cbs news' barry petersen reports that colorado communities are dealing with a windfall and the stigma that comes with it. >> reporter: a small denver suburb of flags and front porches, it's all american. and oh, by the way, it has six pot shops. this town of 5300 is generating $1.4 million in sales tax revenue from pot. that's 20% of its annual budget. money for repaving 12 miles of streets. and the old city hall will soon be replaced by a new $10 million complex. hjstalt is city manager. how much is pot money? >> if it remains legal all of it. >> reporter: denver marijuana shop owner tim cullen wanted to give back to the community by donating $200,000 to a nonprofit. several said thanks, but no thanks. he believes it was the stigma of pot money >> i was shocked. honestly i was shocked. it was more difficult than i thought it would be. >> this is where the pavilion will be. >> reporter: he took us to a denver park where the city accepted his donation as part of a private-project to build a pavilion for free concerts. about 110 miles south of denver, pueblo county is also benefiting fr

barry petersen reports they may be headed for a clash with the federal government. >> reporter: theyit up in d.c. and san francisco and rocked in denver. but at this year's 4/20 celebrations, anxiety is also in the air after statements from the trump administration. homeland security secretary john kelly recently warned of a possible crackdown in states that have legalized pot. >> its use and possession is against federal law, and until the law is changed by the united states congress, we in d.h.s. , along with the rest of the federal government, are sworn to uphold all the laws that are on the books. >> reporter: john hickenlooper is governor of colorado, the first state where legal recreational marijuana went on sale in 2014. do you think you or other states will go to court and fight this? >> well, we'll certainly explore every option. we should communicate and collaborate and not make a snap decision. >> reporter: in colorado, medical and recreational marijuana are now a $1.3 billion industry. shutting it down,ization the the dangerous black market. >> there's just going to be a

barry petersen has our report. >> reporter: with temperatures soaring this last winter to 50 degreesbove normal, the area around the north pole is melting, and the arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate never seen before. >> we're not talking about something that's 100 years from now. we're talking about something that's going to happen in the next decade. >> reporter: jeremy mathis is direor of arctic research for noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. >> the arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the planet. >> reporter: we met mathis at utqiagvik, alaska, once called barrow, the farthest northern city in the united states, where noaa has a lonely outpost monitoring the arctic sea ice. here on the polar ice, it's not what you see but what's hidden below. the ice is thinning. it used to be nine feet thick in some areas. now it's more like three. why do i care about what's happening out there? >> we care about the arctic because it has connections to the entire northern hemisphere, to people down in the lower 48 states. >> reporter: the warming arctic is

barry petersen reports they may be headed for a clash with the federal government. >> reporter: they lit up in d.c. and san francisco, and rocked in denver. but at this year's 4/20 celebrations, anxiety is also in the air after statements from the trump administration. homeland security secretary john kelly recently warned of a possible crackdown in states that have legalized pot. >> its use and possession is against federal law, and until the law is changed by the united states congress, we in d.h.s., along with the rest of the federal government, are sworn to uphold all the laws that are on the books. >> reporter: john hickenlooper is governor of colorado, the first state where legal recreational marijuana went on sale in 2014. do you think you or other states will go to court and fight this? >> well, we'll certainly explore every option. we should communicate and collaborate and not make a snap decision. >> reporter:in colorado, medical and recreational marijuana are now a $1.3 billion industry. shutting it down, says the governor, will drive people to the dangerous black market.

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for "cbs this morning: saturday," barry petersen in alaska. when we have a guest stop by later in the broadcast. >>> yahoo! news reports more protests are planned for today in venezuela, but these are expected to be silent after the looting and destruction in carac caracas, the capital. protesters demand the ouster of the president nicolas maduro. riot police and government supporters have used tear gas and stones on the demonstrators. venezuela is battling an economic crisis with severe shortages of food, medicine, and basic goods. >>> "the wall street journal" reports president trump appears to be lacking a key part of carrying out one of his campaign promises. there's apparently no support from lawmakers've democrat or republican who represent the u.s. along the u.s./mexico border. the wall is expected to cost almost $1.5 the white house is hoping money for the wall will be included a deal on government funding next week. >>> and u"usa today" reports the anniversary game. the boston red stockings beat the philadelphia athletics, 6-5, 141 ye

barry petersen went to one of the most northern points to take a look. >> reporter: with temperatures searing to 50 degrees above normal, the area around the north pole is melting and the arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate never seen before. >> we're talking about something that's going to happen in the next decade. >> jeremy mathis is director of noaa. >> the arctic is warming twiegs as fast as other parts of the country. >> reporter: we met him in the united states where noaa is monitoring the arctic sea ice. here you see is not what you see but what's hidden below. the ice is thinning. it used to be nine feet thick in some arias. now it's more like three. why do i care what's happening out there? >> we care about the arctic because it has connections to the entire northern hemisphere, to people down in the lower 48 states. >> the warming arctic is causing the jet stream to warble across america causing massive weather events, and as america's weather becomes more destructive, early warnings become more critical, but scientists may lose their vital tools like monitoring satellite

barry petersen reports from the north slope of alaska. >> reporter: with temperatures soaring this lastgrees above normal, the area around the north pole is melting and the arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate never seen before. >> we're talking about something that's going to happen in the next decade. >> reporter: jeremy mathis is director of arctic research for noaa. >> the arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the planet. >> reporter: we met mathis at the farthest-northern city in alaska in the united states. where noaa has a post monitoring the sea ice. the ice is thinning. it used to be nine feet thick in some areas. now it's mother -- more like three. why do i care about what's happening out there? >> we care about the arctic, because it has connections to the entire northern hemisphere, to people down in the lower 48 states. >> reporter: the warming arctic is causing the jet stream to wobble across america, helping spawn massive weather events. and, as america's weather becomes more destructive, early warnings become more critical. but scientists may lose their vita