. nearly 24 inches of rain a week ago, but the struggles aren't over yet. families are still cleaning up flooded areas in louisiana and we're going to talk about how the federal government is stepping in to help. we've all got them but not all of us use them potential, those loyalty cards. advice on how to use the points better. and they're getting ready to leave it behind, the house that team usa has been using during the summer olympic games. what they're leaving behind after the closing ceremony. it's pretty nice. >> good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. gary and tarhonda joining us this

out there, marty. >> nothing much will happen for the next five or six hours; however, this afternoon, extremely windy and stormy today. cool tomorrow morning. for the most part, storms are going to push into southern colorado. a few clouds up over the rocky mountain national park area, at the visitor center. cooler air moving in from that part of the state later in the day. a cloudy start, no rain for you this morning. don't worry about that. it is cool with 50s around here. start to warm it up here by have our high temperature in the lower 70s today. and then late this afternoon, storms kick up and they are going to be very strong. in fact, well defined storms going over the wyoming and montana borders. they're going to travel down i-25 today with a cold front that moves through, and during the evening, and i mean all evening, we're looking at moderate to heavy thunderstorms

coming up in a moment, the weather update. a live look over sky9 over i-70 around stapleton over central park. both sides crowding up. lots of headlights up there, and with the cloud cover it's looking dark. you shouldn't see as heavy delays across 6 and c 470 today. commerce city, the drive is loading up. folks are tap lights at the york street exit ramp, but looking calm. we have an accident report coming in on our side streets at ilef and yosemite. it is on a side street. outside of that, our crash at 38th and fox is all clear and further to the west, a crash along 285 around the indian hills neighborhood at turkey creek road. so far no lanes are fully blocked so

woods yet. that's according to the homeland secretary. homeland security secretary jay johnson. he spoke in the flooded state of louisiana and said that the federal government will continue to offer as much support as needed. more than 40,000 homes have been affected by the severe flooding. just last weekend, 24 inches of rain. more since. president obama declared a disaster declaration, and there were 13 deaths weather and flooding related. we've seen the effects of devastating flooding in louisiana, and here in colorado, we understand this all too well after our own floods in 2013. scientists here say they've come one a new forecast model that could make a big difference in how floods are predicted. we have been looking into this and we have more. >> reporter: scientists know that

getting better when it comes to flooding. the national center for atmospheric research in boulder is part of a team putting together a new forecast model for noaa. they take into account the entire landscape, millions of miles of waterways, across the whole country, too, that allows experts to have a complete picture of where the water is going and when it may arrive at a critical location. the way the national weather service forecasts floods now they focus it doesn't predict what happened in smaller waterways as it did in colorado three years ago. it took scientists more than ten years to develop this flood forecasting model which they'll use this week. >> hope it helps. if you are part of some kient of loyalty rewards program and really who isn't? chances are you are not using the points you earn and unlike saving money in your bank it doesn't

let the points sit there. programs can change terms to make points less valuable or they could expire. that's why experts say you should pick the cards that fit your current life-style and focus on using them. >> how often are you going to be spending money in that category where you can earn it? >> clean house and create goals for those loyalty programs you want to focus on, then cash in before your rewards take off. i'm all for using all of them. >> i should get rid of my 20 prices of used small cars continue to drop even as overall used car prices are going up. the best value for used car shoppers can be found in the subcompact category. prices are down 6% there. overall used car prices are up nearly 3%, an average of $19,000. for a used car. >> yeah, it's like they don't know they're used. >> go figure.

in 2015 there was a 30% increase over 2014. just over 15,000 cars were reported stolen across the state last year. denver is the stop spot for stolen cars, followed by colorado springs, aurora, and pueblo. six minutes after six right now. cu boulder students started their year off, their school year on the wrong feet, sleeping in hotels after being forced from their apartment they have since been allowed back in but earlier this week they were told that their rooms in the apartment were uninhabitable. the building was renovated over the summer and everything was inspected and approved but then the city says after that the bedroom units were modified into four bedroom units without any approval. swinging book shelves divided the rooms inside creating two, 70 square foot rooms and they were rented

this would swing this way to close here and this would swing like this which it still does and you'd have two separate rooms frnl this is the first week. this is too much. i can't -- i can't put up with a year of this. >> yeah. the rooms were deemed a fire hazard. workers came in and converted the rooms back into two bedrooms. now some students don't want to go back and are trying to get out of their leasing contract. 6:07. a live look at a great event you can go to today. support a great program and let some police officers cook you breakfast. i hear they really can cook. it's the cops that cook event, that's what it's called. starts at seven this morning. the pancake breakfast is near colfax and wadsworth.

12 and under. it delivers food baskets during the holidays, so when you pay for the pancake breakfast that he is what it is supporting. this time of year if you are allergic to weeds you dread august and september. weeds are now high. look for that to stay up here for at least the next four or five weeks. for us today, some clearing in the overcast, low 70s early afternoon. but 2, 3, thunderstorms start and they will stick around. several rounds of storms up and down the front r afternoon and evening. moderate to heavy rain possible, in excess of an inch in some places. yes, we could also see some hail here. now, most of the severe weather will be in the midwest but right here, from fort collins down through denver all the way to the new mexico line, we could also get some severe storms later today as well. >> oh, man, brace for those. >> at least it's friday. today is the last weekend

matt live in rio. we will take about the house that's been home to team u.s.a. and who uses it after the olympics. a perfect 100 for team u.s.a., the u.s. has evenly distributed, 35 gold, 33 silver, 32 bronze medals. china is next, great britain, russia, and japan rounds out the

. warm and humid for all our friends and athletes in rio. in the mid-70s, high conditions. during the afternoon today and tomorrow some of the warmers days we've seen, close to 90 tomorrow. storms possible during the closing ceremonies on sunday. we also have storms anticipated here. cooler air is moving down i-25 through wyoming. will drop down in the front range later in the day. last night storms are out nebraska and kansas.

thunderstorms start to develop, we go in waves through the afternoon and evening. lasting well past sunset tonight. at not only could we see strong winds and hail but locally heavy rain, more than one inch up and down the front range. stormy evening for us today. 70s before the storms begin, with 60s in mountain areas. clear out west. here come the storms cutting across from summit county to the east. very heavy thunderst this evening. hot out west. showery especially summit county to the east. and we hit our highs before 2:00 today, in the low 70s. and then the thunderstorms begin around the area. last through the evening. cloudy overnight and a very cold saturday morning with lows in the 40s. we rebound nicely, move back to the 70s, gorgeous night tomorrow night for the broncos and then the warmup is on for the early part of next week.

sky9 over florida and alton where a traffic accident has taken place. the road is partially blocked across florida but traffic is detoured around by one block off the intersection. fairly residential here, there is a bus stop in the area. we have a call in to learn more about this scene and exactly find out -- or find out exactly what's going on. couple other cars parked on the shoulder as well and now people waking up, walking into school. we'll track this throughout the morning. we have a couple of factors could keep in mind on the roads today, kids headed back to school which means low down in those school zones, keep in mind you're going to see extra kids out walking in, on bikes and on the buses as well. in terms of how the weather is impacting your drive, less sun glare this morning and potentially wet roads later tonight for your

>> not too bad. 14 after six right now. this weekend the world will watch the closing ceremony sunday night. it is the end of the 31st olympic games. as more athletes finish up their competition, special places set up as homes away from home are busier than ever. team home is a good story. >> reporter: team u.s.a. will leave behind a significant gift for hundreds of brazilian children. >> reporter: a lot of people staying in the usa house when they need a break. and it's also a school for 600 kids. this thing is a tall one. it has several stories in the air. >> reporter: the building is all -- >> all that will be left behind for the children so had they come back

years to come. . >> reporter: team usa fixed broeken walls, set up internet, wi-fi, they did a lot of repair work to make this facility not only beautiful but very functional for these students. >> reporter: they'll leave a little bit behind, too. a picture of the athletes on team u.s.a., they'll leave that so the kids can look at it as they go through school as well. things wind down lot of tours try to squeeze in all the sights they can around rio. >> reporter: a lot of the places that are popular are seeing crowds unlike ever seen before and that is most differently true for christ the redeemer. we wanted to take you back to show the crowds, the magnificent view and how many people from all over the

. >> reporter: never get tired of seeing that view. it is so neat to see. athletes from china, mongolia, kirkistan and so many others. and of all the places that's the one place they want to make sure they see before they leave brazil. >> reporter: those crowds get heavy really late afternoon, mid-afternoon, mornings like right now no one is doing anything. so that's a good time to come to brazil i think and see those land

we're going to update the lochte situation, a lot of new information coming out about that this morning. >> oh, and lochte, yes, indeed. >> lochte mess is what they're calling it.

. a health care proposal is headed

insurance for 10% premium tax with the state covering health expenses. employers would share employees' costs even though democrats are leading the measure some democrats like the governor oppose it. . a very different donald trump took the stage in north carolina for a different kind of speech. >> meanwhile hillary clinton met with law enforcement leaders to show that she supports police trump's words yesterday in north carolina, a lot softer and more humble showing his new campaign is headed in a drastically different direction. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret

with the top police chiefs in the nation. she wants them to know that she will support them and they support their communities that they help protect. >> i believe supporting our police officers and improving policing go hand in hand. everyone is safer when there is respect for the law, and when everyone is respected by the law. >> in a statement she responded to donald trump's new tone by the way saying that the campaign started just who he is. it is now 6:22. a time of week again that we look forward to for 9 neighborhoods. we're taking you to another hidden gem in colorado. today we're going through the berkeley neighborhood and tennison street. here is a quick check on weather and traffic first. >> for folks working going to be pleasant through lunchtime.

finish off the week, extremely stormy. anyone working outside today, be wary because we'll have several areas of thunderstorms. broncos against the 9ers, fantastic. temperatures in the low 70s, by 7:00 in the mid-60s. that game is on channel 20. should be good. >> checking in with sky 9. 225 and alameda showing the traffic is light and off to a nice easy start connecting your i-70 corridor with the dtc. 12 minutes trail times. a lot of green across town. crashes cleared out of the way including our wreck at 38th and fox. turkey creek, heading through indian

. in 9 neighborhoods this week we're taking you to the berkeley neighborhood. it neighbors west highland and regis. it is boarded by i-p 0 to the north, federal boulevard to the east, west 38th avenue to the south and

it is home to the popular tennison street between west 44th and west 38th. there are all sorts of fun, local businesses in that area. their first friday art walks are a great way to explore from a feline friendly lounge, to a book store with wine bars. there are family owned restaurants, art galleries, health and wellness stores, you name t one business owners say he's lucky to call the area home. >> love the area, love all the on tennison street have been fantastic with us. that mentality where no one is trying to horde all the money, let's all make money, let's be a big community and grow from there. >> visit tennison street, a great way to support your community. you can see more on the 9

great place to watch people. >> sit on the bench and watch the people. 27 after six. team u.s.a. says swimmers including ryan lochte were not robbed at gunpoint. we're looking at newly released

this video

team u-s-a swimmers walking around at a gas station. invstigators say-- . this video is the game changer. ryan lochte and other team usa swimmers walking around at gas station. it proves they were not robbed at gunpoint. we have insight from rio. >> we're taking a closer look at colorado's judges and whether or not they should still be in office. it is just one of many beautiful sights selaron steps named after the artist to built them and we'll learn more about that when we check in with cheryl and matt. finally friday, fri-yay! >> reporter: a couple of things i want to point out. very nice in summit county. check this out. that is snow you're seeing in some of the higher terrain. the showers we get over the

this weekend. this morning, rain is moving over the montana/wyoming border this. is a second cold front. we had one come through yesterday. another come through this afternoon that is going to produce some moderate to heavy storms in many locations. this isn't one of those, little storm here, little storm there situation. several areas will get thunderstorms during the afternoon and severe weather is possible. i'd say wind and hail could accompany the heavyai looking through the morning, this morning, skies clearing here with temperatures in the 70s early. after 3 to 4:00, several periods of thunderstorms. i'll detail those in a couple of minutes. it has been a quiet start to the day. >> drive-wise quiet as well. incidents popped up but people have

clear as well. different sight picture there, keeping our traffic light without the impact slowdowns. c-470 in the area of broadway, cruising through highlands ranch and littleton. across our maps, clear on 285 at turkey creek and 38th and fox. a new crash at 6th and corona, between downtown and cherry creek this morning. speeds out looking good on pena. and your security wait times should be 15 minutes or less which is a great thing to consider if you are heading on a flight out of town or making picking someone up. no delays coming in on the train to the plane, either. new video in this morning, team usa swimmers conger and bentz are back in the country. they landed in miami an hour

police in brazil could question them about ryan lochte's claim that they were robbed. that it was an armed robbery. a u.s. swimmer has made a $10,000 deal to get back home. the head of the police in rio says the group of swimmers are not victims, they are vandals. changing stories from lochte this morning there's a new statement from usa swimming. this for team usa. >> reporter: a mess, a distraction, and some people calling it an embarrassment. an embarrassment for the united states. and really, such a shame for all the u.s. athletes who came here, did so well this competition and who have been great ambassadors. >> reporter: the brazilian government that is had suspicions of this story all along. they spent millions of dollars of

good job of that. this reflects on it poorly. >> reporter: the swimmers never filed a police report and yesterday we started seeing the first of much surveillance video that's come up between yesterday and this morning. this is from the gas station where the four swimmers were. it was 6:07 on sunday morning after the group out all night. brazilian police say the swimmers were not held at gunpoint. they were drunk and vandalized a bathroom. they were es armed guards who did draw guns when the swimmers tried to leave without paying. they finally paid for the damage. >> reporter: lochte said their cab was pulled over and a group of men dressed as priss point add gun at his head. lochte has claimed three minutes of the video have been edited out. >> reporter: they do not condone the lapse in judgement and conduct that led us to this point.

is expected as olympians, as americans, as swimmers, and as individuals. >> reporter: and that's drawing attention away from team usa's incredible accomplishments in the water and by other athletics across the board. an apology has been offered to the people of brazil, a distraction, taking away from the real point of competition of the games. >>or changing details in that story. he had a phone conversation with matt lauer. did change some of the details. hearing some of the reaction from olympians, bloom of course from colorado, very strongly reacting saying if indeed ryan lochte, he should be banned from team usa. and rowdy gains who is an

lochte should come back to brazil, apologize to the brazilian people and face the consequences. strong, strong feelings about this all the way around. >> proposing a ban, that is very severe. >> we'll see what happens. i read yesterday that people with the olympics in rio said, well, you know, boys will be boys, kind of thing. so this were taking that kind of attitude. i don't know what is going to happen. >> thanks very much. it is now 6:37. november you may see the question on whether to keep state and local judges. analysts say it's a question that most coloradans skip. we're taking a closer look at how this works and this issue surrounds the justice system. >> reporter: it does surround us. the system puts responsibility on voters to elect state and local

this power. in the 2012 presidential election nearly one in four voters, colorado voters, skipped the question about whether to retain a state supreme court justice. the state has tried to engage voters, too, by sending them job reviews on those judges and recommendations on some judges that you should vote out. but for the most part, the ballot question goes unanswered. analysts say it's because most voters don't know about this. in the past 18 years were recommended to be voted out but they weren't. they go back to their six figured jobs paid with tax dollars. we have more on this on 9news.com as well. >> my suspicion is the voters didn't know there was a do not retain recommendation or didn't care about it. >> reporter: currently there are two judges on the ballot that the state is not recommending. we have much more again, information, in-depth, too, on 9news.com. >> thank you much.

this is a developing story. three convicted sex offenders are suing the city of englewood saying zoning laws are forcing them out of town. englewood laws restrict how close sex offenders can live near schools, daycare centers and other facilities for children. that narrows their living choices to 55 of 11,000 possible places. the three men are asking to invalidate 2006 sex offender recommendations. we have an update to a story. the air force changing the phone they use after some of their phones contaminated the water in alpasso county. it is used for fighting fires. the chemicals from that phone used at peterson air force base made the water bad. people in security, whitefield, have had to use bottled water since june. since the contamination the air

contract to replace the phone with something more environmentally friendly. clouds out there this morning. thinning as we continue through the rush hour. temperatures holding in the 50s and low 60s here. right through the middle of the morning. then this afternoon moderate to heavy rain possible over the area. there could be spots getting more than an inch of rain and it won't be one of these storm here or there. several areas will get thundeto this afternoon. temperatures in the lower 70s before the storms begin and then this evening we have periods of rain

. all right. continuing in the u.s.a. men's basketball team is facing increasing competition for gold. today they could get closer. the basketball games draw quite a crowd in brazil. >> reporter: oh, my gosh. the other night we were wondering what is going on in the park. there were people dancing and singing. there was drums. and we realized it was u.s.a. against argentina.

here in brazil because of their nba connection but also basketball is becoming more and more popular in the country of brazil in general. >> reporter: that explains the massive crowds we saw at a place called the nba house. >> we brought the mascots, the cheerleersd, the ledge cheerleaders, the collegends. >> reporter: one >> reporter: people don't mind, 40,000 people have waited in line to get inside where they can have a blast with all kinds of interactive experiences. >> reporter: there are a lot of those in rio. seeing stuff like that gets you connected with the olympics. >> reporter: popular. athletes come here hoping they will have their happy ending but in sports that just does not always happen and that was the case for denver wrestler grey.

you know, her first match she looked so good. she was strong. won that one easily. in the second match of the day, she lost in the last two seconds of the match. and this was her first loss in competition in almost three years. so she was a huge favorite for gold. she called it a heart break. we talked to her family after the match and we talked to grey. >> it's a title i've been searching for for a long t experience with rio and the people here has been fantastic. a gold is a dream that can come true. i hope i didn't disappoint too many people today. >> reporter: no, we told her that everyone in colorado is so proud of her. she's a three-time world championship and an olympian and she's changing that sport forever. congratulations to her. they're going to see some sights of rio before they come back to

mountain and to many of the beaches and christ the redeemer. >> reporter: there's the selaron steps, an artist who built these steps in the 1990s, trying to spruce up his neighborhood. created one of the most cool land marks of rio. [ music ]. . >> reporter: selaron's steps, built by an artest named sellaron he covered up the steps with blue, green, yellow tiles, in honor of brazil. >> to celebrate the world's cup 1994. >> reporter: it became an obsession and soon other people started sending him tiles from around the world. thousands of them. >> some people sent some tiles from their hometown, and right now we

tiles, from 148 countries around the world. >> reporter: really cool steps. the artist would maintain those steps. he's passed away so a lot of people wonder how they're going to maintain the steps, hoping the city steps up and does it. >> reporter: this is our last time with you guys here from rio on 9news mornings. and we have had so much fun with you all for the last two weeks and we just wanted to say thank you. [ music ]. . >> that matt is a snapper. >> i love my snap chats ?. when she passes each one she passes goes ah ?. ?. . >> we can snap, too. >> you cannot go anywhere

>> it's pouring. they're going to be running, they're going to be running in the rain. ? when she walks she's like a -- ? ? when she works, she stays near the beach that made her famous. . >> that looks great. >> reporter: thanks you guys for putting up with our loss. >> seriously you guys, i think viewers don't realize how much work it is when you're out of town trying to cover something like the olympics which is gigantic and you guys have taken us places that we couldn't get to and been reporting on all the news and we appreciate it.

there. thank you. thanks, talk to you later get some sleep. >> reporter: we've had a blast. thank you, guys. they have done marvellous job around there during the day. for us, clouds over, see how they're breaking up. that will happen between now and noon. low 70s early but it is going to be very stormy this evening. i cannot stress that enough. tomorrow night, not stormy. pretty good looking night for the broncos/9ers. game starts at 6, game starts 20. we're going to go out to our maps now and apologize for not being there in position but an update for a new crash that caused a closure of south and westbound lanes of i-76 at the approach of 136th avenue. the highway completely shut down and the investigation is now taking place. this is adjacent to bar lake. the south and westbound lanes

here now where the investigation is happening. what i would suggest is using 136th avenue to transition westbound over towards highway 85. at that point you can head southbound. southbound buckley to go under the overpass and then down to 120th.

. break in the clouds this morning. beautiful lunch hour and second batch of cold air comes in this afternoon, brings winds, clouds, and

afternoon anticipated. not much happening for us right now so we do enjoy between now and noon. through the afternoon if you're looking for rain, today is your day. a lot of us will get rain. we may also see some lightning, strong wind and hail during the afternoon and evening. i see showers not wrapping up until at least 10 or 11:00 tonight. localized basis, half inch to an inch of rain possible. that's a downpour for many of us here up and down i-25 from monument hill through denver up to loveland, greeley. 70s before the storms begin. now, we're going to break up the clouds over eastern colorado just enough to get us into the 70s and then the front comes through. very windy when this happens between 2 and 4 this afternoon. storms move to the south so we anticipate showers here, decreasing in intensity through the evening, they'll pick up in south eastern colorado through the evening. so you get heavy rain in the southeast corner of the state. not much happening west of vail

west, 70s in the mountains, virtually the same temperatures from the moun tony skinn to the -- mountains to the front range today because the timing of the front is cutting us off right in the warmth of the day. amp and evening storms -- afternoon and evening storms are in our forecast. clouds stay in, temperatures drop into the 40s, that's going to be a shock to the system tomorrow morning. very chilly. we have a nice dry dayin i think it's going to be a gorgeous saturday afternoon, beautiful evening for the broncos. warm it up on sunday, next chance for a storm or two in the evening monday evening. . a terrible crash up to the north has closed down i-76 in the south and westbound direction at 136th avenue. sky 9 is overhead and showing where the road is being detoured or the traffic is detoured off of 76 on to 136th. now, unfortunately this closure we do not have an estimate as to when

all the traffic along 76 heading through westbound is now being diverted at 136th to the west. taking brohmley down towards your -- or buckley down towards 120th is an alternate route. look at the backups. lots of semi-trucks coming in from the nebraska state line. we can talk about the alternate routes around the closure, 136th avenue does remain open, westbound over towards highway 85. once you hit to reconnect with 176 once again. overall it is a very, very tough start to the north and east. just a reminder in just a couple of minutes it is the start of the 18th annual cops that cook event in lakewood. the pancake breakfast is at the clemons community center. tickets are $6 at the door, $3 for children and it benefits lakewood police caring by sharing program

food delivery baskets during the holiday season. police officers there do just a terrific job. >> and i heard they can make good pancakes. >> they're good, that's what i've heard. in the news, hillary clinton e-mail scandal still in the news. now usa today reporting that hillary clinton told f.b.i. investigators that powell is the one that advised her to use her e-mail personal account. it is part of newly release given to republicans in congress. the notes say powell told clinton to use her own e-mail server of the she said that is what she thought she was doing. donald trump taking a new tone. in north carolina he made a different kind of speech. he had a softer tone and more humble words. he apologized for some of the things he said. some people say this is proof that trump's campaign is changing. with so many fires burning

surprising. families are ignoring evacuation orders in the area surrounding this fire. the blue cut fire. 4500 people were told to evacuate but only half of them did. more homeowners are staying put and dialing 911 for help but rescue workers can't always reach them in the evacuation area. today in rio, shields is set to defend her london gold medal and becky will take to the canada's soccer team and they'll be facing brazil in the bronze medal match today. and remember, you can watch the denver broncos play the 49ers tomorrow over on channel 20. coverage begins at six with a special edition of broncos tonight, kick-off is at seven. i have my chips and dip ready, not doing anything, come on over. >> it is going to be a gorgeous night tomorrow night. temperatures starting at 70 moving

for tomorrow evening. warmer and sunday. i did mention a possibility for an evening storm monday. most of the day monday is going to be sunny, and dry. our next cold front comes through late next week as we drop down into the 70s. you know, it's hard to string together long heat waves this time of year. the air in canada just wants to come down and visit every once this a while. that's all right because i bought a $10 sweater a couple of weeks ago and i'm ready to wear it. >> you buy them in >> cooler temperatures and the broncos logo you know things are changing. >> i new something was up, she said i can't wait to wear this sweater. [ laughter ]. >> quite the bargain. >> sweater weather, girls love it. the doggy olympics, furry friends going for the gold. >> i like that. >> that's a teaser, right? >> that's coming up on channel 20. that's where we're heading. in the meantime, we just want to

it through the week! we're heading off to channel 20. see you there.

p. good morning. 100 and counting. team usa hit the medal milestone. ashton eaton winning gold in the decathlon to retain title of the world's greatest athlete. book once again. and vandals not victims. overnight two of the u.s. swimmers involved in the gas station incident with ryan lochte leave rio after surveillance video proves they weren't robbed. third swimmer agreeing to donate $11,000 to get passport back and u.s. officials issue an apology for their behavior today.