>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, DETAIL ROBINSON A DRAFT PLAN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET ARIZONA AND OTHER LOWER BASIN STATES TO AGREE ON COLORADO RIVER CUTS.

OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE LOOKING AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND THIS WEEK WE HEAR FROM DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS.

A NEW DRUG SHOWS PROMISE IN DISSOLVING BLOOD CLOTS AND ANEURYSMS AND THAT'S NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> Ted: WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AGAIN DELAYED THE RULING ON ACCESS OF THE ABORTION DRUG, MIFEPRISTONE AND WOULD GIVE JUSTICES MORE TIME TO THIS CASE.

THE SUPREME COURT'S ACTION TODAY ENSURES THE DRUG WILL REMAIN WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR NOW.

>> THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION RELEASES AN AIR POLLUTION REPORT WITH PHOENIX AS THE FIFTH WORST IN THE COUNTRY FOR AIR POLLUTION AND THAT'S UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR AND THEY FOUND PHOENIX HAD MORE HEALTHY DAYS OF OZONE AND THE TUCSON KNOW KNOW GAL ISIS MOVED UP AND FLAGSTAFF EARNED THE CLEANEST WITH ZERO UNHEALTHY GROUND POLLUTION.

>>> KEVIN MCCARTHY ANNOUNCED A PLAN RAISING THE DEBT CEILING FOR A YEAR AND THOSE CONDITIONS INCLUDE CUTTING SPENDING TO LAST YEAR'S LEVELS AND LIMITING SPENDING TO ONE PERCENT OF GROWTH AND RETURNS COVID SPENDING UNSPENT AND THE PLAN HAS NO CHANCE OF GETTING SENT TO SENATE AND MCCARTHY AND THE G.O.P BY PASSING THIS BILL IN THE HOW'S IT GIVES REPUBLICANS LEVERAGE AND NEGOTIATING WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ON A NEW DEBT LIMIT AND THE U.S. WILL HIT THAT LIMIT WITH BORROWING AUTHORITY SOMETIME IN JUNE.

>>> A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS BLACK WOMEN SHOULD SCREEN FOR BREAST CANCER AT AN EARLIER AGE.

RESEARCHERS FOUND BLACK WOMEN HAVE A HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM BREAST RATE.

EVEN THOUGH BLACK WOMEN HAVE A LOWER RATE OF INNOCENTS.

THEY RECOMMEND MAMMOGRAMS AT AGE 40 AND ETHNICITY SHOULD BE A FACTOR.

>>> FEDERAL OPENS OFFICIALS HAVE DRAFTED A COLORADO RIVER PLAN WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT ON WATER CUTS AND FOR MORE ON THE PLAN, WE WELCOME KATHRYN SORENSEN AT THE KYL CENTER.

>> THE COLORADO RIVER IS OVERALLOCATED AND WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING MANY YEARS OF DROUGHT.

AS A RESULT, WATER LEVELS IN LAKE'S POWELL AND MEAL, THE RESERVOIRS THAT FEED THE SYSTEM ARE AT HISTORIC LOWS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT THIS PLAN AS A MEANS TO PROP UP WATER LEVELS AND HELP SAVE THE SYSTEM.

>> Ted: HELP PROP UP WATER SYSTEMS AND GET ARIZONA, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA IN A ROOM, FIGURE THIS OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.

>> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE FOR THE STATES TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AGREEMENT RATHER THAN FORCING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION.

IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WHEN THE COLORADO SYSTEM OPERATES ON A CONSENSUS LEVEL BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE STATES KNOW THEY'RE WATER USERS AND KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THEM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD VERY MUCH PREFER THAT STATES COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THIS.

>> Ted: THEY'RE SAYING YOU DO THIS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Ted: JUST JUDGING AT A 30,000-FOOT LEVEL, OPTION ONE IS BETTER FOR CALIFORNIA AND NOT SO MUCH FOR ARIZONA BECAUSE IT INVOLVES WATER RIGHTS.

EXPLAIN THAT TO US.

>> SO THE COLORADO RIVER OPERATES ON A SYSTEM OF WATER RIGHTS THAT ARE LONG ESTABLISHED AND BASICALLY, THAT'S FIRST IN TIME, FIRST IN RIGHT.

CALIFORNIA, FOR THE MOST PART HAS SENIOR WATER RIGHTS AND SENIOR ACCESS TO THE COLORADO RIVER.

ALONGSIDE ARIZONA.

SO DO THE FARMERS IN YUMA AND THE INDIAN TRIBES AND OTHER USERS ALONG THE MAIN STEM IN WESTERN ARIZONA.

THE PLANS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD, ONE OF THEM, YEAH, VERY MUCH FAVORS THOSE OLDEST WATER RIGHTS, CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA TO THE DISADVANTAGE OF THOSE OF US HERE IN ARIZONA.

THE OTHER PLAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FAVORS THOSE OF US IN ARIZONA WITH LOWER PRIORITY RIGHTS.

>> Ted: THAT OTHER PLAN IS AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD CAUGHT WITH RIGHTS?

>> THIS BASICALLY IS THE STATUS QUO.

UNDER THAT PLAN, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE PRIORITY SYSTEM.

IF YOU'RE WATER RIGHTS ARE LOWER, AND CENTRAL ARIZONA WOULD GET CUT FIRST.

UNDER THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN, WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT TO SOME DEGREE INCLUDING THE WATER CUTS THAT ARE LAID OUT UNDER THE 2007 OPERATIONUALITY GUIDELINES2007OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES AND THE CUTS WOULD NOT FOLLOW THE PRIORITY SYSTEM.

>> Ted: CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE FIRST ONE WATER RIGHTS AND WESTERN ARIZONA AND THAT BENEFITS MORE, BETTER FOR FARMERS THAN URBAN AREAS?

>> WHAT YOU CAN SAY, IT'S BETTER FOR THE FARMERS IN WESTERN ARIZONA AS WELL AS THE COLORADO RIVER, INDIAN TRIBES AND OTHERS ON THE MAIN STEM OF THE RIVER.

>> Ted: SECOND OPTION, KIND OF STRAIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS FOR MORE DETAIL, BETTER FOR URBAN AREAS THAN FARMERS?

>> THAT IS ROUGHLY OUT IT FALLS OUT.

HERE IN CENTRAL ARIZONA, OUR WATER RIGHTS ARE LOWER IN PRIORITY AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE URBANIZED.

WHEREAS THE VALLEY OF THE SUN AND LARGE AREAS, A LOT HAS URBANIZED AND IT'S FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

>> Ted: IS THERE A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND TWO?

THE FEDS SAY, HERE ARE TWO EXTREMES AND THERE'S A BIG PLAYGROUND IN THE MIDDLE AND FIND SOMETHING?

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HOPING WILL HAPPEN.

THEY LAID OUT BOOK-ENDS OF ACTIONS THEY COULD TAKE AND THEY'VE MADE CLEAR THAT THEY MIGHT PICK AND CHOOSE FROM DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF EACH SOLUTION AND THEY WOULD PREFER THE STATES COME TOGETHER AND REACH THEIR OWN CONSENSUS DEAL BECAUSE, REALLY, NO ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BE THE ONE TELLING PEOPLE WHO GETS WATER AND WHO DOESN'T.

>> Ted: ARE STATES AND TRIBES, ARE WE GETTING CLOSER TO CONSENSUS?

>> THERE'S A RUMOR THERE WILL BE AN AGREEMENT.

WHETHER IT'S WATER THAT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAPPY REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND GIVEN THAT.

PLUS THE GREAT SNOW PACK THIS LAST YEAR, MAYBE IT'S ENOUGH TO GET US OVER THE HUMP AND AT LEAST BUY US TIME.

>> Ted: SO MUCH SNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE SIERRA AND TONS OF RAINS AND CALIFORNIA RESERVOIRS MUST BE BULGES AND NOT NECESSARILY THE COLORADO RIVER AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THAT AND WHAT KIND OF TIME TABLE ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> THE SNOW PACK IN THE SIERRA PLAYS INTO IN BECAUSE THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES, LOS ANGELOS, SAN DIEGO, THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON BOTH THE STATE WATER PROJECT FED FROM THE SIERRAS AND THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM.

TO THE EXTENT IT'S OUT SIERRAS, IT'S OUT OF THE COLORADO RIVER, AS WELL.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL LAY OUT IT'S PLANS IN MID-AUGUST, BUT WE CAN HOPE FOR SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS AGREEMENT BEFORE THAT TIME.

>> Ted: INDEED HOPE FOR AND I KNOW WATER OFFICIALS IN ARIZONA SEEM REFRESHLY REFRESHINGLY OPTIMISTIC AND ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC?

>> I'M OPTIMISTIC, THERE WILL BE AN AGREEMENT BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LEVEL OF CUTS WILL BE AND WHETHER IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SYSTEM LONG-TERM.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE STATES COME TOGETHER AND LOOK, WE HAVE A GREAT BIG PLAN AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH?

GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD?

>> I THINK THEY WOULD PREFER THEY COME UP WITH THEIR OWN PLAN.

>> Ted: KATHRYN SORENSEN, KYL CENTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, THE LATEST FROM THE STATE CAPITOL AND OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

>> IT'S WEDNESDAY AND THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN WHICH WE HEAR FROM LAWMAKERS ON THE LATEST ACTIVITY AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND THIS WEEK IT'S THE DEMOCRAT'S TURN AND JOINING US IS SENATOR ANNA HERNANDEZ FROM THE HOUSETHE HOUSE SENATE AND MELODY HERNANDEZ FROM THE HOUSE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'LL START WITH THE BUDGET BECAUSE I'MANDIT SEEMS LIKE REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE TALKING AND ARE YOU HEARING GOOD THINGS.

WE'LL START WITH YOU?

>> YEAH.

THE DEMOCRATIC, SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVER ON A BUDGET WITH PRIORITIES THAT ADDRESS ALL OF ARIZONA AND NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL MEMBER PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENTIRE STATE.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PLAN RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST FROM LEADERSHIP AND WHAT, EVERY LAWMAKER GETS 20 MILLION PER REPRESENTATIVE AND 30 MILLION PER SENATOR AND DO WHAT YOU WANT AND DO WHAT YOU WANT.

>> I'M NOT IN THE MAJORITY PARTY AND I'M ASSUMING THEY HAVE A BUCKET OF MONEY AND AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD.

WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO ANY OF THOSE BUCKETS.

>> Ted: IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR DEMOCRATS.

IT'S ONLY REPUBLICANS GETTING THIS MONEY AND DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT?

>> THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE SO FAR.

>> Ted: IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE HOUSE?

>> I SERVE WAS ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC WHIPS AND WE'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR AND ENGAGING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES REGARDING THE BUDGET.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AND WE'LL HIT BUMPS AND PART OF HAVING A DIVIDING GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND A REPUBLICAN DOMINATEED LEGISLATURE IS THAT WILE WE'LL COMPROMISE.

NO ONE WILL BE 100% HAPPY.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY NUMBERS FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE AND WITHOUT SAYING TOO MUCH, I CAN JUST SAY THAT THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AND THERE ARE MORE POSITIVES THAN SOME REPORTS AND WE STILL HAVE SOME WAYS TO GO.

>> Ted: WE'VE HAD REPUBLICANS ON THE SHOW AND THEY'RE SAYING GIVES US YOUR ASKS AND WANT LISTS.

IS THAT TRUE?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET AND I WOULD -- THERE ARE SO MANY RUMORS AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT ULTIMATELY, BOTH SIDES ARE COMING TO THE TABLE AND BOTH SIDES ARE WORKING ON A BIPARTISAN BUDGET THAT WILL UPLIFT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE ASKING FOR, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIKE INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR ASKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SEEKING AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

>> Ted: AND SENATOR, YOU MENTIONED PET PROJECTS AND I THINK THE CONCERN, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS LAWMAKERS ON EACH SIDE AND LET'S JUST SAY ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU WIND UP WITH A LOT OF PET PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER WITH EVEN MORE MONEY AND WORKING ONLY THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING AND SUCH.

>> THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT I THINK HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A DIVIDED DEPOSIT AND I GOVERNMENT AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA TO REALLY HAVE BOTH PARTIES ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WORK TOGETHER ON A COMPREHENSIVE BIPARTISAN BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE REAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.

>> Ted: ARE YOU INCHING CLOSER?

>> I'M NOT IN LEADERSHIP, BUT I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN DELIVER A BUTCH FORBUDGET FOR THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA.

>> Ted: YOU'VE SEEN OUR GOVERNOR, THE STATE'S GOVERNOR VETO A RECORD AMOUNT OF LEGISLATION.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND THE REPUBLICAN THOUGHTS SHOW WEAKNESS AND A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I WOULD SUBMIT IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF TERRIBLE LEGISLATION AND THAT IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND I WOULDN'T CALL IT WEAK OR FEAR OR ALIENATING VOTERS.

AND ALSO, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT WE SAW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DO THE SAME THING WITH DEMOCRATIC BILLS.

JUST IN THE SENATE, WE INTRODUCED ABOUT 249 BILLS ONLY ABOUT 26 OF THOSE GOT A HEARING.

SO IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALIENATE, THEY'RE ALSO ALIENATING THEM BY WHO THEY CHOSE.

>> Ted: A FAILURE TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE AND HOW DO DEMOCRATS RESPOND?

>> THE ONLY FAILURE I HAVE SEEN IS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TO MAKE IT AS THE GOVERNOR.

KATIE HOBBS WAS CHOSEN AS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND SHE RAN ON A PLATFORM TO CHOOSE SANITY OVER CHAOS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT RATHER WHAT HAS NOT HAPPENED WITH THE 63 VETOES.

THE GOVERNOR HAS STOPPED ELECTION BILLS WAISTED ON BASED ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND STOPPED MESSAGES BILLS.

THEY SOUND GREAT ON PAPER AND THE POLICY LEAVES SOMEONE WANTING FOR SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE.

AND SO THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.

REALLY IN THE LEGISLATURE, IT'S NOT REALLY US FIGHTING OVER HOW GOOD THE SPOIL POLICY IS AND IN PAST YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE DEMOCRATIC BILLS MOVE THAN THIS YEAR.

I THINK RIGHT YEAR IN THE HOUSE, WE HAVE THREE DEMOCRATIC BILLS OUT OF THE 348 BILLS WE'VE INTRODUCED.

>> Ted: ONE BILL IN PARTICULAR SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND THAT IS REGARDING THIS BILL WITH SETTLE HOMEMADE FOOD WITHOUT THE REGULATION IN RESTAURANTS AND SUCH.

GOVERNOR VETOED THAT ONE AND A LITTLE TOO FAR AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I THINK THERE'S QUESTIONS AROUND IMPLEMENTATION AND IF THE GOVERNOR FEELS THERE NEEDS TO BE WORK DONE, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND HEY, LET'S COME AND WORK ON IT AND DELIVER A GOOD BILL THAT BENEFITS ALL.

>> Ted: WHAT DID YOU THINK?

THERE MIGHT BE AN OVERRIDE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

>> THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY DID PUBLICALLY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS A DAY BEFORE WE VOTED ON THE BILL LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND WE DID SHARE A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS, AND A LOT WERE VOICED.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED YES ON THIS BILL, THAT GOT US TO THE SUPER MAJORITY BELIEVED THERE WAS FOR GOOD THAN BAD AND A WIN THAT WE COULD DELIVER AND DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON IT IF WE CAN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS WILL ENTAIL AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> Ted: WOULD YOU WANT TO WORK ON IT OR TRY OR AN OVERRIDE?

>> KNOW PERSONALLY, I'M GOING TO STAY FIRM ON MY YES VOTE AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER DEMOCRATS AND IT'S REALLY ULTIMATELY UP TO THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT, BUT EVEN IF IT DOESN'T COME UP FOR A VOTE, I THINK THAT MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE BEING FOCUSED ON WORKING ON THIS IN THE INTERIM.

>> Ted: MORE WORK OR AN OVERRIDE?

>> I WOULD PREFER MORE WORK, BUT IF IT COMES FOR AN OVERRIDE, I'LL SEE WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS FEEL ABOUT THE BILL, BUT I THINK IF THERE'S VALID CONCERNS, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE SO THAT WE CAN SEND A GOOD PIECE OF POLICY TO THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA.

>> Ted: IT'S GOOD TO HEAR OPT OPT OPTIMISM WITH THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: RESEARCHERS HAVE CREATED A NEW THERAPEUTIC DRUG SHOWING PROMISE IN DISSOLVING BLOOD CLOTS AND ANEURYSMS THAT CAN CAUSE STROKES AND JOINING US IS GUY REED, THE COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED THE DRUG.

GOOGOOD TO HAVE YOU AND I'LL START RIGHT IN.

TS23.

YOU TELL ME AND WHAT IS THAT?

>> SO TS23 IS A MONO-ANTIBODY TO DETERMINE WHETHER BLOOD CLOTS DISSOLVE AND ONE OF THE THINGS DISCOVERED IN A FEW PATIENTS ACROSS THE WORLD WHO HAVE A DEFICIENCY OF THIS AND THEY HAVE THIS INTERESTING QUALITY.

IF YOU CLOT THEIR BLOOD AND PUT IT IN A TEST TUBE, THOSE CLOTS WILL DISSOLVE AND THEY CAN LIVE UP TO 60, 70 YEARS WITHOUT BLEEDING AND THAT CREATES A HOLY GRAIL WITHOUT THROMBOSIS.

>> Ted: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

>> IF YOU CUT YOURSELF, IT FORMS INSIDE A BLOOD VESSEL AND BLOCKS A BLOOD VESSEL, CAUSES A STROKE, A HARD ATTACK, PULMONARY EMBOLISM.

>> Ted: RISK FACTORS?

>> HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, SMOKING.

>> Ted: BLOOD PRESSURE IS THE BIGGIE, THOUGH?

>> YES.

>> Ted: THIS TS23, WHEN IS IT ADMINISTERED?

>> IF YOU DEVELOP A TREK, STROKE, ADMINISTERED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES.

THEY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR PATIENTS.

>> Ted: IS IT PREVENTATIVE AT ALL?

>> IT'S NOT PREVENTATIVE AND A MONO-COLONAL ANTIBODY AND PROBABLY THINGS CAN BE GIVEN AS PREVENTATIVE ANTIBIOTICS.

>> Ted: YOU DISCOVERED THIS AND HOW DOES IT IMPROVE ON CURRENT ANTICLOTTING MEASURES IN.

>> MEASURES?

>> 35 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR HAVE BALLOTBLOOD CLOTS AND THE ONLY THERAPY WE HAVE FOR DISSOLVING THIS CREATES UNACCEPTABLE BLEEDING IN THE BRAIN THAT'S FATAL OR DISABLING AND THIS IS DESIGNED TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND IT'S BASED ON THAT GENETIC DEFICIENCY FOUND IN A FEW NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD.

>> Ted: GENETIC DEFICIENCY SUGGESTS BLOOD TESTS AND FIND OUT IF THE HIGH RISK FACTOR IS THERE?

>> THERE IS A MARKER OF THIS ONGOING IN THE BLOODSTREAM THAT'S HELPFUL.

>> Ted: THIS HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR QUITE AWHILE AND WAS THERE AN AH-HA MOMENT ALONG THE WAY?

>> WHEN WE FIRST GAVE THIS TO HUMAN VOLUNTEERS AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR VOLUNTEERING AND SEEING THAT IT WAS SAFE AND THEN SEEING THAT IT DID WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD DO AND CAUSE BLOOD CLOTS TO DISSOLVE SPONTANEOUSLY.

>> Ted: HOW LONG BEFORE YOU GOT TO THOSE TESTS?

>> MANY TESTS AND YEARS ALONG THE WAY.

>> Ted: YOUR RESEARCH LEAD YOU TO WHAT WAS CALLED THE "STROKE BELT"?

>> BEFORE COMING TO ARIZONA, I WAS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THAT HAS THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.

>> Ted: WHY DO YOU THINK?

>> GENETICSES, BEHAVIOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Ted: ANEURYSMS AND BLOG BLOOD CLOTS, THERE ARE LIFESTYLE FACTORS INVOLVED?

>> THERE ARE.

IT IS LARGELY PREVENTIBLE IF YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND IF YOU EXERCISE, DIET, THINGS THAT EVERYONE STRUGGLES TO DO, BUT REALLY HAVE A BIG IMPACT.

>> Ted: THE TESTS WERE STILL AND THIS IS A SPINOUT COMPANY FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS FIND THE CAUSES OF DISEASE AND SO, THEN THERE'S A DISCOVERY, BUT THEN HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATE IT INTO A THERAPEUTIC THAT WOULD HAVE HUMAN BENEFIT?

SO THAT JOURNEY OF DEVELOPMENT, IT CREATES A COMPANY, A COMPANY THAT FOLLOWS A RIGOROUS PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE F.D.A.

GUIDELINES AND THEN GOES THROUGH PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE TRIALS AND IF WE'RE FORTUNATE, IT WILL BE APPROVED.

>> Ted: WHAT PHASE ARE YOU IN.

>> IN?

>> PHASE TWO.

PHASE TWO TRIAL FOR PULL PULMONARY EMBOLISM.

>> Ted: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A TIME TABLE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS?

>> PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, THREE TO FOUR YEARS WOULD BE AN ACCELERATED TIME TABLE.

IT'S A LONG CAREFUL, METHODICAL PROCESS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE SAFE.

>> Ted: WE LEARNED ABOUT TESTING AND THE PROCESSES AND ALL OF THESE KINDS OF EXCEPTIONS AND AUTHORIZATIONS FROM COVID AND SAME KIND OF BALLGAME, HUH?

>> IT ALLOWED THEM TO ACCELERATE BECAUSE WE WERE FACING A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE AND THIS IS UNDER A LONGER AND MORE METHODICAL, TYPICAL, F.D.A.

PLATFORM.

TED >> Ted: YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC, AREN'T YOU?

>> VERY.

>> Ted: GUY REED, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CONTINUED SUB CESS.

SUCCESS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: I'M TED SIMONS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.