Olympic swimmers made up the story about being robbed by armed men in rio. The Police Officials say the three swimmers, including ryan lochte, were actually involved in a rowdy gas station confrontation that was caught on video. In fact, this morning a source there is telling abc news at least one of the swimmers was seen on footage breaking down a door to the bathroom at the station and fighting a Security Guard. Then the security apparently used a gun, demanding money for the damage. Two of the swimmers were pulled off their u. S. Flying for questions. Lochte was already back home in the u. S. A crash shut down colorado boulevard near i70 this morning. A car and semi apparently collided and fuel spilled onto the ground. One person had to be extricated and taken to the hospital. Colorado boulevard between vasquez and 48th was closed several hours but traffic is lets get your first alert forecast as we get closer to the weekend. Its nice now. About 5 degrees cooler than at the same poi
Little bit cooler this afternoon. Early on this morning were under a mostly sunny sky. Mild temperatures. Upper 60s to around 70 by 8 00. Then by the time those kiddos are heading home, first day of school loaded with homework, well be at 87 degrees. It will be a cooler afternoon chance for again a few storms today. Were likely not going to see many here in town. But if we can take this full i want to show you where we can get stronger storms. Northeastern corner of our temperatures will drop a little more than here. We have a cold front that will drape in across northeastern colorado. Well be it looks like in the mid to upper 80s. Will be a cooler day today. The threat for Severe Weather today to the northeast. Tomorrow it includes denver. Jayson, heres your first alert we could get stronger storms tomorrow. 225 at parker road. Cherry creek schools and Cherry Creek Dam road youll see extra traffic today. We saw that start yesterday as the teachers were heading back to Cherry Creek Hig
From quebec to homestead has been shut down. Fire crews wrapped up the scene, they went through the neighborhood and checked. They went through about 16 businesses throughout, no injuries and no evacuations. Now xcel is on scene ann now its becoming a cleanup effort. While they still do that, this entire stretch of busy road is still closed. For more on to the studio with jayson luber. They are on scene and keeping a watchful eye. This is the area of dry creek closed down. You saw the deputies by homestead elementary and this is the section closed down to quebec. Use arapahoe road to the north or you can use county line to the south, and holly will since quebec is open. The other big story now is in the last few moments rrd saying the a line from the 61st and pena station is the last stop of the a line to the airport. Theyre using buses to shuttle to the airport. There is an electrical problem of some sort, and theres no estimate when theyll get the train rolling out to dia from 61 00
60s. Jefferson county, those kids dont go back to school until next week, but mid to upper 70s there in evergreen and conifer. Heres your first alert we could see a few storms today. There is a threat for a little Severe Weather. Ill show you where coming up. Look at this gorgeous broncos first gamm of the season sunrise. Its pretty. That is pretty. We have a good drive going on. You can see the camera we have, i76 and 270, some of the heavier traffic is starting to build across the highways. 270 drive, the drive on i76 starting to get a little bit busier. You can see the heavier traffic, whether its on the 270 drive, i76 or the south side of town, overnight construction. Rough ride on northbound i25 to evans. It was a rough day for some people hoping to catch the out to dia. The train was down for about seven hours yesterday. It is open now this morning. But it has been plagued by problems. At one point they were averaging four outages per week. One dia employee we talk to says hes pa
App and you can get any amber alerts sent to your phone. Tonight youll have another shot of seeing the perseid meteor shower. It continues tonight. It happens every august, but this time nasa says you can see more than usual. Scientists say you can see 200 meteors an hour as opposed to a normal 100 an hour. Lets bring lisa into the mix. Ive tried to watch it before. Are we going to see it . The city lights. s called an outburst because its double the number of meteors. Last time we saw that was 2009. It peaked last night, but well still get it tonight. Beautiful start to our day here in denver. Some sunshine. Look at some of the storms that crossed over lamar. Right now were still seeing wet roads down to the southeast. Thats a live look from our viera wireless camera there in lamar. Otherwise, dry across the state. Here in town a cooler day seen in about a week. Well be in the mid to upper 70s by noon. First alert theres a chance of a few more storms this afternoon. Low to mid70s by a