IN OETA IS AN INVESTMENT IN OKLAHOMA.

POULTRY COMPANIES FINALLY AGREED TO PAY UP TO RESOLVE LONG STANDING POLLUTION LAWSUITS.

POULTRY WINS.

IT'S IT'S A SPEEDING TICKET, AND THE WATER WINDS THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF POULTRY LITTER IN THE WATERSHED.

OUR SPECIAL SERIES ON OKLAHOMA BY THE DECADES CONTINUES WITH THE YEARS 1986 THROUGH 1995.

SANDERS WON EVERY VOTING DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW PHENOMENAL THAT YEAR WAS.

PROPERTY TAXES PAY FOR ALL KINDS OF LOCAL SERVICES.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY WERE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ALTOGETHER?

SO IMPORTANT TO NOTE PROPERTY TAXES GO TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN OKLAHOMA, RIGHT?

THEY DON'T GO TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

AND IN DEPTH DISCUSSION ON ONGOING U.S.

MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAN.

WILL IT IMPACT OKLAHOMA'S OIL INDUSTRY?

ONCE WE'RE IN THIS CONFLICT, THE WORST THING THAT WE COULD DO IS ACTUALLY STOP IT SHORT AND THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT COMPLETE.

THE GOALS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON THIS.

WITH ENOUGH LEGOS AND ENOUGH TIME, YOU CAN TURN TOY BRICKS INTO WORKS OF ART.

HE GREW UP BUILDING LEGOS AND NEVER KNEW IT WOULD TURN INTO A CAREER FOR HIM.

THOSE STORIES, PLUS, WILL MARKWAYNE MULLIN BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY?

NEXT ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

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

I'M RICH LENZ.

GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT WILL BE TASKED WITH NAMING A SUCCESSOR TO FULFILL THE SENATE TERM OF MARKWAYNE MULLIN IF HE IS CONFIRMED BY THE U.S.

SENATE TO REPLACE KRISTI NOEM AS THE NEW SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

NOEM WAS REMOVED FROM THAT POSITION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, TWO DAYS AFTER FACING FIERCE CRITICISM FROM BOTH PARTIES DURING HEARINGS ON CAPITOL HILL.

THE PRESIDENT SEEKS TO HAVE MULLEN IN PLACE, EFFECTIVE MARCH 31ST.

IS THERE ALWAYS LESSONS TO BE LEARNED?

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, MY WIFE AND I, WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PURCHASE COMPANIES AND GROW OUR COMPANIES.

AND EVERY DAY THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO BETTER.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD OFF SUCCESSES, AND THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD OFF THINGS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T GO QUITE AS PLANNED.

MULLIN IS A CHEROKEE NATION CITIZEN, AND, IF CONFIRMED, WOULD BECOME THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE, LEAVING HIS SENATE SEAT UP FOR GRABS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS NEXT NOVEMBER.

MEANWHILE, OKLAHOMA SENIOR SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD IS EXPRESSING FULL SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT AS THE UNITED STATES WAR WITH IRAN CONTINUES BIPARTISAN VOTES IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE THIS WEEK, SHUTTING DOWN EFFORTS TO HALT THE WAR IMMEDIATELY AND REIN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POWERS TO CONDUCT FUTURE MILITARY ACTION.

THERE'S A 60 DAY CLOCK THAT RUNS ON THE WAR POWERS ACT THAT CONGRESS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER VOTE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, THIS HAS GONE ON LONGER THAN IT SHOULD TO BE ABLE TO STOP IT.

THERE'S ALSO A FUNDING REQUEST THAT WILL COME FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE DAYS AHEAD, REQUESTING FUNDING FOR CONTINUED WORK THERE.

SO THE QUESTION WILL THEN COME BEFORE CONGRESS AS WELL.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ON FUNDING?

DO WE STOP THE FUNDING?

DO WE KEEP IT GOING?

THAT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON WHERE THINGS ARE GOING AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING?

ARE THEY GOING PAST WHAT THE GOALS ARE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET?

SO THERE'S STILL MULTIPLE MOMENTS FOR CONGRESS TO STAY ENGAGED.

THE SENATE VOTE WAS 53 TO 47, AND THE HOUSE VOTED 219 TO 212 TO REJECT LIMITING THE PRESIDENT'S WAR POWERS.

NOW, COMING UP LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST, OUR IN-DEPTH SEGMENT IS DEVOTED TO HOW THE IRANIAN CONFLICT COULD IMPACT OKLAHOMA.

GAS PRICES ARE UP AND THE TERROR THREAT LEVEL IS ELEVATED, SOMETHING THAT MARKWAYNE MULLIN MAY BE IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD AND HER PANEL OF GUESTS WILL DISCUSS THOSE TOPICS AND OTHERS.

HERE'S A PREVIEW.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF AMERICA COULD PUT SOMEBODY PRO-AMERICAN TO LEAD IRAN.

AND.

BUT THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING ARE VERY SMALL.

THE PROBLEM IS, IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE THIS FOUR TIMES NOW REGIME CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, LIBYA, EACH TIME IT'S DEVOLVED INTO CIVIL WAR.

I THINK THE MARKETS ARE ALREADY REACTING.

I THINK IF YOU SEE TODAY, THE PRICE HAS ALREADY INCREASED TO MORE THAN $80 COMPARED TO PRE-WAR PRICES, WHICH WERE LESS THAN $65.

SO YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING A PREMIUM OF $15.

AND ASSUMING THAT THE WAR ENDS QUICKLY, THE BIGGEST FEAR THAT THEY HAD IN IRAN IS LIVING UNDER THIS ISLAMIC REGIME.

AND SO IT WAS EITHER SOMEONE ACT AND HELPED THEM.

I MEAN, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE STREET TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM.

IT WAS EITHER NOW SOMETHING HAPPENS OR LIVING WITH THE FEAR THAT WILL NEVER GET RID OF THIS ISLAMIC REGIME.

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

FOUR LAWSUITS FILED BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN 2005 AGAINST POULTRY COMPANIES LOCATED NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER WATERSHED HAVE NOW BEEN SETTLED, WITH A COUPLE MORE STILL PENDING.

WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG, AND WHY ARE THESE CASES BEING RESOLVED NOW?

STEVE SHAW HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THAT FOR US AND JOINS US NOW WITH MORE INFORMATION.

STEVE RICH, THERE'S A COURT HEARING GOING ON RIGHT NOW ABOUT THIS DISPUTE.

OKLAHOMA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD ME EARLIER THIS WEEK WHAT HE'S GOT ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A WIN FOR POULTRY, AND IT WOULD BE A WIN FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER WATERSHED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE, POULTRY PRODUCERS AND STATE LEGISLATORS I'VE TALKED TO AREN'T CONVINCED.

I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG OPERATION.

JUST THESE TWO HOUSES HAVE 26,000 HENS AND OVER 2000 ROOSTERS.

MEGAN LANGLEY AND HER HUSBAND KYLE KEEP UP TO 80,000 CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS IN THEIR HEN HOUSES IN ADAIR COUNTY, IN THE TOWN OF WESTVILLE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXPECTING THE DELIVERY OF 26,000 MORE HENS AND 2000 ROOSTERS ON MARCH 16TH.

BUT EVERYTHING IS NOT HUNKY DORY.

IT'S SCARY.

THE UNKNOWN IS SCARY.

IT'S SCARY THAT IT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON THIS LONG.

AND WILL IT CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING FOR YEARS TO COME?

WE DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S A STRESSFUL TIME TO BE IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN THIS AREA.

WHEN'S IT N DO YOU THINK WHENEVER THE ATTORNEY GENERALS GIVE THIS UP IT'S YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR SECOND ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT'S PUSHED THIS AGENDA AND.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL GIVE IT UP.

IT'S JUST THEY THEY WANT MONEY FOR THE STATE, I'M ASSUMING.

AND THEY YES, WE ALL WANT CLEAN WATER.

21 YEARS AGO, FORMER OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL DREW EDMONDSON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST MAIN PLAYERS IN OKLAHOMA'S POULTRY INDUSTRY.

THE ALLEGATION WAS EXCESSIVE SPREADING OF POULTRY LITTER, WHICH IS REALLY JUST POULTRY WASTE ON FARMLAND CLOSE TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER, HAD ELEVATED PHOSPHORUS LEVELS IN THE RIVER, WHICH EXPERTS SAY CREATES ALGAE BLOOMS AND KILLS FISH.

IN THE PAST TWO DECADES, NONE OF IT'S BEEN OFFICIALLY SETTLED, BUT CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL GENTNER DRUMMOND THINKS HE HAS A DEAL THAT'S BEEN AGREED TO BY MOST OF THE SEVEN OF WATER, KNOWN AS POULTRY INDUSTRY INTEGRATORS.

TYSON FOODS HAS AGREED TO PAY $19 MILLION FOR REMEDIATION OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WATERSHED.

CARGILL INCORPORATED AND CARGILL TURKEY PRODUCTION WILL PAY $6.5 MILLION.

GEORGES, WHICH IS ANOTHER INTEGRATOR, AGREES TO PAY 5 MILLION TOWARDS ILLINOIS RIVER CLEANUP.

PETERSON FARMS AGREES TO PAY $1 MILLION.

INTEGRATORS WHO HAVE NOT SETTLED WITH THE AG'S OFFICE ARE SIMMONS FOODS AND CAL MAINE.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

DRUMMOND SAYS HE'S AN AG PRODUCER, TOO.

HE RAISES CATTLE.

I UNDERSTAND MANURE, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, CHEMICALS ON OUR LANDS, LITTER.

I UNDERSTAND LITTER, CERTAINLY.

AND INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE THE VOLUME OF PHOSPHORUS PER ACRE, WHICH IS WHERE THE COURT FOCUS IS GETTING THAT LEGACY PHOSPHORUS OUT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE BECAUSE IT'S THERE AND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, NORTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, NORTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, UNTIL 7:45 P.M.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME AT 7:07 P.M.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF OOLOGAH, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40MPH.

EXPECTED HAZARDS INCLUDE.

TORNADO.

THIS IS A RADAR INDICATED THREAT.

ROTATION.

THE FOLLOWING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER.

MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.

TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE CHELSEA SOIL BUSHYHEAD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 266 AND 276.

TAKE COVER NOW.

MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

AVOID WINDOWS IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HERE, THE WATER IS COMING OUT OF ARKANSAS.

THE ALONG THE STATE LINE.

THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN ARKANSAS DUMPED 20 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER INTO THAT RIVER EVERY YEAR.

HE ALSO BELIEVES NEARBY MARIJUANA OPERATIONS COULD SHARE SOME OF THE BLAME.

WHEN YOU WANT.

WHEN YOU WANT IT TO GET BETTER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET POULTRY OUT OF YOUR HEAD, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT CREATES THIS ISSUE.

WE DO HAVE MARIJUANA FACILITIES THAT I AM SHUTTING DOWN ON A DAILY BASIS.

THESE ILLEGAL GROWS.

BUT STATISTICALLY THE SCIENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

AND THE COURT WAS SATISFIED SCIENTIFICALLY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE OF THE PHOSPHORUS RUNOFF INTO THE WATERSHED IS FROM THE POULTRY OPERATIONS.

DRUMMOND SAYS.

THE FEDERAL JUDGE HANDLING FRIDAY'S HEARING HAD WANTED THE POULTRY INDUSTRY TO PAY MORE THAN $300 MILLION IN FINES.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT 275 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY HAD I NOT SETTLED WITH THEM.

AND THIS SETTLEMENT LAYS OUT THE FOUNDATION WHERE POULTRY WINS.

IT'S IT'S A SPEEDING TICKET.

AND THE WATER WINDS THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF POULTRY LITTER IN THE WATERSHED.

AGAIN, THAT COURT HEARING IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

AS WE TAPE THIS SHOW, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH THE AG'S OFFICE AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

RICH STEVE, GREAT REPORT.

THANK YOU.

GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT JOINING STATE LEADERS IN OKLAHOMA CITY THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS REDUCING AND EVENTUALLY ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES IN OKLAHOMA.

THE QUESTION FOR COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON THAT TAX REVENUE TO FUND A HOST OF PUBLIC SERVICES, HOW WOULD THEY REPLACE IT?

NOAH MACK ATTENDED THE GATHERING AND JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.

NOAH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

RICH IN OKLAHOMA, PROPERTY TAXES GENERALLY GO TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND MANY LOCAL LEADERS ARE SAYING MOST PROPOSALS TO CUT PROPERTY TAXES DON'T DO ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE INEVITABLE LOSSES IN REVENUE.

WHEN ANY SOURCE OF REVENUE IS BEING CUT, SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD ON THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THOSE CUTS.

THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD BY LOCAL LEADERS ON WEDNESDAY IN DOWNTOWN OKC.

ALL RIGHT.

AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THANK YOU.

FIRST OFF A LITTLE CIVICS LESSON.

WHAT ARE PROPERTY TAXES.

PROPERTY TAXES ARE ASSESSED BASICALLY ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY.

AND SO THE MORE VALUABLE THE PROPERTY, THE MORE PROPERTY TAXES THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD PAY.

FROM HOMES TO HOTELS AND FARMS TO SUPERMARKETS, THESE TAXES APPLY TO ALL KINDS OF PROPERTIES, AND THEY'RE INVESTED IN ALL KINDS OF LOCAL SERVICES.

SO THE IMPORTANT TO NOTE, PROPERTY TAXES GO TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN OKLAHOMA, RIGHT?

THEY DON'T GO TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

SO LET'S BREAK DOWN OKLAHOMA COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE.

ABOUT 2% GOES TO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, 4% TO LIBRARY SYSTEMS, OVER 9% TO CITIES AND TOWNS IN THAT COUNTY, ANOTHER 9% TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WHICH INCLUDES LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER OFFICES, 13% TO CAREER SERVICES AND STATE COLLEGES, AND NEARLY 60% GOES TO LOCAL SCHOOLS.

WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TAX CUTS.

WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SERVICE CUTS.

AFTER GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT, STATE OF THE STATE, HIS POPULIST CALL TO FREEZE PROPERTY TAXES HAS REMAINED A PRIMARY PRIORITY FOR HIM AND HIS ALLIES IN THE STATEHOUSE.

LET'S JUST SAY WHEN YOU BUY YOUR HOME AND LET'S JUST STOP RIGHT THERE.

SO HOW ABOUT THAT?

OR LET'S, LET'S, LET'S CHANGE IT WHERE IT JUST GOES UP 1% A YEAR.

POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR JAMES DAVENPORT EMPHASIZES THAT PROPERTY TAXES HAVE LONG BEEN LOATHED BY THE PUBLIC FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

THEY JUST AREN'T AREN'T VERY POPULAR, BUT THEY ARE SOME OF THE FROM A GOVERNMENTAL STANDPOINT, THERE'S SOME OF THE BEST TAXES TO USE BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY STABLE OVER TIME, AND YOU CAN RELY ON THEM.

WHEN IT COMES TO ADJUSTING PROPERTY TAXES, THERE ARE SEVERAL INITIATIVES ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING A STATE QUESTION THAT WOULD ELIMINATE HOMEOWNERS PROPERTY TAXES BY 2029.

THERE'S ALSO ACTIVE LEGISLATION THAT LOOKS AT THIS ISSUE, BUT FROM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE VIEWED AS RASH RATHER THAN REFORM, THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX REFORM.

AND THE TRUTH IS THIS IS JUST PROPERTY TAX CUTTING.

THERE'S NO REFORM TO THIS.

MIKE FENA REPRESENTS MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

AND HE'S ESPECIALLY WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IF THESE CUTS CROSS THE FINISH LINE.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED AS A FIREFIGHTER, A POLICE OFFICER, AN AMBULANCE DRIVER OR AN EMT WORKER, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED EVERY DAY FOR WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

IN OKLAHOMA.

ANY GIVEN DAY, WE HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT A TORNADO, AN ICE STORM, A WINDSTORM, A SCHOOL SHOOTING, NOW A TERRORIST ATTACK.

THESE ARE THE FRONT LINE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO INVEST THE MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY INTO PUBLIC SAFETY TO JUST PREPARE FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

CHRIS SCHROEDER AGREES.

HE REPRESENTS COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY MAKES UP THE BULK OF A COUNTY'S BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CALL 911, YOU WANT SOMEONE TO ANSWER THE PHONE, AND WHEN SOMEBODY BREAKS IN YOUR HOUSE OR YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO RESPOND, YOU WANT AN AMBULANCE TO SHOW UP OR A FIRE TRUCK, WHATEVER IT BE.

SEAN HEIM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, DRAWS A CORRELATION BETWEEN OKLAHOMA RANKING LAST IN EDUCATION AND ITS FUNDING.

WE'RE STILL $1 BILLION BEHIND THE NEXT LOWEST STATE, WHICH IS TEXAS IN OUR REGION.

SEAN URGES THE STATE TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EDUCATION, RATHER THAN COBBLING TOGETHER AN EDUCATION BUDGET EVERY YEAR.

THEN IT'S EASIER TO COME IN AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED, HERE'S WHAT IT COSTS, AND DEVELOP IT FROM THERE.

AND WE'RE NOT WASTING MONEY ON THINGS THAT CHANGE EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS.

ULTIMATELY, MIKE IS OPPOSED TO THE HURRIED PUSH TO PURGE PROPERTY TAXES.

I THINK EVERY ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS IS TOO HASTY.

ONE OF THOSE PROPOSALS COMES FROM SENATE PRO TEMPORE LONNIE PAXTON.

SENATE BILL 1809 WOULD RAISE WHAT IS CALLED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

RIGHT NOW, THE EXEMPTION IS AT $1,000.

ESSENTIALLY, IF THE BILL BECAME LAW, A PERSON'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE WOULD NOT BE TAXED ON THE FIRST $5,000 OF WHAT THE HOME IS WORTH.

WHEN HOME VALUES GO UP, SO DO PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THAT IS WHAT THE SENATE LEADER WANTS TO OFFSET FOR HOMEOWNERS.

YOU GO TEN YEARS INTO HOME OWNERSHIP.

YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE PROBABLY WELL IN EXCESS OF 40% OF WHAT THEY STARTED AT.

ALTHOUGH ESTIMATES VARY, PAXTON'S BILL WOULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF REVENUE FOR THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THIS IS THE MAIN PROBLEM THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE POKED AND PRODDED AT.

THERE IS NO WAY, AND NOBODY THAT HAS HAS BROUGHT THE IDEA OR DISCUSSED.

THE IDEA OF ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES HAS EVER LAID ON THE TABLE A PLAN ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT REVENUE.

SENATE MINORITY LEADER JULIA KURT BELIEVES THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO DELIVER RELIEF TO HOMEOWNERS, LIKE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT INSURANCE RATES COMPARED TO OTHER STATES.

OUR RATES ARE RISING FASTER.

SO MY THING IS, IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE COST TO A HOMEOWNER, LET'S WORK ON THAT PROPERTY INSURANCE ISSUE.

KURT IS SURE REPUBLICANS WILL PASS SOME SORT OF PROPERTY TAX ADJUSTMENT THIS SESSION, AND SHE BELIEVES THEY ARE RUSHING TO GET AHEAD OF THE MORE DRASTIC STATE QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I'M AFRAID THAT POLITICS ARE GOING TO GET IN THE WAY OF REALITY HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEAR OF THAT STATE QUESTION, WHICH WOULD COMPLETELY ELIMINATE IT IN THREE YEARS, WHICH IN GOVERNMENT TIME IS SUPER FAST.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUGE CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT GOVERNMENT WORKS.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE HERE.

LAWMAKERS ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY BOUND TO A BALANCED BUDGET.

THEY CANNOT RUN A DEFICIT.

SO IF PROPERTY TAXES ARE REDUCED, EITHER THAT MONEY HAS TO BE MADE UP OR SERVICES HAVE TO BE CUT.

RICH NOAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SINCE 1975, STUDENTS IN THE PUTNAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE HELPED RAISE ABOUT $4 MILLION FOR CANCER RESEARCH AT THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

AND EACH YEAR, AS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU, THE FOUNDATION WELCOMES A GROUP OF PUTNAM CITY STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN JUNIOR SCIENTIST DAYS, GIVING THEM HANDS ON EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS IN THE LABS WITH FOUNDATION SCIENTISTS.

THEY DO REALLY FUN EXPERIMENTS.

DEFINITELY NOT YOUR AVERAGE EXPERIMENT.

SOMETHING FUN LIKE EXTRACTING DNA FROM A STRAWBERRY TO PIPETTING FOOD COLORING TO SOME LABORATORIES.

EVEN SET UP A MYSTERY CRIME SCENE THAT THEY HAVE TO SOLVE.

SO THEY'RE DOING AN ARRAY OF EXPERIMENTS THIS MORNING THAT ARE REALLY FUN.

WHEN I WAS LIKE 3 TO 5, I WANTED TO BE A UNICORN DOCTOR.

AND THEN LIKE WHEN I TURNED LIKE SEVEN, I STARTED LIKE, WANTING TO BE LIKE IN THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSION.

AND THEN I WAS LIKE, BRAINS ARE REALLY COOL.

SO THEN I WANTED TO BE LIKE A NEUROLOGIST OR NEUROSURGEON.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING.

I THINK IT'S SUCH A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO COME, AND FOR ME TO GET CHOSEN TO COME.

AND I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

THESE STUDENTS CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE GO THROUGH A THOROUGH PROCESS OF INTERVIEWS, ESSAYS AND TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES THIS COMING JULY.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING BACK AT 50 YEARS OF OKLAHOMA HISTORY SINCE THE BICENTENNIAL IN 1976, AND WE'RE DOING IT ONE DECADE AT A TIME.

WE CHRONICLED 76 TO 85 IN FEBRUARY.

AND NOW JASON DOYLE PICKS UP OUR OKLAHOMA STORY IN THE YEAR 1986.

JASON RICH THIS DECADE WAS ONE THAT SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE NATION.

SHOCKWAVES WHICH ORIGINATED FROM ACTS OF VIOLENCE CHANGING THE WAY THE NATION LOOKED AT WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM FROM WITHIN.

IT WAS A HOT, HUMID SUMMER DAY ON AUGUST 20TH, 1986, IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.

PEOPLE WERE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY BUSINESS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SUMMER DAY, INCLUDING THOSE DROPPING OFF MAIL AT THE EDMOND POST OFFICE.

DISGRUNTLED WORKER PATRICK SHERRILL RECEIVED A WORK REPRIMAND THE PREVIOUS DAY.

IT WAS A SAD DAY IN EDMOND AND ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND INDEED ACROSS AMERICA BECAUSE PATRICK SHERRILL, WHO WAS MAD AT HIS BOSS, MAD AT HIS COWORKERS, DECIDED TO TAKE IT OUT.

HE HAD BEEN IN THE OKLAHOMA AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND HAD BEEN IN THE AIR FORCE AND HAD LEARNED TO USE GUNS, AND HE TOOK THREE GUNS TO THE POST OFFICE AND KILLED 14 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED SIX MORE.

CHERYL'S ACT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE PHRASE GOING POSTAL.

THAT BECAME, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT PROUD OF IT, BUT IS THE THIRD WORST MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IT IS THE WORST WORKPLACE MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

ALSO, THAT SUMMER, THE OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR'S RACE WAS HEATING UP TO DECIDE WHO WOULD REPLACE GEORGE NIGH.

HE WAS FINISHING HIS SECOND AND FINAL TERM.

AT THAT TIME, DEMOCRATS WERE STILL HEAVILY FAVORED IN OKLAHOMA.

FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HENRY BELLMON WAS FACING DEMOCRATIC BUSINESSMAN DAVID WALTERS.

HE WAS A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT, EVEN THOUGH DEMOCRATS OUTNUMBER REPUBLICANS, AND DAVID WALTERS WAS A GOOD CANDIDATE.

HE, OF COURSE, WOULD BE ELECTED LATER AS GOVERNOR.

BUT HENRY BELLMON BEATS HIM IN 1986 BY TRAVELING THE STATE AND SELLING THAT IDEA OF A STRAIGHT TALKING WHEAT FARMER FROM BILLINGS.

THAT NOVEMBER, OKLAHOMA'S FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WON A TRIP BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

AND YOUR NAME I, HENRY BELLMON BELLMON, WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JANUARY 1987.

LATER THAT YEAR, A TRAGEDY, THE STATE FAIR MURDERS THE LAST TIME SISTERS, 17 YEAR OLD CHERYL KINZER AND 25 YEAR OLD LISA PENNINGTON WERE SEEN ALIVE WAS SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1987.

LANE HENDLEY WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE THE GIRLS BEFORE THEY DISAPPEARED.

WHEN THE GIRLS DID NOT RETURN THE NEXT DAY, THEIR FATHER BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THEM.

THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THEY HADN'T COME HOME.

NOW THIS IS THE 80S.

DAD'S DAD, ROCKY PENNINGTON, STARTS CALLING AROUND PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WHERE THE HECK THEY'VE GONE.

AND HENLEY IS ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS THAT HE MAKES, AND HE SAYS, NO, THEY WERE HERE.

THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE.

THE BODIES WERE RECOVERED IN A SHALLOW GRAVE ABOUT A MILE.

FROM SHOT.

BUT THE MYSTERY KIND OF GOES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, SOUTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 8:15 P.M.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME AT 7:22 P.M.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED THREE MILES NORTH OF, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35MPH.

EXPECTED HAZARDS INCLUDED A DAMAGING TORNADO.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY TRAIN SPOTTERS.

THE FOLLOWING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE FOR THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER.

MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.

TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE BROKEN ARROW, LIBERTY, COWETA, MOUNDS, STONE BLUFF, HECTORVILLE, HASKELL, LEONARD GLENPOOL, BIXBY, ONITA, KEEFER, JENKS, TULSA.

TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NOW.

MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

AVOID WINDOWS IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

CAME IN THAT YEAR.

BEDLAM GAME AND OKLAHOMA WAS THE WINNER.

JONES HAD PLANS TO HYPE SANDERS CHANCES FOR THE HEISMAN.

WERE WALKING UP THE STAIRS.

HE GOES, I'M GONNA MAKE MY OPENING COMMENTS, AND THEN I WANT YOU TO IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS I'M OVER, ASK ME ABOUT BARRY SANDERS.

OKAY, COACH, WE DID THAT A LOT.

SO HE DOES HIS TYPICAL CONGRATULATE OU TOUGH LOSS.

AND AS SOON AS YOU SHUT UP AND WENT COACH TALK ABOUT BARRY SANDERS AGAINST THAT DEFENSE HE EXPLODES.

BEST RUNNING BACK BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER.

THE JUNIOR FINISHED THE YEAR WITH 2628 RUSHING YARDS AND 37 TOUCHDOWNS, EASILY WINNING THE HEISMAN TROPHY IN 1988, AND SANDERS WON EVERY VOTING DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW PHENOMENAL THAT YEAR WAS.

THE NEWS WASN'T SO GREAT IN NORMAN, THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOONERS FOOTBALL PROGRAM WAS FACING A THREE YEAR PROBATION FOR RECRUITING VIOLATIONS, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR MARKED THE END OF AN ERA.

TODAY, I'M RESIGNING AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION I'VE EVER HAD TO MAKE.

BARRY SWITZER ANNOUNCING HIS RESIGNATION AS HEAD COACH ON JUNE 19TH AFTER 16 YEARS, 12 BIG EIGHT TITLES AND THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND IT GOT WORSE IN JANUARY, SOONERS QUARTERBACK CHARLES THOMPSON WAS CAUGHT SELLING COCAINE TO AN UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT AND WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY.

THOMPSON PLEADED GUILTY LATER THAT YEAR AND WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON.

IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE OU PROGRAM TO RETURN TO PROMINENCE, BUT THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA STILL HAD SOME CELEBRATING TO DO IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

OKLAHOMA CITY WAS NAMED TO HOST THE U.S.

OLYMPIC FESTIVAL IN THE SUMMER OF 1989.

MORE THAN 4000 ATHLETES ACROSS 37 SPORTS GATHERED IN THE OKC METRO THAT SUMMER, AND PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN OPENED THE FESTIVITIES AT OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STADIUM.

AS THE CALENDAR FLIPPED TO A NEW YEAR, THE EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1990 TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE AND CLASSROOMS.

IT INCREASED CORPORATION AND PERSONAL INCOME TAXES BY A PERCENTAGE POINT AND SALES TAX BY A HALF PERCENT.

FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING, STANDARDS WERE SET FOR CLASS SIZE, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, AND TEACHER EVALUATIONS.

AS LAWMAKERS WERE DEBATING THE BILL, TEACHERS STAGED A FOUR DAY WALKOUT AT THE CAPITOL.

TEACHERS BY THE HUNDREDS DESCENDED UPON THE STATE CAPITOL TO SAY, WE NEED A RAISE.

WE NEED SMALLER CLASS SIZES, AND WE NEED HELP IN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE BUNDLED UP INTO HOUSE BILL 1017, AND IT EVENTUALLY PASSED THE LEGISLATURE.

THAT LED TO A COMPROMISE NEEDED TO PASS THE MEASURE.

GOVERNOR HENRY BELLMON SUPPORTED THE EDUCATION REFORMS AND SIGNED THE BILL IN 1992, OKLAHOMA WAS IN THE RUNNING FOR UNITED AIRLINES TO BUILD A MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

HOWEVER, THE PROJECT WENT TO INDIANAPOLIS BECAUSE THAT CITY WAS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A BETTER STANDARD OF LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR OKLAHOMA CITY LEADERS TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, AN IDEA CALLED METROPOLITAN AREA PROJECTS, OR MAPS, WAS BORN.

THE PLAN PASSED IN LATE 1993.

HOWEVER, THE PROJECTS WOULD BECOME TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE CAPITAL CITY IN THE COMING YEARS.

IN 1994, MORE EVIDENCE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS GROWING IN POWER AND POPULARITY, AS ONLY THE THIRD REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SINCE STATEHOOD WON THE ELECTION.

I JUST ARGUED THAT, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.

LET'S COME TOGETHER AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THEN, JUST AS THE DECADE BEGAN WITH TRAGEDY, IT ALSO ENDED WITH THE MOST DEADLY DOMESTIC TERROR ATTACK IN U.S.

HISTORY THE BOMBING OF THE ALFRED P MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING ON APRIL 19TH, 1995.

THE BOMBERS TIMOTHY MCVEIGH AND TERRY NICHOLS PLOTTED THE TERROR ATTACK AS RETALIATION FOR THE DEADLY BRANCH DAVIDIAN RAID IN WACO BY THE FBI TO HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE IT INTO HIS OWN HANDS TO CRUSH THE UNITED STATES.

ITS HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND AND IT CAUSED GREAT MAYHEM AND HAVOC IS UNFORGIVABLE.

UNFORGIVABLE BEHAVIOR.

168 PEOPLE WERE KILLED THAT DAY.

THOUSANDS OF OKLAHOMANS RESPONDED BY VOLUNTEERING TO HELP IN ANY WAY THEY COULD, SETTING UP WHAT WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS THE OKLAHOMA STANDARD.

I SPOKE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA STANDARD, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE THAT PEOPLE CAME HERE AND COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW GENEROUS AND WONDERFUL THE PEOPLE WERE.

BUT THEY WERE, AND HOW VERY COMPETENT THE PEOPLE WERE.

BUT THEY WERE.

AND THE REST IS A VITAL PART OF OUR HISTORY.

THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING SITE WOULD EVENTUALLY TURN INTO A PLACE OF HOPE AND REFLECTION.

COMING UP IN APRIL, TAELYR JACKSON TAKES OVER WITH THE YEARS 1996 THROUGH 2005.

RICH JASON, GREAT WORK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS WE DO EACH WEEK DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

TIME NOW FOR OUR RECAP OF THE WEEK'S WORK AT 23RD AND LINCOLN.

ON THURSDAY, I SAT DOWN WITH QUORUM CALL PUBLISHER SEAN ASHLEY INSIDE THE CAPITOL TO DISCUSS THE PENDING LEGISLATION AND PRIORITIES OF LAWMAKERS.

SPORTS.

SEAN.

GOVERNOR STITT STRONGLY SUPPORTS ENDING WELFARE BENEFITS FOR NON-CITIZENS.

BUT YOU SAY IN SOME WAYS THAT CONTRASTS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IN THE PAST.

HOW SO?

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, THE GOVERNOR REMOVED AND REPLACED SOME MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AFTER THEY SUPPORTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE THAT WOULD REQUIRE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS TO REPORT THEIR UNDOCUMENTED, THEIR THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

THE GOVERNOR SAID AT THAT TIME, ESSENTIALLY, THAT THE BOARD SHOULD NOT BE PICKING ON CHILDREN.

ULTIMATELY, THAT RULE WAS REJECTED BY BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

RECENTLY, IN A LETTER TO THE OKLAHOMA FREEDOM CAUCUS, GOVERNOR STITT EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR TWO BILLS BY HOUSE SPEAKER KYLE HILBERT THAT WOULD REQUIRE IMMIGRATION CHECKS OF THOSE APPLYING FOR STATE BENEFITS.

THAT IS SOMEWHAT IN OPPOSITION AND IN KEEPING WITH WHAT HE WAS SAYING A YEAR AGO.

HE DID NOTE A YEAR AGO THAT IMMIGRATION SHOULD FOCUS ON GETTING RID OF THE BAD GUYS WHO ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.

ALONG THOSE LINES, THE HOUSE IS CONSIDERING IMMIGRATION CHECKS TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR SNAP AND MEDICAID BENEFITS, AND OBVIOUSLY DEMOCRATS ARE OPPOSED TO THAT.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

IN FACT, HOUSE BILL 4422 AND HOUSE BILL 4004 23 HAVE PASSED THE HOUSE AND MOVED ON TO THE SENATE.

AND THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY.

THEY REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO PROVE THEIR CITIZENSHIP BEFORE THEY CAN RECEIVE STATE BENEFITS LIKE SNAP AND MEDICAID.

NOW, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO USE A A FEDERAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS, THAT SYSTEM IS NOT 100% ACCURATE.

DEMOCRATS ALSO NOTE THAT CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE US CITIZENS AND DO QUALIFY FOR STATE BENEFITS, SO IF THEIR PARENTS APPLY FOR THOSE BENEFITS, THEY POTENTIALLY EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO DETENTION, DEPORTATION AND FAMILY SEPARATION.

I NOTICED SENATOR DAVE RIDER WOULD LIKE TO PASS A BAIL REFORM LAW.

SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK?

SENATE BILL 1381 IS THE RESULT OF A LAWSUIT OUT OF TULSA COUNTY RELATED TO PRETRIAL DETENTION.

AND WHAT THE BILL DOES IS REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BAIL HEARING 24 HOURS AFTER ARREST, IF DURING THE WORK WEEK AND 72 HOURS AFTER ARREST IF ON THE WEEKEND, THEREFORE POTENTIALLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PRETRIAL DETENTION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FACES.

THOSE BILLS HAVE PASSED THE SENATE JUDICIARY AND THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, AND NOW MOVE TO THE FULL SENATE FOR ITS CONSIDERATION.

SEAN, THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT REORGANIZING OR COMPLETELY DOING AWAY WITH THE OKLAHOMA SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OR THE THE OSSAA, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S CERTAINLY BECOMING LESS AND LESS LIKELY.

THERE WERE THREE BILLS THAT DID NOT MAKE THURSDAY'S DEADLINE TO BE HEARD.

IN A COMMITTEE OF THEIR CHAMBER OF ORIGIN, THEY ESSENTIALLY ARE CONSIDERED DEAD.

A FOURTH BILL WAS TAKEN UP BY THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS AUTHORED BY THE VICE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, SENATOR ALI SIEGFRIED, IT DID NOT PASS.

SO THE FOUR MAJOR BILLS DEALING WITH THE ISSUE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD.

BUT IN THE LEGISLATURE, NOTHING IS REALLY EVER DEAD.

AND IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE THE GOVERNOR CALLING FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S ELIMINATION.

SO SOMETIME BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED SINE DIE, I BET WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE AGAIN.

FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU.

LAWMAKER JOSH CANTRELL WOULD LIKE THE OPTION TO EXPEL A STUDENT EXTENDED TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.

HOW WOULD THAT WORK?

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

CURRENTLY, ONLY STUDENTS IN SIXTH GRADE AND UP CAN BE EXPELLED FOR SCHOOL.

UNDER REPRESENTATIVE CANTRELL'S PROPOSAL, THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO BODILY INJURE, INJURE A MEMBER OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND ULTIMATELY, EXPULSION FROM THE SCHOOL.

SEAN ASHLEY, PUBLISHER OF QUORUM CALL.

ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU INSIDE THE CAPITOL.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

A COMPANY THAT BUILDS SYSTEMS TO DETECT AND JAM HOSTILE DRONES, IS OPENING A PRODUCTION FACILITY IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

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

COUNTER DRONE SYSTEMS COMPANY.

MY DEFENSE AS ITS OKLAHOMA CITY MANUFACTURING AND INNOVATION FACILITY UP AND RUNNING.

THE COMPANY OPENED THE FACILITY IN LATE FEBRUARY.

MY DEFENSE SUPPLIES COUNTER DRONE TECHNOLOGY TO THE U.S.

MILITARY, AND INTENDS TO WORK WITH PARTNERS TO HELP OKLAHOMA DEVELOP ITS WORKFORCE IN AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE.

TULSA BASED COMMERCIAL HVAC MANUFACTURER AON SAYS IT HAD A RECORD YEAR OF GROWTH AND GREW ITS NET SALES BY 20.1% IN 2025.

SOME OF THAT INCREASED DEMAND CAME FROM DATA CENTERS LOOKING TO COOL THEIR EQUIPMENT.

THE COMPANY PREDICTS ITS REVENUE WILL GROW BY 18 TO 20% THIS YEAR.

OKLAHOMA CITY BASED RILEY PERMIAN REPORTS ITS 2025 PROFITS TOTALED JUST UNDER $161 MILLION.

REVENUES FOR THE COMPANY TOTALED $392 MILLION.

RILEY PERMIAN SAYS IT AVERAGED $62.95 A BARREL ON THE OIL THEY PRODUCE.

LAST YEAR, THE COMPANY STOCK BUYBACK PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, HAS TAKEN IN MORE THAN 152,000 SHARES AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $26.54 A SHARE, FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION.

MIDFIRST BANK IS HELPING THE INFANT CRISIS SERVICES IN OKLAHOMA CITY WITH A $25,000 DONATION.

THE MONEY WILL GO TO HELP SUPPORT INFANT CRISIS SERVICES MAJOR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER.

THE BOOTS AND BALL GOWNS EVENT.

THE DONATION IS PART OF MIDFIRST COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE OKLAHOMA BUSINESS REVIEW.

THE UNITED STATES ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN HAS ELEVATED TERROR THREATS, RAISED GAS PRICES, AND ROILED THE STOCK MARKET WITH MORE ON THE LOCAL IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT, PLUS, THE BREAKING NEWS THAT OKLAHOMA SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN MAY SOON BE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

HERE'S MODERATOR CASSIDY MUDD AND HER PANEL OF GUESTS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION.

JOINING US FOR THIS DISCUSSION IS DOCTOR JOSHUA LANDIS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

HE'S ALSO A LONGTIME ANALYST OF MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS.

WE'RE ALSO JOINED VIA ZOOM BY DOCTOR MOHAN KELKAR, A PROFESSOR OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE JOINED BY LISA JOHN LOU, A PERSIAN COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND AMERICAN IRANIAN.

NOW, BEFORE WE BEGIN HERE, WE HAVE BREAKING POLITICAL NEWS INVOLVING UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

HE'S ANNOUNCED PLANS TO NOMINATE OKLAHOMA SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, REPLACING CURRENT SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM, NOW DOCTOR LANDIS, WITH THREATS OF RETALIATION BEING DISCUSSED, WHAT ROLE DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAVE HERE IN PROTECTING AMERICANS AT HOME?

WELL, HE'S KNOWN AS A BIG SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND HE'S GOING TO WORK ON BUILDING THE WALL TO CUT MEXICO OFF AND NOT LET IMMIGRANTS IN.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO ADD UP.

AND HE'S BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF NOT HAVING JUDICIAL WARRANTS IN ORDER TO GO INTO HOUSES AND SO FORTH, AND FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY.

SO HE'S GOING TO BE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

DOCTOR LANDIS, TENSIONS HAVE ESCALATED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HERE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR OUR VIEWERS WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON NOW WITH THE CONFLICT INVOLVING ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN?

WELL, THIS IS A WAR OF CHOICE.

JUST THIS SUMMER WE BOMBED IRAN, AND THE PRESIDENT SAID WE HAD DEVASTATED THEIR NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

SO THEY'RE NOT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO USE ANY KIND OF NUCLEAR WEAPON OR ENRICH NUCLEAR.

BUT THEY DO HAVE MISSILES, NOTHING THAT COULD REACH THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEY COULD REACH ISRAEL AS THEY HAD USED THEM AGAINST ISRAEL PREVIOUSLY.

SO THIS IS A WAR IN MANY WAYS TO PROTECT OUR ALLIES, PARTICULARLY ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE OCTOBER 7TH IN 2023.

AND WE SPENT ABOUT $30 BILLION SINCE OCTOBER 2023.

AND WE'RE GOING TO I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO SPEND CONSIDERABLE MORE MONEY IN THIS OPERATION, WHICH THE PENTAGON SAYS WILL COST ABOUT $1 BILLION A DAY.

OKLAHOMA SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD SPOKE WITH OUR TEAM ABOUT WHY HE THOUGHT THE UNITED STATES ACTION WAS NECESSARY.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

PEOPLE FORGET WE HAVE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION AMERICANS THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THAT REGION AROUND IRAN AND UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA AND JORDAN AND EGYPT, IN TURKEY, OF COURSE, IN ISRAEL, THERE ARE A LOT OF AMERICANS THAT LIVE AND WORK THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

LANKFORD ALSO SAID IRAN AND ITS PROXIES HAVE ATTACKED AMERICANS IN THE REGION MORE THAN 180 TIMES IN RECENT YEARS.

FROM A GEOLOGICAL STANDPOINT, HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE US'S INVOLVEMENT?

WELL, I THINK WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS DURING THE IRAQ WAR, WHEN THE UNITED STATES OCCUPIED IRAQ IN 2003, IRAN HELPED THE OPPOSITION WITH ROADSIDE BOMBS AND A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH, OF COURSE, KILLED AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

AND THE UNITED STATES HAD ATTACKED IRAQ, BUT SAID THAT THEY WERE REALLY GOING AFTER THE AXIS OF EVIL, AS THEY CALLED IT, WHICH INCLUDED IRAN.

SO IRAN WAS WORRIED THAT THEY WOULD BE NEXT, AND THEY BEGAN TO JUMP IN ON THE SIDE OF IRAQIS WHO ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

AND AND THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO, AND THEREFORE, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR JUSTIFICATIONS, IS THIS IS, IN A SENSE, REVENGE FOR IRANIAN IRANIAN ENMITY TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES.

AND, OF COURSE, IRAN HAS BEEN AN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE SHAH WAS OVERTURNED IN 1979.

AND WHEN TENSIONS ESCALATE LIKE THIS FOR SECURITY REASONS, HOW QUICKLY DO ENERGY MARKETS BEGIN REACTING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A WIDER CONFLICT?

I THINK THE MARKETS ARE ALREADY REACTING.

I THINK IF YOU SEE TODAY, THE PRICE HAS ALREADY INCREASED TO MORE THAN $80 COMPARED TO PRE-WAR PRICES, WHICH WERE LESS THAN $65.

SO YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING A PREMIUM OF $15.

AND ASSUMING THAT THE WAR ENDS QUICKLY, IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THE PRICE WILL STAY AROUND THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

BUT IF INDEED THE HORMUZ STOPS, BASICALLY THE OIL FROM COMING FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR, THE GAS, THEN IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT PRICE COULD EASILY INCREASE TO MORE THAN $100.

SO THE GULF OF HORMUZ, WHERE MOST OF THE OIL IS COMING THROUGH MORE THAN 20 TO 30% OF THE OIL WORLDWIDE MARKET, THAT CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OIL PRICES.

SO YOU HOPE THAT THIS WAR ENDS QUICKLY.

AND WE HAVE A PERHAPS EVEN MORE OIL PRODUCTION COMING FROM IRAN, AND THAT COULD EASILY REDUCE THE PRICE TO LESS THAN $50 IN A MATTER OF YEAR.

BUT EVEN STILL, NO MATTER HOW QUICKLY OR HOW LONG THIS WAR TAKES, WE STILL WILL BE SEEING THOSE IMPACTS.

NOW, LISA, BRINGING YOU INTO THIS, YOU HAVE CLOSE PERSONAL TIES WITH THE IRANIAN COMMUNITY.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW?

YOU KNOW, THE THE BIGGEST FEAR THAT THEY HAD IN IRAN IS LIVING UNDER THIS ISLAMIC REGIME.

AND SO IT WAS EITHER SOMEONE ACT AND HELPED THEM.

I MEAN, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE STREET TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM.

IT WAS EITHER NOW SOMETHING HAPPENS OR LIVING WITH THE FEAR THAT WILL NEVER GET RID OF THIS ISLAMIC REGIME.

SO THEY ARE HOPEFUL.

THEY ARE HAPPY.

THEY'RE TAKING TO THE STREETS, DANCING, CHEERING.

THIS, THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE A NEW BEGINNING FOR IRAN.

AND LISA, WHEN AMERICANS AND WESTERNERS HEAR ABOUT IRAN, IT'S OFTEN INVOLVED IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

WE KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT KIND OF THE WAY IT LUMPS IN TOGETHER MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHEN WE'RE JUST HAVING ISSUES WITH IRAN.

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE HERE IN OKLAHOMA ARE MISUNDERSTANDING AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT IRAN AND THE IRANIAN PEOPLE?

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I SAY TO EVERYONE, DO NOT GET THE GOVERNMENT, THE ISLAMIC REGIME, CONFUSED WITH THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, TOTALLY TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

ISLAMIC REGIME HAVE OCCUPIED THE COUNTRY OF IRAN OVER 47 YEARS AGO.

LIKE WE WERE SAYING EARLIER, THAT THE SHAH WAS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ALLIES FOR THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO WHAT PEOPLE ARE LACKING IS THE EDUCATION OF IRAN, OF PERSIA.

AND IT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT COUNTRY THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND DOCTOR LANDIS, THOUGHTS ON THAT?

WELL, THE DANGER, OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF AMERICA COULD PUT SOMEBODY PRO-AMERICAN TO LEAD IRAN.

AND BUT THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING ARE VERY SMALL.

THE PROBLEM IS, IN THE PAST, WE'VE DONE THIS FOUR TIMES NOW REGIME CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, LIBYA, EACH TIME IT'S DEVOLVED INTO CIVIL WAR WITH TENS OF MILLIONS.

WELL, IN SERIOUS CASE, 8 MILLION REFUGEES.

IRAQ WAS FIVE 6 MILLION REFUGEES.

IRAN IS A COUNTRY OF 92 MILLION PEOPLE.

IT'S FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN IRAQ.

IF IT DOES DESCEND INTO CIVIL WAR, AND AMERICA IS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO ARM UP THE KURDS IN ORDER TO FOR AN INSURGENCY AGAINST THE REGIME, THESE SORTS OF THINGS COULD REALLY SO A LOT OF CHAOS INTO THE REGION.

AND THAT'S WHAT MANY OF THE LOCAL POWERS TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA AND SO FORTH ARE WORRIED ABOUT.

NOW, OF COURSE, IT MAY BE THAT THIS IS A SHORT WAR, MORE LIKE VENEZUELA.

THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED ABOUT BOTH THINGS, REGIME CHANGE AND VENEZUELA TYPE SITUATION.

SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HE'S DETERMINED ON AS AN END GAME.

AND PERHAPS HE DOESN'T WANT US TO KNOW BECAUSE HE'S HE'S FEELING THE SITUATION OUT AS HE GOES.

LISA, GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS I WORKED WITH THE AFGHAN REFUGEES THAT CAME HERE INTO OKLAHOMA.

AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITUATION AND WE COMPARE IT WITH IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.

ARE WE GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF IRANIAN REFUGEES HERE?

AND THAT IS ANOTHER THING I LIKE TO STRESS WITH PEOPLE.

IRAN, THE MEN AND WOMEN ALONE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN AFGHAN OR IRAQ.

THEY'RE VERY EDUCATED.

PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN RUN THEIR COUNTRY AND WON'T NEED TO DEPEND ON ANYONE ELSE.

THE PROBLEM IS THE COUNTRY OF IRAN HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY ISLAM, RADICAL ISLAMISTS THAT HAVE TAKEN OVER.

AND SO WHEN WE SEE THEIR LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY, WE GET BLURRED VISION OF MAYBE THIS IS GOING TO BE AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ, AND WE CANNOT GET THOSE TWO CONFUSED.

AND WHEN WE GET SOMEONE IN THERE, WHICH THEY IRANIAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, THEY WANT REZA PAHLAVI, THE SHAH SON, TO BE THE TRANSITIONAL LEADER, TO GET THEM, SOMEBODY IN OFFICE THAT ARE FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR DEMOCRACY, FOR THEIR COUNTRY, THAT WILL BE PRO-ISRAEL, PRO-AMERICAN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME.

DOCTOR KELLER, BRINGING THIS CLOSER TO HOME, WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR OKLAHOMA'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY?

SO THERE ARE, I THINK, TWO EFFECTS.

OBVIOUSLY.

ONE THING YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING, WHICH IS THE INCREASE IN GASOLINE PRICES, BECAUSE EVERY TIME THERE IS AN INCREASE IN OIL PRICE, THE RULE OF THUMB IS THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE OF $10.

THERE IS ABOUT $0.30 OF INCREASE IN THE GAS PRICES.

SO WHEN YOU SAW AN INCREASE IN THE OIL PRICE TO ABOUT $80, YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING THE GAS PRICE JUMP FROM TO ABOUT $2.39 TO ABOUT $3.

SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT EFFECT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE CONSUMERS IN OKLAHOMA.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THAT STATE ALSO PRODUCES ABOUT 400,000 BARRELS OF OIL EVERY DAY, AND IT GETS ABOUT 6% OF THE ROYALTY TO THE STATE.

SO EVERY TIME THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE OIL PRICE BY $1, STATE ACCUMULATES ABOUT $25,000 PER DAY IN ITS COFFER.

SO $10 INCREASE IN OIL PRICE MEANS A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS EVERY DAY TO THE STATE'S COFFERS.

SO THE STATE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A BETTER BUDGET IF THE OIL PRICE GOES UP.

BUT THE CONSUMERS OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE TO PAY HIGHER PRICE AS A RESULT.

WE'LL BE FEELING THAT PAIN AT THE PUMP.

NOW, DOCTOR LANDIS, I ACTUALLY WANT TO MOVE BACK TO LEADERSHIP.

SO AS YOU KNOW, BEING AN AYATOLLAH IS A LIFETIME POSITION.

AND IRAN'S PREVIOUS LEADER, AND HE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT HE'S PASSED WAS ALREADY IN HIS 80S.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, DIDN'T THEY ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND TO TAKE OVER OR THEY HAVE APPOINTED HIS SON?

OKAY.

THEY HAVE APPOINTED YES, TO TAKE OVER.

SO IT'S REPRODUCING ITSELF FAIRLY QUICKLY, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ARAB REGIMES LIKE SADDAM HUSSEIN'S OR SYRIA'S, WHERE THE REGIMES CRUMBLED ONCE THEY WERE DECAPITATED.

AND HERE THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE.

AND IT POINTS TO A MUCH LONGER, MUCH LONGER STRUGGLE.

IF WASHINGTON IS DETERMINED ON REGIME CHANGE, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DETERMINED ON REGIME CHANGE?

BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING, GET OUT INTO THE STREETS AND GO TAKE YOUR HE WANTS THE IRANIANS TO RISE UP AND TAKE POWER.

THE TROUBLE IS, THEY DON'T HAVE GUNS.

AND THE THE IRGC OR THE THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD DOES HAVE GUNS.

THERE SEEM TO BE STAYING THEY SEEM TO BE STICKING TOGETHER AND NOT SPLINTERING.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A WORRY FOR FOR THE US GOVERNMENT AS IT GOES FORWARD.

LISA, WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS ARE YOU HEARING FROM AMERICAN IRANIAN COMMUNITIES HERE IN OKLAHOMA ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING?

THEY ARE SO HAPPY.

I MEAN, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING MANY PROTESTS AND RALLIES SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL HERE IN OKLAHOMA AT THE CAPITOL HOLDING UP SIGNS FOR A YEAR ON.

AND SO I IT'S A FEELING I REALLY CAN'T EXPLAIN.

THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN TO TO LIVE IN THIS MOMENT.

I NEVER THOUGHT IN MY LIFETIME THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

AND FROM MY DAD BEING IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THE 70S TO MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A HOPE ONE DAY WE ALL CAN GO BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE ALL FEELING.

WE'RE COMING TOGETHER, WE'RE CELEBRATING, BUT WE'RE ALSO PRAYING FOR OUR SOLDIERS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR HELPING THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.

SO TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE PROTESTING FREEDOM FOR IRAN.

AND THIS LAST SUNDAY WE WERE AT SCISSORTAIL PARK LISTENING TO MUSIC, CELEBRATING, HUGGING EACH OTHER, LOVING ON EACH OTHER.

SO WE'RE EMBRACING THE MOMENT.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE JUST DISCUSSED THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO.

BUT IRAN IN THE 70S, POPPING FASHION MUSIC AND SO DO YOU SEE THAT COMING BACK NOW?

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

EXACTLY.

THEY'RE STILL VERY FASHIONABLE.

UNFORTUNATELY.

LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE OCCUPIED.

GOVERNMENT THAT'S RUNNING IT IS MAKING THEM COVER UP.

BUT IRANIAN WOMEN ESPECIALLY ARE SO FASHIONABLE.

EVEN THE MEN I MEAN, IT'S GREAT.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.

NOW, DOCTOR KELKER, THE PRESIDENT, LIKE WE MENTIONED, SUGGESTED THAT THIS CONFLICT MAY ONLY BE A FEW WEEKS.

AND WE KIND OF DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.

BUT EVEN IF THE WAR STOPS TOMORROW OR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HOW LONG WILL WE BE SEEING THESE EFFECTS ON PRICES?

I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO A SHORT TERM SOLUTION.

I DON'T THINK THE PRICES WILL GO BACK TO LOWER VALUE IN A VERY SHORT TERM, EVEN INCLUDING THE FACT THAT IRAN IS LIBERATED.

AND LET'S ASSUME THAT IT HAS THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE MAYBE 4 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL.

I THINK RIGHT NOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN IRAN HAS BEEN DEGRADED BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY SANCTIONS.

SO CURRENTLY IT'S PRODUCING ABOUT 1.5 MILLION BARRELS, AND IT'S ALREADY IN THE SHADOW MARKETS.

SO IT HAS TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY THE WORLD MARKET.

IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME AND MAYBE A YEAR OR SO BEFORE IT CAN BRING THE PRODUCTION BACK TO ITS LEVEL, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING.

AND IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN OIL, OIL PRICES FROM WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY TODAY TO ABOUT $50.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, WILL BENEFIT THE CONSUMERS.

WE'LL BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THAT.

LISA, GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

AND I KNOW WE THINK OF ACTS OF TERROR OF THEIR NUCLEAR SITES AND THEN THE MISSILES.

BUT WE ALSO GOT TO REMEMBER ISLAMIC REGIME IS THE HEAD OF ALL THE TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT WHAT ALSO IS HAPPENING DOMESTICALLY, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND DOING THINGS TO THIS COUNTRY AND HAVE A PLAN, AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THAT SERIOUS, TOO.

YES, WE FOCUS ON THE MISSILES AND YES, WE FOCUS ON THE NUCLEAR, BUT WE HAVE DOMESTIC STUFF HAPPENING FROM REFUGEES THAT COME IN AND I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM.

THEY COME IN AS A REFUGEE AND HAVE A DIFFERENT AGENDA HERE IN OKLAHOMA, WHICH I THINK IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO.

THE FBI GOT AN AFGHAN REFUGEE WHO HAD PLANNED TO DO TERRORIST TERROR ATTACKS HERE, AND IT ALL FALLS BACK WITH THE ISLAMIC REGIME.

SO WE THINK ABOUT MISSILES, WE THINK ABOUT, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT DOMESTICALLY THE PLANS THAT THEY'RE HAVING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT, TOO.

FINAL THOUGHTS, DOCTOR LANDIS?

WELL, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT GOES ON.

AND THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW.

AND IF IT IF IT STOPS SOON, THE PRICES WILL MAY GO DOWN.

BUT IF IT CONTINUES TO GO ON, THEY'RE GOING TO STAY HIGH.

AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE TANKERS TO GET OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF.

SO THEY'VE STOPPED MOVING.

NOW, THE UNITED STATES JUST SWUNG IN AND SAID, WE'LL PAY FOR ALL INSURANCE FOR THOSE TANKERS GOING THROUGH THE PERSIAN GULF AND OUT THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ, WHICH IS A VERY NARROW SPOT, AND IRAN CAN SINK TANKERS THERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY CHEWING OUR FINGERNAILS AND WAITING TO SEE HOW THIS TURNS OUT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND WORK THIS OUT FOR US, AND WE'LL BE KEEPING UP WITH YOU AS THE SITUATION CONTINUES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CASSIDY.

THANK YOU.

IN THE 1970S, THERE WERE ONLY THREE KNOWN BALD EAGLE NESTS IN COLORADO.

NOW THERE ARE MORE THAN 300.

THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF THE BIRD CONSERVANCY OF THE ROCKIES.

AND THIS WEEK'S NATIONAL VIEW, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD NORTH TO BOULDER TO MEET ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PITCHED IN TO HELP MONITOR AND PROTECT OUR NATIONAL BIRD.

YEARS AND YEARS AGO, MY FRIEND AND I WERE HIKING OUT AT THE EAGLE TRAIL THERE BY BOULDER REZ, AND AN EAGLE JUST FLEW RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

AND EVER SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN FASCINATED BY THEM.

I MONITOR ALL OF MY NESTS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN THERE'S ACTIVITY.

USUALLY THEY'RE PERCHED AT THE TOP OF TREES AND YOU LOOK FOR THAT WHITE HEAD.

LONGMONT, ALONG WITH ALL OF COLORADO, IS GROWING, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THEIR LIFE.

BUT THEY SEEM TO ADAPT PRETTY WELL.

ONE PAIR THAT I OBSERVE, THEIR NEST IS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY BUILT A NEW STORAGE UNIT.

AND THEY THEY DID OKAY.

I START DOCUMENTING IN MY BOOK THE TIME.

AND THE TEMP.

AND THERE WE HAVE ONE.

THERE THEY ARE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT I SEE OUT HERE HELPS THE BIRD CONSERVANCY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AS FAR AS ALL THE EAGLES THAT ARE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE.

HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO GROW IN COLORADO.

HERE HE COMES.

SO MAYBE THE SECOND ONE WILL SHOW UP TOO.

AND I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT I CAN BE A PART OF OBSERVING THEM AND HOPEFULLY PROTECTING THEM.

BACK HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

LEGO RICK'S FIRST PRODUCED IN DENMARK IN 1949, AND SINCE THEN, KIDS AND MORE AND MORE ADULTS HAVE DELIGHTED IN PUTTING THEM TOGETHER TO CREATE ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURES, INCLUDING THESE AMAZING ARTWORKS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN, LOCATED EIGHT MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN TULSA.

THERE, THE CREATIONS OF BROOKLYN ARTIST SEAN KENNEY AND THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED NATURE CONNECTS.

THESE PLASTIC SCULPTURES ARE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE.

HE GETS LEGOS SHIPPED TO HIM DIRECTLY FROM THE LEGO COMPANY, WHICH IS.

HE'S ONLY ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT GETS THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE HE'S BROUGHT SO MUCH NOTORIETY TO THEM.

THERE'S 21 THAT ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR FIVE FORMAL GARDENS AND OUR GREAT LAWN, WHERE WE HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

AND SO THE NICE THING WE LIKE ABOUT THAT, IT GETS FOLKS HERE TO NOT ONLY SEE THE SCULPTURES, BUT ALSO TO SEE THE GARDENS.

AND IT GETS GETS YOU SOME GREAT EXERCISE.

IF YOU WALK ALL OF OUR TRAILS IN THE GARDENS, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON ABOUT FIVE MILES, WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE 10,000 STEPS YOU NEED EVERY DAY, AT LEAST FOR SOME OF US, THIS EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE 170 ACRE BOTANIC GARDEN UNTIL MAY 4TH.

ON THE NEXT EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, WE WILL REPLACE MARKWAYNE MULLIN IN THE U.S.

SENATE IN BOTH THE SHORT AND LONG A CANDIDATES ARE ALREADY JOCKEYING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, SOUTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, UNTIL 8:45 P.M.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME AT 7:54 P.M.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROKEN ARROW, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45MPH.

EXPECTED HAZARDS INCLUDE.

TORNADO.

THIS IS A RADAR INDICATED THREAT.

ROTATION.

THE FOLLOWING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER.

MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.

TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE SHOTO, INOLA, MAZIE, TYLER, COWETA, ONEIDA, CLAREMORE, BROKEN ARROW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 243 AND 254.

TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

AVOID WINDOWS IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

ALL ABOARD!