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KCNC CBS4 News At 10PM August 18, 2016

Home. Reporter wean tonight that 80 ache versus burned. And the fire is now 55 contained. Crews folked their efforts on etc. Focused their efforts on protecting homes. Flam homes. I know a few folks that live up there. Yeah. Im worry forward themful reporter its the second time this summer a wildfire has come close to courtneys home. I started gathering up important documents. Stuff from reporter shifting winds proved challenging for firefighters. They spent hours trying to save a house, dousing a large wood pile and trees dangerously close to the home. Eventually the shed was lost and the wood pile got so intense, crew his to stand back and do their best to keep the fire from spreading. Its so dry, and the dry conditions up here h biggest factor. Reporter we know that about 20 firefighters are staying up here overnight. They think it may not be until tomorrow evening that they have this fully contain. No injuries reported, and so far no homes lost to this fire. No word tonight on what may have sparked it. Some rain tonight. There is a little rain. A little lingering. We had more across the state earlier. Just out on the Eastern Plains right now. The moisture is off to our west, mesa county, also down into parks of our san juans. And winds were stronger earlier. A lot of these areas had numbers across the state on them earlier. 25, 35 milesou fairly calm for us now. Wins are getting calmer as well. And temperatures are not too bad either. 67 in denver, 72 in boulder. 68 in burlington. And mountains, 59 in aspen, 74 in grand junction. Were starting to mellow out this evening. Miles an hour in canyon lands 60 might recalls east of los angeles are making it impossible to make progress against that blue cut wildfire it. Burned some 40 square miles, the size of san francisco. It is being fueled by dry vegetation after five years of exposure. Firefighters have never seen anything this intense. We had to continually retreat against the advancing wall of fire. That was something that i havent witnessed in reporter more than 80,000 people have been evacuated. Many families will come home to nothing. The search continues for a man missing for nearly a month. He stepped away from a party, has not been seen since. Jeff reporter along this western part of lakewood from gas stations to lamp post, youll see a lot of these missing person posters. Largescale Search Operations were called off in july. Tonight his friend, family, even strangers worked hard to find any clue that they could. We havent given up hope reporter about 15 people spent the evening searching these gulles off of green stuff in there. Reporter erics father and fiancee were joined by volunteers. A lot of the people in this group didnt even know eric. They just thought they would help out reporter he was an emt in park county but lived in lakewood. 26 days ago, he was hosting a party. Things got heated when the topic of Police Shootings came up. He left to cool down. He wasnt even wearing shoes. Pray that we end up finding him. Reporter his car and everything else, left behind. Just covering all the bases make sugar he didnt st into something like. This reporter the search in rough retain will go on. Well go through the worst tangle to find their son. We want to know one way or other, where he is. Thats the worst part. Information is urged to call the lakewood police. These gullies off of Green Mountain are so rugged, these search teams do expect to be back out here looking for those clues once again. An update on a renters fight to keep inspectors out of his home. They designed the slumlords. But herrera calls them an invasion of property. He was served a search warrant. Today a judge dismissed that warrant because it was served 17 days after its deadline. A renter Rights Group Says this is an important step. I kind of got pleasure out of ernie, a civilian, going up against a City Attorney and winning. City Council Working on an ordinance to remove singlefamily homes from the inspection program. A close call for a firefighter in brighton. A crew was doing work on the side of the road. A reckless driver almost hits him. Stan bush found out its alarming how often this happens. Reporter it happens way too often for firefighters and Police Officers. This is their worst nightmare. Getting hit along the side of a road is a risk they face every day in. Could have been wiped out reporter firefighters were filling their water tanks when out of nowhere, this silver kia darts out from the shoulder and nearly hits a firefighter. When you watch it again, the firefighter is seen staying on the road watching as the car veered off the shoulder. He yells out to three other firefighters standing at a hydrant. He might have saved his crew men. That car kept going o pass. Their backs were to that vehicle and they could have been hit. Reporter the car swerved back in between two struck trucks, missing that firefighter and sped up. He was convinced that car was going to hit his fellow crew members so he was yelling at them. When he saw it swerve back, he realize today might hit him. Reporter a terrifying in march a state trooper was almost hit on 6th avenue by another suv. This one almost rolls over when it overcorrects. We realize that many times people just are not paying attention and going too fast for conditions. Reporter brighton fire says their deputies escaped unscathed because their firefighter was aware of his surrounds. Something many drivers lack. Reporter the firefighters say they were able to get that kia license plate number off that kay and hand it over to police. New information on a truck rollover on a busy denver street. All lanes back open on colorado boulevard at 17th. Crews spent hours cleaning up the debris after this semi read over this afternoon. No word yet why it tipped. No one was hurt. The u. S. Just department is investigating the Commerce City the city wants the Justice Department to review their Police Department after several cases of officer misconduct. Last year, an officer reported he was shot by a driver. The story turned out to be false. Another officer resigned after thousands of sexually explicit Text Messages and pictures were found on his work phone. Now the city is asking for help. Were willing to bring in some outside experts to provide some solid recommendationso what we what we can do. Going tonight, the new effort to make the 16th street mall safe to visit. Why is Magic Johnson involved in a major renovation at dia . And the biggest shakeup yet for the trump campaign. New leadership after Hillary Clinton stretches her lead in the polls. Well talk about whats happening across the state. The quarterback battle continues. And a hitters delight at coors field for the several Violent Attacks have people wary of individualing the 16th street mall. More steps to make it safer. On patrol. As far as reporter its images like these coming out of downtown that have horrified and frightened people down here. It does make me kind of nervous. Reporter Business Owners along the mall tell their own worrisome stories. A man came into our store and demanded all the money. Theres no security around or anything. I ran out the store asking for help, no one was to reporter thats not the image downtown promoters want the city to have. Theyre working to improve safety and try to change the sentiment on the 16th street mall. The addition of the tighter security is in no way a reflection of offsetting any need for Police Officers in the mall. Reporter downtown Officials Say theyll likely start with two private Security Officers first shifts, running 24 hours a every day, monday through friday, and i generally feel very safe down here. Reporter nearly 200 new lights will be added and crews will work to make the alley safer. The guards will patrol the mall for the next year. City will then evaluate things. An update after more delays on the aline to dia this morning. The train now running on time. Denver international could undergo a major makeover. And Magic Johnson wants to be a part of it. Johnson has been doing business in denver for years. He is among the Equity Partners look ing to improve dia. Plans include moving security checkpoints, baggage claims, and adding more shocks. You already changed and i want to be a part of that change. Teams will come up with designs for their project and present them to city council. A new poll shows Hillary Clinton leading donald trump in colorado. Clinton, a 10point lead. Also a big lead in virginia. Today trump was given his classified intelligence briefing. He also announced hes shaking up his campaign staff. The candidate appointed a new Campaign Manager and chief executive. Hillary clinton immediately mocked the changes saying trump will be trump no matter what is trying to manage his campaign. He is still the same man who insults gold star families, demeans women, mocks people with generals do. There is no new donald trump. This is it. Clinton is still dealing with the fallout of using a private email server. The fbi has handed over notes from its investigation to congressional republicans. The city of of centennial is partnering with well, y, if t to get more people riding light rail. Free rides are available to the dry creek station for the next six months. You need to download the go denver app. Lauren whitney on weather duty. Real weather coming up were gonna see some nice temperatures coming up if this is too hot for you. 67, right around where were at in denver 66 in greeley. 68 in burlington. Mountains, 64 in aspen 59 in aspen. 74 in grand junction. Downtown we got to 89. Pretty close to our average of 87 degrees. Satellite, radar, getting quieter for us. A little of radar on the Eastern Plains. Never made it into the denver area this evening. We did it was an isolated chance we got anything at all. Most of the moisture is off to the west, the northwestern corners, scattered showers, and into parts of the san juans. Looking at our futurecast, mostly clear overnight with any of the moisture we have left. Tomorrow morning, just a few spots on parts of the western slopes. Early hour, mainly off to our west, foothills. Some of this we may get some activity tomorrow, we may not. Itll be isolated if we do. Temperatures for tonight, fairly mild. Tomorrow morning should be nice. Low 60s for parts of the Eastern Plains. 47 for steamboat springs, frisco. And 63 in grand junction. Tomorrow still warm. In the mountains, calm and cool with a chance of rain. 72 in aspen and eagle and 84 in boulder. 87 in denver. Eastern plains still pretty warm with 95 in wright and 91 in burlington. For denver tonight, an isolated storm chance. Not really anymore. Just clearing skies. Upper 50s for us. And for the 5day forecast tomorrow, looking to hit the low 70s. Or i should say friday, low 70s. Saturday about 69 degrees rain possible on friday, could have some rain next week with our plus4 or more forecast. Looks like things are changing. Just a bit. A big cooldown coming our way. And if youre going to the broncos game saturday, itll be pretty nice. Know whats in this box . Well, in case your crystal ball is broken, heres a hint. Safe, reliable energy, for starters. But theres also a commitment to this community. See, at xcel energy this is our hometown. So, were not just about making a living here, were about living here. In our community, were always delivering. Xcel energy. The first broncos game, three weeks from tomorrow. Gary kubiak knows who the starting quarterback is. Hes not telling us. Hes not telling us whos starti working out with the 49 terdz. Sanchez and siemian had really good days. Both connected with sanders for a touchdown. The competition starting to heat up. But the guys telling us its more than that. No, i think were rooting for each other to be honest. And sing its hard for people on the outside to see that. But you just keep putting your best foot forward, making good throws. For trevor. Its an awesome group. Been fun, and i think everybody is helping each other out. Derrick wolfe left practice with an ankle injury. Appears it was just a sprain. Getting a little chippy at practice today. We saw a couple fights. Nothing too serious. A lot of the guys we talked to said they were looking forward to the 49ers being in town burk not demaryius thomas. I dont. Why not . Always a fight here and there. For no reason. Thats how injuries happen and stuff like that. Were gonna get the work in. Itll be over soon. I aint really a big fan of it. Practices. Which team would you like to see the broncos have a joint practice with . Rockies havent won backtoback games since august 2nd and 3rd h. A chance to do that today. Home team got off to a hot start. Bases load for parra. Bases jon gray helping his own cause, rockies led 70 in the 1st. They chased strasburg before he could finish the 2nd. In the 5th, a monster shot. The rockies would answer. Lemahieu was 9 for 12 in this series. Rockies win it i had a good idea what i was gonna do. It seemed its gonna work out pretty well. Is that the hardest youve hit a ball before . In a game . Maybe. [ laughter ] when we had the flexible bats. [ laughter ] pack to know lynch takes a trip to the barbershop. . . Eeeeohmumohweh . . Hush my darling. . . Dont fear my darling. . . The lion sleeps tonight. . [snoring. ] . Hush my darling. . [snoring. ] . Dont fear my darling. . . The lion sleeps tonight. . [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Broncos rookies sporting their new dos at practice today. Lineman lars hansen. I imagine thats going to make an r for an awkward tan line. Didnt know what to call his new haircut. The linemen got theirs tonight. Will parks. Rarely do you see him without a smile. Wouldnt be shiel figure that was my haircut either. He was was courtesy of tj ward. And Justin Simmons i one. John tidwell got one down the middle. Paxton lynch hadnt received his at practice today. Im not sure about that. Youd have to mark and trevor. Yes, it came. [ laughter ] and that is the end result. Not pretty. Paxton tweeting those pictures sayig couldnt run for long, mamma. [ laughter ] they got the beard a little our son caleb was born with a rare form of cystic fibrosis. It means every day mucus builds up on his lungs, making it very hard for caleb to breathe. Doctors told us that calebs Life Expectancy was about 35 years of age. But then a new medication was invented that not only treated the symptoms of cystic fibrosis, but targeted the disease. The only problem was is that it wasnt approved to be used in the united states. But Michael Bennet changed that. Working with republicans, Michael Bennet wrote a law to get medicine and treatments approved quicker. Caleb just celebrated 5 years being hospitalfree. He doesnt have to think about his disease every day. Im able to see him in the future getting married, graduating from college. Those were dreams that we hoped for, but now i see them as a reality. I feel very fortunate to have somebody representing us that cares so much. Im Michael Bennet, of service, a great opportunity to help out in the community. Packing nutritional meal for hungry kids. Colorado feeds kids is a nonprofit providing meals to food banks. This was one of the largest projects during last years day of service. All i know is before it ended, a quick three hours, we had boxed enough to feed over 155,000 families. And it feels good to help the day of service page at cbsdenver. Com. Volunteers day is coming up saturday september 10th. Doesnt take long. It does go by quickly. So much fun. My picture of the day, i love this guy. [ laughter ] this is by mt. Evans. Must be a rookie, he got a haircut. Life stephen all right, time for another show. Senator sanders wait a second. You were my guest on last nights show. The struggle for justice continues. I still have a path to being on tonights show

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