in downtown denver there's a big problem. if you drive downtown and use speer near the convention center you'lllbe delayed. you can see the red on southbound speer trying to get around this problem. denver7 reporter jason gruenauer is live at speer and was hit overnight and this will frustrate rate many drivers this morning. >> reporter: my morning drive comes through here. this intersection normally is a little bit troublesome anyway. behind me as the rtd goes by there are flashing yellow lights. it's where they're trying to fix that electrical box that was hit overnight. that box operating the power to track light you can have traffic. they have diverted it. at champa is where southbound speer is closed. they have to go to calumet. this is justify that one intersection -- just that one intersection. they've been on scene here working on it. couple of different utility crews. here diverting traffic. you'll have to get around it, so pick an alternate or give yourself a little bit of time to work around it. reporting downtown,

downtown denver just sued the city according to a case filed in u.s. district court. the plaintiff's said the city forced them out to clear the why for new economic and downtown development in the downtown denver area. the plaintiffs are represented by jason flores williams. they said city policy led to open season to anyone on downtown denver who were poor or protected themselves from the weather. we reached out to the mayor's office and they went response. quote, the city has not been served with a lawsuit and once we receive the complaint we will respond to them. >>> brazilian police charged american swimmer ryan lochte with filing a false robbery report during the olympics. lochte first claimed that he and three teammates were robbed at gunpoint. he since changed his was drunk at the time and it was his actions. lochte can decide whether to introduce a defense in brazil. the indictment will be sent to the international olympic committee's ethics commission. >>> arapaho county deputies are looking for two people who took a denver broncos team helmet during an autogr

earlier today, we were hot and sunny. 91 degrees at dia, denver downtown. close to our average. our record high is 100. denver tonight. 54 in fort collins. 58 in burlington. in the mountain, 51 in gheel and salida. tomorrow it will be another warm day. eastern plains still pretty hot, in the mid-90s. 89 on the eastern slope. a few showers still out there in denver. tomorrow pretty warm. isolated storms times. 89 downtown. for the 5-day, tomorrow 88, 89 on thursday. the cool-down comes in on friday as we have our cold front coming through. and it does increase our rain chances. and it'll begin to cool this weekend, feeling like fall. and it was rainy at coors field but also bring your dog night. [ laughter ] >> oh, my gosh. oh, perfect. >> ee are >> r >>> a popular destination might not be free for much longer. >> matt kroschel caught up with clear creek county officials. >> very busy. in the middle of the night. >> reporter: jody romero and her family came here looking for the perfect camping spot. >> i'm a native so colorado is would beautiful, and everyone is traffic, it does a

denver, downtown, not much. a little in the foothills toward golden. some scattered storms in the foothills and outside the trail. i-70 to the southwest corner near durango and telluride makes its way toward parts of i- 25. scattered showers across the state with a few pockets heavier up to the north. a look at what's happening now. an area of high pressure northwest swinging moisture our direction. we will see rainfall throughout the rest of the evening. we will see some scattered storms throughout the evening and then not all the storms will make their way to denver. mike nichols in wellington reports a cool start to the day. our weather watcher says most of these storms are fizzing out as a cross the cheyenne ridge. for the rest of the afternoon and evening, a couple pop up over denver. i-10 p.m., they should be wrapping up. a few on the eastern clouds -- planes. most likely waking up to sunny to partly sunny skies. tomorrow, same thing with a some of those could head over to denver and out east. a couple pockets with heavier rainfall. most of it st

earlier today, we were hot and sunny. 91 degrees at dia, denver downtown. close to our average. our record high is 100. temperatures 58 degrees in denver tonight. 54 in fort collins. 58 in burlington. in salida. tomorrow it will be another warm day. eastern plains still pretty hot, in the mid-90s. 89 on the eastern slope. a few showers still out there in denver. tomorrow pretty warm. isolated storms are possible. maybe a bit hazy at times. 89 downtown. for the thursday. the cool-down comes in on friday as we have our cold front coming through. and it does increase our rain chances. and it'll begin to cool this weekend, feeling like fall. and it was rainy at coors field but also bring your dog night. [ laughter ] >> oh, my gosh. oh, perfect. [ laughter ] >> ee are >> r not be free for much longer. >> matt kroschel caught up with clear creek county officials. >> very busy. in the middle of the night. >> reporter: jody romero and her family came here looking for the perfect camping spot. >> i'm a native so colorado is would beautiful, and everyone is moving here, and the more traffi

denver downtown, 89 degrees. close to the average of of 87. tomorrow another warm day. an smidge cooler than today. 87 in greeley, denver. 91 in burlington and ray. the eastern plains stay toasty. the mountains, fairly mild. denver tonight, upper 50s. fairly mild by tomorrow morni. sunny and mild tomorrow, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. and for the 5-day forecast tomorrow, 80s, 75 degrees on friday. starts to cool off a bit for us. and then on saturday, we may not get out of the 60s. so it'll be a bit cooler around here. some rain on friday, and then saturday morning. >> we won't know what to do with ourselves! >> those overnight lows around 50. >>> xcel energy's day of service, a great chance to help packing nutritional meals for hungry kids. it's one of the biggest projects during last year's day of service. >> it was quick, we had boxed enough to fill 155,000 families with meals. >> great success story there! you can sign up to help by going to the day of service page cbsdenver.com. sfloo >> doctors have a new way to keep tabs on their patients. >> smafrt pills

denver. we counted five deaths related boyfriend was mad about a break up to a former mayor tracked and killed by her husband in downtown denver. denver police want to do something about it. vida urbonas is live where officers are hoping to talk about the issue tonight. >> reporter: good morning. hearing that he is cases that you are talking about, really hits home for so many people, it really makes you realize that domestic violence impacts an entire community. denver police, they are holding tonight behind me, located at federal and arkansas. that community meeting, they want to address all of the issues, the impact on the community and offer up resources on how people can get help. experts say it's really out of concern we have seen the recent increases in domestic violence. they are talking about homicides in particular. experts tell us the reality is it's something that's impacted the entire community, a ripple effect across the entire community. that's why they are trying to address this. really isn't a private matter and they want people to know there are places to go for help, resources to goes one is rose an t

denver -- gathering in downtown denver. big names speaking this weekend. >> reporter: from former presidential candidate carly fiorina to speaker of the house beck. donald trump who was uninvited to last year's gather is a no-show this year, and is many don't seem to mind, suggesting he's not one of them. >> i'm trying to figure out who we're as conservatives and who i am >> reporter: republican congressman ken buck says this election has made that task more difficult. the republican nominee for president derides many republican principles, betrays small government and u.s. interventio born out of the antislavery movement. >> reporter: in many ways, the republican party finds itself in an identity crisis. >> everybody is frustrated about the top of the ticket. people are infighting. what i'm here to tell you, that's noise. >> reporter: u.s. senate candidate darryl glen urged republicans to focus on the message, not messenger. >> when you put the conservative message down on the problem is translating that message from paper

in the wake of the violent videos, the downtown denver partnership, they decided to hire their own security force they won't replace the police. so far this morning, we have seen the private security. we have yet to see members of dpd down here. the downtown denver partnership will not tell us and they do not have specific numbers for how many officers or security guards are going to be down here at any specific point, and when it comes to responding, they're here to just enforce local ordinances. they can't make arrests on anything more than a citizen's arrest, which is what you or i could do. the question remains, is it going to make a here? we haven't seen or heard of major incidents as of yet. but this is just the first 24 hours or so. live along the 16th street mall, jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> a former navy midshipman on probation in boulder back behind bars, accused of trying photos of themselves. send 25-year-old brett butler admitted to doing this in the media to receive nd send sexually explicit pictures. >>> a man purchased a house through an auction in fountain, colorado and

alarming to me i donated 100 shots and to convince me that there is a problem and we we got her downtown denver virtue that left one person and one injured denver police essay the rest of the suspects were arrested in that case we thank you for staying with us cap the shootout happened just after midnight last saturday in a crowded parking lot at 18th and market that's where mccready i editor joins us live now >> we are learning alarming the details about this shooting initially say more than 100 shots were fired in this parking lot last the saturday sources telling us it was closer to 200 shots are fired from at least a 50 different kinds we are also learning that nearly a year ago in as exact this exact is important but a similar incident took place also involving the same to evidence saturday denver police a confrontation between two denenberg exhibited the shoot at were nearly 200 shots were fired from at least a 15 different guns given armstrong died another man was injured police say the two were together when they were shot anyone that would take the life that someone else i would say it

a little bit of fog in breckenridge and looking at downtown denver. studio and that cloud deck is sitting over the city. about 73 degrees down here and much cooler in the mountains at 55 in estes park and 53 in silverthorne and low 70s in steamboat springs and in fort more gone and sterling. out of the airport mostly cloudy skies and the winds picking up out of the east at 11 miles per hour and here in the 9 backyard everything quiet but things will be changing. our temperatures right there at 74 and we as we are watching some of the moisture cooling off. watching the showers deteriorating just a bit around the san juans. a couple of spots with aerial flood advisories because they had slow moving thunderstorms and dropping two or three inches within a couple of hours of time. now the rain starting to move closer to our backyard. heavy pockets of rain and i am anticipating this rain to be moving in within the next several hours. not looking at any flash flood washes for the city and out to the west, the central and southern mountains and parts of telle

falling in downtown denver! ,,,, >>> the latest on the accident that killed a boy on a water slide in kansas. the world's biggest slight slidewill be injury offer weekend. the -- over the weekend. a guest says the slide was not work properly early in the day. officials had not inspected it since it opened two years ago. kelly werthmann checked with water parks here. >> they tell us safety is their top private. even though they don't have a slide or a ride like the one in kansas, they inspect each that waterslide in kansas is deemed the tallest in the world, stretching up 17 stories, twice the size of any slide at waterworld. it requires riders to use a velcro harness. no rides at waterworld require guests to wear a harness. it does require its employees to conduct safety checks on each attraction every morning. in a "the safety team is overseen by a full-time onsite safety engineer. after the all-clear is given, lifeguards test the attractions again by riding them prior to the park opening: . >> reporter: both p

because of last week and she got in downtown denver the an balls to different things a large police presence here one for community involvement to keep everyone safe as you can see it's very lively and peaceful they hope to continue this event for years to come live anchors park fox 31 denver. on new developments a search for a man who investigators tried to expose himself to children parker police released a sketch of the god they are looking for now they need your help identifying take a good luck parker police say the schedule has generated leads they have not made all rest yet please believe the suspects about 5-foot 825-foot ten of the medium build and dark spiky haired busty sara said happened there is avenue near the club us apartments right near parker and hilltop roads if you know anything please call parker your help to find a person responsible for a hit and run involving a car and a cyclist happens when 12 and holly says us by driving a red 2009 the 2011 possibly gray honda civic i believe we've a picture of the car that looks similar to it if not will have a posted on kdvr.com p

this is about how many shots were fired last saturday in downtown denver. >> reporter: this downtown block turned into a war zone. we heard tat tat, tat. is that fireworks? >> reporter: james was across members open -- rival gang members fierpd on each other, gunfire sprayed throughout the block. honest took shelter in area bars. returning 12 hours later to, see how close they were to the violence. >> i noticed them taking pictures move my car, and i'm, like, is that a bullet hole? oh, my god, my car got shot! >> i have ten bullet holes on my car, and my windows are shattered. >> reporter: one man was killed and another injured who walked to an few details, released we know the gang members involved were armed for battle. investigators say the hundreds of shots fired were from 18 guns used on the scene. investigators have not said exactly what type of guns were used to create this amount of firepower. and no additional information about the suspect is known. stan bush, cbs4 news. >>> a man accused of shooting kevin lyons is facing numerous charges, including first degree murder. at a

. >> police have alrey started increasing patrols here the denver downtown denver partnership has also hired police patrolthis area. o help that should begin later thhs month. reporting live in denver, brendaliss down the numbers from the denver police. so far this year there's been 699 arrests on the th street mall. 138 of them happened in july. tk urg -- during the same time last year there was 165. that's a 33% drop. >>> the goal to draw more slowing do. wn people stopping to look. vehicles going slower. it really highlights the area. and draws attention to it. wherbefore it was nothing significant. it was a pass through. >> now this was all part of an -?ongoing fort to improve the colfax corridor. officials made similar primements the corridor. >>> i'm stacy donaldson. a lot of moisture the atmosphere across colorado. some of it in the rainfall, some of it in the way of fog earlyin the morning. but right now our shop from e right now nothing showing up. we are expecting isolated showers for the front range and the plains for tonight. we still have the phropb soon southwes we're goi

in denver, picking up more cloud cover, 78 degrees downtown right now. this is your first alert for the isolated storms this afternoon and gusty winds. highs in the upper 80s, but a cooldown is coming for the weekend. from the denver tech center to downtown. we have a rollover crash here. that suv is right in the middle the only traffic is here to the it's a monster traffic jam as you can see here. it's heavy all the way back to the tech center. better way to get around that. >>> crews have rescued a man who got stuck on the second flat iron in whether or not you woulder. boulder. >>> overnight in denver smoke from this fire could be seen for blocks in all directions. this is a waste management facility and employees there had to evacuate everyone is okay and firefighters got that under control. >>> more than 550 acres burned in elbert county. air tracker 7 flew over the scene last night. the fires were sparked by lightning and merged together but they are out right now. firefighters are keeping an eye on hot spots. no buildings were destroyed. >>> denver

here at denver downtown, we just have low cloud cover and we're watching storms that are still up in the higher elevations coming this direction. but pike's peak, we have had snow off and on all afternoon. we definitely need the height in order to get the cold air up above to produce snow, but it is cold enough to keep that going. showers at pike's peak and then ominous skies here, which is close to the border of we have really seen some stronger thunderstorms fart irto the -- farther to the north than we have here in denver. and even toward grand junction, but here in denver, we have had light to moderate rainfall moving through. as i mentioned, the heavier showers to the north. even in larimer county, there has been a flash flood warning issued to the north central part of the county thanks to showers that have moved through it goes until about 9:15 tonight. here around denver, it has been pretty quiet. just a low cloud deck and a few scattered showers. but off to the north, definitely hitting the ground. from sterling towards sydney, we have up into wyoming and kansas and nebraska

seventys and 80s and the mountain denver is be with 87 degrees downtown and out at the airport. the humidity is hot low clouds, with a northwest wind. look at the temperatures 50 degrees rain in the morning we will burn it off. saturday afternoon is okay but a lot of stray showers stall for time, but that will be it. northeastern colorado the mountains points west here is the heavier storms here in southeast colorado there they are at midnight but you in by two in the morning time cloud cover in the wake of the storms will burn off and another around here over southern colorado mother was looking like a beautiful saturday for you. highs tomorrow will only make it into the 70s over the eastern playing in the wake of the cold front the warmest will be the 80s all around. i told you i adjusted my forecast down from 46 ?- 45 pounds for and the we will break it. only 5 degrees away from hitting the 4577 tomorrow pleasant day and the only shower south of town. sunday we quickly look back. tuesday and wednesday especially a couple of showers on wednesday. you guys were both out this ev

live downtown, mark stuart. >>> and for denver a pretty nice day to be downtown. by late afternoon looking to that used to think you might up here. this is sterling looking north at the same storm boiling up into the atmosphere. the west. very dramatic as the storm came in. it has been a rough evening in the northeast corner. storm activity still continues. this is life stuff. look at all of the lightning up there. conditions on the northeast corner of the state. this is what were looking at on radar. storm activity continues that way. and a warning in effect until 10:45 pm. this thing is dumping very heavy rain. and lighting up the sky. not here in denver it is quite. 73 downtown 74 at the airport. winds are from the south southwest at 10 mi./h. the high today was 91 degrees. a little above the normal of 89 but shy of the all-time record of 105. we have a frrnt across the northeast part of the state. hot and dry weather coming in from the southwest. as the front moved up to the north and forces the thunderstorm to be off to the north and east of both. it will be

. >>> looks like more security changes in the 16th street mall in downtown denver. this follows recent violent attacks caught on camera. the downtown partnership is fighting back. >> reporter: these private security guards are already out patrolling. now they don't have handguns, but they do have handcuffs. it's images like these coming out of the downtown that have horrified and frightened people down here. >> reporter: business owners along the mall held their own worries. >> a man came into the store and demanded all the money. there was no security around or anything. i ran out the store, asking for help, no one was to be found. it was really scary were >> reporter: that's not the image downtown promoters want the city to have. so they're working to include safety, and trying to change the sentiment on the 16th street mall. >> the addition of the security reflection of offsetting a need for police officers in the mall. >> reporter: downtown officials say they'll likely start with two private security officers' first shift, with shifts running 24 hours a day, seve

ad-libbing queasy severe weather today is high temperatures are on the cool side we had 87 degrees in denver downtown i think 90 out of the airport and in the front arrives and here are this temperatures down they go upper 50s lower 60s and got 61 degrees as of the temperature early tomorrow the work week if you want to round friday out on a cool note here you go 80 will be our high temperature even some 70s as you start heading to the patrols and almost certainly fill a completely different day and it will look like a different day to a lot more the cloud cover but relief is it really forgot to take in whatever way we can get it will also take some of the raindrops any which way we can get those because we are running way behind first the raindrops arriving late this afternoon into the early lingering by early friday morning than we do it again friday afternoon although i don't think quite as many storms will fire up during the second half of friday or so i think lake friday into the late saturday afternoon i think we'll see another round it's three good rounds of rain on days when normally we have

certain things, specific things on the 16th street mall you can't get anywhere else in denver so i know the city, the downtown denver partnership, hoping people feel safer to come to enjoy and will be up to people to decide in the end. >> absolutely. corey and i were talking and like you, we haven't had an have heard from so many people that don't and so that is the reality. so they have to do something. all right, thank you much. >>> a denver woman has pleaded guilty in connection to the de of her almost-2-year-old son. candice lampley reached a deal with prosecutors on first- degree murder charges. in july 2015, javeon johnson came to the hospital with injuries and burns over 15% of his body. lampley's boyfriend, delonta clark, faces first-degree murder charges for his role in the child's death. >>> people looking for a missing jefferson county man found human remains near the mine last weekend. 42-year-old jeremy rich was last seen in january. the remains have not yet been identified. >>> one of the country's largest american indian tribes is suing the federal government the epa reported three rivers were

f0 >>> we begin with breaking news near downtown denver. at least one person is dead after a motorcycle crashes on a bridge over i-25, throwing the two people on board that motorcycle off the bridge and into oncoming traffic. >> denver 7's daryl orr was the first reporter on the scene and what have police told you right now? >> reporter: hey, guys. now i-25 you can see at exit 21 back open. shortly after 1:00 a.m. this morning police got a call of an erratic motorcycle driver headed westbound on 20th from about coors field. when the motorcycle tried to go northbound on the i-25, it hit a concrete barrier. let's look at video from last night. the motorcycle stayed up on 20th street, and the two passengers were launched from the cycle and fell to their bridge. i-25 was closed off for quite a few hours last night, as was 20th. 20th reopened after about two hours and i-25 just in the last 40 minutes has reopened out here. really sad situation out here this morning. unfortunately, these two motorcycle driver and passenger were not wearing helmet

downtown denver right now, 51 degrees. elsewhere across the state, upper 50s across the weapon, 40s across the eastern plains. >>> new this morning, one person is hurt after getting hit by a car last and california. the driver was arrested for suspected dui. no word on the victim's condition this morning. >>> it's not clear what led to this accident. a man was hit by a light rail train near the convention center yesterday. he's in serious condition. >>> brighton police are asking for your help finding the person responsible for hitting and killing a woman on i-76. her body was found on the side of interstate near 136th yesterday morning. getting into an accident or may have been hit by a car that took off. police want to hear from you if you saw anything. >>> keep your eyes object road. this weekend the douglas county sheriff is watching for distracted drivers. they have already ticketed 124 people just yesterday, so put the phone down and be safe out there. >>> scammers have come up with a creative way to try and your per

claims the city forced them to clear the way for new housing and economic development in the downtown denver area and that policy led downtown denver who appeared to be poor or tried to protect themselves from the weather. the mayor's office says it has not seen the suit. it says once we receive the complaint we will evaluate the claims and respond. >>> somebody stole a denver broncos helmet from a player during an autograph signing last month. today pictures of the suspect were released. the man with the orange hat took the helmet that was sitting on the ground next to the player as he signed autographs following practice passed the helmet to a second man. they left together. the stolen helmet is a redell revolution speed classic valued over $400 clearly marked with the denver broncos logo. contact crime stoppers with any information. >>> u.s. swimmer ryan lochte is charged with filing a false robbery report while at the brazilian olympics in brazil. several media outlets are send an attorney in his place in court and won't have to travel to rio. lochte initially said he and three other swi

is paid for by the denver partnership, not public funds. >> they're going to keep track somehow of whether this program is working, in addition to dpd? >> reporter: exactly, downtown denver partnersh, how people are feeling about the mall. at the end of the month, they're going to do another one to see if the security guards are working. we'll hopefully see those numbers soon. >>> when a police department's officers are arrested, it is clear something may need to change. commerce city police have had issues with officer help. the doj made the announcement this morning at the u.s. attorney's office in denver. cops is launching comprehensive review of the commerce city police department. only 12 other cities in the country have had this type of review done. one stage is shooting, another is accused of inappropriately touching women during traffic stops. the doj cops office will release an initial report in 6 to 8 months, but will continue to follow the progress of the department for another year and a half, th final report. >>> a fast moving wildfire in southern california has already burned at least 47 square miles in just 24 hours. the bluecut fire is burning in l

denver police added more officers but today, we'll see security taken one step further. the downtown denver partnership committed $1 million in private fundfo including private security for the first time. the guards won't be armed or have the authority to ticket people or arrest people, but they will be extra eyes to help people out, enforce the laws out here, to some extent let people know what they're doing right or wrong. robert white told us in the past that loitering and panhandling aren't crimes so there's little officers can do to stop that, stop people asking for money. it's when those situations come like people touching other people or profanity taken out of hand, intimidating language, that's when they can do something. will private security guards make people safer? that's for you to decide. we'll have to wait and see, corey. >> hopefully it makes some difference there. we sure hope so, colleen. thank you. >>> in november, colorado voters have an unusual ballot measure waiting for them. the raise the bar purpose is to make it harder to change a measure that would require

us, that guy swinging a plastic pipe along denver's 16th street mall has sparked calls for increased security in downtown denver. >> officials ddcided to add private security. jason gruenauer live on the mall to see how officers are doing. jason. >> reporter: the good news, as of this morning, no major incidents. no more of those viral videos, days since those security forces started patrolling. we've been here half an hour and we haven't seen the patrols, but they walk the beat all the way down and back. we'll keep you posted if we see them. the allied barton security force, this has been hired by the downtown denver partnership. this is a private security force on top of denver police here that will be patrolling the mall after businesses got fed up with th and wanted to see things change. the big concern when they were brought in, they don't carry guns or have the power to arrest you. they only focus on voluntary compliance of local ordinance. they can ask you to leave, but beyond that, it's calling police. there was uncertainty when they first started. again, no major incidents here. however, we want

. >>> 64 degrees in downtown denver this morning. a couple early morning weather watchers checking in and it's cooler down south at 56. frank was on vacation for a there's rain there but looking for more. here's the futurecast. sunny skies early and clouds by the noon hour. this afternoon isolated thunderstorms much like the last several days and it will be another hot one today. 94 in fort collins and 91 in boulder and denver will be 90 degrees. there's a cool down coming. right now it's traffic time and joel is keeping an eye on that. >>> good morning, a couple trouble spots out there. side street issues and look at i-76 and i-270 this morning. you can see the volume we have on the roadways picking up as we head in the eastbound direction especially coming up in a bit. here's the tech center cam. look at the cars heading southbound through the bridges. take a look at the broader picture and you see all green that means we're at or near posted speed limits. the clean up stages and could cause delays for folks in the green mountain a

here's a look over downtown denver. bright and sunny, mid 80s, we'll hit the mid 80s across the plains, the metro area, a little bit cooler in the high country, buu we knew summer was. coming back. >> still august. you have time until the fall starts, right? >> well, a heads up this morning if you drive a mazda, the auto maker is recalling 190,000 of its cx 7 sports, the mod are 2007 to 2012. they say water could leak into parts of the car and cause you to lose control of your steering, so far, there have been no injuries or crashes because of this issue. >>> delta airlines pillts are planning to leave the cockpit for the picket lines. the pilots are at the atlanta headquarters, they are demanding 37% raises, the pilots union says their members wanls have yet to catch up with where they m were before they took pay cuts to help the company make up losses. >>> thousands of people could top competitors in he beer usch -- the go ahead to buy the competitor sab miller, but under the mmrger deal, 3% of the work force will be

a lot of congestion, and it's about 20 to 25 minutes into downtown denver starting at 120th. you can see on the map all the congestion, i-76 and 270, getting across downtown. we've had this auto/pedestrian accident 29th and tennyson. not a really big deal. also an accident being cleaned up near federal and evans. also one at monaco, cherry creek drive south. and we've had quite a bit of traffic on 225 down from parker road as well as police activity as they're watching all the speeders not also 225 near colfax and 6th avenue. >>> thanks, jayson. new developments in the zika virus situation. two new cases in arkansas. this is according to health officials there. they posted the story here online. this brings the total in that state, they have now 12 cases of those cases wwre all travel- related. at least two victims went to central america. the zika virus is a threat especially to pregnant women because it can cause birth infected also travel-related with zika this year. >>> denver 7 is staying on top of a developing story in sedgwick county. it's where the sheriff, tom hanna,

we have an odd situation in downtown denver right now, on the south side. guy got in an accident, pops and logan on the southbound side. called a tow truck, and they think he was under the influence, so the tow truck driver call the police. police get there, man stabs himself in the tummy. he is taken to the hospital and police are still investigating. that's what's going on here. north and southbound, there's southbound, northbound side of logan here, basically between south of speer, 3rd and 2nd, where it's closed down. going to grant is the way to get around it. easy to get around it. speer. of course, you could use some of the other side streets. rest of the drive looks nice. new accident at tenth and federal. north side looks okay. the drive out west at i-70 and c-470 at the mouth of the hog back looking good. truckers slowing down making their way west on i-70. >>> 5:53. look at the city this morning, from speer boulevard atop our studios. now it's 68 degrees. morning after getting attacked by a lion at a zoo in canada. she was all alone preparing his

that's where we find ourselves in downtown denver. 82 outside the studios. thunderstorms tracking today, thankfully not severe as of sitting up on the eastern plains, we've got to watch the storms east of akron. all of that tropical monsoon moisture coming up into southern colorado, and then being pushed off to the east. two areas of low pressure to the north of us. there is also a cool front to the north. it doesn't look like we're going to see much of a change in the current weather pattern. the heaviest rain will continue south of us, right through portions of new texas and oklahoma. that's a trend that continues into your thursday. temperatures a little below average, but maybe a degree or two warmer tomorrow. triple digit highs across the south, and across the southeast, with pockets of cool air to the north. but definitely feeling like fall as we move into the first few days of september. moving storms capable of w, but? producing heavy rain. flank. tomorrow, more cloud cover. those storms that develop in the foothills stay there for most of the day. s

that work we did reach out to police tonight with many questions including what's been done in downtown denver to protect the public they said they had many updates to provider didn't answer any questions thank you new tonight at 930 the denver the person responsible for headline of a bicyclist happened wednesday night net wealth and holly a suspect was driving a 2,009 ?-dash 2011 possibly gray honda civic the picture we are about the shaking of the actual vehicle but will look similar would also be missing the that driver-side mirror if you have any information as to call the denver metro crimestoppers after a man was found dead in his apartment the grieving family was told they'd have to pay his unpaid rent so they reached out to the fox 31 problem solvers for help >> the family tells me they were already struggling to pay for funeral expenses for their son who depended on disability checks to live that's one reason they cosigned on his rental agreement and then found themselves in an uphill battle with the rental company bobby zamora battles health issues for years but his family says he ma

this is about how many shots were fired last saturday in downtown denver. >> reporter: this downtown block turned into a war zone. we heard tat tat, tat. is that fireworks? >> reporter: james was across the street when rivam gang members open -- rival gang members fierpd on each other, gunfire sprayed throughout the block. honest took shelter in area bars. returning 12 hours later to, see how close they were to the violence. >> i noticed them taking pictures move my car, and i'm, like, is that a bullet hole? oh, my god, my car got shot! >> i have ten bullet holes on my car, and my windows are shattered. >> reporter: one man was killed and another injured who walked to an area hospital. few details, released we know the gang members involved were armed for battle. investigators say from 18 guns used on the scene. investigators have not said exactly what type of guns were used to create this amount of firepower. and no additional information about the suspect is known. stan bush, cbs4 news. >>> a man accused of shooting his wife and two neighbors in centennial will stand trial. kevin l

chris is up on the cbs4 roof top in downtown denver. it looks like the rain is sticking around. >> by far. the threat stays today, kelly. you can feel it if you step outside. it's very humid. some of our weather watchers using the word muggy to describe how it feels. take a look at the temperatures around the state. when you see every station basically wiin of each other, you know we have a lot of cloud cover around. clouds keep us uniformed mostly 50s and low 60s to start your day today. 59 degrees and bob has rain knocking on his door. here's doppler 4,000. rain showers in and around the area on the i-70 corridor. that's the only game in town. the batch of showers on the west side of the stage. possible thunderstorms. south west colorado you've seen pockets of heavy rain and you'll once again have a flash flood watch this afternoon and evening. kelly, we are hopeful for moisture in the metro area. a lot of us need it. we'll take a look at future cast and talk about the chances coming up. >> thanks, chris. parker police say they've fou

highlands ranch, denver and downtown all around 90 this afternoon. west, 74 in bailey this afternoon. eastern colorado, low to mid- 90s, similar to what we saw yet. we have a few storms popping up by 12:00, 12:30 and like yesterday, our threat for severe weather is going to be pretty low. storms likely after along i-25. then the skies clear with more sunshine and tomorrow we're tracking this next cold front. temperatures staying around normal in the upper 80s. the big drop is coming on friday. tomorrow we're a few degrees cooler, storms likely, mid-80s saturday it's going to feel a lot like fall. sunday 77 degrees, so looking pretty good. monday and tuesday we're in the 80s saturday? dinner under the stars at larimer square. doesn't look so great. picked the wrong night for that. >>> due to operational difficulties, the a-line is ?xperiencing severe delays. just getting this from rtd diligently to fix the issue. this is the a-line from union station to dia, several hours delay here. the northbound side looks okay. this ramp still looks closed from 6t

downtown denver. and 64 in sterling, with the 50s from nederland south toward evergreen. right now at the airport, winds out of the south at 7 miles an hour. mostly cloudy skies out there. temperatures here in the 9 backyard, well, kind of cool. almost need a jacket. we are at about 64. as we look ahead toward this afternoon, i think temperatures climb just a few more degrees. we are going to be in the lower 70s around the metro area. a little bit warmer with some more sunshine across the though up in the mountains. that's really where most of the shower activity has been. throughout the morning. the central mountains. into the foothills. and here downtown denver, we are finally getting a good soaking. i hope you like this free water. for your backyard. for all of that grass out there. and then along i-76, sterling, ileff, cedric, picking up light rain as well. tonight, the showers are ending and we will go with mostly cloudy overnight and a cool evening down to let the fresh air in. the rest of the afternoon, the showers are beginning to break apart. the area, 8:00, 9:00

. >>> a wild scene on the south side of downtown denver. you're looking at logan south of speer by 2nd, where a guy got into an accident, pops the southbound side of logan near 2nd and calls for a tow truck. when the driver arrives believes the man is under the influence. the tow truck driver calls police, when they arrive he stabs himself in the stomach. once they're done collecting the evidence and removing this vehicle, we can have logan open. yyu can get around it by using grant just a touch over to the west. you can also get around this accident at 10th and federal easily by going through the neighbor, in the middle of the intersection. the rest of the drive continues to get heavier, including 225, where you can see that on the camera at 225 and mississippi. >>> if you stepped away from your tv come back. there's a lot of people talking about this video this morning. if you look closely, as it comes up right there, see there's a woman driving. she's got her leg up on the dashboard and she's using her cell phone. this is while she's dri

. >>> officials in denver want downtown. the new beer garden downtown is trying to attract people to mall. >> when we're able to manage space, it encourages positive uses and discourages those negative uses, which we're all concerned about. >> this is there are plans in the works to run for a llnger period of time time. >>> more than 90,000 denver amanda del castillo has the superintendent this morning with more. >> reporter: thank you for joining us this morning. i know you were meeting with faculty and parents at 7:00. >> we want to emphasize the channes in growth we're seeing in southwest denver. this is one of the core areas of town. it's so important to focus resources and support in area. we have two new middle schools with personalized learning to meet the needs of these kids and be sure we're providing the opportunities to help close the gaps we see in our society. time overseas? >> it was a wonderful time to spend with my family and be together as a family and learn and grow, and also learn spanish . i'm excited to

it is not always covered by insurance. >>> it was quite a scene in downtown denver yesterday. if you were there you no doubt saw hundreds of people, most of them topless marching the e go topless event yesterday coincided with the 95th anniversary of the women's suffrage moment, which gave women the right to vote. they want to bring awareness to all gender equality issues. f0 we are talking about, in general women being equal to everyone in society. not just women. but all kinds of equality. >> the group told us they want to change the sexualized perception around female toplessness. although women are allowed to be topless in denver that's not the case all over the state. fort collins it is banned. f0 >> i'm glad it was warm. >> that would not be a great event in december. it is 5:25. we have a nice start. their's a liveelook at limon. you can see cloud cover this morning. it is going to be a pretty sunrise with that cloud cover. sunrise in about an hour. this morning we'll be in the low to mid 60s. partly cloudy for your kids. at the bus stop. warm this afternoon. low to mid

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one or two brief storms potentially creeping into the downtown denver metro area. by 6:00, 7:00, temperatures still in the mid to upper 70s. and by 10:00, when the guys are winding down the game, hopefully coming off the field with a be incredibly comfortable. we'll be watching for partly cloudy skies. right now, still monitoring a few showers. not a lot of action here in the city. that's a okay with me. across the eastern plains, we've had some severe thunderstorms across cheyenne, it kit carson counties, everything shifting east into kansas. i've seen reports of half dollar sized hail within that one particular cell and 60 miles per hour gusts. as we go throughout the remainder of this afternoon and evening, one or two just might we're left with a few clouds out there. and then over night, those clouds will start to thicken up and build back into the city. it was just a gorgeous start to the day. temperatures now in the low 80s here in the city. greeley, and fort collins, we're at 86. same in sterling, 50s and 60s. mainly up in the mountains. the rest of this eve

here in denver downtown a little bit warmer. now 82 degrees. we have a few clouds starting to build there in the by this afternoon mid- to upper 80s. chance for a few more storms today. 3 we'll talk about that. will be this afternoon and early evening, a better risk for severe weather tomorrow. to a house near carter lake last night. no homes were damaged. the fire burned 80 acres and was 65% contained. >>> this is a look at the firefighters on the scene yesterday trying to protect those homes. authorities tell us people had to be evacuated near bennett and del rio. >>> while firefighters continue to work that blaze, there are some steps you can take to make lames don't get too close to your home. you can cut ba to 100 feet from your house. and use fire resistant materials when building your home. >>> a fight ends with two people getting stabbed, two people in custody. one of the people arrested is also a victim. this happened near sheridan and 285. both the men were stabbed but police say they should be okay. >>> the attacks we've seen on the

getting slower. 20 minutes into downtown denver. south side still quiet. this indicating traffic lights not working right off of federal off of dartmouth. no other major issues. look at the streaming camera up to the north. this is i-25 in mulberry. no need to use an alternate around prospect. prospect is opened. it opened on friday. this s the first morning commute to use prospect in and out of fort collins. > . > denver police say a hit- and- run driver apparently had a change of heart. investigators tell us the driver left the scene of a fatal crash but then came back. the driver hit the pedestrian at alameda and morrison road at 8:00. f0 >>> now to anotherrdeadly accident on i-70 in arapahoe county. troopers say a man was heading westbound when he drifted township the shoulder and over corrected. he hit the median. that sent his truck into the eastbound lanes of traffic a second vehicle hit debris from the crash. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> denver police are trying to figure out what happened after a man is found dead. officers discovered the body

denver police to those patrolling as well. we did see a patrol car go down here and come back. it's not just the private security force. this was brought in by the downtown denver partnership. basically they wanted to stop viral videos, so they hired their own private security. this is allied barton security services, 24/7 in their blue shirts. they won't have guns, just pepper spray and handcuffs. we're told they base what they do on voluntary compliance. earlier today we saw a pair of these security guards go up to what appeared to be a homeless man and speak to him and they continued on. later i saw another one go up to a person and just speak to them. it's unclear whether or not they were then again, just continuing on. if there is an issue, a major safety or security issue, that will fall under dpd. if you're down here on the mall and feel unsafe, or see something, you are urged to call dpd. because this is a private security firm, there is no private dispatch and they can't really make arrests anyway. they don't have the authority to do that in those cases. so dpd as the chief said, will continue to have a presence down here. but now it is private

. >>> if the two of you can agree ongoing, defending the cave men is now on stage at the denver center downtown. for tickets enter our website. >>> if buy in lone tree yesterday you may have seen a familiar face. denver broncos super bowl mvp von miller put his skills to the test with the geek squad. he even dressed the part. some customers didn't know von was in the building. >> i was here to buy my daughter some electronics for school. so yeah, i wasn't expecting this at all. geek has been what separates geeks apart. >> the geek squad training was his full debut of a smeshl campaign for best buy how do you fix a computer, von? hit it. >>> housing in colorado is getting worse now you can get help with an outreach program designed to open doors. >> we're trying to appeal to land lords and property managers civic nature and see if we can get these folks with vouchers a chance. >> the colorado housing connection hotline number is there. you have that number as well as at cbsdenver.com. >>> an air ship dubbed the world's biggest aircraft will have to wait to fly. the blimp shaped ship had a techni

. >>> shocking new details about a shooting in downtown denver last week at 18th and market. the gunfight was much bigger than we thought. the d.a. said 200 rounds were fired and all those shots came from 18 different guns. police say it's gang related. and this sketch is circulating. parker police say this is the man who tried to expose himself to two girls earlier this week. if you know who this is, call police. >>> for the first time, denver police are talking to the denver 7 investigators about this video, showing one of the beatings on the 16th street mall. the commander of district 6 said overall crime is down on the mall compared to police also told us they did get there within about three minutes of the call but didn't make any arrests. >> a lot of people look at this arrested? why was no one >> we didn't have a victim that came forward. if we go there and had both parties involved, they would have been arrested. >> in july of this year, 134 people were arrested on the >>> some denverrneighborhoods say they are experiencing similar problems to the mall but say no one

it's part of the security action plan developed by the downtown denver business improvement district. this is not specific to guards, it includes all security im today they are going to discuss progress related to the plan. there will be a mum of private guards around the clock. we looked at the uniforms that the guard will be wearing. they aren blue. they will not e armed but they loitering or harassing people. olympic games continue to impress and keep bringing home more medals. >> battle on the beach. the united states takes on brazil but the americans could not pull off the win. this is jennings first loss. the uses will now bronze. >>> simone biles got her fourth gold medal. she won the floor exercise finals. it makes her the first american to win for medals in a game. the united states men team celebrated redemption. they scored to silver medals on in the women's 200-meters. the united states qualified two women to the finals. a show of dominance on the track in the men's 200-meters. two men moved on to the semifinals. -?but ooze champion bolt left t competition in his heat easi

. >> we got hit pretty hard in downtown denver. a bunch of dogs got stuck in the rain at coors field. >> the rockies had bark in park night, but the rain interrupted everything. because of the rain delay, they went till almost 11:30 last night. >> today it's a 1:10 first pitch. >>> this is a look at the bus stop this morning, upper 60s, it's another warm day. today upper 80s to near 90 in brighton, highlands ranch. by 4:00, up in the mountains scattered storms and showers, and about a 20% chance for those to roll east. temperatures will take a siif the week. we'll talk about the next cold front coming up and when we could see more severe weather in denver. >>> 20-year-old kyle couch is facing charges after police say he hit and killed a little girl three months ago. the 8-year-old was on her bicycle at the time of the crash. couch is accused of driving under the influence of denver started when detectives found 6 pound of heroin hidden inside some tires. in total, 47 pounds of the drug worth $2 million was seized. >>> a man who bec