>>> WELCOME TO THE COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st.

I'M KYLE DYER AND I'M THRILLS TO BE HERE AS HOST WITH OUR FANTASTIC PANELIST IN THE NEW HOME OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT AT PBS12.

IT IS AN HONOR TO NOW BE A PART OF THE RESPECTED AND TRUSTED COLORADO PROGRAM, WHICH ORIGINALLY HIT THE AIR 30 YEAR AGO.

NO PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON THE TELEVISION LONGER IN COLORADO HISTORY EXCEPT FOR BLIKY THE CROWN , WHICH HAD A 41-YEAR RUN.

SO HERE WE GO.

SITTING NEXT TO ME FIRST UP PATTY CALHOUN, THE FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD NEWSPAPER.

DAVID KOPEL.

DAVID IS A LAW PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER AND HE IS THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.

ERIC SONDERMANN IS A COLUMNIST WITH COLORADO POLITICS ALONG WITH THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE.

AND KWAME SPEARMAN JOINS US AS WELL.

KWAME IS THE OWNER AND CEO AT TATTERED COVER BOOKSTORE AND IS THE HOST OF PBS12'S NEW SHOW LEADERS AS READERS, WHICH FEATURED IN OUR FRIDAY LINEUP .

ACCORDING TO A RECENT POLL 66% OF RERJED VOTERS DO PLAN TO VOTE BY MAIL OR ABSENTEE BALLOT.

TOPIC NUMBER ONE FOR TONIGHT.

ONE OF COLORADO RACES IS GETTING A LOT OF BUZZ NATIONALLY.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT INVOLVED IN THIS RACE.

>> I THINK THE NATIONAL INTEREST IS BECAUSE JOE O'DAE IS NOT A CRAZY RIGHT WINNER.

I THINK THE MEDIA LIKES TO REPORT ON HIM BECAUSE IT MAKES IT A RACE BETWEEN TWO RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WHICH IS RARE IN THIS COUNTRY THESE DAYS.

I SAW O'DAE THIS MORNING ON CNN AND ON FOX NEWS.

HE IS EVERYWHERE.

HE SAID HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP IF HE RAN AGAIN.

AND DONALD TRUMP TAKING OFF AFTER JOE O'DAE HAS HELPED HIM GET ATTENTION.

WILL IT HELP HIM WITH COLORADO VOTERS?

HAS HE LOST THAT PERCENT TAJ -- PERCENTAGE.

SO IT WILL BE A CLOSE RACE.

>>> WELCOME TO THE COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st.

I'M KYLE DYER AND I'M THRILLS TO BE HERE AS HOST WITH OUR FANTASTIC PANELIST IN THE NEW HOME OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT AT PBS12.

IT IS AN HONOR TO NOW BE A PART OF THE RESPECTED AND TRUSTED COLORADO PROGRAM, WHICH ORIGINALLY HIT THE AIR 30 YEAR AGO.

NO PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON THE TELEVISION LONGER IN COLORADO HISTORY EXCEPT FOR BLIKY THE CROWN , WHICH HAD A 41-YEAR RUN.

SO HERE WE GO.

SITTING NEXT TO ME FIRST UP PATTY CALHOUN, THE FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD NEWSPAPER.

DAVID IS A LAW PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER AND HE IS THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.

ERIC SONDERMANN IS A COLUMNIST WITH COLORADO POLITICS ALONG WITH THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE.

AND KWAME SPEARMAN JOINS US AS WELL.

KWAME IS THE OWNER AND CEO AT TATTERED COVER BOOKSTORE AND IS THE HOST OF PBS12'S NEW SHOW LEADERS AS READERS, ELECTION DAY IS TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AND YOU HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR BALLOTS.

THEY WERE MAILED OUT ON MONDAY.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT MARIST POLL, 66% OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN COLORADO PLAN TO VOTE BY MAIL OR BY ABSENTEE BALLOT.

66%.

THERE'S A LOT IN THIS YEAR'S BALLOT.

RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO WILL REPRESENT US IN WASHINGTON AND AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AS WELL AS OTHER POSITIONS.

PATTY, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT INVOLVED IN THIS RACE.

>> JOE O'DAE IS NOT A CRAZY RIGHT WINGER.

HE HAS OTHER ISSUES MAYBE, I THINK THE MEDIA LIKES TO REPORT ON HIM BECAUSE IT MAKES IT A RACE BETWEEN TWO FAIRLY REASONABLE PEOPLE WHICH IS RARE IN THIS COUNTRY THESE DAYS.

I SAW O'DAE THIS MORNING ON CNN, I SAW HIM ON FOX NEWS.

HE IS EVERYWHERE.

THERE IS NO QUESTION HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP IF HE RAN AGAIN.

AND DONALD TRUMP TAKING AFTER JOE O'DAE HAS HELPED GET HIM ATTENTION.

HAS HE LOST THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

WILL THE FACT THAT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE HIM INFLUENCE THE BIGGEST GROUP IN COLORADO TO GO O'DAE.

IT WILL BE A CLOSE RACE.

I STILL THINK BENNET HAS IT.

>> HE DID NOT JUST SAY HE WOULD GO AGAINST HIM.

HE WOULD ACTIVELY CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> I THINK HE SAID HE WOULD CAMPAIGN IN THE PRIMARIES FOR OTHER CANDIDATES OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY REPUBLICANS FOR THE 2024 NOMINATION.

I THINK YOU TAKE A LOOK WHERE TRUMP HATES BRIAN.

HE WANTS STACEY ABRAMS TO WIN THAT GOVERNMENTAL ELECTION.

THE POLLING SHOWS THAT KEMP IS GETTING 95% SUPPORT FROM REPUBLICANS.

I DON'T THINK THIS WILL HARM O'DAE MUCH.

I THINK IT MAY BE THE PATH TO VICTORY IN COLORADO.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY BIDEN IS PUTTING THE COUNTRY IN THE WRONG TRACK.

SENATOR BENNET SAID IN AN OCTOBER 9TH FUND-RAISER I'M MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN BERNIE SANDERS.

THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE WHO SAYS JANUARY 6TH WAS JUST SOME KIND OF MINOR THING.

THE PRIMARY OPPONENT RON HANKS ENDORSE THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE.

SCHUMER INVESTED HUGELY IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY TO TRY TO HELP HANKS.

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

AFTER ALL THOSE MILLIONS HANKS IS GIVING SOMETHING BACK TO SCHUMER.

>> ERIC AS PATTY WAS SAYING HE IS IN A LOT OF SHOWS.

THE GOP THINKS HE COULD BE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

DO YOU THINK THAT CAN HAPPEN?

>> I WOULDN'T BET ON IT.

I THINK REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MITCH McCONNELL INCLUDED WE HAVE COLORADO AS A SLEEPER STATE.

POSSIBLY THE SHOCKER STATE.

ONE OR TWO ELECTIONS THAT YOU WAKE UP THE MORNING AFTER, DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS WHO SMELL THAT POTENTIAL HERE WITH THE O'DAE RACE HERE IN COLORADO.

JOE O'DAE HAS MADE A BIG BET.

I THINK IT IS A SMART BET.

THERE IS A CENTER LANE IN AMERICAN POLITICS.

THERE IS A CENTER LANE IN REPUBLICAN POLITICS AND REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THAT DONALD TRUMP -- THE BET IS THAT TRUMP'S HARD CORE BASE VOTERS ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR BENNET, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR BENNET.

THEY WILL HOLD THEIR NOSE DESPITE TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM SOCIAL RANT A COUPLE DAYS AGO.

THEY WILL HOLD THEIR NOSE AND VOTE O'DAE.

THE MAIN RAIN THE REPUBLICANS HAVE RUN IN COLORADO HASN'T WORKED.

THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING ELECTION AFTER YEARS.

JOE O'DAE STRIKES ME AS UNIQUE GUY.

IT IS STILL AN UPHILL CLIMB.

IT DEPENDS HOW BIG THAT WEIGHT IS IF THERE IS ONE AT ALL.

THERE IS A CHANCE BUT HE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT UNDERDOG.

>> NO ONE MENTIONED THE UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.

SO KWAME DO YOU SEE JOE O'DAE IS BEING MODERATE?

>> THERE IS A TIME WHEN A REPUBLICAN WON BACK IN 2014.

MY FORMER BOSS SENATOR MARK.

I'M JUST NOT SURE WE WANT TO SEE THAT MOVIE AGAIN.

CORY GUARDER WAS FOR SIX YEARS.

GOING AGAINST HIS PARTY WAS SOMETHING NOT FULFILLED.

NOW SENATOR HICKENLOOPER HAD A FAIRLY EASY ELECTION IN 2020.

I WONDER IF THAT PLUS ROE V WADE.

IN A STATE WITH A BACKGROUND WITH A SENATOR WHO STAYED WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLUS ROE, I THINK THAT EQUALS A NARROW BENNET VICTORY.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M FEELING THE O'DAE CAMPAIGN MESSAGING IS REFRESHING.

THIS NOTION OF BEING MODERATE, OF NOT SCREAMING, OF SPEAKING INTELLIGENTLY ON ISSUES, I HOPE BOTH PARTIES KEEP THAT GOING.

>> LET'S TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES.

THIS IS THE YEAR EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT COULD THIS BE THE YEAR REPUBLICANS TAKING OVER THE HOUSE?

LET'S TALK WITH EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

BRAND NEW DISTRICT.

TWO WOMEN WE KNOW HAVE BEEN IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

TWO DIFFERENT TAKES ON EVERYTHING.

>> AND I THINK A GOOD CHOICE FOR THE VOTERS.

CLEARER DIFFERENCES AND ALL THE NATIONAL SAYING THAT IT IS A VERY, VERY CLOSE RACE.

IN THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ED IS RETIRING.

IN MY VIEW THEY SORT OF HAVE A STEP DOWN IN THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION.

PROMUTTER WAS A WORKHORSE NOT A SHOW HORSE.

HE WORKED ON THE LEFT NOT AS REPRESENTATIVE DIANA.

HE REPRESENTED A MORE IE DEE LOCALINGICALLY DISTRICT.

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS BRITTANY.

SHE IS 100% PARTISAN, CULTURE WAR AGGRESSOR.

SHE DOESN'T SEEM KNOW ABOUT THEM THAN THE LOBBYIST HAVE WRITTEN FOR HER.

THE THIRD IS BOEBERT.

BOEBERT IS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS OUR VERSION OF TED CRUZ IN THAT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE, HATE HIM SO MUCH.

SURE TO RAISE A TON OF MONEY.

IT IS MISALLOCATIONS OF RESOURCES.

A PLACE LIKE TEXAS IS NOT GOING TO NOMINATE -- ELECTION SOMEONE LIKE BETO O'ROURKE.

>> IN THE DENVER AREA THOSE COMMERCIALS ARE EVERYWHERE.

RIGHT?

KIRKMEYER HAS A NAME RECOGNITION.

SHE HAS BUSY.

CARAVALLO THERE IS A LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION IN THIS DISTRICT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY POLLING.

IS IT A CLOSE RACE?

>> RECENT POLLING SHOWED IT RIGHT AT THE MARGIN.

I HAVE SEEN OTHER POLLING THAT SHOWED KIRKMEYER WITH THE LEAD BUT WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR.

THIS IS FOR MY MONEY THE BELL WEATHER RACE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.

IF REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO WIN ANYTHING THIS YEAR, IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE WITH JOE O'DAE.

IF THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE WITH PAM ANDERSON OR SOME OF THOSE DOWN BALLOT RACES.

IT STARTS WITH BARBARA KIRKMEYER.

IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION ON ELECTION NIGHT.

IF KIRKMEYER IS WINNING A CONVINCING VICTORY, THEN REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE A CHANCE ON UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT OF PICKING UP A FEW OTHER VICTORIES.

IF KIRKMEYER IS LOSING IT WILL BE A LONG SAD NIGHT FOR COLORADO REPUBLICANS.

IF KIRKMEYER DOESN'T WIN PROBABLY NONE OF THOSE COMPETITIVE RACES GO TO REPUBLICANS.

IN TERMS OFCARE AND KIRKMEYER BOTH ARE TALENTED PEOPLE.

THEY DO NOT EITHER OF THEM JUSTICE.

THE ATTACK ON CARAVALLO.

DO YOU VOTE AGAINST THE STREAMIST OR RADICAL.

>> EVERYONE HAS TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK.

WE SEE PETTERSON ON TV A LOT.

AND THAT WHOLE DISTRICT HAS BEEN RECONFIGERED IN THIS ELECTION, KWAME.

>> IN 2000 WE DECIDED TO CREATE A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT THE COUNTRY WAS LOOKING AT.

THAT WAS THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

SERVED SINCE 2006.

I STILL THINK IT IS A BELL WEATHER DISTRICT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE GREAT TIP O'NEILL ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL.

I THINK SHE HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER CONSTITUENTS.

YOU GET THE FEELING THE TIGHT ELECTION THAT ABILITY TO KNOCK ON SOMEONE'S DOOR AND HAVE A PRIOR CONVERSATION WITH THEM IS GOING TO SERVE HER WELL.

I AGREE THOUGH, THE EIGHTH AND THE SEVENTH DISTRICT, AS THESE DISTRICTS GO YOU WILL SEE THE SUCCESS OF REPUBLICAN PARTY IN COLORADO.

THESE CLOSE RACES PARTICULARLY BRITTANY IN STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE AND STATE SENATOR THOSE PUT HER OVER THE EDGE.

>> YOU KNOW, BOEBERT HAS A STRONGHOLD THERE.

LATELY, COME UP WITH A LOT OF FUND-RAISING.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT HIM.

IS HE A SURE BET?

>> THE SURE THING ABOUT BOEBERT THERE WILL BE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER SHE IS RE-ELECTED OR NOT.

HIS POLLING THAT HE HIMSELF COMMISSIONED LOOKS GOOD.

LOOKS HELPFUL.

WE ARE SEEING THE MESSIEST.

WE THOUGHT EIGHT WAS BAD.

THREE IS GETTING UGLY.

WE HAVE THE EXCITING STORAGE CONTAINER SEX ACCUSATION AGAINST ADAM FRESH.

MAYBE HE DID -- IF HE VOTED AGAINST A RIDE SHARE IN ASPEN THAT IS NOT A SURPRISE EITHER.

SO THAT'S THE BIG ACCUSATION.

THE ADAM ACCUSATION.

YOU HAVE THE BOEBERT SHOOTING HER NEIGHBOR'S DOG.

>> WHICH I APPARENTLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> THE NEIGHBOR HADN'T COME FORWARD.

NEITHER OF THESE ACCUSATIONS HAD TO DO HOW THEY WOULD REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS OR HELP WORK IN CONGRESS.

>> THAT'S WHAT POLITICAL ADS CONVERSATIONS ARE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.

THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, HAS SAID COLORADO IS THE TOP STATE OF THREATS IN POLLING SITES.

THE PROCESS HAS STARTED.

THIS IS DISTURBING.

>> YOU THINK?

YES, IT IS DISTURBING.

WHEN YOU OPENED THE SHOW, KYLE, ELECTION WAS NOVEMBER 8TH.

NO COLORADO, ELECTION DAY IS WHEN THE BALLOTS GO OUT.

WE ARE IN ELECTION MOMENT AS THIS SHOW AIRS.

ALL THAT NOVEMBER 8TH IS WHEN THE BALLOT ARE COUNTED.

WE ARE IN THAT PERIOD NOW.

I'VE BEEN CRITICAL OF GRISWOLD.

THE THREATS SHE ENCOUNTERS AND OTHERS AROUND COLORADO AND AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE ENCOUNTERED IS UNSPEAKABLE TO ME.

IT DEMEANS OUR DEMOCRACY.

IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THIS WHOLE NOTION OF ELECTION DENIAL.

QUESTIONING THE FOUNDATION OF OUR REPUBLIC.

IT IS PART SEEMS OF THE CURRENT ETHIC EVERY FIGHT IS AN APOCALYPTIC FIGHT.

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME.

BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS APOCALYPTIC.

>> THE FEDS ARE SAYING THE THREATS ARE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE.

THEY ARE TARGETING STATES WHERE WE HAVE HAD RECOUNTS.

WE HAD RECOUNTS AND QUESTIONS.

>> EXCEPT COLORADO DIDN'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES COMPARED TO STATES LIKE TEXAS AND ARIZONA AND GEORGIA.

WE DID INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK.

HERE ARE TWO VERY STRONG CANDIDATES.

PAM ANDERSON WHO HAS BEEN A COUNTY CLERK.

JENA MADE SOME MISSTEPS BUT FIGHTING FOR FUNDAMENTAL ACCESS TO VOTING.

NO MATTER WHAT PETERS SAID.

IN COLORADO YOU HAVE COUNTY CLERKS WHO FEEL THREATEN WHICH BOTH JENA AND PAM HAVE SAID TO US.

THEY HAVE SENT SUPERVISORS TO MAKE SURE NO ACCUSATION THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO BELIEVE AT ALL.

IF THIS HAPPENS IN COLORADO, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GEORGIA?

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PENNSYLVANIA?

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ARIZONA?

>> THEY ARE SAYING THESE THREATS ARE KIND OF KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY FROM POSSIBLE VOLUNTEERING AT A BALLOT SITE.

PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THESE ELECTIONS WANT TO VOLUNTEER.

IT IS CRUNCH TIME.

I'M CURIOUS WHAT IS BEING DONE WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH NOISE AND TRYING TO DO THE JOB.

>> I THINK THERE HAS NOISE IN THE STATE FOR QUITE SOMETIME.

TWO BIGGEST ELECTION DENIERS RON HANKS AND TINA PETERS BOTH LOST ELECTIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS COLORADOANS ARE GOING TO DO IS STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY.

WE STAND UP BY ENGAGING IN BALLOTS AND ENGAGING IN PEACEFUL ELECTIONS.

I HOPE THAT YOU BECOME A VOLUNTEER YOU GO OUT AND DO THAT.

THESE THREATS ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE.

THESE ARE NOT THINGS COLORADOAN BELIEVE IN.

WHEN WE HAVE HAD THAT TYPE OF TEST WE REJECT IT.

I THINK WE WILL DO THE SAME.

I GUESS NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 8TH.

>> IT SHOULD BE -- HAVE BEEN CORRECT AND THERE ARE COMPETITION PROBLEMS.

THEY SENT OUT 30,000 VOTER REGISTRATION THINGS TO PEOPLE.

THEY SAID EVERYBODY MADE MAKES.

THEY MADE THE SAME MISTAKE TWO YEARS AGO AS WELL.

AND THE HIGH LEVEL TURNOVER HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS.

GOOD FOR HER FOR CRACKING DOWN ON TINA PETERS.

SOME OF THE OTHER MOVES HAVE BEEN PARTISAN AND POLITICAL.

THE GOOD THING SHE DOESN'T COUNT THE VOTES.

THE COUNTY CLERKS COUNT THE VOTE.

ALL THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS TAKE THOSE TOTALS AND ADD THEM UP.

>> WE DO HAVE SOMETHING FAMILIAR THAT EVERYONE LOVES.

WE HAVE OUR LIGHTNING ROUNDS.

SO PATTY, WHAT COULD WE HAVE DONE BETTER THIS WEEK?

>> I CAN SAY DIA WHICH IS A FAVORITE AT THIS TIME FLEW IN ON MONDAY.

I UNDERSTAND CROWDS ARE BACK TO FLYING.

I THINK IT IS GREAT.

I CAN ARGUE WITH KWAME LATER ABOUT LAGUARDIA.

I LEFT THE NEW LAGUARDIA.

DIA HOW ABOUT SOME SIGNS.

HOW ABOUT SOME SIGNS YOU WILL HAVE TO WALK FIVE MILES TO GET BAGGAGE.

HOW ABOUT SIGNS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET THE SHUTTLE.

I WAS DRAGGING MY MOTHER WITH ME.

YOU KNOW THOSE AISLES, JUST SOME SIGNAGE.

WE ARE COMING TO THE MAIN TRAVELLING SEASON.

DIA CAN DO BETTER.

LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD.

>> DAVID?

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN YOUR PREMISE CAN IT BE DONE BETTER?

NO.

HE IS DOING THE BEST JOB HE CAN.

HE SAID ABOUT SENATOR BENNET I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THE REASON HE IS ENVIRONMENTAL HE MARRIED ONE OTHERWISE HE WOULD SLEEP ALONE.

I BET IF SHE DID USE SEX FOR POLITICAL BLACKMAIL SHE WOULDN'T TELL BIDEN ABOUT IT.

>> HOW DO I FOLLOW THAT ONE?

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

JEN BROWN AND THE COLORADO SUN HAD AN EXCELLENT REPORT.

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC EDUCATION KIDS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS DIRECTOR WAS FIRED USING A DIFFERENT FIRST NAME.

HIS NAME WAS MICHAEL WINSTON.

HE WAS FIRED AS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

IT WAS DIRECTED AGAINST A STUDENT.

I THINK DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS THEIR YOU KNOW WHAT IN A JAM AND THEY DESERVE IT.

>> KWAME?

>> I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ON THE SHOW TWO WEEKS AGO.

I TALKED ABOUT THE DENVER BRONCOS.

IT HAS GONE WORSE.

LIFELONG BRONCOS FAN.

IT IS NOT THE STENCH THAT HAPPENS AROUND THE TEAM.

WE MISSED FOUR, FIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE BROADCASTED.

HAVING A WINNING TEAM HELPS US.

LET'S JUST HOPE THE BRONCOS GET BACK ON TRACK.

I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO BE KNOWN AS THE LAUGHING STALK.

>> LET'S GO TO THE POSITIVE THING OF THE WEEK.

>> LAST WEEK HISTORIC DENVER CELEBRATED 50th ANNIVERSARY GAVE THEIR BIG AWARD.

IT IS WONDERFUL IN A TOWN THAT IS DEVELOPING SO QUICKLY WE CAN STOP AND CELEBRATE WHAT HAS BEEN SAVED.

WE HAVE THE OPENING OF TOM'S DINER.

WE NEED TO CELEBRATE WHAT IS GREAT IN THE CITY WHILE WE HAVE IT.

WE NEED TO FIGHT TO SAVE SOME OF IT.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU.

THAT'S GREAT THEY MADE ATTENTION TO THOSE PLACES.

>> BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON REFORM.

BOTH OF THE MAJOR CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR IN COLORADO HAVE ENDORSED ELIMINATING COLORADO INCOME TAX.

NINE OTHER STATES ARE DOING GREAT WITHOUT AN INCOME TAX.

AND THE FACT THEY ARE BOTH BEHIND.

SOMETHING THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE SUPPORTS WHERE I WORK.

I THINK THAT IS A VERY HELPFUL SIGN FOR THE COLORADO'S FUTURE.

>> OKAY.

ERIC.

>> TO A NEW ERA FOR COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

TO OUR VIEWERS, HOPEFULLY NEW VIEWERS WILL TUNE IN.

RELATED TO PUBLIC BROADCASTING, THE LATEST PRODUCTION ASSISTED BY LYNN NOVAC AND AIRED THE FILM AND PANEL DISCUSSION AT REGIS UNIVERSITY.

IT IS IMPORTANT VIEWING.

>> IT IS SPECTACULAR.

>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THE PBS12 LOVE.

A HUGE THANKS TO KRISTEN.

THIS IS HER BABY.

WE TOOK THE SAME CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE AND PUT THE VARIABLE OF A BOOK IN FRONT OF THEM.

WE WERE ABLE TO ASK THE SAME PEOPLE HOW READING INFLUENCED THEIR LIVES.

THE CONVERSATIONS WERE AMAZING.

KYLE, THE GREATEST THING ABOUT IT YOU REALIZE THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT SEPARATES US.

WE FOCUS ON THE FOUR, FIVE THINGS THAT DO.

WHEN YOU ADD THAT VARIABLE LIKE A BOOK, WE ALL COME TOGETHER.

I'M EXCITED TO BE DOING THIS SHOW.

VERY PROUD PBS WANTS TO RUN IT.

>> IT IS A GREAT IDEA FOR A SHOW.

IT REALLY IS.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE SEE IN FRONT OF US.

LET'S LEARN MORE.

THAT'S IT EVERYBODY.

WE GOT THROUGH OUR FIRST SHOW.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING US.

THE WARM WELCOME AND EVERYONE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HELPED TONIGHT POSSIBLE.

A BIG THANK YOU TO DOMINIC DEZZUTTI WHO WROTE ME AND SENDING ME THE BLESSING.

HE POINTED OUT I'M THE FIFTH HOST OF THE SHOW AND SO THE FIFTH HOST THAT PATTY HAS WORKED WITH.

LIKE THOSE BEFORE ME, I WILL GIVE YOU THE PANELIST MY ALL.

YOU CAN CATCH THIS SHOW ANY TIME ON PBS12.ORG AND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

WE WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

PLEASE REACH OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES OR EMAIL US.

I'M KYLE DYER, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS12.