the gentlelady from colorado. ms. degette: i urge a yes vote and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i too yield back the balance of my time and urge my colleagues to support the bill. the speaker pro tempore: all time is yielded back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 446. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. upton: mr. speaker, i again move that the house suspend the rules and pass now h.r. 447. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 114. h.r. 447. a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric proje

the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis. . pl polis: i would ask whether that's a federal responsibility or state responsibility? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado, mr. is recognized. mr. buck: i remind my friend from colorado, the very $250,000 cap we're talking about in this bill is the same cap that has been adopted by the colorado state legislature -- mr. polis: whose prerogative is it to institute this? states like our own state of colorado which has that cap or washington, d.c., insiders behind closed doors? mr. buck: i would remind my friend, again, that the states that have adopted any cap, it could be $250,000, it could be $500,000, it could be $1 million in noneconomic damage caps, will not be affected by this bill. this bill only affects those states -- let me finish, my friend. this bill only affects those states that have no caps. it is federal money that is being used to pay for these -- mr. polis: reclaiming my time. this actually co-ops states and forces other states to do the same thing that

it's a record low for colorado. it's the nation's lowest. it's about half the national jobless rate which is now 4.3%. john hickenlooper has been colorado's governor since 2011 and he joins us now. thank you for being here, governor. >> oh, glad to be on the show. >> i should add my sister's part of this phenomenon. she's happy in denver. and working like everybody else. and what explains this phenomenal boom that denver is experiencing and colorado more broadly? >> i think it's kind of a confluence. we've worked very hard to reduce red tape, make the state more pro-business, try to attract entrepreneurs. metro denver has over 1,000 miles of bike trails, more live music venues than nashville or austin. we also really wanted it to be -- the state to be thought of as pro-business. we have one of the lowest business income tax levels at just a little over 4.6%. and more than anything we wanted colorado to think of itself as the place not just for recreation vacations and outdoor recreation, but a place to go and start a business. >> so governor

the gentleman from colorado. mr. lamborn: mr. chairman, i am very pleased to yield one minute to the golden state, the great state of california, our majority leader, mr. mccarthy. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank him for his work on this. mr. speaker, i always get excited when i hear people speak on the floor, especially when they come from california. mr. speaker, it's always interesting when people want to tell us what's the best way to make things happen. it's interesting, in california when the legislature was controlled by democrats, they did waive not for a dam, it wasn't to prepare for a drought we were going through but they waived it twice, all for sports. one was in san francisco and one was in l.a. it seems odd but sometimes people have their priorities, i guess, not in the right place. now, mr. speaker, california and the west recently endured the worst drought in our century. though it was the worst drought, this was not ou

this is just in colorado, millions across the country. i have it. i will buy or by crook get hold of him before there's any vote. i will camp out around his doorstep if i have to. he knows what i'm going to say and he understands this is a question, it's in your dna. if you're in this game for the right reasons, to make sure that the decisions you make, you're going to look back. we're all going to finish these jobs and be looking back five or 10 years from now and i think you should want to be proud of the decisions you made. and we made decisions based on what's right for the greatest good for the greatest number of people and not his campaign promises. think about it, you're coming to $30 million for the wealthiest people in america, how many of the vast majority or supporters of republicans? that some portion that will be used to lobby whoever, senator holler in nevada has $1 million in attack ads. that's going to happen and that's why it takes tremendous courage to step up. i'm very hopeful and he certainly knows that other people have talked t

colorado has a warrant for her arrest.e 24 years in prison in the u.s. do you think it'll happen? >> do you think i should go to jail? >> reporter: what do you think? >> i don't know what you think. >> reporter: no, i mean, what do you think? i'm not asking you what i think. >> i think i've done my time. >> reporter: but don't tell that to shelly's victim. fars dunn. when you heard that she was convicted, given 18 months in prison, is that enough? >> i don't think it's enough. i wish it was more, of course. >> this person does not seem to be remorseful to me. >> reporter: chris andersen declined to speak with us for this story but his attorney mark bryant says justice has yet to be served. >> why can't you grasp that you almost took this man's life and others'? >> reporter: you think she should face charges here? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: now and again, neighbors catch a glimpse of the former ghost of easterville. leaving behind those dark waters of the internet. the former catfish out in the daylight for a walk with her n

this bill would punish people in colorado. an old friend who's a geologist way out in colorado. he would end up paying $25,000 a year for health care. he makes $74,000 right now. it would be impossible. how's he going to get health care? corey gardner gets that. he understands hardships. we will see. [inaudible] >> if they don't do that, would you beat this bill? >> absolutely. this bill is unacceptable to me. the thing is words matter. in this town they matter so much more than they ever have. we could kid each other and josh each other and then go down and play basketball. now you look at somebody the wrong way and become the enemy. this town is dysfunctional. i am hopeful -- i think of these democrat senators come out, you get five or six or seven or eight of them and say we are willing to sit down and work together to come up with a product double work for the country. what do the republicans say? no, we are not interested, thank you ima go away. drop dead. i don't think so. the question that a democrat senators put out some press release in whatever mingo junction, colorado

>> guest: i am fortunate in colorado. we have two events in the fall of each year during the election cycle. we have private individuals come together for those events and support the four republican members of the house of representati representatives at those events. i don't hold receptions for the purpose of paying my dues to the nrcc. i am, along with the other three members from colorado, we have our dues paid by holding those two events. >> host: at those events, do you interact with lobbyists and feel they are trying to influence the colorado delegation as a group in any way? >> guest: i am not hundred percent sure but i don't think any lobbyist attend those events. we have individuals that support the republican party and individuals that believe the republicans should be in the majority and i think -- and let me back up. i don't think it is wrong to expect members of the house to raise money for the party to raise money. what i find offensive is the linkage between raising money and assignment to committee. this

people in colorado. and they would be in rural parts of the state. again, that's a place where it's hardest to get medical coverage as it is. we've also look at 50,000 people that right now are through our private stagesnot giving them the ability , we're going to accept coverage and again, that's not assuming anything.a certain point if the bill went through as it is, we would have a level of by some estimates over 100,000 deaths over the next 10 years and governors would be in the abysmal position of trying to allocate resources where you know you're not going to have time on coverage and ultimately, governor hickenlooper and i are not going to agree on everything in writing this bill we have to spend a lot of work trying to figure out what are the top causes and how can we get that space? we both agreed we got to control the rising healthcare but all of us certainly in terms of the federal exchanges and in terms of medicaid, but we have got to make sure we don't roll that coverage. that's immoral. and

that's the last thing colorado needs.around here are already rising at some of the fastest rates in the country. at least for now there's still plenty of demand for new housing in the area, in fact if you look right behind the site of the explosion, you can see construction of a brand new apartment complex, with nearly 300 units. but leaking gas lines are not the only hazard, and just five weeks after the explosion... >> we start with breaking news. explosion and fire at an oil and gas site once again rocking weld county. >> reporter: less than four miles away from the martinez home, an anadarko owned oil tank burst into flames. it happened during a maintenance check. this explosion killed one worker and injured three others. the oil and gas industry can be hazardous-- 42 deaths nationwide from fires and explosions between 2010 and 2014. but a house explosion raises whole new fears. and now it's up to the state regulators and oil companies to do whatever they can to make these residents feel safe again in their homes. for

and i were there for three years and i moved to colorado to join the u.s. attorney's office in 1990. i worked there for a number of years and eventually became the chief of the criminal division of the u.s. attorney's office that i left the u.s. attorney's office and ran for district attorney in northern colorado. i worked there for 10 years. during that time i ran in 2010 for the state senate and in 2014 iran for this house seat. >> host: in the book you talk about the health crisis this seems to have influence your decision. tell us a bit more about that. >> guest: in 2013 i had cancer , stage iv non-hodgkin's lymphoma and as i recovered from that cancer i started questioning what do i want to do from here? the thing about the district attorney's job is his term limited and while i have a cave for term limits here i was at the time 52 and 53 years old. what do i want to do with the rest of my life and i decided i wanted to run for office. i was fortunate enough to serve in congress and i want to do that. >> host: are you in good health now? >> guest: i'm

. >> colorado?> and i'm, like, wow, that's not good. i'm hoping it's going to be somebody from baltimore, somebody that would be local. >> did that name mean anything in heidi's circle, alexander bennett from colorado? >> never heard of him before. >> absolutely not. >> no. >> reporter: baffled detectives started to dig. they called the colorado authorities and learned bennett was an unlikely suspected killer. in his early years, he showed promise as an opera singer. performing recitals and winning a scholarship to the prestigious after moving back to colorado though, he'd gotten into some small-time trouble. but then he did something just plain crazy. >> he's a pretty talented guy, but he had some issues with the people he hung with and one of these issues was with a friend of his named grant lewis. >> reporter: in 2003, bennett and grant lewis had been arrested in a doozy of a scheme. they'd called 911 and said that a friend of bennett's wanted to bomb the courthouse. but they went further, buildi

the gentleman from colorado. mr. buck: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. williams. mr. williams: i rise in support of this to end the harmful regulations. let me take a few moments to talk to you about the harmful effects dodd-frank has had on my home state of texas. a few months ago, in texas alone, 3358 state or federally chartered banks have either closed or merged since 2010 when dodd-frank became law. according to our texas state banking commission, the last charter in texas was in 2009 in a state with one of the healthiest economies in the country. it has left texans few options. so what dodd frank aimed at fixing, one size fits all regulations have only hurt one person, that being the consumer. increased bank fees, less access to consumer credit products, 1,000-pages rules, regulatory costs, have become the hallmark of our financial system. to my friends on the other side of the aisle, i will leave you with this. if you support crushing regulations that have hurt our community banks, our cre

we tried to do this in colorado. we had a plant called colorado care, which we did get on the ballot. they came -- this group of idealistsnd came up with a way to provide health care for everybody in colorado. i had written a book on the topic. they came to me and said what and you be our chairman. i said you are nuts. it will never happen. to get on the ballot any 97,000 signatures. 157,000 one we told people what we were doing. [applause] and then we learned some lessons. wanted don't hire me to be the chairman. we lost pretty badly. the insurance companies for some reason did not like our plan. it meant they couldn't keep raising their rates 20% every year. they spent $8 million to defeat us. we raised $825,000. the other lesson we learned is the wording of the amendment really matters. when you put this on your ballot in oregon, here was what we had. we had a valid. the wording was written by the secretary of state. said, shall raise taxes $25 billion -- right there i think we lost it. [laughter] we tried to figh

except in denver, colorado, that year. right after the 4th of july in 1978 in denver, colorado, everybody tried to come back to work on the 5th but nobody could get to work, at least nobody could get there on time. this was the headline from the rocky mountain news in colorado on july 6th, 1978. the 6th was the day after everybody was supposed to get back to work, right? after the long independence day weekend. you see the headline there. disabled, snarled traffic in protest. quoting from the article, about 25 disabled persons seized two buses during wednesday morning's downtown rush hour snarling traffic and daring police to make arrests. shortly after the 8:30 a.m. takeover police arrived admitting they were not sure what to do. as police commanders came to assist on the scene, police officers decided not to arrest any of the handicapped protesters because, as one sergeant said, quote, we don't want to be the fall guys on this. those protesters were from a group that had been negotiating with the city of denver for years

[laughter] way, but we is a tried to do this in colorado. we had a plan called colorado care, which we did get on the ballot. it came to us from a group of dreamers and idealists who came up with the plan to provide health care for everybody in colorado. i had written a book on this topic. they came to me and said, why don't you be chairman? i said, you are nuts. to get on the ballot in colorado, you need 97,000 signatures. we got 167,000 when we told people what we were doing. [applause] we learned some lessons. one lessonwe learned some lesso. one lesson is, don't hire me to be the chairman. we lost. we lost pretty badly. insurance companies, for some reason, did not like our plan. that meant they couldn't keep raising their rates 20% per year. they spent $8 million to defeat us. we raised $825,000 and got creamed. the wording of the amendment really matters. when you put this on your ballot in oregon, here's what we had -- we had a ballot, the wording written by the secretary of state, and it said, shall we raise taxes $25 billion to - -r

services increase almost 300% from colorado to china over the past ten years.so part of that is tourism, we count that in the number. that's in the number. but another big part of it is firms that are helping china with infrastructure building, with cleaning up its environment and some of those firms are coming from right here in colorado springs. so if anything i feel colorado could be doing more of the same and as china begins to open up market for beef which is beginning to happen, colorado is ideally positioned to be selling beef into the chinese market and supporting jobs here. so in closing, and if we think about the next century, yes, there are problem spots all over the world, but when donald trump said that the u.s. is dealing from a position of strength with president xi and leverage that we don't typically acknowledge, i agree with him, we do. we are $45 trillion wealthier as a country and that gap the growing. we are light year ahead of china technologically and we have the software of a great nation, the dna of a great nation, openness, the rule of

i have looked at some of the numbers colorado would see with 188,000 people in colorado. more than half of them would be in rural parts of the state. that is the place it's harder to get more medical coverage as it is. there's 50,000 people right now through the private exchanges by not giving them stability we are going to end up cutting coverage, and again it is not improving anything. at a certain point if it went through as it is, you would have a level of 100,000 deaths over the next ten years to allocate resources you don't have the coverage and ultimately, the governor and i are not going to agree on everything and we had to spend a lot of work realizing how to get to that place that we agreed we have the rise in health care at all levels and certainly in terms of the private exchanges and medicaid we have to make sure we do not roll back coverage. that is a in in moral. there is $230 billion for the highest earners and people that have a large amount. i talked to a couple dozen of them and asked does it matter when you're making $2 million a year or a friend who h

. >> reporter: colorado led the nation with the first sales of legal recreational marijuana in 2014,rug's roadway crashes has not been well documented. now, the highway loss data institute has reported an increase in insurance claims filed for collisions in colorado, washington, and oregon-- three states where recreational marijuana is legal. matt moore oversaw the study. >> colorado, relative to the states around it, we're seeing an increase of almost 14%. >> reporter: but those numbers do not match with the colorado state patrol has tracked. sergeant rob madden says the agency has actually seen a decrease in the number of driving impaired accidents since pot sales became legal. >> two years of data is not enough to allow us to draw conclusions, to come up with an explanation of what is safe, cha whatis not safe. >> reporter: lawyer brian vicente represents pot shops and played a major role in colorado's legalization. >> typically, you can drink one three, you're over the limit. states are taking a hard look to try to figure out what is that three-beer limit for marijuana. >> report

he's a democratic governor from colorado. governor, i want to get a sense, you know, as kelly o'donnell said, i want to get away from the larger concepts here and get down to how this is going to affect americans across the country including the residents of colorado? >> well, we look at the affect on colorado it's going to be significant and negative. clearly when you take away that many people coverage from that many people with medicaid, it disproportionately affects our rural areas and as you point out earlier is going to disproportionately affect the senior citizens especially that group from 50 to 65. when you begin to ratchet down the coverage. ultimately i thought the idea was they were going to try to improve obamacare and find a way to make a health care system that was better. this seems really mostly just a large tax cut for some of the wealthiest people in this country. i've talked to a bunch of them in colorado. i haven't found one person yet that says i need that 3.5 or 4% back. i can't live my life without tha

i want to thank the gentleman from colorado as well. i rise in strong support of h.r. 2581, the verify first act. i helped introduce this legislation with my good friend and colleague, mr. barletta from pennsylvania, to ensure illegal immigrants are not able to use health care tax credits to purchase health insurance. under obamacare, the federal government paid these tax credits upfront on a temporary basis to people before varyfying their immigration status -- verifying their immigration status. this had a pay and chase system where the federal government would seek repayment only after it found they paid benefits to an illegal immigrant. this bill puts an end to this taxpayer abuse by requiring the social security administration or the department of homeland security to verify the immigration status of every tax credit applicant before the treasury department issues the credit. texans and hardworking taxpayers around the country already struggle to pay for their health care. their hard-earned dollars should not be use to foot the bil

stephanie roller bruner's secrets lived in the snowy peaks of silverthorne, colorado. and happy way she got her was the sort of thing you might expect to read in perhaps a romance novel. >> it was instant attraction. >> they met on top of a mountain. dale bruiner who was a professional photographer was taking and selling photographs of visiting skiers. today skiers were it. >> i love taking wildlife photos and scenics, and people said, why don't you sell more of your work that way? and i said, well, buffalo don't carry credit cards. you know? >> anyway, it was up there on that mountain he spotted this young woman. seemed to be conducting some sort of forestry service survey. >> i skied up to her and i said, what are you doing, writing parking tickets? and she looked up at me and smiled. >> and then she took off her big ski goggles. >> i was stunned. i'm like, wow. she's beautiful. >> they moved in right away, and when they got married a few years later, they eloped. they headed off to fiji. it was so stephanie, her friends said. >> they kind of went off and did it. >>

let's talk about the victims of floods in colorado. let's talk about people who have died in tornadoes because we didn't have the most accurate ability to forecasts where they were coming from, when they were going to strike, and who would be hit. these amendments -- this amendment will allow these weather satellites to go into space to protect the men and women of this country from natural disasters. and, again, it brings parity to an agreement that was decided upon through unanimous consent last year. i support the underlying legislation and i support this amendment and urge my colleagues to support it as well. i thank the chairman of the foreign relations committee and the ranking member of the foreign relations committee for their leadership on this issue. i yield my time. mr. corker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: it is my understanding that senator cardin and i will speak for a few moments, and we'll have three votes, one will be on the nato issue, and then final passage. am i correc

. >> reporter: larimer, county, colorado needs people. at 2.3%, colorado has the country's lowest unemployment rate. at the work force center, a shift in focus. >> we are certainly still helping people find positions, but a lot of the external pressures on us are towards helping employers find skilled workers. >> reporter: this northern colorado area add 20,000 jobs in the past five years, but only 11,000 people. local employers will have another 28,000 openings to fill over the next five years. it's a story playing out nationwide with unemployment now at 4.3%. the rate of increase in job openings far outpacing the increase in actual hires. many employers point to a skills gap in the labor force. a mismatch between the jobs they're trying to fill and the workers needed to fill them. >> about 95% of hiring is to hire people who are experienced. and so what they're after are people with quite specific skills. >> reporter: but critics of the skills gap idea point the finger at employers. they argue, with unemployment so low, companies should

have happened to colorado was passing the marijuana law. >> reporter: it shows some concerning numbers may link legalized recreational marijuana an increased risk of crashes. the research examined crash data in three of the first states to make pot legal. >> the big takeaway is that legalizing recreational use in colorado, washington, and oregon has not been good for highway safety. >> insurance data on collision claims showed colorado had 14% more crashes compared to surrounding western states. washington had more than a 6% increase, and oregon was 4.5% higher. it could lead to premiums with legalized marijuana. >> if overall crash risk continues to increase, insurers will have take action to compensate for that risk. >> researchers say the issue needs to be studied more closely especially in other states like california, massachusetts, and nevada, that has recently passed legislation to recreationalize pot. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. >>> viewers who tuned to the bbc's flagship last night heard nothing. veteran hugh edwards sat silently for four long minutes while the gili

is there anyone sober in colorado? >>> some swimmers in florida got a little more adventure than they expected as well when they waded out into the water. >> that disturbance you see there is two small sharks either fighting or playing. this is in shallow water very close to the shore. >> why is everyone still in the water? oh, boy. the they also been hanging out with the people in colorado. this comes as officials at another popular summer spot are warning beachgoers about great whites. here' >>> off the coast of cape cod aloin, 150 great whites expected this summer. in 2014 there were about half that. this summer we've seen a great white lurking next to a fishing boat. this 14 foot great white was tagged there a few years ago and was detected along virginia's coast on sunday. first responders training for shark attacks, even posting these signs warning beachgoers. the seal population, what the sharks feed on is to blame. >> it doesn't mean you don't use common sense. >> reporter: they're hoping to avoid scenes like t

colorado currently has around 55,000 fracking wells including one here in the middle of a residentialght by a children's playground. >> the health impacts from this thing aren't only if it ignites or if it combusts, whereas any house within a distance of this place of a couple of miles is already being impacted because of all the chemicals that are coming off of it that are entering the air. so any child playing on this playground is breathing this in, us standing right here every breath that we take is filled with volatile organic, cancer-causing, endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are entering our system. correspondent: xiuhtezcatl's friend and mentor shane tells us about the sign outside. >> it's just a fancy name for toxic industrial liquid waste. so they change the language so that it looks and sounds ok. a truck comes by, they open the gate and they suck out that toxic water and then they inject it underground somewhere else. correspondent: a scientific consensus has yet to be found on the dangers of fracking. there are huge lobbies both for and against, and opinions have becom

. >> couldn't holds back the tears, last year a colorado teen was sentenced for killing britain's 16ear old son. the teenager smoke marijuana before he plowed into chad. >> worse thing that could have happened in the state of colorado was passing the marijuana law. >> new joint study released by the insurance institute for highway safety, and highway lost data institute, shows some concerning numbers, that may link legalized recreational marijuana, increased risk of crashes. the research examined crash data in three of the first states, to make pot legal. >> the big take away, is that legalizing recreational use of marijuana in colorado, washington, and oregon, has not been good for highway safety. >> insurance data on collision claims showed colorado had 14% more crashes, compared to surrounding western state. >> washington had more than a 6% increase, and oregon, was four and a half% higher. those statistics could lead to higher premiums for drivers with legalized marijuana. >> if crashes continue to increase, insurers will have to takings to compensate for that risk. >> says it ne

. >> reporter: lonnie britain could not hold back tears, last year a colorado teen was sentenced for killing britain 's 16 year-old son, teenager smoke marijuana before he plowed into chad britain. >> the war thing that could have happened to the state of colorado was passing marijuana law. >> reporter: new joint study released by insurance institute for highway safety and highway data institute shows concerning numbers that may link legalized recreational marijuana, increased risk of crashes. research examined crash data in three of the first states to make pot legal. >> the big take away is that legalizing recreational use of marijuana in colorado, washington, oregon has not been good for highway safety. >> reporter: insurance data on collision claims show colorado at 14 percent more crashes, compared to surrounding western states. washington had more than a 6 percent increase and oregon was four and a half percent higher. those statistics could lead to higher premiums for drivers, in states with legalized recreational marijuana. >> if overall crash risk continues to increase, insu

the first experiment comes from colorado and the idea was to get people from bolder, which is left of center together to discuss climate change, affirmative action and same-sex unions and to get people from colorado springs which is right of center to do exactly the same thing and we did a reality check to make sure that our colorado springs participants were right of center and boulder people were right of center. what we did amazing they were. what we did record anonymously and discuss after they talk today one another. what interested me as one of the three authors of the project, was only one question. how would their views shift in their anonymous predeliberation statements to their anonymous postdeliberation statements, what would those discussions do to how they thought about the three issues when they were recording their judgments in a way that no one would ever see except the except -- experimenters. people got more unified before they started to talk, i'm kind of worried about climate change, maybe we should have an international agreement, not after the discussion. there w

the large bear broke into a home in colorado. a nice tune. >> a minor cord. >> jamming on the keyboard before taking off. it wasn't the only bear invasion in colorado. this picture was from a vehicle break in. the bear got stuck in the back seat. they freed him and put him back in the woods. all this food just waiting for me. >> i like the bear playing the piano. >> there is baseball going on. the giants and >>> it has not been a good year for the giants. tonight the shark turned in one of the best outings for the season. home of the famous sausage race. after falling behind, san francisco tied the contest as eduardo nunez connects for a solo home run. the fourth of the season. settling down after a shaky first and struck out 10 after the innings. he did not walk a batter. he comes through with a pitch it. buster posey and crawfort both score, but the throw is in time. it wouldn't matter as they tacked on two more and win 7-2. the record is 2-7. over at the coliseum and opened the series with toronto. the fifth win allowed two ru

had 21% more crashes than its neighbor, utah, since colorado sparked the trend. total of 38 states now allow medical marijuana in some form, 8 and washington, d.c., permit recreational pot where the study also found crashes are up. >> we see a 3% increase in the risk of insurance claims in the states that legalized marijuana. we can't explain it by any other means. >> reporter: the marijuana policy project, which pushes to legalize pot, acknowledges that states that made marijuana legal saw some increases in collision claims. but adds, there is no evidence that marijuana contributed to the accidents. back in colorado, mrnl half of marijuana users in a state survey said they think it's safe to hit the roads after smoking pot. so, the state's rolling out ads like this. >> rolling one up now could mean rolling one over later. >> if that induces, that includes, that adds an intoxicating substance to your body, don't get behind the wheel. find another way to get to your destination. >> yeah, and tom says the increased risk of crashes can actually affect all of us, bec

i was in frisco, colorado, mr. president, not that long ago, which is a place that everybody should visit from all over the country. there's tremendous skiing, there's tremendous hiking, wonderful people. and i -- before i had the town hall meeting, i went and visited a health care center there that they are justifiably proud of. it turns no one away. it gives phenomenal primary care. it gives phenomenal dental care. they have to figure out every week how to get through, but they always figure out how to get through so that people in frisco and the surrounding area have health care. this is not a poor community by american standards. and i asked -- it's a resort community, but there are people that live there all year-round. mr. president, i asked the people that run the clinic, well, who -- what's the -- who are the payers for health care in your clinic? who are they? what pays for health care here? and she said well, michael, the medicaid is 33%, which shocked me, because if you're in rural colorado, the medicaid

. >> some unusual burglars around colorado.an over 50, you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. >>> this is no circus bear train on a piano. yeah. the large bear broke into a home in colorado. a nice tune. >> a minor cord. >> jamming on the keyboard before taking off. it wasn't the only bear invasion in colorado. this picture was from a vehicle break in. the bear got stuck in the back seat. they freed him and put him back in the woods. all this food just waiting for me. >> i like the bear playing the piano. >> there is baseball going on. the giants and >>> it has not been a good year for the giants. tonight the shark turned in one of the best outings for the season. home of the famous sausage race. after falling behind, san francisco tied the contest as eduardo nunez connects for a

i followed multiple projects on the front range of colorado that deeply impact colorado rans -- coloradans. year after year, the shovels remain untouched as they inch their way through the regulatory permitting process. water projects should not take other 10 years to permit and only a few years to build. much of this delay occurs because each level of government, local, state, and federal, requires their own studies an permitting checklists even though many of those requirements are the same or only slightly different. h.r. 1654 makes this pr pro-- process more efficient, allowing the bureau of reclamation to coordinate federal and state permitting processes to avoid unnecessary duplication so we can better unify the approval requirements. h.r. 1654 offers a more streamlined approval process for our water projects but still empowers state and federal governments to fulfill our duties to protect communities and the environment. this is a good government bill where simply asking different levels of government to work together so our water projects can earn the permits they rightfully qualif

other people are asking for, too. >> colorado. a sack up this week. >> reporter: for free. she doesn't do this for money. >> what if everybody just did that. >> that's a good question. shannon uses the #hopesent on social media. she says she hopes other people do the same thing. >>> today marked the 31st annual biking race. it's broken down on ages. it starts from small children and on up to adults. it raises money for local charities and promotes bike safety. >> what they're able to see is the down town game. and the community gets together and afterwards they enjoy the town itself. >> the treats in down ton were closed off for the race so people could get a nice unobstructed view of that beautiful town. and they enjoyed it on this beautiful day. >>> and speaking of beautiful days, as we wrap up the weekend here, just about 15 minutes until monday. >> well, for monday very similar conditions. it's still going to be nice and cool. so if you didn't get a chance to go out today, you'll get a chance tomorrow because the cooling trend