>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

I'M YOUR GUEST HOST, KRISTA KAFER, SUNDAY COLUMNIST FOR THE DENVER POST.

TONIGHT, WE'RE JOINED BY PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD, ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST WITH COLORADO POLITICS AND THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTES, ED SEALOVER, VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND EDITOR OF THE SUM & SUBSTANCE AT THE COLORADO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND LUIGE DEL PUERTO, MANAGING EDITOR OF COLORADO POLITICS.

LET'S START WITH HAPPENINGS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

SENATOR DANIELSON INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE CASES.

HOW IS IT DIFFERENT THAN THE LAW STRUCK DOWN BY THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT?

ALSO, HOUSE REPUBLICANS CHOSE A NEW MINORITY LEADER, ROSE PUGLIESE, AFTER MIKE LYNCH STEPPED DOWN.

SHE BEAT OUT THE HARD RIGHT'S TOP CHOICE.

PATTY IT IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT THE LEGISLATURE.

>> OR AT THIS MOMENT.

SO I WILL LEAVE SOMEONE WHO IS SPENDING TIME AT THE STATE HOUSE.

ON WEDNESDAY THEY CAME -- JESSE CAME OUT AND SAID WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE THIS BILL AGAIN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET QUITE RIGHT YEARS BEFORE.

THE STATE SUPREME COURT THREW IT OUT BECAUSE IT DOES FIT WITH THE LAW.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SENTICS YOU WILL HEAR FROM SHORTLY.

I HAVE TO SAY THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO -- THIS IS NOT CRIMINAL WE DEALT WITH THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

THIS IS ON CIVIL CASES.

I HAVE TALKED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AND WRITTEN ABOUT PEOPLE OVER THOR YEARS.

THEY WERE IN NO POSITION TO COME FORWARD.

THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO MORE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL EMPOWERED IF SOMETHING IS HAPPENING TO THEM, THEY CAN COME FORWARD AND THEY WILL BE LISTENED TO.

>> MORE ATTENTION ON THIS GREAT INJUSTICE.

THAT COULD BE A GOOD THING.

ERIC?

>> I THINK THIS IS WORTHY LEGISLATION.

YES, IT FIXES A PROBLEM THAT THE COURT RATHER FIXES IT.

IT CAN'T BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL IF YOU PUT IT IN THE CONSTITUTION.

THAT'S WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS.

HERE I VOTE FOR IT ASSUMING THEY GET IT ON THE BALLOT.

I WISH THEM LUCK IN TERMS OF THE NEW MINORITY LEADER ROSE I WISH HER LUCK AS WELL.

ANYONE WHO TAKES OFFICE AGAINST THE WISHES OF DAVE WILLIAMS AND KIM DE GRAFF SOME OF THE HARD RIGHT WINGERS.

I THINK THE MINORITY LEADER WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE 19 OUT OF 65 VOTES IT IS NOT A POSITION OF GREAT POWER.

IT IS CORRAL THAT DYSFUNCTIONAL MINORITY.

>> ED?

>> THE INTERESTING THING SHE WON A RACE AGAINST MATT WHO IS A REPUBLICAN AND KIM WHO IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.

THAT CONTRAST PRETTY HEAVILY WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY LEVEL.

WE ARE GOING TO GO RIGHT AT PEOPLE.

SHE IS SOMEONE WHILE CONSERVATIVE IS PRAGMATIC.

HER ASCENSION COMES AT A TIME WHEN YOU SEE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPLINTERING.

SHE CAN FIND GROUND.

YOU CAN SEE THINGS GET PASSED.

SHE CAN WORK AGAINST BOTH THE HARD RIGHT AND THE HARD LEFT.

I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HER TENURE GOES AND WHAT CAN COME FROM THIS YEAR.

>> COLORADO POLITICS HAS BEEN ALL OVER THIS LUIGE WHAT SUBSTANTIATES OUT TO YOU?

>> I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF WORK SHE IS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

LAST YEAR WE SAW WALKOUTS.

WE SAW ALL KINDS OF SHENANIGANS.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE REPEATED?

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF POWER IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

THEY HAVE TO BE SMART.

THEY GOT TO FIND THEIR LANE AND FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS TO GET THEIR PRIORITIES PASSED.

>> ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS HOUSING.

IT IS ALWAYS IN THE NEWS AND IN THE LEGISLATURE.

THE LEGISLATURE IS LOOKING AT A NEW BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY-HOMEOWNERS TO BUILT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THEIR PROPERTIES.

WILL IT PASS?

ALSO HOW ARE MUNICIPALITIES REACTING?

A DENVER RESIDENT SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED ZONING DECISION TO BUILT A MICRO-COMMUNITY.

ANTICIPATE MORE PUSH BACK ON THESE MICRO-COMMUNITY PLANS.

ERIC?

>> THERE IS A LOT THERE.

THERE IS NO DOUBT HOUSING IS A CENTRAL IF NOT THE CENTRAL ISSUE THESE DAYS.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE DEMAND IS WHAT IT IS.

THE COST SKYROCKET.

MANY PEOPLE ARE PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET.

THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL TENSION BETWEEN DEMOCRATS MAINLY LED BY GOVERNOR POLIS WHO HAVE INTERESTING IDEAS HERE.

STILL BUMP UP AGAINST THE LONG TIME, LONG-TERM COLORADO TRADITION OF LOCAL CONTROL AND MAKING THESE DECISIONS MUCH MORE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL TENSION.

I WISH HIM LUCK ON THE ACCESSORY DWELLING THE ADU PIECE.

I THINK IT IS WORTHWHILE AN IMPORTANT PIECE THAT I'M STILL GOING TO PAY MUCH ATTENTION AS THE SESSION UNFOLDS AS HOW THEY NAVIGATE THE LOCAL CONTROL ISSUE WHERE ENTITIES LIKE THE MULTIPLE LEAGUE AND COUNTIES AND OTHERS HOW HARD THEY PUSH BACK AGAINST IT.

>> I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH THESE BILLS, WHAT IS GOING TO PRODUCE THIS?

HOW IS IT TRYING TO PRODUCE IT?

ONE OF THE REASONS GOVERNOR POLIS IT FAILED LAST YEAR.

IT WAS ALL STICK NO CARROT.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING THIS CLEVER TO DO STICK AND CARROT.

WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE CITIES ALLOW AD USE TO BE BUILT.

WE ARE GOING TO GIVE MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD ADUs TO RENT OUT TO PEOPLE.

THE NEXT ONE COMING IS THE BILL ORIENTED COMMUNITIES.

THAT BILL SAYS WE WILL GET MONEY TO INCREASE THE DENSITY IN THE AREAS.

AND BY 2027 IF YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT, THEN WE WILL COME AT YOU WITH THE STICK.

FOR US, THE ISSUE IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO EXPAND THE HOUSING STOCKS SO WORKERS HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO WORK AND WORK THERE.

THE REAL NEEDLE HOW DO YOU DO THIS WITHOUT ANGERING THE CITIES TOO MUCH.

IT MAY STILL BE TOO MUCH STICK FOR THE CITY TO STOMACH.

>> WHAT ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ANGRY PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE?

I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE MICRO-COMMUNITIES WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO DO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT RENTALS AND AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS.

JUST ON THE MICRO-COMMUNITY THIS DENVER RESIDENT WENT BEFORE THE APPEALS BOARD THE CITY OF DENVER AND THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MADE AN ERROR.

THEY MISSED A PROCEDURAL MATH.

WHAT IT GIVES PEOPLE OR AT LEAST THIS RESIDENT AND THOSE WHO AGREE WITH HIM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE PUBLIC, MAYBE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS RUSHING TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.

HE IS OPPOSED THAT HE SAYS HE IS ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF DENVER.

BRINGING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS TO THIS COMMUNITY.

IT IS A VULNERABLE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS HIS MAIN ISSUE.

I THINK THE MAYOR WILL GO THROUGH WHAT HE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH WHICH IS -- I'M NOT SURE DO ANOTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THEY WILL GET THIS MICRO-COMMUNITY BUILT.

I SEE -- I DON'T SEE WHY IT WILL GET DERAILED.

THIS NECESSARY DOESN'T SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.

>> WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU?

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BILL GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.

THEY ARE DIVIDING IT UP.

WHERE WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD TO BE THE MOUNTAIN TOWN.

THEY BETTER DEAL WITH THOSE.

COMING BACK TO THE FLAT LAND, THESE MICRO-COMMUNITIES THAT WAS THE BIG THING MIKE JOHNSTON WAS PUSHING WHEN HE WAS PULLING 1,000 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

ONLY ONE MANAGED TO OPEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

HE STILL MANAGED TO GET 1,000 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

A LOT OF IT WAS BUYING OR RENTING MOTELS.

WE WILL SEE IF IT WILL BE WORTH THE TROUBLE.

OVERLAND IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE.

THEY WERE A SUPER FUND SITE.

I THINK THE CITY WILL HAVE COME UP WITH NEW SOLUTIONS AND AVOID MICRO-COMMUNITIES ALL TOGETHER.

>>> IN OTHER LEGISLATIVE NEWS.

LEGISLATORS HAVE INTRODUCED A SLEW OF PRIVACY BILLS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY.

ALSO, A COUPLE OF BILLS ADDRESSING SUICIDE, ONE WOULD REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN SUICIDE-PREVENTION EDUCATION.

ANOTHER WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO ACCESS ASSISTED SUICIDE MEDICATION.

ED YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> PASSED THE PRIVACY ACT LAST SUMMER.

IF YOU DO NOT WANT WEB SITE RECORDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA, SELLING IT, YOU CAN SAY SO AND THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU.

NOW THEY ARE INTRODUCING A NUMBER OF NEW BILLS BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING SO MUCH.

THERE IS A BILL THAT WOULD STOP THE SELLING OF INFORMATION ON BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS.

SO MANY COMPANIES ARE USING TO IDENTIFY YOU NOW.

THERE WILL BE A BILL STOP THE SELLING OF NEURODATA.

AT A TIME WHEN SCIENTISTS THEY CAN ACTUALLY THIS LAST SUMMER -- THEY PICKED UP BRAIN WAVES.

THIS THING ABOUT THESE BILL THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, THERE IS A VERY THIN LINE BETWEEN PROTECTING PEOPLE'S PRIVACY AND STOPPING INNOVATION.

THESE COMPANIES NEED TO BE ABLE NOT TO GO AND SELL THIS DATA TO ANYONE THEY CHOOSE.

YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL ON THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTIONS YOU PUT ON THEIR COLLECTION ON THIS DATA.

WE WILL NOT SEE THESE DEVICES THAT ARE BEING REGULATED BEING CREATED.

>> LUIGE?

>> THE FIGHT THERE MIGHT BE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN READ YOUR MIND AND READ YOUR BRAIN IS FASCINATING.

IT IS SCARY AT THE SAME TIME.

TO ED'S POINT BETWEEN INNOVATION AND LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW LEGISLATION CAUGHT FIS WHAT SOCIETY HAS AGREED UPON.

IT IS RARE YOU CAN SEE FORWARD THINKING LEGISLATION THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

ALMOST ALWAYS HERE IS THE PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, WE WILL SOLVE IT.

TO YOUR POINT, WE PROBABLY NEED THIS TECHNOLOGY PLAY OUT AND SEE WHERE IT ENDS.

THE PROBLEM IS TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING VERY FAST.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AI ASSISTED TECHNOLOGY.

THE DEVELOP THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MONTHS BEFORE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DAYS, WEEKS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE OURS.

IT WILL BE FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH MACHINES THAT CAN READ PEOPLE'S MINDS.

>> POLITICS FOLLOWING CULTURE.

PATTY?

>> I THINK HOW GREAT IT WILL BE HERE.

WHEN CAN COME SIT HERE AND NOT SAY A WORD THE CAMERAS WILL READ OUR MIND.

THEY WILL HAVE TO SENSOR A LOT, I THINK.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES.

LET'S GO TO THE ASSISTED SUICIDE ISSUE.

THE CHOICE OF BEING ABLE TO END YOUR OWN LIFE, I'VE KNOWN SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED IT OR PARENT'S HAVE USED IT.

THERE ARE A FEW FLAWS.

PART OF IT IS THE LENGTH OF TIME.

ONE OF THE ISSUES SOME PEOPLE WORRY THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SWALLOW.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SWALLOW.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE THEIR CHOICE CAN'T SWALLOW ANYMORE.

THAT IS AN ISSUE.

THE IDEA OPENING IT UP SUICIDE TOURISM I THINK IT IS ENOUGH COLORADO RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS LAW.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE TOURIST HERE.

NOT FOR THAT.

>> I'M GOING TO ECHO PATTY HERE WHAT WE CALL MEDICAL AID.

I MODERATED THE DEBATE PRO AND CON IN THIS STUDIO.

I WAS MOVED ENOUGH THAT I LATER ON WENT AND WROTE ON THE TOPIC AND WHATEVER.

I DO SUPPORT MEDICAL AID AND DYING.

15 DAYS BETWEEN DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT IS TOO LONG.

I AGREE WITH PATTY WE DON'T NEED TO BE A TOURIST DESTINATION.

I THINK COLORADO CAN TAKE CARE OF COLORADOANS ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.

>>> OVER THE PAST YEAR, MORE THAN 37,000 MIGRANTS HAVE COME TO DENVER.

MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON IS ASKING CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR HELP.

MEANWHILE, REPUBLICANS IN COLORADO STATE HOUSE SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR POLIS AIRING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT STATE POLICY.

LUIGE, AS YOU POINTED OUT IN A RECENT ARTICLE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND EMPHASIZE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

>> THERE IS A CLEAR DIFFERENCE HOW DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS VIEW THIS PROBLEM.

MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON IS ASKING FOR WORK AUTHORIZATION.

HE WANTS WHAT IS CALLED A COORDINATED ENTRY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN STOP THEM BUT HE WANTS A COORDINATED PLAN.

HE DOESN'T WANT THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS SEND THE IMMIGRANTS TO PLACES LIKE DENVER FOR EXAMPLE.

HE WANTS MORE COOPERATION.

ON THE ONE HAND DEMOCRATS WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR QUITE SOME TIME LET'S SHUT DOWN THE BORDER AND, I PUT IT THIS WAY, SECURITY ON THE ONE HAND.

REPUBLICANS EMPHASIZE SECURITY ON THE BORDER.

DEMOCRATS SEE IT AS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HERE.

>> IS THERE MIDDLE GROUND?

>> I THINK MIKE JOHNSTON IS WORKING ON THAT MIDDLE GROUND BY BRINGING SO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

HE IS WORKING WITH OTHER MAYORS.

HE HAS BEEN CERTAIN ON NATIONAL NEWS.

BUT THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON THEY ARE HERE THAT IS WHAT MAYOR HAS TO DEAL WITH, HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

WE CAN'T CLOSE THE BORDER IN TEXAS BECAUSE WE ARE HERE.

THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS COMING OUT ON MONDAY, THE TIME LIMIT ON FAMILIES WILL BE LIFTED.

SO FAMILIES BEEN IN SHELTERS FOR 42 DAYS WILL BE GOING OUT AGAIN.

CAN THEY FIND HOUSING BY MONDAY?

WE ARE LOOKING 50 MIGRANTS WHO ARE HERE WHO WILL NO LONGER BE IN THOSE SHELTERS.

THE CITY IS GRAMABLING.

THEY ARE GIVING TICKETS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO OTHER CITIES WHICH MAKES SENSE IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE COLD, HAVE FAMILY ELSEWHERE.

THEY GOT HERE BECAUSE TEXAS SEND THEM HERE.

DENVER IS WORKING HARD ON THIS PROBLEM.

THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO.

>> PEOPLE DID NOT READ HIS ARTICLE IN COLORADO POLITICS AND THE GAZETTE PAPERS THEY SHOULD DO SO.

BOTH PARTIES HAVE A PIECE OF THE ANSWER.

BOTH PARTIES ARE WACKY IN SOME RESPECTS.

IT IS THE TOPIC THAT WILL RUN THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK THAT I WROTE.

I TRIED TO DIG DEEPER INTO IT.

FOR REPUBLICANS, YES, SECURITY IS IMPORTANT.

YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE YOUR BORDERS IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A SOVEREIGN NATION.

OVER HISTORY, AS A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS I CAN ATTEST MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IMMIGRATION HAS BENEFITED THIS COUNTRY.

DEMOCRATS IN THEIR HUMANITARIAN INSTINCTS MANY ARE TO BE PRAISED THEY HAVE MORPHED THAT BORDER SECURITY BECOMES CONTROVERSIAL.

ENFORCING OUR BORDERS BECOMES CONTROVERSIAL.

NO PERSON IS ILLEGAL.

AS A MATTER OF THEIR SELF-WORTH THAT IS TRUE.

IF YOU ARE MANY THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY YOU ARE AN ILLEGAL PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS HEADLINE TALKING ABOUT THE EVOLUTION ON DEMOCRATS ON THIS ISSUE.

FROM ANGER TO APA THI.

FINDING ANY KIND OF MODERN SOLUTION BECOMES VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> IS THERE A SOLUTION?

>> I AM NOT AN EXPERT TO SAY THERE IS A SOLUTION.

ONE THING THAT HAS TO BE REALIZED WHAT JOHNSTON IS DOING HE CAN'T SOLVE THIS ALONE.

THERE IS GREAT APPRECIATION THAT HE IS PUSHING TO GET THESE IMMIGRANTS ABLE TO WORK.

THAT IS NEEDED.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HIRE THEM RIGHT AWAY.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, TOO, IF THE CITY IS SPENDING $180 MILLION THAT IS TAKING AWAY FROM OTHER AREAS.

THERE ARE UNDERSTAFFED AND SO SLOW AND ABLE TO GET COMMERCIAL PERMITS OUT THERE.

OPENING BUSINESSES THAT COULD HIRE THESE IMMIGRANTS.

HE NEEDS HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> TIME FOR OUR FAVORITE PART THE DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

WHAT IS YOUR DISGRACE?

>> I WILL START WITH SOMETHING NICE.

IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AS YOU DRIVE UP TO THIS STUDIO YOU REMEMBER WHEN FIVE POINTS WAS THE HISTORIC HEART OF DENVER.

YOU CAN GO BLARE RESEARCH LIBRARY.

SUCH A GREAT HISTORY.

THE OLD JAZZ CLUB HOTEL WHERE BLACK MUSICIANS COULD STAY.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT TO BE REDEVELOPED.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

>> ERIC?

>> IT IS CERTAINLY SAD.

AS WE SPEAK WITH A LOT OF MEDIA IN THIS COUNTRY.

IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH WEEK OR A TOUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS WHETHER IT IS THE LAYOFFS, WHETHER IT IS THE NEWS THIS MORNING IS CLOSING UP SHOP, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED NOT GONE.

CLEARLY GOING.

IT IS A TIME WE NEED MEDIA DO ITSELF JOB MORE THAN EVER.

>> ED?

>> ACTUALLY MOVING THE PEOPLE INTO SHELTER.

THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL PASS A LAW NOW IN THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WHEN THESE PEOPLE WILL BE SUFFERING THE MOST WE CANNOT SWEEP THEM.

WHY?

WE WANT TO GET THEM IN FROM THE OUTSIDE TO BE SHELTERED.

I THINK THIS BEGS TO BE MADE.

>> LUIGE?

>> I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ERIC TALKED ABOUT.

I'M FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

I KNOW HOW CRITICAL JOURNALISM IS TO DEMOCRACY.

JOURNALISM WATCHES GOVERNMENT AND MAKES THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS OUR MONEY THEY ARE SPENDING.

THAT IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL WE WATCH WHAT THEY DO.

>> LET'S SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE KEEPING AN EYE ON GOVERNMENT TO FIX COLORADOANS FILED SUIT BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HIS ACTIONS JANUARY 6TH IS HE ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT.

ENJOY YOURSELF IN DC NEXT WEEK.

>> THANKS, PATTY.

>> WE LOST A LONG TIME LEADING VOICE IN THESE PARTS A LONG TIME KOA BOYS.

PASSED AWAY WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.

I REMEMBER EVEN DOING ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE 20-30 YEARS AGO ON KOA THAT LARRY WOULD HOST AND MODERATE.

HE WAS A GOOD HUMAN BEING.

ON THE POSITIVE SIDE THE DENVER GAZETTE AS ONE NEWSPAPER FADES JUST ADDED MARK AS A HIGH PROFESSIONAL SPORTS COLUMNIST.

IT IS NICE TO SEE ONE GROWING ENTERPRISE IN THIS STATE.

>> I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO HONOR MY FATHER AS AN ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER.

BOB PASSED AWAY SUNDAY AT 93.

>> I'M REALLY SORRY.

LUIGE?

>> MY SON WE WATCH -- HE IS 12 YEARS OLD WE WATCH CASABLANCA THE OTHER NIGHT.

HE SAID IS THIS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE?

YOU DON'T GET ANY REWARD FOR LOVING SOMEBODY BUT WHAT YOU GET A LOT OF SACRIFICE IS THAT WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE?

I TOLD HIM, YES, THAT IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE.

HE IS 12.

HE IS GOING TO BE 13 THIS MAY.

HE IS GROWING UP SO FAST.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.

I THINK THAT IN SOME SMALL WAY WE MAYBE RAISING A GOOD CHILD.

>> I LOVE THAT.

FATHERS AND SONS.

TOUCHED BY WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.

I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS THAT TIME.

ALL THE TIME WE'VE GOT.

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