Transcripts For KMGH 7 News At 5 PM 20160817 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For KMGH 7 News At 5 PM 20160817

They are trying to get it ffxed. As you can see all of the debris is on the sidewalk. As you can imagine it is creating a real mess for traffic as we enter the heart of the rush hour. This could not have happened at a worse time. We talked to a witness, take a look what she said happened. He tried to go through a yellow light and this is what happened. He took the turn so sharp. Reporter again, that witness said the truck ran the yellow light and was going too fast. As a result it overturned. The good news, no one was injured. We wiil let you know as soon as the road is open. Jennifer kovaleski, denver7. After several attacks at Group Starting todayy this morning security guards is starting to patrolling the mall. They will be out there 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Russell hawthorne is live at the mall. Is there a sense a sense it is safer somehow . Reporter we have definitely seen them multiple . Times already today so their presence out here is certainly being felt. This is all being paid for by a initiative from the businesses down here who are desperate to get you back. Here they come, security guards patrolling the mall beginning today. I dont think we will fix it overnight. Reporter but fed up Business Owners are hopeful. We have been harassed. we have had to escort employees. This. Reporter the number of guards patrolling is still unclear. We actually have been set a specific number. Reporter they will not carry a gun, rather they will be armed with pepper spray. In the most extreme cases they have been trained on doing citizens arrests. Reporter videos of recent attacks highlight the violent issues bothering the mall. Police chief and others not mean moving all transients off of the mall. Panhandling is not against the law. Reporter the security guards will not replace police. He says if things dont improve fast he will move his business. If it did not improve he would have to. Reporter these guards all go through a training process. The way down to arapahoe but they will be dispatched depending on where the need is greatest. Russell haythorn, denver7. Tonight we have new video in the case of man accused of luring kids to the park. Neighbors search their Home Security systems to help police track the man down. Mark, neighbors are mark, reporter that is right, this is a very widely used park in the area. Parents are concerned that not only is this man saying volker things to their kids but he might also be scoping out their schedules. We want to show you some of the video. This mannsays the car came back twice in a short amount of time. The man inside was writing the mans vehicle and license plate were caught on another neighbors video. Neighbors are hoping someone catches him. I am wondering if he has been watching my chiidren. That is why he was looking at my house. It scares mm but i will be more aware now. Reporter police say they dont know who he is but ii you recognize him he is they ask you to call police right away. Mark boyle, denver7. Justice says they will review the Commerce City Police Department. The Police Department requested the review last month. Procedures, management and the way officers work with the community. A controversial member of the Douglas County school board Doug Benevento announced his resignation today but has yet to give a reason. The resignation takes away the board majority, leaving it gridlocked. Denver international is getting help from magic johnson. He attended the City Council Meeting yesterday to help pitch the renovation plan for the terminal. You have already changed downtown. I want to be a part of the change. The airport wants to spend 1 million to remove security checkpoints and provide more restaurants. Officials hope to use private money. In one week leaders will set a ordinance to help boost the building of Affordable Housing. New housing sounds good that there are some concerns. Reporter there is no doubt there is a demand for pay for it. I am so grateful for the opportunity to live here. Reporter after a year on the waiting list. She can call this apartment her home. Sheeonly pays 350 a month. They place she otherwise could not afford. Her new home is denvers latest Affordable Housing project. Building more housing is part of the mayors goals. We are all working overtime to keep denver assessable and affordable. Reporter in a project that members of the Housing Committee have been discussing for the past year. If we can help families this reporter the plan includes an increased property tax and special fee for developers to help pay for the affordable homes. Developers less than the inclusionary housing ordinance. We believe they will still be able to build. Reporter not all councilmembers agree. She looks forward to seeing more homes like hers. It gives ppople hope. Reporter a a place she said was more than worth the wait. My kids have not seen it yet. I am really excited. Reporter Committee Members will meet last Committee Members will meet next week for a final vote on the ordinance. Back to you. An update to the toxic water problems near coloraao springs. The military says it could be to blame. Firefighting phone may have escaped from the air force base than 4 million to install filters. New developments surrounding the story of ryan lochte about being robbed in rio. A judge thinks he is lying. The judge has ordered ryann lochte and james feigen to stay in brazil and cant of their passports. Ryan lochte is already home. There are two reason why the story is in question. These photos show Surveillance Video from the olympic village. In the xray they are both holding wallets, both claimed their wallets were stolen. A quick update to the fire burning right now. You are seeing live pictures breaking news in larimer county. A wildfire burning her car the lake. We know right now several people have been evacuated and we are watching the flamessof so close to homes. Lance hernandez is right there with the latest. Reporter we have been told this fire has consumed about 40 acres. You can see the dark smoke. It looks to be some kind of structure burning. We dont know what it is but there is a structure that looks to be on fire. We havea number of crews up there. This is a fire Truck Driving by right now. Voluntary evacuation notices have been sent out to owners of 35 properties. The Community Center is open for refugees. Crews for multiple deparen on here. We are told the fire is about 50 contained and also a crew is using an airplane to make some drops. Again that fire has been burning all afternoon. We dont know what caused the fire. It is burning in an area where they had fire yesterday. Again, we are told this fire is the bad news, there is some kind of structure burning back there. As we get more information we will get it to you. Lance hernandez, denver7. New tonight are the streets of boulder safe to hold triathlons . Tonight athletes talk about their close calls. This is following the death of a man in boulder. Jacqueline has been hearing from the athletes. They Say Something needs to reporter close to beyonci. We told you about her death a week ago. Tubers say she crossed into traffic. Since then other athletes have come forward to shed light about the dangers in boulder. She has done one half dozen triathlons. Her first in boulder was last year. During the cycling portion of a swerved back. She took out my front tire. I had a concussion. Reporter her helmet saved her life. The crash to her body onto the road. I do look at that and say i was lucky. Michelle was not lucky. That is why i felt the need to talk about this. Reporter many athletes are questioning if boulder is safe. There are stretches of 36 you have about 12 inches of space. Reporter this man raced this year and pastor the accident with michelle. I get shaken up just thinking about it. Reporter while it may not be feasible to close the highway he says something has to be done. Michelle walters did not have to die. It is unacceptable. Reporter they tell me they will not be doing any more triathlons in boulder until changes are made. Target is responding to the controversies found in its transgender bathroom policy. This company is spending 20 million to add single stall bathrooms. The policy kicked off a lot of debate this year. It allows people to choose which ever bathroom suits their gender identity. Google is bringing something new. It is testing out a new network. The project provides a new way for users to connect wirelessly boulder is one of two dozen cities chosen. Macdonalds is launching cyber hiring week so you can apply from anything for the crew to management positions. If you saw military aircraft flying dont worry, it is all part of a drill. Hundreds of people were there preparing for a natural disaster. Todays incident was a staged earthquake. 150 fake patients were flown in. They were taken by ambulance or military helicopter to a hospiial. K9 teams from all over the country coming together in the name of security. The atf put on the special training today. It is being done at the Boulder County fairgrounds. With the recent threats of improved bombs and attacks the Missy Franklin is back home after swimming at the olympics. She did get the welcome home she deserves. this is so sweet. Isnt that great . She posted this video on twitter. She took home the a gold medal for being part of the relay. Welcome home Missy Franklin. 35 years ago i was visiting a a very sweet 10year old girl. There she is and they came into the television station to see what was goong on and learn about the computers. Well, today, i have them returning. That is carry with her three children. Nice to have you back in the bit. Let me show you what it looks like in denver today. Some scattered showers trying to develop. Not much going on at the moment. I think we will get through with a few showers this evening. Partly cloudy skies. It is 86 downtown. 88 at the airport. 18 humidity. Top temperature today was 88. The record was 97. We do still have an ozone alert in effect. Tropical moisture not so bad in louisiana but heavy rain between houston and dallas. There is a cold front coming in and it will arrive about this time tomorrow afternoon. Much cooler weather as we head to the weekend. This evening a little bit of activity around but not really much. A big bright moon out there, a low temperature will drop down to 58 in denver. Thursday, we will start out dry but you will begin to see the effects of that approaching cold front coming in. As it comes in a better chance of storms in the afternoon into the evening. The temperature not quite as hot. 73 73 at laramie. 83 in denver. Front range, midto upper 80s at lower elevations. 60s and 70s in the mountains. Tonight a fee storms around ut not much. Ittis really going to be a nice night. Tomorrow the High Temperature is 85. Storms likely later in the day. A taste of fall coming up. Cool and wet friday and saturday with a a lows dropping sunday we start at 48 and it up . . . You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Reporter welcome live from the stadium. They 21 of training camp. The last day for the fans to see the team and they got a special treat. Reporter it was intense. We saw some punches thrown. So, it was a good day for the fans. Reporter a couple of fights but that is to be expected. Lets take a look at the quarterbacks. Mark sanchez had a good day. Reporter he is feeliig confident. He has had a couple of really good practices. He had a nice touchdown to sanders. A big pass to cody latimer. He told me he feels where he is at. I think it has been great. I think we are pushing each other and competing well against each other. When we are on the field we are rooting for the other guy to complete a pass or convert a play. I think that is the kind of relationship you want. I think i am right where i want reporter on the other side we have trevor siemian, he has also looked good in practice. He looked good today as well. You would think he gets the start on saturday. Reporter it stands to reason that heewould get the start. They will then evaluate after that. Reporter i talked to trevor after practice and he says he is not worried about starting. I am trying to take it day it is really competitive today. But just taking it day by day. There is a certain commort level , you are with the same guys so i think that helps. They are becoming good players and it is a tough, tough decision for us but that is a good thing. Reporter the defense was dominating today. We will talk about that at 6 00. In nfl source says derek good news. We will have much more live at 6 00. Back to you guys in the studio. I have a good feeling about the team. The heat is almost over. We will be 85 tomorrow and some low 70s coming up. We may have seen the last of since 1961, Pearle Vision has been providing expert eye care. Even easier. Right now, buy one pair of glasses, and get another pair free. This is genuine eye re in your neighborhood. Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. Fire onboard. More than 500 passengers and crew told to abandon ship, racing down chutes, more than 100 injuries. The raging wildfire tonight in the west. The state of emergency at this hour. More than 80,000 residents racing from their homes. And in the south tonight, the death toll from the floods. Authorities say the worst devastation in this country since sandy. Breaking news. Brazilian authorities ordering american swimmer ryan lochte and another swimmer not to leave brazil, amid new questions tonight about their story of being robbed at gunpoint. And this surveillance image. Is the order too late . Donald trump and the major shakeup tonight. And late today, trump getting his first classified briefing at the fbi. Asked beforehand, do you trust

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