colorado voters are sophisticated. they don't fall for the tricks and the propaganda of somebody like donald trump. ♪ soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact." the midterm elections in november didn't just usher in the most diverse congress in history but also changed the electoral map ahead of the next presidential election. states that were once solidly republican, like georgia and arizona, could be in play for the democrats. while traditional swing states like ohio and iowa have moved from purple to red. another state that has seen a political shift is colorado, where republicans suffered their biggest defeat in modern state history. democrats now control both the state house and senate, and most major state offices, including governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. the g.o.p.'s widespread defeat in colorado led conservative columnist george will to warn it's a glimpse of the nation's future. colorado's newly elected governor, democrat jared polis, joins us from denver. n thanks for tng

susan anderson was a colorado woman and one of the first women to practice in colorado. even more surprising to me is the woman here, dr. susan, a native american in nebraska. nebraska is considered a western state. other colorado women -- don't you love this? [laughter] they did not make the cut in the book. they are part of an notion of outlaws and gamblers and madams. there are many people who have written books about them. one book published in 2015 called wicked woman, notorious, mischievous, and wayward ladies from the old west. some of the women's stories are fun. many are sad. sad tales because they remind us of the few legitimate ways western woman could earn a living in earlier times. i could go on with lots of those women but i want to draw sacagawea to your attention. she was a shoshone woman known for her help to the lewis and clark expedition. she helped them achieve their charted mission objective. she traveled with them. you probably know the story. she also had a child on the way and brought the child with her. there is an interesting fact about her. the

history professor talks about land-use and water access on the colorado plateau. piloting the difference between navajos andpla mormon settlerst in the 19th century. american history tv recorded the interview at the western history association annual meeting in san antonio, texas. >> joining us from san antonio, texas got a professor of history at the university of texas at austin and your paper, your presentation is titled as follows, droughts, dams, and the attempt to stave off the disaster on the colorado plateau. explain your research, what have you learned? prof. bsumek: my research started with the dam on the utah eurozone of order completed in the 1960's. i became interested in how society was attempting to mitigate extreme water shortages in the american southwest. >> how did they do that? prof. bsumek: there were a number of different ways americans who settled in the region actually attempted to deal with a water shortage. they first tried barrier dams and canals and then they began to scale up their attempts. they tried smaller mitigation projects and b

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[beep] [laughter] at'the dedication of colorados's civil war memorial, -- at the dedication of colorado's civil war memorial, they stitched together national unity and national pride. they try to integrate visions of empire in liberty. thousands of people gathered that day to celebrate the heroic colorado volunteers who serve the union, and at sand creek helped the nation to realize its , manifest destiny. now, i am going to flashforward about 90 years to 1998, when a colorado state senator tired of walking by the memorial and it seems to martinez that sand creek, which he described as "a horrible massacre" had no place on this list of battles and engagements. after all, martinez believed the massacre "had nothing to do with the civil war." a conflict which ended the institution of slavery. sand creek's inclusion on the memorial, martinez reason, insulted the tragedy's native victims, diminished the sacrifice of: robin -- coloradan soldiers who fought and died in the civil war. his colleagues agreed with him and the legislature decided it would hire a metalworker to remove the plaque, gri

in the decade and a half cents the state of colorado rededicated the month -- since the state of colorado rededicated the memorial, it is not clear how many have noticed the plaque. hundreds of thousands of additional people traveled to the southeastern part of the state where they have climbed a small rise overlooking the sand creek killing field. most americans, prompted by popular culture and public memory still recall the civil war only as a good war, but i will end on an uncharacteristically up the note -- it may be possible that the complex monuments and memorials, the civil war may also be remembered as a war of empire. it's possible that they can history isation's shot through with these kinds of painful ironies and the act of memorialization is sometimes fraught with unexpected lessons. thank you. [applause] i will stop frantically taking notes so i can prepare my mind to actually speak to myself. i'm going to check to find my file. i am going to be asking the question saying, our pioneer monuments racist? are pioneer monuments racist? all right. are they racist? that thegoing to

new questions as a colorado man is formally charged in the murder of his fiancÉ.who else may have been involved. all that beginning with the headlines in 60 seconds. >> tepid concerns tonight as we head into new year's eve, security and the weather. >> very popular new year's eve spots could be soaked. >> we didn't know we had to stand for this long. >> i have a diaper, so i'm ready. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren announcing she's exploring a run for president in 2020. >> i'm in this fight all the way. >> day ten of the government shutdown with no deal in sight. >> both sides calling for a compromise, so why don't we have one? >> nancy pelosi and donald trump haven't talked for 20 days. >> a colorado man accused of filling his fiancÉ was formally charged today. >> despite the fact that her body has yet to be found. investigators believe patrick frazee may not have acted alone. >> investigators are trying to determine out how a lion escaped from a enclosure before killing an intern at a north carolina sanctuary. >> she was just an absolutely beautiful pe

kari franson is an associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the university of colorado, who helpedt the sta marijuana regulations. >> with edibles there is a delay in getting the drug into the system because it has to be swallowed it has to be broken up in the gastrointestinal tract and it has to be absorbed.ak that cananywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours. c how much gets vary depending on what somebody ate that day. if they're on another drug if they just exercised that day how ch fluid they have in th system. there's a lot of different >> reporter: meanwhile, the push for marijuana legalization is growing. oregon and alaska have the most restrictive edible serving sizes, at five milligrams of t.h.c. in each. and dozens of others are considering or implementing new marijuana regulations, many looking to colorado for guidance. >> i'd say we've been reallynt dilin identifying issues and responding to them quickly. >> rorter: colorado's marijuana coordinator dominique mendiola says the state is frequently updating its rules to reflect the changing market. in 2018, the state addres

dawn in denver, colorado. bright, springlike. and for the friends of 19-year-old kenia monge, terrifying. >> i just kept calling her and calling her. we were all worried and scared. >> reporter: where was she? kenia was supposed to have met her friends at a downtown bar the night before. didn't show. and now she didn't answer her phone. not like kenia. not at all. >> we didn't know what happened. nobody knew nothing. >> reporter: kenia's friends truly frightened now kept texting and calling. but not a single lead turned up. no tips, no clues and no kenia. >> we were just trying to be strong because we don't want to think negative or anything. we had a lot of thoughts. i don't know, maybe we shouldn't have done that. >> reporter: have done what? >> going out to -- you know, we were just 19, we were not 21. >> reporter: and you should have looked after her. >> yeah. she wasn't with me, because i know if she would have been with me, she would have been safe. >> reporter: even her sister kim with whom kenia texted constantly hadn't h

then david hollis, colorado's chief historian, heard about this plan. he thought it was "well intentioned but lousy." he worked with cheyenne representatives on other sand creek projects, including the park services effort to memorialize the massacre and national historic site. he contacted some of these representatives, and they agreed with him, this is steve brady, "there were many indian massacres during the civil war, but people want to forget those stories." crystallized tom noel, a local historian, who argued in the denver post that coloradans should grapple with their past, rather than try to forget it. he suggested the civil war memorial should remain and the story is an creek with all of its various interpretations needs to be left open for public discussion and reflection. then, some of sand creek's latter-day defenders, including members of the nationalist organization called the order of the indian wars, agreed with tom noel the plaque should be left alone entirely. a man named mike corey said "taking sand creek off of the statue is not goin

(ken) the fiancee of a missing young mother in colorado is formally charged with murder. kelsey berreth has not been seen since thanksgiving day. today authorities say they have evidence that berreth was killed by patrick frazee, (catherine) farzee is the father of their one=year old daughter. a supermarket surveillance video on thanksgiving day shows berreth and the little girl.a few hours later, berreth dropped off the child with frazee and was never seen again.a week later, her mother reported her missing.she doesn't run off and someone knows where she's at.naton december 14th, police served frazee with a search warrant at his 35 acre ranch in florrisant, colorado, south of denver.they escorted him off the property and impounded this red truck.on december 22 police made the grim announcement that frazee had been taken into custody as you can tell by the arrest, sadly, we do not believe kelsey is still alivefrazee has denied any involvement in his fiancee's disappearance. prosecutors admit that without a body, they don't know how she died,and so they filed two separate

a crisp morning in colorado, the nature, the trees. love it. >> mother nature's palette is an inspiration for these friends. >> hi! >> reporter: some new and all moving with a purpose. >> hiking has always been a part of our lives. >> avid hikers, jessica newman and portia prescott noticed women of color missing from the trails they love. >> people that look like us. >> they created a social community calling themselves black girls hike, an inclusive movement that goes from inside to outside. >> black girls hike! >> yes, we do! >> why do you think african-american women, women of color have stayed off the hiking trails? >> i think a lot of it has to do with lack of exposure. >> being outdoors wasn't associated with women of color, especially black women. >> blazing a path of diversity their path has grown to 800, people of all ages, personalities, gender and even race. >> it's a neat chance for people to unify and in together over our common interest and focus what we have in common instead of what we have that's different. >> it's als

under colorado law, we filed seperate counts on the different theories of first-degree murder. we filed under two theories, one is deliberation murder and the other is felony murder."in addition to the two first- degree murder counts, frazee is also charged with three counts of solicitation to commit first-degree murder. that means authorities believe frazee on three occasions engaged someone or multiple people to kill berreth . (ken) coming up... you may remember the cow that escaped from the slaughterhous e last week... well you won't believe what happened over the weekend.over the what happened .to kill berreth . (ken) coming up... you may remember the cow that escaped from the slaughterhous e last w eeweekend. we have (catherine) last week we told you the story of a cow who narrowly escaped a trip to the slaughterhouse. (ken) turns out.... not only did she save herself... but "briana the bovine" saved her baby as well.her baby as well. the cow gave birth saturday at an animal sanctuary in new jersey. briana was brought there after escaping a truck taking her to a slaughterh

agent greg sadar, colorado bureau of investigation. >> how far from her house?f the top of my head 300, 350 yards. >> the news spread fast. >> today investigators say they found a body. >> that's a pretty bad day. >> your heart drops. let's find out what happened to her, along with humongous sadness. >> the county coroner broke the news to dale. >> they said dale, we need to tell you something. i'm like, what? and i just went into convulsions. >> how did she get here? was it suicide, accident, or murder? there's a bridge just upstream from the place they found stephanie's body. dale told police she often liked to walk there. >> she could have been attacked on this bridge and shoved over. >> that was one of our early fears. >> or that she just simply committed suicide, jumped in the water, hit her head and that was that? >> that was also another legitimate consideration. >> so, thus the puzzle? >> it is. >> until four days after thanksgiving, when the autopsy revealed a curious detail. one that seemed to rule out suicide. >> there was no wounds at all to the sole

. >>> also breaking at this hour, another deadly avalanche, this time in colorado. police scanners late today talk of cpr on the mountain. just days after another avalanche now claiming a second american skier. >>> day 31 tonight of the shutdown. 800,000 american workers about to miss another paycheck. and tonight, growing alarm at american airports. 10% of tsa workers not on the job. the lines for passengers growing. >>> tonight, the president's attorney rudy giuliani making news. what he said about the president's discussions about a planned trump tower in moscow, right up through election day. >>> the confrontation sparking national outrage. the teens and a vietnam war veteran. and now, what's been revealed right beforehand is disturbing, too. >>> united passengers trapped on the tarmac for 16 hours in freezing temperatures. >>> and two teams headed to the super bowl. but what about that bad call? tonight, the phone call to the saints coach, and some people getting their money back? >>> and dr. martin luther king jr. in his own words tonight. >>> good evening. an

colorado. >> it's undescribable, really.ink that a part of me is providing life to somebody else. >> very supportive and wondering how i'm doing and they've kind of taken dan on board, too, wondering how dan is doing and making sure that he's doing fine as well. i have a new lease on life thanks to dan and i can't wait to get back. >> so cool. warner had been looking for a kidney for the past two.5 years. he expects to be back at school at the high school in mid-march. >> dan and dan. >> dan and dan. saving lives. >>> coming up in our next half hour the confrontational -- the confrontation sparking national outrage. the native american veteran at the center of the encounter ea for the first time as to how the scene escalated. >>> fans asking for a redo after sunday's game. that next on "world news now." that next on "world news now." " after last night's game. you are watching "world news now." know what turns me on? my better half, hors d oeuvres and bubbly. and when i really want to take it up a notch we use k-y yours & mi

. >> reporter: on a crisp morning in colorado -- >> the nature, the trees.nature's palette is an inspiration for these friends. >> black girls high. >> reporter: some old, some new, and all moving with a purpose. >> hiking has always been a part of our lives. >> reporter: avid hikers noticed women of color missing from the trails they loved, and vowed to change it. >> we tended to hike with people that did look like us. >> reporter: so they created a social media community calling themselves black girls hike, an inclusive movement that's gone from online to outside. >> black girls hike! yes, we do! why do you think african american, women of color have stayed off the hiking trails? >> i think a lot of it has to do with lack of exposure. >> being outdoors wasn't associated with women of color, especially black women. >> reporter: blazing a path of diversity, their following has quickly green across the country to more than 800. people of all ages, personalities, gender, and even race. >> it's a neat chance for people to unify and come together over our common

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a couple in colorado at a time when colorado already had legislation protecting against discrimination against go into a cake shop in which the proprietor of the shop, i don't need to put this critically, he fancies himself he is the creator of wedding cakes. and he makes them only after interviewing you, getting to know you, and then after all of that, making the cake that is just right for you and his artistic vision of you and of the wedding. he also had on his shelves cakes that anyone can just walk in and why. a couple comes in and says we would like you to make a cake for us . the answer is no. i don't want to be associated with a wedding , which i think is contrary to god's commands. and, i won't do it. it's a shop open to the public, etc., etc. the colorado authorities enforcing their antidiscrimination laws said this violated the law. you can't choose your customer, you can't treat people differently based on this distinction, which the law barred. this the colorado supreme court denied their equivalents, the us supreme court took the case, tons of amicus briefs defending on t

o-author of "her the center for colorado's women's history hosted the event. it is about an hour. we could not be more happy that you are here to join us, and we are happy there is a center for colorado women's history. i am the education coordinator here.

blizzard warnings in the high plains of colorado. gusts up to 60 messy commute tomorrow night in chicago north, especially milwaukee to green bay, northern michigan. it will be all rain byheches us. david? >> all right, tracking it for the next several days. ginger, thank you. >>> now, to the government shutdown tonight, day 31 and the impact is growing. 10% of tsa workers now not on the job. they're not getting paid and many say they have little left for gas or other ways to get to work. and workers will soon miss yet another paycheck. president trump offer what he called a com to prize this weekend. he said a temporary reprieve for dreamers brought here at children in exchange for $5.7 billion for his wall. democrats say open the government now and then they'll talk about border security. abc's steve osunsami with the workers who are paying the price. >> reporter: with no end in sight to the government shutdown, this is what they fear at the nation's airports. these ridiculously long security lines in new orleans today. the tsa now

final score san jose 5, colorado 4. now, speaking of hockey, sharks will be well represented when the nhl all-star game comes to san jose in just over three weeks. today the league announced this year's all-stars and the sharks have the most of any team. captain joe pavelski will be joined by defensive men brett burns and erik karlsson on the pacific division team. the all-star game is january 26th at the s.a.p. center. >>> greg papa is taking his talents to the south bay. the 49ers are shaking up its radio booth, announcing that long-time bay area broadcaster papa will be the 49ers' new play-by-play announcer on the radio. papa was surprisingly fired by the raiders before the 2018 season after being the voice of the team for 21 seasons. he replaces ted robinson, who will move on to another role but still with the ne 100th birthday in style. we'll show you. the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol l

she soon built a thriving practice in colorado >> she was a beloved doctor. had a really great bedside manner >> reporter: tammi abruscatto managed the practice >> she took time she treated her patients as a whole body not just their eyes she was interested in their family life. she had the good old-fashioned southern hospitality >> reporter: tammi saw how committed toni was to her patients sometimes it was hard to get her to leave the office. so tammi was charmed when one day in september harold asked her for help >> you get a phone call out of the blue from harold >> yes, about two weeks before their anniversary he phoned and said, hey, tammi, i want to surprise toni for our anniversary. can you help me out? >> reporter: it was their 12th wedding anniversary. harold wanted to celebrate with a surprise trip to one of colorado's wonders, rocky mountain national park so you're being really sneaky in all of this. >> i am. i mean we'd all love for our husbands to call and do something fun like that. so i made her schedule so that she could be done and out of the

colorado colorado, it's a state where you can ski the rockies, smoke legal weed and, evidently, liver life right next to a fracking site. how close is too close? desi lydic reports. ♪ >> i'm desi lydic and i'm in greely, colorado, where an oil and gas company decided to frack right next to a middle school. >> extraction oil and gas plans to build a 24-hour facility near the bela romero academy. >> look, frack asking harmless unless you're touchy about toxic fluid being pumped into the ground or wells that occasionally explode or the point fracking can make your water lead as hell. >> the middle school are working on an evacuation plan. >> why would you put that anywhere near a school? i'm with the school's parent patricia patricia. >> my son goes to the academy and for the last year and a half we have been working on stopping the installation of 24 wells behind his school. >> twenty-four wells? >> yes. >> not just one. >> snow. >> twenty-four. legally, how close can the site be to your school? >> current setbacks are 1,000 feet from the school. >> oh, 1,000 feet. that's like a mile a

boulder, colorado is home to 17 laboratories. n.o.a.a.from labs, to nist, that does measure ments that these little companies are doing to pursue their atmospheric research, to many others. this is important work and all of it is being disrupted. some of those are considered essential, some are not. all of their work is being disrupted for unnecessary political reasons. so real people are being hurt and we need real action from our leaders. so please end the shutdown. mr. butterfield: let me thank congresswoman boost does for her friendship and leadership, and thank all the mayors to come here today and stand against the trump administration in day 34 of the shutdown. make no mistake about it, this is a trump-mcconnell shutdown. we spent the early part of the last 34 days calling it a trump shutdown. but we want you to know that senator mcconnell is complicit in the shutdown. he had the ability this afternoon to reopen the government. two proposals on the floor of the united states senate today. each one would have reopened the g

you talked about what would happen in colorado. what's going on? >> let me say this.cans in colorado -- i don't want to be presumptuous, but my state is the third republican, third democratic and a third independent. republicans in colorado would go ballistic if any president suggested he was going to seize farmland or ranchland by eminent domain. every elected official in the state would protect our state and our property owners against that kind of activity. i do not for the life of me understand how republican senators in washington, d.c. could defend it or see it differently. it doesn't make any sense. it is a great example actually. in fact, a perfect example of how the republican party nationally has become donald trump's party and how the republican party nationally is no longer conservative. there is nothing conservative about declaring an unconstitutional emergency and seizing the property of private citizens by eminent domain. that is a radical act by an autocrat. that's something we expect in countries that are all over the world that don't subscribe to the

. >> hitting the mountains of colorado and hitting the trails there and across the country.ovie "black panther. ) ) the film, directed by oakland )s ryan coogler... won best ensemble in a motion picture at the sag awards. that )s the top prize at the awards show. it gives the movie momentum heading into the oscars... where >> another big night for black panther. it gives the movie momentum heading into the oscars where it's nominated for best picture. also a big night for nbc if we do say so ourselves. this is us did it again winning outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. it's the second year in a row the hit nbc show took home that award. to see all the winners go to nbc bay area.com. >> well, there is a relatively new group of people hitting the hiking trails of colorado adding to an already beautiful landscape. it's a sisterhood of women called black girls hike, a description they believe goes beyond color. kathie park shows us how they came together to create a healthy community in colorado and beyond. >> on a crisp morning in colorado -- >> in a natur

host: tony in colorado. thanks for your call here on c-span. waiting to hear from the leaders of the house. democratic leaders from the house and senate. speaker pelosi, democratic leader, senator chuck is humanner from new york. this in the wake of the news this -- schumer from new york. this is in the wake of the news this afternoon that president trump and congressional leaders have come to a short-term deal, anyway, reopening the government for three weeks, up through february 15. and negotiations would continue on border security, back pay for some 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed. now missing their second paycheck, most of them anyway. the situation could have been exacerbated heading into the weekend by news today of traffic slowdowns because the air traffic control absences, particularly in the northeast corridor, at laguardia, at philadelphia, and in newark, at newark's airport. reports today too that some 14,000 i.r.s. workers have been -- have not been showing up to work or haven't been showing up to work this week. w

and that storm is raising fears of more avalanches after two in recent days in colorado and new mexico left three people dead. authorities now warning skiers to use extreme caution. nbc's miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: moving at speeds of over 100 miles an hour when an avalanche rumbles downhill, the torrent of snow is often impossible to outrun. >> we saw the skier fighting, really, for his life as all the snow started moving underneath him. >> reporter: after two men were killed in a wave of cascading powder at a ski resort in taos, new mexico last week, another skier lost his life in an avalanche near aspen, colorado monday while in the back country. across the u.s., eight have been killed in avalanches this season. >> it doesn't take a very large avalanche to bury somebody. avalanches can knock somebody off their feet, push them through the trees, push them over a cliff. >> reporter: though avalanches are rare, the odds of surviving one, like this man did in california, may be even more remote. the danger most critical after a storm, just like the one bringing blizzard-l

. >> en la costa oeste, en los Ángeles, phoenix, arizona y denver, colorado las multitudinarias mercynen fuerza aunque siempre nos dicen que nos quedamos callados. quiero que siempre sepa que tiene su voz. >> los hombres tambiÉn se dieron cita en este evento. >> hombres, mujeres >> tambiÉn se celebrÓel congreso la historia del paÍs. nosotras somos las que traemos la vida el mundo. el cuerpo de una mujer, el espÍritu de una mujer manda mucho. >> en la costa este washington, d.c. y nueva york las mujeres tambiÉn levantaron su voz y a pesar de que el movimiento no es partidista el rechazo al presidente trump y sus polÍticas fue inevitable. >> tenemos que ser un paÍs que es bueno para todos. >> la gente estÁ muy enojada. creo quetodos estamos heridos de una forma. >> el movimiento se vio afectado por la controversia que rodea a sus lÍderes. en los angeles, dulce castellano, univisiÓn. >> amenazan a millones de personas. el temporal ha obligado al autoridades a declarar estado de emergencia y hacer un llamado a la precauciÓn para evitar mÁs muertes sobre todo en las carreteras como nos cue

la semana laboral arrancÓ semi paralizada en colorado.siados lienzos para transitar por calles y carreteras. esta ola de frÍo y nieve podría prolongarse. >> el mal tiempo que afectÓ a 65 millones de personas desde colorado a new jersey, sigue causando destrucciÓn ya son 13 las personas que perdieron la vida. los heridos en accidentes de carretera se cuentan por decenasentre las vÍctimas mortales una niÑa que se habrÍa congelado de frÍo tras salir de su casa en medio de la noche. tambiÉn se encuentra oficial de la policÍa que muriÓ tras salir de su vehÍculo. Éstas imÁgenes muestran en preciso momento en que socorristas rescatan a un niÑo de 11 aÑos. el menor habÍa quedado atrapado en medio de un lago congelado. en san luis, vecindarios enteros continÚan cubiertos con mÁs de 10 pulgadas de nieve. >> para nosotros es muy difÍcil llegar a nuestros trabajos, no podemos andar libremente porque todo estÁ congelado. >> miles de personas quedaron sin fluido elÉctrico y la tormenta derribÓ varios Árboles. en virginia este cambio se volcÓ en medio d

across the state of colorado, across the rocky mountains of colorado, he was going to steal the propertyr farmers and ranchers to build his medieval wall, there wouldn't be an elected leader from our state that would support that idea. which comes to my final point. how ludicrous it is that this government is shut down over a promise the president of the united states couldn't keep! and that america is not interested in having him keep. this idea that he was going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of texas, take it from the farmers and ranchers that were there, and have the mexicans pay for it isn't true! that's why we're here. because he's now saying the taxpayers have to pay for it. that's not what he said during his campaign. >> he wasn't finished. watch now. watch michael bennet as his feelings about ted cruz surge and he has to hold himself back from making this even more personal than it already is. >> over and over and over and over again he said mexico would pay for the wall. over and over again. that was at -- i was going to talk about what he said about the ju

a lot of t smaller departments in colorado and the u.s.pped for this. >> reporter: a final ruling is expected in early 2019. >> you don't want to jeopardize larger cases with the really hard drugs like meth and coke and thos thiecause your dog is trained on marriage. >> reporter: that means transitioning beaker from partner to pet. >> okay. >> reporter: do you think he misses it? >> god, yes. >> reporter: while some form of marijuana legal or decriminalized in 30 states, not all are following colorado's path towards narrowi for new dogs. >> if you look at the amount o finance departments put into the dogs, it's a huge commitment we tell them don't train them in marijuana. >>eporter: the new partner was trained tactically, which i got to experience firsthand. good job! >> reporter: and in narcotics. >> that's his alert. >> reporter: this means he found the drugs? >> yes. good boy! gthat's ad boy! good job! >> reporter: and he does it all for the toy? >> all for the toy. ter: while beaker is still adapting to his retirement. what does retire

>>> murder mystery, new court documents in the arrest of a colorado man charged with killing his fiancee raise new questions about just what happened to the young mother. was she the victim of a murder for hire plot or a robbery gone wrong? >> all that, plus scary moments when a toddler falls into a rhino exhibit at a zoo. >>> going to pot, why new marijuana businesses across the country are putting police dogs out of business. >>> and winning jacket pot, just one ticket sold in last night's mega millions drawing making for a very happy wednesday, january 2nd, 2019 for somebody. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. thank you for being with us on a wednesday morning. it's been so long, i feel like i haven't seen you since last year. >> happy new year to you, 2019. >>> a shutdown in washington, d.c. could there be movement towards a possible solution? this is the eve that democrats take back control of the house. we've got two reports for you. we start with nbc's chief white house corres

susan collins, republican of maine and cory gardner from colorado.itics in colorado have swung since he was first elected as a freshman in 2014. >> shepard: so those defections, can we expect that at some point there might be more? if you get to 60, you can get something done. >> again, the math is the math. they got to 52. a long shot to get to 60. >> shepard: i'll say. all right. should there be more from the floor, we'll let you know. first, breaking news now on fox news channel. nicholas maduro, the head of venezuela, said to have been a fraud, he says he's closing its embassy and all of its consulates in the united states after the united states backed his political rival. it's a crisis full blown in venezuela now. it's still unfolding and it's certainly has huge global implications as countries pick sides between the two. who both now claim power. steve harrigan reporting. he's covered venezuela extensively for years. who is this thinking on how this will play out, steve? >> in the short term, it looks like venezuela and the u.s. could possibly

melissa colorado, big declaration for the company. what about for the people who lost everything? >> reporter: surprisingly many of the fire victims say this announcement doesn't change anything from them. still focused on rebuilding and hopefully moving into brand new homes in coffey park this year. >> i felt that pg&e wasn't responsible for the tubbs thing. >> reporter: hunch on the money says the cal fire investigation on the cause of the deadly tubbs fire that scorched parts of sonoma and napa counties, october of 2017. 80-page report identified cause as privately owned electrical kwoimt on a property in rural calistoga. >> we have to be 100% right. no outside influences, scientific, methodical. >> reporter: after the investigation, concluded pg&e had zero violations. >> doesn't matter who is to blame, terrible thing happened. >> reporter: doesn't mention if property owner will be fined or face liability. what does it mean for the victims who lost everything and hoped to recoup losses taking pg&e to court? >> not much you can do now. feel bad for them. >> reporter: attorneys s

. >>> the colorado mother last seen pushing that cart with her daughter, that mom now believed dead. her fiance charged. and tonight here, the new turn. >>> the surveillance just in tonight, and now the boy, 14 years old, facing a murder charge, after an egg-throwing prank, and authorities say a 45-year-old woman was killed. >>> your health this evening. the major recall tonight involving a common blood pressure drug. >>> and three names we lost today. the comedian, the singer and the man in the r >>> good evening. and it's great to start another year with all of you at home. a new year, but the same ugly showdown. and tonight, it is only worsening. and keep in mind, as this government shutdown now reaches day 12, 800,000 american workers affected. so many of them waiting to go back to work. thousands more may not get back pay. the president making it clear today that he is not budging. he wants that 5.6 billion to build his border wall. vowing to keep the government closed, quote, as long as it takes. and then, incoming house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leaders arriving for

i would not count out jay insl inslee, hicken looper from colorado.have an opportunity that democratic party for all these candidates and remember the vote in new hampshire to kick the tire and go beyond the stump speech and really get into the vision. and what do they offer the american people? >> dana: i saw the group of democrats for the first time with republicans and dark money, right? [laughter] >> dana: but now they have caught up. is that good advantage for democrats? >> donna: welcome i think you will find like we saw in 2016, you will find a lot of small donors who will probably gravitate toward some of these new candidates. i look forward to see how the small dollar donors, not the big donors but remember many of these candidates not taking corporate tax money nor will they take bundling and so forth. yeah, dark money and american politics unfortunately but many of our candidates will be attracted to small donor dollars. >> dana: catching up on that front too. >> kevin: them x before by the way don't count out nancy pelosi. she is going to

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it was done by the colorado parks and wild liar department. check this out.here were eight orphaned bear cubs and they decided to send them rehab because their goal is to rehab the animals and put them in the wild. they've been placed in what they're called a trap or a giant sled. >> that's going to be a weird fever dream. it's like being kidnapped by aliens and waking up on the table. what is going on? >> they take a big hike and take them to this, one of the two eight of the andou i th dens. they've made it out of downed logs, timber, bears so they can hibernate. >> and they're old enough to fend for themselves? >> yes, they have been taught to fear humans so they're up there about an hour away from the rehab where they were but this is the area where they need to be. wildlife officials and volunteers participated in this. this video is 60 seconds but it took them two hours. >> that's a heck of a hangover to wake up from. >> they gave them a stimulant after it was done to wake them up but i have a feeling they won't be crawling out of that since they packed

la semana laboral arrancÓ semi paralizada en colorado.a prolongarse. >> el mal tiempo que afectÓ a 65 millones de personas desde colorado a new jersey, sigue causando destrucciÓn ya son 13 las personas que perdieron la vida. de carretera se cuentan por decenasentre las vÍctimas mortales una niÑa que se habrÍa congelado de frÍo tras salir de su casa en medio se encuentra o la policÍa que muriÓ tras salir de su vehÍculo. Éstas imÁgenes muestran en preciso momento en que socorristas rescatan a un niÑo de 11 aÑos. el menor habÍa quedado atrapado en medio de un lago congelado. en san luis, vecindarios enteros continÚan cubiertos con mÁs de 10 pulgadas de nieve. >> para nosotros es muy difÍcil llegar a nuestros trabajos, no podemos andar libremente porque todo estÁ congelado. >> miles de personas quedaron sin fluido elÉctrico y la tormenta derribÓ varios Árboles. en virginia este cambio se volcÓ en medio de una carretera y la capital del paÍs se recupera de la peor tormenta de nieve de los Últimos cinco aÑos. residentes del estado de maryland s

i am melissa colorado. >>> in the hot seat william barr in day one of his confirmation hearings. he has held the job before. this time before it has a different role. the added role of overseeing the mueller investigation. democrats worry about his memo written last year which criticize the investigation. they prefer he recuse themselves. >> let's imagine it is a judgment call. and the judgment is that you recuse yourself. under what scenario would you not follow the recommendation. >> if i disagree with it. >> he says he does believe ruche interfered in 2016. >>> day 25 of this government's shutdown which is the longest in history. in indianapolis travelers were greeted by the long-term impact. they are ordered to report to work but not getting any pay. in houston security lines had 90-minute waits because of not enough staff. the fda has ordered hundreds of inspectors back to work but they won't get paid either. >>> the city of san jose is trying to figure out how to deal with the shutdown. the city council will have a meeting tomorrow. mayor sam liccardo says the city has a mo

cory gardner, a senator from colorado. thom tillis. >> trump voters. >> thom tillis and cory gardner are up in 2020. so it's going to take leadership from the gop to go to donald trump and say we are going to vote to fund the government. and if you veto it, we're going to embarrass you and override your veto for the first time in your presidency. donald trump, the one thing he doesn't like is being embarrassed. and i think that's the only way. barring that, he said yesterday, he's going to continue this for weeks and weeks. imagine having no salary for weeks and weeks. >> no, it's incredible. well, they raised the question, could he relate. he said, yes, i can relate. and we've always adjusted, let them adjust. thank you, dean, wendy and joe. if the president is watching, adjust your screen. i'm not finished with this yet. coming up, i'll ask congresswoman from colorado, why she doesn't want to get paid until this is over. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. when i say, "drivers who switched from geico to esurance sa