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Number of people who may or may not have a motive to perpetrate a crime like this against him. >> reporter: so far, there are few leads, only a car seen idling nearby at the time of the shooting. >> that vehicle is described as a late 90s model boxy style two-door, something similar perhaps to a 90s model lincoln, although were not definitively saying it is a lincoln. >> reporter: the same witness who saw the car idling near the crime scene minutes later saw it driving on this road toward inters...

Interstate 25. near the on-ramp to the interstate, there are numerous cameras. police are checking them to see if they can spot the car. as police pursue the killer, colorados governor signed controversial gun control legislation that requires universal background checks and bans high-capacity magazines. >> as far as we know, two unrelated situations. tom worked in what is sometimes called a cold, dark world with a remarkably open and generous heart. he would have expected us to sign these bills...

intercom, and it is all caught on video. three major stories we are watching right now. record heat, millions without power, and a massive wildfire in colorado. weve got it all covered. rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jones is keeping an eye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across ...

dangerous situation for those suffering through record-breaking heat. triple digit temperatures are making life absolutely miserable for about 100 million americans this weekend. thats about a third of our population. heres a look at todays predicted highs across the united states. lets go first to cnns reporter live in atlanta in a cooling center where the heat is expected, nick, to hit 106 degrees. that makes me think back to the record here in atlanta in 2007. lets talk about how da...

Inferno devouring home after home. 1,000 firefighters overwhelmed, what they call a firestorm of epic proportions. >> its as bad as it gets out there right now. door to door, street by street, firefighters inside outside, trying to keep the flames away from buildings. >> reporter: with winds whipping at 65 miles an hour, flames exploded past fire breaks. >> it jumped two ridges and moved three miles in less than an hour. >> reporter: the governor toured from the air and said it looked like a mov...

Colorado springs fire chief says this is a blaze of epic proportions. its moving through the neighborhoods so quickly and creating such dangerous conditions they cant even count whats been destroyed. >> there are some homes impacted there is no question about it. i am absolutely not prepared to release the number. we dont know the number. this is an active fire, its not remotely close to being contained. >> reporter: fire crews say the fire just exploded last night when a storm moved into the ar...

There are countless, countless examples of this. there are homes impacted, i am absolutely not prepared to release the number. we do not know the number. it is an active fire and not remotely close to being contained. reporter: the big problem is the heat and the wind. the wind is moving westward. that is a big problem and it was a problem last night. this is interstate 25, a major corridor for the united states. it was closed in both directions last night because it was overtaken with smoke. th...

People are careless with fireworks. last year alone, four people died and 10,000 others were injured. now for the weather, lets check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> fires, floods and incredible heat wave thats going to spread across the country. amazing amount of extremes here lately over the last couple of days. this one has been building in the west. with the hot temperatures throughout the spring, into the summer. we didnt have a lot of wet weather, the drought is spreading throu...

Region of the country. today in to the mid-60s. 50s in a lot of the burbs. a little breezy but not as bad as yesterday. philadelphia. the next five days in a row. this is gorgeous weather. philadelphia could be 72 on wednesday. back into the 50s and 60s. up through the weekend with no rain in sight. dry little period were going through this spring in areas of the mid-atlantic and the new england area. as far as spring goes, colorado can be a cruel place. right now it is snowing in denver. snowin...

Poland is horribly affected by this. we have a couple more cold days and its going to get a little more relief but well below average for the negligence number of days. >> shep: here in the u.s. a big storm across the plains. >> there was been one city that has had significant snow. that is denver. go back to the maps again and you see the big storm. this is very significant storm. interstate 25 that connects new mexico up to colorado is going to be seeing somewhere around 18-24 inches of snow. ...