plan on fixings what's wrong and getting schedules back on track. and take a moment and look to the sky. something happens that only denver and one other major city will see. a colorado highway meets cabin cruiser. how this happened. and why the buffs might not have to face stanford's heisman hopeful from colorado this weekend. 9 news starts now. >. we begin with a quick update on the fire in southern colorado, the junkins fire has destroyed five homes and 15 other structures. it's spread over 15,000 acres with no containment. we also learned how it started. apparently high winds blew a metal outbuilding into fire lines. one pilot dropping water on the fire says it's one of the worst

fire fighting. >. as many as 2,000 children are exploited for sex every year, just in colorado and wyoming along. the fbi worked with hundreds of law enforcement agencies in stings across the country to rescue children and arrest sex traffickers. >> it's a trap, once you're there it's hard to get out of. >> reporter: in the shadows that can obscure an innocent face. >> it's really hard. >> reporter: like the one in this fbi video. >> everything i did as far as who take advantage of children. >> they use us young people because they can't get the older women to do what they want to do. >> reporter: even with sex stings year after year in colorado. >> sometimes it's hard for people to believe that this kind of activity takes place in our community. >> reporter: children are still being sold for sex. >> to rescue these children is the best investment of our criminal justice dollars.

and the fbi to announce the results of operation cross country. a three-day nationwide sting to crack down on child prostitution. >> the youngest child we recovered was 14 years old. >> reporter: in colorado and wyoming nine children were rescued. 11 traffickers, 32 customers, and47 adult prostitutes were arrested. the operation in these two states rank second nationally for the number >> i think if we spent a month doing this the numbers would be staggering, but we still would not have eliminated it. >> reporter: the task force targeted hotels, truck stops, street corners, and social media apps. >> applications that pose as social media but instead are really just hook up sites. >> reporter: the rescue victims. >> i have learned i was a victim. >> reporter: and catch the criminals lurking in the shadows. >> i can breathe and say i can finally put him behind me.

were arrested in denver as part of this sting. they were driving underage girls across the midwest, and selling them for sex. they posted ads on a sex site, and that's when they were busted by undercover officers. and what struck me from the morning press corves was how hard it is for -- conference was how hard it is for some of the victims to get out once they're in the sex trade. the average life expectancy once they're in is about seven year thank you. every year when ballots get mailed out to colorado voters we hear from folks saying they got two ballots, concerned about voter fraud. that doesn't mean you won the electoral lottery, you only get to vote once. a woman in pueblo county received two, and we expect to hear more reports. if you attempt to submit two, one would be counted and the district attorney is notified about the sabled.

second. the clerk in pueblo is notified about the claim. >. and tomorrow hillary clinton and donald trump meet for the third and final presidential debate at the university of nevada in las vegas. chris wallace of fox news will moderate. you can watch it live at 7 p.m. on 9 news. trump invited president obama's half brother malik born in kenya and supports trump. clinton has again asked trump critic mark cuban to be in the audience. and tonight america will decide who's the next president of the united states. tonight donald trump stopped in colorado, a rally tonight at the airport in grand junction, and earlier today in colorado springs. hi called for -- he called for term limits nor congress, trump say -- for congress. trump says the limits should be a part of bigger plan in his words to quote drain the afternoon and of the washington corruption, and he had -- swamp of the washington corruption, and he had this to say.

you'll never be able to win. it's tilting, it's going to be a one-party system. this is your final shot. >> after leaving grand junction trump headed to las vegas to prepare for tomorrow's debate. ecuador says it's tech rarely taking away -- temporarily taken away the internet prescribe ledges of the -- privileges of the wikileaks founder assange in the wake of wikileaks publishing documents from hillary clinto ecuador's president says they don't interfere in foreign elections. mike kaufman is no longer straddling the fence on if he supports trump, but we still don't know where he stands. >> i'm not sure i'll vote for hillary clinton or donald trump, and i'm struggling like many americans as to what to do now. >> reporter: are you going to vote in the race? >> i don't know. >> reporter: you don't know if you'll cast a vote? >> i don't know if i'll cast a

democratic opponent says his indecision is an insult to all americans participating in the election process. you can see extended videos with them on the next youtube page. and they debate on channel 20 thursday night and it streams live on www.9news.com. brandon rittiman and i will moderate. it's anything but smooth sailing for a boat that ended up own a the driver towing the 30-footer lost control on the east side of loveland. three cars were also involved, and the accident took down fouler lines. -- power lines. officers were amazed no one was hurt. the colorado springs thousands of gallons of toxic water was dumped into the sister sewer system from pearson air force base.

cancer causing pfcs that are at the center of an investigation near the air force base. utility workers were told of the latest water release within 24 hours after it happened, but it took five more days before the public was told about it this afternoon. the warm was filtered, but -- water was filtered, but the filters are not set up to filter pfcs. the water ended up in fountain creek. well, should we really be making on the a line -- making on a line -- picking an rtd's a line when our stuff doesn't work either? the on time percentage rate announced by rtd is not where they want it to be at this point. vincente arenas joins us to discuss it. >> all right. yes, there's a deadline now.

must show the federal railroad administration what it's done to fix the a line's problems with street crossings. if the problems continue they could have to cease operations temporarily on the line to ating buss to -- adding buses to meet the standards. they say it's a complex problem to fix. all of this means no one can answer when the new g line will open. >> reporter: it can be frustrating. >> i mean i have no idea when it will station, shiny tracks. >> i mean, it's going to be a waiting game for sure. >> reporter: but no trains are stopping at the 41st and fox station north of downtown. >> it's like a ghost town here. >> reporter: rtd's new g line that runs from union station to arvada and wheat ridge was scheduled to open this fall, but today the rtd announced it can't open until the on going

solved. >> we need a specific plan, present it to the federal railroad administration, get the feedback on it, and see what we can implement to address the concerns expressed. >> reporter: the problems are the same ones we've been telling you about for months. the timing of the crossing gates, and the safety system that controls the train's speed. the g line will use the same system which is designed to prevent accidents. a trains are on time 87 better than june when the rtd general manager told us he wanted it in the mid-90s. again today he called it unacceptable. >> now that's not good enough. we want a minimum of 90 percent or better. >> reporter: at the center of the problem, denver transit partners, the group that operates the commuter rail. the agency has been possiblized about a -- possiblized about a

while the g line is not open we saw an out of service train rolling down the tracks, but hanson knows it will be awhile, but no one knows how long the wait will be. >> a 9 news investigation found rtd opened the a line on time in april even though the testing didn't meet their goals. it opened with a waiver requiring flaggers be posted at every crossing for safety, and they're not time soon. one bit of good news, the r line rail, which ones to aurora is still on school, and it's expected to open by the end of this year kyle. >> all right, thank you. >. tonight colorado's latino hall of fame inducted new members at a gala in denver. five individuals and one foundation were honored, including the late state senator who helped write

1975, and pena. the hall of fame recognized leaders who made extraordinary contributions to colorado's success. it's hosted by the university of denver's latino leadership institute. >. so i was completely unaware that this is how candy corn is harvested. and some canadians think america needs a pep talk, so they're doing it online. if you can stay up another hour or so, you may see something that few will have the opportunity. and freeze warnings details on which night, and how cold it will get. >. and later in sports, the avalanche get the script

later this year, kanye west will be including denver on the second leg of his tour. he'll be at pepsi center november 28th for his first denver visit since 2008. general sales for tickets start saturday, and a pre-sale starts tomorrow. and russia isn't the only country trying to influence our presidential election. some canadians that support america is already great, they're currently filling twitter with the hashtag tell america it's great. >. the broncos play thursday and will play again monday on channel 20. it's the return of brock osweiler. over the next week we duke it out with our sister station in

broncos. >. and denver police don't just fight crime, they fight on twitter, exchanging shade over a police department in minnesota over whether vikings fans should talk smack. quite entertaining. >. if the skies remain clear tonight anyone in denver could witness a rare hide of seek with the moon occultation. it will pass in front of the brightest star, and it will appear to slighted across the edge of the man in a -- moon in a phenomenon known as grazing. it will happen around 11:30 this evening. >> oh, it's mostly cloudy out here right now. every now and again i get a little peak of the moon behind

approaching cool front brings a mostly cloudy sky overnight. i'm kathy sabine outside in the backyard, and we're awaiting the cool front that will bring additional snow to the northern mountains, and they're making know up at the loveland ski area. dustin sharing these pictures with us. the dog days of winter almost upon us, and toby giving his stamp of approval. but when will denver see the first official snow the first average day is tomorrow, but it's not cold enough to bring know in the next five to nine days. little look at the moon, but it's cloudy as well. did see 70s on the map in southeast colorado today. tomorrow morning it's going to be chilly stepping out. temperatures near 40 between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. it will be a dry day for lower elevations with the best chance of showers in the overnight period. here in the 9 news backyard outside the studios our

degrees, and we're tracking rain and showers bringing rain to southeast wyoming. it's having a hard time coming autopsy the foothills though, so only isolated precipitation between fort collins and denver, but the best chance of accumulating know over the northern mountains where is snow level remains 7500 feet. it though, the wind on the back side out of the north/northwest will keep temperatures below the average of 65, we'll hover in the mid-50s with the coldest air to the north of us, and the warmest temperatures off to the south and east. we're tracking some scattered snow showers in the northern mountains this hour with a bit of light rain north of denver. not hitting the ground right now in the weld county and larimer county area, but 20 percent chance of a few light

snow possible. winds shift from the south to the north/northwest, and then the skies clear in the afternoon. along the front range tonight, the snow level remaining high, between vail and granby up to estes park and just to the west of fort collins where it's basically rain. a few light showers moving through between 11:00 p.m. and 3:00 in the morning, and then skies clear, and it's dry to step out in the morning, but the wind means a brisk start to the day with temperatures along the front range as well. mid-40s over southeast colorado. tomorrow the warmest air found in the southern half of the state as it takes awhile for the rain to move into the southeast corner. up in the high country temperatures remain quite chilly, and speaking of chilly, 42 in nederland, 44 will be the high in grand lake. in the denver metro, increasing cloud and wind tonight. slight chance of a shower tonight. skies clear early in the morning, but the brisk north

52 by lunchtime, 58 by about 3:00 in the afternoon. now tomorrow night, coldest night, we drop to 30 in the city, and a freeze watch for southeast colorado. so far denver not included in that, but that could be changing. we have a gradual warming trend thursday, back to the 70s friday, saturday, and sunday. beautiful weather forecast shaping up for early next week, and of course the broncos play on monday, and the warm weather trend shows no sign season looking to be later than the average date of october 19th, so you have time to go enjoy the beautiful fall scenery. get on the train, or go for a hike or bike, i prefer horseback myself. >> the aspens are even pretty without the leaves. >> aren't they. >> just the bare stalks. >> and there's nice shrubbery down low. >> yes! >> thank you. farm machinery is a staple

quite a bit since i was a kid in the town of cold spring, minnesota. this man spends a lot of time behind his john deere, and came up with an idea for his old john deere a few years ago. >> they just go nuts! [ laughter ] >> that's candy. candy corn spinning out of the combine. tom says it takes $130 worth of candy to load up the combine, and the peoplear

from colorado's sports leader, here's aaron matas. >> good evening, what's with the avalanche schedule in game one against the western conference regular season champs dallas. game two against the stanley cup champions pittsburgh, and game three against last year's

and washington did what the others could not, beat the avalanche. the offense was a flop. what a hip check by orlov. avalanche 18 shots, no goals in the game, and ovechkin scored his first goal of the young season, and washington won 3-0. >> we weren't good enough to start the game, we weren't hard enough, weren't ready to skate, you know, they were, and hey, we knew it turn around, but that can't happen, and in my opinion that just, that is unacceptable for this group. >> i don't know if there's any chance that broncos fans give brock osweiler a round of applause when he comes back to denver monday, but if there is a chance mike is putting it to bed by putting this entry in his notebook. >> reporter: it's the return of

goodell has a better chance of getting a warm welcome in new england than brock will here in in denver on monday night. the broncos once spent a second round draft pick and 1 million dollars signing bonus on brock, gave him four years of free meals in the broncos calf fear i can't, and they were going to -- calf cafeteria, and they were going to let him be the super bowl champions, and what does he do? boltsto houston. but the brock that was here isn't quite is same player he was there. >> he ran a totally difference offense, a lot of different personnel, and more spreads, so it was a totally different offense, so you have to act like he's a new player, and study him like you've never seen him before. >> reporter: the denver d will want to rough him up, the secondary will want to pick him

they blitz they get there. sure, when the broncos schedule came out in april, i thought the game against brock in denver was their most certain win. this is payback. 9 news. >> heisman runner up mcaffrey is questionable for the game this weekend with injury, but cu needs another win to reach bowl eligibility, the more they win, the less the coach has to reach for the inspirational quote >> i don't have to motivate them. they're going to play stanford, they're in first place in the pac 12 south, so when they come to practice and watch film and realize something is on the line not there before for them, it's exciting, and they're

>> today 5-1 to stay alive in the american league championship series. the indians lead toronto three games to one. and grandal's homer opened up the dodgers game. the dodgers won, and lead the series two games to one. many new cubs fans are wondering if they can send that brand new cubs hat back [ laughter ] >> sentimental favorite though don't you think? >> what's what i was getting at. >> a lot of hats and shirts in the crowd look now. >> throw them in the drier for a few times.

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literature will be there to accept the prize in sweden. the nobel academy hasn't been able to get in touch with him since he was announced the winner last week. they have spoken to a close social, but no definitive -- associate, but no definitive word he'll be there. they will make no further attempts to contact him, and hopes he'll be there to accept the word december 10th. and there's a cold front coming, can you feel it? probably not, but when you wake up in the mo the temperature will be about 35 degrees to step out in the morning. isolated showers overnight. everyone wondering about denver's first snow fall, but not seeing it in the nine-day forecast, but maybe that's a good thing. >> i want it to be cold for the broncos. >> and houston? >> yeah, houston is soft now. pampered. >> i'll see what i can do.

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