Now are you. No, im not can i have it. Its not raining. It was raining overnight. Clouds in the area and every now and again it gets misty. This is right here at 9 news on the front balcony looking downtown. Solid overcast. We have a few areas with some fog and there is a bit of i would call it midst and a ltl and around the front range this morning on the backside of some showers that happened over the area. Looking here in the predawn sky you see a few breaks in the overcast. We have solid clouds over us right now. Visibility is not terrible around here. It does decrease on the west and Northwest Side of town. Last night showers were up into nebraska. We had some moderate rain overnight. Going to be dealing with here this morning but very Cool Temperatures in the 40s, so if youre outside working today things looking very good for the early part of the day and then late this afternoon especially 3, 4, 5 00 get a couple of thunderstorms here with some moderate rain and even a little bit of small hail and the reason i mention hail is because right now the freezing level starting to drop a little bit here as we get into the tail end of summer. Its just easier to get the to fall all the way to the ground. Were also watching out for some wet roads on the drive this morning. Some of those up on the Northwest Side of town especially near boulder. South Southeast Side looks to be dry this is i225. Still very good speeds along 225 this morning. If youre traveling southbound speeds averaging about 60 Miles Per Hour. The drive is going to take you 11 minutes minutes to travel i70 to i25. Drive about 9 minutes long this morning. No major accidents on the road. It looks like were starting to see minor slow downs through 270 and a stall on northbound i25. Not causing any major issues though. Well have another update coming up. In the news today the husband of the bus driver killed in that crash at dia on sunday says that he wishes he could be with the students and the staff he wants to support them. His wife was taking the schools Football Team back to campus when the crash happened on sunday. Were joined live from the school this morning. The husband has just as many questions as all of us. Reporter and he said he couldnt sleep ever since he found out about this didnt because it was so puzzling. Investigators thought this may have been a medical condition they made an extra loop at the airport before going off the road and hitting the pillar. No one noticed anything strange before hand. Certainly a lot for investigators to try to figure out and also a lot for her husband to try to figure out as well. He is clearly heart broken trying to figure out what may have happened here. Again he said that his wife suffered no medical issues. She wasnt taking any medication. She wasnt being treated for anything and recently passed a health exam. His story breaking to hear as he continues to look for answers. And he said yesterday when he found out about this he had a gut feeling something was wrong i kept calling my wifes phone saying it cant be but i just few deep down inside i just had this feeling. I just wanted to know what happened. I want to know what happened. Its hard for me to to not know. Yeah, you can imagine how difficult it must be for them. Hoping to get to the bottom of that as well. The superintendent of the school actually sent a letter to the entire district saying in part that the entire community is standing together and that he is very proud of how this community has come together and surrounded Legacy High School. Absolutely he should be. All right. Thank you much for that. 3 Legacy High School football coaches are s the accident. The school does have a home coming game coming up this friday. Were going to find out today whether or not it will still be played. The School Community isnt focused on that right now though instead theyre throwing their support behind the injured coaches as well as her family. Every day of home coming week as a theme. After sundays crash the students took it upon themselves to change things. It was supposed to be sports to legacy because of what happened. School shirts and colors were worn proudly and the hashtag legacy strong as spread across social media even in california where the students that the Football Team played a couple of days ago. Legacy cheerleaders handed out small toy footballs for the students to write messages of hope on. This morning a Death Investigation near the Rocky Mountain refuge. Denver police were called out late monday night. Police had the area blocked off with yellow tape. Were working to find out more from dpd this morning. A consumer alert to tell you about. Fans of the Left Hand Brewing companys stout. There has caused them left hand wont be able to sell the beer again for at least 6 weeks while it cleans up the facility and makes some new batches. Say it isnt so. Yeah. Right now 2 hundred families are back together this morning after spending months apart while their husband, wives, mothers and fathers for you to in afghanistan. The music played and the crowd cheered as families waited patiently for those l they were deployed in december and helped with air operations in afghanistan. The smiles, tears and reunions were 9 months in the making. Its exciteding. I honestly dont know a time in my life where ive been more excited. I was nervous because youve been gone so long its like meeting my wife again for the first time. Former president bush will [audio difficulty] transitioning many areas and a bit of midst. Clouds hang with us through 9, we have partly cloudy conditions for the middle of the day allowing us into the upper 60s. I do anticipate a round of thunderstorms late this afternoon and early this evening with some decent rain. Fall colors coming along just fine. Almost right on schedule to my eye. And you can share your pictures an video with me on facebook or at the your take section of 9news. Com. Hillary clinton is staying home today under doctors orders. Donald trump is deciding to focus on what shes been saying about his supporters. It feels like someone reached inside took out my heart and stepped on it. And u. S. Swimming star ryan rain overnight for many parts of the front range behind we have clouds, drizzle and some areas of fog this morning. Farther to our north we had snow in montana it continues to snow in the northwestern mountains of by lunchtime well get a break and this evening Thunder Showers revisit the area. Rain this afternoon at times moved moderate to heavy. Rain in a few spots thats a decent little downpour here and there. Wind not a huge problem for us generally out of the east and southeast less than 12 Miles Per Hour. 60s to near 70 from the metro denver area. The fog and clouds out its nice for the middle of the day we will bring showers back mostly for the front range Central Mountain and then through the western valleys throughout the afternoon and evening. Thats where well have the best pockets of rain throughout the rest of the day today. Warmest temperatures in western colorado near 0 degrees, for many mountain locations 60s and low 70s, similar to what were going to see right here in eastern partly sunny by midday and a round of afternoon evening storms should begin to taper off shortly after sunset later tonight. It will stay cloudy and foggy overnight into tomorrow though i think we clear up earlier tomorrow which allows us into the mid70s. I like our chances for storms tomorrow. They pick back up friday before the weekend warms up and appears to dry out. Wet spots on the roads especially if youre up around boulder you need to watch out for that. Other parts of town look very good. This is the north end of town as youre coming down from 104th along i25. A little bit more volume out there but no major delays in fact those drive times on that north stretch from e 470 to southbound i25 about 13 minutes with speeds averaging around 59 Miles Per Hour. That being said i am seeing what looks to the major highways its on 52nd though at sheridan. No major slowdowns in the area but we could see those build up. So were going to be watching 52 and sheridan again for our newest accident. Thank you. Hillary clinton is taking a day off this morning so she can rest. She spoke to cnn monday night about our pneumonia diagnosis. Clinton says she didnt think be such a big deal. But it did turn into a very big deal. She told cnn yesterday quote quote im feeling so much better. I should have gotten rest sooner. Shes also arguing that shes been far more transparent than her competitor donald trump. In clintons place today bill clinton will head to the west coast and president obama will campaign for her in philadelphia. Meanwhile trump calling half of his supporters a basket of debaltimorables. Clinton says she regrets this labelling, but insists that extremists are backing trump. I really want to go back to those Health Records for a minute, we know trump said that he would get a full physical and release some of those Health Records, well according to usa today so far hes only released a 4 paragraph medical note from his doctor without many specifics and clintonay spokesperson said Additional Details about her Health Status would be made public in the next few days and that there were no other undisclosed conditions that shes hiding. Patients in idaho are getting a visit from a four legged friend. How many would say theyve been in a hospital with a horse . I just love that. She may be welcome back. 2 men stormed the dance floor when ryan lochte made his dancing with the stars debut. They wore antilochte tshirts and called him a liar while on break. Video Shows Security tackling the men and th wer taken off the stage. Police say they were authorized plans to disrupt the show all along. Lock tee spoke with e news calling the protest hurtful. Its heart. It honestly fees like someone reached inside took out my heart and stepped on it. Lochte and 3 teammates made International Headlines when they say they were robbed at gunpoint at the rio olympics. An wasnt true. A disturbing story, a doctor admits hes charged for felony [audio difficulty] [audio difficulty] [audio difficulty]. It is 19 minutes after 6 00 right now. You can add the ncaa to a long list of organizations carolina. The ncaa has pulled 7 championship events from the state over that states law that many say can lead to discrimination against Lgbt Community members. Its also dubbed the bathroom bill requires transgender individuals to use bathrooms matching the gender on their birth certificates. Earlier this year the nba decided to move a transgender teenager in new jersey says he is being told he can no longer attend his Catholic High School. He came out as a transgender several months ago and began transitioning over the summer. He was accepted to the Catholic High School when he was still identified as madeline. Now, administrators say it does not mesh with the schools catholic teachings. He says hes crushed i would definitely want the outcome to be just awareness. I want to be the last transgender person they ever have to do this to. He says he plans to continue his catholic beliefs and will continue high school online. Well she wanted to get a laugh out of her fellow physicians but a woman never thought people. First lets check in on weather and traffic. Around here this morning clouds for us with midday clearing and then thunderstorms this afternoon. Some pretty decent rain in a few of the heavier showers this afternoon. Looking ahead through the next 3 days if you youre just planning it out Storm Chances best wednesday and friday with a slight break on thursday and if youre thinking about the next broncos game seems like a next time in between games when they is. It looks fantastic for sunday afternoon. Temperatures in the 70s with plenty of sun. Folks who are traveling down around the vicinity of alameida may be getting into some big delays this morning. There is a train that is blocking a few of the intersections down there so a lot of people cannot get through. Youre going to have to try and figure out an alternate route. Otherwise the only other accident that were talking about this morning is of sheridan and im not seeing slow speeds through the area. One person is dead and Denver Police have the area the train tracks east of ohio closed off near the Washington Park west neighborhood. Again this is a Death Investigation that Denver Police are looking at right now. Well check in in just a bit about maybe ways to get around this but wanted to give you the breaking news once we find out more information we will pass it along. All right. Love this story. A single picture can make a profound impact especially when the a Good Samaritan snapped this photo of an 89year old Street Vendor struggling to push his cart. He started to start a gofundme page so he doesnt have to keep working. The goal was 3,000, so far theyve raised 250,000. That is a great story. Isnt that nice. Shes a doctor, 35 weeks pregnant and megan meyer was the ultimate multi tasker. She posted this photo of her tending to a football and has her daughter strapped to her back. Never expected it to become an internet met like this. She posted this is what happens when youre 35 weeks pregnant husband leaves town for the weekend child care falls through and you have a game to cover. I love that. And its been shared and liked thousands of times now just over the weekend. A new visitor brought smiles to patients but its not the usually therapy dog. No this is the therapy mini horse. Not even 3 feet tall just a little girl she weighs about 150 pounds. But she brings just a ton of joy with her. Her owner says that visiting patients even for i get their life and i can hear the stories about their childhood and family and parents and all the wonderful stories. To me volunteering is just kind of my whole existence. He says he enjoys the visits as much as the patients do. And im sure the horse does too. Im sure the horse likes you a the intention. Broncos linebacker marshal its home coming week at Legacy High School but the game scheduled for friday may or may not happen after that deadly bus crash. Cooler air has settled in and brought us rain overnight and just yet today. Marshal is losing endorsements. All right. Theres some breaking news that weve been following trying to get information on. One person is dead and Denver Police have the area near the train tracks east of ohio and cherokee closed off near the Washington Park west neighborhood. We dont know really how this person died. Yeah, thats going to be a big areat avoid this morning. Its going to cause some pretty big slowdowns for a lot of folks traveling through that part of town. Were seeing a couple of other things going on in the area this morning specifically up on the north end where we had our first accident of the morning at 52, and and another stall showing up on dry creek in the eastbound direction near university. So my friends that are close to the tech center thats going to cause you some minor delays. Theres that morning. Also 225 starting slow down for a lot of folks. Southbound speeds down to 40 Miles Per Hour from i70 to i25. That drive is going to take you 16 mines. Still looks good northbound, we also have a couple of wet spots on the road and thats affecting northwest with side of town we take a look at some of the cameras in just a few minutes. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. The and its starting to feel a lot like fall out there. Boy is it ever. Were in the backyard. There are some wet areas on the roads. Yeah, i think its left over from the showers we had last night and of course some midst thats still hanging in there. Were socked in around here today. As far as visibility its not bad but it does get i25. Down southeasterly yes in the day was less than a mile visibility that has since improved greatly. Showers from last night are now in nebraska and then skipping out into kansas. We do have some light rain going on right now but the best of it has moved off. Later in the day today well begin to see some midmorning clearing so lunchtime will be nice. Cool if youre in the shade very comfortable if youre out in the sunlight and then late this afternoon we have another again with some moderate rain coming here. So pretty good 1, 2 punch of rain going for us here this tuesday. It looks like it. All right. Thank you. Students and Stay High School are feeling more like a family this week coming together after a school bus carrying the Football Team crashed at dia. The bus driver died. Were live out at the school this morning and sundays crash has caused some big changes to the schools home coming week. Repter it has. Is home coming week at Legacy High School with that big game expected to happen on friday. That is up in the air right now as officials take a closer look at the players and the coaches and determine whether or not they are both mentally and physically fit. Of course right now of course the focus of the School Community is all about the family of the bus driver who passed away and also the 3 coaches who remain in the hospital with some of the more serious injuries. Yesterday we saw a tremendous response students who are supporting or wearing excuse me School Colors in support of their classmates also using the hashtag legacy strong on social media as well. Big response interest that. And they will did this. They told us to write a message, an inspiring message pass around the school and hopefully it makes its way back to the football players. Reporter so again the 3 coaches are continuing to were told that that game does if that game does happen it will be the defensive coordinator who steps up as the interim chief but were going to have to wait to see whether or not that game is actually going to happen today. Thank you. Whenever there is a School Bus Crash the question about seat belts comes up. Were breaking down the numbers and found crashes are pretty rare. More than 26 million children ride on busses each day. Than 1,300 people were killed in transportation crashes in the u. S. Federal law does not require seat belts on bushes although the National SafetyCouncil Supports the idea. The Broomfield Community is also coming together to support the coaches and school. A group of moms pitched into hold a silent the woman shot and killed in aurora over the weekend. She was found saturday in an apartment. James Anthony Draper a person of interest in the death was arrested a day later after leading police on a chase in a stolen car. A man accused of killing his girlfriends infant daughter is already on parole for a similar attack 3 years ago. The 24year old confessed to hitting 11month old martinez with a chair. The girl died friday. In 2013 he pleaded guilty to che. In that case the child had a broken arm, hundreds of bruises and bite marks. Today former president bush will be in Colorado Springs for a job fair. The transition leaving service including workshops. Representatives from more than 100 Companies Plan to be there with job openings available. The newest proposal for denvers budget would have more Police Officers patrolling downtown including the 16th street mall. 16 million could put 48 more officers on the streets 16 of them along the mall. Protecting the central corridor of our city is extremely important because where most of the commercial activity and our tourism occurs which is our number 1, you know, lead Economic Indicator in terms of the health and wellbeing of the city. The budget also includes 5 million for affordable housing. Theres still work to do before the budget is final. The Council Starts hearings later this month. Working outside today a cool damp start. You may even feel some very light midst this day even pleasant working in the sunshine but late this afternoon we are anticipating another round of storms that will last into the evening slacking off after sunset tonight. Colors picking up in colorados high country. Thank you for this image. A lot of folks saying theyre going early it might be a day or 2 early but this looks like a typical pattern to me. If you want to see the latest of colorful 9news. Com check out that colorado link right there on the home page click it. Pick where you want to go. Lots of good pictures. Broncos linebacker marshal kneeled during the anthem last week has lost him endorsements but has an you interview with the police chief. And a Major League Baseball player shared his thoughts on all right. Good morning. We are live at ohio and cherokee where Denver Police are it has the train stopped and it is closing some roads in the area. We are looking at the roads being closed near santa fe. So this is going to have a pretty big impact on your traffic this morning if youre trying to travel through that parted of town. Again thats going to be around santa fe. Lets take a look at our maps. And ill show you again, were going to zoom into the area where this little section is this this morning. This is going to be an impact for a while. Were not sure when everything will get out of the way but were watching it very closely. Im also hearing reports that there may be an accident along c 470. Ill have an update coming up. Around here today it is foggy, damp after overnight rain showers and it wont be particularly warm today. . . Well move up into the upper 60s to near 70 degrees around many upper 40s to around 50 and then tomorrow into the mid and upper 70s so a little warmer tomorrow. However today and tomorrow combined theres some pretty decent rain anticipated especially in showers this afternoon and again tomorrow afternoon. So 2day rain totals in many areas from western colorado through the arkansas valley, south park the front range and northEastern Plains could be pushing towards half to 3 quarters of an the better showers. Thank you. You know, Police Officers, teachers, nurses, they are all heros no matter what your title. We are celebrating heros week on 9 news this week thanking those who service. And today were focussing on policemen and women who put their lives on the line every day. One officer who despite his own recovery is finding a way to give back. Working on streets in december of 2014. He had more than a dozen surgeries, still has limited movement in his left arm because of nerve damage although hes still recovering he did return to work at the end of august and is now looking forward. I really dont think a lot about the incident. I think about where my future goals are and where i want to be a year from now. Yeah, he not but is looking to help other officers who have been injured on the job. Hes created a nonprofit and is hosting the rise and run 5k this week towed raise money. This year the police will honor Denver Police officer lopez junior. He was shot 4 times. Well talk with him live at 7 15 on channel 20. We want to give you a chance to thank a Police Officer whos you can post on 9 News Facebook page or tweet. Heres some that weve already received this morning just thanking Police Officers. I tweeted out that every time i see a Police Officer i thank them for all they do for protecting us and tell them there is no way i could ever do your job. So grateful that there are men and women out there that are willing to do this job. Well continue some of these kaepernick is firing back this morning after he accused the 49er of selfishness. He was joined by a teammate during the anthem on monday night football. On sundays nfl count down it was said his job is to be quiet appeared sit in the shadows. He called it quote ridiculous. Several players also raised broncos linebacker marshal took a knee before the anthem. It has already cost him several sponsorships but says that wont stop him from doing it again this sunday. Hes meeting with with denvers police chief today. Yes, he is and thats important because part of this silent protest was in response to treatment of my more rate tees by police and thats a statement that kaepernick made when he decided not to stand since then weve seen other athletes join the protest including marshal. Now, all eyes were on him thursday night. Marshal played in college with kaepernick and he says he prayed about it and thinks it was the right decision to join the protest. Hes posted a lot of the feedback on twitter thats also where he made the announcement yesterday that hes been offered a meeting with Denver Police chief robert ask his followers to submit questions to the police chief. Hes telling fans to use the hashtag ask the chief. Marshal says hell pick person questions and pose them to the chief. Number 54 has been in the middle of this controversy since deciding to join the protest and says hes got a lot of hateful responses. People have commented or saying they wish id break my neck all they want. Even during his protest he says hes donating money to veterans groups and hell have less money coming in. His protests have cost him 2 scholarships both century link and air Academy Credit union have dropped him. Well, at least hes doing something positive here with meeting with denvers police chief talking to him hoping to make that relationship stronger. And i think thats what some of those players wanted to get at, something deeper, a bigger conversation than just them. That, but if you go o his twitter page you see hes been posting a lot negative and positive about how he feels and some of the comments hes been getting. I think where you draw the line are the hateful very meanspirited and violent comments that hes been getting. I think that complete the point of what hes trying to say. I think his conversation with the police chief could go a long way. Somebody sent me a tweet that a lot of people in the stands arent paying attention during the anthem. There are a lot of criticisms that can be taken. Coming from a military family i make my children stop and stand and we dont do anything else. People saying they feel its appropriate to do what they for sure, yeah. These National Anthem protests have not yet spread to other major sports like baseball. Baltimores outfielder is making waves for his comment why that may be. He says he supports the protest. He says baseball is quote a white mans sport. He tried to clarify those comments monday night. Theres nothing about racist i just stated the simple fact. The career of baseball is numbers. I didnt make that up. And football and basketball then the 60s and 70s. These respect made up numbers. T it is. And thats im part of the 8 . Jones says he choose to say stand for the National Anthem for many reasons including the fact that both his dad and brother served in the military. It was a late night game for the rockies in arizona. Yes, they are still playing, by the way. A high scoring affair with the rockies scoring 9 runs in the first 6 innings it wasnt enough. The diamond backs rallied late. They lost this one 129. A couple more weeks. A lot of us have been there waiting for broncos tickets or tickets to go on sale youve got the screen queued up ready to buy but as soon as they go on sale and you click all gone. Well today a Senate Subcommittee is meeting to try and stop that from happening because it can be so from us freighting theyre working on new legislation to protect consumers. Sophisticated software is being used to pope large amount of tickets. Among those testifying today will be the producer of hamilton and the tickets online for sale for events for tickets that havent gone on sale yet. Im not sur how they do that. I dont know. I was in the queue for adelle tickets and the same thing happened to me and it was so frustrating because you wait and wait and youre ready and the card is ready and it says that theyre all sold out. Well see. Okay. All right. One person is dead and Denver Police are investigating they have the area near the train tracks east of ohio appeared cherokee closed off near the Washington Park west neighborhood. Santa fe is closed in both directions and ellsworth. We do have a live crew on scene and were continuing to try and keep you updated on this. We dont have a ton of information to pass onto you right now but that is problems for us this morning. Also were starting to see a few more accidents pop up on our roads out there. The screen is starting to get a little bit more lit up especially along parts of i70 out to the west and down to the south where weve got pretty big slow downs and delay on c 470. Weve got an accident near platt canyon road. Pretty big slow downs. Downs along santa fe in the northbound direction one lane at this point is blocked at iowa. So its getting to that point of time where weve got quite a few things going on this morning. And folks are going to have to scramble to get around that closure. For us it is foggy. We had some showers overnight that have left many areas damp. Those storms are now up in nebraska. Well have a bit of clearing before more thunderstorms return. So by lunchtime you get some sun. So if youre in direct sunlight it will be comfortable if youre in the shade it may feel chilly this afternoon. Thunderstorms return for us this afternoon and this evening. The overnight rain generally gave us a 10th of an inch or less. During the afternoon we could see a quarter to half an inch of rain thats a nice downpour in a few areas. And when the clouds build back in we start dropping temperatures down late in the day. Well see some midday clearing. Thunderstorms start in western, central colorado and the front range, fairly quiet over the Eastern Plains for the rest of the day today as clouds settle in but showers really dont pick back up there. Moderate rain for the front range through central colorado and down out along the Colorado River late this afternoon and evening. It will be warmest in the valleys pretty close to 80, 60s and 70s for the east. Today 69, midday sun, afternoon storms pretty big storms in a few location up and down the i25 corridor here. Through sunset it remains cloudy overnight a foggy start but the fog leaves earlier tomorrow. We jump to the 70s, i like our storms again for tomorrow less so on thursday, and rain chances pick up again on friday afternoon. Top stories that were following today. Reporter were live at Legacy High School this morning. The parking lot is filling up and classes are going to begin soon. Today certainly the thoughts and prayers of these students are with the 3 football coaches who remain in the hospital and also with the bus driver who was killed in that accident on sunday afternoon. We spoke with choppers husband yesterday. The couple were. He also wants answers about what exactly caused this crash since he said his wife did not suffer any medical conditions. This week was supposed to start on a high note for the high schoolers. Instead on monday they cried and showed their Legacy High School pride while sending messages of support to their classmates. I hope you get well soon and through it. That theyre going to come out stronger than ever. Students wore their School Shirts and colors monday. The coaches are still in the hospital. Now, students appeared teachers are hoping School Spirit will help everyone make it through the week. The Broomfield Community is coming together to support the coaches in the school. A group of moms organized a silent auction on monday n. Donations. The brewery donated a portion of sales to help the legacy team and the female of the bus driver. Left hand brewing issued a recall for its popular bottles. Left hand wont be able to sell the beer again for at least some 200 families back together this morning. I love these stories after spending months apart while their husbands, wives, mother and fathers for you to in afghanistan. The members returned on monday smiles, tears and reunions 9 months in the making. Former president bush will be there at a job fair for the soldiers today transitioning out of the service and looking for civilian jobs. Especially between 3 30 and around 7. Tomorrow afternoon storms return to the area. Warmer days coming up and it does appear that well be drier over the weekend. Looking ahead to next week it gets even warmer are and its looking like were going to be drying out again. So we could be dealing with fire danger again here. Wow as we get to the very last days of summer. All right. Thanks. When an officer risks his life in the line of duty he 5k. Were sitting down with officer lopez junior to talk about his recovery. All right were good morning. Good morning. Recovery effort. Hillary clinton and her aides scrambling to explain why she wasnt more up front about her pneumonia diagnosis. I just didnt think it was going to does down playing her health play right into the hands of her critics. Our new poll shows the race is tightening. Police step up the search for a man caught on camera running from the scene of that devastating fire at a florida mosque. Investigators labeling it a possible hate crime. Was the suspect targeting muslims . Golden parachute