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plans to honor u.s. injuries of the muslim faith. good evening, i'm kathy walsh. >> i'm tom mustin. thanks for joining us. cbs4's rick salinger is live at fort logan national cemetery with his story. rick. >> reporter: tom, this man is asking people to show up here at the main gate of fort logan tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. they want to decorate the gravestones to say thank yo the message is really quite simple. though the gravestones may have religious symbols on them, all have served america together. mike sex ton says he was taken aback after seeing the father of a muslim soldier killed in action speaking at the democratic convention. the republican candidate donald trump got in a spat with that father. now sexton is trying to heal the wounds.

political. >> only to the extent that saying this is what this country stands for is a political statement, you know. this is about us as americans. it isn't about hillary is better than trump. this is about who we are as americans. >> reporter: he says if they don't see muslim gravestones, they can decorate gravestones of other faiths. he's just asking people to decorate gravestones of those with a different background live at fort logan national cemetery, rick salinger, cbs4 news. >> thank you, rick. meteorologist chris spears is in colorado's weather center. some storms popping up on radar. >> yeah. we've got quite a few storms out there. everybody is wondering where is the rain in denver? we have a lot of moisture in the air. we've heard the word muggy and humid used a lot. we've got the moisture. now we need something to get

past hour. we've had a little bit of sunshine break through those clouds late afternoon and that is pushing those temperatures up. that's called convection. that will aid in potential storm development. 66 from our weather watcher in alamosa, where they've had 1 to 2 inches of rain over the past couple of days. here's doppler 4000, you can see very busy with showers and storms around the state. taking the lightning away, you can see we have a pretty good line of storms on the far eastern plaier are intense with a lot of lightning and small hail. we've had a couple of issues near montrose with flash flooding just south of nucla. a little bit of flash flooding with a heavier cell earlier. there's a little disturbance in the atmosphere in that area i drew in red. as that comes our way, it may try and kick off a line of storms and lo and behold in the

storms popping over the foothills. we're on the air until 6:30 and we'll be tracking these storms live, and if they come to the city i think it will be within the next one to two hours. to the olympic games, security in rio de janeiro is even tighter around the sporting even views. but as jamie yuccas found out, there are still flaws in the system. >> reporter: from the famed copacabana beach to the games, security is on the ground, protecting some 500,000 tourists visiting for the games, like amry waters from wisconsin. >> there's a cop car on every single. >> reporter: does that make you feel safe? >> yes, plus the army is walking around and driving trucks around all the time, so i don't think there should be any problems.

squad blew up an unattended bag near the finish of the cycling race. nobody was hurt. >> this is a full backpack, you wandered right in with. >> reporter: with a full backpack, journalist eric jordan walked into the park, no questions asked. >> soldier directed us into a security tent, but only one person manning and he wasn't facing the screen that shows you what's inside the bag. detector and there was nobody on the detector, and i had metal in my pocket and it didn't go off. >> reporter: police brutality is on the rise because of the games. >> they want to threaten and make people stay away. >> reporter: just outside friday's opening ceremony, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protestors at the games.

is warning of high risk of credit card cards and atm scams, but so far no problems reported. dozens of residents in montbello are sworn in as u.s. citizens. ethiopian culture was on display. congressman mike coffman welcomed the new citizens in his keynote speech. >> congratula new american citizens from ethiopian community that are here today. god bless. >> it runs tonight until 9:00. new details tonight about that massive mine waste spill in colorado. the epa will pay $1.2 million, an extra $1.2 million, to tribes, states and local governments that were affected. the agency made the announcement friday on the one- year anniversary of the mine

triggered that leak. some argue the epa needs to pay even more for that damage. something stinks in denver. a rare corpse flower is in bloom at the denver botanic gardens. but it won't be pungent for long. kelly werthmann gives us a whiff. >> reporter: a stinky surprise is greets visitors. >> right when i came in i smelled it and i was like, that's a bad smell. >> reporter: it's all thanks to this guy who bloomed overnight. stinker, because when it first emerged it was a small bud and we weren't sure if it was going to live. >> reporter: but the corpse flower is alive and well. what does it smell like depends who you ask. >> a rotting apple or banana or any kind of fruits. >> it smells like rotting corpses. >> it's really an offsmell. some people describe it as a dead mouse. >> reporter: others aren't show

lot of people in the building. >> reporter: this is the second corpse flower to bloom in the rocky mountain region. last year more than 20,000 people lined up to see this one at the gardens. >> there was a huge crowd, so i'm expecting the same amount this time. >> reporter: while visitors are plugging their noses, botanists are scratching their heads. several corpse flowers are blooming at the same time in gardens across the country. botanic garden has one, we have one, and many more are starting to bloom this year. i don't know why it's happening now. >> reporter: it's special to see one in colorado. but check it out soon, as it will be a while before anyone can get a big whiff of little stink ergen. >> they flower every three to 10 years. it depends. >> reporter: in denver, kelly

>> i hope not. >> it will only be in bloom for about another 24 hours, so stop by the gardens tonight or tomorrow. they're open from 9:00 to 8:00. and check out our photo gallery online at cbsdenver.com. several injuries at a snoop dogg concert after a railing gives way. popular colorado ski resort expanding its borders. after a cloudy day we take a look at this, some thunderstorms trying to get going over those foothills. we'll show you if they'll make it to the city coming up. >> gary kubiak is getting good at dodging questions about his quarterback position. and who was climbing manitou's incline this morning?

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new jersey shows a scary moment at a snoop dogg concert. a railing collapsed sending people toppling to the concrete below. more than 40 people were hurt and luckily there were no serious injuries. concert goers describe the chaos. >> all of a sudden i see everyone rushing to the front. people are pushing me, that. and suddenly people started falling off the edge. like, i see all these people come off the edge. >> the gate broke and all of a sudden i fell six or 7 feet and i fell on top of someone so i didn't hit the concrete. maybe four or five people on top of me, and it was so hard to breathe. i couldn't move. i thought i was dying. >> the accident happened about halfway through the concert. the show was later canceled. there is new information about a denver police officer hit and dragged by a car back in 2014. we're getting our first look at the uniform he was wearing at

injuries. here's cbs4's alan gionet. >> reporter: the box that contains his clothes is marked fatal accident. >> as you can tell, a lot of this was not from a paramedic cutting them off of me. >> reporter: he was on his bike along colfax after protecting east high students who walked out of school to protest police. >> i've watched that video probably more times than anybody else, and took me about 15 months before i was able to remember the car plowing into a group of officers and dragging him half a block. he does think a helmet saved his life. >> the visor barely got clipped. >> reporter: the rest of his injuries so bad, he wasn't expected to survive. >> this is a complete artificial remade skin graft. >> reporter: that's when doctors sliced open his leg to

broken and torn now. but he is now helping other injured first responders with his organization. >> i feel like god kind of called me in this role of stepping up and being the voice for individuals that either didn't, weren't willing or didn't want to talk about what they've gone through. >> reporter: alan gionet, cbs4 news. >> the organization will hold its second annual rise and run it starts at 9:00 in the morning at the foundry church in castle pines. >> nice to see him doing so well. we're a few months away from ski season, but arapahoe basin is a step closer to an expansion. it will be a new chair lift and more interimmediate terrain.

november, we'll see a final decision. >> we can expand into the deep gulleys, which is fantastic skiing. >> if approved work could begin next year. they're thinking snow, but chris spears we've been wondering all day about rain. >> a lot of people want to know where that rain is. it's been dancing all around the front range the last few days. hopefully we can change that for you. we have hit our highest temperature of the past 25 minutes. ale in denver. been a lot of cloud cover today. weather watcher in northwest arvada, 81 degrees. robert peck, cooler on the northeastern plains socked in with clouds. storms on the eastern plains and pockets of showers here across the rest of the state. we'll turn the lightning on and put it into motion and general motion is from west to east.

upper atmosphere that will be crossing over the front range probably between now and midnight, threatening to kick up showers and storms. we've seen a couple pop here outside of nederland and idaho springs. this is a good storm in the foothills. that's near that burn scar. rain coming down in north central larimer county with this line of storms. as that disturbance crosses we'll continue to see a few showers and storms develop. the quti off the foothills? sometimes storms don't make it as they take at that elevation drop. futurecast thinks some of those storms will come out across the front range between 9:00 and 10:00 tonight. most of the action in the southeastern quadrant. after 9:00, 10:00 and lose that daytime heating you notice this shower activity dying off. it will hang tough down here in the arkansas river valley.

including the rockies game. they're taking on the marlins. should be in the 70s. it will be humid and unfortunately a few storms in the area. if you are going, download our cbs4 weather app. 50s and 60s across the eastern plains tonight. 40s and 50s in the higher elevation. grand junction 64 degrees. for tomorrow we begin a pattern shift. still going to be a little bit muggy and we're still going to have afternoon storms, but and drying trend as we roll through the extended and this gets underway tomorrow. looks like we'll be back into the 80s along and east of i-25. 70s the higher elevations. here's denver's fiveday4cast and there's that warming trend, tom and kathy. unfortunately, or maybe you're excited about it, depends on your temperature favorite area to be, we're going to get up into the 90s. i like these 70s and 80s we've

those 90s into the week ahead. next couple of hours really is our best chance to see something here in the city and i'll be watching it in the weather center. >> i put fertilizer down and also planted a corpse flower. we need rain. thanks, chris. students all over the metro area are preparing to go back to school. we're helping make sure the members of the boys and girls clubs are ready. we're collecting new school supplies, including backpacks, calculators, anything children ages 6 to 18 might need. for some students getting supplies is an exciting part of the new school year. >> because i get to pick my own backpack. and like, i get to put my stuff in there and organize it the way i want it. >> nice. the care for colorado school supply drive runs through august 7th. you can drop them off at new balance stores or here at the studio.

at the page at cbsdenver.com. uber is expanding in denver. how their new program is designed to clear up traffic on i-25. it's been four years since curiosity landed on the surface

f0 welcome back. as nasa's curiosity rover began exploring mars. it's been extended another two years. the wheels are starting to show wear and tear, but scientists say with careful driving it should hold up. one of the biggest discoveries so far is hard evidence water once flowed on the red planet. right now uber is making it easier and cheaper for customers to rove around the metro area. they're expanding their uber

center. the pool option lets users share their car with another customer and split the cost. uber hopes it leads to less traffic and less pollution. denver's mayor says by sharing a ride, our residents can save money and save the environment while helping to reduce congest john on one of denver's busiest corridors. traveled to washington, d.c. ? in all your fantasies ? >> reporter: we do know it. we know it so very well. ? that man and mystery ? >> reporter: how can anyone dare to tinker with the slow?

and in a way they needed to. >> the producer believes that nothing stands still, and after two and a half decades, it was time to shake something that -- take something that had comebe truly iconic and shift it slightly. >> the one person on the team original and new production, i get to see a lot of the differences. they boil down to the details within the performances in terms of the small, but in terms of the broad strokes, scenic design, i think the pulse of the piece. >> reporter: he's right in that. none of the music has changed, but the sets have been redesigned. the chandelier reacts differently and better i think.

to bring the phantom into the action sooner, which i think has a chilling effect. but there a danger in disappointing those who love phantom the way it's always been? we'll look into that in our next story. i'm critic at large greg moody. >> the new production of the phantom opens august 25th at the denver center downtown. for tickets information head to our web site, cbsdenver.com. coming up, this tiny house is expected to raise big money for a good cause. hear from the teenager who designed and built it. the rio olympics are officially underway. many athletes are still worried about health issues. the discovery they found in the water. meteorologist chris spears

the city of rio de janeiro has a lot to prove. critics continue to question their readiness even as the games are underway. shasta darlington is in rio with more on the dirty water threatening the health of athletes. >> reporter: the marvelous beaches. you might think twice before you jump in. raw sewage and now what scientists describe as super bacteria. researchers tested the city's beaches for a year, and discovered high levels of the dreaded super bug. drug resistant bacteria that have been turning up in hospitals. >> we believe that true

municipal sewage and gets to the bay or other rivers and it finally gets to the beach. >> reporter: the highest levels found on the shores of the bay that's the site of the olympic sailing event. one gold medal sailor says it's the dirtiest water he's competed in. >> we have cuts and as soon as you get it easily infect yourself. that's a problem. >> reporter: a german sailor blamed the waters for a skin infection he got while training. authorities, however, say athletes and visitors will be safe, and the sailing arena has internationally acceptable levels of bacteria. according to rio's water utility, half the homes in rio state are connected to the

>> waste water treatment plants enough to care for the super bacterias, because brand-new. >> reporter: and something the water utility says it will look into further. but scientists say the super bug is also washing up on some of rio's most touristy beaches, which are already deemed too polluteed to swim in by authorities a good third of the year. this water here isn't treated. it often dumps here on the beach. another cloud overshadowing rio's troubled olympics. dark clouds here in colorado as well. let's check in with meteorologist chris spears. will those clouds bring rain? >> we have our fingers crossed. i hope it will. some people will see rain. but there's a chance it may skip over the city. let's take a closer look at doppler 4000.

showers and storms over the front range foothills. this is an ominous looking cell. it's not severe, but there's definitely intense rainfall coming out of this. north central larimer county just outside of fort collins. the good news, it's moving. hopefully we won't have to worry about flash flood concerns as this continues drifting onto the east. further south of the foothills, just a little while ago we showed you this outside of idri apart in that last scan. but it may get life yet to go. sometimes those storms pulse, so we'll have to watch it. here's the big view, plenty of moisture across the state. we do have thunderstorms out there. a lot of lightning. taking the lightning away, you can see the pockets of rain and embedded thunderstorms. the best coverage on the eastern plains now from burlington down through lamar. none of those severe. but they are strong. bob in greeley reported 75

lower 80s on the eastern plains. coming up we'll look at the rest of your weekend and tonight. >> chris, thanks. some people in a stapleton neighborhood are demanding changes after they say a recent concert shook their neighborhood. specifically last weekend's concert. they could feel the bass tones from 5 miles away. >> it did make my windows move a little t i couldn't go back to sleep. >> residents brought a noise complaint to the commerce city council. they called the board negligent for allowing the concert. >> i thought it was an earthquake. i went outside and i looked and i realized it was bass. >> city leaders say the concert stayed within the noise limits outlined.

bass nectar has shaken neighborhoods in our state. residents in morrison were upset about the noise in red rocks last year. a new ikea expected to open in broomfield in two years. fans north of denver like the idea of not having to drive south of town. and the mayor of broomfield says he's been keeping the news a secret four months. he calls the new store a that area. with housing costs soaring, many low income families are struggling. one high school student decided she could help. this 90 scare foot tiny home built by hannah golden gives new meaning to the word cozy. while she knows a family could never live in there, she's donating it to habitat for nity. >> up there is the main

fit a full sized bad. >> this small abode should bring in big money. the broncos are set to take over thnang rights to high. y field at mile what could that mean for the future of the stadium? i talked to team management about the possibilities. >> reporter: as the broncos left the practice field wednesday afternoon, fans were talking about the future names of sports authority field. >> i wouldn't mind back to the naming rights from sports authority, assuming court approval. joe ellis says they paid $3.6 million to take over the rights and assume the contract. >> we own the rights to that contract and can resell it. >> reporter: ellis says selling the rights will eliminate the call for a new stadium and offset the skyrocketing costs of stadium improvements, estimated at more than $300 million over the next 30 years.

up interest to build a $2 billion stadium, that's going to be difficult. >> reporter: ellis says the broncos will take their time making a decision. >> any pressure to get this done before the opening kickoff? >> i don't think that's realistic. we want to make sure we get the right partner and right deal. >> reporter: one boy favors renaming it mile high. >> wedid win two super bowls with that name. >> reporter: ellis says that probably won't happen. mix, broncos' confidence in a lucrative deal is a mile high. >> we have exciting prospects, so stay tuned. >> the bankruptcy court has until august 31 to approve that deal. meanwhile, ellis says they're talking to several potential suiters. they expect to have a deal within the next few mohs. mark joins us with sports. any decision on the quarterback? >> no. if gary kubiak has any insight

as little as possible. the more we ask, the less we get. plus, rockies lost a heartbreaker last night, but

there's a real battle at broncos training the media, myself included, throwing hey makers at gary kubiak trying to get something about the quarterback competition. but he would not break. full pads, high energy practice before a day off tomorrow. when the team returns monday it will be a game week for a preseason game number one thursday in chicago. that means the broncos need a starting quarterback. someone will have to go out there first. but if kubiak knows who that

depth chart next week. kubiak at least understands how a depth chart works. >> one, two, three. we'll see. you know. i guess we got to that out next week or something like that. we'll see. we'll have something for you. i know that. i'm going one week at a time. i'll make a decision next thursday in chicago and i haven't come close to doing that yet, so nice try. we as for practice today, mark sanchez made the biggest mistake of the day. he forced a pass that was picked off by bradley roby for a touchdown. meanwhile, trevor siemian put together another solid day of work. the one knock is he doesn't seem to have the demeanor of a starting quarterback. kubiak says that's okay. >> there's quiet quarterbacks, look quiet on the field, but in the huddle they're a little

getting guys going. trevor has that personality. you probably don't see it, but we see it in the locker room and on the field. mark is more of an energy bunny, jumping around. i want you to be yourselves. >> what kind of a quarterback were you, then? >> i was a backup. [ laughter ] >> somebody has to be the starter thursday. who do you want to see get the first shot? vote at cbsdenver.co the rockies can make the playoffs this year. but i hope they can stay close. watching meaningful games late in the season, it's really fun/stressful. looked like they were going to rally last night against the marlins. david extended his hitting streak to 11. but the closer could not get it done in the 9th. gave up four runs as the rockies fell a game below .500.

punch in the gut loss tonight. >> if we win the next two games we win the series and that's kind of our goal, to win each series. so i think it would, you know, be good for us to come back and win. >> i don't question how we'll bounce back. we've done it many, many times. so when you play virtually every day for six months you get a lot of opportunities to bounce back from tough losses. yeah, we'll bounce back u.s. taking home a gold and silver already in shooting and afternoonry. women's soccer, mallory pew did not play today because of an ankle injury. but women win over france. rapids trying to get back on track against vancouver. ey got shell shocked last week in new york, ending their 15 match unbeaten streak.

at home tonight where they have not lost all season. >> every loss has a good learning moment, or moments, that you have to take in and make sure that you evaluate. i think this is no different. the most important thing for me, listen, we're still second in the league, we're in great position. we want to go on one game runs. the most important game for us in the season is vancver. it about approaching that game with concentration and commitment. nascar, all of a sudden the 70 car exploded. serious spontaneous combustion. cope was okay. nascar will send it to their research center to find out what happened. this is the manitou incline in colorado springs.

it. from the marlins hitting coach, barry bonds. >> i got to be out of my mind. that's crazy. oh, my goodness. >> for anybody who has climbed that, they can agree. barry getting a little workout before the series this weekend. >> after the hike they checked him for performance-enhancing drug and everything? >> he tested clean.

welcome back to cbs4 news at 5:00. glad you're with us. live picture of our mountain cam. dark clouds out there, kathy but will they bring rain? >> i think chris spears has the answer. >> guys, i'm trying to deliver. tom, i know you put down fertilizer. i'm doing my best. those clouds you're seeing now, let me show you radar. you remember a moment ago if you were with us we showed you that storm kind of going by georgetown and idaho springs

fell apart. look at this. in the last scan, boom, two storm cells pop up. this shows you how dynamic the atmosphere is and how fast things can change. it's moving through the foothills and towards the city. those are not in the metro proper yet. these are still over the foothills outside idaho springs and to the northeast of, excuse me, outside of el dorado springs. these will try to come off the foothills into the city. that's the clouds. if they make it, brief but heavy rain certainly possible because our atmosphere is so rich with moisture now. we're still watching that one near fort collins. notice it's taking a little bit of a right turn as it moves through the foothills. if it rolls down through fort collins, the west side in particular, you're probably seeing darkening skies, maybe hearing thunder. we have quite a bit of moisture across the state. little possibilities of showers and storms. most intense ones here on the far eastern counties counties

side of lamar. they're not severe, but have the threat of going severe into the later evening hours. futurecast showing pockets of showers and storms. once we lose our daytime heating about 9:00 tonight or so, we'll really notice a decrease in the activity. daytime heating is helping fuel the storms. southeastern corner you could hang on to a few of these, well into the midnight hourld a loud night in that area. sometimes storms on the eastern plains send outflow boundaries back in generate new storms. a little bit of hope if you're waiting for rainfall. here's the rockies forecast, near first pitch, please watch that radar, cbs4 weather app has a great radar. you can tralong with us. 70s and 80s for current temperatures.

the 50s on the eastern plains tonight. few places in the 60s. 40s and 50s up high. 60 on the western valley. 64 in grand junction. tomorrow we'll tick up the temperatures just a little bit. more 80s on the eastern plains, near 90 in the southeast. 70s up high. 80s for the western slope. here's that fiveday4cast for denver and overall it's a drying and warming trend the next five days. this muggy feeling we have in the air will start to go away. but we're going to watch that rada if we can't get you rain on that lawn, tom. that lawn, tom. >> monsoon rains have that lawn, tom. >> molife's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event. narrator: 2010. short-sighted budget cuts in washington

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d a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and ge15% back at the ikea kitchen event. welcome back. there's something for everyone at the jefferson county safety fair. that event next week features more than 80 booths and activities, all designed to

kids' things, bike rodeo, i.d. kits and picking up all the safety information for children. >> the d.a. safety fair takes place next saturday august 13th. it runs from 9:00 to 1:00. summer fun at the boys and girls club of metro denver includes the pine wood derby. kids use art and engineering skills to build the best car. cbs4's karen the competition. >> reporter: it's a tradition more than 60 years old. >> what i built was the 1976 corvette stingray which is my dream car. >> reporter: from a block of wood comes a car fit for racing. >> it's actually compared to other cars, it's kind of big, but very slick body, very smooth. >> reporter: boys and girls club members work on their cars for weeks. >> 300 slr mercedes-benz. >> reporter: carving, sanding

others built for speed. all have to meet the weight limit. >> i added weight and then i had to take some out. >>what i learned was kind of how hard is to kind of stay within the restrictions and within the limits that you're given, but also stay faithful to one of your favorite dream lobbies. >> reporter: there are some hidden physics lessons, like where to put the weight on the car to make it go fast. >> to teach those things hands on method is a benefit to the kids. >> reporter: whether their car comes first or last -- >> i won the first race. >> reporter: -- it's the road that got them here that really matters. >> it's really a fun thing to do. you get to build it yourself and you get to have your own ideas for it. >> that young man you saw, angel, won fastest car at the derby. we're collecting school supplies for the clubs, so

donation bins are set up at the cbs4 studios, and they are also at the new balance stores at aspen grove and cherry creek. you can make a monetary donation at our web site, cbsdenver.com. denver zoo is sharing new video of vets giving four lion cubs a health exam. the animals arrived last month from garden city, kansas. they've been quarantineed ever si brothers are getting along great. you can catch them in action at the denver zoo. we've got a live look outside now. looks a little scary. we're back next with tonight's

f0 a highlands ranch man plans to honor u.s. soldiers who are muslim after their faith took center stage at the democratic national convention. good evening, i'm kathy walsh. >> i'm tom mustin. thanks for joining us tonight.