New Mexico in Focus; 1352; Special Session Ends, Push for Early Childhood Wellness Begins, COVID and More Racial Reckoning

>> FUNDING FOR NEW MEXICO MCCUNE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. >> Gene: THIS WEEK ON NEW MEXICO InFOCUS, THE EDUCATION AND CARE >> Elizabeth: WE HAVE TO SERVICES ARE INFORMED BY IN WHICH THEY LIVE, AND THAT WE >>Gene: AND, LAWMAKERS LEAVE THE SESSION. WE'LL ASSESS WHAT THEY THE NEXT YEAR. NEW MEXICO InFOCUS STARTS NOW. >> Gene: THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK. AFTER A WEEK OF NEWS UNLIKE FOCUSED ONCE MORE ON SPECIAL SESSION. HOW THE STATE IS DEALING POP UP ALONG OUR BORDER, HOW STATUES AND MONUMENTS THAT AND HOW LAWMAKERS HAVE

MONTHS. WEEK. >> Gene: MORE THAN A DAY, SPECIAL SESSION ENDED ON ACTION ON A HANDFUL OF BILLS POLICE REFORM, AND SOME WAS IT TOO MUCH? HERE TO TALK THROUGH IT IS I'M JOINED BY LINE REGULAR SERGE MARTINEZ. VOX OPTIMA PUBLIC RELATIONS, WITH US, AS WELL. WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE, SHE'S EDITOR OF ALBUQUERQUE LET'S START WITH MONEY. SPECIFICALLY THE BUDGET FOLLOWED OR SET THE PATTERN NOT TO FIX THE ENTIRE PROBLEM, ROOM TO MANEUVER IN JANUARY. >> Rachel: SO, THAT IS JUST A REALLY DIFFICULT TIGHTROPE WALK THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS HEARD LEGISLATORS SAYING.

THIS HOLE THAT WE'RE IN NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOW CAN WE HELP THE MOST, HOW CAN WE DO THE OURSELVES READY FOR WHATEVER AND THAT'S A LOT TO TRY TO THERE WAS DEFINITELY A RACE >> Gene: GOOD POINT THERE. COUNTING ON THOSE FEDERAL SO FAR. GOES SO FAR. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT OF KIND HOW SURE DID IT LEAVE THE >> Merritt: IN THE INTRO, WAS IT NOT ENOUGH. I'M SO FRUSTRATED WITH THE WE HAD $300 MILLION IN FOUND EARLY CHILDHOOD TRUST FUND, IT WITH CASH RESERVES. TO START A NEW TRUST FUND.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO CUT BECAUSE THOSE CREATE JOBS. TIME FOR PUNISHING SCHOOL ACT MONEY. UPSET ME MOST ABOUT THE COUNTING OUR FEDERAL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BUDGET BY THE AMOUNT YOU GOT I JUST THINK THAT'S LOUSY. >>Gene: WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF EARLY FEEL FOR IT? BECAUSE I'M >> Merritt: DYSFUNCTION. >> Gene: GO AHEAD. DYSFUNCTION. THE END OF JOHN ARTHUR FINANCE CHAIR. COLUMN, IT'S REALLY ON THE DEMOCRATS ARE MOVING WHICH IS A MORE SPENDING CAN'T STAMP THEIR FEET AND THEY'VE GOT TO GET THE

THE SEATS SO THAT THEY CAN GET SOME BILLS PASSED. >>Gene: GOOD POINT THERE. SERGE, GOING TO BOUNCE BACK BEFORE BECAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE CONVERSATION COME JANUARY, MEANING IF IT DOESN'T BOUNCE CONVERSATION, AS WELL. >> Serge: YES, THAT'S A $1.7 BILLION QUESTION. TO SAY THAT I'M MORE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HAVING AROUND THE CORONAVIRUS AND I WAS ONE OF THE FOLKS WHO WE'LL SORT OF BE BACK ON OUR GETTING BACK INTO ACTION. FIESTA. IT IS REALLY GOING TO GET >> Gene: GOT TO THROW THE STATE >> Serge: EVEN IF I'M WRONG. >> Gene: THAT'S RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU'VE IN THERE, AS WELL, AS

THAT, IN FACT, COMES TO RACHEL, I'VE GOT TO ASK, AND SPECIFICALLY, AND THAT IS -- THERE'S A PACKAGE OF BILLS, FOR SMALL BUSINESS, AND THAT PRIME RATE UP TO $75,000. WHAT'S YOUR EARLY TAKE ON >> Rachel: THIS IS GOING TO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY WOULD GET OUT OF THE SPECIAL ADDITIONAL STIMULUS FOR MUCH OUTCRY FROM BUSINESSES, OF SUPPORT LOCALLY FROM THE BUSINESSES. THE FIX THAT'S NEEDED, INTERESTING TO WATCH THESE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE'VE PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN, YOU BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH TONS OF LAYOFFS, TONS OF DEMAND FOR THAT, A LOT OF OF BUSINESSES GOT IT.

THROUGH THE DETAILS AND SAY, KEEP FOLKS ON THE PAYROLL DEMAND FOR MY SERVICE, THIS CONDITIONS AROUND SO I THINK THAT IS A BIG IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF POSITION, THERE'S DEFINITELY THERE'S ALSO AN ANXIETY AND SPEAKING OF WHAT MIGHT I HEAR A LOT OF BUSINESS IF THERE IS A SECOND WAVE OF THERE ARE REPEATED SHUTDOWNS HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN, LEAVE THEM IN. OWNERS DOING SOME TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IF I GET IT, HOW DO I WORK I CAN STAY SOLVENT AND KEEP HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN. >> Gene: IT IS. IN ON THIS ONE, TOO. INTERESTING IS IT'S GOING TO MONTHLY

>> Merritt: WELL, I STARTED MY BUSINESS IN 2005, AND THE IS THE FIRST REAL SHOT I'VE CREDIT IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY THE BANKING COMMUNITY HAS TAKE OUT A SECOND NOTE ON SO SMALL BUSINESS FUNDING THAT SAID, I AGREE WITH SESSION COULD HAVE ENDED NEW MEXICO IS IN A POSITION WE DON'T HAVE CASH, AND AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO RAMP UP A YOU LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT CONTRACTORS AND THAT I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT IDEA, AND I THINK THAT THE PROGRAM NICE IDEA THAN SOMETHING

>> Gene: IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE WATCH, FOR SURE. STUFF. ON THIS ONE. CHANGES. SEND APPLICATIONS FOR ON THE SENATE COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE LET THEM SEND ELIMINATING A STEP IN THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THE SUPREME WHAT WAS YOUR SENSE OF THAT? FOOTBALL TO WATCH BEING >> Serge: YES, I WAS I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO FACILITATE THAT IS WHAT WE I HEAR THE FEAR-MONGERING OF THAT'S NOT PROVEN TO BE A OF A DOG WHISTLE FOR TRYING AND I HAVE NO PATIENCE FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE. CAN MAIL OUT THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

SLIPPAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO THEY'RE GETTING OR WHATEVER, MISS DEADLINES. TO SEE ALL THE TIME SPENT WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE AN STILL OCCUPIED EVERYONE'S AND I THINK DISTRACTED FROM IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO VOTE, WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO MAKE IT >> Gene: RACHEL, THERE'S NO ONE PARTICULAR LEGISLATOR EASY OR ALLOW PEOPLE SAME AFFILIATION, AND THEMSELVES HAD A BIT OF A THAT, WHICH I FIND KIND OF ARE WE STUMBLING TOWARDS WE DIDN'T GET IT ALL THE WAY HEARTBURN THAT WE EVEN HAVE SPECIAL SESSION THAT WAS PRIMARY ISSUES. WAS IT THE

>> Rachel: I JUST DO REALLY THINK THAT WE ARE, AS A PROBABLY EVOLVING MORE AND VOTING BY MAIL, OF LESS SOME STATES HAVE ALREADY LONG TIME. THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ISOLATION AND MORE STAYING FROM CROWDS, IS GOING TO IT'S LIKELY WE WILL BE HOW TO VOTE WITHOUT HAVING A JUST IN 2020, I THINK IT'S LONG TIME, AND I THINK WE'LL HOW TO ADDRESS IT. >>Gene: THAT'S A VERY GOOD 8, BODY CAMERAS. IT REQUIRES POLICE AGENCIES PROVIDING CAMERA USE WITHIN THERE. WHAT'S YOUR SENSE? MINUTE AND A CLICK HERE.

>> Merritt: I THINK FOR, ALBUQUERQUE, SANTA FE, COUNTY, DONA ANA COUNTY, I THINK FOR GRANT COUNTY, COUNTIES, IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDING AND THE TRAINING IN NOW, A POLICY IN 90 DAYS, I MEAN, THAT CAN BE DONE. SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PANDERING NOW. OTHER INDIVIDUALS SHOULD DISCUSSION. WHOLE STRUCTURE OF THE >> Gene: SURE. VERY EASY TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTS ARE OUT THERE, AND AND BY LIMITING OF ZOOM, BY NOT EVEN GIVING ON THE FIRST DAY, THAT REALLY

>> Gene: I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, THERE ARE OTHER ZOOM THAT ARE MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED MOVING ON, DESPITE THE GOING AHEAD WITH THE TRUST FUND FOR EARLY THAT'S $20 MILLION LESS THAN BUT IT SHOWS HOW DECISIVELY TOWARDS THE BENEFITS OF LIVES. SECRETARY OF THE NEW WITH CORRESPONDENT RUSS NEW AGENCY'S CHALLENGES AND >> Russell: SECRETARY JOINING US HERE ON NEW >> Elizabeth: >> Russell: YOU ARE ENTERING A A TIME WHERE LAWMAKERS AND THE ON OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD OUTREACH.

THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH >> Elizabeth: WELL, FIRST SO EXCITED AND HONORED, FIRST CABINET SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND CARE THING WE WANT TO DO IS STAFF COMING FROM THESE TWO COURSE FOR CREATING A PRENATAL TO FIVE EARLY STATE OF NEW MEXICO. TOGETHER, LEARNING ABOUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE LEVERAGE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT LEARN AND GROW AS WE SET OUT TRAJECTORY FOR WHOLE CHILDREN ACROSS THE STATE OF >> Russell: SO YOU LEFT STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY, TO ONE OF THE POOREST STATES IN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS IN TERMS OF POLICY OFF THE POVERTY, ESPECIALLY AMONG

>> Elizabeth: SOME OF THE MICHELLE LUJAN-GRISHAM HAS SHE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION THAT THOSE ARE DEFINITELY TWO MAKE SURE ARE ACHIEVED OVER TERM OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE STATE IN OUR PUBLIC SECTOR, EARLY CHILDHOOD SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BE WORKING ON. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAVE A TO THE SUPPORTS AND HELP ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS, OF POVERTY, HELPING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF IS WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT'S IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR AND OUR PRIVATE SECTOR >> Russell: ONE OF THE

THERE ARE SOME AGENCIES AND SOMETIMES NOT UTILIZING PROVIDES. TO STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS. THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST >> Elizabeth: YES, I THINK MY HISTORY, OF COURSE, IN HEADSTART, SO I HAVE A AFFILIATION WITH THE WORK OF SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING DEPARTMENT, AND I SHOULD GATE WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FOR NATIVE AMERICAN EARLY WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR COLLABORATION COORDINATOR WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TRIBAL, EARLY HEADSTART AND ALL OF OUR HEADSTART LEVERAGE ALL OF THE COME TO NEW MEXICO, WHETHER DOLLARS, PRIVATE SECTOR AND WE KNOW THAT HEADSTART IT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS FOR

CYCLE OF POVERTY. VERY PROMINENT IN THE OFFICE WITH OUR TRIBAL AND PROGRAMS. ADVOCACY GROUP RECENTLY THAT NEW MEXICO IS IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE HUNGER, EARLY CHILDHOOD THIS IS AN ENORMOUS TASK FOR SO WHAT IS AT STAKE THAT WE ORGANIZED AND IMPLEMENTED SO POVERTY AND CHILDHOOD >> Elizabeth: I THINK THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE AND HERE, AND I THINK THE BOTH IN THE LEGISLATURE AND AND AGAIN, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE SECTOR PARTNERS THAT HAVE A REALITY. GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO AGE FIVE UNDER ONE

GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, WE'RE SURE THAT FAMILIES HAVE THOSE TRANSITION POINTS, VISITING, THEY'RE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE ABLE PROGRAMS, AND MAYBE WE FIND ACCESS TO CHILDCARE. SEAMLESS IN OUR ABILITY TO ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER >> Russell: ONE OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION NEW MEXICO, BUT NATIONWIDE, INITIATIVES TEND TO BE PAID CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SERVICES. GOOD QUALIFIED WORKERS HERE, THAT MAKES THIS A COMPETITIVE >> Elizabeth: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, RUSSELL, AND HAVE A NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL.

LEGISLATION THAT CREATED THE AND WE BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE STATE EARLY INTERVENTION TO WORK WITH US OVER THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND ABOUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IN NEW MEXICO. I WANT TO GO TO NEW MEXICO, CHILDREN, I WANT TO BE A REALLY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY NEW MEXICO. CARNEGIE OR BILL GATES, AND HAVE AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF IF MONEY IS NOT A FACTOR, LOOK LIKE AND WHAT KIND OF WOULD YOU IMPLEMENT? >>I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE CHILDCARE, IF THAT'S WHAT BEST EARLY INTERVENTION TO BUILD ON THAT, AND THAT

FAMILIES LIVE, THEIR AND ASSETS THEY NEED TO YOU KNOW, FAMILIES LIVE IN IN FAMILIES, AND SO IT'S DEPARTMENT REALLY TAKING OR GATES AND SAYING, HOW CAN THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES, SO THEIR CHILDREN. EVERYTHING FROM OUR FAMILIES MANAGEMENT, TO OUR HOME THESE ARE GREAT WE KNOW THE RESEARCH IS THIS PERIOD OF LIFE, THEN WE HEALTH, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC SO THERE'S A REAL NEW MEXICO, ONE OF ONLY FOUR COUNTRY. SO WE'RE EXCITED >> Russell: NEW MEXICO IS ONE OF THE MOST RURAL STATES WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR TRIBAL AREAS. SURE THAT THESE COMMUNITIES EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

>> Elizabeth: YOU KNOW, I AROUND THE STATE JUST AFTER THE BILL WAS SIGNED, AND OF THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH SO I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO AROUND AND LISTEN TO LOCAL WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS? TO TAKE? BACK TO THAT ADVISORY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMED BY FAMILIES, BY THE LIVE, AND THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND THEIR STRENGTHS. OF NEW MEXICO IS SO STRONG. THAT THAT EARLY AGE IS SO FORMATION OF CHILDREN. THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCESS IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY, WHAT HAS ALL THOSE RESOURCES BY

SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL? WE SEE? TO SEE STUDENTS WHO, FIRST THIRD GRADE. READING AND THEIR MATH. THEY'RE BUILDING GOOD STRONG THEY CAN PERSIST. AND EVEN WHEN THINGS GET IT. CONFLICTS. WITH OTHERS. IMPORTANT FOUNDATIONAL HAPPENS IN THE EARLY YEARS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DROP THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND CONTINUE TO GRADUATE. REPORT COME OUT OF THE LFC IN NEW MEXICO, SEEING A DOLLAR INVESTED BECAUSE OF AMONG ALL NEW MEXICO SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TO SEE WHEN WE REALIZE THE TO FIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD

>> Russell: THIS WAS, OF AND SPECIAL SESSION. ANOTHER ONE. PROBABLY SOME CHALLENGING HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CAN ACHIEVE SOME OF THE >> Elizabeth: THAT'S A I HAVEN'T RIGHT AT THIS THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT AVAILABLE TO NEW MEXICO. FEDERAL HEADSTART PROGRAM, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, WE KNOW BRING MORE RESOURCES INTO PERIOD OF LIGHT, AND I THINK OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY PROGRAMS. LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES THAT THAT ALIGNMENT TO BE MORE WE'RE GOING TO BE, NEXT OFFICIAL AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP TEAM. GRATEFUL FOR THE TALENTED

INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING INTO A VERY SOLID FUTURE. >>WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO TRAVEL PANDEMIC, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO FURTHER TO BE DONE IN THE >> Elizabeth: I THINK I'M DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES CHALLENGES. THE SAME CHALLENGE, BUT THEY WAYS. COLLABORATION DIRECTOR IN RITTER, I HAD THAT ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME VALLEY VERSUS THE GRAND I WANT TO DO SIMILARLY HERE DOES LAS CRUCES, HOW DO THEY TO MEET THE CHALLENGING I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT CARLSBAD, DOWN TO DEMING AND SEE JUST WHAT IS IT THAT HOW CAN WE, AS A STATE NURTURE THAT AND REALLY

STATE CONNECTION. >>SECRETARY, >>THANK YOU, RUSSELL, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR HELPING US LAUNCH >> Gene: AS THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT GAINS POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE ENCOMPASS CONCERNS OF NATIVE CORRESPONDENT GWYNETH DOLAND ALAN WEBBER WHO LAST WEEK DIEGO DE VARGAS AHEAD OF MAKE CHANGES TO TWO OBELISKS WARS AGAINST FIRST NATIONS. >>Gwyneth: >> Mayor: THANK YOU FOR >> Gwyneth: LAST TUESDAY IN PROTEST OVER THE OÑATE SOMEONE WAS SHOT. ALBUQUERQUE IMPACT YOUR ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED WITH THESE >> Mayor: WHEN I SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN ALBUQUERQUE, AND

ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND THE SUBJECT OF ART IN PUBLIC HISTORICAL TRAUMA IS THE I BELIEVED THEN, AND HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, BUILDING WHEN THE CABALLEROS THE ENTRADA, AND WE SIGNED A SEPTEMBER OF 2018, THAT HEALING AND RECONCILIATION. PASSION, ANGER, SADNESS, OF CELEBRATION, IT'S VERY SPACE FOR A CONVERSATION RECONCILIATION. VIOLENCE AND ANY HURT/HARM HIGHEST PRIORITY.

MONUMENT THAT IS WORTH ONE I'M CONCERNED. ACROSS AMERICA, AND IN RECKONING WITH THE PAST, USING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY CREATE THE KIND OF HEALING BELIEVE WE HAVE THE >> Gwyneth: IN 2017, THEN INITIATED AN INVENTORY OF IT WASN'T QUITE FINISHED WHY DIDN'T YOU PICK IT UP >> Mayor: WELL, WHAT I PUT AS MAYOR WAS THE URGENCY OF WE HAD HAD AN EPISODE BEFORE WAS NEAR VIOLENCE ON THE VERY SERIOUS CONFRONTATION, BEFORE WE WOULD TALK ABOUT

OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT THIS THE FIESTAS OF SANTA FE, AND AND IT TOOK A YEAR. WITH A GROUP OF VERY, VERY HEARTFELT INDIVIDUALS AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN FIESTAS AND CABALLEROS, AND HELP. MONTH TO TALK ABOUT SHARED AND SHARED PAIN, AND IT LED >> Gwyneth: LET ME ASK YOU IS THERE A WAY TO DISPLAY A DE VARGAS, OR A MONUMENT TO APPEASES THIS DIVERSE GROUP THAT THE ENTRADA COMPROMISE

>> Mayor: YES, I DO BELIEVE NOW THAT WE HAVE THE WORK IN RECONCILIATION, IS TO TAKE CREATED AND PUT IT INTO ENGAGEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING FACE OUR HISTORY AS A IT JUST TELLS ME THAT DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE I THINK IN NORTHERN AHEAD THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER WE ARE A FAMILY, WE HAVE HAD TERMS WITH, WE HAVE HAD A BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SO THE MONUMENTS ARE LESS CONVERSATIONS THEY CREATE. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND RECONCILIATION THAT LIST AND FIGURE OUT

DO WE NEED SOME NEW CONQUEST AND VICTORY, BUT LIVING WITH EACH OTHER. GREAT IDEAS, AND I ENDORSED NEW MUSEUM IN SANTA FE, A >> Gwyneth: ONE OF THE MONUMENTS AT ISSUE IN DEDICATED TO KIT CARSON WHO FRONTIERSMAN WHO OCCUPIES LORE AS TEDDY ROOSEVELT, AS WHO IS MUCH GREATER THAN PEOPLE WHO READ THOSE BOOKS HE FOUGHT ON THE UNION SIDE HE BRAGGED ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS WHILE HE HE PARTICIPATED IN WHAT NATIVE AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY YOU SAID THE OTHER DAY,

VERSION OF HISTORY, BUT WE DAY AN ACTIVIST WITH THE RED THAT WAS IGNORANT, THAT COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON STOLEN IS THERE ROOM IN BETWEEN >> Mayor: WELL, I DIDN'T MORE THAN WILLING TO PLEAD THAT I CAN MAKE THINGS CALM I BELIEVE, AS A STUDENT OF LOVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LIKE THE ONE BEHIND YOU NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, THE INCLUDING WHAT'S PURPORTED KIT CARSON, THAT THERE IS HISTORY. BELONG TO INDIVIDUALS, THERE SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY,

TRUE AND THEY NEED TO BE >> Gwyneth: YOU KNOW, THIS DEBATE FOR A LOT OF PROUD OF THEIR SPANISH NOT GETTING THE ATTENTION IT PICTURES, AND A LOT OF THESE HISTORY OF >> Mayor: WELL, THERE ARE SOME COMPETING -- YOU TALKED I TALKED ABOUT STORIES. NARRATIVES RIGHT NOW, AND AND THEN TRY TO MAKE THE PURPOSEFUL. ERASING HISTORY. THAT. MEANS. PART OF HOW WE GO THROUGH

>> Gwyneth: BUT THE A STATUE THAT PRAISES KIT THE PART OF HISTORY THAT >> Mayor: NO, I THINK -- MOVE A MONUMENT; YOU DON'T I THINK YOU ERASE THE MY FRIEND, COUNCILOR ABEYTA, A VERY LONG HISTORY IN NEW MEXICO, SAYS HIS FAMILY IN SANTA FE ISN'T IT'S CONNECTED TO WHAT HE VALUES, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FOOD THEY EAT AND THE SPIRITUALITY, THE RELIGION AND A MONUMENT IS A THING. A THING, NOR IS A HISTORY SO I WOULD TELL YOU MY

REMOVAL OF THESE OBJECTS THIS MOMENT WE'RE IN WHERE OURSELVES. AND PROPERTY, WHICH I PUT NUMBER THREE, TO TRY TO CONVERSATIONS CAN TAKE ON THE OBJECT, WE FOCUS ON THE FAMILIES, THE SHARED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE FUTURE, TO LEAVE FOR OUR KIDS AND MOMENT OF NATIONAL CHOICE, >> Gwyneth: THERE WAS A SITUATION IN SANTA FE WHERE INDIA PALACE RESTAURANT RESTAURANT NEARLY DESTROYED, HORRIFYING RACIAL SLURS, AND ICONOGRAPHY.

IMMUNE FROM THESE THINGS. APPEAR TO BE IN SANTA FE. >> Mayor: WELL, I JUST GOT MR. BROWN, WHO WAS THE YOUNG REQUEST TO SEE WHAT THE I THINK THIS KIND OF HATE COMPLETELY BEYOND THE PALE ACCEPTABLE. TO ALL OF US IN THIS THERE WILL, I'M SURE, BE EMBLEMATIC OF MORE, BUT FACT THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT, EVERY COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO FROM A PLACE OF HATE, AND PEOPLE IN SANTA FE WHO ARE AND COMPASSION. SITE THAT'S BEEN SET UP TO $100,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE

RESTAURANT. BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. RESTAURANT TO FEED HOMELESS POCKETS. FAMILY THAT IS DEEPLY PART I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A ONE TO REPUDIATE THAT KIND EVERYTHING TO EMBRACE THE CARE ABOUT THEM AND WE LOVE >> Gwyneth: ON MONDAY, THE CIVIL WAR ERA OBELISK ON THE SLEDGEHAMMER OR SOMETHING PART OF INSCRIPTION WAS IT'S ALMOST HARD TO READ >> Mayor: THE OBELISK IS THERE. THE STATUE OF DE VARGAS HAS BEEN PUT AWAY FOR NOTHING DOES HAPPEN TO IT, OF THE ONGOING CONVERSATION

OBJECTS INTO A PLACE WHERE CONVERSATION RATHER THAN AN >> Gwyneth: WHY IS THE >> Mayor: WELL, FOR A THE PROCLAMATION THAT I PUT PROCLAMATION, CALLED ON THE ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO THE WOULD BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO THERE ARE LAYERS OF THE LAW SOMETHING THAT IS IN A WITH STATE OVERSIGHT, WITH AND SO RATHER THAN THE CITY UNILATERALLY, WE'RE REQUIREMENTS TO GO THROUGH WILL TAKE TO SAFEGUARD IT, WE MAY END UP PUTTING MORE STATUES, MORE STATEMENTS,

BE ABOUT VICTORY IN BATTLE, COMMUNITY, OR EDUCATION, >> Gene: WELCOME BACK TO THE ONE NOTE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR WEBBER, BUILD A TEMPORARY BOX AROUND AS A COMMUNITY ART ALL RIGHT, THERE'S BEEN SO HARD, AND IT'S MAYBE EVEN COVID-19, BUT THE DISEASE THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR DAILY SOME TRY TO IGNORE IT. LIKE ARIZONA AND TEXAS HAVE BE EXPECTED FROM MORE WE'RE TALKING WITH THE LINE CONFERENCE BY THE GOVERNOR, SAYS, NEW MEXICO SEEMS WE CAN'T CONTROL TEXAS OF THOSE STATES WITH IS OUR BIGGEST THREAT PEOPLE

OUR NONMASK-WEARING, ANXIOUS SELVES? RACHEL, >> Rachel: ALL OF THE ABOVE. THE REPORTING FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE GONE OUT TOURISTS IN SANTA FE IS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FLOODING INTO SANTA FE, NOT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DIFFERENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THERE WAS ONE INTERVIEW THAT FELLOW WHO WAS HERE FROM HE WASN'T WEARING A MASK, HE ARIZONA. WORLD AT THIS TIME IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN YOU GET THERE, WHEREVER SO SEEING THESE SURGES OF NEW MEXICO IN TEXAS AND IN AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

READY TO GO OUT AND MOVE IT IS REALLY NOT TIME TO WE HAVE A LONG -- IT SEEMS GO EVEN TO GET THROUGH THE FACE OR DEAL WITH A SECOND >> Gene: GOOD POINT. A QUICK SECOND ON THIS, BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS. ABSOLUTELY BEARING THE BRUNT PEOPLE TO PUT A MASK ON, AND THE WHOLE THING. LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME, ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY BIT, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN WHEN YOU GO INTO RETAIL MASKS. EVERYONE IS SORT OF SLIPPING THERE. AS WELL, FOR BUSINESS >> Rachel: YEAH, THAT'S A OF COURSE, WE HAVE A MASK IF WE'RE OUT IN PUBLIC, WE SO BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN A RESPONSIBILITY THEY'RE

AT THE SAME TIME, BUSINESS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHERE EMPLOYEE TRIES TO ENFORCE THERE HAVE BEEN CUSTOMERS SO NOW ON TOP OF DEALING PANDEMIC, SANITIZING EVERY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO NOW THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WORRIED ABOUT YOUR OWN SO THAT'S A TOUGH LINE TO >> Gene: SERGE, WHEN YOU THEATERS, BOWLING ALLEYS, THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. PARTICIPATE IN KEEPING CITIZENS HEALTHY, WHERE DOES THE CHOICES SHE HAS TO MAKE? >>Serge: I DON'T ENVY THOSE MESSAGE, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS NOT HAPPENS DEPENDS ON HOW NEW SITUATION AND HOW WE DECIDE

TO DO WHATEVER. TALKED ABOUT THE QUESTION THERE LOSERS, AND HOW ARE MATTER WHAT THE SCIENCE PUBLIC HEALTH FOLKS SAY, CHOOSE TO ANOINT THIS INDUSTRY AND CONSIGN THEM TO AND I THINK -- I DON'T WISH HER ON THOSE PARTICULAR REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOT WELL, YOU'RE PLAYING REALLY NEED TO DO IS FOCUS PUBLIC HEALTH BE CLEAR ON WHY WE'RE DOING A FEW HITS NOW, MASSIVE NOW, SO IT'S NOT WORSE OR

THE ROAD. INDUSTRY IS THE WINNER AND IT'S BAD ALL AROUND. AREN'T -- IT'S NOT A >> Gene: THAT'S RIGHT. OWN WAY ON WHO SHOULD BE MERRITT, INTERESTINGLY THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. INSTRUCTIONS BY IT PUT STUDENTS INTO TWO INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN IN IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT, CLEANING. ON THE SCHOOL PLAN, AS YOU >> Merritt: I SEE IT HIGHLY REASONS. NOT ALBUQUERQUE, AND CLAYTON SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT THREAT AND DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. NOT EQUITABLE IN OUR STATE

BROADBAND, AND SO RURAL BASICALLY LOSE A DAY OF WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS DAY OF WORK, AND I THINK WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE WHO CULTURE TEND TO BE THE IS GOING TO HURT WOMEN WORKFORCE. TEACHER FRIENDS HAVE SAID, GOING TO KEEP A MASK ON A >> Gene: THAT'S GOING TO BE NO DOUBT ON THAT. TEACHERS AND STAFF -- I'M TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND THEY THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT I'M BEING EXPOSED TO TWO >> Rachel: RIGHT. REALLY PROBLEMATIC. GOVERNOR AND APS, OR ANYBODY STAFF PERSON AT THIS POINT TO >> Rachel: THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFICULT QUANDARIES

EFFORT, AND I DO WONDER IF CLOSER, BECAUSE THERE'S A AUGUST 12th, IF THIS PLAN MIGHT BE A NEED TO EVEN AT AGAIN, AT LEAST FOR A PERIOD A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ONE, I THINK A LOT OF WORK INTO EVEN ADDRESSING THIS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. FINDING IN COURT THAT WE'RE OF OUR STUDENTS AND GIVING PARTICULARLY OUR STUDENTS OF INCOME FAMILIES. WHEN THEY'RE IN THE IMAGINE HOW THAT IS GOING TO LEARNING >> Gene: GOOD POINT THERE. SERGE, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED IN NEW MEXICO DURING THIS OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT OPTIMAL. MERRITT MADE A GOOD POINT,

EVERYWHERE. SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE DO >> Serge: IN TERMS OF ACCESS, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST TERMS OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS, WE'VE LEARNED IS, WE NEED TO THE DATA THAT I'VE SEEN PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE TOOK TRAINED TO DO IN-PERSON YOU'RE A DISTANCE TEACHER, A DISTANCE LEARNER. TREATED THE LAST COUPLE OF JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH EVERYBODY WAS DOING WHAT BUT NOW AS WE APPROACH A NEW FALL WHEN WE'RE ALL GOING TO AND I HAVE REALIZED, WE HOW TO DO THIS IF WE'RE AND THERE ARE SO MANY -- BALLGAME IN TERMS OF THE

AS THE TECHNOLOGY TO ACCESS IT IS A HUGE, HUGE LEFT I SAID, THAT I'VE SEEN PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE AT IT THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. ALL UP OUR GAME AND FIGURE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BE ABLE >> Gene: THE MAGIC R WORD, IT COST MONEY TO FIX THIS. WE'RE STARING AT A SITUATION DON'T COME FROM FAMILIES, IN THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED, WHO MIGHT BE EDUCATED SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT AN LOST FOR SOME OF OUR NOT A GOOD SITUATION FOR ANY LONG TIME NEW MEXICO NOW REPORTING FOR THE HE JOINS CORRESPONDENT LAURA PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RECENT ARIZONA'S RESPONSE TO

CASES THERE CONTINUE RISING HAVE READ. IT'S PART OF OUR REPORTERS ON THEIR COVERAGE >> Laura: ANDREW, FORMER REPORTER WITH THE SANTA FE THE TAOS NEWS, YOU'RE WITH NOW, WELCOME BACK. YOU. ARIZONA THIS WEEK. WAS HIS THIRD VISIT IN FIVE WHY WAS HE IN THE STATE, AND >> Andrew: ARIZONA IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A RIGHT, AND THE PRESIDENT HAS WINNING BACK VOTERS. IN ARIZONA IN RECENT POLLS. PRESIDENT HAS SPENT THE LAST MOSTLY ON DEFENSE ABOUT I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU'VE HAD NATIONWIDE POLICE BRUTALITY THOSE AREN'T REALLY HIS COMING BACK TO ARIZONA WAS A REFOCUS HIS CAMPAIGN, TRY TO CAMPAIGN OF 2016. HAVE THIS SORT OF LARGE MANY OF THE SAME THINGS THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. REALLY KIND OF REFOCUS THINGS >> Laura: YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN RISING COVID-19 NUMBERS. ON THE RISE. >> Andrew: YES, WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. CASES.

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WHO OFFICIALS TRYING TO SELL THE ORDER AS SOMETHING TIMELY COULD HANDLE, TO REALLY BRAKES RIGHT NOW AND URGE ARIZONA HAD A STAY-AT-HOME MARCH THROUGH MID MAY, AND I THINK, NOT JUST LEGALLY. EFFECT. CROWDING INTO RESTAURANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I MUDDLED MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT ORDER WAS. STAY HEALTHY, STAY BUT WHAT WERE PEOPLE -- QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, DOES IS IT OLDER PEOPLE WHO NEED IS IT PEOPLE WHO ARE TO BE WORRIED? HOME? OR GO DO THAT? MUDDLED THE MESSAGE AT THE

SUPPORT BEGAN TO FALL APART APPROACH -- YOU KNOW, WE HE FACED A REALLY KIND OF OWN PARTY OVER THIS, HE MAY I THINK UNDER A LOT OF SINCE THEN, AGAIN, I THINK CONFUSION AMONG PEOPLE OF, THREAT HERE? COMPOUNDED BY POLITICAL DOWNPLAY THIS ALL TOGETHER, COVID-19 ISN'T REALLY A THAT PEOPLE NEED TO WORRY I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS JUST LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY TO FOR CLARITY ON THIS. >>LET'S TALK ABOUT TESTING. IF YOU NEED ONE OR WANT ONE >> Andrew: I SAW WHEN DRIVE-THROUGH TESTING, I LIKE THAT YET IN ARIZONA AT WE WERE SLOW TO GET THE STATE HAS SINCE RAMPED

KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHO YOU I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE WHO APPOINTMENT AT A CLINIC, IN TEN MINUTES. SAT IN LINE FOR 13 HOURS THAT WAS IN AN AREA THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY LATINO SO I THINK IT KIND OF I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE THINK >> Laura: IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT WHO HAS REALLY DO YOU SEE, ARE THERE THE STATE, OR POPULATIONS? >> Andrew: YES, SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT NATION. REALLY INCREASING IN

URBAN CENTER. SUBURBS. INCREASING ALONG THE BORDER, NOGALES. DIFFERENT AREAS AFFECTED AT I THINK THAT THERE IS, WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE A LOT OF CASES AMONG PEOPLE WHERE THEY CAN'T WORK FROM INDUSTRY WORKERS, THEY'RE YOU'RE SEEING INCREASES IN ISN'T AS READILY AVAILABLE BE. I THINK, THE BRUNT OF THIS ALREADY UNDERSERVED. >>LOCAL HAVE MADE SOME PRETTY BIG CUTS. THE STATE BUDGET DOESN'T FEARED. ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHAT

OVER THE COMING MONTHS, >> Andrew: YES. LEAST ABOUT A BILLION DOLLAR FISCAL YEAR AND THE NEXT $700 MILLION. LOOKING AT PROBLEMS THAT I THINK THAT THEY CAN HANDLE, WITHOUT MAKING BIG CUTS. ARIZONA'S TAX BASE, RIGHT. RETAIL TAXES AND SOME REALLY FALLEN OFF AS MUCH. THE GROCERY STORE, RIGHT. REALLY DECLINE IS IN AREAS YOU KNOW, THIS HIT AT A TIME VERY PLEASANT TIME TO VISIT WERE CANCELING CONFERENCES, THAT CERTAINLY TOOK A HIT. SUMMER WILL BE QUIETER. RESOURCE DEPENDENT STATE IN

EVERYTHING IS NOT RIDING ON WE'RE NOT QUITE AS TIED TO SO I THINK STATE ARE STILL OUT BUYING STILL OUT SHOPPING, WHETHER SO THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT HIT AS WE FEARED IF SHUTDOWN HAD BEEN MUCH STRICTER >> Laura: THANK YOU, ANDREW. WE CERTAINLY MISS YOU REPORTING ON NEW MEXICO, SO ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK. >> Andrew: GOOD TO SEE YOU >Gene: EARLIER THIS WEEK, I FOCUSED ON THE TWO THINGS STRUCK ME. SCIENCE, ESPECIALLY THERE'S NOT A VACCINE AROUND FROM A LACK OF EFFORT. SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO HAVE POLICYMAKERS. WORDS OF DR. FAUCI HIMSELF

WEEKS ARE CRITICAL IN THE COVID-19 CURVE. ALSO A CRITICAL TWO WEEKS LUJAN-GRISHAM. ARIZONA AND TEXAS, TWO AND THE POTENTIAL TO WORK DONE HERE TO DATE. OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND NEW CASE HAS TO BE MADE WEEKEND IF WE'RE TO COME OUT BETTER SHAPE. THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US ENGAGED. SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT >> FUNDING FOR NEW MEXICO

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