for early voting. voters in 34 states including colorado already casting ballots. here in colorado a new ad accuses congressional candidate morgan carroll of being soft on sex offenders. carroll is challenging mike coffman in the district. shaun boyd gives the ad a reality check. >> reporter: you may remember the ad about welfare for strip clubs. the same group that brought you that, the national republi claims democrat morgan carroll supports leniency for sex offenders. >> the only senator to vote against tougher penalties for child penalties using the internet. >> that's true but this one needs context. at issue is a 2009 bill that made internet sexual exploitation of a child a felony in colorado. carroll voted for the bill in committee. it's after it was amended that she voted against it on the

>> morgan carroll, what was she thinking? >> carroll's campaign said it wasn't the bill but the amendment she opposed on procedural grounds. she believed they violated a constitutional requirement that bills be about a single subject. one of the amendments made failure to register as a sex offender a more serious felony. the other restricted kids' access to sexually explicit material. whatever the reason for her opposition, apparently no one else shared again, she was the lone no vote. but you should know the amendments were ultimately stripped from the bill when it went back to the house and carroll voted for it. the ad doesn't stop there. >> carroll even voted against having convicted sex offenders register their e-mail addresses and online user names, making it harder to track online child predators. >> this is also true. the ad references two bills, both from 2007.

offenders to register all their e-mail addresses, instant messaging identities, and chat room identities with law enforcement. and they made it a felony to give false information. carroll voted against both bills. arguing they didn't do enough to verify that the e-mails sex offenders provided were actually theirs and not someone else's. bottom line, whatever morgan carroll was thinking when she cast these votes, it likely wasn't about running for congress in one of the most competitive country. any vote that makes it appear right or wrong that you're not tough on sex offenders is prime for an attack ad. i'm shaun boyd. that's reality check. >> you can see all of shaun's sources and reality check stories by going to cbsdenver.com. the feds infiltrate a criminal organization behind the irs phone scam. >> prosecutors indicted 61 people in the u.s. and abroad

get money from victims. kenneth craig reports. >> i was here alone and he says to me, this is the irs. >> reporter: that's how the nightmare began for mary ann, a long island grandmother scammed out of nearly $100,000 by someone claiming to be with the irs. the fake agent told her that her grown son with special needs hadn't paid taxes in a decade and if he didn't pay, he'd be thrown in jail. >> he said don't call anybody because your house is bugged. >> reporter: authorities say the scammers are mostly targeting the elderly and immigrants by conning them to pay with prepaid debit cards and wire transfers and federal investigators say she's not alone. >> many of us have received these phone calls ourselves. >> on thursday the department of justice announced a major break with the indictment of 61 individuals and entities. >> we seek to profit by exploiting some of the most

community. >> reporter: half of the defendants are from overseas and allegedly tied to a network of call centers in india. in the u.s. police are rounding up the suspects criminals in nine states who they say left a trail of 15,000 victims who lost more than $300 million. the indictments won't return victims' money, but authorities say they hope to send a message to the criminals that they're taking action. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> officials say got from data brokers, social media, and other sources to target their victims. a doctor's treatment for vertigo helping people way beyond colorado. >> why she's so happy her remedy has now gone viral. >> just a few clouds drifting across the state today. didn't stop us from having a record high. we'll have another one tomorrow

from a rancher's perspective, we feel that often washington is removed from what we need. senator bennet is different. michael bennet has been at the ready and always willing to listen. when the federal government wanted to increase grazing fees, senator bennet stepped up and helped put a stop that. he commits to his word, and that means a lot to a guy like me. i'm a republican, and we trust him. i'm michael bennet

scott tipton -- our congressman? or is he a real-estate agent for big-money campaign contributors? tipton sponsored a bill to give away our public lands to his out-of-state donors. over 30 colorado business leaders called tipton's plans, "a serious threat to the outdoor recreation industry and...thousands of jobs."

house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. a simple maneuver to treat vertigo has turned a doctor at the university of colorado

story in 2012 and has a followup. >> reporter: it's had more than 2.5 million views on cbsdenver.com. so i decided it's time to take another look. >> it was just debilitating. >> reporter: vertigo sent sue's world spinning. >> everything about you will move, will spin. i couldn't drive. i couldn't walk. i had to hold on to the wall. it was very, very scary. >> reporter: the retired teacher years ago. >> eventually it wore off after a few days but it would come back. >> reporter: it wasn't until four years later that a youtube video changed sue's life. >> it worked. it worked the very first time. >> reporter: it was dr. carol foster's spin on how to treat positional vertigo. in 2012 dr. foster showed us the solution. >> tip your head up to look at

you put your head upside down like you're going to do a somersault. >> now turn your head to face your left elbow. >> reporter: wait for dizziness to end, then raise your head to back level. wait again for dizziness to end, then sit back quickly. the half somersault maneuver has been a huge hit. nearly 2 million views on youtube. >> i don't think i've gotten up to the level of a cat video yet. >> reporter: but dr. foster is revered among vertigo sufferers. >> i hear from people in poland and it's so gratifying to get their feedback and have them say hey, i was so ill and now i'm well. >> dr. foster jokes that she hopes to dispel all dizziness in the world. her half somersault maneuver may take her the whole way. ed greene is up next with a

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powerful aftershocks continuing to hit central italy today. >> amazingly no reports of deaths. this is the same region where a massive earthquake killed nearly 300 people in august. right now we have the news from around the world for you. while there are no casualties, there is a lot of damage. strongest aftershocks hit late last night reducing the 15th century church to rubble. power is knocked out and that sent panicked residents running in to the streets. good thing they got out of those buildings that collapsed. dozens of people do have minor injuri injuries. an afghan woman featured in an iconic photograph has been arrested. she was 12 and living in a refugee camp when a photographer took this photo of her. now in her 40s, she was arrested in pakistan for falsifying documents and staying illegally in the country. if convicted she could go to jail for 14 years. a california daredevil stunt goes terribly wrong and lands him in the hospital.

story soon. [ laughter ] >> exclusive night video of it. >> thankfully ed is here early. [ laughter ] >> on standby. >> i've got news for you. record high today. the old record was 80 from 1933. we got to 83 today. we really handled this record. we could do it again tomorrow. let's go outside, take a look right now. we do have high clouds there from this shot. no moisture from those clouds. that's the only moisture we have, in the form of clouds. so let's take a look at doppler 4000. we have just a few clouds drifting. more in the west than the east where they're mostly clear as you get toward the border. as we put the hour by hour in motion, clouds in and out. roll it through friday. partly cloudy skies. drier on the eastern plains. look at saturday, 2 a.m., we may see a few scattered showers, maybe snow above 11,000 feet for the mountains. but those showers just don't last long and they don't go anywhere and then clears out again. we'll roll it in to sunday.

2:00 and you see partly cloudy skies along the front range and yes, we're going to stay warm again with temperatures right back in the 70s. we have cooler air in to the northeast and as a result we have snow in portions of canada, western new york state, also in vermont, new hampshire, and massachusetts. saw snow today so they had to cool air coming down there. we have the return flow from the warm air pushing up in to our area. how warm was it? phoenix got to 100 degrees today and that pushed warm air in to our area so you've got the w air. you've got the record temperatures. let's go to lauren in the colorado weather center. that just can't be good news. you've got proof. >> our new drought monitor came out today and it has expanded quite a bit from last week. last week about 48% of the state was under a drought. this time this week we've upped it to about 65% and the big area that's now under this drought for the abnormally low area is out in to the eastern plains so pretty much that northeastern component of the state is under the drought or obnormally dry

parts of larimer county, rocky mountain national park, red feather lakes, they're under the moderate area. it's increasing in spots all the way down south of denver as well. the area in the moderate, that's actually almost doubled from last month from about 3.5% to almost 6%. it's expanding and our dry conditions are really going to continue for the next couple of days and ed, that even could mean more record breaking heat tomorrow. >> more record breaking heat after we had it today. 83 at d.i.a. officially. the so we broke it pretty handily. 83 downtown. should be at 61 degrees this time of year. start out in the mid 40s. should be in the low 30s. 76 and 70 right now. southeast 10 for the winds. still dry. 12% humidity. we have a falling barometer. pretty shot here from sherry thomas, buena vista of sunrise. take a look at this sunrise from carol mckinney, red rocks park. mostly in the 40s for the

country. 20s down to the south. 40s and 50s out west. then tomorrow another warm day around here. if we get to that 81 degrees, we set yet another record so 70s, 80s, nearing 90 degrees over the eastern plains. we'll find 60s and a few 70s for the mountains. steamboat at 70 degrees tomorrow. out west temperatures mostly in the 60s and 70s. here's your denver forecast. for tonight, mostly clear skies. 50 and 49 the overnight lows. for tomorrow we'll look at low new record will be back in order. for the next several days, 75 on saturday. look at broncos, sunday, 77 degrees. for monday halloween, dry, sunny, 71. then we start to cool it off a little bit tuesday with 65 degrees. we might add a shower as we move in to wednesday. >> so nice monday though, i might go trick or treating. >> i think you should. [ laughter ] >> i will. this week's junior weather watcher is 11-year-old alex of denver. he tells us he's always loved

excited over torrential rain and fierce winds. >> i love weather. i love the natural occurrence of thunderstorms, tornados, blizzards, et cetera. i love to check the weather and i studied weather and read lots and lots about it. once i figured out there was a program for weather watchers or junior weather watchers i was all for it. >> you can watch alex tomorrow on the cbs4 morning news. he's going to join ashton in colorado's weatheren give you the best forecast. >> he's a natural. the smart appliance trend that started in the living room has moved in to the kitchen. >> some of the gadgets making cooking easier. >> tonight two brand new shows premiering here on cbs. catch the great indoors starring joel mchale. that gets going at 7:30. followed by the season premiers of mom and life in pieces. then it's the series premier of the new drama, pure genius.

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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. scott tipton wants to cut off our access to these lands for generations to come, killing thousands of jobs. i approved this message

stocks slipped for the third day in a row. the dow dropped 29 points. nasdaq lost 34 and s&p 500 was down 6. developing now, twitter is getting rid of the vine app. vine allowed people to share

back seat to periscope. twitter will no longer allow new vine videos but says the website will stay online so you can watch videos already made. twitter, by the way, also announced it will lay off about 350 workers after a widely reported potential sale of the company apparently won't be happening. technology taking over the kitchen. >> you can now find devices that will do everything from measuring your food to doing most of the cooking. it's called uses sensors, scales, and cameras to determine what you're cooking. put something inside like that piece of chicken, make it salmon, and the convection oven's computer figures out how to prepare it best. you can monitor to process from your smart phone. >> in essence teaching the oven to think like a chef by using the camera. we've got a weight scale in there. >> pretty easy. the drop scale uses similar technology.

you've entered enough of an ingredient based on the weight. the drop scale will set you back about $80. meanwhile the june oven sells for nearly $1500. new tonight, arby's taking a walk on the wild side. it's introducing a venison sandwich. the sandwich includes a venison steak, crisp onions and a berry sauce on a toasted roll. the sandwich will be available by the end of the month in select markets and that does not include colorado. >> what do the deer have to say

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gail schwartz will defend our public lands and won't put colorado's future up for sale. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. the rapist didn't get any prison time, but his victim feels like she's behind bars. tonight at 10:00 she tells her story, explaining why she's so angry about that sentence the rapist received. cbs4 investigator brian maass has a preview now. >> he was just an acquaintance

and thought i could trust him. but that proved wrong. >> reporter: very wrong. now she explains just what happened. >> he like kissed me and pulled that down. he took my left hand, tried to get me. >> reporter: he was convicted but that's when something unexpected happened. >> is it disappointing? >> disappointing, but not surprising. >> in many cases, the austin wilkerson case is not that unique. >> the sentence outraged many tonight that survivor tells cbs4's brian maass how her life has been ruined without her consent. new video now. we were teasing you about it earlier. stunt went horribly wrong. eric desantos has his camera rolling as he base jumps in the french alps. he crashed in to a tree. he was alone in the forest for three hours before help could reach him. he says he has moderate brain trauma but is otherwise okay.

fly far above his current skill level. not a good idea. >> then usually they say i can't wait to do it again. >> exactly. let's take a look at our forecast. we're going to do it again. record high today, how about a record high tomorrow. then we cool it down a little as we get in to next week. >> still very nice. thanks, ed. >> thank you for joining us on colorado's news channel. >> enjoy this balmy,,

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