we're waking up to the first of two cold fronts. you and the kids will probably need the sweater this morning. we'll check in with ashton altieri in just a little bit. first, let's get started, jamie leary live in the mobile weather lab out in the elements. it gets colder in january, but jamie, this is a change. >> reporter: this is definitely a big change. now mobile weather lab showing 49 degrees. little bit of wind out here, too. it's picking up. just to emphasize how cold it is bundled up. i want to show you guys something. i made our producers dig up footage from the last time photographer eddie castro and i were out here. incredible conditions. the snow was coming in sideways, it was wet and heavy. the snow plows could barely keep up. obviously a stark contrast from today. it is coming. we're seeing a significant temperature drop. some people not so prepared.

we ran into one long-time colorado resident and she was prepared. >> it's breezy out and it's cold so you have to dress warm. >> reporter: how do you feel about it, winter of course coming? do you like cold weather? >> not really, but i've been in colorado all my life, so i'm almost used to it. not quite used to it, but almost. >> reporter: and definitely i know a lot of people saying 50 degrees not that significant. here waiting to catch the train, it feels chilly, especially when the wind picks up. for a bigger picture, let's check in with ashton. good morning. good morning to you, jamie. of course yesterday afternoon it was 81 degrees. that's one of the reasons why 49 or 50 feels so chilly. yes, of course by the time we get to december and january this won't feel bad at all. but considering the warm weather we've had recently, it is quite the change. take a look at the temperature

11 degrees colder in the -- boulder meanwhile is at 50. it's 45 in fort collins. and 47 currently at dia. coming up we'll talk about our next cold front which arrives tomorrow night. nicer freeze of the season in the forecast -- first freeze of the season in the forecast. let's check in with joel. following another trouble spot this morning. southbound coming down into town. it's near 88th. you can see into the 20s and 30s. 12 minutes from 120th to i-70. a destructive pueblo county wildfire is getting worse. some of these flames have really climbed almost to 100 feet into the sky. all the people living in the small mountain community of beulah valley are now out of their homes and our shawn chitnis is live at the south metro fire station where they'll be sending help, and they'll need it.

that as well. but south metro fire tweeting out last night that two engines as well as a strike team leader have been sent out to help with those efforts. we do know more than a thousand people were forced out of their homes because of this fire yesterday. again, this is the beulah hill fire near pueblo. about 500 buildings have also been evacuated. fire crews expect to get more aircraft up once the sun comes up this morning. yesterday the fire jumped from high winds have made controlling that fire a challenge. evacuees say they didn't have much time to get out because of the danger around their homes. >> the house below us was on fire, so by the time i got up here they had already had the road blocked off. he grabbed a few things and got down here. >> reporter: there are seven buildings that have been

no injuries yet. shawn chitnis, cbs4 morning news. thank you for that. this is new, a disturbing find in western fremont county. a hiker found human remains in a remote area last month. investigators say the man who died was probably between the ages of 25 and 50. the sheriff's office is asking for help identifying him and learning how he died. we know the name of the man killed on long's peek. scott kourlis apparently slipped and fell. it happened at one of the most popular mountain sections. he was a well known doctor in greeley. hurricane matthew is pounding haiti's peninsula. it made landfall as a category 4 storm. here's the view from our doppler 4000. the storm is moving through the carribean with winds up to 140

here. the governors of north carolina and florida have already declared states of emergency because of concern that this hurricane could take a more westerly track and smash into the united states. here's a photo from the international space station. this shows you matthew's well defined eye. that storm will likely flatten the landscape of flimsy homes in haiti. jamaica has seen already. kingston, the capital with almost 600,000 people, is almost a virtual ghost town. let's get over to ashton, it could make its way to the united states. where is it heading now? >> here's what's been happening, britt. the latest tropical weather models continue to take the track of matthew farther and farther to the west, bringing it closer to florida by friday, and then possibly the carolinas as we get into the upcoming

between cuba and haiti. as it moves north towards the florida peninsula it is expected to weaken a little bit. cat 3 or above is considered a major hurricane and it could still be a category 3 as it impacts the east coast potentially of florida by friday. then it would likely turn into a category 2 storm as it moves north towards north and south carolina. we'll continue to keep you posted on matthew. obviously if you have travel plans to florida, the carolinas, anywhere in the southeastern east coast, you sure. 47 degrees right now at dia. it's 50 in boulder. most of us around the denver boulder and fort collins areas are in the 40s. a big change from yesterday. make sure you're prepared for the chill. by noon 61. then a high temperature today of 66. with lots of sunshine, honestly won't feel that bad. cooler than yesterday. here's the traffic. good morning, ashton. this is up near the eisenhower and johnson tunnels. look at those cars pulled off.

up. why? it's icy conditions up there to the eisenhower johnson mountain tunnels. here we are up into the high country and you can see the line of red we have and along i- 70 as well, as there are some winter driving conditions there. across the denver metro area, we've got a little stall 14th and speer. accident eastbound direction of c 470 getting past bowles, causing slowing. and southbound coming into town an accident at 88th that's closed off a portion of the hov lane. speeds accident. 14 minutes to get from thornton to denver. again, alan, if you're about to get in the car, turn on our news partners for the latest traffic and cbs4 weather together. joel, thanks a lot. a judge will be sentencing a former school bus driver who crashed with children on board today. this is a case we've followed since december. elizabeth burris initially told investigators she had been

at the time of the crash. five of them were hurt. there you see the bus rolled on its side. prosecutors dropped the dui and child abuse charges part of the plea agreement. the vice presidential candidates get their turn on the debate stage tonight. both will likely go to great lengths defending their running mates. mike pence is under pressure to defend donald trump particularly over his tax returns revealed over the weekend. tim kaine will try to keep clinton's side. it's likely they'll be spending a lot of time going after each others' records. >> mike pence is a guy who believes marriage equality will cause "a societal collapse." he insulted brave lgbt soldiers. >> when tim kaine was governor he tried to raise taxes by $4 billion. >> the debate starts at 7:00 tonight. today donald trump is in

le spent time in pueblo and loveland yesterday. trump spent a majority of his time defending himself from what he calls an alleged tax filing from the 90s. saying the real estate market imploded and he did better than most. >> companies, jobs and opportunities were lost and lives were destroyed. as tens of thousands of people were put out of work. i was able to use the tax laws of this country and my business acumen to dig out of the real estate mess. >> today hillary clinton has two stops in pennsylvania. she will meet donald trump for the second presidential debate this sunday in missouri. happening today, you can weigh in on the future of denver. city planners are working on what we ought to look like over the next 20 years. they are looking for ideas now on anything from housing to traffic congestion and city leaders say they have already heard from a lot of people who

transportation. there will be five public meetings today and tomorrow, the first downtown this morning at 7:30. we'll have all the details at cbsdenver.com. i'll tweet out a link for you. new, three people take the nobel physics prize for worken on the secrets of exotic matter. >> the 2016 nobel prize in physics with one half to david thouless, and the other half to f. duncan haldane, and j. >> it's always exciting to watch. the chemistry prize comes out tomorrow with the nobel peace prize, the big one, on friday. 51 degrees if you're just getting up this morning in denver. coming up next, wells fargo taking another hit after its fake account scandal. >> what a big story. and we soon will have a universal flu vaccine? lauren whitney here. our cold front has worked its way through and now we have the

when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... ah, i don't remember!" "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump.

welcome back, everyone. here's brand-new video out this morning of a brush fire in larimer county. this is what it looked like last night near north highway 287 and west larimer county road 54 east. the flames have already destroyed trees and brush along the highway. no that's the good news. firefighters contained the flames to 5 acres. the winds whip up and it is this dry, we get fires. here's ashton as we look at the weather and this change. there's the wind. >> the u.s. and state flags certainly whipping around a bit at mile high this morning. today will not be as windy as it was yesterday. we do not have that red flag warning in effect like we had yesterday. again, there will still be a breeze and it will be much

of the season to come friday, october 7th, which is our average first freeze. rarely does it actually come on the date of the average. but looks like that could happen this year. last year our first freeze didn't come until later in october, the 25th. i thought we'd throw in our average first snowfall in denver, october 19th. last year it didn't come until the first week in november. it's 46 in county. 48 brighton. 50 louisville. similar in boulder. 30s up the highly for highway 285 corridor and bailey and confer. 12 degrees colder there this morning than yesterday morning. 18 degrees colder for aurora and parker. clear skies throughout the front range. it will be another sunny day for us. there could be a couple of snowflakes in the north central mountains, but nothing significant. cold front that rolled through overnight making its way through kansas and nebraska

thunderstorms today. 6:00p.m. tomorrow front will be in wyoming and tomorrow night it moves into colorado. that's mountain snow you see. rain along the front range. the front will bring in a 15- degree temperature drop for the higher mountains including approaches to the johnson and eisenhower tunnels could see 2 to 6 inches of snow. front range, cold rain with maybe a few snowflakes especially for the palmer divide, west side of town, golden and higher foothills as well. 66 today. 67 tomorrow. down to 51 thursday with ra mountains. friday back up to 59 with sunshine. and joel, we warm up for the weekend, back into the 70s, my friend. good job, and just in time for me to clean up the leaves in my yard. eisenhower and johnson tunnels, a different situation into the high country now. you get up over the high mountain passes, possibility of icy conditions. you can see the sheen along the road as they had some snow which came through last night. look at the cars pulled off to the side of the road.

no chain restrictions are in place heading up into the high country. there is construction going on as you get near the eisenhower and johnson tunnels. the drive out to winter park looking a little better now along highway 40. you get along i-70 you get closer to town should be a great drive. southbound along i-225 it's loading up down to the tech center. we have this accident traveling along c-470, just past bowles in that eastbound direction. southbound coming into town, got a little accident. speeds dipping into the behind it. reports it involved a motorcycle as well. 15 minutes from thornton to denver, with speeds averaging down into the 30s. alan. joel, thank you very much. you'll soon pay more for holiday travel and chipotle adds a new menu item. this is the news from wall street. hannah daniels live on the floor of the new york stock

>> good morning. utility stocks led a decline on wall street yesterday. now futures are pointing up. wells fargo took another hit. the state of illinois is spending $30 billion in investment activity with the bank. california made a similar move last week. if you haven't bought your airline tickets for the holidays, this may cost you. this is the secret week to buy them. if you wait a few days you could miss out for the best prices,. more than a year after chipotle began testing chirizzo, they'll offer it nationwide. the chain is trying to improve its public image. alan. >> thank you very much.

new video from overnight of more protests over the 18-year- old shot and killed by police in southern los angeles. protestors marched through the streets, but they did appear to be calmer this night than nights before. police shot and killed carnell snell after a chase saturday. snell reportedly had a gun in his left hand and turned in the direction of officers. officers fired six bullets. police were not cameras. people are demanding to see security video from nearby businesses. crews are working 12-hour shifts to clear debris from the new jersey transit train crash. here's new video it show you how bad the destruction is at the terminal. crews have yet to retrieve a data recorder from the train's front car. a data recorder in the rear of the train was not working on the day of the crash. and here's a question for you, which denver quarterback is set to play atlanta this sunday?

day. he has a sprained shoulder. but he injured his nonthrowing shoulder. many wondered after lynch's performance if there is quarterback controversy. coach kubiak says there's not. let's see what the weather watchers are seeing now on this cool morning. hey, ashton. >> good morning, alan. weather watchers reporting colder weather as expected. don in de arapahoe county, 34 degrees. so just above freezing there. the wind is light. much different than yesterday. at least there in deer trail it's only at 3 to 7 miles per hour. coming up we'll take a look at the travel forecast and have your full five-day outlook.

welcome back. time for weather and traffic on the 4's. we're going to check our cbs4 travel forecast. the next cold front that will come in tomorrow night into thursday is currently up in idaho and montana. rain and snow up that way if your travel plans take you to the north. rain for portland and seattle today as well. in the midwest could be strong to potentially severe

could create weather delays. southeast, nice weather, sunshine, 82 in atlanta today. some clouds around new york city. 65. all airports across the country in pretty good shape at this point. good morning, ashton. take a look at from our cdot camera near the eisenhower and johnson mountain tunnels. this is not video from earlier in march, this is this morning right now. you have to be prepared for winter driving conditions over the high mountain passes. no chain restrictions in place yet. as the camera cycles around, you'll see off to the shoulder, look at these cars and trucks that are lined up sort of sitting along there, trying to make their way over the eisenhower and johnson mountain tunnels. accident at 88th blocking off a lane. the drive along i-70 and inbound along pena boulevard nice and wide open. joel, thank you. there is some good progress on a universal flu vaccine. researchers in canada and new

scientists say using antibodies can recruit white blood cells to destroy infected cells. they say this may help in making a one-time shot much more effective than seasonal vaccines. officers in paris are still searching for the people who robbed kim kardashian west at gunpoint. crooks made off here with more than $10 million in jewels as she was tied up inside hotel room. her husband kanye west has canceled more tour dates this week. bold thieves in albuquerque. they rammed their truck into a convenience store to rip off an atm. they dragged the machine and eventually made off with it. police later recovered it. they found it near a drainage ditch. the criminals ripped it apart. 6:26 now. coming up next on the cbs4 morning news, we're hearing from people evacuated during

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good morning, everyone. right now the first chill of the season. and here is the snow to prove it. here's a live look from the eisenhower tunnel. we are waking up to the first of two cold into colorado. we haven't had to say snow in a little while. what this means is this could be the first jacket day of the season. thanks for joining us. i'm britt moreno. >> i'm alan gionet. we do high country snow. jamie leary in the mobile weather lab. it is jacket weather for people waiting at the light rail station. >> reporter: it's a little chilly. we have commuters here, sweatshirts, hands in their pockets.

if you wake up this morning and you have to wait for a train, make sure you bundle up. our mobile weather lab telling me it's about 50 degrees. that's not terrible, but we are going to see a drop in the temperatures. there's a little bit of a wind gust out this morning to reinforce how chilly it is getting. for a bigger picture and more on what we're going to expect with these temperature drops, let's check in with ashton. good morning, ashton. good morning, jamie. you mentioned the wind deceiving. 47 what we have here in cbs4. yeah, that's not really that cold for front range standards. again, we still have wind associated with last night's cold front. that makes it feel colder. as we look at our beautiful shot of downtown denver with the capitol building, you can see the state and u.s. flag blowing around, at least a little bit. maybe not whipping around as fast as they were yesterday. we've got 30s and 20s in the colorado high country.

closer view shows most neighborhoods around denver are in the 40s. just be prepared for the chill. more on your weather straight ahead. now let's check in with joel for the tuesday morning drive. it sounds colder out there this morning. listening to that wind. eisenhower and johnson mountain tunnels, if you think it's cold this morning where you're waking up, at least you're not that direction. icy conditions. no chain restrictions in place yet. you could have snow and even along i-70. the drive as you make your way southbound along i-225 loading up. speeds into the 20s. we have a couple of accidents. >> people running the heat, too, this morning, joel. people in beulah valley out of their homes because of this mandatory evacuations overnight. our shawn chitnis live at the south metro fire station and some denver metro firefighters

fire, shawn. >> reporter: alan, that's right. south metro has sent two fire engines as well as a strike team leader. they are there this morning and we could expect others to head that way as well. now we know more than a thousand people have been evacuated, forced out of their homes. same goes for 500 buildings in the area. we're told this is all happening near pueblo at the beulah hill fire. high winds a key factor in making it difficult to that fire. the flames jumped from the hill over highway 78 yesterday. crews hoping to more help from the air this morning when the sun comes out. you can see from video yesterday the flames transformed the sky and evacuees telling us the smoke was terrible as they were leaving their homes. >> my husband saw the smoke and heard explosions just a little after 1:00. then he heard the fire engines, and i was working. and then the power went off

have been destroyed so far, but no injuries reported yet. live at south metro headquarters, shawn chitnis, cbs4 morning news. thank you for that. happening this morning, a denver mother now charged with shooting and killing her husband is going to face a judge. police say xa jaime killed her husband with their children inside. the justice department is awarding the department an $875,000 federal grant. the pueblo chief said earlier this year his department was dramatically understaffed as pueblo deals with budget short falls. time for weather and traffic. ashton is back and out of the wind and on the roof. that must have been brisk. that's a great word for it,

laughing at calling this cold. but compared to 81 degrees yesterday afternoon, yes, it is quite the change. in fact, take a look at the wind speeds around the area. honestly, they're not that bad. castle rock, 14 miles per hour. westminster 15 miles per hour. broomfield 10 miles per hour. just enough to make a difference and make the wind noticeable. temperatures meanwhile are in the 40s for most neighborhoods. compare our current temperatures to where we were 24 hours ago. ten to 15 degrees ld on this tuesday morning. we also have clear skies. it is going to be a dry day across most of the state. the exception being the high country, as joel has been talking about, we have a couple of snowflakes flying around. wind in the high country helping to make it look worse than it is on the cdot cameras. still, light snow possible with very little, if any, accumulation this morning. here's the cold front that rolled through last night and early this morning. our next front will be in wyoming by late in the day tomorrow. and then it will enter colorado

snow, accumulating snow. we'll see a few rain showers, cold rain showers along the front range. this next front will drop temperatures 15 degrees for the higher mountains, including the approaches to the tunnels, 2 to 6 inches of snow. this is going to be tomorrow night into thursday, remember. then for the front range, we'll see mainly just cold rain. there could be a few snowflakes mixed in for anybody. it's most likely along the palmer 285 corridor, could see minor accumulations. 60s lower elevations. couple of 70s possible to the kansas state line. burlington, lamar, mid-70s. we'll see 40s and 50s for highs in the mountains today. 50s and 60s out west. 66 here in denver. 67 coming up tomorrow. and down to 51 with the next front for thursday. cold rain showers. friday back up to 59 after our first freeze. season friday morning.

weekend. we don't always get the timing right, but this time we are. nailed it. take a look at the high country. this is the eisenhower and johnson mountain tunnels. look at all those cars pulled off to the side. look at the ice we have. we got the big fat flakes that are falling. ashton telling us some of those blowing around as well. we have our first commercial chain u.s. 6 over loveland pass, and watch out for blowing snow highway 40 to winter park this morning. one of those mornings in the high country, one of those mornings across the denver metro area. earlier accident c-470 and bowles out of of the way. loading up westbound along i-70 from i-225 southbound along i- 225 into the tech center we've got an accident traveling parker and quebec. another one colorado and iowa. a side street accident along

involve i think a motorcycle at last check. then the accident southbound coming into town. we have speeds dipping from the 20s into the teens. this is at 88th. 17 minutes on that drive from thornton to denver. new numbers out this morning show distracted driving crashes rising in the u.s. the national safety council says accidents, deadly accidents jumped nearly 9% last year over 2014. cell phone caused distractions led to 1.6 million year. that's roughly a quarter of all accidents. britt, got to put down that phone. i know it's hard. got to put it down. great point. coming up next, we'll go live to virginia with a preview of tonight's vice presidential debate. and we're going to show you a denver police officer's kind gesture to a soldier at dia. > it is the most talked about shoulder in the state of colorado. broncos' quarterback trevor siemian listed day-to-day after

let the quarterback drama begin. or not. gary kubiak saying trevor is the starting quarterback. whether he'll start sunday, that we'll have to wait and see. trevor left the game just before half time, which means we got to see rookie paxton lynch. and he wasn't half bad. 170 yards and a touchdown. could have been worse. despite that, the broncos say they're staying with trevor. >> we're going to put our best on the field, and trevor is our starter. we're going to give him every opportunity to get there on sunday. i was asked today could he play without a lot of practice, that would never be a problem with him, he's bright with what we're doing. 'll push to get there and be as good as we can be against atlanta. we only make decisions when we get to the end of the week. rockies' manager walt weiss stepped down yesterday, ending

,, when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump.

we have seen people wearing jackets and even gloves this morning. snow is covering the high country here. here's a live look at the eisenhower tunnel here in the metro the wind is whipping, making the morning feel a lot chillier. >> as we look to the west we see traffic backed up, because they have to head downhill in slick conditions. jamie leary at the federal light rail station in lakewood

haven't worn this coat since the snow was flying. it's 50 degrees. that's not terrible. when you have to wait outside like these commuters do, it feels brisk. i want to show you something really quickly. i asked our producers to dig up footage from the last time eddie and i were here. it was mayhem as far as the snow was concerned. this is from march. last time i was here, snow blowing sideways. plows barely able to keep up. it's nothing like th but it is coming. those temperatures are dropping. we've seen commuters shivering. some of them not so prepared. we saw a couple doing just that, standing here waiting for the train shivering. i think they were a little caught offguard by cold temperature. >> it's chilly. it's a little cooler than i thought it would be. this is earlier than i usually get up. >> reporter: how do you feel about this cool weather? >> i'm a little surprised it's

everything. >> reporter: it's chilly out this morning. those temperatures are going to continue to drop this week. for more details on that, let's check in with ashton. good morning, ashton. good morning, jamie. last night the first of two cold fronts that will come through this week. second front tomorrow night into thursday. that will bring a reinforcing shot of cold air. 24-hour temperature change from where we were yesterday at this time, most of us anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees colder. it's 11 degrees colder than it in denver. 22 degrees colder up in aspen. almost 30 degrees colder over in grand junction. currently we're at 47 here in denver. i realize in a month or two we're going to laugh at calling 47 cold. but compared to the 81 yesterday, you'll definitely notice the chill in the air this morning. also enough wind out there to notice. high temperature today 66, or 15 degrees below yesterday. but sunny and dry. here's a check on the traffic.

traction restrictions in place both directions to the eisenhower and johnson tunnels. we have commercial chains in effect for semis as well. this does affect your passenger vehicle. if you are traveling up to the high country, make sure you have enough tread or carrying chains. winds possible blowing some snow along highway 40 out to winter park. across the denver metro area watching a couple of accidents.n 88th. another accident southbound along i-225 up to parker road. another accident southbound direction of i-25, it's really backing up as you get to the mousetrap at i-70. preparations underway right now in virginia for tonight's vice presidential debate. >> this is the only opportunity for the showdown between mike pence and tim kaine. it starts at 7:00 tonight. >> let's go to craig boswell live with a preview, he's in

craig. >> reporter: good to talk to you this morning. like you said, these two candidates get one shot at this. tim kaine and mike pence really introducing themselves to the nation. they have to make the case they are ready to step in and be president at a moment's notice and they have to different the top of the ticket. they have to defend their running mates. all this has to take place in 90 minutes. mike pence took aim at hillary clinton's record as secret tim kaine's home turf. >> our allies are less secure, our enemies are more emboldened and that all changes the day that donald trump becomes president. >> reporter: both vice presidential nominees are expectedding to to great lengths defending their running mates tonight, something a professor of long view university says could prove harder for the indiana governor. >> given the controversy in the

tax returns and the issues he's raised about private lives, i think mike pence has tougher ground. >> reporter: pence sought to make light of trump's recent controversies last night. >> we can parse that, are you with me? he tweeted this. then they turn on the television the next morning and donald trump is still standing stronger than ever before and fighting for the american people. >> reporter: tonight's vice presidential showdown in farmville comes a little more presidential debate and in the first cbs news poll taken since that debate, clinton now has a 4-point lead nationally over her republican rival. tonight the virginia senator will try to keep the momentum on clinton's side. >> it's good. just got to be myself. >> reporter: clinton and trump meet for their second presidential debate this sunday in missouri. >> reporter: instead of the candidates standing behind separate podiums, they'll be

the moderator, so we'll see if that facilitates a conversation or makes the situation more combustible. back to you. >> craig, do you suspect these two tonight could potentially recruit more voters for the main candidates in this race? >> reporter: well, i think that's part of the calculation going into this, because the unfavorability ratings for trump and hillary clinton are so are hoping the vice presidential nominees can reach those to get over to their camp, because time is running out for election day. >> we had huge viewership on the first presidential debate. this one i suspect won't be that big, craig. >> reporter: remains to be seen. the vice presidential debate that had the most viewers was

seven in 10 likely voters are likely to watch this debate. that's just under where the presidential debate was last week, and some new numbers just came out with some people predicting 81 to 90 million people potentially watching this debate tonight. we'll have to see. maybe it's just the fact that donald trump has had such a difficult week, they expect mike pence to come out and really try to shake things up tonight, or tim kaine trying to keep the momentum going for hillary clinton. we'll have to wait and se craig, thank you very much. hurricane matthew passing over part of haiti right now, with winds of about 145 miles per hour. here's a look at the current projected path of this category 4 storm. the national hurricane center says parts of florida could start to feel the effects of hurricane matthew in a few days. the governors in north carolina and florida have declared states of emergency amid

new from overnight, pope francis has made a surprise visit to the site of that devastating august earthquake in central italy. he is visiting a school in the red zone. it killed at least 167 people. a former school bus driver will learn her punishment for a crash with children on board. elizabeth burris initially told investigators she prescription drugs for fibromyalgia. eight students were on the bus at the time. burris was behind the wheel when the bus rolled. five kids were hurt. prosecutors dropped the dui and child abuse charges as part of the plea agreement. people are now raising memorial funds for the five young people killed in a crash in arapahoe county. it happened sunday along the arapahoe county and elbert county line. investigators say the car was speeding.

for -- together last night for the memorial. >> the family needs support. >> especially the mother. >> everybody needs it, and just so that we could have a moment for them. how they left was tragic. >> it's just hard. [ inaudible ] i cannot imagine it. it's heart breaking. it's really heart breaking. had their whole life ahead of them. >> there are memorial fundraiser pages set up for each of the people who died and we have links at our web site, cbsdenver.com. today people will honor the life of golf legend arnold palmer. preparations were well underway last night. ?

college will sing at that 11:00 service today. players including tiger woods, team watson, rickie fowler will all attend. the crowd will get to see arnie's own plane do a fly by over the church. crews at fort morgan cemetery are being made. the skies may be your new office. today could be your chance to find work attendant. frontier airlines is hiring more than 800 people through the end of next year. the company will base up to 200 of the new flight attendants at the airlines' denver crew base. frontier is holding a meet and greet today for interested candidates. the event is at the national western complex. there are two sessions. one from 2:00 until 4:00 and another 5:00 until $7. bring a copy of your resume.

holiday. city council members approved that proclamation recognizing indigenous peoples day. people will celebrate it on columbus day to honor native americans. a bill to replace columbus day with indig news peoples day state wide failed to make it through the colorado legislature earlier this year. young soldier thanking a denver police officer for paying for her flight to he bought her a round-trip ticket to new port news, virginia. he learned the single mother had been victimized by a fraudulent booking company. so officer jones used his own money. the young army private made her flight to mourn the loss of her grandfather with her family. 6:54 on this tuesday morning. ashton is new to the cbs4 morning team, but you're not new to the snow in the high

nothing major, nothing that will cause any major, major travel problems. we'll check in with joel in just a moment. in fact, that camera view of the high country is dry. in denver it's still breezy. won't be as windy today as yesterday. 6:59will be our official sunrise. friday morning of this week we expect our first freeze. season. friday is october 7th, and that is our average first freeze. that's the date. last year was october 25th. while we're talking abou statistics, our average first snow is october 18th. last year we didn't have it until november. it's 46 in englewood. 49 erie. 44 degrees in lakewood. most of us are 10 to 15 degrees colder this morning than yesterday at this time. we're watching another cold front up to the north of us. it's going to be in wyoming by tomorrow, and then tomorrow night into thursday it moves into colorado. another 15-degree temperature drop on the way. thursday we're going to struggle to reach 50 here in

collins areas. 2to 6 inches of snow on the way. here along the front range we'll likely see cold rain on thursday. maybe a few snowflakes mixed in, especially south and west closer to the foothills and palmer divide. 51 the high thursday. back up to near 60 friday. and 70s return for the weekend. joel. eisenhower and johnson tunnels, chain restrictions for commercial vehicles and passenger restrictions that are in place. make sure you have enough tread on those tires or carrying both ways. this is why, look at that picture. i-70 to winter park, you may experience the winds. that's what ashton has been tracking for us this morning up into the high country, across the denver area. a lot of crashes. southbound along i-225 a crash at parker road. a couple of highway colorado and iowa. another quebec and parker road and along wadsworth at 35th, accident southbound at 88th

i know coloradians are embracing the snow. >> got to hug it. hug it tightly. here it is here.

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