AND
AND WILL
AND WILL BE RETESTED IN THE COMING DAYS MAYBE GET A SMALL TURKEY THIS YEAR AND
CELEBRATE WITH JUST THOSE YOU
LIVE WITH.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN ALL BE
TOGETHER AGAIN.
I KNOW THIS IS HARD.
I KNOW YOU HATE THIS.
I HATE THIS.
AND THIS MORNING, DEBORAH ,
MAYOR MICHAEL HANCOCK IS WAKING
UP IN A DIFFERENT STATE WITH
HIS FAMILY AFTER LIKE YOU'VE
JUST HEARD REPEATEDLY TELLING
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO
STAY HOME THIS HOLIDAY.
ALI LEVINE IS FOLLOWING STORY
FOR US THIS MORNING.
ALI, YOU GET YOU JUST GET
ONLINE AND YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE
ARE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE
MAD BUT I WOULD SAY THAT'S EVEN
AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
YET THE REACTION HERE IS NOT
GREAT THIS MORNING IN JORDAN.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT
HYPOCRITICAL.
THEY'RE CALLING IT A DO AS
I SAY, NOT AS I DO APPROACH.
AND IT'S KIND
OF UNDERSTANDABLE.
I MEAN A LOT THESE PEOPLE HAVE
TAKEN THE MAYOR'S ADVICE, YOU
KNOW, FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS HE
HAS REALLY BEEN URGING PEOPLE
TO NOT SPEND THANKSGIVING WITH
FAMILY TO STAY HOME, TO SPEND
IT ALONE OR WITH THEIR
IMMEDIATE HOUSEHOLD.
THERE'S EVEN ACTUALLY YOU KNOW,
WE'RE JUST REALLY NEAR COLFAX
RIGHT HERE AND KIND OF JUST
AROUND THE CORNER AT BASTIAN'S
ON COLFAX THERE'S A MARQUEE
THAT READS ENJOY YOUR TRIP.
MAYORHANCOCK IN THAT REALLY
KIND OF CHEEKY WAY THERE.
AND AS I SAID, IT'S A TOUGH
PILL TO FOLLOW FOR ALL OF THOSE
FOLKS.
SO ON FRIDAY MAYORHANCOCK
HANKUK PRACTICALLY BEGGED THAT
PEOPLE DENVERS TO STAY HOME.
YESTERDAY MORNING HE TWEETED
OUT ANOTHER REMINDER THE SAME
MORNING HE GOT ON A PLANE TO
MISISSIPPI TO SEE HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER.
A LOT OF DENVERITE HATE HEEDED
HIS WARNINGS OVER THE PAST FEW
WEEKS AND THEY AREN'T SEEING
THEIR FAMILY.
NOT ONLY IS THIS DISAPPOINTING
FOR THEM, BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT
HARDER FOR SOME FOLKS TO TRUST
HIS ADVICE ON THE PANDEMIC
MOVING FORWARD.
AND IT'LL BE A LOT HARDER TO
TRUST WHEN HE ADVISES TOWARDS
US SINCE HE IS TELLING US TO DO
ONE THING AND THEN DOING
THE OTHER.
I THINK IT'S MADE IT A WHOLE
LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SAY
I'M GOING TO DISREGARD THAT
ADVICE TO SAY WELL IF HE'S NOT
GOING TO DO IT EITHER IT'S NOT
THAT BIG OF A DEAL LIKE WE'RE
BEING LED TO BELIEVE.
SO IN A STATEMENT RELEASED LAST
NIGHT, THE MAYOR APOLOGIZED TO
DENVER.
HE SAID HIS DECISION TO TRAVEL
WAS QUOTE BORN OF MY HEART, NOT
OF MY HEAD.
AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I THINK
THAT PLENTY OF PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY WANTS
TO SEE THEIR FAMILY AGAIN.
JORDAN, THERE IS STILL KIND
OF THAT ANGER THERE AND OTHER
PEOPLE DID IGNORE THEIR HEARTS
AND THEY MADE THE DECISION WITH
THEIR HEAD.
ONCE AGAIN, LISTENING TO WHAT
MAYORHANCOCK AND PLENTY
OF OTHER POLITICIANS PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
TELLING THEM FOR WEEKS NOW
WHICH IS TO STAY HOME AND AVOID
THOSE GATHERINGS SO THAT
COLORADO AND DENVER CAN JUST
TRY TO GET A HOLD ON THESE
RISING CASE COUNTIS THAT WE'VE
BEEN SEEING FOR A WHILE NOW AND
I DO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE
ASKED GOVERNOR POLUS ABOUT THIS
YESTERDAY MAYORHANCOCK APPEARED
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH HIM
NOT TOO LONG TO GO.
AND YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR SAID
THAT HE HASN'T REALLY DISCUSSED
ANY TRAVEL PLANS WITH
MAYORHANCOCK.
WE KNOW THAT EARLIER AT LEAST
HE WAS PLANNING TO THE GOVERNOR
WAS PLANNING TO SPEND HIS
THANKSGIVING WITH JUST HIS
PARTNER AND HIS KIDS.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY
TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED THERE
BECAUSE SO MANY COLORADANS THEY
TOOK THIS ADVICE.
THEY TOOK THIS WARNING OF NOT
TO TRAVEL IF THAT'S GOING TO BE
WHAT HELPS OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS
KEEP YOU KNOW, AT A MANAGEABLE
LEVEL THERE FOR US TO GET THAT
HELP.
THEY TOOK THAT ADVICE THEY
IGNORED LIKE THERE LIKE WHAT
YOU MENTIONED THEIR HEARTS AND
WENT WITH THE ADVICE IN THEIR
HEAD TO STAY AWAY.
AND NOW THE QUESTION IS IF
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
HEED THE ADVICE OF SOMEBODY WHO
CLEARLY DOESN'T TAKE THEIR OWN
ALI.
YEAH.
ALI. YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU
HEARD THOSE FOLKS HAVE THAT
REACTION LAST NIGHT.
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IS
WONDERING HOW DO YOU MOVE
FORWARD FROM THIS BECAUSE
PEOPLE HERE IN DENVER REALLY
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT IS
HEARTBREAKING TO SPEND
THANKSGIVING ALONE TO CANCEL
PLANS WITH FAMILY AND TO NOT
GET TO SEE THEIR LOVED