recovery in light of meth awareness week. where colorado is winning the battle and which groups are just as vulnerable as ever. tips send police to a store with more than 100 neglected reptiles. 9news starts now. >> at least four people went to the hospital after a serious accident this afternoon at wadsworth and yale. denver police responded just before 2:30. two vehicles were involved. they shut down northbound it sun clear what led up to the crash. the impact sounded like a bomb going off according to a witness. >> you know, we have about, i will tell you, 30 to 40 accidents a year at this intersection. this is the worst i have seen. >> witnesses say at least a dozen people stopped to help. no word on the conditions of those taken to the hospital. meth use and its problems are not always in the headlines anymore, but, anti-drug advocates say the problems

energy into a new campaign. this is meth awareness week. as nelson garsia shows us, the effects of the addictive drug are involving. >> reporter: down on the streets in denver. >> i met up with these guys. started using meth. and, i got addicted to it pretty much instantly. >> reporter: justin sessions ran away from home at 14. >> it gave me a way to fit in. i never really fit in as a kid. so, that offered me the opportunity to fit in with a certain group of people. and happy to share his story of sadness. >> after 32 arrests and three rehabs, and just all that stuff, i lost my family. >> reporter: that story has worked for the colorado meth project. executive director kent mcclennon says teen use has dropped since 2005. >> it is important for us that we are still staying hot on the trail of making sure that teens are aware of the dangers of the drug. >> reporter: but he says adults on meth are as bad as ever.

meth related crime among adults in the last three years. >> reporter: that is why the meth project has launched a new campaign. life, or meth. >> our stories about two siblings. >> reporter: fort collins film maker hudson bloom entered the meth project's national contest and won for creating a different story. >> and in the reflection, you see that he hits her and threatens her life. >> would you choose life? >> mom and i will kill you. >> or meth. >> commercial show is the impact that the drug has on families. >> it is cool that we made a commercial that, you know, is supposed to help someone and that it will. >> reporter: a news story aimed at continuing the fight against meth. a real story. >> seeing something that raw, you know, it just affects me like that. it is where i come from. >> reporter: in denver, nelson garsia, 9news.

video were chosen from 120 entries sent from around the country. they won a $20,000 prize. denver police are looking for the gunman in a double shooting on colfax overnight. two people were shot near colfax and pennsylvania street overnight. one man died. the second victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. police have not released any other details on the shooting tour victims. the parents of six-year-old jacob hall want you to remember him as a boy who showed his family smile. he died in the hospital today. three days after he was shot at his school's playground in south carolina. police arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of opening fire on jacob's class as they were headed outside for recess. a teacher and another first grader were also wounded. both of them are out of the hospital now. the suspect is also accused of shooting and killing his father. he was charged as a juvenile. jacob's parents say their son

suspect because that is the kind of child he was. hurricane matthew weakened somewhat today from a category 5 storm to a cat 4. today, it drenched the coast off of columbia has it roars across the caribbean on a course that threatens jamaica, haiti, and cuba. it packs winds of 150 miles an hour. it is expected to approach jamaica and haiti on monday. preparations are underway in jamaica. today, people boarded up windows and stocked up on >> it was chaos. we have been ... unbelievable. flashlights, battery radios. plastic containers. , tarps. you name it. >> at least one death in south america is being blamed on the storm. the forecast track carries it across cuba and the bahamas with an outside brush at florida more than several days

trooper taylor thyfault was killed in the line of duty when he was hit by a driver in a high speed chase. today, his youngest supporters made it clear his sacrifice will not be forgotten. garrett steele only met trooper thyfault twice. it was enough to inspire the nine-year-old to ask the football team to dedicate this season to his hero. thyfault's mom watched the tribute from the sidelines. >> i wanted to play for him. to see that i'm good and to say that >> and this past week, a jury convicted the man on trial for thyfault's murder. he was convicted of first degree murder which comes with an automatic life sentence. a youth pastor will serve 90 day ins jail for inappropriately touching a 13- year-old girl who caught counseling. 37-year-old christopher hutchenson was convicted of sexual assault on a child. he met the victim working at south fellowship church in

him at parks where the touching occurred. she told her parents and they told the police. prosecutors wanted a sentence of four years to life in prison. a store full of reptiles were found neglected today in lakewood. over the past few days, police received several tips animals at the colorado reptile company were not being cared for. today, when animal control checked in, the store was unlocked and it was empty. inside, they found a dead snake and numerous reptiles without water. thow waited for a search warrant. police say they are not planning on filing any charges at this time. the adams county animal shelter is caring for a caiman found wednesday. they need the owner to come forward. they say it has a lot more growing to do. >> these guys can get pretty big. four to five feet. they are very fast. they do eat meat.

>> the caiman is not up for adoption. if no one comes forward, it will move to the colorado gator's reptile park. in the wild these guys live in water in central and south america. with 40 days until the election, hillary clinton took off a day from campaigning. she is keeping her focus on donald trump's feud with the former miss universe. meantime, trump's team attemped to link clinton to president bill clinton's infidelities. he called her an enabler. whether his new strategy works remain to be seen considering his ugly divorce from his first wife amid accusations of infidelity. his supporters in pennsylvania seem split on the issue. >> i don't like to see it when he has these emotional outbursts. he has to think about what the people want to hear. >> all the stuff in the white house, do you want that again?

machado clinton brought up in the first debate. vp candidates tim kaine and mike pence are staying busy this weekend preparing for their only debate on tuesday. the engineer of the commuter train that crashed in new jersey is home from the hospital and speaking with federal investigators. the ntsb gave no details about their interview with him. an early review did not turn up any red flags in his work history. thursday's crash killed one woman, injured more than 100 others. the station where the train crashed. crews still could not remove the train from the terminal because of structural damage. dui patrols ramp up tonight from denver to wyoming to make sure that everyone gets home safe from the border war football game between wyoming and csu. this rivalry game draws a lot of traffic along i-25 between cheyenne and fort collins. kickoff was after 8:00 tonight at hughes stadium.

of those giant wind turbines in colorado. a proposal to build one of the biggest wind farms in the state has just gotten the green light. xcel energy plans to build 300 wind turbines across more 0,0 connto ggdenver. the project will help the state meet its goals of reducing carbon emissions and provide new jobs. next on 9news at 10:00. >> volkswagen agrees to pay out billions more over its ongoing emis >> netflix users streamed to twitter to complain out ?y??an unexpected crash. >> halloween is still weeks away, but at least one retailer is already sharing its plans for thanksgiving. >> a summery looking weekend, but snow, yes, snow could be around the corner. i'll explain myself next.

>> volkswagen will pay u.s. auto dealers $1.2 billion as a settlement. they agreed on the settlement dealers also have the option to opt out and file their own lawsuits against volkswagen. a judge still has to approve this settlement. earlier this year, volkswagen also agreed to spend up to $10 billion to buy back or repair

registered for that deal. staples wants to get the word out early it will not give in to the black friday creed. it is going to close on thanksgiving day. however, people can still shop online and doors will open again for black friday. in recent years more stores have kicked off sales sooner creating what is known as gray thursday. a handful of national retailers are now bucking that trend. a makeup launch party paying homage to the tejano drew peep to a mall in south texas. people lined up to get the new mac makeup line inspired by the late singer selena. the products are all named after her songs. a parade of balloons lifted off this morning in albuquerque for the international balloon fiesta. it will attract a million visitors to central new mexico. balloons will take off next

early crowd favorites include darth vader, yoda, and smoky bear. >> i think i saw a penguin too. so neat to look at. time to check in with meteorologist danielle grant. danielle, seems like it is a tale of several seasons going on this weekend and this week. >> certainly feeling like summertime this weekend, but, just you guys wait. it is going the feel a little more like winter as we head toward the middle part of the workweek. fall in the high country. gorgeous s larry pierce up there at steam boat streams. you can see the gorgeous fall colors out there. we will be seeing snow before we know it. sandy capturing this one along the dillon reservoir. she says the aspens are peak out there. a lot of the leaves already on the ground too. this sunset was a stunner. this one coming from parker. 80 degrees once again today. low 80s in northern colorado. and across the eastern plains, 74 in salida.

here we are october 1. it is feeling a little bit more like summertime. i prom that fall weather will be here before we know it. you know, a snapshot of what we are anticipating for this month typically on average, daytime highs, overnight lows around 50 degrees. rainfall a little more than an inch. and four inches of snowfall in the month of october. we are cooling things off. 59. mostly clear skies. winds out of the south at about 13 miles an hour. bit of a breeze, nothing to speak of here in the temperatures comfortable in the low 60s . on hd doppler 9 we had a couple of light little showers throughout parts of the city just to the south, douglas, elbert. most of the action is south between colorado springs and member low. that's about it. should be a mild one with temperatures into the low 50s . some spots in the 40s along the eastern plains. 37 in grand lake.

few clouds if you live across north western colorado and the far eastern plains. lunchtime, we are looking good. it is late in the afternoon, early evening that a few clouds start increasing from the southwest. you might find a couple of isolated showers along the far eastern plains. washington, morgan, logan counties i-75. and a few showers moving up to the north throughout the evening. by 10:00 p.m., once again, clear skies. and the start of really nice. nice and warm. we are back to the 80s . but then, we will take that huge dip. rrow we will go th partly skies. a breezy ti to time. out of the southeast, 5 to 15. and extremely windy on monday. mid 80s along the eastern plains. 60s ,en 0s , just to the west of the divide. about 71 in idaho springs and a handful of 80s across the city yet again. a great dose of that suhine early on in the morning. and then, things will start to,

high pressure starting to shift ever so slightly off to the east. making way for this guy. this area of low pressure is going to be a game changer. last night, the computer molds had this storm system sitting a little bit further to our north. just kind of bringing in the cool aero. now, it is dropping the storm system into colorado, and this means not only will we be watching some cooler temperatures but also some precipitation with the cool temperatures and the precipitation coming overnight, we might be looking at a little bit of snowfall. yes, i said the s word. it is happening potentially as thursday. again, not a tonover it. it is still very early on. but just wanted to kind of give you a heads up that this could potentially pan out as mother nature paints our middle week. 61 degrees on wednesday. we will cool things off to the mid 50s . and again, maybe a couple of late evening showers on wednesda kind of that rain snow mix. and that is going to continue into thursday potentially. you guys it has been so warm. so nothing is going to stick around. but it might be kind of cool to

about it means the winter is right around the corner. the ski areas, it is time, we have been dabbling in the cooler temperatures. and back to warm and hot. >> a little cooler. >> it has been one extreme to the next. >> yeah, it really has. >> i love the way you said the s word. i said it, i own it. that's it. >> i'm doing it you guys. rolling the dice. >> we are watching. >> all right. alright. danielle, thank you. >> you bet. binge watchers were forced to take a break this afternoon when netflix streaming went down. around 2:00 this afternoon, the te having. complaints online poured in from around the world then. a few hours later, it was up and running again. netflix has not said what is going on. saturday night live premiers its 42 season tonight with a debate rematch between donald trump and hillary clinton. last season, trump served as host one episode. and clinton made an appearance alongside her alter ego kate mckinnon. alex baldwin will play trump tonight.

candidates tuning in. >> the clinton campaign and the umare definitely ing to be watching on sahow ??t they may not have any say in how they come off, but they certainly care. >> actress margot robbie hosts tonight with the music guest weekend. the stakes are high tomorrow for trevor and the broncos. >> sam and rod grade the qb's progress with the >> the offensive player of the week is trevor siemian. everybody knows who he is. even gary johnson knows who he is. he's the guy. >> i think donald trump already said he's the guy. he lovers him. he loves him much better than colin kaepernick. [ laughter ] >> all right. >> i think he's the guy for the present. he is better than what we thought. still has growing pains.

cincinnati. but when the pressure was on in the fourth quarter, he was nine of ten. he was accurate. i would say this. for three weeks now, we will be watching every week and grading him. i think he has been better than most of us thought that he was going to be when he started. and i think the broncos now have a feeling that we can win with him. and that is what they wanted in the beginning. >> he has shown me some poise. some calm and cool and key moments that i did know he had. only because i hadn't seen so, i told you. >> they are like are you kidding me? >> i told you before cam started he is the guy to watch. >> i told you about four weeks ago, the broncos were going to win the division because he was not going to be as bad as everybody thought and they have a great defense. >> i get it. because media does this. but why after three weeks and the afc offense i player of the week award are we trying to figure out what to do with him? >> because that is what we do.

to do with trevor siemian and paxton lynch. i have heard that thrown out there this week. there is no reason to answer that question at all. we are going to enjoy the fact they are 3-0. and things are going well and they have a quarterback they can win. >> well, it has been three days for trevor siemian and the broncos. i see no reason why they should try to figure out how to dump him for anybody else. that's just me. i'm a. >> fourth day could be really, really special if you get my

>> from colorado's sports leader, here is aaron matas. >> yes, there is reason to celebrate in boulder. it is back to back conference wins for cu for the first time since 2010 when they were in the big 12. and for the first time ever as members of the pack 12. colorado embarrassed oregon state in boulder today. u royalty on hand. the school honored alums generalny simp ton and emma coburn. they are pretty fast. so is shaye fields. steven montez hit him in the first quarter. 51-yard touchdown. buffs up 6-3 at that point. still in the first, montez to fields again. 30-yard touchdown. he threw for 293 and three touchdowns. and most of that went to fields

screen. 63 yards. fields had 169 yards receiving and three touchdowns. the buffs won 47-6. mike mcintire appear to have his team on the right track. >> i get to tell them all the time, all the seniors and the red shirt juniors, come on with me. but, we are getting in a roller coaster okay? you are getting in the roller coaster at the bottom. when you say you want to come, i will lock it on you quick. i want you to stay with maine and they stayed with me. and now, they are up there and we have gone up that long hill where he goes click, click, click, click. now we are going woo and they want to keep going woo. that is what we are going to do. they are tasting it so we will ride the roller coaster. >> woo. that is the best part right? extremely late kickoff for the border war. 8:21 start for colorado state

the sweep. rams up 14-3 in the second quarter. but, they scored two touchdown ins a 22 second span. double reverse leave flick sir what you call this. and tanner gentry haul ins the score. wyoming up in the third quarter. air force moved to 4-0 with a win over previously unbeaten navy. tim mcvey makes a grab here and makes it 62 yards to air force beat navy 28-14. conference, northern colorado hosting northern arizona. they have just owned the bears but not today. kyle sloter made it 21-10. bears moved to 3-1 with a 21-18 victory. it is going to be hot in tampa for the bucks and the broncos game tomorrow. our rod mackey and mike klis are sweating it out in florida getting ready for kickoff. >> reporter: aaron, thank you. was it your idea to wear the coat and tie out here?

>> woo. >> three straight warm weather days. but there's mid 80s hot. then there will be 90-degree hot. 90 degrees at kickoff. >> very similar to the cincinnati conditions. the broncos did just fine in that weather. they got a little worn out, but so did the bengals. >> they did. and it will be key that the broncos keep the pedal to the metal. jameis winston, their tampa bay team, theire offense. i know it is passing offense with mike evans and the broncos would seem to match up there with the no-fly zone, with all the pass rush heat they get from von miller, shane ray. but i think tampa bay is going to score a little bit tomorrow. i think the broncos might have to go at least 24 points from that means keeping the divas happy. they admitted.

thomas a emmanuel sanders. it is important to get c.j. going. >> >> this is the perfect game for that. when you look at this team and their defense, the buccaneers in their first three games have averaged five touchdowns a game. what the broncos seem to be getting on track against ski offense, this co perfect timing game. >> i think the broncos need to score. it is there for them to score points. trevor siemian has built on he has gotten a little better each of the three games. i don't think he could do better but it would be nice if he was consistent cigarette is the 3-0 broncos against the buccaneers. for now, back to you. >> all right, thank you guys. rockies prospect jeff hoffman will finish the year without a win. five innings, two hits, he struck out seven. rockies got this one to extra

carter hit his 41st home run of the season. and, the brewers won this game by a final score of 4-3. the rapids clinched their first playoff birth since 2013 with a win at home tonight. marlon hairston did most of it. rapids beat portland 1-0 in commerce city. so, you have worked in florida. >> i have. yes. uh, they were not dressed florida appropriate. the first thing you can do is hot pink. something. >> i was there for the frozen four in the springtime. and it was too hot. >> then it is humid. you have mosquitoes and the wind. and then you have a hurricane. >> let's be clear, let's be clear. they are the vivas. mike klis and rod mackey are the divas. we have to look good. >> had to get back to take a couple of cheep shots at them. >> they know i love them. >> tell them to lose the ties. >> exactly.

>> all right, things are looking pretty good for the rest of the weekend. temperatures once again going to be warm tomorrow. low 80s for the next couple of days. winds kicking up on monday. and then l is the cool off. feels like fall on tuesday. then wednesday night into thursday, potentially, that storm system moves in, it cools us off dramatically. possibly, just kind of that wet wintery mix. then, we are back in action. the 70s . sunshine. next weekend. >> so just a little dabble of winter in the middle of the week. >> and then, maybe some snow you say. >> yeah, the s world. >> we'll see. >> don't hold me too it.