Arizona's Morning News

Back on this day in 1973, Marvin Gaye released "Lets Get It On". The song would go on to spend 8 weeks on top of the charts.

Jorge Torres, ABC15 Meteorologist, joined Arizona's Morning News to give us an outlook on this years monsoon season. It officially started today.

Rich Frankel, former FBI Special Agent in Charge, joined Arizona's Morning News to give us a security report card on the U.S. hosting the World Cup, the White House UFC event, and the Knicks winning the NBA finals.

Back on this day in 1974, Little League Baseball allowed girls to play. Originally founded in 1939, the league did not prohibit girls to play until 1951.

Tempe Councilman, Randy Keating, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about how he issued a demand with the Maricopa County Recorder's Office that all relevant and appropriate records be preserved for potential litigation against Justin Heap in regard to a recent video showing employees moving a ballot scanner.

**NOTE: During the interview, the equipment in question was erroneously called a tabulation machine. It is a pre-tabulation scanner.

Political analyst Chuck Todd joins Arizona’s Morning News to talk about economic news and its political ramifications, if Republicans would survive midterms IF the Iran war ended today 

ABC's parenting reporter, Bethany Braun-Silva, joins Arizona’s Morning News to talk about educators reporting calmer classrooms and stronger student connections after a year of cellphone bans. 

Back on this day in 1982, E.T. was released in theatres. The films focuses on a boy named Elliot, who befriends an extra terrestrial dubbed E.T.

Political analyst Chuck Coughlin joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about the political ramifications of high inflation. Yesterday, President Trump told reporters that he "loves inflation".

Jim Ryan, ABC News correspondent, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about FIFA World Cup tickets going unsold. Could it be because of expensive ticket prices?

Back on this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a thunderstorm. Franklin did the stunt to see if a key attatched to the string would draw an electrical current. Some historians, however, don't believe this ever happened.

Colton Krolak, KTAR reporter, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about a new Kids and Car Safety report that shows 10 children have been killed in driveway and parking lot tragedies in the last 18 days.

Steven Portnoy, ABC News national correspondent, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about the house passing a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill.

John Cohen, Former Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence and Counterterrorism Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about the security issues surroundng UFC 250. The event take splace this Sunday, when UFC fighters will fight on the White House South Lawn.

Back on this day in 1973, Secretariat won the Triple Crown. Secretariat was the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win the award.

Education reporter, Shira Tanzer, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about the lack of growth for charter schools across the state.

Peter Charalambous, ABC News correspondent, joined Arizona's Morning News to give us a preview on Bill Gates’ testimony in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Tim Werth, tech editor at Mashable, joined Arizona’s Morning News to talk about WWDC, SpaceX’s IPO, the UK Prime Minister threatening to ban social media for children, and an AI vibe shift.

Back on this day in 1984, Ghost Busters released in theatres. When the film was being written, it was originally meant to star John Belushi. Sadly, Belushi passed away before the film finished.

Democratic political consultant, Stacy Pearson, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about the hatred of data centers amongst Americans, and why they have such bad PR.

Evan Taylor, Associate Professor of Economics at U of A, joined Arizona's Morning News to talk about the new jobs report released last week. The job market showed resilience, but inflation is rising faster than average wages.

Western Governors University Regional Director Bob Benson joins Arizona’s Morning News for this month’s Community Spotlight. 

APS President, Ted Geisler, joins Arizona’s Morning News to talk about the annual rate increase that the company is asking for. 

Back on this day in 1956, Elvis performed on The Milton Berle Show. It was during this show where Elvis was banned from showing any movement from the waist down on national television.

Western Governor's University Regional Director, Bob Benson, joined Arizona's Morning News for this months community spotlight, focusing on WGU's partnership and support of St. Mary's Food Bank.