>> 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.

traffic with joe. >> here is a look at the drive from the east side of town into denver. north and southbound 225 and eastbound i-70 are looking nice and wide open. i will have your full report coming up. the battle to retake control of the iraqi city of trenton is underway looking to push the islamic state 4000 troops are said to be involved with terror forces working closely with american special operations commandos on this long awaited military action. the population now is 1.5 million under isis control for two years. the final push begins with supporters of both candidates in colorado as ballots get sent to voters across the state. it is a big day here with shawn

good morning, shawn . >> reporter: good morning. certainly there will be millions of ballots mailed out to those registered voters here in colorado. this comes as both campaigns have major circuits in town trying to get out the vote and built support as we get closer to the election. let us start off with the republicans and donald trump, jr. returning to colorado today. last week he was in the battleground state of north carolina. donald trump, jr. will meet with supporters and volunteers at 11 a.m. at the centennial gun club and then this afternoon he will be at the sink in boulder. his father arrives tomorrow and is said to speak in colorado springs and then heading to grand junction. that is on tuesday. also some supporters for the

senator elizabeth warren as they campaigned on behalf of hillary clinton last night. sanders will be different at the colorado state university in fort collins and that he appears at cu boulder at their campus at 5:00. both senators spoke yesterday urging young voters to get out the vote. now we are three weeks away from election day and they are in town to build up more because this is all leading up to the final presidential debate said to have been on wednesday. shawn chitnis, cbs4 morning news. >> thanks, shawn. there will be the final debate on wednesday night with a weekend attack in north carolina. there is a new batch of leaked emails out from wikileaks. here is hena daniels with the latest. >> reporter: offering no

the firebomb attack of the republican party headquarters in hillsboro to hillary clinton and her supporters. tweeting animals representing clinton and democrats in north carolina just firebomb the office because we are winning. >> clinton also took to twitter calling the incident horrific and unacceptable. a swastika spray-painted outside the building. >> the election is being ri by corrupt media picks by the incident came as trump spent the weekend casting doubt on the u.s. election system. rudy giuliani claims sunday democrats could steal votes in inner cities. >> if you want to tell me i think the election is fair i would have to be a moron to say that. >> mike pence was more cautious. >> we will absolutely accept the results of the election.

faces challenges of her own as wikileaks publishes more emails to her campaign. the latest batch released yesterday shows clinton struggling to respond to the lgbts community after the nominee praised nancy reagan last march for starting a national conversation about a.i.d.s. in the 1980s. activists have long criticized ronald reagan for his slow response to the crisis. hena daniels, cbs news. campaign trail of donald trump hold a event in wisconsin. >> it is time now for a check up weather and traffic. >> hopefully you enjoy the warm weather we had this weekend with today things cooling down. 10 degrees cooler than it was over the weekend with a red flag warning in effect. a cold front comes through elevating the fire danger bringing cooler

middle of next week. temperatures in the 30s and 40s in the denver and fort collins areas with 45 in leadville and 62 right now in aspen. windspeed are not bad but they will pick up as the day goes on particularly this afternoon and high temperatures 10 degrees below where we were over the weekend putting us at 76 later on. right now let's get a check on the traffic. here is joe. >> here is a look at happening at our cbs4 tech center cam with a few more cars on the road because of slow traffic southbound i-25 just at hampden so no major accidents to report in that area but it could be possible because of the heavy volume. at the rest of the metro some traffic northbound's e-470 and that is still the accident in town.

of highway 34 will be closing in big thompson canyon for six months. the road was badly damaged in the 1976 and the 2013 floods. cdot will be working on more permanent repairs with people having to use highway 36 to get from loveland. expect delays until may of next year. police are investigating the deadly shooting of a denv shooting. deonta mcdonald killed last week when a suspect opened fire at his apartment complex. melissa garcia have the latest. >> i heard this really loud pop. it osha's four or five them them them -- it was four or five bam bam bam. >> reporter: her roommate stepped outside and was shot in the head. >> i daughter was standing

it could have been anybody. >> the shooting took off before police arrived. 19-year-old deonta mcdonald was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. there was a candlelight vigil. >> it was amazing. he was really grateful and every morning he would say thank you so much for allowing me to have a place to wake up to every day. >> reporter: the oldest of six kids. family members describe diamante as caring. >> i am the person . >> the already found a recipient for his liver. 's mom said he wants to start a food bank for homeless people and to mentor young boys picks for the wanted to open up a shelter. his and started this fund raiser asking for help with the cost of the funeral. so far it has raised over

but it will help us. and he donated everything. >> so much pain. that was melissa garcia. police say there is no suspect information at this time. the broncos now have to prepare for the return of brock osweiler to denver. they will do so with head coach gary kubiak back today expected to be back at work and we will be following the brons and the houston texans play one week from today. kubiak spent the last week resting at home and skipping the last two the chargers on the road. last sunday kubiak was taken by the ambulance from sports authority field. doctors say he suffered from a complex migraine. brock osweiler in the meantime rolling in sunday night football leading the texans back from down 14 in the fourth

they beat the indianapolis colts 26 second 23. as early as today the colorado state rams could learn if they have a chance of being admitted into the big 12. the board of directors will meet today in irving, texas. it could add two or for new schools to the league or vote to stay put. a popular five points bagel shop closed since may open for business. the shop has been closed after arson in the apartment above the building. a body was later found inside but take a look at yesterday with customers waiting in lines stretching down the street just to get their hands on some bagels. rosenbergs bagels has been completely remodeled since the fire. customers were happy to see the shop open for again. >> it has been a tough struggle but it has been good to see the

today. police arrested a suspect in the fire. they believe he set the fire to cover the murder. a new partnership is looking to help put the brakes on drunk driving. today metro taxi partners and police are teaming up for project sober hero. part of the project will have a fleet of vehicles dedicated to the golden area. one of the taxis will serve as a rolling billboard to let people know about the safety of being put in a police car for drunk driving. happy monday, everybody. right now 55 degrees in denver. a father in utah accused of leaving his little girl on the college campus daycare except the daycare was not open. what happened ahead. >> if you have a news tip, we want to hear from you. call our tip line at 303-863- tips, that is 303-863-8477, or send us an email through

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fertilization. weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4s with ashton after and austin -- also weekend. >> it felt like july are the weekend. we did set a record on saturday with 85. today we will be in the 70s things to a cold front sweeping through causing the wind to gust of 245 miles-per-hour later on. for now per-hour. later today it really picks up with no issues for the morning commute. right now we are concerned about the elevated fire danger for today with a red flag warning posted because of the dry wind. for now we are 36 at dia and 43 in boulder and 30s and 40s for the most part with most of us

high temperatures not worn as yesterday but still above the normal high which is 64. colorado springs right around 80 with those mountain areas topping out in the 50s and 60s. mostly clear skies overhead for now with mostly sunny today and with the front moving in you can see moisture over utah and wyoming with some of that moisture making its way to the state. by midnight tonight the front tomorrow with a be south of us so tomorrow high temperatures in the 60s closer to normal looking at midnight tomorrow night with some snow in the mountains and maybe a couple inches for some of two areas with a small chance of rain in denver into wednesday morning. that rein end i midmorning on wednesday clearing out wednesday

wednesday with reversing course into 60s and 70s by friday. let us get on the traffic. here is a look at i-25 and colorado boulevard. it may change as we get into the 6:00 hour but overall no accidents on the highway in that area of with lane closures happening tonight and tomorrow night from 10:00 until 5:30 the eastbound c-470 will be closed because cdot is doing analysis work for the express lanes project happening if little but later with a couple alternates for you on county line taking highland ranch parkway. right now police are investigating a father who loved his daughter alone in the cold ogden weber technical

it shows from walking up to an on-campus day care which was closed at the time. you can see the father giving the little girl blankets and his jacket walking away motioning for her to stay put. after walking away a security guard found her and called police. >> i am sure that two hours felt like all night to her. you have two reports on file here with erratic behavior on >> is this occurred, there is a possibility other things occurred. >> the father is now facing abandonment and child abuse charges. utility crews are working to try to restore power to thousands of people left in the dark in the pacific northwest. the damaging storm is from the

per-hour strong enough to bring down trees and power lines. the winds and rain did not stop people from coming out to take a look. >> what are you doing out here? >> we wanted to come out and do some storm watching. >> brave family. worse weakening unexpectedly heading west spearing seattle the worst of the wind. >> a lot of runners this morning and cruising bricked. -- a lot of runners including britt. >> reporter: race day is finally here with some breaking news from team cbs4. >> we found out we are expecting our first baby. >> reporter: she was approved

the race strategy of karen. >> it will be slower than i planned but my goal is really just to cross the finish line. >> as the race kicked off thousands of runners hit the streets of downtown denver among them team cbs4 karen morfitt, mark haas, britt moreno and myself. it went downtown with bands all in the way. mark was thrs his goal was to set a personal record. >> i wanted to run one duct 35 -- 1:35. >> he got great support from his mom. >> she was on her bike the entire time. >> reporter: britt moreno was next to finish. this was her first raise ever. >> the sense of camaraderie just really fueled me to finish

injury that made it a personal mission to make it to the finish line. >> it felt really good to finish the race. it feels good. >> her goal was to finish the race and she persevered. >> it took me longer than i thought. >> reporter: she crossed with her husband andrew by her side. for me it was a chance to reach a new goal. >> before today i have never run more than 6 miles. >> marathon rain of heaven would any of us expected but it certainly is something we can all build on. kelly werthmann, cbs4 news. >> we to all of you who do that and congratulations to the cbs4 runners. you can see are appointed by visiting www.cbs4denver.com. i am impressed. well done. >> for the news you need when you need it, "like" us on facebook, twitter, and cbs4denver.com.

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and we have quite a spread of temperatures across town. castle rock is at 51 right now with 37 in erie and meanwhile 40s and 50s in the foothills with evergreen reporting 53 degrees right now. interwar enter reporting 45 degrees this morning saying it is a great morning to take their dog for a walk. i would agree. thanks so much. we are right around bus stop and then it turned plenty later on today with wind gusts up to 45 miles-per-hour. coming up right now let us check on the traffic with joe. >> here is a look at what is happening at our cbs4 tech center cam with quite a few cars on the highway but i just saw an emergency vehicle pass by so hopefully that does not mean any accidents on the way to the tech center but we will

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this morning 55 degrees in denver and ashton is tracking wind for us today. >> we are looking at that. still ahead on the cbs4 morning news shawn chitnis is live. >> reporter: millions of ballots going through this post office with both campaigns having top supporters traveling. we have a preview coming up. >> thanks, shawn. a major move on isis and related on a long awaited battle happening now. more trouble as they fight a fire in eagle county. the latest on the freeman fire that has some people out of their homes and when we could see some much-needed rain. it prompted event organizers to cancel the lantern festival

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live from colorado's news channel, this is cbs4 morning news. >> this is the news at 6:00 this morning. it is a big day for politics in colorado. donald trump, jr. is visiting a few cities today. >> bernie sanders in colorado to support hillary clinton swinging through college campuses. i am alan gionet. >> and i am britt moreno. if you are one of those people who thought the weekend was too warm we are getting that much needed cool down with ashton altieri track in the forecast for us. >> good morning, everybody. it will not be as warm today as it was over the weekend. but part of the reason why we will cool down today is because of the cold front sweeping through this afternoon pushing