in colorado springs nelson garcia 9 news. >> the program offers saturday study sessions for students and professional development for teachers so they can be more effective. response to allegations that it put the squeeze on eastbound widow. >> several more days to go. several more days of the broncos to talk about how they are getting ready for monday >>> volunteers are with us to answer questions. (303)698-0999. lines are open in a live facebook chat. >>> the next time you fly and arrive ahead of your luggage you may be eligible to get your money back if new rules from posed -- if new rule proposed are adopted. the proposal is one of a series of steps in the obama administration. the obama administration is taking to boost protections for passengers. ask okay what core to stop jillian assange. john kerry had personally intervened last month. the state department denies that. assange has been in ecuador since 2012. they will continue assange asylum to safeguard his life. >>> emergency landing ended the way we all hope they do with no one hurt and no crash. a landing prop problem for

different one and showing others that if i could do it, anyone else can. >> reporter: in denver nelson garcia, 9news. >> the community college of denver is the only community college in the state to win the federal five year grant. >>> boulder is tied for the city with the lowest incidences of people having the city is tied with ann arbor, michigan. a new report reveals which u.s. cities rank the highest and lowest when it comes to heart attack rates. there were 190 cities across the country surveyed. charleston, west virginia, duluth minnesota topped the list with 7 1/2% of residents reporting a heart attack. boulder had less than 2% of residents with a left of a a heart attack. >>> proof that vanity existed thousands of years ago. earlier this year two mummies had a full ct scan. those scans showed one of them had hair extensions. it let scientists virtually unwrap the mummies and look behind both mummies were 30 years old when they were mummified which is the life expectancy for that time. denver museum of nature and science has an entire mummy exhibit on loan on display through february 5

ciruli says glenn does need trump voters in order to try to keep this race close. >> nelson garcia, thank you. >>> colorado's u.s. senate candidates debate tonight on 9news at 7:00. the comments between deat republican challenger darryl glenn will be live. 9news political reporter brandon rittiman and kyle clark will moderate. it will air on channel 20 and 9news.com. >>> we have the results of a new nbc news wall street journal poll. it's national conducted after sunday night's presidential debate. donald trump's debate performance seems to have helped him regain ground after the revelation of his crude remarks about women in 2005. the latest wall street journal poll shows donald trump may have made up ground in the second debate in the wake of those lewd comments that he made about women in 2005. our latest poll shows secretary clinton now leads trump by 10 points, 50-40% down the 14 points she led the days after this 2005 audio was released. now fewer people think that those comments are disqualifying. 38% before the debate said yes, they 36% saying those comments are disqualifying. it'

as nelson garcia shows us, the plan that boulder valley families by surprise. >> reporter: for regina and her nine-year-old son lockland snap >> it's a wonderful environment. >> reporter: mesa elementary is a great place for a boy that suffers adhd. he is part of the intensive learning center for students with effective needs program. >> for kids that have high emotional needs. >> reporter: lockland is mixed in with the rest of the kids in an inclusive parents received this letter stating that ican will be moved to a new facility. part of a new campus constructed with bond money. >> to move him to a completely different school after everything we've been through, and with no familiar kids, none of his friends, his last year of grade school, it's awful. >> reporter: and it's a 45 >> and after the fact we are being told we can come to a meeting and hear what is going to happen. >> reporter: with the opening of a new school in erie next school year after an analysis of student needs, the erie school was determined to be the best location for the program. the district states it will minim

nelson garcia, 9news.> says he will continue offering thomas free lessons as long as their owners spent sunday riding the waves in del mar, california. there were a few wipeouts, some doggy paddles - and a few that rode the waves all the way in. a shelter in the area hosts the "surf-athon" at del working to get some support here in colorado. donald trump's in vend pueblo and?9 libritarian gary but positivity is helping her get through it. a touching moment for her when a football player reached out to give her some support. good morning, corey, gary and cheryl with you on this monday morning. meteorologist belen de leon is in for marty today. belen- a red flag warning is in place today... and chance of

and you start training them young, it makes a huge difference in the future. >> in westminster, nelson garcia, 9news. >> the three-year pilot program was made possible grants from the erie community, investments and the walton fund. we want to know what you think about full-day preschool. go to we will reveal the life results coming up in a few minutes. >>> the mining history in colorado is a big part of the culture. but it also left behind a lot of things that need to be fixed. in some counties, work is underway to restore a slight -- a stretch of the swan river buried by dredge mining. for a century, the river has flowed underground buried by rocks. we are hearing the rocks are now gone. for the first time in a long time, the swan river is seeing breckenridge -- >> we are at the swan river. >> trails and resource specialists -- they are doing what people love. >> working at a restoration project. >> helping to take a mile-long stretch of river -- once damaged by dredge minors 100 years ago and transforming it back to what it looked like for all of that mining. been here previously for the v

. >> nelson garcia, nine news. >> she's the caretaker of the entire town. she only discovered her family's ties to adult. >> she feels that she was meant to restore the cemetery. they need snow kathy, at least the ski resorts out west. >> we need moisture everywhere and any where. there's a sign that the current weather pattern will be changes. you may have thought the rain was on the way. you may have seen the patchy dense fog. the front plains and north mid-70s in south eastern colorado. the average this year is 60 which is where you will find yourself. you will have less sunshine. less cover and fog. it'll get you into the 70s before lunchtime. currently 62 at the airport. humidity is hovering around 27%. there's a big new moon out tonight and 60 degrees is our current reading. even with two cool fronts on the way this low pressure area will not offer us relief from the current drought scenario. we're below average for the year we're down by almost 3- inches of liquid precipitation. this october has been unusual, warm dry, no snow. the fifth warmest on r

. >> i'm nelson garcia. >> friends say jessie was hit by a car as well. she's in surgery right now at a nearby animal hospital. they all hope she can surviv and we're pulling for her too. >>> this will make people like us more. if you're a comcast subscriber, you probably got this e-mail saying the internet usage is getting capped. it's like when they told you you could only send 100 text messages a month. if you go over you had to pay for the extra data. looked at the graph. until i saw that i use about 4% of that. you can try calling comcast customer service but good luck. >>> thankfully, comcast didn't send that letter in the mail because there's a chance a bunch of people in lowry wouldn't have received it. these pictures of a mailbox cluster, earlier this week, someone went to work and ripped off the postal inspector tells us they are looking into four similar thefts in the last couple of weeks. the postal inspector investigates these cases. the viewer is wondering if the post office is responsible to replace the mailbox. but since it belongs to the

our 9 news reporter nelson garcia joins us outside the colorado center where the debate will take place. this is the only time they'll >> reporter: that's right, for voters across colorado this is their best chance to see and hear the candidates debate face to face. other debates were scheduled but each side declined for different reasons leaving this one to be the main battleground between bennett and glenn. over the past few months polls have shown bennett with a commanding lead. experts say this is essentially his race to lose. the former denver school superintendent has taken up affordability, supporting colorado's agriculture industry. glenn is lieutenant colonel in the air force out of colorado springs. this debate is perhaps his best chance to win voters away from bennett and cut into his lead according to polls. glenn generated excitement when he spoke at the republican national convention. he highlights the idea of freeing the future by supporting business owners and pushing for more secure borders. we talked about the issue of here is what they had to say. >> i do think his po

. >> for next, i nelson garcia . >> professor marsh says the eeoc went through a process called conciliation trying to get du to comply with the law but that process failed so now litigation in federal court that could take years. >>> there are more of the creepy clown threats in the news and first really in jefferson county. it's time that we in the news media in -- acknowledge our role in the media -- in all no reason. jeffco school says the clown thing is just social media hysteria due to recent media coverage. some of the plane -- blame probably belongs with the schools making the threats run the country but we know sometimes these get going without any kind of threat at all. >> this is a message for stoners. you're not freaking out, man. the edibles with different and there's a reason behind it. >> this product, we changed the , but even a small change is a big pain for the company making it. ascot dixie elixirs which among the -- among other products makes can about -- cannabis infused chocolates. >> they got help -- hung up in customs because they say it's marijuana permit -- parapher

as nelson garcia shows us, littleton wants to give 8th graders a chance to take a full load of high school courses on campus. >> this is a big part >> reporter: every year gretchen sees something in her freshman language arts class. she cease 9th graders who need more academically. or may not be able to offer a huge variety of opportunities for those students >> reporter: so instead of seeing the same frustrated faces, principal amy oaks developed an idea. why not let 8th graders start high school early? >> an extra year of high school early lets you take care of so many of the things that sometimes get in the way for older students. >> reporter: oaks wants to create an early high school program for 8th graders taking full-time classes at while still technically remaining in 8th grade. >> having that rigor and being able to participate in high school for five years would be a wonderful opportunity for a lot of students. >> we see state of mind who is don't have enough room in their schedules, 11th and 12th grade, to do what they really want. >> all that to talk about psychiatry. >> reporte

and will bring it live to you on channel 20 tonight and streaming on 9news.com. 9news reporter nelson garcia joins us live from the history colorado center. crews have worked all day to get this venue ready great venue it is. >> reporter: that's right, ryan. they've been working hard and it looks like things are coming together quite nicely. this is it for the senate race. the two candidates could only agree on one televised debate. others were scheduled but didn't work out for different reasons. i talked with 9news political analyst floyd ciruli who says concerned about not making any major mistakes. the former denver school superintendent wants to push issues like college affordable and support for the agriculture industry. ciruli expects lieutenant glenn, a colonel from the air force, to be on attack in the debate. this will be the first time many have seen glenn outside of his speech at the republican national convention. glenn has a theme of freeing our future in his campaign vowing to fight for business owners and ciruli says glenn will have a tough task tonight. >> this is a tremendou

nelson garcia introduces us to him.. the man who is glad he accidentally walked into the wrong business. (nats)in a place where he wasn't supposed to be...maceo thomas never wants to leave. (nats) "thank you, hi, how are you doing?"this is the rocky a martial arts school...(nats) "don't run over the munchkins." run by hale hilsabeck.(nats) "oh, i found it by accident." maceo came in here looking for a medical supply store...(sot: hale hilsabeck, rocky mountain karate association)"maceo weighed 318 pounds when he first came in."(sot: scott slama, karate student)"i got bad back and i told him about all my medical problems."(sot: hale hilsabeck, rocky mountain karate association)"moving literally, a few inches about 2 or 3 inches at the time." blind in his right eye, ss (sot: hale hilsabeck, rocky mountain karate association) "and, he said, he always wanted to take karate and so i decided, why not?'"(sot: scott slama, trainer)"one night, i just started working with him and that's kind of how it started."scott slama started