gary, corey and cheryl with you. marty joins us from the backyard. it looks to be a nice day today. >> reporter: it will be decent and will cloud up this afternoon so we won't have clear blue skies but temperatures will hold at or slightly below average and very pleasant. we won't have the wind we have seen. i want to pass this along to you because the weather service issued freeze warnings out through 9:00 this morning for our area, southern foothills, most of the eastern plains, and northwestern colorado. so from the denver ea collins, greeley, north and east. however, right now we're looking at folks in the mid-30s to low 40s here with some -- some of the cooler readings along the platte river so i think we could see a few freezing temperatures in weld county, morgan county, along the platte river, but around here, i just don't think we can get down to freezing this morning. we have some frost that has formed in eastern colorado.

a cool start but good recovery into the 60s this afternoon and as we get warmer, progressively cloudier today but will not rain on our parade today. a quick look at the roads north of the metro area i-25, starting to see more and more people, no major issues. that's not going to impact your drive time just yet and no major accidents out there just ye . a lot of people will have green lights almost the whole way but north of the metro area, that's where we have a little more congestion for this time of morning. corey? ? >> six times tonight i have said to governor pence i can't imagine how you defend your running mate's decision on issues and refused to defend. >> done trump said all the said

still wouldn't have a fraction of the insult that hillary clinton leveled when she said half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. even when the vice presidential candidate took the stage, the debate was at the names on top of the ticket. they went right after each other's running mates instead. tarhonda thomas is here to fact czech some accusations from both sides. >> reporter: go night, both defending their running mates while attacking other presidential candidate in everything from the economy to immigration and of course, donald trump's taxes. mike pence said he used the tax code brilliantly when trump claimed nearly $1 billion of losses in 1995 to legally allow him not to pay taxeses for 18 years. kaine called on trump to release tax information, claiming pence had to turn over his tax returns to trump before

candidate. that statement cannot be the proven. on the subject of immigration, pence said the fbi cannot vet syrian refugees to prove they're not terrorists. that statement was found misleading. kaine called on bans for muslims entering the u.s. and talked about vladimir putin, say thinking called him a strong leader, a claim pence partially denied. >> that the small and bullying leader of russia stronger on the world stage than this administration, that's stating painful facts. that's not an endorsement of vladimir putin but the weakened, feckless leadership of clinton and obama. >> we will go to the tape on it but governor pence said, inarguably, vladimir putin is a better leader than president -- >> that is absolutely in-- inaccurate. >> reporter: just to clarify,

which he said putin is a strong leader in his country than obama has been in this country. to fact check what was said you can go to 9news.com. >> thanks, tarhonda. donald trump went on a live tweeting streaks, saying his running mate looked great on stage against tim kaine and said he was winning throughout. he also criticized hillary clinton on national security and foreign relations -- not surprising, either. hillary clinton's team called pence divisive and tweeted news resourceses to slam positions. mrs. clinton said she is lucky to have tim kaine as her running mate.

warnings are going out this morning. matthew is a major hurricane and is barreling towards the east coast of the united states right now. florida, georgia, and the carolinas. it's already done terrible damage in haiti and cuba. this is a look at flooding, mudslides, and damage in haiti. at least 11 people have died, including three children in the dominican republic. we have eyewitness footage of the storm. it has been moving thro state of arizona. it stayed category 4 storm three days and only a few storms have lasted that long at that strength. marty has a closer look. it's been windy but at the most, our gusts are 40 miles per hour. we're talking 125 miles sustained. >> that's right and when we have a big wind gust, 100 miles per hour, that's a gust. you can't imagine what 125-mile-

this is the latest satlight imagery as matthew moves northwest of cuba this morning, category 3 hurricane, sustained at 125 miles per hour over a small area but unfortunately will move over the back maples as -- bahamas as a category 3 or 4 storm, over the coast of florida and carolinas saturday before curving to sea. storm surge and rain will be huge, huge problems with several areas from central florida on the east coast through the carolinas could see more than a foot of rain along with powerful winds of at least tropical storm strength so this could be an impactful storm for millions of people on the east coast. >> people in florida, georgia,

a hurricane watch has been issued for florida and south carolina is ready to evacuate more than 1 million people. some people are already making any preparations they can >> storm surge is coming. we don't want to take any chances. >> reporter: are you waiting as long as it takes? >> hmm, we have to have gas. you never know. we may have to evacuate or anything. >> some people in florida are cutting their trips short, flying home early. flights to the caribbean are canceled and cruise lines are it to the u.s. later this week or over the weekend. >> 5:37 right now. boulder county bus drivers beginning her one year probation. she was sentenced to a year unsupervised probation in connection to a crash last winter. burris was driving a st. rain valley bus witheight kids on bus and at some point she veered to the right and overcorrected, causing the bus

she will also pay a $300 fine for the accident. >> 5:38 now. one of the mountain high school students accused of plotting against her classmates will be in court today. brooke higgins is one of the 16- year-olds charged as an adult. prosecutors said the two girls were working together to find weapon and attack their school around christmas time of last year. they were charged with conspiracy to commit first- degree murder under extreme indifference sent to juvenile court. thousands are wake up in shelter this morning as the beulah hill fire continues to burn. so far it's burned through eight homes and at least 16 other structure. as of last night, more than 5,000 acres burned and is uncontained right now. more than 400 firefighters have been dispatched to help out with no word on what sparked it. marty, it seems like the wind hasn't helped them at all.

there, they have had some issues. around here, we're looking at temperatures in the 30s around the area with mild temperatures through the afternoon. highs in the 60s today but cool air moves out of wyoming and idaho. we'll be dropping into the 30 and low 40s tonight and then rebounded into the 50s for tomorrow afternoon so tomorrow is the coolest of the next several days. drought continues to be an issue for us in of the front range and northwestern colorado. we have a small area of moderate drought for metro denver i-25 into fort collins and loveland. remember, we have a freeze warning out. i think the most likely areas to freeze will be fort morgan brush north and east, southern foothill, and northwestern colorado. we have just enough wind around here i think to keep us above freezing along the i-25

thank you much. now to sports news. denver broncos superstar cornerback aqib talib could be in republican for shooting himself. dallas police have finally concluded the football player was not shot by somebody else back in june. according to our sister station in texas, wfaa, talib said he heard a gunshot and fell to the ground with a shot in the leg. he refused follow-up interview with police and his lawyer spoke for m. will face charges. it depends on whether or not he had the gun legally. he could face disciplinary action, though, from the nfl. they are also investigating the incident but the bottom line now, police say he shot himself. former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez will be back in court today this time for a double murder trial. today, it's actually a hearing to check on the status of both sides ahead of the full trial scheduled in february.

two men from a boston nightclub in 2012. prosecutors stayed he killed a man after one of them bumped against him and spilled his drink. hernandez pleaded not guilty and is already serving life for the 2013 killing of odin lloyd, a semi professional football player. >> 5:41 now. sender and receiver might not be the only ones reading e- mails. the internet giant accused of sp government. snow is in the air and on

today the u.s. supreme court will hear a case to could change the way criminals are sentenced. a man said he was harshly sentenced because of his race. in court, psychologist testified the convicted

in 1995, buck barged into his ex-girlfriend's home, injured a woman, killed a man, and followed his ex-girlfriend outside and killed her in front of her children. the supreme court will rule on the case of racial prejudice in the justice system and the decision is expected before june of next year. yahoo may have read your e- mails on behalf of the government. new reuters reports this week say that the internet company secretly agreed to search e- mails for specific phrases. the searches were on behalf of the nsa and the fbi. "usa today" said yahoo has not confirmed or denied the report and said it hasn't broken any laws. google and microsoft made a point of saying they have not done anything like searching e- mails on behalf of the government. >> or building a software program to do it, right? amazon's ceo said his space company is doing a test

escape from a failure during a regular rocket launch. during the test, the crew capsule will separate from its booster rocket. if all goes well, unmanned crew capsule will parachute safely to the ground but the booster rocket will likely crash in the west texas desert. all right, well, get your snowfall is snow gear ready. it won't be long, right? >> true. >> which ski areas are turning on the art official wi now. let's check in with marty and then tracey. we have a sunny, cool start to the day. work outside should be very comfortable -- in fact, even this afternoon won't be that warm and we will have some clouds around so fairly comfortable outside all day. for the morning, we have temperatures around here in the lower to middle 40s so tracey, i think as far as roads, wind, and weather goes, we're in pretty good shape. we are in better shape than

across the metro area this morning, i-25 north of the metro area, we're definitely seeing more and more headlights, not causing any major issue on drive times just yet but that congestion is starting pretty early. we have seen people throughout the last hour so it is causing just -- you're going to tap those brakes north of the metro area, mainly i-25 northbound. now, if you're heading out to the rail lines today, there's also some meetings that we are

>> welcome back, everyone. a lone tree-based keg company is growing. according to "the denver business journal," keg logistic, which buys and leases to craft breweries, has bought atlas keg company. there's no word on the price, but it will have access to more than 1,000 customers across the u.s. and in the u.k. kegs are big business. >> yeah. th fest is about to get underway in denver, but the beer-related events are pouring. the museum celebrated tuesday night, hosting beers made by walking. what's more colorado than beers and hiking? beers were inspired by ingredients found on hikes and trails. some used fruit like apples, peaches, and plums. others added a local flare with lavender and pine needles. >> hmm, okay.

>> it's probably a clean, fresh scent, wouldn't you imagine? [ laughter ] >> that's true. you would have nice breath after. >> clean, fresh breath afterward. storm in the midwest, cool air from the northwest, and that's going to affect colorado's weather quite a bit here. we have some snow going on in the high terrain north of glenwood spring into the trappers lake area and will continue throughout the day. for us, sunny morning, clouds in the afternoon and we could see light showers over the northeastern plain, comfy day, mid-60s to upper 60s, mostly 50s in the foothill and not as windy as it has been and breezy. statewide, a rain snow mix and as cooler air drops out of idaho, we flip over to all snow

head and in the valleys, below 8,000 feet, a rain snow mix so not as much accumulation in spots. 40s and 50s in the mountain, 60ds here, close to 80 in southeastern colorado and pretty dry and will stay dry with cloudy conditions. no rain or snow around here but tomorrow from late morning to afternoon, showers possible and will clear out friday and this weekend, this dry, warm thing going on. the weekend will be dry not only here but across the state. >> that's great news. this morning if you're heading on the roadways, heading to the airport, no major issues, security wait times 10 to 15 minutes but maybe you take the rtd "a" line. rtd wants to invite you to

for winter 2016 into winter 2017. they just want your feedback on how to improve so highlands ranch and two tomorrow in denver. that's good news if you take those rails and you see improvement somewhere. i-70 heading to the airport, we're seeing a couple headlights, no major congestion and across the metro area, no major accidents so we'll keep our fingers crossed it stays like that. there all right, thank you much, 5:52. love woody, >> yes. >> you can wear your love for toy story on your feet, even if you're all grown up.

yes, yes, we know, it's still the very beginning of fall but is not stopping some folks in the high country to stop winter. the snow is running at loveland and copper look at the process from last year. loveland hopes to open before the end of october and copper mountain said you can hit the slopes octobered. they're usually among the first to start the season, overnight temperatures low enough to start making it and mother nature is providing a little of her own. >> i'm sure "a" basin will be mixed up in there, usually one of the leaders. winter for all of colorado around the corner and winter

front-range newbies. our meteorologists came up with important wisdom. take a deep breath. we'll get through colorado weather together. other news 9 veterans recommend how to do that -- good tires. some recommend sturdy boots, snacks ready to go in the car, and be very careful while driving. >> all good pointers, yes. if you think you know when the us know. >> we want your guess. >> we're bringing back the snow on 9 challenge. let us know on the app when you think we will have the first measurable snowfall in the 9news back yard. >> okay. >> sticking to the ground. and we'll see who gets closest. last year we did the same thing -- november 5. >> winner, winner, chicken dinner. >> think mid-november myself. >> think later, too. >> yeah. >> you all are wishful

starbucks? >> yeah, and a dozen donuts. >> yes. bring it. second week of november. >> we call that a tuesday around here. . >> that's true. they showed unity with recent protests against racial inequality while kneeling why while playing the national anthem. it seems east carolina football band may have cost their team with the protest. the story is new at 6:50. >> we'll tell you about that. that's it for 9 knew at 5:00

the u-s... after leaving behind destruction in haiti. we're tracking when and where matthew is on a path towards the u.s. after leaving

projected to go. >> can't hear over you when you speak over each other. it was the first and only televised debate. vi presidential candidates spent the night talking over each other and talking about issues. we'll bring you the takeaways. relaxes, repeat. one free option to get to work while the kids take to the streets for walk to school day. >> i love it. >> soun good morning. we're halfway through the week with the cool front wrapping up. marty is this the 9news back yard. things only get colder. >> reporter: we're seeing an indication of that with snow in northwestern colorado. this is the first nibble, if you will, of snow through northwestern colorado and flat