jennifer balch, director of the earth lab at the university of colorado, boulder. democracy now! it is great to have yowith us. very painful under the circumstances. can you explain what happened? you yourself, one of your own scientists lost his home in the fire. >> that's right. have many friendand collects who lost homes. this has been a disaster. i will go back to basics to try and explain what happened here. you need three ingredients for fires. you needed to be warm, need fuel to burn, and you need an ignition source. we had all three. we had one of the warmest periods during our fall and winter on record from colorado springs to fort collins. leading up to that, we had a lot of grasses that grew out of a really wet spring. that a lot of grass fuel, warm conditions would in our fuel was very dry, and we had any ignition source that is still under investigation. what made this a fire disaster, two things, there were a lot of homes in the way. thousands of homes have been built into the landscape between denver and boulder over the last several decades. and we

he's a professor of history at the university of northern colorado. i welcome to d w. so let's start with this question about democracy. what is the state of the democracy in the united states in 2022? that's a great question. we don't really know what the state is because we don't really have the answers that everybody in the country accepts about what actually happened . on january 6 before january 6th and after january 6th. so it's, it's in flux it's, it's in danger in many ways because there's not a universal understanding in the nation about what democracy actually means. and talking about that people who the people on the capital believe that the election was stolen. and as you said, there is this, there is a split difference in the united states. but how can many people still believe this to be true? well, it's hard to understand, especially i'm a historian and, and what we try to study is, historians is evidence what actually happened in the past. and then to use that evidence to build some sort of a narrative. and there's different understandings of the evidenc

on q&a we will be discussing those issues with nancy and meredith from the university of colorado. >> earth has been hit by asteroids for billions of years, it is happened in the past and will happen in the future. that said there is no known right to the earth right now from asteroids or comets, from what we are tracking, there is nothing on course to hit the earth. we have not found all of the asteroids yet, this is a important part of planetary defense. we want to take the first steps to be ready if we need to before we needed and that's where dart comes in. >> you can go point and an object and get new data. i know i am the first person in the universe to ever see this. sometimes you cannot predict what you will find. you see completely new things. some of the most science -- exciting science results that come out are not things i can even tell you right now. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on a new c-span now app. >> get c-span on the go, watch the days biggest political events live or on-demand anytime anywhere on

he's a professor of history at the university of northern colorado. i welcome to d w. so let's start with this question about democracy. what is the state of the democracy in the united states in 2022? that's a great question. we don't really know what the state is, because we don't really have the answers that everybody in the country accepts about what actually happened. on january 6 before january 6th and after january 6th . so it's, it's in flux, it's, it's in danger in many ways because there's not a universal understanding in the nation about what democracy actually means. that's all about donald trump, one year on from this insurrection that's being cold in the capitol. where is he at right now? well, he's in moral lago, trying to get news, trying to make news, trying to keep his name in the news, and many thank he's orchestrating the elections in 2022 and maybe considering running for election in 2024. although stories are very bad at predicting the future, so i can't really say exactly what he's going to be doing in the future. but he's, he continues to misrepr

of the universe. sunday night on q&a, we will discuss those missions with nancy from johns hopkins university's applied physics laboratory and meredith mcgregor from the university of colorado. >> earth has been hit by asteroids. there is no known threat to the earth right now but asteroids. we are tracking things. that said, we have not found all of the asteroids yet so this is an important part of planetary defense. we need to assess the threat better and take the first steps. >> you can go and point to add objects and get new data. sometimes, you cannot predict what you're going to find. you can find completely new things. i think some of the most exciting science results are things that i am not even sure i can tell you right now. >> planetary scientists nancy chabot and dr. mcgregor sunday night on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> next, republican glenn youngkin is sworn in as

the university of colorado school of medicine looked at more than 100,000 people with colon cancer. researchers say 20 to 29 year-olds had the most new cases and were more likely to have aggressive forms of cancer. this is being attributed to obesity to diet and younger people waiting too long to check for screenings. doctors recommended those with a family history of colon cancer report. any symptoms to their health providers soon as possible? cheese may not be as bad for cholesterol, as you might think. a study out of the university of dublin found that cheese did not increase levels of ldl cholesterol. also known as bad cholesterol. those in the study who ate a lot of cheese are found to have higher saturated fat than those who did not. but cholesterol levels node it big difference. ironically, low fat dairy products were found to be linked to higher cholesterol than high fat dairy products. researchers say it's still important to consider one's overall diet. some might see them as a gimmick. but new research shows fitness trackers such as fitbit or apple watch. do encourage peop

. >> university of colorado school of medicine looked at more than 100,000 people with colon cancer. and the researchers say 20 to 29 year-olds had the most new cases and were more likely to have aggressive forms of cancer. this is all being attributed to obesity to diet and 2 younger people waiting too long to check for screenings. doctors are recommending those with a family history of colon cancer report. any symptoms to their health care providers right away. cheese may not be as bad for your cholesterol as you might think. a study out of the university of dublin in ireland found the cheese did not increase levels of ldl cholesterol. >> that's also known as bad cholesterol. those in the study who ate a lot of cheese are found to have higher saturated fast and those who did not. but cholesterol levels have no difference. ironically, low fat dairy products were found to be linked to higher cholesterol and high fat dairy products. researchers say it's still important to consider one's overall diet. >> some people might see them as a gimmick. but new research is showing that those fi

one is the natural hazards center at the university of colorado. they have an annual workshop. and many of our agencies figure prominently in that workshop. we are very supportive. it's necessary to bring that into the fold. ms. wild: dr. blevins or mr. grimm. did you want to respond further? dr. blevins: i'd like to say something. i just want to mention that the n.s.f. has a whole directorate called the social behavior directorate. they are important partners in this work. they look at how people respond to emergency warnings. understanding what moat gates or keeps people from preparing their homes or their local environments to be more resilient to storms. and even recently we have a couple of rapid we have been funding to look at people's attitudes towards, for example, evacuating during the pandemic and going to a shelter when we are having a pandemic and whether they felt safer in their homes versus in the shelter with loot of other people, even when measures were being taken in the shelters to socially distance, etc. i think it's very important. on the flooding part we als

jennifer bluff is an associate professor of geography and the wildfire expert at the university of colorado. the wildfire starts just a few kilometers from her home in boulder. and i don't have power still some in my office talking to you. i can see the smoke billowing very dark smoke, which means that it's from urban structures. it's been a scary a couple firefighters are going to be able to contain this fire. but it's been, it's been a wild ride and seen winter wildfires. i mean that should be an oxymoron. we've. we've seen fires in the last 24 hours that have been very unusual and very remarkable for what has created the situation and there's 3 ingredients for fires. one is a warm climate, the 2nd is fuels to burn, and the 3rd is an ignition source and we had all 3. we had a very wet spring that grew up graphic then essentially try it out during a very warm and dry fallen winter. in fact, the period from june to december has been the warmest on record that really makes i feel, and the mission source is still under investigation. there's some thought that it might be power lines or it mig

of the universe and search for possible life beyond earth. tonight on q&a, we discuss those missions with nancy chevelle and meredith mcgregor from the university of colorador. >> earth has been hit by asteroids for billions of years. that is not new. that said, there is no known threat to the earth right now from asteroids or comets. we are tracking things, there is nothing on course to hit earth. that said, we haven't found all of the asteroids yet, so this is an important part of planetary defense. to find the asteroids to assess the threat and take the first steps to be ready when we need to. >> you can just go and point at an object and i get new data and i know that i am the first person in the universe to see this. you can't predict what you're going to find. we find completely new things. some of the most exciting science results that are going to come out are things i am not even sure i can tell you. announcer: planetary scientists, tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-spannow app. announcer: c-span's washington journal. every day we take your calls live on air on the news of the day and we di

of the universe and search for pop -- possible signs of life. on q&a we will discuss those missions. and with meredith mcgregor, with the university of colorado barb -- boulder. >> it is not new, it is happened in the past it will happen in the future. that said there is no known threat to the earth right now from asteroids or comets, we are tracking things and there is nothing on course. that being said we have not found all of asteroids and this is an important part of planetary defense. we want to assess that threat better and take the first steps if we need to before you need it. >> i love observational astronomy because you can go point at an object and get new data and i know i am the first person in the universe to ever see this. sometimes you cannot predict where you're going to find, completely new things. probably one of the most exciting science that come out are things i am not sure i could even tell you right now. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a, you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast on the new c-span now app. >> at least six presidents recorded conversations while in cop -- office hear those conversations

of architecture in the architecture of the university of texas at austin with additional teaching at arizona state, washington for the university of colorado at denver he helped establish the initiative the first program of its kind with a comprehensive rating system for sustainable land development management. the author editor including design with nature now, nature and city ecological design, design for vulnerable planet. he will be talking to assist morning about olmsted's university and after he completed his presentation will have an opportunity for q&a with her to for speakers. [applause] [silence] >> the best thing about being a speaker you can take your mascot. i want to thank dede petri for the wonderful introduction of mark for remembering the paper that i wrote at the university from decades ago. my first faculty job was at washington state university in the palouse region of the pacific northwest. washington state, the university campus was the told terry an affair reflecting its agricultural and mechanical heritage as a land-grant college. across the street from my office at johnson hall which i just learned is being torn do

university of colorado school of medicine looked at more than 100,000 people with colon cancer. and researchers say that 20 to 29 year-olds have the most new cases and were more likely to have an aggressive form of cancer. this is being attributed to obesity, diet and younger people just waiting too long to get a health check-up. doctors recommended dose of the family history of colon cancer report. any symptoms to their health care providers? >> next at 9, a new spinoff of the omicron variant has become the dominant cause of covid-19 infections in some parts of the world. why experts say there's no reason to panic, though. and if these mega events like the upcoming super bowl raising concerns among some or maybe another wave of infections just as >> health officials say t some h say they're worried that upcoming events like the super bowl could increase the spread of omicron. the fear is that large gatherings could push us back further from the goal line. >> reporter kareen wynter has the details. >> whether it's the upcoming festival lunar new year celebrations and february 3r

susan: you are a space scientist at the university of colorado. am wondering how nasa works with researchers such as yourselves and how that whole public and private and university partnership works with webb. meredith: yes. now that webb is launched, it is in open science instrument. any scientist who has an idea of what you want to do with the telescope, you propose your idea and you try to convince other people that this is a worthwhile thing to do with the telescope and then all of those proposals go in and are read by committees of professional scientists who rate them against each other. what the telescope does is the communities take a few that they think are most exciting and those are the proposals that make it. hubbell runs this way. things on the ground that are not nasa based -- i submit them. something like hubbell is still up about 12 heaven 13-1. for every one hour of observing time, there is 12 hours of proposed modifications that go in from the immunity. these instruments are in very high demand. susan: i have to imagine that is t

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researchers at the university of colorado say women under the age of 35 are 44% more likely to sufferhen men in that same age range. they're not exactly sure why. but they say it could be due to pregnancy. postpartum issues or the use of hormonal contraceptives. well, virgin atlantic is opening a runway to love this valentine's day. the airline giving singles the chance to fly to london for free in hopes of finding romance across the pond. the first class flight comes with a 3 course meal and a psychic reading as well. she can figure out where issues, i guess before all you have to do is share your story about why you deserve the trip. 8 lucky winners are going to be selected for this bachelor at star jared high bond is also going to be making the trip with the women to help give them some tips, try and get them to step up. they're dating game. good luck. ladies on your search for love. we'll be right back. after oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t busines

university of washington that we call the rapid facility. it's part of nary, actually, and we have converged at the university of colorado which pulls together and coordinates the data that comes from the use of the equipment that's provided by the rapid facility, our rapid reconnaissance teams and others and is able to coordinate it, and so we really are geared up, and we're ready for the increasing important of getting quick turn around data. >> i look forward to a future where swarms of drones fly into super cells and get detailed information that allows us to have better predictive models. >> sure. >> my next question has to do with as our witnesses have pointed out, we're not making investments despite the fact that they have a huge return on investment. i think dr. graham mentioned an eleven to one return on investments. that always surprises me when there's an eleven to one return on investment and private markets are not making that investment, so do you have any insight as to why markets have failed to address this issue? why don't the reduction and insurance rates justify paying for these investments ahead of time? and is there any

night's weather to fly in from denver where he teaches us history in digital humanities at the university of colorado's campus in the mile high city. before moving to the front range. he was assistant professor of history at northeastern university in boston and a core faculty member at the schools nu lab for text maps and networks. as i learned last night cameron as a native of the nutmeg state. for those of you who are want anybody know that make state is a number of you. i was really hoping that i was going to be able to enlighten you. although he bolted for the palm trees and sunny skies of southern california when he studied at pomona college as an undergraduate. he liked the west so much that he moved up interstate 5 to stanford where he completed his phd in history in 2015. he is he already boasts an impressive publication record and tonight. he's here to discuss with us his most significant accomplishment to date just paper trails the us post in the making of the american west published earlier this year by oxford university press following his lecture cameron will be happy to take your questio

of the universe and search for possible life in the universe beyond earth. we will discuss those missions with johns hopkins university applied student university and the university of coloradooulder. >> earth has been surrounded by asteroids for billions of years. that said, there is no known threat to the earth right now from asteroids. we are tracking things. there's nothing on course to hit the earth. we haven't found all the asteroids yet. this is an important part of planetary defense along with missions like dart. find all the asteroids to be able to assess that threat better and be able to take the first step to be ready in case you need to. >> i love observational astronomy. you can point at an object and i get new data and i know that i'm the first person in the universe to ever see this. sometimes, you can't predict what you're going to find. i think some of the most exciting science is things that i'm not sure i could tell you right now. >> planetary scientists, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. ♪ >> next week live on the c-span networks, congress returns on tuesday. the senate w

the university of colorado school of medicine looked at more than 100,000 people with colon cancer.rs say 20 to 29 year-olds have the most new cases and were more likely to have aggressive forms of cancer. it's all being attributed to obesity, diet and younger people waiting too long for a health check-up. doctors recommended those with a family history of colon cancer report. any symptoms you may have to your health care provider date. >> temperatures are racing to the middle 60's this afternoon. we do have a little bit of cloudiness to the south. that's going to part us into the afternoon. coming up, a look at that 4 zone forecast and we'll take a look at that extended to kron. 4 morning news continues. a jelly bean that's good for you? nature's bounty introduces new jelly bean vitamins. good-for-you nutrients in a tastier for you form. more sweet dreams. more flavorful immune support. new nature's bounty jelly beans. live bountifully. oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't

of the universe and search for possible life in the universe. tonight on q&a, we will discuss those missions with nancy from johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory and meredith mcgregor for the university of colorado boulder. >> earth has been hit by asteroids for billions of years. that's not new, it is happened in the past and will happen in the future. that said, there is no known threat to the earth now from asteroids or comets. we are tracking things, there is nothing on course to hit the earth. that said, we have not found all of the asteroids yet, so this is an important part of planetary defense along with missions like dark is to find all of the asteroids to be able to assess the threat better and take the first steps to be ready in case you need to before you need it. and that is where dart comes in. >> you can just go and point at an object and get new data. i know that i'm the first person in the universe to ever see this. and sometimes, you cannot protect what you're going to find,? right. some of the most exciting science results they're going to come out of the james webb telescope are things that i am not even sure i can tell you right now. >> planetary scientists nancy and meredit

and while the people who make this legislation, the people who went to harvard or went to university of coloradorywhere on the streets, people lose their job, their family and end up on the streets committing crimes. stuart: you've got to make a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. you've just got to. >> yes. stuart: [inaudible] you're walking down the streets. coming towards you, six guys who are drunk. what do you do? you get out of the way. coming towards you on the other street six guys who are stoned, they're having a good time. do you get out of the way? which group would you rather face in the street? i know where i'm coming from. how about you? [laughter] >> when i walk down my street, which i always do and smell a big group of people smoking marijuana, the chance that they're selling laptops, weapons or some kind of criminal activity are very, very high because most people don't smoke marijuana in public. stuart: that is true, that's for sure. chris, you're all right, but we shall agree to differ, okay? i'll see you later. [laughter] come back soon. >>> apple is warning senato

of the universe and search for possible life beyond earth. tonight on q&a we will discuss those missions with the applied physics laboratory and the university of coloradoarth has been hit by asteroids for billions of years. that happened in the past, it will happen in the future. but there is no known threat right now from asteroids or comets. there is nothing on course to hit the earth. that said, we have not found all the asteroids so this is an important part of planetary defense. dart will find all the asteroids and take the first steps to be ready in case you needed to before you need it. >> this is why i love observational astronomy. you can point at an object and i get new data and i am the first person to ever see this. sometimes you cannot predict what you are going to find. we find new things. some of the most exciting science that has come out of web are things i cannot tell you. announcer: q&a tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on the new c-span now app. ♪ announcer: the senate consider the nomination of kenneth weinstein to serve as undersecretary for intelligence and analysis in the homeland securi

of the universe and search for life beyond earth. sunday night on "q&a" we discussed those missions with nancy from the johns hopkins and meredith macgregor from university of colorado it is not new, it has happened in the past and will happen in the future. there is no known threat to the earth right now from asteroids or comets. we are tracking things. there's nothing on the course to hit the earth. that said, we have not found all of the asteroids so this is an important part of the terry -- of planetary defense. we need to take the first steps to be ready before you need it. >> i love observational astronomy because you can point at any object and i get new data and i know i am the first person in the universe to see this. you cannot predict what you're going to find. we find completely new things. some of the most exciting science results coming out of webb i things i cannot even tell you yet. >> nancy should vote and meredith macgregor sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." you can listen to our podcasts on our new c-span now app. ♪ host: this is "washington journal" for january 15. that is a shot of the u.s. capitol and at state capitols across the natio

carley: welcome back to "the big sunday show", a lot of crazy things happening on college campuses near you like college under colorado state universityis shows more than a dozen resources for students affected by it and the university of nebraska is changing its mascot hand cast her from the 70s from an okay sign to the number one because somebody could think it would mean white power. what is going on on our campuses, it is only getting worse. charles: it really is, these people are lunatics, it's really tragic because it's happening to young people who are the future of the country, the reason to go to college is supposed to get your mind blown not your prejudice confirm, you don't go, you go to be challenged not to be coddled, when you have these things like this and these kids are taught that the good to be safe spaces in the world there are no safe spaces in life that's what life is when you get out into life you have to confront awkward situations, bad situations in tough situations. if you go to school and this is what you get you will be completely utterly and am prepared and you will leave into the world with the same prejud

of deep thought for a year and a half. joining me is melissa murray nyu law professor and associate professor at colorado state university and researcher in asian affirmative action and host of "fireside history" on peacock. thank you both for being here. i want to start with you first, melissa. you essentially tweeted today that the supreme court members are in like yolo mode. like beast mode. we'll be heroes on the right and do what we do. are you as pessimistic about the way you assume they will role and the 6-3 verdict i think is coming on affirmative action and if you can explain the two cases before us ahead. >> sure. so these are two cases that challenge the use of race in higher education admissions. one concerns harvard university which is a private university. it is governed by federal statutory law so the question is whether harvard violets those statutes if it uses race in any way in shaping its class. the second case involves the university of north carolina, a public institution and this is a constitutional question. whether the university of north carolina, if it uses race is part of its wholistic calculus whi

of more intimate quadrangle's that were introverted. as in colorado and ohio, placing the agricultural livestock athletic facilities peripherally await where the countryside conversely, the homestead plant for the universitygene despite its habitual organization around a major agreement, common space also utilized its proximity to an attractive millrace from the willamette river. as much as his father had done in the earlier scheme at orono in maine gave specific character in the aspect of nature as the alternative to the inevitably urbanizing residential perimeter in all of the directions. meanwhile, the younger son, born in 1870 after the family returned to the east coast, like jc earlier, was sent off as a teenager on the geological survey party in the mountains of the west and after studying the sciences and apprenticeship during the construction of the chicago exposition and working on the site of biltmore and asheville, he too then joined the firm rapidly becoming a partner as well as as his father and child elliott died shortly thereafter.as rick's father can be thought of as developing the practice of the landscape architecture, and older brother manage the remarkable growth and flow of work for s

university staff. the picture was posted by the turning point usa colorado chapter with the caption, quote, gotta love the intolerance ofinterview with the doctor. i think people need -- if you didn't see it, you should go back and watch it. i think it's game-changing. will: thank you. it is fascinating and deserves a ton more attention. a conservative cover-up, rachel. and not just that, but a reputation-destroying attempt on any doctor that dared question the lie, the lie. by the highest levels of the american scientific community, dr. anthony if fauci and francis collins. it's something we'll be talking about more, i can can promise you that. meanwhile, the -- pete: guys -- [inaudible conversations] pete: if i need counseling with that amount of free speerchg okay? we ignored the last story. i agree it's a real thing, but we ignored the fact that 17 counseling services, if you hear free speech at colorado state university, i mean, the only counseling i'm familiar with is wall to wall counseling or a swift kick in the you know what. but apparently at colorado state if to you hear free speech, that's what you need. i'm

the university of california is already not considering score from the sat or the act at all. >>> on the fire watch the wildfire in big sur is now 45% contained. the colorado fire has burned 700 acres since it broke out last friday and has damaged a single structure. on shoising the humidity, aiding firefightersas they are continue to strengthen control lines. >>> and happening today cal tran is asking for your input on what to do about highway 37. the 21-mile stretch of road along the north shore of san pablo bay is sinking and could be under water in a matter of decades. twice in the last five years highway 37 was forced to close because of flooding. when that happened officials say detours are over 40 miles long. part of the changes includes raising the roadways, from there cal trans wants input for the reconstruction. today's hearing starts at 5:30 and is being held virtually. you can have a link on the website. >>> coming up. russia's tough posture against ukraine has the united states officials on high alert. the latest from the white house. >>> and some relief could becoming to california homeowners. the new program being proposed today. >>> and we

university. next, let's move on to the united states where it falls movie while father talk through several towns in the state of colorado, has now largely bent itself out. almost a 1000 homes that have been destroyed. heavy snow is forecast and it is expected to help put out any remaining embers john engine. as this, tens of thousands of colorado owns are waiting for the smoke to clear to learn what they've lost. things look ok from here, but there is a smouldering in there until you really get down there. it's almost impossible to know. david marks who lives in fire ravaged, boulder county knows 3 people who've lost their homes for home. and so 5060 feet high probably it was really i've never seen any like it. i mean just house after house fences. just stuff flying through the air just caught on fire. authority say they believe as many as 500 homes have probably been destroyed as the fire tor, through drought stricken neighborhoods. at least one 1st responder and several other people were injured. as winds of up to a 169 kilometers per hour, spread intense flames with terrifying speed. colorado governor jared poll is i

that involved a colorado scholarship that would not give scholarships to children -- college students who attended pervasively religious colleges. and it involved a lot of question universitieshe says first of all, this is this termination. -- a lot of christian universities. he says first of all of all, this is discrimination. the judge later has an opinion about this. so then, he says, he first articulates this view that the establishment clause should not be incorporated but he also starts articulating that the establishment clause should not be used as a weapon to discriminate against a religious institution. he says, you want to use the establishment clause as a weapon to keep poor kids out of good schools. that should never happen. then later, his view that it shouldn't be weaponized. that neutrality demanded prohibits the exclusion of religious schools. it was first articulated in 1999. it becomes effectively the law and trinity lutheran and espinoza versus montana, where he repeats again the fact that it should -- we should not be weaponizing the establishment clause because it has neutrality and shouldn't be applied to the state settle -- to the states at all. there

universal preschool. we're joined today by alexis ramirez and her son benjamin, who know full well the importance of free kindergarten. benjamin is attending kindergarten for free, along with more than 60,000 other coloradoe year olds thanks to the work we've done here. please join me in welcoming alexis and benjamin. [applause] good job, benjamin, sitting through that. i should point out that benjamin is missing kindergarten today but that's ok, this is worth it. but despite our progress, the pandemic has dealt an especially hard blow to our students, and made our educators go far beyond what any of us could have expected. my administration worked tirelessly with school superintendents and local public health leaders to successfully bring colorado children back to the classroom last year. we are providing free medical grade masks with more than two million distributed to date a“ testing supplies for all students and staff, and are hosting on-site vaccine clinics to ensure that every eligible student and staff member gets the protection they deserve. i want to thank every educator and school staff member who has done their part and then some to help keep colorado schools open. there is nothing more impor

of the eight children and the oldest son. his family moved to westminster in 1943 where briggs graduated from westminster high school. he earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the colorado state university, both no horticulture. according to a january, 20 free throw file in orchard living, he majored in horticulture because he did not want to wear a tie for a living. bob married his wife on september 8, 1957, and had a long career in local and state politics. serving as adams county commissioner for four years beginning in 1979, where he actually helped me on one of my very first cases i had as a lawyer. as a local member for regional transportation district for four years in 1999, and as state rep for district 29 from january, 2003 to 2005. he served terms on the westminster city council, including a stint as mayor pro tem. he was a long time proponent of local rail and helped found the advocacy group, rocky mountain rail. bob was a devoted husband and loving father and grandfather. and bob and shirley raised two children and enjoyed spending time with their grandchildren. i'm deeply grateful for his lifetime of service to our community. and i yield back to the chair. the speaker pro t

meredith macgregor, from the university of colorado, boulder. commons, prime minister's questions. then president biden and vice president harris participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of martin luther king jr. and his wife, karen a scott king. >> 2022 is a big year for space science. nasa has two major missions underway and in the segment of q&a, we will learn about both of them. >> i heard there is an asteroid or comet or something that you don't like the looks o