happening right now-- thousands on pre evacuation warnings are "going out"-- as a massive wildfire continues to grow in junkins park. 175 homes are under mandatory evacuations. at least one home-- and five other structures-- have already been lost. suppor o to, hopefully, help "knock down" the 15-thousand acres fire-- down from the sky. the fire is "zero percent" contained. low overnight temperatures in the 30's were expected to help crews in the area. but this morning-- we're told the major concern will be winds. meteorologist belen deleon joins us now-- with more on that.

a challenge will these winds today pose for firefighters? the junkins fire

now spread into pueblo county. it's burning in an area west of pueblo and walsenberg and east of westcliff. fire crews tell us the area hasn't had a fire like this in about 140 years-- that means there is a lot of fuel to burn-- and that's what's prompting all of the evacuations. as we mentioned 175 home have already been told to get out. today-- three-thousand others in pueblo are being told to get ready to

they're watching the winds today-- and preparing for the worst. this fire is just one of three burning in southern colorado right now. in eagle county -- the freeman fire still burns. it's only 40-percent contained. all of this-- after crews finally got th under control. but not before the flames got to five- thosuand acres. one day ahead of the final debate-- donald trump will be in colorado today for two stops in grand junction and colorado springs. the visits comes one day after his son-- donald trump junior was in boulder.

norris penros event center will open at 12. then he'll head to west star aviation in grand junction for a rally at 3. meanwhile-- billy bush is officially out at the today show after the release of the audio of a inappropriate sexual conversation with trump about women. bush was suspended at the morning show on october 9th -- two days after the 2005 tape was released. n-b-c and bush's representatives had been of his exit before monday's announcement. no word on the details of those terms. bush spent 15 years at "access hollywood" before moving to the "today" show about two months ago. he says he's embarrased of the comments. hillary clinton is 8off the campaign trail today... and she has yet to respond to the latest batch of emails released by the f-b-i. in one exchange with the f-b-i... ...."undersecretary of state" patrick kennedy asks to change the classified label on one of hillary clinton's email's when she was

according to the email exchange... the state department would then reciprocate-- by allowing the f- b-i to place more agents in countries where they are presently forbidden"-- specifically, in iraq. trump is calling the leak-- worse than watergate. today -- the f-b-i and state department are denying any wrong doing. senator bernie sanders stumped for hillary clinton in colorado monday. he rallied in fort collins - at c-s-u. during the democratic caucuses in march -- sanders had twice the support of voters in larimer county than clinton. sanders also attended an event at c-u boulder - to support amendment 69. that replace the current health insurance system in colorado with universal coverage.

elizabeth warren campaigned for clinton at the auraria campus in denver. happening today-- 9 news is helping you make sure you know what's on the ballot this year. we're taking a closer look on channel 20 tonight. then- in two days- we'll host a debate between the sixth congressional district candidates mike coffman and morgan carroll. one of the issues you'll see this year-- is the minimum wage. voters here in colorado and 4 other states will decide whether ro raise it. right now-- colorado's minimum wage is more than a dollar higher than the federal minimum of 7-25 and hour. our state's wage would raise it to $9.30 per hour in 2017.... and then increase it 90 cents each year until the wage reaches $12.00 in the year 20-20. later today-- the admitted colorado springs planned parenthood shooter will be back in court for a status hearing. robert dear is expected in front of the judge this morning. the court says he'll likely be there-- unlike in his last hearing -- where the judge declared him too

continue with the case. dear has been undergoing treatment at a state medical facility since may. he's charged with 179 counts stemming from that shooting last november. he said he attacked the clinic because of his anti-abortion stance. happening today-- sienna johnson -- one of the two teenage girls accused of plotting to attack mountain vista high school-- is expected back in court. prosecutors say johnson and her "school mate" -- brooke higgins-- were planning an police say-- the two were working together to get weapons. they were arrested before anything happened. both girls were originally charged as juveniles. but -- now-- they're being charged as adults. each is asking for their case to be sent back to juvenile court. coming up a colorado high

students off easy. what it says a group of students were doing online-- that led to them being expelled still to come. snow is starting to show up the northwestern part of the state this morning-- despite high winds in the eastern plains. a few inches fell in steamboat yesterday. still no news as to when that first chair will run and

leaving a bomb outside the nederland police department is waiting to be extradited back to colorado. over the weekend - police arrested 64

he's from california, and his small stature helped them identify him. ansberry is 3 feet six inches tall. today he is facing a federal explosives charge. last tuesday - a police officer in nederland found the bomb that was designed to detonate remotely by cell phone in a backpack. investigators used surveillance video - from the store where the cell phone was purchased -- to identify ansberry. investigators about a motive, but believe this was an isolated incident. one colorado high school is taking a strong stance against what they're calling hate speech on social media. boulder prep high school expelled five students for derogatory and threatening comments in a neo- nazi facebook group. the students called the group "the fourth reich official." one high schooler pledged allegiance to the nazis, then took his own life last month. another member of the group blew the whistle on the racist messages ...

teens said it was a joke. but the school headmaster says it's not joking matter. the school decided to expel the five students involved. one of those students appealed. she will be allowed back in class-- after what boulder prep calls "restorative justice." happening today-- the f-b-i denver division will discuss sex trafficking in our community. operation cross country x is focused on underage victims in colorado and across the country. this is the 10th recovery effort in colorado and wyoming. more than than 30 local, state and federal partners with the fbi's rocky mountain innocence lost task force. last years' sting recovered 20 kids and arrested 7 traffickers. nationwide, 149 underage victims were recovered and agents

just ahead--

aid in civil war torn syria announced overnight. details on the deal a typhoon hits southern china-- bringing devastating floods. where it's headed next-- plus more of your global headlines

warplanes have stopped airstrikes on aleppo today. the region is preparing to let civilians and rebels leave the city. that's according to russian state media. the strikes were haulted this morning in preparation for a ceasefire. start thursday morning and end that evening. the hault in fighting will also allow for the injured and sick to be taken out of rebel-held eastern parts of aleppo . and in yemen-- the u-n is reporting warring parties there have agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire that will begin just before midnight on wednesday. an official working in the county says the ceasfire will spare the yemeni people further bloodshed and will allow for the expanded delivery of humanitarian assistance.

the fighting in yemen pits shiite rebels-- against a u.s.- backed, saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of the president of yemen . in iraq-- kurdish forces working with iraqi forces are continuing their advance to retake mosul from isis. they began their offensive - which is expected to take weeks or even months-- monday. their operation in iraq's second biggest city is being backed by the us- led coalition. once in troops will have to fight their way into an urban environment where more than one million people still live. south china is dealing with typhoon sarika-- which made land fall monday. sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year-- landed with winds of up to a- hundred miles per hour. it's' already killed 31 people china's southern island province evacuated 520- thousand people monday. more than two- thousand fishing vessels have been called to port.

more than 137- thousand fisherman and construction workers with temporary shelters. flight and train service in the area has also been suspeneded for now. the storm now heads to vietnam.. you can't buy a car on sunday in colorado. but lawmakers could consider a change. why car dealers-- say it'll actually cost them money-- still to come. then cabela's announcement about its merger with bass pro shops has a community on edge this morning. is saying today. and-- samsung says its going another step to help owners of the fail galaxy 7 note. where you could

hear a reccomendation to lawmakers will hear a reccomendation to allow car sales on sunday-- but dealerships say it will actually cost you more to do that. right now-- dealerships but in 20-17 lawmakers will hear reccomendations to change that-- as part of an annual review of state regulations. but dealers say staying open on sunday will actaully increase sale prices by 11 to 14 percent. that's because they have to pay empolyees another and be forced to pass the cost of staying open sunday to the consumer. samsung is sending reps to airports

country to help owners of its now recalled galaxy note 7. the phones have been banned on all u-s flights. the u.s. transportation department -- says violators face up to 10 years in prison - and could be liable for penalties that total nearly 180 thousand dollars. the ban took effect over the weekend - and since then - samsung has sent reps to airports help owners replace their note sevens - with a galaxy s-7 -- before they board they were at d-i-a monday. samsung has recalled more than 2 million of the smartphones -- over what it calls a battery manufacturing error - that causes them to catch fire. a small community in the panhandle of nebraska is on edge this morning-- following the announcement that bass pro shops would buy cabela's. the price tag? four-and-a-half billion dollars. sidney is the longtime home of cabela's headquarters. about 68-hundred people live there. two-thousand people work at

now wondering-- what will happen to their jobs. the mayor issued a statement saying that the town and governor have put together a transition team to develop a relationship with bass pro shops. they hope it'll help people retain thier jobs. bass pro shops told 9news, they could not comment beyond the initial announcement of the merger. they said they intend to continue-- quote-- "favorable sidney. coming up we're sidney. coming up we're getting an up close and personal look

coming up we're getting an up close

sneak peak at mars thanks to a colorado spacecraft. the maven spacecraft caught the ultraviolet glow from the martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail. it also showed how strange and irregular winds on mars can be. the instruments that led to these finding were built at c-u and the research that led to these latest finding are also coming from work being done in

emergency management center in centennial this morning. jessica, officials there have been

the carolinas are facing billions of dollars in hurricane damage -- and there are even hurricane damage -- and there are even still places where the water is rising. and there are even still places where the water is rising. the waccamaw river in south carolina crested overnight at a record 17-point- nine feet - beating the record set in 19-28. 9news reporter jessica oh is at the colorado emergency management center in centennial this morning. jessica, officials