the colorado coal and iron company and the colorado fuel company to become the colorado fuel and iron company. following that merger, palmer decided to sort of get out of the steelmaking part of the business, and he focused his attention on developing the city of colorado springs. >> john osgood came to colorado in the late 1800s working for the burlington and quincy railroads, exploring for coal. when he discovered coal in colorado and massive amounts of it, he left the railroad and started his own company, the colorado fuel company. in many ways i believe he wanted to be a call baron. he built what was considered a model town in redstone, colorado. a business near aspen. he had offices in denver. in his model town he began to develop what he considered to be a model coal camp. the company provided housing for the workers, and he pioneered a number of social aspects, what could be called social engineering for the workforce in the coal mines. he adapted his concept of the company stores for the colorado fuel and iron company, and as part of that he also in 1901 created the sociologic

the colorado coal and iron company and the colorado fuel company to become the colorado fuel and iron company. following that merger, palmer decided to sort of get out of the steelmaking part of the business, and he focused his attention on developing the city of colorado springs. >> john osgood came to colorado in the late 1800s working for the burlington and quincy railroads, exploring for coal. when he discovered coal in colorado and massive amounts of andhe left the railroad started his own company, the colorado fuel company. i believe he wanted to be a call baron. he built what was considered a model town in redstone, colorado. . business near aspen he had offices in denver. in his model town he began to develop what he considered to be a model coal camp. the company provided housing for the workers, and he pioneered a , what of social aspects could be called social engineering for the workforce in the coal mines. he adapted his concept of the for the colorado fuel and iron company, and as part of that he also in 1901 created the sociological department. the sociological departme

. >> talk about colorado. look at what's what it's done to colorado. increased traffic death does to marijuana. accidental ingest rates for youth have skyrocketed because of legalized marijuana because they are looking like regular gummy bears. colorado leading the nation now in teen use. we don't have to look far to see what it's done to colorado. number two, this initiative all drafted by marijuana special interests and they have funded over 90% of their campaign because they know people like j.p. will benefit and reap millions from this. if it passes. and that's what this is about. they run a very misleading campaign for a safer community and more money for schools. prop 205 won't do that but it will enrich the marijuana special interests pocketbooks. >> the argument that this should be you promoted that idea. are they really the same thing, marijuana and alcohol in the sense that one is legal and one is not but in terms of the effects on society -- >> we know that marijuana is far safer than alcohol in every single regard. so i think if we were 20

senator bernie sanders stumped for clinton in colorado. this afternoon he rallied in fort collins at csu. during the democratic caucuses in march he had double the support of voters in larimer boulder to support amendment 69 to repeal the current health insurance system and make coverage universal. last night he and senator elizabeth warren campaigned at the auraria campus in denver. >>> by the end of the week you should receive your ballot in the mail. thousands went out today to registered voters in colorado. the process started at 8:00 this morning. with the election coming up in a few weeks the secretary of state's office asks voters get their ballots in the mail there are a number of drop boxes around denver to drop off your ballots. >>> 9news is helping you sort through the blue books before you make your election picks. we're hosting two more debates to take a closer look at ballot questions tomorrow on channel 20. then october 20th we'll host a debate between the 6th congressional candidates mike coffman and morgan carroll. >>> whe

, he is in colorado springs for his first rally. >> he took the stage for the afternoon rallyyin colorado springs and he bullet pointed most of the things that we had heard of four, a riiged election, and treating new jobs, and he created a new idea to change washington forever. limits on all members of congress. >> that's how he planned to drink the swamp, with quote, in washington. >> we are going to create 25 million new jobs and i promise we will build the wall. and the media is so does not - - so dishonest. >> he blames the media for a rigged election and then shots at his own party. >> your leaders say everything is peachy. >> he did not directly respond to comments from president obama earlier in the day. >> trump needs to stop whining and make his case to get some votes. >> i don't believe in the polls anymore. >> it's good, because the % recent polls show trump losing to hillary clinton in colorado around 11 points and losing his edgg with an opponent - - and trump graveled - - travel to grand junction as well. his ninth since july 1st. >>> and amid the rumors, fears and claims o

cam campaigns here in colorado. here in colorado. it is also illegal to post your ballot self-e or video. >> coloradoens have filed two civil rights lawsuits now. in as many days. to over turn the law. >> . tammy vigil li say it violates their freedom of speech. >> two state senators filed suit yesterday against colorado attorney general. and secretary of state. today two denver residents and a member of the libertarian party followed suit. each saying revealing who they voted for shouldn't land them in jail or a fine. >> . political free speech is the most important of all. >> . it's obvious who she voted for >> she also can't show you this video. >> not because it's vulgar or classified. >> again. because she would be breaking state law. >> i haed this video. and i have my ballot here. i can't show you. otherwise i might get thrown in jail for a year. >> this proud libertarian is fighting back. with this civil rights she says colorado law not only forbids showing your ballot to anyone after you voted. but you can't even talk about

northwest colorado. a line produces a lot of lightning out to the west of craig and maker -- maker -- meeker. a cold front approaches later on . we will see a couple of showers and a few snowflakes this afternoon. hearest 2:00 tomorrow morning with the front coming through denver and behind the front much cooler weather. if you like warmer enjoy today. 81 with the high temperature tomorrow 66. a fit integrate temperature drop to a 50 degree temperature drop and total 850 degree temperature drop. >>> we have got one along the us-36 and pecos with copter 4 just leaving. because of the high winds we have been experiencing making it tough for them. blocked off. southbound you see speeds dipping down into the 30s. it is still slow around i-76 and we had the earlier incident involving a semi truck blocking the left lane and left shoulder. southbound coming to town we have pockets of volume and you can see the express lanes when about. you get around the stadium it is slowing down getting ready for what is happ

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 18,000 jobs. recreational marijuana in the state has brought all of that into colorado in the first year, and colleen ferrar is at the convention center this morning. colleen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gary, and the symposium will be over the next few days. impact marij

we wanted to represent the flawria of colorado which -- flaura of colorado which would be the columbine flower. the large trout are jumping and and we also have the feet that represent the people who commute on this bridge. >> we kind of want people when they go by to see there are people who live here and love this place. >> other people especially when they are excited make something beautiful, make something fun. >> the work on the project began friday and volunteers will be back tomorrow to help finish out. brushes start swinging at 8:30 tomorrow morning and anyone is welcome to >> a powerful storm is churning off the pacific coast. why forecasters say the worst is yet to come. >> and an unseasonably warm day, why not dream of snow in themiddle of the season? >> the sizzling heat returns tomorrow. will it be our last 80-degree day of the year? we'll let you know next. >> something they had never >>> a former -- trailing enough to have many along the pacific coast this evening. the national weather service is warning about possible severe damage in oregon and washington as the storm

of colorado. and we're going to win the white house. >> donald trump's visit his second in as many weeks evidence of how pivotal colorado is in november. >> i don't believe the polls one or two bad ones that the only one they show. >> reporter: trump continued to insist the election is rigged and government corruption widespread. calling for a five-year ban on former members of congress and the executive branch from becoming lobbyists and a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on congress. >> and we're going to drain the swamp in washington, dc. >> reporter: after two weeks of reeling from sexual allegations, trump tried to refocus attention on his outsider status. fbi to reclassify a clinton e- mail shows how deep the corruption is in dc. >> this is a bigger event than watergate and they practically refused to cover it. today i'm calling for him to be fired. >> reporter: the media too he says is corrupt and like the polls should not be believed. >> the media has come after us. like they

and colorado springs. the visits comes one day after his son-- donald trump junior was in boulder. norris penros event center will open at 12. then he'll head to west star aviation in grand junction for a rally at 3. meanwhile-- billy bush is officially out at the today show after the release of the audio of a inappropriate sexual conversation with trump about women. bush was suspended at the morning show on october 9th -- two days after the 2005 tape was released. n-b-c and bush's representatives had been of his exit before monday's announcement. no word on the details of those terms. bush spent 15 years at "access hollywood" before moving to the "today" show about two months ago. he says he's embarrased of the comments. hillary clinton is 8off the campaign trail today... and she has yet to respond to the latest batch of emails released by the f-b-i. in one exchange with the f-b-i... ...."undersecretary of state" patrick kennedy asks to change the classified label on one of hillary clinton's email's when

it treats rural and urban colorado the same. the pew research center found the cost-of-living disparity between rural and urban parts of the state is among the highest in the country. a bill in the legislature last session would have allowed cities to set their own minimum wages. but the restaurant association opposed it. arguing it would much of a patchwork. opponents now point to new york and oregon as models. both said regional rates when they raise the minimum wage. this brings us to their add. >> larger businesses in wealthier areas could probably weather it but small businesses in rural parts of the state, family-owned businesses, they would be devastated. small businesses would have no choice but to cut jobs. >> that's true. again based on some studies. others dispute this but given between urban and rural colorado, it's hard to imagine small businesses in grand junction for example won't be disproportionately impacted by a 44% increase in the minimum wage than in boulder. bottom line, $300 a week. the take-home pay for a

donald trump and gary johnson in colorado today. trump is congresswomanning off a fresh controversy about his taxes, and johnson is trying to gain ground in battleground state. >>> a deadly superstorm with winds topping 160 miles an hour has already punished columbia, venezuela, and jamaica. we look at where matthew is headed next. >>> no trevor? no problem. the player of the week is hurt, but the rookie quarterback steps in and leads denver on to victory. morning. belen is in and in the backyard. >> reporter: the winds make people grumpy, but don't take it out on the messenger. the cold front from the west, and it will elevate the fire range, and low humidity, and the guts up to 40 miles an hour. for and travelers in southern wyoming, wind advisory in effect, gusts up to 60 miles an hour, and now winds, right now, breezy down south near centennial, and they are picking up closer to the divide. gusts this afternoon will be stronger, gusting in the city up to 35 miles an hour. this morning, showers and thunderstorms in north western

you can see on i-25 and colorado boulevard, there's colorado boulevard going across i-25 in the soothbound direction. that's the northbound way, the headlights you see up towards university making this trip in 15 minutes for now and getting slower as we see more sunshine. take a look at the overall drive. slowing on 270. westbound side slowing us down. away from their semi truck on the northbound side of i-70. ton at the ramp to go to- that's a big hazard. further out you see from the live picture a couple lanes from alameda up to sixth avenue and the water main repair going on. traffic is lightning up nnt to cause significant delay. >>> take a look at how many colorado voters have turned in their ballot so far. more than 400,000 people have than 100,000 unaffiliated voters. both candidates are touring battleground states today. donald trump has several stops planned in ohio. >> michelle obama is with hillary clinton today also. >> the hotel ay be knew new, it's the same story. he relied on undocumented workers to make his project immigrants to build the building. except i didn't use one.

it is happening in colorado. this truck made the 125 mile trip report collins colorado springs. & mark boyle explains how this is revolutionizing the trucking industry. >> it is hard not to have some kind of reaction when you see semi chappano driver. we are told that transportation experts on our colorado highways -- we may see more of that in the future as trucking is revolutionized. >>> it is the video taking the late last week anheuser-busch's made the first ever commercial delivery with a driverless tractor-trailer. >> we are very supportive of safety technologies and we think of the aspect of this which would enhance in actually give the driver the ability to maae better decisions. more than 90% of accidents are driver error so the company auto is taking drivers out of the equation. >> i think kind of a future can look like in terms of how we can apply some of these advanced technologies to make things safer. >> reporter: meanwhile this was a one-shot test are. bolton says you can't expect to see more techn

. >> reporter: voting in colorado during election is very important. >> here, in colorado, as purposeel state you know your vote will count. >> reporter: the clinton and trump campaign called on political outsiders to stomp in colorado. donald trump called on his children to visit colorado in schaal campaigned behalf of hillary clinton. >> politics makes you fore. >> reporter: all in an effort to energize folks to get out and vote. >> it's exciting colorado is going to play a big role in this election and i am excited that we have gotten so much attention here. >> reporter: attention which both republicans and democrats welcome with opened arms. >> because they really want to reach out to the people. they want to be able to deliver the message. let them know what the campaigns and what their sh -- issues are and how they will solve them. >> reporter: a visit could influence the outcome of a lex. >> it's -- election. >> it's important to get base excited. >> bring out people that wouldn't necessarily come out to other campaign events. >> thank to everybody volume- tiering and thanks for

donald trump colorado again today. cbs4's shawn chitness live at the capitol now with a look ahead as we near the end in this election season. shawn. >> reporter: yeah, alan, a lot for voters to be thinking about as those ballots are coming out and both campaigns taking colorado seriously, making sure that they get the attention of those voters. later today the gop nominee himself, trump, will be here. to the western slope speaking in grand junction later in the afternoon. this comes just a day after his son, donald, jr., made two stops around the denver metro area. the nominee clearly wanting to take colorado seriously and making frequent stops to this area as we get closer to the election. but the latest numbers from you gov.com shows has about a 47% over trump's 41%. clinton herself is not campaigning. but last night senator bernie sanders spent a second day in colorado. he was at cu boulder trying to get younger voters more excited about supporting clinton. so again we do have that final debate tomorrow. that's whe

through colorado with the peaks. now down into southern colorado is where you get the best chance to see that peaking over the next week and a half or so. as for our seven-day forecast, we'll have 80s all weekend as i mentioned. a bright spot tomorrow, partly cloudy and 80. then we will have those 60s return here on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. a storm system is coming this way, so we'll have to wait and see its exact track. but right now we're looking at late showers on tuesday, mostly cloudy skies wednesday and thursday with just a slight chance for scattered rain showers. and potentiilly snow showers see those overnight lows into the 30s. once we get close to freezing right there around 32 degrees it's cold enough to support snowfall sometimes. so we've got to use the s word in this forecast at least lightly. not liberally. >> i'm still focused on that weekend. >> isn't it gorgeous? >> let's do that first. s word. >> i agree. >> stacy, thanks. -?>>> an incredible video of th elderly woman who was driving the pond

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it doesn't completely push into colorado. but, that cooler air on the backside will move into the state. and look at this. it is going to be a 20-degree drop off. monday, it is going the be gorgeous out there. and it will be a shock to the system. >> she said wa-bam? >> yeah, mother nature bringing in october like whoa. >>> danielle, can you see the moon out there tonight? >> nope. [ laughter ] >> it's a black moon. >> hey, there is a reason for that. >> yeah. >> daniel, it is called the black moon. its name sake is based on the fact you can't see it. it is the second blue moon in a month. it only happens once every three years or so. there is less light, it more of the night sky visible. so, that is why you couldn't see it. so there you go. you will be looking for nothing out there. just maybe, it made the fireworks over coors field much more magical. just the rockies way of celebrating the last home game of the season. they played the milwaukee brewers tonight. rod has highlights coming up >> from colorado's sports leader h

company, the colorado fuel company. in many ways i believe he wanted to be a call baron. he built what was considered a model town in redstone, colorado. a business near aspen. he had offices in denver. in his model town he began to develop what he considered to be a model coal camp. the company provided housing for the workers, and he pioneered a number of social aspects, what could be called social engineering for the workforce in the coal mines. he adapted his concept of the company stores for the colorado fuel and iron company, and as part of that he also in 1901 created the sociological department. the sociological department was run by dr. richard corwin who had been brought up by palmer as a chief surgeon for the colorado coal and iron company. corwin had a lot of groundbreaking ideas in the fields of modern medicine, and he took those concepts and applied them to his job as the director of the sociological department. some of those you will see in this building. cf&i was considered a leader in industrial medicin

i think we do that in colorado. i think this system, we're one of the first states where we're mailing out a ballot to everybody so everybody has a chance to vote. i'll hopeful we'll see some of the highest turnout we've seen in this election on both sides. >> i asked the governor about the negative politics and he called it destructive to the democrat process and fears it will take people, particularly young people away from elections. >>> last night's debate brought more substance than the other two. but what donald trump said about election results sparked debate. weijia jiang tells us what he's saying today. >> reporter: campaigning in ohio, donald trump says he will change his mind about the out come of the election on one results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. >> reporter: during last night's third and final presidential debate, trump refused to say where he stood on the issue. >> are you saying you're not prepared now to -- >> what i'm saying is i will tell you at the time. i will

near colorado springs we've got 29-mile per hour gusts. the places across the state where we have a red flag in colorado. this is going to cover places like lahunta, trinidad, kim. from 1:00 to 7:00 the red flag warning is in effect with low relative humidity and 30-mile per hour gusts will contribute to the development of fires in that part of the state. it is 62 in denver, 57 greeley, 40s and 50s in the mountains. in the 9 backyard, a few clouds. our temperature is 57. afternoon highs in the 60s. we will see a chance for showers. right now we have snow in the northern mountains. this is on the edge of an upper level low. that's that dip in the jet stream that will scoot past colorado. it will continue to bring winds through wednesday and it will cool us ever so slightly into wednesday afternoon. gusts are going to be on the stronger side through the afternoon today and dying down by tonight at least for area. they'll be strong across the mountains and to the south, palmar divide to colorado springs. plus we will see a chance for rain not

backups approach colorado. as for the alternates, northbound la quebec are an option. 225 up to i-70 further to the east. i-25 linking up to hampton can help you get out to colorado or university. and gary, the rest of the drive is active as well. we have a crash southbound 25 to the north and i'll track that throughout the morning. >> thank you, amelia. we appreciate the update. marty coniglio joins us as well. clouds. hours. looking out to the east from sports authority field. sure we have a ton of clouds. i love the color on the horizon. it's dry around here. we have had a pretty stormy night in mountain areas. ridges, passes seeing some active weather with rain and thunder snow. especially in the elk and west elk mountains. it look like crest butte heavy in that area as well. the rain snow line at about 10,000 feet. in that part of the state, that's where we will see some upwards of a quarter of an inch. that's if you melt the snow down. here around the front range and in eastern colorado this evening, a fe

and southern colorado. for us it is gorgeous, high clouds and very dry. the temperatures will be warmer than yesterday. we will rise into the mid 70s around town with a few passing clouds. all in all the forecast for the broncos is looking great. outside right now we have 40s. 30s closer to the foothills. this afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 70s. a beautiful fall day in the metro area. we will have a cooldown arrive up. >> thank you, sounds good. >>> donald trump say there is the no way he is dropping out of the presidential race, even though at least 19 gop officials are asking him to step aside. a hot mic moment on an access hollywood bus back in 2005 caught the presidential candidate saying lewd things about women. he says things like quote when you are a star, women let you do anything. this created a can swift backlash from paul ryan says he is sickened by what trump said. and even mike pence said he was sickened when he heard the clip. >> trump made the comments while married to donald tru

mike pence was in colorado springs yesterday. and this week the trump campaign released a map showing they still consider colorado a battleground state, which some media outlets agree with. hillary clinton was last month, but there are top names in colorado as well to get the vote out for her. the secretary of state plans to give us a daily snapshot by releasing that each day as we get closer to election night. live at the state capitol, shawn chitness, cbs4 news. >>> a veteran's plea to get his stolen bicycle back has gone viral. >> the veteran spent the past six weeks in fort collins getting cancer treatment for his dog and just before they someone stole his specialized bike. jeff todd reports. >> a letter to a bike thief. i'd like to introduce myself. i'm robert kugler, a marine veteran. you haven't stolen an object, but a part of me. you have taken something you had no right to even lay your hands on, let alone claim it as your own. >> reporter: robert has been traveling the country with his dog bella and special bikes for th

-dot and all colorado. happening tonight police are west one of their own officers julian are seeing here accused of stealing money from a crime scene according to the arrest affidavit to raise body cameras recorded have moving money for suspects going to been taken off by paramedics affidavit describes the after internal affairs served complaints about missing money going to search for it the case of fell into his bag. later he called back saying he found $12,100 bills and is more bag the money must have fallen bought in that bag. suspended without pay charges against him could be filed come next week. the american airlines flight that cop fire at o'hare airport in chicago right now at this point there blown out tire crew out of the 7677 passengers and one flight attendant they we're taken to the hospital for evaluation postmasters will be booked on another flight to miami tonight. a fedex cargo plane catching fire the fort lauderdale hollywood international airport according to the federal aviation admini

the tenth mountain division -- so much history and colorado. some of the original members of the tenth mountain division went on to found this industry and colorado. $5 billion a year industry in and afghanistan. if you are interested in going to the ceremony, it will be at 1:00 this sunday at camp hail. it should be pretty special. >> how cool is that. such an important piece of history up there in our mountains. >> it really is. you look at the ski areas that have been founded by some of those original members. you look at how big it has grown. you look at being in you look at how combat in the mountains has changed over the years. and where it started in world war ii. a lot of the history can be found at the colorado ski museum. they have a huge exhibit. check it out next time you are there. it is pretty cool. >> a good thing to check out. some of the seven-foot skis too. thank you so much. >>> seven people and colorado have already been hospitalized this season for the flu. the number is expected to grow into the thousands i may. just in ou

coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. this is the colorado none of us want to lose. i'm gail schwartz, and i'm running for congress to stop the sale of our public lands. coloradans should have the freedom to use this land for ranching, hunting and fishing, not watch it sold off to the highest bidder. scott tipton wants to cut off our access to these lands for generations to come, i approved this message >>> a new film goes behind the scenes of hamilton. plus tupac enters the race for the rock and roll hall of fame. here's our suzanne marques today's eye on entertainment. ? >> reporter: the late rapper tupac is nominated for induction into the rock and roll hall of fame. pearl jam is also on the ballot, along with depeche mode. chuck berry celebrated his 90th birthday by announcing a new album. it will go on record next year a breathtaking documentary. daisy ridley of star wars fame, is executive producer and narrater of the eagle huntress. it follows a girl training to be a hunter. >> i thought the relationship between her and her father is beautiful. the film itself

he will start the day in colorado springs. and then grand junction for a second rally at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> hillary clinton will spend the day preparing for tomorrow's debate. the latest nbc news poll shows she has an 8-point lead over trump in a two-way race. michelle obama will be campaigning for hillary clinton this week as well. 20. we are heading over there. if you are staying, hope you enjoy the today show. we will see you tomorrow. fight to the finish. >> people that have died ten years ago are still voting. >> donald trump defiantly sticks to his claims of voter fraud, even as high profile members of his own party say it is nonsense. nell anesthea interview addressing those acquisitions of sexual misconduct and trump's lewd comments on a hot mic. >> sometimes i said i have two boys at home, i have my young son and i have my husband. >>> while hillary clinton's e-mail scandal comes back to bite her. did a top state department official try to strike a quid pro quo deal with the fbi to have an e-mail sent to her mar

it's one of colorado's scenic highways. now squad pass road is being tarnished by illegal dumping. >> you think what a beautiful road. until you go over the side of a parking area and you look down over the embankment. and you see all the garbage. >> reporter: tim deegan noticed way to echo lake. >> look over the embankment and it was full of garbage. so i thought, i can't let this lie. >> reporter: egan and his fellow rotary members organize a cleanup of the area along with dozens of volunteers and police, fire and forest service members. together they collected truckloads of debris. >> we had a refrigerator that we retrieved. sofas, shutters from my house. remnants of carpeting. you name it. >> reporter: chamber of commerce president betsy hayes says the people caught dumping faced a heavy penalty. >> this is not okay. once you cross the line into clear creek county, it's a thousand dollar fine. >> reporter: also includes up to 30 days in jail. and with litter gathering, in our pristine forest, tim deegan has a message fo

today in colorado springs. hi called for -- he called for term limits nor congress, trump say -- for congress. trump says the limits should be a part of bigger plan in his words to quote drain the afternoon and of the washington corruption, and he had -- swamp of the washington corruption, and he had this to say. you'll never be able to win. it's tilting, it's going to be a one-party system. this is your final shot. >> after leaving grand junction trump headed to las vegas to prepare for tomorrow's debate. >>> ecuador says it's tech rarely taking away -- temporarily taken away the internet prescribe ledges of the -- privileges of the wikileaks founder assange in the wake of wikileaks publishing documents from hillary clinto ecuador's president says they don't interfere in foreign elections. >>> mike kaufman is no longer straddling the fence on if he supports trump, but we still don't know where he stands. >> i'm not sure i'll vote for hillary clinton or donald trump, and i'm struggling like many americans as to

areas in colorado. and, above average for rain northwest. and, even through parts of michigan as well. so, kind of will be interesting to see exactly how this all pans out. of course, we are loving the sunshine right now. >> it's nice. >> but coming up you guys it will be november and we are going to be begging for snowfall. those results are certainly hoping to open up. >> i was thinking maybe since it has been so nice, we will get slammed. it will make a shift. >> it feels like that is what is going to happen. but >> long range models. >> i'm totally not educated in this at all. but it feels like it has been so nice. >> yeah. >> mark my words if it happens i said so, if not, i don't know what i'm talking about. >> we are never here. we are never here. [ laughter ] >> thanks. >>> tonight at 6:30, we want you to join us on a unique journey, under colorado. we will take you to a bunch of unique places like the eisenhower and johnson tunnels. here is 9news anchor gary shapiro. >> reporter: this drive has

the republicans to come home and colorado. that is why we are here in el paso county. the same poll shows trump within five points. there may be more leeway. in colorado a lot between now and election day. next routine days in fact tomorrow you could see eric trump at colorado christian university in the denver media market. >> thank you. we are about less than an hour away from governor. mike pence making his third stop since august. >>> you just heard patrick haley said eric trump will be in colorado campaigning for his included one here in the metro at colorado christian university. donald trump does not have any official trips to our state plant just yet but that could change. >>> today is hillary clinton's 69 were to implement across the front range celebrated by voting for her the woman in colorado springs and denver met at tte capitol building to walk together. >>> the colorado economy is feeling the high of the jobs pumpkin brought into the state last year. main entrance of the nside the - courthouse. what is being don

colorado's u.s. attorney's office will be on duty this election day and night to protect people's right to vote. nationally the u.s. justice department will work through election night as well along with the fbi to protect the integrity of the voting process. recent cbs4 investigations have uncovered several cases of voter fraud. this time with people voting twice. brian maass has more. >> reporter: lincoln was owns property in colorado and in the registered republican voted in both states in 2010, 2012, and again in 2014. one man, three elections, six votes. kansas secretary of state chris kovacs. >> you'd be surprised how often people double vote. >> reporter: wilson is one of five coloradans charged with voter fraud by the state of kansas. >> we want to get the word out. don't do it. we'll catch you. >> after each election they double ballots and clean up the database. kovac -- >> reporter: he still believes 10,000 people are registered in colorado and kansas. >> anyone of those 10,000 people coul

one colorado state senator says it's not fair. so he's filed a lawsuit to get rid of the selfie ban. good morning. we're seeing a brief break from this dry weather. meteorologist marty coniglio joins us. marty- you're tracking some light rain off and on

and trump's son is visiting colorado.. and that visit to colorado will be a record temps today. the warm fall heat wave just keeps coming... good morning. corey, gary, and cheryl join you now. meteorologist marty coniglio is with us too. marty- just how warm will it get to today?...

it's just for the state of colorado. the $61 million will go to ellctric car charging stations. >>> one truck owner taking things into his own hands. ford 350 start up outside his apartment monday night. he ran out the door and hopped in the car and chased the truck down. the suspect eventually abandoned the truck and ran away. >> don't let your keys out of your hand and don't let it get out of your hand and you're right, don't go chasing after your truck like i did. i was just on adrenaline. >> the thief was a friend who made police are aware of the iicident and trying to track down the suspect. >>> the broncos still riding high after their big win with brock osweiler. it was gary kubiak's first win over the texans. they honored gary kubiak's big win. >> welcome back, first big win over the texans. it. >>> the broncos are back at mile high stadium this sunday. they take on the chargers. kickoff at 2:05. after a nasty roll overcrash. one person facing charges. >>> 6:22. a live look outside from our a man attacked me in a

republicans are trying to rally the colorado base. and pick up any votes that are still up for grabs. >> wife of clintons running mate tim cane. stumping in wheat ridge tonight. and hosting a rally at the union hall. about the campaign. saying the choice is clear. >> . i have a candidate we can be proud of. >> . she admits this has been a season of surprises. saying she and her husband don't take anything for granted. >> . that is the crowd singing happy birthday to clinton. during her stop this morning in florida. it is the candidates birthday. she's 69 years old topd. celebrated by going to an adell concert in miami. last night. and after actress in the ugly betty star stopped at the campus. right outside an early voting location. >> . taking advantage of early voting in the election. at last count. nearly 417 thousand people have already turned in their ballot. as we near election day. that number expected to grow. in to 13 days just 13 days. >> . you can find it on kdvr.com. or the news mobile app. >> . secretary of state releasin

that is eastern colorado. the temperatures drop into the 70s and then it will feel more like fall by the middle of the week with a chance of showers. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, belen. >> have a wonderful rest of >> if you're looking for meet the press, they're airing that right now on ktvd channel 20. >> you have to come and stop them from the beginning. >> we know the team we can be. >> a loss is a loss. i don't care who we lose to. >> i'm sick to my stomach. and i don't -- you know.

maki f colorado springs and lakewood. both campaigns are hitting colorado hard. and they have in the last two months ahead of election day of course. which is a little more than a week away. now, i have had your preview all morning long, and mario -- marshal zelinger will have your halloween. the company topped wall street forecasts yesterday. shares rose 5% in early trading and its stock is up nearly 10% this year. yeah, everybody loves chocolate. including lisa wantonly love it a little -- including lisa. >> i love it a little too much. john one of our viewers in gran by said they had a good shower roll through this morning. they needed it. skies are going to start to clear up in the mountains. the roads could be wet up along i-70. tomorrow for the broncos game, by 2:05 at kickoff, we're at 75 degrees, and we're going to stay warm through the game. you're going to find we're warm again on halloween, cooler by tuesday. >> okay. broncos. announcer: jack hanna's "wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everyone. i'm jack hanna hiding out here at my a

most of colorado, abnormally dry. the range is experiencing moderate drought so what does that mean? denver 7's lance hernandez has the answers. >> just because you have drained mean you should ignore your roots. tony says it is easy to tell if your trees need more water. all you have to do is dig out a little clump. >> this is kind offcrumbly soil that you cannot make the ball out of and that is typically a sign that it is not getting enough moisture. >> reporter: if it ball like this other sample did, that suggest that the sample is fine. >> water, especially the south and west facing exposures. >> reporter: this map shows a big chunk of colorado is abnormally dry and much of the front range is experiencing a moderate drought.>> this is in pretty good shape and you can see where there is a nice >> reporter: he planted his winter wheat last month and so far, the crop does not look that good. he says it is so dry that there are cobwebs on his ring gauge and the farm has only received an inch or so of rain since last j

reporter: it's one of colorado's scenic highways. now squaw pass road is being tarnished. >> you think what a beautiful road, until you go over to the side of a parking area and look down over the embankment and see the garbage. >> reporter: resident tim eagan noticed the problem a few weeks ago when he and his wife pulled over to look at the view. and it was full of garbage. i just thought, you know what, i can't let this lie. >> reporter: wednesday, he and his fellow rotary members organized a cleanup of the areas with volunteers and police, fire and forest service members. together, they collected truck loads of debris. >> we had a refrigerator, sofas, shutters from a house, remnants of carpeting, bottles, cans, food items. you name it. of commerce president betsy hayes says those who are caught dumping face a heavy penalty. >> this is not okay. when you cross the line into clear creek county, it's a thousand-dollar fine. >> reporter: it could also include 30 days in jail. with the litter growing, tim has a message. >> we all live

today in colorado. colleen, election officials are in for a busy next few weeks. >> reporter: it definitely will be. the perfect time for candidates and the parties to be campaigning here in colorado. millions of ballots will be mailed out starting today here in colorado. and in just a few denver, we are going to see that start. around 8:00 this morning, 3.1 million ballots will be mailed out to active colorado voters. 2million will go through this facility where i'm standing in right now. alton dillard joins me now to give us an idea of what's happening this week. it will be so busy for you and your team, i know that. how have you seen voter registration go? >> we have gotten a big spike social media. both facebook and google have done a push, asking people if they are registered. we saw a big spike over this same amount of time in 2012. >> the picture in colorado is so different from 2012. population has just kept on growing over here. can you compare anything from this year to 2012? >> one of the thi

in northeast colorado 60s. nederland, black hawk about 65 or so. we hop up 10 degrees in downtown denver, but still even though it's classified as a cool off we're still 15 degrees above the average. upper 60s and low 70s in northern colorado, and we do have a pushing in monday into tuesday bringing a little snow fall in the higher peaks on the mountains, maybe a couple of inches top. maybe a couple of light sprinkles by tuesday morning cooling off temperatures to the low 70s by tuesday and wednesday. we pop back to the 80s on thursday, and then look at halloween weekend. wow. temperatures staying in the 70s as we wind down the month of october. don't go anywhere. 9 news at 10:00 returns right >>> from colorado's shorts leader -- sports leader here's rod mackey. >> december 30th, 2007. that's the last time cu played in a bowl game. eight straight seasons to forget, but it's all forgotten now. the buffs are going bowling. colorado getting win six today over a stanford team that out scored them 138 to 17 in the ups. mccaffery returned from injury for

it's skipping for the most part north of colorado. we get a little bit left over for mountains and west. partly sunny conditions during the day. we'll play hide andk the sun. will not matter. still going to be warp. lower 80s for -- going to be warm. lower 80s. we'll start to see light showers developing after sunset tonight into tomorrow morning. they'll be modest. we're talking knew hundredths of an inch of rain here or there spreading in few locations in the west. that's late this evening. doesn't affect you during the day. highs in the 70s there. throughout eastern colorado. we'll go 82 tonight. clouds stay in. keeps us unusually warm. 50s overnight lows. 70s over the weekend. no records here. we start to moderate by the middle of next week. >> we weren't joking about the gorgeous sunrise. it's incredible. looking down at the ground level, there's a crash 20th. mile the earlier delay had center lanes blocked, cars to the right shoulder. we move across downtown. it's just busy. here's the few at i-25. head to twitter and share to s

. >>> the eyes of politics are watching colorado once again. donald trump and gary johnson are visiting the state. cbs4's shawn chitnis is live from at the capital with the good morning, shawn. >> reporter: good morning. with two president of candidates in town, it is just another reminder of how competitive colorado will be this election season. let's put gary johnson and who is going to be in town as a libertarian presidential nominee. he will be speaking at cu south denver campus in parker tonight. here in colorado he has a larger support base than we have seen in other states around 70% poll. as for the other candidate in town that is the republican nominee donald trump, he will first be at the pueblo convention center in the afternoon and then heading up to the budweiser events center in loveland around 7 pm. that will be two stops he makes here in colorado as the race it's tightening up. the politics average of pulls over democratic nominee hillary clinton and clinton will be campaigning in ohio today. reportings live, shawn chitnis, cbs4

we caught up wiih him and askedm why he chose colorado. >> why colorado? -?colorado, you know, i think is going to become one of those states that could tip things in her direction. >> with all the latest happening on the campaign trail, we're less than a week away from the next presidential debate. other for a second time. and it airs sunday at 7:00 p.m. >>> still down one justice. justice stick scalia died. they refused to hold -- the highest court in the nation will enter its term evvnly divided between conserrative and liberal leaning mcconnel said the next president should choose scalia's replacement. >>> reality tv store kardashian is shaken up this mmrning after being robbed at gunpoint by aa3 handful of men. french police searching for the attackers. >>> plus a 6-year old boy died over the weekend. he was one of the kids shot at a south carolina elementary school last week. his mother is now talking about a tragic loss. >>> and a terrifying moment for a florida couple after they were >>> developing this morning, reality tv start kim camacho dash yap r

colorado football player and class and handful of other athletes. >>> colorado's third largest city is trying to build for the future. donald trump and congressman coffman would punish women. and coffman tried to redefine rape to mean only forcible rape. ape, would not be considered rape victims. coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. >>> two people and a cat escaped this rv fire near pike's peek and 31st avenue. one peon hospital the firefighter sent an investigator to scene and looking into what caused the rv fire. >>> it's amazing how fast things change here in colorado. rain and sprinkles this morning and now skies are clearing. you see from this camera in limon, sunshine so drier weather through mid morning. by this afternoon a few spotty showers. that's what it looks like around 5:30 and skies clearing tonight. it's really cold tomorrow in the upper 40s today. -- -- 40s today. . >>> a typical drive in usual spots coming down from parker road passing the dayton light rail station past yosemite. typical stop and go traffic. a couple extra minutes on the northbound side a

coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. about a year ago, 30 ethiopians were killed by isis. reporter: mass execution of ethiopian christians... mike coffman was the only one that reached out to our community. he went to every ethiopian church. he was there, and he was sharing the sadness encing at the time. he says what he means, and he does what he says. that means a lot to us and to me. i'm mike coffman, >>> broncos are focused on returning to their winning ways next monday. we're hoping. quarterback trevor siemian was throwing this morning. yesterday he acknowledged slow starts need to be corrected. we wanted to know if doctors told coach kubiak to do anything differently. >> the biggest thing for me is to sleep better. i'm sure you guys don't sleep but that's it. and so i met with them, spent quality time with them last week, and really didn't do much this weekend, except come here a little bit, get my mind back going again. so i feel very comfortable, it's where i'm heading and how i'm feeling. >> he says he is lookin