this is 9 news. >> oh it is another bad day to take the train. the a line has been down since just after 10:00 this morning. rtd blames the damaged power wire from stopping the train from the station to dia. passengers had to be bused to the airport and a new b line was down for a while. and that's now back up and running. no word yet when the a line is running again. >> it is a strange folks in the burbs getting to a station means you have to drive and you might as well drive. the city of centennial has partnered with lyft for a six month period to give folks free rides to and from the drag creek h td station. hopes to entice them to use the rtd. xerox has an app for commuters

centennial will unveil the app next week. >> a forme university of colorado student convicted of rape will not spend anytime in prison. according to the daily cameron. austin wilkerson was sentenced to two years of work or school release and 20 years to life of beige. he was convicted earlier this year an sexually assaulting a female student that had too much to drink. he told her friends he would take care of her at a st. patrick's day in 2014. the charges carried up to 12 years in prison. but the judge ultimately decided the sentence. >> i see a lot of talk about da didn't do this and that. they had no choice. fda would have to decide. >> it is unfortunate that the dea is lagging so far behind on the science and the public opinion. >> the drug enforcement administration is not

eyes but it did cave on letting marijuana be grown from outside the authorized facility in mississippi and that's a shift. here is anastasia bolton. >> the dea not taking marijuana out of the scheduled one act flies in the face of objective science as well as public opinion. >> i am no legalization of marijuana. >> marijuana opponents were not surprised by the decision. >> until the fda says there is medical use for marijuana. >> two petitions ask the dea to make it a schedule 2 drugs. they can be described by doctors and they do have

ritalin. the dea announced it would not be move meanie -- marijuana to a scheduled one. it has no medical use they say. a scheduled move would be a mostly symbolic measure and that would not be enough. >> one possibility is frankly that it stays pretty much the way it is now which is businesses are technically operating in violation of federal law and would continue to under schedule ii. >> more research is necessary people say. >> i think the biggest thing we need to do and this is a frustration to everybody is that we have known this for a long time. let's get the research out there and put this to a test one way or the other and does it or does it not have medical

it to help people. >> anastasia bolton, 9 news. the dea will now allow more labs to grow pot for research. the mississippi university that has a contract on the drug abuse was the only location where it was grown for research services. >> donald trump is not backing down from his claim that president obama is the founder of isis. when asked by a conservative radio host he said no, i meant he is the founder of isis. the obama administration has carried out thousands of air strikes. we asked mike pence about it today. >> that's factually incorrect. >> donald trump doesn't tiptoe around the rule of political

9news.com and we will have more at 6:00. voters in lira mar county will have more to say about tax dollars. it includes the pewter school district most expensive growth project to date. 9 news reporter dan grossman took to voters to get their thoughts. >> we like living here. >> it is said the only two certainties are death and taxes. >> sometimes it is can add more. >> we are getting more crowded. >> the population growth. >> this can't be prospect. it is not the same. >> the pewter school district is growing at a rate of 500 kids every year. >> the kids are coming. we need to educate them. that's our job. >> to keep up, they are bringing 375 million-dollar growth project to voters in november. three new schools and ball fields. >> we have to handle the

quarter cent sales tax as well as tenth of a cent for arts and culture. >> some are okay with the initiatives and we wanted to see how many. >> i am committed. >> vote after vote came in and most taxpayers shared the sentiment. >> they are necessary to make sure things happen for the good of the public. >> they are okay spending the money. >> i don't think there is enough focus on mental health. i think people push >> it will be the most initiatives in years. >> i think a bit more taxes is reasonable. >> as long as the area grows, it can expect more to come down the road. >> i won't probably be fighting in a war so i will put my money will my mouth is. >> dan grossman 9 news. voters across the state will be deciding on a minimum wage hike in the fall. a ballot measure to $12 by the year 2020 was certified by the

measure gather the $98,000. it will be raised to 9.30 and then it will go up until it reaches $12 by 2020. step outside tonight and you can get your wish. that's if you believe in wishing upon a falling star. the perseid meteor stars will happen tonight. get away from city lights. go outside for 45 minutes beforehand so your eyes can adjust. it comes around every year, however this year is special. science specialists da mitty chevy says it will be two or three times more than normal. so put your phone down and take pictures. >> it is a tough thing to catch.

these events where you have this high concentration once every decade kind of thing. >> kathy is watching the cloud cover and the possibility of storms and we will check in with her. >> a denver dj is hitting a high note while playing for

announcement next in sports. thousands of crashes caused by road debris. a factor in more than 200,000 police reported crashes from 2011 to 2014. the crashes resulted in 39,000 injuries and deaths. most of the debris comes from drivers not securing the loads and triple a is causing on drivers to help prevent accidents. >> the big point for drivers is that these crashes are preventable if they take the ne maintaining the vehicles. >> in colorado. if something falls out of your car you can pay between a $3500 fine if it injuries someone it is a class 2 misdemeanor that includes a $300 fine or 90 days in jail. >> in addition to the athletes at the summer olympics. colorado has sent other representatives to make sure the games go shootly. our 9 news team cheryl preheim

to contribute. >> no, so many coloradoians contributing in many way. so many competing in the games and also many people that have traveled to help work the games. >> and that includes the beach volleyball referee and a well- known denver dj known for working with the nuggets and the broncos. first off we will go to dan napal. he is volleyball venu and one rep from the u.s. among 16. >> he has done it before but with beach volleyball right there on the famous copacabana beach. this setting one of the best no doubt. >> and there is dj beds well- known for playing music around denver and a pretty cool job and one that has him in rio.

>> from the studio. cassidy's voice. >> my name is cassidy. >> and you can hear his voice every day in denver. >> every day i am on the hiphop rand b station in denver. >> i am entering my 14th season as the official dj of the nuggets. >> thousands of sports fans have held him set up a play list. >> i have been deejaying for the broncos in the mood to go out there. >> work that is now landed in an olympic gig. >> i'm a lucky guy. >> and in rio he is spinning music in men's basketball. >> that means playing to a slightly different crowd. >> they just come to have fun and they just go nuts.

musical tastes. >> i play some samba and portuguese and working at games that last as long as the olympics. >> the d j when he is spinning in rio, he won't be signing off the air in denver. >> working double shifts to keep the flow going back home and keeping the music playing in rio. >> it feels like a soccer game to a point. there is that degree of fanaticism and energy. >> so dj beds will miss tonight's preseason broncos game which is on my 20 by the way but as soon as the olympics is over, he has 3 days off and back in the circuit. real busy guy. >> he will have a vacation six months from now. maybe after super bowl. >> yes. >> well golf made its return

112 year hiatus and justin rose helped to put a big acclamation point on that fact. on a par 3 at the golf course when he took a 7 iron and swung back and it traveled 189 yards and dropped in the hole. the first hole in one in olympics history. >> a cinderella story. >> from britain and finished four shots behind mark frazier and and i made a hole-in-one. not a bad day. >> and adele i know how much you love golf, a hole-in-one on any day is spectacular. on a day in rio that is an adele kind of golfing day. >> oh, my gosh. a once in a lifetime anyway. so what justin did was once in every two or three life times things. it was fun to watch. >> absolutely. just incredible. >> it was. okay, guys we are enjoying your reports.

kathy is tracking your

her after the break. i'm kathy sabin where it is warm. we do have mostly cloudy skies

everybody wondering about the perseid meteor showers, we will see them when it peaks at moon set at 1:02 a.m. skies do look like they may clear between one and four a.m. up to 200 meteors per hour is the potential late tonight and tomorrow. this night, a brief sprinkle and thunder and lightning and the rain has stopped just as soon as it has started. temperatures in mid-80s. beautiful at the loveland ski actually 89 degrees. a little bit cooler then the 90s. winds east at 8 and calm winds in the backyard and rain coming to an end in the downtown area. tracking showers in the foothills and not holding

and a cool front coming. across the gulf coast region with the system that spins moving towards the west bringing heavy rain from jacksonville and memphis and in the houston area where the rain shield will continue inland tomorrow. tropical monsoons continue from el paso and tomorrow is a smidge dryer. the front dropping south will usher in a cooler air mass. we do expect afternoon showers an in the low 80s. hot south to the east of us and the storms tonight. isolated in nature and then we clear out. notice by 10:00, it is mostly cloudy and after midnight we get clearing skies between one and 4:30. so decent opportunity to see the perseid meteor showers, cloudy in the southeast plains and a sunny start to your day tomorrow and storms by two and in the city and not a rain out

cooler lows in front range and 80s, 70s possible and that's going to continue over the next 48 hours with black hawk and in graham lake. tonight a shower and rumble of thunder with mostly cloudy skies and low 56 and clearing expected for after one p.m. tomorrow partly sunny skies and a cooler day as we round up the week with temperatures in the low 80s and a late likely and don't cancel your plans. doesn't look like a wash out and may be unstable than today. similar forecast for saturday and warmer and dryer sunday and back to the 90s on monday and tuesday and a warm weather trend through next week and thunderstorms back in the wednesday forecast. if you capture a great picture tonight, got a great storm report for me, send it in. watch for it on 9 news. we have sports up next.

back. stay with us. >> stocks closed higher and the

of these record highs. >> for the first time patrick roy saw something he didn't think was worth saving. the avs head coach and vice- president of hockey operations announced the resignation in a statement that seemed to indicate discord with the organization. he took over three years ago

so much fun when it went berserk and earning the nhl coach of the year and underachieved the past two seasons and felt his decisions were big ignored and so he skated. >> broncos are less than an hour away from kicking off the exhibition season and we're live, 9 news sports reporter mike mackey and cliff are on soldier feel in chicago. hi, guys. >> it is the broncos versus the bears but it is a night about the quarterbacks. former quarterback jay cutler and all of the excitement, no more peyton or brock and who is the qb? sanchez and then simeons and lynch. >> for starters sanchez versus simeon. that's the contest tonight. and it is going to be air sanchez from what we understand in the first quarterback. gary kubiak wants to see

passing than you do running especially in that first quarter, not sure on simeon. i'm sure he is going to put it up too and then maybe when lynch is in there in the second half, maybe then you establish the running game with that young offensive line and to help out backs and lynch but this is a contest for the quarterback. sanchez, simeon and it starts tonight. >> the reason it is a contest not because sanchez has not been good, he has what they expect. simeon has been better than what they expect and what gary kubiak hoped to see when they got the kid from northwestern. >> mark sanchez, we talk about the experience that he has and all of the big games that he has played in but it has been four years since he has had that so you can give a guy that hasn't been a starter in four years the job from the junk.

and so far he has not been able to shake off trevor simeon. >> devonte booker has been spectacular and kalib raymond will get the returns. keep an eye on him. >> one rookie, undrafted rookie that has a good chance the team. >> pregame 530. >> a couple of minutes. go bet ready. the rockies snapped a fire game rookie outfielder tied a record. rocks belt the rangers and david doll's first single extended his career opening streak to 17 games equaling the mark set by cincinnati's chuck halino in 1941. 3/4 of a century ago. bases loaded in the 80s for carlos gonzalez. he knocks in three with a

trevor's story and david doll two of the all time performances by rookies in the same season. so patrick roy out of the avalanche coach. if they hire another all time great, who would it be joe sackic? i doubt it. peter has no interest and raymond is not coach material

breaking news tonight from rio. golden girl. simone biles wins the all-around gold medal for the usa and aly raisman takes silver. a dazzling display as america's katie ledecky blows the competition out of the water. phelps versus lochte. one of the greatest rivalries of all time. deadly explosion. a major rescue operation after fire rages through an apartment building. dramatic escapes and a frantic search for the missing. roller coaster horror. a child plunges off a ride in pennsylvania days after shocking accidents at a water slide and a ferris wheel at other parks across the country. and dangerous debris. an alarming rise in crashes caused by highway cargo breaking