Good morning, off to a mellow start now. Clear skies and cloud cover. Rain in parts of the state so lets look at whats going on outside. Heavier rainfall now as you head towards glenwood springs. The rifle area starting to ease up but plenty of rain out there and scattered showers moving into our Central Mountain areas. We are starting to get more rain across the state and well talk about our chances h in just a moment. Normally you might be eating breakfast this morning but youre going to wait until later because we have the taste of colorado going on downtown. Look at the road closures we have around Civic Center Park. They will be in place Tuesday Morning. Breaking overnight, hermine is now a Tropical Storm after making land fall in floridas big bend area as a hurricane. Right now were looking at a and there you see the waves surging towards the coast there. The wind blowing these trees here you see how fierce the wind is. Rain has been lashing communities tearing down trees and causing heavy flooding there. Don champion has the latest from the florida panhandle. Hurricane hermine hit floridas panhandle making land fall overnight. People tried to enjoy the scene before the board walk was inon dated with water. This is life threatening. Reporter earlier in the day the states governor warned people to take the storm seriously as hermine shredded roads and hit the gulf coast. Apalachicola. Its nerve wracking. Others boarded up their businesses and got out. For the safety of our employees and business as well, we are going to close up. Reporter as the hurricane moves through, massive storm surge washed ashore debris in boats like the one behind me. Hundreds of residents were told to evacuate ahead of the storm. My wife wants to get her valuables out and some stuff from irreplaceable. Some still chose to ride it out. My property will likely not flood but neighbors around me will. Reporter florida had not been hit by a hurricane in over a decade. Don champion, cbs4 news. Heres a look at doppler 4,000. Hurricane lester remains on track to affect the islands in hawaii this weekend. Serious problems from the first storm named madeline. Still a lot of questions on a deadly shooting at a marijuana grow house. Detectives spent yesterday afternoon executing a search warrant at a home along 76th avenue. This is just about two blocks away from a crime scene at kwif is street. Sote today on a neighbors front lawn. It was a result of the shooting invasion at a marijuana grow house. They shot one of the suspects attempting to steal some plants. Police arent saying anything else about possible arrests. Were working to learn what caused a natural gas explosion in winter park. This happened yesterday on fur droif. Medics took one person to the and traffic now. Good morning, starting off with heavy rainfall on the western slope. Here in the denver area on the dry side but clouds near Colorado Springs and fog along the way. From rifle through glenwood springs, heavy rainfall through vail. Bigger chance of storms here across the denver area a with heavy rainfall. They do look to clear in time for activities tonight. The rockies are playing in town and taste of colorado so this should clear but there could be wet weather before that so it could be messy. 63 in denver and boulder. 55 in von. 53 in aspen and for your hour by hour forecast, a stray shower flowing through denver and a chance of storms coming in after 1 00 or 2 00. Its loading up in the usual places. Its friday out there but this is a look at i25 past alameda there and its just headlights and taillights. Were used to that this time of day. Were taking a look downtown. Taste of colorado, some roads are blocked off and ready to serve you in a different way with food for taste of colorado in place until Tuesday Morning just before the morning commute. Here we are across the denver metro area. Thats a lot of green on this map. You see that alonghe parker road and speeds into the 40s and 50s both directions. If youre getting in your car get traffic from our partners and cbs4 weather together every ten minutes at koa news radio. Samsung is suspending sales of the galaxy note seven smartphone because of battery explosions. Instances of this happening. Samsung has sold than a million note seven smartphones since the products launch a month ago. Preseason is over for the broncos after a loss to the cardinals but now the focus turns to thursdays game against the panthers in denver and the final roster is due tomorrow. Paxton lynch got solid practice in arizona last night. Watch him run it all the way the broncos couldnt hold the lead. The team lost 3817 but its only preseason, right . You can find the full analysis on cbsdenver. Com. Denvers Biggest Labor Day Weekend Party kicks off today. A taste of colorado runs all weekend and sure to make downtown busy but very delicious place. Shawn chitnis is live from Civic Center Park with a look at this gets started as they put the finishing touches on here to get ready for taste of colorado. Public transportation is highly encouraged by organizers so you dont have to deal with the craziness outside of this venue. Those major streets youre used to are closed and crews have been busy as of yesterday and overnight making sure they are ready to go h well as colfax 13th and 14th avenues. Some streets already closed so light rail lines will get you here and drop you off at stations in walking distance of the festival. Others take you to Union Station and you take the 16th street mall right over here and theres also bus routes with stops nearby. For more information head to the website they have here at taste its a four day event free to show up and you can buy tickets for food and drinks and that gets underway in just a few hours starting at 11 30. Civic center park will stay a busy place next week. The nfl is hosting a two day fan festival to celebrate the broncos super bowl victory and help kick off the regular season. Kick off village is open wednesday and thuda includes free fan activities and even a free concert. That should be fun. The cu buffs are looking to defend their title against the cu rams. The Rocky Mountain show down kicks off tonight at 6 00 at Sports Authority field. Fans are hoping for another exciting game. The rams force the game ins ot last year but cus kicker missed tonights game is not the only competition. Some lucky students get the chance to win free tuition. Can you imagine . Two people from each university will attempt to consideration a 20yard field goal for 5,000 and they got the opportunity through a special drawing. The contest is on the field during the break between the third and Fourth Quarter so look out for that. Up next on the cbs4 news, Colin Kaepernick was not the only one National Anthem. Which Football Player joined him. An airline mix up sends a welcome back everyone. To the worlds most vulnerable regions. Africa and the Pacific Region have mosquitos capable of carrying zika which has been linked to severe birth defects. India and indonesia and china may be at a greater risk of outbreak. They have found the zika virus in trapped mosquitos for the first time. Three mosquitos from miami beach tested positive. The states agricultural chief disappointing but not surprising. The number of nontravel related cases of zika is now 47. 6 14, time for weather and traffic and we start with a live look outside. Good morning, a beautiful view from our look out mountain camera. A mixture of clouds and clear skies starting the day making for a nice sunrise. Well see that stick around for a while today and a chance of rain coming in later on. Scattered showers from durango up through Grand Junction up to parts of the northwestern corner. The Eastern Plains on the dry side and theres still fog out there, not as bad as yesterday. We do have heavier pockets between rifle and glenwood springs. Scattered towards pena and Idaho Springs to the western slope will be rainy with scattered showers towards walden a Mountain National park. Here in denver were dry and could get a shower or two this morning. A better chance this afternoon and with storms this afternoon our chance for Severe Weather is up a bit. We could get hail and intense rainfall as well. Taking a look at futurecast, the heavy stuff will stay to the west but we could get a quick shower rolling through this morning and a chance for more storms coming in later this afternoon and evening but by possible with storms and heavy rainfall. Skies clearing overnight tonight and tomorrow morning waking up to sunshine in denver and a chance for rain still in the high country and could get isolated storms rolling through the denver area in the afternoon and evening hours. Still some small hail and heavy rain. 55 in avon and 62 in Grand Junction and 64 in burlington. Fairly mellowem collins and 69 for eagle and aspen and gunnison. 83 in Grand Junction. For your five day forecast in the upper 80s. Monday should be nice, hot and sunny and dry. Lets check in with joel. Take a look from copter4 as you travel at i25 and c470 this morning. Still some volume out there on the roadways but nothing slowing you down. Thats what we see across the we want to take you downtown. Look at these tents set up. Theyre ready to serve you food for a taste of colorado but you see theyre on top of the roads there with road closures in and around civic center. These are in place until after the evening commute on monday and then into Tuesday Morning just before the morning commute. You see the purple there along colfax, that means its closed. Be aware of that. A lot of events going on as you head downtown. Colorado rockies playing. Southbound along i25 a great drive at c470. Slowing as you come out of the hills along the approach to c470. Here we are from the east. Parker road in the northbound direction out to i225 speeds in the 40s and speeds into the 60s southbound at i225. An update on our economy this morning. Hena daniels is live on the floor at the new york stock exchange. Siri and i have a relationship. Shes a friend of mine. I use her every day. The monthly jobs report is out later this morning and showing numbers for august could make it more likely the fed will decide to raise Interest Rates this year, possibly even this month. Yesterday stocks on wall recovered. Energy companies lost ground as oil prices slipped for the fourth day in a row. The dow jones gained 18 points and the nasdaq gained 13 and right now futures are pointing down. Campbell soup said it lost 81 million in the last quarter. They were counting on the Fresh Products to boost its bottom line as americans crave more unit fell 5 . More americans hitting the road this weekend. Holiday travel is up 10 from last year. A majority of those are driving but plane travel is also at 6 and where are americans headed . The usual destinations and beach trips and city getaways and lake escapes and national parks. This is what we were talking about earlier this morning. Apple unveils changes in its new mobile operating ste with your apps by simply using your voice. Users can ask siri to book a ride or read texts or search photos. I wish siri wouldnt hate on me so much. Sounds like shes very intelligent and listens to most people. She gets a little sarcastic sometimes. I know. I ask her a question and she do you not doesnt know what im talking about. That for sure. A falcon rocket exploded this morning and crews are trying to figure out what caused the major mishap. Flames shot into the air yesterday during a prelaunch engine test. No one is hurt but the explosion destroyed a satellite that would have spread Internet Service in africa. The launch pad is off limits right now. We are less than 70 days to the election and donald trump is standing by his stance on from some hispanic conservatives. Hillary clinton is off today. 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the news again refusing to stand for the National Anthem. He took a knee but so did his teammate eric reid. It happened in san diego last night during the preseason game. The crowd wasnt happy. Hes getting heavy boos here. Message were sending isnt lost with the action thats coming along with it. Colin kaepernick is protesting what he calls oppression of minorities in america. Some nfl insiders speculate the no major delays. Wait times at dia. Longer today thanks to the holiday weekend. Make sure you go early so you dont miss your flight. We are watching the remnants of hermine making their way into georgia now. Really heavy rainfall and still have storm surge in some spots. Sunday it should be shooting off into the ocean but really intense rainfall and flash flooding and we could see Severe Weather in terms of tornados and big storms in georgia and up the carolinas and already seeing a ton of rain in the area. Lets check in with joel. They have reopened i25 at meadows parkway where they have been doing work. Look at that new ramp. Thats nice. Much better drive for folks making their way into town. Here we are along dia along pena boulevard. The drive times coincide with that eastbound as you travel i225 speeds into the 50s and then the rail line, no delays as you make your way on the aline and bline. A new york mother panics when her five year old son did not arrive as scheduled on a plane at jfk airport. The airline put the child on a wrong flight. Turns out her sons was hundreds of miles away in boston because of a Jetblue Airlines mix up. She spent three hours waiting for her son Dominican Republic on august 17th. Hours passed before jetblue connected her with her son. I am not going to leave without my son and im crazy about him. Her son arrived back at jfk later that day. The mix up is under investigation now. Jetblue has apologized to the flight vouchers which they declined. If youre just joining us this friday morning, 63 in denver and were getting you ready for the long Labor Day Weekend. Coming up next, hermine is now a Tropical Storm raking over the inland portion of florida. It hit florida as a hurricane earlier this morning and well show you the flooding after the break. A strange flying object now as a school superintendent, i saw how unnecessary regulations from washington made it more difficult for teachers and principals. And as a dad, i know we must empower those who spend every day with our kids. Thats why i worked with republicans and democrats to replace the no child left behind law and increase local control of schools. Im michael bennet. I approve this message because i believe parents and our communities you live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Wrath of hurricane hermine breaking overnight. Shes weakened to a Tropical Storm in florida but the hurricane made land fall in the big bend area. The storm pushed into the panhandle bringing forceful winds at 80 Miles Per Hour. Were looking out to the big weekend. Good morning, im up here on the roof top where its nice outside in denver at the moment. Theres rain in some parts of the state. We have clouds and clear skies and feels nice out here in the telluride and up into parts of the foothills. Dry for now but theres fog mixed in there. Well talk about the rest of the day coming up in a moment. Lets check in with joel. Good morning, taking a look at pictures from our library cam. This weekend it will be tents for a taste of colorado so expect road closures in and around Civic Center Park. Come fax is part of that and they will be in place befor morning commute on Tuesday Morning. Closing arguments are set for today in Grand Junction in the murder trial of a woman living a seemingly double life. Page birgfeld disappeared in 2007 and her body was not discovered until seven years later. She was a married woman with children but also an escort. He was charged with murder and kidnapping. Sports authority executives will collect bonuses despite a bankruptcy that left 14,000 people out of work. A federal bankruptcy watchdog tried to stop the bonuses calling them unfair. A judge ruled the executives can collect bonuses for handing tough negotiation sessions with liquidators. Foodies get to dine in center taste of colorado. The only caveat here is that people have to deal with some street closures if they want to go to this event. Yeah, the biggest challenge is going to be getting here. Once youre here you will have a great time. We are watching them put the finishing touches here on this edge of Civic Center Park. They have been working overnight getting ready for this event. There are road closures apart thats going to include streets like lincoln and broadway as well as the other direction 13th and 14th avenues as well as colfax. Coming up at 6 45 were going to talk about different ways you can get here and Public Transportation and tools available to help you plan your trip and figure out how best to get to a taste of colorado. Lauren, you have visitor in the weather watchers program. I do, our junior weather watcher here andrew with us. Tell us how old you are. I am nine years old. So youre a big weather fan, whats your favorite phenomenon . Some interesting ones are hurricanes and tornados but my favorite would be blizzards. Well. We might not get snow today but we could get rain. See how heavy the rain is there now . Want to talk about it . So as you see we have some rainstorms moving up here and then some of them in the middle they get lighter and then they move over here and get heavier. Thats exactly what is goi