work and spoke directly to her son. >> taylor, your death serves as a reminder of evil's exist tans. but the way you lived your life shows of evil's extinction. we will live as you watch over us. >> >> reporter: sentence will not happening for five weeks and the attorney says waiting that long will be a waste of time. sergeant rushes was in court today. he did not speak publicly, but he has multiple surgeries ahead of him and he hopes to get back to full duty soon. >> and victoria, we know that the trooper's mother is a

everybody there together in the state patrol. difficult for i everybody in this. >> reporter: exactly, the entire courtroom was filled with the majority of the family members. the brothers in blue were there victoria, thank you. >> no doubt. in south carolina, two students and a teacher are recovering after a shooting at an elementary school. police say the teenager suspect is in custody. investigators believe he shot and killed his father before heading to the school. it is in a rueful community in the western corner of the state near the georgia border.

injured have nonlife threatening injuries and are expected to be okay. the football coach at legacy high school is back on the field. wayne vorhees was on the bus that crashed. the team had just returned from california where they had played a game. the bus driver, carrie chopper was killed. the coaches and players spent several days in the school on friday. it is a warm afternoon across the metro. boy is it. i stepped outside and was a little in shock that it was this warm. danielle grant in the backyard with a beautiful day. >> reporter: certainly ryan. we may need to keep our flip- flops handy because it is feeling more like summertime rather than fall. up in the high country, not only did they get a good dose of all the gorgeous fall foilage, but the beautiful blue skies as well. a couple of high clouds sitting

the winds have picked up a bit. you can see the flags whipping around just a bit. a little warmer along the eastern plains, close to 90 in lamar. 60s and 70s in the mountains. another day in the 80s toward grand junction. the winds are out of the east at 20 miles an hour. and walk-ins out there toward centennial as well. here in the metro area, look for a light breeze. as we look ahead toward hd doppler 9, nothing has been been so quiet and calm. but we have a couple of storm systems out there. one that is still churning across parts of the desert southwest bringing showers to phoenix, las vegas, and southern california. a spot that could use some. and another storm that is just sitting out there across the great lakes. a fantastic looking forecast for us with all of the warm temperatures and drier

out and about, no jackets needed just net. some folks will see showers. ly let you know which side of atthink has the best chance of seeing that. and we will be watching for cooler temperatures next week. you guys, so cool, we might not even just be talking ant about the 60s but the 50s. >> there it is. that's fall right there. >> cover up the toes as you said. no flip-flops. [ laughter ] >> reporter: yeah, the furriest boots you can find. >> y thank you danielle. >> you bet. 12 horses across colorado have the west nile virus. the colorado department of agriculture says there are four cases in larimer county, three weld county, one each in adams, mesa, and pueblo counties. vaccines for west nile are proven to work, but they need a booster every year.

need a series of two shots within a four week period. they suggest horse owners reduce standing water, cover and keep the animals inside during the evening and early morning during peak mosquito times. there are repellants available for horses. symptoms include head tilt, muscle tremors. stumbling, lack of coordination. weakness of limbs and partial pa rallies. nine other states could join colorado in le colorado. there are ballot efforts in california, maine, nevada, and massachusetts. florida, arkansas, and north dakota will be voting on medical marijuana. montana is voting on whether to ease restrictions to the current medical marijuana law. 50% of americans support

syria is escalating. there was an attack on two hospitals. the violence in syria has been described as the worst bombarding since the civil war erupted. the russian military says it is ready to resume contact with the u.s. over the situation. russian expecters say they are ready to travel to geneva to restart talks with the u.s. to "search for possible ways to normalize the situatio completely collapsed. syrian government forces backed by russian war planes have launched in an attempt to take over rebel held neighborhoods. unifec says over 100 children have been killed. 220 injured in the last 20 days. leaders around the world are reacting to the death of

shimon peres. he is best known for leading peace talks with palestinians leading to the signing in 1993. it ended in a famous handshake between sworn enemies. professor shaye joins us from the university of denver to talk about the legacy the present. thanks for joining us. i have heard a lot of quotes over the last day or so peres. one that stood out to me, the duty of leaders is pursue face of doubt ?c??and disappointment. what do you think he meant about that? >> as a major architect of the agreement in 1993, peres suffered great disappointment since it did not meet the expectations for the palestinians and israelis and a final settlement was ?kd&fnot

disappointment but there was an life. exuded throughout and, in his recent > he wanted bigger dreams. >> recently, 2015 the dream of the peace 7fc:tiat he will not be able to see that now. >> he remained hopeful all the way to the end having a two- state system there. >> absolely. yes. it was one of his great hopes. >> and while he was such a promoter of peace, he was also very real, a realist about the security of israel and maintaining that, if he needed to. talk about that. >> a realist in many ways for

sort of his biography. he had several ministers, the minister of defense. he negotiated arm deals for israel and strengthened the d9?m israeli defense force. he also was the mayor architect of making israel a nuclear power. he always agreed that the peace would come about s'?ffrom the positions of strength. so he didn't succeed, but he believedth negotiation would be reached from a perspective of strength. >> both, the bush family and

disheartened given by everything he has tried to build in trying to build a two state system there? >> yes, he was actually, in a way, a controversial figure. >> sure. >> among israel and palestinians. the israeli thought that the old agreement strengthened hamas in the gaza strip. they thought they lacked the

the light of the future that they were expecting and hoping for, so that led to rebellions. in a way, it is disheartening to see what has come as a result of the agreement. but, when peres was interviewed on this particular question, it is interesting. what he said is we just opened a dialogue. we have recognized the palestinian liberations. we brought arafat to speak with us. it was breaking the taboo. we have done quite a bit. it is a steppingstone. i hope we can continue and further the progress along that line. >> as does he. >> you would not see the set back as an eternal and permanent setback. >> thank you very much for your time. we crammed all that history into two-and-a-half minutes. an incredible life of mr. peres. and hope think, one we can take

thank you so much. this afternoon, congress rejected a veto by president obama on legislation to allow the families of september 11 sa

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the week. this after four touchdowns in sunday's game against the bengals. no interceptions. leading denver of course to a big win. the new starting qb is a guest on the huddle tonight. 9news sports reporter rod mackey is going to have a preview for us coming up at 4:30. so hold on. >> a well deserved title mr. siemian. a fine job. it has been called a new brand of tical ugliness. political callers with persal te and, the not more people seem to be angry

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sunk. >> and you are an educator. i know you are retired and everything. it is just really strange that someone with your knowledge, your expertise, would ever want to support hillary. your social security number ... [bleep] has been compromised. >> the most disturbing thing of all, it was the correct social security number. >> wow. i mean, that ackerman filed the police report. or sister station in cleveland tried to track down the group responsible. so far, they have not had any luck. angry on the road and angry in the air. a global airline trade group says there are more reports of incidents of unruly passengers on planes. the international air transport association says it receives reports of 10,854 air rage incidents from airlines worldwide last year. that is up from 9,316 in 2014. it equates to about one

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vertebrae in lab rats. it stimulated new bone growth. it is made of polymer an ceramic containing minerals found in teeth and bones. when they inplanted it into the animals, it integrated with the surrounding tissue. where will we go next? >> exciting! it will be years before it is tested in humans but it could some day be used quickly in an operating >> advances in science and medicine so fast and this is why. technology like that. it is just incredible. >> yeah. >> good stuff. all right, everybody needs a little legal advice now and then. we are not saying you messed up. but, you know, what do i do? i have a concern. >> sometimes you need help with somebody who knows more than you do. today, we are getting a jump start on free legal resource day. you can call in right now.

>> your legal questions can be answered righted now, volunteers are he answer general legal questions. the number to call, same as ale this is all ahead of free legal resource day. >> very, very popular. this is a big deal. denver district court judge michael martinez is here to talk a little bit about this. thank you for joining us judge. thank you. so, what kind of legal advice can you get on free legal

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snow and tuesday night's dusting in the high country, right? it is starting the cool off as we get close tore the start of

today was a faastic one. ?:nshi little storm emto the southwest] clouds roof ?p we?wstn colorado. overlooking the san juans. darker cloud little bit of blue skie?kw5s to boot. temperatures go. rainfall, well, below average. it is just close to three tenths and no snow. in sight here in the metro area. it has certainly been a warm one. a fantastic month. low 80s close to 90 in lamar at 87. 87 in salida. gunnison. right now, we are still hanging tight to the 80s . winds have been picking up a little bit

gusting to 15 miles an hour. here in the backyard, a nice little breeze. we will call it a day right? our temperatures also sitting right there at 81. on hd doppler 9, it has been tough to really find anything going on across the radar as far as rain, snowfall. we will zoom out. you can see the snow system that is just churning across portions of arizona, utah. the las vegas area circling back into parts of california. they are lucky to see all of that rain. around here, pretty dry. temperatures will be cooling off t clear conditions. the winds should quiet down just a bit. and we stay in the 40s along the eastern plains, 38 in kremmling. and an extremely mild evening in grand junction with the cloud cover overhead. the rest of this evening around town looking good. a lot of sunshine, clear skies throughout the rest of the afternoon. tonight, we will go with mostly clear conditions across the eastern plains with that cloud deck, just hugging tightly to the western slope. 7:00 tomorrow morning rolls around. you are back to work, back to

with the sunshine. the clouds will be increasing throughout the day as will showers too. in fact, we could have heavy pockets of rainfall down there in telluride, pagosa springs. they will slowly be spreading closer to i-70. the northern mountains toward the river valley. steamboat. this is around 5:00. meanwhile, across eastern colorado, yet again, we will be watching for sunshine, a few increasing clouds as the afternoon and evening goes on. mof the west of the continental divide. out there across the caribbean, we are watching for some tropical storms, tropical storm matthew is already starting to gain some momentum. looks like it is pushing throughout parts of jamaica as we head toward the weekend ending up in cuba potentially as a cat 2. we will keep a close eye on this storm system. this is several days out so it could always change paths just a little brit. tomorrow here in denver, 81. loads of sunshine early on. then we will watch for a few

high temperatures returning to the 80s in northern colorado. southeast colorado. it is going to be a warm one out there. with the clouds it will limit daytime highs across the western slope about 70 degrees. still comfortable in aspen, upper 60s toward pagosa. upper 60s in nederland and blackhawk too. soak in the 80s while you can. memorial hospital. 70s tap.

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volunteer here at friends first. >> i love that they help teens. >> we mentor teens to develop healthy relationships. >> reporter: adam started coming here about a year ago. still struggling from thefects of his brain tumors. >> i don't remember anyone's name unless they tell me over and over. asked my name. he would write it down. and he would write it in big bold letters. then come back, and he would ask me the spelling again. he did it for a little while. >> reporter: but then one names probably because of what the people mean to him. >> they are my family. >> reporter: and they inspire him too. this writing, unstoppable you. >> they say the only thing

speak at a conference for teens. >> he got a standing ovation. and everybody asked when was he coming back. and, yeah, he did. adam rocks it at everything he does. >> reporter: having an impact, that is what really matters to adam. overcoming his own struggles so that he can help others do the same. >> that is my dream. you know. is to ?ftouch another life. >> adam volunteers at friends first twice a week. >> he has also helped with difference day. giving supplies and food to the homeless and, he just stole the stage here during our awards presentation. yes. you really want to hear him speak. he is phenomenal. >> impressive guy. >> very motivating. >> good stuff. big news today. out of the bronco headquarters. >> big news. the starting quarterback has a new title. hegame, rod mackey is ba with a preview the broncos

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