working. >> mr. trump is the least qualified. >> you can't believe anything you see. i don't even believe the polls. >> i'm prepared to be president of the united states. >> are you ready for this? the final showdown, the third and final presidential debate. the expectation, 90 minutes of unrelenting attacks, both political and personal. right now democrat hillary clinton is beating donald trump in the polls by eight points.

lead. trump will try to close it. the debate is in las vegas. each is trying to get the voters to their side. >> reporter: the conditions are lining up that they might be able to sway some people. donald trump is behind in the polls. political experts say this could be his last stand. they expect him to come out swinging. clinton needs to stay steady. but both candidates have a chance because they're both really unpopular. >> actual individuals who claim they're undecided is over 5% of most of these polls. but i think probably a third of the electorate is unhappy about their choice. >> reporter: the debate is at the university of las vegas. starts at 7 p.m. >> polls is showing clinton is ahead but trump is leading as far as social media

conversations each week. last week he got the highest yet at more than 307 million likes, comments, shares, and posts about him. that's 54 million more than the week before. clinton also hit her all-time high last week. she reached 206 million interactions on facebook. it's a safe bet social media will be on a tear tonight during the debate. >> the election does not end with presidential ballots. colorado voters will be voting on candidates and issues. as a matter of fact, there's nine different ballot initiatives plus local races. we're hosting one more debate on channel 20 tomorrow night, colorado six congressional district, watch tomorrow night at 7:00, it will be live streamed on 9news.com. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining undertakings. marty joins us, too. it's been chillier the last couple of days. feels good. >> i think it feels great out here. if you're working out here for any period of time, it gets fairly chilly,

earlier in the morning. right now things are beginning to clear out over the area. we have a few fair weather clouds moving off to the east this morning. it was raining a couple of hours ago. that's shifted to the north and east and it is still snowing in some of our mountain areas especially over loveland but that is slowing down as well. the showers have shifted from port morgan, out along the i-76. light rain over the area. visibility is great around around the steamboat springs area this morning. as far as your morning commute goes, don't worry about anything as far as most of the areas, most have dried out. holding in the 40s through 9:00 this morning and only moving in to the mid-50s this afternoon. i think we could see a few showers in the area just to the east this afternoon. ail track those for you here in -- i'll track those for you in a couple

dtc, checking ow arapahoe road cam. plenty of construction between the north and southbound lanes. not slowing anybody down. dry and clear to the south. excellent speeds between downtown and the tech center. across town, no major accidents to kick off the commute. speeds across commerce city as well as your drive on north denver looking great. upper 50s to mid-60s across town. as a traffic light malfunction. there's snow to the west and that's resulted in chain and traction laws so check things out before you head to the west. but loveland as well as vail included in that. >> it's 5:34 right now. frustrated commuters to the airport, and there is a deadline to fix the a line problems or there will be more

crossing gates and speed control system. the deadline is two and half weeks away. rtd says it needs to be fixed before the g line can be opened. if it misses its deadline it may have to stop the train or use buses to meet government safety standards. >> we need to come one a plan and present it to the administration and get the feedback and see what we can implement to address the concerns been expressed. >> rtd says a trains are on time 87% of the time which is unacceptable. they have 18,000 passengers which is near the ridership goal. the light rail r line that goes through aurora is expected to be opened by the end of the year. 5:35 now. human refines were found in a boot at a ski resort over the summer and

the remains found at al-dora is 83-year-old irwin metler. the denver man had been camping near the mountain resort. they have not yet figured out how he died. a three-day f.b.i. sting in colorado and wyoming has ended with 43 people facing charges and nine kids rescued. the f.b.i. says the sting, the prostitution sting, centered on hotels, truck stops, street corners and social media apps. the years old. prosecutors estimate as many as 2,000 children in colorado and wyoming are sexually exploited each year. even with these arrests, agents say that investigation is not close to being over. >> i think if we spent a month doing this, the numbers would be staggering and yet we still would not eliminated it from our streets and our communities. to rescue these children is the best investment of our criminal justice

says its international operation has recovered 82 victims all over the world. the man who opened fire at planned parenthood in colorado springs was back in court yesterday and he wasn't quiet. he had several outbursts in the courtroom. now, the shooter who has confessed has been staying in a facility in may when he was found mentally to stand trial. the judge will decide which documents to release. there is a civil case in denver, victims of the shooting are suing planned parenthood. tracking some of the showers later this afternoon, it does look like we'll see a few redevelop after about 2, 3:00, just to the north and east of the metro area up through weld county and out toward fort morgan and brush. but the rain is going to be minimal.

we might get a sprinkling this afternoon but i think most of us are dry. windy down south, cold air come through overnight, for the junkins fire area we're expecting the wind to die down dramatically after 1:00 this afternoon. unfortunately, right around noon to three, we will have low humidity and wind gusts up to 20 miles an hour. the up side is temperatures will hold in the 50s which are conditions at all for firefighting. hopefully we can make progress. >> any help they can get would be so much use. that wildfire burning in custer county is still not contained this morning by any stretch. crews are bringing in about 11 aircraft today to fight the junkins fire. it has spread over 16,000 acres. it's about 25 square miles, so it would take you an hour and a half to drive around it.

blew over a metal outbuilding on to a power line. that might be the biggest fire burning in southern colorado but sadly it's not the only one. the freeman fire in eagle county is smaller, 336 acres, it's 40% contained. crews have helicopters helping out with this one and they're also working on the ground. all right, thanks for that. inducted new members at a gala in denver. one person was honored to lived in 1875. casimiro barela helped write the constitution a sent kri ago. also honored, federico pena, also rod tafoya, susana cordova, and the salazar

who made extraordinary contributions to colorado's success. >> and belen de leon was the emcee. people in malaysia are taking the name of the pretzel dog. first: >> it's an uphill battle. you know, we're still down three games t game. >> don't count them out yet. the blue jays are fighting for their spot

. in sports, it was winner go home for the toronto blue jays in game four. in game four against the cleveland indians and they won. the jays used home field advantage and lived to fight another day

cleveland is still leading that series 3-1. game five is this afternoon in toronto. it starts at 2:00 our time. >> i think you and i called this. >> yes, we did. >> you did. i'm your witness. and in the national legal series, l.a. dodgers took a 2-1 series lead over the cubs last night. the cubs dominated winning the game. game four is tonight at dodger stadium. the game is at 6:00. so far from playoff getting worried about their sagging ratings. ratings were down 11% for the first six weeks compared to last year. officials are blaming it not on the orange bronco uniforms, another thing. the presidential election. the first debate had 84 million viewers. the second debate at 69 million. both coincided with football games. nfl officials think fewer people are watching because maybe tom brady is not playing, peyton manning is not playing. plus not as many young people

phones instead. that kind of has come together to make a bumpy start to the ratings. >> or maybe it's the uniforms. >> go back to that, then. [ laughter ]. >> yeah. orange flash. >> they won't be back on monday, right? >> i don't think so. >> that was the one time. >> thank goodness. [ laughter ]. let's talk about our weather and traffic. marty? >> hey, there, guys, we had light showers this morning. those were kicked off by some colder air that has moved in. that's going to create freezing conditions. we he the springs down to the south. we've already had our first around here so we should be in tune with that. it will go below freezing tonight. the last couple of years we had to wait until november for our first snow. the way things are going we might have to do that again this year. what you don't want to wait to do if you have a school or a civic organization that may need to delay or close

the e-mail address is closings@9news.com. let us know who are you, the best contact person to reach and we'll get you your i.d. code so you can get into the system. if you wait until it snows, it's too late. let me tell you you don't want to call the weather center because it is buin i-25, 13 minutes on the north end, e 470 to i-70. picture perfect as we head into the mid-week commute. roads drying out across town which has kept our speeds on the high speed. start across aurora, easy. great speeds but the city is waking up shall hitting the roads, now is the time to get out and enjoy the lightest part of our commute. >> i guess so, thank you. health workers have found more zika virus in miami.

mosquitos from miami beach that have tested positive for zika. that is in the already designated zika transmission zone which is a large area that remains active as of tuesday. over 1,000 people in florida have been infected with the virus. 163 of them are not travel related. in a county just north of miami, there's a new machine helping in the fight against the zika virus. it's a it disperses vek tral vak wg in the air. researchers say that chemical is naturally occurring so it's not dangerous to put out there. they're taking advantage of it, mixing it with water, trying to stop the mosquitos. >> a naturally occurring biodegradeable materials that has been used in the keys over environmental sensitive land. >> so they told people living there there's no need to be concerned

precautionary measure. they're just trying to, you know, fewer mosquitos is a big thing these days. >> that's for sure, yeah. okay. at least they're fighting it. >> yep. we have seen amazing feats of the ninja warriors now it's led to the rise of the ninja kids. the friendly competition that

. a man in oregon has been

marijuana for a snowmobile. the only problem was the snowmobile's owner was a state trooper. the suspect contacted the owner on craigslist and asked if he would trade for a pound of pot. he planned to meet up. at the meet up, the trooper gave him a ticket. >> wah wah. >> there's a lesson in there some dog a hot dog. one fast food chain is learning that the hard way. islamic authorities are making them change the name because people think the prits l dog had actual dog in it. authorities are suggesting it be called a pretzel sausage instead. >> because that's much better. >> you have no idea what's in

is that? no, there's no dog in it. >> that's lost in transalation. >> marty, let's check in with you for the weather. >> all right. we'll try to make it as clear as we possibly can. around here we've had some light showers over the area, they're raising up i-76 right now and into nebraska. snow showers have been going on in mountain areas, rapidly decreasing. and looking out to the west coast, there's very little coming our way. so the next few days are going to be quiet for us. wead up around 4:4:30 this morning. and then this afternoon there's a slight second surge of cool air that will move in late in the day so from areas around brighton to the north and east we may get a few sprinkles, i think most of us are going to stay dry around here during the day. and it will be cool, mid to upper 50s for most of us. couple of spots with just barely touch 60 degrees. wind an issue this morning out of the north. this afternoon we'll get a few

then they'll decrease during the evening. the showers up north will slow down this morning, and then we get that second pocket of rain that moves through late this afternoon. 40s and 50s in the mountains, lower terrain both in the east and west will be in the 50s to mid-60s. i'll go 56 here. we'll have generally clearing skies through the day. may look off to the north and east and see a shower late, late this afternoon. we all clear out tonight, drop down to within a couple of degrees of low 60s tomorrow, back to the 70s with dry conditions for the weekend and beyond. head into your wednesday trek we are starting to see more traffic out here. check out the view of i-25 and spear. it is an easy beginning. accident-wise. nothing to worry about anywhere across town and there is one exception, aim going to keep watching i-25

from downtown to c 470. here's the issue, it's a potential stall southbound right at the evans exit. for right now traffic in green which means we're on the high side. if it becomes an issue we'll get an an alternate.

. [ screaming ]. . >> go for it! one family in cedar falls, iowa, is posting videos on youtube, videos of his backyard ninja kids. they turn the backyard and garage into obstacle courses. they're unique, some inspired by the show american have received thousands and thousands of views. the kids say it's a fun way to work out and bring on friendly competition. >> i love it. >> how much? >> like, a billion out of ten. >> that is really liking it. >> that's awesome. >> that's a way to get out the wiggles. >> oh, yeah, snow day, spectacular. turn the garage into a ninja shop. >> those kids are going to be -- grow up to be superstars. >> for sure.

>> families in colorado have done the same thing. it's popular. my kids love to watch that show. >> my kids love it, too. >> yeah. >> it's interesting to see how people take it further. >> i try to keep them from being a ninja on a coffee tables, don't do it there. 5:57, parents say the school's message was fine. the way they delivered it, not so much. coming up at 6:22 why parents at one school in are being singled out because of the color of their skin. sky 9 has launched getting to help you on your drive this morning. you see headlights on the highways. we have you covered on this wednesday morning commute. we'll be back in just a few

. it is the final fatesoff. donald trump and hillary clinton prepare for what will likely be the largest audience either will have before the november 8th election. we're looking ahead to tonight's third and final debate. >> the problems with rtd's train to the plane have been well documented since it started running in the spring. now the agency is faced with a deadline that could have an effect on its other new rail line. and file this under things we never want to happen to us. the slithery surprise that greeted a florida man on his way home from work. >> oooh. snakes on the hood, or in the hood, something like that. nearly a dozen aircraft are going to join crews on the ground fighting a fire in custer county. it's been burning most of the week. the junkins fire has burned 20 buildings including five homes. that fire is 25 square miles