police followed eventually shooting and killing him inside of a stairwell. a few hours later police rushed to the university memorial center after receiving 911 calls. turns out there was no credible threat there. 9 news reporter christine nokl is in boulder. a wild and frightening day for students and staff there. >> reporter: it certainly has been, ryan. certainly a chaotic day here at cu boulder. campus officials have deemed the us no ongoing public safety threat out here. in the past hour, investigators and campus officials held a press conference to debrief the media as to what was going on. one was a legitimate concern, the second one was a hoax that led to a whole lot of concern. let's break this down. the first one around 9:00 a.m.. police received several 911 calls with a man with a machete in the champion center. the suspect had an altercation

building. officers with boulder and campus police arrived on scene. they repeateddedly demanded that the man put down the weapon. he did not. two officers, one from each responding agency fired shots. that man was killed. nobody else on campus was injured. we don't know the identity of that suspect. now to what police are calling an active harmer situation that happened around 1:00 this afternoon. campus police evacuated the umc building on campus officials deemed that to be a hoax. 20 minutes later cu tweeted there were uncommuted folks. hundreds of students and staff and visitors were evacuate maryland -- were evacuated. >> we looked up and these three huge guys ran in. >> police officers. >> yeah. and they had these huge guns and started screaming everyone

and they screamed everyone get out of the building. >> i was headed to the umc and i saw a lot, practically every kids coming from every building running in different directions away from campus all at once. >> reporter: police spoke with us a half hour ago and said this is a sobering reminder that this thing can happen anywhere and staff and students need to be on prepared. officials have deemed that the campus is safe. of course a lot of chaos that still needs to be sifted through regarding both investigations. but again, more details as the days come. ryan. >> certainly the investigation only just beginning but the good news is that the students and staff are safe and sound tonight. christine, thanks. hurricane matthew has become the strongest atlantic hurricane in a decade.

south eastern u.s. have started to evacuate. matthew first overred over haiti in the tip of cuba and heading to the bahamas. state leaders from florida to the carolinas are warning people to prepare for the worst. >> with the storm going up our coast, a small deviation. >> we territory yet. we are still moving as the storm moves. >> the storm is huge. it carries a state larger than -- it covers an area larger than the state of texas. there is a chance it could move farther west. kathy, what part of makes this storm so dangerous is its

the great lakes. it's not nearly as strong. and then of course we have high pressure offshore in the atlantic. and that also creates some moments. these upper atmosphere features are fluctuating and so is matthew. this system hit jamaica hard, hit haiti very hard, and now florida and georgia and the carolinas bracing for epic flooding and large storm surgery. now a category three storm winds at 120 miles per hour north of jacksonville go offshore again. all the models coming together now to show it not staying offshore from florida but moving inland between miami and jacksonville clipping the carolinas and moving back out to sea again. some of the highlights with this storm include the bah has mas. hurricane warnings out for

comfortable temperatures in the 60s but colder air coming our way and that is certainly something we will be monitoring for you throughout the evening tonight. as a matter of fact, we will continue to watch the clouds increase. some areas will be looking at rain over night with the snow level going to 7500 feet. temperatures between now and 7:00 in the mid 60s and adele, we will let you know which areas will wake up to snow tomorrow and we have wonderful warmup. so there is a lot to talk about. >> there sure is. thanks. the beulah hill fire shrunk over night. eight homes and 16 other buildings have been destroyed since the fire started. this morning fire officials say homes were still threatened and the fire is 0% contained.

the chef of blackbird was a man that was shot and killed saturday night in engel wood. lewis was a chef of blackbird house. investigators are asking anyone who might have information to call metro denver crime op people killed in car crashes the number of them went up. 10.4% in the first six months of this year. the transportation department has plan to lower the number of people killed to zero within three decades. there was 18,000 deaths. safety experts blame it on a better economy. more people can afford to travel and they are. today the transportation department, the national safety council, and other safety

goal of eliminating u.s. traffic deaths and injuries within the next 30 years. >> our spike in 2015 was actually the highest spike in the past 50 years which is not good. i think that surprised a lot of us. so we need to refocus our efforts on that. >> those groups say self- driving vehicles and other advanced technologies could prevent traffic deaths. it also puts emphasis of drivin using seat belts. another part of the plan has increased campaigns against drunk and distracted driving. a loud night on the debate stage in the first and only vice presidential debate in virginia last night. there was plenty of bickering between tim kaine and mike pence. still trump was pleased with pence's performance. calling it phenomenal.

performance, hillary clinton gave him a double thumbs up. it's a big birthday. 100 years. so it is worth a special celebration. a photographer decided to visit all 59 national parks this year in honor of their centennial. maya rodriguez caught up with him. >> started in d.c.. >> reporter: over thousands of miles. >> we've been traveling now for roads. >> that has been the world's longest gate and that is so much fun. >> reporter: no one has seen more of national parks in 2016 than photographer jonathan irish and his traveling companion stephanie pain. >> i bet nobody has used this pass better than we have. >> reporter: this past january irish whose photographs has appeared in national geographic, embarked on the greatest american road trip

national parks in all 50 states. plus u.s. territories like the virgin islands and american samoas. >> this is the greatest american road trip, but we can't road trip everywhere. there is places we have to fly to. >> reporter: now they are in colorado to visit the states four national parks. first stop rocky mountain national park. >> it's an hon forto be close to them. >> reporter: where the elk are out and about. >> you get to really se they breathe and their movement. it's amazing to be in their territory, in their nature. >> reporter: sometimes though nature can sneak up on you. >> suddenly we turn around and another grizzly had walked up behind us and sat down ten feet from us. >> reporter: but with each photograph taken comes a sense of awe. >> every time i look through a new batch of them, i'm pretty amazed and overwhelmed. >> reporter: and at each stop every park gets a chance to

not as famous are all really amazing. and each and every park is amazing in their own right. >> reporter: at rocky mount national park maya rodriguez. >> national geographic is using some of irishs photographs. we have a link to all parks visited so far. >> beautiful spot no doubt. that will look a little different in about a month. >> earlier than that. federal regulators slam of a ardor can make an air bag explode. >> and online privacy comes

attorneys from the bar association are answering questions with immigration law. they will be here through 5:30. a the question of big brother. marissa mayor decided to obey rather than fight a u.s. government directive to filter all e-mails that contain a specific term that intelligence agencies were looking for. last year yahoo began incrypting its e-mails. ryder says yahoo itself was doing the searching last year in realtime on millions of incoming messages looking for that specific reference with

take your user data and turn it over to the government. what you are doing is exposing your users to criminal investigation. >> the company says yahoo is a law-abiding company and complies with the laws of the united states. it had been scanning user e- mail and has been. the content for years. looking for words it use to do targeting advertising. google and microsoft and twitter says they have scanned e-mail. u.s. safety regulators are investigating complaints that side air bags on nissan cars can deflate if the driver or passenger doors are shut too hard. national highway traffic safety administration says the probe covers about 155,000 cars from the 2012 model year. nissan says it's investigating the issue and is working with

better when reserving a hotel room for the holidays might not be a good one. a new report from trip advisor says people booking hotels for the holidays in the u.s. and december and new years eve can find rates that are 20% lower. trip advisor analysis found prices steady. travelers can save as much as 21% when booking during thanksgiving week. it is going to be even freeze warnings tonight. >> that rain we've been talking about all week does move in

hi there. outside very cloudy and smoky backyard there is a controlled burn that has come to an end at the rocky mountain arsenal and over 200 acres. if you are wondering where the smoke and haze is coming from, that is it. take a look outside. we have smoke and haze around the country. 66 in denver today. 77 in lamar and cool 77 in leadville. we have yet to see the first freeze even with that freeze warning last night but we're in that zone where it's time to start thinking about getting the sprinklers blown out and winterizing your car.

it's dry about 17%. outside the studios we have mid 60s closer to downtown. we are tracking a storm system that is coming our way from the northwest. so in southern colorado bright blue skies. a beautiful afternoon. rocky mountain park we've had reports of snow. winter advisory out about 8,000 feet. the snow level for denver will stay shower event than a snow event tomorrow morning. main core system stays to the north of us. front comes through in the next 12-18 hours or so. ushering in a cooler air mass. high temperatures will be in the mid 50s. dangerous hurricane matthew a category three storm. winds to 120 miles per hour. looks to be moving inland closer to jacksonville. now sideswiping the carolinas and moving back out to sea. the erratic storm track makes

forecast. we'll have updates later tonight on 9 news. cool air will move in behind the front tomorrow so we are done with the warm weather. you notice the cloud weather intact. rain snowline right around 7500 feet. scattered snow showers with a lot of accumulations in the mountains. lows in the 20s for the mountains. 30s on the plains. some 40s down south. and we are not anticipating a last night. temperatures tomorrow not overly warm unless you are watching us in southern colorado. front range foothill temperatures 50 in idaho springs and 43 in grand lake. in the denver metro area. smoke and haze. isolated showers. tomorrow cloudy and cooler. chance for a few lighthouse early and then again in the afternoon but don't cancel any outdoor activities yet.

spectacular weekend. broncos take the field. a trend that will continue right into the first part of next week. so the next 24 hours our best chance at'ing measurable precipitation. so much decent gains on wall street today and report shows strong

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victory and expects to be ready for sunday's game against the atlanta falcons. but for now he is dealing with 24 hour increments. >> better than i was yesterday. so taking it one day at a time. just doing what they tell me. feel pretty good right now. taking it one day at a time. take it day by day. don't have to care. just getting better encouraging. the broncos huddle begins at 6:30. rod mackey reports from team headquarters. >> back to back weeks you will see the broncos huddle. we had the starting quarterback a week ago. this week we got the super bowl mvp and perhaps defensive player of the year. do you think we can get vaughn miller to come out of his shell? >> i'm honored for vaughn

yes, he will be here and it will be a great show. >> what will be great about this show? >> vaughn is vaughn. vaughn is always comical and will have a great time. >> maybe i get vaughn to look at your cart wheel and critique it. once again that is the emmanuel sanders/broncos huddle show and we'll have it for you tonight at 6:30. make sure to tune in. >> broncos have won nine games in a row da season. and we're live 9 news broncos insider mike is at the headquarters. >> continuing on with your day by day theme of the sports cast, it's been three days and trevor simion hasn't been able to lift his left arm yet and the falcons game is only four

get battener a hurry to -- get better in a hurry to make that game. and they don't let you wear that practice jersey that say don't hit the quarterback. he is going to hit him. simion not only has to get that shoulder well enough to play, but well enough to absorb a hit on that sports authority field. he will get hit on sunday if he does play. but having said that, gary he is telling people that he will play. i guess that is why man invented cortisone shots. [ laughter ] >> speaking of shots. it took four months for the dallas police department but they finally determined aqib talib did shoot himself in the leg this summer. what kind of trouble is he in? >> well, none with the dallas police department. he is not going to get cited or

confident that aqib talib will not get any discipline from the national football league office. i'm not so sure commissioner roger goodell will still look at the case himself. there is gun, alcohol involved. i don't think anything will come down soon, but it could be that talib at some point would face a short suspension. >> that would be big trouble for the broncos. thanks, mike. we are going to play drew's clue number one born october 5th, 1965. he celebrating his 51st birthday tonight. clue number two he's an avid hockey card enthusiast whose collection has grown to 100,000 pieces. and he coached the avalanche for three seasons but resigned a couple weeks ago citing a lack of input. the answer is look out hockey

coach when he blue a gasket and we were so excited it would be like that every night. they had 240 more games it never happened again. he said he's in no rush to get back into coaching but he is willing to lead a group that is trying to bring nhl hockey back to quebec city. >> nbc nightly news is next.

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