denver area is expecting today. could see up to two inches. live with the snow? >> jason gruenauer in the mountains and lisa with when. >> this is fun. exactly what we needed. right now, we have some pretty dry conditions across the state. the cloud cover here in denver, the morning commute, don't worry, it's going to be dry. and in the west, the rain and snow is i starting to creep in. mid mornings, nine to 10:00, thh cdot cameras on i-70 will be looking a lot different. the day planner, 80 yesterday and cut that in half. low 40s early on. by midday, talked about this yesterday, hitting our high a lot earlier than normal and temperatures will start to drop this afternoon. jacket this morning and later today. chance for snow here in town and looks like we could get a rain-snow mix in denver, ft. collins and boulder, totals are going to be pretty light. a trace to twooinches. heaviee in the mountains and the low is going into effect in a few. coming up, i'll show you what it looks like hour-by-hour. first, let's send it to eric. bone dry, but it's a pretty scene behind you. >> yeah. frisco

need some help. . >> jason gruenauer has more. >> this is the daddy bruce randolph drive. going back quite a ways, for this year, they need serious those that run this description say they need -- this drive say they need thousands to reach the need. if they don't, donations will be cut and not get there this year. they have had to cut down in the past and with fundraising woes, may have to do so again. to get the donations, the hundred thousand dollars doll on how you can don't on the twitter and facebook pages. denver feed, that's how you can search and help. if not, the cuts have to come. more on how you can help coming up at 5:00. reporting liowve dntown, i'm jason gruenauer. denver7. victims in the pulse night club in orlando, released now. coming up, we're going to hear more as it turns into the hostage situation. >>> in illinois, the latest on that situation. >> if you saw mysterious planes, we have more. >> a major change today. 30s and 40s in the city and i... i... i wanted those... no you didn't... hefty slider bags cost less than ziploc. you'll thank me later. oh... . >>>

patience if you're flying. >> jason gruenauer is live on the busy travel day. jason, how is it moving along? >> we have some good news for you if you're coming out to dia and flying out. the line isn't that long. right now, five to ten minutes out here at dia. keep in mind, some of the of those departing flights, at least the moort of them are on time -- the majority of them are on time. the employees were brought in from other airports at dia and adding more k-9 teams to help and the airport hired additional staff to run bins and things like that. only about 35 minutes is the max that we saw. short. >> we are trying to manage our resources the best that we could. we didn't have the support from the carriers and the airport authority. this year, all of those things have come together as planning as a partnership and a community and focused on making the experience for travelers a positive one. just about on track to set or even break that 1.1 million travelers for this weekend. they say the busiest expected day is actually not today, going to be actually sunday when everybody i

i'm jason gruenauer in love land. they're ready. . >>> from the first alert desk. international news. an explosion at a building in turkey. it happened at a building in southern turkey near the border with syria. curdish rebels a-- kurdish rebels attacked it. and renewed violence in that militants. >>> a samsung phone almost burned down a woman's house. it is not the galaxy seven. it was the four. that's what left. exploded when her children were there. >> sounded like a bomb went off. smells awful. a toxic smell. >> comment until they examine the device. >>> getting flu shots. people older than 75 already been hospitalized with the flu. takes two weeks to develop the immunity after getting vaccinated. we have a list of places to get them on thedenverchannel.com to make it easier for you. skiers and snowboarders, rejoice. rejoice. >> loveland is opening. jason gruenauer is there. >> snow is blowing on me. my first snow of the year. these guns are going full blast, the chairs are ready and other guys that have been ready. nate dogg and tom. when did you get here? >> we got here about

of the first to open. along with a basin. and abasin opened last month. >> jason gruenauer is live with those waiting to hit the slopes important. >> they had to wait, but wait no longer. people are making the first turns down the morning and started this morning with first chair. this is nate buddy. they came out for they're 21st first chair. and made sure they were the first ones up mountain. we live in colorado. work is secondary. >> opening a basin in october and haven't gotten the snow until mother nature gave them a few days of cold and the snow % don't worry,st going to be fine. >> best ahead of us. don't panic. it's going to be great in loveland ski area. >> it's great, especially for this guy. officials say they are hoping for one or two mother nature storms to dump the snow and open up the snow runs and more of this is going to be happening here in colorado. i'm jason gruenauer, denver7. >> reminds me have the sun screen on. >> that's right. no back country skiing. this is the same place, but a different view. look how dry it is under the trees. some runs, stay clear. dry

rates and that of course could have an effect on housing of course, interest rates. jason gruenauer has more on the impact on colorado economy, including our real estate market. jason? . >>reporter: yes. talking about a study done by zillow. and this is looking to either a clinton or a trump presidency. what would that mean for future home values and whether or not, ugly, coming out with a trump presidency closer to the last two. they surveyed over a national economic experts in this topic. 45% said a trump presidency would impact it either very negatively or somewhat negatively. the reasons, uncertainty on policy and lack of political experience. see, actually flipped the opposite way. 33%, expectations in a positive light and continuing the trend that we saw in 2016, just the last year. 4% for home values and now the trump presidency, going to have to wait and see if this survey is like the polls, turn out to be wrong or not. we'll have to wait and see. denver, i'm jason gruenauer, denver7. >>> a beautiful crisp start to morning. 40s and near 70 this afternoon. highs near 70, it's goi

crunch. jason gruenauer has more. >> a lofty fundraising goal in a short perrod of time. as of sunday, still needed a hundred thousand dollars, half of what they originally needed in order to not have to cut back on giving away those free thanksgiving meals. known as the daddy bruce randolph giveaway. it's happening this weekend. this year, the foundation received a question for 56 meals, was baskets of turkey and everything they need for elderly and those less fortunate this thanksgiving. they could have to cut possibly more than they cut last year. >> last year, we cut back base based upon the money we raised, the original target was 7 thousand. ,000 last year. >> the epworth foundation has until today. that's when they have to purchase the food and put into the distribution and the male important also in need of volunteers. and all happening this rd. if you want to take part or donate, i have links on my facebo coming up, we're going to tell you just how important these thanksgiving meals are. hear from them in just a little bit. from the epworth foundation, jason gruenauer, denver

lock down. jason gruenauer joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: the north suburban medical center was placed on lock down out of caution. while the scene appears to be normal, no massive large that we could see. we have not gotten official word or confirmation that the lock down was lifted, all of this after the possibility of an armed and dangerous suspect on the loose in the area. it all started earlier on this morning around 8:00 at a motel 6 on west 83rd place. that's about 5 blocks from where we are right now. allegedly, a woman tells police that she was robbed at gunpoint by two individuals. police tell us one of the off on foot, one of them was caught, the other was not. then last seen about three blocks from here. grant and 88th in thnton. that prompted north suburban to go into lock down, as well as several other businesses in the area. we haven't gotten further updates from thornton police. we have reached out to them several times about what exactly is going on right now, whether or not the suspect simply got away or if this is still an ongoing search. again, the

. >> even though where they're happening exactly -- jason gruenauer joins us live with the information you need to know to keep your family safe now, jason. >>reporter: according to law to avoid your home and yourself being the next victim of these burglars. things simile like walking your doors. this is green valley ranch which made the list of most burglarized over the last five years. denver seven investigates and they found the most often time of the month that was -- that homes like this were s and later the month and the most popular of the day, the 28th. what are law enforcement are seeing is the cause, people making it too easy for the burglar. >> a lot of people don't lock the interior garage door, so that's -- go inside your house and you're in there for however long. >> so you're urged to lock your doors, make sure your garage doors and fences and things like -- basically make it harder on the burglars. that's the biggest tip from law enforcement. if your door is harder, they're likely to move to your neighbors or move out of your neighborhood. one trick to keep your family and

gruenauer joins us live from the campus with her message two years later. jason. >>reporter: she told the magazie , i'm a survivvr and hopes now coming forward will help other people with her story. now, kendra was a freshman in 2014 when it happened after an st. patrick's day party. of her after she was drinking and got separated from her friends, instead of took her home and sexually assaulted her. despite being found guilty, he was sentenced to probation and two years of jail work release meaning he can leave during the day to go to work and go to school. so she spoke to people's magazine about why she's coming forward now. >> my sister is a freshman in college this year, and i'm like i don't want her to go through this or any other woman person. if i can do something -- >> so, why was the rapist given a sentence that he was, and what does huer think about that. it may have something to do with colorado judiciary and sentencing law, and i'll break that down at 5:30. live at cu and several others injured. explosive blew out businesses and left debris scattered everywhere. two o

reported missing nine hours ?go. we don't know if they're in dangerously or not. >> jason gruenauer joins the sheriff's office. what do we know about them? >>reporter: at least the last piece of information we got from the douglas county sheriff's department, the three are believed to be together. they were seen yesterday around 2:00 p.m. leaving a high lands ranch elementary school and haven't been seen since. we're talking about jennifer labor and her two young sons, adam and ethan. reporting missing yesterday. this is their photograph. about 5-foot 6 inches tall and adam is three and ethan is five. they were seen driving in a 2011 silver chrysler town and country. lie since plate, 300-rqq. you're asked to call the douglas county sheriff's department if you see them. we don't know very specific information other than the fact they were just last seen at 2::0. the mother picked up her two sons from school, but haven't been ssen since. they live in high lands ranch two kids go to school in if you seeranch. them, call the douglas county sheriff's department. i'm jason gruenauer. denver sev

. teenagers behind bars due to that. of that. jason gruenauer joins us from plum creek neighborhood at where this happens. families should be let in any moment right now. >>reporter: we haven't seen any families coming home, but as of right now, 5:00 a.m., they're allowed back in because according to authorities here in castle rock, they don't believe there's significant threat to public safety at this point after a scary incident yesterday involving the explosive chemicals. as of right now, were found still sealed up. hazmat bags on the driveway, and a castle rock police officer to my right keeping an eye on this home. this started with an investigation into two teen ageers in a string of car break-ins, that led them to this home on west crestwood drive in castle rock where they found the chemicals. according to police, they, again, they don't believe there's a threat to public safety because the bomb squad had to be called in. the chemicals out of the home and detonated them as a nearby golf course. the two teens, both 16-year olds are now behind bars, charges are forth coming and

road. jason gruenauer and eric luber and eric -- we're going to start with lisa hidalgo in the weather center. how long issthe cold stuff going to stick around. >> a day and it's going to warm for the weekend. we talked about the storm yesterday and how fast it moved in, and how fast it was going to move out. move and lifting to the north and east of colorado, so we have clearing skies behind it. that skies clear, our temperatures started to tank. these with wind chills. this is what it feels like outside. 12 in city park. 6 in greeley. and 15 in estes park. so you haveegot extremely cold start to our friday morning and what a change from earlier. we had 1.71.7 inches of snow fall at the airport so it's our first official snow of the season. today is sunshine. skies clearing, and beautiful ys , but quite colder. in fact, half wednesday, just about 40 degrees this afternoon. warmer for the weekend. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >>> there were a lot of crashes. >> one hurt in a 3-car crash at i-70 and vasquez. the crash on the left was i-70 and 225. 1 car involved

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

school. >> police are searching for answers as to who is responsible. jason gruenauer live from isabel byrd community school. >> it happened over the weekend all over the back part of the school the back door, the playground the sidewalks messages sprayed all over. it is gone as of now but we prompted the cleanup response shared all over facebook including the swastika. one of several instances of the vandalism and graffiti all over the back portion of the school. parents responded with paper hearts of positive messages. a cleanup effort of nearly over 50 people over the weekend, yesterday we spoke to a parent of three students here who says there are immigrants and refugees that attend the school. that parent had her young and messages of love that were taped on the wall next to the graffiti.>> just to show that hate ddesn't win over love. and that we believe in peace at our school.>> the local jewish life center responded in a statement condemning what they call a deeply hateful acts and display. police are trying to figure out who did this. i'm jason gruenauer i'm sure you ha

. the bomb squad had to detonate this. jason gruenauer is live. home in five minutes. >>reporter: they're going to be let back in following an evacuation and finding haze hard us chemical. there's drugs and bags of hazardous material out here. there's a member of the castle rock community to my right keeping an eye on this community. a scary day for residents yesterday. we're going to show you the video from yesterday. it started with two young people, 16 years of age tightened connection with tire slashings in the area and police ended up at the home at the juveniles where they found a box of suspicious chemicals and they found out they were explosive. we were told these weren't bombs and there would have been steps needed to make them bombs but because of their explosive nature, the bomb squad took them up. residents who live here weren't allowed to dumb back. they'll be back here at 5:00. we'll dive into the details as this continues to be under investigation. again, they have police here and there's hazmat stuff and the house is taped up as the investigation continues. live t

out of douglas county. >> a woman and two children are missing. jason gruenauer has details on the search, jayson. >>reporter: the douglas sheriff's department are looking for a mother and her two sons who went missing after they left school in highland's ranch. we're talking about jennifer and yesterdaa at 2:00. then late last night, the douglas county sheriff's department put out the alert that the three, the mother and the two children haven't been seen since. jennifer 36 years old. she's 5'6'' they were driving a 2011 country. license plate is if you see jennifer or adam, call the sheriff's department. we're trying to get more inforration and we'll bring it later. in castle rock in douglas county sheriff, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> breaking news in tennessee, a wild fire killed three people. >> hundreds of home and businesses have been destroyed. the flames are still threatening that area may see rain today which could help in the fire fight. >>> there's more severe weather hitting the same part of the country. tornado slammed northern alabama last night killing three people, fou

. driefing out to dia, -- driving out to dia, going to be clear. we'll check in with jason gruenauer. >>> the department of homeland security and the fbi want people to be on the lookout today and through the weekend. >> individual terrorists are expected to make attacks. jason gruenauer is live with what you can exctpet dia. >> already busy, one of the busiest travel days of the year. things are already filling up. on the website, seven hours and 23 minutes for the other security line. you are asked to get here early dia is saying they may set a record, 1.2 million people. one of the busiest travel days of the year and bringing in 3 more tsa and good news from dia, checking the big boards, as far as flight statuses, most of the flight statuses coming in and out, green and on time and the parking lots are open for you. just get here early. we'll check back in with you. >>> this morning, we are hoping to learn more about a homicide investigation here in denver. a man was skilled near chsman park. we're learning more about a deadly stabbing in ft. collins. this man is under arrest on first-degr

opening here. jason gruenauer is live there coming up in a few minutes. >>> first, let's send things over to our meteorologist, lisa no snow, because of the warm weather. >> wish i had better news when it comes to that. it's going to be dry. see that on the satellite and radar. sunshine and clear skies and another day where the temperatures are well above normal. could have a broken record. mid 50s by 9:00. 60s by one. 67 to 68 off tonight. golden, 67 today and aurora, high of 65. the first alert, we could be tracking another storm that could bring a little bit of snow to the mountains next week. we'll talk about that. to the guy that's got the best job, looking good. dapper. jason gruenauer is live at loveland this morning. . >>reporter: yes, good morning to you, lisa. no snow? i don't know what you're it's snowing full blast. maybe it's fake. loveland is looking to open up, plowing and shooting snow up there. they are getting ready. set to get ready to on at # a.m.. they have one run here at love land and 1700 feet verl and 18 inches of snow in colorado. that's what we need. it is coal

plunged eight points last night and back up. our jason gruenauer has mmre. >> good morning to you. before donald trump won this election, markets already started to drop and shake and that includes the u.s. dollar. and then, after he gave that speech as you heard, things did settle down a little bit. the dow down, and the s & p down one and a half percent. and europe, shaky and decline. trump came out and talked about uniting the country. so with that, not going to be as steep a drop as we originally saw last night. that's oing to be the biggest impact locally. minimum wage. approved to $12 by 2020. proponents, as soon as people get more money, spend more money, and pump the money back to the economy. opponents say this is going to be tough on small business owners and straupts and the small rural community. and something we always love to that is the housing market. after steady growth, what could a trump presidency mean? i'll give you a hint, it's not great. jason gruenauer. , denver7. we went to the secretary of state. >> it's important. allowing us if an individual has already voted,

to do so. reporting live from the epworth foundation, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> the denver rescue mission here's a look at where you can drop them off. can be a holida helping feed children in need. one in four colorado kids are hungry. your $7 donation to whole foods market, federal credit union branches or online at the denver channel.com. going to go to the food bank of the rockies. >>> the hottest toy for 2016 is the nes classic. 30 years old. and comes with 30 preloaded games. target, wal-mart and kmart are sold out. wal-mart is trying something different. we have -- tomorrow and friday before 3:00 p.m.. or today and tomorrow on thedeeverchannel.com. >> good luck. sering and controversial shooting deaths caught on camera, live streamed. >> it was streamed on facebook. >> the murder to the highest extent of the law is what would be appropriate here. >> calling the police officer the criminal and what's next for the police officer. >> surveillance camera as a waiter stabbed a customer. . >>> this morning, we are awaiting a meeting between the nypd and the secret service on how

. >> this is on tennyson and 41st avenue. jason gruenauer is on the scene with the latest. jason, what can you tell us?>> reporter: the est news here is was inside when fire gutted this store. this is the green door furniture and antiques store on tennyson and 41st. take a look at these images from a reviewer. they show how big these flames were when this fire first started about two hours ago. denver fire officials still don't know what caused this but scene. they say because the builng was old, big, and whht it contains, they made the call to it is not cleaning up the scene but at least two blocks of tennyson are still closed as fire crews remain on the scene. we talked to some neighbors who tell me thi furniture and antique store has been up and operational for the last 40+ years in this neighborhood and thought it was supposed to open today but the old man that normally does that doesn't come in until about 11:00. still, investigators are here on the scene. the best news, no one s the fire is now out. jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> breaking international tragedy for a brazilian soccer

juveniles are responsible. jason gruenauer has details in three minutes. >>> a colorado jail flood has caused almost a quarter million dollars and the cost continues to rise. we're talking about the picking county jail. the video shows an inmate fighting it knocked out power to the 911 system. they hope insurance will cover the repair cost. >>> at 6:01. it's november 1st and it's another mild start. this whole week we're looking at dry conditions. we do have a little more cloud cover here across denver this morning. in the mountains will pick up rain and snow today. not enough. we could use a lot more . mid to upper 60s for highs. yesterday, upper 70s. about the cold that passed through, it will be about 10 degrees cooler today. under a mix of sun and clouds, denver's highs around 67 to 68. du, a high of 70. brighton, 69 and littleton, 71. tomorrow is cooler. jason, we're tracking a few more weak cold fronts. we'll take a look at those coming up. >> we have a traffic jam coming >> 270 is that way and 36 is way and continuing into downtown that way. and we did have a big traffic jam on

ii the past. jason gruenauer joins us to explain. >>reporter: the calls are going to those in jefferson and broomfield starting at 9:00 a.m. today. it's to make sure the code red emergency nif two, as many as people as possible are getting these notifications, and the system is set up for landline. if you have one of those, you'll get a call. it can be added to your cell phone or your e-mail. so if you have already gone through and added that, you'll get test call. if you have not, you can do that. you can have to go to your county's website. code red has been around for three missed notifying people during a major wiid fire that killed three people. today is just a you don have to do anything. it's to protect you if something major or catastrophic happens like a wild fire or severe weather or major criminal activity. that's to notify you if something happens. ?hat about prevention. a lot of people are going to go on vacation, a lot of people could use extra set of eyes on their property, on their stuff.% we have a list of law enforcement for free, but the deadline to sign up

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-through ballot box or an in person pulling center or voter service location. find the closest one to you, many county election divisions looks like click on it there is the intersection. this one 14th has all three. the ballot boxes are open 24 hours through 7:00 pm on election night drive-through is availabll through the day outside of those locations, the photo service centers open during the day allowing you to register and vote in person if you choose to do so, this is the first year for the all-male ballot everyone got unsure what turnout will be like tomorrow, so far in denver 45% of people have turned in their ballot leaving 55%. will there be long lines or ballot boxes? people were standing down the block it is unclear because this is the first time in a presidential year with all

eye on your house.>> jason gruenauer is in jefferson county wiih how this works. >> reporter: flying out of town to see grandma but don't want to see a ransacked burglarized home? law enforcement agencies want to help you ut. a dozen of them are willing to increase patrols and watches in it varies by the department and the agency but most just ask that you give them a phone call or fill out some forms online to let police know where you live and when you will be gone. places like denver, aurora, thornton, arvada, all willing to increase watches in your neighborhood. in jefferson county, police will increase patrols to reach you so the catch is departments want to know a week in advance so if you are traveling a few days ahead of thanksgiving, want to do that today or tomorrow. keep in mind this is not a pickup your mail or take carr of your pets service. it's just increased protection and security. we have a full list of departments and what you have to do to get on that list. reporting and jefferson county, jason gruenauer. >>> more hate crimes and racist graffiti popping up

area this season. jason gruenauer has the latest from today's kickoff. >> may not actually look like this outside yet, but inside the cherry creek mall, it's the holiday season. everything is done up. the man in the sed suit is even now a special campaign. mooi holidays -- mile high holidays. starting in november and going through the national western stock show. many events are free, the reason their pushing this so much, in -- slow for meetings and conventions, the hotel business, people to come through for leisure and shopping. pushing to shop local, come out to places like the cherry creek here and give the economic boost we're talking about this holiday season. and see what she wants for christmas. reporting live at the cherry creek mall, jason gruenauer, denver7. >>> a denver tremendous tra digs for three decades. -- a denver tradition for three- decade. foundation. if they don't get the hundred thousand dollars they need in donations, going to have to cut the number of families that can serve, to find out how to help, go to thedenverchannel.com. >>> neighborhood designated as

dia. going to be expecting a record crowd this weekend. >> jason gruenauer is live there. one in leaving today. >>reporter: yes, it is going go be one of the busiest travel days we have seen. the good news so far, it's actually not that bad out here on dia. this -- wait times between 15 to 20-minute range, according to the airport. they were up to 30 minutes. but never stretched and backed up to the baggage claims like the tsa and airport briiging in extra personnel to help with the lines. still not that bad. and other travel holidays than that i have covered. going to expect 1.1 million passengers. sunday may be the heaviest travel day of them all because an all of these people that are leaving are probably all gging to be coming back on the same kadday. and on the big dord, the flights,, all on-time dpar shurtures, no delays, still a crowd, so still get here early. reporting live from the airport. i'm jason gruenauer, denver7. >>> a developing shoir in denver, police searching for a -- only telling us that they are investigating this as a homicide. >>> 6:48 now and this 56-year

higher today. we want to accepted it out to jason gruenauer who is monitoring that. jason, by the end of 13 inches of snow in denver and we haven't seen a thing. >>reporter: the more snow you get, the less risk there is for wild fires. it's ape simple graph when you look at it -- it's a simple graph when you look at it. we have gotten no precipitation at all. wild fire season continues and continues. if you takk a look at the map actually from colorado state wild life, it shows the risk across our state for fires. the yellow is moderate risk for red is very high risk. you can see a majority of the state is colored for november. the map is a lot more colorful than it usually is. we saw two brush fires this past sunday alone including one out near dia that covered nearly 300 acres. as for a comparison, november 16th, last year had a low of 31 degrees. an inch of snow fell on that day alone. and the year before, it hit minus 1. not much fire danger, but the opposite is true today. heard lisa talking about high winds, low humidity and high temperatures. all you need is a spark. i spoke to th

now? jason gruenauer is checking that right now and he joins us from the first alert weather chaser, jason. >> good morning to you. we're tracking a side streets here and road conditions here in south denver. we turned onto clarks son and while -- driving on the main highways, it's icy. we'll show you as we drive in our denver first alert weather chaser. a lot of cars on the side of the road with a lot of snow. but that's what you're waking up. from our streets, the worst parts are where the intersections are where people drove through and took that snow or that melted snow that froze and became ice. as you pull out of your riveway intersections, that's where it's the cruuchiest. we're going into littleton next and show you what condition was now, but as we head into the main intersections, not too bad. you want to take it slow as you get out there on the roads this morning. for more on that, we'll go back to the studio, and jason luber for how the whole drive is looking around the metro area. >> it's going to be a difficult one for folks. this is my drive in on northbound i-25 pass

talk more about that coming up throughout the morning. reporting live downtown jason gruenauer back to you. >> if you have questions about the election or the process in general go to thedenverchannel.com or we have all the information you need to know before you cast your vote. >>> the denver broncos down but not out after losing yesterday to the division rivals oakland raiders. >> not a pretty game. the broncos fall to third in the afc west behind the raiders and the kansas city chiefs. a move by brandon marshall has everyone talking. anthem, all season he has been taking a knee. the progress made by the denver police department led to his decision to stand. >>> major news in baseball. the rockies have hired bud black as their new manager. he will be introduced today at 11:00. most recently he managed the san diego padres. last month he resigned after his three-year contract kidnapping growing more gruesome by the day, another discovery made in south carolina after a woman was chained -- found chained in a storage container. >>> the latest from a deadly shooting in georgia. >>> on

the state. jason gruenauer joins us with that. jason, 98%. state is abnormally dry. >>reporter: yeah, and that leads to an abnormally long fire season including today when things are going to be quite we could set a temperature record. thingses are going to be ddy with -- things are going to be dry with low humidity. we're going to be under a red flag warning through our state today. and it's november 16th. i talked to the forest service and the fire prevention and control and they both say they're monitoring conditions even this late into the year because we're still in wild fire season because we are under that moderate drought here. no precipitation so far this year. staff on hand even this late in the year. one forest employe told me they kept a fire tower look out, extra 6 weeks this year just because they were needed. both organizations wants people to know that again, even though we're this late in the year, we're still dealing with the risk of wild fires. that's why you have to keep extra eye out and control your cigarette buds, don't just throw them out on the highway becaus

behind these swastikas. jason gruenauer joins us live from the school. >> reporter: police investigating, the good news the graffiti has been cleaned up through the community response over 50 people came out community members people in the neighborhood parents of kids who go to the school to make sure the kids did not see it. one photo spread around social medistting all of this. this shows a back gym door of the isabella bird community school with one of the we also had some sidewalks spray-painted and a playground covered in spray paint and other messages. and was answered by different messages of love on scrap pieces of paper cutout into hearts and people who came out with scrub brushes and cleaners to help clean this up, they did not want to see this happen in their neighborhood. we spoke to the principal about what happened. >> the outpouring of support have received, the hearts and messages all over has definitely taken something that was unfortunate and said and turned it into something beautiful. >> denver police continue to look for the ople or person that did this

swastika >> it is a mystery who did this and why. jason gruenauer joins us live from the elementary school with the latest. >> good morning, the majority of the graffiti has been cleaned up just a few hours before students return to school thanks to the community members and many parents and kids who attend the school. this is one photo that were circulating widely on social media prompting the cleanup efforthi only vandalism. there were hateful messages spray-painted on the playground and some of the sidewalks including one that was translated to we are hitler youth. and was answered by messages of love on little paper hearts. also met by scrub brushes and cleaner by people who did not want to see that happen to the neighborhood. we spoke to the principal at the school about what happened and the response.>> the hearts and messages all over the walls and doors has taken something that was unfortunate and turned it into something beautiful. >> police are investigating trying to figure out who did this and why. coming up we will talk to one of the people behind the people hearts that

side. downtown, 15 minutes or less right now. >>> i'm jason gruenauer live at the douglas county sheriff's office where they're looking for a missing highlands ranch woman and her two young sons. we're talking about jennifer her sons ethan and adam. were seen leaving a high lands ranch elementary school yesterday, but hasn't been seen since. the mother, jennifer picked up her two yyung sons from the highlands ranch school. they're from highlands ranch, but they were reported missing. jennifer, 36 years old. 5'6", adam is $three years old and ethan is five years old. country vehicle with a license plate $300-rqq. they're believed to be together. no info from the sheriff's department on whether or not they believe they're in danger. we have details on our free denver 7 app app. if you see them, call the sheriff's department immediately. i'm jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> today marks the first day that ponda rosa students will be back at schoo since a guard was accused of sexually assaulting a student. >> parent was nervous about this. amanda del castillo is joining us about the sec

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 the field. >> they're joining us from the littleton and the rtd station where they're hangi

places targeted by burglars. >> jason gruenauer is in green valley ranch. >>reporter: good morning to you. burglarized neighborhood in all of denver over the last five years according to an investigation by denver seven investigates. we found that at or around 100 burglaries per year happen in this neighborhood of green valley. the other neighborhoods who made it, montebello, east colfax and five points among others. according to law enforcement, in many cases, it is people simile or back doors unlocked making it easier for crooks to get inside. we're going to pass along tip and tricks and how you can avoid becoming a victim of these burglars without moving out of these neighborhoods. we're see you at 5:00. jason gruenauer. >>> a high school student -- >> tony edwards who leaves defb lynn -- he was arrested this week for domestic violence. he's now on school. >>> a 20-year old man is behind bars in a double shooting near the 16th street mall. this happened in broad daylight. 30-year old simpson from wheat ridge dried and -- a wheat ridge man died. >>> a girl weighed 37 pounds and >>>

something they're looking into right now. live in broomfield, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> 5:36. an 11-year old boy is find bars accused of stabbing a classmate in the chest with a pencil. this happened in colorado springs. we told you about this story last week. the victim's lung was punctured and the school says the suspect has been suspended and calls this incident an isolated situation. >>> we're learning more about this woman. car by the downtown library. she was out with friends when she was struck at 13th and broadway by a car. the law firm managing partner says the driver is a coward for not turning himself in. >> karina was a very gifted and lovely young woman. she was very intelligent and very ambitious. she had a very bright future in front of her. >> that driver is still on the run this morning. but polic >>> new this morning, a colorado springs hacker is headed to prison for 29 months. our partners at the denver post reported it yesterday. a judge sentenced brandon on conspiracy charges to commit computer fraud. prosecutors say he told computer codes that allowed blackmail

eye on your house. jason gruenauer has how this works. >>reporter: if you're flying out of town to see grandma for turkey day and you don't want to come back to a ran socked burglarized home, law enforcement agency and sheriff's department want to help you out increasinggpatrols in your neighborhood and this is basically is -- it agency oo department including how much or what they do and how you get involved. many of them just ask that you give them a phone call or fill out a formm3 online that basically tell them where you live and when you're going to be gone. places like denver and parker will increase watches in your neighborhood. places like here in jefferson county, deputies will increase patrol and quote, know how to reach you if a problem happens while you enjoy your vacation. just a patrol car through your neighborhood a couple of times while you're gone. we have a full list of agencies, what they will do, and how you get involved on our free denver 7 app. and if something major or catastrophic were to happen, local law enforcement agencies especially here in jefferson and br

as a homicide investigation. denver 7, jason gruenauer joins us with more. >>reporter: a man showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound. he told police where he had been shot. this is just north of the denver and adams county border. so scene and they found a crime scene and then that man later died at the hospital. that is why they're treating this as a homicide investigation. the scene is clear other than glass in the road along logan not far from 58 avenue and i-25 near the consumer mart. at this point, they're treating this as a homicide ?nvestigation. they haven't released the identity victim. in adams county, i'm jason gruenauer, 5:37. >>> a woman suing the -- she claims she was forced out because of discrimination. jones was a communicatioo specialist. if her lawsuit, jones who is white says she was demoted and replaced by a hispanic man and the principal told her the community needed to see that man in her role. two hispanic women at the one is dr. robin. >> it wws something i've never . i think that was representative of a [indiscernible]. >> there were complaints -- she

are a few things to keep in mind. jason gruenauer has the way to track your ballot . >> here in denver you can sign- up for ballots trace just like how you track a package for the mail making sure your vote and ballot makes it in and if not you get notified, keep in mind through the mail you have to come to a ballot box one of the voting locations in peeson, if for some reason you have an issue you will get a notification that says your ballot was received but cannot be processed. if this is the case you will have to go in person to a polling center to fix this, maybe you forgot to sign your ballot or a bipartisan team can verify your signature. closest location to you? ballot boxes even drive-through locations. i will show you the easy way coming up at 6:00. i'm jason gruenauer, denver7 libertarian candidate gary johnson trying to drum up support for his campaign holding a rally in lakewood yesterday. he told vvters we should be building bridges not walls.>>> clinttn, al gore. >> amanda del castillo in lakewood with details on his visit. >> al gore expected to make a stop in bo

devices. jason gruenauer joins us with more from the plum creek neighborhood. >>reporter: we haven't seen those residents evacuated come back to their homes. as of 5:00 a.m. the 30 or so homes are allowed back in. this is where the chemical and devices were found. the castle rock police department is monitoring the scene. what was found yesterday, according to police, we're talking about explosive chemical and devices here in side this home. accorddng to police, it was not a bomb, but it could have become one. that was detonated at a nearby plum creek golf course. no one was hurt 2, 16-year olds were there were bomb making terms. castle rock police are going to reach out to the residents who were evacuated once they get back into their homes to let them know what happened and what's going on west preswick way in castle rock. authorities believes there's no threat to public safety. live in castle rock, i'm jason gruenauer with denver seven. >>> just into the first alert desk. a new abc poll out this clinton by one point. strong enthusiasm for clinton has gone down in this poll ever since t

app. live at the douglas county sheriff's office, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> we follow the latest out of gat inburg gatlinburg, tennessee. the town of gatlinburg, tennessee, 14,000 people were evacuated and mitch is following this with personal stories we're hearing. >>reporter: the wild fires turned deadly and thousands forced to evacuated. some had been separated from their two yyung daughters since monday. said there were flames across the street from our house and she didn't know what to do. i told her to call 911. and that was the last time i talked to her. >> that man is michael reed. his home has been destroyed in his fire. he hadn't been reunited with his wife and children. there's hope his family could be at shelter. this tragedy happens every 100 years and you can read more on our free denver7 app. >>> a man at a ponda rosa high school is accused of sexually assaulting a minor. 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 th

justice and judiciary sentencing laws, i'm diving into the details of that at 6:45. i'm jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> 6:04. the number of illegal immigrants are on the rise in colorado. new report from pew shows in 2014, 1 and 20 coloradans were in the country they're working in farming or construction, but also 10% of the country's computer programers for example, are here illegally. according to pew, most of them have over stayed their work visa. >> donald trump kicked off the whole campaign saying he would quote build a wall. >> he has backed away from that. clinton lacked policies could create a national security problem. >> we know hillary can't be trusted. we have learned that with america security. take a look at her e-mail situation, can we trust her with our >> we are standing against the possibility of returning and normalizing discrimination, take it seriously. >> a handful of states are too close to call. shows clinton with a 6 point lead. 44 to 38. a du poll from just this last wednesday showed the race as a tie. our election coverage continue oz the free denver 7 app. that's wher

jason gruenauer, denver seven. >>> right now, we're tracking some breaking news of a fire in lakewood this morning. a possible garage fire. chopper four above the scene of that right now. it looks like fire crews got on scene of the garage of this home and putting this this is near morrison road and kipling in lakewood off vassar road there. crews on the scene there in lakewood fighting that garage fire. looks like they have it out right now, but a lot of smoke and possibly heavy damage to that home. we'll keep on top of this. >>> disturbing story out of bertha. jacob anderson is accused of setting a woman on fire wednesday night. the woman has significantly burns and anderson facing an assault charge. adventure academy because of raw sewerage. >> parents says it's three inches of standing sewerage water and the stench is awful. this goes through the whole school. some are getting sick and some parents are pulling their kids out of class. >> they say it stink and they can't focus. it's not good for their health. sewerage lines have been backed up so you may ask yourself why -

laws and basically west of georgetown. jason gruenauer is up there right now in the snow. how you enjoying it jason? >> reporter: oh, you know snow is officially coming down as soon as we got to that west side of the tunnel, that's when we s the accumulation and snow coming down. here to a one vehicle rollover. we are on i-70 west again just west of th eisenhower tunnel. we're told that a van or a kind of crossover-type vehicle rolled on to its roof and on to its side. it was a family traveling to california we're told by law enforcement here on scene. just some minor injuries here but you can tell that this is the reason why. you can see what i-70 looks like if the snow continues to come down. it's very cold out here about 19 degrees and the snow is we have seen some plows try to come through here. but whhre i'm standing right now is a few inches of accumulated snow and they're doing their best to try to keep it but the snow just keeps falling down on it. so that's the reason those traction laws are in effect. we saw the line of semis just east of the tunnel, it wasn't too bad ar

two children are missing right now. grey son gruenauer look -- jason gruenauer looking into this. >>reporter: labor was seen when picking up her sons from a high lands ranch elementary school yesterday afternoon. th now, the two young children adam and ethan are just 3 and 5 years old. they are from highlands ranch originally. they were last seen in a silver mini van. a chrysler town and country 2011 model with the colorado license plate 300-rqq. if you see them, you're asked to call the douglas county sheriff's office. we have information on our free ddnver7 app. reporting live at office, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> do what jason is doing and bundle up. it's 8 degrees in denver. 4 in lineman. 5 below in the springs when you factor in the winds this morning. it's not going to be as windy today. breezy on the far eastern plains. sunny with highs in the low 40s today and tomorrow. >>> it's sunshine and an an accident causing delays on c-470. you can see how close -- it's a crash that comes from eastbound northbound 25 and that's why we're extra heavy across highlands ranch. heavy traf

overpass. jason gruenauer is more with their message. >> rush hour in denver can be anything but fun. but the beeping is not about that. but people, members of law enforcement and everyday under the frag to honor those who served the country and reminding the drivers about what today is all about. >> i love what they did for this country, love being here and i just got to show my patriotism some how some way. >> to stand here for the cars and trucks to honk, taking pride in the nation, military want to do and have done. >> this has been goi throughout denver in every patriotic holiday since 9/11, the message, one of unity, especially the events in the country this week, reminding that we're standing here under one flag. reporting live for denver7, jason gruenauer. . >>> parade taking place this weekend through downtown. going to start at 14th and west going to go from noon to three and on sunday, a run for veterans day. the race starts at eight in the morning. >>> veterans and their families can also take advantage of savings today. a lot of restaurants are thanking the service members wi

gruenauer is live there for us this morning. jason, did you bring your board up? >> i left it at home today, but i hope the rental place is open. hopefully i can be on the seco we have had people camping since yesteeday, a long tradition. on the slope, finishing the last touches, the lights are off, some of the grooming, finishing up the finishing touches. one official from loveland said everything is going according to plan for the 9:00. it may be man made, but who cares? they are opening for the colorado ski report, a basin on the 21st. loveland is going to be number two. people have been anxious. because of the lack of snow and precipitation, other resorts are going to push back to next week. winter park wednesday, key stone and breckenridge on friday. loveland say they're happen to be here. people have been waiting out there on the snow. from what we can tell, the conditions look good for the first run. coming up, we're going to be talking to the a loveland ski official here, is opening this late a bad thing? so to where it's not man made snowing, everywhere else in colorado, goin

. >> something else that happened on election ight. leelzing marijuana in other states. jason gruenauer has more on that. jason? ? >>reporter: yes, good morning to you. three other states officially approved the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. massachusetts, california and nevada. colorado was one of the first, benefiting from the green tourism, so now does that mean that this money could be spread out just a little bit thinner and what impacts could that have at home? talking about tourism dollars and the housing market. one pot shop, sayi they were worried, simply put, they can get something else. don't have to travel to the mountains of colorado to do so and now three more added to the list that already includes us. will it have an effect? as far as the housing market, it's too early to tell. one expert said it's tough to tell, especially the day after, if people are to buy elsewhere or spreading the money thinner is going to impact either way, good or bad. so the way a trump presidency could have an impact in the housing market in a negative way. i'll have more on that at 6: