breaking news this morning.... there's been an armed carjacking in an aurora home depot parking lot. 9news reporter noel brennan is sorting out the details. new overnight.... astronaut scott kelly- who spent a

finally returned to the united states. kelly said that his time in space is not just his

he said americans must keep our space program going... to continue to explore and learn about the world around us. we will learn a lot from his mission in space. but first -- to some science on the earth... meteorologist marty coniglio is tracking some pretty windy spots this morning. the drive at holly street and 3rd

little easier this morning. the road has been fixed... after a water main break tore up the pavement. it was shut down for most of the day yesterday - but it's back open and ready for drivers this morning. a new development in hillary clinton's email scandal is bound to put her campaign on the defensive today. now - the

clinton staffer has immunity in the case. bryan pagliano set up clinton's unsecured server state. the post says the fbi likely offered him immunity to learn why clinton server. agents also want to find out whether anyone knew if they were communicating on a private server. apologized for the email fallout. developments in scandal are likely to come up in republican debate. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is in the information center. tarhonda - donald trump will be there - even though his fox news nemesis megyn kelly is hosting. that's true, corey. but one person we're used to seeing at the republican debates won't be there-- dr. ben carson. his campaign has confirmed-- he's not participating in the debate. and his last public appearance is a speech, tomorrow. that would definitely point to the theory that he's dropping out of the race. ...this after a disappointing performance on super tuesday. ted cruz is trying to grab carson's supporters, already... saying

join his team. the debate is tonight. donald trump-- the frontrunner-- is taking aim at fellow republicans who don't want him to win. they include mitt romney. about 30 well- known republicans... including lawmakers in d-c... have come out publicly against trump. we'll see if he gives that any attention tonight. he already has... tarhonda... and it's no secret trump and mitt romney don't like each other. trump is already on twitter... ahead of romney's speech later this morning. within the past tweeted "looks like candidate mitt romney is going to be telling republicans how to get elected. not a good messenger!" romney has been tweeting about trump for days... saying he "got it wrong" and calling for trump to audits. romney will give his "state of the 20- 16 presidential race" this morning from the university of utah... at about

colorado may not be doing caucuses in the future. the state could switch back to primaries. colorado democrats and republicans have tentatively agreed to push for the change. comes after the caucus tuesday night - which got a lot of complaints. happen by the 20-20 election. boulder's civic area will see lots of activity today... as crews will be taking soil samples in the area. the work will start at 7-30 this morning. some areas may be blocked off for a time as the work goes on. the soil samples are being collected as part of the work to improve the area. a u-s honor flag will fly at platte canyone high school for 13 hours -- one hour for every yaer corporal nate carrigan served the park county sheriff's office. the honor flag will be posted at

carrigan coached high school football. he was killed last week while serving a high-risk eviction notice in bailey. the honor flag has flown at memorials in the pentagon, the us capitol, and other memorials across the country. united airlines is joining a chorus of airlines who are asking for permission from the feds to fly to cuba. united would like to start service to havana from four of its largest hubs.....newark, houston, washington dc and chicago. the service would include a total of 11 roundtrip flights per week. denver's not on their flight list... so far, frontier is the only carrier asking for direct flights from denver to cuba. frontier asked for a total of four flights to havana -- three round trips from miami each day and one from d-i-a. all total, 8 airlines are bidding on these flights. the university of colorado's mascot -- ralphie, or csu's cam the ram have a good chance of making their debut on the tail of a

launched a contest that allows you to vote on the mascot of a team or organization to join the wildlife that already decorates its planes. it looks like cam the ram is in 2nd place....edging out ralphie in the early go. the university of florida's albert and alberta gator were in first. you can nominate your mascot at flyfrontier-dot- com-slash- mascotcontest. voting continues through april 30 with the winner announced in may. denver is planning a construction project that will cut through the sand creek regional greenway - in stapleton. the city wants to connect mlk at havana... with peoria. crews will also add a multi-use path in the area. if you want to give project... there's a central park

they've fled their countries... and call home... no represent

gives a team of refugee athletes the chance to compete in rio. how the olympics committee is making it happen... and the message it's sending. a denver mail carrier knew he had to do something --

are taking a stance on the worldwide refugee crisis: they have formed a team of refugees. the 43 qualifying refugees will compete in the summer games in rio de janeiro under the olympic flag... using the olympic anthem. the international olympic committee says this should be a message of hope for the millions of refugees around the world. the next time we see new zealand's flag at the olympics - it could be a new design. voting starts today - to see if new zealanders want to change their flag to one that features a native silver fern. the old flag incorporates the union jack - which is seen as a reference to the country's colonial past... and too similiar to australia's flag. preliminary results will be announced at the end of the month. olympic workers are trying to re- assure everyone that steps are being taken to combat mosquitoes carrying the zika virus in rio de

to help with that - google's giving 1- million dollars to unicef. the money is meant to raise awareness, develop vaccines, and prevent the spread of the virus. google engineers, scientists and designers are also working with unicef to map and anticipate the spread of zika. a toddler is safe at home this morning .. thanks to a denver letter carrier .. who pulled her out of a busy street. 9news reporter vida urbonas joins us now .. and vida.. the postal worker says it was like something out of a movie. robert batley spotted the toddler yesterday morning .. he says the child was wearing a diaper .. standing in the median in the 7800 block of zuni street. batley says several cars drove by. no one stopped... so he did. he picked up the little girl.. and when he didn't find an adult looking for the toddler, he called 911. adams county

went door to door looking for the toddler's parents. they later found out the girl's grandfather was watching her. he apparently stepped away to go to the bathroom while she was watching a movie and didn't notice she was gone. it was at least 30 minutes from when the mailman found the girl and when the deputies found the grandfather. the grandfather now faces charges for misdemeanor child abuse.

how many of those requests do you get on facebook to play a game or take a quiz? you may be better off rejecting most of them. gregg has the details of what could be happening to your personal information while you're taking that quiz. but first, lets

energizer is launching what it calls the world's

triple-a rechargeable batteries made

batteries. four percent of the materials come from used power packs, including those from hybrid cars, so it's possible your batteries came from a prius. energizer says the batteries will provide consumers long-lasting power while reducing the impact on the planet. a warning -- about those popular facebook quizzes... they seem harmless -- but in some cases -- hackers are using them to get your personal information. cyber security experts call these quizzes click bait -- for a reason hackers can hijack accounts and use them to lure in more victims. sri sridharan is the managing director at the florida center for cybersecurity -- he explains hackers just want one thing: money. sot: sri sridharan, cyber security expert "the more they know about you, the more ways they can trick you into doing something like clicking on a link you should not click on." best advice -- be cautious of quizzes and polls that want you to sign in. and protect your for email address -- treat them like cash. don't click on links just because a friend posted it. and only participate in quizzes from reputable sources that protect your

let's check in with marty. we hear stories all the time about

packages off of front porches... and now - one man has found a stinky

is hitting the theaters soon..... ghostbusters is coming back! and you can get a sneak peak at the film by watching today. the supernatural flick will be a little more high tech than this 80's classic.... new faces-- kristen mccarthy fighting the supernatural along with bill theaters this a washington man who was a victim of thieves is probably feeling a load off he got his dog to help him get some payback.

behind several doorstep thefts in the neighborhood in spokane recently. you can see the criminal walking up to the property and grabbing packages from homes. after hovanec's valentines day gift was snatched from his doorstep, he decided to get sweet revenge. hovanec says he has another "special package" waiting for the crooks next time they decide to show up. however, police say this might not be the best method. probably best to just call police and report the crime. a conversation at dinner - and the waitress who tweeted about it is a major development in the lawsuit between sports reporter erin andrews and a

what one witness from the trial and his friends watched over dinner is infuriating a lot of people and delaying the trial that development...

united states... after spending a year thousands of miles above earth. if it was for the right reason, i could've stayed astronaut scott kelly back in the united states this morning earth. -- spending time 1000 miles above earth. what he received as a welcome home gift. this presidential race has some americans thinking of finding a new homeland.