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this is the news on monday, october 17. >> i am alan gionet. here is what is happening here on the cbs4 warning news. shawn? >> reporter: both campaigns, through our state before the last presidential debate. we will have a preview coming up. the battle to regain control of the iraqi city of muscle is here this morning. republican party office is firebombed. coming up the differences in reaction from the presidential candidates in the final push to get your vote begins today with some candidates in colorado. this comes as ballots are being sent out to voters across the state starting today. cbs4's shawn chitnis has a preview of a busy week for the campaign . shawn? >> reporter: that is right as county clerks are getting ready

colorado beginning today. this all happens as both campaigns have some of their top surrogates in town to get supports and rally support for them across the state. let us first talk about bernie sanders. he was joined by senator elizabeth warren as they campaigned on behalf of hillary clinton last night. sanders will be at an event around 3:30 at colorado state university in fort collins appearing at cu boulder behalf of hillary clinton yesterday and they were urging young voters to get out the vote this presidential election. the son of the gop nominee donald trump, jr. returns to colorado today. last week he was in north carolina and donald trump, jr. will meet with supporters and volunteers at 11:00 this morning at the centennial gun club this afternoon at 4:30.

trump junior will be at the sink in boulder.'s father will arrive speaking in colorado springs as well as grand junction. now we have three weeks until the election and they will be in town only to build up the anticipation as we get ready for the final potential debate set for wednesday. shawn chitnis, cbs4 when news. >> it is right around the corner. shawn, thank you. the campaigns continue to wage a war of words just after a gop office in north carolina is firebombed. here is reid bennion with the latest. >> it is meant to scare and intimidate people from volunteering. >> reporter: a north carolina republican party official reacting to the firebombing over the weekend. a swastika said leave town or else on the building. the state gop tweeted his

campaign tweeted a note of sympathy. but trump claim them for the attack. >> the election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing completely false allegations. >> reporter: trump supporters including rudy giuliani arlie trump is not talking about the actual voting process. >> when he talks about a be election, he is not talking about the polls. allowing for the possibility of the rigging of the election. >> they be dead people on the road, and then they pay people. >> reporter: trump himself specified on twitter the election is being rigged at polling places. mike pence added a measure of coldness on sunday.

sunday. >> the american people will speak. >> reporter: i am reid bennion reporting. >> it is time now for weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4s with ashton pick >> we have temperatures in the 30s and 40s up and down the front range including 47 on the northwest side of fort collins. shelby majors calling it crisp. i agree. compared to where we were in the afternoon you will notice a chill for sure. greenlee is at 37 mountain areas in little warmer than we are in denver with avon reporting 63 and mild weather for the weekend holding on. wind speed right now only 7 miles-per-hour in denver. through the day today it will pick up with a cold front currently in wyoming making its way south passing over the front range this afternoon and letting our warmer today. it will still be above normal but 10 degrees colder with 76

front passing by winds up to 40 miles-per-hour this afternoon. lots of whether to talk about with your full five day forecast coming up. right now let's get a check on the traffic. here is joe. >> here is a look at what is going on on cdot 25 at parker road so speeds will increase but right now you are seeing speeds at about the 50s and 60s in some spots taking a three minutes to southbound from r no major accidents or stalls just slowdowns northbound at highway 36. breaking overnight the battle to retake the second largest city of mosul is underway. the u.s. military provided air and ground support to go after isis forces. ashton carter that the campaign is a decisive moment to defeat the islamic state. our hena daniels has the very latest on the operation.

rocky forces -- iraqui forces moved in on mosul. along the front lines artillery fire explosions from above and plumes of smoke on the ground. thousands of iraqui troops faced the toughest battle since the withdrawal of u.s. military forces five years ago. mosul has been under the control of militants 2014. isis fighters have reduced much of it to rubble pick >> we have destroyed it very deliberately knocked down everything possible. >> reporter: u.s. military commander in charge said overnight the operation they prove to be a long and tough battle with the iraqis preparing and we will stand by them. hena daniels, cbs news. >> the united nations is running 1 million people in

the city. humanitarian groups have set up emergency camps nearby. an update on the crossfire that closed northbound i-25 last night. the highway is back open this morning. the fire closed the highway if the greenland exit at around 10:00 last night. there are no expected delays this morning. boulder county is under a burning of any search. the dry conditions we have right now forced a popular event to be canceled. thousands of people signed up for the second night of the festival last night. people living near the site say the flames are spreading beyond the lanterns into euros. andrea floris tells us why some neighbors are opposed to this

sold out sunday night but many walked away without letting one go pick >> we were hoping to make a wish tonight for our families. it was a bummer. >> reporter: high winds and dry conditions made for a red flag warning. >> sitting around a campfire we were even joking about having small kids around the campfire. >> reporter: conditions pastors pick >> there were coming down and there was close to 200. >> reporter: many of them still lit. >> there was maybe a dozen we stopped at. >> reporter: dozens of horses also started to speak -- spook. she said she is not opposed to

is held. >> i think it needs to be in a place without so much flammable areas surrounding it as well as livestock. >> reporter: attendees will just have to wait until next time pick >> we understand that safety is a top priority.'s but that was andrea floris reporting. a chinese rocket spends -- sends astronauts to the space and the future of chinese travel. the new rules for americans traveling to cuba and the big leadership change in one major american company.

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stocks are up this morning and cuban cigars will be flowing back into the u.s. here is kenneth craig with today's money watch. >> americans who travel to cuba cannot bring home 100 cigars and several bottles of rum. the obama administration has lifted the limit which could generate hundreds of millions of dollars for cubans. the rum and secure is brought ck and cannot be sold. stocks closed on friday in the positive territory and the nasdaq finishing up a fraction. hershey will soon be searching for a new boss. they announced its current ceo will retire next year. the special committee will be in charge of that search process and young americans are not saving for retirement.

and no access to pension. 7% say they are in line to get pensions becoming more rare. that is your cbs moneywatch report. for more log onto cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i am kenneth craig. was could you going on a morning morning -- let us get you going on a monday morning. >> saturday we set a new record with 85 degrees and yesterday 86 was the high. record territory. it is still far above normal for the middle of october with 76 and a cold front drops us to 60 through tomorrow and 58 on wednesday which will be the coolest date of the week. right now the wind across most of colorado is not that bad. we are at seven here in denver with the wind picking up later on and that is what a red flag

per-hour causing elevated danger for fires today. 30s and 40s up and down the front range with 37 in greeley. we have 40s on the eastern plains with 50s and 60s in the high country. look at avon and the front range this morning. later on today highs in the 70s for denver with 50s for the most part in the high country and a cold front t snow in northern utah throughout wyoming as well as the wind picks up with the red flag warning in effect and the cooler air settling in for tonight. tomorrow morning is a 30s expecting at least a few snow showers tonight into tomorrow. this is tomorrow night at midnight and we are expecting a shower or two for denver in the front range with our chance for

cooler temperatures for the middle of the week down to 50 on wednesday and most of the rain out of here by 9 a.m. wednesday morning clearing out after that for the end of the week right now let's get a check on the traffic. here is joe. >> here is a look at what is happening on i-70 from our cdot cam. it is a nice drive into the airport is looking nice and wide open. west of the metro picture a couple slowdowns to talk about northbound i-25 wrapping up construction on highway 36. two chinese astronauts heading to an experimental space station after this launch from northern china with the crew expecting to spend 30 days on the space station preparing for the core module coming in

program gross. the chinese say that space station will be operable for a decade. a soldier is tested after returning home from the battle field. here is suzanne marques with today's eye on entertainment. davontae roads place a gay men growing up in a miami neighborhood in moonlight. >> it is a movie about acceptance and accepting yourself. learning to love others. >> reporter: it opens this friday. joel allin walk the red carpet for the movie will premiere at the new york film festival. it is based on the award- winning novel.

war hero but a celebration at a fellow came brings back memories of a deadly firefight. >> it is a coming of age story for him. >> reporter: the long halftime walk opens in theaters next month. and a new film from robert pattison and sienna miller permit this weekend. the lost city is a story of an explorer looking for a lost >> these opportunities do not just happen where you are in the absolute middle of nowhere. >> reporter: it hits theaters next year. that is your eye on entertainment. suzanne marques, cbs news, los angeles. >> for the news you need when you need it, "like" us on facebook, twitter, and

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a bear is now being remembered after a controversial hunt in new jersey likely killed him. he was known to many in the suburbs walked upright. why life workers say it was because he suffered injuries to his paws and spent little time on all four legs. no animal rights activists are upset by the hunt last week. >> it was an innocent bear minding his own business never getting into trouble or harming anybody. and you have this idiot who trapped him to hunt him and

able to make a positive identification on the bear because he had never been tagged by the agency. >> incredible story. look at that there and that video is amazing. we have weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4s with ashton pic >> good morning, everybody. we want to look at the travel forecast this morning with more rain the pacific northwest. maybe if you travel delays that way. the biggest issu in the midwest not too many problems with chicago 79 and a little rain in minnesota. dallas gets close to 90 degrees today with sunshine and checking all the major airport hubs no major delays been reported at this point. let us get a check on the traffic with joe. >> here is a look at our cbs4 mousetrap cam.

southbound 25. overall no major accidents to report on i-70 that here is a look at the drive southbound coming into town. here is the slow traffic northbound i-25 at highway 36. we have one accident in capitol hill at colfax. the loss of the 15-year-old daughter killed in a shooting morning in lexington, kentucky. trinity appears to have been an innocent bystander shot in the neck when men started shooting at each other. she later died at the hospital. trinity was a star athlete at her high school as well as an honor student. her coach said the loss hits hard. >> it just breaks my heart to even think about the idea. excuse me for being emotional.

>> police found one of the cars involved and are questioning possible suspects believed that trinity was in either vehicle involved. tyson said he was very close with his daughter. coming up next, the campaigns come to colorado. we will tell you who wish winner for the democrats and who is here for the republicans for donald trump gets to colorado tomorrow. more clinton campaign in most have been released intensified his right election rhetoric. i am hena daniels in new york with the latest on campaign 2016 coming up. >> it is time for the stihl sports report. >> the nfl schedule came out and i think we also hold monday, october 24 to be brock osweiler's return. as of today that is the next game on the schedule. texas reports last night there

coach in houston. his eighth intersection of the year including at least one in every game so far. andrew luck is only run and they led by 14 in the fourth quarter but brock threw some touchdown passes able to sent the game into overtime and in ot brock led a game-winning drive. the houston wins 26-23 are 4-2 just like the denver broncos. have a great week. >> this has been the stihl sports break. brought to you by your colorado stihl dealers.

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>> hello, everybody. good to have you with us on this monday morning. this is the news on cbs4 with a lot going on this week. thanks for joining us. i am alan gionet. >> and i am britt moreno. >> let us get monday going and a check on the forecast. ashton is talking about a windy start to the week. >> definitely. we have a red flag warning in effect for today and an almost full moon outside this morning. if you look out anywhere throughout most of colorado you should be able to see the moon this morning. it is now about 97% full. we will see a lot of sunshine once the sun comes up 10 minutes after seven. checking in with mitch and sandy in northwest arvada reporting 44 degrees right now. there it is with red flag warning. windy conditions is the big story.