i'm vida urbonas, that coming up. >>> everyone is watching, he needs to put on the best show possible. we talk to the man behind tonight's olympic ceremony. >> welcome to 9 news, i'm john filling in for gary this morning. >> cool down does continue weekend? >> we are going the be climbing out of it a lyover the weekend. today, cloudy fort collins, cleared a bit in the metro area as we had a couple of showers move through. we may see one or two light rain showers from time to time, not going to be a big thing. temperatures holding in the 60s this morning. we have seen small pockets of rain, coming and going and fizzling. northern colorado, light showers there, and along the peak to peak highway. shouldn't affect you at all. if you e morning, with so many breaks in the overcast, rain will pick up through the afternoon today, especially after 3:00 this afternoon, front range mountains and foothills hit the hardest, we could see one or two downpours between 3:30 and 7:30 this afternoon. flash flood watches expanded. down through black hawk central city in to colorado springs, through then

9news reporter vida urbonas will have more on that -- coming up. it's been gone for seven years -- 9news reporter vida urbonas has more on its return.. vida...this is something that people have wanted for a while now... winter park will announce details about train times and tickets .. today .. after a 7 year hiatus .. the ski train will run from here at union station .. to a new platform at winter park ski resort .. this of course will start this ski season. in the past .. the ski train ran from 1940 to 2009. it was discontinued in 2009.. it was jt run. so now .. amtrak is partnering with winter park to bring the train back. in march of 2015, amtrak and winter park offered skiers a chance to try out a ski train for two days. tickets sold out for both days. amtrak studied that trip to see if it made sense to make it a more regular ride.. cdot also studied that trial weekend .. it said the ski train could take up to 500 vehicles off of i-70 during peak ski traffic times. this morning.. winter park will give us more details about train times and tick

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 tem center. >> in the situation last month for the shooting at an entire work community in the downtown area. i think it's important for folks to have a better

environmental groups are suing-- challenging federal oil and gas leasing on public lands. 9news reporter vida urbonas is is the information center .. and vida .. government to consider climate change in all of this. this map shows the areas addressed in the lawsuit.. they include colorado wyoming and utah.. adlib .. in the lawsuit .. the 2 environmental groups say the federal government needs to consider the potential effects of climate change before allowing oil potential effects of climate change before allowing oil and gas drilling on public land. the federal lawsuit filed thursday in washington, d.c. .. challenges almost 400 oil and gas leases the u.s. bureau of land management recently has issued in wyoming, utah and colorado. the groups wildearth guardians and physicians for social responsibility say almost 10 percent of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions trace back to publicly owned oil and gas reserves. a spokesperson for blm says they can't comment.. doesn't let them comment on pending litigation. several groups have joined in a movement to end fossil-fuel extraction on public lands. the u.s. cha

heavy rains triggered flash floods friday night. 9news reporter vida urbonas has more. >> reporter: a flash city. last night torrential rains inundated the city swamping cars and turning the streets in river. water was nearly up to the rooftops of cars. residents were urged to move to higher ground. once this water started going down, crews are checking the cars to see if anybody was trapped inside. the stormy weather was part of the same system that produced tornados earlier in the day. and in indianapolis, streets and intersections flooded after stranded. one driver tried to cross a flooded underpass. didn't work out so well. her suv began to float, and the driver was then forced to wade to safety. she wasn't the only driver trying to make it out. >> kicked my door in and get out and swim away. >> you couldn't get the window open? >> i had to kick it hard because the current's coming this way. so thank god i had my daughter in the car. >> a foot of water will float want you to remember this phrase. it's best to turn around, don't drown. in the information center, vida urbonas, 9news

and it's led them to a lot of cash. 9 news reporter vida urbonas is looking into the report. an investigation by our partners at usa today .. finds dea airline across the country .. as well as on amtrak trains.. dea units assigned to 15 of the nation's busiest airports have seized more than 209- million dollars in cash from more than 5- thousand people over the past decade. justice department reports say they concluded the money was linked to drug trafficking .. the dea reportedly gets the information about the passengers from informants inside the travel industry... for example a ticket counter. the report finds agents assigned to stations singled out passengers for questioning or searches.. after they buy one way tickets or pay for tickets in cash. in most cases .. records show the agents gave the person they profiled a receipt when they took the suspected drug money .. but never detained them or even charged them with a crime. a former supervisor of the dea group .. says the dea counts on this as part of its budget the airlines say they did not know about this. the dea is

helps victims -- says domestic violence is a complex, community-wide issue.. 9news reporter vida urbonas will meeting -- coming up at 5. the man accused of killing his neighbor - and then wounding his wife and her friend -- is due in court today. kevin lyons is accused of shooting and killing dr. kenneth atkinson back in april. atkinson was trying to help the two women-- when he was shot. today's preliminary hearing was pushed back until experts determined that lyons interrupted court proceedings several times in the past to try to talk to the judge. he has changed public defenders three times. lyons faces 14 charges-- including first degree murder, attempted first degree murder and first degree assault. it attracts hordes of loyal customers from across the region. now ikea says it's considering a second location along the front range -- but don't grab your wallets and run out the door just yet -- it could take a while. the swedish company is looking of land near i-25 and east baseline road. but a spokesperson says there's no specific timeline for planning, building or opening the store.

leaked into water near the gold king mine after heavy rains earlier this week. 9news reporter vida urbonas is here with more.. .vida - this was a tough situation the last time around... why weren't people warned about this latest leak? local officials say the release wasn't big enough to warrant a public warning. the environmental protection agency says some metals escaped into a treatment plant after heavy rains near the site of an earlier mine waste spill. this is file video from the major spill in 2015 .. in this new incident.. which happened tuesday .. the epa hasn't said what the metals were .. or just how much were released near the gold king mine. local officials have told the durango herald the release wasn't big enough to warrant a public advisory. the agency says officials say the problem was corrected in about two hours. an epa-led crew inadvertently triggered a 3- million-gallon spill at the mine in august 2015.. the spill tainted rivers in colorado, new mexico and utah. while officials have continued to look for a long term solution from that 2015 spill .. a treatment plant wa

we are waiting on word on how much leak and what type of metals they were. 9 news reporter vida urbonas is joining me now. and people in the area are concerned that they weren't warned about this week last week. >> they have to find out on their own. and officials say the release wasn't that big. so they are saying that is why they didn't warrant a public warning. it is the treatment plant says some metals escaped into the colorado creek from a waste water treatment plant after heavy rain near the waste spill. and that is file video from the major spill in 2015. local officials have told the durango herald that release just wasn't big enough to warrant that public advisory. the paper says an internal alert was sent out tuesday with epa staff and local officials but the epa did not notify the the heavy rains caused an overflow and released discolored water into cement creek on tuesday. and the environmental protection agency has not said what metals they were or how much was released into the waters near the gold king mine. and the agency says the metals have been at least partially trea

vida urbonas is here. and the epa has not said how much got into the water. >> reporter: not a lot of details released at this point. in the new incident that we talked about tuesday, the environmental protection agency metals those were, in the first place, and we are still waiting to hear about that, and this all happened tuesday at the treatment plant, north of silverton, and the epa has set up that plant, after the gold king mine waste spill last year. this is file video, from that major spill in 2015. and local officials have told the durango herald the release wasn't big enough to warrant a public advisory when it happens. the paper is reporting an internal alert was tuesday among epa staff and local officials but the epa did not identify the public or the media about the spill. the heavy rains caused an overflow and it leads discolored water into cement creek on tuesday. the metals have been at least partially treated right now. officials say the problem was corrected in about two hours. and the epa

and 9 news reporter vida urbonas is looking into this new investigation. vida? >> good morning, this comes from an investigation by our partners at "usa today," and now, it found d. e. a. agents million in cash from more than 5,000 people over the past decade. however, in most cases, the suspected drug money was taken from the person they profiled, gave them a receipt, but the report says they never detained them or even charged them with a crime. and nearly $11 million was seized from d.i.a. the investigation finds the d. e. a. has profiled passengers at nearly every major airline across the country and amtrak trains. the justice department reports that money was indeed linked to drug trafficking. the d.e.a. reportsly gets the information about the passengers from informants inside the travel industry. for example, from the ticket counter employee. the report finds agents assigned to airports and train stations singled out passengers for questioning. or searches. after they might have bought like one way tickets or paid for their tickets in cash. >>> and now, a

and 9 news reporter vida urbonas is live at union station, where the train will start. and vidda, the one question to be answered today is the cost of the train. >> that is, yef. the winter park resort will announce today the cost of the tickets, as well as those train times. and we were talking about that seven years that the train took off, and it is going to start up here at union station, behind me, and it is going to ends up at a new platform, at winter park, and in the past, the ski 2009. and you may remember, it was discontinued in 2009. and it was just way too expensive for a private operator to run. and amtrak is partnering with winter park to bring the train back. back in march of 2015, amtrak's winter park offered a chance to try the ski train for two days, over a weekend. and tickets for that just sold out for both days. immediately. and amtrak studied that trip to see if it made more sense to c-dot studied that trial weekend. and c-dot says it is an analysis that showed it could take up to 500 vehicles off of the i-70 corridor during the peak ski traffic ti

vida urbonas is an information center with the latest. >>reporter: good morning. denver police are trying to figure out if friday's attack is related to the one on august 18 on the highland canal, but haven't figured it out, quite yet. a woman was found on the trail near dartmouth -- near dartmouth and forest by someone who lives nearby. the latest case, denver police walking on the trail friday in the area of east dartmouth and south fourth street when she was attacked. she took a picture of the man as he walked away. he faces charges of second- degree assault. call denver police if you have information. vida urbonas, 9news. >>> we have an update breaking news we brought you yesterday morning. denver police said they had no choice but to shoot a man that threatened them with a knife. i try to amass temp -- they tried to arrest him at a home near fox street early saturday and they said the suspect had a knife and refused to let it go. officers tried to use a stun gun but said it didn't work and police said he continued to come at them with the knife. a man died at

. >>> good morning, i'm vida urbonas. live at the larry miller dealership, a volkswagen dealership here in lakewood off of colfax and we want to talk to you about stuff for students, school supply drive. in need, all across the metro area and especially are in need of backpacks and this morning, the broncos all-star dheer cheerleaders going to be here showing off stuff and a great way to come down and help out the community. we will have much more coming up in the 7:00 hour, marty. a lot of excitement here. >> there is. that is great to see. around here today, one or two storms. tomorrow, saturday, both days, with the afternoon storms. and cooler readings. we are back to the low 90s early next we where upper 80s is kind of average. and we will be seeing a little more of that toward the tail end of next week. and so we are kind of getting there. we are not straying too far from the norm. >> do you like it? >> yes. >> i tried to hold it in. [ laughter ] >> this chair, we borrowed it from a dorm room. >> it makes you feel go

i'm vida urbonas. that story, coming up. >> and with the winter park ski train announcement today, who will ride it? head to www.9news.com/vote now, to vote live in a few minutes. >>> and it is not time to head to the slopes just yet but things will definitely feel cooler today as summer starts to wind down. >> marty coniglio is outside in the backyard right now where i am gues of a fall morning. >> very crisp out here. we have a lot of damp pavement out here, from the showers that came overnight. and partly cloudy sky, and sun just now coming up. and 6:22, this morning, for the sunrise this morning and we have the monsoon continuing to back westward, into colorado. and focused more into the midwest today, and it has made a westward push into the state. and that will create some areas of thunderstorms. and not so concerned about severe weather here today, again, unfortunately, it is the severe storms. for us, storms start in the mountains, from southwestern colorado, to grand county, during the early a

vida urbonas has the full report. >>> also biometric information to track unauthorized users. apple is getting fancy. thief that ran off with your phone. >>> also without a witness description, police could have a suspect without a face but now new technology is helping aurora police develop a sketch based on dna evidence alone. >>> let's get a check of your weather and traffic now with amelia and marty. >> thank you, ryan. we will get outside to our cdot cameras. the cloud cover helped us out a bit today. stop and going coming in from i- 25 but there is a fuel spill rolled tanker on the motor city parkway that goes next door to i-25 just south of cimarron. the truck is leaking fuel so folks near the monument creek area and south should not get in the creek or use water from the creek as they clean up that spill. a crash across parker road southbound, one lane blocked near florida and a couple of other problems we will discuss on channel 20 but for the most part we are starting to quiet down. >>> cloudy here, rainy east of greeley. light showers going on over some pretty good

vida urbonas will have more in just a few minutes. >>> and today is the day, rio's talk with the stars at the -- of the u.s. women's gymnastics team. >>> check weather and traffic with amelia and marty. >> the two area freeways that we need to keep a close eye on is 270 and i-25. we've got 270 slowdown about 11 minutes, doesn't seem like a long time but it should be zipping through there about five or six minutes at an easy commute but 34 miles per hour is your average speed. 25 in university, we had a crash at colorado that even though the wreck got pulled off the highway quickly, the backups drive between downtown and the denver tech center. view out to our maps here will show us we have slowdowns across the 270 stretch, got the backups leading up to vasquez and everywhere else, a lot of green even for a friday. >>> around here this afternoon, be weary of thunderstorms over the area, they have already started in southwestern colorado, they will be moderate to heavy through the central part of the state and around here during the afternoon and during the evening rush-hour anticipated

today - denver police are doing something about it. 9news reporter vida urbonas is live on federal boulevard where officers are hoping to tonight. denver police are taking all of these recent cases very seriously .. the department is asking you to join them here for a community meeting to talk about the impact of domestic violence. tonight's meeting is to get some outreach into the community.. experts say it's out of concern that we have seen the recent increase in dv homicides in particular. dv is often seen as a kind of private family matter. but the reality is, it's something that impacts our entire community, and has a ripple effect across the community. so that's why they're tyring to help address that it really isn't a private family matter, that it can impact entire neighborhoods, certainly entire families they also want to let people know where they can go for help .. and one resource is the rose andom center . the event is here at the federico f. pena southwest family health center & urgent care from 6:00 to 7:30 tonight. federico f. pena southwest family health center.. at 1339 sou