Heading into school. About 20 to 25 degrees warmer by 3 00. 93 this afternoon. Slight chance for a few late day storms. Ill show you that coming up in a few minutes. Today and tomorrow 90s covering eastern colorado. Well talk about the cool down that happens starting thursday and friday in a few minutes. A wild scene on the south side of downtown denver. Youre looking at logan south of speer by 2nd, where a guy got into an accident, pops the southbound side of logan near 2nd and calls for a tow truck. When the driver arrives believes the man is under the influence. The tow truck driver calls police, when they arrive he stabs himself in the stomach. Once theyre done collecting the evidence and removing this vehicle, we can have logan open. Yyu can get around it by using grant just a touch over to the west. You can also get around this accident at 10th and federal easily by going through the neighbor, in the middle of the intersection. The rest of the drive continues to get heavier, including 225, where you can see that on the camera at 225 and mississippi. If you stepped away from your tv come back. Theres a lot of people talking about this video this morning. If you look closely, as it comes up right there, see theres a woman driving. Shes got her leg up on the dashboard and shes using her cell phone. This is while shes driving on i25 and at times shes looking down on her cell phone for 10 this morning csp is warning people about the dangers of distracted driving. Denver7s amanda del castillo has more on how you can keep these distracted drivers off the streets. Amanda. Reporter star 277. Its the only number you need distracted drivers. Now in that video you just saw, it made for interesting video, it put the person who recorded it in a dangerous position, risking their own safety. If theres any need for a reminder, you should know its illegal to text while driving, even inputting any type of data while driving throughout colorado. But statistics show roughly 660,000 people across the u. S. Are putting themselves in danger at any given moment by using their driving. That number has held steady since 2010. Were at eightth and lincoln where weve seen many drivers adding to that number. Distracted driving doesnt actually just mean using your cell phone. It could be eating, doing your makeup, even nursing your child. Yeah, its happened before. You are distracted. Why dpd Police Officers say that its so hard to catch half hour. Live on 8th and lincoln, amanda del castillo, denver 7. From the first alert desk, just got new details on a breaking situation were following overseas. A man has been arrested after climbing the security fence around buckingham palace, and the bbc reports the queen was 3 there at the time. That is one of her residences. She is not in any danger after the fence was scaled. The suspect is 22 years old. He was not armed, apparently, and was arrested on suspicion site. This happened just recently in may. A man was arrested for scaling a perimeter wall at buckingham palace. Back here at home police are calling this a horrible accident. Two little girls only 3 and 5 drown in a pool at a Mobile Home Park in pueblo. Their 17yearold babysitter also drowned. Neighbors at the park are stunned. They say things might have been different with a lifeguard on duty. I think in every single pool its apartments, complex, anything, anybody should have a lifeguard. Its still not clear how all three went under the water. . An investigation is now under way. The woman in this video here steals from a church and she apparently has a glass of wine in her hand. You see her there. She stumbles in a Baptist Church near 1st and emerald in broomfield. She sets the glass down, grabs a laptop, grabs a hat, and takes off. Releasing this video, hoping that someone will recognize her and call police. Armed robber is on the run after holding up an adult store in commerce city. Police tell us he pointed a gun attthe clerk, tied her up and took off with cash. Happened yesterday morning. Detectives say they arent ready to release the Surveillance Video at this point. If you know anything, you are asked to call crimestoppers. You could be eligible for a cash reward. Street mall. A man comes forward o tell us he was ambushed and robbed and lost parr of his ear in the process. What is the city of denver doing . Denver7s Jason Gruenauer working to get answers for us this morning. Reporter good morning to you, mitch. Injury involving a skate board you would assume someone fell, that they didnt get hit on the side of the skull with it. Thats whaa one man says happened to him. Denver7 spoke sterns, who is homeless himself, but happened in Congress Park at the end of the mall here. He was hit in the head by a skate board that partially tore off part of his ear. He says he remembers waking up in the hospital, also after being robbed. He blames the problem on one thing. If im getting offered, its probably not that safe. Reporter whether its drugs, urban travelers, other things, a combination of a lot of things, whats being done to fix the problem . We sat down with Denver City Council president now back on the job after time off from medical leave. Hear what he had to say coming up at 6 30. Reporting live on the 16th street mall, Jason Gruenauer, denver 7. A judge says this man, richard darling, is not fit to stand trial for murder. Police believe he homeless man in the head last halloween and cut up his body parts and lit them on fire. Hell be in a Mental Health facility until november when he can be reevaluated. This is joe keller who disappeared in southern colorado more than a year ago. His remains were found last month. The coroner says he died after falling off of a cliff. After going missing in superior. Authorities found the girl at a great clips in aurora. The manager there tells denver 7 the girl walked into the salon around 2 00 in the afternoon and asked for a haircut. The manager called 911. The search for the teen lasted nearly 24 hours. A grass fire you can see in this video burned about two, three hundred acres. Fire crews say it threat to structures. Folks in california nottso pilot fire has forced hhndreds of people to evacuate their homes. Two schools have canceled classes for today because of there one. This one is burning a couple of hours east of los angeles. Witnesses say they saw the flames burning just a few feet away from peoples back yards. It is eerie, and its emotional. Weve been through this quite a few times. This is my third time since living up here, going through now there are close to 1,000 ffrefighters working to get things under control here. And this fire in california only 6 contained. Three young girls are in the hospital after falling more than 30 feet out of a ferris wheel. This happened at a fair in tennessee last night. The kids we told are responsive this morning. Fair Officials Say they are bringing in an independent inspector to check out all of the rides, as they try to tipped. New details continue 10yearold boy, caleb schwab who died while riding the worlds tallest water slide in kansas city, kansas. Authorities say he fell out of his tube and went flying off the 17th story high ride. Riders move at a speed of 60 so schwab was moving with quite a bit of force. The park could reopen tomorrow. We have learned it willlbe closed again today. The slide, however, will remain closed while investigators look operations back to normal after a power outage forced them to close about a thousand flights yesserday. 250 more flights have been canceled for today. Weve seen a handful of delays at dia so far. The companys ceo says theyre working around the clock, but could be backed up today. Its been nearly a month killed by an elderly driver. His mi together aamemorial at Mcwilliams Park where cole was hit. His friends sold artwork to raise money for his memorial. Our family has just been honestly blown away but all, not just the love, but the incredible, creative talent. That gofundme page has raised close to 40,000. Their goal is 50,000. We have a link to that page on days in, but we have already seen some spectacular moments at the rio olympics. We have highlights coming up. Teslas auuo pilot feature may have saved a life. Youre walking out the door to a lot of sunshine. Very bright drive this morning. Its going to get warm pretty early on. By noon were at 87. By 3 00 it is hot. 93 for a high today. Ssight chance for a few storms. Heres your first alert well show you what the storms look like. Threat for severe pretty low. In northwest denver this is pecos. This section is closed down because theyre working on f0 were tracking breaking news in the first alert center. Hour we broke that espn is reporting tim tebow is pursuing a pro baseball career and will hold a workout for all 30 mlb teams this month. This newssis starting to take off on social media since espn broke it this morning. But not maybe in the way tebow would like. He hasnt played baseball since he graduated from high school in 2005. A lot offpeople not so ho decision, coming out and saying at tebow is deludeed. He has told espn where he works as an analyst hell continue his broadcast responsibilities as well. If youre in the market for a parttime job, today is the stadium. Theyre hiring 600. The jobs pay between nine and 10 bucks. Between 10 00 and 2 00. Broncos aqib talib was back on the practice field yesterday. This is his first practice since he was shot in the leg back in june. After practice we asked him if he shot himself or if he was shot by someone else. He says he cant talk about it right now. Man, the situation is still under review, and respect that process. Im not going to talk about that right now. Dallas police are still investigating. Thats where the shooting took place. The nfl is also conducting its own investigation. He has not been suspended but still could face a suspension. Broncos are back oo the practice field this morning. First preseason game is thursday in chicago. Its ere. Two days. Moving around pretty good, youre going to find sunshine this morning. Hot this afternoon. We are back in the 90s. So kids heading back hard to sit in class with that heat. Did you hear that cheer . Thats theeparents. Summer could not come sooner. Or i guess back to school couldnt come sooner. 93 for a high this afternoon. Will be a hot afternoon as theyre heading home. Live look from our viera wireless camera in akron. Youve got some sunshine. Its a bright start, though, and s warm early on. By 10 00 were at 81. Then by this afternoon highs will be in the low to mid90s. Well see a few Building Clouds and there is going to be about a 20 chance for a few storms. Here is your firss alert today and tomorrow, the two hottest days on our sevenday forecast. Low to mid90s. Fort collins youre at 94. Greeley 95. Denver today 93. Our foothills in the upper 70s could see a few severe storms today. The threat is pretty low. Across northeastern colorado a little bit later with the storms this afternoon. Not expecting much between now and 2 00. Its about that point along i 70 well likely see darker skies on our Loveland Ski Area camera, and to the southwest could start to get a few thundeestorms. A couple of those will roll east in time for the commute. And we could see a few turn a little bit stronge storms. Few and far between by tonight into early tomorrow. Early tomorrow 8 00 were under clear skies. And another round of storms tomorrow afternoon. Same thing, western half of our state will likely see most of the storms, but well get a few out east. Looking at temperatures today that with these storms wont budge much. We might see those numbers drop a few degrees. Otherwise, its hot. On thursday herees your first alert that things do get a little cooler. Upper 80s thursday. Quite a bit cooler by friday. We are ending the week with a high of 80 degrees and a chance for storms. Upper 80s by sunday. A nice couple of days ahead of us. I think we might have had a stall or something on i25 on the southbound side coming in from he north side of town. Im mentioning this because you see as theyre moving the camera around over there in golden, looking for an accident i saw traffic basically stop around i76 coming down from the boulder turnpike. Heavy stop and go traffic, but im not seeing anything in lanes at this point. Take a look at the map up that way, already have still heavy traffic in the usual spots. Already 20 minutes into downtown. This section of pecos south of i70 is closed down between 44th and 46th for Xcel Energy Work. Theyre cleaning up the accident that was over there at 10th and federal. Still have this situation south camera on the ground level shot that on the southbound side looks Like Denver Police are wrapping up the tape, so i think theyll be moving out of here in a little bit. South and northbound lanes of logan are still closed down for south side of town nice and quiet. West side really quiet now. 6 20 now. A selfdriving car may have saved a mans life. Josh nealy says his tesla drove him 20 miles to with the auto pilot feature. He had a blockage in his lungs. He is now recovering. A big deal in the world of winter sports. Vail resorts is spending more than 1 billion to buy whistler in canada. It has a lot of people excited. Shares of vail resort went up 8 after the purchase was announced. Your voice your vote, the vote. Donald trump has 37 . Libertarian gary johnson has 7. Clinton spoke in florida last night. And the father of the pulse niihtclub shhoter was sitting behind her. He explained why. [ inaudible ] clinton is good for the United States . Versus trump. I was invited by democr trump made an appearance in detroit, laying out his plan for the biggest tax cut since reagan. He says the plaa would jump start the economy. When i am president well start winning again, big league. He says hell reduce the tax rate for most americans, the proposals would allow independents to vote in republican or democratic primaries without changing their party affiliation. If approved, the proposal will be on the november ballot. A denver 7 investation uncovered several discrepancies on the aurora chool Board Members resume. So why did the board spend narrator 2010. Shortsighted budget cuts in washington threatened to close the colorado facility that oversees the nations response to insectspread diseases. But Michael Bennet steps in to keep the lab open. Six years later. Reporter the global fight against zika begins here, now Michael Bennets working to make sure we continue to lead the fight against zika, for colorado and america. Im Michael Bennet and i approve this message. Its 625 00 will be another toasty one this afternoon. Iipressive performance for team u. S. A. s synchronizeed diving team. Unfortunately, they looked awfully good, but china walked away with the gold. That is one of my favorite events to watch. Its cool, also terrifying its 6 25. Were looking at a beautiful start. Clear skies from our viera wireless camera at the airport. Its nice, its dry this morning. Youll notice a few storms popping up in the mountains by around 1 30. And then well see a few rolling east through town. No real threat of Severe Weather here in town. We could see one or two of these storms turn stronger to the northeast. Likely, jayson, just a little 3 rain, lightning and thunder around denver this afternoon. Some progress on logan. The northbound ide is open now between 1st and 3rd. After speer after a wild scene. You see truck traffic moving into downtown denver. Take a look at the drive from airtracker7, southbound i25 passing i76, didnt see an accideet or stall, just that really heavy stop and go traffic into downtown. Were learning more about what led up to that deadly crash at the Boulder Ironman competition. The victims family wants someone to be held accountable. It is 6 30. Talk about a distracted driver. This video all over social media. It shows a woman casually checking her texts while behind the wheel. A lot of people think she should have her eyes on the road instead. Yeah. Denver7s amanda del castillo is out at 8th and lincoln. Driving distracted this morning. Reporter yeah, as theyre approaching the yellow light at this intersection, theyre also reaching for their phones. Im sure many of us are guilty of that as well. Theyre making all this movement before coming to an actual stop. Even then its still illegal to text or input any type of data throughout colorado. This morning we ran into a driver is texting, posting to social media or reading their screen, because reading isnt illegal, but its dangerous. Texting while driving can result in a traffic infraction and 50 fine and could cost much more in the case of a serious accident. Reporting live from 8th and lincoln this morning, im amanda del castillo, denver 7. Lets toss it over to jayson for a look at traffic. Ive seen a lot of distracted drivers. The other day saw somebody weaving on the righ crash into the curb looking at their phone. Southbound side of logan still closed. Police wrapping up their investigation after somebody this morning got into an accident, drove near 2nd and logan, called the tow truck, the driver came out and thought he was intoxicated, called police, and the person stabbed themselves and they took him to the hospital to get checked out and theyve been investigating ever since. Southbound side of logan northbound side is opening. Take a look at the map, heavy stop and go traffic on i25. Still doing Xcel Energy Work pecos, south of i70. South side is getting busy, but quiet. This just in, today is jaysons daughters second day of school. Well keep counting as we go through the year. You can see w the turbines in the distance sticking out of the fog. Beautiful start. More sunshine here. 72 this morning by 8 00. 87 by noon. And 93 by 4 00. For those kids heading home, its going to be a hot one. We have low, mid90s covering eastern colorado today. Heres your first alert iis going to be as lot tomorrow. Then a nice cool down. Well talk about it coming up. Thanks, lisa. Swerved out of the bike lane sunday in boulder and she collided with a truck and was killed. Now some are wondering why that stretch is being used since the speed limit there is 60 miles per hour. That might not be my first choice of roads to use, but i think it can be done safely, because it has been done safely for years. The victim is Michelle Walters from nebraska. She leaves behind yearold son. Her parents say t