>>> HI EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE JULY 8TH, 2022, EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

I'M YOUR HOST EDEN LANE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US AS WE CONTINUE THE SUMMER-LONG FOR THE NEW PERMANENT HOST.

WE HAVE A GREAT PANEL PEOPLE READY TO PROVIDE ANALYSIS.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO TOPIC ONE.

GOVERNOR JARED POLIS HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUING LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO COME TO COLORADO FOR ABORTIONS, AS WELL AS THOSE SUPPORTING THEM IN CROSSING STATE LINES FOR THE PROCEDURE.

THE ORDER WILL ALSO PROTECT MEDICAL WORKERS FROM PROFESSIONAL SANCTIONS FOR BREAKING ANOTHER STATE'S LAWS -- FOR PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

I WILL START OFF WITH PATTY.

SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

WHAT STANDS OUT FOR YOU ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE ONE THAT CAME FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN BEFORE WE MET.

>> LET'S GIVE BIDEN THANKS FOR COMING OUT BEFORE NOON.

BIDEN SAID THERE IS NOT MUCH HE CAN DO IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.

HE IS HAVING STUDIES DONE.

HIS CABINET LOOK INTO THINGS.

WHAT HE FLAT OUT SAID, IT HAS TO CHANGE BY CONGRESS.

THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THIS IS GO TO THE MIDTERMS AND VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL INSTITUTE THAT RIGHT.

POLIS ON WEDNESDAY CAME RIGHT OUT.

IN 1967 GOVERNOR LOVE SIGNED THAT LAW THAT DECRIMINALIZED ABORTION.

THAT LAW IS IN THE BOOKS HERE.

WE ARE IN THE STATE THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHT.

THE LEGISLATURE PUSHED THROUGH THE HEALTH EQUITY ACT REAFFIRMING THE ACT IN COLORADO.

STATES LIKE TEXAS ASKING PEOPLE TO NARC ON NEIGHBORS WHO ARE GETTING ABORTIONS.

HE HAS MADE THIS A SANCTUARY STATE FOR A RIGHT WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN 50 YEARS WOMEN DESERVE TO KEEP.

GOOD FOR HIM, GOOD FOR BIDEN GOING FORWARD.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE PEOPLE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME STATES.

>> JOINING US TODAY IS KRISTA KAFER COLUMNESS.

LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

DO YOU SEE AS THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER AND ELECTED OFFICIAL OVERSTEPPING THEIR AUTHORITY?

>> I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

MOST STATES ARE NOT LOOKING AT LEGISLATION THAT PENALIZES WOMEN.

MOST STATES ARE LOOKING LEGISLATION THAT SAYS ABORTIONIST IF THE BABY HAS A HEARTBEAT YOU CAN'T DO THE ABORTION.

IF IT HAS LONGS, ARMS, FINGERS, AND TOES YOU CAN'T DO THE ABORTION.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE WOMAN.

IT IS ALL ABOUT TELLING ABORTIONIST.

THIS CHILD IS FAIRLY WELL-DEVELOPED WE CAN'T DO THE ABORTION PERIOD.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTIONS, COMMON SENSE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTIONS THAT SAYS NO LATE TERM ABORTIONS NO ABORTIONS AFTER A HEARTBEAT.

IT IS KIND OF A SHAME ON YOU TO THESE GUYS THEY ARE USING AS AN ELECTION ISSUE WHEN IN FACT THERE IS NO PROBLEM HERE.

PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO COME TO THE STATE FOR ABORTION.

THIS WAS THE DESIGNATION STATE FOR ABORTION.

NO ONE HAS GONE TO THE AIRPORT YOU LEFT PREGNANT FROM NEW MEXICO AND RETURNED HOME NOT PREGNANT AND NOT WITH A BABY.

NO ONE IS ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT THROWING RED MEAT TO THE BASE.

AT ANY POINT ANY WOMEN CAN COME TO THE STATE AND GET AN ABORTION EVEN THOUGH HER OWN STATE SAYS THAT BABY IS TOO DEVELOPED YOU CAN'T DO IT HERE.

>> ERIC SOME ADVOCATES ARE QUESTIONING IF THE GOVERNOR SHOULD CALL A SPECIAL SESSION TO PUT THESE POINTS THAT HE HAD IN THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER INTO LAW.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVISE ABOUT THAT?

>> THE NEXT SESSION WILL COME ALONG SOON ENOUGH.

COLORADO IN A WEIRD WAY.

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN IN COLORADO YOU HAVE MORE RIGHTS AFTER THE DATE OF BIRTHS DECISION THAN YOU DID BEFORE BECAUSE THE REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY ACT IS MORE EXPANSIVE.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS IN COLORADO.

THAT IS NOT THE STATUS IN MANY OTHER STATES.

LORD KNOWS THERE IS PLENTY OF RED MEAT AND PLENTY OF BLUE MEAT BEING THROWN TO THAT BAIT AS WELL.

THIS IS A FUNCTION WHERE RED AMERICA BECOMES EVER MORE REDDER AND BLUE AMERICA CONTINUES TO BE MORE BLUER.

WE CONTINUE TO PULL APART AND DIVIDE.

I WOULD LOVE KRISTA WOULD BE RIGHT.

BUT AS I LOOK TO MISSOURI THEY ARE ENACTED LAWS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT A PREGNANT WOMAN CROSSING STATE LINES.

WHEREFORE YOU COME THE ISSUES OF CHOICE VERSUS LIFE.

I HATE THOSE TERMS.

WHATEVER YOU COME DOWN ON THAT, THIS IS A MEDICAL PROCEDURE.

IF I WANT TO GO GET A JOINT REPLACEMENT IN WYOMING OR KANSAS OR CALIFORNIA OR WHEREVER THAT IS MY BUSINESS.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR MEDICAL PROCEDURE.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CRACK DOWN ON ABORTION IF THAT IS THE MAJORITY WILL IN THAT STATE.

OTHER STATES LIKE, COLORADO, HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.

WOMEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO DO WHAT THEY WISH TO DO.

>> DENISE AFTER THIS WHETHER THEY ARE FOR ABORTION RIGHTS OR A POSED TO ABORTION RIGHTS SEE THE COMING ELECTIONS AS A CHANCE TO CHANGE THAT OUTCOME.

THEY DON'T NEED A SPECIAL SESSION HERE IN COLORADO.

THAT MIGHT BE TRUE WITH THIS BEING USED AS A WAY TO ACTIVATE ON EITHER SIDE.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT SOMETHING PEOPLE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, I CERTAINLY THINK INDIVIDUALS NEED TO FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE AMONG OTHERS.

THIS DOES REALLY -- IT SEEMS FROM SOME OF THE RECENT POLLING THERE ARE A LOT MORE DEMOCRATS ARE ENERGIZED TO VOTE.

I WANT TO SAY THE REASON THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT CAN DO IT CAN BE REACTIONARY.

IT CAN GET AHEAD OF THE PROBLEM.

TO KRISTA'S POINT THIS IS A WAY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO GET AHEAD.

THE OTHER IMPORTANT PART OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS TO DO WITH THE PROVIDER OF THE ABORTION.

THERE ARE STATES THAT WHOSE TRIGGER LAWS GO AFTER THE PROVIDER.

BOTTOM LINE WHETHER YOU ARE SEEKING AN ABORTION IN THE STATE OF COLORADO OR YOU ARE ONE THAT PROVIDING ABORTION IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, THE GOVERNOR HAS YOUR BACK.

THAT'S A GOOD MESSAGE TO SEND.

>>> PRIMARIES HAVE ENDED AND THE ANALYSIS CONTINUE.

AND ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY VOTER TURNOUT SHOWED THE LARGEST DIP IN YOUNG VOTERS SINCE THEY WERE FIRST TRACKED IN 2018.

AND ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL ELECTION ANALYST, COLORADO REPUBLICANS HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF GAINING A SEAT IN THE U.S. SENATE AFTER JOE O'DAE'S VICTORY OVER FELLOW REPUBLICAN RON HANKS.

O'DAE HAS BEEN MARKED A CREDIBLE CHALLENGER TO DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL BENNETT.

KRISTA, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT MOST OF THE MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS PARTICULARLY IN COLORADO SURVIVING AND CAPTURING THEIR PLACE ON THE BALLOT COMING THIS GENERAL ELECTION?

HOW DO YOU SEE THE MIDTERMS PLAYING OUT?

>> I'M COMPLETELY RELIEVED THEY CHOSE GOOD CANDIDATES.

GANAHL ALSO O'DAE AND ANDERSON SOLID CANDIDATES.

PEOPLE THAT CAN APPEAL TO MODERATE DEMOCRATS.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE DUMPSTER FIRE.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE O'DAE RACE.

BENNETT CAME IN WITH 50% OF THE VOTE LAST TIME.

HE WAS A GOOD PERSON.

KIND OF A FLAWED CANDIDATE.

O'DAE IS STRONG.

HE HAS THE MONEY, HE HAS THE DRIVE.

HE WILL APPEAL TO OLDER VOTERS AND YOUNGER VOTERS AND MODERN DEMOCRATS.

>> O'DEA IS A STRONG CANDIDATE.

MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE STRONGER BY THE CAMPAIGN OF DEMOCRATS IN HIS PRIMARY.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HEADING INTO THE FALL?

>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

THEY BEAT SO HEARD ON O'DAE FOR BEING TOO MODERATE AND TRY TO BUILD UP HANKS AS THE TRUE CONSERVATIVE.

O'DAE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE HE IS ANYWAY IT MAKES THAT EASIER.

KRISTA IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

RON HANKS WOULD HAVE BEEN ELECTABLE.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A RACE.

WE HAVE TO SEE IF JOE O'DAE CAN HIT THE FAST BALL.

HE IS STEPPING UP IN -- FROM THE MINOR LEAGUES TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

ULTIMATELY THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE FIRST RACE THAT TIPS NATIONALLY.

IF JOE O'DAE DEFEATS MICHAEL BENNETT HE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE THE 54th OR 55th SENATOR FOR O'DAE TO GET ELECTED THERE HAS TO BE A NATIONAL WAVE GOING.

WE WILL SEE HOW BIG THAT WAVE IS.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TURNOUTS?

>> I THINK IT IS TERRIBLE.

IT IS INCUMBENT SENATOR BENNETT TO GET OUT TO VOTE.

TO GET OUT YOUNG FOLKS TO VOTE.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT ELECTION.

I WANTED IT TO BE KNOWN SOME SHOWS THIS IS THE WAY THE REPUBLICANS WOULD GO.

A LOT OF THOSE CANDIDATES WERE SO UNBELIEVABLE AND REALLY UNELECTABLE.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO SEE THAT.

WHETHER IT IS A URINAL CAKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT.

I AGREE WITH O'DAE SURPASSES THAT MARK.

I THINK THE PRESSURE AND THE BURDEN IS GOING TO BE ON SENATOR BENNETT.

HE HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO.

I THINK HE WEARS THE VALUES OF COLORADO.

I THINK HE LEGISLATES TO THOSE VALUES.

I THINK HE IS A TERRIFIC SENATOR.

I THINK HE HAS TO STAY WITH THE BREAD AND BUTTER.

STICK TO THE MESSAGE.

IF YOUNG PEOPLE GET TO VOTE AND FOLKS THINKING OF THE DOBB DECISION GET OUT TO VOTE.

I THINK MICHAEL BENNETT WILL GO TO VICTORY.

>> I'LL BET IN THE BENNETT CAMPAIGN THEY ARE SURPRISED HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE VULNERABLE IN COLORADO AT THIS TIME.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE MIDTERMS FOR HIS RACE OR ANY OF THE OTHERS?

>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF MONEY TO BE SPENT.

I DON'T THINK MICHAEL BENNETT WAS SURPRISED.

THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES TO BE VULNERABLE.

SINCE THE CAKE IS OUT OF THE RACE I THINK O'DAE IS PRETTY REASONABLE.

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE DEMOCRATS PAID TO PAINT RON HANKS AS WAY TOO CONSERVATIVE WILL BACKFIRE.

MICHAEL BENNETT WILL SPEND A LOT OF THAT MONEY, TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT O'DAE IS NOT ALL THAT MODERATE ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE ABORTION ISSUE.

MAYBE YOUNG PEOPLE WEREN'T INTERESTED IN THE PRIMARIES THAT DIDN'T SEEM A BIG ISSUE AT THE TIME.

IT WAS BEGINNING TO EXPLODE.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT IS ONLY RECENTLY UNAFFILIATED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE.

THE NUMBERS WERE BIG IN 2020.

THAT WASN'T A PRIMARY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

HERE IN THIS CASE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT IT MATTER THAT MUCH BUT WILL MATTER IN NOVEMBER.

THEY KEPT THEIR POWDER DRY AND DECIDED TO DEAL WITH IT LATER.

I THINK THEY WILL COME OUT IN LARGE AMOUNTS IN NOVEMBER AND ABORTION IS ONE OF THE ISSUES.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE HEIDI GANAHL STANDS AND WHERE JOE O'DAE STANDS.

>>> ACCORDING TO COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATIONS, ANNUAL SURVEY, HOUSING COSTS WERE COLORADOAN'S BIGGEST CONCERNS.

82% OF THE PARTICIPANTS MARKED HOUSING COSTS AS EXTREMELY SERIOUS OR VERY SERIOUS.

ERIC, HOW DO YOU READ THE SURVEY RESULTS?

THEY WERE A LITTLE PREDICTABLE.

IT IS ALARMING THE NUMBERS.

>> A LITTLE PREDICTABLE.

ANYONE WHO DIDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE YOU WONDER WHAT UNIVERSE THEY LIVE IN.

HELPING OUR DAUGHTER GET A STARTER HOME IN DENVER.

STARTER HOMES WERE NOT LIKE ANY THE REST OF US WERE LOOKING TO DO THAT HOW MANY YEARS DECADES AGO.

IT IS MULTIPLE FACTORS.

IT IS THE COST OF HOUSING NOW.

IT IS THE INTERESTING RATES INCREASING.

I READ YESTERDAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE PREQUALIFIED FOR A MORTGAGE OF $875,000.

THEY LOST PURCHASING POWER BECAUSE OF THE HIKE OF INTEREST RATES AND WHAT THAT DOES TO MONTLY PAYMENTS.

THERE WILL BE SOME PROPOSALS ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.

WE WILL SEE IF THOSE PROPOSALS HAVE MERIT.

IT WILL BE AND ISSUE THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS TABLE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.

>> WE DISCUSS EQUITABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE SURVEY.

IT DIDN'T SEEM TO CAPTURE DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNITIES.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

I WAS THINKING AS ERIC WAS TALKING.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A $700,000 HOME.

WHO ABOUT THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT NOWADAYS BECAUSE RENT IS GOING UP.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS I REALLY, REALLY AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AND CREATE A LOT MORE WORRY.

THAT LEADS TO INDIVIDUALS BEING UNHOUSED.

IT LEADS MORE OF OUR HOMELESS PROBLEMS THAT LEADS TO OUR SOCIETAL ILLS.

IF WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS HOUSING CRISIS THERE IS A LOT MORE TO FOLLOW.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEED TO THINK ABOUT.

HOW DO WE CLOSE THIS GAP?

AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE IS NOTHING LIKE TO CALL A PLACE HOME.

EVERYONE OUGHT TO HAVE ONE.

>> PATTY, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WHAT SHOULD THEY BE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS?

>> IN DENVER YOU HAD THE NEW AFFORDABILITY RULES.

EXPLAINS WHY SO MANY DEVELOPERS FILED THEIR PROJECTS.

THEY WILL HAVE TO SET ASIDE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN THEY DO A DEVELOPMENT.

AFFORDABLE MAY NOT BE WHAT DENISE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BUT ON TOP OF IT, THERE IS A NEW DEFINITION THAT IS GOING THROUGH CITY COUNCIL PUTTING ASIDE 30% OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK FOR THOSE OF BEING DISPLACED ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST.

AT LEAST IT IS AN EFFORT.

IT IS IMPERFECT BUT THEY ARE TRYING.

THERE IS A PROTEST AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO TALK WHAT IS GOING ON.

THAT IS THE ISSUE IN COLORADO RIGHT NOW.

>> KRISTA, HOW DOES COLORADO APPROACH THIS AND DO IT FAIRLY IF EVERYONE INCLUDING LAND OPEN OWNERS.

>> WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF STOCK?

I LIVED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHEN I WAS 20s AND 30s.

I HAD ROOMMATES.

I NEVER BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE THE MINIMUM YOU WOULD NEED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR BE ABLE TO QUALIFY THAT KIND OF A LOAN.

YOU WOULD STILL BE LIVING 45 MINUTES FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

IT WAS A TIGHT HOUSING MARKET.

WHEN I CAME TO THE POINT IN MY LIFE I WANTED TO OWN A HOME I MOVED BACK HOME.

HOW MANY PEOPLE COME BACK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO START A JOB.

THEY RENT AND RENT AND RENT.

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO HAVE A FAMILY THEY THINK I'M GOING BACK TO OMAHA.

WE MAY SEE DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS.

>>> DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CHIEF PHILIP WASHINGTON HAS BEEN TAPPED BY BIDEN TO LEAD THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

IF CONFIRMED, WASHINGTON WILL BE REPLACING FORMER AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOT BILLY NOLEN AND FACING THE CHALLENGE OF AN INCREASE IN AIR TRAVELLERS COMBINED WITH AN INCREASE IN CANCELLED FLIGHTS.

WASHINGTON IS YET TO COMMENT ON THE NOMINATION.

HE HASN'T BEEN ON THE JOB FOR VERY LONG.

HOW DOES DIA IN DENVER HANDLE REPLACING HIM SO SOON?

>> THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.

THERE ARE COMMENTATORS MAKING NOTE OF THAT FACT.

HE HAS BEEN THERE 12 MONTHS.

YOU HAVE A MAYOR SOON TO EXIST.

THE INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES IN HAS TO BE WILLING TO TAKE IT FOR A POTENTIALLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT WHAT THE MAYOR FOLKS HAVE BEEN SAYING DON'T WORRY.

WE GOT THIS.

WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AT DIA.

AND LOOK, I THINK PHIL HE DOESN'T HAVE THE INDUSTRY TIES.

EVERYONE YOU TALK TO AT THE CITY THINKS HE IS FANTASTIC.

HE HAS A TOUGH JOB AHEAD OF HIM.

LIKE YOU QUOTED IN THE QUESTION.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE FACING FLIGHT DELAYS AND DETOURS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET TO THEIR ULTIMATE DESIGNATION.

HE HAS A BIG JOB AHEAD OF HIM.

BECAUSE OF HIS CREDENTIALS, HIS SMARTNESS, I'M SURE HE WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT SHOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE?

>> LET'S HOPE IT IS OPEN.

ONE OF THE THING THAT IS INTERESTING -- PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED WHEN PHIL WASHINGTON CAME BACK.

PEOPLE SAID WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO WITH AN AIRPORT.

HE HAS SMART PEOPLE AROUND HIM.

LOOK WHAT A MESS DIA WAS IN OVERBUDGET, OVER SCHEDULE.

WASHINGTON IS NOT THE ONLY REASON HE HAS A GOOD TEAM AROUND HIM.

LET'S HOPE THE TEAM STAYS IN PLACE.

HANCOCK DID NOT KEEP HIS EYE ON THE BALL.

>> KRISTA, WE HEARD ABOUT THE HUGE GRANT BEING GIVEN TO DIA.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE DEPARTURE?

>> IT IS A TERRIFIC AIRPORT.

I'M GLAD WASHINGTON WAS ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND.

HE HAS A TON OF EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSIT INCLUDING SERVING ON THE BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM.

I CAN SEE WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THE FAA HAVING TO DEAL WITH DIA BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEMATIC PROBLEM.

I WISH HIM THE BEST.

I HOPE HE GETS THE JOB THAT HE WANTS.

>> ERIC, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE NEXT PERSON?

WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE FOR THEM?

>> GOOD LUCK IS MY ADVICE.

THAT IS MY ADVICE TO PHIL WASHINGTON.

I MEAN, THIS IS A TIME OF MAJOR MESS WITH ANYTHING AVIATION.

SOMEBODY I KNOW A DOZEN YEARS AGO WE SERVED TOGETHER, I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION.

A GOOD INDIVIDUAL.

I ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM IN THAT CAPACITY.

HE IS NOT AS CORE UNTIL A YEAR AGO UNTIL HE TOOK THE DIA JOB AND AVIATION GUY.

HE IS GOING TO BE THE ULTIMATE AVIATION GUY IN THE COUNTRY.

HE IS A VERY CAPABLE HUMAN BEING.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION COULD CERTAINLY DO WORSE AND PROBABLY HAS.

>> THE PANEL'S FAVORITE PART OF THE WEEK.

PATTY, WHAT IS YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK?

>> I SAID HIS NAME MANY TIMES.

JOHN EASTMAN WHO HAD BEEN AT CU AS THE CONSERVATIVE VOICE.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF CONSERVATIVE VOICES WHO DO NOT ADVOCATE TURNING AND OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT.

HE HAS BEEN SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY.

SO COLORADO IS STILL REPRESENTING.

>> KRISTA YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK?

>> I JUST SAW THE THOR MOVE AND IT IS TERRIBLE.

THE MARVEL HAS GONE TOTALLY WOKE.

I GO TO SEE HIM WITHOUT A SHIRT ON.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE SEEN LIKE THAT.

AVOID IT.

DON'T WHAT'S YOUR MONEY.

>> ERIC?

>> THEY DID A BUST IN COLORADO COMING DOWN I-70 WITH MORE FENTANYL IN THAT CAR THAN ANY OTHER BUS ON ANY OTHER ROADWAY EVER IN THE UNITED STATES.

NOT FENTANYL WOULD KILL TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

THEY LET HIM GO UNDER THE THEORY THEY PUT A TRACKING DEVICE ON HIS CAR.

HE WAS GOING TO LEAD THEM TO THE HIGHER UP.

HE DIDN'T.

HE SPLIT.

HE GOT RID OF THE TRACKING DEVICE.

THE BIGGEST BUST IN HISTORY WENT UP IN PATTERN.

>> MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK -- FORCE A TEN-YEAR-OLD WHO BECAME IMPREGNATE.

THERE IS DISGRACEFUL.

AND THERE IS DISGRACEFUL.

>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR SOMETHING NICE.

>> GET OUT AND ENJOY DENVER THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY THE BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL.

>> I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO LIZ WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF MY COLUMN.

SHE IS A WOMAN WORTH ADMIRING BECAUSE OF HER COURAGE.

>> THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN BRITTANY HAD ENOUGH.

MAYBE SOME CONSERVATIVES COUNTERPARTS IN THE U.S. WHO ARE CITY LOYAL TO THAT ARE LAND MASTER.

>> THE VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE.

SOME OF THOSE FOLKS GO TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

THAT IS A HERE, HERE.

>> >>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

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