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or get ready to face a lengthy legal process. i want to point out this is one of the areas the last homeless sweep occurred back in march. you can see some of the homeless have moved back. that sweep was one of the actions by the city that spurred this class-action lawsuit. the attorney who brought it forward says there are close to a thousand plaintiffs who say they are victims of constitutional violations with the sweeps and seizures of property. the lawsuit goes after the city of denver as well as five city officials. michael hancock among them. the judge warned the individuals named in the case are going to claim qualified immunity. he advised williams to dismiss all the claims against those individuals and go after just the city and county of denver. williams agreed to rework the suit but no matter who goes after, both williams and the plaintiffs say a policy change in -- a policy change is in order. >> when we sleep on the sidewalk, and we get up in the morning and leave, there shouldn't be any sign that we
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shouldn't even know that somebody was sleeping there that night. unfortunately not everybody in the homeless community does that. >> reporter: the plaintiffs attorney will head back to the drawing board to narrow claims down. there's going to be a status conference on october 20. the judge also warned the plaintiff's attorney the longer this case takes to get to trial, the less likely some of these plaintiffs are going to be around to give testimony. some of them could move out of state. in denver, jamie leary, cbs4 news. a small plane cras investigators say it was flown into the ground on purpose. misses the news across america at 6:30. a ball of flames in hartford not far from the local airport. a flight instructor and students were on board, the student died, he was a jordanian national who came to the united states four years ago to learn to fly. the u.s. official familiar with the investigation says the crest was intentional. it appears to be a case of suicide not terrorism. the instructor apparently told
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cockpit. the student got control and the instructor survived and is being treated for burns. fears that more flooding in north carolina are forcing thousands more people to evacuate. all the water left over from hurricane matthew, rivers in and around the town of lumberton are expected to crest, communities could be cut off if roads are washed out and bridges closed. today the crews were going door- to-door telling people to get to higher ground immediately. >> stay away from the water. whether you're walking or riding in a car, near the water. it will kill you. >> at least 20 people have died in north carolina due to the effects of hurricane matthew. cover girl now has its first cover boy. 17-year-old celebrity james charles will become the company's first male ambassador. he is a popular beauty blogger with half a million followers. charles will be the first of what they call boundary breaking representatives. you might be one of the
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fitness tracker is to monitor your heart rate. a new study questions the accuracy. researchers at the cleveland clinic looked at four popular wearable wrist monitors including the fitbit and the apple watch. the devices were tested side-by- side with a hard strap monitor. and an electrocardiogram. the apple watch was more than 90% accurate. the fitbit accurate only 84% of the time. >> increasingly relying on these monitors to record heart rate concerned and anxious when they obtain values that appear completely out of the norm. >> fitbit says it stands by its heart tracking technology but it does add fitbit trackers are not intended to be medical devices. rock 'n roll denver half marathon this weekend, there will be participants who are running to set the pace for others. mark haas talked to some of the pacesetters. >> reporter: if you have a goal in mind, you may want to join a
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the runner's edge of the rockies like lisa hagan who will do their best to get their group across the finish line at a specific time. >> i'm still a little nervous about it because basically what you're doing is making certain that someone else completes the race. in their goal time. >> reporter: when the start gun goes off at the rock 'n roll denver half marathon, 16 pace groups will be in the crowd. ranging from an hour and a half up to three hours. >> you have to have device and you are always having to check it against mile markers. >> reporter: mike dover is an experienced runner. he says he likes being a pace setter because it changes the dynamic of his race. >> you move away from focusing on yourself to helping others achieve a goal. >> reporter: when you turn the timing over to someone else, then you can focus just on running. the mental strategies of getting to the finish line. >> when you finish after pacing you have people come up to you and say thank you.
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>> reporter: mark haas, cbs4 news. >> interesting. thanks. rock 'n roll denver half marathon this weekend right downtown. if you want to run with a pace group, look for the table at the expo. you can get more information about the race by going to the run with cbs4 section at our website. making wine in tuscany italy for centuries but now one vineyard has an ingredient. music. how it says mozart is serenadiit heights. we have been cloudy all day but that it started to clear a
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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. before he gives trump more ideas. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this message. 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... "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."
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onald trump. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. 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. can. stop mike coffman now before he gives trump more ideas. house majority pac is responsible
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the original tale of frankenstein and his monster often has as much philosophy as frights. exciting new production coming from the denver center theatre company has both. as greg moody explains. >> just walking away. >> reporter: quite easily one of the most iconic characters in history. literary, cinematic and nightmarish. >> so the play is about surprises.
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it takes the audiences expectations of what the piece is going to be or what the story is going to be and highlights or chooses to depict elements that you wouldn't expect. >> reporter: this new interpretation of frankenstein by nick dear is not karloff's creature by any stretch of the imagination. closer to the source material but it is new and different and terrifying. and it's in its very own way. >> yes, it's scary. yes, there are shock. and it's got that in it. i think a version of frankenstein that didn't make you want to hide behind your hands a little bit wouldn't be a version of frankenstein. >> reporter: the two lead actors in the show will alternate the roles of victor frankenstein and the creature for each performance, bringing a different interpretation to each show.
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man. so the play was intended that way. >> reporter: i'm looking forward to seeing this and in seeing a frankenstein that explores the creatures angry search for humanity rather than just his continuing battle with pitch fork laden villagers. i'm critic at large greg moody, for cbs4 news. >> this new production runs through october 30, for tickets and information head to our website, cbsdenver.com. we will be warming up nicely tomorrow, boy, there's a
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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. when the federal government wanted to increase grazing 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. ican, but i know that michael bennet trusts us and we trust him. i'm michael bennet
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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. u.s. troops are back in iraq as that country's army prepares for an assault on their second largest city. >> american military advisors are helping iraqi soldiers prepared to battle isis. this is the news from around the world. operating out of an airbase 40 miles from the city. three months ago this was isis territory. now it is controlled by the 101st airborne. from fort campbell kentucky. officers from that u.s.-led coalition are working together, but u.s. troops will not see combat. there's an estimated
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inside muzzle. u.s. marines are headed to haiti to help with hurricane relief. a worship sending hundreds of troops along with gerators, water purifiers and heavy equipment. helicopters will start moving supplies. hurricane matthew killed hundreds in the small island nation. the entire communities in ruins. some are still waiting for aid a week after the storm hit. italian winemaker claims he's found a classical concept, to making wine better. the famed brunello wine co from his vineyard in tuscany. but one of the fields is a bit different. the grapes there are serenaded 24 hours a day by classical music. >> ? >> the winemaker says the vines grow bigger and towards the source of the sound. this has sparked a lot of interest by scientists. >> it's very difficult to say
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proceed sounds. >> the theory is the plants benefit from the sound vibrations. also, the music scares away wildlife that would otherwise feet on the grapes. the electronics company bose heard about the study, donated 72 speakers, and extra funding for the research. >> i think we all benefit from a little classical music. >> exactly. now we know our next vintage will be extra great. and you might want wine or hide -- or hot cocoa. it's cool out there. we do have some clearing here in the denver area. there were a lot of clouds this morning. we were socked in with fog earlier today. the clouds have cleared a bit. overall still a little bit on the cloudy side. satellite and radar, some of that up to our north and down south but it is clearing in the denver area. pretty nice day in the high country. a little slow right now in parts of the san juans, some
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futurecast and forecast, cold front is gone now but what we have now is building high- pressure to the south west. so it's going to get a bit warmer and we're going to see temperatures quickly on the rise tomorrow. we're going to see temperatures jump quite a bit. a lot cooler this evening than yesterday. 18 degrees cooler for denver and greeley, 23 for boulder. 24 cooler in limon and 26 cooler for colorado springs. that puts denver at 47 burlington, 44 in the springs. it's a lot warmer to now, let that is the same and 47 for them. 64 in avon, 55 in steamboat, 61 in craig. 71 in grand junction. our weather watcher in severance reporting 44 and downtown currently at 43, dia 47 degrees, winds out of the north at a light breeze at three miles an hour.
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hours. as the clouds started to break a bit we did get to 49 read around 4:00. 50 in the downtown area, average is 67 so we are well below that. yesterday well about that so we are doing in his pendulum swing for us. we are looking at warmer temperatures back tomorrow. futurecast for the rest of the night we will see clearing skies in some areas but we could get more overnight and there may be more fog that develops for the foothills and eastern plains. by tomorrow morning we're looking at clear skies throughout the afternoon and high-pressure again taking over so we are in for some dry weather all the way out to the eastern plains. tonight a little bit on the cool side 39 degrees in denver, 35 in greeley, 38 in burlington, 41 boulder, 39 in frisco, or eagle i should say, 32 in craig and 49 in conjunction. tomorrow warmup significantly. 75 in denver, 69 in burlington, mountains a lot of 60s, similar to today, 63 in eagle, 71 in
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tomorrow 70s, 80s, our way on friday and then the weekend melo and mild in the 70s with warm temperatures all the way through monday. tuesday -- we're not -- our next system that will cool us off and bring us our next chance for some rain. >> and we have been so dry. >> it would be nice to get a good couple rating days. >> time now for our wednesdays child. carlos has an eye for art. got to show off his creative side. carlos enjoys fishing and hopes to find a family that enjoys the outdoors too. the fifth-grader says he really >> what you like about it? >> that we make stuff out of stuff. >> so you like the creative process? >> yes. >> i read that you love holidays. >> yeah. i love holidays. >> which is your favorite? >> easter. >> why is that? >> because i like to find eggs. >> please call the adoption exchange to learn more about carlos or visit our website, cbsdenver.com. >> what a sweet kid.
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stepping aside. this as the second largest bank deals with the scandal over its sale practices. john stumpf has led wells fargo since 2007. his retirement comes after the bank was found to have opened millions of accounts without customer's permission. the chief operating officer will succeed stumpf as a ceo. comcast will pay more than $2 million fine. the cable provider charges customers for service and equipment they never asked for. the agency received more than 1000 complaints from customers, many say they were charged for add-ons even after they expressly told comcast they did not want them. the company says it does not agree with the fcc's decision but admits it fell short when it comes to customer service. toyota is recalling vehicles because of what could be a deadly break issue. that recall affecting the 2016 and 17 prius sedans, toyota says there's a possibility the parking brake on those models can stop working. that means the car could roll
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toyota says owners of the recalled vehicles will be notified starting in november. samsung is now sending fireproof boxes to customers who have to return those galaxy note 7 pounds. we told you samsung stopped production of the phone after reports even the replacements could catch fire. the fireproof boxes are lined with ceramic fiber paper designed to contain extreme heat. the kit also includes a pair of
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e 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. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. five students expelled after being tied to a hate group at a local high school. that is where we begin tonight reporter brief. >> reporter: i'm andrea flores in boulder where more than a dozen students are facing disciplinary action for their role in a neo-nazi facebook
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five students have been expelled from boulder preparatory high school after a friend's suicide revealed conversations online that included threats towards african-americans and jews. police say the leader able to prep student committed suicide last month to show allegiance to the nazi party. 10 other students from boulder area schools were also involved in the chat group. older pd says there was not enough evidence to support criminal action against the teens. >> reporter: i'm kelly werthmann. cbs wants you to know how you can save a life with this small kit. in a new psa actors from the hit show code black are spreading the word about bleeding control kits, they put the knowledge of first responders in the hands of the public as long as they are used properly. denver health is among the first hospitals in the nation to offer classes on how to use the kits equipped with items like tourniquets and gauze. using these tools can
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cece on the bottom. >> jeff: but jessica wanted to turn on the majority alliance. >> voting off paul would be the best thing for our tribe. >> jeff: at tribal council, sunday and lucy went along with jessica's plan and voted out paul. paul, the tribe has spoken. blindsiding bret and chris. 17 are left. who will be voted out tonight. captioning funded by cbs and ford. we go further, so you can. >> i would like to talk. >> i'm not talking to you tonight. i'll do it in the morning. when we got back from tribal i was, quite frankly, pissed off.
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my own tribe of one is what i was going to do. >> i don't understand what happened. >> he was running the show. >> stop whispering. let's talk about it. >> we want to know what's what's going on. >> exactly. >> here's the problem we were up against. paul looked right at me and said, "if boys want to do an all-boys' thing, good luck." >> tonight there are some very unhappy people, especially bret and chris. whether or not they believe me i really don't know. i k much anger. >> this hurt, trust me. this was not an easy decision for any of us to make. >> it seemed easy. >> i am very nervous now. i am hoping that this wasn't a bad idea. >> did we make a mistake? >> well, you can't think back. >> you move forward. >> this morning, i felt bad
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