rain, cooler temperatures coming to the metro area. the first round moving across the front range this afternoon it. has already produced snow in high elevations. images from pike's peak. you can see the snowflakes flying. dave aguilera is tracking the moisture in colorado's weather center. we begin with jeff todd at berthoud pass. the temperature dropping there fast. >> reporter: it is quite chilly for it to still be august 18th. under 30 degrees, 39.8, and the humidity, 94%. we have had some rain for more than the past hour. and quite a bit of fog. it's still too warm to have any snow accumulation but we did find some today. look at some of the video we were able to shoot from up here on berthoud pass. this is looking toward the james peak area. we talked to a lady

really big thunderstorm come through in the early afternoon. she thought that was hail. we checked with chris spears. he said he doesn't think so. he thinks that is snow. that is also something we obviously just saw on pike's peak. we also woke up to a picture from the folks in leadville, snow up on mt. elder. at 11,000 feet, this cold front starts in settle in. we could see some snowt elevation. loveland pass, berthoud pass, even vail pass. quite a bit of weather in the high country. still some storms along the front range. >> that moisture is moving in our direction. we had cool air

at the same time, we had a little bit of moisture overrunning that. that's where the thunderstorms coming from tonight. thunderstorms rolling through boulder county, the next batch of moisture coming through. just moving through allen's park there. and if you look closely, you notice a few of those pink blobs that are showing up that is correct is rain mixed with snow. a little snow at higher elevations. already few flakes in a lot of locations. i don't think we'll have much accumulation. the future cast for denver, overnight, a little shower coming through. after midnight, it starts to move out. we may have a little bit of fog and low cloudiness for the morning commute temperature. and it is going to be a much cooler day tomorrow as well.

a man will spend 20 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's toddler. jones was sentenced this afternoon. karen morfitt is live in arapahoe county. he has never offered an explanation for this crime. >> reporter: exactly and the judge addressed that earlier today in court before agreeing to that 20-year stipulated sentence. he said he hopeha to help the family heal by providing them intrs exactly what happened. on the second anniversary of the death, her killer is sentenced, 20 years behind bars. >> this is not a sentence that i was looking for. >> reporter: deputy district attorney prosecuted the case. against jones. >> reporter: jones was shot and

shooting years ago involving terrence robert. investig say the 2-year-old girl died of internal bleeding while in jones' care he want pled guilty to child abuse resulting in death. >> we do know that the child was violently beaten. it caused her to lose about a third of a liter of blood. and she eventually went into basically a septic shock and died. >> reporter: of the he will not bring that child back, it the bring her some justice. the judge says jones owes the family an explanation. >> i don't understand why it happened or how howe it happened. we still really know how it happened. and i think that's their biggest question right now. >> reporter: a jury did find terrence roberts not guilty of attempted murder in that skwloenz case. as far as jones goes, he was facing a murder charge originally and up to life

lesser charge. it's unclear right now when if he'll be out on patony romo -- out on parole. >> police believe these two women may have information on a shooting outside of aurora. the a former state attorney may soon get a $siblgs hundred,000 check from the city of denver. we first told you an investigation revealed he was paid to sit at home for nearly two years. the payment was a form of retaliation. >> reporter: and not only settle but actually go from

for the way he was treated. >> reporter: denver plans to settle a whistleblowing com they tentatively agreed to pay more than $600,000 to settle his claim ref taliation from the office he worked for. an inmate sued the city for injuries in $3 million that. spirro was first are in nearly two years, he remainod paid leave. he collected more than $200,000 pay even received raises as he was told to stay home. in february. >> where does the buck stop on this thing? >> reporter: now the city is not only settling shapiro's

going one rare step fur they are proerping to send shapiro a letter of apology. it speaks volumes the agreement includes the unusual step of a written apology. >> reporter: before any settlement can has to be approved by state council, and that is expected to happen early next week. martinez is no longer city attorney, and the denver district attorney's office confirmed to us they are reveeing allegations that -- reviewing allegations that he violated the open records act. here's an update the keep

there were people interested in participating in a claksz lawsuit -- class action lawsuit. some say they were never able to reclaim their items after the sweep. they want to be reimbursed. hillary clinton discussed law and order today during a meeting with law enforcement leaders in new york. clinton says it will be a difficult task to repair trust and respect between police officers and their community. on the campaigned in north carolina where he says he's sometimes too honest. >> sometimes in the heat of debate, and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words. or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> in recent weeks, donald trump has been losing ground in key swing states, including

they are bringing more resources into colorado in hopes of reaching more voters. >> resources include new offices. we're at one of those offers that is already getting some unwanted attention because of its neighbors. it is right next door to a chinese massage parlor. and downstairs is a person who is a psychic. the trump campaign says they picked this location first because of the neighborhood. jefferson county is expected to be one. the most important counties in the country. >> reporter: donald trump hopes these field offices will breathe new life into his campaign as colorado begins to look less and less competitive. >> we think the race is getting closer. the gap is getting wider in colorado. >> reporter: the state director

double diggids will tend to trend that way through november. trump is looking to support -- for support as conservatives steer clear of him. mike coffman says he'll stand up for him but hasn't endorsed him. snoop people like mike coffman are defeated and is not working him, that's a bad thing. we think he has to do what it takes to win this election. >> our goil is to build a long relationship with comcol. >> reporter: the campaign left colorado weeks ago. >> we r it's a symbol we think the value of our real soergz on

buy some tv ads after labor day. utah, georgia, and south carolina start to look like swing states. the broncos take on the 49ers this saturday. the quarterback still fighting to be the starter. >> gary kubiak announced trevor siemian will start saturday night. a popular theme is that the q.b. to lose. he has not done enough to win it, and trevor siemian will get his best shot to pull an upset. the second year player who who has never thrown a regular season pass in the nfl will get to state his case saturday night. he'll get the start. and gary kubiak would hike to name a full-time starter

am i? i don't know. we'll see. i'm looking at everything. the leadership, how they handle the team. >> just operate. lead the group. >> just to continue to improvement. stick to the coaching we've gotten during the week, play well, move the team down the field. why the broncos almost had an unplanned two days practice after another fight with the 49ers f. the picture shared around the world. a little boy injured in an ire strike in syria. victims or vandals? police in rio say ryan lock and he other swimmers lied about being robbed. and residents say their lease is too good to be true.

a new disturbing picture emerged from syria providing a new face for a civil war that has killed 400,000 people. this little bisurvived an air strike. some horsepower that picture will spur action. >> reporter: they're images that make this terrible war far away touch hearts close to home.

it was hit by a blast from the sky. what is immediately striking is that this boy is not crying, perhaps because of what happened to him has become part of a daily routine here. >> these pictures are so moving but i thousand is not uncommon. >> this is not uncommon actually. and we're hearing specific photo or video was viral. it's something we're used to, to be honest. >> reporter: image has become a symbol for a call to action. the modern day version of a political cartoon. the real representative of the syrian

theed between barack obama and putin. >> agencies, individuals who want to adopt the kid, thigh thought that he lost his parents. other offers to house the whole family. >> reporter: the boy's parents are believed to have survived the air attack by government or russian forces. he is expected to be olympic athletes r caught in a line. police in brazil said ryan lock and he three of his teammates made up the story about being robbed at gunpoint and they have the video to prove it. footage shows the four american swimmers at a gas station disappearing down a hallway toward the bathroom. they get back to the taxi but they're stopped by a security guard. today rio police filled in the blanks, accusing the

security guard, and is leaving $50 to pay for the damage. it's a dramatically different story from the one ryan lochte told. he said they had been robbed at gunpoint. >> a guy pulled out a gun, heacocked it, put it to my forehead. >> reporter: rio police say the security guard did point a gun but theyay erratic and aggressive. loblthy left before authorities could requestion him. rio's police could still recommend charges. cu boulder students are looking to get out of their lease. residents living at these apartments near campus had to

night. 92 apartments had been modified into four bedrooms. the city said the changes were not safe. the owners made modifications but the rooms lack privacy. >> what i would call the classic bait-and-switch. they were in violation of code and they're scrambling. >> boulder is helping find housing. let's talk more about this weather. >> cooler and wetter. some height rain in addition to the rain going through denver tonight. and a lonely thunderstorm together out there between aspen and montrose going on tonight. the dwgz of the cooler air that came through. low pressure shooting across

spark to the moisture coming in. and up into montana, there's cool air and moisture up here near billings. a cooler day tomorrow, and a better chance of rain coming as well. severe thunderstorms popping later today. it was a hot day today before that system came through. 90 degrees at dia. that's what we made it to in at downtown denver today. a little breezy, north hour. a trace to a half inch of moisture today out of the system that came through. cory had 5/100th of an inch from. over a half inch in bailey. half an inch of rain buena vista. 3 inch was hail there. for tonight the

have a little problem with hoe cloudiness in the morning. and in the afternoon, another surge of moisture comes through. some is of these storms could be rather large. they continue through midnight tomorrow night. it could be a soggy end to the week. and some of those storms have a marginal chance of being severe tomorrow. a lot of 40s and 50s showing up. a lot of 70s showing up here in northeastern colorado. mountains, 89 in grand junction. still a chan for some showers and thermz in the next couple of hours. 50s for the overnight low. 73 for the official high. and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the day. 75 on saturday. quite a few clouds. isolated storms, and 80s return sunday, monday, tuesday, drier, slight chance of late-day thunderstorms each day, and that

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nick has a sore shoulder. must have been some bruised egos. the kepts --ifies kept happening until gary kubiak stopped practice. >> we're too busy with that stuff, personal agend most of the fights were between the broncos' offense, and the 49ers' it was. as chris harris put it, the 49ers' offense wasn't about to start something with the broncos' defense. the d dominated these two days of practice.

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>> rain tonight and tomorrow. >> a little overnight shower tonight. heavy shower >> stephen: good evening. before we begin the show tonight, i need to address a controversy. last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think