great to have you with us. this is the news on cbs news. a look downtown. it is the 23rd of august. i'm alan gionet. good to have you here. >> thanks for joining us. i'm britt moreno. we're expecting some thunderstorms later today. let's get over to lauren and figure out the timeline for this. good morning. >> good morning. some of those storms especially in our south western corner into the western slope could cause flooding because we had heavier rainfall

i'll talk about our chances for storms in the denver area, but first let's check with joel. >> east of town, you can see northbound along arapahoe road to i-225, that's a 6-minute drive somebody along i-225 from parker road to i-25, we have speeds into the 60s, britt. thank you, joel. new this morning, two people are dead in a head on crash in loveland. it happened shortly after highway 34 just east of i-25. police say a man driving a pickup truck was going the wrong way. he slammed into a woman in another car and both of them died. police say they don't know why the man was going the wrong way. they normally don't have a voice, but today they will be heard. the secretary of state is spear heading a push to get homeless people to vote. cbs4 jaime leary is live for people can register at the mlk library in aurora.

that event happens right here today. many people might not know this, but there are options for homeless. they can register to vote and get information. where ever they consider a home base in a public location they may reside or any rescue mission. the denver rescue mission has 75 registered voters, but officials say more of the homeless community need to learn about their options. secretary of state wayne williams is going to be speaking at the event this it's called homelessness. it's a way to get them to exercise their freedom to vote. so many factors can contribute to homelessness. some are family break ups and illnesses and job losses. there's an outreach to homeless along the corridor to let them know about this morning's event. though they're registering those in aurora this morning, the push is for all of

officials on hand here this morning to help people register to vote. the event kicks off at 8:00 a.m. live in aurora, jaime leary, cbs4 morning news. thanks, jaime. campaign comes back to colorado as kaine meets with business leaders in lakewood. that comes after controversy looms over clinton and her use of a private e-mail server. here's brian web with the latest. >>reporter: appearing on jimmy kimmel last night, debate her republican opponent. >> i am drawing on my experience in elementary school. >> before addressing the latest chapter in her enduring e-mail saga. >> we have released, i don't know, 30,000 plus, so what's a few more. >> a judge ordered the state department to release close to 15,000 previously undisclosed e-mails and documents recovered

investigation. clinton campaign aides say they're not sure what's in the documents, but support her work-related e-mails being released. at a campaign event in ohio, trump sought to keep the line light on clinton's foundation. mounting claims saying its foreign donors got special treatment. >> it's done and the sigca amount of time it was done requires an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor immediately, immediately, immediately. >> the republican nominee also made a pitch to minority voters. >> what do you have to lose? i will straighten it out. we'll get rid of the crime. you'll be able to walk down the street without getting shot. >> a new monmouth poll shows clinton leading trump among

voters, 72 to 10%. brian web, cbs news. >> clinton is going to be on the west coast. trump was going to make a speech on thursday in colorado. that's scratched. he'll be at a fundraiser in aspen. let's check weather and traffic. >> let's take an outside this morning where skies are clear in denver. breezy at times and we're going to see a wind today. we could see gust up to 20 miles-an-hour. temperatures are fairly mild. it is going to be cooler today. that will be 52 in greeley. 64 in denver. 72 in boulder and denver i should say 64. 40 in leadville. our weather watcher in parker reporting 59 degrees and says watch out for the kids heading to school. we have to adjust to the kids getting back to school. your bus stop, we'll talk about that in a moment. rain towards the south western corner. the rest of us on the dry side. bus

skies. a breeze as well and for your hour-by-hour forecast, temperatures in the 80s by noon and we stay there today. upper 80s with a chance of isolated storms this evening. let's check with joel, good morning. lauren, it's happening. the morning commute getting underway. i-76, i-270, you can see the stream of headlights as you travel along i-76 itself. along 270, you have flashing lights as they pick up construction. along i-270 -- somebody along i-25, we have speeds into the0s to i-70, we'll see slowing due to volume. that's what we're seeing along the tech center in the southbound direction. we're across the denver-metro area, a couple of side street trouble spots along walsworth as they've been doing construction work north of 6th avenue. on highway, loading up, but not slowing down too bad. two children are back home with their mother this morning after they were kidnapped in a car jacking. their mom left them in the vehicle while she went into a store and shopped.

here. >>reporter: this powerful photo captures the moment officers are able to take two young children into their arms. for nearly 30 minutes, the 3-month-old and 3-year old girl was riding along in this suv. >> they were happy the kids weren't hurt. >> their mother ran inside the family dollar leaving the girls in the suv with it running. federal heights police say while she was inside she trying to get into her suv. when she tried to stop her, he pushed her away and took off. a short time later he was spotted along i-25 and police went after him. >> i think this one is the more dramatic ones. >> daniel saw the end of that chase. >> the police were going after him passing the jeep and the suspect jumped out and ran into a tall grass. >> a professional photographer snapped these photos capturing not only the suspect's arrest

relief as they're reunited with their daughters. >> mother was emotional and she was in tear and there was a family member walking with her. she's gasping for air. >> that was karen morfitt reporting. 34-year old eric is expected to face several charges including car theft and kidnapping. as for the mom, it's unclear if she'll be charged for leaving the kids in the suv. the state patrol tells us figuring out why a car hit and killed a father at i-76 and federal could take tim at first they believe it was street racing and now state patrol says there's a question about that or a car who t-boned the loving father was trying to beat a light. todd with the latest. >>reporter: he was turning from northbound federal to i-76 on ramp as another car was speeding toward him. >> he ran the red light and at that point, a northbound vehicle was making a left turn. he got t-boned, struck into the wall.

john jefferson as j.j.. and his family is still shocked saying they lost the most loving, and caring father. the family is concerned with how long this investigation is taking. they feel like they're being left out of the loop. colorado state patrol told us today they're not sure if people were racing, but speed is certainly a factor in the wreck. the 22-year old driver dominic sand val and his 16-year old passenger are in the hospital. criminal charges are exed more days if not weeks. troopers hope to re-interview some of the witnesses to get a clear picture of exactly what happened here. >> jeff todd reporting there. that crash took place near cdot yard which has cameras, but they're live feeds. they don't record video. if you're waking up, it's pretty warm outside at 73 degrees. and those thunderstorms are coming later today. we're talking about president obama. he's coming to

flooding. coming up, why some criticize the president for not

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weather and traffic right now. lauren whitney is with us. we have a lot of change. >> we have cooler temperatures on the way. and a chance for rain. live look outside this morning. orange over the horizon. per --owe -- perfect for us. high country and a lot of 48s for steamboat, gunnison and outf 62 in grand junction. ryan palmer in use ray reporting 54 degrees. beautiful start to the day in the south western area. the front range and eastern plains, we're on the dry side. there's rain trying to move into the south western corner of the state. they're going to see more rain through the morning hours and the rain could get heavier. because of that we have flash flood watches starting at noon for mesa county

please be extra careful. the ground is saturated and we're going to hard more. future cast, its rain increases in our south western corner. the rain could get heavy into the central mountains and the high peaks, may get rain-snow mix. we may get a few thunderstorms and rain showers to move through for us. we may have a chance of rain tomorrow morning, so we're could be wet and scattered showers along the denver area and east. the rain should clear into the evening hours and the south eastern area could get rain. 88 in denver and greeley. hot on the eastern plains in the 90s. 66 in frisco. 70 in aspen and 78 in grand junction today. for your 5-day forecast tomorrow tomorrow, we're in the mid-70s. 74 and 76 on thursday. let's check with joel, how is the

we have a lot of headlights whether you're traveling along i-270 or i-76. look around the bin. southbound coming into town, speeds into the 60s right now. dip into the 50s passed 104th. 120th out to i-70, that's a 9-minute drive. we're watching westbound along i-76. not turning yellow yet, but it will in the next quarter hour. this is our cbs4 tech cam. southbound heavy, but as you go through the bridges both directions. really from hamden to c-470 loading up this morning. we have trouble spots in lakewood. we'll zoom in here. we have highland closed that's right at walsworth and that's due to some ongoing road work. with very slowing in the southbound direction. there's a water main break at 23rd that's closed off walsworth. this is a

to get into town or to get into golden. avoid this area and head along kipling or sheridan. do avoid walsworth. president obama heads to louisiana today where he'll see the damage left behind from the deadly flood shall. many question why it took the president so long to get to louisiana. brian web has its trip and the recovery >>reporter: president obama will visit baton rooj. he has faced criticism for not cutting short a 2-week vacation on martha's vineyard to visit the flood zone. >> the president has been focused on the response on the ground and for those whose lives have been turned upside down. >> 2 feet of rain fell in some areas in 48 hours. damaging an estimated 60,000 homes and killing 13 people. nearly 3,000

shelters. >> all of my treasures and memories on the side of the road. and we don't know what we're going to do. >> republican presidential candidate donald trump visited the area late last week, and criticized the president's absence. >> obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> but louisiana's democratic governor defended the president's arrival time citing a high profile visit. >> i am not complaining in any way about our federal partnership. the president is welcome to visit whenever he wants to visit. >> hillary clinton says she'll go to the area when her presence does not disrupt emergency response efforts. ryan webb for cbs news. well, we know who the starter is for saturday pre-season game. that's as

campaign manager. >> nice poll there like the link. the guy is trevor siemian. here with more on the coach's decision is romi bean. good morning. >> good morning, guys. gary kubiak has not named a starting quarterback for the regular season. but on monday, he did put trevor siemian on the inside track. kubiak said siemian will start against the la rams. keep in mind, the third pre-season game is dress rehearsal for the starters. the reason reason cube as hasn't named a starting quarterback yesterday because sanchez or siemian hasn't had the -- not the right kind. he had two fumbles on saturday, sanchez has three turnovers. sanchez looked like he won the

camp, but he struggled. what you have here is an 8th year player who will be a free agent at the end of the season who believed this was his first chance to be a starter in 4 years. the pressure is on sanchez and that's a lot for if i player to deal with. trevor siemian with one quality half of football from winning the starting job. he can't throw an interception like saturday night. siemian called that a bad decision by all three broncos quarterbacks are the reasons kubiak hasn't made his final decision. guys. >> all right, romi, do you think all of this gives lynch a chance to win the job. the rocky has a shot too, hey. >> paxton lynch is back in the mix. he was the third-string for a while. yesterday, gary kubiak said that trevor siemian will start, but he didn't say who is going to follow him which

spot and more likely now we could see him potentially some time later in the season. >> okay, romi, thank you so much. you can hear more from romi this thursday on cbs

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beautiful view. let's look at look out mountain where the sun is almost up. there's a few clouds to start. breezy at times, but temperatures are fairly mild. 64 degrees here in denver. 73 in boulevard. 59 in burlington. 6 3 in la junta. 48 in avon and junction. jeff our weather watcher in burlington reporting 57 degrees and says it's going to be a great day and it should be. it's going to be hot. satellite showing the state is quiet. we have rain from parts of mesa county into the south western corner of the state and there's a better chance of rain later today where it could get heavy. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. and for your hour-by-hour forecast, by noon, 85 degrees. and then we're in the 80s by 2:00.

moment. first let's check with joel. we're watching a trouble spot as apart of the morning commute. if you live in the wheat ridge or lakewood area, you can see along always worth you have the purple and you never want to see the purpose. that's in the southbound direction of walsworth but it's in the northbound direction as we have a water main break at -- copter 4 is launching. >> joel, thank you book a trip and save a little money. august 23rd is considered cheap flight day. it's when the most expensive fares fall as demand goes down. travel experts say ticket prices could drop by 10 to 20%. stephen colbert and the late show are back. he had his interview with ryan lochte. >> i over exaggerated the story. i over exaggerated some parts.

what happened. >> [indiscernible]. >> i wasn't lying to a certain extent. i over exaggerated what was happened. >> he over exaggerated, okay. here's an example, if he said he understood what the word lie means, that would be a bit of an over exaggeration and now the whole -- [cheers and applause] >> i think we're applauding lying. i'm notur ryan lochte as the crazy american with the weird hair who keeps making stuff up and causing an international incident which is not how an olympian acts. that's how a presidential candidate acts. get it straight. [cheers and applause] >> oh, man. i feel like over exaggerated is redone want. >> it is a bit. here's ahead, a bad crash

overnight. what one driver was doing when he slammed into another car. the state department releases new numbers on how many people are infected with the zika virus in colorado. we have those numbers for you next. trump making a stop later this week. the latest from the campaign trail, ahead and jaime is live. >>reporter: giving homeless a voice, that's the goal this morning within an initiative getting them to register to vote. that's coming up on >>reporter: also ahead, it looks like airlines need to get up to speed with new technology or customers could suffer from more outages.,, david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body.

i felt such a sense of outrage. "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them.

good morning, everyone. this is the news at 6:00. details that started this wild fire burning in northern colorado. plus getting their voices heard. copter 4 just launched. here's what we're seeing. traffic moving okay in this area. the sun not yet up. today we start a cooling trend and we're going to see a surge of thunderstorms across the state later for waking up with us. i'm britt moreno. >> i'm alan gionet. lauren is here right now. lauren, this is a big temperature change. >> oh, yes, from yesterday when we hit 93 degrees. tomorrow we may hit 73. 20-degree drop headed our way. we'll be cooler, but the change comes tomorrow. this morning, it's nice outside. 62 in denver. 58 in burlington and we have 59 in lamar. 41 in leadville. 48 in steamboat. and 61 in grand junction. we'll talk about the