Been filed. My wife is freaking out. My daughter is freaking out. Were wondering whats going on. Everything we have is up in the room and we cant get in the parking lot, let alone into the room. Breaking overnight. A terrifying night for guests in denver. The whole ordeal over now. S. W. A. T. Officers surrounded the hotel for hours all because a man inside wouldnt leave. This barricade was near hampton and tamarac. The man was wanted in assault and possibly a stolen car. No one was hurt in all of this. Ski and snow board season is officially underway here in colorado. Arapahoe basin opened up yesterday. Yeah, its been a long time coming, thats for sure. How was your run . Its great. Cant wait. Pumped for more. Seasons started. Two, one. A basin is the first resort to open, beating out Loveland Ski Area which hopes to open next week. They both opened at the same timeelast year. They did. A basin wins this time. People are so excited. Feeling its going to be a great weekend. Mostly Clear Conditions. Great weather. Today well see clear, dry, but also waam temperatures. We do have a red flag warning much of the front range across northern mountains later on temperatures will stay mild. A cool start. Were at 42 in city park. Allens and estes park staying in the 50s. Cooler start than what weve seen. Also temperatures today, well above average. Well see upper 70s, lower 80s across the denver metro area. Well see pleasey conditions this afternoon. Winds primarily from the west. Boulder county, you do have a well see gusty winds by this afternoon. A mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 70s, lower 80s. Across the state, applied to upper 80s down to the southeast. 50s and 60s in the mountains. 71 degrees in eagle. If youre heading out the door, its going to be a beautiful day. Have the sunglasses handy and sunscreen. A cooldown is coming. Two ever Green High School Football Players accused of haze willing facing criminal are behind bars suspended from school and kicked off that football team. It was earlier this week when Police Responded to the school for reports of a player threatening others with a glass shader. Two shard. Coaches have been saying teens should not be doing it. Its not as bad as the past. Theres still some small incidents that go on. Program where students can report any concern. This man is waking up mind bars for a deadly stabbing eerlier in the week. Loren stabbed ordan valdez to death on monday. This happened near west mexico and south raleigh. . Right now two men wanted in connection for inappropriately touching people. Heres a look at the sketch of th incident. It happened near mlk and beller. The Victim Told Police the suspect was wearing turquoise shorts. Cyber attack wipes out millions of americans access to some of the most popular websites. Investigators are still looking investigators say it was the east coast dyn inc. That was hit. Iont have information to share about who may be responsible for that malicious activity. One hacker group has come forward to say this is their work. That hasnt been confirmed. Happening today, the new va hospital is giving us a tour of thfa construction. You may remember a federal report found the project went well over budget. Amanda del castillo joins us from the hospital. Were touring parts of the facility that are still under construction that absolutely made headlines last month because of that price tag. At the end of construction the nearly 1. 7 billion. Thats triple its 2014 estimate. That prompted lawmakers to reach out to the Justice Department. Not only is the va hospital here over budget, but its also behind schedule. Reporting live, were expected to take that tour at around 9 00 this morning. Well have a full story for you later thedenverchannel. Com and on our 5 00 p. M. Broadcast. Reporting live in aurora, amanda del castillo. Turning now to the race for the white house. The candidates are targeting battleground states. With 17 days to go, donald trump making a final rush. Polls show him lagging behind hillary clinton. Shes hoping for swing sate sweep. Mary bruce has the latest on the campaign trail. Of. Your government betrayed you. Get out and vote. Reporter Donald Trumps kicking off his sprint to the finish but acknowledges he may lose. Well do this for another 19 days and then i dont know what kind of shape im in, but ill be happy and at least i will have known, win, lose or draw i will be happy with myself. As his path narrows, trump is pulling out all the stops. For the first time going one of the country east most popular figures. We have a president all he wants to do is campaign. His wife all she wants to do is campaign. Making her closing argument, clintoo is trying to broaden her reach. I know you may still have questions for me. I respect that. I want to answer them. I want to earn your vote. I am reaching out to all americans, democrats, republicans and independents. And shes slamming trump for the election results. He is threatening our democracy. Clinton and her top surrogates are out in force. Vice President Biden is eager to take on trump, literally. The press always asks me dont i wish i were debating him. No, i wish we were in high school i could take him behind the gym. Trumps Campaign Manager punched back writing had trump said this it would be hair on fire breaking news with violence an amazing surprise for students at Denver South High School yesterday. They got a special visit from malala yousafzai. She gained worldwide fame for her work to increase womens education in pakistan and around the world. South high school has special programs for refugee students so malala stopped to listen and take part in the assembly. Really over the past year. Coming up, some riders get stranded on an overpass. This has happened before too. Details on the warning rtd got that could have prevented problems like this. Colorado pot being called the strongest in its no secret. Donald trump isnt for us. And unfortunately, congressman coffman isnt, either. Just listen. It gets worse. Coffman said he would support donald trump for president. And thats all we really need to know. Dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. When i became governor, i knew we had to protect our colorado way of life. Its why i need a good team in the state senate. Like rachel zenzinger, a former teacher whos fought for equal pay for equal work. Daniel kagan championed property tax rebates to help seniors afford their utility bills. Jenise may worked to cut tes for 30,000 small businesses. And tom sullivan is a veteran who believes in an open and transparent government. It is 7 11. Absolutely gorgeous start to this saturday. Today were looking at temperatures well above average. Upper a cooldown is coming. Slight chance of showers this week. Ill tell you more in just a bit. University of colorado student acquitted of murder charges. A Boulder County jury cleared ian sureman after police say he stabbed another student to death during a brawl outside a downtown bar. That deadly stabbing happened last december. Prosecutors say the victim did not deserve to die but the jury evidence to prove. New trouble for the a line. Rtd had raised concerns about the train as early as three years beforeeit started running. One of those could have prevented this. People stuck on a bridge because of lightning. The contractors could have installed a device that could have cut back on power hits from lightning strikes. Pot in our state is reaching new heights. Its to ns of the highest in the world. There was an effective to set a limit on thc levels but it didnt have enough support. This weekend is National Prescription drug take back day. Denver police have set up drop off locations foo you to safely get rid of leftover prescriptions. You can visit our website for a list of drop off sites. Shovels will hit the ground colorado. The building will be the Student Support and welcome center. Youre invited to attend the Ground Breaking ceremony. Construction is expected to cost 74 million. 7 13. Earlier this yeaa, the state legislature approved the inclusive Higher Education bill. It provides money to universities to create programs for students with disabilities. Shannon ogden shows us more about the program and how its providing even opportunities for participants. Also if you want to get outside today, itll be a lovely day across the state. Increasing winds this afternoon, primarily from the west. Temperatures in the upper 70s across the front range. Right now, get the Centurylink Prism tv essential package bundled with up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 70 dollars a month. 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Well talk sports here in a little bit. This fall a handful of students with Developmental Disabilities are taking classes at unc. This is through the schools new go and learn or goal program. S Shannon Ogden shows us, theyre finding other new opportunities on campus. In professor David Clements University Singer class. [ singing ] reporter learning performance skills so she can combine her love of singing with her desire to be a public speaker and educate people about her disability. Williams syndrome is what i have. Its a disorder disability for me. Reporttr one of four students taking part in the reporter besides developing good study skills, the program is also helping the students become independent. After four years, probably find an apartment or some place to live. Reporter ryan wilson has a job. And sometimes helps spot people trying to sneak stuff into events like broncos and rockies games. One guy [ unintelligible ] goinoff. [ laughter ] reporter for nick, adjusting to life on campus means adjusting to life in the residence hall. Its an adjustment that nick says is going well. Do you like it in here . Yes. You dont miss home . Not too much. Dont tell your mom that. Okay. I think the program has a and a resident to oofer students laundry, we host study sessions five times a week. Reporter the first few weeks were rough, as they are for any freshman. Theyre starting to find their place on campus though. You know, its been a really good inclusive community, i think. Theyve adjusted well. Reporter for music lover brianna, part of the adjustment has been meeting new friends. The fo develop the social, get to know yourself, yourself. Reporter campus life coordinator for g. O. A. L. Helping students devellp passions outside of academics. Ready to come down now. Right now. So well kind of prompt the students to do the social interactions and see how they go and get in there for that natural support if needed. Reporter that includes niik getting connected with the climbing club. Something he does twice a week. Sometimes i do, yes. Well uncs g. O. A. L. Program is funded in part by the colorados inclusive Higher Education act. It provides money to unc, the university of colorado Colorado Springs and Arapahoe Community college for Inclusive Education programs. Of those three schools, unc is the only one that has students in the Program Living on campus. 7 19. Still nice. Need that moisture outside. We havent gotten it. Were looking for the ra but its great. A basin open for skiing this weekend. Its going to be really nice in terms of sunshine. But still staying very dry. Unrtately we do haae a red flag warning that will go into effect starting at 11 00. Ill show you what that encompasses in just a second. Looking at our radar and satellite, waking up to Clear Conditions across the state. Increasing cloud coverage across the fort collins area. We do have increased fire danger this afternoon. A warm weekend is in store. Upper 70s, lower 80s today. Today being one of the warmest days on the seven day forecast. Well take a look toward monday for the broncos home game. Taking a look also at our almanac. Normal temperature this time of year should be around 63 degrees. Our record was hit in 2003. Today were expecting highs in the upper 70s, lower 80s. Radar and satellite showing dry conditions. Heres the red flag warning. This goes into effect starting at 11 down to the south. Mostly for the mountains. Do expect the wind gusts to pick up throughout the afternoon. Primarily from the west. 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour sustained wind gusts up to about 35. Be careful out there. Burning is prohibittd in those areas. Currently outside, if youre heading out the door, a cool start to the day under Clear Conditions. 26 degrees in eagle. 30 right now in aspen. On the western slope, 35 degrees in grand junction. Temperatures today, really warm up so you wont need it by this afternoon. Highs today, upper 70s, lower 80s. 81 in Colorado Springs. Denver at 79. Fort collins and greeley, 78 degrees. Expecting 60s and 70s. Plenty of sunshine. Seven day forecast. Today we are expecting a very nice afternoon. Winds will pick up from the west. So some breezy conditions. But overnight lows staying mild in the lower 40s. By sunday, bright spots on the seven day forecast. Very pleasant conditions. Well continue to see sunshine through monday, so broncos game, hiihs in the daytime in the upper 70s. Over and through the course of the day well see temperatures drop down to the 60s by the afternoon and evening. And 40s overnight tuesday. Our next best chance for seeing a few afternoon showers. So we are going to be seeing increasing cloud coverage, slightly cooler conditions. But still, temperatures above average all throughout this looking warr, mild, dry. Overnight lows staying mild. Fridaa, partly cloudy. Were tracking our next system. That wont arrive until next weekend. Tuesday best chance for seeing some looks nice. Are you looking for kids this weekend . With the do the zoo opens uppat the denver zoo. Next from 9 00 in the morning until 5 00 in the afternoon. You can see creepy animal demonstrations and check out 20 trick or tr now. Were eager to watch our broncos get back in action. Its been nine days since the broncos last played a Football Game. We still have to wait two more days before they tee it up against the Houston Texans at mile high. It was a busy friday at dove down. Dont start with the defense. Dont. They know theyve had problems. Theyve given up 31 points. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said we will address the issues on the failure to launch. Its not good whhn yoo get behind early like that. Something were trying not to 3 do. Were giving up the same amount points. Youd rather not give them up the first hurts your team mentally. We played well after that. Spent a day earlier his week as positive von. Sending good vibes. Its hard to tell, hes always in a good mood. Who wouldnt be with the season hes having. Hes looking forward to monday night. Its exciting whenever you play somebody youve played so long with. Itll be the same with malik. Extra like i said earlier in the week. Playing one of your brothers. One of the guys you bled with. You want to beat those guys when you play them again. The broncos cant run. Thee cant hide from their issues on the ground. They have fallen to 19th overall in the running game. The 22 give up 126 yards per game. Its about a team effort to get them going again. I dont think you can at anyone. We didnt perform very good as a group, coaches included. Were trying to get on the same page. One more good day. Well go make improvements. Thats what were counting on. Everybody improving. If you sit around and say it was all one persons fault, nobody gets better. If we take those strides, we will get better as a group. Theres concern about the broncos losing two straight. Heres a stat to comfort you. They havent lost two straight 2011 season. Thank you. Two more days we have to wait till monday night football. Thats your morning sports report, everybody. Go out and make it a great day, i knoo you will. Coming up in our next half hour, the mystery surrounding the killing of a colorado teenager a couple years ago is now gaining national attention. Still ahead, theebomb shell confession that has some saying a local student got away with murder. A mailman arrested after police say they found close to breaking this morning. Police say they arrested a man afttr an hours long standoff overnight at an Embassy Suites hotel on hampton avenue. Nobody was hurt, but the man wasnt supposed to be there. He was wanted for a Domestic Violence incident and he may have stolen a car. He was taken into custody without incident. Coming up on 7 30 on this saturday morning. Very dry conditions across the state today. We do have a red flag warning starting at 11 00. Boulder, grand jackson under this fire weather warning. Low humidities. Gusty winds from the west. Burning is prohibited today. Current temperatures though, cool start to the day. 44 in city park. Conifer, 46. Castle rock at 56 under mostly clear skies. Elsewhere across the state, chilly in gunnison. Eagle and aspen in the 20s and 30s. Across the south downn mid30s. 24 hour planner. Aics many of sun and clouds throughout the morning. Temperatures staying cool. This sunshine will really warm things up by the afternoon. Upper 70s, lower 80s across the denver metro area. Clear skies overnight. Itll be a great day to get outside and enjoy the weather. Still above normal for this time of year. Here are your front range highs for today. 60s and 70s for the most part in the mountains. Denver at 79. Castle rock, youll see highs plenty of sunshine. When is that chance of showers and a cool down coming . Ill have your seven day in a bit. Denver 7 getting an inside look at the new facilities at the va hospital in aurora. Facilities have been under construction ffr a while now. This comes after that federal report found the va construction project way over budget. Amanda del castillo joins us live from the va hospital now. Amanda. Reporter the unfinished medical complex is expected cost 1. 7 billion. Thats up from its 604 million initial price tag. Thats nearly triple increase from early estimates. Thats what led lawmakers to ask for a formal investigation into the budget. Congress issued a subpoena requesting the va last month to that budget. The department turned over some. We are scheduled to take a tour of parts of the facility still under construction. Well give you a look at what we find out tonight at 5 00, reporting live in aurora, amanda del castillo. Robbery suspects shot at a witness outside this liquor store in englewood. Policeau lujan and arrested him for attempted murrer, along with another suspect who is under 18. Theyre still looking for another suupect. A 2000 reward is being offered to help find this man. Denver police say he robbed a 7 eleven back in august. The suspect assaulted the worker behind the counter. A driver accused of being involved in a hit and run crash that seriously hurt a motorcycle rider is facing felony charges. He has been arrested. Motorcyclist was hit around 7 00 yesterday morning. The driver, 52yearold juan chavez took off many a Nissan Altima but later returned to the scene. 16 gang members are facing federal charges because of a new statute in our state. Not just the person who commits the crime can be charged now. But also the people in charge of calling the shots for the crime to happen. They a new database is linking more people to the crimes. The family of leah porter was on 20 20. They just want to find her body. She disappeared in 2014 and it was porters brother who ended up getting the killer to confess. Recording it on his cell phone. She i placed my hand at her throat, i didnt start squeezing until after she kept going. I thought the her muscles gradually move the knife away and let her go and let her regain consciousness. But that didnt happen. Even with that confession, Christopher Wade was offered a plea deal that ended with a 48 year sentence. That could have been longer but leahs body still has not been found. A handful of students and their bus driver are recovering after this crash. They were rushed to the hospital after getting accident. Three other cars were involved. One of the other cars lost control, hitting the bus. The bus was taking 34 denver students home. None of the injuries are serious. . A teen has been arrested, accused of starting the largest wildfire in our state right now. The beaver creek fire is burning north of walden. Investigators arent releasing the suspects name because of age. This fire has been burning for more than four months because of how remote the area is. Burned so far. A big step to get the junkins fire under control. The nearly 18,000acre fire in Custer County is 33 contained. Eight homes have been destroyed by this one. Talk about snail mail. Investigators are trying to track wn the owners of thousands of pieces of undelivered mail in fort morgan and sterling. Blame on this 22yearold mail carrier. From october of 2014 to april of this year, investigators say tayso n hidalgo stole mail. Makes me nervous about bank statements. Did you notice your mail missing . I was supposed to get a check a few weeks ago. Investigators say some of the mail had been opened, even destroyed. Theyre trying to track down the owners. Theyre holding a town hall momenting monday, november 7th at 6 00 p. M. At sterling middle school. Hidalgo was indiited for delay and destruction of mail. Hell be back in this court a new political ad and it caught our eye because of the candidates hes endorsing. Denver 7 political reporter has more with some background you should know. When i became governor i knew we had to protect our colorado way of life. Reporter this new political ad paid for by America Votes has governoo hickenlooper telling you about four candidates he wants electe republicans hold a one seat advantage in the state senate. The races in this ad will likely determine if democrats get control or not. Rachel zenzinger covers arvada in 2014, woods beat zenzinger. A different libertarian candidate got more than 3600 votes. In cherry hills district 26, dody. Tom sullivan, is challenging current state senator jack tate. In district 25 in northeast adams county, former state representative is taking on current state representative. When may lost her house seat in 2014 she lost by 106 votes. Texas senator ted cruz is headed to colorado next week to cruz will be in loveland and denver next wednesday to campaign with glen. Were a little over two weeks away from election day. We have to ask, is the race for the white house wearing you out . Seems to be the case for many of us. Psychological Association Found more than half of people polled are significantly stressed out regardless of party affiliation. Dr. Kim gorgens says this is affecting people in colorado too. Myself, my colleagues, my friends, extended family. I see it in my patients. So heres what you caa do o cope. Stay informed but otherwise turn off your tv or that facebook feed. Thats a good point. Dont talk about the election with people you know will spark a conflict. We have plenty of those people in our families; right . And channel your stress into something productive like volunteer work we know saving for retirement can be daunting. This morning we have ps make it a little less stressful. Now to a basin is open, skiers are ready to hit the slopes. To make it a great season theres need for seasonal workers. We head up to winter park to get a closer look at their hiring process. The weather taking a toll switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month. Thats the speed you need to stream. Game. Connect on social media. Learn, shop and more with fast inhome wifi. So call 844565link. Get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. Speed may not be available in your area. Call today. It is 7 41. Taking a look up in the high country with snow up on the peaks. Still need a little more for some of those ski areas to open up. This is loveland, which is going to open up soon. A basin beat them out this year. Theyre always battling it out to see who is going to open first. A basin opened up early. Loveland will open soon. Well wait for that. As we get into cold and flu season, many new moms have questions about medications when it comes to their baby. There are some things you need to be aware of. Instead of using teaspoon a dose, cup a dose, find the combined deerelk hunting season starts today. If you want to get in extra practice, youll soon have more options. A new state grant is being awarded to develop 8 shooting and archery ranges. The money will be used to build new ranges and upgrade existing ones. Are you ready to retire . In order to do it you have to save up. It can be a daunting task putting away sums of money over a long period of time. Our partners have some tips for you. They encourage you a Monthly Budget and include in away. Also they say try not to think about it as eliminating money earned from your paycheck, rather using it as an automatic payment for yourself. Lastly, how much should you save . Experts say try putting awayy 15 of your annual income for retirement. Are you looking r a job w you may want to head down to the Cherry Creek Shopping Center today. A job fair is going on on the upper level next to neiman participating stores. Itll go from 9 00 this morning until 3 00 this afternoon. We keep talking bouski season. Its almost here. Ski resorts are working hard to hire seasonal workers. Customer service is as important as the snow. Yesterday we went to winter park. They are looking if for 1500 seasonal workers. Thats a lot. The challenge is housing for them though because supply is low and rent is high. We know that. Most of the employees come from across the united stat about 10 are international. We have also gone out and partnered with some great culinary Hospitality Companies and been able to bring over some of the students from india aad from the philippines and bali. Winter park hopes to open its slopes in about a month. I bought a snow blower for the driveway. My house faces north so the snow never goes away. Broke my shovel last year. Im ready. Thats smart. Have you ever used one before . No, so hopefully i dont break it on the first try. Thatll save you effort this winter; right . Yes, im ready. Were not at wintertime yet in the metro area, but a basin is open this weekend. Really exciting times. Skiers and snow borders in the high country. Well be seeing dry conditions though across the state. Next cold front has the possibility of more snow on warm weekend across colorado. Ill have your monday night football forecast coming up with the broncos when they play here on monday. So normally we should be at 63 degrees this time of the year. Today we are expecting highs to we could be fairly close. I dont believe well break a record for this afternoon. The one set back in 2003. Radar and satellite showing Clear Conditions across the state. Cloud coverage north near fort this goes into effect starting at 11 00 this morning. Itll last until 6 00 tooight. Do expect gusty winds, prrmarily for the Northern Front range mountains. Park and summit counties and down to the south spots like trinidad. Rights now, very mild, cool start to the morning. 44 degrees in city park. 39 in bennett. Parkee, youre at 42. May want that light jacket, maybe a sweatshirt if youre heading out the door. Temperatures also rise zing to the upper 70s rising to the upper 70s. Further to the north, low 80s. Across the northeastern plains, mid to upper 80s. Highs across the state today. 74 in grand junction. Slightly above average spots like aspen and gunnison. Leadville at 58 degrees. Winds picking up this afternoon. Mainly at higher elevations. Very warm day and also dry. Heres your future cast for today. As you can see, not too much to talk about. This is 1 00 his afternoon. Just a mixxof sun and clouds across the front range. Tonight, very dry. Partly cloudy to start suuday and also staying very clear and mostly sunny through about monday morning. Our lows tonight staying relatively mild. Still cool. 42 in denver. Mountains, expect 20s and 30s. Seven 75 tomorrow. Well see lows in tte low 40s. Monday for our broncos game, temperatures in the daytime getting up to about 73 degrees. Low 70s across the metro area. Overnight getting down into the 40s. Then tuesday, thats when were tracking that next cold front. Expected to bring a slight channe for a few showers across the metro. Snow for the mountains and then wednesday, mild and dry. Staying dry till the end of the week. Were still waiting on the halloween forecast. Hope apply it stays nice. Extreme weather could be putting your favorite bottle of wine at risk. International organization of vine and wine is blaming harsh weather on one of the worst years of production since the start of the century. Global Wine Production has fallen 5 this year. The Organization Says ecause of Global Warming storms are more frequent, longer lasting and more deaf stating and it takes a toll devaatating and it takes a toll on vineyards. Were used something other than a classic watch to tell the time. We found one home in fort collins with lots of clocks. Major king shows us why the owner is looking to sell them. This weight is going down. The clock is named after the latin word and it was used by monks to do their prayers. The nice thing about the english grandfather clock is it tock. The best resting heart rate. I havent been shy about my medical situation. Ive gone on to my neighborhood site and said im facing a death type operation saying okay, if i can sell some clocks now thats good. This clock is from 1730 and you might say theres the case. There wasnt a case. This is an nteresting clock. The clock has two weights pendulum. The bell up on the top is cloud because it was used to tell people through the house it was time to get up. Are you doing your wife a favor by tryyng to sell clocks . The simple answer is yes. Thats a lot of clocks. Still ahead, our friends from denver Animal Shelter are here. Thats lucy right there. Lucy here, aachihuahua mix, shes been at denver Animal Shelter since august. Yes. The beginning of august. Absolutely. Shes so cute. Shes very, very sweet. She loves treats. Ive discovered that today. Ann she loves to give kisses. And shes a kisser. Shed do really well in a home with children. See, giving kisses. 10 years old and dogs there. Talking about that. that would be something youd want to bring your dog, let them visit. Very sweet. She does listen to you very well. Shes just hanging out with you. 6. Its so tough on them when theyyhave to go from a hooe to just a shelter. Obviously she had a home at some point. She came in as a stray. Its just imagine if someone im done. I know, youre right. Its very sad. They dont understand why theyre there. Exactly. I like older dogs better. You dont have to deal with you dont have to potty train. Cute little puppy stuff. I think she is housebroken. She was veryygood this morning when i took her out. Lucy needs a ew home. If you want to contact denver number on your screen. Log on to our website and ill post this on my Facebook Page after the 8 00 newscast. Lucy, hopefully today will be your last day at the shelter. Kisses and treats. I hope you find a home. We are on top of all the big stories this morning. Well take a look back at some of them after the break. Were tracking a barricade situation that lasted into the early hours of the morning. This Aurora Police officer being thanked for coming to the im jamie foxx for verizon. In the nations largest independent study by rootmetrics, verizon is americas most reliable network. And im jamie foxx for sprint, with no wins in reliability in any state. You need to stop your shenanigans. Iim. Youre not jamie foxx. Im close enough, just like sprint. No look at my map. Take it in. Oh yeah, there you go. Eh . Yeah. Oh. sighs without all the restrictions. Get twenty gigs and four lines for only 160, with no surprise overages. Heres a look at our top stories this morning. A man behind bars, Federal Heights police were searching for 19yearold julian richards. He was tied to a shooting earlier this week. Police say he shot one of his friends after an arrument on thursday. This was near the Countryside Village that friend who was shot is expected to be okay. Breaking overnight, shots fired in loveland. Police are now searching for the person who pulled the trigger. Thisshappened on 6th and corona. Investigators found a car in the area that had been shot. No person was hurt. Just in, a man arrested after barricading himself inside the Embassy Suites hotel near hampton. Someone called to report the man. He wasnt supposed to be in the hotel. He may have stolen a car. Hes in jail. Nobody was hurt. Im live in aurora this morning outside of the unffnished va hospital. Were expecting to take a ttur later this morning of parts of the facility that are still under construction. Construction that made headlines last month because of the price tag. Its expected to cost nearly 1. 7 billion at the end of construction. Nearly triple the amount it was in but the tour this morning is closed to the public. Again, you will not be able to attend, but if youre looking for that inside look, well have that for you in the evening broadcast. Be sure to visit us and watch, tune in at 5 00 this evening. Reporting live in aurora, amanda del castillo, denver 7. Heres a story that will warm your heart. An Aurora Police officer is being thanked for coming to help this little girr. Dartmouth elementary. The school was having a donuts with dad event. Her dad is no longer in the picture and she didnt want to go to school. Her mom reached out to the department. A sergeant took time out of his busy day to make abigail feel special. He showed off his patrrl car to other students in her class. Awesome. Anyone looking for a new thrill in colorado, we have just the thing for you. Elich gardens is planning to build a new ride for the 20 the star flier is a high flying swing. 17 stories in the air. It will be the seventh new ride in the past six years. There you go. Another ride. Sweet. Theres much more to come in the next hour of denver 7. Including more on this duck going viral. What the duck was doing on the flight that has the birds owner speaking out this right now were following several breaaing news stories. Federal Heights Police have arrested this man in connection to a shooting earlier this week. Julian richards was taken into custody late last night. Police say the 19yearold shot one of his friends after an argument thursday. This happened at the Countryside Village Mobile Home Park on north federal. That victim is expected to be okay. Shots fi midnight in loveland. This happening at sixth and corona. When officers arrived on the scene they found one vehicle had been shot. The owner was not hurt. Investigators are now interviewing people trying to figure out why the gunfire broke out. They want to stress right now there is no threat to the public. More breaking news for you. One person is seriously hurt many a twocar rash. This happened last night on federal. The crash closed parts of federal for hours. Theres no word on how the have been filed. My wifes freaking out. My daughter is freaking out. Wondering whats going on. Everything we have with us here in the city of denver is up in the room and we cant even get into the parking lot. This story broke overnight. A terrifying night for guests staying at an Embassy Suites in denver. The whole orde is over now. S. W. A. T. Officers surrounded the hotel for hours all because a man wouldnt leave. Police say the man was wanted in connection to a Domestic Assault an car. No one was hurt. Ski and snowboard season is underway. A basin opened yesterday. Pretty earl y. We caught up with people who couldnt wait to take that first one. Since closing day started, yeah. Its been a long time coming, thats for sure. How was your run, man . It was great, man. Cant wait. Pumped for more. Seasons started. Two, one. To open. Beating out Loveland Ski Area which opens to open next week. Ive got to get the cobwebs off of my skis. Go ski the green slopes. Maybe you can do the blues this year. Maybe. Practice. Practice. Not a ton of snow right now at Rocky Mountain glacier basin. Slight chance for snow showers. Not till tuesday as that next cold front moves into colorado. Right now a very clear, nice lot going on. We arent expecting much in the way of moisture. Unfortunately we do have a red flag warning. This goes into effect starting at 11 00 this morning. Lasts until 6 00. All the areas you see here highlighted in red. Mainly boulder, fort collins. The front range mountains and foothills. Gusty winds up to about 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour from the west. Starting our day very pleasant. Slightly chilly note. Bennett at 39. Mountains. It will start to warm up very, very quickly today. Upper 70s, low 80s. Normally should be about 63 degrees. Plenty of sunshine. It will cool down. Ill bring you more in a bit. Two everGreen High School Football Players accused of haze willing facing criminal charges. Now a 15yearold and 16year old are suspended from school and kicked off the football team. Police responded to the school for reports of a player threatening othe shard. Two players targeted four other students several times with threats of violence. Coaches have been cracking down on it. Saying that teams should no the be doing it. Its definitely not as bad as the past. But theres still some small incidents that go on. The safe to tell program where students can easily report any concern. All ttey have to do is call the number on your screen there. They can also remain anonymous. This man is waking up in share about who may be responsible for that malicious activity. . While Homeland Security investigates, one hacker group has come forward to say this is their work. Today the new aurora va hospital is giving us a tour of the facility still under construction. You may remember a federal report found the budget for the project went well over budget. Wasting 400 million of taxpayer money. Aman facilities. Reporter good morning. I want to make sure we specify that this is a closed media tour so the public wont be able to attend it. Were expecting to view some of the parts of the facility that are still under construction. That construction has made headlines because of that price tag. The initial estimate was at 604 million. Now at 1. 7 billion. Thats nearly triple the reach out to the Justice Department asking for an investigation. Not only is this facility over budget, its also behind schedule. This is a closed media tour. Well have a live look a look at whats inside and what weve toured this morning later in the broadcast. Thatll be at 5 00 p. M. . Eporting live in aurora, amanda del castillo. Turning now to the race for the key battleground states this morning. With 17 days to go before the election, donald trump is making a final push rallying for a rebound as polls show him lagging behind hillary clinton. Shes hoping a swing state sweep. 3 mary bruce has the latest. Your government betrayed you. And im going to make it right. Get out and vote. [ cheering ] reporter this morning Donald Trumps kicking off his sprint to the finish, but acknowledges he may lose. For another 19 days. [ cheering ] and then i dont know what kind of shape im in but ill be happy. At least i will have known, win, lose or draw i will be happy with myself. Reporter as his path to the presidency narrows, trump is pulling out all the stops. For the first time going after michelle obama. One of the countrys most popular figures. We have a president , all he wants to do is campaign. His wife, all she wants to reporter making her closing argument, clinton is trying to broaden her reach. I know you may still have questions for me. I respect that. I want to answer them. I want to earn your vote. I am reaching out to all americans. Democrats, republicans and independents. Reporter and shes slamming trump for refusing to say if hell accept the election results. He is threatening our democracy. Reporter clinton and her to take on trump, literally. The press always asks me dont i wish i were debating him. No, i wish we were in high school i could take him behind the gym. Thats what i wish. Reporter trumps Campaign Manager punched back on twitter writing had trump said this it would be hair on fire, breaking news with violence and bully trending. An amazing surprise for students at Denver South High School yesterday. They got a malala yousafzai. The Nobel Laureate shared her story. South high school has special programs for refugee students, so malala stopped by to listen and take part in yesterdays assembly. The a line has suffered problem after problem this year and coming up, some riders get stranded on an overpass. Weve seep this before, unfortunately. . Details on the warning rtd go that could have prevented welcome back. There is so much sunshine. Downtown denver, plenty of sun to go around. Have the sunglasses handy if youre stepping out the door. This is going to be a no complaints kind of forecast until about monday. 70s, low 80s today. Very great weekend to get outside and enjoy this Beautiful University of colorado student acquitted of murder charges. A Boulder County sure cleared him yesterday. He stabbed another student to during a brawl outside a downtown bar. Prosecutors say the victim did not deserve to die, but the jury found there wasnt enough evidence to prove sureman wasnt trying to defend himself. Rtd has raised concerns three years before it started running. Thats according to emails obtained by our partners at the denver post. One of these could have prevented this. Stuck on a bridge because of lightning. The contractors could have installed a device that could have cut back on power hits. Pot in our state is reaching new heights. Its potency is some of the highest in the world. There was an effort to set a limit on thc levels but it didnt have enough support. This weekend is National Denver police have set off dropoff locations for you to safely get rid of those prescriptions. Police across the country did this back in may and collected nearly 900,000 pounds of unwanted medicines. Visit our website for a list of dropoff sites. Today shovels hit the ground at the university of Northern Colorado for the few Campus Commons building. It will be the Student Support and welcome center. Youre invited to attend the Ground Breaking ceremony. Cost 74 million. 8 12. Earlier this year the state legislature approved the inclusive Higher Education bill. It provides money to universities to create programs for students with disabilities. Up next, denver 7 anchor takes us to the university of Northern Colorado to show us more about the program and how its providing even more opportunities for participants. Also, take a look at these high temperatures today. Upper 70s, low 80s across the denver of sunshine. It is 8 15. You can see the changing colors over the metro area as we look to the southwest this morning. What a great start to your day. Heading east. What a great month its been, honestly. Beautiful fall weather. We do need some moisture at this point. This fall a handful of students with Developmental Disabilities are taking classes at the university of Northern Colorado. This is through the new go on and learn program. Theyre also finding other new opportunities on the unc campus. What are the words accented here. Reporter in the University Singers class one more time [ singing ] reporter breanna iss learning performance skills so she can combine her love of singing williams syndrome is what i have. Its a disorder disability for me. Reporter brianna is one of four students taking part in the g. O. A. L. Program. That sounds like a plane taking off. Reporter besides developing good study skills, it is also independent. After four years, probably find an apartment or some place to live. Reporter ryan wilson has a job with an event staffing company. And sometimes helps spot people trying to sneak stuff into events like broncos and rockies games. One guy [ unintelligible ] hid liquor doon in here and we were like, now its going off. [ laughter ] repooter for nick, means adjusting to life in the residence hall. In. Reporter its an adjustment nick says is going well. Do you like it in here . Yes. You dont miss home . Not too much. Dont tell your mom that. Okay. The programs got a lot of potential. Kaitlyn is a fellow student and resident to i help them do laundry. We host study sessions to help little rough, as they are for any freshman. Theyre starting to find their place on campus though. You know, its been a really good inclusive community. Theyve adjusted pretty well. For music lover brianna, part of the adjust want as been meeting new friends. The four years, thats that time to develop at social, get to know your life, yourself. Reporter a campus helping students develop passions outside of academics. Ready to come down now. Right now. So wel kind of prompt the students to do the social interactions and see how they go and get in there for that natural support if needed. Reporter that iicludes helping nick get connected with the climbing club, something he does twice a week. Dont you get tired . Sometimes i do, yes. Uncs goal program is funded if part by the colorados passed by lawmakers earlier this year. It provides money to unc, university of colorado Colorado Springs and Arapahoe Community college. Unc the only one that has students in the Program Living on campus. Weve got new video for you now of a massive fire burning near l. A. This is at a card board recycling plant. At one point firefighters say the fire jumped the railroad tracks, burning backyard its hard to battle pallet fires because of the way the pallets are constructed. It almost makes them water resistant. No injuries reported and no other structures were threatened with that huge fire there. Wow. We dont want anything to spark right now. There is a red flag warning in effect. A lot of places burning is prohibited, low humidity, gusty winds. Spread. Just be careful out there very sunny. Heres the view right now from Rocky Mountain national park. Taking a peek. We arent seeing much snow. We do know a basin is open for ski and snowboard season. Radar and satellite showing a very dry start to our day. Some cloud coverage to the north in spots like fort collins. That will clear throughout this morning. Heee are watches and warnings in effect. Red flag 11 00. Goes until 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Just beware spots like estes park, boulder and the foothills. Moving to the west, westerly wind. Including the low humidity. Wind gusts up to about 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Please be careful. Any spark could start a firee current temperatures outside, very cool, but also pleasant start to our day. City park at 47. Parker at 46. Castle rock at 58. Today, temperatures staying a mix of sun and clouds. Greeley, boulder in the mid to upper 70s across the denver metro area. Elsewhere across the state, mid70s. 60s and 70s for the mountains. Steamboats, expecting a higg near 66 degrees. Down across the southeast, mmd80s. Warm in spots like pueblo. Also dry. Future cast, staying very clear. Mostly to partly cloudy skies overnight tonight in areas of boulder and across the plains. We arent expecting moisture until tuesday afternoon when our next cold front moves into the state. We are just seeing very dry conditions until monday early in the morning. Great week to enjoy. Lows overnight, staying cool. 42 in denver. 30s and 20s for the mountains. Upper 30s across the northeastern plains. This weekend, two bright spots. Sunny skies. Pleasant conditions. 75 for tomorrow. Great weather for bronchis. Well see overnight lows dropping into the 40s. Tuesday, we have a chance for a few more showers. Unfortunately not much in the way of measurable precipitation. Well keep an eye on that Cool Temperatures gradually getting to near average values, but normally we should be in the low 60s this time of year. Just a few more days and well see the halloween 3 forecast. Well keep an you on back to the Community Every thanksgiving needs your help making sure their program continues. Were talking about the denver feed a family thankkgiving distribution. To see a family that was concerned about making the choice of paying rent and School Supplies and winter clothing or having a thanksgiving meal and were it is. Each year between 25,000 and 35,000 people are fed through that program. Were eager to watch our broncos get back into action. They went through their practice routine yesterday looking for a win on monday when i became governor, i knew we had to protect our colorado way of life. Its why i need a good team in the state senate. Like rachel zenzinger, a former teacher whos fought for equal pay for equal work. To help seniors afford their utility bills. Jenise may worked to cut taxes for 30,000 small businesses. And tom sullivan is a veteran who believes in an open and transparent government. Theyd be a great team in the state senate. Its been nine days since the broncos last played a Football Game. We still have to wait two more days before they tee it up mile high. It was a busy friday at dove valley. Troy rank has the low down. Dont start with the defense. Really, dont start with them. They know theyve had problems with first drives of games. Theyve given up 31 points, to be impact. Defensive coordinator wade philips said we will address the issues on the failure to launch. Its not good when you get behind early like that. So something were trying not to do. Points. Youd rather not give them up the first series of the game. Hurts your team, as far as mentally getting behind. Positive von sending good vibes throughout the locker room. Hes always in a good mood, who wouldnt be with the season shes having. He is looking forward to monday night. You know, the whole brock comes back to denver thing. Its excite whenever you play somebody youve played so just a little bit added sauce. Extra like i said earlier in the week, that thats just how it is. You playing one of your brothers, one of your guys you bled with. You want to beat thhse guys when you ppay them again. The broncos cant run. They cant hide from their issues on the ground. They have fallen to 19th overall in the running game. The temperatures staying give up 126 yards per game. Offensive coordinator said its about a team effort to get them going again. I dont think you can point at anyone. We didnt perform very good as a group, coachessincluded. Were trying to get on the same page. We worked really hard. One more good day. Well make improvements. Thats what were counting on. Everybody improving. If you say it was one pprsons fault, nobody gets better. If we take the strides and get better, well get better as a group. Theres concern about the they havent last two straight at home since the end of the 2011 season. Thank you. Just two more days until monday night football. Thats your morning sports report, everybody. Go out and make it a great day. I know you will. Coming up, the mystery surrounding the killing of a colorado teenager a couple years ago Gains National attention. Some saying a local student got police found close to 26,000 police have arrested a man after an hours long standoff overnight at an Embassy Suites hotel. This was on hampton avenue. Nobody waa hurt, but the man wasnt supposed to be there. He was wanted for a Domestic Violence incident and he may have stolen a car. He was taken into at 8 30 on this saturdayy morning. Herrs your first alert. Its going to be a great weekend. Weather wise, we werent expecting severe weather. We will see the winds pick up later this afternoon. To start oor day, colds ery clear if youre heading out to the mountaans. Live view froo vail village. Youll want a light jacket in the mountains for sure. This afternoon well see temperatures in vail and across much of the valley levels of the mountains getting to the 60s. Denver right now, clr bluee temperatures across the denver metro gradually climbing to the upper 70s, lower 80s. Plenty of sunshine to spare. Normally we should be at 63 degrees. Today, well above normal across the denver metro. Here are your highs. Grand lake, 61 degrees today. Cooler, breezy this afternoon. 50 degrees is our expected high. Evergreen, 74. Broomfield at 79. Up to the northeast, temperatures in the low 80s. Hes your first things start to cool down eventually. Seven day forecast in a few. Denver 7 getting an inside . Look at the new facilities at the va hospital in aurora. Its facilities have been under construction ffr a while now. This comes after that federal report found the va construction project way over budget. Amanda del castillo joins us. I want to specify first that the tour isnt hope to the public. Its only for the media this of the facility still under budget. Initial estimates said it was going to cost 604 million. Thats jumped to 1. 7 billion. Tripling that initial estimate. That led lawmakers to reach out to the Justice Department asking for an investigation. But not only is the construction here at the facility over budget, its also behind schedule. I want to say that it is closed wanting to see what it looks like inside, well have a full report for you during our evening broadcast at 50. Be sure to tune in then. New details emerging after robbery suspects shot at a witness. It happened outside a liquor store in englewood. Theres a third suspect police are looking for. A 2000 reward is being offered to help find this man. Denver place say he robbed the 7eleven back in august. The suspect assaulted the worker behind the counter. A driver accused of being involved in a hit and run crash that seriously hurt a motorcycle rider is facing charges. The motorcyclist waa hit around 7 00 the driver, 52yearold juan chavez took off in a Nissan Altima but later returned to the scene. Its 8 33. A big crackdown on gang violence. 16 gang members are facing federal charges because of a new statute in our state. The crime can be charged but ts also the people in charge of calling the shots for the crime to happen can be charged. A new database is linking more peoole to crimes. You would have seen it here last night. On 20 20. The teen disappeared in 2014. It was or thers brother who ended up getting the killer to confess, recording it all on his cell phone. She i placed my hand at her throat, i didnt start squeezing until after she kept going. I thought that hee muscles would relax when she went unconscious and that i could gradually move the knife away and let her go and let regain consciousness, but that didnt happen. Even with that confession, Christopher Wade was offered a plea deal. A handfuof students and their bus driver are recovering after this crash. They were rushed to the hospital yesterday afternoon after getting into a crash on fox and 39th. Three other cars were also involved here. One of the other cars lost control, hit the bus. Senior and junior students home at the time. A teen has been arrested accused of starting the largest wildfire in our state right now. The bever creek fire is burning north of walden. Investigators arent releasing the suspects name because of age. This fire has been burning for more than four months because of how remote the area is. A big step to get the junkins fire under control. The nearly 18,000acre fire in custer contained. Eight homes have been destroyed by this one. Talk about a case of snaal mail. Investigators are trying to track down the owners of thousands of pieces of undelivered mail. Blame it on a 22yearold mail carrier. Investigators say he stole more than 26,000 pieces of mail. Makes me more nervous about getting bank statementeds in the mail. Did you notice any mail missing . Weeks ago. Investigators say some of the mail had been opened, even destroyed. Now theyre trying to track down the owners. Theyre holding a town meeting on mondays, november 7th at 6 00 p. M. Hell be back in court october 25th. Our governor is the star of a nauplial ad that caught our eye a new political ad that caught our eye. Background you should know. Knew we had to protect our colorado way of life. This new political ad paid for by America Votes has governor hkenlooper telling you about four candidates he wants elected. Rachel zenzinger, daniel kagan, denise may, tom sullivan. Republicans hold a one seat advantage in the state senate. The races will likely determine if democrats get control or not. Rachel zenzinger is taking on which covers arvada. Libertarian hans roamer is also in the race. In 2014, woods beat zenzinger by 663 votes. A different libertarian candidate got 3600 votes. Current state representative daniel kagan is taking on nancy dody. Tom sullivan, the father of aurora theater shooting victim is challenging current tate senator in district 25, former state rrpresentative may is taking on kevin priola. When may lost in 2014 she lost by 106 votes. Texas senator ted cruz is headed to colds next week to campaign with daryl glen. Cruz will be in loveland and denver next wednesday to campaign with glen. Were a little over two weeks from election day. Many of us. In a new study from the American Psychological Association Found more than half of people poll ready significantly stressed out regardless of party affiliation. This is affecting people here in colorado. I certainly see it in myself, in my colleagues, in my friends, extended family. I see it in my patients. Heres what yoo can do. Turn off that tv or facebook feed. Dont talk about the election with people you know will spark conflict. And channel your stress into something productive like maybe volunteer work. We know saving for retirement can be daunting. 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Speed may not be available in your area. It is 8 41. What a great start to your weekend. A great time to enjoy it before the inevitable. The cold will come. We havent seen rain for a while now. A lot of moisture. Hasnt come yet. . Were keeping an eye on that halloween forecast too as inches closer. Many new moms have questions about medications when it comes to their baby. there are some things you need to be aware of. Instead of using medicines like a teaspoon a dose or a cup a dose, find medicines that use a syringe with milligrams. Kids under the age of 5 shoulder never take cough or cold medication. The combined deerell a new 600,000 state grant is being awarded to develop eight shooting and archery ranges across our state. The money will be used to build new ranges and upgrade some existing ones. Are you ready to retire. In order to do it you have to save up. It can be daunting. Our part nors have tips for you. They encourage you to establish a Monthly Budget and include in that budget money you would put away. They say try not to think about from a paycheck, rather using it as automatic payments for yourself. How much should you save . Try putting away 15 of your annual income for retirement. Are you looking for a job . You may want to head down to the Cherry Creek Shopping Center today. Theres a job fair going on. It on the upper level next to neiman marcus. More than 100 positions are up for grabs. Itll run from 9 00 this hard to hire seasonal workers. Customer service is important as the snow. Yesterday we went to winter park where they were looking for 1500 seasonal workers. Damage is disturb supply is low, rent high and most employees come from across the uniied states. About 10 come from international. We have partnered with great culinary Hospitality Companies and been able to bring over some of the students and from the philippines and from bali. Winter park hopes to open in about a month. A basin opened just yesterday. Woohoo. Loveland will probably come next. Usually does. Crazy. Its that time. No snow yet on the seven day for the denver metro area. Today it will feel pleasant and warm outside. Upper 70s. Lower 80s. We arent looking at snow down in the valley levels. Rocky Mountain National park, a cold problem to bring a morr substantial amount of snowfall to the mountains until tuesday. Plenty of sunshine to spare across the metro and the state. Radar and satellite. We arent looking at much in very clear skies all throughout colorado. Warm conditions are expected. Windy, low humidity, that makes it for very high fire danger. Red flag warni park, summit countyy boulder gusty winds will be possible through this afternoon and ann little spark could start a fire. Once those fires start, can spread rapidly. Please be careful and abide by burn laws in place. A lot of those places do have burn bans in effect. 42 right now in sterling. Youll want a coat in eagle and gunnison. Denver metro area. Very warm by this afternoon. Shed the layers. High temperatures in the upper 70s. A mix of sun and clouds. Nothing too gusty down in the plains. Mostly for higher elevations. Well keep an eye on wind gusts for you. 60s and 70s in the mountains. Feeling pleasant. A lot of sunshine. 66 in steam boat. Down to the southeast. Mid to upper 80s. Sterling. Our future cast showing not a lot of activity to talk about across the state. A mix of sun and clouds. Mostly cloudy overnight across much of the front range. Higher elevations. Throughout the course of the evening into sunday. Plenty of sunshine. No moisture expected. Great weekend to get outside and enjoy staying cool overnight in the 20s and 30s. We will be seeing a gradual not until about tuesday. Saturday and sunday, hey, two bright spots on the seven day. Monday, mostly sunny. Great weather for football. Broncoo guy im. Well see overnight lows dropping to the low 40s. Feeling similar as what we felt overnight the past evening. A few showers possible come tuesday. Temperatures still above average in the upper 60s. Throughout the rest of the week, heading into the weekend, highs in the 70s and then eventually upper 60s. So its still feeling pretty ive been playing golf. I could have kept the boat longer. Potentially, yeah. We did get to freezing though last week. Thats true. Kind of that littte up and down. Thanks. Extreme weather could be pptting your favorite bottle of wine at risk. 3 the International Organization of vine and wine is blaming harsh weather, one of the worst years of production since the start of the century. Global Wine Production has fallen 5 thii year. The organization believes its that are more frequent, longer lasting and more devastating its taking a toll on vin guards. Were used to using something other than a classic least nowadays. E time, at its sometimes hard to find someone with a watch, let alone a ticking clock. We found one home with lots of those clocks. Why the owner is looking to sell them now. You watch, this weight is going down. Clock is named after thla to do their prayers. The grandfather clock has a one second beat. Tick, waits a second, tock. Which is the best resting heart rate. I havent been shy about my medical situation. Its a abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ive gone on to my neighborhood site and said im facing a death type operation. Thats good. This clock is from 1730. You might say wheres the case. There wasnt a case. This is an interesting clock in that its 1860 p. The bell up on the top is loud. Tell people through the house it was time to get up. Are you doing your wife a favor by trying to sell some clocks . The simple answer is question. First there was daniel with the white pants. You know that reference . No. Is that bad that i dont . Its something that went viral. This is daniel the duck going viral. Well tell you about it. All right. One duck is aking the daniel the duck cant fly, but he ended up on a commercial flight. More on the story. Reporter passengers seemed lighted when they spotted delighted when they spotted a duck. What is his full name . Daniel turducken sinker butt. Reporter hes an emotional support duck. Without daniel i would stay home for the rest of my life. I would never leave the house because i cant. Suffers from posttraumatic stress as a result of a serious accident. Her horse and carriage were rear ended by a car. I love you. Reporter karlas psychologist vouched for her therapy duck in writing. They know im not just some whacko bringing her duck with her. Reporter daniel went viral when a passenger began tweeting photos, including one of the duck gazing out a window. Looking kind of con temperature players john was singing about him. To protect his tender webbed feet while traveling he was wearing sharp red reporter and gently quacking. This 4yearold duck is used to showering. Im not gettinn in with you, daniel. Reporter wearing diapers. Hes wearing his captain america under pants. Reporter and eating macaroni and cheese. Was it worth the wait . Reporter when you call karla, youre liable to get daniel as well. Interviewed. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Daniel sometimes gets a little jealous of my phone conversations. Reporter daniel was a breed of duck that cannot fly. I like to think he was looking oot at the clouds and it triggered some deep ancestral memory of what it is to fly. Reporter maybe he was just dreaming of mac and cheese. Loving that song. Yeah. Youre not going to move with me here . Songs over, so unbelievable. Rude. [ laughter ] were on top of all the big stories this morning. Well look back at some after the break. A barricade situation that lasted hours into the Early Morning hours. Switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a m. Onth thats the speed you need to stream. Game. Connect on social media. So call 844565link. Get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. Speed may not be available in your area. Call today. Arrested julian richards. Police say he shot one of his friends after an argument on thursday. This was near the Countryside Village the friend who was shot is expected to be okay. Shots fired in brooklyn. Police are searching for the person who pulled the trigger investigators found a car in the area that had been shot. Overnight a man was arrested after barricading himself inside the Embassy Suites hotel. This was near hampton and tamarac. The man wasnt supposed to be in the hotel. He was wanted in connection to a Domestic Assault and he may 3 have stolen a car. Hes now in jail. Nobody was hurt. Heres a nice story to warm your heart this morning. An Aurora Police officer is being thanked for coming to help aalittle girl. Abe gail rose is a student. The school was having a donuts with dad event, upset because her dad isnt in the picture and says she didnt want to go to school that day. Her mom reached out asking for help. It wasnt long before Sergeant Mike took time out of his day to make abigail feel special. Other students in the class. Anyone looking for a new thrill in colorado, we got it for you. Planning to build a new ride for the 2017 season. A high flying swing. Attraction will give riders breathtakinggviews. Itll be the seventh new ride in the last six years. Get up really high and end up having a nice view. You want to get outside, have a bike ride. Breezy and warm. 79 gosh wont be too much to talk about tomorrow. Be like hey, its sunny, 70s. Sunny and 75. The Football Game looks good announcer jack hannas wild countdown is sponsored by nationwide. Jack hi, everyone, im jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at zoo. Welcome to wild countdown. How do you think the first social networks were created . If youre looking at your phone or your computer, youre way off. [chimp calls] hey, look at this. I found the source. The bees are coming out now. Whoowee. Dont get stung, dont get stung. Some animals have been using social networks for eons, like herds of elephants, colonies of bees and ants, hyena clans, and chimpanzees. Yep, right there it is. I knew