>> announcer: this broadcast is presented by the authority of the international olympic committee and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the expressed written consent of the international lolympic committe. 1:00 am to the second in rio. let's finish up with a look at the medal count brought to you by mcdonald's, supporting athletes on their journeys to olympic gold with three days of competition remaining, the u.s. has reached 100 medals while no other country has a american women particularly have been successful here, winning 60% of the country's gold medals and more than half of the medals overall. update on the ryan lochte story. two swimmers involved in the incident, jack conger and connor bentz are currently on a flight back to the united states. also scott blackman has released a statement saying, and we quote, behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of

vast majority of its members. we will further review the matter and any potential consequences for the athletes when we return to the united states. on behalf of the united states olympic committee, we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence. jimmy fiegen has release adrian advised statement with the hope of securing return to the united states. we'll have more on the story in the morning. usain bolt will be running his final race 4 x 100 relay

swimmers have not publically done -- apologize. two swimmer the u.s. olympic committee is doing what four american swimmers have not done, apologized. two swimmers in that group are on their way home after talking to brazilian police about what really happened turtheir night out with ryan lochte. he said he was robbed at gunpoint. police released video of the incident at a gas sta. damaged a bathroom. when they tried to leave, the police were called and a man pointed a gun at them for nine secretaries. -- seconds hock sealready back in the states. brazilians were upset with their story after they left the police station. [ audience booing ]

area statement calling this a distracting ordeal, apologizing to the organizers and the people of brazil. they also say their behavior is not acceptable and the matter will be reviewed. no one came close to usain bolt in the 2- yet he said his body did not respond when he wanted to go even faster. he has won the event in three straight olympics. he'll go for the triple triple tomorrow night. s u.s. won its first gold medal ever in womenee wrestled if.

from japan, had to win five match in a row. the 3-time world champion from denver won her first match of the kay and took her winning streak into the quarterfinal >> dreams can come true. >> >> this evening she tweeted her congratulations to team usa. our olympic coverage

triathlon. a preview of what's on the way. this afternoon a few showers cut across the city. it is a welcome change for what has been one of the drier months of august on record. a little bit of rain in some areas, others just clouds. apop pike's peak time of here when we see the first snows, the tree 39. it's also a case of what runners will face. hillary clinton and donald trump will take part in an event

prime time on nbc september 7th. great news on next today. the election isn't rigged after all. >> afraid the election is gonna be rigged. >> reporter: trump's campaign director doesn't share that fear. >> if he loses her will it be because the election is rigged? >> this is not a rigged election. we have to compete. >> reporter: patrick davis is trying to bring trump back f colorado. >> trump won't lose here. >> reporter: the trump digging up its at least conspiracy theory. the idea that hillary clinton is hiding an illness. >> it's out there in popular media to ask the question. >> it's easy for him to insinuate that she's secretly imil. >> it's fair game for him to

>> reporter: more with him, you can see it on our youtube page. the state department admits $400 million payment to iran was connected to the release of a group of american prisoners said it was intended for iran as leverage. earlier this month the administration denied any connection toward the payment of prisoners. the images won if the mind cannot erase the image of war.

escaping a bomb in the syrian civil war. he was one of the victims after a syrian air strike ina, helpo. five other children did not survive. >> stop killing the syrian people. civilians. our children need to -- life. prosecutorsn man accused of slashing his 6-year-old son's threat should face the death penalty. he were you his -- withdrew his -- plea today. there is much we still don't know about the killing of a little girl two years ago in denver. we do know now how long the response too long tools have

handed down his sentence, jenkins never said a word 20 years behind bars. the results of a plea deal with prosecutors. the charge of child abuse resulting in death.. >> how it happened, what happened. the child caused her to lose a third a liter of blood. and to eventually go into a septic shock and died. >> reporter: after he killed her, he was paralyzed in a shooting. a former gang member accused of shooting him. jones, also a gang member, was accused of in attempted murder.

>> absolutely the person who killed that child. >> dawe san says they just hope to find out why. >> there is some zt for this child in a 2010-year sentence. >> it's unclear how much of the 20 years he'll serve. a woman whose body was found in a home in thornton may have been year. a real estate investor thought it was abandoned. when he went upstairs he found the body of a woman lying on the bed in the master suite. >> fully dressed. there were sues. i where you want to take a

a neighbor asked for a welfare check in january. officers didn't find anything suspicious. the resident of the woman who lived there died 15 months ago. the postal service stopped delivering mail after itta no agency ever contacted police. the u.s. hit a specialty milestone in the medals race. and it's been a tough one for other countries. >> turn on the ac using natural air conditioning. when and farmers getting ready for the real thing.

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the u.s. hit the century the u.s. has done it five times since 1996. four more times than all other countries combined. in rio so far only two other countries have earned 50. state by state california leads the medallist count by far with 26. they also have 125 athletes. if california was its own country, it would be one medal behind australia. if you take out united states, only five

today's event featured a bit of sibling rivalry. alstair bradley crossed first and collapsed to the ground. his younger brother johnny finished a few seconds later and thought he would follow his big brother's lead. [ laughter ] a lot of people have enjoyed watchinghe athletes compete in everything from volleyball to golf. brazil plans to bring a carnivalfeel to the event. pelle was not at the opening ceremonies. he will make an appearance on sunday night.

the backyard. between systems, showers have moved off, awaiting a cool front. the sunset tonight was awful pretty. on the eastern plain, some beautiful color in the sky. 90 degrees in denver today. quiet in grand junction. and 97 in lamar. thunder shower just moving through. humidity up, you can feel 72%. even here in the backyard, feels like it might rain again. august is our moon soon month. we typically see 2 inches of rain. well down for the month. rain is a good thing. if you're looking for some cooler weather, here it is in late summer. we've got that coming in as well. the forecast models indicate the heaviest showers south of the

and franktown. storms have been moving fast today. really heavy weather, all the way up into bismarck tonight. the rotating storms, the hail and the wind. none of that in colorado. and good news out of the gulf, xa dealing with historic flooding. some relief. not dry, but drier. the flash flood watch has been scaled back. we'll be tapping into some of that tropical moisture here in colorado. temperatures down 15 to 20 degrees friday and saturday with this front that will be moving in early tomorrow morning. not a lot of sunshine for you tomorrow. the severe weather

state. 60s to the north. mid-70s in denver. the heat is on across the south. a trend that will continue into the weekend remember pockets of thunderstorms just track in east onto the plain, not a lot of clearing tonight. and just a teeny bit of sunshine before they move back in. rain showers heavy at time, potential for hail and wind there. and 11:00 tomorrow night. an active day coming up. 40s in the mountains. 50s on the eastern plains with the warmest temperatures tomorrow. out west is, a nice cool change for the front range and eastern plains. your denver weather forecast, cloudy and mild showers ending. thunder in the distance. 58 degrees. increasing clouds tomorrow. that's gonna keep us

out of the north. cooler, drier tomorrow. sunday warmer. high temperatures back near 90 on monday. wonderful pictures around the area. mountains bracing for a little height snow over some of the higher peaks saturday morning. up there, a little snow with a rainbow. my favorite picture of the day, this baby saying did she say my favorite viewer. it the middle of august and we're about to tell you a story about a corn maze. this is a prime cutting time for farmers who keep them running through the winter. >> there's always something going on. >> reporter: it was 85 degrees and the last thing you want to

synonymous with hot. cider. not everyone gets that luxury. >> we're under the gun. >> reporter: especially not scott miller who's had his head buried since april. >> a month of fun, crazy chaos. >> we're always singing about the corn maze. this is a picture of. >> reporter: cat skot and his dad began drawing up ideas for after four months of growing, they just got it cut last week. >> we don't do it for the practice. it needs to be sustainable and break even to keep going. >> when you look at the big picture, it's pretty remarkable. only ten years ago, farmers were walking through the fields cutting it by hand. next year, they instatement using gps to specifically plant seeds in certain areas.

think about. >> reporter: the final product cost domz 50,000. >> probably 10 miles worth of trails in the maze. >> a lot of work for one month of business that the carry them through to next planning season. >> it's a lot. work but it's

the broncos might be on the verge of writing their own trevor story. trevor siemian will make his first nfl start in saturday night's exhibition game with the 49ers. he is battling for the job with mark sanchez. both listed as snb one q.b.s on the depth chart. since sanchez

chicago, siemian gets his turn this time. >> a quarter.5, he'll play and deal, and is paxton will finish up. makes it both play with the one both somehow this way i would think. broncos insider thinks it's measure just siemian's turn. he slains why it might just be trevor's job on the pages of his notebook. >> we do not have a starting quarterback yet. but we do have a clear leader in the competition. surprise, trevor siemian. siemian will start in the preseason game saturday against the 49ers. i sensed it was more than just his turn in the rotation after mark sanchez started last week children

and the othera-listers only played one drive. against the good guys on saturday, thooel play at least a quarter, quarter and a half. don't count out sanchez today. the performances in the preseason game saturday will trump all. so far siemian has been the quarterback who has made the fewest mistieks. with this defense, steady is all the broncos need at q.b.. still of the night from rio. the ukraine olympics synchronized swimming team. still only finished 4th. there've some fabulous sports ideas over the years. the

cj bennett, 1874, the jock strap. god bless you. [ laughter ] >> but the broncos may have beaten them all by unveiling a miniature version of old mile high stadium in the parking lot where it used to stand. >> mile high stadium was an amazing building. everybody fr denver loved it. year r we're on the footprint of of where old mile high stadium used to sit. >> i don't know of anyone else in the country, anyone else in the world that actually built a model replica of their stadium that the fans could go into. to sit in an old seat and get all of those memories, and remember

mile high stadium. >> get to see natures of some of the players that played in the building. >> it's a monument. speaks for itself. >> to have people experience it after it's gone.

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