this is the news, thursday, september 15. i am alan gionet. good to have you with us. i am britt moreno. we appreciate you waking up with us. let's go to lauren and find out what is on tap today in the it has been cool to the were a cold front has been dropping through. lots of 30s to the western slope and 38 in craig and beaker. 43 avon. 52 dia. we will talk more about the temperatures and the weekend in a moment. a drive across denver metro. let's keep it that way. southbound into town, speeds in the 60s. eastbound on 36, check out the cameras, that is wide open. speeds into the 50s in both directions to commerce city. everybody has been talking

driver should prepare for another day of slow going. there are more lane closures on sixth avenue and i 70 is not spared. cdot is working to repair the bridge but drivers are affected. let's go out like to shawn chitnis who is watching the area. >> reporter: good morning. we can see that crews are in place to make those emergency repairs. you can see that bridge and that is where this all happen. more crews are arriving to put in place force folks into less lanes or even one lane and that is what we saw yesterday. this video from the afternoon, we can see how bad it got because folks were not ready for this or preparing for quite such a delay that we saw yesterday. we will see if that will be the case again today. why this is happening, over the weekend there was a semi carrying construction equipment

caused a piece of the bridge to come off. emergency repairs are needed. cdot says this needs to happen during the day because of the materials they are using as well as because of safety concerns and that is why for the second day we will see this happening. starting around 4 am, until 7 pm. cdot wanting to remind drivers of the importance to make sure you can make the clearance when we are dealing with these bridges and in this 15'3". we will continue to be here and keep an eye on delays as they start to form this morning. shawn chitnis, cbs4. new this morning, united airlines flight on its way to san diego was diverted to dia for a possible security scare. the plane is on the ground safely in san diego. flight 1243 was headed from

looked suspicious. the pilot landed at dia and got took this photo aspassengers got off and got on buses. police did not find anything on the plane. passengers loaded back onto the plane to continue and they were off the plane for 2 1/2 hours. vice president joe biden will be in denver today. he will be the guest at the korbel dinner at the university of denver. the vice president will speak at the event which honors joseph korbel, the first dean and founder of the school of international studies. we do weather and traffic every 10 minutes. let's look at the fog. thicker fog on the eastern plains down to have a mild visibility from akron and wray and fog in burlington. radar for the most part is quiet and overnight storms starting to clear and we're looking with a few more later on today.

mild across eastern colorado. 52 in denver. 49 limon, 39 steamboat. really pretty fall color changes in that area. 48 in grand junction. 51 degrees, shelley major is reporting that in fort collins. bus stop forecast, nice, temperatures in the mid-50s and sunshine and a great start to the day. joel has the drive. a great start to the morning commute. i-70 in central park boulevard. we got more volume out there on the roadways and at story of each morning. not necessarily down yet. we have an object in the road on 225 near yosemite. sean was just out there and we have some lane restrictions. road sensor data not turning in delays but once we get some volume on the roadways where it starts to stack up fast with the right shoulder getting by avoid that by taking simms out to colfax and then westbound

as she recovers from pneumonia. a letter from her doctor said she is healthy and fit to serve. donald trump got a chance to talk about his health as well. here is hannah daniels. >> reporter: the two-page letter from clinton's personal physician describes her as being in excellent mental condition. and recovering well from antibiotics to treat her bacterial pneumonia. doctor lisa barnett disclosed a nominee is on a blood thinner. thyroid medication and has a cardiac calcium score of zero. scanner and scans your heart and arteries for calcification. if there isn't any calcification detective that means you are at a very low risk of cardiovascular events like heart attacks or death. clinton's campaign once again called on donald trump to release his own medical records, calling him the healthiest

>> at age 70, the oldestperson to enter the oval office. what you think you have the stamina. >> the same age as ronald reagan and hillary is a year behind me. i don't know if this makes sense. i feel as good today as i did when i was 30. >> at an event in ohio later trump turned the spotlight on clinton. >> you think hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this. >> three polls show trump leading clinton in the key battleground states of ohio, florida and nevada. trump will deliver and economic policy speech in new york today. they have promised detailed medical information will be made available by the end of the week. clinton has an event in north carolina and another in dc and the first presidential debate is less than two weeks away. family and friends of a

death this past weekend came out to pay their respects. the body of ashley draper was found in her apartment. >> reporter: the lord is my shepherd. i shall not want. >> family and friends came together outside of this aurora apartment to remember 29-year- old ashley draper . they loving mother. >> she was loved by many. >> she is watching each and every one of you. >> her father held back tears as he spoke to the crowd of people who showed up with candles, stuffed animals and smiling photos of the woman they lost. >> i am at a loss for words right now but i love each and every one of you. i don't even know you. but i love you, the fact that you came here to honor my child. >> ashley's husband, james draper, is a person of interest

was discovered. carjacking a couple and shooting at innocent bystanders and leading police on a wild chase. while questions about her death remain her family and friends said they are focused on saying goodbye. >> james draper was in court yesterday for his first appearance with the carjacking and that chase. he remains a suspect of interest in his wife's death . broncos linebacker brandon marshall opens up. he is pushing forward with a new charity idea and a new sponsor. stan bush says this comes as he continues to protest during the national anthem before broncos games. he said it was eye-opening to the see the struggles

chief was receptive to his position. the linebacker praised denver police chief and at the leaders but he also dedicated himself to more work saying he plans to do more in the community and that he will also donate $300 for every tackle he makes to causes he works with. another sponsor dropped marshall and in response russell simmons who launched def jam recordings is endorsing him. he got previous sponsors to decide against dropping him. >> i didn't breech my contract or get arrested. i didn't do anything to defame the team or century link or air academy. i just exercise my first amendment rights and they dropped me for that. for russell simmons to come up, that is great. i am proud of what i did. i didn't do anything wrong or hurtful. >> that was stan bush. marshall has not said when he will stop kneeling during the

right now 52 in denver. a little girl in michigan pays it forward. what she did after neighbors

welcome back. 5:44 am. here is lauren with the

temperatures to the. a cold front working through the western side of the state. there are significantly cooler temperatures to start the day. 16 cooler in grand junction, 8 for meeker and craig. across the front range, not so much in terms of changes for us. we are warmer in denver. 52 denver, 46 really. western side of the state, a little chilly. 39 steamboat, 33 leadville. and 48 in grand junction. visibility, we have a foggy start to the day on the eastern plains for the northeastern corner of the state. down to a half-mile visibility from akron to ray and burlington. other than that it is quiet. we've had rain rolled through and we had snow overnight near aspen. the rest of us will be dry for most of the day. looking at a future cast. morning hours are mellow. we may start to get showers and thunderstorms by lunchtime

stays on the dry side. in denver we may get a few isolated storms later this afternoon and evening but most of them will stay to the north and skirt through that direction. they are not severe but you may get pockets of moderate rainfall if you get a storm. tomorrow we wake up to sunshine and a great start to the the day on friday. tomorrow isolated showers and storms popping up. friday night football games, e rain and if you more clouds. it will be cool tomorrow. tempure mi70s. 78 denver today and 75 greeley, 82 burlington. on the, cooler. 65 aspen. 66 craig. if you are timing your day, for the most part sunny. a slight chance for isolated

day forecast tomorrow, 74 and chance for storms. warmer and drier on sunday. great day for the broncos with temperatures in the mid-80s. central park boulevard looking great eastbound. more volume westbound as well loading up making your way to town. southbound coming into town. speeds dropping into the mid- 60s. upper 60s a bit ago. eastbound along 36, we have seen files returns. don't believe that necessarily. both directions on 270 looking great. southbound, look at these cars. you will have to disengage the cruise control and apply the brakes. mississippi is closed east of santa fe to broadway and broadway in mississippi south of i 25 is a mess right now. southbound at 225, yosemite, something in the road. but westbound direction of sixth avenue, lane closures underneath i-70. the right shoulder getting by.'s e-470, ongoing paving operations and that will slow you a little bit. coastal

under flash flood warnings a tropical depression julia is dumping rain and leaving behind a lot of damage. here is hannah daniels. with winds of 35 miles per hour julia is a tropical depression and will turn off the coast of georgia and south carolina for the next few days. flooding is already a problem in the charleston area and the national weather service says 5 inches of rain has fallen.>> one of the worst things for people is surge. that is bad. it creates a lot of damage. the wind, you can sometimes survive. in saint simons island, cleanup crews worked to remove massive trees that fell on power lines. julia brought out the servers during high tide.>> small stuff, you notice. >> tropical storm stunned meteorologists and they formed

form overland. hannah daniels, cbs news. lawmakers in missouri have voted in favor of a new and significant gun law. the legislature overrode a veto by missouri governor jay nixon. people will be allowed to carry concealed weapons in missouri without needing a permit. florida man under arrest for arson and hate crime card -- charges in fire at the mosque where the orlando night club shooter used to go. he used an accelerant to light that place on sunday. documents indicate he had multiple anti-islamic posts on his social media. for ball returns to cbs for mac. it is a matchup between the jets and the buffalo bills. we will take you there live.

maybe doesn't turn out the champions we haven't ever though. buffalo bills head coach rex ryan once again goes up against his former team. the crew of nfl today weighs in on the game. can't lose this hope opener to the jets. he owned the jets last year and beat them twice. know what fitzpatrick thinks to the table and will try to force the issue from a passing standpoint by pressing the buttons. all i know is this. for the jets if they this is the trend they were not hoping to have happen because the first six games of the season are difficult when they get off. >> buffalo is a tough place to play. this is a rivalry because of buffalo bills head coach rex ryan. last year they took something from them. they stop them from the playoffs so the jets would love nothing more to go to buffalo and get a win. >> you can catch the game

stephen colbert mix politics and hip hop. the clinton campaign and rapper nelly got together. >> the st. louis rapper has been hit with a tax lean that amounts to $2,412,283. i almost never get to say this but while nelly. [ laughter ]. luckily fans have come to the rescue. by listening to his single hot in here over and over again, fans have figured out with spot if i paying artists 6/10 of a cent per stream he needs to play at least 400 to 880,000 times to settle his bill. that is a lot. maybe nelly could make some

millions of plays. may be something like this. [ music ]. it is getting hot in here. [ laughter ]. they did claim it was the heat. >> you can watch late show tonight at 10:00. a little girl in michigan recognized for her kindness after another girl -- lost everything in a house fire. it destroyed their home. another neighbor started a gofundme page because belongings. little back a decided she would take items to the girls who had no toys or clothing. >> what did you put in there? >> some toys in the storage room. >> it was her presence so we pull those out and gave them to them.>> we need more people in the world like backup. the family says becca is a

it is quiet. we've had storms roll through overnight and we have fog on the eastern plains. taking a look at future cast, we could get a few isolated storms in the afternoon but morning hours will be mellow and you can see most of storms will stay to the north but a few isolated showers possible in denver and overnight tonight, skies were clear and a sunny start tomorrow. temperatures, 38 crag denver, 57 in burlington. for the bus stop, should be nice one for the kids. temperatures in the 50s. nice and sunny out there. western side of the state may feel cooler. sweatshirt weather at the bus stop. on the highway if you trouble spots and things of the

it should be a great drive. you see the yellow icons there. we have something in the road southbound on 225. the other inbound on pi?a boulevard at tower. apple is getting a boost. iphone 7 orders are strong despite low expectations. apple has confirmed the first batch of the 7 plus have sold out. ey tomorrow. uber is giving rides and self driving cars in pittsburgh. they are using self driving ford fusion's for people who get invited by email. the cars include 20 cameras and seven lasers that detect surroundings and traffic lights and the help customers get with are going. there is a safety driver who is there who can take the wheel in case of emergency. it is the new thing we're not used to and not everybody is on board.>> people are driving at 75 on the highway. if something goes wrong things could go wrong badly quickly.>> is a coming? yes.

driven around regularly by driverless cars. this is unnerving. i don't know if i can handle that. 52 degrees in denver. construction repairs continue on sixth avenue. another day prepares come along and i will keep an eye on the delays a united plane makes an

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good morning. this is the news at 6 am. a pilot diverts a plane to dia. parts -- passengers told to get off on the tarmac. you could face delays on sixth avenue for bridge repairs. video shows the big backup during the evening rush hour. a live look from copter for. we talked a little bit of a cooldown. maybe isolated storms. let's find out. i am alan gionet. i am britt moreno. le beautiful outside right now. this is a clear start today. off to a sunny start in denver but still fog in some spots in cooler temperatures to the. 47 in grand junction, cold front working through. 40 aspen, 37 gunnison, steamboat and craig and meeker below freezing. 51 in denver, 50 boulder. 53 burlington. fog and thunderstorms in a moment.