we have breaking news on cbs4 news at 6:00. demarcus ware has that diamond studded super bowl ring back. denver police have arrested two people now for breaking into his home in cherry creek and stealing the ring along with a safe. the break-in happened while ware was at mile high for the broncos game against the texans. >> even the police weren't everything was put out there, everybody really jumped on it. not only was the 12th man when we were out there playing, but off the field. they did their job. and get everything out there. i want to thank them too and everybody that's helping. >> the home does have a security came and was able to take this video. the two people in custody are billy mccaslin and sergio irreza. see what we've learned about them and their past run-ins with the law coming up later

this is the news in campaign 2016, people getting ready to rally behind republican vice presidential candidate mike pence. he'll be talking to supporters at the top of the hour at an event in colorado springs. political specialist shaun boyd is here. a lot of surrogates have been passing through. colorado is still in play? >> reporter: really only four states left that are toss-ups. cbs news battleground tracker shows florida, north carolina, iowa, and colorado. the states that could decide the presidential race. maybe even control of the u.s. senate. >> it is entirely possible 13 days from today that control of the senate will come down to the state of colorado. >> reporter: republicans chances of winning the presidency shrinking, their focus has turned to maintaining control of the u.s. senate. >> i want to do everything i

president whoever that president may be. >> reporter: ted cruz campaigned in loveland for republican senate candidate donald -- darryl glenn who is trailing michael bennett by double digits. the election comes down to turnout and glenn has the grassroots behind him. cruz one of several high- profile surrogates in colorado. the wife of clinton's running mate tim kaine in wheat ridge today. while trump's running mate mike pence is in the springs tonight. and eric trump will be here tomorrow. co clinton leading by two points. but florida may be the most coveted swing state. clinton campaigned there today as pulls in that state titan as well. >> florida can make the difference. and if people get out and vote, we will have a victory on november the eighth. >> reporter: north carolina one of the other states that can make a difference.

three promises. safe communities, great education, and high-paying jobs. >> reporter: vice presidential candidate mike pence rallied supporters in colorado springs. stan bush is there. >> reporter: trump's running mate is campaigning in the most conservative pockets. both campaigns right now are making their closing arguments to voters. the strategy base and also get out the vote operation. i spoke with trump supporters who stood in line for mike pence four hours. all of them to a man unfazed by the weeks of negative publicity to the campaign. >> the clip of him on the bus, the show with bush, that kind of shook me because it does go to character issues. i get that. >> reporter: but it doesn't change your vote? >> it doesn't. >> i don't find it nearly as alarming as what clinton has allowed the two of them have allowed with women.

louder than words. >> they say donald trump did this and that. i had to live with bill clinton. as president of the united states. and his wife. and i'm done. >> reporter: the indiana governor is expected to speak at 7:00 this evening. i'll have a full breakdown at 10:00. in colorado springs, stan bush, cbs4 news. only one sixth of all ballots mailed out in colorado have been returned so far. the majority of them are from democrats. more than 166,000 democrats have returned ballots followed by republicans and then independents. so far more than 416,000 ballots have been returned in all but again that is a small fraction of the total ballots that have been mailed out. while voters are paying more attention to this election than any other in modern history, most are also really unhappy with their choices.

competing factors have on turnout. >> yeah. the fact so many are are yet to be turned in, maybe people are still deciding. >> maybe. lakewood police calling the drowning of a young girl a tragic accident. that little girl was only 18 months old. it happened in a backyard pond at a house on west louisiana yesterday afternoon. andrea flores in that neighborhood for us tonight, investigators still trying to figure out how this happened. >> reporter: work to be done here but lakewood police tell us the young girls autopsy was scheduled today. of course it will be a few weeks before we get those results but we do know that the young girl was staying with her grandparents when the unfortunate accident unfolded. >> it's a dark day. >> reporter: this neighborhood is still in shock after learning a one and a half-year- old girl drowned tuesday afternoon. neighbors tell us the girl was out front with her grandfather

likely wandered to the neighbors backyard and into this pond. >> the worst that could possibly have happened. >> reporter: neighbors saw her fall in and pulled her from the pond but it was too late. a steady stream of visitors were seen stopping by the grandparents home wednesday afternoon. a father of two lives across the street and knows how quickly kids can move. >> fast. fast. fast. faster than you can ever imagine. it's nightmare. >> reporter: detectives are working to figure out how long the young girl was in the water before she was found. the jefferson county da's office was in the neighborhood earlier today to investigate the circumstances surrounding this case. but lakewood pd tells us so far it seems unlikely that the grandparents will face any charges. reporting live at lakewood, andrea flores, cbs4 news. the judge throws out a second lawsuit involving the

a 13-year-old boy when he disappeared from his father's home in southwestern colorado four years ago, his remains were found months later. the boy's parents continued to squabble. now a judge has dismissed the lawsuit, his father mark filed against his mother. elaine hall. redwine accused hall of intentionally inflicting emotional distress saying the dad was responsible for dillon's death. last year a judge dismissed hall's lawsuit making similar allegations. screen robbers, the roope terrorized the front range accused of violent bank robberies jumping kang -- and threatening workers. also accused in a crime spree that included two carjackings and random shootings. 200 people have been summoned for jury selection in what is expected to be a long trial that is expected to last two days with the rest of the trial plan for six weeks. a day after a cattle truck

of them roaming. the animals have presented a danger for drivers, now cowboys are on the scene to corral them. some of the cattle have been roaming around ever since the truck crashed yesterday. the crush i-70 near georgetown eastbound lanes, matt kroschel is along the interstate right now. with the very latest on the impromptu rodeo. matt? >> reporter: jim, 12 of those cattle remain unaccounted for tonight and here on i-70 cdot has signs about cattle possible here on the roadway and that follows fatal crash last night where an rv hit one of those cows. >> the thing about moving cows is it is not like in the movies. >> reporter: but it sure looks like a wild west movie set in georgetown these days. >> move them real slow and you wait until it looks like where

tell them that's the right way to go. >> reporter: volunteers mounted up 24 hours after the crash setting out to recapture nearly 20 of the original 80 cattle on board the big rig when it flipped tuesday morning. >> they scattered all over up in there. >> reporter: volunteers like dan lincoln from the jefferson county horse evacuation assistance team. >> we're amateurs. we don't heard cattle very often. >> reporter: answering the calls for help as cattle roamed through town and dangerously close to interstate traffic. >> terrain is rough. of the wrangling operations making sure to steer clear of the upset cattle and keep them calm. volunteers used ropes and dogs to round up these four. nearly a dozen remain unaccounted for. >> we're happy to do this. >> reporter: a community rallies to round up cattle. a tough job following an unfortunate crash. >> they may be there all

reminding drivers to be watching out here, that rv that was involved in the wreck it was a fatal crash for the cow, no one inside the rv was hurt. as for the driver of the big rig, he says he lost his brakes and the state patrol still investigating what happened out here. if you are out in georgetown you might run across a couple of cows. live in georgetown, matt kroschel, cbs4 news. new video of the self driving. truck yesterday that made its maiden voyage down i-25. otto paired with budweiser to make its first driverless delivery earlier this month. today they gave us an up close look at how it works. and the advantages it has over human drivers. >> it drives much better than me. the sensors can see farther down the road. and inclement weather. better than a human. so we'll ship about 450 million miles every year on the highway. so this technology allows us to do that in a way that is more

>> otto and anheuser-busch are working to add self driving trucks over the next few years. how state officials are combating concerns about voter fraud in this year's election. their plan to protect the process. on election day. considered the oscars of education. how an aurora teacher is reacting to winning the prestigious award. the only moisture we can squeeze out on doppler 4000 just some high clouds drifting across the state.

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this is the news in campaign 2016. colorado's u.s. attorney's office will be on duty this election day and night to protect people's right to vote. nationally the u.s. justice department will work through election night as well along with the fbi to protect the integrity of the voting process. recent cbs4 investigations have uncovered several cases of voter fraud. this time with people voting twice. brian maass has more. >> reporter: lincoln was owns property in colorado and in

the registered republican voted in both states in 2010, 2012, and again in 2014. one man, three elections, six votes. kansas secretary of state chris kovacs. >> you'd be surprised how often people double vote. >> reporter: wilson is one of five coloradans charged with voter fraud by the state of kansas. >> we want to get the word out. don't do it. we'll catch you. >> after each election they double ballots and clean up the database. kovac -- >> reporter: he still believes 10,000 people are registered in colorado and kansas. >> anyone of those 10,000 people could probably succeed in casting two votes. >> reporter: some people like bruce ricky have been charged with trying to vote twice in colorado elections. prosecutors say ricky was cut voting in el paso and elbert counties at the same time. >> there are individuals who break the law.

>> reporter: secretary of state wayne williams admits other coloring humans not getting away with it. cbs4 found suspected double voters in denver, arapahoe and douglas counties. >> a relatively small number. it is a problem of any magnitude because we have close elections in colorado. >> reporter: how is voting twice even possible? ask teresa haley of montbello. she called us after receiving two ballots in the mail. want to her >> i want someone to take this very seriously. >> reporter: she has no idea how she was registered twice. >> if this happened to me i'm sure that i was not singled out. this has happened to somebody else. >> reporter: brian maass, cbs4 news. teresa haley is not alone. several voters have told us about receiving two ballots. alton dillard with denver elections explains haley did receive a second replacement

change to her registration. but he assures us only one would count. if you have questions call 311 to talk to denver election officials. a teacher in aurora got the surprise of a lifetime. she was recognized with a prestigious award for her work in the classroom. >> and that teacher is jay schmaltz! >> [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: she had no idea what she was walking into at this school assembly. she is being handed $25,000 in cash in what's considered the oscar of teaching awards. >> i thought it was going to be somebody else. >> reporter: a humble response to a prestigious award. the educator award is in its 30th year. teachers are selected for what they have achieved and for the promise of what they will encompass. >> it means a lot to me for being recognized. >> she gets the money and she's a good teacher.

had. >> it's important to recognize educators. >> reporter: schmaltz says she doesn't know what she's going to do with the money. but her students are hoping for a trip to disneyland. >> i think she would have gotten double that if the kids voted on her. they loved her. >> up early so. ed greene always excited to see one of our great teachers like that. >> it really is. how nice for them. doppler 4000, high clouds, you know how dry it's been. highss everything traveling up north along these frontal systems down into the great lakes region where they have got some snow going on. that's where your snow is up in the great lakes. we are high and dry once again. hour by hour forecast, track snow and rain. all i can track here are some high clouds. along the front range and in some of the mountain locations, role right through to news time on thursday. at 10:00 a few clouds, otherwise mostly clear across

today we started out a little warmer downtown at 46. airport had 37 but both ended up in the same place. 75 dia. 61, 61! normal this time of year. 83 the record high. three, record low. 69 and 67 right now on the southwest breeze at seven miles an hour. 20% humidity. steady barometer, nice shot from keith west, looking toward golden, take a look at this one from arthur o'hare, a lake dillon sunrise. very pretty shot temperatures tonight mostly in the 30s and 40s. 20s and 30s higher up. out west, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. take a look tomorrow, probably thinking there's got to be some record highs in here. you are thinking correctly. let's go to lauren whitney in the colorado weather center. >> we may actually break or tie two of them to end the week. we're going to end the work week with low 80s here in denver. feels a lot more like spring

record high tomorrow is 80 degrees. that's all the way back from 1966. and then the record high for friday is 80 degrees from 1994. so we may tie tomorrow and break the record on friday. as of right now heading towards our fifth warmest october on record. so we have very warm temperatures to end the month. planning trick-or-treating already, i think it's going to be on the dry side. but let's talk about the warm temperatures. it's going to be toasty. >> it is. take a look at the eastern plains. 70s and 80s. mid-80s here up in the mountains, mostly 60s and out west temperatures also in the 70s. here is your denver forecast. tonight clear skies. temperatures in the mid-40s. then for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, remember the high is 61. 79 and 80 degrees. and yeah, could be a record high for tomorrow or at least tie it, do it again on friday with 81.

for the bronco game, 77 degrees. here comes halloween and a pretty nice day along with hit with 71 degrees as we stay dry. >> perfect for trick-or- treating. >> thanks. deja vu all over again. didn't we just play the chargers? >> exactly. only 17 days in between games between the broncos and chargers. we'll tell you why that is a good thing for the broncos. when i became governor, i knew we had 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

who believes in an open and transparent government.

the saying among football teams is next up booker. c.j. anderson not at practice today. he was out of town getting a second opinion on his knee injury. the broncos had their best running game of the season on monday. 190 yards and two touchdowns. c.j. had 107 of those and book added another 83. gary kubiak wanted to get booker more touches. probably not this way. if he is the primary back on sunday, he says he'll be ready. >> my coach talked about it pretty much every day.

opportunity. be ready for it. you know, he just coached us to be ready for every opportunity. and film study, he makes sure that we ready for it each and every situation we may get on the field. >> only 17 days in between games for the chargers and broncos. san diego of course got the best of denver in the first matchup. denver defense started slowly and offense never get going. the broncos ng afternoon. >> we got a good feel for them, familiar opponent. so going off of what they've done all year and what they did to us. what they've done the last two weeks. i think we've got plenty to watch. >> fresh in our mind. they just beat us. that makes it more fresh. so scheme wise, you don't have to -- you want to study and see what new they added, but we just played them two weeks ago. so not too much changing. kind of makes your studying

>> poll question, which afc west team do you fear the most this season? the only team with more than two losses is the charges. they are the team that beat the broncos. go to the sports page to vote. never too early to get in the halloween spirit. richard sherman is one of the best in the business. he's got one of the biggest personalities as well. he and the seahawks defense have been casting spells for years now. we finally figured out how they are able to do it. >> when have to show it to the muggles out in the world. we've got a lot of -- a lot of wizards. earl thomas does magical things. michael bennett is also a wizard. so you just have a good time. i just went to harry potter land. that felt like home. >> [ laughter ] never too old to dress up for halloween. there aren't many cubs fans

veteran jim slagle was. thanks to a donation from marcus, he will be there for game three. trying to raise money through a gofundme page but was still several thousand dollars short. so he reached out via twitter and offered his tickets. >> i just got word that you have donated two tickets for bill, my son, to go to the ball game. together. i appreciate your generosity. and hopefully bring in a winner. thank you. >> club seats the last time the cubs were in the world series. they were seven dollars. secondary tickets for this one, about 21,000. >> very generous. that's great. coming up next, huge pieces of trash piling up, on one of

it's no secret. donald trump isn't for us. and unfortunately, congressman coffman isn't, either. just listen. and as families struggle to make ends meet, coffman voted against equal pay for equal work 11 times. it gets worse. o know.

this is the colorado none of us want to lose. i'm gail schwartz, and i'm running for congress to stop the sale of our public lands. coloradans should have the freedom to use this land for ranching, hunting and fishing, not watch it sold off to the highest bidder.

for generations to come, killing thousands of jobs. i approved this message because i won't let that happen. new tonight it is not the place you would expect to see a lot of trash. and appliances piling up but that's what's happening along the scenic squaw pass outside of evergreen. now some are saying enough is enough. we sent tom mustin up to the