as it should. life is family mealtime and everything you need to make it picture perfect. now be sure to tag your mother because she needs more followers. ok. good morning, the broncos can almost taste revenge as they prepare to host the colts. here's what else is happening on the cbs4 news. >> reporter: one person seriously injured this morning after being struck by a car and an intersection is completely struck down. an old issue coming back to the current presidential campaign has nothing to do with either hillary clinton or donald

from china. how this satellite is an impruchlt from previous missions. congratulations, you made it to friday. hoping to get out the door this friday morning. we're looking ahead to the weekend and the big broncos game here at home. dave aguilera here now with the forecast. >> the weekend looks good. a big harvest moon on the west temperatures this morning, 45 in morrison and englewood checking in at 46. it's going to be a great day. the forecast is cooler for today. we'll take a look at that coming you. right now joel has a look at traffic. we're watching this situation at federal and jewell. look at these flashing lights that have closed off the section of federal as you get near jewell and that's where jamie leary is this morning arriving at the scene. you're saying this closure may be in place for the next hour

been telling me. i've been talking to them and just behind me, a very active investigation. you can see right now what you're looking at is police on scene placing evidence markers. this is where police told me a person was struck by a car. then they are diverting traffic east around jewell so just off to my right there's flares where they're diverting traffic as car with front end damage unknown if this car was involved. that's likely. police tweeted about this after 4:00 this morning. that's about when it happened. that's what officers here told me. a person was struck while crossing jewell sustaining serious injuries. they also say they're not looking for anybody so this is not a hit-and-run. the driver is actually cooperating with police this morning so that's good news. one person was trans ported to

investigate the scene. live in denver, jamie leary, cbs4 news. the latest on the campaign as donald trump is looking to get past more controversy comments made years ago regarding president obama. what the campaign did to move on past that birth issue. >> reporter: speaking to the washington post donald trump refused to admit the president was born in the united states and hillary clinton "america". this man wants to be our next president? when will he stop this ugliness and bigotry? >>reporter: later a senior advisor from the trump campaign released a statement saying the republican nominee does believe the president was born in the u.s. in february of last year before

>> he gave up his birth certificate. now we have to figure out if it's real or not. >> do you think your position on his birth hurt you among african americans? >> i don't know, i have no idea. i don't talk about it anymore. >> so he's born in the united states. no question. >> the clinton calling on trump to publicly disavow his birther comments and apologizing in general is something trump shies away from. >> i don't love apologizing. i'm not thrilled about apologizing but i will apologize if i'm wrong about something. sure. 5:04. weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4's here. let's check with dave. good morning, a cool morning

morning are in the 40s especially in western colorado. ouray ray, 44 degrees with our weather watcher. satellite showing clear skies and sunshine as you get up and get going this morning. it's going to be a really comfortable day. 67 at noon and 72 is the high. there's a smij of a chance we could see a late day thunderstorms rolling through your neighborhood but it will be a long sho that. fairly dry and comfortable friday to look forward to. let's see if your traffic situation is something to look forward to. joel is keeping an eye on that. >> may your drive be dry and comfortable but not the case this morning near federal and jewell. jamie leary is live out there this morning collecting information. a serious auto pedestrian accident. police are saying this could be closed all morning.

sheridan and use that to access on to 6th avenue to the north there. if you're trying to get on i-25 get over to plat river drive and head up northbound along santa fe. that's a stretch sof road that just loads up so federal near jewell there's that closure in both directions. north of 285 along c-470 a few delays but all those delays westbound along 6th avenue the closure picked upnd of the way early yesterday afternoon in time for the evening commute and should be better this morning. an organized crime ring is targeting mothers in the metro area. thieves are taking checkbooks and making off with thousands of dollars. now police want to find this woman because they believe she could lead to more suspects. our jeff todd spoke with a recent victim. >> uts a pain.

her daughter off at this daycare when the thieves struck. >> they put the screwdriver in the hole and hit it with something and it by passed my alarm. >> reporter: the checks were cashed all over the metro area despite being reported as stolen. she's been a victim of the felony lame game. >> i found it on facebook. so i had to find out what happened to me and lady at the daycare center. >> they use the last drive through line at a bank to be lest visible to the teller and pass themselves off as the person in the identification of the person they stolen. >> a spike in cases like this have been seen since the beginning of the year. they hope someone recognizes this woman. for now many people feel like the banks are allowing the crime to continue. >> it's going to require the

it's too easy. they're cashing thousands of dollars and i'm sure they're doing what they're supposed to do but there needs to be another safeguard. >> we have spoken with several law enforcement agencies including the fbi. they saul say they have not heard of this crime this crime china launches a new space lab. it will be capable of holding two chinese astronauts while orbiting the earth. in mid october there will be another launch to send the astronauts to the space lab. they want to put a permanent spacemaned lab in service by

hena daniels shows us the new heroin addictions in america. >> reporter: with the heroin and opioid epidemic killing hundreds of americans every day, the obama administration is renewing its strategy to fight the public health crisis. they are calling for law enforcement to identify links between overprescribing doctors and distribution networks across the country. prosecutors are being urged to

across state lines. loretta lynch told u.s.a today there's no magic bullet. . . west virginia, new mexico, new hampshire, kentucky and ohio had america's five deadliest rates of deaths. the president spoke about the epidemic in march. >> the only way we reduce thinking about this as a public health problem and not just a criminal problem. >> reporter: according to usat today the justice department directive will be sent to 94 u.s. attorney offices next week. >> health experts say the heroin epidemic is partially to blame on the rise of prescription painkillers. the number of americans dying

risen also. so let's get a check of weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4's. good morning, a big bright harvest moon there on the west said of town. probably within the hour we'll fall behind the mountains. craig sent this shot in from high lands ranch this morning. 45 in akron and colorado springs at 51. 33 in aspen. boulder at watcher in littleton is coming in at 46. thunderstorms across eastern colorado in the evening. this was at 5:00. this storm in burlington dumped 1-2-inch diameter hail over the area before it moved out. behind it we're kind of calmer and cooler this morning as drier air is filtering in. you can see that here on the

lingering around the rockies keeping us on the cool side. once we get in the weekend, high pressure moves in temperatures come back and the 80s will return. here's the futurecast for today. starting out sunny and one or two isolated storms get going in the mountains so a slight chance of those moving into the denver metro area later this afternoon. it's a long shot if you get much measurable rain out of that. today temperatures in the 70s and 60s. we may make it to in lamar. our highs in denver, 72 degrees and a slight chance of late day storm. tomorrow we boost it up to 77. same deal with an isolated storm possible in the afternoon and then the 80s come back. 85 on sunday with mostly sunny skies and keep that trend going into monday and tuesday as well. by the way, up in the high country the colors are changing there almost about a week early this year but they're really vibrant up there so you may want to get going this weekend.

easy to be distracted by the changing colors but stay focused on the road. this morning a traffic alert we're following at federal and jewell. the intersection is closed off due to an auto pedestrian accident. the man that was hit is in serious condition so they have this extended investigation going on. jamie leary is there at the scene giving us updates coming up in a few minutes. this is federal the north and southbound direction from evans out to florida, it's a no-go drive. so head over to sheridan or on to plat river drive to access santa fe in the northbound direction to get on to i-25. sheridan is probably your better option there. here we are across the denver metro area. c-470 slowing in the westbound direction in the southeast direction as they continue to do road work along there. slowing along 285 in the

way out to conifer this morning. typical this time of day. great drive times coming from the west in the eastbound direction. i-70 eastbound c-470 to i-25 speeds into the 60s. right now the jets are celebrating the win over their former head coach after beating the bills last night in new york. jets up six in the 4th. his third touchdown of the game, fini and bills keep it close. they score late on an 18-yard pass to bring them within six. they had one last chance to come back but time runs out. 36-31, the final. next thursday night it's the texans and patriots right here on cbs4. the chicago cubs couldn't win their division at home so it was up to a cardinals loss and giants win last night for a play

national for the first time since 2008. >> the cubs are the first team in baseball this season to make it to the playoffs thanks to a 6-2 giants win. cub fans are hoping this is their year. dean reynolds spoke to one man who brought cubs magic to his own home. >> reporter: their last world championship occurred when they did manage another world series appearance 71 years ago and they lost supposedly because of a curse involving a goat. >> this is my holy ground. >> nice green. >> i would lake to think so. >> so it's hard to explain people like ritchie -- he is such a fan that he has rev rantly resodded his backyard with actual grass from wrigley

>> [ laughter ] >> just hearing the words cubs have the best numbers in baseball. >> i believe this is the year and it will make all the other years sweeter. >> did you believe last year was the year? >> every year. i've been buying jerseys since 2002. >> and nothing has happened? >> this is different. this is a new team, new year. >> reporter: getting carried away. this has all happened before and never ended particularly well. but fans remain hopeful. the cubs are one of the fastest teams to clench their division title in the last 20 years so

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samsung galaxy seven owners are being told to turn off the phone immediately. dozens of batteries have caught fire and some even exploded. u.s. stocks rallied on thursday. the dow gains 177 points and nasdaq up 75.

disappointment today. on the day of the phone's official release, apple says they have sold out of the supply of the 7 plus models. all colors except jet black are available. look out for flying burritos near the virginia tech campus. chipotle will deliver food they will be put together in a food truck and then loaded on to the drones. a tasty idea there. that's your money watch, for more log on to cbs money watch.com, in new york, i'm don champion. good morning, it would be nice to get breakfast burritos by drone here on the morning show. that would be all right. argue travel forecast across the nation as we look for you.

phoenix at 102. there that's a cool down for them. 80 in kansas city. dc should be 85. if there's any area that has severe weather it looks like later this afternoon new mexico and into north texas here and oklahoma could have severe storms and maybe some parts of minnesota picking up severe storms with cooler air running into the areas. that's the slow down if there is any at all. here in denver we're looking at a high of 7 very comfortable for this time of year. >> no reason to leave denver. head up to the high country and do leave peeping. a portion of federal and jewell shut down this morning. they're forcing all the cars there to the right. robert sanchez was at the scene with jamie leary this morning. an update coming up with them in a few minutes. down near pena boulevard, it's a great drive.

direction, nine minutes from i-25 to i-225. right now if you're joining us, it's 49 degrees in denver and we're helping you get going on this friday. a family left in shock after police raid the wrong house in mesa county looking for drugs. why police say it happened, ahead. donald trump's campaign says he now believes president obama was born in the united states after hillary clinton blasted her republican rival past birther beliefs. more in campaign 2016 coming up. broncos quarterback trevor siemian did just enough for the broncos to get a win in week one. the question is, can he do it again? he has the confidence of his teammates on offense and defense. every player we talked to says number 13 is calm and poised and that showed in the game against

his teammates have his back. >> this is another opportunity for him to prove everybody wrong. everybody says he's a one hit wonder. no, this is what he does and he's ready to play this week. >> it hasn't been a surprise for me. he's done this on the practice field. like i said before, i'm totally comfortable and whatever quarterback we put out there, i'm comfortable with trevor's performance. he has so much more it was just a start. >> broncos hosting the colts at 2:25 sunday at mile high.

jamie leary is live at federal and jewell where this accident happened that has shut down the intersection. >> reporter: the intersection is still closed this morning. traffic is picking up and a lot of police still on scene. they have road flares diverting traffic east down jewell this morning as they continue their investigation. it was after 4:00 this morning when denver police tweeted out the information. you can see there's a small vehicle with front end damage that they're actually taking pictures of. it's parked on the side of the road. this is not a hit-and-run. the driver involved remained on scene for questioning so that's the good news. however, there was a person trans ported to the hospital with serious injuries. police were placing evidence markers along federal and we're told that person, a man, was