COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: A CLOSER LOOK AT LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO HELP RENOVATE CHASE FIELD... ALSO TONIGHT: COULD TAKING VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS HELP PREVENT DEMENTIA?

AND, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A NEW DOCUMENTARY FEATURING ARIZONA'S WINE INDUSTRY.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

QUICK CHECK OF HEADLINES, WE START WITH BUSINESS NEWS: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL IS SPLITTING INTO THREE INDEPENDENT COMPANIES, EACH PUBLICLY LISTED AND EACH FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE WILL BE ONE OF THOSE SEPARATE COMPANIES AND WILL REMAIN HEADQUARTERED IN PHOENIX.

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYS MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE IN THE STATE, WHICH MAKES IT THE 25TH LARGEST EMPLOYER IN ARIZONA.

OTHER HEADLINES: ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL KRIS MAYES JOINED 11 OTHER STATES IN FILING SUIT TO STOP ELON MUSK FROM ACCESSING FEDERAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS.

THE CLAIM BY THE DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL IS THAT ACTIONS BY MUSK'S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY DEFY THE CONSTITUTION, AND COULD LEAD TO SECURITY RISKS OR MISSED PAYMENTS FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.

A FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY SUSPENDED A MIDNIGHT DEADLINE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS TO APPLY FOR A DEFERRED RESIGNATION PLAN.

THAT PLAN IS PART OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PUSH TO CUT THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE COURT DELAYED THE DEADLINE UNTIL A HEARING COULD BE HELD ON MONDAY.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THAT MORE THAN 40,000 FEDERAL WORKERS HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED THE OFFER TO RESIGN.

ALSO TODAY: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED AN IMMIGRATION-RELATED LAWSUIT AGAINST CHICAGO AND OTHER PARTS OF ILLINOIS.

THE SUIT CLAIMS THAT SANCTUARY POLICIES IN THE STATE ARE OBSTRUCTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

IT'S THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE CHALLENGE AGAINST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT OPPOSE USING LOCAL OFFICERS TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

AND, SCIENCE NOTE: ASTRONOMERS SAY THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE, CHANCE THAT A MEDIUM-SIZED ASTEROID WILL STRIKE THE EARTH IN THE YEAR 2182.

SCIENTISTS GIVE IT A 1 IN 2700 CHANCE THAT THE ASTERIOD, NAMED "BENNU," WILL MAKE CONTACT.

ASTEROIDS THE SIZE OF BENNU HIT OUR PLANET EVERY 100- TO 200,000 YEARS.

IF THERE IS CONTACT, SCIENTISTS SAY THAT IT WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHANGES, INCLUDING A PROLONGED GLOBAL WINTER.

STATE LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP RENOVATE CHASE FIELD.

THE IDEA IS TO RE-DIRECT EXISTING SALES AND INCOME TAXES GENERATED AT THE BALLPARK AND USE THAT REVENUE AS A LONG-TERM REVENUE STREAM TO UPDATE THE STADIUM.

THE BILL'S SPONSOR IS REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE WENINGER OF CHANDLER.

GOOD TO SEE SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> HB 2704, IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINDING A WAY TO HAVE OUR WORLD CHAMPION ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS STAY HERE AND RENOVATE CHASE FIELD SO THEY CAN STAY RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM DOWN HERE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM, DIFFERENT BUSINESS OWNERS, DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, TOURISTS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY STAY HERE.

THEY HAVE NOT SAID THAT THEY'RE LEAVING, BUT WE THINK THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM STAY HERE, RENOVATE CHASE FIELD WITH THE EXISTING TAX REVENUE THAT'S BEING SPENT AND COLLECTED AT CHASE FIELD.

>> INDEED.

SO THIS IS A TAX RECAPTURE HERE, SHIFTING SALES AND INCOME TAX REVENUES 5 TO 5.6% WOULD GO TO STADIUM IMPROVEMENT, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES?

>> 5% OF THE SALES TAX.

>> AND ALL INCOME TAX BY EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE PLAYERS?

>> THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE FILED A JOINT RESERVE TO THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

THE DECISION WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTY BOARD, THE TREASURER AT A CERTAIN POINT WILL TAKE THOSE MONEYS AND SEND THEM THERE.

AND THEN THEY WILL APPLY FOR THINGS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AND STUFF TO DO RENOVATIONS, TO DO, YOU KNOW -- IF YOU'VE SEEN THEY MUTH PUT IN A NEW FIELD, THEY PUT IN NEW L.E.D.

LIGHTS, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THIS STUFF OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THERE'S 500 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIRS, UPGRADES, THAT KIND OF THICK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THIS WOULD EITHER ALLOW THEM MOST LIKELY TO GO OUT AND BORROW MONEY AND EVEN FRONT LOAD IT AND GET THESE THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE THE GAMES AND MAKE THE WORLD-CLASS FACILITY THAT IT DESERVES TO BE.

>> YOU TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER, BUT WHY IS THIS A GOOD THING FOR ARIZONA?

>> WELL, IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THIS DECISION WAS MADE 30-SOME YEARS AGO BY A COUNTY BOARD TO BUILD THIS STADIUM.

AND THEY DID IT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, THE DIAMONDBACKS DON'T OWN THE STADIUM.

THIS IS A PUBLIC FACILITY, AND SO THIS IS JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A RUNDOWN PUBLIC FACILITY.

AND THE AMOUNT OF TAX CAPTURE NOT JUST AT STADIUM, BUT IN THE THREE DEADEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR FOR RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND DOWNTOWN PHOENIX, THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S 115 DEGREES OUTSIDE, BUT YET THERE'S BASEBALL GAMES GOING ON.

AND WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE BASEBALL GAMES, THEY'RE GOING AND KEEPING THE RESTAURANTS THRIVING IN THE WORST TIME THE YEAR FOR THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.

>> THIS IS RECAPTURE, THIS IS REDIRECTING, THESE ARE EXISTING SALES, NO NEW TACKS HERE INVOLVED.

SO YOU'VE GOT EXISTING -- BUT THE EXISTING REVENUE GOES SOMEWHERE.

IT WILL NOT GO THERE ANYMORE.

IT WILL STAY WITHIN THE DIAMONDBACKS AND THIS PROGRAM.

IS THAT A CONCERN?

>> I MEAN, I'VE HEARD THAT CONCERN.

NOW, FOR THE STATE, WE'RE ESTIMATING IT'S BEEN $6 AND $7 MILLION TOTAL PER YEAR.

BUT THE FACT IS IS THAT IF THE DIAMONDBACKS GO AWAY -- AND I WANT TO REITERATE, THEY'VE NEVER SAID THAT.

THEY SAY THEY WANT TO STAY NOT JUST IN ARIZONA, BUT IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.

BUT REALITY IS REALITY.

IF YOU'RE HAVING TO UPGRADE A STADIUM THAT YOU DON'T OWN, AT A CERTAIN POINT THAT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE.

AND THEN ALL OF THE TAX GOES AWAY ANYWAY.

NOT TO MENTION THE EVENTS THAT WE GET BECAUSE OF THE DIAMONDBACKS AND ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AND BE AROUND THE STATE BECAUSE IT.

>> SO LOSING $2 OF REVENUE MEANS $4 OF REVENUE COMING IN.

>> RIGHT.

>> WHERE DOES THE COUNTY STAND ON THIS.

>> WE'RE STILL TALKING TO THE COUNTY.

I HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH THEM YESTERDAY.

CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING ON, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE THEM ON BOARD.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE CITY OF PHOENIX?

>> SETTING UP A MEETING TO MEET WITH THEM NEXT WEEK AT SOME PRELIMINARY TALKS.

I MEAN, TO ME WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

I MEAN, THE TAXPAYERS, THE CITY OF PHOENIX, MARICOPA COUNTY AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND WE CAN'T BECOME A TWO-SPORTS STATE.

WE ALREADY LOST THE COYOTES.

THIS IS NOT JUST THE WORLD CHAMPIONS OF THE PAST DIAMONDBACKS, BUT I THINK PEOPLE FEEL PRETTY GOOD, ACQUISITIONS AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIAMONDBACKS AND TEAMS AND LOSING AND KEEPING.

THE CARDINALS ARE HERE, AND THEY'RE IN GLENDALE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A SIMILAR FORMULA.

IS THIS -- HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM WHAT THE CARDINALS HAVE IN GLENDALE?

>> IT'S SIMILAR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I -- THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THING, WE DESIGNED THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DIAMONDBACKS.

THERE'S NO RENTAL CAR TAX OR ANY OF THAT, AND IT'S JUST LITERALLY EVERYTHING WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STADIUM.

SO IT'S TEASE DESCRIBE TO PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT.

BUT I LOVE THE CARDINALS AS WELL, AND I LOVE GOING TO THE GAME.

AND THIS -- >> AS A LONG-TERM REVENUE STREAM, THIS IS OPEN-ENDED HERE?

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

>> YEAH.

IT'S OPEN-ENDED.

A STADIUM LIFE IS ABOUT 30 YEARS.

WE'RE ALMOST AT THAT NOW.

AND SO IT'S GONNA CONSTANTLY NEED UPGRADES AND STUFF IN THE FUTURE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT 30 YEARS AND BEYOND.

BUT I DID PUT IN -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING I CAME UP WITH, AND THEY AGREED, NO HESITATION, TO PUT IN SOME STIPULATIONS OF A CLAUSE ACT.

IF THEY LEAVE WITHIN THE FIRST 10 YEARS, THEY OWE $10 MILLION, AND THAT COMES FROM THEM.

AND EVERY BIT OF MONEY THAT'S IN THE FUND REVERTS BACK.

BUT A $10 MILLION PENALTY TO THEM.

>> SO IS THERE A LEASE EXTENSION CONNECTED HERE?

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE?

>> IT'S NOT CONNECTED, BUT OBVIOUSLY -- AND TALKING TO COUNTY, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THIS GOES A LONG WAY IN FURTHERING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WHEN YOU HAVE A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE SOURCE TO KEEP THIS A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY.

>> WHERE DOES THIS LEGISLATION STAND RIGHT NOW?

>> GOT OUT OF OUR CONGRESS COMMITTEE THE OTHER DAY WITH A VERY GOOD VOTE, AND HEADING I THINK TO RURAL RULES NEXT WEEK.

HOPINGFULLY HEADING TO THE FLOOR AND THE HOUSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ON TO THE SENATE.

>> AS FAR AS HEARING FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WORD GETS AROUND, ANY IDEA WHERE THIS STANDS?

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE GOVERNOR.

BUT I THINK EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF PARTY DOWN AT THE LOCATE TIEWR AND THE CAPITOL KNOWS WE NEED TO KEEP THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS IN ARIZONA.

>> AND IF FOR SOME REASON THIS DOESN'T PASS OR DOESN'T PAST IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, DO YOU THINK THE DIAMONDBACKS ARE OUT OF HERE?

DO YOU THINK THAT WAS SERIOUS BUSINESS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT?

>> I MEAN, THEY'VE NEVER SAID THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING THEY CAN'T KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO A STATE THAT THEY DON'T OWN.

I FULLY BELIEVE WE'LL KEEP THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.

>> REPRESENTATIVE WENINGER, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> .

♪ NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT TAKING VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS COULD HELP PREVENT DEMENTIA.

THIS AS THE NUMBER OF DEMENTIA CASES IN THE U.S. IS ON PACE TO DOUBLE BY 2060.

JOINING US NOW IS DR. JESSICA LANGBAUM, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE ALZHEIMER'S PREVENTION INITATIVE AT THE BANNER ALZHEIMER'S INSTITUTE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> I WANT TO ALL ABOUT THIS BUSINESS.

I MEAN, SO MANY DEMENTIA PATIENTS ON THE HORIZON.

BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS IDEA ABOUT THIS STUDY SAYING MORE VITAMIN D AND EVEN BY WAY OF SUPPLEMENTS COULD KEEP DEMENTIA AT BAY?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF STUDIES LOOKING AT ROLE OF VITAMINS AND THEIR PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND RISK OF DEMENTIA.

THIS ONE STUDY DID FIND A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS AND PERHAPS A LOWER RISK OF DEMENTIA.

I JUST WANT TO CAUTION, THOUGH, THIS IS JUST ONE STUDY IN A LARGE BODY OF RESEARCH.

AND IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN REPLICATED IN OTHER STUDIES.

AND SO THAT VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENT IS REALLY A PROXY FOR OTHER HEALTHCARE WELLNESS FACTORS THAT ARE KEEPING DEMENTIA AT BAY IN THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S NOT THE VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENT ITSELF.

>> THE STUDY SUGGEST IF IT HELPS WITH THE FLAVENOIDS IN THE BRAIN AND ALL THIS KIND OF BUSINESS, YOU'RE SAYING PUMP THE BRAKES A LITTLE BIT?

>> PUMPS THE BRAKES A LITTLE BIT.

SUPPLEMENTS ARE A BIG BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND UNLESS YOU HAVE A DEFICIENCY, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE GO OUT AND TAKE THE SUPPLEMENTS.

BUT PERHAPS YOU'RE GETTING THE VITAMIN D BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE ACTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, THE VITAMIN D LEVELS ARE A PROXY LEVEL FOR HAVING BETTER HEALTH, BEING OUT IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE SUNLIGHT, GETTING THINGS LIKE -- THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE REALLY PERHAPS THE MORE PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAN THE ACTUAL SUPPLEMENTS ITSELF.

>> YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WE LIVE IN ARIZONA, IF YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH SUN HERE, THEN YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUTSIDE, IS KIND OF THE SITUATION.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS FIGURING OUT HOW MANY FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE DEMENTIA IN IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THAT?

>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER.

WE'RE LIVING LONGER LIVES.

AND AGE IS THE BIGGEST RISK FACTOR WE HAVE FOR DEVELOPING DEMENTIA.

AS WE LIVE LONGER, OUR RISK GOES UP.

THE STUDY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS A MASSIVE, LONG STUDY.

15,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE FOLLOWED FOR OVER 20 YEARS, STARTING AT AGE 55.

AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE AGE, OUR RISK OF DEMENTIA, ALL CAUSES OF DEMENTIA, INCREASES.

SO THAT BETWEEN THE AGES OF 85 AND 95, IT'S ABOUT 40 TO 50%.

>> WOW.

>> RIGHT.

AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO HOPE.

IN MY MIND OF RESEARCH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE WAYS TO DELAY OR PREVENT THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

WE'RE FINDING BETTER WAYS TO DETECT IT EARLIER AND NOW TO TREAT IT.

>> YEAH, I WANT TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE IN A SECOND.

BUT YOU SAY AGE IS THE RISK FACTOR.

THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE LIKELY -- WHY?

WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?

IS THE BRAIN JUST SAYING I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.

AGE IS ONE RISK FACTOR.

BUT THERE ARE GENES THAT INCREASE OUR RISKS.

WHAT THE STUDY DID ALSO FIND IS THAT INDIVIDUALS -- WOMEN WERE AT HIGHER RISK COMPARED TO MEN.

AGAIN, WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN.

BLACK PARTICIPATES IN THIS STUDY WERE ALSO AT HIGHER RISK IN ALL AGE RANGES COMPARED TO WHITE PARTICIPATES.

AND SO THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS, LOTS OF FACTORS THAT PLAY IN IT, HEALTHCARE, OUR BRAIN'S ABILITY TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BAD PROTEINS AS WE AGE AND OTHER HEALTHCARE FACTORS.

>> BECAUSE AGING IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL HEALTH AND STUFF CONTROLS A LOT OF THINGS BUT WITH THE BRAIN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON UP THERE.

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IS THAT -- AGAIN, TOO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING OVER TIME?

I MEAN, WHAT'S -- >> RIGHT.

THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT CAUSES OF DEMENTIA.

ALZHEIMER'S JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA.

AND SO OUR BRAIN'S ABILITY -- SOME OF THE PROTEINS ARE BUILDING UP IN THE BRAIN, AND WE HAVE AN INABILITY TO CLEAR THEM.

BUT NEW RESEARCH WHERE WE'RE IDENTIFYING WAYS TO DETECT IT EARLIER AND ALSO TO TREAT IT.

>> WHAT IS RESEARCH SUGGESTING MAYBE AN AVENUE TO TAKE?

>> THERE'S LIFESTYLE FACTORS THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE THINKING ABOUT.

SO WHAT WE SAY IS HEART HEALTHY IS BRAIN HEALTHY.

AEROBIC EXERCISE, A BALANCED, NUTRITIONAL DARK THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT ALSO THERE ARE NEW MEDICATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE THAT -- FOR PEOPLE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT OR DEMENTIA.

AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TREATMENTS IN OTHERS IN PEOPLE WHO DON'T YET HAVE DEMENTIA BUT WHO ARE AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING IT, TO SEE IF WE CAN EVEN PREVENT THE ONSET OF THE MEMORY THINKING PROBLEMS OR EVEN SOME OF THE BAD PROTEINS FROM BUILDING UP IN THE BRAIN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> SO THE MEDICATION CAN REALLY STRETCH THINGS OUT A LITTLE BIT, MAKE IT A SOFTER LANDING, THAT KIND OF A THING?

>> THESE MEDICATIONS RIGHT NOW REMOVE THE PLAQUE FROM THE BRAIN AND WITH THAT COMES DELAYED -- PEOPLE'S MEMORIES AND THINKING ABILITY IMPROVES.

>> I SEEM TO RECALL -- AND I COULD GET THIS WRONG HERE -- VACCINATIONS, PEOPLE WHO GET VACCINATIONS, SOMETHING OVER TIME, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES -- HELPED IN THIS PROCESS.

IS THAT -- DOES THAT RING A BELL?

>> YEAH.

THERE ARE SOME STUDIES ABOUT JUST GENERAL -- SO THE VACCINATIONS THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE GETTING ON A REGULAR BASIS ARE FLU VACCINES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ARE PROTECTIVE AGAINST, AGAIN DEMENTIA.

ARE WE TAKING BETTER CARE OF OURSELVES?

NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S THE VACCINATIONS THEMSELVES OR THAT THESE ARE MARKERS OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, HIGHER SCS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND ARE BETTER ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

BECAUSE THERE ARE RISK FACTORS LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPERTENSION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT REALLY ARE THINGS THAT INCREASE OUR RISK.

>> LAST QUESTION HERE, WE SEE LIKE, KEEP YOUR BRAIN HEALTHY, DO A PUZZLE, DO THIS, GET YOUR MIND WORKING.

DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

BECAUSE WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE BUILDING UP IN YOUR BRAIN, I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PUZ AND THINK YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, BUT DO THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THERE IS NO ONE -- AN EASY ANSWERING RIGHT.

SO KEEPING YOUR MIND -- KEEPING YOURSELF CHALLENGED AND SOCIALLY ENGAGED, ACTIVE, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, A CURE OR PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT.

>> NOT NECESSARILY A USE IT OR LOSE IT KIND OF SITUATION.

>> CORRECT.

BUT LIFELONG LEARN SOMETHING HELPFUL, LIFELONG ENGAGEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT DR. JESSICA LANGBAUM, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY, "VINTAGE ARIZONA: THE HEART OF WINEMAKING," TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO THE STATE'S GROWING WINE INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTING THE CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF WINEMAKERS AROUND THE STATE.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FILM, WE WELCOME KELLIE MENDOZA, WHO PRODUCED THE DOCUMENTARY, AND THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, SEAN OLIVER.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THANK FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FILM, ANYTHING THAT GETS SOMETHING LIKE THIS DONE DESERVE AS CONGRATULATIONS.

TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES YOU FACED.

>> THANK YOU.

IT WAS PRETTY WONDERFUL, ACTUALLY.

IT WAS A THREE-YEAR JOURNEY.

AND WE JUST HAD THIS INCREDIBLE PASSION TOWARD TELLING THE ARIZONA WINE STORY.

AND SO IT STARTED WITH OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ARIZONA OFFICE OF TOURISM, THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND ALSO SOME SUPPORT WITH THE ARIZONA WINE GROWERS ASSOCIATION, WE DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE TOP FOUR WINEMAKERS FROM THE STATE'S COMPETITION IN 2022, THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR'S CUP.

AND WE WERE KIND OF TAKING A RISK WITH THAT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE IF THESE WINEMAKERS WERE GOING TO BE LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED OR, YES, REALLY EXCITED.

WE GOT SUPER LUCKY.

THEY ALL WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO THE CAVEAT TO THAT WAS WE WERE GOING TO FOLLOW THEM FOR A WHOLE YEAR.

>> YES.

>> THAT WAS A LITTLE INTERESTING ON THE FRONT SIDE OF IT.

BUT I WOULD SAY THE FILMMAKING SIDE WAS THE MOST ENJOYABLE, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST PART.

>> TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR.

YOU GOTTA GET ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL VISION, THE WORDS, EVERYTHING'S GOTTA WORK FOR YOU.

AND THAT'S A LOT TO COMPILE.

>> YES.

THANKFULLY DUMMY MENDOZA WHO IS OUR CINEMATOGRAPHER AND ALSO OUR EDITOR, BEING A TIGHT-KNIT CREW WE WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH EVERY PIECE THAT WE ARE RECORDED.

HE SET UP THESE GREAT MODULES, BECAUSE AFTER A YEAR, I FORGET HOW MANY HOURS OF FOOTAGE IT WAS, AND WE JUST SAT DOWN AND AND IT WAS LIKE WE GOT TO RELIVE ALL OF THOSE MOMENTS.

AND THEY'RE PRETTY COOL INTERVIEWS WITH THE WINEMAKERS AND TALKING ABOUT INTERESTING THINGS SO TO GET TO DO THE INTERVIEW LIVE ONCE AND DO IT IN THE EDIT WAS KIND OF ENTERTAINING NOT TO BE IN THAT MOMENT BUT TO BE ABLE TO JUST LIKE WATCH IT.

>> YEAH.

ARIZONA'S WINE INDUSTRY, HAD YOU PASSION FOR, IT YOU SAID.

WHY?

I MEAN, WERE THERE OTHER TOPICS OUT THERE OR WAS THIS LIKE -- I THINK HAD YOU SOME EXPERIENCE IN CALIFORNIA, TOO.

>> YES.

WE DO.

OUR PASSION FOR WINE MAKING COMES FROM 2019 WE WERE DOING SOME VIDEO COMMERCIAL WORK FOR A LARGE-SCALE WINE COMPANY.

AND THROUGH THAT WE -- WINE-MAKERS ARE SO REAL, THEY'RE SO AUTHENTIC.

THERE'S SO MUCH HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THE PROCESS, AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A DOCUMENTARY TOPIC AT THAT TIME.

SO IT MADE US DIVE INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OWN STATES.

AND ONCE WE STARTED RESEARCHING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, IT WAS JUST ALL UNCOVERED, AND WE KNEW WE HAD TO JUMP IN.

>> AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR STATE?

WE'VE GOT SOUTHERN ARIZONA, SOUTHEASTERN.

WE'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA, THINGS HAPPENING THROUGH.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ARIZONA IS THIS.

>> A LOT OF WINE IS BEING MADE.

AND THEY GROW IT HERE, TOO.

I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE GRAPES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND JUST PRESSING THEM HERE.

BUT THESE ARE ARIZONA-GROWN GRAPES TO MAKE TRULY ARIZONA WINE THAT REFLECTS THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND I'M AN ARIZONA NATIVE, SO I GREW UP HERE, AND I GOT TO DISCOVER THIS PAT OF THE STATE THAT I'D NEVER BEEN TO DOWN TO ELGIN AND DOWN SOUTH.

>> SO WITH THESE STORIES, HOW BEST TO SHOW THEM?

WHAT DID DO YOU?

HOW DID YOU FOLLOW AROUND?

WHAT SHOTS DID YOU FOCUS ON?

>> THE VINEYARDS ARE THE BEST PLACES TO SHOOT.

THEY'RE SO GORGEOUS.

AND THERE'S ALSO THE VARIETY OF THEM, THE VINEYARDS DOWN SOUTH ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE VINEYARDS THAT ARE UP NORTH IN JEROME AND CLOSER TO THAT AREA.

>> HOW SO?

>> WELL FORECAST GROUND LEVEL, HAVE YOU HUGE ROCKS -- FROM THE GROUND LEVEL, THERE'S HUGE ROCKS UP NORTH AND THEY GROW IN THE LIMESTONE.

AND THEN DOWN SOUTH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AURE KIND OF LOOK DOWN THERE, DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE ARIZONA ANYMORE, AND THEN EVEN THE WINE, THAT'S CLOSER TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK IT TASTE LIKE COMPARED TO MAYBE NAPA OR UP IN OREGON, MORE OF THE OLD WORLD WINE.

>> YEAH.

EVERYONE SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE VERY HAPPY AND COOPERATIVE.

THERE HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPETITION AMONG THE WINE-MAKERS, ISN'T THERE?

>> DEFINITELY.

I THINK EVERYBODY -- IT'S AN ART FORM.

WINE-MAKING IS AN ART, AND I THINK THEY ALL WANT TO MAKE THE BEST WINE THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS HARD FOR US TO SELECT WHICH WINE-MAKERS TO INCLUDE IN THE MOVIE, WHICH IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH GOING WITH THE STATE'S COMPETITION ROUTE TO FOCUS ON THE TOP FOUR BEST IN CLASS.

BUT DEFINITELY.

>> IN MAKING THE FILM, DID ANY OF THE STORIES SURPRISE NEW ANYWAY?

>> YES AND NO.

I'M NOT SURPRISED BY THE PASSION THAT GOES INTO THIS PROCESS.

BUT ALSO I AM BECAUSE IT IS A FOUR TO SIX-YEAR PROCESS FROM PUTTING SEEDS IN THE GROUND TO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING A TASTE FROM THAT FIRST BOTTLE OF RED.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF SURPRISE AND ALSO A LOT OF MOMENT WHERE IS WE JUST KIND OF REALLY -- IT REALLY RESONATED WITH US.

>> ANY SURPRISES FOR NEW.

>> I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE MORE COMPETITION.

I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AT THE HUGE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE IN.

AND THEY'RE -- LIKE THEY MAYNARD TALKS ABOUT CRACKING THE PUBS WITH WINES.

>> EXPLAIN WHO MAYNARD IS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD HIM ON THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT HIS WINES.

HE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL UP THERE.

SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE DOING VERY WELL AND EVERYTHING IS VERY SUCCESSFUL UP THERE.

>> AND THEY'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE.

EVERYONE THINKS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 10 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.

>> WHEN YOU STARTED THIS PROCESS, STARTED THE IDEA OF DOING A DOCUMENTARY AND YOU ENVISION SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, WAS THE RESULT WHAT YOU INITIALLY ENVISIONED?

>> SEAN?

>> IT WAS VERY MUCH A DISCOVERY.

I THINK WITH A DOCUMENT STAKE YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW TOO MUCH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE THEN YOU KIND OF AVOID THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO GO OUT AND CAPTURE THE CHALLENGES OF GROWING WINE IN ARIZONA, JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN'T VASTLY FAMILIAR WITH.

BUT WE'RE KIND OF AN UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR IT.

I THOUGHT WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS A LOT OF WINE-MAKERS' TAKE-AWAY IS ARIZONA GETS TOO COLD, AND IT'S TOO WET, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.

>> NO.

THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES ONE WOULD EXPECT.

AGAIN, VINTAGE ARIZONA, WHAT, APPLE TV AND AMAZON PRIME?

AVAILABLE STREAM FORGET THERE.

CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANKS FOR BRINGING US SOME WINE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DRINKING BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER.

THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.