>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON" IT'S OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THIS WEEK IT'S THE REPUBLICANS TURN.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, DETAILS ON THIS YEAR'S RAINBOWS FESTIVAL AND STREET FAIR.

AND THE AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK LOOKS AT THREE ICONIC FILMS DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

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>> GOOD EVENING WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON I'M TED SIMON.

BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO $11 BILLION IN LOANS ALL DESIGNED TO BOOST DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF SEMICONDUCTORS.

THE PRESIDENT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY AT THE INTEL PLANTED IN CHANDLER THEY WILL BE SPREAD BETWEEN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, OHIO AND OREGON WITH ARIZONA RECEIVING AMONG THE LARGEST OF THE COMMITMENTS.

>> President Biden: TODAY'S INVESTMENT HELPS ALL AMERICANS IN RED STATES AND BLUE STATES ALL ACROSS AMERICA, URBAN, RURAL, SUBURBAN AND TRAVEL COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE NOT LEAVING ANYONE BEHIND.

WE'RE NOT IT SHOULD BE MADE IN AMERICA.

[APPLAUSE] >> OVERALL IT'S THE LARGEST APART FROM THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT OF 2022.

INTEL SAYS IT EXPECTS A LOCAL INVESTMENT TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT MULTIPLIER EFFECT ON THE AREA ECONOMY AND SHOULD LEAD TO UP TO 10,000 NEW MANUFACTURING JOBS IN ARIZONA.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY FOLLOWED HIS ARRIVAL IN THE VALLEY YESTERDAY WHICH COINCIDED WITH ARIZONA'S PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE ELECTION.

THE PRIMARY VOTE WAS UNEVENTFUL AS BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE ESSENTIALLY RUNNING UNOPPOSED.

BIDEN WON WITH NEARLY 90% OF THE VOTE AMONG DEMOCRATS, TRUMP WON WITH CLOSE TO 80% OF THE REPUBLICAN VOTE WITH NIKKI HALEY WHO REMAINED IN THE RACE DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE STATE'S EARLY VOTING PERIOD WINNING ABOUT 19% OF THE G.O.P.

VOTE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TODAY ALSO ANNOUNCED NEW RULES TO PUSH AUTOMAKERS TO SELL ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES TO ENSURE THAT BY 2032, THE MAJORITY OF NEW PASSENGER VEHICLES IN THE U.S. ARE ALL ELECTRIC OR HYBRID.

REGULATION INVOLVES GRADUALLY INCREASING THE TAIL PIPE EMISSIONS AUTO INDUSTRY ANALYSTS SAY THE CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE MARKET.

THE E.P.A.

SAID IT WILL ELIMINATE MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION TONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE OVER THE NEXT CARBON DIOXIDE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND SAVE THE AVERAGE DRIVER ABOUT $ $6,000 OVER THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE NIGHT.

FEDERAL RESERVE TODAY LEFT INTEREST RATES CHANGED UNCHANGED KEEPING THEM AT 5.3% SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN JULY OF LAST YEAR.

>> THE ECONOMY HAS MADE CONSIDERABLY PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR OBJECTIVE.

INFLATION HAS EASED SUBSTANTIALLY WHILE THE LABOR MARKET HAS REMAINED STRONG.

THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS.

BUT INFLATION IS STILL TOO HIGH ONGOING PROGRESS IN BRINGING IT DOWN IS NOT ASSURED, AND THE PATH FORWARD IS UNCERTAIN.

>> THAT SIDE, THE FED CHAIR DID STICK TO HIS EARLIER FORECAST OF UP TO THREE INTEREST RATE CUTS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> IT'S WEDNESDAY, TIME FOR OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND THIS WEEK IT'S THE REPUBLICANS TURN WE WELCOME SENATE PRESIDENT WARREN PETERSON AND HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER LEO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS TEXAS IMMIGRATION LAW.

BECAUSE IT DOES APPLY TO ARIZONA IN WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE ARIZONA DO INVOLVING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

FIRST YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE SUPREME COURT RULED AND WHAT THE LOWER COURT PING-PONGED BACK AND FORTH HERE.

>> SURE, YEAH, TED.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FAILING US ON IMMIGRATION, ON SECURING OUR BORDER, EVEN OUR OWN GOVERNOR HAS SAID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FAILING UNITED STATES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FAILING US ON SECURING OUR BORDER.

SO, YOU'RE SEEING STATES LIKE TEXAS STEP UP AND DO THE JOB THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO DO.

WE'VE HAD A RULING NOW THAT SAID THEY CAN ENACT THE LAW AND THEN BRIEFLY THERE IS SOME PING-PONGING GOING ON BUT TO ME WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, PROBABLY I IMAGINE WE'LL KNOW SOMETHING BY TWHEENL.

TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW TEXAS TO PROTECT THEIR BORDER BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FAILING.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ARIZONA?

WELL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS GOVERNOR HOBBS VETOED OUR BILL WHICH -- WAS HER CLAIM THAT IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IF THE SUPREME COURT HOLDS THIS UP AS CONSTITUTIONAL, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR US TO PUT THAT BILL RIGHT BACK ON HER DESK AND WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT SHE'S GOING TO SIGN IT SO THAT ARIZONA CAN PROTECT ITS BORDER.

>> AND THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF IT AS FAR AS THE GOVERNOR SEES IT AND WHAT LOWER COURTS HAVE SEEN AND AGAIN IT IS GOING BACK AND FORTH.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOT A FULL MEASURE OF THIS.

BUT THEY'RE SAYING BASICALLY, IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL LAW AND YOU GOT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW.

THIS KIND OF THING.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> LOOK, I THINK AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THE FEDS ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB PROTECT THE CITY OF ARIZONA, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT AT SOME POINT AS A STATE WE WILL DO THE JOB THAT YOU FAILED TO DO.

WE DID ESSENTIALLY IN 22HB2696 MY BILL ON HUMAN SMUGGLING.

SAME SCENARIO THEY WEREN'T DOING THEIR JOB WITH REGARD TO SMUGGLING WE PASSED A LAW IN ARIZONA NOW WE'RE ARRESTING HUMAN SMUGGLERS.

I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE SAYING IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB WE PUT YOU INTO OFFICE TO DO SOMETHING.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SINCE THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

>> LOGISTICALLY HOW WOULD IT WORK?

>> OBVIOUSLY, LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ARIZONA CONSISTS OF -- IF YOU GOT SOMEONE IN FLAGSTAFF HOW OR SHE SUSPECT THAT SOMEONE IS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY?

>> YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION TO ASK OUR SHERIFFS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY AND LEADER I WOULD BE SPECULATING ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THEY DO IT THE SAME WAY THEY ENFORCE ALL OF THEIR OTHER LAWS.

THERE'S A LITANYNY OF LAWS ON THE BOOK.

I COULD SPECULATE HOW DO THEY ENFORCE AND KNOW HOW TO DO ALL THOSE LAWS?

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GOES INTO THAT.

THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE, THERE'S REASONABLE SUSPICION, THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THEY LOOK AT AND TO DETERMINE IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

OBVIOUSLY, I IMAGINED IT WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO TO DO WITH THEIR DOCUMENTATION OR WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW.

DO THEY HAVE AN ARIZONA LICENSE OR DO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW A LICENSE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.

SO, LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT'S THEIR JOB AND IF THEY NEED HELP FROM US YOU KNOW TEXAS HAS THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CONFIDENT.

OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BROUGHT THIS TO US.

SO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE IT AND KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

SO I HAVE FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> LAST QUESTION, ORIGINAL VETO, YOU READY TO GO BACK AGAIN?

>> YEAH, SO ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE FOUR OTHER BILLS THAT DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE BORDER AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, HOPEFUL THAT SHE'LL SIGN THOSE BILLS.

THE TEXAS BILL AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE RULING IF THE COURT UPHOLDS THAT WE'LL BE YOU KNOW, I WILL BE DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO PUT THAT BACK ON HER DESK IN A MATTER OF DAYS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STARTER HOMES ACT.

GOVERNOR VETOED THAT.

FIRST OF ALL WHAT ARE THE CALL FOR AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE VETO?

>> YEAH, IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING.

HAVE YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PASS SOMETHING TO GET THESE HOME PRICES DOWN.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS.

FINALLY WE HAVE A BILL THAT CAME FORWARD AS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN I DON'T THINK EITHER IN THE TWO OR THREE YEARS, LITERALLY A SPLIT OF DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE WHO BOTH GOT BEHIND THIS BILL.

WE DID ALL THE THINGS WE KNEW WOULD LEAD TO CHEAPER HOMES.

THAT FIRST HOME EVERY ARIZONAN SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AND TRY TO GET WE WILL BE YOU SHOULDN'T BE TELLING SOMEBODY THEY CAN CAN'T HAVE A CARPORT THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ENCLOSED GARAGE OR THE ROOF HAS TO BE A TILE NOT SHINGLE.

THESE THINGS ARE NOT THE JOBS OF CITIES.

THEY ARE MAKING THEIR PRICES GO UP.

SO THIS BILL IS JUST SAYING LOOK, LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.

LET'S MAKE IT A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE AND GET THESE HOUSES UP BUILD THEM FASTER AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE COME TO US DIDN'T UNTIL THE 11th HOUR.

THAT'S THE PART THAT'S MOST FRUSTRATING.

>> IS THERE AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THOUGH, YOU SAID IT WOULD LEAD TO LOWER PRICES AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES WHY NOT JUST COUNTRY THAT -- JUST WRITE THAT INTO LEGISLATION?

>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE AND STRANGE QUESTIONS THIS WHY ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMANDS.

IT'S ECONOMICS 101.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY OF SOMETHING THE PRICES GO UP.

YOU DON'T WRITE INTO A BILL WE SHALL MAKE HOMES AFFORDABLE.

THAT'S LIKE WRITING INTO A -- THAT VIOLATES NATURAL LAW.

THAT'S LIKE WRITING INTO A BILL TED SIMON'S WILL BECOME 100 YEARS OLD.

I CAN SAY YOU WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BECOME 100 YEARS OLD BECAUSE I WROTE IT INTO A BILL.

WHAT I CAN DO IS LOWER PRICES BY INCREASING THE SUPPLY.

THIS WAS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.

AS YOU SAID, DEMOCRATS, AND REPUBLICANS CAME TOGETHER TO CUT RED TAPE, TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS, AND INCREASE THE HOUSING SUPPLY SO THAT PRICES WOULD GO DOWN TO MAKE THE HOMES THAT OUR PARENTS BOUGHT HOMES I GREW UP IN THAT ARE NOW ILLEGAL TO BUY YOU CAN'T BUY THEM WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE HOMES LEGAL FOR OUR KIDS.

BUT OUR GOVERNOR SIDED WITH BUREAUCRATS INSTEAD OF SIDING WITH OUR KIDS.

THAT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING.

>> THAT'S AN AWFULLY TOUGH THING TO SAY HERE.

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

>> SHE SIDED WITH CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHO WERE AGAINST IT AS WELL.

>> THEY'RE THE BUREAUCRATS.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CREATED THE PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS INDUSTRY, TED, I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, 25 YEARS AGO YOU COULD RESPOND TO THE HOUSING CRISIS, TO A SHORTAGE IN SIX MONTHS.

THE MINIMUM TIME TO GET SOMETHING DEVELOPED AND BUILT IS NOW FOUR YEARS.

WE'RE SEEING SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING 16 YEARS.

THE BUREAUCRATS IN THE RED TAPE IS ABSOLUTELY THE PROBLEM.

>> THE -- FOR FIRST TIME, FOR FIRST TIME PHOENIX IS NOW A HIGH PRICED AREA.

WE USED TO ALWAYS BE A LOW PRICED AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE NOW ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE'RE ONE OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE PLACES TO BUILD.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE RED TAPE AND THE BUREAUCRACY.

>> SHOULD THE BUREAUCRATS AS THEY ARE SO DESCRIBED AS THE CITIES AND TOWNS WHO WANT CONTROL WHY SHOULD THEY NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER BUREAUCRATS AT THE STATE LEVEL WHO WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO?

>> I THINK THAT THE WHOLE REASON THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR.

I THINK THEY'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING SO MUCH REGULATION AND SO MUCH RED TAPE IT'S NOW CAUSEth THE PRICES TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF.

WHOLE POINT IS GIVE THE CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY ARE SAYING THE YARDS ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH AND SETBACKS IF THAT'S WHAT THE CONSUMER WANTS LET THEM HAVE IT.

WE DIDN'T COMPROMISE SAFETY, WE DIDN'T COMPROMISE ANY KIND OF CODE, NONE OF THAT WAS IN JEOPARDY IN THIS BILL.

WE EVEN KEPT THE PARTNER REQUIREMENT THE SAME.

WE DIDN'T GO THE SAME WE JUST SAID LOOK, YOU HAVE PUT TOO MUCH REGULATION, LET'S REMOVE SOME OF THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY AND LET'S LET THE MARKET FIGURE IT OUT.

>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, TED WHAT YOU SAID IT'S FALSE.

THERE'S NO BUREAUCRATS AT THE STATE LEVEL TELLING THE BUREAUCRATS AND CITY WHAT TO DO.

YOU HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE GIVING CITIZENS MORE CHOICES.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE -- YOU HAVE HOME BUILDERS INFLUENCING THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS, TALKING TO THEM, TELLING THEM.

>> HOME BUILDERS ARE NOT BUREAUCRATS.

>> THEY'RE NOT BUREAUCRATS AND YOU'RE NOT A BUREAUCRAT, TED WHO DO YOU WANT TO DECIDE THE DESIGN OF YOUR HOUSE?

DO YOU WANT TO DECIDE THAT OR WOULD YOU LIKE A BUREAUCRAT TO DO IT FOR YOU?

>> IF I LIVE IN A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THEN I HAVE ALREADY MADE MY CHOICE.

I DON'T LIVE THERE BUT THAT IS CHOICE YOU MAKE BETWEEN RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND OTHERWISE.

>> SO MY QUESTION IS DO YOU WANT TO DECIDE THE COLOR OF PAINT OF YOUR HOME OR DO YOU WANT A BUREAUCRAT TO DECIDE IT?

>> IF I LIVE IN AN H.O.A.

I WANT THE H.O.A.

TO DECIDE.

THE H.O.A.

TO DECIDE THE COLOR OF YOUR HOME.

>> I HAVE AGREED TO THAT, OF COURSE.

>> I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I DON'T LIVE IN AN H.O.A.

OTHERWISE I GET TO CHOOSE.

>> NO, TED, OUR CITIZENS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE THE COLOR OF THEIR HOUSES THE TILE THAT GOES ON THEIR HOUSE ALL OTHER THINGS TO OVER A CITY.

IF THEY WANT TO BUY IN AN H.O.A.

THAT HAS COLLECT THINGS FINE THEY CAN DECIDE THAT.

BUT A CITY BUREAUCRAT HAS NO BUSINESS DECIDING COLORS AND DESIGNS.

>> WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME LAST QUESTION ON THIS.

IS THERE A BALANCING POINT, IS THERE A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WHERE OTHER SIDES, CITIES AND TOWNS, THE BUREAU KRATLE, -- BUREAUCRATS, IF YOU WILL GET WHAT THEY WANT AND YOU WHAT YOU WANT?

>> THEY SAID THIS IS NO NEGOTIATION WE WON'T NEGOTIATE ANY OF THIS.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

I'M SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES YOU GET TO THE TABLE YOU FIGURE IT OUT YOU GET THE JOB DONE.

AS SOON AS THIS BILL WAS VETOED I SENT AN E-MAIL OUT SAYING WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE LET'S SIT DOWN.

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'RE FACING IN ARIZONA ALONG WITH THE BORDER.

BUT WE CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE.

THAT WAS A REALLY SILLY COMMENT TO BE MADE BY THE LEAD THAT SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE AT ALL.

THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

WE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO SIT AT THE TABLE AND FIGURE IT OUT AND THE OFFER IS ON THE TABLE SO THE GOVERNOR AS WELL AS THE LEAGUE OF THE CITY.

>> ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

GOOD CONVERSATION.

COME BACK.

>> YOU ARE INVITED BACK.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF HAVE YOU NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ME MEET YET I'M YOUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER.

TO ENGAGE US IN IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS WE DO THAT WE CAN REFLECT THE COMMUNITY BETTER -- >>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THIS WEEKEND'S RAINBOWS FESTIVAL AND STREET FAIR IN PHOENIX.

IT'S ARIZONA'S LARGEST LGBTQI+ STREET FAIR.

AND JEREMY IS HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE ANNUAL EVENT.

WHAT IS, JEREMY, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, WHAT IS THE RAINBOWS FESTIVAL AND STREET FAIR.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK, TED.

THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY EVENT IN ARIZONA ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR EVENTS PRODUCED BY PHOENIX PRIDE.

THIS AS YOU SAID IS OUR ANNUAL STREET FAIR.

WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER THE HERITAGE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.

WE'RE EXPECTING A CROWD OF MORE THAN 25,000, THEY BREAK 30,000 FOR TWO DAYS OF CELEBRATION OF THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY AND THE PRIDE IN THAT COMMUNITY.

>> IMPACT AS FAR AS AN IMPORTANT TO THAT COMMUNITY THESE KIND OF FESTIVALS THESE KIND OF EVENTS HOW BIG A DEAL?

>> THIS IS HUGE FOR THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY FOR TWO REASONS.

THE FIRST IS THAT PHOENIX PRIDE CREATES SAFE SPACES FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DOWNTOWN IT IS GOING TO BE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE WHO THEY ARE AUTHENTICALLY WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL FOR BEING SO.

THE OTHER PIECE OF IT THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT IS SHARING THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

LETTING THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY SEE WHAT THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY IS ABOUT THAT THIS IS A FRIENDLY OPEN AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT, OPEN TO EVERYONE.

>> YOU GOT EXHIBITS, EVENTS, ATTRACTIONS THE WHOLE NINE YARDS?

>> OVER 150 EXHIBITORS, THERE IS GOING TO BE FOOD, THE FESTIVAL FOOD WILL BE OUT.

SO HEALTHY OPTIONS.

ENTERTAINMENT IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS.

WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL HEADLINERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE GRACING OUR MAIN STAGE FROM THE U.K., AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED VOCALIST.

SUNDAY AT 5:00, THE LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF WOODSTOCK LADY BUNNY WILL BE WITH US HERE IN PHOENIX.

>> WE JUST HAD LAWMAKERS IN HERE TALKING ABOUT A VARIETY OF LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS KIND OF A FESTIVAL TO GIVING LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT HARKENS BACK TO THE EARLIEST PRIDE MARCHES HERE IN TOWN MORE THAN FOUR DECADES AGO THAT WERE ABOUT CREATING THAT VISIBILITY AND CREATING THAT AWARENESS.

RIGHT NOW, THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE UNDER ATTACK IN POLICY.

WE'VE SEEN THINGS THAT ARE ABSURD.

THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY BEING MARGINALIZED.

EARLIER THIS YEAR THE SENATOR INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE GENDER AFFIRMING REVERSAL CARE FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED AND WANT TO BACK OUT.

IT'S CLEARLY AN ATTACK ON THE VALIDITY AND IDENTITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND JUST TWO DAYS AFTER SHE ROLLED THAT BILL OUT WITH A BIG PRESS CONFERENCE, THE LARGEST NATIONAL SURVEY OF TRANSGENDER AMERICANS IN HISTORY MORE THAN 92,000 IN THE SAMPLE WAS RELEASED.

94% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SAID THEY FELT EITHER SOMEWHAT BETTER OR SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE SINCE BEGINNING TO LIVE ENTIRELY OR IN PART IN A GENDER NOT ASSIGNED AT BIRTH.

SO, WE'RE SEEING LAWS THAT ARE BASED IN CULTURAL WAR PHILOSOPHIES NOT IN SCIENCE, NOT IN MEDICINE, NOT IN CLINICAL HEALTHCARE.

>> THAT IS AMONG THE MESSAGES THAT ARE RELEASED HERE AT THESE FESTIVALS AND PRIDE FESTIVALS AND AGAIN THIS RAINBOWS FESTIVAL AGAIN ONE MORE TIME.

WHERE AND WHEN AND HOW DO YOU GET THERE WHAT KIND OF PARKING INVOLVED.

>> THE PARKING DOWNTOWN WE WILL BE AT THE HERITAGE SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT IT IS FAMILY FRIEND, IT IS PET FRIENDLY.

PARKING IS ALWAYS A CONCERN DOWNTOWN.

WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE LIGHT RAIL, TAKE THE BUS.

THERE WILL BE A DEDICATED RIDE SHARE DROP-OFF AND PICKUP AREA AS WELL ALONG SEVENTH STREET AT MONROE.

SO, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO FILL UP THE PARKING LOTS.

>> JEREMY THE RAINBOWS FESTIVAL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> A NEW BOOK LOOKS AT THREE ICONIC JOHN FORD WESTERNS AND FEATURE ARIZONA SCENERY THE BOOK IS TITLED "THE CALVARY JOHN WAYNE AND THE MAKING OF CLASSIC WESTERNS. "

MICHAEL BLAKE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THE CALVARY TRILOGY WHAT IS IT.

>> WELL, IT WAS JOHN FORD'S RESCUE.

HE HAD MADE A MOVIE CALLED "THE FUGITIVE" WITH HIS INDEPENDENT COMPANY.

BEAUTIFUL PICTURE, BEAUTIFULLY SHOT BOMBED AT THE BOX OFFICE AND HE HAD HALF A MILLION DOLLAR DEBT THAT HE OWED RKO SO WHAT HE TURNED AROUND WENT TO WHAT HE KNEW BEST.

HE DID WESTERNS.

HE DID FORT APACHE AND THEN FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH YELLOW RIBBON AND RIO GRANDE ALLOWED HIM TO MAKE HIS FILM WHICH WON THE FOURTH OSCAR FOR DIRECTING.

>> HOW INFLUENTIAL WERE THESE FILMS TO OTHER DIRECTORS AND TO THE FILM INDUSTRY?

>> OH, EVERY DIRECTOR -- SPIELBERG, SCORSESE, WALTER HILL, DAVID LANE, ETC., ETC., ETC.

THEY HAVE ALL BEEN INFLUENCED BY FORD'S WORK.

FILMMAKERS WERE HESITANT TO GO TO MONUMENT VALLEY BECAUSE IT WAS JOHN FORD'S LOCATION.

THEY WERE AFRAID THEY WOULD SAY OH, YOU'RE TRYING TO IMITATE JOHN FORD.

>> YEAH, AND MONUMENT VALLEY PLAYED SUCH A MAJOR PART IN THOSE FILMS.

HE DID, HE LET THE VISUALS SET THE SCENE AS OPPOSED TO ALWAYS HAVING TALKING, TALKING, TALKING.

>> YES, HE COULD SAY MORE WITH A SHOT, A THEME AND LETTING THE ACTORS JUST BE EMOTIONALLY WITHOUT DIALOGUE.

HE WOULD TAKE A SCRIPT AND PULL OUT THE WORDS HERE AND HERE AND HE WOULD HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.

IT TOLD MORE.

>> THESE FILMS WERE, I THINK, TWO OF THE THREE WERE BLACK AND WHITE, CORRECT.

>> FORT APACHE WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE.

THEY WANTED TO DO TECHNICOLOR THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY SHE CORE A YELLOW RIBBON HE FIRST ONE HE THOUGHT IN MONUMENT VALLEY IN TECHNICOLOR.

>> ARE THESE FILMS ICONIC WITHOUT MONUMENT VALLEY?

>> NO.

NO.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

MONUMENT EXTREME VALLEY IS AS MUCH A CHARACTER AS THE ACTORS ARE.

LOOK AT THAT.

HOW CAN YOU NOT SAY I WAS THERE ON "BACK TO THE FUTURE 3" WE ALL TALKED ABOUT JOHN FORD.

>> YES.

>> YOU CAN'T.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONUMENT VALLEY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE MONUMENT VALLEY IS THE AMERICAN WEST THANKS TO JOHN FORD.

>> ARE THESE FILMS ICONIC WITHOUT JOHN WAYNE?

>> NO.

NO.

YOU COULD HAVE ANYBODY IN IT.

BUT JOHN WAYNE AND HENRY FONDA THEY HAD, THEY HAD WHAT WE CALL CHARISMA.

THEY HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CAMERA THAT JUST THE CAMERA LOVED THEM.

AND YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE JOHN WAYNE IN THAT POSITION AS THE CALVARY CAPTAIN OR COLONEL.

HE HAD THAT AUTHORITY.

THEY'RE NOT AROUND NOW.

>> OK, DO THESE FILMS EVEN GET MADE WITHOUT THE PRODUCER.

>> COOPER WHO MADE KING KONG AND HE JOHN FORD WERE PARTNERS.

HE PRIMARILY WAS THE MONEY GUY.

>> SO ALL THESE PEOPLE HAD TO COME TOGETHER AND IN KIND OF A PERFECT SITUATION, A PERFECT STORM, IF YOU WILL, TO TO GET THIS GOING HERE.

THERE'S A QUESTION THOUGH, AND THAT IS IT'S A PROBLEMATIC PORTRAYAL OF AMERICAN INDIANS.

WE SEE IT IN A LOT OF WESTERNS.

TALK ABOUT THAT DYNAMIC IN THESE THREE CLASSICS.

>> IN THE FIRST TWO, THE FIRST ONE IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE CUSTARD THEME.

JOHN WAYNE'S CHARACTER TRIES TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE TREATY AND HENRY FONDA IS TOO BELLIGERENT, TO STUPID, REALLY.

HE CAUSES HIS MEN TO BE KILLED IN AN AN BECOME -- AMBUSH.

IN SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON JOHN WAYNE WANTS TO STOP THE WAR SO HE STAMPEDES THE HORSES TO FORCE THE INDIANS BACK TO THE RESERVATION.

IN RIO GRANDE HE NEEDED TO MAKE A MONEY TO MAKE MONEY SO -- MAKE A MOVIE TO MAKE MONEY.

>> HOW DO THE FILMS HOLD UP?

>> I THINK THEY'RE STILL GREAT.

YOU LOOK AT "SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON" EVERY SCENE IN THAT MOVIE IS LIKE A CHARLES RUSSELL BAILEY.

>> BUT AGAIN AS FAR AS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN INDIANS.

WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FORD AND THE AMERICAN ACTORS AND USING AMERICAN LAND?

>> HE LOVED THE NAVAJOS THEY GAVE HIM A SECRET DEER HIDE AND GAVE HIM THE NAME NATANINEZ.

AFTER FINISHING THE MOVIE THE VALLEY WAS HIT WITH A HORRIBLE SNOWSTORM AND THE NAVAJOS WERE IN TROUBLE.

WORD GOT TO FORD.

FORD USED HIS MILITARY CONNECTIONS AND HAD ARMY PLANES DROP FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR HIM.

THEY LOVED HIM.

>> THIS BOOK IS VERY DETAILED.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY A LABOR OF LOVE.

WHAT GOT YOU STARTED IN ALL THIS?

[LAUGHTER] >> WELL, GROWING UP AS A KID IN THE INDUSTRY I WAS A COWBOY CRAZY KID.

MY DAD TOOK ME TO MY FIRST JOHN FORD FILM IN 1964, A MATINEE OF "CHEYENNE AUTUMN."

THE CALVARY AND INDIANS I LOVE AND MONUMENT VALLEY I FELL IN LOVE WITH.

>> THE BIOGRAPHY OF CHENEY.

>> IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM I BECAME A MAKEUP ARTIST.

AND HAVE NO IDEA, NO PLANNING OF WRITING THREE BOOKS ON HIM BUT I DID.

>> REAL QUICKLY HOW DID THAT RELATIONSHIP START?

>> MY DAD WAS IN MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES.

A FILM BIOGRAPHY WITH JAMES CAGNEY NOBODY HAD WRITTEN BOOKS FOR LON CHENEY.

>> SO BACK TO THE JOHN FORD FILMS AND THE CALVARY TRILOGY WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE FROM THIS BOOK?

>> FIRST OFF I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO MAKE MOVIES.

JOHN FORD MADE "FORT AFACHY" IN 41 DAYS HE MADE "SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON IN 31 DAYS."

THAT'S UNHEARD OF I WAS ON SPIDER-MAN 3 FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.

THE AVERAGE TIME THEN WAS THREE MONTHS.

HE WORKED 10 HOUR DAYS.

HE GOT EVERYTHING BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED.

HE KNEW HOW TO SET THINGS UP.

HE HAD NO NOTES IT WAS ALL IN HIS HEAD.

AND HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED AND HE CAST PEOPLE THAT HE COULD RELY ON.

>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK.

IT IS A LABOR OF LOVE.

GREAT JOB.

YOU MUST BE VERY PROUD OF IT AND A SENSE OF REWARD THERE AS WELL.

MICHAEL BLAKE "THE CALVARY TRILOGY" IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

THAT'S ITS FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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