
September 16th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 36 | 27m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the latest in Colorado Politics.
Host: Krista Kafer Panelists: Patricia Calhoun Penfield Tate III Alayna Alvarez Scott Martinez Topics: • The FAA has concerns at DIA over collision avoidance sensors • Questions arise over the death of a young man • Denver's murder rate headed to a new high • Indicted mesa county clerk Tina Peters back in the headlines
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September 16th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 36 | 27m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Host: Krista Kafer Panelists: Patricia Calhoun Penfield Tate III Alayna Alvarez Scott Martinez Topics: • The FAA has concerns at DIA over collision avoidance sensors • Questions arise over the death of a young man • Denver's murder rate headed to a new high • Indicted mesa county clerk Tina Peters back in the headlines
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I'M YOUR GUEST HOST, KRISTA KAFER.
SUNDAY COLUMNIST FOR THE DENVER POST.
WE'RE JOINED BY PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD, FORMER MEMBER OF THE COLORADO STATE HOUSE AND SENATE PENFIELD TATE NOW WITH TATE LAW.
ALAYNA ALVAREZ, REPORTER WITH AXIOS, AND SCOTT MARTINEZ, ATTORNEY WITH MARTINEZ AND PARTNERS LLC.
IT'S BEEN DECADES SINCE THE PASSENGER JETS SUFFERED A MIDAIR COLLISION IN THE U.S.
THANKS IN PART TO COLLISION AVOIDANCE SENSORS.
UNFORTUNATELY, SENSORS CAN GO OFF FOR NO REASON AT HIGH ELEVATION AIRPORTS.
APPROACHING DIA, PILOTS OFTEN TURN THEM OFF.
THE FAA SAYS IT'S TIME TO RETHINK.
MEANWHILE THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $500 MILLION FOR BAGGAGE SYSTEM UPGRADES.
SOME ARE CONCERNED THAT THE CONTRACT'S FULFILLMENT DEPENDS ON FEDERAL FUNDING.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
>> COLORADO AND DENVER WERE TALKING ABOUT A NEW AIRPORT.
IT IS AMAZING THE HISTORY THAT PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BAGGAGE SYSTEM THAT UNITED AIRLINES WANTED ATE THE SUITCASES.
IF YOU WONDER WHY YOU HAVE FUNNY PARKING ON LEVEL THREE.
THAT IS WHERE THE BAGGAGE SYSTEM WAS.
IT ATE ALL THE LUGGAGE.
THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO THE NORMAL CART SYSTEM.
THEY CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE CART SYSTEM.
IT HAS WORKED FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
THE MIDAIR COLLISION ISSUE IS FASCINATING.
THE FAA HAS KNOWN THAT THE PILOTS TURN OFF THOSE WARNINGS.
WHEN THEY ARE READY TO DO THE LANDING.
WITH THESE TWO RUNWAYS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER, NOW THEY ARE WORRIED THAT MAYBE SOMETHING CAN GO WRONG.
RATHER THAN LET THE AIRLINES DECIDE IF THEY ARE GOING TO TURN THINGS OFF.
THEY ENCOURAGE THE PILOTS TO PUT ON THE WARNINGS.
>> MAKES SENSE TO ME.
PHIL WASHINGTON THE CEO OF DIA ABOUT A CASE.
ARE ANY OF THESE ISSUES THAT WILL GO FORWARD FOR DIA.
>> THEY ARE ALL REAL ISSUES.
IT IS PART OF UNGOING LEGACY.
FRANKLY OF POOR MANAGEMENT OUT OF THE AIRPORT.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR THAT IN DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES WITH THAT.
THE ISSUE WITH PHIL WASHINGTON IS NOT NEW.
THERE WERE SIMILAR SITUATIONS WHEN HE LEFT RTD TO GO TO LOS ANGELES.
ONE OF HIS AIDS WAS INDICTED AND WENT TO PRISON FOR SIMILAR CLAIMS.
SO THIS IS NOT NEW TERRITORY WHEN IT COMES TO PHIL WASHINGTON.
ONE WOULD HOPE DO A BETTER JOB OF VETTING.
YOU HAVE THESE ALLEGATIONS IN L.A. AND THEY HAVE BEEN SWIRLING FOR QUITE SOMETIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE SUBSTANCE WITH PHIL WASHINGTON.
IT IS TROUBLING THAT HE HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE SEARCH WARRANT.
HIS NAME WAS MENTIONED BEFORE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SOME OF THE REASONS THEY WERE CONCERNED OF BECOMING THE HEAD OF DIA.
AS FOR THE BAGGAGE SYSTEM ONE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THAT STORY THIS MORNING.
WHAT FACTUALLY GOING THERE?
>> A SEARCH WARRANT THAT NAMED PHIL WASHINGTON LAST YEAR WAS EXECUTED THIS WEEK IN LOS ANGELES.
IT IS ALL RELATED TO A CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION.
THE WARRANT IS BASICALLY AIMING TO UNEARTH INVESTIGATION ABOUT FAVORITISM.
AS WE KNOW WASHINGTON WAS LEADING L.A. METRO FOR SIX YEARS PRIOR TO COMING TO DIA.
THE WAR ON EXECUTION IS HAPPENING BEFORE PHIL WASHINGTONS DOMINATION TO LEAD THE FAA.
AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT DIA IS BETTING ON WITH THIS $500 MILLION BAGGAGE SYSTEM.
WHAT TO WATCH WILL BE HOW THIS CONFIRMATION GOES.
BUT THE LEADERS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ARE RAISING CONCERNS OVER HIS CREDIBILITY SO IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH THIS PLAY OUT.
>> IT IS ALYNA AND PENN THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.
SCOTT?
>> THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT DENVER NATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE THIRD BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD.
AS WE LOOK AT IT, I THINK ABOUT HOW DIA SETS IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT DIA IS AN ENTERPRISE.
WE AS TAXPAYERS DON'T FUND IT.
IT FUNDS ITSELF WITH THE FEES THAT IT CHARGES THE AIRLINES AND TO PASSENGERS.
AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW DIA IS DOING.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL TO OVERSEE THE CONTRACTS FOR EXTRA LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY.
THEY ARE NOT APROEFING THE ACTUAL DOLLARS.
TO SEE HOW THE MONEY IS GOING AND HOW IT WILL BE SPENT.
HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY NOT NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE.
>>> A YOUNG MAN HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CRASHES HIS CAR NEAR A SMALL MOUNTAIN TOWN.
SEVENTH MINUTES AFTER THE DEPUTIES ARRIVE, THE 22-YEAR-OLD DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
POLICE SAY THAT WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET HIM TO EXIT THE CAR, HE TURNED VIOLENT.
HIS GRIEVING PARENTS AND SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT SO TERRIBLY WRONG.
PENN, WHAT WENT SO TERRIBLY WRONG?
>> IT IS THE CONVERGE YANS OF INADEQUATE TRAINING.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT REFORMING POLICING AND SOME ARE SAYING DEFUND THE POLICE.
I DON'T PARTICULARLY AGREE WITH THAT.
YOU HAVE A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CALLED 911 WHO GOT STUCK IN A DITCH.
IT WAS CLEAR TO THE DISPATCHER AND OTHERS HE EITHER HAD EMOTIONAL OR COGNITIVE OR SOME SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
THEY KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG.
HE CALLED FOR HELP.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED.
THEY TRIED TO COAX HIM OUT OF THE CAR.
HE HAS A HAMMER, A SMALL KNIFE.
HE TURNS OFF THE CAR.
HE PUTS THE KEYS ON THE DASHBOARD.
HE MAKES THE HEART SYMBOL AT SOME POINT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FORCE HIM OUT OF THE CAR.
WHAT IS INTERESTING, COLORADO STATE PATROL SAYS HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG.
HE CALLED FOR HELP.
I DON'T KNOW WE AS POLICE ARE INTERACTING WITH HIM.
ONE OFFICER JUMPS ON THE HOOD ON HIS CAR AND SHINES A PISTOL AND THE KID ENDS UPSHOT AND DEAD.
NO ONE DISCLOSED THIS.
THE FAMILY INSISTED ON SEEING THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
AFTER YOU SEE IT IT IS MORE STARTLING AND DISTURBING.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
THIS YOUNG BOY WAS JUST MURDERED.
>> THANK YOU, PENN.
A NUMBER OF LARGER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE TO POLICE.
THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER POLICE FORCE OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REPLICATE MAKING SURE WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS ON HAND?
>> I ABSOLUTELY THINK SO.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS.
SHOWING THE SUCCESS OF DENVER'S CORESPONDER PROGRAM.
IT REALLY STRUCK ME THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT BOTH OF THEM HAVE CORRESPONDERS PROGRAMS.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION HAD THIS HAPPENED A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD.
THE STATE IS INVESTING IN POLICE PROGRAMS CONSIDERING THEIR SUCCESS.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS CASE REALLY UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS.
IT UNDERSCORES THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
IF THIS FOOTAGE HADN'T EXISTED OR BEEN RELEASED WHICH IS PART OF A STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED.
I DON'T KNOW SCRUTINY WOULD BE PLACED ON THIS.
POLICE WERE WRONG.
HE SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN KILLED.
THEY THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE INVESTMENTS THAT SHOULD GO INTO THESE PROGRAMS TO REALLY JUST LOWER THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING.
IT IS SO NEEDLESS.
>> SCOTT IF YOU WERE REPRESENTING THE PARENTS WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE THEM?
>> THERE IS REALLY JUST A TRAGEDY HERE.
THE PARENTS ARE GRIEVING.
THE COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE HUMAN TOLL ON THIS.
IT IS SO HIGH.
RECOGNIZING THAT, THE FAMILY HAS STATED THEY ARE INITIATING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY, AGAINST THE OFFICERS.
YOU ARE HOPING NOT JUST GET A BIG PAYOUT.
IT IS REALLY HOW YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE ARE CORESPONDER PROGRAMS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
THIS SHOULD BE A MINIMUM BAR FOR ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS WHERE WE PROVIDE NON-LETHAL OPTIONS TO RESPOND TO CASES WHERE THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD EXPECT AS TAXPAYERS TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS.
IF I'M THE FAMILY, I'M THINKING NOT JUST SOME SORT OF MONETARY PAYOUT.
A CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM WHERE WE SET THAT BAR FROM ALL OF US IN THE STATE.
NO MATTER WHERE THERE IS INCIDENT WE GET THAT MENTAL HEALTH THAT IS REALLY NEEDED.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE THE POLICE FELT THEY COULDN'T JUST LEAVE THE SCENE AND LEAVE HIM IN THE CAR?
WHAT DID YOU THINK THEIR THINKING WAS?
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF OPTIONS.
YOU COULD HAVE ONE PERSON OUTSIDE.
IT WAS AT NIGHT.
SO IT IS FAIRLY REMOTE.
YOU COULD HAVE ONE PERSON KEEPING AN EYE ON THE CAR.
THE ONLY PERSON WHO WAS IN DANGER.
HE WAS A DANGER TO HIMSELF.
WHICH IS WHY HE CALLED FOR HELP.
THEY COULD HAVE CAMPED THERE OVER NIGHT.
THEY COULD HAVE CALLED HIS PARENTS.
THEY COULD HAVE CALLED A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
THERE WERE SO MANY OPTIONS.
THEY DID SOUND A WHOLE CIRCUS OF PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOOT HIM.
WHAT IT PROVES THE BODY CAMS REALLY ARE USEFUL.
WE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THIS CASE UNTIL THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE WAS RELEASED.
THINK ABOUT ELIJAH McCLAIN IF ALL HAD WORKED.
IF YOU HAD THOSE EARLIER YOU WOULD BE WORKING TOWARDS JUSTICE A LOT FASTER.
IN THIS CASE WE WILL SEE JUSTICE SOONER OR LATER BUT IT WON'T BRING HIM BACK.
>>> DENVER HAS GOTTEN MORE VIOLENT.
THE NUMBER OF MURDERS WAS HIGHER DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR THAN IN 2021.
IF THIS KEEPS UP, WE COULD TOP THE CITY'S ALL-TIME RECORD SET IN 1981.
OTHER BIG CITIES HAVE SEEN A DROP IN HOMICIDES THIS YEAR.
WHAT EXPLAINS THE UPTICK IN VIOLENT CRIME?
>> THE DISCREPANCIES WITH HAVE HERE AS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES WE SAW NATIONWIDE.
AND CRIMINALOLOGIST AREN'T SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
THEY WILL BE STUDYING THIS FOR A DECADE OR SO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
IN GENERAL THEIR BEST GUESSES IS SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES.
BUT ANOTHER FACTOR SOME EXPERTS SAY THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER STAFFED.
THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRIME PROBLEM.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE MAYOR IN HIS FINAL BUDGET RELEASED A LINE ITEM THAT ALLOCATING $8.4 MILLION TO INCREASE THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 188 POLICE OFFICERS.
THAT IS THE GOAL TO COMBAT CRIME AND IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES.
THE CITY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROBLEM NOT ONLY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT ACROSS MANY AGENCIES.
IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THEY WILL GET 188 MORE POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THIS IS THE PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> SCOTT, HERE IN DENVER BUSINESSES ARE STILL OPENING.
PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING HERE FOR JOBS.
IT IS STILL A VERY DYNAMIC CITY.
IF THIS CRIME CONTINUES DO YOU SEE IT AFFECTING DENVER'S FUTURE?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
WHETHER WE SEPARATE DENVER FROM THE REST OF THE STATE AS SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING ON IN DENVER.
WHEN I LOOK A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CURTAIN YOU SEE CRIME GOING UP IN THE BORDERING CITIES.
SO WE KNOW IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
IT IS NOT JUST A DEMOCRATIC CITY.
IT IS THE REPUBLICAN AREAS.
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AREAS.
SO WHAT I THINK ABOUT IS NOT NECESSARILY IS IT DENVER.
IS IT SOMETHING IN COLORADO AS AN ISLAND WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO DO.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS.
THE ONE WE WORRY THE MOST IS THE HOMICIDE RATE.
BREAK IT DOWN IT BE FURTHER.
THERE HAVE BEEN SIX INCIDENTS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN TEENAGERS TO SOLVE ISSUES.
THAT IS NEVER TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
WHEN THAT SOLUTION IS DEADLY IN NATURE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
SO I HOPE THAT WE LOOK NOT JUST AT DENVER BUT THE REGION -- THE ENTIRE STATE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PLACE SAFER WHEN IT COMES TO GUNS.
>> IT IS NOT JUST HOMICIDES BUT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ROBBERIES ARE ALSO UP.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?
>> YOU HOPE YOU CAN STAFF THE POLICE FORCE.
YOU HOPE THE POLICE FORCE CAN GET GOOD TRAINING WHETHER IT IS DENVER, SLIVER PLUM, CLEAR CREEK.
WE HAVE TWO KIDS WHO WERE JUST ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING OUTSIDE -- COLFAX BY THE RECREATION CENTER THIS WEEK.
DEFINITELY KIDS USING GUNS HAS GONE DOWN IN AGE.
WHAT IS WORRISOME ABOUT THAT THEY ARE NOT THINKING THEY ARE TAKING A LIFE.
THEY ARE NOT FULLY FORMED YET.
THEY GOT GUNS WHICH MAKES NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE THINKING THE GUNS ARE JUST AS FATAL AS IF SHOT BY SOMEONE EARLY.
WHERE ARE ALL THE CHANGES HAPPENING?
STARTING WITH ACCESS TO GUNS AND KIDS IS PROBABLY THE PLACE TO GO.
>> PENN, THESE TRENDS DO NOT LOOK GOOD.
ESPECIALLY DON'T LOOK GOOD FOR SOMEONE WHO IS RUNNING AS AN INCUMBENT.
DO YOU SEE THIS FIGURING IN TO THE NEXT ELECTION?
>> THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN AT LEAST IN DENVER IS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BESIDE HOMELESSNESS.
THE CONCERN WITH CRIME AND SAFETY.
AND YOU KNOW ALL OF THE PANELIST MADE GOOD POINTS.
THIS IS NOT JUST A DENVER ISSUE.
PATTY IS RIGHT.
WE GOT TO FIGURE AS A SOCIETY HOW WE WANT TO DEAL WITH GUNS.
TOO MANY OF THE WRONG PEOPLE HAVE THEM.
WE HAVE A SECOND AMENDMENT AND A STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION BUT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PACKING AND FIRING PISTOLS.
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO WE GOT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE LAST TOPIC NOT EVERYONE SITUATION WHERE POLICE RESPOND REQUIRES A PISTOL OR A TASER.
WE GOT TO BRING OTHER RESOURCES TO THE TABLE TO BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THE SAFETY SIDE OF ISSUES AND DEESCALATE ISSUES.
THIRD AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO HEAL.
IT IS NOT WE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED AND AFRAID OF GETTING SICK.
WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH ONE ANOTHER THE WAY WE DID PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AS A SOCIETY, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE ALSO.
>>> ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE NEWS, INDICTED MESA COUNTY CLERK TINA PETERS WAS BACK IN THE HEADLINES.
EARLIER THIS WEEK FBI AGENTS SEIZED MYPILLOW EXECUTIVE MIKE LINDELL'S CELL PHONE AND QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT PETERS AND HER ALLEGED ATTEMPTED TO BREACH VOTING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY.
PETERS APPEARS ON STAGE WITH LINDELL AT HIS EVENT IN AUGUST 2021 AND A COPY OF THE BREACHED EQUIPMENT'S HARD DRIVE WAS SHARED.
SOMETIMES THIS FEELS LIKE AN SNL PARODY.
WHERE DOES THIS END?
>> IF THIS IS AN SNA PARODY I'M NOT LAUGHING.
THE PUNCH LINE WAS LOST A LONG TIME AGO.
I'M READY FOR THIS SKETCH TO END.
LOOK AT TINA PETERS.
THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
TWO FACTS ARE CLEAR.
ONE OUR VOTING SYSTEMS ARE SAFE AND SECURE DESPITE THE WORK THAT SHE IS OUT THERE TRYING TO PROMPT.
SECOND, IF YOU BREAK THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING SYSTEMS YOU ARE GOING TO GET PROSECUTED.
FOR ONE LOCKER UP.
IT IS TIME FOR HER TO GO.
AND SECOND, IT IS TIME FOR US ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO ELECT OUR ELECTION OFFICIALS.
SHOULD THEY BE APPOINTED OFFICIALS BY A GROUP OF FOLKS WHO LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PERSON ADMINISTERING?
IT IS ONE OF OUR FUN MENTAL RIGHTS.
>> SHE IS A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GOING.
WHEN WILL IT END?
>> PROBABLY WHEN SHE GOES ON TRIAL OF THE FELONY SHE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF.
AT LEAST IN COLORADO WE MAY HAVE A HIGH MURDER RATE.
WHAT WE HAVE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE SANCATIY OF THE ELECTION.
WE HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW SENSE.
WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WHO BEAT UP TINA PETERS.
WE HAVE CHOICES.
>> WE LAUGH ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
THERE ARE SERIOUS THINGS AT STAKE HERE.
DO YOU SEE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FADING OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>> NOT ANY TIME SOON.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU RUN YOU WIN.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOSE YOU LOSE AND GO HOME.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IT IS TIME TO GO HOME AND STAY HOME.
THE PROBLEM OF TINA PETERS AND THIS WHOLE ELECTION MOVEMENT IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY BECAUSE SURROGATE FOR OTHER THINGS.
THESE PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THEY BELIEVE THE AMERICA THEY LONG FOR IS BEING LOST.
IN MANY WAYS WHAT THEY LONG IS AN AMERICA WHERE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEY AREN'T A LOT OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AROUND.
THOSE DAYS ARE LONG.
TINA PETERS AND OTHERS LIKE HER NEED TO ACCEPT IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.
IF YOU ARE ALLEGING THE ELECTION WAS FRAUDULENT, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS BREAK THE LAW YOURSELF.
I'LL BE HAPPY WHEN SHE IS BEHIND BARS.
>> YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I DON'T LIKE TO GIVE HER ANY MORE AIR TIME.
IT SHOWS THEY ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THESE ISSUES.
SHE IS CHARGED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
FEDERAL CHARGES WILL UP THE ANTI.
AS YOU NOTED SHE DESERVES TO BE BEHIND BARS.
THESE ARE LIES AND THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES.
>> IT IS TIME FOR OUR FAVORITE PART DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> SINCE WE CAN'T GO WITH TINA PETERS.
I'M GOING WITH MONDAY NIGHT WHEN EVERYONE WAS WATCHING FOOTBALL GAME AND DENVER WENT FROM HOPE TO HUMANUATION SO QUICKLY.
FROM THE PEN PALS TO THE DOG HOUSE.
>> THE YOUNG MAN WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
TO HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHOW UP AND UNARMED GUY SITTING IN HIS OWN CAR.
HE IS THE ONE WHO CALLED FOR HELP.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>> ALAYNA?
>> BETWEEN ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT RUSSELL WILSON THE FLASHY SUIT HE WORE AND THAT LOSE OF THE KICKER.
WE WILL SEE THIS UPCOMING GAME IS DIFFERENT.
THAT WAS A REAL DISAPPOINTMENT I WILL SAY.
>> SCOTT?
>> CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THE BRONCOS.
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY GOVERNOR IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS USING PEOPLE AS PROPS AND POLITICAL PROPAGANDA SENDING IMMIGRANTS TO NORTH STATES IS UNACCEPTABLE.
>> LET'S SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR ART INSTITUTIONS.
THE DANCE GROUP TURNED 50 DURING THE PANDEMIC.
DIDN'T GET TO HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION.
THEY ARE DEBUTING A DANCE THAT IS CALLED SACRED SPACES.
THEY MANAGED TO BUY THE CHURCH AND GET $4 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO WORK ON IT.
THAT IS A GREAT ANNIVERSARY.
>> PENN?
>> DITTO PATTY'S COMMENT.
I JUST ALSO NOTE THAT CLEAR PARKER DANCE STUDIO DID ALL OF THIS.
SO IT IS AN AMAZING STORY OF TRIUMPH OVER THE ODDS.
>> TACO SELINE OPEN THEIR FIRST DENVER OUTPOST.
TACOS TWO BUCKS A POP.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING.
THEY ARE IN THE SANTA FE DISTRICT.
>> TACOS SOUND DREAMY.
SCOTT SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT YOU AND PATTY AND OUR GUESTS.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
>> YOU ARE SO NICE.
THANK YOU, SCOTT.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE A GUEST HOST AND FILL IN FOR OUR PERMANENT HOST WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.
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