this is that huge hole they are working to fill in. and, they had to cut out and replace and 18-foot section of old piping today. and of course, to get to it, they dug that hole into the pavement. now, the pipe that broke, well, it was the original put into the ground over a century ago. a flood gushed down sixth a when an underground water main has they worked to repair the 16th inch diameter pipe leaving homes and businesses without water. >> we need a lot of water to cook so we stopped cooking. >> reporter: david had to shut down shop here at little india on their biggest day of the week. restaurant staff had to turn away more than 50 customers in the first hour alone and it is more than 30 employees that went home from work.

that is our primary concern. >> reporter: customers at pablo's coffee couldn't get their cup of joe. >> i'm adjusting just fine. it is just disappointing that people count on the coffee being here. it is kind of a wakeup call. >> reporter: while workers didn't determine the exact cause of the break, officials believe it broke due to its very old age. the original cast iron pipe had been there since 1890. back out here live, piece of the newer piping that they are putting into the ground. all lanes of eastbound sixth avenue between grant and logan are expected to stay closed until they are done repairing this street here. that may not happen until some time later on tonightful live in denver, melissa garcia, cbs4 news. happening now, advocates are speaking up for veterans. they say they will have a hard time getting to the new va hospital in aurora. they want to see a pedestrian

rail stop to the hospital. the new hospital in aurora is expected to open in 2018. >> that will be years behind schedule and the project is hundreds of millions of dollars overbudget. dillon thomas is checking in from aurora. we know the new light rail stop is a pretty good hike from the hospital. >> reporter: well, if you are a disabled veteran who plans to come to the hospital using the r line, you have yourself coming down the staircase traveling along colfax avenue, across potomac. a distance of two football fields just to get to the front door of the hospital. we spoke to a veteran's advocate saying there is a more simple and safeway to do the trip and the proposal is being ignored. the korean war veteran bernie, building awareness around a fully function a is is a top priority. >> access is number one. getting the patient in. getting them to be able to

>> reporter: but doing just that is panning out to be a big challenge. veterans could one day use the r line to get to the va, but there is currently no covered walkway providing disabled veterans a safe route to the hospital if the light rail stop. >> it is not even an accident. it bordered on criminal negligence to build a billion dollars hospital and resisted what would have been a simple solution to getting our pa >> reporter: which is why he wants the va, the rtd, and the city of aurora to team up to complete project eagle creating a raised walkway to the hospital. >> patients the hospital was built for, patients who are going to use the rtd corridor. and they didn't provide a way for them to get into the hospital. >> reporter: he says in comparison to the va's $1.6 billion price tag, a seven to

>> we need to get the pedestrian bridge built. it speaks for itself. ever now, a spokesman for rtd told us on the phone today that any type of project like this would be left up for the va to design and draw up. however, he did say they would be open to hearing those proposals and seeing how they could help out. they said this project would be up to the army corp. of engineer to do so. live in denver, dillon thomas, cbs4 ne for the driver who shot at a pickup truck on the boulder turnpike. this was at about sunrise this morning near flatirons crossing. the man driving his truck thought someone threw something at his window. but police found a bullet lodged inside. the shooter is thought to be driving an older white toyota or honda sedan. the victim has minor injuries. developing tonight, hundreds of student ins denver

copter 4 shows us the long line of students marching along federal boulevard earlier today. cbs4's jennifer brice has been with those kids much of the day. and tells us about their message. what do they have to say? >> reporter: well, they had a very clear message. they said they believe it is wrong that donald trump is now our president-elect. though they are not able to vote because they are so young, they said they still want tour voices to be heard. >> hey, >> reporter: middle and high school students say this is what democracy looks like. letting your voice be heard. the reason? >> people are scared to be deported. >> they walked out en masse to protest donald trump as the next president. cars passing by cheer the students on. >> >> we know we can't change that he is elected but that doesn't mean we can't say what we are

they accompany them on the walkout. >> we do want them to do it on campus but we respect them enough to let them have events like this. >> reporter: this is mostly to tell the president-elect that illegal immigrants living in this country are valuable. >> how valuable immigrants and undocumented immigrants are to the country. i know a lot of people say that they are takeing from the system or accusing the system. but to it. >> reporter: and this is the second walk-out that dps has had with their students since the election. live in denver, jennifer brice, cbs4 news. >> thanks jen. and the protests over the future president continue around the country at this hour. you are looking at a lye picture from philadelphia where thousands also march and in miami as well. these protests, as we have heard of have been peaceful so far. we will keep an eye on it throughout the hour. new details on a deadly

the day, cbs4 learned the suspected gunman told police that he was going to sell marijuana to two men. a fight broke out. happened wednesday afternoon near champa street. nathaniel simpson from wheat ridge was killed in the shooting. the alleged shooter, 20-year- old steven wily is facing a murder charge. how about good news? happening today, safeway donating hundreds of turkeys for those the store delivered 412 of the birds to the denver rescue mission. that shelter is hoping to collect 15,000 turkeys to meet the demand of the hungry and the homeless this thanksgiving holiday. the lack of snow is putting a huge strain on food banks in the high country. >> they are seeing a surge of people coming this that need sop help. mountain news room reporter matt kroschel live in summit county. why all of a sudden? >> reporter: it is all the folks coming here looking for the jobs expecting to start

monetary sort. because of that lack of snow, they are not getting the paychecks. and they are coming to places like this food pantry for help. >> we have seen our food bank numbers double. >> reporter: empty shelves. dozens of seasonal workers are still waiting on a paycheck come here looking for help. >> people that have just moved to town thinking their job is going to be starting and, um, the resorts have to do what they have to do. >> family intercultural resource center says they anticipate some need early season at this time each year. but this time it is different. >> many employees are challenged to get the first paycheck. so the first two weeks of november is always busy for us. but, what is concerning about this year, is the start dates for a lot of resort employees is kind of unknown at this point. >> reporter: places like copper mountain and keystone, breckenridge, all forced to push back opening days.

on the table. >> reporter: help is on the way in a food drive planned for saturday that should help. >> when we have 60 people come in and use this smaller pantry, the shelves empty out pretty quickly. the fortunate thing is colorado mountain express and vail resorts are doing their annual fill the van food drive. >> reporter: much needed relief for sown main resort workers feeling impacts of the season's lack of snow. the good news is copper and keystone both opening on the 18th. they are delayed openings but they have scheduled those days. in if you would like to help them out here, you can drop off food here or in breckenridge. and, also, they accept cash which they can use to buy food in short times like this. matt kroschel, cbs4 mountain news room. >> thanks matt. students reeling from the closure of the heritage college say their problems are far from over, how they were tricked

>> the porch pirates are busy stealing packages from outside of homes. we will show you what one police department is doing to protect those deliveries. >> and, the cold front came on through, but only a glancing blow to colorado. it is on its way out already. and warm desert air is working its way back into the state. wait until you ,,

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>> happening now, hoping would be thieves would take the bait. police in denver an other cities are using what would be bait boxes hoping to trap bandieds who like stealing packages off of front porches. the bait boxes contain gps package is stolen, an alert goes out to the cop to track it. >> we want to let them know that if they do steal packages they will go to jail. >> tonight at 10:00, what denver police say you can do to protect those packages. the latest now in the career college that suddenly closed down this month. heritage college students say checks they received from the school are bouncing. cbs4 investigator rick sallinger is looking into the

now with more. >> reporter: good evening karen. students are asking why they weren't given any notice that this college located in this building here was going to shut down. instead, they were locked out and now they are getting checks that are no good. when heritage college unexpectedly shut its doors, it did more than leave students and staff out in the cold. don brown was close to getting her degree. she received a check thousand dollars that she thought was due her. but, she says, the check bounced. >> of course, i'm really upset. [ laughter ] that i'm not the only one that this has affected. it has affected many, many other students and it has also affected teachers as well. >> reporter: the notice on the door said it closed due to declining student enrollment. and less demand at for profit colleges. >> if they were going to go

students know. >> reporter: her attempts to get answers from the college have gotten her nowhere. so she went inside to the offices to see if anyone could help her. >> i want to know why my check bounced. >> reporter: the response she received was to check a website. the employee inside then threatened to call the police. her hope of starting her own spa business now seems a dream much harder to realize. >> it will just take a little bit now. >> reporter: we reached weston education, the parent company of heritage college, but like the students, we got no reply. live in lake side, rick sallinger, cbs4 news. today, we are honoring and celebrating our nation's veterans. this morning, a group of flag wavers saluted vets from the overpass at i-25 and union at the tech center. look at old glory there. november 11 is veteran's day. an opportunity to commemorate the service and achieve.

served our country. fort logan national cemetery honored vets but at a different location this year. that is because the ceremony area at the cemetery is being renovated. so this time through vets and their families gathered at the vfw hall in englewood. brigadier michael willis ruminated on it. >> veterans are men and women with one crucial distinction. when the nation needed them, and answered the call to serve as a soldier, airman, marine, sailor in the coast guard. >> there are nearly 22 million living americans who have served in our military. and a beautiful day for the vetter abouts today. >> very nice day for veteran's day. we had a cool front. cooled us by seven degrees. still, that is seven degrees above normal this time of the year. doppler 4,000, we might beseing a little snow shower activity

high clouds out on the eastern plains. really, that is about it. that is about it over the whole nation. here is that cool front that glanced over colorado. it will let the warm air comes up. we have temperatures well above the seasonal norm this time of the year. hour by hour forecast,ly run it through friday evening. you don't see a lot going on here. saturday evening. sunday, a little cloudiness that is about it. here it is sunday, news time. 26 and 31. 26 is normal. so we finally got a normal out of the low at least. 52 and 45 now. south 12 winds. steady barometer. look at this, michael smith, a beautiful day at big dry creek

this taken at elk river road in steamboat springs looking right back at the photographer making sure she is just taking pictures. this from william danley. this is above frisco. he says what is missing? normally, this time of year, it looks more like this, with snow up there. not this year so far. temperatures tonight mostly in the 20s and the 30s over the eastern plains. teens and 20s in the higher elevations. then tomorrow, here come warmup. 60s over the eastern plains. 50s and 60s for the high country all the way to the western slope. here is your denver forecast. tonights mostly clear skies. 35 and 33 the overnight lows. tomorrow, mostly sunny. milder den. as we approach the 70-degree mark, looks like more of the same sunday. 70s monday, 74 on tuesday. 73 on wednesday. and, sunshine all the way. >> all right,.

me. >> we almost don't! >> we will have to wait and see. >> thanks ed. what about the weather in new orleans? doesn't matter. they are in a dome. >> very good point. but so far, getting back to the super bowl has not been as easy as von miller hoped. plus, why mike bobo made his team practice without a football this week ,,

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,, >> at first, the broncos almost made it so far, history has not repeated itself for the 2016 broncos. coming off the franchise's third super bowl victory. the road to repeat has had plenty of twists and thirds. the broncos find themselves in third place in the afc west. while every goal on the team is still very much within reach, they know they have plenty of work to do starting sunday in new orleans. >> i would like to play in a season where we just kill everybody and, go undefeated all the way to the

that is just not how it works in the national football league. we are in a tough patch. we have the players in place. leadership in place. everything is in place. so, with that i feel like at the end of it, we can get out of it. it is just tough now. >> college football and csu needs one more win. three games left, two on the road. three against teams bowl bound. starting tomorrow on the road against air force, falcons are 6-3 overall. and always a tough in colorado springs where air force recently had a 15-game winning streak snapped. falcons have the triple threat offense. the rams practiced without a ball. >> we have one colorado springs, haven't won in colorado springs since 2002. it is a tough place to play. we worked on, uh, defending the option. and, basically, assignments. they line up in their sets. and, run the plays without a

you know. it is assignment football. doesn't matter who has the football. you are taking your guy in your gap. >> cu visits arizona tomorrow night. eric christensen will have his preview tomorrow at 5:00. it will be the division one debut for derek white. senior guard from legend high school in parker who lit it up for three years playing at division 2, uc colorado spring. he wanted to prove he could play in the pack 12. >> i high i could play. >> du basketball tips off its season tomorrow at home against the jacksonville dolphins marking the begins of the rodney billups era for the volunteers.

his fellow players. >> there is no feedback that i could say, that is negative. that i'm getting from our players. i'm asking them to play fast. think fast. be aggressive offensively and defensively. and they are taking on that challenge. they were recruited to play that way. and when i asked them to play that way. they shake their head, they agree. they understand. but it is challenging for them too. >> who will have the best year cu, csu, du? who will do the best? vote on cbsdenver.com. >> let's hope they all make it to march madness. >> what about the great story from the kid in colorado springs who wanted to go to boulder. >> and boy, he was great in the springs. should be exciting. >> tad boyle will have some fun. satellite built right here in colorado is launched successfully into space. the technology on board is going to help google. >> and donald trump's transition team is taking shame

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>> live, from colorado's news channel, this is cbs4 news at 6:30. >> thousands of people marching in miami again tonight. there you see a big crowd down

joining other protesters across the country tonight. voicing their concern over the election results. so far, everything has been peaceful. mr. trump just wrapped up his first tv interview. he talked to 60 minutes ciaing he might keep parts of obama care. >> when you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still coming? >> yes, because it happen to be one of the strongest assets. >> you are going to >> yes, also with the children living with their parents. try to keep that. it adds cost. but, it is very much something we are going to try to keep. >> and there will be a period if you repeal it and before you replace it when millions of people could lose care. >> we will do it simultaneously. it will be just fine. that is what i do. i do a good job.

trump be able to do with just the stroke of a pen? >> here is our political specialist shaun boyd. >> reporter: donald trump will need congressional approve for some of his goals but he can deliver on a number of promises with the stroke of a pen. president obama made many major changes by executive action and trump can undo those immediately. as well as pass his own executive orders. donald trump's plan to crack down on illegal immigration, the driving forces protest. >> up to a point, presidents do have considerable say. >> reporter: political science professor norm says trump can resend obama's executive order shielding children brought here illegally from deportation. >> anything that is an executive agreement can change with the executive. >> reporter: but rounding people up and busing them back takes money. congress controls the pursestrings and would likely