a tragedy at an iron n kill. >> a foggy morning leads to a hot afternoon. danielle has the details. >> the weather interrupted events in rio and heart breaking finish for an american cyclist. >> if you can't do it the old way, why not find a new way. how one man is helping injured riders get back on the trails. we begin with breaking news

minutes aurora put out an alert for four young children. ms. morgan left her home with her daughter before 3:00 this afternoon and she has made threats to harm herself and her daughters ages 9, 7, 3 and 1 years old. nakia was driving a van with qfz981 license plates. it had a yellow stick other back of we have details on 9news.com. >> an iron man is dead after she was struck in boulder. it happened during the cycling portion of the race. colorado officials have not released specifics. the iron man officials say we are saddened observe the death

colorado state patrol to gather details. our condolences to family and friends. highway 36 was closed to after crash for three hours. two men kill and two taken into custody. we learn more about the shots fired. >> r mind. >> you know, it was terrible. >> for the violence that left two men dead late saturday night. >> it was terrible. i seen the one on the ground and he was just -- he was gone. i could tell he was gone. >> steve geoco cam home to adams boulevard after deputies arrived. >> thank god i was not right there when it unfolded but it had to be seconds.

with minor injuries. >> i haven't heard a gunshot for years. >> pat heard the shots and saw the police response. >> i saw adams finest doing their job. >> deputies took two men into custody. brandon carr and another man both facing the charge with murder with extreme indifference. an argument led to the gunfire. sheriff office is investigg. years now and it was crazy then and then it mellowed out. >> only a crime scene and words are left. >> it wasn't nice. it wasn't nice at all. >> to capture the violence. in adams county. noe brennan 9 news. fog blanketed the metro. this was the view from downtown

barrel visible through the fog but it did eventually burn off as the day warmed up. after a few days of sort of chilly temperatures it is feeling more like summer. >> the heat is back christine. with a vennian as we start off the work week. the daytime highs climbing to the 90s. brace yourself. still this afternoon i have thunderstorms out there in the mountains. you can see from one of the cameras in breckenridge. the showers beginning to come down in downtown denver a mix of the sun and clouds. it is a nice afternoon with you kind of humid. a the sticky. the storms from the southwest and we do have a pocket of showers across the san juans and a couple of lightning strikes to the south of georgetown and frisco and fair play and another batch moving to douglas county. the thunderstorms staying to the south of i-70.

a couple severe. temperatures 87 in the metro and close to 90s out there in lamar and upper 70s in buena vista and gunnison and 91 at grand junction. in denver for the month of august, four days of above average and three below. the 70s felt any. a nice little cool off but the heat returns. we will say hello to the 90s very shortly once again i will track the isolated storms not only this evenbu the school week too. but if your a fan of the fall- like temperatures christine. i have another round of a few more showers and a good little cool off. >> i took the pup for a run and she wasn't having it. a little different from a days ago. congress should return to washington senator sureman says to take up emergency funding to

jeopardized unless lawmakers in the recess early and approve a 1. 9 billion dollar emergency funding bill. florida is ground zero for the virus in the u.s. where millions have been spent to combat zika and the sunshine state needs federal help. >> i have allocated $26.2 millions for the state funding. and the feds need to become a partner. i ask on friday or on thursday when i met with the centers asked for 10,000 more zika preparedness kids. we need the federal government to show up. the president and congress has to work together. it is an international issue. >> congress is not supposed to return until september. they would only have to return a day to approve the funding.

story at the olympics. no suspecting this type of wind. >> reporter: christina hot day and sunny and beautiful and all of a sudden the winds came through olympic park. >> it came out of nowhere. >> everything was blowing away. >> how strong is the winds? >> reporter: it is written that wind does not discriminate and park. >> when you walk that way you fly. >> it touches everything and every it passes. and it passed with a fury. umbrellas were flying around. and the fencing areas were being call around and people blown away. peeling back the walls of the swimming venu. the art unripped and unraveled. >> it is being torn up. >> in the time it took to order

umbrella left standing. broken glass, buildings left to be repaired and even as olympic competition was going on inside. >> there is a big sign. >> nothing left untouched. >> so they have put up some fences, rehung banners but there is still rather a lot of repairs to be made. >> consistent 20 to 30 miles per hour winds blowing. it doesn't sound that bad but huge gusts would mow through the olympic park. >> it caused all kinds of trouble on lagoon. >> the winds white capped the water at the stadium dumping some rowers right out of the boats. eventually of course you can imagine scrapping the races for the day.

to watch so they were disappointed but they certainly understood. if we can make it as fair as possible and also if it is not safe you want to protect the athletes. the athletes for us, it is important. they must have it to the best of their ability. >> the storm also close the down the mega store for a while because it is covered with a tarp. it is like a huge tank and it was causing trouble for the outside tennat >> hard to hit the balls when they are flying out of the stadium because of the wind. the forecast for tomorrow and the next day doesn't look that great. the wind lighting up social media. this is some of the stuff we saw a social media. just all sorts of people tweeting about it. the wind getting the attention of all sorts of folks at the beach volleyball venues and wild winds of rio knocking

if you are a competitor. >> a lot of the sand blowing around on coco cabana beach and i was trying to wonder what volleyball and archery would be, very challenging to say the least. we had a chance, christine, to walk behind the swimming venue where the artwork was fluttering in the wind. they have removed entire panels of structure. five if they can repair or rehang it. >> it is artwork by a brazilian artist commissioned to do the outside of the structure and they were going to sell some of the stuff off at the end of the olympics but now parts of it are missing and even if they want to hang it up i don't know. >> despite that, this is the place to be. michael phelps warming up with kathy ladecky. we think will be gold medals

do you know what they will do with the events that were canceled. how do they fit that into the schedule. >> reporter: weather ahead of times they know it can be a factor so they have time slots to change things in. it will change for athletes that are rigorous in nutrition but th d weather is always a variable at the winter or summer olympics. russia will not be able to compete in next month's pair olympics in rio. the committee banned all russian olympians. there was state sponsored doping across the system. several committees call for russian to be tossed out.

federation to allow russian athletes. donald trump is falling in the polls now. ahead. how he is trying to win voters over and bring the republican party back together. >> the changes being made at

summer. a special bear rescue is celebrating 20 years. taking orphan bear cubs and back to health and after that they are released back to the wild. in an effort to better track the progress they are going to collar the cubs. >> the project specifically is to collar bears le 2015, 2016 and possibly 2017 and track them to get an idea about their overall survival. >> the next step of the project is a series of cameras that will allow curators to monitor the bears more closely as they get used to the new environment. >> the fog that we saw this morning, it burned off pretty quickly and it is getting toasty out there.

week. >> >> welcome back. what a difference a couple of hours make. this morning we woke up and it looked more like we were in england with all of that fog. now this afternoon sunshine and a few clouds starting to build in. in the mountains nothing but sunshine and look at this great shot. you can see copper mountain in

i am seeing wild flower power. just stunning. once you get there do hiking. it was hot around the metro in the 80s and longmont 93 degrees. at the airport 87 and clouds with the winds out of the east at 13 miles per hour and in our backyard temperatures toasty at thunderstorms pushing in. in the san juans the thunderstorms pushing into the north of durango and to the north of telluride. we do have have tropical moisture pushing back in the state and we will be looking at a lot of water in a short amount of time. to the west of the metro. the showers kicking up in winterpark and breckenridge and teller county moving towards douglas county and towards the castle rock within the next

winds along with the wet weather. wind gusts around 32 miles per hour in watkins and in the foot hills 10 to 20 miles per hour and they should be dying down when the storms die down. tonight down to 61, a few showers possible the rest of the night and in the 60s for far eastern colorado and with the 40s and low 50s in the mountains. thunderstorms continue their move to the southeast about ten p.m. and done in denver and with mostly cloudy conditions. by tomorrow, a couple of showers firing up to the west. once again tapping to the monsoon. we are dry across the i-25 corridor and the eastern plains stuck under the thick of it. more clouds and fog for you. by four or five p.m. the showers potentially popping up in the metro. i would say areas to the south have a good shot at seeing a couple those and the chance for seeing storms severe basically in northern colorado and parts of wyoming and nebraska.

hours. in denver you have to go to the mountains and foot hills if you want to see some of the rain. tomorrow at 90 degrees. back to the 90s and partly sunny skies and then we are watching for yi?#upper 80s and 90s across the eastern plains. 70s in the mountains. look at that, it is a hot one and this is only the beginning. storms will stay in the foothills on tuesday and back to the mid-90s and hot and dry on wednesday. and then thursday another round

be back after this. the main olympic park in rio took a battering today thanks to high winds as matt and carol mentioned. it has a big connection to the mile high city. >> cheryl and matt join us. who knew the olympics of denver's most iconic buildings are related. >> reporter: yeah, i guess you could say that parts of denver and olympic park in rio are like distant cousins. the same people that work at the same company in colorado designed this park that designed union station. they worked at the olympic park in london. >> unlike london that had sculptures and a river flowing through it and different parks,

money and demonstrating brazil's culture. >> reporter: in a busy olympic park in rio ... >> you get so worked up in the challenges if everyone deserves to sit and enjoy the view ... >> it is bill and his company ae com have talked years designing the baha >> this one has 9 venues. >> and capable of handling one hundred thousand people a day all flowing in a massive competition venues. >> we got of thousand seats and we got the three halls at 12,000, 12,000 and 16,000. to the left of that is the handball arena and the aquatics facility. designed for ten thousand seats in the main stadium. >> to keep costs down,

effective park and you can see brazil's nature here like coco cabana beach. >> aquatics is built and two public pools, outside artwork sold after the games. >> there is a commissioning of brazilian artist that does a painting on transparent fabric and that will be sold games. >> and all of it faster than normal when budgets shrink. >> when rio won the games five years ago and five years later we have enormous challenges. >> and bill says the park that has been built that will look great on tv and to those that just want to sit and enjoy the view. >> the city it will look fabulous on television. so they designed the building in denver and designed the olympic park and already

years from that they are working on the designs for olympic venue for la 2024 if they win the bid. >> if it goes to california won't that be convenient for fans of usa. but 6000 miles have not stopped them. we have seen plenty of america. >> i had the pleasure of going to sosha and london and it was careful and what about this and that. it happens every time far it has been great. >> reporter: oliver says that he has been getting a number of events in and he has seen half the seats mostly full. very loud though he says when team brazil is playing. we have noticed that. >> we have seen a lot of brazilian spirit. christine, a lot of the people heading to the swimming venu to watch michael phelps and kathy la decky.

union station is beautiful so nodated they are doing good work there, too. >> yes, they have quite a resume. don't you think? >> yes. guys, we thank you and appreciate your coverage. looking to see how michael phelps does tonight. >> the medal count, u.s. has 7 gold and one silver and five bronze and the additional medals today in swimming, shooting and fencing. >> australia has the most gold medals with five at of any kind with 7 and china and hungary round up the top and the u.s. is 6th overall. donald trump is falling in the polls. ahead, how he is hoping to win over voters. >> a paralyzed rock climber is not letting life slow him down.

with his unique bicycles. dropping in the polls donald trump is looking to boost his campaign when he makes a speech on economic growth in detroit. hillary clinton will give her open economic speech this week. donald trump campaigned in new hampshire we have reports from washington. >> donald trump is upping the attacks on hillary clinton. >> i don't think she is all there. >> donald trump campaigned in new hampshire, one of many states where the numbers are plummeting. the billionaire is getting the hint trying to unify the divided gop. >> if you look at the last few days, i think he has gotten the messages, he came out and endorsed paul ryan that he should have done in the first place and endorsed john mccain.

economic issues. trump, the businessman will give an economic speech tomorrow. clinton will give her own version on thursday. but clinton has trust issues with voters. a poll out sunday shows 59 percent don't see her as honest or trustworthy although 62% say the same about trump. clinton's running mate says it comes from the email controversy. >> she made a mistake and she said i have made a mistake >> most polls showed clinton ahead of trump by 8 or 9 points but that comes after donald trump's fight with a moslem family of a u.s. soldier. trump is hoping for a boost with that speech by tapping into voters that believe that he can improve the u.s. economy. disney is building a stone wall around the lake at walt disney world. the barrier wall is part of the

this wall is going up along the beaches of the 7 seas lagoon. the park also put out new warning signs and ropes after a boy was graves was dragged by an alligator. the family will not be suing disney. an unknown substance was found in a party in san francisco. injuries. the victim reported heart palpitations and shortness of breath. one leaving the party says there was a foamy type substance coming from the mouth. police ruled out a hazmet situation and say a water melon candy substance could be to blame. the incident is currently under investigation. the islamic state group claimed responsibility for a weakened machete attack that

minister said god was great in arabic as they slashed the officers. the 33-year-old algerian known to police for criminal offenses but not for extremist acts. he was shot and killed by police. both female officers were severely injured in the face and next in this attack. hundreds of thousands of flag waving supporters gathered in istanbul turkey end of nightly demonstrations since the country's failed do that left 270 people dead. national banners depicting turkey's founding father and the president was set up. the goal was to promote unity. pope francis is highlighting the growing number of civilian casualties in serious ongoing war by blaming a lack of desire of peace by

the pontiff addressed crowds in st. peter's square after the traditional prayer. he says it is unacceptable that so many unarmed civilians including large numbers of children are paying the price for the conflict. he cited the suffering of civilians in aleppo the city in a battle with rebels and forces.

colorado is full of adventurous people and many that would do anything to spend time in the ann herbst found a man that made hitting the trail probe for those that thought they might have lost the chance. are you ready to go for a hike. >> some believe mountains are meant for climbing and then there are the hardy few that believe that they are meant for crushing. >> you got to be strong and fit. >> jake o'conner is one of those souls. jake's never been one to shy

a mountain trail or a jeep trail or something like that and be with nature? >> and he wasn't going to let a construction accident that left him paralyzed 15 years ago change that. i am t11, 12 paraplegic. >> i think anybody can do it. >> he is impressed with his dog's, nicky best trick. >> the best dog i have had. >> so when you are live in a place like life except for jake it is more than. >> i don't get a lot of sleep sometimes. because i have designs in my head. >> jake's company reacted adaptations is one of the only once in the world making adaptive mountain bikes. >> i am continuously amazed to see where people are taking the

now even though he didn't ride much before the accident. >> before the accident i wanted to climb rocks. >> but he doesn't want to say a mountain biker. >> i don't label myself other than a hermit or something like that. >> a hermit. >> this thing has power. >> who is helping people like tim. >> so here it is. your brand new off road cycle. >> tim was a mountain cycle before he had a ski accident a year-and-a-half ago. >> this thing in this location ... >> so when he heard about jake's bikes, he had to ve the wheelchair can get you so far so this is chance to get back to spots that i know before being in a wheelchair. >> he has a big head. >> if you can't tell by now, jake is not much of a softie. >> grass, umm? well it will cushion the blow.

him going. >> it is a trip to see someone with a disability especially someone with such a disability that tim has get on one of my bikes and have this gigantic grin on his face. >> it is way too much fun. >> that is awesome. >> it is like wow. i have just opened up a door to this person. >> opening the world again. >> it's a great feeling. it is awesome. >> ann herbst, 9 news. jake says his bikes are popular with people that suffered traumatic brain injuries and have a hard time with balance. to learn more about his bikes go to 9news.com. we want to switch gears.

what we do. >> twinsys. >> so it was gloomy this morning. >> weird. >> yes, woke up and can't see past my backyard. >> gorgeous for the temperatures. in the 90s but not as hot as the all-time record. 105. the highest temperature we have seen recorded in denver. >> a long time ago. >> we have had a couple other dates in recent years that hit 105 and that was the first one and so that was 138 years ago. >> whoa. >> uh-huh. >> tomorrow. good news is that we don't have to deal with that. 90 degrees looking cool in comparison. we will have partly cloudy skies and a couple of storms

pushing through. tomorrow in the 80s and 70s in grand lake, frisco and aspen and tapping into the monsoon areas to the west of the continental divide have the best shot of seeing the storms. so far this year 38 days in the 90s. tomorrow another one and you know the average as far as 90s, 41. >> we're knocking on the back door that have one. and it looks like we might actually take it. >> 90s for the next couple of days. 94 degrees on tuesday. i think the storms primarily stay in the mountains. it should be dry here on wednesday. overall anyway. and then we will be watching the next storm system push through on thursday and friday. temperatures cooling off significantly. so i know a lot of folks are saying no, we kind of like that little taste of fall. you get another one. we will be watching for isolated storms for the start of next week. look at that, back to the 90s and summer is holding on and plenty more days to enjoy the summer heat.

>> it feels nice. >> you are like cheering. >> because you are wearing a suit. >> that's right.

from colorado's sports leader. here is rod mackey. >> coors field was the place to be. ?? not to just see to perhaps witness history. itcherro came in with 2999 hits. one shy of the 3000 hit milestone. a number reached only by 29 players. make it 0 players. in the 6th inning in the 4th at bat the 43-year-old did it in style. how about a triple? that's how you make history. and everyone in attendance paid tribute including the rockies that stood and cheered.

they saw nolan arenado extend his home run lead to 29 homers. he hit two earlier. he left the park twice but the marlins won 10-7 on a day that was about i tchero. >> a-rod announced today that he is calling it a career. playing his final day with the yankees on friday. he would be a short fire hall- of-famer but being suspended for performance-enhancing drugs may keep him out. >> the long wait got longer. the nfl canceled tonight's hall of fame game between the colts and the packers because of poor field conditions in canton, ohio. wow! the broncos weren't on the field today.

tomorrow. as talib recovers from his gunshot wounds ... >> i don't get a lot of time to work the left side and with him being out, it gives me opportunity to craft my game on that side. whenever i am needed or whenever something happens i will be ready at all times and i am not going out there like oh, man, it feels weird, you know, i think it is great work and i'm glad. for the opportunity. >> opportunity to sleep in his own bed. none of vets have to stay in that hotel as long as they behave. >> everyone thinks i will be the first one to go to the hotel. because if you are like late to anything or anything, you have to go to the hotel so everyone thinks i will be the first one. my goal is not to go to the hotel. >> or at least the first one. >> not at all. >> why are you always late. >> don't say that. always late. a couple things last year that

row. it was like oh, my gosh. it was cool. and it won't happen again. bradley promises. it hasn't happened so far. broncos, bears preseason opener five days away assuming that they don't cancel the game like tonight's game. the pregame at 5:30 and the kickoff is at six. among the former broncos turned mitch unrhine was not focus on the football. it was on rio. on the summer games where his wife corey cogdale won her 2nd medal in cog shooting. she went 13 for 15 and won it in a shoot out. won the bronze in beijing and 12th in london making this medal more special. from a thrilling finish to

maura abbot thought she had today's olympic road race won. but with a finish line in sight was passed by three cyclists working together and she finished in 4th by four seconds. said abbot afterwards, i rode it to the max. i got to 200 meters and thought oh, my god this is going to happen. and then they passed me. worse finish there is. one place away from rough finish for martin truex, jr. nascar racer made a move to win it at the end but instead got hit on his end. brad keselowski spun him out before the line. the number 78 finished 8th. denny hamlin won the race and after race truex, jr. had choice words for keselowski. said it was his fault and i said i knew that. simple as that. it is all good. just hard racing. i just wanted him to know i

not a big deal, hard racing. going for a win at the end. he had bad luck. we finished with history on the links. six players have shot a 59 in pg atour history and a tour event. no one had shot a 58 until today. jim furric by his lonesome after a 58 at the final round of he finished 5th, three behind russell knox. his name will be mentioned forever in the books. history all over the place, on the links, on the diamond and itchero. >> can believe the football game got canceled. >> what about the field. >> it is like rock hard where they painted. there was no pads and worried about injuries and the colts and packers said can't risk it. you feel sorry for the fans. preseason game.

>> hopefully they will work it

will be back. well look at this. we are going to be watching for nice conditions in the mountains. take a look. this is the webcam out at the loveland ski area. a few dark clouds and a couple of storms on the way. those moving back in the metro this afternoon and this evening. the 90s back tuesday and wednesday and then we will be watching another round of storms friday and that cools us off to the 80s and next week looks good too in the 80s. in rio there is winds and light rain and the case for tomorrow. keep in mind it is winter down there. 70s and 80s. still not too shabby. >> not at all. danielle, thank you. more olympics coverage from rio. >> the primetime events

cheryl preheim has a preview. >> the most decorated olympian will swim the 4 by 100 relay. >> there are debates about this but for me michael phelps is the greatest olympic athlete. >> allen and bram son believes that michael phelps will add to his golden legacy in rio. >> the real answer to how michael phelps is going to is in front of everybody's face. look at how ripped he is. >> the athlete he calls the female version of michael phelps is in the pool. katie ledecky. she is right now the best female swimmer in the world. she looks like a shark. she is unbelievable. >> and ledecky is not the only 19- year-old set to be a household name. simone biles makes her first

gymnastics. >> simone biles will redefine gymnastics. the things that make olympics different from the rest of us is the ability to do things without fear and simone biles has zero fear. she is not saying how can i screw this up but how good can i be? >> look it. red and red. >> we are all about america. all right? you know. >> patriotism. >> and blue. >> i don't have my red, white and blue socks. >> we don't do well sometimes. sometimes we do. thank you for watching. we send you back to rio for

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. no one has won more. the most dominant in olympic history and it's pure gold. ? ? ? on a sunday night in brazil stars take to the rio stage, each at different stages of their olympic stories. she's arrived with the greatest of expectations, soaring into the spotlight with a rare blend of talent, poise and personality. alongside teammates who have