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Dicks Sporting Goods park. We do know that police were on scene, all morning long, taking down some of the crime scene tape as a remove that body. Some of the tape is still up, and police are still unseen as this investigation continues. We know they are calling it a Death Investigation. We do not know how the victim died, or if there is a suspect, we have asked those questions for the Denver Police department. We are waiting to hear back from them this morning. We are on the 5500 block of xanadu street. Details are limited at this t ime. We are hoping to get those answers for you in the next halfhour. Live on xanadu street, amanda del castillo, denver7. Breaking right now, Denver Police are responding to the report of a death in the area of cherokee street and ohio avenue. We have darrell or on the scene, right now can you tell us what you are seeing out reporter just off i 25 behind that big home depot near alameda. Police have discovered they got a call from railroad saying there was a bbdy in the track. The train had to make an emergency stop. When police went to investigate, they are confirming this is a Death Investigation, this time. They do have homicide investigators mi you can see the ambulance sitting here, on standby. This train is really long. What is being affected right now, i believe it is alameda, santa fe, or santa fe crossing is completely blocked right now at them at the alameda area. They are getting ready to put up some signs to alert drivers to avoid that area. This will be out here for about three more hours until they figure out what is going on and investigators are done. Confirmed death here on the Railroad Tracks. They do not know if the person was hit by the train, but they are saying he is on the tracks as of right now. Thank you for that update. We did get a new tweet from Denver Police, confirming what daryl orr was talking about, some of the road closures, ssnta fe, alameda and calamus today because of the train. We will keep following this. Here is your first alert today, iwi the chhat sheet for today, temperatures cooler than yesterday. We are seeing morning drizzle, so what roads and spots, northeastern colorado and the west side of town along i 70. The chance for a few more afternoon storms. For the kids, i would send them out with a sweatshirt or a light jacket. It will be cool, and cloudy early on. 52, and then highs today in the mid to upper 60s with a chance for some storms by late afternoon, early evening. Highlands ranch today 70, and upper 50s to low 60s in the foothills. Coming up we will take a look not a good situation with a train, it will be there maybe threeon for hours. This is the area we are talking about. This is alameda right here, the Railroad Tracks run right here and they go across santa fe and also calamus. The train is so long, it is going across these two roads and stretching all the way back over here by the home depot or the investigation is going on. While that happens, the train is not going to move. All of the lanes on the northbound side of santa fe an nixon to. Of time. Be mindful of that. Broadway may be a better way to get around it. You can see the Traffic Camera to the north. You can see southbound i 25 just crawling along as they are . Etting construction out of the way. We also have somewhat roads up there. The rest of the ride, looks pretty decent for us. Heavy traffic and some of the driver, killed in this crash, is getting help from the community. A gofundme page has raised more than 11,000. The school bus was carrying the Legacy High School Football Team. More than a dozen people were injured, and three coaches were seriously hurt. 2 legacy students started a gofundme for those coaches. I know it is hard to come up with a lot of money, the last second. It is not easy. We will spread the word on twitter. The bus was picking up the legacy Football Team, from dia, on sunda the driver, kari chopper. Three coaches are still recovering from serious injuries this morning. All of this comes as a difficult time. This week is homecoming for the high school. Most events will go on, as planned. Administrators still trying to decide if they want to go ahead and let the Football Team play this weekend. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the then slammed into the concrete pillar. Here is what we know about this horrific crash thus far. The bus driver had picked up the kids, the airport, she was headed back to the east terminal. She took an onramp to level 4, but instead of making the turn she drove straight into the concrete pillar. Frequent flyers tell us the airport can be a bit confusing. Some believe the signs arr not as clearly marked as they could be. I think it could be. They could have different colors. All of the signs are blue and white. If they had different colors fo 2 other bus drivers, who came out to pick out students, they also took wrong turns. Officers had to help them get straightened out. Our coverage of the Legacy High School bus crash continues on that free denver7 app. You will find our interview with the bus drivers husband. He spoke with us about how he is coping with the loss. Red light cameras will be in denver for another few years. The Denver City Council find a new 6. 4 Million Contract to keep them around. Jason gruenauer joins us right you. Reporter well, that means as you are driving to work, this morning, something you do not want to see one of those flashes coming from one of those cameras, like that. You will have to deal with that if you blow through a red light, or get caught i one of those photo vans by at least the next five years. Yesterday, at a meeting lastly, there there was a near unanimous vote, 101 from the city council to extend the contract of both those red light cameras and those photo enforcement fans. Them all the time, heading back into downtown. That contract, five years according to the denver post. It will involve a great to the current system. The question is, will it involve an expansion of the current system. Are we talking about more red light cameras . According to the post, and Denver Police, any expansion is not assured and would be measured it doesnt mean that it is 100 going to happen. Every major intersection. Those cameras come with a significant coot to put up and run. Speaking of cost. How much does is contract cost . Is it worth it . How much is the city getting back . Plus, with all that money, is it working . The answer to all those questions coming up just after 6 30 a. M. Jason gruenauer, denver7. Wheat ridge police are searching for a female bank robber at the wells fargo a 38 then wadsworth yesterday. They have not released a sketch of the suspect, but if you know anything you are urged to call crime stoppers. This man is formally charged with attempted murder. Anthony is accused of stabbing a man in the throat last week. Slashing his throat, at a restaurant in the highlands area. Denver police callld it a random act of violence he is due in court tomorrow. A phone scam is sitting too close to home for police departmeet and the area. The scammers are asking for in the line of duty over a week ago. The Douglas County Sheriffs Office says his deputies are not asking for donations, do not give out your information or even donate money in this. There is an official gofundme site that has been set up for deputy brite. It has raised more than 42,000, we posted the link to that on our free denver7 app. You can also help the detectives family by donating blood. The comedy this blood drive, and parker, in honor of detective brite. Only 40 spots available and they filled up in one hour. This protester burned, and orange shirt, or jersey of some kind outside the broncos practice facility. This was yesterday. This was as Rendon Marshall was answering questions about him taking a knee during National Anthem, at again. The video was shot by mile high sports radios, eric goodman, that we cannot tell what the shirt said, a demonstration against marshall. Also says he will be meeting with the denvers police chief dpd will not confirm the meeting will happen. Marshall has been dropped by 2 sponsors as a result of his National Anthem protest. He says he will continue kneeling until he sees changes in the justice system. I talked to Colin Kaepernick, and he said that he appreciated what i did, and ii asked him what he was doing, you know it and saying, hes trying to get some things in place to help change some laws. The demonstrations continued last 2 Los Angeles Rams players raised their fist during the anthem. And a couple of San Francisco 49ers including Colin Kaepernick all kneeled. I do not want to kneel forever, i want these things to change. I do know it will be a process, and it is not something that will change overnight. There are some major changes that we can make that are very participated, in the anthem protest. You see that here, that is just about 1 of the league. Your heating bill could be substantially higher this winter. The reason why, after the break. Hillary Clinton Health is raising questions. Here are the reasonssshe decided not to tell people she had pneumonia. It is now 6 11, it is chilly this morning, especially up in the foothills. We are at 51 city park right now. Highs this afternoon will be in the 60s, we will see more sunshine heres your first alert, a high of 67 by 3 p. Mm this Death Investigation going on along the Railroad Tracks, right near the home depot at santa fe and i 25, is affecting the drive northbound . What if we made a paint that was so special that you had to seek it out. Nope, even easier than that. More like taking a left on that street where you usually take a right that wasnt so hard. And if finding that paint made you and your walls beam with pride, is it still paint . Benjamin moore. Paint like no other. Live look over the city of denver where it is 50 degrees. Currently there is an investigation going on about a body found on some Railroad Tracks. We will keep tabs on the situation have the latest for you coming up. Hillary Clinton Campaign is trying to downplay health concerns, a couple days after she was caught on camera stumbling outside of the 9 11 anniversary ceremony. She admitted she has pneu but she is trying to keep things under wrapss i didnt think it was going to be that big of deal. I want to get this over and done with and get back on the trail as soon as possible. She has canceled all of her Campaign Events for today. She will be resting. Donald trump said yesterday, that he hopes Hillary Clinton gets better, but he slammed her over comments that some donald trump supporterr are a basket of deplorables. I call you hardworking american patriots, who love your country, and want a better heres a look at the most recent head to head poll. It shows clinton with an eight point lead. We are now 55 days away from the election. From the first alert desk, brandnew video of what everyone will be talking about today. The season premiere of dancing with the stars, protesters storming the stage after ryan lochtes performance. Now we are getting video of the takedown. Security guards ran at those protesters, we will play it times. You see those 2 guys in white shirts, those are the protesters that stormed the stage while ryan lochte was being judged. The producers went straight to break there. Last night viewers saw that the judges were rattled by something, but they did not see this moment here, when security guards immediately rushed in. These protesters were wearing the anti ryan lochte shirts with no ryan lochte on it, there were also several women really, that is all we know. We do not know if they had any other motives, right now, beyond disrupting dancing with the stars. Kind of brief on air. They went to break really fast. Ryan lochte saying he was pretty upset about the whole wrestling with the stars now. Changing things up just a little bit. This is one of those mornings when youre up in the foothills, potentially tennessee and you come up over the cloud cover. From loved ones, it is clear, lots of sunshine. As you get closer to denver, here is the view from the top of our building. We have some fog right now, and even a little drizzle in spots. Overnight rain showers which have now cleared up with that coke cover we could get some wet roads. On future caste it stays pretty cloudy cloudy across the eastern half of our state, more clearing, a little more sunshine. And then a few more storms starting to develop in the mountains, by that point. There is a chance for scattered storms and showers to the afternoon and early evening. That is what it looks like around 7 oclock. It looks like around 57 we have our best chance of storms. And then tomorrow morning, we get more cloud cover. Tomorrow we will start off almost the same way, as today, and then tomorrow afternoon a few more storms. It is unsettled, we will see these afternoon storms, for the next few what does this mean for your kids . Send them out with a rain jacket, if ou have drizzle in your neighborhood this morning. At least a light jacket, or heavy sweetshirt. He will be in the low 50s at the bus stop, early on. More sunshine by lunch, and that 67 for a high this afternoon. It is a lot cooler than normal, 50 degrees below our low 80s this time of year. Denver 67, Highlands Ranch today 71. Upper 50s to near 60 in you get west of the divide. Grand junction near 80 today. Yesterday, some of the spots that we had, near 90, they are feeling the effects of that cold front. Low 70s near pueblo. 60s today, the coolest day on our our seven day forecast. Back into the 70s tomorrow. Need to upper 70s wednesday and thursday, with a few late day storms come on thursday. It is a little drier, heading into the weekend. Here is your first alert that we will see more sunshine than cloud cover and we will be in the upper 70s saturday, and sunday. Which means from the start of that broncos game on sunday afternoon, 78 degrees and sunshine. That would be a great bright spot especially if they win against the colts. We have a horrible spot down here along santa fe drive near alameda. Here is the home depot just off i 25, there is a Death Investigation on the Railroad Tracks right here. The traan is so long, it actually goes all the way here across kalamoth and santa fe. The train is across those roads, and it is not moving at all. That will be closing down the northbound side of santa fe at alameda, southbound it sounds like they will close it at first and avert all traffic over to the east. Broadway, lincoln street can help you get around it. It can be confusing because of the way it cuts off going down through here cherokee. Do avoid noothbound self santa fe from sixth avenue. Both will be closed for at least several hours as they do that investigation. The rest of the ride around town looks standard and quiet. Fiftysecond and sheridan an accident there. Take a look up to the north, they are still messing around with construction on the southbound side of i 25 coming out of johns town. A huge traffic down jam trying to get down to longmont. It will be an extra 45 minutes, at least on the southbound side of i 25. Denvers mayor is trying to like this one on the 16th street mall. The proposed budget for next year include 16 million for new police officers. 16 of those officers would . He total budget includes 1. 1 million for the general fund, a small piece of that 5 million will go towards Affordable Housing projects for the homeless. The mayors budget is also tackling a problem includes money for three people to patrol disabled parking spots. Right now, that work is done by volunteers. Our investigation revealed that many lots are just breaking the citys handicap parking laws and getting away with it. This is not good news as we are heading into winter. It will cost you more, for some of you, to heat your home this winter. Connected to the price of natural gas. Production has slowed down. One company says Natural Gas Prices will rise 57 . Heres what that means to you. Average of 49 per month, that is just for natural gas. If the prices go up by 57 , your natural gas bill go up by about 20 per month. After almost 20 years, Jonbenet Ramseys brother is now breaking assignments. He says he remembers what he was thinking that morning. I was scared. I didnt know if there was some bad guy downstairs, and my dad was chasing off with a gun. You know, i had no idea. . . Grocery shoppers of america take your o organics baby carrots. Take your eggs. Organic food is no longer just for the privileged few. Now everyone can afford to go organic. O organics, welcome back on this tuesday morning, here is your first alert. Upper 40s to low 50s this morning. We will see highs in the upper 60s. Now, this morning we have quite a bit of cloud cover and even a little drizzle, a few showers early on. Watch our future cast, 12 oclock, more sunshine across the metro area. A few storms and by mid afternoon, that is 3 30, by about 7 oclock we could get rain, lightning and thunder here in town. And north. You will see some splash back. I do have a big issue with his Death Investigation going on near the home depot. What it is doing is causing the train to be across the roadways at kalamoth and santa fe. Northbound is closed back here at alameda, southbounds] first avenue. We are trying to get over to the east to get around. You can see what it is doing to i 25 traffic. 25 around santa fe. Do ot be surprised if you see extra heavy traffic from here up to six avenue. A husband is speaking out, this morning. His wife, a Sporting Goods<\/a> park. We do know that police were on scene, all morning long, taking down some of the crime scene tape as a remove that body. Some of the tape is still up, and police are still unseen as this investigation continues. We know they are calling it a Death Investigation<\/a>. We do not know how the victim died, or if there is a suspect, we have asked those questions for the Denver Police<\/a> department. We are waiting to hear back from them this morning. We are on the 5500 block of xanadu street. Details are limited at this t ime. We are hoping to get those answers for you in the next halfhour. Live on xanadu street, amanda del castillo, denver7. Breaking right now, Denver Police<\/a> are responding to the report of a death in the area of cherokee street and ohio avenue. We have darrell or on the scene, right now can you tell us what you are seeing out reporter just off i 25 behind that big home depot near alameda. Police have discovered they got a call from railroad saying there was a bbdy in the track. The train had to make an emergency stop. When police went to investigate, they are confirming this is a Death Investigation<\/a>, this time. They do have homicide investigators mi you can see the ambulance sitting here, on standby. This train is really long. What is being affected right now, i believe it is alameda, santa fe, or santa fe crossing is completely blocked right now at them at the alameda area. They are getting ready to put up some signs to alert drivers to avoid that area. This will be out here for about three more hours until they figure out what is going on and investigators are done. Confirmed death here on the Railroad Tracks<\/a>. They do not know if the person was hit by the train, but they are saying he is on the tracks as of right now. Thank you for that update. We did get a new tweet from Denver Police<\/a>, confirming what daryl orr was talking about, some of the road closures, ssnta fe, alameda and calamus today because of the train. We will keep following this. Here is your first alert today, iwi the chhat sheet for today, temperatures cooler than yesterday. We are seeing morning drizzle, so what roads and spots, northeastern colorado and the west side of town along i 70. The chance for a few more afternoon storms. For the kids, i would send them out with a sweatshirt or a light jacket. It will be cool, and cloudy early on. 52, and then highs today in the mid to upper 60s with a chance for some storms by late afternoon, early evening. Highlands ranch today 70, and upper 50s to low 60s in the foothills. Coming up we will take a look not a good situation with a train, it will be there maybe threeon for hours. This is the area we are talking about. This is alameda right here, the Railroad Tracks<\/a> run right here and they go across santa fe and also calamus. The train is so long, it is going across these two roads and stretching all the way back over here by the home depot or the investigation is going on. While that happens, the train is not going to move. All of the lanes on the northbound side of santa fe an nixon to. Of time. Be mindful of that. Broadway may be a better way to get around it. You can see the Traffic Camera<\/a> to the north. You can see southbound i 25 just crawling along as they are . Etting construction out of the way. We also have somewhat roads up there. The rest of the ride, looks pretty decent for us. Heavy traffic and some of the driver, killed in this crash, is getting help from the community. A gofundme page has raised more than 11,000. The school bus was carrying the Legacy High School<\/a> Football Team<\/a>. More than a dozen people were injured, and three coaches were seriously hurt. 2 legacy students started a gofundme for those coaches. I know it is hard to come up with a lot of money, the last second. It is not easy. We will spread the word on twitter. The bus was picking up the legacy Football Team<\/a>, from dia, on sunda the driver, kari chopper. Three coaches are still recovering from serious injuries this morning. All of this comes as a difficult time. This week is homecoming for the high school. Most events will go on, as planned. Administrators still trying to decide if they want to go ahead and let the Football Team<\/a> play this weekend. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the then slammed into the concrete pillar. Here is what we know about this horrific crash thus far. The bus driver had picked up the kids, the airport, she was headed back to the east terminal. She took an onramp to level 4, but instead of making the turn she drove straight into the concrete pillar. Frequent flyers tell us the airport can be a bit confusing. Some believe the signs arr not as clearly marked as they could be. I think it could be. They could have different colors. All of the signs are blue and white. If they had different colors fo 2 other bus drivers, who came out to pick out students, they also took wrong turns. Officers had to help them get straightened out. Our coverage of the Legacy High School<\/a> bus crash continues on that free denver7 app. You will find our interview with the bus drivers husband. He spoke with us about how he is coping with the loss. Red light cameras will be in denver for another few years. The Denver City Council<\/a> find a new 6. 4 Million Contract<\/a> to keep them around. Jason gruenauer joins us right you. Reporter well, that means as you are driving to work, this morning, something you do not want to see one of those flashes coming from one of those cameras, like that. You will have to deal with that if you blow through a red light, or get caught i one of those photo vans by at least the next five years. Yesterday, at a meeting lastly, there there was a near unanimous vote, 101 from the city council to extend the contract of both those red light cameras and those photo enforcement fans. Them all the time, heading back into downtown. That contract, five years according to the denver post. It will involve a great to the current system. The question is, will it involve an expansion of the current system. Are we talking about more red light cameras . According to the post, and Denver Police<\/a>, any expansion is not assured and would be measured it doesnt mean that it is 100 going to happen. Every major intersection. Those cameras come with a significant coot to put up and run. Speaking of cost. How much does is contract cost . Is it worth it . How much is the city getting back . Plus, with all that money, is it working . The answer to all those questions coming up just after 6 30 a. M. Jason gruenauer, denver7. Wheat ridge police are searching for a female bank robber at the wells fargo a 38 then wadsworth yesterday. They have not released a sketch of the suspect, but if you know anything you are urged to call crime stoppers. This man is formally charged with attempted murder. Anthony is accused of stabbing a man in the throat last week. Slashing his throat, at a restaurant in the highlands area. Denver police callld it a random act of violence he is due in court tomorrow. A phone scam is sitting too close to home for police departmeet and the area. The scammers are asking for in the line of duty over a week ago. The Douglas County<\/a> Sheriffs Office<\/a> says his deputies are not asking for donations, do not give out your information or even donate money in this. There is an official gofundme site that has been set up for deputy brite. It has raised more than 42,000, we posted the link to that on our free denver7 app. You can also help the detectives family by donating blood. The comedy this blood drive, and parker, in honor of detective brite. Only 40 spots available and they filled up in one hour. This protester burned, and orange shirt, or jersey of some kind outside the broncos practice facility. This was yesterday. This was as Rendon Marshall<\/a> was answering questions about him taking a knee during National Anthem<\/a>, at again. The video was shot by mile high sports radios, eric goodman, that we cannot tell what the shirt said, a demonstration against marshall. Also says he will be meeting with the denvers police chief dpd will not confirm the meeting will happen. Marshall has been dropped by 2 sponsors as a result of his National Anthem<\/a> protest. He says he will continue kneeling until he sees changes in the justice system. I talked to Colin Kaepernick<\/a>, and he said that he appreciated what i did, and ii asked him what he was doing, you know it and saying, hes trying to get some things in place to help change some laws. The demonstrations continued last 2 Los Angeles Rams<\/a> players raised their fist during the anthem. And a couple of San Francisco<\/a> 49ers including Colin Kaepernick<\/a> all kneeled. I do not want to kneel forever, i want these things to change. I do know it will be a process, and it is not something that will change overnight. There are some major changes that we can make that are very participated, in the anthem protest. You see that here, that is just about 1 of the league. Your heating bill could be substantially higher this winter. The reason why, after the break. Hillary Clinton Health<\/a> is raising questions. Here are the reasonssshe decided not to tell people she had pneumonia. It is now 6 11, it is chilly this morning, especially up in the foothills. We are at 51 city park right now. Highs this afternoon will be in the 60s, we will see more sunshine heres your first alert, a high of 67 by 3 p. Mm this Death Investigation<\/a> going on along the Railroad Tracks<\/a>, right near the home depot at santa fe and i 25, is affecting the drive northbound . What if we made a paint that was so special that you had to seek it out. Nope, even easier than that. More like taking a left on that street where you usually take a right that wasnt so hard. And if finding that paint made you and your walls beam with pride, is it still paint . Benjamin moore. Paint like no other. Live look over the city of denver where it is 50 degrees. Currently there is an investigation going on about a body found on some Railroad Tracks<\/a>. We will keep tabs on the situation have the latest for you coming up. Hillary Clinton Campaign<\/a> is trying to downplay health concerns, a couple days after she was caught on camera stumbling outside of the 9 11 anniversary ceremony. She admitted she has pneu but she is trying to keep things under wrapss i didnt think it was going to be that big of deal. I want to get this over and done with and get back on the trail as soon as possible. She has canceled all of her Campaign Events<\/a> for today. She will be resting. Donald trump said yesterday, that he hopes Hillary Clinton<\/a> gets better, but he slammed her over comments that some donald trump supporterr are a basket of deplorables. I call you hardworking american patriots, who love your country, and want a better heres a look at the most recent head to head poll. It shows clinton with an eight point lead. We are now 55 days away from the election. From the first alert desk, brandnew video of what everyone will be talking about today. The season premiere of dancing with the stars, protesters storming the stage after ryan lochtes performance. Now we are getting video of the takedown. Security guards ran at those protesters, we will play it times. You see those 2 guys in white shirts, those are the protesters that stormed the stage while ryan lochte was being judged. The producers went straight to break there. Last night viewers saw that the judges were rattled by something, but they did not see this moment here, when security guards immediately rushed in. These protesters were wearing the anti ryan lochte shirts with no ryan lochte on it, there were also several women really, that is all we know. We do not know if they had any other motives, right now, beyond disrupting dancing with the stars. Kind of brief on air. They went to break really fast. Ryan lochte saying he was pretty upset about the whole wrestling with the stars now. Changing things up just a little bit. This is one of those mornings when youre up in the foothills, potentially tennessee and you come up over the cloud cover. From loved ones, it is clear, lots of sunshine. As you get closer to denver, here is the view from the top of our building. We have some fog right now, and even a little drizzle in spots. Overnight rain showers which have now cleared up with that coke cover we could get some wet roads. On future caste it stays pretty cloudy cloudy across the eastern half of our state, more clearing, a little more sunshine. And then a few more storms starting to develop in the mountains, by that point. There is a chance for scattered storms and showers to the afternoon and early evening. That is what it looks like around 7 oclock. It looks like around 57 we have our best chance of storms. And then tomorrow morning, we get more cloud cover. Tomorrow we will start off almost the same way, as today, and then tomorrow afternoon a few more storms. It is unsettled, we will see these afternoon storms, for the next few what does this mean for your kids . Send them out with a rain jacket, if ou have drizzle in your neighborhood this morning. At least a light jacket, or heavy sweetshirt. He will be in the low 50s at the bus stop, early on. More sunshine by lunch, and that 67 for a high this afternoon. It is a lot cooler than normal, 50 degrees below our low 80s this time of year. Denver 67, Highlands Ranch<\/a> today 71. Upper 50s to near 60 in you get west of the divide. Grand junction near 80 today. Yesterday, some of the spots that we had, near 90, they are feeling the effects of that cold front. Low 70s near pueblo. 60s today, the coolest day on our our seven day forecast. Back into the 70s tomorrow. Need to upper 70s wednesday and thursday, with a few late day storms come on thursday. It is a little drier, heading into the weekend. Here is your first alert that we will see more sunshine than cloud cover and we will be in the upper 70s saturday, and sunday. Which means from the start of that broncos game on sunday afternoon, 78 degrees and sunshine. That would be a great bright spot especially if they win against the colts. We have a horrible spot down here along santa fe drive near alameda. Here is the home depot just off i 25, there is a Death Investigation<\/a> on the Railroad Tracks<\/a> right here. The traan is so long, it actually goes all the way here across kalamoth and santa fe. The train is across those roads, and it is not moving at all. That will be closing down the northbound side of santa fe at alameda, southbound it sounds like they will close it at first and avert all traffic over to the east. Broadway, lincoln street can help you get around it. It can be confusing because of the way it cuts off going down through here cherokee. Do avoid noothbound self santa fe from sixth avenue. Both will be closed for at least several hours as they do that investigation. The rest of the ride around town looks standard and quiet. Fiftysecond and sheridan an accident there. Take a look up to the north, they are still messing around with construction on the southbound side of i 25 coming out of johns town. A huge traffic down jam trying to get down to longmont. It will be an extra 45 minutes, at least on the southbound side of i 25. Denvers mayor is trying to like this one on the 16th street mall. The proposed budget for next year include 16 million for new police officers. 16 of those officers would . He total budget includes 1. 1 million for the general fund, a small piece of that 5 million will go towards Affordable Housing<\/a> projects for the homeless. The mayors budget is also tackling a problem includes money for three people to patrol disabled parking spots. Right now, that work is done by volunteers. Our investigation revealed that many lots are just breaking the citys handicap parking laws and getting away with it. This is not good news as we are heading into winter. It will cost you more, for some of you, to heat your home this winter. Connected to the price of natural gas. Production has slowed down. One company says Natural Gas Prices<\/a> will rise 57 . Heres what that means to you. Average of 49 per month, that is just for natural gas. If the prices go up by 57 , your natural gas bill go up by about 20 per month. After almost 20 years, Jonbenet Ramseys<\/a> brother is now breaking assignments. He says he remembers what he was thinking that morning. I was scared. I didnt know if there was some bad guy downstairs, and my dad was chasing off with a gun. You know, i had no idea. . . Grocery shoppers of america take your o organics baby carrots. Take your eggs. Organic food is no longer just for the privileged few. Now everyone can afford to go organic. O organics, welcome back on this tuesday morning, here is your first alert. Upper 40s to low 50s this morning. We will see highs in the upper 60s. Now, this morning we have quite a bit of cloud cover and even a little drizzle, a few showers early on. Watch our future cast, 12 oclock, more sunshine across the metro area. A few storms and by mid afternoon, that is 3 30, by about 7 oclock we could get rain, lightning and thunder here in town. And north. You will see some splash back. I do have a big issue with his Death Investigation<\/a> going on near the home depot. What it is doing is causing the train to be across the roadways at kalamoth and santa fe. Northbound is closed back here at alameda, southbounds] first avenue. We are trying to get over to the east to get around. You can see what it is doing to i 25 traffic. 25 around santa fe. Do ot be surprised if you see extra heavy traffic from here up to six avenue. A husband is speaking out, this morning. His wife, a School Bus Driver<\/a> died in a crash while picking up legacy Football Team<\/a> from dia. To me, my world ended. He said his wife would do anything to protect those students, on her bus. You will hear more from him. Next. Denver police have been on 131 former members of congress are now lobbyists in washington, dc. Its just considered business as usual. I consider it wrong. Thats why im fighting for a new law to permanently ban former members of congress from ever becoming lobbyists. Im Michael Bennet<\/a> and i approve this message because congress should only work for you. Switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month. Game. Connect on social media. Learn, shop and more with fast inhome wifi. So call 844565link. Get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. Speed may not be available in your area. Call today. We are tracking some breaking news out of denver. Traffic blocked at santa fe, after a body was found on some Railroad Tracks<\/a>. Daryl orr is on the scene for us right now. Reporter right before 5 30 a. M. , police got a call from Bnsf Railroad<\/a> people out here at ohio and cherokee street, . Denver. In reference to a body found on the track. Brake system. They were able to get the bright train stop. They do not believe the train hit this person. Police have confirmed that the person is deceased, on the track right now. Crime scene investigats have just showed up. A lot of Police Presence<\/a> right now. This train is really long. It is blocking traffic down to santa fe, and alameda. They have police blocking off roads. It is really going to be a mess out here. Hours before they get the scene wrapped up. We are going to send it into jayson to show you how to get around ttis detour this morning. Let me show you what is going on, this is where daryl depot. Right by the home the train goes along here, part of the rail system that goes all the way across santa fe and kalamoth just north of alameda. With the train being so long, this is the road it is blocking. Northbound santa fe, and southbound seven you can see how traffic is backing up because of it. Most folks are trying to go to the east end use broadway or lincoln to get around. You can also use federal over to the west. I 25 is also an alternate. You are going to find some extra heavy traffic there. Fiftysecond and sheridan a crash there. Look farther north, they wrapped up the overnight construction southbound i 25 south of johnstown. The traffic jam running at 45 unwind. Denver police are investigating how a person died, this happen overnight. Officers responded to the 5500 block of xanadu, a neighborhood right near dicks Sporting Goods<\/a> park. Joins us from that area this morning with what we know. Reporter we are about 4 miles east of the park, this morning. Police are still on the scene. You can see the house, in question, right behind me with a lot of that crime scene tape still up. We got here around 4 a. M. When we got here, there was plenty of crime scene keeping us from entering xanadu from maxwell. We are right across the street from that location. Police have not told us what gender the location the victim is, or if there is a suspect in custody. We are still asking those questions this morning. We have not heard back from police yet. We know if 5 a. M. , Police Actually<\/a> remove the body from information, at this houu. Police are still unseen, after responding here at 10 p. M. Last night. Reporting along xanadu street, amanda del castillo, denver7. Amanda is in a jacket this morning, it is chilly. Upper 40s to low 50s, send the kids with a heavy sweatshirt and potentially even a raincoat. You do have drizzle in spots. Across northeastern colorado, still a lot of cloud cover. Same thing out of a few light showers early on, upper 40s to low 50s right now. Look at conifer, 39 this morning. City park 51. Our highs this afternoon will be in the mid to upper 60s. That puts us about 15 degrees below normal. Today could get a few more thunderstorms by this afternoon and early evening. That is what it looks like a 6 we are not looking at a threat of severe weather, we could see if you storms today and tomorrow. More details coming up. From the first alert desk now, massive raids in germany this morning lead to the arrest of three young men believed to be connected to isis. These young men are just 17, 18, 26 years old. Authorities say they are syrian nationals. It is believed they were sent by isis to carry out attacks. They were detained during these raids that involved more than 200 police officers, in northern germany, this morning. The interior minister there says the suspect hadeen under su same terrorist who attacked perez back in november. So far, no indication these young men were about to carry out any attack. Yemeni is on edge, with thosee attacks this past summer that involved isis linked terrorists. The train stabbing incident in a suicide bombing as well. Your tips helped Arvada Police<\/a> catch this peeping tom. Let others a video, scene tens of thousands of times on social charges. Denver7 learned he was arrested before in denver in a very similar case. Take a look, this man 37 yearold Adrian Schaefer<\/a> is accused of shooting at a Boulder County<\/a> deputy, over the weekend. Several people called in about a shirtless Man Threatening<\/a> them with a gun. Near highway 287. Investigators say schaefer started shooting when he saw deputy terry chavez. She was not hit, but she returned fire schaefer twice. He is now in critical condition. For the First Time Since<\/a> her sister Jonbenet Ramsey<\/a> was killed almost 20 years ago, burke ramsey is breaking his silence about that day. He was only nine years old when the familys home became the center of a murder mystery. Do you remember waking up that morning . Yep. The first thing i remember is my mom bursting into my room really frantic. I remember her saying wheres burke and his parents were investigated in the twentyyear sense jonbenets murder. His killer has never been c aught. He decided to sit down with doctor phil to honor his siiters memory. The doctor phil show did reportedly pay burke for the interview. What happened in the moment before the school bus crashed into a concrete area out at dia killing the bus driver. This morning, this investigation continues. The driver has been identified as she was a mom, and a grandma who passed a physical exam just 4 months ago. Her hhsband spoke to us last night, he said his wife was not familiar with the layout of dia. Definitely a confusing system at dia, for sure. I wasnt there, i dont want to speculate, but i would say it had something to do with it. Members of the Legacy High School<\/a> Football Team<\/a> were on the bus, the time of the crash. Several students were hurt and three coaches are still being treated for serious injuriis. Legacy. Students are coming together under the hashtag legacy strong. Cheerleaders are planning to put together care packages for the victims families. Several homecoming events will go on a schedule. One day at a time. Once everybody starts recovering, getting better, get ready for prairie view. A group of mothers put together a fundraiser, to raise money for the crash victims. The brewery donated one if you would like to pitch in to help with medical bills, you can find a donation link on our free denver7 app. You can find more of our emotional interview with the drivers husband. Have you been caught by a red light camera reporter you are not the only one. The cameras have bought in brought in millions of dollars for the city of denver, since they were installed. Jason gruenauer is joynes reporter so far, this morning, we have been keeping our eye on drivers here at six and kalamoth, seeing how many times the flashers go off using our own personal radar gun. Those types of enforcement are going to be sticking around, both the red light cameras on those photo enforcement vans for the next five years after the Diversity Council<\/a> voted to extend the contract for the next five years, after a 101 vote according to the denver post. We want to break down the numbers for you. This contract, it is for years. It cost the city about 3 million a year to run, but over the last five years from 2010 2015, th program between red light cameras on those photo vans have brought in a whopping 45 million into the citys general fund. The question is, does it work . I f you have been caught, you know, in some cases, it does. Since they have been put up over that same timeframe 2010 2015, citation numbers have by a certain amount of percent. Drivers are learning, they are not blowing through those red lights. It is harder to keep track of this meeting because the vans move around. If you get caught blowing through a red light like here at at six and kalamoth it will cost you 75. If you are caught speeding it is either 40 or 80 the pending where you do it. I am Jason Gruenauer<\/a> denver7. Here is a scene that will put a smile on your face. 400 soldiers return to f carson. It may also put a tearing your eye. These men and women have been in afghanistan since december. Plenty of hugs, tears, all of the above. President george w. Bush will be meeting with hundreds of four carson soldiers today. He is scheduled to appear at a veterans transition summit right there on the base. The event runs today and tomorrow. Dozens of potential employers will also be on hand. One community is sick of dealing with street racing, and doing enough to stop the problem. The gillette sensor3 has three blades and a wateractivated lubrastrip, giving you up to ten smooth shaves. Upgrade to the gillette sensor3. Fo. We have some traffic trouble spots including this new accident on the eastbound side of c4 70. Someone went way off to the side here. The right lanes are blocked and we are backed up to kipling. The other trouble spot, it is down there on the northbound side of santa fe and southbound kalamoth with a Death Investigation<\/a> going on by the home depot. We have the train across the road here, lisa, we have northbound close at alameda, southdown closed a first avenue and we have some bigtime backups because of it this morning. Here is your cheat sheet, for this tuesday. Temperatures will be even cooler, yesterday we saw some 70s. And we will get a few more afternoon storms i around 34 a clock. Denver today 67, greeley 68. This is going to be the coolest day of the week. The holidays, they are almost here. All of the major retailers are already getting ready to increase their staffs for the busiest time of year. It is so hard to believe we are talking about this. Target has already announced it will aad 2000 seasonal jobs, that is in link to a list of six employers who are already looking including one that will let you breaking news. A live look at i 25 in santa fe. A body was found on some Railroad Tracks<\/a> that has that area closed down. We are on scene, we will bring you the latest as we get it. A heads up for local beer recalling 20,000 cases of its milk stout nitrile. The beer is fine to drink. The longmont brewery says it is not up to its standards. It is to fizzy. If you try to port into a glass, it s likely to overflow. It is safe to drink if youve got it. We have earthquakes all the time, in fact just this morning a small one was felt in the San Francisco<\/a> area. When will the big one strike . That is what Everyone Wants<\/a> to know. This is an interesting study out suggesting the moon, at hi earthquakes. They occur when the tide is high which happens during new moon and full moon phases. We arr not currently in that moon phase right now. According to the study out of the university of tokyo, big quakes occur when there is additional weight from title water straining the faults. Is the first study to confirm a statistical link. Some of the most devastating during periods of high tide. We have new video right now is 646 that shows the same old story along Federal Street<\/a> racing. Burnouts and large crowds of people. This happens pretty mucc every weekend. The street racers were out at 9 oclock on a sunday night, while most people arr trying to sleep. They want to know what Denver Police<\/a> is going to do. It is very frustrating. Its very scary, the same ttme. Guy said, it is the kids are in the front plane. Last week and they came through our fence. What is it going to take . A death. Police say they are trying to get things under control. They made 2 arrests over the weekend. Officers were suuposed to meet with the city counselors last week. That meeting was rescheduled for this week. Alltime high, pun intended , for marijuana sales here in colorado. In july consumers spent 123 million on recreational and marijuana sales are also on pace to set a state record. A new study may surprise some parents, it says that soccer may be pretty dangerous for some of your children. The numbers show that one out of 50 youth soccer players went to the emergency room in 2014. Experts say that number might coaches are more likely to get treatment now for potential concussion symptoms. Broncos wide receiver, thomas, mr. Practice with an injured hip yesterday. Tomorrow. The broncos have an off day today. A lot of people are questioning the teams style of play following their season opening win against carolina. The defense had 4 head shots on cam newton. At least 2 players will likely be fined, so we asked the broncos about their new dirty reputation. I disagree. We play hard. We will continue to play hard. I do not think that is what we just play hard. We play physical and heart. I dont think we are malicious or dirty at all. The broncos are back on the field on sunday, they will host the indianapolis colts. Kickoff is at 2 25. Here in town, not many people are talking that they play dirty. Outside of denver, they are saying well, those broncos are playing dirty. Check these babies out. Can you read what it says . Highly contagious. Right now broncos fever. Sunday so far looks gorgeous. Today, not as pretty. You will find quite a bit more cloud cover. 60s today, 70s tomorrow. Pretty fall like through the weekend. We will see more afternoon storms, not only today but again tomorrow. This morning, not a loo in the way of rain showers, but we do which means you have drizzle in some spots. From our Loveland Ski Area<\/a> camera, nothing but sunshine as you get farther west on i 70. On the top of our building, you will find quite a bit of cloud cover eventually will clear up by midday. Fastforward through the afternoon, we will see more sunshine by 12 p. M. A few more storms and showers by about three hiking 37 a cough. Overnight tonight some cloudy skies, and early tomorrow morning we could see spots of drizzle early wednesday. Then we get another chance today is the coolest of the days, we will be in the low 50s by 8 oclock. It is chilly through 10 oclock. Which means that you send the kids out the door, send them out with a sweatshirt. Upper 60s this afternoon. It is still going to be chilly in the shade. Chance for a few late day, early evening storms. Tomorrow morning more low 50s. At 70. Parker close to 70, and castle rock 67. More upper 50s to low 60s east of the divide. And then west of it we will be a little bit warmer. Grand junction near 80. Today 67, tomorrow it is about 10 degrees warmer. A little closer to normal. Normal high this time of year in the low 80s. A chance of storms again wednesday and thursday afternoon. Then we have a little more sunshine, some drier conditions heading into the weekend. Again, a quick look a broncos planner. By 12 oclock, a lot of people tailgating. Temperatures in the low 70s. Or the start of the game, we should be at 78, mostly sunny and then pleasant through the afternoon and early evening. Goodlooking weather for football on sunday. I wish it was better looking Road Conditions<\/a> this morning. Went in some areas, dampen others, and an accident on 470 that did not clear the travel lanes. This is going to be on eastbound 470 between wadsworth and santa fe. Backups are back to kipling. Other big trouble spot is a closure of santa fe and also kalamoth north of alamedaa here at the home depot off i 25 and santa fe. The Death Investigation<\/a> happening back in here. The train is so long it goes across santa fe and kalamoth. Oath are closed right now north of alameda. To get around to go to the east on the southbound side of kalamoth, first avenue and then alameda can ge lincoln street or broadway. Federal, little bit to the west can get us around it. It will be closed Denver Police<\/a> a for another 2 hours. Very typical for us to the north side. Fiftysixth and sheridan some delays there. Take a look at the westside, still retty damp here at i 70 out at sea for 70. Died 470. State capital yesterday as a nationwide date of action. Fo. We are back with your morning sprint, a body found on train tracks about 1. 5 hours ago. Now it has santa fe blocked as police try to figure out what happened. Daryl orr has been n the scene reporter reporter about 5 30 a. M. , police got a call from Bnsf Railroad<\/a> stating there was a body on the track and the train, right here had to make an emergency stop. Upon arrival, they did find a body on the track. Unfortunately, the person is deceased. Crime scene investigators are out here, trying to assess whether the body was out here, prior to the train, or did the sad situation here this morning. This is affecting a lot of traffic out on alameda, and also santa fe this morning. We are going to send it back into you guys to get around this. Let me show you what is happening. In this general area where the home depot is. The Death Investigation<\/a> is happening. Right now the northbound side of santa fe is closed. Southbound kalamoth is closed north of alameda because the train is going across both of those roadways. Use of federal to the west to get around it. The accident we have down here on 470 just after wadsworth is clear. I am live in the 5500 block of xanadu street this morning on the scene of a Death Investigation<\/a>. Police arrived here around 10 p. M. Last night, they are still unseen, at this hour. We were here at 5 a. M. When they removed the body from the home, that you see behind me. Weve also seen blood on the right now, police have not responded to our questions about how the victim died or if there is a suspect in custody. We are still digging to learn those answers for you. Follow us on thedenverchannel. Com. I am amanda del castillo, denver7. This morning, investigators are still working to figure out what caused bus driver, kari chopper, to crash over the weekend out at dia. It is still not clear if she was having a medical emergency at the time of the crash. Her husband says she was unfamiliar with the airport layout. We have eight our full interview with him on our denver7 app. This morning we are learning more about the three coaches who remain in the hospital with some serious injuries. They are head coach wayne voorhees, kyle reiter, and matt, a gofundme page has been set up to help them with their medical bills. Workers for higher wages, to the Colorado State<\/a> capitol, yesterday. They want 15 an hour among other things. There were similar protests in more than 20 cities yesterday. Youre in colorado, a 15dollar minimum wage will be on the november ballot. Here is your first alert, quite a bit of fog out east. Highs today will be in the mid to upper 60s. Right now looking at 40s and 50s. Denver will hit 67 today. 10degrees tacked on on weenesday. A chance of storms today and tomorrow. And then a few lingering on thursday. 70 saturday and sunday. Sunshine rules. It rules dude. 70s and 50s good night. That is perfect. We are not done with a warm, but fall officially starts next thursday. Like that and for the next 2 months. Okay, sure. Going to snow. Good morning, america. Hillary clinton breaking her silence about her health. Well, i just didnt think it was going to be that big a deal. Promising to release more detailed medical records after that stumble in public. As bill clintoneighs in on his wifes condition, saying its happened before. And chaos at a trump rally. Violence erupts overnight as donald trump takes aim at Hillary Clinton<\/a> for calling his supporters deplorable. Never in history has a major Party President<\/a> ial candidate so viciously demonized the american voter. Well have what hes saying now about his own health. Bursting into flames. 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