joining us from colorado, a previous guest on this show, always good to see him, ted haggard, formerd ted's new life megachurch ministry, shocked the evangelical community to its core. all right, ted, you've been listening. what are your comments and then we'll get into specifics. what do you think overall here of what we've heard? >> yeah, i think both of them have some good points. i really appreciate what jennifer is saying and what she is going through. and i think her big premise is that she is on a journey just like every one of us are. she accepts that all of sin and falls short of the glory of god, that god is working in us, that we have his scriptures to work with, and it is true people read them differently and people interpret them differently. and the pastor has a point in saying it is his role as a pastor to try to be salt and light and represent the word the way it's read. i do think, though, that the important overall message is that we emphasize personal relationship with god. and the core of everything that we say is this wonderful delight in who jesus is and what he

michelle malkin joins us from colorado springs.is huge tea party rally yesterday and sarah palin was the headliner. and at the same time, there is this new group called the tea party crasher party, i guess, and they had a smattering of people there. what do you make of their strategy to come out with the anti--tea party party? >> well, they're doing themselves more harm than good and i think what they've done is basically poisoned the well on all coverage of these tea parties going here on out because there is going to be huge questions raised about any time some negative press is generated, they've openly declared that they want to sabotage the tea party movement and the fact is, and i pointed this out in a column this week -- that they've done this from day one. i've covered the tea party movement for more than a year now before it was even called a tea party movement. and at the very early protests against the stimulus bill back in january of last year, february of last year, you had all sorts of mal factors come, they were attr

shawn is calling us from colorado., you don't think there is a loophole. >> caller: well, i strongly disagree with it. not too long ago, i witnessed a woman who was drunk who ran a red light and killed a young boy. and because that happened, i don't believe my rights to own or have a driver's license should be taken away from me. and i believe that's the same analogy for guns. >> i don't think that closing that particular loophole is saying that you can't own a gun. it's just saying that there's a different avenue you would need to go through. it's not saying you can't have a gun. >> caller: well, i actually, myself, have used the loophole. i have a gun that i bought in that manner. and i've had it for over six years and i'm not a felon. and i'm not a bad person. i don't mean to use it in a bad way. but the way i look at it is if you take a step today what kind of steps are you going to take tomorrow? >> okay. so you look at it as a slippery slope issue. >> yep. >> thank you for the conversation. jan set calling us fro

. >>> joining us now is criminal attorney lisa monet wayne who joins us live from boulder, colorado.o hard to see monica's family in that situation. and your heart really goes out to them. doesn't look good for the husband, as you know, lisa. the alleged affair. heard arguing with her in mexico. yet, he hasn't been charged. and some are wondering why is it taking so long? >> well, robin, as you know, when you are an american citizen outside of your own country, you're vulnerable to the laws of that country. and mexico is very different in terms of how they investigate criminal case, how defendants are charged. and the system is a very different system. so, the wait might be a lot longer for mr. redman than it could be in this country. >> can you give us examples or go into detail about the differences? if he is charged, what would happen next in the process? >> well, mexico is a country, where you are guilty until proven innocent. unlike our country that affords all the constitutional rights that we are used to, he does not have the presumption of innocence. he does not have the righ

us end the endless filibuster and obstruction and delay. i thank the chair. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. udall: mr. president, i rise today along with many of my colleagues to speak about the critically important legislation before the senate, the bill to reform wall street and end the excesses that have sent our economy into a tailspin. having made the tough choice to fend off a collapse of our economic system, we must now look back and decide what actions are required to hold wall street accountable and put consumers back in control of their fns. -- of their finances. this congress has taken decisive action to stem the bleeding, actions that were not always comfortable but were necessary, and our economy is starting to heal. and yet, we remain at a seminal moment in our history. 1/10 of our population remains unemployed. the threat of foreclosure haunts far too many families, and american seniors are scrambling to replenish what they once considered their retirement accounts. the fault, mr. president, for this economic decline, however, does not lie at the feet of the working class or

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from colorado, not from the south. >> that is fine. you're not from canada. >> personal responsibility is used to me, -- huge to me, and i find it amazingthe earmarks thing is so hard for the republicans to get their hands around. the question is, why is it not something that should be something for republicans to sign their name to to say, no more. it should not be a badge of honor bring it home. if it can be done locally, do it locally. massachusetts, i wanted to send money, whatever you want. >> the republican party is going to move decisively toward saying no earmarks. it is the politics of the past, politics of the machine. we will win this fight. we will unanimously adopt the policy. and they have tho pass the courage to do it in office. don't promise things you can't do. >> what are your personal plans for 2012? [applause] >> that will turn out to be up to god and the american people. in 2011, we will have to make a decision about whether or not to run. this is very important. i am glad we have lots of great potential candidate. i like virtually all of them. let's all get out and campaign this year to win this year's elections. m

we recognize, as the senator from colorado has said, that are rules that allow us to ask consent to bringthese folks up. in future days and weeks we will use those rules to try to urge the kind of full-fledged debate not just on the judicial nominees. i think as a foreman c.e.o. of business, there are a host -- part of a management team this president needs to get in place or have in place. i thank the president, madam president, for the time we've had today to share. again, i'd encourage my friends and colleagues on the other side, let's get this fixed. let's make sure we can get back to the substantive debates that are so important around financial re-regulation, energy, jobs the american people deserve d demand. with that, madam president, i yield the floorabsee of a quoru. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. burris: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: may iequest that the quorum call be suspended? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris: may i speak, madam president, as if in morning business. the presiding o

from $200,000 to $350,000? today barbara corcoran is here to talk us through a few great homes in the market right now from coloradooked at last week -- >> the good news is it sold that day. they had so many inquiries they had competitive bids. so it's good news for the homeowner. >> let's see if we can do that for a few more houses. starting with the biggest bargain in south haven, mississippi, a four-bedroom home prices at $179,000. >> in south haven, mississippi, you get a lot of house for the money and a lot of home for your family. it's a suburb of memphis. looks like a miniestate. yet it is $179,000. property taxes there is this town are very low and the schools are great which doesn't often come together. this stately brick home has upgraded light fixtures and pergo floors throughout the home. has a tv niche that's separate, formal dining room that leads into a great eat-in kitchen. what's wrong with that kitchen? looks like a $1 million home to my eye. it has ceramic tile floors and a walk-in pantry. also on top of that pantry it has another pantry in a washer-dryer room that you don't even see there. the m

from ireland. the colorado mom is now charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. julie kurtz is live with more on this >> reporter: authorities aren't telling us where her son is when she landed in philadelphia yesterday she landed with her 6-year-old son. we know that she arrived in philadelphia and was immediately taken into custody. she faces conspiracy charges. she has a hearing next wednesday. ramirez's mother the boy's grandmother has been talking to the media since ramirez was arrested. there she with her son. since she was arrested in ireland she said ramirez converted to islam last easter, a year ago. married a muslim man she met online. the biological father of the 6-year-old out of the picture in mexico according to the grandmother. the new indictment released friday charges that larose, jihad jane and pauline ramirez traveled separately to europe to support muslim holy war. the court papers say larose was in europe first and then invited ramirez to join her at a training camp. the dim quotes larose writing she was willing to kill and die in the name of islam. the indictment quotes revealing online exchange between these two america

us in congress to move forward now on comprehensive immigration reform. i yield to my friend from minnesota, mr. ellison. mr. ellison: i thank the gentleman from colorado for raising these issues. i want to say that the progressive caucus has some essential principles we believe are essential to have in any immigration bill. we know that a version was dropped in the senate. there's another dropped in the house earlier. we want -- what we say is we think we've got to keep families together. we have to create a path to earned citizenship. this isn't handing out citizenship to anybody. people have to take care of the business that the gentleman from colorado already mentioned, paying all taxes. going through courses in english and citizenship. making sure that they do everything that they have to do to make sure that -- that at least they're allowed to be on a path that will lead them to citizenship and that there be employment verification. there are other important values there i think we should talk about as well. the fact is, one of those values is respect. another value is identifying the fact that young people studying hard every single day graduati

people that have an association with us and indeed the principle that we ask other nations to honor as well of self-determination. and i thank the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, for yielding, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to my friend from georgia, dr. broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. : i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker -- mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. this offers the first step that offers puerto rico an invitation to become a full member as a state in the greatest nation of the world. it is near the onerous or unfair to require that english be the only official language as a precondition for its admission. i introduced an amendment that would have accomplished this on two separate occasions. unfortunately, the democrats in this body rejected my amendment on both occasions, both in the committee as well as in this rule. without this commonsense amendment, this legislation is fundamentally flawed. through

little misty there listening to the gentleman from colorado, i think just made an excellent statement about the importance of paying taxes in our society. none of us wants to fork it over on tax day. we all kind of do it feeling like, gee whiz, i wish i could keep this dough. but the fact of the matter is, if you like great roads, if you want e.m.s. service, if you want the united states military to protect the borders of this country, if you want police, if you want fire, if you want public schools, if you want head start, if you want medicare, if you want tricare, if you want social security, if you want things like bridges and infrastructure and many other important public services, taxes are what we have to pay. i agree with the gentleman, you know, there are things that our tax dollars go to that i wish they didn't go to. but you know what? the fact is that we liven in a representative democracy and that's just the way it is. that's why we get out and he again a -- we engage in the public debate to argue how and where our tax dollars are allocated but never forget, not even for a moment, that taxes are the dues that we pay to live in a civili

it brings us in mining towns in colorado or industrial towns in ohio, where town after town after town has been hollowed out because of wall street, because of policies that federal policies from the last decade that have chosen financial services over manufacturing, that have chosen wall street over main street. mega banks can't hold such a large stake in our economy that their downfall becomes our economy's downfall. despite the economic meltdown, despite millions of dollars in bailouts, our nation remains vulnerable to the next economic crisis. yet what's happening? this institution? people are trying to block us from action. the biggest the banks grow bigger. the six largest u.s. banks have total assets equal to 63% of our overall g.d.p. say that again. sixth largest banks have total assets equal to 63% of overall g.d.p. whowe must take action to ensuro bank has such control of our nation's wealth that if it fails our financial system crumbles. what kind of a choice, what kind of a hobson's choice is that for the house and the senate and the president and the federal reserve to make when a bank is so big that if it is about to fail we have two choices: either we bail out t

us today. >> you guys have written a lot of songs for other artists, but this is really your real gig. >> me and zack went to high school together. we're from coloradog in the church, then listening to pop music. one republic, we don't really fit in one genre. >> what are you playing for us today? >> today, you're opening for us, baby. >> kathie lee and hoda. >> today, we're going to do our current single, "all the right moves." >> it better be good. >> it doesn't suck. ♪ ♪ i know we've got it good they've got it made ♪ ♪ all the right friends in all the wrong places ♪ ♪ so yeah we're going down ♪ yeah we're going down ♪ do you think i'm special do you think i'm nice ♪ ♪ it can be possible that rain can fall only when it's over our heads ♪ ♪ the sun shines every day but it's far away ♪ ♪ all the right friends in all the wrong places ♪ ♪ so yeah we're doing down ♪ everybody knows every knows where we're going ♪ ♪ don't matter what you see i know i could never be someone that will look like you ♪ ♪ all the right friends in all the right places ♪ ♪ all the right friends in all the right places ♪ ♪ so yeah we're going down ♪ everybody knows everybody kn

us to offer a debate. thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. merkley: madam president, thank you for letting me speak tonight, and i am pleased to be here with my colleague from eafnlg i also wasn't planning to come to the floor to talk about this tonight, but -- because i thought the vote was going to passments i thought this was -- this is called a motion to proceed, and around here that is senatefeck for a motion to not get -- that is senatespeak for a motion to not get anything done. it is particularly aggravating because i was back in colorado this weekend, as i am every weekend, traveling the state and had the chance to see the tv friments. from time to time. you couldn't so aturn on a tv station without seeing some politician talking about the importance of getting this work done. democrats and republicans. people take the time out of other weekend to say to the american people we're working hard to try to correct the problems that led us into the worst recession since the great depression. then we all get back to town on monday and we d