♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪ >> COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE McCAIN INSTITUTE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IRAN WAR.

ALSO TONIGHT, A DIAMONDBACKS EXECUTIVE JOINS US AS BASEBALL'S REGULAR SEASON APPROACHES.

AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AN EVENT RECOGNIZING WOMEN WHO ARE MAKING AN IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

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>> GOOD EVENING.

AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON", I AM TED SIMONS.

IT'S DAY 20 OF THE U.S.

AND ISRAEL'S WAR ON IRAN.

LATEST REPORTS ARE THAT 13 U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH MORE THAN 200 WOUNDED.

THE WAR IS SENDING OIL PRICES TOWARDS $120 A BARREL.

AND THE PENTAGON IS NOW ASKING FOR $200 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE WAR.

THAT AMOUNT IS NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY'S ENTIRE ANNUAL DEFENSE BUDGET.

FOR ANNUAL DATE ON THESE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WAR, WELCOME DR.

EVELYN FARKUS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE McCAIN INSTITUTE.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU FOR JOIN US AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

LET'S GET YOUR THOUGHTS.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON WHERE THE WAR STANDS NOW?

>> YEAH, TED, I THINK WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ACHIEVING THE U.S.

OBJECTIVES, WHICH ESSENTIALLY INVOLVED FIRST OF ALL MAKING SURE THAT IRAQ COULDN'T LASH OUT AT ITS NEIGHBORS, AT ISRAEL.

COULDN'T USE ITS PROXIES.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT IRAQ DIDN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.

WE SEEM TO HAVE DECIMATED THE MISSILE CAPABILITIES THAT IRAQ -- THAT IRAN HAS.

WE HAVE NOT ELIMINATED THE DRONE THREAT OR THE MARITIME THREAT, THE THREAT TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS I SAID, THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL IS STILL THERE IN IRAN.

AND STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE REGIME SHOULD THEY WANT TO REBUILD THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.

>> THAT'S WHAT -- THE INTEL REPORTS, EVELYN SAY THAT THE IRANIAN REGIME IS STILL INTACT.

THIS IS DESPITE THESE MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGNS FROM THE U.S.

AND ISRAEL.

AND MAYBE, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO SEE U.S.

TROOPS ON THE ISLAND.

TO FREE UP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THIS IS A LOT OF TREASURE HERE AND RESOURCE.

AND IT SOUNDED LIKE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION THOUGHT WOULD END PRETTY QUICKLY.

>> EXACTLY.

I MEAN, I -- IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES OF EVERYTHING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID AND EVEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA SAID OFFICIALS HAVE SAID, I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED THIS TO GO THE WAY THE MISSION IN VENEZUELA DID.

YOU USE YOUR MILITARY TO ACHIEVE YOUR OBJECTIVE AND THEN THAT'S IT IT, YOU GO HOME AND LET A MORE MODERATE REGIME TAKE OVER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

THE IRANIAN REGIME STARTED TO FIGHT BACK.

UNLIKE THE VENEZUELANS, RIGHT?

AND THEY CREATED A NEW PROBLEM FOR US, WHICH IS THE SOARING OIL PRICES BECAUSE THEY STARTED ATTACKING TANKERS.

AND OIL FACILITIES.

AND NATURAL GAS FACILITIES IN THE GULF COUNTRIES.

SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TO SOLVE.

AND WHETHER THEY'LL SEND TROOPS THERE THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

I WOULD LIKE US TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM DIPLOMATICALLY.

SOMEHOW TO, YOU KNOW, CONVINCE THIS IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IT'S NOT IN THEIR INTEREST TO CONTINUE THE WAR IN THIS FASHION, TO CONTINUE TO SQUEEZE THE OIL INDUSTRY AND THE PRICES, BECAUSE THEY ARE LOSING AS WELL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I -- CLEARLY WE ARE -- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> AND THAT -- IT'S -- YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT THE MIDDLE EAST IS A CALDRON AND THE REASON SO MUCH GOING ON OVER THERE IS OIL.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OIL.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE LEVERAGE USED BY CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND REGIMES IN THE REGION.

DID WE NOT SEE THIS HAPPENING?

DID ANYONE NOT EXPECT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF SUCH MILITARY ACTION?

>> WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS IT'S SORT OF LIKE A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE OR A FAILURE TO HEAR.

BECAUSE IF YOU FOLLOW, TED, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HEARINGS THAT WERE HELD YESTERDAY, AND I DID NOT HEAR WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, BUT I KNOW ON THE SENATE SIDE YESTERDAY, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE EN TILL GENERALS COMMUNITY KNEW, THERE HAVE BEEN WAR GAMES, I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN WAR GAMES RELATIVE TO IRAN FROM GENERAL MATTIS WAS IN CONTROL OF THE CENTRAL COMMAND.

IT INCLUDED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE IRANIANS WOULD CUT OFF THE STRAIT OF OR MUSE, THAT WAS I'VE GIVEN.

CLEARLY THE INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST TOLD THE WHITE HOUSE THIS, BUT SOMEHOW THE WHITE HOUSE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WASN'T PART OF A BRIEFING.

OF COURSE, THE MILITARY WOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION?

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, THE ADMINISTRATION BASHING ALLIES, BASHING NATO.

WE ARE GETTING CONFLICTING THINGS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE NOW, THE PRESIDENT AT ONE POINT WANTS SOME HELP, REQUESTING HELP, HE CAN EXPECTING HELP SAYING NO, WE CAN DO IT ALONE WE DON'T NEED YOUR HELP AND BASHING NATO AGAIN.

WHERE DOES ALL OF THAT PLAY INTO ALL OF THIS?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, TED IT'S A BIT OF THE CHICKENS COMING HOST TO ROOST.

IF YOU BASH YOUR ALLIES, IF YOU THREATEN TO TAKE THEIR TERRITORY, GREENLAND, IF YOU THREATEN TO SWALLOW ONE OF THEM, CANADA, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SUDDENLY SLAP PUNITIVE SANCTIONS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE BLUE ON THEM, AND THEN YOU DISRESPECT THEM IN VARIOUS WAYS AND YOU TAKE AWAY ASSISTANCE FROM UKRAINE, WHICH THEY BELIEVE IS EXISTENTIAL TO THEM.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER MEANS WHEN YOU WANT TO TURN AROUND AND ASK THEM FOR SOMETHING, THEY HAVE THEIR MOMENT OF KIND OF RETRIBUTION.

AND THE EUROPEANS WERE NOT CONSULTED CLEARLY AS WE WENT INTO THIS WAR.

AND SO THEY ARE ALSO ANGRY ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU DON'T BUILD YOUR COALITION IN ADVANCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO RUN AFTER PEOPLE AND SAY, WAIT, PLEASE BE PART OF MY COALITION, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE NO APOLOGIES EITHER FORTHCOMING.

SO DIPLOMACY IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM HOW YOU WOULD DEAL WITH PEOPLE.

>> YEAH.

>> RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT GOING VERY WELL.

>> AND OBVIOUSLY THE PRICE OF OIL IS JUST GOING UP AND UP AND UP.

TALK ABOUT HOW THAT FACTORS INTO GLOBAL POLITICS AND WILL THIS COALITION COME TOGETHER BECAUSE IT HAS TO BECAUSE OIL IS JUST SIMPLY TOO EXPENSIVE?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE OTHER THING.

SO THIS SECOND ORDER EFFECT OF US STARTING THE WAR, MEANING THE SQUEEZE ON THE OIL PRICES, INCREASE OF THE PRICES IS HURTING KEY ALLIES OF OURS.

JAPAN THE PRIME MINISTER WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY, JAPAN IS DEPENDENT, COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON OIL AND GRASS FROM THE GULF AREA.

AND NOW THEY ARE FACING, YOU KNOW, BE HIGH PRICES, THEY ALREADY HAVE ECONOMIC PRESSURES.

SAME THING, OF COURSE, WITH THE EUROPEANS WHO RELY ON THE OIL PRICE AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ACTUALLY PUSH THE OIL PRICE DOWN SO THAT RUSSIA WON'T MAKE MONEY.

AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND GIVES THE RUSSIANS CARTE BLANCHE TO SELL ABOUT $10 BILLION A MONTH FOR AS LONG AS THIS WAR GOES ON OF OIL.

WHICH MEANS RUSSIA, YOU KNOW, IS LINING ITS COFFERS TO BUY MORE EQUIPMENT FROM CHINA TO WAGE MORE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE.

>> YEAH.

I WAS GOING ASK ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE THE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN OIL IS NOW FUNDING RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT -- >> CORRECT.

>> I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

I DID READ SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS FASCINATING.

AND THAT IS THE IDEA HISTORICALLY THAT WE HAVE HAD UNREALIZED EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR REASON -- REGION, YOU COULD SAY.

AND THAT WE OVER ESTIMATE MILITARY POWER AND MILITARY STRENGTH IN A REGION WHERE TIME, TIME IS A WEAPON.

AND IT DOESN'T -- WE ARE AM UP MAY PENT COUNTRY, PEOPLE, AND WHEREAS OVER THERE, THEY GOT TIME.

THEY CAN WAIT IT OUT.

BECAUSE THEY THINK WE CAN'T WAIT IT OUT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?

>> YES.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE YOU HEARD IT IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT, VIETNAM AND OTHER CONTEXT WHERE YOU MIGHT BE RICH AND HAVE LOTS OF FANCY CLOCKS BUT WE HAVE THE TIME.

AND I THINK THAT -- THIS IS TRUE IN THE -- YOU KNOW NEXT GULF REGION, FRANKLY, I AM SHOCKED ACTUALLY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

BECAUSE THEY CAME IN TO OFFICE SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THESE MISTAKES AGAIN.

AND THEN I -- AGAIN, MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THEY ARE COMING OUT OF VENEZUELA, THERE WAS A BIT OF HUBRIS, YOU KNOW, AN IDEA THAT, WELL, WE DID IT, SO NICELY AND QUICKLY AND CLEANLY, EVENING THOUGH WE DID NOT, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE OLD REGIME IN CARACAS RUNNING THE PLACE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT LOOKED OKAY.

AND OF COURSE, THERE WERE NO RAMIFICATIONS, THE OIL BECAUSE THE OIL OUT OF VENEZUELA WASN'T AS SIGNIFICANT, IT WAS GOING MOSTLY TO CHINA AND IT WASN'T AS MUCH.

IT DIDN'T CAUSE AN ECONOMIC HARM TO OUR ALLIES AND FRIENDS AND TO THE UNITED STATES.

BUT THIS IS ANOTHER LEVEL HERE.

BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH SO MUCH, SO MUCH OIL AND GAS PASSING THROUGH THE NARROW STRAIT.

>> SO LAST QUESTION, EVELYN, IS THE WAR, AS WE STAND RIGHT NOW, IS THIS WAR BACK FIRING ON THE UNITED STATES?

>> SO FAR IT IS, TED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, I WOULD NOT -- I WOULD CAUTION US TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE, BECAUSE OUR MILITARY OBJECTIVES ARE NOT MET YET.

AND THE MILITARY, IF WE WERE TO LEAVE NOW, I AM NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD END UP HAVING, YOU KNOW, US ACHIEVE ALL OF THE OBJECTIVES WE WANT TO ACHIEVE.

WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP THE NUCLEAR OBJECTIVE.

WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY, TOO HARD.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO WITH IT DIPLOMATICALLY.

WHICH MEANS WE WOULD HAVE WAGED THIS WAR, I WOULD ARGUE, NOT FOR NOTHING, BUT NOT FOR AS MUCH AS WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS THE NUCLEAR NOT THE BLISS BALLISTIC MISSILES.

>> YEAH.

EVELYN FARKUS, DR.

FARKUS, McCAIN INSTITUTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HUGE OR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S REGULAR SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING WITH THE DIAMONDBACKS OPENING UP AGAINST THE DODGERS THURSDAY IN LA.

THE D-BACKS HOME ONLY IS SET FOR MARCH 30th AGAINST THE DETROIT TIGERS FOR ANNUAL DATE ON THE TEAM, STADIUM AND ALL THINGS D-BACKS WE SPOKE EARLY WE ARE STEVE MULLINS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND CHIEF COMMERCIAL FORE FOR THE DIAMONDBACKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THOUGHTS AS THE REGULAR SEASON APPROACHES.

>> WE ARE EXCITING.

BASEBALL IS IN THE AIR.

IT'S FUN.

WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC GETTING US ALL EXCITED ABOUT BASEBALL.

THE DIAMONDBACKS PLAYERS WERE PLAYING FOR OTHER COMPANY -- OR OTHER COUNTRIES AND DONE REALLY WELL THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT JUST THE SEASON UP AHEAD OF US AND JUST THE TEAM ITSELF, WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT GROUP OF CORE PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH FOR US A WHILE AND WE ARE JUST READY TO KEEP COMPETING AND KEEP WINNING AND DOING WELL.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC.

DOES IT HELP OR HURT TO HAVE SO MANY DIAMONDBACKS PLAYERS, THERE WERE A LOT OF DIAMONDBACKS PLAYERS ON DIFFERENT TEAMS.

>> I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.

THE MANAGERS AND THE COACHES WANT OBVIOUSLY TO MANAGE SPRING TRAINING AND GET THROUGH IT AND WORK WITH THE GUYS.

BUT WHEN YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY PLAY LOOK I CAN THAT ON I A LARGE SCALE IT EXPEDITES THE SEASON 12 PLAYERS WERE PLAYING IN HIGH-LEVEL GAMES AND HIGH-IMPACT GAME AND SAW THEM PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL.

IT GIVES US ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THEY ARE RID TO GO WHEN THE REGULAR SEASON HITS.

BUT DEFINITELY WAS FUN.

>> IT WAS FUN.

IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEA SOME OF THE PLAYERS DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.

THE OFFSEASON, THE OWNER KENTUCKY DISTRICT MADE A POINT OF SAYING THE FRONT OFFICE DID A GOOD JOB THIS OFFSEASON ALL THINGS KURT WHAT DO WE MAKE OF THE OFFSEASON WITH THE DIAMONDBACKS AND THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.

>> THE OFFSEASON WITH THE TEAM ITSELF?

>> YES.

>> I THINK, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT A TEAM THAT'S BEEN REALLY COMPETITIVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES IN ENDS TWO ENDS THRAEFPL MISSED THE PLAYOFFS BY A THREE WAY TIE LAST YEAR AND PISSED BY A COUPLE OF GAMES LAST YEAR IN SPITE OF INJURIES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUCLEUS OF PLAYERS THEY ARE FUN TO WATCH, REALLY TALENTED GUYS, THREE GUYS LAST YEAR THAT WERE IN THE TOP 10 FOR THE MVP VOTING.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PLUGGING IN HOLES AROUND THAT.

OBVIOUSLY THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS THE BULLPEN AND I THINK THEY HAVE DONE THAT OR ARE DOING IT CURRENTLY.

STARTING PITCHING IS GREAT.

MERRILL KELLY CAME BACK, ZACH GALLEN CAME BACK.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON WET GET RELIEF.

CORE BINS BURNS OR A.J.

PUCK OR EVEN MARTINEZ AS WELL.

I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A TEAM THAT'S REALLY COMPETITIVE AND THINGS THEY NEED TO DO IN THE OFFSEASON THEY HAVE ADDRESSED.

>> WITH THE INJURIES INVOLVED AND THERE WERE A LOT OF INJURIES, A LOT OF CONCERN HERE.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED AS FAR AS THE APPROACH TO TRAINING IN THESE SORTS OF THINGS?

TO KEEP INJURIES AT A MINIMUM OR IS JUST BASEBALL?

>> I THINK IT'S JUST PART OF THE GAME.

UNFORTUNATELY THESE PITCHERS THROW SO HARD AND HAVE SUCH GREAT VOLUNTEER AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS ON IT, AND TORQUE ON THEIR ARM EXAMINES THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU SEE IT ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO I AM NOT SURE THAT THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE OFFSEASON AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE THINGS ARE JUST UNAVOIDABLE AT TIMES.

>> OKAY.

AND CAN WE EXPECT ANOTHER DIAMONDBACKS TEAMS THAT RUNS AND HITS AND PLAYS DEFENSE?

WE DON'T NEED BEER LEAGUE SOFTBALL.

ARE WE BACK TO THE RUN AND HIT AND STEALS KIND OF THING?

>> I THINK SO.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TORY TALKED ABOUT IN THE OFFSEASON WAS OUR DEFENSE IS ALWAYS REALLY GOOD.

AND SO THEY ARE FOCUSED ON DEFENSE.

I THINK LAST YEAR THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE THEY TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS FROM THE YEAR PRIOR AND SO WHEN YOU'VE GOT AN INFIELD LIKE PERDOMO AND MARTE AND GUYS LIKE THAT, I MEAN, YOU ARE REALLY THINKING YOU ARE GOING TO SOLIDIFY THE INFIELD.

AND YOU'VE GOT NOLAN AT THIRD AND SANTANA AT FIRST THEY'LL MAKE CHANGES THERE.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN SANTANA, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM PLAY.

I KEEP HEARING THE NAME.

AS FAR AS THE PITCHERS ARE CONCERNED, I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE FOCUS ON THE PITCHERS' STRENGTHS AS OPPOSED TO CONCENTRATING ON THE BATTERS' WEAKNESSES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> I MEAN, I THINK JUST GOING OUT AND DICTATING THE GAME PLAN, RIGHT AND AND HAVING THEM REACT TO YOU VERSUS REACTING TO THEM.

PITCHERS WITH GREAT STUFF, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD THE OTHER DAY, ZACH GAL HIS FASTBALL IS TWO MILES AN HOUR FASTER THAN LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

SO THOSE GUYS ARE VERY TALENTED.

THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THEY HAVE GOT GAME PLANS AND I THINK AS LONG AS THEY ATTACK, OBVIOUS WE'LL BE IN A BAD SPOT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BASEBALL STADIUM.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TEAM?

A GOOD SPOT THERE ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW LAW, THE NEW FUNDING BE MECHANISM.

TALK ABOUT THE SALES, INCOME TAX, ALL THAT STUFF NOW IS FUNNELED BACK INTO THE STADIUM FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AND SUCH.

>> GREAT QUESTION.

SO THE WAY THIS WORKS IS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INVESTMENT OF $500 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE OFF SEASONS GOING BACK INTO MODERNIZING THE STADIUM.

AS YOU GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, THERE IS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT BALL PARKS HAVE.

OURS IS ALMOST 30 YEARS OLD WITH NOT A LOT OF IMAGINE' CAPITAL U MOVEMENTS OTHER THAN 90 MEMBERS, THERE NEEDS TO BE ANNUAL DATE AND UPGRADE AS FAR AS THE FAN VINCE, THE SEATING CAPACITIES.

THE CLUB LEVELS, THE UPPER LEVEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT AT FIRST WHAT YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE STRUCTURAL THE ROOF REPAIR.

WE ADDING A NEW SCOREBOARD THIS YEAR, IT'S 50% LARGER THAN THE LAST ONE.

AND JUST FOR CONTEXT THE LAST ONE WAS INSTALLED IN 2007.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY CHANGED OVER THAT TIME.

WE HAVE INSTALLED TWO NEW L.E.D.

BOARDS MAKING DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND LAST YEAR WE PUT IN A SOUND SYSTEM AND LIGHTING SYSTEM ARE THE FANS WILL START TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING QUITE UPGRADED AS SOON AS THIS SEASON.

>> THAT'S THE FAN EXPERIENCE, BUT AS FAR AS THE BUILDING EXPERIENCE, THE AIR-CONDITIONING.

THE OWNER MENTIONED THOSE TOO, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.

>> THEY DO.

WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIT.

YOU GOTTA REDO THE ROOF AT SOME POINT TOO.

AND WE ARE SO USED TO, IN THOSE COOL SUMMER NIGHTS COME AND OPENING THE ROOF SO FANS CAN EXPERIENCE THAT AFTER THE FIFTH INNING ET CETERA.

AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT AS WELL.

THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS IN ARIZONA INDOOR FACILITIES ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER BUT THOSE THINGS ARE ALL OPERATING THE WAY THEY SHOULD.

>> FOUNDATIONAL REPAIRS THESE THINGS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE WE COVERED THIS TOP MAKE LOT ON THIS PROGRAM.

WE HAD PRO AND GONE AS FAR AS THE BILL.

AND AS FAR AS THE NEW FUNDING MECHANISM.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE OBJECTING TO USING TAXPAYER MONEY, FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY WHICH WHEN THERE IS A BILLIONAIRE OWNER AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

BUT FROM YOUR PER SPECIAL IF I HAVE AND WHAT YOU WANT FANS TO HEAR, WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO GET THIS DONE?

>> THERE IS SO MUCH ECONOMIC VALUE TO HAVE PRO TEAMS IN THE MARKET.

THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE COMMUNITY.

WHICH LEADS TO THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING $100 MILLION IN GIVING.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT PRO SPORTS TEAMS HAVE ON A COMMUNITY AND A FACILITIES THIS THAT USED TO.

AND THE PRIDE IN THE CITY IT HAS, IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD INVEST IN THAT.

THIS BUILDING IS DATED AND OLD AND SO IT DOES NEED THOSE REPAIRS.

AND THOSE THINGS OVERTIME.

>> STEVE MULLINS, WE GOT BASEBALL COMING UP HERE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪ ♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪ >> 48 WOMEN IS AN ARIZONA CENTENNIAL LEGACY INITIATIVE RECOGNIZING ARIZONA WOMEN MAKING IMPACTS ON THAT YOU ARE COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEADER AND I WANT HAVE COMMITMENT.

48 ARIZONA WOMEN'S LATEST CELEBRATION INCLUDES A COLLABORATION WITH THE ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND AMERICA 250.

JOINING US NOW IS ROSY RIOS, CHAIR OF AMERICA 250.

AND ALSO WITH US CONNIE ROBINSON, CHAIR OF 48 ARIZONA WOMEN.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM GOING START CONNIE STARTING WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE ARIZONA, YOU ARE THE ARIZONA, YOU ARE THE BIG DEAL.

WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A SECOND HERE.

48 ARIZONA WOMEN.

GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION.

>> SO A GREAT DEFINITION OF 48 ARIZONA WOMEN IS REMARKABLE WOMEN ACROSS OUR STATE WHO ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES, COMMUNITIES, MAKING OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER AND MORE VIBRANT THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP.

>> THIS IS BEEN IN COMMISSION FOR HOW LONG NOW IN.

>> 15 YEARS IN 2020 SEN SINCE 2010.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AMERICA 250.

ROSY RIOS, WE SEE IT ALL OVER THE PLACE, WHAT IS AMERICA 250?

>> AMERICA 250 IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CHARGED BY CONGRESS TO PLAN THE NATION'S 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

THIS YEAR.

>> AND THE GOAL IS WHAT?

>> THE GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT DROVE OUR COMMISSION IS APPOINTED BY CONGRESS IS TO EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND IS UNITE.

WE HAVE WHOSE EN TO FOCUS VALUES-BASED PROGRAM THAT GO INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP.

>> OKAY.

CONNIE, THE COLLABORATION WITH MESH 250.

HOW IS ALL THIS WORKING?

>> IT'S WORKING BEAUTIFUL I. IN TERMS OF REALLY COLLABORATING, THE.

PULLING TOGETHER WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND HERE IN ARIZONA.

WOMEN WHO, AGAIN, MENTORING YOUNG GIRL SAYS, CHANGING THE LIVES OF THE NEXT GENERATION, WE HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE WE REACH RURAL COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE WE AGAIN, ARE STEM PROGRAMS.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS ON AEROSPACE, WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE LIVES MAKING COMMUNITIES MORE VIBRANT.

>> AMERICA 250 NOW IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, YOU HAVE PROGRAMS TOO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT WE DID INTENTIONALLY WHEN I BECAME CHAIR FOUR YEARS AGO WE ESTABLISHED AMERICA 250 MISSIONS IN ALL 56 PARTS OF OUR COUNTRY.

THE 50 STATES, D.C.

AND THE FIVE TERRITORYS.

THAT HAPPEN AS BISTATE LEGISLATION OR EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR.

TRY DOING THAT IN ONE STATE.

WE DID IT IN ALL 56 PARTS OF THE COUNTRY BY THE ENDS OF 2024.

>> AND ARIZONA EASY TO WORK WITH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

OF COURSE, YES.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR, CONNIE.

EASY TO WORK WITH.

>> YEAH.

>> AS FAR AS PROGRAMS I SEE AMERICA GIVES, AMERICA'S START UP AND AMERICA'S FIELD.

>> AMERICA'S FIELD IS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL SIGNATURE PROGRAMS WE -- OUR THIRD RUN ROUND IT'S A NATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION GRADES 3-12 WHO GET TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHAT DOES AMERICA MEAN TO YOU AND EX-EXCHANGE THE WITHIN AGAINST TO THE CHOOSE FROM A SERIOUS OF SAFE EXPERIENCES MOST OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFERED TO THE PUCK LICK BEFORE.

MOST ARE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PARKS SYSTEM.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, SMITHSONIAN, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES GIVING YOU ONE EXAMPLE, WHEN I PARTICIPATESSED IN THE NEW YORK TRIP, IT WASN'T JUST A TOUR OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

WE TOOK THE PARKS SECOND I BOAT FROM MAN HAT TONE LIBBY ISLAND AND GOT TO THE CROWN WHICH COUNTRY HAPPEN ON THE PUCK BIG TOUR.

THE HOLLOWED HALLS OF ELLIS ISLAND WHEN NO ONE WAS THERE HOST TOWED LUNCH.

MARKETS ROOM, TRADING FLOOR.

CYBERSECURITY COMMAND CENTER OVERVIEW OF MONETARY POLICY AND VAULTS AND DEEP STORAGE.

FOR MANY KIDS FIRST TIME ON THE PLANE AND OUT OF THEIR STATE, FAMILY VACATION.

>> WHAT ABOUT ARIZONA, WHAT WOULD THE ARIZONA TRIP LOOK LIKE HAVE?

>> ALL KINDS OF THINGS, WE HAVE DOZENS OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE GIVEN HE HAVE YEAR, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE YOU.

WHAT IS LIKELY THE KIDS ARE GOING TO CHOOSE.

ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THERE WILL BE MANY MORE FOR COME.

>> YEAH, 48 ARIZONA WOMEN HAVE BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

WE KNOW WHAT YOU DO AND AS FAR AS THE EMPHASIS THERE, BUT WITH AMERICA 250 NOW HERE AND WITH THIS VERY IMPORTANT YEAR AS FAR AS AMERICA'S HISTORY IS CONCERNED HOW DO THINGS CHANGE?

>> HOW DO THINGS CHANGE?

WE ARE RENOVATING A THEATER AT THE ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT WILL BE CALLED THE 48 WOMEN THEATER.

THE CHANGE WILL BE NOT ONLY JUST MENTORING, BUT WE HAVE A PLACE, WE HAVE A BUILDING, SOME PLACE TO GO WHERE WE CAN, AGAIN, DO TRAINING PROGRAMS, WHERE WE CAN REACH RURAL NATIVE LANDS, THAT'S THE AMERICA 250 THAT WE ARE LEANING TOWARDS IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR PROGRAMS.

>> AND WE HAVE AN EVENT TOMORROW, CORRECT?

>> WE HAVE AN EVENT TOMORROW AT THE ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MARICOPA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY AND AMERICA 250, THE PROGRAM BEGINS AT 11:00 A.M.

WE HAVE SPEAKERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING SPEAKERS FROM CONGRESSMAN GREG STANTON, SECRETARY ADRIEN FONTES AND, OF COURSE, AMBASSADOR BARBARA BARRETT.

>> IS & ROSE A ARE YOU SPEAKING?

>> I AM.

>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE.

>> THE MESSAGE 250th MILESTONE COMES FOR MANY OF US FOR US TWICE IN A LIFETIME BUT FOR US OF US ONCE IN A LIFETIME HOW DO WE USE THIS MOMENT TO CREATE THIS MOVEMENT THAT LASTS LONG AFTER THE 2026, MY THING PEOPLE ASK ME HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN 2026 IN MY ANSWER IS THE SAME I WANT AS MANY AMERICANS TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY ALL OVER AGAIN AND I WANT TO RECLAIM OUR PATRIOT CIVIL.

YOU CAN LOVE YOUR COUNTRY AND WANT IT TO BE MORE PERFECT EXACTLY AS OUR FOUNDY FATHER HE VISION IS.

>> REESEY AND CONNIE, GOOD TOUGH BOTH HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND BEST OF LUCK ON THE EVENT TOMORROW.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW, I AM TED SIMONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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