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after this attack in breckenridge, two men charged with a hate crime. a man kills 18 and wounds another trying to protect his illegal pot go. how far does this scandal grow? >> how many dead voters is acceptable? first at 10:00, we ha county. police are using robots to try and defuse a possible explosive device in nederland. someone planted it right outside the town's police station. live tonight, stan, this tense situation has certainly been unfolding for hours tonight. >> reporter: and it continues as we speak, here's what we know around 7:00 this morning, a nederland officer came to police headquarters and saw a backpack abandoned outside.
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looked through the contents and found what he thought was an improvised explosive device. that led to the immediate evacuation of the park that you see behind me. this is essentially one of the busiest areas in nederland. there are several shops here in the grocery store. now the entire area completely abandoned. we're standing outside of what is considered the blast radius for this device. the bomb squad and the fbi were called in to assist the police department in this. investigators were able to ditl that device but they could not say if the device was fully deactivated. the items were taken to a lab in boulder for forensic testing to determine the origin. just about 30 minutes ago, we sought to bomb robots that appeared to be dismantling the final piece of that device. looked like a plastic bag that was full of powder. police say the rain has been a hindrance in their
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deliberately slowly so they don't destroy any evidence in this case. police have not said if there is a suspect or if there's even video of that person dropping the bag off in front of police headquarters. they also have not been able to confirm whether or not any threats were made to police in the days before this incident. we'll have the latest when we have it, live in maryland, stan bush, cbs4 news. now our weather alert, a big cooldown overnight and some rain is falling right now. lauren whitney is in colorado's weather center, can expect for tomorrow. >> looking at much cooler temperatures tonight and tomorrow. just know that you may actually meet the jack tomorrow morning and right now cold front is working its way through. 53 at the double-a, but much cooler air will be sinking in after this fund passes through. right now 24 in cody, 35 in cheyenne, a lot of cold air to hit our direction. still a little bit windy, fort collins, limon winds much stronger ahead of that fund. and our satellite and radar,
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there in some areas. snow into parts of the high country, front range mountains and most of our thunder storms on the eastern plains. but there's a lot of rain in parts of weld county right now up near greeley. into parts of eaton and nunn. up to our north as we zoom on into the denver area, a little bit of rain for us as well right now but fairly on the light side as you had to most areas but once you had north there will be a little bit more rain out there right now. taking a look at futurecast, some of this doesn't stick around overnight but we'll start overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. also some fog to start out your day and we're looking at those clouds to slowly clear a bit more. we're going to talk about cooler temperatures tomorrow in a moment. and then how long that will last. back to you. tonight we are also finding out more about the man who caused a deadly wreck on colorado boulevard last night. he took off and was found naked in a lake at city park. jeff todd has been covering this story since it broke.
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cbs4. >> reporter: karen, he says he was probably driving about 90 miles an hour down this road. the speed limit around here is just 35 miles an hour. investigator told me last night this was a bad one. some evidence, a headlight in the middle of the road, now on the side of the road tonight as the cars on this road started bouncing around like balls on a billiards table. >> i was on the interstate. a car came out in front of me. i don't really remember after that. i thought i was dead. >> reporter: tyler white is from tennessee but had recently come to denver to start a new life. he told cbs4's jennifer brice he smoked marijuana yesterday afternoon. >> i wasn't high at the time when i was driving. you smoke, a couple hourlater, out your system. wasn't like i was stoned to death driving. >> reporter: white is believed to have been in this charger.
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reaction. >> we do suspect that alcohol or drugs or both are involved in this particular incident. >> reporter: white is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. about three hours after that crash, white was found by paramedics inside a pond in city park. naked. >> i really don't remember. like something took over me. >> reporter: white also had a message for the family of the woman he al daughter's life. and i just pray that you forgive me and asked for repentance. i'm sorry. >> reporter: so far we don't know anything about that woman other than the fact she was 25 years old. as for the people that were in the third and fourth cars, they did not have serious injuries. live in denver tonight, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >> thank you. another story only on cbs4
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get punched and then thrown to the ground. investigators say he was targeted because he's gay. now these two men george howard and raymond solis are charged with bias motivated crimes and assault. developing story and ready to -- murder charges for the man accused of fatally shooting one teenager and critically injuring another. investigators believe the teenagers hopped the fence trying to steal the man's illegal pot plants. karen morfitt joins us live tonight. you've been taking a closer look at whether colorado's make my day law will actually come and play here. >> reporter: karen, when those teens hopped the fence onto someone's property, that raised the question but under that law, homeowner can only shoot and kill an intruder if they believe the person intends to commit a crime. and use physical force. but that right stops at the door. backyards are not included. in this case they say self-
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that's used. investigators say two teenagers were shot after hopping a fence into the backyard of this home. 15-year-old keylin mosley did not survive and a 14-year-old he was with was critically injured. >> we heard the shots go off, there was about six initially and then a little break and then two more. >> reporter: keith hammock who lives in the home is now facing charges of murder and attempted murder. according to paperwork hammock may have >> the law doesn't say that you can use deadly force just to defend your property. >> reporter: hammock allegedly told police the teens jumped over his fence and he found them lying on the ground. officers would later discover two rifles and spent cartridges near hammock's second floor window. former prosecutor karen steinhauser says it's more likely that the suspect would argue self-defense. >> if you have facts where there is no warning shots,
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other person is shooting from an upstairs window, it's going to be hard to argue that he felt physically endangered. >> reporter: hammock is also facing charges of illegal cultivation of marijuana. denver district attorney will have the final say on whether or not to file live in denver, karen morfitt, cbs4 news. on the campaign trail a twitter firestorm from donald trump, he not only went after hillary clinton but his own republican party. spot donald trump blasted paul ryan for refusing to back his campaign. on twitter trump complained it is hard to do well when paul ryan and others give zero support. and called ryan very weak and ineffective. toronto -- republicans distancing themselves, they are far more difficult than crooked hillary. they come at you from all sides
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shackles have been taken off me. >> i did try and [ bleep ] her. >> reporter: republicans have been pulling away in droves since the video came out. like john mccain. >> when mr. trump's attacks women, and demeans the women in our nation and in our society, that is a point where i just have to part company. >> reporter: hillary clinton teamed up with an old friend. >> a climate change leader and an all-around great guy, al gore! >> reporter: al gore course narrowly lost the presidential election told the crowd to get out and vote. >> your vote really, really, really counts. a lot. you can consider me as an exhibit a of that proof. >> [ laughter ] >> reporter: donald trump's comments have helped set off a wave of tweets about sexual assault. it was all after another invited them to share their stories. the tens of thousands of people telling people it's not okay.
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people casting votes. >> definitely don't think this was an accident. at this point. do you? >> how this keeps happening. we continue following breaking news in nederland, someone planted what is believed to be an explosive device outside the police station. skies are fairly mild right now but we're going to talk about much cooler temperatures on the way. joe decamillis get the butterflies plus trevor siemian's been thinking about
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we are following breaking news in nederland, someone left an explosive device outside the police department. sam -- stan bush live there for us tonight. the bomb squad trying to defuse that device. >> reporter: that's right, the investigation continues, this ied or apparent ied department which is inside this plaza which has been evacuated for most the day is one of the busiest areas in town. we're just outside of what's considered the blast radius. 45 minutes ago the bomb robots were dismantling what appears to be the last piece of that package. earlier in the day two other large pieces were taken off of this apparent ied. and then taken into a forensics lab in boulder. we were not -- it wasn't clear if that had fully deactivated
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on. nederlandse police department says they are intentionally taking a long time so that they don't damage any evidence. it's also not clear if there is a suspect or video of a suspect at this time. stay tuned to the cbs4 morning news for any updates. as this situation looks to go on all night. stan bush, cbs4 news. >> thank you. a twitter campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault. hours after the donald trump tape made the news author kelly oxford launched a twitter feed asking women tweet me your first assault. they are not just stats. i'll go first. old man on city bus grabs me and smiles at me, i'm 12. >> sharing personal experience and when you do that you put yourself in a very vulnerable position. >> the response, explosive. with more than a million women tweeting their stories using the not okay hashtag.
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ended with a couple in big trouble, dashcam video showing officers stopping two men dressed as clowns. they were chasing cars trying to scare people. a woman was driving that pair around. turns out the woman and one of the men have a 4-year-old daughter which they left home alone. the parents are now facing child neglect charges. have you seen this today? a bridge implosion bust in arkansas. the first attempt to bring down the 93-year-old bridge failed. so if you hours later they tried again. -- a few hours. they tried again. second time is a charm. now the contractor has until 10:00 a.m. to get the metal out of the river to reopen the navigation we've been talking about it for days but the cooldown is finally here. we want to get on over to lauren whitney now and talk about this big change for at least one day. >> it is going to get cool
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temperatures. 64 in grand junction, 39 in gunnison, 54 in avon, 48 in fort collins, 54 out in burlington. that front is working its way through and behind it check out all these cool temperatures. 29 in casper, 24 in cody, 27 in gillette. those temperatures are sinking down our way. right now 55 degrees in denver, 53 at dia. starting to cool off quite a bit, winds out of ea an hour. upper 70s, we almost hit 80 today. 79 out at dia, 77 in the downtown area. average is 67 so we were significantly above where we should be. tomorrow we're going to drop 10 degrees where -- below where we should be. a big swing heading our way. a little bit windy up to the north and in parts of the high country but winds are much
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weather watcher debbie bidwell in fort collins says it's raining pretty moderately there right now, starting to pile in the street and this is the most rain they've seen in a very long time so let's get to the satellite and radar. so you can see what's happening. rain all the way from the western slope snow in parts of the high country and weld county actually getting some pretty decent rainfall. first we're going to start off in the denver area, on the north end, east side of town, thornton into brighton, of that direction you have a little bit heavy rainfall, some in the city right now. it's north that we definitely have more aio collins, johnson's corner area up towards loveland towards grover into eaton area, greeley, heavy rainfall and right now up into parts of rocky mountain national park into the front range mountains, snowfall on the western slope all the way from the craig hayden area down into yampa, rain and snow in the higher elevations. thanks to this cold front and area of low pressure. we may still get a little bit of action in the denver area overnight. a little bit of drizzle and then as the front moves on
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15 to 20 from today. futurecast again overnight tonight, a little bit of rain possible and tomorrow morning we have potential for a little bit of fog out there as well. still a little bit of drizzle to start the day. 39 to 19 denver, 39 in boulder, 37 in burlington. 39 in frisco and 46 in grand junction. big changes when you notice it, 58 in denver, 57 boulder, 55 or 54 in burlington, 61 in eagle, 65 in craig and 73 ah five-day forecast after tomorrow right back up to the 70s, even some 80s on friday, 70s this weekend, really looks lovely, next week we have some cooler temperatures on the way. maybe a chance for a little bit of rain on monday but down into the 60s by monday. >> plus a little more normal. mail in ballots for the presidential election go out next week. cbs4 investigation has found another dead colorado voting and other cases of voter fraud. brian maass breaking new
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you've uncovered a real problem, brian. >> it's illegal to take a dead person's ballot and vote in their place. but that's what we uncovered last month and again this month. 88-year-old irvine of loveland died on september 2011. six weeks after his death, a vote was cast in his name. >> we did find a single voter that did vote. a deceased voter that did vote. unfortunately. >> reporter: so a dead person delta? >> yes. >> reporter: larimer county clerk and recorder says that was uncovered due to the cbs4 investigation. dying to vote which found some dead coloradans bolted from the grave. myers says after his death, someone duplicated the registered republican signature on his mail-in ballot and voted. >> you definitely don't think this was an accident at this point? >> i don't think so. no. i don't think it was an accident. >> reporter: someone
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name to his ballot envelope. and that's fraud. >> reporter: officials say with nearly 4 million votes cast in colorado elections, some fraud is expected. >> how many dead voters is acceptable? >> none. >> reporter: clerk and recorder merlin says he's replied -- he is surprised there aren't more from the grave. >> that's a success story. and i think it really to me, reinforces my faith in colorado's system. >> reporter: but in recent years in found cases of people convicted of voter fraud. for filling out someone else's ballot or boating twice. >> so you do have people down here in douglas county to commit voter fraud? >> we've had cases. we catch them and send them to the d.a. >> reporter: how does it happen? ask mike simmons. >> ballots kept coming to the house. >> reporter: his mother died in 2010. her death is on file with the state of colorado and in other
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coming to her boulder home. >> if it shows up in the mailbox, there's a temptation that somebody could open it up, throw it out and send it in. >> reporter: simmons saved her ballot from last fall. >> so this was october of 2015. so that would have been five years and seven months or so after she passed. i'm not convinced that my mom's case is a singular event. i think it happens quit there is an ethical responsibility if you receive someone else's ballot that you return it. and mark it deceased. >> reporter: we will be turning daisy simmons ballot over to voting authorities. presumably they will scratch her from voting rolls. officials emphasize that while what we have been finding is illegal, they say the cases of fraud are only a fraction of
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,, before donald trump, there was mike coffman. before trump said women should be punished for having an abortion, coffman wrote a bill to redefine rape, which could exclude women who were drugged. before trump called for a ban of muslims, coffman pushed for a religious test of u.s. soldiers. and on president obama? trump: he could have been born in kenya. coffman: he's just not an american. stop mike coffman now
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i know he's going to miss the game and we're going to miss him. we're going to play for him. i'm going to talk to the defense. we're going to dedicate this game to him. >> not exactly win one for the gipper but pretty close. the broncos will be playing for gary kubiak in san diego. joe decamillis told i guess
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head coach of an nfl team this week. he had about 10,000 things on his mind monday. he said he got to the practice or facilities rather a little earlier than normal today. and that was when it started to feel real. >> it hit a little bit today. on the way in i can tell you that. the day before i was a little too tired and a little too irritated after that last game. but it's starting to sink in. it's a big responsibility. there's a lot of people depending on you. don't want kubiak has some different responsibilities i wasn't aware of but i am now. trying to take care of those. >> in keeping with the gary kubiak system, they could take the starting quarterback decision all the way up to kickoff. trevor siemian may not be named the starter but he is acting like it. trevor taking his injury day by day, that's one of his favorite phrases. he is planning on playing. in fact they started preparing
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broncos took the field against atlanta. >> checked him out saturday. saturday night when i found out. wasn't playing. so got a little head start. i think is a challenge for everybody. but you adjust and i think the coaches, rico does a good job adjusting. and giving us something we can handle. guys are taking it in yesterday. and going there and doing the same today. centurylink poll question. what is your the majority of you thinking coaching is the biggest concern. the cu buffs or 4-2. how many people saw that coming? not many. the only two losses have been on the road at michigan and at usc. no cupcakes. on saturday the buffs host an asu program they've never beaten. through the first six games cu not shying away from any challenge.
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and they like it that way. >> i love night games. most of the guys love night games and that atmosphere. we're expecting a lot of fans, and we're just trying to come out with a big win especially over asu, someone we haven't been yet. been yet. baseball from a rancher's perspective, we feel that often washington is removed from what we need. senator bennet is different. michael bennet has been at the ready and always willing to listen. zing fees, senator bennet stepped up and helped put a stop that. he commits to his word, and that means a lot to a guy like me. i'm a republican, but i know that michael bennet trusts us and we trust him. i'm michael bennet
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i'm mike coffman, and i approve this message. service. it started with my dad. he fought in world war two, was wounded in korea. he's the reason i joined at 17, ill serve today. the va scandal is an outrage, failing to care for our wounded warriors. that's why i took on the va: to get our veterans the care and respect they deserve. because i understand the sacrifices they made, and i'll never stop fighting for those who fought for us. for me, it's personal. for those who fought for us. 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.
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always high drama with october baseball. the dodgers needing now is the time to start praying to the baseball gods. tied at five, chase utley delivers with a single up the middle. dodgers take a 6-5 lead. kenley jansen would come on and do the rest. dodgers force a game five back in washington on thursday. if this is not the year of the cubs, i don't know what is. chicago came roaring all the way back. the cubbies scored four runs in
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lead. willson contreras with a two rbi double. and then javier baez singles in jason heyward for the winning run. chapman shuts the door. the cubs headed to the nlcs for a second straight year as they get a 6-win and knock out the giants. unbelievable what they've been able to do. we'll see if it continues.
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this picture should be a painting. >> take a look at this. larry pierce is calling this a yampa valley afternoon. very beautiful clouds. grass out there, just on and a beautiful part of the state. a little rain earlier. before that, pretty nice conditions. >> a nice little picnic. thanks for watching >> stephen: hi. >> can't go in. >> stephen: i just want to say hello to flotus. i brought her a lotus. >> flotus is on the phone with potus. >> stephen: she'll want to see me. >> that's what she got us. >> stephen: i want to see
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