[applause] >> governor hickenlooper, this is your chance. you have here a room full of silicon valley executives. what do you say to them to get them to expand or move to colorado? >> can governor brown leave the room for a minute? >> i am a great believer that luring companies from one state to the other does not help the country. i think it is a race to the bottom. as the governor would say. it is useful for us to be as relentlessly pro-business as we can. we're very focused on education and we want to be the no. 1 state for solving this riddle that this country has become from being the no. 1 public education nation to one in the bottom half. we know the things -- at risk kids are coming from difficult neighborhoods and often broken families, they need a longer school day. that is nothing new there. there's another way to do that without spending a bunch of money. you can get your teachers union to agree to stagger the school day. some teachers come in early and you have study hall, some come in later and you have sports after school. the

next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective parts. he became very successful in the brew pub business. he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and things of that nature. i know that will come out. thank you, governor. >> are we all set? i am from the "mercury news," and we're here because we live in a global cloueconomy. it has altered local economies because so many manufacturing and technology jobs are moving, whether it is a matter of costs for going where the trained work force is. we're fortunate to have to governors here to talk about how that change affects their jobs and what they're doing to jump- start their economies which compete with one another. this could be fun. let me start with our guest. governor hickenlooper. i knew that was going to happen. most of us here are pretty much aware of california's budget crisis. can you give us a quick

from denver, rocky mountain pbs reports now on colorado governor john hickenlooper's plan to increase spending for mental health. >> at the colorado capital in denver tuesday, governor john hickenlooper announced an $18.5 million package of improvements to the state's mental health system including a boost for statewide crisis intervention. >> after the shootings in aurora, we said we wanted to allow the victims and their families, the wounded victims to process what had happened to them and the families to grieve with some level of peace, the loss of their family members and their closest friends. but we began looking at what things could we do. we're lucky to have many high-skilled providers and a strong infrastructure already in place. but we know that access to services at present is insufficient. and that oftentimes the delivery of those services is fragments. we're very well aware of it. resources for mental health services have declined over the last few years. really, for a longer period of time than that. certainly now more than ever we need to have tough discussions about ho

colorado's governor, john hickenlooper, he said, "we know too well what impact this kind of violence has on a community." he said that the first thing he wanted to do today was talk to his counterpart governor in connecticut, dan malloy. governor hickenlooper said, "i cannot put into words how impossible it seems to me that this can happen again so suddenly." virginia tech was the site of a mass shooting five years ago where 32 people were shot and killed on a college campus. another 17 people were shot and survived. the president of virginia tech said today, "we of the greater virginia tech community know from our experience of the unending sorrow and horror that has now descend on the newtown, connecticut community." tim kaine, he said today, "our commonwealth knows too well the pain of senseless gun violence." colin goddard, who survived the virginia tech massacre, he still has three bullets in him that were fired that day. he said today on msnbc, "i'm still trying to wrap my head around the mass shooting that happened in oregon earlier this week. when i saw this morning that this

joining any now is the governor of colorado, john hickenlooper. thank you for joining us today. i think that things are so fresh here in connecticut, but you have been dealing for several months with the aftermath of what happened in aurora. i wonder if you have -- if i am misinterpreting you or interpreting you correctly that maybe you have some slight evolution on what ought to be done in terms of laws involving guns or ammunitions. >> first, let me just say that, the heart of every person in colorado goes out to every person in connecticut. watching governor malloy navigate, and i think done a remarkable job, but we would -- you know, our hearts are breaking there for them. we know exactly how they feel. we've been collecting and even as they struggle to process this we've had that distance since the shooting in aurora. i've really tried to look at what are the things that could make a difference, and how should we begin this conversation? things like high capacity magazin magazines certainly have -- that comes up again and again and again. the expanding background checks to

and this week governor hickenlooper sort of reluctantly signed the paperwork that gets sba that into state constitution. he also signed an executive order setting up a task force to figure out how to implement the new law, how, for example, the state will regulate the new pot market. the great state of colorado seen here enjoying their drug of choice on the steps of the state capitol building are of course not waiting around for the details to be ironed out. but the details are really pretty important. apart from the state of colorado figuring out how to regulate its newly constitutional right to smoke a bowl, there is the not so small matter of federal law. marijuana use may be well be enshrined in the colorado constitution as of this week. it's still not legal in the eyes of the federal government. they're about to find themselves in the middle of a major clash between state and federal law. and until it is resolved, we have something of a legal pickle. colorado's governor for example reached out to the justice department for guidance, but he does not seem to have gotten very far i

the other thing we're doing with roxane's governor, governor hickenlooper, governor fallin and hickenlooper have an initiative to convert fleets to cng. we went to detroit with a group of 13 governors signed on to an mou, had 22 represented in terms of putting an rfp out there, we said we want to convert state fleets to cng, produce us a fleet vehicle, give us that ability to do that efficiently, we'll give you the market. we will putp 5,000 cars that we commit to buying, and we're going to save our states dollars by the fuel efficiency, but also have the added bonus of creating jobs in our state and cng producing state as well as energy independence. doesn't make a lot of sense to buy energy from countries that aren't necessarily favorable us and not stable as well. and we have all of the energy that we need. we've seen the reports that could be energy independent by 2020 in this country and we need to be doing everything we can to boost that ergy production. my state, in colorado, and in several other energy producing states, the innovation is coming from our business owners in this state

. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] governor hickenlooper took e final official step today -- declaring the-approved amendment is now part of the state constitution. the governor says the people wee --quote-- "loud and clear". the law allows anyone over o possess up to an ounce for recreational use -- or six plants. colorado is still >>> it is official. smoking pot is now legal in colorado. the governor took the final official step today declaring the voter approved amendment is now part of the state constitution. the governor says people were, quote, loud and clear. the law allows anyone over 21 to possess up to an ounce for recreational use or six plants. colorado will not allow commercial sells for at least a year. >>> did you ship where you are holiday packages yet? if you did ited to you certainly weren't alone. fed ex says today was its busiest. the world's second largest delivery company says it handled about 19 million packages. that is about 200 packages every second. >> all hands on deck. we're all here. until christmas we're going to have everyone here. we will get it done. >> fe

the other thing that we are dealing with governor hickenlooper commented before the third energy. governor fallin and governor hickenlooper created and energy and governor mcdonald as well is supportive and we literally went to detroit with a group of 13 governors signed on and we have 22 represented in terms of putting them roc out there. we want to convert to a fleet vehicles and give us that ability to do that efficiently and we will give you the market. we will put up 5,000 cars that we commit to bodying and we are going to save our states dollars by the fuel efficiency, but we also have the added bonus of creating jobs in our state and the producing states as long as energy independence. it doesn't make a lot of sense to buy energy from countries that are not necessarily favorable and not stable as well. and we have all of the energy that we need. we have seen the reports that we can be energy independent by 2020 in this country, and we need to be doing everything we can to boost that energy production in my state, in colorado and coming from our business owners and the state

also today, the governor of colorado, democrat john hickenlooper made a big move. today he announced a $19 million expansion and redesign of his state's mental health system. and it includes a single state-wide statewide health line. and walk-in center across the state. and streamlined reporting of mental health commitments from gun sales. we learned of another multiple victim shooting. in longmont, colorado, a gunman killing three people in what appears to be a domestic violence situation before shooting and killing himself. it was also news on guns today from a very unexpected quarter of the world of sports. jim boeheim is the head basketball coach at syracuse university. last night jim boeheim logged his 900th career win as a coach. that's a really big milestone. not many people have reached that milestone in the world of sports. but in his moment of being recognized for that rare achievement, this is what jim boeheim talked about during his postgame press conference. watch. >> if we in this country as americans cannot get the people who represent us to do somet

in the last 24 hours, for example, colorado governor hickenlooper just announced an $18.5 million plan to expand the state's mental health services. riderless same time, there was another mass shooting in colorado yesterday -- right around the same time, there's another mass shooting in coloradoan yesterday. a man killed three people. talk about the concern of mental illness. >> anjali with the fiscal cliff, number one, we had very large cuts last year and the before. we been doing what we need to do to bring down the fiscal cliff. when it comes to mental health, i spent my life as a nurse before i came here. there are choices we have to make. when you are making those choices, you have to look at what are the consequences going to be down the road? yes, i happen to agree there is a lot of waste in this system. i believe we need to cut back the out. when secretary gates was here on the defense side in the pentagon, they found a lot of money they can certainly cut out. to be very honest with you, you have to be careful we want to make sure that we do not hurt our national defense. it is

new york post" but you're seeing pro-nra senators like senator manchin, senator warner, governor hickenlooperhers saying we must move, speed is of the essence. >> senator manchin said we have to consider everything. let me give grover a chance to respond to some of this now. >> look, the national rifle association represents a great number of americans and 20% will tell you in polls that they belong to the nra, and so one is a very important issue, one, we should support the first amendment, as well as the second amendment. i'm not sure -- some people's suggestions of censorship worries me. one, we ought to calm down and not take tragedies like this and use them for political purposes. president obama has been president for four years. if he thought that some gun control would solve this problem, he should have been pushing it four years ago. he didn't. democrats had a majority in the house and supermajority in the house and senate for the first two years that they were in office. if they thought that this was really an important issue, they might have done something then. they didn't so what

after the aurora shooting at the movie theater this summer, i had governor hickenlooper of colorado onhe program. and he was making the point that, yes, he used an assault rifle, but, you know, had he not had that he could have had a bomb. this is a portion of our conversation. >> i mean, if he could have gotten access to the bombs, what kind of bomb would he have manufactured? we are in the information age where there's access to all kinds of information. and humans can be diabolical and twisted in the sense that he was almost a terrorist. >> i don't think you can go to parents and say, i'm sorry, there's always going to be some crazy person, so we as a society are not going to protect your children. you don't really mean that. and i assume the governor didn't mean that. there's always going to be bad people, and there's always a way you -- you can strangle somebody with your hands. that doesn't mean everybody should have an assault weapon. you're going from one thing to another. the bottom line is that if you -- people say -- the other thing they said after aurora was education. don'

after the aurora shooting at the movie theater this summer, i had governor hickenlooper of colorado onhe program. and he was making the point that, yes, he used an assault rifle, but, you know, had he not had that he could have had a bomb. this is a portion of our conversation. >> i mean, if he could have gotten access to the bombs, what kind of bomb would he have manufactured? we are in the information age where there's access to all kinds of information. and humans can be diabolical and twisted in the sense that he was almost a terrorist. >> i don't think you can go to parents and say, i'm sorry, there's always going to be some crazy person, so we as a society are not going to protect your children. you don't really mean that. and i assume the governor didn't mean that. there's always going to be bad people, and there's always a way you -- you can strangle somebody with your hands. that doesn't mean everybody should have an assault weapon. you're going from one thing to another. the bottom line is that if you -- people say -- the other thing they said after aurora was education. don'

after the aurora shooting at the movie theater this summer, hi governor hickenlooper of colorado on therogram, and he was making the point that, yes, he used an assault rifle, but had he not had that, he could have had a bomb. this is a portion of our conversation. >> i mean, if he couldn't have gotten access to the guns, what kind of bomb would he have manufactured? i mean, we're in a time of an information age where there's access to all kinds of information, and he was diabolical, demonic in a twisted sense. i think of him almost as a terrorist. >> i don't think you can go to parents and say, i'm sorry, there's always going to be some crazy person so we as a society are not going to protect your children? you don't really mean that? and i'm -- i assume the governor didn't mean that. there's always going to be bad people, and there's always a way. you can strangle somebody with your hands. that doesn't mean that everybody should have an assault weapon. you're going from one thing to another. bottom line is, and people say -- the other thing they said after aurora was education. don't

governor fallin and governor hickenlooper created an initiative to convert state fleets to c.n.g. and governor mcdonell as well is supportive. we went to detroit with a group of 13 governors signed on to an m.o.u. and we had -- convert our fleets to c.n.g. and produce a fleet vehicle and give us that ability to do that efficiently. we'll give you the market. we'll put up 5,000 cars that we commit to buying. and we're going to save our states dollars by the fuel efficiency. but we also have the added bonus of creating jobs in our state. and then c.n.g. producing state. as well as energy independence. it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to be buying energy from countries that are not necessarily favorable to us and not stable as well. and we've got all the energies that we need. we've seen the reports that we could be energy independent by 2020 in this country. and we need to be doing everything we can to boost that energy production and my state in colorado, and then several other energy-producing states. the innovation is coming from our business centers in the state and across t

governor hickenlooper, the very popular governor of colorado, says enough time has passed since that movie theater shooting that was so horrific says now may be the time in january for the legislature there to talk about gun control, and michael bloomberg, who is about to leave as mayor of new york says he wants to be a counterweight to the nra and has made some contributions in this past election for candidates who are willing to talk about gun control. >> exactly. countrying melvin has an update on what is happening in connecticut as we await the news conference from law enforcement and hospital officials. craig. >> hey there, andrea. just -- i heard the conversation briefly. i do want to update the numbers right now. this is, again, according to nbc news.com. at this point 4 killed, 24 killed in that school shooting including 17 children. again, as you just indicated, those numbers are expected to change, but, again, at this point, 24 killed. 17 of them are children. we are awaiting a news conference as well. there are numerous injuries as well as you might imagine. this is newtow

colorado governor john hickenlooper signed an executive order making marijuana legal in the state.ears or older can now carry up to one ounce of marijuana legally without a prescription. in november, colorado voters approved an amendment to the state's constitution allowing the growing and recreational use of marijuana. colorado and washington officials both have asked the u-s department of justice for guidance on the laws that conflict with federal drug law. neither state will allow commercial sales for a year or more. >> today, president obama spoke to workers at a detroit factory. he is rallying public support for his proposal to raise rates on the top two percent of income earners. mister obama held back from directly criticizing republicans for opposing his tax plans.perhaps showing that fiscal cliff negotiations are showing progress. he says he will *not back down on his stance that the wealthiest americans should pay more in taxes. >> i'm not going to have a situation where the wealthiest among us including folks like me get to keep all our tax breaks and then we're asking s

>> stephanie: john hickenlooper said there might be come section with people who might go over the edgenstable and have access to assault weapons. >> caller: absolutely. but somebody said these are people with propensity to violence. i saw a little boy who was the nicest -- kindest -- he would cry if somebody picked on him, and he got a hand held game and his mom -- and she was like 5-foot, and she came in and told me one day that she stomped and broke the $100 machine, because he began hitting his sister every time he was playing these games. and these weren't even super violent games, it was because he was so intense in playing that he would get interrupted that she made noise. and whether stomping it was the right thing, she told me i have never seen behavior like that. >> stephanie: yes. good points, michelle. thanks for calling. okay. forty-eight minutes after the hour. you can explain later why you just threw your hands in the air and scauffed. war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that

food stamps for one week, joining other celebrities like mario batali, colorado governor john hickenlooperadelphia mayor michael nutter and representative robert brady. joining me now is sister simone campbell. thank you, sister, for joining us this morning. >> glad to be with you, carol. >> i wondered what you felt about mayor booker's exercise. what do you think? is he doing the right thing? >> i think anything that brings attention of ordinary folks to the struggle of people, low-income neem our society, this probably is a step forward. i think he will find it quite challenging. when we were in milwaukee during a tour, our bus tour, we discov discovered a man and his wife and two kids who used food stamps for breakfast and lunch during summertime when the kids aren't in school. and what billy told me was that having a 14-year-old child, a boy, who is growing and eats everything in sight, the only way they can do it, to try to keep him fed, is then come into the evening to st. benedict's dining room because billy's salary is only enough to keep a roof over their head and keep them from b

colorado governor john hickenlooper who endured its own massacre at a theater in aurora told cnn's "stateithin a state or in the country to have more people paying attention and trying to detect folks that are unstable, on the verge of real trouble, trying to catch them at a sooner level. >> california congresswoman, mary bono mack has concerns about the mental health system. we're also joined by her husband, florida congressman connie mack. both are leaving congress when this term is up. i want to talk about mental health. first, i want to talk about the president last night at this vigil. he did speak about measures that sounded like he was talking about gun control. let's take a listen to what he said. >> in the coming weeks i had use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents and educators, in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. >> so what can be done to prevent these tragedies? >> i think the president is on the right path here. there has to be an awful lot that is done. to simply

colorado in the aftermath of the movie shooting massacre there, and the governor of that state, john hickenlooper service afterward said something that drew the applause of the crowd. i want to play that for you now. >> the moment they got news, they got the call that came through to from dispatch they were on the scene within 2 1/2 minutes. [applause] and literally within seconds they had apprehended the suspect. [applause] and i refuse to say his name. [applause] jon: obviously applause for the police and their heroism there but the biggest applause line when he refused to mention the name of the guy who shot up that theater. is that, jim, an approach that maybe all of us could or should take in the future? >> yeah. again, i tend to agree. i have sympathy for alan's point of view. he is not wrong in what he says. this is transparent society and you don't want to crimp the free press. i guess however, unless we want this to happen all the time for the rest of our lives we better start thinking of something and multifaceted approach would include mental health and all that goes along with that. n

. >> reporter: colorado governor john hickenlooper said two days before the connecticut shooting it isime to consider gun control legislation. but acknowledges it will be difficult. >> i took my son, 10-year-old son out shooting clay pigeons to two weeks ago. that part of it, that part of gun culture is so deeply engrained in colorado. in the united states. literally almost everywhere that to try and change it would be, you know, would be a very difficult thing. >> reporter: there is a precedent. great britain banned nearly all handguns after a shooting in 1996. out of mesa, arizona, elementary school, parents reflected. >> should be more gun control, yes. >> reporter: why do you think that? >> well, guns are -- guns are in the wrong hands are very dangerous. >> guns don't kill people. people kill people. >> definitely should be a gun control. shouldn't be no guns out there, you know. a lot of crazy people don't know how to handle guns. >> i don't think taking guns out of civilians who are good, contributing members of society are the answer. >> reporter: since the connecticut shooting

colorado governor john hickenlooper and gary herbert were the two governors who attended. does not believe humans -- she pointed without a bony finger she does not believe humans are to blame for chi mate change. everyone has an opinion and you know i probably don't believe it's man made made. i believe that weather elements are controlled by different things. >> by unicorns. >> stephanie: wow. noted scientist bone finger, isn't she? different things? what? >> bone finger. >> let's do a quick one here. eric in las vegas you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi eric. >> caller: hi, stephanie, how are you? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: i've been listening to today's show. i could tecum brage with so many of your callers. they're on wacky pills today. >> stephanie: i don't have enough energy for umbrage but you go ahead. >> caller: there was a guy in the last hour that called in saying he has lots of poor friends that are only making $250,000 and they're going to have to be -- if the taxes go up. but the thing that always drives me insane is that if you're making

yesterday governor john hickenlooper signed this into legislation. he is not happy to do so.e got the first byte of him where he's saying he thinks this may be evidence of the country moving in the wrong direction but he still signed it. >> this transition to a more per messive society is happening all across the country. >> bill: more per missive society. so the question, igor, is -- and i tried to get an answer out of jay carney at the white house briefing and he would not answer it. what's the federal government do? >> what does it do. they issue -- >> bill: because it is against federal law. >> they issued a clarification last week when it became legal in washington state saying you guys be careful. this is still a federal issue. we know in poll after poll, the great majority of americans say let the states lead. let the states decide. voters are already on a different page than the federal government. and you know, the administration, i think, has been hesitant to address this issue. any time the president does one of the social media things like a twitter thing that's t