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>>> CORONAVIRUS IN CONTESTS, A NEW COVID TEST AND ARE
TEMPERATURE CHECKS USELESS?
COULD A NEW PAVEMENT BE A KEY
IN COOLING THE VALLEY OF THE
SUN?
SUN?
SUN? AND
SUN? AND A PUSH FOR A NEW NAME FOR
THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS.
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>>> WE START WITH THE RISE IN
CASES OF COVID-19 IN ARIZONA.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES REPORTED 1357 NEW
CASES TODAY, AND EIGHT MORE
PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON, A
NEW RECORD FOR ICU BEDS UP TO
936 WITH JUST 10% LEFT.
>>> 26 ARIZONA BAR OWNERS FROM
PRESCOTT TO TUCSON ARE SUING
GOVERNOR DUCEY.
GOVERNOR DUCEY. IT'S THE LATEST FALLOUT FROM
HIS MANDATE THAT BARS AND GYMS
AND MOVIE THEATERS STAY CLOSED
THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH TO
HELP TO STOP THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. >> IF ONE CAN SOCIAL DISTANCE
AND WEAR MASKS AND HAVE HYGIENE
STATIONS EVERYONE SHOULD BE
REQUIRED CONFORM TO THOSE.
>> GOVERNOR DUCEY'S OFFICE SAID
WE ARE MAKING THE MOST
REASONABLE DECISIONS FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THE
LAW AND CONSTITUTION.
>>> A NEW LESS INVASIVE COVID-
19 TEST IS HERE IN ARIZONA.
IT WAS DEVELOPED BY AN ARIZONA
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. YOU SPIT IN A BATTLE AND THE
SALIVA SAMPLE CELL HANDED TO A
VOLUNTEER, AND IT WILL BE READY
WITHIN 48 HOURS.
RESEARCHERS HOPE TO TEST
100,000 ARIZONAIANS IN THE
COMING WEEK SAYING THIS IS
SAFER.
SAFER.
SAFER. >>> AND WE ARE SEEING MORE
PLACES SCREENING WITH
TEMPERATURES BEFORE ALLOWING
PEOPLE IN TO CATCH CORONAVIRUS.
BUT IS TAKE YOUR TEMPERATURE
ANY GOOD?
ANY GOOD?
ANY GOOD? HERE IS THE DOCTOR WITH ONE
THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE COVID-19 TODAY.
>> BORDERS ON USELESSNESS.
IF YOU ARE SPREADING THE
DISEASE IN THE COUPLE DAYS
BEFORE YOU GET SICK, YOU
PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A
TEMPERATURE.
TEMPERATURE. THAT'S WHERE WE THINK MOST OF
THE SPREADING HAS COME FROM,
EARLY ON, MINIMAL TO NO
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. I WILL GIVE YOU A FOR INSTANCE.
I TOLD MYSELF WHEN I GO INTO
WORK, TRY AND BE A LITTLE
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. EVERY DAY, TWO DAYS IN A ROW,
I'VE HAD A TEMPERATURE.
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. SO
OKAY. SO I WALK OUT OF MY CAR IN THE
PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, TO GET
CHECKED AT THE ENTRANCE AND IT
WAS 115 YESTERDAY AND MY
TEMPERATURE WAS 103 ON MY
FOREHEAD.
FOREHEAD.
FOREHEAD. SHE LAUGHED, I LAUGHED, AND
THEN WE WAITED A MINUTE AND WAS
96.7.
96.7.
96.7. SO
96.7. SO IT'S INACCURATE PREDICTING
AND NOT PREDICTING.
>> INTERESTING THERE.
AND ONE NUMBER THAT EXPERTS ARE
WATCHING CLOSELY.
WATCHING CLOSELY. WE FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS AND
WHERE ARIZONA IS HEADING .
>> WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING VERY
SOON.
SOON.
SOON. >>
SOON. >> Reporter: A GRIM REALITY IS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER AS THE
COVID-19 CASES RISE.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. >> Reporter: SOUNDS OBVIOUS BUT
NEW CASES WILL LEAD TO NEW
DEATHS, AND WHETHER IT WILL
INCREASE OR DECREASE, EXPERTS
ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
KNOWN AS THE R0.
>> IT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE INFECTED BY AN INFECTED
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. >> IN THE NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN
ONE WE SHOULD TAKE THAT
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. >> Reporter: ANY R0 OVER ONE
MEANS THAT THE VIRUS COULD GROW
EXPONENTIALLY.
EXPONENTIALLY. FOR INSTANCE F YOU TAKE 100
NEWLY INFECTED PEOPLE, IN THE
COURSE OF TWO MONTHS, IT COULD
GROW TO MORE THAN 5000 BUT IF
IT'S LESS THAN ONE, THE NUMBER
OF NEW CASES COULD DROP OFF THE
CLIFF.
CLIFF.
CLIFF. >>
CLIFF. >> WHAT LEADS TO ALL OF THIS IS
THE HUMAN AREA.
>> Reporter: TO REDUCE THE R0,
DRT SAID THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
SIMPLE STEPS LIKE WEARING MASKS
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> SIMPLE THINGS CAN MAKE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE.
HUGE DIFFERENCE. >> Reporter: THE THING IS,
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
DURING THE SHUTDOWN, ARIZONA
WAS BELOW ONE BUT ROSE SHARPLY
IN MAY AND JUNE WHEN THE STATE
REOPENED.
REOPENED.
REOPENED. ARIZONA'S NUMBER IS SLOWLY
IMPROVING BUT STILL OVER THE
MAGIC NUMBER OF ONE.
THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE.
BUT IT TAKES EVERYONE TO HELP
TO REDUCE CASES AND SAVE LIVES.
>> BECAUSE THIS IS IN OUR
HANDS.
HANDS.
HANDS. WE
HANDS. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> Reporter: 12 NEWS.
>>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
AND WITH NEW INFORMATION COMING
OUT CONSTANTLY, WE KNOW IT CAN
BE TOUGH TO KEEP UP.
YOU CAN FIND OUT THE LATEST
DETAILS ABOUT HOW IT'S
AFFECTING ARIZONA ON THE FREE
12 NEWS APP.
>>> OTHER OURING ABOUT STORY
TODAY IS THE HEAT.
IT WAS A SCORCHING 116 IN
PHOENIX ON SUNDAY, BEATING THE
2009 RECORD.
2009 RECORD. KRYSTAL HENDERSON, GIVE US THE
411 ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THE
REST OF THE WEEK.
>>> WELL, THESE BIRDS SEEM TO
HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA, HANG OUT
TO 12 NEWS WEATHER WATCHER,
ERIC AND CARRIE'S PATIO UNDER
THE MISTERS.
THE MISTERS. THEY SEEM TO HAVE THIS EXTREME
HEAT UNDER CONTROL.
WHILE MOST OF US ARE CRYING
"UNCLE" AT THIS POINT AS OUR
DANGEROUS HEAT DRAGS ON,
ANOTHER DAY UNDER THE EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING WHERE WE COULD SEE
THE MERCURY CLIMB TO NEAR-
RECORDER RECORD TERRITORY.
WE STARTED OUT AT PHOENIX AT
NEAR 93, AND THAT'S A HIGH FOR
TODAY'S RECORD WARM MORNING
TEMPERATURE.
TEMPERATURE. TUCSON IS LOOKING AT TYING
THEIR ALL-TIME RECORD WARM LOW
WITH A MINIMUM THIS MORNING SET
AT 89.
AT 89.
AT 89. MEANTIME, IF, IN FACT, WE COOL
OFF, THE CALLED-FOR HIGH OF 113
IN PHOENIX, THAT WOULD MARK 10
DAYS IN A ROW IN 110 TERRITORY
WHICH IS A NEW RECORD FOR JULY.
BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR EYE OFF
THE THERMOMETER AT A MOMENT TO
LOOK UP AT THE SKY TODAY
BECAUSE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR OUR MONSOON TO ALLOW FOR A
FLARE UP OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY IN
EASTERN ARIZONA WHERE THE
THREAT IS GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.
HAIL.
HAIL. WE
HAIL. WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR EARS PERKED
FOR A THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE
STATE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN.
HIGHER TERRAIN. WHILE THE TEMPS EASE UP A BIT,
WE ARE LOOK AT ABOVE-AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ALL THIS WEEK.
>> KRYSTAL, THANKS.
I GUESS WE HAVE TO THANK YOU
EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE JUST THE
MESSINGER.
MESSINGER. >>> THE CITY OF PHOENIX IS
TRYING A PILOT PROJECT TO LOWER
TEMPERATURES AROUND TOWN, AND
THEY ARE TEAMING UP WITH
RESEARCHERS TO SEE IF USING A
KIND OF POOLING PAVEMENT COULD
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HERE'S JEN WAHL.
>> Reporter: THIS IS JUST ONE
SPOT WHERE THE CITY WILL BE A
TESTING GROUND FOR THE COOLING
PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY.
PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY. RESEARCHERS WILL STUDY TO SEE
IF THE PAVEMENT CAN HELP TO
REDUCE THE VALLEY'S URBAN HEAT
ISLAND EFFECT.
ISLAND EFFECT. THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND IS A CITY
AREA THAT IS WARMER THAN RURAL
AREAS AROUND IT.
THE CITY CHOSE PARKS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS TO TEST OUT THE
COOL PAVEMENT TREATMENT AND
THEY SENT US VIDEOS AS WELL.
NOW, COOL PAVEMENT IS LIGHTER
THAN THE DARKER ASPHALT THAT
SOAKS IN AND RETAINS THE HEAT
AND RELEASES IT AT NIGHT.
AT NIGHT, THE DIFFERENCE IN
TEMPERATURES CAN BE 22 DEGREES
HOTTER THAN AREAS MEASURED
OUTSIDE THE HEAT ISLAND.
ACCORDING TO THE EPA, THEY SAY
THE COOL PAVEMENT REFLECTS THE
SUNLIGHT THAT HIT ITS AND WILL
STUDY IF IT HAS AN AFFECT ON
LOWERING THE HIGHER NIGHTTIME
TEMPS IN PHOENIX.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE
HEAT OF THE PAVEMENT AND
INVESTIGATION THE DURABILITY,
THE LIFE CYCLES.
YOU HAVE A CERTAIN INVESTMENT
WHEN YOU PUT THESE COATS ING
PLACE, LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS.
WE WANT TO SEE IS IT WORTH
DOING IT.
DOING IT.
DOING IT. >> Reporter:- RESEARCHERS WILL
LOOK AT THE EFFECT AND THE
DURABILITY AND THE AFFECT OF
THE VEHICLES DRIVING ON IT AND
IF IT WILL HELP WITH MORE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
THE CITY TELLS ME THAT THE COST
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COOLING
PAVEMENT, 3.3 MILLION FOR 36
MILES OF THE PAVEMENT, THE CITY
SAID WELL, THEY WERE READY FOR
UPDATES ANYWAY AND THEY WOULD
HAVE DONE THEM.
AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
SEVERAL YEARS. JEN WAHL, 12 NEW.
>> NICE ICE CUBE NECKLACE.
>>> A VIEWING IS PLANNED
TONIGHT FOR PEORIA OFFICER
JASON JUDD WHO DIED TWO WEEKS
AGO WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE CAME
OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND SENT HIM
CRASHING INTO A WALL.
IT WILL BE AT HANSON MORTUARY
IN PHOENIX AND ON TUESDAY
THERE, WILL BE A FUNERAL
PROCESSION TO HONOR OFFICER
JUDD.
JUDD.
JUDD. >>>
JUDD. >>> IT'S OFFICIAL.
THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS ARE
RETIRING THEIR NAME AND LOGO.
THE TEAM THIS MORNING RELEASED
A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THE
DECISION WAS MADE FOLLOWING A
THOROUGH REVIEW STARTING ON
JULY 3. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE
NEW NAME WILL BE AND IT WON'T
BE ANNOUNCED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO
TRADEMARK ISSUES.
TRADEMARK ISSUES. >>> WE HAVE EMBARKED ON
STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
TO THEIR EXPERIENCES AND
PERSPECTIVE ON RACE RELATIONS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE A CLIP
FROM THE UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY
"THE WORK IS HARD AND NOT DONE.
BEING PLAQUE IN THE VALLEY"
TONIGHT AT 7:00.
>> THAT PROTEST HAPPENED IN THE
MIDST OF ANOTHER PROTEST.
THEY WERE PROTESTING GOLDWATER.
SOME OF THE ACTIVISTS -- TRUE
STORY -- WERE HUNGRY AND KNEW
THAT ELRAY DID NOT SERVE BLACK
FOLKS.
FOLKS.
FOLKS. LITTLE DICKEY, SANDY-BLOND
BROWNISH HAIR AND HE GOES IN
AND SITS DOWN AND THEY COME UP
AND START TO SERVE THINK HIM,
AND MEANWHILE, PROTESTERS ARE
GOING BY THE WINDOW AND LOOKING
AT HIM LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. AND HE IS LIKE I'M HUNGRY.
THE SERVER COMES OUT AND SEES
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND LOOKS AT
HIM AND LOOKS AT THE PROTESTERS
AND HE SAID, ARE YOU BLACK?
HE SAID, YES, I AM, AND THIS IS
A DELICIOUS MEAL.
AND THEN THEY THREW HIM OUT.
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