year. >> denver 7's jason gruenauer is live. >> reporter: just minutes away from a taste of colorado opening just a few minutes ?ntil they officially open. delicious food. it's here and local and starts in about an hour. a live report after the break. >>> we are tracking all you need to know about your holiday commute, whether you're flying or driving. >>> right now at 11:30, denver 7 is going to get you ready for everything you need to know on about weather, traffic, sportss and the first big events taking place this weekend. >>> we're going to start with the first alert forecast. >> a few more storms possible this afternoon. we had one round that moved through this morning. it wasn't much in denver. mountains picked up most of it. now you'll find cloud cover. i think all in all a good looking forecast. here in denver now, in we can show you on weather 2 where we've got at this point a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky here in denver. it's 71 degrees. here's your ch today. we're going to see a few more afternoon storms with our highs near 80 degrees. upper 70s to near 80. then it's going t

s, colorado's governor was john love. they really want any categories that were limited or constraint. the bill was written by a denver politician named dickie lamb who eventually served 12 years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative governor in the 1960's and that was 60 years before the roe versus wade decision. there is an ongoing historic preservation and restoration effort at the state capital. we have been working on trying to reclaim the building to the way it looked a century earlier when it opened at the beginning of the 20th century. lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> there are two domes in the capital. we are inside the outer dome. kind of an architectural feature to make it look larger than it actually is. the gilder's are considered the artist who gilded the capital and we always used gold from colorado to gilded. 1901, it was around 200 ounces. part of the dome restoration project, there is copper and 120 years of hail storms had damaged the copper quite a bit. there were micro fractures. we replace that. we put a layer of black paper and a layer o

denver va. listen to the chain of events here, a whistle blower went to congress with information on wait list s for denver, colorado springs, and golden, claimed the 26-year-old army ranger killed himself waiting for mental health care, claims the va falsified records after the senator cory gardener, and so did wefelt >> it is against the law to fire somebody for contacting their member of congress. >> republican senator gourdner says the va went after the whistle blower. >> we know he was taken into questioning for some sort of disciplinary action. >> the va has been here before but this time the accusation is being made about the va system in colorado. >> the last thing we want to do is repeat what the nation went through in 2014, across the exmroez around the nation-- explode around the nation, we want to get on top of it before it is an issue. >> the va responded saying "we will work with the senator office and office of inspector general to determine the facts and take appropriate action should any wrong doing be uncovered." senator gardener wouldn't say if the whistle blower provided dockiumation of falsified records but he said the va

years in leavenworth, kansas, in the prison there. in the 1930's, the federal government decided to move the gold reserves stored in san francisco to denver. they did it for a couple of reasons. probably first and foremost was the fact that they wanted to put a thousand miles of desert and mountain terrain between our gold reserves and the coast. while fort knox was under construction, virtually all of the country's gold reserve's restored at the denver mint. there has never been a greater amount of gold in the history of the planet then there was in denver during the great depression. during world war ii, the denver mint went to war just like every other factory in the country. the men who had been operating the presses went on to fight. women filled their places. this was always a manufacturing job that was considered man's work. they didn't think women could do this kind of work. however women excelled at it. the denver mint's production of coins actually rose during world war ii. of course, after world war ii, the men came home and came back to their jobs at the denver mint and the women went home. over the years there have been sever

denver city council has approved the creation of the first affordable housing fund. cbs4's shawn chitnis is live. >> reporter: good morning. we certainly learned a lot about the situation in denver earlier this year when fastest growing city in the country. the need for affordable housing is a challenge that is only getting tougher. that is why the city council want to prove this new program to try and take on the problem -- approve this new program to try and take on the problem. over 10 years it will bring in the recent increase in the need for homes for sale and rent. since 2010 they cost has risen dramatically. supply has not been able to keep up with the demand. that is why the city estimates there is a need for this. there is 87,000 households paid more than one third of their monthly income for housing costs . it will keep apartments and homes available at low and moderate rate as we about the property tax, the cost will be $12 a year for the average household and town. shawn chitnis, cbs4 morning news. >> shawn, thank you so much. >> at least it is something . >>> it is time to check that business headlines. >> jill wagner joins us with your morning when you watch report. there is a holdi

a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed ove denver 7's amanda del castillo joins us live outside the offices of the adams county schoolldistrict 12. amanda, this community has just been stunned. >> yeah. friends and family are still learning about the details surrounding 16-year-old haley vargas' death. this is all through social media. they are also showing an outpouring of support and calling for justice. that's because the suspect is still on the loose. thornton police arrived to the thornton on saturday morning at around 1:40, and they found haley just in the street. she was suffering from a gunshot wound to her torso. this is all after a house party, and police say that the sussect was shooting as he was leaving that house party, again, on monaco way. police described the suspect as a skinny hispanic man in his late teens/early twenties. they say that he has dark hair. he wears glasses, and he also wears a gold hoop ring in they say that he could be driving a red sedan, and he stands at 5-6. we have all the information, including how it all came to be and more information about the susp

s and then governor love. they signed the abortion laws. they really want any categories that were limited or constraint. the bill was written by a denver politician named dickie lamb who eventually served 12 years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative governor in the 1960's and that was 60 years before the roe versus wade decision. so colorado was on the front lines of one of the most contentious issues still in our time. there is an ongoing historic preservation and restoration effort at the state capital. we have been working on trying to reclaim the building to the way it looked a century earlier when it opened at the beginning of the 20th century. lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> there are two domes in the capital. we are inside the outer dome. kind of an architectural feature to make it look larger than it actually is. the gilder's are considered the artist who gilded the capital and we always used gold from colorado to gilded. originally in 1901, it was around 200 ounces. part of the dome restoration project, there is copper and 120 years of hail storms had damaged the co

denver 7's mark boyle explains why one >> reporter: it's all because of the selfless act of 17-year- old brad cooley who was named homecoming queen does king only to strip himself of the title the next day. 17-year-old megan bailey has a smile that will liggt up a the douglas county high school senior lives with a form of cerebral palsy that prevents her from speaking on her own.>> by her side at last night's homecoming dance is ian brennan who is quite the personality himself. like that before? >> yellow. >> he likes grounds. >> reporter: they made the perfect pair for their first date. a date that won't ever be forgotten. arthritis homecoming game megan was crowned homecoming queen and brad cooley named king. brad didn't hang onto that title even 24 hours. >> somethhng didn't feel right to me. it didn't feel like i s it. i don't know. there was something in me that was like i just feel like it would be better deserved for someone else. >> reporter: in a surprise turn of events the dance saturday night brad found megan's date in. selflessly, he handed over his title. >> it made me c

denver's top priorities. now -- mayor michael hancock is asking for 5 million dollars in 20-17's budget to address the rising cost of living. over the next 10 years -- the city's goal is to build or preserve 6- thousand more affordable places to rent or buy. one such housing in the lincoln park neighborhood on osage street and 10th. the aerie apartment complex sits in a cluster of relatively new residential buildings...and both residents and officials love the affordable living concept.. the mayor is also hoping to create a million dollars and would be paid through a tax hike and developer's fees. there's been some opposition from developers about the costs. the city says other builders are now beginning to construct more affordable housing. the council is now considering the affordable housing funding. travel company "priceline" has killed its original product --- "name your own price" for airfares... and your smartphone is to blame. new studies show - the bidding process became too complicated for phones and tablets...so the service was discontinued on september first. it had allowed travelers to submit a desired price for a flight -- then find

denver politician, a member of the legislature named dickie lamb who eventually served 12 , years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative republican governor in the 1960's. that was six years before the roe v. wade decision in the supreme court. so colorado was really on the front lines. there is an ongoing historic restoration and preservation effort here at the state capitol. we have been working on trying to reclaim the building to the way it looked a century earlier when it opened. capitol architect lance shepherd can offer some information about all of the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. lance shepherd: what's your head right here. there are two domes to the capital. we are inside the outer dome which is just below the lantern. of course the capitol is modeled after u.s. capitol. there is a similar situation with an outer dome and inner dome. it is an architectural feature to make it look larger and grander than it actually is. they are considered the artists to who guilded the capital. we have always used grilled -- gold from colorado to guild it. as part of the dome, on the exterior of this is copper. is 63 ounces of gold

years in leavenworth, kansas, in the federal prison there. in the 1930's, the federal government decided to move the gold reserves that were stored in san francisco to denver. they did it for a couple of reasons. probably first and foremost was the fact that they wanted to put 1000 miles of desert and mountain terrain between our gold reserves and the coast. while fort knox was under construction, virtually all of the country's gold reserves were stored at the denver mint. there has never been a greater assemblage of gold ever in the history of the planet than there was at denver in this facility during the great depression. during world war ii, the denver mint went to war just like every other factory in the country. the men who had been operating the presses went off to fight, and women filled their places. now, this was always a manufacturing job that was considered a man's work. they didn't think that women could to this kind of work. however, women excelled at it. the denver mint's production of coins actually rose during world war ii, and of course, after world war ii, the men came home and they came back to their jobs at the denver mint, and the wom

years in leavenworth, kansas in the federal prison. in the 1930's the federal government decided to move the gold reserves that were stored in san francisco to denver. they did it for a couple reasons. first and foremost was the fact that they wanted to put 1000 miles of desert and mountain terrain. the country reserves were stored at the denver mint. there has never been a greater assemblage of gold ever in the history of the planet then at denver in this facility during the great depression. ii, the denverar mint went to war like every factory in the country. the men went off to fight and women filled their places. this was always a manufacturing job considered a man's work. i did not think that women could do this kind of work but women excelled at it and the denver mint of production of coins rose during world war ii. after world war ii the men came home and they came back to their jobs and the women went home. years there have been several superintendence of the denver mint who were women. while men were not working on the manufacturing floor they were running the place. in the 1960's the federal government thought that they needed a new mint

denver. >>> this morning a man accused of hitting a colorado state patrol cadet is facing a true. cbs4's jamie leary is live at remembers this even though it was over a year ago with opening arguments set to begin. 28-year-old christopher keepers has pled not guilty to first- degree murder. his attorneys argued they violated policies and procedures during the traffic stop. they want any evidence obtained test out. prosecutors have dismissed that claim. gebers is accused of selling a traffic stop and crashing into an accident scene where he injured a trooper. he killed the trooper taylor t- fal who was just 22 years old. they believe he was on his way to longmont to conduct a drug deal. with numerous felonies in relation to the incident last year. opening arguments are set to begin this morning. jamie leary, cbs4 morning news. >> thank you very much. >>> return to the streets of charlotte north carolina after a night of writing following the killing of a black man by police. keith lamonte scott and people took to the street. 12 officers are injured. this is the second shooting prompting protests and the other was friday in tulsa, oklahoma. >> reid bennion

year than those who have clean driving records. >> newer model cars -- the 2010's or later -- cost $370 more a year to insure versus older models. in both phoenix and denver drivers with tickets and accidents pay anywhere from $150 to $250 dollars less than las vegans who have spotty driving records. so it appears that insurance companies are less forgiving of people who live in sin city. more expensive.. and most of the time its not needed. triple a says.. 16-point-5 million drivers are now overspending on gas. premium gas is performance and luxury vehicles.. since it allows for the engine to tolerate higher pressures... but about 70- percent of cars only need regular fuel. triple a says we waste roughly 2 billion dollars a year on that premium gas. and in more local news this morning.. police have arrested a suspect covered in blood... after two people were found dead in an apartment. it happened near tropicana and swenson. according to police.. the suspect was in the apartment when authorities discovered the bodies. officers believe the victims were husband and wife.. and the suspect was their roommate. a woman familiar with the couple says the suspect

latest on denver police officer john adsit who returned to work today for the first time after almost losing his life in critically injured almost two years ago, hit and dragged by a driver. cbs4's andrea flores caught up with him. >> reporter: it's a day john never thought would come after an accident here two years ago nearly cost him his life. >> a little nervous, but i feel good. >> reporter: the first day jitters adsitt. >> reminds me of the first day of academy, years ago, starting occupant >> reporter: he's back to work for the first time in two years. he was almost killed by a driver having a seizure. 18 surgeries later, he knows he's lucky to be alive. over. >> reporter: now he has the hardest part of coming back and realizing how much has changed since he's been gone. >> from the day of my incident to now, things naernl have changed in the police world and the law enforcement world. and there's gonna be a lot of things that i need to catch up on and relearn. >> reporter: while he still has four more surge reese to go, his road to over. >> i could today click my heels and be back doing that, do it in a heartbeat. i miss that every single day. >> reporter: he created a n

and kimberly field, author of the book the denver mint, 100 years of gangsters, gold, and ghosts, talks about how the mint changed the city. cracks in the 1880'ser itself have gotten rich from mining. and it wanted to become the queen city of the planes. the center of commerce, the leader in the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. tour the c-span cities noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 in american history tv on c-span3, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> on labor day, watch american history tv's coverage of the national park service centennial. we rely from robertson house, the robert e. lee memorial. most visited a store, the park system. here's a preview. >> 100 years ago on august 20 5, 1916, president woodrow wilson signed a law that created the national park system. the washington monument and the national mall is part of that system. this was a uniquely american idea. the concept that the nation's most beautiful lands don't belong to a ruling class, but to the american people. it is their r

denver elections officials said they saw a surge in voter registration. and they say, not just because it is a presidential election year. >> we also s because facebook and other social media platforms -- caused a spike in voter registration. we're expecting a high turnout for the election. >> an election during a time when so many just want to be heard. >> 9news news. >> colorado is first in the nation when it comes to the percentage of eligible voters that are registered to vote. if you have not registered to vote yet, we put up some links on 9news.com to help you get it done. >>> and 42 days, united states will elect a new president. if you are still undecided, here are some dates. the vice presidential debate. they will debate for the first time next tuesday. one week from today, in virginia. then hillary clinton and donald trump will debate again october 9 in st. louis. the final debate, october 19 las vegas. >>> a mother has been arrested for her son's death nearly a year after the 26-year- old was killed. the costilla county sheriff's office have been investigating the death of corey carpenter since last october. 69-year-old carroll carol carpente

denver 7's jaclyn allen is asking questions and this is not the first time this man has fought bbck. >> no. this veteran complained to the va about its service dog policy two years ago. they listened and changed it so he thought the problems were solved until last week when he says it happened all over again. >> there were some aspects within the old policy that were chuck vail lost his sight in the line of duty, his guide dog is now his eyes but he says clinic, staff tried to take that away saying he couldn't bring his service dog into the treatment room though they allowed it for the same procedure a few months ago. % >> honestly, i'm tired of being treated like a second class citizen. >> so, in the case of oral surgery, it is not appropriate to bring an animal into the procedure area. >> reporter: they point to policy citing not permitted during oral surgery procedures. still, he says they try to accommodate allowing the dog to sit behind the patient, but not beside him. >> he helped us to change the policy. but that doesn't mean he gets to determine the exceptions to it. >> reporter: disability rights advocate july riskii says the va may not have broken any

s again. tomorrow expect a high of 106 again and hotter. we could see some light breezes >>> the nfl season officially kicked off tonight. >> it's a rematch of last year's super bowl. denver and carolina. ((chris maathuis)) >> and former cimarron high grad brandon marshall follows the footsteps of a college teammate. plus... the prepsters were in action... thursday night lights... we've got highlights. >>> plus... marvin menzies is taking advice from the community... more next here on channel 8. ((chris maathuis)) it's back and it's official. and what a way to kick it off. a rematch of super bowl 50. before the game... brandon marshall takes a knee to support his nevada reno teammate colin keapernick. the cimarron high grad on one knee to fight racial injustice. to the game... the orange crush is back... the denver's defense was dominant. each q-b tossed a touchdown... but the outcomea final 4 seconds... graham gano misses a 50 yarder and the broncos win it 21-20 ((chris maathuis)) there are no more moral victories for unlv football..the rebels are in it to win it no matter how stiff the competition that's the attitude tony sanchez and company are taking with them to pasa

years since terrorists attacked the u. s. >> a day none of us will forget, yesterday there was a 9/11 remembrance procession from our state capital to the denver city county building. one couple brought their grandson so he could understand how important it is to remember. >> we wanted to bring our grandson because he was not born yet, but we want him to know the importance of our flag and how lucky we are to be free today. >> at the end of the event concert. >>> 2500 people gathered for the annual 9/11 memorial stair climb at the red rock amphitheater. people climbed the stairs enough time to equal 110 stories, the event started at 8:46, $100,000 was raised for the victim families. >>> an argument over a bulletproof vest turns deadly. >>> a florida mosque goes up in flames overnight. the same mosque where the pulse attended. >>> a touching reunion, amen nearly dies after getting hit >>> developing this morning, investigators in florida say a fire at a mosque where the orlando nnghtclub gunmen attended is being investigated as arson. video shows someone approaching the center moments before a flash was seen in the fire broke out. video has not

years in leavenworth, kansas, in the prison there. in the 1930's, the federal government decided to move the gold reserves stored in san francisco to denver. they did it for a couple of reasons. probably first and foremost was the fact that they wanted to put a thousand miles of desert and mountain terrain between our gold reserves and the coast. while fort knox was under construction, virtually all of the countries gold reserve's restored at the denver mint. -- were stored at the denver mint. there has never been a greater amount of gold in the history of the planet then there was in denver during the great depression. during world war ii, the denver mint went to war just like every other factory in the country. the men who had been operating the factories went on to war and women filled their places. this was always a menuing -- this was always a manufacturing job considered man's work. they did not think women could do this work. but women excelled at it. the denver mint production of coins actually rose during world war ii, and of course, after world war ii, the men came home and came back to their jobs at the denver mint, and the wom

s contract was terminated. the punter assigning britain call quit yesterday. he is in his seventh nfl season, won the super bowl at with the cheaper rookie punter. denver gets the former quarterback to a one-year deal. he was signed by the browns last september. cody kessler, josh mccown one -- he was let go. you will not hear josh mcgowan -- vikings rumors anymore. minnesota traded the first- round pick to the eagles up for sam bradford yesterday to replace teddy bridgewater -- bridgewater. if carson wentz is helping he will start for philadelphia. the storyline is never ending. in the eagles have went and the browns have their 2017 first- round pick. the buckeyes destroyed bowling green, best offense of date 86 years scoring 77 points. the most by an urban meyer coached the team in his career. what a season opener. 107,000 living it up the buckeyes down 7-0 and it is pretty funny. 7-7 in the first quarter, j.t. barrett, touchdown to don trey wilson, two touchdowns, up 14-7 and in the first, it is curtis for the touchdown, 21-7, samuel with 261 all-purpose yards and touchdowns. now demario mccullough -- his buckeye debut, he scored two and this made it 70-10. they go on to win 77-10 a not bad

s are coming with regulating cable companies and internet providers. >> our visit to denver is an american history tv exclusive. we showed it today to introduce you to c-span cities tour. for five years, we have traveled to cities across the u.s. to explore their literary and historic sites. you can watch more of our visit that c-span.org/cities tour. >> that is grand rapids. and the grand river which divides the city. and in many ways, defines the city. >> there is a good chance that most people over the course of any given day will see or interact with a piece of french are made in grand rapids. >> we were the first city to ever receive a grant from the endowment to be used specifically to commission an original work of art for a civic site. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour will explore the literary life and history of red rapids, michigan. that is on book tv on c-span2. the author of the book, thin ice will talk about that the book people who grew up in grand methods -- grand rapids. then we will hear how richard smith works and his newest biography on gerald for. an author gordon enters talks about the life of attorney charles hamilton houston and his role in the civil rig