for next, i am anastasiya bolton. >> that anastasiya bolton, always a helper. >> this issue, this form, they are not unique to colorado, 29 states plus district of columbia have medical marijuana, 8 states have recreational adult marijuana use. guns, of course, guns are popular everywhere. >>> all right, where my nerds at? who knows the answer to the question: when was the last time colorado voted for a democrat for president and america chose a republican? shout your answers now! there was a former republican state legislator, who asked the question and found an answer via republican strategist and historian dick wattums. the answer: 1908. when colorado chose democrat williams jening brian, you know, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. america was like cross of gold, sounds fine, lets go with howard taft, 108 years ago. >>> back to real life, president elect trump planning tr ticket to inaugeration, we have the hook up, limiting limited number to coloradans who want to go to dc for the day. i assume, senator gardener, who refused to support trump won't be waving a home

immigrant prup new guinea told our anastasiya bolton what will be on her mind when she votes tomorrow. >> these are my families back home. >> reporter: maria doling is lucky to have 2 of both. >> i guinea member. >> reporter: 2 countries she calls home, she was born in new guinea, today becoming an american citizen. >> i am so thankful, you know, so appreciateative and, for this wonderful country. every day i sit on my couch like wow, i can't believe i am in america, the most powerful country in the world. maria has been eligible to be a citizen for a few years. looks like a good day. >> reporter: she decided now, this year was time to take the oath. >> absolutely, entirely. >> reporter: she wanted to vote. >> not only if my one vote gets somebody into president, the decision that it makes, not only will affect america, but as an immigrant it is going to affect the entire world. >> reporter: maria and 38 others home. all can vote tomorrow if they choose. >> go out and vote. you don't have to go blood shed to shoat someone you like. -- shed to someone you like. >> reporter: today is bi

he agreed to an interview with anastasiya bolton. >> it's been a journey though. >> an understatement after two trials for exassault and spend -- more than 28 years -- spending more than 28 years in prison. this journey of eltz started in 19 -- clarence moses-el started in 1987 when he was charged with beating and raping a neighbor. a jury found him guilty and sent him to prison. >> you go prison for sex crimes. people in the prison population it takes a whole lot to survive in there. >> the details of how he got to a second trial are long and complex. all were put to rest by a denver jury this month. the new set of jurors said not guilty. >> i don't have no ill feelings toward the district attorney. the district attorney's office. i'm not angry. i believe in the system. and i ev >> on his journey he met a lot of people. one of them a newspaper reporter covering his story. they became friends. >> there were times i think i carried anger when, you know, he doesn't -- he's not angry. it's not like he's faking it for your cameras. he's just not. and i am. and i think everybody should be.

anastasiya bolton and with photojournalist ann hurst, 9news. >> her friends are trying to get her to become a fitness instructor. >> we'll follow up on how she does. >>> and following the loss of the raiders tonight. let's listen. >> not really to be honest with you.

just saying because that's against the law. >> reporter: anastasiya bolton, 9news. >> we called lakewood police and jefferson county sheriff's office wondering if need gotten the call -- if they'd gotten that location today. if you're affected by the college shutting down, we'll have resources and links on 9news.com that might help. >>> we are in for another mild and warm weekend. >> meteorologist danielle grant is in the 9news backyard and we get a little blast of warm a little bit more before we might go to something more seasonable? >> something typical for november, right? we'll watch temperatures soar once again to the 60s this finally by this time next week we'll be hopefully maybe bundled up in those coats and feeling a little more like fall around here. up in the high country it has been so stunning. not only do they have gorgeous blue skies -- i'm sure they wished they were snowy skies, but mother nature has been helping them keeping it cool and keeping the snow guns working doing their magic. this is the view at loveland ski area and beyond, so to and fro classes, but still a s

. >> reporter: for next, anastasiya bolton. >> we know you don't drive drunk, next humans with better than that, but plenty of good move over law. drunk driving aside, that law might save lives. >>> not sure if we're building bridges over politics, but we might be preventing some from being burned. >>> math is like vegetables, sometimes you have to hide it so kids will enjoy it. and have you ever looked at someone and said they must have >>> let's just talk, it's turning out to be a thing. hundreds of you asked to be a part of our one on one conversations between democrats and republicans. stand by for a big announcement about that, right after we head down to sheridan who wrote in rob who wrote in rand paul and chris who supported bernie sanders and then hillary cl >> i'm okay with the result. i think america wanted a change and guess what, that's what we got. >> >. well, i'm not at all surprised. i'm a little disappointed, and i think the anger was bigger than the risk of the unknown. >> reporter: i should mention you're small business owners, how does that play into your hopes for

bolton found out that officer was jerry torres. at 6:00 we hear what was going through his held as he tried to get the child to safety. >>> children's hospital colorado is taking part in the nation's largest autism study. several colorado families will join the research. 9news reporter victoria sanchez talked with a mother about what >> reporter: 7-year-old griffin has autism. >> the diagnosis is devastating, absolutely devastating. >> reporter: mom george ann learned her son had the developmental disorder when he was 1 1/2 years old. since them the family has depended on a combination of behavioral therapy and patience. >> for instance, my child did not say i love you until he was autism is still mysterious. >> there isn't one cause and a lot of times we really don't have one specific reason to tell a family what has caused the autism. >> reporter: dr. sandra friedman with children's hospital colorado hopes that will change through the nation's largest autism research study that will gather medical and behavioral medication, famil

anastasiya bolton and with photojournalist ann hurst, 9news. >> her friends are trying to get her to become a fitness instructor. >> we'll follow up on how she does. >>> and following the loss of the raiders tonight. let's listen. >> not really to be honest with you. coverages. but pretty consistent with what we thought they'd do. certainly maintain balance. kind of -- if you don't have that balance, they're able to do a little more to you. but nothing we didn't expect. [ sigh ] >> i think our biggest thing is when you go 3 and out, doesn't really matter what they're doing to you. they'll give us different looks. each team is different how they're playing, how you're playing that week. i think the biggest thing is staying on the field, converting those 3rd downs early [ indiscernible question ] >> stepping up and -- i don't even know who it was. can't turn it over there, especially when we have a chance, you know, -- felt like i could come back there [ indiscernible question ] >> trying to get that running game going -- >> you got to -- yeah. early on especially. and part of that is

. >>> anastasiya bolton does not cover politics for 9news, but she is passionate about voting. she was born in russia. despite all the represent rick she says she treasure -- rhetoric she says she treasures country voting is a right. to me it's brave. i was born in moscow -- a privilege. i was born in moscow. i immigrated in the mid-'90s. my first presidential election was in 2008. i had just become a citizen. i registered immediately. i was proud to vote. i didn't do the mail-in ballot. i went to my polling place because i wanted to know how it felt to actually matter. to be heard and for my voice to count. i touched that machine ever so gently to make sure i was doing the right thing and i apologize. this is emotional for me even still. so when i watched the inauguration of my first president, i cried. it was slightly embarrassing the gym. apparently i'm a public cryer. so i looked at him and said out loud this is my president. russia is a place where strong vocal members of opposition are mysteriously or not so mysteriously killed in the streets in the heart of the city. the

anastasiya bolton, friend of next and part of our 9 wants to know team found a pesky new piece of paper venlt >> how do i make a-- paper. >> how do i make a statement about a form? a piece of paper? i know, i will use the words "marijuana and guns" in the same sentence. >> in so far as marijuana is concerned, it is still a controlled substance federally.