>> in the basement, downstairs. >>reporter: gory details on the attack of the mom toobe in the violet cutting of the baby from her overwhelmed. michelle wilkins told people she went to thhs house to see maternity clothes that had been advertised on craigslist, as she was leaving she was struck from behind, her face covered with a pillow. >> i was trying to knock away the pillow.>>reporter: wilkins says the defendant, tran 20 grabbed a bottle and smashed it over her head. >> i said i don't know why you are doing this, i love you. and she saii if you are loving this. >>reporter: she choked the victim and cut thh baby out of her room and took it to longmont united hospital. the er physiiian said the defendant claimed t was hers. >> she said i delivered the

please save myybaby. >>reporter: prosecutors say the defendant was obsessed with pregnancy and had even posted these pictures claiming she was pregnant. opening statements attorney claim that the attack was chaotic and haphazard but not planned. the goal is to convince jurors that she is not guilty of first- degree attempted murder after deliberation. she is also being tried for first and second degree assault and unlawful termination of pregnancy. in boulder, lance hernandes, denver 7 they didn't waste time putting michelle wilkins on the stand, she was the second witness called. for good reason, we watched this with inexperienced defense attorney and wilkins memory is remarkable. so many details thaa she remembers and in fact something that david says is crucial for

will draw the testimony in. they will more than likely have her tell the story the irst day of the trial. they are not surprised that the attorney only took five minutes to question her, she thinks wilkins con demeanor and controlled emotion make her a very effective witness. >> the fact that she remembers the details and it is clearly very emotional but she can get the details out and have the jury hear and understand what she was going through. >>reporter: they think ultimately the ccse is not about whether she is guilty but whether she planned the attack beforehand. reporting live in tte studio, brenda gonzales, denver 7 michelle wilkins testimony was the most moving but she was only one of several witnesses,

doctors that testified all of that the lawyers had their chance to make opening arguments. the defense that the attack was not planned. prosecutors focused on how she kept changing her story. >> initially and for quite a while she said this is my baby, i delivered the baby, it'ssmy baby, it's a stillbirth. >> what happened on arch 18 was hasty, impulsive, and reckless, but it was not the result of deliberation. we will continue to watch the trailer for the next two weeks and bring you updates on www.thedenverchannel.com and an tender seven following a news alert as the stretch sports authority is cllsing this location, the sports castle in downtown denver as it faces bankruptcy. marshall zeller is following this and what could it mean for the iconic building?>>reporter:

it is a special property that if anything were to change about the castle beside that would trigger an automatic review by the city. a source close to the sports authority financial situation confirms that 140 stores are closing nationwide, 3 out of every 1st and 10 -- 10. denver 7 found out it's not a landmark building despite its history. people are surprised to find out that there's a lot of classical things in denver that are not landmark. >>reporter: anyone can request it become a landmark in three people have to pony up $875. >>reporter: despite the threat of a gretzky a look at he website shows 2500 job openings distribution sites and 25 corporate jobs. as denver seven first told you believe the sports authority name on mile high maybe worth the money for the company.

paid $60 million in 2011 for the name, date of 19 million more through the year 2020. >>reporter: i also checkee the market value of the sports castle and parking structure sale happens. they listed at $3.66million which is coincidently the next payment they all for naming rights. besides closing in downtown denver the one on peak view avenue and boulder mall are closing their stores, they are planning a sale to get rid of everything. warm temperatures are nice to causing dangerous in the forecast. let's get the details from the -`ccief. because of the heat it will be tough, 70s and 80s on the lanes and winds and low humidity, fire weather watch and red flag warnings. the winds are going to start

and we are talking about 50 to 70 mi./h cost. some across the denver area and we will see strong winds work their way to the west and move out towards the i 25 corridor. hold onto your hats, records they falllas well. full details coming up. c.is not clear if they will open a 70. we should know tomorrow by noon if it will open in glenwood canyon, in aspen they are worried about a repeat of the last time i 70 was close, delivery driver could not make it to town and there was a food shortage aa restaurants and grocery stores, they tried to prevent brock sides by spitting $9 million each year to watch 750 spots around the sttte including glenwood canyon, the money is used for netting, monitoring and rock removal. at the end of the school year months away teachers are wondering if ttey will have a job.

the street session state put touches on their final budgets. mark has been looking into this and then the public school blames the recession.>>reporter: that is right, they save him i stopped having children during the recession in 2008. it's causing a drop in enrollment nd the increase house prices in denver, some families cannot afford to live here and are leading the district. dps is cuttinn $20 million out of its budget efore next year. quiteea whole, even with that they tell us that enrollment is increasing, but still 150 positions from centralloffices are being cut and of those 50 full-timeeeducators will e moved into schools and 100 will be out of a job. increases in some schools, decreases in others. each school will have to deal with it within their community of how to balance changes in

representatives are touting some of the reasons and it beach ourt elementary and the northwest side of denver they say and roman has not dropped the way dps claims it has. this will get much more interesting as all of the district budgets are finalized in tte months ahead. type in northwest denver, mark boyle. 3 denver 7 we will keep watching and cherry creek says they are not cutting jobs right now, it installed, douglas county and junco have not return calls . the lawyer representing 2 patients that tested positive for hepatitii b after surgery is swedish medical think that swedish needs to be held accountable. former technician rocky allen has been arrested, accused of switching out needles. lord james avery says swedish told clients that could of contract that had the somewhere else. he says swedish has a lot of explaining to do. >> they are innshock and they feel betrayed by the entity that they put their life in the handset. they are not getting any information.

breach of protocol in swedish and is looking into a class action lawsuit. firefighters went into an active fire bloomfield this morning to help someone trapped inside. the other erson was able to get out safely, the fire department is looking into what started the fire. and i could hold clues shooting in california, the probllm is apple will not unlock the phone, white one lawyer says the company should not help. with these it's hard to keep anything frozen that hockey is center stage at coors

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south wadsworth and stuck around . the man who was hit died a few hours later. a thank you from the family of monica has a potter who was valentine's day. her family released a statement thanking people and saying they are not ready to talk about what happened yet. they have set up a go find me account. apple is not cooperating and will not help the fbi unlock the phone of one of the san bernardino shooters, it's a been trying to get into the phone for 2 once, denver 7 reporter joins us now, why won't apple step in? %- >>reporter: apple has cooperated with the investigation from the start, but the company is drawing the line at the developed software to unlock the terrorist device. the same software could fall into the wrong hands and someone could easily access your phone. >>reporter: everyone has a passcode for their iphone and for some it is good reason.

person was able to access all my information. >>reporter: a legal battle between our poll and the fbi has him hoping the passcode will protect his privacy even if it's not stolen. information. ben has a court order to help apple save the break the iphone of syed rizwan farook who killed 14 people with his wife in december. cannot open. >>reporter: failing to gain access would destroy data and that is why the fbi is asking apple to develop a software that would allow them to use as many combination is until that would be a backdoor to the iphone. denver attorney agrees. >> that is somewhat unprecedented in the us ttat accompanies being order to creative technology to help a

it poses a threat to privacy. >>reeorter: but for chris. >> i'm from new york and i was there 9/11. >>reporter: he is on the fence, >> when you give up civil liberties they are hard to regain. >>reporter: a legal experts said that apple will most likely appeal the court order and it might be up to the supreme court to decide. it has been way too warm and ice- skating seassn is over an evergreen mate, thhy are preparing for boating season which begins in may, it was beautiful out. one ice rink closessand another opens. leave this to the pros. this goes up in the middle of coors field in the first game is this weekend and russell hey porn is asking how they are keeping ice from melting. >>reporter: it is the big

everyone wants to know. in fact it's a really big question, how do we keep the ice from melting? it's 70 deggees out here. i don't even need this best, why am i wearing this? the answer to the question, the seeker if you will, lights rake here behind coors field in the semi trailer, a huge refrigerator. if you follow the pipes, the pipes go underneath the pavilion and carry the cooling agent underneath the stadium and it carries it all the way out to the field, stay to the home ice and underneath the ice there is a series of smaller pipes that are currently carrying the cooling agent. there is also a type that you can see over the ice which reflects the sun. at coors field, russell hit on, denver 7 science, you have to love that. and got a love this, here is a

high thin clouds coming in of a windy storm system that will whip up across colorado and the next 24 hours, right now in denver the skies are partly cloudy, 54 downtown and 51 in dia. relative humidity 35%, winds from the southwest at 7 mi./h. top temperatures 68 degrees, 28 below, the normals are 46 and 19. the record 72 and the record low 10 below zero. here omes the storm system with a fair amount of moisture but it will lose most of that before colorado, we will have the wind and a little bit of snow for the mountains, the pain story -- main story is the jet stream, the core of the jet stream is 150 mi./h winds up to 25,000 feet as they were over the state we will get strong winds and light precipitation temperatures on the planes aad that will be about it as far as our weather with that storm. it's a windstorm this time around. low side, holding mostly in the

30s and 40s on the planes and this is not a typo, low 80s in in denver, 40s in the mountains, range is 72 tomorrow in denver, the old record for tomorrow with 70 old record for tomorrow with 71. for tonight clouds increase in winds increase, 37 degrees for a low. for tomorrow a windy day with high fire danger especially on the eastern plains home at 72 degrees and looking ahead we will not put the bright spot as tomorrowwbecause it will be to windy, i like saturday, sunshine, temperatures comfortable, cooler sunday, monday, tuesday, maybe 1 to 3 inches of snow in the mountains tomorrow night and nothing down here. a little more moisture sunday into monday, few inches in the mountains, maybe a sprinkle of rain down here. this month, denver 7 and u.s. bank are honoring volunteers that make things possible in our community. one volunteer is jackie hamilton, the volunteer coordinator for the american

she started when she joined the better you program it helped her o join and lose 20 pounds and she helps others get involved. >> when people see the change in how excited you are about the program they arr welcome and they comm along beside you and volunteer. we thanked hee with a % 100/$100 gift card. you can learn more on www.thedenverchannel.com in the community section. which is an added bonus treat >> to hear you say snow in the mountains? >> a little, not much, we need more than that. coming up do not look now

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