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7-year-old girl did not know how to swim. her mother had left for about an hour. she went to a walmart down the street, until authorities called her. snooe >> she was faye down on the pool. >> my daughter looked at me and yelled and said there little girl in the pool not moving >> reporter: residents raced to help. >> she was laying right here, she had foam coming from her mouth. i just started cpr on her immediately. >> reporter: she was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> i feel bad, for the mom and for the kids. and the little one, she was so devastated. >> reporter: 27-year-old eve was arrested last night for

unattended. late friday, the district attorney said charges were not appropriate at this time. the residents who raced to help are still coping with the young girl's death. >> it was really horrible. [ crying ] >> i struggled with that. i don't know why they were out here alone. >> reporter: the mother has been released from jail. in a district attorney's office, they said this matter is still under investigation, and charges for one or more persons could still be coming. kurt vogue you will is the fire -- is the fire chief in eagle. he and his wife are accused of stealing over $120,000 from the fire

>> reporter: kurt vehicle og, you l was fire chief here for six years. he may have stealing from this department for the majority of that time. more than $120,000 is missing from the city of sterling. kurt and his wife hope are accused of stealing it. >> it happened within a week of his departure. there were questions from the new chief whoed what this into the public eye during flooding in 2014. >> i think it's awesome. i love technology. and this is just -- it's amazing >> reporter: he left the department in april to become the fire chief in eagle county. shortly after he left, city officials discovered a number of bookkeeping errors, and that firefighting equipment was missing. >> we found some inconsistencies with some of our invoices, and that was enough that we asked the district attorney's office to take a look at it.

case, we know they are facing a number of changes, including felony theft, and trying to influence a public service. the city manager says that money could have been used elsewhere. >> if you look at $120,000, that's a couple pieces of equipment, a couple employees. so it's not something to brush off. >> reporter: kurt has been put on leave by the fire department. their board of directors will consider taking stronger action at their meeting next week. uber drivers are nervous after a road rage shooting. an, you berdriver was shot at downtown early this morning. law enforcement caught up with the suspect near highway 52 in

after a convicted rape nist boulder avoided -- rapist in boulder avoided a prison sentence. why the victim thinks the sentence is not too lenient. >> she made it clear she wanted -- prison for her attacker. she said she was asking the judge to have as much mercy for her rapist as he did for me the night of the sexual assault, which was none. she went on to say the rapist chose to ruin life but like the sexual assault itself, "my life has been ruined without my consent." today she called the sentence light but indicated it was worth the trauma of trial hoping to make sure wilkerson could never attack again. our analyst says the punishment in this case is

>> reporter: boulder judge is patrick intourld now part of an online petition. >> reporter: a jury found 22-year-old austin wilkerson guilty in the 2014 rape of a family student. >> judges give a lot of judgment. >> reporter: a legal analyst says if the judge had sente been able to decide when if ever wilkerson would get out. >> under colorado law, if somebody is convicted of a class 3 felony, sex offense like this, and the judge is would sentence him to prison, the judge is doesn't have any control over how long that sentence could be >> reporter: in determining sentencing, adopted -- indeterminant sentencing, adopted in 1998, leaves that

>> it really does create some issues >> reporter: on probation, wilkerson will spend the next 20 years registered as a sex offender, limited in where he can live, work, and be around. >> i can tell you that i've had clients who have said to me i would rather sit in jail than be on this type of sex offense probation. so i don't believe this is a lenient sentence. i don't believe it's a slap on the wrist. >> in colorado, be impeached but not recalled. the judge sentenced wilkerson to jail for two years with work release during the day is that. is tougher than what presentencing investigators recommended. the search for a man who tried to sexually assume a woman in fort collins. a hispanic man

she was able to fight him off and escape. the man who spiod women in a changing room is sentenced. a shopper at the reebok store in the castle rock outlet caught him spying on her. police found photos on his phone of multiple women in a changing room. donald trump does some backpeddling after founder of isis. >> obviously being sarcastic. then! then! but not that sarcastic to beness hundreds with you. >> controversies seem to arrive daily. and they have divided the party. there is a gop conference in denver happening this weekend weekend. many republicans are worried. >> reporter: republicans are becoming increasingly worried

house as well as the senate. and the party is fracturing over whether to support trump or someone else. tonight they did not get the pep talk they hoped for. >> reporter: hours before his keynote speech to unify conservatives, glen beck call republicans' future a host cause. >> under everybody, all the clowns in washington, the gop is over. >> reporter: beck spoke at the red state gathering, a convention meant to organize election. instead he scolded conservatives as more and more republicans try to distance themselves from donald trump's campaign. >> he's absolutely untrollable. now that they realize, oh, crap, he won't listen us, now suddenly they're against him. you made your bed. enjoy it while it lasts. >> reporter: his sharp words come as many republicans are still looking for a presidential candidate they can support. >> i'll tell you where i'm at.

support hillary clinton. >> reporter: after more than two weeks of controversy, dozens of prominent republicans signed an open letter begging the republican national commit tow divert money from trump's campaign into races in the senate and house. trump's poll numbers slipping, already bracing for hillary clinton to win. >> heaven forbid she is elected president, we need a conservative senate, a conservative congress to make sure that she is heldch >> reporter: it would appear those calls to the party to distance itself from the nominee are falling on deaf ears. earlier today trump stood on stage with the republican chairman in an effort to project party unity. flames burned close to structures and vehicles. didn't burn anything down though.

center. another dry stretch ahead of us! >> we're gonna get a little rain. overwhelm we have a warming trend that starts tomorrow. high pressure starts to move in. a little warmer tomorrow, a lot warmer on sunday into monday. >> counting signatures. denver voters might see two pot questions on the november ballot. >> deadly flooding in the deep south. >> rolled down his windows. i put him on my shoulder and swam for the bank. >> latest on the emergency situation in louisiana. >> ama >> an unwanted house guest! >> 106 inches. >> what's next for this giant gator! >> what got in into wade phillips last night? and if a rockies player hits three home runs in a game, the rockies should win, right?

>> marijuana is legal in colorado. smoking is in bars is not. that might change this fall. >> reporter: these petitions are the latest in an effort to create places to socially consumer marijuana in denver outside of homes. one ballot proposal would allow it certain bars, and other businesses. >> these are adults who enjoy using cannabis. they should have the same rights and ability to congregate and socialize with other adults as those who consume alcohol. >> reporter: it would allow vaping but no marijuana cigarette smoking inside remember only outside under strict conditions remember the other t -- conditions. the other initiative backed by the organization for the reform ever marijuana laws offers a different type of place to use

club -- be in a private club setting so much a person would have to fill out a membership form for each business. >> reporter: there are a few places in the denver area that already allow people to bring in their own marijuana and tuz together. but not in the city of denver. one initiative on would require approval of registered neighborhood groups. >> really what we're looking for is a couple places in neighborhoods that want them to test the waters. >> what happens if both of these lot of interesting places for people to consume marijuana. >> the denver election division will take a few weeks to determine if each petition has enough signatures. a developing story from thailand. investigators combed the scene of bombings that killed at least four people. dozens were hurt, include something tourists.

they were in plants on a busy street. not clear who carried out attack. voofz a high school chase -- video of a high school chase in houston. police surrounded the truck with guns drawn as they tried to get the suspect out of the truck. they eventually arrested him. not clear why he ran from police. alligator in his garage. >> the man listens outside houston. says he came within a foot of that thing. he tried wrangling it. no luck. emergency crews stepped in. they were able to capture the gator and haul it away to a child life refuge. louisiana is under a state of emergency. intense storms dumped as much as 3 inch was rain an hour in some parts.

>> reporter: rains flooded out businesses and entire neighborhoods. drivers ditched their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. >> my house is completely flooded. >> reporter: emergency crews went after those who could not get out on their own, using boats and high-water vehicle s to take stranded neighbors and peds to higher ground. >> where is all this water supposed to did? >> reporter: in baton the rising flood waters proved deadry. a 69-year-old man killed after he was swept away trying to escape his car. vernon was his friend. >> he got over, and he went under and didn't come back up >> reporter: several drivers came up to help an elderly man trapped in his car. >> i told him don't panic. i'm here for you. i'm gonna get you out these waters. >> reporter: nearly 70 roads closed. officials are warning

effect through sunday morning. here in colorado, the first sign of the next season. webcams show a dusting of snow atop pike's peak this morning. not uncommon for colorado's highest mountains to sport occasional summer snow. denver's earliest measurable snow fell september 3rd, 1961. any snow in the forecast in denver? [ laughter ] >> not in the next four days, or even more. it's gonna be a while for that. we do have some thunderstorms tonight. this is the scenario we'll see the next couple of nights. dry out west, mountains, northeast primarily. thunderstorms have been congregating from the palmer divide to raton pass here. lightning now, south of colorado, into pueblo, and outside of trinidad. we had a

a flood advisory there for a brief time tonight. moisture going through that area. the big picture, cooler air slid in today, a nice, nice heat relieve. high pressure as far to move in from vegas into utah. that will bring back some more heat furs. not a huge warmup for us. 2-5 degrees warmer in northeastern colorado than we were today as the high comes in. and there's ail a little moisture trickling in through that high. not gonna be a washout or anything like that. 83 is the high today. very comfortable at dia-and downtown. normal high about 88 degrees. and this morning, no wonder they had snow on pike's peak! our tomorrow was 52 to start, 5:45 this morning. southeast wind the

rising. ron has 66 degrees tonight. in lafayette, nancy johnson still warm at 70 degrees this evening. from pete miller, he caught some of the meteor showers last night. a peak last night. still visible this evening. if you look in the northeast sky, best view away from city lights, as soon as the moon sets after 1:00 in the morning. still a few before that. but the better view is after midnight tonight. mostly sunny to start day. very spotty thunderstorms popping in the afternoon. chances for thunderstorms will be biggest into sterling. tonight 40s in the mountains, 50s and 60s down low. and tomorrow, a few degrees warmer. still lots of 80s showing up here in the east, 70s

partly cloudy tonight. 50s for the overnight low. another cool, comfortable night. mostly sunny tomorrow. a few isolated storms, a 10% chance or less of that. 85 ought to be the official high tomorrow. and a little warmer on sunday at 88. near 90 on monday. upper 80s to start the week. only isolated afternoon thunderstorms. 10% chance each day. and that carries us all the way into there's no way where we're gonna get soaked. >> certainly no snow. [ laughter ] let's talk more about the meteor shower. this is video from spain. the specks of tuft are a trail in the comet's wake. they travel at a mind-blowing 132 miles per hour and burn up.

just watching the rockies this week has been exhausting. so many blown leads, tough losses, and will players ld philadelphia. 3 errors on the field. and the phillies just wore out jon gray! especially cesar hernandez who had a pair of 13 at-bats against gray. this turned the 5th into a real long one! gray was at 110 pitches for the night when he gave up a grand slam to ryan howard and he knew it. maybe david dahl a bit worn out as well. 0 for 4

to start his career comes to an end. he'll share the major league record. a bright spot for mr. charles cobb blackmon! not enough. the rockies lost 10-6. >> it was a good streak. i know. i think i hit every game. just didn't have really great at-bats. too anxiety. it is what it is. i'll bounce back tomorrow. a-rod playing his final game with the yankees tonight. the baseball gods sent a thunderstorm to rain on his farewell parade. he had an rbi double in his first at-bat and was cheered by yankees fans all tight night. he makes what seems like a forced exit from the team with almost two months left in the season. i don't know if wade phillips was mad at john knocks

have some fun, but phillips had the the denver defense loose! broncos didn't even play their four bro bowlers. everybody who took the field caused problems for the bears! broncos blitzing throughout the night. taled sacks, including -- tallied 7 sack, including a safety. they put on a show! >> whatever you put out on the field statement. i think we sheed today we're gonna have a pretty good team f. >> we're always gonna have people who criticize us. we don't listen to any of those things. we come out every day to practice, work together, and that's the reason is to come out and do what we did tonight. >> we asked to you grade the broncos last night. 53% gave them an a. 23% took the why are

option. more broncos news. safety keogh suspended. he can finish training camp and preseason with the broncos. the question will be if the team wants to add him to the roster after week 2. not

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that might have been confusing if you were watching the canadian broadcast. >> ryan lochte is going for it! teleps doesn't look like he has this one in him. ryan lochte, going for his 13th career medal! saving the best for last! finally he's going to do it! ryan lochte is going to beat michael fellps in this event! phelps miefrnlt even make the penal code -- might not i apologize i got my lanes mixed up. >> oh! [ laughter ] >> he was so excited about lochte winning. >> well, we all make mistakes.

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