>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: REACTION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSING TO COMMIT TO UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION NEW INTITAITIVE AIMS TO KEEP KIDS SAFE FROM ON-LINE PREDATORS.

AND, WE'LL SPEAK WITH AN AWARD- WINNING, LOCAL ALL-GIRLS ROBOTICS TEAM.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZONGOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE FED TODAY HELD INTEREST RATES STEADY.

IT'S THE 3RD-STRAIGHT TIME THAT THE CENTRAL BANK'S LEFT RATES UNCHANGED.

FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL SAID THAT THE FED'S STRATEGY CONTINUES TO INVOLVE PATIENCE AND TAKING A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OVER HOW MUCH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS WILL IMPACT INFLATION AND GROWTH.

>> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS LOW.

INFLATION IS DOWN A GREAT DEAL BUT RUNNING ABOVE OR 2% OBJECTIVE.

THE RISK OF HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION APPEAR TO HAVE RISEN.

WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT STANCE LEAVES US WELL-POSITIONED TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY WAY TO POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS.

>> AS FOR THE IMPACT OF TARIFFS ON FUTURE ACTION BY THE FED, POWELL HAD THESE OBSERVATIONS.

>> IT'S BEEN LARGER THAN ANTICIPATED.

THE POLICIES ARE EVOLVING AND EFFECTS ARE UNCERTAIN.

BASED ON THE DATA, OUTLOOK, AND BALANCE OF RISKS.

IF THE LARGE INCREASES IN TARIFFS ARE SUSTAINED WE'LL HAVE A RISE IN INFLATION AND GROWTH IN UNEMPLOYMENT.

>> TODAY'S DECISION LEAVES INTEREST RATES AT 4.25 TO 4.5-PERCENT.

THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE BEEN SINCE DECEMBER AFTER A NUMBER OF CUTS IN THE 2ND-HALF OF 2024.

>>> OTHER HEADLINES: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THINKING ABOUT RE-NAMING ANOTHER LARGE BODY OF WATER.

THIS TIME IT'S THE PERSIAN GULF.

THE ADMINISTRATION TODAY.

SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS THE PERSIAN GULF TO BE RE-NAMED AS EITHER THE GULF OF ARABIA OR THE ARABIAN GULF.

NO WORD AS TO WHY SUCH A NAME CHANGE IS NECESSARY.

THIS FOLLOWS THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER RE-NAMING THE GULF OF MEXICO AS THE GULF OF AMERICA, A CHANGE THAT HAS NOT BEEN UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED.

>>> NO DECISION TODAY ON A NEW POPE TO LEAD THE WORLD'S 1.4-BILLION ROMAN CATHOLICS.

BLACK SMOKE WAS RELEASED FROM A CHIMNEY ABOVE THE SISTENE CHAPEL THIS EVENING, INDICATING THAT THE 133-ASSEMBLED CARDINALS HAD NOT REACHED A DECISION IN THE 1ST-ROUND OF VOTING.

THE VATICAN CONCLAVE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH THE SEQUESTERED CARDINALS GATHERING FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO GET THE 2- THIRDS MAJORITY NEEDED TO ELECT A NEW POPE >>> AND, HEALTH NOTE: A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT HIGHER FOOD PRICES ARE KEEPING MOST AMERICANS FROM EATING HEALTHIER.

THE SURVEY FROM THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER SHOWS THAT LOWER-INCOME ADULTS ARE FINDING IT ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO EAT A HEALTHY DIET.

BUT MIDDLE AND UPPER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE STRUGGLING DUE TO COSTS.

A PREVIOUS STUDY FOUND THAT MORE THAN HALF OF ADULTS DON'T MEET THE DIET RECOMMENDATIONS SET BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP RECENTLY SAID THAT HE, QUOTE, DOESN'T KNOW IF HE'S REQUIRED TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.

IS IT THE PRESIDENT'S CHOICE TO OBEY THE CONSTITUTION?

WE ASK STEPHEN MONTOYA, A PARTNER OF MONTOYA, LUCERO, AND PASTOR.

STEVEN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

DOES HE HAVE A CHOICE TO OBEY THE CONSTITUTION?

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY NO, BUT I HAVE TO SAY YES AND NO.

HE DOES HAVE A CHOICE AS YOU UNDERSTAND, THE COURT GRANTED HIM IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FROM DISOBEYS THE LAW IN THE COURSE OF HIS OFFICE.

HE IS IMMUNE.

THAT'S GIVING HIM FOR OF A CHOICE THAT OTHERS HAVE.

THAT'S THE YES PART.

THE NO PART.

HE'S STILL MORALLY AND LEGALLY REQUIRED TO ABAY THE LAW LIKE ANYONE ELSE AND NOT ABOVE THE LAW.

BECAUSE HE HAS IMMUNITY ACCORDING TO THIS SUPREME COURT HAS HAS MORE LATITUDE THAN ANYONE ELSE.

>> IF THE PRESIDENT TELLS STEVEN TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL THAT BREAKS THE LAW, WHAT HAPPENS TO STEPHEN?

>> STEPHEN, IF HE OBEYS, COULD BE PROSECUTED, HOWEVER.

IF TRUMP WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A PATTERN OF ORDERING ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR.

HE COULD PARDON ME, SO, REALLY THE SUPREME COURT, LAST TERM, CREATED AN ENGINE THAT'S RIGHT FOR ILLEGAL USAGE BY MAKING THE PRESIDENT ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR ANYTHING DONE IN THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF HIS OFFICE AND THE CONSTITUTION GAVE HIM THE POWER TO UNQUALIFIED POWER TO PARDON.

>> HE SWORE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.

OKAY DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT ALL?

>> IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND COULD BE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

HE'S BEEN IMPEACHED TWICE BUT HE WAS NOT CONVICTED.

THE DIFFERENCE IS HE COULD BE CONCEIVABLY IMPEACHED A THIRD TIME AND ACTUALLY CONVICTED.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT VIOLATION OF THE OATH MAKES.

VIOLATING IT ABSENT IMPEACHMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG AND CERTAINLY NOT GOOD.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONSEQUENCE.

>> IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED THE SUPREME COURT RULING SAID THAT'S THE BRIDGE TOO FAR.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO STOP HIM.

>> YES, THE SUPREME COURT SAID HE WOULD BE CRIMINALLY IMMUNE IF HE WERE IMPEACHED.

SEE, THE CURRENT SOLICITOR GENERAL MR.

SOUR ARGUED HE COULD ONLY BE PROSECUTED IF HE WAS FIRST IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED.

THE COURT SAID, HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FOR ANYTHING THAT HE DID WHILE IN OFFICE AS LONG AS IT WAS WITHIN THE COURSE AND SCOPE.

IF HE RUNS HIS BAR BUDDY DOWN IN THE STREET BECAUSE THEY GET IN A FIGHT ABOUT A FOOTBALL GAME, THAT'S NOT IN THE COURSE AND SCOPE.

WE WOULDN'T BE IMMUNE FOR THAT.

THE TYPES OF THINGS HE DO WERE WITHIN THE COURSE AND SCOPE.

>> EVERYTHING, I THINK HIS SUPPORTERS WILL SAY AND HE WILL SAY, AS LONG AS IT'S NECESSARY FOR NATIONALITY SECURITY, I MEAN, DUE PROCESS.

AS LONG AS IT'S NECESSARY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY THE COURTS ARE OBVIOUSLY FIGHTING BACK ON THAT.

THAT'S THE POSITION HE HOLDS.

>> THAT IS THE POSITION HE HOLDS AND FALSE POSITION.

REMEMBER THE SEIZURE CASE.

PRESIDENT TRUMAN TRIED TO ORDER THE SEIZURE OF STEEL MILLS TO PRODUCE WEAPONS TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

THE COURT SAID NO, YOU ARE GOING TOO FAR?

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

DEFYING THE FEDERAL COURTS AS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS, AS HE HAS.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT AS FAR AS JUSTICE IN AMERICA.

THE CONCEPT OF A VEERING AAUTHOR TERRIUMISM.

>> IT'S REALLY BAD.

HE'S ATTACKING SOMETHING THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN LAW AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION GOING BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES, LITERALLY.

THAT'S DUE PROCESS.

THE EXECUTIVE, WHETHER IT EXECUTIVE IS A KING OR ELECTED PRESIDENT CANNOT SEIZE PEOPLE AND IMPRISON PEOPLE OR DEPORT PEOPLE WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF HEARING WHERE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRESENT EVIDENCE AND BE HEARD.

THIS IS PROOF HE SEES NO CONSTRAINTS ON HIM.

HE SEES NOTHING TO CONSTRAIN HIM, DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> THEY DO HAVE A POINT BECAUSE HE KEEPS ON SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ENTITLED TO TRIAL AND HE CAN DEPORT PEOPLE UNILATERALLY.

THEY DO HAVE A POINT.

I HOPE THEY ARE WRONG.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF HE WILL ACTUALLY DEFY THE COURT.

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVES HE HAS.

I'M IN THE MIDDLE ON THAT VEERING TOWARDS HE HAS.

>> FACILITATE THE RETURN OF MR. GARCIA WHO WAS DEPARTED TO EL SALVADOR.

HE MOCKED HIS OBLIGATION TO TRY TO DO IT WHICH IS REALLY DEFYING THE COURT.

SUBSEQUENT TO DEFYING THE COURT, HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO A TRIAL.

DO I HAVE TO OBEY THE SUPREME COURT, I DON'T KNOW.

MY LAWYERS TELL ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I OBEY MY LAWYER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COULD TELL HIM THAT.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT.

LAWYERS -- I'M A LAWYER.

I'M AFRAID TO DEFY THE COURT.

I SWORE TO OBEY THE COURT AND I FEEL I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH MY OATH AND I DON'T WANT TO BE DISBARRED.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE COURTS CAN BE USED AGAINST HIM.

THE LAWYERS THAT GET UP BEFORE THE FEDERAL COURTS AND MAKE WILD CLAIMS CAN BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDICIARY.

>> THERE ARE NO PARDONS AS FAR AS A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR THAT.

>> GOOD POINT.

>> GREAT STUFF.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>>> CHILD-HELP IS TEAMING UP WITH META TO CREATE A CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ON HOW TO STAY SAFE WHEN ONLINE.

THE CURRICULUM WILL INCLUDE LESSONS ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE GROOMING, SEXTORTION SCAMS AND HOW TO REACH OUT FOR HELP.

JOINING US NOW IS MICHAEL MEDORO, CHILD-HELP'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND COO.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

THE PROGRAM IS CALLED STAYING SAFE FROM ONLINE HARM.

TELL US MORE.

>> THIS IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS WHAT'S AN EPIDEMIC IN MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS.

WE ARE SEEING A RISE IN CHILDREN NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW TO STAY SAFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

THE RISE IN SEXTORTION.

>> THIS IS WITHIN CHILD HELP.

THE SPEAK UP AND BE SAFE PROGRAM.

>> CHILD UP SPEAK UP BE SAFE.

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.

THE EDUCATION DESIGNED TO EDUCATE STUDENTS PRE-K THROUGH 12th GRADE.

THIS IS WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED TO DO.

WHAT MY MODULE IS ABOUT.

TO HELP EDUCATE STUDENTS.

>> HOW THEY DO THIS APPROPRIATELY.

>> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CURRICULUM.

IT INCLUDES THE COURSE TRAINING INSIDE THE SCHOOL.

IT HAS MULTIPLE LEARNING GUYS FACILITATED SCRIPTS.

ACTIVITIES THAT HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND FROM REAL LIFE EXAMPLES.

WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY WITNESS AND EXPERIENCE.

TH IS EXPLORETATION.

>> HOW DID META GET INVOLVED?

>> THE EXPERTISE WE HAVE IN THE FIELD OF PRESENSATION ALONG WITH THEIR EXPERTISE IN THE PLATFORM AND DANGERS AND RISE OF DANGERS THEY SEE ON SOCIAL PLATFORMS.

THEY WANTED TO COLLABORATE TO CREATE THIS CURRICULUM.

>> THEY ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH ABOUT THIS.

>> THIS IS A RESPONSE.

IT'S OFFERED AT NO COST.

>> NO COST.

>> NO COST TO ANYONE.

>> AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS AS WELL.

>> ANY GROUP DIRECTLY WORKING WITH YOUTH SPECIFICALLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS AND EARLY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

THIS IS AVAILABLE.

>> WHEN DID YOU LAUNCH THIS?

>> FEBRUARY OF 2025.

>> WE ARE SEEING A LARGE DEMAND AND USING THIS CURRICULUM AND MERGING IT WITH OTHER EFFORTS.

>> IT WOULD SEEM SOMEONE INTERESTED IN THE CURRICULUM.

SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

IN SOMEWAY, SHAPE, OR FORM HAS DONE SOMETHING.

>> AM I SPEAKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> IT'S VERY BAD YOU WOULD THINK THAT.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF PARENTS THAT CONTACTED US BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR CHILD YOU WERE WATCHING WHAT THEY WERE WATCHING ONLINE.

WITHOUT COR TROLL AND THE BAD GUYS ARE LIGHT-YEARS AHEAD OF US.

>> AS FAR AS USING TECHNOLOGY AND DIFFERENT MEDIUMS GOOGLE CHAT.

THEY ARE EMERGING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE EXPERTISE COMES IN AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY IS CONCERNED.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE HELP STUDENTS RECOGNIZE THE GROOMING TACTICS AND FEEL THE CONFIDENT TO SPEAK WITH US AS AN ADULT.

SOMEONE EDUCATED ON LOOKING AT NORMAL OR UNCOMFORTABLE.

>> WHERE DO WE LEARN MORE?

>> CHILDHELP.ORG.

>> WHAT IS CHILD HELP?

>> THE LARGEST AND OLDEST NONPROFIT WORKING TOWARDS THE ERRANTCATION OF ABUSE.

>> MICHAEL MEDORA WITH CHILD HEALTH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> A LOCAL ALL-GIRLS ROBOTICS TEAM RECENTLY WON TOP HONORS AT THE CREATE JR. U.S OPEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND TO MEET THE WINNING TEAM WE WELCOME ALEXIS NGO AND TARA YUENYONGSGOOL, BOTH 8TH-GRADERS AT THE ASU-PREP-POLY SPARK INSTITUTE, AND THEIR ROBOTICS TEACHER AND COACH, MATTHEW CHICCI .

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'LL START WITH YOU.

WHAT WAS THE COMPETITION ALL ABOUT.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THEY GIVE US A TASK.

IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE IT'S MOVING FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.

MANIPULATING AND GETTING THEM.

THEY ARE WORKING TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER SCORE.

>> THINGS LIKE PERFORMANCE AND COOPERATION AND ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE FACTORED IN.

>> THEY WERE COMPETING IN GROUPS OF FOUR.

THEY HAD TO WORK WITH THREE OTHER TEAMS AND FIGURE OUT A PLAN AND EXECUTE THE TIME IN A STRESS SITUATION.

WHEN THINGS DIDN'T GO THE WAY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.

>> THEY MAKE IT WORKOUT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

>> WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL.

ALEXIS, I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT SOMEONE, JONNY 20.

>> JONNY 20 IS OUR ROBOT WE MADE FOR THIS SPECIFIC COMPETITION.

THIS IS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T USE OUR OTHER ROBOT WE USED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HE WAS WAY TOO BIG FOR THIS NEW COMPETITION.

HE WAS A FEW INCHES WIDER AND BIGGER THAN OUR OTHER.

THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ROBOT.

INSTEAD OF ALTERING, THIS IS THE ROBOT WE MOSTLY USED THIS YEAR.

WE DECIDED IT'S BEEN EFFICIENT TO A NEW ROBOT.

>> YOU BUILT THIS IN A YEAR.

>> ALEXIS DID MOST OF THE BUILDINGS.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR INVOLVEMENT.

>> SO, AT END OF THE WEEK IT COULD BE ADDED OR IMPROVED.

WE HELP TEST IT AND JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED.

>> WHEN YOU TEST IT, YOU THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE AT THIS THING.

>> WE WERE TESTING IT AND DIFFERENT FROM THE ACTUAL COMPETITION.

>> ALEXIS WAS CONFUSED.

WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE.

>> IT WAS ABOUT TO BE RUDE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CREATE JUNIOR.

THEIR NOTEBOOK AND WEBSITE WAS A BIT OFF.

IT SHOWED UP IN LAST YEAR'S MENU.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BASIC IDEA.

THEY ARE MOSTLY OKAY.

>> FROM WERE WEEKLY PRACTICE AND BUILD AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

>> ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE ROBOTICS.

IT'S ANOTHER HALF DAY WORKING ON ROBOTICS.

>> THIS IS LEADING TO JONNY 15 AND JONNY 20.

>> IT'S MOVING UP TO FRESHMAN NEXT YEAR.

GOING UP TO A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE COMPETITION.

WE WILL BE DOING IN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

>> S AGAIN, THE IDEA WAS FOR THE ROBOT TO MOVE A BALL FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

>> OUR ROBOT.

AT A TIME TO INPUT IT INTO AN END GOAL.

ONE WITH THE NEON YELLOW OUTLINE.

>> YES.

>> OUR MAIN PLAN WAS TO GET ONE OF EACH COLOR INTO ONE GOAL.

IT'D LOOKS LIKE MAYHEM.

>> THERE ARE SIDE GOALS YOU MIGHT HAVE YELLOW STRIPS ON THE FLOOR YOU ALSO GET POINTS.

THAT'S WHAT MOST WERE DOING.

>> YOU WERE WATCHING THE OTHER ROBOTS.

DID YOU FEEL CONFIDENT I WASN'T SURE HOW MUCH I WAS CAPABLE OF AND REALLY STRESSED ABOUT IT.

WHEN I STARTED PRACTICING THINGS WENT SMOOTHER.

I WAS LIKE, WAIT, THIS IS EASIER THAN I REMEMBERED OR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

AFTER THE FIRST NOTCH THE REFEREE CAME UP TO US AND GAVE US ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO.

>> YOU WERE PRETTY CONFIDENT THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> OBVIOUSLY, PROUD OF THE RESPONSE.

MATTHEW, YOU AS WELL.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

>> CURRENTLY THEY TOLD ME NOT TO DISASSEMBLE THEM.

WHICH WOULDN'T DISASSEMBLE JONNY.

WE WILL LEAVE THEM AS MODELS WE COULD APPLY THEM TO FUTURE SCENES.

>> REALLY QUICKLY IN ROBOTICS.

>> MY DAD WAS AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO COOL.

YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.

I ALWAYS LIKED STEM STUFF.

I'M SURE YOU LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

>> YES, I DID.

>> THE SPARK INSTITUTE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL BASED OUT OF THE CAMPUS IN MESA.

>> A LOT OF POLYGOING ON.

>> YES, IT IS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN.

YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF.

MATTHEW, CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL.

>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT