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colfax. i'm bm. thanks for being us with. the fire start ed in the second story units at the bar motel. the fire was reported around 9:30 this morning. two people sent to the hospital. firefighters don't know about their exact injuries, but they say the people were conscious. the owner of the motel said they were briefly trapped in the motel. the owners and the firefighters said the flames moved quickly. the owner tried to contain the file while calling 911 at the same time. >> nothing i could experience before because i've never been through this before. so it was frightening. and a lot going through my head, and the first thing that went through my head was try to put the fire out, and i tried, but it didn't work out.

stop, the crews were able to attached to the building. >> denver firefighters say it move so quickly. 9 units were damaged there. this is the day denver is prepared to move the belongings and shelter of people living on the streets in the area near lawrence and park avenue west. cbs 4 jaime leary is on the scene where she's been since 5:00 this morning. jaime, are you seeing the city act just yet? >>reporter: you know, things are pretty calm and quiet over here. just over my shoulder here, down park avenue. we did see a denver police officer swing by there and give a verbal warning to people over there to clear out or possibly face arrest. property. over here, things have cleared out at this point really, people are listening to the verbal warnings.

sign on the ground actually, earlier, city officials put that sign-in side an ordinance that bans blocking of public way including sidewalks. that heard none initiated this clear out. they took that ordinance out for a second time, but other than that, things have been calm. there were a few people we thought may be weren't so inclined to clear out at all, but it was just yesterday that the ball park neighborhood was given notice of this cleanup. folks were handed fliers and told they had 24 hours to clear the belongings out. it was just that that happened. the homeless was joined this morning by protestors from various organizations. some completely opposed to the cleanup and others making sure it's done in a humane way and ask questions of the city, like where are all these people going to go. we reached out to city officials and we asked them to tell us if there was a specific timeline, but they said so far there's no specific timeline, but we're going to continue to follow this

so far, no sign of city officials and just the one police presence giving that verbal warning, giving folks time to clear out their belongings. that's what they're doing, but the city has yet to show up to do the clean up. jaime leary. thank you, jaime. the problem with people leaving pets in cars in boulder is under discussion. they're going to fine those who leave -- cbs 4 lauren dipirito explains. >>reporter: it's one -- west of the lions at hall ranch. >> i like to see the wild life, and the openness of it all. >> to keep from interfering with wild life, hall ranch does not allow pets and that's prompting problems. >> when it's hot out, we get complaints from park visitors

that see the dogs in the cars. that it's just too hot or they don't have adequate ventilation or water. >> tuesday, county missions will consider a new rule for its open spaces. prohibiting visitors from leaving pets inside their cars and from smoking tobacco and marijuana products or consuming edibles. >> it's not something they want their kids to see, it's not something they want to smell, and it's not something they want to be exposed to. >> if approved, the park is the first to keep visitors from leaving pets inside cars while they use the trail. balloon says the proposal could reduce wild fire risk. >> i think it will be great to ban smoking and ban the danger of burning. >> that was lauren dispirito reporting. we're hoping the buildings -- let's talk about the weather now, meteorologist chris spears is in colorado's weather center. chris, our snow

>> these numbers fresh off the press britt. we're down to 94% average. this is down 5% since march. one week into the month. every river basin under 100%. what a stark contrast at the end of the january, we were over 100%. a big drop over just the past few weeks. doppler 4000, complete. there is a little moisture just off to our south in the southern rocky mountains and a weather -- it is going to come together and kickoff a handful of snow showers in the high country and our foothills this evening, and look at this. 9:00 tonight, a few of those showers may try to this could be like what we saw yesterday where some may get rain or a mix or snow and some places could get an inch or so. this is nothing significant. through.

degrees in denver. temperatures held back just a little bit, britt, because of the cloud cover. i'll talk about the brief shot of precipitation and a warmup. voters are heading to the polls in campaign 2016. there's primaries in the presidential nomination. the republicans have about 150 delegates on the table and they're going to voice opinions in ohio, hawaii, michigan and mississippi. the democratic voters have 171 who are casting ballot in mississippi and michigan. cbs kenneth craig has the latest on the campaign craig. >>reporter: voters are heading into the booth in michigan. it's the big prize for democrats and republicans. >> the numbers i just got from michigan are tremendous numbers. >> donald trump leads the polls in the great lake state.

even his advisers admit it has been a bad week for the businessman. >> every single person that has attacked me has gone do not, is that true? >> one person who has made a ground -- is john kasich. the ohio governor has campaigned in the state and says he's going to do better than expected. >> we're going to win ohio and there's going to be a campaigning all across the country. it's going to be exciting. >> texas senator ted cruz is earning kasich and rubio followers to switch sides. >> if you don't want to see donald trump as our nominee, i ask you to join us. we will put you to our team. >> clinton has a big lead over sanders in mississippi and michigan. the two states holding democratic primaries today. >> the sooner i could become your nominee, the more i could turn our attention to the republicans. >> clinton moves onto ohio for a rally there tonight.

craig, cbs news, new york. >> here is the delegate count going into today's primaries. trump has 378. cruz, 298. rubio, 146. and kasich, 35. republicans need 1,237 delegates for the nomination. on the democratic side, clinton leads sanders 1,123 to 484. it takes 2, 203 delegates for the nomination. we'll update the numbers on cbs 4 news at 10:00 later on tonight. new information about what caused a commuter train to derail in california. union pacific says a mud slide likely caused the problem. 9 people were injured when the train plunged into a creek. 214 people were on the train when it derailed. >> it was jolting. it was a wild ride. we felt a couple of

people were crying for help and i went to find a conductor. he had flown out the window. >> right now, that stretch of track here is closed while it is being inspected. firefighters say the fact that only 9 people were injured in the accident is something of a minor miracle. happening now, i-70 is closed through glenwood canyon for rock fall mitigation work. they have been working on that since a rock slide three weeks ago. that caused damage to the highway. mostly recently a single lane has been open to each direction of traffic through the canyon. the rocks scaling should be done by 4:00 this afternoon. new details about what happened before a person ended up being stabbed in aurora this morning. police say the victim was involved in some sort of altercation in a home here off walsh drive. copter 4 was there and spotted a second scene at

was loaded into an ambulance. police say these scenes are connected, but it's not clear how. the stabbing victim has life-threatening injuries. coming up next, the lingering pain for families two years after the disappearance of this malaysian airline. later, the object stuck in the car that grabbed the attention of a,,

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patrick who was an inflight supervisor on flight 370 when it mysteriously vanished. >> i'm thinking the last moments, what were they thinking. >> it was a moment of silence to remember the 239 people lost. >> the prime minister says he's confident crews will find the plane, but admits the search is the most complicated in avenue asian history. tin that crouse, cbs 4 news. we have more rain. >> it's good news. it looks like every drop is not enough. copter 4 this morning, britt, flying over the city went through the smoke coming off the power plant making a condensation cloud on your cloud. i thought that was neat. we had an overcast start to the day, then the sun broke through and we have a mix of sun and clouds. looking towards the

they're going to try their best to bring moisture. nothing too significant. we'll take anything we can. 40s and 50s on the eastern plains. 44 -- 20s and 30s up high. juan is our weather watcher in lakewood checking in at 48 degrees for the noon hour. here's a view at steamboat springs. you've had a few snow showers in the vicinity this morning. high cloud cover up that way. a few snow showers out there on doppler 5000. no huge organized weather system in this day, but this little ripple passing through will try to kick up a few snow showers in the denver area and our foothills as we roll into the evening. i think the best chance for this we're starting to see radar light up with a few returns. this is not but hopefully over the next few hours, we'll get that down to the ground. here's the big the jet stream cut off area of low pressure sitting to

too far away to have impacts on us, other than it's keeping the rockies unsettled with scattered snow showers passing through as we roll through the day. this is the ripple of snow that tries to develop in the foothills around sunset tonight. it does try rolling out across the city before midnight. let's get closer here and i'll show you that. one or two inches of snow could accumulate for some of you in the higher foothills and rain showers start to roll across denver. probably 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, the amount lz be light, but if you're going to be out and about, it could be enough to damn enp -- to dampen your plans. a fly in the ointment. a brief mix tonight. 50s tomorrow, britt. and tomorrow afternoon, same deal. could get a quick little stray shower. look at thursday, friday, saturday. the heat is back.

>> we crank it back up to the 60s to near 70s >> i know i like that sunshine. >> yes you do. >> thank you, chris. the denver zoo is showing off a new arrival, baby girl, winsey. he's a western gorilla. a species endangered. only the 5th george ril orilla birthed at the zoo ever. her second name means good thing in the native language of ghana. she's on display with her parents at the great apes building. cute baby. coming up next, the story behind the heart stopping picture snapped at a spring

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season beginning tomorrow. that team has released titan daniels lewis, and long snapper aaron brewer. general manager john elway said the decisions were tough and the team appreciated their contributions. daniel had two touchdowns and jackson is close to a deal with the jacksonville jaguars. it is the kind of picture that really takes your breath away. check it out. a photographer snapped this picture of a father reaching out to stop a bat from it happened at a spring training game in florida this weekend. >> when i felt something hit me and i didn't know what it was. it hit my shoulder right here. >> it happened so fast. i didn't have time to think about it. i just -- once i realized it was heading for us and specifically my son, i just through my arm out and tried to

>> wow, what quick thinking there. sean says his arm is bruised, but it's getting better. and landen says he has been hit with so much stuff, he's felt better within minutes. the team want to protect fans, but that hasn't happened at many spring training games. a developing story in illinois after an officer stops a woman driving with a 15-foot tree stuck in her car. you can see it right here. the officer outside of illinois recorded the car with the tree in the grille to stop the vehicle. the car's airbags had been deployed. the officer arrested the 54-year-old she reportedly told the officer she drove more than 3 and a half

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say he's threatened them since he was 10. brandon admits he has problems with his temper, but says he can't control it. >> why do you suppose you're able to have such an intelligent, articulate conversation with me right now? >> why? >> how do you think you're able to do that? i mean, you should be proud of that. >> i don't want to let my parents down and i want to get the help that i need. >> what advice does dr. phil we'll find out at 5:00. shoulder surgeries are common, but there's a way to improve it before the surgery occurs. and a highway patrol officer rescuing two children from a burning car. see at it 5:00. >> chris joins us for weather. >> a

after sunset before midnight. much like yesterday. this could briefly fill-in tense and you think, uh-oh, the weather man messed up again. >> we would never say that. >> but i promise, it's a brief shot. it will be in and out of here and tomorrow morning, we'll wake up with a mix of sun and clouds and the 50s. >> we need rain. >> yes we do. >> chris, thanks very much and thanks for being with us on colorado because news channel. we'll,,

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