and boulder university colorado boulder is especially big on this this year they're actually trying to clamp down. bajan this is the stoners new year's eve this is there are times where you gold are at the norlin quad officials here they say enough every year they give out twelve thousand people coming here lighting up right in the middle of campus this year they're saying you know if we want to squash this we're going to close the campus to outsiders. they're not just closing the campus to outsiders they're actually saying if they could issue tickets for trespassing they carry fines of up words of seven hundred fifty dollars and up to six months in jail i think it's harsh and i've mellowed that's what you just did oh no i don't really like what are these kids going to do they're just going to be hanging around probably playing ultimate with some hacky sack syndrome themselves like i care whatever you know i was amazed the university is spending a quarter of a billion dollars that is also ridiculous the student government is spending right where i didn't fifteen as a priority and a pre

colorado. >> we go to the university of boulder, colorado, in boulder. sorry, it's almost as if i was on some sort of drug. the campus is all but checked out for the marijuana checkout. >> it won't be the usual 4 20 tomorrow. >> that's a tragedy for a loll loll -- for a lot of people, for sure. how many misstresses are too many? really. >> far be it from me to call miss burnett a pinhead, you will have to make that call. do you think i should wear those glasses? they are voting yes because they want my career to be ruined. that's it for us tonight. check out the fox news factor web site. get the talking points memo. if you come in late, you can access it there, this evening, it's about nbc and abc news, how they are covering the trayvon martin case and they're 180 degrees opposite. we would like to you spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world. name and town if you wish to opine. word of the day, dont be parsimoneious with your thoughts when writing to the factor. you premium members, please grade us this week on the program. we count on that

colorado. >> we go to the university of boulder, colorado, in boulder.s on some sort of drug. the campus is all but checked out for the marijuana checkout. >> it won't be the usual 4 20 tomorrow. >> that's a tragedy for a loll loll -- for a lot of people, for sure. how many misstresses are too many? really. >> far be it from me to call miss burnett a pinhead, you will have to make that call. do you think i should wear those glasses? they are voting yes because they want my career to be ruined. that's it for us tonight. check out the fox news factor web site. get the talking points memo. if you come in late, you can access it there, this evening, it's about nbc and abc news, how they are covering the trayvon martin case and they're 180 degrees opposite. we would like to you spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world. name and town if you wish to opine. word of the day, dont be parsimoneious with your thoughts when writing to the factor. you premium members, please grade us this week on the program. we count on that. become a premium member, you

university of colorado at boulder. >> that's a black bear! >> yeah. sleepy black bear. >> this bear came on to the campus of the university of colorado at boulder, and apparentlyding to reports, actually broke into some dorms, broke into the car park, and eventually crawled up this tree. so they called in the colorado parks and wildlife department, and they tranquilized the bear. they shot a dart up and tranquilized him and brought in some maps you can see on the ground there from the rec center on campus, and the bear just got a little sleepy from the tranquilizer, fell right on to the mat. >> i'm glad they took those extra steps, to bring in the mats, to cushion his fall instead of letting the poor guy thur thump on the concrete. >> this is when they should have asked him questions and stuff. how did you get up in the tree, did you know you fell out of a tree? >> i think the funniest part was him holding on to the tree limb like i'm not going to fall asleep, i'm not going to fall -- i'm falling. >> this is a 2-hundred pound black bear, between 3 and 5 years old. officials tagged the bear and took him to a habitat so the bear is completely fine. >>> travis ca

. >>> now to the university of boulder, colorado in boulder. sorry.as if i was on some sort of a drug. campus all but shut down in preparation for tomorrow's 420 marijuana smokeout. the state led the nation in legalizing pot passing an amendment to make it okay to smoke medical marijuana. look like some in colorado would like to see it snuffed out. out with latest. i understand that it has a little bit of a smell there? >> reporter: yeah, indeed. this is the cloetest thing stoners have to a holiday, erin. imagine this as being stoners new year's eve and this is their times square. cu boulder at the quad. they say enough. give up 12,000 people lighting up right in the middle of campus. this year saying, enough. we want to squash this. close the campus to outsiders and do everything we can to make this quad that's become ground zero for the marijuana enthusiasts as inhospitable as possible. take a look. now, i understand that to make this beautiful quad a little less hospitable you're putting down fertilizer? >> right. we've got some fish emulsifier tha

university of colorado at boulder. you can watch it starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> president obama returns to campaign tonight with an appearance at the university of colorado at boulderern here on c-span and c- span.org. up next, "washington journal" live with your phone calls. ronnie campaigns in -- ann from the campaigns in ohio. the flood insurance

boulder. >> about t minus two hours to 4:30. what a difference here at the university of colorado boulder than previous years.uad which usually has about 10,000, 12,000 people is completely empty. largely because they made it inhospitable for the people who want to smoke marijuana here. they treated the whole area with really, really smelly fish fertilizer. so you might come here to smell marijuana spoke. today you're smelling dead fish. nobody wants to hang out. >> are you smelling it? >> they're trying to figure out where to do their 4:20 later in the afternoon. >> are you smelling the fish? are you on campus as we speak? >> i am. brooke, you know, i'll go to any steps to report for you. i'm standing by this really smelly field as we speak. >> who are these people? they fly in all over the country just to do this on campus? >> they do. this is the closest thing stoners have to a holiday. this is ground zero. people come from all over. i think today what the university has attempted has been effective. a lot more people are going to be down in denver or just doing more small localized 4:20s here today. so it

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boulder today. >> reporter: on day two of the president's road to charlotte tour, he spoke before a large crowd here, about 13,000 at the university of colorado-boulder-his message was part a rebuttal of what we've heard from the republican national convention last week and part an effort to rev up the crowd of these mostly young voters, make sure they're registered to vote and make sure they do vote. >> just over two months from now for the first time in many of your lives you will get a chance to pick a president, and by doing so you'll get a chance to choose the path that we take from here. now, last week the other party gave their pitch at their convention down in florida. don't boo, vote. >> reporter: colorado is an important swing state, nine electoral votes and the president won this state in 2008. they're hoping they can do so again. he's been to colorado 11 times as president and 8 of those times this year alone, which shows you how important it is. one other push that they've been making both here in colorado and in iowa yesterday was this focus on early voting and voting by mail. campaign officials tell us here in the state of colorado 77% of the votes came in either early or by mail last time around. so it's something that could prove pivotal in this state. the president's next stop is toledo, ohio, on monday and he also goes to visit hurricane victims, the victims of hurricane isaac in louisiana later that day. >> what is barack obama really like? cnn's jessica yellin reveals the man through the people who know him best. watch "obama revealed, the man, the president," that's tomorrow night 8:00 eastern time and pacific time here on cnn. >>> charlotte is far from quiet in the days leading up to the democratic national convention. >> what's going on? >> we'll look at what has brought out hundreds of protesters. they are there in full force. an, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. it's law that just makes sense. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. syou know, i've helped a lot off people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >>> as all eyes now turn to the democratic national convention, at least the political eyes, protesters are gathering already in charlotte to make their voices heard. the march led by occupy wall street south drew hundreds of protesters today shouting calls for reform. according to our cnn affiliate wcnc, two people were arrested. protesters are just blocks from the convention site. >>> president obama is trying to build momentum ahead of the democratic national convention. he spoke earlier at the university of colorado campus in boulderike we were saying recently, making his case for re-election. cnn's mark preston is in charlotte, north carolina, site of the convention. mark, it's great seeing you. it's no secret that the president is courting the student vote. it's important for him. how can he get them to stick with him for another four years? >> reporter: well, you know, gary, it's not just the student vote but also african-americans and it's also those blue collar voters in ohio where we will see him tomorrow. the selection is very much at least republicans are saying at reference dumb on president obama's first term in office. >> people want to know about the first term? very simple. general motors is alive and well and osama bin laden is not. and that's what got done. because the president did deal and they know, in fact, what he inherited and what he is trying to fix, and the question before the american people, will we go back to the policy that is actually took the middle class, gave us the recession, gave

university of colorado, boulder, spiked some brownies with pot. roll the tape. >> it's a much different learning experience for 21-year-old thomas cunningham and 19-year-old mary elizabeth essa as they enter a boulder county jail courtroom for bond hearing. the two students are accused of lacing brownies with thc and bringing them to class and happening them out as part of bring food day without telling classmates or the professor what was inside. >> i was shaking a lot and really dizzy. i lay down and didn't get better. that's when i started freaking out. >> eight people, including sarah myer, became sick. >> feel violated, like i didn't choose for it to happen. i didn't choose to have medical bills and i have to retake two tests that i had on friday. so kind of just like messed with my head a little bit. >> bill: how stupid are these students? >> hopefully they were high with they did this. >> bill: hopefully? >> stupidest -- >> bill: they're going to do jail time for this. >> they may do jail time. they have four felony counts against them. they face up to 18 years in prison. >> bill: they'll plea it down to a misdemeanor. they got to serve time. you could have killed somebody doing that. >> you

boulder. president obama has been attacking governor mitt romney's convention speech giving a preview of his own. >> reporter: he certainly is. he had a large crowd at campus of colorado university of boulder people but i ran into a romney campaign official watching it, there is home crowd for the president, young people that turned out for him in 2008. he isn't expanding his base. a base got the president a pretty big victory in 2008. his case is all about the economy. you are right. he was previewing the big convention speech on thursday night and trying to make the case that his economic vision is better than romney's. take a listen. >> the economy is not doing what it should be, it's all about obama's fault. that was the key theme, and governor romney knows a secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. then there was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, interesting things was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. when governor romney finally had a chance to reveal the secret sauce, he did not offer a single new idea. >> reporter: we'll see whether or not the president has any secret sauce in his convention speech. president is happy with the current draft o