COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: DETAILS ON A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INVOLVING THE GOVERNOR AND A STATE CONTRACTOR THAT DONATED TO THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURATION FUND.

ALSO TONIGHT, A LOOK AT WHAT THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MEXICO MEANS FOR ARIZONA.

AND, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES THERAPY DOGS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

TED: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT IT'S KEEPING INTEREST RATES STEADY.

IT'S THE 7TH STRAIGHT TIME THAT THE FED'S DECIDED TO LEAVE INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED, WHICH MEANS IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO A YEAR SINCE RATES WERE LAST MOVED.

THE FED TODAY SIGNALED THAT IT "WILL" LIKELY "CUT" RATES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT SAID, TODAY'S MOVE KEEPS RATES AT A MORE THAN TWO DECADE HIGH OF 5.3 PERCENT.

FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL THOUGH, SEES "SOME" THINGS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> MY COLLEAGUES AND I REMAIN ON MAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT AND STABLE PRICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

OUR ECONOMY HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS TOWARD BOTH GOALS OVER THE PAST TWOS YEARS.

THE LABOR MARKET HAS COME INTO BETTER BALANCE WITH CONTINUED STRONG JOB GAINS AND LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

INFLATION HAS EASED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM A PEAK OF 7% TO 2.7% BUT IS STILL TOO HIGH.

WE ARE STRONGLY COME MILTED TO RETURNING INFLATION TO OUR 2% GOAL IN SUPPORT OF A STRONG ECONOMY THAT PEN FITS EVERYONE.

TED: INDEED, THE FED'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY CAME AFTER NEW INFLATION NUMBERS WERE RELEASED.

THOSE NUMBERS SHOW CONSUMER PRICES EASED SLIGHTLY LAST MONTH.

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT PRICES ROSE 3.3 PERCENT OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

THAT'S DOWN A TENTH-OF-A-PERCENT FROM "LAST" MONTH'S REPORT, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IT'S A BIGGER DROP THAN ECONOMISTS HAD EXPECTED AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT INFLATION DIDN'T INCREASE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

ONE MORE INFLATION NOTE: TODAY'S DATA SHOWS THAT THE COST OF EATING AT SIT-DOWN RESTAURANTS WENT UP ALMOST 3-AND-A-HALF PERCENT OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND THAT PRICES AT FAST-FOOD AND CASUAL RESTAURANTS WENT UP ALMOST 4.5%.

ANALYSTS SAY THAT THE INCREASES HAVE CAUSED CUSTOMERS TO PULL BACK ON SPENDING, WHICH IS PUSHING RESTAURANTS TO OFFER MENU BUNDLES AND DEALS TO TRY TO START SALES.

THOSE DEALS, THOUGH AREN'T LIKELY TO STICK AROUND AND ARE NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE RESTAURANTS' PLANS TO KEEP RAISING PRICES, ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY ANALYSTS.

THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS AND A GROUP-HOME PROVIDER THAT DONATED TO THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURATION COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.FOR MORE ON THIS, WE WELCOME THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC'S STACEY BARCHENGER.

HER REPORTING LED TO THE AG'S INVESTIGATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT REPORT.

GREAT JOB THERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

AGAIN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENS.

THIS IS A CRIMINAL PROBE, CORRECT?

>> YES.

TED: GIVE US THE WHAT NOTS HERE.

>> OK. WE REPORTED THIS STORY ABOUT THIS NEW POLITICAL SPENDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THIS GROUP HOME LAST WEEK.

REPUBLICAN SENATOR T.J.

ASKED BOTH ATTORNEY GENERAL MAYES AND MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY RACHEL MITCHELL TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION.

HE SUGGESTED CRIMES LIKE FRAUD, BRIBERY, CONTRACT VIOLATIONS, SAID ALMOST IMMEDIATELY SHE WOULD LOOK INTO IT.

MITCHELL IS ALSO GOING TO INVESTIGATE AS WELL.

TED: YES.

WE'LL GET TO MITCHELL IN A SECOND HERE.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

THE IDEA IS WHAT?

THIS IS A GROUP HOME PROVIDER.

A STATE CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDED WHAT, GAVE MONEY TO THIS?

THIS INAUGURATION FUN NEVER GUESS AWAY, DOES?

IT YEAH.

IT IS QUITE INTERESTING.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

RIGHT.

THIS IS, THIS IS, SO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY CONTRACTS WITH HOMES, THAT SHELTER KIDS WHO THEY DON'T HAVE A FOSTER FAMILY FOR, OR CAN GET ADOPTED, THERE IS DOZENS OF THESE PROVIDERS?

ONE, SUNSHINE RESIDENTIAL HOMES HAD NO AND NO DONATION HISTORY.

NO POLITICAL DONATION HISTORY IN THE DECADE BEFORE THEY STARTED FIFING TO THE GOVERNOR AND HER PARTY IN 2022 AND 2023 ABOUT THE SAME TIME THEY GET TO WHAT AMOUNTS TO 60% INCREASE IN THE DALLY PAY THEY GET FROM THE STATE.

TED: INDEED.

AGAIN, THESE ARE KIDS AS YOU MENTIONED TAKEN FROM PARENTS PUT INTO SAFE HOMES HERE.

THEY WERE THE ONLY GROUP HOME GIVEN THIS KIND OF INCREASE IN PAY?

>> YEAH.

SO THERE IS, THE WAY DCS TALKS ABOUT THIS.

TWO WAY HAS THEY PAY THESE PROVIDERS, AND THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION PROCESS, SO PEOPLE GET THEIR NIGHTLY RATES OR DAILY RATES SET THEN.

PROVIDERS GO TO THE DEPARTMENT AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY.

SEPARATE FROM THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION PROCESS RIGHT.

WE ARE ALL FEELING INFLATION.

THAT IS TRUE FOR THEM AS WELL.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND SO, YEAH.

IN GOVERNOR HOB'S, WHAT ARE WE AT NOW 16 MONTHS IN OFFICE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A DOZEN.

TED: THE DAILY AVERAGE RATE FOR A CHILD.

IS THAT TRUE?

YEAH.

THE RESULT OF THE CONTRACT PROCESSES THAT JUST FINISHED IN APRIL AND MAY OF THIS YEAR.

TED: OK. BACK TO THE INAUGURATION.

I THOUGHT THE AG KIND OF LOOKED INTO THAT IN THE PAST.

WAS THAT NOT DONE?

WAS THIS DISMISSED?

WHAT WAS GOING ON?

>> THAT WAS LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVE DAVID LIVINGTON THE REPUBLICAN FROM PEORIA ASKED MAYES TO LOOK INTO WHETHER THE GOVERNOR USED TATE RESOURCES THAT BEING THE STATE REB SITE TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE INAUGURATION.

PROMPT A WHOLE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER IT IS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EVENT.

GOVERNOR HOBBS CREATED THE DARK MONEY GROUP THEY REVEALED THE DONORS TO ONCE.

AND NEVER AGAIN, UM, SO WHAT DETERMINED IS, GOVERNOR HOBBS DID THIS MUCH LIKE GOVERNORS BEFORE HER, NAMED GOVERNOR DUCEY SPECIFICALLY AND THERE WASES NO VIOLATION OF THIS LAW THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT AUTOS THE STATE RESOURCE FOR A POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

TED: BUT NOW, SHE IS LOOKING AT THE FUND IN PART HERE AGAIN.

SHE WANTS TO LOOK AT THIS ON HER OWN.

SHE WANTS HER OFFICE TO LOOK AT HER ON HER OWN.

MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY ALONG WITH WHAT THE AUDITOR GENERAL THEY ARE SAYING WE WANT TO LOOK A IT, TOO HUH.

>> SUR PRIZING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANTED TO LOOK INTO THIS AFTER WE PUBLISHED THE STORY.

YOU KNOW?

MAYES MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AGENCY INVESTIGATING THE SAME THING IS A WASTE OF RESOURCES, YOU KNOW?

WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS IF, THIS CONCLUSIONS ARE DIFFERENT.

BUT WANTED SOUL A THINK TO LOOK NOOK THIS.

THEN WE FOUND OUT RACHEL MITCHELL SAID YESTERDAY, SHE WOULD WORK WITH THE AUDITOR FEN ROOM ON THEIR OWN AND INVESTIGATION TO SUIT NEEDS THIS.

>> IS THIS UNUSUAL TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES HAVING LIKE THAT.

>> WELL, I UNDERSTAND IT TO BE FAIRLY UNUSUAL.

I DID A CLIP SEARCH OF THE ARCHIVES.

IT DID HAPPEN BACK IN THE '90'S A COUPLE OF AIDES TO GOVERNOR SIMONINGTON WERE INVESTIGATING.L THEY WERE AT THE SAME TIME.

ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.

TED: WHAT ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NEEDS TO RECUSE HERSELF BECAUSE THE SUNSHINE HOMES GAVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND SHE IS PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> YEAH.

I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL HEAR REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHETHER CAN CONDUCT A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION BECAUSE IT IS HER PARTY AND, YOU OH, THERE IS, THERE IS SEPARATELY FROM THIS, THIS PANEL OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS THAT THINKS SHE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED, BECAUSE THEY THINK SHE IS ENFORCING LAWS SO THERE IS A LOT OF DISTRUST WITHIN THE INVESTIGATION.

MAE'S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN THEIR PROBE.

KNOW, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REPRESENTS DCS SO THEY BUILD A HIGHER WALL AND DCS WILL HIRE THE OWN LAWYERS FOR WHATEVER THIS INVESTIGATION TURNS OUT.

TED: SOUNDS AWFULLY COMPLICATED.

GOVERNOR'S RESPONSE TO THIS?

>> WELL, PRIOR TO PUBLICATION, THEY SAID THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAD NO ROLE IN DCS SETTING RATES FOR SUNSHINE RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

SUBSEQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK, WE WERE ABLE TO ASK HER DIRECTLY THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SHE HAS NO COMMENT BUT WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ARIZONA CHILDREN.

SHE IS A SOCIAL WORKER.

>> INTERESTING.

BEFORE YOU GO.

NOW WE GOT YOU HERE THE BUDGET THINGS ARE PUBLIC DOWN THERE.

KNOW THERE IS SOME SORT OF DRAFT PLAN MAKING THE ROUNDS WE HAVE SEEN COPIES OF IT.

IT IS, IT IS REALLY ROUGH DRAFT HERE.

WHAT IS THE BUDGET LOOKING LIKE NOW.

>> WELL, THE PREDICTIONS ARE COMING TO REALITY HERE.

IT IS A CUTS BUDGET, RIGHT.

LOOKING AT LIKE, 16BILLION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, OVER$1BILLION THAT IS CUTTING BACK ROAD PROJECTS THEY FUNDED LAST YEAR, AND, AND, A COUPLE OF GOVERNOR DUCEY'S PRIORITIES ON WATER, AND ARE NOT MAKING IT INTO THE FINAL DRAFT AS FAR AS WE KNOW NOW.

>> YEAH.

THAT FINANCE AUTHORITY DEAL.

THAT IS LOOK THE THIRD YEAR OF IT GUTTED.

>> YEAH.

EXACTLY.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR, THEY TOOK SOME OF THIS MONEY, I FESS, THIS IS THE PARREL OF MAKING FUNDING COMMITMENTS THREE YEARS OUT.

ARE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS FOG HAPPEN.

>> YEAH.

EXACTLY.

THESE AGENCY FUND TRANSFERS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS NEGOTIATED IN.

YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO IT IS A LOT OF MOVING MONEY AROUND FROM AGENCIES AND VARIOUS FUNDS AND THEN, THEN, THERE IS A ROUGHLY .5% CUT FROM ALLSTATE AGENCIES, BUT, NOT ALL.

MOST, MOST, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO BE DETERMINED WHEN WE GET MORE BUDGET DOCUMENTS WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.

IT IS IT STAFF?

IS IT OFFICE SUPPLIES IN HOW DO YOU MAKE UP THE NUMBERS?

WE DON'T QUITE KNOW YET.

>> EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW.

IT IS THE THIRD RAIL BEEN TOUCHED?

>> WELL, SO, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE WILL SEE THE GOVERNOR TALK ABOUT.

THERE IS A GUARDRAIL ON ESA THAT IS 2.5MILLION AND BALTIMORE'S IN THE SUMMER, SO READY OF THIS DOUBLE DIPPING SITUATION SO THEY ELIMINATE THAT.

TED: 2.5MILLION.

>> YEP IN THE$16 >> ESA'S ARE WHAT?

400.

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TOLL LARS.

5MILLION.

YET, CAN THE GOVERNOR SAY LOOK, LOOK WHAT I DO.

CAN YOU CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS AND A WIN?

I THINK SHE WILL CONSIDER IT A SUCCESS AND MAKE HER PITCH, I THINK YOU WILL SEE REPUBLICANS NOTE THAT THAT WAS ALL SHE GOT.

TED: YEAH.

YEAH.

THEN AGAIN, AS PAR, ARE THE VOTES HERE FOR THIS ROUGH DRAFT?

ARE THEY WRANGLING UP.

WHAT IS GOING SON IN.

>> THEY ARE DOING THAT AS WE SPEAK.

I RAN INTO A HOUSE SPEAK THE MORNING AND ASKED HIM BILLION THAT.

HE SAID, WE ARE NOT SURE IF THEY ARE READY AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AND CONSULTING WITH THE CAUCUS TO BE DETERMINED.

TED: BUT DETERMINED RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

YOU GOT TO GET BY JUNE30th.

A DONE DEAL.

>> YEAH F. THESE ARE LAWMAKERS THAT MEET UNTIL 4:00 A.M. TO GET THE BUDGET DONE.

TWO WEEKS IS A LONG TIME.

TED: GREAT JOB AGAIN REPORTING ON ALL OF THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE REPORTING WITH US.

WE APPRECIATE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> CAN THE LOVE OF A GOOD MAN TAME A WILD AND FREE WOMAN?

WILL SHE BE THE RUINS?

♪ ♪ OR WORSE?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TED: MEXICO RECENTLY ELECTED A NEW PRESIDENT.

SHE IS CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, THE COUNTRY'S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT AND A LIFELONG LEFTIST WHO IS VIEWED AS LESS COMBATIVE AND MORE DATA DRIVEN THAN "OUTGOING" PRESIDENT ANDRES MANUAL LOPEZ OBRADOR.JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW ARIZONA MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY THE ELECTION, IS TODD SANDERS PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA MEXICO COMMISSION.

GOODTO SEE YOU.

WHAT DO WE MAKE OF CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER?

>> OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU MENTIONED THE SUCCESSOR TO THE PRESIDENT.

THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HAD THE HISTORY OF IN THE UNITED STATES WAS U.

EDUCATE AND I BELIEVE SHE WENT TO BERKELEY AND FOCUSED MOSTLY ON SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

ONE VERY HANDEDLY BY OVER 90 POINTS THEN ALSO SWEPT THE CONGRESS, SO REALLY BIG MANDATE FOR HER COMING INTO OFFICE.

TED: BUT STILL A MEMBER OF THE RULING PARTY, CORRECT SNOOK THE SAME ONE AS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.

TED: SO HOW MUCH REAL REALISTICALLY CAN CHANGE DOWN THERE AND GET TO THIS IMPACT ON ARIZONA BUT DOWN THERE IN GENERAL.

HOW MUCH CAN CHANGE?

>> WELL, IN THE TIME THAT PRESIDENT HAS BEEN PRESIDENT.

HE REALLY HAS SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF MEXICO AND THE POLITICS OF MEXICO AND THE POP LASS.

I THINK WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THERE IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT DIRECTION.

WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY DIFFERENT AND I THINK, INVESTMENT IN THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THINK, HE HAS A TRAIN SYSTEM HE HAS INVESTED IN.

HE STOPPED CONSTRUCTION ON THE AIRPORT IN MEXICO CITY AND LOOKED AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE CONTINUATION OF THOSE POLICIES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ARIZONA BUSINESSES?

THINGS LIKE TOURISM?

>> WELL, I THINK TOURISM IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS REALLY BEEN STRONG IN MEXICO.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.

CERTAINLY FOR US IN ARIZONA WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MEXICO, OUR LARGEST TRADING PARTNER BY FAR, ABOUT 20BILLION A YEAR.

THOSE ARE 2022 NUMBERS THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO FRO.

BY THE WAY, IN THAT TIME, SINCE COVID, AS COMPANIES HAVE, WE ARE SEEING THE U.S.

NUMBERS GO UP.

MEXICO'S THE LARGEST NUMBER AS WELL.

TED: TALK ABOUT NEAR SHORING.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

HOW IT IMPACTS ARIZONA IN MEXICO.

>> YOU BET.

WELL, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WITH SUPPLY CHAIN RACE DOINGS AND ADD DURING COVID.

YOU SAW ALLOT OF COMPANIES IN THE EAST AND IN ASIA, CHIN NAP, MOVE TO NORTH AMERICA.

SOME OF THE COMPANIES MOVED HERE.

SOME OF THOSE COMPANIES MOVED TO MEXICO.

THERE IS A FOOD, THERE IS FOOD TALENT, CERTAINLY, GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION TO U.S. MARKETS AND SO YOU SAW A BIG MOMENT OF COMPANIES MAKE THAT MOVE.

THAT IS CERTAINLY IMPACTED THEIR ECONOMY IN MEXICO AND OUR ECONOMY HERE IN ARIZONA?

WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT NOW, WHERE DO WE SEE THAT DOING?

>> WE THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES SHE WANTS TO HAVE.

SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH U.S. THANKFULLY FOR US, WE GOT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNOR AS WELL.

HE HAS BEEN A BIG PROPELLENT OF THAT TRADE AS WELL.

TED: I KNOW THE CURRENT AND OUTGOING PRESIDENT HAS TRIED TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE.

VIOLENCE IS ALWAYS A BIG FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO MEXICO.

IT SEEMS LOOK WE ARE SEEING MORE MILITARIZATION DOWN THERE.

WHAT IS GOING SON IN AGAIN, THE IMPACT, ESPECIALLY ON TOURISM HERE IN ARIZONA?

>> WELL, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN THAT.

THINK THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SORT OF NATIONALIZING THE POLICE AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A POWER GRAB, STILL NOT CLEAR.

BUT I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT TWICE CERTAINLY ON THE U.S. SIDE WHEN WE CLOSE TOED THE BOOR.

PEOPLE WERE STUCK IN ROCK WHERE I POINT.

THAT WAS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

THAT IS NOW CLEARED SO WE ARE HOPEFUL IN TERMS OF OUR CORRIDORS WERE HERE, WHICH HAVE BEEN SAFE AND FOR YEARS, THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL SAFE FOG THE SENORA REGION AND ENJOYING THE BEACHES IN HE AREA OF SENORA.

WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING AS FAR AS IMMIGRATION IS CONCERNED.

HOW HER THOUGHTS MAY EITHER DOVETAIL OR GO CROSSWAYS WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN THE U.S. THAT IS STILL UNKNOWN.

YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WITH PRESIDENT, I THINK THIS WAS, THAT WERE SOME DISCUSSION I DON'T KNOW THAT CERTAINLY THE ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GOT AS FAR AS THEY WANTED TO ON THAT BUT WE GOT TO ADDRESS IT TOT THE POINT.

THESE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN REALLY BOTH, BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE TO ENGAGE.

>> AS FAR AS AGAIN, THE POLITICS IN AMERICA, ARIZONA IN GENERAL, BUT AMERICA IN PARTICULAR, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.

THE DEMONIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANTS THIS SORT OF THING.

WE COULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF THIS RELATIVELY SOON AFTER THE NEXT ELECTIONS HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO.

>> WELL, THINK, WHEN THINK BE THIS ARIZONA MEXICO COMMISSION.

THAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT AND SO SPECIAL.

BECAUSE THAT RELATIONSHIP IS LASTED SINCE 1959 THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW, GOD MADE US NEIGHBORS AND GOVERNOR SAID AND LET US BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING AND THE BEST WAY TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR NABBERS TO TALK TO THEM.

THAT COMMUNICATION GOING BACK AND FORTH HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE GOT TO CONTINUE THAT.

I KNOW GOVERNOR HOBBS IS REALLY COMMIT TO DOING THAT.

THEN I AM SURE WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT AS WELL.

WE GOT TO TALK.

>> IT IS COMMUNICATION.

IT EBBS AND FLOWS.

IT DOGS N I THINK IS THE ONE CONSTANT.

THIS IS THE ONLY COMMISSION OF THIS TYPE IN THE WORLD.

WHERE WE HAVE THIS, THESE TWO STATES, AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER, THEY SOLVE THIS REGIONAL ISSUES THEN, TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH STATES.

TED: SO WHAT DO WE LOOK SNORE WHAT DO WE WATCH FOR WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT OF MEXICO ONCE SHE TAKES OFFICE OCTOBER FIRST.

WHAT DO WE WATCH FOR AS FAR AS SIGNALS AND FOR WHERE THIS IS ALL DOING?

>> WELL, THINK PART OF IT IS.

WHATS THE WILLINGNESS TO TALK ABOUT THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL DRUGS COMING TO THE BORDER.

THEN OBVIOUSLY, MEXICO ALSO HAS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOT OF FOLKS COMING UP THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING AT THAT.

SO, SO, I THINK, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE EARLY SIGNS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS PRESIDENT LOOKING AT THE UNITED STATES YES.

YES.

THE LAST QUESTION HERE, THE LAST QUESTION I PROMISING.

YOU REFERRED TO THIS EARLIER.

THE ARIZONA MEXICO COMMISSION.

GIVE ME A REALLY NICE DEFINED ELEVATOR DEFINITION OF IT.

>> WELL, IT IS THIS.

REALLY, SPECIAL COMMISSION THAT IS COMPRISED OF BOTH STATES SO BOTH GOVERNORS SHALL THE BOTH GOVERNORS ARE THE CHAIRS AND WE HAVE GOT 13 COMMITTEES THAT ARE COMPRISED OF ARIZONANS AND WE COME TOGETHER.

WE WORK ON ISSUES THAT ARE COMMON TO MOST OF US.

THEY COULD BE, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC ISSUES, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES YOU WITH HE ARE SOLVING PROBLEM THEN TAKING OPPORTUNITY AND MAKING MORE PROSPERITY FOR US HERE IN ARIZONA.

TED: ARIZONA-MEXICO COMMISSION.

TODD, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> YOU AS WELL, THANK YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TED: FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF STRESS ON THE JOB AND IT CAN TAKE A TOLL ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

WITH THAT IN MIND, THERAPY ANIMALS ARE INCREASINGLY BEING CONSIDERED AS A WAY FOR 1ST- RESPONDERS TO BETTER COPE AFTER DEALING WITH TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS.TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME MELISSA BRICKHOUSE-THOMAS MANAGER AND VICTIM ASSISTANT, FOR THE GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO WITH US IS "OLIVER," A THERAPY DOG.

HELLO, OLIVER.

HE HE IS QUIET NOW.

WE'LL MIC HIM UP A LITTLE BIT LATER HERE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THERAPY DOG FOR FIRST REIN SPORES HOW DID THIS IDEA GET STARTED?

>> SO OLIVER WAS PURCHASED IN EAR FEDERAL VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT WHERE THE FIRST INTENTION WAS TO WORK WITH CRIME VICTIMS.

WHEN WE BRING VICTIMS IN TO BE INTERVIEWED, WE FOUND THAT, BAY AUTOING A THERAPY DOG, WE COULD DECREASE THE ANXIETY.

BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE FOUND THAT HE ALSO HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR DETECTIVES THAT WERE INVESTIGATING THOSE CASES.

TED: YEAH.

>> SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY SENSITIVE CASES TO INVESTIGATE.

AND SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT OLIVER NOT ONLY BENEFITED THE CRIME VICTIM, THE CHIRP, THAT WERE BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE POLICE, BUT HE WAS THEN STARTING TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR DETECTIVES.

>> YEAH.

A DOG, MAIN, SUCH A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE AND THE FIRST RESPONDER DOESN'T WANT TO TALK.

DOESN'T WANT TO SHARE AND CAN'T DO IT.

A DOG CAN HELP THAT, CAN'T THEY?

>> YEAH.

WE HAVE SEEN OLIVER REALLY DECREASING AND BY IF I FOR THOSE INTERVIEWING MEANING THE CHILDREN COME IN, THEY ARE CLAMMED UP, THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK, THEN THEY SEE THE DOG.

THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN, WE HAVE A WAY TO BREAK THE ICE.

WE HAVE A WAY TO KIND OF EASE INTO THAT CONVERSATION.

OFTENTIMES OUR DETECTIVES WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE DOG, TO KIND OF FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHO DOESN'T LOVE A CUTE LITTLE FACE.

TED: YEAH.

>> START THE CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT LOW INTENSITY, YOU KNOW, REALLY NON-THREATENING TOPICS, THEN BE ABLE TO EASE INTO THOSE HARDER CONVERSATIONS.

JOT THAT WOULD BE FOR CRIME VICTIMS BE GET THAT.

AS FAR AS THE FIRST RESPONDERS M. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY SEE AND DEAL WITH AND HEAR.

IT IS NOT NORMAL.

IT IS NOT NORMAL.

IT IS NOT HEALTHY.

>> CORRECT.

>> HOW DOES OLIVER HELP.

>> SO A LOT OF TIMES OUR DETECTIVES THAT ARE WORKING THE HIGH INTENSITY CASES, THEY DONE NECESSARILY WANT TO VERBALLY YOU KNOW, BUT WERE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU GO FOR A WALK WITH OLIVER.

WHERE DON'T YOU THROW THE BILLION A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH OLIVER AND WHICH TO STEP AWAY FROM THE TRAUMA THEY ARE HAVING TO INVESTIGATE AND JUST DECOMPRESS.

I WAS FOG SAY.

WE HAVE SEEN STUDIES OF HORMONE DEALING WITH STRESS.

IT COULD IMPACT COULD IMPACT THE HORMONE ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY REDUCTION BUT ALSO JUST BE A DISTRACTION.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

SO IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH ALL OF THE OLIVER WORK.

BECAUSE HE CAN ACTUALLY SENSE.

HE IS ACTUALLY TRAINED.

TED: REALLY?

>> TO SENSE AND BY SO SOMETIMES WE WILL GRAVITATE TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HE SENSES IS BEING ANXIOUS AND HE WILL JUST COME UP TO HIM AND HE WILL EITHER PUT THE HEAD ON THEIR LEG.

TED: OH, BOY.

>> HE WILL LEAN INTO THEM LIKE A WEIGHTED BLANKET AND JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF LEAN, CAN HELP DEEDLESS ANXIETY REACTS.

TED: HOW ARE THESE DOGS SELECTED IN HOW ARE THEY TRAINED?

SO, OLIVER WAS SELECTED DIRECTLY FROM THE LITTER IN.

SO AT 16 WEEKS OLD, HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE LITTER.

WE ACTUALLY FOUND THE TRAINING COMPANY FIRST AND THEN THE TRAINING COMPANY WENT TOP THE BREEDER THEN ACTUALLY PICKED HIM BECAUSE OF THE TEMPERAMENT PAUSE THE NATURAL TEMPERAMENT IS DOCILE.

PRETTY LOVING, PRETTY SO HE WAS HAN SELECTED FROM BY THE TRAINER TO GO INTO THIS LEVEL OF WORK.

ARE THERE CERTAIN BREEDERS WHO BREED DOGS THAT ARE MINIMAL TO THIS KIND OF A THING?

>> THAT I TON KNOW.

I LO WE HAD REFERRAL N WE DID HOMEWORK AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT SERVICE DOG AND THERAPY DOGS WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT HE FOUND A BREEDER WHO HAD A GREAT REPUTATION AND WE FOUND THAT GOLDEN DOODLES HAD JUST THE RIGHT TEMPERAMENT.

YEAH.

THEY GOT A GREAT NAME,.

HE IS A DUAL THERAPY AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG.

CORE FLECK.

>> CORRECT.

HE IS ACTUALLY TRAINED.

HE IS BOTH SERVICE TRAINED.

SO IN ORDER TO BE SERVICE TRAINED YOU ARE ACTUALLY TREATING A MEDICAL ILLNESS OR ISSUE.

HE TREATS ANXIETY.

AND SO THAT ALLOWS HIM TO BE SERVICE TRAINED THEN HE IS ALSO THIS PI TRAINED WHICH GIVES HIM THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE RATHER THAN JUST ONE DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL.

>> HOW LONG DOES THAT TRAINING SNAKE THAT TRAINING LASTED A FULL YEAR.

SO HE WAS IN TRAINING FOR A YEAR.

THEN AT ABOUT 11 MONTHS THEY STARTED TO BRING HIM INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SETTING AND THEN, THEY TRAINED HIM FOR ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS WHILE HE WAS IN OUR TRAINING.

>> HOW OLD IS OLIVER IF.

>> OLIVER WILL BE 7 IN JULY.

>> 7 IN JULY.

OLIVER.

YOU GOT YOUR NAME THERE.

YOU GOT YOUR FACE THERE.

THAT IS A FOOD ONE.

>> I MEAN, HONESTLY IF YOU ARE STRESSED OUT IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM.

FIRST RESPONDERS ARE STRESSED AND MOST OF US HAVE NO IDEA THAT LITTLE FACE CAN HELP.

YES.

HE IS VERY SWEET.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FUZZY COAT AND THE SWEET FACE AND HIS WANTING TO LEAN UP ON YOU THAT TAKES THE WORRIES OF THE WORLD AWAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, MELISSA THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANKS FOR SHARING OLIVER WITH US.

HE IS INTERESTED FELLA, TOO.

HE LIKES TO LOOK AROUND.

HE DOES LOOK TO LOOK AROUND.

TED: THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THANKS, OLIVER.

ALL RIGHT.

I WILL TAKE THAT AS A THANKS.

I AM TED SIMONS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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