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probably after 10:00 this morning and keeping our temperatures, maybe a couple degrees cooler than yesterday. still, way above normal for this time of the year. 62 for the high. partly -- >> southbound coming into town, seeing a few more cars but no cones to get in your way making your way into denver we have a couple trouble spots we have a stalled vehicle along i-25 to the north of 6th avenue and chains on the road. watch out for that. going out to the broader picture, you can see we're running at or near posted speed
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i-225 and c-470, into the high country, dealing with higher winds and highway 40, that's going to be an issue if you're traveling in that direction. getting in the car, you can turn on the partners, and you get your traffic and weather together every ten minute on the tens on the way to work. denver's growth is not stopping they want teachers to share their experiences to the melting pot of students. a new push for the schools lane. >> good morning. diversity is the goal here. the plan is to attract more teachers of color to better reflect denver's student population. a group of teachers visit several denver schools in the area. a partnership called make your mark denver focuses on diversifying the work force in denver particularly when it
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75% of students are students of color but only 25% of teachers are minorities >> denver students are dynamic andy verse and they need great educators they share their enthusiasm and can connect with them and need role models >> that's the mayor making his push on the make your mark web site. now the mayor and officials will be meeting with the group of perspective teachers for what is called a robust tour and information meeting later this morning. a bold burglar is sneaking into homes in lewisville even with the owners inside. police have arrested the 37-year-old and lauren tells us that detectives could be behind at least four other burglaries
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>> to know that someone was in our house is terrifying >> she doesn't want her name used or her face shown as she describes the discovery that a stranger made his way into her home to steal her belongings >> my car was unlocked, it was in the driveway. it took the clicker, opened up the garage and the door was not locked to my house and he went in and took the purse, it was within reaching distance >> that man was a 37-year-old and they think he hit another home on the statement street the same night, february 19th. after weeks of searching, surveillance video and leads took led them to him. >> he was moving around, using different identities, moving around almost daily. >> reporter: the detective says he was wanted across the metro
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drug crimes and may will tied to a crime ring and the investigation into additional suspects continues for homeowners, his arrest brings relief. police make a shocking discovery when the search for a missing teenager lead them to this home they not only found the teenager but a former death row inmate and a woman who says she was raped he was a former death row inmate. he convinced a homeless woman to live with him in october and kept her chained up. the woman says he sexual assaulted her daily. the teenager was a run away
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he was sentenced for murder but released after the conviction was thrown out. >> an initiative, the city will have a mobile restroom moved into place. this is what it looks like. it will have an attendant. it will be moved out of the cleaning. the city is calling it a pilot program that may install restrooms in the future. >> we have the option of moving to other locations which is why we got a mobile unit. make sure we learn and get it right. it's been a problem in denver, denver plans to open restrooms in commons park. >> the latest debate between the republicans was beyond ugly last night. despite that, there were some compromises between the candidates here's the latest from detroit.
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marco rubio logged insults to trump during the debate. >> donald has a tenuous relationship with the truth. >> if anyone has deserved to be attacked that way is trump. >> the real con artist is him. >> i've given by answer lying ted >> he referred to my hands as small, something else must be small. i guaranty there's no problem. >> people say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. >> as we know, it's an untraditional year. >> trump said he enjoyed himself. >> a little more violent, a little more back and forth and tougher. >> rubio said he would support
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nomination. their promise came hours after mitt romney called him a phony and a fraud. he said he may not be the nominee. >> if i win ohio, we're probably going to end up in a convention. >> trump said he will support the nominee if another candidate gets the nod. >> trump has a quarter of those needed to secure the nomination. there are three caucuses for republicans on saturday. today is a very exciting day and tomorrow leading up to the denver museum of nature and science day going to be filled girls >> it shows girls the careers open to them. lauren whitney is live. it was big last year. >> it was massive last year, we had the best time last year and this year, it's bigger and better and it's going to be a
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for the young girls 3-18, if you have a sister, a daughter, a niece, bring her here tomorrow. we're at the denver museum, i'm join bid colleen, sweet to wake up with us this morning. you're the manager of the:00s here at the museum and have your own clubhouse what are you going to show these girls tomorrow? >> i manage the touchable hands-on collection at the museum everything in my clubhouse i bring out is going to be touchable and hands on. >> tell us, so they can get an idea. >> we cover the sciences that the museum does one of the things is a horn core. it's an actual fossil 65 million years old that you can hold and check out. we will have things like these are love sticks from the island.
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this is really neat. >> if a gentleman was sweet on a girl, he would take this and stick it into her hut. if she accepts him, she pulls it in and but if he pushes it back out, the whole village sees it. >> there's different artifacts >> we cover dinosaurs, people, geology, all of it. >> there are tons of activities for the girls to do. >> we're going to do a selection of objects out and decide which category you would put them in. would a piece of wood, does it
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>> it starts tomorrow at 9 to 5. ages 3-18 and spread throughout the museum, so you get to see everything tomorrow. brit and alan, you're going to be here this weekend, it's going to be a blast i'm so excited. >> it's so exciting. these girls will be exposed to so many things in one venue. >> it's so much to learn. it's wonderful. and my daughters had a great time last year. we'll see you tomorrow. 41 degrees in denver.
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the city of denver employee who did no work for two years just got another raise. investigator told us about the paid leave and now there are new developments. >> reporter: he has reason to smile. we've learn that had the assistant attorney put on leave 20 months ago was just given another raise of $4,000 a year and a grade of successful for his performance >> why are we paying someone so much for sitting at home. does it seem odd that a guy at home gets a raise.
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and the administrative, we followed the normal process for all employees leave in july of 2014 saying they were reviewing his handling of a case, he agreed to pay an inmate in jail. no u the city has again said his job performance was successful even though he was ordered not assigned any cases and just awarded him another raise bringing his salary to $147,000. that salary bump for sitting at home doing nothing >> where does the buck stop? >> the buck stops with me. >> so why won't you answer questions about this?
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report on this, the city attorney lifted his suspension and told him he could start working again but from home. martinez refuses to answer questions about what the investigation turned up and why he was allowed to go back to work. a border collie is strutting his stuff down a runway in michigan. his job is chasing birds and other wildlife off of the runway. he loves his work his owner documents his adventures on social media which have been viewed millions of times >> put me to work. dave now, we need some of that snow. >> looks like piper needs a sweater. that looks cold. we need some of that moisture, we might get a little bit of rain here and there, but
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we're at 35 in grand junction. 41 in boulder. jim bruce is the weather watcher we have had high clouds across the state all night long. a good flow, that's part of the reason it's so mild this morning, a down slope keeping us warm there's a cold front up here in wyoming going to dip down during the course of the day between 10-noon and just slide through the high pressure ridge here. that will keep us in the low 60s, it may be a degree or two cooler than yesterday and give us a slight chance of a sprinkle and showing up in the forecast. partly sunny skies during the day, by about 4:00, 5:00, might see a couple sprinkles of rain and light snow into the higher elevations of the foothills watch how quickly it dissipates by 9:00, it's gone and mostly clear and we take you through the weekend. saturday should be partly cloudy, by sunday, snow and rain in the mountains and the west
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another down sloping wind that boosts the temperatures up. temperatures today won't be that bad we'll be in the 60s and the 70s across the plains denver's high should be at 62 today. 33 tonight with high clouds, maybe a sprinkle late and tomorrow, for the big girls and science day at the museum, 66 degrees, partly cloudy skies, 70 on sunday, and then on monday, there's about a 40% chance of showers on monday with a high of 56 degrees and there will be some mountain snow with that. we need more of that, hopefully the rest of march will come through with moisture. i wanted to introduce you to these guys. take a look. the second graders at black rock in eerie, say hello, they were excited to learn about the weather. we stopped in with the weather balloon and the radios and had fun with that. with i had the experiments like the tornado machine to show them
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thanks to the teacher for shooting the video. great kids. >> great kids and excited to learn about science. looking at u.s. 36 and pay cos, see the direction it's loading up as you head out this morning. that's part of the morning commute. we expect it to stay light throughout the day we're across the denver area, we have a stall traveling northbound along i-25. it's past colfax. take you can out to the broader picture, green across the map. slowing along i-25, north of i-70 has been clear. in the high country, look at the winds you're dealing with through idaho springs, breckenridge, highway 40 to winter park. tomorrow, there's a great opportunity for all of the young girls in colorado. it will be the this fun filled
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>> it shows girls the careers that are open to them and lauren do this. there are so many great things that girls can do. >> and there's going to be over 30 30 -- clubhouses. 30 opportunities that they can the get their minds going and possibly thinking of something they want to do in the future. it's all steam, science technology, arts and math. careers from the broad range. met up with some girls from the colorado school of mines and here's what they have planned. >> it started at a young age. they're in the society of women engineers at the school of mind. >> one of the big pushes within the society is to get the out
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>> stem stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, this saturday, you get hands on experience. >> we'll make a homemade lava lamp out of oil and water and based off of the densities. >> it starts with water, oil and food coloring and a tablet puts on a show. >> it is going to react and form carbon dioxide gas. the lava lamp is set into motion. for those who love to make art, it's a tie dyed experiment. >> just this piece of cloth, sharpees, alcohol alcohol brings the inch out. >> it will be a cool tie tyeed the i sign you can take home. see this and more this saturday >> definitely
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>> reporter: it starts at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow at the denver museum of nature and science. the clubhouses were in one section and this time they're spread throughout. we're in the waterway as well. there will be clubhouses all over the place and we'll get a good idea of what the museum is about and see over 30 clubhouses representing 30 or plus different careers that women can go into and we want the young girls to be inspired. last year, it was a blast. we met so many amazing people. you can come and explore every booth and explore. you come here and spend as much time as you want. we want the young ladies to see all it. i know you will be out here as well. they're going to be inspired by you. some of these girls say i think
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to movies that haven't come out yet, they're making headlines. your hollywood minute. >> luck is the color >> nina has some people seeing red. the picture, her ancestry is dominican republic and her skin seems darkened for the role. robert l. johnson defended the casting in a statement saying that she gave her heart and soul to the role and that quality of
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judged on the basis of color or physical likeness but by the sheer force of createtivity and the commitment that an actor or actress brings to the performance. nina opens april 22nd. a behind the scenes documentary, bring the force home, the force awakens on blu-ray and dvd. >> we've dedicated our whole lives >> dedicated fans that had the reboot spotted on kristin wig's white board. it features a video with a real life sciencetist that helped to make it with a few huge leaps. it hits theaters, july 15th.
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>> neat we're doing this with women >> it's great. 41 in denver. >> morning news. >> it's a field trip for teachers being rude to denver. what the mayor is doing to bring more diversity to the denver public schools. >> i guaranty you there's no problem. >> the latest debate reaches a new mark including donald trump's reference to his own body parts. a mobile restroom downtown. it's part of a plan to embrace the new rankings as the best place to live. >> one airline manufacturer has an idea on how to clean things up. also ahead, how you can get apple tech support in the palm
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