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let's check traffic. not much measurable traffic out there. looking at i-25, just a few cars. it's going to be a typical friday morning commute. here we are across the denver area. no trouble spots just the usual slowing. >> thank you, joel. the republican establishment lead a new charge in the

but donald trump fired back even bragging about his manhood. >> i'm changing. >> donald trump praised by supporters for telling it like it is, he admitted to a damming off the record interview. >> what has been reported is that donald told the editorial times what i said i don't believe. this is all just rhetoric for the voters >> i may have discussed something like that. there always has to be some tug and pull and deal. >> reporter: he defended his plan to save 300 billion on the costs. the country only spends 78 billion >> we'll save $300 billion a year if we properly negotiate. >> >> reporter: marco rubio called

university that is now the subject of a class action lawsuit. >> he's trying to do to the american voter what he did to the people who signed up for this course. it won't just be $36,000 they lose, it's our country at stake. >> reporter: trump fired back in the most unbelievable moment of the campaign, he gave this response that rubio's hands were small and something else >> he referred to my hands, if they're small, something else must be small there's no problem. >> 329 delegates it takes 1237 delegates to win the nomination for president. former republican gave a speech yesterday encouraging

>> the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the absurd third-grade theater. he's not the person we need as leader. >> romney believes trump would lose to hillary clinton in the general election. trump responded by calling romney a lightweight. a burglar sneaking into inside. she doesn't want her name used or her face shown as she describes the frightening discovery that a stranger made his way in. >> my car was unlocked and he

the garage, because the door was not locked, he went in. the purse was in reaching distance. >> that man, they think he hit another home on the same street the same night, february 19th, after weeking of searching, surveillance video and leads took them to lakewood where they arrested him. >> he was using other people's identities and moving around from one place to another all the time almost daily. >> reporter: the detective says that he was wanted across the metro area for alleged burglary, assault and crimes he may be tied to a crime ring. his arrest brings relief. >> it sets me at ease as well as my neighbors and my children.

leaders of denver public schools and denver mayor is hosting an event they hope will attract more minority teachers to the district. they focus on diversity. right now, 25% of teachers are minorities of color, makeup, 75% of the district. denver students are enthused, dynamic andy verse and -- diverse they need role models to show them how to lead. though denver is a great place to grow your career, it's a great place to call home. >> they will host a group of teachers for a tour this morning. for the markets and your 401k, jill wagner is live on the floor at the new york stock exchange happy friday. >> reporter: happy friday. good morning.

the jobs report. they expect the unemployment rate held steady, that would be an 8-year low. that report comes out before the opening bell yesterday, the dow jumped to 34 points futures are pointing to a slightly higher open today. if you need help with your math book or i-phone, they have set up support at twitter directly. here's a high-tech job if you love tv and instagram. net flicks looking for grand masters they get paid to visit the sets of popular films and post photos on instagram. universal hollywood, there is a problem, tmz reports that

the ride with nausea and vomiting. ride they have not commented. no thank you, i'll pass on that >> it's scary. thank you. a kindergarten in california breathing easier after what she and her mom thought was a common cold, after 6 months of having a runny nose, three doctor visits, 5-year-old chloe was still hurting until she blew her nose and out came an inch and a half long safety pin. >> we blew her nose and it shot out. we were like what? i was horrified >> oh, no.

about 80,000 cases per year of putting objects up her nose. >> kids do the darnest things. unlikely airport employee famous, what this border dolly does that has him soaking up attention. ,,

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smile, we've learned that this assistant city attorney who was put on paid leave 20 months ago was just given a raise and a successful job rating even though he did nothing. >> reporter: why are we paying someone who is sitting at home? does it seem odd that someone on administrative leave gets a raise? >> we followed the due process and the administrative process for all employees >> reporter: they put him on leave in july of 2014 saying they were reviewing his handling of a case, they agreed to pay

they increased his salary and now the city says his job performance last year was successful, even though he was ordered not to come to work and not assigned any cases they just awarded him another 3% raise bringing his salary to $147,000 that salary bump for sitting at home doing nothing. >> where does the buck stop? >> at the end of the day, the buck stops with me? >> so why won't you answer any questions about this? >> two days after the report, they lifted his suspension and told him he could start working again but from home he refuses to answer brian's questions about why he was put on leave and what the 19-month-long investigation turned up and why he was allowed to go back to work.

his job is chasing birds and other wild i have off of the runway to keep it clear for planes he doesn't get paid, but the owner says he loves his work. >> they have been getting the snow we need. if only we could get some of that. we need a good snowstorm around here. we might get a few sprinkles this morning, we're starting out mild. it's 41 in boulder. 41 downtown, aspen at 28. a lot of cloud cover moving in. where it's coming from. out of the west. we have a flat ridge of high pressure. it's not strong enough to keep the clouds out of our view here. it's strong enough to bring in a little bit of heat. what it will do is keep us above normal you can see clouds extend

that will be sliding through. mainly high clouds. or rain out of it there will be a weak front that slides through. we might pick up a little sprinkle late in the day, probably after 5:00 and maybe a little light mountain snow. that's at 6:00 as it beefs off and it's gone. saturday mountains a few clouds in the afternoon should be a warm weekend by the time we get to sunday, another system coming in with mountain snow. coming through and our temperatures will be coming up we may be close to 70 by the time we hit sunday. mostly 40s and 50s in the mountains for denver, 62, high clouds, 66 tomorrow, we have girls with science at the museum of nature and science partly cloudy skies, should be a

and near 70 on sunday. it will be breeze u -- breezy. we have a chance of a few scattered rain showers on monday wish i had more than that. right now, it's all we take. >> it is march. you have to get used to the showers. i-25, either direction, nice wide open. a clear shot in and out of downtown we expect it to continue, it's friday morning. into work. into the high country, a different story. well. a new exhibit at the denver art museum features ancient samurai swords and more we go inside.

this magnificent? >> the collection is a bit of a because there's always something that crops up that is more than the last thing you seen or is different. 140 pieces are here in the traveling exhibition has traveled about 25,000-miles >> can you tell us what the samurai is? >> a fierce warrior in battleground. also very much in art. >> tell us what you're going to see. it's not paintings and sculptures, it's real objects that the people use. >> the suit of armor or weapons used by the real saimiri, the real saimiri stuff >> there are a couple things that are rare or unique. >> that's the only complete set

>> reporter: can you pick a favorite piece? >> if you look at the details, the aesthetics, the craftsman ship, you get to see the warriors, not just a warrior, but cares deeply about the aesthetics and the sculpture. it cannot be a favorite. >> the exhibit runs through june 5th. for tickets, visit c bsdenver.com. last time the avs had a home stand they lost all four games they started another one and needing wins if they want to keep pace for the playoffs they're lead through, he had an assist on the first goal and he ties for first.

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49 degrees and then we head up to the foothills next to the mountains. cold creek has 30 degrees on the button he's at 7800 feet and going further south and southern seconds of the city. as we go through the day, a front comes through at 10-noon today. there's a chance of an isolated sprinkle passing by. nothing big temperatures in the low 60s up and down the front range. a degree or two cooler but still above average. not a bad friday. the weekend forecast is coming up, now let's check the traffic situation out and joel hillan is watching that. >> it's very quiet on the roads. looking at the tunnel, you get over the mountain passes, the closures we saw yesterday, those have been cleared out of the way and they were able to do it

that's the good news you are going to battle a little bit of wind we have the speeds averaging in the 50s. that's the expressway project. that's 120th to i-70 you can turn on the partners. get your traffic and cbs 4 weather together. a year in space had astronaut kelly grow almost 2-inches. if your answer to this, do you wish you could grow taller? >> is yes. >> you could try growth supplements or even the body tracker, you can grow taller. >> or you could do what to space for almost a year. >> scott kelly back on mother earth. >> kelly arrived back after

>> it's called spinal elongation. without gravity compressing, the spine gets longer it's being measured against his twin, former astronaut mark kelly >> he would be a little taller than his brother but it goes away pretty quickly >> he's already back to his old size. sometimes the increase requires nasa to go up a size in space suit. it didn't prevent him from wearing a gorilla suit in space. if you think it's no big deal, inches become part of the debate. >> he's always calling me

marco, he's a little taller than me. >> i'm 6-3", but he said i had small hands. >> one year exposure to the silence of space verses to a presidentable race, it's enough to make an astronaut race back to the space station >> and liftoff. >> cnn, new york. >> steven colbert weighed in on the campaign and looked at what mitt romney said about donald trump. >> what happened to trump airlines? how about trump university and then there's trump magazine and trump vodka and trump steaks and trump mortgage. a business genious he is not. >> true, he has put his name on terrible investments, four

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