commuter rail between denver's union station and dia is now back up and running. for 2 1/2 hours the train stopped stranding travelers on the train near pena boulevard. the line had a partial power outage on the westbound track. the agency says there will be delays a little while longer, the bus shuttles are still helping riders between 61st and pena and dia. west nile virus has arrived with a vengeance. boulder county today confmed its first three human cases the season. there have been more than a dozen cases across the state this year and one death. 9news reporter maya rodriguez talked with some doctors who say we'll be seeing more cases in the coming weeks. >> reporter: it's the summer of mosquito borne viruses from west nile to zika, but doctors say coloradans need to be far more concerned about one of the two. >> everybody is worried about zika right now. that's been in the news and for good reason, but here in colorado west nile is the one thing we need to be more concerned about.

county announced its first confirmed cases of west nile, three at once including a 13- year-old boy in longmont. so why the sudden increase in cases? >> we see an uptick every year sometime in august and september. we can never predict exactly which week it's going to happen, but we do know that once we see this uptick we understand up with more cases reported. >> reporter: the state health department confirmed 13 cases of west nile this year including one death last week. in colorado the generally peaks later in the summer, but the disease lasts throughout the fall. >> we now know the mosquitoes are infected and will be infected throughout the season. so we will not be free from west nile virus until the first marched freeze. >> reporter: doctors say most people who -- hard freeze. >> reporter: doctors say most people who get west nile don't experience major symptoms, but about 10% face neurological effects and a small number dies

>> reporter: a gamble for everyone because of this tiny pest, maya rodriguez, 9news. >> doctors say it's important to remember the four ds, drain any standing water, dress in long sleeves and pants when in mosquito prone areas, avoid being out during dusk or dawn when mosquitoes are most active and use mosquito repellant with deet. as of today it's now legal to do some things many coloradans had already been doing. new state laws taking effect include one allowing running unattended as long as you have the remote start system. colorado generally has bills signed by the government take effect in 90 days after the legislature concludes. this year august 10th marks 90 days. other laws include new protections for pregnant woman in the workplace and a law clarifying a prison cell does not count as a home when it comes to using deadly force to protect against an intruder. another man from colorado

forces in the battle against isis. jordan mctaggert was 22 shot last week. it was his second trip. his parents say he went to fight as a humor taryn. a new report from a london- based think tank says hundreds of man are traveling to syria to fight isis without military backing. one in three western fighters are american, mostly men in their 20s. an expert from the university of denver says it is dangerous but not that difficult to >> you can easily track someone down, get ahold of a kurdish support group, find them on the internet and get there. most of them are located in southern turkey. there's a number of easy access routes that one could get to. >> jordan's parents say he made a clear minded well researched decision to go. the justice department and baltimore police agreed to negotiate reforms as a result of a federal investigation

freddie gray. a report of police practices accuses baltimore police of using excessive force stopping and arresting people without much justification routinely discriminating against african americans. the investigation began after the april 2015 death of gray while in custody. gray's neck was broken while he was handcuffed and shackled in the back of a police van. his death ruled a homicide set off protests and riots. >> weather in baltimore or in baltimore or around the country, these efforts won't take place overnight. >> i'm very, very concerned by some of the information contained in in detailed report. i -- in this detailed report. i have no tolerance for a person wearing this uniform if

prejudiced policing. >> federal investigators spent over a year interviewing baltimore residents, police officers, prosecutors, public defenders and elected officials and riding along with officers on duty reviewing documents and complaints. a judge sentenced a serial killer to death for 10 los angeles murders that span decades known as the grim sleeper. lonnie franklin was sentenced today for murdering a teenage girl and nine women in a poor section of the city between 1985 some people said detectives didn't really try that hard to solve the murders because the victims were all black and many were prostitutes who used crack cocaine. a man says hewill run across the country to bring awareness to one of the leading causes of death in the united states. 9news reporter nick mcgill has the story. >> reporter: the sights and sounds of a long and dusty road are familiar experiences for phil king. >> at least 26.2 miles every day.

months now phil has been seeing a lot of these roads as he runs across the country. >> i've covered almost 2,700 miles, been a long way so far. >> reporter: calling it a long way might be the shortest way of explaining phil's journey because he's not running for his enjoyment and his mission is about more than pounding pavement. >> doing this in memory of my mother, representing her doing this. >> reporter: a few years ago phil's mother committed suicide. so now he's partnering with the american foundation for suicide prevention to raise awareness. >> it's a tough thing for me to talk about, but it certainly motivates me. out here working hard every day kind of proves symbolically about life in general when things get hard, it's best to push through it and keep going. >> reporter: by the end of his journey phil plans to have successfully run ocean to

francisco to touch the pacific. >> try and make it so others might not have to go through what my family has been through and also help other suicide survivors go through their losses. >> reporter: he says with each step he gets a little closer those goal and now while it's measured in distance, it's his hope one day it will be measured in lives touched. >> keep pushing on and good things will happen eventually. >> reporter: in wiggins nick mcgill, 9news. >> phil pl francisco sometime in late october. he's also raising money for the american foundation for suicide prevention which also has a colorado chapter. we have more information on 9news.com. >> we wish him well. the broncos head to chicago for their first preseason game. >> a security scare in rio when conflicting reports describe a bus windows broken that had

purchased 211 acres south of berthoud for nearly $8.5 million. with that purchase the county claimed valuable water rights. the county plans to use the water for irrigation and nearby communities during drought years. the land may be used by local schools with ag programs and maybe a 4-h club. the county says preservation was the driving force behind the purchase. >> we heard that agricultural values are still very important

preserving those in particular irrigated farmland, kind of the local food movement and young farmer movement. people want to see some things kind of get back to their roots a little bit i think. >> the county paid for the land through land preservation tax revenue approved by voters in the mid-'90s. that same tax has been renewed now through the year 2043. military police in rio with a bus carrying journalists with the window shattered last night. one passenger was certain it was gunfire. there were several windows broken and some passengers were cut because of broken glass. security officials say preliminary analysis suggests a rock broke the glass. it has been a chilly, rainy day in rio. team usa didn't let conditions

olympic park, less than ideal weather for cycling today. >> reporter: didn't matter. usa still won gold despite that all. >> reporter: it was cristian armstrong who really has been a bit of controversy in the olympics. she didn't have enough points in the racing circuit because she chose to spend time with her family. it was called a coach's discretionary pick. >> reporter: someone who wasn't supposed to make the team bringing home gold united states. she fought slick roads, a tough russian stall lenger and even a nose bleed to -- challenger and even a nose bleed to win the challenger. she was exhausted and happy. armstrong collapsed at the finish line on the ground. her 5-year-old son ran over to her. >> when i saw lucas, i was crying. he tucked his head into my arm and said mama, why are you crying? you won. i was like wow, another life

overwhelmed with happiness and joy? >> mommy! >> reporter: the silver medalist in in race from russia just completed -- in this race from russia just completed a ban after testing positive for a stimulant in 2014. tomorrow is armstrong's birthday. >> reporter: oldest woman in the race by seven years, a lot of people talking about that, a lot of people in the pool here, the olympic pal at barra plain park turned green. we tried to look for an explanation as to really why. >> reporter: we just got official word it's lack of chemicals and so it caused some algae in the water. that's what happened there. this evening olympic organizers are stressing this is not a health risk. some experts are still kept cal about that. u.s. dive -- skeptical about

>> i think it was reflecting off the stands. no. it was really green. >> reporter: did that mess you up a bit? >> no. this is the first day it was green. we're not really sure why. it was kind of funny. >> it was blue this morning. >> a little entertaining. >> why not have a green pool? >> reporter: thank you. >> reporter: good sports. >> reporter: it's all chemistry and a lot of stuff i don't know. >> reporter: they say it will be blue from non again, usa going for gold in the 800-meter freestyle relay. this morning missy franklin had her chance at some redemption back racing in the pool in the preliminary. she had a good race and she had a big smile on her face, too. that was great to see. she had the second fastest split in the preliminaries today. the team will officially name the four people who will race in the next hour or so. she may or may not be on that final team tonight, but

>> reporter: yeah. it's going to be a fantastic time for the team and maybe a little more motivation, a little more i guess push into this a little further. >> reporter: yeah. >> reporter: the teams have been doing great anyway. this will add more spark. >> reporter: tomorrow sun is coming back out in rio. we're counting on it. >> see you guys soon. >> we will have more from the rio games on the olympic zone at 6:30 on 9news. it airs monday through saturday during the our 10 p.m. newscast will be on channel 20 during the olympics. we will follow nbc's prime team coverage which lasts until about 11:00. after their coverage ends we will be live again. so call it 9news at 11:00 because that's about the time we're going to be on the air. >> there you go. we have a few more chances for rain each day as we get closer to the weekend. >> we'll finally cool down a

hello, welcome back. i'm meteorologist kathy sabine in the 9news backyard. it was a hot summer day, but now the clouds. thank goodness for that monsoon moisture, a little brief heavy downpour to the front range, but watch out for thunder and lightning, temperatures in the mid-80s between now and 7:00. in the high country it's been raining most of the day, just a

in the ridgeway area. all that tropical moisture is providing for cooler air across the western slope. look at this, 98 today in pueblo, 100 lamar and greeley, close to 100 in sterling in afternoon. average is 89 or so. wind are northwest at 10 at dia but calm in the backyard outside the studios with 88 degrees, a lovely evening. we're tracking foothill thunderstorms. those of you headed up to concert, a brief shower early, but by 7:30, 8:00 you should be fine. these storms are tracking southwest to the northeast moving really quick, brief heavy downpour, a little lightning. hail is out east, a nasty cell moving northeast of flagler outside burlington dropping about 1 1/2 inches of rain near stratton. that cell went severe kind of broken into a couple pieces, an active afternoon on eastbound i-

southwest where a flash flood watch remains in effect, so far colorado not included. upper level low in the gulf producing a multi-day flood event, but this starts to move west and improve the scenario while we await the monsoon moisture plume back into colorado. this will resume the northward progression, interact with a front thursday night. that we bring in cooler weather, a better chance of showers and storms, but before that front moves in we have another warm basically dry day weather threat through omaha and minneapolis and a tiny bit of northeastern colorado, but look at the cooler air to the north of us. the heat is pushing south and east as the high pressure ridge starts to break down. storms moving southwest to the northeast tonight, brief shower, a little wind and lightning and we kind of clear out, high cloud deck in play, i- 25 and i-70 good for travel tonight and tomorrow. foothill thunderstorms at noon rolling across denver, isolated

5:00. 60s on plains, mild night tonight and a hot day in southeastern colorado, but we'll see a little cooldown tomorrow, the beginning of a cooling trend getting us into the middle of the week and much anticipated weekend. city forecast, you're halfway through the week, isolated storms early, low 62, sunshine to start the day, low 80s by lunchtime. slight chance of a shower and storms along with cooler weather friday and saturday, highs near 80 both days and then the numbers rebound, comfortable weekend and back to 90s monday and tuesday next week. drew is in next with

stocks finished the day lower on wall street. energy companies fell with the

from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. they say you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but broncos rookie quarterback paxton lynch gets the entire 2nd half to make his. lynch has been told to prepare for extensive playing time every snap of the 2nd half during the exhibition season opener tomorrow night on channel 20. mark sanchez gets the 1st quarter and trevor simeon the 2nd. >> i'm excited to get out there and play against real

guys other than our defense that we've been practicing against for so long and putting the pads on and get to run around a little bit. so i'm excited that we all get the opportunity to go out there and kind of show what we've been working on through camp so far. >> i think this is a game to look at all those young players. the more i can play him, the more i can find out about him. if the game is rhythmic like we hope and hopefully he plays the whole half. we've kind of been practicing that of practice. so we'll keep that same rhythm. ?[ music ] ? math question. if running back kapri bibbs is expecting three people in the cheering section tomorrow night and the tickets cost 50 bucks apiece, how much money is this game costing bibbs?

zero. >> reporter: the big surprise on the running back depth chart, kapri bibbs is no. 4. rookie devontae booker listed alongside ronny hillman as cj anderson's backup leaving the cu star who most thought had a strong training camp dead last. >> it's not frustrating at all. it's how the game goes. you got cj, obviously he's our starter this year. ryan on contract and they got to draft a guy. my whole thing is i got to anyway. this spot is not going to be given to me. i got to take it in preseason. >> reporter: the game is big for bibbs for a couple reason. >> it's my hometown. i got about 60 family members coming out to that one. it's going to be a big reunion. i'm definitely going to take off and do what i got to do. >> reporter: did you buy 60 tickets? >> they bought the 60 tickets. i didn't buy all of them, no. rockies rookie david dahl

record tonight. dahl has at least one base hit in each of his first 15 major league baseball games and a triple yesterday. if he gets one tonight, he'll equal the team mark for longest hitting streak to begin a career that juan pierre set in 2000. when it comes to best olympic sports to photograph, swimming and gymnastics don't make the podium. badminton gets the bronze, beach volleyball the silver and gold medal goes to? ?[ music ] ? ? ? come on

>> there are some who believe that ping pong is not a sport and they are right. >> oh. >> ping pong is what you play in your friend's basement after the foosball table, but these cats play table tennis. >> there's a difference. >> which most certainly is. >> were they using their foreheads. >> no. the ball just comes close to their eyes.

tonight a shocking fatal mistake, an elderly woman shot to death by a police officer while playing an intruder during an academy drill. why did the gun contain a live round? tonight, a grief stricken family and investigation into a horrific accident. trump defiant, strongly to incite violence by suggesting quote second amendment people could act against hillary clinton. tonight, clinton deals with a new e-mail controversy. drama on the high tower. police emerge as a man suddenly scales the building. plus, the american gold rush continues here in rio. michael phelps makes history in dramatic fashion and america's golden girl from london 2012, missy franklin in for a big comeback.