WEBVTT 00:10.610 --> 00:14.579 align:start >>> THEN IN OTHER NEWS, ARIZONA 00:14.582 --> 00:17.281 align:start WILDFIRE SEASON IN FULL SWING. 00:17.284 --> 00:20.718 align:start >> WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A FAIRLY 00:20.721 --> 00:22.286 align:start CRITICAL FIRE SEASON WITH THE 00:22.289 --> 00:24.589 align:start ELEMENTS AND ANY START WILL BE I 00:24.592 --> 00:26.557 align:start THINK MORE DEVASTATING. 00:26.560 --> 00:28.259 align:start >> PLUS, STATE LAWMAKERS AGREE 00:28.262 --> 00:28.559 align:start ON A SPENDING PLAN FOR NEXT 00:28.562 --> 00:34.999 align:start WEEK. 00:39.339 --> 00:40.905 align:start >> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 00:40.908 --> 00:43.241 align:start US. 00:43.244 --> 00:44.342 align:start THIS WEEK, A LAWSUIT FILED 00:44.345 --> 00:46.744 align:start DEMANDING THE STATE PUMP MORE 00:46.747 --> 00:48.479 align:start MONEY INTO ARIZONA SCHOOLS. 00:48.482 --> 00:49.881 align:start THE PLAINTIFFS LISTED AS 00:49.884 --> 00:51.883 align:start GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 00:51.886 --> 00:56.154 align:start DISTRICT, CHINO VALLEY, CRANE 00:56.157 --> 00:57.288 align:start AND AL FRIEDA SCHOOL DISTRICT, 00:57.291 --> 00:58.790 align:start ARIZONA SCHOOL BOARD 00:58.793 --> 01:00.558 align:start ASSOCIATION, EDUCATION 01:00.561 --> 01:01.259 align:start ASSOCIATION, ARIZONA SCHOOL 01:01.262 --> 01:02.460 align:start ADMINISTRATORS, ARIZONA 01:02.463 --> 01:04.395 align:start ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS 01:04.398 --> 01:04.796 align:start OFFICIALS AND THEN TWO PRIVATE 01:04.799 --> 01:06.397 align:start INDIVIDUALS. 01:06.400 --> 01:10.068 align:start THE PLAINTIFFS ALL REPRESENTED 01:10.071 --> 01:12.770 align:start BY THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR LAW IN 01:12.773 --> 01:15.406 align:start LAW FIRM MANY PHOENIX. 01:15.409 --> 01:16.641 align:start A $300 MILLION LAWSUIT CLAIMING 01:16.644 --> 01:18.209 align:start THE STATE OF ARIZONA VIOLATED 01:18.212 --> 01:19.477 align:start THE STATE CONSTITUTION BY NOT 01:19.480 --> 01:21.145 align:start FUNDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AT 01:21.148 --> 01:23.314 align:start THE MAIN SCHOOL. 01:23.317 --> 01:25.016 align:start ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS IS THE AL 01:25.019 --> 01:28.719 align:start FRIEDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 01:28.722 --> 01:29.053 align:start DISTRICT IN AL FRIEDA NORTH OF 01:29.056 --> 01:35.526 align:start DOUGLAS. 01:35.529 --> 01:36.360 align:start THE POPULATION 185 THROUGH 01:36.363 --> 01:37.395 align:start GRADE. 01:37.398 --> 01:37.929 align:start ACADEMICALLY, THE SCHOOL 01:37.932 --> 01:39.964 align:start STRUGGLED. 01:39.967 --> 01:41.199 align:start 80% PROFICIENCY AND THERE ARE 01:41.202 --> 01:43.234 align:start SEVEN TEACHERS. 01:43.237 --> 01:45.937 align:start THE SCHOOL BUILT BACK IN THE 01:45.940 --> 01:47.205 align:start 1950s, THE MAIN BUILDING, THE 01:47.208 --> 01:47.505 align:start PLUMBING, NOT UPDATED SINCE 01:47.508 --> 01:49.107 align:start THEN. 01:49.110 --> 01:50.908 align:start A SCHOOL SO SMALL, THE FRONT 01:50.911 --> 01:51.309 align:start OFFICE FUNCTIONS AS A STAFF 01:51.312 --> 01:53.277 align:start LOUNGE. 01:53.280 --> 01:53.578 align:start THE SECRETARY ALSO SERVES AS THE 01:53.581 --> 01:55.279 align:start NURSE. 01:55.282 --> 01:57.415 align:start OVER THE YEARS, GRANTS HAVE PAID 01:57.418 --> 01:59.016 align:start FOR THINGS LIKE A NEW CAFETERIA, 01:59.019 --> 02:00.017 align:start BUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE YEARS 02:00.020 --> 02:01.986 align:start IN THE MAKING. 02:01.989 --> 02:03.521 align:start ACROSS THE STREET, THE SCHOOL 02:03.524 --> 02:06.124 align:start BUS BARN IS ONE LARGE WAREHOUSE. 02:06.127 --> 02:10.361 align:start NO DRINKING WATER AND 02:10.364 --> 02:10.728 align:start EVAPORATIVE COOLER AND A 02:10.731 --> 02:12.797 align:start BATHROOM. 02:12.800 --> 02:14.098 align:start 2,000 MILES ON THEM AND THE 15 02:14.101 --> 02:17.235 align:start PASSENGER VAN THE SCHOOL USES 02:17.238 --> 02:18.035 align:start FOR ROAD TRIPS IS MORE THAN 30 02:18.038 --> 02:19.804 align:start YEARS OLD. 02:19.807 --> 02:22.206 align:start JUDY KING, SUPERINTENDENT, SAID 02:22.209 --> 02:22.840 align:start DECIDING WHAT TO FIX WITH THE 02:22.843 --> 02:24.375 align:start DISTRICT BUDGET. 02:24.378 --> 02:26.477 align:start >> PROBABLY THE FIRST THING THAT 02:26.480 --> 02:30.148 align:start WOULD BE ON MY WISH LIST IS 02:30.151 --> 02:30.481 align:start CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY OF OUR 02:30.484 --> 02:35.253 align:start CAMPUS. 02:35.256 --> 02:37.555 align:start OUR CAMPUS IS OLDER BUILT IN THE 02:37.558 --> 02:39.690 align:start 1950s AND WE HAVE A CHAIN LINK 02:39.693 --> 02:39.991 align:start FENCE AND CHAIN LINK FENCE 02:39.994 --> 02:43.194 align:start GATES. 02:43.197 --> 02:45.796 align:start THERE IS REALLY NO WAY TO SECURE 02:45.799 --> 02:47.665 align:start THE CAMPUS BY LOCKING THE GATES 02:47.668 --> 02:51.602 align:start BECAUSE THEN PARENTS CAN'T GET 02:51.605 --> 02:52.737 align:start IN BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCESS FOR 02:52.740 --> 02:56.641 align:start PARENTS INTO THE OFFICE. 02:56.644 --> 02:58.176 align:start SO ALL PARENTS ENTER, AND 02:58.179 --> 03:00.044 align:start STUDENTS AND VISITORS ENTER 03:00.047 --> 03:01.879 align:start THROUGH THE CHAIN LINK GATES 03:01.882 --> 03:03.247 align:start RIGHT INTO THE PRIMARY SECTION 03:03.250 --> 03:05.149 align:start OF THE SCHOOL. 03:05.152 --> 03:07.485 align:start AND SO, AND THERE'S NO SITE 03:07.488 --> 03:11.989 align:start LINES FROM THE OFFICE. 03:11.992 --> 03:13.958 align:start SO WE REALLY ARE AT THE TRUST OF 03:13.961 --> 03:16.327 align:start THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE OUR 03:16.330 --> 03:18.496 align:start VISITORS THAT COME TO SCHOOL ARE 03:18.499 --> 03:19.497 align:start HERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF 03:19.500 --> 03:21.232 align:start CONDUCTING BUSINESS AT SCHOOL 03:21.235 --> 03:23.668 align:start AND NOT TO HARM OUR CHILDREN. 03:23.671 --> 03:24.635 align:start >> I WAS IN A CLASSROOM EARLIER 03:24.638 --> 03:27.138 align:start AND YOU HEARD SOMEONE KNOCK ON 03:27.141 --> 03:29.207 align:start THE DOOR AND IT WAS A STUDENT. 03:29.210 --> 03:31.409 align:start SO THAT'S IN PLACE JUST BECAUSE 03:31.412 --> 03:32.643 align:start THE EXTERIOR IS NOT SECURE. 03:32.646 --> 03:40.184 align:start SO EVERY CLASSROOM IS LOCKED. 03:40.187 --> 03:42.220 align:start >> ONE OF OUR STANDING OPERATING 03:42.223 --> 03:42.954 align:start PROCEDURES IS THAT YOU NEED TO 03:42.957 --> 03:44.488 align:start PROCEDURES IS THAT YOU NEED TO 03:44.491 --> 03:46.257 align:start ENTER, YOU KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND 03:46.260 --> 03:48.526 align:start STUDENTS AND/OR TEACHERS, 03:48.529 --> 03:50.595 align:start TEACHERS FOR YOUNGER KIDS, THEY 03:50.598 --> 03:52.196 align:start COME TO THE DOOR, ASK WHO IS IT, 03:52.199 --> 03:53.297 align:start OPEN THE DOOR IF THEY KNOW WHO'S 03:53.300 --> 03:54.932 align:start THERE AT THE DOOR. 03:54.935 --> 03:56.500 align:start AND THEN ALSO SAW A CHAIN LINK 03:56.503 --> 03:58.769 align:start AND THAT'S USED IN THE EVENT OF 03:58.772 --> 04:00.471 align:start A LOCKDOWN AND WE HAVE CHAINS 04:00.474 --> 04:02.473 align:start THAT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 04:02.476 --> 04:04.141 align:start WRAP UNDER THE DOOR HANDLE AND 04:04.144 --> 04:07.445 align:start SECURE THE DOOR SO THAT IT 04:07.448 --> 04:10.081 align:start CANNOT BE OPENED UNTIL THE 04:10.084 --> 04:11.015 align:start ALL-CLEAR IS GIVEN. 04:11.018 --> 04:12.550 align:start THERE ARE ABOUT 125 STUDENTS AT 04:12.553 --> 04:14.118 align:start THE SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE SOME 04:14.121 --> 04:15.553 align:start DISABLED STUDENTS AND THERE ARE 04:15.556 --> 04:16.621 align:start THINGS THAT ARE NOT HERE TO 04:16.624 --> 04:20.524 align:start ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEEDS. 04:20.527 --> 04:22.560 align:start >> WE JUST FINISHED GETTING AN 04:22.563 --> 04:25.296 align:start UPGRADE TO SOME OF OUR 04:25.299 --> 04:29.333 align:start BUILDINGS, SO THAT OUR RESTROOMS 04:29.336 --> 04:31.602 align:start AND DOORS AND OTHER FACILITIES 04:31.605 --> 04:34.205 align:start WOULD BE UP TO REQUIRED MINIMUM 04:34.208 --> 04:37.275 align:start STANDARDS FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT 04:37.278 --> 04:38.709 align:start HAVE HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS. 04:38.712 --> 04:41.379 align:start SO THAT THEY COULD ENTER AND 04:41.382 --> 04:43.581 align:start LEAVE THE BUILDING, HAVE ACCESS 04:43.584 --> 04:44.849 align:start TO THE RESTROOM, BUT THAT WAS 04:44.852 --> 04:47.251 align:start THROUGH A SCHOOL FACILITIES 04:47.254 --> 04:49.387 align:start GRANT AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO 04:49.390 --> 04:50.621 align:start HAVE THAT, THE WHOLE SCHOOL WAS 04:50.624 --> 04:52.356 align:start NOT UPGRADED. 04:52.359 --> 04:55.993 align:start SO SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, LIKE IF 04:55.996 --> 04:59.430 align:start THEY NEED TO COME TO THE OFFICE 04:59.433 --> 05:00.765 align:start WHICH I MEAN STUDENTS DO, THEY 05:00.768 --> 05:02.700 align:start NEED TO KNOCK AND THEN ONCE 05:02.703 --> 05:04.468 align:start INSIDE, NEED AN ADULT TO GET OUT 05:04.471 --> 05:06.570 align:start FROM THEIR DUTIES OR 05:06.573 --> 05:08.572 align:start RESPONSIBILITIES TO LET THEM OUT 05:08.575 --> 05:11.742 align:start BECAUSE THERE'S NO DOOR OPENERS, 05:11.745 --> 05:14.278 align:start ELECTRONIC DOOR OPENERS AND OUR 05:14.281 --> 05:15.946 align:start PRIMARY SECTION DOESN'T HAVE 05:15.949 --> 05:16.580 align:start BATHROOMS OR FACILITIES THAT CAN 05:16.583 --> 05:18.282 align:start MEET THEIR NEEDS. 05:18.285 --> 05:18.716 align:start >> THESE ARE CHILDREN IN 05:18.719 --> 05:21.519 align:start WHEELCHAIRS. 05:21.522 --> 05:22.486 align:start >> YES, CHILDREN IN WHEELCHAIRS. 05:22.489 --> 05:24.989 align:start >> IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY THAT 05:24.992 --> 05:26.057 align:start CHILDREN IN WHEELCHAIRS HAD BUS 05:26.060 --> 05:26.691 align:start TRANSPORTATION FOR THINGS LIKE 05:26.694 --> 05:28.392 align:start FIELD TRIP. 05:28.395 --> 05:28.726 align:start >> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE 05:28.729 --> 05:30.494 align:start CAPITAL. 05:30.497 --> 05:31.996 align:start THERE WAS NO MONEY TO PURCHASE 05:31.999 --> 05:35.199 align:start HANDICAP TRANSPORTATION, SO WHEN 05:35.202 --> 05:38.869 align:start THE NEED AROSE, WE WENT OUT INTO 05:38.872 --> 05:42.006 align:start THE COMMUNITY AND SEARCHED FOR 05:42.009 --> 05:44.008 align:start MONTHS TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WE 05:44.011 --> 05:45.276 align:start COULD COME UP WITH TO TRANSPORT 05:45.279 --> 05:46.944 align:start THESE CHILDREN TO AND FROM 05:46.947 --> 05:48.979 align:start SCHOOL AND ON FIELD TRIPS, WHICH 05:48.982 --> 05:49.780 align:start THEY HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO 05:49.783 --> 05:51.549 align:start ATTEND BEFORE. 05:51.552 --> 05:54.385 align:start >> THERE'S ALSO SOME EXTERIOR 05:54.388 --> 05:54.685 align:start THINGS, REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE 05:54.688 --> 05:56.220 align:start MADE. 05:56.223 --> 05:56.921 align:start ONE SIDE HAS A PORCH, THE OTHER 05:56.924 --> 05:57.488 align:start DOES NOT. 05:57.491 --> 05:58.189 align:start THE PAINT. 05:58.192 --> 05:59.724 align:start THINGS LIKE THAT. 05:59.727 --> 06:01.025 align:start THOSE ARE CAPITAL NEEDS THAT YOU 06:01.028 --> 06:03.227 align:start HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FUND. 06:03.230 --> 06:04.929 align:start >> AND LOTS OF TIMES, OUR 06:04.932 --> 06:05.296 align:start EMERGENCY ISSUES GO TO THE 06:05.299 --> 06:07.465 align:start FOREFRONT. 06:07.468 --> 06:09.300 align:start THERE'S JUST ONLY SO MUCH MONEY 06:09.303 --> 06:13.971 align:start WE WANT TO PUT AS MUCH MONEY WE 06:13.974 --> 06:16.474 align:start DO HAVE TO KIDS, AND SO WHEN THE 06:16.477 --> 06:18.275 align:start WELL, WHEN THE PUMP ON THE WELL 06:18.278 --> 06:19.643 align:start BREAKS, THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE THAT 06:19.646 --> 06:22.513 align:start HAS TO BE DEALT WITH. 06:22.516 --> 06:23.714 align:start AND SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY NEEDING 06:23.717 --> 06:26.250 align:start TO MOVE TO THE FACILITIES BOARD 06:26.253 --> 06:27.485 align:start TO ASK FOR GRANT MONEY TO TAKE 06:27.488 --> 06:29.653 align:start CARE OF EMERGENCY ISSUES. 06:29.656 --> 06:31.222 align:start BECAUSE THERE'S NO CAPITAL 06:31.225 --> 06:33.057 align:start AVAILABLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO 06:33.060 --> 06:35.059 align:start TAKE CARE, AND THERE'S NO 06:35.062 --> 06:36.293 align:start CAPITAL THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR 06:36.296 --> 06:38.596 align:start LONG-TERM PROJECTS. 06:38.599 --> 06:41.432 align:start >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE 06:41.435 --> 06:43.300 align:start AIR-CONDITIONING, THE HEATING 06:43.303 --> 06:43.634 align:start SYSTEM AND THIS IS AN OLDER 06:43.637 --> 06:45.569 align:start SCHOOL. 06:45.572 --> 06:45.936 align:start SO THE BONES, THEY NEED SOME 06:45.939 --> 06:47.705 align:start REPAIRS. 06:47.708 --> 06:49.240 align:start >> SO OUR SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 06:49.243 --> 06:54.078 align:start THE 1950s. 06:54.081 --> 06:56.213 align:start IT'S A CINDER BLOCK SCHOOL. 06:56.216 --> 06:58.516 align:start AND SO TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED. 06:58.519 --> 07:00.785 align:start ORIGINALLY, EVAPORATIVE COOLING 07:00.788 --> 07:03.888 align:start IN THIS BUILDING, SO WHEN WE 07:03.891 --> 07:05.489 align:start UPDATED THE SYSTEM INTO 07:05.492 --> 07:07.792 align:start AIR-CONDITIONING, YOU KNOW, 15 07:07.795 --> 07:09.460 align:start OR 20 YEARS AGO, EVERYTHING, ALL 07:09.463 --> 07:10.761 align:start THE PLUMBING AND EVERYTHING HAD 07:10.764 --> 07:13.597 align:start TO BE PUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 07:13.600 --> 07:13.898 align:start BUILDING WITH THE LINES AND 07:13.901 --> 07:15.599 align:start STUFF. 07:15.602 --> 07:17.034 align:start SO WE CONSTANTLY ARE WORKING AT 07:17.037 --> 07:18.869 align:start MAINTAINING THOSE LINES AND 07:18.872 --> 07:20.137 align:start STUFF SO THAT WE GET THE BEST 07:20.140 --> 07:21.972 align:start EFFICIENCY OUT OF THEM, BUT 07:21.975 --> 07:24.942 align:start BECAUSE IT'S A CINDER BLOCK 07:24.945 --> 07:30.648 align:start BUILDING, IT GETS REALLY COLD IN 07:30.651 --> 07:31.348 align:start HERE IN THE WINTERTIME, AND 07:31.351 --> 07:33.083 align:start BECAUSE OF SYSTEMS THAT HAVE 07:33.086 --> 07:37.321 align:start BEEN PUT IN PLACE, WE HAVE 07:37.324 --> 07:38.189 align:start CONTROL OF OUR FACILITIES ARE AT 07:38.192 --> 07:39.590 align:start AN OUTSIDE VENDOR. 07:39.593 --> 07:41.759 align:start SO THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS 07:41.762 --> 07:43.194 align:start DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO 07:43.197 --> 07:44.428 align:start CONTROL HEATING AND COOLING IN 07:44.431 --> 07:46.297 align:start THEIR ROOM. 07:46.300 --> 07:48.566 align:start IT'S CONTROLLED APPROXIMATELY 07:48.569 --> 07:50.701 align:start 200 MILES AWAY FROM US, OUR 07:50.704 --> 07:52.369 align:start BUILDINGS ARE OFTEN TURNED OFF 07:52.372 --> 07:54.972 align:start ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. 07:54.975 --> 07:57.708 align:start SINCE WE'RE ON A FOUR-DAY WEEK 07:57.711 --> 07:59.844 align:start AND THEN WE DON'T GET THEM 07:59.847 --> 08:00.311 align:start TURNED ON AGAIN UNTIL 5:00 ON 08:00.314 --> 08:06.217 align:start MONDAY MORNING. 08:06.220 --> 08:07.785 align:start >> HAS THE STATE FAILED? 08:07.788 --> 08:08.919 align:start AL FRIEDA SCHOOL DISTRICT? 08:08.922 --> 08:09.920 align:start >> IT'S DIFFICULT FOR 08:09.923 --> 08:10.221 align:start COMMUNITIES AND ACROSS THE 08:10.224 --> 08:11.856 align:start STATE. 08:11.859 --> 08:14.425 align:start NOBODY WANTS FAILING SCHOOLS. 08:14.428 --> 08:16.327 align:start NOBODY WANTS FAILING SYSTEMS. 08:16.330 --> 08:18.295 align:start BUT DEFINITELY, WE DON'T HAVE 08:18.298 --> 08:20.431 align:start SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT MEET THE 08:20.434 --> 08:22.433 align:start NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE 08:22.436 --> 08:22.766 align:start OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY OUR 08:22.769 --> 08:24.835 align:start SCHOOL. 08:24.838 --> 08:25.135 align:start WE'RE A VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION 08:25.138 --> 08:28.973 align:start HERE. 08:28.976 --> 08:30.774 align:start WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO 08:30.777 --> 08:32.810 align:start TO OUR TAXPAYERS. 08:32.813 --> 08:33.177 align:start WE ARE VERY IMPOVERISHED 08:33.180 --> 08:36.080 align:start DISTRICT. 08:36.083 --> 08:36.480 align:start WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BIG 08:36.483 --> 08:40.651 align:start BUSINESSES. 08:40.654 --> 08:42.920 align:start WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LARGE 08:42.923 --> 08:43.220 align:start INDUSTRY, AND SO THERE'S NO TAX 08:43.223 --> 08:45.856 align:start BASE. 08:45.859 --> 08:46.223 align:start THERE'S NO ABILITY TO ASK FOR AN 08:46.226 --> 08:50.694 align:start OVERRIDE. 08:50.697 --> 08:53.397 align:start THERE'S NO ABILITY TO BOND. 08:53.400 --> 08:55.266 align:start THERE'S JUST NO MONEY OUT THERE, 08:55.269 --> 08:57.868 align:start BASICALLY, THE MAJORITY OF OUR 08:57.871 --> 09:02.773 align:start INCOME THAT WE GET IN OUR 09:02.776 --> 09:04.942 align:start BUDGETING IS FROM STATE FUNDING 09:04.945 --> 09:09.513 align:start AND STATE SYSTEM FINANCES. 09:09.516 --> 09:10.614 align:start SO WITHOUT THAT, WE'RE NOT ABLE 09:10.617 --> 09:12.483 align:start TO DO ANY OFTEN. 09:12.486 --> 09:13.050 align:start EVEN THE BASICS ARE A STRUGGLE 09:13.053 --> 09:15.052 align:start FOR US. 09:15.055 --> 09:16.287 align:start >> LITIGATION CAN BE A PAINFUL 09:16.290 --> 09:17.621 align:start PROCESS EMOTIONALLY. 09:17.624 --> 09:18.856 align:start IS THIS DISTRICT PREPARED TO BE 09:18.859 --> 09:19.990 align:start PART OF THE FIGHT THAT IS COMING 09:19.993 --> 09:20.824 align:start DOWN WITH THE STATE? 09:20.827 --> 09:24.295 align:start >> YES. 09:24.298 --> 09:27.298 align:start WE'RE PREPARED, BECAUSE WITHOUT 09:27.301 --> 09:29.266 align:start PUTTING UP A FIGHT, HOW WILL 09:29.269 --> 09:31.135 align:start PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE 09:31.138 --> 09:32.636 align:start DISTRICTS OUT THERE THAT HAVE 09:32.639 --> 09:35.072 align:start THESE NEEDS? 09:35.075 --> 09:36.640 align:start >> FOR YEARS, THE PLAINTIFFS SAY 09:36.643 --> 09:41.612 align:start ARIZONA LAWMAKERS HAVE HELD BACK 09:41.615 --> 09:43.213 align:start ON CRITICAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS. 09:43.216 --> 09:44.615 align:start CAPITAL NEEDS FOR BUILDING AND 09:44.618 --> 09:45.015 align:start MAINTENANCE AND OTHER 09:45.018 --> 09:47.551 align:start OPERATIONS. 09:47.554 --> 09:49.019 align:start THE ARIZONA SCHOOL BOARD 09:49.022 --> 09:49.386 align:start ADMINISTRATION TIMOTHY FROM 09:49.389 --> 09:50.287 align:start PHOENIX. 09:50.290 --> 09:53.991 align:start >> THE LITIGATION ANNOUNCED THIS 09:53.994 --> 09:58.429 align:start WEEK IS A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE 09:58.432 --> 10:01.265 align:start MAKING AND THE LEGAL THEORY 10:01.268 --> 10:04.134 align:start BEHIND INSTITUTING THIS LAWSUIT 10:04.137 --> 10:10.140 align:start IS THAT IN 1994 IN ROOSEVELT 10:10.143 --> 10:11.408 align:start VERSUS BISHOP, THE STATE OF 10:11.411 --> 10:12.209 align:start ARIZONA WAS DIRECTED BY THE 10:12.212 --> 10:13.777 align:start SUPREME COURT TO RESOLVE THE WAY 10:13.780 --> 10:16.180 align:start WE CONSTRUCT SCHOOL CAPITAL 10:16.183 --> 10:16.580 align:start NEEDS FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL 10:16.583 --> 10:21.185 align:start DISTRICTS. 10:21.188 --> 10:23.153 align:start SO THAT WAS IN '94 AND THE 10:23.156 --> 10:25.289 align:start CHALLENGE'S ROOSEVELT SCHOOL 10:25.292 --> 10:26.757 align:start DISTRICT WAS SUCCESSFUL. 10:26.760 --> 10:28.692 align:start AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS 10:28.695 --> 10:31.962 align:start DIRECTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS 10:31.965 --> 10:34.131 align:start OF AN UNFAIR TAXING SYSTEM WHERE 10:34.134 --> 10:35.799 align:start PROPERTY TAX WAS THE BASIS FOR 10:35.802 --> 10:37.434 align:start SCHOOL CAPITAL NEEDS. 10:37.437 --> 10:39.703 align:start SO YOU COULD LEVEE A LOCAL 10:39.706 --> 10:41.538 align:start PROPERTY TAXES TO BUILD A NEW 10:41.541 --> 10:42.473 align:start SCHOOL AND EXAMPLE IF YOUR 10:42.476 --> 10:43.641 align:start DISTRICT WAS GROWING. 10:43.644 --> 10:45.509 align:start SO THAT WAS RULED 10:45.512 --> 10:48.512 align:start UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT 10:48.515 --> 10:49.213 align:start CREATED AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO 10:49.216 --> 10:50.848 align:start DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HIGH 10:50.851 --> 10:55.185 align:start PROPERTY VALUES. 10:55.188 --> 10:56.353 align:start SO IN 1998, THE STATE 10:56.356 --> 10:57.121 align:start LEGISLATURE AFTER FOUR YEARS, A 10:57.124 --> 11:01.025 align:start COUPLE OF OTHER CASES 11:01.028 --> 11:03.727 align:start COUPLE OF OTHER CASES 11:03.730 --> 11:04.995 align:start ADJUDICATED AND THAT WAS THE 11:04.998 --> 11:05.796 align:start BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL 11:05.799 --> 11:07.798 align:start FACILITIES BOARD. 11:07.801 --> 11:09.667 align:start THE SCHOOL FACILITIES BOARD THEN 11:09.670 --> 11:11.235 align:start WAS CHARGED WITH REFEREEING 11:11.238 --> 11:14.171 align:start SCHOOL CAPITAL NEEDS AND WAS 11:14.174 --> 11:15.939 align:start FUNDED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 11:15.942 --> 11:17.941 align:start FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THE 11:17.944 --> 11:20.778 align:start STATE LEGISLATURE FUNDED THE 11:20.781 --> 11:21.712 align:start SCHOOL FACILITIES BOARD AND THAT 11:21.715 --> 11:24.181 align:start SYSTEM WORKED. 11:24.184 --> 11:25.315 align:start IN '08, THE REVENUE STREAM TO 11:25.318 --> 11:27.751 align:start THE SCHOOL FACILITIES BOARD 11:27.754 --> 11:28.118 align:start DRIED UP AND HAS NOT BEEN 11:28.121 --> 11:29.019 align:start RESTORED. 11:29.022 --> 11:30.721 align:start >> THE CONSTITUTION ESSENTIALLY 11:30.724 --> 11:33.290 align:start SAYS THAT ALL SCHOOL SHOULD BE 11:33.293 --> 11:34.291 align:start TREATED EQUALLY, SHOULD BE 11:34.294 --> 11:35.826 align:start ADEQUATELY FUNDED AND THE 11:35.829 --> 11:36.960 align:start LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE STATE FAILED 11:36.963 --> 11:38.228 align:start SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. 11:38.231 --> 11:40.531 align:start >> YES. 11:40.534 --> 11:41.965 align:start AND, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL ISSUES 11:41.968 --> 11:43.467 align:start CLEAR AS THE GLASS OF WATER 11:43.470 --> 11:45.936 align:start BECAUSE YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 11:45.939 --> 11:48.739 align:start THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES A 11:48.742 --> 11:49.573 align:start UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS 11:49.576 --> 11:51.642 align:start FOR ALL CHILDREN. 11:51.645 --> 11:54.511 align:start AND IT REQUIRES THE STATE OF 11:54.514 --> 11:56.580 align:start ARIZONA TO PROVIDE FACILITIES 11:56.583 --> 11:57.748 align:start FOR THAT, AND SO IN IGNOING THE 11:57.751 --> 12:01.018 align:start SUPREME COURT DECISION, THE 12:01.021 --> 12:02.986 align:start STATE LEGISLATURE IS BASICALLY 12:02.989 --> 12:06.590 align:start NOT HONORING THEIR COMMITMENT. 12:06.593 --> 12:07.558 align:start LIE IS A STRONG WORD, BUT THEY 12:07.561 --> 12:09.560 align:start MADE THE COMMITMENT TO THE 12:09.563 --> 12:11.695 align:start POLITICAL PROCESS AND ELECTED TO 12:11.698 --> 12:13.130 align:start NOT DO IT AND THEN NOW WE HAVE 12:13.133 --> 12:14.098 align:start BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SCHOOL 12:14.101 --> 12:14.765 align:start BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN NEED OF 12:14.768 --> 12:17.267 align:start GREAT REPAIR. 12:17.270 --> 12:19.403 align:start >> AND WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT 12:19.406 --> 12:20.037 align:start THE STATE WILL SEND MONEY TO A 12:20.040 --> 12:21.338 align:start SCHOOL DISTRICT. 12:21.341 --> 12:23.307 align:start THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES HOW 12:23.310 --> 12:24.341 align:start THAT MONEY IS SPENT, BUT REALLY, 12:24.344 --> 12:24.775 align:start THESE ARE DIFFERENT FUNDS WE'RE 12:24.778 --> 12:26.043 align:start TALKING ABOUT. 12:26.046 --> 12:28.278 align:start THESE ARE THINGS LIKE 12:28.281 --> 12:30.180 align:start MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. 12:30.183 --> 12:32.750 align:start >> YES. 12:32.753 --> 12:34.318 align:start THE REASON THAT TEACHERS ARE A 12:34.321 --> 12:36.286 align:start PLAINTIFF IN A CASE THAT 12:36.289 --> 12:38.989 align:start INVOLVES THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS 12:38.992 --> 12:42.092 align:start EXACTLY AS YOU DESCRIBE, 12:42.095 --> 12:44.094 align:start LORRAINE, THAT THE SCHOOL BOARDS 12:44.097 --> 12:46.663 align:start HAVE TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS IN 12:46.666 --> 12:49.032 align:start THE AREAS OF GREATEST NEED, AND 12:49.035 --> 12:51.635 align:start SO THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED BECAUSE 12:51.638 --> 12:53.036 align:start OF THE $4.8 BILLION OF 12:53.039 --> 12:53.370 align:start UNRESTORED BUDGET CUTS TO 12:53.373 --> 12:55.272 align:start SCHOOLS. 12:55.275 --> 12:57.040 align:start THEY'VE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE 12:57.043 --> 12:58.342 align:start MONEY OUT OF M&O, THE 12:58.345 --> 13:00.744 align:start MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND, 13:00.747 --> 13:01.879 align:start THE BASIC FUND THAT PAYS FOR 13:01.882 --> 13:03.547 align:start SALARIES FOR TEACHERS, THEY'VE 13:03.550 --> 13:06.016 align:start BEEN FORCED TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF 13:06.019 --> 13:08.318 align:start THAT FUND TO FIX ROOFS, YOU 13:08.321 --> 13:09.987 align:start KNOW, REPAIR PARKING LOTS, FIX 13:09.990 --> 13:11.789 align:start AIR CONDITIONSERS, ET CETERA. 13:11.792 --> 13:14.158 align:start SO TEACHERS HAVE BEEN HARPED. 13:14.161 --> 13:16.827 align:start >> THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS FOR 13:16.830 --> 13:18.028 align:start EXAMPLE HERE IN CATALINA 13:18.031 --> 13:19.797 align:start FOOTHILL DISTRICT, SAYING THINGS 13:19.800 --> 13:21.899 align:start LIKE BONDS AND OVERRIDES, BUT 13:21.902 --> 13:23.500 align:start THE LOSSES AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS 13:23.503 --> 13:25.769 align:start NOT SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T ASK 13:25.772 --> 13:26.770 align:start PEOPLE IN AL FRIEDA TO HAVE TO 13:26.773 --> 13:28.906 align:start PUT THE BILL WHEN THE STATE 13:28.909 --> 13:29.239 align:start SHOULD BE DOING SO, IS THAT 13:29.242 --> 13:31.575 align:start CORRECT? 13:31.578 --> 13:34.178 align:start >> THAT IS CORRECT. 13:34.181 --> 13:35.879 align:start THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IN 13:35.882 --> 13:37.414 align:start THE LITIGATION AND NOW YOU'RE 13:37.417 --> 13:40.117 align:start SEEING THINGS LIKE NOT JUST THE 13:40.120 --> 13:41.985 align:start PLAINTIFF GROUPS, BUT YOU'RE 13:41.988 --> 13:45.756 align:start SEEING DISTRICTS LIKE THE USD 13:45.759 --> 13:47.791 align:start JUST ANNOUNCING THIS WEEK, THEY 13:47.794 --> 13:50.127 align:start MAY HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 13:50.130 --> 13:51.628 align:start DOLLARS OF NEEDS AND ASK USD 13:51.631 --> 13:54.364 align:start TAXPAYERS TO SUPPORT A BOND THIS 13:54.367 --> 13:54.898 align:start FALL AND THEY DON'T HAVE EXTRA 13:54.901 --> 13:55.933 align:start MONEY. 13:55.936 --> 13:58.602 align:start THEY HAVE BUILDINGS THAT WILL 13:58.605 --> 13:58.902 align:start CRUMBLE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF 13:58.905 --> 14:01.405 align:start THEM. 14:01.408 --> 14:03.473 align:start >> IN 1994, THE ARIZONA SUPREME 14:03.476 --> 14:04.474 align:start COURT RULED IT'S THE STATE'S 14:04.477 --> 14:07.544 align:start RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND THINGS 14:07.547 --> 14:10.714 align:start LIKE TEXTBOOKS AND MAINTENANCE. 14:10.717 --> 14:12.249 align:start GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY PROPOSED $7 14:12.252 --> 14:14.852 align:start MILLION FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL NEEDS 14:14.855 --> 14:15.919 align:start IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BUT UPPED 14:15.922 --> 14:17.821 align:start IT TO $64 MILLION. 14:17.824 --> 14:19.256 align:start >>> ON TO OTHER NEWS NOW, 14:19.259 --> 14:19.756 align:start ARIZONA WILDFIRE SEASON IN FULL 14:19.759 --> 14:21.091 align:start SWING. 14:21.094 --> 14:22.759 align:start THIS WEEK, FIREFIGHTERS 14:22.762 --> 14:24.361 align:start CONTAINED A SAW MILL FIRE. 14:24.364 --> 14:32.002 align:start THE FIRE BURNT FOR MORE THAN A 14:32.005 --> 14:34.204 align:start WEEK NEAR THE TOWN OF SANOITA. 14:34.207 --> 14:35.873 align:start A PRICE TAG OF NEARLY $7 14:35.876 --> 14:37.708 align:start MILLION, MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE 14:37.711 --> 14:39.176 align:start INVOLVED IN THE FIRE FIGHT. 14:39.179 --> 14:40.978 align:start CREWS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE 14:40.981 --> 14:41.979 align:start AND BEYOND, SOME AS FAR FROM THE 14:41.982 --> 14:44.848 align:start EAST COAST. 14:44.851 --> 14:45.949 align:start HERE'S INSTANT COMMANDER BEY 14:45.952 --> 14:48.852 align:start DAY. 14:48.855 --> 14:49.853 align:start >> IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE INITIAL 14:49.856 --> 14:51.622 align:start ATTACK THAT EVERYONE WAS TRYING 14:51.625 --> 14:53.924 align:start TO GET A HANDLE ON. 14:53.927 --> 14:55.626 align:start AND THEN IT WAS JUST THE WINDS. 14:55.629 --> 14:57.895 align:start THE WINDS PLAYED HAVOC WITH THIS 14:57.898 --> 15:01.365 align:start FIRE FROM THE GET-GO. 15:01.368 --> 15:02.766 align:start AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE 15:02.769 --> 15:04.902 align:start DEALING WITH INITIALLY AND 15:04.905 --> 15:06.904 align:start THAT'S WHY THEY COULDN'T GET 15:06.907 --> 15:12.843 align:start CONTAINMENT ON IT WITHIN THE 15:12.846 --> 15:13.176 align:start FIRST BURN PERIOD, FIRST 24 15:13.179 --> 15:13.877 align:start HOURS. 15:13.880 --> 15:14.378 align:start >> WHAT'S THE VEGETATION LIKE 15:14.381 --> 15:15.379 align:start OUT HERE? 15:15.382 --> 15:17.481 align:start >> IT'S GRASS. 15:17.484 --> 15:19.116 align:start AND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF 15:19.119 --> 15:21.385 align:start GROWTH AND THE RAIN, THE GRASS 15:21.388 --> 15:27.524 align:start GROWTH IS REALLY THICK IN THERE. 15:27.527 --> 15:28.759 align:start AND SO IT'S GRASS, PRIMARILY, 15:28.762 --> 15:30.427 align:start SOME JUNIPER, BUT NOT THAT MUCH, 15:30.430 --> 15:32.629 align:start BUT RYE MARLY GRASS. 15:32.632 --> 15:34.898 align:start >> THIS AREA, IT'S BEEN A WHILE 15:34.901 --> 15:35.299 align:start SINCE THE FIRE BURNED IN THIS 15:35.302 --> 15:36.767 align:start AREA. 15:36.770 --> 15:37.434 align:start DID YOU NEED OR BENEFIT FROM 15:37.437 --> 15:40.270 align:start THIS ONE? 15:40.273 --> 15:43.707 align:start >> BENEFIT IS A TRICKY WORD. 15:43.710 --> 15:44.107 align:start WE -- FIRE IS A PART OF THE 15:44.110 --> 15:45.976 align:start ECO-SYSTEM. 15:45.979 --> 15:47.411 align:start AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT IN 15:47.414 --> 15:49.313 align:start PLACE, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN 15:49.316 --> 15:52.416 align:start PARAMETERS AND CERTAIN TIMES 15:52.419 --> 15:53.383 align:start THAT WE WANT TO INDUCE FIRE INTO 15:53.386 --> 15:55.052 align:start THE ENVIRONMENT. 15:55.055 --> 15:57.120 align:start YOU KNOW, WE'LL WAIT TO SEE. 15:57.123 --> 16:00.557 align:start IT CERTAINLY HAS, THE FIRE 16:00.560 --> 16:01.658 align:start CERTAINLY HAS HAD IMPACT ON THE 16:01.661 --> 16:03.460 align:start LOCAL RANCHING, THE RANCHERS 16:03.463 --> 16:04.628 align:start WITH CATTLE OUT THERE AND THAT'S 16:04.631 --> 16:06.596 align:start GOING TO BE SOME CONCERN OF 16:06.599 --> 16:08.765 align:start THEIRS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE 16:08.768 --> 16:10.300 align:start GOT AMPLE FEED THROUGHOUT THE 16:10.303 --> 16:10.834 align:start REST OF THE SEASON. 16:10.837 --> 16:14.571 align:start FOR THEM. 16:14.574 --> 16:16.606 align:start >> ON THAT NOTE THOUGH, YOU 16:16.609 --> 16:17.975 align:start DIDN'T LOSE STRUCTURE OR HAVE 16:17.978 --> 16:18.976 align:start ANY FATALITIES. 16:18.979 --> 16:20.410 align:start >> NO. 16:20.413 --> 16:24.414 align:start THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPRESSIVE 16:24.417 --> 16:26.450 align:start ABOUT THIS EFFORT AND FIRE WITH 16:26.453 --> 16:28.552 align:start GRASS, IT'S FAST-MOVING AND IF 16:28.555 --> 16:29.519 align:start YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, PEOPLE 16:29.522 --> 16:32.522 align:start AREN'T CAREFUL, THEY CAN GET 16:32.525 --> 16:34.224 align:start THEMSELVES IN A BAD SITUATION. 16:34.227 --> 16:37.894 align:start AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND 16:37.897 --> 16:39.763 align:start THAT JUST HAS TO GO WITH THE 16:39.766 --> 16:41.031 align:start SKILL LEVEL OF THE FIREFIGHTERS 16:41.034 --> 16:43.300 align:start ON THE GROUND AND HOW THEY 16:43.303 --> 16:44.701 align:start FOUGHT THIS AND THEY DID A GREAT 16:44.704 --> 16:46.470 align:start JOB IN DOING THAT. 16:46.473 --> 16:48.105 align:start >> THE FIRE CROSSED THE HIGHWAY 16:48.108 --> 16:49.106 align:start TO AVERAGE FOLKS LIKE MYSELF. 16:49.109 --> 16:51.441 align:start THAT SOUNDS SIGNIFICANT. 16:51.444 --> 16:54.077 align:start IS IT REALLY IN THE CASE WHERE 16:54.080 --> 16:54.511 align:start THERE'S A FIRE THAT'S BURNING SO 16:54.514 --> 16:55.645 align:start QUICKLY? 16:55.648 --> 16:58.215 align:start >> BECAUSE IT IS BURNING QUICKLY 16:58.218 --> 16:58.915 align:start AND WE TAKE THEM IN TO THE ROADS 16:58.918 --> 17:03.220 align:start OUT THERE. 17:03.223 --> 17:05.489 align:start WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO PUT IN 17:05.492 --> 17:07.491 align:start LINE AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, 17:07.494 --> 17:10.127 align:start THERE'S NOT A ROAD OR IF IT'S 17:10.130 --> 17:11.895 align:start JUST, SAY A FIELD OUT HERE AND 17:11.898 --> 17:12.596 align:start WE WANT TO AND GOT GRASS THAT'S 17:12.599 --> 17:15.332 align:start 2 FEET HIGH. 17:15.335 --> 17:16.600 align:start YOU SEE THE FIRE IS GOING TO GO 17:16.603 --> 17:18.568 align:start OVER THAT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS, 17:18.571 --> 17:20.670 align:start BUT IF WE HAVE A BARRIER, A ROAD 17:20.673 --> 17:22.839 align:start IS A BARRIER. 17:22.842 --> 17:24.374 align:start SO AT LEAST ON THE FAST MOVING 17:24.377 --> 17:26.143 align:start FIRE, WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 17:26.146 --> 17:27.411 align:start THOSE FEATURES THAT ARE ALREADY 17:27.414 --> 17:28.779 align:start IN PLACE, SO AT LEAST WE CAN 17:28.782 --> 17:30.680 align:start TAKE A STAND ON THAT. 17:30.683 --> 17:33.617 align:start AND WHEN I SAY TAKE A STAND, 17:33.620 --> 17:35.352 align:start JUST TRY AND STOP THE FIRE. 17:35.355 --> 17:37.220 align:start AND NOW IT'S, WE DON'T WANT TO 17:37.223 --> 17:38.789 align:start PUT OUT ANYONE AHEAD OF IT 17:38.792 --> 17:40.057 align:start BECAUSE THAT'S A DANGEROUS 17:40.060 --> 17:41.792 align:start SITUATION, BUT IF WE HAVE TIME 17:41.795 --> 17:44.895 align:start TO AT LEAST GET TO THE ROAD AND 17:44.898 --> 17:46.163 align:start MAYBE PUT SOME FIRE DOWN, LAY 17:46.166 --> 17:46.797 align:start SOME, SO YOU'RE FIGHTING FIRE 17:46.800 --> 17:48.732 align:start WITH FIRE. 17:48.735 --> 17:50.033 align:start >> ANY COMMENT THAT YOU COULD 17:50.036 --> 17:51.868 align:start OFFER ON WITH RESPECT TO PEOPLE 17:51.871 --> 17:53.570 align:start WHO ARE OUT HERE AND FOR 17:53.573 --> 17:55.372 align:start LEGITIMATE PURPOSES BUT SO DRY 17:55.375 --> 17:56.373 align:start OUT HERE THAT THIS SORT OF THING 17:56.376 --> 17:59.676 align:start COULD IN FACT HAPPEN? 17:59.679 --> 18:01.211 align:start >> AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE 18:01.214 --> 18:05.115 align:start SUMMER, WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE 18:05.118 --> 18:06.750 align:start STILL HAVE SOME GREEN UP IN THE 18:06.753 --> 18:08.518 align:start TREES, OR IN THE MESQUITES. 18:08.521 --> 18:10.787 align:start AND IN SOME OF THE SHRUBS, NOW, 18:10.790 --> 18:14.191 align:start AS WE GET INTO MAY AND JUNE, 18:14.194 --> 18:16.359 align:start WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A FAIRLY 18:16.362 --> 18:18.462 align:start CRITICAL FIRE SEASON WITH THE 18:18.465 --> 18:20.030 align:start ELEMENTS AND ANY START WILL BE, 18:20.033 --> 18:21.731 align:start I THINK, MORE DEVASTATING. 18:21.734 --> 18:24.734 align:start SO THAT'S, IT'S JUST 18:24.737 --> 18:27.471 align:start UNDERSTANDING THE SURROUNDINGS 18:27.474 --> 18:31.108 align:start AND BEING RESPONSIBLE AS PEOPLE 18:31.111 --> 18:31.741 align:start GO OUT AND RECREATE ON THE 18:31.744 --> 18:37.647 align:start PUBLIC LAND. 18:37.650 --> 18:38.849 align:start >> A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FIRE 18:38.852 --> 18:39.950 align:start DAMAGE. 18:39.953 --> 18:40.617 align:start AN OFFICER TOOK US INTO THE 18:40.620 --> 18:41.818 align:start AN OFFICER TOOK US INTO THE 18:41.821 --> 18:43.653 align:start DAMAGED AREA. 18:43.656 --> 18:44.654 align:start >> THIS IS WHAT THE AREA LOOKED 18:44.657 --> 18:46.156 align:start LIKE ORIGINALLY PRIOR TO THE 18:46.159 --> 18:47.757 align:start FIRE COMING THROUGH HERE. 18:47.760 --> 18:49.426 align:start WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BURNING ON 18:49.429 --> 18:52.829 align:start THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT AS WE 18:52.832 --> 18:55.699 align:start WALK OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT 18:55.702 --> 18:57.968 align:start THE FIRE BURNED TO THE GRASS AND 18:57.971 --> 19:00.270 align:start THERE'S A MOSAIC PATTERN IS WHAT 19:00.273 --> 19:02.639 align:start WE CALL IT, WITH THE FIRE, 19:02.642 --> 19:05.242 align:start DEPENDING HOW CLOSE THE GRASS OR 19:05.245 --> 19:06.376 align:start VEGETATION IS TO ANOTHER AREA, 19:06.379 --> 19:07.944 align:start IT CAN SOMETIMES BURN AND 19:07.947 --> 19:09.646 align:start BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUEL 19:09.649 --> 19:11.481 align:start TO CONTINUE TO BURN, THEN IT 19:11.484 --> 19:14.918 align:start WILL STOP BURNING IN THOSE AREAS 19:14.921 --> 19:17.621 align:start AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF 19:17.624 --> 19:20.557 align:start THESE BRUSH, IF IT'S LIKE DEAD 19:20.560 --> 19:22.592 align:start GRASS OR UNDERSTORY IS WHAT WE 19:22.595 --> 19:23.894 align:start CALL IT, IF IT'S THERE, 19:23.897 --> 19:25.462 align:start TYPICALLY, THE FIRE WILL JUST 19:25.465 --> 19:27.030 align:start BURN THAT AND NOT GET INTO THE 19:27.033 --> 19:27.531 align:start TREES AND MOVE UP TO THE OTHER 19:27.534 --> 19:29.299 align:start AREAS AS WELL. 19:29.302 --> 19:31.234 align:start >> THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR IS 19:31.237 --> 19:35.639 align:start THE HISTORIC EMPIRE RANCH. 19:35.642 --> 19:36.006 align:start A WORKING CATTLE RANCH FOR ABOUT 19:36.009 --> 19:38.074 align:start 140 YEARS. 19:38.077 --> 19:39.676 align:start A NATURAL CONSERVATION AREA. 19:39.679 --> 19:41.244 align:start FLAMES BURNT THOUSANDS OF ACRES 19:41.247 --> 19:41.645 align:start WHILE LEAVING MANY AREAS 19:41.648 --> 19:43.914 align:start UNTOUCHED. 19:43.917 --> 19:46.049 align:start >> ONE OF THE THINGS CREWS TRY 19:46.052 --> 19:49.019 align:start TO DO IS USE NATURAL BRAKES IN 19:49.022 --> 19:51.054 align:start THE TERRAIN TO STOP OR GET AHEAD 19:51.057 --> 19:54.691 align:start OR CONTAIN THAT FIRE TO THAT 19:54.694 --> 19:56.159 align:start AREA, AND THEN THE SAW MILL, FOR 19:56.162 --> 19:58.995 align:start THIS INSTANCE, THE FIRE BECAUSE 19:58.998 --> 20:00.430 align:start OF WINDS PUSHED PAST THAT POINT 20:00.433 --> 20:01.932 align:start AND BECAUSE BEHIND US IS WHERE 20:01.935 --> 20:03.700 align:start YOU CAN SEE THAT OCCURRED WHERE 20:03.703 --> 20:05.235 align:start THE FIRE DIDN'T CROSS THE ROAD, 20:05.238 --> 20:06.570 align:start AND YOU COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE 20:06.573 --> 20:09.072 align:start IN THE LANDSCAPE, NOW ON THIS 20:09.075 --> 20:10.807 align:start OTHER SIDE WHERE IT DID CROSS 20:10.810 --> 20:12.075 align:start THE ROAD WITH HIGHWAY 83 AND YOU 20:12.078 --> 20:13.977 align:start COULD SEE WITH THE WIND BEHIND 20:13.980 --> 20:16.246 align:start IT, HOW IT JUST PUSHED THROUGH 20:16.249 --> 20:18.348 align:start THIS ENTIRE AREA AND MOVED IN 20:18.351 --> 20:18.715 align:start THE EASTERLY DIRECTION OVER THE 20:18.718 --> 20:20.750 align:start INCIDENT. 20:20.753 --> 20:23.186 align:start >> TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE A 20:23.189 --> 20:25.488 align:start NARROW PATH OR ALMOST LIKE A 20:25.491 --> 20:27.490 align:start LINE IN THE FIRE, IN THE FIRE 20:27.493 --> 20:28.592 align:start PATTERN, IT IS DEFINITELY 20:28.595 --> 20:30.594 align:start SOMETHING THAT WHERE WIND WAS A 20:30.597 --> 20:32.429 align:start HUGE FACTOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE 20:32.432 --> 20:34.297 align:start SEE HERE IS WHERE THE WIND DID 20:34.300 --> 20:35.432 align:start PUSH THIS FIRE THROUGH HERE AND 20:35.435 --> 20:36.800 align:start THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE PATTERN 20:36.803 --> 20:38.268 align:start THAT WE DO. 20:38.271 --> 20:40.403 align:start BACK BEHIND US HERE IS ONE OF 20:40.406 --> 20:41.972 align:start THE TACTICAL OBJECTIVES THAT 20:41.975 --> 20:43.673 align:start OPERATIONS USES TO FIGHT FIRE 20:43.676 --> 20:45.242 align:start AND WE CALL IT FIGHTING FIRE 20:45.245 --> 20:47.777 align:start WITH FIRE AND WHAT THEY DO IS 20:47.780 --> 20:50.046 align:start THEY COME OUT AND CREATE A FIRE 20:50.049 --> 20:52.215 align:start TO BURN BACK TOWARDS THE ACTUAL 20:52.218 --> 20:55.619 align:start FRONT OF THE FIRE AND SO WHAT 20:55.622 --> 20:57.454 align:start THAT DOES FOR US, IT CREATES A 20:57.457 --> 20:58.855 align:start BARRIER AND IT REMOVES THE FUEL 20:58.858 --> 21:01.291 align:start THAT THE FIRE HAS TO POTENTIALLY 21:01.294 --> 21:03.293 align:start BURN AND WHEN IT DOES, THE FIRE 21:03.296 --> 21:05.862 align:start FRONT MEETS THAT ALREADY BURNED 21:05.865 --> 21:07.831 align:start OUT AREA AND THEN IT WILL 21:07.834 --> 21:08.231 align:start MINIMIZE THE MOVEMENT THAT 21:08.234 --> 21:10.967 align:start HAPPENS. 21:10.970 --> 21:12.669 align:start >> A DRY DESERT IS HARD TO SAY 21:12.672 --> 21:13.436 align:start IF THIS MEANS WE'LL HAVE AN 21:13.439 --> 21:15.939 align:start ACTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON. 21:15.942 --> 21:17.374 align:start >> WITH THE WARMER WEATHER 21:17.377 --> 21:18.908 align:start COMING AND DRIER COMMUNITY, THE 21:18.911 --> 21:20.443 align:start POTENTIAL FOR A LONG FIRE SEASON 21:20.446 --> 21:23.179 align:start IS DEFINITELY THERE. 21:23.182 --> 21:25.015 align:start >> AS YOU HEARD, THE SAW MILL 21:25.018 --> 21:27.484 align:start FIRE CROSS HIGHWAY 83, THIS 21:27.487 --> 21:28.318 align:start WEEK, CREWS FROM THE ARIZONA 21:28.321 --> 21:31.021 align:start DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 21:31.024 --> 21:33.723 align:start REPAIRED TWO MILES OF GUARDRAIL 21:33.726 --> 21:34.991 align:start REPLACING WOODEN POSTS AND 21:34.994 --> 21:36.393 align:start OTHERS WITH SIGNS WEAKENED BY 21:36.396 --> 21:37.560 align:start THE FIRE. 21:37.563 --> 21:38.828 align:start THOUGH THE FOREST SERVICE SAID 21:38.831 --> 21:40.697 align:start ARIZONA IS ALWAYS IN WILDFIRE 21:40.700 --> 21:43.366 align:start SEASON BECAUSE OF THE DRY 21:43.369 --> 21:43.667 align:start DESERT, THIS FIRE EARLIER THAN 21:43.670 --> 21:48.672 align:start USUAL. 21:48.675 --> 21:49.839 align:start DR. DONALD STUDIES FIRE ECOLOGY 21:49.842 --> 21:50.874 align:start AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 21:50.877 --> 21:52.075 align:start >> WE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES, 21:52.078 --> 21:56.212 align:start >> WE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES, 21:56.215 --> 22:03.486 align:start RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WIND, THE 22:03.489 --> 22:05.021 align:start FACTORS REALLY ALL AT PLAY. 22:05.024 --> 22:05.755 align:start THE WIND DRIVEN FIRE, IT'S KIND 22:05.758 --> 22:08.158 align:start OF A PERFECT STORM. 22:08.161 --> 22:09.559 align:start >> IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRE, 22 22:09.562 --> 22:11.227 align:start MILES FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER 22:11.230 --> 22:13.730 align:start AND COVERED 73 SQUARE MILES. 22:13.733 --> 22:15.398 align:start IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY BIG ONE 22:15.401 --> 22:17.500 align:start AND COMPARED TO OTHERS, IT IS 22:17.503 --> 22:18.068 align:start BIG BUT GRASS FIRES SPREAD VERY 22:18.071 --> 22:20.737 align:start EASILY. 22:20.740 --> 22:25.508 align:start FIRES AND GRASS HAVE A 5 MILLION 22:25.511 --> 22:26.710 align:start YEAR OLD LOVE AFFAIR, SO GRASS 22:26.713 --> 22:29.679 align:start AND FIRE WORK WELL TOGETHER. 22:29.682 --> 22:31.548 align:start >> YOU COULD TELL THE GRASS WERE 22:31.551 --> 22:31.848 align:start BURNED BUT HOW DOES IT MANAGE TO 22:31.851 --> 22:33.750 align:start WORK? 22:33.753 --> 22:35.385 align:start >> THIS IS A HETEROGENEOUS 22:35.388 --> 22:36.853 align:start LANDSCAPE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE 22:36.856 --> 22:43.360 align:start ECOLOGY OF FIRE, YOU SEE VERY 22:43.363 --> 22:45.929 align:start DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. 22:45.932 --> 22:50.900 align:start GRASS, FIRE. 22:50.903 --> 22:55.939 align:start EVOLUTION OF GRASS REFLECTED. 22:55.942 --> 23:00.043 align:start AND BELOW BASICALLY, USING BUT 23:00.046 --> 23:01.010 align:start ACTUALLY STIMULATE THE NEW 23:01.013 --> 23:03.313 align:start GROWTH. 23:03.316 --> 23:06.015 align:start AND OFTEN SEE IN THOSE AREAS 23:06.018 --> 23:13.256 align:start BECAUSE THE NEW GROWTH IS VERY 23:13.259 --> 23:15.425 align:start NUTRITIOUS AND THE SYSTEMS, 23:15.428 --> 23:19.362 align:start GRAZERS, WITH THE FIRE, THEY'LL 23:19.365 --> 23:29.005 align:start MOVE IN AFTERWARDS WITH THE AREA 23:29.008 --> 23:30.540 align:start AND THIS IS WHY PRESCRIBED 23:30.543 --> 23:31.608 align:start BURNING FOR THIS REASON. 23:31.611 --> 23:32.776 align:start >> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE 23:32.779 --> 23:34.944 align:start REST OF THE SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S 23:34.947 --> 23:35.311 align:start GOING TO GET HOTTER. 23:35.314 --> 23:38.014 align:start >> RIGHT. 23:38.017 --> 23:39.149 align:start FIRE SEASON IS LIMITED BY THE 23:39.152 --> 23:39.682 align:start FACTORS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 23:39.685 --> 23:40.850 align:start EARLIER. 23:40.853 --> 23:43.820 align:start WIND, TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE 23:43.823 --> 23:44.821 align:start HUMIDITY AND BASICALLY INFLUENCE 23:44.824 --> 23:46.022 align:start HOW MUCH. 23:46.025 --> 23:47.857 align:start HISTORICALLY, A PERIOD DURING 23:47.860 --> 23:49.359 align:start THE WINTER WHEN IT WAS TOO WET 23:49.362 --> 23:51.261 align:start AND COLD FOR FUELS TO BURN. 23:51.264 --> 23:53.196 align:start THE FUELS ARE THERE, BUT NOT 23:53.199 --> 23:55.799 align:start JUST AS FLAMMABLE CONDITION. 23:55.802 --> 23:56.633 align:start NOW, WE CAN HAVE THOSE 23:56.636 --> 23:58.902 align:start CONDITIONS EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF 23:58.905 --> 24:00.570 align:start WHAT USED TO BE WINTER AND STILL 24:00.573 --> 24:03.206 align:start WINTER, BUT ONLY A FEW STRETCHES 24:03.209 --> 24:04.741 align:start OF DRY WEATHER IN ORDER TO HAVE 24:04.744 --> 24:05.041 align:start THE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE TO 24:05.044 --> 24:06.976 align:start CARRY. 24:06.979 --> 24:08.778 align:start AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOW 24:08.781 --> 24:10.180 align:start THERE'S A LONGER PERIOD DURING 24:10.183 --> 24:12.115 align:start THE YEAR WHERE FIRES CAN BURN 24:12.118 --> 24:13.383 align:start AND INEVITABLY MEANS THEY'LL GET 24:13.386 --> 24:17.287 align:start BIGGER REALLY UNTIL THE MONSOON. 24:17.290 --> 24:17.987 align:start THE MONSOON IS THE END OF OUR 24:17.990 --> 24:18.855 align:start ACTIVE FIRE SEASON, ALTHOUGH, 24:18.858 --> 24:21.958 align:start THERE'S LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND 24:21.961 --> 24:22.258 align:start LOTS OF POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO 24:22.261 --> 24:23.960 align:start START. 24:23.963 --> 24:25.328 align:start THEY TEND NOT TO SPREAD, AT 24:25.331 --> 24:25.662 align:start LEAST AS MUCH DURING THE MONSOON 24:25.665 --> 24:26.362 align:start SEASON. 24:26.365 --> 24:30.099 align:start >> YOU'VE BEEN ON THE PROGRAM 24:30.102 --> 24:30.533 align:start BEFORE AND TALKED ABOUT HOW TIRE 24:30.536 --> 24:32.202 align:start FIRE IS A REALLY REAL PART OF 24:32.205 --> 24:33.169 align:start FIRE IS A REALLY REAL PART OF 24:33.172 --> 24:33.803 align:start THE SYSTEM. 24:33.806 --> 24:36.473 align:start IT HAS TO HAPPEN. 24:36.476 --> 24:39.175 align:start >> THESE LANDSCAPES AND THESE 24:39.178 --> 24:40.877 align:start SPECIES HAVE EVOLVED WITH FIRE 24:40.880 --> 24:42.445 align:start FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, AND THE 24:42.448 --> 24:42.846 align:start LANDSCAPE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 24:42.849 --> 24:45.582 align:start YEARS. 24:45.585 --> 24:46.516 align:start SO FIRE IS NO STRANGER TO THESE 24:46.519 --> 24:49.219 align:start LANDSCAPES AND THESE LANDSCAPES 24:49.222 --> 24:51.421 align:start ARE NO STRANGER TO FIRE. 24:51.424 --> 24:52.522 align:start IF WE WANT TO REMOVE FIRE, FOR 24:52.525 --> 24:54.657 align:start WHATEVER REASON, WE'RE GOING TO 24:54.660 --> 24:56.960 align:start HAVE A LOT OF UNINTENDED 24:56.963 --> 25:01.197 align:start CONSEQUENCES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE 25:01.200 --> 25:03.933 align:start SEE BOTH IN GRASSLANDS WITH FIRE 25:03.936 --> 25:06.202 align:start EXCLUDED AND INVADED BY WOODED 25:06.205 --> 25:07.770 align:start SPECIES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS 25:07.773 --> 25:12.876 align:start WHEN THEY'RE KEPT OUT OF THE 25:12.879 --> 25:14.777 align:start SYSTEM AND FUEL ACCUMULATES. 25:14.780 --> 25:17.580 align:start AND THEN FIRE OCCURS. 25:17.583 --> 25:17.947 align:start >> IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS BACK TO 25:17.950 --> 25:19.249 align:start BUSINESS. 25:19.252 --> 25:21.684 align:start >> SO THOSE SYSTEMS WILL RECOVER 25:21.687 --> 25:22.785 align:start IN SOME AREAS VERY QUICKLY, IN A 25:22.788 --> 25:24.454 align:start MATTER OF MONTHS. 25:24.457 --> 25:29.526 align:start REMEMBER, THIS FIRE BURNED ALL 25:29.529 --> 25:29.859 align:start THE WAY FROM WEST OF THE WET 25:29.862 --> 25:32.795 align:start STONES. 25:32.798 --> 25:34.631 align:start IT HAS A LONG SKINNY FOOTPRINT 25:34.634 --> 25:36.933 align:start CHARACTERISTIC OF A WIND DRIVEN 25:36.936 --> 25:38.468 align:start EVENT AND THE RED FLAG YOU SEE 25:38.471 --> 25:39.435 align:start WITH THE HIGH WINDS AND HIGH 25:39.438 --> 25:42.739 align:start TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY. 25:42.742 --> 25:43.873 align:start THAT'S A RECIPE FOR FIRE SPREAD 25:43.876 --> 25:47.076 align:start DOWNWIND, BUT THE GRASSLAND 25:47.079 --> 25:49.012 align:start AREAS ARE LIKELY TO RECOVER VERY 25:49.015 --> 25:50.947 align:start QUICKLY, AND THEY ARE GOING TO 25:50.950 --> 25:52.582 align:start BENEFIT FROM THE EVENT. 25:52.585 --> 25:54.551 align:start SOME OF THE WOODED SPECIES COME 25:54.554 --> 25:55.985 align:start BACK BUT NOT NECESSARILY AN 25:55.988 --> 25:58.254 align:start UNNATURAL THING FOR THERE TO BE 25:58.257 --> 26:00.390 align:start SOME MORTALITY OF WOODY PLANTS 26:00.393 --> 26:01.991 align:start IN THE LOW ELEVATION AREAS. 26:01.994 --> 26:04.260 align:start >> WHAT IS ARIZONA'S ROLE FOR 26:04.263 --> 26:05.194 align:start THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AS 26:05.197 --> 26:07.463 align:start WELL FOR FIRE SEASON? 26:07.466 --> 26:09.332 align:start WHERE DO YOU SEE US FITTING IN? 26:09.335 --> 26:11.901 align:start >> ONE THING WE DON'T DO ENOUGH 26:11.904 --> 26:12.335 align:start OF IS PRESCRIBED BURNING, 26:12.338 --> 26:13.603 align:start STATISTICALLY. 26:13.606 --> 26:14.871 align:start IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF 26:14.874 --> 26:16.472 align:start PRESCRIBED BURNING WE ACTUALLY 26:16.475 --> 26:17.440 align:start PUT ON THE GROUND, IT'S STILL A 26:17.443 --> 26:20.310 align:start FRACTION OF WHAT WE NEED IN 26:20.313 --> 26:23.446 align:start ORDER TO CATCH UP WITH THE FIRE 26:23.449 --> 26:25.615 align:start PROBLEM. 26:25.618 --> 26:27.550 align:start HISTORICALLY, MORE THAN 10 TO 20 26:27.553 --> 26:29.085 align:start MILLION ACRES BURNING IN THE 26:29.088 --> 26:31.821 align:start WEST EVERY YEAR AND WE GET UP TO 26:31.824 --> 26:33.790 align:start THE POINT BUT MOSTLY IN THE BIG 26:33.793 --> 26:35.792 align:start DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES AND 26:35.795 --> 26:36.926 align:start LAGGING BEHIND IN THE AMOUNT OF 26:36.929 --> 26:37.260 align:start PRESCRIBED FIRE WE PUT ON THE 26:37.263 --> 26:38.494 align:start GROUND. 26:38.497 --> 26:40.496 align:start EVERYBODY KNOWS IT HAS TO 26:40.499 --> 26:41.998 align:start HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE THE PROBLEM 26:42.001 --> 26:43.499 align:start OF THE WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE 26:43.502 --> 26:45.134 align:start WITH PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND 26:45.137 --> 26:47.303 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKES IT VERY 26:47.306 --> 26:48.605 align:start DIFFICULT FOR MANAGERS TO PUT AS 26:48.608 --> 26:49.072 align:start MUCH FIRE ON THE GROUND AS 26:49.075 --> 26:50.807 align:start THEY'D LIKE. 26:50.810 --> 26:52.141 align:start >> THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS 26:52.144 --> 26:53.977 align:start UNDER INVESTIGATION, ALTHOUGH 26:53.980 --> 26:55.578 align:start ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, AN 26:55.581 --> 27:00.416 align:start OFF-DUTY BORDER PATROL AGENT 27:00.419 --> 27:01.918 align:start STARTED THE FIRE WHILE STARTED 27:01.921 --> 27:06.089 align:start SHOOTING ON PUBLIC LAND. 27:06.092 --> 27:06.522 align:start >>> LAWMAKERS WANT A BILLION 27:06.525 --> 27:11.027 align:start DOLLAR BUDGET. 27:11.030 --> 27:12.629 align:start AMONG THE ISSUES, A 1% TO 2% PAY 27:12.632 --> 27:13.363 align:start INCREASE FOR ALL TEACHERS IN 27:13.366 --> 27:15.131 align:start ARIZONA WHICH WOULD BEGIN NEXT 27:15.134 --> 27:17.166 align:start YEAR AND PHASE IN OVER TIME. 27:17.169 --> 27:24.574 align:start GOVERNOR DUCEY'S PROPOSAL ASKED 27:24.577 --> 27:26.275 align:start FOR A 4/10th INCREASE AND TAX 27:26.278 --> 27:30.146 align:start CUTS THAT COULD REDUCE REVENUE 27:30.149 --> 27:32.048 align:start THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 27:32.051 --> 27:33.116 align:start ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL HAVE 27:33.119 --> 27:33.416 align:start AN IN-DEPTH LOOK FOR YOU NEXT 27:33.419 --> 27:34.484 align:start WEEK. 27:34.487 --> 27:36.386 align:start THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:36.389 --> 27:37.987 align:start FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 27:37.990 --> 27:38.688 align:start MEDIA, I'M LORRAINE RIVERA,