the difference is jaw- dropping. photos taken of this italian city before a deadly earthquake, and after, show the utter devastation in in what is considered one of the country's tourist towns. >> five bank robberies in three months. we will show you the photos of the plan who got police searching. >> those conversations are going to be more and more common going forward. >> a church in north carolina is hosting meeting. not for alcoholics, not for drug users, but for racists. >> well, happy friday eve, everyone. it felt like fall driving into work this morning. and things will not be warming up all that much today. >> marty joins us from the 9 news backyard. marty, it felt like fall yesterday for the first time. >> no question about it. with 60s and 70s, and it was cloudy all day yesterday. and today, we are going to be ahead of that, with some sun early this morning. and are you going to need those

do you have a commute that takes you through the late 6:00, and 7:00 hour, you are going to need that. high weed pollen going for us now. and some decent rain yesterday. a few spots didn't get all that much but in the central part of town through arvada west through lakewood and golden, more than a quarter of an inch in a lot of locations. so that knocks us out of the top five driest. it doesn't really take much now. only0.17. still an abnormally dry month of august. >> dry across the state. and thunderstorms off to the north. we are anticipating some storms, during the afternoon today. and 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, storms start rolling through, and last into the early part of the evening, and light rain goes until midnight tonight. so it is going to be another day with showers, adding to our total rainfall. kind of nice to have a little bit of moisture. it has been dry so far this month. >> oh, yes. i think it is super nice. and great weather.

as well. especially when you work a morning shift like this. 270 and i-70 corridor from sky 9. what a morning to fly there. you can see eve -- everybody is still in the dark. sunrise at 6:22. and everyone has headlights cruising through at 55. dtc, 25 at orchard and bellview, c-470 and 225, zipping on through and across the map, we cleared up at an accident at first and jersey near glendale. but as we peek out across the corridor, we want to let you know about a wreck at stapleton and monaco, not affecting i-70 and a crash at 19th and right down by river front park. close to i-25 and 20th. and overall, corey, c-470 is indicative of most of our drive times across the city, right on track and speeds are still in the green. >> a great way to start the day. amelia, thank you. denver police say this guy has had a very busy summer. they say his name is shawn scott. and he is responsible for a

9 news reporter tarhonda thomas is outside one of the banks he is accused of hitting here in denver and his spree began back in may. >> reporter: it began in may. and he has been very ambitious since. this is the most recent bank he hit. this is a tcf bank at broadway and evans. he ran in here on tuesday, police say, handed the teller a note, got the money and then ran straight out to broadway. let's give you another look at this guy, because police want to catch him, i will give you his resume, if you will. starting in may, he hit u.s. bank on 1248 south broadway and then went to the key bank on speer in june. and the u.s. bank on 38th avenue in june. and the ves per bank on speer in june. five locations. in just a matter of months. police say they know who this man is. they identify him as shawn scott. they say he is six feet tall. he weighs 150 pounds. and thin built guy. wearing a baseball cap and dark

reward up to $2,000 through the crimestoppers program and that phone number, you can call it, right now and remain anonymous, it is 720-913-stop. if you have a tip that leads them to this guy, shawn scott, you could earn that reward. but police want to stop him, before he commits another bank robbery. because they say in the past few months, he has done five already, which is quite a bit. and they haven't told us how much he has gotten away with and hope he does not strike again. >> got to keep identify him this morning. tarhonda, thank you. 6:04 right now. video taken overnight by a drone in the town of amiatritrea italy shows rescue efforts by firefighters as they search for anyone still alive after an earthquake. aided by search dogs, firefighters have been using their bare hands to pull away chunks of cement and rock and metal hoping for signs of life underneath. and so far 247 people are

the town gives a gut-wrenching glimpse into what was lost. one of three towns reduced to nothing. it is largely considered one of the country's most beautiful towns. is. it is 5 minutes after 6:00 right now. find la shia, and police have doubled their award to bring the 16-year-old home to her family. she was last seen on july 15, near monthview and peoria. and police say that a witness later at a bus stop near the 1600 block of peoria. and she is described as 5'6", with long black hair and a quarter-sized round scar on her chest. metro denver crimestoppers is offering a reward up to $4,000. and if you have information, regarding her where-abouts, call this number, 720-913-stop. you can remain anonymous. a crash in a motorized

investigators say that glider bob saunders was piloting the fixed wing glider, when it crashed wednesday, in prospect basin. saunders owned and operated a glider tour company, and the other man hasn't been identified yet, but we do know that he is from colorado. just because a wildfire has stopped burning, doesn't mean the danger has gone away. heavy rains in fremont county caused flooding along the hayden pass burn scar. it washed out a bridge and shut down county road 40 for a with flood damage to their homes. but the community is staying strong. >> everybody is willing to help a neighbor. and you will probably see that, helping somebody else, before they help themselves. and that is just huge. huge lesson to have up -- huge blessing to have up here. >> the damage to homes and properties is still getting checked out. luckily no one was hurt. voter upset with the primary process in colorado are going to get to decide in

says two ballot measures got enough petitions, got enough signatures on petitions, to make it on to the ballot, and one would get rid of the presidential caucuses and replace them with primaries. colorado used to have primaries and it was changed. and this will change it back. another would let unaffiliated voters pick a candidate in those primaries. this year, democrats complain of long waits and packed caucus sites and republicans didn't get to pick a candidate at all. and delegates were awarded later high clouds over the area now, and chilly temperatures out there. and we are in the 50s and 40s, up and down the front range. and slowly making our way into the 60s by mid morning. and as we get later in the day, we are anticipating several areas of thunderstorms, throughout the afternoon, and evening, so after school activities, absolutely could be affected. and tomorrow, drizzle. fog in the morning. and then some showers again in

drier for the weekend. and next week, even hotter. the planning forecast is coming up. >> all right, marty, thank you. and ending racism in the united states. that is the goal of a new self- help program that gives racists a chance to go through the 12 steps. >> we have seen a funnel cloud coming and we went and got in the hallway and took cover and the ceiling fell on us and it was over. >> it is right there. >> it was over, nearly as quickly as it began. but the recovery for people in an

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it is 11 after 6:00. an 11 hour siege at the american university in afghanistan ended overnight with 10 more dead and officers and a security guard among the dead. the attackers were also killed. the attack started wednesday evening with a suicide car bomb at the entrance to the school. >> watch as rocks, dirt and water crashed down on a hill in northern japan and landslides forced hundreds of people in at least one town to evacuate. the slides were triggered by heavy rainfall, caused by

are without electricity. and phone service. thankfully no one has died. but one man was hurt trying to jump out of the way. we have a dry start to the day across the state and anticipating several areas with thunderstorms. the monsoon wind pattern is back. slightly westward and is now back in colorado. so it is providing us with more moisture today. we do think that with the heat of the day, we will start to see some thunderstorms develop. by 1:00, to 2:00 this afternoon, and you will see a rapid buildup in the mountains and foothills and then they cut across here, late afternoon, after the thunderstorms are done, on the backside, from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 in the morning, light showers, still will continue here over the front range. and as far as rain goes, you know how that is. you are going to get some spots with not very much. but several anticipating quarter of an inch up to three quarters of an inch of rain. we will have pretty good downpours. especially the closer are you to monument hills. and 70s by highs. and 3eu 2:00 this afternoon.

foothills. storms start around glenwood canyon and down to the san juans and up into grand county. they cut across the front range late in the day. and they make it as far east, it looks like brushed fort morgan and perhaps sterling and limon in the evening and several areas of the state, especially really in the central third of colorado, where we could see some very heavy rain during the day in a few locations, and 60s mountains, and 70s to near 80, for the east, and the west, 75 to sun in the morning and replaced by afternoon and evening, showers here. the drizzle and the mist continue, until tomorrow morning. and lunchtime, clearing, and then look for more storms tomorrow afternoon. and it does get a lot drier, and warmer to start next week. >> all right, marty. getting up with sky 9 at 6:13 as they cruised around town and witness admire nor crash around the 225 stretch, northbound around mississippi. and not a big deal there, and no lanes are blocked and traffic is still just really

and right now, there are over 25 and colfax. official sunrise time 6:22. it looks a little dark out there. headlights are on as folks get out and jump on the highways. out to the c-dot cams. i love this view, 25 near 20th check out the southbound push, it is a standard delay, south of i-70 but really clear picture here, shows you what traffic is moving through like southbound you will tap the breaks and jump into the 40s. and then northbounders in the upper 60s. and a couple new crashes in the and monaco. it shouldn't affect the elevated deck of i-70. the crash right at 19th and still in the clearing stage by the river front park. a lot of congestion there. and on a typical day. and outside we go to the westbound 70 view, near genesse, an earlier stall and it looked like it cleared out. a semi truck was blocking traffic. but it looks great, even the upper elevation commutes. >> that is so good to hear. >> all right. thank you much.

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this as many as eight tornadoes swept through the area, not far from indianapolis. some people lost power, and others were told that they couldn't return to their apartments. others went because, well, they had no home to go back to. >> all we have is all our clothes and we have been in the soaking rain all day. >> everybody had lost their things due to the power lines, they are not safe going back. >> and about a dozen people are injured. none of them seriously, thank goodness. so far, no deaths have reported either. indiana governor and republican vice presidential dom knee mike pence can take a break from campaigning today. he is going to visit the area that was hit by the storms. he will get a first-hand look at the damage. he will start in the hardest hit area, kokomo, and he will move through howard and montgomery counties. new this morning, the soldier who shot and killed five dallas police officers last month had shown signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.

for it when he returned from afghanistan in 2014. and doctors decided mika johnson pose nod risk to himself or others and the 25- year-old would go on to shoot a dozen police officers during a peaceful march in july. the deaf man killed by a state trooper in july apparently had misunderstandings with police before and was afraid of them. that's what sam harris said about his brother daniel fatally shot after leading a high speed pursuit near charlotte last week. a review of public records show a few charges against harris from other states including two resisting arrestcharges that were later dropped. three young kids kidnapped in california, a week and a half ago, have been found alive. they were found alone in a motel room in grant, new mexico. and the man and woman who took them are suspects in the murder of the children's mom and are still on the loose. 6:19 right now. alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, racist anonymous.

never heard of it before, but it is a new support group being offered by churches across the country. >> pretty wild. the meetings were actually started by a church in california. they have spread to other congregations now. the programs are led by a licensed therapist and follow the traditional 12 step model. and attendees are encouraged to share as much or as little as they choose. the overall goal of the group is to change systematic racism here in the united states. >> it is a shame we need that. >> it is >> you know, you always are skeptical of whether that would work or not. but if it works, that is great. >> yes. 20 minutes after 6:00 right now. the red and the blue lights flashing in the rearview mirror. the officer walking up to your window and your heart just boom drops into your stomach. >> yes. >> well that heart dropping moment turned into a moment of joy, for drivers in tennessee. and it will have broncos fans jealous. we will explain why. but first, let's check in on weather and traffic.

have slowed down the fire danger, and in fact, we have moderate to low fire danger, across the state, it gets progressively higher, over into utah, but next week, it will get a lot warmer and a lot drier and you will see the conditions change rapidly. and today, sunny start. fair weather clouds. through lunch and thunderstorms develop during the afternoon. and this evening. and it is really going to affect you with after work or after school plans during the day today. the weekend still looking good, with the storm or saturday. low 80s during the afternoon. and the temperatures in the 70s for the kickoff of the broncos rams game. into the upper 80s on sunday. and that is when the warm just really starts. >> sky 9 is now at 29th and tenson, over a crash that took place just to the north of the sloan lake neighborhood. and this accident does involve injuries and a fire truck just left the scene. and there is an ambulance here, hoping to treat some of the patients but we are working to

residential and 29th is a major thoroughfare north of sloan. the c-dot cameras as we come across 225 and yosemite. southbounders really tapping the breaks leading between parker road and i-25 and across the maps and several small side street accidents have now really plagued the drive. but we are not talking about any major highway drives yet. now is the time to enjoy the ride if you can. staple and monaco, a crash at the elevated deck. and 19 front, a crash in the clearing stages. a booming area.

6:25 right now. surf is up. you can now hang 10 in the south plat river. no kidding. and first phase of a new water course in sheridan opens today. and it includes two man made surf spots. and the project is part of a one-mile $14 million revamp of the river. and you don't have to be a surfer to -- you don't have to be a surfer to enjoy it. and kayakers and rafters encouragerred to come out and check out the gnarly waves.

gnarly. >> you probably know dolly the elephant. >> dolly is very popular. 52 years old. the beautiful creature is believed to be one of the oldest asian elephants in captivity. sadly she is in poor health which is why denver zoo officials say she is being offered hospital style care. >> what memories do you have of dolly at the zoo? we are asking memories on facebook, or use the hashtag hashtag be on. and a lot of people really love dolly. sorry to hear about sweet dolly. so loved dolly. go in peace, grand lady. i think that says it all. grand lady. >> so sweet. she is being really caken tear of. in the last few week -- taken care of. in the last few weeks or months or whatever she may have. >> 52. >> that is really old. >> that is old in elephant years. i don't know how that works out. but yes. >> i think it is up there. >> i think it is up there.

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good morning, everyone. it is a busy summer for this guy, unfortunately, and police say he has robbed a string of banks in recent months and now that the search to find him has

year hiatus, the ski train to winter park will start up again this summer. i'm vida urbonas. that story, coming up. >> and with the winter park ski train announcement today, who will ride it? head to www.9news.com/vote now, to vote live in a few minutes. and it is not time to head to the slopes just yet but things will definitely feel cooler today as summer starts to wind down. >> marty coniglio is outside in the backyard right now where i am gues of a fall morning. >> very crisp out here. we have a lot of damp pavement out here, from the showers that came overnight. and partly cloudy sky, and sun just now coming up. and 6:22, this morning, for the sunrise this morning and we have the monsoon continuing to back westward, into colorado. and focused more into the midwest today, and it has made a westward push into the state. and that will create some areas of thunderstorms. and not so concerned about severe weather here today, again, unfortunately, it is the

severe storms. for us, storms start in the mountains, from southwestern colorado, to grand county, during the early afternoon. and we will get late afternoon, and evening thunderstorms around here. and then showers will continue, even after midnight tonight. so it is a very wet day, after a generally dry start, and very heavy rain in pockets, especially along and south of monument hill. and in several mountain areas during the day today. we will 10 degrees below the seasonal averages. and most of these highs in the mid to upper 70s, will be hit by 2:00. because after 2:00, we cloud up and start to see the rain run right down, right down off of the mountains and foothills over the i-25 corridor. >> 2:00. i love it when marty gives aus time like that. you can just set your watch to it. and look outside and here come the clouds. >> sky 9 is over your 25 drive and 6th avenue where it is

issue but the heavy eastbound drive, coming off of 6th avenue to northbound 25, you're crawling with about a 15 mile- an-hour average. and out we go to the c-dot camera at 25 and arapahoe. and construction continues along arapahoe itself. with the ramp delays. they are making major improvements but it will slow down your drive between the dtc and areas of centennial, connecting with parker road as well. and speeds on the high side, d between downtown and the tech center. and most area freeways have really been quiet, calm and clear. and i would do have a crash out across the side streets at stapleton and monaco, and a few moments ago, corey, sky 9 flew over the intersection of 29th and tenyson, next door to the center there, there is an injury crash and at least one person was taken to the hospital with injuries. >> hate to hear that, appeala. thank you for the update. >> it is 6:32 right now. five banks robbed and one suspect. police know who they are looking for, and they haven't found him yet.

is outside the most recent bank that was robbed. the tcf at broadway and evans. and this guy has had a really busy summer. >> yes, such a busy summer. just to give you an idea, he hit banks on south broadway and north speer and west 38th and i will take you to the bank that he most recently robbed. tuesday, come with me, broadway and evans, at the intersection and that's the tcf bank, and he walked into the bank on tuesday with a note to the teller, in minutes, he was out here on broadway and evans, with the money, running away. police are still looking for who this guy is. his name is shawn scott. and police got a good picture of him. and they say this is the plan who has robbed all five. these banks since may. and now, he is tall and skinny. six feet tall. 150 pounds. and he was wearing a baseball cap. a dark blue polo and jeans at the most recent bank robbery in which he is accused. but also police say hit the bank on east speer and u.s. 38 and the key bank on north speer

career of his, he hit the u.s. bank on south broadway street. in the 1200 block there. and that's the bank police say started this all. and so as you can imagine, they really want to catch this guy. that's why they gave us these pictures. so that we can show them to you. and give you this phone number. for crimestoppers. 720-913-stop. if you call that number, and give a tip that leads them to an arrest, you can get up to $2,000. and of course people don't have to give their names. people want to get >> absolutely. and a really good picture to find him as well. tarhonda, thank you. a shirtless burglar gets away after busted by the person living there. he wasn't alone. surveillance video caught a man and a woman walking into an apartment building near parker and valencia last month. and the two were later scene running away. if you recognize them, call the arapahoe county sheriff, or you can leave an anonymous tip, with metro denver crimestoppers. the sedgewick county

handcuffed developmentally disabled inmate to his home instead of to jail, and then sexually assaulting her. court documents show that sheriff tom hanna says he was going to drive the female prisoner to the logan county jail and instead drove to his home in his own pick-up truck. the woman says she was told to take her clothes off and offered money before she was assaulted. the district attorney says the accusations should not reflect on the entire department or other sheriffs. >> i have the utmost district. i don't want this to reflect poorly upon all rural sheriffs. >> the sheriff's bond was set at $250,000. hanna is no longer the sheriff, by law that job now falls to the county coroner. he has to stay at least 100 feet away from the sedgewick county sheriff's office and has to wear a gps tracking device. new information this morning, on a deadly crash in aurora, from earlier this week. on monday, the driver of an suv

the denver post reports the 22- year-old who died pushed his 18- year-old friend to safety, before the crash. the 41-year-old driver was arrested, on suspicion of vehicular homicide, and driving drunk. seven students, two police officers, and a security guard, all lost their lives, after two people stormed american university in kabul, afghanistan. the attack started with a suicide car bomb attack outside the school wednesday evening. and it nine hours later, with the deaths of the two attackers. no one was claimed responsibility for the attack yet. two orlando hospitals are doing a really good thing. they are not billing the survivors of the pulse nightclub shooting. 49 people died when a gunman walked into the club and started shooting in june. one victim is still in the hospital. the hospital will write off an estimated $5.5 million or more in care. the families of the victims who

commerce city police officers have been removed from their field training duties. the reason? they took recruits out to play pokemon go. seriously. >> yes, the officer's supervisors caught them last week. and the city says it takes the misconduct seriously, and that it will be addressed, the problem will be addressed as soon as it was discovered. a week ago the u.s. justice department was tasked with reviewing the commerce city police departments practices including training. three si affinity gaming has been sold to a private equity firm in new york, for $580 million. the company owns the mardi gras and the golden gates and the golden gulch casinos and a handful of other casinos in nevada, missouri and iowa. take a look at hd doppler, not much happening around here this morning. we did have light showers this time yesterday. and we are seeing some thunderstorms in the northwest

for us this morning. and partly cloudy, and a bit hazy conditions, through the morning, and we begin those -- to see those thunderstorms early this afternoon, and lasting until well after school is out, later in the day. and of course, it has rained down here. it is snow, at and above timber line. and we have this picture from tom watkinson in telluride and up at the loveland ski area. we saw it live on cam yesterday, and dustin schaefer got good shots of the 12,000 feet and up. >> yes, it won't be long now. and speaking of which, after a seven-year hiatus, the winter park ski train is going to make a comeback this season offering people a way to get from union station to winter park. we want to know, would you ride the train? you can go to 9 news .com/vote now, and you can cast your vote. we will take a poll here, and see how popular it might be.

this offers people a good way to get to the resort and you don't have to deal with the i- 70 traffic. >> you really don't. it will get a lot of vehicles off i-70, during the peak ski times. today, they are going to announce the train times and the cost of what it is going to be, to take that train up to winter park. right from here, from union station, starting this ski season. and you know, this is the course we're talking about, starting at the beginning of the ski season. in the past, the from 2,000, i'm sorry, 1940 to 2009, and it was continued in 2009. it was really too expensive for a private operator to run. so now, amtrak is partnering with winter park to bring that train back. and you may remember, back in march of 2015, that was a year ago march, amtrak and winter park, offered skiers a chance to try out the ski train for two days. over a weekend. and those tickets, boy did they sell out for both of those

it a regular ride. and yesterday, they announced yesterday, they are going to continue this, in the future. and c-dot also studied that trial weekend, and it said that the ski train could take up to 500 vehicles off of i-70 during the peak ski traffic time. and you know how i-70 gets, especially during the ski traffic time. so again, this morning, the winter park, going to give us more details on what the times will be and when it will run and how much it will cost and gary, last time you told me that, or you io train, i too took the ski train in my younger years to winter park. i remember taking the train up there to ride the moguls up there, at mary jane. >> yes, the moguls. >> yes. >> the moo-guls. >> however in your younger years, i'm guessing were you 10 and i was like 30 in my younger years. [ laughter ] >> it was about that, yes. >> all right. [ laughter ] all right, so we have been asking the question this morning, would you take it,

here are the answers. 73% of people say yes, i cannot wait. and 14% no, too expensive. although we is haven't really heard the exact price of what it is going to be yet. that will be announced today. and then 13% say i don't do cold. >> why do you live in colorado? >> it will be anywhere from 40 to 60 bucks i'm guessing, but it is, you know, there and back. and so it is round trip. and you know, let them do the driving and you can do the partying. it is a good alcohol sold on board. >> there was on the old one. i'm assuming. >> this one will be run by amtrak. we will see. but i'm assuming there will be. >> we will let you know when we hear it. >> back in the day. 6:41. stop the campaign ads at least for a day, one group is asking the presidential candidates and the reason they want hillary clinton and donald trump to play nice for just a day.

welcome back. it is 6:44 right now. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will be in reno, nevada, today, where she is expected to address an associated press report surrounding her meetings with donors to her families

>> an associated press report found more than half the nongovernment leaders who met with her, while she was secretary of state, ended up giving money or before that, gave money to the clinton foundation. the clinton campaign calls the report absurd. it says that it only looked at a very small portion of her time as secretary of state. >> her republican rival, donald trump was on the campaign trail in mississippi on wednesday. he is trying to go after the african-american and latino vote. sang little to improve the lives of minorities. he also talked about a shift in his immigration policy. saying instead of doing mass deportation, he is willing to work with immigrants who came here illegally, but want to stay. more details on what his plan actually is are expected in the last few weeks. one group want the presidential hopefuls to take their campaign ads off the air and quit campaigning for just one day. the new york-based nonprofit 9/11 day wants the clinton and

to honor the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. clinton and trump have not made any announcements yet. but back in 2012, both mitt romney and president damn did agree -- president obama did agree to stop their ads on 9/11. a bit hazy out there today. in thornton looking to the west. some moisture backed up against the foothills. we had some decent rain in parts of town. getting a quarter of an inch or better. other spots, just a few hundredths of to knock us up to 0.17 of an inch for the month. it takes us out of the top five driest. but it will get really dry again next week. planning ahead to the e of the day today. -- end of the day today. several areas of thundershowers for the afternoon and evening. even after the thunderstorms are done after midnight, light rain is possible. through the early part of tomorrow morning. conditions now, as marty mentioned, we can really see

25, and colorado. and sun is coming out. we can see the lower visibility in terms of the haze. later today, that's when the clouds move in and a break from the sun glare delays for folks heading westbound. out to the maps, one crash across ott side streets to the north of sloan lake at 29th and tenyson. the one injury accident across town. really everything else has been very, very quiet. easy to manage across southbound 225. it is a delay that will cost you 20 minutes, from 70 down to 25, average and 270, another heavy pack. we have a southbound and eastbound slow down to york street. lots of sunshine. and the cars are just crawling on through. >> yes, they are. amelia, thank you much. she called them cowards and that cost her. hope solo, we are talking about. the u.s. women's soccer goalie is suspended for the next six months. the u.s. soccer organizer said her comments against sweden's soccer team after the u.s.

hope solo called swede an bunch of cowards after the u.s. lost 4-3 on penalty quicks in the quarterfinals. meanwhile, american gymnast simone biles got a hero's welcome back in texas on wednesday. fans, friends, and city leaders, in houston, welcomed her at the airport. and the mayor even declared it declared it simone biles day. the 19-year-old star of the rio games seemed pretty surprised by all of the attention. >> i can't thank everyone in houston me today and to welcome me from rio. and i don't know what else to say. i'm nervous. and i love you guys. >> she is so cute. biles hometown of springs, texas, held a parade, for her homecoming. >> how cool is that? perhaps the only team that usa athletes could rival the popularity of the medals of biles and -- of biles, is swimmer katie ledecky. she threw out the first pitch

on wednesday. she had to hand her five olympic medals to bryce harper, so that they wouldn't weigh her down while she pitched that opening pitch. yes, that is is a good problem to have, right? >> i don't think they had any problem holding those gold medals for a few seconds. >> exactly. some of our local heros will get to train like the pros today. the annual usaa/nfl boot camp. 50 local members of the u.s. military will be at the uc health training center today. they will take part in nfl drills before getting to watch the broncos practice and meet and the camp begins around 8:45 this morning. and they are going to get to see quarterback trevor siemian back at traffic today. he sat out earlier this week after injuring his showered in the preseason game against the niners but expected to start on saturday with the los angeles rams and you can see trevor and the rest of the broncos take the field on channel 20rbgs coverage starts at -- 20, coverage starts at 6:00, with kickoff, right around 7:00. i was going to say, it

he seems like the front-runner right now. >> two times starting in preseason. >> we will see. >> we will see how it works out. before we start the next story, we want to say, denver police, please, please consider doing this. it would be wonderful if you did. [ laughter ] >> police in nashville are making friends with some pretty happy drivers. >> last week, they pulled over drivers who were following the rules. yes. so that they could give them free tickets to a tennessee titans game. >> no way. >> yes. >> the nashville police department has become pretty well known for these complain if the denver police wanted to pull us over and maybe pony up broncos tickets. >> i have to say something, because i was just in nashville this past weekend. >> did you get a ticket? >> but there were a lot of seats open. maybe that's the reason they can hand out the free tickets. >> i see. >> the broncos games are sold out. >> will is that. >> i think they -- there is that. >> i think they need people to to the games. >> please come watch the titans. >> yes. >> maybe that is it. >> i don't know.

6:50 right now. our workweek wilt end with a bit of a chill.

it is dry but very hazy. have you seen that on the sky 9 shots this morning. a lot of that is humidity. left over from the showers we had last night. and early this morning. a few clouds here and there. especially over southeastern colorado. i anticipate the morning clouds to be a burning off, with a little bit of heat we have during the day. so lunchtime is going to be quite pleasant. quite nice. and temperatures in the 70s. and storms develop.

through the afternoon, and early part of the evening, periods of thunderstorms, especially, from the boulder, larimer county line, south. that is the early storms. and then later tonight, after sunset, we will have secondary rounds of much lighter showers. and you might hear on the rooftop when you are headed off to bed tonight. moderate rain possible in several locations. and you will have to wait until fairly late in the night to get some decent rain, i think in northern colorado tonight up around fort collins and loveland. and temperatures in the 70s. early today, and you ll quickly, into the 60s, as these rain showers start. and then they are going to get kicked off in the mountains, from the san juan, all the way up to rocky mountains national park, on the scattered basis, and then cut across the state, through the afternoon, and evening today. and looking at several areas, anticipating moderate to heavy rain. for a time, this afternoon, and this evening. and the temperatures still on the cool side, with 70s and low

and 75 here. partly cloudy, and hazy start, and afternoon, and evening storms for us. and clouds will not go away tonight. look for some drizzle. and mist early tomorrow morning. and midday clearing. storms come back tomorrow afternoon. we begin to dry out. and warm up. by tuesday, that 90 is just the be streak. >> sky 9 at 6:55. and it has been really cruising the city. because they haven't had to focus on too many crashes. 36th and federal right now, looking from above the federal overpass, it looks great. if you're transitioning from side streets to freeways, do not anticipate any delays so far from boulder and broomfield or your denver drive. and out we go to the c-dot view here of i-25, near 128th and the north side, seeing a little bit of congestion as you come down, but overall, it is a nice smooth ride for 84th avenue. and i thought we would focus on drive times and instead of going out to the maps, because hey it is all green and drive times 17 minutes with a tad bit of sun glare across 470. between santa fe and 25 eastbound. and 25 northbound, 15 minutes,

southbound stretch which is much, much, much lighter than usual. >> thank you for that. and here are some of the top stories that we have been following today. police in denver are looking for a plan who they say is a serial bank robber. there is the latest spot he hit, the tcf bank at evans and broadway. he hit five banks since may. and police say this is the man. sean scott. ceremony feet tall. 150 pounds. -- six feet tall. 150 pounds. wanted in all five robbers. he ran out of the door at evans and broadway when he robbed the bank on tuesday. call crimestoppers 710-913-stop if you see him. and police are looking at an award up to $2 thousand thou. two are accused of burglarizing a home at mississippi avenue. if you recognize them, call the arapahoe county sheriff, or metro denver crimestoppers. you can remain anonymous. a crash of a motorized

telluride, including a well- known local, investigators say that glider bob saunders, as he was known, was piloting the fixed wing glider, when it crashed wednesday, in prospect basin. and saunders owned and operated a glider tour company, and the other man has not been identified. but we do know that he is from colorado. police have now doubled the reward in their search for a teenager who has been missing for more than a month. that is up to $4,000 now. and 16-year-old la shia st last seen near montview and peoria, july 16. if you have any information about her whereabouts, call crimestoppers at 720-913-stop. soon you will have an option of taking a train from downtown denver to hit the slopes. from winter park, from union station, to a brand spanking new platform, at the ski area. and it ran from 1940, until 2009. and was discontinued because of costs. and winter park will announce

tickets today. and now, it won't be that train that we just showed. the old historic one. it will be an amtrak train, marty. i looked up what they did with the old train. and it is now operating in algoma canyon in ontario, canada. >> where are they now? that is always good to know that. for us, thunderstorms today. and again, tomorrow. during the afternoon. and it will be cloudier tomorrow morning. then today has been. reaching back up into the 80s, to near 90 degrees, by the early part of next week. and earlier, in talked about how fire danger is down across the state. by the time we get to the end of next week, it will be back up. you know, in late august and september, we do often get a secondary fire season when we dry out. >> back to the 90s. >> yes. >> wow. >> marty, thank you. it is a big birthday for the national park service. they are turning 100 today. and there are some big plans for the centennial celebration. president woodrow wilson created the national park service on august 25, 1916. and as part of the celebration,

through this weekend, because it is free. and as cheryl says, free is for me, right? >> yes. >> and they are waving admission fees to all of the parks. which is pretty cool. >> one place you can go, of course, is what we have been showing you, rocky mountains national park. it is the third most visited park in the country. and 4 million visitors last year. and the park itself is a bit older than that. it was started in january of 1915. and while you're out, grab of the park. the u.s. postal service is celebrating as well. and they issued national parks forever stamps this year. and they have 16 different stamps, also in different views and wildlife that you can find during a park visit. >> i do love rocky mountains national park. >> it is a cool place. >> yes. >> it is awesome, isn't it? so ryan lochte spent a week dancing around questions surrounding that robbery in rio. but can he dance for real? you know where i'm going with this. >> i think we do.

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