>> HI EVERYONE, I'M KYLE DYER AND WILLIAM TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT, WE HAVE OUR GUESTS TODAY, PATTY CALHOUN, MARIANNE GOODLAND, JESSE PAUL, AND LUIGE DEL PUERTO.

SOME OF THE TRADITIONS ARE PLAYING OUT DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A SCENE OF PROTESTS LAST WEEKEND OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND EARLIER THIS WEEK ANOTHER BUS LOAD OF MIGRANTS ARRIVED IN DENVER WHILE THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS DESPERATELY WORKING HARD TO HOUSE AS MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS AS POSSIBLE.

>> IN FACT, YESTERDAY THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION CLEARED OUT ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT.

THEY WARNED THEM, IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE POST OFFICE.

THEY DID MOVE ABOUT 150 PEOPLE INTO A MOTEL.

BUT THAT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET NOW CONSIDERING THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO GET 1,000 PEOPLE INTO HOUSING BY THE 1st OF JANUARY, AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT THE MIGRANTS.

THEY ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HOUSING THE MIGRANTS EXACTLY A YEAR AGO THAT SUDDENLY THE INFLUX STARTED, OR WE NOTICED THE INFLUX WAS COMING BECAUSE THERE WAS THREE BUSES THAT JUST DUMPED PEOPLE.

WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

AND HOUSING MIGRANTS IS ALSO VERY DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS.

A LOT HAVE KIDS.

THEY HAVE FAMILIES, THE CHALLENGE IS JUST GETTING BIGGER.

>> IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME.

WERE YOU AT THE STATE CAPITAL, MARIANNE, WHEN THE BUS CAME?

>> NO, I WASN'T, BUT WHERE I FIT INTO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IS AT THE PARADE OF LIGHTS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, MY HUD AND I TOOK THE LIGHT RAIL BECAUSE YOU DON'T DRIVE DOWNTOWN DURING THE PARADE OF LIGHTS AND IT WAS LIKE THE POLICE WAR ZONE IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.

THERE WAS A CONFERENCE AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A JEWISH CONFERENCE AND YOU HAVE PRO-PALISTINIANS PROTESTORS DETERMINED TO SHUT THAT CONFERENCE DOWN AND THEY WERE OUT IN FORCE EXCEPT DURING THE PARADE OF LIGHTS.

THEY APPARENTLY ALLOWED US TO ENJOY THAT EVENING, BUT IT IS BECOMING AN INTERESTING SECONDARY CONVERSATION GOING ON IN POLITICS IN DENVER AND ESPECIALLY AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

IT HAS BEEN FASCINATING TO WATCH HOW IT HAS DIVIDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT WE'LL GET INTO MORE OF THAT LATER.

>> JESSE?

>> I THINK FOCUSING ON THE MIGRANT ISSUE WHICH WAS FASCINATING, WHAT WAS FASCINATING TO SEE WAS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN TOWN GREETED ON THE TARMAC BY THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR, AND I WONDER WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD GIVEN THEY HAVE PUSHED THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO MORE ON THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

WE SAW MAJOR JOHNSON AT THE PRESIDENT'S FUNDRAISER LATER THAT EVENING AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, BUT ACCORDING TO A WHITE HOUSE POOL REPORT, THE MAYOR SAID HE TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS KIDS WHICH WAS INTERESTING GIVEN THE MIGRANT STUFF GOING ON AND THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO GET AN EAR IN WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THOSE DYNAMICS WORK OUT.

THEY ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THEY HAVE KIND OF INTERSECTIONALTIES.

SO HOW THE STATE AND THE CITY ASK FOR FEDERAL HELP AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS.

>> EVERY WEEK NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS STORY, BUT EVERY WEEK THERE SEEMS TO BE A DIFFERENT ANGLE OR A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING OF THE HOMELESS OR THE MIGRANTS COMING.

>> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW.

THE MAYOR PROMISED TO HOUSEÂ -- TO GET 1,000 PEOPLE OFF OF OUR STREETS AND INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

HE IS NOT GOING TO DELIVER THAT PROMISE, HE IS ABOUT 300 PLUS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE STREETS.

THAT IS ABOUT 700 BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 31st.

HE WILL FAIL TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION CRISIS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT FOR A YEAR NOW.

IT COSTS THE CITY OF DENVER $32 MILLION SO FAR.

I THINK AS OF TODAY ABOUT 30,000 IMMIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED TO THE CITY OF DENVER.

AND IT IS A CRISIS FROM THE BORDER THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH AND JESSE, I THINK, RAISED A POINT ABOUT HOW THE CITY AND THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTERACT AND THE WAY THEY REALLY INTERACT IS FUNDING.

THE QUESTION IS WILL THE CITY OF DENVER GET FUNDING HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

I DON'T SEE THIS PROBLEM GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.

I DON'T SEE THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS STOPPING SENDING IMMIGRANTS TO DENVER.

>> OKAY, SINCE WE HAVE OUR TOP POLITICAL REPORTERS IN OUR STATE WITH US HERE AT THE TABLE THIS WEEK, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RUMBLINGS AND THE MOVEMENT WE'RE SEEING OVER THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

I'LL START WITH YOU, MARIANNE.

>> ONE OF THOSE INTERESTING THINGS, LAST FRIDAY STATE REPRESENTATIVE RUBY DICKSON ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS RESIGNING AND THAT TAKES EFFECT THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILE AND SOMEÂ -- AND I HEARD LOTS OF OTHER FOLKS REFER TO IT AS TOXIC POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LAWMAKER WHO DIDN'T LAST EVEN A FULL YEAR IN THE JOB AND TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT JUST HOW MESSY THAT SITUATION IN THE CAPITAL HAS BECOME IN IS PRIMARILY IN THE HOUSE WHERE SHE HAS BEEN SERVING.

AND IT WASN'T JUST THE SPECIAL SESSION, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE REGULAR SESSION IN MAY WHERE BOTH SIDES WERE GOING AT IT AND IN A WAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SAYING ABOUT HOW TO BEÂ -- HOW TO DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE, THEY CAN'T DO THAT IN OUR LEGISLATURE ANY MORE AND CERTAINLY NOT IN THE STATE HOUSE.

IT HAS BECOME A KIND OF A SAD VERY SAD SITUATION.

I HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AND I HAVE JUST NEVER SEEN THE LEVEL OF ANIMOUS THAT YOU'RE SEEING WITHIN THE CAUCUSES, THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES AND ACROSS THE AISLE.

AND I'M HOPING TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ABOUT HOW SHE PLANS TO ADDRESS THIS.

THIS IS REALLY HER SHOP, AND HER JOB TO KIND OF CLAMP DOWN ON THIS ISSUE OF DECORUM, AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHEN THE SESSION STARTS IF SHE ACTUALLY TAKES THOSE STEPS.

>> I THINK SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE LEAVING, RIGHT?

WE SAW DAVID ORTIZ MENTION THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO RERUN, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS SAYING I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

IT IS ALL A NOD TO THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A RECORD 28 VACANCIES COME NEXT YEAR AND THAT IS A REALLY BIG PORTION OFÂ -- ALMOST A THIRD OF THE LEGISLATURE.

SO HOW THAT KIND OF FUNCTIONS, YOU KNOW, SEEING IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SESSION WILL BE INTERESTING.

ONE THING THAT I NOTE ABOUT RUBY DIXON IS THERE WAS TALK ABOUT IF IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE SESSION.

SHE HAS NOT TALKED TO ANYONE, SHE HAS NOT RETURNED MY CALLS AND TEXTS, BUT SHE ENDORSED SEAN WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST EPTS.

>> SO NOW THERE IS ANOTHER VACANCY COMMITTEE, HOW FAST DO THEY HAVE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR HER.

>> IT TAKES A FEW WEEKS BUT A HANDFUL OF DEMOCRATIC INSIDER WILLS PICK IT IN THE DISTRICT.

>> ANOTHER VACANCY COMMITTEE, LUIGE.

>> THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOMEONE IN THERE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

I THINK JESSE AND MARIANNE ARE BOTH CORRECT.

I HAVE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND WATCHED THAT, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT, DEEVOLUTION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

BEING BUILT ON CONFLICT, THE IDEA FILTERS AND VETS DIFFICULT ISSUES.

IT IS CONFLICT DRIVEN TO BEGIN WITH, BUT ON TOP OF THE NATURAL PROCESS DRIVEN CONFLICT, YOU HAVE AN EXPANDED PARTY THAT IS REALLY SPLIT ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

AND I THINK WHAT WE SAW WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE EPPS DISRUPTING THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, I THINK IT IS STRAIGHT TO THAT POINT, SO THE QUESTION IS AS MARIANNE POINTED OUT HOW WILL THE HOUSE SPEAKER MANAGE THAT COME NEXT YEAR.

HOW DOES SHE ENSURE THAT IT GOES BACK TO ALL SIDES SPEAKING THEIR MINDS AND TO VET DIFFICULT ISSUES AND TO PASS SOMETHING, OR IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION THERE, IS THERE GOING TO BE A PUNISHMENT?

ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANY OF THOSE THINGS?

WE'LL SEE IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

WE'LL HAVE FOUR MONTHS TO SEE THE PROCESS UNFOLD.

>> I WANT TO BRING UP A POINT, THE HOUSE HAS RULES ABOUT THESE THINGS.

THEY SAY A HOUSE MEMBER CANNOT DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE AND THAT IS WHAT REPRESENTATIVE EPPS DID.

SHE SHUT DOWN THE HOUSE WHILE THEY WERE DEBOUGHTING ON THE BILL.

WHAT DO THE RULES MEAN IF THEY'RE NOT ENFORCED.

>> AND SHE WAS SHOUTING ON SOMETHING NOT RELEVANT IN IS A MICROCAUSiM OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO RUN AGAIN.

REPRESENTATIVE DICKSON REPRESENTS MY MOTHER'S DISTRICT, AND SHE IS THE KIND OF PERSON YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A CITIZEN LEGISLATURE WHERE SHE HAS EXPERTISE IN POLITICS, FINANCE, YOU KNOW, SHE CARES ABOUT THINGS, SHE LIVES IN THE SUBURBS.

SHE WAS A GOOD PERSON IN THE MIDDLE AND IT WAS A NAME IS TO LOSE HER.

I HOPE WE DON'T LOSE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELECTED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED ESSENTIALLY.

BECAUSE WITH 25 VACANCIES APPOINTED IN THE LEGISLATURE IT IT IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE.

>> THERE IS A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE ELECTIONS, RIGHT?

AND NOT HAVE IT GO TO A VACANCY COMMITTEE?

WILL IT GO TOWARD VOTERS NEXT YEAR.

>> IF IT KEEPS HAPPENING WE'LL SEE.

IF YOU'RE ELECTED BY A TINY LITTLE VACANCY COMMITTEE.

DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN?

>> I DON'T, SORRY, PATTY, BUT I DON'T THINK VOTERS PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE TO REALLY CARE ABOUT IT.

>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

>> AND THIS SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER, THERE IS A HOT OF ACTIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.

THIS WEEK ALONE THERE WAS ANOTHER HEARING WHERE THE JUDGE HEARD ARGUMENTS ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES REGARDING PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING ON THE BALLOT.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.

>> YEAH, I INFORMS COURT YESTERDAY AND SOMEHOW I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A SUPREME COURT HEARING WHICH WAS PRETTY FASCINATING AND COOL TO BE PART OF THAT HISTORY.

I THINK WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

I THINK WE'RE EXPECTING A HEARING AND THEN THIS CASE IS PROBABLY GOING TO ADVANCE PRETTY QUICKLY.

I THINK THEY WERE SPLIT ON THE ISSUES.

THE 14th AMENDMENT, SECTION 3, APPLIES WITH PRECEDENCE OR NOT.

I DIDN'T GET A CLEAR SENSE ON HOW THEY WOULD RULE ON IT BUT THEY ADD COOL QUESTIONS, AND A HISTORY OF THIS PARSING OUT FOR IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

HAVING A DEBATE IN THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT WHAT CONGRESS IS TRYING TO DECIDE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA WAS REALLY FASCINATING.

I THINK IT WILL BE SEEN AS ONE OF THE BETTER OPTIONS OR BETTER ANSWERS, AND IF IT IS RULED THAT HE SHOULD NOT APPEAR I THINK YOU COULD SEE SOME RIPPLE EFFECTS IN OTHER STATES.

A LOT OF EYES ARE GOING TO BE ON IT.

>> OTHER STATES RULED IT CAN BE ON THE BALLOT.

>> YEAH, IT FAILED IN EVERY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY BE COLORADO'S LAWS ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY OPEN UP THIS CHALLENGE A LITTLE BETTER.

>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT, BUT THE ELECTION IS THE VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY IS IN MARCH.

THERE IS A LOT THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEN.

>> YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW COURTS BY THEIR NATURE TEND TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

AND I DON'T MEAN POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE BUT TECHNICALLY CONSERVATIVE.

THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO VENTURE OUT AND EXPLORE A NEW AREA IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

THAT'S WHY WE SEE SUPREME COURTS REALLY NARROW DOWN THEIR RULINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT IS SPECIFIC, AND OFTEN IT IS ONLY TO THAT CASE.

SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WILL BE DECIDED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AS JESSE MENTIONED, OUR JUSTICES APPEAR TO BE PRETTY DIVIDED.

SOME DON'T WANT TO VENTURE AND GO THERE BUT THEY SEEM TO BE CONFUSED BY THE ELEMENTS OF TRUMP'S LAWYERS.

THE MARCH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS COMING UP PRETTY QUICKLY.

>> AND THE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY IS AT THE END OF JUNE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, AND TALKING ABOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES, THERE ARE TWO REALLY BIG RACES IN OUR STATE.

AND THIS TWO RACES MIGHT DECIDE THE COMPOSITION OF CONGRESS AND WHO GETS TO RULE THE HOUSE.

>> PATTY?

>> WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SUPREME COURT HEARING ON WEDNESDAY.

FIRST OF ALL ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE CASE IS FREQUENTLY SITTING HERE.

A REPUBLICAN REFERRED TO AS A DEMOCRATIC HENCH MEN IN DONALD TRUMP'S E-MAILS AND THE ARGUMENTS ARE FASCINATING BECAUSE OF COURSE THE PLAINTIFF'S APPEALED THAT TRUMP COULD BE ON THE BALLOT AND JENNA GRISWOLD HAD TO APPEAL.

THEY SAY YES, HE DID INSIGHT THE INSURRECTION.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF SPECIFIC JANUARY 6th TESTIMONY.

WE'LL SEE WHICH WAY THE SUPREME COURT GOES, BUT THEY WERE SOÂ -- AND TO THE SUPREME COURT AFTER THAT.

>> THE BALLOT HAS TO BE SET IN COLORADO BY JANUARY 5th AND THEY START BEING SENT OUT TO MILITARY OVERSEAS ON JANUARY 20th, SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM.

>> I WANT TO PIVOT TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES AND SOME OF THE THINGS COMING OUT IN THAT.

TODAY WE HEARD THAT FORMER STATE SENATOR JERRY SONNENBERG JUMPED INTO THE RACE.

I THINK HE IS THE CANDIDATE TO BEAT.

HE PROBABLY AS THE BEST NAME RECOGNITION.

AND THERE IS STILL A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WILL BE GETTING INTO THIS RACE.

HE WILL NOT BE THE LAST ONE WHO JUMPS IN.

THERE IS LOTS OF INTEREST FROM HIM BECAUSE THAT IS DOUGLAS COUNTY WHICH IS THE MOST POPULATED COUNTY IN THAT DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THAT THE CD4 RACE IS GOING TO BE REALLY ENTERTAINING TO WATCH WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE CANDIDATES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

AND FRANKLY THIS IS A REPUBLICAN'S SEAT AND IT IS GOING TO STAY THAT WAY.

>> YEAH, WITH KEN BUCK RETIRING.

ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, TIME MAGAZINE CHOSE TAYLOR SWIFT AS HER PERSON OF THE YEAR.

HER INFLUENCE, TOO MANY THINGS TO RECOUNT, BUT THEY SAID THIS YEAR SOMETHING SHIFTED FOR HER IN TERMS OF HER AFFECT ON PEOPLE.

I SAW YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD, MARIANNE.

WHO WOULD YOUR COLORADO PERSON OF THE YEAR BE?

WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE TIME, AS MUCH AS I CAN, I LOOK AT THE GARBAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM IN DENVER AND I CALL THEM OUT.

AND THE GARBAGE COLLECTORS.

THEY'RE THE PEOPLE OF THE YEAR.

THEY MAKE SURE WE DON'T STINK AND THAT WE'RE CLEAN.

>> OKAY, NO RUNNERS UP?

>> PATTY, WELL, YOU COULD GO WITH COACH PRIME BECAUSE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED DID, BUT YOU CANNOT AVOID MIKE JOHNSTON WHO CAME OUT.

HE WAS NOT THE FRONT RUNNER A YEAR AGO AT THIS TIME.

NOW THE MAYOR OF DENVER WHO ACCORDING TO HICKENLOOPER WHO HAS BEEN MAYOR AND GOVERNOR IS THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION IN THE STATE.

HE IS, WORKING HARD TO LIVE UP TO HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.

WILL HE GET 1,000 PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREET BY JANUARY 1st UNLIKELY.

BUT WILL HE HAVE A PLAN FOR MOVING IT FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN HOUSING AND HAVE PRODUCTIVE LIVES?

WE'LL SEE.

>> MARIANNE?

>> I'M GOING TO GO FOR AN OBSCURE PERSON THAT NO ONE HAS HEARD OF TO MY GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.

THIS IS A YOUNG MAN FROM DURANGO NAMES SETH COUTH.

HE WON THREE OF CYCLINGS MAIN GRAND TOURS.

HE PLAYED THE LIEUTENANTS ROLE ON HIS TEAM AND HE MADE SURE HIS TEAMMATES ARE THE ONES STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE PODIUMS IN THE TOUR OF ITALY AND THE TOURÂ DE TRANS.

HE DOMINATED PROFESSIONAL CYCLING IN A WAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, BUT SETH FINALLY GOT HIS CHANCE AND WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF HE IS GOING TO GET IT.

HE GOT HIS CHANCE AND IT DESPITE SOME DRAMA IN HIS TEAM, WON THE TOUR OF SPAIN, AND THERE HAS BEEN NEARLY NO ATTENTION TO THIS AND THIS IS REALLY THE STORY OF SOMETIMES GOOD GUYS DO FINISH FIRST.

HE IS VERY WELL LIKED.

HE IS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

HE IS ADORED IN DURANGO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SETH, YOU SHOULD BE PERSON OF THE YEAR.

>> THAT WAS TRANSPIRING WHEN COACH PRIME WAS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

IS THAT WHY?

>> NO, AND YOU'LL FIND OUT WHY I I WAS SHAKING MY HEAD IN A MINUTE.

>> JESSE, WHO DO YOU THINK?

>> NIKOLA JOKIC.

HE HAD TEN ASSISTS AVERAGE IN 2023, MVP OF THE NBA FULL-TIMES AND A GREAT ENTERTAINING COLORADOAN.

A GREAT GUY.

HE MAKES EVERYONE LAUGH AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

MY RUNNER UP IS MIKAYLA SHIFFRIN.

>> ALSO THE BEST ALPINE SKIER OF ALL TIME.

>> NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE PANEL TO SHARE WHAT HAS BEEN A HIGH AND LOW OF THE WEEK.

WE'LL START ON A LOW SO WE CAN END ON A GOOD NOTE TONIGHT.

PATTY?

>> THE BAD BEHAVIOR OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IT CONTINUES IN THE LEGISLATURE.

WE HOPE WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF IT AT DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS SWORN IN.

>> SO FAR OKAY.

IT HAS ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS BUT WE'LL TAKE IT.

>> ALL OF YOU CU FANS, GET YOUR AXES.

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR NAMING A 4-8 FOOTBALL COACH SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR.

THAT BAFFLED ME.

THEY FINISHED 97th OUT OF 131 SCHOOLS?

THAT IS HYPE AND THAT IS GARBAGE.

>> DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE?

>> YES, THAT IS ALL WELL AND FINE AND GOOD, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS NOT HIRED TO DO THAT, HE WAS HIRED TO WIN.

AS FOLKS IN AGRICULTURE SAY, ALL HAT NO CATTLE.

>> SEND YOUR COMPLAINTS SOMEWHEREÂ -- >> I'LL PASS THEM ON TO YOU.

>> I SAY RUBY DICKSON'S RESIGNATION.

FIRST YOU'RE A STATE LAWMAKER, ONE OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE CAPITAL.

THE REASON SHE RESIGNED, I'M ASHAMED TO SEE THE DRAMA OF THE CAPITAL GOT TO HER AND NOW THE CONSTITUENTS THAT DON'T GET TO WEIGH IN ON WHO THEIR LAWMAKER WILL BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR SINCE IT IS A VACANCY COMMITTEE IF SETS UP WHOLE NEWÂ -- IT GIVES THAT PERSON AN ADVANTAGE WHERE AS MAYBE THE VOTERS WOULD MAYBE HAVE LIKED TO WEIGH IN AND HAVE THE BROADER ELECTORATE TO SAY WHO WOULD REPLACE HER.

>> I HAVE SOMETHING TRAGIC AND HEARTBREAKING.

LAST SUNDAY THERE WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE UNIVERSITY IN THE PHILIPPINES WHERE I SPENT A YEAR AND MET MY WIFE, MY SISTER, HER SISTER, ALL GRADUATED.

AND JIHADISTS, ACCORDING TO THE FILIPINO GOVERNMENT, WERE THE CULPRITS.

THEY BOMBED IT AND THEY DID IT AT A GYM WHERE I USED TO PERFORM AS PART OF THE THEATER GROUP IN THAT UNIVERSITY.

IT WAS JUST TRAGIC AND A REMINDER OF HOW VIOLENT OTHER PLACES ARE AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE AREÂ -- AND IT MAKES ME GRATEFUL THAT I'M HERE.

BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DIED COULD GROW, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE ROOTS IN THIS PLACE, SO IT IS JUST HEARTBREAKING.

>> TOO CLOSE TO HOME.

>> ALL RIGHT, YEAH, SOMETHING POSITIVE, PATTY?

>> WE DIDN'T GET TO THIS IN THE FIRST DISCUSSION, BUT DOWNTOWN IS NOT DEAD.

IF YOU GO, IF YOU WERE THERE LAST SATURDAY, YOU SAW JUST HOW FUN IT WAS.

HOW RELATIVELY SAFE IT WAS COMPARED TO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE, AND THERE ARE NEW THINGS COMING UP ALL OF THE TIME.

A NOTORIOUSLY SCHOOL DIY SPACE IS REOPENING TODAY.

A NEW EDM CLUB, THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

YOU CAN GO DOWNTOWN AND BE JUST AS SAFE AS YOU MIGHT BE SAY IN THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT.

>> GROW TO EDM SHOWS?

>> I HAVE.

>> AND THEN THE PARK, AND THE TREEÂ -- THERE IS STILL LOTS OF PLACES TO GO.

THERE IS LOTS GOING ON DOWNTOWN.

>> GOOD, I WANT TO GIVE A CONGRATULATIONS TO RICK SALINGER WHO IS RETIRING DUE TO HEALTH REASONS.

HE HAD AN GREAT CAREER, AND WONDERFUL WISHES FOR YOUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE.

>> HE IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE ON ASSIGNMENT.

WE HAVE A NEW FUTURE WITH A NON-PROFIT AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR COMPANY.

>> AND YOU WERE PART OF THE COLORADOANS DAY.

>> JESSE, CONGRATULATIONS.

I WAS WALKING OUR DOG AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT REFLECTOR, AND I LOOKED AT THE STARS, AND I JUST FELT A TINGLE AND I FELT REALLY HAPPY, WE'RE WELL INTO THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND IT FEELS GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT, IT DOES.

FOR ME I WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT A HAPPY HANUKKAH TO ALL THAT CELEBRATE.

WE WISH YOU A SEASON OF LIGHT AND HOPE NO MATTER HOW DARK AND MURKY THINGS CAN GET.

THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHT AND HOPE OUT THERE AND WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT.

THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME.

THANK YOU TO THE PANEL, THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING US THIS EVENING OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.

TAKE GOOD CARE.