Heading into school. About 20 to 25 degrees warmer by 3 00. 93 this afternoon. Slight chance for a few late day storms. Ill show you that coming up in a few minutes. Today and tomorrow 90s covering eastern colorado. Well talk about the cool down that happens starting thursday and friday in a few minutes. A wild scene on the south side of downtown denver. Youre 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 theyre 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. Theres a lot of people talking about this video this morning. If you look closely, as it comes up right there, see theres a woman driving. Shes got her leg up on the dashboard and shes using her cell phone. This is while shes driving on i25 and at times shes looking down on her cell phone for 10 this morning csp is warning people about the dangers of distracted driving. Denver7s amanda del castillo has more on how you can keep these distracted drivers off the streets. Amanda. Reporter star 277. Its the only number you need distracted drivers. Now in that video you just saw, it made for interesting video, it put the person who recorded it in a dangerous position, risking their own safety. If theres any need for a reminder, you should know its illegal to text while driving, even inputting any type of data while driving throughout colorado. But statistics show roughly 660,000 people across the u. S. Are putting themselves in danger at any given moment by using their driving. That number has held steady since 2010. Were at eightth and lincoln where weve seen many drivers adding to that number. Distracted driving doesnt actually just mean using your cell phone. It could be eating, doing your makeup, even nursing your child. Yeah, its happened before. You are distracted. Why dpd Police Officers say that its so hard to catch half hour. Live on 8th and lincoln, amanda del castillo, denver 7. From the first alert desk, just got new details on a breaking situation were following overseas. A man has been arrested after climbing the security fence around buckingham palace, and the bbc reports the queen was 3 there at the time. That is one of her residences. She is not in any danger after the fence was scaled. The suspect is 22 years old. He was not armed, apparently, and was arrested on suspicion site. This happened just recently in may. A man was arrested for scaling a perimeter wall at buckingham palace. Back here at home police are calling this a horrible accident. Two little girls only 3 and 5 drown in a pool at a Mobile Home Park in pueblo. Their 17yearold babysitter also drowned. Neighbors at the park are stunned. They say things might have been different with a lifeguard on duty. I think in every single pool its apartments, complex, anything, anybody should have a lifeguard. Its still not clear how all three went under the water. . An investigation is now under way. The woman in this video here steals from a church and she apparently has a glass of wine in her hand. You see her there. She stumbles in a Baptist Church near 1st and emerald in broomfield. She sets the glass down, grabs a laptop, grabs a hat, and takes off. Releasing this video, hoping that someone will recognize her and call police. Armed robber is on the run after holding up an adult store in commerce city. Police tell us he pointed a gun attthe clerk, tied her up and took off with cash. Happened yesterday morning. Detectives say they arent ready to release the Surveillance Video at this point. If you know anything, you are asked to call crimestoppers. You could be eligible for a cash reward. Street mall. A man comes forward o tell us he was ambushed and robbed and lost parr of his ear in the process. What is the city of denver doing . Denver7s Jason Gruenauer working to get answers for us this morning. Reporter good morning to you, mitch. Injury involving a skate board you would assume someone fell, that they didnt get hit on the side of the skull with it. Thats whaa one man says happened to him. Denver7 spoke sterns, who is homeless himself, but happened in Congress Park at the end of the mall here. He was hit in the head by a skate board that partially tore off part of his ear. He says he remembers waking up in the hospital, also after being robbed. He blames the problem on one thing. If im getting offered, its probably not that safe. Reporter whether its drugs, urban travelers, other things, a combination of a lot of things, whats being done to fix the problem . We sat down with Denver City Council president now back on the job after time off from medical leave. Hear what he had to say coming up at 6 30. Reporting live on the 16th street mall, Jason Gruenauer, denver 7. A judge says this man, richard darling, is not fit to stand trial for murder. Police believe he homeless man in the head last halloween and cut up his body parts and lit them on fire. Hell be in a Mental Health facility until november when he can be reevaluated. This is joe keller who disappeared in southern colorado more than a year ago. His remains were found last month. The coroner says he died after falling off of a cliff. After going missing in superior. Authorities found the girl at a great clips in aurora. The manager there tells denver 7 the girl walked into the salon around 2 00 in the afternoon and asked for a haircut. The manager called 911. The search for the teen lasted nearly 24 hours. A grass fire you can see in this video burned about two, three hundred acres. Fire crews say it threat to structures. Folks in california nottso pilot fire has forced hhndreds of people to evacuate their homes. Two schools have canceled classes for today because of there one. This one is burning a couple of hours east of los angeles. Witnesses say they saw the flames burning just a few feet away from peoples back yards. It is eerie, and its emotional. Weve been through this quite a few times. This is my third time since living up here, going through now there are close to 1,000 ffrefighters working to get things under control here. And this fire in california only 6 contained. Three young girls are in the hospital after falling more than 30 feet out of a ferris wheel. This happened at a fair in tennessee last night. The kids we told are responsive this morning. Fair Officials Say they are bringing in an independent inspector to check out all of the rides, as they try to tipped. New details continue 10yearold boy, caleb schwab who died while riding the worlds tallest water slide in kansas city, kansas. Authorities say he fell out of his tube and went flying off the 17th story high ride. Riders move at a speed of 60 so schwab was moving with quite a bit of force. The park could reopen tomorrow. We have learned it willlbe closed again today. The slide, however, will remain closed while investigators look operations back to normal after a power outage forced them to close about a thousand flights yesserday. 250 more flights have been canceled for today. Weve seen a handful of delays at dia so far. The companys ceo says theyre working around the clock, but could be backed up today. Its been nearly a month killed by an elderly driver. His mi together aamemorial at Mcwilliams Park where cole was hit. His friends sold artwork to raise money for his memorial. Our family has just been honestly blown away but all, not just the love, but the incredible, creative talent. That gofundme page has raised close to 40,000. Their goal is 50,000. We have a link to that page on days in, but we have already seen some spectacular moments at the rio olympics. We have highlights coming up. Teslas auuo pilot feature may have saved a life. Youre walking out the door to a lot of sunshine. Very bright drive this morning. Its going to get warm pretty early on. By noon were at 87. By 3 00 it is hot. 93 for a high today. Ssight chance for a few storms. Heres your first alert well show you what the storms look like. Threat for severe pretty low. In northwest denver this is pecos. This section is closed down because theyre working on f0 were tracking breaking news in the first alert center. Hour we broke that espn is reporting tim tebow is pursuing a pro baseball career and will hold a workout for all 30 mlb teams this month. This newssis starting to take off on social media since espn broke it this morning. But not maybe in the way tebow would like. He hasnt played baseball since he graduated from high school in 2005. A lot offpeople not so ho decision, coming out and saying at tebow is deludeed. He has told espn where he works as an analyst hell continue his broadcast responsibilities as well. If youre in the market for a parttime job, today is the stadium. Theyre hiring 600. The jobs pay between nine and 10 bucks. Between 10 00 and 2 00. Broncos aqib talib was back on the practice field yesterday. This is his first practice since he was shot in the leg back in june. After practice we asked him if he shot himself or if he was shot by someone else. He says he cant talk about it right now. Man, the situation is still under review, and respect that process. Im not going to talk about that right now. Dallas police are still investigating. Thats where the shooting took place. The nfl is also conducting its own investigation. He has not been suspended but still could face a suspension. Broncos are back oo the practice field this morning. First preseason game is thursday in chicago. Its ere. Two days. Moving around pretty good, youre going to find sunshine this morning. Hot this afternoon. We are back in the 90s. So kids heading back hard to sit in class with that heat. Did you hear that cheer . Thats theeparents. Summer could not come sooner. Or i guess back to school couldnt come sooner. 93 for a high this afternoon. Will be a hot afternoon as theyre heading home. Live look from our viera wireless camera in akron. Youve got some sunshine. Its a bright start, though, and s warm early on. By 10 00 were at 81. Then by this afternoon highs will be in the low to mid90s. Well see a few Building Clouds and there is going to be about a 20 chance for a few storms. Here is your firss alert today and tomorrow, the two hottest days on our sevenday forecast. Low to mid90s. Fort collins youre at 94. Greeley 95. Denver today 93. Our foothills in the upper 70s could see a few severe storms today. The threat is pretty low. Across northeastern colorado a little bit later with the storms this afternoon. Not expecting much between now and 2 00. Its about that point along i 70 well likely see darker skies on our Loveland Ski Area camera, and to the southwest could start to get a few thundeestorms. A couple of those will roll east in time for the commute. And we could see a few turn a little bit stronge storms. Few and far between by tonight into early tomorrow. Early tomorrow 8 00 were under clear skies. And another round of storms tomorrow afternoon. Same thing, western half of our state will likely see most of the storms, but well get a few out east. Looking at temperatures today that with these storms wont budge much. We might see those numbers drop a few degrees. Otherwise, its hot. On thursday herees your first alert that things do get a little cooler. Upper 80s thursday. Quite a bit cooler by friday. We are ending the week with a high of 80 degrees and a chance for storms. Upper 80s by sunday. A nice couple of days ahead of us. I think we might have had a stall or something on i25 on the southbound side coming in from he north side of town. Im mentioning this because you see as theyre moving the camera around over there in golden, looking for an accident i saw traffic basically stop around i76 coming down from the boulder turnpike. Heavy stop and go traffic, but im not seeing anything in lanes at this point. Take a look at the map up that way, already have still heavy traffic in the usual spots. Already 20 minutes into downtown. This section of pecos south of i70 is closed down between 44th and 46th for Xcel Energy Work. Theyre cleaning up the accident that was over there at 10th and federal. Still have this situation south camera on the ground level shot that on the southbound side looks Like Denver Police are wrapping up the tape, so i think theyll be moving out of here in a little bit. South and northbound lanes of logan are still closed down for south side of town nice and quiet. West side really quiet now. 6 20 now. A selfdriving car may have saved a mans life. Josh nealy says his tesla drove him 20 miles to with the auto pilot feature. He had a blockage in his lungs. He is now recovering. A big deal in the world of winter sports. Vail resorts is spending more than 1 billion to buy whistler in canada. It has a lot of people excited. Shares of vail resort went up 8 after the purchase was announced. Your voice your vote, the vote. Donald trump has 37 . Libertarian gary johnson has 7. Clinton spoke in florida last night. And the father of the pulse niihtclub shhoter was sitting behind her. He explained why. [ inaudible ] clinton is good for the United States . Versus trump. I was invited by democr trump made an appearance in detroit, laying out his plan for the biggest tax cut since reagan. He says the plaa would jump start the economy. When i am president well start winning again, big league. He says hell reduce the tax rate for most americans, the proposals would allow independents to vote in republican or democratic primaries without changing their party affiliation. If approved, the proposal will be on the november ballot. A denver 7 investation uncovered several discrepancies on the aurora chool Board Members resume. So why did the board spend narrator 2010. Shortsighted budget cuts in washington threatened to close the colorado facility that oversees the nations response to insectspread diseases. But Michael Bennet steps in to keep the lab open. Six years later. Reporter the global fight against zika begins here, now Michael Bennets working to make sure we continue to lead the fight against zika, for colorado and america. Im Michael Bennet and i approve this message. Its 625 00 will be another toasty one this afternoon. Iipressive performance for team u. S. A. s synchronizeed diving team. Unfortunately, they looked awfully good, but china walked away with the gold. That is one of my favorite events to watch. Its cool, also terrifying its 6 25. Were looking at a beautiful start. Clear skies from our viera wireless camera at the airport. Its nice, its dry this morning. Youll notice a few storms popping up in the mountains by around 1 30. And then well see a few rolling east through town. No real threat of Severe Weather here in town. We could see one or two of these storms turn stronger to the northeast. Likely, jayson, just a little 3 rain, lightning and thunder around denver this afternoon. Some progress on logan. The northbound ide is open now between 1st and 3rd. After speer after a wild scene. You see truck traffic moving into downtown denver. Take a look at the drive from airtracker7, southbound i25 passing i76, didnt see an accideet or stall, just that really heavy stop and go traffic into downtown. Were learning more about what led up to that deadly crash at the Boulder Ironman competition. The victims family wants someone to be held accountable. It is 6 30. Talk about a distracted driver. This video all over social media. It shows a woman casually checking her texts while behind the wheel. A lot of people think she should have her eyes on the road instead. Yeah. Denver7s amanda del castillo is out at 8th and lincoln. Driving distracted this morning. Reporter yeah, as theyre approaching the yellow light at this intersection, theyre also reaching for their phones. Im sure many of us are guilty of that as well. Theyre making all this movement before coming to an actual stop. Even then its still illegal to text or input any type of data throughout colorado. This morning we ran into a driver is texting, posting to social media or reading their screen, because reading isnt illegal, but its dangerous. Texting while driving can result in a traffic infraction and 50 fine and could cost much more in the case of a serious accident. Reporting live from 8th and lincoln this morning, im amanda del castillo, denver 7. Lets toss it over to jayson for a look at traffic. Ive seen a lot of distracted drivers. The other day saw somebody weaving on the righ crash into the curb looking at their phone. Southbound side of logan still closed. Police wrapping up their investigation after somebody this morning got into an accident, drove near 2nd and logan, called the tow truck, the driver came out and thought he was intoxicated, called police, and the person stabbed themselves and they took him to the hospital to get checked out and theyve been investigating ever since. Southbound side of logan northbound side is opening. Take a look at the map, heavy stop and go traffic on i25. Still doing Xcel Energy Work pecos, south of i70. South side is getting busy, but quiet. This just in, today is jaysons daughters second day of school. Well keep counting as we go through the year. You can see w the turbines in the distance sticking out of the fog. Beautiful start. More sunshine here. 72 this morning by 8 00. 87 by noon. And 93 by 4 00. For those kids heading home, its going to be a hot one. We have low, mid90s covering eastern colorado today. Heres your first alert iis going to be as lot tomorrow. Then a nice cool down. Well talk about it coming up. Thanks, lisa. Swerved out of the bike lane sunday in boulder and she collided with a truck and was killed. Now some are wondering why that stretch is being used since the speed limit there is 60 miles per hour. That might not be my first choice of roads to use, but i think it can be done safely, because it has been done safely for years. The victim is Michelle Walters from nebraska. She leaves behind yearold son. Her parents say the highway is too busy for a bike race and they want someone held accountable. Troopers dont expect to cite the driver in this case. Delta is canceling about 250 flights today as it tries to get back up to speed after yesterdays major computer outage that canceled a thousand now out at dia only seeing a few cancellations, most of that to atlanta where the problem originated yesterday. Passengers are entitled to refunds, and vouchers as well. If you have a flight out on delta today, youre advised to check youu status before you leave the house. Thank you. Denver City Council President returned to the job last night. This is after a battle with cancer. Albus brooks represents the 16th street mall as part of his district, and he spoke about the issues facing that area. Denver7s Jason Gruenauer live with what brooks had to say. Reporter the Council President says he wants to get right back into things, one of the problems is here along the 16th street mall. He sat down with us before that City Council Meeting last night here, including urban lems down travelers,drugs and violence. He says we havent seen all thh resources in place yet, with security guards going into place soon. Down the road he offered another possible solution. Jobs and job training that we can start doiig for some of these folks who are young and have fallen oo bad luck, but need some direction. Were looking to see if theres some Service Folks who can help connect us with some of these individual brooks says the city is playing catchup as far as hiring Police Officers and getting Police Officers to work down here on the 16th street mall as weve reported in the past here on denver 7, adding were working on it. Live along the 16th street mall, im Jason Gruenauer, denver 7. 6 35 now. Denvers police chief is talking about his decision to collect race, gender and age data on every one of the police stops. The chief says it will help happening in the department. We want to collect the right data, and meaningful data and make sense out of it. Im always concerned about it, but also concerned about it being done efficiently and timely. He said he was inspired to collect the data by recent officer involved shootings across the country. Lawrence tippin set his home on . Ire, and his wife is suffering injuries because of that. Hes facing several charges. This man, shawn long, is accused of shooting his wife in the head during a party over the weekend. Now hes facing attempted murder charges. The party happened in western nebraska. But the couple lives in aurora. She is now in the hospital. Authorities believe she will survive. Behind bars, this is on child abuse charges. Police say she left her kids ages 3 and 5 home alone, happened in september. And a fire broke out. Both had to be taken to the hospital. Now to a denvvr 7 investigation into why Aurora Public Schools spent almost 19,000 investigating one of its own Board Members, eric nelson. Denver7 helped uncover some lies on his the School Boards investigation didnt reveal any new information. The school board cannot fire nelson. So we wanted to know why the district bothered to spend taxpayer money on this investigation. This is their response, media reports alerted us to parts of colorados golden girl, missy franklin, had a pretty rough night at the rio olympics. Well show you what happened and why shes hoping to walk away with a medal. Its 20 minutes before 7 over the city. Its just 63 degrees, but we know thats going to change. Lets find out what our forecast looks like from lisa. About 30 degrees warmer this afternoon. Nice and warm. Highs will be a few degrees above normal. Normal high is 89. Well be in the low to mid90s. Heres your first alert that today and tomorrow were looking at temperatures that are again well above normal. Few degrees bove it. Starting off with 50s and 60s. But a warm afternoon. We could see a few storms. Coming up in a few minutes. Heavy stop and go here and there. Southbound logan blocked after speer. Accident reported near santa fe and union not there, but a new one. North side of town thh heaviest by far, 270, i76 and 25 minutes from the north side into downtown denver. Everyone survived this plane crash in alaska, including the chief of police in estes park. Authorities say a group of people was on from a fishing trip. The plane had just taken off, made a couple of turns before crashing. No one was seriously hurt. A record 4 billion worth of School Funding will be on the ballot in colorado this november. That is spread across several districts and includes a half a billion dollars worth of funding in Jefferson County. The old record was in 2008, billion that year. Supporters of the sugary tax have signatures, but are facing a challenge from a citizen. That citizen says people signing the petition were lied to and im not into the government deciding what kinds of things i can put into my body. Its 6 42. The broncos are three days away from the preSeason Opener. We have an exclusive interview f0 at 6 44 on this tuesday morning, live look outside. Beautiful start to the day. 63 degrees nfl is pulling out all the stops for the Season Opener between the broncos and Carolina Panthers september 8th. Its a thursday. Dierks bentley and one republic will be performing right before the super bowl rematch. That concert will be free. We still dont know who will be playing quarterback on opening night. We dont know who will start the first game of the preseason. Dont worry, the preSeason Opener is this thursday in quarterback for that game today. Notice he said for that game. It is still too close to call between mark sanchez and trevor siemian. We sat down with trevor yesterday and he said theres only one way to earn the starting job. I think performances, especially playing with a lot of these guys that have been pretty darn Football Players and won a ton of games. Knowing what youre doing, but bottom line you have to play well and try to do that out here in camp andxc an tune coming up. The coach says the guy who doesnt start thursday will probably start next weeks game. He wants to see all his quarterbacks get plenty of action before making that nine decision. Its a big decision. Whats it like for those two guys. Hey, man. Hey. Head to head. You have to be cool, but competitive, too. Another hot day today. Low, mid90s expected both today and tomorrow. 80 degrees by friday. Will be a lot cooler by the end of the week. Afternoon this week. And then again it gets cooler by the end of it. Well talk about that coming up. Live look from our viera wireless camera, thats in burlington where earlier we were looking at a dense fog advisory. Not that bad out east. Still a few spots of patchy fog if youre heading east on i70 or along 76 towards sterling. Otherwise, sunshine. I25 clear skies through early afternoon. Its right around 2 00 to 2 30 well storms developing. Some of our Loveland Ski Area cameras will be likely darker by 2 30. A few of those storms will roll east. Denver 20 chance of stormm today. Skies clear tonight. Lots of sunshine early tomorrow . Orning. And then another round of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Again, a chance each afternoon to see a little rain, lightning and thunder. Theres also a slight risk of Severe Weather across Northern Colorado today. It includes areas just east of storms. Well keep an eye on that. As far as temperaaures go, youre stem cell stem stem stem stem stem stepping out 90s around 2 00, 3 00. Upper 80s by 6 00. Keenesburg today, youre at 95. Highlands ranc caatle rock 87. Foothills locations, estes park upper 70s to evergreen closer to 84, 85 degrees. 90s out wess. And 90s across southeastern colorado. Typical attern. Our sevenday forecast doesnt have crazy curve balls. Thursday about 87. Slightly stronger cold front on friday. Heres your first alert that well go from 90s both today and tomorrow to low 80s by friday. Might even get a few to end the week. Heading into the weekend, 82 saturday, 87 sunday. Its hard to believe kids are back to school. I ripped off the one on jay lyns back to school calendar. Southbound i25 at university, sunshine is a major here. Take a look at the drive on the north side of town. Heavy traffic especially from the boulder turnpike, 58th avenue. Really slow in there. 225 is busy. I25 drive, about 10 minutes coming in from parker road. And c470 is busy. Look at that sunshine, and its really slowing us down from lucent through broadway, incredible video of the aftermath of a drone crash into israel. The Unmanned Aircraft owned by the government lit the roof hit the roof of a home in a village. About seven people were minorly injured. Mostly treated for smoke inhalation. Five were children that were treated. Investigators are looking into what caused the crash. A spokesperson for Israel AerospaceIndustries Says the dronwa test flight. The proposal to bring universal health care to colorado wouldnt bring in enough money, according to a new report that sayssthe state would be about 8 billion short if this passes. This is according to the study, the plan might break even in its first year. Ten years from now, according to the study, the state would have to cut Health Benefits or raise taxes to keep this afloat. Youll get a chance to vote this november. Is back on the job less than a month after a 15pound tumor was removed. He underwent two surgeries. Doctors say he is cancer free. While he was out his fellow Council Members elected him president , a show of support that helped him through tough times. So awesome to go through that, a near death kind of experience and say, i get to go back and live my purpose. Brooks tells us he was encouraged bb all the cards, messages and denver residents. He wants to use his experience to teach others to listen to their body. Cross court, ross is there. And she puts it away. American Beach Volleyball player they are back on the beach at 6 00 tonight. Thats 6 00 our time. Always impressive to watch. Franklin. She finished last in her semi final for the 200meter freestyle. She will not get a chance to compete for the gold. She does still have a chance in the 200meter back stroke and that is happening thursday. U. S. Stilllleading in the overall count, with 19. China is second with 13 totals. Gold medal chase is closer. America is tied with china for the most. Both countries now have five. Were going to get you caught up on the big the day in our morning sprint, including a heart wrenching story out f pueblo, where a fun afternoon at the pool turns into tragedy. Plus, have you seen the woman in this video . Police want to talk to you. 6 53. Your morning sprint starts with a video that has everyone in our newsroom talking. A woman caught texting behind the wheel. Csp says it happens too denver7s amanda del castillo joons us with what theyre doing to raise awareness. Reporter troopers are reminding people that star 277 is the only number you need to alert them about distracted driving. It made for interesting video, but the driver who recorded the distracted driver actually put themselves in danger. Theyre risking their own safety. If you need a reminder, in type of information in your phone while driving. Remember that as you take off and drive to work this morning. Reporting live on 8th and lincoln this morning, manned Amanda Amanda del castillo, denver 7. Denvvr Police Investigating after they say someone stabbed themselves in the stomach overnight. The guy called a towing company after he broke down. When the tow truck under the influence of something and called 911. When officers arrived, they say the man stabbed himself. He is in the hospital, no word . N his condition. Northbound logan is open at that location. Southbound side should be opening momentarily south of speer. We have a lot of traffic out and about, including on that drive on i25, i76, 270, 6th avenue and all the eastbound routes are brutal this morning. Cameras here, not only on c 470, but drive on 225 and mississippi. And i25 near university, heavy stop and go on the southbound side. Its rock solid from broadway. Teenage babysitter dead in pueblo after drowning in a community pool. All police will say is the 17 yearold was watching these sisters, only 3 when they all three drowned. Witnesses say there was no lifeguard. Police are asking for your help to track down the woman in this video. She stole a laptop from a church in broomfield. She did it while holding a glass of wine. This happened at the Baptist Church off 1st and emerald sunday night. . If you know anything youre urged to call crimestoppers. The big sports story well be following today, tim tebow pursuing a pro baseball career. Morning hell hold a workout, all 30 teams will be invited. He hasnt played since high school, but reportedly spent the past year practicing and preparing for this. The broncos are busy training for their first preseason game. They did find time to make a boys treatment come true dream come true. The 14yearold got to meet the team at the camp, and has cerebral palsy. He recently spent 17 Childrens Hospital colorado. His mom asked denver 7s Lionel Bienvenu to help introduce him to his favorite player, von miller. He got them from fountain to dove valley to make it happen. How are you feeling now with 58 standing next to you . Oh, pretty awesome, actually. And he brought over some of his buddies. I got to meet 96 and all those guys. As my mom was saying to you the other day on twitter, i think it was all because of you. Come on, man. There. That guy right there. Isnt that awesome . Matthew is a huge sports fan. In fact, he hosts a sports radio show at Childrens Hospital and he says hes been a broncos fan his entire life. How many people get to say they shook that many broncos hands . Cool story. Live look from city park looking west. Clear skies, a lot of sunshine. Were going to be in the 60s early on. 70s by 9 00. Look how hot it gets. 93 by 3 above normal. There is a slight chance for a few thunderstorms this afternoon. Our temperatures are going to be abooe normal both today and tommrrow. And overall its going to be pretty dry. Today 93. Tomorrow 92. Look ahead, heres your first alert that by the end of the week things do cool down a bit. Storms are likely on friday. And well see highs near 80 degrees. Some kids are back in school, but the Jefferson County school district, it doesnt start until next thursday. However, students who need some supplies can do so today. This is thanks to the ax center helping out nearly 6,000 children every year. Theyre open every day through saturday, this is at Stevens Elementary School again for the jeffco kids. I went School Supply shopping yesterday. Where is all the elmers glue people . Is there a shortage . Its why i get the edu kit. Yeah. Yeah. Narrator 2010. Shortsighted budget cuts in washington threatened to close the colorado facility that oversees the nations response to insectspread diseases. But Michael Bennet steps in to keep the lab open. Six years later. Reporter the global fight against zika begins here, at the cdcs Research Center in fort collins. Narrator now Michael Bennets working to make sure we continue to lead the fight against zika, and i approve this message. Breaking overnight, terror on the ferris wheel, three Young Children fall nearly 50 feet to the ground after their basket flips over. I was hollering please stop. Stop, stop the machine. The girls rushed by helicopter to the hospital. The latest on the investigation right now. Massive fires and floods. California forcing thousands of residents to flee and remnants of Tropical Storm javier wreaking havoc on the southwest. New jogger murder mystery. Another young woman found dead after going out on a run by herself killed in broad daylight less than one mile from her moms home. The second deadly incident in just days. Two communities on edge this morning. Rivalries heat up in rio. Its lilly king and she says, hello, russia