it's very exciting times. >> for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan in colorado springs, colorado. >>> still to come, the forkten t leaving one age group in the dust. we will tell you why that trend could be costing big firms. . >>> advertisers have big brands, generation x for -- ignoring company racing x for millenials. today's brands are so focused on millenials they overlook the 61 million gen xers who make enough money to be a huge tuptopportun. why they are being ignored? good to see you. these poor gen xers are being ignored. >> yes, yes, they are. have been for some years now. everyone says it's the mill millenials, now the gen ds. anyone over 36-years-old has the top priority for most brands. sometimes you have to ask questions do why that is. >> is it because the millennials are the biggest generation in terms of numbers or because it is between those ages of 18 and 35 that people supposedly create their brand identities? >> once a quest user, always a quest user. >> you got to get the younger generation involved with your brand, build that loyalty, build that recognitio

harry smith, nbc news, colorado springs. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. tomorrow the remarkable discovery about cycling and how it could help those with a debilitating illness. thank you and good night. this latest round of severe weather disrupting lives in the east bay. how the weather triggered a dangerous domino effect in one neighborhood. >>> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening to you. >> oakland hills respects hit hard by this recent rain. a tree topeing down smashing into a house. two blocks away four homes red tagged after a mudslide. >> rick boone is near that damage. some people have to find a place to go tonight. >> reporter: that's what they are trying to figure out. they have been doing that since last night. now tonight. yeah, could be another week if not longer peggy and terry. as this is a big clean up for the residents who are really concerned that the worst is yet to dam. >> there are a lot of trees around here and there is a lot of water that's been coming down. we love the trees but this is scary. >> reporter: crews try to save a

harry smith, nbc news, colorado springs. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday.kable zordiscovery about cycling and how it could help those with a debilitating illness. thank you and good night. >>> the life of a pitcher often has many ups, downs and adjustments with one of the three always right around the corner. in 2016, the ups were as good as anyone in baseball. there was a struggle he couldn't find his way out of. an off season to rest and reassess brings aaron back to the mound for the next step of the process. >> down the first baseline. >> yesterdas

the colorado springs gazette recently highlighted a letter signed by 96 prominent colorado lawyers and judges and sent to the senior senator from colorado. here's what those individuals had to say about judge gorsuch and i quote again. we hold a diverse set of political views as republicans, democrats, and independents. many of us have been critical of actions taken by president trump. nonetheless, we all agree that judge gorsuch is an exceptionally well qualified person to join the supreme court. we know that judge gorsuch to be a person of utmost character. he is fair, decent, and honest, both as a judge and a person. his record shows that he believes strongly in the independence of the judiciary, end quote. a former law partner and friend of judge gorsuch, a friend who describes himself as, quote, a long-time supporter of democrat candidates and progressive causes had this to say about the judge. gorsuch's approach to resolving legal problems as a lawyer and a judge embodies a reference for our country -- reverence for our country's values and legal system. the facts developed in a

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host: next from chris, colorado springs, colorado, independent line. on.ahead, you're caller: thank you very much, c-span, appreciate all you do. call this a brief morning on public policy and the government to reflect that it is very possible that the supreme cannibasl move against or marijuana. 8-0, therapy d offered nothing and that the 37 law was constitutional. in '69 by allenged tim leary. he next administration did narcotics act anyway, which classed it as heroin. we had a drug war holocaust and analysis is that they, the federal -- tenth amendment exclusivism clause is designed to keep the federal state ent from canceling votes and rights. it's been recalculated after decided to be inclusive of it. lastly, i was democrat for as a 40 years, starting in '78 and liberal, i n '77 as filled out every questionnaire and voted in every election i and i got a letter from president obama, who i had written with the most open white history. he said that anyone who smoked arijuana before age 10, i had been on a conversation with my brother, was mentally il

colorado springs, or near colorado springs yesterday, with snow blowing sideways.ll over six inches in many spots. heavy, wet snow. many parts of colorado, including pueblo, the trees coming down. we have thousands without power in this state because of heavy wet snow taking down the trees. and there's boise city, oklahoma. that state seeing snow and severe weather. the winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings through parts of western kansas, eastern nebraska -- western nebraska and eastern colorado. most of the snow toward the upper plains. should not stick that much. it's warm. getting into may. we'll warm up after cooling down across the northeast today. that's a quick >> this weather report is brought to you by roomba. well, as mentioned, it's a little cooler today. a beautiful morning for a new york city run. so let's go out to central park where two of our "gma" faves are getting ready for the big "shape" magazine marathon. amy robach, sara haines. are you trained and ready to go? >> we are. we're ready to go, right, >> i thought rob was going to be here.

robert cornwell, colorado springs.aw the show with you and miller last year, one of the best shows i've seen since the beatles in kansas city in 1964. wow. thank you robert. it is the fall shows, miller, me, and watters in baltimore, tampa, florida, vegas, anaheim, california. tickets going fast, check it all out on billoreilly.com. great mothers and fathers day gifts and we will link you write to the box office if you so desire. maryville tennessee, mr. o'reilly you said starring miller, watters, and me. it should be i. incorrect, jude. here's the easy rule to follow. when deciding between using i and me in a sentence. taking other names out, you wouldn't be starring i. but i really appreciate your question and thanks for watching the program. the tip of the day off and around this time of year, grab some vacation because it's spring and easter time. last fall i booked a trip that should be terrific, not going to tell you where it is, but we have a contest on billoreilly.com. guess where bill is going? all have a full

colorado springs' braiden burson says a great drink but too much when, he has got 20 drink orders all at once. >> he really, really, let loose on twitter. >> please don't get it! i have never made so many frapuccinos in my life. i have unicorn crap in my on my nose. if you love us, as baristas, don't order it! >> ha-ha. >> oh, boy. >> the unicorn crap. >> burson says he didn't think his tweet would go viral. starbuck's has reached out to the 19-year-old to talk about how to make his experience better. >> the company also says the unicorn frap exceeded everyone's expectations exempt for his don't think. the good news for braiden, it is only available through sunday. braiden, just hang in there. hang in there. through sunday. >> my biggest problem about it. adrienne bankart posted, the calorie. the nutritional info. >> right where i went? i can tell you. 410 calories. >> uh-huh. >> 59 grams of sugar is that what we are talking about? >> little off. little off. >> 76 grams of sugar. >> worse and carbohydrates. >> 80 grams of carbs. >> noable. eno. >> in 24-ouncer at least. >> yeah, yeah.

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since the 1980sment next week, the fly over in colorado springs, and exercises with american and brpilo in virginia. >>> now, it says it will require employees to check in at least an hour before a flight takes off. the move comes after a new viral video shows chicago police forcibly removal a passenger so a united employee could take the video. that prompted the anti- demonstration in san francisco today. organizers tell us the protest is about demanding respect and calling out airlines to put profits before passengers. >>> a man accused of stealing an autographed football from a bay area charity event is under arrest. he is 45-year-old patrick lamb of san jose. former 49er greater jerry ice auctioned off the football to raise money for chinese or orphans with special needs. the winning bid was $4500. the football disappeared when lamb turned up with on surveillance video. according to paris he brought -- police, he brought the football and surrendered. he's in jail for burglary and grand theft. a second suspect is at large. >>> here's what's left after a two alarm fire started not far

and principal and a public policy analyst and faculty member at the university of colorado, colorado springs, where he is currently a professor. he has a ph.d from the university of colorado and despite what you think he does have spare time in his life and he tells me that he is a classically trained musician and a pilot and promises he doesn't do them at the same time. we would like to welcome dr. carpenter. [applause] >> well, good morning. it is a pleasure to be with you and talk about the book and chip simpson as well. he is in retirement in utah. if you know chip, he sends his regard. i want to begin by introducing to you to someone from the book and that is kim powers bridges who owns and operates bridges funeral home in tennessee. but she is not from tennessee. she is actually from oklahoma. she started her first funeral business there but she had to leave oklahoma when she ran afoul of the law. turns out that kim was engaged in the dance practice of selling caskets without a funeral directors license. in the early 1980s, kim was on the executive fast track. she grew up in a family o

he immediately pursued a college education at colorado college in colorado springs, but ultimately he decided to enlist in the navy that same year. bob received a commission from the university of colorado -boulder in 1943 and served honorably as the executive officer of subchaser 648 in the pacific campaign of world war ii. bob was part of an effort to liberate over 100 british and dutch prisoners of war during his time in service. after receiving an honorable discharge from the navy in 1946, bob returned to a school in colorado college and earned his bachelor's degree in economics in 1947. bob took a job as a reporter at the public low chiefton, the place he -- pueblo chiefton, the place he would work for the next seven decades to serve as chairman and as editor of the paper. bob always championed his hometown and used his career with the chiefton as a platform to advocate for pueblo and for the surrounding region. a vocal supporter of protecting pueblo's resources, bob spent 70 years delivering news to the people of southern colorado. his character and his life represent the very b

support specialist he found more than 35,000 veterans on secret wait lists in denver, goal end, colorado springs. again the va declined to address on camera, referred us to the offers evon inspector general identified white time and other issues in recent published reports in testimony before congress regarding colorado va facilities. >> it looked like some kind of game that they were playing with veterans, mental healthcare, and i was very upset. >> after smothers reported the allegations to the inspector general, he said the denver va retaliated. >> gave me no work tasks to perform, so i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people that have done won, do nothing, and keep my door open so they could keep an eye on me. >> shocking, the pervasive necessary of retaliation, even though we have 100 years of laws against retaliating against whistle blowers in washington. >> now pushing a protection bill this. >> this is heart stopping moment for the va, the transformation can start in miss your. >> i doctor kline says his time here has been a living hell, but ultimately he hopes it helps give

. >> reporter: here at the space symposium in colorado, springs, jeff bezos meeting with media in an intimate event to talk about his space startup blue origin. as the founder and ceo of amazon, bezos knows about competition and is looking to apply those strategies to space travel. just today competition with amazon was -- has been in the news, sort of blamed for payless filing for bankruptcy. when it comes to space, will blue origin be just as competitive? what's the strategy there? >> of course we'll be just as competitive but how do you compete? when people say that something is disruptive in an industry, they mean customers are adopting that new way. to be -- we were -- at amazon, we had a lot of inventions that we were very excited about. customers didn't care at all. believe me, those inventions were not disruptive in any way. so, all -- the only thing that's disruptive is customer adoption. if you can invent a better way, if customers agree that it's a better way, then they will use that. so, that's exactly what we're trying to do at blue origin. listen, we have a system here,

bezos spoke at the 33rd annual space symposium in colorado springs yesterday where he outlined his plans the future of space tourism. >> if we can make access to space low cost, then entrepreneurs will be unleashed. you will see creativity, dynamism, the same thing in space that i've witnessed on the internet over the last 20 years. >> bezos showed off a mock-up of the capsule which supports six reclined seats and large windows. he said blue origin had hoped to begin test flights with engineers and test pilots this year, but that's delayed until 2018. blue origin is developing a second launch system called new glenn to carry satellites and eventually people into orbit, similar to the falcon 9 rocket and dragon capsule. bezos is amazon's largest shareholder with near wli ly 18 million shares. back over to you. >> thank you very much for that. i have to say, watching some of these -- i didn't watch it live that speech, but clips on twitter, unbelievably exciting. i don't think we're there yet, but can you imagine like movie style futuristic possibilities in space. i believe in these guys.

has this on this sunday available online at washingtonpost.com -- host: republican line from colorado springs, good morning. welcome to the program. you're on the air, go ahead. caller: i agree with the president's tweet there. he's pretty good at some of them. but i agree with that one. and i think the big news was on the other story on friday, some more stuff came out about one of the former obama intelligence officials not related to the f.b.i., that said that trump actually was spied on before he was the nominee, along with some of the people around him, and then their names were unmasked is what they are calling it, and those are all felonies. so i think the guy from the post, you just quoted about scrutiny, i think it's going to be the former obama officials pretty soon, becauseer that just trying to undermine this presidency as 85% of the media is trying to do that. so i just think -- the people elected a businessman, not a politician, just to remind that lady that just was on criticizing him. he's not -- he's a businessman. he's not your washington insider. so anyway, thank you for c-

we had a reporter there joining us now from the lovely colorado springs.>> reporter: hey, kelly. that's right. the blue origin, a brain child of amazon's jeff bezos, revealed here at the space impose yum, the actual model of the new shepherd capsule to carry paying customers to the end of space. they are going to be reusable just like the rocket, and as you can tell from the experience of the rocket behind me, this one here has actually been launched and landed five times. that concept of reuseability is key to get millions of people living and working in space. >> if we can make access to space low cost, then entrepreneurs will be up leashed, creativity, dinism, not the same thing in space that i witness on the internet over the last 20 years. >> reporter: bezos stressed this is going to take time while he's hopeful it starts service next year, the company has not yet started taking reservations or disclosed the price of these trips, so you might be wondering, how is blue origin being funded right now? well, the billionaire also disclosed yesterday that h

a couple pro trump rallies were planned in colorado springs and in berkeley california. the rally in berkeley turned violent. the radical left group or the antifascist group showed up to the pro trump rally and several fights broke out before the rally even started. someone fired pepper spray into the crowd, bottles and objects were thrown and 13 people have been arrested. it looked like both sides were ready for a fight. julie: thank you very much. attorney general jeff sessions taking aim at illegal immigrants and cities that give them sanctuary. sitting down with judge jeanine, they insist they are putting federal funding at risk by continuing century city policies. here is a preview of the interview. >> why would any city want to say no you can't remove these people. they get to stay in our community. it makes no sense. first, the voters of these cities need to hold their city councils and mayors to account. the police come up if a police works for the mayor sometimes will support the mayor but police officers think this is crazy. >> we've got to keep the pressure up

he told reporters in colorado springs today sells about $1 billion the year to invest in his blue originthe cost of launch by a factor of 10 and then by a factor of 100, that will take time and a lot of hard work. but if we can do that, you will be living in a completely new world. >> a golden age of space exploration. then it will be a big industry and a very dynamic, fascinating one. >> just bezos is optimistic there will be a large market for 11 minute thrill rides and a fully automated capsule right to the edge of space. lauren: you go first, nicole. billionaires in baseball. the former new york yankee in presidential candidate interested in owning the miami marlins. >> not one but two familiar faces bidding to buy the miami marlins baseball team. former new york yankee star. -- former florida governor and gop presidential candidate jeb bush also interested in the marlins. if derek jeter's groupwise ,-com,-com,-comma what do fans think of that? they've never seen cheater in any other uniform but the yankees. to go roughly for about a billion dollars. this is an ongoing story. >> that

morgan brennan joins us live from colorado springs with more.an. >> hey, mike, that's right. this is what the insight of the new shepherd crew capsule is going to look like. you've got six seats, all dedicated to paying customers, no pilot. so this is fully autonomous. the capsule will be like it's accompanying rocket, reusable. that's a strategy founder and ceo, jeff bezos, speaking here yesterday said is key to bringing down the cost of space travel, growing the $2.5 billion launch services market and enabling millions of people to live and work in space. >> most of the things you want to do in space that are truly interesting right now have a very high price of admission. and as a result, you can't unleash the creativity of thousands and thousands of start-up companies and kids in dorm rooms everywhere. >> now, he likened that vision to what he's seen with the internet over the past 20 years, but also adding that as he's learned from his own internet company, amazon, that disruption really lies with the customer. >> at amazon, we've had a lot

specialist his mother said he found more than 3500 veterans on secret waitlist in denver, golden and colorado springsnd when he reported his findings to the attorney general the denver va retaliated. >> they gave me no work task to perform so i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people that have done wrong and do nothing and keep my door open so they could keep an eye on me. >> let's take a strong shot of honesty here. as a is allowing retaliation for whistleblowers is alive and well in the system. >> to be the va declined to go on camera to go over either case the va does not tolerate any type of retaliation but allegations across the country are so bad that republican senator ron johnson has stepped in to help. >> i wish i could say i was shocked it's disappointing to the point of depressing but the fact of the matter is with the va healthcare system is a government run bureaucratic single-payer health care system and has bureaucratic problems. >> johnson is now pushing a protection built to help whistleblowers like brian smothers and dr. dale klein. kelly: thank you for the report. juli

and so trump supporters are holding some rallies around the country like in colorado springs, there aso be there that are pushing and saying we could care less about his tax returns. but we'll keep monitoring the protests throughout the day, liz, as they continue. elizabeth: all right. bryan llenas, thank you so much. leland? leland: well, big concern this weekend at the pentagon and elsewhere that north korea will push the button on another nuclear test. this as the country defiantly parades new missiles through their capital as we speak, vice president mike pence is in the air to south korea to send a message to the north and to reassure our allies in the south. doug mckelway joins us with more on this multipronged u.s. response. doug, in so many ways it seems like the chinese are in the middle, and if you listen to president trump, as the mediator. >> reporter: yeah, so what to make of that, that's really the million dollar question, leland, and it's significant because china has tremendous economic and military leverage over kim jong un in north korea. here's what they said earlier

. >>> we will show you some video, police officer in colorado springs slams that woman to the ground outside a bar near colorado state university but what you do not see in the video is the moment that police say she bumped an officer with her shoulder and tried to drag her boyfriend out of custody. police say officer actions are standard procedure for someone assaulting an officer but they are investigating. >>> let's talk about the power of your pen,ing. >> here, looking to get pregnant we may have the answer. it may have four legs and wagging tail and cute ears and wet nose. that fury four legged friend may help you conceive? but first here's sean bell. >>> coming up in sports in a minute, the greatest players to never win a major finally gets it done, why sert monkey os back in sports. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only inte

police officer and hard to watch because he slams that woman down to the ground out there in colorado springs. this is outside a bar near college there, so what you do not see investigators say is a the shoulder and trying to get a boyfriend out. trying to drag him out of custody. police say officer's actions are standard procedures for someone assaulting an officer but whole thing is under investigation. >>> do you remember that controversial, pepsi ad featuring kendall jenner which has been a public relations disaster but now it may land in some legal trouble as well. this is by san francisco police department. the ad features jenner leaving photo shoot to join a protest and she hand over a can of pepsi to a police officer. critics say thinks tone deaf and it turns out the police officers are in san francisco, police department a tire, logos, and that department is not at all happen bye any of. that. >> after our understanding that this occurred, we're investigating it. it is not 100 percent identical, but it appears to be our outfit. >> the attorney for that city says they are exploring al

. >> morgan brennan asked jeff bezos a question in colorado springs. >> you are just as competitive. about feasibility right now. what's the strategy there? >> of course, we will be just as competitive. but how do you compete? what itself the real -- when people say that a an entrance is disruptive in an industry, what they really mean is customers are adopting that new way. and so to be at amazon, we've had a lot of inventions that we were very excited about and customers didn't care at all and believe me, those inventions were not disruptive. in anyway, so the only thing that's disruptive is customer adoption. if you can invent a better way and if customers agree that it's a better way, then they will use that. and so that's exactly what we are trying to do at blue origin. listen, we have a system here, we're in an equillibrium in space t. whole space industry is too small. it's a very small industry. the whole launch services market is $2.5 billion. not a very big industry. and so the reason is, we don't fly very often. you know, if airplane flights cost the same as they did in 19

facilities in denver, golden and colorado springs. again the v.a.d to address the allegations on camera and instead referred us to the office of inspector general who confirmed it identified wait time and other issues in recent public reports and testimony in front of congress regarding colorado v.a. facilities. >> it looked like some kind of game that they were playing with veterans' mental healthcare and i was very upset. >> reporter: after smothers reported to the attorney general they say the v.a. retaliated. >> they gave me no work tasks to perform i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people who are done wrong. do nothing keep door open so they could k50e7 an eye on me. >> pervasiveness of retaliation even though we have 100 years of laws against retaliating against whistle blowers in government. >> reporter: jonathan pushing for a protection bill help smothers and dr. klein. >> this is a shocking moment for the v.a. and the transformation can start in missouri. >> reporter: dr. klein said his life has been a living hell but he hopes

i received an e-mail from a friend in colorado springs whose daughter is an aspiring archer. she's 13 years old. it was the welcome to the u.s. center to safesport e-mail. it provided all the resources and the tools and the education, and i immediately thought to myself, this 13-year-old aspiring archer will have a different journey. and i think that's very, very important. >> i obviously agree with what everyone said, too. if i was queen, i think that steve penny resigning or being forced to resign, i guess, is a good step, but i think it's a baby step. so if i was queen, i would get rid of every person in usa gymnastics that -- i don't think people realize that it's not that they only didn't report it and that this bill is going to be an maiamazing step and hopefy instill some fear in some people, but it's not only lack of reporting it. it's knowing about it and taking it further to protecting the perpetrators. so, if steve penny, i know he resigned, but they are already talking of replacing him with people that would rehire him anyway. i would want to make sure that the sa

the same system brought late spring snow to colorado. there were enough flurries to cancel the climate march. >> 20 inches plus in spotsment more than just flurries. >> people spent the day digging out just two days be start of may. yeah, is that unheard of? >> things happen in the early season and the late season. early fall and late spring, they can get these drastic temperatures. colorado, don't be surprised if denver in a few day is back in the the 80s. >>> wow, let's talk about business here. and a little three degree guarantee. >> we were talking about the 90- degree readings. forecast behind 91 and, you know, temperatures, 91. debra, that is a bulls eye. tomorrow forecasting 82 for my three degree guarantee. and tomorrow's forecast is much trickier with a front nearby, we may stay in the 70s . if that front doesn't make it, we will be in the mid to upper 80s . tomorrow is a tough one. nationals, a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures in the 70s to start. maybe finishing up in the upper 70s , low 80s with an easterly wind. that mean

colorado springs yesterday got a lot of snow. forget about snow men.ridge getting a foot of fresh snow. bring on peter cottontail. more local weather. >> no snow bunnies around here rob. plenty of sunshine. no precipitation. taking a look jut side there's the sun. to the east of philadelphia we've been trying to break up some fog that's happening. temperatures in the 50's and low 60's right now and this afternoon in your exclusive accuweather 7-day mostly sunny skies and a late afternoon high of 70. tomorrow at the red bar is on thursday 'cause we have heavy rain possible flooding some severe norms mixed in at times a high of 63. cool an bit damp for the phillies opener friday. heaviest she weighed 450 pounds and now she is not only revealing the dramatic changes to her body but also to her love life and family. >> alana! let's go. >> reporter: the them proclaimed rednecks who rocked to fame faster than you could see. >> me honey boo boo child. >> reporter: but a lot has changed for 11-year-old alana, honey boo boo thompson and her mom june shannon sin

colorado springs got a lot of snow. enough that, you know, forget about snowmen.e the kid from "christmas story" and breckenridge getting over a foot of fresh powder. they continue that in the mountains. you like that easter bunny. bring on peter cotton tail. >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. warm and dry today. limited sunshine. see the cloud cover out there already. back to back storms tomorrow and friday. dry sunday and warmer next week. not quite this warm and definitely warmer next week than the rainy days. 73 to 77 for the rest of us. the cloud canopy keeps us low to mid-50s tonight. my forecast, two mod cat storms thursday >>> and now to that stunning transformation of june better known as mama june from "here comes honey boo boo" at her heaviest she weighed 450 pounds and now she is not only revealing the dramatic changes to her body but also to her love life and family. >> alana! let's go. >> reporter: they are the self-proclaimed redneck who is rocked to fame faster than you could say -- >> me honey boo boo child. >> reporter: but

look at this puppy in colorado springs. what does the puppy say? he ises close, he is mouthing it.ome. ginger, we're catching a break so far on the rain. light this morning, mist and drizzle pushing off to the north, there are thunderstorms coming up the i-95 corridor. we'll have to watch out for those. cloudy ahead of this. ben franklin bridge barely visible with the rain on the windshield there. 64 degrees is the high today. we're looking the heavy rain arriving periods through the morning and there could severe thunderstorms around the best chance of that, the southern half of the region up until about noon or so. hnson is here spring fashion, tory, up to 58% off. >> we got so much going on. we got to get started. first up, nydj, premium denim and a reason why we partnered them. number one brand in department stores because of, well, aside from being soft, it's got its slimming lift tuck technology so that means a little lift in the back to enhance the curves and some tuck in the front to flatten whatever you want flattened. unbelievable assortment. so these three outfits look f

found 3500 veterans on to an alleged secret wait list at the facilities of denver golden in colorado springston d.c. he said the denver va retaliated. >> they gave me no work pass to perform so i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people that had done wrong, do nothing and keep my door open so they could keep an eye on me. >> smothers alleges retaliations temper management wanting to make the numbers look better so they could get bonuses. we has to be an on camera commented they directed us to the inspector general who said they did find way time issues at colorado facilities. eric meanwhile who was trying to help get the whistleblowers? >> republican senator ron johnson has stepped up on their behalf. he's heard many the same stories we are hearing and he is now pushing a bill to further protect whistleblowers like smothers. take a look. >> i wish i could say i was shocked. it's disappointing and depressing but the fact of the matter is with the va health care system the government run single-payer health care system and it has bureaucratic problems senator johnson has written a

snow across colorado springs this morning. that's a check of your local weather.ng in from the west. your exclusive accuweather 7-day, mild today, 75 and it will be some sun but occasionally a spotty shower or even a rumble of thunder is possible. sunny and 68 tomorrow. farm. good to have you guys with us. toss it back inside to you. lara. >> all right, thank you so much. getting a hug because sandra lee has just informed me it's national -- >> national hug your favorite newscast ter day. hi, honey. >> thank you. and you are here to give us our favorite meal, easter dinner is a very important meal in our houses and you have two ways to make ham, both of which are delicious. let's get right into it. >> before we start i am doing a tour of cooking classes at sur la table. >> i should probably do that. >> you're a good cook though and go on to priceless.com and get tickets if you're interested. right now we'll do some baking and easter cooking. all right. this is a mustard honey glazed ham. you are going to get a spiral cut ham. >> precut. >> going to cook it for an

that's in colorado springs from the snow on tuesday. what does a puppy say? woof. yeah, he's close.irst let's go ahead and get a chec >>> good morning. i'm abc7 new meteorologist mike nicco. you can see a few light showers already this morning and building. thunderstorms possible later today and tomorrow. damaging winds accompany that, too. scattered showers for saturday. it will be much quieter sunday. today, low to mid-60s along the coast. mid to upper 60s and the bay and mid-60s to the 70s inland. tonight temperatures in the low to mid-50s. today's and tomorrow's storm with ♪ 24 karat magic >>> it is that time, time for "deals & steals" and tory johnson is here with savings on spring fashion, tory, up to 58% off. >> we got so much going on. we got to get started. first up, nydj, premium denim and there's a reason we partnered with this brand. number one brand in department stores because of, well, aside from being soft, it's got its slimming lift tuck technology so that means a little lift in the back to enhance the curves and some tuck in the front to flatten whatever you want f

morgan brennan is in colorado springs and joins us with those highlights.s right. great music choice. loving the david bowie. take a look at this. this is a model of the new capsule that will carry six paying customers to the edge of space at a time. this is going to be roughly 11-minute trip. it's going to include several minutes of weightlessness and it's taking place in what is a fully autonomous vehicle. this is the brain child of the founder and ceo of blue origin and amazon. speaking here yesterday, bezos is optimistic about demand for the trips bringing down the high price of space travel. >> if we can reduce the cost of launch by a factor of 10 and then by a factor of 100 and believe me that will take time and a lot of hard work, but if we can do that, you'll live in a new world. a golden age of space exploration. >> reporter: so in other words, bringing down the price of a launch from say $100 million down to 1 million, that's a scenario bezos envisions so that millions of people can live and work in space. now, the key to all of this, being able t

very sobering and to me has national implications and certainly community implications back in colorado springs. general goldfein, i would like to ask you a question about space. in your written statement, you say that the jixboc recently renamed the national space defense center will face delays and delays in the new gps ground instruct and gps-3. so my question is this. with so many military and civilian systems reliant on assured access to space, and even just gps is critical for navigation, for financial transactions, 2 billion out of our 7 billion people use gps every day one way or another on the surface of the earth. what's this mean for security in space and access to our space-based resources? >> yes, sir. you know, we have been stewards of space since 1954 and we continue to take that priority seriously. as we look at the gps constellation, moving forward with gps-3 with the ground based stations and with all of the integration that needs to occur is a priority. and so we're managing that very -- they're very closely. the part that we actually haven't discussed here, i think general m

. >>> you wouldn't know it was spring in colorado. >> it puts it all in perspective. >> for us, though, it is feeling warmer out there. we like that. >> tammie souza is with us now. warm weather. let's keep thinking warm weather. >> this time of year, i tell you people do you really want to snow blow it away. so let's focus on today. because this is glorious. we made it into the 70s across the area. even cloe to 80 in delaware and out along the enginejersey shor. it's 76 in atlantic city. 72 in philly. mount pocono at 54. just the rest of the area enjoying spring-like temperatures and this fantastic weather. as far as the sky, we have seen a few high, thin clouds. we have seen a few isolated thunderstorms develop this afternoon. we're picking those up on the radar. you can see that out toward wild pack, we have a shower or storm that's moving by. maybe an isolated thunderstorm there. otherwise it's very isolated in nature across the area. we're continuing to get all of the warmth in here. where it's still climbing with temperatures, we may notch out another degree. what we're watching

spring. wouldn't know it looking at colorado rockies field. >> it's covered as you can see in a blanket of snow. crewing will be clearing that snow away to get the stadium ready to host the team's home opener on friday. be out there no problem. phillies hopefully shouldn't have a problem this friday. looking at a for showers. home opener. don't forget to watch nbc 10 welcome home fleece special. starts at two. takes you right up to the game against the nationals at 3:05. >> >>> other news this morning. former president of mexico slams president trump during a trip to our area. >> hear his plea to the president when it comes to the border wall. >>> also, falling flat. tell you about the online backlash after pepsi rolls out a new ad with a new spokesperson. xÑósoÑ?Ñ?@ñ?ñ?ñ? >>> our county by county county begins. people worried about a controversial plan. >>> dozens of people are voicing concerns can about a proposal to close local district court. they gathered at a township meeting last night. here's the deal. a drop in case load is one of the reasons for the plan, but residents worry that pub

. >> colorado rockies. spring training. that's what i'm talking about. an experience beyond anything i've experienced in baseball. >> the personal interaction is the greatest. we get to watch them all the time. >> i have to wash it tomorrow. we have to fly out. and i don't fit in the airplane. >> reporter: next, on to the field for batting practice. >> this is a blast. >> we need that mohawk in the stands. >> always. definitely. >> i don't think i had this much fun since -- yeah. a long time. >> reporter: to finish the day, joshua headed to the mound for the ceremonial first pitch. >> to the roof. >> next up to bat is cubs fanatic christina. her husband and son, whom christina believes is the good luck charm, who helped chicago bring home the world series title. >> what's your name? >> nikko. >> what's up? >> number one cubs' fan. >> all of the players. and afterly being on the field. thank you so much. >> have a great day. >> appreciate it. >> watching batting practice. it's been amazing. >> great seats to the game today. >> reporter: to top off the day

but for a place like colorado just the way it is geographically set up can get the snowstorms, what seems like strange times every year, fall and springhy i don't live in colorado. >> oh, stop at any. >> glad to be here. >> pros and cons with every location. so, let's talk about the pros, my goodness, it will be such an awesome looking day here, if you like summer like warmth, like sunshine, practically have perfection for you here today. shorts, t-shirts, definitely acceptable. and we are starting off on warm note. you can walk out the door in some spots, and actually get away with the short pants. let's take a look at storm scan. looking at frontal passage, we had expected this to fizzle out t certainly has lived to up that expectation, there were couple of even rumbles every thunder moving on through. we have, if you look real closely, rub the eyes little bit here, but even few little lightning strikes doppler indicated in the last couple of hours, but really just evening out couple of showers locally. those are clearing. they're currently over southern new jersey. here is the next storm system getting it act together. that will be