good morning. this is the news on this thursday good morning. this is the news on this thursday, september 29. it is national coffee day and we have a way to pay it forward. i am britt moreno. we are enjoying some great weather but we are looking at the weekend coming up. jamie live. >> reporter: richard kirk killed his wife while high on marijuana edibles. the judge will decide today if he is bound for the mental health institute for trial. the latest on a clown threat that police in greeley determined was in fact a hoax. what is next in the case. on the campaign trail, first lady michelle obama is rallying hillary clinton voters and trump said clinton isn't

the latest on campaign 2016 coming up. let's get a good look at the forecast. >> lauren whitney is tracking that for us. >> another warm and dry day here across the front range but on the western slope and into the high country a chance for rain. temperatures starting with 50 in denver, 40 lyman, 35 let bill . temperatures are mild and we will talk about the heat and a cool down coming good morning. we've been talking about cones for the last half hour and this is an area where you were running -- you will run into a few of them. a lot of this construction has been moved out of the way and that is what we are seeing on 285 as well. a case that folks assist desk focused attention on marijuana medicals. a judge is expected to rule if richard kerr can stand trial.

courthouse and has been following the process. this is been a long process.>> reporter: it was a year ago that richard kirk changed his plea to guilty by reason of insanity and at that time he was sent to the colorado mental health institute in pueblo for evaluation. this morning that evaluation is finally ready and it will go before a judge and she will make that decision. the judge will review that comp e for trial or if richard kirk could go to pueblo for treatment at the state mental hospital. a doctor hired by the defense wrote that when kirk -- when kirk killed his wife he was experiencing psychotic symptoms due to a marijuana candy. he was so impaired by the candy he may not have been intending to kill his wife. the kirks young children filed a lawsuit against their father for negligence but also when

they claim the manufacturer and the store that sold the edibles failed to properly warn of potential side effects and that the recklessness led to their mother's death. christine kirk told dispatchers before her death that her husband was acting more drunk and violet and crawling three bedroom window cutting his legs on broken glass. prosecutors argue that he had the wherewithal to remember the code to a locked gun safe and pressed the weapon to his wife's head. richard kirk degree murder charges and the judge is set to evaluate kirk and reveal -- review that competency this morning at 8:30 am. jamie leary, cbs4. police in a small town in south carolina want to know why a teenager opened fire at an elementary school. the teenager first shot and killed his father yesterday before going to a small elementary school in town fell.

year-old boys. one remains in critical condition. the suspect is now in police custody. more about the online threats saying there could be clown attacks in greeley. criminal charges against a 15- year-old student who posted a threat to facebook. the post warned of halloween shootings at northridge high school and franklin middle was caught with a bb gun at school. the 11-year-old told classmates he would be wearing clown gloves when he used the gun. the boy was sent to a youth detention facility. let's go to lauren and joel. weather and traffic every 10 minutes. dry across the front range but on the western slope a few

the rest of the area is dry with a few more clouds to start the day. checking in with the temperatures, 63 grand junction, 52 telluride. 52 boulder. 40 lyman. above freezing at 34 to start the day and looking at a bus stop forecast, temperatures in the low 50s and sunshine and a nice morning. we will talk about changes this weekend in a moment. a pretty good drive right now. this is i-25 as you you have that ramp that is opened up northbound santa fe to i-25. you can see the volume picking up as we get into the 5:00 hour. we're getting false returns to the eastbound direction of 36 as you get past the federal. that should be cleared out shortly. we are seeing slowing for the roadwork. here's the drive time southbound coming down. speeds in the 50s and 60s both directions on 270. today the clinton campaign goes back to the heartland with a stop in iowa. meanwhile the trump campaign holds a rally in new hampshire. here is hannah daniels with the

michelle obama blasted donald trump now mentioning the republican candidate's name once. >> when making life or death or peace decisions, a president cannot just pop off or lash out irrationally. we need a grown up in the white house. >> at the university of new hampshire clinton tried to woo the once youthful base with her former rival by her side. >> there is no group of americans who have more at stake in this election because so much of what will happen will affect your lives and your jobs. >> donald trump campaigned in three key states yesterday. in milwaukee he questioned his opponents ability to lead. >> how can hillary clinton try to lead this country when she has such a low opinion of its citizens.

people. you are not deplorable. >> the candidates will square off on again october 9. president obama is promising changes when it comes to health care for veterans. he failed tough questions in a town hall forum with veterans. >> reporter: appearing before a military audience wednesday president obama fielded questions on topics including veterans health and military activity abroad. obama took a question about accountability in veterans health care from the widow of a service member who said he waited a year for a colonoscopy and then found out he had terminal cancer.>> we have in fact fired a whole bunch of people who were charged at these facilities. >> i have instructed the joint chiefs and up and down the chain of command. that they have a responsibility to destigmatize mental health issues. >> the president also waiting

star san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick's decision not to stand or the national anthem. >> i want to mister kaepernick and others who are on the knee, i want them to listen to the pain that that may cause but i also want people to think about the pain that he may be expressing. >> obama responding to a question on why he terrorism. >> the way it is heard and received by our friends and allies around the world is that somehow islam is terroristic. >> president obama has ordered flags of the united states be lowered to half staff in honor of former israeli president shimon peres. the body is lying in state now in jerusalem. the current prime and -- prime minister paid his respects yesterday. world leaders will attend his

clintons. he died wednesday and ,,,, in colorado, we stand together, but congressman coffman stands with donald trump and will support trump for president. they've spread falsehoods about president obama. trump: oh, no. coffman: i don't know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not.

i first met mike on a fundraising event to help the hunger in ethiopia. i was an aurora scholar this year. at his birthday party. mike is a very nice guy. he's a really nice guy. he can do 62 pushups. mike is a great friend to the ethiopian community. mike's not like other politicians. he's not like other republicans. i think he's better. mike's one of us. he's one of us. mike coffman es uno de nosotros. mike is one of us. coffman,

we are a week and to fall and you know what that means. just days away from flu season. it runs from october to may and as the health specialist cbs4 health specialist kathy walsh reports, experts say now is the time to get immunized. dr. min kao but garris with kaiser permanente is getting set for the season with the flu shot. the infectious disease physician got a high dose vaccine recommended for people

be epidemics this year and we never know that in advance. it's good to be prepared. >> there is a choice of vaccines this year. some are trivalent. effective against to a strains and one be strain. other vaccines are quite travailing, and they target the three strains and an additional be. you will need to be brave. flumist isn't an option. >> the centers for disease control recommend this year not to use the flumist because in two of the past three flu season's the flumist was shown to be ineffective. disease pharmacy specialist for kaiser permanente, says everyone over the age of six months should get the flu shot. >> you absolutely cannot get the flu with the flu shot. >> if you are 65 or older the center for disease control recommends pneumococcal vaccines given in a series to prevent certain types of bacterial infections that can cause meningitis and ammonia. >> you can get pneumonia?

from a pneumonia shot. >> that was cbs4 health specialist kathy walsh. if you are confused about what vaccine to get you may want to check with your doctor. here is lauren. >> we are starting off with mellow temperatures on this thursday morning. 50 denver, 48 really. 35 this morning in leadville. 41 in gunnison. 63 grand junction. 46 greg. for the most part we are quiet across the front range and the eastern plains but we do have zoom into parts of mesa county. near grand junction we have rain and palisade, heavy rainfall.

out to the, we're getting moisture flow coming up and we have a lot of rain in arizona and parts of new mexico and nevada and utah. we have this moisture flow coming in from the southwest so we will see thunderstorms and parts of utah and arizona and new mexico and the western slope and the high country with a chance. high pressure to the east is keeping things nice and driver the front range and keeping us in those 80s. one more day of dry comfortable weather and then we will get changes. looking at future cast, more rain on the western slope as we head into the later morning and early afternoon but again we are dry across th the high country and doesn't make it into the foothills because of the high pressure keeping us on the dry side and heavier rainfall possible in the southwest tonight. that will shift to the north into the morning and in denver maybe some clouds but we do have the chance of the rain heading towards us tomorrow afternoon and into the evening. we may get in on some of that action. today, 83 denver, 82 greeley, 76 burlington, 86 la junta. 68 steamboat. 71 grand junction. five day forecast tomorrow, little bit cooler and a chance for storm. sunday mainly isolated side and cooler on monday. a bigger cool down by tuesday.

you will like the drive. southbound coming down into town, speeds into the 60s and nine minutes from thorne to denver. eastbound along to 70 will be great as well. this is denver metro. we had the closure of mississippi between santa fe and broadway this morning. that will be in place through the day today and tomorrow and monday and tuesday. it is supposed to reopen. we have the rent closure in place from santa fe northbound and we will continue watching that for you and the situation at c4 70 and 285 where they are doing paving work. here's a look at the drive times from the east and both directions up to 25 looking great in both directions on i 70. thank you. an update on the recovery of a little girl injured when her house caught fire in lakeland this month. nelly's applet was hiding in

her bedroom. two firefighters using thermal imaging cameras founder just in time. she breezed in a lot of smoke and has been in the hospital ever since. on tuesday natalie got a special visit from the firefighters who rescued her and her family says that she is getting better every day. legacy high school head football coach is back on the job after surviving that bus crash at wayne voorhees return yesterday for the first time since he was seriously hurt in that crash. it killed the driver. he says he remembers getting on the bus that day and then waking up in the er with little in between. the team got home from a trip from california when the accident happened. the bus hit a pillar. the pillar of an overpass. he suffered facial fractures and a concussion and he will coach legacies game friday against oberlin. >> the overall outreach has

district and administration and building and building administration. the community and the school. broomfield is a community and adams 12 and the whole football community in colorado. >> great to get outside and get fresh air. there is nothing indicator why carry chopper went into that pillar. police are waiting for more results from her autopsy her husband is maintaining they will not find drugs. we know an inspection found

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an important date coming up for college students and families. financial aid form which is the free application for student aid is available this saturday, october 1. three months earlier than in previous years. the fafsa form. what you need to know with joe slush and your. it's important jill. i know. but students need so important and why was this release date moved up. >> reporter: despite allen's sarcasm pay attention because this is the most important form you will get. it is determining how much money students and their families will qualify for college. this includes free grants, scholarships, low interest loans and the release date was moved up to make sure that the most recent tax information was

may say it's available this weekend but the deadline is not until june 2018. you are right with a big exception. the state and school probably have earlier deadlines to receive aid. for some states it is not even a date. they say it is as soon as possible after october 1 because they have a limited pool of funds that could run out. if you want to maximize your potential aid you will get cracking and get busy and submth as possible. >> that's great advice especially for people who are procrastinators. what prevents families from receiving the aid. >> it's amazing because according to nerve while it over the last year to .7 billion to $.7 billion in free federal grant money went unclaimed.

submitted their fafsa. they don't do that probably because they think they earn too much. the department of education knows aid is not based on a simple income line in the sand. it depends on your personal circumstances like the year the student is in school and the number of kids you have in school at the same time. your family income. and the cost of attendance. i should point out that a lot of people didn't receive aid and this and i do it again. the circumstances can change in so you are -- your award could change. even though you don't get the pell grant maybe you could be eligible for other types of aid like work-study and low interest loans. for more on how you can scoop up the $2.7 billion for college go to jail on money.com. good info. great to see you. >> we need all the help we can get.>> that fafsa is saying --

happening. mild conditions in the pacific northwest and mid- 60s. la and southern california cooling off. rain from the desert southwest into parts of montana and colorado. 91 phoenix. midwest very mild today and is we had to the east coast we get more storms and there could be severe weather today from ohio through west virginia and north and south carolina. temperatures are cooling off into the 60s. 76 atlanta today and a nice break from the heat. we have delays this morning in philadelphia thanks to some weather. other than that smooth sailing. good morning. the drive at dia should be great. this is one of the spots that loads up first in the morning. a few cars out there but this is nothing that will slow you down. that is just a 10 minute drive. look at the drive to dia.

this is pena boulevard. it should be great. drive times northbound on 225 for mississippi will take you four minutes if you are traveling eastbound. i to do 25 will be a nine minute wife -- drive. >> 50 degrees right now. >> the cool down is coming. lorna will talk about that in a moment. congress overrides a veto from president obama. the concern from the military. >> volunteer firefighter is hailed as a hero this morning after he took down a gunman at a south carolina elementary school. i am hannah daniels. i'll have the latest. trevor siemian is the offense a player of the week yesterday and when asked if he was excited he said no but said it is a nice recognition for what the offense has done.

talk about the team and that is one of the reasons the team was so excited when trevor got the game ball after the win on sunday. he deserved the nfl weekly award and the first player with over 300 yards and four touchdowns and no pics any first career word start. that is good progress for a former seventh round pick. >> it's great to watch him grow and play like that on the road. it not only brings players and everybody together. everybody pulls the trigger every week. trevor is very sharp low key from the standpoint of tone this down and keep going and this week is another tough test. i like the way he has things together and his teammates respect that. >> broncos on the road this week taking on tampa bay at pm

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we are fresh out of september days. this is cbs4. september 29 right now. too many numbers for me. thanks for joining us. it is thursday so we are not adding more days onto the week. that's good to lauren and figure out what the last few days of september are looking like. >> october 1 coming on saturday. we are looking at nice temperatures to start off thursday morning. 63 grand junction. 46 greg. 43 avon. 50 denver and boulder.