if colorado wants to legalize pot, that is colorado's choice. woo hoo! >> that's up to coloradans to decide. >> so if marijuana is illegal -- >> my personal position on these issues have been let the states decide what they want to do with these things. this is not a high priority of ours as to whether or not we go down this issue. but i have always believed states should make the right to decide. >> i realize they are behind in the polls. it is kind of a surprising development that the republican party is running their presidential campaign on a platform that states should be allowed to legalize pot. that appears to have been the republicans position as of friday at roughly 5:30 p.m. local time in colorado. but by noon the following day on saturday, they had changed their mind. quote, a ryan spokesman emphasized that mr. ryan agrees with mitt romney that marijuana should never be legalized. so the republicans were for legalizing pot for about 18 hours. but they are no longer for that anymore. that particular issue and that issue in the state of colorado

trail,ing mitt romney had an event scheduled for colorado later today. but it was canceled after an unrelated incident at pueblo, colorado's airport. >>> news today that the money game hit a new high. ad spending plus the super pacs has surpassed some $600 million. half of that eye-popping total has gone to run ads in ohio, virginia, and florida alone. we'll have more on these stories the the next two hours right here. more now, though, on the last minute cancellation by the romney campaign in colorado. peter alexander joining us now by telephone from pueblo, colorado. the governor was supposed to be speaking in about three hours. >> craig, we are here in denver. we're intending to join the campaign but they gave us a heads-up that the event was canceled. it happened at the result of an experimental plane that crashed earlier this morning where one person was killed and ended up

if colorado wants to legalize pot, that is colorado's choice. >> that's up to coloradans to decide. >> so if marijuana is illegal -- >> my personal position on these issues have been let the states decide what they want to do with these things. this is not a high priority of ours as to whether or not we go down this issue. but i have always believed states should make the right to decide. >> i realize they are behind in the polls. it is kind of a surprising development that the republican party is running their presidential campaign on a platform that states should be allowed to legalize pot. that appears to have been the republicans position as of friday at roughly 5:30 p.m. local time in colorado. but by noon the following day on saturday, they had changed their mind. quote, a ryan spokesman emphasized that mr. ryan agrees with mitt romney that marijuana should never be legalized. so the republicans were for legalizing pot for about 18 hours. but they are no longer for that anymore. that particular issue and that issue in the state of colorado has flummoxed the romney campaign in th

and now sh, what about the builn advantage there in colorado? >> i would not predict anybody having an built-in advantage. the redrent pocent polls in the week including our own, "denver post" puts obama ahead one or two percentage points, but always within the margin of error including "the new york times" and the quinnipiac and the others about the same, so that is why i believe you will see mitt romney trailing back here in the next few days. >> we love it to talk to the folks actually on the ground there. thank you for spending time with us, and of course sh, the real clear politics reporter erin mcpike, and ladies, great to have you both with us. you are going to stick around? >> i will. >> i hope we are paying you double time today. coming up, i hope we are going live to colorado where mitt romney hopes to gain a few votes today. plus -- >> i want to see fire in the belly and move forward. >> that is wisconsin governor scott walker this morning. we want to talk to a senior republican strategist about whether mitt romney will be taking the

we want to see it in colorado. what we want to do is create a competitive and ferment over the whole country where we're trying to accelerate these entrepreneurs. >> this has been delightful. what a wonderful conversation. thank you both. i cannot think of two better governors. >> thank you. what a great job you did. [applause] >> governor brown, governor hickenlooper, please do not leave the stage. innovation is not popular in government. i did not get the nickname governor moonbeam by being conventional. we were give reminded that the best time to invest, 20 years ago, second best time, today. what great leaders, both of these dynamics state's half. we wanted to thank you both with just a small token of our appreciation and our deep appreciation as well to barbara of the san jose "mercury news." i know you cannot accept gifts. >> i would want to report that. >> we're hoping that sutter can accept a gift, the first dog. governor? [applause] and governor hickenlooper, your dear friend and our dear friend, dan gordo

while mitt romney was on the stump for a second day in colorado. >> what a pueblo, colorado, welcome. thank you so much. >> ifill: romney kicks off a bus tour in ohio tomorrow where he'll be greeted by a new obama television ad. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax, including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> ifill: but the romney camp is also on the offensive. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. it doesn't have to be this way. if obama would stand up to china. >> ifill: with its own tv ad charging obama is weak on trade against china. overthe weekend both candidates used dueling interviews on cbs's "60 minutes" to make their case. romney was pressed to provide specifics on economic policy. >> well, i can tell them specifically what my policy looks like. i will not raise taxes on middle-income folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high-income individuals. and i will make sure that wee bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions so we can keep the code and we encourage growth in jobs. >> and the d

nearby states coming into colorado to buy the pot? >> well, that's, um, not our most poignant concern right now. what we're concerned about is taking marijuana off the streets in colorado, and making it regulated and taxed for coloradoans so that we can control the market rather than leaving it in an entirely uncontrolled illegal market where we're empowering criminals and cartels. >> cenk: one last quick question for you, president obama has done a record number of swat style race on legal dispensaries. is he part of the solution or unfortunately, part of the problem. >> that remains to be seen. we'll find out, cenk, after the election. at this point we know that it the federal government allow states to write their own rules in terms of how they handle controlled substances. we have that right as coloradoans. we anticipate using that right following november 6th. and we hope that the federal government will work with us to ensure a more sensible policy here in colorado. >> cenk: thank you so much for joining us on "the young turks".

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

while mitt romney was on the stump for a second day in colorado. >> what a pueblo, colorado, welcome. thank you so much. >> ifill: romney kicks off a bus tour in ohio tomorrow where he'll be greeted by a new obama television ad. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax, including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> ifill: but the romney camp is also on the offensive. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. it doesn't have to be this way. if obama would stand up to china. >> ifill: with its own tv ad charging obama is weak on trade against china. overthe weend bothcandates used dueling interviews on cbs's "60 minutes" to make their case. romney was pressed to provide specifics on economic policy. >> well, i can tell them specifically what my policy looks like. i will not raise taxes on middle-income folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high-income individuals. and i will make sure that wee bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions so we can keep the code and we encourage growth in jobs. >> and the devil

they're not staying in colorado, i am sorry to say. they're right here. [applause] >> just briefly, setting aside plunder for a moment. >> i am sorry about plunder. it is a big part of wealth creation. >> could you talk briefly about your turn initiative? >> it is going well. mike rossi is leading the charge. i have met with what i think will be the next president of china. we have delegations from china to come here. we're sending delegations there. this is not just business as usual. we're getting detailed

while mitt romney was on the stump for a second day in colorado. >> what a pueblo, colorado, welcome. thank you so much. >> ifill: romney kicks off a bus tour in ohio tomorrow where he'll be greeted by a new obama television ad. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax, including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> ifill: but the romney camp is also on the offensive. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. it doesn't have to be this way. if obama would stand up to china. >> ifill: with its own tv ad charging obama is weak on trade against china. ovthe weekend both candidates used dueling interviews on cbs's "60 minutes" to make their case. romney was pressed to provide specifics on economic policy. >> well, i can tell them specifically what my policy looks like. i will not raise taxes on middle-income folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high-income individuals. and i will make sure that wee bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions so we can keep the code and we encourage growth in jobs. >> and the dev

let's start with colorado there. you wrote i think it was back in august that this is the fourth most likely state to flip from blue to red. what's happening in colorado here as of late. >> right now it's pretty even steven contestment a lot of internal pollings you get a sense from the owe bottom ma and romney campaigns this is competitive. it wasn't that case in 2008 after president obama had his political convention in denver. that was seen as an easy win. you almost look at colorado as 50/50. there is pressure for mitt romney to be able to win this thing. president obama has the advantage in florida, ohio, virginia. mitt romney can't concede colorado to president obama. and president obama being able to win colorado puts less pressure on him to win the big three contests. >> let's turn to that number that i just threw out there, $600 million. that's the amount of money that has been spent so far by the campaigns and the groups supporting them on ads. there's the graphic right there. we know at this point that mit

they have landed now in colorado. remember i've been telling you this hour the governor is at a rally there. the governor often doesn't dabble with reporters as he's getting off the plane. a rare opportunity. we are going to bring in carl cameron via phone in a minute and we can establish a line to find out exactly what governor romney want today say and also, it started out as a fun ride on the trail for the teenagers and when it was over, it was anything, but fun. stay with us. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. is >> governor romney's campaign is landing in denver, colorado and our chief political corresponden

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how is the energy issue playing out in colorado? >> we're in all of the above energy state. we have coal. we're producing a lot of natural gas. we have some oil. we have abundant wind and solar and geo thermal so we're pursuing all of those options. one of the great success stories in colorado has been our wind energy industry. we have four facilities here, manufacturing everything from the blades to the towers to the nestles. this will be close to your heart. 8,000 parts are needed in a wind turbine. i don't know how many parts go into an automobile but the supply chain dynamic is really an exciting one here in colorado. lo and behold, mitt romney comes to colorado this summer and said he would let the production tax credit expire because somehow we're weighting the scales on the side of renewables. his policy would ruin our wind industry. frankly, he's not running into political winds of the wrong kind because of his position on the tax credit. i don't get it. >> jennifer: let me ask you about that. >> yeah. >> jennifer: i want to

how is the energy issue playing out in colorado? >> we're in all of the above energy state. we have coal. we're producing a lot of natural gas. we have some oil. we have abundant wind and solar and geo thermal so we're pursuing all of those options. one of the great success stories in colorado has been our wind energy industry. we have four facilities here, manufacturing everything from the blades to the towers to the nestles. this will be close to your heart. 8,000 parts are needed in a wind turbine. i don't know how many parts go into an automobile but the supply chain dynamic is really an exciting one here in colorado. lo and behold, mitt romney comes said he would let the production tax credit expire because somehow we're weighting the scales on the side of renewables. his policy would ruin our wind industry. frankly, he's not running into political winds of the wrong kind because of his position on the tax credit. i don't get it. >> jennifer: let me ask you about that. >> jennifer: i want to ask you about that because there are

than any other state in the country. -- colorado more than any other state in the country. we want to make sure they are employed in innovative companies that have an opportunity for full education and research. there has to be a culture fun -- from the federal grant all the way down in research. they should hammer out what the appropriate compromise is to repatriate all those overseas profit corporations are not putting back into our or putting back into our or economy.

than any other state in the country. -- colorado more than any other state in the country. we want to make sure they are employed in innovative companies that have an opportunity for full education and research. there has to be a culture fun -- from the federal grant all the way down in research. they should hammer out what the appropriate compromise is to repatriate all those overseas profit corporations are not putting back into our or economy. the largest beneficiary would be california. we want to see what the cutting edge is. most of a still look for california. -- loomost of us still look to california. what governor brown said about the traditional politics ll

let's go straight to boulder, colorado. the president of the united states stopping. >> tens of millions of americans with preexisting conditioning by repealing reform. he calls it obama care. i like the name. i do care. we thought to pass that law for families like ryan's. we know the heartbreak of a broken health care system. i don't mind if folks think i care, i do care. and i don't know exactly what the other sides' proposing. i guess you can call it romney doesn't care but this law is here to stay. we are not going to refight the battles of the last four years. we are going to implement this law and make the health care system work for families all across america. it is time to move forward. that is the choice in this election. of course, this isn't just the only battle that they want to refight. they want to refight battles we thought were settled in the last century. in november you will have some say as to whether women should be trusted to make their own health care decisions. i think they are. you'll have some say

ed is in boulder, colorado. >> there is a very large crowd here on campus of university of colorado. president will be speaking in few moments. bottom line this is several times now in a few weeks that he has been in to the battleground. it only has nine electoral votes but the reason is being the obama camp this race is razor thin around the country. every vote literally does count. secondly, colorado is one of many states that has early voting. so obama camp says they can't wait obama in the final stages, they want him to do it now because people can turn out and voted like states here. he is laying out the broad theme of his convention speech that boils him down to saying he is speaking up the the the guy. mitt romney, he said in iowa, will stick it to the middle-class. problem for the president in some of the sunday shows, david axelrod and other advisors had a hard time answering the question. take a listen. >> the economy has 300,000 fewer jobs, net, 300,000 fewer jobs than in february of 2009. >> every single month for the last 29 months i've heard republicans give that talkin

she received her bachelor's degree in colorado. don't you love that all of them have colorado connections? [applause] she was married to philip perry and they have five children. please welcome liz cheney. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. it is an honor to be here in the presence of these wonderful strong the women. i was listening to them talk about the exemplary character of governor mitt romney. it just occurred to me that the difference between the kind of human being the the does whatever he can in every circumstance to try to make things better, no matter what the circumstance is and the man who currently inhabits the oval office who since to try to find somebody else to blame somebody -- summit to avoid the crisis. we have all seen what happens now after four years of that kind of leadership. five, three of them daughters as someone who comes from a long line of strong women, and i know that most of you know my mother -- my great-great grandmothers i am sure that some of you in this room have a similar story. lots of u

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we may do something like that in colorado. >> what about the suspect in the case in colorado, james holmes. i'm not sure what his assets are if he even has any. could you go after him and his estate personally for compensation? >> that's tilting the wind mills. have i have nothing to do with that. the governor made it clear to me yesterday there is a discrete fund of about $5 million sitting, ready to be distributed to the victims of the shooting in the movie theater and that money hopefully we will get a program up, a protocol drafted, get that money out in a matter of weeks. that is the goal and the governor made it very clear to me that is the goal. >> yeah. having been out there covering that story, a met a lot of those families. i'm sure they are certainly in need and appreciate your hard work. ken feinberg, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> victor? >> there's some good news. science -- scientists announce a new, aggressive plan to fight cancer. but first, good morning. washington, d.c., a beautiful shot at the capital. the sun is up there. there aren't many people there now, if a

, he was serving time for the mayhem he and a friend caused on the streets of colorado springs. >> when i approached bruce, he was outside of his cell, and i said, bruce, you know, i'm with the camera crew, what do you want? i know why you're here, and we'd love to get your story. he said, well, why wouldn't you want my story, look at me. i'm like a movie actor. >> bastian accepted a plea bargain on two murder charges that resulted in a 60-year sentence for accessory and conspiracy to commit murder and aggravated robbery. the crimes occurred over a four-month period and were committed by bruce who was home on leave and a discharged army buddy. their two murder victims were fellow soldiers, one of whom served in their unit. >> it just kind of came out of nowhere one night really. i mean, we were sitting there, we were drinking at my house.

obama has been to colorado just this year. he campaigns there in advance of the democratic national convention starting tuesday. nancy cordes is in boulder tonight. nancy? >> reporter: jeff, all weekend long and here again in boulder today the president argued that governor romney failed to lay out a clear agenda, a clear vision in his convention speech, when all eyes were on him. president obama's message was well received in this progressive town which is filled with one of his key constituencies, students. >> hello, colorado! >> reporter: the president's visit to the university of colorado was his 6th trip to a college campus in the past two weeks. he told this crowd of 13,000 that he could win colorado if they and their friends showed up at the polls. >> we've set up a rockie mountain rumble to see which school can register more voters, cu or colorado state. >> reporter: president obama won 72% of the vote in this college town four years ago. he'll need a similar margin this year if he wants to keep colorado's nine elector

we may do something like that in colorado. >> what about the suspect in the case in colorado, james holmes. i'm not sure what his assets are if he even has any. could you go after him and his estate personally for compensation? >> that's tilting the wind mills. have i have nothing to do with that. the governor made it clear to me yesterday there is a discrete fund of about $5 million sitting, ready to be distributed to the victims of the shooting in the movie theater and that money hopefully we will get a program up, a protocol drafted, get that money out in a matter of weeks. that is the goal and the governor made it very clear to me that is the goal. >> yeah. having been out there covering that story, a met a lot of those families. i'm sure they are certainly in need and appreciate your hard work. ken feinberg, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> victor? >> there's some good news. science -- scientists announce a new, aggressive plan to fight cancer. but first, good morning. washington, d.c., a beautiful shot at the capital. the sun is up there. there aren't many people there now, if a

a poll of voters in colorado, virginia and wisconsin shows a virtual tie in colorado with president obama ahead by one point, a six point swing from the last poll in august. in virginia the president holds a four point lead and is now over 50%. and in wisconsin the president maintains the same 51-45% lead he did august 8th and wiped out the gains romney made after adding paul ryan to the ticket. the president has gained the most in an area that's been romney's strongest point who would do a better job on the economy. the president wiped out a ten-point disadvantage on that question in colorado and has now taken the lead in virginia and wisconsin. romney's dip in the polls comes at a time when he's been knocked off message by a secretly recorded video of him speaking at a fundraiser >> 47% with him who are dependent upon the government. >> reporter: in the tape romney said 47% of americans pay no income taxes, believe they are victims entitled to government help and will vote for president obama no matter what. >> my job is not to worry about those people. oil never convince them they shou

than any other state in the country. -- colorado more than any other state in the country. we want to make sure they are employed in innovative companies that have an opportunity for full education and

obama has been to colorado just this year. e campaigns there in advance of vancdemocratic national convention starting tuesday. nancy cordes is in boulder tonight. nancy? >> reporter: jeff, all weekend long and here again in boulder today the president argued that governor romney failed to lay out a clear agenda, a clear asion in his convention speech, when all eyes were on him. president obama's message was well received in this srogressive town which is filled with one of his key constituencies, students. >> hello, colorado! >> reporter: the president's visit to the university of colorado was his sixth trip to a college campus in the past two heeks. he told this crowd of 13,000 ndat he could win colorado if they and their friends showed up at the polls. >> we've set up a rocky mountain hichle to see which school can register more voters, c.u. or colorado state. >> reporter: president obama won 72% of the vote in this college won town four years ago. ne'll need a similar margin this year if he wants to keep colorado's nine el

it's the most secure state prison in colorado. a place where all the inmates are locked up in their cells 23 hours per day. >> i'm just trying to stay mentally prepared to sit back and be locked down for the next two, three years. >> several days after a visit with his family, hall has received a letter from his mother. small comfort for what lies ahead. >> jonathan, you're not a bad person. you just have gotten confused. life threw too many curveballs at you. just keep god in your heart and things will get better. they will. maybe not the way you want, but better. i'm so glad i had you. you're very important in my life. it's good to hear [ bleep ] like this. this remind me that people out there care. they're still thinking about me. they're still just keeping me in their heart. i don't know if this prison's gonna eat me alive. if i'm going to end up -- if this prison's gonna be the death of me. >> while hall faces many more years in prison, ray slagle only has eight weeks left until his release. but first, he has a long, overdue