but 9news political analyst floyd ciruli says-- trump's move is absolutly strategic... and it could actually win him votes. instead of being a debate-- trump is holding his own event to benefit vets. but a super pac for ted cruz is offering to donate "one point five million dollars" to vets-- if trump will debate cruz one- on-one. corey-- so far-- trump hasn't accepted the offer. the man shoved by a denver police officer... at a bar... is now suing the officer... and the city... more than a year later. brandon schreiber says training for dpd officers is flawed and failing the community. schreiber was at a bachelor party with his brother athte one-up bar in lodo in july 2014. he says his brother fell asleep at the bar... he was detained by police and sent to detox. whe he tried to find out about his brother from officer choice johnson... he was slammed to the ground. a city's halo cam... caught it all on video. johnson was given a 30-day suspension... and is back on patrols. denver police couldn't comment on the litigation. we also reached out to the city attorneys' offi

we spoke with 9news political analyst floyd ciruli for his take on the speech. >> as this state of the union classically all about legacy? >> no, when they say it's going to be a different kind of a state of the union, i think the way to look at it is he's going to be throwing down i think an issue gauntlet of saying if i were running for a third term, this is the agenda i'd run on. and what that really means is this is the agenda i hope my democratic successor ends up running on. in, he was for hope and change. i think that's the kind of theme we did change things and things are better. >> republican governor nikki haley largely considered a rising star in the party will give the republican response. surulae -- ciruli says she's well known outside of her state and ultimately she could be the vice this all comes as the president's approval rating going in to this speech hovers around 45% and just about 25% of people polled say the country is moving in the right direction. >> lots to think about, especially as we look to the next election cycle. >> absolutely. >>> president obama is mak

we spoke with 9news political analyst floyd ciruli for his take on the speech. >> as this state of the union classically all about legacy? >> no, when they say it's going to be a different kind of a state of the union, i think the way to look at it is he's going to be throwing down i think an issue gauntlet of saying if i were running for a third term, this is the agenda i'd run on. and what that really means is this is the agenda i hope my democratic successor ends up running on. >> you remember when he came in, he was for hope and change. i think that's the kind of theme he's going to try and say. we did change things and things are better. haley largely considered a rising star in the party will give the republican response. surulae -- ciruli says she's well known outside of her state and ultimately she could be the vice presidential pick. this all comes as the president's approval rating going in to this speech hovers around 45% and just about 25% of people polled say the country is moving in the right direction. >> lots to think about, especially as we look to the next election cy