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And i face in the race are not each other. >> are you worried you hurt each other? youre trying to both be in the moderate right wing of the party. you have some different views on certain things, but for the most part youre more alike than different. >> thats true, but we had different lives. his experience is he was a lawyer. super smart. super talented. super committed. but he has been mostly in washington. he spent a few years working in private equity. i was a scientist and i worked profess...

For that, i want to bring in scott maclaine in denver. hes been covering hickenlooper for some time. tell us what his message is for 2020. >> hey, jim. john hickenlooper is undoubtedly an underdog in this race. those who know him say dont count him out just yet. he does not have a lot of national name recognition and a moderate in a party that seems to be moving further and further to the left. hickenlooper is not expected to follow suit. i spoke with his former adviser and speech writer who sai...

He doesnt have much national name recognition. he is not the party establishment choice. he is a moderate candidate in a party that seems to be moving further and further to the left y. asked his former adviser if he has plans to move in that direction more toward the progressive part of the party. he said he cannot imagine it. he cant envision that scenario. he will likely remain close to the center. he says that that should be appealing to a broad base of the party because he thinks that someo...

Climate change. hes from a purple state. hes sort of the anti-politician, not really, hes been a mayor twice and been a governor for two terms. hes got the approach that makes him feel like hes on the outside. >> he was originally a geologist. he ran a brew pub, successful brew pub in denver that still exists. he likes to talk about himself as a entrepreneur, restaurateur, coke bottle, somebody like me can consider doing this. he talks to points to a record of accomplishments. they have things t...

You see it there. northwest part of the state. check this out. four years later, donald trump flipped it. he won erie county, he won pennsylvania, he won counties like that across the rust belt. thats how he got to 270. thats how hes going to be president-elect. thers no better place perhaps to check in. two days ahead of his inauguration. then with nbcs ron mott, he is at, i dont know if im saying this, brewery or brew erie. its a bar in pennsylvania and b, whats the mood there? these are the f...

Successes. abcs bradley blackburn joins us with the story. good morning, bradley. >> good morning. huge growth for microbreweries. sales of craft beer are up this year 15% already and a lot is being sold in growlers, that used to take beer from the tap back home. we tracked down the one brewery where the growler trend got started. these arent any bottles of beer on the wall theyre growlers. these days theyre everywhere. more than a way to carry beer, growlers have carried the craft brewing indus...

>> then the other thing on an exit strategy standpoint, how do you get out of this business? if this is something you want to sell eventually, thats something a buyer is going to ding you for. you have all the different concepts that we are a mexican chain or a brew pub, we have all the different concepts to manage in one area. it could be really difficult to get out of it. it is something the folks who were building these things dont think about, what is the exit strategy. >> it is very local t...

It is tough. >> how do you get out of this business if this is something you want to sell eventually, thats something a buyer is going to ding you for. you have all the different concept that is we are a mexican chain or a brew pub, we have all the different concepts to manage in one area. it could be really difficult to get out of it. it is something the folks who were building these things dont think about, the exit strategy. >> it is very local to this one area. you are thinking about expansi...

Seasons brewery in atlanta, theyve been preparing for the perfect pour. >> here we go. >> reporter: the master brewer gave me the honor of tapping the very first keg. >> not only does it make the beer better, its green oriented. >> reporter: when you think of green beer, people think of that stuff you have on st. patricks day or the six pack you leave in a hot car. what does green beer mean here? >> it means something different than saint pattys day stuff. beer that is main with pure, pristine r...