Event in parker. 9news political reporter Brandon Rittiman calls that job security. Reporter trump and clinton supporters would cast johnson as a spoiler in the race. Johnson has about as much odds of winning colorado as ive got of buying one Powerball Ticket and expecting to win, but hes still a significant factor. Hes drawing 8. 6 support. Some pops have him as high as 13 polls have him as high as and you can bet trump and clinton would like not to lose any votes to him. Johnson has been struggling lately to explain his answer on msnbc when he couldnt come up with a name when asked what current world leader he admires. Today hes sticking to that answer. Im really skeptical. So when im asked to name a foreign leader that i admire and i name one and find out that well, heres what this you know what, im going to reserve that vote. I hope that speaks to honesty and leadership as opposed to an empty suit. Reporter so it sounds like you think the whole thing got blown out of proportion. You think . Do i think . Yeah. I think it really got blown out of proportion, really got blown out of proportion. Reporter what im hearing is its not that i cant think of a world leader. Im not going to hitch my wagon on it. I was asked to name a world leader four days later i cannot name for you a world leader that i categorically admire and could defend for whatever would come along with well, heres what this world leader has done. Reporter yeah. Now i did name vicente fox. I couldnt actually think of his name, but i did interact with vicente fox. Admitting to a bit of a lapse there of the former on stage he called for cuts to military spending, an open border with mexico and said the government should get out of the education business completely. He said he wants the government out of your pocketbook and bedroom and an open pot user and businessman, we asked johnson why he said he would not indulge in marijuana if he was in the white house. Ive always supported legalization of marijuana and speaking specifically for myself, i havent had a drink of alcohol in 30 years and as president of the united states, i would like people are incoming and theres 12 minutes to deal with it, that it will be somebody thats not under the influence of anything other than common sense. He may be trailing a distant third in the polls, but the people who back him are passionate. Johnson packed a 1,200 person auditorium and shortly before he spoke his volunteers had to turn people away. This is quite the race, brandon. Indeed. A lot of passion for this Third Party Candidate and obviously for obviously the republican and democratic nominees as well. Yes indeed. Thank you. Trump saw big crowds in pueblo and loveland today, told supporters at both stops he could fix what he called the broken tax code. He defended his use of some legal tax scams that the New York Times reported he didnt pay taxes on 1 billion. Trump said he was brilliantly using the tax code to advantage and hit that message again in loveland. Its something ive been talking about for a long time. Youve heard me talk about it despite being a very big beneficiary i must admit. I understand the tax laws better than almost anyone which is why i am the one who can fix them and that is what i commit to you. Trump has not released his tax returns for verification of the numbers reported by the times. Hes claiming an ongoing audit its trumps choice. Hillary clinton went after trump and his Business Decisions today during a stop in ohio. The toledo visit was supposed to focus on the economiful during her speech clinton brought up that times report that said trump reported a loss of more than 900 million in 1995 and called his campaign out for calling him a genius for avoiding personal income taxes. Heres my question. What kind of genius loses 1 billion in this is trump to a t. Hes taken corporate excess and played a Business Model out of it. And made a Business Model out of it. He abuses his power, games the system, puts his own interest ahead of the countrys. Its trump first and everyone else last. Clinton announced her latest endorsement from nba star lebron james. Tomorrow night vp candidates tim kaine and mic only debate in mike pence meet for their one and only debate farmville, virginia. Well have an analysis on 9news at 9 00 and 10 00. An early heads up about the second president ial debate sunday airing on channel 20. Sunday night football will air on channel 9 on nbc at this time. Next tuesday 9news will host the only televised debate in the race for u. S. Senate in colorado. Democratic senator Michael Bennet and republican challenger darryl glenn. About the singest Biggest Issue the republicans have seized on, the nuclear deal with iran, concessions to that country in return for a nuclear deal. What do you think the chances are they will cleat . Very high. Reporter your cheat . Very high. Reporter and your confidence they would be caught . Very high. If you look at where we were had 10 bombs of enrefused uranium and were within two or three months of breaking out to a nuclear bomb. Because of that deal iran no longer has the uranium necessary to build one bomb. My full interview with senator bennet today and our previous interview with his cha lenger Darrell Glenn are on the next section of 9news. Com. Challengerr on the next section of 9news. Com. Cooler weather tomorrow could help cruels in Pueblo County gain ground on a wildfire near beulah hill. The Sheriffs Office says its burning out of control tonight. We got an update on acreage, 3,000 acres charred southwest of pueblo, seven structures destroyed. Crews evacuated Beulah School and everyone living nearby. Highway 78 in Beulah Valley is closed and everyone in the town of beulah has been warned of a possible evacuation. The Pueblo County health of ash in the air in the area, no word yet on the cause of that fire. A well known doctor from greeley has been identified as the person killed saturday while climbing longs peak in Rocky Mountain national park. 61yearold Scott Corliss fell about 100 feet while he was on one of the mountains most popular climbing routes. Every county in florida is under a state of emergency tonight as Hurricane Matthew moves closer. That category 4 storm has sustained winds of 140 miles about 7 miles per hour. Nasa shared what matthew looks like from space. There are two depths attributed to the storm, one in colombia and one in the island of st. Vincent. Tonight matthew is expected to hit southwestern haiti and head into cuba tuesday. 700 family members have been evacuated from the facility at Guantanamo Bay to florida. Several soldiers from county carson remain from fort carson remain in the storms soldier. She lives in pueblo. She said her husband described a chaotic weekend down there boarding up windows and he told her theyre only prepared for a category 2 storm. If the storm hits, theyll probably lose power. Theyre probably going to lose all connection, so pretty darn nervous, just hoping for the guest with him. Another group of coloradans are in matthews path in haiti. The group from Summit Church in centennial are on a service trip there. They plan to stay through the or the disaster relief. The same cold front that brought the wind to the front range today brought snow to parts of the high country. Areas near rabbit ears pass, steamboat, vail and pikes peak got snow. Theres a chance the metro area might see some of the same. Kathy sabine is tracking a cold front arriving in the next few days. It will bring cooler air to the metro area. There is a possibility the rain that comes with it could mix with snow. Bass pro shops and cabelas have been rivals for years. Cabelas for 4. 5 billion. More than 65 a share will be paid to cabelas shareholders. In sidney, nebraska, the company employs about 2,000 of the 7,000 residents in that town. An expert at university of denver predicts shoppers will not notice major changes at either store. Because they both have a good strong cabelas is known for what it does and it has a strong loyal following as does Bass Pro Shops and theres no reason to give those two entities up. Both Companies Expect the deal to be approved in the first half of next year. Dont look now, but cu is decent at football all of a sudden. Okay. So for the first time in 11 years the buffs move into the top 25 both polls, a. P. And coaches poll. This is a big deal. Figured there might be just a couple people on campus that want to talk about that. This is a good football team. Reporter the energy here is palpable. Wasnt expecting it. Reporter its an energy that throws off frisbees and changes street signs into pride signs. Its like a badge. Its like a right to be cocky, i guess. Reporter one dallas seen and in the true sense of being one that is seen and in the true sense of being a buff heard. It was crazy. Me and my buddy watcng into eugene and doing that. Its unreal. Reporter its why alex freshman chose cu, one that Sports Reporter bg brooks hasnt felt in that many years. 26 to 28. Any time you get into the National Rankings after this long of drought its something special. Reporter the energy roars and rumbles. When you have your own personal ties, it makes it even more exciting. Fan flag can be flown. Every year i was in school we had a top five, a top 10, a top 15 win. Reporter five years removed from her time there 9news prep reporter taylor temby admits its hard not to cheer when she sees things like this and this and this. Any time a Colorado School does well, its good for all schools in colorado. Reporter through another formidable opponent this weekend, one that will make the names and faces of yesteryear proud. Anywhere you break in is a good number. 21 is a really good number for this team. On saturday the buffs will take on the unranked usc trojans, a team the buffs have never beaten in all 10 of their meetings. We know how the nba finals world, so there is a fighting chance. Now that you explain it like that. College ball is so much fun because of that. Its so unpredictable you just dont know. We might have to wait until the weekend for our next 7 degree day. Kathy 70degree day. A famous deli might just saved by a former dishwasher. Reporter walt weiss follows one of his most important life rules right out. If you live in denver and what it will look like in the years to come. The Census Bureau puts denver in one of the top 50 Fastest Growing areas in the country. There will be workshops today and wednesday to ask people what they want in terms of transportation, parks and other ammenities. People can give input online. The first denver write Community Workshops will be from 7 30 to 9 a. M. At the mcnichol building downtown and from 3 to 5 p. M. At New Hope Baptist Church off workshop times on 9news. Com. No candidate visit to colorado or anywhere really is universally loved. Protests greet Hillary Clinton and donald trump pretty much everywhere they go and then a special protest sign offering a sandwich in pueblo today. A trump sandwich white bread full of baloney with russian dressing and a small pickle. The owners gave the sandwiches away to free to all the up 5 million to save the deli in new york city where he once worked. The owners of the Carnegie Deli announced they were closing the end of the year. Its been around 89 years. It was an institution. The dishwasher owns three restaurants now. He said if the former owners knew about the plans to close, they would roll over in their graves. Chipotle will serve up more than 20 million worth of freebies to tens of thousands program. 85,000 people purchased 11 or more entrees month july to september and for that they get up to nine free meals and catering for 100 people. That comes out to about 240 per customer. Eating the cost is not an issue for chipotle. Its part of efforts to win back customers after outbreaks of e. Coli, norovirus and salmonella. Windy and warm today, 80s, dry. A front has moved through. The winds are finally dying down tonight. The winds are pushing cloud along the front range foothills tonight, a beautiful sunset for many of you. Im meteorologist kathy sabine. We were tracking the clouds which had kind of an orange and pink hue this evening. Our temperatures above average today by about 10 degrees, 81 in denver, 92 lamar, cool in the high country with a wintery mix above about 9,000 feet. At dia 57 degrees, winds west well. Not nearly as blustery in the backyard outside the studios as during our 9 00 hour, mid50s and youll feel the cooler air when you head out tomorrow morning. As we check conditions around the area, were starting to see wind improve off to the east, quite gusty in Jefferson County up over some of the higher passes. Initially out of the west southwest, now out of the north, northwest. We do expect those winds to continue to diminish. All of the heavy weather rockies. These are snow reports. These are win reports. Heavy snow forecast wind reports. Heavy snow forecast in great falls and billings, a winter storm warning posted there, Winter Weather advisories also out and wind advisories in central way i would, hard to believe colorado not in central wyoming, hard to believe colorado not included with the blustery conditions. The winds will start to ease. Severe Weather Threat pushes into omaha tomorrow and the low will push in cooler air. Days. Wednesday mid60s the next two days and wednesday a stronger front moves in with a batch of cooler air. Dangerous Hurricane Matthew is just off the coast of haiti. We amy a landfall scenario anticipate a landfall scenario around portauprince, sustained winds 145 miles per hour. With 55,000 people displaced after this horrendous earthquake this will be a st were looking at which will eventually affect the lower 48. This system could sideswipe jacksonville and then make landfall in the carolinas over the weekend. All the forecast modeling can coming together now to modeling coming together now to produce this type of path with the system, something well have to start monitoring here in the next 36 hours. We have cool air north of us, warm air pushing south and a bit of a rain snow mix off and on traveling i70 tomorrow and lower elevations and front range, a few clouds, less wind, sunny and cooler day, cool start, 32 in aspen, 41 in greeley, 41 in walsenburg. Cool out west, morning lows in the 20s where a freeze warning is posted, tender vegetation and Crop Protection is needed in the western valleys. Look for highs tomorrow to be much cooler, cooler than average but warmer than theyre currently experiencing across the western slope. We have mid50s in idaho springs, conifer and evergreen. Grand lake may tomorrow. Tonight partly cloudy, gradually the wind decreasing, low 43. Chilly start tuesday, sunshine, 60 at noon, 66 in the afternoon. Similar day shaping up wednesday with showers developing wednesday night. Enough cold air we may briefly see the rain mix with snow in the foothills right around 6,000 feet, no accumulation but a gentle reminder 32 degrees thursday morning, a high of only 52. So time to start thinking about winterizing your home, blowing the snow tires. You wont need it. Look at that extended period, sunshine and 70s through the weekend and beyond. Now is the time. Get up and enjoy the beautiful outdoors and keep on sending those pictures in. For those of us who havent been up there yet, were living vicariously through you. Live on. When a creek in st. Louis county, missouri, turned white, it also turned heads and people are scratching those. The state collected samples. No fish kills however, conventional wisdom points to a chemical dump of some kind. The local sewer district couldnt trace the source to its systems. People who live near the water say it smells like paint. Measure twice, move once. Yes, that indeed is sound advice for life, but it clearly didnt happen here in austin, texas, where there is a neighborhood with a house blocking a road. Crews went to move it on friday and ended up getting that left it there for the weekend in the middle of the street. The city says drivers need to figure out their detours, not from colorados sports leader heres drew soicher. Hi, everybody. Walt weiss was born in a new york town named tuxedo. Weiss strongly believes you should never be where you are not wanted and since he sensed exactly that during a meeting with rockies general manager this morning convinced that the team no longer considered him a valuable leader he resigned before most likely getting fired. Walt spent four years as rox skipper compiling a 437 winning percentage, the lowest among any manager in franchise left. I made a decision and that hastened things a bit. Both parties at some point realized they see the world a little bit differently as it relates to this team and that got quickened up a bit because walt was pretty set in his mind what he wanted to do. Rockies Minor League Manager and former padres skipper bud black are obvious candidates. I would suggest the rox wait a few days until the detroit ausmus. He handles a pitching staff well, young, high energy, former rox draft pick and a little bit nuts. Broncos head coach gary kubiak ruined all the fun today by immediately ending the Trevor Siemian or paxton lynch debate before it started. 9news broncos insider mike klis floats it out there anyway on the pages of his notebook. Reporter gary kubiak did right by Trevor Siemian today by emphatically stating the starter. Siemian deserved it. I just wonder if it wouldnt be better for paxton lynch to make his starting nfl debut this week against atlanta. Let siemian get healthy and give the first round draft pick some more experience, but as of today thats not how the broncos head coach was looking at it. Were going to approach every week to get our best people on the field. Trevor is our starter. Well give him every opportunity to get there on without a lot of practice . That would never be a problem with him because hes very bright what were doing. So well push to get there, be as good as we can be against atlanta, but we only make decisions the end of the week. When siemian was first slammed to the ground and then carted in for braise, the fear was a fractured xrays, the fear was a fractured collarbone. That wasnt the case. If siemian is able, he starts. If not, paxton nfl start. Hey, if theres one thing weve learned about the broncos these past two years. If there is a quarterback mystery, all is well. Mike klis, 9news. Still of the night comes from 20th and blake where rockies manager walt weiss waves goodbye, a true gentleman who represented the team with class and dignity in everybody, of course, wants to know what walt will do next. He and his wife terry have four boys, three who are still playing baseball. So they will be traveling around the country, im sure, sitting in the crowd and cheering for the boys. Hes a great family man. Windy and cooler out there. Wait till you step out in the morning. Youll notice a little change and wait till thursday morning when temperatures are in the 30s. What . I know. Mid60s tomorrow with less wind. It wont be a bad day. Things change wednesday night into thursday morning. It wont be a huge deal, but theres a chance some of you along the foothills over elevated terrain may see that rain mixed with snow, a couple snowflakes coming down. It always freaks people out. Too early, too early. Drew likes to be warned. There you go. Time for a change is a long running weather promo