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KCNC CBS4 Morning News-6A September 29, 2016

The tech center cam. This is passed handed out to bellevue. You see these cars off to the left side of the highway. We have a truck along there. Just the right two lanes are getting by. Hes accused of eating marijuana infused candy and killing his wife. And today we could learn if richard kirk is mentally fit to stand trial. We are live covering that case. Reporter after more of a year in delays in his Mental Health evaluation the report is finally ready. A judge will review and he will decide today if richard kirk is fitted stand trial. Last September Kirk changed his plea to guilty by reason of insanity and a judge will review that report and decide whether to set the case for for treatment. The defense suggests that when kirk killed his wife in may 2014 he was so impaired by the marijuana infused candy that he may not have intended to kill his wife. Before her death kristin kirk told dispatchers that her husband was acting more drunk crawling to a bedroom window and cutting his legs on broken glass. Prosecutors argued that kirk had the wherewithal to remember the code to a locked gun and press the weapon to his wifes head. Richard kirk is facing first degree murder charges any judge is expected to review the competency evaluation this morning at 8 30 am. Jamie leary, cbs4. A sixyearold boy remains in Critical Condition this morning after a teenager opened fire in townville elementary in south carolina. The school is closed today and for the rest of the week. The shooter is in custody. His father first and then they say he drove to the school and got out of his car and started shooting at people and children on a playground with a handgun. To 6yearolds were shot. Jacob paul remains in the hospital. Jamie brock, a volunteer firefighter, tackled the shooter. I dont think there is anyone amongst us that doesnt believe that firefighter brock is a hero to us. The teenager is in st figure out why the teenager did what he did. They say the teenager called his grandparents after shooting his father jeffrey osborne. The grandparents and discovered his body. Investigators are recommending criminal charges against a student who posted a threat to facebook and it warned of halloween shootings and Northridge High School at Franklin Middle School in a student was accused of bringing a bb gun to school and he told classmates he would be wearing clown gloves when he used the gun. It may have gotten that started. Time for a check of weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 6 04 am. Off to a nice start to the day across the front range and statewide. 46 craig, 34 leadville, 38 alamosa, 52 denver, 40 thick wray. The fall colors are spectacular in telluride. Looking at satellite radar, rain on the western slope now and have in parts of mesa county and getting more towards durango. Front range it Eastern Plains on the dry side. This is Garfield County down south into durango. For the bus stop should be nice across the front range. Temperatures in the low 50s and sunshine in the high country and it will be cooler on the western slope. Good morning. This is northbound on i 25 past 88. It is off to the right shoulder at the core point and then you had that semi off to the shoulder. This looks like it is blocking a portion of that right lane so we will watch that. Were watching this, southbound and i 25 past hampden out to bellevue, we had the left side of the highway blocked off due to an accident involving several cars. Look at the backups this morning. It looks like Police Working their way out to that seen. They havent arrived yet but these are backups that we have it i 25 in quincy. Denver metro, that is a trouble spot. It looks like we have one on i 76. It is turning out to be troubled morning. Parker road, speeds in the 40s. Good speeds on 225 and 70. Turn on koa newsradio 50 to get developing this morning, a search for answers after two sisters were found dead in their hotel room while vacationing overseas. The mystery is still unsolved this morning but we know one of the sisters lived in denver. 37yearold annie korkki traveled with her sister robin to seychelles for a dream vacation. They stayed at a luxurious report off the african coast. They posted photos on facebook two days before. Staff members found them dead in their room. Was a synchronized skater in denver and her coach said the team will miss her. We are a tightknit family and losing someone is passionate and wonderful as any is hard. The seychelles newspaper reports the women were drinking the day they died and needed help to get back to their villa. Police say they took the search for a missing camper in western colorado is off. Scott burke craig did a return from a camping trip on friday. Mesa county crews searched a 700 mi. 2 of the area. It will resume if there are new clues that come out about his potential whereabouts. A man facing a murder charge is accused of trying to escape from denver health. This is darius radcliffe. He shot and killed a person last year on the street. He shot police back in july and he shot up in july. They escorted him to the hospital. Officers did manage to catch him and he is now in jail. Donald trump is insisting he won this weeks debate and even that google is slanting search results to share the favorable towards hillary news service has been debunked. He will spend time in New Hampshire today after questioning Hillary Clintons ability to lead during a rally in milwaukee. First Lady Michelle obama blasted trump without mentioning his name. While speaking in pittsburgh. When making life or death or peace decisions, a president cannot just pop off or lash out irrationally. We need a grown up in the white house. How can Hillary Clinton try to lead this country when she has such a low opinion of its citizens. You are not irredeemable. You are not deplorable. Third of voters under 30 say they are planning to vote for a thirdparty candidate including gary johnson. Trump is getting ready for another colorado visit. They will appear in loveland on monday at the Budweiser Event Center. He will speak at 6 00. Clinton has not announced plans for a colorado visit in the near future. Flags are lower nationwide since former israeli president shimon peres died. Staff until tomorrow. He died from complications following a stroke at the age of 93. He is live in the parliament. There is a special ceremony and motorcade planned today. People are paying respects as they walk past his casket. This includes former president bill clinton who landed in tel aviv today. President obama will lead a deco delegation to jerusalem for the man the Irish Council general is coming to our state to visit the unmarked graves of irish immigrants in colorado. Adrian farrell will participate in a special memorial at the Evergreen Cemetery in leadville later this week. 2000 irish immigrants are buried in unmarked graves and farrell will give a talk to the irish in colorado at the Molly Brown House Museum tonight. Crews with colorados millennials are living at home shows 24 of colorado once between 18 and 34 have yet to find a place of their own. That is lower than the National Average of about 34 . New jersey has the highest a number at nearly 47 . The survey does not give a single reason why this trend is happening. Denvers eighth annual beer fest kicks off today through october 8 from last years opening. Hundreds of local beer events and tastings around the city. Michael hancock plans to reveal his new commemorative beer label at the Tivoli Brewing Company at 10 am. National coffee day for those looking for a different kind of brew. A different coffee is being offered at caribou coffee. They are giving away coppery coffee to cancer centers. Morning. This is coming up next. A look at protests overnight outside of san diego after a Police Shooting. Another samson product is reportedly exploding. Washington is broken. A blatant case of special interests buying influence in washington. A draft bill by scott tipton was largely written by tiptons Biggest Campaign contributor. Even worse, tiptons plans threaten thousands of recreation industry jobs. Gail schwartz will protect colorados public lands, jobs, and our rural way of life. Gail schwartz colorado. House majority pac is responsible right now the vibrant fall colors may be fading. Many of you keep sending us beautiful shots. Gorgeous foliage this year from telluride. Look at that. Visit cbs denver. Com to read about the storm clouds that may threaten the fall colors after the we can. Take it in. It is gorgeous. Storms and what is on tap for the end of the week. A view from copter 4. The moon is high in the sky. We are looking at clear skies across the front range. Still have a ways to go until the sunrise but it is gorgeous outside. Lets take a look at the temperatures because it is mild outside of your heading outdoors will you take the kids to the bus stop or get out to work. 46 greeley. Limon 39. Aspen 44. 46 greg. 62 grand ju we are quiet here across the front range and Eastern Plains but different story on the western slope. Rain from Rio Blanco County to the southwestern corner where we have snow in the san juan is now. Heaviest rainfall is Garfield County. And down south into parts of the san juans. Moisture streaming from the southwest and a lot of rain in idaho and wyoming. We have the moisture flow heading up our direction so spotty thunderstorms and rain possible today from idaho through utah into arizona and new mexico and today does include parts of the western slope of the high country. More activity in colorado but it does stay out of the front range. We have High Pressure to the east and that is keeping dry air flowing our direction. It is dry and warm and pretty mild across the front range. We will have rain on the western slope throughout the day. We do stay on the dry side and more rain possible to the evening from Grand Junction to the san juans. And even into parts of the central mountains. Tonight that shifts to the north and we have a chance for rain in denver coming our way later tomorrow afternoon and evening. Friday night Football Games and activities the kids have, a chance for rain tomorrow night. Temperatures today. 83 denver, 76 burlington, 70 eagle, 68 credit. Five day forecast, 77 tomorrow and cooler. Chance for the rain for the weekend. Troubles on the roadways this morning. This is a live look from copter for. As you get to 225 weve had an emergency crew arrived. They were blocking off all the the right lane and by now it looks like the right to lanes and a third lane has opened up as you make your way southbound along i 25. You can see some of the backups behind headlights. Making your way southbound coming into town. Until that gets cleared out you those are about to stretch out to colorado. A few other accidents. One of them is on monaco to the north of i76. Not causing delays. We have typical slowing westbound of i76. Northbound along i 25 your 88th is where we had the accident. Dont forget mississippi is closed as you get to the east santa fe area. These are the drive times from the eastern northbound along parker road. Speeds dipping into the lower speeds along i70. Wells fargo testifies today against another problem with a samsung problem. Dale wagner. Reporter oil prices are soaring and opec reached to cut Oil Production since 2008. Low oil prices have been hurting countries and Energy Companies in the united states. Expect to pay more at the gas pump. News of the opec deals and Energy Stocks higher that push up the markets. The dow jumped 110 and the nasdaq and a 12. Futures pointing to a lower open. Ceo of wells fargo testifies today over the companys big account scandal. The california treasure had suspended ties with the company for at least a year. First it was Samsung Smart phones and now washing machines. Regulators are warning owners following reports that some have exploded. It affects top loading machines between may march 2011 and april this year. It is in october but 1 million americans have finished Holiday Shopping. According to the credit cards. Com survey. 34 Million People have started Holiday Shopping and 74 of people responded to the survey say they are annoyed. You think . Can we slow down time. New video shows boisterous crowds. People are protesting the Police Shooting of an unarmed black man in el cajon, california. He is pointing an object appellees and police say it was hand. Demonstrators gathered outside elk alone el cajon headquarters and they were shouting and chanting. A judge will soon since the man convicted of killing a Colorado State patrol trooper. A jury found Christopher Gaber is guilty of the crash last spring that killed trooper t foe and injured trooper rushing. Gabers was driving high. The mother had a her son. Taylor, your death serves as a reminder of evil existence but the way you lived your life serves as a reminder of evils extinction. Sentencing will happen in november. President obama is set to sign a shortterm spending bill government shutdown. It includes one . 1 billion in aid to combat the zika virus. The bill will keep the government running through early december. One of the weather watchers are seeing this. Welcome back. Lets look at whats happening. Mild in the Pacific Northwest and cooling off in Southern California after a hot few days. We have subtropical moisture flowing from the southwest so arizona, new mexico to idaho into wyoming could get rain today. It includes colorado. The midsection is quite today, a nice to in the midwest. East coast, rain causing some delays to the east coast today. Temperatures cooler on the east coast as well and because of the rain we have delays into philadelphia this morning. Good morning. A mess on the roads. And arapahoe. All the cars are off to the ramp that will affect folks trying to get off to arapahoe road. The other accident is southbound along i 25 as you get to 225. The left lane and Left Shoulder completely blocked off due to several calls cars involved in an accident and accident southbound on i 25 ignored near need. It clears as you get past that. The drive to dia is slow on i boulevard, a great drive. Northbound i225, good speeds. Mississippi to i70, five minute drive. Concerns when it comes to marijuana. Veterinarians are see me seeing an alarming jump in the number of dogs accidentally being poisoned by pot. Helpline reports a 330 increase nationwide over just a few years. Experts say edibles are never our are the number one source. A creepy halloween winter declaration sold at home depot. It mounts on windows and features a hooded man peering through a window. The company pulled it after someone complained the declaration makes light of voyeurism which by the way is a crime. Home depot pulled it from Canadian Stores and it is Still Available in us stores and online. Coming up, the conversation about Police Shootings nationwide comes to denver reaction from the broncos and tim ,, in colorado, we stand together, but congressman coffman stands with donald trump and will support trump for president. Theyve spread falsehoods about president obama. Trump oh, no. Coffman and trump are too dangerous for colorado. Good morning. This is the news at 6 30 am. An if you are over it, i get it. Were getting cooler temperatures over the weekend and were looking ahead to the broncos game in tampa bay. That area likely will get a good round of rain on sunday so the players will have to contend with that. We will stay on top of it and watch the forecast for you. I am britt moreno. They may be throwing a white ball with windy denver. A little chill in the air in the low 50s. Outside we are clear in the miles city. We had a nice orange glow over the horizon at the moment but skies are clear and thats not the case for everybody. Western slope, a lot more rain filling in down from the Southwest Corner near durango through telluride. Now into parts of rio blanco and Garfield County. Chance of rain in the high country today. Chances in denver in a moment. It is morning commute. Trouble spots through the bridges in the tech center. This is one of them from the cbs4 tech center camera. Same spot and this is above but you saw the backups they are. This is blocking off the left lane of southbound i 25 as you get to 225. Look at the tropical trickle to the right. A rough morning drive. Big story this morning, people questioning their relationship between officers and the communities they serve. Protests broke out overnight in elk grove california after an officer shot and killed an unarmed black man. The man refused orders, police say. People stood in the streets calling for change overnight. Shawn chitnis his life for us in denver where there is an important conversation happening today. This is happening days after that shooting so ve kind anywhere in the nation and the first one in detroit. This will happen this morning in denver. It comes at a time when some folks are starting to find themselves less trustworthy towards police and that is one issue they want to try to take on in this conversation. Days after that most recent shooting near san diego where a man was shot and killed by officers at el cajon california. The man was mentally unstable and walking into traffic. Pulled something out of his pocket so this will be one way to discuss issues like that. This is the second of its kind in the first one i

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