SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT FIVE ON OETA.

MARKWAYNE MULLIN PREPARES FOR HIS SENATE HEARING TO BE CONFIRMED AS THE NEW SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WITH SENATOR MULLEN AS THE HEAD OF DHS, THERE CAN BE A PIVOT IN POLICY, BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GETS TO SAVE FACE HONORING THE KING OF WESTERN SWING IN THE HALLS OF THE STATE CAPITOL.

IT'S FUN TO DANCE TO.

IT'S FUN TO LISTEN TO.

IT'S TIMELESS.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE CLASSICS THAT ARE TIMELESS.

THIS OOH MICROBIOLOGIST IS VYING TO BE NAMED THE SEC PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR.

ALL I CAME HERE TO DO IS DO RESEARCH, AND I ENJOY RESEARCH.

IT'S REALLY MY HOBBY.

WHY SPRING BREAK TRAVEL MAY BE MORE TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG CULTURE FOR THE TSA LOCAL OFFICE.

THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB EVEN DURING SHUTDOWNS.

I MEAN, WE WERE JUST IN ONE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY STAFFING ISSUES THERE.

AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON INFORMATION OVERLOAD AND THE ANXIETY IT'S CAUSING IN ADULTS.

THE BRAIN CAN INTERPRET THESE ALERTS AS POTENTIAL THREATS, WHICH ACTIVATES OUR BODY'S STRESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.

THOSE STORIES, PLUS A LEGISLATIVE SESSION RECAP NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

HELLO EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I'M RICH LENZ A CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR OKLAHOMA SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN TO BECOME THE NEXT SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS NOW SET FOR NEXT WEEK.

AND IF HE'S CONFIRMED, THE POLITICAL DOMINOES IN OKLAHOMA WILL BEGIN TO FALL, WHO WILL TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE U.S.

SENATE?

AND WILL THAT LEAD TO OTHER ELECTED POSITIONS BEING UP FOR GRABS NEXT NOVEMBER?

NOAH MACK JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT PROMISES TO BE A VERY INTERESTING CAMPAIGN SEASON.

NOAH?

WELL, RICH MULLINS APPOINTMENT FLICKED THE FIRST DOMINO THAT WILL LEAD TO AN UNORTHODOX ELECTION SEASON FOR OKLAHOMA.

REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HEARN HAS ALREADY LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR SENATE, LEAVING OPEN HIS SEAT AND A HOST OF OTHER OKLAHOMANS SEEK TO GET APPOINTED TO SERVE OUT THE REST OF MULLEN'S TERM.

CAN YOU?

TELL US YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU GOT THE PHONE CALL FROM HIM?

I WAS EXCITED.

AS OKLAHOMA SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN HEADS INTO THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS, THE POLITICAL MUSICAL CHAIRS BEGINS WITH SEVERAL PROMINENT OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS ALREADY GUNNING FOR HIS SOON TO BE OPEN SENATE SEAT.

WE ALL DESERVE A CHANCE TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

IT'S MY GOAL TO ENSURE EVERY OKLAHOMAN CAN.

I'M KEVIN HEARN, AMERICA FIRST AND OKLAHOMA PROUD, AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.

HEARN LOOKS TO TAKE OVER FROM MULLIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

WHILE PEOPLE LIKE FORMER STATE SENATOR NATHAN DAUM ARE LOBBYING THE GOVERNOR FOR THE TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TOLD GOVERNOR STITT IS THAT I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

NOW, MULLEN'S APPOINTMENT IS NOT ONLY SHIFTING OKLAHOMA POLITICS, BUT ALSO THE NATIONAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.

THE BEST THING FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN NAMING MULLEN IS THAT HE CAN TAKE A DIFFERENT TACK, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S REVERSING THE POLICY.

ACCORDING TO A PBS NPR MARIST POLL, 60% OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF THE JOB IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IS DOING IN THE WAKE OF THE KILLINGS OF TWO AMERICAN PROTESTERS AND A FLURRY OF UNLAWFUL DETAINMENTS.

OOH, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR MELODY ROWLETT BELIEVES MULLINS STATUS AS A CHEROKEE CITIZEN MAY HELP TIGHTEN ISI'S LEASH.

SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT UP IN THESE ICE RAIDS WHO ARE NATIVE AMERICANS AND MEMBERS OF OF TRIBES.

AND SO HIS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING OF TRIBAL POLITICS AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND SUPPORT OF IT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY A KEY WAY IN WHICH ICE STARTS TO CURTAIL SOME OF ITS BROADER SWEEPS.

CHEROKEE CHIEF CHUCK HOSKIN JR CONGRATULATED MULLINS, SAYING, WE ARE CONFIDENT IN SECRETARY MULLINS ABILITY TO LEAD WITH HISTORIC RESPONSIBILITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE POSITIVE, UNIFYING IMPACT HIS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE WILL BRING TO THE NATION.

MULLEN IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFIRMED TO HIS NEW POSITION AND FROM THE POINT HE SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION IN THE SENATE, GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPOINT AN INTERIM UNTIL NOVEMBER, WHEN THAT SEAT IS ON THE BALLOT.

BACK BEFORE HE WAS SENATE PRESIDENT, LONNIE PAXTON WROTE THE 2021 LAW THAT GRANTS THE GOVERNOR THE POWER TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO A VACANT SENATE SEAT WITH ONE STIPULATION THAT PERSON MUST SIGN A PLEDGE THAT AFFIRMS THEY WILL NOT RUN FOR THAT SEAT IN A GENERAL ELECTION.

THE GOAL OF THAT PROVISION IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT TAKE THE ROLE OF KINGMAKER, ALTHOUGH IT MAY LEAVE ROOM FOR SOME DIRTY POOL.

AS PAXTON'S LEGAL COUNSEL SAYS, YOU CAN MAKE SOMEONE SIGN THE AFFIDAVIT, BUT ENFORCING IT TO BAR SOMEONE OFF THE BALLOT MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THE PERSON, WHEN THEY TOOK THE APPOINTMENT, THEY SIGNED OFF AND THEY TOLD THE GOVERNOR AND THEY TOLD THE VOTERS OF OKLAHOMA, I'M NOT RUNNING AGAIN, AND I'M SIGNING THIS AFFIDAVIT TO THAT TO TO THAT EFFECT.

IF YOU TRY TO UNDO THAT, THEN YOU'RE BASICALLY TELLING EVERYBODY, THE FIRST THING I DID AS THEIR US SENATOR WAS LIE TO EVERYBODY.

KIND OF HARD TO OVERCOME THAT ONE IN AN ELECTION.

DOM SAYS HE WOULD SIGN AND ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT.

TO ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY TRY TO GET THAT LAW STRUCK DOWN OR NOT.

IF I GIVE MY WORD AND SIGN THE PAPER SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO RUN, I'LL FOLLOW MY WORD.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT LAW.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF NAMES FLOATING AROUND THE SPECULATION POOL, LIKE OIL TYCOON HAROLD HAMM, WHO EXPRESSES HIS INTEREST IN THE APPOINTMENT.

ROWLETT BELIEVES IT WOULD BEHOOVE STITT TO SELECT SOMEONE WHO ISN'T SHOWY OR DIVISIVE.

YOU KNOW, SOME PREVIOUS LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS WOULD BE USEFUL, RIGHT?

SO TODD LAMB AVAILABLE, HE'S A POSSIBILITY, RIGHT?

PARNELL SAYS HE WANTS TO GET OUT OF POLITICS AFTER THIS.

HE MIGHT BE SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, GETS APPOINTED IN THAT WAY.

FORMER SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OR SENATORS WHO WOULD OR STATE SENATORS WHO WOULD JUST SORT OF STAY THE COURSE.

THE GOVERNOR MET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS MULLEN'S SEAT.

HE SAYS HE WILL BE LOOKING TO APPOINT A STRONG, SMALL GOVERNMENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PROTECT OKLAHOMA'S WAY OF LIFE.

DOM ARGUES HE'S THE GUY.

AND WITH MY 12 YEARS OF STATE SENATE LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE BEING RANKED THE MOST CONSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, I FEEL LIKE I REALLY FIT THE BILL FOR WHAT GOVERNOR STITT'S LOOKING FOR.

WHOEVER IS APPOINTED WOULD SERVE A NINE MONTH STINT UNTIL OKLAHOMA VOTERS CHOOSE A SUCCESSOR IN NOVEMBER.

REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE BICE WAS CONSIDERING A RUN, BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT FRIDAY, SAYING, I AM TRULY OVERWHELMED BY THE WORDS OF SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM ACROSS THIS GREAT STATE.

AFTER PRAYERFUL CONSIDERATION, I REMAIN COMMITTED TO SERVING THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

KEVIN HEARN IS THE ONLY ONE TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GOT THE WASHINGTON RESUME, CHAIRING THE REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE AND REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE, AND HE'S GOT MONEY FROM HIS TULSA AREA MCDONALD'S FRANCHISE.

BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS UNDER THREAT BY THE RADICAL LEFT.

AND RHINO REPUBLICANS WHO OPPOSE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA AND WANT TO TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

HEARN'S HOUSE SEAT, REPRESENTING THE TULSA AREA, IS UP FOR GRABS, AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARK TEDFORD IS GETTING IN EARLY.

IT REALLY WASN'T ON MY MIND GOING INTO THIS SESSION, AND SO.

I TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE CONSIDERED FAVORITES TO RUN.

AND THEN WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT RUNNING, I DECIDED THIS, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I WANTED TO THROW MY HAT IN THE RING.

SENATOR DUSTY DEAVERS WAS ALSO CONSIDERING TO RUN.

I SPOKE WITH HIM THIS WEEK, AND HE SAYS HE'S STAYING IN HIS STATE SENATE SEAT.

AND GOVERNOR STITT SAYS HE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS PICK FOR APPOINTMENT AFTER MULLEN IS CONFIRMED.

RICH.

VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU.

NOAH.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA HAS NAMED MUSKOGEE NATIVE STACY LEEDS AS THE UNIVERSITY'S 22ND PRESIDENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.

LEEDS IS A GRADUATE OF THE T U LAW SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY THE DEAN OF THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

LEEDS WILL REPLACE INTERIM PRESIDENT RICK DIXON, WHO TOOK OVER WHEN BRAD CARSON STEPPED DOWN LAST MAY.

IT REALLY IS A SUPREME HONOR FOR ME TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN PAY IT FORWARD AND HELP STEWARD THIS GREAT UNIVERSITY, NOT BACK TO ITS FINEST MOMENTS, BUT FORWARD TO A DESTINY YET TO BE FULLY REALIZED.

UNDERSTANDING AND RECONCILING AND LEARNING FROM OUR HISTORY WILL EMPOWER OUR FUTURE, AND IT WILL ENABLE US ALL TO GROW AND PROSPER TOGETHER.

LEEDS WILL BECOME THE FIRST INDIGENOUS WOMAN TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF PERMANENT PRESIDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA.

EACH YEAR, THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE HONORS AN SEC PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR, WITH EACH MEMBER INSTITUTION SELECTING ONE OF ITS FACULTY TO REPRESENT THEM THIS YEAR.

OOH.

A MICROBIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT THE OU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE HAS BEEN CHOSEN.

STEVE SHAW JOINS US NOW WITH HIS STORY.

STEVE RICH, THIS IS THE KIND OF STORY I WENT INTO THINKING ONE THING, AND THEN IT QUICKLY TURNED.

WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ROCK AND ROLL PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND, PUT SOME LED ZEPPELIN.

YEAH.

73 YEAR OLD DOCTOR RODNEY TWETEN HAS EARNED MANY TITLES INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY AT OUS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.

YOU KNOW, MOST MOST SCIENTISTS, YOU DON'T SEE THEM WORKING IN THE LAB AFTER A CERTAIN POINT BECAUSE THE GRAD STUDENTS WANT YOU OUT OF THEIR WAY AND THEY SAY, JUST GET OUT.

HE PREFERS TO BE KNOWN AS JUST A SCIENTIST.

I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY.

MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN SERENDIPITY.

SERENDIPITY IS THE OCCURRENCE OF FINDING VALUABLE, AGREEABLE OR PLEASANT THINGS BY CHANCE WHEN NOT LOOKING FOR THEM.

I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T COMPLAIN.

I ALL I ALL I CAME HERE TO DO IS DO RESEARCH.

AND I ENJOY RESEARCH.

IT'S REALLY MY HOBBY.

AND SO TO HAVE A, TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR CAREER BEING YOUR HOBBY IS A REALLY WONDERFUL THING.

THE SON OF A US MARINE, IT ALL BEGAN FOR TWEETING WHEN HE WAS BORN AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, IN 1953.

HIS FAMILY THEN MOVED TO MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, WHERE TWEEDEN EARNED UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY IN THE 1970S.

HE THEN EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE AND WENT TO KANSAS STATE TO GET HIS PHD.

THEN IT WAS OFF TO UCLA ON THE WEST COAST FOR POST-DOCTORATE WORK, A CUP OF COFFEE AT ABBOTT LABS IN CHICAGO IN 1984, AND THEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IN 1985.

ALL OF THE CURES YOU SEE, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY YOU SEE IN HOSPITALS, CAME FROM BASIC RESEARCH PHDS.

TWEETEN HAS SPENT HIS CAREER STUDYING BACTERIAL TOXINS AND VIRUS RELATED FACTORS IN HUMAN DISEASES.

SO THE ONES I WORK WITH, THEY FORM HOLES.

YOU KNOW WHAT A COOKIE CUTTER LOOKS LIKE GOING INTO DOUGH?

THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE RIGHT UP THERE.

THREE YEARS AGO, TWEETING CAME UP WITH WHAT HE BELIEVES IS A GROUNDBREAKING VACCINE THAT WARDS OFF AS MANY AS 90 STRAINS OF PNEUMONIA.

IT MADE IT THROUGH WHAT'S KNOWN AS PHASE ONE TESTING, WHICH IS HUGE.

WHETHER IT'LL GO THROUGH PHASE TWO, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THAT THAT REQUIRES AN INVESTMENT OF OVER $100 MILLION.

TWEEDEN SAYS HE WAS HUMBLED WHEN HE LEARNED HE'D BEEN NAMED THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S SEC FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

WHILE I WAS UNEXPECTED, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THESE AWARDS.

IT'S IT'S NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED LIKE THAT.

DOCTOR TWEETING IS THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS MEMBER OF THE OU UNIVERSITY HEALTH CLUB HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

35 YEARS.

AND HE STILL GETS AFTER IT.

HE BELIEVES THAT'S A BIG REASON HE'S STILL WITH US.

JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, DOCTORS FOUND CANCEROUS TUMORS IN DOCTOR TWEEDY'S SMALL INTESTINE, HIS COLON, ONE OF HIS KIDNEYS, AND IT HAD SPREAD TO HIS LUNGS.

THEY'RE COMING UP WITH VACCINES, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD.

CANCER IS VERY DIFFICULT DISEASE.

I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE LIKE, LET'S SAY LIVER CANCER, NOT ALL THOSE CELLS ARE THE SAME.

AND SO IF YOU TREAT IT WITH ONE THERAPEUTIC, THERE ARE OTHER CELLS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE KILLED OFF.

THEY TUMORS ARE OFTEN VERY HETEROGENEOUS.

IN OTHER WORDS, WITHIN THAT POPULATION THEY CAN HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF TUMOR CELLS.

SOME MIGHT BE RESISTANT TO THE THERAPY AND SOME MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE.

WE CAN GET OUR LIPOSOMES THAT HAVE OUR DYE AND WE HAVE NO DYE JUST SITTING IN SOLUTION.

HUNTER ABRAHAMSSON IS A FOURTH YEAR PHD STUDENT FROM MOORE.

HE SAYS DOCTOR TWEETEN HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR AND LEARNS FROM HIM.

YOU KNOW THE TIME THAT HE'S MISSED WHILE I'VE BEEN IN HERE, HE'S ALMOST APOLOGIZED TO US.

YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE HERE WHEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE LIKE, WELL, WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE NOT HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GET BETTER.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, YOU KNOW?

BUT JUST HIM WANTING TO BE HERE AND WANTING TO SUPPORT US, IT'S BEEN REALLY INSPIRATIONAL.

I WOULD SAY HE'S A THROWBACK.

YEAH YEAH YEAH.

OLD SCHOOL.

YEAH.

HOW HAVE STUDENTS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES?

WELL, I HEAR A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM.

I'VE NEVER HAD THAT COMPLAINT.

I'VE HAD APS OVER THE 40 YEARS I'VE HAD ABSOLUTELY, FOR THE MOST PART, SPECTACULAR GRADUATE STUDENTS COME INTO MY LAB.

TWO YEARS AGO, DOCTOR TWEETEN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS A SCIENTIST CAN RECEIVE.

I'VE JUST BEEN LUCKY.

I MEAN, I'VE HAD GOOD MENTORS THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO WRITE A GRANT AND HOW TO WRITE PAPERS.

I WAS GOING TO RETIRE THIS YEAR.

I'M NOT TOO SURE I WANT TO RETIRE ANY MORE.

WHY IS THAT?

WELL, THIS IS MY HOBBY.

DOCTOR TWEEDEN SAYS HIS WIFE, PAULA, IS THE REAL STAR HERE.

THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED 51 YEARS, AND HE SAYS SHE SACRIFICED INCREDIBLY WHEN THEY MOVED AROUND A LOT DURING EARLY IN HIS CAREER.

AS FOR THAT FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, DOCTOR TWEEDEN WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS WHO REPRESENT OTHER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SCHOOLS.

RICH, IT'S JUST A GREAT STORY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STEVE.

A WEEK AGO, FRIDAY WAS PREDICTED TO BRING SEVERE WEATHER TO MANY PARTS OF THE STATE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER REPORTED 18 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR EIGHT COUNTIES, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY, PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND POWER OUTAGES.

BUT THANKFULLY NO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN AND NO ONE WAS REPORTED INJURED.

THE NEWS COMES FAST AND FURIOUS THESE DAYS, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'S JUST TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

OVERLOAD IS CREATING ANXIETY AND STRESS, AND WHILE IT'S EASY TO SAY, JUST TURN OFF YOUR PHONE AND UNPLUG YOUR TV, THAT'S OFTEN EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

IN THIS WEEK'S UPCOMING IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD CONVENES A PANEL TO DISCUSS WAYS TO MANAGE A 20 473 65 NEWS CYCLE THAT'S JUST A CLICK AWAY WHEN WE'RE REPEATEDLY CHECKING HEADLINES DURING MAJOR EVENTS OR CONFLICTS, THE BRAIN CAN INTERPRET THESE ALERTS AS POTENTIAL THREATS, WHICH ACTIVATES OUR BODY'S STRESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.

IF PEOPLE ARE NOTICING THAT THEY'RE SCROLLING BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING INFORMATION IN, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK.

PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOUR BODY IS FEELING, HOW YOU'RE REACTING TO WHAT YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH IN THAT CONTENT.

I THINK THERE'S ALSO INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH YOUR MEDIA LITERACY, AND THAT IS TO SAY, OKAY, I CAN TURN IT OFF.

AND IF YOU'RE A PERSON THAT HAS A 24 HOUR NEWS NETWORK ON AT YOUR HOME ALL DAY LONG, THAT IS, I WILL SAY THAT'S TOO MUCH.

THAT ISN'T THE PURPOSE OF IT.

THE PURPOSE OF IT.

THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH NEWS IN THE WORLD FOR YOU TO NEED IT ON AT YOUR HOME ALL DAY LONG.

SO IF YOU HAVE IT ON ALL DAY LONG AND YOU'RE STARTING TO FEEL VERY ANXIOUS, THERE'S A PROBLEM.

THE REST OF THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

WELL, IT WASN'T ALL WORK AND NO PLAY AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITOL THIS WEEK.

THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF BOOT SCOOTIN TAKING PLACE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ROTUNDA ON MONDAY IN HONOR OF THE KING OF WESTERN SWING.

JASON DOYLE WAS THERE, AND HE JOINS US NOW FROM THE CAPITOL.

JASON RICH, THE TRADITION OF BOB WILLS DAY AT THE CAPITOL WAS RENEWED FOUR YEARS AGO, AFTER THE RENOVATIONS WERE COMPLETE ON THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

AND WHILE BOB WAS BORN IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA STILL CONSIDERS THE MUSIC LEGEND ITS OWN.

LET HER GO, BOB BOYS, THAT LONE STAR RAG.

WHILE BOB WILLS IS GONE, HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS CONTINUE TO ENTERTAIN CROWDS, ENJOYING THAT WESTERN SWING SOUND.

NOW LISTEN EVERYBODY FROM NEAR AND FAR.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO WE ARE, WE'RE THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS FROM THE LONE STAR STATE.

WHILE THEY'RE CELEBRATING THE KING OF WESTERN SWING MUSIC AT THE CAPITOL, THEY'RE ALSO CELEBRATING AT OKAY!

POP MUSEUM IN TULSA, A NEWLY INSTALLED ARTIFACT FROM WHEN BOB WILLS AND THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS TOURED HONKY TONKS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THERE IT IS.

SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, LIKE WHEN YOU COME OUT OF CAIN'S BALLROOM, IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE.

SO SUCH A STRIKING IMAGE AND A GREAT WAY TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S BOB'S STORY RIGHT HERE AT OKAY, POP, THIS IS A 1948 FLEXIBLE TOUR BUS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.

LIKE THAT STYLE, THAT ERA OF DESIGN IS JUST REALLY AWESOME.

ANYWAY, SO HAVING IT SITTING THERE ON THE PLATFORM RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME, IT JUST LOOKS SO STRIKING.

OKAY.

POP MUSEUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAKE KRUMWIEDE SAYS HAVING THE BOB WILLS BUS ACROSS FROM WHERE HE MADE HIS NAME IN MUSIC, CAIN'S BALLROOM, IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A REALLY COOL STORYTELLING OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING BOB'S BUS RIGHT HERE FOR US, TELLING BOB WILLS STORY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE, YOU KNOW, HE BECAME THAT HOUSEHOLD NAME THAT EVERYONE KNOWS TODAY.

AND YEAH, IT'S A IT'S REALLY A GREAT FEELING.

HE ADDS THAT BOB WILLS MUSIC TOUCHES MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF MUSIC LOVERS.

HE REPRESENTS, YOU KNOW, A HUGE ENTIRE GENRE IN MUSIC, BUT ALSO IN MUSIC HISTORY AS WELL.

WESTERN SWING IS KIND OF THE JUMPING OFF POINT FOR MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC, ROCK AND ROLL, A LOT OF THINGS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ONE OF THE MORE INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN US HISTORY, THOSE GETTING A BOOT AROUND THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA EARLIER THIS WEEK SEEM TO AGREE.

I LOVE CARINA TELL THE WORLD I DO.

I KNOW CARINA.

IT'S FUN TO DANCE TO.

IT'S FUN TO LISTEN TO.

IT'S TIMELESS.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE CLASSICS THAT ARE TIMELESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, BOB WILLS HAS BEEN DEAD FOR MANY DECADES AT THIS POINT.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BOB WILLS.

IT'S ABOUT THIS STYLE OF MUSIC THAT PEOPLE, ONCE IT HITS YOUR EAR, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE HAPPY.

EVEN IF IT'S A SAD SONG, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE HAPPY AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WANT TO DANCE TO IT.

WELL, BOB WILLS DAY AT THE CAPITOL STARTED IN THE 1980S.

IT WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE CAPITOL RESTORATION PROJECT.

ONCE THAT WAS COMPLETED NEARLY FIVE YEARS AGO.

OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRAIT THOMPSON THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO BRING BACK WESTERN SWING MUSIC TO ECHO THROUGH THE HALLS OF THE CAPITOL.

I KNEW THERE NEEDED TO BE A CHAMPION THAT TOOK THIS OVER AGAIN, SO I CALLED MY FRIEND AMBER SHARPLES AT THE ARTS COUNCIL AND I SAID, WE NEED TO GET BOB WILLS DAY AT THE CAPITOL GOING AGAIN.

OH ME, OH MY.

MISS MOLLY, WON'T YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME TOO?

IT'S REALLY BEEN SO EXCITING.

I THINK THIS YEAR IT'S EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN IN YEARS PAST.

I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING JUST ALMOST OVERFLOW FROM THE SEATING.

AND SO PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER, EVEN OUT OF STATE, ARE COMING FOR BOB WILLS DAY AT THE CAPITOL.

OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AMBER SHARPLES SAYS THE DAY ALSO GIVES FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF THE BEST OF THEIR WESTERN WEAR.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FASHION CONTEST THAT WE BUILT INTO WHENEVER IN BETWEEN THE ACTS BEST SHIRT, WESTERN SHIRT, BEST WESTERN SKIRT, BOLO AND TIE, BEST COWBOY HAT AND EVEN BEST COWBOY BOOTS.

WHAT WOULD BOB WILLS DAY AT THE CAPITOL BE LIKE WITHOUT FEATURING HIS BAND, CURRENTLY LED BY JASON ROBERTS, I. THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

MAKE CAPITAL FOR YOUR LIFE.

IT'S SO GREAT TO COME UP HERE TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

IT'S.

I MADE THE FUNNY EARLIER, BUT IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HONKY TONKS THAT WE PLAY.

IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

ROBERT SAYS IT'S AN HONOR TO CARRY ON BOB WILLS LEGACY THROUGH HIS BAND AND HIS MUSIC.

WESTERN SWING.

THE BIG APPEAL, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, IS THAT IT ENCOMPASSES SO MANY DIFFERENT GENRES OF MUSIC, RIGHT?

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF JAZZ, A LITTLE BIT OF TRADITIONAL FIDDLING, A LITTLE BIT OF DIXIELAND, LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOT OF THINGS.

AND IT'S A BIG MELTING POT, RIGHT?

AND THEY CALL IT WESTERN SWING, RIGHT?

SO THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TODAY WITH US AGAIN, WE HAVE MISS CAROLYN WILLS, DAUGHTER OF BOB WILLS.

BOB WILLS DAUGHTER APPRECIATES OKLAHOMA CARRYING ON IN HER FATHER'S NAME.

FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW TULSA, OKLAHOMA WAS BOB'S GLORY YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE WHEN I COME BACK TO THESE KINDS OF.

WHAT DO I SAY?

TRIBUTES, PRESENTATIONS THAT HE'S BEING HONORED FOR THAT, AND IT FEELS LIKE HE'S HERE BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT.

SO IT MEANS A LOT.

CAROLYN WILLS EVEN WROTE A CHILDREN'S BOOK FEATURING BOB WILLS HORSE.

GLORY BE IT'S PUMPKIN STORY.

IT WON THE WESTERN HERITAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING JUVENILE LITERATURE.

AND IT'S ABOUT PUMPKIN.

PUMPKIN WAS MY FATHER'S FAVORITE STALLION, AND HE WAS KNOWN HE WOULD JUMP UP ON STAGE, WALK THROUGH THE BALLROOM OF CANES AND JUMP UP ON THE STAGE.

WELL, THERE WAS NO HORSE AT THE CAPITOL.

IT DID NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THOSE CELEBRATING WESTERN SWING.

BOB WILLS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME IN 1968, AND TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 1999.

WE ALSO JUST CELEBRATED WILL'S 121ST BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 6TH.

RICH JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT WORK.

OKAY, NOW BACK TO THE BUSINESS AT 23RD AND LINCOLN, AS WE DO EACH WEEK DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I SAT DOWN WITH QUORUM CALL PUBLISHER SEAN ASHLEY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO RECAP THE WEEK'S WORK.

SEAN, TWO BILLS HAVE ADVANCED.

THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE SELECTED.

WHAT IS IN THOSE BILLS?

ONE OF THEM CALLS FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE TO AMEND THE OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION, TO MAKE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AN APPOINTED POSITION BY THE GOVERNOR, RATHER THAN ELECTED BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IN A STATEWIDE ELECTION.

IF THAT MEASURE MOVES THROUGH BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, IT WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT LIKELY IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN THE GOVERNOR IN 2030 WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THAT APPOINTMENT.

THE OTHER MEASURE IS A COMPANION MEASURE, AND IT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS APPOINTED.

CURRENTLY, ALL THOSE APPOINTEES ARE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR.

THIS WOULD SPREAD THEM OUT AMONG THE GOVERNOR, THE HOUSE SPEAKER, AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNOR THEMSELVES WOULD BE APPOINTING THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, THE HOUSE HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT MUST BE SERVED FOR ANYONE CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BY STRANGULATION.

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS ON THAT HOUSE BILL 3624 BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHN GEORGE ELIMINATES THE ABILITY FOR OFFENDERS TO EARN CREDITS WHEN THEY ARE SERVING A SENTENCE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FOR STRANGULATION.

HE INDICATES THAT THAT SINCE THIS IS AN 85% CRIME, THE PUNISHMENT SHOULD FIT THE CRIME AND THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD SERVE AT LEAST THAT 85% MINIMUM.

REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE NOTES THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY STRANGULATION IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FORMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY.

SEAN.

LAWMAKERS ARE ONCE AGAIN DEBATING WHAT BOOKS AND MATERIALS SHOULD BE ALLOWED INSIDE OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS PAST WEEK, TWO MEASURES PASSED SENATE BILL 1250 AND HOUSE BILL 2978, WHICH WOULD ALTER SOME OF THOSE DEFINITIONS AND FOCUS MORE ON SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAN SIMPLY OBSCENE MATERIAL, AS IT IS CURRENTLY DEFINED IN THE CRIMINAL CODE.

THE PROPONENTS OF THESE MEASURES INDICATE THAT THERE ARE BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS IN OUR LIBRARIES THAT ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, BUT MAY NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE.

THEREFORE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.

THE HOUSE HAS ADVANCED A FAIR BANKING ACT.

WHAT WOULD THAT DO?

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT PREVENTS A BANK FROM DEBUNKING SOMEONE, DENYING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT AT A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE THE WORK THEY DO OR THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THEY'RE INVOLVED, SUCH AS FIREARMS.

FOR EXAMPLE, REPRESENTATIVE LEGACY POINTS OUT, ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, HAVE LOST BANKING OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO.

HE POINTS OUT THAT THE MEASURE REQUIRES THAT BANKS HAVE AT LEAST $100 BILLION IN ASSETS TO FALL UNDER THE LAW.

CURRENTLY, THE LARGEST BANK IN OKLAHOMA ONLY HAS 50 BILLION.

FINALLY, SEAN, WHAT'S THE BUZZ INSIDE THESE CAPITOL WALLS ABOUT THE NEWS THAT MARKWAYNE MULLIN MAY LEAVE THE U.S.

SENATE AND BECOME THE NEXT SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY?

THE OKLAHOMA FREEDOM CAUCUS IS ADVOCATING FOR FORMER STATE SENATOR NATHAN DOME TO FILL THAT ROLE FOR THE GOVERNOR.

IT WILL BE UP TO THE GOVERNOR IN 30 DAYS AFTER SENATOR MULLEN RESIGNS TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTION AND THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

WE LIKELY WILL SEE A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS CHALLENGING FOR THAT SPOT WHEN WHEN SENATOR MULLEN WON THE SEAT, THERE WERE 13 REPUBLICANS IN THE PRIMARY THAT YEAR TO SUCCEED.

NOW, FORMER U.S.

SENATOR JIM INHOFE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING.

SEAN ASHLEY, PUBLISHER OF QUORUM CALL, WILL SPEAK AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SPRING BREAK FOR MOST OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS BEGINS ON MONDAY.

AND THIS YEAR, A COUPLE OF FACTORS COULD MAKE TRAVEL MORE TEDIOUS AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND THE WAR WITH IRAN.

TAELYR JACKSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT TAELYR RICH, WHETHER YOU DRIVE OR FLY, GASOLINE AND JET FUEL ARE MORE EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW.

COUPLE THAT WITH TSA EMPLOYEES NOT RECEIVING THEIR PAYCHECKS AND IT ADDS UP, COSTING SPRING BREAKERS TIME AND MONEY.

SPRING BREAK IS IN FULL BLOOM.

MANY FAMILIES ARE HEADING OUT OF TOWN FOR MUCH NEEDED VACATION BEFORE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FINISH UP THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT MEANS MORE FOLKS WILL BE RACKING UP AIR MILES.

TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER KIM KEELER SAYS THE AIRPORT GETS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT A 5% INCREASE IN SEAT CAPACITY, SO SEAT CAPACITY IS JUST THE NUMBER OF OUTBOUND SEATS AVAILABLE FROM OUR MARKET.

SO TO SEE A 5% INCREASE OVER JUST THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR IS GREAT FOR OUR TEAM.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

TULSA INTERNATIONAL IS EXPECTING ABOUT 125,000 PASSENGERS OVER THE NEXT TEN DAYS.

WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT LONGER LINE JUST BECAUSE SPRING BREAK TRAVEL WITH ALL THE KIDS OUT AND COLLEGE STUDENTS OUT.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 20 DAYS SINCE THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LED TO THE CLOSURE OF HOMELAND SECURITY, CAUSING MAJOR DISRUPTIONS AT SOME AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN MEANS NO PAY FOR TSA WORKERS.

THIS HAS CAUSED STAFFING ISSUES AT LARGER AIRPORTS, RESULTING IN LONG LINES AT TSA CHECKPOINTS.

BUT KEILLOR DOES NOT EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON TSA LINES.

AT TULSA INTERNATIONAL, WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG CULTURE FOR THE TSA LOCAL OFFICE.

THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB EVEN DURING SHUTDOWNS.

I MEAN, WE WERE JUST IN ONE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY STAFFING ISSUES THERE.

SO WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY FOR NEXT WEEK.

THURSDAY WAS ALSO A BUSY TRAVEL DAY AT WILL ROGERS INTERNATIONAL.

THE WAIT TIME FOR TSA THROUGHOUT THE DAY RANGED FROM 6 TO 20 MINUTES.

KILAR RECOMMENDS CHECKING THE TSA WAIT TIME ONLINE BEFORE HEADING OUT THE DOOR.

WE SAY 90 MINUTES EARLY TO THAT SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TIME, JUST TO GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO FIND A PARKING SPOT.

GET THROUGH TSA.

SOME FAMILIES ARE FORGOING THE AIRLINES ALTOGETHER AND OPTING FOR A GOOD OLD ROAD TRIP.

BUT WITH CONFLICT IN IRAN, FILLING UP THE TANK WILL COST MORE.

TRIPLE A PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER, JANA TIDWELL SAYS THAT'S DUE TO OIL PRICES.

REASON BEING IS A GALLON OF GASOLINE IS MADE UP OF 50 TO 60% CRUDE OIL.

SO WHEN WE SEE CRUDE OIL PRICES SPIKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS SOME GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION LIKE WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF RIGHT NOW, ONCE THOSE OIL PRICES SPIKE, GAS PRICES WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND, TIDWELL SAYS THE AVERAGE GAS PRICE IS UP $0.68.

OVER THE LAST MONTH.

MOTORISTS IN OKLAHOMA HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY NOTICED THAT PRICES HAVE CREPT UP AND EVEN SOARED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOVE THE $3 PER GALLON MARK, WHEREAS OKLAHOMA STATE AVERAGE HAS BEEN WELL BELOW THE $3 PER GALLON MARK FOR MANY MONTHS NOW.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT $3.03 PER GALLON.

FUEL PRICES ARE FLUCTUATING DAILY.

AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR REGULAR UNLEADED FUEL WAS 3.59.

HERE IN THE STATE, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR REGULAR UNLEADED FUEL WAS 3.05.

CIMARRON, LOGAN AND TULSA COUNTIES ARE SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA WITH THE HIGHEST PRICES OF GAS.

COUNTIES LIKE GRADY, OTTAWA AND HASKELL HAVE THE LOWEST PRICES IN THE STATE.

TIDWELL SAYS THERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO CONSERVE ON GAS.

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TIRES ARE INFLATED PROPERLY OR REPLACED IF NECESSARY.

IF THAT TREAD DEPTH HAS BECOME SO LOW, ALSO CONSIDER CARPOOLING, CONSOLIDATING ERRANDS SO YOU'RE NOT GOING IN AND OUT, STARTING AND STOPPING THE CAR UNNECESSARILY.

SHE ALSO RECOMMENDS NOT IDLING YOUR CAR FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AND CLEARING OUT UNNECESSARY ITEMS FROM YOUR TRUNK.

THE HEAVIER YOUR CAR IS, THE MORE GAS IT TAKES TO MOVE, SO SPRING CLEANING TIME IS PERFECT.

GET EVERYTHING THAT'S UNNECESSARY OUT OF YOUR CAR.

THAT SAID, A LOT OF DRIVERS OUT THERE WILL BE PACKING UP FOR SPRING BREAK AND THAT'S THAT'S OKAY.

THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY GASOLINE DISCOUNT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OUT THERE.

IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE, YOU CAN CHECK GAS PRICES ON THE TRIPLE A WEBSITE.

BUT IF YOUR FAMILY DECIDES ON A STAYCATION TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS, CHECK OUT YOUR LOCAL PARKS FOR LITTLE TO NO COST FUN IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THE SCISSORTAIL PARK WILL HOST COUNTDOWN TO SPRING ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES ARE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO $15.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT POLLINATORS, DOING CRAFTS, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ANIMALS, AND ALSO FISHING OUT HERE AT LAKE TOM MCDANIEL.

AND ON FRIDAY, KIDDOS GET TO LEARN ABOUT NOCTURNAL CREATURES LIKE THIS LITTLE GUY.

HE'S AN AFRICAN FAT TAILED GECKO.

HE IS FROM WEST AFRICA, AND THE KIDS ARE GOING TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT HIS PHYSIOLOGY AND WHAT MAKES HIM TICK.

JUST UP THE KILPATRICK TURNPIKE AT THE GATHERING PLACE, THE MUCH ANTICIPATED CHERRY BLOSSOM CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN.

OUR HORTICULTURE TEAM HAS PLANTED OVER 90 CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES OVER THE YEARS SINCE THE PARK'S BEEN BUILT, AND SO THOSE WILL BE ALL ON VIBRANT DISPLAY HERE AT GATHERING PLACE.

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS DYLAN KIRKPATRICK SAYS THERE ARE PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE PARK FOR ALL AGES.

ADDITIONALLY, DURING THE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR STAFF AND TEAM MEMBERS OUT ALL DAY DOING FUN THINGS LIKE FIELD GAMES.

YOU'LL SEE OUR GATHERING PLACE MASCOTS OUT IN THE PARK ROAMING AROUND.

THOSE THAT ARE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT ON THE WAY BACK HOME, LARGER AIRPORTS MIGHT HAVE A LONGER TSA WAIT TIME THAN THEY EXPERIENCE AT AIRPORTS IN OKLAHOMA.

RICH TAELYR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

STILLWATER BASED USA RARE EARTH IS EXPANDING ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM AS THE COMPANY CONTINUES TO GROW.

THAT STORY TOPS THIS WEEK'S STATEWIDE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW WITH JASON DOYLE.

DUE TO MAJOR INVESTMENTS AND A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STILLWATER BASED USA RARE EARTH IS EXPANDING ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM.

THE COMPANY IS NAMED VALERIE FORD JACOB AS ITS CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER.

GREGORY BOWMAN IS THE NEW CHIEF GLOBAL POLICY OFFICER AND HEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS, AND J.B.

LOWE WAS TAPPED AS VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS, USA.

RARE EARTH HAS SECURED A LETTER OF INTENT, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH A $1.5 BILLION PIPE, OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC EQUITY TRANSACTION THAT ENABLES ACCESS TO MORE THAN $3 BILLION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAPITAL.

THE COMPANY USES RARE EARTH MATERIALS TO CREATE MAGNETS USED IN ALL KINDS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A SUPPLY CHAIN THAT DOES NOT RELY ON CHINA.

OKLAHOMA CITY BASED ASCENT RESOURCES TOOK IN A PROFIT OF NEARLY $728 MILLION DURING 2025.

THAT'S COMPARED TO A NET LOSS OF NEARLY 55 MILLION THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY SAYS IT HAS SIGNIFICANT HEDGES IN PLACE TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO THE VOLATILITY IN COMMODITY PRICES, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP PROTECT A SENSE CASH FLOW.

FEBRUARY WAS A BUSY MONTH FOR THE OKC FAIR PARK, HOSTING A TOTAL OF 24 EVENTS, RESULTING IN MORE THAN $17 MILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY ECONOMY, MORE THAN 136,000 VISITORS WERE ATTRACTED TO THE VARIOUS EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE OKLAHOMA STATE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE OKAY!

HOME AND GARDEN SHOW, WHICH GENERATED A DIRECT SPEND OF $6.1 MILLION BETWEEN THE TWO EVENTS.

TULSA BASED COMMERCIAL HVAC MANUFACTURER AON IS GIVING ITS INVESTORS A BIT OF A REWARD.

SOON, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DECLARED A QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.10 A SHARE.

IF A SHAREHOLDER HAS THE STOCK IN THEIR PORTFOLIO BY MARCH 18TH, THEY'LL RECEIVE THE PAYOUT ON MARCH 30TH.

THIS IS THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

THANK YOU.

JASON.

WHEN THE BAD NEWS OUTWEIGHS THE GOOD AS IT SEEMS TO IN MOST 24 HOUR NEWS CYCLES, SOME PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STRESS, ANXIETY, AND EVEN DEPRESSION.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO STAY INFORMED WHILE NOT BEING DELUGED BY INFORMATION OVERLOAD?

THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION WITH MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD.

JOINING US FOR THIS DISCUSSION IS DOCTOR DESIREE HILL, THE ASSISTANT DEAN AT GAYLORD COLLEGE.

AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM IS DOCTOR JULIE CROFT, A PROFESSOR OF RURAL HEALTH AT OSU'S CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES.

LADIES, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US HERE ON IN-DEPTH.

THANK YOU.

SO, DOCTOR HILL, IT FEELS LIKE THE NEWS NEVER STOPS ANYMORE.

AND I MEAN, MAYBE FOR US WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE NEWS.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEWS.

BUT WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CONSUME NEWS TODAY VERSUS MAYBE BACK THEN?

WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE NOW.

YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD DAYS, WE HAD MAYBE THREE CHANNELS AND A FEW NEWSCASTS PER DAY.

OUR NATIONAL NEWS WAS ON AT PROBABLY 530, YOUR NBC OR ABC OR CBS.

AND OF COURSE, IN THE 80S AND THE 90S, WE HAD THE EVOLUTION OF CABLE NEWS NETWORK 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THE 2000, WE STARTED ADDING SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET.

SO NOW IT IS JUST ALWAYS IN FRONT OF US, OUR PHONES, EVERYTHING WE HAVE, IT'S WE'RE GETTING NEWS MESSAGES CONSTANTLY.

NOW, DOCTOR CROFT, WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY CHECKING UPDATES AND HEADLINES, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR STRESS LEVELS?

THIS IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

WHEN WE'RE REPEATEDLY CHECKING HEADLINES DURING MAJOR EVENTS OR CONFLICTS, THE BRAIN CAN INTERPRET THESE ALERTS AS POTENTIAL THREATS, WHICH ACTIVATES OUR BODY'S STRESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, WHICH, LIKE THE HPA AXIS, IS PART OF THIS.

IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT, AND THAT REGULATES CORTISOL, WHICH IS OUR STRESS HORMONE.

SO IT RELEASES A STRESS HORMONE.

AND AND THE STRESS SYSTEM IS REALLY EXISTS TO HELP US RESPOND TO IMMEDIATE DANGER.

RIGHT?

SO THIS FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE SORT OF ACTION WHEN THESE SIGNALS ARE CONSTANT AND A NEWS CYCLE, FOR EXAMPLE, CORTISOL CAN STAY ELEVATED LONGER THAN IT'S MEANT TO.

AND OVER TIME THAT CAN HAVE IMPACTS ON US AS INDIVIDUALS.

SO IT CAN REDUCE OUR COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY, MAKE IT HARDER TO CONCENTRATE AND LEAVE PEOPLE FEELING JUST SORT OF MENTALLY FATIGUED.

SO WHEN PEOPLE MIGHT NOTICE, THEY FEEL TENSE OR DISTRACTED IF THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH THE NEWS.

SO, DOCTOR HILL, WHY DOES SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO REFRESH THEIR PHONES OR CHECK THEIR SOCIAL MEDIAS DURING BREAKING NEWS EVENTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT DOESN'T EVEN NOT PERTAIN TO THEM?

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WAY ACROSS THE WORLD.

WHY ARE WE SO DESPERATE TO KNOW RIGHT NOW?

WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S ONE THEORY.

IT'S CALLED FEAR OF MISSING OUT FOMO.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES DONE ON THIS WHERE PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR PHONES AND HAD AN EXPERIMENTAL LOCATION, AND THEN THEY STARTED HAVING THIS KIND OF ANXIETY THAT THEY WERE AWAY FROM THEIR PHONES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE MISSING THINGS LIKE TEXT MESSAGES AS WELL, OR ANY COMMUNICATION.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF US AS HUMANS, WE HAVE ALSO JUST SOME PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THEY'RE MORE INVOLVED IN NEWS CONTENT.

SO THEY SIGN UP FOR THESE THINGS AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING THE MESSAGES CONSTANTLY.

AND SO WE GET INTO THESE HABITS AS WELL.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY SOME PEOPLE, IT BECOMES A BURNOUT MOMENT FOR THEM WITH THAT CONTENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT DOCTOR CROFT HAS BEEN TELLING US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS IT JUST BECOMES SO OVERWHELMING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD INFORMED CITIZEN, BUT THEN YOU'RE PUT INTO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN LIFE.

WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOME?

SO HOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WE SEE BREAKING NEWS, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS, ALL OF THAT STUFF ACTUALLY RECEIVE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FROM ALL THE NEWS STATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SO WE CAN KEEP OUR VIEWERS INFORMED.

BUT HOW DOES THAT SHAPE WHAT PEOPLE SEE AND HOW OFTEN THEY SEE IT?

JUST THE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS AND THE DESIRE FOR NEWS STATIONS TO BE NUMBER ONE.

WELL, AND IT YOU HAVE THAT QUESTION, BUT IT ALSO CREATES ON THE OTHER END OF IT, IF YOU THINK OF THE MEDIA AS A BUSINESS.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO OUTDO ONE ANOTHER.

THERE MAY BE SENDING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS THAT AREN'T REALLY THAT VALID.

MEANING, I MEAN, THE FACTS ARE THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE QUALITY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IN OKLAHOMA, BUT IT MAY BE A LIGHT HEARTED STORY OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, WE, OF COURSE, ARE IN A TORNADO MARKET.

THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WE THAT'S LIFE OR DEATH.

IT IS VALUABLE INFORMATION.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS AND BECAUSE WE WANT THOSE EYEBALLS, THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE COMING, WHETHER IT'S RELEVANT OR NOT.

AND DOCTOR CROFT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS PEOPLE MIGHT EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO THAT CONTENT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CRISIS STRESS NEWS?

I KNOW THAT IT WILL, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOU FEEL THAT MENTAL FATIGUE.

BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT STAND OUT TO YOU THAT ARE SAYING THIS IS WHAT THAT IS?

YEAH, YEAH.

CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO CRISIS NEWS, PARTICULARLY IF PEOPLE HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES WITH THESE TOPICS OR WITH SOME OF THESE CRISES, CAN LEAVE PEOPLE FEELING ANXIOUS, IRRITABLE, MENTALLY DRAINED.

THEY MAY HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING, YOU KNOW, IT MAY IT MAY.

CUE FEELINGS THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST OR REMIND THEM OF PREVIOUS TRAUMAS.

SO BIOLOGICALLY, THIS IS JUST KEEPING THAT STRESS RESPONSE SYSTEM ACTIVATED.

AND IT'S, IT'S DULLING OUR, OUR ABILITY TO, TO RESPOND COGNITIVELY AND MAKING US MORE EMOTIONALLY REACTIVE.

SO THE WHOLE REACTION IS VERY HUMAN.

IT'S JUST THAT OUR, OUR NERVOUS SYSTEMS WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR 24 HOUR CRISIS FEED.

WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE NEGATIVE NEWS TRAVELS SO MUCH FASTER THAN POSITIVE NEWS?

BECAUSE I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SEARCH FOR POSITIVE NEWS WHEN THERE'S POSITIVE NEWS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME.

SO WHY?

WHAT IS THAT?

IS THAT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF NEWS AS WELL?

IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS OR.

WELL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER JOURNALIST.

I'M ALWAYS A JOURNALIST.

I'M STILL A JOURNALIST EVEN THOUGH I'M IN EDUCATION NOW.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME UP WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT EVEN SOME PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT THAT WAY.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOUR COMMUNITIES, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THERE IS POSITIVE STUFF HAPPENING AND SOME OF THE POSITIVE STUFF IS ACTUALLY HARD NEWS BECAUSE IT MAY BE JOBS ARE BEING ADDED, IT MAY BE WE'VE HAD BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS.

SO IT'S, IT'S YOUR MINDSET.

IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE EVER WANT TO PUT OUR FINGER ON THE SCALES AND SAY, WE WANT IT TO BE POSITIVE OR WE WANT IT TO BE NEGATIVE.

WE JUST WANT IT TO BE WHAT IT IS.

AND SO IT IS THAT MINDSET OF HAVING SOURCES, HAVING RESOURCES, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT MAYBE THINKING OUTSIDE EVEN OF YOUR JOURNALISM EDUCATION.

BECAUSE AGAIN, I DO KNOW THERE ARE PROFESSORS.

THAT'S HOW THEY TEACH.

AND I DON'T I DON'T TEACH THAT WAY.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAY.

AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO, I CALL IT PUTTING A MIRROR UP TO YOUR VIEWERS.

AND YOU PUT A MIRROR UP TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU SAY, WHAT IS OUR COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE?

THERE ARE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

OUR OUR MIRROR WHEN WE PUT IT UP ISN'T TRIPLE HOMICIDE OR STABBINGS OR FIRES ALL DAY LONG.

YES, THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THAT ISN'T THE ENTIRE PICTURE.

WELL, DOCTOR CROFT, IF SOMEONE IS FEELING OVERWHELMED BY THE NEWS CYCLE, BUT MAYBE THAT THEY'RE NOT AWARE THAT IT'S AFFECTING THEM BECAUSE IT'S REALLY EASY JUST TO BE ON YOUR PHONE, SCROLL, SCROLL, SCROLL, TIK TOK, SCROLL AND NOT REALIZE STEPPING AWAY HOW IT MIGHT ACTUALLY REALLY AFFECT YOU.

WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT YOU WOULD SAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO?

I THINK YOUR EXAMPLE IS SPOT ON HERE.

IT'S WHEN YOU'RE COMPELLED TO KEEP CHECKING TO KEEP ENGAGING WITH THIS CONTENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MAKING YOU FEEL MORE EMPOWERED OR INFORMED AFTERWARDS.

SO, AND IF AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THIS, YOU PERCEIVE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL, THEN THEN THE THREATS ACTUALLY FEEL BIGGER, RIGHT?

IT'S THREATS THAT YOU CAN'T INFLUENCE.

IT CAN TAKE PEOPLE TO THIS.

YOU MENTIONED OVERWHELM EARLIER, RIGHT?

THIS INFORMATION OVERWHELM WHEN YOU HAVE CRISIS AND, AND TOO MUCH INFORMATION, YOU CAN SHIFT TOWARD DISENGAGEMENT.

AND IT LEADS TO THAT SORT OF MINDLESS SCROLLING.

SO I GUESS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD SAY IF PEOPLE ARE NOTICING THAT THEY'RE SCROLLING, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING INFORMATION IN, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK.

PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOUR BODY IS FEELING, HOW YOU'RE REACTING TO WHAT YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH IN THAT CONTENT AND, AND POTENTIALLY SHIFT SHIFT SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS AROUND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEWS MEDIA.

LITERACY IS SUCH A BIG, HUGE, ENORMOUS PART OF THIS.

AS A JOURNALIST, AS JOURNALISTS, WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING AND BE LIKE, YES, NO, THIS IS CORRECT.

BUT AS AN EVERYDAY VIEWER, YOU'RE BEING BOMBARDED WITH DIFFERENT THINGS ALL THE TIME FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES AND YOU CAN'T TELL, IS IT TRUE OR NOT, OR IS IT IS IT REALISTIC?

SO WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO PEOPLE ABOUT BEING MEDIA LITERATE?

I THINK MY, MY FIRST PIECE OF ADVICE IS GO TO QUALITY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

QUALITY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP A VIDEO OF SOMEONE BEING KILLED ON, ON VIDEO FOR YOU THAT YOU SUDDENLY SEE WITHOUT HAVING A WARNING.

QUALITY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THEIR CONTENT, AND THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT THE MIRROR THAT THEY'RE HOLDING UP.

SOME PEOPLE CALL THAT MIRROR A WINDOW TO SOCIETY AS WELL.

THEY'RE NOT JUST SAYING, OKAY, LET'S TAKE THE FIVE WORST THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND PUT IT ON THE LEAD OF OUR NEWSCAST.

SO NUMBER ONE IS REALLY MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT YOURSELF AND SAYING, WHAT NEWS CONTENT AM I PURSUING RIGHT NOW?

AND WHAT ARE THEY TRYING, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE COLOR SCHEME?

WHAT IS THEIR CONTENT?

IS IT ALL, YOU KNOW, MAKING ME THINK THE WORLD IS A HORRIBLE PLACE AND SOMEONE'S OUT TO GET ME?

I THINK THERE'S ALSO INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH YOUR MEDIA LITERACY.

AND THAT IS TO SAY, OKAY, I CAN TURN IT OFF.

AND IF YOU'RE A PERSON THAT HAS A 24 HOUR NEWS NETWORK ON AT YOUR HOME ALL DAY LONG, THAT IS, I WILL SAY THAT'S TOO MUCH.

THAT ISN'T THE PURPOSE OF IT.

THE PURPOSE OF IT.

THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH NEWS IN THE WORLD FOR YOU TO NEED IT ON AT YOUR HOME ALL DAY LONG.

SO IF YOU HAVE IT ON ALL DAY LONG AND YOU'RE STARTING TO FEEL VERY ANXIOUS, THERE'S A PROBLEM.

AND MY ADVICE WOULD BE BACK OFF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE HOUR OR LESS.

START WITH THAT ANOTHER HOUR LESS.

ONCE YOU GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, DO SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR LIFE.

SOCIAL MEDIA THE SAME WAY, IF YOU'RE SPENDING MULTIPLE HOURS SCROLLING, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE THAT PHRASE DOOM SCROLLING.

YES, YES.

AND IT'S THERE FOR A REASON.

BACK OFF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.

THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD SAY GIVE YOURSELF SOME SPACE.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DOCTOR CROFT HAS BEEN SAYING AS WELL.

IT'S JUST GIVE YOURSELF LOOK AT THOSE SIGNS IN YOURSELF WHEN YOU CANNOT STOP YOURSELF FROM SCROLLING, MAYBE REALIZE, LET ME STEP BACK AND MOVE.

BUT SPEAKING OF SHIFTING BEHAVIOR, DOCTOR CROFT, WHAT ARE SOME HEALTHY HABITS PEOPLE CAN TRY TO WORK ON WHEN FOLLOWING MAJOR NEWS STORIES?

BECAUSE WE WILL WATCH THE NEWS.

WE WILL TALK TO OUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT.

WE WILL SEE IT ON TIKTOK.

HOW CAN WE SET HEALTHY BOUNDARIES WITHOUT COMPLETELY DISENGAGING?

OF COURSE.

AND I'M SORT OF LAUGHING BECAUSE I'M HERE.

WE ARE ON THE NEWS TALKING ABOUT THE NEWS, RIGHT?

YEAH.

DO WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE INFORMED AND ENGAGED?

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO IS CREATE THESE, LIKE SMALL BOUNDARIES AROUND HOW THEY'RE CONSUMING THE NEWS.

THIS IS STRUCTURE, HOW YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH IT.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE TIKTOK, INTENTIONALLY GO ONTO THE TIKTOK PAGE OF THE NEWS SOURCE THAT YOU TRUST AND GO THROUGH IT AND SET SOME TIME BOUNDARIES, DON'T HAVE ALERTS THAT ARE POPPING UP PARTICULARLY LATE AT NIGHT.

SO SHIFTING SOME OF OUR NOTIFICATIONS CAN BE HELPFUL.

AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE NEWS MAYBE HAS SOME IMPACT ALSO.

SO IF WE'RE SEEING THINGS VISUALLY THAT CAN, THAT CAN LEAD TO MORE OF A STRESS RESPONSE.

IF WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, IMAGES OF WAR OR BOMBS OR INJURED INDIVIDUALS, THOSE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MORE THREAT SIGNALS THAN IF WE'RE READING ABOUT IT IN PRINT OR LISTENING TO IT ON MAYBE A TRUSTED NEWS RADIO SOURCE.

AND, AND JUST AGAIN, WHILE WE'RE COMMUTING INTO WORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SMALLER CHUNKS OF TIME.

SO DOCTOR HILL, HOW CAN THIS IS MY FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT WE WANT TO BE INFORMED CITIZENS.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR FRIENDS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE THOSE BOUNDARIES.

HOW WOULD YOU GIVE VIEWERS THE BEST ADVICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT?

WELL, I GO BACK TO MY SUGGESTION OF HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU SPENDING?

I WOULD GO BACK TO THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, BALANCING WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR LIFE.

I MEAN, I'M NOT HERE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES NECESSARILY.

BUT I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE FEELING ANXIETY OVER THE CONTENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT AS OF THIS MOMENT, WE'RE AT WAR WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY ALMOST, YOU KNOW, WITH MULTIPLE COUNTRIES INVOLVED.

NOW THAT IS A DOWNER AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY.

SOME PEOPLE CAN ABSORB MORE, OTHERS MAYBE HAVE A TRIGGERING EVENT IN THEIR PAST, A FAMILY MEMBER.

THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN AT WAR.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY.

BUT IF YOU ARE A PERSON THAT SAYS, WELL, I WATCH A LOT OF NEWS BECAUSE I'M A I WANT TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE PROPERLY.

MAYBE YOU LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO CHANNEL THAT.

DO YOU HAVE SOME ACTIVISM THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AREA THAT YOU'RE ANXIOUS ABOUT?

DO YOU HAVE SOME OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN DO?

DO YOU JUST GIVE MORE SPACE TO YOURSELF TO RECOVER FROM WHAT YOU'RE HEARING?

SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD SUGGEST.

DOCTOR CROFT VIEWERS TAKE ANYTHING.

MAYBE ONE THING AWAY FROM OUR DISCUSSION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE?

I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THE THE THE FACT THAT LIKE OUR BRAIN IS DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO SHORT BURSTS OF INFORMATION, NOT ENDLESS STREAMS OF ALERTS.

SO REALLY TAKE THESE CHUNKS, CONSIDER HOW WE'RE USING THE NEWS, WHAT IT'S DOING FOR US, AND INFORMING US VERSUS LETTING SORT OF THE, THE NEWS CYCLE PULL US ALONG.

WE GET TO BE IN CHARGE OF HOW WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THAT INFORMATION.

AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL FEEL A LOT BETTER WITH HOW THEY ENGAGE WITH THE NEWS AND THE INFORMATION THEY'RE GETTING.

IF THEY DO THAT WELL, THAT IS ALL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH.

A LOT OF GOOD ADVICE THERE.

WELL, EACH WEEK IN OUR NATIONAL REVIEW SEGMENT, WE HIGHLIGHT GREAT WORK BEING DONE BY OUR PBS PARTNERS AROUND THE NATION.

THIS WEEK, WE'RE HEADING TO SUNNY SAN DIEGO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ART OF RESTORING ART.

THAT STORY COURTESY OF REPORTER JULIA NICKSON EVANS AT KPBS IN SAN DIEGO.

I LIKE TO THINK OF US AS LIKE A HOSPITAL FOR ARTWORK.

LETICIA GOMEZ FRANCO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER, A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS MUSEUMS AND THE PUBLIC TREAT, PROTECT AND CARE FOR PAINTINGS, PAPER SCULPTURES AND ARTIFACTS.

WHEN SOMETHING GETS DAMAGED, SOMETHING GETS BROKEN, SOMETHING IS TORN.

IT COMES TO A PLACE LIKE THIS AND THEIR DETECTIVES SOLVING MYSTERIES, USING FORENSIC TOOLS LIKE IMAGING AND CHEMICAL TESTING.

CONSERVATOR ALEXIS MILLER DEMONSTRATES AN ZARIF DEVICE OR HANDHELD X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZER.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF STAR TREK.

HOLD IT UP TO A PAINTING, AND IT GIVES THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF WHAT THE PIGMENT IS.

SO IF IT HAS MERCURY, WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERMILION, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR LIKE PESTICIDE RESIDUES ON COMMUNITY OBJECTS.

TRADITIONAL X-RAY TECHNOLOGY WAS EXPENSIVE, ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

AFTER FUNDRAISING FOR DIGITAL TOOLS, THE CENTER CAN DO MORE FOR MORE PEOPLE.

THESE TOOLS CAN BE USED IN REPATRIATION PROCESS WHEN MUSEUMS RETURN OBJECTS LIKE BASKETS OR TEXTILES TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, THOSE OBJECTS WERE SOMETIMES TREATED WITH PESTICIDES OR ARSENIC.

WHILE IN STORAGE, XRF CAN DETECT THAT CAN BE LIFE SAVING, AND IT ISN'T UNTIL WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF ACCESS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BEGIN TO THINK OF HOW WE CAN BEGIN TO REPURPOSE THESE TOOLS AND THESE SPACES FOR A BROADER USE.

ACCESS IN ART IS SOMETHING GOMEZ FRANCO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT.

YOU CAN, LIKE LITERALLY GO DOWN A LIST AND THINK ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF BARRIERS THAT PREVENT ACCESS, SHE SAYS.

THOSE BARRIERS INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION COST, LANGUAGE AND PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY.

BUT SHE ALSO WANTS MORE ARTS GROUPS TO CONSIDER BELONGING.

YOU CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE A FREE PARK WITH FREE PARKING, WITH FREE EVERYTHING, AND STILL PEOPLE NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WELCOMED.

FOR THE FIVE YEARS GOMEZ FRANCO HAS LED THE ORGANIZATION, THE CENTER HAS REDUCED ITS RELIANCE ON EARNED REVENUE, SUCH AS CLIENT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR AN ARTS NONPROFIT WITHOUT VISITING HOURS OR AN OPEN DOOR.

THINKING ABOUT ACCESS MEANS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

IT MADE US ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE PAYING CUSTOMER, AND THAT IS NOT HOW A NONPROFIT SHOULD BEHAVE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE TEAM HERE REALLY GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?

WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT IS DIFFERENT?

WHAT IS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC GOOD?

AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE ICKINESS OF HAVING TO TURN AWAY CULTURAL MATERIALS THAT WERE DAMAGED OR IN NEED OF CARE BECAUSE COMMUNITIES DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THEM.

WHETHER PRESERVING GRAFFITI, STORING HEIRLOOM QUILTS, OR SAVING PHOTOS FROM FLOOD DAMAGE, THE CENTER IS WORKING TO HELP MORE PEOPLE CARE FOR THEIR OWN OBJECTS AND SEE THEMSELVES IN ART.

AND WE STARTED KIND OF PILOTING PROGRAMS THAT WERE ABOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHICANO COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT CONSERVATION LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE TRYING TO DEMOCRATIZE AND DEMYSTIFY THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE A PART OF IT.

JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT HAS SIGNED RAINES LAW IN HONOR OF A TEENAGER WHO DIED OF AN ACCIDENTAL FENTANYL OVERDOSE.

HER FAMILY REACTS TO WHAT THE LAW HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH FRIDAY AT SEVEN.

WE'LL LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH A LOOK INSIDE THE BOB DYLAN CENTER IN TULSA.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, IT'S WORTH THE TRIP.

OETA JASON STEWART PUTTING TO PUT IT TOGETHER FOR US.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH ANY OF THE REPORTS IN THIS NEWSCAST AGAIN, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE BY MONDAY NIGHT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

AND YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS MORE OF OUR CONTENT BY VISITING THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT FACEBOOK PAGE.

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

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

BLACK GLADSTONE.

MAKE NO COLD BLACK WATER.

DON'T MAKE NO TEARS.

YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME.

WHAT MADE ME LOVE ABOUT YOU?

REMEMBER MAKING BABY LOVE.

YES.

YOU GOT YOUR STEAM DRILL.

NOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME KID TO GET IT TO WORK FOR YOU.

LIKE YOUR 9 POUND HAMMER DID.

BUT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT.

I KNOW THAT YOU SHOWED SOMETHING TEARING UP YOUR MIND.

TELL ME MY MONEY.

TELL ME.

MAMA.

TELL ME.

MAMA, WHAT IS IT?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

THEY.

SUNGLASSES CAN BE.

PONY RUN, TOMBSTONE, BABY.

Y'ALL CAN'T GET IT DONE.

FOOL'S GOLD IN YOUR TEETH AT CEMETERY.

IT'S THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR GRAVEYARD.

LIPS.

YES.

EVERYBODY'S WONDERING WHEN YOUR FRIENDSHIPS GONNA END.

BUT COME ON, BABY, I'M YOUR FRIEND.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW.

CHRONIC PAIN, DEPRESSION, MEMORY PROBLEMS THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT HEALING, CHRONIC