ago.... and families are still holding out hope that they'll be found alive. now we've learned there's a colorado- connection to one of the marines. attacked in his car... in broad daylight. the denver fire chief is recovering this morning - as police try to figure out what caused a woman to stab him outside a fire station. "doggone right, we're angry!! justifiably so!!!" "we're gonna give 'em hell."> arm in arm... sarah palin and donald trump... are working together. this morning... the advantages palin's endorsement could give the gop presidential candidate.

we're still in the newsroom - while our backup studio is being prepared. a new set is being built in our primary studio. meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-it'll be warm - but windy- today. through the following a night... we've been following a

pakistan. a pakistani leader says the army and police have now cleared all the taliban attackers out of the campus - in the northwest part of that country. 20 people were killed. the taliban told the associated press that 4 attackers assaulted the campus in retaliation for the pakistani security forces killing lots of militants recently. all 4 attackers were killed. the islamic state militants have

ancient cultural the associated press reports that the oldest christian monastery in iraq of rubble. monastery of 14-hundred years is, until now. the a-p obtained satellite photos that confirm the compound has been completely wiped out. the coast guard now "recovery" "rescue" 12 marines are still missing - after 2 collided off the last week. still, a colorado mom refuses to give up hope - that her son will be found alive. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas has been following this story this morning. we can't imagine what the waiting has been like for this mom. cheryl, it's so not giving up hope that her son-- will

sergeant jeffrey sempler mans marine helicopters in hawaii. he spent time to colorado-- after his mom moved to fountain. lori allen says-- when she heard of the collission between two helicopters, last week-- she knew her son was involved. since then-- rescue workers have been searching the waters of the pacific. they haven't found anyone, yet. but lori says-- her son is "driven" enough-- to defy the odds. the will be a vigil, tonight for sergeant sempler in fountain. gary-- his mother says she has moments when she just cries... but she still has hope. this morning - denver police are trying to figure out why a woman stabbed the denver fire chief. chief eric tade is out of the hospital this morning - after witnesses say a woman jumped into his suv near dfd headquarters - and stabbed him. tade was able to get away and get

injuries to his hands and right leg. witnesses pointed marlene zac-e- vich-rodriguez out to officers after the attack... and she was arrested. this is a booking photo from a previous arrest. right now--police aren't sure what provoked the attack. the aurora theater shooter is on the move-- heading to his third prison... but that location is being kept a secret. a spokesperson for the department of corrections will only say... it's not a prison within the colorado d-o-c system. the shooter was moved out of the state pennitentary in canon city after he was attacked by another inmate while they were crossing paths in october. late last year, he was moved to the san carlos correctional facility... a maximum security prison on the campus of the state mental health institute in pueblo. 9news legal expert scott robinson says the mass murderer is moving because there may have been threats to his life. the death penalty will be a big topic of conversation in

6 republicans have filed a bill - meant to make it easier to sentence convicted murderers to death. right now - colorado law requires all 12 jurors to agree on the death penalty - or it's life in prison. that's what happened in 20-15 with the aurora theater shooting case and the faro's bar case - both murderers were sentenced to life in prison. the new bill would require only 9 of the 12 jurors to vote for the death penalty. opponents want the death penalty repealed all together. the bill will have a hard time passing the house - which is controlled by democrats. all the snow that we've been getting has been good for

the western slope. experts say there's more snowpack than normal in the mountains that feed the colorado river. this could be good news for southwest colorado which is in a drought... but it's too early to know how much water will eventually make its way to utah and arizona. arizona is usually a better time to predict how much runoff. whether its the mustin button, the rodeos or the of people are time at the national show. 420-thousand people have visited the stock show. that's about 22-

you still have time to get out there... the stock show sunday. aurora is opening doors with a new way to pay for medical care. it's called healthcare partners at belleview. the facility is a project of the college of nursing at university of colorado anschutz medical campus. it's the first membership based primary care clinic run solely by nurse practitioners. memberships start at about 59 dollars a month for adults. 19 dollars for kids. they also accept most private insurance. donald trump has picked up a new endorsement on the campaign trail... former governor sarah palin says she likes his unique

near gross reservoir. at saint mary's glacier, the clear creek county sheriff's office - says crews will search one more day -- for 50 year old todd mussleman. he's from the metro area - and was reported missing saturday after he didn't return from a hike. crews found evidence of an avalanche in the area where mussleman may have been hiking. sarah palin energeized a crowd of more than a thousand people in ames, iowa... whenand conservatives. the two are set to start working in iowa today. hillary clinton will also be

clinton is fighting hard in what once looked like an easy primary voting win. today- bernie sanders is beating hillary clinton by 27 percent... according to a new cnn poll. that poll happened before last sunday's debate. sanders had a smaller lead in the early primary states-- as early as late november and december... but clinton is still leading in the national polls. the democrats won't debate again before the iowa caucus in a week and a half... the republicans have one more prime time debate. in world news this morning.... the islamic state is finally acknowledging that the man known as "jihadi john" is dead. he became known by that name after appearing in several videos beheading western hostages. a group that tracks isis websites says that isis published a eulogizing profile of jihadi john yesterday. his real name was mohammed emwazi. the u-s military said it killed emwazi

we're learning this morning - that the pardons president obama issued in exchange for the release of americans held captive in iran - have some