matt kroschel is live in aspen with the latest on the search effort. >> reporter: the search crews are beginning to trickle in back here to their base camp at the bottom of the mountain after another gruelling day. up there looking for this man who has been missing. his family still keeping up hope. >> it's rugged, it's steep. >> reporter: one of photographed places in the country. >> to be up there right now is not easy. >> reporter: it's currently the search area for dozens of people looking for dave cook. >> it's a vast wilderness. it's not a -- it's a well travelled trail punot extremely well travelled. >> reporter: cook disappeared a week ago while climbing wiltederness -- wimbledonerness area near aspen. >> searching everywhere in video. he lives in new mexico and a marine veteran. he is an experienced climber and comfortable in the wilderness. >> do you believe this is something other than just somebody who went into the wilderness? >> we don't have any information to believe this is anything other than a missing hiker. we'd be remiss if we didn't follow up on other aspects as w

creamily. >> reporter: cook disappeared a week ago while climbing this wilderness area near aspen. >> he lives in new mexico and an experienced climber, comfortable in the wilderness. >> do you have any information to believe this is something other than just somebody who went into the wilder information to believe this is anything other than a missing hiker. >> reporter: search frerz several counties -- searchers from several counties are helping out. >> the searchers are doing the >> reporter: the crews are inside having a meeting to decide what they'll do next, continuing ground operations like this last week or if they'll scale that back and try more of an investigative approach. people in this area last week are urged to contact the folks here in aspen at search and rescue if they have y they think the description of this man was like. >>> an update on the recovery of a little girl injured when a house caught fire. he was trapped in her bedroom when those flames broke out in her family's home in lakewood earlier this month. firefighters enter issed the burning home and burning ho

looking at the temperatures, 55 boulder, 57 mimun, 53 aspen, 58 telluride. satellite and radar, rain towards the southwestern corner into parts of mesa county. other than that we are dry and there could be fog on the future cast for today, mostly sunny skies in denver. a few more clouds late in the day and we will see rain showers and thunderstorms developed in the foothills at lunchtime and we do have a chance of maybe isolated storms south of denver. for the most part we should be dry with a few more clouds late in the day in denver. overall sunny skies for the front range and most of the southbound coming down into town, this is from the mousetrap camera. a lot of headlights out there. drive times, still looking good. nine minutes from thorne to denver. broomfield to denver looking great as well and both directions through commerce city. here we are across the denver metro, still seeing delays westbound on evans at santa fe. they continue to do some work north on 285, paving work that is going on and here are the drive times from the northbound direction

from colburn and aspen up 58 in denver. 55 in fort collins. 48 in burlington. 58 in avon and aspen. a few showers in denver this morning and a chance for more rain this afternoon. let's check in with joel. >>> good start to the morning commute in the denver area. as you make your way to the tech center, look at this nice light volume. so get past colorado out to yale, we have some cones up along there. northbound along i-25 getting past santa fe similar slowing. of course we have the closure at mississippi between santa fe and broadway. >>> thanks joel, breaking news from lakewood this morning. police investigating a shooting. >> it happened at cody. jamie leary rushed to the scene and you're just now getting there, what can you tell us? scene and this all started with a neighbor who saw something suspicious. the neighbor shot because of it. you can see now there's a home behind caution tape with its front light on. police are focusing their attention there. the incident started around 12:48. that's when police got a call of shots fired. there were multiple suspects trying to steal

aspen mountain. came in number two on the list of best resorts in the west. >> magazine says aspen strengths are dining. and off hill activity. weaknesses are terrain parks and kid friendliness. other resos ten. vail. beaver creek. steam boat. telluride and snow mass. some will come away with rain. most of us will not. lows tonight in the 30s and 40s for the mountains. 50s on the plains. 52 denver. mostly dry tonight and tomorrow. burlington 46. highs for you tomorrow not as warm as today. still warm. 77 for denver. 70s over the plains. 80 across the southeast. mountains clouds and rain stay in the 50s. and 60s. which is still not too bad for the time of year. considering next week will likely be in the 30s and 40s. for highs in the mount for denver. we'll keep a mix of sun and clouds arpb. breeze. and there comes the change. take trevor siemian is still soaking up his player of the week honors. rest of the football world is learning what head coach saw in trevor siemian. when he drafted him. in the

he took off from aspen on monday. he did not make it to his stop on tuesday. >>> i do not know how i feel about this video. strong winds and snow have closed trail ridge road. the road is not officially several inches of snow fell in -?the high country yesterdaa. there was no snow around here tonight by quite >> no, temperatures will be cool, we are not expecting more participation to fall. the mountains could pick up a fe our state has moved on to the ease. here is your first alert that things will calm down tonight. temperatures are still below average. by sunshine that light by sunday is backed any of sunshine. this week, things will really warm up your right now. in the 50s downtown. >>> the weather may be cool about the fire danger is still high. it not a power liie down sparking of buyer near firemen quickly put it out. there was no damage to any homes but evacuation notices were sent to more than 260 residents. >>> lots of continued support today for the county detective dan bright. he was shot in the line of d

to grand junction. 74 montrose. 69 in aspen. there's denver warm temperature in the 80s. 84 down in lamar. 60s and 70s obviously low clouds out here. holding the temperature in burlington down. in the 50s. outside right now. south wind at 12 miles per hour. and humidity is actually comfortable out there. match that in fort collins. go one better in greeley. in the 50s in the keensburg area. across the rest of the state. southeast colorado is still warm. 71. down in lamar. you see the temperatures fall off into the low 50s even 40s right now spao the aspen area. dellen at 39. we have a few showers left on the eastern plains. between now and say eleven or they mar to the some down i 76. north side of toeupb. here in the city and points south. you look good. sunshine in the morning. south and east. certainly over the mountains. remember. that storm system is spinning way to the north. so as it drapes the showers across us tomorrow. best chance is i 70 north. i th*eu think we'll get clipped north ot metro. slightly better chance. yo

aspen creek cellars lost its entire supply of wine. some of it flowed into a creek. people say crow hill is notorious for big rigs losing control >>> for several tropical storm to develop in florida rather than the ocean. this is juliet, now a tropical depression. there is flooding and power out and it will turn slowly off the coast to now of georgia and south carolina for the next a few days. a powerful typhoon has swept into eastern china after hitting taiwan. it swept with top winds equivalent to a category 5 her a gain. it is taking people down and has killed and injured people in both countries. there goes the roof right there. officials in taiwan say that typhoon has knocked out power to 1 million homes and people have no clean water. >>> strong winds caused this, it looks like a giant grape but it is a large inflated balloon that rolled down the streets of china. a lot of people were caught off guard. it was a moon balloon. part of a display to mark the mid-autumn festival but that is not a celebration right there.>> like a scene from a movie.>>> for the real

time to check out the aspens, changing colors. this was taken last week as we drove over independence pass. as we head throughout the rest of the day in expect mostly sunny conditions and very dry days. this is the view right now from rocky mountain national park, clear skies to start our saturday. we are going to be looking for a chance for stronger thunderstorms developing across the eastern plains later this afternoon but downtown denver right now, this is a beautiful view. 54 degrees downtown and 52 at 3 the airport, winds currently out of the west southwest. day, especially in places like craig and durango, a freezz warning still in effect for 40 minutes or so. make sure to protect any sensitive plants and bring the pets in. temperatures are slowly starting to rise, steamboat springs at 35, eagle 37, and we are seeing temperatures in the low 50s and 40s for much of the we are looking at the risk for severe weathhr this afternoon into the early evening hours, mainly for the areas you see in green and yellow here. burlington an

we've had rain rolled through and we had snow overnight near aspen. the rest of us will be dry for most of the day. looking at a future cast. morning hours are mellow. we may start to get showers and thunderstorms by lunchtime stays on the dry side. in denver we may get a few isolated storms later this afternoon and evening but most of them will stay to the north and skirt through that direction. they are not severe but you may get pockets of moderate rainfall if you get a storm. tomorrow we wake up to sunshine and a great start to the the day on friday. tomorrow isolated showers and storms popping up. friday night football games, e rain and if you more clouds. it will be cool tomorrow. tempure mi70s. 78 denver today and 75 greeley, 82 burlington. on the, cooler. 65 aspen. 66 craig. if you are timing your day, for the most part sunny. a slight chance for isolated day forecast tomorrow, 74 and chance for storms. warmer and drier on sunday. great day for the broncos with temperatures in the mid-80s.>>> central park boulevard looking great eastbound. mor

the mountain pine beetle might have wiped out a lot of pine, but it opened up opportunities for aspen trees, places where lodge poles died or cut down aspen trees growing, which means if you're out playing or like angel, out working in summit county this fall, you're going to see more trees -- >> it's pretty spectacular like this tree right there. it's just so awesome. it's electric. when the sun hits it, bam. so much fun. >> reporter: and a lot more out of the clouds, you could see some of that mitigation on the other side of the lake. they cut down a lot of those trees. a lot of that rain we've had this summer will go a long way keeping the color around probably till early october. the big x-factor in all, that what's going to keep this sort of thing around will be and snow. we'll have to keep an eye on the weather, listen to our meteorologists and kneel keep us informed. >> look at you walking backwards, talking, doing the video, he does it all. >> matt, what's your favorite spot up there '. >> to go back to the walking, i'm doing the moonwalk as well, by the way. you drive the dam

the next half hour, got the dog looking at the aspen colors. >> . looking forward to that. this week they got some help. >> . a question anyone who has ever visited fort logan has likely ponders. howcould you every paid back those who paid such a price for their country. today a few dozen volunteers finally found a small way. >> this is the best way we can give back. >> at fort logan and 35 other given their talent sp time. to make the pristine places *efp more so. >> . even more so. >> . we're filling that gap. >> . it is personal for him. one of the stones belongs to his grandfather. served in the aefrpl and was buried here in 1989. when he was just a bib by. on one day in one small way. they're giving back the few hours work to honor those who sack sacrificed so much. >> . glad to give back. >> this was part of a national effort around the country. >> . we have more information on kdvr.com.

temperatures today, 86 denver, 85 greeley, 77 eagle and aspen, 89 grand junction. for the hour by hour forecast, 85 by noon. could see a few more clouds and storms built into the foothills five day forecast, warm for the next few days. chances were storms increase an isolated on saturday. >>> accident southbound on i 25 to i-76. on the approach and the southbound direction, it is running heavy and slow. 14 minutes from 120th to i-70. i-76 as well. here we are across denver metro watching the situation as you travel westbound on evans. taste of colorado with closures in place. construction work going on south of i-70. that is the accident we are watching. eastbound direction of i-70 from c4 7225, looking at a a dry. slowing a little bit westbound and here is the drive time from the eastbound i-70 as you make away from my 25 to i twitch 25. are you ready for that?,,,, as a school superintendent, i saw how unnecessary regulations from washington made it more difficult for teachers and principals. and as a dad, i know we must empower those who spend every day with our

the ski season in aspen begins on thanksgiving day, november 24.uld do an early skiing getaway for thanksgiving and the next few weeks in december, and come the week before christmas and into the winter months, prime spots will go up. >> nicer weather and fewer crowds. >> san francisco, talking about a local vacation, and parking is involved and that is a big deal. >> that could be $60 a night in the heart of the city, and this is the fairmont san francisco, one of my favorite hotels in the bay area, the landmark property on [ null ] hill. they had their "room with a broom "package, and you can do this at thanksgiving and christmas or around the new year's, and it is a great chance to come in the city and do shopping.>>> the monte carlo resort is $40 a night? >> yes, and on popular holiday dates like new year's eve, monte carlo resort has a new deal coming out today in las vegas.>> international travel, mexico, and the dollar is strong. >> book to travel a special thanksgiving, a u. s. holiday so there is a welcoming in mexico. $85 a night for a we

. >> they're actually going to build a fence from the aspens we have on the property. parks and wildlife are protecting the aspen so we're partnering with >> xcel energy's day of service this is saturday from 8:00 to 11:00 am. sign up on cbsdenver.com. >>> the how long will gary kubiak give his,, over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to what's most important to colorado farmers. ill that's making a difference to all farmers in colorado. the thing that impresses me most about michael bennet: we don't always agree, but he values our input. and i do trust michael bennet to look out for us. >>> what made peyton manning effective last year warrant necessarily his arm strength. his brain, his football mind, second to none. he was famous for his ability to change place on the line of scrimmage. we probably won't see much of that from trevor siemian. he said taken just one regular season snap in the nfl. but we will see some of that on thursday night. >> we have to give him freedom. we

. >> they're actually going to build a fence around some aspens we have here on the property. the aspens in colorado are decreasing from diseases or elk damage, and so parks and wildlife and the state forest service are interested in protecting the aspens, so here at callway, we're partnering you can sign up by going to the day of service page you will find at cbsdenver.com. jt want to go back to breaking news and a traffic alert. we have word that one person has died this morning at 56th and pena. but that's not all there is to this, joel. tell us about it. >>reporter: yeah, unfortunately this morning, alan, we've got 56th that is completely shut down at pena boulevard. there is one of the cars that was involved in this accident. one person was dead when police arrived on the scene, a pedestrian. a second has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. this is going to shut down 56th at pena boulevard for the next couple of hours while they do accident reconstruction and then there will be some cleanup that goes on along this, an so 56th is not a great route for you this mo

hot 95 lamar. 80 in aspen so still warm in the high country. if you're planning out your day, mid-90s by the afternoon. stay there through 5:00. low 80s by 7:00. take the kids to the park, foe for a run. shouldn't be bad. changes for the end of the week, a cold front and area of low pressure by the end of the week. that will cool us off and we'll have much cooler air in our direction as well. upper 80s. mid-80s on wednesday. friday, 77. we get a chance of rain in denver and saturday as well. it will be much, much cooler out there so again only in the 60s this weekend. >> everybody should like this week's forecast. >> you get a little bit of everything. >>> thank you so much. >>> this year will mark two decades since jonbenit ramsey was murdered. . official investigation and where it since the terrifying call for help. >> we were kidnapped. >> reporter: a grand jury wanted to charge the girls' parents but the family has been cleared. what does it all mean? >> we would love to solve the case and pursue it, but haven't brought them closer to the k

taking a look at the temperatures, 59 denver, 58 lyman, 41 that bill, 53 aspen hour by hour forecast today, a nice sunny day and warm and mid to upper 80s and plenty of sunshine and breezy at times. areas that could get storms and we will talk about that in a moment.>>> it is a pretty good start to the morning commute. across denver metro, i think you'll like this. this is from the mouse trap cam . you can see speeds looking pretty darn good. here we are across the metro, and accident on colfax and watch out for that an ongoing construction on we have been watching the delays westbound on evans at santa fe. that will move out in time for the commute. >>> people along the gulf coast of florida are preparing for more damage from tropical storm hermine and it will make landfall tonight with hurricane force winds and a very dangerous storm surge. the storm has left behind damage and here is video. yesterday there were rains and flooding in key largo, florida soaked with water. on the outside of a house, a deck was ripped away from the foundation. people there are preparing for more of th

so 85 degrees is our expected high in grand junction, mid-70s3 both for aspen and gunnison. eagle getting up to 80 degrees, steam boat as well in the mid- 70s. across the northeastern plains, sttrling, greeley fort collins, and denver expecting highs in ?he upper 80s at 87 degrees for our afternoon high and 91 both it's going to be a lot warmer than what we saw yesterday, about 10 degrees. in terms of our fire danger, all this area you see fire warning. red is undea winds will be primarily from the west up to about 10 to 20 miles per hour. a lot going on aroond town today. there's the rockies game that's occurring at 2:10. first pitch will see mostly temperatures at that time in the mid-80s. winds will be from the southwest, and also can't forget about the broncos game. it wil you're doing any tailgating. we'll see temperatures gradually warming to the 80s by ?he start of the gamee so kickoff at 2:25. expect lots of sunshine. you're going to want the hat and the t-shirt because it will be warm. we'll eventually drop to the 70s by the end of the game, but overall make sure yo

though, in the mountains, the pictures have been gorgeous, oh, don sent in this picture, don't the aspens look beautiful? ray sent us this photo of the colors near silverton. keep them coming, we love to see pictures of what you're seeing all across the state. this is a beautiful time of the year, as this weekend is the central mountains, the aspens will be peaking, into october, peak times will be shifting down into the southern mountains. so head on up to the central mountains this weekends. temperatures in the 60s and 70s, eagle al 72. here in denver, cooler, thank you, clouds, we're at 65, 63 greeley, 62 for fort collins. and the hot spot is lamar, sitting at 89. here outside in the 9news backyard, a lot o we are going to be warming up from here on out, quickly, as these clouds continue to burn off. we're also waiting on the next system to arrive. comes in a couple of different ways, one is a surface /kaofrpt, off to the -- cool front, off to the northwest, we have shower, they have not made their way into colorado yet. but they will. and they could be on the strong side, especially i

we have some phenomenal shots once again in silverton, the golden aspens already starting to change. if you haven't gone up to the mountains, now is the time. things are going to start to change. we have a storm system barreling in from the pacific northwest, that will bring showers but also extremely gusty winds in the high country, potentially taking down all of those gorgeous aspen cooler temperatures. tonight we are at 57, 1-2 isolated evening showers, and then we will be watching just for a few clouds later on this evening. you can see out to the western slope we go, high wind warnings as well as advisories, these will continue tonight through tomorrow morning as we are anticipating wind gust s as high as 65 miles an hour. the rest of this evening looks pretty quiet and calm, we will be watching for a sunny start to the day but there is that line of showers and thunderstorms that pushes into the front range by a afternoon. keep those umbrellas handy while you can. red flag warnings in place for eastern colorado, tomorrow, low althies and then the-- 80s and then the cool off in t

we'll see mid-70s for aspen as well as gunnison. upper 80s for fort collins, greeley, sterling, denver, really today about 10 degrees warmer than what we saw yesterday, so it still will feel a lot like summer as we go throughout this sunday afternoon, and then down to the southeast we are going tt be the low 90s. now, we are going to be staying dry. that also means a red flag 3 warning is in effect for much of the northern foothills. you can see right here we are going to be seeing very gusty winds this afternoon, primarily from the west at about 10 to 20 miles per hour. gusts up to 35. that red flag warning will stay in effect from 11:00 this morning until 7 tonight. % so just be aware with the low humidity, the gusty winds, the have the risk for fire danger. also today a had lot going on we're seeing plenty of celebrations all throughout colorado, but a couple of games happening too. -?2:10 is the first pitch at coors field, rockies are playing the padres. it will be very busy downtown denver. mostly sunny skies, highs in the mid-

and aspen and 57 in grand junction. for your hour by hour forecast, noon and partly cloudy and the chance of more rain coming in this afternoon and evening so there's a potential for storms out there later today. we'll talk more about that and the weekend in a moment. >> didn't that just make your morning hearing the word "weekend"? got to get through the work day first. company on the drive southbound you may have to disengage the cruise control. closures in place with october fest going on downtown and also the denver firefighter chili cook off at spear and larimer and as you get along mississippi that's closed to the east of santa fe. >>> once a top cop on the drug beat, this former denver police officer is now accused of setting up an illegal grow operation and more. he was let go by the department a morfitt has our story for you. >> reporter: a former narcotic sergeant for the denver police department is now facing drug charges of his own according to the district attorney's office, an odor complaint prompted an in

we're also on the cloudy sky with snow and rain near aspen. a lot of rain oig now looking at rain and thunderstorms activity down south of denver towards trinidad and also snow in parts of our san christos this morning. more activity up there. more chance of rain and thunderstorms in denver this afternoon on the cloudy side throughout most of the morning. a few breaks where we're cloudy to start and sunshine rolling in a couple pops. expect wind and moderate rainfall and hail in there as well. overnight there's showers rolling on through and tomorrow morning could have more fog on the eastern plains and tomorrow a chance of isolated storms, most of those out east but there's a potential of getting a couple here in denver as well. 47 in thorng. 50 in boulder. 52 in burlington and in the mountains 42 in leadville and 63 in grand junction. later today 78 degrees. 79 in greeley and 72 in the mountains and 65 in frisco and aspen. so it's cool in the mountains today. might be nice if you have the day off you can head up there and check it out. chanc

>> total gratification, total joy. >>> ttis may be the best time of year to head to aspen. maybe check out the famous maroon bells. >>> the adding busses to shuttle people during the week. unless you get florida first thing in the -- get there first thing in the morning parking is hard to find. colorado. of winter in this is a live look from loveland pass. the snow isrealing coming down. this is right now -- really coming down. this is right know, folks. >>> just between 3:00 and the partly cloudy skies, the front pushing across from the west over the continental dide. there comes the snow shower activity. that will continue off and on with some areas picking up three to six inches. in denver the strong winds from the south, humidity low. the temperatures way up there today. it's been fire danger the problem on the eastern plains so far. let me show you the temperatures. 90 for collins. 91 greeley. cools off considerably to the west. only in the 50s and 60s. those are the highs. look a t the current readings. look at the current readings. 34 in leadville. 90 in pueblo. the

just some showers rolling through and an isolated thunderstorms. 53 in craig and meeker and avon and aspen. 60 in denver and 55 in fort collins and for the bus stop, a few more clouds out there and maybe a sprinkle and temperatures are mild. let's check in with britt. >>> good morning, a nice relief to get the rain. the tulsa officer accused of expected to be arraigned today. attorneys say she will plead not to first degree manslaughter after killing ter residence crusher. police video shows him with his hands up walking away from officers. shelby says she feared for her life. a judge will decide if there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. >>> some people say they're seeing too many outside of orlando, florida. a man who owned a bike shop saw some hanging out. they were once a protected species and now they have flourished like crazy. one women went out on the lake to see for herself. >> the one we seen, it was about 12-foot, between 10 and 12-foot. we were 15-foot from him and i was terrified. getting scared, let's go. >> yeah, let's go. florida wildlife officers aren't doing

a cool day in the high country with rain. 65 in frisco and aspen and 71 in craig. cool at the bus stop for the kids this morning. temperatures 48 degrees and clouds out there as well. not a terrible morning but maybe a sweat shirt morning. 75 degrees andso and cooler for friday. >>> look at these cars from our cbs4 tech center cam as you make your way southbound. the drive times we're seeing slowing in the eastbound direction of 270. this is common this time of day. speeds dipping down into the 40s shortly. westbound along i-76 still seeing speeds into the 60s. don't forget mississippi is closed east of santa fe out to little work going on downtown near spear as you're making your way downtown. watch out for that. that piece of construction equipment is being halled by a semi that hit the bridge near i-70 and u.s. six. in the westbound direction down to one lane. c dot says expect long delays throughout the day. so if you would like to avoid that, you can head up on similars and cut colfax out to u.s. six or wait an extra 5-10 minutes on the commute. no delays on t

. >>> if you have not had a chance to get out and see the aspen trees changing colors, than now. right now head to the denver channel.com, you view the best places to see this changing aspens in colorado. >>> what great weather for the changing leaves. >>> definitely temperatures in the upper 80s similar to he had today. gorgeous skies out and the men of the head barry bright and a clear view of pike's peak across colorado springs as well. after highs today in the upper 80s but look how much we warmed up. 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. 33 warmer than burlington we will stay in the upper 80s for the next couple of days. more sunshine on the way and by the week. cool air will event. we have mostly 60s and the front range, it was sunny and warm today thanks to a big area of high pressure. that's why temperatures will stay in the upper 80s. but it will still be mild with overnight lows in the 50s and tomorrow night close to 90 degrees but as yyu are headed light jacket for the kids. it will be a warm afternoon and dinner time, it will be about 80 degrees with mild conditio

to rifle and colburn near glenwood springs he have a rainfall and some of that is getting closer to aspen. to vail. again, here in denver, object dry side but we have the chance of storms later today and some could turn severe for us with hail being our biggest threat and heavy rainfall. we're not worried about tornado but could get some decent hail. the morning hours are mild and there could be rain as early as noon. better chance around 1:00 or 2:00 and the storms should be done by the eveningou we'll time that out for you. joel is tracking the drive now. >> i hope you're dreaming of fun plans this weekend. here's a look at i-70. should be a good drive for you. there's company for you on the road but nothing like you would see on a typical friday commute. nine minutes on the drive from thornton to denver and that's what we're seeing across the denver metro area south of i-70 along smith road. we have ongoing construction work that will get in your way. the east. southbound along i-225 average speed in the 70s. >>> imagine a place where the wine is flowing. denver's best will offer peopl

here is the snow toward aspen at the highest elevations. see the sameethings tortelli in through tonight we will have a few storm center will be cool tonight and we will talk more about that coming up. >>> brandon marshall is setting himself up to donate a lot of money to local charities. he says he is going to donate $300 for each chuckle he makes to organizations that help social issues and denver. after meeting with police yesterday he posted on instagram said he never meant to offend anyone by taking any during the national anthem last week. he said he has had time to reflect on issues of racial inequality and treatment of our veterans and law enforcers relationship with the community. >>> former president george w. bush is making a colorado appearance today talking to fort carson -- fort carson troops getting ready to go back to civilian life's. % representatives for more than 100 companies were on hand offering jobs. on him as they adjust to civilian life. >>> we also know that medal of honor recipient decoder minor also address the s

let's see if we can see any aspens up there, no, the camera is too far away. cloudy with rain up there. okay. let's take it down about 5000 feet there are the superstition mountains, bubbling up in the distance, we are not done with the rain yet, we could see a thunderstorm this afternoon, here is a little quit of rain pushing toward places like black canyon city and i 17, new river, prescott, we'll expect rain within the hour. no lightning with this, with not ruling it out. state wide not a whole lot going on. plenty of cloud cover, this is a 3 hour loop if you were in gilbert that is the rain that impacted you earlier. sea of cortez. see that counter clockwise spin, you are looking at the water vapor loop a great way to show the upper atmosphere. and we are not done as we get going into the afternoon, evening hours we are going to start to see thunderstorms developing south, you san, cass is a we will be watching this closely, definitely for evening thunderstorms. stafford, thatcher, a better shot than phoenix. flagstaff, winslow and window wrong. and we are

. >>> let's shift gears now, because you can cash in if you catch a beautiful shot showcasing aspen's beauty. >> outside magazzne is launching its first aspen photo challenge, asking local photographers, anyone to show the town through their perspective. the winner gets 3500 bucks. >>> let's check in with lisa to see if it is a good time to days and crisp nights that gives us pretty colors in the mountains. skies are clear. you'll find pretty conditions for it looks like the next 12 to 24 hours. the mountains might pick up an isooated storm or two through the central mounnains this afternoon. otherwise, clear skies, sunshine. better chance for showers in the mountains it looks like thursday and we're going to get a shot at some of this rain across the plains friday. until then, it's warm. again, between about 3:00 and 5:00, highs around 80 to 82 degrees. it's going to be a beautiful wednesday. here's your first alert it is cooler for the weekend. we'll talk about this coming up. >>> major road issue is paving and a rough ride. yesterday i saw somebody on the southbound side of i-25 fr

we start off with a few rain showers and snow showers near aspen and southeastern corner is clearing and so is the northeastern corner. we had storms roll through this morning. the fog is still out there on the eastern plains down to a half-mile visibility. reduced visibility near burlington and looking at temperatures, cooler to the and 39 steamboat and craig and 49 in grand junction, 33 leadville. 52 denver. 57 burlington. 46 degrees east of franktown this morning. hour by hour forecast, 74 at noon and we have a chance for isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and most of them moment.>>> we are watching a great drive around the denver metro that is starting to load up if you can believe it if you are heading out the door through the bridges you can see flashing lights. this is the southbound direction of i 25. there is a closure in a little bit. westbound on sixth avenue, bigger delays than i expected yesterday. backing up with police to slow folks down. it is a high-speed area and take sam's to colfax and avoid that whole area all together. get westbound onto us 6 to get mississip

the mountains have 70s. 77 eagle and aspen. 89 grand junction. bustout forecast, a great morning for the kids. up the five day forecast, a few warm days ahead with the upper 80s and chance for storms tomorrow. isolated on saturday and much drier as we head towards sunday and labor day on monday.>>> this is 270 from the cdot camera . we had quite a bit of slowing eastbound. those of the taillights. there's quite a bit of volume already on the roadway. nothing will slow you down to bad. from the north door and to denver, 10 minutes right now. that is a seven minute drive. mouse trap camera, a lot of company in the southbound direction but as we saw nothing will slow you down. we have an accident on colfax and then we have the ongoing roadwork as they had the water main break and they will try to get that cleared out by the morning commute but now we are entering into the community and it is still here. that has made a mess of the whole area with increase to drive times. this is northbound on santa fe as well. take a look at this, northbound on park

. >> we do want to stay away from aspen in children for different reason and that is a no go in children. >> aspirin use in children has been linked to a rare and potentially fatal illness. >>> some incredible videos to show you, look at this out of connecticut, a car smashes through the convenience store and the ford explorer clears everything in shelf spying in different directions and the clerk was actually inside the store at the time it does not ave any broken bones but a lot of police thinn the driier was es,- trying to avoid another van brett hit the gas peeal instead of the brake by accident. the driver is facing charges. >>> construction is underway under la's tallest building, the wilshire grand tower and some workers had some fun here home if you call this fun. they snapped this picture 1100 this buyer. hopefully they are hooked up, it looks like they are. the wilshire grand tower opens next year. >> did you see those viieos on facebook when people are without harnesses just jumping over ledges thinking it is un with her o pro? that is creepy. >> too scary for me but if that's

the sheriff told the aspen time he doesn't know how much the damage will cost, but it could be more than $100,000. according to the aspen time, garrett was in jail for possession of meth and was arrested after he called 911 to report a group of 30 people trying to tow his car. when officers arrived, they didn't find anyone trying to tow his car but arrested him for meth. now he's charged with mischief. >>> a man accused of stabbing another man inside a bar has been ordered by a judge to wear a gps monitor. 46-year-old anthony eely was in court today. tuesday police say that he walked into mead street station on 36th avenue, cut another man's throat. a judge set his bond at $150,000 and ordered him to stay away from the restaurant. tomorrow night at 5:00 meade station is hold -- mead station is holding a fundraiser for the victim to help costs. >>> north korea has tested its most powerful nuclear weapon yet and responding effectively will be a real challenge for the international community. today's underground test was so powerful it triggered an earthquake. north korea says it can now pu

the semitruck crash into aspen pekin bailey and the winery is a total loss. they have cited the driver but they are not sure how the crash happened. >>> have you thought to yourself lately, we have had a lot of accidents? last year colorado had 1300 of them and 59 pedestrians died. the intent is putting a walk signal man to work. check out the new ad campaign. >> is he on his phone? oh no, he did not. you have to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, they have the right away. did he just flip me the?>>> that is it.>>> they have named he message about drivers and pedessrians but also reminding pedestrians to stick to the crosswalks. >>> for the rest of us who were driving did you know that nearly 1/3 of the traffic test on our roads go back to one thing, alcohol. tomorrow law enforcement begins the fall dui enforcement and last year over arrested 1500 drivers, more than 40 per day. expect to see more officers on the road to the end of october. >>> maybe you have seen the report about a synthetic opioid seven times stronger than heroine. it cou be connected to

that is the largest aspen grove in the world. it is all essentially one interconnected organism. great viewing and the central map since over the next -- mountains over the next couple days. it will get knocked down bit more with the change in weather now in the denver area it is 77 degrees. it is 78 at the airport. winds from the east at 15 miles per hour. you know it can be differentt in 1985 on this day we had a very strong arctic ccld front coming in and drop the temperature to 21 degrees. we had 8 to 12 inches of snow with record cold and power outages. right now looking to the east from dia to the southwest we have high clouds coming in that are signs of a change in the weather. hints of mayba few spreckels showing up on the radar. there is not much there but what is happening is there's an upper air disturbance over the four corners area that will move through tonight and tomorrow there is a more powerful system in the pacific that is coming in next week. this will signal the first have had in quite some time. 48 tonight in denver. 45 and mudville. tomorrow we start out tr

in the mounds, 45 avon. 44 aspen. 35 leadville. 46 greg forrest. we are quiet across the front range and the eastern plains but starting to see more rain on the western slope from the southwestern corner up into mesa county and garfield county. we will parts of mesa county and all the way from grand junction into palisade and this is down leading the nuclear area. we do have some rain down the desert southwest so we're seeing the subtropical moisture continuing. that is moving into colorado. high pressure kept it out for a bit at the moisture is coming up. idaho into arizona and to mexico and the western slope today. warm side a temperatures will be in the 80s so the moisture doesn't cross over the continental divide today. looking at future cast mostly sunny skies across the front range. rain on the western slope throughout the morning and cloud cover out there and more rain possible into the evening hours. from parts of grand junction south to durango. we could see rain in the san juan's and in denver on the dry side. ra through tomorrow morning

. >> the search for an experienced hiker conttnues near aspen. david cook from new mexico is lost your maroon bells. it took off from aspen on his stop on tuesday.>>> this is a firsthand look at the problem with samsung galaxy note 7 bones. a man in indianapolis was charging his phone when it burst into flames. he quickly got the fire out and throw it away to make sure nothing else would catch fire. samsung has already shipped more than 500,000 replacement phones to carriers across the country. >>> what a difference 24 hours makes. this picture was posted to rocky mountain national park's facebook page and shows a very snowy trail ridge road fast-forward to today. a much different site. look at those blue skies the sun is shining and you can even see some snow that is left over from yesterday. stacey donaldson with the first alert forecast. that's kind of how colorado weather goes. >> for sure. sometimes you never know when is going to strike. we still have on the peaks a little bit of the skillful left over. today it was warmed up. denver. it wi

aspen 45 tonight, 47 the low in greeley, 52 in pueblo, high temperatures in southeastern colorado in the mid-80s. seasonal highs for denver, greeley and fort collins area and highs cooler than average decent day of travel for those headed to blackhawk, nederland and grand lake, highs low to mid-60s. in the denver metro area tonight partly cloudy, 50 degrees. the winds are starting to ease a bit. tomorrow we have a mix of clouds and sunshine, mild but a lot cooler than our high of 87, just a smidge above the average 73. heading into the weekend only isolated showers expected. so tomorrow is our best shot at beneficial precipitation until early next week for the first going to feel like the month with temperatures in the 50s and 60s down here, a good chance of showers and maybe some snow in the high country. now is the time to get out, take the backpack, grab the camera and get out and take those pictures because it is so beautiful in the mountains and apparently beautiful for flying tonight, a very active night over the 9news backyard. >> just getting crop dusted is all this is. >> wa

instead of taking pictures of aspen trees why not learn to paint them? we have an expert paneer with us lisa who knows a thing or two back about painting outdoors. >> i just completed a project so i feel like i'm in good hands for this. let's get started. >> she started out with two different sets of pay. she picked up paint samples from the home improvement store. brighter colors for the leaves are done with red, yellow, and orange acrylic hate. since aspen trees are white we thought painting on wood would bring out colors more than painting on a white campus. >> this is a nice gray color and more on the white side because aspen bark is white. when i paint a tree i like to make it off-center so these trees are going out to the right which is perfect. i like to start from the bottom up because it's easier to start >> once the base of the tree is finished switch to a smaller brush and start on the branches. >> if you notice the branches go up at an angle and kurt back down slowly. you can make them zig-zagged if you would like. >> after finishing with the

you did something with the aspen institute about this area. >> we just published an article with the aspen institute earlier this week, and we do believe that working with parents and children together, in two generations, that we can really focus on moving families out of generational cycles of violence, and we have the results to show it. about 76% of our families are showing improvement in their protective factors, which means improvement in their ability to keep their kids safe against all odds, against all the risks, against all their own generational cycles of violence that they may be coming through. so we're very excited about this program. >> katie, we have about 10 seconds left. most important thought you have you want to leave people with? >> parenting is tough, and if you need support and you need help, call our phone support line 24/7. it's 415-441-kids. and, as we said in the beginning, it's gonna take all of us working together to prevent abuse, but we can. >> katie, thank you so much. we appreciate it so much. and we had the talk line on the screen for everybody, and

in the high country 78 in aspen and for steamboat, 76 in eagle and 90 over in grand junction. if you're heading to the broncos game or maybe taking the day off to enjoy the nfl village and the nfl fan experience, 88 degrees is our high today, so it will be warm out there. and kickoff is at 6:30, 85 degrees, about that for then, and lots of sunshine today. still have a few clouds out there. half time we'll be in the mid- 70s, and for your five-day forecast tomorrow, cold front to crank up just a bit, and temperatures about 75, but we're back to those 80s as we head into the weekend. let's check in with joel. how's the morning drive going? >>reporter: we already got a traffic alert this morning. copter 4 in the air has launched for us a little bit early so we could get these pictures for you. you see the traffic moving along the top of your screen from right to left, and left to right. that is pena boulevard right now. so that remains unaffected. but 56th is completely shut down as police investigating a there, and i think they're redirecting traffic onto pena boulevard to get a

they found him near his address in aspen hill not long after. the relationship between the baby and the boyfriend is not clear tonight. 7 is on your side with a health alert. the hepatitis a outbreak tied to tropical smoothie cafes -- is growing. there are now more than 55 cases in 6 states. there are 40 cases of the infection in virginia -- and 3 now confirmed in west virginia. cases are also under investigation in maryland, oregon, wisconsin and north carolina. tropical smoothie cafe says it has removed all contaminated strawberries from egypt. sloppy conditions marred the redskins' final pre-season game in tampa. a perfect chance for thr running backs to show their stuff.. most starters did not make the trip, as the primary focus was kn pkayers just trying to make the team.. mack brown with the play if the game.. he scores on a 60 yard touchdown run. qb nate sudfield would connect with rashad ross for a touchdown later on..skins win for a touchdown later on..skins win 20-13 and finish the pre-season 3 and one. next up, the real deal, monday n

the aspens are changing and the elk are bugling... so if you go - be this afternoon -- the federal reserve is making the federal reserve is making an announcement on what they plan to do with interest rates... and 'tis the season - for hiring! companies are gearing up for the holidays.. most economists change just yet. so far - interest rates have stayed the same since a hike last december. but - economists say - november's election could play a big role in future decisions.. and the federal reserve will likely wait until after the votes are tallied - to avoid influencing the election in any way. more big box retailers - are looking ahead to the holidays... macy's announced: it plans to hire about 83-thousand people to work at its department stores, call centers - and shipping facilities. kohl's wad thousand positions. and target aims to fill 70-thousand jobs. definitely plenty of options - for anyone looking for part-time work. other options include - hospitality jobs: especially since colorado and denver - are big winter destination

when a semi-flew off the highway and right through the aspen peek cellars. >> . no one else hurt. the winery staff is started a go fund me page. for the owners. and hopes they can rebuild their small shop. >> . caught on camera. listen to this. a really frightening afternoon for a couple denver dog owners. when their pets ate bags of heroin. at a dog day care. employees say a man running from police tossed 17 bags of over the fence. into the play area. happened around noon on wednesday. they noticed the drug bags thrown in the air. surveillance video shows the dogs checking it out. and an employee ran out to see what it was. in seconds one golden re-traoefr pup ate the heroin. was taken to the hospital. the dog was treated and she's doing well. >> out on the campaign trail. today. clinton criticized trump for releasing results of a recent physical. and of course she was referring to her opponents appearance on dr. oz show. trump warn wanting the world to know he's in great shape for his trumps cap pain saying he tkusz believe the president was indeed born in the united states. tru

going to keep the snow around little while on the higher peaks. 37 aspen. look at ledville, 28 degrees to start you off. john kirk patrick coming in at 40 degrees this morning. bob carlisle sent this shot and beautiful shots of all peaking colors over northern colorado. take a look at the map. couple clouds in the mountains and eastern plains. things starting to dry out and clear out. snow stopped in many mountain locations. we're going to see this north westerly flow. that's going to keep the mountains and west on the cool side around here. same for eastern plains. here's the big thing. in between that low and this high moving into california, we're going to keep tha air with the jet stream bringing that right into colorado here. in fact, it spreads down to new mexico. once we get to the weak ahead, this high pressure ridge rotates in. that will bring us a warming trend bringing us through the rest of the week. there are 80s to be had. >> mostly clear sky across the state. few passing cloud this is morning. that will be it. high temperatures cool today, 60

we are in the low 40s in grand junction. 37 in aspen, only 27 in denison. very chilly start the day we across the plains, sterllng at 43, and down to the south upper 40s. and, radar and satellite showing not a lot of activity. the bay bridge of high pressure. and, it will keep us very dry. and, here's what we can expect over the next 24 hours. temperatures climbing to the 70s. mostly clear conditions, dropping back into the 40s. so, high temperatures across much of the front range today, and 68 will be our high, and upper 60s in highlands ranch and 66 in parker with castle rock expecting a high near 60 degrees. 60s in the moontains, led no getting up to 56, and then upper 60s near sterling with middle 70s down towards the by about 10 degrees, the overnight lows staying cool in the 40s by tomorrow morning, we will wake up to plenty sunshine and clear onditions stick with us until thursday. so look -- so let's look at that forecast. things will start to warm up. middle 70s are the normal for this time of year. monday, 73, overnight lows are cool in the 40s..