debate more than half a dozen women have accused trump of unwanted sexual advances. allegations he denies. experts say tonight's face-off could reach new lows in presidential debate history. tonight's debate will be separated into six sections. 15 minutes each. they will cover topics including the economy, foreign policy, immigration and supreme court. the candidates will not be making opening or closing statements. live in las vegas, el >> thank you. you can catch that right here on cbs4, and on cbsdenver.com after this newscast. we'll have a wrap up and analysis on cbs4 news at 10:00. while the candidates were getting ready, the running mates were still on the trail. vice presidential candidate mike pence spent the afternoon in durango. he praised donald trump second debate performance and says he expect him to do well tonight.

ohio. he is of clinton's performances in the past two debates and expects her to stay calm and measured tonight. your ballot might have arrived in the mail. you will notice it a long one. we wondered why are there so many presidential candidates? that's a good question and cbs4's alan gionet looked into it. >> my name is rod silva. >> 22 or so candidates here. >> welcome to the hedges and bays 2016 campaign. there. >> a lot of choices. >> i am a professional tuba player. >> do you have any idea who these people are? >> no, i don't. >> it is a lot of people. >> reporter: arapahoe county clerk matt crane has seen some big ballots but this one is a whopper. the biggest in memory in colorado. >> it varies by state but you can see we've got a lot of parties we haven't heard of before. that decide they want to give

major parties nominate candidates but for others collect 5000 signatures or pay $1000 and have nine people who can serve as your electors if you win, and you are on. >> on behalf of the nutrition party -- >> the prohibition party. >> never heard of it. >> reporter: louisiana is the only state where it's easier. if you want to be a certified write candidate, fill out an affidavit early enough. >> i started a little bit party. >> i'll join that. >> reporter: a lengthy ballot makes for fatigue. >> usually people are excited about the contest at the beginning and at this point there like, this is a lot. >> reporter: some love the options. >> we had the same for such a long time. it's good we have a lot of people getting ideas out there. >> reporter: this year you have far more than two. >> are you tired of the two? >> sometimes. >> reporter: that's a good

news. secretary of state wayne williams has heard from several county clerks who are concerned about the length of the presidential ballot. williams says he might ask the legislature to make it more difficult in the future to qualify. this is the news across america. a massive gas explosion destroyed an office building and shook a city block in portland. eight people were hurt including three firefighters. two police officers, one firefighter broke his leg. it happened at a spa business, warned people to evacuate after accidentally damaging a gas pipeline. >> we were outside not that far away. and we heard and saw these huge boom, booms. the building exploded. instantly caught up in flames. we just watched it all happen. it was pretty scary. >> three blocks are closed off to clean up. none of the injuries are life-

slammed for how he handled the stanford swimmer sex -- sex assault case is now accused of giving another star athlete a break. the player was charged with attacking his girlfriend. judge aaron persky gave him a plea deal that let him avoid jail time and stay on the team. while a new judge handed down a stiffer penalty this week. now the player will spend eight weekends in jail and attend mandatory domestic violence classes. incredible new video shows a wisconsin cop nearly getting hit by her own cruiser. the officer was helping a driver with a flat plowed into the back of her parked car and crashed into the barrier. thankfully she wasn't hurt. you can see the squad car not so lucky. >> always worry about those officers. police capture an international hacker in the czech republic. no one was more surprised about it then the suspect. why he had to go to the hospital. showers and thunderstorms

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d not be considered rape victims. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado.

the front range has become a tryout area for new productions. one of the now playing at boulder's dinner theater. critic at large greg moody takes us to midlife 2 what did i come in here for? >> ? >> reporter: i love covering theater because a lot of shows, a lot of performers are destined for new york stages and we get them first. >> would you both like to have the senior discount? >> reporter: one of those shows is if come here for? written by jim and bob boulton as a follow-up to the comic musical midlife, the christ -- the crisis musical it makes fun of each and every one of the concerns of growing older. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: and fun is the operative word here, the show itself is light and breezy, full of gentle and poignant comic observations.

tremendous cast. tracy warren, scott binette, ryan byrne, barb reeves, wayne kennedy and brent. these are some of the best musical comedy. -- a comedy performers in the area and they make the show work. >> ? >> reporter: the waltons hope for an off-broadway production down the road. this all part of that process. work shopping, gauging audience reaction to the songs, sketches and comedy. and i love to get to see it a work in progress. i'm critic at large greg moody, cbs4 news. midlife 2 runs until november 12 at the bdt stage in boulder. for tickets, just go to our

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this is the news from around the world. when u.s. service members civilian died from injuries in the attack. de pere were involved in the nato mission to train advise and assist the afghan security forces. the victim's names have not been released. three other americans were injured in the attack. u.s. military says the assailant was later killed. iraqi troops and kurdish allies are moving closer to the ices held city of mosul. the commander of u.s. forces says the fight to retake the territory could take months. so far troops have recaptured around 20 villages. ices is putting up resistance leaving behind explosives and firing mortars on iraqi forces. a russian hacker accused of cyber attacks in the u.s. has been arrested in the czech republic and he fainted during the arrest. had to go to the hospital to be checked out. this guy has not been identified but we do know he was arrested on an international warrant. issued by interpol.

enforcement agency. u.s. has accused russia of hacking e-mails from the democratic national committee to influence the outcome of the election. it's unclear if this case is linked to those accusations. a kitten made a surprise appearance on live television. monday during a turkish news broadcast. you can see the stray cat first peeked out, then it walks across the table curls up on top of the laptop and the kitchen was adopted by an employee at the tv station. that's what we need >> keep the rats away. >> that's right. anything back here? >> not yet. not yet. we have a cold night coming our way. kind of chile. includes the metro. let's take a look. you see we have the october breast cancer month all dressed up and paint. as we take a look at our doppler 4000, this is from last night. we had the snow and then the rain showers all very heavy but

said i thought i'd keep a few isolated showers. glad i did because take a look at this. as we put all of this in motion, watch how the showers push right across the metro area and there they go again. sprinkles here last night. snow to the west and then slowly moved out of the state. by morning here it is, going on 9:00 and finally exits the state, place and that continues in place and that means we're going to be cold tonight because nothing to hold the heat in and the snow continues for larimer and boulder county, third day this week we seen snow. so here's the freeze warning 2:00 a.m. till 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, all along the front range, out there in the grand valley and a frost advisory for yuma, kit carson, and cheyenne counties on the eastern border areas. take a look at the big picture, cool air around here, some trying to nudge in but high- pressure is going to hold this back. high-pressure system moves to the southwest and that's going to scoop up warm air and push

north. right down to colorado but look at all the heat to the south, 93 in phoenix, 94 in brownsville, 92 in new orleans, hot all the way into the nation's capital, 87 today and new york 85. some of this heat won't be 93 but it will moderate the 60s and push them into the 70s. 61 and 59 today with 38 and 41 the lows. 64 and 36 would be normal and 86 and 18 the records. 55 and 53 right now. 27% humidity we've t park and you see long's peak obscured by some of the clowns clowns but a pretty shot. from larry pierce, steamboat where they had the light snow over the john deere tractor. now arrest. and look at this from steve adams you can see what the wildfire smoke at sunset can do for a pretty shot from conifer. temperatures tonight mostly 20s and 30s, teens and 20s for the

tomorrow cool with temperatures a bit below normal, 50s and 60s eastern plains. 50s for the mountains and 50s and 60s out west. here is the denver forecast, tonight don't forget the freeze warning clear and cold, 35 and 31 overnight lows, tomorrow mostly sunny and cool with temperatures in the lower 60s. next several days we start to warm it up. 72 friday, upper 70s for your weekend saturday, sunday with sunny skies 73 on monday, kickoff for the bronco game 60s. >> boy, beautiful weather. weekend. arapahoe basin plans to open friday morning. meanwhile, loveland ski area says it is working its busy making the snow. does not have an opening date yet but it helps to open in the next week or two. wednesday's child is excited to share his love of pets with a new family. 11-year-old joseph learned what it takes to be a veterinarian. had the chance to walk dogs and even get a tour of the practice. joseph says animals are special to him. spot tell me about what you

they sometimes help me calm down. >> you can find out more about joseph and the great kids looking for adoptive families, just call the adoption exchange. you'll find the contact info at cbsdenver.com. customers with one cell phone carrier thought they said -- thought they were signing up for unlimited data.

stocks up a little bit today. the dow up 40, nasdaq grew two points and the us and he was up four. alberson stores are now safeway. you might have noticed the new signs were going up overnight outside the stores. albertson's acquired the safeway chain last year and decided under one name. the stores involved in the merger have either been renovated or are in the process. >> the fcc finding t-mobile for selling unlimited data plans that weren't really a. the company will end up paying more than $7 million in fines to the federal government. the agency received hundreds of complaints from t-mobile biggest data customers. they say their data services were pretty much unusable for several hours every day. besides the fines, t-mobile

ns worth of additional mobile data and discounts on phone accessories. new tonight the transportation department is proposing new rules for airlines, on the top of the list refunds or baggage fees if the bags are seriously delayed. when it comes to flight delays airlines would not only have to report their own delays but regional partners as well. the government would prohibit sites that sell airline tickets from favoring one airline and not showing all available ticket prices. airlines for america is a pro airline trade organization and it argues the rules could drive up the cost of air travel. delta employees are getting new designer uniforms. zach pozen is behind the new look. it includes uniforms for flight attendants, gait agents and technicians. pozen created his own travel inspired color palette for the outfits including passport plum and cruising cardinal. 1000 employees will test the

will be tweaked and rollout to all of the employees in 2018. new information on halloween costumes. it appears kids are trading in crowns for capes. the national retail federation predicts more kids will dress as superheroes than princesses this year. as for adults top costumes batman characters, animals like cats, dogs and bunnies. the arrival of a huge pumpkin may have kicked off all in boston. check out gordo, this great pumpkin weighs in at pounds! it's now at the boston public market where it will be on display for the remainder of the fall. it outweighs last year's biggest pumpkin by 62 pounds. >> i wonder how you move that thing around. >> you need some pumpkin pie.

,, donald trump and congressman coffman would punish women.

even minors, victims of statutory rape, would not be considered rape victims. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado.

we are now just minutes away from the presidential debate. the stage is set in las vegas. a live look inside the thomas and mack center. had the university of nevada las vegas. the runnin' rebels provide most of the excitement typically. tonight it's all about politics. political specialist shaun boyd joins us. >> especially for donald trump. a month ago before the first debate he trailed by one point. third and final debate he trails by se no candidate has ever pulled from that far behind this late in the race to win. he will likely focus on his two most recent key messages. washington is corrupt and he's the agent of change. hillary clinton will likely play it safe. do no harm, she may also try to tie trump to the republican party establishment which is largely abandoning him in an attempt to pull down other republican candidates for congress. both candidates will have to address recent controversies

and clinton hacked e-mails from her campaign manager that show even some of the people closest to her question her judgment. so it should be another intense night. >> yeah. look forward -- >> we'll be watching. thanks for joining us on colorado's news channel. colorado's news channel. live debate about a year ago, 30 ethiopians were killed by isis. reporter: mass execution of ethiopian christians... mike coffman was the only one that reached out to our community. he was there, and he was sharing the sadness that we were actually experiencing at the time. he says what he means, and he does what he says. that means a lot to us and to me. i'm mike coffman,

> captioning sponsored by cbs > the final face-off. hillary clinton and donald trump. >> they are here in las vegas and the stakes could not be higher. >> one of them will be the next president of the united states. >> he is unfit to be commander in chief. >> these vicious claims are >> remember, friends don't let friends vote for trump. >> she should not be allowed to run. she's a corrupt person. >> when they go low, we go high. >> campaign 2016, a presidential debate from the university of nevada in las vegas. here are norah o'donnell, gayle