Stormy start to the weekend. Lets turn to marty for your forecast. Asking for the publics help looking for a man wanted in a kidnapping and sexual assault. They at but they say it happened last saturday night around ten near south harlan and south hobart they also gave us a description of the suspect. They described the man as hispanic in his late 20s to early 30s. Were told he has long, wavy black hair and a bushy goatee. He is about 510 has brown eyes and a scar on his neck. Police say he may have been driving a dark green older model van with tinted windows and a crack on the windshield. If you know anything about this case call Denver Police. You can also call metro denver Crime Stoppers to its been a violent and often deadly summer across the denver area, and police say a lot of it is coming from Domestic Violence cases. 18 year old Ashley Doolittle was killed in mid june. Her ex boyfriend is accused of murder. He said he was mad about their breakup. Just a few weeks later 52 year old cara russell was killed at work in downtown denver. Her exhusband tracked her from buena vista. She used to be mayor there, but left after the divorce. The attack triggered evacuations in and around denvers union station. And last saturday. Denver police say a man shot a woman in southwest denver on knox court. Before taking his own life. A second double shooting happened the very next day. This one on denvers harlan street. Police say a man shot a woman then turned the gun on himself. It continued this week, as police in centennial investigated after a woman confessed to shooting her husband. The man lived. But police say the woman took her own life after calling 911. Tonight to discuss the impact of Domestic Violence. The executive director of the Rose Andom Center which helps victims says Domestic Violence is a complex, communitywide 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. Todays 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 its considering a second location along the front range but dont grab your wallets and run out the door just yet it could take a while. The Swedish Company is looking of land near i25 and east baseline road. But a spokesperson says theres no specific timeline for planning, building or opening the store. Ikea opened its first front range location in centennial about 5 years ago. Since then, the massive store has attracted shoppers from across the state. Create about 500 construction jobs and another 250 once the store is opened. Walmart has bought land near dia. Our partners at the Denver Business Journal report the company paid 13. 5 million for 169 acres near east 56th and jackson gap road. No word yet on exactly what walmart would put there but it has been building Distribution Centers lately. Right now theres no center in the Rocky Mountain west, upper midwest or the pacific northwest. If thats the plan a Distribution Center could bring hundreds of new jobs. Until ski lifts start turning again at a basin. And pretty soon. Slope lovers will be able to take a new lift. Theres preliminary approval to expand the terrain by more than 300 acres. Itll become an expert area known as the beavers. Its currently a ropedoff section just off the west side of abasin. There are also plans to add a lift to the montezuma bowl. When final approval comes itll still take two summers to complete the work. So everything might be ready to go for 2018. Donald trump is setting his sights on colorado again hell be here next week. The nbc station in Grand Junction says donald trump is looking at a Campaign Stop there on tuesday. That trip could also include a stop in pueblo. Trump held rallies in denver and Colorado Springs last friday. Hillary clinton is gaining the upper hand in the days and weeks following both political conventions. According to a recent nbc news wall street journal poll, the democratic nominee is leading rival donald trump by nine points. Thats up from a five point lead she had st convention. The jump comes in the middle of a series of controversies the Trump Campaign is dealing with. Right now the poll shows that only about 28 percent of voters approve of trump. Dont call it a ransom thats what president obama said yesterday in response to suggestions that 400 Million Dollars the u. S. Sent to iran was a payment to free american hostages. The issue was over the timing of the payment, which came in january came at the same time four american prisoners were released. The president said the money was sent dispute and that cash was used because the us has no banking relationship with iran. The flag raising ceremony is a tradition for every the flag raising ceremony is a tradition for every country at every olympic games. And the United States got their turn to raise the American Flag yesterday. Atheletes, coaches and officials all joined in to watch the stars and stripes rise over the athletes village. There are 554 athletes competing for the United States. Weve heard from quite a few people who want follow on 9news. Com you can search for the states 22 olympians. Theres a pulldown tab with each of the athletes names and a way to cross reference when they compete. We also have information on where you can see their events televised. The games officially begin tonight with the opening ceremonies here on 9news. Coverage begins at 6 30 pm. And will run through its friday and a lot and head to the mountains. If so, get ready to bundle up marty has more on that after the break. Every day at about this time, well take a look at how team usa stacks up against the world in rio. Right now the medal count is of course at zero. Before the games officially begin tonight. We looked back at the medal count from the last summer games in 2012. And were definitely not the underdogs. We got 46 golds that year. Ahead of chinas 38 and russias 22. Team usa has 976 gold medals in all of olympic history. Thats good for most alltime for any amount of time you know how to plan for any kind of weather. And if youre thinking about camping in the mountains this weekend it wont feel like august. The Alpine Visitors Center at Rocky MountainNational Park was wet and cold yesterday. Temperatures dipped into the 30s early in the afternoon. By eight oclock, they were around freezing. Its the same at pikes peak. The summit hid in the clouds yesterday. But temperatures were in the mid 30s with windchills in the 20s. Snow is not out of the realm of possiblity. To hang out with his cousin when he became an unexpected hero. Cesar galeana was on his way to play video games with his cousin. The 7yearold was walking by his apartments pool when he heard a splash and ran to the pool fence. He saw a 2 year old face down in the water so he rushed in, carried the toddler out, and ran to tell the apartment office. Officials say the toddler had wandered away from his apartment and squeezed through the planks of the fence. Hes expected to be ok. Cesar says he didnt really think he just went right into action. A lot of families have College Funds for their kids but now new data shows that a lot of families are dipping into it for other reasons. Puts you right in college fund youre not alone. New data shows that nearly half of parents with College Savings for their children have withdrawn some of the balance in the past two years. Trowe price surveyed more than onethousand parents with Young Children just 18 percent used at least some of the funds to pay for their kids education. Others used it to cover a range of in all the hustle and bustle of back to School Season doctors have a reminder. Dont let your Childs Health take a backseat to Everything Else going on. Doctors say about 25 percent of schoolaged children have a vision problem. And its something parents dont typically know about right away. Eye doctors say a lot of kids dont even realize they have poor vision so they dont tell their parents. Once a child starts School Doctors recommend eye exams at least every two years or more, if there are certain problems or a Family History of vsion problems. Billions of people will watch this years olympics in rio. But 2016 brings a new way to watch with virtual reality. Vr used to be a limited and expensive technology. But headset to view olympic events is relatively affordable at around 100 bucks. You just need that and the free nbc sports app to feel like youre right in the middle of the action. It will all be available starting tomorrow and run throughout the games. And starting tonight some of our evening shows are moving. During the olympics our 9 and 10 pm newscasts will be on channel 20. l channel 9 at 11 pm. A weekend convention in Colorado Springs is expecting a big crowd but it features some pretty tiny things. The tiny house jamboree will have visitors from across the country coming to springs. The National Tiny house jamboree is planned for this weekend at the air force academy. More than 40 thousand tickets have been sold. Those behind the expo say they expect people from all 50 states and around the world. Theres been a lot of hype and curiosity about tiny houses. The jamboree will have examples, workshops, exhibits and seminars. It runs friday match for a strong storm in minnesota. Paul bunyans beloved blue ox babe fell over at some point yesterday morning. The six thousand pound 60 year old sculpture was damaged. As for paul bunyan himself he fared a little better with only minor damage from the storm. Babe was back on its feet later in the afternoon, but some repairs will still be needed. Your reaction to this poor raccoon might depend on your sense of humor or your personal experience. But most people someone tied a get well balloon to a raccoon that didnt quite make it across table mesa drive. City workers coming to remove the roadkill pointed out that a dead skunk nearby did not receive a get well balloon. Maybe the person only had the one balloon or doesnt like skunks. We may never know. Athletes can win or lose on an international stage. In just a matter of seconds. Athletes can win or lose on an international stage. In just a matter of seconds. So keeping all those official clocks in sync is super important. In the next half hour well check in with matt renoux and Cheryl Preheim from rio. On what makes it all tick. Thats going to do lot more news and weather to cover and backgrounds. What Denver Police are planning to do about it today. Adlib headline and winning the gold or missing the podium completely comes down to seconds. What it takes to keep everythign ticking. Good morning. Happy friday. Meteorologist Marty Coniglio joins us. Marty a rainy end to the week. But also a welcome cooldown. A psychological