help himself without a teleprompter, without an aide whispering in his ear. i think he'll have a tough time staying together. >> some of the headlines about the debate prep have been really fascinating. we've seen some reporting on hillary's prep. she's prepare for angry trump, affiable trump. do you think she might be overpreparing or is this what e has to do? at the end of the day this guy has been so unconsistent throughout his campaign. he changed his position on abortion three times within eight hours once. so she needs to prepare for absolutely anything because the the public ??t debating?'?ke hillary clinton and very unable don't want her. negative addition to that, she we're not a swing state and now we're totally a swing state again. s will be ?hard fought in [k?c d?0u expect the ?ixw?aai? backn colo?rado if numbers holdor clinton spent against trump. >> really quick the one thing you're most watching for tonight. kelly? >> i am watching for hillary and energy. >> donald trump's absolute implosion in front of the american people. >> again the debate coming up at 7:00 and on 9news later tonight we'll bring you fact checking and highlights. >> we love the fact that they really like each other because it's so fun to watch them. it's great. good stuff. thank you very much. a preview of things to come, right? perfect time for a voter line 9. volunteers are here from the secretary of state's office to answer questions about registering to vote and election logistics. 303-698-0999 is the number to call until 5:30 tonight. coming up in our next half hour we'll interview secretary of state wayne williams live. highs in the 70s across the metro meteorologist kathy sabine is in the backyard. we're looking ahead to a warm week, kathy. >> oh, kim, we've waited for weeks for this wonderful september weather to arrive. we don't have a lot of rain in the forecast, not a lot of cold winnie weather, just about perfect -- windy weather, just about perfect today. yesterday was cool, mid-60s, mid-70s today and 80s tomorrow. as a matter of fact, conditions around the area, hard pressed sky. it was tough. we had a few little fair weather cumulus clouds dodging the foothill late afternoon. basically with the light northeast wind shifting from the southwest we'll keep temperatures very comfortable right now. we're looking now toward the northwest and no signs the leaves are really starting to change in full force in the city, but in the high country a completely different story. that is why we're looking live at the johnson eisenhower tunnels because traffic has been crazy the last few days and downtown, 68 in idaho springs, 73 in eagle vail. winds shifty and erratic but nothing like the weekend. it is tinder dry, concerns for high fire danger as you might imagine. without the heat we still have a lot of fuel available and with wind, warm temperatures and a lack of moisture, something to think about. there is some moisture trying mexico but having a hard time. perhaps best travel issue scenario will be around atlanta and raleigh. as we move into washington and new york overnight there are showers and storms that could impact travel there. beautiful conditions outside our studios here in downtown denver. temperatures will be in the mid- 70s between now and 7:00. something we'll talk about in our a man weather segment beautiful fall evening, warm sunny day coming up tomorrow, but next storm. there is another storm on the horizon and be wants to know is >> see u. police shot and killed the $ officers say he fgwas ?%firing old has not been ?4? identified suspecs hicle and found several -- he"anot been identified. a bomb squad checked the suspect's vehicle and found several weapons. mayor said he's in close contact with authorities in his city. >> if what i've been told is correct and if this was a lone by law enforcement and the situation is contained and there doesn't appe any ?pj otat, then i out here in cuba. >> police say they are not searching at this point in time for any other suspects. tonight is expected curfew in charlotte, north carolina, but the protests may not be over yet. 11 people were arrested yesterday hours after the city released video of the confrontation last tuesday leading to the death of keith scott. police say scott had a gun and refused commands to drop it before an officer opened fire. the family calls the video inconclusive. now some are asking for the t of office. we need change in leadership. >> if we are going to get the true reconciliation we = deserve, one has odto >> police ar70 people since ?scott s killed tuesday. the state is still investigating. the charlotte city council meets tonight the first time since the shooting. protests are are expected to be there -- protesters are expected to be there. the florida fish be investigating where it's thought speed played a factor in the boating accident of jose fernandez. his two friends were also killed. fernandez was scheduled to start against the new york mets tonight in miami. >> he was just a good kid. he was just full of life. he was an amazing pitcher, here and he even came back after he made the marlins and just to come and see us. >> just a week before his death fernandez posted a picture of his girl friend on instagram. she's pregnant saying how excited he was to become a dad. in san antonio and surrounding areas flooding is shutting down roads. a sanitation worker is okay after his garbage truck got stuck in rising floodwaters. fire c s the san antonio fire department says they've responded to 40 rescues so far. there are more than three dozen streets closed. the weather should clear by tomorrow meteorologists say. everyone from athletes to presidents are paying tribute to golf legend arnold palmer today. it was announced last night that he passed away. president obama tweeted here's to the king who was as thanks for the memories, arnold. president george w. bush quoted broadcast ervin scully on how palmer helped make golf a game for people beyond the country club set. in a sport high society arnold palmer made it high noon. it has been argued golf's greatest moment was at the cherry creek country club in englewood in 1960. palmer hit a birdie on the 1st from behind win, one of the most impressive in the sport's history. a plaque in the country club commemorates the area where it happened and they refer to that shot as the drive heard around the world. >> he drove the first green. he birdied one. he birdied two. he birdied three and the roars all around the course tipped us off that we better get over there. something was happening and i >> that was bob warren. he was 18 years old. he was a photographer for sports illustrated who witnessed history at the country club. we'll have more about the connection to denver on 9news at 5:00. drew litton sent us this cartoon today. palmer was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2004. eight years later he was honored with the congressional gold pleddal after receiving the highest civilian award given in palmer went outside the capitol and signed autographs for hundreds of people, no surprise by arnold palmer. >> what a gentleman. >> he was instrumental in making the golf man popular on tv, so really changed the sport. >> all generations appreciating breast cancer survivors yesterday. >> it was estimated more than 15,000 people showed up for race for the cure honoring all the people who have battled breast cancer. stacy hirschfield was there with her husband and 5-year-old son austin. austin was 5 months old when stacy found out she had breast cancer. >> i was 33 when i was diagnosed and just no history of breast cancer in my family and i work as a nurse at had gone back to work and was pumping at work and noticed a lump and just you think lumpy, engorged normal breastfeeding thing, but did go to sally jove and got a mammogram and yeah. it's been a whirlwind. plan. >> we are happy to report that stacy is now -- >> we are happy to report that stacy is now cancer free and 2. many of the survivors got the chance to see so many of them during the ceremony. susan g. komen raised $500,000 at the event. so many folks that you see every year which is so great. >> they keep on camming back. from out of state, we saw a lot of that yesterday. they keep coming back to colorado, so much support there which you love to see, too. >> a lot of young folks is what really got people and miss hirschfield there was pretty young, too, a mother when she was diagnosed with a little kid about. a affects so many. -- it affects so many. >> and for rich. men get breast cancer, too. one popular bar in boulder is closing after 17 years. >> when i found out, i was terrified, scared is not the not to open up credit card accounts but to get medical treatment all in her name, how to stop it from happening to scammers always seem to be a step ahead of the game. right now that game is medical identity theft. nearly 2.5 million cases were reported in 2014. that's a 20% increase over the previous year. here's 9news consumer reporter tarhonda thomas. >> nieves don't just want your money, they -- thieves don't just want your money. they want your medical information, too. a stolen medical identity can ruin your finances, compromise your medical treatment and even cause lepr avoid becoming a victim. debra ford had a totally clean record, but after a thief stole her purse and used her insurance card to get knowingly give their information to a friend or family member. that's illegal, allowing someone else to use your medical identification card or insurance is considered fraud. on the consumer beat tarhonda thomas, 9news. >> frightening stuff. consumer reports says about half of medical identity theft happens when a fell member takes a relative's health insurance card or other id card. some slips on wall street today. drugmakers fell after pfizer said companies. the dow slumped 166 points. the s&p dropped 18. nasdaq fell 48. television net works hope to hit the jackpot tonight with the presidential debate hoping it draws big numbers. 100million people are projected to watch. that would make it one of the most watched tv events in u.s. history. super bowl xlix from two years ago sets the all time mark with the mash finale had 105 million viewers. 31million tuned in to watch the cavs win game seven in this past year's nba finals. the most watched presidential debate to date was the carter/reagan debate in 1980 with nearly 81 million viewers. >> watched half of those. can you guess which two? no, don't. >> i can guess. >> no, don't. >> i'm thinking the cavs is one. >> yeah, that's one. >> i watched mash in realtime. >> you did not. >> the super bowl and the nba finals. i miss ?fthother two, wasn't here yet. >> i didn't think so. as we honor hispanic heritage, we are spending time with different people from different regions. >> next caribbean influences as 9news celebrates hispanic heritage, we partnered with telemundo denver to hold cultural conversations with folks who represent four of latin america's major regions. today 9news reporter jonathan gonzalez gives us a closer look at the people who represent the caribbean region here in colorado. >> reporter: we picked cuba straight from miami. >> what did you find in terms of the hispanic culture and now has that changed since you opened up some shops over the years? >> i moved here 21 years ago and there were latin restaurants, but they were all mexican. i married a denver boy. i said i need to bring a little bit of my culture here. i missed it tremendously. cuban food in miami is as big as mexican food is here. >> i felt the same way. i moved here desert in tons of mexican choices but no black beans, no nothing. >> yeah. in new york you find food everywhere, literally spanish restaurants everywhere and they sell puerto rican as well. we fight over that because i like to say it's dominican. >> you crave it so much when you're far away from it, so much so. so for me the restaurant, the ever did. i love that people come in sometimes and cry. i have people come in in tears. they're like christy. communities and the next logical thing is they want to vote and effect change. >> there are so many people moving here and in at influx of people there's latin counity. ??y >> coming here i didn't expect >> reporter: stephanie fernandez is a new york native who works for telemundo denver and found some commonality between dominican american and cubans. >> i'm actually shocked at the fact there's so many here which makes me happy. i am. >> i think denver is very open to having these learning conversations and a lot of people say why do you live in beautiful place to raise a family. it's a great place to be a latina and it's a great place to be part of change and the forward moving conversation that is latino here. >> that was jonathan gonzalez reporting. tomorrow we'll take you to south america. i had a nice conversation with some lady.s a few days ago at maria empanada, not >> you have to snack and taste things as well. warm and dry as we head into the last week of september. >> kathy is back with the extended forecast. even if you didn't see mash back in the day, you know this e the theme song from cheers. sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. for years there been a place just like that in boulder. however, as 9news journalist byron reed shows us, not that much longer. >> reporter: for many pay fronts at connor o'neil's irish pub in boulder, finding a place that feels like home is important for peace of mind. >> you see a lot of the same people in here every time you come in and get to know those skylar thomas say having a place that's a staple in the community is comforting. >> it's a way for us to get to know a lot of local musicians. >> reporter: t that comfort will go away next weekend. the pub owners announced last week after 17 years th closing their doors. expensive to do a business in and unfortunately ?7?@?dwe to leave. the landscape of the popula we are expecting more warm weather, though, this week. this is just the time of the year you want to hold onto a couple more months. >> look at this gorgeous shot from horsetooth reservoir, nice day outside, kathy, in the backyard. >> it's wonderful to be a weather woman out in the weather on days like this because we've been out in this backyard when it's been 20 below and the wind blowing and the snow is coming down. these days are like a gift. days. >> i don't find having an office outside on a day like this. sometimes on a monday morning when you wake up to a view like this, it makes it easier to get out of bed and get going. these pictures coming in from over the weekend. if you haven't been to the high country, now is the time. live look at loveland ski area, it was kind of like find a cloud today. it was a game that was kind of tough. there weren't very many clouds around the area. in downtown denver looking pretty day, 75 in the city, about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, almost 80 in southeastern colorado, mid-60s in the high country this afternoon. the average is 74. we are done with the 90s for possibly the season. currently 74 at the airport, wind east at 8. it's tinder dry, humidity 19%. in the backyard outside the studios 75 degrees downtown and you have outdoor plans. we typically see about an inch of snow in denver this month, have in the high country. we're below average for precip. we look for about an inch by the end of the month. we down to about a 1/2 inch at dia. all the heavy showers are at the south and west of us, tropical moisture trying to come as an area of low pressure scoots across the southwest into central texas where they do not need additional rainfall. we're tracking a low spinning it's like textbook. you can just see that front right through cincinnati and atlanta down to the houston area where we're seeing showers form along that boundary. the vivid colors indicate where the flood threat and heaviest rain is by our precip index up above you can see. trying to move into colorado, won't really get there. high pressure over the great basin is keeping the storm track north of us, mild air in play for much of our region, the southwest. south is moving a little bit. the moisture tomorrow is much more limited in the southwestern part of the state. here's the jet stream map showing the storm track well north of boise and billings and digging a trough around omaha, st. louis that big upper level low sitting and spinning. that's where you'll have travel delays and the coolest high temperatures tomorrow. minneapolis 59, 66 in chicago compared to 82 in dallas and denver and the heat is building arizona. no frost advisories posted yet, not as cool a last night, 45 in greeley, 46 in pueblo, 37 in frisco, 50 in grand junction. highs tomorrow warmest in southeastern colorado, mid-80s for many areas, a dry day. high fire danger is something we think about even though highs aren't above average or in record levels. certainly with the wind and all this vegetation the fuel, it's something to think about. pleasant out west. good travel weather on i-25 and i-70, no issues. if you're headed to grand lake or nederland, highs near 70 tomorrow. a cool night in the city, 47. tomorrow 73 at noon, 82 in the afternoon. you may need a light jacket helded out early, but not -- headed out early but not later in the day. this temperature trend continues until the end of the week. we have a dry in wednesday. so the number comes down. we warm up thursday. the second stronger front comes in friday, moisture limited and seasonal highs heading into the weekend, highs in the 70s, slight chance of a shower both friday and saturday. sunday tracking something else in the northwest. so it starts to get more interesting as we move into the first few days of october. all in all just a beautiful forecast. trying to figure out when and if you need somebody to get you up there, here's some pictures. steve nelson has a great shot. snow capped peaks over the orange and look at that picture. it's spectacular, so much color. i don't care how lame you are with the camera, don't know that you can really go wrong with these pictures we're getting in on the digital weekend. it was gorgeous, guanella pass. >> send them to me and i'll put them on the news tonight. >> i get to be on the news? >> she'll give you a shout out. that's when you hit the big time. >> so that's how you make it in this place. >> i was thinking you would give me credibility. send them over. it is time to thank a woman her many tasks. >> today's 9 who care winner spent so much time volunteering with cats at the dumb friends league it was like she had a full-time job for six years. 9news reporter jessica oh has put a smile on so many faces. >> reporter: the dumb friends league, home to hundreds of adorable cuddly friends on four legs, it's easy to see why so many people want to help. >> you go in and sit down, you have eight kittens on your la sounds to cat lovers at least volunteers can be in consistent, change their mind altogether. the ddfl has a minimal requirement. >> when somebody comes in to volunteer, we ask for a commitment of at least three hours a week for six months. >> reporter: which brings us to patty basker and she's put in 12,400 hours in the course of more than a decade. that's like working a full-time job more than six years. people. >> reporter: for patty this isn't work. it's her calling. >> having patty as a volunteer is like having one person do the job of 10 people. >> reporter: she checks on them, plays with them, runs that cat desk, too never wary of the work that may not pay but gives back all the same. >> it's just so rewarding to see people walk out of here with a big smile on their face and they're excited, not a better feel. >> reporter: her compassion for cats is evident. >> patty pours her heart and soul into these foster animals that she cares for. >> reporter: these are all the animals she's taken care of at home where our volunteerism often becomes a full-time responsibility. patty has faced that difficult position head on fostering some of the shelter's most vulnerable pets. >> fostering is hard because not all the kittens that i foster survive. i get a lot of people when i'm here. this is too sad, but i don't find it sad at all. yes, sad things happen here and animals pass away, but we save so many animals. it makes it worth it. >> it is probably one of the most rewarding feelings anybody can have and i know patty feels that every time because she continues to come back year after year hour after hour to donate to help these pets in need. >> reporter: we may never know how many people or pets the ddfl would be like without her. what we do know is that we are thankful she is someone who cares. >> what animals do for people just make it all worth it. >> i wonder if jessica oh has any new cats? she's a big cat person. that must have been tough for her to remain under control. >> when you talk about fostering the kittens, that means you're up a lot feeding she does a lot of good work. >> denver dumb friends league doesn't happen without volunteers. >> no. it is one of the most anticipated elections and one of the most anticipated debates tonight. >> next we're joined by colorado secretary of state wayne williams to get your questions about voting the debate is tonight so secretary of state's office to answer questions about registering to vote and election logistics. the number to call is 303-698- 0999. the lines are open until 5:30. >> 9news political reporter brandon rittiman is with colorado secretary of state wayne williams in the information center. get us excited to vote, brandon. >> i think people are pretty excited to vote already on their own. what we want to catch people up on is we thought it was a really good night with the debate happening to masu registration information is up to date. it seems like that's the question you've been getting a lot. >> it is. i was on the phone lines a few minutes ago. that's the most frequent question i've had, am i registered to voted, how do i register? easiest answer, go to govotecolorado.com. if you have a smartphone text co or spell out colorado if direct link that takes you directly to the website where you can check your registration or register for the first time if you need to. if you've moved, you can change your address. that's really important because we maim out ballot starting october 17th -- mail out ballots starting october 17th. we've already mailed 19,000 ballots out to the military. the military and overseas voters get their ballots days ahead of time. the rest come out in mid- october. we want everyone to get their ballot sent to the correct address. >> very good. we do have volunteers on the phone. the number you can call is on your screen. we're also on facebook live. if you go to 9news on facebook, you can time your question and comments. we will answer as many as we can right after we're done with this little interview segment. then we also have several staffer here who can answer some of those questions. what do you need to do it online? you have to have an id, i believe. >> right. you need either a colorado driver's license or colorado issued id. now colorado issued id is free if you're indigent are elderly. the online system ties into that process. there's also a link to print a paper form if you don't have that form of id, so it's still capture your signature because when you vote, we compare that signature to the signature on the ballot envelope to make sure it's you. >> always worth saying super worse case scenario you can go down to your county clerk up to and on election day and get answers to these questions and vote in person. >> you can go to the county clerk and once early voting starts which begins on october 24th, you can go into any of a number of sites. will be open for almost 2 1/2 weeks. you don't have to wait until the last day of the election. so you can go in. you can register to vote, cast your ballot. there are, of course, lots of issues on the ballot. if you want to study those ballot issues, for a lot of people it helps if they register ahead of time, get the ballot, they're able to look at it, search on the internet or go to www.9news.commen and check the stories -- 9news.com and an informed decision on how to vote. >> he's going to stick around. go to 9news facebook page. we'll answer your questions there for a little bit and you can call into voter line 9 until 5:30. today steve spangler's stem lesson is all about the science of high voltage. know what's in this box? but there's also a commitment to this community. see, at xcel energy this is our hometown. so, we're not just about making a living here, we're about living here. aw, i wish i had wings. in our community, we're always delivering. xcel energy. it is a steve spangler science day. i'm seeing all of this electrical equipment. it's not part of my contract to get electrocuted. >> it is part of my contract. so we'll go to management afterwards and discuss who is going to do what. we're talking electricity and creativity and innovation. creativity is doing things differently for the sake of doing things differently. electric lesson. this is plugged into the wall, so 120 volts of electricity, and this, someday we'll show our kids and go this is an antique called an incandescent light bulb. there will be kids that go where's the l.e.d.? we go a long, long time ago it looked like this. let me plug this in and show you what 120 volts of electricity looks like through the regular light bulb. there's a lot of heat given off. this is our regular light bu electricity? in order to change the electricity, we'll use this device here called a transformer invented by nicholas tesla. when you hear that, you think of the tesla car. that's his motor, his design. tess laughs the innovator. tesla was the innovator. he didn't do things just to be different. he did thing that were amazing and to do things -- things that were amazing and to do things better for everybody. >> yes. >> 50 now volts of electricity, 120 in, 50,000 out. so you can't touch the top. >> all right. >> what would happen if we took this normal light bulb and put it into the top here like this and we put 50,000 volts of electricity through it? this is so good. >> this is where i might back away from the table. >> the lights will dim and watch what happens when i squeeze. there's 50,000 volts, but at this. >> nice. >> which hand do you use the least, becky, left or right? >> my left hand. >> that's right. whole hand there. there it is. you're there. >> cool. >> now if the lights come back on again, watch. this it doesn't hurt if you hold here, but watch this. i'm just going to touch your skin. did you feel that? >> yes. >> on your back, do you feel that? >> yes. >> this electricity goes around your body. it doesn't go through. so nicholas tesla found out this high frequency electricity could travel huge distances, well, not as much as he wanted, but he had wireless electricity in colorado springs, but this electricity wants to jump off your tires. it's not going in my body. it's going around my body. watch. if you hang onto this light bulb here and take your lan and put it over here like this and -- your hand and put it over here like this and hold. this do you see it? >> yeah. >> if the traveling on your body. >> stop talking to me. >> if i don't touch you, watch this. electricity travels. you see? >> yeah. >> that's the last on and off with the lights. a long time ago they used something like this to be able to cure cancer or so they said. >> oh. >> they would say if you had some bad part on your body, you would do this, feel that? >> yes. >> people thought that would cure cancer. of course, it doesn't. thought he could take wireless electricity and send it all over. it can actually cause the light bulb to light up around here without even touching. that's kind of what it's all about. i wanted you to touch 50,000 volts, realize it travels around your body, not through your body because we are using something called a transformer. >> everything will be on the out of time. 9news at 5:00 is next. next at 5:00 she has a get at being able to connect with people. it's what makes her good as a hostage negotiator, but there was one case, a shooting at platte canyon high school that slipped through her fingers, how she turned tragedy to a message of hope. >> we're a few hours from the 2016 presidential debate. >> golf legend arnold palmer made history here in colorado. we talked with someone who saw the tribe next on 9news. >> this is 9news. you can't choose your tragedy, but you can choose your response to it. >> towards that come from a heart that has experienced life's worst and shared with the world. the father of emily keys says them often. tomorrow wl the platte high school shooting. today the woman who tried to save emily talked with 9wants to know reporter anastasiya bolton. she's a hostage negotiator who says this is the only case she's ever lost. plan. >> when i first start -- lost. >> when i first started on the street, i remember my training officer saying to me there just something about the way that you handle people and the way that you talk. so i became a negotiator a little over 15 years ago and i've been an officer in arvada