we're keeping an eye on storms. you can see a thunderstorms trying to produce some rain over denver right now. >> some pretty angry clouds are there. is there any rain in them. >> there's a little bit of rain and lightning. they're not severe but they're taking a little longer to get started. we have thunderstorms over mainly the northern part of the state and some of those are getting kind of close to the thunderstorms shooting up from confer and bailey all the way up to cheyenne. as we zoom into the denver metro we have a good line of thunderstorms coming in from evergreen into golden and wright along i70 there. so we will see some rain coming through downtown. and the lightning is just getting started. so probably haven't heard the rumbles yet but they're on the way. and from jamestown up to lions we have pockets of heavy rain

rains as well. coming up i'll let you know how long these storms will linger into the evening and i have news of a bigger cool down coming for tomorrow. i'll be back in just a few minutes. >> sounds good dave. developing tonight. the train to the airport is stopped in its track for the second day in a row. electric power issues have passengers taking a detour by bus. this outage has now passed seven hours. >> that's certainly delaying passengers getting to and from the dia. the problem is with the r line between the 61st and pena station and the terminal at dia. rick sellinger at that station. any progress yet? >> i'm afraid not. the trains here are as far as they go at the moment. the passengers get off the train and then they have to get on buses to complete their journey. that may not sound like a big deal. but those that have to go to dia daily, it can be a major inconvenience for them.

their living at d.i.a. the train was supposed to be a godsend. was it? >> a line has being nothing but a nightmare since they started. >> reporter: rebecca nelson works in security at d.i.a. and is expected to be there promptly. >> this is a total joke. i think rtd has just been a mess since i started taking the train. >> bus service will be in place from pena station to denver international airport. >> reporter: once again those going to d.i.a. had to get off the the 61st and pena boulevard station. and get on buses for the final leg. >> making me late for work. it was un -- it wasn't thought out the whole plan. it's just a disaster. this whole train. >> reporter: yesterday what is referred to as a pentograph got caught in the wire. that's a device that goes from

line. rtd is saying a similar problem happen today. >> rtd stands for reason to drive. >> but there probably aren't many officials who find this amusing. as you can imagine this has been going on for several hours now for a second day in a row a delay of that line. and when they will resolve that problem and if it'll be a long term resolution we do not know. live at the 64 rick sellenger. patrick wall has resigned as the head coach of the colorado avs. >> here we are just a few weeks from training camp and wall announcing his vision to the team didn't match that of the front office. certainly seems to have caught everyone off guard. >> it's been a frustrating year for two years for wall and the players. no one saw this coming. the colorado avs need a new coach and they need them now

the play off it is last two years. it appears differences with wall and other team management didn't go the same way. in a statement he wrote to achieve this the vision and coach these conditions are not currently met. the avs now left scrambling as august not a time when many good coaches are available for hire. >> those guys are old friends. we'll see what joe thinks. in an effort to raise the minimum wage in colorado. the initiative will be on the ballot this november. the proposed constitutional amendment would raise the

two antifraking proposals may not make it into the november ballot. we showed you the two empty boxes that didn't contain signatures. there's enough chance the petitions have enough signatures to make it on the ballot, shaun boyd has getting attention like they already made it on the ballot. based on the number of signatures they say they gathered, the chance of this measure making the ballot is remote. they did so with great fanfare as this video from frak free colorado shows.

shows that's unlikely. >> i think they're doomed. >> scott gessler says while you need about 98,000 signatures to make the ballot because at least 30% are rejected for a variety of reasons, you need to submit at least 140,000. by our count the antifraking measures have about 105,000 each. gessler says that they'll unlikely make the ballot. >> for them to be able to do sophistication. a level of up front work. >> their idea is to fool colorado that there's this massive movement that wants to take oil out of the state. >> reporter: they say it's political theater so that organizers can say the system is rigged if they don't make

half empty. >> if there's enough pressure, you can get the signatures. i don't think coloradans want land rights cement into the state constitution. >> the measures would effectively ban 95% of fraking in the five biggest producing counties. even if somehow these initiatives make the ballots, supporters have raised only about $500,000 to opponents 15 million. organizers did not return my secretary of state has until september 7th to certify the petitions. we're live in denver, shaun boyd. new details on the number of americans who smoke marijuana. almost twice as many as three years ago. the new poll showed one in five americans say they smoke pot. that's up by 20%.

calls. marijuana will also remain in the class of drugs the feds say have no accepted medical use. that certainly flies in the face of families and researchers who argue otherwise. andrea florez live at a denver pot shop now. andrea how's the industry here reacting to the deas decision? >> not well. marijuana remains in the same class as harder drugs heroin and lsd. today the d.e.a announced they would reject petitions to allow marijuana for medical use. but one colorado nonprofit providing free spot to veterans is handing out to get them healthy not to get them high. >> cannabis literally saved my life. >> reporter: army veteran roger martin uses medical marijuana to cope with leg pain he's had since the 70s. >> i'm in less leg pain now

milligrams of oxycotin a day. they're scared to death if marijuana or cannabis is declassified that all of a sudden they will lose a lot of funding. so it's all about the money. >> reporter: as a result, martin founded growth for vets a nonprofit that works to get free cannabis into the hands of veterans helping them treat ptsd, traumatic brain injuries and chronic pain. >> we have men and women that are coming to us or more different prescription medications every single day. and some of them have been able to get off of all of the drugs that the v.a. is giving them. >> while the dea maintains marijuana has high potential for abuse. martin believes. >> it can't kill you. it's not nearly as dangerous as the drug cocktails that the va shoves down the throats of these american heros.

than that. >> reporter: recently, martin said that they offered amendments to a v.a. spending bill that would have allowed veterans access to medical marijuana. it passed the house but was stripped of the bill once it got to the committee. >> thanks andrea. it has now been two years since a crash killed the nd her message to the drunk driver who killed her friend. it's taken all day long but thunderstorms are finally moving through the denver area. take a look at this show from the look out camera. the look out camera. that's a shower moving ,,

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figure out a dollar amount on the damage. jefferson county has the second highest number of car crashes caused by distracted driving. last year jeffco had over 200 of them. a crash only takes sends to save lives. >> reporter: lyndsey peachtree is excited for her baby girl. >> she's growing really good too. because i was worried about that with all the injuries. >> reporter: injuries sustained two years ago in this crash at 75th and gosworth. lyndsey had abroken arm, broken brokens in her ankle and foot, a broken femur. she's had half a dozen surgeries. >> i have one leg shorter.

go through. >> reporter: she also misses her friend. head lights came at them head on. lyndsey says it all happened in seconds. >> it's traumatizing still to this day. being able to remember it as clearly as i do. >> reporter: police say david botnum was driving drunk and texting in those seconds before the crash. he pled guilty. lyndsey spoke at the sentencing. >> i'm so sorry something this i wish there was something, anything i could have done to save your precious life that night. >> it was hard, it was probably like the hardest thing to do. but i felt like i spoke for linea. >> lyndsey says she's satisfied with the sentence even though nothing will take back what happened. >> it's pretty fresh. feels like i almost just popped into a new life when it

just started a whole new life. with like different goals. >> she was a 17-year-old high school student, now she's about to be a new mom. >> i'm happy. >> the baby is due in seven weeks. two days after the anniversary of the accident. she'll name her little girl evelyn linea sanchez. >> lyndsey wants everyone to think twice before getting behind a wheel drunk or texting and driving. the consue safe driving is a big part of the safety fair. mothers against drunk drivers will be out there. the safety fair is this saturday at the jefferson county fairgrounds. >> dave aguil era we just had flores out there reporting in the rain downtown. >> it's warm moist air over

here across the eastern plains. so you see the thunderstorms. they were light and forming and now starting to get going. nothing severe yet but we do have a little pocket of pretty good rain. moderate to rain moving right through the metro area right now. that's downtown denver right there. and you already hear the thunder rumbling if you're in downtown areas. not a huge amount of lightning but it is out there. you may want to stay inside for a little while. until these storms pass by. bigger thunderstorms also love land, greeley, firestone. those will be moving in your direction. they'll be south of fort collins as well. another block of thunderstorms from remer down to fort morgan with lightning enbedded in some of those as well. and they are welcomed thunderstorms because we were warm today. not as hot as it has been. but it was still pretty warm. 89degrees in denver. we made it to boulder. pueblo cooled down to 97 degrees today. temperatures will be more

sherwood has had 90 degrees. joy has not seen the rain yet but it is moving your way. i'm hoping these clouds clear out tonight. because tonight the meteor shower peaks. we may see these storms move out of here by then. maybe the best show we've had since 2009 if you get out togh tomorrow morning will be mostly clear. i think the clouds will clear up by 1:00, 2:00 tomorrow morning to see that meteor shower tonight. we start mostly sunny early and thunderstorms fire up. with cooler air still pulling in. a more comfortable day tomorrow and a good chance of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. lows tonight 50s and 60s in the lower elevations and highs tomorrow won't be as high as they have been. this is the big story. cooler temperatures 80s and 70s here with mostly 70s in the high country. still a nice forecast tonight. scattered showers and

for the overnight low. tomorrow, look at that. 82. a lot more comfortable day. early sun, afternoon thunderstorms. we keep it in the 80s through the weekend with scattered storms on saturday. isolated storms on sunday. then we warm back up into the 80s on monday and tuesday. normal high this time of year is about 88, 89 degrees. so that's not too crazy. >> low 80s will feel pretty good. >> i think so. rockies bullpen blows another lead but they don't blow the game. next to that startling news that

brought to you by the lodge casino. your first choice for fun. seems like patrick wahl had enough. >> i guess so. tired of losing didn't want to go through another tough season. he may have been on the hot seat if they were playing poorly again. apparently it drop overnight

he announced his vision did not match up to the rest of the organizations and he was not getting enough input. and the word was still out if wahl could be a successful nhl coach. on a conference call today, the gm said that he didn't think there were too many big disagreements with him and patrick wahl. >> we didn't have an issue. we were friends as players, we're friends now. with the called me today, informed me the last two or three weeks he was wrestling with this. and he just let me know he was going to resign today. i just asked him, if he wanted to give it some more thought and he said he was very comfortable with that. and you know what i totally respect that. >> i can tell you that probably over 90% of the guys absolutely loved playing for patty. we respected him.

coach. and we will all really miss him. >> so what was your reaction to the news today. what our sports 4 sports question. was it a huge loss, a needed change or horrible timing. the rangers scored three in the ninth. tuesday rangers scored four in the eighth. thursday, rangers scored three in the th again today and charlie blackmons third. the rangers rally finally caught the rockies in the seventh. mitch moreland tied it in the seventh. elvis andrus gave texas the lead. rangers scored four in the seventh to go up by seven.

ankle no problem here. clears the bases. rockies upnine. rockies snap a four game losing streak with a 12-9 win. you know until today's win the rockies week was a lot like this. watch a pirates fan going for a foul ball his face and shirt. lucky for him someone had a fair shirt for him to trade out. finally this is bizarre. greg marshall going absolutely bizerck. that did not stop him from absolutely losing it after he

wichita state's final game. >> feisty. >> shockers if they make the final four. what is he going to do then. >> i don't know. police in broomfield talking about an alarming increase in robberies. the glaring mistake by homeowners that's making their homes targets. >> and while the fire ,, with prism on the go from centurylink, you can get your favorite shows right on your devices pretty much everywhere you go. um, paul, that was great. i like how you can walk around and watch your shows. and your delivery really evokes "the frozen north". meets "un giorno nella vita." or early film noir. like "whispering city." but the french version. i'm just gonna take a drumstick there. hmm, it's a bit derivative. mom: and your suggestion? "the pottery maker"? son: no. "the summer of my despondency."

two people dead following this massive fire at an apartment building in maryland. started with a large explosion that sent dozens of people were hurt. adam may is joining us tonight, some people are still missing we hear. >> reporter: absolutely. this blast was huge and firefighters have not been able to pinpoint the amount of people that are unaccounted for. but we have been speaking with family members who have been waiting for news all day long. we've identified three people are still missing and that includes a 3-year-old boy.

story apartment complex in silver spring maryland was massive. shaking the surrounding area and scattering debris a couple hundred feet away. >> at first we heard a big boom. like a big loud noise and my aunt went outside and checked. and then she saw like a lot of fire outside. >> reporter: hundreds of firefighters rushed to the chaotic scene just before midnight. >> firefighters responded and were met with heavy fire conditions and multiple rescues to be made. ey make multiple rescues and transported 31 people to the hospital. >> reporter: investigators have not determined what caused the explosion. three firefighters were hurt but have always been released from the hospital. several people remain missing as relatives wait for answers. melba casada's aunt and uncle live in the building and have not been located.