>>> COMING UP ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEHIND THE WEATHER PATTERN LEADING TO RECORD SETTING TEMPERATURES ACROSS ARIZONA.

A NEW BOOK EXPLORING THE ONGOING GLOBAL EFFORT TO RECOVER ARTWORK STOLEN FROM JEWISH FAMILIES DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

>>> A VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE OFFERS A NEW WAY TO EXPLORE WILDLIFE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

THOSE STORIES APPEARED MORE UP NEXT FROM ARIZONA HORIZON.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF MARCH AND THE PHOENIX AREA IS BRACING FOR TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT.

TEMPERATURES COULD REACH UPWARDS OF 108 DEGREES THIS WEEKEND.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH CONCERNS.

TONIGHT A LOOK AT THE METEOROLOGIST CONDITIONS BEHIND THOSE HISTORIC CONDITIONS.

TOM, GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

108th WEEKEND?

>> IT WILL BE CLOSE.

WE ARE FORECASTING 104 TO 108 BEGINNING MORE TOMORROW ON THURSDAY AND PEAKING ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

>> INTO SATURDAY.

WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING.

>> IT'S AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN BUILDING A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS COMPARABLE TO A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WE MIGHT SEE IN JUNE, EARLY JULY, WHEN THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE HITTING 115 TO 110.

THIS YEAR, WE TRANSLATED THAT INTO MARCH.

SO THE STRAIGHT OF IT, WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES IN THE 105 TO 10 110 CATEGORY.

>> HOW DIDN'T YOU SAY THE SYSTEM GET TO BE SO STRONG.

>> WITH THIS PATTERN YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT BLIZZARDS ACROSS THE EAST COAST AND FLOODING RAINS ACROSS HAWAII.

IT'S SO AMPLIFIED IT'S BUILDING THE HIGH PRESSURE BETWEEN IT.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE SITTING AND STUCK IN THE SUNNY BUT HOT WEATHER.

>> IS THAT LA NINA.

>> IT'S A BIT OF A LA NINA, WE ANTICIPATED A DRY AND WARM WINTER.

>> AGAIN, AS FAR AS THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE, WHY DOES THIS NOT USUALLY HAPPEN THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> IT'S BECAUSE, NORMALLY, YOU DO HAVE A BIT FARTHER SOUTH OF THE JET STREAM KEEPING THIS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SUPPRESSED MUCH MORE THAN IT IS.

TH YEAR THE THIS YEAR THE SYSTEM HAS SHIFTED FARTHER NORTH.

>> IS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM DIRECTLY OVER US, IS IT OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

WHERE IS IT LOCATED RIGHT NOW.

>> TODAY WE ARE JUST OFF THE WEST COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

THE CENTER OF THAT WILL SHIFT RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF US FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ESPECIALLY THAT WILL RESULT IN SINKING MOTION, HEATING AND DRYING COMPRESSING AIR.

THAT'S WHAT IS REALLY HEATING US UP.

>> INTERESTING.

>> ONCE OVER THE TOP OF US, WHERE DOES IT GO?

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST.

>> WE WILL DEAMPLIFY THE SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

PUSHING THE HIGH PRESSURE AND SHIFTING IT OFF TO THE EAST A BIT.

JUST ENOUGH BUT WE CONTINUE SEE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

>> IT WILL BE CRAZY THIS WEEKEND.

WILL WE RETURN TO BEAUTIFUL MARCH WEATHER.

>> WE SHOULD ENJOY THE 70s RIGHT NOW.

THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, IT WON'T COOL US DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.

NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE WELL INTO THE 90s WHICH IS STILL 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

>> SOME OF THESE PLACES WILL BE 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

>> PHOENIX AND YUMA WILL BE HIT HARD, WHY?

>> THAT'S RIGHT UNDER THAT CORE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM.

WE WILL BE UPWARDS OF 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND SHATTERING RECORD HIGHS BY FRIDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE ARE EXPECTED TO SHATTER THE RECORD BY 11 DEGREES.

>> MY GOODNESS.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT EVEN HERE YET.

IT'S ALL READY EFFECTING US.

DO THESE THINGS EVER, HOW LONG IN ADVANCED CAN YOU SEE THIS?

HOW LONG DID YOU KNOW WEATHER FORECASTERS KNOW THIS WAS BUILDING AND BUILDING TO A VERY STRONG LEVEL.

>> YEAH, SOME PATTERNS ARE DIFFICULT TO GET RIGHT WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.

THIS WAS DEVELOPING OVER TEN DAYS IN ADVANCED.

WE HAD WATCHES GET FOR FOLKS TO GIVE A HEADS UP SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM LATER THIS WEEK.

THE SYSTEM WAS WAY OFF THE COAST?

>> YEAH, THIS IS BEFORE IT EVEN STRAIGHTENS.

>> I FIND THAT FASCINATING.

OKAY, IS THIS THE NEW NORMAL HERE?

OBVIOUSLY 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IS CRAZY.

FIVE, TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AS EARLY IN THE YEAR AS THIS.

SHOULD WE EXPECT MORE?

>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PATTERN YOU ARE LOOKING AT.

WHAT WE SEE IN THE SHORT EARN TERM ARE MORE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.

YOU ARE GETTING MORE ABNORMALLY EXTREME HEAT WAVE.

WE SAW SOME SIGNIFICANT COLD OUTBREAKS OUT EAST THIS WINTER EVEN THOUGH WE ARE WARM AND DRY.

WE ARE SEEING FLOODS AN DROUGHTS.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS TO BE PREPARED FOR MORE EXTREME WEATHER.

>> IT SOUNDED TO ME, PLACES THAT ARE COLD WILL GET COLDER.

PLACES THAT ARE HOT WILL GET HOTTER?

>> IN GENERAL, THAT'S HOW IT'S PLAYING OUT.

NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

WHERE THE PATTERNS ARE SET UP.

>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN NOW?

WE DON'T WANT 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN JUNE.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR LATER IN THE YEAR?

>> THAT'S THE BIGGER QUESTION MANY ARE HAVING.

THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN EARLY EXTREME HEAT.

WE COULD HAVE AN EARLIER THAT ARE NORMAL MONSOON SEASON SET UP.

AFTER SUMMER HEAT AND HELP MODERATE AND COOL TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT.

RIGHT NOW, NO CORRELATION WE'LL HAVE AN SIGNIFICANT HOT SUMMER.

>> HOW LONG HOT TEMPERATURES WILL LAST.

WE ARE GOING INTO OCTOBER THESE DAYS.

>> WE ARE GOING INTO THE HOT DRY SEASON NOW.

CHANCES ARE WE'LL PERSIST THROUGH JUNE AND WE'LL KIND OF MONITOR WHEN THE SYSTEM SETS UP.

>> FRIDAY IS THE DAY.

>> YES, FRIDAY IS THE BIG DAY.

>> ALL RIGHT TOM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> A NEW BOOK EXAMINING ARTWORK LOOTED BY NAZ Is.

THE BOOK IS STOLEN LEGACY, THE LOT OF STOLEN ART.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> LET'S START FOR THE TITLE.

NOT STOLEN ARTWORK BUT STOLEN LEGACIES.

WHY.

>> WELL, MAINLY, BECAUSE OF THE REASON THAT ARTWORK WASN'T JUST ON THE ARTWORK.

THESE WERE FAMILY HEIRLOOMS AND COLLECTIONS THAT WERE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

THEY COMMITTED ONE OF THE LARGEST THEFT IN HISTORY.

THEY RELEASED DISRUPTED THE LEGACIES THAT FAMILIES WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE HAD.

THEY ESTIMATED 600,000 OBJECTS STILL TODAY 100,000 HAVEN'T BEEN SOLVE THE OR RETURNED FROM THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

>> IN GENERAL, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PIECES OF ART?

>> THEY WERE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HITLER MAINTAINED THEM FOR THE MUSEUM HE WAS PREPARING FOR.

MANY PEOPLE TOOK THEM AND THEY ENDED UP ACROSS THE WORLD IN DIFFERENT MU SEE MUSEUMS, COLLECTIONS, AND GALLERYLESS.

MANY THINK AFTER WORLD WAR II THE ARTWORK WAS RETURNED BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

>> WHY USN'T IT RETURNED?

>> MANY OF THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS WERE MURDERED.

THERE WAS LACK OF DOCUMENTATION MANY SAY IT WAS DONE UNDER DURESS.

SOME WERE SIGNING A DOCUMENT FROM A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

IT WASN'T A LEGAL AND BINDING DOCUMENT.

KILLED MANY OF THE VICTIMS THAT WERE MURDERED IT'S JUST NOW GENERATIONS LATER GRANDCHILDREN LIKE ME.

GRANDCHILDREN AND SURVIVORS.

WE ARE TRACING THEM THROUGH NEW ARCHIVES AND TRYING TO LOCATE WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO COURT.

>> THIS IS A PERSONAL STORY FOR YOU.

>> YES, IN SOMEWAYS THEY WERE TOO POOR TO OWN ANY TYPE OF ARTWORK.

I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER SAYING MANY TIMES THAT WHEN THEY INVADED HER HOMETOWN IN EASTERN POLAND THEY HAD TO GIVE UP ANYTHING OVAL YOU.

MY GRAND PARKING LOTTER WAS QUOTED ASSAYING SOMETHING AROUND THE LINE AND SOMETHING OVAL UTAH WAS PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

IT'S A SIGN OF DESTRUCTION OF JEWISH HOMES.

IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE ARTWORK PASSED DOWN GENERATIONS.

>> IT GOES DOWN TO THE TITLE.

WE ARE TALKING IDENTITY.

MORE THAN JUST PIECES OF ART.

I GUESS, THE QUESTION IS, WERE THEY MARKED AS SOMEONE THAT WAS TAKEN TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

THEY WERE KIDNAPPED AND PUT IN THESE PLACES.

THEIR BELONGINGS DID THEY MARK DOWN WE TOOK THIS FROM THIS HOUSE AND IT MUST BE AWFULLY COMPLICATED.

>> THERE WAS DOCUMENTATION.

>> IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO KEEP DOCUMENTATION SOME OF THE LATER GENERATIONS COULD THEN FIND THERE ARTWORK BUT MANY OF IT WAS NOT.

>> IT WAS TAKEN AND WE CAN'T FIND IT.

>> WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO FIND THESE.

>> IT'S LOST.

>> IT'S LOST.

IT WAS A GREAT STORY THAT HAPPENED A DECADE AGO WHERE AN APARTMENT, I BELIEVE IN GERMANY WAS INVADED.

THERE WAS A WARRANT SEVERED FOR TAX EVASION.

THEY CAME IN AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF ARTWORK.

>> TALK ABOUT THE COMPLICATION ASPECT HERE.

IT SEEMS VERY COMPLICATED ESPECIALLY WHEN MUSEUMS ARE INVOLVED.

MUSEUMS ARE INVOLVED.

>> THEY ARE INVOLVED.

MR.

ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

THEY ARE PROACTIVELY DOING THE RESEARCH THAT'S INVOLVED AND CHECKING THE HISTORY OF THE ART PIECES.

SOME OF THEM, AS THE COLLECTION AND THE GALLERY.

THERE IS THAT FIGHT AND THERE IS ALSO THE SORT OF FINDERS KEEPERS ARGUMENT THEY WANT TO MAKE AFTER SO MANY YEARS.

THEY OWNED THIS PIECE.

IN SOME CASES THEY DID.

THE BIGGER QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT ABOUT JUSTICE.

HOW DID THAT ARTWORK END UP WHERE IT ENDED UP IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> I'D IMAGE.

FINDING OUT WHERE THE ART ACCHAPELLY CAME FROM.

>> I THINK SO DEFINITELY.

>> NEW LAW.

TALK ABOUT THIS IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.

>> WHILE BACKING UP IN 1998 WE HAD THE WASHINGTON PRINCIPAL THAT INVOLVED ABOUT 44 COUNTRIES.

THEY WERE GUIDELINES.

IN 2016, I BELIEVE.

THE CARE ACT WAS PASSED.

THE HOLOCAUST RECOVERY ACT.

THAT HAD A SUNSET PROVISION FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THERE WERE NO UPDATES ON IT BECAUSE I CHECKED DAILY.

LAST DECEMBER, THE NEW LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE LEE FROM FLORIDA.

IT PASSED IN THE SENATE AND THIS PAST MONDAY.

ONE MORE SIGNATURE AND IT WILL EXTEND THE CARE AND AND WE WON'T HAVE THE SUNSET AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

>> THE CURRENT STATE OF ART RESTITUTION HERE.

THE LEGISLATION PASSED IT.

IS THERE ANY RESISTANCE OF THIS KIND OF RESTITUTION?

>> I THINK YOU SEE RESISTANCE IN THE WAY WE DESCRIBED.

SOMEONE ACQUIRED A PIECE OF ARTWORK.

I WANTED TO HOLD ON FOR WHATEVER REASON IT MIGHT BE.

I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION GOES BACK TO JUSTICE AND HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE THAT ART PIECE.

THE FIRST OWNER AND SOLD IT AND ACQUIRE IT.

>> I HAVEN'T ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE BUT HOW MUCH, SOME OF THESE ARTWORK MUST BE AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY.

>> THERE ARE MANY MILLIONS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC THIS WILL BREAKTHROUGH AND CHECK THAT.

>> WHERE ARE MOST OF THESE THINGS FOUND.

WHERE ARE MOST OF THEM LOCATED.

>> IT CAN JUST BE A SITUATION WHERE A FAMILY AND MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY.

THEY RECOGNIZED A PHOTOGRAPH THAT THEIR FAMILY HAD FROM DECADES AGO.

IT COULD BE AN APARTMENT IN GERMANY THAT HAD A WARRANT SEVERED.

>> I IMAGE GERMANY AND EUROPE IS WHERE MOST OF THESE THINGS ARE LOCATED.

>> YEP.

>> NOT LIKE ARGENTINA.

>> IT'S ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THERE IS A GOOD PORTION OF ARTWORK.

I COVER 13 COUNTRIES AND SPAIN IS INCLUDED IN ONE OF THOSE 13 COUNTRIES.

>> THE BOOK IS STOLEN LEGACY.

IT WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY.

>> LIKE EIGHT DAYS AGO.

>> VERY GOOD.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> THE PHOENIX ZOO IS OFFERING A NEW VIRTUAL REALITY.

THEY ARE EXPLORING THEIR HAS BEEN TOOT AND LEAVING THE VALLEY.

WITH THE PHOENIX ZOO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A VR EXPERIENCE.

>> ON THE CUTTING-EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY.

SUCH A TREASURED WE WANT THEM TO COME AND SEE THE LIVE ANIMALS.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPIRE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO TECH TECHNO TO GET DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.

>> YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

IT'S CALLED OUR VIRTUAL REALITY ADVENTURE.

WE SEE HAVE 1 HEAD SETS IN THE CERTAIN AREA.

KIT ACROSS FROM THE CAROUSEL.

WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT CONTINENTS TO BE FOCUSED ON.

IT'S GETTING PEOPLE IMMERSED.

WE HAVE THE GOGGLES ON.

WE CAN LOOK 360 DEGREES AROUND.

LIONS ARE NOSE TO NOSE WITH YOU.

ELEPHANTS ARE SPRAYING, LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE SPRAYING WATER ON YOU.

THEY CARE ABOUT THE WORLD.

>> I KNOW ABOUT CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY.

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

>> WHERE WE GOT THE VIDEOS IS AN ORGANIZATION AND NONPROFIT INTERNATIONAL THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF CAMERAS THAT ARE CAPTURING THESE IMAGES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

WHEN WE SAY CONVERSATION TECHNOLOGY THEY ARE USING THESE VIDEOS FOR GOOD.

THEY PARTNER WITH SAY RANGERS AND SUMATRA.

>> THEY SAY, HEY, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CAMERA RIGHT NOW IN THE SAME AND IT LOOKS LIKE POSSESSION OF A WEAPONNERS ENTERED THE AREA.

THEY ARE AN AMAZING ORGANIZE.

THEY ARE BE ONBOARD.

WE CAN SHOW THIS FOOTAGE.

THIS IS ART ADVENTURE.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

WE PARTNERED WITH AN ARTIST RUSS.

NEXT TO THE VIRTUAL HEAD SETS IN THE SAME AREA.

WE HAVE THESE ILLUMINATED PAINTINGS AND GO IN AND OUT OF CONTRACT.

IT'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF THE BIO DIVERSITY IN CERTAIN HABITATS.

IT'S BLENDING ART AND ADVENTURE ALL IN ONE.

>> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

DOES THAT REPRESENT SOMETHING WE COULD BELIEVING.

>> THAT'S WHAT HIS THEME IS, YES.

IT IS.

DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE CRITICAL NEED OF BIODIVERSITY AND HOW WE LOSE A LOT OF BIODIVERSITY AROUND THE WORLD.

PROTECTION SOLUTIONS IS TRYING TO SAVES ALL OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND SAVE MANY OF THE ANIMALS FROM POACHERS OR HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT.

MORE AND MORE HUMANS MOVE IN THE AREA THAT WILDLIFE ARE.

THEY ARE ABLE TO USE THIS FOOTAGES FOR GOOD.

>> BASICALLY, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO WALK AROUND AND BUMP INTO THINGS.

>> IT'S A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS THERE ARE 12 HEAD SETS.

IT'S FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH VIDEO.

WOE HAVE A CORD ATTACHED TO THIS AND PUT THE HEAT SET ON AND ON A GREAT STOOL THEY LOOK AROUND AND ALMOST NOSE TO NOSE WITH YOU.

IT'S IN A CONTAINED AREA AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING AROUND.

>> SURE DON'T.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE HEAT.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THE HEAT ALL WEEK AND EARLIER IN THE SNOW.

IT HAS TO EFFECT YOU TOO?

>> IT DOES.

TEMPERATURE COMPLETELY EFFECTS US.

MARCH IS THE BUSIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE SPRING BREAK.

THE ZOO IS AN AMAZING DESTINATION.

WHEN THEY GET THE TEMPERATURE GETS HIGH LIKE THAT, ALSO WE ARE DEFINITELY ON THE ANIMAL.

THEY GOT HOT QUICKLY.

WE SPECIALIZE IN ANIMALS THAT THRIVE.

ALL NATIVE SPECIES.

EVERYDAY, WHEN THEY GO IN THEY LOOK FOR SIGNS OF DEHYDRATION.

ANYTHING THAT SEEMS A BIT OFF.

NIGHT HOUSES THAT ARE CLIMATE CONTROLLED AND FANS AND MR.

SHADE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WANT TO PROTECT HIM.

>> THEY WORRY ABOUT THE CREATURES.

>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.

LINDA WITH THE PHOENIX ZOO.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW, I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.