states, but the fda says all blood banks need to begin testing for zika in the next three months and bonfils says they will. >> continuing to see the widespread effects of zika virus. >> absolutely. it's a very dangerous thing, as you know. there is some good news, the world health organization says so far no confirmed cases of the illness in spectators, athletes or anyone else who attended the olympics, but there period, so there's a chance that new cases could emerge. rio travelers should avoid mosquito bites because if they do have the virus, that mosquito could bite the infected person, fly somewhere else throughout the u.s. and infect someone unsuspectingly. there haven't been and again no cases of athletes or spectators, so it sounds like everyone who went to rio is okay. they also say people who went sex. 53 countries now have the reuters on their soil. abc's erica edwards reports on -- virus on their soil. abc's erica edwards reports on the story here. >> reporter: this baby does not have microcephaly, the telltale small brain and skull seen in so many other cases across latin america. >> this is changing the paradigm of the way we think about the disease. >> reporter: there are worrisome signs prob develop. doctors at jackson memorial hospital in miami found calcifications in her brain and scarring in her eye. her mother said she's terrified zika will harm her daughter further. she became infected while pregnant in venezuela, then traveled to the u.s. where she gave birth. >> so she's thankful that the baby was born here and she also said the baby has been a blessing to her. >> reporter: florida is home to the first homegrown zika cases in the states. governor rick scott said he'll travel to washington the first day congress gets back from recess pushing them to approve money to help fight the virus. many places are already preparing. in baltimore johns hopkins medicine is opening a comprehensive zika center where patients can get any kind of zika related treatment and support they need. erica edwards, nbc news. also today the centers for disease control and prevention reported the first known case of a person without unknowingly transmitting that virus to a sexual partner. we are learning more about a lakewood mother's death and the sacrifice she made to save her young child. 35-year-old chelsea russell died of heart failure rescuing her son in lake powell. the 2-year-old fell off a house boat tuesday. russell dove in to save him. the toddler was found floating on top of his mother alive. time outdoors and was passionate about her job as an attorney in denver. this colorado state judge remembers the intern a few years ago. >> it's got to be a mother's first instinct to think of saving a child rather than herself and that's obviously what she did. she was rescuing her child, not surprising that she would jump in to do, that absolutely. >> he went on to describe russell as enthusiastic, an outgoing person who loved he russell leaves behind a husband and two young children. the u.s. government is looking at limiting how fast trucks, buses and other large vehicles can travel on our nation's lows. the new proposal revealed today would impose a nationwide limit by electronically capping speeds on vehicles weighing over 20 effort thousand pounds. 60 to 65 -- over 28,000 pounds. be the top speed, but that might change. >> there's just no need for large vehicles that have tremendous weight when they get into a crash to be traveling at those prevailing speeds. >> the proposal was offered by the national highway traffic safety administration and the federal motor carrier safety administration. the public will have a chance to comment before a decision is final. the search continues for survivors in central italy after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck amatrice. the death toll is 278. that's probably going to continue to rise. nbc's bill neely reports from a historic town that is now mostly overland. >> reporter: in the rubble it's a race again time as hope fades of finding survivors. rescuers say staying alive under all this is a long shot. on the ground they call for silence. they hear none. sister mariana survived and can't believe it. i texted my friends to say good- bye forever she says. the ground is still shaking, this aftershock bringing down buildings triggering clouds of dust, another violent aftershock this morning. they are still pulling victims out. the whole town is and depending on food handouts. this is their main camp. it can hold around 300 people. there are thousands homeless here. there's anger, too. investigators now probing why this school collapsed in spite of $1 million spent to make it earthquake-proof. the dust rising still like the death toll in this shaken town. this morning's aftershock rattled nerves. tomorrow there will be a state funeral for dozens of the victims. we do know also that at least a dozen tourists were killed, but so far we know no americans among the dead or the injured. back to you. civil protection officials in italy say 238 people have been rescued. again a state funeral honoring the quake victims is scheduled tomorrow. a local denver restaurant is doing what they can to help victims hit earthquake. the owners of the restaurant are serving up an amatrice signature pasta dish donating half the proceeds to relief efforts in that area. >> traditional pasta from the town really hit hardest by this earthquake, just i mean to raise awareness and we're donating half of the cost of each dish sold to a great giving. >> the fundraising is taking place now through sunday, september 4th. we've got that information on 9news.com. we have had yet another somewhat soggy cooler day to end the workweek. over the weekend we'll still be reminded hey, it's still summer, before then a few scattered showers with temperatures a little below normal. meteorologist danielle grant joining us now. >> one or metro area. i think everything wipeds down after about 8:00, 9:00 in the city. you can see mother nature is trying to make up her mind, sunshine here, darker clouds in the distance and we've seen a couple stronger thunderstorms pushing throughout parts of the metro area. you can see everything pushing from the west tracking off to the east of one particular cell in yuma county was originally a severe cell that. downpours, lightning, strong wind and watching for a bit of hail. another cell east of grover in weld county. in the metro those storms trying to fire up around the foothills in evergreen and conifer and one east of the interstate moving east, should be near fort lupton momentarily. on futurecast 6:30, 7 p.m. a -- few pockets of showers, not a washout. 8:00 showers are pushing in from the west toward steamboat springs. overnight we might see rain and snow above 12,000 feet. we'll wind things down here overnight. you can see it's muggy across the eastern plains where the storms have been firing up and also in the mountains. temperatures are below average but warmer than they have been dia, cooler in ra59, mid-60s in parts of meeker, low 50s in leadville, 70s across the southwestern corridor. the evening forecast, one or two thunderstorms and we should be good to go for friday night, comfortable temperatures, should be gorgeous. we do have warmer days ahead, more seasonallike temperatures and i have some nice looking summer evenings for your weekend and the big broncos game is happening torr any thunderstorms are going to be cruising through. >> hopefully not. >> no. the attacks keep on flying, this time the weapon of choice racial bias. hillary clinton calls donald trump bigoted. trump has been saying the same of hers. nbc news correspondent edward this. >> reporter: hillary clinton said there were no favorite issues to donors just because they gave her money. >> i made policy decisions based on what i thought was right to keep americans safe. >> reporter: she continued the offensive on the republican candidate saying donald trump's beliefs and policies are bigoted. >> it's deeply disturbing that he is taking hate groups that lived in the dark regions of the internet, making em clinton's accusations saying democrats resort to the racist argument when their policies fail. >> it's a tired, disgusting argument. >> reporter: trump supporters say clinton is trying to divert from issues voters need to hear to make a choice. >> there will be a lot of people just now getting educated and tuned into it and making some decisions. >> reporter: trump tried to clarify his immigration wall. >> we're going to have all terms of e verify. people will not come into our country illegally. >> reporter: but he was unclear on what would happen to the 11 million undocumented immigrants that are already here. >> a lot of people think next week there will be more racially charged insults from both sides. a police officer's body cam someone from a burning car. >> the mess caused by an ? sleep number beds with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. the time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale! mostly lower on wall street, giving up a modest gain from earlier in the day after fed chair janet yellen gave an upbeat assessment of the economy. stocks ended mostly lower on wall street after an assessment was given for the economy. this is body camera video of a georgia police officer rescuing a man trapped in a burning vehicle. this happened at 3 a.m. august 16th. you can see the passenger's fear and agony on his face in the back of the car. what made this rescue so daring was that the impact from the crash actually bent the frame officer couldn't easily pull that man out of the car. you see there's an explosion. basically what the officer had to do was here he is doing it now. rebending the door frame to try to get the passenger out and then again as you saw in that video before, we're looping it over a couple times, there was an explosion. this fire was so intense that officers could feel the heat. they said it was unbearable from as far as 50 feet away. this was a rr the driver burned to death and the passenger seat was melted within minutes of that rescue. a man is in critical condition after a house explosion in wisconsin. officials in fitchburg got a firsthand look at when happened last night. emergency workers quickly closed off roads. a you'll of rubble is what's left of -- a pile of rubble is what's left of the home. a 57-year-old man was pulled from the debris and taken to the car and started walking. there were no emergency vehicles here yet at the time and i could see someone laying in the street and then the awful smell of gas. >> the house next-door also has significant damage. in all police say 23 homes were hurt or impacted rather by the explosion. a massive water main break in baltimore sent water spewing into the air. we love these videos in caused this to happen shortly after noon today, but it's clear the gusher created a tremendous traffic backup. crews are expected to be working on repairs for that geyser in the middle of the street for hours. >> a lot of times it's because the pipes are so old. >> a lot of these towns. >> when i was living in washington d.c., we had sinkholes because the pipes were old. it's like the balance they have to do this new infrastructure renovation? >> same issue in los angeles. they've seen so many over the years. it's tough. it's expensive, but you've got to do them. >> luckily we don't have that problem. >> but we like the video. if you live in colorado and you don't like dogs, probably in the minority, especially today which apparently is national dog day. >> if there's one thing coloradans love more than the mountains or the broncos, dogs. i saw this, a dog at the cherry creek whole foods. i'm not calling anybody out. i see them at the grocery store. people keep bringing them to breweries even though they aren't supposed to. businesses want to cash in on our affection. take cosmo dog bakery. the biscuit biz is this owner's true calling she says. you get unconditional love. you give unconditional love. they're always happy to see you. equability say that i've ever had a job -- i can't say that i've ever had a job i like coming in to more every day. >> there are lots of pet focused businesses in denver. so you're sharing with us how you spoil your pets. we want to see all the pictures, allowing them to drive obviously. >> service dog bindi. >> that's adorable. keep sending i follow this thing on instagram called puppies and instagram. i also follow bishons of instagram. >> i may follow some golden retriever pages. >> you have to. >> yeah. they're adorable. because you have to go earthquake, terrible story, adorable puppy, adorable puppy. you have to balance everything out. >> pretty cool. next up nasa's latest test of a spacecraft that's designed and built by scientists here in colorado. >> also how apple plans to help nasa ever getting closer to a march mission, this morning scientists conduct -- a mars mission, this morning scientists conducted a successful splashdown test with the orion. they flung an 11-foot test cap skull into a pool of -- caps it's bouncing and bouyant. more than 500 sensors and crash dummies measured the impact. nasa is hoping orion will carry astronauts into space by 2023. it might soon be harder for a thief to steal your iphone and not get caught. not that they won't steal your phone, but you'll probably know about it. apple filed a patent application that describes a capture biometric information to identify an unauthorized user. that would capture fingerprints and video and selfies the thieves take and go to a server where police could find them. two months after a gunman killed dozens of people inside an orlando nightclub, the sound of popping balloons caused panic in an orlando mall. the chaos led to nine people getting hurt. the sound were from six large ba opening of former in sync's singer's new restaurant. there was an announcement made the test was about to be conducted, but still the loud noises had people running. orange county fire and rescue say the nine people were treated at the scene, including four who were taken to the hospital. amazon plans to open more brick and mortar stores. in portland. in seattle last year the first bookstore was opened. underneath each book is a review card with ratings from online customers. customers can try out new devices at the stores. >> i love going to the bookstores. so i'm all for the brick and mortar experience. >> they've ruined black friday online. now they'll probably own it in store, too, domination by amazon. people across parts of colorado's high countr if you don't believe us, we have the photo evidence. >> snow? it's august. okay. also ahead where we could see a few more scattered showers this evening and how temperatures sky9 giving us gorgeous shots every single day, but here they are flying and hovering over golden. >> that's a tough shot, but let's tell you what's going on. this is the weather event that's playing outside. if you haven't been outside yet, showery, misty, cool way to end the week, but i love this weather and i have to weather, i've been taking a sort of it you build it, they will come approach where i cook comfort foods, where i burn candles that have a fall smell. clearly it's working because look outside at sky9. >> look at table mountain in golden. i wore a sweater the other day and it actually felt nice to have the sweater weather back, listen to a different kind of music, a little more mellow. show sky9 shots of these beautiful summer days crystal blue sky. i actually love kind of fall misty weather. it's a nice break. we get a lot of sunshine here. the monotony of beauty can wear on you. >> danielle, that also means fall colors are coming out, too. >> what is your fall comfort food that you're cooking up? >> last night i made chicken pot pie. mill husband said it was the best thing i ever -- my husband ever made. i had two ingredients and i bought vegetable stock and it was all over the place. >> you kind of want that hot coffee in your hand. the seasons will definitely be changing fairly soon. this week was a good taste of that with 60s, low 70s. today at the airport hit highs in the upper 70s. you wouldn't know it with all these darker clouds starting to push into the city. a couple thunderstorms this be somewhat home free for the weekend. an awesome time lapse at telluride. you can see those higher peaks picking up on a little bit of snowfall. a stunning sight and a good reminder winter will be here before we know it. out here at the loveland ski area everything looks so green. that's where all that sunshine is, a few clouds in the far off you can see sunshine in the far off distance, a couple clouds. out west it's a different story, 79 at the airport, mid- to upper 70s in greeley, sterling, ray, burlington. we kept it cool in the mountains, about 56 in leadville, mid-60s in gunnison, telluride, 60 degrees with low 70s in cortez and durango. now at the airport temperatures in the upper 70s, mostly cloudy skies with the winds shifting out of the north about 5 miles around 23%. here in the 9news backyard our temps coming at us at about 77, a comfortable evening despite the fact we have some dark looking clouds overhead. i want to show you as far as the month of august goes, can you believe we're winding down on the summer season? we are in the running for the second dryest august ever. luckily we now have .22 in the books this month. so far our yearly over 10 inches and -- a little over 10 inches and about an inch shy on average from where we should be. kind of a welcome sight as these thunderstorms push in. we have some more sunny days on the horizon. we'll zoom into the metro area. i'll snow you a couple pockets i'm watching, one pushing off the foothills into parts of douglas county, another one in lakewood. it looks like this guy will weakening over brighton along highway 85 and i-76 moving out toward the i76 corridor. this guy really materializing, a lot of lightning and heavy down pours, this cell originally reporting some hail with it, too, now over the farmlands. that cell once over yuma county now into parts of nebraska, kansas, picking up about lightning strikes. here in the metro area a couple light showers and then i think things wind down. 49 in sterling, mid-50s in lamar, 40s in frisco, aspen, grand lake a frosty start, around 38 degrees saturday morning. i'll time it out so you can plan the rest of your evening. at 5:00 shows showers one or two moving throughout the metro area, but they're gone like 8:00 perhaps a few more pushing in across northeastern colorado and then we're done. tomorrow morning we wake up, a bit of sunshine around the city and a little fog across the far eastern plains. by afternoon we'll watch for round 2 pushing into the city. a couple possibly strong storms moving in around 4:00, 5:00. all you folks at sports authority field, if you're get messy. it will be brief. it looks like everything pushes out in time for the game day forecast. by 10:00 tomorrow evening everything starts to move out and i don't anticipate any severe storms tomorrow. i think that mainly will be confined out in chicago and minneapolis. 83, so a little toastier tomorrow and we'll keep warming things up, back to the summer weather a lot of folk like, pretty isolated. we'll stay in the 80s in sterling and ray, close to 90 in lamar. around the metro area 60s, 70s for the foothills. around the city a lot of folks in the 80s, similar setup in northern colorado, so here's what i'm thinking. kickoff is at 7:00. i think the storms will be brief and most likely be before kickoff. temperatures not too shabby arou hopefully we're coming off the field with a win. the numbers will be about 10 degrees cooler. as far as we are looking at into the month of september, it's going to be here before we know it. i wanted to give you a little update on what the climate prediction center is thinking as far as temperatures go. a good chunk of the western side of the country will be looking at potential for above average temperatures including eastern plains, it's also going to be toasty in parts of the southeast as well. precip, equal chances in the city, dry out there in the pacific northwest and southeast across the gulf coast states. planning forecast looking a little something like this. isolated storms on tap tomorrow, temps warming to the 80s by sunday. overall it looks a bit dry. we might still have a couple isolated storms firing up in that's the case sunday as well. tuesday it looks a little wetter, 90 on wednesday. why not? we'll be close to that thursday into friday, a chance for a storm here and there thursday, but as we head in toward your labor day weekend it looks fantastic, those numbers returning to the upper 80s, lots of sunshine. maybe you're going up to the high country and doing some camping as well. jonathan, whitney, do you guys have any good plans for the holiday weekend? >> you know what? it's my husband's birthday. i'm going out of town. >> what are you cooking up for that, anything good? >> we'll have to check with my mother-in-law first. family vaca to vermont. >> by the way, this weekend i have a red rocks slow asked danielle for good weather, she came through. >> sunday is looking pretty good just for you. >> i'm calling you sunday morning if anything changes. >> what if i have bad news for you? >> we'll have problems. colorado ski resorts often send us photos of early season snow to get people stoked about the upcoming ski season and typically the pictures are stunning. company. you can see people in the aspen snowmass valley woke up to a rather lower snow line than they expected. rocky mountain national park rangers are asking for help to identify two suspects who smashed windows at the east sunday morning. he stole purses and used the credit cards and the cards were used at other businesses outside the park after the break-ins. if you have any information, police want to hear from you. call the number on your screen, 970 970-586- 970-586-1290. of course, with these tips you can remain anonymous. 102 years old today celebrated by leading a workout. marriage thomas lifted weights, did some stretches and laughed with her silver sneakers classmates. when asked the secret to her long life, mary smiled and said keep breathing. the workout theme birthday party ended with cake and as dr. john would say, everything in moderation. happy birthday to mary! >> good for mary! >> more active than i am. >> me, too. maybe both of us combined. next we're going live to mullen high school to kick off the high school football season. it's here. the atf and thornton police are offering $10,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects in a burglary at a jack cash shop at 8851 washington street in thornton around 3:20 a.m. tuesday, august 23rd. about 35 handguns and long guns were taken from the store with other items. this burglary is not believed to be related to other burglaries at gun shops in littleton this summer. if you have a tip, call the thornton police emergency mine -- emergency line or th tip line. today the friday night lights get turned back on. >> 9news prep reporter taylor temby is at mullen high school. hello, taylor. >> reporter: hello, you guys. yes, it is zero week, but that doesn't mean we won't see these two teams in the playoffs in december. pomona, many people remember their last season in the state valor christian in the 4th quarter. even though the team is returning with a majority of its starters, they want to avenge their loss to the mustangs last year and remind everyone where they're the 2015 state runner-up. >> it was a tough game. we went into overtime. it's going to be tough again been do that much more. it will pay off and we've been going hard all summer. >> we definitely have a bad taste in our mouth. we had a pretty big lead the first half and then we just lost focus and gave up the game. we have to bring it all we got for four quarters, not just two, not three, not one. we can. >> reporter: i want to show you what's going on now. to the right you see the away section. all the trash bags are out. that holds a couple thousand. you'll see some of the mullen kids starting to warm up and then we've got the home team section. there's about people here tonight, what a great way to kick off the season. >> obviously most of the coverage is about college and pro football, but there's just something unique about high school football. >> reporter: it's such a community oriented thick. this draws out kids who one day want -- thing. this draws out kids who one day a baby simulator program that was supposed to prevent teenage pregnancies might not be working as well as researchers thought it would. australian researchers involved 57 schools in the study. some took part in what was called a virtual infant parenting program. others took part in a standard parent health education program. the vip program included robot baby dolls that needed to be burned, rock, all participants were 13 at the start of the study until they were 20 years old. the study found those who participated in the vip program had greater rates of pregnancy and abortion than those in the controlled group, but it's unhere why. researchers think -- unclear why. researchers think it might have accidentally taught some young women they might be able to care for a newborn. joining us now. >> thank you. well, you guys are covering hard news. we're over here debating the real stuff. >> it is. >> showers versus baths, there is a new study out that says if you are a shower person and i feel like all of us here were, baths are actually better for you. >> they're not. how? >> you take a hot soak. you it's good for your skin of overall doesn't have to be like a hot tub. you can have a hot soak. you can burn 126 calories per hour. >> a bath, how you're doing is wallowing in your own filth. how do you wash your hair? you can't. >> asking you guys to try baths for a week. >> no, please don't. bath. it's too relaxing. >> yeah. you need the energy. i have some thoughts on this as a pregnant lady,ically don't know if you can -- lady, i don't know if you can see the full effect, one of the things they say not to do is take a hot bath. so the science is conflicting. >> thank you. whitney, you got it right. >> that's all i'm saying. >> steve is very passionate about this. >> i am. you bath people filthy. >> slacker, enjoy your bath this weekend. see you, guys. >> yeah, right, will. >> bye. dozens of volunteers turned z23eiz zvpz y23eiy yvpy goal... some say you can accomplish just about anything. that's exactly what happened at the some say you can accomplish just about anything. that's what happened at the campus of the charter school child development center. volunteers spent six hour building a playground from scratch. this playground serves a lot of kids with special needs, so teachers asked the kid who would make their ideal playground. a nonprofit called kaboom designed their playground. >> a playground is one of the best places to learn. we're able to provide real opportunity to practice fine motor and play activities. >> it was grown out of the school child development center serving colorado kids over 70 years. kids will get to play on the new playground next week. for those who get nervous traveling, airports can be stressful. in denver dia's therapy dogs there are a lot more pups on duty. dia has nearly doubled the size of its canine air force therapy squad. you can meet the new squad members at dia today on level 5 at the jefferson terminal. these squad members are trained to offer help to nervous travelers and the manager of the volunteer program hopes to grow the program even more due to its success. >> the idea of the program is to offer stress reli work at the airport. the airport is a very stressful environment. it can be a very stressful environment and these dogs offer a sense of calmness to those that they encounter. >> there are 26 different breeds of dogs on the squad that can be spotted at dia wearing blue and black checkered vests. if you're looking for something to do with the family this weekend, your best option is one of colorado's four national parks. there's actually 13 sites they're free through sunday. yesterday marked the 100th anniversary for the national park service and to celebrate it's waiving admission fees to over 400 national parks across the country. colorado has eight sites across the state. the website says 13. you can ?find a park online in attraction. >> a preview of an exhibit they mark your calendars. a new traveling exhibit washed ashore. saturday september 24th at 8 a.m., 15 sculptures made entirely of sea life. it's a call to action encouraging zoo guests to recycle and prevent ocean pollution. they'll be displayed in different parts of the zoo. the exhibit will be hosted through january 26th at the >> it's amazing so much stuff washes up onshore. all the -- >> junk essentially. >> i was trying to think of a word i'm allowed to say. >> they created masterpieces out of it. will the weather be a masterpiece? >> this weekend? depends on where you live. sunday looks great. it really does. we've been talking so much about fall and comfort foods and pumpkin spiced lattes, 27 days until it's official. september 22nd is the first day. outside now we've been watching a couple thunderstorms in the far off distance. one is pushing closer in here to the city. you can see that stronger cell east of broomfield. here in denver a couple light rain showers, nothing too crazy, haven't seen a lot of lightning either. we're still doing good in that regard. tomorrow once again it's similar to this, a thunderstorm here, one over there and then we're done after about 7:00, sunday just for you, jonathan. we'll have another chance of seeing a couple more storms tuesday and thursday next week, but we're cranking up the heat. >> that's it for us on 9news at 4:00. 9news at 5:00 is next. next at 5:00 a spike in overdose deaths linked to the type of drug inst amount. >> a man in his underwear delays a flight headed to denver, but that's not the most bizarre part of the story. >> he drove under the jet bridge of jet bridge 16 and ran head on into the nose gear of a southwest flight. >> and the inspiration behind a playground built in a day next on 9news. >> this is 9news. the sunshine is back and it feels a little warmer outside, throughout the night. kathy is in the weather center. storms shouldn't be too severe. >> no. as a matter of fact, the storms aren't holding together terribly well but do have some hail with them, kind of a mix of clouds and sunshine today, a little warmer and drier but the chance for showers moving into friday evening. temperatures 75 at dia, 60 in the idaho springs area, 72 in eagle, much improved over yesterday and the day before. the showers are tracking west toward the east thunder, lightning possible lakewood, denver up toward broomfield, potential for grapple or small hail. these storms have turned severe in weld county, but they move quickly, so the warnings don't last much longer than a half hour or so. the storm is on the move with a shift in the weather pattern, a warming and drying trend gets us into the weekend after tonight. yes, the clouds off to the west

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