s of new affordable homes in denver. residents in more than 30 homes in castle rock were finally allowed back in their neighborhood after police found two explosive devices inside a neighbor's house which has been condemned. officers first discovered suspicious chemicals when they went to tell parents he had been arrested monday morning along with another student. victoria sanchez spoke with neighbors. >> i just paid this thi lives in this quiet dmashd for more than two decades and couldn't believe local police and federal investigators pulled two explosive devices out of his neighbor's house. >> that's not where i live. >> reporter: the explosives were detonated just yards from the home on the 400 block. investigators said it was too dangerous to move them any farther away.

distance. >> reporter: after more than 30 homes were evacuated, neighbors were let back in, except for the house where the chemicals were found remember it's taped off with signs state the building is an imminent threat to public health and safety. vats of hazardous material collect the inside are on the driveway and in trash bins. >> i was very surprised. this is a very nice neighborhood t nature here >> reporter: police officers went to the home for another reason torque tell the parent was a teenaged boy their son was arrested overnight monday. many residents in the close-knit neighborhood don't know the family who lives in the home with but say the teenaged son has an interest in science. >> he was just fascinated by chemistry, and we understand that it was encouraged in the family. everybody in the immediate neighborhood knew the boy was involved in that sort of thing.

devices found were not malicious. >> the last thing you want to do is i hate to say a brand a young person for all intents and purposes has a fascination with science. > looking through trash in a landfill in weld county looking for the body of a missing toddler. his mother's boyfriend has been charged in the child's death. investigators say rogers told them he died after falling from a counter and lied to them about where he put the body. then they received a tip that the body was buried under a

putting the boy in a dumpster. >> all the goose chases we've been sent on over the we delayed a lot of time where we could have been doing something more effect itch. >> investigators say there's only a 1% chance deputies will fine the boy's body in the landfill. despite that they'll be searching every day for the next few weeks or months if necessary. hillary clinton's campaign spend about $5 hl on ads in colorado. more than a million colorado ballot are already counted. clinton's campaign cancelled a substabl amount of broadcast ads in colorado over the summer when polling showed

donald trump has run a heavy rotation of ads on denver tv stations in recent months. he's spent more than $4 million so far on broadcast ads in colorado. exactly one week from election day and more than a million people in colorado have already voted, mostly by mail ballots. that's approximate a third of the expected -- about a third of the expected turnout. we won't learn who won until election night of cour >> this is the voter turnout we have had so far. people turning in their early ballots. first thing that strikes me as unusual is this is the opposite of the last one, republicans were on top. >> so true, the republicans have dominated the state in terms of their basic registration and their turnaround.

democrats are ahead of republicans in voter registration, and they have had a very strong turnout ground game here in colorado. no doubt reflecting their quick start. >> and the gap has gotten a little narrower at the end. what do you make out of that? might the republicans have the momentum and switch who's on top there? >> as the election gets closer, you're go getting a surge, people are getting more anxiety to turn it in. but absolutely right. sie passion among republicans has increased and it's fallen off a bit for the democrats due to the comey announcement. >> that being said, we can look at red and blue line. a third of the state is un-afill yatded. they're not turning out quite so much. >> exactly so, and that's historically what has happened. they are almost always substantially behind and not up to their registration. they're

don't turn out as well as the part sans. >> this is the percent of active registered voters who have cast a ballot so far. you don't expect this to get higher. >> not too much. notice how close those two bars are. they're gonna make a difference. if they're leaning toward the republicans, they could bring trump across. breaking even or leaning to hillary, clinton is itting to win. >> where does this yellowar many states have marijuana questions on the ballot. 5will vote whether to legalize recreational marijuana. what will impact be in those states and potentially across the country? >> i worry about my child being exposed more so marijuana now than he already is. in a

think it'll be more challenging. it'll certainly be more prevalence and it'll be more challenging for our kids to say no. >> colorado of course, oregon, washington, and is alaska have already legalized recreational marijuana. americans have is a preference when it com legalizing. alabama a governor alabama's governor has declared state of emergency. decision means that for the time being, truckers carrying gasoline will be subject to the limits on hours they may be able to drive and apply under normal circumstances. governors in other states took similar okays after a leak in alabama -- actions after a leak in alabama last month which led to shortages across the south. >> there will not be a total

increase in calls. >> monday's explosion killed one worker and injured several others. federal investigators have arrived in baltimore to look into a crash involving a school bus and a commuter bus that killed six people, injured ten others. police say a school bus rear-ended a car, truck a roadside pillar, and veered into an oncoming bus denver celebrates the opening of hundreds of new affordable homes. >> the extreme steps a trump support has gone to prevent another theft of his campaign signs. >> the zoo in atlanta reveals

a man just outside atlanta has installed a metal cage and barbed wire fencing around his donald trump campaign sign with the warning that trespassers will be shot. he anchored it after two signs were stolen. the second time the thief went through barbed wire to steal the sign. a 223-unit affordable housing apartment complex has officially opened in five

city councillors this morning celebrated the opening of the building it. has affordable apartments for low and moderate income tenants. they must make at or below the median income for the area, up to $3,00033,000. one of the newsest residents, thankful for all of those who have come together to make the project happen. >> i think this is a place that i can live for as long as i want like i ever have to worry about a place that i can afford, a place that i can call my home. >> the building has studios, one bedroom, two bedroom, three bedroom rangers ranging to $1 two 50 a month. atlanta's zoo has revealed

the zoo announced today that dna testing confirmed the gender of the little girls. they arrived september 3rd. they other second set is of surviving twins born to the zoo and atlanta's 19-year-old panneda. each weighs more than 4 pounds. da.. each weighs more than 4 pounds. saving livens is the -- lives is the theme today for the annual blood drive. how wa turnout? >> reporter: wooim waiting on an yoo -- i'm waiting on an update. it has been a wonderful

life officially wrapped up at 5:00. there are still dozens of people out here, donors finishing up giving their donation. a sea of orange all morning, all out here for the same purpose to help give the gift of life by donating blood broncos linebacker dakota watson chose to overcome his fear of needles today and donate for the first time. >> i'm a firm believer in helping people eve after my time is done on earth. if it's just a little bit of blood, why not? >> it's good to come out here and give blood, and it's nice that they come out and give their time. >> reporter: it's

broncos including paxton lynch and hunter riley dixon out here playing corn hole. talking to football fans, certainly a fun day out here. it was certainly fun. and i'm hearing about updated numbers as of 4:30. their goal was 1250. so far they have 890. not quite but there are eight blood collection centers in and around the metro area open every day for folks to come on in. temperatures will be a little more seasonable through the middle of the week.

i had to go far and wide to find some snow. but i did find some snow up high, benefit 9,000 feet. a beautiful day in the high country. there we go. a little light show up there.

in the month of november, we would expect about 7.5 inches of snow for the month. but there are no science that we're gonna see the season's first snowfall in denver in the short-term. average highs in the 50s. lows in the mis 20s, and temperatures today anything but near those numbers. we do have a little moisture along the front range foothills, wind driven by a cool front crossing the state from the northwest. winds gusty from time, decreasing winds tonight. south at 10, pretty dry, humidity at 21%. clear skies out here, potential for an isolated shower along the foothills this evening. the numbers today, when you consider the average high is close to 60, above average due to this dominant ridge of high pressure which is beginning to shift in response to this cool front which also brought a whole lot of wind along the front range today. system moves east tomorrow. high pressure sets back up. a cooling trend. upper

down south today. mid-50s in the high country. and we can see how the numbers stack up against the averages and the record for this time of year. they're making snow fast and furious in the high country. many resorts are trying to open. winter park delaying. wolf creek delaying. could use some help from mother nature. something we don't see. this front is gonna come in basically dry. the the week, probably. moisture limited, showers along the foothills tonight, the northern and central mountains will be the trend. on the back side, that cool pool of air does push through, and you'll notice how limited the moisture s. we'll have a bit of cloud cover around the area tomorrow. sun comes out from time to timeful basically a

plains only slightly cooler. tonight in the city, cloud ernths mild, less wind -- cloudy, mild, less mind, 39. temperatures tomorrow around 61 degrees by 3:00 in the afternoon. temperatures continue in the mid-to upper 60s until the weekend. isolated showers are possible saturday, sunday, and monday. not an overall impressive forecast. some things to and the election next week. we also have daylight saving time it. comes to an end late saturday night, early sunday morning. we'll tell you if the broncos will let the trade

if the broncos repeat, it's gonna happen with another lousy offensive line. the trade dlan passed this afternoon without making a deal. elway was willing to listen to everything and was expected to upgrade to tackle or guard position, maybe running back. but nothing happened. broncos and raiders playing

>> reporter: the broncos played their first monday night football game on 1973. tv great le fumble, speeds 80 yards to the goal line. >> reporter: a field goal by jim turner in the final seconds gave the broncos a 23-23 tie with the world champions. >> and the broncos escape

>> reporter: to ever see any televised event from the state of colorado from that time. >> the broncos had stood up under pressure. and like a diamond they had hardened into something they have not been before. >> reporter: for now the broncos are on monday night football on the longest continuous running streak >> if you're in the area, just swing by. always interesting. this week's prep really honor role ends with a shifty sprint to the end zone. >> go!

>> reporter: the no. 1 ranked high school runner in the nation. he run the fivea cross-country individual title and beat the record by over a minute in the process. out to the gridiron for no. 4,. the junior will take this 76 yards to no. 3. maya patterson and kiera bentley a huge dig to set up chase jackson with the kill. no. 2 sends the game to overtime. matt wilhelm winds you want kick and sends it just over the goalie pen. >> reporter: all night

he bobs 65 yards for a touchdown. now it's your turn! go to 9news.com slash hss to vote for your favorite play. >> indian s have another chance to clinch the world series tonight, at home. game 6 with the cubs at 6:00. >> go cubbies! >> should be a good one. >> we'll see.

tonight, the final-week frenzy. after days on defense, clinton comes out swinging, and trump responds, as both campaigns hit the home stretch. tonight the battleground map, where it stands, with time running out. gas shortage fears. a massive explosion knocks out one of the biggest pipelines in america, used to supply over a dozen stat. drivers could end up paying the price. windows warning. microsoft's new alert to customers about hack attacks linked to russia. and tonight what nbc news has learned about putin's efforts to rid russia of a big american name. the pot vote. marijuana on the ballot from coast to coast. red states, blue states, supporters of legalized weed, hoping to turn them green.