>> this is 9 news. >> the presidential showdown hits a head tomorrow. the final debate between trump and clinton. clinton getting ready for the battle. trump getting ready to come to colorado today. >> we will get everything loaded that are essentials and that will be it. once you leave, they >> two fires and 3,000 evacuations in colorado. a tough teem for crews trying to put out the flames and an even tougher time for those forced to leave their homes. and the four final teams fighting for the american and national league pennants. one is close to elimination. the other is close to the world

belen de leon is in for marty this morning. a little cooler today, it sounds like. >> yeah. a little cooler. the winds were wild yesterday. the winds not expected to be as strong today. we're tracking a chance for showers across colorado. first you want to show you what is happening to the south. the junkins fire, we will be talking about it a lot today. there were gusting up to 70 miles per hour yesterday. gusts up to 20 to 30 miles per hour for today. the temperatures will be cooler. our thoughts are with the firefighters who have a big fight against them today. the wind gusts are currently calmer in the city. gusts up to 40 miles per hour in the foothills. down south near the junkins fire, the winds are calmer this morning. currently we're in the 30s and 40s around town. some spots in the 20s. this afternoon, we're going to have temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday.

and 50s closer to the foothills. getting on the roads this morning, you won't have a problem. 42 degrees. this afternoon, temperatures at 61 and breezy. we're tracking the chance for showers in the mountains. i will talk about that in a few. a look at the roads. amelia, it looks a lot better today than yesterday. >> night and day. we're seeing excellent roads. the crash count is at zero right now. keep it safe. plenty of folks are hitting the roads. transitioning between the i-70 drive between parker and dtc. out across 6th avenue, no problems whatsoever. it's an 8 or 9-minute stretch here. looking good across downtown. the stretch down to the tech center stands at 14 minutes.

tarhonda, this picture has been going so viral on social media, viral in a local context. this is one reason to get up early and enjoy the ride because you get views like this. >> it is an amazing picture. amelia, thank you. it's 5:33 right now. with exactly three weeks to go to the presidential election, donald trump is turning his focus to colorado. he will be campaigning throughout the centennial state today. trump starts in colorado springs with a rally at 10:00 this morning. then west to grand junction for a second rally at 3:00. now, trump spent monday in green bay, wisconsin and fired up supporters by looking at the e-mail scandal of clinton. the fbi released notes accusing an agent of proposing a kid pro go to resolve a dispute whether a clinton e-mail should be classified. trump says that agent should be

under secretary of state patrick kennedy made the request for altering classification as part of a kid pro go. -- quid pro quo, in other words a deal. >> the clinton campaign says there was a strong disagreement about to retroactively classify material that had been sent to hillary clinton. clinton's campaign manager says the campaign played that discussion. trump also says that the election is rigged in clinton's favor. tim kaine fired back. >> the criticism is unjustified. he is a big bully who is getting beaten and now started to whine. >> clinton will be taking today off to get ready for tomorrow's third and final debate. melania trump is coming to her husband's debate as the

back in 2005. she told cnn that then access hollywood host billy bush egged her husband on. as for bush, he is now fired from the today show. nbc news had suspended him last week and negotiated the terms of his exit. he had just started on the 9:00 hour two months ago on the today show. 9 news is helping you sort through the blue books before you make your election picks. we will take ballot questions tonight on channel 20. then october 20th, a debate between the candidates mike hoffman and morgan carol. all right. the man who admit today killing three people at a colorado springs planned parent hood clinic will be back before a judge today. the judge said that robert deer is mentally incompetent to continue with the case. today there will be a hearing.

he has not been undergoing treatment since may. he is charged with 179 counts stemming from the shooting last november at planned parenthood. also happening today, the fbi will brief us on the nationwide effort to recover children from sex trafficking. the investigation is called operation cross country x. agents have local results as well. this is the tenth recovery effort in colorado and wyoming and involves 30 local, state and federal partners. the press conference is they tell us. it is 5:36. just after crews got the fire under control, two other fires ignited in colorado. junkins fire and freeman fire. this shows you the three major fires burning in the state right now. jessica oh is live at the emergency management center. wind has fueled the fires and

their homes. i'm glad to see based on your video right now that it's just a little breeze at this point. >> reporter: that's right, cheryl. and forecasters also saying they are expecting the winds to die down today much the winds have proven to be a big challenge for firefighters. the junkins fire is now over 15,000 acres. and the majority of that burped in just a few hours time last -- burned in just a few hours time last time. this has prompted crews state of colorado to act fast. resources were sent to the junkins fire hours after it started. dozens of crews have been tackling it from the air and ground with urgency. they have had to because thousands of homes are in its path. it spread quickly to pueblo county, again, putting nearly 200 residents along the way under a mandatory evacuation order. the winds so strong that firefighters had to shift their focus from putting out the

even residents could see how ominous the winds were yesterday as they were getting ready to evacuate. and six structures so far we're told have been destroyed, including one home. we're seeing reports online that overnight the number may have grown to three. we're waiting to confirm that this morning. the state of colorado to see if additional resources will be sent today. >> it is interesting to see how they will attack that. thank you, jessica. winds made it tough fo townhome fire in aurora. this started near mississippi avenue. the fire damaged four townhomes. nobody was hurt. investigators say charcoal from a grill thrown into a plastic trash can started it. when the winds picked up, it made it difficult for firefighters to contain it. we turn now to belen. belen, the winds should be better today. it doesn't take much to fuel a fire. >> it does not. yesterday we had the gusts up

parts of the eastern plains. and near custard county, they had gusts up to 70 miles per hour. now, we're seeing improvement in the forecast today. winds won't be as strong. but still gusty in the high country. 20 to 30 miles per hour gusts. to the south, we have a red flag warning. the gusts could get up to 30 miles per hour there. that red flag warning goes into effect at 1:00 p.m. it will be a bit hazy today. you will notice that visibility isn't going to off to the west. and want to see our beautiful mountains. air quality is moderate and acceptable to most folks. but for the small group with respiratory problems, you may want to limit your time outside. >> isn't it amazing when we actually meet the people that we're afraid or angry out and we found out that we have more in common with them than what we think. >> that's the question that

she is the mother of the first person killed in the columbine shooting. her daughter rachel loved to write. when rachel was killed, she had just professed her faith. beth has since met the mother of one of her daughter's killers and says she has forgiven them. >> i can easily believe on her part that she didn't know what was in the heart of that boy. because i didn't know what rachel was doing. all of those years of journaling and writing and heart, it wasn't hard for me to believe that she got blindsided. i just got the better side of that. >> rachel's journals inspired a film called i am not ashamed. it will be released this friday. watch beth's interview today on 9 news at 4:00. >> 1:00. >> i'm sorry. 1:00. yes. correct. >> yeah. yeah. and her dad has done so much work towards helping schools and conversations in schools

this. >> it's good to know that they are still looking to help other people. >> yes. >> and inspire other people. >> yeah. they have turned it into a positive. >> rachel's challenge. >> it's a positive thing. research on mars is getting more intricate every day. now we're seeing the planet like ever before. usually it's just red. not here. what this colorful picture is mapping coming up. >> back up the middle. on the back end. the cleveland indians are a step away from heading to the

>> the cleveland indians are one win away from the world series. they won their third game against the bluejays last night. the indians now have a 3-0 lead in the series. they need one more win to get

they play that game this afternoon in toronto. so toronto has a chance. maybe in front of the home crowd they can at least win one. >> you never know. as for the national league championship series, the cubs and dodgers are tied at one game a piece. game 3 is tonight at 6:00 at dodgers stadium. missy franklin's mom made cher that her daughter learned how to swim as a keep her safe. she came back home to make sure that kids have the same opportunity. 42million kids in the united states don't know how to swim. missy is on a mission to change that. she visited kids at this splash swim school in colorado springs. she is an ambassador for the usa swimming foundation. they are giving thousands of children low cost swim lessons.

leading cause for uninintentional deaths in the u.s. that can be prevented if more children have the same opportunity that missy had as a child. >> when i was thrown in the water at six months, ways grinning and laughing but for a lot of kids, it is scary. to get them in the water and show them what you can do, look at all of the stuff that you can do in the pool that you can't do on land and making it fun and exciting and getting them to love the water. >> missy says she has enjoyed since being home from rio. she often says her disappointments in rio is because she needed more balance in her life. it was a mental not physical one. she is now training with a new coach and continuing her classes at cal berkeley but loving more than anything -- >> that is a great shot right there. >> isn't that cute. >> am i sitting on her lap? that's really cool. >> i like the little goggles. >> yeah. so adorable. >> they make a big difference for a lot of kids in the

finding time to give back and influence the next generation of swimmers, whether they have big aspirations or just be safe. >> this show, win or lose, it's the same missy. >> that's true. in a wormed where there are actual competitions that people grow beards. people today may be doing the opposite. why you might not be seeing bearded friends today. >> look at that one. >> that is >> belen is like what? >> if that was a tease, i want to stick around and see the beards. if you are maybe flying out of town, you will visit somewhere else across the country, here is what the forecast has in store for you. the front brought in the strong winds and the cooldown. today it will be over the central part of the country. there is record-breaking heat a possibility to the south and southeast. behind the front, our temperature cooler, a high of

yeah i already have the crock- pot on. temperatures around 57 degrees tomorrow. on thursday and friday, the temperatures will gradually warm into the 60s and 70s. if you want a look at the weekend, i have that forecast coming up for you. >> dinner at belen's house tonight. it sounds like everyone is invited. thanks, belen. we're taking a tour around the city. starting things off at 270 and vasquez. everything looking good. the overpass at 25 is also looking clear. far. views across 85 also plenty of visibility today. wide open conditions across highway 85. and quick look across highway 7 and i-25 commute shows we are waking up hitting the roads and starting off the tuesday the right way. now is the time to leave the

>> 5:50 right now. several states along the east coast may have seen heading towards the international space station overnight. these images are spectacular. it is the first launch in two years and the first that the launch pad in virginia since a rocket exploded there on liftoff. that explosion happened just six seconds into the launch. it was blamed in part on aging soviet built rocket engines. this rocket has much newer engines built by a russian company. the launch went as expected and the new supplies should arrive

station from the rocket later this week. a colorado space craft is giving us a look at mars in ways that we have never seen before. the red planet almost looks translucent in some spaces. this caught the glow from the atmosphere in unprecedented detail and showed how strange and irregular the wind pattern can -- patterns can be information and pictures to studly. >> it doesn't look like the red plan. >> no. it looks golden. anyone with a telescope or a pair of binoculars can see the moon and stars play hide and seek tonight. it happens when the moon passes in front of a star. well, tonight it will pass in one of the brightest and most colorful stars in the sky. if the weather is okay and there aren't too many clouds in

a good show tonight. >> we could. we will have partly cloudy conditions. depending where you are across the state, you might get a good view of that. right now it's clear over the city. it is really dark out there. sunrise won't happen until 7:15. you will notice the much cooler temperatures that we have. it is crisp out there. 35 in the metro area. 40s in fort collins. in the high country, a mix of the 20s and 30s. we finally have the weather that we can fire up the snow today the temperatures will be 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, when we got to 75. in the mountains 50s and 60s. in the western slope towards 70agrees. that's the same area that could potentially see more rain and snow as we go throughout the day. accumulations, maybe a dusting to two inches. something, something. we have to put something on the slopes. this afternoon, we will the arrival of a cold front. that will help initiate a

colorado. through tonight, isolated showers are possible. here in city, it won't be impressive when it comes to rain amounts. but it will bring us a possibility of moisture across the state. we're waking up to sunny skies. here is a look at the rain forecast. most precipitation will be falling in the high country and southern wyoming and the panhandle of nebraska. kind of dry for the rest of the state. at rainy action. it will be cooler and partly cloudy. tomorrow is the coolest day out of the week. a high of 57. it will be a dry one and breezy as well. on thursday, 61. then we start to warm up even more after that. jump into the 70s on friday. and the weekend is looking really nice saturday and sunday. highs in the mid-70s. amelia. >> thank you, belen. we're getting off to an easy, easy drive. i know i'm going to jinx it but

a perfect example of what we're seeing across the city. 25 and 136th is a clear easy transition out of fort collins, loveland, all the way towards the denver commute. a really pretty start here as well. hope. ly i didn't speak too soon. usually when the cameras spin around, they're looking for a new accident. i'm hoping that they're spinning it around for the fun of it. looking nice and quiet on 225. 10 or 11 minutes and speeds between 60 and 65 miles per

>> so every day seems to be national something day, right? today is national no beard today. see your smooth face there. i bet you recognize that guy. no beard day is a way to see what you look like without a beard. i don't know who came up with it. why not. it is a great way fresh start for movember where people are supposed to grow beards for charity. it is just a couple weeks away. >> movember. >> one more time. >> gary, it could happen. >> yes. you should bring it back. the mustache and the full beard. >> we'll see. maybe. >> or maybe just the mustache. >> a dark city we have. lots of headlights as people

with amelia in just a couple

strong winds still howling across our state... >> this is 9 news. >> strong winds expected to move across the state. making it difficult for firefighters as they wrap up containment on the fire near you fires in eagle county and custard county are still growing. >> the biggest threat is coming from the junkins fire. it has forced people in almost 200 homes near west cliff to evacuate. as of this morning, firefighters had no containment on that fire. the freeman fire in eagle county is 40% contained. meteorologist belen de leon will join us in just a minute to tell us if today's weather