who wear a turban to take the turban off. >>reporter: the matter was ironed out. >> it has to be from the chin to the top of the forehead or the hairline and the ears do not need to be uncovered. >>reporter: now in most cases zekes muslims and others will no longer have to choose between driver's license photo and following their religion. the guidelines being established here in colorado may now be used in other states as well. live in denver rick sallinger cbs 4 news. to the latest on the dade deadly shooting a gut in park county. investigators say the shooter bought the rifle legally in 2012. they went to martin wirth's house to serve an eviction odds. he killed deputy nate carrigan deputy kolby martin remains in the hospital. here you see him smiling with trauma surgeon. arapahoe county sheriff's deputy was moved out of the icu after surviving a crash. deputy foreman was responding to a car when a driver hit his patrol car that were nearly 3 weeks ago. a blood drive on behalf of deputy foreman has collected nearly 200 units of blood. a cherry creek bus driver said he had a beer for lunch and drove kids home from school. howard nathan on that story from west middle school in greenwood village. howard hobbs told investigators he was on medication at the time. >>reporter: he told them a lost things. in this arrest report he says he was taking nyquil, day quill and he had theraflu. was 9:30 on thursday, thursday morning and at that point the kids were already in school. then comes lunch he had a beer. then he says i will split to a field sobriety test which he then does except the officer observing him says that he didn't quite pass the test, he failed. michael hobbs school bus driver for west middle school told authorities he hadn't been feeling well so he had been self medicateing with nyquil day quill and theraflu he admitted he had the theraflu during the morning. then during lunch he had a beer. >> you're never supposed to have any alcohol with any type of medicine so that's really stupid to begin with. >>reporter: spokeswoman for the cherry creek school system says the initial breathalyzer test may work out in his favor. >> as i understand it, his breath lieser test was 0.15 >>reporter: earlier they said he would not get his job back. >> we will await the blood alcohol test. if there is something in there a possibility. but at this point we do not expect him to return. happy. >> i couldn't imagine anybody wanting any bus driver having a anywhere. >>reporter: now hobbs was abuse. remember there were 30 kids on that bus he was taken off of that bus on thursday afternoon. also suspicion of the you i his next court appearance will be in april. reporting live in greenwood village howard nathan cbs 4 news. new information of a murder of a woman inside her amount. the killer walk to you firefighters after the murder told them he had heard someone. police found 53-year-old sheryl thompson dead inside her apartment. 35-year-old jerimiah halsey now they say he had just met the victim, killed her after a fight at her apartment. police in boulder released this sketch of a man they say tried to lure a teenager into his car. happened last tuesday around 3:00 in the afternoon. the 14-year-old girl was walking home from school at brawled way and baseline road when he approached her. police say he asked if she wanted a ride and continued to follow her even after she ran off. investigators say a thief lured an unwitting accomplice into his crime spree by putting an ad on craigslist. sounding the warning. lauren. >>reporter: in light of this scam the well county sheriff's office is asking anyone to be wary of ads they see for work posted on craigslist. deputies say that 24-year-old nicklas leahy put an ad up offering to share a cut of the earnings from turning in scrap metal with anyone who helped it turns out according to deputies this was not honest work. they arrested leahy for stealing metal from homes along t street near greeley. he's charged with burglary and theft. they did not charge the man that were working with him. he didn't realize what he was taking part in was illegal activity. we're live in loveland lauren difficult conspiracy to cbs 4 news. we have details on a grass fire in southern colorado. it started this afternoon north of falcon. firefighters were able to get it contained before it could spread to any nearby homes. justin is live with the mobile live. fire danger will be a big concern this weekend. >>reporter: we can thank the absence of moisture along with the warm temperatures. in denver today as a matter of fact it was 64 degrees downtown way above average once again i will say the sunset was beautiful, although we didn't have any clouds in the sky it doesn't look like we're going to see any appreciable moisture at least not for the next several days. impair 64 degrees we had earlier today with 45 degrees right now. amazing what a difference the sunset can make. pretty cool outside with south wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. but as for that fire danger here's the red flag warning for portions of southern colorado. basically the i-25 corridor from colorado spring down to new mexico that is below relative humidity, the warm temperature, the gusty winds on top of the dry vegetation. so that means if any fire does start it's likely going to spread very quickly. in this part of the state just take care outside because that fire danger remains high until we see any more moisture in the forecast. ed greene will have the details in that coming up and if we see any at all this weekend or next week. we're live in black forest justin mcheffey cbs 4 news. endorsement for donald trump. chris christie says donald trump is the anti-establishment done. >> christie is out of the race but did endorse trump for president. he says he's the only republican who can beat a democrat this fall. >> who is the best person to stop hillary clinton from ever getting inside the white house again, there is the best person to do that. >> christie showed up unannounced to applaud trump and he ridiculed trumps rivals ted cruz and marco rubio then trump piled on. >> once a joker, always a joker, it never ever changes. >> this decision is going to be made by the voters on super tuesday. >> what we are dealing with here my friends is a con artist. >> trump and christie fired up supporters at that rally in texas where the most delegates will be up for grabs in those big super tuesday primaries next week. a professor at cu boulder will be excusing students from a >> but they are going to have to prove that they were actually there. 1200 students are scheduled to take the exam for an introductory chemistry class tuesday night. students will be excused to caucus but only if they send their professor a selfie of it. without that selfie that absence will be unexcused. mounting medical bills kept a fellow in boulder county from paying his 175-dollar tax bill. never thought that would cause him to lose his home. but it sure did. what the county says people have to do if they find themselves in that same situation. we'll tell you about a new program in colorado that's helping first responsibleers, teachers and veterans purchase homes. as just tin just mentioned not a cloud in the sky doesn't look like we're going to see a whole lot of moisture over the next several days. there is some coming our wa (donkey sound) (elephant sound) between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. 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are trying to kill me i swear you know. it's ridiculous. this is awful. this is not the wild west. >> the treasurer says everything about the sale was legal. local government officials say they are meeting to brain storm ways to prevent that from happening again but they say having trouble paying taxes they can set up a payment plan with the county. awful colorado's police officers, firefighters teachers and military personnel are eligible for a new program offering financial breaks on it's the homes for heros program. home. wade hackett loves his new backyard. >> it's one of the bigger ones you can find in the meadows that's good for my dogs an kids. >>reporter: the police officer and his family moved into this house four months ago. >> we honestly didn't think we could afford a place like this. it was just fantastic it all came together. >>reporter: real estate agent jay holland helped it come together as an ambassador for the homes for heros program. holland agreed to give back 30% of his usual commission. he also work with a mortgage lender title company and home inspector who all agreed to discount their fees as well. >> depending on the price point it's several thousand dollars wade was able to save $7,000 on his two transactions. the average is $2,800 per transaction. >>reporter: wade is among the first to take advantage of the homes for heros program. holland hopes to help some 50 >> it feels great to give back to these professionals. >> it's hard to find people that do that. >>reporter: great to see people coming together. here's one example of why the program exists. the average starting salary for a police officer in colorado is about $42,000 a year. that compares to the median household income in our state of over $61,000. a black rhino arrived tuesday. rudy comes from the oklahoma city zoo. denver zoo hasn't had a black rhino since its last one died in september. animals are critically endangered because of poaching. he isn't on display but zookeepers say he will have to get used to his new home before public can visit him. he's probably loving it here. >> i think everybody is going to enjoy the warm weather including that brach rhino. state sunshine all day with hardly a cloud anywhere around that's the way it is over most of the country. we have a trough in the east. scattered snow showers lake effect snow. we have rain shower activity here weak system coming our way these come pretty fast around here so they can't stop and really give us any sort of problems. so just a little light snow for the high country, maybe rain or snow showers here by early next week that's going to be about it. it is dry to the north of us to the south of us we have take little snow along the front range earlier in week we are not in the red flag warning. low humidity's warmer temperatures gust i winds that translates to high fire danger this is in effect tomorrow 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. as we take a look at any telephone winds bertha passed 30 miles an hour we haven't soon scene any wind at all today. tomorrow a little breezy as the day goes on as we take a look at the front range there is a little bit of gusty winds loveland pass bertha pass blackhawk really that's about 61 and 60 for highs today. 28 and 29 with lows. 49 and 21 would be normal. 71 and 8 below the records for this date. from our weather watchers buena vista at 52 same for bailey a;a,psa 59. northwest out opera 67 degrees they are going to be warmer tomorrow. 58 and 50 right now. 22% humidity we have a falling barometer. as we take a look at the lows we're expecting 20s and 30s over the eastern plains well year. mountains not too bad with teens and 20 wise get a single digit reading over gunnison. temperatures in the west 20s and lower 30s. highs for tomorrow 60s and 70s over the eastern plains. 30s, 40s, 50s in a;a,psa. out west temperatures in the 50 to the mid-60s. here's the denver forecast. for tonight we'll see clear overnight lows. and 07 tomorrow. sunshine all the way see a few more clouds cooler on sunday 59 degrees still 10 above normal. 62 on monday there's that chance for rain and snow showers monday night early tuesday back to 61 with sunny skies on wednesday. >> getting close to march. all right thanks. welcome traffic news that eastbound side of the 20th street bridge downtown has just reopened. been closed for a few hours as crews did some emergency repairs on an expansion joint. did make things a little bit more difficult for all those fans headed over to coors field for the avs wings alumni game. it will be busy around coors field tonight and tomorrow. alumni game going on right now. the current roster game coming up tomorrow. a free fan experience is set up just outside the stadium. a lot of fans enjoying the weather an all that has to offer with games and entertainment. you don't have to have a ticket to go down and goof a little bit. the alumni game in just a bit. the current avs had held their first ,, ,, ,, i'm hillary clinton 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[ whip cracks ] [ normal voice ] call... get started with prism essential tv plus up to 12 megs of internet speed. just $55 a month for a year. only from centurylink. . the avs redwings stadium series weekend is officially underway with the alumni game. one period this the books and the sold out crowd shouldn't be disappointed. most of the alumni skating well for both clubs. valeri kaminski doing the honors. patrick way wanted a shutout but steve icer man dashed those dreams he beat wall on the rebound tying the game at 1. this is what a lot of people came to see. joe sackett with the same us wrist shot. redwings? avs lead 2-1. the current avs prepared on the ice. sunny colorado day wreaked havoc with the preparings the goales are especially concerned while the ice was softer than the position players would have like it. like baseball players some of the avs wore eye black today. but they expect conditions to be much better tomorrow. >> it's one thing physician the ice is slushy and it's too warm or something like that. but you know here in colorado it warms up a lot during the day but it will cool down at night. so i think once the sun goes down at 5:00, 5:30 it's going to go down a few degrees by the time game time rolls around it will get cooler as the game progresses tomorrow night. so i think the ice should be fine. >> have to admit the nhl does a good job with the ice they work hard at it these are you know denver might not be the easiest condition for them, but i mean they are doing a really good job. >> outfielder her are do para jason motte jake mcdonough agree and chad qualls infield mark reynolds those are the rockies kia additions this off season. headlines all of them will play big roles for the team this season. fans always want their team to make the big splash and sign the best free agent available. rockies didn't go that route. but that doesn't mean they didn't get better. >> we are starting to realize we do have a lot of really good young players. we've added some key pieces in the bullpen and some guys who are going to be in the outfield for us. i think we've added nothing but good players. so i think adding good players we're going to be better. >> i like that logic. a lot has been made of the cu students rushing the court on wednesday after the bus beat arizona. shawn miller he doesn't like but how about tad boil? i know deep down he doesn't like it either but if it leads to a greater good. >> i understand where he's coming from there's two sides to every coin and i certainly on the other hand i'm the coach of colorado. and we're challenging our fans, our students especially. fill the student section and good they have to swarm the court to get themselves energized to come back the next game i'm all for it. as long as nobody gets hurt. our student section on sunday it's half full. i'm totally against sports. >> issuing a challenge to the students. but i wouldn't be a bit surprise if conferences like the pack 12 follow the sec. they fine schools a hundred grand schools rush the court. i wouldn't be a bit surprised if other conferences follow suit. >> there's the losing team tough game, fans in their face. i think the coach for arizona was right when said at some point a punch will be thrown then you got a melee. >> 18 and 19-year-old kids trying to holster their emotions. that's tough. >> nice to see the reaction. s a ship returns because of high waves in queens new york we have video of the dramatic coast guard rescue. using your ,, ,, hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america i'm bernie sanders, . new details are emerging about the man who opened fire at his workplace in heston kansas yesterday. three people were killed, 14- pound wounded. then police killed the gunman during the attack. >>reporter: police in kansas say shooting suspect cedric ford was served with a protection from abuse order in the factory where he worked 90 minutes before he opened fire. >> he didn't display anything that was outrageous. he was upset he was getting this letter. >>reporter: ford who had a criminal record left work after getting the order and first opened fire from his car hitting someone in a vehicle. he then shot another driver and stole their car before heading back to the excel plant. >> shots fired the shooting excel industries in heston. person in the parking lot and another 14 inside the building before an officer gunned behind him down the officers is being called a hero. >> he had to stop that threat. you got 2 or 300 people in there luckily 2 or 300 people came out. >>reporter: representatives rushed to the factory after hearing about the shooting. one couple was reunited as cameras were rolling. police say ford was armed with an assault rifle and an automatic handgun. investigators are trying to figure out how a suspect with a criminal record was able to get those weapons. cbs news heston, kansas. ford did have convictions for multiple burglaries fleeing conduct. continuing our coverage of the nation on denver's only 6:30 newscast. the governor of michigan has approved $30 million to help the people of flint pay their water bills. he says residents should not have to pay for lead tainted

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