>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM THE PASSAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MASSIVE BUDGET AND PUBLIC POLICY BILL... ALSO TONIGHT: NEW COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGY PATIENTS... AND, WE'LL VISIT WITH ARIZONA'S NEWEST JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNING CHEF.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE DEATH TOLL FROM FLOODING IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS AT 104, WITH 10 GIRLS AND A COUNSELOR AT AN ALL-GIRLS SUMMER CAMP STILL MISSING.

AT LEAST 27 YOUNG CAMPERS AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE ALREADY COUNTED AMONG THE FATALITIES.

SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS INCLUDE MORE THAN 400 LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS ALONG WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN K-9 UNITS.

VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO OUT LOOKING ON FOOT AND ON HORSEBACK.

THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LACK OF WARNINGS AND EVACUATIONS PRIOR TO AND EARLY-ON IN THE FLOODING.

>> EVACUATIONS, WHY DIDN'T WE EVACUATE?

WELL, EVACUATION IS A DELICATE BALANCE, BECAUSE IF YOU EVACUATE TOO LATE, YOU THEN RISK PUTTING BUSES, YOU KNOW, OR CARS OR VEHICLES OR CAMPERS ON ROADS INTO LOW-WATER AREAS TRYING TO GET THEM OUT, WHICH THEN COULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THESE FLASH FLOODS HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.

>> I CHECKED IT ABOUT 8:00 THAT NIGHT.

THERE'S A CHANCE OF RAIN.

I DID NOT SEE A FLOOD WARNING.

I DID NOT RECEIVE A FLOOD NOTIFICATION.

I DID NOT KNOW.

>> AND SO MY HOPE IS, IN TIME, WE WILL LEARN SOME LESSONS TO IMPLEMENT TO NEXT TIME -- AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER FLOOD, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DISASTER.

BUT NEXT TIME THERE'S A FLOOD, I HOPE WE HAVE IN PLACE PROCESSES TO REMOVE ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE FROM HARM'S WAY.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO TEXAS ON FRIDAY.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS WAITING, SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS.

OF NOTE, CANDIDATE TRUMP LAST YEAR CRITICIZED THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR GIVING THE SAME REASON, FOR NOT IMMEDIATELY VISITING NORTH CAROLINA DURING DISASTROUS FLOODING THERE.

>> OTHER HEADLINES: PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY THREATENED JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA WITH NEW 25% TARIFFS THAT WOULD TAKE EFFECT AUGUST 1ST IF TRADE DEALS AREN'T REACHED BEFORE THEN.

THE PRESIDENT HAD GIVEN A DEADLINE OF THIS WEDNESDAY FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH THE COUNTRIES.

HE'S NOW GIVING A NEW DEADLINE WITH THREATS OF STEEPER TARIFFS.

THIS FOLLOWS THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT THREATENING ADDITIONAL 10- PERCENT TARIFFS ON NATIONS ALIGNED WITH A TRADE GROUP THAT INCLUDES CHINA, BRAZIL, RUSSIA AND INDIA.

THOSE THREATS CAME AFTER THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL GROUP QUESTIONED U.S.

TARIFF POLICY.

THE PRESIDENT'S TARIFF-TALK SPOOKED WALL STREET, WITH THE DOW, THE S&P 500 AND NASDEQ ALL DROPPING NEARLY 1%.

OF NOTE: TESLA STOCKS PLUMMETED 7% AS INVESTORS WERE NOT AMUSED AT ELON MUSK'S PLANS TO FORM A THIRD POLITICAL PARTY AMID HIS GROWING FEUD WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.

THE RECONCILIATION BILL RECENTLY PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, DEEPENED PARTY DIVIDES IN CONGRESS AND THE NATION.

BUT WHAT IS THE POLITICAL FALLOUT OVER WHAT PROMISES TO BE MAJOR CHANGES TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, HEALTHCARE AND THE NATIONAL DEBT.

JOINING US NOW ARE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS CHUCK COUGHLIN OF HIGHGROUND... AND STACY PEARSON OF LUMEN STRATEGIES.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

JACK, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

$3.8 MILLION WORTH OF TAX CUTS, THEY'RE EXTENDED.

SOUNDS LIKE A REPUBLICAN THING TO DO HERE.

>> YOU BET.

THEY'RE GETTING THEIR JOB DONE OF CUTTING TAXES, THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT FROM THE VERY GET-GO, IT WAS AN EXTENSION OF THIS 2017 TAX CUT BILL THAT HE WANTED TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

THE REST OF IT WAS WINDOW DRESSING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE -- AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO HAVE BEEN PERCEIVED AS AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE SPENDING WHILE YOU CUT OTHERS.

>> AND THAT WINDOW DRESS SOMETHING A WHOLE LOT OF WINDOW THERE.

>> AND THEst POSSIBLE WINDOWS.

WE'RE TALKING 360,000 ARIZONANS WHO ARE POISED TO LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AND WE'RE TALKING THE MOST VULNERABLE, WHERE THE FOLKS ARE WORKERS, THE GUY WHO DROPS YOU OFF IN YOUR UBER, THE GUY WHO DELIVERS YOUR AMAZON PACKAGES, WHO ARE USING MEDICAID, AND THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE ON MEDICAID, THEY'RE ON ACCESS, IT'S WHAT IT'S NAMED IN ARIZONA.

WE HAVE GOT A POPULATION IN ARIZONA THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE.

>> IS IT BECAUSE OF THE MONEY INVOLVED?

IS IT BECAUSE OF THE WORK REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED OR BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED, DON'T KNOW THE SYSTEM, DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET ON MEDICAID OR HOW TO GET OFF IT, FOR THAT MATTER?

>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.

IT REALLY IS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE FACTORS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE FOLKS RECEIVING MEDICAID.

IT'S THE FOX THAT ARE PROGRESSION THESE REQUESTS.

IT'S THE 30,000 JOB CUTS AT THE V.A.

THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THOSE ARE FOLKS PROCESSING V.A.

BENEFITS, AND PART THAT INCLUDES SNAP, IT INCLUDES FOOD STAMPS FOR VETERANS, PARTICULARLY DISABLED AND UNDEREMPLOYED.

>> BUT A LOT OF THIS STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN.

BUT THE V.A.

STUFF IS THIS YEAR.

SO THERE'S A POLITICAL CALCULUS.

I KNOW THAT SHOULDN'T BE A SHOCK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S A POLITICAL CALCULUS INVOLVED IN THIS.

AND MA IS MANY OF THESE ACCESS CUTS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.

SO WHAT HE'S BANKING ON IS AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS EFFECT FROM THE TAX CUTS, AND THEN EVERYTHING'S OKAY.

AND THEN THE REST OF IT WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE AFTER THE ELECTION.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT BROADLY WHERE HE IS TODAY, THE ECONOMY'S GOING FAIRLY WELL, HE'S DONE GREAT ON THE IMMIGRATION POLICY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARRESTS AMERICANS.

HE HAS ARRESTED THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION -- >> THAT'S A BIG EXCEPTION.

>> IT IS.

BUT MOST OF AMERICANS WERE UPSET WITH THAT.

HE'S GOT PROGRESS ON MAYBE GETTING THE MIDDLE EAST INTO A BETTER SITUATION.

HE COULD EASILY PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER VLADIMIR PUTIN IF HE DESIRED TO.

BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON -- AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE PARTISAN BOOSTER HERE.

BUT YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A SOBER PERSPECTIVE, AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON.

>> HE HAS TO BE CONSIDERED A WINNING STREAK OF SORTS FOR HIM HERE RECENTLY, BUT JUST THE IDEA OF ADDING $3.3 TRILLION TO THE DEBT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND REPUBLICANS AND CONGRESS IN ARIZONA VOTED FOR IT AND CHEERING.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE QUESTIONED ON THAT WHEN IT COMES ELECTION TIME?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE TAX CUTS THAT CHUCK'S TALKING ABOUT ARE FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMONG US.

IT'S THE FOLKS WITH THE HIGHEST HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

THE BOTTOM HALF ARE REALLY GOING TO SEE THEIR CHECKS -- LESS TIME BETWEEN PAYDAY AND PAYDAY, AND THE NO TAXES ON TIPS, ALL OF THESE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR HAVE HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED.

>> I WANT TO GET BACK TO IMMIGRATION HERE QUICKLY, VICE-PRESIDENT VANCE SAID NOTHING IN THE BILL COMPARES TO I.C.E.

MONEY.

HE SAYS IT'S ALL IMMATERIAL WHEN IT COMES AGAINST IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A WINNING STRATEGY FOR THE G.O.P., IS IT NOT?

>> IT CERTAINLY BEEN.

AND THE MORE THAT WE SEE THEIR POSITION GO TOO FAR AND THEM TO HARASS THE FARMWORKER OR THE HOTEL FOLKS, THE MORE THAT HE GOES ACROSS THAT LINE, THE LESS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE TO RUN ON.

WE SAW THIS IN ARIZONA FIRST WITH JOE.

WE SAW WHEN HE STARTED TO ARREST THE HOUSEKEEPERS.

HE WENT TOO FAR.

>> HAS HE GONE TOO FAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW UNTIL' 26, WE'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO KNOW, BECAUSE THE GUY IS A PERPETUAL OFFENSIVE MACHINE.

HE IS THROWING SO MUCH AT THE WINDOW EVERY DAY, AND WE ARE ALL REACTING TO IT ALL THE TIME, AND IF HE CONTINUES TO DO THAT, AND A MAJORITY OF THAT STUFF PLAYS OUT WELL, HE'S GOT THE DEMOCRATS ON THEIR HEELS ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO THINGS.

I DON'T DOUBT WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS VERY ACCURATE, THAT IT COULD BE VERY DISTRIBUTETIVELY BAD THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN TO CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS OF AMERICA.

BUT ARE WE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION?

ARE THE MOTORS GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION IN THE MIDTERM CYCLE?

>> AND THE IDEA OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

HE LIKES TO THINK OF HIMSELF AS A DEALMAKER AND GETTING -- HE PLAYS THE BULLY.

SOUNDS LIKE AMERICA'S IN THE MOOD FOR A BULLY RIGHT NOW.

AMERICA'S IN THE MOOD FOR SOMEONE WHO GETS THINGS DONE.

IT'S ABOUT HOW THE DEMOCRATS FIGHT THAT?

>> SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE BLUEPRINT ON HOW TO FIGHT THAT.

IN THE 2016APAYO'S ELECTION, WE DEFINED WHAT THAT BLUEPRINT WAS AND HE WENT TOO FAR.

I THINK, AND CHUCK'S HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY TYPES, THE SCARIEST WORDS IN AMERICAN POLITICS IS AT LEAST HE'S DOING SOMETHING.

WHAT HE'S DOING IS ARRESTING AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

AND ONCE PEOPLE REALLY LOCK IN ON THE FACT THAT HE WENT TOO FAR, IT BECOMES A LIABILITY.

THAT BULLY PULPIT BECOMES A POLITICAL LIABILITY.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE JUDICIARY.

APAYO STARTED TO LOSE COURT CASES.

SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

HE STARTED TO HAVE SANCTIONS PUT UPON HIM, AND THERE WAS A NARRATIVE THERE THAT HIS LEADERSHIP WAS COSTING AMERICA.

IF THAT NARRATIVE CAN GET DEVELOPED BY THE COURT, CAN BE HELD BY THE DEMOCRATS, WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTED -- THAT'S A BIG IF, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING HIM OUT OF THE SADDLE.

>> ARE DEMOCRATS -- TALKED ABOUT THE LESSON YOU LEARNED BECOME IN 2016.

BUT ARE DEMOCRATS LEARNING ANY OTHER LESSON AS SOON AS.

>> OH, LET'S HOPE SO, RIGHT.

AFTER -- LET'S HOPE SO.

>> I MEAN, NOVEMBER WASN'T A GOOD YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS AS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE NOTICED.

WE'RE SEEING THIS NOW THE WAY EVEN OUR STATEWIDE LEADERS HAVE RESTRUCTURED THE ARIZONA PARTY.

THEY'RE GOING RIGHT AROUND IT.

THERE'S NO TIME FOR INFIGHTING.

IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO BASICS, REGISTERED VOTERS, RAISE MONEY.

>> YOU CAN SEE OUR STATE'S JUNIOR CENTER ARTICULATING SUPPORT FOR A RATIONALE IMMIGRATION PLAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, GETTING SHOT AT FROM THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT FOR TRYING TO DO ARGUABLY WHAT I WOULD THINK WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

BUT THAT IS A TIME, AND THAT WILL TELL THE TALE OF HOW THE DEMOCRAT PARTY COLESSES AROUND SOME TYPE OF LEADERSHIP TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

ARE THEY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.

>> AND BEFORE WE GO, IF PRICES INCREASE, A LOT OF ECONOMISTS SAY WATCH OUT FOR LABOR DAY, BACK-TO-SCHOOL SALES, HOLIDAY SHOPPING.

IF THOSE PRICES REALLY GO UP, ALL BETS ARE OFF?

>> ALL BETS ARE OFF.

IF PEOPLE VOTE -- PEOPLE VOTE WITH THEIR CHECKBOOKS.

THE MONEY GETS THEM FROM PAYDAY TO PAYDAY, AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF VOTERS.

>> STACEY SPEARSON, CHUCK, I TELL YA... >> IT'LL BE OKAY, TED.

>> BUT IT'S STILL HOT.

>> YEAH.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

>> MATCH-UP THANK YOU.

>> BANNER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PHOENIX HAS A NEW, NEUROLOGICAL SERVICE LINE THAT WORKS AS A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGY PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SUFFERING FROM STROKES AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN AND SPINE INJURIES.

TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME DR. KHALID ALSHERBINI, NEUROLOGIST AT BANNER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PHOENIX.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, DOCTOR.

>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

>>> SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

IS THIS LIKE AN ALL ONE-STOP SHOP FOR REALLY CRITICALLY ILL FOLKS?

>> YES, WE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM OF WHAT WE CALL A COMPREHENSIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT INCLUDES PROVIDERS WHO HAVE THE SPECIALTY TRAINING IN CRITICAL CARE AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT HELP, BUT BY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE CARE FOR THE PATIENTS THAT INCLUDES PHARMACISTS, NURSES, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, BEHAVIORAL THERAPISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, NUTRITIONISTS, TO PROVIDE THAT CARE NEEDED FOR THESE -- BASICALLY THE SICKEST OF THE SICK THAT COMES INTO THE ICU, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT COMPREHENSIVE NEURO MONITORING.

>> SO IN THE PAST, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MIGHT GO ONE DIRECTION AND A STROKE MIGHT GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.

AND YOU WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CROSS CURRENT, BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS IN ONE PLACE?

>> YES.

DIGGS IN ADDITION TO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TEAM THAT CARES FOR THOSE SPECIAL PATIENTS IN ADDITION TO PROVIDE THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION THAT CAN MONITOR THOSE PATIENTS BECAUSE THOSE PATIENTS, THEY COME IN, AND WITH THE WORST PART OF THEIR ILLNESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME IN WITH A SEVERE BRAIN INJURY OR SEVERE STROKE, AND THEN WE PROVIDE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT CAN PROVIDE THE TREATMENT, BUT ALSO MONITOR THE INJURED BRAIN SO QUESTION PROVIDE SPECIFIC TREATMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PATIENT AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT.

>> SO, AN EXAMPLE, SOMEONE COMES IN WITH A SEVERE STROKE, HOW MUCH MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITY GOES ON THERE?

>> SO IMMEDIATELY IF YOU COME IN WITH A SEVERE STROKE, YOU ALREADY HAVE FOUR TEAMS INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF THAT PARTICULAR PATIENT, SO THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY THERE.

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STROKE TEAM THAT HAVE THE SPECIALIZED NEUROLOGISTS WHO ARE TRAINED IN STROKE, IN ADDITION TO THE NEUROSURGEON, THE NEURO INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST THAT PROVIDES THE TREATMENT TO RETRIEVE THE CLOCKS FROM THE BRAIN AND THOSE PATIENTS COME TO US IN THE NEURO ICU TO PROVIDE THE REST.

ALL OF THESE TEAMS ARE UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.

>> IS THIS KIND OF RARE IN THE MEDICAL CARE INDUSTRY TO HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER ONE UMBRELLA?

>> IT'S USUALLY FRAGMENTED, SO ONLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT CARE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEGREE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE VALLEY.

>> ACCIDENT THIS START?

>> WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR IT FOR A YEAR IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT, ESTABLISHING THE TECHNOLOGY.

WE WENT LIVE MAY 6th.

>> AND HOW MANY PATIENT SO FAR?

>> A LOT OF PATIENTS.

>> AND STARTING IN MAY, HUH?

>> YEAH.

BECAUSE THE PATIENTS ARE THERE.

WE'RE JUST NOW PROVIDING A ONE-STOP SHOP AND STARTED USING THE TECHNOLOGY.

>> WHEN READING ABOUT, THIS I KNOW THE RESULTS -- OBVIOUSLY YOU GET DIFFERENT RESULTS WITH DIFFERENT PATIENTS BUT THERE WAS ONE PATIENT WHO HAD ALMOST CONTINUOUS SEIZURES, SOUNDS HORRIBLE -- AND YOU GUYS GOT INVOLVED AND THINGS WORKING OUT PRETTY WELL.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

LIKE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION, SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES?

>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN PROVIDE IS REALLY THE CONTINUOUS EEG MONITORING AND ALSO THE EXPERTISE OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MOST SEVERE STORM OF SEIZURES, WHAT WE CALL THE REFACTER, WHICH IS ONE SEIZURE AFTER ANOTHER THAT DOESN'T RESPOND TO MEDICATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE AT THE CENTER IS COMPREHENSIVE NURSING PROGRAM AND AS WELL WE'RE AT HIGHEST LEVEL OF EPILEPSY CARE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, A LEVEL 4 EPILEPSY CENTER.

WE MEET TOGETHER AND TRY TO ASK THE QUESTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PATIENT, WHAT ARE THE INNOVATIVE DEVICES OUT THERE THAT WHEN MEDICATION FAILS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PATIENT, WHICH IS AN EXTREME, RARELY-USED IN THESE SCENARIOS, BUT IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND ACTUALLY OUR PATIENT DID GREAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE, THAT HE WAS SEIZURE FREE.

>> AND THIS KIND OF COLLABORATION I WOULD IMAGINE BE THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL CARE; WOULD IT NOT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE COLLABORATION AND WHAT WE CALL THE PRECISION MEDICINE, THAT WE KNOW THAT PATIENTS BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT WAY OF REACTING TO MEDICINE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE RELY ON TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ALL OF THESE NEW TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING TO PROVIDE THAT SPECIFIC CARE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PATIENT.

>> LAST QUESTION, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCTORS IN HERE, CANCER DOCTORS, ALZHEIMER'S DOCTORS, IS STROKE, SEIZURE, YOU KNOW, BRAIN STEM, THESE KINDS OF THINGS, ARE THE ADVANCEMENTS THERE AS SIMILAR AS ENCOURAGING AS THEY ARE IN SOME OTHER FIELDS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE SAME INTERVIEW FIVE YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY HAVE VERY LIMITED DOCTORS TREAT STROKES, NOW WE'RE TREATING STROKES MORE THAN FOUR HOURS WITHIN THE ONSET AND ALSO THE CARE OF EPILEPSY WITH ALL OF THE DEVICES AND THAT WAS NOT THERE 10 YEARS AGO.

>> SO IT'S SIMILAR FOR THE OTHER FIELDS.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEW ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SOME VERY SICK FOLKS.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

>> YOTAKA MARTIN OF LOM WONG RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX RECENTLY WON A JAMES BEARD AWARD FOR BEST CHEF IN THE SOUTHWEST.

IT'S QUITE THE RECOGNITION, AND EARLIER TODAY WE SPOKE WITH CHEF YOTAKA MARTIN, ALSO KNOWN AS "SUNNY," AND HER HUSBAND, LOM WOM OWNER, ALEX MARTIN.

>> CHEF, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU KIND OF GO BY THE NAME SONY, DON'T YOU?

CAN I CALL YOU SONY?

>> YES.

>> VERY GOOD.

WHEN YOU HEARD THAT HAD YOU WON THE JAMES BEARD AWARD BEST CHEF SOUTHWEST, WHAT DID YOU ANY.

>> I JUST THINK -- I'M VERY HAPPY, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL STRANGE THAT MY NAME IS ON THE AWARDS BECAUSE IN THE END MY HUSBAND, YOU KNOW, HE'S CHEF AND CO-OWNER.

BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW, WHOSE NAME ON IT, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW,th WHAT FOR OUR RESTAURANT.

>> AND IT'S GOTTA BE WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE BEST CHEF, BEST CHEF, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> YES.

IT SOUNDS GOOD, RIGHT?

>> ALEX, WHY DO YOU THINK SHE WON?

>> I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY.

WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO LIKE THE PROCESSES OR WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE THE COMMITTEES OR ANY OF THAT.

SO I THINK THAT I KNOW WHY PEOPLE CONNECT TO OUR RESTAURANT.

>> THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS ASKING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE DOES SO WELL TO GET AN AWARD LIKE THAT?

>> I THINK THAT KIND OF OUR WHOLE CONCEPT IS THAT SINCERITY.

AND SO I THINK PEOPLE CONNECT TO THAT.

IT'S ABOUT HAVING THEIR HOME AND HAVING PEOPLE COME INTO OUR HOME AND TRY THE FOOD.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT, PEOPLE REALLY JUST LIKE THAT SINCERITY.

>> AND THIS IS REGIONAL THAI FOOD, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT FOODS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THAILAND, AND YOU PRESENT THOSE?

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCES IN SOME OF THE REGIONS?

>> I NAME THE REGIONS THAT OUR RESTAURANT IS PRESENT IS THE TREE -- RIGHT?

I MIGHT HAVE ALEX TO EXPLAIN THAT.

>> OKAY.

SO LIKE THE BRANCHES OF A TREE KIND OF THING?

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> SO I'M GOING TO LET ALEX TRANSLATE.

>> OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> OKAY.

SO, YEAH, WE COOK FROM THREE DIFFERENT REGIONS IN THAILAND.

THE FIRST ONE BEING BAH IN FROM PUCKETT, WHICH IS SUNNY'S HOMETOWN IN NORTHERN THAILAND.

A THIRD OF OUR MENU IS ALL RECIPES FROM HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

SOME OF THEM ARE TRADITIONAL NORTHERN THAI DISHES.

SOME OF THEM ARE JUST FAMILY RECIPES THAT MIGHT COME FROM OTHER REGIONS OF TIE LAND THAT THEY JUST MADE THEIR OWN.

THE SECOND REACH IS FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LEFT OF BANGKOK.

THAT'S WHERE MY THAI GRANDMOTHER LED ME TO A KITCHEN FOR THE FIRST TIME 20 YEARS AGO.

THESE ARE DISHES THAT SHE'S COOKED WITH US AND TAUGHT US OVER THE YEARS.

AND THE THIRD PART IS FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

AND WE STARTED WORKING WITH THEM 10 YEARS AGO.

AND THEY'RE AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN CULTURE, CUISINE AND LANGUAGE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF SHOWCASING THREE DIFFERENT REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVER THE YEARS.

>> WOW.

THAT'S FASCINATING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT MUCH DIVERSITY ON THE MENU FROM ONE COUNTRY, WHERE WE ALL THINK WE ALL KNOW THAI FOOD, AND THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF THAI FOOD.

YOU GREW UP, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THAILAND, COOKING WITH YOUR MOM AND GRANDMA, RIGHT?

>> YES.

YES.

I GROWING UP ONE HOURS THIRD MINUTES FROM BURMESE BORDER.

SO NORTHERN THAI, I LEARNED IT FROM MY GLAND AND MY MOM, YOU KNOW.

I REMEMBER SINCE 9, 10, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY JUST WATCHING THEM AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM.

>> BUT A LOT OF KIDS HELP THEIR MOMS AND GRANDMAS COOK, THEY DON'T BECOME AWARD-WINNING CHEFS.

WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?

>> WELL, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M A KID, BECAUSE I JUST LIKE, WHY I HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY DAY.

YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN I GROWING UP AND I THINK I JUST LOVE EATING.

AND I JUST SO ENJOY, AND THEN WHEN I'M FAR AWAY FROM HOME I WAS LIKE, HOW CAN I DO TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD LIKE MY MOM MAKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU HOME-SICK AND NEED YOUR MOM.

AND EVERY TIME I GOING BACK, AND I WAS LIKE I HAVE TO LEARN TO COOK LIKE MY MOM AND MY GRANDMA, YEAH.

AND IT JUST BECAME NATURE.

>> AND OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD AND A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT.

HOW DID YOU GUYS MEET?

>> SO WE MET IN THE MOST UNROMANTIC WAY POSSIBLE FOR BEING IN THAILAND, WHICH WAS AT STARBUCKS.

>> YOU MET AT A STARBUCKS.

>> YEP.

BUT WE CONNECTED ON OUR LOVE OF FOOD AS WELL AS BUDDHISM, AND, YEAH, THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO.

>> AND IT'S ONE THING TO MEET AT STARBUCKS IN THAILAND AND ANOTHER THING TO OPEN A RESTAURANT IN PHOENIX.

WHERE'S THE BRIDGE?

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

>> IT'S A LONG STORY?

>> MAKE IT QUICK FOR ME, IF YOU COULD.

>> WE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE BACK TO THE USA AND WHEREVER WE WERE VISITING BEFORE THEN, WE WOULD COOK MEALS FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, AND THEY ALWAYS SAID YOU SHOULD OPEN A RESTAURANT, WHICH IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

BUT WE BELIEVED THAT, AND SO WHEN WE MOVED TO PHOENIX IN 2018, WE GOT THE LAY OF THE LAND AND STARTED DOING POP-UPS IN OUR LIVING ROOM, DOING THESE DINNERS.

SO COOKING ALL THE DIFFERENT REGIONS.

EVENTUALLY, OUR LANDLORD CAME TO A DINNER AND AFTERRED US A SPACE.

>> OH, EXCELLENT.

AND AGAIN, THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT IS LOM WOM.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> IT MEAN LIKE YOU SITTING IN A GROUP TOGETHER, WITH FAMILY AND FRIEND.

>> THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING THERE FOR YOU, AREN'T YOU.

THAT'S THE ATMOSPHERE THAT YOU WANT.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.

CO-OWNERS OF THE RESTAURANT.

AWARD-WINNING CHEF.

THINGS ARE GOING PRETTY WELL FOR YOU GUYS.

>> SEEMS LIKE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> AND A PROGRAMMING NOTE, TOMORROW ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WE WILL HAVE CONGRESSWOMAN CAME YASMINE JOIN US AND SHE'LL DISCUSS THE BUDGET BILL AND U.S.

BOMBING AT IRAN.

SHE IS FROM RIPE RAN AND SO WE'LL GET YOUR REACTION TO THAT AS WELL AS ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS TOMORROW ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.