in ship rock, new mexico, rick sallinger, cbs 4 news. >> huh. >> just a big loss in trust. ,, ,, ,, in the ocean and fish on a sandwich is that when ocean fish swim in pairs they're less likely to get eaten. arby's, . >>> i think we know steph curry is a great 3-point shooter. but pretty good from half court as well. pregame before taking on the hawks. curry draining 30 to 45-foot jumpers. made 5 and 6. some friendly passes. but 83% from that range? not bad. warriors, fastest to 50 wins after their win tonight. >>> nuggets are on pace to lose 50 games for a second straight year. they've had some good wins this season but embarrassing losses as well. yesterday would be one of those. they gave up 120 points at home to boston. lost by 20. michael malone said afterwards the team quit and played selfishly and said the reason freid didn't play in the 3rd quarter is because he asked to come out of the game. >> we need everybody at all cylinders every night. we, as a team, did not have a and some of our individual players didn't have a good night. kenneth being one of them. and he wasn't alone

live in arapahoe county, rick sallinger, cbs 4 news. >>> thanks, rick. new information now on a teenager accused of gravely wounding a mesa county sheriff's deputy, today, the sheriff's office identified that suspect as 17-year-old austin holser, he is currently charged with attempted second-degree murder. investigators say holser shot deputy derek geer during a monday. deputy geer is now on life support, his family says, until organ donations are complete. the suspect ran away after the shooting, but was found a short he will likely be tried as an adult. >>> and developing tonight, the investigation after two women are stabbed in fort collins. one has died. the larimer county coroner says cathy died of stab wounds to her head and neck. the other victim, is in critical condition. it all happened before midnight tuesday, in a home on stover street. then, several hours later, the police arrested one suspect, about a mile away. afternoon. >> kind of scary because you just don't know who is going to people. >> it's traumatic, it's the neighbors and people in

in ship rock, new mexico, rick sallinger, cbs 4 news. >> huh. in the ocean and fish on a sandwich is that when ocean fish swim in pairs they're less likely to get eaten. arby's, . >>> i think we know steph curry is a great 3-point shooter. but pretty good from half court as well. pregame before taking on the hawks. curry draining 30 to 45-foot jumpers. made 5 and 6. some friendly passes. but 83% from that range? not bad. warriors, fastest to 50 wins after their win tonight. >>> nuggets are on pace to lose 50 games for a second straight year. they've had some good wins this as well. yesterday would be one of those. they gave up 120 points at home to boston. lost by 20. michael malone said afterwards the team quit and played selfishly and said the reason quarter is because he asked to come out of the game. >> we need everybody at all cylinders every night. we, as a team, did not have a and some of our individual players didn't have a good night. kenneth being one of them. and he wasn't alone. but we need him. >> reporter: did you see this from the cavs-thunder game? a woman, who's a se

rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> neighborhoods are left in ruin after violent storms swept over the east coast: the storms blew the homes off their foundation. that twister in es sex county, virj, injured dozens of people. no one was killed, but the neighbors say there p a lot of close calls like this church, stood for a 140 years, now leveled. >> they were supposed to have

rick sallinger has continued to follow this story. rick. >>reporter: jim, the vote just town board and the san juan county commissioners have voted unanimously to ask governor hickenlooper to seek super fund designation from the epa. this comes after national attention on this bill and we went back to examine the impact. it was last august that millions of gallons of acid waste poured from the gold king mine. caused by an epa accident, it shined a new light on the dangers of abandoned mines. bill gardner is the town administrator for silverton. >> all of the gold king was clearly the harbinger of time for change, time to deal with our acid mine waste. >>reporter: a new water filtration plant has been built. it's not the sole answer to the plan. but resistance in and around silverton to categorizing these mines along the nation's worst melting away. that the designation as a super fund would nant area in a found a twie overcome that. -- they found a way to overcome that. instead, it's been strategically district. the water filt erg is planne

rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> neighborhoods are left in ruin after violent storms swept over the east coast: the storms blew the homes off their foundation. that twister in es sex county, virj, injured dozens of people. no one was killed, but the neighbors say there p a lot of close calls like this church, stood for a 140 years, now leveled. >> they were supposed to have in the hospital for something else. >> we'll survive it. we'll get over this. >> a twister blew through a mobile home park in waverly, virginia yesterday. 3 people died there, including a 2-year-old boy. >>> a passenger who took a rough ride on a royal caribbean cruise ship is filing a class action lawsuit against that company. claims royal caribbean knew or should have known about that major storm in the atlantic, that battered the ship two weeks ago. cruise line cancelled the trip and returned to new jersey, the 4500 passengers did get a refund and half off a future cruise. >>> apparently, nevada governor brian sandoval doesn't want a seat on the supreme court. one of president barack obama's potential nominee says

cbs4 investigator rick sallinger in the newsroom tonight with the new information, rick. police tells me that his sdpt no longer -- department is no longer involved in the investigation, it was turned over yesterday to the fbi. it was january 22nd when a syringe labelled fentanyl was removed and replaced with another one. rocky allen tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana. the state commission of professions and occupations had allen's license suspended. patients who had surgery done at swedish were notified to be tested to see if they had been affected by contaminated needles. so far, there's no word that anyone had. you may remember, a rose medical center employee kristen parker's investigation was also handled by the fda and dea, she pleaded guilty in 2009, switching needles to obtain fentanyl from an operating room and the case convicted of stealing painkillers and replacing them with say lean solution. as for rocky allen, and the swedish hospital investigation, stay tuned, he has not been charged, there could be further developments soon. karen. >> rick, thank you. >>> now, t

our investigator rick sallinger talked to dear last month, rick was in court in the springs today. rick, i was supposed to be fairly basic mental competency hearing. >>reporter: jim, we learned today that the state hospital report on whether robert dear is fit to stand trial, is not ready yet. it will be done next month. and they'll hold a hearing on march 23rd to turn over that report. but the defendant was present, here in court today, and once again, tried to have his say. victims and their families were on hand for the court hearing. silently until the proceedings were about over. i'd lake to say something, your honor, he said. the judge told him, he may not. then, as he was leaving, dear turned to the media, come see me, i have secret case files, he said. i'll tell you about it. get an exclusive. last month, by phone, he called us, he said his problems began while watching the branch siege in texas. >> started 22 years ago, in waco, i'm a christian, and so when they burned up those christians, and 17 little kids, i was pretty upset about it and >>reporter: dear claimed he has

live at the capitol, rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> thank you, rick. clear and crisp around town today, and ed, looks like we're going to be warming up, huh? >> that's right, doppler 4,000 shows we have nothing but sunshine around here. the big picture, more of the same, lots of sunshine, but with sunshine comes drying conditions and i'll show you where we have a fire weather watch. . has seen in government, should the agency be able to force apple to help hack a terrorist's phone. apple had a new move in the debate today. >> find out what to expect for the final gop debate before super tuesday. >> with is and what an airline is promising after a family says a boy was remove oed from a flight for -- removed from a ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for wo

then the deputy said hobbs agreed to a field sobriety test >> i'm rick sallinger the division of floats vehicles office in denver where religious head coverings will no longer have to be removed for driver's license photos. s they had been told they had to photos. women were ordered to put head scarves behind their ears. the attorney general and homeland security have agreed the regulations were being interpreted too strictly. >> a disabled resident lost his home for failing to pay $175 in property taxes. bob hike cue is one of four who have lost their home for that loan. he couldn't afford to pay his property taxes when he came down with ms now he's being say they gave him months of warnings but never heard back from him and investor both bought his 175-dollar tax lien sold the house to a property company. mchugh says the company refuses to negotiate selling him back his home. the treasurer says everything about the sale was legal, but that government officials are meeting to brain storm ways to prevent this from happening again. >> how about 70 degrees tomorrow. only chance for rain o

rick sallinger travels back to the region to show us the lingering affects. >> the environmental disaster. now, we return to see the impacts. >> we decided as farmers to turn the water source off of this spill. >>reporter: how the water from colorado has left its mark on farmers from a tribe in new mexico. >> i would like to farm again, but i don't know if i can go >>reporter: the aftermath of the gold king mine spill. >> we hope you'll watch as we return to gold king mine tonight on cbs 4 news at 10:00. >>> let's get back to the viewhouse centennial and mark. >> thank you, karen. we are hanging out with cody mcleod from the colorado avalanche as they get ready to host the red wings. riddle l me this, brought to you by your colorado land rover retailers, a q and a session for the guest. ready for riddle me this? very challenging segment. growing up, who was your favorite player or players? >> i've always liked cam neely from the boston bruins, and physical, they always played the game hard, love watching them play. nobody messed around with them on the ice. they seemed to put the puck in

rick sallinger at swedish now with the new information, so, tests been linked to the allen case? >>reporter: not yet, jim, and in fact, three attorneys told us that a total of 6 of their clients have been informed that their test reports are positive, but it's not clear why. >> these are patients that had surgery at swedish medical center during the time period that rocky allen was a surgical tech, they were tested buy bilab core, and they have tested positive for blood born path generals. >>reporter: attorney says those clients are being retested, no make sure that the results were not false positives. the task then becomes determining where that contracted the viruses. rocky allen was fired and later federally charged after he was found taking fentanyl from this operating room. >> if rocky allen was able to gain access to fentanyl, then somebody at swedish medical center must not have been following the federal and state >>reporter: those rules require that medications be kept under lock and key until use. but rocky allen was fired for similar activities then hired at different

live in denver rick sallinger cbs 4 news. >>> to the latest on the dade deadly shooting a gut in park county. investigators say the shooter bought the rifle legally in 2012. they went to martin wirth's house to serve an eviction odds. he killed deputy nate carrigan deputy kolby martin remains in the hospital. here you see him smiling with trauma surgeon. >>> arapahoe county sheriff's deputy was moved out of the icu after surviving a crash. deputy foreman was responding to a car when a driver hit his patrol car that were nearly 3 weeks ago. a blood drive on behalf of deputy foreman has collected nearly 200 units of blood. >>> a cherry creek bus driver said he had a beer for lunch and drove kids home from school. howard nathan on that story from west middle school in greenwood village. howard hobbs told investigators he was on medication at the time. >>reporter: he told them a lost things. in this arrest report he says he was taking nyquil, day quill and he had theraflu. was 9:30 on thursday, thursday morning and at that point the kids were already in school. then comes lunch he had a b

cbs 4 investigators rick sallinger has the new information right now from a dmv office in denver. >>reporter: the regulations were written by the u.s. department of homeland security, but interpreted by the division of motor vehicles. now there is agreement that perhaps they had been removal of the turban in public is is forbidden. driver's license photos. >> i immediately contacted the department of justice to let them know this incident had happened at the department of motor vehicless. >>reporter: the seeks were not the only ones to complain. >> i came home and i was feeling really bad why would they make me do that. why are they trying to take pieces away from me this is my identity. >> not in america. i >>reporter: regulations for driver's license photos indicate the face must be visible. but u.s. attorney john walsh says it wasn't clear. >> we were able to give them guidance that said you don't need to have to have people

dear originally asked to represent himself in a phone call with our rick sallinger dear said the attack was, quote, spur of the moment. in an earlier court appearance, he said he was guilty. he is due in court in just over an hour. >>> a developing story now after denver police arrest a man who broke into a preschool. that man, 22-year-old benjamin henry wallace appeared in court this morning. staff members say he tried to enter the catholic charities building then kicked in the window of another building. into its emergency protocol. >> unfortunately the intruder did gain access into the facility but due to the quick thinking of staff he was locked into a room that he couldn't gain access to the main facility. >> none of the kids or the staff were hurt. police arrived within minutes and arrested wallace. >>> our blue skies have returned and the temps are warming up but that's also bringing another round of dangerous conditions. meteorologist lauren whitney is tracking red flag warnings for us in colorado's weather center. lauren, what's up? >> for the eastern plains right now we do hav

rick sallinger tells us this is a temporarily opening. >>reporter: neuropathy were killed -- 3 killed and 9 wounded. this building is ready to open, but president victor coward says for now only in part. >> we'll be providing the range of services as the same as before, but a reduced number. we won't be able to see as many people. >> of the three killed, there were clients and a third was a police officer who came to help. the staff in the clinic -- away from the gunman robert deer. >> the brave and remarkable center that day have just recovered so well. >> shield the babies. >> the gunman deer called himself a warrior for the babies. by phone from jail last month he told us he did not plan the attack in advance. he wants to plead guilty and expected to be put to death. >> apologies, no. i say they're going to execute me that, that will be apology enough. >> he said his goal was to prevent abortions. he interfered with people accessing health care. >> today, the mayor of colorado springs will honor three groups for their response during t

rick sallinger live in larimer square. police are warning fans, break the law, get arrested. in '98 and '99 when the broncos won the super bowl, and also when the avalanche won the stanley cup. i can tell you those joyous celebrations can quickly turn quite ugly. the year was 1998. there was jubilation as the

cbs4's rick sallinger was there that day, and right now, he has new information about the shooting and stabbings. rick. >>reporter: jim, the man at the center of attention is derrick duran, a department of corrections employee. picture of him, holding a gun, today, we have more photos from just after that. with one man dead and several others injured, the question being asked is why no arrests? in this photo, department of corrections employee derrick duran is seen holding a gun. he is in clothing associated with the iron order motorcycle club. >> the 16 iron order members that were there were solely outnumbered. and this altercation all started because of the mongols and their attempt to harm and/or kill some of our members. >>reporter: in this photo, duran is seen with his hands behind his back. presumably cuffed. then, in another picture, he's standing with the police with his hands not cuffed. but the lawyer for the mongols claim to us that duran fired his weapon and should be in custody. >> the entire motorcycle that mr. duran is being given preferential treatment because he is la

cbs4 investigator rick sallinger is on the top story tonight from the federal courthouse in denver. you learned an awful lot more in that court today. >> reporter: federal prosecutors revealed that rockey allen had a history of being fired from hospitals for drug-related incidents. here is a letter that was written to him by a hospital in san diego where he was accused of stealing fentanol. syringe, you pulled it out of your sock and put it on the table. apparently, swedish hospital was not aware of this. an operation was about to take place at swedish hospital, but the court was told the surgical technician rockey allen wasn't even supposed to be in that room. fda agent christie berg testified that allen was fired from four hospitals for drug theft and is under investigation at another. she said he left the jobs that he was fired from off his resume. it was not revealed if swedish hospital did any preemployment drug screening. the attorney representing several of the potential victims from swedish spoke today. >> looks like he was lying about his resume where he had been. we know h