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>>> TO KICK OFF THE NEW DE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE KICKING OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS COUN IN THE 2020 CENSUS.

THE ALLENTOWN AREA CENSUS OFFICE OPENED FOR THE FIRS TIME IN SOUTH WHITEHALL.

OFFICIALS SAID IT TAKES EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER GET PROPER FUNDING AND REPRESENTATION.

>> PEOPLE ARE MISINFORMED UNDERINFORMED.

>> Reporter: LOCAL LEADERS MYTHS ABOUT THE CENSUS CA LEAD TO PEOPLE NOT BEING COUNTED WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROBLEMS FOR THE CENTRAL P >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TH UNDERSTAND HOW SAFE IT IS, IMPORTANT AND ALSO THEY UNDERSTAND THE TANGIBLE TH THE CENSUS AFFECTS IN THEI- TO-DAY LIFE, EVERYTHING FR THE ROADS THEY DRIVE ON, T SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN ARE I >> Reporter: KEVIN CREAM I BEST OPERATING OFFICER, HE WORKS WITH MUNICIPALITIES ARE HELPING THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO GIVE PEOPLE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WH YOUR ACCOUNT MATTERS.

THE NEW CENSUS OFFICE IN S WHITEHALL WILL PARTIALLY S AS A RECRUITMENT BUSINESS JOB INFORMATION.

>> EVERYBODY COUNTS.

AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO THIS WITH ENERGY, WITH ENTHUSIASM.

BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THIS >> Reporter: LEHIGH COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAID THAT LOCAL LEADERS NEED TO BUILD TRUS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET ACCURATE COUNT.

HE SAID INFRASTRUCTURE REP IS A BIG CONCERN WHEN IT C TO BEING PROPERLY FUNDED.

>> WE LOST A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THE STATE IS NOT G IT.

HOW DO WE PROVE THAT WE HA THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TH MONEY?

AGAIN, THE CENSUS.

>> Reporter: QUESTIONS ABO YOUR LEGAL STATUS WILL NOT ASKED AND IT'S ILLEGAL TO SHARE.

BECAUSE YOU CAN FILL OUT T CENSUS ONLINE, ORGANIZATIO ARE WORKING TO GET EVERYON INVOLVED.

>> WE UNDERSTAND EVERYONE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNE TECHNOLOGY IN AN EQUITABLE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROV THAT AND THAT IS WHAT THE CENSUS WILL DO.

>> Reporter: AS FOR FILLIN THE CENSUS YOU SHOULD GET INVITATIONS IN THE MAIL AR MARCH 12th AND YOU'LL BE A TO RESPOND ON AIR, ON MAIL ONLINE OR BY PHONE.

>> IT IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL DAY JOKE.

PLEASE, WE ARE COUNTING ON IF YOU ARE 21, IF YOU'RE 1 THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF YOUR WILL SET YOU UP FOR YOUR FUTURE.

SO IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORT FOR US ALL TO GET INVOLVED MAKE SURE OUR VOICES ARE H AND WE ARE REPRESENTED PRO BECAUSE 10 YEARS MATTERS S MUCH TO US.

>> Reporter: NOW THE CENSU OFFICE IS CURRENTLY HIRING A FEW POSITIONS IN HOUSE A SEVERAL FIELD POSITIONS.

THE PAY RANGES BETWEEN 18- AN HOUR.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HO APPLY GO STRAIGHT TO PBS39 FOR THE LINKS.

FOR PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT, I STACI INEZ.

BRITTANY SWEENEY .

>>> A WEEK BEFORE THE UNIT STATES KILLED THE IRANIAN GENERAL, QASSEM SOLEIMANI MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE I MIDDLE EAST ON A SURPRISE TO AMERICAN TROOPS .

AMON THEM WAS DEMOCRATS SUSAN W WHO REPRESENTS PART OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

>> I WAS EXCITED TO GO AND SPREAD CHEER AND SERVE OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO H WORKED FOR US SO HARD.

IT WAS A TREMENDOUS OPPORT TO BE WITH THEM AND WE WEN A NUMBER OF BASES.

I WAS ABLE TO DELIVER A BO HOLIDAY CARDS THAT HAD BEE PREPARED BY CHILDREN IN OU DISTRICT.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIE TO BE WITH ALL OF THEM.

>> THE CONGRESSWOMAN VISIT BASES IN QATAR, KUWAIT AND BAHRAIN OVER THE COURSE O THREE DAYS.

SHE WAS PART OF A CONGRESS DELEGATION THAT INCLUDED REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

>> THESE TRIPS ARE REALLY FOR CONGRESS AS A WHOLE AN EXTENSION THE AMERICAN PEO BECAUSE IT ENABLES US TO G KNOW PEOPLE ON THE OTHER S OF THE AISLE AND AWAY WE D WHEN WE ARE HERE WITH WHAT GOING ON IN WASHINGTON AND ENABLES US TO WORK TOGETHE THE FUTURE.

>> WILD SERVES ON THE U.S.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SAYS WHILE SHE IN THE MIDDLE EAST SHE WAS OF HIGH-LEVEL BRIEFINGS TH WAS BEFORE QASSEM SOLEIMA WAS KILLED.

>> WHEN I WAS IN THE MIDEA THE NUMBER 1 CONCERN EXPRE BY TROOPS AND HIGHER-LEVEL OFFICERS WAS THE THREAT OF IRAN.

>> QASSEM SOLEIMANI'S DEA PROMPTED IVONNE TO TRACK AMERICAN BASIS.

AND THEY ARE OFTEN DEPLOYE OTHER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE >> NONE OF THEM KNEW WHERE WERE GROWING AND THERE WAS TREPIDATION.

THAT WAS VERY MUCH ON MY M AS SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT T ATTACK.

WE DID NOT KNOW THAT NIGHT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAD A SLEEPLESS NIGHT WORRYING A THOSE TROOPS.

>> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICA HAVE DESCRIBED BRIEFINGS A IRAN QUITE DIFFERENTLY.

>> BASED ON THE BRIEFINGS YOU ATTENDED, WHAT WOULD Y SAY ABOUT THE INFORMATION HAVE REGARDING THE SITUATI THE MIDDLE EAST?

THE BRIEFINGS WERE VERY UNINFORMATIVE AND WE AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ALMOS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, 35 US, CROWDED INTO AN AUDITO FOR WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE MINUTE BRIEFING THAT TOLD NOTHING THERE?

LAST WEEK WILDE WAS PART O HOUSE FIRE TO APPROVE A WA POWERS RESOLUTION.

>> IT'S ABOUT THIS PRESIDE AND FUTURE PRESIDENTS UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MU CONSULT WITH CONGRESS BEFO THEY ESCALATE SITUATIONS T WILL RESULT IN WAR OR POTE HARM TO OUR TROOPS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR OUR ALL >> WHILE SHE WAS AT THE NA BASE SHE MET A PETTY OFFIC FROM BETHLEHEM.

>> I HAVE A HUMAN FACE FRO OWN DISTRICT TO ATTACH AND TALK ABOUT CONFLICTS IN TH MIDDLE EAST.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THI THEM AS ABSTRACT CONFLICTS TENSIONS.

I WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT INDIVIDUALS TO WHOM WE ARE ENTRUSTING THIS TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN WILD WILL HER FIRST TOWNHALL OF THE IN THE EASTON, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY SET FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 AT 7:00 P.M.

HER TEAM WILL ANNOUNCE A LOCATION NEXT WEEK.

FOR PBS 3090S TONIGHT I'M STEPHEN JIWANMALL .

>>> THIS MORNING AT EMMAUS SCHOOL, STUDENTS WERE WELC WITH A REMINDER THAT THEY MATTER.

A NATIONWIDE.

>> I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH SUICIDE AND WE TO MAKE SURE THESE KIDS KN YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS.

>> Reporter: AMY HAD A SPE MESSAGE FOR THIS GROUP OF GRADERS DURING THEIR HOMER THIS MORNING.

>> I'M WILLING TO BET THAT THOUGH IT IS YOUR FRESHMAN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DOLT THE BUILDING THAT YOU MADE CONNECTIONS TWO.

>> Reporter: IT CAME IN TH FORM OF A WRISTBAND.

A PHYSICAL REMINDER THAT T LIVES MATTER.

>> LOOK AT THE WORDS ON HE IT SAYS YOUR LIFE MATTERS, ARE SPECIAL, AND YOU ARE L >> HIGH SCHOOL ISN'T EASY, IS NOT EASY FOR A LOT OF K TAMMY PATTERSON AND SARAH ARE THE TEAM THAT HELPED B THIS PROACTIVE SUICIDE AWARENESS PREVENTION INITI TO THE SCHOOL.

>> PEOPLE LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE'S JEWELRY AND IF YO SITTING IN CLASS AND YOU K YOU ARE HAVING A CRAPPY DA CAN LOOK OVER AND SEE THOS WORDS THAT YOUR LIFE MATTE HOPEFULLY THAT IS LIFE-CHA AND, IF THAT, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS SAVES THAT ST TO THAT DAY, OUR JOB IS DO >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO JASON FOUNDATION A YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION NONPROF THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS PER DAY B- 12TH GRADERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO TO BE PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE.

AND HELP STUDENTS WITH ANY ISSUES BEFORE IT WOULD GET THAT POINT.

WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE A HERE, WE ARE A RESOURCE FO THEM TO TALK TO.

>> Reporter: INSIDE THE WRISTBAND IS A NOD TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> ON THE INSIDE OF THE BRACELET IT SAYS PROTECT T HIVE.

WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THI COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SO WE HAVE REALLY IMPACTS ON SOCIETY FOR THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: PBS 39 SPOKE TWO MEMBERS OF THE HIVE.

WE ASKED WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL'S SUICI PREVENTION WORK.

>> IT HAS NEVER COME UP IN EMMAUS BEFORE BUT IT HAPPE ALL THE TIME NOW SO IT'S V IMPORTANT.

>> EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THEY HAVE SOMEONE OR SOMET TO TURN TO.

THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THE NOT ALONE.

>> Reporter: FUNDING CAME A COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE SCHOOL.

IN LEHIGH COUNTY, I AM CHL NOUVELLE, PBS 39 NEWS TONI PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> 10-YEAR-OLD JACKSON KE HAS A VISION FOR HIS FUTUR >> I WANT TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO MARS.

>> Reporter: BUT WITHOUT A FIRST OF ITS KIND PRESCRIP PRODUCTS, THIS WARREN COUN BOYS DREAM WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> HE WATCHED SOME KIND OF DOCUMENTARY OR EDUCATIONAL VIDEO THAT SAID ASTRONAUTS TO HAVE 2020 VISION.

AND SO THAT, PRETTY MUCH H KNEW THAT HIS DREAM WAS PR FAR-FETCHED AT THAT POINT.

HE WAS RUNNING INTO WALLS, WOULD TRIP OVER THINGS.

I MEAN IF IT WASN'T DIRECT HIS LINE OF VISION, THEN I WASN'T A BRIGHTLY LIT ROOM AREA, HE WOULD RUN RIGHT I IT.

>> Reporter: IT WASN'T UNT 2018 WHEN THE WASHINGTON N JERSEY BOY WHO WAS BORN WI LIVRES CONGENITAL ON THE R LCA RPE 65 EMMA WAS ADMINISTERED THE FIRST FDA APPROVED GENE THERAPY PROD LOOK STERNER, THAT HIS EYE OPENED TO A WORLD OF NEW POSSIBILITIES.

>> HIS DISTANCE VISION IS 2080.

BEFORE IT WAS 21,000.

SO IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE >> I COULDN'T REALLY PLAY OUTSIDE.

AFTER IT WAS DARK.

AND LIKE, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T WALK AROUND IN A ROOM.

OTHERWISE I WOULD TRIP OVE SOMETHING.

I CAN PRETTY MUCH LIKE, SE LOT MORE THAN I COULD.

LIKE IT WOULDN'T JUST BE SHADOWS.

I COULD ACTUALLY LIKE, SEE LIKE COLORS AND ALL THAT S >> Reporter: LOOK STERNER ONE TIME GENE THERAPY ADMINISTERED TO EACH EYE, IS USED TO TREAT GENETIC DISEASE THAT CAUSES BLINDN BY PROVIDING A WORKING RPE JANE TO A PATIENT IN PLACE THE SAME MUTATED GENE.

CEL THE RETINA OF THE EYE CAN TO PRODUCE FUNCTIONING PRO MAKING THE VISION CYCLE WO PROPERLY.

IT IS ONE FORM OF GENE-BAS THERAPY THAT IS CHANGING T WAY DOCTORS TREAT GENETICA BASED DISEASES AND DISORDE >> IS IT THAT YOU DO HAVE WHICH YOU KNEW, RIGHT.

>> OBVIOUSLY.

>> AND THEY TOLD US WHAT T OF LCI IT IS.

>> ARE THEY ABLE TO CURE I >> YEAH.

>> OH, YES.

>> HERE AT PENN MEDICINE, SIMILAR TECHNIQUE IS BEING TO EDIT CANCER PATIENTS AN CELLS.

IT IS CALLED CRISPER.

CAS NINE GENETIC EDITING.

UNLIKE GENE THERAPY, IT INSERTS, REMOVES, CHANGES, REPLACES SPECIFIC PIECES O PERSON'S EXISTING DNA.

>> IS A LABORATORY TECHNIQ WHERE WE CAN DIRECTLY TAKE GENES THAT WE THINK MIGHT IMPORTANT TO ENHANCING THE FUNCTION OF THESE CELLS.

>> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MU OUR, MUCH OF THE PROBLEMS MEDICINE ARE GENETIC.

AND SO, AND THE MORE WE CA CAN MANIPULATE THE GENES SAFELY.

AND THAT IS THE KEY.

THE MORE POTENTIAL THERE I HELP PEOPLE WITH MANY DIFF DISEASES.

>> Reporter: WAITRESSES FR THE ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV HAVE INFUSED THREE PATIENT A NEW TRIAL.

SO FAR.

THE TWO WITH MULTIPLE MELA AND ONE WITH SARCOMA.

>> THE PATIENTS THAT WE HA TREATED WITH THESE CRISPER ENGINEERED T CELLS ARE PAT THAT REALLY HAD NO OTHER OPTIONS.

WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE CELLS GROW BEAUTIFULLY IN PATIENTS THAT THEY PERSIST FOR EVEN, EVEN A YEAR LATE HAVE PATIENT STILL HAVE TH CELLS IN THEIR SYSTEM.

AND, AND THAT IT WAS SAFE, AND THERE IS ONLY THREE PATIENTS, THOUGH, THAT WE TREATED, SO WE ARE STILL T TO FIGURE OUT HOW EFFECTIV IS.

>> WHILE THE EFFORTS HERE BEING CARED TOWARDS IMPROV THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GENE THERAPIES, AND NOT ALTERIN DNA OF A PATIENT, CRISPER EDITING CAN DO JUST THAT.

AND THAT TYPE OF CAPABILIT LED TO A UNIQUE DEBATE.

EVEN IF WE CAN ALTER A PER DNA, SHOULD WE?

>> THERE IS THE POTENTIAL USE CRISPER IN A VERY SLOP WAY.

IF YOU'RE USING IT IN CELL AND A PERSON, IF THERE IS POTENTIAL TO CAUSE GENETIC DAMAGE, OR GENETIC VANDALI MAKE CHANGES THAT YOU DON' INTEND TO MAKE ELSEWHERE I GENOME.

ELSEWHERE IN THE 6.4 BILLI LETTERS.

AND THAT COULD CAUSE, IT C ACTUALLY CAUSE DISEASES LI CANCER AND HEART DISEASE.

THE THINGS YOU MIGHT BE TR TO PREVENT.

>> Reporter: AS OF 2014, A 40 COUNTRIES DISCOURAGED O BANNED RESEARCH ON GERMLIN EDITING BECAUSE OF ETHICAL SAFETY CONCERNS.

THESE TYPES OF EDITS WOULD AFFECT ALL CELLS IN AN ORGANISM.

AND IS PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

IN THE US, GENE MEDICAID EDUCATION IS RESTRICTED, A THE FDA REGULATES CLINICAL STUDIES.

BUT GERMLINE EDITING FEARS REALIZED OVERSEAS WHEN A CHINESE SCIENTIST ANNOUNCE THAT TWIN GIRLS HAD BEEN B RESISTANT TO HIV, THANKS T MODIFIED DNA, CREATED WITH CRISPER TECHNOLOGIES.

>> WHEN I FIRST LEARNED AB IT I WAS HORRIFIED.

I WAS AGHAST THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND DO T THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ALREADY IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ABOUT THERE NEEDED TO BE CAUTION HOW THINGS NEEDED TO BE DO RESPONSIBLY.

YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS SAFE BY DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH.

SO TO GO AHEAD AND START PUTTING IT INTO HUMAN EMBR IN UNBORN CHILDREN WHO DID ACTUALLY HAVE ANY ACUTE OR SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS, T IS REALLY JUMPING THE GUN.

>> TODAY, CRISPER KITS ARE EASILY AVAILABLE AND SOLD ONLINE, HELPING SOME MAKE UNIQUE AND USABLE ORGANISM A LAB, OR AT HOME, ALLOWIN OTHERS TO TOY WITH CREATIN BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA, E GENETICALLY MODIFYING ANIM >> ONCE YOU START TO TALK PEOPLE USING THIS, SAY, ON THEMSELVES, INJECTING THEMSELVES, OR EVEN INJECT OTHERS, WITH THE TECHNOLOG FROM THE KIT SOLD ONLINE, ARE NOT RATED FOR MEDICAL THESE ARE NOT APPROPRIATE USE IN HUMAN BEINGS.

>> Reporter: FOR FAMILIES HAVE WATCHED THEIR OWN STR WITH GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS, AFTER SUCCESSFU GENETIC ALTERATION, THEY A NOT LOOKING BACK.

>> WE JUST KIND OF, LITERA HANDED OUR CHILD TO THEM, IS SCARY.

IN ITSELF.

BUT WE JUST HAD SO MUCH FA AND SO MUCH TRUST IN THEM.

AND THEY WERE THE EXPERTS.

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE D AND I THINK THE RESULTS RE EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATION.

>> THEY EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS AND THEY HAVE EXCEEDED THE DOCTORS EXPECTATIONS.

>> Reporter: FOR OTHERS LI WITH LIFE-THREATENING DISO LIKE SICKLE-CELL DISEASE, OR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, THI TECHNOLOGY OFFERS A WINDOW E POSSIBILITY FOR NOT ONLY TRTING, BUT CURING 6000OTH HUMAGENETIC DISEASES TH AT THISOINT IN TI, LIKE Y THISOINT IN TI, LIKE Y KIN >> DOT THINK WILL NE Y OF THISAILLE STUF AND WASHGTONONE COTY, AM CAY LOPEZ,S 39 NEWS STACI INEZ.

>>> 2019 WAS A STRONG YEAR THE LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNAT AIRPORT.

AND NOW THEY OFFER A NEW SERVICE FUNCTION TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE THE AIRPORT.

>> HERE COMES MIDWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN CHICAGO AND SERVICE TO CHI WHICH NOW JOINS AMERICAN A UNITED.

>> Reporter: THE NEW DIREC ROUTE MEANS PASSENGERS CAN TO EITHER OF CHICAGO'S AIR FROM ABE.

ALLEGIANT AIRLINES WILL ST THE NEW SERVICE MAY 14th B OFFERING A SPECIAL $33 FAR ONE-WAY TICKETS STARTING O WEDNESDAY.

>> THERE IS A REASONABLE P >> I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO A WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE TRIP BACK.

WE STILL HAVE FRIENDS WHO THERE.

SOMETHING WE MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 800 PASSENGERS USED THE AIRPOR LAST YEAR.

FLYING PAST 2018 TOTAL OF UNDER 793,000.

>> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME H IT IS VERY NICE.

YES, VERY NICE.

>> Reporter: IN 2019 LEHIG VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPO WAS NAMED THE BUSINESS OF YEAR BY THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS THE AIRPORT CELEBRATED YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMU >> WE ARE A TEAM, IN FACT, ARE A FAMILY.

AND, WE PUT ALL OF THOSE P TOGETHER IN THIS VITAL PUZ TO BECOME THE BEST REGIONA AIRPORT SYSTEM IN NORTH AMERICA.

>> Reporter: 2019 WELCOME NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO NASHVIL AND SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

2020 WELCOMES NONSTOP FLIG TO SARASOTA, FLORIDA NEXT AND CHICAGO MIDWAY IN MAY.

>>'S THERE'S A LOT OF FLIG OPTIONS FOR THE LEHIGH VAL AND AIR TRAVELERS.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY EVID OF AN AIRPORT THAT IS VIBR AND REALLY IS AN ECONOMIC E FOR THE REGION.

>> Reporter: IN LESS THAN MONTH, ALLEGIANT WILL STAR WORKING FROM A NEW AIRCRAF BASED AT THE AIRPORT.

CREATING 66 JOBS THE AIRPO ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF THR MAJOR PROJECTS.

THE FIRST IS REHABBING THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRPORT CLOSED FOR 52 IN MAY TO WORK ON IT.

>> I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER NUMBER ONE.

THAT IS THE HEART OF THE AIRPORT.

THE RUNWAY 64 PROJECT.

IT CERTAINLY IS A TOP PRIO >> Reporter: THE SECOND IS $22 MILLION PROJECT TO EXP THE TSA CHECKPOINT.

THAT INCLUDES A DIRECT ELE FROM THE TICKET AREA TO TH GATE AREA.

>> WITH OUR GROWTH, THIS I NECESSARY ENHANCEMENT TO ELEVATE OUR CUSTOMER SERVI AS WE GROW THE CHECKPOINT WILL HAVE MORE AND MORE PE BEING PROCESSED.

THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LANES THREE AND FOUR.

>> Reporter: THE THIRD PRO LOOKS AT BRINGING A HOTEL, POSSIBLE RETAIL DEVELOPMEN AIRPORT PROPERTY BY THE ALTERNATIVE MALL BUILDING.

>> TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AIRPORT.

TO GET POSITION FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE, GENERAT SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE REGION.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRESS ABE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE WE T TO.

SOME WHO LIVE NEAR WILKES- SAID THE AIRPORT IN NEARBY ISN'T AS RELIABLE AS THE O ALLENTOWN.

>> LOVE THIS AIRPORT.

I DON'T KNOW I JUST FEEL M COMFORTABLE HERE.

>> Reporter: WAS MORE FLIG OPTIONS AND GROWING PASSEN TRAFFIC, THE AIRPORT IS LI TO SEE LONGER LINES.

IN OCTOBER, PASSENGERS NEED A OF WHAT IS CALLED REAL ID ORDER TO FLY DOMESTICALLY.

THAT INCLUDES A PASSPORT, PASSPORT CARD, OR A REAL I COMPLIANT DRIVER'S LICENSE HAS A GOLD STAR.

>> THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU FLYING FROM ALLENTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA, WHICH IS A S LITTLE JUMP, YOU WILL STIL NEED THOSE DOCUMENTS IN OR TO GET THROUGH THE TSA CHECKPOINT.

>> Reporter: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHERE AND HOW TO GET REAL ID, WE WILL HAVE LINK WITH THE STORY ON OUR WEBS WLVT.ORG.

PBS39.ORG.

AT LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATI AIRPORT I AM STEPHEN JIWAN PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> SITTING ON A BOOKSHELF THE BRAD BERRY SULLIVAN LG LIBRARY IS A PIECE PENNED ONE OF THEIR OWN.

>> IT IS A JOURNEY THROUGH LGBTQ'S LIVES.

THROUGH OUR HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCES.

>> Reporter: IN THE PAGES THE NEW BOOK , THE DIRECTO SHEDS LIGHT ON WHAT HE BEL IS A DIRE SITUATION.

>> I REALIZE THIS IS ONE O KEY ISSUES OF OUR TIME.

THAT HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, AND IF YOU BELIEVE HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGH NEED TO MAKE SURE IS PROVI EQUITABLY FOR ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: AFTER TWO YEA THE WORK LAUNCHES THIS WEE TAKING READERS THROUGH LGB HEALTH EXPERIENCES FROM IN TO OLDER ADULTHOOD.

>> THE FIRST CHAPTER IS AB INFORMED CONSENT FOR INTER CHILDREN AND THE FINAL IS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR SA- SEX COUPLES.

>> Reporter: IS A COLLECTI ANECDOTES FROM 26 PEOPLE A OVER THE WORLD WHO SHARE A COMMON STORY OF DISCRIMINA IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

>> FOR LGBT PEOPLE OUR EXPERIENCES WITH HEALTHCAR THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES ARE CHALLENGING.

THROUGH BIRTH AND DEATH, W EXPERIENCE HEALTH DISPARIT AND HEALTHCARE DISCRIMINAT AND WE EXPERIENCE BARRIERS CARE THAT PREVENT US FROM ACCESSING THE HIGH QUALITY THAT WE NEED AND DESERVE.

AND, ULTIMATELY PREVENT US ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY DE AS THE HIGHEST QUALITY HEA FOR ALL PEOPLE.

LGBT PEOPLE LACK HEALTHY QUALITY THROUGHOUT AMERICA THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE SO MANY BARRIERS A THE WAY.

>> Reporter: THE THE BOOK PUBLISHED NOW HE IS TASKED SHARING HIS WORK WITH THE WORLD.

THE DEBUT WILL BE THIS WEE A LARGE LGBT CONFERENCE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

THE EDITOR AND AUTHOR WILL SHARE SOME OF THE REAL LIF EXPERIENCES TALKED ABOUT I BOOK.

EXPERIENCES HE BELIEVE OTH WILL RELATE TO.

>> I HAD A NEGATIVE EXPERI WITH A HEALTHCARE PROFESSI ENEMY FULL-TIME LGBT ACTIV WHO'S BEEN OUT MY ENTIRE A LIFE.

I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO I WOU EXPECT TO HAVE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH HEALTHCAR PROFESSIONALS.

I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ROUTINE SCREENING WITH A DERMATOLOGIST.

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, FRO WAITING ROOM TO THE INTAKE TO THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE CLINICIAN, I FELT LIKE THE THEY WERE PROVIDING WAS IN FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.

>> Reporter: THE IDEA FOR BOOK CAME FROM SHARING THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

AS HE TELLS HIS STORY HE F THAT OTHERS HAVE SIMILAR O OF THEIR OWN.

>> ONE CONTRIBUTOR, LAURA JACOBS, TALKS ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE WITH AN EAR NOS THROAT DOCTOR WHERE SHE WA THERE FOR REGULAR EAR NOSE THROAT RELATED HEALTH ISSU AND, THE DOCTOR TURNED TO INTERN AND SAID," LAURA IS TRANSAND DIDN'T THE SURGEO A GREAT JOB?

HE WAS SHE WAS FULLY CLOTH AND HE NEVER PROVIDED ANY HEALTHCARE TO HER WHERE SH WOULD'VE BEEN EXPOSED BELO NECK.

SO THE DOCTOR MADE A BRAZE ASSUMPTION ABOUT HER BODY.

OUTED HER TO SOMEONE ELSE WITHOUT HER CONSENT AND MA HER FEEL HUMILIATED AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

>> Reporter: AS THE CHAPTE ON, READERS EXPERIENCE WHE REFERS TO AS HIS BARRIERS, POLICY BARRIERS, EDUCATION BARRIERS, BEHAVIORAL BARRI AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS BLOC THE LGBT COMMUNITY FROM RECEIVING ADEQUATE HEALTHC >> THESE ARE INSTANCES WHE PATIENTS ARE MADE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

THEY ARE MADE TO FEEL THAT ARE ARE THERE HEALTH ISSUE MIGHT NOT BE RELEVANT OR T DOCTOR IS SENSATIONALIZING OR THAT THE DOCTOR IS JUST UNFAMILIAR WITH LGBT PEOPL IN GENERAL.

ALL OF THOSE ARE PROBLEMAT ANSWERS.

>> Reporter: THE SUM OF TH CONTRIBUTORS DISCUSS SOLUT THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TO FI PROBLEM.

>> IT IS NOT A GUIDE FOR H PROVIDE QUALITY CARE, IT I ROADMAP TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE IN FRO US.

IT IS A JOURNEY TO ADDRESS ROADMAP.

WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO MAKE LGBT HEALTH EQUITABLE THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS NOT A ONE-SIZE-FI- ALL WAVE OF A MAGIC WAND SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: WHEN I ASK WH GOOD PLACE TO START IS, HE SUGGESTED MEDICAL PROFESSI USE THEIR CONTINUING EDUCA CREDIT TO BECOME FAMILIAR THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> AND ALSO STILL FIND VAL >> Reporter: IT IS AVAILAB THIS WEEK AND BOOKSTORES THROUGHOUT THE LEHIGH VALL THROUGHOUT THE LEHIGH VALL FOR THIS HEALTH REPORT IN ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY.

I AM BRITTANY SWEENEY, PBS NEWS TONIGHT.

NEAR YOU.

>>> MUHLENBERG COLLEGE IS KICKING OFF AN OPIOID PREVENTION PROJECT.

SPEARHEADED IN PART BY ONE THEIR OWN.

>> IN PENNSYLVANIA ALONE W LOSING OVER 2200 OF OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, AN FAMILIES TO OPIOID OVERDOS >> KEVIN SHAW, A SOPHOMORE NEUROSCIENCE AND PUBLIC HE MAJOR, FOUND THAT ONE IN 1 THOSE OVERDOSES OCCUR RIGH HERE IN LEHIGH COUNTY.

SO HE LOOKED FOR WAYS TO H ADDRESS WHAT HE CALLS THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF HI GENERATION AND HE'S TAKING NONPROFIT HE FOUNDED AND JOINING FORCES WITH MUHLEN >> A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIO SEEKS TO MOBILIZE OUR COLL STUDENTS OUT INTO THE COMM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE AWARE, ABL AND READY TO ADMINISTER NA WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE SCE AN OPIOID OVERDOSE.

>> Reporter: NARCAN, ALSO AS NALOXONE, IS AN OPIOID ANTIDOTE.

IT IS OFTEN ADMINISTERED B AT THE SCENE OF AN OVERDOS BUT SHAW IS HELPING TO PUT IN THE HANDS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE.

STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON HI CAMPUS.

>> OUR MISSION IS TO GO OU THERE ENTERING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE T WE CAN START REDUCING SOME THE NUMBERS AND RATES WE A SEEING RIGHT HERE IN LEHIG COUNTY.

>> Reporter: HOW CAN A COL SOPHOMORE DO THAT?

THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.

AND WITH THE HELP OF $100, IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO MUHLENBERG FROM PENNSYLVAN DEPARTMENT OF DRUG AND ALC PROGRAMS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AW $100,000 TO THE COLLEGE TO ON SOME PREVENTION RELATED EFFORTS.

INCLUDING THINGS LIKE TRAI ON THE LOCKS AND IN PROVID THAT AS WELL AS STANDING U SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT AR GOING TO ADDRESS PREVENTIO ISSUES ACROSS THE COLLEGE CAMPUS.

PART OF THE FUNDING WILL A BE USED TO EDUCATE STUDENT FACULTY, PARENTS, AND STAF EARLY DETECTION SIGNS OF O USE DISORDER.

IMPORTANT TO THOSE ON A CO CAMPUS.

IS ACCORDING TO SECRETARY SMITH, PENNSYLVANIANS IN T TO 30 AGE RANGE ARE AMONG HARDEST HIT BY THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC.

>> IS IMPORTANT WE DON'T J FOCUS ON K-12 SCHOOLING BU ALSO HIGHER EDUCATION AND MAKING SURE THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF POTENTIAL SUBSTANCE USE.

>> Reporter: RAMIFICATIONS THIS COUNTY KNOWS WELL.

IN 2018, THERE WERE 178 DR INVOLVED DEATHS IN LEHIGH COUNTY.

MOST INVOLVED OPIOIDS.

SO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MUHLENBERG COLLEGE MADE SE TO THE COUNTY'S DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATOR, ELA TURNER.

>> SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

WE TYPICALLY ARE VERY REAC FIELD.

IF WE CAN DEVELOP PARTNERS THAT ARE NOT JUST PROACTIV PREVENTATIVE, WE ARE ABLE MAKE MORE OF A DIFFERENCE OUR COMMUNITY.

HAVING A COLLEGE CAMPUS EN IN A PROACTIVE PROGRAM THA WILL TURN INTO A PREVENTAT MEASURE WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING TRAINED, THE AWARENESS THI RAISED ON CAMPUS, AND THE ACTIVITIES THEY WILL BE DO OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, IT THOSE TYPE OF MESSAGES THA WILL LIVE THROUGH THEIR ACADEMIC LIFE INTO THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

>> Reporter: MUHLENBERG IS OF 13 HIGHER ED INSTITUTIO THE STATE TO RECEIVE GRANT OPIOID PREVENTION WORK.

IN ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNT I'M CHLOE NOUVELLE.

PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

TOGHT >>AT INT CHOL ACADY STARTS STARTS R 20ARATE ESCHOOL BHLEH HAFERE RISTIAN THODOX EDUCATI.

RISTIAN THODOX EDUCATI.

AN START A NEW SCOL.

TH THE SAMETYPE EDUCATION.

>> KIDS GO OFF AND SPEND T MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME WIT PEERS IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONM AND FOR US.

WITH HIS PEOPLE ARE, WHAT TEACHERS ARE AND WHAT THEY BEING TAUGHT IS AN IMPORTA PART OF THEIR IDENTITY.

>> Reporter: SAINT CONSTAN SCHOOL OF LEHIGH VALLEY WO SERVE STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE, FROM WHAT IS CALLED CLASSICAL EDUCATION MULTIP MODEL.

>> STUDENTS AREN'T LEARNIN MAKE A LIVING.

THE GOAL IS NOT MY JOB.

I AM LEARNING TO MAKE A LI THE GOAL IS MY LIFE.

IT IS GREATER THAN JUST WH DO 9 TO 5.

IT IS WHAT I DO AFTER 9 TO 5.

THAT IS WHAT ARE REALLY AIMING AT.

>> THE MODEL IS BASED ON GRAMMAR, LOGIC, AND RHETOR STUDENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO LEARN SUBJECTS LIKE MATH, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE, BUT WOULD ALSO PICK UP LANGUAG LIKE LATIN, FRENCH, AND GR BOARD MEMBERS SAY WHAT SET CLASSICAL SCHOOL APART FRO REST IS HOW EACH SUBJECT I TAUGHT.

>> THINKING HOW TO LOOK AB THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

IF I MAKE A DECISION, WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS?

IT IS NOT JUST ANSWER THE MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS, IT INTO THE EQUATIONS AND WHA DOES THAT SOLVE?

>> THE CLASSICAL CURRICULU SAYING, WHAT ARE THOSE THO THAT WE ARE ALWAYS THINKIN WHAT IS THAT THAT IS IN OU SOUL ALL THE TIME?

IS IT JUST THE SONG WE HER THE MORNING OR IS IT THE LITERATURE THAT WE ARE REA THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE MA AND THAT WE CULTIVATE?

SO ULTIMATELY, CLASSICAL EDUCATION IS THE CULTIVATI THE HEART, OF THE STUDENT, THE SOUL.

>> THE CLASSICAL MODEL WIT IS JUST IN SUCH ACCORDANCE THE VIRTUES THAT WE TEACH CHRISTIANS.

AND SO FOCUSING ON THESE ANCIENT HUMAN INTEGRAL PAR EDUCATION HELP WITH THAT.

>> Reporter: WHILE STUDENT SAINT CONSTANTINE WILL REC A LETTER GRADE, ADVOCATES THE CLASSICAL EDUCATION MO SAY THAT IS NOT THE POINT.

>> STUDENTS SHOULD NOT LEA FOR THE GRADE.

THEY SHOULD LEARN FOR THE OF LEARNING.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT T INSTILL.

>> THE FEAR OF FAILURE SOMETIMES GETS STRIPPED AW WHEN I'M JUST NOT LEARNING GET THE GRADE AND THE SCOR THE TEST.

IT COMES TO WHAT IS MY OVE GRADE IN THE CLASS, WHAT T TALK I AM ACTUALLY LEARNIN JUST NOT A REGURGITATION O DATA.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WAY KEEP MOVING?

>> Reporter: THE GOAL IS T OPEN SAINT CONSTANTINE NEX FALL.

RIGHT NOW THE BOARD IS ASK FOR FEEDBACK THROUGH AN ON SURVEY.

WELL THE SCHOOL WILL INCLU THE ORTHODOX FAITH IN ITS EDUCATION, STUDENTS ARE WE FROM ANY RELIGIOUS BACKGRO >> THIS IS MORE THAN A FAI SCHOOL.

THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT EVER CAN COME TO AND LEARN THE VIRTUOUS AND JOYFUL EXPERI OF EDUCATION.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL WI ANALYZE THE SURVEY RESULTS THEN LOOK AT POSSIBLE LOCATIONS, TUITION, AND FUNDRAISING.

TO FILL SURVEY AND LEARN M ABOUT SAINT CONSTANTINE, W HAVE LINKS WITH THE STORY ONLINE AT PBS39.ORG.

IN BETHLEHEM NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, I AM STEPHEN JIWAN PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> SEVEN OUT OF 10 FIREFIGHTERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE VOLUNTEERS, ACCORDING TO THE FIREFIGHT AND EMS FUND, A GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A SMALL TOW CHANCES ARE, YOUR LOCAL FI DEPARTMENT IS LEFT WITH VOLUNTEERS.

VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE IN SHOR SUPPLY.

CHIEF GUERIN KNOLL WITH TH HAMLET CO.

VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY JOI ALONG WITH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WILL HUMBLE TO A CALL OUT TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

WHY IS, I SHOULD SAY WELCO WHY IS THE NEED SO GREAT?

I WILL START WITH YOU TWO.

>> THE MANPOWER IS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE CARE OF EMERGENCY, TO PUT OUT THE TO RESCUE THE PERSON.

TO REVIVE THE PERSON.

>> SO WHY IS THERE A SHORT IN VOLUNTEERS?

YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THAT OF THE VOLUNTEERS WORK FUL- TIME, SO I GUESS THAT IS P OF THE ANSWER.

ú>> EVERYONE'S LIVES ARE B YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE I HOUSEHOLD EARNING A LIVING AND PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE TIME OR IN THEIR MIND DON' HAVE TIME TO PUT IT OUT TO SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL AS TRAINING THAT IS NECESSARY SOMEONE TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER.

HAS BECOME A LOT MORE EXTE THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST.

>> WHAT IS THE TIME COMMIT TO GET THE CERTIFICATION?

>> NOT JUST FOR YOUR BASIC FIREFIGHTER, YOU'RE TALKIN AROUND 200 HOURS.

>> WOW.

THAT IS A LOT OF SATURDAYS THAT IS A LOT OF SATURDAYS EVENINGS.

AND THAT IS JUST FOR YOUR BASIC.

AND THEN YOU WANT TO GET M ADVANCED, OR YOU WANT TO G INTO SPECIFIC AREAS LIKE WORKING ON AUTO EXPECTATIO IS OFFICIAL OUT THERE, OR YOU WANT TO GET YOUR EMT.

YOU'RE TALKING NOW 60 HOUR ONE, 150 HOURS FOR ANOTHER AND IT IS CONTINUING EDUCA THE WHOLE TIME AS WELL.

>> BUT THERE ARE BENEFITS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BENEF YOU HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER YOU WERE 14, 26 NOW, CORRE >> I STARTED WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, I AM TURNING 26 A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I HAVE WENT BEEN WITH FAMI FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND AS JUNIOR I LOVED IT.

MY FATHER WAS THERE.

>> SO SELL THE SIZZLE, TEL WHY IT IS SO GREAT TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, PEO ARE LISTENING.

>> I LOVE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY I NUMBER ONE.

IF YOU DON'T INTERACT WITH COMMUNITY YOU DON'T BENEFI WITH YOURSELF, THAT IS HOW SEE IT BUT >>> IN OCTOBER, THE PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS PAS MEASURE TO PROVIDE INCENTI TO GET VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHT ONE OF THEM WAS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYERS, TAX CREDITS AND OTHER INCENTIVES.

DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HEL >> I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT A EMPLOYER WILL TAKE THIS AN ALLOW THEIR MEMBERS, ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE, TO HEL COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, THA THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS FIREFIGHTERS COMING IN TO >> TO HELP YOU AND ALSO TH IS A PROVISION FOR TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.

SO THAT WILL HELP AND URGE HOPEFULLY SOME YOUNG PEOPL VOLUNTEER, YOU ARE SHAKING HEAD LIKE YOU LIKE THAT.

>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD I THEY'LL INTERACT, AGAIN, T STUDENTS BRINGING MORE COL KIDS IN HERE.

TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR STATION.

ANY STATION TO BE HONEST.

AND THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, JOIN US.

AND WORK THERE A COUPLE, D THIS, VOLUNTEER FOR A COUP YEARS.

AND IT BUILDS UP YOUR TUIT AM ASSUMING THAT IS WHAT I READING UP ON AS WELL.

WITH THAT.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AUDIT PROVISION, YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> ONE STATISTIC I JUST LO UP ON THE FIRE COMMISSIONE WEBSITE TODAY, WAS THAT AT LEAST MORE THAN 50% OF THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE VOLUNT SECTOR TODAY ARE OVER 40 Y OLD.

SO WE NEED TO BRING THE YO PEOPLE IN AND TRAIN THEM, GET THEM INTO IT, INTO THE PROGRAM.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WITH THE TUITION REIMBURSE >> HOPEFULLY IT IS A GOOD INCENTIVE.

TELL ME HOW DIRE IT IS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT 97% OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE VOLUNTEER PENNSYLVANIA.

THAT IS A STARTLING NUMBER PENNSYLVANIA IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST OF THE VOLUNTEERS.

VERSUS PAID.

FIREFIGHTERS.

IN THE COUNTRY.

AND IT IS HIGHLY RELIED ON AND I THINK A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT AWARE THA MOST OF THE FIREFIGHTERS I STATE ARE VOLUNTEER.

>> WHAT IS THE DANGER?

HAVE YOU GOTTEN A CALL AND HAD ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS TO P OUT A FIRE?

HAS THAT HAPPENED?

>> WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PE WE WILL REACH OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, A HAVE THEM COME IN AS WELL.

BUT DURING THE DAYTIME WHE MOST PEOPLE ARE WORKING, Y CAN'T GET THAT MANY PEOPLE SO WE STRUGGLE.

YOU GET A LOT MORE COMPANI COME IN WITH FEW PEOPLE AT POINT.

BUT THAT ENDS UP DELAYING ATTACK, OR THE RESCUE OR WHATEVER IT IS WE ARE TRYI GET ACCOMPLISHED.

>> IN YOUR TERRITORY, YOU THE AIRPORT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

TO MAKE THAT SURPRISED ME.

THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN FIR DEPARTMENT AT THE AIRPORT CORRECT?

>> THEY DO, THEY HAVE THEI PAID CREW THERE 24 SEVEN.

>> WOW.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, WHAT F THING CAN YOU SHARE TO URG PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU THEY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTE >> I WOULD ASK THAT IF ANY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO COME AT ANY TIME, COME TO A FIR DEPARTMENT, AND SEE WHAT W HAVE TO OFFER.

IT IS VERY REWARDING.

TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY OUT.

TO HELP SOMEONE AND THEIR NEEDS AT THAT TIME.

IT HAS BEEN A FULFILLING T FOR MYSELF FOR OVER 30 YEA AND I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY EL COME OUT AND DO THAT AS WE >> WELL CHIEF, AND WILL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, THAN SO VERY MUCH.

AND HOPEFULLY YOUR PHONE W START RINGING AND YOU WILL SOME FOLKS WHO ARE INTERES IN BECOMING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS PER >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

>> THANK YOU THANK YOU.

AM GOING TO ECHO WITH THE JUST SAID, IF YOU OR SOMEO YOU KNOW WOULD LIKE TO BEC VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, CON YOUR LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MONICA EVANS FOR PBS39'S COMMUNITY CORNER.

>>> THE WAY WE COUNT CALOR OR SCOPE OUT SUGARS ON OUR SNACKS IS ABOUT TO GET EAS AS THE FDA ROLLS OUT NEW NUTRITION LABELS FOR PACKA FOODS.

>> WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KN WHAT THE SERBIANS IS IN TH OR WHAT IS A SERVING IN A JUICE.

>> FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME I'M GROCERY SHOPPING QUICK.

I DEFINITELY THINK IT WOUL AN EASIER QUICK GLANCE.

>> THE FDA MANDATING CHANG HELP PEOPLE MAKE MORE INFO DIETARY CHANGES AND FIGHT AGAINST CHRONIC DISEASE LI OBESITY AND HEART DISEASE THE FIRST CHANGE YOU WILL NOTICE AS YOU READ THE LAB THE SERVING SIZE IS THE REGISTERED DIETITIAN SAYS MEREDITH McGRATH.

>> THE NUMBER 1 THING YOU SEE IS THE SERVING SIZE AN IS A SERVING SIZE THAT MAK MORE SENSE.

INSTEAD OF WHEN YOU LOOK A PACKAGE AND TO YOU AND I I BE A SINGLE SERVE AND YOU AT THE PACKAGE AND IT SAYS OR THREE SERVINGS.

IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE FO CONSUMER AND IT GIVES THE SERVING SIZE THAT WE ARE CONSUMING.

>> ANOTHER NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE AND WHY THAT HE PROFESSIONALS ARE HAPPY AB IS A LINE FOR ADDED SUGARS >> IN THE PAST SUGAR WAS A INCLUDED IN THE MEASUREMEN GRAMS AND IT STILL IS BUT IT WILL DEFINE TOTAL SUGAR ALSO ADDED SUGARS SO PEOPL GET VERY CONFUSED WHEN THE WOULD LOOK AT THE PACKAGE SEE TOTAL SUGARS THAT MANY THOSE MAY COME FROM NATURA OCCURRING SUGARS THAT YOU FIND IN FRUIT AND DAIRY.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IS TRY TO LIMIT THE ADDED SUG SUGAR THAT IS ADDED DURING PROCESSING.

ON THE NEW LABEL YOU WILL THE DEFINITION BETWEEN NATURALLY OCCURRING SUGAR ADDED SUGAR.

>> IT'S SOMETHING SHOPPERS SPOKE WITH ARE PLEASED TO AS WELL.

>> THE SUGAR, PROBABLY.

I WOULD LOOK AT IT THE MOS BECAUSE SUGAR IS BAD FOR T BODY SO I WOULD LIKE TO RE THAT IN THE THINGS I EAT.

>> ESPECIALLY NOW PEOPLE W TO EAT MORE HEALTHY AND I SAY THE ADDED SUGAR IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT' GOOD TO KNOW.

>> OTHER THAN THE PACKAGED ITEMS YOU MIGHT BE THINKIN WHERE ELSE CAN I SEE THE N NUTRITION LABELS?

AND THE ANSWER IS THINGS L MEATS AND PREPARED FOODS.

>> A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE PREPARED FOODS OR READY-TO FOODS DO HAVE NUTRITION PA ON THEM SO WE WILL HAVE TO THE CHANGES.

A LOT OF THE ITEMS TO HAVE CHANGE BUT WE STILL HAVE W TO DO.

>> THE DECISION CAME IN 20 AND THE HOPE WAS TO CHANGE PACKAGING BY 2018 BUT THE ISSUED AN EXTENSION.

>> ANYTIME THERE IS A CHAN OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL TAKE A OF TIME.

THE NUTRITION PANEL THAT C OUT IN THE MID-90s HAS ALR UNDERGONE A LOT OF CHANGE WE HAVE SEEN COUNTRY OF OR ADDED TO THE LABELING.

WE HAVE SEEN CHANGES WHEN COMES TO MEAT PACKAGING.

>> AS OF JANUARY 1 OF THIS MANUFACTURERS WITH $10 MIL OR MORE IN ANNUAL FOOD SAL ARE SUPPOSED TO COMPLY AND SMALLER THE DEADLINE IS 20 SMALLER THE DEADLINE IS 20 AND THOSE WITH SINGLE INGREDIENT SUGARS HAVE UNT JULY 1, 2021.

>> WE HAVE UNTIL ANOTHER T THREE YEARS BEFORE THIS IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND YOU SEE IT ON EVERY PACKAGE.

>> IN ADDITION THE FDA IS REQUIRING MORE NUTRIENTS B PRESENT SUCH AS IRON, VITA AND POTASSIUM WHICH SHE BELIEVES WILL HELP IN IMPR LIFESTYLE AND FOOD CHOICES >> THE NUTRIENTS ARE PUBLI HEALTH CONCERN.

>> FOR THIS HEALTH REPORT BRITTANY SWEENEY .

THE NEWLY CROWNED MISS AME AGRIPPA NEWTOWN, BUCKS COU SHE PAID A VISIT TO OUR ST TO TALK ABOUT HER ROAD TO CROWN, PASSION FOR SCIENCE HOW THE MISS AMERICA COMPETITION HAS EVOLVED.

>> THE BUCKS COUNTY NATIVE CROWNED MISS AMERICA IN DECEMBER AFTER ENTERING TH COMPETITION AS MISS VIRGIN BECAUSE SHE IS PURSUING HE DOCTOR OF PHARMACY DEGREE.

FROM VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU SO TO COME TODAY.

YOU'RE FROM BUCKS COUNTY A YOUR LOCAL PICK I WANT TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GROWING IN BUCKS COUNTY AND HOW HA MADE AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIF >> I LIVED IN WRIGHTSTOWN NEWTOWN FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE UNTIL I MOVED AWAY TO GO T COLLEGE AND THOSE ARE THE MEMORIES I HAD AS A CHILD.

I LOVE TO BE OUTSIDE AND I NATURE GIRL.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME FISH WITH MY DAD IN MY CHILDHOO IT REALLY HELPED TO STRENG MY LOVE OF NATURE AND SCIE WHICH ENDED UP BECOMING MY CAREER.

ONCE I GOT INTO MY OLDER Y I WENT TO VIRGINIA COMMONW UNIVERSITY IN RICHMOND AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOCTOR PHARMACY PROGRAM WHICH I W NOW TAKE TWO YEARS OFF TO FULFILL MY ROLE AS MISS VIRGINIA NOW MY ROLE AS MI AMERICA AND I WILL RETURN MY YEARS OF SERVICE.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I W TO TALK ABOUT.

A PASSION FOR SCIENCE AND REALLY FROM WHAT I UNDERST THE PASSION TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

I KNOW BUCKS COUNTY LOCALL IS A REAL PROBLEM.

HOW DID YOU BECOME PASSION ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WHAT D HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH A DOCTORATE AND WHERE DO YOU TO GO?

>> I STARTED TO BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ISSUE BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE A DOCTOR PHARMACY STUDENT AN WENT TO A NALOXONE TRAININ SESSION AND I DID NOT KNOW LOT ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISI HAPPENING IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT NALOX AND I LEARNED ABOUT WHY IT NEEDED AND IT IS THE OPIOI OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATI THAT BRINGS PEOPLE BACK AN SOMETHING YOU CAN GET IN T PHARMACY IN VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA.

AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO B ABLE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABO WHY THE MEDICATION IS IMPORTANT.

I CARRY WITH ME AND I'VE E COME ACROSS SOMEONE IN AN OVERDOSE SITUATION AND THO ARE NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE THINK IS DRUG ADDICTS.

SOME PEOPLE ARE PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS, IF YOU HAVE AN OL FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S ON TH MEDICATIONS AND THEY CAN E IN AN OVERDOSE SITUATION I THEY TAKE TOO MUCH.

TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE HOW PREVENT ADDICTION TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AN RISKS OF MEDICATIONS ON TH STREETS, WE THINK OF ILLIC OPIOID LIKE HEROIN AND FEN THAT ARE HUGE PROBLEM RIGH AND BEING ABLE TO START FR CHILDHOOD LEVEL AND LET CHILDREN UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS THESE THINGS ARE I USED TO DO A SCHOOL TOUR WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT MAKI HEALTHY CHOICES AND WE ALW PRE-FACE IT BY THINGS ARE FOR YOUR BODY AND JUNK FOO THANKS NOT GOOD FOR US BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE WORSE FOR US AND THAT'S WH START TO TALK ABOUT THE DR AND THAT'S A MESSAGE OF HO SPREAD IN TERMS OF OPIOIDS LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW HUGE O ISSUE IT IS AND THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO COMBAT >> IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.

I STILL WANT TO TALK TO YO ABOUT SCIENCE.

YOU SAID IT WAS NATURE BUT DID YOU GET INVOLVED AND H DID IT BECOME SOMETHING YO WANTED TO DO WITH YOUR LIF >> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT W NEVER REALLY QUESTIONED.

IT WAS AM I GOING TO DO SC VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE BUT WAS WHAT KIND OF SCIENCE D WANT TO DO?

IT WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL.

MY PARENTS CELEBRATED THE INTEREST AND I KNOW SOME W DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT FRO THEIR PARENTS THAT A GIRL BE IN SCIENCE AND I'M SO G WE LIVE IN A WORLD NOW WHE THAT IS SO NORMAL AND I HO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT NORMAL >> KEEP AN EYE BECAUSE SCI IS AROUND US.

>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS AB THE MISS AMERICA COMPETITI BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS CHANGED.

THERE IS A FOCUS NOW ON OUTREACH AND SOCIAL IMPACT CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT T AND HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED?

ALWAYS HAD THE ASPIRATION PARTICIPATE IN THE MISS AM ORGANIZATION.

BUT TWO BANKS HELD ME BACK I DON'T HAVE A TRADITIONAL TALENT AND THEY ARE USUALL INSTRUMENTALISTS, VOCALIST DANCERS.

I ALSO DID NOT WANT TO GET SWIMSUIT ON STAGE AND THAT COMPLETELY A PERSONAL CHOI AND I RESPECT ANOTHER WOMA CHOICE TO DO THAT.

IT WAS NOT FOR ME.

WHEN MISS AMERICA CHANGED WILL IT WAS 2018 AND THEY OUT THE BRANDING OF MISS AMERICA 2.0 WHICH IS A WOM EMPOWERMENT MOVEMENT FOCUS PREPARING THE WORLD FOR GR WOMEN AND PREPARING GREAT FOR THE WORLD.

THAT IS IN THE MISSION STATEMENT AND WE ARE FOCUS THAT BY UMPIRING WOMEN AND GIVING THEM A PLATFORM ON TO TALK ABOUT THE CAUSES A SHOWING THEM WHAT THEY HAV THE INSIDE IN THEIR BRAINS OUR EXPERIENCES AND HEARTS I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FO RISK I TOOK BACK IN APRIL AND THAT REALLY CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE FOREVER.

>> THAT'S A BIG STEP.

YOU ALSO LEAD INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.

I HEARD THAT YOU HAD SOME IMAGE ISSUES WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER AND I WOULD THINK WOULD MAKE IT INTIMIDATING COMPETE IN MISS AMERICA AN DO YOU OVERCOME THAT AND F THAT ISSUE?

>> I STRUGGLED WITH AN EAT DISORDER THROUGHOUT MY TEE YEARS AND THAT STEMS FROM ANOTHER THING THAT I DEAL WHICH IS OSB BE.

IT'S LESS OF A BODY ISSUE MORE OF A CONTROL MECHANIS THAT IS HOW I CAME THROUGH MY LIFE.

AND FOR THAT I WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH THE COMPETI THAT WOULD INCLUDE A SWIMS AND THAT IS WHY DID NOT MA THE CHOICE TO COMPETE WHEN THERE WAS A SWIMSUIT PETIT BEEN ABLE TO GO INTO COMPETITION NOT WORRIED AB HAVING TO GET IN A SWIMSUI NATIONAL TELEVISION AND BE ABLE TO REPRESENT WHO I WA AUTHENTICALLY WITHOUT HAVI CHANGE WHO I WAS REALLY RE THE PROGRESS I HAD MADE BE I HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGR AS I HAVE GOTTEN INTO MY 2 OVERCOME THE ISSUES.

I THINK IT HAS GIVEN A BET OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN ACRO THE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO LESS ON WHAT THEY LOOK LIK I THINK THROUGHOUT THE YEA HOPING TO SPREAD A MESSAGE DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT LOOK LIKE ON THE OUTSIDE I IT'S WHAT YOU CAN OFFER FR YOUR EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE HER ROLE AND WHAT YOUR HEA CAN OFFER IS WHAT IS THE M IMPORTANT BOTH FOR YOURSEL PERSONALLY AND IN YOUR CAR >> BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN T MISS AMERICA IN 2020?

>> THE ORGANIZATION HAS CH THROUGHOUT TIME AND I THIN PEOPLE FORGET THAT.

WE STARTED IN 1921 AS A SWIMSUIT COMPETITION.

A FEW CANDIDATES WHO COMPE AND IT WAS -- THE WOMAN'S BODIES WERE MEASURE TO COM IT WAS OUT BEING THE IDEAL WOMAN SO IT'S ALMOST A LIT RADICAL NOT TO HAVE THAT ANYMORE.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FOCUSI WHAT WOMEN CAN OFFER ANOTH WAYS, WE ARE PUSHING THE CULTURAL BOUNDARIES.

>> WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT BEST AND YOU'RE OFF TO A G START.

TAKE YOU SO MUCH FOR COMIN AND HAS REALLY BEEN A PLEA >> HER DUTIES AS MISS AMER WILL TAKE HER ON THE ROAD DAYS THIS YEAR SPREADING H MESSAGE OF DRUG SAFETY AND ABUSE PREVENTION.

FROM OUR STUDIOS IN BETHLE I'M HAYDEN MITMAN PBS 39 TONIGHT.

THE LOWDOWN ON THE RUNDOWN >>> JENNY SUITE AND MORE I THAT OLD-FASHIONED CANDY S THAT TAKES YOU BACK IN TIM BUT NOW, IT IS GETTING WIT TIMES.

>> THE ENVIRONMENT WAS ALW IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND BECAUSE YOU SEE PICTURES O OCEAN AND YOU SEE WILDLIFE YOU NEVER REALLY THINK HOW YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO TH PROBLEM.

UNTIL YOU TAKE, YOU KNOW T TIME TO REALLY INVESTIGATE LOOK AT IT.

AND, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HO MUCH JUST YOUR EVERYDAY US PLASTICS AND WHAT YOU ARE WITH THEM IS CREATING THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: IF YOU LOOK AROUND, THERE IS A LOT OF PLASTIC IN HERE.

BUT THESE CONTAINERS ARE M FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS, A THEY CAN BE RECYCLED YET A GOING FORWARD, JENNY HAS P TO REDUCE THE USE OF PLAST EVEN FURTHER.

>> COUNTY WASTE ASSURED ME THE PLASTICS IF YOU PUT TH THE RECYCLE BINS WILL BE T TO A CENTER WHERE THEY ARE SEPARATED AND, THEY ARE SO COMPANIES WHO ARE GOING TO THEM INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO, NOT ONLY ARE OUR PLAST MADE FROM RECYCLED PRODUCT THEY ARE BEING USED AGAIN, THERE BE RECYCLED AND USED AGAIN.

>> Reporter: BUT OWNER JEN AND CERRADO IS NOT STOPPIN THERE.

>> Reporter: >> WE DECIDED TO CREATE REUSABLE BAGS.

>> Reporter: THESE BANKS H LIFESPAN OF ABOUT 12 MINUT ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPO REUSE THIS BAG, THAT IS AB THE TIME IT TAKES TO BRING GROCERIES HOME AND THEN TH THESE IN THE PANTRY OR THE TRASH.

SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS AR BANNED IN TWO STATES IN TH U.S.

AND 32 COUNTRIES.

THOSE OF YOU CITY COUNCIL PASSED A BILL LAST MONTH THAT'LL BAN RETAILERS FROM PROVIDING PLASTIC BAGS TO CUSTOMERS.

GOVERNOR WALZ VETO LEGISLA TO BAN OR TAX LASTED BAGS 2017.

CERRADO IS WORKING TO MAKE DIFFERENCE, ONE CUSTOMER A TIME.

>> EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BE A SMALL STORE, A MOM-AND-POP SOME OF THE OTHER STORES PUTTING OUT A HORRENDOUS A OF BAGS EVERY DAY, IF YOU AT THE LIFE OF A BAG THAT NEVER GOING TO DECOMPOSE A THINK OF EACH PERSON THAT LEAVING THE STORE WITH A B IT IS SHATTERING TO REALLY THINK HOW MUCH IS LEAVING ONE LITTLE TINY STORE IN LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

>> Reporter: ONCE THESE PL BAGS ARE GONE SHE IS NOT ORDERING ANY MORE AND EVENTUALLY THE STORE WILL PAPER FREE.

>> PAPER BAGS ARE ALMOST A FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AS PLA BAGS.

MEANING THAT ONLY 80% OF T END UP IN LANDFILLS AND, DEPENDING UPON HOW DEEP TH ARE BURIED IN THAT LANDFIL COULD TAKE OVER 100 YEARS ONE PAPER BACK TO DECOMPOS >> Reporter: STARTING THE 15th, SHOPPERS AT JENNY'S AND MORE WILL HAVE TO PAY $0.08 BAG FEE FOR A PLASTI BAG.

CUSTOMERS ARE ENCOURAGED T REUSABLE BAGS AND BRING TH OWN CONTAINERS.

>> WE HAVE THE REUSABLE BA HERE FOR SALE IF YOU COME THE STORE AND DON'T HAVE SOMETHING AND YOU WANT TO PURCHASE.

BUT WE HAVE HAD FOLKS COME WITH PYREX CONTAINERS, TUPPERWARE CONTAINERS.

TO US IT DOESN'T MATTER WH YOU BRING IN, WE WILL HAVE CANDY WEIGHED AND YOU CAN IT HOME.

>> Reporter: IN LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY I AM HALEY O'BRIEN.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.