We have a combination of cloud cover on top of us and a light westerlily breeze help little warmer than they would otherwise be. But it is tough to call it warm. You see the temperatures updated in the upper 30s and now a check on traffic with joel. We have a little trouble spot this morning. This is i76t is not on i76 itself. Well take a look at some of the drive times out there. The temperatures are dropping. Thank you. And we could get an update on accused of plotting a murderious attack at Mountain Vista high school. We have been following this developing case for you. And were live at the courthouse working on the latest. Jamie . Reporter brook higgins will appear in court this morning. So far a date for her reverse transfer hearing has yet to be set. And there have been delays in some questions that went all the way to the Supreme Court. But the questions have finally been answered. So the hearings can continue. And the Supreme Court made a decision on the Mental Health evaluations. Johnson will not have to submit to one. But higgins the Supreme Court declined to make a decision because she already consented under advisement of her former removed. Her current attorneys have declined to talk to the media but the investigators have started their, quote, flimsy case with her therapy journal and phone and they stay is a thought crime at best. Both are being charged with attempted firstdegree murder after deliberation. Brook higgins hearing is expected to begin at 8 15 this morning. Right now huan Hurricane Matthew is barreling to the bahamas. The storm is drenching haitis southwest peninsula, flooding just pushed the cars down streets there. And many homes in haiti are not really built to withstand the storm like this and were awaiting the reports of damage. And people in florida stocking up object emergency on land but it will strengthen again. Governor scott has declared a state of emergency. There will be massive destruction that we have not seen in years. And people are forming long lines in South Carolina at gas stations ahead of matthews rifle. A Colorado Organization devoted to helping haiti rebuild from natural disasters faces another down thing task. Jackie martin and the colorado haiti project have helped people in the country for years. They focus on everything from educatto members recently helped to rebuild after a terrible earthquake. We just cannot fathom of something of this magnitude would be hitting so soon after the earthquake and all the work that weve been trying do to help them rebuild noor. Best way to help people in haiti right now is to donate so on cbs4denver. Com. So lets go ashton right now. Were talking about the latest track here, the latest predicted path in the hurricane models and the tropical models continue to take matthew up the east coast of florida and have it take a pretty sharp right turn as we get into the weekend it could be a major hurricane as it impacts florida. If that happens, it will be the first major hurricane category 3 or above ac states in 11 years. Here in north colorado, 36 is the bus stop forecast. Chilly this morning. But most of us staying above freezing. More on your weather coming up. Lets check the traffic with joel. Were like far north texas. Yes, far, far. We have a trouble spot on i76. It looks like they blocked off shoulder. And we were just looking at a little trouble spot along i76 at 96 under there. And take a look at the map here. This is southbound coming to town. A nine minute drive from thornton to denver and i76. It is starting to slow dunn a little bit southbound coming in town. And this is a look from our mousetrap cam. A lot of cars out there and not a lot of pavement. And that is southbound as you head along i225 and center, really starting to load up eastbound along i270 and commerce city. This is a look at your drive times. Speeds in the 70s. 11 minutes on the drive right now and eastbound and long c470, a similar situation if youre about to get in your car, you can turn on to our partners for the latest traffic and cbs 4 weather together. All those cars go because i think half of texas is already one and only Vice President ial debate will affect Hillary Clinton and donald trump now. The vp candidates spent a lot of time interrupting each other. They spent a good bit of time talking about Donald Trumps tax return. Donald trump sports our troops. He sports our veterans. He will not pay taxes. Donald trump has paid all the taxes do you not take dedu [ indiscernible ] i understand why you want to change the subject. Pence calls for safe zones in in syria and community policing. And both cams declaring victory. Senator cain could not interrupting pence or the moderator. It was unhinged and unfortunate. Pence had a mission and that was trying change the trojecttory for a bad week for happen. And the next debate is going to be town hall style sunday in st. Louis. The final debate on wednesday, october 19th. This morning donald trump and Hillary Clinton are reacting to the Vice President ial debate. Truck tweeted mike pence won big. And clinton writes lucky to have a partner tim kaine that stood up four our shared vision tonight instead of trying to deny t nevada and Hillary Clinton has a fundraiser planned in washington d. C. We expect the crews will get more resources to fight the fire near pueblo. 2,000 people are still out of their homes in blewla. Three helicopters and three airplanes made laps well past dusk to attack the flames last night. And homeowners said they cannot believe how quickly it is spreading. I went to beula and the road was closed. And the schools closed again today. The firefighters hope that the cooler temperatures and walmer winds calmer winds will help them keep the fire from destroying more home. Three men are safe after spending an unexpected night on allan smith and ashton and allen got stranded and spent the night on the mountain. They never reach the top. But family members told the rangers. The searchers decided to rescue them after they said they did not need help. The three plenty glenn haven and estes park areas are okay. They were cold, dehydrated and tired. Swedish academy of science has announced the nobel prize of people try for developing mow leg must leg cue lar machine. [ design of the machine. The tiny machines can convert Chemical Energy no a physical force or motion. And the Nobel Peace Prize announcement will come out on friday. Their intellect and creativity always impresses me. Coming up, the growing list of airline waiving fees now monocular. Its the sight that several people have been waiting. And chris took a trip to loveland. Reporter in colorados high country, it is getting cold enough to start making snow. Places like this, e hard work each nightsticking around as the temperatures consistently drop well into the 20s and even the teens in the overnight. And during the daytime, it can get above freezing up here at elevation with a pretty high sun angle. But what is key are the overnight lows consistently getting well below freezing, keeping the snow nice and go skiing in the days ahead. Time for weather and traffic on the fours. Not only man made snowed at those ski resorts but natural snow. And a live look outside. A beautiful start to the day. The sun will be up here in 45 minutes to be exact. And will be 7 00 a. M. For our sunrise here along the front range this morning. And we have a freeze warning that goes till 9 00 a. M. And it does include and it is out on the plains that we have the coldest subfreezing temperatures. Lineman, 23. In the denver area, most of us are in the upper 30s or lower 40s and were staying above freezing despite the breeze freeze warning because of the wind, ten to 15 miles an hour. And westerly wind are helping to keep the had muchs a little keep the temperatures a little warmer. And we mentioned the snow around winter park. It is enough to create a couple travel issues in winter park. And further west on the western slopes, a couple of showers both rain and snow out on the western slopes. Not much. The next weather system coming in tonight into tomorrow and that will bring us another ten to 15degree temperature drop. And the mountains, well see one to three inches of snow tomorrow and in the flat tops a little more. And heres the futureca tonight for lucky area or two along the front range. And most of us stay dry and tomorrow a shower or two and mountain snow. Today partly cloudy and high temperatures 67. Tomorrow down to 54. And 30 chance for rain. Friday, 64 with sunshine and a beautiful weekend ahead. Lets check in with joel. Mentioned up in the high country Winter Driving condition we saw the mess it made of the roads yesterday. Minutes away from the next traffic report these pictures are coming in from chopper 4. As you had head in the westbound direction it is a tough drive right now. Southbound coming down, we have the speeds in the 50s and they dip into the 40s as you get past 92nd. So nine minutes from thornton to denver. You can see the loads of cars that we have as you head into the southbound diio c470 and sixth avenue and most of i70 west of town and southbound along i225. Were seeing is load up from park tore the tech center. And we have the the accidents isolated along i76. More airlines are waiving fees because of Hurricane Matthew and the florida bronco is making a comeback. This is the news on wall street. Jill wagner is live at the new investor rs waiting for the private investigators are waiting for the private sector jobs report. Futures are pointing to a slightly higher open. U. S. Airlines is keeping a close eye eye on Hurricane Matthew. They will waive change fees. And southwest and jetblue are allowing people without a change fee or fare difference. Google introducing the new smart phone. The pixel phones are 650. And they showed off the new Virtual Reality head site and it is called day dream view. It will be play to googles on line play store. Ford has hinted a revival of expected to be on the market in 2020. I like those cars that you can go over everything, including curves and all of that. Not saying im a bad driver or anything. Reporter what are you telling us . It is everybodys fault but mine. Reporter blame it on the other guy. People be attending a superhero funeral for that six yearold boy killed in last weeks school carolina. A troubled 14yearold shot and killed jacob hall on the playground of townville elementary. And people are planning to wear superhero outfits today, t shirts and costumes in the little boys honor. He loved his superheros. And were expecting new details in that deadly train crash in hoboken, new jersey. They have recovered a data recover and the engineers cell phone. They estimate that the train was going 20 to 30 miles an extent of the damage the speed limit there coming into the station was actually ten miles an hour. And broncos quarterback waiting to learn if hell face discipline for the dallas shooting this summer. The Police Department has finished the investigation now. Officers say that he shot himself in the Early Morning hours of june 5th. He has recovered and he started all four games this season and even got the game ball on sunday. He has a team hi interceptions. It is National Walk to school day and the kids in the high country may be walking through snow. In denver 44 degrees. We have 37 according to ward at lakewood. And temperatures a little colder out on the Eastern Plains. Done over in deer trail reporting 29. So in some places were below , 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 i dont know whether barack obama was born in the United States or not. Our wednesday while knew heights today showing strength and grace as an aerial dancer. She learning the ropes, so to speak from a professional dancer at aerial Cirque Du Soleil of denver. And she travels and spins on a hoop in the air. And she seems to thrive on adventure and likes to make others smile and wants to see a family see her individuality. So im looking forward to a family that is going to come soon. You can find out much more about izzy and all the children looking for forever homes. Catch izzys full story at noon. Weather and traffic every ten minutes. Were taking a look at your travel forecast. And all travel destinations southwest of colorado look terrific for today. 78 in phoenix. And rain and snow for the neighbors to the north. And the midwest, a couple thunderstorms are possible and some could be strong or severe. 77 in kansas city and 91 in dallas and rain in florida. All major airport across the country in good shape this morning. And now a check on the traffic. A couple trouble spots out there. Take a look at this. This is a live picture this is affecting the portion of the well continue to watch that four and were also watching an accident on i76 and near 74th that is in the eastbound direction. And that is the drive down to dia. This is eastbound along i70. And inbound pena boulevard. And here are the drive times. Eastbound, you have and average speed of 53 miles an hour to 225. Jobs are growing in colorado in a new study out this morning. The colorado business commit report that comes out every couple of years. And this one shows the arts have add 367 medicine to the local economy and 11,000 jobs. That includes 367 million to the local economy and 11,000 jobs. Well have much more on the impact in our community on cbs 4 news at noon. You got to have art and culture to have a great city. Thats right. Insulin pump vulnerable to hacking. And they rent a home and that means new people coming through all the time. And how people in one mounta,, i first met mike on a fundraising event to help the hunger in ethiopia. I was an aurora scholar this year. At his birthday party. Mike is a very nice guy. Hes a really nice guy. He can do 62 pushups. Mike is a great friend to the ethiopian community. Hes not like other republicans. I think hes better. Mikes one of us. Hes one of us. Mike coffman es uno de nosotros. Mike is one of us. Im mike coffman, people are waking up to to frost on their plants this morning and were just starting with the cold october weather t is chilly out there. Good morning. Today is National Walk to school day. And i had a viewer tweet me and he tell me it is bus to workday in boulder. So people are out and about on a chilly morning on this the cbs had roof. How is it cbs 4 roof. How is it out there . Reporter i left my jacket n the weather models were insisting that we could have you dont first freeze of the season. But it looks like well safe stay above freezing and it is cold. A beautiful look over downtown denver this morning. And would have our official sunrise and 29 minutes from now. 7 00 a. M. On the do the. You want Eastern Plains. You wantd, and st. Louis valley waking up with 19n. And dia at 45 and 43 in boulder if youre looking for the first freeze, it could happen friday morning. We have another cold front on the way and rain and snow possible. Forecast details straight ahead. Heres joel. Were watching up in the high country. We have a report of some snow up in that direction. And we turn on the cdot cameras and this is i70. Wisking across the interstate there in the high country. We saw a mess that could cause on the roadways yesterday. And we were tracking the volume and then all of that snow and ice. Winter driving conditions always possible in colorado. Were not prepared for it but it is coming. Right now theres a search for a 69yearold man. He is visiting from las vegas. Family members are worried because he suffers from dementia. He left a he was last seen wearing a blue shirt and white sweater, jeans and tennis shoes. We have reaction to the Vice President ial debate last night. 48 said that mike pence gave a better performance and that mike cain. And face the nation john during the debate during cbs this morning. I think it depends on what your game was. Tim kaines goal was to keep the general election in mind and keep driving the issues of donald trump and what he said. His demeanor and constant interruptions undoubtedly came across as just too much for viewers. Mike pence was all the things that donald trump was he clearly studied and he was inflappable in the face of all of those interruptions. Luck hear all the analysis on cbs this morning. And neighbors in evergreen orup set about a home on the short rental list. They stay is creating noise and safety issues and now the neighbors are going to take their fight to Jefferson County leaders this morning. And were live from the Jefferson County courthouse. Be off the market. Reporter they are concerned because this goes against the reason they bought into the homes. They plan to be at this hearing to voice their concern and stop that from continuing. And the part of evergreen that they moved into, they chose it because it was a chance to escape the city and the traffic that you find in other parts of the state. But now theyre concerned the same noise they tried to avoid and brought to their door. This is a shortterm rental and it is supposed to require a minimum stay of 30 days. But the neighbors said they kept track of people coming in and out of the location over the course of a movement and new people keep showing up every three days. And of them gave the neighbors a scare late at night showing up at the wrong house. To come in. It was a frightening experience and my wife was shaking an hour and a half later. Reporter with expect the owners of the property to be in court today for this hearing. We were unable to get in touch with them to get their reaction to the story. Shawn has a coat on out there and weather and traffic every ten minutes on the fours. And we warning. We have. Many of us are above freezing. But some locations are in the 20s. A beautiful start to the day. 7 00 a. M. Is the social sunrise this morning. And that is the northwest corner of the state and all the Eastern Plains and the enti