two years ago, an officer nearly lost his life. today, he's ready to get back to work and help others in more way than one. a serious e-mail threat closes doors at government agencies in several states. the colorado location affected today. >> i ran home to check my account, and, um, realize monday was missing from my account, and a lightbulb went off that sog yeah, criminals are stealing billions of dollars without needing to ever see their victims. we'll talk about how they're targeting account through atms. we start with breaking news this morning. police are looking for whoever stole an suv, crashed into a nearby home, and ran from the scene. this is happening in edge water in the area near to the and fenton. edge water officers heard seven gunshots and officers heard a crash. people are told to stay in

the suspect. reverse 911 calls went out to warn people of this. police found a gun outside this car. it is a ford car. the ford was stolen from 35th and gray in wheatridge. we're not sure of the time it was stolen and a gun was stolen at 35th and gray. this is all breaking news. we have a crew on the way. nelson garcia son the way. we're working on getting more information and as soon the rain and hail hit denver boulder and metro area hard along the 25 corridor last night and after the storm moved out, standing water stuck around on the highways and streets. this is the intersection or a section of 36 near federal, totally flooded. a viewer name start sent us video of the roads around parker and said cars are dying here. some storm in the state were strong enough to trigger some flash flood warnings. the good news, though today we

great, marty, because i would love to get some sleep tonight. well, you know -- well, tonight you may see one or two storm. i don't know they would be severe but for us, you know, just takes a little lightning and a little thunder and makes it tough to go to bed during the evenings. around here, last night, it was intense as you guys just saw. this is from dana woods on our facebook page, 72nd and central, 72nd and pecos, rivers of hail north denver, federal heights area, just incredibly intends. al perry in aurora lightning all over the play. we had several areas with lightning and we continue to see lightning. in northeastern colorado, just north of ray, east of hackston and holyoke, thunderstorms continue this morning. we did have pockets of moderate to heavy rain, upwards of an inch or more in the central part of metro denver, west side of town especially along

of rain west of boulder, much different this morning with clear conditions around here. it is foggy on the eastern plains this morning as we head near 80 for an afternoon high. the day is fine. the evening could be stormy yet again. >> thank you, marty. 5:33. we're get outside to cdot camera and taking a live look across 285 across your c-470 corridor, pretty good start as you see speeds holding strong in the mid-50s to mid-60s, no la freeway. we're wake up to damp roads. travel times across 470, less than 12 minutes eastbound or westbound between santa fe and 25. 25 between downtown and tech center, less than 15, and if you're about to head east and head to d.i.a., we've got great conditions on the train to the plane. you have an excellent start across 70, e-470, and pena boulevard and once you're at the airport, at most you will see estimated security wait times around 20 minute, which should not be a problem. >> amelia thank you.

what we all saw, destruction, and an injured officer. on that day, denver officer john ahtsett almost died while looking at a protest. he is help other officers now. nelson garcia is joining us at the denver police academy with more. >> reporter: the denver police department asked us not todays clothe where adset 7:00 a.m. to start his shift and restart his police leaf. he easily could have died that day and calls his recovery a miracle. doctors had to remove his spleen and he had endured several broken bones.

heal. he credits god for give him the strength to survive. he will serve in what the department calls a very limited support role, working only a few hours a day. considering what he's been through, family and friends say they will take it after receiving a ton of support. he started a support officers and will hold that 5k. addsit was shot multiple times during a traffic stop. if we talk to him well, will bring to it you later this morning. nelson garcia 9news. >> nelson, thank you much. the man who hit officer addsit will spend a lot of time under tight watch.

booker had a seizure behind the wheel, leading to the crash. >> it's almost 5:36 now. there will be extra security as the usda office in fort collins and several other states reopen. they cleveland a serious threats against employees at the agency. an employee is not sharing specifics but said office in colorado, maryland, north carolina, west virginia will all get back to work today. more than 1,000 people from several government agencies work at the near colorado state university. lafayette police are looking for a man and a woman right now after they say the couple held two kids at gunpoint to get money from their mom. this is surveillance video from monday showing a man and woman who police think are the robbers be the fair forced the mother to drive to a bank and her own home to get money while pointing a gun at her 8-year- old daughter and 4-year-old son. police said then they led her and her children to.

old. if you recognize either, call police. five westminster police officers fired their guns 46 times, and prosecutors said they were justified in doing that. the officers shot and killed a car thief back in april. police were trying to arrest 21- year-old damon blair when he pulled out a gun and fired at them. officers fired back, hitting him 13 times. the toxicology report shows blair had multiple drugs in his system at the time. of badly jefferson county dog attack, two dog who killed their owner will now be euthanized. investigators said the two pit bulls attacked 60-year-old susan shaw in her home on black widow drive in conniver and injured her adult son richard who called 911. richard gave permission to put down the dogs been an 18-year-old is charged

child with a broken clavicle, bruise and fractured skull. 18-year-old paul davidson is charged with reckless child abuse causing injury. the child was having difficulty breathing and was pleading from his mouth. davidson is expected in court later today. big storm in the area, incredible lightning. benjamin lincoln shared that via twitter. the rain highly variable. some areas were west of boulder, over 3 inches 93, lillington, and up through central denver and hen got progressively lighter north and east towards brighton and d.i.a. for us, today, a good start, good deal of sunshine through the morning and afternoon. we'll begin to see a build-up of clouds later in the day, touching right here 80 degrees. for the next three days, best chance for storms tomorrow will be in the western suburbs and in the foothills. then we'll have a round of storms move through friday

mountain showdown during the first half of that game, which is right down here, mile high stadium. >> all right, marty, thank you much. now to politics. this could be an interesting day. donald trump plans to meet with mexico's president today. he plans to stop in mexico city to meet president pena-nieto. one of the key points of the campaign, as you know, is his plan to build a wall between the u.s. and mexico and he says make mexico pay for it. president compared donald trump to dictators like adolph hitler and mussolini. but the president said he invited both candidates to mexico to talk. trump has 3% support in polls in mexico. later today, donald trump will be in arizona to deliver a speech on immigration. over the course of his campaign, he has talked about wanting to deport 11 million immigrant who are in the united states illegally, but more

he now says he would work with them and focus on deporting criminals. in today's speech, he's expected to compare his policy to hillary clinton's, which he said would be complete amnesty for undocumented immigrants. the democrats want the fbi to look at trump's campaign. they think he may have had a hand in the recent hack of a democratic party computer. the breach was traced back to hackers in russia. four leading house democrats say trump aides have close ties to russia. after the hack exposing favoritism for clinton and against sanders. today, hillary clinton will be in the battle ground state of ohio, addressing the american legions convention in cincinnati, where she's expected to stress the idea of american exceptionalism. she's also expected to continue questioning donald trump's leadership abilities. she has said that trump indicated he would walk away from our allies, undermine our

thieves get your cash. the atm schemers are scheme -- skimmers are getting billion of

it just might be one of the biggest thefts in history. criminal have stolen $3 billion worldwide and had to do it slowly over time. tarhonda thomas is on the "consumer reports" beat with a look at what is being skimmed off your account at the atm. >> reporter: skimming cards at atms is clearly illegal and lucrative. crooks have made off with as much as $3 billion worldwide because the use is five times higher than 2014 or 2515.

"consumer reports" has important advice. one trip to the wrong atm cost mary a lot of money. she found out when her debit card was reject at gas station. >> i ran home to check my account and realized money was missing from my account and something weird happened. >> reporter: police showed us the hardware installed, a skimmer to copy credit card information, and a tiny camera r >> most commonly they remove device and then use the information to create a duplicate table card they can use to drain your account. >> reporter: covering the pinbad is one way to thwart the scheme but thieves use another skimming device that does not use a camera at all. it's a fake card reader that fits right over the real one. first it reads your card information and then when you type your pin -- >> your pin number is extracted

double sided tape so if you can tug it loose, don't use it, and report it to management. >> reporter: this is another type of skimmer but you wouldn't be able to spite as it's placed deep inside a gas pump. atms are being compromised by devices called deep-insert skimmers that can't be detected from the outside but steal your information just the same. >> bad guys will insert a skimmer way into the mouth of the atm so you will never see it. >> reporter: chip cards with their features are safer to use but only if just the chip end is inserted. one of the best things to do is monitor your bank account online for suspicious activity and if something concerns you contact your bank or credit card fraud department. we can tell you the woman you saw in the story, mary, reported activity and got all her money back. on the consumer beat, tarhonda thomas, 9news. >> augending to the story. >> frightening, though.

happened to us because we had information stole and they thought it was after card skimmer at a gas station as well. >> and someone ran into a skimmer at restaurant. a dangerous sea rescue to get one man back to safety. but first, let's check in with marty and amelia. fairly calm through the afternoon. after 4:30 to 5:00, we will see a chance of storms and smooth sailing when we could see thunderstorms and a few air yays of moderate to heavy rain, otherwise a pleasant day, all the way through labor day

a slightly damp ride but for the most part, a calm and clear one. it's 6:28 this morning and expect to see our roads looking good and is the case here. across our maps, we have an issue that we want to warn you about, 74th avenue and dalia near 76 and highway 2. further east, this g visibility. if you're traveling on i-76, keep in mind you could be in 30

billows of smoke filled this area in nevada after a plane burst into flames near reno. investigators are trying to find out who was on board. it went down in a trailer park. a lot of people saw it happened. it was l plane sputter, go down, and explode. no one in that neighborhood was injured, thankfully. fishing on the high seas can be a dangerous profession and if something bad does happen, getting to help is not easy. the man in this video know that firsthand. he was rescued by the coast guard after being impaled. he was working on a lobster boat near the cape cod coast. when rescuers dropped the basket to safety so he could be taken to the hospital.

but thank goodness the coast guard had the wherewithal to get him some help. >> that's no joke. that's a profession that is tough! >> that is a day on the job, isn't it? >> sure. >> they're not kidding around. for us, dry and warm in the west, thunderstorms have had an early start in eastern colorado, socked in with fog and tons of moisture available there. we have the main core of the monsoon to our south and east, obviously, to have had some storms out of it. we'll do it again. most of the day is a gorgeous day. during the evening, we see middle-up in the mountain and a foothills and a few will stray off and move off the 25 corridor. during the daylight, it's going to be nice, 70s and 80s and 60 and 70s in the foothills.

redevelop, then through central colorado and summit county through park county stretching down through the arkansas valley, a few thunderstorm in the afternoon and then more our turn during the evening today so a few pocket of moderate to heavy rain around here and through southern and southeastern colorado. warm out west, close to 90 or above. we're in the 70s and low 80s with 80-degrees for denver and partly cloudy skieses and a late and lasting. tomorrow, we'll push them back into the foothills, storms thursday afternoon and evening and rocky mountain showdown fan, be aware of that, small number of storms before a dry termination to the holiday weekend. >> we hate when it feels like

270 and i- 76, we're flowing smoothly. roads are drying out beautifully after yesterday's rain and hail for some folks. some folks still seeing some hail piled up this morning, maybe small patches, but it won't block roads for you and we'll not see splashpack. 270, eight minutes. we're in if yellow, a 48-mile- per-hour average drive. we're looking very clear across your transitions between commerce city as mid-60s. up north and east, a crash

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we begin with breaking news near edgewater. residents of 20th avenue and fenton received reverse 911 calls with a stolen car at police said residents heard five gunshots five block from here at 25th and fenton. while they were with responding to the scene, officers heard a car crash at 20th and fenton street and crashed and there is a broken fence. there was a black ford excurse