live from colorado's newschannel, this is cbs 4 news. this is the news at noon from a homeless man on a rampage with the fight. caught on camera. money people are avoiding the 16th street mall because of all of the violence and the downtown partnership is

the 16th street mall has been ranked as a top tourist destination but the increased reports of violence had kept many people away. today, we learned about plans to tackle the problems. susanna is on the mall and we are talking about 24-hour patrols. >> reporter: in addition to regular denver police officer's been down here.downtown partnership has hired a private security. handcuffs. they will have one or two out of the time.we went out with the first one. we went out with the first one .1 smith is a colorado national guardsmen and out here patrolling. the number of security guards that will actually be out here will be constantly changing. >> you will see what is happening downtown, time of day and the experiences we get.>> reporter: in addition to the

in addition to the security guards .182 new lights will be installed at -- will be installed. some of the alleys will be made private and even a couple of additional uniformed people patrolling will help deter crime. we are live in denver, cbs 4 news . an update on the hunt for a missing child .11-year-old marsalis lord has been found safely. a viewer saw his pict contacted police. the us department of justice is launching an investigation into the commerce city police department and this comes after requests of the city itself.rick santos joins us live from outside the us attorney's office.rick, what is the department what this reviewed pushed back -- reviewed ? >> reporter: to say they have issues is something the readily admit. for example, a well-

claimed he was shot by a motorist and it turns out he was lying about that took and he was prosecuted. there was another case of an officer who was sexting thousands of messages while on duty. officer misconduct is the main reason in asking for this review the department of justice cops program, it is called, willing to be officers, members of the public and look into the department's policies and procedures. recommendations will be made after several they will stick around to monitor implementation your the interim police chief says this was needed. >> i believe that anytime you have officers that commit crimes while on duty, that certainly is going to challenge the trust of the community with the police department and it's our responsibility to work to bring back and earn that trust

>> reporter: over a period of what will take two years or maybe a little longer, the department of justice cops program will issue reports that will be made public. live in downtown denver, rick salinger, cbs 4 news . happening now, a driver faces dui charges after a wreck in denver leaves behind a string of damage. the driver smashed his car into a backyard near evans and federal in the car hit a small steel pole, to hit a trailer in the backyard and destroyed a small structure on the property.the driver ran from the scene by police found him a few blocks away. another round of problems for the in-line this morning delaying some trains for 15 to 30 minutes.this time, the problem was with the crossing gates.the contractor has had workers at the gate since the a line opened because sometimes either the gates to open or close properly.that's move on

today brings a pretty big shakeup in donald trump's campaign team. this while hillary clinton continues to be plagued by the investigation into her email server.craig all is well reports. >> reporter: donald trump is shaking up his campaign staff with less than 90 days to go until election day. even, who run breitbart.com down the drain as ceo and kelly and conway joins as campaign manager. palmetto ford will remain can bring chairman diminished roles. >> is one of the toughest, most aggressive, most negative operatives in the world today and that signals to me that rather than softening his approach, he will double down with a tough, in-your-face campaign.>> reporter: donald trump says he does not want to soften his approach. >> i am who im. that is me. i don't want to pivot.

>> reporter: hillary clinton would like to pivot away from any talk about her emails but some republicans want but the subject by your republicans contend that she may have purchased heard -- perjured herself during the benghazi hearings and they are now compare notes the of the i had with congress on tuesday from its investigation into clinton's use of a private email server to see if there are discrepancies. clinton would not talk about the news during a campaign event in philadelphia yesterday but her campaign says that once the app -- it wants the fbi notes made public so that republicans cannot selectively leak certain information work -- leak certain information. chris boswell, cbs 4 news , the white house. kori gardner is now giving his support to donald trump took you can find his reasons why in the campaign section of the bs denver.com and we also have details on the fight over raising the minimum wage.

areas of louisiana. areas of louisiana .11 deaths are blamed on historic flooding took 6000 people are still in shock but that is actually down from 11,000 earlier this week that officials believed that at least 40,000 homes are damaged. 16,000 people have already signed up for fema assistance. crews in california are fighting a desperate battle against the blue cut buyer burning 60 miles east of la. less than four hours, it is -- it has consumed 30,000 acres destroying and an unknown -- destroying an unknown amount of structures. >> in my 40 years of fighting fire, i have never seen fire behavior so extreme as it was yesterday. >> this is a challenging year and one of the things we are seeing is that the fires are burning unprecedented fashion.

new normal this year. we are seeing explosive, dangerous fire behavior or kai was able to get up this morning and get some ice on it from the air. in a word, it was devastating.>> california needs raining. evacuation orders are in place right now and the fire has posed i-15, a major highway there is more than 1300 firefighters are on the line trying to protect those structures. crews are making progress in northern california. some of those residents around the lower lake area are a man accused of starting that fire, david peschel, accused of starting the fire along with 16 smaller fires.he fought wildfires while in prison. good afternoon. clear blue skies over the city right now but i have my eyes on something that may bring clouds later right here on doppler 4000.we will talk about this plus a major cooldown in the

activity in the skies above the metro area. how this is a test of a natural response system -- national response system.

welcome back, everyone.

disaster drill is underway at the airport which hopes to test the natural disaster medical system including helicopters and a number of hospitals are also involved.jimmy has spent her morning at denver international airport and she is inside a pretty cool vessel right now. what is up, jamie? >> reporter: this is one of the many aircraft participating today. they actually loaded patients on to what they call litters. you can stack them about five hi so a pretty large aircraft started in salt lake city. emergency responders have been told that an earthquake has hit there and the medical staff had to send about 150 patient volunteers here with a variety of injuries to act out. >> oh! my eye. i can't see. see .0! >> you try to be like you because your indexers -- it is an exercise in your helping them and you want to try to do

center for patients while they wait to be transported by ambulance and military helicopters. the hospitals around the metro area. more than 300 people from local state and federal agencies. the ones that would likely be contributing in a real disaster are being tested today and it is not often that these agencies have to work together but it is extremely important that they know how. >> this is always communications and workg their processes and their language.to show up and quickly integrate. we hope to achieve efficiencies in prepared nests and just get to know people. we always say, you don't start handing out business cards in a moment of crisis. the preparedness drill is in its fifth year and will be an annual event took there is a different disaster simulated each time. such good work being done out there. thank you for that and chris

about -- with you like it or not -- one more day of 90 degrees and then, a really major cooldown. we will make you all happy on this forecast. from lookout mountain tour the city, mostly sunny skies in denver right now but let's turn around and look back toward the mountains. sun and clouds are building up there and it will soon turn into those usual pop-up thunderstorms. we are well into the 80s on the eastern plains and a few places touch of 90.we are well into the 80s on the eastern plains and a few places touch of 90.85 in denver. 60s and 70s up high and some 60s and 70s out on the slope work -- on the slope. if you are with us for morning is, we wish -- we showed you this little feature spinning down in mexico drifting to colorado. there's a little band of cloud cover coming with it and that

area over the next one or two hours.we are already seeing pop up storms over the higher elevations and we will keep those up there for most of the day.however, there is a chance these will come to the city. only a small chance. maybe 10 to 20% that it is they are. if any of these pop up where you live, you could get some brief heavy rain, a little bit of cloud-to-ground lightning took they should not last too long and that is the good news. looking further up the road, in candidate. we have our eye on this batch of cool air. there's a shift in the upper level weather pattern over the next couple of days and high pressure will backup over the pacific took a rich building up the coast is going to create a trial bringing cool air right down here into colorado. just wait until you see how cool we are talking. today, 80s and 90s on the

today, 80s and 90s on the eastern plains. 70s for the higher elevations .80 and 90 on the western slope and here goes the cooldown for denver. it starts tomorrow and you will notice those files building in the afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms in the winds picking up a little bit.look at friday .70 degrees. it is going to be quite the change in what we have been singing. 40s for the overnight lows and saturday, just 69.we will start to warm back up on your sunday here >> it is just a little taste of the season that is coming right after summer.>> and you so much for that and you can keep track of the cooler temperatures that chris is tr o weather app or cbs weather on your app store. >> the broncos have some new faces today.the 49ers were in full pads for this morning's practice.head coach and 49ers coach made the practice plan a couple of months ago. both teams are in the midst of a quarterback competition so this gives those players a chance to really test their skills against a new defense. you can stay in touch with what

long on cbsdenver.com . looking good out there exposed -- looking good out there! how many kids are injured because of carriers and strollers? and a look at where the dow

we have a consumer alert for families who have children and strollers. researchers say about 361,000 kids ages five years of age and younger went to the er every year between 1990 and 2010 for injuries from strollers or

most common problem is the product actually tipping. about a fourth of the injuries were brain injuries or concussions. we know that traumatic injuries or concussions could have long-term consequences on cognitive development so we want to make sure that parents are taking the steps that they can in order to prevent these injuries from occurring to their children.>> sure to always buckle them up and locked the wheels so it doesn't roll and don't hang on the handles. the good news from the study is that the number of injuries has actually declined over the past 20 years has many manufacturers have improved the products. misty is a teenager hoping to grow up and find the love of a family. and we recently went over some makeup tips together here >> how you learn is by doing it so close your eyes. >> reporter: we will with her at the salon as she learned to

apply eyeliner. >> like taylor swift, don't you! >> she knows misty is 14 and does not need much.>> closure right. >> closure right .0, come on.it happens. it happens to the best of us -- close your right eye. close your right eye .0 -- >> reporter: put together with you like science and you like math. i also remember talking to you and you like writing? what are your favorite books these days? >> twilight. >> very nice. >> reporter: she hope that leads her to a career on the police force. >> reporter: what do you like about being a police officer? >> just going after them.>>

rights question back -- right? >> it looks good. >> reporter: we have interviewed misty several times. she really wants a family and you can find out about her or other children. call 303-755 - 4 75 six or 1- 800-451-5246. if you have a news tip or story idea, we want to hear

stolen baby or rescued child. shannon tells doctor phil that sam's mother took the baby when he was just six months old and now, he is five and the couple

behaviors. >> why did you not see him for two years? >> because i worked a lot.>> oh , sam. >> if he had some sort of certainty, he would probably get to visit more. >> what doctor phil says is best for that little boy today at 4 o'clock a teenager is looking to find a kidney donor but now, she wants to help a young boy. how she plans to the -- pay it forward in the most amazing way. why investigators are not sure lochte story is not true. we will look at the forecast and everybody will be talking about this cooldown. >> a handful of showers and storms out there. daytime heating is underway and let's walk you through the change.today is hot and

today, you will see the changes coming in the afternoon and evening.friday, saturday, much cooler unsettled showers and storms around and we recover on sunday.it is nice and we really need the moisture. >> i did want to go hiking and i'm not sure it is the best we

>> wyatt: i can't believe this. are -- are you sure? you're positive? >> steffy: i was in the office when my grandfather brought quinn in. >> wyatt: eric offered her a job? >> steffy: mm-hmm. >> wyatt: she didn't accept? >> steffy: oh, she accepted, all right. >> wyatt: she wouldn't do that. >> steffy: she did. >> wyatt: well, why why is eric offering her a job?! >> steffy: because he's not thinking straight. because he's being taken advantage of by your mom. >> wyatt: [ sighs ] [ knock on door ] ? >> quinn: look at you. >> eric: look at you. come in.