that s just an excuse. now did you talk to anybody, mark, that said to you, listen, i m real sorry for your daughter, but i m not going to support the law. did anybody be up front to you out there? no. no. they didn t. i did have one person come to me and says that, you know, that he was sorry, but we already have tough laws and my response to him was, well, if you had tough laws, why are your repeat offenders repeating their offenses? bill: as she pointed out, four years is not tough and you know, look, there are different places in different counties, you re in bolder county, that s different from colorado springs. we understand that. but you ve got to have a uniform law. when you see a guy like mr. lunsford who worked with the factor factor all over the country, and as we said, we got 45 states, with idaho and jersey falling into line. 45 out of 50. and your state, colorado, that s a mainstream state. that s not hawaii.
from bolder county, colorado this is the latest that broke out very recently they are preevacuation as of tuesday today this afternoon. 97-degree heat right now. 11% humidity and winds from the northwest at 6 miles per hour. and the fire danger is on the increase across the west. it s going to be like this for will next several days, nine states danger. how hot? incredibly. 100 degrees in denver. fifth consecutive day that they had 100-degree heat. look at these totals, 109 right now. 106 in sterling. and that, unfortunately, is going to continue to be the scenario throughout the evening and into tomorrow and even into the rest of the workweek. your wind speeds right now are light. shepard, we could see wind gusts in excess of 30, even 40 miles per hour overnight tonight. our prayers are with the folks
rick? rick: thanks. and quick alert now. update on a story we told you about at the top of the show. there were two people injured when a package bomb explode the. lafayette, colorado. the weather not great. the bolder county bomb squad is securing this vehicle that you see in the picture there. once it s secured, then they can start their investigation. police just talking to reporters a couple of minutes ago. they say that the explosion happened a few minutes before 1:00 p.m. local time. sorry for the jitteriness of this camera. we re not controlling it for you. two victims. they were transport to do a local hospital with burns. we don t know their condition, but a half dozen homes in that neighborhood have been evacuated. the bomb squad now trying to confirm that there is no secondary device inside that car. that s why they re being very careful as they search it. as get more information, we ll pass it along. other news and parents and educators fight ago judge s
by taking them having them climb onto ladders to get over their fences. so you can imagine what a chaotic scene that must have been. scary. a bomb squad was called to the scene. we don t know who left those packages there and we ll keep you posted when we get all of the details. that s coming out of colorado near denver. moving on now, companies boosting their bottom lines through outsourcing caused countless american jobs. this week president obama is spotlighting the businesses that are doing the opposite. he s hosting a forum focusing on those reversing trend with in sourcing and returning jobs to the u.s. doug is live in washington now. doug, are you going to tell us more about this job forum, right? yeah. at least 12 different companies, large and small, will be offering a their perspectives why they re bringing jobs back, master lock, returning 100 jobs to milwaukee, lincolnton
by taking them having them climb onto ladders to get over their fences. so you can imagine what a chaotic scene that must have been. scary. a bomb squad was called to the scene. we don t know who left those packages there and we ll keep you posted when we get all of the details. that s coming out of colorado near denver. moving on now, companies boosting their bottom lines through outsourcing caused countless american jobs. this week president obama is spotlighting the businesses that are doing the opposite. he s hosting a forum focusing on those reversing trend with in sourcing and returning jobs to the u.s. doug is live in washington now. doug, are you going to tell us more about this job forum, right? yeah. at least 12 different companies, large and small, will be offering a their perspectives why they re bringing jobs back, master lock, returning 100 jobs to milwaukee, lincolnton