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>>reporter: information is limited right now from the ?te patrol. we know the vehicle was westbound on this role. it appears to have crashed through this fence and into the embankment. the car was so unrecognizable state troopers were not sure about the make and the model. the crash, shutting down the county line road four hours
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excessive speed right now. >>reporter: neighbors say this long stretch of roadway can be enticing to kids and to thrill seekers. the area also home apparently to other folklore and legend. >> it is supposed to be a haunted bridge. >>reporter: a tragic accident taking the lives of all involved. >> it is heartbreaking, i just pray to god my kids learn from it for the five people involved and their families. we will keep you posted as the story develops. another deadly rollover in the metro. take a look, it happened early this morning and e. florida avenue. police ssy one man died and two others were hurt when the job or loss control. police say they suspect alcohol and speed as factors.
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front-page story in the new york times claims donald trump couldn't transform nearly $1 billion in losses into huge tax benefits. meanwhile, he continues to launch new attacks on hillary clinton. >>reporter: the new york times revealing fragments of donald chumps state tax records from 1995 reportedly showing under $900 million in losses. a deduction for large it could have allowed him avoid paying federal income taxes for up to 18 years. the newspapers as the paperwork was sent anonymously. >> they showed he didn't pay ann federal income tax. >>reporter: during last week's debate he didn't deny not paying federal income taxes, but he has repeatedly criticize others for doing the same.>> i know people making a tremendous amount of money and pay virtually no tax and i think it is unfair. >>reporter: the republican
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our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and the only one who can fix them. >> don't you think a man like this one is better for the united states? >> mr. giuliani thinks mr. travis marr and all the rest of us are dummies because we believe in america. i think they have a distorted view of the american people and what this country is about. >>reporter: clinton spent sund speaking on america's racial divide nearly 2 weeks after a police shooting that killed a black father. at one point, huggiig the nine- year-old who tearfully addressed the city council last week. >> she said that we are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this. because my grandchildren are white, les be honest, they will not face the kind of fear
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city council. >> the child campaign released a statement saying mr. trump is a highly skilled businessman who has a responsibility to his business, his family, and his employees o pay no more tax the legally required. the new york times say the big break in verifying the forms came last week when a reporter met with his account in florida who has signed one of the documents and verified it. actoo ted danson is in colorado campaigning for hillary clinton. he is registering voters in oktoberfest. we caught up with them at his business -- visit to ask why he is here? >> why coloradoo i think colorado is going to become one of those states that could tip things in her direction.>> presidential candidates are hitting colorado
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at cu south denver. donald trump is speaking in pueblo before traveling to loveland for an event tomorrow night. a shakeup n evergreen after a magnitude 2.4 earthquake. two dozen people called in a shallow earthquake. and monster storm is tearing into the caribbean today, hurricane matthew is a category for ben kennedy is in jamaica where residents are getting ready.>>reporter: lacombe before the storm, the people of jamaica preparing for the arrival of hurricane matthew. four days now this has been the sound in the streets. residents boarding up windows and stocking up on supplies. >> it has been chaos from morning. unbelievable the amount of flashlights and every imaginary thing.
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massive storm.>> if we are not prepared the disaster will catch is unaware.>>reporter: right now haiti could take a direct hit. the storm isn't expected to impact land for another day, but the us have already advised ?mericans to leave if possible. watches and warnings are in effect throughout the regioo. people in cuba praying for the storm to move away and boarding up a church badly damaged by hurricane sandy in 2012. back in jamaica local stores are struggling to keep the store stocked.>> have you been selling out of water and bread? >> breed, they cannot make enough.>> it is unbelievable, the line is down here. >>reporter: out on the water the waves are picking up and local fishermen now dogs until the storm passes. while we wait here in kingston,
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what kind of impact the hurricane will have directly on the us. officials just want to get the message out early to make sure americans are ready. ben kennedy,five -- abc news in kingston, jamaica. we almost have the opposite situation where we are worried about high fire danger. a red flag warning in the bags from noon. we will have temperatures in a few scattered storms here at the rocky mountains national park. you can see spotty showers hhre throughout western colorado. also rain here northeast of lyman. look at these temperatures, 70s and 80s today. a beautiful afternoon with partly cloudy skies. tonight we will havv overnight lows in the low 50s and a little breezy.
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temperatures coming up. we will talk rain and snow in a few minutes. anew tonight, the jefferson county sheriff's office released a sketch of a man suspected of trying to abducted a 14-year-old girl. police say the suspect triid to force the teenager into a car on her way to school. when he she said no he tried to push her inside. if you recognize the maa, please, call police investigations are ongoing after a man is found shot to death in it happened late last night west of broadway. police said the man had several gunshots. the victim's name has not been released. a man is in critical condition after a shootout outside an apartment complex. it happened late last night on w. 37th avenue. police say a woman and another man were inside of the apartment at the time.
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learned a 61-year-old man died after falling 150 feet. the rocky mountains national park officials say he flipped on ice. the man's name has not been released. >> we are tired of it. these police are trying to kill they are not trained to stop anyone. killiig the boy as they did was uncalled for. >>protesters take to the streets of los angeles last night. relatives are dist the victim was a teennger. >> it just hurts my heart. i got a phone call saying the police shot him five times in the back. >> you hear all the time that black lives matter and it is other people's family, but you never imagine it is your family. >> police say it started when they saw a suspected stolen car, the driver took off when they
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another passenger started running and that is when the shooting happened. earlier today another protest, this time sean jackson were cleese with a crimm tape design. jackson says he is makingga statement after >>reporter: senseless killings of both citizens and police. a new open wheel weight program in timber is hoping to find an epidemic in local jails. and rrifying as an officer is opposed by dozens of citizens. also, alec baldwin takes on donald trump. and if you spotty showers
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new video shows a scene unfold as a highway patrol officer pulls up on a crowd of
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the officer walks up to the driver tt turn off the car. the guy takes off. the officer gets back in his car and that is when this turns violent. as the officer struggles to get away his doors are kate and car windows are shatter. the officer was unhurt, but police believe had he not gotten away the crowd would've taken it further. >> this was absolute anarchy on the part of the individuals than analyzing the vehicle with i have no doubt at the officer gotten out of the vehicle they would have attacked him. >> police have arrested three men so far and one man is still wanted. 40 people die every month in colorado from opioid overddse. now, the denver county jail is stepping up the fight. under the new program mas can reduce their sentences to just five days if they begin
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>> i tired of being in and out of jail. addiction this 32-year-old %- keeps coming back. before going back to jail this last time on a drug-related charge he decided o start methadone treatment. >> it takes a craving the way. you don't have the urge.>>reporter: he was able to continue his treatment in jail because denver county offers inmates methadone treatments. >> it help me. like chris in the ongoing epidemic prompted denver county jail to take the problem one step further, now offering inmates the option to go to treatment and reduce their sentence. the sheriff says inmates with drug problems feel most of their cells. >> drugs are huge. we see people coming in who are obviously on drugs every single day. >> right now the jail house as
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the new program will givv inmates the second chance to not just make it right, but to get it right. >> i have had a lot of kids die. since i have been in denver for five years i have had 15 friends overdose. >> the denver sheriff's programs available for inmates who are release. the white house is trying to make history new racial category tattoo the it will be for people in the middle east and north africa. there is a new trump impersonator on snl. everyone is talking about alec baldwin's performance last night. >> mr. trump, you have
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clinton voted for the iraq war, but you yourself voted for it.>> you are being very mean to me tonight. very mean. i was against the war. ask anyone in the world name sean hannity. >> pretty good. meanwhile, kate mackannin has been playing clinton for the last couple of seasons. saturddy night live has been poking fun at presidential campaign since 1976. on.>> i think both of them are. we have partly cloudy skies here in denver. scattered showers up in the hills. this picture from rocky mountains national park. lots of sunshine with just a few high clouds moving through. that is about to change as we go into next week. 79 degrees outside right now, our humidity level at 24%.
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30 and 35 miles 35 miles per hour for the next few days. 79 degrees and deborah right now. we had 64 for lyman, that is because of rain pushing through. 50s and 60s up through the higher elevations. it is going to stay warm through monday and then we have a middle of the week called out. showers for the front range, snow for the high country, we could mix in snow showers for the mature area. for today we have had scattered showers throughout western colorado and scattered showers throughout lyman. now the rain is well-off towards black letter and moving off to the northeast. nothing severe, but heavy rain is going to be coming down in your area if you live near the cities. and through tonighttwe will
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we will chop into the 60s as they go into the late evening hours and tomorrow back up into the upper 70s and low 80s. our futurecast keeping that moisture to the north and getting it out of the way overnight. there is another huge batch of moisture coming in frothe -?southwest. by 3 am we will see rain and snow up to aspen and that falls apart by early monday. it moves pretty quickly down towards alamosa we will still have some rainfall. by 2 pm tomorrow afternoon a little rain back up into the foothills. there could be some snow on the higger peaks, and then it 3 pushes out. here in timber i think we will see sonny partly cloudy skies -- sunny to partll cloudy skies. we will wait until the middle of the week to see rain and snow storms. 51 tonight, partly cloudy, wins
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we will have upper 50s for the southeastern part of the state and 30s from aspen up towards leadville. 40 degree for our high tomorrow. wendy and warm for the afternoon. 81 for kingsburg, 70s around the world and paaker and 68 for evergreen. for the westn areas of our stay, temperatures mostly in the 60s for us. right around 80 here for the front range. one last who rock with the wa -?weather -- hooray with the wa weather. wednesday looking at 55, 68 off friday. as the cooldown, you will see temperatures in the 30s. if we drop any lower that is when we will start to ee rain mixing with snow. that is what we have to kp an eye on, e will be back in the middle 70s for saturday and
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when it is 67 let's make it 76. what ou work on that and get back to me? a story you don't want to miss, a teenager is not letting
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now to a story about a boy and his service dog who are a welcome part of their schools activity. their search for a medical cure is lees harmonious. >> [ clip playing ] >>reporter: teamwork benefits us all. >> >>reporter: weather on the field or in the stands. >> during the game we played some short stalls, pep tunes. >>reporter: jack is a member of the stanley that gators high school marching band. >> for me, i do not really worry about the music as much, it is more about the friends that you meet in the fund that you have. >>reporter: jack is right there information deriving his wheelchair with his left hand
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his nine-year-old golden retriever, amber. >> she goes everywhere with me. >>reporter: sometimes that includes snow skiing, horseback riding and how to boarding. jack is very active despite battling a degenerative muscle disease with no known cure. >> it cuts the life expectancy. you are looking at teenage boys expectancy. >>reporter: at age 16 he still has to use of his arms and hands. >> we think it has o do with the clinical trial he has been involvee with. >>reporter: three times a day he akes an experimental drug. >> what we know is that it is change the course of his life. he is able to plan the marching band at 16 and this had absolutely no side effects over
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-- approved in europe, but here in the us the fda is nottso short. it wants more testiig, which takes more time and that is something that jack and others do not have. >> a generation of boys dying to get the information that the fda needs. >>reporter: angela also peers without some movement on the part of the fda the drugmaker may give up, denying jack the medication that seems to be helping him. so while jack and amber march on the field, his mother is pushing for a cure, hoping washington uses some common sense to extend the life for young men like jack. a little kindness is something we could all use, that is why here at denver7 we have shared up with rachel's challenge to help spread the message of kindness and compassion to schools around the world. some of the messages are simple, like this billboard.
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a reference to rachel scott writings that she wanted to see a change of kindness. many of the bulletin boards and even posted notes are creattd by friends of rachel. now, f you or someone you know is doing something to spread kindness we want to hear from you. send us a note and you can also learn more in the spot ike section of thedenverchannel.com. next, a look at today's top stories, plus more states could legalize pot in november.
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now to tonight's top stories, by people are dead after a crash on the elbert- arapahoe county everyone inside the car died. the crash that down the road for hours today. rules will be out in a brush fire near c-4 70 tonight. smoke of the scene all around the mature area. i cruz initially reported the fire may have been started by illegal campers. that is not been confirmed. the new york times revealing fragments of donald trumps state tax records reportedly showing $9 million
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could've allowed him to legally avoid paying federal income taxes for up to 18 years. a category four hurricane is barreling into the caribbean. people in jamaica are preparing my boarding up windows and stocking up on supplies. haiti could take a direct hit. impact land until tomorrow, but the us has advised americans to leave if possible. we are humidity levels which have prompted a red flag warning for denver's and across the eastern plane. our temperatures into tonight will be in the low 50s. for the front range, 30s and 40s for the mountains and 50s -?for the western slope. partly cloudy skies this evening, but tse breezy conditions will be in -- an
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new developments on pueblo regional center. today, the governor staff an independent monitor will be appointed. a federal report out this week detailed horrific allegations of abuse on the disabled. what happens when you are not the only game in town? this november several states to legalize recreational pot. colorado has enjoyed a of revenue from pot sales. now, take a look at this map, boaters in all of the states in green could approve recreational pot sales. denver seventh mark stua has more on how that could impact our ability to make money.>>reporter: at starbucks and at dispensaries across the state pot sales are strong,
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but a force outside of colorado could will be success. voters in maine, massachusetts, novato, california could all give the green light for recreational sales, extinguishing the novelty here at home. >> how many of your customers are not colorado? >> roughly 20%. a study reveals out of stators acco >> the more states that legalize it the more it has the potential to dilute the impact the colorado has nationwide and around the world. >>reporter: there is a sweet side, how related businesses like this baker received this as a potential opportunity to expand beyond colorado.>> we definitely see annexpansion as a good thing. >>reporter: this ffmily-owned
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hikes. if owners want to share the experience beyond the mile high. >> we are looking into expanding into other states. >> that was mark stuart reported. colorado companies have been pioneers when it comes to these products. it is not clear how long it will take to feel the impact here, but t takes months to get these laws into place. denver7 is jni groups to help keep you informed about some other ballot issues here in colorado. this wednesday we will be taking a look at amendment 69. it is a free event that starts at 6:30 pm. we will be hosting another form after the election to talk about the results. wednesday is walk to school dayy the city is kicking off its fiist bus to work day.
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the city is setting up food and drinks and making some routes 3 free. another report of a cell phone exxloding, but this time it is an iphone and it happened to a student in class. and this guy goes rogue in an apple store. you have to see this video of him completely destroying
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take a look, a man caught on camera smashing iphones and laptops at an apple store. he has a medal ball in his hand.
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imagine that. police say he did about $56,000 worth of damage. no word yet on what or if he will face any charges. we probably have all wanted to do that at one point or another. a college classroom filled with students had to be evacuated after a student's cell phone exploded in his back pocket. no one was hurt. by all accounts the cell phone has simply ignited.>> smoke, i flinched upwards because it was burning my head. as i flinched upwards i noticed that i was smoking. i threw the phone to the ground and it lit up. i kicked it down and made the fire go out. >> he said he is half the iphone 6 plus for about six months and it has been working normally. he also set the phone was dead at the time of this fire. apple ii now iivestiggting.
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this when my heating pad caught fire when i was laying on it. >> interesting. we have partly cloudy skies out there in denver. scattered showers across the
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in colorado, we stand together, but congressman coffman stands with donald trump and will support trump for president. they've spread falsehoods about president obama. trump: oh, no. coffman: i don't know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. a few scattered showers of.
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we at that pop-up showers here this afternoon. all across the plains and up in the mountains it has been partly cloudy. our temperature now 79 degrees. we topped out at anyone this afternoon. our wins about 60 miles per hour. it is going to be gusty here for the next few days as a system comes in ffom the west. that is increase our fire danger, including denver. this will be for tomorrow from noon until 7 pm one hour temperatures are higher, our wind will be higher in our humidity will be lower. current temperatures in the 70s and 80s. you will notice 60s around akron and lyman. that is because rain has been moving through these areas. it looks like it will stay warm, at least for one more day and then we have a middle of
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we will have showers coming through the state, but it looks like we will have to watch the timing. depending on when the moisture comes in it could be some light fingers crossed, scattered showers here off to the west and also towards lyman. we have these showers moving towards flagler and out towards akron and sterling. we will be 60s as we go throughout the 9:00 hour. by 5 am we will be at 60 degrees. into the 70s by lunchtime and you can see on the forecasts -- futurecast, we go into the evening with partty cloudy skies. this will be in the form of snowfall here in the higher peaks around aspen and even for the ront range it remains dry.
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sonny skies. by 2 pm back towards estes park a few scattered storms coming up once again. we will have those in the low 50s for tonight. a little breezy at times. 50s for those tonight for our area and 80 degrees, wendy and warm conditions tomorrow afternoon. 70s and 80s all the way from boulder to broomfield. upper 80s and 90s for and 50s for the mountains. 50s on thursday, that's why i mentioned the chance for a little rain and snow mix. temperatures drop into the 30s midshipman week. depending on the timing of showers it could come as a mix. into the weekend we have temperatures in the middle 70s
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trevor, what is going on? >> he was injured today. paxton lynch had to come in. the weather delaying this bronco games that is going on right now. as we have said, trevor simeone injured, paxton comes in. the broncos leading 2777. the buffs one of the top 25 teams in the nation? we will hear from the
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welcome to 7 right now the broncos and bucs game is in a weather delay. there is about seven minutes left in the broncos are leading 27-7. hey are goong to tried to finish this thing. the game is till going on in a weather delay down and tampa. trevor simmons left with a shoulder injury. this is why gary kubiak says he is trying to get paxton up to
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paxton has gone 170 yards, one touchdown. his rating 94.1. the kid is doing pretty well. the defense held the bucks to seven points. jamison winston a key to lead has three picks. all is going well down the tampa except the trevor's injury. he could've come bbck in a play, it was a left shoulder paxton got in there and trevor hopefully not too bad injury wise. the defense, stellar as always. we will talk about this tonight at 10:35 pm. woody paige and i will go facebook livv to talk about the stunning developments coming up. stay tuned to our facebook page. woody paige and i will talk about broncos football coming up. now let's go to new england and
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the patriots got nothing, no pointt. shut out for the first time ever. coming back. the falcons coming tomorrow high next sunday. man, is he taking some head shots this season. that sounded likk the helmet. he had to leave the game for a concussion jones, 300 yards receiving, 75 yard touchdown cctch and run. the fallons went 48-33. they are 3-1 and the panthers are 1-3. in baltimore derek carr and michael crabtree working pretty well together. late in the fourth the rate is
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third score, car have four touchdown passes, the raiders were 3-1. now the college, the rise is real. the bucs have risen back to the ranks of the besttin the country. that is what the latest polls shows today. the buffs are number 21 in the latest poll, number 23 in the coaches poll, the first time they have been right since 2005, 11 feet long years. people. coach cintire told us yesterday this is like a roller coaster, 3 you never know where you are going to go, just buckle up and roll-on. >> we are up there going up that hill and i think they want to keep going. that is what we are going to do. we are going to ride that roller coaster. >> i ttink we still have so
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if we win these first to win lose the rest it is not going to matter. i feel like we have a lot to accomplish still. >> now to the rockies, the bigger question is was it the final game as manager for walt wise? his contract is up. there have been no discussions on an extension or a new deal and the gm was basically noncommittal about the future. charlie blackmon, what a season for him and that glorious sauce squash on his face. just like all season long the demise and downfall. top of the tent chris gave up a two-run jack and the brewers 16- 4. the rockies appreciating all of the fans. congratulations to dj for
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as far as wall goes here is what little he said. >> a lot of ups and downs, espethis year. it is a roller coaster for sure. we would just see what happens and see if it is still a fit.>> in nascar today timber is ?ominating. martin junior won is third race of the season. now they just have to keep it going with the championship the ultimate goal.>> we are here to keep it going. the best bunch of guys you could ever ask for. it is amazing to do what we are able to do. i just ecstatic. so many people to thank. it is unbelievable. i don't even know what to say. >> what a great scene for furniture row and nascar.
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big changes headed our way, while more 80 degree day headed our way tomorrow. highs with overnight lows in the 30s. a big change on wednesday and thursday with chances for rain. definitely snow showing up for higher elevations in the n 48 hours. by the time we get to nexx weekend we will have middle 70s. >> what you say snow in the overnight hours are you talking about what elevations? >> even coming down in our direction could be a mix of rain and snow.
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