New plan wont work. Thinks the new plan wont work. He is a fward, he thinks hay will walk a guard, he thinks they will walk around and witness it. Chris says he will keep coming to the mall, even with the iffy reputation and came up with his own solution. Buy oneway gray hound tickets and send them home. I am sure that wouldnt work. Probably wont. For next, victoria sanchez. W on the private security tomorrow and will learn how they have been told to interact with tourists and the homeless travelers on the mall. We will take your questions for leaders to them, e mail us, next 9news. Com or heynext. Our next question deals with a similar challenge in aurora. I wondered about why the city of aurora does not have enough housing for homelessness. Deny. Our city, i know, denver does a great job on recognizing it, and i feel like our city denies that homelessness exists. We can tell you the city of aurora hired its first Homelessness Program director, shelly starts this week. Here is her phi
Hauled in 129 million in taxes off recreational marijuana. I know you are thinking it sounds like a ton, until i show you this, 10. 3 billion is how much the state collected through all of its general fund taxes in the same year, we are talking income tax, sales tax, a bunch more. You can see that Marijuana Tax only amounts to 1. 3 of the total. If you got a 1. 3 raise in your pay tomorrow, it is probably not going to changeou you wont go out and buy a house twice the size, but you might make upgrades and that is what the sate is doing. Remember that 2 and change of whole sale tax before we rang it up . It goes to schools, it added up to 40 million on School Construction projects last year, not enough to build a bunch of schools, it mostly pays for upgrades in rural districts. We will show you one of those projects tomorrow. As for the sales tax, local governments get a cut of what kept 76. 5 million in the last year, it up to the legislature to decide how to spend that, they forced ma
Over. Severe flooding in louisiana has now killed seven people, left thousands homeless. Volunteers with boats are part of the rescue effort. State Officials Say about 20,000 people had to be rescued and 12,000 are staying at shelters. Well hear why the threat for some residents isnt over. Reporter as Southeast Louisiana gets a break from the rain, high waters remain, torrential downpours pup, damage so bad several clean up, damage so bad several parishes are declared disaster areas. This is unprecedented all across south louisiana and it has presented tremendous challenges to everybody. Reporter Mark Mcculley is one of those in desperate need of federal aid money to come. Its a total loss. Reporter from the air homes look like islands, the and rising water causing rivers and creeks to burst from their banks. Boats and helicopters were used to rescue 20,000 people. 12,000 stayed overnight in shelters. Until it happens to you you just really dont understand. Water is probably one of the
County announced its first confirmed cases of west nile, three at once including a 13 yearold boy in longmont. So why the sudden increase in cases . We see an uptick every year sometime in august and september. We can never predict exactly which week its going to happen, but we do know that once we see this uptick we understand up with more cases reported. Reporter the state Health Department confirmed 13 cases of west nile this year including one death last week. In colorado the generally peaks later in the summer, but the disease lasts throughout the fall. We now know the mosquitoes are infected and will be infected throughout the season. So we will not be free from west nile virus until the first marched freeze. Reporter doctors say most people who hard freeze. Reporter doctors say most people who get west nile dont experience major symptoms, but about 10 face neurological effects and a small number dies reporter a gamble for everyone because of this tiny pest, maya rodriguez, 9news
Incredible play by agatha and barbara. And heartbreak for the americans. Technically, its really not an upset. Brazil ranked number two. United states, number three. But we all know the truth. R first match loss in olympic play. So agatha and barbara, they will play for the gold medal against germany. The united states, meanwhile, will play for the bronze. Wow. That had everything. Atmosphere. Kerri Walsh Jennings had been 260 in olympic competition. Her first ever defeat. What a setting for it to happen. Its possible that brazil could occupy two of the three places on the podium in this event. They will play the americans for the bronze, and they will play germany for the gold. And well come back here to wrap things up on this tuesday night in rio after this. This broadcast is presented by authority of the International Olympic committee and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express written consent of the International Olympic committee. Wednesday, the gam