,, ,, it is saturday, february 20 newschannel. the race to the white house day in two states. hot today could reshape the election expect i-70 still closed right now. cdot has a plan which stands in the way of reopening today. we're learning more about a surgical tech fired for drug swapping. just how many hospitals he is accused of stealing from. by from colorado's morning news. good morning and thank you for waking up with us. i am mark taylor.

stories in a minute. first, let's talk about the forecast with chris. >> reporter: a little bit of wind out there this morning in the foothills. and on each side of the continental divide. if you're going to be heading over to ski, get ready for a little bit of wind. 18 miles an hour in black hawk. temperatures really not too bad. rest of us in metro denver in the 30s. our weather watcher, robert peck, up there in northwest nevada. 38 degrees this morning. across the state, we are in the teens and the 20s of pie. -- up high. 37 in colorado springs. 41. 46 in the mark. 25 in greeley. we will get a little bit closer to denver and you can pick out your neighborhood from the foothills to the eastside where we are largely in the 30s to low 40s. a pocket in the foothills on

little bit of down soaking when to keep you a little warmer. across the state, the radar is pretty quiet this morning but let's turn on the cloud layer just to the northwest. you can see a big batch of clouds and even some snow between salt lake city and jackson wyoming. that is a weather disturbance going to grace colorado -- grades -- across colorado. who has the best chance to see that and we will see a chance of snow in demers forecast in the week ahead. breaking overnight, a car slams into a house in aurora in tower, mississippi. a man was, the time and was not hurt he said the driver was able to get out of the car and went to the hospital. >> i was down in the basement on the bottom level just hanging out with a friend and the next thing you know, it

like powerful shotgun blast.>> no word on the identity or condition of the driver. police are still investigating. by the end of the day today, that puzzle that is the 2016 election will add one more piece or two more pieces. two states will hold early votes. south carolina will hold its republican primary. >> reporter: the clinton campaign hopes this endorsement from jim clyburn gives hillary the edge. >> the future of the democratic party and the united states of america will be best served with the experiences and know- how of hillary clinton as our 45th president. >> reporter: eight years ago, clinton did not have the same support. in his 2014 memoir, he said and angry bill clinton held him in the middle of the and height and promised to fight.

in the contest between clinton and sanders. it has become contentious. >> maybe it's that sanders was it really a democrat until he decided to run for president he doesn't really know the last two democratic presidents stands. and it's true! it's true! >> reporter: sanders insists he is the candidate for change.>> it looks to me like nevada is ready to lead this country in a political revolution! >> reporter: in the hours leading up to the caucuses in nevada, the south carolina primary for republicans, the candidates will hold more than 20 events. >> it is crunch time, folks. it is crunch time.>> reporter: pulls putting a battle between ted cruz, marco rubio and jeff bush.

i got for your -- 4. so i am 14 behind him. it is a long way to go. also this morning, cdot is opening one lane of i-70 through glenwood canyon today but it is possible that the highway could say closed completely. crews to liberally set off three rock slides yesterday saying they are still unstable above the highway. drivers still have detours of more than four hours right now. once the highway is really -- is reopened, those delays will still top one hour. a state trooper is okay after a driver slammed into his cruiser on i-70 yesterday. the trooper had been investigating another crash a pickup hit him. he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. we're learning more about the surgical tech accused of stealing syringes filled with painkillers and putting

in 2 states at risk. rocky allen was in federal court yesterday, fired from four hospitals for -- for drug that. and fda testified he left those off his resume. allen was discovered replacing a syringe with that in all by a swedish hospital employee. prosecutors argued that he be held until his trial but the court had to consider several factors. >> are there conditions by which somebody could be released that are going to guarantee their appearance in court? and going to protect the community? >> reporter: he was released on $25,000 bond under the condition that he attend drug treatment and live in a halfway house. 7:06. new details on a bill that would change colorado's statute of limitations on sexual assaults from the current 10 years to 20 years. that bill has passed the house and goes to the senate. the democratic representative,

after 2 colorado women claimed they were assaulted by bill cosby approached her. another warm day on tap in colorado. >> we are waking up to mostly sunny skies as you can see on the monitors behind me but a few clouds are on the way. this is part of the weather system just to the north. i will tell you how that will impact your weekend coming up. >> also coming up on colorado's newschannel, american loses an icon. we look back on the life of harper lee. why america's company not backing down when it comes to cooperating in the san bernardino shooting. how a mascot is helping researchers cut down on the

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welcome back to the cbs4 morning news. it is 10 minutes after 7:00 on this saturday, february 20. here's a live look at downtown denver. a little bit of fog out there but we are looking at is guys. temperatures just above freezing. about 34 degrees. not too bad. coming in this morning was a nice drive and the last few days, i feel like we have been pretty spoiled. especially for february and denver. we are not out of the woods when it comes to winter weather. we are going to check in with chris to talk about the forecast in just a little bit your but for right now, it is a somber morning for fans of classic literature.

yesterday. lee was instantly famous for her classic, to kill a mockingbird. with a look back at her life, here is anthony mason. when the president awarded her the middle of freedom in 2007, harper lee had published " to kill a mockingbird" and spent 88 weeks atop the bestseller list to become an oscar-winning film. said in alabama, -- set in alabama, the father, atticus, defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. >> what happened to you on the evening of august 21 of last year?>> reporter: now, he grew up in -- she grew up in alabama

radio. >> nobody had any money. we didn't have many toys to play with so the result was that we live in our imagination.>> reporter: that was the last extended interview she ever gave. >> she is the most private woman i have ever known. >> reporter: the next project was helping her neighbor, truman capote, research at kansas murder for his book.>> i think you could make a very good case for the fact that there would be none except for the research she did. >> reporter: her only other year. "go set a watchman" put her back at the top of the bestseller list. all she wanted was to be a part of small southern life -- small- town, southern life. hertel of that time became what many consider the towering american novel of the 20th century. anthony mason, cbs news, new york.

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,, 7:17 on this saturday morning. with us. chris is joining us to talk about the forecast. off to a decent start for this morning. temperatures are not too bad across the state. 40 in salina. 31 out of the airport. 20 in meeker. 29 in akron. this is what is happening on the bigger picture this morning. we have a little weather disturbance just to the north and west.

wyoming today but as it scrapes by, it does put a northern state in the northern counties with increasing clouds and a stray snow shower or two. you can see that on the futurecast. the northern mountains in particular. by late morning and early afternoon, you could see a stray shower in our foothills and on the north eastern plains, a few green blips on your screen. as we go into late afternoon and early evening. but all in all, this is a harmless system scraping by the state it will have an increase in cloud cover and a few stray snow showers up high. if you rain or snow showers down low and it will allow colder air to usher into the state. that will be the main impact from the system for now. highs today not too bad. we should definitely get back to the 50s and 60s on the eastern plains. southeastern colorado will see

40s for the most part of pie with that increasing cloud cover. it is a little windy this morning up near the continental divide. 54 in grand junction. 46 in telluride. 64 in rate. steamboat and craig will be because us today because you are closest to that weather system and you have the most cloud cover. mid to upper 30s for your neck of the woods. demers five day forecast like this. we do turn colder tomorrow so you might want to get out and take page on a walk today. 61 degrees with a stray shower this afternoon possible. 48 tomorrow and colder. check out monday and tuesday. the forecast models are starting to change. it is looking more and more like we will get a fast-moving snowstorm through here monday night into early tuesday.

will be a big threat that it is something we need to watch. we will turn colder as we head into tuesday and we will be tracking snow. it's a fast mover by wednesday. that five day forecast is a little different here it has been 60s and 70s and almost like spring. and here, we're getting a little taste of reality. >> mother nature is drunk again. 7:20. the battle over access to the san bernardino's shooter is far from over. apple is pushing back after a judge calls that company's refusal to comply with the fbi a publicity stunt. the ceo says he is fighting the order to devise a way to pass the iphone's encryption to keep his customers safe. the deputy commissioner of the new york police department says those killed in terrorist attacks are apple customers, too. >> tim cook says i'm doing this for the safety of my customers

impregnable phone. i have to ask, how many people who died on the floor in san bernardino or paris had iphones in their pockets as they were being killed by the terrorist. they are his tough customers, too. >> is justice department's request was said to be unprecedented and that no other country had asked for similar access. nvidia this morning showing the debut of spaceship 2 from virgin galactic. the company's goal is to build and operate a fleet of ships ready to take passengers into space. tickets won't be cheap. the theoretical physicist paid $250,000 for his ticket. he named the ship the bss unity. coming up, researchers are trying to save the lives of birds of prey by using a rather famous bird of prey. before we go to break, it should be a great day to hit

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welcome back. a well-known ingle in the world of college sports recently made a long trip to colorado. >> it is part of an effort to save other raptors lives.>> reporter: he is the symbol of auburn university spirit. >> eagle seven. his name is nova. >> reporter: a golden eagle and permanent captivity in auburn, alabama. >> this bird weighs between foot wingspan. >> reporter: the bald eagle

fruit -- blue to colorado to perform test flights for important research at the national wind technology center near boulder. >> the goal is to do everything we can to understand how birds interact with the wind farms.>> reporter: a system created by britain field-based americas using high-resolution cameras to monitor the airspace around a wind farm. >> we have detected eagles at 1000 m out and we can instantly separate objects moving in the environment of interest.>> reporter: for one flight, there was an unexpected delay. i did the flight detected a bald eagle flying nearby. once in the air, he maybe 250 yard flight to his reward below. >> they know that when they come to that leather target, they receive a reward he just

this is the telemetry device and gps device that monitors the birds location in the air. >> reporter: engineers gathered important data. >> we're using this to analyze their size, speed and flight patterns. >> reporter: and his handlers constantly monitor his health, giving him brakes when he seems tired. although mortality rates for raptors are low, the goal is to eliminate debts altogether.>> reporter: identify hopes to be operational within the year that if a eagle is in danger, software can automatically shut down when turbines in as little as 30 seconds. it is 7:27.

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the sun will be in my eyes for this time of the day. money those sunshades. take a look at this. we have a little bit of wind around colorado this morning. mainly, in the northern foothills. so if you're going to ski over loveland pass, you will run into a little bit of wind. 37 from barbie holiday who is our weather watcher in wheat ridge. other temperatures not too bad. mainly 30s along east of i 25. -- i-25. seven in gunnison but you are above zero. to do nine in aspen and ran junction this morning. closer to your neighborhood from the foothills, most of us in those 30s but you do see a pocket of 40s on the west side of town. just a little bit of a down soaking wind this morning keeping you a little bit warmer in places like aurora and dia.

nothing to really show you in weather disturbance to the north scooting by the northern counties, bring cloud cover and snow showers. information for you coming up in our main weather breaking overnight, firefighters had to douse a kitchen fire that started early this morning. it happened at the schoolhouse restaurant. everyone got out safely. no word on the cause. >> let's take a turn to look at carolina. holes are open and the latest members -- pulls -- voting polls are now open. they are all battling it out for the rest of the states 50 delegates. democrats will focus their attention on nevada, today. the states 35 delegates will go to either hillary clinton or bernie sanders. a once slam-dunk for clinton has become a hotly contested race. one recent poll has these

one point but don't tell that to bernie sanders.>> it could well be that 10, 20, 30 years from now, people will look back on what happens in nevada and say, this was the beginning of the political revolution. >> you might remember clinton won nevada back in 2008 narrowly beating out barack obama 50-45. closer to home, now to the latest on the trial against the nl. she is accused of cutting a baby from the womb last march. the case is now in the hands of the jury. the defense did not present a taste -- a case and barely cross-examined witnesses. stan bush reports after hearing her own words, there wasn't

>> we do seem to be having technical difficulties with that story. we will bring it to you later on in the newscast. did you want to point out that she is said to be insane and closing arguments are scheduled for monday here -- for monday. an update on a string of robberies that hit high-end shops here in colorado. two thieves were caught stealing first at a store in vail. police think the pair have also targeted stores in new york. cbs fours nathan reports. >> reporter: this sales for tens of thousands of dollars. these two suspected thieves have been caught on video stealing first in aspen and denver. >> he would show them under his coat. >> reporter: the high-end clothing store lost $20,000 in

his surveillance video and video out of new york stores show a similar pattern of shoplifting and the detective is competent the same guy has been here and new york. >> i would say 95% or 99%, the gentleman with the puffy jacket and even down to the gray scarf is the exact same person that stole the fire in vail -- the fur coat in vail. >> reporter: on tuesday, the couple was tracked to a hotel in vail. >> they invited the vail police friday and. they said sure, go ahead and take a look around. totally an interested in seeing the warrant. obviously, not worried and we did not locate any first -- any first call's -- any fur coats. >> we believe they have the goods stashed away or they ship

>> reporter: it is believed these crimes have been going on since the end of last year. the store owner in new york seems to think that the shoplifters are from russia or eastern europe. either way, they may be coming to a high in store near you. in denver, howard nathan, cbs4 days the island of fiji is writing out a historically strong tropical cyclone. winston is hammering the island with winds up to 200 miles an hour. it is the strongest storm ever to directly hit the islands. 900,000 people live here. rough seas and coastal flooding are a major worry with a storm that is being strengthened by the ongoing record in the pacific. happening today, the supreme court justice will be laid to rest. the body of the justice was in repose at the supreme court

today, the vice president will join family and friends at 9 am at the national basilica. the president will not attend. that move has been criticized by many. only one presidential candidate will change his primary schedule to attend the justice's funeral. we want to bring you the latest on the trial in lane -- of blame accused of cutting a baby from the worm last march. -- the worm -- cutting a baby from the worm last march -- womb last march. >> she told detectives it was michele who attacked her with a knife. >> i was grappling at her and she was grappling that made. i finally had gotten to the point where i had her down and

>> reporter: she wiped away tears hearing the story she seemed to create as going along. wilkens met her through a craigslist -- posting. she entered the basement and attacked her cutting out the baby and trying to pass it on as her own at the hospital. she did not testify in court. >> is your decision your own decision? >> reporter: karen steinhauser says lanes case is difficult to defend. >> all we could do was make sure that her constitutional protections were met and that the prosecution had to meet their burden of proof in this case. >> reporter: she is charged with attempted first-degree murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy but after hearing testimony, the judge

a second-degree charge.>> to hope that the jurist opined premeditation or that there is somebody on that panel that says something has got to be wrong with her. >> that was stan bush reporting. lane's attorney did not make the case that she was insane. a verdict could follow soon. can i, looking less like a baseball stadium and more likely hockey arena. it's a lead up to net -- next week's lead up -- game. there will also be an alumni game. the colorado socko starr is -- soccer star is helping the us national team qualify for the us olympics. she helped us get past trinidad. she was a senior at mount vista high school and recently named to the senior roster. another girl -- another colorado student is on that team.

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welcome back to the cbs4 morning news. we want to take you outside to see that beautiful blue sky and get ready for another warm day

in the forecast. absolutely. you want to soak it up. you will see some of the initial changes later today as we move into tonight but today looks great. beautiful blue skies. a lot of sunshine to start off and decent temperatures. 24 m lyman. 38. five and gunnison. -- 5 degrees in gunnison. 32 and watkins. 44 and southwest lone tree and 30 149. -- 31. we have a weather disturbance just to the north and west. it is going to clip northern colorado so that you will notice the clouds on the increase through the northwest as we go through the day today. a couple of very light snow showers could pop up in the

northern front range foothills. and out across the plains to the late afternoon and early evening. if you like, rain showers could pop up here this will all be light activity but it could happen and is the forerunner of changes that you will see coming up in the five-day forecast. make sure you get out and enjoy the start to today. 60s on the eastern plains. 40s for the most part of pie. salina at 57. northwest colorado is the coldest and with the most cloud cover. you will only do 30s today. 40s and 50s for the rest of the north and -- western slope. 61 degrees. there is that the -- there is the decrease for tomorrow. it tries to recover for monday but a number system comes through and -- but another system comes through and it starts to look more and more potent. we will have to watch it. tuesday is much colder at 37. 45 for wednesday. we all of our animals. if you needed an excuse to give

here it is. >> today is national love your pet day. joining us in the studio is michelle. good morning. >> thank you for having me here today. it is national "love your pet day". he was a stray. one of the local shelters found him and put him up for adoption. and one of my clients came into a local shelter and fell in love with him. just as a little press release says, you never know when love could happen here. he is pushing the envelope a little bit. this mohawk is natural. his parents do color it for different holidays. pat and people sitters is eight

would come in and our companion based. so if an older, nonskilled nursing situation, maybe atm cookie service or for example, rusty really cannot be alone all the time so we kind of move in and take care of his family and pets while his primary caregivers are awake.>> how can we get involved? >> the focus of love your pet day from our standpoint and rusty's standpoint is we want to focus on visit a shelter pet project. so visiting a shelter should be part of all of our daily -- it should be in the forefront of our focus. we deliver pet treats to all of the local shelters. so that the pats in the shelters get some love today to -- because we all love our pets. at the shelter pets are going to sleep every night with no owners and the shelter volunteers are loving them and

little bit more. >> we do want to point out that rusty's mom is offset and that is why he is whining. he definitely loves her. we have more information about this organization. it is all on our website. we appreciate you making up. -- waking up with us. it has been a bitter residents are campaign so far

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is like my second dad killed himself. and a few months later, my parents got a divorce "sniffling" and a few minutes later, my dad lost his job. i was in a really dark lace for a long time. i was pretty depressed but i found hope. i found it in the lord and i found it in my friends and now, i've bonded in the presidential candidate that i support and i really appreciate one of those books you have been talking about.>> kasich expressed the importance of the people. chris has your forecast. >> a beautiful start out there. take a look. there's a little

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marco rubio is as american as baseball, apple pie and mom!>> you can catch kovarik in the late show up monday afternoon -- monday after cbs for news at 10. were brought into adorable dogs -- we brought in 2 adorable dogs. >> i am jealous. look at that. so luscious. if you're going to take your dog out today, show your docs above. a great day to give your dog a walk. let's take a look at the forecast. a little bit of rain showers out there for the eastern plains . maybe a snow shower in the mountains but it is harmless. >> a weather system quickly crossing. highs today's -- highs today in the 60's and 70s. your five-day forecast does change early next week so get

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