Washington is a lot quieter this
morning after a night of applause,
Boos and even some heckling at
the state of the Union address,
President Joe Biden pushed for unity between
parties on issues like police reform,
climate change, and the economy.
He also called for an expansion
of the child tax credit,
which would give more money
to family with young kids.
At one point,
President Biden directly called out
Republicans who have proposed cuts
to Social Security and Medicare,
and that didn't go over too
well with Republicans.
I'm not politely not naming them,
but it's being proposed by some of you.
Look. Folks. So folks,
as we all apparently agree.
Social Security and Medicare is
off the off the books now, right?
They're not gonna be fine.
Alright, now, according to
a poll from CNN and SSRS,
which is the report server database,
72% of people who watched the state of the
Union came away with a positive reaction.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee
Sanders gave the rebuttal for the GOP.
She said President Biden failed at making
things like gas and groceries more
affordable and called for new leadership.
It was President Biden's second state
of the Union address as president.
For others in the room,
it was their first address of this kind.
Darius Johnson joins us in studio and Darius.
This was a really big night for one
lawmaker from right here in Colorado.
Hey there, Jordan and Cory,
good morning to you both.
Colorado's first Latina representative,
Democrat Yadira Caraveo,
had a chance to be present for
the president's first state of
the Union for the first time,
or her first time being there for
his second state of the Union.
She wanted to hear the president tackled
the rising cost of living and feels
there isn't an urgent need to lower
cost to help small business owners
as well as working class families.
Take a listen.
For too
long now, small businesses and hard
working families have been struggling
with high costs and supply chain issues
that are hurting their bottom line.
As the first congresswoman to represent
Colorado's 8th Congressional District,
I'm focusing my work on finding common
sense solutions that will bring
down costs and help our community.
Now, the president did say he has
a plan for job creation and that
inflation is starting to come down,
but it's not coming down fast enough now.
Many Colorado leaders in attendance.
A chance to bring a guest caraveo brought a
Latino a Latina business owner, Liliana Soto,
who lives in Commerce City and runs LA Dos.
Americas Democratic Representative
Jason Crow brought Richard Fiero.
That's the veteran who stopped who
helped to stop the mass shooter
at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
His daughter, his daughter's boyfriend,
was sadly one of the five killed that night.
And Democrat Joe Neguse brought
Ellen Mahoney, whose husband, Kevin,
was killed in the shooting at the
Boulder King Soopers just years ago.
It was definitely a night where
Coloradans continue to highlight those
who are right here in our community who
are definitely experiencing moments
of triumph or moments of tragedy.
Jordan
and Cory yeah, certainly a lot was
said last night and we're going to be
unpacking it throughout the morning.
Darius, we appreciate your reporting.
Well, this morning, search and rescue
teams from nearly 30 countries are
helping to look for people trapped in the
rubble after the earthquake in Turkey.
In Syria, it's becoming one of the
deadliest earthquakes in decades.
We now know that more than 1000 people.
Have sadly died this time yesterday.
That number was 5000.
First responders in Colorado understand
many of the challenges, though.
Search crews are going through
desperately searching for life
and fighting brutal cold. It's
just terrible.
And we talked to a leader with
Colorado Task Force One about what's
happening in Turkey and Syria.
While the task force doesn't
respond to international disasters,
they have plenty of experience
with search and rescues in the US.
They tell us the buildings in that part of
the world make rescues even more difficult.
That you need.
You've seen the pictures of you
know concrete and and collapsed
buildings and void spaces.
All those things take specialized
equipment to be able to search
through and and and and manage and
then also working through all the
logistics for how to transport you know
injured people and things like that.
The buildings in that region are also
old brick buildings, which don't
hold up well in natural disasters.
Right now, a group of Coloradans
is helping gather supplies to
send to earthquake survivors.
The Turkish American Cultural
Society of Colorado set up
collection sites around the state,
including this one on
Monaco Parkway in Denver.
The group is looking for warm clothes,
tents as well as hygiene products.
They're planning to pick up the
first wave of donations tomorrow
to start sorting through it all,
we have a full list of locations
on our website.
For those of you who would like to donate,
you'll find it in this article.
On 9news.com
it's 607 right now.
Millions of people now know that CPR
saved NFL player Damar Hamlin's life.
But the American Heart Association says
as many as 70% of Americans would feel
helpless during a cardiac emergency.
That has inspired a bill that's
making its way through the
Colorado legislature right now.
The bipartisan bill calls for CPR and
defibrillator training to be taught
in high schools across the state.
It unanimously passed the Senate,
but there isn't any specific
funding laid out in the bill.
There would be grants available to help.
School districts that need extra
money to implement it now the
bill goes to the House,
but there isn't a date set yet for it.
A Starbucks in Denver is getting a slap on
the wrist from federal labor regulators
for trying to stop workers from unionizing.
The Starbucks on East Colfax and Milwaukee
joined a nationwide union push last year.
It was the first Denver location to organize,
but employees told an administrative
law judge in August that the store
management threatened employees,
interrogated potential union
supporters and fired an employee
who was part of the union effort.
A judge ruled earlier this week that
the Starbucks has to stop union busting
and reinstate the fired employee.
The National Labor Relations Board will
take up a few more cases involving
Colorado locations later this year.
And after a nice day,
we have a cold front headed our way.
Maybe a little snow overnight.
What does the weekend look like though?
Everything clears out 57
degrees for your Saturday,
with partly cloudy skies,
more clouds and sunshine on your Sunday,
and a bit cooler,
but still above normal at 49 degrees.