especially southern colorado. today for us, going to be warm and dry moving to 60s, almost 70 around here. then as we focus in southern colorado here, here we are tomorrow afternoon. starts to move to south western colorado and southeast too. we'll get showers there. saturday morning we continue to see rain and snow above 8,000 feet. move to central and southeast part of the state. going to be very nice. we could see showers in the foothills south and west of the metro saturday. i don't think it's going to rain around here. south and west, we could end up with good rain by the end of the day saturday. >>> can6:46. plenty of cars out and about moving through smoothly. things are opening up. we've seen earlier crashes cleared from the morning drive. take a look at this, cdot camera 25 evans, further south southwest of colorado boulevard. we're seeing speeds track 35 to 45 miles per hour. no issues north or wreck on eastbound stretch around 270. gary, southbound wads worth is back open at independence. >> that's good

colorado we met in florence. is very inspiring very emotional. i'm glad to see such a beautiful resting place for our troops. what will letter way to preserve their story. to have one of their brothers tell every chance they get guys like 93 old richard of golden in the memories of his time spent in the tenth mountain division. one word pride all the accomplishments one into one thing called pride. still give speeches about his time i wore for two reasons to preserve the legacy of the mountain troops. to honor those fellows who didn't come back. they would want us to tell a a story and tell it well. there legacy is also perfect effort preserved deep in the storage room home to thousands of artifacts commonly housed in the tenth on division resource center they have a database on every man who served and intent including it turns out my own grandfather. charles carnot was assigned to company b my grandpa chuck are years old when he went to italy to serve with them on division i never knew this intel now but kelly

tomorrow afternoon, we'll s colorado. don't think they'll make it to our area tomorrow. 50s in the southwest. we'll reach most highs before lunchtime. after lunch, once it gets cloudy and rainy, really going to get cooler. showers transition more southeast tomorrow during the day. it will bring clouds in here during the afternoon. we are anticipating a few light showers in and near the couple of cloud this is afternoon. still way warm in the upper 60s. we'll keep it close to 40 tonight. tomorrow and sunday, both in the mid to upper 60s. showers and foothills, few clouds hanging around sunday morning on the back side of this system. peeking of back, you will want to turn your clocks back saturday night or sunday morning. we do return to standard time this weekend. we have a small chance for rain on monday. i'm not impressed withny it turns cooler on election day. really getting back into the average temperatures here for the middle of the coming week. >>> this morning's trouble spot on your roads c470 and bowles. it's been

it turned out to be one of the nastiest colorado but not only in colorado but the country, one that drew the attention of top of the send it from both parties -- of the top representatives from both parties. >> they've launched attack after attack against me. let's be honest. they threw everything against me but the kitchen sink. barack obama michelle obama -- it >> denver has elected its first ever female district attorney. we spoke with beth mccann who says she broke a glass ceiling. >> i think people are ready for women leadership and i think women are showing that they have the qualifications, the capabilities, the desire and the competence to lead the city. >> we did ask our local winners to join us this morning in studio. they all declined. >> it took lots of polls trump the next president of the >>> it's still up in the air whether people in denver will be able to consume marijuana in some bars and restaurants. initiative 300 which would allow for marijuana use in bars for people 21 and over is still too close to call this morning. >> meanwhile a big win for marijuana and several

fourth season here at colorado. more than 30 years as a coach, passed away this january after a 20 year battle with multiple sclerosis. mike macintyre learned so much from his dad. he played for his dad for a short period of time at vanderbilt, one of the programs that his father turned around, like he has turned around san jose state, and now the colorado program. still carries a coin with him that commemorates his dad's coach of the year honor. it is in his pocket right on second and fourth, it is lindsay again. plowing forward! and spotted right at the marker. >> brady: credit jeromy irwin. the left tackle was the player to come in and get phillip lindsay the extra burst. that's not a very favorable spo the utah defense, and irwin gave him another little child. that is 100% legal. you can push, you just can't pull, a ballcarrier. >> joe: will it to move the chains, or will it be third down and third and a couple of inches. >> brady: the last couple snaps we have seen colorado play from under center. typically in

s colorado springs. he's then going to head to castle rock and cap off his jam packed day with an appearance in aurora. the rush for some last-minute face time in colorado comes as the most recent poll shows the race tightening here. a university of denver poll released wednesday showed clinton and trump basically in a dead heat. if you had any doubts about colorado being a swing state, the fact that both bill clinton and ben carson have scheduled a colorado is crucial in this election. also taking part in a big campaign push is senator bernie sanders. he's actually headed to colorado on saturday. he's going to make stops in colorado springs and aurora, stumping for hillary clinton. we've got all the details and we'll continue to follow these visits up until campaign day. live from the capitol, jamie leary, cbs4 >>> thank you. how it was one of the busiest days yesterday for both democrats and republicans. >> reporter: with just days to go, hillary clinton and donald trump are waging a battle for the whi

casey unra is a former nurse at university of colorado hospital in aurora. she is accused of mishandling and possibly taking medications working in the dialysis unit. the state health department was notified about the possible drug diversion in july. unra was arrested yesterday. fewer than 50 people where she worked were told to be tested for hepatitis c. so far there is no evidence of any infections. the number of patients possibly affected in this case is far fewer than the one involving rocky allen. he was a surgical tech at swedish medical center who pleaded guilty to stealing fentanyl and putting nearly 3,000 patients at risk. and may face seven to 11 years in prison. >>> a niwot high school teacher was arrested accused of assaulting a student in class. 43-year-old dillon hollingsworth turned himself into the boulder county jail this afternoon. he grabbed a 17-year-old by the neck and kicked him in the groin for using profanity. apparently he had warned his weight lifting class the next person to swear would be punished. at least 25 other students were

it's warmer on this side of the state than in south western colorado. then tomorrow we begin to showers transition to the south and up to the front range foothills. i don't think they get in closer than that. partly cloudy today. 69 degrees, near 40 tonight we'll stay in the mid to upper 60s over the weekend with a few showers in the foothills on saturday. then another chance for really light rain coming up around here on monday late in the afternoon. . >> we're getting another view of this accident across our c470 left lane is blocked it's called a roll over. what we haven't seen is the car that rolled yet. we see this fifth wheel trailer up right and on the wheels in the median of the highway. as for delays, they're going to build up quickly. you can see the flashing lights and slow downs people are force into. drivers are only in the right lane of the westbound stretch leading up towards bowles avenue that's where the crash sits. backups will grow quickly. i anticipate them growing back to santa fe by said and done we'll keep a close eye on this. tak

nevada, virginia, colorado for clinton. this morning's opening bell uncertain, dhows sinking lower overnight and nasdaq and s&p futures temporarily halted. wall street nervous. >> now it becomes >> reporter: exit polls tell an interesting story, the rural vote, white voters without college degrees underestimated as the vote continues -- continued. >>> we're back live on democracy plaza where reaction is pouring in from all over the world with world leaders many israel's prime minister saying now that he is a friend of israel but also some foreign leaders expressing concern and perhaps jitters about what this may mean for the relationship with the united states and for allies in europe. >> tracie potts reporting in new york, thanks. >>> republicans also control the house and senate this morning. they retain several key states that the democrat -- in colorado beating out his contender darryl glenn. in his acceptance speech he reiterated the need for the parties to work together. >> people all over colorado understand that som

right here in colorado. the campaign visit happening today, chicago is celebrating while cleveland is crying >>> hi mom. coming out of her mouths at that moment, right? oh my goodness. chicago celebrating while cleveland is crying this morning. cubs ended the 108 year drought in a game that got pushed to 10 innings. >> it was a late one. it was an exciting one. just crazy game. all right. good morning everyone. we'll talk about it coming up. gary, corey, cheryl with you and marty with us too. temperatures back in the 70s marty. >> yeah for a going to see warm readings today. combine with sun and little wind. going to be nice to be outside during the day today. calm, dry, mild. not going to have showers as we did yesterday at this time. you're going to cruise through the morning with dry conditions. watch out for sun glares after 7:30 this morning. then into the upper 60s for our daytime highs today we're dry around here. in fact the entire state is dry

denver first kha*rpblg in near ham den and colorado boulevard. >> . colorado's move over law. meant to protect troopers. and other first responders. >> . two videos clearly show the semi-truck driver accused of hitting and killing don hue. last friday. had plenty of room to switch lanes. but didn't. >> live along i 25. with a close -r look at the law. and how effective it's been. >> . more than a thousand drivers in colorado have been cited just this year. that doesn't mean people are actually moving over. like they're supposed to. i talked to c-dot. and police. both tell me they think a majority of drivers are not following this law. and 3 troopers have been hit and killed in colorado. in the past 18 months. >> . all 50 states now have move over laws. colorado has been on the books since 2006. but it hasn't exactly persuaded drivers to do the right thing. >> . people are not moving over. into the next lane. >> he works on the c-dot crew. tasked with removing debris from the highway. >> tires. mattresses. like i said. >> tim is has had 4 coworkers hit on the job. the one that

if he wins, colorado could decide this. smaller states including iowa, nevada, and new hampshire up for grabs. >> i want to thank the 20,000 people who have volunteered. >> reporter: clinton's daughter. >> trump, trump, trump! >> reporter: and trump's son among those courting voters here in the final days. >> it is a very energetic crowd. normally i ask you to bring 1,000 of your closest friends to vote. >> reporter: the campaign's ground games al here. >> we are going to win. >> reporter: the together we are stronger bus hit the road for clinton. >> this is james calling from the trump campaign. >> reporter: while volunteers worked the phones for trump with nearly 2 million ballots still out there every day, they say, is election day. >> rush, rush, rush. some people here, six, seven hours. >> reporter: the ballot races are tightening. a new poll shows our race glen has narrowed to four points and bennett has launched an attack ad. bill clinton and ben carson will both be here tomorrow. we are live in denver, shaun boyd, c

fourth season here at colorado. more than 30 years as a coach, passed away this january after a 20 year battle with multiple sclerosis. mike macintyre learned so much from his dad. he played for his dad for a short period of time at vanderbilt, one of the programs that his father turned around, like he has turned around san jose state, and now the colorado program. still carries a coin with him that commemorates his dad's coach of the it is in his pocket right now. on second and fourth, it is lindsay again. plowing forward! and spotted right at the marker. >> brady: credit jeromy irwin. the left tackle was the player to come in and get phillip lindsay the extra burst. spot. as you see lindsay bounce off the utah defense, and irwin gave him another little child. that is 100% legal. you can push, you just can't pull, a ballcarrier. >> joe: will it to move the and short? third and a couple of inches. >> brady: the last couple snaps we have seen colorado play from under center. typically in the scenario you see sefo liu

this is a map of colorado. of the green dots represent state licensed stores, stores licensed by the state to sell marijuana. circa 2004. there are actually hundreds of these estate licensed in colorado and another state as well, but even as this commercial supply has caught on, there is something that the states haven't done. again, it is surprising only until you consider federal law. lets me give you my final example here. where are the state run marijuana source? to this day, note-- no state has directly owned and operated a marijuana store, a commercial marijuana store. this isn't surprising to me. in light of this experience following the repeal of alcohol prohibition and with the states repeal any decided to and operate a piece of the alcohol distribution market. they thought of this as a way to curb illegal sales of alcohol and also a way to curb private for-profit enterprises to grow their market. that model has lost some popularity today, but even today a third of the states continue to directly contr

colorado on saturday. yesterday was one of the coolest days we have seen. highs near 60 and today, close to 60 by lunch in the next few hours and highs in the mid to upper 60s by 3:00. plenty of sunshine, mostly su and down the front range and du and highlands ranch. i want the 30s and snow. it's not happening. coming up with the storm, i'll tell you what it looks like in fut cast in a few minutes. >>> take a look at that blue laser there. someone flashed that at air for police to stop by talking to them flashing the laser, you can see them putting the suspect in the back of the car. >>> a warning for parent. awarning for an app called music.ly. the child sex offender unit saying third graders received inappropriate p the app. >> 1-third grader shared her experience. >> i was at a sleep over and doing this one called live.ly, getting messages that were inappropriate. . >> there are private settings on thedenverchannel.com. >>> looking for a man that around 1:15 this morning at jerry's. the man stabbed is i

plenty of fallout from colorado and beyond. marshall zelinger has more on the big events. >> within these borders of colorado, we didn't follow the nation's lead. i'm here with the professor of public policy and paul, things are -- ballots city being counted. three of four of us votes. in the yellows and greens, 80 to 60% voter turnout. haven't cal crated all of the ballot. should not be red. >> what are we learning from the colors of this map? >> i think good for colorado, coming in to vote, and could be a lesson for the nation and makes it easier for people to vote beforehand and on election day. and the actual results in colorado are a little bit status quo, interesting compared to the nation. a stunner. in senate, didn't change much. the congressional races, the incumbents won. different race in colorado than nationally. >> everything staying the same in the u.s. senate and congress, but the legislature. democrats tried to pick up one seat for control of the governor's mansion and the state house. picking up one seat, but a

fourth season here at colorado. more than 30 years as a coach, passed away this january after a 20 year battle with multiple sclerosis. mike macintyre learned so much from his dad. he played for his dad for a short period of time at vanderbilt, one of the programs that his father turned around, like he has turned around san jose state, and now the colorado program. still carries a coin with him that commemorates his dad's coach of the year honor. it is in his on second and fourth, it is lindsay again. plowing forward! and spotted right at the marker. >> brady: credit jeromy irwin. the left tackle was the player to come in and get phillip lindsay the extra burst. as you see lindsay bounce off the utah defense, and irwin gave him another little child. that is 100% legal. you can push, you just can't pull, a ballcarrier. >> joe: will it to move the chains, or will it be third down and third and a couple of inches. >> brady: the last couple snaps we have seen colorado play from under center. typically in the scenario yo

now, a week from today is the annual colorado gives day. today, governor hickenlooper hosted a rally on the steps of the capitol. the annual event celebrates philanthropy in colorado and raises money for nonpresident- are always very generous. >>,, ,, ,, ,, >> a judge in boulder county sentences a man to life in prison for a crash that killed a state patrol cadet. th >> reporter: i'm kelly werthmann in boulder where a person was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a trooper. christopher gebers got the mandatory life sentence and 342 years in prison after hitting trooper taylor thyfault last year. he was just 21 years old. trooper clinton rushing was also hit. and critically hurt. he addressed the court today relatives. this is especially difficult given another trooper was killed in the line of duty friday. >>> i'm jennifer brice. everybody knows how bad the prescription drug problem is in colorado and across the nation. that is why this room is packed with medical providers, families, and also pharmacists who want to fix

we talked about colorado. is colorado instructive when arizona voters assess how this might play out here? >> very much so. you know, as i mentioned earlier, the colorado experiment we believe has been a failure but at worse or at best for them it's we have seen is major consequences like i talked about in traffic deaths, accidental ingestion rates and superintendents in colorado saying where is the pot money we were promised. the cherry creek superintendent came out and said the only thing that legalized marijuana brought to our schools is more marijuana. that's another fact. >> what about kids going to schooling high because this is easier to get their hands on. >> i don't think any parent wants that. at the end of the day the institutions that we have for safeguarded from those things. we know that's impossible, but legalizing marijuana is only going make that problem even more worse because you will have folks who are -- it's going to be more accessible. you will have children and we seen also in colorado

one of the largest in colorado. >> a lot of people in colorado fought this tooth and nail. do you think they've come had to a little more acceptance? >> yes. the world was gonna end. sky was falling. we're all gonna be marrying our dog soon because pot is legal. none of that happened. there's 28% less opiate deaths in colorado. >> reporter: he claims the when colorado okayed medical marijuana. >> it was the early cowboy days of marijuana. so i took the last bit of my credit, $15,000 over about six months and went to the hydro pontics stores first, learned, lynched. i looked at what everybody else was doing, did all the research, and i was making $100,000 a year out my basement legally. >> last year we made $18 million. >> >> reporter: all of that pot is taxed on the state and city level. >> we got $143 million last year, good money, and we're not upset. $41 million went to school construck, and we paid for regulatory reform, after substance abuse services and things that are good to go. but it is a $27 billion budget. >> reporter: and you'll hear opponents say this, a drug

it's interesting, colorado's u.s. senator michael bennett was once considered the most vulnerable democratic incumbent this election, but he's expected to win against republican darrell glen who has not been able to mount an effective challenge due to a lack of infrastructure and resources. the party establishment has not helped him out much at all. >> we heard about the latino vote being especially a big tact factor in florida and arizona. what about here? >> it could be a huge factor here. they represent 15% of colorado's electorate and are breaking for clinton. another big voting bloc overlooked is veterans. there are more than 400,000 veterans in colorado, about 13% of our electric. they favor trump. young voters could be key this year. they're not excited about either candidate and if they sit it out, that really hurts clinton. have much more from shaun throughout the evening and all night. we want to check in with hillary clinton's headquarters. >> and here's more. what do you have in. >> reporter: crews are put

expecting 2,000,008 in colorado. that's going to be an incredible number of votes today for these clerks to manage and get through and try to get counted by i recall evening. >> yeah. we might have lines out there who knows >> so the republicans just recently kind of overshot thement dids as far as overshot democrats as far as early voting is concerned. >> i don't think it great deal. some democrats and republicans will vote for the other party. that was especially true this year. you notice that in polls. you're right. independents, fewer of them are turning out. they have the balance of power. are they leaning democrat or republican? last polls i've seen show them breaking closely leaving the race here, probably the consensus of polls clinton up independent upon this turnout. >> is from any way to tell if this is going to be late night or wrap up early? >> it could wrap up early. >> i think we'll watch a few ballot issues and maybe one congressional seat. those numbers the, if a lot of people vote today, that will

it's now we want it to work for colorado. we're going to work as hard as we can. >> and he also says that no on 205 ad campaigns are misleading. >> andrew the arizona add says at one point denver schools were promised millions of dollars they got nothing. what the ad doesn't say saw they a employ for it. >> $40 million did go in and then 40 million will go in this year and then we also pay for after school programming. >> and what about the team marijuana use in colorado is the highest in the country? >> so unfortunately, there are two different surveys on this. the one we use which is much larger survey shows that if you go before legalization to right increase but all of it is significant, it a flat line in terms of use and that is on par with the national average. >> scale of one to 10, how successful would you say after a couple of years this has been? >> i would say we are between seven and eight for the rollout and i'd is say we have it's a big not applicable for long term success. we won't know for awhile. >> well if y

senate in colorado was injured in a crash overnight. he posted on facebook that he suffered several broken ribs. he posted a picture of him being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. his car reportedly rolled several times as he was driving back to colorado from standing rock where the pipeline he says he is okay. ng. >>> the race for the white house should be coming to an end today. by day's end, we should have a new president. here is a look at some of our local voting have cast their ballots. that is abbut 18,000 more than the democrrts. about a third of coloradans are unaffiliated. all this with still about eight hours to go until the polls close in colorado. >>> hillary clinton is off to an early lead. people in dixville notch have spoken. last night at midnight, that tiny new hampshire town finished voting in the election. it is a town of only eight gary johnson received one of the votes and the eighth vote was a write-in for mitt romney. the midnight vote is a tradition dating back to 1960 there. >>> just a remind are for voter

we have seen it in colorado. >> reporter: donald trump spent his second saturday in colorado. the national western complex. >> hillary clinton could win the state by a few votes. >> reporter: meanwhile, bernie sanders campaigned for clinton in other parts of the state. >> the last couple of days can potentially matter a great deal. >> reporter: so far, this election, clinton has made three campaign stops in colorado. trump on the other hand has made 12. >> the trump campaign obviously has not given up in colorado. if they have, they wouldn't be spending time here the way they are. >> reporter: political science professor says colorado is leaning blue. but said in recent polls, two show a tie. and five show clinton's lead between one to six points showing the race has tightened and a trump win would help him dramatically. >> the eyes of both campaigns, colorado is competitive. >> reporter: the later news from the fbi, clearing clinton again. after reviewing a new batch of e-mails could have a big impact on swing voters. might beeenough for the voters to swing back to her to kin

oklahoma sued colorado. tell us about that. >> yeah, it's been a little awkward, awkward situation, surrounded by coloradoans. the suit originally brought in the u.s. supreme court. the u.s. supreme court has original jurisdiction over suits between states but they have interpreted that jurisdiction to say it's discretionary and they can decide whether or not to hear the case, their standings. they decided they would recognize original jurisdiction. now we're left to have intervened in tenth circuit right now. rea littling our preemption claims. i want to talk about what's sort of covering, states that border colorado. then i'll get to the bigger issues about what marijuana -- regularserational marijuana legalization. legalization is a weird term because it's still illegal. what that means for the nature of our constitution and constitutional order. as far as effects from a bordering state, we know and recognize interstate trafficking is a reality, a reality that's increasing in 2014. 2014 was one of the fir

the case is shockingly common in colorado. it's one of only six state that is don't require background checks for other medical professionals ?hen they apply for a licenseful i chatted with -- license. i chatted with a colorado state representative who wants to require background checks for anyone in health care. >> in the past the profession pushed back against this, having a lot of miscon sems about what it meant. >> reporter: higher application costs would cover the background checks, but it's cheaper than dealing with the scare. how the bill will come together is a work in progress, but one big challenge is in fact the cost, in what's already shaping up to be a tight budget year. last year all surgical techs were required to be fingerprinted after being hired in response to rocky allen who exposed thousands of patients to hiv while stealing drugs, and he was also accused of stealing doctor ughs in other states before colorado to work. >>> and new tonight a warning for parents about a powerful drug responsible for the death

back out here at 9 cares colorado shares, when you hear about coats for colorado, you know that's a colorado tradition victoria. >> it's really important. we're here with the president of dependable cleaners. we're partnering with them for coats for colorado. tell me about why this is so important for people to donate today. >> this is our 35th year collecting coats for coats for colorado. this is an unprecedented winter. i didn't hear snow in the forecast. but we know it will come. and when it comes, there's thousands of people that don't have coats and they count on coats for colorado for winter coats. we need people to come donate warm, winter coats, men's, childrens, anything they have. really warm winter coats. >> we're here collecting those today. and all the rest of the locations across colorado right now. and you know what, it is warm. but it's going to get cold. forecast? i am. and miss kathy sabine at inverness with adele arakawa. hi guys. >> we have the nuance quartet out here. we have entertainment at inverness and the most perfect weather conditions. they have a big event coming

if you are traveling anywhere in colorado. you shouldn't encounter anything weather related that will slow you down. we will zoom out here. our storm from yesterday now moving through the midwest. that's where there could be a few weather-related delays. meanwhile, on the west coast rain from northern california to portland that's our next system. that will start to bring snow back into the mountains tomorrow. again today we will be dry statewide. 9 a.m. 34. the weekend forecast is straight ahead. right now over to joel. >>> good looking start to the morning commute if you have to be up early, taking someone to the airport this morning. should be a great drive. this is the cbs4 tech center cones. isn't that nice to see as you travel through the tech center? eastbound along c-470 some slowing. up into the high country, unlike yesterday, britt, it's an excellent drive. >> thank you. >>> peoria donald trump is inching closer to naming more cabinet picks as he celebrates the thanksgiving holiday with his family in florida. we have

in northern colorado a couple pockets. we're starting to see drier air move in, but the thick of it along the eastern plains, julesburg, ray, burlington looking at heavy snowfall and that now is pushing into parts of nebraska. the rest of this evening you'll start to see the focus pushing this is around 10:00 at night. if you live in douglas county, jeffco, there might be a few light flurries. after midnight the storm system clears out. we're well on our way to seeing sunshine tomorrow, but the temperatures won't be as toasty. we'll say in the upper 30s. it will definitely feel a lot colder with the northwesterly winds out there, too, 40s in sterling, a little warmer across southeastern colorado as well. temperatures climbing just in time for the weekend, 50s looks like another storm system monday night into tuesday bringing a little rain and possibly some snowfall and then so far that thanksgiving holiday looks pretty good to me, right where we should be, plenty of sunshine. so no issues as far as traveling. >> sure. we n

secretary of state a white what will the side as the clock continues to tick for history as of the colorado women breaking down barriers removing promoting diversity in home culture with a simple smile and finding freedom in colorado that they are living in both with nowhere to go not getting a second chance at life from the rocket fox 31 is it nine starts right now we start with our big story tonight the race for the white house is finally within its it live on your screen right now the two candidates of donald trump and hillary clinton and the rallies in the battleground state of north carolina this is in the right hand lane showing as the minutes and seconds and hours of there it is) to the polls closed tomorrow night we start to get results tonight this is where the elect will map stands in tomorrow at this time it'll be it will be mostly filled in and we could know. st. george has been closely following the national and local races for the past two years a lot of hours and thus he joins us live with what we'll be deciding tomorrow as the polls officially open exciting as the clock tick

colorado is the leader of the united states. in the late 1970s and early 1980s, colorado passed several measures to legalize medical marijuana but the efforts never got off the ground due to federal law to find it as a schedule one controlled substance in 1970. that brings us to the current state of the law in colorado. and 2,000, colorado passed an amendment 20th amended the state constitution to allow the medical use of marijuana the november, 2012, amendment 64 making colorado along with washington one of the first in the union to legalize recreational use of marijuana. efforts in 2015 marijuana sales in colorado came in at nearly $1 billion, which is up 700 million in 2014. i'm sure our panelists will comments that we are on track for $2 billion in sales this year. that's produced over $35 million in tax revenues so far. currently there are 698 marijuana dispensaries or storefronts in colorado. to pu put that number in perspective that is more than the number of mcdonald's, starbucks and 711 combined. notably, legalization i

colorado went blue... but two of the biggest counties that went for donald trump were weld and douglas counties. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is live with more on that -- we'll talk to her in just a few minutes. trump won the electoral and popular vote. you can see all the red..the red states in the south east, including florida keys for trump. that was more than clinton could overcome even after winning big states like new york and california.. good morning... the post-election day hangover is in full effect this morning. people... waking up after a night of celebrationss... others exhausted from a democratic loss. we have a full

colorado wins 20-10. >>> other colorado sports last night, nuggets win in minnesota. the av's fall on the ro ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is one wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of >>> good morning, welcome to friday. it's time for weather and traffic on the 4s. it's 6:44. sun will be up in about 45 minutes from now. 7:32. already starting to see a little bit of light on the eastern horizon. weather watcher matt in nederland reporting 45. most of us in the front range are in the 30s or we'll be at 49. full sunshine. at noon 65 and 71 for the high today. our 15th day in a row for above normal temps. let's check in with joel. >>> we're watching the traffic and our pet of the week, we'll introduce you to her coming up in a bit. i

i'm standing next to the chairman for trump's campaign here in colorado. i would imagine you are please right now. >> we are excited. with one more states ago but it's an historic night. >> talk about here, speaking party are saying it's going to be uphill battle for the gop across states. represented coffman won by a sizable margin, the numbers did not shake out ahead of time as it outside. >> yes. this is an uphill battle. trump was 15 points down a few months back. through his work and sheer effort by a lot of people in the states and a lot were very close but nationally, looks like we'll get it done. >> the ground game is smaller than the clinton campaign by a sizable margin. still, nationally look at its it's a significant upset. >> i think it's proved everybody in america that if a few people have a great idea and are willing to work hard, they can get results. trump's message about trying to be great to turn this country in a different direction. >> does the gop in colorado have to do more to bring in the part of the party not supporting him? >> i t

the big wier colorado. in fact through midnight tonight we have a winter weather advisory still for parts of the san juans where over 11,000 feet. so not a lot and it's very wet snow that packs down but could have over 12 inches of snow by this time this winds downtown there. quite a bit and you can see here on the satellite and radar together from this morning where it was raining and snowing down here. there's the snow down near telluride and the silverton down there. we had a little bit making it into the denver metro area. but didn't last long. and we've had a few there's one just south between aspen and crested butte down there. going on. not a whole lot of rumblers but enough that you can hear it down there. all right, here's what's causing the ruckus out there. we have an upper level low that's pushing through. a cutoff low in the upper levels of the atmosphere just sliding right into colorado. look at the rain ahead of this moving into texas here. they've got some good thunderstorms some producing a

if you're interested mostly in colorado's local issues, our sister station colorado's own channel two will focus on those during a special edition from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. >> if aou're asay from your tv, and you can get results and and our facebook page. >> this just in -- one of the first images we are getting from oklahoma. where a 5.3 magnitude earthquake has damaged numerous buildings just about 50 miles northeast of oklahoma city. the quake hit just about an hour ago. so far there have been no reports of injuries. this is the second earthquake to hit the area in the past 24 hours. >> we are learning that the town of cushing, oklahoma is being evacuated they are experiencing major structural damage from the earthquake. we will keep you posted on any new developments. >> back in colorado a small earthquake was felt in greeley before 10:00 a.m. according to the us geological survey, the magnitude 3.1 quake was centered 1 kilometer northwest of kersey. >> that set all -- and earthquake was also reported just south of the colorado border around 10:50 p.m. last night. happened west

in there not many systems and place to come in colorado and one offender live from oklahoma to colorado then came back so in addition to the trafficking outside of colorado that there are lots of people coming in. to participate in the marijuana margin. but that is primarily driven so those attacks are motivated partly because of marijuana but with that statistic. but you would notice the concentration is what you'd expect in major metropolitan areas and the display is not a surprising result you would expect that to naturally occur with interstate trafficking especially uh consequences of the industrialization of marijuana. so i was on a flight to say what he's speaking about this conference? she said don't you think there should be federal coordinating drug laws between the states to cause problems? i smiled to say whether there should be i don't know but the reality is there already is. so many years ago congress passed along but now had a very odd time in history to have their own policies regarding marijuana. wan i cannot think of another situation at any time in history in a manne

colorado playing a key role. >> i think it say wild card in colorado. trump or clinton of the eve of our country's most anticipated election ever. >> tomorrow, the world is watching. >>> they are burning the midnight oil. both now minutes away from starting their final rallies of the night. >> trump had a total of 5 stops today. ted nugent just finished warming up the crowd for trump. and here is a live look from raleigh, north carolina. where lady gaga will join clinton. this follows a star-studded >> reporter: an estimated 30,000 people turned out for clinton event in philadelphia. bruce springstein, jon bon jovi, hillary clinton, chelsea clinton, bill clinton. >> this mother, this grandmother, this patriot, our next president of the united states of america hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton got support from the crowd when she talked about how campaign has gotten. >> i regret, deeply, how angry the tone of the campaign became. >> it's not your fault. [ laughter ] >> trump told supporters he did not node famous surrogates he had his family and runn

and colorado, nice and blue. we voted for clinton. whattdoes that say about politics in colorado? >> we have seep a shift in colorado, the people that have been moving to the state has been making it blue. been red, but blue the last or two than the nation as a whole. >> whoever was going to win was going to have a tough go. what about the political gridlock? >> it's going to be difficult. in past cycles, supporters of the two campaigns, different world views from each other and a hard time with ideology and policy. this was an election where either as president. it's going to be a while before talking about compromise. >> going to be hard moving forward. and hillary clinton spent more money, more bodies pushing for her, what happened? >> this is another big takeaway in the next few months and years. and by ever measure. her campaign was better jiezed and spent a ton on advertising. didn't matter. and the debates. she dominated them swell. >> interesting political season. scott, thank you for coming in and sharing yoor thoughts after a long night this morning. >> sure. >>> so dona

and peo who want to visit colorado, the structure and what denver, colorado has to offer. >> the freedom that the drone gives us with the camera is amazing. >>> a woman wanted to buy a couch and shift down, instead she finds herself climbing through someone else's family tree. katie roberts bought the couch at arc and found an old photo inside, no information, no name, no date, nothing. no other clues were found with see if we might get the photo out there and get the picture of the couch out there. all she wants is to return the picture to that person's family. >> after i purchased it i found the photo in it and i think the photo is really unique and special and i wasn't sure if, you know, the family that maybe it belongs to, or if the person who owned the couch if they wanted that back. i thought it might be special to them. it is a very striking photo, i you know? i don't know why i just felt like it was, you know, a really cool portrait, we put it in a little frame, actually next to the couch. we are kind of sentimental. >> katie lives in denver, she is hoping somebody in the area ma

how colorado company is helping an aurora school. where many students never even owned a book. >> we have a surprise for you. >> . by the loud cheer you would think the second graders at east ridge elementary in aurora. were getting a trip to disney land. >> no barbies. no lego. books is what they're kpapbting. each kid is going home with a few of their very own. >> over two hundred brand new books donated to the school. by collective goods. the local company here in tuesday event. >> . tens of thousands of charities more than 7 hundred thousand individual donors expected to participate. around the world. giving tuesday. likely to surpass last years record. of 117 million. friday night -ts pack 12 championship game. against washington. this year. mac led the greatest over all improvement in pack 12 conference history. from one near to t 7 game improvement. after going one and 8 in conference play last year. they are 8 and one this year. >> . how exactly did he do it. >> these young men. and how well they played. and how they just fou

what you're seeing here is the presidential race in colorado, obviously colorado not going the way it appears the nation is going at this particular time. what we see here is the populated metro area counties including the swing counties that trump would have needed to win all went for clinton. >> absolutely. i think it was a bit of the ground game which has been best i can tell pretty strong in these counties. i also think they spent a lot here. we had bernie sanders here. we had al gore here. they had really been working hard to bring this in and they managed to hang on with five points. >> in counties like arapahoe, pretty sizable advantage for clinton. douglas county, we've talked about this, this went much more heavily for romney in the last presidential race than it's going for trump now. he needed to do better in some >> it wasn't like he didn't try. i think the republican party here struggled a long time with reconciling with trump and as you recall, mr. coffman never really endorsed him and senator gardner endorsed him sort of weakly toward the end. so he never really got i t

what was it about his message that was underestimated as it comes to colorado? >> i think the people didn't recognize how much bitterness there was for people that maybe are employed, but making less money than 15 years ago, and i think the system, they feel the system has been unfair to them and to a certain extent, it is true. >> both those men will give us their best argument for a voter presidential candidates and still holding the ballot wondering whether to vote at all. >> new citizen today, voter tomorrow. 39 people became part of us, the u.s. today in centennial. immigrant prup new guinea told our anastasiya bolton what will be on her mind when she votes tomorrow. >> these are my families back home. >> reporter: maria doling is lucky to have 2 of both. >> i guinea member. >> reporter: 2 countries she calls home, she was born in new guinea, today becoming an american citizen. >> i am so thankful, you know, so appreciateative and, for this wonderful country. every day i sit on my couch like wow, i can't believe i am in america, the most powerful country in

people in colorado one step forward. we'll tell you about the growing movement called cal exit. >>> a look at the skyline in the dark morning hours, 5:57. amelia is tracking this accident and other trouble spots for you. we'll talk to her in a few minutes to make sure you get to . >>> we know at least one man was badly hurt. we'll have a live report moment. president-elect donald trump will meet with president obama. he has invited trump to the oval office. >> people angry with the new president. people marching through the streets, blocking traffic in some cases damaging property. >> small crowd gathered in front

local issues our sister station colorado's own channel to will focus on those from seven until 9:00 p.m. and you can even count on us if you're away from your tv get resulting reaction on both kdvr.com and our facebook page all throughout election night what a mess it was a traffic finally moving again on i 25 north to run arapahoe road after a semi- tipped over spilled fuel all over the highway backup following the highway was shut down for three and a half hours at the lord jesus in the truck rolled over after colliding with another vehicle about 50 gallons of fuel spilled in a word and in the injuries larimer county tyler simmons is jailed on a long list of charges after authorities say he assaulted a chef's deputy he was intoxicated and threatening to harm himself early yesterday morning when they put him in protective custody they say he kicked a deputy in the and minor injuries in the developments after a bomb scare in netherlands sky fox was over the scene as police detonated a weapon of mass destruction found inside the police headquarters and 64 -year-old david hansberry ca

as a reminder, 9 colorado shares will make it monday. hope you'll come out to one of . >>> the presidency is not the only thing. >> at venice beach in california, a doctor will prescribe you a medical marijuana card for $40. people on the border willl don't bother with the prescription. >> you come here and it feels like am amsterdam or something like that. >> for most states, there's six plants for personal use and people over 21 are allowed to buy up to an ounce. >> this is an ounce? >> an ounce, 28-grams. >> in maine, voters will be an all time high. 50% of americans are in favor of legalization. in colorado, the first state to legalize recreational use, the governor once opposed to legalization is now optimistic. >> i sit back now and look and say, it might work. it just might work. >> in the colorado town of pueblo, voters are asked if they want to repeal legalization. the district attorney in denver says they've seen increase in crime, marijuana deaths, calls to poison control n. california, those opposed to legalization are taking

not colorado. let's go to the sterling.side of the state near clear skies and it's going to be a bright sunrise. low 40s at 8:00. low 50s by 10:00 and this afternoon, highs near 70 degrees. a little increase in cloud cover tonight. more 40s early saturday morning. but today is another warm one. we're about 10 to 15 degrees above normal yet again. brighton, 71. centennial, 70. highlands ranch, 72. mid 60s near evergreen and also up in and through estes park, mid 60s. fort collins, a high of 69. 70 to the south in pueblo. it's another warm one state wide. a winter weather advisory going into effect across southhwestern colorado. it includes our san juans where we could see 3 to 8 inches of total snow. i want to take you through our future cast for the next 48 hours so show you what the storm does. southwest, it's going to be by this afternoon, 1:00, bringing a rain-snow mix near tag ride and durango and the rest of the state dry. ii70 through the afternoon is going to stay clear. it's not until overn

>>reporter: training lasts about one week, a 30 colorado. in jepson, marc stewart denver 7.>>> tonight at 10 mark will take us along his flight to show what is just how challenging it is. >>> this woman is the next cover girl, she's muslim beauty blogger who is making history. she is the first woman to wear >>> times are actually changing this weekend. don't forget, sunday morning daylight saving time ends. turn your clock back an hour.>>> first alert, the mountains could see some snow. chief meteorologist mike nelson is tracking your chances. >>> a beautiful start to our evening. it's nice and quiet. i will talk about the mountain snow in just a second. this is a special day for me, working at a baskin-robbins ice cream store in madison, wisconsin. terry kelly was the meteorologist. the pretty girl name cindy came into the ice cream shop. i asked terry kelly for job and i started working at that television station and cindy and i had our first date on the same day. i used to make paper maps and then we invented the very first computer. terr

oil and gas commission and the epa this is what we found that colorado's public health and environment cut wp x twice for water violations in 2011 finding them $275,000 m this year a little more than 99,000 earlier whaling gas fighting them in 2014 to 30,000 and at a time a record in 2010 for $423,300 in the state's air pollution control division says wp x was cited and 212,532,000 $200 and again in 21347 grand since 2010 wp x reporting 126 spells paying the state a little more than a lot perspective you should know wp x x will discover assets for $910 million within the last few months looking for answers problem solvers want to department of public health and environment don't have the resources to be able to inspect all of those what is your goal annually in terms of inspecting for these type of construction sites we are targeting currently at 10 percent touch with us about 5,000 of these facilities a means companies like wp x only have a 10 percent chance of being inspected in a given year when they do get a visit nicole says one in five times something is wrong around 20 percent o