the questions which will be asked have been sent in to "the charleston gazette." the questions will be put to the senators by the men on either side of me. gentlemen, in the debate, you will each have an opportunity for an opening five-minute statement. then you will have five minutes for rebuttal. in the toss of the coin, you won, senator kennedy and chose to go second in the debate. an opening by senator kennedy, rebuttal by senator humphrey, and then a rebuttal by senator kennedy. the sound of this buzzer will indicate that your time is at an end. i ask your cooperation in observing the limitations placed upon you. senator humphrey, we begin with your opening statement. you, myhumphrey: thank fellow americans. we should learn and become informed. i have learned that in west governmentou want a which never rests in this all important and vital effort to build a secure and enduring peace. i have learned that you want a government that cares and ask for the people and understands the needs of the people. you want a government that isn't blinded by budget balance a

the questions which will be asked have been sent in to "the charleston gazette" by its readers. the questions will be put to the senators by the two men on either side of me, ned chilton, assistant to the publisher of "the charleston gazette," and by dale schussler of the news department of wtrf-tv in wheeling. gentlemen, in the debate, you will each have an opportunity for an opening 5-minute statement. then, you will have five minutes for rebuttal. at a toss of the coin before broadcast time tonight, you won, senator kennedy, and then chose to go second in the debate. you are to be followed in opening statement and rebuttal, therefore, an opening by senator humphrey, then an opening by senator kennedy, a rebuttal by senator humphrey and a rebuttal by senator kennedy. by the sound of this buzzer will indicate that your time is at an end, and i ask your cooperation in observing the limitations placed upon you. and so, senator humphrey, may we begin with your opening five minute debate? senator humphrey: thank you, mr. ames, and fellow americans. now, in every political campaign

now, may we have the first ned chiltonrst from of "the charleston gazette." mr. chilton: the first question is addressed to both of you gentlemen, and i will ask mr. humphrey first. should red china be permitted to join the united nations? this was sent in by charles w. simpson of syracuse, new york. senator humphrey: i would not, as a delegate of the united nations representing this country nor would i if responsible for the nation's foreign policy, recommend the admission of red china at this time to the united nations. she has demonstrated a kind of arrogance and a kind of intransigence which i believe is anything but worthy of the respect and of the consideration of our country. may i further add that the charter of the united nations requires that the nations that are members thereof should be peaceloving nations? now, i know there are some members of the u.n. that surely don't qualify too well to that particular description, but i would add they came in at the time of the united nations inception and now we have an opportunity to weigh the admission of new

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the "may son city globe gazette" wrote, "we were disappointed to see iowa's own chuck grassley join the partisan crowd calling for delay. there's no constitutionally historical precedential for such a shameful and bold-faced partisanship." the "gazette" in cedar rapids wrote of his actions, "it's hard to conclude this is anything but political maneuvering meant to meet partisan objectives at the expense of the supreme court. our constitutional process and the common good." "the des moines register" read, "suprem"senator grassley's supre court stance is all about politics." mr. president, is that the legacy the chairman wants for or iowa and our nation? i hope not. does he want to be remembered as the least productive judiciary chairman in history? at his current pace, he will be remembered as the most obstructive. senator grassley should take note of what senator biden did 25 years ago or generally as a member and chairman of that committee. in 1992 the judiciary committee under his leadership, senator biden's leadership, confirmed 64 circuit and district court nominations. all of the j

accused of going on a murder spree across a michigan city will face charges in court.the kalamazoo gazette reports jason brian dalton fired 30 shots at eight people. six were killed.and police say right now they have no idea why he did it. prosecutors say the uber driver calmly carried out the murders ...even picking up fares for rides in between the killings.they started at an apartment complex on saturday afternoon ... where police say he gunned down a woman in the parking lot. she's expected to survive.more than four hours later, another attack - a father and his teenage son shot and killed at a car dealership.just minutes after that, police say dalton opened fire on five people in a restaurant parking lot, killing four and injuring another.he was finally arrested just after 12:30 am sunday morning.a passenger who rode with dalton before the behavior. (matt mellen/uber passenger) house, got a telephone call, after that call he started driving erratically. we were kind of driving through medians, driving through the lawn. once he came to a stop i jumped out of the car and ran away." away

. >> the following political debate is being presented by "the charleston gazette," wchs-tv, and participatingtations. now, moderator bill ames. mr. ames: good evening. the west virginia primary election campaign has already been characterized by the unique and unusual, and that tradition is being followed in spectacular and unusual fashion tonight with a face to face debate between senator hubert h. humphrey of minnesota and senator john f. kennedy of massachusetts.

diana nollen from the gazette and hoopla now joins us for the thursday diana... for your best bets, let'go paramount theatre in cedar rapids, "ragtime the musical". back to saturday, also at the paramount, jay owenhouse will offer his skills to trick the mind and please at the englert theatre in iowa city, gaelic storm is returning for a valentine's day public education funding is once again a hot topic in des moines. high school students in cedar rapids spent part of their school week in des moines to give lawmakers a piece meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders take the stage for their latest debate. the u-s senate is discussing more than a billion dollars in funding to fight the zika virus. it's an issue that's even affecting some iowans in coming weeks. and the department of justice is taking action against the ferguson police department for not cooperating with a months-long investigation. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-t

the gazette's diana nollen joins us now. always great to see you, diana... we'll talk about a new exhibit at the cedar rapids museum of art's grant wood/marvin cone exhibit -- all part of the 125th anniversary of wood's birth -- along with cone's as well. what is striking about this? if you're from here, you may already be well-versed in the story of grant wood -- but what can learn from this exhibit? the opening reception is tonight from 7 to 8 and now long wit the grand wood/marvin cone exhibit be in place at the we'll look at over the weekend and beyond... the gazette's diana nollen joins us now. always great to see you, diana... we'll talk about a new exhibit at the cedar rapids wood/marvin cone exhibit -- all part of the 125th anniversary of wood's birth -- along with cone's as well. what is striking about this? if you're from here, you may already be well-versed in the story of grant wood -- but what can learn from this exhibit? the opening reception is tonight from 7 to 8 and now long wit the grand wood/marvin cone exhibit be in place at the museum of

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. >>> the gazette anournss the reopening of a clinic after it was attacked by gunmen. the suspected shooter robert dear is charged with 179 counts including murder, attempted murder, and assault. mental tests will determine if he's able to stand trial. >>> the chaub tribune reports on flighted. it's the 50-minute hop from o'hare to indiana. weather makes it late on average 127 time as year. a sixth runway is planned to ease weather delays. >> "the kansas city star" reports on new calls for the firing of a professor. lawmakers want the university of missouri to dismiss melissa click. a new video shows her cursing at cops during a protest at a home coming parade in october. she's apologized. in november quick was caught on video demanding muscle to remove a student journalist during a demonstration. >>> the "new york post" reports that major league baseball is keeping an eye on the zika virus. the outbreak prompted a health emergency in florida. 15 teams start spring training there this week. >>> well, coming up, the next chapter in "star wars," a scene from episode 8 hi

the gazette's diana nollen as the weather warms up, so does our local calendar of events. hoopla the best...for our best bets. the gazette's diana nollen is let's start with drew lynch, a comedian who appeared on america's got talent. also, a little cajun flair with the revelers coming to cedar rapids. a couple of extra events we want to mention - we've all heard of the real housewives of various places - this is the real-ish housewives of waukee - a parody. and a beautiful story called, once, will be at the gallagher bluedorn on sunday. drew lynch is a comedian, actor, writer, and comma user. other people might know him as "that guy who stutters." 7:30 p.m. feb. 25, penguins comedy club, 208 second ave. se, cedar rapids. every day is mardi gras when this louisiana supergroup comes around. founding members of the red stick ramblers and the pine leaf boys -- two groups at the vanguard of the louisiana cultural forces for a rousing project that combines cajun, country, blues, swamp-pop and zydeco. 8 p.m. friday , csps hall, 1103 third st se, cedar rapids from the parody pens

joining us today to give us the run-down of what's in and what's out is the gazette's political reporter james q. lynch. james, thanks for joining us cannabis oil? tanning? bike lanes? what's out? raising speed limit. any others to note? what from the senate but will it even see any traction in the house? how about the budget between house republicans, the governor and senate democrats? is this gap too far? education funding -- we saw this last night as a "line in the sand" for weeks. do you expect this to be as contentious for 2016? what are the next steps for the bills that will move on? joining us today to give us the run-down of what's in and what's out is the gazette's political reporter james q. lynch. james, thanks for joining us this morning. what's in? cannabis oil? tanning? bike lanes? what's out? raising speed limit. any others to note? what about medicaid and privatization? lots of talk from the senate but will it even see any traction in the house? how about the budget between house republicans, the governor and senate democrats? is this gap too far? education funding -- we

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the gazette's vanessa miller reports an estimated 31- thousand people between the ages of 18 to 29 turned out to caucus. 84 percent of that group supportededanders. data from the center for information and research on civic learning reports barack obama captured 57 percent of that same demographic in 2008 in iowa. two blood samples from people in iowa will undergo testing for the zika virus. and the state hygienic lab in coralville could start testing for the disease if the c-d-c needs help in the future. tonight allowing the winds to diminish. we have already seen dropping day and by morning we are expecting lows in the singles digits in many areas. thursday remains a quiet winter day with a slight chance for some light snow veloping late fridayan early peak at the weekend remains quiet with highs in the middle to upper 30s. have a good night. tonight: clearing out, colder low: 6-12 winds: nw 5-15tomorrow: partly cloudy high: 26-32 winds: sw 5-15tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 15-21 high: 32 - low: 18 saturday: partly cloudy high: 36 - low: 21 sunday: partly cloudy high: 39 - low: 25

jim pedersen with the iowa city school district tells the cedar rapids gazette, "the teacher will be excluded from subbing in our district. i'm not going to say forever. he will be excluded from subbing." who agrees with president obama more... the two democratic presidential candidates battled over that exact issue last night... joe johns has more as the two return to the campaign trail. hillary clinton pitching south carolina voters today on why she is best suited to be the democratic nominee. presidential candidate"i'm going to go after every single barrier that stands in the way of what americans can do." the clinton campaign is hoping the palmetto state can help slow bernie sanders' momentum win on tuesday. presidential candidate"thank you new hampshire." the fight for the first-in-the-south primary will likely hinge on support from african-american voters - who make up over half the democratic electorate in the state. clinton lost african-americans in south carolina to president obama by nearly 60 points in 2008. "thank you south carolina." with the president still held in high

now, according to witnesses, they told the worcester telegram and gazette that a female driver backed out of a parking spot, and then hit those two people. police respond to the worcester flea market on sunday where a driver allegedly took off after hitting a couple. the hit and run happened just after noon on quinsigamond avenue. witnesses told the telegram and gazette, the female driver backed over the couple, then pulled forward, running over the man and woman again before leaving the scene. people who saw the accident also managed to give officers the description of the car and part of the license plate. hospital. the 58-year-old woman was admitted. the 60-year-old man was treated and released. both had chest, abdominal, and leg injuries. now at police headquarters fbs. it had damage to the back of the car. police still looking for the driver at this hour. anyone with information is asked to give them a call. we are live in worcester, 7 news. >> christa: new documents showing tamerlan tsarnaev passed the u.s. citizenship test. three months before the marathon bombing. federal docu

reno gazette, part of the problem is not enough part in the 2008 less than 45 thousand people times, compared to 120 thousand democrats. there are also concerns that having a caucus tuesday night might make it difficult for some republicans to participate. here's those dates you need to know: the democratic caucus is on saturday february 20th. and the republican caucus follows on tuesday february 23rd. on registered republicans and democrats can caucus. republicans must register by this saturday if they want to take part. democrats have until the day of their caucus to register... and they can do that on site. practicing how to caucus ... so they know what to do on the big day. "you need to know what is going to happen at the caucus, make sure everything is done properly, no mistakes, things go smoothly. the more prepared you are, the smoother it will go and the less time it will take. " bernie sanders' henderson officice held a caucus training event last night. there are a few more mock caucus events planned before the real thing. we have some of those upcoming training sessions on

according to the reno gazette, part of the problem is not enough republicans took part in the 2008 and 2012 caucuses. less than 45 thousand people turned out both times, compared to 120 thousand democrats. there's also concerns that having a caucus tuesday night might make it difficult for some republicans to participate. some political analysts say colorado could be a possible replacement first in the west state. here's those dates you need to know: the democratic caucus is on saturday february 20th. and the republican caucus follows on tuesday february 23rd. only registered republicans and democrats can caucus. republicans must register by this saturday if they want to take part. democrats have until the day of their caucus to register... and they can do that on site. some nevada voters are practicing how to caucus early... so they know what to do on the big day. "you need to know caucus, make sure everything is done properly, no mistakes, things go smoothly. the more prepared you are, the smoother it will go and the less time it will take. " bernie sanders' henderson officice held a

according to the reno gazette, mayor hillary schieve and city council members will hold a ribbion cutting the community is rallying around a local woman in need of a new kidney. and she's sharing her story this morning in hopes of helping raise awareness for organ donation. and, you don't have much time left to get a gift for your sweetheart. if you're struggling to think of ideas - we've got you covered "you're watching kolo 8 news now good morning reno with dave lawrence, amanda sanchez and lindsey matherly with your hour by hour forecast" the nugget will soon be the nugget will soon be under new ownership. tonight we'll tell you what casino officials are saying about what it means for the future of the business. noah that's tonight on kolo 8 a woman's corageous kidney is getting a lot of attention in the local community. and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... her story is helping raise awareness for organ donation. live i first found out about kerry kozlowski's situation through social media. and despite being new to reno ... she's already receiving a lot of support. althou

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the gazette reports the old macdonald's farm will be more interactive than it's been in years past. local farmers are providing young animals such as lambs, piglets, and calves that will live at the farm. children and families will be able to pet and feed some of those animals. equipment manufacturer john deere said today it's laying off about 100 people from two iowa plants. roughly 20 employees at the dubuque facility will lose theirobs. the other 80 employees are from davenport. tonight, on the kcrg-tv nine news at six, we look at how layoffs like these impact dubuque's economy and workforce. other providers have been bashing the state's transition to a privately managed medicaid program. but he believes the state is ready to make the move come april first, regardless. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. iowa city is dealing with a bit leadershipip iowa governor terry branstad today said he's confident iowa will be ready to hand over its medicaid program to three private companies on april first. federal regulators approved the change the start from march first to april

according to the cedar rapids gazette... the bacteria can be spread by a bypass machine used for major heart and lung surgeries. the hospital says one patient already tested positive for the bacteria. the hospital has since replaced the bypass machine and is improving how it disinfects and maintains students at north high school are rallying behind their drama teacher... in order to save money... the district wants to convert the full time position to part time. students are trying to prevent the cut. they are holding a public meeting next week. the district blames a lack of state funding for the cut. iowa lawmakers are already supposed to have school funding finalized for the next school year... but instead of following the law... they're focused on football. state senator mark chelgren is sponsoring a bill to end any academic collaboration between iowa's three state colleges and stanford university. he's upset over the rosebowl halftime cow. 56:23-56:31 if we fail to stand up... i was willing to do stanford says it regrets

the gazette reports that iowa, iowa state, and u-n-i will be asking the regents to approve price hikes at their next meeting. i-s-u's most popular room and board package would go up three and a half percent. similar packages at u-n-i and iowa would go up two point nine percent.' that translates to increases of 150 to 300 dollars, depending on the school and the plan. 2-shot wam it's a busy week in des moines as lawmakers work their way through a number of bills ahead of friday's funnel deadline. non bget bills that haven't passed at least one committee in either the house or senate won't go any further. one bill that's still alive would require iowa schools to teach new topics in high school human growth and development classes. it passed a committee earlier this week. the bill would require those health classes to teach... dating violence and also what it means for affirmative, conscious, or voluntary consent to engage in sexual activity. joins us now. forrest, do lawmakers expect this bill will be controversial? every bill is controversial to someone. but proponents say this one has

the gazette reports the district is not identifying the teacher, but says the teacher will face disciplinary action. the school district will all have to file a complaint with the iowa board of educational examiners. police did not charge the substitute. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. joe, some very cold weather's heading our way. after a windy hay across eastern wa we are in for a lmer night. a clear r y tonight allows the mercury to drop into the single digits near and below zero. with nw winds at 5-15 we will see the chill dive to -2at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 am saturday. plenty of sunshine is in place saturday thickening late. snowfall beins overnight saturday and continues for valentine's day. 2 2" is the current forecast for snow throughout eastern iowa with some blowing snow late sunday and monday. have a good night and a safe weekend. tonight: mostly clear low: -4-2 winds: nw 5-15tomorrow: mostly sunny, chilly high: 11-17 winds: nw 5-10 bruce and beth... the university of iowa is facing a a deral civil rights investigatioioover

the gazette reports the police department has 53 vehicles in its patrol fleet. 40 are sedans, and 13 are s- u-vs the city plans to buy 12 more s-u-vs in the next fiscal yeye, if the city councici approves the police budget. police say s-u-vs have more room for technology, and they're just as fuel efficient as sedans. the dubuque police department says it's tryii to make sure there aren't any racial stops. police want the city council to traffic stopassociated with race. the department does not believe it's doing anything provide citizens with hard data. other cities in iowa have done this kind of study. "we try to be as transparent as possible. we've always given our data freely but when you put out this data, you have to have because there are too many variables that don't get accounted for just in straight data." city council won't vote on the plan until march. resolution is to lose weight. that's according to research performed at the university of scranton. by this time of year, 91 percent of peopop have given up on their resolution. tv-9's brea love is live at a new gym in cedar

it was a close vote for february's gazette, kcrg-tv9 student of the month. ellen schlarmann is our winner. the 17-year old is from monticello hi school. she's a 4-point-oh student in her high school and college level classes at kirkwood community college. ellen is also the 2015 iowa state fair queen, and has won awards for athletics and community service. we'll ffature ellen next tuesday morning g re on tv9. supreme court justice scalia is now home in virginia. before funeral plans can even be made, i already appears a political battle is taking shape. couples in cedar rapids who still want to celebrate valentine's day have the chance to this evening. watch for areas of fog to start week. temperatures will be warmer today than at any time last week, with highs in the 30-35 range. plan on a mostly cloudy sky. tonight, our next area of low pressure will m me in after midnight, however, the bulk of the moisture will likely just miss us to the west. we'll watch the trends, but your tuesday. in the wake of this system, it's really all about some warming condition

the gazette's brian morelli with our fact check team looked into those claims. state senator robb hogg will challenge senator charles grassley this november. both spoke out on the impending the supreme court nomination process. in a statement, senator grassley called it standard practice over the past 80 years not to nominate or confirm a supreme court justice in an election year. actually, wefound at least one supreme court nomination and confirmation made during an election year - justice frank murphy in 1940. justice anthony kennedy was confirmed in 1988 but nominated in 1987. the bigger issue is supreme court justices haven't left the bench in an election year. one scholar called it disingenuous for senator grassley to call it standard wait for the next president. statement a d on the same issue, state senator rob hogg urged president obama to make the appointment and claimed a supreme court vacancy from a death has never lasted more than 6 months. the longest confirmation process after a death came in 1954 when it took 174 da to confirm justice earl warren.

a breeze 10 - -dash 50 miles per hour little more went up to 20 miles per hour but the direction gazettes up to 69 degrees in the record by the way is 73 from 2006 far away last went a little cooler on sunday still great at 58 with a ton of sunshine monday at 16 but monday afternoon monday night the clouds thickened up will bring in a rain shower that will quickly changed to snow going into tuesday morning a little accumulation is possible here an inch or two we're watching it closely we should find to those numbers of the weekend 45 with a sunshine as we get to tuesday afternoon so the snow will adapt quickly we are right back in the 50s for wednesday thursday and friday so find it somewhat pastel colors and i will see you on monday a major department store offering close up for one stunt hopefully pastel to price change for stamps ahead in your money headlines and how much you will soon expect this adidas jacket take a close look a year after that infamous address of the internet we have a new debate and making memories at coors field tonight if the they've got hockey fans out in droves

wrote,ar rapids gazette it's hard to conclude this is anything but political maneuvering at the expense of the supreme court, are constitutional process, and the common good. the des moines register read, senator grassley's supreme court stance is all about politics. mr. president, is that the legacy the chairman wants for iowa and our nation? i certainly hope not. does he want to be rendered as the least productive judiciary chairman in history? his current page could be remembered as the most obstructive chairman in history. perhaps instead of studying what the vice president said a quarter of a century ago, he should take note of what senator biden did 25 years ago. generally as a member and chairman of that committee. 1992, the judiciary committee under senator biden's leadership confirmed 64 circuit and district court nominations. all of the judicial nominations were made by president from the opposite party, president george h.w. bush. grassley'snator judiciary committee confirmed 11 judicial nominations. that was the fewest judicial nominations confirmed ever. certainly in the la

the gaston gazette reports the federal highway administration dropped its defense of the garden parkway in federal court. that means the state dot is the only group still pushing for the project as it is now. last year, a federal judge ruled in favor of several environmental groups trying to stop the project. crossing will likely mean starting from scratch. a vaccine introduced a decade ago to combat a virus is showing very successful results according to a study. ahead at 4:55, the reason not everyone is getting the hpv vaccine despite doctor recommendations. >>> it was a finish for the record books at daytona 500. at 4:55, the raiser thin margin that left danny hamlin the we'll track those for now and we'll track th >>> 4:45 now. we are continuing to follow breaking news where firefighters got a house fire under control. you can see that tape that is up around that house right now. we do know right now part of burkedale is shut down while crews are investigating this fire. we do know the house was being remodeled at the time. but we're told no one was home at the time. officials tell

our partners at the gazette reporting that over 100,000 people enjoyed the scenery there last year. that's up 17% since 2014. governor pat mccrory announced the day it was a statewide record setting year for north carolina's 39 parks. over 70 million people visited the parks. increasing attendance by 11%. people are at the parks right now. here's chief meteorologist steve udelson. any warmth in sight? >> this is going to be the longest stretch of cold we've seen all winter long. typically by this time of year, we warm to about 55. that's pretty tolerable outside. look at the afternoon highs, right around 40 degrees. right through the weekend. potentially right into the early part of next week. about 15 degrees colder than average. as far as snow goes to match that with the cold again we're not looking at much of anything in the charlotte area. it's been confined to the mountains. 34 at mountain island lake in belmont. 35 ballantyne. waxhaw monroe, 36. statesville and hickory, 29. bus stop forecast, can i emphasize enough, you kids don't want to wear a coat inside. convince them to w

our news paper partners at the gaston gazette tell us it was a woman who was shot to death. eyewitness news reporter dave faherty is heading to that scene right now. we will keep you updated with any new information. at any moment now, federal officials are expected to get to the scene of a deadly plane crash in union county. pilot jim cook from lexington north carolina died in he was returning home from florida when the plane crashed. the union county sheriff's office told us cook reported having engine trouble before going down near charlton mill road and salem road. >>> just in the past half hour, the charlotte fire department spoke publicly about a rash of break-ins at fire stations while first responders were out on calls. channel 9 was the first in charlotte to tell you about those crimes this morning. eyewitness news anchor john paul learned thieves broke into more than a dozen firefighter's cars over the past week, john? >> reporter: this seems to be a really big problem. and it's growing. i can tell you right now, charlotte fire is not happy about it. they talked to

according to the reno gazette... most of the money goes to getting high powered people into the area. burning man is celebrated in the black rock desert which one hundred twenty miles north of reno. about eighty thousand people went to the weeklong celebration in 20- 15. michael jackson and liberace had a friendship that lasted decades... and influenced music. and right here in las vegas, the two are a special part of a downtown home. this basement has a very unique history. michael jackson used to lease the property, and this is where he stored his art collection... worth an estimated 900 million dollars! the art was removed after jackson's death... and the space is now filled with liberace artifacts. jackson and liberace became friends in the late 70's... and they gave each other a lot of inspiration. " jonathan says: it's very apparent when you look at the costume designs and the dates they came out. the guy who designed the glove for michael jackson talked about the fact that the only one who had that kind of rhi

the gazette reports police are searching for a man wanted out of florida when they discovered an illegal grow in the basement of a rental home over the weekend. police say the men had tapped the wire before reaching the meter and that is how they >>> boulder officials are asking for more money to expand folsom field. according to partners, the million over budget. the third time the project has gone over budget. officials are getting and it -- complete a pick the total price at that sits at $166 million but it started at $142 million back in 2014. >>> clouds have moved in and on the radar, it looks like there's a lot of rain and snow across the front range but however it has been so dry and warm lately, it is taking a bit to saturate the atmosphere. at this point, we're cloudy skies over the denver area and across the front range as you can see, not bad. we will start to experience the rain throughout the metro area. it will change over to snow and it looks like we could have a slippery commute tomorrow morning. this will be more like a springtime snow event because we have been so warm

the gazette that they do not believe that bane was texting and driving. but they say he was not paying attention. >>> new at 5:00, a york woman is facing charges accused of showing nude graphic photos and a porn website to two children. detectives say ashley griffin went to see one of the boys at his grandmother's house to tega cay where she showed the photos. she faces display of obscene materials, probation violation, and other charges. >>> new information about somebody shot a suspected intruder in hickory, police arrested brian eckert after he was shot twice. he felt his life was threatened when eckert smashed his way through a rear sliding glass door. police are investigating and they'll forward their findings to the da once all that is done. >>> authorities say a tip led them to a gun at a high school campus in union county. a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old sitting in a car in piedmont high school's parking lot yesterday. the deputy said he smelled marijuana and found a handgun in the car. both teens were arrested. neither of them go to piedmont high