>>> HI, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 7TH, 2021, EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE WERE OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR SPECIAL YEAR IN REVIEW AND OUR LOOK AHEAD TO 2022.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

THE MARSHALL FIRE BURNED DOWN NEARLY ONE THOUSAND STRUCTURES ON DECEMBER 30TH IN LOUISVILLE, SUPERIOR AND UNINCORPORATED BOULDER COUNTY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITED THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE CONTINUES.

MEANWHILE, THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE DONE TO A SUBURBAN AREA IS LEADING MANY CIVILIAN OFFICIALS AROUND COLORADO TO CREATE NEW PLANS OF HOW TO HANDLE THIS DANGER IN YEARS TO COME.

PATTY FROM WESTWARD LET'S START WITH YOU PATTY.

SO MANY ANGLES TO THE STORY.

JUST A DEVASTATING FIRE.

A WHOLE LOT OF RAMIFICATIONS AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

FROM WHAT WE LEARNED SO FAR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ANGLES THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT A SHOW A WEEK EARLY.

THIS IS HOW THE YEAR WILL END.

HORRIBLE END TO 2021.

WE HOPE BIDEN IS INDEED COMING AND TOURING BECAUSE HE WILL BE GONE BY THE TIME IT AIRS.

WE HAD JUST TAPED OUR SHOW.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE WILL GET TO THE SHOOTINGS LATER.

THEN THIS FIRE NEWS STARTED BREAKING.

YOU HEAR ABOUT THE 100 MILES AN HOUR WINDS.

YOU HEAR ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE CONDITIONS THAT LAND BASICALLY TENDER.

IT HAS BEEN SO TRY.

THE HORROR HOW QUICKLY IT HAPPENED, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

THE EARLY ASSUMPTION WAS RULED OUT.

NOW THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONTINUING.

THERE IS NO DENYING HOW QUICKLY IT HAPPENED AND HOW INCREDIBLE IT WAS THAT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE AS WELL AS THEY WERE ABLE TO.

THE OTHER THING IS THE OUTPOURING SUPPORT OF PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE COLLECTED TENS AND MILLIONS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

THE GO FUND MES COLLECTED.

WHEN YOU BUILD IN AREAS THAT USED TO BE FOOTHILLS AND DON'T HAVE THE PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PROTECTION YOU CAN HAVE 110 MILES PER HOUR WINDS.

EVEN SO, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE NEW WAYS TO PLAN FOR GROWTH.

>> ON THAT POINT.

THAT IS ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOMENTS TO ME.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP OF THOSE HOMES.

THIS IS NOT RANDOM FOREST.

THIS IS NOT HOUSES IN BETWEEN A BIG PRAIRIE.

THAT MAP COULD HAVE BEEN SOUTH AURORA, HIGHLANDS RANCH.

LET'S GET TO OUR FIRST VIA SKYPE.

MAKING HER RETURN BACK TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

THINGS WE SHOULD DO QUICKLY AND THINGS POLICY DECISIONS A LITTLE BIT LATER.

FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR, WHAT ARE THINGS WE NEED TO BE THINKING RIGHT NOW FROM THIS BIG BIG STORY.

>> IT IS INTERESTING, I JUST STARTED THE BOOK THE BLACK SWAN.

HOW DO YOU PREDICT UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS.

HOW DO YOU PREDICT UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS.

YOU REALLY CAN'T.

THESE SORT OF CRAZY THINGS THAT HAPPENED WIPED OUT BY FIRE.

SOMETHING THAT GENERALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN.

SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

WE CAN ONLY LOOK BACK, WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS.

WHAT CAN WE DO AS WE GO FORWARD.

WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF FUEL DO WE HAVE?

HOW FAR APART SHOULD BUILDINGS BE?

THE POSSIBILITY IN ANY ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEGLIGENT.

YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY ARSONIST.

YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF SMART QUESTIONS.

YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T PREDICT BIG THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE BY NATURE.

>> ALSO JOINING US ALAINA ALVAREZ.

YOU HAVE BEEN TRACKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES.

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM THE REACTIONS WE HAVE BEEN HEARING SO FAR.

>> YOU CAN'T PREDICT THE NATURAL DISASTER.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS FAR AS CONTEXT GOES, THE WILD FIRE MITIGATION BANNING THE AREA HADN'T BEEN UPDATED OVER A DECADE.

WE HAVE OFFICIALS REPORTING $500 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE.

WHETHER THAT FIGURE CAN BE LOWERED.

I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT SIMILAR PLANS AND PLENTY OTHER COLORADO LOCALITIES CAN BE OUTDATED WHERE THE MARSHALL FIRE BEGAN.

CONSIDERING CLIMATE CHANGE IS ACCELERATING BY THE DAY.

WE ARE SEEING THIS WHETHER IT IS HIGH WINDS, DROUGHT, EXTREME WEATHER.

THE REALITY IS THAT IN OF US ARE UNPREPARED.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR STRATEGIES ARE UP TO DATE.

>> BIANCA IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU IN THE PROGRAM.

ELECTED LEADERS AND NOW AND FUTURE ELECTED LEADERS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

THIS WILL BE A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AS YOU WORK WITH ELECTED LEADERS AND CANDIDATES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE WILL HEAR TALK ABOUT?

>> I THINK THE TALK -- THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE THE TOPIC FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS WILL BE CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DROUGHT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED HERE IN COLORADO.

WE HAVE HAD THIS DROUGHT THE DRIEST PERIODS OF JUNE AND DECEMBER.

BUILD FOR WILD FIRES LIKE THEY DO IN AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY HURRICANES.

I COULDN'T HELP THINK OF THE LADY TALKED ABOUT IT TOOK HER THREE HOURS TO HER DAUGHTER'S HOUSE.

ONLY 25 MINUTES AWAY.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE STORIES THAT PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED WHEN IT COMES TO HURRICANES.

THEY ARE SITTING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT IS SIX OR FIVE HOURS.

MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS AWAY.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THESE DEVELOPERS THAT WE ARE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NO LONGER IMPACTED BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN SUCH A DRASTIC WAY.

>>> ROGE L AGUILERA-MEDEROS, THE TRUCK DRIVER INITIALLY SENTENCED TO 110 YEARS IN PRISON FOR VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER, SAW HIS SENTENCE COMMUTED TO 10 YEARS BY GOVERNOR POLIS LATE LAST WEEK.

THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE CASE, BRUCE JONES, CRITICIZED THE TIMING OF THE COMMUNICATION, SAYING THE GOVERNOR DID NOT RESPECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT, SINCE PROSECUTORS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON A REDUCED SENTENCE AND WERE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT ITS CASE LATER IN JANUARY.

KRISTA WE WILL START WITH YOU WITH THIS ONE.

TO KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOOK AT -- A REVIEW AT THE SENTENCE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL EXTEND THE STORY POLITICALLY FOR GOVERNOR POLIS.

>> SO POLITICIANS ACTING POLITICALLY DURING A PREDICTION YEAR, WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED.

WE COULD HAVE ALL PREDICTED THAT.

OBVIOUSLY 110 YEARS IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS PARTICULAR CRIME.

THE ISSUE OF NEGLIGENCE.

PEOPLE DID DIE.

THE COURT HAD RECOGNIZE THAT THE SENTENCE WAS TOO LONG.

THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING THAT.

AS THEY WERE IN THAT PROCESS, YOU HAVE A SITTING GOVERNOR IN AN ELECTION YEAR GETTING A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM THE PRESS AND OTHERS TO CHANGE THAT SENTENCE.

HE DID CHANGE THAT SENTENCE.

AND SHORT CIRCUITED THE PROCESS WE HAVE IN PLACE.

THE VICTIM'S RELATIVES HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE FRUSTRATED.

YOU CAN ALWAYS PREDICT THAT POLITICIANS WILL ACT POLITICALLY IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

WHO SAW THAT COMING?

ALAINA, I IMAGINE OTHER OFFICIALS ARE NOW GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE.

WHEN YOU ARE EXAMING THIS WHETHER IT IS SENTENCED REFORM OR HOW IT WILL MOVE FORWARD WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU?

>> I THINK SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU I THINK IT IS THE BACKLASH FROM REACTING THAT RESULTED FROM 100 PLUS YEAR SENTENCE.

I THINK POLITICIANS CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT FROM THIS.

IN THE DELICATE DANCE LOOK LIKE YOU WITH STEPPING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

NOT FALLING INTO THE TRAP THAT IT IS A CALCULATED MOVE TO GET ELECTED AGAIN.

SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS INTERESTING THAT I FOUND OUT FROM THE DENVER POST REPORTING.

FAMILY MEMBERS OF THESE VICTIMS TALKED DIRECTLY TO POLIS AND ASKED HIM NOT TO GET INVOLVED.

THAT WAS A STRAIGHT UP REQUEST.

NOW HIS MOVE IS BACKFIRING INCLUDING AMONG VICTIM'S FAMILIES AS WELL AS THE JUDGE THAT MADE THE DECISION.

IT COMES DOWN TO HIS OVERREACH AND CAVING TO POLITICAL PRESSURES.

I THINK AS WE HAVE ALL SAID SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WORTH WATCHING AS THE ELECTION TAKES SHAPE THIS YEAR IS THAT OPENS CAN BE QUICK TO DRAW PARALLELS HEAVY USE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, AND SINGLE HANDED DECISION TO INTERFERE IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT SHAPES OUT.

>> WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO CANDIDATES IS THERE A LESSON FOR FUTURE ELECTED LEADERS?

>> WELL, I THINK PROBABLY THE BIGGER ISSUE IS US LOOKING -- TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT THE STATE'S STATUTES AND HOW SOME ARE UNFAIR SOME ARE.

THERE WAS A HUGE PUBLIC OUTCRY.

WE CAN ARGUE THIS IS DEMOCRACY IN PROCESS.

WE HAVE FIVE MILLION PEOPLE NATIONWIDE THAT SIGNED THIS PETITION.

WE HAD THREATS FROM TRUCK DRIVERS GOING ON STRIKE.

WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES.

THE GOVERNOR WAS TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

HE MENTIONED THIS PERSON DEFINITELY BE PUNISHED MAYBE THAT WAS A BIT UNFAIR.

ALSO WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SENTENCED UNDER THESE STATUTES THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE NATIONAL OUTCRY THAT DIDN'T HAVE FIVE MILLION PETITIONS AND REALITY STARTED COMING OUT IN FAVOR OF REDUCING SENTENCES.

I THINK IT IS A BIGGER ISSUE THAT WILL BE PLAYED OUT IN THE PUBLIC NOT JUST IN OUR POLITICAL ELECTION.

>> PATTY, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PREDICTIONS WE HAD WRONG VERY QUICKLY IN OUR SHOW.

I DID NOT HAVE A 2022 BINGO CARD.

KIM KARDASHIAN TALKING ABOUT SENTENCE.

THAT WAS NOT ON MY CARD.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU HEARD.

>> PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH NEWS SINCE THEN, JUST HOW BIG A STORY WAS.

THE CRY WAS INCREDIBLE.

OUR WEB SITE WAS FLOODED WITH COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.

AND THE RULE -- THE RESENTENCING HEARING HAD JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED TWO HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN COLORADO AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT COLORADO SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED.

POLIS HAD SET THE WHEELS IN MOTION.

WHY HE DIDN'T TALK TO THE JUDGE?

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

HIS THEORY WHICH HE SAID JUST GET IT OVER WITH IT FAST.

THE 110 YEAR SENTENCE WASN'T FAIR.

HE STUDIED IT TEN YEARS.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM SAYING WE WILL PUT IT TEN YEARS.

1300 PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED FOR HAVING TWO OUNCES OF POT.

HE GAVE THEM CLEMMENT SI.

I THINK HE DID IT AT THE RIGHT TIME, HE JUST DID IT THE WRONG WAY.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT A FEW TIMES ALREADY.

>>> THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE MURDER OF FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE TARGETED SHOOTING SPREE IN DENVER AND LAKEWOOD LAST WEEK.

THE DENVER POLIS DEPARTMENT IS UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS MADE AWARE OF THREATS MADE BY THE GUNMAN MANY MONTHS AGO.

ACCORDING TO DENVER POLICE CHIEF PAUL PAZEN, THE SHOOTER WAS UNDER TWO INVESTIGATIONS, BUT NEITHER OF THEM PROVIDED GROUNDS FOR CHARGES.

YOU HAVE CROSSED JURISDICTIONS.

YOU HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES.

THERE IS A WHOLE LOT HERE.

ON ANY OTHER WEEK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LEADS THE HEAD LINES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

RIGHT NOW JUST INITIAL.

IT IS ON TOPIC THREE.

WHAT IS SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS YOU HEARD SO FAR ABOUT THIS ISSUE IMPACTING DENVER AND LAKEWOOD?

>> I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY IT ISN'T A GREAT LOOK FOR THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THIS HORRIFIC RAMPAGE.

THE MOST THE CITY HAS REPORTED IN THREE DECADES.

WE HAVE THE POLICE AGENTS.

IS EXPROTECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.

CRIME CONTINUES TO SOAR HERE IN COLORADO TO NO AVAIL.

THE PROBLEM IS BECOMING A MAJOR POLITICAL POINT PARTICULARLY AMONG CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE USING THESE STATISTICS.

I THINK THE TRAGEDY ADDRESSESES MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

THE GUNMAN'S FAMILY SUGGESTED HE HAD MENTAL ILLNESS THAT WAS NEVER PROPERLY TREATED.

THE BOTTOM LINE UNTIL WE GET TO THE ROOT OF THESE PROBLEMS IT IS FAIR TO SEE IF WE WILL EVER SEE RELIEF HERE.

>> AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS FROM WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR?

>> HONESTLY I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A DENVER ADDRESS AFTER THEY WERE NOTIFIED WITH TWO YEARS AGO WITH SOMEONE -- THEY U.S. EMBASSY WAS NOTIFIED.

THERE WAS NO WAY TO CONNECT THAT INDIVIDUAL TO DENVER ADDRESS.

AS ALL THESE AGENT DIS WERE WORKING TOGETHER MAYBE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

I'M GOING TO SAY GUN CONTROL, GUN CONTROL, GUN CONTROL.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

WE NEED TO HAVE A GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION.

I THINK TOO, THAT OUR AGENCIES NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.

WE HAVE SO MUCH RESOURCES THESE DAYS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MASS SHOOTINGS BEFORE WE CAN GET TO A PLACE A GOOD PLACE WE CAN PREVENT THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING.

>> YOU HAVE DIGGING INTO SOMEONE'S FREE SPEECH.

YOU TALK ABOUT REAL PEOPLE REAL THREATS.

WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE HEARD SO FAR?

>> ONLY ONE PERSON CONTACTED AUTHORITIES FROM THIS BOOK THAT MANY PEOPLE READ THAT HE NAMED MANY OF HIS VICTIMS.

HE NAMED OTHER PEOPLE LIKE MITCH THE FORMER DA OF DENVER.

THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE TIPSTER IS EXTRAORDINARY.

MAYBE THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM.

MAYBE IT WASN'T PRIORITY.

BUT WHAT IS UNDENIABLE, THE PEOPLE HE TARGETED ARE SOME OF THE GREAT COMMUNITY CREATIVE.

WHAT SHE CREATED IS REALLY TRAGIC THE PEOPLE THAT HE HIT.

THE PEOPLE HE HIT BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A COMMUTE BUILDER.

THERE IS NO DENYING THE INCREDIBLE LOSS.

>> THERE IS THE ANGLE THAT CROSS JURISDICTIONS TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND HOW YOU PULL OFF AN INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS.

THAT INCLUDED OTHER ISSUES.

WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR.

>> EVEN IF YOU COULD COORDINATE COMPLETELY BETWEEN JURISDICTION, WHAT DO YOU THINK SOMEONE WHO IS EVIL BUT NOT ACTED AGAINST IMPULSES.

HAVE A VILE THOUGHT THAT IS NOT ILLEGAL OR SHOULD IT BE.

JUST TO BE A BAD PERSON, WE CAN'T JUST GO AND ADDRESS THOSE PEOPLE.

PART OF US KIND OF WISH WE COULD.

FOR OUR OWN SAFEGUARD, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND OTHER THINGS THAT PROTECT GOOD PEOPLE'S RIGHT, TO THINK, TO TALK, TO OWN A GUN FOR SELF PROTECTION.

EVIL PEOPLE END UP PROTECTED AS WELL.

I WENT TO COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL A LONG TIME.

IT IS WHERE I GRADUATED FROM.

EVER SINCE THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH EVIL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET ACTED EVILLY HAVE SOME SIGNS THEY ARE PLANNING ON IT.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE PEOPLE?

>>> AS THE OMICRON VARIANT CONTINUES TO SWEEP ACROSS THE NATION AND COLORADO, COVID INFECTION RATES ARE WEAKENING HAVOC ON SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES IN OUR STATE.

WHILE HOSPITALS ARE CURRENTLY HANDLING THE PATIENT LOAD, WORKERS, TEACHERS, AND OTHERS EITHER OUT SICK OR ON QUARANTINE ARE FORCING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BUSINESSES TO ADJUST IN NEW WAYS.

BIANCA WE START WITH YOU.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS NEW WAVE?

>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR KIDS.

WE HAVE A DIVIDE AS A RELATION TO ACADEMICS SUCCESS.

THE ABILITY TO LEARN HAVING TO GO BACK HOME AND GO ONLINE.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY IN CHICAGO.

HE WAS ASKED HOW DO YOU FEEL?

HE SAID I DON'T LIKE IT.

HE SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE HAVE TO TAKE CONSIDERATION HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING.

TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE OUT SICK.

OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE LEAVING THE JOB.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS AND INCLUDE PARENTS AND EDUCATORS IN THESE DECISIONS.

>> YOUR QUICK TAKE ON THE CONTINUATION ON OUR COVID CRISIS.

>> BE SURE YOU STALK UP ON MASKS, TESTS, AND PATIENT.

BE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER.

>> WE ARE NOT SEEING THE LOAD OF HOSPITALS LIKE WE DID BEFORE.

JUST PEOPLE OUT SICK.

THE STAFFING SHORTAGES.

THE PEOPLE THAT REFUEL THE PLANES HAD A STAFFING ISSUE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN WE ARE HEARING THESE STATISTICS?

>> WE PREDICTED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

WE HAVE GONE FROM A DIFFICULT SPREAD BUT MORE LETHAL VARIANT.

I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE AS IT BECOMES MORE -- WE WILL END UP MORE WITH FLU-LIKE SITUATION.

YOU DON'T GET A BAD CASE OF IT.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME A FABRIC OF OUR LIVES.

I WOULD BE MUCH MORE WILLING TO SUB.

LET'S BE REASONABLE.

>> AND ALAINA WE GO TO YOU.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> HEARING FROM PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS THIS IS OUR NEW NORMAL, I HATE TO SAY IT.

THIS MEANS THAT OUR STATE'S MONITORING APPROACH -- SO YOU KNOW AS OMICRON CASES ARE LESS SEVERE, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT 2022 WILL MARK THE TRANSITION TO PANDEMIC TO AN ENDIMIC YEAR.

>> THE SAGA OF THE NIGHTCLUB MAYBE COMING TO AN END.

THE LIQUOR LICENSE HAS BEEN PULLED.

MAY NEVER REOPEN.

IN THE MEANTIME.

THAT OWNER HAS RENTED.

WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.

HELLO OWNERS, LET US KNOW.

>> KRISTA WE GO TO YOU.

>> I THINK SOME POLITICIANS AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE PRESS REALLY MILKING YESTERDAY.

OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO WAS ATROCIOUS.

AN AWFUL EX-PRESIDENT.

BUT I THINK SOME PEOPLE MILKED IT A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

I DON'T REMEMBER BEING OUTRAGED THAT COST 25 LIVES AND HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

>> ALAINA WE GO TO YOU.

>> I GOT TO GIVE IT UP TO THE BREAKFAST KING DINER.

I'M DEPRESSED AND HUNGRY.

>> WE GO TO YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE A ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY TO PREVENT DEMOCRACY FROM HAPPENING.

>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> THE STOCK SHOW PARADE WAS CANCELLED BUT THE STOKE SHOW IS BACK IN TOWN.

>> SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> HAVING THE GUTS TO CALL BOTH TRUMP AND THE CONSPIRACY THEORYS THAT TRUMP ONE THE ELECTION.

>> ALAINA SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> MORE THAN $25 MILLION HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR VICTIMS OF THE FIRE.

IT SHOWS THE GENEROSITY OF COLORADOANS.

>> BIANCA?

>> POLICE AGENT A HOMETOWN HERO.

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FROM EVERYBODY HERE AT COLORADO INSIDE OUT AND PBS12, I'M DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.