this weekend's weather looks perfect. >> absolutely. looks generally dry on sunday. we may see a few showers saturday afternoon, but i don't think they're going to interfere much with anybody's activities. today it is a cool start. it will feel drier to you as you head out the house. we had thunderstorms -- late in the afternoon. this is scott whitaker's view looking to the east. we had some big storms on the eastern plains yesterday afternoon and evening. this morning it is cooler. it is drier. temperatures moving into the 40s and 50s by the time you wrap up this morning's rush hour. we had into the low 70s today. and while there's a chance for a height shower or thundershower this afternoon, anything that forms will be weak and affect a very small number of locations around here today. and i hope to get them out of here by 7:00 tonight,

rising tonight at 7:17. as we've been talking about, it will have a little color to it. . marricsne clark -- with this shot. anywhere from the denver area west through park county and up north. i think you're going to have some pretty nice viewing over the weekend. unfortunately and accident al pedestrian. intersection closed at federal and jewel, and the driver did stick around. the pedestrian did get sent to hospital with serious juries being reported. that intersection is still closed. between asberry and colorado and federal, that area of roadway is closed. expect it to be open within the hour. we're going to continue to monitor that situation here. as for the rest of the metro

relatively calm, relatively quiet as with wait for that sun to come up. it's 5:01 this morning. two colorado men who lost their lives fighting isis will finally get a proper burial. vutt,r bona is here. there's going to be a special ceremony. >> yeah. this morning, that special ceremony that is for the return is planned at -- the families of the two men killed get to be buried by their loved once. the bodies returned to colorado this morning. the two men were killed while fighting along curdish forces in syria earlier this year. shirley ann mctag earth were not part of the u.s. military. they went to help fight isis on their own. he had gone overseas to fight isis once before. his family said it was back in february of 2015. when he came back months later,

overseas again. they told nbc news they were unaware he returned to fight in syria. isis fighters engaged a remote controlled iet. shirley died in july. both were flown from serious to chicago on wednesday morning. this morning, their bodies were burial. we will be at the special ceremony for the return. it's at you know station. we'll have much more live. >> glad you're going to be there. thank you. today legacy high school students, teachers, even rivals were show their strength on and off the football field. three of their football combs are still recovering from a deadly bus crash. a bus driver crashed the school bus sunday at dia.

and three coaches were on board on their way home from playing in california. the bus driver died. two of the coaches are recovering from injuries at home ted. coach matt kutka is still in the hospital. legacy students showed their support this week, using the hash tag legacy strong. other schools also took the time to show support, including prairie view. westminster high also reached out with dessert. they brought cakes that "football equals family" and "legacy strong." the game is at 7:00. the blue angels pilot who died in a fiery crash in tennessee might have been at fault for the crash. jeff kutz did in june. according to the crash report, he was flying too fast and too hoe near nashville. the report blames pilot error. the report also cites fatigue and weather as contributing factors. koos was from durango.

can't be choosers, but thieves can." denver police are warning four truck drivers that criminals have a specific affinity for those kind of trucks. so far this year, more of the full-size models have been stolen than in all of last year. the national insurance crime bureau says, across the country, ford trucks were the most stolen model haste year. advance pierce from north land said he thieves got his car in full daylight last weekend. >> keys were in my pocket. i don't know how they got there's no evidence of broken glass. so they must've shimmied it or something to got into the truck, so this is terrible. >> denver police are trying to figure out why the ford trucks have become so popular among thieves. to keep their car from being stolen, police recommend something more basic than a car alarm. they say something as simple as a wheel lock helps prevent vehicles from being stolen. the city of aurora will be the latest place to start out -- planes.

over the next few days, crews will install the lanes -- that section ofmont view is also getting repaved. monview will still have two driving lanes, but parking along the street will be eliminated. denver and boulder tried adding additional bike lanes recently. boulder city leaders faced backlash in some areas when driving lanes were eliminated to handle more bike traffic. today colorado space industry is taking another big step. three companies worked ge high-resolution commercial imaging satellite. digital globe, lockheed marten, and united launch alliance are inviting people to watch the launch today. the launch is happening at the vannenburg air force base in california. the party will include hands-on activities for students. events start at 11:45, open to the public, and

a rocket carried it into space from northwest chain. that it's a big milestone for the country's military backed space program. chinese leaders are hoping to send a mission to mars in the coming years. china conducted its first cruise space mission in 2003. it's only the third country after the u.s. and russia to do so. you might need a jacket in the morning this time of year, but isn't it worth temperatures give you these kind of views during the day. as the days and nights cool down, the leaves are starting to change, especially at higher elevations. one of our viewers used his drone to check out these aspen trees on rabbit ears pass. i could sit back with a cup of coffee and watch this for a long time. >> put it on a loop for the next three hours. >> i know, in some places, they say it's not the

season. >> it's been really nice this last week. we may be shy of peak, but i love the contrast we just saw. so this weekend it would be fantastic to go up and see it. if you want peak in that neck of the woods, probably looking at tuesday or wednesday of next week. for us, hey, here's our buddy toby. he was up at loveland ski area yesterday, up at the top. they had some fresh snow up there. they're pretty happy around that. for us, it is clear here and dry. a cool very light, very isolated not only here on the front range, but throughout much of the rest of the state. severe weather anticipated to stay to our south and east. cool front came through. that stablized us just a little bit. >> all right, marty. thank you. even though he isn't playing, payton manning won't leave your tv this football season. of course not. now he's endorsing another company, this time a company from colorado >> and vice president biden

words to sum up this election season. how he captures his view in just three >> a little later, thousands

we got the first reaction from vice president joe biden to this news out of the trump campaign on his stop in november.

brenneman for sunday's -- >> trump himself didn't say it. i could read you the statement if you like. he says, "the campaign says in 2011 mr. trump was able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling president obama to release his birth certificate. mr. trump did a great service to the president and country by bringing closure to the issue hillary clinton and her team first raised." . >> i'm going to tell you what, he's a great patriot for doing that. come on. . it's -- i've given up trying to comment on some of the bizarre things that he says and does. but, you know, it's his candidacy, and we'll see what happens. >> i was going to save this toward the end of the interview; but if i had to make you strike this presidential race in five words or less -- >> competence and incompetence.

we're going to bring you more of our interview with the vice president later on 9 news today. you also get to hear long form sunday morning on "balance of power," terrific show that airs just before "meet the press." . all right. it's now -- what time is it? 5:43. >> time for a new set of contacts. payton manning is plugging another new product. >> plus a look ahead at broncos are looking for some pay back this weekend. first let's check in with marty and tracy. good morning. >> good morning to you. we have a cool dry start. if you're already planning ahead to your evening, a few showers here and there in the area. not very many. i anticipate we'll this clearing out pretty quickly. actually cooling off quickly. sun goes down shortly after 7:00 tonight. we'll drop down into the 60s. the full moon comes up tonight.

passing through the earth's outer shadow. some of the colors this weekend really looking fantastic around the area. that's up near frazier. so grand county has marvelous contract. william barnes thanks for sharing that with us. green lights as of now.

the broncos have plenty to prove this sunday. the indian ap little colts have won 8 of their last 9 meetings. andrew luck has had a lot to do with that. the best defense in the league knows they need to put pressure on luck to have any luck at mile high this sunday. >> over my years of going against them, you know,

you know, he's one of the best quarterbacks in the league. i haven't had a sack on him, you know, yet. i got close; but you know, he just has that neck for -- feeling defense, but still making great passes. >> despite sunday's game being at home, the bronco's home field advantage hasn't mattered much to indianapolis. they won 3 of the last 4 match ups. kickof payton manning, there he is. he's not taking his retirement easy. he's all over the tv screen in advertisements. you can see him touting satellite tv, pizza, insurance. now the business journal reports he has a new deal. the smart phone case company is going to start airing manning's commercials today. >> i can see it now, payton manning throwing an otter box down field. the broncos are worth a

some other teams -- thanks if part to that super bowl 50 win. that kind of helps. that still doesn't put the team in the nfl's ten most valuable teams. according to forbes's most recent numbers, the browns are worth under $2 and a half billion. then the new york giant, the buffalo bills the least valuable. too. i don't want to diss the yankees. that was interesting. for us this evening, looking at some light showers this evening, and then clearing skies through the rest of the night tonight. here in the weather center, what we've been track being morning are the storms that started in eastern colorado yesterday, and are now moving through kansas and nebraska. it has been a really busy night to our east. they've had some flash flooding around omaha, in nebraska with heavy thunderstorms there.

one or two small areas of thundershowers late this afternoon, 4:30 to about 6. not a lot of rain out of these, but, please, always be careful of lightning. if you can hear thunder, you are in an area where lightning can strike. temperatures will be down from yesterday, in the lower 70s here with 50s and 60s in the foothill. statewide most of the storms are going to be within about 50 to a hundred miles of i-25 on either side, from north to south right on down through south park and into valley. not a tremendous amount of rain. not looking for any severe weather either during the day today with large hail or anything of that nature. 70s here, close to 80 down south and out west with 50s and 60s in the mountains. we'll go 03, sun this morning. really nice. and then just 1 or 2 small areas of rain. we go clear. harvest moon comes up after 7:00 tonight.

hanging in the foothill tomorrow before things really heat up as we get into the last few days of fall. good morning. as you get out there and hit the roadways, we are starting to see more and more people kind of waiting for that sun to come up. another check of i-70 and central park, lot of highlights starting to get out there. so it's just a matter of time before we see these times start to increase. and that green light change to yellow. so we're just approaching the 6:00 hour. if you are heading out to the there. witness you get there, those security lanes now up to about 0 minutes. you may want to plan a couple extra minutes. we have an influx of people trying to get out of town for the weekend. we have an update on that crash. that was at jewel and federal. federal was blocked, but now partially block. some traffic getting through as most of that clean up work has been complete. >> it is friday. 5:51 now. he spent nearly two-thirds of

he left them millions of dollars when he died. but what the school is planning to do with this man's donation has a lot of

more than 0,000 firefighters and their family members are descending on

memorial to honor our fallen heros at the annual ceremony that's happening tomorrow. 123 names are being added to the memorial this year, and will join the more than 7400 already on the walls. just the footprint that we had so to speak is we wanted to actually do it right, -- and honor our members like they should be. >> and they did it right, putting more than $3.4 million into it to make it what it is today. the ceremony is tomorrow in colorado springs at

public. everyone can come. coming up on channel 20, we're going to take -- names of firefighters that have a colorado connection being added to the wall this year. . >> it is gorgeous and i think that will be a designation. i think a lot of people will make the trip to see that. >> people come from all over to it really is breath taking. they did a phenomenal job. >> it looks beautiful, just the setting itself. it's really nice -- we would like to hear about a firefighter in your life. maybe it's a brother, sister, maybe a parent, somebody who helped out your family. maybe it's somebody who helps the community day to day. >> give them a shout out. here's one we got this morning

to focus on from dakota. ''both my parents were firefighters. my mom's dad was a firefighter. they all tall me a lot about the world of fire fighting and dos and don't when there's a fire. they have also taught me a lot about safety especially when it comes to driving. ing." use that hash tag. >> good news for your friday morning. >> when you're born into a firefighter family, you know a thing or two about safety. >> oh you do, at such a young age. huge firefighter generation family, which is great. another day, another protest of "the national anthem." megan rapino takes the knee before a match last night. . >> 6:00 a.m.

team u-s-a soccer star megan rapinoe kneels again during the national anthem.. team u rapino kneels again during "the national anthem," this time while wearing a usa team uniform, u.s. soccer lashing out. the new i-john phone has a few changes. no headphone jack any longer. head to 9news.com/vote now for a live vote. that's coming up in about 15 minutes. right now, a crash involving a pedestrian has shut down federal boulevard in