the air force academy in colorado springs -- there's a long history of the relationship and integration between space and science and our national defense and we can't overlook it. it's amazing when i go back to colorado and i talk to people and colorado's a relatively space literate state. and i begin to ask people about their -- did they have concerns that our satellite systems could be attacked, that there could be a cyber attack and in some way physically or through a cyber breach, render our satellite systems vulnerable or disable them in some way. it's as if they've never heard of this before. but space now is -- not just g.p.s. you go down the list of all the things that are essential to our economy, that are tied to space, and there is this dawning awareness that countries like china have the capability to wage an attack in space and we need to be prepared for it. space command, my biggest concern about space command, not obviously as a u.s. senator from colorado, i have a vested interest in supporting things in colorado. but i absolutely believe, whether space command ends up i

infrastructure that is built above the air force base and also —-dash the air force academy down at colorado springss well. there is that long history of their relationship and integration between space and science and our national defense we cannot overlook it. it is amazing when i go back to colorado and i talked to people, colorado has a literally space state. do they have concerns that our systems could be attacked? there could be a cyber attack. in some way, physically or through a cyber reach, render our satellite systems vulnerable or disabled in some way. it as if they had never heard of this before. space now, i mean, not just gps, we go down a list of things that are essential to our economy that are tied space. there is this awareness that countries like china have the capability to wage and attacking space and we need to be prepared for it. space command, the senator from colorado, i have invested interest in supporting things in colorado. i absolutely believe, whether space command ends up in colorado springs or wherever it ends up, the decision for national security and not political.

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he's in colorado springs. thank you forjoining us.on mentioned so many times in the last few days. 0bviously many times in the last few days. obviously the residence for you is only too obvious. how great a moral imperative do you feeljoe biden has two bring out as many of these afghans as possible? those who are clearly desperate to get away? are clearly desperate to get awa ? , �* ., , away? president biden has the createst away? president biden has the greatest moral— away? president biden has the greatest moral imperative. - greatest moral imperative. myself, my family, 130,000 vietnamese allies are here in america because president forward showed the political fortitude and the willpower to make it priority to not leave our vietnamese allies behind when saigon fell. president biden has the same imperative today, all the more so because he initially opposed the evacuation of allies like myself in 1975.- evacuation of allies like m self in 1975. ., ., ., ~ myself in 1975. you are talking about 130,000 _ myself in 1975. you are talk

retreat from political activity, move the nra's headquarters out of washington and move it to colorado springs where we can focus on outdoorsmen activities and hunting and recreational shooting but this angered a group of dissidents in the nra membership and in the nra organization who thought guns weren't primarily about hunting but were about personal protection in an era of rising crime rates. this group of dissidents led by harlan carter led a dramatic middle of the night coup of the organization. they went to the annual membership meeting in 1977 and orchestrated a well thought out, carefully devised plan to oust the entire leadership of the nra and replace them with the new dissident hardliners. when they took office they recommitted to political activity and made the second amendment really the heart and soul of the nra. >> when did moses himself, charlton heston, become involved? >> yeah. well charlton heston became one of the great spokesman for the nra. the famous picture from my cold dead hands. one of the things i found not going to directly answer your question, but charlton hesto

move the nra's activity to colorado springs, where we can focus on adores men activities, hunting, recreational shootings. this angered a group of dissidents in the nra organization who thought that guns weren't primarily about hunting but personal protection in an era of rising crime rates. this man -- led a dramatic, middle of the night coup of the organization, they went to the any organization meeting in 1977 and orchestrated a well thought out, carefully thought out plan to oust of the leadership of the nra plan and replace them with the hard-liners. when they took office they committed to political activity and meet the second amendment really the heart and soul of the second nra. >> when did charlston heston become involved? >> charleston of course became the great spokesman for the nra. there are the famous pictures, from my cold, dead hands. one of the things that i, found charleston was the first to say, one of the things that i found in research on gun fights, among blacks in the civil war, the same attitude was prevalent. you will only take my gun from my cold, hard, hands. during t

believe they got park passes, too, where paralynpians our friends and families are being sent to colorado springsncy there and i think a good place to start is some coverage and great coverage and sponsorships that really spread the word about the paralympics because i believe the issue right now is outreach. >> so, obviously, you're not in tokyo. your competition kicks off later this month. how are you feeling headed into it. what kind of curveballs? do you have any lingering concerns here or are you super amped? >> yeah, so, we're about a month out. i'm really excited. i have a few more weeks of training i think i need to get in before i'm fully ready. covid has definitely affected training quite a bit. our training center here was closed. so we all had to do workouts in our house, which is really interesting. our coach here did a fantastic job figuring out how to get us a weight room inside our home. we're lifting pots, books, doing a bench press. >> what. >> yeah. it was really interesting. we're really glad we're opening up. and hopefully the olympics are going to be great. >> talk about usi

realize civilian technologies are equally depede dependent on space and space force base in colorado springsl sectors rely on positioning and timing information for precise banking information and transactions. the transportation sec tour, air, land, sea rely to be able to execute our critical infrastructure. >> reporter: the danger of the u.s. is greater dependence on space equals greater vulnerability to attacks in space. china is launching kidnapper satellites with grappling arms capable of plucking satellites out of or bit and russia is deploying kamikaze satellites capable of destroying u.s. space assets and russia has a new space weapon, space force dubs the nesting. >> back in 2017 russia launched a satellite and it opened up and another satellite came up and then it opened up and a projectile came out. that projectile is designed to kill u.s. satellites. so in 2019, they did the same thing but this time, they put it next to one of our satellites and then we started talking about it. >> you warned them away? >> we described what a safe and professional behavior and it's important toda

they are back in colorado springs, and after the ordeal, hiding from the taliban, salma tells her story had landed, there was apparently a news statement that came out that the taliban wanted everyone who was a citizen to get out of america. so learning the first day, we were kind of nervous. it was maybe after two weeks that we realized they had taken over three cities, which was herat and two other ones. then we realized they were close to palmo m, and the next day thy were in kabul. >> i talked to critics the day before they got to kabul, and there was a thought that maybe it would be a fight or maybe it would be weeks from now. i know your brother back in colorado was trying to help get you out. when you realized that the taliban were already in the city, what did you do? did you just stay inside? >> yeah, we were staying inside and we were trying to contact my family. we were trying to get tickets as soon as possible. tickets were twice the price, and then after a few hours, we found out the airport had completely closed. so we felt we were completely stuck and had no choice of lea

nation's constellation of gps satellites flown by second space squadron trevor space force base in colorado springsl probably use 20 to 30 times between the moment they get up to the moment they have breakfast. >> the financial factors rely on positioning and timing information for precise banking operations and transactions. our transportation sector for positioning and timing, air, land, sea and rail all rely on the global positioning system to be able to execute. our critical infrastructure. >> the job of defending the nearly three dozen gps satellites rests with a remarkably small team. ten guardians on duty at any time outnumbered nearly 3 to 1 by the half billion dollar satellites they fly. trevor space force base has control over multiple constellations of u.s. satellites, every constellation with dozens of individual satellites each providing capabilities such as gps, secure military communications and more and more situational awareness in space. that is, keeping an eye on adversaries and weapons targeting u.s. space assets. >>> the danger for the u.s. is that greater dependence on space e

i do believe that colorado springs was the best option, based on many factors ranging from location,ivilian and military workforce, and the range of x in space warfare and operations -- range of space warfare and operations. in addition to quality of life for servicemembers and their families yet i.e. early await those reviews as we work to support and stand up this new service and reestablish -- with the insisting and existing and growing threats. i was happy to see that the operations and maintenance for the race force included an increase of almost $1 billion over fiscal year 2021. i look forward to hearing how the department is prioritizing readiness for its unique design requirements as compared to the other services. i also look forward to hearing about any lingering or projected covid-19 impacts to the training and readiness of the service department. it presented challenges to training with many exercises being canceled despite resorts that there has been no degradation in readiness and readiness levels are at historic marks. there seems to be a discrepancy that i would like

colorado have temporarily blocked an amtrak route leading to the bay area. the california zephyr route that runs between chicago and emeryville saw train delays when this happened in glenwood springs, colorado, on thursday. you can see a bulldozer working to scrape up the mud there. a highway nearby also affected by this big mudslide, leaving travelers stranded. the mudslides are a result of a nearby burn scar and rain. >>> take a look at this new video. lightning struck a tree in the san bernardino national forest, sparking a fire, and you can see the tree disintegrating after a few minutes. the tree then splits. look at that. the pieces fall to the ground. >> don't want to get hit by lightning. that's for sure. >>> five or six times hotter than the surface of the sun, i will avoid that if i can at all. easy to see why such tender drive education catches so quickly. it's a bad combination. in the next few days our weather is going to remain fine. the fire danger isn't going to be off the scale for the early part of august. we're going to be warm to even hot inland with a compressed marine layer still in place. big area of high pressure that's off to our east is going to be weighi

now if you look at a town like colorado springs from january through april, er visits shot up 145% fromlar trend. mental health-related e.r. visits nationwide jumped in both younger and older kids between mid-march and october of 2020. don't expect things to get back to normal when schools reopen this fall. medical experts are predicting another big spike in kids seeking help, this time to help them come out of their bubble. >> a lot of my colleagues anticipate there being really an epidemic or even if you will a pandemic of mental health issues that really is a result of this past year. we have this whole generation of kids that we never really have seen anything like this before in most of our lifetimes of kids that had to deal with this prolonged period of isolation. >> one psychologist out of colorado told us the most threatening thing for kids right now for their mental health, the unknown. whether will go back to school or online learning. they are asking parents to sit down and have that open conversation with them so they are mentally prepared for whatever happens. >> bill: than

look at this video coming out of colorado springs. it's so dense there.he air quality is so poor in denver that the broncos had to move their practice indoors on saturday. denver was the most polluted air quality city in the world. this is all from the fires that are burning in california. look at the expanse of this. goes all the way to the midwest and great lakes. so many americans suffering from this wide-reaching impact from the fires. it has a climate change influence, as does the heat this week. heat waves on both coasts, including the northwest. where temperatures will get to near record-breaking levels again in portland. that deadly heat wave in june. this is just six weeks after that deadly heat wave in june. we'll get close to those numbers once again. that has a strong climate change link. michael? >> you can see that. >> all across the country. >> all across the country. >> around the world. >>> we'll get the latest on afghanistan where the taliban took control of three key cities on sunday as american troops withdraw. stephanie ramos is track

olympic and paralympic music in colorado springs.e army. short and sweet, i love our country. >> reporter: melissa stockwell was a second lieutenant in the u.s. army's transportation corps when she deployed to iraq in march of 2004. three weeks later, within seconds the entire trajectory of her life changed. >> we were going into central baghdad, and we left the gate that morning. and i was in a vehicle, a humvee that had five of us soldiers in it. about ten minutes into that convoy, we went under this bridge, and there was just this deafening -- i mean -- black smoke and smell of metal, and the windshield's crashed in. and our vehicle is swerving to the left, we ricochet off a guardrail. to make long story pretty short, that roadside bomb that hit did take my left leg above the knee. it was gone. it was severed immediately. and thankfully there was a combat medic a few vehicles back who knew i was hurt, pulled me out of the vehicle, put a tourniquet on and really saved my life. >> reporter: stockwell was 24 years old and soon found

she is back in the usa and live in colorado springs. good morning to you. how are you doing?ldn't have been here today if i didn't put all my faith in him. >> bill: beautiful. can i ask you the question a thousand people have asked you? how did it feel? >> oh, man, it -- honestly it felt amazing. it felt like i didn't have any control. i did what i practiced and by the grace of god. my mantra is let go and let god. it worked and i'm ecstatic about it and i'm overjoyed and so happy i'm affecting so many people and yeah. >> dana: our audience fell in love with you. i did want to ask you something. you took a karaoke machine with you. what is your go-to song? >> i have a lot of go-to songs but it would have to be my starter would be you're welcome from moana to get the mood going. >> dana: love that. you also said sometimes your coaches put you through a tough work-out. i'm curious, what does a tough work-out look like for you? >> one where i end up crying, honestly. that happened in indiana at our olympic camp. it was painstaking. everybody did fresh people came in and we went

olympic and paralympic museum in colorado springs. >> you know, i think -- you look at this wall, i mean, laurie hernan hernandez, lebron james, i mean, i'm like how am i on this wall? >> you're one of them. >> i know -- yes but no. i mean, it's surreal. that's awesome. >> as a paralympian among the able bodied, inspirational, as well. >> nice to meet you. >> i'm going to start crying. thank you so much. >> thank you. if someone can see your stories and if they've just lost a leg, maybe they can be like, okay, i can get through this. i'm going to learn to walk, whatever it is. that's kind of the cherry on top. >> she also was looking forward to inspiring her kids to showing -- i do all these things all year. she's got two kids now, and this is why i do it -- by going to the olympics, getting there really was winning in the first place. we should point out her teammate, brad snyder, he is the first u.s. man to win paralympic or olympic gold. he's a navy vet who lost his eyesight ten years ago serving in afghanistan in an ied explosion.

and we've got a lot of monsoonal moisture bringing heavy rain, flooding in colorado springs, coloradoslides, big problems, and they're going be looking at more of that again today. we start out west with the fires. we have air quality alerts right now stretching from arizona all the way to the midwest poor air quality the jet stream is picking up all that smoke, unhealthy air, and bringing it to the east. and, in fact, we're going to be looking at the smoke all the way down through tennessee into the carolinas. eventually it will dissipate and we've also got heavy rain down through -- we've got flood alerts stretching from montana into new mexico. slow-moving storms. >>> good monday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're starting out with a few clouds here and there and it will clear out. we're looking at a nice day but warming up for the inland areas. headed toward the upper 80s and 90s tomorrow. as we go towards the end of the week it's going to cool down by wednesday and then heat right back up for friday. the weekend also looking pretty warm for the valleys. san francisco is

he was in colorado springs and he said, you know, i believe in you, come out here, i'm going to shoot time. it was kind of a little overwhelming at first, but i am so fortunate to have the support of the army and the reserves to really be successful and to see this go out. ainsley: what was the reaction when you got back to the u.s.? >> oh, they showed up in atlanta at baggage claim just to try the embarrass me. [laughter] landed at almost midnight, so i was just shocked to see so many people were up. ainsley: why did you decide to join the military? >> you know, i fought it for a very long time. i was already training and competing, so after i lost my dad i said, you know what? i need to do something different. i was, like, you know, better late than never and here we are. ainsley: where is your gold medal? is it in front of you? >> it is, it's right here. a iowas iowans don't let that out of your sight. is it print heavy? >> -- is it pretty heavy? >> it is. we were comparing sizes and they said mine is bigger. [laughter] ainsley: you deserve is it. what are you going to do with it?

pete: after the speech board members voted to ban crt from the classrooms in their colorado springs schoolopher donahue, at karzai international airport, and rescue missions. we heard from the us military who assured us that is not the case and it remains getting as many americans and citizens of america home safely as soon as possible. up next american troops on the ground in afghanistan to help people escape. our next guest served in afghanistan and was awarded the medal of honor next. oh! are you using liberty mutual's coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. limu, you're an animal! who's got the bird legs now? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ challenging times are nothing new. neither are resilient people. there's strength in every family story. learn more about yours. at ancestry. introducing xfinity rewards. there's strength our very own way of thanking you just for being with us. enjoy rewards like movie night specials. xfinity mobile benefits. ...and e

i live in a beautiful home in colorado springs which i refinanced last week.e companies and banks tripping over themselves trying to give me their business. not a one of them saw that checked box that said african-american, said, sorry, we don't do business with your kind. that has never happened to me. those days are 50 years ago but they want to drag them into today and act when it is going on it is not. i'm not oppressed by anybody. rachel: amen. amen. will: derek, voices like your own are often marginalized not given the platform quite honestly they deserve. do you feel like the point of view you embraced, a plaque american, descendent of slaves, do you think the point of view you espoused at the podium is a representative of the larger percentage of the black population in america that we might fully understand or are you a more lone voice pushing back out there that idea everyone is oppressed? >> i think it is the former. more people truly understand what is happening, see what is happening, want to do something about it but they are not given a platform

for "cbs this morning saturday" whereby manitou springs, colorado. >> and nancy tells us that train runs >> bundle up. >> we'll have a doughnut. >> another food trip. >> we're in! >> we haven't taken up with yet. >> we've dealt with some interesting circumstances. >> that's true. hey, next year. >>> the olympic sport of skateboarding has really taken hold in japan. where the country is dominating the medal count and brought a new avenue of expression among the nation's young people. we'll take you to tokyo next. rn >>> and next week, we'll introduce you to this mother/son duo. you'll meet dunky boy and dunky mom. you're watching "cbs saturday." >>> for those you've without local news, "cbs this morning saturday" will return in a few minutes. for now, i'm ian lee with a look beyond this morning's headlines. the pandemic has caused increased demand for an array of products, including jigsaw puzzles. one retirement kplunt in southern utah has found a way to keep the pieces flowing. >> reporter: just one box is never enough for cheryl rasmussen. for the past year, she's been loading up jigsa

so it doesn't melt in the spring and it doesn't feed the streams and rivers that wind up in the colorado and come back into this reservoir for people to use. now as far as the impact, well, the people in the cities are not going to feel it right away if at all. but farmers will, as you mentioned, and farmers are now facing some very difficult choices in arizona, which despite being a desert state does produce a lot of cotton and alfalfa and other crops that are kind of water intensive really to grow. a farmers are now going to have to consider whether to allow land to lay fallow or to start planning new crops, or to get out of the business of farming in the desert altogether. and of course it's, it's, it's a, it's a region wide problem. it's not just this colorado river basin, which some sorry to say, is now going through the worst drought in 1200 years. we've seen the impact all over the west in just the last few months with buyers in oregon and california brutal waves in the pacific northwest and in british columbia. and so it's an, it's an issue that is very widespread. and scientists