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>> reporter: that's why they think he was the victim of a hit and run. >> if somebody is involved in an accident, they need to stick around and talk to lease. putting that together is really important for us to figure out what happened. and in some cases, the driver of the vehicle is not at fault. in some cases the driver is at fault. >> reporter: the last update is critical condition at the medical center of the rockies. if you know anything about what happened here last night, they want you to call police. an update on a shooting involving a craigslist ad in lakewood. one man was shot here
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he has nonlife-threatening injuries. the victim and another man arrived to complete a craigslist transaction. they say they were forced out of their car by someone else who opened fire and a second person drove offfrom the victim's car. the ad was likely drug-related. now to super tuesday in 2016. candidates from both parties hoping to score big victories tonight. primaries and caucuses being held in 13 states including colorado. our caucuses get underway at 7:00 tonight. the republicans will weigh in on the nominee. >> the republicans will have a step in who gets the state's delegates. >> it is an indication. which candidate has momentum. and that is always a big deal in battleground colorado. we won't know the results of the poll until later on tonight. caucusing starts at 7:00.
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are the other states that are voting tonight. most are in the south. and polls just closed in three of those states that are helding primaries. based on exit polls, sample precinct, and votes so far, cbs news shows the race leaning toward clinton in georgia and virginia, and bernie sanders winning his home state of vermont. on the republican side, donald trump has a big lead in delegates coming into tonight. the thinking was as candidates dropped out, republicans would coalesce around someone other than trump. but that's not the way it's shaken out. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is expected to win most states tonight. but colorado may not be one of them. >> colorado is one of the four states that bernie sanders said
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that he hopes to win on this super tuesday. so we'll be watching colorado very closely tonight when we go on the air at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 pm central to, see whether bernie sanders can pull out a victory in >> reporter: clinton has the endorsement of most of the state's prominent democrats and here. sanders has also said he thinks he can win minnesota, oklahoma, and vermont tonight. alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma, and tennessee. hillary clinton and bernie sanders would beat donald trump in a general election. and voters picked clinton over trump. if clinton was running against marco rubio, he is
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if bernie sanders would face donald trump, here are the results. saernlds would beat rubio -- sanders would beat rubio. more on the evening news. new developments as the zika virus has arrived in colorado. the state health department says we have our first two cases here. both patients travelled to zika-affected countries. sheer a look at the many countries warnings. most of those countries around south america islands. both patients in colorado have recovered. >> reporter: they have. but health officials say we are coming year. the concern centers around pregnant women. the kind of mosquitos that spread the zika virus don't live in
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health officials say the two cases here were acquired out of the country. but the virus can be spread by infected men through sexual contact. >> generally it's a mild viral illness like we all get. >> reporter: pregnant women have cause for concern about zika. at least two dozen of them in mexico have their blood test forward zika. they're trying to control a major outbreak. zika has been linked to microcephaly. >> the evidence right now is very strong. >> reporter: and zika is being tied to temporary paralysis.
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neurological disorder. >> reporter: if you get zika virus and recover, thennure immune. so it -- then you are immune so it would not affect future pregnancies. his advice is stay away from affected areas, don't travel there, and if your partner does, use condom. a man at colorado state university is believed to be the first case of the zika virus in the u.s. that was eight years ago. he had been studying mosquitos in senegal. there was a rash on his chest, and he had a fever. >> it was stronger, and it lasted a lot longer. she couldn't really open cans and
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long time. a fire ripped through a mobile home in aurora. it started this morning on north doris street. >> reporter: the homeowner, not home at the time of the fire, nobody was home, no injuries. but when he did show up, he assessed the damage. and you can see there is nothing salvageable. >> in approximately five minutes found that there was indeed a trailer heavily engulfed in fire. and it was exposing the neighboring trailer next door. >> reporter: an elderly woman
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>> reporter: his neighbors stayed safe. >> my neighbors are great. that one right there woke me up and said there's fire. so i jumped up. out my kitchen window, not daylight. fire. so the first thing i did, turned the oxygen off. i had to. it's liable to blowup! [ laughter ] >> >> these neighborhoods weren't designed with the fire department operations in mind. and the fire department had to overcome that. they did that quickly and aggressively and were able to control the fire. >> reporter: the fire hazard was knocked down within about 20 minutes. the cause of the fire
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fedex employees scrambled to find shelter when a tornado hilt hit. >> colorado mountain towns are having big problems keeping good teachers because there's no housing. >> and we were just a little high clouds drifting across the state. high pressure still in control and and that's gonna keep us nice and mild into your weekend ahead. >> mile serguaranteed to be -- miller is guaranteed to be in
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described how the nude video changed her life. that video was taken through a peep hole. the video was posted online and seen 17 million times. >> [ crying ] a terrifying moment for a fedex employee caught on video. this was during the recent damaging tornadoes in louisiana. the bottom left of your screen, that's tyler johnson trying get in a locked door in a hardware store as the tornado barrelled into the town. with time running out, she hides behind a coke machine and the wall. the machine falls over but she's able to survive. >> after i had seen the video,
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looked like. i just figured i was in a tornado. >> she kept holding onto that coke machine. the tornado damaged much of the building. mountain communities are having a hard time keeping teachers in their cool schools. now there's a new effort to help school districts. >> reporter: keeping teachers inside classrooms like this one is increasingly difficult. >> how do we get them here and find them a place to live that makes it a desirable place to move their family? >> reporter: the cost of housing in mountain towns is through the roof. scott with
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with a groundbreaking concept. build homes teachers could afford on land donated by the school district. and the reason it's so great for housing for teachers is because it is so close to the high school. >> to have a partnership where they say we can make this possible, and a board that has a vision of saying wean we've got -- wean we've got to retain the best. >> reporter: this new teacher-friendly and cost-saving neighborhood overlooking the valley could start to take shape as early as next year. a fresh approach to deal with the growing problem playing mountain towns. high clouds around here, a pretty nice day, but a little bit cooler.
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front range, bringing a little bit cooler air. back into the 50s. still above normal. now this moves on. and the warmer desert air purvs into colorado -- pushes into colorado. this line of storms moving through and to the north. it is snow and very heavy in some areas. rain, snow back east, dry weather out here. 42 the start. with minus 7 the record. from our weather watchers, genesee 49 degrees,
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got 56 downtown, 49 at the airport. sunrise from fairplay. temperatures for tonight, mostly in the 20s, and 30s over the eastern plains. then tomorrow, temperatures start to warm up. 40s and 50s for the mountains. 50s, skooz approaching that 70-degree mark out west. here's the denver forecast. you're gonna like this. mostly clear, light winds. tomorrow gusty winds, 57 and 55. 62 tomorrow,
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more of the same on friday. sunday 73 degrees. >> cbs news projecting hillary virginia. bernie sanders taking his home state of vermont. denver >> reporter: she had one dream growing up. >> it was actually a lifelong dream to be a firefighter. >> reporter: she was appalled by what she found in the fire house. now the city pays tens of thousands of dollars to settle her case. >> virtually every fire house has something in it. >> what she found out about firehouse harassment. how big is tonight's avalanche game? one player thinks this could be it for the
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tag means von can't negotiate with any other team. heel be a bronco next year. he will be paid just over $14 million this season. if he gets a long-term deal, that would put him in the $17 million range. the deadline is july 15th. using the franchise tag does have a ripple effect that will likely mean brock osweiler will hilt the free agent market next week. the broncos want them both back but at what gallinari, we know the extent of the ankle issue he suffered friday night. he tore two ligaments and sprained another. he'll be out of action for a while. he was the nuggets' leading scorer. the avs face the wild.
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2 points separate the teams from the 8th and final wildcard spot in the western conference. >> just gonna potentially -- that could be the 2 points that puts us in the playoffs. so we know what's at stake. high, deep left center field! he got another one! [ cheering and applause ] if >> coors field will never be considered a pitcher-friendly ball park, but there's a planning place that the team's pitching staff is probably in favor of. we'll show you the changes at 6:00. ands so pedis is -- and cespedes is making arriving to practice a daily event. today he
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partly sunny skies right through your weekend ahead. no weather problems. >> thank you for watching. >> pelley: can trump be caught? >> super tuesday is the single best opportunity. >> pelley: he's already looking ahead to another opponent. >> hillary clinton does not have the strength or the stamina to become president, i'm telling you. >> pelley: also tonight, the president argues his case for a supreme court nomination and gets his answer. >> this vacancy will not be filled this year. >> pelley: erin andrews testifies in her multi-million-dollar stalking case. and there's another sanders. meet bernie's bro. >> reporter: he's been called cool.
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