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KUSA 9News At 6am September 20, 2016

Are asking for your help to try to find her. Her name is may lee. She is missing from the lafayette area. We know this is not the best picture of her but lee is 75 years old. 90pounds with black hair. She was last seen walking near wanetka lake in lafayette. Police say she has dementia and only speaks a dialect of chinese. If you see her, call the Lafayette Police department rit away. They are very worried about her. Absolutely, they are. Water so they can flush their pipes. That is the word. A construction project at the pataso Water Treatment facility has put sediment in the water. So your Drinking Water is probably cloudy. If the water doesnt clear up in the first flush, wait 30 minutes and try it again. As a precaution, dont drink the water until it clears up. Summers last gasp temperatures staying around 90 again. Meteorologist belen de leon is in the back yard. A gasp. Is that like a that is more of a yawn right . Temperatures for today will be very summer like. Our high today, 88 degrees. So this is going to be way above that normal high of 77. The record i had was set in 2010 of 94. So not quite that warm. But still pretty warm when you consider just septembe across the front range and out on the eastern plains. In the foothills those temperatures will be in the 70s and in the 60s. Right now we have got 60s around town. A pretty mild morning up and over the divide. Temperatures are in the 40s and in the 30s. It is dark out there right now but the difference from today to yesterday, we have lots of clouds. And i think that sunrise is just going to be a beautiful one. Sunrise is going to be at 6 46. Sunset at 6 59. Increased in clouds is a Tropical Storm way out in the pacific. But the movement of those upper level winds are bringing all of that moisture into colorado in the form of clouds. And yes, even rain. Mainly dry for us here on the front range the next 24 hours. But those showers will be increasing in the mountains tonight and in the overnight hours. A i will walk threw the storm timing coming up in just a few. Right now lets look at the roads. Amelia has that for us. What is up, pussycat . ,. 6 03. The airport in broomfield and now they are over 36 and pecos where were hearing of a full closure of one direction of pecos this morning. It looks like this is going to be on the northbound stretch of pecos to u. S. 36. Fire crews here. Looks like there is a traffic accident. We will get more light in the picture to find out what is going on but a couple cars there right on the entrance to the ramp. U. S. 36 though as we come out affected so far this morning. 36th at broadway doing just fine. Speeds are still in the 50s and 60s. We will learn more and get you an alternate there. Federal or i25 will be pretty easy way. Broadway is also remaining open. Across tower drives here, we across our drives or our highways we have a northbound 235 crash near colfax. Backup a quarter mile long. I mainly seen the cop just shooting at sounded like you know, pop pop. Pop pop pop pop. A brief manhunt even faster chase, has the man suspected of planting bombs in new york and new jersey in custody this morning. 5 inland bond for ahmad rahami and a long list of charges including attempted murder. 9 News Reporter colleen fererri here with more. Reporter this process as we know is just beginning right trying to figure out if he had any help in any of this. The fbi says he hasnt made any statements to investigators so far. Right now his initial Court Appearance scheduled for step 28th. The Union County Prosecutors office says that rahami is charged with Second Degree Unlawful Possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlaurel purpose. In addition to the attempted murder charges. He could face 20 years in prison on each of the attempted murder counts. Officials say the weekend bombings can state or federal crimes. Both president ial candidates weighed in on this. First donald trumping the country was too soft on immigration and Hillary Clinton commenting on what trump had to say. These are enemies. It is wrong to put a loose canon in charge who can start another war. Reporter new york manies mayor described all the bombings as terrorism but federal law says the crime has to meet certain elements to be considered domestic terrorism. Department of justice would take the lead on this. Colleen, rahamis father said he had no idea his son was planning these attacks. The fbi spent part of monday taking stuff from the apartment where rahami rahami and his parents lived. They also searched the restaurant they owned in elizabeth, new jersey. His father, muhammed say the accusations weigh heavy on his heart. When you hear you in hes been accused of this, do you believe sir . Im not sure what is going on. Youre not sure. Im not sure what has happened exactly. But, it is very hard right now to talk, okay . Thank you. Rahami wasnt on any terror watch list. U. S. Intelligence Officials Say rahami and his dad both traveled to afghanistan and pakistan multitimes over the past 10 years. Another multiple times over right now. 24 units went up in flames forcing families to stay somewhere else overnight. The fire broke out monday afternoon at the reserve at hunters run. Apartments in unincorporated Arapahoe County. 9 News Reporter jessica oh joins us from the complex. Jessica squad cars, the fire injured several firefighters. Reporter that is right, gary. What a tough situation for the residents as well who are waking up and having to deal with the aftermath of fire. Taking a closer look, you can see how intense the flames were and how much heat it generated as well. That third floor balcony is completely wiped out. The floorboards are gone as well. You cant make out any piece of furniture in this building. Everything has been destroyed. We arent sure how many people lived here, but were told as many as 24 homes have been damaged. This 3alarm fire was powerful enough actually to collapse the roof. Four firefighter, two others inhalation yesterday. Firefighters were here until about 11 00 last night putting out hot spots. It was a necessary set for them consider step for them considering how hot and dry thens can your yesterday. Today conditions were yesterday. Today the focus is on recovery and moving forward and coming back from Something Like this. There is a little bit of good news out of all this. All the residents who have been displaced were able to stay with family or friends last night. But for firefighters, the investigation is what is happening today. They are trying to figure out the cause of this fire, is a fairly newer building, it really is amazing to see and hear about how fast residents say this building was engulfed in flames. So no doubt investigators will take a closer look at things like smoke detectors and the sprinklers to see if everything was functioning properly. It sounds like it could have been so much worse though thank you much for that. We appreciate it. The assistant pastor of a church in thornton is accused underage girl. Prosecutors say robert watt of Agape Bible Church started abusing the girl when she was 12 years old. They say it continued for two years. He surrendered to the Adams County Sheriffs Office on monday. Kari chopper had four kids, a husband of 23 years and family that extended to the kids she drove to and from school. Kari chopper died more than a week ago when the school bus she was driving crashed at Denver International airport. Monday evening, friends, family and the adams 12 ho remember her. She would be missed by all the drivers, mechanics, because i tell you, she would get bus and a light would come on and she would go, a light is on, got to pull it on the corner and get that thing looked at. Everybody knew kari at that district. It was great. Police are still trying to figure out why the bus crashed. Chopper just passed a physical this summer. It is required to keep drive forgo the adams 12 School District. A colorado lawmaker says says the one that 21yearold Dylan Hopkins made on facebook was different. Investigators say the Facebook Post said that since senator woods quote, loves guns, maybe she and her family should be shot. The post went on to say squad cars, if you come here, i will grant you and your family a bullet straight to the head. And before that post, she says hopkins sent her a message suggesting she should shoot herself. It was just one of those ones, you just delete it you dont get upse within 10 minutes i got this threatening message that was way over way over the line. Police arrested hopkins over the weekend. He now faces misdemeanor charges for making the threat. Do me a favor. Stop working on the bacon or high pressuring the clothes. Look at your screen right maybe ironing the clothes. Look at your screen right now. This sunrise is so beautiful. If you have a sunrise picture send it my way. Our viewers via facebook, instagram, you name it. This morning we will have more clouds in our sky. Temperatures at 67 degrees. The clouds will continue through the afternoon rush but it will remain mainly dry here in the metro area. We will have showers and, yes, even a little snow increasing in the high country. I will walk through that forecast. She said it. She said snow. She did. She also said bacon mmmm. Now im if youre putting premium gas in your honda or toyota, reyou might want to rethink your approach. And the startling amount of money that americans are wasting on gas according to one survey that they probably dont need. And jim carrey facing a lawsuit this morning. Relive in colorado. We dont have to worry about Tropical Weather here. False. Here is what is happening. Tropical storm paine that is spinning over the waters of the pacific right now has winds at 50 miles per hour. But in the next 24 hours, it is going to take a more northeasterly route. Although we wont be directly hit by this, of course, we do get the impact of this today in watch these clouds moving in from the southwest as we go throughout the day. In fact, here is a look at current radar and satellite. You can see all the clouds we have along i25 right now. So, today it is going to be cloudier than what we had yesterday but that wont get in the way of our temperatures still warming up to above average. Our high today, 88 degrees under these high clouds. Currently were in the 60s and 50s in the mountains. We have 40s and 30s. Fast forward to this afternoon. 70s in the high country. 80 and 80s along i25 and out in the eastern plains. Some spots will get close to triple digits. Lamar, im looking at you. Here is our future cast. Despite those clouds we will stay dry. 10 00, dont have to worry about rain. Leave that umbrella at home. 4 00, we have maybe a bit of sunshine. Those clouds thicken in the high country and then that rain increases in the mountains through this evening. A little bit of snow is possible in the High Mountain peaks but no travel advisories chance for rain in the foothills and here in the city. Most of any rain will be falling in the high country. But a 10th of an inch in the foothills in the next 24 hours. 60 your overnight low. That mountain rain and snow develops tomorrow. A bit cooler, a high of 84. On thursday, isolated storms for the First Official day of fall. 82. Windy and possibly some afternoon storms on friday. 80 and were talking about 60s over the weekend. So a big cooldown from where we started at the beginning of the week we had 90s, amelia. A perfect weekend for race for the cure. A view here across sky 9s view, 70 and 225. Boy, busy. Definitely is the name of the game today on this tuesday start. But were still problemfree in Commerce City. Where were not problemfree is, i would say u. S. 36 and now 225 as we take a look to our cdot cameras here. Our live view of the area of 36th near opposition doesnt show this crash or closure but as we head to the maps i want to let you know about an last few moments across pecos under the 36th overpass. Pecos being closed down means alternates like federal or broadway are good ways to get around it. We have north bend 225 crash near colfax past your drive towards alameda and out east, watch for a crash close to e 470 at quincy. A tua a man being shot while his hands were up. He had car trouble friday night. The police had gone to check out the suv left abandoned. One Police Officer tased him. A second one, betty shelby shot him after telling the dispatcher that crutcher wasnt cooperating. Tulsas police chief has asked the Justice Department to now get involved. A fight to stop a huge wildfire that is burning, been burning for nearly two months history. The National Interagency fire center says the fire has cost more than 600 million to fight so far. The figure does not include the cost of damage to homes and property. The fire is 607 67 contained right now. Jim carrey calls the wrong offul death lawsuit against him a heartless attempt to try to exploit him. Carreys exgirlfriends husband is suing the comedian two years after she died of an er giving powerful pain killers to his wife. Then tried to cover up his tracks, he claims. He says carrey used the alias arthur king to illegally get the drugs. White died in one of carreys homes. It was ruled a suicide. Carrey writes in a statement that he loved white and that the suit is an attempt to profit from her death. There has long been a myth about premium gasoline that your car performs better. You have heard that, right . Americans need to think before the ceo of wells fargo is scheduled to do in front of of Congressional Panel today hat in hand to apologize for betraying customers trust. Senators will question question john stumphf on how much he and others knew about the scandal. Without the knowledge of customers with order to meet assembles targets. A sales targets. A gas Pipeline Leak is causing gas price hikes. It could go up as much as cents 20 cents a gallon. Analysts believe the short supply could extend into winter. If you are putting premium gas into a car that does not require it, aaa says you are better off burning your money. New rese gasoline did not increase the horse power or fuel economy. It also did not reduce emissions or clean engines any better than regular gasoline. Premium blends can cost cents 50 cents per gallon more. A National Survey of aaa said they found more than 16 million u. S. Drivers spent more than 2 billion that the Research Found they didnt need to put in their gas tank last year. A lot of people are not happy about that story right now. I know, right. Want an adult beverage . You will have to earn it. Describe your hiking grab your hiking boots and enjoy the view. More on that in a minute but first weather and traffic. Good morning. Hi, good morning. For the kids it is going to be a mild school day. Maybe this morning, a sweater as they are headed off. 67 degrees. Lurch time, 82 degrees. Mild and dry lunch time, 82 degrees. Mild and dry. And the last bell, temperatures at 88. Clouds thickening through the afternoon although it wi anticipate any delays out at coors field. The temperatures will be in the mid 80s around first pitch and then gradually cooling to the 70s. I would take a sweater to be comfy in the stands. 6 23. , were talking 225. We have a view of the northbound volume that is starting to push in towards the crash off to the right shoulder. Northbound leading up towards colfax. Backups notice area are extending back to alameda. It is intensifying pretty an hour. That northbound stretch is very sluggish. Southbound pretty much on the light side and a little further out to the east. Welcome back at 6 26. Ms. Stone will be teaching french and spanish at a maine ms. Stonies actually rosetta stone, the computer program. The school couldnt fill the vacancy a fulltime french and spanish teacher so they are giving students the software instead. It costs 175 for every student. The School District says this really highlights bigger problem. Not just for them but for schools across the country finding language teachers. A new popup tap room near winter park is sure to draw a lot of customers. You have to work to though. Upslope brewing from boulder is opening the tap room for a day. It is at the end of a trail so to speak. A bore at the end of a trail a beer at the end of a trail. If youre interested in a cold one you have to trek 3 miles up a trail. It will only be open one day. October 1. That is it. Get your hiking boots ready. I want to know who hiked up there with the kegs. That is the hard job. Involved. Being a mom is one of the most challenging jobs there is. Residents at an apartment complex in Arapahoe County without a home this morning following this massive fire. So what sparked it . We have the latest on the these are enemies. These are combatants. It is wrong to put a loose cannon in charge who could start another war. Three explosions. One man in custody and terrorism at the forefront of the president ial campaign. Were less than 50 days from election day and both candidates are. Ing the finger at each other. It can be a struggle raising kids. Even tougher though doing it alone. The Program Giving two moms a surprise of a lifetime putting them on a good morning, everyone. On a road to success. Good morning everyone. And belen de leon is in the 9 news back yard. Sounds like another warm day on tap for us . Unseasonably warm. Temperatures today will be in the upper 80s and we costill see some 90degree temperatures around town. Here is what you will be feeling on i25. For our friends on the eastern plain, pretty toasty. In the 90s. In the 50s and 60s around town. 40s for my friends in silver thorn. And out on the eastern plains, temperatures are in the 60s. It is beautiful over the city right now. The difference from today to yesterday is that we are going to have for clouds. Now, despite those clouds, it will stay mainly dry for us in the city. But that morning planner will show those clouds thicken

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