a woman dies after being hit by a car in a busy intersection in denver. now the driver is in custody, facing dui charges. >> the victim was coleen o'connor, she worked for the denver post. >> reporter: it's been a difficult day for the denver post. >> sometimes it was colorful, sometimes it's tragic. >> reporter: describing what made her reporting stand out above the rest. >> nobody would be afraid to be interviewed by colleen because she wrote beautiful, accurate story >> reporter: she was killed by

23-year-old jesus carino, while crossing 1st and downing thursday night. he drove about a mile before stopping. >> he did come to a stop. did make a phone call to 911. reported that he was in a crash, and is waited there for officers to respond >> reporter: investigators believed he had the green light when he hit o'connor in the crosswalk. >> if it's true, it's surprising to me. people talked last night about how fastidious she was about obedience to traffic signals. >> reporter: she was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. carino is under investigation for vehicular homicide and dui. while many in the denver post newsroom continue to mourn the loss of their colleague and friend, flowers at her desk serve at a reminder of the legacy she leaves behind. >> she was very kind and curious and lovely. but she always got the work done in a very compassionate way.

>> reporter: o'connor joined the denver post in july of 2004. a lot of people here tell me she loved to read, and often contributed her own book reviews to the paper. we have an update on an officer-involved shooting in denver. officers are looking for a man in a home at bryant and bales yesterday. sent escaped through a window. three officers ended up tackling him. the suspect tried officers' guns. the gun discharged, and an officer shot and killed the suspect. he has not been identified. three officers were injured but are expected to recover. deputies are investigating the shooting death of a man in an adams county neighborhood. the body was found this morning not far from pecos. the shooting is connected to a home invasion of a marijuana grow house in that area. a person inside shot one of the suspects who was trying

body was discovered two blocks away. >> they picked up a lot of information, bagged it all up. the body was over there. >> reporter: the names of those involved have not been released. tonight we have learned adams county is investigating a second homicide scene in that neighborhood. no word on whether the two deaths are related. the latest in the paige birgfeld murder trial. closing arguments set foror junction. birgfeld went missing in 2007. her body wasn't discovered until six years later. lester jones is charged with first degree murder and kidnapping. on the stand today an expert witness for his defense team testified there should be real doubts about the prosecution's case. >> reporter: we have heard weeks of witness testimony in this murder trial. the defense

detective they paid to look into this entire case. >> all the police reporting and the reports made centered very heavily around mr. jones. >> reporter: natasha powers has a paycheck jones' defense team. her testimony, powerful. chipping away and raising questions about this entire case. >> with the initial lead investigator, it was shoddy at best. >> reporter: powers says she reviewed the entire case file and testified today there were major missteps made. mainly the sheriff's office focusing so much of their -- so much of their investigation solely on lester jones while evidence was missed, she says, that could

livingston. mr. livingston who did have that appointment with paige between 9:00 and 10:00, why not talk to his known coworkers and associates about his behavior? >> reporter: it was a packed house. a lot of people are starting to watch this case closer. a business is cleaning up after an suv smashed into its storefront. this was the scene here ham den and yosemite. the driver went in, started rolling forward. the accelerate was pressed instead of the brake. no one was hurt. a congressional committee is take action to get their hands on a report that looked into what went wrong during the construction of the v.a.

>> reporter: the v.a. completed an internal investigation into what went wrong here more than a year ago. but it has refused repeatedly to release thousands of pages of findings and documentation, even to congress. reporting on the debacle here for nearly aad the hospital is four years overdue and a billion dollars overbudget. it was to be completed in 2014 at a cost of $580 million. it won't be done until 2018 at a cost of $1.7 billion. there have been countless lawsuits, hearings, and a walkout by workers. under fire from both sides of the aisle, the v.a. conducted a comprehensive internal investigation promising to share the results with congress. when it was finished, the v.a.

the house veterans affairs committee with a 31-page redacted summary which is it barred them from making public. now at the urging of congressman mike kaufman, the committee is voting to subpoena the v.a.'s full report. >> the tax payers have a right to know. veterans have a right to know. and congress has to know! it's constitutional oversight responsibility. we're asked to appropriate this money, and to account to of the united states. there is no explanation. no credible explanation how a billion dollars in taxpayer money was wasted without a single individual being fired. how does that happen? >> reporter: he suspects the investigation uncovered corruption and possible criminal wrongdoing and the v.a. is trying to cover it up. the committee she a member of will vote next week to issue the

v.a. to release that full report. i'll keep you posted. the broncos taking on the cards. the final preseason game of the year. even though trevor siemian has been named the starting quarterback, he will not be playing tonight. they're giving paxton lynch a chance. >> the fourth preseason game, usually not one that people tune into. the rookie is gonna start and should play the entire game that's gonna be a little different. these playing in all preseason games, but tonight will be his first start. he has talked about how the playbook was a little overwhelming. recently he said things are getting easier to understand and that he's learning a lot quicker. tonight it'll abe good chance to see how far he's come. >> it requires a little bit

well. more time at the complex. whenever we put that game plan in this week, and is a game plan this week, i've been spending extra time trying to learn it, pick it up. >> tonight a big game for paxton burk also for guys trying to make the roster. one of those guys is running back ronnie hillman. we'll hear from him later in sports. a 20-year-old murder case is making headlines again. >> boulder police discuss the death of jonbenet >> as facecraft explodes, a very expensive satellite on the launch pad at cape canaveral. >> and this popped up around thornton, a little thunderstorm. not much else over the eastern plains. there is moisture off to the west. we might see a storm scattered around tonight, and

today boulder police addressed the case of jonbenet ramsey. >> the upcoming anniversary of

about the sensational case. here's rick salinger. >> reporter: you may remember that under a previous district attorney, jonbenet's parents and brother were formally cleared in this case. but the speculation still goes on. the boulder police department has been swamped with requests for interviews for the anniversary coming up, and they issued their own statement. >> the boulder police department is committedo >> reporter: two decades after the 6-year-old girl's body was found discovered in her home, her killer has still not been identified. >> publications and movies offer many theories on how this crime occurred and who is responsible. facts have been surmised and often distorted, which has led to many conclusions. >> unbelievable. we want to get truth out. >> reporter: cbs is soon airing a multipart series examining the

show is to air an withionbenet's brother, burt, who was nine at the time. >> three people in their house, that you know of, and you're the one that has never spoken. >> reporter: the police statement showed pictures of their files, and gave statistics, including a thousand people interviewed in 18 states, and 200 dna >> we have not and will not give up. we remain focused on this investigation and finding justice for jonbenet. >> reporter: the department still has two investigators on this case. and they've set up a tip line if you have any information. >> rick salinger reporting for us there. cbs will air a 3-part

original investigators will team up with experts re-examine the evidence using today's technology and forensics. you mentioned something is kicking up on the north side! >> see this boundary? can you barely see it. a little moisture boundary, watch it push in, gets a little lift, and that storm develops. where it is read, that's the heaviest of the storm. already losing the red, so the storm of moisture still to work its way through the area, so tomorrow we could have some big showers and thunderstorms. showers and thunderstorms just wandering around the mountains, diring down overnight. tomorrow, friday, look at all the moisture moving up in the southwest, into the metro area. watch how heavy it gets over the eastern plains right there. we could see some

tomorrow. saturday showers and thunderstorms. and just a few skourmz over the -- shourmdz over the northwest. then it spreads down to the gulf coast wrun there's a lot of moisture because -- where you know there's a lot of moisture because of hurricane hermine. winds at 80 miles an hour, moving north northeast at 14. you can take a look and see that means it's getting stronger, and look at all the moisture it is pulling in. on land an inch and a half to 4 inch was rain. this heavy rain will continue to move through the area. heavy rains and gusty winds. lester, now a king 2 -- category 2. it is

heading directly for the hawaiian islands. 80 and 82 right now, south breeze at 22. 37% humidity. a steady barometer. and this is cloud to cloud lightning. not lightning that strikes the ground it. goes from cloud to cloud. the certificate cloud to ground, or ground -- other is clou we'll find 40s for the mountains and 50s and 60s out west. tomorrow, temperatures in the 80s for the most part. a few 70s up there in laramie. and out west temperatures in the 80s to near 90 degrees. the denver forecast for tonight, partly cloudy skies, 57 and 58 the overnight lows. for tomorrow, increasing clouds, scattered thunderstorms, low 80s. and then for the next several day, temperatures will

87 on saturday. monday just about perfect, sunny and 86. >> good holiday weekend! >> ground to cloud, cloud to ground. >> ground. >> no ground to ground. >> right. [ laughter ] denver public schools say students continue to improve on statewide assessment tests. the superintendent dropped by palmer elementary this morning. he says the state'smi measurement is showing denver is building on the progress it's shown over the past ten years. he says education those keep evolving. >> it's so important that education not be about memorization and rote learning or teaching how to test but teaching our kids to think. >> he gives the credit to the teachers, kids, and administrators. does your child have an

brian maws shows us why teachers not making the grade are still in classrooms. >> many people say this is the most massive shift in the education system in the last 50 years >> reporter: and teachers are in jeopardy of losing their tenure. >> devastating >> reporter: why teachers labeled below the bar are still in front of classrooms. >> do you have the principal say don't worry about it, i'm still gonna keep you. >> join us the benefit of not announcing the starting quarterback. >> and ronnie hillman was to be a bronco next week, he's gotta

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one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. speed may not be available in your area. call today. ? last year rhone hillman led the broncos in rushing yards. this year he's one of the guys on the bubble to make the team. kubiak has been brutally honest that ronnie is in a battle to make the team! battling for the backup running back spot.

he's not focused on the fact that it could be his last. >> trying not to think about that right now. you it's a crazy league, you never know what's going on. so just keep march forth. tom brady getting the start preseason game. suspended for the first four games of the season. he got off to a rough start, picked off on the first possession, responded with a touchdown pass though. broncos fans not happy to see that. they prefer more of the first highlight. less than 24 hours away of exhaust of the rocky mountain showdown, and no word on who will start at quarterback for

stevens -- nick stevens, the starter last year. the transfer from georgia, or collin hill. >> i might get an extra hour of jim levitt trying to find tape of him in alabama, or going to his high school and trying to see what kind of a player he was in high school. i think we'll watch a little it's not to gain some big, big advantage. >> play all the mind games that can play. cu knows who it will start at quarterback. same guy who start 29 games in his career. 75 school records, only 8 and 21 as a starter. he missed the final

>> that's how you play. that's probably one of the hardest workers i've seen since i've been in colorado. he wants it so bad, especially coming off that injury last year, not being able to finish the season company look in his eyes and tell how bad he wants it. >> who do you got! that's our poll question. go to the sports page on cbsdenver.com. horse racing watch the leader. fallen leaf out of nowhere starts jumping up and down, throws the rider off! he had the clear shot of the victory. finishes out of the money. the announcer had just finished talking about how fallen leaf had no antics of any kind. talk about a jinx. don't do this! >> ooh! [ laughter ] >> you can see the guy on the

we'll say, and the ball goes off the back of his head. ouch. >> why? >> why. that's the real question. [ laughter ] >> things not to do. >> i could see it, an exhibition with jordan spieth. but just to have one are your buddies give it a try! >> right. [ laughter ] the spacecraft explodes and the blast is felt for miles. what went wrong? down on his aggressive immigration plan, upsetting immigration plan, upsetting members of,, immigration plan, upsetting members of,, with prism on the go from centurylink, you can get your favorite shows right on your devices pretty much everywhere you go. um, paul, that was great. i like how you can walk around and watch your shows. and your delivery really evokes "the frozen north".

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a major setback for space exploration after an explosion in florida. the explosion was felt for miles and destroyed an expensive satellite. >> reporter: a test firing for spacex's falcon 9 rocket ended in a disastrous explosion at cape canaveral. it was hauling an israeli communication satellite. facebook planned to use it to expand internet access in africa. >> it was a major loss for the

that was a $195 million satellite. that was destroyed. >> reporter: spacex released a statement saying there was an anomaly on the pad. the blast was felt miles away, and billose of smoke poured into the sky. the falcon 9 has experienced problems before. one rocket exploded shortly after lift off in 2015 company is a critical partner for nasa. it carries supplies and equipment to the iss. >> nasa has a $26 billion contract with spacex for cargo to the space station. >> reporter: they are designed to transported humans into space, and those flights were scheduled for next year.