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Say two robbers held a woman at gunpoint and forced her to withdraw money from her bank account all while police are looking for two people the man and woman featured in this surveillance video. They say one of them saw their victim at goodwill on monday and convinced her to drive them to a post office. The man then pulled out a gun and told the woman to take them to a bank and withdraw money. One of them went into the bank with the woman, while the other stayed in the car with her 8 year old daughter and 4 year old son. Before they let the family go police say the pair forced the woman to drive them to her home and get more money there. They let her and her children go. Lafayette police are asking for tips. The female suspect may be easier to spot police say shes in her 50s and has tattooed eyebrows. In fort collins today offices for the Us Agriculture department are expected to reopen. With extra security. A usda spokesperson says offices in colorado, maryland, North Carolina and West Virginia are all getting back to threats yesterday. Several employees were threatened via email. Here in colorado the Fort Collins Office holds more than a thousand employees from several government agencies. The dean of cu boulders Business School David Ikenberry is stepping down. The senior vice provost will take over. The daily camera reports ickenberry was accused of discrimination against a female staffer. That staff member says the dean discriminated over the age of 40. Cu paid 40 thousand dollars earlier this year to settle her lawsuit. Its one of three gender discrimination lawsuits against the school. The second is still pending and the third was dismissed in april. We have an update for you on mondays fatal dog attack in conifer. The two dogs that attacked a mother and son will be euthanized. Police say the dogs attacked their owner 60yearold susan shawl in her home monday tried to get the dogs off of her. Neighbors say they rarely saw the dogs but heard them barking almost every day. Back in 2008 one neighbor called the Sheriffs Office and complained about the dogs being loose and aggressive. Five Westminster Police officers who shot and killed a suspected car thief. Will not face charges for it. Police were trying to arrest 21year old damon blair back in april when he pulled out a gun and fired at them. Officers fired 46 shots in returnhitting blair 13 times. A toxicology reportws had multiple drugs in his system. A Denver Police officer vowed hed get back to work after a terrible accident. After 12 surgeries and a grueling recovery it finally happens today for officer john adsit. Adsit and two other officers were working at a student protest on colfax they were on bikes. When a car hit them. Officer adsit was dragged by that car. The two other officers were not seriously hurt. Limited duty during the transition back to work. Our reporter Nelson Garcia is talking to officer adsit later this morning. Hillary clinton will be campaigning in ohio today. This rally comes days ahead of the public having access to documents related to the email controversy. The fbi is expected to release those records which include clintons interview with federal agents. After a lenghty investigation, the fbi chose not to file criminal charges against clinton over her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state. But the fbis director called clintons email controversy extremely careless. Four leading democrats want the fbi to investigate Donald Trumps campaign. They want to see if the gop campaign was involved in the recent hack of Democratic Party computers. Some experts believe russia was behind the hack that released thousands of dnc documents. Now in a letter democrats are asking the agency to look into any possible connection between Trumps Campaign and russia. The letter cites connections between russia and trump aides including former Campaign Manager paul manafort. He resigned after it was discovered he took part in a prorussian Political Party in ukraine. Donald trump is going to mexico. The gop candidate is scheduled to meet with mexican president enrique pena today. Trump and pena both confirmed the news on twitter. The meeting will reportedly be before trump is scheduled to lay out his immigration plan in arizona. The mexican president has invited both candidates to mexico for conversations. Trump didnt discuss the visit during a recent rally near seattle but he did continue to speak about familiar themes such as securing the border and criticizing clintons immigration policies. Florida and arizona held primaries tuesday. Some big names won and are now focusing on novembers general rsial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio easily beat three republican rivals. The 84yearold is seeking his seventh term. This november hell face democratic rival paul penzone who he beat in the 2012 race. A judge in arizona has ruled that arpaio and his department racially profiled latinos and defied court orders to stop. That judge has since recommended that arpaio face criminal also in Arizona Republican senator john mccain won easily. The former president ial candidate is aiming for a sixth term in the senate. Mccain faces a tough battle in november hell be up against democratic congresswoman ann kirkpatrick. A last minute decision has paid off for marco rubio. He originally said he was leaving the senate but changed his mind two days before the deadline to run. Last night he won his Senate Primary in florida. Florida always has a big role in novembers election and this year it could play a big role in determining which Party Controls the senate. And congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz fought off an agressive challenge to win the nomination for her Florida House seat. If elected it would be her seventh term. Youll remember last month Wasserman Schultz resigned as chair of the Democratic National committee after an email leak appeaked to show the party favored hillary clinton. And hes not campaigning but president obama has a busy few days ahead. Hell be in nevada later today at lake tahoes environmental summit. Where hes expected to speak about tahoes stuggles with drought and water quality. Then the president heads to hawaii where he will address leaders at the World Conservation congress. That event is held every four years and focuses on biodiversity and conservation efforts. This year makrs the first time it will be held in the united the metro area saw some crazy weather last night. Well hear more from marty and see whats in store for the rest of the boulder is waking up to a soaked city says last nights storm dropped about 3 inches just west of boulder. Viewers sent these in. There was plenty of lightning too. The National Weather serivce has since cancelled any flash flood warnings in the area. But reminded people that water can rise even after rain stops. In hawaii residents are getting ready for hurricane madeline. The big island is under a warning right now. The National Weather service hurricane conditions are expected in the next 36 hours or so. Madeline is a category 2 storm right now. Residents and crews are placing sandbangs in flood prone areas and the Transportation Department moved equipment to key areas so it can respond to any emergencies. And on the opposite side of the country along the east coast two tropical depressions could hit North Carolinas outer banks in a matter of days. High winds and heavy rain are expected in round one starting today. And a second depression spinning in the gulf of day weekend. All those storms are giving the International Space station some pretty dramatic views. Hurricane lester is churning in the pacific it may hit hawaii. But residents there are more focused on todays hurricane madeline. And hurricane gaston was weakening but its now growing stronger over the atlantic ocean. Gaston isnt expected to hit the us but it could head toward europe. New overtime rules are making some workers very happy. But Business Owners say its going to be a challenge. And you might not have cat like reflexes normally but a new study shows its even worse and not safe at all when youre on your the roast looks good dad. How good . 162 likes. Did i get any retweets on those green beans . Nd theyre blowing up on instagram. Honey, your rump roast just broke the internet as it should. Life is family mealtime and everything you need to make it picture perfect. Now be sure to tag your mother the roast looks good dad. How good . 162 likes. Did i get any retweets on those green beans . Yep and theyre blowing up on instagram. Honey, your rump roast just broke the internet as it should. Life is family mealtime and everything you need to make it picture perfect. Now be sure to tag your mother because she needs more followers. Ok. Of workers. But it also creates potential trouble for some businesses. Under the new law supervisors who oversee at least two workers must earn at least 47 thousand746 a year or get paid over time. The current threshold is half that. The rule affects all kinds of businesses, including hotels, convenience and retail stores, and the tourism industry. Workers say its a good thing but worried. The Employers Council also said some bosses might decide to cut an employees hours so they can avoid paying overtime. The new overtime regulations go into effect december 1st. Starting today you can fly to cuba on jet blu certain conditions. Todays flight will leave fort lauderdale, florida and arrive in the cuban city of santa clara. The department of transportation gave jetblue its approval to schedule regular flights because technially the us still prohibits Tourism Travel to cuba. But there are exceptions for things like famliy visits, journalism and educational activities. We all know cell phones can be distracting. But one recent study found that kids are worse than adults especially when it comes to multi researchers asked people of all ages to press a button when they thought it was safe to cross a street while they talked on a cell phone. Everyone was distracted but children had the slowest reactions. Experts say cell phone safety should be part of back to school preparations. Welcome to the big leagues the avalanche offically have a new coach and it will be his First Adventure with the nhl. And treating concussions before an athlete even gets one. Today. Jared bednar will become the seventh head coach in avs history and 15th in franchise history. Replacing patrick roy who left the team earlier this month. Bednar has no nhl coaching but has been a big winner at the minor league level. Recently helping the cleveland monsters win the American League hockey championship. School is back in session. That means some sports like football are also starting but now, some schools are taking action to help protect athletes from head injuries. A School District in davenport, iowa is doing something called baseline testing. This gives medical professionals a kind of blueprine of how each individuals brain baseline testing is easy to do. Trainers can have them on an ipad and use them during games. The center for Disease Control estimate there are a total of 3point8 million sports related concussions each skyline park coloradans are celebrating clean energy in our state. Boulder mayor Suzanne Jones will be among the hundreds expected to be there. To talk about why action and collaboration are needed now to address climate change. And how that could create jobs here in our state. The rally begins at 130. And is expected to last until two. Olympicans, politicians and marcia brady all together . . . Turns out they will all be under the same mirror ball for this seasons dancing with the stars. Its an interesting bunch. It even includes former Texas Governor rick perry. And shakira said the hips dont lie. Well see how that shakes out for olympic swimmer ryan lochte. Some other contestants include model amber rose and marcia brady herself, maureen mccormick. Dancers will hit the floor on september 12th. Denver is paying more and more and more for car insurance. More and more and more for car insurance. In the next half hour why costs are shooting up much faster than most of the country. Plus when you cant find a Campaign Sign to your liking. Make one. The real grassroots trump effort. Thats going to do it for 9news at 4 30. 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