storms blowing across the metro area. we caught this lightning near dia. downtown we saw some thunder and heavy lightning too. justin mcheffey live in denver for us tonight. where are those storms now? >> reporter: generally speaking all of those are well east of denver. about 7:30, 8:00 pm, a line of thunderstorms moved through denver and produced just

season it still is. most of these are east of greeley in a scattered fashion. and then wrapping down toward the south and west near the colorado springs area. generally gonna produce a little heavy rain on the plains tonight. and perhaps some cloud to ground lightning. that was the threat today and could be the threat once again tomorrow. and given the fact we don't exactly have a ton of moisture on a lot of the ground surfaces, we could easily see some of those brush firesrk lightning strikes. a raging fire destroys a home in lakewood, apparently sparked by people using a tester to light cigarettes. stan bush live tonight along west mexico. the house pretty much gutted. >> reporter: absolutely. and according to the preliminary investigation, that toaster was

ignition point could have been a cigarette in a couch that was in the garage. you can take a look right now and see that, yes, that fire did rip through the entire home. fire spilled out and caught some of the cars on fire. once this fire got started, there was very little to stop it. >> reporter: flames crawled out of a house fire that was so smoky at times, firefighters struggled to see where to spray. meg porter lives across the street and called 911. >> all of a suddener i'm saying seconds after that, it burst into huge flames >> reporter: she took this picture of the garage fully engulfed. neighbors poured onto the streets, worried that the fire could spread to their home. lauren heath shot this video,inging it would be the last time she would be inside her house. >> i was just terrified! i was worried that people were gonna die in there. >> reporter: four people were inside the home when the fire

rescue the family dog that firefighters found hiding under a bed in the basement. the homeowner was overwhelmed. >> reporter: once the fire was out, it revealed a home gutted from the garage to the living room and through the roof. luckily no one was seriously hurt. we do understand that two people in the home were taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. and another person suffered minor burns. the house does appear to be a total district attorneys frustrated that men found repeatedly drunk behind the wheel are not getting harsh sentences. this man was arrested earlier this year and recently sentenced. lauren dispirito is live at the justice center.

dui, carmack posted bond immediately after his arrest. he didn't spend the night in jail, and his sentence didn't include any time here behind bars either. >> how much have you had to drink tonight? >> couple beers were. >> reporter: police camera shows carmack's six dui arrests. earlier this year in aurora. >> i was speeding >> reporter: when prosecutors asked a judge to sentence him to four years in corrections, he got probation instead. no jail time. peter cane knot probation for his fourth dui. >> these people are dangerous. they're gonna hurt people and they're gonna kill people. >> reporter: the district attorney says when colorado's

didn't go far enough to mandate jail time. >> we have specific cases of individuals with six, seven, eight prior alcohol convictions and they're still not going to prison. >> reporter: criminal defense attorney cary johnson says if you really want to keep repeat drunk drivers off the road, time behind bars doesn't work. >> the research shows that actually by sending someone to prison, that can increase recidivism as opposed to it. >> reporter: the tools for treating the underlying causes of repeat offenses are getting better and more effective. part of the reason the national trend is moving away from mandatory minimum, but for d.a.s who want to bring back that conversation, we're says he thinks it's unlikely the law would change

learning more about three kids who died in a pool in pueblo. 3 and 5-year-old sisters and their 17-year-old babysitter drowned yesterday. investigators are still not sure if the two little girls went into the water first or exactly what happened. officers hope to speak with witnesses who saw the girls at pool. police in broomfield caught the woman they think stole a laptop from recover the laptop. the ballot in november might not be as crowdeds we thought. two antifracking initiate inches might not have enough signatures to make it on. jeff todd has been looking into it. the story involves several empty boxes. >> petitions are trop offend in box, sometimes they're full, you sometimes they aren't. as the

scan them in and make compete sets that they send tuf get verified. sometimes there are empty boxes history over, sometimes there aren't. there were so many today, the state didn't know what to do with all of them. at the secretary of state's conference room, an entire corn serfilled with empty boxes. >> some of the boxes that the proonts of these antioil and gas measures brought in only had a few petitions in the box. >> reporter: this is video from frack-free colorado on their facebook pe shows the group dropping off petitions monday morning. the group marked 98592 signatures for each initiative to get on the ballot. 75 would have given cities and counties more control on oil and gas regulation. and increases from 78 would have increased that from structures to wells. >> we're going to focus on educating people and getting people to vote yes on these

100,000 signatures were gathered. some boxes may have been lighter than others because of state rules regarding signature gathering. >> it is unusual. other measures that were turned in, the petitions were scanned in by our staff, and then put back in the original boxes. and they maybe had five boxes left over. this was boxes and boxes and boxes. that may not mean anything but it may mean something. >> it's still unclear if the in too many boxes or if there weren't enough signatures. the state is work over the next 30 days to verify that. we'll find out if the initiatives get on the ballot. a federal judge has given preliminary approval for a multimillion dollar settlement for people living east of the

they want compensation for chemical and radioactive material produced at that plant that is said to have been impacted property values in the area. home owners would get between $12,000 and $14,000. the broncos had the starting quarterback for the first preseason game. >> mark sanchez will take the field first against the bears. this doesn't necessary he mean the quarterback battle is over. >> this is really just the beginning. all along in training camp, they said it depends on hohe preseason games. kubiak said he hadn't decided who would start thursday's game. but it didn't take him long. mark sanchez would get the start that. comes as no surprise. sanchez took the majority of snaps with the first team today. the plan for thursday's game is for safrn toez play the 1st quarter, siemian to play the 2nd quarter, and paxton lynch will play the spire 2nd half. it was a light

broncos taking it easy so everyone will be ready to go in chicago. >> they have been working all season. and the last 14 days, 13 days whatever it's been -- we're tired of each other. coaches tired of each other. we've been going at each other for a long time. now it's time to go with each other. >> thursday's game in chicago kicking off at guys we won't see playing on thursday. donald trump's campaign spends the night on damage control after his last stunning remarks. >> although the second amendment people, maybe there is. if >> did he call for violence against hillary clinton? >> a surprise guest at a hillary clinton rally. why was the father of the orlando nightclub shooter in the crowd? >> new video police hope leads

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donald trump's team forced to once again explain candidate's words, this time north carolina. some people trump was suggesting violence toward hillary clinton. >> hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the second amendment. >> trump told the clinton presidency would result in a gun ban. but gun owners could stop her. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do focus. although the second amendment people, maybe there is. >> clinton's campaign saw his remarks as a dangerous threat.

leadership position, the leadership of the country, should do anything to encourage victims. >> senator warren sent out this biting tweet. >> trump says he was trying to rally gun owners to vote. >> i think you're talking about the power of people that are in favor of the >> and his political allies spent their night on damage control. >> and you have the power to do something about it. what he meant by that was you have the power to vote against her. [ cheering and applause ] >> the secret service is aware of trump's comments. hillary clinton campaigning in florida. another bizarre campaign note.

orlando nightclub gunman was there for a clinton rally last night. he says he's a loyal democrat and supports clinton over trump. his son killed 49 people and wounded more than 50 others in june. the former governor of illinois will not be leaving his colorado prison cell anytime soon. blagojevich is serving a 4-year sentence the court threw asked the judge to reduce his sentence and the judge is declined. >> i'm dumbfounded and flabbergasted at the inability for the judge to see that things are different than they were 4.5 years ago. >> his larceny say he has been

a young boy died will reopen. a 10-year-old boy was killed on the world's tallest waterslide. riders are supposed to be strapped in. it's unclear what went wrong. waterworld says that attraction is twice the size of any of its attractions, and they have a regimented protocol that calls for daily nine babies were moved out of the neonatal intensive care after thee tested positive for a potentially deadly bacteria. they do not however have any symptoms. hospital officials think the bacteria came from water pipes leading into the facility. >> patients in the hospital who tend to get infections are those who are already very, very ill. >> pathologists are investigating the recent deaths

have not found a direct link to the bacteria. new video of a massive nier montreal, quebec, today. it started as a 4-vehicle pile-up, involving a tanker truck carrying hazardous materials. >> one person died. six others were hurt. 1 00 firefighters rushed to the scene. a m after setting a building on fire. two people reported breaking a window. the man throwing in two molotov cocktails. his leg caught fire he want ran away and fell. sometimes justice is swift. [ laughter ] >> denver gets a shot at rain!

they push a little east, right through denver. another one, thunder, lightning, gone. we're try drying out right now, all the showers and thunderst dying down or moving off to the north. lots of dry weather to the west of us. not much going on here. tomorrow we roll it in, start the day with a little sunshine. 2:30 in the afternoon, we start to see the showers and thunderstorms pop up once again. here che thunderstorms, not quite as widespread. friday a different story. cold front comes through, disturbance moves through, look at all the moisture we get in. this is heavy moisture all along the front range. friday may be a good day for some solid rain. also have the stationary front off to the west of us of high pressure will slowly move off to the southeast. this will move into is a cold front, sweep across the state and cool us down. 97s today!

the 2000 record high of 98. blue skies here, a storm moving in. same situation here from roxanne. here is a storm, look at the rain coming out of this storm from don becker, looking south from alameda parkway on green mountain. and when the storms are gone, you get a double rainbow for a nice end to the day! temperatures for tent, mostly in the 50s and -- tonight, mostly in the 50s and 60s for the eastern plains. tomorrow, another hot day on the eastern plains. the last one for a while. 80s and 90s nearing 100 degrees. over the mountains, nice with 70s. 80s and 90s out west. denver tonight mostly

tomorrow an isolated storm, low 90s once again. 87 thursday, friday 81. a pretty good chance for rain. 79 on saturday. hopefully do get some of those rain showers. we dry it out and warm it up into next week! a female elk got her head caught in a toy parks and wildlife freed her after tranquilizing her. they don't like doing it but they

mark sanchez is the guy, for the first quarter of the first p will start thursday's game in chicago. he was all smiles about it. but we will see plenty of trevor siemian and paxton lynch. one guy we won't see is von miller. he is aiming to be back on the field next week when the 49ers come to town. von's

>> physically i'm good. conditioning wise i'm good. i'm ready to play. it's just the mental part of it. some of the mental stuff, some should of the plays. every day i'm at practice, i remember something new i used to do. the rockies making a habit of blowing late leads. first friday they blew a 3-1 lead. last night the rockies blew another 3-1 lead. third the time's the charm? or not. don't blame the offense. charlie blackmon put them up 1-0 early at coors field in game 2 of a 3-game set with the rangers. rockies led 5-1 in the 8th.

beltre with a 2-run double. that would tie things at 5:00. later in the inning, another run for texas. this one off the bat of elvis andrews. 5 runs in the final 2 innings. rocks fall today 7-5. >> just keep grinding. i think we got enough talent out there to get definitely hitting a tough stretch right here with our bullpen. bibelieve the guys will -- but i believe the guys will right the ship. >> guys believe in each other, and is we've been fighting hard. we just go out there, execute those pitches, let the defense do their work, and the guys are

they'd probably take any of them the nuggets have signed their thee 1st round draft picks picks. dwight howard was in denver shooting jumpers this weekend. dwight recently signed a deal with the hawks. the u.s. women's national team taking on colorado tonight. mallory p, you player to ever score in the olympics are in the united states. peyton manning is on a boat

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our favorite video of the day, a playful dolphin at seaworld stealing a woman's ipad. she was able to fish out of the water. quickly stomped off. no word if it still works. [ laughter ] >> from shannon lukens, the eisenhower tunnel, see the car to the far left? losing their bicycle. >> ooh! >> oh, no! >> so other cars ran up, motioned, and it did pull over and they did rescue their bike. [ laughter ] >> thanks for watching cbs4 news tonight. the late show is

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