>>> HI, I'M KYLE DYER.

WELCOME TO "COLORADO INSIDE OUT" ON THIS FRIDAY, JUNEÂ 16TH.

I'M GETTING USED TO JUNE IN COLORADO.

WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK.

LET ME INTRODUCE TO TONIGHT'S PANEL.

WE HAVE PATTY CALHOUN.

AS WELL AS GEORGE BRAUCHLER AND CURRENT MORNING TALK SHOW HOST.

CHRIS ROURKE AND ADAM BURG.

THIS WEEK HAS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE THE DENVER NUGGETS TEAM JOINED IN 1976.

MONDAY NIGHT THE TEAM WON THEIR FIRST EVER NBA CHAMPIONSHIP.

OUR DENVER NUGGETS ARE GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE.

THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES REMAIN GRATEFUL AND NOT BOASTFUL.

>> I'M GLAD WE ARE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES WE ARE WEARING TO THE PARADE.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE CINDERELLA STORY.

DENVER'S 47 YEARS INCREDIBLE.

YOU HAVE THE ALMOST CHARMING PLAYERS I LOVE JOKIC.

I'M DONE I GET TO GO HOME.

500,000 IS THE ESTIMATE OF THE FANS WHO CAME OUT.

PEOPLE GOT BACK OUT IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.

THEY COULDN'T SEE A LOT OF DOWNTOWN DENVER.

IT WAS PEOPLE JAMMING THE ROADS AND JAMMING THE SIDEWALKS.

I HOPE THEY COME BACK.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WE WROTE ABOUT THIS WEEK, THERE IS A PLAN TO TRY TO PUT A NIGHTMARE IN CHARGE OF DENVER.

IT IS NOT NIGHTMARE IN BAD DREAM.

A MAYOR WHO WOULD OVERSEE THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO DENVER.

IT IS NOT JUST DOWNTOWN.

IT IS ON BROADWAY AND OTHER PLACES.

>> WE SAW SMILES.

PEOPLE ARE HAPPY.

THEY HAVE ENERGY IN DOWNTOWN AGAIN.

>> FANTASTIC ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A DENVER FAN.

47 YEARS OF NOTHING, LIKE A CHAMPIONSHIP.

I THINK SOME OF THE INTERESTING STATISTICS SINCE 1979 I WAS PRENATAL FOR ME.

NO.

THE OTHER PART THE HUMANITY THAT JOKIC IS SO INSPIRING.

HERE IS A GUY THAT MISPLACED THE MVP TROPHY.

HE DOESN'T KNOW, HE DOESN'T CARE.

THE MOST SMILE I GOT TO SEE A COUPLE OF TEETH ONCE.

THIS GUY IS ABOUT LET'S GET IT DONE.

NO WONDER HE HAS THE TRIPLE-DOUBLES.

THEY ARE HUMBLE.

I LOVE THAT MALONE SAYS WE ARE NOT DONE.

WE ARE COMING BACK FOR MORE.

>> I DO TOO.

I HOPE THEY COME BACK, CHRIS, WITH THE VALUE OF THEIR TEAM HIGHER.

THE DENVER NUGGETS WHEN YOU COMPARE TO OTHER NBA FRANCHISES I'M SHOCKED TO HEAR THEY ARE FAR DOWN.

>> FORBES CAME DOWN WITH ALL THE FRANCHISES.

DENVER WAS NUMBER 22.

THEY PUT DENVER'S VALUE AT 1.93Â BILLION.

STAND KRONKE PAID FOR THE AVALANCHE AND BALL ARENA.

ANALYST SAY THERE COULD BE ANOTHER 50 TO $200Â MILLION IN VALUE BUMPING UP.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN EXPECT TICKET PRICES TO GO UP TOO.

>> THERE WAS AN EMAIL SAYING YOU WANT TO BY SEASON TICKETS.

I GOT THAT.

SO WE HEARD A LOT OF NUGGETS COMMERCIALS SAYING BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF DENVER.

IT IS ALL OF COLORADO NOT JUST DENVER THAT RECEIVED A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION JUST DURING THE GAME.

YOU SAW LOTS OF FOOTAGE FROM VARIOUS PLACES IN COLORADO.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT IN TERMS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR DENVER AND OUR WHOLE STATE?

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NUGGETS.

THEY ARE OUR FIRST DENVER CHAMBER MEMBER TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR THEM.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY?

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE PARADE ALONE.

METRO DENVER $17Â MILLION TO $25Â MILLION FROM THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FROM HAVING THE FINALS HERE.

UP TO FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT FOR THE REGION.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SERIES OF INFLUX OF CASH.

MORE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE NUGGETS AND WHAT DENVER HAS TO OFFER.

HOPEFULLY IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO OUR GREAT CITY, OUR GREAT STATE TO COME SPEND TIME WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SANG THAT SUNG.

I LOVE THE VIEW THE SUNG IS HIDEOUS.

MAYBE UNITED THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING A FAVOR BY REVIVING THAT.

THE OG ROCKY, THE BEST MASCOT IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS GOT TO BE BACK.

HIS REPLACEMENT, HIS SON WAS INJURED.

THE ORIGINAL ROCKY WAS THE ONE ON THE COURT.

SO THE ORIGINAL ROCKY GOT TO PLAY IN THE GAME.

>> THAT IS SO GREAT.

IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL WEEK.

WE HAVE TO MENTION, WITH ALL THE GOOD THERE WAS A PROBLEM MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE SHOOTING DOWNTOWN WHEN WE WOKE UP, IT WAS KIND OF LIKEÂ -- >> THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE.

IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF OUR MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS IT WAS EITHER NUGGETS OR SHOOTING, STABBING, DEATH.

IT WAS TROUBLING THE OTHER TROUBLING ASPECTS TWO OF THE GUYS TAKEN TO COURT YESTERDAY, WERE GIVEN ONLY $10,000 BONDS.

EACH OF THEM WERE PRIOR CONVICTING FELONS.

HOW EASILY THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN WEAPONS AND THE FREEDOM THEY FELT TO PULL THE TRIGGER AFTER SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

I'M WORRIED NOTÂ -- THIS IS NOT A DENVER ISSUE, THIS IS A BIGGER COMMUNEÂ -- COMMUNITY ISSUE.

>> I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 90s.

THE NUMBERS DON'T COMPARE TODAY.

THERE IS CONCERN AND FEAR.

WE SEE THAT DOWNTOWN WHEN PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO GO TO A NUGGETS CELEBRATION AND A SHOOTING THAT OCCURS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

IT IS A CONCERN FOR US, IT IS A CONCERN FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, THERE WERE SO MANY POLICE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.

THIS HAPPENED IN PROXIMITY TO WHERE THEY WERE.

THINK OF THE BOLDNESS THAT TOOK PLACE.

A FEW YARDS FROM WHERE ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS ARE.

>> THIS YEAR STUPIDITY.

THEY HAD A LOT OF DRUGS.

THIS IS A PLAN A DRUG DEAL.

YOU KEEP GOING EVEN THOUGH IT IS GOING TO BE FULL OF PEOPLE.

THERE IS NO QUESTION THERE ARE PROBLEMS DOWNTOWN.

THERE ARE PROBLEMS WHERE THAT KILLING WAS.

PEOPLE CAN STILL GO OUT AND JUST BE CAREFUL.

WE WILL HOPE THESE GUYS WILL NOT EVADE THE COURTROOM APPEARANCE.

>> ON THURSDAY, THE NEWS BROKE THAT THE SUSPECT IS PLANNING TO TAKE A PLEA DEAL.

WHICH MEANS, GEORGE, A LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE ATTACK THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AND WOUNDED 17.

>> WHAT WE DON'T KNOW WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS PLEAD GUILTY WITH NO REAL OFFER ON THE TABLE.

WHAT HE IS DOING EATING ALL OF THE SENTENCE HE COULD GET FROM A JURY.

TO THE EXTEND THAT ANY OF THE HATE CRIMES THAT EXIST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT GIVE HIM THE ABILITYÂ -- THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A NEGOTIATED ORÂ CALCULATED.

I'M WILLING TO GO TO PRISON FOREVER AND EVER.

OTHERWISE THIS PLEA DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

>> I WOULD LOOK AT THE CRITERIA FOR THE FEDS TO GET INVOLVED AND IT MEETS THAT.

SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM A CAPITOL CASE STANDPOINT.

>> I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TOO WITH THIS CASE RIGHT NOW, THE SEEKING OF A PLEA DEAL.

IN PRIDE MONTH, WE HAVE THE PRIDE PARADE COMING UP.

AGAIN, GOING BACK TO SAFETY, HOW TO MAKE SURE OUR MEMBERS OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE COMING TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW AFTER VOICES HEARD FEEL SAFE WHEN DOING SO.

>> GEORGE SAYS IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

IT MAKES DOLLARS AND CENTS.

NOT JUST THE ECONOMICS JUST THE EMOTIONAL BURDEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE TRIAL.

MAYBE THEY WANT TO TESTIFY.

THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR STATEMENT.

WE ARE SPARED THAT.

SPARED APPEALS.

IF WE CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF CLOSURE DURING PRIDE MONTH SO PEOPLE CAN GO OUT AND AT LEAST FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT THAT HE IS LOCKED UP FOREVER.

I THINK THAT IS A GOOD OUTCOME RIGHT NOW.

>> THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE THAT AREN'T REALLY BEING FOLLOWED OR ENFORCED EVERY SINGLE DAY, CHRIS.

STATE AUDITOR HAVE FOUND THE GAS PIPE SAFETY PROGRAM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO INSPECT, THEY ARE IN VIOLATION.

>> BY QUITE A BIT.

THIS IS A REPORT FROM THESE AUDITORS.

IT IS MORE THAN 130 PAGES OF A REPORT.

AMONG THE FINDINGS THERE WERE YEARS MISSING OF REPORTS.

THIS IS AN AGENCY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING SURE WE ARE SAFE.

IF PIPELINES ARE NOT WELL MAINTAINED THERE HAVE BEEN EXPLOSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

THE FINES, THE VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SITED.

THEY HAVE BEEN WAY UNDER THE AMOUNT.

THERE WAS ONE FINDING THAT REGULATORS COULD HAVE SITED $8Â MILLION.

OF THOSE FINES ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THOSE WERE PAID.

IT IS VERY SMALL.

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING?

IN A STATE WE SEEM TO VALUE REGULATORY AGENCY, THIS AGENCY WAS NOT UP TO SNUFF.

>> I WORRIED FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN THE AGENCY GETS AN AUDIT LIKE THIS AND NOT DOING THEIR JOB BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022 WE PASSÂ -- PASS OVER 50 BILLS OVER CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLLUTION CONTROL.

DIRECTING AGENCY TO ESSENTIALLY WHO HOLD INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE.

SOMETIMES WHEN INDUSTRY NOT ABLE TO HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.

I WORRY NEXT YEAR WHICH IS ONLY SOME 200 DELAYS AWAY WHETHER THE REPERCUSSIONS TO SEE MORE BILLS AIMED AT THESE INDUSTRIES THAT WILL TIE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> THERE IS ALSO THE NEWS THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK THAT SUN CORPS MORE POLLUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> THE STATE HAD BEEN LAXED BEFORE.

IT IS A HUGE CONCERN NOT JUST TO THE NEIGHBORS BUT ALL OF METRO DENVER BECAUSE THE AIR QUALITY STILL STINKS.

IT IS STILL VERY CLOSE TO SO MANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NEIGHBORS MONITORING IT.

WE FINE IT IS IN VIOLATION MORE THAN THAN WE THOUGHT.

THE STATE IS LAX NOT JUST SUN CORPS.

NO MATTER HOW BILLS THE LEGISLATURE PASSES UNLESS THE PROVISIONS ARE FOLLOWED WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TROUBLE.

>> THE LAW GUY, I MEAN GEORGE, HOW DO WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE?

>> LOOK I'M A LAW AND ORDER GUY.

ENFORCEMENT TO BE VIGOROUS.

I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL LAWS THAT ARE RARELY ENFORCED.

IT WAS HORSE AND BUGGY SOMETIME.

THERE IS A TRADE OFF THERE.

IF WE STOPPED EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE WOULD JUST HAVE PROBABLY A LOT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

YOU GET MY POINT.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO USE THIS REPORT AS A VEHICLE FOR THE KIND OF ROBUST THAT WOULD SHUT DOWN THESE CORPORATIONS.

SOMEONE SAID WE WANT SUN CORPS GONE.

I THINK THE OTHER THING ROD OUT OF THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT ASKED THE QUESTION, ISN'T THERE SOME KIND OF TRADE OFF.

IF WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE COST THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DIP INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS TO HELP PAY FOR THAT TOO.

THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS CONVERSATION WE NEED TO CRUSH THIS VIOLATION EVERY SINGLE TIME.

>> LET'S TAKE LOOK AT SOME LOCAL AND POLITICAL HEADLINES.

I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.

>> THERE IS A BIG CONFERENCE COMING TO DENVER.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE WORKING THIS INDUSTRY.

GOVERNOR POLIS BEING INVOLVED IN THIS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS.

THIS IS NO SURPRISE TO ME OR OTHERS WHO FOLLOWED THE TRAJECTORY OF WHAT INITIATED IN DENVER.

VOTERS CHOOSING AS WELL TO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF THOSE.

LOTS OF FOLKS COMING IN HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TREND IS FOR THE STATE AS A WHOLE.

WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR COMING IN TOO.

>> AND GOVERNOR POLIS IS STARTING IT OFF.

AARON ROGERS IS ANOTHER SPEAKER.

>> RICK PERRY.

>> IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING WEEK.

PATTY?

>> IT IS REASON TO PARTY AT MY OFFICE.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT IS LIKE WHEN RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.

COLORADO IS THE SECOND STATE.

OREGON WAS THE FIRST.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW MAYOR.

I WENT TO HIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE OPTIMISM AND SEEING HIM BRINGING HIM WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE.

HE IS CERTAINLY NOT LOOKING FOR A JOB.

IT IS AN OPTIMIST TIME FOR DENVER.

>> THE MOJO IS BACK.

>> I KNOW ON YOUR SHOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRUMP INDICTMENT.

>> I DID.

THERE IS NOTHING GOOD THAT CAN COME OUT OF THIS.

THE OPTICS ARE BAD AT EVERY TURN.

YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO HAND PICKED A PROSECUTOR.

WORKS FOR THE POLITICAL RIVAL, THAT SOUNDS BAD.

YOU ADD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.

YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAVE RECORDED THINGS LIKE I COULD HAVE DECLASSIFIED THESE AS PRESIDENT.

I DIDN'T THEY ARE NOW A SECRET.

APPARENTLY ASKING HIS ATTORNEYS COULDN'T WE TELL THE GOVERNMENT WE DON'T HAVE THESE RECORDS.

THERE IS NO GOOD OUTCOME HERE.

WE HAVE THIS HISTORIC PRECEDENT.

WE ARE PROSECUTING A GUY WHO HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING GOOD COMES OUT OF THAT.

WHAT STANDARD HAVE WE SET FOR THE FUTURE?

TWO WEEKS BEFORE THIS INDICTMENT A 29 YEAR VETERAN WAS SENTENCE TO PRISON FOR HAVING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS HOUSE.

WHAT MESSAGE DO WE SEND IF WE DON'T PURSUIT IT.

THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY OR WRONG WAY TO HANDLE IT, IT IS ALL BAD.

>> YOU KNOW HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE PAST.

THAT IS QUITE A SHIFT.

OTHER GOP NAMES COMING RIGHT BEHIND BUCK.

HE TOO IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS CONVICTED HE CONTINUE SUPPORT HIM.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE GOP, THERE WAS A REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE YOU WERE AT AS WELL.

HOW WAS THAT?

>> I MESS IS IF YOU HAD A DONALD TRUMP OR RON DESANTIS PACKED HOUSE.

THE WEST IS BLUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS OUT OF THE 13 STATES THAT MAKE UP GEORGE BUSH WON NINE OF THEM.

DEMOCRATS ENJOY SIX MILLION VOTE ADVANTAGE.

I THINK TRUMP WON ONE OF THE FOUR CORNER STATES.

BUSH WON ALL OF THE FOUR CORNER STATES.

LESS PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT HERE THEY PERCEIVE IT TO BE BLUE.

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE MORE WEST WE ARE PRETTY DARN BLUE HERE.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.

I UNDERSTAND IN THE DAYS OF BILL ARMSTRONG, IT DREW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER.

IT WAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

DO YOU THINK THEY DON'T WANT TO COME TO A BLUE STATE OR SOMETHING SHIFTED FROM THE ORGANIZATION?

>> THIS IS LIKE HOLDING YANKEE'S CONFERENCE IN BOSTON.

NO ONE WILL WANT TO GO TO CELEBRATE THE YANKEES IN BOSTON.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND YOUR TIME SHOWING UP IN DENVER, COLORADO TO TALK TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO BE DIFFERENCE MAKERS.

THIS STATE IS NOT GOING REPUBLICAN FOR THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS.

LET'S START WITH THE NEGATIVES.

>> I'M RETURNS TO THE WESTERN CONSERVATIVE.

MAYBE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO GO BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THE FACT WHEN THEY DID A STRONG POLL OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

DONALD TRUMP THE DAY AFTER THE INDICTMENT WON.

I DON'T THINK COLORADO IS BLUE, I THINK THE PEOPLE THERE WERE A LITTLE NUTTY.

>> OKAY, GEORGE.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE NUTTY.

THEY DIDN'T APPROVE THE POLL WE ARE TALKING NEGATIVES OR POSITIVES HERE?

>> NEGATIVE.

>> NEGATIVE IS THE ONGOING AMOUNT OF CRIME SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH YOUNGER AND YOUNGER PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER FOR IT.

I THINK THE GAZETTE COVERED IT.

EVERY TIME YOU PICK UP THE PAPER OR LOOK AT IT ONLINE YOU CAN'T HELP TO SEE MORE KIDS ARE ACCESSING WEAPONS.

MY KIDS ARE IN THAT AGE GROUP.

AS A PARENT IT WORRIES ME.

>> ME TOO.

>> CHRIS?

>> SOMETHING BROKE MY HEART THIS WEEK.

THE FATHER FROM KANSAS, THE FATHER OF 13 CHILDREN.

THEY WERE IN WHITE WATER RAFTING ACCIDENT.

ONE OF THE CHILDREN WENT INTO THE RAFT.

WE ARE HAVING A HIGH WATER YEAR.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE.

PEOPLE FORGET HOW POWER WATER IS.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INFLATION.

WE GOT NEW DATA THIS WEEK CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 4% NATIONALLY.

HERE IN DENVER AREA IT CAME AT 5.1%.

YOUR DOLLAR IS NOT GOING AS FAR.

YOU ARE STARTING TO FILL THE PINCH A LITTLE MORE.

ALWAYS CONCERNING WHEN WE HAVE LESS CASH TO SPEND IN TERMS WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR ECONOMY.

>> SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> THE NUGGETS ARE NOT THE ONLY LOCAL HEROES.

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER AN ALUM WHO WAS THE SPEAKER, HE TALKED HOW HE SURVIVED THIS NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE.

HE GAVE $500 TO EACH GRADUATE IN CASH.

JUST AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO ON.

>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.

THAT IS SOMETHING.

>> WE WILL STICK WITH THE EDUCATION THING TOO.

THIS IS A BIT PERSONAL.

MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

ALL THE TALK WAS COVID AND THE IMPACT.

TWO YEARS REMOVED.

MY SON GRADUATES AND THERE IS SOME TALK.

BY THE TIME MY THIRD AND FOUR CHILDREN GRADUATE THERE WON'T BE TALK OF COVID.

THEY WILL BECOME THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING GLASS THAT DID NOT SUFFER THROUGH COVID IN THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

THE FURTHER WE CAN PUT THAT EVENT BEHIND US THE BETTER.

>> MINE ISÂ BITTERSWEET.

I REMEMBER AS A CHILD WATCHING DUMBFOUNDED TO SEE THIS HORSE LEAP OUT IN FRONT OF COMPETITION AND BE THE TRIPLE CROWN WINNER.

IT IS BITTERSWEET.

WE HAVE SEEN A STRATEGIC YEAR IN THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY.

THERE IS A LIGHT SHINED ON IT NOW.

THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN BRUTAL.

THERE ARE HORSE DEATHS EVERY YEAR, NOT JUST THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW FAR WE PUT YOUNG HORSES.

AND YET THIS EXPERIENCE IS INSPIRATIONAL WHEN YOU DO SEE A HORSE COME OUT AND BE THAT STRONG BIG RED AND HAVE A PERFORMANCE THAT WAS AMAZING.

IT IS KIND OF A BITTERSWEET MEMORY.

>> ADAM?

>> I GOT TO END WITH THE NUGGETS.

I'M A BORN AND RAISE COLORADOANS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 15 YEARS IN THE LEAGUE THEY GOT AN MVP CHAMPIONSHIP.

THERE WERE ONLY TWO TEAMS FOUNDED BEFORE 1980 THAT HAD NOT BEEN TO THE NBA FINALS THE NUGGETS AND CLIPPERS.

BEFORE THIS SEASON THERE WERE 12 NBA TEAMS THAT NEVER WON CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THEY GET TO CHECK THEMSELVES OFF THAT LIST THIS YEAR.

IT IS TIME TO CELEBRATE AS A CITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ODDS BOTH THE NUGGETS AND THE AVS ARE EXPECTED TO WIN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

WE SAW JOKIC WITH HIS FAMILY AND PRECIOUS DAUGHTER.

EACH MOMENT COUNTS AND IS IMPORTANT.

WISHING YOU A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

FOR THOSE WHOSE DAD IS NOT WITH US TODAY COMFORT AND GOOD MEMORIES.

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