years things haven t been going so well. knowing it is happening. seeing it firsthand. i ve seen this living and working down here. reporter: he s hoping new private security guards will help the ongoing problem. the downtown denver partnership helped with the guards to create a visual deterrent to crime. the reality is that a private security firm isn t a better solution than police officers. it is a be able to arrest or ticket people. that authority still stands with police, but they ll keep an eye out, while patrolling the 9 blocks between broadway and arapahoe. the guards will say something, then call police. obviously, we will coordinate with them on a regular basis. what our resources are. reporter: the licensed uniform guards will not be spray and handcuffs. i m interested to find out how beneficial private security is going to be. i think it s going to be beneficial in some way or another. depending on what time you head to the mall, you may pass by betw
to go and report my sexual assault because of the power of bill cosby. 32 years ago, at the time, i felt very alone. no one would have believed that mr. jell-o pudding pop, mr. doctor was capable of rape and sexual assault. reporter: the two women have been working with representative rhonda fields who is sponsoring two bills in committee to extend the time frame a victim can file sexual assault charges without dna evidence. one bill aims to a bollish colorado s current ten year limitation and the other to extend it. i prefer to a boll lish the statute of limitation, but if that bill is unsuccessful, then we have another shot. and that shot is to move forward with the cap of 20 years. reporter: they say that sex assault victims often need time to feel safe about coming forward with their story. were paralyzed by fear and people not believing them, because of cosby s high profile career. so i stayed silent. and then i found out i was noot loan. but it took was not
we have a few delays. boulder valley school district just the mountain school oz a 2-hour delay. deer creek elementary delayed 90 minutes. the big districts around the metro area are on and no delays there. kids are going to school this morning. sorry. we have team coverage. shawn chitnis live in lakewood with a look at the roads. he s moving around trying to stay warm and lauren whitney has when the snow is going to end. let s start with we see it s steeper, jaime. reporter: some folks receiving more than a few inches here. genesee, one of those locations. you can see how the plows have been working the side roads. east, slushy. let s go to the weather mobile lab and check on the temperatures. it s 21 degrees right now. picked up a little bit here, but it s numerous how i was here last freezing. i ll show you. this is more than a few inches. genesee got hammered with snow. light, fluffy. i would say more than a good 10 inches has fallen so far. it s still coming d
criminals, many are professionals, they should be dealt with strongly by law enforcement. no protestors for ted cruz s arrival today. more subdued to say the least. the senator hopes his campaign strategy can at least slow the trump train that s barreling toward the convention. cruz was the first speaker up today. he spoke at the luncheon. our anne makovec was in the banquet room for that and has highlights. reporter: yeah. right now, the banquet hall is empty. they are preparing it for carly fiorina who is going to speak at the california gop convention tonight. but at lunchtime, it was all about ted cruz. [ music ] god bless the great state of california. whoo! reporter: senator ted cruz tailored his stump speech specifically to the golden state. listen, as republicans in california, y all are a hardy bunch. reporter: he points to what he calls misguided regulations put in place by liberals, citing the state s plan to save the endangered delta smelt. in my ex
role that california normally plays in primary elections. year after year, y all were used to being treated by republicans like an atm to take your money and spend it in other states. well, i can tell you right now we re going to spend more money in california than we raise in california. whoo! [ applause ] reporter: this was the scene outside of the hotel today compared to the throngs of protestors donald trump speech brought out yesterday. we don t want a racist! let s dump trump!! reporter: for the california republican party it s a convention like never before. hopefully the enthusiasm will carry over to the june 7 primary and people will vote for down-ticket candidates. that s the sort of silver lining that we re looking for out of this drama. reporter: cruz got a little more credibility when he got the endorsement of pete wilson, who is blamed for the decline of the gop because of prop 187 that galvanized the latino vote. cruz now fights for delegates in 5