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.

owned by westin educational inc. run by car dealer earl westin from the westin auto gallery in fort collins. when i talked to him by phone, he referred me to his website stating the school did not close due to wrong doing stating numerous factors contributed to the circumstances including declining student population and continued decreased demand for the services of for profit schools. >> and i begged him. i said we're not itt. we can't go down this road. >> reporter: in the midst of the school year. >> and they're because the school is closed. >> reporter: crisis instead of classes. >> i need some money to pay my mortgage. >> reporter: neongarcia, 9news. >> students are holding a meeting in less than an hour at the college view rec center in denver to discuss the next steps for them and for faculty members who lost their jobs. a 64-year-old man from california has been indicted on a federal charge of attempting

destruction in last month's failed bombing in nederland. david ansberry is accused of attempting to set off a homemade bomb near the nederland police department october 11th. the bomb was concealed in a backpack designed to detonate remotely by cell phone. it didn't work. fbi agents arrested ansberry in chicago where he is waiting extradition to colorado. a settlement payment of $2.5 million ha died in the jefferson county jail last year of dehydration. 38-year-old jennifer lobato has been arrested for shoplifting. reports say the mother of seven was sweating, throwing up in her jail cell begging for help as she suffered from heroin withdrawal. the lawsuit says seven deputies ignored signs of her illness for 12 hours until her death. six deputies had been formally

says policies have changed since lobato's death. donald trump's running mate governor mike pence is on a multi-state campaign swing across the southwest this week including an appearance in less than half an hour in loveland. the republican nominee for vice president is scheduled to speak at 5:30 during a campaign rally at the ranch at the larimer county fairgrounds. earlier today pence had campaign stops in new mexico and arizona. na to return to colorado tomorrow morning set to rally with a group called california youth outdoors in fort collins. while pence works to get voters to back trump, clinton's campaign is also working to sway colorado voters. clinton's daughter just wrapped up campaign events in colorado. chelsea clinton spoke in boulder today urging voters to get their ballots in early. she told voters to stay engaged during the homestretch. >> for me this election is both about defeating donald trump

families and women for literally longer than i've been alive. >> bill clinton is expected to campaign for his wife in colorado later this week. the former president is scheduled to appear friday at events in pueblo, denver and fort collins. several polls show donald trump winning, others showing clinton ahead. the moody's analytics model has successfully predicted the winner of every presidential race since reagan. it's not a poll. it's mor certain patterns, three economic and three political factors used including the incumbent's approval rating and things like home and gas prices. this year the model points to a big win for clinton. however, we all know this election is unlike any other. >> our model only forecasts whether or not the incumbent political party will be reelected. it doesn't factor anything about the two specific personalities running for president.

our model says that a generic democratic candidate should be a generic republican -- should beat a generic republican candidate, but this is certainly not a year where we have generic candidates. >> polling is not used and the factors it does use are determined state by state. people have been placing flowers and cards on police cruisers set up at memorials outside the police departments in des moines, iowa, and died early this morning in what police describe as an ambush style shootings. the two officers were shot as they sat in their individual patrol cars a few miles apart. the suspect later surrendered. 46-year-old scott greene has a history of racist incidents and confrontations with officers. >> i can tell you based on what i've seen so far there was absolutely nothing either one of these officers could have done to prevent this or save themselves once it started.

case and say there's nothing to indicate anyone else involved in the shooings. fuel economy is at a -- shootings. fuel economy is at a record high. the average fuel economy increased by 1/2 a mile of 2015 vehicles to 24.8 miles per gallon. mazda had the highest average of 29.6 miles per gallon while fiat chrysler had the lowest at 20.8 miles per gallon. the epa transmission and lighter weights are improving fuel economy. on average 2015 vehicles are 25 pounds lighter than 2014 vehicles and they're expected to drop another 50 pounds in 2016. it could revolutionize our understanding of the universe. today nasa announced construction on the james webb telescope is now complete and it will undergo rigorous testing ahead of its 2018 launch. as 9news reporter maya rodriguez tells us, the

aerospace company is playing a cutting role in the space telescope. >> reporter: while the hubble telescope has lasted more than a 1/4 century, hubble won't last forever, so it's about to get a new space companion. >> it will be pretty. >> reporter: this is the james webb telescope scheduled to launch in october, 2018. unlike hubble which captures images from its orbit around earth, the webb telescope will travel 1 million miles space to take its pictures. >> this is technology that did not exist when this telescope was conceived and when it was agreed that we would do this, the technology still did not exist. >> reporter: but it does now. construction of the webb telescope is done and testing is about to start on what will be the largest space telescope ever launched. >> it's gigantic. you can see this beautiful gold telescope is seven times the collecting area of the hubble

moon, we would be able to see you. >> reporter: boulder aerospace built the mirrors which will enable the webb telescope to capture new images of galaxies far beyond our current view. we spoke to the program manager from ball aerospace earlier this year. >> we're going to discover things with this telescope that we don't even know to ask. >> reporter: that's because webb will capture images on a different spectrum than hubble and that could lead to new discoveries like looking for things on far away planets. >> water vapor is one of our top targets. we'd like to know if a planet has enough water to have an ocean. >> reporter: after webb launches in 2018 it will take another six months before it finishes unfolding and begins to send back pictures, an agonizing wait after years of planning. >> you never stop holding your breath. >> reporter: maya rodriguez, 9news. >> pretty incredible stuff. the hubble space telescope is expected to last into the 2020s, but at some point it

up on reentry into earth's atmosphere. nasa hopes at five years at least both lob l and webb will be able to -- both hubble and webb will be able to work together to give us different views ?aace. after a long stretch of above average temperatures in the high country finally some fresh snowfall. >> also ahead rtd wins an important extension to allow its commuter train lines to continue operating through the

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offering free advice on lawline 9, 303-698-0999. denver bar association attorneys are volunteering their time for you for another 20 minutes or so. those lines close at 5:30. the federal railroad administration has granted rtd a 90 day waiver extension allowing the a and b commuter rail lines to continue operating as rtd works to fix malfunctioning crossing gates and some other issues. the a line from union station to dia is temporary waiver since opening in april. that waiver was set to expire saturday. rtd says the a line has a weekly ridership of 18,000 passengers. the b line carries about 1,480 passengers daily. nine children between age 3 and 14 in washington state have become sick by a mysterious poliolike illness. seattle children's hospital confirms one of nine children has died. three of the nine patients initially admitted are still

recovery, but since the initial cases another child has been admitted to children's with similar symptoms that suggest spinal inflammation. >> it's the onset of weakness of the limb, significant weakness generally developing over the course of hours or days. it's not the sort of thing that any parent would miss. >> doctors say they have found nothing obvious linking all almost 30 million americans have diabetes and 6 million of them use insulin. the price of insulin is rising fast, more than doubling in the last five years. the kara family struggles every day to keep 6-year-old dorian alive with type 1 diabetes and demands at least a dozen shots of insulin a day. the increased cost of his medication has become a major

life because i can't stop paying it. there's no generic, so i can't get something cheaper. so i have no choice like there's absolutely zero choice. >> only three pharmaceutical companies make insulin drugs. there is no generic option to drive down the prices. what patients can do about it tonight on nbc nightly news. it has not only been unusually dry and warm over the last several days along th front range. communities at higher elevations have experienced similar conditions. however, finally a little light snow in the high country in the last 24 hours in summit county provided a little encouragement, just what they needed. an inch or two of snow fell in the area of officer's gulch pound between copper mountain and frisco, not very much. it reminds us yes, it snows in colorado after a long stretch of warm weather, thanks to thought ra new for getting us this video.

renoux for getting us this video. >> matt is getting all excited. today may prove to be the coolest day of the week. >> more about the warming trend that starts tomorrow next in

meteorologist kathy sabine in the 9news backyard. a little beneficial moisture coming in the form of rain and snow today but not very impressive. this morning taking the kids to school 7:45 in douglas county, did you see this? this picture coming in from weather nation, jerry sending in a picture, so many of you sharing with us the early morning rainbow and up high 3 to 6 inches of snow in areas like winter park overnight. it's beautiful in our southern mountains now, just an hour ago some rain showers through there. there's a little snow on the ground way up high at loveland ski area. it's hard to complain about a day like. this the commute looks good on i-25. our high today at 61 is right about where we should be this time of year. 70 in lamar. this is our coolest day. we aren't headed near record territory. you might as well take that of on the calendar. temperatures -- take that off the calendar. temperatures will warm in the next few days. a light northeasterly breeze

the storm is off to the east. here comes high pressure again, warm, dry, stable layer of air in play for colorado and points westward, a trend for much of the week. the storm dropped south bringing showers to central texas. an upper level low spinning in arizona will also start to lift northward, come in as an open wave and may bring a 20% chance of showers to us saturday. tomorrow sunny, warm day, less wind for many areas, cool air on the jet thro area, diminishing snow showers in the central and southern mountains, no winter weather or travel advisory. with clear skies temperatures will probably go a lot colder than last night. we managed low 40s along the front range. tonight we're headed to the 30s where you'll find yourself early tomorrow morning with some 20s on the map up in the high country. 69 grand junction thursday, same in greeley and denver, not much warmer in southeastern colorado. temperatures are trending above average the rest of the week

precipitation not until saturday. so a quiet night, fair skies, 36 degrees. tomorrow with sunshine a quick warm-up. we get you to 61 by lunchtime but almost 70 in the afternoon, so about a 10-degree jump for you tomorrow. temperatures stay there into the upcoming weekend. a small chance for showers saturday, dry now sunday and monday, temperature of 70 for election day, wow, what month is this, after all? no signs of denver's first official snow for the season, but you may get that a on sunday morning. don't forget daylight saving time ends. sent those clocks back an hour when you go to bed saturday night. when you wake up sunday morning, maybe you'll see something like that, take a picture, send it to me. i love to put that stuff on 9news. >> send them your way. >> that's right. >> thanks, kathy. coming up next the broncos prepare for a match-up with the raiders that actually means something for both teams. >> and the team will head into

the stock market is closing moderately lower, polls showing a tighter presidential race causing nervousness.

from colorado's sports leader here's aaron matas. >> there is good reason to hate the raiders again. it was out of habit. now it's out of necessities. at 6-2 oakland is tied for first place in the division with the broncos making sunday night's contest a rivalry game with a lot at stake. >> it's always been a great match-up and obviously playing

bigger. that's what's fun about this league, two 6-2 teams going at it sunday night in a tough place to play. that's why you coach. that's why you play. >> the broncos named three additional captains, trevor siemian, tj ward and dakota watson, for the second half of the season. it is pretty significant the team went with the first year starter siemian. >> reporter: i agree mainly because it sends a message not only to the locker room, but to all the people that noise outside the locker room, the fans, the media. there is not going to be a quarterback controversy this year. they are all in on siemian for the second half of this season. you do not name a guy a captain and then bench him halfway through the second half of the season. so i think this is a big vote of confidence, sends a message to everyone. trevor siemian is this team's quarterback the rest of the season. >> one guy that couldn't care less about trevor being a

khalil mack who had a career day against the broncos late last season. can denver's offensive line handle that mack truck, mike? >> reporter: the broncohad beat the raiders eight times in a row and then khalil mack took over in the last game that they played at mile high, five sacks in that game, four of them against michael schofield. yes. they will handle him better this time, although he's hot, four sacks in his last games. charussell okung and donald stevenson are better around the edges this year. the broncos huddle airs tonight at 6:30 here on 9news. rod mackey will co-host with emmanuel sanders at team headquarters. >> reporter: it it means a lot to the fans. what's it mean to you? >> it means big time game

denver watching, the whole world watching. it's going to be big, exciting. we'll talk about it on the show tonight. >> reporter: the whole world will be watching the show, too bradley robey our special guest, the offensive guy and defensive guy. >> the defensive player of the week has blessed us with his presence, bradley roby. he's going to be answering questions and showing you some of his techniques on tech talk. >> reporter: it shows you the depth of this team. he's not technically a starter even though he's considered a starter. he game. >> that's what it is. that's what the broncos team is surrounded by. he'll talk about that tonight and bring his a game versus the raiders as well. >> reporter: also coming up tonight emanuel will share his secret, cubs, indians on the ?xl course. who you going for? >> the indians, man, let's go. me and ryan have a competition. we'll see who wins. don't watch the world seer re. check out the show tonight --

>> 6:30 tonight broncos huddle, we'll see you then. broncos running back kapri bibbs might skip the huddle tonight. he'll watch game seven of the world series and bibbs who grew up in chicago is hoping his evening ends with this song. >> i sing that every single game after every w. i love that song and back these last two games hearing that song at the end of those games has been tremendous, 100 some years, man. >> either their streak or cleveland's ending tonight. bibbs is a true lifelong cubs fan. he's not one of these ones that have popped up. >> don't look over here when you say that. >> i'm a cubs fan. >> he says it's since before college. >> everyone says they've got some tie to chicago now.

series. >> it has been fun. the games haven't been great. >> we had a grand slam last night. >> did you hear drew say he's hoping for a streaker tonight? >> that's every game. >> a big memorable moment is what he's looking for.

tonight, the war, six days left, trump and clinton, blitzing battlegrounds, our new battleground map, can trump break through the clinton firewall? tonight president obama's sharp criticism of his own fbi director. deadly ambush, police officers executed, shot while squad cars, a massive manhunt to catch a cold-blooded killer. does a youtube video offer a clue to the motive. price shock. life-saving drugs, first it was epipens, now outrage over insulin. millions depend on it. why is it getting so much harder to afford? and game seven for all the marbles tonight. high anxiety in