breaking news, fort colins has found a little girl who went missing in fort colins last night. 9 news reporter tarhonda thomas has been following the details of this case. tarhonda, they found this girl within the last 15 minutes. >> yes, and you may have been awakened by an amber alert overnight on your phone. after hours girl. the 5-year-old disappeared last night. police say a relative took her. that relative was this woman, 30-year-old lauren perotti- montgomery. she took off, when police tried to pull her over at about 10:00 last night. police say she may have been drunk. investigators had been looking for the trunk that perotti- montgomery was driving but they canceled the search for the truck at 4:30 this morning. by 5:45. they announced that they found the little girl. fort colins police were not the only ones searching for the little girl.

also looking. and now, relieving news, she is found safely and the suspect is in custody. >> thanks for the update. good news. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. gary, corey, colleen with you, on this friday morning. >> yes. meteorologist marty coniglio in the 9 backyard. so marty, a little rain here and. there maybe for some people? >> i would say especially in southeastern colorado. where we have storms going, the last few days, and tons of scenes like this, because we have the late afternoon storms, and with a lot of country club. today, very different weather situation. it is quite dry out here. a couple of minutes here to sunrise. we have extremely dry stable air. and it looks good. because we don't have a tremendous amount of wildfire smoke over the area. which is wonderful news. a lot of folks breathing very easily this morning. and the thunderstorms, just now wrapping up in southeastern colorado. it has been raining around lamar here for quite a while.

6:30, finally move out into kansas. for us today, the temperatures are in the 50s. and you really feel that nice cool air. into the lower 80s, in the afternoon today, and i am really thinking, as far as thunderstorms go, we are not going to see much around here. even during the evening, when you're driving home, you will probably see some storms down along monument hill, but in the immediate metro area, it it just looks like a calm dry friday. and amelia, the front came through, and really stabilized things today. >> yes, and what a the highs only in the 80s. that will be a nice change. sky 9 is now over the crash that we mentioned in the 5:00 hour. along i-25. near highway 52. and this is not a part of the breaking news from earlier this morning where we had an i-25 closure. this is a new crash on the frontage road near 52 on i-25. and both directions of the frontage road blocked but i-25 is getting through just fine. i-25, the highway is your alternate route. let's take a look at the rest of the morning commute, where we have problems along i-25

the northbound direction, on the approach to the santa fe exit, you can see the flashing lights there, a little hard to see, but the traffic is backing up pretty quickly. here is where the accident is across the map. and northbound coming through the bridges and you will run into that accident scene, right there off to the right shoulder and the right lane of the drive, from the dtc, and it is a 13-minute wait. we have a rollover crash on the side streets a the a pretty busy intersection here and it is blocking up mississippi, and monaco. and crews arrived on the scene, about 20 minutes ago, and we like they will flip the car over, gary, before everything is clear. >> okay, thank you much for that. well, some sad news to start with this morning, the arapahoe county sheriff's office is investigating the death of a 7-year-old girl at an apartment swimming pool. deputies were called out to the complex on east florida in southeast denver, just after 6:00. on thursday night. they pulled the little girl out of the pool, began cpr, but she died at the hospital. deputies do not think that any adults were around at the time.

over a parking spot. now, a 21-year-old man is in jail, accused of killing a man in straussberg. police say jeremiah pepper got into a fight with a 23-year-old andrew martinez and stabbed him in the chest. pepper faces first-degree murder charges. we are officially at the halfway point of the summer olympics in rio. it is the last stretch, if it is anything like the start, we are in for a treat. >> that's for sure. michael phelps and simone biles are the headliners. they led the team usa to a huge night this olympics brings really, really high, highs and the deepest lows. >> it always does. and matt and cheryl are in rio and the rain started pouring over there, huh? >> yes, about 30 seconds ago, we started huddling under this little ticket booth. this right here is where you buy the tickets and we should show them what it looks like right now. >> our one shot at staying dry because everyone is throwing trash bags on and trying to make it to whatever they're going to. it was busy here just a few

pouring in rio. it has been a couple of days of rain actually. and it is winter time in rio, so this is a powder day. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> and let's talk about a little bit of swimming. you were mentioning the high highs and the low lows, we experienced both of thoughs, within 30 minutes, inside -- those, within 30 minutes inside the same aquatic system in olympic park. simone manual, 20 years old, first time olympian, the first- ever afn- to win an individual gold medal. and it was fantastic and the smile was huge and the tears started to flow as she understood the history of the moment as she listened to the anthem. and she talked about this win, hopefully brings some hope and change to some of the issues going on in our country. and she says she hopes to inspire little girls who maybe wouldn't have considered trying the sport of swimming but can watch her and say i could do that, too. >> and it is a gold medal that

swimmer, these two racers went 100 meet ner the pool, only to touch that wall at the exact time. 52.70. and then share the gold medal. it is only happened in swimming two other times, '84 and in 2000, so rare for that to happen. >> incredible. >> and heart break for colorado's missy franklin. her olympics end, as she does not make the final in the 200 backstroke. and an event she holds the world record. and is the defending olympic champion. and she said she just doesn't know what happened in the herself. before the race, and then in the water, either, kind of losing steam toward the end. finishing 14th overall. and she said she feels shattered. >> i feel like i still have so much left to give to this sport. i think i probably need to work on the love and the fun of it. that's something that is really been missing for me. so definitely going to take some time and figure out how to get that back. wish i could tell you what happened to me and i wish i

this year, but i don't have an explanation for it it. >> you know, she said it has been the hardest week of her life. hands down. but she has to believe something beautiful can come out of this. she is already talking about four years from now. and making the comeback of her life at the next olympics and it says a lot about missy when she looked in the camera and said i'm sorry fy let anyone down. i know team usa does not feel that way. >> not at all. people are here to see there. a fun race. and that's what people are here for. >> some fun. >> for some fun. and one of the places that they get some of that fun is from the many volunteers that are trying to point people in the right direction to go. a lot of times, they are just trying to tell you how to get where you want to go but bringing a lot of smiles to the olympic park and to us.

>> ? >> every day, for ma matter, we caught the samba welcoming crew. >> they are dancing to the music in the park, singing with a great start to the day. having a lot of fun. they were lucky they were dancing before it started pouring just for sure. and we couldn't help but jump in and join them. and learn universal lane of pointing, the fun, the venue, that is that way. >> that's where you got to go because everyone is smiling and having a good time. >> we thought the message would be a slight bit different. matt, where are the rain slickers? >> over there. >> and can we find any umbrellas? >> some place drive? corey? >> i think we better look over this way. [ laughter ] >> you guys have some moves.

cheryl in a corner. from dirty dancing. i like it. >> that's my era, people. >> we will do that move, coming up. >> oh, boy. [ laughter ] >> be careful if you do. >> you guys are awesome. thank you. >> so remember when we were talking about the olympics, a few big stories, with the zika virus and of course the water. we haven't really had a lot of those stories except for now. we have the first sick olympian from the polluted waters rio. eve van rico is a bell can sailor and got sick when racing in polluted bay in wednesday and training in rio since july. >> and 9 minutes after 6:00. and men's hoops will fix a major underdog today, in syria. and yes, they have a basketball team. syria is making the first olympic appearance since becoming an independent nation. meanwhile, american golfer matt kutcher sits two under, second round of the men's golf tournament and enters day six

marcus frazier. and women's soccer is going to be played today. u.s. and sweden. they will continue their quest for a fourth straight gold medal. the u.s. team, that is. and michael phelps will look for his fifth, yes, fifth gold medal of these games, today in the 100-meter butterfly and today is the first day of track and field. lots coming up today. well, we knew it was bad. the july 29th storm that hit weld county wasn't just bad. insurance experts say it was catastrophic. $25million worth of property in northern colorado. and southern wyoming. lightning strikes sparked several fires over there. and more than $10,000 of insurance claims have been filed so far just in colorado alone. and we should not see anything like that today. or any type of that weather. >> and certainly nothing over the front range. and anything that goes big today, it will be south and east of colorado springs. and one of the reasons for that, it is the monsoon wind has shifted a little bit. it has been pushed more into the midwest.

so not a lot of water to work with for us. and high pressure to the west, that will limit our thunderstorm development, around here. over the weekend. and currently, over 300,000 acres of wildfires burning in the west. and 35,000-acre beaver creek fire. bullet with recent rain, and the way -- but with recent rain and the way the upper air pattern is going, we are not surfing with any problems with air quality out of that. the air looks great. and skies are nice and blue and i think they stay that way most of the day. >> good way to fini well, it is a long summer for football fans and our broncos did not disappoint in the first game of the football season, preseason football, since the super bowl, the reigning champs, they definitely made a statement. >> i would say they did. >> it was a great first preseason game. but are we any closer to knowing who the starting quarterback will be on september 8? we will look into that coming up. >> everyone wants to know. and the united states has been pretty unstoppable in rio this week. we continue to lead in overall medals and gold medals.

12 silver. 10 bronze. and china has 30 total medals and japan with 22, and russia with 19. and great britain is in fifth

welcome back. 614:67:89 we will go live out to i-25 and the frontage road at highway 52. the frontage road itself, it is closed down, due to a traffic accident. we are waiting to get confirmation of exactly what happened here. but i-25, it is slowing down. because of the curiosity around all the flashing lights here at the frontage road, and the frontage road is completely closed at 52. so plan on using i-25 as your alternate route. the southbound frontage point in time. though there is one police officer or vehicle on that side of the highway. so for right now, northbound traffic, along the frontage road is blocked. the rest of us, out across denver have seen a lot of action in terms of our early friday start. and a crash northbound 25 at santa fe, and it is off to the right shoulder and luckily the backups are light. if it sticks around, delays at 15 to 20 minutes out of the denver tech center. and right now the central corridor is still remaining light. and speeds are averaging at 68

and side street-wise, we still have that rollover accident at mississippi and monaco. and this one is going to cause big delays because monaco is a pretty popular northbound and southbound route for folks who want to avoid the highway back up. marty? and matt and cheryl in the rain, copacabana beach, at e airport. and inland, mostly cloudy skies. and in the 60s in rio this morning. they are separating some showers to -- they are anticipating some showers to finish up and hang on the beach a with the temperatures in the 60s and 70s today. this is one of the cooler days we are going to see with a few showers around the area today, and then again on tuesday. sunday and monday, they move into the mid-80s. pretty close to as warm as we are going to be at the same time. hazy and hot throughout northeastern texas and into oklahoma today. we have storms finishing up here in southeastern colorado. and it has been an active morning in the southeast. and with the front that is really stabilizing the air, if

rock, to the south, late this afternoon, and you will see a buildup, but really, from douglas county to the north, i don't see much happening around here. with 80s for our highs, and 60s and 70s in the mountains. and those storms down south, they are moving out. there has already been some rain down there and any additional heavy rain looks to be south and east of wallsonburg and trinidad and the colorado springs areas today. and mostly 80s for eastern colorado. and in the west. grand junction might be slightly warmer than that. with 70s. storms, generally staying to our south today. we will go 84 today. in the mid-50s tonight. really nice crisp start to the day. and small chance for a storm or two tomorrow. and i think we could see some severe weather over the eastern plains tomorrow afternoon. and evening. and storm chances are even smaller on sunday. and then hello, 90s, again, by monday. >> hello 90s. >> yes. >> hello. >> thanks, much. mark? trevor? paxton? what do you think?

starter. after denver's pre-season win at chicago, it doesn't seem much clearer who will end up to be the starting quarterback for the broncos. >> we were hoping to see a standout last night but they were all pretty good. all three quarterbacks played well in the season opener. broncos scored in a variety of ways including this mark sanchez touchdown pass to demaryius thomas. and trevor simeon had a nice job here moving down field connecting on seven throws. and rookie paxton lynch completed the t the guys are feeling good after the first action. >> exactly the way we wanted to come out, it is efficient, and get the ball down the field, and establish the run game and the offensive line protecting me really well and we have a running game going and hit a couple of passes through the air. and took a big hit and made a good throw. >> and it felt good to go out there and finally play against a real defense and be live and get hit and move around the pocket and make some throws out there. so it felt good to go against a

>> so we know of course, have you your favorite. and maybe you're still deciding. >> yes. >> i think a lot of people are still deciding. we want toker that from you, what do you think and who do you think the broncos should start. get to vote, live coming up at 6:38. and make sure to get out your phone. >> okay. >> we have a poll going now. >> a twitter poll. go to the 9 news twitter page with a poll going and see what people think and you can vote for paxton, trevor or mark. >> there you go. >> they all looked good, as we said. sinc, michael phelps. right? >> yes, last night he got face to face with his friend and rival for one last time. but not before the two of them

welcome back. a chilling video out this morning, shows the suspect behind a foiled terror plot in canada. in it, the suspect, aaron driver says his country has a lot to pay for, because of it's tacks on muslims. he voiced his t before. driver was killed by police on wednesday after he detonated an explosive device inside a taxi. donald trump is now saying his comments about president obama founding isis was quote sarcasm. and the republican presidential candidate tweeted an hour ago saying the quote ratings challenged cnn reporter, reported seriously that he called president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. and then added, quote, they don't get sarcasm? at a rally earlier this week, trump said obama and clint

terrorist organization. and a day later he told several media outlets including cnbc and cnn that he meant what he said. >> it is 6:23 right now. hillary clinton's campaign says that accusations that a state department aide crossed the line when she was secretary of state are absurd. a report by a conservative group says that one of her top aides at the time she was secretary of state did double duty for the clinton foundation, which is a nonprofit foundation, clinton campaign says cheryl mills volunteered for the foundation on her own time and paid for a trip to new york to volunteer with her own money. this just two years ago. just about everybody was pouring buckets of ice water on their heads. remember that? >> how could we forget? >> including us, right? >> but als, lou gehrig's disease is a disease affecting many people, and one man is

bucket challenge and see him in action in a couple of minutes but first, a quick check of the weather and traffic. >> thank you, gary. we are going up live to our view of i-25 and highway 52. the frontage road loofng i-25, to be specific. but both are affected. there is an auto-pedestrian accident that took place within the last hour. and the scene investigate is now ongoing. the frontage road, northbound is closed. the southbound frontage road remains open. and i-25 remains open. however the delays are is visible from the highway drive. and we have sky 9 overhead, as well as our ground view here. so we will keep you posted on to when everything gets back to normal here. to the north end. marty? >> thanks, amelia. around here, this morning, it is dry. we are anticipating temperatures to be in the lower and middle 80s today. and most storm action will be south of castle rock, this afternoon. and tomorrow, small storm chances here, and severe weather, as absolutely in the

afternoon and evening. and danielle will keep you up to date on that and looking ahead to sunday, and very small storm chances and then monday, into the lower 90s. if you want to get away this weekend, how about steamboat springs, and very small chance for a storm on saturday and dry on sunday and temperatures both days within a

welcome back. so we all know and remember the als ice bucket challenge. >> i remember, it too,. >> long time ago. the second story of 9 news. it felt great. >> a new version of this is coming to colorado today. >> larry chaplain is the guy's name. he is going to all 50 states doing an ice bucket challenge unique to every state. here he is in fargo, north dakota, having choke cherry vermont, maple syrup and in wisconsin, a bucket of melted cheese. >> he is at coors field this morning, and of course, coors banquet. that's what he will have. >> i feel like it is that, or marijuana. so i think it is good. >> maybe a beer. >> let's go with the beer. a good idea. >> and it saul in an effort to bring an awareness to als. friends and rivals for more

we start this morning with breaking news, along i-25, north of denver, at the highway 52 frontage road. where an auto pedestrian accident is taking place. and we just learned in the last few minutes, and confirmed that one person has been killed in this crash. and the investigation has been going on, for the last hour or so. and police are on the scene. and i-25, remains open, in the

from the freeway drive, you do need to anticipate major delays. the main closure here, is highway 52. at the frontage road, itself. we are not talking about i-25 being closed down. and all lanes remain open. however the frontage road northbound completely closed. and southbound frontage road lanes are open at this point in time but again both sides of the highway do need to anticipate delays around the investigation that could go for quite a while longer through the morning rush. the rest of our drive has been fairly qualm and quiet. howewe the i-25 drive northbound and an accident at santa fe freefsly previously in the right lane is in the right shoulder. and traffic is light. a 70 mile-an-hour average. the northbound stretch is only around a 15 minute drive out of the denver tech center. >> amelia, thank you for that. a little girl from fort colins has been found and police say it is a relative that took her. and 9 news reporter tarhonda thomas is following the latest developments and there was a statewide search for this girl.

girl and it paid off and police have a suspect in custody and they had been looking for this woman, 30-year-old lauren perotti-going and they say she took a 5-year-old relative. overnight, police issued an amber alert in the case. the little girl was in the woman's truck when police tried to pull her over at 10:00 last night, officers say perotti- montgomery may have been driving drunk. she started driving erratically and evaded police in fort colins last night. well, now she is in custody and the amber alert has be safe. good news. colleen? >> so much, thank you, good news to start friday. thank goodness that little girl is safe. happy friday to all of you. it is friday. and i think we are in store for a pretty nice and quiet weekend. >> isn't that nice? finally. >> finally. >> yes. >> and meteorologist marty coniglio is in the backyard and we should avoid the wet weather for the most part in the metro area but it will be a little bit cooler. >> at least for today. i believe we will be a little bit drier and milder around

yesterday. and kicked off some storms. and in its wake, we have some really dry stable air. you can see the inverse, all of the dust and the pollution down there and the lower 1500 feet of the atmosphere. and this front is just now clearing lamar. they have had thunderstorms there, for the last several hours, stretching up into western kansas and into the midwest and on the backside, here, for the front range, things have really calmed down, so that by later in the day, it looks like the best chance for any kind of storms, even close of monument hill. so either side of monument hill and to the south during the afternoon and evening tonight. we had moderate rain in the south today. and later tonight, especially in las animas county, with some storms. and generally mild and dry. beautiful start to the day. in the 50s. you can feel the crisp air and low 70s for the day. if you're finishing off your workday, your workweek, this week, we go into the low 80s,

afternoon. and weekend, not so much. we do have a small chance for storms, and more on that in a minute. >> we will take a little cool- off for now. thank you, marty. a man is in jail, facing a number of charges after the s.w.a.t. team had to come out to arrest him. the larimer county sheriff's office says karl kuhn was inside the budget host hotel in loveland and was called out for a violation of a restaining order. the victim was not inside the building but he was wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants and s.w.a.t. officers spent more hours to negotiate with him before using pepper balls to get him out. and an unarmed bank robbery suspect, the deputy shot deon damon steps from city hall in april and he was confronted when he was sitting in a parked car and police say he refused to show his hands and suddenly pretended to point a gun at officers when he was shot. the three girls who died in a pueblo swimming pool died

no signs of trauma. two sisters ages three and six and 17-year-old babysitter died in a pool in a pueblo mobile home park. a hero returns to colorado today, almost 75 years after his death. medal of honor recipient john charles england died during the japanese attack on pearl harbor. his unidentified body had been buried along with hundreds of other ship mates until he was ve this year. his remains are scheduled to be arriving in colorado springs today and will be buried with full military honors in a cemetery plot beside his parents. today is the funeral for caleb schwab, the 10-year-old boy who was killed riding that water slide in a kansas city kansas water park. caleb was riding the world's tallest water slide when he was killed. that was last sunday. we still don't know exactly what went wrong. but police do say that other

working correctly, in the past. today, we are going to learn more about el faro, the doomed ship that sank about 10 months ago. investigators found the ship's black box, earlier this week. and el faro sank after the ship's main propulsion failed, stranding the crew in the middle of hurricane joaquin. all 33 members were killed. and the national transportation safety board says they hope the black box gives them some insight into the final hours and what happened. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky will do his best to convince a court that he is innocent today. sandusky insists that he was wrongly convicted on child sex crime charges four years ago, he is expected to take the stand today, in an attempt to overturn his conviction for sexually abusing 10 boys. he was sentenced up to 60 years

mark? trevor? paxton? three popular names in broncos country. only one will be amoundsed in starting lineup come -- announced in the starting lineup come september 8 and we want to know who you think should start as quarterback for the broncos. head to www.9news.com/vote to tell us what you think about this one. and you could see your vote live right over here. >> it is going to make it hard. they all played pretty well. >> if you watched any part of the game, you would know, and scratching your head trying to decide. >> i was hoping i would see a standout last night and i don't know yet. i don't even know if they know yet. and i mean, one game, one pre- season game. and i don't know if they really set themselves apart much. which is a good thing. three good options. >> yes. >> and then next weekend, we can see them play again and maybe it will help clarify things. >> the bron broncos were in chicago playing the bears and

the rookie paxton lynch saw a lot of second half action and completed his first six passes, and the broncos did beat the bears, 22-0. >> paxton lynch is 100% there. >> now, it is changing. >> there we go. >> did you see how quickly it changes, up and down? >> yes. >> mark sanchez, 73. >> keep voting. >> people seem to like mark sanchez. >> all right. rockies rookies in the record books and not talking about trevor story. david dahl career opening hitting streak to 17 games. that makes history. that equals the mark set to cincinnati's chuck alano in 1941. the rockies beat the rangers by the way 12-9 yesterday. once again, we are looking at the votes and marty, it looks like trevor simeon is getting up there. >> he is making a few now. and now paxton lynch. >> evening out a little bit. we have a beautiful start to the day. it is going to be such a nice

this is csu. clear blue dry air up there. very stable and not much going on in the fort colins area, during the course of the day today. and looking at dry conditions, throughout a good bit of the day. this afternoon. and we are -- we just had some really nice dry air, over the area. and that, because the monsoon wind is shifted a bit, to our east, and it is really pounding the midwest, with some moderate to heavy storms over the area. and not having too many problems with wildfire smoke, going, and of course, the beaver creek fire, just keeps plugging along and now more than 35,000 acres. >> that is a big fire. >> yes. >> all right. trevor simeon has kind of -- well, he surged into the lead and now he is tied. >> kind of all over the place and originally when we were saying pull john elway out of retirement. we're not sure. but they proved last night that we really do have some good options. and as you can see, people are very divided. >> well, thank you for voting.

only one vote that counts and that's gary kubiak. >> that's true. so we will see. >> maybe john elway. >> maybe. >> we will see. >> yes. >> that is a good point. >> we will see what happens. >> all right. not the next michael phelps. not the next nastia luken and the only simone biles. the american gymnast was expected to win the gold medal and it doesn't make it any less special. >> dynamite and the rivals who

just love these beautiful views we have. sun is coming up. it has been up here for a little more than 30 minutes right now. nice dry air. and not very much smoke in the air. despite the fact that we ha wildfires going on. and not generating a lot of smoke. it is actually worse to the north of colorado. and a lot of fires going on in california. so the air quality is not great. we also have low pollen in the air. so you can just get out and enjoy the day. 70s to near 80 at and above 6,000 feet and down to the southeast part of town into douglas and albert county. the rest of us, in the 80s. we will see how the weekend stacks up here in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, marty. tough morning drive.

crash which has shut down the frontage road i-25 at highway 52. the investigation is ongoing, and it is it highly visible from i25, causing slowdowns across both directions of the highway itself. the northbound frontage road is closed. the southbound frontage road is still open. and out it to our drive in the metro wide view here, we are actually improving northbound 25, it is clear, at santa fe and the rollover crash at mississippi and monaco, is also clear. and 225, though, loads up, southbound, corey, we are looking at teens, approaching i-25 with an 18 minute drive across aurora. the best u.s. gymnast every, simone biles after a dominating perform in the all- around final. she is incredible. cheryl and matt is in rio. and she is two for two and with the finger wag, she is not done yet. >> oh, no, she is not.

and she is amazing to watch. she is mind blowing to watch. she says though she doesn't want to be the next hussein bowles or michael phelps. she just wants to be the first simone biles. she was really just born with a really rare gift. a lot of people already calling her the best gymnast ever. >> she says she has always had a ton of energy. but even with two gold medals, she is so humble when people talk to her about her unmatched strength. >> i have always had this power, i have had since i was little. so it kind of has helped me like tumble and vault. and i don't know, i don't think i have any more powers than anybody else. it is just, i guess you just see it. >> she is just a great person to talk to. she has an amazing story, when she was a kid, and she would go out in the front yard and jump off of these mailboxes and her mom would run out and say simone, stop doing that and her mom would run back in and she

about that now. the mailbox is a lot taller than simone. they were five feet tall. and she is 4'8". colorado, have you great track and field athletes that you get to start watching today and it is pouring. they are running in the rain. and ranked number one in the world jenny simpson, one of them. >> every single season has its own story and this story this year is different from every story before. >> it is ranked number one in the world. heading into the biggest sporting event, ever. and she runs her first race today, and the first round of the 1500. >> she is a three time olympian. who wouldn't have even started running if it wasn't for her teacher. >> i was an average kid. and in an elementary school. p. e. class. when a teacher came to me and said you should consider joining the cross-country team.

olympics. and sometimes she says you need someone to believe in you. >> and sometimes you just need somebody to get you fired up at an olympics. she is from colorado. and another guy from colorado out here and playing music at the basketball games. and getting everybody fired up. his name? dj bedz. and he is from colorado. from denver actually ? >> up next -- >> over the years, official dj of the nuggets. >> thousands of sports fans have heard dj bedz sets up a play list with the nuggets and denver broncos. >> and i have a play mix for the players. >> and now it landed him an olympic gig in rio. where the dj is spinning music during men's basketball. >> it is electric. >> which means playing to a slightly different crowd. >> they just come to have fun.

>> with slightly different musical tastes. >> some samba. latin music. some portuguese music. >> that guy is so cool. and he's got the best name out there. dj bedz. >> we have changed our tj names already in the past hour. >> we have? >> dj soaky soak. and emcee hoody. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> well, that is awfully appropriate. i need to get you to an emcee umbrella. all right, michael phelps, what guys? oh, my gosh. he keeps blowing our minds. but two favorite moments i wanted to share with you, you probably saw that his little baby boomer slept through the race. so sweet. and he will be on the "today" show. and now, it is like michael phelps is really boomer's dad and he loves it that way, so watch the "today" show to watch baby boomer. and the second thing, did you see that the baltimore ravens who played a pre-season game last night like the denver broncos, they stopped the game, they stommed the entire game --

team, turned to the jumbotron, to watch michael phelps win his 12th individual gold. and you know you're something, when pre-season games stop for you. >> absolutely. i had no idea. that is incredible. >> it is pretty awesome. >> for sure. >> i like emcee hoody. >> and dj nappy nap, still pretty snappy. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> if you like pina coladas and olympics >> and they're not coming back. well, they are a little delerious, i think, as well, from lack of sleep. i think they will tell you that. the delerium has set in. >> yes. >> bye, guys talk to you later. >> they are wonderful. >> that is awesome. as you get up this morning, we know a lot of you are looking forward to the weekend, right? >> yes. >> of course. >> will mother nature cooperate

what a super friday to finish up the week. the monsoon wind has shifted to the east taking moisture with it and very stab mean we will be storm free, but most of the storm looks like it will form down along the monument hill. and still finishing up, last night's storms, just now, moving out of the county here and give them another 15 or 20 minutes and into kansas. and for us, partly cloudy to mostly sunny most of the day. late afternoon, look south at down south of castle rock and some buildup down there. but really for most of us, there is not much going to happen during the day, just a gorgeous friday.

the southeast part of town. where we have higher elevations and low 80s everywhere else. and 70s, in the foothills. and through the state today, the isolated storms start around monument hill. and slip to the south. that's where we have the best chance to get some moderate to heavy rain. especially from pueblo, to the south and east. and mild day in the east, with 80s, and 70s in the mountains. and 80s to near 90 out west. for us, 84 degrees. and partly cloudy. and very, very smal but i think really, it is going to be south of castle rock. we see that. partly cloudy tonight. in the 50s. that's a nice crisp start to the day. and storm chances tomorrow, they are small here, though. i do think we can see some severe storms over the eastern plains tomorrow afternoon. very small chances on sunday. we are back into the low 90s, we will see how long those stick around, here in a moment, in the nine-day outlook. back out to sky 9 we go. over i-25, at highway 52 and this time, they are focused on

and overnight, i-25 closed down in the same area, a separate and unrelated accident and a separate auto accident where one person was struck and killed and the investigation is ongoing and the northbound lanes of the frontage road along i-25, they are closed, southbound lanes, they do remain open. and the rest of us, along i-25, traveling through highway 52 unfortunately, there is just a lot of curiosity, delays, because you can see the investigation, as it continues. and here in the denver drive, everything else is looking great. so around that central corridor, downtown dtc, maybe between golden or aurora, you really are off to a good start. check this out. total improvement along i-25, after an earlier northbound crash, that did previously block the right lane. >> thank you so much, amelia. 9 neighborhoods is taking you north of denver to loveland this week. the first settlers arrived in the big thompson valley in the late 1850s and this is what it looked like in 1879, a lot of dirt and a few buildings here and there. and in the 1920s, lovelands a

million dollars worth of cherries each year. let's take you inside loveland's cherry fields, past and present. >> loveland is home to cherry heaven. a place that truly cherishes the colorado cherries. >> it is here 50 years. we are fourth generation. >> they started the colorado cherry company in the early '60s. >> they pulled juice and cider out of the van. >> that van evolve into this sweet little store. operated. we take a big part in everything that we make. we produce everything. and there is pride that comes with that. >> local colorado pride that started with local colorado cherries. >> masonville, which is down the road, used to have the largest orchards west of the mississippi. this used to be cherry country. people remember picking cherries and making cherry pies. >> the season is short, around 10 days around the fourth of

in, you won't find a place this dedicated to the tiny fruit. jams, juices, jellies, salsas, salad dressings and taken the cherry to a whole new level. and keeping grounded with the long standing star, the cherry pie. like the pie, this place is a staple along highway 34, and in the hearts of many locals and visitors alike. >> it is kind of irreplaceable. >> i think we have a nine >> they survived the floods, because of the generosity of the community. that they just keep on going back. so the colorado cherry company even opened during road struction along highway 34. which we know can be a pain sometimes. so still go ahead and visit them and join our 9 instagram tour this afternoon. >> i love that place. >> me, too. >> they know me. >> on a first name basis. [ laughter ] >> awesome. >> so many things that you showed in that story, i have in my refrigerator. >> i love it. >> yes, i do, too.

dominance in rio, it is easy to forget how difficult it is to get a gold medal. >> and fiji experienced it for the first time with the rug by team winning the pacific island nation's first medal ever, and it is a gold. beating britain. the 14th summer games. how about that? >> one last time with rivals, with a little fun. and ryan lochte said final olympic race and the final time going against michael phelps and it shows the olympians carbo loading and lochte said last time in the 12 years. chowing down on pasta. >> and much warmer middle of next week but by the time we get to next week, it is time for the next cold front and we get back down to the 80s.

you made it through the week. we will go over to channel 20.

tears of joy, a gold and emotional night for team u.s.a. >> mel presidents has done it again. >> michael phelps grabs his fourth gold in rio and 22nd of all time in his final show down >> sam moan manuel wins gold, the first african-american woman to medal in an individual swimming event ever. that race ending in a dead heat. >> it's a tie. it's a tie for the gold. >> and simone biles cements her place as the world's greatest gymnast with gold in the all around. her teammate aly raisman taking silver. and they are with us exclusively