mike pence go head-to-head. weijia jiang at longwood university and farmville. really a great chance for voters to learn a lot more about these men. >> reporter: jim and karen, a recent poll shows that a large portion of americans actually don't know much about them so you are right. it's a chance to introduce them and convince people that if called upon they'll be ready to be commander in chief. but they'll also have to defend hillary clinton and donald trump so even though candidates have a very calm temperament, things could get heated in that back and forth. >> governor mike pence arrived at longwood university to scope out the stage for tonight's vice presidential debate. >> you'll see somebody who is able to defend donald trump, the running mate but at the same time take the case right to hillary clinton. >> reporter: pence will face off against senator tim kaine working with a home-field advantage.

spoken here many times and things like that. worked out great that tim kaine can head on down. >> reporter: ryan stover teaches political science at longwood and says tonight's debate likely won't impact the race for the white house. >> i'd like to say it matters and i think it does on one hand but on the other hand you saw what 80 million people tuned in last monday. i'm sure we are going to have half of that tonight. >> reporter: nearly a third of the 300 or so tickets to the debate went to longwood university students. they along with locals showdown puts their close knit community on the map. >> this is america's first chance to really see these two guys go at it. and to see that in person is a pretty awesome experience. >> reporter: dan crawley was born and raised in farmville. the rural virginia town is decked out in red, white, and blue. it's even serving up sugarcane sodas and pumpkin pence lattes. >> we are a pretty sleepy little town. to have you know the eyes of the world honors it is a pretty exciting thing. >> reporter: estimated 50

and the debate prep team has not revealed any specifics about what the candidates will talk about. but we assume it will be both domestic and rendering issues. and there is one thing in particular to look out for and that is a focus on religion because both of these men are deeply rooted in their faith. so we'll get a chance to see how that plays into some >> all right. thank you. big endorsement today in the denver district attorney race. governor hickenlooper through his support behind beth mccann. hickenlooper called one of the hardest working and most diligent legislators in the state house. saying she would make denver a national leader in criminal justice reform. >> and i have a lot of similar beliefs about criminal justice. and the need to look at the system with a wider perspective than just putting people in jail. looking at other options, for

mental health, substance abuse and particularly young people. >> mccann a democrat running against helen morgan an independent to replace current da mitch morrissey. the winner will be the first new district attorney in denver in 12 years. explosion in new jersey forced more than a dozen people out of their homes and now investigators are focusing on a possible gas leak. this is the news across america at 630. expulsion destroyed two homes this morning in patterson. people inside say they smelled gas and heard hissing sounds. they were all able to get out safely but several firefighters were hurt in the aftermath. the gas company says there were no previous reports of gas leaks in the area. crews did routine inspections of the service lines in those homes within the past two years. we know the train that slammed into the terminal in hoboken jeff -- was speeding and investigators say the train was going about 20 to 30 miles

the engineer told investigators he was only going 10 miles per hour. investigators found the data recorder, one person died. one other -- 100 others hurt. a man says his iphone 6 plus burned a hole in his back pocket as he was sitting in class. the phone was turned off. when he felt the heat, jumped up and saw the smoke and fire. what a scene. he did manage to put it out but not before getting some minor burns. >> i've always heard about samsung setting on fire and blown up people. i guess i got lucky. >> yeah. this fella said he had the phone for six months. there have been some reports of iphones catching fire while charging. apple says it is investigating. new details on a proposed roundup of wild horses in northwestern colorado. there are three weeks left in the appeal period before the roundup is due to begin. matt kroschel explains what will happen to those horses. >> people are very passionate about wild horses.

high. >> reporter: every four years the herd will double in size. without actions taken like these roundups and fertility drugs. >> we want to keep those horses healthy and keep the lands they live on healthy. >> reporter: officials estimate the sand wash heard near craig has more than 600 horses. >> ideally we would have the sand wash heard between 160 and the one last year. helicopter was used to funnel those horses into waiting trailers. this time around they'll set up pens. >> removing about 50 young horses that are more likely to be adopted. there is a going to go into one of our partners' programs called the great escape sanctuary out on the front range. the mayors that we catch, we are going to treat with a drug called pcp which delays fertilization. -- pzp.

>> reporter: near craig, matt kroschel, cbs4 mountain newsroom. hurricane matthew barrows to haiti and its destruction is far from over. the next country and the impact matthew is expected to have in the u.s. not much going across the state right now. but that's about to change. the front that calls us down.

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nal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "i don't know what i said, 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.

during any theatrical show it's often just as crazy backstage as on stage. that's the way it is with cabaret. as greg moody reports the cast is not only singing and acting but they're the band as well. >> ? >> reporter: one of the things i love about the theater is the madness that is occurring just offstage. take costumes, quick changes, constant movement. >> what people don't really know about big musicals when they are sitting out in the house is that backstage is really where a lot of the effort and sweat comes into play. on stage we sing and dance and act and play our instruments. but then we actually run back

quickchange area. so i am number 7. i'll come back here and my dresser will be waiting and i'll get some water and throw my clothes into a basket and put on a change of clothes. all of our clothes travel with us in these rolling costume areas. >> reporter: in this production, the actors are the orchestra. >> most musicals don't have the actors actually playing their instruments, but in this show we are the orchestra, which makes it very unique to this and all of the people in the show acting on stage if they're not on stage they are upstairs playing in the band. >> reporter: with all this, this is not your grandmother's cabaret. >> this one is more stripped- down, cd, body, it's more gritty, it has a lot more of the politics sort of overriding the whole show. it's darker, it's more edgy. >> oh, yeah.

>> the roundabout theatre company cabaret runs through october night at -- october 9th.

the latest on hurricane matthew tore through haiti today, with 145 mile-per-hour winds and devastating rent. the hurricane uprooted trees and ripped roofs off of homes. rivers flooded leaving drivers stranded. the category four storm now has cuba in its sights more than 300,000 people evacuated. florida is under a state of emergency. tell you what, also planning mass evacuations. a million people in coastal carolina. >> bermuda high is pushing it more to the west every time we look at the projections. watching this one very carefully. let's take a look right now, we have a pretty nice evening in colorado. we did have clouds here and there. now they are beginning to clear and as they do it's going to make for a cold night. take a look at doppler 4000, just a few clouds, clear skies around here, on the hour by hour forecast, that's what we'll see. just a few clear skies, couples no showers.

that's when the temperatures are going to begin to drop. some moisture up in the mountains again, pretty good snow up there as we get on into thursday, cooler air moves in, so we could see showers look how close the snow is western jefferson county could see rain or snow and west of that it could be all snow. into friday, you can see things begin to clear out. that sets the stage for a pretty nice weekend. what we just talked about hurricane matthew winds 140, moving north at nine, bermuda high, got to get around that, carolinas, all the way up to long island. does not have to make landfall to be devastating. big tidal surge up there and also storms that it may spawn could produce tornadoes. we have to be aware of that. front that coolest down, showers and thunderstorms, behind cooler weather moving in and that is rain and snow and it is slowly sliding our way. today 65 and 63 after starts of 45 and 47. 70 and 41 norms for this time

weather watchers, buena vista 55, just 59 lonetree. westminster 62. jr. weather watcher from highlands ranch, 63 as well. 58 right now, northwest 20 for the witness, we do have a rising barometer. pretty shot from carol rossini, bellemare park in lakewood. one from kendrick lake, a look at this, how exact, so still and you reflection, this is bear lake's on-site -- bear lake sunset. this all looks nice and pretty but things are going to chill and we do have snow coming our way. how cold? let's go to the weather center with meteorologist lauren whitney. it is going to get chilly tonight. >> it will get cold. first freeze warning of the season. so it covers fort collins along i-25 into parts of el paso county.

lamar into the san luis valley and parts of the upper and or lower and central river -- over on the western slope. temperatures in the 20s and low 30s. you may want to cover your plants or bring the pets inside. for the eastern plains yuma, cheyenne and kit carson counties, frost advisory so it could be messy and a bit slick. that starts at 3:00 a.m. through 9:00 tomorrow morning. that goes for us here in denver as well. tonight boulder, 29 in line. high country 24 in steamboat, 19 in frisco, and then 40 over in grand junction. we have some chilly temperatures coming our way. you may have to use the jacket and pull up some gloves. >> that's a good idea. and then we get a bit of recovery with 60s and 70s for the highs, 40s 50s mountains. here is the forecast. tonight we'll see clearing

overnight lows and then tomorrow increasing clouds mid- to-upper 60s, for the next several days much cooler on thursday. 53 chance for showers, friday a lot better at 63 and low 70s just in time for the weekend. >> a gorgeous fall weekend. life-saving medical device could ,, ,, 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

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happening now preparations for the only vice presidential debate before the election. live pictures for you from virginia where the debate will start in just minutes. moderates are looking a bit lonely for now. political specialist shaun boyd here to explain what we should be watching for. >> while they don't typically change how voters decide, a lot of people will be watching tonight. and new cbs poll shows 7 in 10 americans will watch tonight's debate. i expect a lot less d also expect controversial subjects that didn't come up in that debate will come up tonight. indiana governor mike pence and virginia senator tim kaine are seasoned politicians who are generally low-key and mild- mannered but this debate really isn't about them. look for kaine to keep the debate about donald trump's controversies while pens will try to shift the focus back to hillary clinton's troubles. it won't be high drama like i said like the last debate but i think we will see the two

will be nice and i will have the biggest changes and analysis on cbs4 news at 10:00. >> just based on what we've seen so far, pretty thoughtful guys. >> they really are. and it will be nice to have less personal attacks and more policy proposals. right? >> thanks, shawn. thanks again for joining us thanks again for joining us on colorado's news ? thanks again for joining us on colorado's news with sleep number, you choose the exact firmness and comfort you want and so does your partner for the best sleep ever. the columbus day sale is on now with the queen c4 mattress set only $1399.98. plus 24-month financing.

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.

coffman, and i approve this message. coffman, 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.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: 90 minutes and two seconds. tonight the candidates for vice president debate right here on cbs. >> if you tear up alliances you'll be weaker, not safer. >> this movement is coming together. america is coming >> do you want a fired president or you're hired president. >> we're going to cut taxes, reduce regulations, and get this economy moving. from cbs news headquarters in new york, here is scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. tim kaine and mike pence, one