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.

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 this is looking toward the james peak area. we talked to a lady who was in the river park area. she told us this area had a 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

elder. at 11,000 feet, this cold front starts in settle in. we could see some snow at that 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 roll through here today. that's sitting on top of us. 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

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 picking up a 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 cloudiness for the morning commute temperature. and it is going to be a much cooler day tomorrow as well. a specific high for you is on the way. 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

today in court before agreeing to that 20-year stipulated sentence. he said he hope that jones can find it in his heart 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: attorney prosecuted the case. against jones. >> reporter: jones was shot and paralyzed in a high profile 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

liter of blood. and she eventually went into basically a septic shock and died. >> reporter: of the 20 years, 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 attempted murder in that skwloenz case. as far as jones goes, he was facing a murder charge originally and up to life in prison. he did plead to that 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

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 re settle but actually go from there. city plans to send a letter to shapiro apologizing 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

an inmate sued the city for injuries in $3 million that. spirro was first placed on leave. 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 not only settling shapiro's claim that he was punished for exposing official misconduct but going one rare step fur they are proerping to send shapiro a letter of apology. it speaks volumes the agreement

>> reporter: before any settlement can be finalized, it 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. upon of a homeless camp in march. 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

says it will be a difficult task to repair trust and respect between police officers and their community. on the republican side, donald trump 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, regret it. >> in recent weeks, donald trump has been losing ground in key swing states, including colorado. stan bush has been following the campaign. 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

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 showed the poll trump down 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

snoop people like mike coffman are defeated and is not working with 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 coloradoks >> we r it's a symbol we think the value of our real soergz on the ground. >> trump's campaign intends to 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 starter. >> gary kubiak announced trevor siemian will start saturday night. a popular theme is that the q.b. job is mark sanchez's 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 start. and gary kubiak would hike to name a full-time starter next week. >> would you like to? yeah. 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

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

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everything. ? 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.

away touch hearts close to home. the 5-year-old was whisked from the rubble of a building after 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 p but i thousand is not uncommon. >> this is not uncommon actually. and we're hearing in syria, we wonder why this 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.

political cartoon. the real representative of the syrian people. in other maces, see 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 okay. 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

guard. today rio police filled in the blanks, accusing the americans of vandalizing the bathroom, arguing with 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 forehead. >> reporter: rio police say the security guard did point a gun but they say because he was erratic and aggressive. loblthy left before authorities could requestion him. rio's police

looking to get out of their lease. residents living at these apartments near campus had to find another place to stay last 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 classic bait-and-switch. they were in violation of code and they're scrambling. >> boulder is helping students 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

on tonight. the dwgz of the cooler air that came through. low pressure shooting across wyoming. that's going to add the 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. that's what we made it to in at downtown denver today. a little breezy, north northeast wind at 11 miles per 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

3 inch was hail there. for tonight the storms will end, but we might 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. 60s and 70s in the 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

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 agendas. it's still football. 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.

.s >> a former q.b. trying to revise his career as a receiver. that was his only catch. he had a pair of half. falcons won. patriots hosting the bearings. remember how the broncos shut out biers last week? the bears scored 11 points in the first quarter against the pats. tom brady cut his thumb with his swimmers. so jimmy garafolo got the start. baseball and guess who's coming to court this weekend,

the 108-year curse is in theory. they are 34 games above .500. baseball! even really bad teams win 60 games. this week off to a pretty good start. rockies put up 22 runs, went 2 of thee, and the series against the nationals. >> huge. that's a really good team. all series. what do you get when you

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madden 17 he want song a song about it. ? [ music ] ? ? >> von told us today that the dance number was a combination of all the different sack dances put interest is why not? he said he had only about 40 minutes to learn the routine.

>> rain tonight and tomorrow. >> a little overnight shower tonight.

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