I’m back out in the field. Day 4 of protest in Denver. I’ll tweet what I see.

Hello from the Colorado Convention Center in empty downtown Denver. Workers are now preparing this building to be used as an emergency hospital. Soon the governor will hold a press conference and then we will tour the hospital area. I’ll tweet what we see/hear. There are 300 people working to build this emergency hospital at the Colorado Convention Center, Polis says. Work began 48 hours ago.

"This building is extremely well-situated, because it normally has construction and teardown on a regular basis," Polis says.

In a few minutes, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will deliver a special statewide address about the coronavirus and the state's response. I'll thread highlights here. Polis: "I know many of you watching this evening are distressed, frustrated angry, not just because we're stuck inside, but because we're unsure of what the future holds."

Call this "surreal" and a "cruel joke."

We’ll get an update on coronavirus and the state’s response any minute from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. I’ll thread here. Gov. Polis says Colorado is now up to 72 positive cases of coronavirus. At least four are evidence of community spread, Polis says. Community spread confirmed in Denver area. 3 people in Colorado are in critical condition, Polis says.

Colorado passes Amendment A and officially, finally, in 2018, once-and-for-all, bans slavery in this state. Note that 35 percent of Colorado voters are opposing Amendment A, which bans slavery. One third of the state.