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.

she's very old, she's very sick and it's hard for us to tell her, your son may be dead. >> teams are looking to secure the building which is in danger of collapsing. and you're looking live right now as investigators and fire crews continue to pick through the rubble back there. one man i just spoke to who is missing his brother said at this point he is losing hope that his brother will be found alive. fire officials still not identifying a cause for this. but residents here suspect a natural gas leak. many of them say that they've smelled the odor here in this area for the last couple of weeks and in fact, filed complaints. we're live north of the nation's capital, adam may. >> adam, thank you. a fire burning at a tire recycling plant in new york forced hundreds of people to evacuate. this is the news across america at 6:30. that fire got going last night at high thread international. that's in the town of lock

look at that smoke. no one was hurt. no near by homes were damaged. but those residents were evacuate as a precaution. investigators are still looking into what started it. we're learning more about the officer who shot and killed a 73-year-old woman during a police demonstration in florida. 28-year-old lee cole was accused of using excessive force with his police dog in the past. cole shot the woman with round during a shoot, don't shoot scenario. the gun was supposed to be loaded with blanks. >> we're learning more about the man who climbed trump tower yesterday using those big suction cups to cling to the building. he's been identified as 19-year- old steven regatta of new jersey. he climbed for two hours before officers yanked him off of the building. regatta is charged with

he posted a video saying he wanted to meet with donald trump. the candidate wasn't there. both candidates are focusing on the economy today. >> hillary clinton toured a plant. this comes after donald trump outlined his economic plan in a speech a few days ago. not surprisingly the candidates have different philosophies about tax rates. clinton wants tax earners to pay more while cuts for everyone. >> then there's trump's tax plan. he would give trillions in tax cuts to big corporations. millionaires and wall street money managers. that would explode our national debt. >> clinton plans to release her 2015 tax returns in the coming days. trump hasn't released his returns saying it would be inappropriate while they're being audited.

trying to keep homeowners from becoming victims. they say in most cases, thieves go through the open garage doors. >> it's a daily occurrence. >> reporter: officer odessen say open garages are an invitation to thieves looking to steal from gain easy access to your house. >> ours is open a lot. but my husband is usually out here. >> i was driving through your neighborhood and noticed your garage door was open. we've been experienced an up tick in garage burglaries. it only takes a few seconds. >> i went to mow my lawn and found my wife had moved my lawn mower on me. it turns out that one of us had left the garage door opener and someone had helped themselves

knows the risk of forgetting to shut the garage. >> i know what it feels to be a victim of one of these crimes. >> reporter: while it's not unlawful to leave your garage door open, police say it's unwise. >> all right, coming up, why the military may have manipulated some of its intelligence about the fight against isis. >> well, if you're out and about this afternoon you definitely want rain drops that keep falling on your head. and your toes and shoulders and just about everything else. coming up i'll let you know long the storms will last tonight.

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at large. >> so many times i come home and mariah swears to me that i'm upset. but now i know i'm out of words. she has 5,000 to go. >> it's a conversation no one seems to be listening to. >> see a man doesn't just watch the tv. no a man, actually becomes the tv. >> defen wonderful examination of how men and women simply drive each other crazy. >> men do not understand women and women do not understand men. we thought we would have had it figured out. but nothing has changed since the cave time. we so want to understand the opposite sex but we have not yet figured them out. >> reporter: and it's a comedy everyone can see, watch and

look at both sexes. i always tell people the only prerequisite to enjoy the show is to love someone enough to be frustrated by them at some point. >> reporter: i can say that both you and your spouse will spend a lot of time doing this. >> audiences always do, they're always doing this to each other throughout the whole show. >> reporter: the delightful one man show defending the cave man runs through august 28th at the garner galeria ea greg moody. >> defending the caveman now on stage at the denver center. for tickets head to our website cbs denver.com. we have a link right into the denver center box office. we've also got some rain rolling through denver right now. dave aguilera next with that forecast. >> if you have a news tip or story idea we want to hear from

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newborns. >> families are mourning the deaths of their children. preliminary reports suggest that the fire was caused by an electric fault. some are calling for the resignation of the country's health minister. and a report says over the last couple of intelligence reports from centcom contradicted the governments statements. >> an olympic athlete reports feeling sick after competing in rio's polluted bay. belgium sailer vanacher was evaluated after reported

associated high levels of sewage in that water. and showers are moving in. >> some showers are moving out, some are moving in. you may be getting some rain in that rain barrel. >> we need it. thanks. >> taking a look outside now. here's a live shot. you see rain drops still falling there. there's a little sun on the west side but you can see over denver pushing out toward we still have pretty good showers. few thunderstorms out west. nothing big there. the bigger storms now are kind of congregationing. any where where there's green it's light green. the reds and yellows are a little moderate to heavy rains. so golden picking up good rain. we just had a good swath moving over downtown. now it's headed to d.i. a. it's not severe just a good

we have heavy rains from loveland. there's a little bit of lightning and south of grealy a little patch of rain moving in. a line from fort morgan. we have a few storms in northern colorado springs into the black forest going on as well. so some good rains here in the south lands this afternoon. 89 was the high at the airport and downtown. just one point above what's normal for this time of year. a nice cool down where it's raining in downtown it's 70 here. d.i.a. has not quiet seen the cool down. it's now at 82 degrees. herb crop is our weather

and after the moon goes down, will be the best for meteor storm watching. you may want to stay up to get a look at that. one or two of those could be severe from denver down toward trinidad. we'll watch for that late in the day tomorrow. highs the tomorrow, this is the big news. 80s and 70s along the eastern plains. # -- 70s in thunderstorms tonight. we'll be in the upper 50s for the overnight low. tomorrow early sun, afternoon storms and only 82 for the afternoon high to finish off the week. weekend ahead low to mid-80s. scattered to isolated thunderstorms each afternoon. monday and tuesday upper 80s to start next week and mostly sunny skies on supbld. -- sunday. so it'll be a pretty nice day. nothing severe, just a nice cooling. >> we need it. we'll take it.

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today thanks to good results from the emergency companies and retailers. dow gained 117 points, nasdaq grew by 23. the s & p gained 10. macy's revealedded its second quarter sales fell more than revealed. the retailer does plan to close 100 of its department stores. macy's has struggled to keep up with the popularity of online shopping. the retailer will shut down 50% of its struggling stores. macy's did not say what stores or how many employees will be it did say it will happen early next year. shoppers should watch out for great closing sales at the end of the year. new information on the name of the face behind the huffington post. there she is. the she plans to launch a new wellness company called thrive global. the u.s. fertility rate now at its lowest point ever. the government started tracking

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right now construction on the way for a brand new indoor water park. it'll be the great wolf lodge resort. will have a 50,000 square foot water park. more than 300 suites and nine restaurants. this is video from company's finished resorts. families can also enjoy a dry playing area that has a bowling alley, arcade and climbing wall. the resort is scheduled to open toward the end of this year. >> another outage on the a line train to the plane. that's where we begin tonight's reporter brief. >> i'm rick sellinger at the 69th and pena rtd line. for the second time in two days

train and get on to buses in order to get to the airport. for the second time, the issue is electrical. we're told by rtd that this involves the pentegrap that connects to the power line. >> i'm andrea florez in denver where many are reacting to the deas decision to classify marijuana as a dangerous drug but one colorado nonprofit handing out veterans say they're handing it out now to get them high but to get -- out not to get them high but to get them healthy. roger martin founder of growth for vets says cannabis ended his dependence on prescription painkillers. he started the nonprofit to help veterans get treatment for ptsd by providing free pot. the dea maintains marijuana has

colorful. >> yeah a little rain moving through. this will be out of here probably within the hour. even though we start to dry out just a little bit. i82 tomorrow. so much more comfortable day and a good chance for thunderstorms late again. >> thank you for watching colorado's newschannel. >> stay dry.

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