brushfires hit boulder county and smoke was seen for miles in colorado springs. and they are now building a perimeter to keep that from spreading. thank you for joining us. we have team coverage for you tonight. and in jefferson county, crews stopped another fire. and people be moving from wind to snow. that's exactly what i am doing right now, not much going on over the front range. as we put this in motion you can see we do have wind continuing. boulder has 59 mile-per-hour dusts at 6:30 tomorrow morning. then we jump to the 30s. it is all ahead of that system pushing our way and everything comes down by sunday. let's go to 4:00 on the hour by hour and you can see how the

sunday. wait until you see monday and tuesday. although moisture is moving our way and pushing snow showers into the area and prompting a winter storm warning. and winter storm advisories for up to 2 feet of snow in the purple shaded area period. >> reporter: and here at the bottom of cold creek canyon we have seen when speed up to 11 miles per hour which is enough to get wind turbines spinning. conditions were windy in louisville when a grass fire started there before noon. it broke out just east of monarch high school and it burned through 5 acres. they shut down 96th street as

blaze. investigation but the wind did not help. >> it has been windy and the spread of the fire. please be cautious with any start. >> reporter: recent high wind and temperatures have dried out the grasses and drive you was make for a prime condition for fire to spread. the avalanche danger is now a big concern in the high country. workers were actually doing fieldwork on red mountain pass when they witnessed a skier trigger a slide next to them. a big slide around 300 feet wide and 7 feet deep and experts are urging backcountry skiers to sais - - stay safe. a pair of flights are

fence at dia period and a while. >> reporter: it was a crazy scene and that's exactly help people described it, and it was one that was crazy but came to an end quickly because police work fast to grab that man jumped the fence and went into the field. a man ran into this donor rental - - donor rental and tried to steal a car after an altercation . >> he ran across 78 and jumped the fence into the airport. >> reporter: other employees saw him get over the fence and even hit his head. denver police say he has been transported to the hospital for medical evaluation. after that he was swarmed. the flight was delayed for

suspect seemed intoxicated - - intoxicated. >> it's a very stupid idea to jump the fence into the airport. >> they worked closely with the faa to shut down the runway. it is back up and running and everything here is back to normal. police say a 25-year-old suffocated but there is no word on how it happened. firefighters found her body in vienna. she was found facedown on a mattress with all of the labels burned out. chef investigators say the man on the surveillance video

had been at her home earlier in the day. he and several others went back to the home leader and the attack occurred. the victim has serious injuries. new developments regarding a pair of students accused of making a threat in highlands ranch. both girls are being charged as adults and one was back in court today with new - - with new lawyers. >> reporter: the new defense team continues to argue that they need more time to sift through what they call copious amounts of material. they also suggest you have at the judge agreed. there is no discussion today about her bond but attorneys did set a date for a reverse transfer hearing, which will be a critical point

they are trying to get her case transferred to juvenile court. she is being charged as an adult facing two felonies. one for first-degree murder and the second for conspiring to commit first-degree murder after deliberation. they were arrested after somebody texted each applying. they allegedly had plans to kill students and staff in highlands ranch. the preliminary hearing is going to happen over three days in late may. brooke higgins remains in custody on bond. and update on the jefferson county sheriffs deputy shot and wounded while off duty. he is in intensive care after a second surgery on wednesday. he is doing well but they do predict long recovery.

he fired back and hit a man who was arrested shortly after and now there is a reward for information leading to the second suspect. the number of concussions in the nfl hit a five-year high and the league says there has been 271 can - - concussions the season, up 31% from last season. and members of congress what to investigate head injuries. sean is at sports authority field and it's not the first time congress has weighed in on the issue. >> reporter: they have held a pair of hearings in the last six years which has resulted in changes. uncles had - - fans have seen three players suffer from concussions this season alone. >> head trauma shocks the brain and turns you into something else. >> reporter: concussion is hitting the theaters and

investigations into weather or not the nfl is doing enough to prevent this. >> we want to make sure these players are not suffering lifetime damages. >> reporter: she sits on the subcommittee that will conduct the probe . >> we cannot sweep this under the rug and that was done for a very long time in the nfl. >> reporter: the move comes five years after colorado passed a law named after a field. the act requires them to receive training on signs of concussion. the nfl has also made changes but critics say it is not enough, pointing to another quarterback as proof. in november he was hit so hard that he could barely get to his feet and yet stayed on the field. the leak is under fire after espn reported that he had backed out of a grant to study

and it was awarded to a a neurologist critical of the nfl. >> often by doing an investigation we learned that the people we are bringing in will make their own rules. >> after a congressional hearing in 2009, the released guidelines on when a player can return after suffering concussion. they will also look at head injuries in youth sports and military. coming up at 10:00, a look at what the nfl is doing to make the games ever. a new study is revealing the life-saving benefits of breast-feeding for mother and child. and a look outside, and green is in the weather center cracking a good-sized storm. - - tracking a a good-sized storm.

it is coming in waves. afternoon, northeastern colorado blanketed by snow, and the forecast shows what happens before we get here. >> is negative of the broncos being back, you know we have to week. later in sports players say a lot has changed since the seahawks debacle. >> check out the crowds at the panthers super bowl pep rally. and thousands of fans in denver are going to try to do them one better this weekend. our broncos probably is this sunday.

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the white truck is driven by the groups spokesperson. he swerved to avoid a robot - - roadblock and hits an agent and gets out with his arms up and reaches into his jacket pocket and he is shot and killed. new committee movement toward the inside right panel of his jacket where there was located a load - - a loaded pistol. we did everything that we could to bring this to peaceful resolution. >> 11 of the occupiers have been arrested and four of them are still holding out demanding more local control over federal land. in the latest on camp in 2016, candidates are making the final push in iowa where the state caucus on monday could mean life or death for some campaigns. to crews tried to grab the spotlight after donald trump

ted cruz is a close second behind trump with marco rubio surging in the polls. >> i beat them and they know it. >> i did something that was very risky and i think it turned out great. i'm getting more publicity, you know? >> the polls show hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a tight race. the benefits of breast- feeding may be even greater than we thought. more than 1 million lives and williams of dollars in healthcare costs could be saved every year if more kids were breast-fed for at least 12 months. dave has - - has been studying up on this. what do you think? >> a simple and strong message, breastmilk makes the world healthier and smarter. this is a big report coming from the medical journal that analyze more than 1300 studies

and the message is simple. when it comes to babies and milk, breast is best. researchers broke it down into economic and global offense. but what are the practical things found in the report that are important for you? let's look at kids first. babies who are breast-fed have fewer infections in childhood including ear infection, cold, and asthma. and a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome. less instance of obesity as they grow older and a lower risk of diabetes and cancer. but mothers benefit as well. women who breast-feed have lower cancer. why is it so good? it has tons of antibodies that boost immunity and brain health. today's formula is good but it

not all women can breast-feed and there are a lot of reasons why but if you can for at least one year, there are big benefits. it is very interesting how the united states has one of the lowest needs of breast-feeding of the world and less than one in five are breast-fed for a full year. what's more interesting is in 1950 you would have expected it to be hired, but it was one in 10 back then. there is a cycle to this whole thing. good report. >> thank you for sorting it out. very interesting forecasts as well with ed green. >> a lot of changes after sunshine with temperatures getting near 60 degrees again. we've got rain, snow, clouds, and cooler air moving in as well.

colorado and we've got a little snow here and snow shower activity, rain or snow showers out east and then we catch a break with another surge of moisture pushing into the area and there it is over colorado. this is monday and we have clear skies southeast and then more snow into northeastern colorado late in the day and that's only around 2:00. we continue got into tuesday. it winter storm warning and advisory for up to 2 feet of snow. take a look at the accumulations that we have from the front range and into the metro. one model shows around 18 inches of snow and here is another model at the same time and same area. we are closer to this.

different divergent models. our highs are pleasant today. high. 53 and 46 right now. 40% humidity and a falling barometer. breckenridge. they have a sculpture contest going on. these things are impressive. and rick and kim sent this from sunrise. temperatures are mostly in the 20s and 30s, single digits teens and 20s out west. and tomorrow, another mild day over the eastern plains. look at the cool air seeping in from the north. 50s and 60s are closing in in

30s and 40s out west. tonight clear skies with 33 as the overnight low. 61 and 58 will be the high and for the next several days, 57 on sunday, 31 and 28 on wednesday. we had snow coming in and coming into tuesday. >> a major event, it could be.

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i know what we have to do. >> for the panthers, this is their second trip. panthers aren't exactly near the top of the list. they don't have the added appeal of the packers team. but the packers say it's okay, they are only after one thing. >> we are not here for interviews were spotlight. we are on a mission and that is to win. they have this thing called the curtain of distraction.

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>> pelley: the e-mail controversy began last year when we learned that hillary clinton used an unsecured home server for official e-mails while secretary of state. the state department is releasing the e-mails, but today, it said that after review, 22 of them contained top secret information. the state department says the e- mails were not labeled classified back when they were sent, but today's revelation raises questions about clinton's decision to use her private system for public business. it is the last thing she needs three days before iowa. nancy cordes is with clinton tonight on the campaign trail. >> hello, everybody! >> reporter: just before clinton took the stage in dubuque, state department spokesman john kirby announced that seven e-mail chains from her private account, totaling 37 pages, were being upgraded to top secret. >> in consultation with the

making this upgrade, and we believe it's the prudent, responsible thing to do. >> reporter: top secret is one of the highest levels of classification, reserved for material that, if released, would cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. the e-mails resided on clinton's private server at her home in chappaqua, new york, for years, until she turned over 55,000 pages at the department's request. >> i did not e-mail any classified material to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified material. >> reporter: in a statement today, her campaign called the move "over-classification run amok," "the result of bureaucratic infighting," arguing, "in at least one case the e-mails appear to involve information from a published news article." kirby would not share the topic of the e-mails or whether clinton was the sender or receiver. >> i'm not going to get into debating or discussing

on the campaign trail. >> reporter: he said the e-mails will be withheld from public view and not blacked out piecemeal, like hundreds of other clinton e-mails that have already been released. the clinton campaign argues these e-mails should be released, at least in part, but an intelligence official tells cbs news that some of the information in them is so sensitive, scott, that clinton and her aides should have known never to discuss it over an unsecured system in the first place. >> pelley: nancy cordes on the road in iowa. nancy, thank you. now to the republicans. 12.5 million people watched last night's trump-less republican debate. that is the second smallest audience for a g.o.p. debate this season. nearly four million watched donald trump's counter-event. and here's major garrett. >> you have to stick up for your rights. ( cheers and applause ) you have to do it. >> reporter: at his event last night, donald trump admitted he wasn't sure if his political

>> is it for me personally a good thing a bad thing? will i get more vote, will i get less votes? nobody knows. nobody knows who the hell knows? >> i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly, and, ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way-- ( laughter ) >> reporter: just miles away at the fox news debate, ted cruz poked fun at the missing g.o.p. front-runner, but he quickly found himself under heavy fire. the central topic-- immigration and the definition of amnesty. senator rand paul. >> he is the king of saying, "oh, you're for amnesty. everybody's for amnesty except for ted cruz." but it's a falseness and that's an authenticity problem. >> reporter: marco rubio, hoping to finish third here, had some of the fiercest clashes with cruz. >> this is the lie that ted's campaign is built on. the truth is, ted, you have been willing to say or do anything to

>> marco meat choice to go the direction of the major donors to support amnesty because he thought it was politically advantageous. >> reporter: trump took a detour to new hampshire, and urged supporters, especially the unemployed to vote. >> get up and vote. i will get rid of your depression. you'll be happy. you'll be happy. >> reporter: iowa's republican governor terry branstad told us today g.o.p. turnout monday night could be 30,000 higher than the previous record. scott, the governor said trump, who has drawn impressive crowds in democratic strongholds here, would likely be the biggest beneficiary. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks, major. john dickerson, sat down with donald trump today for a "face the nation" interview. >> some veterans groups have said that you used the veterans as part of a political stunt, that you were, you know-- >> i haven't even seen that. i haven't seen hat. we were so-- they were so happy last night. we had tremendous numbers of vets. why would they be against raising money in.

idea is you were offended by fox wanted to get-- you know, not be in the debate, and then you concocted the veterans thing kind of as an afterthought. >> i mean i can tell you the vet groups we dealt with are so happy and they will be splitting up $6 million. >> reporter: 22 organizations. wounded warriors is not on the list. why not? >> i saw some stories, i think on cbs, actually, and i think i want to give it a little pause. until we find out whether or not that stuff is correct. i look very carefully as to expenses and what things are costing and how they allocate their money and i like to see nice, low numbers in terms of expense. those numbers were pretty high. >> pelley: and john is joining us now from washington. john, where do these races stand the weekend before the caucuses? let's start with the republicans. >> well, on the republican side, the question is whether donald trump will break yet another rule of politics. iowa is supposed to be a retail state, and ted cruz has campaigned in 99 counties and is following the state-of-the-art science voter turnout.

campaign threw vast rallies and the two are pretty close as we go to the finish line and now we will find out which will pay off. >> pelley: by retail state, we mean going door to door. john, what about the democrats? >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders is the one having the emotional reaction from voters of the kind donald trump is seeing. and iowa democrats love an insurgent candidate, but hillary clinton has been organizing the state vigorously from the start. she wasn't going to be surprised this time the way she was in 2008 by barack obama. but despite all that preparation, there still might be a surprise on caucus day. >> pelley: and you will have the very latest on "face the nation" on sunday. john, thanks. you just heard donald trump mention our cbs news investigation of the wounded warrior project, which exposed lavish spending for parties and conventions. well, today, charity navigator, a national evaluator of charities, put w.w.p. on its

documents have bubbled up in flint, michigan that show state workers were provided bottled water long before the residents were. and here's adriana diaz. >> reporter: a year ago, while flint residents were told their water was safe to drink, despite the taste and foul odor, water coolers were delivered to flint's state office building. newly released e-mails from january, 2015, show that the state was concerned about its employees drinking flint water. the e-mails were sent days after the city told residents the water contained high levels of a by-product from treatment chemicals. the city's notice said, "you do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions." and that the water was drinkable. but the state told its employees in flint that, in a radio interview this afternoon, governor rick snyder addressed the issue of state

>> reporter: we asked flint residents what they thought about the e-mails. >> last when? >> reporter: january. >> january. a year ago? that's sad. very sad. >> reporter: what will it take for to you regain trust in the state? >> wow, i have no idea. i really have no idea. >> reporter: that bad? >> yup. >> reporter: scott, the department that delivered the water coolers to the building behind me told us that the water was for the benefit of both the employees who worked there, as well as flint residents who received services inside. >> pelley: adriana, thanks. now, the main problem in flint was lead contamination, and it turns out that is a concern across the country. in new orleans, water flows through lead pipes that were

and manuel bojorquez is there. >> reporter: rachel depauw says she's done as much as she can to protect her daughters against the dangers of lead, repainting the walls of her 1930s home and trying not to track dirt inside. >> you want to give her a bite, honey? >> reporter: but in 2014, tests showed three-year-old phoebe had nearly three times of level of lead in her blood recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention. depauw had her water and soil tested. >> when you can't count on basic infrastructure like water being safe, i mean what-- that's just scary. >> reporter: water tests in depauw's home confirmed the presence of lead, 8.5 parts per billion, that's still below the that's still below the 15 parts per billion the environmental protection agency considers safe. but scientists like adrienne katner from louisiana state university, questioned the numbers. >> there is no safe level of lead. the evidence is mounting that

on a child, behavioral impacts. >> reporter: the most recent lead testing in new orleans was in 2014. there are 137,000 water customers. the state requires just 53 homes be tested, and only one was found unsafe. but katner says in her independent testing, out of 151 sites so far, she's found 12 with unsafe levels. >> 1,500 miles of water lines. >> reporter: cedric grant is executive director of the city's water board. >> we are doing everything we can with one of the most extensive water quality labs in the south. >> reporter: grant said the water leaves the plant lead- free, but once it exits city pipes it may travel through lead pipes to people's homes. after that, the water quality is left up to the homeowner. >> i am not responsible for what goes from the meter to them. i'm ready to assist. i'm ready to provide information. >> reporter: so it falls on the customer. >> it's the customer's responsibility at that point.

other cities, corrosion-control chemicals are added to the water to try to keep the lead out of homes. and, scott, the e.p.a. is considering a change that would make utilities share the burden with customers of replacing some of the nation's estimated 10 million lead service lines. >> pelley: manuel bojorquez, thank you, manuel. today, we learned that a chicago cop charged with murdering a black teenager may ask that his trial be removed from the city. it has also been revealed that officer jason van dyke's dash- cam was not working that night, and our dean reynolds has found that's happening a lot in chicago. >> reporter: there was something missing from these dashboard videos of fatal police shootings in chicago. there was no sound. and though almost all chicago squad cars have video and audio recorders in the dashboards, an analysis of police maintenance logs by the web site dnainfo chicago, indicates silent tape is not unusual.

disputed by police officials, found microphones stashed in glove boxes, batteries removed, and antennas damaged on purpose. john escalante, the interim superintendent of police says technical problems, or human error can happen at any time. >> but there are other times it's deliberate. people deliberately trying to circumvent the system. >> reporter: in the october 2014 shooting of laquan mcdonald, none of the five cruisers on the scene recorded audio when officer jason van dyke shot mcdonald 16 times. escalante concedes on any given day about 12% of the recorders need to be fixed, but intentional destruction will be met with reprimands or suspension. dean angelo of the police union blames aging equipment and not the cops. >> some of those things have

time and it now come down on the the individual operators of the vehicle and say they've done something to it i think is a bit artreasury. >> reporter: do the officers feel as though the public is breathing down their necks? >> there is some concern that officers don't want to be the next viral video. >> reporter: but their exposure is about to increase. this spring, police in several districts will be wearing new body cameras as part of a pilot program that, if successful, could spread to the whole force. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> pelley: walmart came and then left, leaving a lot of towns without a grocery store. that's coming up when the cbs evening news continues. the cbs evening news continues. eviously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, it's not every day something this big comes along. a chance to live longer with... opdivo, nivolumab. opdivo is the first and only immunotherapy fda approved based on a clinical trial

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here's david begnaud. >> reporter: shopper tabetha snow watched as the front doors to her walmart neighborhood market were could have had last night. >> in the big cities you know there's a grocery store on every corner. they don't get what small town living is like and how important having a grocery store here is. >> reporter: america's biggest private employer is pulling out of whitewright, texas, a year after opening here, leaving this town of 1,700 people without a grocery store for 22 miles. >> they didn't even celebrate a year anniversary, and they're shutting it down. that's crazy. >> reporter: retha thompson has two daughter-in-laws who worked, at this walmart. >> they chose to come here, and then when they put the other grocery store out of business, they want to close down and leave. i'm mad. >> reporter: pettits was the mom and pop grocery for nearly 60 years. it closed nine months after walmart opened here. larry deeds was co-owner.

>> the business. they just quit coming. >> reporter: walmart stole your business. >> yeah. >> reporter: but deeds doesn't lay all the blame at walmart's door. >> walmart didn't make pettits close. you people that quit coming made pettits close. >> reporter: deed says he has no plans to reopen. where are you going to buy your groceries now? >> i don't know. it won't be walmart. i'm done with walmart. >> reporter: scott, the 35 employees who worked here were given two options-- keep your job and relocate to another store, or take a severance. >> pelley: david, thanks. still ahead, steve hartman, but up next, a break in the hunt for three fugitives. our cosmetics line was a hit.

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as they were awaiting trial for violent crimes. surf's up in hawaii. el nino has kicked up some of the biggest waves in 15 years. 40 and 50 footers. wipeout of the week goes to tom dosland. he's nearly eaten by a monster wave at the maui surf spot known as "jaws." you may remember the jaws of a groundhog caught the ear of a small-town mayor last year. well, there's a sequel coming, and it's next.

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don't think of sun prairie, wisconsin. but there's as much passion here as punxsutawney. they've got a wooden woodchuck in the town square. the local bakery sells groundhog cakes. in fact the only thing they're missing is a real groundhog. this was the sun prairie groundhog. you may remember him from last year, when then-mayor jon freund lent him his ear, and he took. >> he says-- that-- uh-- that he, uh-- didn't see a shadow. >> reporter: shortly after chewing his way through the mayor's ear, the sun prairie groundhog chewed his way through a metal cage and escaped. naturally, the town wanted a replacement woodchuck, and who wouldn't, if a woodchuck could be found, which apparently is easier said than done. >> you cannot capture it to exhibit it. >> reporter: ti gauger is sun prairie's groundhog day event

she says they started celebrating here in 1949, using groundhogs they caught. >> been a tradition ever since. >> reporter: now, it's not so easy getting a live groundhog. >> it becomes very complicated. >> reporter: there's more than one license? >> oh, yes, there's more than one type of license. >> reporter: she says you need one from the state, one from the federal government, and if you can't find a certified groundhog breeder in your area. >> so then you would need an import license. >> reporter: the new mayor, a guy named paul esser, says it's hardly worth the effort, and not just because of all the red tape, or because he's concerned about his own ears. he says it's simply not humane to hold up groundhogs like we do. >> yeah, i don't like that. no. >> reporter: his proposal? >> he's a wild animal. >> reporter: to chuck the live woodchuck idea entirely. >> maybe we'll have somebody in a groundhog costume. >> reporter: what about a gerbil? would you have an issue with a gerbil? >> he's domesticated so i wouldn't. >> february 2 isn't gerbil day. it's groundhog day. >> we've got to have a groundhog.

like it. >> reporter: around sun prairie >> it would have to be a groundhog of some sort, wouldn't it? the consensus is clear. what do you think of a groundhog day celebration with no groundhog? >> it would just be winter from thereon. >> reporter: ah... and you were worried about climate change. fortunately, ti did find a loner groundhog for next week's celebration, which gives her a whole other year to find a permanent replacement. >> you shouldn't be doing that with a groundhog. >> reporter: and it gives the mayor time, too. how would you propose celebrating thanksgiving, to find a way to balance on his soapbox. steve hartman, on the road, in sun prairie wisconsin. mayor, any time? >> i have to work on that one a little bit. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. and i'll see you sunday on "60 minutes." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs

media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org snow is coming to denver and chain fees are going to change because of the impending storm. and there's not much going on in the metro area. looking into the fit - - foothills, 40 or around 50 miles