ten years and many instances of sexual assault or rape. >> our jennifer brice, live right now and the jen, the supporters say the change would help more victims come forward. >>reporter: and there are a lot of supporters in that hearing right now, a hearing that is still going on and a hearing that comes with a tremendous amount of emotional testimony, jim and karen, now, the goal of the two bills being introduced today is to a boll lish the 10 year limitation or extend it to 20 years. including two of the accusers, in the bill cosby case. coloradoans beth and heidi thomas are among 58 women claiming they were sexual assaulted by comedian bill cosby, the women are inspiration for state representatives who want to ensure future rape crimes don't go unpunished because too much time had passed.

to go and report my sexual assault because of the power of bill cosby. >> 32 years ago, at the time, i felt very alone. no one would have believed that mr. jell-o pudding pop, mr. doctor -- was capable of rape and sexual assault. >>reporter: the two women have been working with representative rhonda fields who is sponsoring two bills in committee to extend the time frame a victim can file sexual assault charges without dna evidence. one bill aims to a bollish colorado's current ten year limitation and the other to extend it. >> i prefer to a boll lish the statute of limitation, but if that bill is unsuccessful, then we have another shot. and that shot is to move forward with the cap of 20 years. >>reporter: they say that sex assault victims often need time to feel safe about coming forward with their story.

were paralyzed by fear and people not believing them, because of cosby's high profile career. >> so i stayed silent. and then i found out i was noot loan. but it took -- was not alone, but it took 30 years. >>reporter: and i do want to mention that the state of nevada has recently changed its limitations from 4 years to 20, putting a cap at 20. and meanwhile, 16 other states don't have any limitations at all. capitol to move forward. first on 4:00 tonight, we have learned federal investigators have taken over the swedish hospital case, of stolen drugs, thousands of people have been told they need to be tested for the hiv virus and hepatitis. switched. cbs4 investigator rick sallinger in the newsroom tonight with the new information, rick.

police tells me that his sdpt no longer -- department is no longer involved in the investigation, it was turned over yesterday to the fbi. it was january 22nd when a syringe labelled fentanyl was removed and replaced with another one. rocky allen tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana. the state commission of professions and occupations had allen's license suspended. patients who had surgery done at swedish were notified to be tested to see if they had been affected by contaminated needles. so far, there's no word that anyone had. you may remember, a rose medical center employee kristen parker's investigation was also handled by the fda and dea, she pleaded guilty in 2009, switching needles to obtain fentanyl from an operating room and the case

convicted of stealing painkillers and replacing them with say lean solution. as for rocky allen, and the swedish hospital investigation, stay tuned, he has not been charged, there could be further developments soon. karen. >> rick, thank you. now, to the latest on the death of that 6 yold boy in arapahoe -- 6-year-old boy in arapahoe county, the coroner has ruled his death a homicide. deputies discovered his body yesterday in an apartment. himself. so far, there have been no and an arapahoe county deputy injured while driving to the scene wednesday, deputy bill foreman, jr., was driving with his light asks sirens on when he was hit by a pickup truck. condition. the driver of that careless driving. the blood center has set up a

>> the woman accused of cutting woman's woem. she's accused of attacking michele wilkins last year after wilkins responded to a craigs list ad for baby clothes. today, 300 potential jurors were summoned to the boulder county courthouse to fill out written questionnaire, the trial could start wednesday. right now, investigators trying to nail down what started a fire that heavily damaged a home in douglas county. overhead this morning, as that home was fully engulfed in flames. it happened in the perry park development, that's in larkspur, south of castle rock, tonight, jaimie leery us the obstacles they had to overcome at the scene. >>reporter: it took 6 different agencies to put the fire out. the fire is out at this poiblt, this morning, the crew face

>> we've got some tender trucks that are staged behind me, only a couple that can go in at the same time. another water truck, so that does slow the process a little bit because it is a narrow roadway. >>reporter: the fire was called in around 7:11 in the morning, it didn't take long before she watched the roof collapse on to the first floor. nobody was home at the time and two dogs. firefighters spent a majority of the morning shuttling water between the home and a fire hydrant located near larkspur. the cause of the fire remains under investigation, but officials say it doesn't appear to be suspicious. near larkspur, jamie leary, cbs4 news. campaign tuition news, the democratic presidential candidates preparing to face off in another debate tonight. >> the debate will be on pbs at 7:00 o'clock our time, the university of wisconsin's

specialist shaun boyd will be watching intently. bernie sanders hoping to --. >>reporter: come teared to the republican race, this has been a sleepy affair until now. after bernie sanders staggering double digit defeat of clinton in new hampshire, this debate should be combat i. in his victory speech tuesday, sanders said, clinton has thrown everything but the kitchen sink at me and i have a feeling that's coming. watch for it tonight. it is the last at the bait, before not only the nevada caucuses and south carolina pry mashgs but super tuesday -- primary but super tuesday. favorable to clinton. sanld rs will need to make an aggressive appeal tonight to african-american and latino voters. look for clinton to make a case for the millennial vote tonight. she lost it by a 5-1 margin in new hampshire. it is a crucial voting block. i think that this debate tonight will be the most feisty yet in

stay tuned. >> we'll look fwoord it, thanks, shaun. >> we'll look for kitchen sink and stay low. both democratic candidates to visit colorado l this saturday, of course, look for coverage on cbs4, and cbsdenver.com. now, the next debate for the republican candidates coming up saturday night. you can watch that right here on cbs4 at 7:00 o'clock. another day of temperatures in the 60s around the metro area, and while many of us are enjoying this unseasonably warm temperature, it has us wondering how long before our snow pack takes a hit. meteorologist justin mcheffey joins us now and the upside is we have had a wet winter so far. >> snowstorms in the second half of january have carried us into the first half of february, which has been on the dry side, but i'm happy to say the numbers are still high. here's a look at the statewide snow pack, average, if you take all drainage basins and put them together, the average is 111% of normal, so more than we normally have by this time in the winter season.

river basin, 110% of normal, way down in the southwest, the san juan and dolores river basin, 120% of normal. the north platt river basin, north-central colorado, 98% of normal. that's the only drainage basin under a 100%. that's on the high side. the temperatures across the state, it was a mild day right here in denver, we hit a temperature of 65 degrees. but places like gunnison, colorado, take a look. 16 above 0 right now. and they have not made it out of the teens today. so obviously, a big temperature contrast depending on where you live. all right. ed greene, i've got to a nice mild days like this hard to complain about. a little bit breezy, is there any moisture coming our way. >> it's the same old story, you can see dry conditions in the west, in the east, we e have lots of snow -- we have lots of snow and that will continue. i'll tell you for how long, coming up. also, coming up, many people hope their vacations never end,

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new developments now, that nightmare vacation is finally over. for thousands of cruise ship passengers, royal caribbean's anthem of the seas returned to new jersey last night, after running into a massive storm in route to the caribbean. the 4500 passengers had to hunker down in their cabins longer than 12 hour, while 30 feet waves and 100 mile an hour winds pounded the ship. the week-long trip was cut short and the passengers were more than happy to be home. >> trapped in our room for 17 hours, like on a roller coaster

>> the crew and captain were great. >> horrible. don't want to talk about it. >> royal caribbean did give everyone a full refund, plus half off a future cruise. the coast guard and the ntsb are checking the ship for damage, before it's next voyage. in tonight's health watch, an aurora researcher is featured in the journal of sign after making a major discovery in the battle against diep type one diabetes. -- type one diabetes. >>reporter: years of working in the lab, are paying off for thomas delong. >> we've been studying, type one diabetes. >>reporter: t cells destroy insulin producing cells, type one diabetes. at the long can his team have found one reason why the t cells attack the healthy cells.

>> because the immune system sees that, and thinks it's something that may be foreign because it's never seen that before. it starts to attack. >>reporter: effectively killing the cells the body needs to produce insulin. delong's research is funded by the american diabetes association's pathways to stopping diabetes program. the five-year grant is highly competitive, and delong is the only one in colorado to win it. >> but the ada at the same time, helpss me to give me a little breathing space. >>reporter: he has breathing space, but also highly motivated. a glucose monitor tracks his own. >> why this has happened to me, why does my immune system turn against me. >>reporter: now, he has an answer and a place to start in stopping diabetes. >> if we are trying to find a cure for die weets, we have to

find a way to keep the immune system from attacking. >>reporter: that's the next big challenge facing this university of colorado researcher. cbs4 news. delong's break through comes at an exciting time in diabetes research, scientists recently grew new insulin producing decrees from stem cells. pretty fascinating. well, third fwraders at jefferson academy in broomfield are spreading the love ahead of valentine's day. >> they're doing it with the help of patients living with dementia. they teamed up with the residents at the green ridge today. they worked together to decorate cards for the kids families. the staffers at green ridge say the residents really light up when they get to spend some time with the kids. what a great day, huh, ed? >> really great story to see. talking about great stories, look at this, noft much going on once again -- not much going on once again, we were just 2 degrees cooler, so another very pleasant day with high clouds

about it. the same situation. you can see the dry in the west. in the east, you can see the cold and snow although high pressure has kept this front from going to the south. they're starting to warm up over the southeastern sections of the u.s.. this situation where we're locked into a high pressure over here in the west, could continue to almost the end of the month. that's how dry and mild it's going to be around here for the next several weeks. you can see that cool air coming down, but now down to the south, you can see the temperatures bringing the gulf into the 70s, still very cold in the east, single digits, teens and 20ss, but warm weather over the december seshths 84 and 85 in phoenix, pushing warm air in our area. 67 albuquerque. 60 in billings. but look at over the other side of the front, we're at 64. lincoln, 29 degrees. there it is, 64 and 65 today after starts of 29 and 35. 45 and 18 would be normal. 73 and 20 below are the records. 62 now downtown.

look at the airport, they dropped to 47 degrees. east at 14 for the winds. 48% humidity, a rising barometer. a nice shot from amy greenburg, they were flying over the continental divide with plenty of snow. flying over snow, here's from larry pierce, matt is on the super pipe up at steamboat, and matt just won a gold medal at the x-games. then we have a couple of great sun sets for you. from dave, in windsor, this one from evergreen, and this one from wilcox, this is from kiowa. as we take a look at the temperatures tonight, mostly in the 20s and 30s over the eastern plain, single digits and teens above and below the 0 mark for the higher elevations. then tomorrow, we have another kind of a cool day around here, cooler than today, but warmer than normal. 40s 50s. 20s, 30s, 40s for the high country, 40s to 50 degrees out west.

goes this way, for tonight, partly cloudy skies, 35 and 32 are the overnight lows. tomorrow, partly sunny, right around that 60-degree mark and as we take a look at the next five days, 62 on saturday, sunday, we're at 57. president's day, 58. and then tuesday, 63 degrees. >> could you get to the 70s? come on. >> close. quite the mixup at an air jail, deputies mistakenly set the wrong man free. how could that happen? it was a surprisingly simple mistake that cbs4 investigator brian maass unravels. >>reporter: he is ron chavez, and he's ron chavez. and the wrong ron chavez went free. >> i just complied with everything that they told me, just walked right out the door. >>reporter: only problem was, he bars. so how can this happen we're looking into this and how had name game took a wrong turn? >> they just got the wrong

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loss and came in and beat them 3-1. power plays deserted them, the avs know as they hit the road, they better turn the game around and do it quickly. >> we have to start winning, played like crap at home, and you know, we want to be there at the end, we have to win games. >> all right. i've seen a few basketball games in my life, but not many like the one at csu last night. boise state and the rams battling down to the wire, csu could have won it if phil daniels could have hit the lay up at the buzzer. still tied. 0.8 of a second left to go. it looked like boise won the game on this miracle shot. >> yes! >> well, hold everything. officials ultimately determined the clock had not started on time, boise had gotten 1.2 seconds rather than 0.8, they

the game into an overtime, and csu finally prevailed. crazy game. apparent the apparent game count. >> did you guys think that's the >>? of course, great call. >> daniels. >> oh, yeah. >> the mountain west conference agreed, the officials made the correct call. [baby crying] whatever the reason valentine manage the side effects of this wonderful thing we call living. come in today for this special massage envy

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with scott pelley. >> pelley: a new national poll shows how critical tonight's democratic debate is. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are neck and neck, and ck both are looking to african americans to break the tie. african americans make up more u than half the democratic electorate in south carolina where the first-in-the-south -t primary is just over two weeks away. here's nancy cordes. >> hillary clinton has been there. hill >> reporter: nearly 20 members of the congressional black caucus vowed today to campaign for clinton. hakeem jeffries of new york was one of them. >> hillary clinton has been there from the very beginning to deal with the gun violence epidemic and its impact on i african american communities across the country. >> reporter: she has prayed with black pastors, met with black lives matter protestors and is airing this new ad in the south. >> you have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systematic racism.

sanders is a johnny-come-lately on race issues. is he says he got his start in n activism during the civil rights movement. georgia congressman john lewis scoffed at that today. t >> but i never saw him. i never met him. i chaired the student non- violent coordinating committee, but i met hillary clinton. i met president clinton. >> reporter: sanders does speak frequently about incarceration rates and poverty. >> 51% of young african american kids in this country are unemployed or under-employed. at that is a national tragedy. that has got to change. >> reporter: the influential writer tanehisi coates called sanders the best option, and performer harry belafonte endorsed him today. >> i think he represents opportunity. . i think he represents a moral imperative. >> reporter: when clinton and

milwaukee tonight, she'll argue that she will actually do more to carry on the legacy of the nation's first black president, l while he'll argue, scott, that he'll actually do more to help el minorities with his proposals for things like free public college tuition. e >> pelley: nancy, thanks very much. p the republican primary in south carolina is just nine days away, and the attacks are getting louder and cruder. here's major garrett. >> we win here, we're going to run the table. >> reporter: donald trump in p south carolina, by turns optimistic and vulgar. r. >> what the hell is this guy talking about? lk i don't know what the hell i was doing. what the hell are we thinking? >> senator marco rubio. >> reporter: marco rubio po campaigning in a state with more conservative culture instincts, criticized trump's language as an assault on decency. >> you turn on the tv, you have a leading presidential candidate saying profanity from a stage. profanity from a stage. i mean, all these things undermine what we teach our children.

on. >> he says, "we're going to bomb the blank, blank, blank out of isis," using a vulgarity. that's not leadership. >> reporter: in 2012, about two- thirds of republican primary voters in south carolina described themselves as evangelical or born-again christians. presenting a challenge for trump despite his large lead in the polls. w voters we spoke to here were divided. >> when he claims he's a a christian and he can only quote one verse from the bible, i mean, come on. , >> i think that's what a lot of people like about him. he he says what he means and means what he says. i love it. >> reporter: trump today pulled an ad criticizing ted cruz and said he would only run positive ads from now on. scott, john kasich's campaign has been doing that for weeks and described bush's efforts in d south carolina of having all the joy of "the texas chainsaw massacre."

cbs news will host the next republican debate. that's saturday evening at 9:00 eastern time. and john dickerson is the moderator. in another important story tonight, the zika virus, suspected of causing birth defects, keeps spreading. . 79 cases now in the u.s. u it's active in 26 countries and territories in the americas. ie brazil is the hardest hit. and with the olympics there this summer, hard choices have to be made. here's dr. jon lapook. >> morgan in the box. >> reporter: the u.s. women's soccer team started on the road to rio last night with a win in their first olympic qualifying game. the team's goalkeeper, hope solo, is raising concern about the risk of zika infections during the game. he >> the olympics, if they were today, i wouldn't go. fortunately, the olympics aren't today. so we have six months. we have a little bit of time to

>> reporter: u.s. olympic committee c.e.o. scott blackmun dr tried to address questions and doubts in a memo to perspective olympians. he said the organization is working with the c.d.c. and infectious disease specialists to closely monitor the situation, but no matter the preparation, he wrote, there will always be risks associated with international competition. an official with the rio games told cbs news all rooms in the al olympic village will be air ir conditioned, and venues will be inspected daily to remove ted standing water where mosquitoes might breed. mo the population of the mosquito that carries zika goes down n significantly in the cooler, drier months of august and september, when the games will take place. the main worry is the suspected link between the virus and nd microcephaly, an unusually small mi head at birth. that link has been strengthened within the past day by reports both in brazil and the united states. the virus has now been found in the placenta of mothers who miscarried and the brain tissue ue

who died. i spoke with an official from the rio olympic organizing committee today and asked, are there any thoughts of canceling or postponing the olympics or it is full steam ahead, and he said, full steam ahead. in fact, this weekend they're having a test event in rio for the diving competition. >> pelley: jon, thanks very much. in oregon today, a six-week to standoff between f.b.i. and armed anti-government protesters ended peacefully. the final four hold-outs surrendered. one refused to go quietly, though, ranting, "liberty or y, death." tonight we've learned that the isis terrorist group in syria and iraq has chemical weapons in its arsenal. in a rare interview with "60 o minutes," we spoke to the director of the c.i.a., john brennan. >> we have a number of instances where isil has used chemical ch munitions on the battlefield. >> pelley: artillery shells? >> sure.

chemical artillery shells? rt there are reports that isis has access to chemical precursors and munitions that they can use. >> pelley: the c.i.a. believes that isis has the ability to manufacture small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas. and the capability of exporting those chemicals to the west? >> i think there's always the potential for that. po cut off the various transportation routes and smuggling routes that they have used. ug >> pelley: are there american assets on the ground right now hunting this down? rt involved in being part of the effort to destroy isil and to get as much insight into what si they have on the ground inside of syria and iraq. >> pelley: we'll have our full interview with c.i.a. director brennan, including the threat en that he says keeps him up at night. that's this sunday on "60 minutes." millions have fled syria, but

can't get out. they're trapped between russian bombers and a closed turkish border. holly williams is following this. >> reporter: imagine the terror, never knowing where and when the warplanes will hit next. we can't independently verify fy these videos, but they appear to o show the aftermath of air of strikes on the town of tel rifaat this week. in the syrian regime's new offensive, which is backed by russian air power, civilians are once again paying with their blood. crossing the border into turkey, we met abdul karim bahloul, who runs a school in tel rifaat. "the shelling and air strikes are random," he told us. "homes are destroyed and

on the ground." he told us he came to ask the turkish authorities to give refuge to children from the town, but after absorbing more than two million syrians, turkey's reluctant to let any more in. syrian regime forces have now nearly encircled the city of aleppo. the u.n. fears that 300,000 civilians could be cut off as they were in the town of madaya during a siege by the regime. more than 40 starved to death. dalia al-awqati told us that her charity, mercy corps, feed and clothe 500,000 people in northern syria every month. it's not much. >> no, but it's essential to keep a family alive. >> reporter: now they're racing to get food parcels to families in aleppo city, fearing more starvation in a country that's already exhausted by a senseless war.

complicated enough, today some american-backed rebels told us they were attacked by kurdish fighters who were also supported by the u.s. now, the kurdish fighters say it wasn't deliberate, but, scott, st this shows just how difficult it u. is for the u.s. to unite different factions on the ground in syria. yr >> pelley: holly williams, thanks. so what can the u.s. do to stop the war? for that we turn to margaret brennan. margaret? >> reporter: well, today the u.s. is trying to broker an immediate cease-fire. today, secretary kerry pushed both russia and iran to stop attacking syrian civilians in aleppo and allow in aid to besieged areas, but the russians haven't been quick to agreed agree to that. in fact, vladimir putin's military has cut off supply lines to the u.s.-backed rebels, and u.s. officials warn that that strengthens both isis and assad, and it leaves the u.s.

president obama has resisted getting involved in for five years now. >> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house. margaret, thank you. today cleveland mayor frank jackson apologized to the family of tamir rice after the city billed his estate $500 for ambulance services. the city also tore up the bill. in 2014 a cleveland cop shot rice, who was 12. he was holding a gun that turned out to be a toy. he died the next day at the hospitals. the officer was not charged. in a big development today, scientists have announced what no may be among the greatest discoveries in the history of physics. they believe they have found gravity waves, predicted by einstein but never observed, two huge antennas, one in washington e state, the other in louisiana, detected a gravity wave last september.

when he described the universe as "like a fabric, woven from the three dimensions plus time." what physicists call "space time." the gravity wave was set off by two black holes that collided, sending a ripple through the ri fabric. the effect is so tiny one scientist estimated the ripple compressed the entire milky way galaxy about the width of a thumb. observing that the fabric of the universe stretches and compresses may open an entirely new understanding of nature. coming up next: how explosions like this are improving airport security. and later, a scoop by a newspaper sets off an uproar when the "cbs evening news" continues. on my long-term control medicine, i ta found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma

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screeners. kris van cleave is in glenco, georgia, tonight at the tsa's new training academy. [explosion] >> reporter: seeing the power of even a small explosive made the threat real for nearly 200 soon- to-be airport screeners. >> two, one... [explosion] >> reporter: they're going through a new program here in georgia designed to address troubling security gaps when the transportation security association. or a damning report last summer found screeners failed to detect us 67 of 70 suspicious items brought through airport checkpoints. peter neffenger became the tsa administrator in july. >> what the inspector general's results have told us is you can never take you eye off the ha mission. ou >> reporter: shawn weeks-freeman is one of the academy instructors. on august 11, 1982, she was a flight attendant on pan am flight 830, standing just rows from where a terrorist bomb erro

to land in honolulu. e one person was killed, more than a dozen injured. >> when i talk to my class, i tell them, you're not here by accident. and i wasn't saved at that moment by accident. because that threat in 1982 is today's threat, still. >> reporter: the academy marks first time all transportation security officers will have standardized training. previously new hires were largely trained on the job at their home airport. if they're getting through checkpoints today with one of their teams trying to bring things that should be flagged, will those things be caught? >> i think we'll catch them today. >> all of them? >> i don't know if we'll catch everything. i sure hope we catch all of them. >> reporter: the students will work at this mock checkpoint. it's complete with all the e equipment, scott, they're going ui to use in the field. >> pelley: kris, thanks.

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president wanted to weed out struggling students quickly to improve the school's standing. some professors have been sent packing. here's chip reid. >> reporter: ed eagan was a professor at mt. saint mary's university in maryland. what would you normally be doing on a day like this? >> i'd be on campus. today i'd be teaching my class on the first amendment. >> reporter: but on monday he was fired in a letter a school official said he's "persona non grata" and not welcome to visit t the university's campus because am "he violated his duty of loyalty at to the school." it all began last month when the e student newspaper reported that at school president simon newman wanted professors to identify struggling students in the first few weeks of school so they could be encouraged to drop out. some faculty members resisted and the school paper reported that newman told them, "this is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly as bunnies, but you can't. you just have to drown the

put a glock to their heads." many students and faculty were outraged. >> it's not just the words, but it's the plan that the words described. >> reporter: what's wrong with the plan? >> weeding out students because in we think they might not do well in order to make the numbers look better? that's not mount st. mary's. >> reporter: eagan was the faculty adviser to the school e paper and says he's being punished for accurate but embarrassing reporting by the students. you did not tell them what to write? >> no. i did not, not in any way. anybody on campus that knows the students knows that nobody would manipulate these students. >> reporter: they can't be manipulated. t >> they are independent, strong, bright people. >> reporter: a petition protesting the firing of eagan and another professor has been signed by about 7,500 professors across the country, and, scott, un the university declined our ve repeated requests for an interview. instead they issued a statement

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copays on select plans. ,, >> pelley: our final story tonight is written on the face of a young child whose joy, mere words cannot describe. here's elaine quijano. >> elsa had magical powers and could create things out of snow and ice. >> reporter: four-year-old mattie zapata can't get enough of her books on tape. >> anna was delighted. >> reporter: because the voice is her mother, mandi balderas, locked in a prison four hours away. >> i told her how i missed her. even though i'm not there physically, i know she's sitting sh there listening to my voice,

>> reporter: each month balderas and other selected inmates choose a story to record, then st mail it home. it's called storybook project, and it runs in six women's prisons across texas. >> it was a sunday afternoon at the end of may. >> this story begins within the walls of... >> we weren't scared as long as we were together. er >> reporter: 64% of incarcerated women nationwide lived with their children before prison. storybook tries to ease the pain of separation. mattie was 18 months old when her mother went to prison for a t d.w.i. crash that killed the other driver, a crime of ll manslaughter that victimized her dr daughter, too. >> i was crying for mommy. y. >> reporter: how come? >> because i miss her. >> reporter: if it wasn't for r: the book, she wouldn't be able to have the bond we have now. i know that means something to have her, and i know it means

>> reporter: but the fact is you got behind the wheel of the car when you had alcohol in your , an system, and a person is dead because of that. didn't you forfeit your right to do things like this when you made that decision? >> yes, i made a decision, but it's not about the decision anymore. it's about how we handle the si circumstances. and that's how i'm choosing to h handle the circumstances, by helping my kids the best way i can from where i'm at. >> hey, mattie, it's me, mommy. >> reporter: balderas has four years left of an eight-year sentence. when she finally reunites with her family, she hopes her children won't mistake her voice for a stranger. >> you are my sunshine, my only sunshine. >> reporter: elaine quijano, cbs news, columbus, texas. >> i love you always. mommy. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs

media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org developing tonight, the owner of a gun shop in wheat ridge turns himself in. richard wyatt is accused of selling firearms without a license and other charges. thanks for being with us, i'm jim benemann. >> and i'm karen leigh. >> rick sallinger has been following this investigation, he joins us live in denver with the very latest on it, rick. >>reporter: karen, you might say that the federal government drew its weapon today, on rich wyatt, he's charged with 13 count diechlt, the same indictment. >> i got these, today, i'm going

>>reporter: american guns ran on the discovery channel for 26 episodes, in 2011 and 12. its star was rich wyatt. >> lookings like it came out of a video game. >>reporter: his name is appearing again, this time on a federal indictment, falsifying and failing to file tax returns and selling guns without a federal license. it was march of last year when federal agents from the irs and atf raided the wheat ridge store. more than 600 firearms and boxes of ammunition were confiscated. documents we obtained at the time, showed they were looking into whether a federal firearms license from triggers in castle rock was illegally being used to sell guns by gun smoke. why its license was surrendered in 2012. there were other problems, earlier, the store had been broken into from the roof. and numerous items reported stolen. >> i don't know if the show made