those of us who call colorado home. center michael bennett and speaker andrew romanoff have worked tirelessly for many, many years to improve opportunities for others. they have selflessly stride to open doors for children who are born in the poor and disenfranchised homes to give them the power of opportunity that all kids deserve. they are both selfless leaders and a great man. like and a hard fought contest between two and exceptional opponents, after the 14th inning, after the third overtime, after the last shootout, one emerges the winner. today, we congratulate senator michael bennett. [applause] senator bennett goes forward with the full support of the democratic party and was an -- and with the full support of thousands of people across colorado of every political affiliation because he has earned it. he has shown us that he has a vision to build a world-class education system that he will and the partisanship in washington, that he will work to solve our nation's most pressing problems including bringing down t

this one shares the continental divide with can colorado river. so this is indicative of what happens in spring of 06. the dark bars are what it was on april 01 and this is may one a month later. most of these lost 50 percent of their snow on one month period. many my favorite is went from 176 to normal and 0 percent in one month. this is a spring time warming trend that's quite son certain. this is provided by the national resource office in new port land. the trees are containing the manager's and it's been my pleasure to work with connie and she a long with dave and a few others reconstructed this going back five years and we're looking at a 20 year average dating to about 1500. what's interesting is the tree ring is 13 point 5 acre point feet and historical is 18 point 1. with this no one cares about individual years and what's more important is the run, the sequences of drought and this is where the trees na >> some of them use temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions.

hello, colorado. this is great. thank you very much. it is an honor to be back in colorado. i use to come here in the summers for fun. you put on a great convention in

the pendulum is moving back in colorado. this is a year in which republicans believe that they were going to be able to capture the senate seat now held by michael bennett and the governor's office. but along the way they've all gotten tangled up in these internal party fights. as you suggest a lot of it is is who is outsider, who is the insider, who is more conservative in the republican party, who is more liberal in the democratic party? what's the power of the party bases? we've now got these three primary races that are all too close to call. >> ifill: let's try to go through them one by one. how did michael bennett get to be so vulnerable? the incumbent senator. >> a couple of reasons. one is appointed senators or people who get appointed often have trouble because they have no roots. michael bennett has never been in politics. he had come out of the school system. he was superintendent of schools in denver. he had no political network, no political fund raising network or political base. he was plucked from relative ob

hello, colorado. this is great. thank you very much. it is an honor to be back in colorado. i use to come here in the summers for fun. you put on a great convention in 2008. everytime i get here, i have warm feelings. the yourself a round of applause. [applause] i am excited to be here because of so much good work that has been done by colorado democrat. we have so many great representatives. you will hear from a number of them. i will try to be brief. what you as a party have is a strong reputation for showing unity. here are two day -- [applause] two days after a challenging election between two wonderful democrat. the democrats were on both sides. this democratic party is pulling together. you said an example for democrats all over this country. give yourself another round of applause. [applause] you are going to hear later be who set a wonderful tone of the other night in the aftermath of the race, andrew romanoff. give andrew a round of applause. test, test. did you hear from that? you are going to hear from a democrat to set a great tone, andrew romanoff. get him a rou

that's the spirit of colorado. yes, i'ms are hard right now and stop writing checks for our children to cover. we'll strengthen our schools and make sure the world remains the leader in business and opportunity. together we will win this senate seat. it is long pastime to cast off the do nothing politics prepare colorado to lead and we will do this together. thank you for your support. thank you. [applause] thank you. >> thank you. [applause] . >> this morning, we'll get an update on washington results. and david wenhold talks about lobbying disclosure rules each morning. >> there you go, senator. daniel webster used to sit here. sunday night on "q&a." new york democrat came to the house floor and asked members to sxi indict his ethics case >> e myself from this body and i've always tried to play by the rules and i cannot think of anybody that has encouraged me to speak here . and i want to thank all of you who are concerned about me for saying that, you know, a guy's a fool to represent himself as some of the peop

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 becau

let's start in colorado. dan, why don't you start. >> in colorado what we saw, gwen, was on the one hand a good night for the incumbents, that was on the democratic side wrrks appointed senator fended off a very difficult challenge from former democratic house speaker. so, a good night for income been asy and president obama who had backed him very strongly. on the republican side, a good night for outsiders. the weld county prosecutor defeated the former lieutenant governor and establishment choice. he was the tea party candidate, so to speak, and he defeated her in the end fairly handley. , so you can take whatever reading or meaning you want out of colorado and it would be right. gwen: how about in georgia? >> in georgia, a former congressman won the nomination there. and that was seen as somewhat more of an establishment candidate. he had washington ties. so you can't -- it's not across the board. but it does seem to be in general in part because what have dan was talking about, that the anti-establishmen

now, that's the spirit of colorado. [applause] yes, times are hard right now, but together, we will build a future where our kids and grandkids will thrive. together we'll start making responsible choices and stop writing checks for our children to cover. together, we'll turn this economy around and put our state and our country back to work. we'll strengthen our schools and make sure america remains the world's leader in business, innovation and opportunity. [applause] and together we will win this senate seat! [applause] colorado, it is long past time to cast off the divisive, do-nothing politics of the past and to get to work. this is the time to seize our place in history and work to meet the shared aspirations we have for our kids, our grandkids and prepare colorado and this country to lead in the 21st century and we will do this together. thank you for your support, thank you for your help, thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> book tv in prime time continues tonight at 8:00 eastern. the books about membe

those are plausible in colorado. the,y axis is number of years in which we get plugs out of records. 78 years. there are two things to catch from this. one, is first of all, the vulnerability of the relative moderate increase of flow in the colorado. a ten percent increase in flow. changes the number of years with uncontrolled spills, floods, from six out of 78 in the data case to 16 out of 78 years some more than doubles the ten percent increase, more than doubles the years you have uncontrolled spills and different colors, blue is little spills and most are red the big ones. sorry the smaller one. you don't get really big spills undercurrent conditions. but when a 20 percent increase in flow your getting more inflows. the system is sincetive to climate. the second important point here is, this whole project. assessing the risk, assuming we operate the system the same way thomas we operating today, we were told when we proposed the project we could not change the operating rules that reservoirs and could not change

in colorado, democrats hope michael bennett can hold on to his senate seat. more about that race now from jeff greenfield. >> reporter: it was a split decision tuesday night in colorado, not between republicans and democrats but between insiders and outsiders. democrats gave a comfortable primary victory to interim senator michael bennett who survived a strong challenge from former statehouse speaker andrew romanoff. they also spared president obama who campaigned hard for bennett the embarrassment of having to explain why colorado democrats had rejected his candidate. >> i've worked as a truck driver... >> reporter: it was a different story on the republican side. district attorney ken buck, the tea party favorite, one a close race against former lieutenant governor jane norton, the choice of the republican establishment. buck was helped by two million dollars worth of adds and mailers for americans with job security. >> norton pushed the largest tax hike in colorado history. as a regulator, she managed a multimillion dollar surge in government spending. >>

a colorado day. we will take it. we are so blessed in this state to have so many leaders who have stood up for colorado and to know that we have a tough senate fight, but it was between two outstanding leaders who had the best interest of colorado in their hearts. we back hat wehen michael bennett, we will also backed andrew romanov, because he has the talent and the skills. let's hear it for andrew. [applause] it's really hard to create change, and to make progress. there are always all sorts of reasons and not to do anything as we hear very often from the republican side of things, but we are making progress and we have to keep pushing forward. we have got to make sure we win this election and that these great candidates who are putting themselves out there,, when errors and make sure we keep up moving in the path that we have set up. i want to thank you for being here today and everyone for coming together. i cannot wait to see the great campaigns will put together to make sure democrats get elected and keep leade

welcome to colorado. >> reporter: bennet's rival, andrew romanoff, not only had is support of former president bill clinton, he was the beneficiary of liberal disaffection with obama. but in the end, the obama machine came through. >> this is a pretty good wednesday in the white house. >> reporter: in republican races, voters tilted to the tea party, and democrats say that will help them in november. in georgia, nathan deal narrowly beat sarah palin's hand-picked candidate for governor. in connecticut, a former world wrestling executive, linda mcmahon, won the senate nomination. and in colorado, tea party candidate ken buck easily won the senate primary. >> now they're electing conditions in their primaries that are probably too conservative to win. >> reporter: but democrats are not counting their blessings just yet. republicans have high hopes of winning back the house. >> if they want to see last night as a good night, they ought to savor it, because there

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: madam speaker, for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. all time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. polis: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: madam speaker, this rule provides for consideration of the senate amendment to h.r. 1586 and makes in order a motion by the chair of the appropriations committee to concur in the senate amendment. the rule waives all points of order against the motion. the rule provides that the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the committee on appropriations, the committee on energy and commerce and the

. >> lehrer: the colorado governor's race is also interested? >> right. this one may actually be a lot easier for democrats now. dan maes, also a tea party-backed candidate , won against scott mcgins, as you mentionedly in the pierce, the former congressman. here's what complicates the governor's race for republicans-- the third-party candidacy of tom tancredo. now the conservative vote will be split on the right between maes, who has never run before, and tom tancredo. himmen looper looks like he has an open shot to keeping the gubernatorial seat in democratic hands this fall. that would be bad news for republicans who are looking, of course, for colorado to come back as a really solid republican state both ways. >> and remember, we're going into a redistricting here year because of the census numbers so the gubernatorial contests in these key states are very critical, not just for next year but the next 10 years in setting up the political cycle. one told me with dan maes as a nominee is a nightmare scenario for the republicans. >> lehrer: on to georgia

actually, i'm not but colorado is close enough and will have to do in my point. those of us from other parts of the country are looking very carefully to what your doing here and we're learning a lot of great lessons and we hope the sea level rising is a lesson we don't have to learn but you all, are doing fascinating work. i road in last night with joel smith and he said with a wink and nunl, never turn down a trip to san francisco or new orleans. we have one sti

ann, here in colorado, the way they're voting is different. this is the first ever mail-in ballot primary. just about all across the state there was no waiting in line at the polling places. they simply sent it in by mail. ann? >> kelly o'donnell tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> now to the hundreds of wildfires, many burning out of control in russia. fuelling a dangerous thick smog in moscow during a relentless heat wave. tonight, the u.s. government is evacuating much of its embassy staff and urging americans to postpone travel to russia. and as nbc's jim maceda now reports, the kremlin is not only trying to battle the fires, but also the perception that it's not doing enough to put them out. >> reporter: it was a photo op he couldn't resist. russian prime minister vladimir putin being criticized for being too slow to respond to the disaster below, was seen on national tv today co-piloting a firefighting plane, scooping up and dumping 24 tons of water on his target. did we hit it, he asks? yes, a precise hit, the reply. but despite putin's and tho

those are plausible in colorado. the,y axis is number of years in which we get plugs out of records. 78 years. there are two things to catch from this. one, is first of all, the vulnerability of the relative moderate increase of flow in the colorado. a ten percent increase in flow. changes the number of years with uncontrolled spills, floods, from six out of 78 in the data case to 16 out of 78 years some more than doubles the ten percent increase, more than doubles the years you have uncontrolled spills and different colors, blue is little spills and most are red the big ones. sorry the smaller one. you don't get really big spills undercurrent conditions. but when a 20 percent increase in flow your getting more inflows. the system is sincetive to climate. the second important point here is, th

the colorado river is in it's 7th year of drought and record low levels on the reservoirs. the other ss get water from california. which wildly fluctuates. so i think i don't gamble i just work in california water. you get the same sensation of putting it on the line all the time. we have a large capitol improvement program and it's part of the analysis and it mately the response we have done to some of these challenges. let me show you where our transmission line is. we go from the northern border to the mexican border. three thousand miles of pipe. it's now about 13 feet in diameter and we serve 3 point 2 million people a year and serve an economy of billions. there is my life. you are here. there i am. i'm that corner at the bottom of the pipes in a really bright orange yellow area. we get an average of 8 inches of rain per year. so we - there is very little we can do related to rain fall and local run off. our strategies have to be radically different than strategies that edward and chuck have sitting in portland and seattle and i think if there's anything you take away

welcome to colorado. >> reporter: bennet's rival, andrew romanoff, not only had is support of former president bill clinton, he was the beneficiary of liberal disaffection with obama. but in the end, the obama machine came through. >> this is a pretty good wednesday in the white house. >> reporter: in republican races, voters tilted to the tea party, and democrats say that will help them in november. in georgia, nathan deal narrowly beat sarah palin's hand-picked candidate for governor. in connecticut, a former world wrestling executive, linda mcmahon, won the senate nomination. and in colorado, tea party candidate ken buck easily won the senate primary. >> now they're electing conditions in their primaries that are probably too conservative to win. >> reporter: but democrats are not counting their blessings just yet. republicans have high hopes of winning back the house. >> if they want to see last night as a good night, they ought to savor it, because there aren't too many more good ones, election nights coming their way. >> reporter: one sign that president obama is slightly toxic

the 35-year-old renwick was arrested in colorado. province was captured monday in me meeteetse, wyoming. >> who would ever dream they would show up in meeteetse. >> reporter: the fugitives are believed to be white supremacists and fear they are migrating towards canada. >>> a former bomber engineer could be facing life in prison after convicted of selling military seeks. they found noshir gowadia guilty of helping china design a stealth cruise missile. he will be sentenced in november. the case is among several involving allegations of chinese espionage in the u.s. >>> now that the gulf of mexico is re-opening, the commercial fishermen, the seafood industry faces a monumental marketing challenge. can it convince consumers that gulf seafood is safe to eat. matt gutman went out in search of shrimp near bure ras. >> reporter: its reputation shot gulf seafood has a new cheerleader. >> we're excited fishermen can go back to work and americans can safely enjoy seafood again. >> reporter: tell me what you think they're wrong with them. >> i

it is a clear shape from the colorado plateau. we do see it in calinke, you see it in certain incan sites in south america. so it might be a pan american feature. i'm not sure what it is. some hopi people have told me that the t, the bottom of the t, goes down into a mythical underground lake so this is an upside down mountain that leads down into a place called the house of rain. that is where twyla, probably oldest american deity, the rain deity, lives down in the house of rain and this is a t shape from up on the colorado plateau and that is the last picture on these slides, so -- the t shape, the pottery, i followed genetic information that you find in bones and teeth. i followed as many different pieces of information as i could and they sent me walking. i started in chaco canyon and walked north up to mesa verde, around to comb ridge in utah, down into the hopi mesa, across the mugion rim, to mexico and then into the sierra madre, following people, following routes. because everything in the desert leaves a route that leads

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colorado senator michael bennet finally knows what winning a race feels like. >> tonight is your victory, and i thank you. >> reporter: appointed to the senate but never elected to any office, bennet had appeared to be in trouble, but beat back an aggressive rival. >> washington needs a lot less finger pointing and name calling, and a lot more problem solving. >> reporter: defeated challenger andrew romanoff said now it's all about november. >> it is the time for us to heal. it is the time for us to be united. it is the time for us to advance the cause that we share. >> reporter: winning on the republican side, career prosecutor ken buck. who had said this on the trail. >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. >> reporter: former lieutenant governor jane norton was the establishment choice, but the tea party picked buck.

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the colorado markup this immediately. the officers that work with me are probably more familiar with the marijuana laws and i am. they are built -- they are very well informed. with respect to documentation, the advocates have come forward. they have produced a packet of safety tips which is in the a detachment of your a o -- in the a attachment of your package. they put their drawers and cultivators work. they are operating in a safe and legal manner. finally, an update on the plans for the gore registry. there is a bit of a problem with the corps registry. when the police to permit registers grow operations that are operating outside of city codes, with respect to the building code, the planning code, and the rest -- that is why i am meeting with the other city agencies. we will hopefully have -- will hopefully be able to move forward together in that operation. annex a has the forms supplied by the marijuana advocates. there is some specific information on negro operations. we have seen a criminal one in annex b. annex

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colorado believes that this spot is going to help push their ballot initiative take a listen. george stevens and i am a person i was filled as privilege. in the form of birth i was told to me in america it wouldn't work. for. you to be with you now it's just. that today in color there are still people for our children just like our and then america. is all around and. that you are putting caps last part of the part where he compares fetuses to slaves is the according to personhood colorado unborn children are treated as property so anyone who is pro-life supports the killing of property which is one of their ballot initiatives all about now the proposal which is called amendment sixty two which changed the wording of person in the state constitution to cover the beginning of biological development of the biological development of a human being and the activist groups hope hopes that this amendment does pass on the upcoming ballots and they also acknowledge the fact that it would ultimately ban abortions in the entire state of colorado now i think this ridiculous campaign ad sh