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.

polis of colorado. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of february 17, 2011, the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, and a member opposed each will control five minutes.

my name is joelle riddle, and i'm from southwest colorado. i was the democratic party chair in my county, and in 2006 i ran and beat a republican incumbent for the county commission seat. i was also named the rising star of the democratic party for the state of colorado. [applause] [laughter] i took office with enthusiasm, optimism and the desire to work hard for the 50,000 people of my county, but that bliss didn't last long. soon i was told i wasn't acting like a good democrat. i put a republican candidate's sign in my yard which was a definite no-no. [laughter] when i had the audacity to challenge the county budget, meetings came to a screeching halt. my decisions were just too independent, so at that point i decided it was time to actually become an independent. [applause] after numerous warnings that doing so would be the end of my political career, i did it anyway. on august 21st of 2009, i remember the day and time exactly, i walked out of my office and down the hall carrying my new voter registration to the county clerk. but it turns

kenny eastridge is still in prison in colorado. he is eligible for parole in 2012. >> i just want you to know that given that a few of us did screw up when we got back, most of us are doing pretty good now. and me and butler and kenny still think of you very fondly and very often. so, hopefully, we didn't disappoint too much. we'll see you. >> there's more of this report on our website, where you can watch the program online. view the story of a platoon member who found a way to deal with his ptsd. >> when i got back from iraq, i was this angry, bitter dude. >> read the interviews with military officials and experts. >> trying to suppress the ptsd. >> that is not a problem that i can control. >> tbi most sensitively affects executive function. >> explore the story behind this film and the producer's journey tracking down the men of third platoon. then join the discussion at pbs.org. >> next time on frontline ... how inexperienced pilots... >> they wanted to find away of getting rid of that expensive employee. >> ...and cutting corn

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

polis of colorado. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of february 17, 2011, the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you, mr. chairman. we all share the goal of reducing the deficit. if we're serious about deficit reduction we need to look at defense as one of the line items, my amendment would save hundreds of millions by reducing our troop count in europe instead of having over 80,000 troops in europe where they're no longer needed we would reduce the amount of troops in europe to 35,000. this would allow the department of defense to save money by closing bases across europe that don't have any strategic rationale. pulling our troops out of europe and closing these bases is an excellent way to help reduce expend -- expenditures and save money. my amendment would save $278 million, an additional 35,000 troops would be available for deployment to theaters where we have a stra

colorado, wyoming, utah, california, the states that share a colorado basin. conservatism progressive moderate west and republicans and they recognize if you talk to the water users and to the farmers to the ranchers to the municipal water providers, et cetera, that the biggest challenge that they face right now on the colorado river as we have entered into the -- the driest period of history on the colorado river, that the water supplies of the colorado river are directly related to the changing of the climate. you have a legal framework and water allocation that was made on the colorado river under some misassumptions that missed the mark almost 100 years ago by several million acre feat. you further reduce that by 20% what is that going to mean to the city of los angeles, and albuquerque? what's it going to mean to all the farming community that relies on the colorado river system? but what's it going to mean to the tribe and so they get it. they get it and so what they're saying to us is we support understanding the changes that climate change is going to

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: the patriot act is a bill that's been plagued with abution since it first passed. today's rule is another example of short circuiting a system that our founding fathers set up. if there was ever the need for close supervision and congressional oversight of a law, it is a law that discusses how and under what conditions the government can spy on its own citizens. but yet after 10 years of public record, we all agree there are some clear sections of the law that can be improved. instead of debating these sections of the law to better find that balance between protecting what makes it special to be american and protecting our national security, instead, republican leadership has decided to ram through this bill with as little debate as possible. mr. speaker, we spent an hour earlier discussing how we will spend 9 1/2 hours discussing the organizational aspects of the house committee structure and yet for something that cuts to our core identity as americans we only have an hour un

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

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 g

colorado is awarded the tiger tifia challenge grant in february of 2010 and colorado and other states were challenged to think bigger and do more with less but colorado was the only state to accept that challenge. many of the other funds have already been obligated under tifia. because they're doing what we wanted them to do, being creative and leveraging the capital, unless we make this change, they could be punished. colorado's u.s. 36 application did not anticipate a tifia loan but colorado and the u.s. 36 embraced the challenge and the application is in, the obligation is expected by september of 2011. consistent with the intention of the challenge grant in the first place. mr. chairman, in addition to, my amendment would ensure the long process of applying for a loan guarantee at the department of energy, not a grant but simply a loan in the tight credit market would not mean projects already in the cue would be thrown out. how can we tell a private company to spend time and money applying for something, have it awarded and turn around and take it off the table? that's simply bad

. >> reporter: colorado is leading the way. by 2014 teacher evaluations here about be based 50% on test scores and other performance measures. teachers will get tenure as students show improvement three years in a row and the state of colorado will be able to wear it as a real badge of honor. >> reporter: tenure has long been one of the most attractive benefits for a profession that didn't offer high salaries. once granted, usually after three years, it gave teachers protections against being fired unfairly. but just 2.1% of teachers nationwide now dismissed because of poor performance, reformers like those in the documentary waiting for superman have said the protections are too strong. >> the unions themselves are beginning to come around on this issue. and i think that speaks to an intense political pressure of being put on this issue rted colorado is one of ten states that's recently passed reforms that extend teachers probational periods. tied tenure to test data and make it easier to dismiss ineffective teachers. >> all w

entre sus blancos la casa de bush a la que se referÍa, la casa del tirano, represas en california y colorado y un centro nocturno en dallas. dentro de su apartamento encontraron equipos de laboratorio, claves, relojes y Ácidos. >> es el clÁsico terrorista solitario, de hecho, Él es potencialmente el tipo mÁs aterrador, dice este asesor del fbi. >> la declaraciÓn jurada en la corte federal de texas muestra cÓmo solicitó a travÉs de internet productos quÍmicos que al mezclarse se convierten en poderosos explosivos.

but i thank the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: i thank the senator from vermont. for his leadership and for his kind words about the amendment. mr. president, at this time, i'd like to ask for unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my second amendment which is also currently at the desk. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from colorado, mr. bennet, proposes an amendment numbered 117. on page -- mr. bennet: mr. president, i'd ask that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennet: mr. president, my second amendment provides for the establishment of three regional satellite p.t.o. offices in the next three years. the patent and trademark office has struggled to hire and retain over 6,000 examiners in a single -- in its single location in alexandria, virginia. this has resulted with one-third of examiners being at the u.s. pate

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so i formed independent voters for colorado. and one of our first goals is to bring a open primaryry initiative to our state. and once again this is one of the most important things you can do to improve your life, of the people of colorado. i am so anxious to take what i'm more in this conference back with me and put it to use. thank you for your inspiration. >> my name is kathleen curry, and i'm a former state representative from colorado. i served in our legislature for three terms, from 2005, to 2010, and ended up being second in command, and i also chaired the agricultural committee. i have been a lifelong democrat. but i became unable to stomach the direction the party was going. the democratic leadership thought that it was ok to tell representatives like me how to vote i did not run for office to help the party stay in office. the speaker accused me of being off message and as we say in colorado off the reservation. in 2009 i decided to leave the party and become an independent. joelle was my inspiration. after we lost t

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addiction recovery advocates in colorado got to enjoy a day at the ballpark as they attended a colorado rockies baseball game. the home team went on to win the game and the attendees even got a shout- out on the big screen. dawn farm hosted their 36th anniversary jamboree in ypsilanti, michigan. the goal of the event was to raise awareness about the tremendous power of recovery and to raise funds that enable dawn farm to continue their mission to provide services for those who have no other resources. the free event was open to people of all ages and featured tons of activities for all to enjoy, including live music, hay rides, pony rides, and a silent auction of donated items. in honor of recovery month, recovery advocates in michigan gathered on the lawn of the state capital in lansing for a rally for recovery. highlights of the event included guest speakers from the treatment field, policy makers, and the voices of those in recovery. additionally, there was live music and fun activities for kids. in honor of recovery month, the focus ministry at gethsemane baptist church hosted a fai

you get down into the colorado river basen and talk to people from arizona, colorado, utah, wyoming, montana, there's conservativism, moderate west and also republicans, they recognize if you talk to the water herders, the ranchers, farmers, that the biggest challenge they face now in the colorado river as we have entered into the driest period of history on the colorado river, that the water supplies of the colorado river are directly related to the changing of the climate. you have a legal framework and water allocation made on the colorado river under some misassumptions that missed the mark 100 years ago by several hundred million acre feet. you reduce that by 20%, what's that mean to the city of l.a. and the farming community that relies on the colorado river system? what's it mean to the tribes? they get it. they get it. what they say to us is we support understanding the changes that climate change will bring to these states, and we want to get ahead of it. dealing with the science and making sure we have a good understanding of the future is a very important thing there in th

i thank the gentlemafor managing and i tha the distinguished gentleman from colorado. mr. speaker, we are not the judiciary. we are the people's voice. we are the united states congress. the issue of whether a court has ruled any of this unconstitutional is the prerogative of that court. but we have the prerogative to address the issues dealing with the people's voice. so i am disturbed that this comes to the floor first as a suspension, which was defeated by the people's voice, and now through some unique trickery to come with a closed rule so the people ose voice is shut down. this constitution deserves more. the founding fathers were wise enough to establish three branches of government. this house is called the people's house. and therefore we have the right to have a voice, that voice was already expressed by members on both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats, who

i rise to honor the 141st anniversary of colorado state university located in fort collins, colorado. on february 11, 1870, colorado governor edward mccook established the state agricultural college in fort collins. in its 141 years, colorado state university has grown to 26,000 students, 1,400 faculty members and one of the nation's leading research universities. on average, c.s.u.'s expenditures top $138 million annually. to this day, colorado state university still mapets the commitment of a state agricultural college and provides countless support for promoting economic development throughout rural communities in colorado. c.s.u. has over 90,000-plus alumni that lives in the state accounting for $4.1 billion in household income for colorado. c.s.u. alumni includes governors, olympic gold medalists, teachers, researchers and artists. i'm proud to call myself a colorado state university anumberus and recognize their 141 years in excellence in education and research. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. are there further requests f

neither of those was in place in colorado springs. we still had a behavioral health office at fort carson that was in the cold war when no one was seen their friends blown up and our cases had increased 700%. it was overwhelming. if you felt through the cracks, no one was going to come working for you and this is what they did. they medicated themselves instead with drugs and alcohol. they gravitated toward guys who were in a similar boat and so kenneth eastridge was arrested because he was running around with two other soldiers from his company who had also been sent back for similar reasons. they were finally arrested for two counts of first-degree murder, both for killing other soldiers from fort carson. at least one count of armed robbery in and then a bizarre crime in which they ran over a woman they didn't even know and one of the soldiers. lee and mattock jumped out and stabbed her before they left her for dead. these were random crimes. it is a terrible story except and this is very important, except that it got so bad that th

nos acompaÑa el activista desde colorado, desde la ciudad de denver. gracias por conversar con nosotros en despierta amÉrica. quÉ es lo que estÁn haciendo ustedes para parar estas propuestas y por quÉ? >> ¡muy buenos dÍas!, gracias por la invitaciÓn. estamos enfrentando estas propuestas legislativas. el lunes eliminamos una propuesta que es mÁs parecida a la ley de arizona y hoy mismo tenemos planes de eliminar la segunda propuesta que parece arizona. estamos educando a la ciudadanÍa y movilizando a la comunidad inmigrante para poder presiones a los elegidos en el estado de colorado. >> estÁn luchando contra varias propuestas. por quÉ son propuestas antiinmigrantes y cÓmo afectarÍa a los inmigrantes en colorado? >> las dos propuestas mÁs importantes son bien parecidas a la ley de arizona, obliga a la policÍa a investigar el estatus de cualquier persona si tienen cualquier sospecha razonable si tiene estatus migratorio o no. o si tiene papeles. y va a crear crÍmenes nuevos por no tener los documentos de registraciÓn y los otros aspectos

up to 6 inches of snow from colorado to montana. meanwhile, showers in the pacific northwest. >> 53 in seattle. 48 in boise. and 57 in phoenix. mostly 20s from kansas city to detroit. 35 here in new york. 40 in atlanta. and a warm 80 in miami. >> that's where we should move the show, we're moving to miami. >>> polly may want a cracker but a beloved bird is making it clear he is a genuine cheesehead. ♪ green bay packers ♪ >> no. >> is that dude doing something to the bird? >> that's dusty the cockatoo. there's no question about which team he's rooting for this super bowl sunday. >> indeed. dusty learned the diddy from his family. he's even perfected a little dance to go along with that song. ♪ green bay packers ♪ >> nice imitation. you're a talented man, as that dude is, too. more "world news now" and more serious news when we come back. >> he's got a cool haircut. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medic

how to fix education with colorado senator michael bennett. the former superintendent of the denver public system has outlined a plan for fostering a new generation of great teachers in america and doing more with less in the era of shrinking budgets. also a rising star in the ballet, misty copeland. she is the first african-american female soloist in the history of the american ballet theater who recently toured with music icon prince. we're glad you've joined us. colorado senator michael bennett and ballet dancer misty copeland coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station

. >> en colorado se da un paso en la legislatura estatal para favorecer a los inmigrantes indocumentados que quieren ir a la universidad. >> y tendremos lo mejor de la vigÉsimo tercera versiÓn de premio lo nuestro. las canciones, los ganadores, las estrellas. ♪ >> hola, que tal, muy buenas noches. hoy la secretarÍa de seguridad interna napolitano se expresÓ de lo sucedido en mÉxico. dijo que la casa blanca estÁ absolutamente indignada. se sabe un poco mÁs de los Últimos minutos de vida de jaime. se sabe que el forcejeo en su vehÍculo, que lograron abrir la puerta los delincuentes, que logrÓ cerrarla, que dio reversa aÚn siendo baleado en el estÓmago hasta que se desplomó sobre el asiento. mientras tanto aquÍ, en mÉxico, continuaron las investigaciones. sobre ese Ángulo de la informaciÓn de inmediato edgar muÑoz nos reporta desde mÉxico. >> los agentes especiales de migraciÓn y aduanas de estados unidos ice, atacados brutalmente el martes pasado no portaban armas y regresaban a la ciudad de mÉxico después de sostener reuniones con personal estadounidense en san lui

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: the patriot act is a bill that's been plagued with abution since it first passed. today's rule is another example of short circuiting a system that our founding fathers set up. if there was ever the need for close supervision and congressional oversight of a law, it is a law that discusses how and under what conditions the gornment can spy on its own citizens. but yet after 10 years of public rerd, we all agree there are some clear sections of the law that can be improved. instead of debating these sections of the law to better find that balance between protecting what makes it special to be american and protecting our national security, instead, republican leadership has decided to ram through this bill with as little debate as possible. mr. speaker, we spent an hour earlier discussing how we will spend 9 1/2 hours discussing the organizational aspects of the house committee structure and yet for something that cuts to our core identity as americans we only have an hour under

dave is working with colorado springs utilities and others including at least one here in california the short answer is absolute . but are they great? no. but we have to start using them. >> we typically rely on models we get to create in terms of what we think demand and that drives what we build and design things. we have taken into perspective climate change but it's a different challenge in the white water side of the business that have to rely on councils and governments because of population growth and often times their relying on funds that come through the federal funds and their held and bound to using certain models and criteria. so it's getting very complicated when you go into regional planning to flood control to water and all the sets and different for legal reasons as apposed scientific. >> the problem is not the models. there are plenty of models. we have lots of tools. the problem i would argue, is not even the scenarios. there is problems with precipitation. i think the problem is politics and management decisions about who's going to take responsibility for changi

general council to the water district and prior to that, he represented metropolitan issues including colorado river issues and a number of issues regarding water storage programs. jeff, it's our honor here in san francisco to have you here with us and i'm sure everybody here is honored with your presence. so i appreciate you'll do double duty, that's not only moderating today, but tomorrow with our action plan. with that, jeff, take it away. >> thank you very much, susan. it's a pleasure to be here and we like to think of ourselves as metropolitan and people in san francisco we like to say they see us, as the good guys. just a few minutes before i introduce the panels a couple of things i thought i would touch on briefly from this mornings presentation, and that's utility reaction verses global warming and we're fairly pragmatic, we look upon them as challenges and things we have to man for and not apart san issue. we looked at climate changes in 1990 at met when we looked through the previous drought and we had board workshops on the implications for the future. we repeatd the exercise a dec

en colorado se da un paso en la legislatura estatal para favorecer a los inmigrantes indocumentados que quieren ir a la universidad. >> y tendremos lo mejor de la vigÉsimo tercera versiÓn de premio lo nuestro. las canciones, los ganadores, las estrellas. ♪ >> hola, que tal, muy buenas noches. hoy la secretarÍa de seguridad interna napolitano se expresÓ de lo sucedido en mÉxico. dijo que la casa blanca estÁ absolutamente indignada. se sabe un poco mÁs de los Últimos minutos de vida de jaime. se sabe que el forcejeo en su vehÍculo, que lograron abrir la puerta los delincuentes, que logrÓ cerrarla, que dio reversa aÚn siendo baleado en el estÓmago hasta que se desplomó sobre el asiento. mientras tanto aquÍ, en mÉxico, continuaron las investigaciones. sobre ese Ángulo de la informaciÓn de inmediato edgar muÑoz nos reporta desde mÉxico. >> los agentes especiales de migraciÓn y aduanas de estados unidos ice, atacados brutalmente el martes pasado no portaban armas y regresaban a la ciudad de mÉxico después de sostener reuniones con personal estadounidense en san luis, p

this is from a study that a coleague of mine did on impacts of changes on colorado river. we looked at climate general circulation models from hypo thetic there's a lot of information and this is a small piece of that. this shows frequency and volume of uncontrolled spills which is basically meaning floods. these are percent changes of

tavis: school superintendent michael bennet of colorado on the state of education in colorado. that's next time. we'll see you then. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference. >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove object ta calls to empedments. >> and to contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

its four clinics provide medical homes for low-income and uninsured patients in colorado. that means one stop shopping for patients not only seeing doctors but fill prescriptions and even see a dentist. those with diabetes regularly get their blood pressure and blood sugar levels tested. they get checked to see if the disease has affected their feet and eyes. and in group sessions, they learn how to live with their illness. >> do you think that's right, that automatically you're going to die earlier if you have diabetes? >> no. >> why is that? >> i'm still here and i've got diabetes. i've had it for six years. i really don't think diabetes is the cause of every thing that happens to me. >> looks like we finally got the goal. >> reporter: using electronic health records, dr. caroline sheppard, clinica's medical director, can track patients' progress. >> we try to pay attention to our entire population of patients who have diabetes or other chronic diseases by knowing who they are and what indicated care they've had and what care they've been missing. >> reporter: if they do

we fulfill some colorado roots, mr. secretary. the great outdoors has been a central part of our national character. from the beginning land played a central role until our founding. it sthaped vision and philosophy of our founding fathers and laws they crafted to fwonch the nation. they built a powerful national economy unmatched by our natural resources and the unmatched american character. of course after centuries of development our growth began to threaten the very lands around waters that made our expansion possible. so senator theodore roosevelt started a tradition followed by every president there after the setting aside of the most natural to be protected in a way that preserves them for future generations. ads president roosevelt it's not what we have that will make us a great nation. it's how we use it. i was fortunate enough to serve under a great environmental president, the only one that i think actually grew up in a national park. he used to remind me of that all the time. and he took that to hart. president clinton

its four clinics provide medical homes for low-income and uinsured patients in colorado. that means one stop shopping for patients not only seeing doctors but fill prescriptions and even see a dentist. those with diabetes regularly get their blood pressure and blood sugar levels tested. they get checked to see if the disease has affected their feet and eyes. and in group sessions, they learn how to live with their illness. >> do you think that's right, that automatically you're going to die earlier if you have diabetes? >> no. >> why is that? >> i'm still here and i've got diabetes. i've had it for six years. i really don't think diabetes is the cause of every thing that happens to me. >> looks like we finally got the goal. >> reporter: using electronic health records, dr. caroline sheppard, clinica's medical director, can track patients' progress. >> we try to pay attention to our entire population of patients who have diabetes or other chronic diseases by knowing who they are and what indicated care they've had and what care they've been missing. >> reporter: if they do

caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> from texas to maine, about a third of the country has been hit by this major winter storm. in chicago, the blizzard is on the record books as one of the worst in the city's history. now dangerously cold temperatures are coming on the heels of this storm. >>> good afternoon, i'm allen martin. >> and i'm sydnie kohara. that winter storm has paralyzed even cities used to severe winter weather. many roads and some airports are closed leaving thousands of travelers stranded. manuel gallegus is in chicago, where schools shut down for a snow day for the first time in 12 years, right, manuel? >> reporter: that's right. it's unusual, sydnie, this storm was big. the sky is finally starting to brighten up now and the worst of the storm is over. but it snowed basically for the last 24 hours straight. and this winter blast did definitely live up to the hype, even some winter chicago veterans caught off guard and stranded. >> reporter: the monster storm has buried america's third largest city. >> i think it lived up to what everybody was talking a

caption colorado, l.l.c. >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody i'm frank mallicoat. we begin this news with developing news. firefighters have just put out a car fire that sparked two other fires. dispatchers got a call around 10:30 about a brush fire near the crystal springs road ramp on southbound 280 near san bruno. a few minutes later they received reports of another fire just three blocks away. firefighters believe sparks from a car fire on the side of the road are to blame. two southbound lanes are expected to be closed until at least 12:15 this afternoon. traffic slow but it is moving. >>> hours of heated debate have come down this, two east bay schools will be closing for good in june because of budget problems. now the question is, where will those students go? christin ayers has the story. >> the only thing students at glenbrook middle school were talking about this morning. >> a lot of people are just freaking out about it. >> i felt depressed. >> reporter: students feeling left in the lurch after th

caption colorado, l.l.c. >>> good afternoon, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm sydnie kohara. right now, a major development is in the works in egypt. protestors are waiting to see if president hosni mubarak will announce he is giving up power. mubarak is expected to speak at any moment. now, this is a live look at tahrir square in cairo. it's just past 10 p.m. you can see tens of thousands of protestors have gathered. the egyptian military has told the public that their demands will be met and that the armed forces are making arrangements to safeguard the country. those developments come as anti- government protests took a new turn today. thousands more state employees went on strike, bus drivers and transport workers automatic walking off the job in cairo, bringing fears of major paralysis in the capital. as the world waits for news about president hosni mubarak, the white house is also taking a wait-and-see approach. >> i just want to say that we are following today's events in egypt very closely. and we'll have more to say as this plays out. but what is absolutely clear is

colorado then went to 8% unemployment, thousands of people in colorado lost their jobs because of the recklessness that we saw on wall street. there were no police on the beat or if they were on the beat they were told to look elsewhere. since barack obama took office the beginning of 2009, when we were losing 800,000 jobs a month , stock market in the fall of 2008 under the last months of the bush administration lost thousands of points, since march of 2009 the stock market has doubled because people understand that there is some restraint and enforcement of the financial markets now. people are starting to get back to work. the middle class is realizing they have pensions that are growing again. we have to have confidence, we have to have certainty in the financial markets and to underfund and take away the police that are trying to deal with these unbelievably complicated types of financial transactions is wrong for middle america. middle america got hit hard, it's just getting back on its feet and my friends on the republican side of the aisle who just want to pull that rug right