and bayad. that's a heavily traveled area there to the south along federal. a deadly wrong way crash has killed a driver and injured seven people. our howard nathan talked with another driver who watched it happen and nearly got hit himself. >> reporter: there was not much left of this red toyota tacoma after the driver passed george going the wrong way. >> it happened atmore began and >> reporter: he was driving south in the middle lane of parker road when the wrong way driver speeding north in the southbound lane next to the grassy median came close to sideswiping his georgia driver side mirror. >> how close did he come to hitting you? >> two or three inches maybe. >> reporter: that close? >> that close. i could have reached out and touched his car.

tacoma clipped one vehicle and went airborne over two people on a motorcycle and then collided head on with another vehicle. the tacoma caught fire. parker police say they found small bottles of alcohol at the scene. >> the guy was either severely intoxicated that he had no idea what he was doing or he was on some kind of suicide mission. >> reporter: george says he was driving 50 miles per hour. >> he passed me so fast. if i had to he was going about 65 miles per hour. >> reporter: are you feeling lucky the day after? >> well, i definitely feel lucky. a little bit shaken. >> i can imagine. howard nathan reporting there. we could learn the wrong way drivers identity sometime day. republican donald trump says he's setting up for a major speech of immigration this week. still not clear what he wants to

more question over her time at the state department. here's hena daniels. >> reporter: donald trump took to social media to detail plans for a major speech on immigration in arizona wednesday before big crowds. the development comes amid speculation the republican candidate is softening some of his hard lined proposals including plans to create a deportation force. appearing on cnn sunday, running mate mike pence maintd >> we will have a mechanism for dealing with people in the country in a humane way. it's going to be fair but tough but no path to legalization unless people leave the country. >> reporter: trump is facing an uphill climb trying to win over minority voters. the effort grew more difficult over the weekend after the republican nominee tweeted about the murder of dwayne wade's

>> he's been trying to make the case that the increase in random crime and senseless murders is unacceptable to all of us. >> reporter: hillary clinton is trying to paint trump as hostile towards minorities while dealing with criticism between the clinton foundation and state department. >> it's not pay to play unless someone gave someone 50 cents for a meeting. >> reporter: the democratic nominee is off trail again today holding fundraisers with wealthy donors. hena daniels, cbs4 news. the terminal at la airport is back up and running this morning after a scare which turned out to be a false alarm about an active shooter. people were running in panic last night after reports of a gunmen opening fire that came in

police say it was loud noises of some sort. they did question this man wearing a zorro costume but wasn't certain if he had a connection to the situation. some colorado military members waking up in their own bed this morning. family and friends greeted the group at the william reid special events center at february and others since last december. >> being away from this lovely woman all that time is heartbreaking. >> we actually just got married before. they would ask me what's it like to be married and we would laugh and say i couldn't tell you. >> the soldiers had been in afghanistan in support of operation freedom. time now for weather and traffic every ten minutes on the four's. good morning, off to a fairly mild start.

junction. cloudy across the front range. a couple thunderstorms in the far syrian plains starting to wrap up. a pocket of heavy rainfall and rain in the central valley areas and thunderstorms activity. downtown there may be a sprinkle or two but south of town near castle rock and south of that towards colorado springs there's rainfall this morning scattering to gunnison. our bus stop fork today, kids are fine here in the denver area and colorado springs. fairly mild with clouds and temperatures in the 60s. we're going to stay that way throughout the morning. a chance for more rain and quick thunderstorms later this afternoon. let's check in with joel, good morning. good morning, we're watching from our tech center cam this morning. the volume we have in both directions traveling along i-25

the roadway this morning as people get to work and kids to school. all that volume not causing the slowing we typically see this time of day. police activity going on federal. we have seen a long line of purple along sheridan. that's good news we are seeing traffic flow through there but sheridan and 38th look for police we expect broncos head coach gary kubiak to talk today and we might find out if he's made a decision about a starting quarterback for the broncos season and opening game coming up in 11 days or so. the talk around the nfl is trevor siemian has earned the job. he had a touchdown and interception on saturday night but not sure if that hit the

but led a scoring drive. the one guy who sat on the bench was mark sanchez. he left before speaking with reporters after watching the dwam on the sidelines. -- -- game. >> i have to continue the evacuation process and decide what i think is best for the team. they ask me the question about experience. that's hard for me to answer but i have two of them with no experience. that's the way it is. we got young guys battling and getting better and i got to sit down and decide what i think is best for the group. i feel confident. that's up to him ultimately. it's a better question for him. we'll see what happens. >> obviously i think i could play. i don't think i'm where i'm going to be later on down the road when i have a full grasp of the offense and understand it well but i can play and do what i knead to do for the team.

broncos at cbsdenver.com with daily reports including the latest on wide receiver cody lattimer's injury. head to the sports section and click on broncos. counties across colorado are getting serious about marijuana growing in homes. douglas county passed one of the toughest laws in the state restricting how much pot you can grow. jennifer bryce has a preview. it was just very strong and it was permeating the whole entireei story but too scared to show her face. law enforcement in douglas county says rental homes are becoming a haven for pot cultivation. now they're cracking down. i'll tell you about the new rules. >> people out there are renting properties to people for basically nothing more than to grow marijuana. >> there's people who don't want it growing near their home. >> i don't want to smell the smell. >> you can sea the full report

to limit it tonight on cbs4 news. a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people at a wedding south of baghdad. iraqi officials say four other suicide bombers were involved here. officials say the attackers were members of isis. a suicide car bombing killed at least 45 government troops in yemen staged near two schools in a mosque getting ready to saudi arabia. terror groups expanded in that region. 3 million people have been displaced in that country because of all the unrest. belgium investigators spent the morning coming through an explosion scene that happened at belgium's criminal institute in brussels. a car drove through a security barrier. no one was hurt but there were reports of a bomb outside the building. those apparently were false.

since the suicide bombs in march that killed 32 people. 63 degrees in denver if you're up this morning. >> if you're still asleep, i know you will get up. parents saying no to vaccines. we'll look at that controversy coming up.

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about vaccines. a new study suggests more parents requesting to delay their children's vaccines or refusing to vaccine then all together. the number of parents refusing vaccines jumped to 1% between two # 06 and 2013. some parents consider vaccines unnecessary. fewer parents are expressing concern about a connection to a tim. doctors at arkansas tracked teenager athletes recovering from concussions and found add le sents who continued to play after a concussion took twice as long to recover as those who sat on the sidelines. children who specialize in a single sport at a young age may face a higher risk of injury, stress, and even burn out according to a report in the journal of pediatrics. doctors recommend children play multiple sports waiting until their late high school years to

legend. charles osgood announced yesterday he is retiring as an anchor on cbs mornings. >> some of you may have heard rumors that i won't be hosting the sunday morning broadcast much longer. i'm here to tell you the rumors are true. for years now people, even friends and family, have been asking me why i keep doing this co i am pushing 84. it's just that it's been such a joy doing it. >> osgood is going to continue to deliver his radio segments, "the osgood file" and we understand he will still make occasional appearances on the cbs morning show. time for weather and traffic and lauren, you're tracking rain that could come? there actually is rain in the state already. temperatures to begin the day.

and 44 in aspen. 63 in boulder, denver and greeley and 61 in burlington. satellite and radar western slope is quiet but we have rain around the denver area and really all the way towards the southwest corner and a few thunderstorms rolling through parts of the eastern plains but as we zoom in, not much for us. it's pretty cloudy outside. not a bad start to the day. once you head south of town lone tree area near castle rock morning and down near colorado springs you can see scattered towards gunnison there are showers this morning. heavy rainfall over an inch in some areas down near colorado springs early this morning. taking a look at futurecast for today, that morning rain is easing up but we're not totally done. some sunshine here in denver and a chance for rain as we head into the afternoon hours and you

up towards the northwestern corner into mesa county and south of denver picking up heavier rainfall. a few storms in denver and a few sprinkles by tomorrow morning and a chance for more rain tomorrow and quick thunderstorms producing smaller hail and heavier rain. you may get brief heavy rainfall from these storms. temperatures today, 82 in denver and greeley. fairly mild over the next couple of days. 72 in eagle and 70 in aspen and 86 in grand junction. for your five dayas low 80s and nice. scattered tomorrows tomorrow and more isolated on wednesday and drier to end the work week with temperatures in the upper 80s. good morning, i want to take you out to live pictures from shawn chitnis at federal and alameda where there is police activity. it did cause some lane closures. shawn saying there's no lane closures right now.

along federal between alameda out to bayad this morning. let me take you across the denver metro area. the trouble spot along sheridan has been cleared. a little issue as you get to the north of 285 there but not causing any issues along 285 itself. southbound c-470 and i-70 nice and wide open. you will like the drive times we have today. still plenty of space between the cars the west in the eastbound direction of i-70 speeds into the 60s and we're seeing eastbound along c-470 as well. an 11-minute drive to get from wadsworth to i-25. a community is mourning two beloved nuns found dead in their home. a suspect has confessed to this terrible crime. hena daniels has the latest this morning. >> reporter: mourners stop by saint thomas church sunday

sisters murdered. >> she helped all the people in the community. >> reporter: the women were nurses who served at a clinic in the poorest county in mississippi. friends say they were inseparable. >> these were people that treated everybody with dignity and that care and compassion. >> reporter: police discovered their bodies after they didn't show up for work last thursday. they were stabbed to death. the murder shocked theht knit community of dur rant we have never had anything like this happen before. >> reporter: police arrested 46-year old rodney sanders over the weekend after he confessed to killing the woman. he had within in trouble before for felony dui and armed robbery. >> this is one of the poorest counties in mississippi. >> reporter: still unclear why he chose these women of faith

>> sanders is now charged with two counts of capital murder. the circus is heading back to town. more on why the elephants are out. >> reporter: for more than 130 years al fants have been part of the ringling brothers circus experience but not anymore -- -- elephants. with their latest show, "out of this world" they step towards a human only circus much along the lines of circumstance sol cirque du soleil. american tradition has always had a focus on animal acts, the bigger and more impressive the better. but times and attitudes have changed towards animal acts and concerns have grown. ringling brothers is catching

focus on conservation. as many people know, elephants in the wild are severely endangered. there's few organizations that are legitimately combatting the issue and we have been at it since 1995." out of this wrld" still features a lion and tiger act and a dog act and horse back riding act smau placed in an outer space which the circus is move. >> it's the show that's the star. the show has always been the star. it's never really been any individual stars. there's people who are highlights in the show and animals that are highlights and features in the show that draw the public in but if you really think about, it's always a show that's a star. >> more human thrill acts and music and effects, just no elephants to lead the way.

ringling conservation center in florida. the circus is still bright and colorful and fun and thrilling eye candy but now it's catching up to an audience that is more aware and paying more attention. i'm greg moody for cbs4 news. ringling brothers presented "out of this world" september 10th for tickets and information head to our website, cbsdenver.com and there's a to the circus box office.

great picture coming in there of the moon. let's take a look at temperatures. 63 in denver, boulder and greeley. 48 in avon and 56 degrees as we head towards grand junction. on our satellite and radar, western said of the state is

from the south. a few showers south of denver as you head towards the mountains. a little bit of snow in the southern mountains and a few thunderstorms on the far eastern plains. looking at the futurecast, the chance for rain coming in later this afternoon sxevening. most of it will stay south of denver but still the possibility of some heading towards us. we'll time this out more on the statewide level coming up. police activity. there's a heavy police presence near alameda. shawn chitnis is there telling us the side streets have been blocked and a lot of curiosity slowing. thousands in the mexican

yesterday at the age of 66. he was set to perform in el paso, texas but doctors say he died of natural causes in california. he was a leading singer and songwriter. . that horror flick pulled off a surprise one at the box office the weekend making more than $26 million. suicide squad slipped in at number two 63 degrees this morning in denver and rain is on the way

this morning. >> reporter: a new fleet of buses set to replace the mall ride. we have a sneak peek of what's inside. the tragic scene of a crash that left one pedestrian dead. where and what happened as we get the latest from police. a moment of panic last airport. gary kubiak could update us on the quarterback situation who could be closer to getting the

false reports of gun fire forced passengers to run late last night at los angeles airport. a deadly hit-and-run in denver, what we know about the driver police are l a calmer morning but we could see scattered showers later today. good morning, we hope you had a great weekend. i'm britt moreno. >> and i'm alan gionet. lauren is here as we take a look at the weather. it's certainly nice outside in denver. let's look at satellite and radar. there's rain in the south side of denver and a few thunderstorms in the eastern plains that are starting to ease