Campaign office in colorado devoted exclusively to the republican president ial nominee. The office is at east 18th avenue and north clarkson in the north cap hill neighborhood. The Trump Campaign says volunteers found graffiti on the side of the building at 6 30 this morning when they arrived. I got here, looked at it, said this is a shame. This is a historical building, the ruby building on 18th and clarkson here and theres actually people who live up above, but the main graffiti is on their side of e on the residential building. I dont think thats fair to anybody to have your First Amendment rights taken away by vandalism. The Campaign Says its going to file a police report. Both president ial candidates Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have supporters helping them campaign in colorado today. Bill clinton started in pueblo and moved to an event in denver collins. On the republican side dr. Ben carson is south of the metro area today. He had a rally in Colorado Springs, then in castle rock. Later tonight hell be in aurora. Trump spent his day campaigning in new hampshire. Somebody asks you what you got to lose, you say free tuition at community colleges, free tuition for people with family incomes of 125,000 or less, Debt Free College for everybody. To all americans i say time for new leadership. [ cheering and applause ] we need change. We need change. The last thing we need is four more years of obama. Donald trump himself will be coming to denver tomorrow. Hes got a rally late night at the National Western complex. Its going to be at 9 30 in the evening. Mayor guiliani will campaign for trump at the Denver Campaign office earlier in the day. Senator Bernie Sanders will also be in colorado tomorrow. Clinton in Colorado Springs mid afternoon. Need a scorecard to keep track of all that. We know the highs will be in the 60s across the metro area. No matter, what the weather is great today. Meteorologist belen deleon is in the backyard. Were expecting more of the same in the days ahead. Exactly. Over the weekend our temperatures will be in the 60s. Today we were able to get into the 70s here in the metro area, just a really nice way to beautiful outside of our studios, just a little breezy but blue over the mile high right now. The temperatures are sitting in the 70s in broomfield, denver at dia in Northern Colorado and on the northeast close to the foothills temperatures are in the 60s and 50s. If youre going to cheer on your Favorite High School football team, the forecast looks cool and dry, temperatures by the end of the evening in the upper 40s. Now our futurecast through the rest of tonight is showing just foothills, but its going to be a generally dry forecast tonight and even through tomorrow morning. The temperatures for tonight will drop to around 41 degrees with a few high clouds, but all in all it will be mild for this time of year and those winds will be calm. Overnight lows will drop into the 30s into Northern Colorado and here in the city not quite freezing, close to the foothills temperatures in the 40s and 30s tonight. Now i want to focus on whats happening south of us because its there is a chance for some severe storms into parts of southern zone and southern new mexico. Its that same storm system thats bringing in moisture, not only to the four corners, but also here into colorado, a wider look at whats happening across the state. Dry for most of the centennial state, but we zoom into Southwestern Colorado where we currently have rain and even some snow bands that are moving in. Where we will have heavier snow through tomorrow. Thats why a Winter Weather advisory will be posted from midnight through noon tomorrow. Accumulations above 8,000 feet could be from 2 to 4 inches and above 11,000 feet from 4 to 8 inches. If you live in the san juans near pagosa springs, lake city, low visibility, icy and snowpacked roads and those mountain passes will be tricky. Coming up well talk about that mountain snow, the mild weekend in store and hey, cher has a song about it and now you can turn Daylight Saving time ends this weekend, so lots to discuss later in the show. Now youre singing the song. Its an instant ear worm. Thats for that. Well be dealing with that all day now. Everyone at home is doing the same thing. Its okay. Two soldiers who died in afghanistan today were from fort carson. They died during nato airstrikes. 26 civilians, three afghanistan troops were also killed. Carolina and 34yearold Sergeant First Class brian glover from greenville, pennsylvania. The department of defense said they died from injuries fighting enemy forces. Both men were assigned to company b 2nd battalion. Also today the pentagon says three u. S. Military members were killed in a shooting outs southern jordan. The three were on a trining mission and came under fire driving Training Mission and came under fire driving into the base. Jordan is a key u. S. Ally. The u. S. And jordan are part of a military Coalition Fighting the Islamic State group. No Additional Information has been released about the military members yet. Guilty of defamation, today a federal jury ruled against Rolling Stone magazine and its in november of 2014 you may recall the magazine published the story called a rape on campus. In that article a uva student referred to as jackie described being gang raped in a fraternity house. Key details in that article did not hold up under scrutiny. An investigation by Charlottesville Police found no evidence to back up claims in the article. Rolling stones attorney said there was no evidence the reporter knew what she was writing was false or had serious doubts about whether it was true. Today two of new jersey governor Chris Christies former key alleys were found guilt allies were found guilty for their roams in closing lanes on the George Washington bridge. The scheme was a way to punish democratic fort lee mayor for not endorsing christies reelection bid. Christies exdeputy chief of staff Bridget Ann Kelly and top of conspiracy and fraud. Christy claims he had christie claims he had no knowledge of the lane closures. The other two face a possibility of 86 years. 5 Million People came out for the cubs world series victory parade today. The last time the cubs won the world series, as you know, 1908. They dilesed dyed the river the dyed the river blue. Been around baseball for a bit, never experienced anything like Wrigley Field on a nightly basis. Never have i experienced anything like the conversation among all of you when i run into you on the street. Its different. Its spectacular. Its comfortable, warm and the way it should be. For being so patient. Patience. Patience is the key. The cubs defeated the indians 8 7 in a very late 10 inning game wednesday night. It. The longest championship drought by any major American Sports team. So about time. They does everybody it. More than a century, no one wants that for their team. Key stone was supposed to open today. Loveland should have been open by now, too but warm weather makes it pretty tough gh for the ski areas trying to get the season up and going. That leaves just abasin open for business. Theyve got skiers, ski clubs and racers heading to the basin for some turns. That is where well find 9news mountain newsroom matt renoux. The basin is a pretty busy place without competition. Reporter you bet its busy. They have the market corner with their one open run, about anybody else managed to get open thanks to the warm temperatures in october and november. Even loveland is still closed and theyre getting ready to pass the latest opening day theyve ever had in their history. At Arapahoe Basin tony olin and dean afton have come from minnesota so they can gear up and get in some early season training. Early season training. Reporter at about the actually get open. Normally by this time of year theres two, theyve, four ski areas open. Reporter because three, four ski areas open. Reporter because after opening to riders on october 21st abasin is still the only ticket to ride with its one run being used by ski teams from alberta and minnesota, wisconsin, new york, california. Reporter and thousands of other skiers in bear hats packing the ski areas main parking lot by 10 a. M. Were doing really well. Reporter after the basin got the jump on other ski areas and got open despite one of the warmest octobers around here on record. We were able to pounce on those first waves of cold weather. Reporter keystone was supposed to open today but had delay and loveland which is normally open by now will likely stay closed till after november 6th, which is the latest theyve ever opened. I look forward to our friends getting open at other areas, but right now were the place. Reporter just one reason tony and his ski team dont mind sharing that one open run. Coming out here and skiing on this one slope is like three times as big as at home. Reporter knowing that it might be warm enough to wear t shirts in november, but at least they can still make a few training turns. Free skiing is all we really need to be doing right now. Reporter thats really all copper and loveland are open to ski teams and clubs, but they have to spend a lot of money to train on the closed courses. So a lot of teams just pay the lift ticket price, come to a basin and try to get in some turns and training with the rest of the public. Loveland hopes to open sometime next week. Theyre pretty confident. Well see some of the snow making they get accomplished over the weekend, but its pretty warm. The 11th next week will be a big day. Key stone, copper, eldora all hope to open on the 11th. Is everybody sweating bullets or what . Whats the mood about this delay . Reporter i dont think anyone is really pulling the panic trigger yet. I think that weve had some seasons in the past similar to this, slow starts that have turned out pretty good, but i think its one of the slower starts in the last 18, 19 11th and what these ski areas are able to accomplish in the next week. I think if we have troubles opening the 11th or week after that, things could start to look grim and we all know what early season buzz does for the ski industry and were not getting any of that right now. Not with you out there in short sleeves. I think he wears that all year round. It doesnt matter. Reporter ive got long sleeves on, but im not wearing any pants. Matt. That seems like a good place reporter shorts, shorts weather. Its not how you start. Itself how you finish. Come on, ski season, lets get it going. Our man in the mountains, matt renoux. Thanks. One thing that makes this election historic, it is the first time a woman has been a major nominee, but colorado has been ahead having woman in politics. 1 local program is working come Election Night it will be the first time a woman was one of the two women in politics. We passed the first state referendum allowing women to vote in 1893, though wyoming and utah allowed women to vote before us when they were territories. One of the women behind the colorado documentary strong sisters, colorado was the first state to elect a woman to the legislature in 1894. Three women were elected to the colorado statehouse. This is definitely literature that points to the because we are open. We are merit based. Theres an western ethos that welcomes the new that sort of has this all hands on deck attitude. Colorado still never has had a female governor or u. S. Senator and denver hasnt had a female mayor. Drugs, alcohol can put all of our kids at risk and make any parent nervous. A local group created a network to to their kids about the risks. 9news journalist byron reed shows us how it works. Reporter at east Simpson Coffee Company in downtown lafayette connecting with people happens almost every day. We bring communities together. We bring parents together. Reporter together making connections talking about what concerns them as parents and whats best for their kids. Were starting to get overloaded with information from everywhere. A lot of times you come up where to turn. Reporter so parents in the Boulder ValleySchool District started the Parent Engagement Network or p. E. N. About 15 years ago in response to young people who needed help. Drug and alcohol abuse, not doing well in school, pulling away from their families. It deals with things that concern all of us as parents. Reporter the group teaches parents a different approach when talking to their kids. If parents and kids can sit down together an then it provides an environment where theres more opportunity for more talking. Reporter learning skills like story telling here an old man with wisdom said to the others reporter so families can make a connection. It gave me permission to be imperfect and to understand within that imperfection is how families grow and thrive. Reporter meaning better lives for kids at home and at school and even when its their turn to be the parent. The Parent Engagement Network operates only in the Boulder ValleySchool District for now. According to the centers for disease control, alcohol is the most commonly abused drug among youth in the united states. Military veterans wanting to further their education in colorado might want to look into csu. Its just been ranked by our partner, the military times, as the sixth best college for military veterans in the united states. Cu moved up rather csu moved up from 13 last year. It received high marks for Extracurricular Activities and financial and academic support. The university has a number of programs and scholarships that are geared towards veterans. It Just Launched a Peer Mentoring Program where current student veterans help newly enrolled veterans and its also home of salute, the only National Student veteran Honor Society founded in 2011 at csu. We know its not every day in mandarin. No, it isnt. But they can, many of them in denver. One area school is trying to its spoken by nearly a billion people in the world, but for many its a real head scratcher. Were talking about Mandarin Chinese and despite the fact that china is more than 6,000 miles from colorado, a growing number of students here are takes to us a school where its mandarin first. Reporter inside the walls of the denver language school, this classroom sounds a lot like the streets of beijing. There are huge brain benefits. Reporter kathy benzil is principal of this dps charter school. From kindergarten through 8th grade students here are fully immersed in either spanish Mandarin Chinese. With the exception of english class its the same common core curriculum taught in other schools only taught here in another language. So math and science and social studies as well as Language Arts is taught in that language. Reporter and out of the 715 students here 350 are learning Mandarin Chinese, a language stone by nearly 1 billion people around the world who is originally from shanghai. I feel like language learning is not very pop march or well known here popular or well known here as opposed to china, but this environment, this school, totally embraced the idea. Reporter Mandarin Chinese is spoken based on tone and includes a whopping 50,000 characters, though you only need to know about 8,000 to read a newspaper. Mandarin is spoken and written and read by l students in 8th grade at very advanced levels of proficiency. Reporter one of those 8th graders is sidney beaufort. Whenever you learn a new subject, youre learning a new word each and every day. Probably the simplest thing i could remember was hello in mandarin. Reporter her mother enrolled her in the school early on and its paid off. I think the thing that i find the most incredible is the reading and the writing. Complicated things like learning about American History in mandarin. She writes about those individuals in mandarin. Its hard to impress me, but thats impressive. Reporter its like youre writing about Alexander Hamilton but in mandarin. Exactly. Reporter in the end the school hopes by focusing on these second languages theyll better prepare these students for a more global future. Understanding our cultures and being able to collaborate with people who may not see in do is a huge benefit for students. Reporter and that might be the big he is point of all. The school is providing biggest point of all. The school is providing these students to learn the language of a country rapidly gaining power and influence in the world. Just how much influence . Tonight at 10 00 on 9news well take you inside a place in denver few have heard of. Its a center thats been around for decades sought off by governments and organizations around the world because what they do is center for International Futures at du and show you what they do and what they have to say about china as a global superpower. Again thats tonight at 10 00 on 9news and ove