATION AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, RESEARCH INTO THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY IN TERMS OF POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT SUSPECT.

>> Ted: A NEW INITIATIVE FROM THE SAN DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY LOOKING AT HOW MUCH KIDS INFLUENCE THEIR PARENTS AND HOW MUCH PARENTS INFLUENCE NEAR KIDS WITHTHEIRKIDS.

THIS IS THE FAMILY'S ROLE IN POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT, CORRECT?

>> POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS HOW ONE COMES TO HAVE A POLITICAL CULTURE AND PARLIAMENT POLITICAL OPINIONS.

>> Ted: THIS IS TRICKLE-DOWN AND TRICKLE-UP INFLUENCES.

>> SO WE'VE LONG KNOWN THE FAMILY PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION.

BUT TRADITIONALLY, THE IDEA HAD BEEN, IT'S ALL TRICKLE DOWN.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE INFLUENCING YOU.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN, TAKING YOU TO THE POLLS WHEN THEY VOTE OR VOLUNTEER WHEN THEY VOLUNTEER.

BUT WE WERE SUSPICIOUS IF IT WAS ONLY ONE WAY AND WANTED TO LOOK MORE INTO THAT.

WE HAVE THE STUDY.

>> Ted: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS INFLUENCING PARENTS AND KIDS INFLUENCING PARENTS, HOW OLD ARE THESE KIDS?

>> STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN BECAME ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN EITHER THE 2012, 2016 OR 2020 ELECTION.

WE TRACKED THEM OVER TIME.

WE TIED THESE STUDENTS TO THEIR MOTHERS AND OVER 580,000 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS TO LOOK AT.

ATTHE RESULTS WERE FASCINATING BECAUSE THE TRICKLE-DOWN INFLUENCES EXIST.

MOTHERS WHO VOTE, IT IS MUCH MORE LIKELY THAT THEY'RE CHILDREN WILL VOTE.

BUT WHAT WE FOUND WERE THESE INTERESTING TRICKLE-UP INFLUENCES.

IF A CHILD VOTES IN HIS OR HER FIRST ELECTION FOR WHICH THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, THE MOTHER IS THEN MORE LIKELY TO VOTE IN SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS.

AND SO HERE WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING HAPPENING WHERE THERE'S A TRIPLE-UP INFLUENCE.

CHILDREN INFLUENCING THEIR PARENTS.

>> Ted: DID THIS SURPRISE YOU?

JUST TO LOOK AT IT IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT, BUT THE RESULTS HAVE TO BE FASCINATED.

>> THERE HAVEN'T BEEN STUDIES DONE ON THIS.

WE HAD SUSPICIONS OF WHAT WE MIGHT SEE BUT THEY WERE SUBSTANTIAL MOREOVER.

THESE TRICKLE-UP EFFECTS WERE MORE PRONOUNCED FOR NONWHITE FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WHOSE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICED LUNCH.

THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE, SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE MAGAZINEMANAGEITUDE OF THOSE EFFECTS.

THIS HAS TO BE INTRIGUING.

>> Ted: TRICKLE-DOWN IN OTHER CATEGORIES, OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS?

>> CORRECT, MORE WHITE FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WHO THE CHILDREN DID NOT QUALIFY FOR PRE-ANDFREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

YOU CAN THINK OF ALL SORTS OF POLICY IMPLACES IMPLICATIONS.

IF I INVEST, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SPECIFIC EDUCATION INTERINTERVENTIONSINTERVENTIONSAND SCHOOLS, I'M AFFECTING THEIR FAMILIES.

THOSE ARE THE SPILL-OVER EFFECTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> Ted: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND EDUCATION, HOW DID YOU DEFINE IT FOR THIS STUDY?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS HARD TO STUDY IS BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT?

YOU CAN'T TRACK EVERYBODY AND DID YOU VOLUNTEER TODAY?

WE USE VOTING AND SO, REALLY VOTING IS ACTUALLY, TUSH -- YOU WOULD THINK OF THAT AS THE PRIMARY WAY TO BE ENGAGED IF ELECTIONS.

WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO TIE THE MOTHER VOTING AND STUDENT VOTING, THAT WAS OUR SORT OF WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO QUANTIFY IT TO STUDY IT.

>> Ted: THAT WOULD BE A TOUCHSTONE AND WHAT ABOUT STRAIGHT EDUCATION.

THE KID COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL AND MORE OF AN EDUCATION THAN MOM OR DAD.

PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T GO AS FAR AS THE KID WILL GO AND THAT'S A SPILLOVER THERE, ISN'T INTERNET.

>> IT?

>> THE NEXT STEP IS TO LOOK AT EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION TO SEE IF SIGNING THOSE TRIPLE-UP HIGH TO INTERVENTIONS.

IF A STUDENT ATTENDS A SCHOOL WHERE CIVICS IS INTERWOVEN IN THE SCHOOL, ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THOSE TRIPLE-UP EFFECTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE INTERVENTIONS?

WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP, LOTS OF TIMES ONE CAN HAVE EXPERIMENTS WHERE THERE'S A LOTTERY, FOR EXAMPLE.

SAY THERE'S A SCHOOL THAT HAS A PROGRAM AND 200 SLOTS FOR THIVE THE CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAM AND YOU HAVE A NATURAL EXPERIMENT TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THIS ONE, SO THERE IS DESCRIPTIVE.

>> Ted: ANYTHING SURPRISE YOU?

>> THINK IT'S THE MAGNITUDE OF THE TRIPLE-UP EFFECTS WHICH HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE AND IT'S A PARADIGM SHIFT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST THE CREDIT OF PASSING THE TORCH IN CIVIC EDUCATION WHERE PARENTS ARE PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION.

YOU KNOW, WE MADE TO THINK OF CHILDREN AS BEING THEIR OWN CICIC ACTORS.

IT'S DIVERSE AND WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL HERE.

>> Ted: LAST POINT HERE, THIS IS IMPORTANT JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, FOR EDUCATORS TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST EDUCATING A KID HERE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT -- ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING.

YOUR RESEARCH WAS ON CIVICS.

IT MOVES UP.

>> YEAH, EDUCATORS SHOULD TAKE NOTE AND PARENTS, TOO.

IF YOU'RE A PARENT, JUST REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE MODELING FOR YOUR CHILD IN CIVICS IS WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> Ted: LIAM JULIAN, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IRAN >> Ted: THE PHOENIX ZOO IS PARTNERING WITH THE SISTER CITY ZOO IF ISRAEL TO CONSERVE THE EURASIAN GRIFFIN CULTURE.

WE WELCOME OREN YOSEF AND JOINING US IS ONE OF THE PHOENIX ZOO'S TURKEY VULTURES NAMED "FOR "MORTICIA."

LET'S START WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE SISTER CITY, BERT.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH ROMROM RAMIGAN ZOO AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CONSERVATION ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Ted: AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EURASIAN GRIFFIN VULTURE AND WHY THAT PARTICULAR BIRD?

>> BECAUSE IT'S MENTIONED IN THE BASEBALL BIBLE, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLICAL JUDGE AND BECAUSE IT'S AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

THERE ARE ONLY 200 BILLION LIVING IN ISRAEL.

AND BECAUSE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, TEAR THEY'RE GETTING EXTINCT.

>> Ted: SO THIS IS REALLY CLOSE TO EXTINCTION, CORRECT?

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS JUST AN EFFORT HERE AND THIS IS A REAL EFFORT HERE.

>> A REAL EFFORT.

BECAUSE EVERY COUPLE IS ONLY ONE A YEAR AND WE HAD TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.

YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO, BECAUSE OF COVID, THE GRIFFIN VULTURE WAS KILLED IN NATURE.

SO THINK ABOUT THE ZOOS, PROBABLY TEN YEARS BACKWORDS.

IT'S 14 YEARS OF WORK IN ONE BREEDING CENTER.

THAT'S VERY,WE NEED THE LOCAL SUPPORT.

>> Ted: THAT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT THIS.

>> I COULDN'T HEAR HIM.

>> Ted: HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW ENDANGERED THE SPECIES IT IS TO GET THINGS BACK UP BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO HATCH, GROW AND DEVELOP.

>> IT TALKED A LOT OF WORK TO GET THE SPECIES GOING.

THE EFFORT THAT IT TAKES, THE TIME THAT IT TAKES AND IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> Ted: THE TURKEY VULTURE, MORICIA WHO IS ENJOYING HER TIME IS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD.

SIMILAR TO THE EURASIAN GRIFFIN?

>> WELL, IT'S A COUSIN OF THE EURASIAN GRIFFIN.

IT WAS IN NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THERE'S A CLEANUP CREW AND THEY USUALLY GET A BAD WRAP, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY, VERY GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEY HELP MITIGATE DISEASE AND SO WHEN AN ANIMAL DECIDES OF DIES OF A DISEASE, THEY CANNOT GET HARMED BUT STOP THE SPREAD OF THAT DISEASE.

>> Ted: THE ECOSYSTEM IN ISRAEL OR I WOULD IMAGINE THIS VULTURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART.

>> YES.

THE BIGGEST VULTURES, SO HUGE EFFORT OF CONSERVING THE SPECIES.

>> Ted: OREN, DID I SEE READ YOUR ZOO USED A DRONE TO FEED?

>> IN NATURE, ONE OF THE PARENTS PASSED AWAY AND DIED AND DIED BECAUSE ELECTRICITY CABLES.

SO THEY USE VERY, VERY SMART AND UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY OF DRONES.

TO TRY TO HELP TO FEED BECAUSE THEY EAT A LOT OF MEAT AND YOU NEED TWO PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO FEED ONE CHICK.

SO USING A DRONE WAS ONE WAY IT WAS USED TO TRY TO HELP.

>> Ted: SO IMAGINATIVE THERE.

BERT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND THE SIGNIFICANT YOUEXHIBITYOU HAVE TO SHOW HOW THESE TWO ZOOS ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

>> SURE.

SO THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE RAM ARC AMAGAN ZOO.

WE HOPE TO HAVE ABOUT 350 PEOPLE SHOW FOR THE EVENT.

THERE WILL BE AN INSPIRING PRESENTATION AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE FOOD AND DRINK AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE SAVANNAH SUBJECT TO SEE THE PHOTO EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE.

ALL OF THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY OUR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS OF BOTH ZOOS AND IT'S A GREAT COLLABORATION, A GREAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT VULTURES.

>> Ted: VERY GOOD!

OREN, BEFORE YOU GO, DESCRIBE YOUR ZOO FOR US.

DID I READ IT'S A FLYOVER FOR THESE BIRDS, YOUR AREA?

>> WE HAVE 100 ACRES WHICH IS QUITE A BIG ZOO TO ISRAEL AND WE HAVE 750,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY AND LIKE THE PHOENIX ZOO, LIKE OUR SISTER ZOO IN PHOENIX, OUR MAIN GOALS HAVE TO EDUCATE BILLIONS AND TO AUTO CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH AND TO TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE, TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE THE WONDERS OF THE WILDLIFE.

WE NEED A LOT OF PARTNERS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR PARTNERS TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE AND A FORCE FOR THE PHOENIX ZOO.

BECAUSE ONLY TOGETHER, WE CAN DO CONSERVATION.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND BERT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND MORTICIA BEHAVED SO WELL.

>> THANK YOU SO WELL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!