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

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

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,

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

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

. 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

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

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

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

. >> 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

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

. >> 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

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 >>>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

. >> 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:

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

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

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 -

market here in colorado? >> there will be an impact, jayson gruenauer has more -- jason gruenauer has more. >> the market, had seen and has with president-lekt trump, looking to him and clinton, trump ended fairly negatively. 45% of the thousand economic experts that were surveyed, saying a trump presidency would mean november things for future home values. citing his candidacy and political inexperience. and that they -- was opposite of what they saw with wa hillary clinton. negatively or somewhat negatively for trump, following above expected growth over the course of the 2016-year. and beginning in 2017, we'll have to wait and say. reporting live, i'm jason >>> a woman crashing on her way to cast her ballot. this is on snow shoe road by ever combreen. should be okay. >>> let's get a check of the first alert forecast with lee soo 51. she is out -- with lisa. she is out raking leaves. >> we are with paul davis restoration. this is the first free bee day. how is it going? >> going good out here. i'm sure people are wondering why people are raking in overnight. but we're doing it. >> w

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

tighter at dia as we see a record breaking number of passengers there this weekend. jason gruenauer is live with a look at how things are moving along this morning. term. a little bit slower than the last time we joined you about 30 minutes ago. the security line behind me here at dia. you mentioned tsa and additional employees ho help out the tsa agents this travel season through christmas because of the sheer number of people. they're expecting 1.1 approximately people to come what we're watching is when the line gets along by the escalator and eking towards the baggage claims and that's going to take some time. that's why you're urged to get here early. schedule times to 20 to 30 minutes. travee website. and updated the parking lots as of this morning. two of the lots are full. pike's peek and economy east are full. so get out there here. the security line has been slow and people moving through, security is tight, people traveling to europe, everyone -- if you see something, say something as they normally do. but the best news o so far, not a lot of flight delays coming for one of

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

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

results this week, doing self-audits to make sure everything came out right. >> jason gruenauer is live. >> reporter: this won't change the ootcome. it's a final quadruple check of ballot scanning machines there weren't technical issues with ttat, that all the numbers that boulder county reported were in fact accurate. i talked to the boulder county clerk and recorder. she says this is all part of the system of checks andd balances, random ballot machines and ballots are selected. they are rescanned, hand coonted, then the numbers compared to make surr they are all right. the clerk and recorder says it's important the ppblic knows they do this. they put the audit results online so veryone can process. every county in colorado does this poot election aadit with ballots and ballot scanning machines. here's in boulder, it's going to take about two days, and election results are certified and then they start thinking about the 2017 election. reporting in boulder, i'm jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> we invite you to join marshall zelinger and other colorado journalists for a look back at the

night tabulating the ballots. >> jason grenieri you're is -- jason gruenauer is in ballots get brought in in the locked ballot boxes. they are sorted, opened, stacked and brought into this room where they feed them into the large printer high pressure like things which scans the ballots and reads them. if there is any issue, there are people would come in. there are elect judges that have to open all of the ballots. if there is any issue, they do that go through to make sure everything is on the up and up. so far, here in arapahoe county, they went through 200,000 ballots. 200,000 and they say they have 100,000 of them left to go. but even after they're scalped through here, we don't know the results until later tonight. >> they've been scanned but they haven't been tabulate. we haven't hit the button that says present and show the results. we haven't even the 7:00. >> reporter: with those claims of a quote, unqqote, rigged election, the clerk and record are here wants to make sure that everything is right and your vote is counted. >> we are live here where the youngest member

jason gruenauer. >>> police are searching for this man. they say he sexually assaulted someone monday in the capital area near 12th and washington..3 if you know who he is, please call police. to our news room upset about this post on facebook. you can see students burning a u.s. flag. this happened monday morning outside rock canyon high school. sheriff's office is investigate to go see if the students broke any laws. flag burning is protected under the first a amendment. >>> a woman says this anderson set her on fire. police say set someone else on fire. >>> it has been 24 hours and still no sign of the person who shot and criminally wounded a man outside of a denver nightclub. we brought you this story live yesterday morning as it was going on. the shooting happened overnight outside the stone nightclub on morrison road. the victim walked into the club saying he was shot. the suspect got away in a red camaro and he led police on a high speed chase and that camaro centennial. the suspect ran from the scene. >>> a 20-year old man is behind bars in a deadly double shooting near denver

election day? a up at 6:30. i'm jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> this elect has been rather stressful for many. the centers in boulder and denver are offering free meditation period. instructors will help you ocus on kindness today. of free stuff. you can find the full list on our web site under debbie's deals many small business owns are say an amendment to increase the minimum wage could force them to shut down. some lawmakers say there could be widespread layoffs. >> amendment 71 would make it more difficult to attend mend actually lot of people have come out in support of this one including john elway. you have seen him on the commercials. the supporters say changes are long overdue. experts say the oil and fracking industries are spending millions of dollars to make sure this amendment passes. >>> it is a beautiful start on this election day. with you will find sunshine very bright. clear conditions tonight if you have to go vote late or today, you will find a pretty try commute. we've got a huge ridge of high pressure that will keep things really warm and dry. we'll show you jus

the polling centers or not. jason gruenauer joins us with tips. >> reporter: the answer is take advantage of the technology that is there. in arapahoe county, they will be posting the polling place wait times on their web site. it is arapahoevotes.com. despite crashing two years ago officials say they are ready. they have prepared for today. the number one option, the more popular option is to drop off ballot mailed to you, fill it out in one of the ballottboxes. we've already seen people coming here and dropping off the ballots. if you want to vote in person, the in-person voting locations open up at 7:00 a.m. at that point, can you weigh your options online before choosing where you want to come >> if somebody is in a hurry out, they can look at the wait times for the vote centers around them and make the decision where to go based on shortest wait time. >> reporter: election officials here are opening up more in- person polling locations here on election day than is required by state law because of large turnout that they expect. still, about a third of registered voters here

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opening in an hour. jason gruenauer is there. jason, i know you forgot your board. >>reporter: yes, but i am ready anyway. said they would let it's open and finishing up the final grooming. the snow cannons are blowing. people are here, camping out since 3:00 in the afternoon yesterday, just to be on the first chair here. it's a tradition of them. year 21-year. the first one -- open first, others have had to delay because of the lack of snow and the weather that we haven't there is snow, 18 inches, about a dozen cars in the parking lot, about 20 people in the line here. jason gruenauer, denver7. >>> from where he is, loveland, blue skies and gorgeous. just a touch cooler than it was yesterday. denver, 67 and ft. collins, going to hit 70. and tracking temperatures will be warmer and sunshine through the weekend, 60s and 70s. jason, through the meddle of -- middle of next week. >>> an accident on the westbound side of 36 at church ranch and blocking the right lane here. and the express lanes are open, traffic back to before sheridan. stop and go traffic there. some delays in usual sp

disagreed with that sentencing, but has moved on. hear her story later on at 6:00. i'm jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> new this morning, from the first alert desk, the chicago celebrating. the violence in that city makes headlines people have been shot sense thursday morning after the cubs win. that's according to a story all new this morning in the chicago tribune. two men were killed in those shootings and 16 others were wounded in shootings that happened in the north, west, and southern part of the city. >>> it's now 5:31. we have another dry start. you're going to find clear skies across eastern colorado. southwest, we're looking at rain developing southwest of telluride. more snow expected there. a good 3 to 8-inch and that snow developing later today. highs near 70 degrees. here's your first alert. it will get cooler this weekend. jason we could see a few showers roll into denver tomorrow. i'll show you what that looks like in a few minutes. >> we had cotton wood pass closed down for the season. when we get more of that snow up there on independence pass which remains op

% to carroll's 43%. >>> i'm jason gruenauer, i'm going to be following some of the local races and ballot measures today. the swing, key to balance of power here in senate district 19 , rachel zenzinger and a the vote. and eptive daniel kagan is going to keep that democrat seat democratic. 53% to 47 as of last check in senate district 25, a seat held by a democrat appears to be heading to the republican side of things. and former house majority leader said a split legislature like this is probably actually in the ggvernor's best interest. legislature, all of the bills to the right and the bills to the left get peeled off and find middle gunshot wound and as governor, you can get down to it and see what you're going to pass. ?> two of three voters turning in a ballot. denver still with 140,000 ?allots yet to be counted. >>> nation is going to see changings when changes when it comes to marijuana. >> medical on the ballot. arizona rejected the idea of recreationall we hear more on what this means for our state. >> all the states that voted to leelz the use of the drug, whether medica

and worldwide, but what about the housing market here? jason gruenauer has more. . >>reporter: yes, we are already looking forward this is done before the election, the housing prices for a potential clinton presidency and a donald trump presidency, it did not come out well. 45% saying a trump presidency would impact it in very negative or slightly negative and opposite of a potential clinton presidency, like the polls were wrong. we'll have to see. jason gruenauer, denver7. >> hi temperatures right around 70 degrees. . >>> the early problems have been cleared off the ohios, full freeways on 25 and colorado blovld, northbound side, southbound side, slow. and slow on 225, problems at i- 70. at zales, we believe the world needs more love that lasts. love that grows. love that's worth waiting for. love that answers the kind of questions your smartphone cannot. that's a diamond kind of love. it inspires everything we do at zales. it's why we set each diamond in our endless brilliance collection to sparkle from every angle ? don't let the food you eat during the day haunt you at night.

setting turnout. jason gruenauer has more. >> reporter: no ises today. everything running pretty smooth. is has been a pretty steady stream of cars. people coming into this in- person voting place. today, they are expecting about 100,000 more people to vote. that is upwards of 90% turnout. if you are worried about long wait times, arapahoevotes.com will give you the wait times inside. locations close at 7:00 tonight. >>> weather is not an issue getting out to vote today. we have clear skies. we are in the 40s right now but we'll be at about 54 degrees by 10:00. normal high this time year, mid- 50s so we'll be about 10 to even 15, 16 degrees above that >>> we still have a couple of problems on the freeways. we'll start with the ramp accident on the northbound i-25 access to take to you lincoln broadway. that is closed down right now cause ago big traffic jam all the way back to before university. another trouble spot, just cleared. all lanes just open now on that eastbound side of 470 before wadsworth. take a look at the map. traffic but it will get better. still lookiig at a lot

sent home. >> jason gruenauer has more. jason, what have you learned? >> students leaving, and investigators on scene, looking at the outside of the building and the inside where the teen's body was found. the county sheriff's office was investigating a missing teen, came here, found a door open how he died is not being red re leased or his name. class is canceled today and tomorrow. the sheriffs office want everybody to know that there is no threat to the public at this time. >>> a woman is dead at the intersection of alameda and clinton. accomplice think that the woman was not in crosswalk when she was hit and the driver stayed on scene. if you witnessed the crash or in the area, police want to hear from you. >>> the effort to blast some rocks, ending early on i-70. good news for traffic on i-70. shouldn't be affected by that today. more netting, prooechts future rack fall situations, and continuing that work next week. >>> your voice your vote, donaldtrump jr. is going to be at the colorado college of youth and outdoor. delayed, so we're still waiting for him to arrive. this

is the fastest growing in the country. jason gruenauer is live to break down the reason why. good morning. >>reporter: it is the 9th fastest growing county across the country. within the last 3 months, they secured $500 it centers around three companies. we put together this map to show you who they are and where they're headed. veiaga is a heeting and they're movingy. to -- ikea closed off highway 7 to build a future store. it's number two in colorado. last week, jp morgan and chase are coming. a $220 storage. that's going to bb put just off sheridan. that is going to total more than 300 brand new jobs coming to this area and millions in tax rev knew. >> it's probably the biggest 3 months we have ever seen as far as economic development. you know, to put it into context, the chase is actually bigger than the flat iron's small project we did in 2000. so it's bigger than a mall. combined city and county and that when new companies, these big companies want to move here, they don't have to go through as much government red tape. that's on the government and the county side. the comp

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

. at dia, we have jason gruenauer. >> we are have lines in years past. but today, it's reallyynot that bad out here. lines only ten to 20 minutes long. tsa agents on high alert making sure everyone can fly safe this weekend. we spoke to a federal aviation 9 teams and the crews here, the lines and flights are basically on time. basically good news flying out of the airport this year. i'm jason gruenauer, denver7. >> sunny skies and chilly across the front range as the high pressure stays in control. here are the high temperatures for this afternoon. we'll see low to mid 50s across much of the metro area and 40s in evergreen. we'll stay have dry and sunny throughout the day. tonight and tomorrow morning, a chance for a few mountain showers and dry across the plains. jayson? >> we have a lot of traffic out and about delays on the south and northbound sides of 25. the northbound was messed up from an accident on thornton and still see how traffic was affected on the north and southbound sides. and the accident on 70, still ? >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. meet the new mirro

they're going by because they're going too fast. jason gruenauer is heading towards that scene. what is it like for you? >>reporter: this is a four-door toyota corolla that was t-boned. crews here. northbound walsworth here is closed. they're making everybody turn onto 88th because of this crash. i see 1 car. we pulled up to the scene here, but the conditions on walsworth weren't too bad, but there's a sheen of ice on the road. many of the side streets and there's snow along the side of the road, so as you use the exit ramps or turn offs, the intersections are the slicke p know which way this car was heading, but we have two cars. a truck looks like it's missing its front bumper. 88th and walsworth. this is a traffic issue. this is why we have been telling you to drive slow this morning. we're not sure if or if the conditions played a role. try we'll try to learn more from several issues on the road because of the slick conditions and the ice. back to you guys in the studio for right now. >> thanks for the update. >>> 6:04. weather is blamed for this crash. a diesel tanker slid off the

fear? denver7's jason gruenauer has her story. >> reporter: sometimes it feels like obstacles are put in our life just to see if we can get over them. for terry, this is anything but this is a scene like in any lily dancing for the country. everything down the cookies seems normal. they are oatmeal butterscotch. but it's not. >> when i first discovered that i had a lump, i pretty much knew, you know. okay, this is probably not good. stage 4 breast cancer. spreading pretty quickly. >> reporter: to her liver and her neck. a double mastectomy and surgeon found even more cancer in her chest. >> there has been days when i did, you know, kind of thing, crap. you know, i don't want to die from this. >> reporter: nearly two years of chemotherapy and radiation and she thought she had it beat, until her last scan, and more cancer. why do you fight so hard? >> my family. i want to see my grandkids grow up. and there is things i want to do still. >> reporter: you would think five, going on six bouts with challenge this mother and grandmother. >> somebody asked me to do something weird like crawl

pretty gruesome scene here. they say they saw the suspect just covered in blood. jason gruenauer joins us with the latest from fort collins. >> reporter: good morning to immortant complex -- apartment complex where the stabbing happened. he said he hard what sounded like an argument. involved to break things up. and enthtd man who was involved in the original argument yelling, oh, my god, i stabbed him. that witness eventually took this video. it shows the suspect in this case and fort collin police detaining him. necessary a blood. after that stabbing occurred, two other good samaritans stepped in to try to help the stabbing victim despite what had just happened to him when he tried to intervene. >> we both ripped the stab victim's shirt off and we had him in our arms and we were trying to find a type of knife wound that we could cover up and check for a pulse. right then a couple of officees told us to hold up our hand and had their guns out. >> that stab victim was pronounced dead at the hospital. no names are being released here in this case. we went on the local jail's booking websit