the judge will review that comp e for trial or if richard kirk could go to pueblo for treatment at the state mental hospital. a doctor hired by the defense wrote that when kirk -- when kirk killed his wife he was experiencing psychotic symptoms due to a marijuana candy. he was so impaired by the candy he may not have been intending to kill his wife. the kirks young children filed a lawsuit against their father for negligence but also when they claim the manufacturer and the store that sold the edibles failed to properly warn of potential side effects and that the recklessness led to their mother's death. christine kirk told dispatchers before her death that her husband was acting more drunk and violet and crawling three bedroom window cutting his legs on broken glass. prosecutors argue that he had the wherewithal to remember the code to a locked gun safe and pressed the weapon to his wife's head. richard kirk degree murder charges and the judge is set to evaluate kirk and reveal -- review that competency this morning at 8:30 am. jamie leary, cbs4. >>> police in a small town in south ca

a judge will review and he will decide today if richard kirk is fitted stand trial. last september kirk changed his plea to guilty by reason of insanity and a judge will review that report and decide whether to set the case for for treatment. the defense suggests that when kirk killed his wife in may 2014 he was so impaired by the marijuana infused candy that he may not have intended to kill his wife. before her death kristin kirk told dispatchers that her husband was acting more drunk crawling to a bedroom window and cutting his legs on broken glass. prosecutors argued that kirk had the wherewithal to remember the code to a locked gun and press the weapon to his wife's head. richard kirk is facing first- degree murder charges any judge is expected to review the competency evaluation this morning at 8:30 am. jamie leary, cbs4. >>> a six-year-old boy remains in critical condition this morning after a teenager opened fire in townville elementary in south carolina. the school is closed today and for the rest of the week. the shooter is in custody. his father first and th

richard kirk is . >>> google from the south to the north. spreading farther to the east later in the day. severe weather not a certain here that's well far to our south down along the mexico boarders, so in a few moments we'll be talking about how could see in the west. >> we're heading into the busy portion of our morning drive for right now the volume isn't the problem that we're concerned with here. we've got great speeds. if you are trying to get between 225 and the i-25 split we're looking at the highway cam there north of e 470, camera is blocked up but i promise everything is nice and clear.

a judge is says that richard kirk is competent to police saying her husband was acting oddly after eating a marijuana-infused candy. she was shot as they were on their way. >> reporter: he was either going to go back to the colorado mental health institute for treatment or he was going to stand trial, and that's exactly what the judge is ordered today. last rear he pled not guilty by reason of insanity. that plea still stands. the evaluation the judge went over today indicates sh officials say even though he was okayed for trial, it's still possible that the mental health evaluation supports his insanity defense. but it could go either way. kirk has been in custody since the murder of his wife in 2014. his defense said he was so impaired that he may not have intended to kill her. but prosecutors argued that he had the wherewithal to remember the code to a locked gun safe and press the weapon to his wiefr's >>> a friend of alexa coria started a finned raising effort. she is now accused of lying to authorities about how her 11-month-old daughter was hurt to keep her boyfriendm to prison. he

. >> reporter: there were two options richard kirk was either going back to the mental health institute or he stand trial. that is what the judge decided today. he will stand trial. now, even though the judge decided that here today, he will stand trial, last year kirk pled guilty by reason of insanity. that still stands but the evaluation indicates he was competent to stand trial. officials with the d.a.'s office said even though he was either way. he has been in custody since the murder of his wife. his defense said he was so impaired by the candy, he may not have intended to kill her, but he had the wherewithal to remember the code to the lock gun safe and pressed the weapon to his wife's head. >> he is facing a first-degree murder charge and the trial is slated for march 6th and two weeks set >>> thanks for your work out there. >> a family hopes an autopsy reveals clues because her and her sister were found dead. she joined her at that expensive resort in the island off east africa. stan bush explains the mysterious circumstances. >> reporter: the 37-year-old dream. the skate ter an

investigators say richard kirk ate pot edibles and killed his wife. she was murdered two years ago. her friends said richard was abusive. he says that's not true. the trial begins in march. >>> about 25% of people killed by police have a severe mental illness, it's what a ne that's something the aurora police department is trying change. they teamed up with the health center trying to deal with suspects with special needs. >> we're not teaching officers how to talk to people, but how to listen and draw information from the clients so we can assess their needs and figure out what will work best for them. >> the sergeant there says he wants to train every patrol officer. is 36-year-old christopher alm, just found dead. he disappeared from his home in may. investiiatorr say this is suspicious, but they have not told us how he died. >>> family is keeping hope for david cook, an experienced hiker who took off last wwek to hike but never came back. >>> it looks like other states across the country are going to follow our lead in colorado, try to make in november voters in maine, massachuse

a judge set richard kirk's trial for march of next year. kirk has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. investigators say he shot and killed kristin kirk in ddcember of 2014 while she was calling 911. in fact, detectives say you could hear her screaming, then >>> you remember the fights caught on camera along the 16th street mall in denver? those videos have gone viral and now the downtown deer partnership says they've had enough. the group met yesterday to look at the issues facing the mall and proposed to add 16 officers downtown creating a more permanent presence there on the mall. >> i'm excited about being able to get some officers down there full-time and really dive into the community policing and getting to know the area and have the responsibility for it. the number of officers staffed thhre, especially as we head into the typical slower months of the year. >>> colorado's pot industry could be facing some competition. pot sells are strong in our state, but a force outside of colorado could be changing things. voters in maine, m

. >> reporter: richard kirk killed his wife while high on marijuana edibles. the judge will decide today if he is bound for the mental health institute for trial.>>> the latest on a clown threat that police in greeley determined was in fact a hoax. what is next in the case. >>> on the campaign trail, first lady michelle obama is rallying hillary clinton voters and trump said clinton isn't

today a judge decided richard kirk is mentally stable enough to stand trial. kirk pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, to the shooting death of his wife 44 year old kristine kirk in her observatory park home in april of 2014. kirk says the edibles caused him delirium and psychotic like also we have been keeping an eye on what's been going on in the 16th street mall a gc by this picture so much violence of our the summer. the problem solvers pressing police to get a hold on this problem and now time for a check on that report card. let's go to jim. they covered all kinds of issues everything from panhandling aggressive panhandling to transportation some of the mall buses as well as s the videos we have seen all summer long about violence on the mall. the latest one this week coming out this type police moving in quickly with a fight broke out in able to make an arrest. a man attacked several people on the mall swinging a piece of pipe acting crazy. the video went viral around the country giving denver a bad name. added more police patrolled a private secur

. >> richard kirk pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the shooting death of his wife, chris. court documents show he was allegedly hallucinating after eating marijuana laced candy. it showed weeks before the shooting, he changed his payroll deposit from a joint account to a personal account. there were to stand trial. the court received a report from the colorado mental health institute in pueblo. it's not publicly available but we can assume he's competent because the court set a trial date of march 6th. now, i spoke briefly with his slain wife's mother after today's hearing. >> we miss our daughter every day. the children miss their mother this over. >> she and a few others are in, to get this going. we're told the trial will last about two weeks. a special jury panel has been ?alled. this is a high profiled case. reporting live in downtown denver, denver 7. >> also breaking right now, two american sisters found dead while on vacation on the african island of seashell and we're just learning one of those sisters most recently lived here in denver. >> the sisters are anny an

. >>> police say he was high on edibles when he murdered his wife and today richard kirk's mental state will be front and center. a mental evaluation was order add year ago. today we should learn the results >> the hearing is in 2 hours, he changed his plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity last year. he was sent to the state hospital. today we could learn the results from the evaluation. he's accused of having a psychological break and shooting his wife while she was on the phone with 911 in march of 2014. while on the phone his wife said she hadn't seen him act this way of marriage. in this case the defense will have to overcome the marijuana issued based on how colorado law is written if he was under the influence at the time of the shooting it makes it difficult to show he's legally insane. >> all right we've see today. >>> a man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his wife immediately following the guilty verdict the judge sentence. in october of last year theresa osmiss was found stabbed to death in her home. >>> investigators are still trying t

and today--richard kirk's mental state on that april night in 2014 will be front and center. the results of a mental evaluation will be presented in court today. during the 9-1-1 call- kris kirk told the dispatcher her husband hadn't acted that way in 15 years of marriage. state troopers want to talk to whoever's s-u-v this is. troopers say it was in the crater lake area at the time of a fatal hit and run on pt jason holden was headed east on larimer county road 8-e when he was hit by a vehicle trying to pass him. marty coniglio joins us.. back with another . >> if you want a little belly laugh right now, you got one coming. this is the second called family's funniest video. >> here the look is the parenting contributor and host of mlb central on the network, lauren giada. good morning. >> how many times do your kids say something funny, i wish i had that on video. these parents captured it perfectly. biggest pet peeve? al? >> i'm not even sure. >> what about you? >> is it possibly the toilet seat? >> it is. >> leaving the toilet seat up and this little lady not happening. tak

richard skishg mentally competent to stand trial. shooting was at their observatory park home in denver two years ago. kirk pled not competent to stand trial. the judge is set the trial for march next year. >>> denver police looking for a pair of bank robbers. a live look at the scene. and that search is tying up traffic near colorado boulevard. pair robbed compass bank on colfax in the park hill neighborhood. that's why an area is shut down for investigators. from 16th to 17th along albion street. >>> the search for a missing hiker near aspen has been suspended. crews have been looking hard past eight days. he had plans to summit a few 14ers in the wilderness. the sheriff's office ended the search for now. if new information comes to light, search operations will start up again. >>> sticker shock for a family when they opened up their electric bill. they found it had tripled and they don't even have air conditioning. a similar story like this before. >> reporter: that's right. and in both cases, the customer says that they saw this jump in their bill after a meter similar to this one was changed out on th

on a parallel track around the time that richard fields, who is the character at the center of kirk eichenwald's "newsweek" piece, had traveled down the cuba on trump's behalf. we know from a bloomberg report that around 2012, 2013, or maybe 2011-2012, there were others from the trump organization looking to develop golf courses in florida. there were cases over the decades that trump has explored business opportunities in cuba. one thing i'd like to point out, there's a possibility that donald trump is telling the truth about him not doing business in cuba. understand that he reimbursed a consultant that went down there. however, trump, if all the facts that we know right now are true, might have still been complicit in violating the u.s. cuba embargo because this consultant, richard fields, appeared to fly under false colors down there and use a charity as a phony excuseor going down. because under the embargo, you can go down to cuba and not need a license as long as you are fully hosted is what they call it by a non-u.s. entity, sometimes a charity. so it looked like from the documents that

richard burr down by one point and deborah ross up by one percent. they have a varied group here. who is most hurt by mr. trump. mark kirk from illinois.te republican he would have a better chance. and somebody in a weird way helped by donald trump is kelli a yotte. they are evenly matched and she was getting hurt by donald trump's position. and thou he's moved and doing well in the first congressional district. you are see will kelly a yotte get a bump there. >> and he was was was in new hampshire that week. you know, the >> the tail that wags the dog. >> you go in with the tide. snrngs right, right, of course. >> and helped to the top of the ticket. >> bottom line, democrats need five seatses. do you think that they will get that. >> it is harder to say they can't. donald trump's boost gives him not enough to win the election but boosts the better republican candidates to hold on in ohio and pennsylvania. it is hard for trump to win that. but pat toume has a better p shot. and you have a harder time seeing democrats and winning and keeping it even than three months ago. janet? >> and a race against time. the river about p to crest wa

kirk is the republican senate incumbent there. new hampshire. it is kelly ayotte, pennsylvania, pat toomey, wisconsin old ron johnson, in ohio, it's rob portman, in iowa, chuck grassley, in north carolina, richard burr, who is barely even campaigning to hold on to his seat. all of those states are very much in the mix in terms the of hillary clinton being on top of the ticket, having a good shot at carrying that state at the presidential level for the democratic party. that would create a very favorable environment for the senate races that are also going to be happening in those states, for the democratic challengers for all these republican senators. even the state of florida. florida, the presidential race is always close. looks like it will be close this year. who knows? hillary clinton certainly has a great chance of winning florida. they've got this weird senate election this year where marco rubio basically dug himself up and brought himself back from the dead after pledging for a long time emphatically, very clearly, that he definitely would not run for re-election for his senate seat. now he's running for re-election for his senate seat. but that makes him sort of not a typical incumbe

kirk is the republican senate incumbent there. new hampshire. it is kelly ayotte, pennsylvania, pat toomey, wisconsin old ron johnson, in ohio, it's rob portman, in iowa, chuck grassley, in north carolina, richard burr, who is barely even campaigning to hold on to his seat. all of those states are very much in the mix in terms the of hillary clinton being on top of the ticket, having a good shot at carrying that state at the presidential level for the democratic party. that would create a very favorable environment for the senate races that are also going to be happening in those states, for the democratic challengers for all these republican senators. even the state of florida. florida, the presidential race is always close. looks like it will be close this year. who knows? hillary clinton certainly has a great chance of winning florida. they've got this weird senate election this year where marco rubio basically dug himself up and brought himself back from the dead after pledging for a long time emphatically, very clearly, that he definitely would not run for re-election for his senate seat. now he's running for re-election for his senate seat. but that makes him sort of not a typical incumbe