they get a little heavier as you move into kansas and nebraska so we do have some showers going on in that part of the state. are we going to look at them? or not? there we go. we see them in the southeast corner of colorado. we had some rain here during the afternoon and evening yesterday, some spot to moderate they have i have rain going over an inch location around here, intense rainfall from 1.5 to 4.5 inches in and around el paso county and dense hail in colorado springs, partly cloudy most of >>> we have waves building on north carolina's outer banks. it could wash out the last weekend of the summer tourism system. there's a triple threat. two tropical depressions are targeting east coast, gulf coast and a hurricane is on track to hit hawaii. >> just kind of chaos out there right now. definitely don't advise swimming. >> if you're out there to your knee, you have to dig your feet in. >> not smart to be out right now. both depressions could become tropical storms today, according to the national hurricane center. north carolina's expecting some heavy rain and gusty wind today, ev

finally, you have as an outcome of the kansas-nebraska act, a civil war or the first battle of the civil war, some would say, in kansas. john brown bleeding kansas, increasing radicalization both north and south. quick tour of the 1850s there. >> perhaps before we open up the floor for questions, i might just read this statement from william stewart, just as all of this is being wrapped up, the compromise of 1850. stewart was an interesting man. he truly was a civil libertarian, truly a person who believed that the rights of african-americans were of concern. and this is what he said: i think it's wrong to hold men in bondage at any time and under any circumstances, and i think it right and just, therefore, to abolish slavery when we have the power at any time, at all times, under any circumstances. if the present is not the right time, then there must be or there must have been some other time, and that must be a time that is already passed or time yet to come. well, sir, slavery has existed here under this sanction of congress for 50 years undisturbed. the right time, then, has not pas

by morning, a few areas of fog and light shower near thee kansas, nebraska is water. 37 in leadville. there is less activity for tomorrow, some showers developing, the upper air disturbance movi of us. we will have a few storms possible but that will be a 20% chance. the temperatures nice, 82 degrees in the denver area, mid- 80s over the southeast, and you will like the forecast as we head into the holiday weekend. a few storms early tonight, then partly cloudy and 53. tomorrow, the high temperature at 82 degrees. we will have isolated storms. we have warmer drier weather coming up for the holiday. 88 saturday, 85 sunday, breezy and 78 degrees for labor day on monday. >> it looks like a great forecast. >>> coming up, big names, the switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. that's the speed you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... learn, shop and more with fast in-home wifi. so call 844-565-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan.

and especially in kansas, nebraska, and then over into eastern wyoming and the northern section of the nebraska panhandle. with recent rain, fire danger has slacked, just a little bit. moderate to low. across the state right now. and it gets progressively higher from utah to the west. and a dry start. a stormy finish. and fr out today, through dinnertime, thunderstorms are possible, in the area, remember, if you hear thunder, you want to head on inside, with some local downpours, and with some brief rain, with a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain possible. temperatures below average in the 70s. and appeal yakker the highs will -- amelia, the highs will be reached before 2:00 this afternoon. >> sounds good. a nice cool day ahead. >>> 5:31, a perfect start colorado springs drive and start out with the i-25 cam and wolfensburger cam. castle pines, colorado springs, castle rock, nice and clear, with speeds in the 60s. and c-460, 10 to 12 minutes between 25 and santa fe. 225 drive time, 10 minutes northbound and southbound. absolutely still in the green. metro wide, freeways are i

colorado, kansas, nebraska have signed resolutions, that will allow all water issues. it allows nebraska 49% of the river's wattr, kansas gets 40% in colorad been in a legal battle for the past 15 years. >>> plans to drain the reservoir has been and -- havv been postponed. those plans were canceled after parts of the nearby road co-ops. they report that the road collapse is not related to the reservoir problems.. >>> we have a traffic alert for you. if you're heading to downtown denver, there is a big road -- ban it -- it is closed due to the event at civic center park. >>> 300 volunteers are painting the streets. when there are -- when they are done there will be two blooks of artwork. this is south of the stanley marketplace project. >> my famous aviation. -- my theme is aviation, because this is now turning into marketplace. so that's why i decided to include any airplanes as a retro style old factory. >> you will also see symbols of colorado on the streets. they hope to finish the project in september. >>> if you are looking for something to do this weekend go to t

it will affect kansas and nebraska, 70s to near 80. think 50s. tomorrow, storms an afternoon round of storms could affect the mile high showdown. >>> 36 and pecos -- marty, you will love this view. this is the hail piled up from yesterday's storm so 36 between 72nd and u.s. 36 is going to the hail is. most of the paved areas have melted off but the fog is in the low lie areas where the cool air tends to settle it's safe to walk through. keep in mind it could be slushy so use caution as usual. >>> let's go to i-70 near york street and we have a stall, eastbound laof the exit near york street, washington, slowdowns for drivers from the mousetrap and eastbounders, around dalia street, and that is incredible, around 36 and pecos. lights will get more impressive as sky 9 circles over. >> will this make it easier? >> probably not. >>> we have seen people with their faces oblivious to world around them. we have probably been those people, too. >> i thought she was messing with me, thought she got a new app or something. >>> a florida woman saw something

right now, pretty quiet but you can see showers from the east in kansas and nebraska and will be in our back yard before we know it so enjoy the sunshine for now. 2:00, 3:00, we're watching pushing in. by 5:00 lincoln county, a good dose of the rain towards joulesburg and into nebraska and then also in the mountains so, again, along i-25, a couple of storms possible but doesn't look like a complete washout like the one storm cell yesterday. slow to warm up. we're at 68 at the airport, low 70s in northern colorado, 83 in lamar, a little warmer. we will be warmer within the next couple of days. i'm watching a few more storms out there and of course, colleen, all eyes on weekend, events going on so we have forecasts for it all. >> that humidity comes out from nowhere when it's been a nice couple of days. >> relatively dry. >> totally stands out. >> yeah, and it shows -- the hair. >> the hair. >> the hair. >> thanks, danielle. we'll check back in a bit. >>> after countless surgeries rehab, officer addsit returns to work. he was working during a protest when a car draggedded him down the roa

we have recovered pockets of heavy rainfall and a little bit to kansas and nebraska. take a look at what is happening to the southwest. we do have a monsoonal flow and we are tapping into all of that moisture so if you do get a storm, that pocket of heat is helping but we may still have some heavier rainfall and these could be some slower moving storms for us and you may get decent rainfall out of them, as well. looking to the futurecast, you could still have some heavy rainfall to the up, the potential is out there for us to have a couple of storms. and you may get him small hail extent as well. and we do have some rain in the southwestern corner. overnight tonight, there could be some rain out there down to the south tomorrow morning. maybe, some more fog to the planes and we're looking at a chance of more rain tomorrow mainly to the west. isolated storms to the eastern west. take a look at our temperatures. it is nice outside and the fog and the cloud cover really help to prevent us from warming up to much. 68 in boulder. 72 in the market and the high country, 75 i

we will have to watch this corner of the state for a few they will roll off into kansas and nebraska and we will be left with cloud cover. it could be cloudy tomorrow morning and maybe some patchy fog on the far north eastern plains. we could see a strong to severe storm in akron and fort collins you're included in the area. all of us at risk for a storm today possibly but the chances are fairly low. here's a nice warm up today. we're getting into not as hot in denver. we'll hang out at 90 degrees in the city and mid 90s on the south eastern plains and 80s to 90s on the western slope. the five day forecast shows the cool down. >> a little bit of everything there. >> an update on road construction in glenwood canyon. happen. they closed i-70 yesterday morning while they worked on rock fall mitigation work. that was a four hour long detour that took you over independence pass backing them up for at least an hour of course in the back ups as well. they were able to have some fun as part of that but that was a surprise for folks trying to get up and get out there. nice view though for fo

kansas. a nebraska girl who lost most of her scalp in a carnival ride accident is pushing for stricter laws to make rides safer. lulu's petition is asking for additional training for ride operators-- including medical training and c-p-r certification. chinh doan has more. (elizabeth lulu gilreath/ carnival ride accident survivor) "hi. i'm lulu. i'm trying to pass a law right now." at 11 years old., elizabeth lulu gilreath is already pushing for change after her life changed gilreath/ carnival ride accident survivor) "this is me before the accident. i was able to wear glasses and everything." lulu was critically hurt when her hair caught in the "handle bar assembly" of this carnival ride back in may. (elizabeth lulu gilreath/ carnival ride accident survivor) "i don't want any other kids to get hurt scalped - have to go through what i'm going through." now lulu and her family are gathering signatures.. (elizabeth lulu gilreath/ carnival ride accident survivor) "thank you for signing my petition." a petition.. with hundreds of signatures already on the first day. (susan perchal/ omaha mom) "and a

now into kansas and nebraska. warning in place until about 5:45 for parts of yuma county. around denver, over all it's been a really nice afternoon. a couple light rain showers pushing into fort collins. but here in the city, what you see is what you get. and that's nice bright blue skies. our temperatures have been sitting in the mid to upper 80s around here. some cooler numbers in burlington where those thunderstorms should push through. and up in the mountains, 60s and 70s. for us here in denver, only 3/100. typically, we should have a little shy of an in rainfall. we're begging for water. and these folks across the gulf are saying enough is enough. between the passed 48 hours, some locations have seen 1 to 2 feet of water come down. this is a look at the current radar image. you can see we have flash flood watch and warnings in place through tomorrow morning. we're watching for heavy rain over night. 1 to 3 inches by tomorrow morning. and unfortunately i wish we had better news but it looks like through next tuesday. >> so much in a short period of time. >> it's just a

and it does look like we see some pockets of dense fog early on stretching into kansas and nebraska and a few more thunderstorms by this afternoon. i like to compare this to, if you were to put some popcorn kernels right on a pan, a few of them popping up and becoming a little bigger. that happens with some of our storms in the afternoon. so it is tough to tell which neighborhoods will get the heavy rain. some people were dry and others in heavy showers. payment divide -- palmer divide some heavier showers and overnight, a few isolated up into the foothills and along i- 25. early tomorrow morning, the skies will clear a bit more and tomorrow afternoon, a lot drier, a lot less activity across northeastern colorado. but down to the southwest, telluride and durango will likely see showers thursday afternoon. so drier weather thursday a and early evening storms on friday. rocky mountain showdown is on friday. and we've been watching the forecast all week. and you'll fined by the the start of thattgame, the temperatures in the low to mid- 80s and we'll drop into the 70s with a 10% chance for

kansas-nebraska act. documents you would have learned about in school come to life through the african american lens. as you mentioned, there are many documents that we thought out, speeches, sermons, newspaper articles written by african-americans, speaking back to the moment. you will see these documents in conversation with the african american community and you get an understanding about how african americans helped develop the notion of freedom, liberty, citizenship in the united states. >> let me take you back to one of our most important artifacts, a slave cabin from south helped tohat mary collect. let's go back and look at the cabin. when we were preparing to build this museum, the number one issue that people wanted to talk about and the number one issue people did not want to talk about was slavery. in some way, we really feel that part of our contribution is helping americans grapple with the impact of slavery. for african americans, not to slavery as something embarrassing, but to remind all

from sterling towards sydney, we have up into wyoming and kansas and nebraska, very heavy rainfall. so it potentially is rainy tonight. we are watching some storms up in the higher elevations coming this direction, but it will be very cool tomorrow. highs in 70s for most of the prong ainge, and -- front range and it looks like the rain will stay an for a couple of days. 47 days of 90s here in the denver area. 87 degrees is normal, so we're not too far from where we should be and 98 is the record set back in 2013. as we go into our evening tonight, we'll have temperatures in the 60s. a few 50s popping up, and then low 70s tomorrow afternoon. i do think we'll have clearing into this evening and tomorrow so you see on the future cast, by 9:00 tonight, we have some quiet weather here for the front range. and even into dorm morning, around 6:00, a -- tomorrow morning, around 6:00, moisture. that changes as we go into the afternoon. by 5:00, you see from denver all the way up towards sterling, we do have rain and potentially thunderstorms and another round by about 9:00 in the evening as

quickly off to the east here into kansas and nebraska. a few scattered showers to the south and some disturbed weather for the higher elevations. really just outflow of the storms trying to get going but they're not able to so we have gusty winds through the high country. but here in denver, its been very quiet. scattered showers moving out of the way for extreme northeastern colorado. flooding may be an issue as these rain showers have had a lots farther to the south, we also have showers and perhaps aalittle small hail involved with that particular storm. just passing through fort collins, rain and some lightning up toward wellington. we expect a few scattered thunderstorms across the eastern plains tonight. not so much around denver. warmer into next week as that dry air settles in. we will haae scattered showers as we get toward the end of the week and 88 degrees for oor high today which is right on target. we also have an ozone action alert day in effect for tomorrow as well. we had one in effect today for high pollution levels. temp

showers pushing into nebraska and kansas by about 10:00, along the eastern plains as well. tomorrow, not gonna be the best air. unhealthy for sensitive group. visibility poor by the afternoon the at a. one or two thunderstorms crossing the i-25 corridor. not everyone will see the rain. upper 80s, dry along the plains on sunday. and there's the 90 degrees back for >>> mark reynolds has been a solid addition to the rockies this year. his season may be over. he needs surgery on a broken hand. his return in 2016 is in question. charlie blackmon had a memorable night in philadelphia. rockies' leadoff became the 15th player in franchise history to homer thee times in the same game. end. 17 games to start a career, tying baseball's all-time record. jon gray gave up 6 earned runs, including a grand slam to ryan howard. phillies 10-6. >>> penny fowler blocked an and don't count out cody latimer. he led all wide receivers with 7 catches for 82 yards. kubiak not surprised to see latimer or fowler playing well. >> kids that are having good camps, they come out and play good in the pres

just over the state line in nebraska and kansas, and some of the areas like the airport, they have had 2 inch was rain, some of those and warnings going on through the next several hours. we really dodged a bum on severe weather today. tomorrow -- a bullet on severe weather today. tomorrow will be a different story. low pressure moving across wyoming. when that moves through eastern colorado, that's when we'll really start to see a change. and that happens tonight into tomorrow. cooler temperatures, coolest down to pueblo with the 70s. into wyoming, there's 60s and and all that cool air will just start oozing down in here. so we got a cooler day tomorrow, cool day on saturday. and we break back into summertime on sunday. a half and half weekend ahead. 90 detail was our high. that happened at 126. and then that front came through and dropped us like a rock out there. 87 was the downtown temperature. out there now, we're 73 degrees in the city with a northwest wind at 10 miles per hour. he has when that front came through, he had a peak of 31 miles per hour. it was hauling, really whippi

there were a lot of other things that happened, the kansas/nebraska act. all kinds of things going on at the same time, roughly in the late 1850's. any one of those, you could say, well, it is one of the place where is the civil war really began, where the roots of the civil war are. long before the first gun was fired at fort sumpter in south carolina, there's were many things leading the country on the road to civil war and one of the was the case heard in this building the case of dread and harriet scott. it is told on this large level as someone sues and it is a deciding factor of the civil war. the people themselves get lost in the story. dred scott was a st. louisian. he came here and lived here. he was born probably in the late 1790's, early 1800's and he was born on a plantation by a family named blow. they moved and they took dred scott with him and tried to make it a go on another plantation and failed there. they moved to st. louis and bought a hotel and tried to do a different type of work to make their living. they found that they needed ready

and mainly from greeley, to the east, stretching all the way out into kansas and nebraska. >> thank you, marty. 6:27. and we have our first highway crash of the morning drive, and most parts of denver are clear. and c-470, 225, 6th avenue, all looking great. but as we zoom it in to the north side, we have a southbound 25 crash. reported near northernton to 112th and 14 minutes is the drive time from e-470 to the i- 70 merge and a live look at 92nd avenue as you make the approach to 84th. >> amelia, thank you much. >>> if you saw a whole bunch of people show up at your house without permission. you would be pretty upset, >>> three months ago, he wasn't mentally fit enough to face the justice system. and now, he has had treatment. the planned parenthood shooter, is he ready to stand trial now? >> the post-season, the post- peyton season, begins today. >> that is true. the broncos face the bears tonight in the first preseason game and we could see a big question finally answered. >> and michael phelps breaks another olympic record. this one is as old as the games themselves. >> cool. >> an

by 10:00 everything is pushing out to nebraska and kansas. this is going to be the bull's- eye for trouble. across southeast colorado. and many locations across the front range and out there in the high country, easily looking at two or three inches of water through the weekend. tomorrow 79, partly cloudy skies with some of upper 70s in the metro. northern colorado with the 60s and low 70s out to the west. so it certainly will feel a little bit warmer than today but we will be stuck with the clouds and stuck with the storms tomorrow. things turn more isolated by sunday and we will crank things up to the 90s and that summer we right after this. wall street like report that came out. the labor department showed numbers higher than expected. stocks had the best day in a >>> from colorado's sports leader, here is drew soicher. >> the most significant milestone in coors field history is likely to be reached this weekend. maybe even tonight. miami marlin outfielder itcherro suzuki is in town. he is two base hits short of 3,000 for his magnificent m

fort collins is included in the area near sterling and akron and they will roll off into nebraska and kansas later tonight. here's the risk area for a couple strong storms, maybe even severe in fort collins and watch you closely this afternoon. near 90 today in denver so slightly cooler than yesterday. it will be in the 90s in the arkansas river valley. oisz to near 90s on the western slope -- -- 80s. you see the cool down there. i think tomorrow in denver we get a slightly better chance for afternoon storms. >>> cool front, not cold front. i got it. moet is warming up out there. you need the brakes koun there in the southbound direction. this is the cbs4 mousetrap cam and i've had folks asked what is that. it's an old term to identify i-25 and i-70. this is i-25 just to the north of i-70 or the mousetrap. here we are coming into town. speeds in the 50s and 60s. we are getting false returns in the eastbound direction, that similar situation along i-76. here we are across the denver metro area. i-225 nice and wide open. residual slowing near king carol as they continue paving operations there

anti-catholicism vote more prevalent in the southern states as compared to like the midwest, say, kansas, nebraska, etc.? and i also wanted to know, he had a fallout with f.d.r., i was surprised to hear he endorsed wendell wilkie in 1940, but i'd like to know how did he feel about social security? peter: all right. caller: thank you. peter: john? john: he did well in new york. he always did well in new york city. he did extraordinarily well in his own district. but he just couldn't make it up over the whole state. the other question, what was the other? peter: well, did he win new york city? do you know off hand if he won in 1928? john: oh, i don't recall. i don't think he did. peter: not even in new york city? john: new york city also had outer boroughs that had republican dominance, which is still the case in staten island. but in but in pockets of queens as well. peter: social security? john: the issue on social security is something that smith had tried to implement in new york state when it came to widows and orphans' pensions. he tried to experiment with health insurance for industrial worke

still a few showers off into nebraska and kansas this morning. and then we get a little more -?activity by 3:00, 4:00, a few more storms popping up. it does look like it will be isolated for us here in denver, slight chance down south along the palmer divide will pick up a few storrs and southern mountains, popup storms in the afternoon. they will be slow movers. heavy rain, a half inch to an inch a short amount of time. and it looks like 8:30 tonight and into early tomorrow morning, the skies will clear out a bit more and we'll see tomorrow some drier weather. fewer storms expected through the end of the week, only about a 10% chaace on friday. and it's going to get a little warmer. so we have two bright spots thursday and friday, mid- o upper 80s for the end of the week. and pretty warm still through the holiday isolated storm on saturday. but sunday looks sunny. so overall, it will be a dry four day period from thursday into sunday and the 1st f next week on labor day. and upper 70s on monday. >> a smooth drive even though we have the wet weather to deal with this morning. an

all of the severe storms pushing into nebraska and kansas tonight, fast moving storms producing a little rain, wind and lightning. the heavy weather is east of burlington tonight, heaviest storms around big springs and dallas and jackson up memphis. the cool air is scouring out. the low drops south and pushes in enough moisture that with heating of the day we'll get a couple thunderstorms move off the foothills during the 3 to 5 p.m. time period. moisture is much moral limited. we're -- more limited. we're starting to see that warming and drying trend. on the futurecast there's another little wave of showers that might push over the urban sunshine tomorrow, a nice warm day and then those foothill thunderstorms start to develop pushing east over the urban corridor in the afternoon. i don't think we'll be dealing with severe weather, but look at this line of storms that pushes out of southeastern colorado tomorrow afternoon. not entirely quiet statewide. we've got 30s and 40s in the high country tonight, 50s on the plains, warmest temperatures tomorrow in southeastern colorado, 84 in denve

, de un sistema frontal que en horas de la tarde va a repetir estas tormentas para oklahoma, kansas, nebraskaen el fin de semana afectarÁ porciones del valle de ohio y el este de la naciÓn. en miami tenemos mÁximas de 88, solamente un 20% de actividad de lluvia, mÁs que todo hacia el interior. eso sÍ, las temperaturas estÁn bordeando casi los 90 grados. en houston y dallas, de un 40 a 60% de actividad de precipitaciones. mÁximas en los 88, mÍnimas en los 73. para el oeste de la naciÓn, en los Ángeles, continÚan los avisos y alertas por incendios forestales. mÁximas en los 86 y mÍnimas en los 61. en chicago, tiempo mayormente seco. mÁximas en los 88. eso sÍ, maÑana un 80% de actividad de lluvia, asÍ que paraguas en mano. vamos con karla y alejandro, para conectarnos directamente con los Ángeles. karla: eso me gustÓ, carito. despuÉs no digan que no avisÓ! alejandro: nos vamos directamente para palmdale california. llega el fin de semana. quÉ mejor que ir a disfrutar de un rancho! buenos dÍas, nitzia! nitzia: hola, ahora sÍ! pum pum. karla: quÉ bonita te ves, bien vaquera! alejandro: te faltan l

also have heavy storms and potential flooding along and east of the border with kansas and nebraska. 70s, 80s for lower elevations with the sunshine, we will get into the mid-80s today, 50s and 60s in our mountains. today partly sunny, an ice late shower here, foothills areas -- isolated area, mountain areas and along 285 that's where we have the best chance for rain today. limited, limited light showers in the next few days. don't look for much rain coming up early tomorrow or wednesday and it gets even drier going into the holiday weekend as temperatures again soar back up >>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it is monday, august 29th. it's 8:30 in the morning. a beautiful crowd out here on the plaza. there's zoe that we love. >> we should set zoe up with boomer. >> i like that. matt is off this morning. he'll be back tomorrow. carson is back, which is the greatest. >> coming up, toothpaste is so last season. powder. i love how the audience screams for toothpaste. it's about powder. one of the high tech beauty products you want to get your hands on from magnetic ma

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that cell once over yuma county now into parts of nebraska, kansas, picking up about lightning strikes. here in the metro area a couple light showers and then i think things wind down. 49 in sterling, mid-50s in lamar, 40s in frisco, aspen, grand lake a frosty start, around 38 degrees saturday morning. i'll time it out so you can plan the rest of your evening. at 5:00 shows showers one or two moving throughout the metro area, but they're gone like 8:00 perhaps a few more pushing in across northeastern colorado and then we're done. tomorrow morning we wake up, a bit of sunshine around the city and a little fog across the far eastern plains. by afternoon we'll watch for round 2 pushing into the city. a couple possibly strong storms moving in around 4:00, 5:00. all you folks at sports authority field, if you're get messy. it will be brief. it looks like everything pushes out in time for the game day forecast. by 10:00 tomorrow evening everything starts to move out and i don't anticipate any severe storms tomorrow. i think that mainly will be confined out in chicago and minneapolis. 83, so

just days aftr a 10-year- old boy died on a water slide at the schlitterbahn water park in kansas city.. a nebraska girl is trying to make carnival rides safer - after losing most of her scalp in an accident on a ride. back i elizabeth lulu gilreath was critically hurt, when her hair got caught in the handle bar assembly of a ride. now, she's leading a petition drive to create "lulu's law" which would require additional training, including cpr certification, for ride operators. elizabeth lulu gilreath/ carnival ride accident survivor "i don't want any other kids to get hurt scalped - have to go through what i'm going through." lulu and her family have already gathered hundreds of signatures their job is to protect and serve. but missteps by some have left honorable law enforcement officers in a thin veil of negativity. a whole community has rallied to change that. beverly taylor reports on a remarkable effort in kenosha. katie sielski seal-ski has a certain perspective about law enforcement. her husband is a detective. "i just feel like law enforcement officers do so much more than what is shown.at

there's sunshine and at 9:00 the clouds will be hanging tight across the eastern plains and in nebraska and kansas. today was a hot 1, 92 now, 97 in sterling, 100 in lamar, mountain communities mid-70s in kremmling, about 72 in gunnison today we did it. we are officially average, 41 days in the 90s. so far this summer season that's typical. now we'll watch for more above average kind of days. 75 tonight. hey, you going to red rocks? it's sold out. i think maybe one or two early showers if you're waiting in line around 7:00, going to get your seats, but by the time the show starts at 8:00 you should be good breezy conditions. this evening a couple storms. we will watch for a cold front to push through and knock down our temperatures. we're also talking about the perseid meteor shower late thursday night into friday for those folks who like to go out and check in the views. >> will we be able to see the showers is the question. it's up to us to find our own seat and listen to you. >> out in the middle of nowhere with no light pollution. >>> boulder county is the latest part of our state to be hit by

also got them here between nebraska and kansas, and the north pulling out showers and thunderstorms, but pretty quiet right now. here other showers and thunderstorms right probably get pretty close to the front range. fort collin, probably a few rumbles of thunder or showers. veil, a little snow. look how quickly they dissipate when they hit that dry airfare over the front range. and the afternoon could see a few scattered showers, maybe one or two pass through denver, not a big deal. sunday pretty much the same situation just dissipating, moving off to the east, and high pressure will begin to scoop up that warm desert air and fush over colorado. that is gonna hang on for at least the next 6-10 days around here. tropical storm gaston! winds to 65 miles an northwest at 17 miles an hour. you see all this moisture, and the flow pushing this way? that's because some strong winds winds, lester moving west northwest at 9 miles an hour ways away from the u.s., but heading for hawaii high pressure ridge building over colorado, just going to stay here. that is warmer weather, basically dry.

if you're heading into kansas or into nebraska we have thicker fog this morning. looking at our satellite and radar, we're dry with clouds and clear skies as you head west. there's rain down into our south eastern corner. let's look at our future cast for today. start. afternoon lunch time, scattered skies into our san juans. we have a chance for scattered showers even here in denver through the afternoon and evening. even though that's not showing up in the future cast. if you get a storm, the potential for heavy rainfall is there. be careful with that. and then overnight tonight, thee fog that develops on the eastern plains by tomorrow morning. here in denver, we may get that as well especially near the foothills and we have clear skies off to our west and tomorrow, you got it. we have thunderstorms and rain that are fairly scattered with pockets of heavier rainfall. bus stop should be nice. temperatures in the low 60s, upper 50s and a few clouds, nice morning and a little chill in the air and for your hour-by-hour forecast, temperatures into the 70s by noon and

guy -- he was beloved by the jewish immigrants of new york city and the prairie populists of kansas and nebraska and oklahoma. because debs' socialism is what you might call the socialism of the heart. he was not theoretical. he -- he just spoke the language of outrage against injustice. that's what debs spoke of. capitalism was -- and to do that, he drew on american language. the declaration of independence, all men are created equal, and christian language. he, himself, was not a religious man at all. he was more of a reader, follower of thomas payne, but kind of christian radicalism of, you know, jesus throwing the money to changers out of the temple and things like that. the evil of riches. he opposed talk of violence, of sabotage. he spoke -- he said, again, socialism would come through democratic means, through elections, through organization. and, you know, maybe the best way to summarize him is through his great speech. we'll hear more about this. in 1918 when he is jailed for opposing american involvement in world war i. he gives his famous speech at his sentencing where he says, while

guy -- he was beloved by the jewish immigrants of new york city and the prairie populists of kansas and nebraska and oklahoma. because debs' socialism is what you might call the socialism of the heart. he was not theoretical. he -- he just spoke the language of outrage against injustice. that's what debs spoke of. capitalism was -- and to do that, he drew on american language. the declaration of independence, all men are created equal, and christian language. he, himself, was not a religious man at all. he was more of a reader, follower of thomas payne, but kind of christian radicalism of, you know, jesus throwing the money to changers out of the temple and things like that. the evil of riches. he opposed talk of violence, of sabotage. he spoke -- he said, again, socialism would come through democratic means, through elections, through organization. and, you know, maybe the best way to summarize him is through his great speech. we'll hear more about this. in 1918 when he is jailed for opposing american involvement in world war i. he gives his famous speech at his sentencing where he says, while

the chances are there when you get the extreme heat and humidity in texas, oklahoma, nebraska, kansas, the ohio valley. we will get that heat and humidity the next 4 days. here is a look outside, good looking cumulus clouds as the boats are making their way up and down the east river here. a lot of boat traffic here at noon time. hazy, humid, temperature, 91. noal temperature this time of the year is 83. normally down side of a dog days of summer on the 11th, usually when they end and the dog star doesn't rise until the 15, but dog days are running late. 57% humidity makes it uncomfortable. 83 is the normal high. sun sets just about 8:00. we will have a pretty hazy thunderstorm. the sizzle is until sunday. heat advisory. third heat wave for most, second in central park and a thunderstorm risk to go with that into the weekend. 91 right now in elizabeth, 89 for mont clair to bridgewater. the coastal sections a little cooler with the southwest wind coming across the atlantic waters here. here is how it feels, 100 in the park now, 102 in newark, and that is in the shade. 91 tom's river. h

i believe that states like kansas and nebraska which had large fundamentalist population for also during his day for very progressive. today, they are extremely conservative, what happened to cause this change? >> will thomas, what did happen? >> well, that's a great question. i think the progressivism that bryan had a great deal deal to do with the economic condition of his day. >> the prosperity that came forward in american life changed that in the 20th century in ways that bryan could not predicted. in terms of today's conser conservativism, also shadowed that. >> helping those in the cities and helping those in need and that branch of christian thought and experience did not grow in the same way as the fundament fundamentalist movement. >> chris is joining us in aus n austin. oh, did you want to follow up? >> what will said is quite right. another thing to think about is both liberalism and conservative change their views towards active christianity of public life. liberals generally and white liberals got on public -- and became more identified with big cities and pluralistic and r

stated that william jennings bryan was a fundamental and progressive, and i believe states like kansas and nebraska, which had large fundamentali populations were also during his progressive. today they are extremely conservative. what happened? >> will thomas, what did happen? . >> that's a great question, i think the impressionism had a great deal to do with the economic conditions of his day. the prosperity changed that, in ways that bryan couldn't have predicted. in terms of today's conservativism, bryan also foreshadows some of that in his commit me commitment but he faith was based around a social gospel movement, helping those in the cities, helping those in needs and that branch of christian thought and experience did not grow in the same way. >> chris is joining us -- >> just one quick question -- what will said is right. both liberalism and conservat e conservativism changed their views. >> and the issues with are different, too. abortion and gay marriage were not issue foss bryan. and the iron way, the rail roads, the work of will thomas. you've been patient, chris, thank you for waiting

and i believe states like kansas and nebraska, which had large fundamentalist populations, were also, during his day, very progressive. today, they are extremely conservative. what happened to cause this change? >> will thomas, what did happen? >> well, that's a great question. i think the progressivism that bryan espoused had a great deal to do with the economic conditions of his day. and the prosperity that came forward in american life changed that in the 20th century in ways that bryan couldn't have predicted. in terms of today's conservatism, bryan also foreshadows some of that in his commitment to faith and public life. but his faith, as michael's already pointed out, was based around the social gospel movement and applied christianity, helping those in the cities, helping those in need, and that branch of christian thought and experience did not grow in the same way as the fundamentalist movement. >> chris joins us -- did you want to follow up? >> before we go to austin, what will said is quite right. another thing to think about there, too, both liberalism and conservatism cha

last night storms are out nebraska and kansas. thunderstorms start to develop, we go in waves through the afternoon and evening. lasting well past sunset tonight. at not only could we see strong winds and hail but locally heavy rain, more than one inch up and down the front range. stormy evening for us today. 70s before the storms begin, with 60s in mountain areas. clear out west. here come the storms cutting across from summit county to the east. very heavy thunderst this evening. hot out west. showery especially summit county to the east. and we hit our highs before 2:00 today, in the low 70s. and then the thunderstorms begin around the area. last through the evening. cloudy overnight and a very cold saturday morning with lows in the 40s. we rebound nicely, move back to the 70s, gorgeous night tomorrow night for the broncos and then the warmup is on for the early part of next week. sky9 over florida and alton where a traffic accident has taken place. the road is partially blocked across florida but traffic is detoured around by

, you get a progressively through central colorado into the san juans and then out over the kansas and nebraska borders. temperatures in the 70s to near 80 today, right at 80 with partly cloudy skies most of the day just fantastic. after 4:30 we start to see a buildup and a better chance for storms during the evening. tomorrow storms again in and near the metro area and the foothills and they roll back down our way on friday >>> it is 8:30, the 31st day of august. yes, the last day of august. tomorrow is september. we have labor day weekend. we say it all summer long but summer's over. >> it is. >> but we are going to have one last hurrah. alicia keys on the plaza this friday, our final summer concert and we cannot wait for that. >> still ahead this morning we've got handy diy organization ideas. these will help your kids rule at school this year. >> and class is in session for us, too, as we turn the plaza into a science lab, testing our knowledge or lack thereof. you want to stand back for this. garden on the go keeps on trucking. she's making roasted veggie tacos with a strawberry salsa. >>

could have strong ones moving into nebraska as well as kansas. a couple snow showers going in the central mountains and the system pushing out in time for the weekend. weekend looks fantastic. nice and y no coats needed. threat for seeing severe thunderstorms tomorrow, it will be out there. just little sliver of southeastern colorado. little sliv out there -- sliver out there in northern colorado as well. i want to show you the drought monitor. oiths been an extremely dry month of august for many of us here in colorado. denver especially. looking at normally dry shade hitting parts of larimer and boulder counties. looking at a moderate trout already. this rainfall is good news. look at this. today this is where our drought monitor stands. a year ago, hardly had anything going on. we were about -- three inches above today. right now we're so close to seeing 10 inches for the entire year. so that's kind of where nice change of pace tomorrow. numbers in the mid-70s. 62 in frisco. 60s again with the scattered showers in the foothills. mid to upper 70