we've seen them picking p cones and things like that, but they're trying to figure out whatthappened. police say the silver car they believe pulled out in front of the patrol car while that officer was responding to a call. i asked police about whether or not that cop car had its lights or sirens on at the time or if it was speeding. at this time they tell me they don't know. that's why accident reconstruction is here. they are aiting on the coroner who is back thhre with the silver car. deceased one. they're waiting on the coroner and is a few tow trucks and then they can clear the scene. still will be closed for just a little whill here this morning. if you happen to travel through you. jayson luber. >> i want to start with a picture here from airtracker 7, down at 88th. we'll have traffic backed up. here is the area closed down south of 92nd, north of 80th, closed down the rest of the morning. either lowell or pecos. 80th and 92nd can help. you can see the heavy traffic on the north side of town, and commute is already about 20 minutes coming in from the north side of town, heaviest from 120th to 84th avenue. % everything else continues to be 3 okay. windy, though. >> we've been watccing the cameras not horrible yet, but starting to pick up. a number of alerts. all the brown and tan colors you see, high wind alerts. high wind warninn for the foothills and mountains. across eastern colorado high fire danger. relative humidity below 15% today. here's a look at current winds, 10 to 50 miles per hour in denver. mountains today. already estes park a wind gust of 50. berthoud pass i sawwone over 70 miles per hour, close to 80. in the springs about 41. it's starting to pick up not only across the plains but also the west. will be warm, though. that's the positive. upper 40s this morning. really mild. gusty by noon. 66. by 4:72. could see some record-breaking highs. -`it's probably going to be noisy tonight nto tomorrow. windy overnight in spots. lisa, thank you. cdot isn't making will open i-70 and glenwood canyon. originally crews hoped to open one lane of alternating traffic. they have to clear the roads place. jurors return to a boulder county courtroom for the second day, emotional testimony. the victim michelle wilkins talks about an attack on her taking her unborn child. courthouse. she showed a lot of strength yesterday. had to face her accuser sitting 3 there in courtt we may have lost eric's shot. lane is charged with attacking wilkins, cuttinn her baby from her womb. wilkinsswas seven months pregnant when she went to longmont responding to an ad from craigslist shoppinn for maternity clothes. an hour into theevisit prosecutors say lane attacked wilkins with a bottle and a knife. >> it's hard to describe exactly what it was when she hit me. almoot like pulling at my sweater. she grabbed a pillow and trying >> you can hear more from wilkins. we have a lot on our web site, thedenverchannel.com. also yesterday we heard from the suspect on how lane's boyfriend, he told thh jury lane was claiming she was pregnant, but the due date kept changing. he arrived at the house after the attack to meet for a prenatal appointment nd he said he found the baby in the bathtub, lane told him she delivered the baby at home. a special olympics athlete is attacked. it happened last month outside the thrift store on east colfax and lafayette. police say this man and two others, we're waiting for that picture. but a man and two others attacked, kicked, punched all beating him because they hall had a busted lip and was bruised up. >> [inaudible] >> police are still looking for two others involved. homeowner in jefferson county shot and killed a robber will not face charges. david martinez went to anthony mott's home last month. investigators say martinez and another man tied up the homeowner while mott shot martinez as he tried to run. this is the map, you can do this nationwide. the groups included the kkk and black separatists. also churches labeled as anti- gay. according to the center, the music label prommtes racist music. the southern poverty law center extremists because of their biblical beliefs. breaking news we're staying on top of, north korea is planning a terrorist attack on south korea. this is coming from south korea's spy agency, saying kim jong-un gave the order himself. they think the targets could be power plants. we've learned the name of a boulder man killed last month skiing last month. the family of jason taylor shared this photo. he crashee into a tree. his mother said he loved outdoors and found his paradise in boulder. here is what the new digs will look like, over on walnut street. our partners at "the denver the staff is getting larger in boulder. they have 15 jobs available now, this is twitter. most software developers and netwwrk engineers. sports castle is shutting down, at least one of the three sports authority stores closing in colorado. the retailer is closing 140 stores nationwide. it's because it's on the brink of bankruptcy. also on the list for closure in our state, a store ii boulder and another in green wood village. -` the closures may have you wonddring if sports authority will keep its name atop mile high stadium. it costs 6 million to $7 million every year to keep the naming rights. black friday on february thursday. the tents filling up on stapleton parking lot all or the promise of free food for a year. daryl orr is catching up withh the die hard fans who can get free chicken for the next year. thank you. >> reporter: take a look. they're just now coming inside. the first people through the door at this chick-fil-a here in denver. let's take a look at the party that's going on here. first 100 people in are going to get these coupons, 52 of them, which equals to about one meal a week, or you can use them all 52 today. you can ear the music going, celebration going on down here. got close to 75 people that have now come through the door. they've handed out shirts, coupons. pretty good times down here, mitch and kellie. you're missing it. %- >> kind of fun to see them getting that hat. >> chick-fil-a for a year. `f you come back without those chicken biscuits, don't bother coming back. he can't hearrme. >> he can't hear us. >> come on, daryl. calling all foodies, the finalists for the james beard awards are out. >> the second couple to claim their cut of that record powerball. they say the past month hasn't been all it's cracked up to be. we're going to check in with meteorologist lisa hidalgo. >> i'm hoping they're going to adopt me. temperatures today in the 70s. denver looking at a high of 72. if we hit that 72 if will be a new record high. wind speeds 20 to 40 miles per hour. even gustier in tte foothills and mountains. we'll talk about it coming up. >> more activity at the interseccion of 88th and federal. had this fatal accident investigation, actually saw a bus go through here. there's a vehicle right here that's going to drive 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[ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. i'm bernie sanders, we continue to follow this new situation of 88th and federal, the fatal accident that happened early this morning involving a westminster policeeofficer. lanes on the northbound side of federal have just reopened. southbound closed down. however, tow trucks are on scene trying to clean up the accident. hopefully could have the southbound lanes open in less than an hour. thank you. 6:14. north carolina governor mccrory makes good on his super bowl wager. he had to wear a broncos jersey. as part of the wager butterball is sending 100 cases of turkey burgers and sausages to food bank of the rockies and also to a food bank in charlotte. 3 rockies' pitchers and catchers have arrived in arizona. first real work out is tomorrow. full squad practice next week. now the rockies have nowhere to play, becauss coors field is a coors arena. the ice is coming up this saturday. we were curious how crews are keeping the ice from melting weather. for starters, they say crews are working around the clock. they also, the ice is kept under a blanket, reflects the sun away, and they have cooling -`coils underneath. >> 300-ton refrigeration unit that pumps cooling to our ice >> you're building something where it doesn't really belong and i think when it's all said and done people will be impressed what the stadium will look like. >> this saturday the du college, then next saturday the avalanche and red wings face off. other cities have had one, this -`is our first. never probably thought they would have to deal with 70s in february in denver. >> what's ironic is we'll be in the 70s today and probabll april 8th, probably cold and snowing. i can't wait, baseball season around the corner. i can't wait. clear skies, gorgeous start to our monday. a very mild start. look at these temperatures, at the airport now we're close to 50 degrees. 54 in parker now. keep in mind that this is already abovv our normal high in some spots. still have 20s and 30s in the central mountains. 40s and 50s on the western slope now. montrose at 54. highs today, we'll be well above where we should be and that's why we have so many alerrs, including the pink. that area covering eastern colorado, southeastern colorado, that is a red flag warning. warm, windy and dry. high fire danger today. getting up into the foothills, a high wind warning. also a high wind watch that covers spots like boulder and fort collins and most of boulder county. we've got a wind advisory in the mountains. entire state. as far aa our temperatures go, it's going to boost us into the low 70s by this afternoon. well above normal. we're calling for 72 in denver. closer to 80 across southeastern colorado. that's summer-like temperatures there. 40s and 50s in the mountains today. closer in most neighborhoods in and around town will be at about 70 to 74. at the airport 73. boulder, 71. deckers today you're at 63. estes park 53 degrees. any moisture coming from this storm that's rolling in will stay in the mountains. light rain/snow mix this morning out west and we'll continue to pick up light to moderate snow, potentially a couple of inches over some of the higher mountain passes. no alerts in place for that snow. it's not going to be heavy. early tomorrow morning skies then clear out and we have more sunshine state-wide across colorado tomorrow. it's going to be a little cooler, but still above noomal. 3 72 today. heading into the weekend, sunday looks cooler. upper 40s, low 50s. i put the bright spot on saturday because it's a weekend and we'll be at 60 and not as windy. winds picking up the first of next week. might get a little rain monday. >> cameras in the foothills haven't been too bouncy yet. still closures, including up here on the norrh side of town. airtracker 7, northbound side is closed down, but southbound federal closed at 88th. northbound open, southbound closed. we'll have more details in a little bit. until then, you can still use pecos, lowwll to get around it from the thornton parkway to 80th avenue. we have a new problem to the north side of town, the southbound side of i-25 before the thornton parkway. a new accident and we can see travel times about half an hour there and the flashing liggts, there goes another emergency `rew heading to that scene, that acccdent scene. let me show you the travel timm nnw up that way. 30 minutes with 22 of those minutes coming from 120th to 84th and most of it behind that accident scene. that will get worse before it gets better. rest of theedrive not too bad. new accident here on colorado vasquez north of i-70 at about 50th. thank you, jayson. the semi-finalists for the james beard awards have been announced. there are five denver chefs and a boulder restaurant that made the list. award winning boulder restaurant nominated again in the outstanding restaurant 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(elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, welcome back. it's 6:23. we continue to follow breaking news, this is a live look from airtracker 7 at that crash at 88th and federal. we're getting word northbound federal is back open. southbound still closed. jason gruenauer on the ground keeping an eye on the situation, jayson luber helping you get around it. estes park dealing with a power outage now, and the city believes it's because of the map is tough to see. this red rectangle, the service area, this pink aaea that goes down to aalens park, that's the outage area. there's thh heart of estes park. big thompson canyon, the highway that goes down to allens park. all the folks here don't have power. they think it's because the high winds. we'll try to update you as we get updates. we have new video to share with you. australia looks more like a wild west. tumble weeds have invadeed. they rrach as high as rooftops in some cases. the area says they're not going to clean it up because they don't see it as a fire risk, so residents have to clean it up on their own. i've had tumble weeds at my house. they poke you.. they're not fun to try to get into the trash can. >> i've heard their painful. >> even if you have three or they have a ruck full. >> looks like my hair in the morning. a winter tradition coming to a close. evergreen lake will end ice skating this week. it's too warm. you have until saturday if you'd like to get out there. they'll get ready for boating season in may. 3 i can believe it with temperaaures in the foothills in the 50s. even 60s on the western edge of denver today. you're going to find we're in the 40s and 50s early on this morning. about 68 degrees by 12:00. winds are going to continue to pick up and we're talking about a near record high potentially breaking it if we hit that 72 it will be a new record today. denver, 72. 3 aurora 73. % we've got 74 in highlands ranch today. and jayson, to the north in fort collins and greeley mid- towner -- mid- to upper 60s. >> new accident after 104th avenue. look at the camera at 110th heavy stop and go traffic to the thornton parkway. at least 40 minutes. most of that half an hour just from 120th behind that accident what it's estimating. slowing down that ride coming in from the north 40. extra heavy traffic coming all the way down especially from highway 119. thank you. queue the envy. this is the florida couple who cashed in on their portion of the $1.6 billion jackpot. david and maureen get a lump search pay out of -- they have plans, a new car and massage. pretty modest. they say winning big didn't as glamorous as you might think. >> lost a lot of sleep. i lost over 10 pounds. a lot of pacing at might, let 3 me tell you. >> the worry, the worry of what's going to happen. to know we're no longer in a quiet place. >> right. >> which i'm going to miss. so i will be retiring. i'm ready. >> the diet plan, i'll take i'll lose 10 pounds. >> another reason to buy a ticket. i could lose weight. >> she says she used the same number for years. we have one more winner. the final winning ticket sold in california. >> she used the same numberr 300 years and finally hit. >> finally hit. >> 30 years. >> takes a while. a colorado couple celebrating 77 years of marriage. mildred and howard married in 1939. 99. mildred was supposed to go out with howard's friend by but fell for him instead. >> we wwre married that lonn? wow. unbelievable, huh? >> well, the happy couple celebrateddwith family at the congratulations. >> that is wonderful. a courtroom hearssfrom a we'll share the emotional testimony. >> a local community warned rin the middle of a time when senior povertyt is increasing. republicans and some democratsp came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of social security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. i'm bernie sanders, a man is dead after getting into a crash with a police cruiser, happened at the intersection of federal and 88th. which is back open, the northbound side. >> jason gruenauer is on scene. >> reporter: westminster police say they believe another car pulled in front of that police officer. the two collided. the driver of the second car is now deceased. just in the last half hour they started wrapping thingssup. the other car is currently being pulled up onto that tow truck as they try to clear the scene. southbound remains closed. this happened around 1 :15 overnight. that police cruiser, the westminster police officer, responding to a call of a weapons scene. they were en route heading to that scene when westminster police believe the other car pulled out in front. the officer sustained minor injuries. the other driver was -`pronounneed dead at the scene. accident investigators have been on scene all morning trying to determine if the police cruiser's lights or sirens were on. answer to. the other question, how fast was the car going at that time. this portion, southbound federal still remains closed. northboond is open as they continue to clear this scene learn more. we'll bring you any latest updates as they become available here from the scene. not as bad as it was, but we're going o send it over to jayson luber for a wider look at things. lot offfolks use southbound federal to go from 92nd to highway 36. the northhound side is open, but the southbound side remains closed down for that fatal accident as they continue to clean up. next half hour. until then, you can use lowell or pecos to get around it. 36. we have a big problem on the north side of town. southbound side. look how heavy the traffic is after 104th. airtracker 7 is there now and you can see the left side of the highway is blocked. traffic is barely getting by. from 120th to colfax now it will take you at least 23 minutes just in that backup. and it's going to get heavier on that north side. 49 minutes from mulberry to 120th and most of that, 20 minutes just from highway 119 to 120th. it is aafecting that drive from the north side. everything else quiet. >> all that red and yellow on your new graphics looks daunting. good, it warns you. take a look at this, this looks daunting, too. mountains. berthoud pass with a recent wind gust of 64 miles per hour. estes park near 50. not as bad in denver. parker you saw a gust near 20. picking up in the mountains and expecting windier conditions we could see speeds 70, 80 miles per hour in the mountains and foothills. earlier this morning berthoud pass saw a gust of about 78. red flag warning. high fire danger. it will be warm, windy, really dry today. we're not expecting any moisture across the plains. the mountains will pick up rain and ssow, but here we're talking potentially record- breaking temperatures. 72 in denver by 4:00. the current record set back ii 1930, 71. looks like we could tie it or break it. jurors will fill back into a boulder county courtroom in less than three hours after hearing from an expecting mother who had her unborn baby cut from her womb. michelle wilkins testified % yesterday against her accused attacker, dynel lane. wilkins said she went to the suspect's home responding to a craigslist ad for maternity clothes. she said lane tried to smother her with a pillow and tried to aatack her with a bottle and knife. survive. >> when did you first realize that you were no longer pregnant? >> it was not until the next day in the hospital when i woke up. >> did you ever give the defendant permission to cut you or to take your baby? >> no. >> dynel lane faces charges of termination of a pregnancy. a nurse who treated lane told jurors she brooght the unborn `aby to the hospital claiming it was hers. a colorado inmate will face the death penalty in the death of a correctional officer. he is charged with slashing the sergeant to death in december of 2012. it happened inside a prison in ordway. the trial will start in march. wheat ridge police work to recover nearly a dozen cars taken from a car dealership in a couple of days. they've recovered eight of the 11 vehicles stolen. the thefts happened monday and the dealership says these other vehicles. yet. will search dozens of yards for explosives. preworld war ii shells could be -`burred on the properties. crews found 11 live shells and countless pieces of ddbris during a search last year. hayden park. >> we've seen bits and pieces and we thought it was rrsted out pipe. `> the military says homeowners who find debris should leavv it where it is and call 911. legal marijuana hasn't snuffed out cigarette sales. last year people bought 194 million packs of cigarettes just in colorado. that's an increase of more than 1 million from the previous year. voters raised the tobacco tax in 2004. the colorado health report is out and teens are helping lead the way. extensive report. `e'll put a copy of it on our 23% of colorado teenagers are sexually active. but that's the lowest rate we're seeing in the naaion. not only that, but the report shows fewer teens are binge drinking and two-thirds participate in vigorous physical activity. overall, colorado's health has improved. but there were growing numbers in some categories like adult binge drinking, hypertension and diabetes. you could own this nearly $2 million home for just $100. today tours begin for the grand prize of this year's children's hospital cooorado mighty millions raffle. the home is in denver's hill top neighborhood. lovely area. theee are over 6,000 prizes in this year's raffle, including luxury vehicles and vacation packages. a ticket will cost you $100. >> you could help folks, may get a house. great cause. a lot of us waste time on our phones. ever wonder what you would look like as leonardo dicaprio? >> tried that. >> the painful soond plaguing one community and the mystery surrounding it. >> heavy duty backups. there's the accident right there in the left lane, southbound i-25 after 104th. the world a president has to imagine. that's the job. she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. 19 minutes before 7:00. we have a huge problem. they're about to hook up the last of the cars involved in this accident on southbound i- 25 after 104th. left lane still blocked. you can see how heavy the traffic is. it is rock solid back to 144th avenue. look at these commute times, mmst of that time, 25 minutes from 120th to 84th avenue. it's also taking that drive coming from from longmont from longmont, highway 119to 120thh. 20 to 25 minutes. it will be a long, slow drive. thornton parkwaa, 10 minutes until downtown. some of you may want to mute the tv for about 10 seconds. an oregon neighborhood dealing with this awful mysterious sound. >> we're going to let you listen to just 100seconds of it. here it is. [ sound ] >> as annoying as this is, major hearing this for long periods of time. the woman who recorded this noise said it started about two weeks ago. since. the fire marshal says he doesn't know where it noise is coming from. people all over the town in >> i can't handle it for 102nds. i have to take my -- for 10 seconds. i have to take my ear piece out. two apps that will let you change your in this case. we tried it it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by people like you who want to fight back. the truth is you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message. good morning and welcome back to denver 7. we have breaking news this morning. something is wrong with our faces.. >> you know how your mom told you if you made funny faces it would stick? apparently t stuck on each other. if you're watching at home, let us know what you can do to fix this. >> that is terrifying. out. it's trending with people all over the world. they're swatching faces. >> it's called face swap live you can get at the app store. and there's another one, puts celebrities from characters or movies on your face. works. >> the man character in this >> that is creepy. >> oh, man. >> it's amazing. >> it follows your mouth to the t. >> you can tuun your head and keeps it on. you think if you moved, but it stays true. we'll share more funny videos on our twitter accounts. once you download these apps you won't get work. >> eric lupher did one with donald trump's face, so funny. >> an old man and old woman and, my gosh, is this what i'' going to look like? >> mitch's poor wife got about 20 yesterday. he was in the weather center making them and sending them to her. >> she was like, what are you doing? >> being a goof. >> we've got a gorgeous shot. >> oh, wow. 3 >> beautiful sunrise. already looks hot. windy day today. airtracker 7 up this morning. first alerted weather tracking 48 degrees right now in denver. keep in mind our normal highs are in the mid- to upper 40s. we're already above that number today. we're well on our way. look at some of our current wind speeds. these are the wind gusts. estes park at near 50 miles per hour. berthoud pass close to 60. i saw one earlier this morning close to 80 over berthoud pass. 30s and 40-mile-per-hour wind speeds west. it will be a gusty one state- wide. a number of alerts in place. most everything you're seeing to the west, the tan, those are wind advisories. speeds over 80 miles per hour in the foothills and mountains today. 20 to 40. that's enough with as dry and warm as it is to prompt high fire danger. this is a red flag warning covering most of eastern colorado. temperatures, now in the 40s. 10:00. 72 for a high in denver. a very mild evening. think about it, even with our sunset still temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s. denver, 72. near 80-degree numbers southeast. leadville, 40. steamboat springs 43. very warm up and through the mountains. 60s and 70s covering parts of northeastern colorado. evergreen today you had a high of near 60 degrees. any snow remaining, my north facing drive finally i can see the rass. it's going to stay dry like this the next couple of days here. this storm moving in that'' picking up our winds is bringing a little rain and snow to the mountains todayy not eeough for any alerts. but we ould pick up a couple of inches. dry east and overnight tonight skies will clear and state-wide in for a pretty sunny day tomorrow. it will be cooler tomorrow. low 60s expected on friiay here in denver. too. saturday we're at 60. cooler, maybb a little rain by the first of next week. >> would be nice to see rain, wash out the goop on the roadways. `oth north and southbound side of federal have just reopen at 88th after that early crash this morning. we have all lanes on both sides open, which is the welcome news we can report. not wwlcome news is this acciddnt, airtracker 7 is on the southbound side of i-25. still cleaning up the left lane. should be out of there hopefully the next five tremendous backup, and you can see it's a long, slow one. travel times from the north side of town, 26 minutes from 120th to the accident scene. another 10 minutes to downtown. the north. coming in from highway 19, longmont area, about 20 to 25 minutes to get into the tail end of that backup and continuee into downtown denver. thank you, jayson. happening later today e expect he's going to be visiting cuba soon. over the past year the president has worked with cuba's president to try to normalize relations. two days ago the two nations signed a deal restoring air traffic. today pope francis returns to the sat vatican. with mass. a hospital ii leak paid a 17,000 -- los angeles paid a $17,000 ransom in bit coins. officials say it was the most official way to restore their systems. ffi investigating the hacking. manny pacquiao lost his sponsor ship with nike. marriage makes man worse than animals. he tweeted out an apology a few hours later, but that didn't stop nike from ending its eight- year relationship. we'll get you caught up with our big stories of the day in our morning sprint coming up, including a special when you get one gig internet from centurylink and prism tv and they're both delivered on a super-fast fiber network directly to your home, it's amazing. it is amazing, but do you think his delivery was a little flat on that one? 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[ sighs ] feel like a hollywood insider... okay, i'll work on it. ...with prism tv plus gig internet speed we start your morning sprint with breaking news. a driver is killed, police officer in the hospital after a bad car accident overnight. denver7 reporter jason gruenauer live aa federal and 88th with the laaest. >> reporter: juut within the last few minutes both cars were taken away by flat bed, northbound federal has been opened. southbound still closed hereeby police. the accident reconstruction just kind of wrapping up. this happened at about 1:15 this morning. an officer responding to an emergency call when police say a silver car turned in front of his patrol car. the driver of that silver vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators trying to figure out whether or not the police patrol car had its lights or sirens on and or how fast the police officer was going. traffic here northbound federal has been reopened. southbound is still closed as police are wrapping up on the denver police sent me a note saying southbound lanes are open. they are not open as of yet. airtracker 7 moved back up to i- 25, looking at the accident we had after the thornton, or just before thh thornton parkway. all lanes open there. look at the map. southbound side of federal there at 88th, still closed at least at this point. and jason will give us an update on that. and the rest of the drive to the north side affected by that accident on the southbound side of i-25, heavy stop and go to the tune of half an hour in thee backups. >> reporter: i'm eric lupher in bbulder. day two of the trial against dynel lane, accused of attacking michelle wilkins and her womb. a disttrbing story we're reliving now. take a look, wilkins took the stand yesterday. months pregnant she went to a home in longmont where dynel lane was sellinggmaternity clothes. prosecutors say lane attacked wilkins. hand and i said, i don't know why you're oing this. i love you. she said, if you love me you'll let me do this. and she stabbed into my neck. >> reporter: prosecutors say dynel lane is "obsessed" with pregnancy. even taking photos pretending to be pregnant, like you see here. of course we'll cover this trial from start to finish. i'll be inside the courtroom. you can follow the live blog on thedenverchannel.com. court starts later this morning. i'm eric lupher, denver 7. thank you. only on denver 7, 3 men jump and attack an accomplished special olympics athlete in denver. this attack happened last month %- outside a thrift store on east colfax and lafayette. police arrested one of the for two others at this point. julian hall has a busted lip and bruised body. we've got first alert weather tracking what's going to be a warm but windy day today. 72 for a hiih in denver. fort collins 69. closer in most neighborhoods in and around denver at 72 to about 75 degrees today. looks like a new record high for us potentially here in denver. upper 50s for the foothills. boulder today 71. winds are going to pick up not only today, but again tonight. it's going to be really windy tonight into early friday morning. and things will calm down as we head into the weekend. cooler with 40s by sunday. >> lisa, thank you. the sports castle in downtown denver is one of three sports authorities in our state shutting doors. the store on broadway will turn into a liquidation center friday. sports authority is closing 140 stores because it's on the brink of bankruptcy now. also on the list for closings, stores in boulder and greenwood village. good news if you're looking for a job in aurora. virgin america is opening a customer contact center there. expects to hire about 100 peoppe. it's slated to open march 15th, flights from colorado to san francisco. they expect to hire about 40 people at dia. veterans, there is a special job fair today for you. starts at 10:00 this morning until 3:00 at fort carson. active duty national guard, and reserve service members and spouses all welcome. more than three dozen employers will be there. arcceologists in colorado say they have found signs of raptor dinosaurs. >> turns out they used to roam colorado south of lakewood. this is the first sign of them in colorado, and the second in north america. pretty rare. >> that's a cool find. have you heard this story, an 18-year-old from florida faces serious charges for pretending to be a doctor. >> malachi love robinson, palm each. had everything, even a web undercover, got an exam and medical advice. this morning that 18-year-old is talking exclusively to "good morning america" here oo denver 7, who says he never claimed to be a medical doctor. >> there are many types of degrees out there that hold the title aa doctor, whether they are a physicist or because becauue a person has the title doctor doesn't imply md. -`>> have you had training? 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