>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WHY PLANNED PARENTHOOD WANTS A STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM AN UPCOMING ABORTION CASE.

>>> A LOOK TO COUNTER THE LACK OF DIVERSITY AMONG THERAPISTS IN ARIZONA AND COMEDIAN KRISTINA WONG IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT PROMOTING HER PASSION FOR FOOD BANKS.

>> Ted: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

TODAY IS ELECTION DAY AND A $500 MILLION GENERAL BOND ELECTION TARGETING SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN BOND ELECTIONS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AS A MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL IN TUCSON AND A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO BE DECIDED IN THEREAFTER.

FLAGSTAFF.

POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT.

>>> ARIZONA'S VOTE FOR NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE ATTRACTS ATTENTION.

DONALD TRUMP LEADS BY 5% TO BIDEN AND BIDE BE BIDEN LOSING SUPPORT.

THE POLL SHOWS THAT ROUGHLY 6% OF THOSE SURVEYED ACROSS THESE BACKGROUND STATES SAY WOULD ABANDON TRUMP AND VOTE FOR BIDEN IF HE WAS CONVICTED IN CASES.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT HEARD LAWS THAT KEEP THOSE UNDER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS.

LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES TODAY APPEARED AT THE SECOND AMENDMENT DOES NOT KEEP STATE LAWMAKERS FROM RESTRICTING FIREARM POSSESSION AFTER A COURT FINDS THAT A PERSON IS DANGEROUS.

SUCH A RULING WOULD LIMIT THE SWEEP OF LAST YEAR'S EXPANSIVE GUN RIGHTS DECISION HANDED DOWN BY THE HIGH COURT.

>>> WORLD NEWS, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS ISRAEL PLANS TO HAVE A ROLE IN THE GAZA STRIP ONCE FIGHTING ENDS.

>> ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SECRETARY BLINKEN IS HAVING IS WHAT DOES POST CONFLICT GAZA LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE WHAT IT WAS ON OCTOBER 6th.

IT CAN'T BE HAMAS.

A LOT OF QUESTIONS ARE ASKED AMONGST OURSELVES AND ISRAELI COUNTERPARTS AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

>> Ted: MORE AMERICANS ARE DIPPING INTO THEIR 401(K)S AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PULLING OUT HAS INCREASED BY 27 SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR WITH THE AVERAGE WITHDRAWAL JUST OVER $5,000.

THE SAME B-OF-A REPORT FOUND HOUSEHOLDS DELINQUENT ON CREDIT CARDS IS HIGHEST IN TEN YEARS.

>>> PLANNED PARENTHOOD WANTS BILL MONTGOMERY TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM AN UP COMING ABORTION CASE DUE TO ABORTION IF GENERAL AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN GENERAL.

WE WENT ATTORNEY STEPHEN MONTOYA FROM MONTOYA, LUCERO AND PASTOR AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LOVE COMING TO YOU.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD NEEDS TO RECUSE HIMSELF AND CAN'T BE FAIR BECAUSE OF THESE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS.

DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> I I THINK DO HAVE A POINT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A CONTROLLING ONE.

BEFORE JUSTICE MONTGOMERY BECAME A JUSTICE OF THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT, WHEN HE WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, HE VOICED HIS RATHER PASSIONATE OPINIONS AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHICH MANY PEOPLE HOLD.

AND WHICH A MAJORITY OF THE UNITED STATES' SUPREME COURT SOMEWHAT AGREES WITH WHEN THEY WHEN THEY OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, THEY LEGITIMIZED A ABORTION COULD BE BANNED.

WHETHER HE HAS TO RECUSE HIMSELF IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ISSUE.

>> Ted: WHAT WOULD BE THE GUIDELINE THERE?

WHAT WOULD BE THE RED LINE?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

IT'S A PERFORATED PINK LINE RATHER THAN SOLID AND RED BECAUSE THE STANDARD UNDER THE CANYONS OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT IS WHETHER OR NOT A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD THINK THE JUDGE WAS UNFAIR.

AND YOU THINK THERE'S SOME GROUNDS TO THINK THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

HE HAS MADE SOME VERY STRIDENT COMMENTS AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAYING THEY ENGAGED IN ENFANTASIDE AND MADE IT WHEN HE WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL BEFORE HE WAS ELEVATED TO THE COURT.

CAN HE SET ASIDE PERSONAL OPINIONS AND BE FAIR?

AND THAT'S A QUESTION UNDER THE RULES THAT CAN ONLY BE MADE BY HIM.

AND HERE IS WHAT I THINK PROFESSIONALLY.

I DON'T KNOW JUSTICE MONTGOMERY PERSONALLY, AND IN FACT, I'VE NEVER MET HIM.

WHEN HE RAN FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY, I DID NOT SUPPORT SUPPORT HUM.

HIM.

HONESTLY, I'VE FOUND HIM TO BE FAIR.

I'VE FOUND HIM TO BE A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HE WAS IMPOSING HIS PERSONAL OPINIONS IN ANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT HE MADE AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WOULD TRUST HIM TO SET ASIDE HIS PERSONAL OPINIONS AND DO WHAT HE BELIEVES THE LAW COMMANDED.

>> Ted: ISN'T THAT A JUDGE'S JOB, TO GET BEYOND ANY PERSONAL PREJUDICES OR OPINIONS?

THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT JUDGES DO.

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SWOOSH SWORN TO DO AND WE TRUST THEM TO DO AND PRESUMED TO DO.

THAT'S A CALL ONLY HE CAN MAKE.

HE'S ALREADY MADE IT AND HE WON'T RECUSE HIMSELF.

HE'S ALREADY CONCLUDED THAT HE CAN SET ASIDE HIS PERSONAL CONVICTIONS AND APPLY THE LAW AND HONESTLY, I BELIEVE HE CAN.

>> Ted: IS THAT A GOOD WAY FOR A JUDGE NOT TO TAKE PART IF THAT'S MADE INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS, THE OWN WAY TO RECUSE THEMSELVES IS TO RECUSE THEMSELVES AND TO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT?

>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS WHERE IT'S NOT THE JUDGE'S CALL.

IF THE JUDGE HAS A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN ANY THINGS BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGE, IT'S NOT THE JUDGE'S CALL.

IN THOSE CASES, RECUSAL IS MANDATORY.

BUT IN REFERENCE TO PERSONAL OPINIONS, WHICH WE ALL HAVE, IF YOU FORCE A JUDGE TO RECUSE HERSELF IN SUCH A SITUATION, YOU COULD HAVE AN EMPTY COURT.

>> Ted: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, WHERE YOU SEE SO FEW RECUSALS THERE.

AND STATE SUPREME COURT, AND YOU RECUSE YOURSELF AND YOU'VE ALL OF A SUDDEN MADE THE SEVEN-MEMBER COURT A SIX-MEMBER COURT.

>> OUR ZERO MEMBER COURT AND WITH LOWER JUDGES, THEY HAVE THE SAME CONVICTIONS AS EVERYBODY ELSE AND SETTING ASIDE CONVICTIONS.

WE HAVE TO TRUST THEY WILL AND I BELIEVE MONTGOMERY CAN AND WILL.

>> Ted: NOTHING PLANNED PARENTHOOD CAN DO IF HE REFUSES TO RECUSE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

FOR THE RECORD, PLANNED PARENT HADPARENTHOOD IS NOT THE ONLY PLAINTIFF IN THAT CASE.

HE HAS TO BIASED AGAINST THEM.

THEY WERE PROSECUTORS LIKE HE WAS.

YOU COULD IMAGINE HI HE WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC TO ANOTHER MAIN PROSECUTOR.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO AND WE'LL HEAR ARGUMENTS EARLY DECEMBER, AND THIS IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION.

THIS IS A BIG CASE.

>> IT IS A BIG CASE.

>> Ted: WHY?

>> WELL, THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, IS ARIZONA GOVERNED BY A LAW THAT ORIGINATES IN 1864, WAS ADOPTED IN 1912, WAS OVERTURNED IN 1973?

OR IS ARIZONA GOVERNED BY A LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY OUR LEGISLATURE IN 2022?

ARE WE GOING TO BE RULED BY THE PAST OR THE PRESENT?

>> Ted: WAS IT TECHNICALLY OVERTURNED IN 1973 OR MADE MOOT BECAUSE OF ROE V. WADE?

>> THE STATUTE WAS DECLEARED VOID AND UNENFORCEABLE IN 1973.

>> Ted: NOW THAT ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED IS THAT STILL THE CASE?

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> AND I WOULD SAY IT'S STILL NOT THE CASE BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURES, WHEN THEY PASSED THE LAW IN 1922, THEY KNEW THAT THERE WERE CHALLENGES PENDING TO ROE V. WADE.

AND THEY DIDN'T SAY IF ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED, THE OLD TERRITORIAL LAW FROM 1865 OR '66 BECOMES LAW.

THEY COULD HAVE SAID THAT.

OTHER STATES HAVE SAID THAT AND OUR STATE DID NOT.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION HERE AND QUICKLY, THIS HAS TO BE IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD THIS AFFECT ANY OTHER LAW OR LEGISLATION?

>> I DON'T THINK IT WOULD.

AND, IN FACT, I THINK IT WOULD LEAVE INTACT THE TERITORIAL LAW PROHIBITS ABORTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD BEYOND 15 WEEKS.

>> Ted: SO, BASICALLY, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND A WHOLE LOT OF THIS?

>> I WOULD SAY HALF OF THIS AND HALF OF THAT.

>> Ted: WOW!

STEPHEN MONTOYA FROM MONTOYA, LUCERO AND PASTOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, WHY PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING A THERAPIST OF COLOR.

>> "WORD ON FIRE" ON MASTERPIECE."

>> STILL HAS CHALLENGES AND YOU ARE OUTNUMBERED ONE TO TEN AND VERY, VERY EMPOWERING.

>> Ted: PHOENIX IS BECOMING MORE DIVERSE AND MULTI-LINUAL AND HAVING A LACK WE WELCOME THE MANAGER AT VALLEY-WISE HEALTH AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LACK OF DIVERSITY AND THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE, IS IT?

>> NOT REALLY.

MOST OF MY CLASSMATES ARE WHITE.

>> Ted: THE SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, IS IT A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE STAYING IN THE FIELD AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE?

>> A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

I THINK THE STRUGGLE IS NOT THE STIGMA WE HAVE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, BUT PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT AS A JOB THEY WANT TO DO BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY, THOUGH, THAT'S DIFFICULT, AS WELL.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET FOLKS OUT THERE, DO YOU NOT?

HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE COMMUNITY?

>> IT IMPACTS THEM IF THERE'S NO ONE THERE, THEY MIGHT STRUGGLE TO FIND FOLKS HELPING THEM.

THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT, I THINK, PEOPLE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE.

LIKE VALLEY-WISE HEALTH, PEOPLE MAY NOT THINK THEY'RE SPANISH AND THAT HELPS OUT.

>> Ted: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE OF COLOR TO HAVE A THERAPIST THAT LOOKS, SPEAKS LIKE THEM?

>> WHEN I'VE LOOKED FOR A THERAPIST IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, I'VE WANTED SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN LESS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY SPEAK SPANISH OR FROM A FIRST GENERATION HOPE.

HOME.

I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MUCH ABOUT MY HISTORY AND LIFE.

>> Ted: WHAT ABOUT TRUST?

>> IT'S EASIER THAT YOU FEEL HAS THAT CONNECTION AND FOR SURE, I WOULD FEEL THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.

>> Ted: THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC HAD A BIG STORY ABOUT THIS, INCREASINGLY BEING BOOK UP.

AND THAT'S GOT TO BE A PROBLEM AND IS THERE A BURNOUT AMONG SOME OF THE THERAPISTS?

>> SECONDARY TRAUMA AND HEAR PEOPLE'S STORIES OVER AND OVER, IT'S TAXING.

PART OF THE SELF-CARE, YOU TRY TO HAVE TO PRESENT IT FOR YOURSELF, TOO.

IT DOES GET TAXING OVER TIME.

>> Ted: WITH THAT IN MIND, HOW DO YOU GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE FIELD?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SOMETIMES I STRUGGLE WITH THAT ANSWER AND ONE THING IS, I FIND MYSELF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO I CAN TELL THEY'RE GREAT LISTENERS AND TELL THEM THAT THEY WOULD BE A GREAT THERAPIST AND WITH THE STUDENTS DECREASING IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, I THINK FOLKS ARE MORE IN TUNE AND WILLING TO BE THERAPIESES.

>> Ted: HISPANIC COMMUNITY, LANGUAGE BARRIERS PLAY A GREAT PART IN THIS.

TALK TO US ABOUT THIS.

>> I MANAGE THE INTEGRATED HEALTH AT VALLEY-WISE AND A LOT OF STAFF WHO SPEAKS SPANISH AND IT'S THE SAFETY NET HERE IN ARIZONA.

WE DO PROVIDE SERVICES TO EVERYBODY ALL OVER MARICOPA COUNTY.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT SPEAK SPANISH TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND WE TRY TO GET AS MANY SPANISH-SPEAKING THERAPISTS AS POSSIBLE TO HELP THAT HUGE NEED WE HAVE.

>> Ted: BUT YOU ALWAYS NEED MORE, DON'T YOU?

>> WE ALWAYS NEED MORE.

>> Ted: SOME FOLKS COME FROM AREAS OF THE WORLD AND WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, OF THESE INTERPRETERS, THIS CAUSES A HUGE DIFFICULTY CONNECTING WITH FOLKS SOMETIMES.

BUT USING AN INTERPRETER, FOLKS ARE GRATEFUL SOMEONE IS WILLING TO BE THERE AND SUPPORT THEM.

AT VALLEY-WISE, WE WORK WITH THEM TO HELP OUR PATIENTS THERE AND THEY USUALLY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, OBVIOUSLY.

>> Ted: I THINK IN THE REPUBLIC STORY, THEY TALKED ABOUT ONE SITUATION WHERE THEY HAD TO CALL SOMEONE ON THE PHONE TO TRANSLATE.

I MEAN, THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION WHEN YOU NEED A THERAPIST AND YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES GOING ON.

>> YEAH, WELL WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO USE THE ENTER INTERPRETER LINE.

THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

>> Ted: OVERALL IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN ARIZONA, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

GRAND SCHEME, WHAT ARE WE SEEING HERE?

>> WITH THE STIGMA REDUCING, IN THE GRAN GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE GET MORE PEOPLE WILLING TO TALK TO OTHER FOLKS.

THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER PEOPLE, TOO, SO WANTED TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

>> Ted: SO THE STIGMA COMES FROM POSITIVELY PATIENTS AS OPPOSED TO ASPIRING THERAPISTS?

OR IS IT BECAUSE THE STIGMA IS THERE AND YOU DON'T SEE AS MANY AND WHAT'S IT LIKE?

>> WELL, IN MY FAMILY, THERAPISTS -- PEOPLE DIDN'T GO TO THERAPY AND I'M SURE FUN FOR MY PARENTS, BUT I THINK WITH LESS STIGMA, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP AND I KEEP MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW FOR ME, THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS HELPING PEOPLE WHEN I WORKED IN SOCIAL WORK, ORIGINALLY, HELPING PEOPLE BUT NOT A THERAPIST AND I FIGURED, OH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOB AND THAT'S WHAT GOT ME THERE.

>> Ted: YOU'RE KING OF THE WORLD AND HOW DO YOU WANT THIS SITUATION SOLVED REALISTICALLY?

>> I WOULD SAY PAY EQUALITY, LIKE TEACHERS AND WE'RE NOT PAID THE BEST.

SO YOU CAN DO OTHER JOBS THAT PAY SIMILARLY WITH LESS TRESS.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: COMEDIAN AND PERFORMS ARTIST KRISTINA WONG IS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD BANKS, SO MUCH SO THAT SHE PROMOTES FOOD BANKS AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE GROWING CONCERN OVER FOOD DISPARITY AND SHE'S DOING A FIRE SIDE WITH CELEBRITY CHEF AND JOINING US IS KRISTINA WONG AND HOW ARE YOU?

>> HOW ARE YOU, PBS?

WE'RE LIVE, LOVE IT!

>> Ted: THIS FIRESIDE, LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE SIDE.

IT'S A CHAT.

>> IT'S A CHAT AND MIGHT NOT BE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE JOSE ANDRES IS TO EXPENSIVE TO BRING THAT I'M DOING THE BULK OF THE TALKING.

>> Ted: THE FOCUS IS FEEDBACKS.

>> MY FOCUS, COINCIDENTLY, AT THE MOMENT AS AN ARTIST IS LOOKING AT FOOD BANKS AND WHY THE FEELING OF SHAME THAT THEY CREATE AND HOW CAN WE GET AROUND THAT AND WHY DO THEY EXIST?

WHY DID WE START WITH TWO FOOD BANKS, ST. MARY'S FOOD BANKS IN 1987 AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PANTRIES AND IS IT POSSIBLE WE SHOULD BE GETTING AT THE ROOT OF WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO FOOD THEMSELVES.

>> Ted: WHAT GOT YOU STARTED ON THIS?

>> I LIVE IN ANSWER LOS ANGELOS AND I WANDERED INTO WHAT I CALLED A GROCERY STORE CALLED "FOOD HARVEST" AND IT WAS I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M IN A FOOD BANK BECAUSE I ASSOCIATED THIS WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S EXPERIENCE.

IT'S HELPED ME AND MY FRIENDS OUT A LOT.

I'VE GOTTEN THEM TO SUPPORT THE WRITERS AND ACTORS ON STRIKE.

>> Ted: THAT WAS A TURNING POINT FOR YOU, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD EMPHASIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> I THINK THERE'S AN IMAGE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF WHO IS SUPPOSED TO USE A FOOD BANK AND WHAT THE DESERVING POOR LOOK LIKE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SAG ACTOR'S STRIKE, 87% OF THE UNION DOES NOT MAKE THE $27,000 IN ACTOR INCOME TO QUALIFY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND I'M ONE OF THEM.

I HAVE TO FINE WAYS FIND WAYS TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.

SO WHEN WE WERE OFFERING THESE GROCERIES, THERE WAS A PUSHBACK OF LIKE, ARE PEOPLE MORE DESERVING AND PROPERTY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A DOROTHY LANG PHOTO OR 1920SIDE 19SIDE LINE.

WE WERE SHIFTED.

>> Ted: I'M SURPRISED WHEN YOU USED THE WORDS "SHAME" AND "FOOD BANKS."

>> IS THAT WHAT IT'S COME TO THAT I CAN'T FEED MYSELF?

SO MUCH OF THE SHAME -- WHEN YOU'RE POOR AND I HAVE BEEN POOR, YOU HAVE LITTLE CHOICE OF HOW YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR TIME AND WHERE YOU WILL LIVE, THE SOCIAL CIRCLES YOU CAN CARRY YOURSELF IN AND THAT LAST DIGNITY IS THE CHOICE IN FAD YOU FOOD YOU EAT.

WHAT EXCITES ME ABOUT WORLD HARVEST IN LOS ANGELOS IS THIS IDEA IS THAT YOU AT LEAST FEEL LIKE YOU WERE CHOOSING WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR BODY, THAT YOU'RE NOT FORCED UPON SOME CAN SOMEONE THREW AWAY.

>> Ted: YOU WANT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT FOOD DISPARITY.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?

>> IT'S DISTRIBUTED WRONG.

JUST LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY ON THIS PLANET FOR EVERYBODY NO TO HAVE.

IT'S DISTRIBUTED WRONG.

WHAT STARTED THIS PROJECT YOU'LL BE WORKING AT ASU OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IT STARTED AS ME GO RAH, RAH, FOOD BANKS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEY'RE CEOS OF WALMART AND YOU LOOK AT WALMART AND THEY'RE THE MAJOR REDEEMER OF FOOD AFGHANISTANS.

STAMPS.

A LOT OF EMPLOYEES DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH TO LIVE ON.

IF WE JUST SHIFTED IT THIS WAY, COULD WE PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING TO GO TO A FOOD BANK?

FOR SOME REASON, WE DON'T THINK THIS WAY AS A COUNTRY.

>> Ted: YOU SAID YOU'LL PROMOTE THIS AND EMPHASIZE THIS.

YOU'RE THE ARTIST AND RESIDENT AT ASU AND DID A GRADUATION SPEECH?

>> YES.

YOU GAVE A TALK CALLED "SEX, LIES AND FOOD BANKS."

>> YOU NAME IT THE RIGHT THING AND PEOPLE SHOW UP.

>> Ted: AND YOU PRESENT IT THE RIGHT WAY AND DO YOU FIND IT HUMOR AND YOUR PERFORMANCE ABILITIES?

>> THIS NATURAL CHARM, YES.

[ Laughter ] >> PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT FOOD BANKS AND, YES.

>> Ted: THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, DOES IT NOT?

>> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I TOOK ON THIS JOKING MONIKER OF FOOD BANK INFLUENCER.

YOU THINK OF THE KARDASHIANS WHILE YOU'RE TUNED IN.

BUT TO RETHINK OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING AND FOR ME, WELL, TAKING THE STIGMA AND SHAME OUT OF SOMETHING THAT SEEMS LIKE UNGLAMOROUS TO PROMOTE AND THAT'S WHERE IT START.

THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT THE SHOW DOING RESEARCH LEAD ME TO THINKING, WELL, WHY ARE WE IN A SITUATION WHERE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE ARE NOW USING FOOD BANKS?

WHY ARE TEACHERS WORKING FULL-TIME USING FOOD BANKS.

>> I REWROTE POPULAR KARAOKE SONGS AND IT WAS "FOOD FOR MY TIME" AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PURSUIT OF FREE FOOD HAVE TO EXCHANGE A LOT OF TIME, WHETHER WAITING IN LINE AT A FOOD BANK OR GOING ON A CRAPPY DATE ON TINDER AND RUNNING AWAY WHEN THE BILL SHOWS UP OR GOING TO A RELIGIOUS RECRUITMENT, BUT YOU GET THAT FOOD AT THE EN.

END.

>> Ted: CELEBRATION FOR RESILIENCE AT GAMMAGE.

>> IT'S ASU GAMMAGE AND 6:00, MEET JOSE ANDRES UPSTAIRS.

WE'LL BE CHATS ABOUT HIS WORK TOWARDS RESILIENCE AND FEEDING FOLKS.

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR HOW HE PULLS THIS OFF.

I'M JUST AT THE SCRAPING THE SURFACE OF THIS, BUT HE GOES TO DISASTER ZONES AND FEEDS PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

>> Ted: KRISTINA WONG, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

IT'S GOOD WORK!

>> I KNOW!

CALL ME.

[ Laughter ] >> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

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