rick sallinger live to explain why this is illegal in colorado. seems pretty harmless. >> reporter: well, it is true. take a picture of your completed ballot and you could end up behind bars. the denver da sent out a warning regarding that today and the aclu said it sounded to them like a threat. it's okay ak a ballot in hand, but don't you dare show who you voted for. colorado's secretary of state wayne williams says it's a misdemeanor that carries up to a thousand dollar fine and up to a year in jail. >> the reason for that is the possibility of selling a vote or trading that vote for something. >> reporter: the prohibition is not just in colorado, but in various states and in countries around the world. release reminding voters that posting selfies with filled-in ballots is prohinted. the american civil liberties union calls it a crazy law. >> i thought issues that release at this point in time is like a tacit threat to prosecute people for exercising their right to take photographs of themselves with their ballots. >> reporter: the law against

cbs4's rick sallinger reported on that sweep. he's back on the story tonight. it sounds a time around. >> it was. the police, sheriff's department and the department of public works along without reach workers were out here today but this time around as you can see the homeless were allowed to stay. >> reporter: they're life possessions in a shopping cart. the home is a sidewalk. the landlord arrived today not to kick them out but to clean up hazard. crystal priest was tidying it up on her own. >> why are you here after they've cleaned everybody out and moved them away? >> there's no place to go. >> reporter: she called the shelters like a prison yard with all the restrictions, even though they have hundreds of open beds. >> just -- so you get kicked out or you say something stupid to somebody one day, get kicked out forever. >> reporter: the area is beginning to did before last march when the city of denver moved the homeless out and cleaned the place up. people who work around here are not happy. >> garbage, people using our building like a bathroom and thing

cbs4's rick sallinger live right now outside a denver king soopers. rick, that's where some of that apparently not difficult to spot. he stands just 3 feet 6 inches tall, has a ponytail and is on crutches. authorities believe he purchased a phone here meant to detonate a bomb. >> reporter: it's being described as a sophisticated explosive device. it was found tuesday morning outside the nederland police department in a backpack. several attempts were made to detonate the cell phone but it did not explode. we learned david ansberry had separate visits to the town this month. caryn ashley is the assistant manager. >> jaws on the floor. and i think all of us together explained, you know, of all the people, i would not have suspected this one. >> reporter: while the bomb was being examined, crews evacuated the area. the nederland police chief remembered seeing someone fitting ansberry's description nearby. the motel was contacted. cab with his bags, he was very adamant about one of his bags not being touched. >> reporter: the search for the suspect took th

cbs4's rick sallinger live for us tonight. you did just talk with cdot. >> clearly taking responsibility for this accident. it is giving $5,000 right off the bat to families who lost their home, and that's just the beginning. >> reporter: it was big, fast, and destructive. the fire wiped out eight homes and numerous outbuildings. now it appears it all began with a cdot worker moving rocks to prevent erosion. >> what we presume happen or that's maybe what started this fire. >> reporter: the equipment involved the cdot employee who simultaneously called 911 and tried to put out the fire with dirt and rocks. winds at the time were clocked between 30 and 50 miles per hour. the point of origin, near the track hoe. >> the only thing we could not eliminate at the site by the detectives on scene or through forensic analysis of the power >> reporter: those who lost their homes are now turning to the state for compensation. >> this is one of those situations again where we recognize that it was incredibly difficult and the fact that thi

cbs4's rick sallinger is at the stadium this afternoon. still not a lot of details on what actually happened here. >> it was a tragic ending to an otherwise upbeat night. stadium management company. this incident happened shortly after the game ended about 9:44 p.m. a fan was taken to the hospital after falling over a stairwell railing. the denver fire department indicated it was about a 30 to 50-foot drop. ambulances were seen on the north side of mile high. the person was rushed to denver health medical center where he, an adult male, was later pronounced dead.de investigation of this incident. so far the name of the victim has not been released. live at mile high stadium, rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >> rick, thank you very much. >>> right now rolled semi, loose cattle are causing problems on i-70. some cows died when that truck rolled right near georgetown. now several are still nearby the interstate, but will still need to be moved. the crash closed the eastbound the driver not hurt. >>> happening right now, the catholic archdiocese is

cbs4's rick sallinger explains how this one today was different. >> good evening. in america's largest city, park avenue is considered a place of distinction and wealth. here it's a last resort for the down and out. another reminder of that today. >> reporter: their life possessions i their home is a sidewalk. the landlord arrived today, not to kick them out but to clean up what's been turned a health hazard. crystal was tidying it up on her own. >> why are you here after they cleaned everybody out and moved them away? >> there's no place to go. >> reporter: she called the >> just -- so you get kicked out or you say something stupid to somebody one day. get kicked out forever. >> reporter: the area is beginning to look a lot like it did last march when the city of denver moved the homeless out and cleaned the place up. people who work around here are not happy. >> garbage, people using the building like a bathroom and things like that. we certainly were hoping that was going to stop. >> but the people who come here say it's because they feel the problem with outrea

rick sallinger explains why. >> it's okay to take a selfie with ballot in hand but don't you dare show who you voted for. colorado secretary of state wayne williams says it's a misdemeanor that carries up to $1000 fine and up to a year in jail. >> the reason for that is the possibility of selling a vote, or trading that vote for something. not just in colorado but in various states and countries around the world. the denver da sent out this press release reminding voters that posting selfies with filled in ballots is prohibited . the american civil liberties union calls it a crazy law. >> i thought issuing that release at this point in time is like a tacit threat to prosecute people for exercising their right to take photographs of >> the law may have teeth but not much of a bite. >> has anyone ever been prosecuted for this? >> i can't speak as to whether anyone ever has, i am not aware of any within the last few years. >> reporter: at selling one's vote is usually a matter taken to -- much more seriously than just a wink and a nod. >> rick sallinger reporting for us. -- the law repeal

cbs4's rick sallinger joins us with a closer look at the video and the final report tonight. rick? >> reporter: karen, the video was one element of many that was examined during this investigation. but in the end, the cause of that video shows the bus on level four at dia running off the road directly into the pillar. it was believed to be going 35 to 40 miles per hour at the time. in the 15 per mile per hour zone. the camera was not close enough to reveal if the driver suffered a medical emergency. neither could the autopsy. the bus contained coaches and members of the legacy high school football team. they had just returned from the game in california. that bus made an unexplained return to the terminal after picking up the players. the bus would not have made it under the level for overhang. so could that be why the driver turned off the road? >> conceivable. it's hard for me to conclude that because again, we had witnesses on board the bus who indicated that there was no effort to stop emergency braking. >> reporter: i spoke to the today. and he said he believes that his wife d

rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> happening today new rules for pot packaging go into effect. the new guidelines apply to marijuana products and determine how the pot is packaged. all businesses need a universal logo with a symbol to show edibles are a form of marijuana and not another type of food. the labelling will also say "keep out of reach of children." >>> in a matter of hours c sksu and wyoming hit the gried iron for the border war -- -- gridiron. the game attracts lots of attention and game day traffic so be aware. watching for dui drivers and those not wearing seat belts on highway 287. kick off is at 8:45 in fort collins. >>> it's been a bad year on the streets of denver for racing and there's been several deaths and numerous injuries. cbs4 investigator rick sallinger shows us a tool police are using to try to bring this to an end. 0. >> reporter: they gather to how do you stop this activity? >> i think you stop it with enforcement. >> reporter: they're hitting them where it hurts. >> you say the police can't stop this, why? ? >> because it's not stoppable. >> watch

life in jenson county, rick sallinger, cbs 4 news. >> thank you, we will get back lauren whitney. >> 73 in burlington, 69 in denver and 60 in gunnison and 65 in craig rite now. take a look at 53 degrees in walden, cooler in our northwestern area. gusts at 340 miles per hour, aspen and gunnison had some storms moving through, rightab storms kind of falling off in the foothills, a little rain out near sterling and rain through high parts of the county. aspen area, marble we do have snow up there, some rain. this is in our very high elevation, so little activity, wider look at what's happening, we are in a zone of flow heading our direction, so moisture creeping on in. some clouds increase, some storms in the midwest and iowa and looking at some dry which is good. they need it after hurricane matthew. take a look at our front, right now in the pacific northwest. tuesday, tomorrow start to get a few more showers in the evening hours in our high country and wednesday much colder air behind this and looking at temperatures dropping 15 to 20 degrees. a few more clouds will start to build in

live in denver, rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> we continue to follow our breaking news. a thousand acre wildfire near pueblo county. five buildings including some homes have burned. firefighters can't really douse it from the air because the winds are so intense. ed greene in colorado's weather center. with these winds even a small fire can get to be a >> exactly right. because it's been so dry and the gusty winds do that for you. once the front goes by then we'll be all right behind it. rain and snow in the mountains but that front just about to go through the metro area. once it does it will cool us down. by how much? i'll let you know coming up. >> also coming, plans left smoldering. the department says this is part of a much bigger problem. >> we all know traffic along the front range is already bad and there's concern it's going to future of transit in denver. >> plus we're live at the view house centennial getting ready for xfinity monday live. broncos linebacker brandon marshall going to be our guest tonight. coming up in sports, we'll tell you what gary kubiak is

live in englewood, rick sallinger, cbs news. >>> those broncos fans might need a jacket. >> i think so. it's going to be a perfect night for football, especially years ago that green bay game, snowed the entire game. we do have moisture moving in from the west. big system off the coast and drag a cold front with it and as it does, pushing moisture our way. pumping that up into our area, let's go to lauren whitney. >> we might not get a ton from it, but we will take all we can get. the jet stream is just over colorado and we will see high but dry air toward the eastern plains and temperatures fairly warm. there is an area of low pressure going to ride that jet stream as well. and with that does some moisture. some of our high country could pick up snow through tomorrow night. maybe about 1 to 4 inches and most of that could be in our central mountains and parts of rio blanco county. for the most part not a ton from it, but we will take all moisture we can get and temperatures remain pretty warm for the rest of the week, but warm up just a smidge middle of the week. >> 82 is what we had

. >> rick sallinger reporting for us. paul rosenthal has tried multiple times to get the road -- the law repealed but so far that proposal has failed. >>> clamors -- scammers claiming to be with the irs are going after college kids. the callers try to fool victims into paying thousands of dollars for a federal student -- tax which does not exist. we spoke with people who say they fake calls are not uncommon. >> i think people who are out on their own for the first time, there 18 and they just don't know any better. >> the irs will never ask for payment or personal information over the phone. spot -- >>> a police officer responded dash cam video is shows the mom holding her body -- the limp son's body. he watched officer chase miller give cpr. he told the dad to continue chest compressions while he ran to the patrol car to grab the mask. miller returned and after about two more minutes the boy started breathing. >> i was very thankful, very relieved that he started breathing, started coughing and crying. >> the officer mil

but cbs4 investigator rick sallinger shows us police believe it might save lives. >> reporter: we watched from camera. what was taking place here was not only dangerous, it was illegal. it's a sunday night ritual here along south federal boulevard. >> they just kind of bring their cars to maybe like show off what they have or something. but they start racing. >> reporter: when we first observed this parking lot at federal and arkansas, it was packed with crowds cheering on the spinning cars. >> how do you stop this activity? >> well, i think you with enforcement. >> reporter: and that enforcement is designed to strike the racers where it hurts the most. when we returned, there were only two cars in the once crowded lot. both police cars. the enforcement is much more than just stopping speeders and giving out tickets. police are making good on that threat to tow and impound vehicles under the city of denver public nuisance law. >> why are you towing this one? federal. >> how fast do you think they were going? >> faster than the speed limit. >> reporter: the cars or trucks are usually held

but cbs4 investigator rick sallinger shows us police believe it might save lives. >> reporter: we watched from the crowd using a cell phone camera. what was taking place here was not only dangerous, it was >> they just kind of bring their cars to maybe like show off what they have or something. but they start racing. >> reporter: when we first observed this parking lot at federal and arkansas, it was packed with crowds cheering on the spinning cars. >> how do you stop this activity? >> well, i think you stop it with enforcement. >> reporter: and that enforcement is designed to strike the racers where it the most. when we returned, there were only two cars in the once crowded lot. both police cars. the enforcement is much more than just stopping speeders and giving out tickets. police are making good on that threat to tow and impound vehicles under the city of denver public nuisance law. >> why are you towing this one? >> they were racing down federal. >> how fast do you think they were going? >> faster than the speed limit. >> reporter: the cars or trucks to get them back, there are stora

monday night at 10:00 cbs4 investigator rick sallinger shows us a tool police are >> they're gathering to watch the auto aerobatics. it often leads to racing. >> how due stop this activity? >> well, i think that you stop it with enforcement. >> reporter: they are hitting them where it hurts. >> you say the police can't stop this. why? >> because it's not stoppable. >> watch rick's report, street racing, that's tomorrow night at 10:00 on cbs4 news. >>> final check >> we have a little roller coaster ourselves in the weather. on tuesday you might be going, woo! tomorrow should be in the 70s and 80s across the east, 50s and 60s in the mountains. so 54 looks to be the overnight low tonight. tomorrow 82 for the high. it is going to be very windy tomorrow. then the fire danger goes up. so we've got worry about that. tuesday will be the cool-down, down the 67. it will be a little breezy. a cool, cloudy rainy day, but we break out of it pretty quick on friday. thursday will be an interesting day. probably have a little mountain snow and maybe a little rain/snow mix in denver early in the moorin