ever seen someone paralyzed looking at a lunch menu? maybe it makes you want to scream like the guy in a house on the plains who calls to complain about airport noise 10 times a day. maybe you just want to give up, see if someone else wants to give it a shot. perhaps that's how a school ended up for sale on craigslist. it's all true and it's next. ballots are being returned starting this week, so soon we'll hear early voting early, how many democrats. it gives us a few things to talk about, but do not be fooled. the united states election project studies the patterns and trends. michael o'donnell explains. >> 2014 midterm should see the republicans jump out to a lead and maybe in the last week or so should see the democrats make up a lot of ground.

streets for years lost in the parade of the minute by minute how the parties perform compared to prior elections. mcdonnell says this is it. that's how you analyze early returns. perhaps i'm on my own, but i got to try. the numbers show sweet freedom for hillary clinton in the southeast, better early returns than president obama. no looking back for donald trump in the midwest where he's outperforming mitt romney's early returns. okay. i can let republican senate candidate darryl glenn is that poor guy in monty python that they're trying to toss onto the cart carrying the dead. bring out your dead, bring out your dead! his senate campaign is down 15 to 20 points in the polls and he has no campaign events scheduled the last three weeks of the race, but like the man in monty python who insists i'm not dead yet, he refuses to be tossed on the heat prematurely. his campaign said today they'll

off staff and planning to schedule events down the homestretch of the campaign. we are one day from our debate in colorado's closely contested 6th congressional district, that ring of suburbs snuggling denver to the northeast and south. mike coffman and morgan carroll have clear differences on policy and philosophy. today we examined immigration. here they are first on policy. >> to me immigration is about having a comprehensive immigration reform path way to citizenship that is addressing arbitrary and artificial wait periods. >> as long as they haven't violated criminal laws to give them a legalized status that would allow them to work here without fear of deportation. >> reporter: not citizenship but legal status. >> legal status. >> reporter: any path to citizenship for those people? >> no, no. >> those policy differences are rooted in a serious

entered the u.s. illegally have done something wrong. people who have come here illegally, have they done something wrong? >> yeah. it's fund mentally wrong. they -- fundamentally wrong when they broke our laws? >> was it wrong when people came over in the potato famines or during world war i or world war ii? the reality is people assume their relative perfectly, but that's often not true. >> tomorrow night 7 p.m. on channel 20, coffman and carroll's full extended interviews are up on our youtube page from next. democrats have tried and failed to take out mike coffman cycle after cycle. we gave our political experts 30 seconds for this question. if mike coffman survives this year with donald trump dragging down the republican ticket, is it time to consider his a safe seat? >> i think that if mike coffman

redistricting which starts in 2020. i mean he has been a consistent leader in that district and he's against morgan carroll who is a hard core far lefty trial lawyer. i think that for the left this is kind of the fool's gold. they think that they're going to be able to win it, but the truth it they won't and this is probably mike coffman's district through the end of the next cycle. >> it's funny to hear things like fool's gold coming from my friend coffman campaign spent more money trying to win this election than in the past. he's been all over the place issue from immigration to whether or not he supports the gang of eight to should there be english only ballots and he switches his position just because his district was redrawn. the man claims to have stood up to donald trump but has stood up to nobody. >> reporter: next question from scott hague. what if we don't vote for president? will the rest of the ballot

so if they do not vote in a particular race, regardless of what that race is, the rest of their ballot still counts. >> you keep the question coming. we'll keep the answer tap flowing. e-mail us next@9news.com. if there was ever a year people don't know how they're going to fill out their ballots, it's this one or maybe you filled out your ballot and then changed your mind again and again and this morning we stopped by a place where last minute decisions are a way of life. >> how are you today? did you decide what you like? >> reporter: decisions, decisions. >> i'm looking at the chicken and waffles. i've never had it before. >> reporter: everybody has a trick to picking what they want. some just commit. >> she said you know what you want? i said yup. >> reporter: others have to fool themselves. >> i don't know. maybe i should go for something

simple choices. >> the decision i'm fighting with right now, who is going to be president. >> reporter: there are some real head scratchers out there. >> this year i don't know what i want. i have a feeling i'll probably write in donald duck or something for president, something like that. >> reporter: if you're a lucky one, you've got this election figured out. this year more than any a lot of people find themselves feeling like this. >> yeah. i actually got my ballot looked at it and i think i'm just going to show up at the polls, not even send it in because i have no idea. >> reporter: a last minute decision, we make them in life all the time. >> i decided to buy a car for no reason. >> it was the worst piercing my nose. >> getting divorced. >> reporter: some more regretable than others. >> i miss my ex-wife.

>> i'm going for the chicken waffles. >> reporter: maybe it's best to really think about what you want. >> i should have got pancakes. >> reporter: instead of just trying to convince yourself. >> i bet i'll love it. >> reporter: you still do have time. election day is november 8th. you have a little less than three weeks. those of you who are already decided still have a little less than three weeks. a small town accounts for 3/4 of dia's noise compt. 75% of the complaints. we went to see if he has a point. >> someone put a colorado school up for sale on craigslist. a for effort, kids. >> a bear channels ron burgundy trapped in the phone booth. i'm in a glass case of motion. that's when the car started

next's most eligible bachelor is battling the man who is recently america's most eligible bachelor, denver's ben higgins. steve staeger and ben higgins are competing in real men wear pink this month. not saying staeger isn't a good looking guy, but he's kind of outmatched in this race. so he's decided to go negative. >> reporter: i'm steve staeger and i approve this imagine. >> reporter: what are people

entertainment tonight called higgins kind of boring and it said he need to be more mature. steve staeger may not be very mature, but he's only a little boring. >> what kind of self-respecting single guy uses a tv show to find a woman, i mean seriously? >> reporter: make the right choice this month. put your breast cancer research dollars behind a real man who is only slightly boring, steve staeger. next with kyle clark is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> there are many of us in the newsroom who have thought of nominating steve for the next bachelor on that wonderful television show that a few of us enjoy. i love that. hey, did it feel like fall in denver today or what? yeah, beautiful fall day, temperatures cooler, the wind letting up and temperatures trender cooler than average. it's going to get really cold tonight.

eastern plains, a forecast low of 30 in the city. it's time to protect your plants and tender vegetation and get your sprinklers blown out. mother nature helping out some resorts like steamboat, 6 inches of snow last night on a system tracking south and east away from us now with a severe weather threat increasing outside wichita, st. louis and chicago where travel delays are likely overnight tonight and tomorrow. we sunny day tomorrow. the next chance for rain and snow early next week. when the sun comes up at 7:15, you'll need a light jacket. mid-60s in the afternoon. we move into the 70s friday, stay there for the weekend, come close to 80 both saturday and sunday and monday night when our broncos take the feel,

we do not want weather to be an excuse, not this week. if you any your kids or spouse gets angry, be happy they aren't bears. they'd be breaking into cars in the high country looking for food about now. our matt renoux 9news mountain newsroom reporter has a story of one particular bear. >> reporter: it's that time of year when the snow falls, then melts and the sheriff is dealing with a lot of lot of bears in our area. deputies usually see bears on a fairly nightly basis. >> reporter: the bear collop just got is one that -- call he just got is one that this sheriff could believe when a 200-pound black bear not only got into danny archer's car but then used his own bear hands to put the car in neutral and roll about 80 feet down the street. >> rolls back across the street

door handle it's pretty easy for a bear to get into a car, but if that door shuts, that bear is not getting out and he's going to do a lot of damage. really? >> once the bear is stuck in the car there's a panic mode and that's where they will destroy the inside of a car. >> reporter: which is what happened to danny. >> just by grabbing it here i'm sure my door shut. >> reporter: he said there wasn't any food in the car, bare minimum insurance won't cover hid chewed up seats or the chewed up gear shift that sent his car rolling. >> into the spruce tree there. >> reporter: that bear was eventually let out by every, but parks and wildlife officers say it's why everyone should lock their doors even in small mountain towns. >> keep your vehicle doors lock. >> reporter: something the sheriff agrees with. >> the inside of the car is pretty much destroyed. >> reporter: saying even when

support best way to keep bears and the more grisly criminals from getting to your stuff. for next matt renoux. >> keep your doors and windows locked. we are going old school with your feedback tonight, snail mail, monday and tuesday's worth. this says on the envelope attention kyle clark, 9news, election crap. i'll open this one first. >> one good to a couple of crafty

it's a sign. it doesn't tell you very absolutely no other reference point. jeremy petty was there wherever there is and he was kind enough to send us photo proof. the sign is on the flattops north of glenwood springs. send us a sign that has you scratching your head, e-mail next@9news.com. strausser high school is for sale, 500 bucks and it's yours. the craigslist ad says due to

strasburg high school will be forced to close down later this year. the superintendent, school board and i have all agreed the best course of action would be to find a buyer interested in buying the building in the name of the school and gives the principal's phone number. so you know we called. >> it looks like it was posted a couple of weeks ago i'm assuming by a student. i don't know that for sure. i think it's kind of clef actually. i'm not necessarily up-- clever actually. i'm not necessarily see where it came from. they did their research well. i'm a little disappointed it's only worth five hundred dollars. my office is worth $500. >> he's having fun with it stalking the halls looking for those kids. the principal said no issues of money, strasburg high is not for sale. strasburg is making all kind of news on next tonight.

responsible for more than half the noise complaints at dia. he just calls again and again. we drove out to dia to see if he has a point. >> it's a town where there is less commotion. >> nice little quiet country town. >> best town ever, strasburg, colorado. >> one word? calmy, sleepy. >> peaceful. 30 minutes east of denver. you'd love it. >> >> they have cows in the pens. that's about it. >> i honestly say i don't see why there is a commotion about it. >> i was kind of shocked, 4,500 complaints from one person. >> we don't get airplane noise here. >> if you're within the town, you can hear it, but it depends on how well your tone of hearing is. >> we don't usually hear the planes. you'll see them. you don't al hear them. >> i -- always hear them.

for them, you can see them. >> the planes don't really bother me. the only thing that bothers me is the trains. >> i think dia fired the wrong person and he's probably really ticked off. >> it's a place of quiet tranquility. >> we don't get airplane noise here. >> late today our open records request returned the name and phone number of the frequent flyer on the complaint line. i called him. something says he'll call back maybe a couple of times. if your t maybe it will go up in a gallery. if it's really something, maybe it will go up in a space capsule. a unc professor contributed to the moon arc. her artwork will be put on a disc, then inserted in a tiny capsule that will go up on a lunar rover launched to the moon. the rover will transfer all the artwork and videos on the moon.

science, art, expression of communication into deep research and exploration. >> that rover should tentatively launch on a spacex rocket in late 2017. anyone who thinks that people are meaner online has

we are kicking it old school with your feedback tonight. this is the first edition of snail mail on next. kyle, your show is awesome. don't let the nay sayers get you down. nice handwriting. this note, i'm using old- fashioned snail mail because truthfully i would deathly afraid of the horrible lashback if i spoke this out loud. colorado is no longer known for skiing or mountains, just pot.

twice before you dump trump, bunch phoneys and then this one. what -- bunch of phoneys and then this one. what would abraham lincoln think of the attack ads? would he conclude that we've advanced this country? very thoughtful letter. whole thing is pretty good this time.

[ music ] >> [ cheering ] >> as always to my left, the cohost/real host emmanuel sanders, and to his left, davis. >> it -- [ applause ] >> you promised last week we would stop doing these shows after losses so this is the last one, right? >> i hope, i pray. at the end of the day, right now we are on a two-game losing streak. it's kind of hard to come to work but at the end of the day it's easy because we have to get ourselves out of this slump and we are working to get there.