friday night. what do we know about these two? >> reporter: you know, president-elect donald trump has faced a lot of criticism for choosing people so far that don't have a lot of experience. that certainly is not the case for either of these two appointments because they have a long history in their field. and in the political world. meanwhile, there is some conflict that came from the campaign trail that is now following road to the white house. from his estate in florida, president-elect donald trump filled two spots. kt mcfarland is currently a fox news analyst. >> there's still no word on when the president-elect will reveal his choice for secretary of state. the front runners include

giuliani. an early trump supporter. and, 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney. he and mr. trump aggress ily attacked each other during the campaign. >> the last election should have been one, except romney choked like a dog. >> reporter: trump is calling for unity after a bitter campaign, but another chapter of potential conflict is unfolding. the green party has filed paper work seeking a recount wisconsin after its candidate jill stein raised enough donations to raise the audit. >> the american public say this has to be done. >> reporter: stein wants recounts in pennsylvania and michigan too. >> we need to implement these safeguards so we are not asking the question after the fact. >> reporter: the state she is requesting all helped mr. trump secure the presidency. he will be back in new york this weekend with plans to meet

statement about the recount calling it absurd and an expensive political stunt that undermines wisconsin's election process. we are live at the white house tonight. jim, back to you. >> thanks very much weijia jiang. and we do continue to follow that breaking news on cbs4 at 6:30. a colorado state trooper died today as he was investigating a wreck on i-25. investigators say trooper cody donahue, an 11 year veteran of the force, a father of two, was hit by a commercial truck at 2:00 p.m. since we have been on the hair this hour, they released this photo of him. a truck hit the trooper. deputies have taken the driver into custody. and do expect to file charges against him tonight. as for the traffic situation, all northbound lanes of the interstate still closed between tomo road and plum creek parkway. this is a live look at the interstate from larkspur, you can see the traffic northbound is barely moving as it gets

any new developments. students and the school principal raised concerns about a bus driver in the weeks before he was involved in the crash that killed six children. this is the news across america at 6:30. johnthony walker facing charges of vehicular homicide in last week's crash in chattanooga, tennessee. now, according to school district records releases today, students complained about walker's driving. one said he would stop the bus so suddenly the kids hit their video of the bus leaving campus saying the driver was going too fast. both of those complaints came weeks before that deadly wreck. and, there is a nationwide search for two women who kidnapped a california mother. 34-year-old sherri papini flagged down a driver yesterday. at the time, she was bound with restraints. she had been missing longer than three weeks. now, police are trying to figure out who took her and

chapter in the investigation. >> bring her home. bring her home. just bring her home. bling her home safe. >> that is her husband earlier this month. she has since been reunited with him. keith papini reported sherri papini missing when she didn't pick up the kids from day care. there is sensitive information they are not able to reveal just yet and they are asking members of the public to come forword and provide any information that might be relevant here's the story of a lovely lady ... >> boy, talk about american pop culture huh? the woman known for playing the nation's favorite mom has passed away. florence henderson died at the age of 82 of heart failure. she was best known in the famous role of matriarch carol brady on the brady bunch. >> i created the kind of mother that i wished i had.

over the world. and, everybody wants a hug. >> yeah. >> and i hug everybody. i get so much affection. >> henderson grew up poor, used her singing talents to make ends meet. she starred in oklahoma on broadway, hosted the today show, and guest hosted the tonight show all the way back in 1962. millions of people are handing over hair passports to the so far, it doesn't appear they will be getting them back. we will tell you why the country is taking those documents from everyone liveing in the northwest region of the country. >> clear skies around here, you saw it with temperatures getting into the low 60s . here come it is next system. snow, rain, cold weather. take a look at our doppler 4,000. hour by hour forecast. sunday, 4:00 a.m. big snows for the high country. i will show you where winter

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education programs try to serve as many of those treats as possible. critic at large greg moody takes us to a very special seminar. >> ahay. i promise we will have that for you in just a minute or two. in the meantime, ed ed greene is working on that forecast. a few nice

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>> this is the gold. this is the end game. but how do you get there from high school stage? >> i brought some sides with it today. if you guys would like, we could go over some scenes and the people who have done it. >> you guys are in a great position. to be in a performing arts school and learn all of this stuff. the backstage stuff. the acting. everything that goes on. >> reporter: he has a lot of credits in his career, one of the biggest, playing frankie valley in jersey boys on broadway. recently, he held a seminar for students at the denver school of the arts answering questions, playing scenes, and, giverring advice.

every week. people who haven't seen the show, they are always excited. it is not like they have come back to see it five, six, seven times. it is first time most of the time every time. >> reporter: this kind of one on one interaction is vital to young performers as they learn the tips, tricks, and talents that can help them survive the harsh realities of the business. >> you know, these kids already have a leg up in an amazing performing arts school. they about and what they have to do. but it is always nice. i know, i always injoyed having someone come in and enjoy doing a show. a broad way show, to come in and explain the day-to-day. the audition process. read some scenes from that show. with somebody who is in the show. you know, it kind of gives them perspective. >> reporter: these programs are partially funded through the scientific cultural facilities district which is one of the

loved it. i'm critic at large greg moody for cbs4 news. a u.s. service member has died in northern syria. the person died after being wounded by an ied. this is the news from around the world at 6:44. it marks the first time a u.s. service member has been killed inside syria since special forces were sent in last year. they are helping ri fight isis. millions of people in china are being told to turn in their passports. this affects everyone living in the far northwest region of xinjiang. they say they are taking them for just an annual review, but they are not giving them back. anyone who wants to leave the country has to apply for special permission. human rights groups suspect they are targeting muslim

central america is recovering from a deadly hurricane in costa rica. this is the scene. the storm is blamed for four deaths. otto has since weakened to a tropical storm. we always see so much damage in that part of the world. >> we really get mud and rain. do we have a good weekend coming up? >> we do, and then a winter storm watch. a little snow. a very pleasant night after a very pleasant day. in between this evening clear skies around here. a very pleasant night. doppler 4,000 shows that. pretty much border to border. there is just nothing going on now. as we look at the bigger picture, we have rain and snow as the storm gets its act together. and this is coming our way with colder weather. now, we have been on the influence of this warm front. low 60s today.

through. that really begin to change things up. especially for the high country. great news for them. winter storm watches out from 6:00 p.m. saturday to midnight on sunday. from north to south. up in the mountain areas. could get 10 to 20 inches of snow. some areas a little more than that. let's take a look at the way it plays out. i rolled it up to saturday at 5:00. there it is. nothing goes on. now, you start to see the clouds come in from the south and the snow move in from the west. we have the snow going at the plains but we see maybe a rain shower push on through, sunday morning, maybe into sunday afternoon. what about game time? well, here it is. 7:00, game is underway. we have clear to partly cloudy skies. the snow continues at the higher elevations. and that continues right on into monday. as we get on into monday at 2:00. you see this snow, and more snow on the way. great news for the mountains and the ski areas. downtown, 63 and 64 today. should be at 48 degrees.

21 which is normal. 77 and seven below the records for this date. 50 right now. but look at the airport. they cooled down to 39 degrees. southwest 12 for the winds. 34% humidity. a steady barometer. nice shot from dustin schaefer. bobby brown here trying to do a little training up there in loveland. look at this looking right back at elaine. this is a cooper's hawk from arvada. temperature to night mostly in the teens and e eastern plains. single dings in the high country. then tomorrow, another mild day. with 50s and 60s . we are looking at 40s for the mountains. out west, 40s and 50s . here is the denver forecast. clear skies. temperature ins the low to mid 20s . then, tomorrow, we will see another nice day. fair, mild, and low to mid 60s . then, as we look ahead, we see a bit of a cooldown. 53 sunday. 41 on monday. maybe some snow showers on tuesday, with a high of just 33

sunshine. as we look to the plus four more tonight, we might see highs that don't get out of the 20s. >> okay ed, thank you very much. well, speaking of heat, before you reheat your thanksgiving leftoverrings, you will want to hear the story. why some of the food you are saving may not be safe. ,,

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>> a shortened day of trading on wall street, still, the stocks hit fresh records again. the dow gained 68 points. nasdaq, 18. and the s&p grew by about eight and change. well, for the first time ever on this black friday weekend, online shopping revenue is expected to surpass that at the traditional the big consulting firm delloyd estimates shoppers will spend 51% of their budgets online. last year it was 49%. 137million people are expect today do some sort of shopping this weekend. new information on which of the thanksgiving leftovers is safe to eat. dietitians say foods with high moisture content should be thrown away. that is because bacteria with grow rapidly.

store the whole bird. >> that is setting up the situation for bacterial growth. cut it up into smaller portionsment cool it quickly. store it within about two hours. >> and if you are going to reheat the leftovers, they say use the oven, not the microwave. the oven cooks more evenly. happening now, a pilot strike is affecting passengers. the strike started wednesday and forced the cancellation of some 900 the denver to munich nonstop flight had to be canceled today. the pilots wan more money and

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>> back to the breaking news we have been following today and into the evening. a state trooper killed in the

county. there you see cody don donahue. he was investigating a crash scene when she was hit by a commercial truck. that truck driver is in custody and expected to be charged. northbound i-25 is closed between toma road and plum creek boulevard for the investigation. tonight, friends will gather to remember a teenager killed in a crash. and support the family of another high school student accident. that starts our reporter brief. >> reporter: i'm jamie leary at windsor high school where the community is remembering the life of 19-year-old kyle nakas who was killed by a drunk driver and his friend, 16-year- old nash rider who was critically injured. the two were driving back from a concert thursday morning at 3:00 a.m. then they were struck head on by a wrongway drunk driver.

his injuries were considered minor. kyle was pronounced dead at the scene and nash's injuries are life threatening. we are hearing from the man who helped so many in this apartment complex, saw there was a fire and a man standing this. he got them out and called 911. he tried to put out the fire while the other man ran away. able to warn neighbors. get them out of the building and control the fire before the fire department arrived. some are calling him a hero, but he says he was j doing his job as a good neighbor. ed is back, we will almost be into december. >> that's right. we will be nice tomorrow, then cold. 62 tomorrow. well above the normal high of 48. then 53 on sunday. game time should be okay. monday, we are cooler still at

maybe some snow showers. the high just 33. 38 on wednesday. as the sunshine returns. but even colder weather comes in after that. >> it will be a chilly sunshine. >> i think so. >> thanks ed. thanks for watching us on colorado's news channel. hope you have a great friday evening and ,,

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and as any child can tell you, there's a certain magic to the very first snow, especially when it falls on the day before christmas. but when the first snow is also a christmas snow, ( chuckling ): well, something wonderful is bound to happen. ( laughter ) children, back to your seats. the snow can wait. now, now. i've hired professor hinkle, the magician, to entertain at today's class christmas party, so pay attention. narrator: now, professor hinkle was just about the worst magician in the world.

dabra, to coin the phrase. and voil?, the eggs have turned into... messy, messy, messy. ( groaning ) where is that rabbit? hocus-pocus, where are you? ah, the only thing this hat's good for is the trash can. ( laughing ) ( bell rings ) children: yay! yay! you would desert hinkle... ouch! for some stupid... ow! frozen-in water?