colorado, democrat jared polis, when we come back. colorado, democrat jared polis, when we come back. there is no question we've been whip-sawed by covid news. good news, tens of millions are vaccinated. bad news, omicron means a third shot is more essential. good news, omicron appears to cause less severe disease. bad news, out of the uk, maybe not. the science is not that clear. that makes the job of promoting public health more difficult. jared polis was asked a week ago why he opposed a mandatory mask mandate in his state. >> the emergency is over. you know, public health doesn't get to tell people what to wear. that's just not their job. you don't tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in the winter and force them to. if they get frostbite, it's their own darn fault. governor polis joins me now. governor, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> always a pleasure, chuck. >> look, a lot has changed since you made those comments on the issue of omicron literally in the last 72 hours. i know you've clarified when it means em

and let me now bring in colorado governor jared polis.at your state is enduring right now. i know you just had a call with the president. what did you say to him and what support did he offer to your state? >> well, we appreciate the nation, all of the positive thoughts, the prayers that are coming in from all over. there is still some families that don't know if they have a home to return to yet and we still have not yet confirmed any fatalities, let us hope this is a new years miracle and that no one dies. the president called this morning right after i landed. i've been up in helicopter, recognizance mission and we had a good conversation for about 10, 15 minutes and he offered all of the help that the federal government could provide. they have already activated the pre-approval process to get some of the funds muoving for debris removal. the fire itself is out. there is still a few smoldered flames but we're covered by a blanket of snow and we are grateful and now it is a matter of surveying the damage. >> the mayor of superior, colo

guillermo: el gobernador de colorado, jared polis, redujo la condenaciÓn del cubano por causar la muertes durante un accidente de trÁnsito ocurrido en 2019 en una carretera de ese estado. aguilera de 26 aÑos conducÍa un camiÓn que se estrellÓ contra varios vehÍculos, aparentemente por una falla en el sistema de frenos. >> hubo una declaraciÓn de remordimiento por parte del acusado. Él aceptÓ su responsabilidad de que pudo actuado tal vez de una forma mÁs prudente y es una persona que se ve que no constituye un peligro a la comunidad o a la seguridad pÚblica. guillermo: el gobernador usÓ su facultad para reducir la pena de aguilera. a travÉs de redes sociales y cartas pidieron clemencia en favor del camionero. el caso presentÓ una alta solidaridad nacional. >> tambiÉn va a destacar que el gobernador explica de que cualquier modificaciÓn de la ley no tendrÍa efecto retroactivo en el caso de aguilera. guillermo: le escribo para informarle que estoy aprobando. le estoy connotando su sentencia a 10 aÑos y aprobando su elegibilidad. la audiencia que habÍa sido programada para el 13 de enero en

jared polis was asked a week ago why he opposed a mandatory mask mandate in his state. >> the emergencypeople what to wear. that's just not their job. you don't tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in the winter and force them to. if they get frostbite, it's their own darn fault. governor polis joins me now. governor, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> always a pleasure, chuck. >> look, a lot has changed since you made those comments on the issue of omicron literally in the last 72 hours. i know you've clarified when it means emergency meaning state action on the emergency. given everything you've heard from dr. fauci and everything you've seen, are you having any second thoupts about the state intervening here temporarily whether it's a mask mandate or something else? >> you know, chuck, we're two years into this thing. and i think it's really important that our leaders, whether they're governors, mayors, local influencers, lead with facts rather than fear. people just don't react well to this on going environment of fear for two years. the science-driven information pe

i got to tell you, give credit, though, to the one democratic governor jared polis in colorado who said it is not the role of government to tell you what to wear and what not to wear. it gets cold in colorado. we don't tell you you have to put on a jacket and you don't have to put on a mask. i think a lot of focus should go to colorado and see what they are doing as democrats and see the difference because i think jared polis is right. he is kind of with the republicans on this one. >> harris: wow. standing alone, something like a manchin or sinema, they stand alone. democrat congressman eric swalwell not standing alone and very vocal calling for a vaccine mandate to board planes domestically. in a tweet he said prediction. we can go from 60% americans vacsed to 80% if we require vaccines to fly. two other dem representatives have thrown their support behind that as well. what do you think, jason? >> i've always thought that representative swalwell is an idiot. i wouldn't listen to anything he says. i don't trust him. i don't think he has the best interests of the united states of ameri

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colorado governor jared polis joins us now. good morning, governor. first, i want to ask you how your infected coloradans are doing this morning. >> good. god morning, martha. so far, everybody's fine. we only have two or three cases here, and no different than the other cases. they are immunized. they have been immunized and they're doing fine from the health perspective so far. thank you for checking. >> and i know you have said you're not terribly alarmed about omicron yet. on what do you base that? >> so, you know, one thing about this virus from the very start, martha, we always wished we had next week's information this week, next month's information this month, but we don't. i think what we're all looking for at this point is what characteristics the omicron variant has that are different. we know it's -- we know it's a different mutation of the virus, but how does it spread? does it spread more? does it spread the same? how are our immunizations hold up, how does natural immunization from prior infection hold up, and how do the vaccinations ho

martha also has exclusive interviews with cdc director rochelle walensky, and colorado governor jared polis about combatting the omicron variant. >>> it's time now to get a check of weather with our very own rob marciano. there he is. yesterday we had to go all the way to hawaii to find snow. today we're only going to the pacific northwest, and that's where most of the snow and precipitation is. this is i-90, and trucks pulled over, and chains, and accidents and the snowboarders up there also getting fresh powder. just east of there, in parts of montana, 40 inches of snow reported, and actually the national weather service there, they go out there twice a day and they launch weather balloons. got to do this manually, and sometimes you have to bear the elements. even a blizzard warning across the arrowhead of minnesota today. 14 states with gusting winds, even away from the snow zone, and blowing and drifting snow certainly possible. rain later on today in chicago, and snow in the green bay, although they're in a bye. this thing could throw strong storms across the south tomorrow and then ve

a state of emergency has now been declared by colorado governor jared polis says wildfires in boulder and jefferson county. >> have forced more than 30,000 people to evacuate from their homes. these are live pictures from the scene. you can see how the smoke is laying down because of the winds and estimated 580 homes. a hotel and the shopping center have all burned as that massive fire tore through 2 towns said between boulder and denver. the wind fueled mitchell fire fire is being driven by exceptionally dry conditions that started this morning. it was apparently sparked by downed power lines with winds gusting up to a 105 miles an hour. the boulder county sheriff said the good news is only one injury has been reported in all of this. let's check in now kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow to get more on the weather conditions there or yeah, it looks like those winds of pete campbell. look at these even last a couple of hours here. we've seen some gusts rolling right over the rockies who you see a boulder. you el dorado springs. >> the winds coming rolling right over the top of

and online petitions signed by nearly five million people is putting pressure on the governor jared polis to reduce the sentence immediately the prosecution, some victims' families, even the judge agrees it's too much. >> if i had the discretion, it would not be my sentence. >> reporter: the district attorney has now filed a motion to reduce the sentence and is facing controversy over this facebook post by a deputy da who worked on the case showing. a brake shoe engraved with the case number she says it was a gift her boss says the post and the trophy were in very poor taste. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the colorado governor tells nbc news his legal team is reviewing his application for clemency or commutation. lester >> thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds how small businesses are cashing in on the supply chain crisis. and our exclusive with a former government worker speaking out for the first time about her battle with havana syndrome. >>> amid bottlenecks, log jams and delays, today president biden tried to paint an optimistic view of the american supply chain, claiming a crisis neve

. >> reporter: today, governor jared polis toured the area and described the fire as a disaster in fast motion. >> this is our community, and to watch it burn so quickly, so unexpectedly, is something that i think we're all just struggling to believe and understand. >> holy cow. >> reporter: more than 30,000 residents were directed to evacuate. as residents ake their way to their neighborhoods, all that's left is complete devastation. the fire is believed to have started after high winds toppled power lines and transformers. josh mitchell's home was burned to the ground. he facetimed with his family to show them the devastation. >> we're all in it together. glad everybody is safe. i'm just... , you know, we'll rebuild. >> reporter: and here's a look at another home that's completely gone. it's pretty much just a hole in the ground. the basement is filled with debris. one of the only things still standing is this fireplace. and just a couple of hours ago, it started snowing again, but you can say one day too late. major. >> garrett: kcnc's marissa armas, thank you. severe weather is thre

extraordinary step of asking that the court reconsider the sentence, and tonight, colorado governor jared polisfice has received aguilera's request for clemency and they are reviewing it. major. >> garrett: kcnc's karen morfitt, thank you. tonight we continue our special series on the 50th anniversary of the war on cancer. cbs' dr. jon lapook looks at the racial divide in this fight. >> i was so afraid to go, that i was putting off going. >> reporter: tracy tomer had her first mammogram at age 53 after feeling a lump in her breast. she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but there were delays before treatment began. >> in this area that i live in, in brownsville, there's no mammogram service over here. there's no chemo service over here. there's no radiation. >> reporter: black women are more likely than white women to have tumors missed during screening and to have delays in diagnosis and treatment. one reason is access to care. >> all the appointments were so far away from one another. it's really a bad situation for women of color in this neighborhood. >> reporter: when it comes to breast and

jared polis, the governor of colorado said the speed of the fire took communities by surprise.saster in fast motion. all over the course of half a day, nearly all the damage. many families having minutes, minutes to get whatever they could, their pets, their kids into their car and leave. dan depaemela re lives in lewisville, colorado. he and his wife managed to evaucate to longmont yesterday. it happened rather quickly, around noon, 12:30pm, my wife came to me and said she saw fire. i actually was sitting on my bicycle trainer and she saw smoke and we ran outside and thankfully our advantage point, we could see approximately where it had started. we live kind of on the top of a ridge, a mesa in lewisville. the smoke was pretty incredible. it was moving fast. the winds were quite strong at that point. so, we knew that it wasn't good. yeah, we've heard the sheriff say it was a really unusual burn pattern. have you ever seen anything like this? have you ever experienced past wildfires? i haven't specifically. i have grown up in the area my entire life, so i'm very familiar with t

the state governor, jared polis, has promised to help people who'd lost everything to rebuild their liveso the colorado national guard, of the areas impacted. we were able to do it in the brief window before the snow and how grateful we are that the snow has started. though there are some areas with active flames, mostly we were looking at the neighbourhood level devastation. as the sheriff indicated, those neighbourhoods, because of the nature of the fire spread by gusts up to 105 mph, it can spread to a house here or there, over other houses, past streets. the other unusual factor, it's in the blink of an eye. this is a disaster in fast motion over half a day. many families having minutes, minutes, to get wherever they they could, their pets, their kids, get in the car and leave. the last 24 hours have been devastating, it is unimaginable. it's hard to speak about. like many boulder county residents i have texts and voicemails from friends and letting me know whether they are safe, what they have lost. i spoke to the presidentjust before this press conference. the president called and o

first is governor jared polis of colorado. he's a liberal democrat.rless talking about covid and said the pandemic emergency is over. i won't tell people what they can wear on their face. we're moving on. he talked about eliminating the state income tax in colorado so they can remain competitive. that's different and fresh thinking and i think the democrats might want to pay attention to that tuck tuck i strongly a-- to that. >> i strongly agree with that. his line about the covid emergency is over, the politicians, there are political considerations behind it, that's still not what the atlantic magazine is saying. that's brave in the context. i'm wondering if democratic voters are offended by that. >> maybe a small portion of them, however, if you look at what democrats found in the exit polling in virginia, what were the -- what did most of the independents vote on? it was the fact they were so mad about the schools being shut down for so long, that they were mad about the way that small businesses were treated in having to shut down during the pand

for more on that specific situation in colorado, i want to bring in governor jared polis.. first, i'm sorry for the devastation that your community is experiencing. can you tell us about how it feels to operate and try to manage a situation like this, a crisis, if you will, at a difficult time of year? >> this is really, jackie a crisis in super high speed. this all happened in the course of half a day. it's already snowing, it's cold. very few fires are being left are being extinguished. we had winds up to 105 miles an hour. this fire spread across a football field in a second or two. i was in choppers with the national guard surveying the damage. really powerful as you can imagine to see the burns-out shells of what used to be homes for so many people, so many loving families. other homes that it jumped over were untouched. a patch work of destruction. >> jackie: obviously the goal is to preserve human life. but there's destruction and the toll it will take on families. it's devastating. >> you know, colorado is a small start. i had to check in with a number of my friend

she is doing millions of others calling for colorado governor jared polis to commute the sentence.rting with you, the judge's hand was forced from everything that i've read and this man does not have a criminal past. it was a tragic, tragic accident and he was in the country legally, so it does seem unduly harsh, 110 years and that's a lot of time. of course for lives were lost in the crash and we think those victims today as well. >> lauren: and now we have to see if the colorado governor will commute his sentence. an odd way, this could be a beautiful story because the victims and family members of those who died raise their hand and said this guy, the sentences just just not fair. and he's going to spend the rest of his life potentially behind bars. and at this time when people are struggling, it's a message of hope and faith and forgiveness and yes there does need to be criminal justice reform in this country. and it starts here. >> kayleigh: kim kardashian winning out that apparently he said his breaks failed and prosecutors said there are things he could have done, there was

talking democrat colorado governor jared polys, democrat michigan governor, whitmer, democrat kansaslz. what do you say to that? >> the policies of the biden administration is making it harder for americans and citizens of our respective states to start doing what they were doing before this pandemic. we just saw this last week, a symbolic vote in the u.s. senate, 52 senators, two democrats joined the republican caucus basically voting against institute asallizing codifying the osha mandate. 26 ags brought private lawsuits with private plaintiffs to halt the number of mandates. when i walk streets of columbia and other places in south carolina, thank you for doing what you're doing. we're sick and tired of these mandates and these policies. they're killing us. that is what you're seeing the democrats start to realize. elizabeth: we have economic studies coming in from around the world. dozens and dozens of studies we're looking at. lockdowns did not work and the virus spread anyway. they assembled 33 case studies from all over the world. lockdowns in the face of the virus seem comple

governor jared polis said in a letter that the life sentence was inappropriate for a tragic but unintentionalme now is leonard martinez, an attorney for mr. aguilera-mederos. thank you very much for joining me on this new year's eve. first off, your reaction and your client's reaction to this move by the governor. >> obviously we're grateful for the governor, first of all, to take the application for clemency, doing his due diligence. his office and him worked hard in the last few weeks and we're grateful for the chance for my client now that went from 110 years now to ten years with the possibility of parole in five. >> i wanted to bring this up to you because the denver post's editorial board a few weeks ago called on the governor to do what he just did, commute your client's sentence. the paper compared your client's case to that of former boulder mayor, bob greel ey who killed woman in a car accident, he was driving aggressively and he got a plea deal, ten years probation and ordered to pay money to charity. i wonder if you think ten years behind bars is still too long. >> we do. again, w

more than 4.7 million signaturing asking colorado governor jared polis to reduce the sentence.g the law should be changed. the governor's office is telling cnn it is reviewing me der roese' clemency requests. >> lucy, thanks very much. >>> it has been a heck of a year when it comes to sports from no fans at the tokyo olympics to athletes taking a stand for mental health. the top ten sports stories of the year next. we've been waiting all year to come together. ♪ happy holidays from lexus. get $1500 lease cash toward a 2022 rx 350. ♪ ♪“i got you babe” by etta james♪ ♪ get groceries, gifts, & more fast and easy. so last minute guests are the only thing you'll be waiting on. ♪ joy. fully. ♪ firefighter maggie gronewald knows how to handle dry weather... ...and dry, cracked skin. new gold bond advanced healing ointment. restore healthy skin, with no sticky feeling. gold bond. champion your skin. feel stuck with student loan debt? ♪ move your student loan debt to sofi. earn a $1,000 bonus when you refi— and feel what it's like to get your money right. ♪ ♪ ♪ why go back to reality. w

. >>> next hour i'll speak with the governor of colorado, jared polis. >>> also just ahead for us herethe life of american sweetheart betty white who captured hearts on and off the screen for decades. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. i've been married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years. i'm a mother of four-- always busy. i was starting to feel a little foggy. just didn't feel like things were as sharp as i knew they once were. i heard about prevagen and then i started taking it about two years now. started noticing things a little sharper, a little clearer. i feel like it's kept me on my game. i'm able to remember things. i'd say give it a try. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> break news tonight, actress and comedienne betty white has died at age 99, just weeks before her 100th birthday. stephanie elam has a look at white the extraordinary career. ♪ ♪ it's a good day how can anything go wrong today ♪ ♪ it's a good day from morning till night ♪ >> betty white's career began in her teens and by her 20s was a fixture on television with her own daily talk show. ahead of

. >> a spokesperson for governor jared polis says they welcome the application for clemency, and will take a look at it as quickly as they can. william bailey died in the crash. he was 67 years old. his wife tells "the new york times" they're against this whole public narrative the truck driver is the victim she says they truly are the victims. shep >> perry, thank you. >>> a man posing as a u.p.s. worker broke into a home, tied up a family, and made off with a child's piggy bank that's according to the new york city police. the department releasing this surveillance video of the suspect. they say he forced his way into a couple's apartment in the bronx with a gun hidden in one of the packages. they say he bound the couple and their two grandchildren with zip ties the fake u.p.s. driver and his accomplice allegedly snapped the kid's biggy pank along with $7500 in cash, two iphones and an ipad. none of the victims reported any injuries nypd asking for help identifying the suspects offering up to $3500 for anybody who can give them an idea about where theyre >>> the death toll in tornad

governor jared polis declared a state of emergency in the area.s toppled outside around the town of boulder, starting a grass fire. the boulder county sheriff said the fire began consuming football-sized areas, quote, in seconds. one climate scientist told nbc news, quote, it is genuinely hard to believe this is happening in late december in boulder. the area is densely populated with subdivisions and stores, but so far just one injury has been reported. as you saw, in noel brennan's report, how densely populated that area is with those houses in the distance. we are thinking and praying for the folks there in boulder. that is tonight's "last word." catch me again on sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on "the sunday show," that's right here on msnbc. until then, have a happy new year, and thank you so much for watching. ♪♪ >>> good morning and welcome to a special edition of "morning joe." we're on tape this final day of 2021 and i hope you're having a great, happy and healthy new year's eve. i hope your holidays have gone well. ahead this morni

democratic governor jared polis announced today he commuted his sentence after more than 5 million people signed a change.org petition calling for clemency for the truck driver. in october, a jury convicted him of vuk lar homicide and more than 20 other charges after a 28-car pilot me deerz said the brakes on his semi truck failed and he lost control of it. for you people died after he slammed into traffic the judge would have given him a lighter term if he could, have but he said colorado law forced him to land down the 1910-year sentence. >>> abortion, gun rights and religious freedom are issues for many americans and next year the supreme court will issue rules on all of them the high stakes decisions coming down from the high court. >>> and new images of the tiger attackt this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so

but, it could have been much worse, said colorado governor jared polis. >> so far, it looks like theajor hospitals in thereas were spared. looks like schools were spared. and we might have our very own new year's miracle on our hands if it holds up that there was no loss of life. >> sy: polis declared a state of emergency yesterday, and said president biden has approved an expedited disaster declaration. the towns of louisville and superior appear to have suffered the most. located about 20 miles northwest of denver, some 34,000 residents there were ordered to evacuate ahead of the fires. one of them was brent parrish. he returned to louisville this morning to find his home still standing. >> we were completely overwhelmed with relief, you know, with the-- the fact that we have a place that we don't have to rebuild. and then, just really sad for the neighborhood, because, i mean, yeah, it's devastating. >> sy: he says he's figuring out next steps. >> my biggest concern right now is-- is my kids, and their safety, and, you know, whether it's really safe to be here or not, whether ther

urging governor jared polis to grant clemency. protests were also held at the capitol in denver. this type of injustice has to stop that has to stop at every level. starts with the legislation. governor pull us office says it's reviewing the clemency request. anna iliopoulos fox news. cape town, south africa is paying tribute to the late archbishop desmond tutu, city hall, table mountain and st george's cathedral are all being lit up in purple this week to honor his life. purple was the color of tutu's clerical robes. the nobel peace prize winner who helped bring down the segregation and apartheid system, died yesterday at the age of 90. his body will lie in state at st george's cathedral on friday. followed by a funeral on new year's day. so maybe you thought should i go to that new year's eve party and is cutting down quarantine time? the right move. we're going to talk to a ucsf's doctor about questions you may have about the omicron variant up next. and president biden coordinates with the nation's governors to battle the omicron parent. his plan to help states in need. when

. >>> developing overnight, colorado governor jared polis declaring a state of emergency in boulder county, after two wildfires propelled by high winds burned through hundreds of homes, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and burning structures to the ground. joining us now is jesse aaron paul, a reporter with the colorado sun, who is in boulder yesterday covering these fires. i guess, let's just start with what were you seeing on the ground there? >> you know, it was very devastating. driving up to boulder, you can see this massive smoke plume, you saw smoke as far as 25 miles away in denver, it was ash was covering i-25, people trying to get out, just a really devastating scene all around. >> i mean, it's apocalyptic. colorado wildfires, western wildfires can be horrible, but in this kind of a densely populated suburban community, with 115-mile-an-hour winds, i don't think i've seen anything like it, have you? >> no, this is the nightmare scenario. people have talked about something like this happening in ever green, colorado, which is equally as densely populated but in the

. >> colorado governor jared polis who is a democrat said he is reviewing the clemency application.driver testified that he was hauling lumber when the brakes on his semi trailer failed as he was descending down a hill and interstate 70 in the rocky mountain foothills. this is spring of 2019 is truck plowed into vehicles that had slowed because of another wreck outside denver and that set off a chain reaction and a fireball consume vehicles and melted parts of the highway. >> coming up on dine and dish bored with the same old gingerbread houses. so boy, are you in for a treat tonight. check out this nightmare before christmas masterpiece. you can find it right here in san francisco. >> and we got our satellite and radar here. i just picked up a moderate rain fell moving into half moon, bay east bay looking kind of quiet now, but that won't be the case. we have moderate rain heading your way out. tell you more after the break. >> and it sports a double dip. the niners trying to clinch a playoff berth in tennessee. kate rooney has those highlights deebo going off again, close the warr

alexis mcadams ktvu fox two news colorado governor jared polis has shortened the prison sentence of ak driver convicted in a deadly explosive crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110 year term that drew widespread outrage. the decision on rachael agility medeiros. his sentence was among several end of the year commutations and pardons issued by the governor. the move comes days after a judge scheduled a hearing for next month to reconsider the sentence. at the request of the district attorney who would plan to ask that it be reduced to 20 to 30 years. 2019 crash killed four people. well coming up new year's eve celebrations are moving forward as planned in new york city. the police department is preparing for thousands of spectators to flood times square. covid cases are shooting up across the bay area driven by the highly contagious macron variant. after the break, we'll speak with the chair of ucsf's department of medicine about what we can expect over the next few weeks. when you have xfinity, you have entertainment built in. which is kind of nice. ah, what is happe

nearly 5 million people signing a petition asking colorado governor jared polis to reduce the driver'stence or to grant him clemency. the governor's office is telling cnn that it is reviewing that clemency request but legal experts tell us he is not likely to weigh in before this legal process plays out. poppy? >> lucy, thank you very much. lucy kafanov for us tonight live in denver. valerie robertson young was in one of the vehicles that was struck by rogel aguilera-mederos that terrible day and she joins me now. valerie, thank you. thank you for taking the time. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> it's really important to hear your voice in all of this. um, and i -- i would like you to begin with just sharing with the viewers, your own experience and what you saw that day. >> um, the -- the day the -- well, i don't call it an accident -- it's an incident. the day that the incident happened, i had just gotten off work and i had entered, um, eastbound i-70 from colefax and i made it as far as the denver west parkway bridge and i had just gotten over into the left lane, and

and the state's governor jared polis is reviewing a clemency request at the same time.his brother, william bailey, was one of the four people killed in this tragic crash. thank you for being here this evening. you just met with the governor today about this. what did you this. what did you tell him? >> he should stay out of it until the court proceeding has been done. we were told it would be done through the court system and the sentence would be considered and more than likely reduced. for the governor to get involved before that would be inappropriate. >> did you leave the meeting feeling reassured? >> no. i left the meeting, honestly, with him pretty well acknowledging that he was planning to get involved. he didn't say that directly, but he left that impression. but he said he would not make the decision before monday. >> you are one of the people most impacted by this crash. what do you think of this sentence? >> honestly, the 110-year sentence, everybody knows -- we did not hear that number until just before sentence that day. they told us then there was procedur

urging governor jared polis to grant clemency. protests were also held at the capitol in denver.e of injustice has to stop that has to stop at every level. starts with the legislation. governor pull us office says it's reviewing the clemency request. anna iliopoulos fox news. the jury in the criminal fraud trial if their nose founder elizabeth holmes will continue deliberations tomorrow after failing to reach a verdict today following a three day break for the christmas holiday weekend. the panel has now been deliberating for more than 30. hours after gathering over four days to go over the evidence. in this case, there were no signals from the jury about whether it was close to reaching a decision in the case. holmes trial spanned nearly four months with 32 witnesses taking the stand. attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments on december 17th. holmes faces nine counts of fraud and two counts of conspiracy for allegedly defrauding those investors as well as patients in her company. coming up at 11 tonight. changes coming to how you can get a passport. what you need to know if

governor jared polis at one point yesterday during an update said that the fire was moving at football the matter of seconds. and it almost sounds unbelievable when you think about it but from watching it happened, myself, i can tell you it was true. joey: alicia, thanks so much bringing it to us. let everybody know you are in contact with we are thinking about them and praying for them. as soon as everyone is safe we will be a part of helping rebuild. >> thank you. thank you so much. it means the world. kayleigh: thank you alicia. all right. on to this. omicron has taken the spotlight this new year's eve as case loads nationwide are surpassing, get, this january 2021 levels. we know omicron is more mild; however, the case load is particularly high. meanwhile, president biden, what's he doing? he is spending the holiday at his beach house. it's his 31st trip there but his ad ministration is urging the supreme court to keep his vaccine mandate on private companies the same one by the way that is helping cause the worker shortage that aside. members of congress meanwhile saying it's time

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hope that the defendant can have his dad for the rest of his life >> erin, colorado's governor jared polis, how is he responding to all of this so far? >> well, his spokesperson tells nbc news they just received aguilera-mederos' application. and the legal team is reviewing it once they reach a decision, they'll make an announcement in the meantime, controversy is growing surrounding the original prosecutor who according to the washington post allegedly posted a photo on facebook with a brake shoe engraved with the case number craig. >> all right erin mclaughlin for us this morning, thank you >>> time now to get our first check of the weather on this wednesday before christmas wnbc's dave price is in for al this morning dave, it is so good to see you >> good to see you good to see both of you and good to be with you at home let's take a check of the weather across the country we begin in the northeast, another coastal low that's bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow depending on where you are. this is going to continue to work its way off winter weather advisories posted from the so

the hepa filtration systems in the airplanes, to admit that and then jared polis, the democratic governoro wear. yes, even as an example winter is coming. we want you to wear a coat, but if you don't, then that's on you , so we're seeing nature of, we're not tired of dealing with the pandemic. we're tired of the overreach of this panicked weird reaction of government. stuart: that is very true, normal people, i like the way you define normal people. tired of being told what to do, two years into the whole event. let's say earlier this morning, i think it was about two years ago, late december, when i first used the expression covid-19. >> there you go. stuart: and here it is, still with us. >> but it's also different because we have the vaccines, we also seen the government reverse itself, over and over and over again and the things that politicians say like about the vaccines end up not being true, and so what we want is honesty. americans can handle honesty but they are treating us as though we are drooling infants who can be told anything. stuart: and that we're scared. they are trying

a few moments ago, governor jared polis' in colorado says there might soon be a revised estimate andas many as 1,000 homes have now been destroyed in addition to the destruction of entire neighborhoods. he said he wouldn't be surprised if it went up to 1,000. thankfully, mercifully, so far no fatalities. and snow is kind of arriving on the front range imminently, so they are not expecting the fire to continue to grow. a couple of points, a couple good items of news to hang our hats on as we look at these grim photos. >> anita: hopefully the weather will provide some snow and moisture. but it goes to show how, when you have a combination of dry winter, dry fall, and 100-mile 100--mile-per-hour winds, it can take us back and spread it so quickly. i believe that's what happen here. the fire being caused by a spark from a power line that fell. the wind picked it up and ran with it. i heard one fire official this morning saying that these fires, you cannot believe how fast they move until you see it with your own eyes. half a length of a football field in just a few seconds. and that's cl

businessman, very successful governor and i think you will be interested to see jared police be at the top of the list. -- polis if the dems replace kamala harris with michelle obama what would the reaction be among progressives. still a popular figure in the united states. >> as a former first lady and someone an independent leader in her own right michelle is intensely popular. when women run for political office they lose 10 points on their approval rating even if nothing else changes. women seeking power often are judged more harshly by the electorate. something every woman whoever had her name on the ballot had to face. expect to see her immense popularity may look different looking for the high oeft office in the land. she said she doesn't want to run. i don't believe she is running and i think joe biden will be on the ticket again in 2024. as to donald trump, bring it on. come on in. i hope his name is on the ballot. >> we'll see. it is going to be interesting no matter who runs. ted harvey and laura fink, thank you for the analysis. all right. happy new year. critics tearing into a left wing commentator