seeing showers sweep through parts of the front range. rain on highway 285. more on doppler 4,000. cave, it's gonna get a little cooler too. >> cooler air just slid in along with the rai at dia, and some showers and storms. you can see thunderstorms scattered across the state. that first wave of moisture that came through along with the cooler air, some showers, light stuff in the foothills and toward aurora. there's the front leaning through. look for that arcing

over dia, pushing south. that's the colder air coming in mixing with the showers. awe i don't look for severe weather today. but tomorrow, it's gonna be cooler, we'll have more production going on, and we'll have a chance of severe weather. firefighters continue their battle with a grass fire in larimer county. the fire yesterday. the fire is 75% contained. smoke is still visible. there is no need to call 911. a boulder apartment complex making changes to its unit after the building was deemed uninhabitable. dozens of student his to move out. this afternoon

apartment complex. the problem is not over yet >> reporter: not what you want before the school year starts. students start school on monday remember a lot of students living here tell me while they should be getting ready for the first day of school, most are looking to get out of leases they say were too good to be true. >> reporter: clair alexander says sharing a small room isn't what she had in mine for her sophomore year. she's one of hundreds aloud back into their apartments thursday despite being forced out after the city deemed them unlivable wednesday afternoon. >> at the time of our inspection, there were 96 units in the building, and they were all approved to be 2-broom units >> reporter: the call from a

the units were designed to split the buildings in half against city code. >> this is not what we're paying for, and not what i signed my lease for >> reporter: some quickly caught on. >> it's the classic bait-and-switch. they showed you a product, they were in violatn they're scrambling. >> reporter: alexander is not necessarily out of a flays to live, her roommate situation is up in the air. >> if that's a way to get out, i'm definitely going to. >> reporter: it's unclear if the owners will face any violation for mirroring the unit

receive a tax reimbursement for the inconvenience. an update on a story you saw here first. denver is expected to write a check for $600,000 to its former and senior city attorney to settle claims of retaliation by the city attorney's office on paid leave for two years and was ordered to stay at home. denver city council members have been briefed on the settlement. denver could face a lawsuit for break up these homeless camps. police and deputies in to remove tents sitting on sidewalks in the ball park neighborhood.

class action lawsuit. >> reporter: the attorney says all he needs is five people to be the face of this federal lawsuit. in march, time had run out. the city was fed up with complaints about the filth that belonged to homeless sxeem it was collected. >> clothe, shushgs hijackets >> reporter: he had roughly $500 in personal possessions that were removed and that he could never retrieve. >> i watched my stuff did in a dump truck. and i asked for my stuff off the truck and he told me it was too late. >> reporter: the city says it gave the homes advanced warning and 60 day days to retrieve their possessions. only one person went to the possession site.

we needed our stuff. some of us had stuff to go do and we come back to nothing >> reporter: disturbing days in march for the homeless. that's why in man is collecting name farris clakdz lawsuit. >> this -- class action lawsuit. >> the rights they have other rights we all have. >> reporter: attorney williams says a similar lawsuit against fresno california and the california department of transportation paid out $2 million, but it's not about money. it's about constitutional rights. >> i'm tired ever being on the street, being removed by the cops. >> reporter: the city says tell not comment on a pending or possible lawsuit. we do have new details on this crash that seriously injured an adams county deputy.

this morning. the deputy's unmarked car dlieded with a semi -- collided with a semi. it spilled some fuel onto the road temperature took some is time to clear it up. a new disturbing picture has emerged from syria, providing a new face for the horror of this war. the war has killed 400,000 people. side of this conflict are hoping that a picture can change the world. that somehow this will help bring the conflict to an end. >> reporter: images that make this terrible war far away touch hearts close to home. whisked from the rubble of a building after it was hurt by a blast from the sky. what is so immediately striking is that

perhaps because what happened to him has become part of the daily routine here. we reached a syrian man from the aleppo media center. >> the pictures are so moving, but i understand this is not uncommon. >> this is very common actually. we're here in sir yashgs we wonder why this specific photo or video was viral. it'shi to. >> reporter: quickly the image of amran sitting in the ambulance has become a symbol for a call to action. the modern day version of a political cartoon. the real representative of the syrian people. another place is see theed between barack obama and vladimir putin. >> what has happened as a result of this? >> agencies, individuals who want adopt the kid, they thought

other offers to house the whole family. >> reporter: the boy's parents are believed to have survived the attack by government or russian forces. he is expected to be okay. at least physically. the boy has been released from the hospital. the russians have indicated they will back a un-brokered cease-fire but that hasn't happened. project cure visited the region this summer. project cure has sent more than $1 half marathon in supplies to that region. two communities say their water has been tainted by the peterson air force base. how a training exercise released toxic chemicals into the ground water. we're getting our first look inside the new replica of the old mile high stadium.

thunderstorms popping out there. dry in denver, we may see smfr the storms work their way in 89, later tonight and into friday.

the air force is changing the phone they use to fires. toxic chemicals from the foam may have tainted water in two communities. the current foam was used at peterson air force base. it chemicals linked to cancer and other illnesses. they were detected in . they will install fitters in the affected water system. the latest on an effort to tax sugary drinks in boulder. it's not clear the measure will make the ballot come november. it would impose an two $0.02 per ounce tax on sugary beverages. the colorado beverage association says the ballot

>> i don't know anybody who's been con a woman who received hundred was units of blood gets a chance to thank the people who saved her life. seeee blood after having an emergency c-section four years ago. she isn't the only one giving thanks. >> jump! >> reporter: they savor their time together. >> what is the best thing about your mom? >> that she plays with me. >> reporter: four years ago, anne clair had heart problems.

she needed 270 units of blood from 300 different people. >> i have thought about them often. >> reporter: on this day at a banquet, she gets to meet them. and they get to meet the woman they helped save. >> it's amazing. truly amazing. >> thank you so much for coming. >> reporter: there were hugs and tears and thank yous. even from little ann clair. 92 they say thank you, then i say thank you. >> that's talk about what we've got in the weather. >> that makes you smile, and i think our weather outside will make you smile. a hot day today. 90 degrees at dia today. greely, fort collins, the same. ray 79 degrees. look at where we are.

collins. 72 in greeley. a few communities in the 60s. dia, 13 degrees cooler than it was just a few hours ago. change is taking place. and is a few thunderstorms on five doppler 4,000 as well. just a couple of sprinkles coming out of jefferson county. bigger rain earlier in the afternoon pushed out, fell apart as that cool air from sterling to limon, a few thunderstorms, nothing severe. and a few in the western mountains, vail, there's another wave coming through. and those may make it to into denver later tonight. and above 11,000 feet later this evening into tomorrow morning, some of the storms may drop a little light snow on somest mountains. in pueblo and colorado springs, canyon city, a few thunderstorms there. same deal, some lightning but nothing severe.

is 17 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. for tonight, we'll have a few showers and thunderstorms. and this is the map of midnight tonight. we could have a few sprinkles leading into the evening and into tomorrow morning. by the time we get going tomorrow morning, maybe a little cloudiness and fog across the eastern plains. and by the afternoon, another surge comes in. there's a low in wyoming that'll bringt these storms could be heavy from denver to southeastern colorado. during the afternoon and evening tomorrow. in fact there's a marginal chance from fort collins to the southeast, small chance some of them could be severe tomorrow. cool tonight, 40s and 50s on the weather map. tomorrow, 70s from limon,

colince. we'll be in the 50s. showers and thunderstorms continuing into the late evening hours. 73 officially for the high. a good chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. looking ahead to start the weekend. 75 on saturday. isolated thunderstorms. i think we dry out just a little bit, and we return to the 80s by sunday with isolated afternoon thunderstorms. a little more sunshine back in the picture. a replica of the oiled mile high stadium is fedding ready for fans. size. it includes tribute s to former players and fans. the monument will be open to ticket holders, free to check out. trevor siemian and mark safshez say -- sanchez say the

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the quarterback controversy still continues. >> it does. we'll have to wait at least another week to know who's gonna be the starter for the regular season. we know who's starting on saturday. loser of the derby won't complain he didn't get a fair shot. trevor siemian will start the second one again the 49ers. the two have been splitting the reps in practice pretty much 50/50 all of camp. and gary kubiak wants to make sure they have about the same number of throws during the games. both will play roughly a quarter.5 on saturday. he'd like to name a starter next week but would not commit to that. both said their

group. >> just to continue to improve. stick to the coaching we've got 39 week, and clean up any mistakes this week against san francisco. >> who do you want to win the job? we asked who you think will win it, but it is a popularity contest. broncos practice with the 49ers things are competitive and at times nasty between the offense and defense oother field, another dominating day for the denver d. there's not an actual scoreboard during practice. the coaches do keep tabs on how all of their players perform. >> and our numbers are phenomenal. our stats yesterday, television just ridiculous. so you can definitely say we're on the right page. headed in the right direction like we were

>> interceptions, sack, everything really. not allowing touchdowns. championship football. rockies host the best team in baseball in the cubs this weekend. and at this point it would not surprise me if they won all three or lost all three! you never know with the rockies. they were the hottest team in baseball to finish july then they imploded to start august. so far this week, they had a lead against the nationals and went series. >> it's huge. it's a really good team. one of the best teams in the league. and we really played well the whole series. and it's good to get a series win against those guy guys. taking his time getting tagged out. trying to let a runner advance and the pitcher taking his time. until hawkins

comes loose, and everybody ended up being safe. minor league baseball at its best. the summer of von coming to an end. it's back to football now. not before ea released quite the madden commercial feature miller. ? ? [ music ] ? ? >> this dance these different sack dances put into one fantastic routine set to the tune of a justin bieber song. and for the record he said all of the outfits were chosen for him. although i could see him having every one of those. fantastic. >> he has some good dance moves. new video showing ryan lochte holding his hands up in the their brazil. but it isn't an armed robbery. what police

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through colorado right now. places like this, berthoud pass, could see a dursting of snow. dave aguilera live in the weather center for us. and it'll feel like fall tonight. >> definitely will. we'll drop into the low 50s. and before we're done, we may have a night into the 40s, which we'll show you later. current temperatures right now, 72 in greeley, 74 at dia. made it to 90 degrees today. here is doppler 4,000 now, live for you. and we have a good batch of moisture now moving through the mountains here. aspen, vail, glenwood springs. another batch back here between meeker and sexes ever grand junction -- sections of grand junction. these are kind of falling apart on the eastern plains. this will be gravitating through tonight. at the same time what we have is cooler air coming in out of wyoming.

bringing in this change that we've been talking about all week long. at the moment, just a few sprinkles around denver. i think the rush hour is gonna be okay. we might have a little rain though later in the evening that may continue until midnight tonight. and that will have an effect on your morning commute tomorrow. i'll tell you how come hadding up. the latest on the investigation into an agented armed robbery in rio. police in brazil says ryan lochte d robbed at gunpoint. investigators are questioning three american swimmers who were with him that night. >> reporter: footage shows four olympic swimmers early sunday morning at a rio gas station. at one point, the men are seen leaving their taxi and sorry made to sit on the ground with their hands in the air. a brazilian official says this is a confrontation with a security guard over damage to a bathroom.