Good evening everyone. My name is john hi bush and i have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. If you would, in honor of our men and women in uniform who protect our freedoms around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, please be seated. Before we get started i would like to take a moment to recognize some special guests we have with us this evening and i will begin with our board of trustees, we have with us governor pete wilson and his terrific wife gail. [applause] from North Carolina all the way North Carolina mr. Ben sutton, ben, thank you for coming. Former congressman retired but just as as ever, alton ganguly and his wife jm. [applause] onto tonights program, ladi
President donald trump is set to address the nra National Convention is the Keynote Speaker for the Presumptive Republican president ial nominee is likely to echo strong support for the rights of gun owners across the country. Welcome to a new our fox news like i am a rich edson, hate Mike Prickett bixby working with you im like Emmanuel Eric shawn is on assignment in Arthel Neville is all for the former president is touting himself the best friend and gun owners have ever had in the white house. Heres what he said during a Campaign Rally in minnesota yesterday. I will fully uphold our grades but very under siege the Second Amendment. People legitimately have guns, they love guns that use guns for the right purpose. These are not criminals. They tend to vote very little. And yet they have to vote for us theres no one else to vote for. The democrats want to take the guns away and they will take the guns away. At mr. Trump taking digs at present Biden Gun Policies as he tried to turn min
County. The fire is behind us. The goal is to keep it that way. What you see now is calm compared with what we saw here an hour ago. Lets show you part of what youll be looking at those flames and billowing black smoke from an intentional fire to burn away fuel when the blaze changes direction. This highway section of highway 20 is where the firefighters were making a stand to contain it. They want to keep it south of highway 20, west of highway 16 but that fire has spotted in places. Wind is part of the problem. The extremely dry fuel is another. Here is cal fire spokesman who is not making predictions about that wind and the fuel and what they might do. Were starting to see the fire activity pick up. Its hard to speculate. This has been a very dynamic fire for us simply because this area doesnt have any fire history for the most part. Reporter when you say no fire history what does that mean mean . It has not burned in some of these areas, so the vegetation and the brush very very de
Reporter the nra supported trumps statement. In a Bizarre Campaign mateens father was there at a rally. He says hes a loyal democrat. Why shay should be surprised . I love the united states. And ive been living here for a long time. Reporter mateen says he was invited to the rally. He couldnt say if the campaign reached out to him or if the invitation was part of a mass email. Keep up with all the election news from campaign 2016 at cbsdenver. Com. More breaking news. Copter 4 over a pretty big brush fire in Arapahoe County near straz burg. 100 strasburg. 100 acres have burned but no structures. Heavy clouds building over the metro area. Do they hold any rain for a change . Justin is live in jeffersonou that grass fire reminds us we badly need the moisture reporter it looks like were only going to see it in isolated areas in the foothills. A lot of this is crispy, dry, and susceptible to burning. Great skies with the rain hopefully producing a lot rain than lightning. But we have seen
Meteorologist vicki graf is in Severe Weather center 9. Vicki, another nice weekend ahead. Reporter that is right we will keep lots of sunshine around. Its a clear start to the day and a little bit on the cooler side. If you are heading out early that jacket. Most neighborhoods below freezing right now. By 7 00 this morning, sunrise 7 00. 20s. A lot of sunshine expected today. Still going to be a little cool for this time of year though. Highs getting into the mid 50s. That is all thanks to a west, south westerly wind. Im tracking a major warmup getting under way. That is coming up ahead. Starting in less than an hour South Carolina voters will head to the polls for the democratic primary. Right now Hillary Clinton has a commanding lead over candidate Bernie Sanders in the state. Elsa gillless explains the strategy the two were using to we are down to two very strong candidates. Reporter and all voters agree. It will be a quick one. Im tied between the two. Reporter professor of Politi