the 70-year-old bowlen bought the team in 1984.at time the broncos went to six super bowls, winning two. general manager john elway who quarterbacked denver to those two championships made a tearful announcement yesterday. >> having worked for him for 30 years, it's going to be very hard to not see him walk through those front doors every day. >> when the broncos won their first super bowl in 1998, bowlen famously handed john elway the vince lombardi trophy. elway called that the high light of his career. the team will still be owned by the family trust. the game was shortened by a fierce thunderstorm that whipped new york city. the yankees stadium grounds crew had a tough time rolling out the tarp over the infield. after the rainstoned, both managers decided the field conditions were too wet and dangerous for players. >>> and a sweet apology from lebron james to the neighbors in his ohio community. you might remember that crowds that formed outside his home earlier this month when he was rumored to return to the cleveland cavs. we

the "denver post" looks at john elway's emotional reaction when talking about broncos' owner pat bowlenld you yesterday he's giving up control of the team because he has alzheimer's disease. vinita nair shows us the devastating blow it has. >> he's been reporting to work every day. sol when he wasn't there on the eve of training camp the entire camp felt it but no one was hit harder than john elway. john elway can barely speak when he talks about pat bowlen. >> you know what a sad day it is around here. this place will never be the same. >> elway, a life long bronco has won two super bowls. >> having worked for him for 30 year s years, it's going to be very hard to not see him walk through the front doors. >> under bowlen's leadership they werchlt to the super bowl six times and won two. they linched the two men in franchise history. elway remembered this moment from super bowl xxxii. >> this one's for john. >> reporter: as one of the highlights of his storied career. >> it surprised me when he said that but it was probably the most humbling thrilled feeling i've ever had in my life. >>

bowlen says it is not about me. >>> we are paying about 3.58 a gallon in the dmv. let's take a look where you can get a deal at 5401 indian head highway. you can gallon. on the high end, it costs 3.78 at the gulf. >>> flags on the brooklyn bridge. why as many as ten people could have been involved in the daring stunt on one of new york's most iconic landmarks. >> and trending now, kim jong un is furious over a viral video. what snoop dogg claims he >> we are tracking a big line of thunderstorms from hagerstown to winchester. that includes frederick county in virginia until 6:00 p.m. that is a monster storm with winds up to 60 miles an hour and some frequent lightning as well. so get the kids inside. if you hear thunder, you can get struck by lightning. this is headed off toward brunswick as we get to the 5. 5:49 hour. they are moving east at 20. this storm hammering strasburg right now. we have rainfall rates 2 miles an hour. lightning to the south and west. this will move essentially to the east as well. that will be waterlake about 5:30. eventually into uppervill

this is between gillford and bowlened roads.ice want people to pay more attention to pedestrians and crossing that sometimes dangerous roadway. >> bob immler in the w.t.o.p. traffic center with the traffic details. >> on the inner loop we're looking at volume as we do just about every day at this time. on the inner loop headed up toward 270 and toward bethesda and silver spring. a minor crash west of centerville that has been out of the road for a while now. the lanes are open there. outer loop slow headed for the woodrow wilson bridge. there is a bit of a problem on the beltway in greenbelt on the inner loop just before kenilworth avenue, a crash on the right side. west of the baltimore-washington parkway, traffic is being diverted because of a longstanding crash. this is what the beltway looks like at connecticut avenue. just volume headed from bethesda into silver spring on the inner loop on the right side. and traffic on i-95 in virginia not doing badly at dale boulevard. heaviest at dumfries into the express lane merge. bob

. >> jody bowlen is the single mother of a teenage mum. >> i'm not restocking the store. close n on the 24th. >> she's a struggling small business owner. in an attempt to stay afloat. she is rebuilding her dream by moving her store to a location. >> i'm on a mission that i have to keep the business going. getting the new store up and running, the details are overwhelming. the stakes are so high that i think that honestly, i've been afraid to realise how high they are. >>> the stories of these families are not isolated. they illustrate disturbing trends in the american middle class, the conclusion made by sociology professor kevin light. he's the author of middle class meltdown in america - causes, consequences and remedies. after years of research on class inequality here is what he told us about our three families, and the american middle class. >> what the families show is we have lost the narrative for how to get a head. having a job and working hard and having a mortgage and trying to make payments on it, and trying to send your children to school is now becoming more

involving one of the biggest figures in the nfl we learned this morning that denver broncos owner pat bowlenontrol of his team due to ongoing battle with alzheimer's. this according to "the denver post." his wife released following statement. pat very bravely and quietly battled alzheimer's disease past few years. we're saddened pat's health no longer allows him to oversee the broncos. this acknowledgement after personal health condition. since he bought the team in 1984 the broncos have won more than 300 games and been to six super bowls. winning two in 1997 and 1998. bill: some california towns are getting tiff on those who do not comply with mandatory water restrictions. they're bringing in water cops. will carr, live in l.a. not arrested yet. how dot water police work, will? >> reporter: well, bill they're on the look out for any water scofflaws, because the vast majority of california is in extreme drought conditions right now. so a number of city and water agencies deployed these so-called water cops. they're issuing warnings and fines because right now, 60 cities in california have ma