Rematch, but im also happy the patriots didnt make it so far. Luke liza is was just one of several people from the mountains we talked to during our time in San Francisco. We will introduce you to a couple more later today as we continue to get ready for the superbowl. Reporting from San Francisco, im Luke Notestine, news 13. Evan more than 700 students and faculty at blackburn elementary in Catawba County were showing their panthers pride this week. They tried to pull off massive dab to support the team. They were doing it all at the same time. The dab is one of the celebration moves made famous by panthers quarterback cam newton. These kids were hoping to set a new alltime record. A road sign on a Lincoln County highway is getting a lot of attention on social media. People are stopping to snap picks of the sign hoping it is a good omen for how the panthers wi do in the superbowl. You can see the sign right there. It shows the mileage to the towns of denver and newton, North Carolina. Translate that into the final score of the game, and the newton will be the champs. One guy posted a picture of the sign on his facebook page, it got more than concern it got more than 400 friend requests and thousands of shares. A Prescription Drug ring nabbed the ceo of a georgia hospital. Federal agents arrested mike godder, the ceo of Union General hospital in union county, wednesday. He is one of six people facing multiple Prescription Drug charges. His arrest comes after a nine month long multistate investigation. 2,000,000 people each year start their drug abuse with pain killers. Many heroin addicts start off becoming addicts or their abuse with Prescription Drugs. Evan five others were also arrested, including two doctors. Police say dr. James heton wrote more than 15,000 fraudulent pain killer prescriptions for gauder over a 3 year powder. Were also among those arrested. The New Hampshire primary is three days away and tonight the republican president ial candidates will debate right here on abc. The 2016 race brings Kenneth Moton to New Hampshire to show us a busy weekend for all contenders. Its the final push for support in New Hampshire. I dont want anything. Just want your vote. Reporter but donald trump was in South Carolina, kept out of the Granite State due to bad weather. Still bitter about his loss to ted cruz in iowa. I dont think i did come in second. I think i came in first, okay. I will be honest. God bless the great state of New Hampshire. Reporter the winter storm didnt keep the other candidates off the New Hampshire trail. Its a nice day for campaigning. Reporter the supporters were on the ground walking doortodoor. Vote for jeb. Reporter even 90 yearold barbara bush braved the conditions for her son, before the gop debate hosted by abc news. A rock star celebration at this fundraiser in man chestr. Hillary clinton was also there, undeterred by recent polls that showed the neighboring vermont senator with a whopping lead for tuesdays first in the nation primary. New hampshire is never quit on me and im not going to quit on you. Reporter clinton who is working to woo Sanders Young supporters has three events here today, while the top gop contenders prep for tonights abc debate right here at st. Anselm college. Kenneth moton, abc new, manchester, New Hampshire. Evan asheville is sphetting into the mardi gras spirit this week. Happening tomorrow the ma di gra parade will come to downtown asheville. News 13s hope hanselman is live at the secret warehouse where all the work is being done on a big float. And, hope, this was not an easy project for these folks . Hope not at all. Its all modeled after the notre dame, right . So, this is hopefully the first this is the gargoyle and its really kinin of been relaxing here f you will. Someone dared you to make this . Yeah, about 2 1 2 weeks ago, they challenged me. They showed me the picture of it and i said, wow, this is a big project. I dont flow if i can do it. I slept on it, and came back the next morning and i said if i just focus on the face, i can do this. And thats what i did. And i have been working on this. Hope and chiz selling this thing away. We were wondering about the nose ring, may not be a permanent part. You will have to chime in with us on social media and tell us what you like. You will have spent the last, how long has it been, two weeks . One week . Yeah, about 2 1 2 weeks. And about 60 hours worth of you know. And its finally coming together. At first it looked like a ninja turtle but, you know. Hope now it looks like a gar boil. We love it. Check out the rest of whats they are making adjustments and improvements. We are kind of just seeing it take a lot of shape even this morning, hanging out with you guys. This takes a lot of your guys time and effort. Why do you put so much time and effort into it . Its fun. Its you get to show everyone our art and everyone comes out to come see it. And its been inspiring for a lot of other crews to get more organize and do more artwork and stuff. And, you know, its just a lot of fun. Im able to use this gargoyle for plenty of other thing, like we do. Hope yeah. Its a great little its fun. Hope its fun. It is a lot of fun. Hope its been so much fun hanging with uto utwith you guys, tomorrow you will have a ton of fun to see the parade at 3 05 in downtown asheville on wall street, we believe, correct . Hope sofqm,vln. J . S zc i r when is it going to hit in the sevenday forecast . And when are temperatures going to be falling off dramatically. I will let you know coming up in your skywatch weather after your break. Evan make sure you are up to date on breaking news and weather in the mountains. Get our news 13 wireless text alerts. When things happen we will send it right to your phone. Go to wlos. Com and sign up, news, traffic, severe weather, school closings, you get what you want. That feeling. You know the one. That grandslam, acedthepresentation feeling. Multiply that feeling. Its the deal of all deals. A moment worthy of celebration. In the championship of all championships its that feeling. Multiplied. Introducing the new multiplier scratchoffs. A chance to win. And a chance to multiply your winnings. Now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. Zack good saturday morning to you all. After some technical issues this morning, we are up and running here in the skywatch weather center. And a chilly start to the day. Take a look at these mountain temperatures. All down into the low 20s. One of the bundle up kind of mornings. The winds, however, are going to be calm. Just to start. We will see them pick up as we make our way into the afternoon hours. But its partly cloudy conditions and we are going to stay dry today and tomorrow. The weekend, looking like you want to take advantage of its personally as you head out to the superbowl. We will be nearing the 50 degrees mark tomorrow afternoon. And then a big drop is going to be on the way as we head into the upcoming work week. So, as we go through the morning hours, we will rise things up pretty quickly, back into the low 40s by about lunchtime. You will see a mix of sun and clouds all day long. I do think at times the cloud cover is going to be off and on. So, maybe some blue skies in the morning, little cloud cover by noon. Then we start to see them changing as we make our way into the afternoon hours. 45 degrees, thats what we are forecasting for asheville. And clouds and calm winds. Soern certainly not going to see gusty conditions we have seen in the past few days but take a look at the upstate. We are starting right about that freezing mark at 32 degrees. And we are going to rise things up very quickly, almost into the upper 40s and low 50s by lunchtime. And later on this afternoon, now still a few degrees below our average for this time of year. But, i think its still going to be a comfortable and milder they overall. Yes, we will see another jump in the temperatures for tomorrow, but we are going to stay dry for the entire weekend. That is the good news. We will put this into motion for you. There you go. You start to see cloud cover, trying to move away and it comes right back in and it will be much more of the same later on this afternoon. A southwesterly flow is still around high pressure, thats going to be dominant factor, although the temperatures are not going to be feeling too room what. Its really going to keep it dryer conditions around for the next 48 hours. As we make our way into the upcoming work week i want to show what happens sunday night into monday morning. Here come as cold front and you will see rain at first. Then we will Start Talking about snow on top of that. Yes, snow is back in the forecast, folks. Coming in a big way. Certainly not the accumulation we saw from the last event where we nearly got a foot in many mountain location. But, we still could get some accumulation, maybe upwards of an inch possibly two over a 48 hour period monday, bringing us into tuesday. Now, i think it will transition from rain into snow on monday, and i think its going to be a little bit more wide spread. But, come tuesday, its more so during the morning hours, sit going to be all snow. And our temperatures are going to be falling off dramatically at that time. Even back down into the low 30s for our afternoon highs. So, yes, we are starting off in the low 30s for our morning lows this morning. And maybe even a low 20s. But later on this afternoon, we will be back into the mid and upper 40s for the majority of the Mountain Region as we make our way further to the south. I think most are actually going to be hitting that 50 degrees mark. So, a dry and comfortable weekend overall. Not a whole lot of activity to be talking about. The superbowl certainly going to be the biggest topic of conversation. It is going to be an absolutely gorgeous way to play football. Hopefully you can enjoy it as well. Maybe get outside and throw the football around for yourself. Take a look at this. We are still looking at sunshine. I think even less cloud cover going to be seen tomorrow than what we are seeing today. There you go, monday, tuesday, bringing us into wednesday morning. Thats when the storm system is going to start rolling through. And take a look at tuesday and wednesdays temperature, back down into the freezing mark for our afternoon highs. And our overnight lows, back down into the teens. Areawide. It is going to b b a chilly upcoming work week. I would say take advantage of the weekend. Evan all right. Cant complain that much. Zack no, especially with superbowl sunday and the parade tomorrow . Evan we talked about this earl a. If its not chilly on superbowl sunday it doesnt feel right. Bit. We were talking about the 70s on christmas . Superbowl sunday . So this weekend, or rather this remarkable. Evan yes. Each week we partnered with chideo. Com to bring stories about cause and giving. Look attacking cancer and how to cope with experiencing tragedies. You go from planning what youre going to do for the weekend to, okay, what do i do to save my life . Saving the lives of those battling the disease is what february 4th, world cancer day, is all about. Its also why johnny emmerman started emmerman angel, a mentoring program connecting cancer survivors with cancer sufferers. We believe the shared experience is how to empower those who struggle along the way. Reporter on february 14th, the group is participating in the l. A. Marathon to raise money. To help cancer survivors, fighters and caregivers, visit emmerman angels. Org. Experiencing tragedy can lead change. 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Evan 7 oclock 20. Time for tech time. Dating can be hard. You want to do everything right especially when valentines day is around the corner. Joining us this morning is Brandon Maynard with great tips on when to use your grants on date night. You did a study on etiquette during date night and interesting things. We did. The dating scene change add lot over the years especially with new technology. Especially with our nationwide 4g l. T. E. Network and the iphone 6s, it actually puts the one right in the palm of your hand. Evan thats right. I like that. Phone users, 44 say its acceptable to text, do ask minnesota out on asomeone out on a date . Believe it or not, almost 50 . Being old school and being married for a while, i seem to find it hard to believe. Evan i dont know its old school. Zack and i were talking about this. He thinks its a little too impersonal. You need to havav more interaction with the person you are courting. What else do we have over here . 60 of users prefer communicating via text message over phone calls. Evan 60 seems a little high. Right. I guess its the instantaneous text messaging. Evan it gives you a chance to try to be witty, too. Sometimes when youre on the phone you are put on the spot. This gives you a little chance to sort of Say Something clever. Right. Exactly right. Here is a neat one thats 68 of users think its rude to check a phone when dining with others. Evan i agree. Get into deep conversations if you have your phone on the table. Right. One more, 64 of users claim to be somewhat or extremely annoyed when someone takes more than a day to respond to a voice mail. Evan you know whats funny about that . I dont leave voice mails either. I dont either. Evan if i dont call and you yes ear not there i will send a text, hey, call me quick. Exactly. Evan interesting. What about the big one. We know when you are dining you should not be using your cell phone. Obviously, you will be out to dinner with your loved one on valentines day, so keep the phone in your pocket. Right. You have a setting for that . The perfect way is on the iphone 6s, there is a toggle switch on the side that is a do not disturb. That doesnt mean you wont get any notifications but it wont time. Evan right. Once you get through with the date on the special one with valentines day, turn the toggle swish back on and you can communicate with your friends and family. Evan that is a good one, obviously. Its a lot less disruptive to the meal if you have a buzzing in your pocket versus your phone thank you for joining us, brandon. If you want to see the web segment again, go to our web site, wlos. Com and click on n ech time. Its not just the players how lady georgia gaga is preparing zack welcome back. A chilly and somewhat clear start today. We have partly cloudy conditions for the majority of our saturday and we are seeing that right now on the leicester carpet sales skycam network, down in transylvania county, you see that temperature 20 degrees. Your sun rise going to be official in 1 minute at 7 26. It is going to be a cold day across the board. Especially during the morning hours. Later on this afternoon, we are a few degrees below our average for the time of year. Calm winds are going to be the case. Thats the good news. And tomorrow we will see a bit of a jump in our temperatures. We will be back into the actual 50s andnd think many people more so because, yes, the superbowl is back. And we are going to be playing it in much warmer weather in california. Gorgeous conditions out there. But, nothing to complain about here. It is going to remain dry to finish up the weekend. Rain and snow, however, on the way for the work week. Evan lady gaga is getting ready for her performance. She was practicing friday to get a feel for the accountyics at santa clara. She will be joined on stage by mar lee mat lynn who will sign the anthem. Fans placed flowers on maurice whites star on the hollywood walk of fame. The earth wind and fire singer passed away wednesday at 74. White suffered from parkinsons and had not toured with the group for more than 20 years. The group is famous for its live shows and sold more than 90,000,000 albums worldwide. Larry david is hosting saturday night live later break out his Bernie Sanders impression. Thats because the candidate will be on the show himself. He will break away from a weekend of nearly nonstop campaigninin to make a cam yoavment nbc has not announced his appearance but the Sanders Campaign confirmed he will be there. Hillary clinton has also been on the show recently. The latest star wars movie passed the 900 million mark here in the u. S. Last month, the film surpassed the previous record holder, avatar, which grossed just over 760 million. Episode 7 star wars the force awakens is projected to tern more than 2 billion worldwide. If it makes it, it would be just the third movie ever to make that much money. Hope Asheville Mardi Gras preparations are coming together. Coming up, whats planned for tomorrow and the story that this guy will remember for the rest that happened at that evan this morning in celebration of the superbowl we will show you the commercials you can expect to see. Zack and i know folks who stay quiet during the show for the commercials. Evan you never know when to go to the batsroom. Zack exactly. Wayne with an interesting interesting counter party. Thats what im talking about. Thats dope. Word. Yeah. What should i do with the wooden one . I really enjoyed that. Evan that is funny. I enjoyed that one. You know, when its not your team, and its a different kind of game. Zack here we go, look at this guy. Evan i wasnt saying anything bad. Zack when its not your team . This is the first time its been your team in over a decade. Evan i wasnt going there. I wasnt trying to throw salt in the wound. Zack dont worry about it, four, were good. Evan when its not your team its a different game. Zack i have never seen you so excited. Evan you have to give it to me. Zack i am. Ievment going to give it to you. Evan we have good stuff coming up for you on this morning. We are celebrating the superbowl and Luke Notestine is in San Francisco and talked to an for herself there in southern california. Zack plus we have news 13s hope hanselman with a preview of ashevilles Mardi Gras Parade that is coming up tomorrow. She will show you the work that shay are doing before the big event. Evan speaking of which, what is the weather like here today and tomorrow for the superbowl . Zack driveby and comfortable for the next two day, if you go out, enjoy the outdoor festivities, it will be a nice weekend overall. A wintry mix is on the way as we head into the upcoming work week and on top off that, our temperatures are going to take a significant drop. We are talking afternoon highs below the Freezing Point. I will let you know when all that is approaching, all coming up in your skywatch weather. Evan we are a day away from superbowl 50 and the excitement has been building for weeks now. Panthers broncos, facing off tomorrow evening. News 13s Luke Notestine met up with an asheville native who made San Francisco her new home. Luke good morning. One of the local people from the with here in San Francisco is liza ashevillelo. She is a former track and field star at acc Reynolds High School who went to unc for undergrad and then duke to get her masters. She is now working for levi strowses here in San Francisco, hoping to make the Company Better from an environmental standpoint. Liza was an outstanding athlete at a. C. Reynolds high school who used that experience to now help her in every day life. She is doing a great job and loving every minute of it. I own our Climate Change strategy as well as our sustainable fiber strategy. So, daytoday, what i work on is, you know, its strategy level and im looking at our energy efficiency, our alternative energy procurement. Like being a lifelong fan of the Carolina Panthers liza is thrilled her Hometown Team is playing in the new town that she calls home. Its just cool. And i was kind of hoping it would be a patriots rematch, but im also happy the patriots didnt make it so far. Luke liza is just one of several people in the mountains time in San Francisco. We will introduce you to a couple more later today as we continue to get ready for the superbowl. Reporting from San Francisco, im Luke Notestine, news 13. Evan hendersonville leaders pass an ord nans allowing some City Employees to carry concealed weapons inside city buildings. I it was decided at thursdays meeting signs and stickers need to go up but the ordinance went into effect. There are about 225 City Employees. Not everyone will get approved or will want to get approved for the program. The city manager says its for employees who may find themselves in dangerous situations while on the job. We have developed a program and then look at the potential employees who may apply and then put them through the process to make sure we dont put them or the public in harms way. Evan the Program Includes lessons on gun safety and what to do in critical situations. Be created in about two months. A Mcdowell County man remains in intensive care after being baldly beaten a. Deputy found christopher lowering thursday morning slumped over the Steering Wheel of a truck on randolph road. He was taken to Mission Hospital for surgery. Deputies have not made any arrests. So, if you have any information, contact the Mcdowell County sheriff offense office. New this morning, a panel of federal judges has struck down two majority black North Carolina congressional districts. The judges said race was the predominant factor in drawing those lines for districts 1 and 12 in North Carolina. But, state legislators lack the justification for doing so, according to the panel. The ruling says the first and 12th districts violated the constitutions equal protection provision and must be redrawn. We will keep you updated on the impact this ruling could have on the march 15th primary. Happening tomorrow, floats will be living it up in downtown asheville for the Mardi Gras Parade. Hanselman has been joining us live at a secret warehouse location to watch this main float come together and, hope, how is it looking . Hope hey, evan. Yeah, this is really cool. If you joined us early on this morning, you probably saw this float at a different stage. Since then, throughout the course of the morning, we have put the roof on the cathedral here of the notre dame. We have the flying buttresses and everything. I have someone with me, tell me, what stage are we at with the float . There is always more blinking and glitz and bows to tie and all the pretty flourishes. It is mostly structurally here. We will be working on it most of the day to make sure its just as pretty as it can be for our queen and king. Hope and it is really pretty. I wanted to point out to you guys so you dont miss how cool these even the stained glass is, that you guys are able to make. So, this is a dead king, which means you are a former king. You were in, you will probably never forget it, right . I certainly wont. In 2012, my wife and i got married and we wanted to have a big, fun costume wedding with hundreds of thousands of people invite and we said how about lets get married in the Mardi Gras Parade . So we approached the mardi gras, Asheville Mardi Gras executive committee and asked thef that would be okay and they said, sure, why dont you be the king and queen and we were. And i built us a giant wedding cake float with the help of some of the talented individuals. And we got some of the most artistic and talented people in asheville to help make it beautiful and stood on top of it and got married to my wife tamara in the parade. Hope so you have thousands of guests and you didnt have to shell out tons of money. Not a lot of money, tons of sweat equity, but not so much money, fortunately. Hope awesome. You will be able to be part of the parade yourself tomorrow, it starts at 3 05. Right in downtown asheville. And then afterwards, tell me quickly about the queens ball . Parade, we parade on over to pack tavern for the queens ball. The queen sara throws a party for everyone. Its free and open to the public and open to all ages. Hope awesome. The digs will be playing music and the asheville second nightt will perform and the gaytha theater will perform. Hope sounds like fun. Thank you for having us out here this morning. Thanks for eck whiching it out. Hope good luck getting it all wrapped up. Reporting live in asheville, hope hanselman, news 13. Evan you ever been to new orleans for the mardi gras . Zack i havent. Evan its quite a party. Zack hundreds of thousands of people shoulrtoshoulder . Disnp. Evan its one of the things im glad i did it when i was younger. Now im not sure i would whatnt to go back. You are literally packed in. Zack maybe i will get a taste of it tomorrow in asheville, you know. If you are going to head out to the parade tomorrow, it will be a little bit warmer than what we are seeing today. You certainly want to bundle up. 21 degrees right now on on the golf because it will be dry and comfortable. And later this afternoon, partly cloudy conditions you, but when is the biggest drop in temperatures going to come . Zack good saturday morning, folks. A chilly start to the day all across the mountains. Take a look at this, burnsville, 20 degrees. We are there in franklin and degree or two warmer. The only really warm spot . Newland, where we generally see some of the toldest temperatures up in the mountains. Actually below the Freezing Point down in the upstate as well. We are going to see a quick warmup on the way through the morning hours. By lunchtime, back into the upper 30s and low 40s across western North Carolina. Later on this afternoon, 45 degrees, we have less of a breeze so the gustier conditions are not going to be seen today. A mix of sun and clouds, partly cloudy conditions, thats going to be the topic for today. As well as tomorrow. We may see a little more sunshine on the way for the second half of the weekend. And certainly its what you want for superbowl sunday. Certainly a very quick warmup as we make or way into about 12 p. M. Down in the upstate. Later on this afternoon, a few degrees below average for the time of year. But still certainly going to be a nice day overall. So putting this into motion for you now, not a whole lot of activity to be talking about, just a mix of sun and clouds overall for the next 48 hours. As we make our way into the start of the upcoming work week, thats when things are going to be changing. Rain at first, and then transitioning into snow. And thats on monday. More wide spread than what we have seen on tuesday. Notice this, it will be all snow as we make or way into tuesday and even into wednesday morning. So, enjoy some of the warmer and dryer conditions for the next day or so. We are looking at a bit of a chilly air moss rolling through wednesday on the upcoming work week and maybe upwards of two inches of snow in some mountains locations over 92 hours period. Its all for monday, through wednesday. So, enjoy today and tomorrow, superbowl sunday looking absolutely gorgeous. As we make our sway into the work week. Thats when things will really be shifting. Stan good morning, everyone, in sports, superbowl week almost over. Thank goodness. Everyone kind of getting tired of all the interviews and prognostications. The feeling is lets play already. Well, the attention can be overwhelming but Luke Notestine in california covering the panthers says carolina kind of embraces it all. Luke hey, stan. Is they have been great and excellent and outstanding blocking out outside distractions. That includes media attention, especially all the buzz around this team as they prepared for the superbowl over the past two weeks. Its been one of the more refreshing parts of the Panthers Team the fans loved it. They loved seeing them smile and seeing cam newtons dab. We will see if that continues on sunday. This is a great thing, you know. Everyone gets to sit here and listen to the players and see, you know, who they are and what they are about and all of those thing, you know. So, this week has been its been great for me. Its everything that we have always been, you know. We are relaxed. We are having a good time. We focus in on when its time to focus in. When we are in meetings, we are in meetings. When we are on the prac his field, we focus on the practice. When thats done, we smile and have a good time. If the panthers stay consistent as they have all season long they will keep smiling and keep having fun, even on the biggest stage on soon. It will be panthers, cam newton, versus Peyton Manning in the denver broncos, superbowl sunday at 6 30 eastern time. We cant wait to watch. Reporting from San Francisco, im Luke Notestine, news 13 sports. Stan college hoop, Womens College hoops saturday at kimball arena, you can see it on my 40, Coastal Carolina against unc asheville, asheville is of course in first place tied with liberty in the big south with 102 records. Tip off is 2 oclock. Rhee cow dowdle didnt make all state but made allamerican. Capping a great week for the reynolds football player, he signed with the university of South Carolina and yesterday he joined the nations elite prep players named first team for the parade magazine all american as an athlete. He broke the wnc record for touchdowns in a banner year and gaining over 2500 rushing, passed 1400 more and late add to the shrine bowl, scored a couple touchdowns, he will have a Great College yath career. In the wnc, sillma, Smoky Mountain edges sylva, mccullum had 28 points. Mustangs have a onegame lead over pisgah with one to play. The team is split in the regular season. Smoky at North Henderson 2. Today, two mountain teams will wrestle for state championships in 3a inca will wrestle at moorehead and in 1a it is mitchell, two time champ at rosewood, inca looking for the first state title. Good luck to them. Thats sports this morning. Im stan pamfilis, we will see have a great saturday, everyone. Well to another edition of the connect to congress, im john ostendorff, we are joined by tom tillis from washington. Senator, thank you for speaking with us to they. Good to be with you, john. Begin with the iowa caucuses. What is your reaction to the results and how do you think those results will factor into the rest of the primary season for republicans . Well, i think its the beginning of the game, right . Once we finally get to the caucuses, now we are going to see probably a difference in the level of detail the candidates get to. And more substantive policy positions that will influence New Hampshire and then down in our state, on march 15th. Its great to see the transition away from the preliminaries into the game, where we start hearing more specific solutions to the problems we all know exist with our economy, national security, and homeland security. Reporter senator, how do you believe the president ial race will affect the senate this year, especially with republicans trying to hold the majority . Impact. T9dfu hsz l \8 gn;yv d, gcppb3 but, there will be definitely based on the primary outcomes, some differences in the way that other states, the swing states, like ohio, pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, may vote. We are watching that closely. Reporter now, moving on to policy, obviously, the senate is at work even though we have got a race going. What are your thoughts on the criminal Justice Reform bill currently circulating through the senate . I support that bill, it has what attracted me to the bill is something similar to what we did in North Carolina called the justice reinvestment act i. Had a great impact on reducing recidivism snrnchts, parole violation, putting more resources into the system, and actually reducing costs for Public Safety and other purposes. Sentencing reform is another area that i think is important, and if you look at the details of the bill, there are some people who may be opposed to it who apparently have not read the bill. It is not its not really the mandatory minimums its smart sentencing combined with what we are trying to do to reduce recidivism and reduce the cost of incarceration. Reporter senator do, you think there is political will to pass manage like this in an Election Year . You know, its hard to say. Its not so much the political will, its also the timing. This is going to be a time intensive bill. We are working to educate our members, both democrats and republicans on it. I think generally there are a lot of people with are open to it. And again, we need to go and demonstrate in the states that have moved forward with similar legislation the positive effects and managing any potential risk that comes from it. Its something i will continue to work on. If we dont get it done this year, we will be back next year and i will continue to work on it. Reporter senator, you are a big klein panthers fan and of course they take on the broncos in the superbowl this sunday. Do you have any side wagers going with senators bennett and gardener of colorado . We do. We are going to do something senator mccain against the arizona cardnals. We will have a speech on the floor recognizing greatness of the Carolina Panthers coming next week. Reporter senator, thank you for joining us today. That does it for this edition of to connect to congress. Im john ostendorff. Evan 7 51 on the dot. According to the profootball hall of fame, what four currently active nfl teams have the answer after the that feeling. You know the one. 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