our jeff todd on the scene for us with the very latest, jeff? >> karen we found out from investigators that they believe they may have the suspect about 15 or 20 blocks south of us paramedics found a man swimming in a lake in city facial lacerations they believe that that man may have been driving this white charger. bear with me as i kind of describe what happened here. we're on i-70 in the southbound lanes. it was around 7:00 when the white charger was in the lane closest to the median and rear ended a prius. it sent the cars spinning. the young female driver of the prius died at the scene. the third car to be hit was the investigators believe that car spun as well. they don't know how many people were inside that car but all the people inside that car have been taken to denver health. we do not know their condition. the fourth car to get hit is over here. this small vw wound up so far off the road the driver of that car walked away uninjured. police are looking for a man. he fled south on colorado and they think that car to flee denver police

our jeff todd on the scene for us with the very latest, jeff? >> karen we found out from investigators that they believe they may have the suspect about 15 or 20 blocks south of us paramedics found a man swimming in a lake in city park with facial lacerations they believe that that man may have been driving this white charger. bear with me as i kind of we're on i-70 in the southbound lanes. it was around 7:00 when the white charger was in the lane closest to the median and rear ended a prius. it sent the cars spinning. the young female driver of the prius died at the scene. the third car to be hit was the silver suv on the median. investigators believe that car spun as well. they don't know how many people were inside that car but all the people we do not know their condition. the fourth car to get hit is over here. this small vw wound up so far off the road the driver of that car walked away uninjured. police are looking for a man. he fled south on colorado and they think that he got into a car to flee denver police would like to talk to any dr

he lives in the cherry creek neighborhood where we find cbs4's jeff todd. do we know what was taken? >> reporter: i wale demarcus ware's and she told me that his super bowl 50 championship ring was stolen as well as a safe. he did not play last night but he was at the stadium. it was around 530 last night when the burglars went into his house for about 10 minutes. these are the suspects that the kitten -- hidden cameras were able to capture. one man with a mustache. the other man in a red shirt both can be seen wearing from being left as evidence. denver police are hoping someone recognizes these men or both of them. it's very possible they've been seen together in this area before. one thing detectives are looking into is how they were able to get into ware's apartment. there was no sign of forced entry. that source i spoke with also said he thinks this might have been an inside job possibly someone with a master key to the complex where ware lives. in the tweet he sent out, he also said never abou things. for me but my safety. thank god for hidden cameras

we have flood lights front and back, and a 9-millimeter. >> that was jeff todd reporting. this is not unique to the westminster neighborhood, unfortunately. this is the type of crime we're hearing about all over the metro area. enhancing your security is always a good option to protect yourself. >>> in a political season with a lot of mud slinging new video of a campaign plane being pulled out of the mud at laguardia airport, carrying gop vice pr runway. reporters on board felt the plane hydroplane. nobody is hurt. the ordeal caused the airport to close down for several hours. >>> aurora police are facing criticism after they say they shot a dog in self-defense last weekend. the dog's owner disagrees with this. police say a taser or pepper spray just would not have worked and now the dog's owner >> reporter: panic on 911, when neighbors at this complex see a woman surrounded by two aggressive dogs. >> reporter: police say when an officer approached the larger of these two dogs growled, taking an aggressive stance. the officer said he was frightened and shot the dog once. >

cbs4's jeff todd lined out -- live outside the suncor plant. jeff, what have we learned tonight? was there a health risk? >> reporter: we are hearing from multiple agencies that while that smoke plume looked really bad, early indications are that it's not a public health risk. now, it was all started when a transmission power line headed into this plant was tripped sometime around noon. that meant that the plant needed t >> peeked around the corner and it was just the yellow smoke billowing out everywhere. next thing i know every firetruck in the whole area is cruising down the road. >> reporter: suncor as -- after the power failure they were in the process of shutting down refinery operations. but an upset in that process started to burn catalyst, dust and oil. >> catalyst is a part of the refining process. it's fine dust. still happening, there's a little bit of hydrocarbon oil in the catalyst. >> reporter: all around the metro area the yellow and orange smoke could be seen for miles. immediately crews started testing the air including the south adams fire. >> as we determined

our jeff todd has been looking into the issue, and jeff, it's a safety matter. >> reporter: the problem is this right here. there are crossing guards every time the train has to go through this intersection because the software isn't meeting federal regulations. this isn't just a problem for the a line right here, it's al through westminster, and but the brakes on the g line better put the brakes on the -- put the brakes on the g line in arvada. the train cross through the gates on something similar to a wi-fi network. >> to get them to acknowledge and shut down right when it needs to is taking just some fine tuning. >> reporter: and rights now the timings isn't right. >> the gate is closing too early and going back up too late. >> reporter: the federal terrae extension, and new software is almost ready. >> this is called positive train control, and it's a safety mechanism that all train systems must have by 2019, and we're the first ones to do it. >> reporter: but right now rfa told us rtd must develop a plan that demonstrates they have a path forward to a solution to resolve the timin

jeff todd live there tonight. jeff, this started with a boat in the driveway. >> we know some tires on a boat trailer were slashed. as we look around, it seems the tires may have been fixed. we know there was an altercation but the homeowner told us he did what >> someone was kicking on my door about 7:30 this morning, so loud that my neighbor thought it was his front door. not a fun situation especially when you're half awake and all that stuff. >> reporter: when phillip came outside his home, he says the man was belligerent. >> the guy kept yelling, i own this neighborhood, i own this neighborhood, so you gotta get that boat down to the marina. just one rant after another. >> reporter: phillip said he tried to engage the man, but shots were fired. >> next thing i know he's got a gun coming to the house. probably three or four in to my house. they were coming through the house. it's crazy. >> reporter: phillip returned fire and the man left. arapaho county deputies found him a few blocks away in this silver sedan.

jeff todd live there tonight. jeff, this started with a boat in the driveway. >> we know some tires on a boat trailer were slashed. as we look around, it seems the tires may have been fixed. we know there was an altercation but the homeowner told us he did what he had to do to stay safe. >> someone was kicking on my door about 7:30 this morning, so when you're half awake and all that stuff. >> reporter: when phillip came outside his home, he says the man was belligerent. >> the guy kept yelling, i own this neighborhood, i own this neighborhood, so you gotta get that boat down to the marina. just one rant after another. >> reporter: phillip said he tried to engage the man, but then things turned dangerous and shots were fired. >> next thing i know he's got a gun coming to the house. probably three or four in to my house. they were coming through >> reporter: phillip returned fire and the man left. arapaho county deputies found him a few blocks away in this silver sedan. >> the subject actually was shot, apparently n

one, we have new locks on all >> jeff todd reporting. it's not unique to that neighborhood. this is the type of crime we've been hearing about all over the metro area. >>> aurora police is facing criticism this morning, after they say they shot a dog in self-defense last weekend. the dog's owner disagrees and now she plans to sue. as stan bush learned, police say a taser or pepper spray just wouldn't have worked. >> reporter: panic on 911, when ig woman surrounded by two aggressive dogs. >> we got two pit bulls on the loose. one has attacked somebody. please, hurry, hurry, hurry. >> reporter: police say when an officer approached the larger of the two dogs growled, taking an aggressive stance. the officer said he was frightened and shot the dog once. >> for a seasoned officer to say he's never seen a dog act aggressively, it should come with credence he knows what >> reporter: rios had to put her dog down from his wound. this video of their final moments together had gone viral. >> he didn't deserve to be shot. >> reporter: she showed us the other dog in the incident. they'r

in pueblo county, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >>> developing now in englewood a shooting that left a father and chef dead. means a murder mystery. nick lewis was found saturday night near his home on acoma street near cornell avenue. lewis was walking home from a nearby 7-eleven when someone shot him. was any ever gang activity or incidents. and i said no. because it's a very quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: lewis' fiance says his wallet and money were not taken. his family and friends are struggling to figure out why anyone would hurt him. if you were in that area, police would like to talk to you. >>> the latest on the school bus crash near lyons that injured several students nearly a year after the accident the bus driver pleads guilty in court. and some serious chare tossed out. stan bush has the report tonight from the boulder county courthouse. that driver was very emotional talking to the court today. >> reporter: she was emotional, jim. in accepting a guilty plea that essentially only requires her to pay $300. she said she was sorry for the crash and the judge believed she was since

our jeff todd has been looking into the issue, and jeff, it's there are crossing guards every time the train has to go through this intersection because the software isn't meeting federal regulations. this isn't just a problem for the a line right here, it's also a problem for the b line through westminster, and but the brakes on the g line better put the brakes on the -- put the brakes on the g line in arvada. the train cross through the gates on something similar to a wi-fi network. >> to get them to acknowledge and shut down right when it needs to is fine tuning. >> reporter: and rights now the timings isn't right. >> the gate is closing too early and going back up too late. >> reporter: the federal railway administration has given rat a temporary -- rtd a terrae extension, and new software is almost ready. >> this is called positive train control, and it's a safety mechanism that all train >> reporter: but right now rfa told us rtd must develop a plan that demonstrates they have a path forward to a solution to resolve the timing issues at the crossings. >> the worst case scenario i

later in the day there was another active shooter scare at the university mia jeff todd joins us live in boulder tonight. were these two things related? >> reporter: no, they were not. the first 911 call came in around nine deck 15, a patient was headed into the new champion center. they got sports medicine offices in their and that's when the verbal altercation with this man carrying a machete started, that men then followed this patient into the building. machete. multiple officers from campus police and the boulder police department responded. one officer from each of those agencies fired at the man when he allegedly would not obey the command, to drop the weapon. >> at this time the suspect is not known to the police. we are still working on properly identifying him. >> reporter: this afternoon 911 was called again for a man with a gun in front of a starbuck that was the coffee shop on university hill or one inside the university memorial center which is on campus. so that building was put on another active shooter situation. and many people fled in the chaos. in the end, no threa

jeff todd live at 11th and broadway downtown. this couple saw another attack happening. >> reporter: jim, those three men you mentioned were assaulting someone. that's how this window got broken. but then the fight went all the way down the block pretty close to 12th avenue. and that's when another couple says they had no choice but had immensely tender. >> reporter: kody and jacquie jo are nursing themselves after being brutally attacked saturday morning. >> the last thing i really remember is the three of them grabbing me and ramming my head directly into the brick wall. >> they were laughing and that's what was so disturbing and haunting. they were laughing while they were taking him over and over again. >> one of them held her while another punched her in the face and broke her nose. >> >> violence. >> reporter: a detective is looking into the case but denver police didn't have much information for us. >> we have a vague idea of their appearance. but again it happened so quickly and there was such trauma. >> that's not what h

cbs4's jeff todd lined out -- live outside the suncor plant. jeff, what have we tonight? was there a health risk? >> reporter: we are hearing from multiple agencies that while that smoke plume looked really bad, early indications are that it's not a public health risk. now, it was all started when a transmission power line headed into this plant was tripped sometime around noon. that meant that the plant needed to shut down. >> peeked around the corner and it was just the yellow smoke billowing out everywhere. firetruck in the whole area is cruising down the road. >> reporter: suncor as -- after the power failure they were in the process of shutting down refinery operations. but an upset in that process started to burn catalyst, dust and oil. >> catalyst is a part of the refining process. it's fine dust. so because the process was still happening, there's a little bit of hydrocarbon oil in the catalyst. >> reporter: all around the metro area orange smoke could be seen for miles. immediately crews started testing the air including the south adams fire. >> as we determined

jeff todd on that story live in the rhino neighborhood. jeff, you talked to some people who think this business is being unfairly targeted. >> reporter: yeah, jim. just take a look. this sign was put up yesterday morning saying that it is a public nuisance. this is a rarely used action, but it comes after a homicide investigation started here 27th street outside of the cold crush bar. neighbors say sunday nights are out of control. >> there's always drama or fights especially on sunday nights. most of the time you can't even get to the alley. i have a hard time trying to get into my property to park. >> reporter: several people told us denver officers do provide security at the bar, but this week the city decided to shut down the bar. it suspended their liquor license and could start a nuisance abatement case. >> to hear it was closed, it was heart breaking. >> reporter: laney hodges said this place is just like her home. >> i know that i can come to cold crush and find people that appreciate diversity and social justice. >> reporter: the c

jeff todd on that story live in the rhino neighborhood. jeff, you talked to some people who think this business is being unfairly targeted. >> reporter: yeah, jim. this sign was put up yesterday morning saying that it is a public nuisance. this is a rarely used action, but it comes after a homicide investigation started here early monday morning. on monday morning detectives found bullet holes all over 27th street outside of the cold crush bar. neighbors say sunday nights are out of control. >> there's always drama or fights especially on sunday nights. most of the time you can't even get to the alley. i have a hard time trying to >> reporter: several people told us denver officers do provide security at the bar, but this week the city decided to shut down the bar. it suspended their liquor license and could start a nuisance abatement case. >> to hear it was closed, it was heart breaking. >> reporter: laney hodges said this place is just like her home. >> i know that i can come to cold crush and find people that appreciate diversity and soc

jeff todd has been following this story for us all day today. jeff, a safe was stolen? >> reporter: and that's not all. so was the super bowl championship ring given four months ago. now all evidence indicates that these two suspects new not just what they were going after, but also who they were going after. now denver police want your help. it was around 530 last night when the two burglars made their way into demarcus ware's cherry creek apartment. >> what was going on, how they knew he was there at that time. all part of our investigation. >> reporter: he tweeted today, thank god for hidden cameras. the camera captured these photos of the suspects wearing gloves. >> people trying to commit a crime of this nature are going to do what they can to protect their identity which would be wearing close. >> reporter: police hope someone recognizes their faces. >> obviously these are very good pictures. hopefully somebody will recognize them and contact us and let us know who they are. >> reporter: ware's super bowl ring and a safe were taken. the ring made of 194 diamonds t

jeff todd has been covering this story. you just talked with some men who served with simmons. >> reporter: yeah. they said he had recently reunited with his birth father and that's what brought him to colorado. they say he was a kind and caring man but now there are so many unanswered questions like h all. friends of brandon simmons have been showing support and sorrow on facebook. the father of two was discharged from the marines earlier this year. after growing up in foster homes and spending a decade in the marines most recently as a drill instructor, we are told simmons was having a hard time coping with life after service. investigation into what went on wednesday morning on campus is still going on. today the cu police announced is clay austin, he has been at cu nearly four years. the boulder police officer involved is three-year veteran jason connor, both are still unpaid leave. just a few minutes ago we were able to talk to two former marines who knew simmons, here is what they had to say. >> just so out of charact

jeff todd has been covering this story since it broke. that man is talking only to cbs4. >> reporter: karen, he says he was probably driving about 90 miles an hour down this road. the speed limit around here is just 35 miles an hour. investigator told me last night this was a bad one. some evidence, a headlight in the side of the road tonight as the cars on this road started bouncing around like balls on a billiards table. >> i was on the interstate. a car came out in front of me. i don't really remember after that. i thought i was dead. >> reporter: tyler white is from tennessee but had recently come to denver to start a new life. he told cbs4's jennifer brice he smoked marijuana yesterday afternoon. >> i wasn't high at the time when i was driving. you smoke, a couple hours later, out your system. wasn't like i was stoned to death driving. >> reporter: white is believed to have been in this charger. he reentered this pre-is killing the driver. and setting off a chain reaction. >> we do suspect that alcohol or drugs or both are involved i

jeff todd joins us now. this is a one-of-a-kind bike? >> reporter: its carbon fiber and made specially for a veterans organization. when the owner found out it went missing he did what we all do these days. he went on to facebook and his post has now been shared more than 1000 times. >> a letter to a bike you. dear stranger, i'd first like to introduce myself. my name is robert kugler a marine veteran. you have them stolen an object. you've stolen a part of me. you've taken something that you had no right to even lay your hands on let alone cut it from its lock and claimant has run. >> reporter: robert kugler has been traveling the country with his dog bella and special bike for the past year. >> we get held up in fort collins for a while because cancer came back in her mouth. and we went to csu there. >> reporter: yesterday morning >> someone stole the bike off the back of my vehicle. >> reporter: these are not normal bikes. they are part of the rider to recovery veterans program. >> custom-made. only one of 10 of those particular mount

jeff todd has been covering this story. you just talked with some men who served with simmons. >> reporter: yeah. they said he had recently reunited with his birth father and that's what brought him to colorado. they say he was a kind and caring man but now there are so many unanswered questions like what he was doing in boulder at all. friends of brandon simmons have been showing support and sorrow discharged from the marines earlier this year. after growing up in foster homes and spending a decade in the marines most recently as a drill instructor, we are told simmons was having a hard time coping with life after service. investigation into what went on wednesday morning on campus is still going on. today the cu police announced their officer who fired his gun is clay austin, he has been at cu nearly four years. the boulder police officer involvth unpaid leave. just a few minutes ago we were able to talk to two former marines who knew simmons, here is what they had to say. >> just so out of character for brandon. one of t

jeff todd has been following this story for us all day today. jeff, a safe was stolen? >> reporter: and that's not all. so was the super bowl given four months ago. now all evidence indicates that these two suspects new not just what they were going after, but also who they were going after. now denver police want your help. it was around 530 last night when the two burglars made their way into demarcus ware's cherry creek apartment. >> what was going on, how they knew he was there at that time. all part of our investigation. >> reporter: he tweeted today, never about the material things for me but my safety. thank god for hidden cameras. the camera captured these photos of the suspects wearing gloves. >> people trying to commit a crime of this nature are going to do what they can to protect their identity which would be wearing close. >> reporter: police hope someone recognizes their faces. >> obviously these are very good pictures. hopefully somebody will recognize them and contact us and let us know who they are. >> reporter: ware's super bowl ring and a safe were ta

jeff todd joins us now. a lot of people worry about the federal government opening up a wildlife refuge. >> the hope is that this will connect trail systems in boulder, broomfield, and jefferson counties but the signs public entry. but the hope is in just 18 months there will be trails here. one person at the meeting today said this is government sponsored human experimentation. >> we're really concerned about the amount of plutonium that's in the environment from the former weapons plant. >> reporter: a packed crowd came to hear the plans for opening up the rocky flats wildlife refuge. >> there's a significant amount of money that's been secured for these projects so that includes entrance road, parking lots, trails within the refuge. >> we're not here to debate whether it's going to be open. >> this is not just insane, it's criminal. >> reporter: many people are concerned with the amount of plutonium still in the soil. >> we don't know what's underneath the soil that might be disturbed and those workers co

jeff todd has been learning more about this attack. do we know yet who or what is behind this? >> reporter: we don't know who. here's a basic breakdown of what happened. very likely that you and your pc are doing just fine. but when you type in an address like twitter.com, there's a directory in between that takes directory is what got attacked by hackers all day long. stumping you from getting to your favorite website. >> the industry today experienced what we call an internet traumatic event. >> reporter: dale drew is the chief security officer for level three communications one of the country's biggest internet service providers headquartered in broomfield. security experts spent most of friday monitoring and reviewing the cyber attack going on. >> it is terrifying. this is a significant evolution in the attacks base as far as we're concerned. we're just seeing it sort of explode right in front of us and evolve right in front of us. >> reporter: popular websites aren't having issues but users and consumers are having problems getting there. >> the dns server is getting so ma

jeff todd reporting for us. the bike frame has a big sticker that says stealth. >>> rapist did not go to prison, but his victims feels like she is behind bars. tonight at 10:00 she tells her story explaining why she's so rapist receives. brian maass has a preview. >> he was just an acquaintance, so i sort of knew him, and thought i could trust him. but proved wrong. >> reporter: very wrong. now she explains what happened. >> he like kissed me, he took my left hand, tried to get me it. >> reporter: he was convicted, but that's when something >> disappointing, but not surprising. >> it's not that unique. >> it was a sentence that outraged so many. tonight a survivor tells cbs4's brian maass how her life has been ruined without ler consent. >>> we could reach record- breaking heat today and tomorrow. ashton has more insight on that. >>> beautiful mountain road where people are dumping things like carpet remodeling projects. what the locals are doing about it. this is the colorado none of us want to lose. i'm gail s

those victims are sharing their jeff todd live at 11th and broadway downtown. this couple saw another attack happening. >> reporter: jim, those three men you mentioned were assaulting someone. that's how this window got broken. but then the fight went all the way down the block pretty close to 12th avenue. and that's when another couple says they had no choice but had to get involved. >> entire region of my skull is immensely tender. >> reporter: kody an being brutally attacked saturday morning. >> the last thing i really remember is the three of them grabbing me and ramming my head directly into the brick wall. >> they were laughing and that's what was so disturbing and haunting. they were laughing while they were taking him over and over again. >> one of them held her while another punched her in the face and broke her nose. >> blind rage. >> violence. >> reporter: a detective is looking into the case but denver police didn't have much information for us. their appearance. but again it happened so quickly and there was such trauma. >> that's not what humans s

that's where our jeff todd is live tonight. do we know exactly what happened in the incident? >> reporter: jim, not entirely. the man was inside meeting at the dmv all afternoon. and then this assault happened and the police are hoping to talk to this couple because they think they might have seen something. >> he had a visitor to the courthouse. >> reporter: that man had a violent altercation. >> as he was exiting the restroom, he was either the door was shoved into him so that he fell backwards and actually got his nose broken from this incident. >> reporter: these two people may have seen what happened. >> we have them on surveillance video at the courthouse around the time the incident happened. so we are hoping to talk to them and see if they can get any information. >> reporter: no description of the suspect who faces a serious crime. >> second degree assault. considering his age, 82 years old, at risk adu increases the severity a little bit. >> reporter: there's no surveillance video of this actual assault. anyone with information or maybe somebody who recognizes these

in pueblo county, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >>> developing now in englewood a shooting that left a father and chef dead. means a murder mystery. nick lewis was found saturday night near his home on acoma street near cornell avenue. lewis was walking home from a shot him. >> the police asked if there was any ever gang activity or incidents. and i said no. because it's a very quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: lewis' fiance says his wallet and money were not taken. his family and friends are struggling to figure out why anyone would hurt him. if you were in that area, police would like to talk to you. >>> the latest on the school bus crash near lyons that injured several students nearly a year after the accident the court. and some serious charges are tossed out. stan bush has the report tonight from the boulder county courthouse. that driver was very emotional talking to the court today. >> reporter: she was emotional, jim. in accepting a guilty plea that essentially only requires her to pay $300. she said she was sorry for the crash and the judge believed she was sincere but for some parent

jeff todd joins us now. this is a one-of-a-kind bike? >> reporter: its carbon fiber and made specially for a veterans organization. when the owner found out it went missing he did what we all do these days. he went on to facebook and his post has now been shared more than 1000 times. >> a letter to a bike you. my name is robert kugler a marine veteran. you have them stolen an object. you've stolen a part of me. you've taken something that you had no right to even lay your hands on let alone cut it from its lock and claimant has run. >> reporter: robert kugler has been traveling the country with his dog bella and special bike for the past year. >> we get held up in fort collins for a while because cancer came back in her mouth. and we went to csu there. >> reporter: yesterday morning their adventure got worse. >> someone stole the bike off the back of my vehicle. >> normal bikes. they are part of the rider to recovery veterans program. >> custom-made. only one of 10 of those particular mountain bikes that were ever made. it was given to m

that's where our jeff todd is live tonight. do we know exactly what happened in the incident? >> reporter: jim, not entirely. the man was inside meeting at the dmv all afternoon. and then this assault happened and the police are hoping to talk to this couple because they think they might have seen something. >> he had a visitor to the courthouse. >> reporter: that man had a violent altercation. >> as he was exiting the violently punched in the face or the door was shoved into him so that he fell backwards and actually got his nose broken from this incident. >> reporter: these two people may have seen what happened. >> we have them on surveillance video at the courthouse around the time the incident happened. so we are hoping to talk to them and see if they can get any information. >> reporter: no description of the suspect who faces a serious crime. >> second degree assault. old, at risk adult which increases the severity a little bit. >> reporter: there's no surveillance video of this actual assault. anyone with information or maybe somebody who recognizes these two people, u

jeff todd joins us now. a lot of people worry about the federal government opening up a wildlife refuge. >> the hope is that this will connect trail systems in boulder, broomfield, and jefferson counties but the signs say road closed. this one even says closed to all public entry. but the hope is in just 18 said this is government sponsored human experimentation. >> we're really concerned about the amount of plutonium that's in the environment from the former weapons plant. >> reporter: a packed crowd came to hear the plans for opening up the rocky flats wildlife refuge. >> there's a significant amount of money that's been secured for these projects so that includes building a building, building an entrance road, parking lots, trails within the refuge. >> we're not here to debate whether it's going to be open. >> this is not concerned with the amount of plutonium still in the soil. >> we don't know what's underneath the soil that might be disturbed and those workers constructing the trails might be exposed t

jeff todd has been covering this story since it broke. cbs4. >> reporter: karen, he says he was probably driving about 90 miles an hour down this road. the speed limit around here is just 35 miles an hour. investigator told me last night this was a bad one. some evidence, a headlight in the middle of the road, now on the side of the road tonight as the cars on this road started bouncing around like balls on a billiards table. >> i was on the interstate. a car came out in front of me. i don't really remember after that. i thought i was dead. >> reporter: tyler white is from tennessee but had recently come to denver to start a new life. he told cbs4's jennifer brice he smoked marijuana yesterday afternoon. >> i wasn't high at the time when i was driving. you smoke, a couple hourlater, out your system. wasn't like i was stoned to death driving. >> reporter: white is believed to have been in this charger. reaction. >> we do suspect that alcohol or drugs or both are involved in this particular incident. >> reporter: white is charged with vehic

she talked to jeff todd. she's hoping those neighbors do more than keep an eye out for trouble. >> e things like get security cameras or add lights at the very least to deter the criminals. at best to catch them. >> one day we were walking up and down, just talking to everybody that had been hit. >> reporter: her own shed was broken in to. >> if there was anything small enough to take. just stuff they can put in their backpack. >> reporter: when she started realizing how much crime was going on around her, she went to neighbors together. >> we had a home invasion right across the street a couple weeks ago and a couple of days ago we had a home invasion two doors down and the last two weeks we've had nine or 10 houses hit from behind. >> reporter: she lives on a small street only three blocks long. westminster police told us they only have two incidents since the beginning of september for the street. that was news to her when we told her. >> i know the 10 house break-ins were reported because the police told

dozens of popular sites like jeff todd has been learning more about this attack. do we know yet who or what is behind this? >> reporter: we don't know who. here's a basic breakdown of what happened. very likely that you and your pc are doing just fine. but when you type in an address like twitter.com, there's a directory in between that takes the words and changes them into an ip address and this directory is what got attacked by hackers all day long. stumping you from getting to your favorite website. >> the industry today experienced what we call an internet traumatic event. >> reporter: dale drew is the chief security officer for level three communications one of the country's biggest internet service providers headquartered in broomfield. security experts spent most of friday monitoring and reviewing the cyber attack going on. >> it is terrifying. this is a significant evolution in the attacks base as far as explode right in front of us and evolve right in front of us. >> reporter: popular websites aren't having issues but users and consumers are having proble

jeff todd live in nederland for us tonight, a rude awakening for some people this morning. >> reporter: yeah, that's because they either got a reverse 911 call or they were simply woken up when the bomb squad finally decided to detonate this improvised explosive device right here in so scary. >> reporter: this shopping center is back open after a massive closure and evacuation tuesday morning. it was around 730 when a backpack was found outside of the nederland police department which is also the boulder county sheriff's substation. >> they thought it was just a piece of abandoned or lost property. when they looked in the bag they identified items in the bag that were consistent with possibly an expletive device. >> reporter: the bomb squad spent all of tuesday investigating the ied. it was found to be active but di 17 hours after it was found, but he basked got a phone call. >> it's a recording that says this is a reverse 911 call. warning vesselin -- letting residents know we are going to set off the bomb. and you'll hear a loud noise. don't be worried. we thought it would be like fi

multiple agencies are telling us it isn't a public danger, as jeff todd explains this started after a power line trip. >> we peeked around the corner and it was everywhere. next thing i know, every fire truck in the area is cruising down the road. >> reporter: suncor says after the power failure they were in the process of shutting down refinery operations but an upset in the process started burning catalyst dust. >> it's fine dust, and clay like, because thero there's hydro carbon oil in the dust. >> reporter: the yellow smoke could be seen for miles. immediately the air was being tested. >> the monitors are showing zero. we are comfortable there was no toxic material released. the monitors continued to show zero the entire time we monitored. >> reporter: around three this afternoon we saw the department of environment health from denver who was alongside the federal epa monitoring the air. no signs of hazardous chemicals. >> i can tell you we live in this area as well so we're just as concerned as the citizens are. >> that was jeff todd reporting. the colorado department of public h

jeff todd -- jeff todd talk to employees who said they are happy to be back to work. >> sunday's are always a busy day. i'm grateful that we had so much support over the summer that anticipation has really been mounting. >> saturday afternoon, all of the final preps were done inside of rosenbergs bagel's. private events over the past two days have the staff ready for thgr felt so good to have energy and displays. >> reporter: the shop closed in may after fire from the kitchen. investigators believe that a suspect started it to cover up a murder. since then, the bagel shop is been sparingly spreading the bagels all over denver. >> we said the we are going to pop up as much as we can. we want to say thank you for supporting us and now we want to give back to you. and now what we want to have you feel is familiarity. the design is very much the same. >> reporter: they are calling this reopening phoenix burke's. >> we could have very easily been shut down, and that is not what we are going to allowed to happen. rising from the ashes. you will see the phoenix bird is on as well. >> now i

we're live in denver tonight, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >>> the latest on a grass fire that came dangerously close to homes in aurora yesterday afternoon. investigators have confirmed the fire was started accidentally by someone burning weeds and trash in the backyard. that person was not face charges we're told. about 30 acres burned in the whispering pines neighborhood east of e-470. >>> smoke from a wildfire made area. so fire -- that fire has burned more than 60 acres and is threatening one structure. people at a campground have evacuated voluntarily. no injuries reported. authorities are asking everyone not to call 911. >>> is it really october? we have record-breaking temperatures in colorado today. meteorologist chris spears is in colorado is whether center. >> we have those record- breaking temperatures several cities today hitting records including pueblo, springs, denver, and alamosa. border to border we had quite a bit of heat in our state today. watching something, take a look at doppler 4000, pretty big storm system, if you have friends or family from seattle and portland throug

our jeff todd tells us investigators believe the couple may have critical information of what happened. >> we had an 82-year-old visitor to the courthouse. >> reporter: it was earlier this monday when that man had a violent altercation. >> as he was exiting the rest room he was either punched in the face or the door was shut into him so he fell backwards and got his nose broken. >> reporter: investigators think these two people may have seen what happened. >> we have them on surveillance video at the courthouse around the time the incident happened. so we're just hoping to talk to them and see if we can get information. >> reporter: but there's no description of the suspect who faces a serious crime. >> second degree assault, and considering him being 82 years old, he's an at risk adult which increases the severity a of the beating of his pregnant girlfriend with dumb bells. 25-year-old martinez standing over the victim sunday, she's 7 month pregnant. he's in jail on $150,000 bond. >>> new developments as efforts to begin to evacuate people from the city of the number of days it will s

jeff todd is live there tonight how much did this start? >> reporter: a big part of this new champion center this is, the sports medicine offices in conjunction with the boulder community health. it wasn't a student, it was a patient who with the man with a machete and started a bizarre and frightening day here on the cu campus. >> our suspect continued to follow our patient up to the second floor, which generated multiple radio calls to the city and to cupd dispatch of a man armed with a machete inside the champion center. >> reporter: several campus police officers and nine boulder officers responded. a found a man bet to drop the masheand he he did not, in which time a shooting occurred >> reporter: one officer from each agency fired. the man was pronounced dead. >> we believe it was in the best interests of the university and it was a deadly force situation >> reporter: classes continued. >> after i received the information from the chief and others that there was significant risk that warranted the closing of the campus and there was a

jeff todd is here and he will have the very latest tonight on cbs4 news at 10:00. reporting live in castle rock, kelly worthman. >>> you can see the man right here pretty good picture of fish company that's located along hammond. they gave you the exclusive video of the thief in action. >> reporter: yeah, and this video karen is very, very clear. in fact, take a look at this. they even advertise on their front door that they have security on the property here. and it's very good security. but the owners say this thief was brazen enough to walk right through this door during business hours. >> so you see him case the back. looking at doors, going all the way to the north. kind of like he's plotting out his escape rout. >> reporter: this thief is caught on several cameras at the fresh fish company. even strolls past the host. co-owner karen parker says what you don't see on camera is a second door that the thief makes me feel angered. thank goodness none of my staff members or guests were injured. i want to catch this guy. >> parkers concerns now is for neighboring b

jeff todd has the latest. >> reporter: monday morning detectives found bullet holes outside the cold crush bar. neighbors say sunday nights are out of control. >> there's always drama or fights, especially sunday nights. most of the time you can't get to the alley. >> reporter: several people told us officers do provide security at the bar, but this down the bar. it suspended the liquor license and could start a case. >> to hear it was closed, it was heart breaking. >> reporter: lanie hodges said this place is like her home. >> i know i can go to cold crush and find people that appreciate diversity and social justice. >> reporter: the city says it's a public health risk. >> i think there is a sense there might be targeting going on because it is a black owned business and because there tend to be blactr looking into cases of disruptive and illegal activities. >> it would be sad to see it go because it's the heart of this neighborhood. >> we are interested in working with meme to make this -- people to make this work for everyone, because this would be a huge loss to the community. >>

. >> reporter: jeff todd, cbs 4 news. >>> jefferson county is doing some of the soil testing and fish and wild life is planning three more meetings for public input. we'll have a film >>> dr. phil returns to the case of brittany. she disappeared on spring break seven years ago. and now a jailhouse informant says he knows what happened to the teenager prompting her moth tore demand a new search. >> and i will, again, request into these areas that they're calling the pit and have them search for brittany. >> what do you mean the pit? >> that's what they call it, the pit. >> why? >> alligators. no and what -- >> what does this informant say whatted to brittany and will -- what happened to brittany and will this mother ever have closure? >> jonbenet's brother is a forensic expert. what burke ramsey is demanding. and two businesses lose and the charges he is facing. lauren is back to finish it off. >>> it is really nice outside. 58 degrees in denver. 55 in boulder. 49 in aspen. 56 in grand junction so the skies are clear. we have sunshine. it is a little crisp outside. it definitely feels

jeff todd has been looking into this dilemma and joined the settlement -- live at union station tonight. jeff? >> reporter: karen the hope was that the g line would bring passengers here and they could then hop on this headed out to dia but this a line has had so many problems that the g line is now delayed, so people are left wondering how well they affordably get to the airport >> it's been a fantastic service. there's nothing more convenient. >> jennifer has taken the shuttle to dia for the past four years and next month she needs to find a new way to the airport. >> it's not going to be as fast or convenient. it's not going to be nearly as pleasant as this has been. >> it's bittersweet because >> with the new gene nine -- g line coming soon, the shuttle is closing the summer 21st. >> the question is can we continue to operate safely just like we pride ourselves in having done and my determination was that we shouldn't. >> i understand it, certainly, but i don't like it. >> the problem is the gene line would start running until the a line is fixed. right now the timing is off. they s

jeff todd is live there tonight how much did this start? >> reporter: a big part of this new champion center this is, the sports medicine offices in conjunction with the boulder community health. it wasn't a student, it was a patient who showed up in this parking lot and had a verbal altercation with the man with a machete and started a bizarre frightening day here on the cu campus. >> our suspect continued to follow our patient up to the second floor, which generated multiple radio calls to the city and to cupd dispatch of a man armed with a machete inside the champion center. >> reporter: several campus police officers and nine boulder officers responded. a found a man between floors in a sisterwell. >> they ordered the individual to drop the masheand he he did occurred >> reporter: one officer from each agency fired. the man was pronounced dead. >> we believe it was in the best interests of the university and it was a deadly force situation >> reporter: classes continued. >> after i received the information from the chief and others that

jeff todd has been looking into this dilemma and joined the settlement -- live at union station tonight. jeff? >> reporter: karen the hope was that the g line would bring passengers here and they could then hop on this headed out to dia but this a line has had so many problems that the g line is now la >> it's been a fantastic service. there's nothing more convenient. >> jennifer has taken the shuttle to dia for the past four years and next month she needs to find a new way to the airport. >> it's not going to be as fast or convenient. it's not going to be nearly as pleasant as this has been. >> it's bittersweet because >> with the new gene nine -- g line coming soon, the shuttle is closing the summer 21st. >> the question is can we continue to operate safely just like we pride ourselves in having done and my determination was that we shouldn't. >> i understand it, certainly, but i don't like it. >> the problem is the gene line would start running until the a line is fixed. right now the timing is off. working to find out problems -- figure out problems with properly triggering guard cr

jeff todd live in nederland for us tonight, a rude awakening for some people this morning. >> reporter: yeah, that's because they either got a reverse 911 call or they were simply woken up when the bomb squad finally decided to detonate this improvised the parking lot. >> it's a big deal because it's so scary. >> reporter: this shopping center is back open after a massive closure and evacuation tuesday morning. it was around 730 when a backpack was found outside of the nederland police department which is also the boulder county sheriff's substation. >> they thought it was just a piece of abandoned or lost property. when they looked in the bag they identified items in the possibly an expletive device. >> reporter: the bomb squad spent all of tuesday investigating the ied. it was found to be active but did not detonate. 17 hours after it was found, but he basked got a phone call. >> it's a recording that says this is a reverse 911 call. warning vesselin -- letting residents know we are going to set off the bomb. and you'll hear a loud noise. don't be worried. we thought it would be like

of jeff todd cbs 4 news. >>> donald trump is acknowledging for the first time today that he is trailing in the polls. he is now on a whirlwind tour of florida with seven stops in two days in a state he desperately needs to win. while trump says he knows he is trailing, he is also sticking to his claim that the polls are wrong.>> [ cheering and applause ] >> so i actually think we are winning. >> i don't believe the polls anymore. i don't believe them. i don't believe them. >> our latest cbs news poll shows trump trailing hillary clinton in florida by three points and trailing her nationally by nine points. now clinton is using her lead to help fellow democrats, campaigning in new hampshire. a very tight u.s. senate race is going on there and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren was also there blasting come for calling clinton a debate. >> on november 8, we nasty women are going to march our nasty feet to cast our nasty votes to get you out of our lives forever.>> [ cheering and applause ] >> as clinton's lead grows, she is lending support to other candidates. democrats have to win fiv

reporting live in westminster tonight, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >>> new information now on the two men accused of breaking in to the home of the broncos' demarcus ware. billy mccaslin and sergio irezza. they stole ware's super bowl ring and other items after breaking in to the home monday night. police say that generated hundreds of tips. a pawnshop employee recognized one of the suspects as a regular customer. >> i knew they were going to find him. just because the fact he's such high profile. >> demarcus took to twitter to thank broncos fans for helping solve the crime in less than 36 hours. >>> how much of you is stuck? >> i started at like knee deep to the bottom of my chest. >> a tense 911 call details frightening moments for a hunter in northern colorado. emergency crews had to rescue him from mud that was like quick sand. karen morfitt live for us. >> crews say he was about 15 feet in to the water which means he took a pretty good stroll through some of this really soft mud that starts at the bank and goes in to the pond. quick sand. >> 911. what is the address of the emergency? >> i'm

he lives in the cherry creek neighborhood where we find cbs4's jeff todd. do we know what was taken? >> reporter: i wale demarcus ware's and she told me that his super bowl 50 championship ring was stolen as well as a safe. he did not play last night but he was at the stadium. it was around 530 last night when the burglars went into his house for about 10 minutes. these are the suspects that the kitten -- hidden cameras were able to capture. one man with a mustache. the other man in a red shirt both can be seen wearing