c-n-n's anderson cooper and a-b-c's martha raddatz were the moderators. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here with more. tarhonda both candidates made a number of claims. there were several heated exchanges.. including tense moments over hillary clinton's email scandal... and tapes revealing donald trump's lewd comments about women. both nominees also covered energy, taxes, job creation tarhonda thomas is here to take a closer look at what was true...what wasn't, and what needed some clarification. yes, from accusing the other of being "hateful"... ...to hillary clinton's level of involvment in the yes, from accusing the other of being "hateful"... ...to hillary clinton's level of involvment in the attack in benghazi. ...and donald trump's crude comments about women. nothing was off- limits. ...including-- of course-- hillary clinton's emails. donald trump flatly said that-- if he were president-- hillary clinton would be in jail over those emails. trump said that ambassador chris stevens-- who died in the 20-12 benghazi attack-- sent 600 emails to clinton-- asking for increased secur

they say it's burning out of control... 9news repotrer tarhonda thomas has an update... tarhonda - this fire is forcing an entire town to leave their homes... yes, it is. the sheriff of pueblo county made it very clear, last night. he said "quote" -- "it remainder of the beulah valley tonight." "this" is what they're "up against": the beulah hill fire. as of the last update at around 10:15 last night, the flames have destroyed three- thousand acres. the fire started at around one o'clock yesterday afternoon. seven structures have been destroyed. and firefighters aren't "mincing words" about this one. they say the fire is -- quote -- "out of control." "that's" why they've evacuated the beulah valley. about a-thousand people live there. it's just south- west of pueblo. residents have "no idea" when they'll be able to return to return to. the fire is moving just that quickly. some of the evacuated residents are taking shelter at the colorado state fairgrounds in pueblo. we're working to get you new images of this fire. gary-- i'll be following this story throughout the morni

later this morning - tarhonda thomas will have more on all the things you can do - to make winter a little more bearable for you and your the pueblo county sheriff says - an excavator doing routine work in pueblo county - somehow started the beulah hill fire. the machine's operator was moving a rock on monday - when he noticed the fire. he tried to put it out before calling 911. still - the sheriff says - they don't know exactly how the machine started the fire in the first place. governor hickenlooper has declared a "disaster emergency" in the area - freeing up more money to fight the fire. as of this morning - the buelah hill is 75 percent least eight homes - and burned more than 5 thousand acres. some residents are able to go back home... and the sheriff's office says - they will give 5- thousand dollars in emergency stipends - to those who st everything in the fire. the train that crashed into a new jersey terminal last week-- was going twice the speed limit when it hit. federal investigators also say - the engineer hit the emergency brake less than a second before impact. a woman stan

tarhonda thomas breaks down what jurors had to say - and why some think a defendant did not get a fair trial.. gary, this original case unfolded in 2007. the defendant was accused of sexually harassing two teenage girls in aoo racing track. but, now, his lawyer says-- he was convicted... because of his race. today, the supreme court will hear an appeal from attorneys for "miguel angel pena-rodriguez." he was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges... and senteenced to two years on probabtion. he was also required to register as a sex offender. but the surpeme court could overturn that ruling-- due to juror bias. lawyers say-- after pena-rodriguez was convicted, his lawyers interviewed jurors. two of those jurors talked about another likely committed the crime because he's mexican and-- quote "mexican men take whatever they want,"-- endquote. in the past-- the supreme court has been reluctant to overturn rulings based on private juror conversations. colorado courts ruled that private deliberations were not grounds of reviewing the conviction. that's why pena- ropdgiguez's lawyers took t

was still all about the presidential candidates. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here this morning- with some of the key moments from last night's only vice presidential donald trump were not on stage... ...but they "might as well" have been. the presidential candidates were the subject of a lot of the squabbling. from trump's taxes... to clinton's emails. the allegations flew "back and forth" all night. pence found himself on the defense, last night.... back- tracking against some of the statments that his running mate made in the past. like-- for instance denying that trump said that more nations should get nuclear weapons. our fact-checkers found that trump has stated that countries like japan may be "better off" with nuclear weapons. tim kaine had some mis-statements, too. he compared trump's tax plan to president george w. bush's tax cuts-- blaming them for the great recession. our fact-checkers found-- that's wrong. no single-act lead to teh recession. but-- while we're talking taxes... ..of course, the candidates addressed trump's taxes... and the new york times report that h

and where it's headed next. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here with more. tarhonda-- the place that has received the brunt of this hurricane... is a country that could scarcely handle more hardship. yes, cheryl: haiti. so many people in that country are still recovering from the earthquake six years ago. the united nations says-- hurricane matthew has created the worst humanitarian crisis since that earthquake. dramatic images-- coming out of that country. people trying to cross fast-moving floodwaters. it's the only way out of their small town... after the bridge was washed away. at least 14 peoploave have been killed. the deaacross haiti is expected to rise. the storm destroyed homes... and crops. damage is so bad-- haiti has postponed its presidential last night. for a moment-- as it crossed the caribbean-- hurricane matthew turned into a "category five" storm." ====== it's expected to be a "category four" storm-- when it hits florida. there are evacuation orders from florida-- to the carolinas... ...as the governor of florida is warning people to evacuat

tarhonda thomas has another "ballot breakdown" for you...taking a closer look at what all those propositions and amendments really mean. that's at 5-11 this morning. double digit increases in the cost of health care could be on the way - for people using the federal exchanges under affordable care act. mid-level benchmark plans are going up an average of 25 percent in states that do not have their own exchange for those plans. competition is hard to find. united health, humana, and aetna have scaleba their roles - leaving 20 percent of customers with only one option. the department of health and human services says - with subsidies - most people shopping on the site will pay less than 100 dollars a month. a nurse charged with assault after prosecutors saw this home security video of how she handled a 10 year old disabled child - will not go to jail. a judge ruled she will have to take anger management classes and do community service. in an agreement reached with angela vonnida pled guilty to the family of 10 year old aislinn shelley wanted a felony conviction. aislinn has the cognitive abil

also see other federal, state, local races -- and the nine state later this morning..reporter tarhonda thomas takes a look at prop 107...and what it could mean for future state primaries. today, we will learn more about how making marijuana legal in colorado has helped the economy. we know it's a two-point-four billion dollar impact... and the report looks at much more. the report looks at employment, trends, taxe sand more. some of the things income... you can't fake marijuana regulation... tax revenue can be substantial... and more. we'll have more on the report as the day goes on. a father gives little pieces of advice - even the most trivial ones - that he'll never get to tell his children in person. police released video of travis mason doling out tips - not knowing - he wouldn't be there to give it in person. mason was shot to death in june while working as a guard at an aurora marijuana dispensary. mason left a wife and 3 children. this week - the reward for information about the case was increased to 50 thousand dollars. mason was murdered at the green heart dispensary on june 18th. p

here's tarhonda thomas with our fifth and final ballot breakdown. you've got nine state-wide ballot issues to consider, this election. now, this "ballot breakdown" is not to tell you which deserves a "yes" or "no." we just want to help you understand the question you're being asked on the ballot. so, we're breaking down a few. today-- it's proposition 106 it asks you whether you want to approve a change to colorado statutes-- to allow term lives. it also authorizes doctors to prescripbe those medications... and creates criminal penalties for tampering with said medication.. or coercing a person to request it. a "yes" vote means-- you approve all of the above. a "no" vote means-- you do not want colorado to allow medical aid-in-dying medication. there are very passionate arguments-- both "for and against" this proposition. if you need help considering both sides-- look on page 31 of your ballot "blue book." you should have gotten one of these the mail. if not-- you can see it, online. we've posted a link-- at 9news.com and that's today's a small town

here is 9news consumer reporter tarhonda thomas. >> got a lot of cash in your wallet? i thought not. most of us walk around with less than $20 in cash. between mobile wallets, merchant apps and debit cards you barely need cash anymore, of payment really secure? consumer reports takes a look. rachel hook walks around every day with almost no money in her wallet. >> i don't use cash or checks actually. i don't even have a checkbook. >> reporter: she pays for virtually everything including her share of groceries to her roommate through an app on her phone. >> credit and debit cards are still important cashless players, but new technology is pushing us to abandon paper money entirely. >> reporter: if you're using one of the 37 million electronic toll tabs on the road or maybe you're using a mobile wallet or person to person payment system via square, pop money, facebook payment and manager or vinmo to pay a friend in a snap. branded apps from companies like starbucks, wal-mart, uber simple to pay, but there are downsides. >> mobile payments can generate a mountain of digit

corey rose and tarhonda thomas here with you this morning. gary and cheryl are off. meteorologist marty coniglio in the backyard... marty.. you told us the change was coming -- and here it is.. marty- in their first

and firefighters are having a hard time getting ahold of it. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is gary, that's exactly how firefighters are describing this fire. here are some images from our "sister station"-- koaa in colorado springs. the flames have burned three- thousand acres... ...and they're still going. it's so bad-- the pueblo county sheriff has recommended the evacuation of the entire beulah valley. here's a look at a map of that area. the valley is just southwest of the city of pueblo. the red is the evacuation area. the yellow is the pre-evacuation area... ...and it's gotten past few hours. this fire "kicked up" at around one o'clock, yesterday. we don't know what sparked it. it didn't taken long, though, for the flames to spread. high winds pushed it on, yesterday. some of the people who were forced from their homes have been sheltered at the state fairgrounds in pueblo... ...others have gone to a local middle school. seven structures have "burned down" -- so far-- in this fire here's the good sheriff expected higher humidity and cooler temperatures to help firefighters ove

on the consumer beat tarhonda thomas, 9news. >> i know what i'll be doing later on. google is my friend. >>> catholic charities and the city of denver are teaming up to take some of denver's most year and provide 150 beds to homeless women in northeast denver giving them access to both emergency and extended shelter in addition to hot meals. the shelter will provide case management, counseling and other services. the samaritan house women's shelter will be near monica parkway and smith road. >> samaritan house saw a heart breaking crisis on the streets of denver, single women facing homelessness alone we are dedicating this facility to serve them. as we say at catholic charities, we serve everyone, not because they're catholic, but because we are catholic. >> the city provided $1 million toward the $5 million project. in addition the partnership hopes to help elderly homeless women living in denver. >>> giving blood is a really easy way you can help people in need and you can even save a tuesday, november 1st and yes, you will have a chance to meet some broncos playe

they are all important, and tarhonda thomas breaks down one that would have a huge impact on future presidential elections. >> reporter: you have nine statewide ballot issues to consider this election, and the ballot breakdown is not meant to tell you which deserves a yes or no vote. we just want you to understand the question you're being asked. presidential primary elections in colorado. the yes vote will get rid of caucuses and replace them for primary elections for the party's presidential nominees and the delegates are bound to the winners. the unaffiliated parties can participate. the no vote means you want to keep the caucus system, including the straw poll style vote like we have seen in the past. if you need help considering both sides of the issue, turn book. you should have gotten one in the mail. if not, we have a link on 9news.com. that's today's ballot breakdown. >>> thanks a lot, t. >>> the sheriff's deputy accused of having sex with an inmate. tom hanna took the woman to his home, sexually assaulted her and then threatened her life >>> 6:06 right now, and a $2.2 billion and 18,00

on the consumer beat tarhonda thomas, 9news. >> do we still have our viewers? are they still with us? >> yes. >>> a big win for a family fighting to get a so-called kid friendly strain of marijuana into clinics. the noneuphoric strain called charlotte's web is believed to be a break-through treatment for a young girl's serious medical condition that made her have relentless seizures. charlotte's mother said her daughter had hundreds of uncontrollable seizures a week and traditional treatments last resort. >> her seizures were instantly abated. her 300 weekly seizures were down to zero that first week after the first dose. >> the noneuphoric strain of marijuana is only available at a tampa clinic in capsule or extract form. it's illegal to smoke medical marijuana even for medical purposes in that area. >>> colorado runners are gearing up for the rock and roll denver ra one of the most important items, of course, the right shoes. >> that's kind of a big deal. your feet absorb four times your weight when running, so it's important to have the right footwear to pre

on the consumer beat tarhonda thomas, 9news. >>> stocks finished the day lower. the dow fell 54. the s&p lost seven. the nasdaq declined 11 points. >>> the british pound fell half a percentage point today after british prime minister theresa may suggested the country wa brexit meaning britain would lose the possibility of continuing close trade ties with the eu and said the country is on track to leave by next year. >>> bass pro shops and cabela's will work together to sell outdoor goods, a $5.5 billion deal. bass has about 99 stores and 20,000 employees. cabela's has about 85 stores with about 19,700 employees. deal will result in store closures or job losses. cabela's has been on the decline recently losing ground to smaller businesses and online retailers. bass pro hopes that acquisition will help cabela's brand. >>> theater is a great way to express yourself and get involved with the community, but it's impossible without the help of volunteers. >> next a man that volunteers with the local theater company and they rely on him big time. >>> there is a theater company in town l

tarhonda thomas is fact- checking the debate for us today. a lot of arguments last night were false or misleading. >> reporter: that's right. many fact-checkers have been busy overnight. that's why we have a team look into some of the claims the political spinning going on so let's go back to the argument over hillary clinton's e- mails. trump claimed clinton acid washed her e-mails. fact-checkers said that needs some context. they used free software prramscalled bleach bit to delete 30,000 e-mail us she handed over more than 30,000 to the fbi. while debating so-called obamacare, clinton stated the vast majority of people get health care from an employer. about 60% of americans get health care from an employer. then, of course, there was a topic of donald trump making crude comments about women. a 2005 recording surfaced over the weekend, knowing he would be called to the carpet at this debate, donald trump tried to turn the tables on clinton by inviting several women to sit in audience, women who accused former president bill clinton of sexu

while you vote, tarhonda thomas is here to tell us more about this. you have talked to denver public schools about the threats. >> yeah. i did. just to be clear, there have not been any threats against denver public schools. but the creepy clown thing is too frightening for too many kids and parents so they are not allowing any clown costumes dps sent out a note saying so. this is the first time to her knowledge that dps has banned a particular costume at schools. they have always had bans on toy weapons. this year there is also a ban on clown costumes. this follows more than a month of clown sightings across the country. they are not just creepy, they are a le jet threat. people dressed as clowns have been arrested for chasing people with weapons and scaring people. some even tried to lure kids more than 20 states have reported incidents. and police are not treating them as a joke. students are being told to leave the clown costumes at home. if a kid shows up in a clown costume -- >> if our students come to school wearing clown costumes, we have left

tarhonda thomas following the latest information from the information center. the sheriff says that the fire is still out of control. >> that he gave a strong valley to the people in the valley. leave now. the sheriff is worried people could die if they stay in their homes. look at the evacuation map. everything in red is the evacuation area. the orange is the pre- evacuation area. it has actually gotten bigger. more on this side in the pre- evacuation area in the past few hours. the pueblo county sheriff says that the fire is now on both sides of the valley. he is worried that people could homes. already 7 structures have burned. that's just since 1:00 yesterday afternoon. now, when the fire started at last check, there was 0% containment on this 3,000 acre fire. the fire is moving in two directions, northwest and southeast. according to our sister station in colorado springs, federal, state and county fire agencies have all working on this fire. schools are closed today as the updated vac vagues map. you can see the area got bigger and the red is the evacuati

tarhonda thomas is looking at more. >> reporter: trump's campaign will be in colorado. eric will be here campaigning for his father. he will stop at the mount caramel center of excellence, and then he will have a rally with veterans. his father is receiving good news from florida. the latest trump 2 points ahead in the state. a new national poll from suffolk university shows trump trailing nationally by 9 points to hillary clinton though. the newest analysis has clinton and trump tied in nevada and clinton up by 9 in new hampshire. >> i don't pay attention to polls when they are good and when they are really bad. i really don't. voters' polls, to the booths that are 4 blocks long in florida. >> trump hopes more voters will check his name on the ballot. we don't know how people are voting, but we know who is voting. democrats have turned in more ballots in 8 bat ground states, and more republicans in three battleground states, and all told, more than 10 million people have voted. >> a lot of people want to get it done this year, okay, thank yoch text message from someone

tarhonda thomas is following the campaigns. our state getting a visit again from trump's running mate today. >> springs, making a three-state hop today as the trump campaign enters its final push. we're less than two weeks before election day. it's full speed ahead. governor pence will begin his day in reno, nevada, before traveling to salt lake city spending his day in colorado springs. he will hold a rally at 7:00 p.m. doors open at 5:00. the campaign is make tickets donald trump will open a new he fell teleand will open two event in north carolina. hillary clinton is in while she held her final fundraiser last night. she leads by a few point in florida and tells supporters now is not the time to back down. >> it's going to be a closer election. pay no attention to the polls been don't get complacent. >> you put her in as presid are slow on fundraising efforts but are collecting donations on their website. a republican super pac is pouring money into races to hold control of congress if they lose the white house. clinton lead

tarhonda thomas is here to fact czech some accusations from both sides. >> reporter: go night, both defending their running mates while attacking other presidential candidate in everything from the economy to immigration and of course, donald trump's taxes. mike pence said he used the tax code brilliantly when trump claimed nearly $1 billion of losses in 1995 to legally allow him not to pay taxeses for 18 years. kaine called on trump to release tax information, claiming pence had to turn over his tax returns to trump before candidate. that statement cannot be the proven. on the subject of immigration, pence said the fbi cannot vet syrian refugees to prove they're not terrorists. that statement was found misleading. kaine called on bans for muslims entering the u.s. and talked about vladimir putin, say thinking called him a strong leader, a claim pence partially denied. >> that the small and bullying leader of russia stronger on the world stage than this administration, that's stating painful facts. that's not an endorsement of vladimir putin but the weakened, feckless leadership of clinton an

. >> tarhonda thomas, they are already taken this case to the colorado supreme court. >> yes. they have, gary. that court decided not to overturn the lower court's ruling. lawyers are hoping that the u.s. supreme court will. so this case in question the defendant rodriguez was convicted of groping two teenage girls in a bathroom. he was sentenced to probation and had to register as a sex offender. but his lawyer says a biased juror influenced the decision. the juror said that he likely committed the crime because he is mexican and they take whatever they want, end quote. other jurors told defense lawyer below zero that statement. the lawyers tried to appeal the case but higher courts upheld the original verdict. the case has now made its way justices will hear arguments today. that juror in question is alleged to have said that mexican men have a bravado that lead them to believe they can do whatever they want with women. now groups including the naacp encouraged the supreme court to take this case. it shows the extent to which racial bias among jurors can decision. >> thank y

tarhonda thomas has a wrap-up. at one point one candidate talked about sending the other to jail. >> reporter: i know, and i've never heard that in a >> reporter: it got pretty ugly, at that point, really, from the very beginning. the candidates did not shake hands at the start of the debate. they said maybe a little pleasantry but no handshake and launch into the attack. now, that jail promise came from donald trump saying if he were president, hillary clinton would be in jail over her e- mail scandal. trump brought up the point that said former president bill clinton met with loretta lynch on a private plane while the u.s. justice department was deciding whether or not to that is true. both parties admitted to the 30- minute meeting but said they did not talk about hillary clinton's case. as trump pushed to get rid of the affordable care act, hillary clinton made the claim 20 million more people have health insurance because of the affordable care act. our fact checkers found that's true. the u.s. health departme

. >> tarhonda thomas has a wrap- up. the moderator sounded like an elementary schoolteacher. 27 times. 27 times she had to reinthem in. >> reporter: one at a time, children. she should have made them raise when they weren't interrupting each other, the candidates were defending their running mates. taxes, immigration, abortion were all topics last night. tim kaine attacked donald trump from the beginning, criticizing him for not releasing tax return and remindedded his running mate of controversial statements. kaine said pence himself could not defend what was said or done. pence fired back, saying hillary clinton lobbied insults on the republ continued policies pence and trump think weakened america and slowed the economy. as kaine defended woman's right to choose, pence said clinton supports partial birth abortions. despite the accusations, each candidate denies they have been running negative campaigns. >> to be honest with you, if donald trump said all the things you said he said in the way you said he said them, he

london was you. >> you know exactly what i'm . . . . . . . . . . . >>> i'm tarhonda thomas. here's a look at what's happening on channel 20 for 9news 8:00 a.m. >>> a group of homeless people headed to court today. why they say recent activity by the city violates their constitutional rights. >>> then state leaders living on minimum wage. they are doing so to try to convince you to raise the wage. this issue. >>> then flumist is not an option this year but there are still two other choices when it comes to your vaccination. we will have a breakdown still to come. >>> first, though, let's check weather and traffic with amelia earhart and marty coniglio. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, tarhonda. we are still talking about the train to the plane. daissue. don't worry about that. it's a semitruck that crashed into the holly crossing arm and because of that, they are linking trains together because we are reduced to one lane, 30 minute delays back and forth between the airport and union statiowi haven't had to say much across 225 today. it's a very standard commute

good morning, i'm corey with tarhonda thomas. the rain has been off and on all morning. >>> it has and very light. you will not see echoes because these mist droplets are tiny denver, boulder, and raton pass. d.i.a. is socked in, most of us looking at a mile to 2 miles of visibility. it gets remarkably better as you move north and is fine on the northeastern plains so a damp start to the work day today with clouds and drizzle. before we begin to clear, upper 50s during the day. the next few days will be dramatically cooldown, and we will be the better part of 25 degrees warmer by friday afternoon. >>> normally at this point in the morning we would check in with sky 9 but are ground because of low visible. they take cough from rocky mountain metropolitan airport. early this morning the delay on the 225 camera northbound at mississippis cohn find a crash so a little more sluggish because of the conditions. we want to talk about the train to the plane. because of a semi truck that struck a crossing arm, the delays of 30 minutes need

tarhonda thomas has been following this story for us. tarhonda, his lawyers are appealing to the u.s. supreme court. >> yes, they are, gary. that's after having the appeal rejected in the colorado supreme court. today the decision will be left to the nation's highest court. records for rodriguez allege one of the jurors was biased. they say the juror, a man, made racial statements about mexican people. rodriguez was accused of groping two teens at a racetrack in 2007 in aurora. the juror apparently said that rodriguez was guilty because, quote, mexican men take whatever they want, end quote. the juror also allegedly said that a hispanic witness in the case could not be trusted because he was an illegal. that witness was legally a u.s. lawyers about the statements after rodriguez was convicted of three misdemeanors. he was ordered to go on probation and register as a sex offender. his lawyers asked for a new trial but the court declined citing the no impeachment rule that bars jurors from testifying about deliberations. that is why the sup

tarhonda thomas is here to tell us more. a lot happening for both campaigns. >> reporter: absolutely. we're only 13 days from election day and they're making their pushes for sure and colorado is key. governor mike pence will be in our state today, speaking at a event center at 7:00 tonight and as his running mate, donald trump, continues to push against hillary clinton, saying she wants to double down on the affordable care act is what trump is say. trump is getting criticism for saying his own employees saw their health care costs rise because of so-called obamacare. most of his workers are not on obamacare. he hopes to win key battleground states. republicans are putting $25 million in u.s. senate race, a big race is the senate seat in colorado. darryl glenn is getting big named help and cruz will campaign with next at the embassy suites in loveland at 11:00 and park hill golf course in denver at 3:15. glenn is seen trailing michael bennet by 15 minutes. >>> hillary clinton is getting served under george w. bush's cabinet

here is 9news reporter tarhonda thomas. >> reporter: this is adalese. she's a 2-month-old. old, but marie whiteside notices more than that. >> she has beautiful hands opening up getting ready to play. i'm a developmental pediatrician. my most recent job was in denver at children's hospital. >> reporter: when she retired, she wasn't quite ready to stop seeing babies. >> maternal yearning, right? i think that some of us love babies. for me a miracle always. >> reporter: which is why three years ago she came here to volunteer. >> not only are beautiful mothers here. >> reporter: the early childhood education center at this school for teen moms. >> a lot of moms like quit school and stuff. >> reporter: who don't want to give up on their education. >> the girls come to high school during the day and we have the on site early childhood center that provides wonderful care for their babies while they're in school. >> at five months she starts to use her lips. >> reporter: once a week marie works in the nursery. >> we love seeing her every day come in with a smile. encouragement and

let's send it out to tarhonda thomas with some good advice we all have to tune in to. >>reporter: okay, cheryl, let's be honest, though. first of all, just to be honest, i'm not one known for saving plants. everything that my hands touch seems to die. but we're going to help i'm getting a lesson from holly shields who is a horticulturalist with the city of denver. good morning. >> good morning. >>reporter: you have taught me so much already this morning with this first little freeze that we're having and help to help our -- and how to help our plants survive. let's talk about the plants that come back year after year, perennials, you taught me that. there's a way to save them. what should we be doing? >> what you can do is go out into your garden and collect seeds from specific plants. >> this is a butterfly weed, very important for the monarchs. >>reporter: let's pick this up. i'll kind of pick a little piece, maybe cut it right here. so we go down and we get these from our yards. and what can we do with these? >> i'll get this one too. >>reporter: you got a better on

i'm tarhonda thomas with a 9news update. the man deputies say is responsible for a fatal crash is due in court. 40-year-old christopher tarr has a preliminary hearing this afternoon. investigatorssay he was driving drunk when he hit and killed a plan who was walking last month. he pushed his friend out of the path before he driving, reckless driving, and dui before. >>> denver police officers say that a shooting happened on south galena near alameda and havana last night. they have not told us if the victim was a man or woman and they have not released information on the suspects. >>> we know you are wondering about the forecast, cold or warmer? marty will answer. >>> it's all cloudy out there, that's what will happen. it's been foggy up north and that goes away. showers in southeastern colorado earlier in the day also will be long gone by lunchtime. that leaves us with what is really going to be a mild and sunny day. the mountains west had great weather yesterday and we had nice moisture around here, really great and on the

by the way, have you a beautiful >>> this is 9news. >> i'm tarhonda thomas with this 9news update. one person is dead and another hurt after a shooting near 27th and larimer overnight. the person who was hurt is in critical condition. 27th is now closed between larimer and lawrence street. officers have not released any information on the suspect. we will update you when we know more information. >>> new this morning, a study shows that denver housing market is one of the country's top performers when it comes to growth. good for the market, bad if you're looking to buy prices have risen 11% in the last year according to the study from clear capital. and houses are going off the market in record time, less than a week. the average national house is six weeks but could soon end. a possible rate increase by the end of the year could cause rising home prices to stop. >>> let's check something else everyone is keeping an eye on, the forecast. >> yes. >> so nice and warm this week. hard to believe it's october. >> temperatures are going up too. >> yes. >> rising temperature prices is >>

i'm tarhonda thomas. the cities surrounded in a long fight ahead. iraqi forces are trying to take the country's second largest city back from isis. >> and in new jersey, the hoboken terminal is back open. person and injured more than 100 others. >>> let's check our local weather and traffic with amelia earhart and belen deleon. >> good morning, tarhonda. >> a tough drive across the board. busy, one thing after the next. i think we will check in with sky 9 up over 36 and the exit at wadsworth. a little bit busy here but this is not the biggest concern. as we can see the c-dot cameras, they are impacted southbound and a slowdown at colfax with a crash central corridor back to 58th avenue. a five car crash eastbound c- 470 and wadsworth. and slowdowns to ken caryl. and all lanes are clear northbound at bellevue but the backups remain. >>> in the weather world, we are talking about wild winds. there could be a problem on the roads in the high country. and here on the front range, those winds will be increasing fire danger. wind gusts right now, in walde

tarhonda thomas is going to bring us up to date on some of the issues on the colorado ballot. >>> it is 60% contained right now, but crews in southern california say it's going to be a few weeks before the junkins fire is completely under control. helping lately. >>> and the broncos, well, these are the broncos we know and love. they are back. the team beat the houston texans on monday night football and we will look back and ahead at next week against the chargers. >>> let's check the weather and the traffic now with amelia and marty. >> thank you, gary. we are going to start out down south, i-25 drive northbound at lincoln is just a mess. we are seeing the delays here leading up in the bottom of your screen coming up to lincoln avenue itself. two right lanes are blocked and there's a huge emergency presence look pretty serious. there is a new crash southbound 25 leading up to speer boulevard, backups take us to 120th. we've got eastbound i-70 at 270 with a 35 minute drive between the mousetrap and aurora, eastbounders at colorado, there's another wreck there and, marty, this one is

. >> i'm tarhonda thomas. here's a look at what's happening over on channel 20 for 9news 7:00 a.m. >>> rtd is revealing its deadline to get things going smoothly on the a line. we will tell you when that deadline is and what will happen if they miss it. >>> then making safety a priority, ahead of this year's ski season, how ski lifts >>> now let's check weather and traffic with amelia earhart and marty coniglio. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, tarhonda. we need to go right up to sky9. they are still over a crash involving a car and a bike at 52nd and wadsworth and the eastbound lanes of 52nd remain open, wadsworth remains open in the northbound stretch but 52nd westbound is still blocked off, southbound wads is closed as well and this is all in arvada. this is taking place just to the north of the i-70 corridor. i would say it's one of the huge shopping area nearby. so we are going to make a call, find out the condition of the rider but avoid the intersection if you can. the rest of our drive,

. >>> hi there, i'm tarhonda thomas with a look at what's happening on channel 2. the f.b.i. wants to know who left a bomb outside the nederland police department this week. colleen ferreira has more. >>> colorado senate are back at it. this time they're talking about plans for colorado economy. and most drivers are looking >> let's check weather and traffic with amelia earhart and martyco nick lo. >> i just ran over -- coniglio. >>> there could be a rollover crash on southbound 25 near the 225 interchange. if this proves to be true, this is going to be a major impact to the second half of our morning rush and the early part of our midday drive. i know this is a terrible camera. it's the closest one i could find to the scene. i don't see yet but we're going to look into it and all the details will be available on channel 20. a northbound crash on colorado and 11. it's been easy up to now and it's starting to pick up. >>> around here, we have a few mountain wave clouds we call them as the wind comes crashing over the front range mountains. it's been gusty down there,, calm dow

tarhonda thomas has ways you can make sure the outside of your home is ready. tarhonda, what should homeowners do?... this morning if the on cu's campus had any ties to the school. police say-- brandon simmons was in the champions center parking lot wednesday threatning people with a sword like weapon. after he wen officers confronted him in a stairwell. that's when officers say he refused to drop weapon and the opened fire. a boulder county deputy who shot and killed a man last month, has not only been cleared of any wrong doing, but will soon be honored for it. this as the district attorney ruled she was fully justified in the shooting last month. deputy teri javes shot adrian shaffer. investigators say he fired at her as she approached him in her vehicle - along highway 287 the sheriff's office says her quick reaction saved her life-- and possibly lives of other people nearby. deputy javes will soon be will be awarded the medal of valor for her courage and skills while under fire. 5 weeks in the hospital and many feared a detective would never make it home.

rants about a former miss universe contestant, to his 19-95 tax revalations. 9-news reporter tarhonda thomas is in loveland, where the candidate will be this evening - with the latest. a lot of strong opinions about this year's presidential election. some people don't want to chooose donald trump or hillary clinton but there are options. like libertarian gary johnson. he'll be in colorado today at c-u south denver location in parker picking up those stray voters. 9news reporter jessica oh joins us now with year's presidential election. some people don't want to chooose donald trump or hillary clinton but there are options. like libertarian gary johnson. he'll be in colorado today at c-u south denver location in parker picking up those stray voters. 9news reporter jessica oh joins us now with a basketball star is sharing his choice for president - publicly. lebron james is endorsing hillary clinton. he wrote about it in an op-ed. james says he's voting for her clinton because she'll causes for kids and health he says clinton understands the challenges communities in poverty are facing. over t

things got ugly-- as the candidates faced some uncomfortable topics. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here with more. tarhonda-- more people than ever reacted to the debate on social yes, they did. more than 17- million debate- related tweets were sent-- during the debate. that makes it the most tweeted- about debate in history. and one phrase from the debate-- is topping the trends on twitter. the phrase-- "lockerroom talk" is trending... because it's how donald trump "explained away" his crude comments on women. a tape with those comments -- recorded in 2005-- came out over the weekend. trump denied ever acting on the things he said in the tape. he tried to put hillary clinton on the defensive-- by inviting several women to the sexual misconduct. that group also included a woman who was involved in a rape case-- where clinton was the defense attorney. trump claimed-- clinton laughed at the victim. our fact-checking team found-- this needs context. clinton is heard laughing during the course of an interview with the reporter. moving to other issues-- hillary clinton says-- millions o

corey rose and tarhonda thomas here with you this morning. gary and cheryl are off. meteorologist marty coniglio in the backyard... marty.. you told us the change was coming -- and here it is.. marty- in their first democrat michael bennet and republican challenger darryl glenn squared off on 9 news. the candidates talked everything from their own party's presidential candidates-- to their foreign policy views. senator michael bennet addressed his stance on the iran nuclear deal. moderators kyle clark and brandon rittiman asked why he has no regrets in supporting it-- even though he thinks iran will try to cheat and anyway. senator bennet went on to say-- the country's plutonium reactor is also now inoperable. he says inspectors can now monitor iran's nuclear program-- because of the deal. glenn has pushed $400 million dollar exchange for u.s. prisoners a ransom. bennet countered saying there is nothing glenn said that could describe that payment as ransom. 9 news found that statement needs context. "ransom" implies the money was given only for the release of prisone

so-- we'll most likely see even more people turning in their ballots. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is in the information center with details. tarhonda-- lots of voters have already made up their minds. yes, they have. it's no longer like the "old days"... when we had to wait until "election day"-- to vote. daily.... as early voting opens across the country. in colorado-- many polling places open-- this morning-- at 8am. up until now, the denver elections division had been the only polling place open. now-- we're seeing them open in counties across the state. not all polling places are open right now, though. some are waiting until next week. here's what you can do at a polling place: you can vote "in- person"... ...you can register to vote... or update your registration. you can also get a replacement ballot... or drop off your mail-in ballot. now, if you have your ballot already-- and you just want to drop it off... you can also just go to a ballot drop-off site. there are more than two-dozen of them in denver, alone... all open 24-hours a day. those hours and locations-- though--