So marty, where is that storm headed next. We understand it could head right up the coast. It looks that way. Were going to have it centered in georgia. Theres the center of the storm. There are bands of thunderstorms that go all the way town to tampa, florida. This is very heavy rain. Now, rainfall rates of 2, 3, 4 inches per hour. Were tracking portions of so florida, upwards of a foot to up to 15 inches. It is moving as the storms continue to track through the carolinas this weekend. Its exiting very early tomorrow morning into early by midday tomorrow, we see it moving out of North Carolina. Several areas between 612 inches of rain in the carolinas, those are going to be the big problems down with this storm. Thats the flooding, not really clouds are over us. Theyve kept us warm overnight. Were in the 60s right now. We have a storm system in western colorado that will bring some early showers to us today. In fact, were anticipating showers as early as 11 00 a. M. And then wrapping up by 4 00 today. Evening activities could be in good shape. Well get you caught up on the rockies in a few minutes. Were checking in with sky 9. Theyre up and over sunrise officially not until about 6 29 this morning. So weve got a ways to go. Traffic volume is pretty light here. Were starting to see cars out across i25 between 104th and 120th. Im focused mostly on the northbound side of the drive. Possible northbound near the 120 120th exit ramp. Our drive times are Holding Strong at about 14 minutes southbound traffic is doing okay. Its starting to filter in toward 84th avenue. I thought i would pop this up here. Its unusual to see a delay like this. They estimated their wait time. Theyre up to 30 minutes in a couple of lanes. Theyre headed out of town for a Labor Day Travel weekend. This is notoriously a travel weekend. Plan for extra time. Amelia, thank you. Those are the only things available to the aurora theater victims. They said they should have done a better job at protecting them from a mass shooting. The judge signed with the theater. Thursday cinemark said they wouldnt make them pay the court costs if they agreed to not keep the case going. Marijuana use in bars and restaurants in denver has qualified for the november ballot. The proposal bans smoking pot indoors but patrons could use edible or vaporized marijuana inside. Bars and restaurants could continue banning marijuana if they choose to under that measure. Well, it is a day that divides many, many families, makes enemies of friends. That sounds l. Colorado. It is fun too. Its a big day. Its the Rocky Mountain showdown at mile high today. They will duke it out for their first game of the year. Down at mile high this morning, vita, this is the biggest game every year for both teams r oh, it surgeonly reporter youre right. This has really got a long history. I want to talk to you about the history. The winner of the game receives the centennial cup every year. It started back in 1983. It was played annually with just a few exceptions. In 1958 it was stopped. Most of the time to time. Its been played in other stadiums at fulsom field. Really its grown so huge, and theres such a big rivalry they wanted to put it on neutral ground. Weve been seeing it here at mile high for many, many years now. Again, the bucks will try to make their second win in a row the parking lot will open at 2 00. Not only are we dealing with labor day weekend, were also dealing with a lot of events going on tonight here downtown. Its going to be very busy, thats for sure. Thank you. We did some digging and found fulsom field is named after legendary University Coach craig fulsom. It hoped theres upgrades on the way. These are some of what were going to be talking about this afternoon on 9news at4 004 00. This football season is the final one at hughs stadium. Next year, the rams move to a newly built stadium. Available for tonights mile high showdown. And you can get them from colorado and colorado state. There are Tickets Available on stub hub. They start at 55. Last year ticket sales were at a fouryear high. Because the food is so good. 6 07. Football is not the only thing going on downtown this labor day. Of course, taste of Colorado Starts today at Civic Center Park. It lasts all weekend. Theres a lot of great musical performances that go along with acts like boys ii boys ii men, which brings songs to my head. Denver police are handle security while extra crews will help with the cleanup. Its free to get into the park, but the food and some of the activities will require you to buy a ticket. Amelia, traffic is going to be hectic. Well have to focus on the fun of it. Focus on all the fun. If you cant find something to do, youre not looking anywhere. There are so many options all to absolutely free, headed down to the taste of colorado. Taste of colorado kicks off today, but the closure actually started yesterday. The main closures stretch across colfax, broadway, and lincoln. Couple of tips. You may want to ride share or get dropped off. Parking in the area is really tough. You can park and ride. If youre headed to the rocky stadium, i25, colfax, and federal will see your heaviest delays. Heres a tip. Csu and cu lots are totally separated. As you filter in, make sure you know what side you want to head to. The rockies game, they take on the diamondbacks at 6 40. Extra traffic should kickoff around 4 00. Through the weekend its going to be busy. Its been west in western colorado, especially right now springs and carbondale. Weve had heavy storms moving through with a moderate little system cutting through the western part of the state. Anywhere from a third of an inch over to three quarters of an inch from last night to this morning. Looks like storms could already be east of mile high stadium. So that timing is very beneficial. And for the rockies tonight, as amelia just said, a 6 40 first pitch as temperatures drop into go a little later into the evening. No stinking showers are going to stop a a real football fan. The broncos are in arizona last night for the final tuneup game for the preseason. There were several bright spots for denver, including a guy nicknamed sunshine who lived up to his name last night. And craig seager had his third Cancer Treatment this welcome back. The spot where a boy was hit and killed by a car will forever bear his name. A sign is going up where cole 9news reporter Tarhonda Thomas is there today. Coles friends can come after they get out of school. Reporter coles friends have been coming to this location. He and his friend were walking along the sidewalk on this bike path when they were hit by a car. And now this spot will bear cole sucels name. He went to school near here and all the friends had been raising money and think of theyre all wearing yellow today to honor cole. Theyre going to be here after school lets out. This is not the first time that someone at this very spot has thought about cole. This place was filled with baloonses and stuffed animals. The driver of the car also died she was really intoxicated at that time. Her family revealed that she had trouble in the past. Today is not the day to focus on that. Its a day to focus on his friend that was also injured. Hes still recovering. After the last update we got, he was doing really well. The students have been offered counseling and his parents have been offered support. He was a wellliked boy. He was a Football Player with the eagles that people want to remember about cole. Thats what this day is about. Cole was such a positive light. Around here this morning, we have showers in western colorado that continue to track to the east. Theyre moving up into eagle we see a few nibbling at the front range this morning. Clouds hanging over us this morning. Midday rain and thundershowers. So lunchtime to about 3 00, 4 00 this afternoon. Then we transition that rain to the south and east. Pocket of pockets of moderate to heavy rain. The highest probability of that will be castle rock to the south and into the foothills. Anybody can get a brief downpour, but those are the fa 70s and 80s for us in between some of these showers, 60 d. C. And 70s in the mountains. We started in the west early. Great storms across here. Fairly early in the day for us. Start to drop them down into southeast colorado. Well past sunset tonight where we can have very heavy rain in the southeast worner of the state. 70s, 80s front range. East and west with 60s and 70s in the mountains. 83 and have to get there between some of these showers afternoon and then during the evening rush hour, the storms start to move off to the east, leaving us with a warm saturday. Late in the afternoon, one or two storms. It wont be as organized as today. Sunday is warmer, monday is dry. Theyre all three a three pretty nice for this holiday weekend. Right around park meadows on the south side of town, your transition out of littleton and good as well as your through lanes. Were still in the dark right now. Sunrise officially at 6 25 this morning. Traffic is flowing through toward i70. Math wise, were looking great. Closures around Civic Center Park on thursday. As we head into the weekend, colfax, broadway, and lincoln are the main ones there. Close to 70 Miles Per Hour let you know weve got security wait times estimated around 30 minutes for sop of the lines some of the lines, keep in mind if youre headed out today. Gary, dont forget turkey. You traveled for traffic delays. This is a turkey leg from the taste of colorado. I love those turkey legs. Its about amelia sized. Thank you. Now im starvi your Denver Broncos in arizona. Theres still a little sunshine in defeat. Absolutely. Jordan sunshine taylor, to be exact. The receiver out of rice caught two touchdown passes in arizona last night. He did his best to secure a spot on the 53man roster. The backup defense had a problem stopping the offense. Thats right. All right. Its going to count starting next week. Right. Rookie quarterback paxton lynch had a mostly up but occasionally down game. Coming up at 6 50, were going to break down some of the key moments for the first round draft pick in thursday nights game. See how theyre building toward the future. Theyre doing that for sure. This is one of my favorite stories today. He was round of chemomow treatment, about to face it himself because his wife was not well that day. But when youre craig seager, you have friends willing to support you. Another National Anthem and subways vogelsong says one of the victims parents are responsible. He said the parents fought and drank in front of the girl. The girl was the subject in some of the child pornography. His family filed charges, seeking damage of personal injury and i emotional distress. The 20yearold stanford student who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman is scheduled to be released from prison today. He served three months. Many thought that his sentence was too lenient. Hes going to be required to attend drug and alcohol counseling in addition to being randomly tested. It is 6 22 now. After his immigration speech on wednesday, donald trump is losing some of his hispanic supporters. Some members of his Advisory Board are withdrawing themselves, saying trump is not somebody they can be associated with. On wednesday, trump hardened on undocumented immigrants should be deported. Yesterday he focused he would deport criminals and decide what to do with everyone else. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is going after the heavily republican state of arizona. Her campaign is airing 6 physician yours to air an six figures to air an ad there. Theyre attempting to approach republican since 1948. Interesting the time it didnt, it was for mr. Clinton. Its 6 23 right now. Regardless of their record, csu cu game, one of the most important of the year for the this is a great story, one of our favorite of the day hands down. We hope it starts your day off on the right foot. Craig seager underwent his third bone Marrow Transplant this week. Hes fighting leukemia. Charles barkley visited him. Craigs wife was sick and she couldnt be with him. So charles steps in. He got on a plane so he could be there. It warms your heart so much, making barkleys visit even more special. He had just had hip replacement surgery. He was under strict Doctors Orders not the travel. He said, im not listening to those orders. Im going to be there for my friend and colleague. He underwent his third transplant. It was from an anonymous donor as well. Pretty neat. As hes been trying to continue working, hes always got the great colorful jackets. He made a joke once. He said i cant wear paisley linen in miami, not in detroit. Hes such a colorful character. And Charles Barkley said, i went in there to cheer him up, and he ended up cheering me up. Hes just th well, its 6 27 right now. The message is we have a lot of issues in this country that we need to deal with. Colin kaepernick takes another stand, or a knee, against Police Brutality, and . Sleep number beds adjust on both sides for your best sleep ever. Dont miss the biggest sale of the year. Right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed, plus 36month financing. Hurry, ends monday western florida got hit by its first hurricane in a decade. Year round rivalry ramps up tonight. Colorado state takes on Colorado University at mile high. Stand for the National Anthem. And this time he wasnt alone. He made a new pledge. Hurricane hermine has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Its making its way to georgia. Its been downgraded. Still plenty to worry about. Theres a lot of rain and wind and potential damage. Flash flooding, rip currents, a lot of wind going by. Heavy rain, thats a lot for people to handle over there when they havent experien Something Like this. The National Hurricane center said hermine made landfall. Close to 200,000 people are without power in florida, georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Right now theyre saying it could be days until they get power back. We know how much damage wind and rain can do. Weve seen that. Flooding debris, downed power lines. Tornadoes are a threat in some areas too. Early reports coming in now, several people were taken to the hospital. No serious injuries, though, florida has not seen a hurricane since wilma. Since that hurricane, the states population has risen by 2 million people. Theres a lot of people in that area that have never endured a lot of people like this. Marty joins me now. Marty, i know its been downgraded, and people are thinking others are sighing with relief, but you cant do that. The storm is moving. Its still a vigorous storm. Just because its no longer a hurricane doesnt mean its not rain is going to be a thing were talking about. Were starting to see the wind reports coming in from central georgia. The storm is moving southeast of macon, georgia. There are still storms in florida stretching out to the tail of it. Rain has gone in excess of a foot along the west coast of florida. You will see rain amounts moving like that in georgia and carolinas. Current sustained winds 30 to a tornado watch stretches across the coast to southeast florida through the coast of South Carolina and extreme South Carolina. This storm will be moving out of North Carolina by early tomorrow morning and not before dumping between 6 and 14 inches of rain in those areas. Flooding will be the big concern. And thats really just beginning for areas of georgia and the carolinas. We also have some showers in that will be moving our way. We should see some thunderstorms here as early as lunchtime today. More to the southeast and move out onto the planes for the evening. Coming up, we have a lot of activities over the weekend. I will have a detailed forecast for you. And at 6 43, were headed up to sky 9. Theyre flying over the southside of down. Still great conditions out of lets take a look outside. Ground level here. Sunrise is officially at 6 29. Were peeking out to our 225 commute thats stacking up at mississippi. Were still problem free across aurora and your transition up to i70. Out to the highway 5 drive. Good morning, greeley, youre looking good there without anybody across the roads there. The worst were seeing are a few delays. I25 dropping now into the 40s and 20s. Later today, were going to detail all the delays that you can anticipate for the rockies game, the Rocky Mountain showdown, and the taste of colorado. Cory, its labor day in colorado. That means all sorts of fun is there to be had. Thank you, amelia. A Police Officer convicted of murder is seeking a retrial. They argued there was insupport evidence to convict him. They also allege there were juror misconduct. He was found guilty in the Fatal Shooting back in 2014. A hearing on the motions almost late they are month. The shutdowns and delays on the new a line is costing the company that operates the route some big bucks. Rtd is withholding 800,000 from transit partners. The performance stipulations are part of the 34year contract rtd has with the company for operation and maintenance of since opening in april, the a line has experienced a host of problems and outages. Well, it is a rivalry that lasts all year but one that has special meaning. Thats for sure. Its the annual Rocky Mountain showdown at mile high stadium. Csu is marking the start of the football season for both schools. Vita is outside the stadium this morning. This is a friday night game for the Rocky Mountain showdown. Right off the bat. Last year it was a few weeks in. Were talking about one of the biggest rivalries in the state. Youre talking cucsu. This site still this sign still says Sports Authority field, but its mile high. You want to plan ahead. If youre planning on coming down here