report is the school bus crash at dia. >> tonight could offer the coldest temperatures of the season so far, which areas are under a freeze warning on the front range. >> this is something he's dreamed about his whole life. >> a teen comes together to help a boy finally get to play the game he loves. >> details on a denver landmark up for using only the second time in -- for auction for only the 2nd time in its history. 9news starts now. they say the first time the end of september the division between hillary clinton and donald trump deep as ever as evident by the lack of handshakes at the start. election day three weeks away. there was 1 lightning rod comment tonight. >> donald trump making no promises he would accept the outcome of his election and tonight he repeated his claim that the election is rigged against him. >> first of all, the media is so dishonest and so corrupt and

new york times actually wrote an article about it, but they don't even care. it's so dishonest they poisoned the minds of the voters, but unfortunately for them i think the voters will see through it. we'll find out november 8th. >> not saying you're necessarily going to be the loser or the winner but that the loser concedes to the winner and that the country comes together in part for the good of the country, are you saying you're not prepared to go along with that at the time. >> let me respond because that's horrifying. any time donald thinks something is not going his direction he claims whatever it is rigged against help. >> donald trump had tough talk about mexico and his plan to build a border wall. tonight clinton jabbed at trump for being not much more than that. >> we have some bad home before

we're going to get them out. >> i think it's an idea that would rip our country apart. when it comes to the wall that donald talks about building, he went to mexico, had a meeting with the mexican president, didn't even raise it, he choked and got into a twitter war because the mexican president said we're not paying for that wall. >> hillary clinton wanted that wall. hillary clinton fought for the wall if 2006 or thereabouts. now she never gets anything done -- in now she never gets anything done, so naturally the wall wasn't built. >> it's assumed the winner of the election will nominate one supreme court justice, possibly more. tonight each of them talked about what their court might look like. >> it is important that we not reverse marriage equality, that we not reverse roe v. wade, that we stand up for citizens united, that we stand up for rights of people in the workplace, that we stand up and

that's how i see the court. >> the justices that i'm going to appoint will be pro life. they will have a conservative bent. they will be protecting the second amendment. they are great scholars in all cases and they're people of tremendous respect. they will interpret the constitution the way the founders wanted it interpreted. >> moderator chris wallace asked clinton directly about one of wikileaks from a speech she gave to a bank. in it she said her dream was an open market with open borders. clinton answered leading in the exchange about russia. >> if you read the rest of the sentence, i was talking about energy. we trade more energy with our neighbors than with the rest of the world combined and what's really important about wikileaks is that the russian government has engaged in

the fact that she wants open borders. i don't know putin. he said nice things about me. if we got along well, that would be good. >> he'd rather have a puppet as the president of the united states. >> no puppet. you're the puppet. >> do you condemn any interference by russia in the american election? >> by russia or anybody else? >> you condemn their interference? >> of course i condemn. >> our research team has been fact our brandon rittiman, start right at the top where they talked about guns in america. >> earlier this week we point out how an attack ad on clinton was stretching her position on goes. she did her own doctoring on the issue during the debate about the court issue she criticized. >> i disagree with the way the court applied the second amendment in that case because what the district of columbia

wanted people with guns to safely store them. >> this is a bit of misdirection by secretary clinton. her explanation makes it sound like washington d.c.'s law which the court struck down was about safely storing guns. it was much more sweeping than that. in fact, the law that was struck down banned handguns in the city, an entire category of firearms. she says she disagrees with the court's reasoning in the case which the bush administration did as welbu trying to minimize the case that the court decided. later trump also glossed over detail talking about late term abortions. >> if you go with what hillary is saying, in the ninth month you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby. >> this statement by donald trump is out of context. almost no doctors in the united states will perform an abortion after 24 weeks.

this you can get an abortion for medical reasons like saving the life of the mother. only four doctors in the country do that. that's why 0.14% of abortions occur after 24 weeks. now let's look at hillary on abortion. >> donald has said he's in favor of defunding planned parenthood. he supported shutting the government down to defund planned parenthood. >> that was true. trump was asked point blank during the republican primary if it's worth shutting down federal government to get rid of federal funding to planned parenthood. he replied, "i would." on to trump and the southern border. >> hillary clinton wanted the wall. hillary clinton fought for the wall in 2006 or thereabouts. >> heard that one a little earlier and it's also true. technically it was a border fence, but that's what most of the so-called wall that exists today is referred to as. in any event, clinton voted to be hundreds of miles of it and later dialed her support back.

tonight with a lot more context on some complicated issues. you can find it right now. go to 9news.com. >> thank you. tonight's presidential debate was the final chance for the candidates to reach out to millions of people and convince them they are the right choice for president. on 9news.com/votenow we are asking did this debate change your vote. while you give us your opinions, we get the opinions of our political experts where the race now stands. >> i think the number of people undecided is it a their rowing group. i think that's going to be very hard. i think that definitely for both camps just kind of ingratiated what they already believed. move, i don't think that there was anything that was a standout that's going to take that real narrow band of people who haven't decided yet and moved them one way or the other. >> she's already leading in

closed the gap in texas. we're seeing taught that democrats have no -- seeing states that democrats have no business winning put not only into play but in the win column. >> we have more information on who has your vote on election day and this bears out what we've seen on many, many other of these surveys in the past is that tonight's debate didn't really change any people's minds. they already know how they're going to vote. >> we have tonight's final presidential debate posted on our facebook page. if you find debates in general to be delicious spicey dishes of democracy, tomorrow night mike coffman and morgan carroll face off on 9news. the 6th congressional district is the most competitive in colorado. the debate airs tomorrow night at 7 p.m. on channel 20, streaming live on 9news.com. brandon rittiman and i will moderate. no mechanical problems, no

was not a factor. the cause of this school bus crash at dia that killed a driver will remain a mystery forever. today denver police released their fine aqib talib report on the crash and video. -- their final report on the crash and video as well. the school bus driver kari chopper was killed. denver police said they looked at all factors and couldn't find any definitive answers. a highway in western colorado could be closed for the next cole massive boulders to be moved. a rockslide came down on highway 133 near mcclure pass this morning. the rocks were broken up and they aren't small. they were hauled off. that could take at least until thursday. the deter is over kepler pass. they have not won a world series since 1948. tonight the indians are four wins away from their first title in nearly 70 years. they knocked out the blue jays

cubs/dodgers series. this evening a ballpark in aurora turned into a field of dreams for one man. 9news reporter vicente arena shows simply how playing the game he loved made up the entire team. >> reporter: making a home plate takes time and in this case a little ingenuity, an old bat and a modified clay pigeon thrower. >> i we thought about this. we actually drew pictures of it before it got built and to actually see it in real leaf the way you pictured it months and months ago is something special. it's really exciting. >> reporter: getting the contraption took a lot of work and lots of love. >> all right. batter up. harrison, you ready? >> reporter: all for this guy, harrison spires, a senior at grandview high in aurora.

>> he's ecstatic. this is something he's dreamed about his whole life. he's never had a chance to play real baseball. >> we told these people from our church that it was like a dream of his, they worked so hard to make it come true. >> he's been to countless games for his brothers. he's yelled at umpires and screamed from the stands, called the balls and strikes. today it's his turn. >> woo-hoo! all right, harris son! -- harrisson. >> reporter: h man is now hoping to be able to play in a more competitive league now that he'll be able to hit a pitched ball. you looked pretty good out there. >> yeah. >> reporter: a genetic disorder may have taken over his body, but left untouched are his dreams and love of baseball. >> just made me want to cry,

>> reporter: in centennial vicente arenas, 9news. >> his parents tell us he insisted on wearing a helmet for today's game and also he had cleats. the top floors of a denver landmark will soon have new owners. the price of really has gone up. >> a colorado bear who did well getting into a car didn't quite figure out how to stop it once it began rolling. >> the snake wasn't inside the vehicle. it was just slithering up the windld rush hour. >> much of the metro area getting ready for its first freeze of the season tonight before we warm up for the weekend. >> later in sports du soccer's incredible streak and one

not your typical commute home for a driver in florida. at least tim mawka wasn't bored sitting in traffic. a 6-foot long kingsnake slithered up from under the hood into his car, so he went into a nearby parking lot and started taking video. he got the windows rolled up just before the snake started looking for a better heat source. >> the windows were down and he did almost get inside the window. i rolled it up just in time. >> his girl stepped foot in his car since the snake encounter because no one saw where the snake went, whether it found a new home or went back to where it came from somewhere in the car. we do bear trapped in car stories. in in bear trapped in the car story the -- in this bear trapped in the car story the car tried to get even in a sense. >> once the bear is stuck in the car there's a panic mode and that's where they will

no food in his car. didn't matter. a bear opened the door, got stuck inside, kicked the car into neutral and it rolled into a tree. parks and wildlife came to rescue the bear and archer. the bear was 200 pounds, by the way. afternooner found out insurance does not -- archer found out insurance does not cover the cost of replacing the seats or a chewed off gear shifter. historic space in for tower. the top five floors are on the market. they have panoramic views of downtown and the mountains and one of the floors has back of the giant clock faces for walls. it's really quite unique. the tower was built over 100 years ago. the historic preservation group that owns the upper floor says it's only the second time in the tower's history that those upper floors have been up for sale. there's no minimum bid.

friday a-basin will not be the first ski area open in colorado, it will be the first in the country to put the lifts in motion. recent cool nights have helped the snow making operations. the first chair for the season is at 9 a.m. on friday just 130 days before a-basin closed out the last ski season. >> it looks so much like winter in the high country and mother nature helping out the ski resorts already making snow with up to 6 inches i'm meteorologist kathy sabine enjoying a beautiful fall day in the 9news backyard. the sunrise and sunset pictures have been so pretty lately and the moon just past full beautiful as well this time of year. thanks for sending those pictures in! making snow fast and furious over the loveland ski area and steamboat with the topper today, 7 inches of snow in the past 24 hours and still light

61, but it was cold with the north wind all day, temperatures hovering in the low to mid-50s. now that that wind is decreasing and skies are clearing a freeze warning has been posted for denver and northeastern colorado. forecast lows tonight are between 25 and 35 degrees, so time to protect any plants you're still trying to save on the back porch tonight. make sure to cover those up. dia dropped to 39 degrees. winds are east, southeast at 7, moisture on its way up, temperature dropping down to 42 outside the studios in the last hour. we're still tracking light snow coming into the northern mountains, moisture tracking northwest to the southeast, but the southeast has severe weather tonight. our front dropped so far south racing through lubbock up toward st. louis and chicago, hail, heavy rain, severe weather continuing to push east into memphis tomorrow. we may have major airport delays at the hubs around chicago, cincinnati and the memphis area with a secondary

heels of today's cool front. high pressure will quickly rebuild in between these storm systems, but the next one already moving onshore in the pacific northwest where the best shot of moisture will be tomorrow. notice how limited the shower activity is north of colorado tonight with that heaviest rain again falling dallas, memphis, st. louis and chicago where we'll see cold air invade as well. the cool pool of air drops to the south, but when the winds shift north to the southwest tomorrow, we'll see the numbers jump back afternoon. then we go into the 70s for friday and the weekend. a little leftover residual moisture on the backside of that departing front, skies clearing, wind letting up and with clear skies and light winds and good radiational cooling tonight it may be the coldest night of the season with lows in the teen for the mountains tonight. areas like gunnison and leadville, 30 in denver, 29 greeley, 35 lamar. cold start tomorrow, but with sunshine we'll see the numbers

junction, mid-50s in vail and temperatures running just about average tomorrow before they spike heading into the upcoming weekend. it's going to be nice to see the warm weather temperature trend, good travel weather the next few days. this october has been dry. we could use a little bit of moisture, but it won't happen in the next few days. so it's going to be cold briefly, 30 degrees tonight with a freeze warning, sun is up at 7:14. we bounce into the mid-50s by lunchtime. we won't -- we'll see the numbers climb in the afternoon. tomorrow night's low above freezing and into the we go, close to 80 for the weekend, beautiful monday forecast. next chance for showers will be tuesday, a slight cooling trend, but no rain in the forecast when our broncos take the field monday night against the texans. we've got fair skies, dry conditions and 65 degrees your kickoff temperature and it is still so beautiful in the

spectacular. thanks winston herbert for that

9news sports reporter aaron matas. >> good evening. everyone in the broncos locker room has an opinion on brock osweiler. brandon marshall want him. aqib talib said brock would be a different quarterback than he was in a broncos jersey while some expect him to be the same. emmanuel sanders knows brock well and weighed in on tonight's episode of the broncos huddle. >> brock prepares hard. he understands preparation is everything. he played under peyton manning. we got to go out and handle

quarterback is. it could be uncle rico for all i care. at the end of this game we got to be back on the same train on the same track and that's the winning track. >> if you want to see more from the huddle, it reairs on channel 20 at 10:30 and that's where you can see monday night's game against houston on channel 20 at 5:30. the cleveland indians are headed to the toward series after eliminating toronto from the american series. troy tulowitzki was the last hope in the 9th inning for the blue jays and it doesn't have the distance. toronto took the series in five games and will now try to win the world series for the first time since 1948. anthony rizzo and the cubs beat the dodgers 10-2 tonight. that series is tied 2-2 games apiece. game three is tomorrow in los angeles. the university of denver soccer tap is-- team is

country. it hasn't been easy, but it sure feels that way for one pioneer junior. life can be a battle. making work on a soccer field seem almost simple. courtney ford knows how to fight through. unfortunately he learned at a young age growing up in kansas city. >> after i started coming home with some bruises and scars my mom started asking questions. that's when i let her know. >> reporter: let her know the awful story of what was happening when courtney went to go >> pretty much what you can expect. i mean the belts, the -- gets pretty graphic, but being locked in rooms, can't eating, but basically just in that situation growing up with him you can't do anything right. >> reporter: courtney's mom fought for and got full custody. >> we ran. that's basically how that worked out. >> reporter: an escape to continue life and a budding soccer career in colorado.

>> reporter: the good news, however, didn't last. not long after moving to greeley courtney's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> the probability was that she'd die more than survive because it was stage 4. >> reporter: she protected her son from that information, dent want him to know -- didn't want him to know. courtney's ability on the soccer feel was noticed and eventually landed him on teams in the denver area. only problem was it took more than two hours to get to perhaps and nearly that long to get back home, bu every day. >> i remember her telling me there's not going to be any money for college. >> reporter: gas and hospital bills were taking their toll, but their commitment to one another paid off. the cancer beaten, college money no issue after ford accepted a full scholarship to denver. >> without the scholarship i wouldn't be in college hands down. >> reporter: he is thriving, hopes to chase the national championship, plans on training

weren't and could join the team this season. >> i haven't seen a center back this dominate in college socker in about four or five -- socker in about four or -- soccer in about four or five years. >> courtney's life finally seems much easier. the pioneers extended their regular unbeaten streak to 32 games tonight. the golden goal scored with eight seconds in double er this year. you can imagine with what courtney ford's been through he's certainly having a blast, 32 straight regular season unbeaten games. he's part of the colorado rapids homegrown program. so they can sign him. they got the first rights to him. he could be there early as next season, although his coach said he wouldn't mind if he was

time again. the tonight show is next. jimmy has vice president joe biden and his house band metallica. that's what the vice president said, rock on.