this thursday. here's what's happening now. it started to get colder when the resorts are starting to fire up the snow making machines. ahead, what could be our coldest morning of the season. what we want to do is to replenish the social security -- >> such a nasty woman. >> the final presidential debate is over, and yet again the candidates had an arsenal of ugly words. the slugs coming up. >> reporter: senior citizen is attacked inside the jefferson county courthouse. coming up, how surveillance video may help the sheriff's office find the person responsible. first it is chilly out there this morning, with a temp right at 31 degrees. haven't said below freezing in a while. >> we are just above that freezing mark. ashton altieri is in colorado's weather center.

hi, alan. this is the first morning we have dropped below freezing. earlier this month we had two mornings right at 32. now we are at 31 officially for denver and a freeze warning exists until 8:00 this morning. our cbs4 weather watcher orlando over on the west side of littleton reporting 31 degrees this morning as well. we'll check more on your weather in just a moment. now let's check in with joel. good morning, ashton. take a look at the drive the high country, much different drive than yesterday. no snow on this camera, and all of the roads are open, no chain or traction restrictions in place. it was a good reminder to change toes tires. this was the third and final debate for the presidential candidates. they stuck to the issues for the most part, but still got in their jabs. at one point donald trump took time to address the sexual

>> they've been largely debunked and i really want to just talk about something slightly different. she mentions this, which is all fiction, all fictionalizeed. possibly or probably started by her and her sleazy campaign. >> trump said the women may have come forward seeking fame. this brought clinton back to a common theme trump claims that situations are rigged against him. >> he lost the iowa caucus, he st he said the republican primary was rigged against him. then trump university gets sued for fraud and racketeering, he claims the court system and the federal judges are rigged against him. there was even a time when he didn't get an emmy for his tv program three years in a row and he started tweeting the emmys were rigged against him. >> should have gotten it. >> this is a mindset.

>> shaun boyd tells us about one moment last night that got reaction from all over the political world. >> reporter: the most extraordinary moment of the night is when donald trump said he loses it may not be a peaceful transition of power. he had been talking about a rigged election for him and this was shocking for him and the fallout could be significant. while that is the moment everyone is talking about, this debate may be more than any other highlighted the stark difference in the candidates' positions on some country's most emotional issues. they debated late term abortion and they promised to appoint supreme court justices that support their positions. they both did a good job of appealing to their base. but likely didn't change any minds. and given clinton's wide lead coming into this debate, that's a win for her.

more to send in. in arapahoe county it will cost 68 cents. we break down all the requirements and dropoff sites at cbsdenver.com. we are just one day away from the start of the new ski season. arapahoe basin is opening tomorrow. lifts start running at 9:00 in the morning. and our mountain news reporter matt kroschel will be live there tomorrow morning. it's gorgeous, isn't it? weather and traffic every 10 minutes on the 4's. season. it will be nice when there's more than just run. now we've got temperatures in the 20s and 30s all around town. it is cold. highlands ranch, good morning, you're at 28. castle rock even colder, 27. golden is at 30. temperaturesare colder in the foothills, 285 and conifer it's 24 degrees. some mountain towns are in the

laramie you're at 17. by 9:00 we'll be at 40. sun comes up at a quarter after 7:00. lots of sunshine through the day. but it's going to be a slow warmup. we have to recover from this very cold morning. i think the best we'll be able to do later on is about 63 degrees. tomorrow we go back into the 70s and we stay there for the weekend. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast coming up. now let's check in with joel. it's tough to get up on these cold mornings and get out of that nice warm bed. when you do, you greeted with a nice drive. this is a look at i-25 and arapahoe. we had the left two lanes blocked off by cones and looks like they've been moved out of the way. making your way into town should be a great drive. very little volume and we're seeing green from c-470 into colfax this morning. that should be a great drive. southbound along i-225 nice and wide open from parker to i-25. little bit of slowing along c- 470 to the north of 285, where paving operations continue.

an 82-year-old man was hurt and attacked inside the jefferson county justice center. now authorities are looking for help to find out who did it. our shawn chitness now is in jeffco this morning. this is remarkable, nobody caught up with this person when it happened. >> reporter: yeah, quite surprising this happened inside the courthouse and it's why the sheriff's office needs the public's help to figure out who may be responsible. they're looking for a couple they violent attack. let's show you their picture. this is what the sheriff's office provided to us. according to them, they're telling us this couple should have seen what happened because they were near where that senior citizen was attacked. this is surveillance video from earlier in the month when that happened. the couple is later seen also by the light rail station. an 82-year-old man was visiting the courthouse on october 3rd, after he finished up at the dmv he went to a rest room near the

as he was leaving the rest room, he was either punched hard in the face or the door was shoved into him so hard that he fell back and broke his nose. that man is expected to recover from those injuries. but again, they still haven't been able to find who is responsible. if anyone is familiar with the couple seen in that photo, or you may know something about this attack, you're asked to contact the investigator on this case and we have information on cbsdenver.com. live in jefferson county, shawn chitness, cbs4 morning news. >> terrible story, thank you for that. the latest on the junkins fire southwest of pueblo in custer county. it is up to about 17,000 acres. cooler weather is helping firefighters and there is a little bit of containment now. at least five homes and more

damaged. skies could get friendlier, changes coming to probing your right -- protect your rights when you fly. cold weather is coming, but the zika virus isn't going

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cdc is now warning all pregnant women who spent time in miami dade county to get tested for the zika virus. >> colorado state university is at the forefront of zika research. they are testing an ingredient found in grapefruit to see if

that spread the disease. >> reporter: ashley collects mosquitoes, 10 per jar, the kind that spread the zika virus. she is dying to kill them. >> see how they're on their back? but they're still twitching their legs. it's not like they die immediately. >> reporter: here at colorado state university, researchers are finding that that citrus ingredient is showing lethal potential. >> it certainly seems to be killing concentration. >> reporter: associate professor brian foy said it's found in grapefruit. it's an fda approved flavor enhancer. >> it's in soda and cosmetics. >> reporter: studies already show it can repel ticks. csu is studying if it can kill mosquitoes. they create two feeders, one

>> we put it on. >> reporter: these mosquitoes that also spread zika, ignored the one, but devoured the other. >> so far we can say it's likely good repellent. >> it's going to be another tool and we need more tools. >> reporter: it's safe and smells good. research will determine if it is the answer to battling mosquitoes naturally. >> that was kathy walsh reporting. we're told if this turns out to the potential for nets in africa to prevent malaria and here to fight the west nile virus. workers at keystone are taking advantage of some of the cooler weather we're having in the high country. there are the snow guns fired up. keystone is set to open friday, november 4th, a little over two weeks away for keystone. of course, we know them, ashton, a -- tomorrow, ashton,

that's right. tomorrow, just one run. >> but it counts. >> it's not quite top to bottom, but it's something. >> beggars can't be choosey. >> very true. we'll take anything we can get. it's a beautiful view of an almost full moon. little more than 75% full. you can still see that moon over denver this morning with the mostly clear skies. temperature is 34 degrees. yes, it is a cold start to the day. some neigho freeze warning in effect for everybody in the purple color. northeastern plains going up to sterling also included under the freeze warning. temperatures now 32 in wheat ridge. 29 in lakewood. 28 right now in centennial. 32 degrees in commerce city. mountain areas of course are colder. it's very cold start to the day. this really is our coldest morning of the season overall. leadville at 16. gunnison at 17.

downtown steamboat springs, with clear skies overhead throughout the mountains and eastern plains, it will be a mostly sunny day. active weather in the midwest. line of showers and thunderstorms from ohio down into north texas. as that lines moves farther away from us, it allows a big ridge of high pressure to build in and this high pressure will dominate our weather through the weekend. high pressure promotes sinking air. we need the air to rise to get clouds and precipitation. we are not going to have that fo days. temperatures today will top out in the 60s along the front range. 40s and 50s for most mountain towns. 60s today for our friends on the western slope. tomorrow starts a warmup. 72, as that high pressure builds in we'll really soar this weekend. upper 70s, close to 80. then 72 monday and we're expecting temperatures in the 60s for monday night football here in denver monday night. let's get a check on the traffic. here's joel. good afternoon.

84th, southbound coming down into town. starting to see a little more volume. this is nothing that will slow you down. more volume. look at all this green across the map, the one exception along c-470 where we have ongoing work work near 285. take a look at this video. there's a rock slide along highway 133. this has c dolt is telling us this is expected to be a long-term closure. there's no estimated time of this reopening. >> oh, boy. big rocks. transportation department is proposing new rules for airlines, including refunds on baggage fees if they're substantially delayed. airports would have to report their own delays and their

prohibit sites that sell airline tickets from favoring one airline and not showing all available ticket prices. airlines for americas is a pro airline trade organization, it is arguing that the rules could drive up the cost of air travel. we'll see. fcc fining t-mobile for selling unlimited data plans that weren't exactly unlimited. in fact, they weren't all. the company will end up paying more than $7 million in fines to the federal government. the agency received hundreds of complaints data customers. they say their data services were unusable for several hours each day. t-mobile will also compensate consumers with additional mobile data and discounts on phone accessories.

a man attacked me in a pki knife. but i carry a pistol. i fight back. that's why i'm still here. every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses. hillary clinton disagrees with that. don't let politicians take away your right to own a gun.

d to protect our colorado way of life. it's why i need a good team in the state senate. like rachel zenzinger, a former teacher who's fought for equal pay for equal work. daniel kagan championed property tax rebates to help seniors afford their utility bills. jenise may worked to cut taxes for 30,000 small businesses. and tom sullivan is a veteran who believes in an open and transparent government.

welcome back. we're coming up on the holidays when families spend time together and now may be the time to start thinking about estate planning. >> jill schlesinger is here. we have to start these conversations. help us out. how do we do it? >> reporter: first of all, how this week is national estate awareness month. maybe not. okay, year end, it's a great time of year because we're looking back and reviewing how we've done financially. that could be an opportunity to ask your parents about their cd rates or portfolio performance. a lot of attorneys say it's good to focus on an isolated issue, hey, i want to establish

grandkids, or may be a beneficiary designation. any of those topics can lead to broader discussions on family finances and estate planning. you can always offer to review with any family member, if you have questions, i'm not an expert, let's get a professional, an estate attorney, cpa. good to bring in a third party. >> i know some of us are thinking of our parents. how can we balance being a responsible adult child without prying? >> reporter: you know what, if you can focus on your worries, rather than indicting your parents for being disorganizeed messes, it really will help. so for example, you could say, i just want to make sure i carry out your wishes. isn't that better than you saying, how could you not have updated or drafted your will in 30 or 40 years? we don't want to do that. if you're trying to nudge your adult children, a lot of times

don't want to start doing something because they can't figure out what they want. remind them they don't need to do that, estate plans can change, should be revisiteded ever few years, and if your family members are reluctant to act, do not push. at least they know the door is open. i have a lot of great conversation starters on estate planning and financial discussions. go to jillonmoney.com. >> huge help. i'm going to jump over to the debate last night. you have a economy, who works and doesn't -- what works and doesn't work. there was a lot of discussion about hillary clinton's tax plan, trump's tax plan. trump's tax plan would more likely give a break to higher wage earners. what's better for the economy? >> reporter: well, it's unclear. what i can tell you is that the nonpartisan tax policy went through the plans and said what

debt? with donald trump's plan it would add $11 trillion to the national debt. hillary clinton's tax plan, just her tax plan, would actually shrink the national debt, though other things she has been suggesting that are not part of her tax plan would increase it. net net, not too much of a difference. i think the big issue is that regardless of how you sort of see whether he should do trickle down economics, supply side, meaning if yo people save money, they'll employ others, we haven't seen that come to fruition. i think the big issue that i have with particularly the donald trump plan is that he's predicating it on having growth of about 4% in this country. we are only growing by just about 2%. so doubling the rate of growth seems like a very ambitious number and i just don't see how he gets there. >> it will be interesting to

insight. >> thanks. weather, traffic every 10 minutes. here's ashton. alan, good morning, everybody. big ridge of high pressure dominating our weather now and this will continue through the weekend. that high pressure will control the weather over much of the west. phoenix, 94 with sunshine today. salt lake city 60 with sun. few showers around seattle and portland. the cold front responsible for our freezing temperatures in the denver area, that front making its way ou midwest and into the ohio valley today, where there will be showers and thunderstorms. today in new york city could be a shower or to. miami same situation. all the major airports are in good shape this morning. let's get a check on our traffic. great shape the drive out to the airport. they have the cones picked up. straight shot to i-70, inbound along pena boulevard, at or near posted speed limits.

chilly out there, 32 degrees right now. >> coming up, the final debate is over, did it change anyone's minds? oh what a difference 24 hours makes. two nights ago cubs' fans were lamenting they couldn't score a run. it was so bad fans were preparing for halloween, gi up. different story in l.a. russell with a two-run blast. chicago takes a 4-0 lead. nextening, rizzo getting in on the action. a solo shot puts them up 5-0. and they were just getting started. top 6, rizzo again, this time he singles to right. two more runs score. cubs get the win 10-2. indians with another chance to punch their ticket. couldn't get it done two days

carlos santana with a solo shot in the 3rd. indians up 2-0. next inning, cocoa crisp with a solo shot. indians advance, we'll wait to see if they get the dodgers or cubs. av's continue their road game

f0 hi, everybody. 5:29now. and cold out there this morning. we've hit the freezing mark. this is thursday, october 20th. i'm alan gionet. >> i'm britt moreno.

and you brought the pets inside. it is a cold morning. tomorrow is opening day on colorado ski slopes. arapahoe basin will be the first to open, and this is the picture we got yesterday from the ski area. isn't it gorgeous? the lifts for the high noon trail will open at 9:00 in the morning. our mountain newsroom reporter matt kroschel will be out there live tomorrow morning. >> finding an excuse to go skiing and report at the same time. >> tough job. let's get you started. >> ashton is in colorado's weather center. good morning. >> good morning to you. have really helped the ski areas in terms of their snow making effort. these cold overnights have allowed a-basin to announce they're opening tomorrow. loveland probably won't be that far behind. maybe another week or two. freeze warning until 8:00 this morning for denver and the front range. our weather watcher harold in parker reporting 30 degrees. he says it's chilly, and i like