BELLE STARR.

BANDIT QUEEN.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT FIVE ON OETA.

SHOULD FAKE AI PRODUCED POLITICAL ADS BE OUTLAWED IN OKLAHOMA?

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY SLICK LOOKING.

IT LOOKED REAL TO ME.

TULSA CHURCHES ARE LEARNING TO TURN LAND THEY OWN INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

GET THE FAITH BASED LEADERS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT DEVELOPERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH FROM BEGINNING TO END TO GET HOUSING BUILT.

THE MARISA MORROW ACT INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DRINKING AND DRIVING.

DOING THE MATH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 14 MILLION DRINKS CONSUMED.

IN ONE YEAR IN OKLAHOMA AT THESE VENUES.

ARTHRITIS IS NOT A DISEASE THAT ONLY ATTACKS ADULT OKLAHOMANS.

I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT FREELY BECAUSE IT WAS SCARY AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

IN OKLAHOMA, DUO HELPED BRING IN AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

JUST A VERY SPECIAL FEELING TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN IN THE RECORD FOR FOR CELEBRATING OUR COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE.

NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I'M RICH LENZ.

THE ERA OF AI CREATED POLITICAL ADS IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THE COMMERCIALS CAN BE FUNNY OR INFURIATING DEPENDING ON WHO'S ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE OFTEN INACCURATE AND OUTRAGEOUS ADS.

SHOULD THESE VERY REALISTIC LOOKING SPOTS BE OUTLAWED?

RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT IN OKLAHOMA.

NOAH MACK JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT.

NOAH.

WELL, RICH, THIS WEEK, THE ETHICS COMMISSION DISCUSSED RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO REGULATE AI POLITICAL ADS.

THERE HAVE BEEN BILLS WRITTEN, BUT NONE OF THEM MADE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

BUT NOW, HOW MUCH WILL THIS NOVEL TOOL CHANGE?

CAMPAIGNING.

LISTEN TO WHAT OKLAHOMANS ARE SAYING ABOUT BOB KERR.

POLITICAL TV ADS.

THEY'VE BEEN GRAZING THE AMERICAN SCREENS FOR OVER 70 YEARS.

EVERYBODY LIKES IKE FOR PRESIDENT, ALWAYS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER NEW TECHNOLOGY OR TREND ENTERS THE ZEITGEIST.

THIS SUMMER, ONE MAN IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO RESTORE HONESTY, COMPETENCE, LEADERSHIP TODAY'S SHINY NEW TOY IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MEGAPHONE.

TRANSGENDER ALLY BANANA.

CHUCK MCCALL JUST TOO WOKE FOR OKLAHOMA.

GENERATIVE AI CAN CREATE REALISTIC IMAGERY OF PEOPLE DOING AND SAYING THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

MAGA PHONY MIKE MAZIE WOULD HAND 1 BILLION IN OKLAHOMA TAXPAYER MONEY TO MUSLIM INVESTORS TO BUILD A SMELTER PLANT, SOMETHING THE OKLAHOMA ETHICS COMMISSION FINDS CONCERNING.

YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK AI HAS HAS ANY LEGITIMATE PLACE IN ELECTIONEERING.

I JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

AND WITH THE ADS THAT WE HAD IN OKLAHOMA OVER THIS PRIMARY SEASON, IT DID NOTHING BUT REINFORCE MY OPINION.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEE ANN BRUCE BOONE PROPOSED THE CASE STUDY OF MARYLAND.

THE STATE RECENTLY OUTLAWED DEEPFAKES WITH THE INTENT TO SWAY VOTERS, CODIFYING IT AS ELECTION FRAUD.

SHE SAYS OKLAHOMA COULD TAKE THIS APPROACH WITH ROLES FOR BOTH THE LEGISLATURE AND ETHICS COMMISSION.

WE COULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S AI GENERATED OR MATERIAL ALTERED AND HAVE THAT INCLUDE A DISCLAIMER VERY CLEARLY, WHETHER IT'S ON A MEDIA AD, WHETHER IT'S ON A MAILER THAT COMES TO YOUR HOME, WHETHER IT'S A TEXT MESSAGE.

BUT IT WOULD REALLY BE A TWO TRACK EFFORT BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE COULD TAKE THE STEP.

AND THIS, AGAIN, IS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW AND THEIR DECISION MAKING ROLE TO PROHIBIT DEEPFAKES.

IN PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THERE WERE BILLS WRITTEN TO THROTTLE DEEPFAKES, MAINLY FOCUSED ON ENFORCING DISCLAIMERS AND SETTING UP PARAMETERS FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

ALL THOSE BILLS FAILED.

THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK FROM SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THOUGHT SOME OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS WOULD SAY, WE'RE TRYING TO STIFLE FREE SPEECH, AND I JUST COULDN'T GET PAST THAT.

YEAH, WE WERE TRYING TO STIFLE FREE SPEECH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TRUE SPEECH AS WELL.

SENATOR BILL COLEMAN IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THESE EFFORTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT SOMETHING BE DONE LEGISLATIVELY AS THE IMAGERY BECOMES HARDER TO DECIPHER.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE GIVING HILLARY CLINTON A HUG THIS LAST GO AROUND.

CLINTON LOVER, TRUMP HATER, THAT'S MIKE MAZIE.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY SLICK LOOKING.

IT LOOKED REAL TO ME.

WHAT THE VIEWER OR THE LISTENER IS SEEING OR HEARING NEEDS TO BE INFORMED VERY THOROUGHLY THAT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING OR HEARING IS NOT TRUE.

RECENTLY, GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT SAID HE WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER CALLING A SPECIAL SESSION TO OUTLAW DECEPTIVE AI GENERATED POLITICAL CONTENT.

AND THAT'S JUST SOUND BITES HE WANTED.

YEAH, HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE MARK MCBRIDE, TERMED OUT AND NOT RUNNING FOR ANY OFFICE, IS WATCHING THIS ELECTION SEASON UNFOLD FROM A NEW VANTAGE POINT.

THE WHOLE BANANA THING WAS FUNNY, AND WHAT THEY DID WITH IT WAS FUNNY.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS STUPID COMMERCIAL THAT HE DID.

ANYWAY, YOU FIRST.

MCBRIDE, AN ELECTION VETERAN, BELIEVES GENERATIVE AI DOESN'T DRASTICALLY CHANGE POLITICS.

IT'S IN A WAY, NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT.

IT'S JUST YOU CAN GET REALLY WAY MORE GRAPHICS INTO IT.

LIKE YOU CAN HAVE AN ALLIGATOR SWIMMING THROUGH THE SWAMPS, YOU KNOW, NOW RATHER THAN JUST A PHOTO.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DEFEAT THE SWAMP, WE MUST DEFEAT JOHN ECCLES.

TV POLITICAL ADS DATE BACK TO THE 1950S, AND O U HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN THE WORLD.

GENERAL, JUST HOW BAD IS WASTE IN WASHINGTON?

RECENTLY, JUST ONE GOVERNMENT BUREAU ACTUALLY LOST $400 MILLION O U. ARCHIVIST CLAIRE CHANDLER SPENDS A LOT OF TIME DRUDGING THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S TREASURE TROVE OF POLITICAL COMMERCIALS.

REALLY, A LOT OF THE ADS FROM THAT ERA ARE LIKE GUY SITTING AT A DESK, AND HE HAS HIS NAMEPLATE SO YOU CAN KNOW HIS NAME, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AFTERWARDS AND ADD TEXT.

THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES HAS EXPANDED THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS TOOLKIT, MCBRIDE REMEMBERS WHEN PHOTOSHOP WAS IN VOGUE.

ALL THOSE AFRICAN KIDS, I WAS IN THE BUSH AFRICA, IN THE SUDAN, AND THEY PHOTOSHOPPED ALL THE KIDS OUT OF THE PICTURE AND MADE ME LOOK LIKE A, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT THIS GUY FOR YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE?

SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED.

IT'S JUST IT'S GOT MORE TECHNICAL.

AND CLAIRE AGREES THE SAME POLITICAL TACTICS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES.

AND TODAY THEY HAVE A NEW OUTFIT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, THEY CAN USE GENERATIVE AI TO LIKE MAKE PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY NEVER SAID.

AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, WELL, THEY WOULD JUST DO A VOICE OVER.

CHRIS, THANKS FOR YOUR VOTES AGAINST CRACKING DOWN ON PRICE GOUGING.

WE OWE YOU BIG OIL.

MY OIL STOCKS ARE NOW WORTH OVER $300,000.

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.

CLAIRE BELIEVES AI IS HERE TO STAY IN SOME CAPACITY AS IT FARES WELL IN THE AGE OF THE ATTENTION ECONOMY.

GENERATIVE AI IS VERY GOOD AT LIKE TAKING STUFF OFF THE INTERNET AND MAKING THINGS THAT LIKE GRAB PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

AND I THINK THAT POLITICAL ADS ARE THE IDEA OF THEM IS TO GRAB ATTENTION.

AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WHERE IT'S JUST BECOME MORE JUST LIKE MUDSLINGING, ESSENTIALLY.

SENATOR COLEMAN EXPECTS THE AUGUST RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR WHETHER THE GOVERNOR CALLS A SPECIAL SESSION.

IN ANY CASE, COLEMAN ANTICIPATES LEGISLATION TO PASS NEXT SESSION.

RICH.

NO, THANK YOU.

GREAT.

GREAT REPORT.

WELL, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ALSO BEING USED BEHIND THE SCENES IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, AND THAT'S THE FOCUS OF OUR UPCOMING IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST, MODERATOR SUSAN KUDO CONVENES A PANEL OF POLITICAL INSIDERS TO EXPLAIN HOW AI IS CHANGING THE WAY CAMPAIGNS ARE WAGED AND COVERED IN THE MEDIA.

HERE'S A PREVIEW.

MACHINE LEARNING GOES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY WHEN THEY FIRST RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER.

ONE STAFF HAD 45 TO 50 STAFFERS HANDLING IT.

OBAMA, THE OTHER SIDE HAD 4 OR 5.

AND SO IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT.

AND COME ELECTION DAY, THE MACHINE LEARNED TARGETING IS WHAT PUSHED BARACK OBAMA OVER THE EDGE.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.

AND SO TODAY, WHEN WE THINK OF A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, WHAT WE'RE REALLY OBSERVING IS A SMALL TO MID-SIZED MARKETING AND ADVERTISING FIRM THAT HAS A PRODUCT, THE CANDIDATE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY ALL OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AND MEANS TO COMMUNICATE TO VOTERS THAT OTHER PRODUCERS USE TO TRY TO GET AND SELL THEIR, THEIR GOODS.

THE REST OF THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST, WE NOW KNOW THE ORDER IN WHICH POLITICAL PARTIES WILL APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.

THE STATE ELECTION BOARD HELD A PUBLIC DRAWING ON WEDNESDAY TO DETERMINE THE ORDER.

VOTERS WILL FIND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, FOLLOWED BY DEMOCRATS, LIBERTARIANS AND INDEPENDENTS.

THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

ENDING ON FRIDAY.

AND BY MOST ACCOUNTS, THE OKLAHOMA EXHIBIT WAS A BIG HIT.

VISITORS TO THE NATIONAL MALL TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE OKLAHOMA EXHIBIT FEATURING THE TULSA DRILLER ROUTE 66 AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER, AND THEY ALSO ENJOYED SOME EXCELLENT OKLAHOMA MUSIC, COURTESY OF OKLAHOMA CITY'S KYLE DILLINGHAM AND PETER MARCUS.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD FREEDOM IS THE ONE THING THAT NEVER GETS OLD.

AND WE FOUND OUT WE WERE SELECTED TO ACTUALLY PERFORM AND OFFICIALLY PARTICIPATE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS.

AND, AND PERSONALLY, JUST A VERY SPECIAL FEELING TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN, IN THE RECORD FOR, FOR CELEBRATING OUR COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, JUST SEEING PEOPLE LITERALLY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

JUST LAST NIGHT AFTER THE SHOW, WE HAD THE CHANCE TO, TO MEET A COUPLE FROM, FROM CHINA AND, AND HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY A, A CHINESE FOLK SONG FOR THEM.

THEY SANG ALONG AND SEEING FRIENDS FROM OKLAHOMA WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

AND, AND, AND SHOWING THEM THE HEARTLAND ACOUSTIC MUSIC.

IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.

THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH KYLE AND PETER, THEY ASKED THEM TO PERFORM EVERY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR, WHICH AGAIN ENDS ON FRIDAY.

ON JULY 1ST, THE MARISA MORRILL ACT TOOK EFFECT IN OKLAHOMA.

WHO WAS MARISA MORROW?

AND HOW WILL THE NEW LAW HELP SAVE LIVES?

STEVE SCHORR JOINS US NOW WITH THE ANSWERS.

STEVE RICH.

19 YEAR OLD MARISA MORROW WAS DRIVING HOME AROUND MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2020.

SHE WAS KILLED BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A HIGHLY INTOXICATED WRONG-WAY DRIVER ON THE KILPATRICK TURNPIKE.

MARISA WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY WHO WAS JUST FULL OF LIFE.

I MEAN, SHE SHE WAS JUST AMAZING IN EVERY IN EVERY RESPECT.

SHE WAS SO EASY TO TO RAISE.

JEFF AND CHRISTI MORROW HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE WORST KIND OF STORM ANY PARENT COULD EVER IMAGINE.

IN 2019, THEIR DAUGHTER, MARISSA, WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF HER MUSTANG HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS.

A YEAR LATER, SHE HAD SETTLED IN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, WHERE SHE WAS STUDYING TO BE A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

SHE HAD THE ABILITY TO KIND OF SEE, I THINK, BEYOND PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT AND COULD SEE THE BIGGER THINGS.

I THINK SHE ALSO HAD A REALLY KEEN ABILITY TO SEE THE BEST IN SOMEONE.

IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2020, JEFF AND CHRISTI GOT A KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR FROM POLICE THAT STILL HAUNTS THEM.

MARISSA, WHO WAS COMING HOME LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE WEEKEND TO CATCH UP WITH MOM AND DAD AND TO DO LAUNDRY, HAD BEEN IN A HORRIBLE, WRONG WAY.

COLLISION.

38 YEAR OLD MALCOLM PENNY HAD LEFT A WEDDING RECEPTION IN EDMOND LATE THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.

ONCE EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN, HE STUMBLED OUT TO HIS CAR WITH AN OPEN CONTAINER IN EACH HAND AND AND CLIMBED INTO HIS CAR IN FULL VIEW OF SECURITY AND BARTENDERS THAT WERE WORKING THAT NIGHT.

AND HE GOT IN HIS CAR AND AND SOMEHOW GOT HIMSELF TO THE KILPATRICK DRIVING NORTHBOUND IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE KILPATRICK TURNPIKE WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT MORE THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT, PENNY'S SUV PLOWED INTO THE FORD FOCUS.

MARISSA MORROW WAS DRIVING AT SOUTHWEST 15TH STREET.

HE FLED THE SCENE OF THE CRASH AND WAS PICKED UP BY OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A MILE AWAY.

HE WAS A SIX TIME REPEAT OFFENDER.

HE HAD BEEN.

HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN THREE STATES.

MARISSA MORROW SUFFERED THE KIND OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN TRAUMA NOBODY COMES BACK FROM.

IT WAS DEFINITELY THE, YOU KNOW, WORST DAY OF OUR LIFE.

AND TO GET THAT DOORBELL NOTIFICATION TO GET THAT KNOCK AT THE DOOR WAS.

LIFE CHANGING.

IT WAS LIFE CHANGING.

THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT THING THAT WE WILL EVER DEAL WITH.

AND WE'LL CARRY IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.

SHE WAS OUR BABY.

I BELIEVE THAT SHE WOULD HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS IN HER LIFE.

I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE IMPACTED MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW.

WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN CARRY THAT ON FOR HER.

SO WE'RE VERY DRIVEN TO DO THAT.

MARISSA'S LAW IS A LAW.

THE MORROW'S THE OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS.

ENFORCEMENT ARE ABLE.

COMMISSION AND STATE LEGISLATORS WORKED ON MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

IT TOOK EFFECT LAST WEDNESDAY.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS CREATE A NEW EVENT VENUE, BARTENDER LICENSE, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT THESE EVENT VENUES.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SERVE ALCOHOL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR BARTENDER LICENSE.

THE DAYS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS POURING DRINKS AT SPECIAL EVENT VENUES ARE OVER IN OKLAHOMA.

THE MURROWS SAY THE KEY TO THIS TRAINING IS ITS IN-PERSON TRAINING.

IT'S NOT ZOOM.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

WOULD YOU AGREE?

YES, I THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT WHEN SOMEONE HAS TO SIT IN A CLASSROOM AND LISTEN TO A REAL LIVE PERSON, THAT THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS TO, AND THAT'S INTERACTIVE.

AND FROM THE TRAININGS THAT I'VE WATCHED SO FAR, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT BENEFIT IS FOR OUR ABLE AGENTS WHO DO THE EDUCATION TO JUST HAVE THAT ONE ON ONE QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME WITH THESE EVENT LICENSEES.

HOW MANY PICTURES HAVE YOU TAKEN FROM UP HERE?

OH, EVERY WEDDING, STEPHANIE AND BRUCE TEMPLE OPENED THE RUSTIC ROSE BARN NEAR CASHION EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THE COUPLE HAS HOSTED MORE THAN 650 WEDDING CELEBRATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY WEREN'T THE VENUE WHERE MALCOLM PENNY DRANK WAY TOO MANY, BUT MARISSA MERLE'S DEATH STILL HIT THEM LIKE A TWO BY FOUR.

AND IT BROKE MY HEART BECAUSE.

BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT WE DO COST SOMEBODY THEIR LIFE.

THE TEMPLES REACHED OUT TO THE MURROWS A FEW DAYS AFTER THE TRAGEDY.

IT'S THE MAIN REASON I REACHED OUT TO THE MURROWS IS MAINLY JUST TO APOLOGIZE.

WASN'T YOUR FAULT.

IT WASN'T OUR FAULT, RIGHT?

BUT IT'S OUR BUSINESS.

AND IT.

AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

EVERY VENUE DOES.

I'M A MAMA, AND ALL I WANT IS FOR MY KIDS TO BE SAFE ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WHEN IT'S INVOLVED IN WHAT WE DO, THAT REALLY DOES HIT HOME BECAUSE I WORRIED ABOUT MY KIDS.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTROLLING THINGS ENOUGH SO THAT THEY CAN DRIVE ON THE ROADS.

99% OF OUR GUESTS ARE FINE, BUT IT'S THAT ONE PERSON THAT CHANGES SOMEBODY'S WORLD, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT ONE PERSON TO COME FROM HERE.

THE TEMPLES ALSO ADVISE THE MURROWS AND THE ABLE COMMISSION ON THE NEW LAW.

IF YOU DO SOME RESEARCH, YOU'LL FIND THERE ARE ABOUT 14,500 WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS IN OKLAHOMA EVERY YEAR, WITH 100 PEOPLE DOING THE MATH.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 14 MILLION DRINKS CONSUMED OVER ANY YEAR IN ONE YEAR IN OKLAHOMA.

AT THESE VENUES.

IN 2022, A JUDGE SENTENCED MALCOLM PENNY TO LIFE IN PRISON.

THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TELLS ME SEVEN MONTHS AGO, PENNY COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS CELL.

RICH.

THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE THE U.S.

SENATE VOTED TO CONFIRM A DIRECTOR FOR U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

THE YEAR WAS 2014 AND BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT.

IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN IN OKLAHOMA, WILL TAKE OVER AT ICE.

LENZ SHROYER IS FORMER BOSS, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER TIM TIPTON HAS FAITH THAT SHROYER WILL DO A GOOD JOB IF HE'S CONFIRMED DURING HIS TENURE AT OHP.

SHROYER HELPED LEAD THE HIGHWAY PATROL'S PARTNERSHIP WITH ICE DURING OPERATION GUARDIAN.

LANCE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT, AND THE OPERATIONS OF THAT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP OF THAT SYSTEM WITH ICE, AND THEN ALSO LOCATING THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS THAT WERE RELEASED AT THE BORDER TO SPONSORS THAT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACK THEN WASN'T REALLY TRACKING THEM.

AND SO WE'VE TAKEN A, YOU KNOW, AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO FINDING THOSE KIDS, VERIFYING THEIR WELL-BEING, NOT REALLY AN ENFORCEMENT OPERATION ON THAT SIDE OF IT.

IT'S MORE OF A WELFARE CHECK OPERATION.

AND SO LANCE AND HIS, HIS UNIT IN THE HIGHWAY PATROL, WE TOOK A LEAD ROLES AND ALL THAT.

SECRETARY MULLEN AND PRESIDENT TRUMP BOTH RELEASED STATEMENTS ON TROYER'S NOMINATION.

MULLINS SAYING IN PART, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE A GREAT PICK.

AND I'M CONFIDENT LANCE IS STRONG.

LEADERSHIP AND FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WILL EMPOWER THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ICE TO DEPORT CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, SECURE THE HOMELAND AND PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND THE PRESIDENT GOT RIGHT TO THE POINT IN HIS TRUTH SOCIAL POST, WRITING, THE SENATE MUST CONFIRM LANCE IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT DELAY.

THE GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TULSA, IS LAUNCHING AN INAUGURAL FAITH-BASED HOUSING INITIATIVE.

FIVE TULSA CONGREGATIONS ARE INVOLVED, TASKED WITH FINDING WAYS TO USE THEIR PROPERTIES TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

JASON DOYLE JOINS US FROM OUR NEWSROOM TO EXPLAIN HOW THE FPHI WILL WORK.

JASON RICH.

THE INITIATIVE IS PART OF TULSA MAYOR MONROE NICKLES PLAN TO INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE STATE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.

AND NOW THOSE FIVE CHURCHES ARE LEARNING HOW TO DEVELOP REAL ESTATE.

MY FAMILY CAME HERE IN 1976, AND I WAS BAPTIZED THAT YEAR.

REGGIE IVEY HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH IN NORTH TULSA FOR 50 YEARS NOW.

HE'S HELPING TO LEAD THE EFFORT FOR HIS CHURCH HOME TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

WE HAVE OVER 1000 MEMBERS, AND SO OUR CONGREGATION IS GROWING PRETTY MUCH EVERY SUNDAY.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT JOIN OUR CHURCH AND WANT TO FELLOWSHIP WITH US.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND REALLY ENGAGING RESIDENTS IN A WAY THAT IS NOT ONLY BRINGING THEM INTO THE CHURCH, BUT SUPPORTING THEM OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH.

THE FAITH BASED HOUSING INITIATIVE IS ONE OF THE TOOLS HELPING TULSA MEET A HOUSING GOAL SET BY MAYOR MONROE NICHOLS WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE.

THE CITY HAS A NEED FOR 13,000 HOUSING UNITS, ALL TYPES.

THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE, ALL DIFFERENT RENTAL AND SALE.

THE MAYOR HAS A GOAL OF 6000.

OF THOSE 13,000 BEING AFFORDABLE.

THE INITIATIVE IS ONE OF SEVERAL WAYS TULSA IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING NEED.

JUST COMPLETED HOUSING MONTH, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD SUCH A THING IN TULSA.

BUT WE LAUNCHED A LOT OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND PLANNING FOR A WHILE, THIS BEING ONE OF THEM, THE INITIAL FAITH BASED HOUSING INITIATIVE, HOUSING INITIATIVE COHORT, THE FIVE CHURCHES WHICH HAVE INITIALLY JOINED TULSA'S FAITH BASED HOUSING INITIATIVE, INCLUDING THIS ONE OFF THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA CAMPUS, WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS LEARNING WHAT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP REAL ESTATE AND DO IT AFFORDABLY.

THE FIVE CHURCHES ARE UNIVERSITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH, AND ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE IVEY BELIEVES IT'S THE RIGHT FIT AND THE RIGHT TIME FOR HIS COMMUNITY.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BECAUSE WE OWN LAND AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGED RESIDENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THAT LAND.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEPT COMING UP IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO IT MADE SENSE WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF TULSA REGARDING THE FAITH BASED HOUSING INITIATIVE CAME TO OUR ATTENTION, THAT WE CONSIDERED IT STRONGLY BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THIS AREA OF NORTH TULSA, TO HELP BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER FOR THE CITY OF TULSA AND THE FIRST FIVE CHURCHES, THE GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION IS FUNDING THE INITIATIVE.

BRANDON OLDHAM IS THE SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER FOR THE FOUNDATION, AND SAYS THAT THIS INITIATIVE FITS INTO THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT SUCCESS.

WE BELIEVE THAT STARTS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY GREW UP IN.

AND SO WITH THIS WORK AND THIS INITIATIVE, WE'RE EXCITED TO TIE TOGETHER THE PLACE WITH THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE AND ENSURING THAT THE FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN ROOTED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GIVE BACK TO THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ATTENDING THOSE CHURCHES IN A WAY THAT CATAPULTS THEM INTO THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHOOSING.

BOTH THE GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF TULSA LEADERS TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WERE DOING AND FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY WITH CHURCHES DEVELOPING PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AS WE LEARNED MORE AND MORE, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE TO PLUG IN LOCAL CHURCHES WITH THE THE WITH THE CONSULTANTS WHO LEAD THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO BRING THE HOUSING TO FRUITION.

THERE'S A CONSULTANT, HER NAME IS SARAH JOY, AND SHE DOES THIS TYPE OF WORK.

WHAT MESSAGE DOES YOUR CHURCH PROPERTY SEND TO YOUR COMMUNITY?

SHE DESCRIBES HERSELF AS, I THINK A DEVELOPER BY TRAINING, A BUILDER, BY EXPERIENCE AND A CHURCHGOER BY BIRTH.

SO SHE HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND GETTING THEM ON BOARD SO THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE PARTNERING WITH OR WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS.

SARAH JOY PROPS ORGANIZATION IS CALLED PROXIMITY PROJECT, AND THAT'S THE PROGRAM.

THE CHURCHES WILL GET THEIR INFORMATION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

FIVE MONTH PROCESS WHERE SHE AND HER COLLEAGUES WORK WITH THE FAITH BASED LEADERS SO THAT AT THE END OF THAT FIVE MONTH PERIOD, THE FAITH BASED LEADERS ARE COMFORTABLE NOT BECOMING DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES, BUT WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS.

SO SHE TALKS ABOUT BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE WAY CHURCHES OPERATE AND COMMUNICATE AND DEVELOPERS OPERATE AND COMMUNICATE SO THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER, SHE SAYS.

AFTER THE FIVE MONTH PROGRAM, CHURCH LEADERS WILL BE READY TO TAKE ON PROJECTS WITH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, GET THE FAITH BASED LEADERS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE, UNDERSTANDING WHAT DEVELOPERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH FROM BEGINNING TO END TO GET HOUSING BUILT.

GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATIONS BRANDON OLDHAM SAYS CHURCHES HAVE A LEVEL OF CREDIBILITY THAT WILL HELP ENGAGE THOSE LIVING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

TRUST.

THE REASON WE GET SO EXCITED ABOUT THE CHURCHES IS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOR SO LONG.

THEY'VE BEEN TRUSTED STEWARDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'VE BEEN TRUSTED PARTNERS WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

REGGIE IVEY SAYS THIS KIND OF HOUSING INITIATIVE IS A LONG TIME COMING FOR THE ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH COMMUNITY, BRINGING MORE HOUSING, PARTICULARLY TO 56TH STREET NORTH, WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY NEW BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY IN OVER 50 YEARS, AND RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING.

SO HOW CAN WE MOVE THE RENTERS THAT HAVE RENTED PRETTY MUCH THEIR ENTIRE LIFE INTO HOME OWNERSHIP?

IVEY ADDS.

HOMEOWNERSHIP CAN LEAD TO MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY FLOURISHING.

IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT GENERATIONAL WEALTH, AND SO A LOT OF RESIDENTS WANT TO HAVE AN ASSET THAT THEY CAN PASS ON TO GENERATIONS AFTER THEY ARE NO LONGER HERE.

AND THE BIGGEST ASSET THAT YOU CAN TYPICALLY PASS ALONG IS A HOME.

AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND AS WELL.

THE CITY OF TULSA HAS A GOAL OF BUILDING ENOUGH HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN THE AREA.

THESE FIVE CHURCHES IN THE INITIAL COHORT ARE EXPECTED TO HELP MEET THAT GOAL.

THE CITY HAD A NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE BY PROFESSIONALS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT SAID THAT 13,000 WAS THE EXPECTATION OVER TEN YEARS.

SO THAT'S I THINK, BY 2033.

AND THEN THE MAYOR RAN HIS MAYORAL CAMPAIGN.

ONE OF HIS GOALS WAS 6000 OF THOSE UNITS BEING AFFORDABLE BY 2028.

WELL, THE FIRST FIVE CHURCHES BEGIN THEIR TRAINING THIS SUMMER.

THE CITY OF TULSA IS ALREADY CONSIDERING A SECOND PHASE OF THE FAITH BASED HOUSING INITIATIVE.

RICH.

JASON.

THANK YOU.

WHEN WE THINK OF ARTHRITIS, WE USUALLY ASSOCIATE IT WITH OLDER ADULTS.

BUT IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO AFFLICTED WITH THE DEBILITATING JOINT PAIN.

TAELYR JACKSON RECENTLY MET A YOUNG WOMAN FACING THAT REALITY.

RIGHT?

AND LIKE ANY CHANCE I GET, YEAH, LET ME PUT IT ON.

TWO YEARS AGO, ADDIE WELLING WAS DIAGNOSED WITH JUVENILE ARTHRITIS, ALSO KNOWN AS J A. IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST YEARS EVER BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF A SHOCK THAT I HAD JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT FREELY BECAUSE IT WAS SCARY AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

DOCTOR AMANDA MOYER SAYS JUVENILE ARTHRITIS FALLS UNDER THE INFLAMMATORY UMBRELLA WHERE THE BODY'S OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM, FOR SOME REASON, IS EITHER HYPERACTIVE OR CONFUSED, BUT STARTS ATTACKING THE JOINTS.

AND THIS CAN CAUSE SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, WELLING SAID.

PRIOR TO HER DIAGNOSIS, SHE NOTICED JOINT PAIN BUT DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT.

SO MY WHOLE LIFE, MY MOM'S KNEES HAVE HURTED.

AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST NORMAL.

AND BECAUSE MINE HURT, HERS HURT, WHATEVER.

AND SO I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL I GOT THAT DIAGNOSIS IN EIGHTH GRADE.

AND I TOLD MY MOM, YEAH, MY KNEES HAVE BEEN HURTING FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL.

ADDIE'S MOTHER, ANGELA WELLING, SAYS ARTHRITIS WAS THE LAST THING THEY EXPECTED.

SHE DIDN'T REALLY EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING.

SHE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT HER KNEES HURTING, EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID LATER THAT THEY HAD BEEN HURTING.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL.

ANGELA SAYS IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER ADDIE HAD FOOT SURGERY THAT THINGS STARTED TO ADD UP.

THE SURGEON CAME OUT AND SAID, WELL, THAT WAS INTERESTING, AND I SAID, EXCUSE ME, IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING, AND THEY SENT IT AND IT ENDED UP BEING INDICATIVE OF POSSIBLE JUVENILE ARTHRITIS.

THAT WAS IN MAY.

WE TRIED TO GET A REFERRAL.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGIST IN THE STATE AT THAT TIME.

AND SO WE FINALLY GOT HER IN IN NOVEMBER, I THINK.

AND SHE TOOK ONE LOOK AT HER AND SAID, YEP, SHE'S GOT IT.

NEARLY 300,000 JUVENILES HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ARTHRITIS.

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FORMS OF J. A IS JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS.

SO YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

WE HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN KIDS.

THIS.

WE GIVE IT A MUCH LONGER AND COMPLICATED NAME THOUGH IT'S POLYARTICULAR.

SO MEANING THERE'S MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE JOINTS INVOLVED.

IT'S A LOT OF JOINTS, POLY ARTICULAR, SERO POSITIVE, MEANING THEY HAVE AN AUTOANTIBODY LIKE RHEUMATOID FACTOR, JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS.

SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN A KID.

THIS OFTEN IMPACTS SMALL JOINTS LIKE HANDS AND FEET.

SOME OF OUR FORMS OF ARTHRITIS TEND TO AFFECT MAYBE MORE THE STRUCTURES AROUND A JOINT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS, AND WHERE THOSE INSERT ON THE BONES.

THAT'S CALLED ENTHESITIS RELATED.

AND SOMETIMES WE CAN SEE THAT WITH OUR SPONDYLOARTHRITIS TYPE OF PATIENTS.

SO THOSE TYPES OF ARTHRITIS CAN AFFECT THE SPINE OR THE LOWER BACK AND CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND PAIN IN OUR SACRAL ILIAC JOINTS.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT KIDS GET ARTHRITIS TOO.

SHELLY JORDAN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OKLAHOMA CHAPTER OF THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION.

SHE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPREAD AWARENESS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS.

WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT OUR GRANDPARENTS, BUT REALLY, MOST PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 65, AND IT IMPACTS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND CAN CAUSE REALLY SEVERE ISSUES WITH THEIR GROWTH.

DEVELOPMENT CAUSES A LOT OF PAIN, SWELLING, AND THEIR ABILITY TO REALLY FUNCTION PHYSICALLY IN A NORMAL WAY.

AS A CHILD.

THE FOUNDATION HOSTS NUMEROUS EVENTS AROUND THE YEAR TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS.

JULY IS JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AWARENESS MONTH, AND THE BIG GOAL IS TO SPREAD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JUVENILE ARTHRITIS SO THAT FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT ONLY IMPACTED BUT MAY KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S IMPACTED, KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.

SO ALL MONTH LONG, WE WILL BE SHARING STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND CHALLENGE AND THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR FAMILIES.

WELLING IS ALSO DOING HER PART TO SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL.

THIS SUMMER, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE FOUNDATION'S WALK TO CURE ARTHRITIS AND AS MISS YUKO'S TEEN, SHE SPENDS TIME SHARING HER PLATFORM MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT SPREADING AWARENESS AND HELPING OTHERS NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING ANY INVISIBLE DISABILITY.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE COMFORT CARE KITS, WHICH I HOPE HELP OTHERS WITH JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND HELP THEM COPE AND MANAGE THEIR PAIN, SHE SAYS.

FINALLY, TELLING HER OWN STORY HAS HELPED HER FEEL EMPOWERED.

SO IT WAS A VERY BIG AND NEW THING FOR ME AND KIND OF SCARY AT FIRST, BECAUSE IT WAS TELLING ALL OF MY PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL THAT I HAD JUVENILE ARTHRITIS.

SO YEAH, I WAS DEFINITELY TERRIFYING AT FIRST, BUT I GREW MORE CONFIDENT AS I WENT TO MORE CLASSROOMS AND I SPREAD AWARENESS TO OTHERS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER A 504 THREE SCHOOL SO THAT SHE COULD TAKE MEDICAL BREAK DAYS IF SHE NEEDED TO, IF SHE WAS FEELING BAD, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

BUT WE JUST KIND OF DAY BY DAY GOT HER ON SOME MEDICATIONS THAT SEEMED TO HELP HER THROUGH ADVOCACY, THE FOUNDATION HOPES TO ONE DAY BREAK THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH ARTHRITIS.

I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE HERE IN THE STATE, ESPECIALLY, TO KNOW THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR THEM EVERY DAY, AND WE HAVE LOCAL EVENTS THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN.

TAELYR JACKSON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

TAELYR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR PACKAGES, GROCERIES, OR TAKEOUT DELIVERED TO YOUR ADDRESS VIA DRONE?

THAT COULD SOON BE A REALITY IN TULSA, THANKS TO A COMPANY FROM IRELAND.

JASON DOYLE PROVIDES THE DETAILS IN THIS WEEK'S STATEWIDE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

TULSA RESIDENTS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO LOOK UP, AND A DRONE WILL BE MAKING A DELIVERY NEARBY.

THAT'S BECAUSE IRELAND BASED MANNA HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S LOCATING ITS NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS IN OKLAHOMA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.

TULSA WILL BE THE FIRST FULL SCALE METROPOLITAN AREA FOR MANNA, AND IT EXPECTS TO CREATE MORE THAN 1000 JOBS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

THE FIRST DRONE DELIVERIES IN TULSA ARE EXPECTED THIS FALL.

A REPORT ISSUED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION SHOWS THE TRIBE'S HEALTH SYSTEM HAD A $2 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT IN 2025.

THAT REPRESENTS A TOTAL OF 11,492 JOBS AND NEARLY $782 MILLION IN WAGES AND SALARIES.

THE CHEROKEE NATION IS MORE THAN $600 MILLION IN NEW HEALTH CARE FACILITIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

DALLAS BASED LEEWARD RENEWABLE ENERGY, OR LR, HAS CUT THE RIBBON ON ITS OKLAHOMA SOLAR FARMS, MEANT TO HELP MEET THE POWER NEEDS FOR GOOGLE DATA CENTERS IN OKLAHOMA.

THE COMPANY HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $1.5 BILLION ON THE PROJECTS.

THE FIVE SOLAR GENERATION FACILITIES TOTAL 725MW, WHICH COULD POWER BETWEEN 300,000 AND 600,000 HOMES IN AN AVERAGE YEAR.

SPEAKING OF GOOGLE, THE TECH COMPANY HAS DONATED MORE THAN A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS IN THE AREAS WHERE IT'S DEVELOPING NEW DATA CENTERS IN MAYES COUNTY.

THE TECH GIANT DONATED $500,000 TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREENE COUNTY.

MAYES COUNTY HOPE, THE MAYES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND OTHERS.

THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO RECEIVED FUNDS TO HELP MODERNIZE CLASSROOMS AND SUPPORT COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.

OVER IN PAYNE COUNTY, GOOGLE GAVE $50,000 TO OUR DAILY BREAD, FOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE 500 TODDLER FOCUSED BRAIN BAGS TO HELP WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

JASON, THANKS.

THE EMERGENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING THE WAY THAT POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS ARE CONDUCTED AND HOW THEY ARE COVERED AND EVALUATED BY THE MEDIA AND POLLSTERS.

THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH MODERATOR SUSAN GADOT AND HER PANEL OF POLITICAL INSIDERS, SUSAN.

JOINING US TODAY ARE KYLE LOVELACE, VICE PRESIDENT WITH AIS OVER TECHNOLOGIES AND ROSE STATE POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR DOCTOR JAMES DAVENPORT.

AND JAMES, I'LL SAY YOU ARE A NEWLY MINTED DOCTOR, RIGHT?

THAT IS CORRECT.

JUST THIS SUMMER, WOULD YOU GET YOUR DOCTORATE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE?

POLITICAL.

OKAY.

SO LEGIT NOW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BEFORE WE START.

TELL EVERYONE KIND OF WHAT YOU DO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.

SO I TEACH A VARIETY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASSES AT ROSE STATE COLLEGE.

PRIMARILY IN ADDITION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

I TEACH POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND ON AND OFF.

I TEACH OUR INTRO TO POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS.

SO DO THAT AND THEN DO A LOT OF OTHER VARIETY OF STUFF OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, HOLDING PANEL DISCUSSIONS, BEING INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PUBLIC LECTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND YOU'VE BEEN WITH US, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK.

I LOVE COMING OVER HERE.

I LOVE EVERY TIME I GET AN INVITATION, I'M LIKE, I GOT TO GO.

AND KYLE, YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO END UP.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.

TELL EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.

WELL, ISOVER IS A COMPANY.

IT MONITORS VOTER SENTIMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FROM STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA TO COUNTRIES LIKE PERU AND VENEZUELA AND SPAIN, ALL TO NBA FRANCHISES TO, YOU KNOW, MOTORCYCLES.

WE CAN DO JUST ABOUT MONITOR ANYTHING FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THEM.

SO YOU'RE DOING HIGH TECH MONITORING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KIND OF GET INTO TALKING ABOUT HIGH TECH SLASH AI USED IN CAMPAIGNS THESE DAYS, IT'S MORE PREVALENT THAN EVER.

BUT AS YOU WERE SAYING, IT'S NOTHING NEW, RIGHT?

CORRECT.

I MEAN, THE FIRST USING MONSTER USING, YOU KNOW, MACHINE LEARNING GOES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY WHEN THEY FIRST RAN AGAINST EACH OTHER.

ONE STAFF HAD 45 TO 50 STAFFERS HANDLING IT.

OBAMA, THE OTHER SIDE HAD 4 OR 5.

AND SO IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT.

AND COME ELECTION DAY, THE MACHINE LEARNED TARGETING IS WHAT PUSHED BARACK OBAMA OVER THE EDGE.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY TODAY MORE PREVALENT THAN EVER?

WELL, I THINK HISTORICALLY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS OR SO, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.

AND SO TODAY, WHEN WE THINK OF A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, WHAT WE'RE REALLY OBSERVING IS A SMALL TO MID-SIZED MARKETING AND ADVERTISING FIRM THAT HAS A PRODUCT, THE CANDIDATE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY ALL OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AND MEANS TO COMMUNICATE TO VOTERS THAT OTHER PRODUCERS USE TO TRY TO GET AND SELL THEIR, THEIR GOODS.

SO I THINK IF YOU UNDERSTAND CAMPAIGNS IN THAT WAY, YOU UNDERSTAND, YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO USE WHATEVER TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE AND ALLOWS THEM TO TARGET THE VOTERS MORE PRECISELY AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM MORE EFFECTIVELY.

THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY.

SO IN A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE AND A SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER ANCHOR CHANGE, IT SHOWED THAT 8,087% OF CAMPAIGNERS AND STRATEGISTS ARE USING AI DAILY AS PART OF THEIR WORK.

DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?

IT SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THESE ARE FOLKS PROBABLY.

NOW, IF YOU UNDERSTAND CAMPAIGN STAFF, THEY'RE OFTEN YOUNG, AND SO THERE MIGHT BE MORE ADEPT AT USING THESE TECHNOLOGIES.

BUT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED, BECAUSE AI CAN DO EVERYTHING FROM ANSWER EMAILS, TO WRITE FORM LETTERS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

IN ADDITION TO ANALYZING DATA.

AND SO THE INCORPORATION OF IT TO MAKE THE CAMPAIGN OPERATION MORE EFFICIENT IS JUST KIND OF GOING TO BE A NATURAL, A NATURAL EVOLUTION.

AND THAT'S THE THING YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PUT A LINE OF DEMARCATION IN AI FOR ADS.

YOU SAW IN OKLAHOMA WITH THE BANANA AD AND THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT, AND THEN THE HILLARY AND MIKE MAZIE AD.

SO YOU SAW AI IN THE ADS.

THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE.

THE AI THAT MY I O IS OVER USES AND MY COMPANY USES AND MANY OTHERS IS USING IT TO PROCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA THAT USED TO TAKE TOOK TAKE DAYS OR WEEKS.

AND SO WITH WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT TO TARGET PEOPLE SO THAT THE CAMPAIGN IS BETTER SUITED AND SPECIFICALLY GOING AFTER THE RIGHT TYPE OF VOTERS AND ALSO GETTING THEM THE INFORMATION TO, TO PROMPT THEM TO VOTE.

NOW, VOTERS DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT, DO THEY?

THE IDEA THAT AI IS ANALYZING THEM, MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT WHEN YOU BUY A PHONE OR BUY A TV, OR YOU SIGN YOUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY GIVING THE COMPANY THE ABILITY TO SELL YOUR, YOUR PURCHASING POWER AND WHAT YOU DO TO OTHER VENDORS.

AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20, 30 YEARS.

SO IT'S JUST NOW INFILTRATING POLITICAL WORLD FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO.

SO I DO WANT TO ASK, AND WE WERE TALKING BEFORE, SO EITHER ONE OF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, IS THIS MORE EMBRACED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE DATA PART.

BOTH SIDES ARE USING IT, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT STARTED WITH BARACK OBAMA, LIKE I SAID, AND BOTH FIRMS BASICALLY HAVE THEIR OWN DATA TEAMS AND DATA COMPANIES ON THE AI ON COMMERCIALS.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS TAKEN A HESITANT APPROACH, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY COME OUT AND SAID THEY DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S TAKING AWAY JOBS AND IT'S NOT A UNION JOB.

SO REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE, GO AHEAD.

THAT'S A MISTAKE.

YOU'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR ADS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

LARGELY, THE PUBLIC VOTERS DON'T KNOW WHAT AI IS DOING IN THE BACKGROUND, AND I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY CARE.

OKAY.

WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS, ARE ADS BEING DESIGNED BY AI THAT ARE USED IN A LESS THAN TRUTHFUL, TRUTHFUL MANNER, RIGHT?

THEY CARE ABOUT THAT.

THEY CARE ABOUT, AM I GETTING A TON OF ROBOCALLS THAT ARE GENERATED BY AI THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO?

SO WHEN IT IS INTERFACING WITH THEM AND IT IS CLEARLY AI, THEY DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT.

NOW, DEFAMATION AND SLANDER LAW STILL APPLY, THOUGH.

EVEN IF YOU ARE USING AI, CORRECT?

THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

HOWEVER, IT'S VERY HARD TO PROVE IN A POLITICAL A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT?

THE STANDARD FOR WINNING SUCH A SUIT IS MUCH HIGHER.

AND HOW DO YOU DELINEATE THE USE OF SATIRE WITHIN A POLITICAL AD AS A MATTER OF FREE SPEECH, VERSUS MAKING AN UNTRUE STATEMENT KNOWINGLY UNTRUE, THAT WAS INTENDED TO DECEIVE VOTERS, RIGHT.

SO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAYS OF ANALYZING THAT.

SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUTH AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE GOT OUT, BECAUSE NOW THE HORSE IS SPONSORED BY AI, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE IN THE FIELD SOMEWHERE.

SO SAME, SAME STANDARDS APPLY THOUGH OVERALL.

CORRECT.

THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO APPLY 30, 40, 50 YEARS AGO.

RIGHT.

WELL, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS, IS CURRENTLY DATA COMPANIES AND TARGETING COMPANIES LIKE OURSELVES THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND THE SLICES OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S 432,018 PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THE PRIMARIES, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT 5 OR 10,000 POCKETS OF PEOPLE.

AND EACH VOTER IN OKLAHOMA, YOU HAVE ABOUT 3000 POINTS OF DATA THAT WE GET FROM PRIVATE COMPANIES.

SO EVERY PERSON THAT BUYS A CERTAIN TYPE OF CAR WATCHES A CERTAIN TYPE OF SHOW, USES A CERTAIN TYPE OF DELIVERY SERVICE FOR THEIR FOOD OR WHATEVER.

WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT DETERMINES WHAT TYPE OF AD THEY GET.

ALSO HOW THEY GET IT.

DO THEY GET IT ON THEIR PHONE?

DO THEY GET IT IN THE MAIL?

DO THEY GET IT ON THE RADIO?

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A SHRINKING POPULATION IN THE SENSE OF CORD CUTTERS.

IT USED TO BE PEOPLE THAT WERE CORDED AND PEOPLE THAT WERE CORD CUTTERS.

NOW YOU HAVE NEVER CORDS, MEANING YOUNGER GENERATION THAT HAVE NEVER HAD NEVER HAD CABLE SERVICE, DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CABLE SERVICE IS.

QUARTERS AND NO QUARTERS.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.

AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY THAT MATTERS.

THERE'S BEEN AN ELECTION TWO, TWO, THREE YEARS AGO THAT WE WERE WORKING ON, AND IT WAS A STATEWIDE U.S.

SENATE RACE.

AND WE FOUND THAT THE INCUMBENT WAS LIKE 4 OR 5 POINTS DOWN.

WE FOUND A POCKET OF 12% OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ONLY GETTING THEIR INFORMATION THROUGH YOUTUBE AND HULU AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

THEY WEREN'T.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR NORMAL NEWS DELIVERY SERVICE.

WELL, THE OTHER SIDE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WEREN'T HITTING THEM EITHER.

THEY WERE JUST DOING DIRECT MAIL AND COMMERCIALS.

WELL, WE FIGURED OUT, OKAY, START DOING STREAMING ADS.

AND THAT INCUMBENT WON BY TWO POINTS.

IS IT MORE OF A HAVING TO PIVOT TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF YOUNGER VOTERS?

WELL, I THINK IT'S MORE IDENTIFYING THEM.

RIGHT.

AND LIKE KYLE SAID, YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE AND WE HAD THIS BACK WHEN WE WERE DOING POLLING AND HAD TO FIGURE OUT, OH, WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW GENERATION THAT DON'T USE LANDLINES, RIGHT?

CORRECT.

THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL QUARTERS, RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAD TO INCORPORATE PEOPLE WHO ONLY HAD CELL PHONES FOR POLLING.

AND THEN THAT HAS JUST EVOLVED INTO NOW AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE, IT REQUIRES CAMPAIGNS TO ADAPT AND CHANGE HOW THEY ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU WALK INTO SOME OF THESE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, AND THEY'VE GOT 20 SOMETHINGS IN THERE THAT ARE UBER SERIOUS AND UBER FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A THREE QUARTER.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO GRASP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A VALUE IN, IN YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE GENERATIONS AND ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

SO THAT'S REALLY TOUGH TO DO.

IS IT TOUGH TO DO HERE IN OKLAHOMA, DOCTOR?

WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN OKLAHOMA YOU HAVE STATEWIDE, RIGHT.

YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF GREAT VARIETY WITHIN BOTH THE PARTIES AND THEN ACROSS THE PARTIES.

RIGHT.

AND SO A REPUBLICAN IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A REPUBLICAN IN OKLAHOMA CITY, KNOWING WHAT THEY VALUE, KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN CANDIDATES IS KIND OF IMPORTANT.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU WANT CANDIDATES REACHING OUT TO VOTERS IN A WAY THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THOSE VOTERS, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THEM TO RELY ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT ARE VOTERS LOOKING FOR PER YOUR DATA THUS FAR?

WELL, WHAT WE USE AT EYES OVER, WE USE BASICALLY A THREE LENZ APPROACH, THE TRADITIONAL POLLING, WHICH DOES HAVE ITS PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS.

WE USE OUR ONLINE SENTIMENT ANALYSIS.

WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK ONLINE PRESENCE AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ONLINE.

AND THEN THE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS SIDE.

SO YOU USE ALL THREE OF THOSE PIECES TOGETHER AND YOU'RE ABLE TO CREATE BASICALLY CUSTOM MODELS FOR THESE CAMPAIGNS TO GO AFTER.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S 115,000 PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE UP FOR GRABS, HERE'S 10,000 THAT ARE DEAD.

WAIT, DON'T SPEND ANY MONEY ON THESE PEOPLE DOWN HERE.

HERE'S PEOPLE THAT NO MATTER WHAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GO VOTE FOR YOU.

SO IT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET THEM A MESSAGE OF, HEY, ON TUESDAY, GO VOTE.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF HITTING THAT, BOTH DEMOGRAPHICALLY AS WELL AS REGIONALLY AS WELL AS AND ALSO THEIR VOTE HISTORY.

SO ARE YOU SEEING A LOT OF INTEREST IN OR A VALUE OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE NOW BEING OFFERED BY COMPANIES LIKE YOURS?

WELL, POLITICS IS SLOW TO CATCH UP AND OKLAHOMA IS USUALLY BEHIND THAT NEW NORMAL TREND BECAUSE MY BOSS AND OTHERS, WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED DOING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR THE TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN IN 2016, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT DISMISSED IT.

AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT EVEN MORE NOW.

BUT NOW WITH THE ONLINE SENTIMENT.

BUT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, JUST ABOUT EVERY WINNING CAMPAIGN IS USING IT.

JAMES, I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE IN THE CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUNG STUDENTS, DO YOU SEE AN APATHY OR MORE OF AN INTEREST IN POLITICS TODAY?

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE FROM OKLAHOMANS?

BOTH.

I THINK SOME STUDENTS ARE VERY ENGAGED.

SOME STUDENTS ARE TUNED OUT.

AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN CLASSROOMS.

I THINK ACROSS THE STATE, PROBABLY MORE ARE DISCONNECTED THAN ARE TUNED IN AND VERY ENGAGED.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MATTER OF JUST KIND OF LIFE CYCLE, RIGHT?

A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE STILL LIVING AT HOME.

THEY'RE NOT WORKING FULL TIME.

THEY HAVEN'T STARTED A CAREER.

AND SO THE MEANINGFULNESS OF THEIR CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T ALWAYS AS IMPACTFUL ON THEIR LIVES AT THIS STAGE AS IT WILL BE POST-COLLEGE OR ONCE THEY'RE IN THEIR CAREER.

SO BUT SHOULDN'T IT BE, AS WE LOOK TO THE RUNOFF ELECTION IN AUGUST, AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SAYING ECONOMY, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO EVEN WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD AN APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU LOOK AT WAGES AND HOUSING COSTS.

SHOULDN'T THEY BE?

AND WHY AREN'T THEY?

WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE INVESTED IN.

THIS IS THE DICHOTOMY THAT POLITICAL SCIENCE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH FOR DECADES, WHICH IS WHY IS THE HIGHEST TURNOUT POINT THE PRESIDENTIAL WHERE MATHEMATICALLY THAT'S THE LEAST EFFECTIVE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE IT.

WHEREAS THE LOWEST TURNOUT ALWAYS IS LIKE CITY COUNCIL BOND ISSUES, SCHOOL BOARD, SCHOOL BOARD, THOSE AFFECT MY ACTUAL PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT AFFECTS MY BUDGET.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO THAT THOSE DEAL WITH MY ACTUAL DAY TO DAY LIVES UNLESS PEOPLE VOTE FOR THEM.

THAT'S A QUESTION THAT POLITICIANS STRUGGLE WITH GETTING PEOPLE ENGAGED WHEN, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WE RIGHT NOW, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE'S DOING IT, ONE SIDE'S NOT WITH AI.

I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VOTING.

I'M TRYING TO GET THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ARE GOING TO GO VOTE TO MAKE SURE WE WIN 51, 50 PLUS 1%.

WOULD IT BEHOOVE A CANDIDATE JUST TO DO ADS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING?

NOT THAT IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE.

IT'S BEEN I WANT TO SAY NO, IT WOULDN'T.

THAT'S FOR THE PARTY MAYBE TO DO.

IT'S FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT CANDIDATES THEMSELVES NOW, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN GET OUT THE VOTE OPERATIONS, RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S TARGETING PEOPLE THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW IS LIKELY TO SHOW UP AND VOTE ANYWAY.

BUT EFFORTS TO TO TAKE A GROUP OF NONVOTERS AND TRY TO SPUR THEM TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP HAVE NOT PROVEN VERY EFFECTIVE AND PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE.

NOW, THERE ARE SOME ELECTIONS WHERE YOU GET A LARGER.

SO WHAT WE SEE WITH DONALD TRUMP, WHEN DONALD TRUMP'S ON THE BALLOT, YOU GET A LARGER TURNOUT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HISTORICALLY VOTE REAL REGULARLY, WHO WILL TURN OUT FOR DONALD TRUMP.

RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S A DONALD TRUMP PHENOMENON.

THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN ELECTIONS FOR OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR OR U.S.

SENATE, AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR MAYOR OR SCHOOL BOARD.

OKAY, WE'RE RUNNING UP ON OUR TIME.

I WANT TO GIVE ONE LAST QUOTE FROM HERE THAT THAT KIND OF AMUSED ME.

IT'S FROM ERIC WILSON, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR CAMPAIGN.

HE'S A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST.

I WANT TO ADD, OF THE CENTER FOR CAMPAIGN INNOVATION.

HE WAS GIVING A TALK AND HE SAYS HE GIVES TALKS.

SOMEONE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE MORALITY OF IT?

AND HE SAYS TO THEM, AND THAT'S A FINE DEBATE TO HAVE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WIN AN ELECTION.

AND FINAL WORD ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS.

NOT THAT YOU ALL THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE MEANS, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH IT, I THINK MY JOB IS TRYING TO, WHETHER IT BE A COMPANY, HIRE US OR A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR WHATEVER MY JOB IS TO HELP THEM ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL.

AND THAT USUALLY IF IT'S A CANDIDATE, THAT'S TO WIN THE ELECTION.

YEAH.

I THINK THE QUESTION OF MORALITY HAS BEEN PRESENT EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING CAMPAIGNS IN THIS COUNTRY.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT JOHN ADAMS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THE WAY THEY CAMPAIGNED, WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, WAS THAT THE MOST ETHICAL WAY OF DOING THIS?

SO THAT'S EVER GOING TO BE PRESENT.

AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE IGNORED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN RELY ON CAMPAIGNS TO BE THE LEADERS IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

MR.

LOVELACE, DOCTOR DAVENPORT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AND SHARING THIS INSIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

SUSAN.

COLORADO WHITEWATER RAFTING IS A BUCKET LIST ITEM FOR MANY OKLAHOMANS.

BUT AS WE LEARN IN THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL VIEW, DUE TO A LACK OF SNOWFALL, THE COLORADO RIVER ISN'T RUNNING QUITE LIKE IT USED TO.

SO OUTFITTERS IN IDAHO SPRINGS ARE ADAPTING TO THE NEW CONDITIONS TO HELP KEEP THEIR LUCRATIVE SUMMER BUSINESSES AFLOAT.

WE ARE GOING DOWN THE CANYON INTERMEDIATE HOUR AND A HALF ON WATER.

YEEHAW, BOYS, THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TIME.

LEAN IN.

GOOD WAY TO BE RAFTING SEASON IS IN FULL SWING HERE IN COLORADO, ALONG THE CLEAR CREEK NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS.

UP TO 80,000 PEOPLE COME FOR COMMERCIAL TRIPS IN A GOOD YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR'S RECORD LOW SNOWPACK HAS CREATED NEW CHALLENGES FOR RIVER OUTFITTERS.

EXTREME HEAT IN MARCH MEANT THAT SNOW MELTED EARLIER THAN USUAL.

MOST OF THE STATE'S RIVERS ARE RUNNING AT LESS THAN HALF THEIR NORMAL FLOW.

I'M RON.

I'M THE OWNER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN WHITEWATER RAFTING.

WE'VE BEEN OPERATING RAFTING TOURS ON CLEAR CREEK OUT OF IDAHO SPRINGS FOR THIS OUR 15TH YEAR.

WHAT HAS THIS YEAR BEEN LIKE FOR YOU THIS YEAR AS FAR AS THE WATER LEVELS?

SNOWPACK LEVELS ARE THE LOWEST THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE STATE.

I WENT THROUGH A YEAR BACK IN 2002 THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT NOT QUITE AS BAD AS THIS YEAR.

I REALLY HOPE THAT WE WE CAN MAKE IT TO LATE JULY.

WOULD BE OUR IDEAL SITUATION, BUT WE MEET A LOT OF THINGS TO LINE UP FOR THAT TO PROBABLY HAPPEN.

LAST YEAR, RON INVESTED IN A NEW TYPE OF RAFT MANUFACTURED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THAT THRIVES IN LOW WATER CONDITIONS.

THOSE RAFTS ARE GIVING GUIDES MORE CHANCES TO GET ON THE WATER THIS YEAR.

IT WAS KIND OF A COINCIDENCE THAT WE USED IT LAST YEAR, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE ENDED UP HAVING THE WORST SNOWPACK EVER.

AND SO WE'RE VERY STOKED THAT WE GOT THESE BOATS BEFORE ALL THESE OTHER COMPANIES DID.

THEY'RE UNLIKE ANY OTHER RAFT I'VE USED ON ANY OTHER RIVER I'VE WORKED ON.

THEY'RE A LOT MORE NARROW.

I'D ALMOST DESCRIBE THEM AS MORE CANOE ESQUE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A FLAT BOTTOM.

THEY HAVE MORE OF A HOLE LIKE THIS.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A V ON THE BOTTOM.

ANYTIME YOU HIT A ROCK WITH THAT FLAT BOTTOM RAFT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET STUCK ON THAT ROCK WITH THESE V SHAPED HOLES LIKE THIS.

ANYTIME WE HIT A ROCK, WE KIND OF BOUNCE OFF THEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, SO WE DON'T GET PINNED ON THE ROCKS IN THE SAME WAY.

ALSO, WITH IT BEING MUCH MORE NARROW DIMENSIONS THAN THE TYPICAL RAFT OUT THERE, THERE'S LINES THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE IN A NORMAL RAFT FOR THE CLEAR CREEK WHERE WE'RE AT, THEY'RE PERFECT.

I HEADED TO FORT COLLINS TO SPEAK WITH DAVE KOSLO OF THE COLORADO RIVER OUTFITTERS ASSOCIATION TO FIND OUT HOW THE SEASON MIGHT SHAPE UP.

ELSEWHERE IN COLORADO, WE GET LOW WATER LIKE THIS ABOUT ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

A MISCONCEPTION IS LOW WATER MEANS NO WATER, AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.

LOW WATER JUST MEANS A DIFFERENT FORM OF RAFTING.

DO YOU EXPECT THIS YEAR TO TO HAVE FEWER BOOKINGS OR A SHORTER SEASON?

WELL, WE DON'T EXPECT FEWER BOOKINGS.

IN FACT, FOR MANY OUTFITTERS, THEIR BOOKINGS ARE RUNNING AHEAD OF NORMAL.

BUT AS FAR AS WATER RUNNING OUT, THAT COULD HAPPEN.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

THE CLEAR CREEK NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR RAFTING VENUE, BUT IT HAS NO RESERVOIR FEEDS, SO NOTHING TO GIVE IT BEYOND WHAT NATURE GIVES IT.

THAT'S WHERE RAIN WILL BE VERY CRITICAL FOR THAT STREAM IF THERE AREN'T RAINS.

AND SINCE THERE'S NO AUGMENTATION OF WATER, THAT RIVER COULD END UP INSTEAD OF GOING INTO EARLY AUGUST MAY END UP IN LATE JULY, SO IT COULD END 2 OR 3 WEEKS EARLY.

WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT'LL BE A DECENT SEASON.

IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MORE EXASPERATING PARTS OF THIS INDUSTRY, AND THIS JOB IS NOT KNOWING WHAT OUR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE AND THE CONTINUITY ABOUT IT.

EVERY YEAR I'M ALWAYS LIKE, OKAY, SEASON'S ENDING TOMORROW OR THIS WEEK, AND THEN IT ENDS UP LASTING MUCH LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATE.

SO I HAVE TOLD MYSELF TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT, STOP DWELLING ON IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING I CAN CHANGE OR AFFECT, AND I'M JUST AT THE MERCY OF MOTHER NATURE, AND I'M GOING TO SEE HOW FAR THAT GETS ME.

I THINK NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE KIND OF A REAL BIG DECIDER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IF IT'S ANOTHER BAD YEAR TWO IN A ROW, I THINK WE'LL SEE A LOT OF GUIDES THAT MIGHT NOT START MAKING THIS THEIR SUMMER PLAN.

ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, CLEANING UP OKLAHOMA LAKES.

TURNS OUT OUR STATE HAS TWO OF THE TOP FIVE MOST POLLUTED LAKES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

NOAH MACK REPORTS ON WHAT'S BEING DONE TO IMPROVE THAT.

FRIDAY AT SEVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO SAY SO LONG FOR NOW WITH A LOOK AT CANADA'S AMAZING NATIONAL PARKS PUT TOGETHER FOR US BY OUR DIRECTOR, BRANDON DOUGHTY, WHO JUST RETURNED FROM HIS VACATION UP THERE.

FOR ALL OF US WHO PLAY A ROLE IN PUTTING THIS NEWSCAST ON THE AIR EACH WEEK, I'M RICH LENZ.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

HE WAS BORN IN THE SUMMER OF HIS 27TH YEAR, COMING HOME TO A PLACE HE'D NEVER BEEN BEFORE.

HE LEFT YESTERDAY BEHIND HIM, YOU MIGHT SAY HE WAS BORN AGAIN.

YOU MIGHT SAY HE FOUND THE KEY FOR EVERY DOOR.

WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO THE MOUNTAINS, HIS LIFE WAS FAR AWAY.

ON THE ROAD, HANGING BY A SONG.

BUT THE STRINGS ALREADY BROKEN.

AND HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE.

HE KEEPS CHANGING FAST AND IT DON'T LAST FOR LONG.

WITH THE COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH.

I'VE SEEN IT RAINING FIRE IN THE SKY.

THE SHADOW FROM THE STARLIGHT IS SOFTER THAN A LULLABY.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH.

COLORADO.

HE CLIMBED.

CATHEDRAL MOUNTAIN.

HE SAW SILVER CLOUDS BELOW.

HE SAW EVERYTHING AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND THEY SAY THAT HE GOT CRAZY ONCE.

AND HE TRIED TO TOUCH THE SUN.

AND HE LOST A FRIEND.

BUT KEPT A MEMORY.

NOW HE WALKS IN QUIET SOLITUDE.

THE FORESTS AND THE STREAMS.

SEEKING GRACE.

IN EVERY STEP HE TAKES.

HIS SIGHT HAS TURNED INSIDE.

THE PRESIDENT'S CAR IS NOW TURNING OFF THE HILL STREET.

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED IN THE MOTORCADE ROUTE, SOMETHING I REPEAT.