the colorado plateau is covered with chert, a glassy rock that is really really good for making tools, making very sharp edges. you find there are pieces of chert all over the place and you can still cut your skin open very quickly with it and it's been sitting out in the open. >> where does chert come from? . >> it's a marine rock that's mostly silica. you find it in these layers, sandstone layers. if you are especially in a marine or water environment, you will find this layer of chert. it's in all colors, purple, green, red, blue. it's a beautiful rock. . >> one thing i wanted to ask you, the review in the paper recently on sunday said that your book is different from all the other books about the anastazi because you brought out some of the non-flattering parts of their culture like violence. how did you conclude that they were a violent culture? . >> well, i didn't necessarily conclude they were a violent culture, i just concluded there was violence in their culture. the evidence is very clear where you find masker sites, where every place you drop a trench there are bodies, unbu

his work has won the spirit of the west award as well as the colorado book award. the book, house of rain, is craig's latest book. please help me welcome craig childs. . >> hello. i come to you from out of the desert. i'm coming to you from a landscape where once you get an eye for things, 3 grains of sand out of place draw your attention, where everything is brought to bear, where everything is hinged to a story, every drop of rain leaving a dimple in the ground. stories are everywhere out in this landscape. when you walk down into the bottom of the narrow canyons made of sandstone and you put your hands on the sand stone faces and the smooth shallow scallops that look like champagne glasses, you can feel the shape of the last flood that came through. every place in the desert is a story. every place is a passage way. it's really hard to walk very far in the desert for me because there are so many stories that start opening up and lead you from place to place and place and soon you start picking up the patterns of wind, of rain. you pick up the patterns of people w

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, the ranking member of the judiciary committee, mr. conyers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. mr. conyers: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank jerry polis, who is a formerly brilliant member of the judiciary committee, and we miss him very much. ladies and gentlemen, the reason these two bills are put together is very easy to fathom. that is that we have started off by, for the first time in the 112th congress, violating the cut-go rule, formerly known as the pay-as-you-go rule, and we are trying to mask it by talking about how wonderful the second bill, the jobs and energy permitting act, h.r. 2021, is. but it's not going to work, friends, because we know why we are trying to play down the patent bill that the rule is originally committed to. it's because there are growing numbers of members that are not overwhelm going to vote no on the rule, but they are going to vote no on t

i see the colorado plateau. this bowl is from american museum of natural history and that's where it is now. that's the storage place. where it was from before is pueblo bonito in chaco canyon where there were rooms filled to the ceiling with bowls stacked within each other, bowls like this. all their designs, you can kind of get a glimpse around this. they have this flawless symmetry blending all the way around. it looks like that place. it looks like that landscape. i look into this and i see the sharp edges of the land. i see the way the earth is shaped out there. i see the routes in their vessels. i mean, to understand these, this one came out of a 13th century site in southwest colorado and i would sit with these bowls for hours and hours, drawing them into my sketch book because that was the only way i could really understand the complexity of how they got their symmetries to match up because i could never get them to match up in my drawings. i could never do a 100 percent accurate rendition of these becaus

the gentleman from cole. -- colorado. you have one minute remaining and the gentleman from colorado is recognize dollars. -- recognized. mr. schrader: i recognize the gentleman for one minute. mr. blumenauer: i appreciate all my colleagues who represent the oregon coast in bringing this forward. my district may not touch the oregon coast but my constituents spend time there and value its beauty, the ecosystem and the economic benefits it brings to the united states. the underlying bill could allow an expedited drilling for offshore oil, a process that is expedited for those who would drill, but a process that is much worse for citizens who may object. we need to continue to respect the wishes of the people of oregon to keep oil rigs off our shores to drill off the coast of oregon. this is an appropriate safeguard to protect our coastal communities. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from oregon reserve? mr. schrader: reserves. the chair: who seeks time? the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. gardner: when i

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: mr. speaker, not only does this rule before the house drastically shortchange homentland security priorities but this rule puts into force, by deeming and passing the republican budget resolution. this rule, section 9 states very clearly that the republican budget resolution shall have force and affect, that's a traditional language of a deem and pass. yes this budget keeps -- deems pass the elimination of medicare in order to keep in place tax cuts for the highest earners and tax breaks for oil. although i do thank the majority for offering up the first open rule during my tenure in the house, i ask at what price? well, i think there would be broad bipartisan support for an open rule, i for one cannot support a rule that deems pass the elimination of medicare. americans resoundingly oppose the approach of dismantling medicare. they want us to put our economy on more secure fiscal footing and do it while strengthening our economy, creating jobs and mending, not ending, medicare.

we also have another project with another participant in my program, will be taking a flight to the colorado film festival where he one a prize for a film he did about his brother in hunter's point. i will be running a right's of passage at joe lee. so our number, 4 one 5. 824-4098. i can give you a whole slew of activities. >> i just wanted to say, we had been in a conversation with maya and we are planning with a pilot program to develop an 8-week program where mondays would be career explorations. they are going to visit art musicians and bank of america and the career paths they have chosen and then there are discussions about attitude and hygiene. how do you present yourself so people want to engage with you. we are trying to work with the mayor's office and d.c. yn. >> there are a couple of youth empowerments. and the whole goal of that fund, which john may know about the details is to empower the people to be the victors of their destiny. it's a way to let youth identify their dreams and be the leaders in terms of allocations. they dole out grants. so the youth empowerment fund is an

but the colorado rockies in time, that's the time you'll experience.plaza going to get busier around midday, typical pattern for a friday. right now, slow. the metering lights on since 6:20. clouds hovering around, the mist in the air and that's what christina is talking about, the change over the course of the day. 880 showing gray now as folks heading past the coliseum. but no major delays, north or southbound, and no major incidents reported for the nimitz freeway. that is a treat. looking at the crossing between 880 and 101. as we're traveling westbound on the highway 92, the san mateo bridge, hazy drive. starting to make it tougher to see the peninsula hills. things change here. and looking at sunl. the reason i haven't showed maps, showing green. speeds above 50 miles per hour for major commute spots, but a little problem here in sunol the hast 15 minutes. i've seen it go from bright and sunny to clouds over the hills. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 6:50 now. this morning, a san francisco veteran fireman killed in the line of duty and a

crews are fighting this wildlife burning on the colorado border. the track fire doubled in size within hours yesterday. it's forced the closure of interstate 25 and destroyed at least two homes. one resident said it looked like a big old bomb went off. >>> it was a close call in the atlanta area after a truck plunged into a pool filled with swimmers. police say that the driver apparently went into a diabetic coma and lost control of the truck. seven kids and five adults were in the pool at the time but fortunately no one was hurt. we can understand though why some people were in the pool. awfully hot. trying to stay cool. >> got to be a better way. >> that's right. taking a look at the weather right now, see how it will be. we've got some gusty winds, large hail, maybe a chance of tornadoes from oklahoma city to nashville and atlanta. stormy but not as severe from the dakotas to indianapolis. cooler with showers from d.c. to boston and also in florida. a few sprinkles around seattle and montana. more extreme heat from atlanta to west texas. >> 90 in

built so you can rule the air. >>> a long way from home. a missing dog from coloradoed up in california. now, the brown lab is going home. after a year and a half on the run. 7-year-old buster brown, there he is, he was found wandering in salinas last week. how he crossed hundreds of miles in the western united states, no one knows. thanks to the micro chip under his fur, employees at the salinas animal shelter were able to track down his owner in boulder and give her the good news. >> she's been looking for him, she's been missing him. she kept his stuff in the house and really sad that her dog was missing. thought maybe he was stolen or even because it's rural, a mountain lion got him. she was thrilled beyond belief. >> what a great story. what's going to happen now? first class treatment for buster brown, tomorrow morning sfo to denver, frontier airlines is flying him home for free. >> and he gets a new pair of buster brown shoes. >>> another buster blowing up the airwaves tonight. the general manager is speaking his mind, very interesting thing here. >> i heard th

they will not see their division rivals the colorado rockies again until september. today the finale of this latest series. what can you say about ryan vogelsong other than really nice things. another very strong start. the lone mistake coming top phi on this chris iannetta solo shot, breaking a scoreless tie. the very next inning the giants get right back in it. freddy sanchez with the two-out single scoring andres torres to tie things at one. this game was getting going, and vogelsong was going strong. into the eighth inning, seven strikeouts today. and then torres, the lance to play hero. he comes up with a big hit in the bottom of the eighth. he brings home pinch runner emanuel burress for a run that brings home the win. vogelsong now 4-1. manager bruce bochy saying afterwards his spot in the rotation very secure. the giants win, 2-1, plus get some help from the team they host tomorrow, the washington nationals beating arizona. just moments ago. so the giants alone in first again. >> i don't think i'm pitching this good without them behind me. it definitely helps

woman: all the growth and everything that's occurred in southern nevada has been with colorado river water. without it, the west as you know it today couldn't exist. narrator: to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely efficient. mulroy: this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what you're used to. as long as people recognize they're moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. man: the biggest water user in the desert is turf. turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what we've done here is use artificial turf. you're never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30% of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. we're using less water today than we used five years a

the diving stop there flips it to second for the force to brandon crawford who throws it into the colorado 1-0 rockies. bottom of the inning picked off at second by leaning. ross cuts the deficit in half with his fifth homer of the season. today was cody ross bobblehead day. bottom of the 9th, rockies still up 2-1. final chance for the giants. brandon crawford gives it a ride but watch this. ryan makes the diving catch right there. running catch that is. right at the wall you see him grab that one. great catch. rockies beat the giants 2-1. bumgarner took the loss now just 2-7. >>> after the game the team placed brandon belt on the 15- day disabled list. small fracture on the left wrist hit by pavin on tuesday night in st. louis bush hit by a pitch on tuesday night in st. louis by a pitch. >>> college baseball, regionals from houston. after losing their opener last night, cal beat alcorn state. they will play tomorrow in another elimination game. >>> softball action joleen henderson won her 40th game of the season and the bears fought off elimination in the college world series. decker foun

the winner, andy pots of colorado. he has won four years in a row. the winning female racer is a first-time participant, nicky samuels of new zealand. >> let's go to the weather. leigh, turned out the way you said it would, cloudy. >> leigh: some folks still picking up showers, and in the last couple of hours, live doppler 7 hd, look at the moisture band feeding back over the bay area. i want to take you to the north bay between winters and davis. check out this cell here at 3:30 this afternoon. moved through the dixon area. spotters thought they saw a funnel cloud. of course, you can see since it moved through, it has started to decrease in its intensity, but still, quite strong for the bay area. and it is headed toward north woodland. the rain coming down. ben nearby sharks -- benecia, concord, walnut creek, and a strong line off the coast. most of these showers are rotating back towards the west where the low pressure system is sitting. scatter showers in the forecast. maybe few brief showers tomorrow morning, then we should see and clearing, bring

supreme court's citizens united decision last year to get corporations the right to buy our democracy which brings us to boulder colorado where the city council will soon consider a referendum to be put on the ballot calling for an amendment to the united states constitution to strip corporations of the personhood the corporate court reporter davis deceptively gave them more than a century ago course this resolution in colorado is just a tiny step in other communities have passed similar resolutions thirty one point arena california about a decade ago it keeps the message going and most importantly it keeps waking people up to amend the u.s. constitution congress must pass an amendment in both chambers with a two thirds majority and then three quarters of all state legislatures need to pass it as well so you have boulder colorado passes the resolution still a long way to go to convince congress to write and introduce and pass an amendment and then send it to the states you could take years on the other hand on march twenty third one nine hundred seventy one congress passed by two thirds the twenty sixth amendment after

hundred twenty five years after corporations transformed into people the march to end corporate personhood is underway in boulder colorado they say art imitates reality and with the new transformers three movie set to hit theaters next month that same holds true. talking about cars and appliances turning into massive demonic robots waging war on cities across america that still confined to the realm of fiction the real transformers rampaging our cities in stomping out the middle class or the corporations i'm talking about something called corporate personhood. the transformation that began more than a century ago and was cemented in january of two thousand and ten turning corporations into people now just regular people like you and me super people people who aren't born and don't die people who don't need safe food or health care people who can't be imprisoned or executed for their crimes and people who have far more money in their bank accounts than even bill gates will ever ever have and they will never have to pay an estate tax because they'll never die but according to five right wing justices on the supreme court t

right into the colorado dugout. troy tulowitzki then trotted home. up 2 in the 6th.ith his fifth home run of the season. there it goes out of there. ross. cool thing doing all this on his bobblehead day. there is his head bobbling around. bottom of the 9th. rockies up 2-1. final chance for the giants. crawford gave it a ride. running it down. ouch. that hurts if you're a giants fan. the rockies win 2-1. the giants fall half a game behind the diamondbacks in the west. >>> you know it is a long day at the ballpark when you stand up and stretch and sing take me out to the ballgame twice. that's what happened today at fenway. coco crisp hit into the game ending double play. the ball goes under the glove of dustin pedroia. it just began for jonathan papelbon. conor jackson ripping that one down the third baseline. kicked off the glove of kevin youkilis. cocoa scored and right behind him is cliff pennington to tie the game up at 7. jonathan papelbon blew the lead then blew his lid. he may even get suspended for bumping the ump. ann, never bump the ump. can't do that. andre

the race to bring back ake and hatch. sheriff lynn steadman flew by charter to colorado. >> it was about 2:30 to 3:00 in the morning that wen oklahoma city with them. and then took them by car back to el reno. >> reporter: then the sort of thing that almost never happens. on the way back to oklahoma, hatch and ake told the lawman they wanted to make a statement. >> we had a semblance of thanksgiving that day, and then this that evening, thanksgiving evening at the sheriff's office in el reno. >> reporter: they locked up hatch in this old building here, the old el reno jail. ake they kept in a more security facility, a more modern place just down the block. thanksgiving night sheriff's deputies collected the two of them, took them down to the sheriff's office so they could deliver those confessions they seemed to eager to make. and so they did. apparently without any remorse or emotion, first hatch, and then ake, calmly described their activities on that murderous night. >> i unloaded the .357 magazine loaded with .38 wadcutters into these people. the dog was barking at me. i slowed down to a walk and drove off. and drove o

up to 5 inches of snow came down yesterday in the colorado's high country. they were forced to cope with icy mountain passes and some roads had to be shut down. a live update later on "good morning america." >>> president obama marks a major milestone in the afghanistan war tomorrow. he announces how many troops will come home next month. mr. obama is expected to outline a blueprint for the afghans to take over their own security. a long awaited announcement full of political risk. with more than half of americans now saying the afghanistan war is not worth the cost, president obama is said to announce tomorrow how many of our troops will be coming home. >> the president is still in the process of finalizing his decision on the pace and scope of the drawdown that will begin in july of 2011. >> the decision facing the president whether he should follow the military's advice? >> if we accelerate withdrawal we'll lose the war. >> reporter: or does he make his decision based on polls showing a war weary public? >> i think that when you look at the situation on t

the colorado oil and gas conservation commission is responsible for issuing drilling permits, water testingregulating the wells and investigating complaints. david neslin is its director. >> we have typically received a couple of dozen complaints a year where people are complaining about impacts or they think there might be impacts to their water wells from oil and gas development. we investigate all of those very seriously. in no instance have we been able to verify that there was an impact attributable to hydraulic fracking. how many wells do you think they've dug? >> we're run about 60 within a mile of where i live. >> reporter: but garfield county resident lisa bracken says the industry's safety claims are highly questionable. in 2004, her family found gas seeping up beneath a creek on their property and recorded video of igniting it. >> what we saw was bubbling like a soda can all throughout the creek. and so, we called the department of wildlife, the health department, we called the e.p.a. really, no one has authorty except the state agency that oversees the oil and gas regulation. >>

two-inch thick piece of glass protected this toddler from an either hungry or playful lioness at the coloradoling. he became an internet sensation after his visit was caught on camera. his father who shot the video says he knew the glass was there, but he was still a little nervous as he saw the big cat opening her mouth near trent's head. >>> boston bruins fans are hitting the streets today celebrating the team's stanley cup win. the city estimates about a million residents cheered the champs at today's victory parade. the bruins came back from a two game deficit to win the national hockey league's championship against the vancouver canucks. >>> some people are calling it the golf summit. president barack obama, vice president joe biden and house speaker john boehner got together for a round of golf today. let's bring in white house correspondent brianna keilar. any indication yet how things went? is everybody happy? >> reporter: we don't know. we're still waiting to see if we can get some word from the white house on that in terms of what the scores were, fredricka. your money should probab

that was about to change, far away from florida in the colorado rockies. jenner showed up and rented a cabin. they made home improvements, including 12 surveillance cameras and six motion detectors. according to the cabin's owner, they said they were afraid have bears. >> as soon as you entered the driveway, they knew you were coming. the locals down at the shank house bar and grill. she was quicklyñknown by the nickname of red. ron was too sickly to work. but nancy picked up odd jobs. sth worked as a cleaning lady. >> she also worked at this convenience store. >> hard working. >> last december, ron jenner went to a durango hospital with heart problems. he had a defibrillator which is encoded with patient information. after a routine scan, doctors were puzzled why the device showed a different name and notron jenner. in w$at may be a first in how fugitives get caught, hospital lawyers googled the name that appeared on the medical device. wondering why a patient would lie aboqhis eye dent. the name on the device was roger gamblin. and gamblin was a fugitive.

now i want to take you out to the colorado rockies. . there are still feet, feet of snow in the rockies. want me to prove it to you? right there. a live shot from kusa, our affiliate from denver, colorado. t this is facing to the arapaho basin up above, and those guys would love to ski every single day of the year. they are closed today, but they are going to open up again for winter skiing and spring skiing and summer almost on the weekend, and close again next monday through friday and open again the next couple off weekends. so they are going to try to keep it open as much as possible and they haven't been able to make any snow lately, obviously, but there are some spots in the colorado rockies of 50 to 70 feet of snow on top of the mountains, and the snow has just lasted. in fact, that snow and the very cold air over to the rocky mountains caused by the snow may have been a big contributor to to see veer weathhe severe weate in joplin, and tuscaloosa, because when you get the warm front, and the warm and the cold clash, you will get

that announcement expected in about ten minutes from now. 1:35, the colorado rapids, this year's major league soccer champs hold a clinic for military families on the south lawn of the white house. 2:00 eastern, secretary of state hillary clinton releases a worldwide report on government efforts to combat human trafficking for slavery, sexual exploration, forced labor or modern day slavery. >>> we're following lots of developments including the michele bachmann announcement in about ten minutes and that's where jim acosta is in waterloo, iowa. jim, let's start with you. >> hey, kyra. that's right. a tea party favorite is jumping into this presidential race on the gop side. michele bachmann, she may hail from minnesota as a congresswoman, but she grew up in waterloo, which is where we are. we'll have more on her announcement in a few moments. >> i'm brianna keilar at the white house. president obama is jumping into the fray. he's meeting with the top republican and the top democrat in the senate to talk about raising the debt ceiling. there are some -- there are still major sticking poi

sure, there is a glass between them, but take a look at this encounter at the colorado zoo. the lion liking the little boy just a little too much. even sizing up his head several times. that would fit right in here. the boy's parents thought it was cute enough to film. but a little nerve-racking, as well. he's like, lunch is here. fantastic. that's the news. back to lester and amy and bill. >> wow. >> all right. bill is here. he's got a check of our forecast. >> good morning, lester. good morning, amy. the heat is the big story. it just won't stop. it's relentless. and texas has been the bull's-eye of this 103 today in dallas. yesterday it was 104 in san antonio. there's not one spot in texas where you're going to duck out of these temperatures in the 90s or 100s. even new orleans today at 96. now it's feast or famine. just to the north of all the record highs we're getting nailed by one thunderstorm complex after another around kansas city and missouri. flooding on the missouri river. and once again flooding on the mississippi river just north of st. louis. so this has been

that's the second runner crossing the plate for the rockies. coloradowins this one, 2-1. >>> on the east coast, the oakland a's and the red sox, check out dustin pedroia, that should have been the second out. cliff pennington doubled down the left field line. barton scores to make it 7-6, with just one out. but watch catcher jason varitek get in the face of the home plate umpire. ejects the catcher, the a's eventually tie it in the 9th. j.d. drew delivers the game winning single. boston wins it 9-8. oakland loses it's fifth straight game. >>> we get back to rosemary for a look at what to expect, a lot drier than yesterday. >> we're going to be drier. i don't want to say dry, but drier. scattered showers still in the forecast, giving awe live look. bay point this morning, dealing with lowered visibilities and rain on that lens. east bay valley locations, seeing light rain this morning, well as the north bay. you can almost see the direction of this rain coming from north to south, from livermore, up into danville, concord stretches through vallejo, fairf

vice president yee: on page 52, on the fiscal year 2011-12 colorado -- column, on my notes it says that right here it shows some reduction. in the documents two weeks ago, there was nothing there. where did this number come from , 1,897,000? >> as i mentioned earlier, when i revisited the budget, the detailed line items, there were adjustments made to some of the benefit line items. this is specifically related to workers' comp. we over budgeted on workers' comp. looking at what our exposure is, that amount was reduced. it was a little too late after the fact to incorporate it into every department budget. so this was put as a lump sum amount, as an offset to expenditures. vice president yee: i think you might have already explained this other one that had a zero amount here for the pass through. you already explained that. thank you very much. commissioner wynns: i want to start by making some comments on this parking lot list. i appreciate having that. i actually think some of these things are a little too specific. i think more appropriate for us is to say is this a generalized probl

the colorado rockies are in town. tting, tonight, tomorrow, and through the weekend against the rockies. now, it's also a special homecoming for this young man. born in mountain view next to google headquarters, before growing up in pleasanton. this is brandon crawford, he will be suiting up for his first regular season home game tonight. crawford, you might recall, was called up from single a san jose just last week. he met with his new teammates in milwaukee where the rookie hit a grand slam in just his third major league at-bat. it was his first hit. crawford was a prep school phenom at foot hill high school at pleasanton. everyone is rooting for him tonight. he then went on to ucla before the giants drafted him in 2008. >>> for our continuing coverage of the giants, just switch over to our friends at comcast. theyave nightly coverage of the giants, and all the local teams that matter. comcast bay area and nbc teaming up for comprehensive coverage in the bay area. okay. go're going to move on now.th e to'rg bain be

the colorado parents behind the balloon boy hoax say they plan to auction off that famous balloon. incident captured the world's attention back in 2009. of course, it turns out that the little boy was never in the balloon. mayumi and richard heene are hoping to fetch a million dollars to go to earthquake and tsunami relief in japan. >> at least they are going to give it to charity. >> really believe that? >> same people who said their kid was in a runaway balloon. >> they have to. >>> soon 41 students from around the country will compete in the semifinal round of the national spelling bee. the winner takes home $40,000 in cash and prizes. and a bay area fifth grader made it to the preliminary round of the contest. however, san jose student didn't get enough points to qualify for today's contest even though she didn't spell any of the words wrong. her words go ahead. >> [ indiscernible ] it's a dutch title that's equivalent to sir when used to address someone from the netherlands. >> she is she is going to keep going. >> spelling was never one of my forte's. >> i liked spelling. i w

the conversation and social media sites. >> this year's commencement ceremony at colorado college. you would hear from the