new infoation on the t o- alarm fire oth eastof colorado springs. we're live wit detaililnl it's just a fact that seatbeltsts ve lives, pepeod. the largest schoolololtrict southn colodos making some upgrgres to scuses. details on the buload of @ change may be a bit brbrziererarlierf mps will stillll t into the 60s0s0s d 70s, thanks windsdsixing. the cool air will lag a bit, but we ou start to el the drop p the afternonn.n. saturdayill end up abobobo-10 0 cooler, , t drdr good afafrnoon teood thank you for joing g or krdo newschannel 13 at fov.. i'm rob ounm. and i 'm danan clemens in for heather skold and if youe seeing smo near f ft carson, we've arned there are two fires burning on training ranges. one firererein the turkey creek area... it's burned five aes, s/ rv the oth fifi is 90 per contd, but haburned four acacs. fort

y no homesesr r people are in danger. a h fire near andale is w 0 percent contaiaid. firefighters re back in the arar this morning. the fire started wednesday and burned tee- huhud acres. no suctus e thre. and the da rathth ne..... feli sprprg sornlora. buth dik ck u...... usg con for fi danger. is is a liveve look at cons and tempererere e s stormtracker 13's rachael plath h t tin the cooler tempererures a a we head into t weekend. ile y b0 a few sprinkles around intoheirst part of tonight, most will stay drdrwithth partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. tonight lows will drdr into the 20s and 30s. tomourow w

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we are following brbrking news in ththrace the white whouse.. republican ben carsonas ofally dropd out of the racecetoy hennounced he is leavingnghe mpaign trail. thmove"comes one day y ter cars she didn't see a quotot "polilical papa forward" for s campaign. d tuing to dedesi 21010.... democrcric prpridential candndates arere prepararg for thr r xt debate6 6 whe g-o-p candidates are back oe trail after last night's s bate donald tru announcing todadaheheilno longer speak at the annual conservative confab cpac this weekend in maryland. in a statement, the ump mpai said the gop front- runner wilil instead atterallies in kansas s and florida.a.

nald trum rallieie p michig p wh's coanrd calling t protrs- hittingtheheedia-- and thday after mitt mney ld out the case against him in salt lake city- romney: watch how he responds to mymy speech today. will he tata aboutur policy differences or will he attack me with eve imagininle low road insult? trump delivered. tmp: st m mt dona trump w w wruru our econony. ? mitttis a stupid person./i hate peoplehat t k k ey're hostuf and they're nothing." " " marubio ininin asaschoing romnmz's concer. rubio--if he's o nominee, he willll spl the repupuican party. and it will be the end of the modern conservati vememe. buwith trump winning 10 out of 15 states, so f f-can he be stopopd? some s sgested a brokered convention-the chairman othe republican tionon cocoittee said the odds are small. priebus-i would susuest that it's to win. he spto conservative gathering in washgton ere trumwas` expected appear tomorrow but ld them m day he was cancelli. ted cruz today in maine s asked ethehehe'd considerniting wi marco rubio on a joint ticket. cruz: what s ser tuesday demonstratededs if you want to aton trump, ours is the only campaign thatat

statat, saturday republans will compete inifour contests- democrats three and will bateten mimiigan on n sunday. veators are still looking into@what cacsed a fire thastroyed tw homes....... .i.ithe 32+ + hundd block bno circle southea do springngfirefifit springs.fight ers are stil@ heren scene checking for hotspots andnd cleaning up so brbr. is is a live ok a ae ene.... itllarted just before nn. fire crews were dispapahehe here on a callllf a ructe fire. en they arrived, they found that two homes hahabeen affected. one is destroyeyehe

both homes e uninhabitablblb 23wewetaking al precautitiary approach to this so we make surur our r refighters e sasa. we have not done a fu search of the iginal fse yet.e are going to lo that.. i ia , c/ncise fafaion to make they're safe as they do it 55 at fire okesman also tetes me about 40 refighters rereonde beuse e the size andeverity of the f fe seatbelts seaelts o. hool buses? 's b b b b nationwide discussion for ars. and nono..the biggest school distctn colodo spris is ming the move. stri eleven wiwi be e e first iv oururtate to install seatlt on its buses. krdo channel 13'sp dananmolina explains what's behihi the decision students getting on a d-11 bus will soone to buckle up. adminininito rs wiwiwroll out t e pl later r is year174:55

we c c start implementing it. eventually we' see all our buses th seat belts on t tm. thehe ea has been und diususon for r ar but lalalate last ar.... the national highway trafafc safe adminsitrati endorsed the use e the three- int stem seat belts. the idea is to keke somethin li this ..from happening in theventnof a ash. :39:51 i thinknk it's a great i ia, kidsdshoululhave seat belts aalal times. but notot everyone feels th way.y.any y& online show skepticism...s aying ergency situations ...seat belts uldo more hm than good. not according to d-1 17:450 with side impacts and montous dring, seatbelts hava been shown t epdents safe. ananit's just a fa that suatlts save s,s,s, d- 1111l s art e plememta on ree busese thisear. stananp some these new busesell be retrofitttd. s s s these backs will be replaceded wiwi seat bebes already on them. administrato rs sayhe the point system here is key to ep students safe. in colodo spris, da molina, krkr newschanne l 13.

phasututs ey buy new buses withseatbes. e pueblo ciion of realtors is s takiction to make the community bettery partnering with the local school dirict. for about six eks real estegent haha beeee memeoring kids from district 60 meing o o discuss schooland life. the f assosoion wawas to help kids wle imimoving e school districtsts the main school they arer woing th w he pueb,acamy of artrt dndn appea were perfngt th level lf o ate scolo we wanted to do what we could do, we approached the district and in k-nd o oa join decision we dededed that 'd s srt a mentor program. th

the program can expapa. the milita is starng to reuit n for at js, inclelelg as navy seals. that meansnse could s%e women --ing in the previously all- male marine cos arar infantry urits, & by the fall. e u-s spial operatns command sa it expects lz a small number of female volunteers for s codo jobs. thna says it already llte issions paqs from veral perspecte se candnd and coulsee women n in e6level enlistednd ofofofr training mberer defense secry as rter is babaing the plans.s. da a ao onal hug a soldier day.y. it's a time e remembmb the sacrific and ships made by mility meers d their families each day. deployment,t unceainty and separation f f family and friends can al ta their toll. accordinto a 2015 be star mili survey. almoso a f frt of service ers, veterans, and their mily rereivedental health counselili in the st y yr. a ststf sergeant at hrieier air

statned there for r yearar but he teaeaing some i iortant lessons s rey. he's learned those lessons from his wrwrtling ach. dodo wschannel 13's's greg m mr shows us how this air rorce staff rg is cororor stro.... nats - wrwrwrininisn't a a sttime for staff sergea msis thoma nata of hihing ... it was aife- ver sot: i had to work myself off, doing the training i had to do. he identifies with these kids g the e t .pts - because without it, hehe not sure he'd the susuess s @is today. sot: it's one of the srtat's all you. no one can takeke that ay from y. before staffff sergeantnthomama served in the r rce, he grew iprprt using. he ner lived a h he with hispauntihe was nine. t en in hiteenenyes,e often got in figigs in hool.. and was even arresdet was thks t ta coach,h,hat everything changed. sot: he came up to me anan said 'hey why don't you give i ia sh'. i s out there by mylf, eventually got into ot, a a got addicted t tit. it's been a paf my life er sincnc months of hihiown trainini led to a betr focu. a tter mindset. sot: it's one of trts, that oncncit gets your adadna pumng, it only yourseseyo have to woy about the things you havap ing on. you're trtrng yououelf, you're battling yourselfnobody else isisnobody can te th froroyou. so w hehe actctg that coach to others. nats - standup: staff seseeant tmas has only been at schriever for r er a year,e already bs 15 students. . t if youou ask them, it's about morerehan a sport. sot: when i go to practice and wrereling, he's alwlws there loooing out fofoevery

tches - en if it's a tgh o o sometime kid sot: hehe not become a coto me, he's come a father figurere to me. a sond dad almost. sot: see themlimbing that samemeadadr r had . but it's the leleons takekef the e ringng. thatate stf sergnt morrrr thohos, lorado strong. . ctle ck, , eg millerkrdo newsanne13.

the stafaf sergeant's team won fth place at a state champion this year at's tir first state e competition nce being orgagazed. sur bo fifimvp n mierers goin fr t grgron to dance flr. the nver broncos s defensive end will be a a contestant o e neseason abc'c "dadaing with thehstats". ller has been knowto do celebratatn dances after sackini&i&posing ququterbacks, so of h have e enehim frfr the nfl. you can watc "dananng w wh the stere on krdo newschannel 13 starting my,

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known for r refusing to turn er remains unujl loveones y dititial fees. the e mpanan has a ual office i cocorado spngand would not comment on the accusations. the latest jobs repopo sho somemeroroh the e`e`et. the government says 242-thousand bs were e ded la month. far better an the 172- ththsand jobob added in januaua. meanwhile... the joblesra heteadadin fefeua at 4- int-9 percen that's'sn year...a a leveny exrts cwcwero "femployment." e federa& ree want see wages inineaea. retail giant costco is raising wages for its s entry-level rkers for r e firststime in nine years. rkers will now be paid ast 13-dol an hour starting... more than a dollar higher tn r cucuent wawas. cococo hihiest paid ployoys ke 22-dollala-and- 50-cent t per- hourur yhoto went viral showing a whole food grocerstore in californiaselling a peeled ge inside a plasti cocoainer. pipiure was ar on

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