colorado civil rights commission. ms. waggoner. the first amendment prohibits the government from -- violate religious convictions. yet the commission requires mr. phillips to do just that, ordering him to sketch, sculpt, and hand-paint cakes that celebrate a view of marriage in violation of his religious convictions. justice sotomayor: can i ask you -- justice ginsburg: what if it's an item off the shelf? that is, they don't commission a cake just for them but they walk into the shop, they see a lovely cake, and they say we'd like to purchase it for the celebration of our marriage tonight. the colorado law would prohibit that. would you claim that you are entitled to an exception? ms. waggoner: absolutely not. the compelled speech doctrine is triggered by compelled speech. and in the context of a pre-made cake, that is not compelled speech. mr. phillips is happy to sell anything in his store, including justice kennedy: well, didn't he express himself when he made it? ms. waggoner: yes, he did express himself when he made it. and t

now, maybe in colorado, the senator from colorado said he doesn't think -- doesn't believe that colorado republicans are for this. i will tell you who is going to be for this -- the people, the families who get the $2, 200 tx cut. you heard my colleague talk about the family that lives paycheck to paycheck, or that single mom that wants a better future for her kids. and how do we help them? one of the ways we help them to reduce the burden, the take that their government takes from them every single year and allow them to keep more in their pocket. let's give them a big paycheck, let them decide how to spend the money. that's a fundamental difference we've had around here for a long time. we come here believing that the way you help families is to allow the american people to make decisions that nuclear their best interests -- that are in their best interests about how want to save for retirement, how they want to help their kids, how they want to improve their lives rather than spending the money to washington, d.c. that's fundamentally the difference i think that we're talking about he

colorado does not have that. this anti-discrimination law that does burden religious exercise, that should be the end of the game. but the reason why free exercise claims are still part of this case, i'll lead with this even though i think the speech theories are stronger because most people think that this is a religious freedom case, although if there is not five votes for the speech argument, i can't see how there would be five votes for the religion one. regardless the reason why the free exercise claim remains is because the colorado anti-discrimination act has not been used in a neutral and generally applicable way. in other words, several times religious patrons went to other atheistic bakers and requested certain religious cakes, some had messages that were not friendly to the lgbt community, and they were refused. and the colorado civil rights commission declined to pursue any actions against those bakeries saying that it wasn't the religious nature of the customers that was being discriminated against b

as i understand it, colorado ordered mr. phillips to provide comprehensive training to his staff, and it didn't order him to attend a class of the government's own creation or anything like that, but to provide comprehensive staff training. why isn't that compelled speech and possibly in violation of his free-exercise rights? because presumably he has to tell his staff, including his family members, that his christian beliefs are discriminatory. mr. yarger: he -- a training requirement is a common remedy that is used in many civil rights cases. justice gorsuch: but this isn't attending your training, mr. yarger. mr. yarger: he doesn't have to say that his -- justice gorsuch: mr. yarger, again, i agree with you, some sort of training by an outside group, but this order was ordering him to provide training and presumably compelling him to speak, therefore, and to speak in ways that maybe offend his religion and certainly compel him to speak. and given that, plus the discriminatory language in the commission's discussion, i jus

colorado says that violates their antidiscrimination law. now he has had to drop 40% of his business because he cannot make any wedding cake whatsoever. host: let me get the perspective of the couple from elizabeth wydra. guest: obviously the legal points, and also from their perspective. one of the gentlemen's mother wrote the op-ed. it is your wedding, you are coming in to get a beautiful cake, and you get turned away because of who you are -- something that is intrinsic to your very being, the person you love. it should be a happy occasion, and instead you are met with this discrimination. the legal points are you someone entering the public, commercial marketplace, to have to make yourself open to all consumers. we have these nondiscrimination laws that have been in place most effectively since the end of the civil war that say you cannot discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, in colorado, sexual orientation. while the colorado law allows bakers not to put certain words on a cake, like putting a devil on it, but you have to

under colorado law vendor can't refuse service based on orientation or gender. we will bring that friday 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. thursday fbi director testifies that an fbi oversight hearing before the house judiciary committee. a look at the supreme court wedding cake. five years ago the owner of masterpiece cake shop in colorado refused to make a wedding cake for same-sex couples on religious grounds. the court will hear the case tomorrow. the cato institute hosted this debate. good afternoon. welcome to the cato institute. i am the vice president for legal affairs, founding director of the center for constitutional studies and your host for this afternoon's debate. i want to welcome those that are joining us on c-span and through the lifestream. we are here to consider whether religious liberty can coexist with antidiscrimination law. we will hear oral arguments tomorrow when it hears the case of the masterpiece cake shop the colorado civil rights commission. the case arose when charlie cragg couple walked into the cake shop in colorado owned and operated b

he is a bigger in colorado. he was an artist and realized he could merge that with his interest in pastry chef. views his expression of his art. he has a lot of different types of cakes that he cannot make for religious reasons. he had a same-sex couple come in and ask for a custom wedding cake. he said i can make you other cakes, but when it is a custom is my expression. i cannot do that because i cannot believe this. colorado says that violates their antidiscrimination law. now he has had to drop what percent of his business because he cannot make any wedding cake whatsoever. >> tell us why they went so far with this case. >> obviously the legal points, and also from their perspective. one of the gentlemen's mother wrote the op-ed. it is your wedding, you are coming in to get a beautiful cake, and you get turned away because of who you are -- because of something that is intrinsic to your very being, the person you love. it should be a happy occasion, and instead you are met with this discrimination. legal poi

the colorado civil rights division tuesday, centering around colorado antidiscrimination laws and the rights of the business to refuse service for business beliefs. >> the supreme court heard the orallawyers and respondents, alg make remarkswyers, outside the supreme court following the oral arguments. >> i am for the alliance defending freedom. the hearing was very lively. the questions were extended. the court session was much longer than the scheduled our because there was so much interest on all sides of the case. time inthe first american history there is serious consideration of compelling people to deliver a message that is contrary to beliefs. means the speech ability to refuse to speak a message you do not agree with, and the ability to include the context where others might be offended. recognize on each side of this question people will be offended. if being offended was enough to curtail religious freedom or freedom of speech, this would no longer be the same country founded over 200 years ago. the essence of america has been for a long time, i may disagree with everything

we have the amendment from the gentleman for colorado. those who vote? aye. those who oppose? no. >> thre yays, 8 nays, one present. >> the vote will be on the motion from the gentleman from georgia. >> the ayes have it. >> roll call vote? >> mr. berg. >> mr. newhouse. >> mr. buck. >> missed cheney. >> missed water. -- mss. lauter. chairman. >> report the total? >> 8

the gentleman from colorado. mr. buck: i now yield five minutes to a member of the subcommittee on terrorism and illicit finance, the gentleman om maine, representative poliquin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poliquin: i appreciate it. i rise in support of the rule for h.r. 1638 iranian leadership asset transparency act. i want to thank chairman hensarling for moving this very important bipartisan piece of legislation through the house financial services committee. in addition, i want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who supported my bill last year. unfortunately, it got stuck in the senate and doing it over again this year in the house. mr. speaker, the primary responsibility of every member of congress is to help keep our families safe and embedded with that promise is to support and defend our constitution. mr. speaker, moms and dads in maine and across america are increasingly alarmed by the frequency of terrorist attacks here at home with another attempted attack

colorado became known as the hate state, which is a fourth-generation colorado went and a strong supporter of lgbt writes, i was appalled. i was appalled that these actions and i caught a nice day. but i thought, my family doc, my friends thought, colorado infant americans died day in and day out to stop this hate and you know what? we won. today, we will hear this argument in the supreme court. i have faith in our system. i have faith in our court. i believe that our rights will be upheld but if they are not, we will wake up tomorrow and fight again. we have ugly american is over here for, let's not forget that today, tomorrow. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> good morning, everyone. [cheers and applause] .. to actually co-op the struggle of the civil rates movement, but it's not condemning individuals, but an ideology and all about loving people, but there is no comparison. and they did not have to ride in the back of the bus and go to separate and unequal schools and did not have to pay phone taxes or liberty tests. they did not have to fight to right to vote. there's diffe

and colorado has neither been tolerant nor respectful of mr. phillips. for that reason we asked them to reverse the lower court decision. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> i think it is hard to know where justice kennedy is at. i don't want to speculate on that. i am pleased the court is hearing both sides of this issue. mr. phillips has a great amount of stake in this. forcing people to violate their conviction is something the constitution doesn't permit. >> [inaudible] >> anytime someone sketches, sculpts, and hand-painted, that is speech. >> [inaudible] >> the supreme court has set a fairly low bar on what qualifies as speech. its act is the artist communicating something, and is it analogous to other forms of speech? hairdressing is not an analogous protected form of speech, but >> anytime someone sketches, sculpts, and hand-painted, that sketching, sculpting, and hand painting is. thank you very much. >> we are hardened not what justice kennedy recognized that what the bakery wants to do would be an affront to the gay community. he has already rejected

but then he ran for office. - the problem was his. - people like beer in denver and colorado, and he was very popular. - enough that they said, be our leader. that's exactly right. i wanna ask you, really, about the experience of being the first lady of a city like denver and of a state like colorado, because most of us will never, of course, have the experience of being in that position. i wonder about the platform or the portfolio, the opportunity it gives you to think about, as i always knew you as a journalist, things that interested you, things you cared about, things that you wanted to work on, and it was always through the journalism door. what was the experience of being in that position like? - because i'm shy and an introvert, for me it was excruciatingly uncomfortable in some ways. - please tell us about that. - but i feel that i grew. so i found myself at countless events in rooms filled with a lot of extroverted people who were kinda movers and shakers, all of whom knew my name and knew who i was, and i could not keep track of their names or who they were necessarily, at

while there are booming areas in our colorado, undoubtedly colorado front range represents some of the best examples of booming areas in our nation, there are many areas of the country that haven't seen the growth that have quite frankly been left behind. they haven't seen their wages go up for a long time. in fact, "the denver post" published just a couple of days ago two stories about wages yesterday. those stories point out that median wages in colorado in 2016 were still below the levels of 2007 and even 2000. while i appreciate these reports, the fact is we knew it wasn't anything unheard of. it certainly isn't new to those coloradans who live outside of the front range that they haven't seen their wages grow. it's a reality that they have been dealing with for far too long. over the years, wages have become detached from corporate profits. prior to 1990, this chart is a good example of what has occurred. prior to 1990, a 1% increase in corporate profits led to a greater than 1% increase in worker wages. but from 2008 to 2016, a 1% increase in corporate profits led only to a .3% i

the state then said that violated colorado's anti-immigration law. it could profound implications for lgbtq rights and religious institutions. pete williams joins us outside the supreme court. what did you draw from the argument and where the sides are lining up? >> reporter: what i drew from the argument is, as expected, the key will be anthony kennedy. we saw both anthony kennedys today. we saw the justice who has written all the gay rights movements, but we also saw the ardent supporter of free speech rights. jack fill lims claims his cakes are a work of art, and that by requiring him to make a cake for a gay couple, that would violate his right of free expression. so is a lot of what the court said is what-ifs. if the cake is a form of expression, what about the wedding invitation, what about the menu, what about the makeup artists, what about the person who does the hairdos for the couples. so there were a lot of what-ifs on that side. on the other side, the conservatives said if colorado gets its view here, if they win the case, could, for exam

a cbs news investigation looked into the way the academy in colorado handles assault cases. tony dokoupil is following this. >> it's a real opportunity for us to get out and be part of the national conversation. >> reporter: lieutenant general jay silveria, superintendent of the u.s. air force academy in colorado springs, says the academy will restructure and expand its sexual assault prevention and response office with an emphasis on better qualified staff and greater prevention. >> i intend to be relentless in pursing the perpetrators of these horrible crimes and holding them accountable. but i also desperately want to help all the victims in any way i can. >> reporter: his remarks to the colorado springs gazette newspaper came nearly a week after denying to cbs news that the academy had a problem with retaliation against survivors of sexual assault. last month, the academy released a scathing investigation into its sexual assault prevention and response office, accusing former director teresa beasely of a "lack of competency that jeopardized victim care." but beasely says

and colorado has neither been tolerant respectful of mr. phillips. for that reason, we ask the court to reverse the lower's decision. thank you. [indiscernible] >> i think it is hard to know where justice kennedy is at. i do not want to speculate on that. i was pleased to know the court is considering both sides of this issue and that dignity cuts both ways. mr. phillips has a great amount at stake, and the forcing people to violate the provisions is something the constitution does not permit. >> whether or not cake baking is speech? >> anytime anybody sketches, skulls, or hand paints, that is speech -- sculpts, or hand paints, that is speech. >> [indiscernible] >> the supreme court has set a low bar on what qualifies as speech, and has asked him is the artist communicating something, and is it analogous to other protected forms of speech? hairdressing is not, but sketching, sculpting, and hand painting is. thank you very much. [indiscernible] we are heartened that what justice kennedy recognized that what the bakery wants to do would be an affront t

he scored colorado's first door. braden holtby shuts the door. later in the period, puck in front of the net. gets out to jon karl son. he launches this into the back of the net. a rocket from him. his third goal. the caps take the lead 2-1. a delayed penalty for colorado and the caps take advantage. over to brett connolly and he dents it. flee assists from cukuznetsov. the caps win 5-2. >>> one more night. john walsh expected to be back on the court. he was on the benches at wizards visiting the nets. under 1:00 to play. bradley beal, so smooth. game, 28 points. the nelts with it. pass over to alan crab beyond the arc. this makes wizard fans a little cr crabby. he makes it. s satoransky whistles for the violation. local college basketball tours. maryland takes down catholic university, 76-59. george mason falls at home to the washington redskins getting back to work tomorrow hoping to finish the season strong despite no playoffs this wreer. they will finish without their star tight end, jordan reed, placed on injured reserve, ending his season.

he was a baker in colorado, and he started as an artist. cakes a lot of different he thinks he cannot make for with the reasons, devil on it for halloween, happy divorce cakes. he had a same-sex wedding come in, and he said i'm happy to make other kinds of kicks, -- cakes, but i can't do that because i do not believe in my expression. now he has had to drop 40% of his business because he cannot make any wedding cake whatsoever. guest: let me get -- host: let me get the perspective of the couple from elizabeth wydra. guest: obviously the legal points, and also from their perspective. motherthe gentlemen's wrote the op-ed. it is your wedding, you are coming in to get a beautiful cake, and you get turned away because of who you are -- something that is intrinsic to your very being, the person you love. it should be a happy occasion, and instead you are met with this discrimination. points are you someone entering the public, commercial marketplace, to have to make yourself open to all consumers. we have these nondiscrimination laws that have b

colorado has a warrant for her arrest. if extradited and convicted she could face 24 years in prison in the u.s. do you think it'll happen? >> do you think i should go to jail? >> reporter: what do you think? >> i don't know what you think. not asking you what i think.t do >> i think i've done my time. >> reporter: but don't tell that to shelly's victim. when you heard that she was convicted, given 18 months in prison, is that enough? >> i don't think it's enough. i wish it was more, of course. >> this person does not seem to be remorseful to me. >> reporter: chris andersen declined to speak with us for this story but his attorney mark bryant says justice has yet to be served. >> why can't you grasp that you almost took this man's life and others'? >> reporter: you think she should face charges here? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: now and again, neighbors catch a glimpse of the former ghost of easterville. leaving behind those dark waters of the internet. the former catfish out in the daylight for a walk with her husband, hopin

we begin with breaking news out of colorado. a sheriffs deputy has been killed in four others wounded after aymanman opened fire in a denver suburb. according to the sheriff's office, the suspect was shot and believed to be dead as the body was taken from a hospital, officers held a procession. cnn's scott lane is there. >> we know very little about what happened, but we are learning bits and pieces. we know that a lot of residents in this condo complex, there are 15 to 20 buildings in this area and they are two-story walk ups. this is a pretty sleepy corner of suburban denver. for many people it wasn't clear what it was. one person said it sounded like firecrackers and another said it sounded like heavy construction that had been going on nearby. as we know now, it was gunfire. one woman who lived there told me she believed that the shooting lasted between 30 seconds and one empminute and i sounded like there was an exchange meaning multiple weapons being fired and what sparked this and what transpired. we know that sheriffs de

a cbs news investigation looked into the way the academy in colorado handles assault cases. tony dokoupil is following this. >> it is a real opportunity for us to get out and be part of the national conversation. >> lieutenant general, jay silveria, superintendent of the air force academy in colorado springs says the academy will restructure and expand sexual assault prevention and response. with belter tter emphasis. >> i will be relentless, pursuing the perpetrators of the horrible crimes and holding them accountable. but i also, desperately want to help all of the victims, in any way that i can. >> his remarks to the colorado springs gazette news paper came nearly a week after denying to cbs news that the academy had a problem with retaliation against survivors of sixabexual assault. last month the academy released a scathing investigation into sexual assault prevention and response office. accusing former director. teresa beasley of lack of compa tensy that jep siopardized vict care. she says she has been made a scape gold for standing up to leadership. >> its the air fo

what happened in colorado, how would it not be a form of discrimination? >> because it isn't a form of discrimination if making the cake is purely an artistic impression, a form of free speech, because then it gets outside its commission work to create some sort of free speech of painting. it's basically asking -- the way the cake maker sees it, it's being asked, commissioned, to create a work of art. imagine if you were a black baker and someone came in and asked you to make a flag with a confederate flag on it. it's an analogy. no analogy is perfect, but it is something that is sort of a similar argument. >> it would seem to me, danny, that this action may, in part, come down to whether we view, you know, custom cakes as works of art, as expression, or whether we view cake as just merely food. is that an oversimplification? >> no, it's not. if i could push back a little on david french's argument, if this was a situation where it's a minor distinction, but i think it makes all the world of difference. if the couple had asked for a rainbow flag cake, then

. >> reports of multiple sheriffs deputies down in littleton, colorado. the douglas county sheriff issued a shelter in place for people in that area. they don't have an update on the conditions of deputies remains an active situation. we'll update you through the nbc washington app. >> pretty frightful scene there. i know we also have some breaking news out of houston, too, that we're following. we'll keep you updated on that. cold weather out there as we start out this sunday in the 2017 year. >> yes, it's very cold end of 2017 and it will be colder as we bring in the new year for 2018 early in the morning. dangerous wind chills in the forecast. look at this, our wind chill here in washington is actually gotten colder by 1 degree. feels like 6 degrees actual temperature is 20 degrees. and it's only going to be as warm as about a 15 degree wind chill as we go through the day today. feels like temperature everyone around about 5 degrees right now. but tonight we have a wind chill advisory for the entire area through monday morning. wind chills 5 to 10 degr

colorado. resources required us to go elsewhere. colorado, 2.9% was the real clear politics average. in best poll that i showed the final days was a three-point deficit. i was one of those that recommended that we go elsewhere. if you think that we had this great science and formula behind the decisions to move out of colorado and go to michigan and pennsylvania, let me put in my two cents -- it is kind of a necessity. if you are going to lose nevada, virginia, and colorado, the map requires that we go somewhere else. out of necessity, we were looking at wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania. florida showed us to be pretty close to even. point 2%,ome, one advantage trump. -- aia ended up being number of the states were pretty good. iowa was a little off the mark. public polling said it would be tighter. in the end, trump defeated clinton by nearly 10 points. the state of maine was in the right direction. michigan, most people thought michigan was going to lean in favor of clinton and there was a slight differential in favor of tri

the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this rule. looking that we are at today has two bills under it. this is the 56th closed rule, allowing no amendments that we're bringing to the floor this year. over the past year we have not considered any legislation under an open rule that would allow republicans or democrats to bring forward amendments here on the floor. when the 115th congress opened, speaker ryan promised regular order bills would make their way to the floor after hearings and markups. instead, we have seen bill after bill rushed to the floor, many bills haven't gone through committee or skipped hearings. that's true for the failed health care bill. it's also true for the tax bill currently in conference, the major bill this congress. this tax bill that somehow we understand there is a, quote-unquote

you've got masterpiece in lakewood, colorado. where baker jack phillips refuses to sell a same-sex couple a wedding cake and the state civil rights commission said that's discrimination, but at the azakar bakery in denver, marjorie silver won't put a red x on a bible-shaped cake with two grooms and the commission says that's okay. sth there an inconsistency there? and how do you resolve it? >> i don't think there's an inconsistency. this is actually many cakes, there's a number of cases across the country about this issue. i think the important difference between the two cases you mentioned, one is a design-based refusal and the other is a user-based refusal. the government gives businesses wide latitude to decide what they're going to sell. we don't say that vegan bakery has to sell a real buttercream case or a kosher bakery has to sell a cake topped with candy bacon or anything like that by contrast we don't allow businesses to decide to whom you sell. we say if you open a business to the public, it should be open to the entire

that case threat and owner of the in colorado that did not want to make a cake for a same-sex couple saying that would go against his religious beliefs. a couple since they were discriminated against. we will have that oral argument friday on c-span beginning at 8 p.m. eastern. >> sunday night on "after words," goldstar father khizr khan recalls as his immigration from pakistan to the united states in his book and american family, a memoir of hope and sacrifice. he's interviewed by california congressman jimmy panetta. >> this is a common trait that really, among mentality and audience can draw the conclusion. one is that they don't like to be pressed because free press criticizes them. second thing is rule of law if they do not like judges. they do not like rule of law. and that had given me such a perspective of not having any civil liberties to have all these dignities, and as we speak further, i'll tell you what a moment it was when i went to take them all of citizenship. i wish every american would at least read the oath of citizenship. it needs a very much and it speaks the hop

and colorado has neither been tolerant respectful of mr. phillips. for that reason, we ask the court to reverse the lower's decision. thank you. [indiscernible] i think it is hard to know where justice kennedy is at. i do not want to speculate on that. i was pleased to know the court is considering both sides of this issue and that dignity cuts both ways. mr. phillips has a great amount at stake, and the forcing people to violate the provisions is something the constitution does not permit. whether or not cake baking is speech? >> anytime anybody sketches, skulls, or hand paints, that is speech -- sculpts, or hand paints, that is speech. >> [indiscernible] has set areme court low bar on what qualifies as speech, and has asked him is the artist communicating something, other it analogous to protected forms of speech? hairdressing is not, but sketching, sculpting, and hand painting is. thank you very much. [indiscernible] >> where hardened that what recognized that what the bakery wants to do would be an affront to the gate committed. that is something

his family made their way to greeley, colorado. he thrived in school and joined the junior rotc program where he excelled as a cadet. he relished the rotc's sensitive community, self-discipline and community. after graduating from high school he wanted to enlist in the united states marine corps. he filled out the paperwork and waited, but when the reply came, he was crushed becaus. because of his legal status, the marines couldn't accept him. we should think of that. of all the paths available to a bright young person like apalanar, he wanted to serve the country in uniform. you don't feel called to serve a place you don't consider home. you're not called to serve a place where there are values you don't share, to defend a community that is not your own. his choice flies in the face of every specious attack we've heard against immigrants in this debate. he doesn't detract from america. apalanar wants to defend america. daniela wants to treat sick americans. julio wants to create jobs for americans. they join 800,000 dreamers who f

. >> has the gentleman from colorado seek time? >> no, i don't. thank you. >> the gentleman does not seek time. does the gentleman from -- the distinguished gentleman from georgia seek time? >> i do, mr. chairman. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to point out that not only did we -- do we have a piece of bipartisan legislation here, but we have a piece of legislation on which folks genuinely and not politically disagree. i thought the ranking member's comments, trying to protect home buyers from being blindsided at the end of the year by a tax bill were very sincere. and telling that we're talking about how to protect people from losing their home and for folks who were not accustomed to buying a home, accustomed to seeing an annual tax bill. having one show up at the end of the year could absolutely blind side them. i confess, i never had crossed my mind that we would require more escrow, as a tool to prevent folks from being surprised in that way. the chairman said, for pete's sakes, we're talking about local

one officer killed and several others injured in a shooting in colorado. the latest on the ambush-style attack that prompted a response from president trump. >> also ahead, president trump reacting to the continuing protests against the iranian regime that have now sadly turned deadly. could the demonstrations mean -- what could they mean for the future of the hard-line regime? >>sa the country gets ready to ring in the new year, cities from new york to san francisco will be on high alert to keep partygoers safe. america's news headquarters starts right now. and we begin with president trump gearing up for a busy week in washington after the holiday break as congressional leaders get set for wednesday meeting at the white house to talk about immigration and spending. right now president trump is relaxing at mar-a-lago estate in florida but not taking a break from twitter. as the president speaks out on issues here, at home and overseas. steve harringon is live in west palm beach not far from the president's home. i see you wearing a blazer, unlike us here

the infrastructure throughout colorado. colorado has a $6 billion annual be putg that needs to forth. you will see petroleum products that are not priced into any of the wall street models driving crude price up in the u.s. alix: the derivatives like pipelines, you will need a higher price line on that. chad: you certainly will have infrastructure spend. we have a terrific project that is connecting the slope of colorado to the rocky mountain region that is a rail transport business. ultimately, you will see us driving a lot of the ingredients that go into some shale, and some infrastructure out of a rail business that in many ways will support what is happening in the oil patch of colorado, wyoming, nebraska, and so forth. tox: we are going to get those infrastructure plays. i want to take a look at a chart that shows the short position which in theory, could be producers going in there and selling their production forward to guarantee it. how much more production do you expect with the hedging we are going on and if we ge

colorado was going to be balanced. i had a few pulls with 35 or 36 and we were still down three points. move along. nd so, we had our demographics known. the key was not to be swayed by the public polls. you can look at the public polls if you are a campaign but you cannot rely on them. mr. roe: do you think there is a philosophy that whoever people think will win is more important than who they vote for? is there any psychological motivation behind media or liberal groups that poll to just make this a feature to make this a fait accompli? r. baselice: the other position would be everyone is voting for her so i don't need to vote. it can work both ways. the biggest mistake i saw was in 2006 when called the rhÔne -- calderon in mexico won. he said -- i am a head in the polls, -- i am ahead in the olls, vote for me. that is not a reason to go vote for someone. or go vote for me, i am behind in the polls and i needed next her bump. we have not seen enough data to come to any conclusive result or conclusion as to what is

>> reporter: one of the dogs is located in colorado. some of the dogs here have run the iditarod. >> this is a storage facility. they're here to be stored until they can make money. >> reporter: the documentary looks at local activist attempts to shut it down claiming the dogs here were horribly mistreated. >> i saw dogs circling on their chains for hours. they circle and circle. i saw no people providing any care for the dogs. >> there were muddy grounds. they would eat and defecate in exactly the same spot. legally the dogs were supposed to be on six-foot chains. >> i will remind everybody that i'm not doing anything illegal. >> reporter: this was the owner at the time. >> there's no violations in terms of legality. >> reporter: but in 2013 colorado authorities made a surprise inspection. >> that's hen they found eight dogs were malnourished. some needed vet care. and he was charged for animal cruelty. >> reporter: he died in 2016 but pleaded guilty to animal cruelty. the other charges were dismissed. >> i live for the day when the ch

. >>> breaking news this noon out of were douglas county colorado. a sheriff's deputy is dead after shots rang out. according to the sheriff's office, the deputies to a domestic disturbance call. two unidentified civilians were also shot by the suspect. the suspect is believed to be dead. again, five deputies have been shot, one killed and two civilians shot in douglas county can colorado. officials set up an emergency shelter for those displaced by the investigation. >>> also brake, this noon, a man under arrest after police discovered weapons in his hotel room in houston texas just hours before the hotel is set to host the new year's eve celebration. according to ktrk, investigators responded to the hyatt regency for the report of an erratic and belligerent man. they found a number of weapons in the man's room and in his vehicle, the man has been taken to jail where he is in question this afternoon. >>> we're saying good-bye to 2017, and hello to 2018. under an accu weather alert as below freezing temperatures continues to linger, meteorologist sow

i would just like to point out that the situation in colorado. and i think many states is the chip money is not expired yet, but we are sure to expire early next year. i think that is where the majority of the states are, the state that mr. buck and i hail from is in that category. so i just want to be clear that this cr for this two-week period still leaves that uncertainty over what will happen next of the states that are going to run out of children's health money early next year. and it is very important that we incorporate the funding into the full end of year funding bill for the coming year. because otherwise, it's my understanding that this funding makes no difference for when colorado and the majority of states will run out. because it's scheduled to be early next year anyway. so i just wanted to highlight that. secondly, i just wanted to ask, the -- this goes through the 22nd. and does it maintain spending at the current levels of the existing across every agency? there is no changes? >> that is what a cr does, until it's specifically s

because phillips is saying that his civil rights are being infringed by colorado's antidiscrimination laws and says that he wants to have a -- which is you cannot is going about someone's creed or sexual orientation, etc. for the problem he is running into is that he never found out what the cake wanted to say. he told them within 20 seconds of meeting with them, i will not make a cake for you. i think that is where it is going to be an issue for him and being successful there. >> rachel, is this religious remorse civil rights? >> i think we need to look at this as a religious exception to civil rights. what they are trying to do is process and violate their civil rights by saying that this is against my religion. unfortunately i do not think that he has a leg to stand on here. because a market transaction has never been covered by free speech. and so, when he's not even find out what they wanted to put on the cake and within 20 seconds of meeting and said, i do not believe in what that is, i think that it runs afoul of the antidiscrimination laws in colorado. and what it does is -- g

senator michael bennett of colorado. the senator brings up a really good point in the share of gdp that goes into investment, reinvestment, infrastructure is at the smallest it's been in decades. so there's still lots of government spending going on. that's the problem with debt and deficits. there are moments in which they're really important to have because you have to stimulate the economy. but all we're doing now is we're financing using debt, a tax cut that doesn't get us roads, buildings, infrastructure. it just gets us a tax cut. >> i think he made a great point that his three daughters would have to pay the mortgage. if my kids had to pay the mortgage, they'd kick me and andy out. how about yours? >> it doesn't make sense. be honest about what it is. it's a corporate tax cut which no one was clamoring for and it's financed with debt. >> and it's a corporate tax cut that could potentially help the economy and boost the economy but the economy is already kicking it. corporations don't need it. >> as the senator sai