>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER, AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH.

WHAT A WEEK ITS BEEN.

RUSSELL WILSON IS OUT OF THE BRONCOS AND NIKKI HALEY IS OUT OF THE RACE FOR U.S. PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO SO LET ME GET RIGHT TO INTRODUCING YOU TO OUR PANEL.

PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST WITH COLORADO POLITICS AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER GAZETTES.

PENFIELD TATE, ATTORNEY AND FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND FORMER STATE SENATOR IN COLORADO LEGISLATURE.

JESSE PAUL, LEGISLATIVE REPORTER AND EDITOR WITH THE COLORADO SUN.

>>> ON SUPER TUESDAY, AS WE KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE VICTORIOUS IN THE COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

NIKKI HALEY DID WIN DENVER, AND SOME MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO WIN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WHICH SAW A LOT OF BALLOTS CAST BY UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.

>> THAT IS ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WITH THE FACT WE CAN AS UNAFFILIATED VOTERS VOTE IN THE PRIMARY FOR EITHER POLITICAL PARTY.

THEY TRIED TO GET THAT OVERTURNED.

THEY DIDN'T WANTED UNAFFILIATED VOTERS TO GO THERE.

LIBERALS MIGHT TRY TO TAKE OVER WHO IS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THIS WAS SO ANTICLIMATIC.

BIG SURPRISE.

DONALD TRUMP ONE IN COLORADO.

I WAS SURPRISED WE DIDN'T GET MORE FROM NIKKI HALEY.

JUST BECAUSE COLORADO ALWAYS PRIDES ITSELF BEING SO -- COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

WE COULD HAVE SEEN SOMETHING GO HER WAY.

THE -- I WOULD SUSPECTED A LITTLE MORE GO BECAUSE COLORADOANS LIKE BEING INDEPENDENT AND HAVING CHOICES.

>> ERIC?

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME BIDEN AND TRUMP.

I'M FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH OF THE SYSTEM.

THIS DOES NOT STRIKE ME AS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY RESPONSIVE POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECTED TO A CHOICE OF TWO CANDIDATES.

BOTH OF WHOM ARE REALLY NOT WHO THIS COUNTRY EITHER WANTS OR NEEDS.

EACH ONE OF THEM HAS, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR CHALLENGE.

FOR JOE BIDEN HE HAS TO RECAPTURE THE COUNTRY'S ATTENTION.

I THINK A LOT OF THIS COUNTRY HAS TUNED HIM OUT.

THE AGE THING THAT PERCEPTION THAT HE IS TOO OLD FOR SECOND TERM HAS HARDEN AMONG VOTERS.

WITH DONALD TRUMP HE CONQUERED NIKKI HALEY IN ALL THESE PRIMARIES.

BUT HE STILL HAS 30% OR THERE ABOUT OF HIS OWN PARTY'S BASE THAT IS NOT ON BOARD.

MAY NOT BE ON BOARD COME NOVEMBER TO GO ALONG WITH THE LEGAL.

>> I THOUGHT THAT HALEY WOULD GO BETTER.

SOME OF THAT INTERNAL STRIVE SHE MIGHT SHOW BETTER.

SHE DID NOT.

FOR BETTER OR WORSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS A LOCK ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AT LEAST A PORTION OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT HARD 30% THAT IS NEVER TRUMP OR ANYBODY BUT CHRIS KRISTY.

DONALD TRUMP HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF LAWSUITS HANGING OUT THERE.

IT ON THE TAKES ONE TO GO SIDEWAYS FOR HIM.

HIS VIABILITY HAS CHALLENGED THAT POINT.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HALEY WOULD HANG OUT A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

SHE COULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST PERSON STANDING.

>> JESSE?

>> NIKKI HALEY AND DEAN PHILLIPS DO.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.

I THINK NIKKI HALEY DID FAIRLY WELL IN COLORADO.

IT IS NOT A WINNER TAKE ALL.

SHE GETS 35, 36% OF THE STATE.

IT IS NOT A SMALL SHARE.

I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE DO -- YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WAY THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS VIEW DONALD TRUMP.

LAST POLL I SAW 76% APPROVED OF HIM.

IT WAS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO BE PROCESSING IS ESSENTIALLY IT IS ALMOST THE SAME SHARE AS THE VOTES THAT NIKKI HALEY WON.

COLORADO REPUBLICANS WANT TRUMP.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE EVE OF SUPER TUESDAY.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT, SAYING OUR STATE COULD NOT REMOVE DONALD TRUMP FROM OUR PRIMARY BALLOT BECAUSE OF THE INSURRECTION CLAUSE IN THE 14th AMENDMENT.

THE HIGH COURT SAID STATES DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO.

>> THAT IS WHAT THEY SAID.

THANKFULLY THEY GOT THE RULING OUT IN ADVANCE.

WE CAN BE THANKFUL IT WAS UNANIMOUS RULING.

ON THE BOTTOM LINE RULING IT WAS A 9-0 RULING.

IT WAS A MISTAKE TO FILE THIS LAWSUIT.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS DESTINED TO SUCCEED.

HE IS ON THE BALLOT HERE.

HE WILL BE ON THE BALLOT EVERYWHERE.

THE PLAINTIFFS SAW IT DIFFERENTLY.

I RESPECT WHAT THEY DID.

JUSTICE ON THE RIGHT ISSUED HER OWN OPINION.

SHE HAD A LINE TO THE EFFECT WE NEED TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE DOWN INSTEAD OF TURNING THE TEMPERATURE UP.

THAT IS NOT A DIRECT QUOTE.

THAT IS THE GIST OF IT.

SHE IS DEAD ON RIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE IT TO COME THROUGH.

THE ANNOUNCE THE SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN IS CORRECT.

>> THE VOTE DOESN'T QUITE MEAN WHAT I THINK PEOPLE BELIEVE IT MEANS.

IN THE CONTEXT IF YOU DISAGREE THE DECISION AS A JUSTICE.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET YOUR WAY, THE QUESTION BECOMES DO YOU DECENT AND BE ONE NO VOTE, TWO NO VOTES, THREE NO VOTES.

DO YOU GO ALONG WITH THE RESULTS?

I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE LIABLE JUSTICES DO.

TO THE EXTENT CONEY BARRY DID THE SAME THING.

THEY ARGUED COULD ONLY BE IMPLEMENTED BY CONGRESS OR BY LEGISLATION.

WHICH IS ODD.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND 14 AMENDMENT CASES THEY WERE BROUGHT UP BY INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS IN STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS ASSERTING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HAD BEEN ABRIDGED.

IT DIDN'T REQUIRE A SECOND ACT OF CONGRESS TO DO THAT.

I ALSO FELT IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO QUAIL THE TEMPERATURE, THEY NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE INSURRECTION QUESTION.

EVERY CASE THAT HAS BEEN MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION MADE A FINDING IN THAT REGARD.

THEY JUST DODGED IT ENTIRELY.

THE LAST THING I WILL SAY WITH THE DECENT OR CONCURRENCE.

YOU CAN'T ISSUE AN OPINION LIKE DOBBS WITH REGARD TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND TELL PEOPLE IT IS TIME TO CALM DOWN, RELAX, TAKE IT EASY.

OUR OPINIONS SHOULDN'T GET PEOPLE WORKED UP.

THEY TALKED HOW LOW BIDEN'S APPROVAL RATING IS.

THE SUPREME COURT APPROVAL RATING IS NOW LOWER THAN CONGRESS.

THEY ARE LOSING CREDIBILITY WITH THE PUBLIC.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

TALKING ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT CASE IN COLORADO.

IT IS INTERESTING HOW REPUBLICANS HAVE TURNED THEIR ANCHOR TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

SHE HANDLED THIS CASE IN AN INTERESTING WAY.

SHE WAS THE ONE BEING SUED HERE TO PREVENT FROM TRUMP BEING PLACED IN THE BALLOT.

THE STATE DIDN'T ARGUE ON HER BEHALF IN DISTRICT COURT OR THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT THERE WAS SOME PREPARATION.

NOW REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO IMPEACH HER.

THEY ARE TRYING TO RECALL HER.

THAT IS LAUGHABLE.

YOU KNOW, IT IS THIS KIND OF NATIONALIZATION OF POLITICS.

YOU ARE SEEING HER FACE.

REPUBLICANS WANT SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR THIS.

THEY SEE GRISWOLD AS A GOOD SCAPEGOAT.

>> IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT THE SUPREME COURT WAS NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT.

IT WAS THE EASY WAY OUT.

THEY COULD JUST SAY IT IS NOT UP TO THE STATES.

I TOO AM DISAPOINTED.

YOU HAVE A DENVER DISTRICT COURT WHO SAID YES.

YOU HAVE THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT THAT -- THEY WILL BE HEARING THE ARGUMENTS ON THE IMMUNITY CLAUSE.

GOOD LUCK WITH THEM.

WE WON'T BE QUITE AS SPLIT SECOND AS THE SUPER TUESDAY.

IT WILL BE A CRAZY SPRING WITH THAT CASE COMING UP.

>> AND ALL THOSE CASES STARTING THIS SUMMER.

>> THE OTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING, THE COURT DIDN'T TOUCH THE INSURRECTION ISSUE.

YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE WORLD WHO SAW THE VIDEO OF HIM INSIGHTING TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

>> HE DIDN'T.

>>> THE CRIME RATE AMONG COLORADO JUVENILES HAS FALLEN.

A REPORT FROM THE COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE SAID THE NUMBER OF KIDS INVOLVED IN CRIMES FELL 30% BETWEEN 2008 AND 2022.

HOWEVER, PENFIELD, IT IS NOT ALL GOOD.

VIOLENT USE CRIME HAS RISEN.

>> JUST HOW DRUGS CONTROL SUBSTANCE HAS IMPACTED OUR SOCIETY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT AND LOOK AT PLACES WHERE THE CRIME HAS RISEN THE MOST THERE ARE COUNTIES YOU WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT.

ADAMS COUNTY, JEFFCO, MESA COUNTY, AND WELD COUNTY.

WHAT THIS TELLS YOU THAT WHATEVER IS HAPPENING WITH JUVENILES AROUND THIS STATE IT IS NOT JUST ISOLATED TO URBAN AREAS.

PART OF IT IS THE DRUG TRADE AND PEOPLE MAKING SOME OF THESE DRUGS.

JUVENILE MURDER RATE IS UP.

ROBBERY IS UP 12%.

I'VE ALWAYS -- WHEN I SEARCHED IN THE LEGISLATURE THE REASON OF JUVENILE CRIME IS FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS POVERTY AND LACK OF LEGISLATION.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS AWFUL.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE HAVING PEOPLE FROM GOING TO COLLEGE IS EVEN WORSE.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS WHO ARE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES LOCKED INTO A LIFESTYLE AND CAN'T SEE A WAY OUT YOU CAN'T BE SURPRISED.

>> WE DO ALL THIS RESEARCH AND GET THESE NUMBERS FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.

THE LEGISLATURE HAS STRUGGLED WITH WE MAKE PENALTIES HASHER WE OVERCROWD JAILS.

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

>> IT IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BILLS.

THERE ARE NOT SEXY BUT THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF COVERAGE.

THERE IS LOT OF YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.

PUTTING FOLKS IN SCHOOLS.

I THINK LEGISLATURE HAS RECOGNIZED IS A WAY TO STEM THE TIDE OF THIS.

THERE IS A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT OF HOW TO TACKLE CRIME IN GENERAL.

YOU SEE THAT PUSH AND POOL HAPPENING IN A DAILY BASIS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP.

FUNDING AND ACCESS IN SCHOOLS.

>> YOU WONDER HOW MUCH THE DISCONNECT CREDITED BY COVID HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.

WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT YOUTH CRIME BEING INVOLVED IN GAMES, VIDEO GAMES, TV, SOCIAL MEDIA.

HOW MUCH IT MAKES LIFE NOT REALLY REAL TO PEOPLE.

IT MAKES IT A GAME.

WHEN YOU WEREN'T SOCIALIZING IN THE SCHOOLS EVEN IF THE SCHOOLS WERE DOING A GOOD JOB.

YOU HAVE A DISCONNECT WITH KIDS WHO DON'T REALIZE OR DON'T CARE THAT THEIR VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE 13-YEAR-OLD SHOT A MAN ON AN RTD BUS BECAUSE HE WAS IN HIS WAY.

WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THESE UNIMAGINABLE THOUGHTLESS CRIMES WHERE KIDS DON'T HAVE CONNECTION WITH REALITY.

>> LIKE YOU MENTIONED THAT 13-YEAR-OLD.

THAT IS AROUND THE AGE YOU ARE SEEING THE INCREASE.

IT IS NOT 19-YEAR-OLDS.

>> WE ARE SEEING KIDS BEING AFFECTED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

IS IT LACK OF RESOURCES?

IS IT LACK OF SCHOOLS?

>> WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

WE HAVE AN ACTIVE DEBATE NOT ONLY IN COLORADO BUT ACROSS MANY STATES RIGHT NOW OF HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS?

IS IT THROUGH MORE TREATMENT OR MORE PUNISHMENT?

SOME OF BOTH?

VERY MUCH ON THE TREATMENT DECRIMINALIZATION SIDE.

REPUBLICANS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DIVIDE.

THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY TO BE FOUND IN SOME OF BOTH.

I COME BACK TO THE POINT, YOU NEED A PUNISHMENT COMPONENT.

AS LEVERAGE TO GET KIDS THE TREATMENT, AS LEVERAGE TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR WITHOUT THAT -- WITHOUT THAT TOOL PROSECUTORS USE ANY LEVERAGE THEY HAVE.

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KIDS.

THESE ARE A LOT OF KIDS.

TO STRESS WHAT YOU SAID.

210% INCREASE IN THE JUVENILE MURDER RATES.

THESE ARE A LOT OF LIVES AFFECTED IN COLORADO.

>>> THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS SEEING A LOT OF COMPETING BILLS ON THE SAME TOPIC.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE BILLS THAT WOULD TIGHTEN REGULATIONS, OTHERS WOULD LOOSEN REGULATIONS, AND IT SEEMS VERY CONFUSING WHEN THERE IS ALREADY SO MUCH FOR LAWMAKERS TO CONSIDER.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS LEVEL OF COMPETING ON CONFLICTING BILLS.

YOU ARE SEEING ON OPIOIDS.

THERE IS A TON OF THESE BIMS.

I THINK IT IS TO MUDDY THE WATERS.

THEY BRING THE BILLS AND MAYBE THEY HOPE THEY CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

HE CHARGE IT TO A LACK OF COMMUNICATION KIND OF FOLLOWING THE BACKLASH OR FALLOUT FROM THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED BY SOME LAWMAKERS.

WHEN YOU TALK TO LAWMAKERS WE ARE AFRAID TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

WE CAN COME TO DEAL ON LEGISLATION SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CAPITOL.

IT HAPPENS BETWEEN COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THAT IS NOT HAPPENING IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE ARE SEEING DIMINISHMENT OF THE LAW MAKING PROCESS AS A RESULT.

>> WE ARE HALF WAY THERE.

THE TOUGH TOPICS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

THERE WILL BE NOT BE SURPRISES AS THERE WERE LAST YEAR.

BUT THERE IS SO MANY ISSUES COMING UP.

FUNERAL HOME LEGISLATION WHICH CLEARLY IS NEEDED.

YOU HAVE COLORADO THAT HAS BASICALLY NO SHARE FOR THE FUNERAL HOMES.

I THINK THERE IS ONE THING JESSE MIGHT DISAGREE.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE A WHOLE LOT MORE REGULATIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE.

THAT IS -- THAT IS AN AGENCY.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO GET DONE.

>> WE ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE SUBJECTS THAT STRIKE ME AT THE MOMENT.

A FEW CAUGHT MY EYE.

THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE HAS A BILL TO REQUIRE COMPANIES TO DISCLOSE FEES AS OPPOSED TO WAITING AT THE BACK END.

WENT TO AN AVALANCHE GAME YESTERDAY.

PAY A PRETTY PENNY TO GET THE TICKETS ONLINE.

YOU GET TO THE CHECKOUT PAGE.

ON TOP OF THE TICKET PRICE.

THERE IS A $57 PER TICKET QUOTE ON QUOTE SERVICE FEE.

GO REPRESENTATIVE MAKE HIM DISCLOSE THIS STUFF UPFRONT.

WE HAVE WOLVES.

WE WILL REINTRODUCE WOLVERINES IN COLORADO.

IF WE ARE DEALING WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES.

WE MAY BRING BACK REPUBLICANS.

>> I THINK SOME OF THE COMPETING BILLS ON A SUBJECT IS A GOOD THING.

YES, SOME PEOPLE INTRODUCE THE BILL TO MUDDY THE BILL.

IF YOU GET FOUR OR FIVE LEGISLATORS ON THE SAME SUBJECT YOU SEE AN INTEREST IN GETTING SOMETHING DONE.

YOU ARE OUT THERE PUBLICLY STATING A POSITION ON AN ISSUE.

IT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION.

I'M HOPING THAT HAPPENS.

IT IS NOT A SURPRISE THAT A LOT OF THE BIG TOPICS GET MISSED.

ONE THING I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY IS SENATE BILL.

I MEAN I THINK THE LAST MAJOR CHANGE WAS 2017.

THE LAST MAJOR CHANGE BEFORE THAT WAS A BILL I RAN WITH RESPECTIVE MARSHALL IN 2001.

WHICH WAS A GRAND COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE PLAINTIFF'S BAR THAT WANTED TO SUE FOR EVERYTHING AND THE BUILDERS WHO NEEDED SOME PROTECTION.

WE NEED TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT IF WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEGISLATE THROUGH TO GET DEVELOPMENT DONE.

PART OF THAT IS ENFORCING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY TO COME TO THE TABLE.

BUILDERS HAVE A LEGITIMATE BEEF.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE REALLY NEEDS TO STAY FOCUSED ON.

>> WASN'T THAT A COUPLE HOUR HEARING.

THAT WAS A BIG ONE.

>> IT OVERLAPPED WITH SUPER TUESDAY.

IT IS PROBABLY IN DEEP TROUBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL MAKE IT OUT OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE HEARING.

IT WILL HAVE MAJOR CHANGES.

COMMITTEE CHAIR IS KIND OF THE SWING VOTE.

I REFER TO HIM SENATOR SWING VOTE.

IT IS A BIG DEAL.

IT IS SOMETHING ON TOP OF MIND IN THE HOUSING FUND.

HE IS FOR IN FAVOR OF THE REFORM BILL.

>> FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

THERE WAS A BIG CONFERENCE TRYING TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR IT.

THERE IS PRESSURE TO ADVANCE THE BILL.

I'M NOT SURE IT WILL MAKE IT OUT.

>> OKAY.

IT IS TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE LOWS.

>> BROKE THE NEWS THAT HE HAS BEEN FINED FOR HIS DEFAMATION CASE.

>> SOMETIMES I THINK WE SHOULD DO A WHOLE SHOW OF DISGRACES.

THE ONE I WILL GO WITH GOOGLE GEMINI ARTIFICIAL AI HAS BEEN A COMPLETE SHAMBLE.

IT OFFERS INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL BUT OFFERS INCREDIBLE RISKS.

IT DOESN'T EXACTLY BUILT TRUST WHEN TRUST NEEDS TO BE BUILT.

>> A LOW POINT FOR YOU.

>> I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GIVING NOTICE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AROUND TOWN.

IT CAN BE MADDENING TO WANT TO GO TO ONE PLACE AND THE ROAD IS CLOSED.

YOU TAKE THE DETOUR AND THE DETOUR IS CLOSED.

AND TAKE A DETOUR AND THE DETOUR DETOUR IS CLOSED.

>> I HAD THREE DETOURS TODAY TO DO THIS.

>> THE PRICE TO GO SKIING HAS GONE UP.

THEY RELEASED THE NEW PASS PRICES.

THE MORE EXPENSIVE GUESTS SHUTTING MORE PEOPLE OUT.

>> PROBABLY.

SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> WE ARE TAPING THIS BEFORE STATE OF THE UNION.

WE CAN SAY THE PEOPLE INVITED AS GUEST ARE INTERESTING.

SHOWS THE CONCERNS OF THIS STATE.

YOU HAVE HICKENLOOPER INVITING THE HEAD WHO IS WORKING ON THE COLORADO RIVER.

GOOD INTERESTING CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO WATCH THE STATE OF THE UNION FROM COLORADO.

>> MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON SPOKE TO A DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE GROUP.

HE HAD A QUOTE THAT WAS DEAD ON THE MARK ABOUT QUOTE A FIGHT FOR DOWNTOWN.

THAT IS NOT A HUGE OVERSTATEMENT.

GOOD FOR THE MAYOR FOR LABELLING IT WHAT IT IS.

>> COLORADO VOTERS DESPITE THE CONSPIRACY THEORY WE HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

IT IS SAFE, RELIABLE, IT IS CONSISTENT, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND LOVE IT.

I DROPPED MY BALLOT OFF TUESDAY.

THERE WAS A LINE CHATTING WHILE WE WERE THROWING OUR BALLOT INTO THE BOX.

IT IS A NEAT SYSTEM.

>> I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING -- WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY THE GOVERNOR AND A BUNCH STATE LAWMAKERS ON A TRAIN RIDE AS AN EXAMPLE WHAT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.

WE ARE ALONG WAYS OFF FROM THAT HAPPENING.

IT IS A PRETTY COOL THING FOR THOSE VOTERS HOPING FOR IT.

MAYBE WE ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> MY HIGH THIS WEEK WAS SEEING A BRAND NEW MOVIE WITH A MEANINGFUL COLORADO CONNECTION.

CABRINI HITS SCREENS TODAY.

DENVER HAS SOLD MORE TICKETS THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE U.S. YOU MAY KNOW THE SHINE IN GOLDEN WAS A SUMMER CAMP SET UP FOR THE GIRLS.

I SAW THE FILM THE OTHER NIGHT.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU LEARN THE STORY HOW SHE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FROM ITALY.

YOU WILL BE INSPIRED BY HER GRIT AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING DIGNIFIED CARE AND FRIENDSHIP TO IMMIGRANTS.

THE ORPHAN -- SHE SAID WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT?

WHAT WILL WE DO TO ACHIEVE IT?

I WILL LIVE YOU WITH THAT ALONG WITH MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR PANEL.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OUR CONVERSATION HERE ON PBS OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

I'M KYLE DYER.

I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS12.

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