we have seen several people put on stretchers and taken into ambulances and so far we're hearing from our cbs station that 19 people are injured. although we don't know the extent the injuries. >> we're awaiting additional information this morning. there is one television station in that area reporting that 1 person died. a bus driver there. we have yet to verify that. we'll watch what's happeningig new york. thanks for joining us this half hour. i'm alan gionet. >> and i'm britt moreno. how about the friday forecast. and you may have noticed it has cooled off. here's chris spears. we want to make our weekend plans. >> you have some. it's not a washout. there's another cool air in montana and wyoming coming today. joel, as it arrives, it will kick up showers and storms like yesterday. we'll outline the timing in a

there. take a look from the area here. this is where there's one accident. it's a side street accident at 38th and fox. that's the good news. one accident is on the side streets. hopefully we can keep it that way. >> joel, thank you so much. this is the news breaking out of brazil this morning. a lawyer for u.s. swimmer james fagan says he'll have to make a $10 through payments involving a robbery scandal and he can leave rio. u.s. swimming officials robbery spectacle on a collapse of judgment and conduct. two american swimmers detained in brazil are headed to the united states. jimmy fagan testified before a brazilian judge last night. brazilian authorities released surveillance video and says it shows the swimmers being

guards after vandalizing a gas station. lochte's attorney says in a statement he's not aware of federal police charges and no matter what happened at that gas station, the swimmers were robbed by people with a gun of people appearing to be law enforcement. whether it was ransom or not, that $400 million payment the united states made to iran in january was held up pending the release of hostages from iran. state department for the first time conceded yesterday that it delayed that payment to remain max leverage -- >>reporter: the state department says the $400 million cash payment the government made to iran came along with a catch. iran wouldn't get the money until the prisoners were freed. >> we sought to retain maximum leverage until after american citizens were released.

jason rezaian. >> former u.s. marine, amir hekmati and businessman saeed abedini. >> republicans in the presidential nominee donald trump had been critical of the obama administration secret plan. >> he said, we don't pay ransom, but we did. he lied about the hostages, openly and brat antly. >> say they waited until the americans had left iran on january 17th before handing over the money. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> the state department maintains that money was owed back to iran from a military equipment deal with a former saud before his over throw in the 1970s. americans are mourning the loss of joint chief of staff john.

association press he died of natural causes last night surrounded by family. he had a 46-year military career and after he -- he worked with south vietnamese leader to reunite separated families and account for missing americans. he was 94-year old. weather and traffic every 10 minutes on the fours. chris, we have big changes. >> and we have a fabulous moon shot. it yesterday morning, but full there. being given to us courtesy of our fabulous photographer eddie castro. we're cooler this morning. if you haven't stepped outside, you'll feel it. 50s across the metropolitan area. 40s in the foothills. lewisville, hanging tough at 60. you'll stay cool today. western slope, you did not feel this front. you're going to have the same weather you've been having. it's crisp and cool.

weather watcher jonathan greens. here in denver, more clouds than sunshine today. a second surge of cool air heading our way from wyoming and montana. as it arrives this afternoon, it will kick up shower and storms. nothing wide spread to break the drought that has gripped our area, but at least advertise moisture. >> we'll take any little bit we can get. normally i would say it's friday so we're going to have a lighter commute. that's not the case today as kids heading back to school and have you -- cars cooperating. the drive times themselves have been omitted. you can see average speeds into the 60s dipping into the 40s. i-76, speeds into the 60s. we're across the denver-metro area, britt, we have 1 side street

the atf and denver police want to talk to these two women about an attempted murder. police believe the women may have information on a shooting outside of an aurora 7-eleven back in may. no one was hurt, but investigators linked the weapon used to five other unsolved violent crimes in the metro area. the women may be driving a small black sedan, possibly a toyota yaris. he's 5 years old in of a long and seemingly nonstop war. this image of this boy emerging from syria provides a new face in the horror of that war. the civil war is responsible for the deaths of 40,000,000 people. rick salinger talked to the reporter of arapahoe. >>reporter: it touched hearts

building after it was hit by a blast from the sky. what is striking is that this boy is not crying, perhaps, part is because what happened to him has become part of the daily routine here. by skype, we reached a syrian man from the a -- >> i understand this is not common. >> this is common actually. we're we wonder why this specific photo or video was viral. it's something we wish to be honest. >> quickly the image of little iran sitting in the ambulance has become a symbol for a call to action. the modern day version of a political cartoon. this tweet says the real representative of the syrian people. another places him in

>> what happened to this? >> individuals who want to adopt the kid. they thought he lost his parents. other offers to host the whole family. >> the boy's parents survived the air attack. little iran is expected to be okay at least physically. >> physically, rick salinger reporting. iran is out of the willing to back the united nation ceasefire. so far that has not happened. an update on a story you saw on first at 4. the city is going to write a check for $400,000. this is apart of an agreement to settle claims of retaliation by the denver -- cbs

and received pay raises during that time as though he wasn't assigned to work. brian maass has been told that city leaders have been a briefed the cold may we had hindered the cantaloupe production season. this morning the farming area is spitting out good ones for consumers. jaime leary is live at the king super at colorado and yale. yon good morning. >>reporter: good morning, yeah. i'm one lucky girl to be on this story this morning. the cantaloupes because the harsh growing season, they're sweeter than ever. here to talk more about that process is diane who is a representative of the grower's association. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm great. i'm eating cantaloupe. it's sweet and delicious. let's talk about the safety precautions to make sure they're high qualities.

you scrub your cantaloupe when you get home. take the scrub brush and go over the cantaloupe. if it's too heavy because some are three, 4 pounds and you want to get it around, put it in a colander in the water. when you cut into your cantaloupe, take your knife and cut through it. when you cut through it and you're done, wipe your knife off or wash your knife before you cut in because -- when you bring this home, it can sit on your counter for 3 days. if you don't eat it after 3 days which most people do because how can you not eat it, then you cut the rint. >> the rocky ford has taken precautions itself as far as

going to get sick. >> michael and his cousin actually went and invested more than $1 million along with the rocky grower's ford association in the packing shed. they have safety managers. they're the gold standard. they go around the country and teach other people what to do with their cantaloupes. one of the things they do is sponsor this cook off we have every year. the cook off this year is going to cream at 30th and tahon from 2:00 to 4:00. we have top chefs from the denver-metro area that's going to make these fantastic cantaloupe creations and it's free. people can come out and eat and taste the wonderful things its chefs are making. we're going to have a great time. this is something that michael does every year. >> beautiful. thank you so much. 2:00 to 4:00 this sunday. come out, taste it. free food. nothing i love more. coming up, we're going to talk about these

live in denver, jaime leary, cbs4 morning news. >> thank you, jaime. let's talk about the broncos. the loser of the broncos quarterback debate won't complain he can't get a fair shot. >> sanchez started and -- the two have been splitting the reps in practice pretty much 50/50 all camp long. gary kubiak said he wanted to make sure they both have the same number of throws quarter and a half on saturday. the coach would like to name a season starting next week. but he wouldn't commit to that. both quarterbacks say their plan remains the same for the second pre-season game. >> just operate and lead the group and like we've been saying all alone, not to turn the ball over and put it in the end zone. >> continue to improve and take to the coaching we have gotten

mistakes we've had against san fran and go and play well and move the team down the field. same deal. you know the drill. >> the quarterback controversy s a lot to pay attention to. you can keep up with the superbowl champs with the help of our website at cbsdenver.com. von miller was busy, but he's working himself out into football shape. >> ? rushing the p attacking some strings of mine ? ? >> how is that for a work out.

good friday morning. you have made it to the end of the week. here's a live view from

that's going to set the town for the unsettled day. temperatures around the state, we're cool this morning. a little cooler than we have been this time -- 50s 60s on the eastern plain. western colorado you did not feel this weather change. this is an east of the rockies event. 55 in south bennett from joy jordan. here's a positive attitude. no rain, but at least it's cooler. joy, we do need the r the northern -- moderate drought developed. this next surge of moisture will not break that drought. hopefully you'll get a little bit where you live. cloudy skies this morning and a few breaks of sunshine between now and noon and watch up here, another surge is going to come in from the north. reinforcing this cooler air mass we have in place as it comes in, it will kick up showers and storms and we could see some locally heavy rain at times and then it will push to the south and start to come to an end later tonight. there is a very small chance for

to severe on that i 25 corridor. we'll have to watch the radar. lower to mid-70s. we had been in the lower 80s and middle 80s the last couple of days. 60s and 70s up. western colorado not -- first pitch could be in jeopardy at the game. watch the radar if you plan to go to the game. we'll have storms in the area. can't s field, but nearby. joel, we'll have a clearing trend as we go through the day and it's back into the 80s which is where we should be this time of year. >> sunny weekend. have you to get through today and it's going to slowdown. southbound coming down into the town. look at the pockets of volumes we have. speeds in the 60s until you get to u.s. 36.

i-225 as well and 28 # 5, c-470, 6th avenue, a lot of good news along the map. the earlier accident we had at fox and 38th have been cleared. we have the accident along 285 in the northbound direction as you get to turkey creek. drastic changes in order for the clinton's -- the president is being criticized for not doing this. he's craig trail. >>reporter: trump made an admission to a crowd in north carolina thursday night. >> 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.

scrutiny. the associated press says it obtained e-mails revealed that paul had a covert operation to sway public opinion in favor of the pro russian government between 2012 and 2014. >> some major changes are coming for hillary clinton's family foundation. former president bill clinton announced thursday he's resign from the board and the foundation will no longer accept corporate and foreign donations if his wife is nominee talked law and order during a meeting with law enforcement leaders in new york. >> at recent events from dallas and baton rouge to milwaukee and across the country, under score how difficult and important the work is ahead of us. we need to work together to bridge our divides not stoke even more decisiveness. >> she acknowledged that it will be a difficult task to repair the bonds of trust and respect

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. there's 2 cases of the zika cases confirmed in the north miami beach of area florida. this brings the cases to 35. health officials in florida were considering making miami beach a zika tran mission zone -- transmission zone. active transmissions are in wind wood florida to the of miami. officials are urging people living in that area to spray themselves and their clothing with mosquito repellent. von miller has a commercial which has the superbowl mvp doing singing and dancing.

team ? ? >> ? i'm rushing the tactor. my rating is 99 ? ? >> he said his dance number was all of his sack numbers put into one routine set to the tune of a justin bieber song. he said he had 40 minutes to learn the team as compared to 5 hours a day he had to practice with "dancing with the stars." >>e is 1/8 of sides of the original mile high stadium on the interstate of the parking lot. it will give fans the chance to relive the history and greatest moments of the venue. the monument -- it has 200 seats in the original mile high. the mile high monument as they're

over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to what's most important to colorado farmers. michael bennet asked what he could do to help, and then worked with republicans to make a farm bill that's making a difference to all farmers in colorado.

we don't always agree, but he values our input. and i do trust michael bennet to look out for us. i'm michael bennet and i approve this message. good friday morning. you're starting off your day with cbs4 morning news.

us from look out mountain. cloud cover over the city. 51 degrees out of fort collins. most of metro denver waking up in the 50s. joel as we go through the day today, expect more clouds than sunshine. more surge of air from the north which will kick up showers and thunderstorms as we go through the afternoon. >> we need those. there's one trouble spot along iliff. that's our one along colorado, you get along 225, nice and wide open. >> joel, thank you so much. it's back to school time and families have an opportunity to brush up on safety lessons. colorado mills has -- you can meet with local officers and the k9-unit and try out the distracted driver simulator or hangout in the kid zone. it's saturday from 10:00 in the morning until 2:00 at the

400-meter hurdles and the -- karen said he wrote his gold -- his gold medal was in 2016. he won a close race. finishing with a time of 47.73 seconds. he won byt 500 of a second. u.s. won 7 of the past 9 titles in hurdles. congratulations to wrestler helen for pulling off an upset. she beat three time defending champ yosheta in the weight class. big day for the u.s. in where hessing. she celebrated by wrapping herself in the flag and climbing over the barriers. way to go. great moment. >> i love seeing that. how -- it's amazing. 56 degrees in denver. the

we have breaking news. images of a bus crash. two transient buses in downtown new york. what a swimmer has to do before he can leave brazil. twitter is cutting off violent -- what they're doing about it. cantaloupe swing. big plans including beer. we'll tell you why these guys are extra sweet this year. they'll coming up on cbs4 morning news. also ahead on cbs4 news at 6, harley davidson is paying the

good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. this is the news at 6:00 this friday morning. we have two breaking stories. two u.s. swimmers leave rio and a third will pay a fine for armed robbery scandal. plus a very serious bus crash in new york, new jersey. we're following that. a live look outside from copter 4 over the city. a we have a cold front filing off the peaks of our daytime heat as some students head back to school today. and some in jeffco as well. some of colorado peaks, we have august -- this is what it looked like yesterday at berthoud pass. we're looking at james peek. snow in august. there it is. we'll put it out there. you can get mad at someone else. i'm alan gionet. >> i'm britt moreno. it's a beautiful site.