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colorado, graduate of colorado state university, raised my children here in el paso. in 2001, my son was attending csu. we approached them about getting financial aid as an in state student and were told, what's wrong with him? foreign students get more money than he can. and then we were stationed in germany when the war broke out. there was a cell captured in heidelberg, germany, just north of us. one of the ladies had worked in the commissary. we'd seen her many times. of course we were trained, you know, watch for -- to watch for and so forth. we got back here to colorado and, oh, my gosh, i knew that there's, like, a pipeline coming up from mexico, but i began finding out in loveland, i-76, it's no longer just migrant workers from mexico. there are many different folks from different countries coming through. also, with the beef plants in greeley and fort morgan, there's a lot of so many mmaliansomalia. how do we as citizens begin to understand who's friendly and who's not? >> that's a good question. one of the things i try and tell people is that when we look at

i see the colorado plateau. this bowl is from american museum of natural history and that's where it is now. that's the storage place. where it was from before is pueblo bonito in chaco canyon where there were rooms filled to the ceiling with bowls stacked within each other, bowls like this. all their designs, you can kind of get a glimpse around this. they have this flawless symmetry blending all the way around. it looks like that place. it looks like that landscape. i look into this and i see the sharp edges of the land. i see the way the earth is shaped out there. i see the routes in their vessels. i mean, to understand these, this one came out of a 13th century site in southwest colorado and i would sit with these bowls for hours and hours, drawing them into my sketch book because that was the only way i could really understand the complexity of how they got their symmetries to match up because i could never get them to match up in my drawings. i could never do a 100 percent accurate rendition of these becau

colorado wins 70-59.'ll play arizona in the conference finals. >>> washington figures to get in. the winner of colorado/arizona automatically gets in. is the pac-12 going to get three team, that's the question? probably so. >>> the wal women are onto -- the cal women are onto the conference final against stanford. cal beat washington state. cal/stanford for the pac 10 women's title. >>> buster posey back in play today, first time in a game in 8.5 months since suffering the season ending injury against the marlins. that's 288 days to be exact. caught two innings, was 0 for 1, a fly out to right field. freddy sanchez, also first time back after his serious injury last year. one hit and four trips. >>> carson palmer restructured his contract today to help with the team's salary cap. and the washington redskins rolleded the dice tonight -- rolled the dice tonight. a slew of draft picks. they give the st. louis rams three first round pick, and they'll have the second pick in the draft behind the colts. they're

it is a clear shape from the colorado plateau. we do see it in calinke, you see it in certain incan sites in south america. so it might be a pan american feature. i'm not sure what it is. some hopi people have told me that the t, the bottom of the t, goes down into a mythical underground lake so this is an upside down mountain that leads down into a place called the house of rain. that is where twyla, probably oldest american deity, the rain deity, lives down in the house of rain and this is a t shape from up on the colorado plateau and that is the last picture on these slides, so -- the t shape, the pottery, i followed genetic information that you find in bones and teeth. i followed as many different pieces of information as i could and they sent me walking. i started in chaco canyon and walked north up to mesa verde, around to comb ridge in utah, down into the hopi mesa, across the mugion rim, to mexico and then into the sierra madre, following people, following routes. because everything in the desert leaves a route that leads

tipton of colorado. it produces clean and renewable electricity in vast quantities at no cost to taxpayers. it requires no new construction. all that's necessary is to put small generators in existing pipelines and canals that have passed environmental review an pose no conceivable environmental impact. yet instead, they throw a co-nippings fit. let them do that in public. let the american people see this debate. let them see for themselves the nihilistic ideology behind this movement an how it is practiced by those who shared and supported an then let the american people judge. i think the debate on this bill will offer our fellow citizens a real insight into this movement. i support making this debate possible. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: if we defeat the previous question, and i hope we will, i'll propose an amendment to the rule that will bring up h.r. 964 the federal price gouging prevention act. to talk about our proposal, i'm pleased to yield three minutes

colorado christian university's -- colorado christian university's centennial institute held 81 -- one day conference in early march, focusing on the media's role in politics. this portion includes the denver post political editor as well as economist and head of the common run of fiscal policy institute. it is 45 minutes. >> one of the previous panelist said we need conversations, not catch phrases. that sounded like a catch phrase to me. in order to be evenhanded, i would say that when i am told by bill reilly that i am in the nose ben the zone, that puts me on my guard. the word is been originated with some of the handlers of presidential candidates who were called spin doctors. before long, with the media clustered was called the spin room and it has become important in american politics and journalism. who can you trust? does everybody have a hostile to put on you? that's what we want to explore in this next panel. chris leland joined the faculty this year. i liken it to a high draft pick for your professional sports team. he ran the focus on the family institute, doing educationa

the fact is, i think you were born by then, but you might remember the 1980s and what happened in colorado and other places with the oil shale bust that was after the investment of billions and billions of dollars, because the technology wasn't there, and as to the research and development taking place now with respect to the development of carriage in from the rocks which is very different from shale gas and very different from shale oil, is something very important and we're supportive of moving forward with those research and development efforts to get the right answer. >> and there was a bust in the 1980s and of course we both know there were a lot of reasons for that and a lot of those reasons have to do with kinks in the technology have since been worked out, kinks in the technology worked out in terms of the amount of processed water, the amount of input energy that's required, the carbon footprint, the physical footprint that's required for these systems. a lot of that has been worked out, i do think it's important to remember, i don't think it's your job to mitigate and protect al

his work has won the spirit of the west award as well as the colorado book award. the book, house of rain, is craig's latest book. please help me welcome craig childs. . >> hello. i come to you from out of the desert. i'm coming to you from a landscape where once you get an eye for things, 3 grains of sand out of place draw your attention, where everything is brought to bear, where everything is hinged to a story, every drop of rain leaving a dimple in the ground. stories are everywhere out in this landscape. when you walk down into the bottom of the narrow canyons made of sandstone and you put your hands on the sand stone faces and the smooth shallow scallops that look like champagne glasses, you can feel the shape of the last flood that came through. every place in the desert is a story. every place is a passage way. it's really hard to walk very far in the desert for me because there are so many stories that start opening up and lead you from place to place and place and soon you start picking up the patterns of wind, of rain. you pick up the patterns of people

and it is. >> this is trinidad, colorado.re men and women are, too. >> reporter: how did this one-time mining town become a sex-change mecca? it all starts back in 1969, when a beloved family practitioner in trinidad performs the procedure on a colleague. soon, others come for sexual reassignment surgery. and before long, it's a cottage industry. 5,000 patients later, at age 80, the doctor hand picks a successor, an obgyn from seattle, marci bowers. >> marci, godsend. we're standing in front of a church. and god is taking care of us. he sent us marci after dr. biber died. >> hello? hi there. >> reporter: dr. bowers is an appropriate choice to take over, considering her own story. until the mid 1990s, she was dr. mark bowers, of seattle, washington. >> i told my spouse that i wanted to live the rest of my life as a woman, christmas night, 1996. it was inherently deceitful in a way. and it was a bad thing to do in a marriage. but yet, it was like -- it was just the only path i could take. >> reporter: since transitioning, dr. b

his paintings are used as trail maps from here in winter park, colorado, to resorts around the world. >> jim's trail maps are as integral to skiing as snow. everyone recognizes his style. >> reporter: for a quarter century, he has been heading up to where the air is thin and the vistas breathtaking. he'll photograph the mountain from the ground and up high before getting down to work. michelangelo got close to heaven painting the ceiling of the sistine chapel. jim niehues does it by painting at the top of the world. he taught himself to paint as a child after his mother brought him a kit when he was home sick from school. today he is the only american artist doing this kind of work by hand. >> i hope they not only look how they get down, but maybe they'll look and see a little bit of the beauty that's there and stop and admire what they're skiing in. >> reporter: his fans worry what will happen should he ever hang up his brush. >> with jim's maps, each one celebrates the mountains as a piece of art, an organic natural piece of art. i think we lose a little bit of soul when we start on

sheer terror as a family tries to outrun a colorado wildfire. now hear from the mom who led the way out of an inferno. what were your fears as you were going through that road? >> pretty sure that we might not make it. >> it's a freaway disaster caught on dashcam. the video clues to what happened should be a warning for all drivers. so, this guy walks into a bar with his dog who can barely stand-up. the bartender is like, what's wrong with your dog. the answer is no joke. >> the dog got into my cup of vodka in the car? why do you have a cup of vodka in the car? >>> now, hear the behind the scenes story. >> i thought it was one of the other children that came up doing the rabbit ears behind my head. >>> a wildfire erupted in colorado earlier this week. a family barely escaped the blaze and caught it all on video. according to reports, this fire began as a controlled burn that was started by the colorado state forest service a couple days before this video was shot. the video you are seeing was shot by doug from their yard, kind of surveying what'

in colorado welfare recipients would need to pay for the drug test. if it proves they're clean, they would be reimbursed. but national studies show welfare recipients are actually less likely to abuse drugs than the general population. a fact welfare recipient alexisartinez says is overlooked. >> i can understand they want to know that their tax money dollars are going to something worth it. but they are labeling us to be people that are drug addicts. i mean we're asking for assistance not judgment. >> suarez: that's exactly the argument made by the american civil liberties union which is challenging the proposals. denise mays is director of public policy for aclu-colorado. >> we find the measure to be unconstitutional search on an individual for no reason, no basis whatsoever. >> it's no different as far as an invasion of privacy as it is is in the private sector or in government as a condition of employment. we have to do drug tests for that. i don't see any difference in having to do drug tests for a condition of your welfare payments. >> suarez: t

i know the gentleman from colorado probably wants to talk about the oil shales of colorado. mr. gardner: i do. this entire country. we actually are home, the united states is home to six times saudi arabia's proven resources, because the potential for oil shale in this country. at one point -- excuse me, 1.5 billion barrels of oil shale. that's six times saudi arabia's proven resources. that's enough energy to power the united states for the next 200 years. the gentleman talked about legislation that we have passed to try to keep jobs, you talked about some of the comments that were made, well, that will im-- won't impact our supply until the next -- sometime over the next 10 years. let me tell you about one bill we passed last summer. h.r. 2021, passed with bipartisan support. that bill was focused on a particular project in the north alaska sea, north of alaska. in the time that it has taken one company to get a permit for that energy development, an area that's already approved for energy development by this government, it's taken six years to get a permit. in the time that i

manor home, then a trip to o-hare finally, the flight to colorado. wgn's tom negovan was along for the ride and gives us a behind the scene look. incredible for anyone. not just to travel with but to speak extensively with the former governor nor on his last day as a free man. the politician of years gone by working the terminal like the consummate pro. but claiming his innocence and optimism exclusively live on the wgn on morning news. life is tough. life is often time unfair. the tougher you are the highest in the forefront things. i am standing strong, not losing faith, not giving up, believing that truth will prevail. spam this is common refrain in the day is just prior to prison. he remained in a buoyant mood aboard his american airline flight. in join in our shoes a conversation with his lawyers and a small group of local media. the topics ranged widely from the cubs, to politics to justice and to family. it seemed a much different man who emerged in denver. he claimed would just enough time to make a short statement to the press. still hopeful

we have developed a series of agreements with the states on the colorado river. we are working on some on the rio grande as well. the underground issues with respect to the transboundary aquifers, i believe that we were not able to fund those studies because the money just was not in the budget. but i recognize the importance of the issue, and let me get back to you, chairman bingaman with more specific information on what if anything we were able to do with the money that we have or hasnoou. senator murkowski? >> thank you, mr. chairman. on the discussion that you were having with senator bingaman, it sounds like there is going to be some debate back and forth in terms of what the real numbers are, what the real activity. but i'm looking at a map here of the lower 48 states that indicate that 93% of shale oil and gas wells are on private and state land. and a that's where we're seeing this uptick. i think it is important for us to understand where we're seeing the increased activity. and i would like to see more on the federal side, not only in the lower 48, but

we called them chinook when i was growing up in colorado. what does the weather forecast look like for the firefighters? meteorologist, maria molina in the fox news weather center. >> jon, good to see you. unfortunately we're not expecting any big rainstorms to help us out across portions of colorado especially jefferson county where we have the big wildfire but there are two things that will be improving and help firefighters fight the fires. that is rise in humidity levels very slightly and winds will be calming down. those are two things that could help us out. no rain coming through saturday. a lot of sunshine. temperatures on the cool side for today. 59 should be the high. we'll see temperatures gradually rising. mid 60s as we head into the weekend. and winds out of the south generally 10 to 15 miles per hour. still breezy but not as strong as yesterday when we were talking about wind gusts in excess of 30, 40 miles per hour out across parts of colorado. today's fire danger does stretch a little further toward the northeast. we're looki

another one is religious liberties in colorado. this was just filed by focus on the family. and this has gained a lot of earned media. and right now they're waiting for the state to approve the title and the language. and i'm assuming when that happens that there will be multiple groups that will be trying to appeal not only to the state title board, but to the state supreme court to try to stop this. another one is personhood in montana. they've tried to put personhood on montana three times. the coalition partners there have always done a very successful decline to sign campaign. they do this around the primary, because in montana, that's usually around the time people are collecting signatures. they can go to polls, talk to people as they're going in and out. so that's always been a strategy that's worked in the past. this year, though, cal zatro, the co founder of personhood usa, moved to montana last year and has made it his mission to make sure that personhood gets on the ballot in montana. and he actually sometimes is the only person collecting signatures in some plac

he was in colorado, that was awkward because him being in colorado meant he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona while mitt romney and rick santorum were both in michigan awaiting those results, where was newt gingrich? he was in georgia. newt gingrich knowing that he would frankly tank in michigan an arizona and knowing he needs to win his home state of georgia in order to make a credible case for staying in the race. where you are on an election night speaks volumes about your campaign strategy and expectations. tomorrow night on super tuesday, rick santorum will watch the returns come in the super tuesday returns, he will be watching those returns come in from a place called steubenville, ohio. it's out on the eastern edge of ohio, out by rick santorum's home state of pennsylvania. mr. santorum being in steubenville is an interesting choice. it's interesting because even if rick santorum wins the state of ohio tomorrow, rick santorum likely cannot

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. >>> and deadly wildfire, a fast moving fire in colorado leaves at least one person dead and forces hundreds of others to flee their home. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. this morning president obama is clarifying comments he made to russian president about us plans for a yeuropean defense mission shield. his comments were picked up by an open mike. he told medvedev he needed more space and, quote, this is my last election. after my election i'll have more flexibility. this morning at the nuclear summit in seoul he said arms controls are complex and it's not surprising a deal can't be reached quickly. >> this is not a matter of hiding the ball. the only way i get this stuff done is if i'm consulting with pentagon, if i'm consulting with congress, if i've about got bipartisan support, and, frankly, the current environment is not conducive to those kinds of thoughtful consultations. >> republicans were quick to criticize the open mike comments. speaking in san diego gop presidential kaent mitt romney says it appears the pr

plenty of sunshine in colorado with highs at 82. well, whatever the case may be this weekend, whatever your plans are, the weather looks great. spring almost here. get out and enjoy above average weather. >> ryan, thank you so much. >>> coming up, the day of the ipad, more good news on the job front, and i'll take green can ketchup with those fries. we'll explain. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> it is not the 21 jump street you may remember but it is expected to take the top spot at the box office. >>> a slew of nba trades and, yeah, march madness. you're watching "early today". >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> north korea says today it will launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite. the provocative move comes only weeks after it agreed to nuclear concessions including a moratorium on long-range missile tests. >>> ban ki-moon said yesterday more than 8,000 people have died in syria over the last year. he

colorado not supposed to be in the tournament. the pac-12 champs led from start to finish against unlv. they play baylor next. finally, last year's cinderella is the bell of the ball. bcu knocked off highly favored wichita state. this down to the wire after bradford burgess put the rams on top. off the iron. bcu up by three in the final seconds. wichita state, one last chance. they couldn't get the three to fall. bcu pulled off another upset, 62-59. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> russell brand was arrested yesterday, but wait until you hear what he blamed it on. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, they've seen it all, covered the biggest stories but you won't believe what got their undivided attention yesterday. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." the weekend's weather looking good here. we start with our friday forecast in the northeast. clouds and showers coming back. not quite as warm. in the 40s in

colorado led at one point by 12, but a 2-point game in the final seconds. colorado wins, 53-51. ncaa tournament berth in their first year in the conference. >>> well, the oakland a's spent the off-season trading away plays are who had any kind of name recognition. they may have signed one all of baseball will be talking about in 2012. 2012 colon pitches 4 innings allowing just a single run. the giants split their squad and hoping crawford would be more of a contributor this year. crawford with the shot in the gap of left-center for a two- run double. he is hitting .428 this spring. pablo sandoval with this home run. sandoval doubled barry zito. san francisco wins, 13-3. the other half of the team was in tempe, to play the angels, whiteside with a couple of runs with the shoot. giants rallied to tie it again in the 6th. this time aubrey huff with a home run to make it 5-5. san francisco hoping that 2010 version of huff shows up this year, but it was all angels in late inning and they go on to win, 9-5. >>> still to come on this saturday night edition of sportswrap. the san hey gu