was fired upon as he got out of his police car. >> and then they said, melton's been shot.g to be all right, he was wearing his vest, he always wear his vest, and mike said, yeah, that doesn't matter. he got shot in the head. and, you know at that point -- >> in a household where both mom and dad were police officers, sacrifice is a word that is never used lightly. melton was a veteran of the army who served in iraq and afghanistan, where he earned a bronze star, a father and stepfather of five with another baby on the way. >> in those seconds that it took for them to tell us he was gone, my entire life changed. his kids' lives changed. i would never wish the kind of pain that we're feeling on anyone else. >> ryan young, cnn, kansas city, kansas. >> another reminder of just how difficult that job can be and how much unity is needed within the force. let's go from heroes in blue to this week's cnn hero. more than 25 million senior citizens live in poverty. did you know that? and for most vulnerable, homelessness could be a sad reality. that takes us to isha desell, shining a

this one from susan melton, sunset to the in the 40s and 50s for the eastern plains. and tomorrow the highs begin to creep up a little bit. 60s, 70s, 80 degrees over the southeast. 60s for the mountains. out west, temperatures in the 60s, 70s, near 80 degrees. and the forecast for tonight, some scattered showers, 48 and frefb by morning. tomorrow again mostly cloudy, scattered showers or storms will be in the mid-70s. a little better than today. then we get the lower 70s dry for the weekend, and sunday we finally get back to normal. >> broncos sunday!,, in one door - a member of congress. out another - a high-paid lobbyist. 131 former members of congress it's just considered business as usual. i consider it wrong. that's why i'm fighting for a new law to permanently ban former members of congress from ever becoming lobbyists. i'm michael bennet >>> andrew luck has pretty much had his way with the broncos throughout his career. luck has won at least four meetings between the two teams, no. 5 on sunday. it's obvious talking to the broncos, they remember what luck and th

i mean henry melton he got beat out. but there was a surprise and that was that the broncos didn't get picks for mark sanchez. deadline with the cowboys. theeeagles fleeced them on picks for bradford. no real surprises other than ronnie hillman i thought would make it. >> this team is going for it with the 53 they have. now that this roster is set on to what they're going to do with tte team that they've assembled. the big man on campus, a guy who thought about quitting and going into estate trevor sim yan. today's news means broncos were left with two signal callers. simian and paxton lynch. broncos signed qb austin davis for number three. it's simian's show. >> we have a lot of confidence in trevor and believe he can do the job. to be looking over his shoulder. he has support. he earned the job so i'm excited to see him play. and i think, you know, we're in good shape there. >> that remains to be scene. the -- seen. the regular season has a funny way of sorting this out. there's two sides to every story. the broncos ar

a chance to sneak in there because james ferentz is still recovering from knee surgery and henry melton, a veteran. at running back we about kapri bibbs and juwan and remember the 53 man roster on saturday and then the waiver guys are able. john elway might pick one or two there. >> reporter: things on saturday not set, but it gives us a good indication of what things might be like. >>> rockies have the night off, begin a series with the diamondbacks tomorrow. getting a heard and sweeping the los angeles dodgers when andrew toll belted a grand slam off ottavino. rockies lose the night cap 10- 8. >>> tonight's bobblehead birthday boy is former broncos star running back clinton portis who is 35 years old tonight. i have tried and tried to get those grass stains off his pants, cannot do it. >>> breaking news tonight, a life-threatening hurricane about to make landfall in florida. several states of emergency and concern stretching all the way into the northeast. >>> spacex explosion disaster caught on camera. a rocket blows up on the launchpad, destroying a major plan by facebook. what went

. >> reporter: on the defensive side a big battle between henry melton the veteran and kick peckhold. i think those two are competing head -- and kent peckhold. i think those two are competing someone because of a suspension who ordinarily wouldn't make the 53 man roster because cale's job is available. >> reporter: the game is on 720, kickoff at 7:30. >> reporter: brock osweiler in houston and now paxton lynch takes over your fourth preseason game. >> people are excited to see them. we're glad you the pool. we know it was a good pool day until you got inside. >> reporter: they didn't buy our running story. >> reporter: you got a good tan. >>> it is tomorrow colorado versus colorado state, rocky mountain showdown. >> it is also college colors day. so we want to see your cu and csu spirit. starting tomorrow morning send us your best photos showing off your pride for the buffs, the use the #beon9 to be featured in our coverage tomorrow morning and afternoon leading up to the game. >> so i should wear green? >> no. you might want to balance. i'll be wearing my black and gold. if you want

the way the casket enters the stadium and the fly over of helicopters that was melton's idea. >> hiso a how-to manual for fallen officers. >> he said put it on the shelf we'll not need it again. less than two weeks later we were pulling the book off the shelf to navigate his funeral. >> more than a thousand paid their respects to another fallen officer. >> chief who was presenting that flag, i never would have pictured that being me having to get that flag. >> captain had responded to a call about a drive by shooting. something he wasn't required to do in his current administrative position. >> i was doing captain promotions and so he went out to the field. >> at the scene he was fired upon as he got out of his police car. >> he was wearing his vest but that doesn't matter he got shot in the head. at that point -- whew. >> in a household where both mom and dad were police officers, sacrifice is a word never used lightly. small moments are cherished. he was a veteran of the army who served in iraq and afghanistan where he earned a bronze star. a father of five with another baby on the

get ready to read oprah's book club pick by glennon doyle melton. she joins us at the table. it's so rock owe candid. she talks about sex. talks about being bulimic, talks about her husband who cheated and being an alcoholic. you put i out in there candid you say it's easier than to speak it. >> writi get to all the scaryf inside and put itside and everybody goes me,to i'm less afraid. >>nd how did you use the title "love warrior"? >> for the first half of my life i was an addict. does,ns o hiding just rushes straight towards it. the here's the pain inside the pain. right. we have to sit inside of our pain and rush towards it. and just to find all of our healing there and not skip around it. because that's the difference. >> follong up with gayle said, and oprah, the power of vulnerability. what is the power of vulnerability? >> i think we have two options in life. we can be mired. or real, honest and loved. but we actually do have to choose. i keep choosing this real and vulnerable place not because you don't get hurt there, because i do. this is the pain that grows us. noth