hi, everybody. good to have you with us. 4:30 on this tuesday, february 23rd. i'm alan gionet. >> and i'm britt moreno. thanks for joining us. it has been a while, but the snow returned in the metro area and along with it, the cold. >> let's check the conditions. shawn chitnis live to show us what's happening. i nope it's heavier on the west side of town -- i know it's heavier on the west side of town, shawn. >>reporter: there's snow on the ground and on the roads. it has

for a challenge in the area especially the side streets with the neighborhood where i'm at off spouse and -- we were able to look down by the tech center. not as bad, but snow on the those are the conditions you're going to deal with. there were some snow that covered up the snow. expect time to -- live in news. a denver police officer in fair condition and a man dead after officer-involved shooting. first we want to get to the weather to find out about the storm. >>reporter: lauren whitney is tracking the storm. it's snowing at -- do we have lauren? >> in our foothills, we're going to see descent snow falls continue and we have dryer air from the north.

on the eastern plains and clear nothing the cloud cover. as we zoom in here to the denver area, we may get a snow shower or two that rolls through, but for the most part, it's going to be on the cloudy sky. from boulder into golden and golden has gotten lighter and confer and into castle rock. we have descent fall into the -- our foothills are going to get the most through the morning. here in denver, a little on the dry side. to the north, estes park, allen's park, they have snow fall. allen's park has gotten 8 inches and -- we have heavy snow falls in canyon center. south is an area to watch out. winds gusty. 50 mile-per-hour in

close to 30 miles-an-hour and windy in the city. black hawk at 20 miles-an-hour. leadville. gradual clearing. by noon, partly sunny skies and it will be clearer by 5:00 and get chilly. joel, i heard you talking with the roads. how is it going out there? >> it's slick out there along you heard from shawn, the further west you go, it's going to be tough. along broadway. and you can see the sheen on the road. most is wet road once you get into town, but as we were saying from soto creek, the tougher it gets. a semi off to the side. you look across the denver metro area, the road weather index gives away what lauren has been talking about and tracking for us out west into the foothills. in town, we have a couple of accidents here there.

portion of the drive right now, out to 285. >> look at the snow line on the edges of the roads. it's going to be quite a morning. thank you, joel. we're covering this story of the shoot ing involving a denver dead. the officer injured has begun with a crime spring at here's our karen morfitt. >> i seen a guy right there. >> he saw two men when -- they tried to break into his window. >> your instinct is i'm going to get those guys. >> he called denver police and within minutes officers spotted the men near 34th and -- when closing in on the two men, a female officer was shot in the leg. robert white says she's expected to be okay.

arms around each other and we're committed to doing what this community expects of us. >> after that exchange of gunfire, the suspect car jacked a woman and took off. witnesses say he fled down lowell. police close behind and bullets flying. >> the guy was shooting recklessly. i was more scared of getting shot with a stray bullet. >> i was in the bullet and i heard -- >> that chase ended. one suspect was shot and killed. the other taken into custody. after it was over and snowing how violent the men were, hortencio says these thankful they didn't make it into his home. >> i realized my family could have been endangered. if i didn't respond, one could have been in the house. >> that's a huff go. karen morfitt. we're going to learn the identity of the officers and the suspects. this morning, one of the father of the aurora theater

announcement to impact the families of those in colorado. tom is the father of one of the people killed in the aurora sullivan says the shooting changed his life and he has spent time of the capitol lobbying on -- he says these are issues at the core of the american dream and that dream, he says, has been shattered. fire crews in los angeles are monitoring hot spots this morning after a massive fire. it happened last night at a machine shop in rancho domingu sdeshgs dominguez. look at the flames. you can dominguez -- crews are looking into a cause. glenwood canyon back open --

>> that's why you don't drive in the road when that comes down. video of rocks rolling towards the interstate. i-70 is going to be open every evening at 4:00 p.m. and closed at 9:00 a.m. and the highway is closed -- during the hours it could take two hours to get through. find out about the financial market. it started out weak on wall street. we have economic reports. scombr jill wagner to bring us these exchanges. good good morning. >>reporter: good morning. oil prices climb and that's sending stocks higher. the nasdaq jumped 66. but futures are pointing it a lower -- fit bit went up. they sold 8 million

investors are worrying that they can't continue their growth peace as those compete with -- microsoft builder bill gates is standing off with apple. they're appealing a court order to help the fbi hack into one of the san bernardino shooters. gates told the la times that apple should cooperate. 38% don't think apple should unlock the phone. 11% aren't sure. it's going to cost amazon customers more to get free shipping. they'll have to spend $49 from $35. they'll get free two-day shipping. and starbucks changing its rewards program. in april, customers will earn what they spend based on visits. some people are steamed, pardon the pun because

get free stuff. >> i got that e-mail yesterday, jill. >> thanks a lot. today is the nevada caucus. the fight for second place in the gop race heats up. here's dawn champion with the latest. >>reporter: after winning primaries in new hampshire -- >> have you to vote. >> the republican front runner protestor. >> i like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> and bashing rival ted cruz for what he calls dishonest campaign ads. >> there's something wrong with this guy. >> god bless the great state of nevada. >> after finishing in third place behind rubio in south carolina, cruz is going into today's contest without his

tyler was asked to resign monday for sharing a false news story on social media that suggested that rubio dismiss the bible. >> i made clear in this campaign that we will conduct this campaign with a very highest that has been how we've conducted it from day one. >> speak ongoing hey flight to las vegas, cruz called -- for the deceptive campaign. >> he was executed in culture. >> rubio is leading cruz. both are vying to be the main alternative to trump with super tuesday just a week away. dawn champion, cbs news. on the democratic side, sanders and clinton will take part in a town hall event tonight in south carolina. ahead of the state's democratic primarily this weekend. venlt snowy and windy in parts of the state.

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a bill and ring water collection in colorado will face last year. >> it's a decade's old law which here's specialist shaun wood. >>reporter: for more than a century, it has been illegal to collect rain in colorado. you can change it -- you can't collect it. >> if um shovel my snow off my

why can't i use a snow barrel to put it on my tomato plants. >> they say homeowners should be able to collect rain water and use it where they want as long as they put it back into the ground. she finds little effect on down users. >> you grew up on a farm, and as a farmer's daughter it does make good common sense. >> when it rains in denver, we watch the water come down the river. we're waiting for that water to come to our head gate so we can apply it to our crops. >> rancher and water engineer young says rain barrels don't allow people to divert the water, but save it until they need it. >> this water would have run off, but if you're going to hold it for later and -- >> but daniel says the bill will result in more water for

conservation. >> if people see how little water accumulates in rain barrels when they water their tomato plants, they may think twice before they water their lawn with fossette water. >> under the bill, you can use the rain collected out side and you can't remove it from your property or drink it. >> let's go back to lauren and how the rain develops today. >> we're off to a snowy start. on the western side of the foothills -- western side denver, i should say, we have stronger snow fall. we're watching that, and we could pick and weather -- state. clear for the eastern plains and you can see the dryer air filtering in, so we're looking at snow fall to taper off here into the morning hours. let's zoom into denver. downtown area, we're dry for right now.

towards the foothills, that's our heavier spot. along you head along i-70, you're going to head into snow. allen's park to ohio springs, it's snowing. south of colorado springs, canyon city through colorado city and trinidad, we have nice snow falls. watch out, those roads are going to be on the snowy side. our future cast, we talked about this yesterday. this is a quick movie system and by 8:00, 9:00, most has started to wrap up in the northern part of the state. as we head into the lunch hour, clear in denver. we may have sunshine. scattered showers into our southern mountains through the afternoon and into the evening. here in denver, front range, foothills, we have cleared out. it's one of those days like it never happened because a lot of areas will see melting especially in denver.

today and tomorrow, and mostly sunny sky and a few clouds here or there tomorrow. overall, back into the upper 40s and 50s tomorrow. winter weather advisories tomorrow. some hasn't updated since midnight last night, so these are the totals from yesterday. most areas looking at 1 to maybe 4 inches of snow in our foothills and high country. looking at our wind speeds. winds are going to stick around today. winter park -- it's gusty from pueblo to trinidad. the foothills, and black hawk, it gets breezy. 30 in denver, 32 in boulder and 20s, low 30s on the western plains. 28 in avon. 14 in leadville and 32 in grand junction. our highs, 40 in denver. 42 in boulder. 45 in greeley. and 40s and 50

low 20s and 30s for the mountains. by lunch time, more sunshine out there. gradual clearing through the afternoon and it's windy, fairly mild and degrees. close to 60 on friday and close to 70 on saturday. let's check in with joel, good morning. >> good morning, i know it's a dark shot from mobile 4th, but along 6th avenue, you can see the windshield wipers fighting splash back. once you get onto resolution. that's what we're seeing into the high country. it looks like a dicy drive. we have chain and passenger traction restrictions in place. let's show that in a second. in town, this is cbs 4 mouse trap cam, mostly wet roads so splash back is the only thing you're going to be fighting. across the denver metro area, no big accidents to get in your way. we have the usual closer, i-70 and havana.

that things are going to be icy, that's what the icons mean. i-70 to the eisenhower, johnson passenger -- last summer, the environment disaster at the gold king mine left the river orange here. the city of silver ton in san juan county are seeking a fund for the cleanup. we see one of the areas suffering most. >>reporter: this ship rock is sacred to the navaho people who live here and so is the water. last august, that water which brings life but trouble. millions of gallons of contamination from heavy metals flowed from the river in colorado into the san juan in new mexico threatening their economy and their spiritual way of life.

than us, 6 feet high. they got to 4 feet. >> joel jr is a farmer and representative to the navaho national board. he tells how he shut off the irrigation water when they heard the toxic plume coming. they still haven't turned it back on. some 550 navaho farmers have felt the impact. among them is earl and his family. you can only bundle up what remains of what might have been a -- boundaryiful harvest. >> it hurt my family hard. it hit us hard. it made us shed tears. >> the federal leap attempted provide the navaho with emergency waters. they believe

>> i know that occurred, but we did analysis and they met all of our standards for irrigation. >> the san juan remains mercury. metal concentrations have returned to previous levels accord to go the federal government, but the navaho insist that's not acceptable. >> they say it's safe to use the water from this river for their crops, but they don't trust them, so their irrigation system remains shut down. >> the dust that fills this lifeline to the fields, they may let the water flow come spring, but shut it down as the storms disturb the settlement below. >> we're look at the water quality before and after the spring run off. >> she fears a lasting impact from what the colorado waters have brought. rick salinger,

four days until the avs host the red wing at cool-- at its peek as the red wings was the best rivalry in nhl. those led to bloody brawls. most big names will be back making it a must-seen event. >> i don't think we'll see the brawls, but i think with pat and joel, they're going to -- once the game goes on, the intensity is going to pick up. they'll going to do whatever to come on top and win. >> are they ready to play? >> they've been skate and shooting. he looks ready and sharp. we'll see. >> limited tickets available for the game z s this weekend. have a good tuesday. this has been the chevy sports break brought to you by

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welcome back. let's look what's happening outside. snowing in areas from photographer and he's in -- still blowing and coming down. there's heavy snow on the ground. great shot with the clouds and the trees. thank you eddie, we'll get an update from them. let's look at our satellite and radar. snow in the high countries. south of town, it's going nicely in douglas county. downtown, not much activity. but towards the west, confer and buffalo creek and the bailey, we have snow. parker and scattered towards

to our north in the foothill, estes park through allen's park, we've seen nice snow fall. we've talk more about the weather in a moment, but let's check with joel. >> in the eastbound direction of 6th avenue and sheraton, you had a car into the railing blocking off the right lane. mobile 4 making its way, continuing eastbound along 6th avenue into southbound i-25. light. you can see the roads mostly wet in and through town. en -- denver metro area, not too bad. west

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