jennifer lobato's family filed a lawsuit against the county after she died of dehydration during a heroin withdrawal in the jail. the lawsuit said deputies ignored her signs of withdrawal the 12 hours before she died. reports say lobato begged for help for her withdrawal symptoms. the family's attorney said deputies failed to get medical attention after she became unresponsive. several sheriff's deputies were formally reprimanded. gewere made to jail policy after her death. the man su nederland police department has been indicted. 64-year-old david an sberry was indicted. police found a bomb in a backpack near the nederland marshal's office october 11th. it was thought to be lost property. it was later detonated in the parking lot.

accused of ambushing two officers in the des moines area in separate shootings has a history of mental illness. the suspect surrendered this morning. investigators are trying to determine a motive. police say they got the first call about 1 a.m. one officer was found dead in the front seat of his car. the second call about 20 minutes later 2 miles away, another officer was found to have been shot in the front seat of his patrol car. >> these were our friends. they are our co-workers. we discussed at length at times the family of law enforcement, we're a very tight night community. des moines is not a big city. we all know each other. so i mean we're heartbroken. i don't know how else to put it, really no words in times like this. >> the officers who died have been identified as justin martin and sergeant anthony

since 2005. he was married and had children. relief and rejoicing, all is right in the hills. the same system that brought a little rain to parts of the metro area this morning brought a little snow to the mountains, beautiful picture. our man in the mountains matt renoux shot in video in summit county and gul pond between copper mountain and frisco. it is not much, but it's something and it's really nice to see after all the warm weather. 50s and 60s around the metro meteorologist danielle grant is in the backyard. it's a little bit cooler. just a bit, absolutely. we take what we can get as far as precipitation goes across the state. up in the high country glorious. the ski resorts are rejoicing, skiers and snowboarders getting pumped up hoping winter is armed the corner at least. a-basin, this is the view -- around the corner at lease. a-basin, this is the view with

the distance. downtown denver, after a couple early morning light rain showers we are back in business with the blue skies across the city. it looks fantastic. now on hd doppler 9 tracking a couple light little snow showers still firing up across portions of the san juans toward telluride, lake city as well with a few rain showers also nearing parts of just into the foothills, some snowfall along the higher peaks in parts of summit county. nothing making it to the metro area just yet, but we might find just a couple of little sprinkles possible across our southwestern suburbs. you can see those clouds around 7:30, 8:00 in jeffco, douglas county. i don't think we'll get a ton of moisture, just an increase in ds beforewe clear things out latenight. temperatures feeling good in the low 60s, a little more normal for this time of year, but still a couple degrees above average. heading to low 70s in lamar in afternoon and 40s and 50s in

10 degrees, plus we'll look ahead and see if we have any more storms in sight to bring us a little rain and snow. it would be nice to see around here because it has been just so dry. >> really has. i know. it was just shocking when you saw a little bit of the sidewalk wet this morning. >> a couple of raindrops on the car windshield. >> what's that? >> it's been a while. six days until the election. bothsi battleground states right now and there are some key challenges for democrats and republicans. in florida, for instance, enthusiasm for clinton among african american voters is high, but the turnout of black voters is down compared to when president obama ran. joe biden compared for clinton today not far from trump's rally. trump's strategy is to drive up his turn-out and drive down

african americans. new cnn polls find trump leading in nevada and arizona. clinton is ahead in pennsylvania and florida, but the average of polls in florida show of it's a mere tie. donald trump has one of his most outspoken supporters campaigning in colorado today, former speaker of the house newt gingrich. kyle clark sits down with him tonight at 6:00 on next. >> trump came to colorado to question the integrity of our mail-in ballot system, no proof, just this allegation that it's >> it's not fair, but it's a genuine worry across the whole country. a number of places we've found people voting 20, 30 years after they died is not trivial. in some places, philadelphia a good example, i think is a pretty good indication there's still a lot of those. so the notion of ballot integrity is not a small thing. >> coming up at 6:00 gingrich discusses whether republicans should be floating talk of impeaching hillary clinton before she's even elected.

nights at 6:00 on 9news. chelsea chin on was in boulder today campaigning -- clinton was in boulder today campaigning for her mother and in the aurora area last night urging voters to return their ballots early or make sure they're registered to vote on election someday. she remind the voters just -- election day. she reminded the voters just how crucial voting is. >> whoever you can talk to, whatever conversations you ca have, all of it really matters. >> donald trump's running mate is also in colorado today. vice presidential candidate mike pence is going to speak this evening in loveland at the larimer county fair ground at 5:30 -- fairgrounds at 5:30. this is a lot to take in with all the new poll numbers coming in. in a few minutes we'll look at how colorado could change the outcome of this election. authorities in north dakota say pipeline protesters have been trying to get onto private

developer. police say about 30 people are in waist deep water confronting law enforcement. medics have been treating some protesters for hypothermia and others hit with pepper spray. native americans say the pipeline would taint water supplies and destroy sacred ground. reports out this morning indicate documents that show american indian artifacts found along the route of the dakota access oil pipeline last month were not reported to state regulators for 10 days. north dakota's ie notified quickly but didn't report it to the commission because he thought the pipeline company would do so. reuters is reporting president obama says the u.s. government is looking at ways to reroute the pipeline in response to concerns by native american tribes. more concerns today about the fuel supply in the southeast, the governor of georgia telling residents they shouldn't overreact about the possibility of shortages after a pipeline explosion monday afternoon in rural alabama.

the pipeline authority said a contract crew accidentally hit the gas line igniting a fire. a leak on that same pipeline in september caused gas stations to run dry and increased prices in alabama, georgia, tennessee and the carolinas. the pipeline authority says it's hoping for a faster fix this time around. commuters beware, work is still happening on speer boulevard heading into downtown denver. it was expected to be completed today. public works says crews hope to be done by evening rush concrete steam vault under the road. xcel says the underground vaults are deteriorating. the road could collapse if the vault is not repaired. two lanes on sphere boulevard and one lane on stout street will be closed until repairs are completed. a dry day maybe? >> we will see. >> we have a live look at progressive field in cleveland just a few hours before game seven, as many folks had wanted.

extra game last night after a big win over the indians. the cubs scored nine runs including that grand slam by shortstop addison russell. cleveland won the last world series in 1948. the cubs haven't won one since 1908. >> the cubs raise the white flag with the big blue w in wrigley field after every win, but inve in enemy territory over the rock and roll hall of fame. when the cubs lose, they fly a flag with an l. the tradition of flying the win and loss flags began in 1937 to help people passing by wrigley field to let people know just how the cubs did that way. >> then you know and they found one in person. >> can you imagine the person raising that thing up in cleveland taking off real quick afterwards?

baby 18 years in the making. >> and the colorado buffaloes are getting ready for ucla with some big expectations and a

attorneys who specialize in wills, probate, are here volunteering their time for you until 5:30 this afternoon, so give them a ring 303-698-0999. six days, folks, is what you've got till you vote. >> the polls right now are fascinating. >> ian and kelly here, thanks we were just talking. clinton has a 2.5 percentage points lead in colorado and she just bout a huge round of ad buys here. what does that mean for donald trump? >> yeah. hillary clinton announced she's throwing another half million dollars into colorado. that tells me that they're nervous, that they're scared and she's trying to shore it up, but quite frankly, a lot of those polls haven't yet even

fbi investigations completely in them. this is going to be a really tight race to the end. >> we're looking at this map from real clear politics that came out today. they're calling it at this point. this is their projection at this point because before this so many states have been i don't know and blue or red, back and buy, it's six days, a lot of people have already voted. over 1 million voters have voted in colorado. >> sure. >> i mean is it too little too late? >> there are about 3/4 of expected electorate that hasn't voted yet, so no, i don't think so and furthermore, it's an insurance policy more than anything eliminates i think. look, if your wedding planner told you there was a 25% chance of rain on your wedding day, you'd still buy the tent, right? >> right.

still want the insurance policy. that's what this ad buy is all about. i'm confident the clinton ground game, message, candidates, surrogates and programs has outworked the trump campaign left, right and center especially in colorado. >> but there have been 1.2 million ballots returned already in colorado. that's a lot. did she make a mistake not participating in these ads months at a time? we haven't had an ad since july? >> democrats for the first time in probably ever we've had universal mail ballots and mostly mail ballots are outvoting republicans raw by the numbers and performance categories. the first time ever in 2014 democrats are nine percentage points ahead of where they were in terms of ballot returns and republicans are down 7.5% which was barely a good year for them. >> kelly, did she make a mistake? >> she. she took it for granted -- she did.

she's nervous about it. going back to ian's analogy, the reality is now people are telling her hey, there's a chance you'll have rain on your wedding and sneeze like oh, no. -- and she's like oh, no. now what do i do? let me try to get a really expensive tent that maybe will work or not. in addition, when we're talking about all mail-in ballots, this is unprecedented. every single day republicans, difference has gotten better for republicans. so if that continues, we could see the trends are changing. >> i think the map we saw that was so interesting if you do the math and with colorado circled if, in fact, this is correct, it could come down to like colorado. >> what need to happen for us to be the sort of tipping point state is that everything has to break against clinton and against all of the polling and trend lines this entire

tightening. it always tightens toward the end. that's how polling works. at the end of the day everything will tighten. it would be great if we maintained our status as a super important swing state, but i think there will be plenty of other states to buffer us. >> do you think there's a certain state, kelly? i keep hearing wisconsin, colorado, arizona. some of those states are all that's the tipping state. >> you know, it could be colorado. it could be a question of whether or takes utah. there are a lot of question marks out there. colorado is certainly one of them and becoming more so as time goes on. ian was talking about trends. trends are certainly going against hillary clinton and it's better to surge late than to surge early and trump is surging. there's no question about it. >> these polls are all over the place. you can find the poll that fits

do you think that real clear politics poll is accurate? do you think clinton up by just 2 1/2 percentage points is accurate given what we've seen in terms of returns? >> no. i have to challenge that. i think she'll win colorado by five or six points. >> kelly? >> i don't know because i think that we haven't had a presidential with the mail-in ballots the way we've seen in the past and so it's really hard to predict, but i think that the fact that politics is this close and even floyd ciruli who is a contributor here has them tied is really a big issue. >> let me have one more piece to this real quick. let's say the polls are 50/50 hillary and trump in colorado. the fact that the clinton campaign has a massive about statewide groundwork ready to go and trump has nothing, that

>> given nobody actually likes hillary clinton. this is the big issue. >> more than half the voters and states like hillary clinton. >> voting is not a mandate for people that don't like her. >> we love having you guys on. it will be a fascinating next six days. >> we hope they're taking their vitamins, drinking lots of water, doing everything necessary. okay. thanks so much for joining us. e polls are really interesting. a couple has a new baby 18

there are few things more difficult emotionally for a couple than the inability to conceive a child. a couple in parker had nearly given up hope on having a second baby until they came across a local program aimed at giving unborn babies a chance at life. 9news reporter christine noel shares a birth story 18 years in the making.

she's sucking her thumb. >> reporter: for every little bundle of joy there's a memorable birth story. >> little feet. >> reporter: for 5-month-old baby marley that journey began exactly 18 years ago. >> very common baby book with a little twist that she was created and then frozen before marty and i ever met. >> reporter: flashback to november 3rd, 2008, when she was just an embryo. >> here's where marley was straws they call them. >> reporter: back en a couple in california trying to conceive through ivf had embryos left over after successfully having a baby, embryos that ended up in the snowflakes adoption program. >> it makes me teary eyed when i really want to think about it hard. >> reporter: for 17 years this little snowflake waited for the right match which was made about two years ago with the wilsons after the couple wasn't able to get pregnant after the

emily. >> ovarian function was the problem. >> reporter: they found help in the snowflakes program. >> eventually we were overjoyed with the fact we were matched with a family. >> she came to us via fedex. >> reporter: nine months after a successful embryo transfer baby marley jade made her grand appearance into the world june 3rd surrounded by lots of love. >> so much that i can't even believe that she's alive. or the next chapter of her exciting life story. in parker christine noel, 9news. >> the wilsons are in touch with marley's biological parents. they exchange letters and pictures a few times a year. another twist in the story. marley has a biological story who just turned 18 years old and a reunion may happen in the future. a florida woman who gave birth in her car in a hospital parking lot is billed a delivery room fee even though

delivery room. paula diamora's husband caught the baby's head as nurses ran out to help with the rest of the delivery in the fair line outside boca raton's reg -- fire line outside boca raton's regional hospital. now the family has received a bill for the full delivery room fee of $7,000. mom said she planned for the birthing costs but thought since she never made it inside that the hospital would adjust the bill. >> i knew i was responsible for $5,000. that's not the issue. the issue is i look at this delivery charge and i think that's a little outrageous. >> yeah. >> yeah, that is outrageous. that's insane. the hospital spokesperson said administration had no comment. 9wants to know reporter chris vanderveen looks into this kind of stuff. if you have something, e-mail

>> she didn't even get to the bed. >> she didn't get inside. >> she didn't even get to a clair, a la-z-boy or something, good -- chair, a la-z-boy or something, good grief. >> dad was there to help her with the baby. >> yes. he was right there acting as the doctor, nurse and everything at the moment. >> seven grand later scratching her head. you may start to notice the men around 9news, a little scruffier this month. they're rt >> you talking about me? >> ryan is a full lap ahead of everybody else. >> i like to thank my lebanese ancestors for helping me out. last year the 9news team raised almost 18,000 bucks. we ranked third overall in the no shave team leaderboard. in total nearly $1.6 million was raised to benefit groups that support cancer prevention.

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folliclely challenged. it's just that they're fair hair. rod mackey, aaron matas, they struggle. it's all about showing up. >> they try, though. keep coming back every day. we'll have progress of some kind. >> yes. we'll keep watching it grow. slightly cooler weather today before we warm up again. >> danielle is back next with

some mountain areas even got some new snow. meteorologist danielle grant cooler today after a little bit of rain this morning. some mountain areas saw a little snow. it's all good. >> shock to the system when i went out for the workout, stepped outside. there were raindrops on the brick at my apartment. meteorologist danielle grant is in the backyard with sunshine. >> i was in the same boat this morning, just did not want to get out of bed because it was

temperatures yet again now slightly above average. up in the high country they were just so excited to see something from mother nature rather than just the snow guns going off, mother nature bringing in about an inch or 2 at the levin ski area and toby, the burmese mountain dog, said i am okay with this, copper mountain picking up a little bit of snowfall in the distance. unfortunately looking ahead toward november the climate prediction center indicates we potentially could be looking across a good chunk of the northern and central mountains, possibly even the san juans as well here in colorado, something we'll keep a close eye on. with the extended forecast it does still look very dry. i wanted to show you this. i know there's a lot of numbers, but take a look. our average on the left-hand side of your screen for august, september and october a little more than 3 1/2 inches or so. compare it to what we actually saw, only 3/4 of an inch within

desperately. denver, the front range we are parched and we could use a good storm. unfortunately mother nature has been steering them well to the north or to our south giving us plenty of sunshine. that was the case this afternoon, low 60s in fort collin, greeley 61. 70 degrees in lamar and cooler up in the high country, 40s and 50. right now the sunshine is out at dia, nd in the 9news backyard where our temperatures are sitting at about 60 degrees. i'll show you on hd doppler 9 what we have going on across the state. we have been watching a little light rain, light snowfall west of the city up across the central mountains, summit, park counties picking up very light precipitation above 9, 10,000 feet and down toward the san juans. also a little bit of rain and

anything at this point. a storm system pushing in across portions of the midwest, the cold front throughout portions of missouri and st. louis and dragging itself throughout the panhandle of texas. chicago getting ready for heavy rain. they've been dealing with it all day long. what's interesting about this system, it is pushing east making way toward cleveland. woe got a big game going on late tonight for the world -- we've got a big game going on late tonight for the series, game seven. back at home cooler, 30s for the front range, eastern plains as well, 20s in leadville, gunnison, south toward lake city and alamosa, too. in town we'll cool off to about 36, mostly clear skies tonight and the sun rice at 7:30 tomorrow morning -- sunrise at 7:30 tomorrow morning. the storm starts shifting east, high pressure around town and once again we'll watch for

north. in the futurecast the rest of the night looks pretty quiet around here, maybe a few clouds later this evening toward jeffco into douglas county, but that's about it. 11:00 tonight mostly clear skies across the state and that's the way we wake up tomorrow morning, too, maybe a couple of clouds along i-76, but that's it. we got nothing around here. 4:00, 5:00, the drive home easy and by 10:00 tomorrow evening you see a couple light clouds southwestern colorado. that's going to be our next storm system that rolls in from the southwest potentially bringing the high country a little snowfall late tomorrow night into friday, but really none for us. tomorrow 69. we'll go with mostly sunny skies. it will be warmer than today but yet again a dry one. 70s along the far eastern plains into northeastern colorado tomorrow afternoon, 63 degrees in aspen, upper 60s to the west. now around the metro area what

the sunglasses handy and many locations flirting with 70 degrees like littleton, brighton, platteville, longmont, 50s and 60s across the foothills and we'll warm things up again along the i-25 corridor in northern colorado. 60s on friday. with the storm system pushing up from the southwest i anticipate a few more clouds, might be a degree or two cooler and saturday possibly a couple light little rain showers by i'd say. i'm not anticipating a lot, but at least there's a chance. 67 degrees sunday and next week the 70s return to us, knock but sunshine. you guys, -- nothing but sunshine. you guys, i wish i could say man, we have a big whopper coming our way, rain, snow, but we've got nothing. >> that's all right. it's coming.

>> but if the mountains make snow. >> snow does fell, danielle. it will happen. >> i know. i just want it now. >> when it conveniently hits on your day off or your weekend -- >> we'll call you in. >> if it was only as easy as a snap of the finger, right? >> thank you. die hard cu fans don't care if team wins or loses, but winning, well, winning is a whole lot more fun. >> of head coach mike macintyre thinks so, too.

this is kind of an understatement, but the cu boulder football team is having a great season, ranked in the top 25 bowl eligible taking on ucla at home thursday night. even with all the excitement head coach mike macintyre is trying to stay focused. >> yeah because he's seen a couple bleak years. >> he knows how this goes. >> he was brought in to turn it

rise is real. 9news reporter victoria sanchez sat down with coach mac and talked to him about turning this team around with his past four seasons with the buffs. >> i tell them all the time, too, i love you when we're losing and i love you when we're winning, but i love you more with a smile when we're winning. >> reporter: the coach has seen a lot more smiles these days, not just from players, but students around campus. >> super excited, ready for bowl game, going wherever it is. >> doing great. we're killing it. it's a nice change of pace from what we're used to. >> reporter: for cu seniors their first year here didn't go so well for the buffs. >> oh, man, i can talk about it for days. we were terrible our freshman year. >> reporter: but just three seasons later. >> i've never seen the stadium so packed. last three games it's sold out standing room only. >> i feel like coach has flipped it around and he's a really cool guy, too.

coach and he's as humble as they get giving all the credit to the guys on the field. >> they've learned true life lessons that hard work really does pay off and that's something that's very, very important that will carry them long past football. they'll forget all the plays i taught them and they'll forget the calls we made, but they'll remember the ethic and commitment and sacrifice they made to be successful and that will carry-on in life. >> reporter: he's more a father figure than coach and says that's how he wants it, ju sons to accomplish more. the next goal is to bring home the pac-12 championship title. >> i think it should be a very magical ending. >> reporter: in boulder victoria sanchez, 9news. >> all the buffs, hoping for a magical ending. the buffs take on ucla bruins at folsom field tomorrow night, 7:00. >> you feel so good for those senior players who remember. >> been there, done that. it's the freshmen.

really remarkable because when you stay together when thing are down and then things are on the up side. >> that's what makes a good team. >> the college team bowl game announcement happens the first week of december. this game is that blackout game. they're asking fans to wear black. >> we checked with cu today. over 40,000 tickets have been sold for the game tomorrow. folsom holds just over 50,000. >> you can still get tickets. they really want to pack follow they ask you to wear black. >> it's a beautiful field. it's an awesome field. i will go to many more games there totally. >> and i sat at many losing games and spill say i'm sitting in folsom field. it's -- still say i'm sitting in folsom field.

broncos take on the oakland raider in sunday night football. the two teams are tied atop the afc west and it's the first meeting of the year for the division rivals. >> the next division rivalry game is week 17. 9news sports anchor rod mackey is at the broncos huddle this afternoon where one of the stars from last week is his special guest. >> reporter: it's raider week. gary kubiak has bradley roby being a starter, but that became official last sunday when he made the most of his opportunity. the afc's defensive player of the week and tonight the special guest on the broncos huddle. >> rivers and out of the hands of roby, 45, 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, to the house, touchdown denver! >> reporter: the biggest of bradley robey's many plays helping the broncos pay back

the field as much and you got to take advantage of those opportunities you get. so when talib said he wasn't going to be playing, i just looked as it as i got to step up and use it as an opportunity to get better. >> reporter: this week the broncos face one of the best teams and best quarterbacks, raider qb derek carr, who hasn't made many mistakes, but if he does, look for that defense to make him pay with points. >> it's somethinwe last year. we did that last year and continue to do that. i think it's part of the players on this team, on defense. we're playmakers and it can come from anywhere. i think that is one of the big reason why we got to the super bowl last year and one of the reasons we continue to be successful. >> reporter: this broncos show goes at 6:30 right in the middle of that baseball game people are talking about, but if you're into the cubs and indians, that's okay. you can always tape broncos

6:30, back to you. >> i'm pretty sure he's a cleveland fan, right? >> yeah. he showed us that picture from college with his cubs hat on. rod, we know he's torn. he'll probably be watching. you can multi-task. people do it all the time, watch the news and do it. >> slacker and steve do it. >> right? don't you guys multi-task? >> we're only cable of doing one thing at a time. >> oh, you're guys. elections and different things we decided to turn our show one brief moment into stories that make us say ha ha. did you see the dad who had to take i had little kid on a plane halloween -- take his

the passengers and the little kid went around and they handed them out to him. >> what's wrong with you two? did you get some estrogen injections? >> no. we're trying to have some feel good stories. the therapy is actually starting to work on us. we'll find a way to get back to the negativity tomorrow. you can call and talk about cu, how they're about oh, they finally >> if anyone hasn't seen the little kid going around this airplane picking up candy, it is adorable. you are right about, that guys. >> it's so beautiful. if you want to say ah, come on over. >> we didn't know you had it in you. we do because you do that with children's hospital, but we like to see it more than once a year from you. >> they have a softer side, just takes a while to bring it

>> next we'll talk to them about politics. >> no. that is a bad idea. speaking of stories that make you feel good and even when they have kind of a sad twist, listen to your mom and dad. that's good advice. >> those are words shared between two unlikely friends that we have all cometon and love over the last few years -- come to know and love over the

past three years. erling kindem--the world war two veteran--who a sad chapter has unfolded in a story that has cusped the nation in the past three years. a world war ii veteran who befriended his preschool next- door neighborhood passed away on saturday at age 91. emmett and earling's story was followed by our sister station. >> reporter: the changing of the seasons, the circle of

>> he's been extra quiet, extra snuggley. metaphors exist for what emmett ricksner is experiencing. >> he won't really bring it up. >> reporter: but none that quell the hurt of losing a friend. >> watch. this. >> reporter: the viral video relationship between world war ii veteran earling and his charmed a nation. >> i love him. >> did you find a worm? >> no. it's a bug. >> reporter: with his declining health, their friendship was destined to come to an end. >> we told him and after quite a long pause he said we'll have to wait a really long team and see him again in heaven. >> emmett, you amaze me. >> reporter: this conversation recorded just days ago by emmett's parents on one of his final visits. >> you're such a nice boy. >> it felt like a good-bye.

give you the best advice they can. remember that. >> okay. >> he wasn't afraid to hold his hand and he wasn't afraid to hug him. emmett was his friend and he was with him. >> reporter: the hours after earling's passing brought thousands of social media condolences. >> there's a lot of love out there and between the two of them they really made people think about it. >> reporter: tough lessons for one so young. >> i told you he was fast. >> i'm super fast. >> reporter: but over three years emmett and earling showed us something worse exists that be losing a friend, -- than losing a friend, missing an opportunity to make one. >> i hope that one thing that emmett will take from it is that you stick with the people you love until the very end and i'm really proud of emmett for doing that. >> yeah.

>> reporter: floyd huppert, kare11 news, dakota county. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> we have cried so many tears over this story, but it's such a wonderful story because the message is find that friendship and that was really true friendship. you could see it. >> it was because he is so young and impressionable and normally you just stick with kids your age right around then. he found a 91-year-old man that he became best friends with. >> it was family said services will be in the spring -- earling's family said services will be in the spring with full military honors. >> his parents are remarkable because they took the time to make sure they visited after earling had to move. they spent time with him. >> if you haven't seen the previous stories, go find them. they're a beautiful slice of

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right now because it's been so warm. >> you have a lot to do? plenty of shopping left? don't we all. there's plenty of time left. don't worry. also this year's u.s. capitol tree is about to make a long journey to washington d.c. the 80-foot engleman spruce was cut down outside of mccall, idaho. instead of the usual chainsaw workers used a traditional cross-cut saw to honor the tools used in the region. it's the second christmas tree to come from idaho. the tree will travel 3,000 miles to d.c. and put up in time for the tree lighting december 6th. that is always so beautiful. >> the tradition of cutting it down, that's great. >> that is it for us. 9news at 5:00 is next.

next at 5:00 students and teachers scramble to figure out what's next after the sudden closure of heritage college. >> also a computer model predicts the winner of this year's contest. >> rtd gets the news it had to have to continue operating its train to the plane next on 9news. >> this is 9news. for hundreds of dental hygiene, skin care or bloodwork, heritage college served as the path to a good career. as 9news reporter nelson garcia shows us, without warning the colorado based for profit system shut down locally and at nine other campuses across the country. >> i know. we don't even get a ceremony. that's what's so sad. >> reporter: in the midst of all the questions. >> to get all the faculty and students. >> reporter: for students like rochelle bata who attended

yesterday -- >> nobody has given us information. i have $27,000 in debt from this school and i don't even know if i'm going to get a diploma at the end of this. >> reporter: in the midst of all the angst. >> you're welcome to stay here as longs on you don't interfere with the other business -- as long as you don't interfere with other businesses. >> i sacrificed a year and a half to better myself for my child and to do this is not right. >> we didn't >> reporter: kelly prika walks in. not only is she an employee -- >> i've been here 16 years. i have cancer. i have no insurance. >> reporter: she was the school's national director of regulatory compliance. >> i know there was a lawsuit in kansas city that they lost. >> reporter: two former employees filed this $32.8 million lawsuit claiming that heritage college falsified attendance records and changed grades so it could receive financial aid money from the government. >> nobody seems to care.