a man shot.. four officers injured. a second night of violence in charlotte, north carolina. we're live in north carolina with a look at the chaos overnight. a homeless hero... the man who helped

yorkers from a bomb... and what he says is the one thing he really wants. --adlib live headine-- good morning- happy first day of fall.... it's offical at 8:21 this morning. meteorologist marty coniglio joins us. marty- just in time for fall.. we'll be feeling those cooler temps into the weekend today- the

colorado. donald trump's team is sending three high profile members here.. hoping to win back support from hillary clinton. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is live at the sheraton in denver where ivanka trump will be soon. trump is trailing in the polls nationally ahead of

nationally ahead of the first debate next monday. the latest nbc wall street journal poll shows hillary clinton leading by six points. that comes even after clinton took some time off while recovering from pneumonia. in a four way race... clinton gets 43 percent of the vote... trump has 37 percent. libertarian candidate gary johnson gets nine percent of the vote in the polls... and green party candidate jill stein gets three percent.

percent. yesterday... clinton was in the swing state of florida talking about her economic plan. clinton is taking today off to prepare for monday's debate. neither third party candidate has enough support to take the stage at that debate. you can watch the first presidential debate here on channel 9 monday. it starts at seven p-m. n-b-c's lester holt the three main topics of the debate will be america's direction, achieving prosperity, and securing america.. tear gas, rubber bullets, and real bullets... a man is on life support this morning after he was shot during a second night of violent protests in charlotte- police say it was not an officer who shot him. we've been watching reports from the protests as they happened

smashed... fires started... and people running in fear or in anger. the protests are response to tuesday's officer involved shooting of a black man. nbc's sarah rosario is live in charlotte for us right now... sarah- north carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency. police say a man in critical condiditon this morning was shot by an unknown person and not an officer, and say he's now on life support. this, as hundreds took to the streets protesting the police shooting of 43-year-old keith scott. anger and racial tensions boiling over after yet another officer involved shooting. the unrest in charlotte continues. a second night of violent protests brings out police in riot gear. using flash grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd. hundreds taking to the streets with signs, protesting the death of 43- year-old keith scott, killed tuesday by police. overnight loud booms sent demonstrators running for cover. police telling us at least one person was shot. they say the gunman was not a police officer. "i don't know they just shot somebody and he was waiting there and there was blood and then there's blood i don't know if he's alive or if he's dead." but the violence continued. with several people injured including officers ... it follows similar clashes tuesday night. demonstrators shutting down an interstate, looting trucks, setting fires and throwing rocks --injuring 16

day. police justified the shooting saying scott ignored officers' commands drop his weapon. that's despite witnesses saying scott didn't have a gun but instead was holding a book and was shot while waiting for his son to get off the bus. meanw evening bful candlelight vi with a display of rio,ernor pat mccrory hdeclared a state of emergency... sending in the national guard and the highway patrol to help police here in chrlotte. the offr who shot keith scott is now on paid leave. i'm sarah rocharlotte north link t

a 19 year old woman will join the group of bikers and one town board member accused of murder. a weld county judge ruled there's enough evidence to charge karly hanchett with murder. she and five other biker gang members are accused of stabbing a woman from pierce to death. 34-year-old tera lewandowski was killed last september.

away in wyoming in april. former pierce town board member daniel meyer is also charged in the case... another defendant says he had a fight with the victim and stabbed her... after hanchett hit the woman in the head. it's been a long school year for many colorado students.. and classes have only been in session a few weeks. students are dealing with grief in several districts... after the loss of a friend, teacher or bus driver. denver public schools' crisis team offers support to more than 200 schools. the team is made up of counselors, psychologists, social workers and nurses. they say- healing starts with conversations in the classroom. last week- an adams 12 bus driver died in a crash- three football coaches

on tuesday, a castle view high school senior died in a car crash. tonight, there's a memorial in longmont for two high school teachers killed in a rollover wreck

a homeless hero protects the people of new york city. what made one man look twice.. and spot a bomb. and what he wants now. plus- a blue bell recall... again. why the ice cream company says this time... it's somebody else's fault. go head-to-head. and broncos insider mike klis. in the u-s mortgages pro football pick- em. each week, put your football picks up against the sports fans around... and watch game day live on sundays. to see rod and mike's picks. the top player of the week gets a 250-dollar gift card. sign up. on the 9news app. click

that's where an unarmed black man was killed by a white officer . this morning, the victim's family is calling for that officer to face criminal charges. police say they were responding to a call about a broken down s-u-v in the middle of the road. video from a dash cam and helicopter shows the suspect with his hands up for some time. officer betty shelby claims crutcher failed to st she shot and killed him. another officer is also heard calling crutcher a "black dude" that was dangerous and needed to be tasered. shelby did have a stun gun on her. crutchers family is questioning why she didn't use the stun gun first. the case is now under federal investigation. a homeless man is being credited for saving lives in new jersey. investigators say lee parker and a friend found a bag near the train

parker said he knew something was wrong when he realized the bag was heavy and had wires on it. turns out, the bag had up to five explosives in it. parker is now being recognized for his good deed. a local organization put him up in a hotel and an online fundraising campaign raised thousands of dollars for him. parker says all he wants now is a good job. emotions can run high when talking politics. the candidates for the georgian parliament got into a heated debate during a poltiical talk show. they started throwing punches! politicans from the democratic movement and the industrials political bloc started exchanging insults. thats when one of them gets up, walks over and starts fist fighting. these strong emotions stem from elections that are scheduled

this is 9 news. so two trumps and a pence come to colorado. not a joke. it's actually what's happening in our state now as the trump campaign stumps hard in colorado. it's five years behind and millions and millions overbudget, we'll show you why it was all about looks when designers were delaying the new v.a. hospital. >> i don't know, they j for the second night in a row, violence in charlotte, north carolina. we're going to show you the most memorable scenes of anger and fear in that city from overnight after another questionable police shooting. good morning, meteorologist marty coniglio starts us off, getting a little cooler, which is appropriate for the first day of all. >> you better believe it. fall coming up here in just under 3 hours now at 8:21, the fall equinox and this morning, a