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KMGH 7 News Now At 6 AM September 6, 2016

This is just happening within the last five minutes. You can see on the map, this is where were talking about out here at havana where that accident sits right here. Going back to chambers, northbound 225. Going to be a big mess. Well keep an eye on here for you this morning. Also something to be aware. We will be seeing areas of patchy morning fog across the front range. Please practice caution when you step out the door. We do still have fire weather watches and red flag warnings in effect for much of the west enslope into the high country and mounin very dry out west. We do have the risk for seeing storms and showers mainly across the front range, northeastern plains and down to the southeast later on this afternoon into the evening. Here are your first alert headlines. Areas of fog this morning, gradual clearing. We will see sunshine by this afternoon, but cooler conditions. Really the front range only going to be seeing temperatures today in the upper 70s to lower 80s. About ten degrees cooler than what we saw for this labor day weekend. From the fers alert desk, we poll has donald trump with a 2point lead over Hilary Clinton, 45 to 43 . Now, the Washington Post is also out with a breakdown of all 50 states this morning, and this is the largest sample size ever for the post. The paper says this poll shows some red or blue states could be flipping this election. Florida, ohio, north carolina, texas, and arizona are all too close to call chl here in colorado, this showing clinton with just a twopoint lead over trump, 46 to 44 in the twoway race. Remember, clinton pulled advertising from our state in lead here. Se she had a sizable it has been nearly 20 years since Jonbenet Ramseys murder. Now, new details about the little girls death. Ddnver 7s amanda watched the film for us. Her father had a lot to say about his daughters death. . John ramsey spoke about what t was like dealing with the growing suspicion that he and his wife were responsible for their daughters death. John explains the moment he realized Boulder Police painted the two as suspects. He tells a e cameras he was okay with it because he assumed it was a broad investigation. The twohourlong piece takes viewers through johns personal diary and reexamines pictures, interviews, and videos of the investigation. Neverbeforeseen report that lloks at a dna test on a spot of blood found o the report to the Boulder Police seen here for the first time made it clear it did not come from john ramsey. Or anyone else in the family. A e investigators say that would have been the first piece of evidence to support the familys claims of an intruder, but the film says Boulder Police initially ignored the report, not passing it off to the da for 7 months. More about what was revealed next. Im reporting live in the news room. Denver 7 was the first on officers opened fire on a wanted suspect. The suspect wasnt hit. He was taken into custody, though chl police have not released his name or even told us what crimes he may be connected to. This morning, we are hearing from the family of a suicidal man killed in a shootout with Sheriff Deputies on friday. The man has been identified as randy. His family says they are praying for those impacted by the event. Frms meanwhile, dan remai theres now a go fund me page set up for his family. So far, they have raised more than 29,000. That is six times their ornlal goal. Find a link to the go fund me page on our free denver 7 app. Four minutes after 6 00. We have learned that lightning sparked that fire, the starwood fire, the one burning north of fort collins. The fire grown to 350 acres now. It is now 35 contained. About 120 firefighters on scene. This fire. A group of people from south denver contacted us. They wanted some help. They say drag racers are turning the neighborhood into a racetrack, and they want to know what Denver Police are going to do to solve this. Denver 7s jason live for us along federal this morning. Jason, people are worried for their safety essentially. Yeah, they are. Thats because one, if you want proof this is happening, all you have to do is look at this empty parking lot, all the burnout marks and things like that. The reason that you mention that neighborar is they dont stay in his parking lot. Think go off and in many cases shoot off into the neighborhood blowing through street signs, stoplights, stop signs, and in one case, crashing into a womans fence. Eileen darton was the person who reached out to us here saying this is such a big problem. Thats because on ssnday, she says a Dodge Durango sped through her neighborhood, right past a stop sign, up onto her lawn, into her chain link fence, knocking it down, and then just just in the neighborhoods off of south federal, wwst arkansas, those other streets like that, were talking about the smell of burnt rubber all weekknd, the noise of cars burning out, and then the danger of them zipping up and down the streets, in some cases, going as fast as a hundred Miles Per Hour here. Now, weve heard about this problem on the highways before and how difficult it is to to maintain or to real ie kind of crack down on. We reached out to Denver Police. Neighbors say they called them each and whats actually being done. Police Department Says they are aware of this issue, and that they are trying to crack down on it through throughout or across the city, but it is difficult to deal with. They didnt give us any specifics, as you can imagine, that cars would scatter and cars just driving really fast. Pretty difficult to real ie lock down 150 cars, all burning out in one parking lot and then taking off. So, again, no specifics from Denver Police. Neighbors are concerned that the to be much more than a fence. We are talking about the children that play in the neighborhood or of course the drivers themselves. Reporting live along south federal, jason, denver 7. 6 07 now. Looks like the city of denver is ready to resign a contract for red light cameras. These have been a big topic of debate in all sorts of cities, but because even with all that talk, believe it or not, cameras are only at four denver intersections. The city is now hoping to sign a fiveyear contract with the camera company. The cameras have brought in 40 million 2010. While this may result in more cameras, dont expect to see a cameraen every corner. Every expansion would be, qte, measured. Later this morning, a Boulder District Court judge will decide if boulders sugary drink tax will be on the november ballot. A hearing is set for 9 00 this morning. The tax would be two cents per ounce on soda, Energy Drinks and similar befrms. Todays Debate Centers around a technicality. Proposal, it cant go on the ballot. That argument will most mriekly not old up in court. The murder trial of this man, lesterrjones, continues today. Hes accused of murdering paige, a Grand Junction mom wwo led a secret life as an escort. A jury began deliberating on friday. She disappeared back in 2007. Her remains werent found until 2012. Investigators have always considered jones a sus peblth in this case. He is charged with kidnapping and murder. He could spend the rest of his life behind colorado is dealing with a referee crisis. There are not enough referees for sporting events across the state, and as a result, several games have been rescheduled, some even cancelled. The number of new referees in colorado has been going down for several years now. A spokesperson for the refs association ys many young refs quit because of behaef behavior of coaches and fans. Referees arent the problem its the prairie dogs. There are about ten holes at every corner of that sports complex. County leaders tell us the prairie dogs are a safety issue. About 15 of the prairie dogs have been moved out. Now, foothills parks and rec says they plan to poison the rest. The most humane way to actually use a Carbon Monoxide and it just basically puts them to sleep. One group tells us killing the prairie dogs will have negative consequen they have set out cages in front of the complex hoping to relooate the prairie dogs before they are poisoned. Check out this video of a labor day rescue. A dog got stuck in a water meter pit for about two hours. This was over at 8th avenue right between mariposa. A denver fire crew rushed to the scene. They rescued that poor pup. Hes in good health this morning. Good to see. Two big problems. One we had the i70 crash that had most of the lanes blocked northbound i25, just after 104th. You can see the flashing lights back in here. A rollover crash, and all lanes are temporarily blocked. All the traffic held back behind that accident. Southbound getting a good look at it. The express lanes are open as folks are cruising through there pret day fast. Right now, temporarily, two huge traffic issues for us right now. We are going to start with this rollover crash on i25 after 104th a. That white pickup truck there, thiss the one that rolled over. Debro is spread out awe cross the highway. Northbound police have all lanes blocked, at least for right now. You see police here, here, and also the emergency eeuipment here on the right side of the highway. All traffic is being held back from just after 104th, and it back to 84th avenue. They might allow some of the traffic to get through, but for at least right now, they are holding all northbound traffic. Southbound traffic is getting through as well, but obviously that is getting a good eyeful of it on the other side of the highway. Now, take a look from just a moment ago, air tracker 7 when they were over this accident on the westbound side of i70 right there by havana. We only have one lane opened at this accident right now. That traffic jam goes all the way back to now pena boupd side of 225. Double trouble with two huge monster accidents causing extensive delays. Well keep you posted on this all morning long, of course. We are keeping an eye on news around the world. Following a developing situation outside buckingham palaae where a helicopter a medical helicopter landed, alarming people on the ground. Area also responding to on the buckingham pallce, the queens residence, of course. Now, at this point, its not responded, but there are reports that there was some kind of accident, and there was an injured person who needed to be treated and lifted to a hospital. Well keep you updated, of course; if we learn any more about this. . I met all my best of friends in baton rouge . . Some of musics top names were in baton rouge last night. They were helping to raise money for the red crosss louisiana flood relief fund. The flooding happened a month ago. More than 60 thousand damaged. 13 people were killed in this. The red cross says the damage is the worst to hit the u. S. Since Superstorm Sandy back in 2012. If you are interested in donating, find a link link. Frms this morning, hermine could bring strong winds and flooding to southern new england. A Tropical Storm warning remains in effect this morning. This is from new yorks long island to massachusetts. Coastal areas could see wind gusts of 60 miles an hour. They are just hoping for that its gone all the way up the east coast messing with people. Good news is the storm itself is weakening, but unfortunately, the flooding and the winds, thatll really pose the threat today. Lets take a look at it on the map right now. As you can see, the storm itself is kind of just done a little bit hook back around. Thats whats brought the east coast a lot of that inclement weather and flooding. Here in colorado, weve seen very dry conditions this labor day weekend. Mostly dry. We did see severe storms saturday and sunday. Mostly on the eastern plains, but really the story t were looking at is a threat for fire danger across the western slope. Very warm conditions and also gusty winds and low humidity. Those are catalysts for potential fires. Now, our Severe Weather outlook for today does encompass much of the front range over across the northeastern plains down to the southeast. We have the chance in the forecast for seeing some moisture. Going through our future cast, this is your first alert that mostly cloudy, also foggy the metro area drizzle here and there as a cold front thatll move through the state. Not much in the way of measurable rain fall, but as you can see as we head throughout the morning and afternoon, we will see some gradual cleerg so the sun will make an appearance later on this amp. Cloud wills then increase. Better chance for seeing afternoon and evening thunderstorms, mainly across the northeastern plains, the strongest of which could roll through akron, sterling, and set. Overnight, mostly cloudy. Range, about ten degrees cooler than whht we saw this last week end. Highs for today only in the upper 70s in boulder. 76 in evergreen. . 2 is our expected high in denver with the upper 70s across the plains. Slightly different story to the west as we hiil have that fire danger. Mid 70s for akron as well as in gunnison. Lamar still seeing the mid 90s down to the south in places like pueblo and la hunta. Highs elsewhere for the front 80s, upper 70s. Greeley expecting a high near 79 degrees. We have that chance to of storms in the forecast. 53 our overnight low. 85 is our expected high, then well continue to see some warm conditions for thursday, for broncos home opener. 87 is our expected high for that day. Mostly sunny conditions, though, as we roll throughout the rest of the week into the weekend. Little bit cooler on friday. Thats our bright spot. Upper 70s to low 80s. This morning, new information about the shooting at the Colorado State fair. The Pueblo County Sheriffs Office tells us they are looking for a vehicle of interest. Its a twotone chrysler 300 they are keeping an eye out for. They have not released any details about a possible uspect yet. Investigators are looking into whether this was gang related. This video may make you a little angry. A burglar pends more than two hours. You can see him right there he is stealing equipment from this truck. This is down in castle rock. Inside the house. This is just one case, but the Douglas County Sheriffs Office says since july, theyve seen an increase in calls for break ins and burglaries. This is in castle rock, and highlands ranch. Thats, u guess, the price you pay with big population growth and, you know, probably be putting flood lights and stuff like that around the house now. If you recognize the man, you can see him right there. Call police, and dont forget, lock your doors overn neighborhood. An Elementary School playground is set on fire while kids were playing there. This happened sunday afternoon in kansas city. Witnesses say they saw a group of boulder kids running away from the scene. The fire caused about 50,000 worth of damage to the playground. No one hurt, thankfully. Take a look at this. A woman in florida trying to get revenge or her exboyfriend by setting his car on fire. The problem is thats not the boyfriends car. Oops she wound upsetting someone like his. The victim says hes neeer seen the woman before and has no idea who she is. She is now facing arson charges. Four months ago, the El Paso County sheriff was charged with kidnapping, extortion, and hes back in court this morning. Whattyou can expect when he faces a judge. We have all kinds of problems in the traffic world. Not only do we have a closure of northbound i25 for a rollover crash, actual lu tucked right behind that wall right there where you see the police cars. We are going to closure of i25 after 104th for the rest of the morning. We also have, now due to maintenance, mineral on the d line down along south santa fe, the bus shuttle going to be running between mineral and englewood because of a closure of the light rail down there. Then also a huge accident out to the east side of town at havvna. Thats where daryl is right now. Hes going to have the latest here right now. Yeah, jason, in the last 20 8car accident here at havana and i70 on the westbound side. Theyve got two lanes open right now. Police have flairs spread out along so the inner side lane against the barrier is bbocked off. We heard maybe one person may have been transported to the hospital. There was one subuuban here that looks like its got heavy frontend damage. Most of these cars air bags were deployed so traffic is backed up as far as we can see back to the east headed westbound. So if you are headed this way, a good alternate taking 45th avenue, which is just about a block to our north here. Thats how we got in here. Very, very short commute to get around this mmz here, also. Also, we are hearing about the accident you just spoke of at 104th avenue to the north there. That rollover accident. Were hearing this may be a possible fatal there. You can expect huge, huge delays if you are headed northbound on 25 this morning. As soon as we get more information out here along i7 o 0 and havana, were going to 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 at 6 25, we have traffic catastrophes. This s the northbound side of i25. Right after 104th avenue. You can see police and Emergency Response for this stent. This is the rollover crash here. It sounds extremely serious on the northbound side f oi25. . I think its going to be closd down for several hours here. They are closing it down at 104th. Trying to divert traffic. They will allow some of this traffic trapped in here to get through, but for at least the moment, everybody is stuck on the highway, the its also slow in the area. Take a look at the picture from the other problem spot on i70 out to the east. A couple lanes are blocked. Two lanes are open. Westbound i70 here at havana. Thats going to be restricting traffic back to before pena boulevard and northbound 225 coming up from around colfax. Ill show you the two areas and how to get around i

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