defense is prepare ago rousing welcome. good evening. i'm jim benemann. >> and i'm karen leigh. thank for being with us tonight. michael, the broncos really need this win. >> yeah, karen and jim, we are certain not hurting for story lines. gary kubiak's return o the field and by the way, broncos riding a two game losing streak, hoping to snap that. lost to atlanta with paxton lynch and then lost to san diego, first time since 2010 broncos lost a divisional gaim on the road. -- game on the road.

button, they are not. they are hoping to get things back on track with a win tonight. >> we lost two back to back games last year, so we have been in this situation before as a team. so we know we should be able to bounce back. >> we know what type of team we are going to. obviously we lost a big game, but we got a big game ahead of us. and we will take our business where we want to be. >> now, your heard chris they lost two games. you have to go back to 2011 the last time they lost 3 games in a row. obviously hoping to avoid that. coming up, brock osweiler and the players telling us no big deal. >> all right. let's take a look at the forecast. lauren, perfect football weather. >> it really is perfect tonight. kickoff is in about a half hour.

50s. if you are just getting off to the game, it may be cool. grab your jacket, but cool night, great night for broncos win. a chance for a little bit of snow in the high country, but tonight it's going to be pretty epic. >> all right. thank you. and a hunter that survived after fighting off a bear. they posted this picture. the man was scouting for upcoming trip when the bear knocked him to the ground and attacked. he was able to break free with only the scratches. law enforcement officers took dna samples. the animal likely attacked because it was startled. now a deadly shooting in green valley ranch neighborhood happening sunday morning. michael lewis lives at the home where it happened and is now

center. live at dpd headquarters and this man has a long history with police. >> reporter: he does. in fact, when we looked up his criminal history, he had 17 pages worth on the colorado bureau of investigations. this probable cause statement is going to be adding to that. when he was asked by the 911 operator where the gun was, he did not answer. had to shoot that person. legally lewis should not have a gun because of a prior felony conviction. the victim, 53-year-old thomas johnson jr. was shot in the head and both legislation. johnson was shot inside the house, possibly up stairs. the arrest affidavit shows no signs of forced entry into the home. >> our investigators are back out at the scene trying to gather additional evidence and information that will help us to

circumstances that led up to the shooting. >> reporter: and police also do say and they note in the affidavit that the victim in this case also has an extensive criminal history. live in downtown denver, gin fer fer -- fenner in bryce. nick lewis shot to death on tacoma street. that was october 1 now police have arrested two 16-year-olds on first-degree murder and attempted robbery. we will learn more. englewood police have scheduled for wednesday. police tell us 29-year-old suarez was killed yesterday afternoon. according to neighbors he appeared zombie like and may have been on drugs when he walked into two homes. >> he goes i think i'm in the wrong place, but he wasn't being very responsive.

was or what was happening. >> the victim reached for his waistband when asked to leave and that's when someone shot him. they did say the shooter has been released. >> the drunk driver in a deadly crash last february has pleaded guilty. she hit a couple on a motorcycle, they died and another cyclist was hurt. she is charged with vehicular homicide. she will couple of drivers in aurora, roads are back open. a truck tipped over onto a car. the car badly damaged, but fortunately the driver of the car, and the truck driver, neither was hurt. this is the news, michael ben nit has widened his lead over republican challenger darrell glenn.

point s points. >> including immigration and debt reduction. in today's hyper partisan world michael bennett has mansion managed to upset both sides of the aisle. he touts those bona fides proudly. >> it's been a challenging election season. >> as senator michael bennett slogan seems to be bipartisan pen net, starting with the most partisan issues of all, obamacare. >> how do you plan to fix it, particularly the cost. >> from my point of view, doing whatever we can to depoliticize the conversation and recognize there is a huge issue and give people the opportunity to know what healthcare costs in

charge on this. >> i absolutely will and already have. >> address the 15% of medicare patients who make up 50% of the program's budget. and like most of his bills, it has a republican cosponsor, a former superintendent bennett teamed up with a republican on the biggest education policy in decades. he was part of the gang of 8, four democrats for republicans on debt reduction. >> i say there is nothing progressive of having 19 trillion on the books of this country. >> while he is taking heat for towing the party line on deals like nuclear iron deal, he has bucked his party, angering environmentalist i see with the keystone pipeline and alienating the most powerful union, by fast tracking the ttp deal.

be disagreements. >> we should do it in the way that is productive for the next generation. >> bringing down the cost of healthcare are two of his top priorities. if he gets a second term he was trying to improve the rural economy in colorado as well and display coal miners. tomorrow i will talk with glenn. john? right now we are unseasonably warm. weather is causing problems for ski reports. others may -- ski resorts. there simply is not enough snow and too warm to make it. live in keystone, matt, we know the guns are firing, but they just can't keep up. >> 60 degree daytime temperatures make it difficult

in the mountains, but here at keystone and over at loveland they remain optimistic they will be able to keep on their schedules, over at arapahoe basin, they are already riding down the hill. >> the views show the man made snow alugging arap -- allowing arapahoe basin to open last friday. >> people are excited at this time. >> reporter: now others are waiting for ore >> we have been battling warm temperatures this week and next 8 to 10 days is not looking great for snow making. right now we are in a holding pattern. >> our cameras where snow making is happening too. they say november 4th is when they will open. >> ideally low temperatures and low humidity and when we get those temperatures we will make

snow tonight and tomorrow. >> a few degrees of difference is how successful the guns are. >> second half hoff run and this base area normally doesn't take too long, so if the cold temperatures come, we are not that far away from being open. >> more season runs will be open soon. >> something we can't control, as much as we would like to. >> over at copper mountain they say they are right on schedule for their snow making and scheduled 11th. we are life, matt kroschel. >> other states can cut back on marijuana grows right here in colorado. >> and construction crews showing off broncos pride today where they installed a permanent tribute to the home team. >> and i wish i had better news for the ski areas, but we do have a little bit of moisture

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groups. nine other states will be voting on marijuana ballot issues that includes legalizing medicinal and recreational pot. it makes ro colorado less appealing. more on this story, rick? >> reporter: karen, this area here in south denver has seen several illegal marijuana grows. they ovent hide. >> they are now to be tried in federal court. soon afterwards a low shan't and ethnic groups hide away in southeastern colorado. drug agents have been busy. >> reporter: a wonder l opportunity for peopo engage

marijuana. >> a drug enforcement administration intelligence brief and other sources have identified ethnically based groups that include colombian, chinese, russians, vietnamese, mexican, cuban and laoshen. >> they are taking advantage of the fact we have legalizedcr >> groan legally here it will fetch two to three times more if sold elsewhere. >> so using the loopholes that exist in our law or assuming law enforcement is not going to be taking any action and they are hiding within the legality of marijuana. >> and many people in colorado are finding that that hiding is going on right next door. >> several states are now set

recreational marijuana, including the big one, california. and law enforcement authorities here are hoping that those states pass it. the illegal growers may choose to go there. live in englewood, rick sallinger, cbs news. those broncos fans might need a jacket. >> i think so. it's going to be a perfect night for football, especially years ago that green bay game, snowed the entire game. we do have moisture moving in from the west. big system off the coast and drag a cold front with it and as it does, pushing moisture our way. pumping that up into our area, let's go to lauren whitney. >> we might not get a ton from it, but we will take all we can get. the jet stream is just over colorado and we will see high

but dry air toward the eastern plains and temperatures fairly warm. there is an area of low pressure going to ride that jet stream as well. and with that does some moisture. some of our high country could pick up snow through tomorrow night. maybe about 1 to 4 inches and most of that could be in our central mountains and parts of rio blanco county. for the most part not a ton from it, but we will take all moisture we can get and temperatures remain pretty warm for the rest of the week, but warm up just a smidge middle of the week. >> 82 is what we had saturday. that's a record high. we were 3 degrees off that today with a low of 44. 27% humidity. okay. 21% humidity barometer is holding steady now. and take a look at connie

country and see some drone video, we have drone 4, first one in town, rob ma clur is our licensed drone pilot and he took nice video from the drone and you are seeing it right here. it is flying high above the ground now. look at this spectacular video from drone 4. pretty shots right there. we are going to incorporate this into the news and really use them for fantastic things especially whenou camera any place else, put it on the drone. a nice shot. let's look at our lows, 40s and 50s across the eastern plains. 30s, 40s, 50s out west and temperatures in the 70s and 80s tomorrow for the eastern plains. 50s and 60s mountains. here is the forecast. tonight increasing clouds with near that 50 degree mark and

low 70s and next several days, 74 on wednesday. near 80 degrees on thursday, mid-70s for friday and saturday. again, after tomorrow dry all the way. >> all right. thanks, ed. >> construction crews in arapahoe county installing broncos logos in the crosswalk in front of the uc health training center. the crosswalk lines had to be repainted anyway, so they said hey, why not customize it with that tribute will be a permanent addition to that stretch of road. >> all right. at mile high stadium tonight for us. >> yeah, among other things going on, it is ring of fame night at mile high. three bronco greats will have their name unveiled, plus brock

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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 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,

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number of games. i showed up every single one. it's my job to be there every day. >> this organization is part of my nfl career, and i think it speaks volumes to this organization that it had that big of impression on me in my short time here. well, they got their pillars last night and at half time here tonight, jason e names added to mile high and a forer bronco will be back -- former bronco will be back. brock is back, quarterback of the houston texans. players don't want to admit they have extra motivation for a game because that would mean they have less motivation for other games. broncos saying there is no extra motivation to beat brock. >> i'm fired up every game.

motivation. if brock is the reason for our motivation, we are in trouble. >> i'm going to say this right now in the most polite way possible. see us v. brock osweiler in the history of football will not happen. >> we are probably in the wrong business, if we do that. this is a big game for us, we lost two games in a row. >> it's not about brock os defenses, not because of the offense. >> the offensive line has been a big issue and it certain doesn't get easier tonight. without jj watt, but they are going to have their handful. clownny is tied with the lead eight tackles. merciless has 4 1/2 sacks. week 6 last season no one in the

slowing down those guys is going to be a big key to victory tonight. >> they are coming from everywhere. they do a good job with their linebackers. nobody is creating more negative plays. this will be the best defensive football team we play this year. >> you are watching tape and there is not a lot of time to see a quarterback back there. either hitting them or affecting them, quarterbacks got to get it out quick. >> obviously a few will be grood for siemian's left -- good for siemian's left shoulder. >> the offense has kind of stumbled out of the gate, a fast start for the broncos will go a long way. >> because of it is ring of fame, our poll question we would ask who do you want to see added next? champ eddy mack. not everybody is eligible yet, but they don't have to add a

please vote at cbs denver.com. >> the player of the week awards, this week ted rick thompson as defensive player of the week. the senior safety had two picks in the win over stanford. already has five pac-12 weekly awards. that's most in their season since 2004 and still another month of football. and coming into this year six total awards in five years. that's another sign of as you can see, i think it's time for me to get inside. >> go for it. have fun. see you guys. fans shelling out big bucks, how much is too much for a ticket. >> plus the investigation begins after a tour bus crash begins after a tour bus crash kills begins after a tour bus crash kills with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink,

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live from colorado's news channel, this is cbs 4 news at 6:30. >> federal investigators say now it appear it is driver did not brake at all before a devastating crash. 13 people including the bus driver were killed when the tour bus plowed into the back of a semi before dawn. they were returning from

>> they dug through the mangled wreckage. the impact so violent the bus jammed 15 feet into the trailer. >> i don't know what the speeds are. what i tell you is the bus was traffic lighting significantly faster than the traffic trailer it struck from behind. >> most of those kill wered seated near the front of the bus. >> seems most of the victims were unrestrained and therefore flown through the air. >> i hit all the seats and i >> reporter: the driver of the big rig rush vooifed with minor injuries. this cellphone video was shot from the cab driver who picked him up from the hospital. >> the impact hit me from behind and i just blacked out. >> government documents indicate the bus is owned by usa holiday, an la based tour company. according to those records, it