danger, once again. a red flag warning is in effect for much of the western slope into the high country and mountain valley so just be aware that we'll continue to see the chance for those really fires popping up. but highs for today, a little bit warmer on the western slope. low 80s in denver. so jason, we saw really hot conditions this last labor day weekend, but today, iiguess mother nature says, hey, it's fall time. >> yep. the kids enjoyed one last day at the pool before it closed down% for the season. we have a good drive as everyby holiday weekend. i-25 was horrible doon to the south. we had i-70 over an hour delay coming back from the high country. right now, all is wide open. really easy driving conditions. no accident to worry about. take a look at the map. as you can see, easy driving conditions for us to the south, to the north. did have rood work here along restrictions here for a little bit longer, but otherwise pretty nice out to the east side. take a look at the drive downtown. we had also a big cleanup. all roads now opening, which is remain closed is, and i'll tell you why coming up. laboo day unfortunately ended in tragedy. a man killed in this accident. this is on i-76. he was drivvng with his family last night when the accident happened. police say the car rolled into the median, throwing him from that vehicle. a woman was inside. she was flown to the hospital. we are also told that some children were inside that van. they do appear to be okay, but were taken to the hospital just to be sure. now, to this deadly accident. this is on franktown. a 66-year-old motorcyclist was killed after getting into an accident involving three cars. troopers are now looking into what caused that crash. it's 5:02 now. no secret that street racing can be deadly. neighbors in south denver are just tired of it, saying drag racers always tear through the area, and they want it stopped. jason is live from south federal with more on the problem. >> yes. good morning to you, mitch. it's one thing to leave behind marks on this parking lot. this is a clothing store here right near federal and south arkansas. burnouts and the smell of burnt rubber and a little bit of loud noises when the cars gather here, but they don't just stay here. into their own neighborhoods. some call it cruising, but neighbors just call it downright street racing. now, they are dealing with property damage and worried that things could get even worse. we spoke to one neighbor. her name is eileen darton. she lives about a block and a half away from where i'm standing here where some of those cars go cruising or racing right in front of her street. she says that just on s out a chain-link fence and kept ongoing and driving. she says there are children that play in the neighborhood and that this could get potentially deadly and much, much worse. they say that they call police each and every timm this happens, but they don't get the response they wanted. we reached out to denver police. they say they are aware of this problem. kind of hard not to be when 150 cars gather and burn out their tires all at once over the weekend, and that they are trying, police are, to crack problem obviously comes when cars are racing away from you and when they scatter when the cops get there. they didn't give us any specifics, the police didn't, but just that they are doing tteir best at this point. neighbors just really fed up at this point, say they are going to continue to call the cops, and just hope that scenes like this don't end up on their front lawns and even worse. reporting live, i'm jason, denver 7. we have breaking news in the race for president right now. just in this morning, a new orc poll with just nine weeks to election day has donald trump leading hilary clinton 45 to 43%, 2 -point lead there. this is the latest from cnn this morning. libertarian candidate gary johnson at 77, and green party jill stein 2%. now, the washington post is also just out minutes ago with a new first-ever -- first of ts kind state-by-state breakdown of the presidential race here. so they are looking at polls all across states. has the lead. we are going to be looking at this poll closely to see what colorado and how voters here in colorado are responding and we'll have more on this throughout the morning, as well. 5:05 now. denver police are investigating after an officer shot at a suspect. fortunately, no one was hurt here. it happened at noon yesterday right near west 3rd avenue and osage street, which is an industrial area next to i-25. it all began when a man waved a gun at a tow truck driver. when officers got there, they ended up shooting at that man. he's now in custody. police have not released his name. the douglas county deputy is recovering this morning, this man here, afterrgetting shot while trying to stop a suicidal man with a gun. this happened last week. the family of the man who detective bryan just released a statement. deputies killed randy rodick after he shot detective wright. his family says they are sorry it happened. they also say they love and will miss randy and asked for ramsey? it's been almost 20 years since the young boulder beauty queen was murdered in her own home in boulder. noww a new documentary is trying to shed new light on that cold case. what jonbenet's father just revealed. >> john ramsey spoke to a & e cameras about what it was like dealinwith the media and with accusations that the family was responsible for his daughter's death. the two-hour-long piece reveals a dna report that analysts say pr family did it. the never-before-seen report examines a dna test ordered shortly after the murder on a spot of blood found in jonbenet's panties chl boulder police ignored it, not passing it off to the dna for months. >> death would have been a welcome relief from the pain and agony i felt. >> now, early on, john and his wife, patsy, were suspected to have been involved in their daughter's death. learn how long it took authorities to finally exonerate the ramsey family in the next morning, i'm amanda, denver 7. during the commercial break, you might want to go double check to make sure your car is locked. officerssin castle rock and douglas county are dealing with a string of car break ins. it is something chuck frederick knows all about. last week while away camping, frederick says he caught this man on surveillance videe stealing $20,000 worth of tools from his truck. >> i guess the price you pay, you know, with big population growth and, you know, probably and stuff like that around the house now. >> so take a look at the guy again. right there at the truck. if you recognize him, call police. it's 5:07. this wild fire still burning past right up near the wyoming border. crews are making progress, though. this is the start. this one is now 35% contained. this time yesterday mornnng, it was only 10% contained. lightning started this one on sunday. it's already grown to about 350 acres. dozens of people still evacuated ?ur state c this is a look at the beaver creek wild fire, the one northwest of walden. it's the biggest fire in colorado and continues to grow. it is now more than 37,000 acres. it is 60% contained, though. months. we have this graph here that shows the sheer size of this one. it started aboot 11 weeks ago. it's expected to continue to grow. this is the one that fire officials believe they really won't have contained until probably mid october. today, a boulder judge will begin deciding on whether or not the city should be all tax sugary drinks. right now, the tax is set to go on boulder's november ballot. this is something that drink makers don't want to see happen so they're appealing the decision to allow it on the bool -- ballot. lawyers say the group that got the issue on the ballot didn't word the petition correctly and, thereforr, it's invalid. if the judge sides with the city, voters would then decide whether or not to put a two cents per tax on soda distributors. here is a way to wake up in the morning. drink some coffee infused with soon off. in boulder county will native jack is a cold brew infused with cannabis oil. the owner says it helps turn down the noise from the caffeine. get ready to see more red light cameras around denver. that's because city leaders are about to sign a new five-year contract to extend the service. >> right now, denver has four red light cameras and four speed vans. if one catches you, you''l get a ticket up to about 80 bucks. state lawmakers have tried to get governor hickenlooper has protected them. pups enjoy the last day of the unofficiallend of summer. the city of lafayette let people bring their dogs to the pool yesterday to celebrate labor day. before you get too grossed out, don't worry. it was the last day of the swimming season so the season is now going to drain the pools. >> get all the dog hair out of there. >> yeah. the cleanup is underway after an earthquake rocked oklahoma. as it turns out, that quake might have been manmade. an update to breaking news. going after a parking garage collapse. today, temperatures a lot cooler than what we saw yesterday. we hit 90 degrees all labor day weekend, but today, temperatures are back in the low 80s, upper 70s in places across the front range. a lot of folks are back at it, back at school today. you can seeeup at boulder, wide open for us along 28th. switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... learn, shop and more with fast in-home wifi. so call 844-565-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. speed may not be available in your area. call today. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favorites - burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. thousands stepped into the jennie-o tasting booth to find out. it's 5:13. isis is taking responsibility for this suicide carrbombing. this happened in central baghdad. this one killed 12 people, injured several others. the bomber targeted shiite muslims in iraq's capitol city there. happened in the same spot isis attacked back in july. back then, 324 people were killed. now, to israel, crews are still searching for survivors after this parking garage collapsed in tel aviv. this is breaking news this time yesterday. at least four people are still missing in that rubble. now. at least 20 others are recovering from their injuries. frms and, guys here at 5:14 now, we're breaking down this washington post poll just out at 5 a.m. this morning. the largest poll the post has ever conducted in the presidential race, breaking down each of the 50 states here. we're looking at the state-by-state numbers here. interesting, it shows a tight race between donald trump and hilary clinton in ohio, north carolina, arizona, and texas, and as for colorado, this is interesting. hilary clinton, of remember -- remember polled her advertising here in our state because she has such a strong lead. this poll has clinton with 46% to donald trump's 44%. that's with the two-way race. it's dead even in a four-way race when you consider the other two candidatts, as well. people in oklahoma aren't cleaning up this morning after a large 5 .6 magnitude earthquake hit over the week end. we are now learning that the quake might not have been natural. some scientists think fracking triggered it oil drilling and has been linke to increased earthquakes in oklahoma before. so all fracking wells within 725 miles of the quake's epicenter must now be shut down within the next nine days. ? fresh from our wound ? back from the edge of time ? >> some of hollywood's biggest talents celebrated labor day in baton rouge. they were holding a benefit victims. 13 people died in the floods last month, and more than 60,000 homes were destroyed. hunter hayes, aaron neville, they performed during the concert. john goodman and britny spears all made special appearances. the money raised goes to the red cross. the telethon aired across the country. 5:15. check our forecast now. >> good morning, you guys. we did see hot conditions this last labor day weekend, but a cooldown is in store for today we'll see a little more moisture and instability in the atmosphere. that will bring us a better chance for seeing those afternoon and evening thunderstorms, mostly across the eastern side of the state. but this morning, we are waking up to mostly dry conditions, but this is your first alert patchy fog will be possible across much of the metro area and the eastern plains. we do still have fire danger rrally across the western slope, portions of the mountains, into the mountain valleys, so just be aware. low humidity, gusty winds, warm and ddy that is critical fire weather so just please be careful out there. highs for today elsewhere, 87 degrees in fwrand junction. gunnison and same in fort collins. take a look at our front range numbers. 82 degrees in denver. much cooler across the northeastern plains. only 71 today in sterling. we do have the risk for seeing stronger storms, really a little bit later on this afternoon into the evening. all the area you see here encompassed in green, do still have that chance for seeing gusty winds, pockets of hail. ouu future cast showing what we can expect throughout the day for much of the front range. we'll start the morning mostly cloudy, gradually clearing skies. still ave the chance for a few sprinkles and cloudy conditions on the foothills, and then as we head into the afternoon hours, some gradual clearing. so we will see some sunshine, but increasing cloud coverage by this evening, and a better chance forrseeing those storms really right around 6:00, 7:00, and then moving on to the plai can see here, with the red and yellow moving onto akron by this evening, and overnight tonight, mostlyycloudy conditions. our highs, though, across the be a lot cooler, almost tenwwll degrees cooler than what we saw yesterday. expect highs in the lower 80s. tonight in denver, we have the chance for storms. 53 is our overnight low. tomorrow morning we'll wake up to more sunshine and 85 degrees. it felt like summer was ending today. we'll see those cooler conditions. mesly dry, mostly sunny. friday is our bright spot where we cool down to upper 70s and lower 80s. this weekend looking mostly clear. theyre just about to open up broadway. you can see the southbound side of broadway coming from 17th -?through 16th and getting on dn into civic center park as we're doing the final cleanup. you can see on the map heee this morning down that way, the final cleanup as we had lincoln street, prodway closed down. 14th. they built that big stage for the nfl kickoff village that ?ill take over civic center park for the next couple of days through thursday, then they have the september 11th remembrance program that's going to happen alson civic -- center park on sunday. still going to have road restrictions throughout the week and weekend. don't be surprised if you see lanes closed off. take a look at the drive out here in i-70. it looks really nice. we have road work on havana under i-70. southbound side closed down. central park, peoria can get you around pretty easily. out west, this is c-470. morrison road. wide open. easy for us out there right now. 5:19. prairie dogs are becoming a real problem in jefferson county. >> we have a look at the holes the prairie dogs have dug up. this is near the schaefer athletic complex. there are about ten holes at every corner of the complex, which could do damage. >> we are concerned about infilt things into that and maybe compromising the foundations of that building. >> so crews have removed 15 of the prairie dogs so far. foothills parks and rec plans to poison the rest, but a local task force says poisoning the animals is not the answer. get ready, the broncos kick off the season of nfl thursday night. the nfl is taking civic center park tomorrow. dierks bentley and one republic meeting with the president of the philippines. what that leader has to say about obama's decision. i will be pursuing my 2nd amendment right to own a firearm because i got to protect my kids. this ain't right. it's creepy. it's weird. i don't like it. >> so what got this mom scared is stuff of childhood nightmares. nightmares. the fear of clowns very real f we thought fibers that help you stay regular caused unwanted gas. not good. then we switched to new mirafiber. with dailycomfort fiber and is less likely to cause... unwanted gas. finally. try new mirafiber. light & fit greek crunch yogurt is topped with crunchy deliciousness that makes it an absolutely, irresistible hit! they are bombs we dropped president obama made the announcement while visiting the southeastern asian country. president obama is trying to heal war wounds and rekindle our relationship with the country. this morning, philippines president rodrigo says he is sorry for calling president obama a curse word. he says he didn't mean for it to come across as a personal attack. he said after a reporter asked him to explain the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers to obama, president obama then cancelled the meeting with him some fishermen were off the coast of miami when they found a raft full of cuban migrants trying to reach the u.s. >> the migrants were about 50 miles from shore. the fishermen knew they had to jump in to do something. >> just threw everything we had on the boat. our water, our powerades, you know, your food, our sandwiches, everything.>> well, the fishermo called for help and waited until the coast guard got there. men were in would have sank before getting to shore. some daycare owners are in connecticut found more than 1 million -- $1 million worth of marijuana growing in the day care backyard. some were 10 feet tall. they shut down that day jb care. they are now investigating the owners. neighbors say they were pretty private people there who ad just finished building a big fence, perhaps to ide the pot. the threat of clowns is spreading. last week, we told you about kids at a south carolina apartment complex saying clowns were trying to lure them into the well, now, it's happening in north carolina. two kids there say a clown tried to get them to go into the woods by offering treats. police say an adult even heard that exchange. as you can imagine, some parents are worried. >> i'm going to be outside with my kid if i do allow her to be out and aboutt but there will be no morr playing with your friends, you know. i mean, i supervise from the window, but now, i will testify nitly -- definitely be outside. >> stop all this clowning around just be af sout -- safe out here. >> local police are stepping up patrol to keep everyone safe here. similar thing happened in wisconsin ecently. turned out, that clown was just there for some kind of marketing stunt so that was a misunderstanding. >> okay. but this one is creepy. >> yeah. if it's doing something wrong with kids, that's not good. >> yeah. clowns are not my favorite. >> no? >> fear of clowns. >> yes. yeah. it's a real thing, i promise. we are going to be seeing chance for storms later on this afternoon. this i if you are out in the roads this morning, just be aware that we can see areas of patchy, dense fog, so just please practice caution. that'll eventually dis as we head throughout the morning hours. cooler and cloudier, though. right now, our temperatures across the front range, 46 degrees in evergreen, 63 in city park. only 59 degrees in boulder, but we are going to be warming up but not as much as yesterday. upper 70s to lower 80s. and it's going to feel a little bit more busy here on the conditions. a lot of people are back at it seeing a lot more traffic volume even right now than i did in the 6:00 hour yesterday. you are seeing easy driving conditions on i-76 to 70. this is going to start getting busy in the next 15 minutes or so. the drive out to dia looks good. no delays as of now. take a look at security wait time, though. it's been creeping up nearly to a half an hour on the south lines so plan a couple extra minutes to ggt through security at dia. >> thank you, jason. 5:26 now son only to have him shot and killed by police. why she got the officers involved. and this political season is heating up, but it's not only the candidates feeling the stress. how the campaigns are causing ? ? ? isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. wanted to help. >> a local mom calliig local police to arrest her wanted son chl now, she wants to know how that call ended with officers shooting and killing him. frms and cars speeding through town racing each other. we're looking into denver's street racing problem. >> it's been nearly 20 years since jonbenet ramsey was murdered. a new documentary that may provide new insight inno her death. plus, a cu runner is trying to solve a common problem. how his device could keep your feet healthy. frms before we get into those with katie. >> you guys, will be a lot cooler and cloudier across the front range than what we saw yesterday because a cold front is slowly making its way into the state. we are already picking up showers and thunderstorms down to the southeast, staying mostly dry across tte metro area as of right now, but we do still have fair danger in effect across the western slope. muff of the mountains into the mountain valleys. low humidity, gusty winds, warm and dry conditions. different story to the east, as you can see.

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