The 16th street mall has been ranked as a top Tourist Destination but the increased reports of violence had kept many people away. Today, we learned about plans to tackle the problems. Susanna is on the mall and we are talking about 24hour patrols. Reporter in addition to regular Denver Police officers been down here. Downtown partnership has hired a private security. Handcuffs. They will have one or two out of the time. We went out with the first one. We went out with the first one. 1 smith is a Colorado National guardsmen and out here patrolling. The number of security guards that will actually be out here will be constantly changing. You will see what is happening downtown, time of day and the experiences we get. Reporter in addition to the in addition to the security guards. 182 new lights will be installed at will be installed. Some of the alleys will be made private and even a couple of additional uniformed people patrolling will help deter crime. We are live in denver, cbs 4 new
We begin with the devastating flooding in colorado. The rain is still falling in the floodravaged Rocky Mountain foothills. Were getting a unique perspective on the disaster. Theyre using a boulder companys drone to survey the damage. The cameras capturing amazing video, showing rivers so high, theyre almost touching the bottom of bridges. Its giving rescuers a sense of the destruction theyre dealing with. Here are the latest numbers. At least five people confirmed dead. More than 1200 unaccounted for. Nearly 12,000 evacuated. 19,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Reporter the flooding is spreading across parts of 15 counties. Stretching almost 200 miles from north to south. Some 15 inches of rain over the course of a week has saturated the ground so much it forced a mudslide in boulder that split this Office Building right in half. Leaving about ten feet of mud behind. I woke up this morning and looked out our backyard to make sure how it was raining. There was a guy kayaking right outsi
Newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial Government Shutdown. President obama did raise the prospect of a shortterm solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans werent buying. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. I will sit down and work with any one of any party. Holman president obama came to the White House Briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticism that hes refused to negotiate. Ive
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial Government Shutdown. President obama did raise the prospect of a shortterm solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans werent buying. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. I will sit down and work with any one of any party. Holman president obama came to the White House Briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticism that hes
There was word today that power surges have repeatedly damaged a massive new data Storage Facility for the National Security agency. The wall street journal reported ten meltdowns over 13 months destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars of hardware at the utah site. The power problems have delayed the facilitys opening. The u. S. Commando raid that seized a top alqaeda suspect in libya is still making waves. Libyan jihadists vowed today to kidnap americans in retaliation for the capture of abu anas al liby. And the u. S. Military said its moving some 200 marines to a base in italy, just in case. In washington, president obama said the libya raid and another in somalia does not mean hes expanding the war on terror. Theres a difference between us going after terrorists who are plotting directly to do damage to the United States and us being involved in wars. But where youve got active plot and active networks, were going to go after them. Woodruff the president did not directly address