stacks on stacks of green. >> the us first established a minimum amount of money they can make an hour years ago. $.25. colorado's at the wrong minimum wage in 1998, hike it in 2006 and it changes based on inflation. now it's up to you whether to make a jump to $12 an hour by 2020. you either think that small businesses, or this could help me or my family. >> it will help some but most likely not most. >> some people will likely lose their jobs or see hours cut. who will suffer the most? >> people don't want to answer because it is not political

wages are often part-time workers and often the first to get let go with a small business cannot afford to change. >> you could make the earned income credit more generous because you target low income people.>> taxpayers subsidizing lower incomes, so if the money is given to a credit it helps lower income families without hurting small businesses directly. i'm >> most small businesses in the urban areas can't handle a minimum wage hike. colorado's rural areas would be hurt the most. petitions dropped today, the elections division is hoping to allow city voters to expand where people can smoke marijuana. if those signatures hold up then they will decide if businesses can provide a space

if the latest poll is accurate we are likely to see less of the candidates and fewer advertisements on the air. hillary clinton is within donald trump and the last 10 colorado voted for one candidate is 32 years ago 19 neighbor-- 1984. it is from nbc news and wall street journal. compared to the same one, clinton has picked up 8 points. let's talk politics on the left and right, welcome back. some people for you and for you, workers are in the middle. let's take three minutes. everyone draw their feelings and we will be talking a little bit. get to work. colorado has about 330 fire chiefs and 329 did not get arrested of them this week. chances are they will not be

did. the eagle fire chief broke the trust of the community. vogel left of the job and it appears that $120,000 left with him. vocal is looking at a whole bunch of-- vogel is looking at felony charges. dogs are people too in denver and a master plan calls for a dog park every 2-4 miles. dog owners risk tickets by letting their dogs go off leash in the dog park deserts. in the last five years denver has added 2 new dog parks. dogs have multiple options for places to run wild but denver's underside is uncovered a. dog owners like alan who lobbied city council are left with a choice to either drive to them,

understand the different placing and monitoring it seems hypocritical to dole out citations so we have options to take our dogs. >> there is one dog for every three people in violation of the law. animal control has written 13,000 tickets in the last five years, $900,000 worth. parks and recreation plans to open a dog park and succeed and josephine and the city promises to increase the availability of pop up dog parks around town. our commitment to talking about colorado's issues also comes with an issue to highlighting solutions large and small. homelessness cannot be ignored as a factor in the violence of the drug problems on 16th street mall. we met a man personally acquainted with the problem and

flower bed. >> it's not always with the snazzy polo on. >> there's a little side, they stay and come back to town during the mornings. >> something and make sure nobody bothered her.>> down here helping up and cleaning up, they said who's that guy working? >> tim cut the attention of the boss. >> i pulled into the side and said hey, do you work? and he said no i'm homeless.

the application in and got the job. >> the rest as they say-- >> i was able to get into place two weeks after i had to be out of here. it has been a great year. >> tim is a success story, a moment that hit him when he tried to call tim the other day. >> he did not answer right away, he said i was out in my yard doing some reading and i said yes. you cannot ask for something better. >> i'm a straightforward man. i will do whatever it takes to stay afloat. >> he hopes the guys who see him doing this will follow. >> if you want to get your life together now is the time to do it. >> good news on a friday. there are 40 openings for seasonal jobs and the city is

fans of the olympics do not just collect pins but selfies with the stars, the athletes. if you have ever walked through denver you know exactly what kind of celebrity mom seeing can result. she gets to be more incognito. this must be a nice break. >> i assure you he had no with me that you would not believe the week he has had. he is just crushing it. >> it has been in a lot of planning. all the pieces of the puzzle kept falling together. opening ceremonies, the point of the olympians, once they started to walk out we got to

>> later the next day that went to boxing and ping-pong and then obviously i had to go sit in the front row and the next day or two olympic village and sarah took me around while one of her roommates got to win the -- one of the first medals of the games. later that day we were going out and it is just so surreal. then the next day i met serena williams and got a game used tennis ball for the doubles match. unreal and it keeps going. i need to meet michael phelps then we are good to go. >> he has a chance to do that. all of these people are heading into watch michael phelps.

go what? he promised me that he does not have some big time uncle in a corner office, he just came here to support his friend on the us shooting team. she helped him get elected to be the college class president so he's cheering her on here at the olympics. >> his outfits are fire. another story, we know there is no broncos off-season for jeff who grew up watching his memory and it is a memorable tattoo. >> i told myself i had to get a broncos tattoo and did not want to go with a traditional logo. >> why did you choose a picture of him with a farhat?

represents the personality that he is and one of the things that fans love about him is his unique take on everything he does and i have a ton of respect for that. >> he will be watching the season with his son who is 16 years and five months away from talking-- walking into a tattoo shop. our highly respected political analysts are coloring c art therapy. what today's poll could mean for candidates across colorado. the avalanche search for a head coach and are looking to hire a non-athlete. a bear hunt inside

the weekend is here and so is danielle. >> really good as we conditions a grilling nice and we will be watching a gorgeous sky. you can see the weekend for miles. sent in, it's just stunning up in the sky as well. low-80s. if you have any friday night plans, i'd say a light jacket and you are good to go. the monsoon pattern is shifting to the east so storms will be more isolated and they will

for the weekend. tomorrow the storms are few and far between. we hit mid-80s and by sunday it looks pretty dry, lots of sun with temperatures close to 90 degrees. we will hit those by next week. >> that's time, we are back with political experts been drawing your feelings about the new nbc wall street journal that shows hillary clinton leading donald trump by 14 points in colorado. let's talk about feelings because that is what this is about.>> you see happy america, that's good news and over here is bad news. there's kelly standing under an umbrella trying to shield herself from the damage that is coming because of donald trump.

republican strategist, your thoughts? >> these are the numbers surrounding trump and the top of the ticket. the red umbrella is hopefully the rnc and gop structure shielding the down ticket races and hopefully sending some money to the down ticket races. >> this is me. >> so the same poll michael bennett reading the challenger by an even larger margin, 15%. this smells like catastrophe. an important note, a month ago they sent out the same poll. between then and now a bunch of friday seven spending $850,000 trying to bump up the numbers

the firewall for someone like mike who has been a proven performer against challengers. >> he's against morgan carroll who is a super lefty trial lawyer. he is also a consummate campaigner and we have ballot initiatives that we have to pay to keep the seat in the senate. >> is this the biggest win of his political career? >> i don't even want to entertainment. he spent the last three years of his life trying to tell voters that he's going to vote for chum, to support trump, told support trump and that he's going to support trump. >> are you going to support donald trump? he put out an advertisement

>> he missed his exit ramp weeks ago. there will be more reps to come but there are some pretty wide once already. >> we appreciate your time and your artistic talent as well.>> thanks for telling us. chances are you don't know his name. dia collects tens of thousands of lost and found items a year,

let's take a minute to remember a man whose line-- life that make headlines. tonight we know the passing of colorado's first centennial farmer. that was the designation given to those for decades. he was born in 1914 on form. through two world wars and a depression, he emerged to grow crops and the beautiful family. he learned how could-- had to create therapy devices for his son and care for his wife of 65 years to develop alzheimer's. he lived a life worthy of notice so we take a moment to mark the final chapter of a true colorado story.

at it dia, we think it is impressive the latest that they are going through to find a teddy bear. he is loved and missed by a four-year-old whose family frantically posted after they lost him at the airport. dia does a lot of lost and found but like this one hoping to bring their home. if they see raggedy stuffed animal, to try to remember to turn it in because it probably means it is left. they do with 48,000 lost items including a big screen tv, and a six-foot tall stuffed banana. about one quarter of the items that claimed. mostly people get back in touch to reclaim sentimental things. >> if you are looking for a job and can play the organ, we have

looking for an accomplished organ player able to play hockey rink classics as well as classical music, pop tunes. you must know charge and if you're happy and you know it. your deadline is august 22.

and all the talk about sports authority going under and coming off bronco stadium we lost sight of the annual ski sale that fills the sidewalks outside of the iconic floor. dick's sporting goods bought the trademark but said it is not ready to commit to a labor day sale this year. no sniagrab would be emahs. we enjoy trying like children. if he says if meet the press starts using crayons i will use it again. >> they said he needed to step up the game. pretty sure i was watching the media downward spiral. >> it's only one full week, we will try to avoid circling the

tonight on the olympic zone, after capturing gold, magnificent 7 gymnast shannon miller went on to survive the biggest challenge of her life. >> he may be team usa's strongest man in rio and he how kendr ick ferris went vegan -- next on the olympic zone. welcome to the olympic zone. i'm aaron matas. it was an unforgettable day in rio with an unbelievable upset when sweden put an end to team

soccer. >> scores! >> reporter: it took a shoot out, but sweden defeated the u.s. to settle a 1-1 tie. moran easily made her penalty kick. she was called into action in the extra period. the team strived to become the first to win the world cup and olympic gold. >> the united states are out of the olympic games! >> ith well and it's unfortunate to lose, but you best believe that in 2019 and 2020, we're going to be back for the gold. >> we leave rio empty handed. >> reporter: it is a stunning upset for the united states, which has played in the final every year since women's soccer became an olympic sport in 1996.