learn more about denver all weekend on american history tv. >> people in denver drive past the denver mint all the time. it is right in downtown denver. it is on a major thoroughfare, but people don't know much about and it's a story that needs to be told. in 1859, denver was founded. it was a wild west town. a tense city with lots of saloons and bordellos. frominers would come down the mountains with bags of gold and and go into the saloon, in the saloon, the bartenders would reach into the gold dust bags and take out a fistful of gold to pay for the whiskey. so obviously, having fat fingers was a major requirement for a bartender. but a city cannot really survive on a bag of gold dust economy, so denver needed a mint. the mint provided reliable measures of gold for commerce and shipping. we are in front of the denver mint. 1904.was built in , and itbegan in 1906 has been the pride and joy of denver ever since. denver itself had gotten rich from mining, and it the queen citye of the planes, the center of commerce, the leader in the western united states. fathers at that point decided

kimberly field: people in denver drive past the denver mint all the time. it is right in downtown denver. it is on a major thoroughfare, but people don't know much about its history. it has a fascinating history and it's a story that needs to be told. colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 was when denver was founded. it was a wild west town. it basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bordellos. the miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloon. and in the saloon, the bartenders would reach into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the whiskey. clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. but a city cannot really survive pinchangent gold dust -- of gold dust economy. so denver needed a mint. the mint provided reliable measures of gold for commerce and for shipment back east. we are in front of the denver mint. which was built in 1904. coinage began in 1906, and it has been the

so denver needed a mint. an assay office that could mint reliable measures of gold for both commerce and for shipment back east. we are in front of the denver mint which was built in 19049. coinage began in 1906. and it has been the pride and joy of denver ever since. by the 1880s, denver itself had gotten rich from mining. and it wanted to become the queen city of the plains. the center of commerce, the leader in the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. there wasn't a federal facility. denver was just the frontier. it was the wild west. so private strit, private banks stepped in to fill that void. clark and grouper were bankers out of eleven worth, kansas, and they came to denver and set up an assay office and private mint. the federal government did not appreciate private bankers ming coins. but it was not illegal. so they couldn't do anything about it. so they bought clark and grubber in 1862 and took over

field: people in denver drive past the denver mint all the time. it is right in downtown denver. it is on a major thoroughfare, but people don't know very much about its history, and it has a fascinating history, and it's a story that needed to be told. colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859, when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 was when denver was founded. it was a wild west town. it was a tense city with lots of saloons and bordellos. the miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloons, and in the saloons, the bartenders would reach their hands into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the miner's whiskey. so clearly, having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. but a city cannot really survive on a pinch of gold dust economy, so denver needed a mint. an office that could mint reliable measures of gold for both commerce and for shipment back east. we are in front of the denver mint, which was built in 1904. coinage began in 1906, and it has been the pride and joy

they relocated to denver and lived in denver. at some point, horace had met a very beautiful young woman. her name is elizabeth. sometimes she was called lizzie. and she became his mistress. in 1883, they married in a formal ceremony in washington, d.c. ace had been appointed to fill an unexpired term of the u.s. senator. they married during the one month when he was senator horace tabor. it was a very lavish wedding, lots of politicians came. hundreds of dollars were spent on flowers. her wedding dress cost about $7,000, so they were making the most of the mining resources and the wealth silver provided them. horace, before he formally married her, he invested a lot in the infrastructure of denver. he built an opera house in leadville and he built an opera house in denver. also what was known as the tabor block a commercial building that , was five stories tall. in the early 1880's, that was a big deal. it was a huge, beautiful building. with the opera house, he said it was his gift to the citizens of denver. to me, this is one

and lived in denver. at some point horace had met this very beautiful young woman. her name was elizabeth, sometimes she was called lizzy, and she became his mistress. in 1883 they married in a formal ceremony at the willard hotel in washington, d.c. horace had been appointed to fill an unexpired term of a u.s. senator, so they married during the point -- the one-month period when he was senator horace tabor. it was this very lavish wedding, lots of politicians came, hundreds of dollars were spent on flowers. her wedding dress supposedly cost about $7,000, so they were really making the most of the mining resources and the wealth that silver had provided them. horace, before he formally married baby doe, he had built or he had invested a lot in the infrastructure of denver and had built -- he built an opera house in leadville where he and augusta lived and also a house in denver and what was known as the tabor block, which was an office and commercial building that was five-stories tall. this was in the 1

people in denver drive past the denver meant all the time. it is right in downtown denver. it is on a major thoroughfare, but people don't know much about its history, and it's a story that needs to be told. colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859, when gold was discovered in the mountains. in 1859, denver was founded. it was a wild west town. it basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bordellos. the miners would come down from the mountains with bags of gold dust and go into the saloon, and in the saloon, the bartenders would reach into the gold dust bags and take out a fistful of -- a pinch of gold to pay for the whiskey. so obviously, having fat fingers was a major requirement for a bartender. but a city cannot really survive on a bag of gold dust economy, so denver needed a mint. to mint provided reliable measures of gold for commerce and shipping. we are in front of the denver , which wasenver mint built in 1904. coinage began in 1906, and it has been the pride and joy of denver ever since. by the 1880's, denver itself had gotten rich from mining,

-what is denver -- denver's is economic makeup? >> the gap is growing so quickly so affordability is a big issue. the people making good salaries live comfortably. the people middle-class or below are struggling to keep up with rent or property taxes going up quickly. that is pricing some people out of the city. teachers and middle-class employees are finding it harder to stay in denver. the city has added 80,000 people in five years. >> what is bringing people here? >> it is the stronger economy and the quality of life. summary people here moved here in the last few years. >> tell me about the neighborhood we are heading into. head into onet to of the parts that has changed the most and have the most money invested in the last 10 or 15 years. the central valley that includes lower downtown off of the riverfront area. it reopened a couple of years ago. underground bus center. some will be opening in the next couple of years and there has been $1 billion of new buildings that have gone around it. like previously? >> 25 years ago tha

in denver county. registered or updated their comparing that to the same time frame in the last presidential election. without facebook help. there were just 50. a sign of major interest. in a polarizing and competitive election -fplts. >> last night debate has sparked more interest. people we spoke with and downtown denver today. told us it didn't change their minds. it's like the lesser of two evils. >> . denver elections received about 3 hundred registration forms. all while people weighed in online. >> . no matter what was said last night. true false whatever. nobody changed their mind. >> . with more debates left to go. anything could happen. this is the first presidential election. all repbl stered voters will receive a ballot in the mail. from denver election. also reminder you can register up to and on election day. now have to approve the appointment. but the move has been met with opposition. cuban american citizens. have been critical of the u.s. new stance towards cuba. and accused the comm

match that in denver. 50s to the south and east. highs tomorrow 70s. denver coming down a bit. down to 72. sunday monday tuesday. nice warm 80s. to end the week. go to work next week. maybe not. >> . we'll bring it down to the mid 70s on wednesday. maybe a sprinkle or two around. >> . something you want to tell us. >> sick day >> . no. i wouldn't do that. >> . something is going around. >> see you on the golf course. hraogs ever look at that hug. >> . are you real. that's cute. in one door - a member of congress. are now lobbyists in washington, dc. it's just considered business as usual. i consider it wrong. that's why i'm fighting for a new law to permanently ban former members of congress from ever becoming lobbyists. i'm michael bennet getting hit until the wallet today. the denver defense hit cam newton 17 time last week. safety stewart. were out of line. for some of those. that relentless pressure comes with a price. b marsh fined 24 thousand. stewart 18 grand. the team is hoping wide receiver demaryious thomas is good to go on sunday. limited at practice today after a hi

gorgeous in denver. wind is a concern for later on today. let's take a look at temperatures. 55 in denver and 52 in boulder. 66 in burlington and the high country, 43 in avon and leadville and 58 in grand junction. on our satellite and radar, quiet but we do have fog in the north eastern corner so we have more clouds moving into karen morfitt county. red flag warnings go from gar faeld to the southwest. very dry gusty conditions on the western slope today. in the high country as well lower valley areas out east towards lincoln county. wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour today. warm temperatures and dry vegetation so be extra cautious outside. it's a fun day to be outdoors with nice temperatures and sunshining so be careful. damage. mostly sunny skies throughout most of the day for most of us but there's a chance of rain down into our south western corner later this afternoon and evening. however, most of the state is on the dry side. overnight tonight the rain can continue and clear skies tomorrow when most people go back to work and tomorrow

denver right now, pretty quiet. but notice the winds here froo that's that boundary pushing back up toward the city. 77degrees after a high today of 82. we started out this morning at a cool 51. this evening, there's a chance of storms between now and 10:00. then partly cloudy, drop to the mid- to upper 50s overnight. tomorrow, get to the mid-80s. there's the upper air disturbance. exiting stage east. it's heading away ffom us now. for this evening, still a chance we'll see some development of showers and storms, not probably as bad as we had lt could be a few that still pop uu as easterly winds come in. 57 at greeley. tomorrow's disturbance continues to go farther away from us. a few storms developing in the foothills, but it does look like a drier day coming up on 3 the plains, with the high temperatures expected to come up to 85 in the denver area. storm information, go to stormshieldalerts.com. as far as what we're expecting on the extended forecast, looking pretty good for the next several days. we'll see tempe

here in denver looking at 92 degrees. of colorado or rockies game, it will be hot so stay hydrated with plenty of sunscreen. isolated storms possible today and warmer to end the week and very dry for the next several days. let's check in with joel, good morning. >>> following a traffic alert this morning. breaking news out of denver at 19th and chestnut. live pictures coming in. you can see the police tape up. that means that completely blocked off. dpd telling us the pedestrian is hit and in serious condition. we're working to gather more information and we'll bring it to you as we get it this morning. the hit-and-run at 19th and chestnut. taste of colorado and those closures in place through the day today and until 6:00 tomorrow morning. so it will affect the first half of the morning commute. we take a look across the denver area -- look at all that green we have. look at these drive times as you speeds into the 60s at the airport. >>> it's easily one of the most iconic and coveted roles in "phantom of the opera". >> i

traffic jam going back into downtown denver and a 45-60- minute drive to the denver tech center. the northbound side of i-25 and the exit to arapahoe road is blocked due to a nasty accident. a four car accident on westbound i-70 near havana and several accidents up north on i- 25 southbound one where a dder was in the road and a motorcyclist hit it on the horrible driving conditions to the north. >>> 11 in south eastern colorado. take a look at this. there's a huge bulldozer loading up bushes oo pot to take it into the dumpster. the dea says this drug ring is connected to a crime ring based in sought east asia. no wordsson how many arrests were made in connection to the bust. >>> swat called out to a gated a call of shots fired in a home tuesday night. the suspect, an offiier's son, rain into a neighbor's house and refused to come out. it led to a stand off that lasted several hours. >>> this man has been convicted of pimping a run away teenager girl in lakewood. he will be sentenced next month. a jefferson county jury found one of his polices is also facing charges. >>> it's not

denver at 85 and keenesburg at 86. in the low to mid upper soifts it's going to stay nice and a gorgeous afternoon here in denver. today most of our storms are in the mountains and here's your first alert that tomorrow the storms return to the plains. i'm showing you what it looks like both statewide and closer in in just a minute. the clouds out east clearing up in the next few hours and we'll see more sunshine through midday around 12:00 to 12:30. scattered storms developing the mountains. we will get a few clouds very slim chance of an isolated storm but mainly pretty dry around north eastern colorado today. overnight tonight could get more fog out east with a few more clouds early friday mooning and then by friday afternoon we're tracking a better chance for scattered storms here in denver by mid afternoon. so fast forward again and closer in here on futurecast at 7:30 tomorrow morning a mix of sun in the foothills tomorrow. if you're heading up to the mountains a good long weekknd in the high country and we'll see

we make it if you hear in denver. today we look at 78 in denver, 75 greeley, 80s on the plains, 60s in the mountains. cool day on the western slope. >>> copter for, making your way on i 25 eastbound at sixth avenue. a lot better than the westbound direction. you can see the traffic stacking up as it does each day on the ramp to get onto i 25. we mentioned westbound along us 6. we had the piece of the right lane gets by the and we're seeing backups. i recommend access to us 6 using colfax. you come down over the hill and that you have all the traffic that needs to get to the right. it's a mess and you can access onto i-70. that is my recommendation. here we are across denver metro, accident southbound. the other at 148th avenue. on 225 at yosemite. mississippi closed east of santa fe to broadway. we have been watching rollover accidents. that is a car in the ravine so they have to get that moved out of the way and has blocked off the rent. this is i 25 as you get to need.>>> flying to dodd city and liberal kansas is ge

and lived in denver. at some point horace had met this very beautiful young woman. her name was elizabeth, sometimes she was called lizzy, and she became his mistress. in 1883 they married in a formal ceremony at the willard hotel in washington, d.c. horace had been appointed to fill an unexpired term of a u.s. senator, so they married during the point -- the one-month period when he was senator horace tabor. it was this very lavish wedding, lots of politicians came, hundreds of dollars were spent on flowers. her wedding dress supposedly cost about $7,000, so they were really making the most of the mining resources and the wealth that silver had provided them. horace, before he formally married baby doe, he had built or he had invested a lot in the infrastructure of denver and had built -- he beuilt an opera houe in leadville where he and augusta lived and also a house in denver and what was known as the tabor block, which was five-stories tall. this was in the 1880s, so it was a big deal. it was a huge,

the denver scholarship foundation heeps make college possible for denver public school students. they've been doing this, doing with a big gala. we are talking about it with the executive director of the foundation, nate easley. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> this has helped so many kids go to college. how does the foundation get them into school with scholarships? >> sure. our mission is college completion for all students that go to denver public schools. we have advisors embedded into dps high schools that will help with the college aid fi aid process and applying for scholarships and our scholarships. we've partnered with 33 colleges across the state. >> last flight was a success, i trust. >> it was a wild success. >> how much did you raise? >> over $1.2 million. >> wow. that all helps kids get into college? >> it will. we give around $4 million a year in scholarships. >> our own anne trujillo was there along with the governor. colorado colleges which is great news. >> absolutely. our our students go instate and 977 of the gradteuawork in the state of colo

for a denver dog day care. a man running from police tossed a dozen bags a heroin into a puppy play area. on santa fe drive. minutes before being caught around the corner. one dog actually did eat a small bag of the drug. and nearly died. >> . >> on wednesday afternoon. dog mom got a call that sent her into a panic. >> he ate a bag of heroin. i thought you have to be kidding me. >> . her one year-old golden retriever. was one of 14 dogs playing outside. a denver bark and play day care. when a normal afternoon turned chaotic. >> . never would have thought in million years. anything like this would happen. >> police were chasing this suspect. when he tossed 17 bags of heroin over this fence. right into the area where the dogs play. >> this surveillance video from the day care shows employees quickly grabbing all off the ground. within seconds. one dog already swallowed an entire bag of the drug. >> i don't know how much heroin she ingested or the potent seu. or effects on dogs. so i was really worried. >> . bark

trip -- denver 7 has several exclusive stories. tonight, only the family of a castle rock man who died fighting isis is talking to us. his body is back onnu.s. soil. >>> and also only here on denver 7, disease is taking away if a girl's ability to walk and the community is rallying to get her a service dog. >>> but first, a doggie daycare and bags of heroin. surveillance video from the daycare you will only see on denver 7. one of those dogs nearly died. >> jennifer kovaleski is live where it happened of 13th and santa fe. someone through the heroin? this up. while running from officers down this alley, the suspected drug dealer allegedly through 17 bags of heroin over this fence. 3 on the other side is a doggie daycare. one of those dogs ate an entire bag and had to be rushed to the vet. the owner of the dog once the suspect to pay. >> you can't process the fact that your dog eight heroin. she is high on heroin. we are treating her that you need to come as soon as you >> reporter: the whole thing caught on camera. >> i am upset. i

a denver man says he was beaten by denver police and the fbi and now he is suing denver wrongfully arrested for two bank robberies after his ex- wife identified him in a picture. he said she did that because they're in a custody dispute. he now says he is homeless and unable to see his kids or get a >> i want my life back. i mean, what they've done to me is literally taken my life and it's like they threw me away. >> talley's lawyer says the police really though client robbed the two banks, despite the fact the dna evidence could never connect his client to a crime scene. denver police have not commented on this. >>> we know how a 3 3-year-old boy got his hands on his father's police gun and killed himself. it happened in july. he was the son of a steamboat springs police officer. the father said it's possible his son climbed up on furniture to get the weapon out of the closet. the parents. >>> this man, morris fate, will spend two years behind bars and then on parole. he was found guilty of trying to sexually assault a woman while dressed as a police officer. the woman got away and called

denver the most walk -bl city. community for years. and says the benefits are much more than walking. dollars would be a starting point. the colfax business district have started an online petition. to urge the city. to include the kprao*ufplts on the budget. for more information on that. visit kdvr.com. >> . reporting live. >> . new information this evening. about a deadly rollve sky fox over the scene. at south parker road and jewel. two vehicles involved. around you have 6:30 a.m. one driver was killed on the scene after being ejected from the car. road was khoesed for about 4 hours. causing serious major headaches for the morning commute. >> . alcohol or drugs are not the suspected. >> . right now at douglas k-fpbt sheriff office asking for help identifying two women. caught on camera. buying items at a lone tree store. with a stolen credit card. along with wallet and other items from a locker inside the 24 hour fitness on county line road in highlands ranch. if you recognize them call the sheriff office. >> .

that puts us at 71 in denver. 66 as we head towards 75 in denver. 77 greeley. 72 out in burlington. the high country, a lot of 60s. 78 grand junction. >>> tomorrow we're down to about 75ish degrees. 72 on friday. similar tomorrow temperature- wise. saturday a little warmer and a chance for storms. sunday is much drier and we'll be warmer outside. we're going to head back to the 80s to end the weekend. >> it has been an energy rush feeling. morning. >> it was. >> the nfl unveiled new color uniforms for the teams. >>> we're still about a week aw season of fall, but u.p.s. announces job opportunities. they will add about 95,000 seasonal workers for online shopping. many of those positions will be full-and part-time. target will add more than 70,000 employees for the holiday rush. >>> well he tells me having a family is his dream. cameron is in middle school, future. >> he has played this moment out in his dreams but today is his first time practicing drills and running plays with a football coach. >> good. >> hard to believe after the 11- year-old makes catch a catch. >> behind you. gr

denver is not high. but not low either. >> we're about medium. >> the denver police department decideto million dollar. state of the art gunshot locating system. called shot spotter. >> . it uses technology. to alert the officers. within 40 seconds of shots fired. in the city. >> now. we can't actually show you what a shot spotter looks like. because well, we don't know either. and that's exactly how the cops want it. >> it works off a try censors to where the shots were fired. and within 25 meters. >> . tonight. denver police will be trying some new locations. for recently installed units. >> . in the denver neighborhood. ofmontbello. >> . we have to do live fire. to make sure they are picking up correctly. >> . it isn't an end all to fighting crime. just another tool on the belt. >> . they'll use special bullet traps the building will be named flight. development says it will have one of theties largest private green roofs. flight is set to open in 2017. >> love to see a side by side. rhino ten years a

denver p.d. next year. they're aware they made it clear today they don't want to arrest helplessness. >> hour goal is to hopefully get the verbal compliance or compliance through verbal warnings and staff and they work out an escalation that could ultimately lead to charges as it goes on. >> they're clearly serious about the mall. just focused on that. this is very interesting. an average 14 million people take it. it's clearly important to the economy here. it has to be safe too. back to you. >> we have disturbing new details against the pueblo regional center. a federal report described several abuse issues there. now we know more about the cruel behavior. it includes some of the patients being found with the words die into their skin. this happened to disabled residents who can't even talk. % what's worse is staffers claim that par normal activity was behind it. all the incidents happened before last november. >> it's really upsetting to think that people are subject to abuse and put at risk. people may

in denver and boulder, 77. jason, here's your first alert warmer than this weekend. >>> here's your alert 19 minutes until 7:00. very ffll freewayy and look at 225. nothing in here, just a lot of traffic up to alameda. air trashger on the north side of town, very full again. a report of something around 84th or thornton parkway. not seeing in there, very full through 84th avenue and south side of town, heavy stop and go traffic through colorado boulevard. 25 minutes from downtown to the in the city of colorado springs. these are goats helping out with the weed control. the goats will eat 2-3 tons of weeds every day. they will also provide a natural fertilizer as they graze. the goats aar on display every day and encouraging people to come out and say hi and check them out. >> they say the weeds are bad. >>> should you vaccinate your children? country especially here in colorado. >> one woman is speaking out. >> i feel guilty. it didn't have to happen because i could have had them vaccinated. >> the connection b

one of them lived in denver. the autopsy results show that the sisters both had water in their lungs and brains when they were found unresponsive in their hotel room beds. they were both found there with no visible signs of any other injury to their bodies. investigations show that the two had been seen drinking and were helped to their by hotel personnel the night before they were found dead. but we are looking into this autopsy report.. we'll update you later this morning. >>> the thornton teenager thought she had saved a dog's life, but the dog is going to have to be put down because of state protocol. >> justine haynes and her mom saved the dog from a pack of coyotes over the summer. they took the dog to the adams county animal shelter for treatment. vaccination history aren't known, state protocol is clear. >> sadly, this dog will have to be euthanized bause of its potential exposure to rabies and the lack of documented vaccination. >> it made me really sad. i'm like, this dog had a second chance, and now he

the good samaritan works in the denver sleep maintenance department. he was on his way to work when he saw another man get hit and there really are no words for such a senseless trrgedy. >> we have to victims. >> reporter: police say two >> it was so like him to get out of the car and hope somebody. >> reporter: that act of kindness cost him his life. >> not something you want to wake up to. >> reporter: here is paying a boulevard headed for the airport. this is east 56th. investigators say two driverr got into some type of road rage incident. when they pulled up at this stoplight is when the driver got out and started banging on the window of the previous. when the previous to get away, police say he accidentally hit the man banging on his window. >> there was a good samaritan in the area who witnessed this individual get hit by the car. >> reporter: which is where johnson comes back in. while on his way to work in this falcon, he stopped to help. both were hit and killed by another driver who likely didn't see them. >> he would help anybody. >> repor

denver police checking out an like i-76 at i-70. red eye flyers, crews are working on the passenger planes through friday. service shuts down from 1:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the morning. dia providing bus services through there but they must use the bridge at the security check point. >>> there is a broncos story unfolding off of the football field this morning. broncos li marshall plans to meet with the denver police chief. this comes as he continues his protest. marshall says he's hoping to -- >> they don't know what it is like to be a minority. i'm not saying it's terrible. at this point -- >> century link is the second company to announce ending an endorsement deal. >>> a denver officer killed two years ago back in the hospital after a successful emergency surgery >> family members say that he spent time in the icu during the weekend and is now stable. that's the good news they have not said why he needed the surgery, it was his 19th surgery. a driver suffering a seizure he escorted students downtown. the officer returned

reporting live in denver, i'm manned man, denver 7 -- amanda del castillo, denver 7. in castle pines, swat team inside a gateed communnty. the son of an aurora police officer is under arrest, accused of shooting a gun inside and outside one of those homes. the 28-year-old suspect ran to a neighbor's home, barricaded himself in there and surrendered. his officer he had important information about the weapons he had access to and his state of mind. >>> investigatoos say a man's mother is to blame for his death. investigators say she didn't feed him or give him water. he weighed less than 90 pounds. neighbors say the 69-year-old woman was frail and was caring for her disabled son by herself >>> federal investigators demanding millions of dollars of medicare funding back from the state after a report found abuse at a center for people with severe intellectual disabilities. "the denver post" says one person was burned with a blow dryer, another forced o perform sex acts for a soda. federal investigators say safety protocols are definitely lacking. >>> a lafayette family sa

we hit 90 degrees across denver yesterday. today we are going to be seeing a we're seeing moisture being ushered in from the southwest and a lot of cloud coverage. we are seeing temperatures in the low to mid 80s so a warm end to summer 2016. we see showers and storms developing in the mountains later this afternoon but by the weekend a cold front will roll through and bring temperatures back down to the upper 60s. right now outside 61 in boulder and 68 in city park and conifer at 49 and this is your first alert these are high this weekend. >> feels pretty warm outside now. we are a quiet start here to the morning commute whether it's in the air or here on the roads. you can see the drive going across i-76 more traffic here and there but no major catastrophes yet. you see a lot of green in the north, south, east, west. this section of mississippi between broadway and santa fe is closed down as they continue to do the rework of the intersecti they're also not allowing cross traffic across broadway on mississippi. so you can get

reporting live liz gelardi denver 7. >>> we're just getting targeted for you on denver 7. tonight hurricanes of immigrants were mistakenly granted citizenship and some were up for deportation. >>> cubs and kittens left orphan that's the plan to save wildlife struggling in our >>> boy colorado puts on a show for all of us the stunning sub southeast sunset capps off why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring ...fun. the learning the virtue of sharing ...fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. here's a question for you should colorado parks and wildlife kill some wildlife to save others? >> denver 7 adam haluska explains why some believe the state plain will leave cub and kittens in the wildlife at the benefit of will you pleaseers. >>reporter: >> this is a mule deer officials say they are days disappearing in our state. horrified by a plan to kill the the mountain lions. she believers that purge is a employ. >> if we reduced hunting of mule deer then the populations won't be in decline. >>reporter: employer deer mean more

denver 7 has your back. cdot shut dothe ramp from the ran full are not ha one closed at the top of the area. it is loaf top host a lot of us tueeday new tim mcgraw is portion at falcons stayed yelling they are expecting some big backups. >>> they thought they got a great deal for ski season one of the most popular results for locals only to be let down. >> denver 7 mark starters here. i didn't know those are chief. we love skiing colorado but the prices do ad went to the pinpoint where five hours they had a pay passed restrictions or legly nothing except for 5-dollar dog pro facing fee. turns it was a big given. it will role out the mass for a few weeks for $179 not the adverttseed 5. for that reason bought last night. in fact winter park telling denver 7 today quote it was very clearly a mistake. they are going to issue refound for those $5. at this point them don't know how many people went online to buy them but they do imagine quite a fee f few. i'm mark stewart denver haven't. we are just getting starte

temperatures cooler in the low 80s in denver. mid to upper 80s southeast and 58, the expected temperature at ledville. as far as conditions looking ahead on rainfall. this will be good for the mountains. maybe a half-inch or three quarters of an inch of rain is tonight. 55 and isolated storms and tomorrow a high temperature of 83 with a good chance of showers and storms in the afternoon. things get gradually better over theeholidays and a few storms on saturday. and our bright spot sunday and -?monday. a little cooler monday. gusty winds from the northwest and low 80s and aa we enter early september the pattern thanks. >>> we will see a lot of paxton lynch tonight. what about poor mark sanchez. we will see him in a broncos more. >>> welcome to 7 sports extra and the broncos, cardinals last preseason game, we know it doesn't count in the standings but means so much to so many. like paxton lynch. mark sanchez and those on the bubble. reporter: yeah, it will be the paxton lynch show. play a full game. spread offense in college. and

sky in denver. becky joins me in the studio and it will be hot but possibly a few showers, too. >> it is possible. the chance here, is really, really small. have you better chances in the mountains, than what you are seeing in denver and our chances of rain will be increasing as we get into friday of this week. let's take a live look outside, still pretty dry here, we have like colleen was saying, a lot of blue out there, sunshine is going to make a big difference, and a fast warmup, as highs get into the middle to upper 80s. no rain across the state southeast colorado and questionable if that is actually hitting the ground. temperatures across the front range are in the 70s and 80s. and we are at 80 near downtown denver and 81 at d.i.a. nd 83 for greeley. and we have 75 for fort collins, and 60s and 70s stretching through the foothills. and i'm not expecting rain over the next several hours, in fact, through 4:00, just increasing clouds. low 80s at 1:00 and 2:00. we will be at 83 by 3:00. and at 4:

of denver section. shington. a draft bill by scott tipton was largely written by tipton's biggest campaign contributor. even worse, tipton's plans threaten thousands of recreation industry jobs. gail schwartz will protect colorado's public lands, jobs, and our rural way of life. gail schwartz -- independent leadership for colorado. house majority pac is responsible the unofficial state car colorado faces a big recall. subaru. the windshield wiper motor can overheat. 2010 to 2014. motors for free. >>> another recall to takata air bags. bmw is recalling 4000 suvs because the air bags can break and shoot out debris. it goes back incorrect welding at a takata factory in mexico. dealers will handle the repairs in november. >>> when it comes to sunrises and sunsets. in my opinion no state comes close to colorado but that didn't stop dia in a twitter war. it started with this tweet from di ashowing off this morning's sunrise and the orlando airport tweeted back let's do this. dia fired back if you want to go there. >> o

denver's got it. touchdown denver! >> that is was worth waiting for, wasn't it? von miller hopes to put cam newton on the ground. romi is with us. our enjoyment of the super bowl, i guess it all ends here. >>reporter: ends here, but hopefully it continues. like you said, alan, the wait is over. it's been 215 days since the denver broncos and carolina panthers met in super bowl 50, and tell me what's not to like about this rematch? there is plenty of star power. you've got the league mvp in cam newton on one side, and you've got the super bowl mvp in von miller on the other. all of this in prime time on a night when the broncos will celebrate their super bowl victory one last time. let's take a look at some key matchups in tonight's game. the bronco's defense must contain newton. with 35 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing touchdowns, newton can wreak havoc. he's as big as a defensive end, runs like a running back and throws the broncos need to keep newton inside the pocket and much like they did in the super bowl, rush with discipline. and the broncos have to block

that when he came to denver he wasn't an expert. and a judge will look at that and have a long pause they let him testify. as an expert again. >> while he stands behind his work. >> we stand a hundred percent behind the case we did. >> this is just the second time in his 32 year career. he has seen a judge rule an expert cannot testify. there's still processing the decision. but will contact the lawyer for legal advice. and believe he's the victim of slander. >> . >> december will mark 20 years since the murder of john ben net in her boulder home. >> . >> up. >> we re-maybe remain focus on the investigation. and finding justice. >> she was 6 years old when she was found murdered in the basement of her family home. on december 26. 1996. no charges were ever filed in the case. at one point a grand jury se secretly voted to indict her parents on charge of child abuse resulting in death. but the district attorney refused to sign. >> problem solvers consumer alert. a recall issue for little bite plastic pieces in them. >> >> iraq war vet

denver has paired medical health experts with police and thousand as denver 7 reporter lance hernandez tells us that program is growing. >>reporter: there are now 6 licensed mental health professionals working with denver police. their goal to cut down on the number of people with mental health challenges that ends up in jail. michael marshall died following a confrontat never have been in jail. he was arrested for trespassing and disturbing the peace. after coming under fire for not doing enough to help people like mr. martial the city started the mental health responder program. >> between april and july we saw over 400 calls that we were able to respond alongside first responders. >>reporter: they help find shelter substance abuse even >> essentially getting that support around them where they don't feel isolated and alone their own. >>reporter: dpd crisis services director says they are breaking a cycle. >> they engage in conduct officer contacts, arrests, transports, jails, charges get dismissed. now we have an intervention model that never introduces the jail or the criminal just

denver police have not released details about a suspect or victim in either homicide. hospital tonight after the team's bus crashed sunday killing the bus driver. coach voorhees tweeted tonight thanks to all the well wishes, had a rough few days in the hospital, but i'm home now, need some rest before i get back out there. coach kyle rider also got out today. legacy will play its homecoming game against prairie view on friday. >>> cinemark, the owners of aurora theater where 12 people were killed in 2012, made a move today to end the legal fight with the victims and their families. in may a jury ruled in favor of cinemark in a case in which the victims said the theater chain did not do enough to prevent the shootings. under colorado law cinemark could have its legal fees paid by the people who sued them. the cost of the 700,000-dollar. earlier this month cinemark -- $700,000. earlier this month cinemark of the claimants and the last have filed an agreement not to appeal and cinemark has filed paperwork to end the fight over legal fees. >>> donald trump will be in color

watch out for that this morning. 57 denver, 56 denver i mean. 48 avon. 52 aspen, 54 meeker. a little bit of rain on the western slope and the rest of problems. copter for giving us live pictures and it is a darker morning. this is on broadway to the north of 36. they blocked off the roadway. the police car to the left and behind that 7-eleven behind the simply complex you can see the flashlight from police. they are searching for something. not sure if there was an accident or if there is this is on broadway which is shut down to the north of us 36. >>> let's go to the other traffic alert. flashing lights and a car on its side. this is northbound i 25 on the approach to harmony road. look at the backups.'s cash cars are passing through his -- this single file. i-270 loading up right now. there are budging of the cars and that will cause slowing. road. you have it backed up all the way from before highway 392. if you are about to get in your car turn on koa newsradio for the latest traffic and cbs4 mac weather. >>> donald trump heads to cincinnati after outlining his plans fo

if you're interested in participating details found on denver channel.com and denver 7 app. are tackling another drug issue the owed yesterday epidemic. more people use opioids than smooe cigarettes in this country and 30,000 people die every year from opioid abuse sometimes it starts when patients come to the er. >> we've become almost one trick ponies with regards to pain control. where pain as well as an opioid instruction or opioid drug odds >> sweettish is working to stop the prom to be the if he very first hospital to have a free imagine room. >>> windy there. whipping up a lot of dust in weld county today. your first alert there is change coming to your weather. chief meteorologist mike nelson's tracking it all for you. >> that winds raises a bit of a concern as to the fall color for the week of vvew up at steamboat. a lot of subtle abuse in that one. this is what it looked like up at the westin hotel at beaver creek some know on the beaver creek slopes up above. as far as conditions in southwest colorado not bad there. berg tore there. this is what it looks like for

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 out to i 70. a four minute drive right now. >>> people on the florida gulf coast art preparing for tropical storm hermine as it is strengthening. don champion has the latest from clearwater florida.>> reporter: the soaking continues and parts of florida. turned to the gulf of mexico. it will come ashore today.>>> i'm a little nervous and more than that actually. >> wednesday people up and down florida's gulf coast battle driving rains and they prepared for the storms approach. her means outer bands dumped several inches of rain's and parts of the tampa area causing flooding. in the coastal community of find shelter under a car. people like debbie know the worst is still ahead. >> the

here we are across the denver metro area. an earlier trouble spot on the ramp from santa fe to northbound that's been cleared. new trouble along parker road to the south of i-225. it's running slow and westbound along i-70 from i-225 r we're seeing slowing in the usual spots in the westbound direction of i-76 eastbound along i-2709. here's the slowing in the eastbound direction, speeds dipping down into the 20s that is a 36-minute drive, a mess of a drive getting into town as you're coming from the east, a little bit of a different situation. southbound along i-225 speeds dipping down into the 20s so about children taking a popular painkiller. the american academy of pediatrics finds evidence linking codeine to deadly breathing reactions. doctors say children metabolize the drug faster than adults. experts fear children may experience dangerous problems. new research may change the way parents feed their babies. many parents are skipping spoon feeding six month old babies pureed foods and them feed themselves solid foods. now

and why it has some scratching their heads today and a survey that actually says it's gone down in denver don't get too excited yet we will take a look at this a new survey in which it neighborhoods are been called the most expensive in the city plus a band from the mountain where this man and significant other no longer allowed to climb mount everest all >> we have big news new story at 11:00 o'clock the boulder police speaking out today about the murder case of jonbenet ramsey the story has been in the national spotlight for decades and december will mark a 20 years and since it happened new at 11 the police are expressing their commitment to the case all these years later. >> you continue to work continue to work closely with the boulder district attorney's office consult with experts and call upon local and national resources as needed. >> we have not and will not give up. >> we remain focused on this investigation and finding justice for jonbenet jonbenet ramsey was six years old when she was reported back in december of 26 of 1996 she was missing her body later found in the basement

heavy rain moving in but not quite here in denver yet. let's talk about the futurecast because we may >> so, if you see all of these it seems like we have linked storms throughout the state and we have some heavier ones down towards colorado springs in monument and limon but the ones that are really getting the storms are limon, yuma and if you saw that glitch, sterling was also getting them. >> yes, eastern plains getting big storms this afternoon with temperatures. it was nice on the roof top. >> yes, it was. >> tell us about temperatures across the state? >> one of the highest temperature are 70 for casper and the lowest ones are 45 -- denver is over in this area here and it's about 60. >> yeah, about 60 degrees. that's exactly right. let's do the b today so it should be nice. >> at the bus stop kids will be waiting so we want to let them know what temperature it will be. if they're unprepared they won't be left in the freezing cold. >> so it should be nice, at 60 degrees. but there's a chance for rain so bring your umbrella with you t

by a suspected drunken driver that claimed the life of a denver post reporter. denver 7 sally is in and you spoke to colleagues that say her talent and joy will be greatly missed. >> as a fellow reporter, t is a somber day inside the newsroom. a talented reporter telling stories since 1979, worked for the dallas morning news and wall street journal and people magazine and the list goes on. a true talent that will be missed. >>> this morning inside the denver post room, reporters and story. >>> paper's headlines names one of their own. 60-year-old colleen o'conner hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver. flowers cover her desk. denver post editor dana worked with colleen since she came in 1974. >> she handled the most difficult compassion and kindness and curiosity and enthusiasm. >> it appears he was traveling eastbound and crossing the intersection and he strikes the pedestrian. reporter: today colleen's colleagues says her empty desk will leave a hole in the great newsroom leader. reporter: colleen is survived by her mother and sister. they posted her stori

the protest happening in denver. it was part of a national day environmentalists want to stop the construction of the line along tribal and federal lands. the government has asked he pipeline's owners energy transfer partners to top construction at least temporarily. we have video that shows the construction equipment being removed from the area. the energy company believes this controversy will eventually blow over. >>> a colorado man is trying to raise money for a play ground for special needs kids. but he says a local nonprofit already spent that money and is making him jump through zack came up with big bat themed special needs play ground. he turned to the autism society of colorado for help. when he ended the partnership, he said he found out the nonprofit already spent $3,000 raised and they won't pay the money back to him unless it goes to another charity. and i won't stop until they are returned. >> we would turn it over tomorrow if he would just give >> we asked why the society spent that $3,000 in the firs

. >> our labor day weekend is going pet nicely here in denver denver. we're starting out very are nice. mostly clear and school this morning. we're at 55 in morrison. same thing at stapleton and city park. look at doppler 4000, showers and thunderstorms out west, and mostly clear with just a little bit of fog some some locations over the eastern plains. denver is clear right now. last night, storms blossom 0ed up over an inch of rainfall in some of 0 those areas. here in denver, here is what we're looking at today. it is going to be mostly sunny today. we have dryer air moving in here. some parts of colorado, especially the northeast again, could see some severe thunderstorms which we'll talk about in more detail later, but for denver, 84 at noon. and we should a high of about 88 degrees. so another warm day as we i do city. won't be the case in some other areas, stan. more on that a little later. >>> a douglas county detective remains in critical condition after a shooting with a suspect. it happened friday after police responded to reports of of a sui

clouds in denver, not as socked in we could barely see our lookout mountain view. 48 in denver. 46 to start the day in avon. 63 in grand junction. 46 in craig. a lot into larimer county and fog going towards cle kol springs. out east in the plains quite a bit as well. looking at satellite and radar cloud cover in denver and fairly the state at trinidad. snow developing in the san juans and rain squirting through the northeast corner as well. scattered showers near trinidad and as it eases up bigger thunderstorms earlier. a chance for bigger storms east of the denver area later today. hail is the biggest threat from some of the storms so watch out for thunderstorms with that later on out east. some could potentially have heavy rainfall as well. the morning hours the showers start to ease western corner of the state and scattered showers by lunchtime. here in denver storms could roll in later this afternoon and evening. as they skirt to the eastern plains they could be bigger and snow overnight in the central mountains. fog tomorrow morning out east and we could still get a few isolated