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you this morning. police are looking for who robbed a dispensary this morning. do they know who they are looking for? >> no, just three black men who had their faces covered at the time and a woman who had her face uncovered when they walked in to cure colorado at 2:00 yesterday afternoon, and they were able to rob the dispensary. it was a startling situation. they were able to walk through the doors, and there was a customer an employ inside luckily they were not injured, but they successful robbed the shop. authorities not saying if it's marijuana or money that the suspects were able to steal, but again, the suspects described as three black men with their faces covered, and the woman's face was not covered, and the arapahoe county sheriff's office said they left in a white four-door sedan, and they are asking anyone who may notice something

marijuana -- medical marijuana dispensary. it was not the first pot shop to be robbed in arapahoe county this summer. a couple of months ago another pot shop in aurora was robbed, and a security guard was killed there as well. around here we are a clear start to the day with the calm day. early on, not much happening around here on hd doppler, and there's storms for the dakotas just dying out, and major flooding louisiana to texas to the st. louis area today, with an incredible amount of rain, and watson, louisiana, with over 30 inches of rain. over the last 5 days. we have had less than 10 here for the year at d.i.a.

look for wind and lightning. that's about it for showers later today. a dry start with storms out of the northwest later this afternoon. really more towards dinner time. we will get cooler air moveing into the evening, but as far as rain goes it will be minimal around here during the day, and that means the rockies may get a rumble of thunder early on, but skies will be clearing for the evening, with temperatures dropping in all a nice night tonight. >> thank you, marty. 5:33, and we will talk about your monday commute. what do you have to watch out for? >> i want you to keep in mind a lot of kids are going back to school. pay attention to the school zones, and of course, give an extra look as you make your way down the side streets.

day, follow, #9news. no major accidents to clog up your commute so far. the dtc looking great. headed to the west side, we want you to know, overnight, u.s. 6 was closed all the way to golden, and now the alternate is no longer closed. ryan lochte saw the ugly side of rio this weekend. robbers put a gun to his head and took all his money. cheryl this changes the tone armorerrizations athletes and their families? >> reporter: it was all the conversation on the bus into the park. the scariest part people say, of course, the robbers were dressed as police officers. >> good news about all of this, none of the summers wither

night. they got into the taxi cab, and ryan the next day was able to speak to reporter billy bush about the incident, which someone was able to capture of their cell phone. >> they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground, and they got down on the ground, and i refused. i was like we didn't do anything wrong, and so i'm not getting down on the ground, and then the guy gun, and he put it to my forward, and i'm like whatever. he took our money. >> reporter: you know every united states athlete went through intensive security briefings before traveling to brazil, and we did as well, and one of the scenarios described in our briefing was exactly what happened to swimmer ryan lochte. >> we were told specifically not to leave the safety of an

broadcast center or our hotels during nighttime. daytimes the pickpockets are the biggest concerns. after an athlete finishes the competition, many come here to sight see. it's up to them if they want to make the personal decision to go out in rio overnight. >> it is is a personal decision. we are glad they are okay. cheryl and matt, thank you. good we are tuck thinking of the broncos yet again. great thursday night in chicago for the broncos today, and back at it with training camp today. temperatures start in the 70s and finish in the 80s. plenty sunny for you if you are going to be out there this morning. for the rest of the day, late in the afternoon, one or two of the wind-producing storms with very little rain in them, and the fact of the matter is that the next 3 days will be

temperatures within a few degrees our average high of 88 degrees. later in the broadcast, talking about friday that will bring a significant change to the weather. >> all right, marty, thank you. thank you much. team usa won more golds and set more world records over the weekend. come up we will check back in rio for a closer look at a home grown athlete who is doing well. before we do that count. the u.s. continues to rule that. a as of this morning, 69 medals, and more than a third of them are gold. china is in second. 15 gold with 45 medals, and great britain is in third. japan rounds out the top 5 with

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getting ready for a big week ahead for the olympics at rio. cheryl preheim and and matt are there. >> reporter: it's about 2 hours away, emma coburn had 19 kids in her high school graduating class, and not necessarily a lot of toppation on the -- competition on the cross country team. >> reporter: this her second olympic game, and she competed in london. she got 9th, and that's great. she finds it odd that people think that's a disappointment. >> people are like awe, and i want to be like i made it to the olympics and finished 9th or the world championships, i finished fifth, and people are like fifth, bummer, and i'm

world! i'm happy! i'm happy, but i'm still hungry for more. >> she has her chance for more this morning, and she will be running the steeple chase this is her medal opportunity, and she really expects to be in the top five in medal contention. >> reporter: when the athletes are not competing, they are usually hanging out at the team house. this usa house used to be renovated it so the kids will get a bonus out of it. >> some of the students left behind incredible artwork for the athletes to enjoy. look at this particular piece i thought was stunning. it's a depiction of the christ the redeemer statue, and the kids made it by rolling up and glueing strips of plastic from

incredible things with what they have. >> that was cool to see out there, and when you talk about the culture of brazil, art is a big part of it, so is dance. specifically somba. -- samba. it's believed samba was developed in rio de janeiro. learning speaks portuguese, it's not easy. >> reporter: is in downtown rio. monika zarra, and her dance instructor. [instrumental music playing] >> reporter: they share the history and culture of their country through dance. >> [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: samba is a dance invented by slaves on the

>> [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: that does not make it any easier to learn. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: while cheryl got into the samba stride in about 5 minutes -- >> others did had a samba struggle. >> reporter: which requires more drastic steps to get into the spirit of samba. brazilian beat! ?[music] ? >> reporter: or close to it, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: and now matt thinks it's all about the costumes. >> once you dress for the part, you are the part. >> you know the samba. it was the closing ceremonies. >> we are doing it, and we are talking. [ laughter ]

to the road. i think you're going to cause about an accident. [ laughter ] just saying. >> nothing to see here, folks. nothing to see! move along! >> cheryl, you're really light on your feet. you were doing a great job. >> and matt, you looked good. >> you were olympic, matt. [ laughter ] cheryl was really good, though. she had the moves. >> fourth place for me. >> fourth place, yeah, at least! >> so >> thank you, guy, -- guys, we will check with you in a bit. now to marty. >> reporter: decent air quality, and there's challenges to be seen across the west. 270,000acres burning throughout the west, and we continue to have two big wild fires in colorado. hayden pass, well contained and the beaver creek fire is now over 36,000 acres and there's

wild fires blowing up there, and moderate smoke through reno, nevada, and there's smoke over the front range. that said we have moderate air quality anticipated throughout the day, and no ozone advisories in effect. out west, continuing to see the high fire danger in utah. the biggest concern, the high- based thunderstorm, wind, lightning, and little rain, and that's kind of what we will see da rain to share. >> thank you, marty: you're waking up and wondering what will the drive be like? in my part of town, i'm theme say that really for everyone. denver, colorado springs, and the drive to boulder, off to an easy monday.

to i-125. these are looking good, but we are seeing more folks from filter in from the north approaching 84th avenue and across town. you will see so much drive

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the countdown has begun, and denver public works has started a study to make sure the cyclists are safer and get to where they are going. this is the first two-way bike lane. the system is in place in pueblo right now. health news today, and this is kind of interesting. a new study linking a person's career to their heart health. researchers looked at seven healthy behaviors of 66,000 people including their smoking status, physical activity, diet, and blood pressure. those in arts and the media are the most likely to have a heart healthy lifestyle. truck drivers and social workers are the least likely to have a heart-healthy style. >> good to know we are on top of the good list for once.

following safe sleeping practices with infants. 150 video recordings were followed from homes, and most did not follow safe sleeping practices. many put them on their stomach or put them in with blankets and pillows or stuffed animals or placed them in the adult bed. the safe lest place for a baby to sleep on their back their own bed with no pillows, blankets, or stuffed animals. heavy rain is continuing for the gulf coast, texas, and up through the st. louis area to memphis this area, and high fire danger out for the high based thunderstorms, and it producedlighten and a little rain in utah and nevada this afternoon. here in colorado a dry start to the day on hd doppler, and you will see it through 4:00 this afternoon. we will begin to see a little

that's a dryer air pattern, and storms will have more wind than lightning do not count on much, if any, rain today. it will cool us down by 5:00. we hit mid-80s to low 90s early in the afternoon with the 70s and 850s in the foothills. statewide a few isolated showers over the mountains, and because this is slightly more humid there, we of rain over the eastern plains and over the eastern san juans, and temperatures, 80s and 90s south and west, and 60s and 70s in the mountains. i will go to 90 and average. the brief wind gust, and lightning bolts early, and late afternoon and early evening, and then tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, similar pattern, and then we will cool off ad by the

a lot for the end of the week. >> looking pleasant. as we head to 6:00 a.m., maybe your waking up and getting ready to head out to d.i.a. for business travel or enjoying vacation time off. once you get to the airport, the estimated tsa security wait time is 15 to 25 minutes for all lanes no issues from the trains to the planes no major delays headed out to the airport, itself. across the c470 drive, around 25, meadows to castle pines and castle rock, and mid-60s for the most part. northbound along 25 headed into downtown, and also staying between 65 and 70 miles an hour. a quick note, out to the west side, overnight closure at clear creek canyon, due to a serious, fatal accident there. the highway has reopened from junction 119 to golden.

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yesterday morning. fort collins city leaders are working through legal options trying to decide if they have to give back money raised for a sales tax it may take a measure on the november ballot to resolve the issue. if the new tax brings in more money the first year than projected, the money must be refunded. a pilot's actions are to blame for the deadly crash near the erie airport from back in 2014. five people and a dog were the probable cause report was released recently by the national transportation safety board, and the ntsb says the pilot caused the plane to stall and also said the pilot tried to land on the same runway as the plane that was taking off, and that contributed to the fatal accident. here's a look from sky 9 as the sunrises this morning, just beautiful out there. nice way to start your week. not bad for monday, right? >> we will check in with amelia

few minutes, but that angle going all day, i'm fine with that. >> that's nice out there. hazy, maybe, but that means good sunrise. >> get on up, get out of bed, brush your teeth, and get the week started. >> please brush your teeth: that's it for 9 news at 5:00 a.m. more coming up next. [

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with a gun. customers can trade in their four wheels for two and feel safer while they do it. >> i'm excited. i'm good at wrestling. i know going into the competition, all i have to do is be myself. >> we will catch up with the colorado wrestler who is going to make history in rio. meteorologist marty coniglio is joining us now. have a bit of haze in the air, and that will give us the colorful sunrise around here. as far as the morning goes, through lunchtime, we will be quite warm and dry. temperatures rapidly going into the 80s, and we may see a couple of high-based storms, and that means a limited number of rain drops, and a couple the of gusts of wind between 3:00 and 6:30 this afternoon, if you're looking for the downpour, you will be disappointed today. not in the cards for us.