. >> in 2013, nathan dunlap's execution ordered landed on the desk of governor john hickenlooper and in an odd twist of fate, the governor's own political fortunes would come to rest on his decision. >> we're going to have an election in 2014 where one of the questions is, do we want to kill this one person? >> the case sparked a raging debate over capital punishment and posed the question, what should be done with society's most heinous criminals? >> the death penalty encompasses the most highly emotional issues for all of us. it's life and death. it's justice. all that stuff comes back together on trying to decide what we do with the worst of the worst. >> kill them all. [ bleep ]. >> there was a body under the water. >> butchered and murdered. >> many people proclaim innocence. >> in this case, there are a number of things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> needs to pay for it with his life. >> get a conviction at all costs that the truth fall where it may. ♪ >> in aurora, colorado, the night of december 14th, 1993, evil was about to strike in the most unlikely of places.

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one man who understands the pain better than most is john hickenlooper, the governor of colorado. that's why he lost his job as an exploration geologist, in the 1980s. back then he reinvented himself. i caught up with the governor in dabo switzerland at the world economic forum. i asked him why he gave up on energy and switched to brew pubz pubs. >> the recession in the 1980s was every bit as bad as for everyone else. we saw a brew pub, and i thought i would drive 20 minutes out of the way to taste a beer this good. i was a geologist, i didn't know anything about business so we opened the first brew pub, the first restaurant that bruce bruise brews its other than beer, in colorado. we worked like any entrepreneur for the first year, we opened one in fort collins and colorado spription, springs. they took off. i couldn't get my own mother to invest. my sister jane invested 10 grand. i wanted to make sure i didn't lose her investment. when it took off i thought oh my god i don't have to work anymore. we had made good investments. i tell people the price of oil went from about $38 ba

colorado's governor john hickenlooper says his state's decision to legalize pot was reckless. say bring on the legal weed. i don't smoke marijuana, i don't like it, i don't like what it smells but i believe in freedom. your freedom. this is you're crazy, kennedy. joining me is emily miller, chief investigative reporter for fox 5 in d.c., a gun rights advocate and a brilliant mind who is only wrong perhaps on this issue. emily, how are you? welcome. >> one issue that you get messed up is you're pushing pot on these people. kennedy: there's a big difference between fighting for freedom and pushing an agenda. i will qualify it every time, emly, i do not smoke weed, i don't think teenagers should, i don't think kids should smoke weed. i don't think it's necessarily great for you, that doesn't mean it should be illegal? >> well, i don't even understand your reasoning here, you agree with it doesn't help your life. you agree kids shouldn't do it. you are supporting people legalizing it in colorado, as you said, the governor said it is reckless. it's been a complete disaster. fatalit

. - by the inauguration ceremony for colorado governor john hickenlooper. >>> the u.s. commission on civil rights hosted its series of panels examining the nation's use of immigration detention facilities. speakers included government officials discussing how the facilities are created and ultimately maintained. the commission also looked at the legal challenges that the detention centers pose as well as other methods that could be used for immigration enforcement. >> going to call the meeting to order. good morning, everyone. welcome. i'm charm marty castro of the u.s. commission on civil rights. i really would like to welcome everyone with us today, those testifying, members of the audience as well as those joining us via audio link as well as first time ever live streaming by the commission of a hearing or briefing on one of our civil rights topics. this is an effort by us to make our work more transparent and open to the public. we hope to continue to grow how we use technology to allow americans across the nation, or anywhere else they might be in the world, to acc

chair, governor john hickenlooper of colorado. this is 20 minutes. >> all right, gentle peoples. this year we have one of the largest classes of veteran governors. some of us got back in by the skin of our teeth. but we also have a dozen new colleagues who are relatively new to politics entering the realm of elected office after many successful years in the private sector and i think the experiences and perspectives of these governors are going to be of great benefit not just to our individual states but i think to the whole country and we certainly with all of them look forward to working with this administration. our commitment to an ongoing and lasting partnership with our federal peers at all levels is continuous and i think that partnership depends upon having people that understand the benefit of that relationship, are willing to invest themselves in that relationship and really understand how governors work so it's my honor to introduce a friend of states and governors a man who joined us in nashville at the n.j. summer meeting to talk about the twhoork remains to be done,

the chair john hickenlooper of colorado and vice chair herbert of utah will chair the meeting. watch it live on c-span. coming up on c-span, the american bar association hosting a discussion about cybersecurity and the law. then a discussion about u.s.-cuba relations. and a boston university law school conference looking at gender equality law and the civil rights act. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greens bro, north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles halpern who had been given that task was making one more walk through. in the attic he looked over and saw an envelope with a kind of gray seal on it and walk over, and noticed the date an 1832 document he removed a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered this trunk and portraits. this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we've had this story veable to the public, display different items from time to ti