well it was a long afternoon for members of the south metro dive team after a bit of a boating mishap at cherry creek reservoir. a lae while a driver was backing his boat in the water. the tires slid on the ramp and there was nothing the man could do. >> the problem with the ramps there is a three foot clip dropoff. once you slide your trailer goes off and the truck went off and then the next thing i know it's like quick, get out. >> the man and his 7-year-old

truck. they called a tow truck but the tires dug down in the mud and that is when the dive teams assisted. they placed several air bags that inflated them. it was finally pull out of the water. >> one person killed outside after strip club in denver. it happened near hamden and golinning a. they found a man dead in the parking lot. police have not said being struck by lightning camping northwest of fort collins. the coroner says the man was outside between two trees when lightning hit. colorado ranks 3rd in lightning deaths annually behind florida and texas. cooler temperatures and much-needed rain this weekend. but the temperatures are headed back in the 90s.

to bring in danielle with the forecast. the sunset has been nice. >> spectacular. temperatures warmer and about 15 degrees warmer than yesterday. nice to have all of that bright blue sky and plenty of sunshine as well. take a gander at this one over the downtown denver skyline. it looks fantastic winding down. about 88 degrees here in denver. 90s in greeley and sterling and cooler in the mountains. about 69 in ledville with low 90s in grand junction and 70s to the so the humidity has been so dry. anywhere between 10 and 15% percent around the denver metro and northwest colorado and into wyoming where we are looking at the red-flag warning continues for folks until 8:00 tonight. it is still dry for most of the state. we are watching a couple of light showers and thunderstorms pushing in across southwest colorado from telluride to durango and even to the south of alamosa.

a couple more storms moving in and yet again we have another little cool off. >> up and down, we will take it. >> democratic presidential nominee tim kaine will campaign in lakewood hosting a round table with colorado's small business leaders on tuesday. it will be held at prime aerospace and not open to the public due to limited space. the head of the republican national committee says donald trump is getting in a groove and he predicts the policy will show donald trump even with hillary clinton by labor day. in the meantime clinton's campaign is fighting off another controversy. this time it centers on the clinton foundation taking in foreign donations. >> reporter: after a presidential like visit to flood ravished louisiana.

trump's third campaign manager says this was his best week ever. >> he is talking about law enforcement. he is talking about defeating radical islamic radicalism. there is a roundtable with leaders saturday and african- americans. >> 58% of your youth is unemployed. what the hell do you have to lose? the republican national committee chair predicts trump even by labor day in the polls. >> you have someone that is not politically correct and someone else that lies. hillary clinton fights off another controversy. now saying if elected the clinton foundation will stop taking donations from foreign governments and corporations as it did while she was secretary of state. nobody wants to get ahead of themselves but we are glad

step in terms of transparency. >> what i say is what i say. >> clinton's latest online ads scoffs at the notion that trump regrets any of the offensive comments. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. the trump team is still deciding whether to agree to a debate schedule that conflicts with two nfl games. the head of the u.s. olympic committee says there will be consequences fya lochte and his teammates after the story unraveled. scott blackman, the ceo of the organization did not offer details about the discipline but made no effort to hide his frustration. he said they let down our athletes and americans. lochte described the incident as an armed robbery earlier before the story unraveled based on surveillance. police say lochte and three of his swimming teammates

asked to pay for the damage. the drama and excitement is over. in two hours we will have the closing ceremonies for the 2016 summer olympics. whitney wild has more on what defines the games and the athletes that have the most medals of all time. with every medal defining moments hang in history. some of pure joy. others of devastating heart break. so far the united states has dominated the medal count and the modern games started back in 1896. according to a wikipedia analysis of all time winningest teams the united states ranked number one with 2681 medals and

and great britain 286 medals. allison felix propelled californians. 447 medals. yorkers earned silver with 261 medals and illinois is home to 163 gold medals. this summer, michael phelps secured his place as the most decorated olympian with 28 medals. lorissa a gymnast from the soviet union won 18 and nick ko lie ananot had 15 medals. soon preparations will begin for the 2020 games in tokyo. for now, the post olympic glow is bouncing off medals the world over. whitney wild, 9 news. you can watch the closing ceremonies from 7:00 until 9:30 on 9 news. we turned to you last

clarinet or cello for the strum drive. the idea is an old strum can be made new again and help schools with struggling programs and boy did you respond. teachers from 39 schools across colorado came to denver this weekend to pick up, get this, 500 donated instruments. they were cleaned and refurbished for students that could sure use them. >> this is kind of our christmas. we have done all collecting the donated instruments and getting them cleaned and repaired and assigned to schools and today is the day that teachers get to collect the instruments. and very merry christmas. many of the schools receiving instruments from smaller communities with tighter budgets and some say it supplies the program and thanks to you so much for helping. that's fantastic.

that. no question seat belts save lives. >> but not everyone buckles up especially in the backseat and why that poses risk to everyone. one man has his eye to the

to be a photographer. in the last decade 71,000 acres of larimer farmland is gobbled up by the development without government protection. farmers worry how much more they will lose as colorado's population booms. our colorodans looked into the issue. >> we think of ourselves as being in the country. >> 31 years as a >> it is done. >> and john slutsky knows it is futile. >> it is looking at development and saying do you want it to continue and a certain amount has to. >> john's first run in with growth came in 2001 when it seized the 200-acre farm across the street. >> it was bare grounds and an irrigated farm. five or six wells, i think. they are still there but they

come. today larimer county has 20% more people than it did 15 years ago. and it also has 13% less ag land and water because of it. >> it is a type of development in its own right that is almost impossible to replace hit is gone. >> george wallace works for the ag advisory board and knows how complex the issue is and it strips land from farmers and farmers from city and inspiration from generation already looking beyond the farm. >> the community needs to stand ready to provide. >> that can mean subsides an incentives to keep farmers hungry. >> you don't have to sell but if you don't have kids coming back to the farm it is difficult not to. >> the areas will only continue to grow. the question is, will farmers as well. >> we put a lot of our earnings

it to stay. >> dan gosman 9 news. the county does not have policies over there but wants to limit the farmers and new homes. standard equipment 50 years ago and 25 million people don buckle up in the backseat. >> reporter rhonda thomas says unbuckled backseat passengers are a danger car. 19-year-old tyler elsely and his best friend harrison were going for a short ride. they were in the backseat and no seat belts when the driver lost control and crashed. all were killed. it is a scene that is difficult for his mother to relive. >> tyler and harrison basically became projectiles.

passengers in the back don't buckle up and that is more than front seats. young people are the worse offenders. >> people may think it is okay to be unbelted or skip the belt all together if it is a short trip but it is wrong. >> most fatal car crashes occur to within 25 miles at home and being unbuckled increases your risk of dying in a crash to 3 times what it would have been as you had your seat belt on. that's according to the governor's highway sa passengers in the back pose a danger to people buckled in front. unbuckled passengers in the back can be thrown forward with tremendous force that they can injure or kill the people in the front. >> suzanne started cruise state dot org to educate kids not to do what tyler did, skip the seat belts. >> these four kids that were good kids and graduated from high school and in an instant

thomas. when people don buckle up, they are having another impact. not using seat belts has led to ten billion dollars in medical costs and lost productivity. hundreds of people lined up to get a glimpse of the first published shakes pierce plays. it includes 36 of the plays and 18 would have been loss because there was no printed the book is always under temperature and humidity and light control. >> it was compiled to celebrate the works of shakespeare. >> for a dramatist to have this is unprecedented. >> the book will be on display in boise 7 days a week until september 21st when it will go back to the fullter library in washington d.c. after moisture and cooler temperatures this weekend,

in the 90s and

for all of your scaredy cats it is on the bucket list for a while and this 80-year-old

diving. celebrating her birthday. her son thought that she was crazy but she was -- there she goes. determined to make it happen. what a great video. described the jump in idaho has a fast ride that made her heart to pump. she tried to scream but couldn't get a sound out. can't imagine. >> have you done that before? >> no. >> you literally try to scream. >> >> it is amazing. happy birthday. we want to switch gears and go to danielle. have you been sky diving. >> three times. it is so much fun and scary. i don't know itn i will do it again. >> three times is good. >> it has been fantastic weekend. nice cooler temperatures and the heat still on as kids are gearing to go back to school and the temperatures so warm

we will be watching the blue skies in northern colorado and out in boulder for now and a couple of clouds starting to drift in and you will be watching in fort collins what we have going on. it looks pretty nice. sunshine and the heat has been on, too. today, make it 48. 48 days in the 90s here in downtown denver. we got 90 degrees at dia and warmer in greeley and south of lamar. in rifle. at the airport cooling off and watching a few more clouds drifting in from the southwest. the winds have not been that bad out of the southeast at 11 miles per hour and it has been dry. 13%. here in the 9 backyard watching the temperatures at 87 and it feels good and you will be watching some of the showers and storms that are still feeding in from southwest. really affecting southwest colorado and telluride and all the way towards alamosa and

and drifting in and i don't anticipate the storms to make it there, make their way to the denver metro and still you will be watching for gustier winds and temperatures in the 50s tonight and 60s in lamar and springfield and 40s in the mountain. this front will start to move. across the country for us. we have been enjoying high pressure but that will drift a bit he making way for the next storm system that rolls from the pacific northwest. that cold front will be in the backyard by tuesday and wednesday and that should knock the temperatures down. rest of the night watching the clouds coming and going. by 11:00 p.m. most of the showers done and by tomorrow morning you will wake up and there's the sunshine we are used to. eastern colorado looking good as well and already another disturbance pushing in from the southwest and will you notice the clouds and the showers

lake city and durango and the san juans and eventually some try to materialize around the metro. i think if you live on the south side you will have the best shot of seeing these and it will be gusty wind and watching the clouds drifting in and that will be it. not a ton of moisture which is something we certainly could use. of course we are talking about the back to school forecast for students and watching for a hot one. temperatures cool at the bus stop and popping out of the upper 50s and so heading home, that will be in the backpack. 90s, low 90s for across eastern colorado and how about 95 in sterling and in the 70s in grand lake and aspen and 62 as we are watching the moisture from the southwest. foot hills in the 70s and it should be a dry day and in the morning isolated showers and it is hot here on the plains and the 90s continue up and down the i-25 corridor and we will

danger in parts of wyoming. by tuesday evening the front pushes through and that will bring us a better chance of seeing showers on wednesday. wednesday definitely looks like the coolest one at about 75 and we stay in the 70s on thursday and by the time we look ahead towards next weekend. why not? i'm sure you are planning your adventures. dry and temperatures warming up, not too hot and in the 80s winding down in the month of august. the summer has been flying by. way too fast. >> i agree but that's the way to do it. bury the rain in the middle of the week. this week has been beautiful. >> people can get out. >> and next weekend beautiful. we will take that. >> make the plans now. >> thanks, danielle. christ the redeemer statute is a big tourist attraction in rio. >> but plenty of other stuff to

all of the medals have been handed out and no surprise the u.s. finished with the most medals. we picked up a few more including the gold for men's basketball. the u.s. finished with a total of how many medals 121. a good amount. the summer games brought more

rio. sugar loaf mountains and cries the redeemer is among the favorite but we have a different side of the city. >> walking the busy streets ... of downtown rio de janeiroro. >> this is an important display of the city. >> seems a world away from the soothing scenic beaches and landmarks in and think carnival and football and soccer. >> tour guide rueall mello. >> this is my job. a tour guide. >> says downtown rio is a place most people don't see. >> it is not necessary to go to christ redeem er. > we talk about the influence from england and portugal and the u.s. >> and by showing the opera

all parts of the world and this ... saint sebastians cathedral. >> in honor to our patron. >> one of the more odd sites in rio. >> unique. >> built in the 1970s people at first hated the design from the outside but inside fell in love with the tall stained glass ceilings in a church that holds 20,000 people. >> it seats 5000 people. but standing 200 rio. >> streets where the samba was born and slaves once walked to plantations. >> it is an opportunity to study about the past. >> and a history of catching on. >> everyday we find something. >> raoul says he gave tours all month long. and that was matt reporting who is certainly ready to

>> yes. him and cheryl preheim will take a look back at the adventures in rio. >> a pizza delivery driver kidnapped. how she escaped again and old letters found in a shed tell

a funeral service in turkey where fifty people were killed last night and dozens wounded. turkey's president blames isis for the bombing. believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber but unclear why the wedding was targeted. >> hundreds gathered in istanbul to protest. demonstrators voiced anger and frustration over the killings.

year. the brother of a wounded syrian boy that gained international attention died three days after an air raid on the city of eltro. he died from injuries. we might not have heard about it if it were not for his 5- year-old brother. it shows him being rescued from a partially destroyed apartment building. he was treated and discharged. since rebels invaded last month. the search is on for a man accused of kidnapping a pizza delivery driver by luring her to an abandoned building. the man was armed with a rifle and forced the victim into the trunk of her car while on interstate ten the victim removed the emergency handle and jump out. police found the burned vehicle belo to go to victim but have not located the suspect.

contempt charges against sheriff joe arpaio. the judge says arpaio ignored orders to racially profile latino drivers. it is up to loretta lynch to decide if the case grows forward. it came out of a 9-year-old case against arpaio. the judge found him profiling latinos in traffic ordered a series of changes. several months ago arpaio was found in contempt despite criminal charges the attorney says he is still running for re- election. >> he didn't do it and he would like to see the case go away and he is not going to resign or step down. he will go forward with his election plans.

the republican primary is later this month. a new homeowner found the unexpected when she dug through an old duffel bag in her backyard shed. they were dozens of letters from a world war ii soldier. samantha found the bag full of those letters cleaning the shed at the home she recently purchased in central texas. 30 to 40 letters inside that old duffel bag and some to his mom. handwritten and after 20-year-old ova sims. >> it is amazing that somebody this young to be 20 had to go through that much and in his life at such an early age. i am thankful for him. he was definitely loved by his family. they saved all of these letters and they meant something. precious memories. sims was killed in act. she has connected with the

taxes and the problems on the 16th street mall. here is kim christianson with this week's 9 listens. >> reporter: i know you say that sounds like a ton until i show you this. >> it is a question that manufacture you have asked where do the marijuana taxes go? we shared three reports this week breaking it down. one comment, good to see an attempt being made to explain to people where the tax money is used and how. i think people that politicians lie to them really didn't understand the valid issue. >> this is a 12 month long investigation. >> significant heroin bust this week, the dea says heroin overdoses have increased dramatically in the past five years. the family after 16-year-old boy from conifer have started a program to help others cope with addiction and find treatment. the message my little sister

i miss her every day. i thought i would never cross paths with someone so desperate to put a needle in their arm. i was in a bubble. private security is working the 16th street mall. for months the city is dealing with complaints about problems in the mall. your reaction, the security officers will be powerless to act. they should at least be equipped with body cams to record any instruments that they witfo others think it is a good first step. do nothing and the people with money will eventually find safer and better places to spend money. and then businesses will close. the olympics being about more than just the way we perform. >> success for colorado athletes and outstanding athletic performances continue with the oh olympics. one moment will be remembered.

competitor to her feet after they both fell running the 500- meter race. love it. true sportsmanship and caring is everything. thanks for your comments. and we do welcome your comments at 9news.com. >> you can call and send us a message on facebook. we look forward to hearing from you each and every week. he cannot take pictures the traditional way.

being a professional photographer. there is something to be said been honest day's week for an honest's day pain and the bolder man would be lying if he said his life's calling came the easy way. in tonight's story tellers. chris vanderveen shows us a man that would not be lying to you if he told you his future is up in the air. >> you know the formula.

throw in a tragic back story. >> i think he just suffered a spinal cord injury. >> and tv news inspiration. >> look at how they overcome this. >> that is kirk williams. >> that is so overtold. >> not a formula. >> pity. >> here is where you start to pray. >> he wants none of that. so what if it takes him awhile to get in his bike. so what if he brth in his back while cycling years ago. >> i crashed so many times so much harder and it didn't knock me out or scratch the helmet or do any damage anywhere. >> so what. >> i have to figure this out. >> nothing he will do from here will change the past. nothing. maybe that's why he is now concluded it best to try to change his perspective. >> the sky is the limit so to

plan a flew away after the crash left the aspiring photographer fingers the traditional way. >> i am a paraplegic. this is a what he tells me. >> assuming he will pass a test he will do this professionally, ie, for a paycheck. >> i am determined somehow to figure out how to make it work. >> for a man that lives life in a wheelchair, drones >> the fact i am in a chair makes it hard to get those unique perspectives and those unique angles. >> far too often, drones have made headlines for the wrong reasons. >> don't do your first flight over your kids' soccer games. >> williams says it will be good for an industry trying to find its place. >> why not try to make a viable business out of that. >> but for a man that fits into no form. >> my whole attitude is what is

your pity. >> if you want to do something with your life or have a passion that you are excited or happy, do it. >> a man that will get really mad. >> it can be inspirational without being savvy. >> mad when we do ... >> he hurt himself. >> this. >> piano music playing. >> he says drones simply give him an entirely new perspective. >> that's the story. that's going >> it looks nice. >> and everything within reach of his lens. >> holy cow. >> oprah, are you listening. chris vanderveen, 9 news. after spending months to try to get an ceo , exemption from the faa he received it.

to hold pilot licenses. what a great story. we want to switch gears and bring in danielle. a beautiful weekend for the sporting events. the rockies game, i think it is going on and it has been beautiful. >> it has. nice sunshine. >> and cool. >> yes. finally starting to cool off on little bit after 90-degree day. the thing is that we need rain around here. we saw some yesterday but not enough at the airport where we keep score. so far for the entire month we have we need more. where we should be over an inch. as far as august we are in the top five for driest and tied for 2nd place. it has been so bone dry and it looks like we will have a good shot as the dome of pressure skirts to the east making way for the storm system in canada ushering cooler air and a good round of rain tuesday and wednesday. crossing our fingers for that and that will be about it.

a little bit more isolated here, there and not everyone is going to get soaked but we will feel the cool off wednesday and lingering to thursday. the temperatures start to take off just a bit more as we head towards next week end. we will return to the 80s and sunshine. enjoying this nice dip while we have it because summer is still hanging on tight. it will look good as we enter into september that will be here soon. >> it is nice and great to feel the cooler temperatures an nice to have summer here because once it gets cold it will be cold. >> for a long time. >> i like to say mildly cold.

around. >> from colorado's sports leader, here is rod mackey.

i think most people thought sanchez and i thought simian and he threw this pick 6 that might have evened it out and sanchez stepped in and turned the ball over not once but twice making it a mystery and don't forget about rookie paxton lynch. he had a pick but also the only quarterback that had a touchdown. in fact he had two. who knows? i know i can know ?7i am be two plays took away from a great performance and winning the job. it is too bad. >> sanchez is hit and fumbles the football. >> going to bops back. you know, i'm not the first guy that has thrown an interception. so just got to be able to bounce back. >> i felt good coming through the game and coach has said they would split up the reps so i knew i would have to sit

my opportunity i think i done that. >> thrown to the end zone. >> we will do the same thing this week. they got mistakes. they got to own and good things. there are mistake across the board and focus on the quarterback. we made a lot of the mistakes in a lot of the areas. >> once the season starts you have to believe dt and emmanuel sanders will be the go to receivers and virgil green has been the >> would it be better to know sooner rather than later to get the chemistry down before the carolina game. >> i have run with the quarterbacks. you know, for me i can adjust to a lot of different things. last year we had a situation where we, you know had peyton and brock and we adjusted well. to me, whatever the coaches decide to do i am down with. all of our quarterbacks have

ball well and great competitors. i trust all three of them. since the all-star break no pitcher better than jason hamels with an e.r.a. under one. he was far from spectacular this afternoon in fact he was terrible. rockies had a touchdown in the first inning. nolan arenado. 3 run home he left the park again with two men on. home run number 31. and 32. that's the best in the national league. the rockies win against the best season in baseball, final score, 11-4. >> playing the best team in baseball. it is always a big game. it feels nice. we face a good pitcher hamels and we got ahead on him and it was nice to hit the ball hard

rosa some comfort. >> the american's final gold medal from the 2016 rio games may have been the easiest which is fun because the men's basketball team had not been impressive until the championship today. i guess you could say they were saving their best game for the last. because today they looked like the original dream team as they took it to serbia. kevin durant led with 30 as the stars and his third gold medal as he is the most decorated male in olympic basketball history. >> i committed to this in '04. i have seen the worse and i even the best and we stuck with it. and i am here today. three gold medals later. mello got real emotional after the game saying this is

>> most decorated. >> you think kubiak had any sleep last night? >> don't think so. >> no quarterback? >> you mean trying to figure out who it will be. >> starting to get anxiety about it. >> take as long as you want as long as you pick the right guy. >> and virgil green saying as long as he is good. >> he will catch balls any way.

back. >> leaving you with the longest glass bottom bridge opened in one of china's national park. it spans over a canyon more than a quarter mile long and 20 feet wide. about one thousand foot drop to the canyon floor in case you are wondering.

of glass. you will need to plan in advance because it is restricted to 8000 visitors a day. and you got to make an appointment to do that. very popular. >> take a trip to china. >> that scares me more than sky diving. >> i would do that in a heart beat. >> that makes my palms sweaty. you drop out of a airplane you are so far and don't know what is going to happen. >> but i will go to do the sky diving thing. >> you have >> i will keep you posted. >> rod is like i am not touching either one. >> i will do the bridge. you are not going anywhere. >> it just still freaks me out. you can see through it one thousand feet down. >> it is made in china. >> oh, my gosh. you know what ... >> any hoot. >> okay. you know what, it has been nice and you know what the summer heat is sticking around and not

day and a couple of showers and i will show you mainly in the mountains and foot hills and i will zoom in and you can see that one cluster in jeffco and douglas. if anything a few more clouds and good to go. tomorrow 90 and right on the money. mostly sunny skies and then similar setup, one or two gusty thunderstorms and possibly cruising through the area. i'd say after four or five p.m. in the 90s in northern colorado and eastern colora it cool because the showers from the southwest and cooling

michael phelps is going to do it again! they reach for gold. at every olympics there are memorable characters, remarkable achievements, moments of exultation. over the last 17 days and nights, these games have provided all of that. new stars ascending boldly to the stage alongside legends