Transcripts For KUSA 9News At 6am 20160824

Wow. First the boulder s. W. A. T. Team and an armored bear cat vehicle are in search for a man who fired shots late tuesday night. Foothills parkway is closed from u. S. 36 to arapahoe avenue. This is a live look at the scene right now at this closure. Here is what happened. At about 10 30, police checked out a suspicious motor home and they say this man, russ schedule daniels was inside Russell Daniels was inside and with the woman who had a protection order against him. The woman managed to get safely. At one point, daniels fired off four shots according to police. No officers were hit. But Police Believe daniels may have shot himself. Longmont police and Boulder County deputies and state police are looking for him right now. People in the neighborhood are told to stay inside their homes. So if you live there, stay inside. Lets talk to Amelia Earhart right now, for more on this situation, and how it is impacting the morning drive. It is a huge closure, amelia. It is a major closure, tarhonda and affecting essentially areas between north and South Boulder as well as areas across the c. U. Campus. As we focus on the actual closure itself, across Foothills Parkway, colorado 157, between arapahoe road, colorado 7, all the way north and southbound, between there and u. S. 36. And the alternate routes to get around the delays are already developing. They include 55th street, which parallels the Foothills Parkway area. And cherryvale road, further off to the east, it is also delay here, as traffic is already starting to build, in the area, az and as far as the alternates go, those are going to load up fast as well, staying along u. S. 36 and continuing to use broadway, it is also an option to avoid foothills and we will let you know how the situation changes and how the traffic is impacted as well. All right. That is going to be a mess up there if we get into the heart of the rush hour. Cooler and wet in denver today. As we see the beginning of a quick cooloff. All along the front range. But we are definitely starting to see the shift toward fall like weather. And lets talk meteorologist marty coniglio. Live in the backyard. Weep shouldnt be fooled we shouldnt be fooled though. Summer is not over. But looking seasonal with the umbrella there. Yes, we are talking about this about an hour ago, and it wouldnt be a shock to have light rain out here. Light rain going on in the backyard right now. Cloudy conditions for you. As you head out the door today. And completely different scene, from what we sunshine and clear conditions, anyway. And at this time of the day, yesterday, and for us today, it is a cloudy start to the day, and with some very light showers. And dont look for any big downpours on you, during the course. The day today, and around here, we are looking at the clouds, the light showers, over the area, and we have rain, from here in the front range, up over northeastern colorado, and it has been raining fairly nicely in logan county this morning. And a small pocket of rain, here and there, and it is between now and 11 00, and we will get some more showers during the afternoon, and when it is all said and done by the end of the day, a few of us getting upwards of a third of an inch of rainy the end of the day. And periods of rain, there will be some brief breaks in the overcast, allowing us to get into the low 70s today. For our day, and during the evening, you will once again be running into a few pockets of rain. It could affect some after school activities. Especially if we do have lightning. Into the low 60s by the dinner hour tonight. Marty, thank you much for that. In the news today, homes collapsed on people as they were sleeping. A strong earthquake shook a small town in central italy. It was a big one. A 6. 2 magnitude quake. And a series of aftershocks, at least 37 people were killed. That number is expected to go up. And we have a live look at the scene right now. Where buildings just crumbled looking for people that may be trapped. Homes are gone. And crews searching the debris, for any sign of survivors. Now, the hardest hit areas were in amitrice and acumole, 80 miles outside of rome. We are waiting to find out the impact of another strong earthquake, this one struck myanmar, in asia, near thailand. And preliminary estimates show this quake was 6. 8, and no word at this time, of any injuries. We expect to learn more about Sexual Assault allegations against the sedgewick county sheriff today. Tom hannah is in the logan county detention center, right now, and he will go in front of a judge today, for an advisement hearing. No formal charges have been filed against him. But sources tell 9 wants to know, he is accused of Sexual Assault. Hannah has been the sheriff in sedgewick county for two years and started with the department in 2011 as a deputy. For the first time in six months, since one of his line of duty, park county sheriff fred wagoner talked in depth about what happened. And answered questions from 9 news surrounding the death of nate carrigan. And the Colorado Bureau of investigation looked at what took place and tuesday night, the sheriff released hundreds of pages from that report. On february 24, eight park county sheriffs deputies, including the sheriff, came up with a plan to remove bailey resident martin worth from his home. Within minutes of arriving to three deputies and worth were shot. Corporal carrigan was killed. We asked the sheriff why he decided not to send in the s. W. A. T. Team to help with the eviction. Despite reports of worths previous threats against Law Enforcement. We didnt feel it rose to that level. And it is probably a double edged sword. If i sent the s. W. A. T. Team to do an eviction, overreacted. Carrigans parents are considering suing the sheriff and the department. The sheriff says he hopes carrigans family can forgive them but he says his department did nothing wrong. It is 6 07 right now. The Fort Collins Police Department Faces a lawsuit from one of the former detectives this morning. Katieburg oraju says he was discriminated against because he was brazilian and has an accent. He says his arrest supervisor Sergeant Gary shackly has a history of targeting minorities in the department. He alleges that th often called hispanic employees lazy, and incompetent. Now, neither Fort Collins Police nor the City Attorneys Office is commenting. They say they cant comment because this is an ongoing case. Dozens of denver youth are evacuated after a serious fire code violation was found at the International Youth hostell. It is on 16th avenue near the Fillmore Auditorium in denvers north capital hill neighborhood. Is unsafe. And uninhabitable. The red cross and Salvation Army opened a shelter on high street for the people who whether staying at the hostel. 8 minutes after 6 00. Water is such a Precious Resource in colorado. As we all know. And during the summer months, the demand for fresh clean water is at its highest levels. Here in denver, three plants are in charge of treating the citys daily water supply. And 9 News Reporter Colleen Ferreira live at one of those plants this morning, where they treat some 250 million gallons of Water Quality is very important to you. We know that. But it is also very important to denver water. Here at the treatment plant, they tell me last year, they conducted more than 68,000 tests to ensure their water is as clean as possible. Were here in denver this morning at the marston Water Treatment plant. I want to bring in patty brubaker, the manager here. Thank you very much for being with us this morning. First things first, where does our water come from here . Denver water, all water mountains. You guys hold yourself to a pretty High Standard when it comes to water. We do. Our internal standards are stricter than the state standards set by the Colorado Department of health. And federal standards. Lets talk about the process of treating the water. Youre telling me it is a five step process to make sure the water is as pure as possible. We bring the water in and basically coagulate it, which means we combine the dirt and make it heavy and we settle it, and so it goes through the sedimentation process, so all of that dirt settles out. And it goes through a filtration process. And which filters out all of the small particles and goes into disinfection, and after were done with disinfection, we do a Corrosion Control and then we send it out to the Distribution System. So we are in this area right now, where some of that treatment takes place. And the 24hour operation here. Yes. Yes, 24 7. 365. We have people monitoring our system all the time. And it looks so intricate. Patty, im curious why be transparent with us and the viewers. Why show us all of this . Well here at denver water, we are very prated of what we do. Very very proud of what we do. Very proud of the water we put out. And we want to be transparent and make sure our customers are confident in what we do. Thank you very much for being with us this morning. I know we will be chatting with different people throughout the morning to give you aen an idea of what they do here, at one of the three Water Treatment plants, when it comes to all of the drinking water. Coming up at 6 30, guys, we are having that conversation that so we will talk about lead, and where it comes from, and how it may get into your water and we will do some tests, too, to show you what you can do about it. Thanks, colleen. Colleen talking about denvers water efforts to maintain quality. Denver water says the Colorado Department of health and environment is the Regulatory Agency when it comes to making sure water is safe. Denver water says it sends testing water results, and data, to the department of health constantly, to make sure light showers over the area now. Cloudy. Not only here but up the road in fort collins. Over csu right now, we are looking at cloudy conditions. Thats the case through most of the day. We will have a few breaks in the overcast. We see these light showers in denver. And especially on the southwest side of town. And it looks like into kin carol valley area perhaps, light rain going on and that continues also in the foothills. And with the rain just north of brush, headed up towards sterling. And out over the plains. For us, over the hours, the clouds, very light rain possible, from really any time, from now, through the rest of the afternoon, and the big thing today, gary, is just the clouds keeping the temperatures down. And we wont get out of the 70s today. Sounds like a gray day to me. Yes. Some of the worst flooding in louisianas history, produced some of the biggest heroes. But if you want to help save back from suspension this morning. We will talk about how investigators say he chose food cloudy, light rain, off and on, through the day today, and certainly not continuous. And the heavier storms midwest. That is still where the summer monsoon is focusing, more in the midwest, and we have more of an independent system moving through colorado right now, rotating around and giving us the rain showers here, from the front range, and east. Those will go through the morning, and early afternoon. Here we are at 1 00, and then a couple in the afternoon. And during the evening, light showers, and 9 00, we start wrapping this thing up. And not a ton of rain for a lot of places. But at least some rain for most of us, and a few shut out completely but i think for the most part, at least you could get one or 0. 02 of an inch of rain, with a few pockets of heavy showers during the showers this afternoon. And temperatures in the 70s here. And 50s and 60s in mountain areas. And isolated storms for the front range and east. And even fewer in western colorado where there will be even less rain today. And not much happening down south either. And the temperatures in the 70s here. And 80s down south. Areas. And 73, clouds, light showers, off and on through the day. And evening. And then clearing a bit tonight. Hit the upper 40s. Chilly morning tomorrow morning. Showers come back tomorrow and then for the weekend, we start drying out. Thanks, marty. Lets go out to our travel times now, we will kick things off in the denver commute, and taking a like look at the drive times across commerce city. An eastbound delay there. And 7 minutes heading up northbound. Overall, the delays that have be most significant, have been along the boulder corridor, and not only just the police activity, heading into boulder itself, but now u. S. 36 is in the mix with an eastbound 36 crash here at wadsworth. And everything is off to the right shoulder. But with traffic, going by, at about 55 miles an hour. The ramp from wadsworth is going very slowly. We have about four or five cars on the scene there. Along with the emergency vehicles. And on top of that, we have also got still of course, the police activity. And right across your it is still shut down between 36 and arapahoe and the alternate route with the s. W. A. T. Activity is to use 55th street or chairdale road, both of which parallel 157 or foothills which is going to be very busy during our entire morning rush hour. Sounds like it. Thank you much. A Florida School lass become the target of the internet anger this week has become the target of the internet ang ther week. North carolina Highway Patrol is asking for caution and patients this morning, after a trooper shot and killed a deaf driver feet from his front door. Trooper Jamie Saunders tried to pull over Daniel Harris last week for speeding. Harris led police on a chase back to his house. Thats where saunders shot him. His family says he likely didnt hear the troopers commands or sirens. And the States Department of Public Safety is asking people not to jump to conclusions. And investigators are reviewing shooting. New york Police Department is accused of not following the rules when it comes to surveillance. An independent Police Monitor found that while investigating muslims, the department bent the rules that were intended to protect political groups from unwanted surveillance. The audit found investigations often went past court mandated deadlines. They did that even when there wasnt any evidence of unlawful activity. The department is implementing a new system to track have made heros out of every day people. But one local lawmaker wants those heros to pay up. Louisiana senator Jonathan Perry is working on a law that would require volunteers looking to help rescue stranded people to get Certified Training and then pay a permit fee, before they are allowed into a disaster area. He says the state doesnt want to be liable if the rescuer becomes a victim. For pitche, not usually a happy occasion. But a moment between a Little League coach and his son is a little different. The message he gave his kid before his final hitter. But first, here is a quick check on weather and traffic. Clouds over the area now. And they will result in some rain showers, but boy has the wind died down. After the gusty winds, as a front came through last night. It has settled down for us. Light rain or thundershowers, this morning, and again this afternoon. And the temperatures mostly in the 60s today. And barely touching 70 degrees. And weeds have made a rebound so allergy sufferers take note. And high pollen going for you in the area. And for this weekend, the broncos play saturday night, and it should be ideal for them. And we have a nice rebound for temperatures saturday and sunday. Well, marty, the s. W. A. T. Team and Boulder Police are still looking for a suspect right in the area of foothi boulder. Now, usually we would show you the sky 9 view from above, but number one, we dont want to compromise the s. W. A. T. Search, and number two, our sky 9 pilot is actually helping out with the search and using the High Definition camera to look through the area and they are giving information to the Police Sources on the ground. So we are not going to see sky 9 while they are continuing that search. As for the closure, it extends across the foothills at 36 and arapahoe and use 55th or cherryveil as your alternate because the crash is off to the right shoulder. The fire, police and ambulance and three cars are off to the shoulder, and your speeds will reduce into the 40s. 50 years ago to the month after a gunman opened fire at students can now carry guns in the schools classrooms. Conceal guns. And a new state law requires public universities to allow concealed handguns on campus. Three professors at u. T. Who said it is a bad experiment sued to keep their classrooms gun free but a federal judge denied their request. A San Antonio Police officer is back at work this morning, after serving a 30day suspension. The reason he was suspended so long, he chose eating a burger over gary noe was eating at a burger joint while one of his fellow officers was outside. Trying to arrest a drunk man. The officer had to call in for backup because he refused to help. He just sat in the restaurant eating his food. He had previously been suspended for failing to find drugs on a suspect. Im guessing that was quite a burger. Must have been really good. What a burger, huh . What a burger. [ laughter ] well, eating, putting on makeup, shaving, you probably behind the wheel. Yes. But what one news crew caught in chicago just might take the cake. Check this out. Oh, my goodness. Really. Yes. That is a guy practicing the trumpet in the middle of traffic. We will show it again here. We had to see it several times ourselves. Before we actually believed. It now, we understand the need to get in that added practice. But it is probably just not a good idea to do it when you behind the wheel. Because both hands are on the instrument, what is on the wheel. Yes. There is that. Driving with his knees. That is not okay. Oh, my goodness. And the fact that he did it with the window down and everything and everybody will love this. No, we dont. Lets be safe. So it is now 6 27. And we all grew up saying the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of the school day. And coming up at 6 45, though, the option to opt out of the pledge, and how it created a . Give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. The time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. It is a situation in boulder, a man with a gunshot at a police officer, and now a major road is closed down. Neighbors are being told to stay inside. Until officers find this guy. Having colorado plates in kansas. Well, that could get you pulled over. Maybe not for long. A federal judge says Police Drivers for pot. And florida students got a waiver that has patriotic parents fuming. A state law requires kids to get permission to say the pledge of allegiance. Right now, we want to check the traffic, and people in a boulder neighborhood are told to stay inside. Once again, police are looking for the gunman in Foothills Parkway, and it is closed from the offramp to arapahoe avenue and baseline road is closed from 55th street to meadows road. Right now, police have boulder, longmont and the Boulder County sheriffs department, along with state for a guy with a gun. 14yearold Russell Daniels, police say that at about 10 30 tuesday night, officers were called to daniels motor home. Wees inside with a woman who had a protection order against him. Now she managed to escape. She ran to police. Police were talking to daniels. He fired four shots inside of the motor home. No officers were hit. But police think he may have shot himself. And then he took off running. Live, canines are searching, s. W. A. T. Officers are in the area, and the Boulder County Sheriffs Office has brought in its armored bear cat vehicle. Amelia is keeping an eye on closures and the best way to get around them. Amelia, these roads are big time roads during rush hour in boulder. They really are, comparey. Normally we show you a live gue from sky 9. But sky 9 is helping in the investigation and search right now for the suspect. So we will not compromise that situation by slowing ut live view. We will showing that you live view. We will check in with sky 9 when it is appropriate. Additional smaller sized streets are seeing closures as well. As for the alternate routes to get you around the delay, across foothills, which is 157, it stretches all the way from arapahoe, to u. S. 36. And alternates which parallel the Foothills Parkway drive, include 55th street and also cherryveil road, both of which take you across not only windy you use cherryvale. And 36 is expected to see delays, because the lights and sirens could be visible. And also aud audible there from the highway drive. We will keep you posted. As for the rest of the morning commute. A busy one. Eastbound 136, a crash in the area of wadsworth. A couple of cars on the right shoulder. And on top of that, new 225 activity, tarhonda, isolated in the northbound direction, between almeda and colfax. At least thank you, amelia. When you get up to go to work this morning, you might notice a little chill in the air. What is all this . It is just a draping of the coat now. Not the full coat on. Not that cold out here. But it is cool. It is chilly out here. And no sun to warm you up. The colorado sun which heats you up so often, that takes you back to boulder. Looking at the flat irons. Shrouded in overcast this morning. You will be lucky to get a few areas of sunshine, off and on, would say, and half hour ago, i was out here, with the red umbrella, right now, i dont need it. However, we are seeing some good showers, in jeff co, down over crow hill and through bailey, and looking up toward fort colin, and it might be a shower or two around windsor, and it has been raining nicely from brush up to logan county. During the course of the morning today. What you will have are very small brief periods of rain. Off and on. This morning. Middle of the day. And this evening. And we will wrap it up by 9 00 tonight. And total rain for most of us, it is inch. For a few of us, up to a quarter of an inch. If you get in the more generous areas of showers. And the temperatures now, in the 60s, and with the periods of showers, and very little sun to be had. And we will be in the low 70s, and no better than that during the day. Bear in mind, average high for the day is in the mid80s. 85 degrees. All right. We are a little bit below that. Thank you, marty. It is 6 34 right now. Denver police are looking for tuesday night. In the monthbellow neighborhood. It happened on maxwell place. And the victim went to the hospital. We havent gotten an update on how that person is doing. At late check, police had not made any arrests. They also have not told us the circumstances of the shooting. And arvada mother whose son died fighting isis is still waiting for her sons body to be returned. As she waits, she is receiving comfort from her community. A candlelight memorial was held tuesday for levi shirley, on what would have been his back on july 14th. While fighting alongside kurdish soldiers in syria. Many people came out to support levis family. Something his mother takes to heart. You never get surrounded by this many really amazing wonderful friends. You know, i wish i had my son back. But it should not do this we should not do this alone. During the ceremony, which is scalled a celebration of life called a celebration of life, levis family offers their condolences to the family of jordan mctagert. The 22yearold from castle rock died earlier this month while fighting isis forces in syria. Your colorado license plates do not give police in kansas the right to pull you over. That is the ruling from a federal appeals court, which found kansas Law Enforcement cant stop and search drivers just because they have out of state license plates from a it is the result of a lawsuit filed by a driver here in colorado against two kansas Highway Patrol officers. They stopped his vehicle, in the middle of the night, and searched it. And the court found the officers infringed upon his rights. A Government Watchdog Agency says one of denvers top d. A. Executives has been wasting everyones time. Melanie murphy is a regional director for the veterans Inspector General accuses her of misusing time over a four year period, being frequently late to work, and working remotely without taking the required training. Murphy told the Associated Press she disagrees with the report. She has been working at the Denver Office since 2014. Recreational pot is coming to the city of thornton. The denver post reports that the Thornton City Council has voted 54 to allow Retail Marijuana shops, the maximum number of permits that they are now. And Many Community members went to the Council Meeting to speak against the decision says it is a bad example for kids but when it came down to it, it was all about money. Several Council Members say tax revenues from marijuana businesses were badly needed in thornton. We are working to find some answers on whether thornton will see a top Golf Development in their area. It is a proposal. The city met last night, and permit. It was a pacted city Council Meeting. Top golf will be at i35 and 136th. And have 102 days and 170foot fence and lots of lights. The Company Tells us it will be very similar to the one it had built in centennial. Some are worried the business would be too big and too noisy. And others welcome a chance for a new entertainment in the city. We need a little more things for entertainmentwise in the area, that not having to go to westminster, or a lot further out. A top golf Spokesman Says the Company Wants to meet all of the guidelines and partner with local communities, again, we will update you on thorntons decision as soon as the city council lets us know. A cool day like today, highlights the fact that despite a few warm days this month in general, it hasnt been all that toasty here, for the month of august. In fact, at an average daily of the top 20 warmest and not even close to the top 5. And with highs in the 70s today, we are not going to make up any ground on that. And looking ahead, into the weekend, we do have the small disturbance moving through the state, it has pulled in some moisture, from the pacific, but west of salt lake city, you can see some drier air that will work in through the weekend. I will have that factor and we will be talking broncos rams forecast in a few minutes, too. Never too early to talk about that forecast, marty, thank you. Crisis in flint, michigan, left a lot of people across the country wondering if their water is safe. This morning, we are getting a rare look inside the denver Water Treatment plant looking at where the water comes from and how it is treated. 9 News Reporter Colleen Ferreira has more from inside the plant. Reporter we are talking about lead this morning because many of you may have that concern. We are inside one of the Water Quality labs here at the denver Water Treatment plant and there is a number there at the bottom of the screen. Concern about lead. Or think your water may have traces of lead in it. 3038932444. And they are going to send you a free sampling kit, a testing kit, so you can go ahead and test your water and find out the results and then take matters into your own hands. Decampbell here, the director of Water Quality and treatment at the plant, deek campbell here, the director of Water Quality here and zeke, the water comes from the mountains and streams but where does the leom in the Distribution System is free of lead. And lead can enter through your home plumbing and the pipes with the solder and the fix tours within the home. We are talking about homes, possibly schools an offices and anyone who may have those type of pipes could be at risk for lead. Are you correct. Lead service lines, which are predominantly in homes prior to the mid 1950s have a higher contributor to lead in the home. You guys are offering the free testing kits, sampling kits and send the box, and pretty self explanatory as far as what to do but youre testing three different types of water from the faucet. Correct. And what were trying to do is locate where in the home the led lead is actually coming from. So it could be becoming from fixtures and other locations in the home, and from that service line. All right, so guys, again, that number at the bottom of the screen right now, if you had that concern, about the water office, go ahead, and call that number, and ask one of them, you will get three of these and fill them up and send it right in and they will let you know your results. Okay. Well, clean water can be a concerning subject. That is where the flint water crisis might come to mind. When it comes to the water issue in flint, here is what you need to know. They changed their water source when they treated from the detroit water part to the flint river and changed the water supply. Denver water says they have a consistent waters source. If there was a change to the source, it would be studied and analyzed by denver water first under state review to ensure the same issue doesnt happen in denver. 6 42 right now. Should children be allowed to skip the pledge of allegiance in schools . It is an option one School District gave. But lots of patriotic parents are offended. And a display that gives new meaning to the term in color. Crayons. Used as inspiration, and in a most parents dont have a problem with signing a permission slip. But one that went home with students in florida is causing outrage on social media. People are calling it dumb an unpatriotic. Yes, the permission slip would allow parents to opt their student out of reciting the pledge of allegiance. At the beginning of the class day. It says i understand my rights as a parent, and i reflect that my child noted above be excused from reciting the pledge of allegiance. This request includes standing and placing his or her right hand over his or her heart. A picture of the permission slip was posted online and it has sparked a lot of debate and the School District says it is only trying to fulfill a state mandate to inform parents of their rights. And people are giving a lot of feedback saying this is unnecessary, and it really is just so unpatriotic. There are schools that do not recite the pledge anymore and disheartening for those who grew up reciting the pledge and say it is necessary. It seems like tradition at the very least but it is the under god part i think a lot of people are upset thats why parents opt out. And why do you have to send home the slip . And they are putting the language in the School Handbook and it is too much to have a slip to say i want to opt out of it. And we posted the question on my facebook page. Let me know what you think. Sounds good. Lets check the weather with marty. A few showers around the area today, especially focused over the front range, the mountain areas, and then here along the i25 corridor. Day. And slacking off a bit, slightly, later on, with lighter showers here, and we will get a few stray, very, very isolated storms, west of veil pass, late in the day today, so the best concentration of rain will be essentially from fair play to denver, and up through estes park, and then through cheyenne, later in the day. And for the weekend, still looks warm, still looks dry. And could see a storm in the foothills on sunday. But man, does it look good saturday with. A High Temperature of the evening game. Broncos rams right here on denver and channel 20. And temperatures in the 70s at kickoff. And Still Holding in the upper 60s to near 70 by the end of that ball game. The two major problem spots in your denver and boulder drive are now 225 northbound, and Foothills Parkway. We will start up here across 225 northbound with an accident right around al me dax the northbound stretch toward mississippi crowding up very quickly. Right now, the left lane is which parallels 225. And as we go out to the maps, we do want to talk about the Foothills Parkway closure which extends between arapahoe and down to u. S. 36. And just got a note from one of our viewers, marcia, she let us know, of course, cherryveil does not connect with u. S. 36. It does connect with South Boulder road. If you do need to get on and off of that highway drive and access the areas of foothills, yes. The lewisville exit is an option. If youre using South Boulder road as an alternate, that will and 55 is an option to the west. We will have more on the traffic impact of the s. W. A. T. Search, coming up in a few. Are you giving us all of the information, thank you, amelia. An art form that has roots in many continents with many people. A way to stitch together vibrant colors with new ideas in a new exhibit. 9 news photojournalist matt bell and i take you on a tour. What we do is promote the reporter not just to keep warm. But an art form. We have taken the quilts from the bed, from off the couch, and we have started to hang them on the walls. Reporter vividly inside a gallery at the Blair Caldwell africanamerican research library. It is a display the quilt guild is proud to provide every august, but this year, it is even more colorful. What he would did is put crayons in a brown paper bag and everybody was invited to participate, pick out a color from the bag, and our goal is to make you reach your inner most design element. Proving the power in this form of expression. And not just by experts. Anybody can quilt. We welcome the community to come and join with us. And learn the art form of quilting. Bringing this longstanding form of art into a new generation. And you will be amazed at what you can do as a beginning quilter. Beautiful. Isnt that just beautiful . And in case youre wondering about the quilt guilds flame. Washtenage in swahili means people who sew. You can see the exhibit for free at the Blair Caldwell library through august 31. Just so gorgeous. Terrific idea, too. And i love how she said, you know, people hang them on walls now. Not just bed coverings. Theyre art. They are art, thats for sure. Well, it has been the year of the rookies for the rockies. And last night, we saw one of their younger ones break monsoon is in the midwest today. It is backed up slightly. Flooding conditions by kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. And on the back side, a small area of low pressure is rotating through. Bringing us showers. Not only this morning, but again this afternoon. And they will be dotted around the area here. Some of the heaviest showers will be this morning. And then they slack off later this afternoon. Note by the time clock by the way, we wont be completely done with the possibility of rain until about 9 00 tonight. Moderate rain in a few spot that will be the exception rather than the rule. Most of us will stay less than a tenth of an inch of rain today. Everybody cool though. Temperatures in the 70s. With 50s and 60s in the foothills. We get the bulk of the storm here in the front range and northeastern colorado. Just a few showers up along the elk, west elk mountains, and then along the colorado river. Out to glenwood springs, and grand junction, later in the day. So we get the best of the rain. Well. And 70s here, and warmer down south. As it will be drier. Same thing in western colorado. Because we are going to have to wait so long for the showers out there. And the clouds, cooler, light showers, and 73 today. And 9 00, 10 00, tonight, we start wrapping them up, and we clear out and hit the low 40s. Tomorrow, more of an afternoon shower day. With mid70s once again, and drizzle friday morning. And it gives way to slight clearing in the middle of the day. And once again, i could see a shower or a thunderstorm in the afternoon there, an and then an evening thunderstorm possible on monday. Coming up in a minute. 9 day outlook. Lets see how warm it gets next week. A little cooldown in the meantime, with nice sleeping weather each night. We are getting out to a drive now that is frustrating for folks on 225 and in boulder. Look at this. A crash blocking off the far left lane. Northbound 225 near colfax in the mix. We have also got a car fire there along northbound 225. And it is a 22minute drive southbound, and 15 minutes for and on top of that, we have a new crash across smith road and peoria. Just to the south side of i70. And 70, 270 and the elevated deck, starting to get very busy, a quick update on the major road closures in boulder around the s. W. A. T. Search. And foothills still shut down between 36 and arapahoe. And 55th, cherry valley, and exit at lewisville and the South Boulder road drive, they will have you all out there this morning. And 6 55 right now. A look at the top stories today. Re more than 6,000 people in boulder this morning. It warned them to stay in their homes because of this. A s. W. A. T. Search happening right now. Police are searching for a man they consider armed and dangerous. 24yearold Russell Daniels. Foothills parkway is closed. From the offramp to arapahoe avenue. And baseline road is closed from 55th street to meadows road. Now, this man was with a woman who had a protection order against him. Again, police in the neighborhood are told or after getting shot in the mountbelo neighborhood. Now Denver Police are searching for who pulled the trigger on maxwell police. We are looking to figure out the persons condition and exactly what happened. A yiewghtd hostestimonied el is considered unsafe and uninhabitable and serious fire Code Violations forced the evacuation in denver on 5th avenue near the Fillmore Auditorium. The red cross and the Salvation Army opened a staying there. A people who were staying there. A sedgewick county deputy accused of assault will face a judge. Sheriff hannah is at the local county detention center. No formal charges have filed yet. He was the sheriff in sedgewick county for two years and started with the department in 2011 as a deputy. The Fort Collins Police Department Faces a lawsuit from discriminated against because he is brazilian and has an accent. The supervisor has a history of targeting minorities in the department often calling spanish employees lazy and incompetent he says. Fort Collins Police and the City Attorneys Office is not commenting because this is an ongoing case. A 6. 2 magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks killed at least 37 people in central italy. And that quake reduced buildings and homes to rubble. Crews are now searching the debris for any sign of were in amiatrice80 miles outside of rome. A new state law in texas requires public universities to allow concealed handguns on campus. The three professors at the university of texas actually sued to try to keep guns out of their classrooms. But a federal judge denied their request. And getting denvers air as crisp and clean and fresh as the mounts air will take a lot of work. And Governor John Hickenlooper gas pollution and drafted a flew executive order proposal to cut Greenhouse Gases 35 over the next 14 years, and a group of republicans are asking him to wait. Light showers today. And cool. We start moving up warmer and warmer into the weekend. And a small chance for a desert storm coming up monday evening. And the heat is back on. We are not done with summer just yet. We are going to be popping up back well above average. For the entirety of the next workweek. So it is is going to i had a feeling that might happen. Yes, you know, that does happen. Yes. The rockies lost to the Milwaukee Brewers again last night. Dropped two in a row to that not very good team. But there was a silver lining. Rockies pitcher john gray set a Single Season Team record for strikeouts by a rookie. And he now has 145 on the season. Beating the previous record of 138. And after with six terrific innings, the manager walked out the managers visit to the Pitchers Mound is rarely a happy event for the pitcher. Yes, we know that. But in the recent Little League game, a pitcher got a visit to the mound from his coach, who is also his dad. And it is going viral for all of the right reasons. Oh, good. Just came out to tell you how much i love you. As a dad and a player. Okay, youre doing awesome out here. One more hitter and then we are going to judes. This is your last hitter. Love it warms my heart and people online love this father son moment and this is how we should all be encouraging our kids. Absolutely we should. I like that a lot. Yes. It is great. All right. The weather is cool. But it is going to warm up. It is going to be warming up next week, we will talk about that more on channel 20. All right. Sounds good to me. And that is all for 9 news this morning. We are going to go over to channel 20. If you are staying with the today show, we hope you have good morning. Breaking news. A powerful earthquake rocks central italy overnight causing widespread devastation. At least 37 People Killed as crews dig for survivors out of the rubble. Trouble looming. Atlantic and gaining strength. It could become a hurricane as early as this weekend. Florida, louisiana, texas, all potentially in its path. Blurred lines. Donald trump back on the attack. It is now abundantly clear that the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. 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