>>> HI, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, JULY 26TH.

THE END OF YET ANOTHER HISTORIC AND DRAMATIC WEEK IN THIS COUNTRY.

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

PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.

ERIC SONDERMAN, COLUMNIST FOR COLORADO POLITICS AND THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTES.

ALAYNA ALVAREZ, REPORTER, AXIOS DENVER.

CHRISTINE ROURKE, CONSULTANT, ROURKE MEDIA.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO THE COUNTRY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING HIS SUNDAY ONLINE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BID FOR RE-ELECTION.

WITH JUST OVER THREE MONTHS TO GO BEFORE ELECTION DAY, BIDEN ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BE THE NOMINEE AND THIS WEEK, COLORADO'S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DELEGATES ENDORSED HER AS WELL IN A STRAW POLL.

I WILL START WITH YOU PATTY.

>> WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES.

WE WERE WONDERING IF AND WHEN HE WOULD DECIDE IF HE WAS RUNNING.

BUT THEN HE DID IT BETWEEN JARED POLIS BEING ON CNN AND JARED POLIS AND BEING ON CNN ON SUNDAY.

BUT I WAS THINKING BACK TO 16 YEARS AGO WHEN OBAMA WAS RUNNING AND BIDEN WAS HIS RUNNING MATE.

HE HAS A LONG SERVICE.

DEFINITELY TIME FOR HIM TO GO.

HIS SPEECH WAS LOVELY, WELL CRAFTED.

IT SHOWED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE UP TO THE JOB.

IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO ENJOY HIS GRANDCHILDREN.

>> I ADDRESSED IN THE COLUMN THAT I JUST WROTE IS HARRIS THE OPTIMAL CANDIDATE?

I EQUATED THIS TO DEMOCRATS THEY WERE SO DISSPIRITED.

THEY JUST GRABBED THE FIRST AVAILABLE LIFEBOAT WITHOUT CHECKING IF THAT LIFEBOAT IS SEA WORTHY.

WE WILL SEE IF HARRIS HAS WHAT IT TAKES.

SHE HAS BEEN OFF TO A REASONABLY STRONG START.

THIS WILL BE DECIDED IN THREE STATES.

WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

THERE IS NO DEMOCRATIC PATH TO A WIN THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THREE OF THEM.

THEY HAVE TO GO THREE OF THEM IN ALL THREE OF THOSE STATES.

THE QUESTION IS IS KAMALA HARRIS IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO BRING THOSE STATES BACK INTO THE BLUE COLUMN.

TIME WILL TELL HERE.

CALL ME DUBIOUS THIS WOULD ANOINT HER AS TO PUT HER THROUGH SOME PROCESS.

WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE SHOWN HER METAL WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE TESTED.

>> WE FOUND SHE HAS BEEN -- WHEN SHE STARTED BUILDING A SOLID BASIS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY AMONG WOMEN.

THAT YEAR SHE RAISED MORE THAN $350,000 IN COLORADO WHICH WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOTAL NATIONWIDE IN ANY STATE.

SHE HAS BEEN HERE A LOT.

IN A 15-MONTH PERIOD SHE VISITED COLORADO FOUR TIMES.

THE MOST RECENT THIS PAST MAY WHEN SHE WAS THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.

HE STEPSON GRADUATED FROM COLORADO COLLEGE IN 2017.

SO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING SHE HAS BEEN HERE A LOT.

SHE HAS BEEN SOWING THESE SEEDS.

SHE HAS THE SUPPORT FROM OUR DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DELEGATES.

THERE IS NO DOUBT SHE WILL WIN COLORADO IF SHE IS THE NOMINATE.

THOSE SWING STATES WILL BE WATCHING MOSTLY.

>> CHRIS?

>> I WATCH PRESIDENT BIDEN GIVE THE SPEAK, IT WAS SAD.

ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

HE SAID THE NAMES AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET HAVE CHANGED.

BUT THE MISSION HAS NOT.

WHEN I GET MY BALLOT.

I GET A BALLOT OF NAMES.

I DON'T NECESSARILY GET A BALLOT OR VOTE FOR A MISSION.

I'M REALLY CURIOUS WHAT IS BEHIND ALL OF THAT.

ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT, CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT SENT OUT WHAT I THINK WAS A JOKE.

A SILVER ALERT ON JOE BIDEN.

WRITTEN IN A WAY YOU COULD MISTAKE IT FOR BEING SOMETHING SERIOUS.

IT WAS ON CONGRESSIONAL LETTER HEAD.

PERHAPS A MISUSE OF OFFICE.

THE THING SAD ABOUT THAT SITUATION.

ANYONE WHO HAS HAD A LOVED ONE SUFFER FROM DEMENTIA NO ONE FINDS THAT FUNNY.

ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE JUST FOUGHT THROUGH A PRIMARY AND HAS TO GO ON FOR REELECTION.

>> THE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE.

THE FIRST DAY $100 MILLION RAISED BY KAMALA.

VOTER REGISTRATION WENT UP 700% IN ONE DAY.

YOU ARE ALSO GETTING A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED.

MOST WERE UNDER 35.

IF WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION IT IS ALL FOR GOOD.

>> WHEN IT COMES FOR COLORADO POLITICS THE LEVEL OF DRAMA STILL REMAINS VERY HIGH.

>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IT QUICKLY.

IT KNOWS NO END.

WE SEE IF IT COMES TO A HEAD THIS COMING WEEKEND.

THEY KEEP SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE MEETING.

DAVE WILLIAMS I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF REJECTION HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.

HE HAS BEEN EJECTED AT EVERY LEVEL BY THE VOTERS IN THAT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

HE WAS SEEKING TWO TO ONE MARGIN.

WE HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A LEGISLATOR FROM BOULDER COUNTY WHO ANNOUNCED AFTER TWO YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE WAS GOING TO WALK OFF.

BECAUSE OF THE TOXIC ATMOSPHERE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

THIS IS THE THIRD LEGISLATOR TO DO THIS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

POLITICS IS NOT MUCH WHAT IT USED TO BE.

>> ALAYNA?

>> I WAS GOING TO WHAT ERIC SAID THE TOXIC CULTURE.

IN 2023 THERE WERE SEVEN LEGISLATORS THAT ENDED UP RESIGNING WHICH HAD BEEN THE MOST.

A LOT OF IT WAS DUE TO THE TOXIC CULTURE.

FORMER REPRESENTATIVE EPPS WAS BLAMED FOR THE TOXICITY THAT EXISTED.

CONSIDERING SHE JUST LOST.

I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE THERE IS ANY GREATER SENSE OF CALM IN THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO FAR, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING TO SEE OUR LAWMAKERS.

YOU ARE LOSING GOOD PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING AND SAD FOR VOTERS.

>> IT IS.

>> THE STATE RACE I'M LOOKING AT IS HOUSE DISTRICT 58.

THEY HAVE JUST NOW DECIDED WHO THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WILL BE.

IT IS LARRY DAWN.

HE WON BY THREE VOTES.

THREE VOTES.

400 BALLOTS WERE LOST IN THE MAIL SYSTEM THAT WERE HEADED FOR DOLORES COUNTY.

HE IS GOING TO FACE A DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE.

WHAT IS FASCINATING ABOUT THIS CANDIDATE SHE IS A MODERATE DEMOCRAT.

IT IS A CONSERVATIVE LEANING DISTRICT.

SHE IS PROSECOND AMENDMENT.

A DEMOCRAT THAT IS PROSECOND AMENDMENT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE MENTAL HEALTH END OF THINGS.

CAN SHE TURN THAT DISTRICT BACK TO A DEMOCRAT WHEN WE ARE LOSING DEMOCRATS?

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPER MAJORITY GOES AWAY.

SHE HAS THE POTENTIAL OF FLIPPING THAT TO A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT.

GOT EYES ON THAT.

>> PATTY?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE SO HARD TO PAY ATTENTION TO EVERY SINGLE RACE IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THE STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES.

EVEN BEFORE YOU GET TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES WHICH LAUREN BOEBERT CONTINUES TO BE AN ETERNAL DISGRACE.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TOP.

WE ARE -- THERE WAS A MEETING THAT HELD UNDER A BRIDGE WHICH YOU KIND OF LIKE.

BUT MAYBE THAT WASN'T A REAL MEETING AND THEY ARE HAVING A MEETING ON SATURDAY.

I CAN HOPE THAT DAVID WILLIAMS DECIDES IT IS TIME TO PICK A DIFFERENT CAREER.

POLITICS IS BETTER WHEN THERE ARE TWO STRONG PARTIES THAT ARE FIELDING GOOD CANDIDATES.

SUPPORTING THE GOOD CANDIDATES AS OPPOSED SPORTING THE WACK DOS.

>> THE GUYS ALSO FROM EL PASO COUNTY SAID HE IS WILLING TO STEP IN.

NO ONE WILL MISTAKE ELI OF BEING A TRUE RED CONSERVATIVE.

HE IS NOT CRAZY.

HE IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY GUY.

HE WOULD BE A VERY INCREDIBLE PARTY CHAIR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JOHNSTON IS POSITIONING HIMSELF AS THE CITY'S SAVIOR.

AFTER THE FOLLOWING DAY THE CITY COUNCIL PUSHED BACK ON HIS IDEAS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

I COVERED NUMEROUS STATE OF THE CITY.

THIS ONE TOOK THE CAKE FOR BEING THE MOST GRAND AS FAR AS LANGUAGE GOES.

IT TOOK PLACE IN A THEATER.

HERE IN THIS CAPITAL THE NEW WEST WHERE THE MOUNTAINS ARE TALL AND THE RIVERS ARE DEEP.

PROBLEMS ARE SOLVABLE.

IT WAS VERY OVER THE TOP.

IN THE SPEECH HE TALKED ABOUT THE WORK HE HAS DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.

HE LAID OUT A FEW NEW PLANS.

BUT HE TOOK TIME TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THIS PITCH TO RAISE TAXES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING HE IS TRYING TO GET.

THAT IS WHERE THAT ROADBLOCK COMES IN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDED TO PRESS PAUSE ON THIS.

THEY SAID THERE IS SO MANY DETAILS MISSING.

IT IS SIMPLY RUSHED.

HE INTRODUCED IT EARLIER THIS MONTH AND HAS TO APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AUGUST 26TH.

WE GOT A MONTH TO DO IT.

IT SPEAKS TO HIS BIGGER APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY HE HAS BEEN GOVERNORING CRITICS AND SUPPORTERS BOTH DEEMED.

HE IS RUSHING THROUGH BOTH PLANS.

IT TENDS TO BACKFIRE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR A BREAK DOWN OF THE BUDGET.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS.

THEY HAVE BEEN WHIPPED BACK AND FORTH.

FIRST FOR WELCOMING EVERYBODY NOW WE ARE ONLY HELPING 1,000 PEOPLE.

THIS WAS THEIR MOMENT TO SAY, HEY, LET'S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT UNTIL WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK.

THEIR ADMINISTRATION CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK.

THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO REALLY EXPLAIN AND WOO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET THEM ON BOARD.

I'M SURE THEY WILL PROBABLY WILL.

IT WILL BE A RUSH PROCESS.

IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE TO WEIGH IN A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE IT IS APPROVED.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO PASS THIS TO GO BEFORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

REALLY THEY HAVE THE LAST SAY BEFORE THE VOTERS.

>> CORRECT.

>> WE STARTED SEEING THIS OVER THE WINTER.

HE HAS THE BIG BOLD PLANS.

LET'S TALK THIS THROUGH.

HOUSING THE HOMELESS.

AND ALL OF THESE GRAND IDEAS THAT HE HAS.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE IDEAS.

NOW THAT COUNCIL IS PUSHING BACK, ANOTHER THING I READ IN YOUR REPORTING THE FORMER MAYOR WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS RUSHING INTO THIS PROPOSAL.

THERE IS ANOTHER TAX THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT DENVER HEALTH THAT IT WILL COMPETE WITH.

QUITE FRANKLY, I HAVE THE QUOTE HERE.

THE PUBLIC IS GETTING TIRED OF TAXES.

IT GIVES YOU PAUSE ABOUT WHETHER THIS PLAN IF IT DOES MAKE THE BALLOT IF EVERYONE GETS THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW, WILL IT PASS?

>> PEOPLE POINT TO AFFORDABILITY AS BEING A BIG CONCERN.

THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER IT IS NOT JUST UNAFFORDABLE HOUSE.

IT IS AFFORDING THE COST OF LIVING HERE IN DENVER.

THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE MISSING WHEN THEY PUT TAXES AND FEES ON RESIDENTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK JOHNSTON NEVER MENTIONED ANOTHER TAX WHEN HE RAN FOR MAYOR.

HE DID TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.

HE HAD A PLAN ON HIS PLATFORM.

NEVER TALKED ABOUT INCREASING TAXES.

GIVEN HOW CONCERNED DENVER RESIDENTS ARE WITH PAYING FOR TRASH, PAYING FOR COMPOSTING, PAYING FOR RESIDENTIAL PARKING THEY ARE TIRED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD MORE TAXES.

IT IS NOT JUST THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE HOUSE THEY PARK IN FRONT OF.

THEY DON'T WANT DENVER TO BE THE HIGHEST IN THE METRO AREA FOR SALES TAX.

I THINK IT WILL GET PULLED.

>> ERIC?

>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET WITH MAJOR MIKE JOHNSTON AS ALAYNA POINTED OUT THERE IS A GRANDOUSTY TO IT IN TERMS OF A SPEECH SHE GAVE.

THERE IS A TOP LEVEL TO IT.

ONE OF THE JOB TO ANY MAYOR OBVIOUSLY IS TO DO WHAT I CALL TRIAGE.

TO SET PRIORITIES.

IF EVERYTHING IS A PRIORITY NOTHING IS A PRIORITY.

THAT WE HAVE AT THE SAME TIME A BIG TAX MEASURE FOR DENVER HEALTH WHICH NEVER GET MENTIONED.

AS WELL AS THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL LARGE BILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE THAT IS NOT SETTING PRIORITIES.

THAT IS TRYING TO GET IT ALL AT ONCE.

MAYOR WEBB I THOUGHT THAT WAS A TELLING STATEMENT THAT WE ARE RUSHING THIS AND TELLING MIKE JOHNSTON DO YOUR JOB AND SET SOME PRIORITIES.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THIS WEEK.

THIS WEEK NOT ONLY IS THE QUALITY OF OUR AIR IS UNDER ATTACK WITH HORRIBLE SPOKE.

SO ARE OUR COLORADO RIVERS AND LAKES.

IT IS BAD.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A DISCOVER IN THE COLORADO RIVER.

SOMETHING I'M FAMILIAR WITH ZEBRA MUSCLES.

THEY ATTACHED THEMSELVES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, DAMS, BOATS, MOTORS.

THEY TAKE ALL THAT GOOD STUFF OUT OF THE RIVER AND DEPLETE THE OXYGEN SUPPLY.

IT HAS CAUSED ALARM.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO TESTING.

I DON'T THINK IT IS ALL DOOM AND GLOOM.

I DID A LOT OF REPORTING ON THE BLUE MESA RESERVOIR.

IT TESTED POSITIVE FOR THESE KIND OF LARVA.

IT DIDN'T RISE TO THE STANDARD THAT WHAT THE CONCERN WAS.

NOW IT IS CONSIDERED A WATER BODY THAT IS NEGATIVE FOR ZEBRA MUSCLES.

I UNDERSTAND THE PANIC IS REAL.

I DON'T THINK IT IS TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD AND THINK IT IS A DISASTER.

IT COULD BE BUT PERHAPS NOT.

>> OKAY.

>> MOTHER NATURE IS MISBEHAVING EVERYWHERE.

WE HAVE THE WHALE JUMPING ON THE FISHING BOAT IN THE ATLANTIC.

WE HAVE EXPLOSIONS IN YELLOWSTONE.

MONTANA HAS 60 WILD FIRES GOING.

ALBERTA HAS 170.

THAT IS THE FIRST THAT HIT MONTANA AND NOW HERE IN DENVER.

ON WEDNESDAY DENVER HAD THE WORST AIR OF ANY CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

WE WERE 12th WORST IN THE WORLD AHEAD OF SINGAPORE, THE WILD FIRES ARE NOT THAT BAD IN COLORADO.

SO KNOCK ON WOOD AND BEHAVE YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE.

MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LIGHT A CAMPFIRE.

DON'T BE CARELESS.

LET'S KEEP COLORADO AS PRISTINE AS WE CAN EVEN IF WE CAN'T STOP THE SMOKE FROM COMING IN.

>> I LEARNED ABOUT TWO THINGS THIS WEEK THAT I CAN'T SAY CROSSED MY RADAR.

ONE TO CHRIS' POINT ABOUT ZEBRA MUSCLES.

THE OTHER ABOUT DISEASE IN MOUNTAIN LIONS.

I CAN'T SAY I WAS FAMILIAR WITH EITHER OF THOSE.

COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE IS BEING CHALLENGED IN OTHER WAYS THESE DAYS AND NOT JUST WITH WOLVES.

ALL THE WOLVES ARE CHALLENGE ENOUGH.

>> IT FEELS MEEK RIGHT NOW WITH SMOKY SKIES, I CAN'T TAKE MY DOG FOR A WALK.

WE GOT NEW UPBREAKS OF BIRD FLU THEY KEEP COMING.

WE GOT WEST NILE VIRUS THAT IS AFFECTING COLORADO.

WE HAVE A GRASSHOPPER INVASION.

AND, OF COURSE, ZEBRA MUSCLES.

ONE FEMALE CAN PRODUCE A MILLION LARVA.

THE LARVA LET'S HOPE IT IS JUST ONE.

IT IS PRETTY DOUBTFUL.

THERE IS GOOD NEWS AS CHRIS SAID.

THESE CAN BE ERADICATED.

IT IS LARGELY PREVENTABLE, SOMETHING ELSE I LEARNED.

A LOT OF THIS IS PEOPLE NOT CLEANING THEIR BOATS, THEIR LIFE JACKETS, THEIR KAYAKS.

IT IS A GREAT SOLUTION.

I'M HOPING PARKS AND WILDLIFE CAN WORK QUICK AND COME UP WITH GREAT SOLUTIONS.

THE COLORADO RIVER IS FACING A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND GROWTH IN THE WESTERN AREA.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START WITH SOME OF THE LOWS.

THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.

PATTY?

>> JD VANCE DOES NOT LIKE WOMEN WHO DON'T HAVE CHILDREN WILL BE ALL FOR THE ZEBRA MUSCLE, ONE MILLION LARVA.

DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IT IS NO LONGER SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES.

MAYBE MIKE JOHNSTON THINKS HE HAS ENOUGH TIME.

WE ARE IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER.

>> YEAH.

>> THE MAIN PART OF THE SHOW EXPRESENCE MY RESERVATION THAT KAMALA HARRIS THE STRONGEST.

SHE WILL BE THE NOMINEE.

I HAVE TO SAY TO GO ONLINE AND SEE SOME OF THE TRUMP BASE AND SOME OF THE TRUMP'S SPOKES PEOPLE GOING AFTER HER, LET'S CALL IT HER PERSONAL LIFE OR WHO SHE MAY HAVE SLEPT WITH IN YOUNGER YEARS IS DESPICABLE.

THEY ARE DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF MR. TRUMP HAS A CHECKERED HISTORY AND TRACK RECORD IN THAT REGARD.

WHATEVER IS DONE CONSENSUALLY IS FAR DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEIR STANDARD HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF DOING.

>> THIS JUST CAME OUT CBS REPORTED THAT TRANSIT CHIEF OF POLICE HAS BEEN PUT OF VIOLATION.

CONSIDERING ALL OF THE CRIME ISSUES THAT RTD HAS BEEN DEALING WITH AND THE FACT IT IS A PUBLIC AGENCY, I FOUND THAT REALLY ALARMING AND COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE WITH HER.

>> MINE HAPPENS TO BE RTD TOO.

MY SON CAME TO VISIT.

HE LIVES IN GUNNYSON.

HE ROAD RTD DOWNTOWN.

IT TOOK HIM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET THERE.

COMING HOME IT TOOK TWO HOURS BECAUSE RTD BROKE DOWN.

THEY HAD TO SHUTTLE THEM WITH BUSES.

WE ARE TALKING AT A TIME WE ARE PUTTING MORE HOUSING NEXT TO TRANSIT.

THE SYSTEM IS NOT RELIABLE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE.

PATTY LET'S START.

>> TO PROVE THERE ARE GOOD COLORADO REPUBLICANS.

A SHOUTOUT TO RICK WHO HAS A HORRIBLE CASE OF WEST NILE.

GREAT LEADER.

GOOD GUY.

HE WAS ON OUR COVER STORY LAST WEEK.

>> WELL SAID.

>> WELL DONE STORY.

I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A WEEK OR TEN DAYS OLD.

I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO COLORADOAN.

JASON CROW ASKED TOUGH QUESTIONS.

THE PRESIDENT PUSHED VERY HARD.

GOOD JOB FOR JASON CROW DOING WHAT A CONGRESSMAN OUGHT TO DO.

LOOKING OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION AND THE GOOD OF HIS PARTY.

>> ALAYNA?

>> THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES KICK OFF.

I'M EXCITED TO TUNE IN AND CHEER THEM ON.

>> COULDN'T COME IN A BETTER TIME.

>> MY HIGH OF THE WEEK IS A COMPANY CALLED ROCKY TALKY OUT OF DENVER.

THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB GAVE $25,000 SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.

A HIKER HAD FALLEN IN THE GREAT WHITE WALL.

THEY HAD TO GO DOWN 1800 FEET TO GO GET HER.

THEY WERE AIDED BY WESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY.

MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS TRAINING, DEVELOPING THAT TEAM IN A GREATER SENSE AND THAT PARK NEEDS THEM.

>> EXCELLENT.

THAT IS GREAT.

MY HIGH IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO ATTEND A SPECIAL EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

BE PART OF A LIVE AUDIENCE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY.

ALL OF YOUR WORKING LIFE YOU HAVE MONEY TAKEN OUT THAT ONE DAY YOU WOULD HAVE WHEN YOU RETIRE THE THE FUNDS FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, THAT FUND IS EXPECTED TO GO DRY IN ABOUT TEN YEARS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE.

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