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Denver organized everything. And 4,000 people registered. It has been growing in the hour or so we were here. We saw the crowd more than double. They say this is peaceful. Their goal is to be peaceful but make their voices heard. We will continue to follow this and have a full report on tonights protest on cbs4 news at 11 00. My colleague stan bush is also following the protes thank you lauren. We will continue to follow this crowd, you see there is a winds around heading toward the 16th street mall. As you heard lauren mention, thousands have gathered. They hold a rally there on the capitol steps. They are making their way to the 16 et street mall protesting trumps election. We will have much more throughout the hour. Coming up at 6 30. Hear from president elect donald trump about his meeting with president obama and who administration. Right now, an update on a man in evergreen accused of shooting and killing two bear cubs. Dan williams first told deputies he shot rubber bullets at the cubs but he later told investigators when his dog got loose and fought with one of the bears he used live rounds and killed them both. He was found guilty of one felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. He was acquitted on two other counts. The latest on the redevelopment of the ti city leaders gave us a much better idea of the changes they have in store. Dylan thomas is there. And it is ambitious to say the least. Reporter well jim, now that the National Western stock show is here to stay for the foreseeable future, they thought they would invest about 1 million or more dollars to renovating and expanding 200 make the city the forefront of ag business. It is one of the largest projects denver has seen in a long time. Reporter city officials gather today discuss the impact it could have. 7 billion in Economic Activity just on the entertainment side. Reporter but the denver mayor hancock says it is the citys opportunity to lead and invest in says is the most exciting. The companies and organizations will be focused there the next 25 or 30 years. They will Pay Attention to what happens here when it comes to water and food and how we take care of the 8 billion people around the world. How do we harness the necessity of study and researching and really bringing forth the Necessary Knowledge on how we world. Reporter while setting a tone which leaves denver as the epicenter of this field for generations to come. We are really trying to tap into the generations that follow us. Reporter now, one of the key players in this entire project will be Colorado State university up in fort collins. Csu president tony frank was in atense dance for todays meeting where he told everyone he want to make sure denver as well will this entire business. High not put students from csu to get them rooted in the business. Dillon thomas, cbs4 news. The search is underway for a rob wore opened fire at a denver nightclub. Police chased him to castle rock, but the chase called off due to dangerous high speeds. The suspect is still on the run tonight. New developments in a cbs4 investigation. The city of denver is planning to once again sweep homeless camps out of downtown denver next week. Now, you may recall the last time it happened, a cbs4 investigation revealed money donated to help the homeless was used instead to sweep them away. Cbs4 investigator brian maass broke the story. Steps in now with new information. Reporter the city of stopped diverting donations intended to help the homeless. Now they are taking another step to make sure what we found is not repeated. These were the highly controversial sweeps pushing the homeless out of downtown. What became equally controversial is how we learned how this was funding. The Hancock Administration funded the sweeps partly by taking money from a Homeless People doe nateing money to help the homeless. I think they realized what they did was wrong. Reporter the aclu has been highly critical about how the funds were diverted and major hancock called it an administrative snafu. Someone may have looked at the fund and said it seems appropriate. But when you take a closer look and we have already corrected it thanks to your investigation as well. So it is done. And we move on. But no, i was noted initially aware of it. Reporter now they are taking another step. The Homeless Donation Fund will now be a stand alone fund with no other Revenue Sources to ensure funds are comingled and money does just that. Julie smith with denvers department of Human Services says what the cbs4 investigation found was not fair to donors who thought they were helping the homeless. Was it wrong to take the money meant to help the homeless and use it to sweep them out . The best idea and i think we can agree that we reversed course as soon as you brought it to our attention and we appreciated that. It doesnt look good because it wasnt good. Reporter the aclu does not believe it was an innocent mistake. I think we are pretty sure this was not just an accounting error or an administrative snafu. It was an intentional and rather callous decision on the part of city leaders. I think it does undermine trust. Especially since people were told put money in the meters. Dont give it di you cant trust what they will do with it. Instead, it was the city you wouldnt trust with the money. Reporter the city say it is homeless camps downtown are unsafe and unhealthy for the homeless and people who live nearby. New at 6 00, the iconic red stone castle near Glenwood Springs has new owners and they are already planning big changes to that landmark. You may have driven past it at some point. The mansion is in the town of Matt Kroschel got a tour of the castle so matt, what do the new owners have planned . Reporter well, the new owners say they want to make sure people can continue to visit this iconic landmark here in colorado in the future and they are turning it into a bed and breakfast to do that so that people can keep coming back for another 100 years. If these walls could talk, the stories guests included teddy roosevelt, jd rockefeller jr. And junior. Reporter when it sold for 2. 2 million. About six weeks ago, we got a postcard saying it was for sale. And we thought well, that would be interesting. Lets see what it is about. And, here we are. Reporter it was originally built in 1899 for coal and steel magnet John Cleveland ozgrove. Furniture to the art on the walls. Most everything is original. I think we would like to do six, possibly eight larger bed and breakfast type rooms. Right now, we are in the sun room. Reporter susan has lived here for two decades. She kind of came with the castle. And plans on continuing her job as the tour guide here for visitors. It is really exciting for me and redstone. Because, this is such an important piece of the towns history. We are not change anything. Reporter and that is exactly what people who loved the castle were hoping for. New owners who want to keep it open for others to enjoy. The house is just so solid. It feels like it could be here another several hundred years. Reporter until that bed and breakfast opens up officially, you can still visit the castle. They will be doing the tours on the weekends, we have all of that information right now on giving you a better perspective of that whole property. Right now. That is on this story. Just click on it and you can watch it there. Matt kroschel, cbs4 mountain news room. Denver is getting a new music venue. The lovett pavilion will offer free concerts next summer. How they hope it will revitalize the neighborhood around it. This teenager is officially adopted into a family. Why this ceremony was just as finalized the adoption. A cold front passing through the state will give us temperatures that we have not seen since october 12. And we continue to follow breaking news in denver. Election day is over, but not the antitrump protesters. This big crowd is in downtown denver. They started out at the state capital. We have live pictures from copter 4. They are now over at the 16th street mall. So far, a big crowd, but a peaceful one. We will let you know if they denver. And what other complications there might be as they continue that protest dow,,, we continue to follow breaking news. A protest against the new president. These people are making their way to the 16th street mall. We will keep an eye on them for you and share any problem ifs they arise. We will have a live report coming up at 6 30. Always loved this story. It is National Adoption day. Courts actually clear the docket sos families could finalize adoptions. Cbs4s jamie leary reports on the proceedings. Reporter this is the 12th year denver has celebrated National Adoption day. 47 children were adopted here in court. 47 Great Stories but one in particular stuck out. Eight years ago, a judge here had the tough task of putting a young girl into the foster care system because she was neglected. That came girl came back today and that same judge came back specifically to preside over her adoption. Children are meant to be raised in families. Of families. And that didnt always work out. But now, you have a great family. And, um, just, sitting here looking at the three of you, you guys are going to lock it. Reporter degenet is 17 years old. Not only did she find her forever home, but the woman she calls mom also adopted her younger sister. Not everyone is as these 47 here today. There are 39 children and 238 throughout colorado in foster care waiting to find permanent homes. Today that happened thanks to 34 dedicated families. Some who are adopted more than one like scott and chris who made zoe and her little brother alex part of their home. We have our own two kids. We started looking the. We wanted just one child and two. All about love. And family. And family. Reporter 632 children in colorado have been adopted thanks to this annual event. But the purpose is to bring attention to a bigger problem. There are more than 100,000 kids nationwide in foster care who also need forever homes. In denver, jamie leary, cbs4 news. We will hope for a lot more happy endings. Thank you jamie. For more information on the kids still waiting to their forever families, head to the wednesdays child section at cbsdenver. Com. All right, ed, you were there for the big adoption day today. Yes, this about the tenth and 11th year. They have such Great Stories. They are really fun to do. A lot of clear skies around here, but we have a cool front dropping through our area as we speak. Cooler air behind it. We have a few showers down to the south and really that is about all that is going across the nation. Is that cool front coming through our area. Also, a very dry drought 98 of colorado set for extreme North Western colorado under some form of drought. Dry or along the front range. In the moderate category. As we take a look at what we did today. 69 and 68 were the highs after starts of will 2 and 39. 55 and 27 are the norms. 78 and 8 below the records. 58 and 50 right now. Northeast, 8 for the winds. 35 humidity. We have a rising barometer. Take a look at this this is roxboro state park. This is Rocky Mountain arsenal wildlife refuge at sunset. And take a look at this. If you go up in the air after sunset and look down on denver, this is denver from the air at night from shannon. Temperatures for tonight, mostly in the 30s over the Eastern Plains as the cooler air settles in. We will find 20s and 30s for the higher elevations. Out west, temperatures mostly in 30s. Then tomorrow, you will notice cooler weather around here. Only 50s over the Eastern Plains. We will find 50s to around 60 out west, temperatures mostly in the 60s. Now, here is your denver forecast for tonight, we will see clear skies with 35 and 34 the overnight lows. Then tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. Cooler conditions with 58 the official high. Then, the next several days we turn right back into that warm mild weather. Look at the 67 on saturday. More of the same on sunday. And on monday. Tuesday, even milder. We will hit 73 degrees. You know, when you thought it would get into the 50s that would be it. But back one day event and we are right back into it. Thanks ed. Well, denver is getting a new amphitheater that will provide free concerts all summer. Crews broke down on the pavilion. It is the last part of the parks revitalization. They hope it will bring in more investments into the neighborhood. Once it is finished it will host 50 free concerts every year and be available to schools and nonprofits. Im sure is new teams are like what can we expect . And coaches are looking for any advantages. Are the saints hopeing the broncos will share some secrets . And, whats the secret to executing a good mannequin challenge . We have the behind the scenes in,,, the broncos play the afc west teams twice a year, every year. They play the nfc as often as we select a new president. They play each division once every four years. So sundays matchup not a lot of familiarity between the teams. So, it certainly raised some eye browns when new orleans signed a pair of broncos in safeties that were cut recently here in denver. Some varying opinions on whether the signings were an effort to get some inside info. For them, i dont get too much into that really. Everybody watches the tape. You know. So, im happy for both of them. It doesnt change anything. It just means they know our system. Shiloh keo is singing like a canary. He did it when he came here. We played cincinnati and he came in and gave us everything. Thats just the league man. Broncos did their version of the mannequin challenge. We learned about the Creative Process today. Von mi and director making sense, since he is mr. Hollywood. But a good director doesnt get what he wants on the first take. It is about five takes. One time shane moves. One time a guy comes in saying what are you guys doing . Are you kidding me . [ laughter ] i have a newfound appreciation for all of our coaches because these guys, it 25yearolds to listen right now. To what we are talking about. In four days, we will be tested on this stuff. You know, some guys it is just hard to hammer it in with some guys. What has been the best viral video challenge in harlem shake . Ice bucket challenge . Tebowing or mannequin challenge . The refs got a call wrong at the end of denvers loss. Now they will see what will do to play it right. For now, the nuggets need to turn their attention to tonight as they get ready to host the golden state warriors. Of the warriors nine losses last year, one did come in denver. Nuggets dont seem too overwhelmed at taking on the allstar lineup. Honestly, im not paying attention to golden state. I know we played them. But we have to clean up where we clean up within the team. Real good team. But they also have to guard us. That is one thing we have to make them do. Make them work. Make them defend. Make them have to rebound against us. Some of the errors they struggle with. They will turn the ball over. Easy ones. And then, it is all allstars being able to defend the three point line. You cant let steph curry get in. Finally, the cavaliers visiting the white house. The final time president obama hosted a team. Look at the top right of video. Look how shocked shumpert was that they were going to take a picture. Or that they were shocked they could move the podium. But he looks in absolute disbelief. You can see his mouth, wow. Cavaliers also did the mannequin challenge with the first lady. He found tout white house is actually one of those bouncy houses. It is inflatable. Learned a lot today. Yeah. We continue to follow the you can see there walking on the 16th street mall now. We will have a live update from down there on the streets and our political specialist explains what the trump cabinet might look like. Plus, a group of robbers sure picked the wrong target. We will show you how a mayor in florida fought back. This is the news on cbs4. ,,, me time. Streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. All you need is highspeed internet from centurylink. Get up to 40 megs for just 20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. Speed may not be available in your area. No, thats okay. Im not hungry. Dont worry about me. Okay. Live, from colorados news channel, this is cbs4 news at 6 30. Happening now in downtown denver, there you see it from copter 4. A big crowd of protesters against president elect trump. They started at the state capital and moved over to the 16th street mall. Stan bush joins us live. Stan, any problems so far . Reporter well missed that last piece what you are saying. But i they you will understand why. We have a huge crowd moving through downtown denver. Thousands of people shutting down the streets protesting the election. Of donald trump. This procession has been moving out for about an hour down through the area. You can see just the sea of people moving down here. This is a peaceful protest. On facebook, about 3,000 people rsvped to this group. But clearly, the crowd is much bigger than this. During the election cycle, we saw trump rallies somewhere around 5,000 to 8,000 people. I would say this crowd is just about as big as that one. We have to send it back to you now. All right, big crowd. And, i hope that stan says safe. Meanwhile, mr. Trump traveled to meet president white house. They began the transition from one presidency to the next. I had the chance to have an excellent conversation with president elect trump. It was wide ranging. We talked about some of the organization issues. We talked Foreign Policy and domestic policy. And as i said last night my number one priority in the next