traveling this thanksvi >> dia could break some numbers records amanda del castillo at the airport with more. >> reporter: officials estimate at least 1.1 million people will be traveling out of this airport this week. we are here at the north security gates that has taken people at least 60 minutes to get through the lines if you're heading this way now fly denver bridge security wait time and 60 minute wait at the north security lines and 22 minutes at south security. officials are recommending you arrive 2 to 3 hours ahead of your flight time, it is only the skies seem a rise in travelers, wednesday will also be the busiest day on the road, 791,000 coloradans expected to travel 50 miles this holiday. whatoe security specifically? more people, more workers. we will talk about that in the next half hour, i'm amanda del castillo denver7 a medical airplane gges down moments after take off. >> no one on board survived. what witnesses are revealing about the final moments. >>> a waiter in denver gets a huge tip from a customer in denver.>>> here is your first in the low to mid 40s early on

over the weekend. denver 7 amanda del castillo live on the story. man da, are connected at all? >>reporter: no, police say they don't believe any of the crimes are connected that was a question brought up because they all happened within a span of 30 minutes. in total two people are dead including one teenage boy and four others were injured in those shootings. again, three separate. the first one started at around 12:30 sunday morning in south denver off of sanity that fa drive. legacy traffic management warehouse is often the location of late night teen parties. we know a male teen again was shot and killed. another was shot in the hand and taken to the hospital. although police aren't saying whether the shooting was connected to the teen party held saturday night into sunday morning remembering -- the shooting was reported at 12:30. 10 minutes later and 20 miles away a fight at a house party turned deadly when a man was shot and killed outside of a home. at around 1:00 a.m. outside of denver's high street bar and grill a fight inside the business spilled outside. three peopl

duty with a 5k.'s in amanda del castillo drive for spec joins us now. >> this is the first of its kind and it's the first officers down 5k happening in denver. it's been held throughout the country since 2011. let's talk about the logistics. check-in and registration starts here at 7:45 this which happens at 9:30 and the actual 5k starts at 10:00 here at washington park. if you're looking for registration tables they are near mississippi and franklin this morninn. it's a very fun event with very serious message behind it. the event celebrates those who put their lives on the line every day and honor those who have lost their lives while on colorado officers have died so far this year and this is following last year's 0 officers who'd died in the line of duty. that's according to the officer down memorial page. much more planned for the event and we will talk about it all morning long. live from washington park a mailing -- amanda del castillo denver7. >>> president-elect donald meeting with candidates to line his administration and among those people one of his topic's critics, former

waking up in their own homes after a 300 acre fire threatened them with evacuations. amanda del castillo joins us near green mountain. amanda, you can see flames from where you are right now? >>reporter: not from where we're standing. it's dark right now, but we're just in front of the green mountain. it's behind me right now. driving through downtown denver. driving in rush hour. they were able to see flames from where they were because the fire, it grew to 300 acres. crews say that is it's at 90% containment. crews kept their eyes on hot spots as well. as we look at what it looked like last night, that forced a dozen to evacuate last night as the winds were into nearby neighborhoods. another 3,000 other homes were on standby for evacuations. we spoke with a woman who says she left her home before 5:00 p.m. with no fire in site. when she got back, 90 minutes later, she couldn't get back to her home. west metro is investigating the cause. they fought the fire as the sun was going down, and for most of the night and if we come back out, you can see my that created a problem for crews yesterday.

-day colorado visit. >> amanda del castillo joins us with the details. amanda. >>reporter: good morning, yeah,e showing the presidential race is far from determined, and there's a lot of so again, it's going to be a v chelsea clinton is expected in boulder this afternoon. she was in aurora yesterday, and the trump campaign is expected to make two separate ssops here today. before we get into those events. numbers are showing more than 1 million colorado voters cast their ballot. republicans have shown up in higher numbers duriig our early voting period and democrats are turning up in their ballots in larger numbers. continues. running mate pence is expected at the fairgrounds for a 5:30 campaign event and green bridge is hosting a noon roundtable at denver's independent institute. there's more campaigns through the week. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. i'm amanda del castillo, denver 7. >>> a million colorado voters have turned in their ballots. that's a third of registered voters. here's the pro you -- the nuuber of registered voters jumped to 300,000. >>> errcoins

. homeless advocates say it's unconstitutional. >> denver 7 amanda del castillo joins us with more on this controversial issue. are people still >>reporter: people are camped out along the sidewalk. i'm going to step away so you can see the current conditions. this is one example of the homellss encampments. the idea is to sweeppaway what is becoming a large homeless camp. a statement rellased by the city claims its approach to connect with those live on the streets has been consistent. directiig while some of the area says the sweep is necessary, others argue the move is unconstitutional. >> and then the denver police under the city of denver come in, they take those things for them and they dispose of them treating them like trash, their property like trash, treating human beings like trash. it's done. it's over. it's not right. >> a lot of people coming up to us this morning being very vocal repeated that message that flores williams just delivered. but i'm told the sweep is expected at 6:00 -- as early as 6:00 this morning. the city hasn't released an actual time, but again it could st

lakewood amanda del castillo denver7 libertarian candidate gary johnson maki final push, holding a rally in lakewood where he was focusing on immigration. he told voters we should be building bridges across the us- mexico border not balls. before you cast your ballot, we have voting tips for you to make election day less stressful. >> here are your election 101. >> if you have not voted don't ballots yet so if you want to keep this in mind we have 24 hour drop-off boxes. come whenever you want, put your ballot in the slot and begun, they will ccose at 7:00 on election night. if you want to do it in person this is an in person voting area. this is where you can still register to vote all the way up go in person or if you want more time and help you could go in person, if you have issues with your ballots this is where they issue replacement ballots. if you already voted put it in the box and it is gone, but if you made a mistake or something that is where they issue replacements, if you don't want to get out of your car today you can drive by and drop off your ballot here at 14th and put

running their campaign to our state hoping voters hit the stage and cast their vote. amanda del castillo breaks down the campaign >>> leaders saying they have had the busiest months. jason gruenauer will join us with details. >>> breaking news out the iowa. a manhunt underway after two officers were gunned down in their car. they were sitting in their cars when it happened in two separate locations. police got a call that shots were fired in the city of urban dale near des moines and found an officer from urban dale dead. a few officer was found gunned in his police car and he was taken to the hospital where hh died. there's a clear and present danger to other officers out there and to the public of course. i just got an update that schools in that city of urban dale are closed today. they're telling everyone to not come to school buildings because that suspect is still out there. the names of the officers kills haven't been released, but we'll follow this. >>> but first right now, let's give you your first alert forecast. we're i special treat today. meteorologist lisa hidalgo and stacy are in

church in need. >> amanda del castillo is live with the details. good morning amanda. >> reporter: good morning, the season of giving is well upon us and that's what the focus is today. at around 8:00 a.m., it's going to be plenty of volunteers. they're going to be repairing some of these roofs here. not just one, not just two, but we're told three roofs on church propertyyare going to be this is all additionally church repairs like painting, dry walling and gardening will also be done today, and this is because the church was nominated by members of its parish by interstate roofing in denver. so we'll be following developments as the morning continues. just a really good story to kind of talk about this morning. people giving back to other businesses and churches here in reporting live in lakewood, i'm amanda del castillo denver 7. >>> still ahead, donald trump continues to get his white house staff together. he's added two more to his list of staffers. details on them and the new controversy it's stirring up. >>> the president-elect spending his thanksgiving day . >>> welcome ba

those living near a liquid's green acre's area 90% containment right now. amanda del castillo joins us right now. >>reporter: it's pretty dark right now so you can't see the mountain behind me, but we're in front of green mountain in lakewood. conditions are calm, but that wasn't the case yesterday. the fire was first spotted at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. and the winds actually forced the spread about fire, it started out at 4 to 6 acre and grew to more than acres as mitch just mentioned. but let's look at what that fire looked like last night. in all, nearly a dozen homes to the east were evacuated. but it put more than 3,000 homes on standby for evacuations. that's because the winds we just mentioned were blowing ambers towards nearby neighborhoods. crews were keeping an eye on hot spots overnight. last night our crews spoke with west metro fire officials who say say they're and do more of their investigates because they were fighting the fire during the dark last night and as still dark this morning. we're expecting them to be on scene all morning long trying to figure out and put th

patrol. >> the question is, did the stretch of east colfax see a decrease in crime. amanda del castillo joins us with those answers. amanda. >>reporter: good morning. viols are down accordiig to denver police. they have compared october 2016 in crime trends to the same period last year when they didn't have that extra 100 hours of patrolling. say. according to dpd, vie left crimes including homicide and aggravated assault were down by 9% in october. also declining the number of arrests made.% 240 people were arrested from january through may. 203 between july -- july and october. there's an increase in officer initiated calls compared -?to october 2015. all signs pointing to a slightly safer east i spoke with district commander about the department's efforts. >> to me as i drive up and down colfax especially during those target hours, i'm not seeing as much street level narcotics. by all means it's still there and i'm addressing those complaints through my narcotic's team and other means that i have in place. >> commander sanders says he can't tell us exactly if those 100 extra hours of patro

flying. >> it could be a record travel weekend the travel rush is already picking up, amanda del castillo joins how are the lines so far? >> reporter: we have seen them fluctuate throughout the day, right now they aren't too bad. we are over by the north security lines, according to fly denver there is a 13 to 17 minute wait at any checkpoint, you're looking at the north security lines, as we get closer to thanksgiving 1.1 million people will be flying out of the airport and that arrive 2 to 3 hours early, some good news for monday travelers all lots and garages are open. but it isn't only the skies seemed a hike in traaelers, wednesday will be the busiest day on the roads, 791,000 coloradans expected to travel at least 50 miles during the holidays. back to the skies, more security. we will talk about specifics in the next half hour. reporting live amanda del castillo denver7. >>> it is monday morning we are tracking another storm, take a look today in the mountains you will find rain and snow as this next storm rolls in, here in denver pretty dry to start, in the low 40s at the bus stop this m

president. -- vice president. amanda del castillo joining us live. >> reporter: the doors open around 6::0 this evening with al gore expected at 7:00, this stop following another one he is making in boulder this afternoon, al gore expected to discuss climate change and hillary clinton, the campaign says our several climate related disasters. the clinton campaign added the $13 billion outdoor recreation economy may be damaged if the environment is not protected, donald trump announced he would cut federal spending on the issue saving $100 billion over two terms in office. and studies show more people have voted in colorado this year than they did this time in 2012 so al gore will be pushing coloradans to continue that trend. amanda del castillo, denver7 about 1.5 million voters have turned in their ballots. more than half -- 500,000 democrats and republicans have voted. jason gruenauer is live outside of the denver election division this morning.>>> it is too late to mail in your ballot so if you want to vote today or tomorrow you are down to three options, 24-hour ballot boxes, drive-th

. amanda del castillo is live with the latest. >>reporter: good morning. lots of new developments within the last ten minutes. crews just cleared out after the fire chief tells us that the presswick way. and they are told that they can return here to their homes. it was eight tomato homes that were evacuated, including two on each side of the home, including the four right across the street. they didn't want to speak on camera, but upset about the situation. many asking what took so long. halloween night, almost a month since the evacuation began. had to find the contractor that the department approved of. the contractor found the removal of the material was a tedious process. >> have to erpack them and some as simple as putting on a lid, others, putting into a container so they wouldn't be spilled in the vehicles transparenting them. >> some think trpt -- transporting them. >> after they found that material yesterday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., that contractor alerted the city and that development happened pretty home in question, because they actually had a block up so they could ca

after a water main break yesterday. >> let's check in with denver 7's amanda -- amanda del castillo. this has been a long process. >> reporter: it has been. the road is closed. we are on 6th and logan this morning. we saw several denver water crews just leave the scene about five minutes ago. what i can tell you is that last night denver water actually tweeted saying that the repairs were completed and they were expecting to open the road between 10:00 p.m., and mid night last night. that hasn't been the case. now they were repairing a 126- year-old cast iron water main. that water main actually broke yesterday for unknown reasons. 28 impacted customers in all, both residential, and commercial. now, crews have reduced 6th 6th avenue to one open lane, traveling eastbound. that one lane is still open for past grant street on 6th. we're here following developments as the repairs continue. still roadblocks are up this morning. reporting live on 6th and logan, i'm amanda del castillo denver 7. >> thank you, and still to come, a man goes on a stabbing spree at a pennsylvania mental health facil

arizona this morning, a state that rejected a marijuana measure. reporting live in denver, amanda del castillo, denver7. >>> if you want to check to see if your vote was counted, you can go to secretary of state site. right there on the site. reasons you were rejected, signature didn't manl match or inproper -- didn't match or ?mproperly sealed. >>> -- 8:30 p.m. our time and access has been spotty since. >> we would like you to join marshall zelinger here and other colorado journalists with the highs and lows of the political coverage of this season. is the last one presented by the denver post and other -?organizations. you can find it on thedenverchannel.com on the spotlight section there on the web. >>> still to come, a shooting in california placing several . >>> a california polling center placed on lockdown yesterday ?fter police say a man binging on cocaine randomly opened fire and killing a man and injurying a woman. shot and killed by police. the locations were closed and no officershurt in the shootout. >>> to the measures you voted on, first, amendment 69, proposed universal health care, 80%

for you. reporting live along south university boulevard, amanda del castillo. >> a lot of heaters going this morning. extra blankets are needed. teens and 20s across much of the plains. clear skies in limon to start the day. if you're heading west into the copper and brek are all open for business. we'll be seeing dry, bluebird conditions out at the mountain areas. very windy especially along the peaks. current temperatures, cold. 15 in bennett. parker right now at 18 degrees. high temperatures today, we'll see upper 40s, lower 50s. these are high temperatures for this afternoon. du and lakewood area, about 51. broomfield getting up to 48 degrees. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine in the mountains. we'll see 40s and 50s. still cool across the plains. first alert that tomorrow will be warmer. talk about the next best chance for rain and snow coming up in our seven day forecast in a bit. >>> new this morning, we're getting a look at the man now in jail accused of shooting and killing a man yesterday morning. this is 54-year-old robert moore. the shooting happened in denver's sunnyside a

determined. >> our state could be a deciding factor. amanda del castillo is in aurora previewing all the amanda. >>reporter: good morning, the wg up as you can tell. it's november for us. we're a week away from election day. this morning, we're in front of the martin luther king jr. library in aurora where chelsea clinton is expected to visit. doors open at 5:00. it's a back-to-back two-day vise for chelsea clinton. she'll be in boulder tomorrow evening. she's focusing on her mother's vision of an america now helping share that message is sanders. he's expected to visit colorado during his campaign swing. details on his visit hadn't been released. we'll have that. mike pence is expected in love land. this comes after trump's busy weekend in golden and greeley. the abc poll shows trump ahead. i checked a real clear politics one. that's 45 to 44. we should know that every poll comes with a certain margin of error. it shows that margin of error is three meaning the candidates could be tied. trump could be ahead or clinton could be up by four. we'll have -- we'll look deeper into that ne

. >> amanda del castillo joins us with details on the suspect. amanda. >>reporter: troubling accusations. we know 49-year old gary pastell was arrested yesterday on charges of sexual he had been hired back in 2014 as a campus security specialist here at ponda rosa high school. a letter to parents said that pastel would not be back on campus pending the investigation. all morning long, we'll dig inno these accusations and see what led up to pastel being a 49-year old man pastel working. he was working as a security specialist at ponda rosa high school. accused of sexual assault on a child. we'll have more throughout the . i'm amanda del castillo. >>> a -- >> it's a picture of michelle obama followed up by a comment saying, and we quote, monkey english. i feel better and i'm not racist. under quote. it was written by -- and he's an assistant professor at cu school of medicine. >> you have to hold yourself at a higher standard and being a professor in a critical field. >> children's hospital and denver health this. heron declined to go on camera saying it's good good -- she says her comment

that their efforts are working. amanda del castillo joins us with the details. good morning, amanda. >>reporter: good morning. dbd tells me they've made significant contacts and significant arrests in the last month along that stretch of east colfax, and they're continuing to work with the business improvement district make sure that they're addressing any problems that people may have around that are stretch of east colfax. numbers out by dpd shows violent crime is down by 9:00. those numbered compared to 2015 numbers. foot patrols are coming after a pilot program found success in september. down from last year, property crime. district 6 larceny and auto thefts decrease. more can be done. >> you put effort into stuff, sometimes you solve the problem and it totally goes away. other times you wiped wind up movinge -- you wind up moving it. i meet with the community members to keep in touch. >> he's not seeing what he's calling small street level narcotics, although he does there. he says this is a step in the right direction. i'm amanda del castillo, denver 7. >>> 5:36. lawrence nea

assaulting a student he was supposed to be protested. the guard is on bond. amanda del castillo has more about what we know about the guard. amanda, what are parents saying this morning? >>reporter: parents are concerned, but good news, allowed back on campus pending the results of this investigation. that's according -?to a letter sent out to parens yesterday. pastel was hired here and working at a security specialist. that's an unarmed position. detectives interviewed a ponda rosa high school monday determmning there was enough probably cause to arrest pastel. he was arrested for sexual assault on that was a press release they put out. parents are reacting to the news considering pastel was hired to protect their children. >> i thought they had good security campus. i thought they were, you know, pretty good on top of things securiiy wise is what my understanding is, and now with this, i don't know what to think. >> now, the district hired pastel back in september 2014. in the army. what else the school district is saying within the next half hour. outside of ponda rosa high schoo

the people who call those streets home are not fight. denver 7 amanda del castillo joins us live from where the sweeps are taking place. amanda, how is it looking this morning? >> everyone is still camped out. the attorney who actually brought the case to federal court, he's encouraging these people to stand up and protest against the sweeps today. now, jayson flores williams says his law office will be representing anyone who is trying to find a legal help in the sweeps we're possessions from the sidewalks here. and they're going to be put into storage until they can be claimed. we checked and camping along city property is illegal along the camp ban. the city says the sweeps are a matter of safe and healthy. sweeps forced a federal lawsuit. there's a motion for class action certification pending right now. and the homeless people >> you have constitutional rights and human dignity and the only thing you're guilty of is being poor and i guess it's a capital crime in america these days. >> this is just one example of homeless encampments that won't be around later today. the swee

controversy. >> amanda del castillo joins us with how the candidates are campaigning fighting for your vote in colorado. amanda. >>reporter: good morning, follot developments in the hillary clinton e-mail controversy, it's safe to say her campaign is focused on damage control while across the aisle. trump's campaign focusing on capitalizing on the news. the clinton campaign september her surrogates to battleground state expected in aurora this afternoon to start her two-day colorado visit. she's meeting with volunteers in boulder tomorrow as well. bernie sanders is expected to visit our state. we don't have details about his stops here, but nce we do, we'll pass that information along. on the other side of the aisle, trump's running mate, mike pence is returning to colorado. he'll campaign tomorrow night in clear politics poll shows clintoo is up by 145 to 144. there's a margin of error that comes with the polls. in that poll, it's three meaning that colorado can possibly be tied, trump could be winning or hillary could be up by four. live outside of the martin luther king library, i'm

side delays, with more snow in the forecast we wanted to check on things out at dia. amanda del castillo is out there this morning. >> good morning, it is the start of the week maybe people are not planning until flying out until later show the lines are fairly short but don't let supposed to get longer as the week continues with thanksgiving thursday and there is a chance for more snow on tuesday. giving yourself extra time to get here and through security is ideal. getting here on time won't change the weather. last thursday not all of united airlines equipme was working and passenger sent us photos as they were stuck on the tarmac for hours. united released a statement saying they are working cl ensure all passengers have a safe and on time travel experience. you are looking at just how many people are in line right now, we will talk about how many people are expected this busy travel week in the next half hour. reporting live at dia amanda del castillo leo tried to. >>> a lakewood officer looking for answers after a man was shot >> they found phillip tod penny in the car. >>> you can pu

again.>>> amanda del castillo joins us to see how the airport is preparing for the busy rush.>> you think about holiday travel maybe you are imagining long looping security lines. but we have good news, officials told our partners at the denver post they are adding more airport workers to help alleviate that chaos that comes with holiday travel. dia spokesman keith montgomery says they are adding contract workers for thanksgiving to staffing will be increased nationwide and they are deploying extra canine teams to airports, as many as 1.1 million people are expected to travel through the airport this week. so arrive 2 to 3 hours early. dia updates time and availability through fly denver online. security wait times are not ad right now, you're looking denver online says it could take roughly 20 minutes to get through the lines here. reporting live amanda del castillo denver7 tomorrow could be the trickiest travel day if you're trying to look tuesday we are expecting rain and snow in denver, if you're driving the mountains will pick up heavy snow, this next storm spreading rain and s

assaulting a student. >> parent was nervous about this. amanda del castillo is joining us about the security guard's arrest. >>reporter: good morning, these are troubling allegations, but as you can imagine, everyone is taking these accusations very now, to echo what you just said, 49-year old gary pastel won't bb allowed back on the campus at ponda rosa high school pending that investigation. of 2014. he was working as a security specialist at ponda high school. detectives interviewed a student on monday determinnng there was enough evidence to arrest pastel. he has bonded out of jail. woe spoke with parents who says she don't -- >> if it's true and it does pla >> yeah, a lot of people echoing those statements ttday. and specific details about where this alleged crime occurred whether it was on campus or off campus hasn't been released yet. many today on edge after learning, publicly that their security guard was arrested. we'll discuss more and look into more of what this means for ponda high school as the morning outside of ponda high school, i'm amanda del castillo. denver 7. >>

. >>> denver police added 100 hhurs to change -- so did see a decrease in crimes. amanda del castillo has that story. >>reporter: crime is down according to denver police. they compared crimes from october 2016 to the same time last year when 100 extra hours of patrolling wasn't available or it wasn't initiated. but they're concentrating and focusing their efforts on the stretch of east colfax between grant and josephine. in october -- also declining the number of arrests made this year. 240 people were arrested from january through may. 203 between july and october. all signs pointinto a slightly safer colfax. i have spoke with the district 6 commander about the district's effort. >> the bike patrol started down there and i had one officer get in a ffot chase or a bike chase the desk for 6 weeks. >> now, as you just heard, he's saying these changes don't come without hardships. he says another patrol officer was brought in so the team remained in tact. we'll talk more about dpd's efforts in the next half hour and hear more from the commander then. i'm amanda del castillo, denver 7. >>> j

hill. >> amanda del castillo is crunching those numbers. >>reporter: the short answer is yes, denver police telling me that violent crime and property crime is down along east colfax, but that's comparing october 2016 to the same time last year extra 100 hours of patrolling adding to that stretch of east colfax. the department says more can be done. in that time, since october 2015, i should say, homicide accident sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault were down by 9%. property crime was down across the board comparing the same time period policing less auto theft and burglary along other property crime. in that time initiated calls because there's so many out there. we asked district 6 commander ron sonyer whether these are going to extent passed grant -- >> if more needs to happen, we'll add more. it's resource management. i have the resources out there. it's being able to put the resources where i need them to address the issues, much like we had on the cherry creek bike path, the 16th street mall those two locations that he just mentioned. they will added more patrolling

. >> amanda del castillo in lakewood with details on his visit. >> al gore expected to make a stop in boulder at 4:00 this afternoon and another stop in lakewood at 7:00. doors opening one hour ahead. he is in the state discussing climate change and hillary clinton. more specifically clinton's plan to reduce in making america a clean energy superpower. al gore expected to relate to climate change to colorado referring to climate related disasters like rought wildfire and flooding. more people have already voted in colorado than this time in 2012. al gore pushing coloradans to continue the trrnd. we are outside of the lakewood cultural center where he is more on this visit in the next half hour. amanda del castillo denver7 arizona, california, nevada maine and massachusetts will all vote on legalizing recreational marijuana. if these warmer states and of legalizing recreational pot may be some of the homeless population will relocate. don't forget for all of your election coverage resident and local go to our free denver7 app. or thedenverchannel.com cu boulder police looking for a suspect aft

commander-in- chief. >> jason gruenauer has the tips you need to know and amanda del castillo has more on the last- minute campaign stops in colorado but first breaking news.>>> a hunter missing, cruise have been searching, they will be out looking for the man. >> a look at the lake marked by a red taught about four hours northwest of denver the men missing is 61 years old from michigan. he was reported missing saturday morning.>>> we are tracking breaking news overnight. a 5.0 earthquake hit central oklahoma, schools were closed >> i heard the whole house shaking. >> i felt it all shaking we grabbed my cousin and went outside. the after shakes were crazy. >> the quake hit just before 8:00 this was last night near cushing 50 miles northeast of oolahoma city. it was felt as far away as illinois and texas. downtown was evacuated because of gas line leaks but those have since been contained.>>> we are in the second week of november but mother nature does not think so, ski resorts can't open because of the warm. so a basin is the only resort up and right now. two resorts we talked wit

denver attorney taking the case to court. amanda del castillo is joining us from downtown denver. amanda, when will the sweep start? >>reporter: the sweeps could start as early as 6:00 a.m. at any moment. moments ago, a fire crew just arrived on seenn i'm not sure why. they got here justtoutside on the sidewalk. this is one example of those homeless encampments we're talking about. there's a motion for class action litigation pending against the sweeps and the attorney representing the homeless says the city's refusal to wait for the court to rule is a disrespect of the court and disrespecting constitutional law. camping along city property is illegal under the urban camping ban. the city saying it's a matter of health and safety. city workers and and collect belongings that will be put into storage until they're claimed. >> sending the message, you're trash. we can treat you anyway with you like and those who live in downtown denver, they don't know what'sshappening in their neighborhood. if they saw it, they would -- >>> williams is encouraging these homeless people to protest.

. they're bringing in high profile democrats as well to help the campaign. denver seven amanda del castillo joins us from aurora with all those details. amanda. clinton's campaign clearly focusing on damage control after the developments with her e-mail controversy and the trump campaign capitalizing on the news. now, a real clear politics poll has clinton ahead by one. that's 45 to 44. all polls comes with a certain margin of error and ii this, it's three. trump could be ahead or clinton could be up by four. i should mention a new abc national poll shows the opposite with trump the clinton campaign september all of her -- clinton sent all of her surrogates to colorado. she'll meet with -- in boulder tomorrow, trump's running mate pence is returning to colorado. he'll campaign tomorrow night in love land. his vitity coming after trump's busy colorado weekend visiting golden and greeley. we're one week away to mail them in by today. today is that deadline. if you don't get it in by today, have you to physically rock and turn those ballots in or your ballot in on your own. reporting live in aurora,

several stops around the county visiting several polling places. i'm amanda del castillo, denver 7. >>> check out this map ranking power. new york come in last. that is because there are so many people in new york, the personal vote this is worth the least. 19.7million people live in that state which means about 680,000 people per electoral vote. >> so the personal vote if people in why would i counts the most according to this calculation, just over 560,000 people live there which is about 186,000 people per roughly the same personal vote power as four voters in new york. >> i am surprise bid that. really surprised. i didn't know that. -- i am surprised by that. it is kind of shocking actually to think of it that way. >> the average electoral college vote represents 436,000 people. 120million americans are expected to cast their vote by the time the polls close later today. >>> as you know, it takes 270 electoral votes to win it. predictions. the dark blue states voting democrat. you can see colorado, light blue meaning we lean democrat right now but it could still go either way.

colfax between grant and josephine streets. new numbers show their efforts are working. amanda del castillo has the details. >> reporter: dpd says they have made successful contacts along east colfax and they are working with the district to take care of any numbers out by dpd show violent crime is down by 9%. those statistics are being compared to october 2015 numbers. the additional bike and foot patrol programs are coming after foot patrols. police are seeing burglary, larceny and auto theft numbers declined by 2.7%. even with the success, ron saunders says more can be done.>> if the need to add more truly its resource management. i've got the resources out there. a lot of times it's just putting the resources where i need them.>> reporter: commander saunders says when he drives are east colfax that he is seeing street-level narcotics but he has also seen a decline. the problem is still there but this is a step in the right direction. reporting outside police headquarters, amanda del castillo denver 7. >> board will discuss a ppssible water rate hike. denver customers are saving so much wate

denver, amanda del castillo denver 7. >>> have you stepped outside yet? >> it's like springtime. it is almost thanksgiving and it's hot outside. 73 degrees in denver, winds are calm and relative humidity below 15%. it's not only warm but drive. you are looking at temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. the fact that we are already at 73 degrees makes me think we 64 degrees at that point. it clear skies across the state. upper 70s, near 80 degrees in some spots. aurora today, 78 degrees. triton 81 degrees. just unreal. we get another day of this but then that is a pretty big channe. coming up on thursday and going to drop with rain and snow. >>> a bongos up and flames -- in flames in fort collins. the barn at her rising -- expanding horizons farm went up in flames. no animals were hurt. still not sure what sparked the fire. >>> an on -- an investigation is underway over a deadly crash. a man was hit and killed near 11th and grand last night. he crossed against the light and the driver who hit him sit on the scene and cooperated with the investigation but it's unclear if the dr

. more than half of the voters have already voted. >> amanda del castillo is live where election officials are up and ready to go. >> reporter: it is election day. plenty of people up and at 'em. we are seeing people dropping off their ballots as well. clerk and recorder. thank you for joining me. >> absolutely. >> people are probably heading out to work. what should they have with them in order to vote i don't if they are voting in person, they have to have some form of id. the most common id are your % colorado driver's license, a colorado state i. d.. we also accept passports and high are education student id are probably our top choices there and our web site has i a dditional ids. >> probably the best advice is to come about midday. we have a big morning rush and end of day rush and the lunchtime rush i would suggest probably mid-morning is your best time. >> reporter: during the last election, you guys were here until noon. what are you guys planning? cycle? >> we'll be stopping at 2:00 a.m. and posting our results at 3:00 a.m. for that part. we'll come back at 7:30 a.m. an

we'll talk specifics in the next half hour. i'm amanda del castillo, denver 7. >>> adults aren't the only elections. we asked third graders how they feel about the race for the white house. >> i feel like, um, like scared because if it's not the person i picked -- >> almost 2300 kids voted in the school 's -- in the school's election, and clinton won. check out our list of the third party candidates. the that list, dayle, both tied in a vote -- a poll that's just in this morning. a new washington post, abc news tracking poll out, clinton and trump tied for all over -- trump has an 8 point advantage over clinton over wwich candidate is most honest and trustworthy. he leads clinton 36 to 38% on that issue. interesting the two were tied on that question, the time a washington post was conducted. they're tied at 46% each. >>> 6:06. this man kelly wiggins could spend the rest of his life -- we hope to have that picture in a second. he was found guilty of crashing his car in boulder canyon last year killing a passenger. police say he was going 90 miles-an-hour at the time of the crash. roc

duty. first of its kind 5k so we will get out to amanda del castillo bundled up out there and big crowd behind you. >> reporter: a very big crowd behind me and the announcer telling everyone they're if your driving next to washington park pull over and find a spot in join us. this is for denver's very first officers down 5k. the 5k starts at 10:00 this morning. in just a few minutes they are getting ready for the kids fun denver7 jacket on i would participate because i think that pass for the size of a kid. everyone's out for a good cause. celebrating officers who put their lives on the line on a daily basis. the line of duty. they are here for this 5k and you see everyone still registering because the 5k starts at 10:00. it has been held in 25 different states since 2013. this is the first time being held in denver and organizers working to get to the event in 125 colorado officers killed in the line of duty this year and 130 back in 2015. a very busy day ahead and all starts with registration here near mississippi and franklin with the actual race starting at 10:00 in a k-9 demo

outside national western complex, amanda del castillo. >>> just yesterday former president bill clinton campaigned for his wife. during his first stop he scoffed at melania trump's comments on cyber bullying. >> i never felt so bad for anybody in my life as i did for his wife going out giving a i thought, yeah, especially if it's done at 3:00 in the morning agaiist a former miss universe by a guy running for president. >> clinton said he could not believe melania spoke about the issue given her husband's actions on twitter there. >>> now in, you can take all the selfies you want with your ballot. federal judge has blocked prosecutors are going after anyone for doing it. dsn't hel who voted early, which is colorado. >>> two fort carson soldiers paid the ultimate sacrifice. they died thursday when enemies attacked them in afghanistan. both men were green berets stationed at fort carson in colorado springs. four other u.s. service members were hurt in the attack. >>> thissmorning we now know the names of the two teens arrested for the murder of englewood chief nicholas lewis. macias are 16

remember on halloween, explosive devices in the house. amanda del castillo has more. >> good morning. dozens were evacuated and today, eight homes evacuated as good news for the residents here, it is expected to be a temporary evacuation. with the residents expected to return home this afternoon. people living the area, be aware of official police activity. since halloween, crews have been removing chemicals from the home, believed to be explosive. that's why they're taking precautions, keeping people away. the two teens charged, one appeared in court yesterday with a hearing scheduled for december 6th. we'll have more on that with all the detauls in the next half hour. >>> new safety features on 16th street mall, the new led lights, one of the changes made after some high profile attacks. not only brielther, but also >>> an online petition for changes of musical.ly. . and --kids are obsessed with the lip syncing. all seems harmless, but searches can also bring up pornographic content which is why the movement got involved. they launched a remove the content. >> take this seriously a

a fire green mountain. this morning, that fire is mostly under control. >>> denver 7 amanda del castillo near the scene. fire. so an that da, how much land was destroyed -- so amanda, how much land was destroyed. >>reporter: 300 acres burned during that fire. ttis morning, it's 90% containment. it was first started at 5:00 yesterday afternoon burning 4 to 6 acr conditions actually forced that fire to grow. crews were battling this fire for several hours yesterday calling for dozens of homes to evacuate in the area. another 3,000 homes were being threatened and were put on standby for evacuations. now, we were talking about those winds. the winds were blowing ambers into nearby neighborhoods. evacuation order were lifted around 10:00 p.m. last night. west metro crews are expected to be on scene investigating kind of what caused that fire. yesterday, a majority of their battle was during the sunsetting and in the dark, so they'll be on scene today trying to figure out what started this 300 acre fire, again, at 90% contain: i'm amanda del castillo, denver. >>> first alert weather. >>> as the sun

morning in denver. all of them shot in three separate scootings. >> denver7 amanda del castillo was at the scene of one of the shootings and joins us this morning with the latest on the investigations. amanda. >> reporter: a very usy sunday morning for denver police. i was actually on cherokee and that was the location of the very first fatal shooting. it happened at around 12:30 yesterday morning. surrounding businesses there say the legacy traffic management warehouse is often the location of late night teen parties. we know a male teen was shot and killed. another was shot in the hand and taken to the hospital, though police aren't saying whether the shooting was connected to the teen party held saturday night into sunday. that shooting, again, was and 10 minutts later and 20 miles away in montbello, a fight at a house party turned deadly when a man was shot and killed outside of the home near carson street and maxwell place. roughly 15 minutes later, outside of denver's high street bar and ggill, a fight inside the business spilled outside. three people were shot and taken to th

shooting, but others say it's highly likely. amanda del castillo reports. >> reporter: people described the area surrounding legacy traffic management as industrial. one that wouldn't normally attract crowds. >> a lot of people like that place. it's kind of out in the middle of nowhere. not too many people are around. >> reporter: so after learning about today's early morning juvenile and sent another male to the hospital. >> we are getting calls on shots being fired from there. >> reporter: many instantly thought about the teen dance parties hosted at this warehouse. >> no descriptions. only just teenagers. 40 of them. males and females. >> reporter: a source giving us this flyer saying these parties bring teens to the area at least twice a month. to 19-year-olds at 1390 south cherokee street. >> they are in high school. definitely high school. all were in high school. you know, sweaters and everything. they are definitely underage. >> reporter: many say that hasn't stopped liquor bottles and beer cans from littering the area after parties. >> i see liquor bottles all the tim

. amanda del castillo is out thhre for us. >> we have signs up telling everyone that this icy roads. you can see the snow accumulating on the roads here. i've seen quite a few people park where we are and run into an office at the tunnel not wearing a lot of layers. in these conditions, it can actually lead to frostbite if you are not prepared. denver health officials tell us they've treated 141 people so far this year for frostbite and other cold weather injuries. so you will want to make sure you are getting ready and preparing for the weather conditions. now, we've got a whole bunch of people, hundredd of thousands experiencing this weather, the winter weather for the very first time. a lot of people coming up from much warmer states like florida, arizona, texas, even and california. so while colorado natives knoo how to deal with this weather and how to dress for it, you will have to tell your neighbors how to do that. we spoke with denver health official who say layering is at way to go. >> in colorado, especially denver, not the mountains, it could be 32 degrees or freezing ar

to be evacuated. this is after explosive chemicals were found in a home. amanda del castillo has more on that. amanda? . >>reporter: good morning. eight homes here are being vaeblthed around -- evacuated around 9:45 after the explosive materials being found in this home. thankfully, it's a temporary evacuation. residents can return this afternoon. that's what we're expecting here in castle rock. i'm amanda del castillo. >>> it is going to be a very range, 50s, clear skies overnight and heading into thanksgiving, partly cloudy and temperatures in the upper 40s. today, 50s for the day time highs. 40s and 50s for the most part in the mountains. going to have a chance of picking up a few showers ? sfx: laughter ? one hundred percent whole grain quaker oats is the delicious way to help reduce cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. ? overall, lighter on the drive. down. one on i 70 before -- i-70. by the purina plann. and one on york and 270. you can see the trouble spots. 70 and 270 are the biggest travel delays. westbound is a little bit heavy towards quebec. minor crash there.

morning. being moved in one piece at one time. >> amanda del castillo has been tracking this all morning and it will be moved until later this morning but crowds are gathering. >> reporter: they are. so many people along 13th avenue and all preparing to watch the kirkland museum move. that starts at 11:00 this morning. let's look at the scene out here. they are moving in at 11:00 this morning. but it took a little bit to get the entire building onto pearl avenue. that's what you're looking at now. it's a 150 ton building moving from capitol hill to the golden triangle neighborhood of plenty of people along 13th. the move expected at 11:00 and it's going to move slow and steady. the building will move between one and five miles an hour expected to take 7 to 8 hours to move it completely to the golden triangle neighborhood. a lot of people are excited because the final location it is expected to open in fall of 2017. the people are waiting for the big building to move even just an inch. a lot of people with their phones ready to record history pearl, denver7. >>> if you take the light rail

streets by today. amanda del castillo joins us live from downtown with the latest on the sweep, amanda. >>reporter: good morning, right across the street from denver's are still camped out on the sidewalks. we're look at this activity. police arriving on scene. i'm going to step out for you. but we were told they were supposed to start early this morning. you can see the police arriving on scene. people are starting to pack up. they're going to have their possessions taken from them and kept in storage until they can visit and claim them back. we're actually just seeing this activity going on right now. long. reporting live in downtown denver, i'mmanda del castillo. denver 7 news. >>> it's now 7:23. and the sun is up. skies clear, and we're in for a warm day. live look across north eastern colorado. and our temperatures are going to be once again about 20 to 25 degrees above normal. record setting highs possible both today and tomorrow. fire danger remains high. that's the down side to this. a good 30 to 40 degrees colder by friday as i'm jamie foxx for verizon. in the nation's

. amanda del castillo is live at ponda rosa high school. a lot of parents are talking abbut this. >>reporter: many are questioning the safety of their children. we don't know whether the crime is taking the accusations very seriously. 49-year old gary pastel, he won't be allowed back on campus. that was per a letter given out to ponda parents yesterday. we know the district hired him in 2014. he was working as a campus security specialist. on monday, detectives interviewed a ponda student determining there was he was hired to protect their children says parents. >> i thought they had good security caapus. i thought they were good on top of things good, security wise. that's what my understanding is, and now with that, i don't know what to think. >> pastel was arrested at his castle rock home. he has bond out. we'll follow developments all morning long. live from ponda rosa high school, i'm no arrests made. colorado police says they have identified a person of interest. it was the second deadliest shooting. two women were found dead. their deaths are called suspicious. police don'

clinton wrapping up his stop in our state. amanda del castillo has details on that. >>reporter: good morning, yeah, neither camp is letting campaigning in colorado. chelsea clinton is expected in boulder at 9:00 this morning, this follows her aurora visit that happen yesterday. the clinton family continuing to hit colorado hard. bill clint will be here with stop in pueblo and fort collins. trump's running mate pence is going to rally at 5:30 at the ranch event denver's independence institute happening today and for the rest of the week. reporting live in downtown denver, i'm amanda del castillo. >>> amanda has the hood on. we have seen snow showers in the mountains and now a few moving into the metro area. a cool start. upper 30s to lower 40. this afternoon getting in the low 60s. we'll warmup for thursday and friday. here's your high temperatures across the metro. englewood at 60s. upper 50s in aur throughout the day today, cooler. we'll see gradually i'm michael bennet, and i approve this message. narrator: what do you really know about darryl glenn, the fringe republican candidate

del castillo is joining us with the latest this morning. amanda. >>reporter: good morning, you can't see because it's dark right now, but i'm standing in front of green mountain right now. we know the fire that people in downtown denver were able to see the fire from miles away. now, let's take a look at that fire. west metro fire officials say investigators are going to focus on the cause of the fire this morning as crews battle the fire as the sun started going down yesterday afternoon. it was first reported at 5:00 p.m.owing from 4 to 6 acres to more than 300 acres. 3,000 homes were put standby for evacuations. about a dozen homes to the east were forced. two evacuated. as you can see, the wind is blowing. that was an issue for firefighters yesterday beeause that wind was actually blowing some am -?befrs into nearby neighborhoods and that's why those evacuations and stand by evacuations were necessary. crews were on scene all night making sure of control. it's 90% controlled. >>> a wild fire burning into the hour of gothenburg, tennessee. abc news reporting 100 homes burned and se