blican, but i know that michael bennet trusts us and we trust him. i'm michael bennet and i approve this message. good morning, everyone. i'm britt moreno. this is the news on friday, october 21:00. happening now on the cbs4 morning news, we will have an update on a crash that sent one person in the hospital and put an alleged drunk driver behind bars. >> reporter: and coming up here at union station, a new choice for travelers from arvada trying to get to the airport. why the a line is complicating it for them. it is also the start of ski

basin. but here in the denver metro area we are expecting highs in the 70s. ashton altieri has the weekend forecast and of course the friday forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you, britt. yesterday when we were far below freezing in most neighborhoods in the morning we were promising a warmup for the weekend and it starts today. not nearly as cold as yesterday at this time. tech center we have 40 degrees. few clouds. golden at 43 and aurora at it is going to be another relatively warm weekend for this time of year, anyway. we'll share with you the forecast coming up. now let's get a check on traffic. joe is here for joel. >> reporter: here's a look at the driver from the south side of town heading northbound into town. castle rock all the way downtown looking nice and wide open for now. but britt, we have a huge power outage in aurora. i'll give you the details, plus the full denver traffic picture coming up. joe, thank you so much. new this morning, denver police

single car crash. this happened at ex position and navajo. one person in the hospital with serious injuries and another in police custody after a crash spanned a couple of blocks ended at 38th and brighton. we are awaiting word from denver police on whom they say was possibly drunk driving. the roads are now back open this morning. we are learning more about a shooting that left one teenager dead in denver. the teens apparently climbed over a man's fence to get to his illegal marijuana plants. the homeowner apparently shot them. now another teen is stepping forward and saying he, too was shot. the shooting took place last month out a home on high street in denver. the homeowner, keith hammock, has been formally charged with

and attempted murder. those charges now include a third victim. this instance happened about a year ago. >> it doesn't appear the victim at that time filed a formal report or complaint with the police. he was treated at the hospital but gave a different story how he was shot. >> the make my day la apply in this case. we have transportation trouble i'm sorry to tell you. a shuttle that takes thousands of people to dia is going out of business and now those passengers don't have another option because of the problems with the a line to the airport. cbs4's shawn chitness is live at union station with more on this. good morning, shawn. >> reporter: good morning. there is an idea of what will be coming for passengers once those problems with the a line

as this shuttle service passengers from arvada have been enjoying for some time. they are certainly disappointed to hear that. take a look at this shuttle they've been using for a few years now, it's provided by ride provide and goes from old town arvada directly to the airport. it's a nonprofit service that relies on funding from rtd. now that the a line takes passengers from here at union station to dia, anyone traveling from arvada will need to take a new rail service to the g line, it's not ready because of trouble on the a line. starting next month the ride provide shuttle will stop and the g line won't be ready. the a line, the service that takes you to the airport, needs new software to help with the timing issue at certain crossings. rtd said the g line was supposed to start this fall, but not given an exact date.

we've prideed ourselves in. and our determination was we shouldn't. >> reporter: because they are losing that funding from rtd, that shuttle from arvada will stop. there are alternatives available, including the b line or a bus service along u.s. 36. we have more details on those options available now at cbsdenver.com. live at union station, shawn chitness, cbs4 morning news. thank you, shawn. time for weather and traffic here on this friday. good morning. >> good in happy friday to you, britt. good morning, everybody. our cbs4 weather watcher danny martinez in thornton reporting 37. we are above freezing here in the metro area. and we'll stay above freezing at least for all of us along the front range. in the mountains it's cold. 21 on the north side of breckenridge according to gary lindstrom in summit county. la junta you have 32.

there usually is this time of year in the morning. by later on it's going to be very nice. we'll warm up quickly today. we won't have much recovery to do, a high of 74. that's 10 degrees above normal, but cooler than we'll be this weekend. wait until you see the weekend forecast, that's straight ahead. let's get the latest on your commute with joe. >> reporter: let's start with the map. we have construction related slowdowns. take a look in aurora. this may be one of the reasons which you're east -- why your east side colleagues may be late for work. a blown transformer. police don't know when it will be fixed. you can monitor it using xcel's

>> we have put in a call so we are working to get more information on that. thank you for that report. we have the first u.s. casualty in the battle for mosul. the u.s. military said a u.s. service member died yesterday from wounds from an improvised explosive device in iraq. >> reporter: we're with the counterterrorism divisions special forces. the men are tired. they have been fighting more than two years ago. but morale is high. they'reclose to mosul. the forces have been pounding this area. this is the front line. and being this close to the fighting, one can't help but to think, but to wonder about the fate of the civilians who potentially might be trapped

peaceful christian enclave two years ago. that's when we were last here, just after isis captured mosul. when yousef and his friend tried to pretend that everything was normal. when this 22-year-old woman swore she would stay, even if she was the only one left. and when this tranquil sanctuary. this shattered community and country has already suffered so much. [sound of gunfire] >> reporter: this staff sergeant doesn't tell his wife and four children he's at the front. he does not call them to say goodbye before heading into the fight. >>(translator): what would you tell your wife and children if you could call them now? god willing, i will return

all of iraq's lands. >> reporter: but that is only the first part of the battle. >> the refugees could number as high as 100,000. cdot says it could be tomorrow at the earliest to clear a massive rock slide blocking 133 south of mclure pass. this is in gunnison county. it happened wednesday morning, sending more than 100 tons of concrete barrier. cub fans might be smiling a little bit more this morning as they head into work. the cubs and the dodgers played game five last night in los angeles. >> high fly ball into center. a big one. two-run shot. 3-1chicago in the six. >> what a play.

back to back games. the cubs beat the dodgers 8-4. game six in chicago is saturday night at 6:00. the cubs are now a win away from playing in the world series against cleveland. and charlie sheen is expressing his interest to throw out a pitch. he tweeted, if called upon i would be he played in the movie "major league" you may remember.

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been really dry in parts of colorado. in fact, since june both denver and fort collins have had less than half of their normal precipitation. the extremely dry weather is causing drought. here's meteorologist chris spears. >> reporter: unfortunately we are talking drought again in colorado. it's a frequent visitor to our state. take a look at this map. this just came out yesterday. drought has expanded on the way south into denver, and parts of douglas county. there's a little pocket on the far eastern plains. we're abnormally dry or predrought in the front range mountains and foothills and across southern colorado. we are here to give you a view of the water. when we talk about the drought that's currently in place, this is a meteorological drought or short-term deficit in precipitation and that has more of an impact on growing, not

full, not quite, but pretty high for this time of the year. denver water telling me they're at 89% storage capacity. we are in good shape. but it's the mountains behind me that will tell the tale as we go into the weeks ahead. we definitely need a good year of mountain snowfall to ensure good water supplies for the year ahead. for now, conserve where you can and hope the snow comes winter. on lake dillon, meteorologist chris spears. chris said it, we really need the rain. small opportunity the middle of next week. between now and then rain chances are basically zero. snow chances in the mountains also close to zero through at least early, early next week. we'll get into that in just a moment. rooftop camera, we're looking at our waning moon.

37 degrees outside cbs4. 43 in lakewood. compare our temperatures to where we were yesterday at this time, not bad. ten to almost 20 degrees warmer. in fact, aurora is 18 degrees warmer now than we were yesterday at this time. yes, it's still chilly, but it's not that bitter early cold weather yesterday. 25 was our morning low yesterday. 74 where we will be later today in denver. 77 in burlington. most mountain towns will top out in the 60s, when you're going e colder there, 40s and 50s. few clouds on the front range this morning. notice this big arc over the west? that's the top of a big ridge of high pressure that is firmly in control of our weather. that's where the jet stream is located. the jet steers storm system. now they'll be steered away from colorado. everybody under the control of this high pressure ridge will have warmer than normal temperatures, including all of us here in colorado. there is a front to the north

the next several days. can't move south because of this ridge. once the ridge breaks down next week, the front can come south and that will be our one chance of seeing rain and that won't be until tuesday. until then, sunny and warmer than normal. in fact tomorrow we'll be within 5 degrees of the record. the record is 84. we're expecting 80. 75 sunday. 73 monday. and it looks clear with temperatures in the 60s more monday night football in denver. let's get a check on the traffic with joe. >> reporter: here's a 25 and 84th. the drive there has been significantly helped by the extra lane and so far, though, no major accidents or stalls on the north side of town. 6th avenue slowing down the more east you go. speeds into about the 50s. will take you about six minutes to head eastbound from simms to i-25. still working that major power outage in aurora. i'll give you the details on that in a few minutes.

>> thank you, joe. the turn of the season is marked by snow guns and runs here in colorado. this morning is the day many skiers and boarders look forward to. it is opening day at arapahoe basin. our mountain newsroom reporter matt kroschel is live at a- basin right now. matt, i feel sorry for you. you have the tough assignment today. >> reporter: the tough assignments, always the tough ones. i can barely hear snow guns. right now, 18 inches of man- made and natural snow. that's allowed arapahoe basin to be the first ski area in the state to open. race to the open. last year it was loveland and a- basin on the same morning. try covering both at the same time. it was crazy. this year they gave us a little present, we're here in beautiful arapahoe basin. there's already folks lined up getting ready to be one of the

the state. britt, i brought my skis and i'm very excited. >> so exciting. i was going to ask you if you were a boarder or skier. how many people are lined up already? >> reporter: about 15 of them. through the darkness over a hill to grandmother's house they go. they're lined up on the other side there. we're over here closer to base camp at the bottom of the hill. there's not any snow right here, because it hasn't really snowed in the last couple of days. but i promise you there's 18 inches of snow down that one lift down here, down the middle of the mountain. some have called it the ribbon of death. that's not what we're going for this year. this year it's going to be a nice opening day here. >> you touch upon a great point. it may be just one run, but it's enough to get the coloradians up early this morning. a lot of people playing hooky. matt, thank you for that report. we'll check in with you in a little bit.

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f0 right now con artists are targeting college students with a new twist on an old scam. the thieves say they are with the irs and they demand payment of taxes that don't even exist. cbs4's andrea flores has the story. >> i delete the voice mail. >> reporter: jessica meredith, a senior at metro state university is no stranger to fake phone calls. >> they're calling saying i owe money to the irs.

>> reporter: over the years, meredith has learned to ignore calls from strangers. >> i don't pick up if it's a number i don't recognize. >> reporter: across the country a growing number of college students and their parents are finding themselves at the center of a phone scam. thieves posing as irs agents are fooling students into paying thousands of dollars for a federal student tax that doesn't exist. >> anyone who has ever asked for social security number, a personal identification, the type of things should not be given out. >> reporter: authorities say they're even threatening to arrest students who don't shell out. meredith says they're easy targets. >> i think that people who are out on their own for the first time, they're 18 and they just don't know any better. i think that welcome back a really important -- would be a really important aspect to cover in freshman classes. >> reporter: it's important for students and parents to know the irs will never ask for

andrea flores, cbs4 news. 5:24. weather and traffic done every 10 minutes on the 4s. >> that's right. good morning, britt. it's time to check our cbs4 travel forecast. if you're going to be flying out of dia to anywhere here in the west, you shouldn't encounter any weather-related delay. phoenix, 95 with sunshine. albuquerque couple of clouds. few showers in at enough to cause problems. dallas gets up to 72 with sunny skies. 77 in houston. the cold front that rolled through here earlier in the week has made its way to the east coast, where there will be rain. new york city, boston, d.c. all major airports look good. let's get a check on our local traffic. >> reporter: here's a look at i- 70 and central park on our cdot cam. on the drive out to the airport is looking nice.

pena boulevard this morning. but here is the main issue. we have a power outage still due to a blown transformer that's affecting about 27,000 xcel energy customers. we don't have an estimated time when this will be fixed. traffic impacts, lights will be impacted from yosemite to sable and colfax to the battle for mosul could crete a humanitarian crisis. and we have the latest on an american casualty. >> reporter: i'm hena daniels in new york, we'll tell you more about the charity dinner turned roast. with all this talk about the broncos and their slow starts i'm starting to think something is in the water. in their nicer three games, the

period goals. tables reversed last night. in tampa bay, how about matt deushane, the steal and rebound. av's up 1-0. in the second, deushane all over the place. beautiful redirect there. and then in the 3rd, puts colorado up 4-0. av's now 2-1 in their four-game road swing. >> i lot of energy, enthusism. playing together. every game but the washington game, it's why we're doing well. >> the cubs beat the dodgers 8- 4 with a 3-2 series lead in the

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good morning, everybody. a live look outside this morning. 43 degrees on this friday morning. here's a portion of the moon you're looking at. kind of a nice start to the day. a-basin won the race. we are live from the mountain in just a mome. broncos' game when they take on the texans monday night. good morning, i'm britt moreno. this morning many people are waking up a little bit earlier to get out there to the mountains. skiers ask boarders have a lot to look forward to as a-basin is now open. our mountain news reporter is the skier connoisseur, you could say, live at a-basin now, good morning, matt. >> reporter: i'm all smiles