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see here the most seriously damaged car in this crash. the whole scene spans a couple of blocks. there's debris scattered everywhere. well according to police this started when a driver headed southbound on brighton boulevard. hit one car and then we're told here she, we don't know if it's a man or woman that was behind the wheel but that's -- but thativ and clipped a bicyclist before continuing on. we're told the person this vehicle most seriously damaged was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. we know that according to one person here when this happened, the driver spun out, was spinning out in the middle of the road but eventually he or she was detained and taken into custody by police. police say witnesses actually detained that person until officers could arrive here on scene and
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person behind the wheel who caused all this damage had been drinking and driving. we are live with the latest information in denver, lauren dispirito cbs4 news. murder charges after a stunning shooting case in denver. he allegedly shot two teenagers who first -- were trying to steal his marijuana. one is dead and the other might be left paralyzed. stan, the das office believes he shot another teenager last year. >> reporter: that's right, karen. we are in the alley behind the homeowner's home and you could see a memorial already set up for the team who died and the other teen -- for the teen who died and the other teen maybe paralyzed. they hopped the fence and then the homeowner when out his window and shot at them. we learned from prosecutors today this is not the first time he had shot at people in his neighborhood. >> 15-year-old killing mostly
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moseley was shot and killed. neighbors say the owner who shot him mostly kept to himself. >> when denver police began investigating in early october, they learned the shooting was not the first time he had tried to defend his marijuana with deadly force. in september 2015 he shot and injured a 17-year-old boy for jumping the fence as well da's office says the case went unreported likely because the victim didn't want to tell police he was trying to steal marijuana. >> i could see it through my bedroom window. every time i go out every week to be out the trash in my house i have to be reminded of the racial color line. it's annoying. >> four months before that shooting we spoke with hammock in his own after the community repainted a line that marked segregation down his alley.
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that? >> he refused a jailhouse interview today and prosecutors say make my day laws don't apply in this case. hamaker allegedly never faced a threat to his safety. he's being held in the denver detention center without bond. he's now charged with first degree murder as well as four counts of attempted first- degree murder and charges for illegal drug operation. live in the whittier neighborhood. cbs4 news. campaign trail, clinton and trump with the charity dinner in new york city and as is current -- tradition they traded one-liners. >> oh, this is corny stuff. just before taking the day's -- hillary accidentally bumped into me and very civilly said pardon me. and i got the chance
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elected. there they are the heads of nbc , cnn, cbs abc, michelle obama, give us a speech. and everyone loves it. it's fantastic. they think she's absolutely great. my wife melania the exact same speech >> [ laughter ] >> and people get on her case. >> it's amazing i am appear after donald. i didn't think he would be okay with a peaceful transition of power. donald, if at any time you don't like what i'm saying, feel free to stand up and shout wrong while i'm talking. but
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you know the one vladimir putin rides around on. i said no to some jokes that i -- that i thought were over the line but i suppose you can judge for yourself on wikileaks in the next few days. >> trump also took more serious shots near the end of his act and got some boos from the crowd . the dinner raises money for catholic charities. something -- something new this year that has nothing to do with ballots. they are learning how to defend themselves against an active shooter. they said the training was put in place a year and a half ago and it's not the result of this contentious election season. field judges have the most interaction so they are required to watch a video that simulates a police shooting and learn -- an active shooting and learn how to protect himself. >> we were immediately taken back by the video and the graphic images, but i think it is important to at least present that in a training environment so that hopefully the shot in the event that
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position isn't -- the shock for somebody put in that position isn't as great. >> copter 4 was busy late this afternoon visiting several grass fires in several -- in the bone dry conditions. this one was into kono north of denver but this grass fire in westminster was not planned. fire crews were able to put it out pretty quickly. chris pierce is live in the mobile web or lab lab. most of us can't even remember when we had our last good rain. >> i know my rain gauge has been empty for quite a while. what we are experiencing, we call it a meteorologist drought -- meteorological drought and that means a short-term deficit in precipitation. i've compiled a few numbers, fort collins from june through september, you've only had 28% of your normal precipitation
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result we are now seeing moderate drought from the wyoming state line through fort collins, longmont, boulder, all of metro denver and read on down into castle rock. the mountains in yellow is -- that's abnormally dry. the reservoir system is in pretty good shape right now. denver water tells me we're at 89% of capacity and normally at this time we are around 86% so we are going in to fall and winter in pretty good shape with regard to water storage but what happens down the road has to do with how happens here this winter. we are going to be watching the mountains as we go into december, january and february hoping for good snowfall to keep that reservoir storage up. we will continue to monitor the drought situation and something we call la nina forecasted in the winter. if that develops it is not always good news for us in
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shuttle that takes thousands of people out to dia only has one leg -- one week left of business but passengers don't have another option because of problems with the a line to the airport. jeff todd has been looking into this dilemma and joined the settlement -- live at union station tonight. jeff? >> reporter: karen the hope was that the g line would bring passengers here and they could then hop on this headed out to dia but this a line has had so many problems that the g line is now la >> it's been a fantastic service. there's nothing more convenient. >> jennifer has taken the shuttle to dia for the past four years and next month she needs to find a new way to the airport. >> it's not going to be as fast or convenient. it's not going to be nearly as pleasant as this has been. >> it's bittersweet because
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>> with the new gene nine -- g line coming soon, the shuttle is closing the summer 21st. >> the question is can we continue to operate safely just like we pride ourselves in having done and my determination was that we shouldn't. >> i understand it, certainly, but i don't like it. >> the problem is the gene line would start running until the a line is fixed. right now the timing is off. working to find out problems -- figure out problems with properly triggering guard crossings. meanwhile they've been helping people prepare for -- encouraging people to ride the b line in westminster or the bus route on 36. >> rtd said this week, a new software is being tested on
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fix this issue. the folks on the arvada shuttle are still helping people. they have other ways to get to the airport. we have a link on cbs denver for you to find them. live in union station, cbs4 news. >> developing tonight, the da threatens to come down on people who post so -- who post selfies with their ballots. coming up, why it is illegal. and scammers are now taking aim at college students.
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an update now on the breaking story where one person was seriously hurt after this crca lauren dispirito is on the scene for us tonight. >> you can see the damage here. that person we are hurt, we're told minor injuries but look at the debris and my car being towed away. one person in that vehicle was seriously hurt. you can also smell gasoline out here right now that had spilled. this all happened police say when a drunk driver smashed into three vehicles and we are
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actually witnesses that stopped the person, detaining them until officers could arrive here on scene. live in denver lauren dispirito cbs4 news. >> defective airbags claim another life. of 50-year-old woman died after a crash in southern california, making her the 11th pick them of to coddle's faulty airbags. they can explode on impact causing a metal canister tool -- to more than 69 million inflators have been recalled in the u.s. in this latest case honda says it may have more than 20 recall notices, but there is no record to indicate the airbags have been replaced. >> voters, you better watch yourself a. posting pictures of your ballot online is actually
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with ballot in hand but don't you dare show who you voted for. colorado secretary of state wayne williams says it's a misdemeanor that carries up to $1000 fine and up to a year in jail. >> the reason for that is the possibility of selling a vote, or trading that vote for something. >> reporter: the prohibition is not just in colorado but in various states and countries around the world. the denver da sent out this press release reminding voters that posting selfies with filled in ballots is prohibited . the american civil liberties union calls it a craz >> i thought issuing that release at this point in time is like a tacit threat to prosecute people for exercising their right to take photographs of themselves with ballots. >> the law may have teeth but not much of a bite. >> has anyone ever been prosecuted for this? >> i can't speak as to whether anyone ever has, i am not aware
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>> reporter: at selling one's vote is usually a matter taken to -- much more seriously than just a wink and a nod. >> rick sallinger reporting for us. paul rosenthal has tried multiple times to get the road -- the law repealed but so far that proposal has failed. clamors -- scammers claiming to be with the irs are going after college kids. the callers try to fool victims into paying thousands of dollars for a federal student -- tax which does not exist. we spoke with people who say they fake calls are not uncommon. >> i think people who are out on their own for the first time, there 18 and they just don't know any better. >> the irs will never ask for payment or personal information over the phone. spot -- a police officer responded
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dash cam video is shows the mom holding her body -- the limp son's body. he watched officer chase miller give cpr. he told the dad to continue chest compressions while he ran to the patrol car to grab the mask. miller returned and after about two more minutes the boy started breathing. >> i was very thankful, very relieved that he started breathing, started coughing and crying. >> the officer miller -- and later reunited. the boy is fully recovered and he got into -- and the officer got an award. they got into a big hobby shop. -- then grabbed a high- end hockey sticks worked -- were $300 each. but then by the door and then an accomplice helped load the loot into a van. >> it's a 60,000 square foot facility when you think about
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into the store where you aren't hitting anything, any beams or pipes or electrical lines and it's a line directly in the stick session. it took some planning. >> they made off with $150,000 worth of sticks and still have no -- have so far avoided the penalty box. another cold night before another stretch of cold weather. >> warmer weather indeed coming our way, let's go to doppler 4000 let's take a look at the big picture. here's the cold front that came through yesterday. still some cold air funneling down, so still in the low 60s, showers and thunderstorms all the way through the east along the spinal systems. new friend coming in so this will go over that high-pressure ridge and down into the loot great lakes region and we stay high and dry at least in the next week. here's the cooler weather. you can see in the green shaded
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they were in the mid to upper 80s. 88 in atlanta but 78 in dallas, 91 in brownsville, 66 in albuquerque with 97 in phoenix, 97 in los angeles today and this pocket of heat is going to rotate up in our area and that's going to moderate our temperature 67 degrees. we won't be 97 but we will be about 15 degrees warmer than we were today that still another cold night. in portions of el paso, we have a freeze warning from 1 am tomorrow morning also same time period frost kit carson and cheyenne counties. so we take a look at what we did today, it seemed cooler and it was but very close to normal for this time of year starting off at just 25 degrees. officially in the airport that was a few degrees off the record low today. downtown milder at 41 degrees. bailey said 58 and fox field -- so everybody kind of on the
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humidity, steady barometer and the southwest reasons, 40 degrees last hour and it's warmed up by 7 degrees. sunrise from deer trail, this is up in steamboat and you can see all the ski area there coded in snow. this is sunset over kendrick lake. very dramatic because that's shot from lakewood. 20s and 30s over the eastern plains, feel the warm up. 60s, 70s, near 80 degrees for the western plains. 60s and 70s out west. here's the denver forecast, mostly clear skies and seeing upper 40s for the overnight lows and then for tomorrow mostly sunny and warmer and low 70s above normal for this time of year and we stay that way. look at that near 80 degrees reading on 75 sunday, for bronco monday 72 degrees. the kickoff in the game -- 60s
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week and cool it down to a little more seasonable as we get to next weekend. >> thanks, ed. maybe this video will get you in the mood for halloween. this is the elephant crushing two 600 pound pumpkins. no problem. you can see bodie and other animals at the annual boo at the zoo event running this weekend?
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was all over the place. final minute of the second period, beautiful read right here as he gets that one to go. how he snuck that in, i don't know and then in the 3rd, he's putting this one on ice. his second goal of the season, colorado wins it 4-0 and the avs are now 2-1 on their four- game road trip visiting the panthers sunday night. >> i think we are playing with a lot of energy. enthusiasm, playing together as a five man unit. every game -- >> that for a better start for those guys. the worst kept secret in denver is a brock osweiler will be back in town on monday. we've had lots of opportunity to dwell on that. the broncos have set all week they don't blame him for taking the money and building town but that doesn't mean they won't try to stick it to them when he comes back. the comments have been pretty tame minus the part where brandon marshall jokingly said
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all. >> it seems like they miss me. [ laughter ] >> obviously i know what's taking place. i'm going back to denver and the whole free agency talk and that stuff. i am not blind to that, but at the end of the day, this football game isn't going to determine our season in any regard. >> trevor siemian and 52 percentage you say the broncos current quarterback well. it's another thursday night football doozy. first touchdown of the football game came in the second half on a sacked fumble -- sack fumble recovered in the end zone. he finds devante adams for that touchdown. packers offense scored three tds in the second half, winning it 26-10. larry and stacey will be staying at csu after signing an extension for him through the
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it hasn't exactly been good news for the football program lately, the rams having dropped three of their last four. the good news is, help is on the way. the following week hosts fresno state and the bulldogs have just one win all season so the table is set and all the rams have to do is take advantage. >> i believe we have asked -- guys that can consistent basis to play a complete game. to completely dominate means you make plays.
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to make a statement with a win on saturday and that means a chance to see this guy christian mccaffrey. last year's heisman finalist hasn't exactly put up the gaudy numbers last year in large part because he's been dealing with an injury but don't let those highlights for you. he's still pretty good. they are likely to brightest spot -- to provide a bright spot and he's put up some pretty impressive numbers himself so he may have a little something to say before it is all said and done saturday. >> we heard about it for a long time. he did, he had a great year last year. it was hard to do what that man did. i don't look at it a somebody. i'm happy he's representing for colorado. but i'm just focused on playing colorado football.
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