of saving lives. s before >> reporter: around 12:30 this morning in lakewood -- >> this is a confirmed structure fire. there is a 5-year-old trapped inside of the building on the second floor. >> reporter: -- a parent's biggest fear. >> no. we are outside, but my daughter is inside. >> reporter: dad tried to go in. >> get out of the house. get out of the house. >> reporter: but the smoke and the flames were already too much. >> we knew we had to get in there and find that girl and get her out as fast as we could. >> reporter: the two firefighters ran into the burning house es >> in the interior of the house there was zero visibility. the smoke was pretty thick. >> reporter: and the scared little girl was hiding in her room making for a potentially deadly hide and seek. >> ceiling collapse, floor collapse because like we said, there was fire from end to end top to bottom. >> when i got to her, unfortunately she was hiding in the closet terrified. she was a little bit difficult to coax out of the closet. >> reporter: they got her out and saved her life. >> unfortunately i don't think it's all that unusual. when children get scared, they try to hide.

their children not hide. >> reporter: a parent's biggest fear. >> i get a little choked up because i'm proud of them. >> reporter: any parents. >> well, it's tough. i have a little girl at home, too. >> so do i, the same age. >> this one hit home. >> reporter: in lakewood. >> victim rescued off the second floor. >> reporter: nelson garcia, 9news. >> the names of the victims have not been released, but the west metro fire department said the 5-year-old girl and her father were taken to swedish medical center for smoke inhalation. the fire started on an not determined the calls. west metro fire says parents should practice fire drills at home and make sure children know at least two ways out of the house. the douglas county sheriff says quick actions by s.w.a.t. medics saved the life of one of the department's detective its. around 2:30 in the afternoon last friday randall douglas' wife called -- randall rodick's wife called the sheriff's

he shot at officer dan brite. at a press conference this morning the douglas county sheriff said the quick action of s.w.a.t. medics saved dan brite's life. detective brite's brother spoke and thanks the community for the outpouring of support and donations. brite is still in critical condition, but doctors are optimistic he will recover. an inmate in the pitkin county jail was caught on camera destroying a jail cell on august off the ceiling and used it to destroy a sprinkler head. at one point he gets in a scuffle with deputies. the sheriff told the aspen time he doesn't know how much the damage will cost, but it could be more than $100,000. according to the aspen time, garrett was in jail for possession of meth and was arrested after he called 911 to report a group of 30 people trying to tow his car. when officers arrived, they didn't find anyone trying to tow his car but arrested him for meth. now he's charged with

mischief. a man accused of stabbing another man inside a bar has been ordered by a judge to wear a gps monitor. 46-year-old anthony eely was in court today. tuesday police say that he walked into mead street station on 36th avenue, cut another man's throat. a judge set his bond at $150,000 and ordered him to stay away from the restaurant. tomorrow night at 5:00 meade station is hold -- mead station is holding a fundraiser for the victim to help costs. north korea has tested its most powerful nuclear weapon yet and responding effectively will be a real challenge for the international community. today's underground test was so powerful it triggered an earthquake. north korea says it can now put a nuclear warhead on a missile. of course, there are concerns this is another step toward a potential attack in america. years of tough sanctions have not done much to deter north

nuclear ambitions. there was talks to resolve the nuclear crisis back in 2005. >> i'm certainly in favor of any and all sanctions, but i think we need to understand that the north koreans don't seem to care anymore. so we probably have to look to see whether there's some options that together with the chinese could be taken of a quiet variety, perhaps even a clandestine variety, that could somehow slow down this nuclear program because what is very clear is the north koreaians are going north koreans are going to go at this until they succeed. donald trump and hillary clinton are sparring over who is the better fit to respond to north korea. clinton says the current crisis shows the need for america to elect a president who confronts threats with steadiness and strength. donald trump said the nuclear threats is yet another example of clinton's catastrophic failures while she was secretary of state.

zika virus despite a controversial spraying program that moved ahead earlier this morning in an effort to stop disease carrying mosquitoes from spreading. the spraying took place this morning in miami beach. it was supposed to start yesterday but was delayed because of angry protests from stop residents who think the chemical is harmful to their health. florida health officials are now confirming 84 pregnant women in the state have contracted the virus. another round of aerial spraying is scheduled for sunday morning. it's been almost 20 years since john bow in a found brutal -- jonbenet ramsey was found brutally murdered in boulder. tonight you'll see documents never before seen in public and hear from two investigators who talk about what happened inside that investigation. >> the impression fostered by some people is that this was sort of the keystone cops, makes you mad. >> very. we doggedly followed up on every lead we had and literally there was no stone left

and i am proud of what we did during this investigation. >> how did this affect you personally? >> i kind of don't want to go there because i don't think i matter. i think she matters. >> because ultimately it's not about you. >> correct. it's about jonbenet. >> you can watch who killed jonbenet tonight on nbc at 8:00. also tonight on and 10:00 kim christiansen sits down with a former reporter who has collected information on the case for two decades and talks about why the case is so difficult to solve. it certainly feels noticeably cooler today, perhaps a little taste of fall. danielle grant joins us from the weather center. are these cooler temperatures sticking around? >> no way. wait till you see the weekend, 80s and 90s saturday and sunday. this evening will be cool. look at this, temperatures this

20 degrees cooler, 25 degrees cooler in fort collin, greeley and sterling, but it's kind of refreshing if you ask me. those temperatures now currently are sitting in the 60s, mid-60s up and down the i- 25 corridor, 70s for the eastern plains. we did have a cool front push through the state, didn't bring us a lot of wet weather, only the winds. the winds have been so gusty peaking between 20 to 35 miles per hour currently at dia. coming up we have a very wait till you see the overnight lows in the mountains. it will be a frosty one. the weekend looks warm. i am tracking a couple storm. the rain will return soon and it may be feeling more like fall very shortly. >> looking forward to it. thank you. this weekend marks 15 years since the september 11th terrorist attacks. one teen in steamboat is honoring the victims and reminding people of the lives lost that day. >> also ahead stuck in a cable

daring rescues overnight. >> brandon marshall took a knee during the national anthem at last night's home opener.

dozens of tourists were trapped in cable cars dangling above the french alps overnight. more than 100 people were left stranded when the cable cars just stopped working. the cable cars reach an altitude of 12,000 feet making the rescues risky and forcing some to have to descend by rope. >> they tried to take us with the helicopter, but the fog came in, so the two rescuers

a delay after we decided there was no other way to get down. >> strong winds are believed to be to blame for the breakdown. some people were forced to sleep in the cable cars overnight because rescuers couldn't get everyone down. sunday marks 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. nearly 3,000 people were killed in coordinated terrorist attacks on the definitely towers, the world trade center, new york city and also at pentagon. the fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field in pennsylvania. the passengers and crew launched a counter attack and stormed the cockpit. the house has approved a bipartisan bill that would allow families of september 11th victims to sue the government of saudi arabia. the span comes on the eve of the 15th -- passage comes on the eve of the 15th anniversary attacks despite vehement objections from saudi arabia, a key u.s. ally in the middle east.

veto the bill over concerns of exposing american overseas to legal risks. there will be a number of tributes to remember the september 11th attacks and in steamboat springs one 15-year- old is trying to make a tradition. 9news matt renoux is there live. we saw kent case plant thousands of american flags last year. this year he is doing it again. >> reporter: you bet. he did 2,977 flags last year in lost in the september 11th attacks. this year they're going to put 2,000 more flags on this lawn. police, firefighters and community members are starting to show up here off highway 40 in steamboat springs where they get a lot of attention. they're just starting their work now. last year we caught up with kyle the day after he had done all this hard work. he was only 14 years old last year. they're working hard to put up

this busy highway 40 this. display got a lot of attention with people stopping for picture to remember the day which is why kyle did this. this year he's got a few family members to help. 64 police, 343 firefighters died and around 2,000 more for all the people who passed away due to complications in the attack. also people from a younger generation learn about history. >> that's why i want to do it. none of these young kids know what happened and it's just pretty -- it's not just as sad, but it's quite sad this these kids don't know what happened, like they know what it is, but they don't know what actually occurred. >> reporter: right there you can see some of the flags under

walk, you can see the police officer flag with the 60 flags there and speaking of police officers, you can see a number of them. we'll just walk over and talk to the chief here of steamboat spring cory christianson. cheap, you're watching these kids behind you put up these flags. it's got to be a pretty heartwarming thing. >> absolutely -- chief, you're watching these kids behind you put up these flags. it's got to be a pretty heartwarming thing. >> absolutely. pretty impressive for people coming into town. >> absolutely. this year kyle made a special point to point out the firefighters and police officers who lost their lives in 9/11. >> reporter: very good. thank you, chief. we'll walk this way. you can see some of the kids and some of the flags just starting to come into the ground here. they got more than 5,000 that they'll put into place here on this lawn as you come into steamboat springs. it will be an impressive sight when they're all said and done, probably another hour or two.

9/11. matt renoux up in the mountains in spring boat springs, thanks for the great story. tonight the four major cable networks will be broadcasting the stand up to cancer telethon, 7.6 million people worldwide die from all types of cancer each year according to the american cancer society. it starts at 7 p.m. on 9news, celebrities, entertainers from celine dion to keith urban will perform to raise money for cancer research. >> temperatures today and some spots could see near freezing temperatures tonight. >> but that's all going to change. danielle is tracking a warm-up for the weekend.

what a difference a day makes here in colorado, yesterday nearly 90 degrees in downtown denver, today mid-70s and very windy. outside we're watching this us the cloud, but the sunshine early on was nice. still dry. this front isn't producing much precipitation. it's just these pesky winds we'll deal with the next couple hours come directly at us from the north between 30 to 40 miles per hour in northeastern colorado. 74, all we could muster at dia, a little warmer in southeastern colorado in the upper 80s, 62 in leadville, mid-80s across the western slope. right new tons of sunshine at

north at 25 miles per hour and our temp in the mid-60s. here in the 9news backyard those winds are ripping and roaring out here. you can see our temperatures there at about 70 degrees, still a very pleasant evening if we could only get rid of the wind. on hd doppler 9 it's looking pretty dry. i'll zoom out because you can see this front, that severe weather in parts of omaha, wichita through st. louis tonight. this really is the bull's eye for trouble extending through st. louis into ci we could have some large hail, damaging winds, possibly an isolated tornadoor two. tonight in town once these clouds move out our skies clear and our temperatures will touch so fast we'll be -- tumble so fast we'll be in the mid-40s. a little cooler in larimer, weld county, the palmer divide, might be chilly. grand lake 25, 31 frisco, 30s across northeastern and northwestern colorado where

morning. folks in craig, meeker, steamboat, yampa valley, if you have sensitive plants outside, cover them or bring them in. 11 p.m. we're going with mostly clear skies. tomorrow morning tons of sunshine as we wake up and through the afternoon it looks fantastic. tomorrow will be a little bit warmer as we're watching this cold front pushing east out to the great plains into the midwest. high pressure builds back into the area to make for your warm dry day here across the city and across the state. we're at 81 look at that. the winds are barely picking up out of the south between 5 to 15 mile-per-hour. statewide a lot of folks warming up, serves in the mountains, 80s -- 70s in the mountains, 80s in the eastern plains, 82 littleton, arvada, 83 in loveland, should be a fantastic day. soak in the summer sunshine and the heat, too. look at sunday, about 90 degrees, a different weather scenario shaping up for the start of next week. we're back to feeling a little

low 70s as the storm system pushes in bringing us a decent chance of rain and look at that throughout the rest of the week. we warm up, but we'll keep a chance of a couple showers in the forecast, too. the market stumbled to its biggest losses since june. the dow lost 394 points, s&p fell 53 and nasdaq plunged

from colorado's sports leader here's rod mackey. >> the broncos won the super bowl rematch beating the panthers again thanks to a pretty impressive debut by trevor siemian and yet it's the other quarterback being talked about today and all the talk is about cam newton getting hit in the head over and over and over again. the panthers thought they were cheap shots which needed to be

>> how much there was, i disagree with that. you know, i saw two plays where he left the pocket where there were big collisions going. there were a lot of collisions in the game. so i think we were playing hard. they were playing hard. they knocked the heck out of us a lot, too, you know. so we'll see what the league says. >> reporter: do you feel like you're getting fair and adequate protection from the officials? >> it's not my job to question the officials. i really like this officiating crew. so it wasn't something that i know they did intentionally. but it's not fun getting hit in the head. we just got to find ways -- we didn't lose the game off that. >> the missed field goal was the play of the game, but the moment getting the most attention was just prior to kickoff when broncos linebacker brandon marshall chose to kneel like his former nevada college teammate colin kaepernick did during the national anthem. the broncos can't do anything

federal credit union did pulling their sponsorship and releasing this statement which said in part, "while we respect brandon's right of expression, his actions are not a representation of our organization and membership. we wish brandon well on his future endeavors." >> the message is that i'm against social injustice. i'm not against the military, the police or america l. i'm against social injustice and i feel like this was the right thing to do. i feel like this is the right platform. this is our know, to really be heard. >> we will hear more from marshall coming up tonight at 10:00. cu, csu, air force, wyoming and unc all in action tomorrow, but tonight we are all about prep pigskin. taylor temby joining us live from boulder with a preview of boulder and fairview take 53. taylor? >> reporter: hey, that's right. these two teams have bad blood dating back to 1960. it hasn't been quite as

years. fairview has won the past eight match-up between the two teams and they hope to extend the win streak tonight. they know despite what happened in each of the previous meetings fairview knows it will get its best game from boulder. tonight they say we can expect a fast paced high energy well coached game from both sides because these two teams know a lot about each other. after all, they're only five minutes apart. the knights hope they can make a statement tonight with the new playoff format. the seniors are feeling more pressure than ever and that all starts against their rival. >> boulder, fairview, it's a rivalry game. you look all the way through college and pros, anything can happen in a rivalry game. >> it's a little nerve wracking, but i'm sure that we'll be able to do it. it's kind of a good pressure to have that kind of just be a little bit paranoid all the time that someone is coming for you. >> with the new waterfall system and only 16 teams making it to the playoffs we like having a tough schedule that.

>> reporter: we'll have a quick breakdown of this game and many others happening tonight come up later tonight at 9:00 and 10:00. back to you. >> very good. finally we go back to the broncos. if you couldn't bring yourself to watch carolina's potential game winning field goal at the end of the game, well, you weren't the only 1. the head coach couldn't look either. >> i've always been that way. somebody gives me a i don't know. i can hear what's going on. i can tell right away what the hell happened. so i guess i don't need to watch. >> he's probably watching the way that i watch a scary movie. >> with one eye. >> you got to give it to him because the first one went through the uprights, but he truly iced him. >> we're watching and said oh, they blocked it and said no, he just missed it. >> stunning.

hey, friday, it's nice out. >> what can we expect? >> she took care of it for you. you got nothing left to say. >> i'm done. 80s but maybe 90s on sunday. it's going to be so hot, plenty of sunshine. tonight a little on the chilly side. if you're going out on a hot date, grab a jacket. >> did you get the pink memo? >> no. but i think this color goes. >> 9:00 and 10:00.

breaking news tonight. urgent warning amid reports of smartphones bursting into flames. users of one popular phone are being told to stop using it. don't even turn it on. nuclear alarm as north korea tests its most powerful bomb yet. concern. how close is their capability of hitting the u.s.? shocking photos. putting a face on an exploding drug epidemic in ohio. adults overdosed in an suv. a child in the back seat. nbc news exclusive. who killed jonbenet ramsey? new revelations from the 911 operator. what she heard when patsy ramsey thought she had hung up the call. and 11 words. my conversation with a man who whispered in president bush's ear on 9/11.