malicious activity -- >> reporter: the department of homeland security tells cbs news it is investigating all potential causes. the attack appears to have targeted dyn, a major internet management firm that provides services to scores of websites. someone unleashed a denial of service attack. that's when a flood of bogus traffic overwhelmed servers affecting the internet's central directory. >> they targeted the core of how the internet works. r he says a slew of recent tax just before the election is part of a new reality. >> just kind of shows you this is the new wave of warfare we're dealing with right now and while we don't know where this is coming from, the magnitude does lead to believe it was targeted at american- based companies. >> reporter: no group has claimed responsibility. kennedy told us on a scale of one to get 10, this attack

the attackers he said are obviously trying to shut down parts of the internet. jim? >> thanks for the update, mark. we wondered about security for our election today. secretary of state wayne williams said colorado has a statewide system county by county of tabulations that are not connected to the internet. >> to get into those systems you would have to go into the offices which e are under 24 hour video surveillance, which have tamper evidence seals. >> williams recommends by the way coloradans use a couple of stamps to make sure those mail- in ballots have enough postage but he says even those a little light on posted should get delivered and counted. nfl has reopened a player conduct investigation on new york giants kicker josh brown. this comes after newly released document shows he admitted to

this is the news across america tonight at 6:30. investigators released journal entries written by brown as part of a therapy program. the giants kicker describes his abuse against his now ex-wife molly. he wrote quote, when i control her, she should be invisible and satisfied. she should die. john mara said in a radio interview the team knew about the abuse and he was only suspended for one game. the criminal case was a grieving family has a warning after the sudden death of a model and single mom. 34-year-old katy mae went to the chiropractor for a pinched nerve in her neck. she felt sick hours later and went to the emergency room. the next day she was pronounced dead from a stroke and taken off life support. the coroner now confirmed she died from a tear in a major artery caused by the chiropractic treatment.

>> this brings awareness to the possible risk factors of neck adjustment. while it's rare, i was shocked to see how many cases there are but now there's a public face to put with those risk factors. >> a neurosurgeon says the best way to avoid the risk of injury is to refuse adjustments that involve rapid twisting of the neck. check out this monster of a discovery made in michigan. researchers have recovered the most complete skeleton unearthed in michigan since the 1940s. 70% of the fossil still intact. mastodons are an extinct relative of the elephant. they roamed north and central america and grazing herds died out about 10,000 years -- years ago. further testing will be done to narrow the age. >> very exciting. we've got that kind of stuff in colorado. a lot of parents ask the questions are the kids spending too much time in front of

and lots of clear skies across our state.

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in the state senate. in friday health watch the american academy of pediatrics has new guidelines for children and screen time. the new recommendations address the modern digital age that we live in. and reiterate that limits are necessary. britt moreno with what parents need to know. >> reading rainbow. >> reporter: sarah osborne limits how much time her girls spent in front of screens. especially her 19-month-old. >> little people appropriate tv for 15 minutes and they have just a few different apps. they don't need everything else. >> reporter: the american

no media at all. now the group is out with new recommendations that say parents of children 18 took a 24 months who want to introduce digital media should be sure to choose high quality educational programming. >> what you want to make sure you're doing is co-viewing with them so that you are narrating what's going on. reteaching what they're learning and if they are doing any sort of apps, co-playing. >> reporter: children under 18 months time except video chatting. children ages two to five should be limited to one hour per day of media. and children six and older should have consistent time limits on how much time they actually get. >> make sure entertainment screen time is not displacing physical activity and family

adequate sleep. >> reporter: that's why sarah restrict her girls time in front of the tv and tablet. >> i'd rather have them doing other things like being outside, being creative. >> reporter: britt moreno, cbs4 news. the doctors group recommends families develop a media plan. helps keep track of the kids screen time. a new app is helping kids in the u.s. find a personal coach to improve their skills in sports. estimated 44 million kids between the ages of six and 18 play organized sports in the u.s. now the coach up app is helpin the service has 20,000 coaches available all across the country. individual sessions can be booked directly through the app. high school basketball player darrell marilyn hired a coach to help him with his shooting. >> i'm left-handed so sometimes my right hand will conflict with the shot. >> they kept working at it and he was improving on his skills and he wanted to continue going.

$15 fee. and it takes a percentage of the coach's earnings. coaches set the own prices for training averaging $50 processing ed is up next.

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to mean only forcible rape. in coffman's bill, victims who were drugged, even minors, victims of statutory rape, would not be considered rape victims. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. about a year ago, 30 ethiopians were killed by isis. reporter: mass execution of ethiopian christians... mike coffman was the only one he went to every ethiopian church. 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,

the battle for mosul continues in iraq. intense fight between iraqi forces and extremists. there were also several explosions in the city of connor cook this morning. suspected gunmen attacked at least one government compact. a group of isis extremists also attacked a powerplant. 35 people were killed. meanwhile iraq's elite specl christian town of bartel in which is about 10 miles east of mosul. a hockey-stick mystery. police say a thief drilled a hole through the roof of a sporting goods store in quebec last weekend. for one hour he walked around through the store picking up the priciest hockey sticks. >> to watch what he's doing, to go undetected that way, and to not have a care.

door where an accomplice helped him load into a white van. they got away with $150,000 worth of merchandise. tourists in italy can now see private rooms outside rome. pope francis opened the residence to the public about three years ago. but starting today visitors can also see the pope's bedroom, his private chapel, the tv room , the man cave, and another private space. the predecessors were regulars at the summer rede francis has never spent a night there. >> he's got a lovely home theater. >> he watches a lot of soccer. [ laughter ] pretty warm day today, warmer tomorrow. how do you like that? take a look right now. clear skies around here, from that view there, just not a cloud in the sky. pretty nice weather going on and that's backed up as we take a look at doppler 4000. almost looks like it's not working. border to border clear skies around here, temperatures

take a look at the big picture, stationary front high-pressure to the north as will the storm track to the north and down into the great lakes. we have no weather to bother us for the next 6 to 10 days and here in the northeast that's a frontal system that gave us cool temperatures earlier in the week. now that's doing the job for the northeast and showers and thunderstorms along with it. florida on the other side 87 degrees so just a little bit warmer. otherwise the whole nation kind of cool with 60s 70 the 90s but phoenix is, 97 and then upper 80s los angeles and san diego. 78 in this warmth, spreading our way so tomorrow, we could be a few degrees warmer. 78 out at the airport, 79 downtown, start off close to the normal high of 35 with 37 and 36 this morning. 63 this time of year.

record high. 17 is the record low. 70 and 65 right now, 13% humidity, steady barometer. colorado is open, ski season 80- degree temperatures, started today from jack dempsey arapahoe basin the first to open. pretty shot from judy williams on a nice day near black hawk. you can just see the moon right here in the picture as well. take a look at this, green leaves, golden orange leaves and red leaves right here from arvada. as we 20s and 30s for the mountains out west. 30s and lower 40s and then for tomorrow just a little bit warmer than today. 70s and 80s even made 80s over the eastern plains. mostly 60s for the high country. out west temperatures in the 60s and 70s. here comes your forecast for tonight, mostly clear skies and with that 42 and 40 for the overnight lows. tomorrow mostly sunny and warm, 80 and 81 and the next several

but still nice at 75. 74 on bronco monday. for kickoff it could be 68 degrees. 73 on tuesday, wednesday at 74 degrees. and a little change as we look ahead. dave aguilera stopped by the montessori school to talk to the fifth grade class. dave brings lots of instruments to the kids like the radio son and the weather balloon. trying not to smother them. kids learned about how things like tornadoes form with the they wrap things up by making snow right there in the classroom. thanks to christina meadows for shooting the video of dave's weather visit. >> that a message you can't miss. hundreds got into the halloween spirit at the scream scram in wash park. check these out. a 5-k run-walk as well as trick- or-treating and a costume contest. the event was expected to raise

>> that's alan gionet with the top hat! very debonair as usual. insurance company parts ways with a popular character. plus a crib so smart it can calm crying babies. i've seen what can happen as the result of hate. my son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. he was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. im a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. they drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a split-rail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. in the aftermath of matt's death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember.

of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart. i know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. priorities usa action

markets ending the trading week mixed, dow off 16 closing at 18145. nasdaq spiked a bit. the 11th death in this country now being blamed on those faulty to cut airbags. government says a 50-year-old woman in california was killed in a car crash last month. she was driving a 2001 honda civic. the automaker says multiple airbag recall noti to the owner of record but the records indicate the car was never repaired. the airbags can inflate so much it's actually an explosion sending shrapnel into the vehicle. the problem is behind the biggest auto recall in u.s. history. metlife ending his 31-year relationship with snoopy. the insurance giant says it's parting ways with the peanuts characters which have been the face of the company for decades now. snoopy and the rest of the gang

company more friendly. now metlife says it's launching a new branding effort. a new smart crib promises to put babies to sleep in minutes. it's called snu. it also has microphones, speeders and motors that rocked the very happy being -- the very happy baby. but it comes with a big price

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>> reporter: i'm dillon thomas. except at a liquor store turns dangerous for witnesses to the crime. the suspect shot at the witnesses outside a liquor store on peak view near wadsworth. police say a witness tried to get information about the suspect getaway car and that's when one of the four suspects shot at the good samaritan. deputies say they are questioning several people in relation to the robbery. as for the shopping center the woodmar plaza is located in a residential neighborhood wi i'm melissa garcia. to high school football players were arrested for hazing. age aveson county sheriff's spokesperson said the sophomores had been bullying for other evergreen high school students for months. the teens have been charged with felony menacing and misdemeanor harassment. the felony charge stems from what happened monday when a 16- year-old allegedly threatened other students with a piece of

kicked them off the football team. officials say tonight's game against conifer will go on as scheduled. >> reporter: i'm andrea flores in thornton where a teenage girl participation in a cross country race marks a huge milestone in her recovery after she suffered serious injuries during a crash. three months ago alyssa sanchez's dreams of competing were shattered when a suspected drunk driver on the run from police had her car, full of teens, head-on. doctors told alyssa she would spend most of her senior year in a wheelchair. but this afternoon she kept her eyes on the prize and walked the last half-mile with support from her team and crossed the finish line with supporters by her side. the suspect faces vehicular assault, dui, hit and run and reckless driving charges. >> our favorite story of the week. what an inspiration. >> kids, most of them are really great. just like that story. weather is pretty good too.

lots of sunshine. sunday we got 75. 74 on monday. i think kickoff, 68 degrees believe it or not. tuesday, wednesday 70s and i'm telling you for the rest of the week into next weekend not a lot of change. >> what i love to

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jack: you're not even paying attention to me, are you? mm-hmm. (phone chimes) ?hey, angus, it's cindy. i miss your cute butt?" gross. she didn't say that. give me that. there's five messages. the last 24 hours. you want to tell me about this cindy or should i be worried? i already told you-- there's nothing to tell. come on. bro, seriously. i'm bored. if not... i'm gonna have to polish off another bag of these... and you know how annoying my chewing can get. if you just closed your mouth it would solve the problem. oh, really? okay, all right. okay, all right, she's a girl that i went on one date with. and? okay. she's smart, she's funny... and she's beautiful. does she have a criminal record? actually, she's great.

riend, who turned evil, betrayed you and tried to unleash a plague on the rest of the world? i get it. you're not over nikki. it's not like that. no? it's not? then why have we chased her to some slum in portugal and staked out her place for, like, the last... 57 hours and counting? this is just business. mm-hmm. i'm not still in love with nikki. then why are we here, man? other agents could've followed up on the tip this is where nikki's been hiding out. anything she does is on me. oh, come on, mac, that is the dumbest thing i've ever heard. what nikki does is on nikki. well, i can't shake this feeling. at least not till we catch her. that's her. (door bangs open) macgyver: turn around, nikki.