Reporter i feel like im here with an iceberg. This is a good two feet deep section of hail that we found in the parking lot here at 72nd. This is on the Northwest Side of denver. And look at this it is so solid, it will take a while for all of this to melt. But it is all peasized hail. Can you imagine how much of this fell at one time. And it 8 00 last night and it poured hail and heavy rain for almost 45 minutes. And the weather service, an inch and a half of rain fell in that amount of time. This is solid hail. This is all peasized. Quite a mess out here. And hopefully with the temperatures warming up, some of the stuff will melt. And well have a lot of water again stand in the parking lot. Youll find out east the skies have cleared up. Some patchy fog. And you can see this wireless camera in lineman. Youll find some fog and a little cloud cover out east this morninggas the showers clear up. A and a little activity up to the northeast north of sterlinging this morning. A little rain, lightning and thunder and well be in the mid to upper 50s in denver. And 9 00, 64 and the highs around 80, 82. Hhres the first alert. It will be warm again. Well see sunshine through midday and there is chance for a few more storms this afternoon. Ill show you the timing of that coming up in a bit. 84 and low 70s in the ongmont foothills. The fog, i see a lot of it on 76 and highway 34. This is halfway between greely and i25. You see the lower visibility. And it gets dark and scary en we have green conditions. Were drying out in most locations. But youll still see standing water. And this section of westbound evans remains closed down and youll be diverted to florida and flat river drive. The Police Situation still going on over here at edgewater and 20th. So we have road restrictions and the police out there. And an easy driving for us. Were dealing with the storm aftermath here, Tropical Storm warning has just been issued as well as a hurricane watch for a section of floridas gulf coast because tropical depression 9 is approaching. The Weather Channel is expected to strengthen to a Tropical Storm. And a huge area will be hit by this. And by the time hits florida, it will be strong winds, rain and flooding. And up the coast into the carolinas and bringing several inches of rain to various carolinas through friday and saturday. Well watch this one. At home, a man and two children kidnapped at gunpoint. Theyre safe this morning. But the attackers are still out there. Were live with the womans interview. Reporter it started at this goodwill. And the ordeal started monday afternoon when a woman was shopping with her 4yearold son and she was approached by a man and woman asking and that man, he insisted that the victim take them both there. And they got into the car, the three adults and the fouryear old son and wws that it all went downhill. The victim said that the mail suspect pulled out a gun and demanded that she take them to the bank. And the victim said that she needed to pick up her other child from school, her eight yearold daughter. And with the five of them to the car. The victim was forced to drive say anything in the bank because he was on the side of me buzz i cannot do anything. Because my kids were out in the truck with the other person. Reporter the suspect after that they forced the woman to drive to her own home to collect more money from and they got away with more than 6,500. And the victim tells us that the police are patrolling her neighborhood to make sure that she is safe and well hear more from the victim in the half hour. Answers this morning for a family. Authorities just discovered this boulder mans body in the swiss alps. The 28yearold was an adrenalin junky often posting videos of himself doing extreme ports and he died while on a speed flying trip where you ski with a fabric chute behind you. Abusing his newborn baby. This stems from an incident this week when the paramedics responded after someone called 911 saying that the two week old baby was having trouble breathing and the baby was bleeding from the mouth and it turns out he had a fractured skull and broken collarbone the weld county mother in this video allowed to seeeher son again despite facing child abuse charges, she should have visitation with the boy. The visits have to be supervised. And were learning more about why the dean at cus lead school of business is resigning. David ike isen bury turned in start. A woman said that he discriminated against her for being a woman and over the age of 40. And another discrimination lawsuit against him is still pending. Well never forget faces of these 12 people that were killed in the aurora theater . Hooting four years ago nd now everyone will have a chance to remember them because of a new memorial. An artist it building this permanent memorial and the victims, survivors and heroes of the aurora theater shooting. Part of money came from Colorado Community church in aurora. The amouut that they have given to them 106,000 that has been donated by the church. Gene wilders recent death news. He died from it t makes some wonder how this can happen if it is a disease of the mind. A local aging expert hopes that the the spotlight wildders death putting on the disease can help family. The more exposure that we have to the amount of people that have cause of dementia like alzheimers, the more public recognition we will have and the more funding for research we will have. Cdc sai the sixth leading ca death in the u. S. In 2013, it killed nearly 85,000 people. This is news im happy to pass along denver officer john is returning back to work today. It has been nearly two years since a car hit him while escort something protesters. Reporter he spent nine months in the hospital and more but yet hes coming back to work. Itill be in a limited role. But the good news hell be back into work and hell be in a little later on this morning. And well tayou back to the scary crash and what caused all of this when a car veered off the road and hit the officer and two others that were on bike patrol in december of 2014 along east colfax. And the driver was eventually charged here and he had to go through a long road of several months in the hospital and dozens of surgery. But he still considers himself a lucky one. And he is going pay forward all of that attention and money originally raised for him to help other officers. He has now started another fund to help another officer injured in the line of duty, officer lopez. Well speak to the officer and the way to work this morning in that limited role with the this is an interview youll not want to miss. That was a long road to recovery. Good for him. Heres a way that you can give back to the community. Help local firefighters fill their boots. Is it time for thome stand along the streets holding out the boots to drivers passing by. Firefighter across the state will raise money to help muscular dystrophy. Opioid addictions are running rampant across the country. And what the president is now doing in hopes to save lives. We all grew up saying the pledge of allen again allegiance in school. But is it a thing of the past . 77 by noon and high of 82 and a chance for a few storms. A better chance east of denver. Building traffic that we have around town. This is i76 and 270, and the eastbound side. You see it come off highway 36. Were expecting to learn more about Hillary Clintons e mail scandal. And the fbi is set to publicly release the report that they sent the Justice Department any minute now. And the fbi said that clinton did not deserve to be charged for using a private email server for official secretary of state business. And the white house plans to divide 53 million among 44 states so stop opioid abuse. And colorado has given some of the money. Treatment and access. And it will help retrain doctors to no longer overprescribe pain pills. Students in missouri Public Schools will have to say the pledge allegiance every day of the accident the governor just signed it into law. Till now they only had to say it once a week and some students can opt out. Speaking collin is still refusing to stand up during the national anthem. I cannot stand and sing the anthem and absolute the flag. I know im a black man in a white world. The third verse does include the word slave. Some said that the author and the fight against the said that he supports the player and said that he has the right to sit during the anthem. 3 a couple in iowa just had their fourth child that arrived only three hours after mom found out she was pregnant. She went to the doctor for cramps and she learned that they were not cramps. They were labor pains. The little girl is healthy and born at 6 pounds. She said that she did not have any pregnancy symptoms and the last tim years ago. These stories shock next how do you not know youre pregnant . I dont know. Were baffled. Herees your cheat sheet for today. We have a 20 chance for some storms and most of them are going to be east of denver and south and east of denver. With a few of the cells like yesterday more pockets of heavy rain and it will be drier in denver and across northeastern, colorado tomorrow. Some fog oot across the Eastern Plains this morning. Youll find a few light showers even up near sterling and akron early on and midday, a little quieter. And this afternoon, we get storms and showers developing and isolated activity for the foothills and a few of those could oll east. But youll notice on the palmer divide as you get cler to larkberg and castle rock and east towards lineman, that is where well likely see bigger storms problem up by 5 00. And the th and damaging winds is low. But we could get heavy rain and small hail. And through early tomorrow morning around 5 00, were still dealing with the fog out tomorrow afternoon. So around 3 00, 3 30, you see Southwestern Colorado with the scattered activity but denver to fort collins and sterlings mostly sunny and a lot of sunshine tomorrow. Thursday night around 9 30, we and the temperatures wiil start off in the low 60s for the bus stop and well climb about 20 degrees. By 24 afternoon, were at 82 with a few storms. Castle rock 74 and in allens park a high of 67. And upper 60s and 70s for the mountains and 90 out west on i 70 in grand junction. Today 82 and with more sunshine in the afternoon tomorrow, it is going to be a little bit warmer and stay worm through the date afternoon. Well warm afternoon. And well stay wormmwith warm with a 20 to 30 chance for storms. Rockies game 80s and mostly sunny and the second game there is a chance for a few isolated gapes tonight and the temperatures in the 70s. You know what is any favorite thing my favorite thing, a turkey leg and cold eer at the that. The roasted korean chilly corn and the chili fantastic. Were looking nice on the diagonal. You see it on the map this morning whether highway 36, 36 going north of town looking nice. Quiet conditions for us. And were starting to see more traffic on 270 and i76. We have this westbound evans after santa fe closed down for that sinkhole that had to be repaired for the water main break yesterday and flat river drive and the drive here at i25 and santa fe, you can see i25 looking okay. But in here, you can see the folks coming off northbound santa e, making some congestion under the bridge and maybe an extra minute there. But it is an easy drive. This is the end of a reason away trucks trip on i70. Lost its brakes coming down the isolated showers en eisenhowerer tunnel going 90 miles an hour. President obama does not have much time in office and he will be spending time addressing environmental issues. And then hell head to hawaii for the World Conservation congress. Calling out some frenchtowns. Some people are mad they banned bir kinneys. Getting to cuba is a little north north korea executed two top officials. They have not confirmed the execution. The top terror spokesman in isis is dead. It is to the clear how he deed. But isis said it will seek revenge for the killing. And a spokesman was part of the group from the beginning and considered the most public figure. He was thought to be the one ryan lochte is doing all he can from going back to brazil. He said that his legal team is dealing with the matter. But he is offering to reimburse his coswimmer 11,000 that he had to pay to avoid charges. The first flight from the u. S. To cue it will leaf Fort Lauderdale three times a week and American Airlines will start flights next month and then starting next year, there will be 20 flights to cuba. There are still travel restrictions. Did news in the fight against zika. Researchers said that three drugs that already exist could help protect mothers and their clinical trials. They have come bounds that could be tailored to the fight. The fight to get a 15 minimum wage just failed in new jersey. The governor said paying that much will hurt the states economy. And they vowed to get it on next years ballot so the people can have the say. This man jumped into to rescue a pregnant woman insiie a burning car. She climbed from the drivers side to the passenger side. And he said that his job as a news photographer helped him make the rescue. Knew to keep her said still to make sure she did not have any further injuries. Because of him, the woman morning. There are times when our photographers are there before the police or rescue. Yes. You see the fog. Youll find more fine is in denver, 82 by 3 00 and longmont 84 and castle rock youre ten degrees cooler. Youre al 74 this afternoon and a chance for a few thunderstorms this afternoon. But 3 00, most going to be east of denver. And well see the isolated storms through the early evening and drier whether tomorrow. You drier weather tomorrow. You see some of the fog on i25 and greely and 34 so dont be surprised if you have some limited visibility this is highway 36 at sheridan. This is nice driving conditions and it is wide open for us on i76 to the west. Busy. So far so quiet. Get ready to pay for while shopping in arvada. And chipotle is trying to win you bbck. The latest officer will have some paaents smiling. This is a live look at 72nd. That is hail you are looking at, not snow. We got more on thank you. Imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, priority boarding. And 30,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. The average age of a homeless person is 9 years old. Mon the streets with education. Charles whats up man . Whoa how can we help . Ah man wait, is that a basketball player . Yes wow my hearts about to jump out my chest man. Charles you ought to be proud man. Im just extremely grateful they were here giving them some encouragement thats something that these kids are going to remember for a lifetime. Did you see his big old feet . Look. Was shout to be an accident and thhn someone reported shots fires and the police did find a gun under the suv. But the driver is gone. I do not want to stick my head out till a saw the police. And the police car are still looking for the person that ran from the scene. Thankfully the people in the other car were okay. Take a look at the flooding on roads in the north metro