make this the best thanksgiving with the best pie in america from village inn. bring home favorites, like pecan and pumpkin supreme. to order your thanksgiving pies, go to villageinn.com call or visit a restaurant today. . breaking news right now at noon. a truck is burning alongside i- 25 at mile marker 25, you're looking live at the scene right now. that truck is right near the northbound lanes of the interstate. all of the lanes at the interstate are open right now but smoke is causing problems with visibility. the witness tells us that the truck was carrying hay and

as predicted, we have had a messy morning for travel in the high country. the snow coast and interstate and roads and we're glad tova you with us and mostly rain with areas of snow and or our jamie -- and our jamie leary has more but lauren whitney is in colorado right now. >> reporter: we had a wet morning in some areas. >> starting to clear across the denver areas and snow in parts of the st of the action is in the eastern plains and into the southeastern corner and zoom into the denver area. there are a few spotty showers out there and some may linger on the next hour or so, but we're going to see this move out for us quickly. and into the southeastern corner of the state, we have had heavy rainfall turning over to snow in some areas. the temperatures are not cold enough and some spots to have that move over to snow and heading into the north. fort morgan area getting snow at the moment and we have some near flagler as well.

temperatures have not gotten cold enough. and our ski resort in the western corner of the state got hit hard with this and purgatory over a foot. aspen snow mass, three inches of snow; copper a basin reporting two inches. if you have holiday ski plans in the forecast, it should be nice to hit the slopes and looking the the temperature change, 25 degrees cooler in denver than yesterday; 49, burlington; 26 degrees cooler into la junta and 28 for 13, aspen and leadville; 5 degrees cooler in grand junction. 38 degrees in denver; 43, boulder; anthrax, lamar. the high cupt -- 38, lamar; and the high country, warmer in denver and 48 in grand junction. throughout the rest of the day, you'll see skies clear here across the front range. this evening, we'll get chilly as temperatures start to drop when the skies start to clear. we're going to talk about thanksgiving in just a moment, allen. back to you now. >> and thank you. see you in a few moments. >> thing is what it looked like

a couple of inches of snow fell above 6500 feet finally really starting to look like november in colorado. our jamie leery is live in the 16th street mall. how are the conditions changing there, jamie? >> reporter: honestly, it feels as cold as it did earlier this morning, but conditions nothing like what we were dealing with earlier. look at this. they're over the eisenhower tunnel about 4:00 this morning and this it's doing this through the entire morning show through 7. still snowing when we left and then we hit the road and hit some ice. in additiond to the glare ice, we hit fog at glare lille. dense fog and visibility sometimes zero. very dangerous driving conditions for holiday travel. back here at the ice ring, conditions could be more -- ice rink, conditions could be more perfect. lots of smiling faces here.

doing this for free the last seven years. we talked to some people today who have been doing this the last seven years as a family tradition and we met some people who are doing this for the first time. they're just as excited and take a listen. >> and this is my hockey debut. i'm ready. >> and looked if up to be ating around with friends. >> and ??d9slice the ice. >> cold weather means good >> and the weather turned out great. it will be a great day. >> tops of smiling faces here. the weather again, perfect conditions. couldn't have asked for a better opening day for the southwest skating rink at skyline park, opened until valentine's day. jamie leer, cbs 4 news. >> and that looks great there and move on, jamie. thanks a lot. federal investigators are at the scene of a deadly school

tennessee and that driver is in custody and police believe he was driving too fast. >> reporter: a tow truck hauled away the wreckage of the school bus that flipped over o)[the side and wrapped around a tree killing one boy and four girls. >> three in the fourth grade. one in kindergarten. and g4one is in the first grade >> rt the bus told cbs news that the driver asked the students if they were ready to die. moments before the crash. >> my daughter said right before the bus flipped, that he was speeding around the curve. >> reporter: police arrested the bus driver, 24-year-old johnthany walker and charged him with five counts of vehicular homicide. ?shut the f up. , he??d4ltold

>> reporter: for hours, emergency crews worked to remove kids from the mangled debris. >> the most unnatural thing in the world is for a parent to mourn the loss of a child. there are no words that can bring comfort to a moer or father. and so today, the city is praying for the families. >> reptee bus ?i??bhad a camera on board can which investigators will take a look at. mark straussman, cbs news, debate about seatbelts on school buses. the head of the national transportation safety board administration said seatbelts like the ones on your car should be in every bus. there is no federal requirement, though, although six states require them. as we look at some simulated crash video there. colorado is not one of them. the feds discussed the right for 40 years. >> and we're not denying this is going to be a challenge, but we're looking for everything from research to funding and how to help everyone nationwide

>> retrofitting buses could cost the millions and manufacturers could started building them with seatbelts from here on out. san antonio police into a suspect behind bars accused of several custody bales. the situation i was in, i lashed out at somebody i didn't deserve. >> you have anything to say to his family? >> i'm sorry. ultitely for the motive is not shooting, but investigators believe he was targeted because of his uniform. mccain could be facing the death penalty. the shooting sent four police officers sunday has prompted the breckenridge police department to make a change on an almost daily bases, the post -- they posted on facebook where they would be

enforcement. the department stopped that practice and said it made the officers easy targets. people who claim c-dot is goinback on its word to build a sound wall along the expansion of c-470 are asking a judge to step in. i want to show you where. they're showing work here on two new express lanes. this is c-dot, c-470 here and they'll go to wadsworth and one will go to colorado boulevard and -- boulevard and there will be another lane coming i-25 but, the problem is that people living near the highway here in this area, and you have driven along c-470, right? you noticed between some of the area here, this is quebec on this side and over here, this is university, there are houses and they want a sound wall built all along this area here. and that was the plan of about but it's been dropped. tom muston has more w.

versus goliath scenario. you have the coalition going up against c-dot and just minutes ago, judge raymond moore said that he would have a written decision in the near future. lawyers on both sides have been arguing back and if other for three hours with no resolutions in sight. the projects moving forward with major constructions to begin in a few months. the 2 1/2-year project would add two express lanes on c-470 from douglas county to counteract the population explosion in that area and this is issue. the noise during the construction would cause an unacceptable environmental hardship. they conducted the noise in the area and found the levels acceptable. the coalition said they conducted their own test and found the numbers were higher and they want the noise barriers. they followed an in-- filed an injunction to block the major project until the noise issue is resolved. after today, both sides are feeling confident.

followed the applicable processes. we're including a significant amount of noise wall and we'll see what the judge decides and hopefully we can move forward and continue to offer a. >>ef to residents of high lands ranch. we talked to c-dot the past 19 months to get this done and do it properly. we were stone walled and steam rolled and now the courted heard this case d we feel it will be a decisioni th tt k pleased to get. >> delaying the project would cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of deal ars. a judge will have the final say and much more on the developing story tonight on cbs 4 news at 5. l.s. strict court in denver, tom muston, cbs 4

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president-elect's feelings about prosecuting his opponent. >> are you in -- >> one-by-one, more prominent republicans made their way into the gold elevators at trump of state. >> and there is a tradition in american politics -- politics after you win the election, you put things behind you. if that is what he reached thanks is consistent with a historical pattern. >> reporter: last night, the outlining plans fothe first days in ofregulations and fine nation's visa program. >> and i will direct the

and at undercut the american worker. >> reporter: there was no mention of a border wall or repeeling obama care two key campaign promises. >> all right, light get more information on this. lauren is here now. >> and. it's cloudy and climb and in the downtown area, we have seen the rain clear out. we're looking at some clouds, overnight tonight and we'll talk about that in just a moment. and look at the satellite and radar. we have some clearer skies into the west and some sno in the high country, more active into the sooner corner of the state and we'll zoom in to denver. we have some rain showers around town. some of that may stick around for the next hour or so and then we're going to see that clear on out. down south, we have heavy rain near la junta earlier and close to lamar and eads area and that

the east. and they will start to move into new mexico here pretty quickly and into the north. we have seen skies clear more as well. more snow earlier easing on up and we have some rain in some spots fromsterling to flagler -- from sterling and flagler and fort morgan that changed over to rain and most of the winter weather adsories and winter storm warningshave expired. have some for our northern and central mountain areas is any seeing one to two, two to four inches of snow throughout the rest of the day and good sh accumulation totals are closer to six inches in some spotte and again, if you're travelling into thhigh untrthis afteand ere rr are snowy nditio tit ofhe day re cast.

most of the day and the state. tomorrow evening,another quick system mos into the northeastern corner and snow the afternoon morning. if you have travel plans, know that tomorrow afternoon could be tricky as well and intoour mountain areas. thanks?sgcgiving is lolike a great day. plenty of sunshine and windy here in denver. the temperature change, 24 degrees cooler in denver compared to this time yesterday, 30 degrees difference in lamar. 11 degrees cooler five, grand junction; 48 in grand junction now; 45, craig; 39, boulder; 39, denver and 36 in akron. it's chilly out there. and tomorrow, we're looking at mperatures into the 40s and that slick today. 43 in denver and 49 in boulder. maybe the 50s in the eastern plains and into the high country. tonight, gets chilly for us and 25 degrees in denver and greeley. and the teens and 20s and some on the western slope well

're down to the 40s on thursd an dry out here acss thfront range. black friday shopping on friday, saturday, should be nice in the 50s. >> and looks about nice. >> yes. and people the porn industry is worth billions of dollars. rarely, though, do we see the affects on people. they introduce us to a colorado woman who shows us how ravaged her story n children safe tonight 10 on cbs 4 right aftencis new orleans. coming up, trying to find the toys topping the wish lists cabe really tough. just how it can turn into big buckfor thirparty sellers this year. first, live look where the dow is heading today.

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toys. like hatchamalls and the new classic nintendo system are selling out. that has third-party sellers hoping to make big bucks. >> it's going to be inside. >> wow! >> reporter: it's perhaps the hottest toy of the season. and unless you're willing to pay three times the retail price for it, the hatchamol is next to impossible to find. almost every store is sold out. >> they're going for 175 easy some for 250, 300. >> reporter: made by the same company that brought us build a bear, the hatchamol is a fuzzy, interactive toy that hatches out of an egg. >> i think it's silly but 9- year-old girls love it. >> reporter: daniel has two of the coveted toys. they retail for about $60. he is trying to sell one on craig's list for $200. >> and i am hopeful it will sell. if not, we'll make a kid happy by giving it to them. he's trying to get his hands on

gaming console similar to the device sole in the '80s. >> yesterday morning, i tried to go to target. they said they would have some from a truck coming in. we were there atity error in the morning and only to find out the truck didn't come with them. >> reporter: retailers like target and toys "r" us tell cbs 4 they're trying to keep up with the demanded as shoppers are on the hunt this holiday season. >> and we'll keep hustling and christmas at the governor's mansion. the colorado chapter of the american societof interior's designers is decorating six rooms in the mansion. this year, they celebrate the state's sister states and global holiday traditions. great stuff. the mansions will be open for tours tuesday through sunday deceer 8th through 11th and decemberthugh the 18th. you can find out more about the decorations and the toists

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. we want to update you on a breaking news with the fresh image now that the hay fire continues to burn on the front am road by i-25. our kelly worthman recently drove by and sent us this picture. quite a fire that you can see there. it was a truck full of hay and it was in flames for awhile. the smoke still cause something visibility problems. the highway is open. now tonight on cbs 4 news at 5, the state group is out with the annual list ofis to that parents may want to avoid a look at what is included in the trouble in thailand report. >> and president obama will award 21 people this afternoon the medal of freedom. find out which well-known talk show host forgot the id and was delayed into the white house. you know, you can't kind of walk in there. >> and there is some security there. >> yeah. >> and okay, light go to the forecast. >> and look at the satellite and radar. we have rain and snow out in the eastern plains and wrapped up here in the denver area. we'll see that clear out throughout the afternoon and

denver; 45, boulder and we're looking at temperatures warmer tomorrow. sunshine and more mountain snow tomorrow. and nice for thanksgiving. >> and that is all gravy and mashed potatoes, o. >> and gravy, too. >> uh-huh. >> and thank you for watching everyone. you'll weave you with a live picture in the ,,

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>> quinn: first i want to thank you both for helping out with the festivities. >> pam: well, thanksgiving is very important to eric. >> quinn: and eric is important to al of us, isn't he, pam? >> pamhe's very, very important. >> steffy: okay. it's his favorite holiday, so let's just get through it without any drama, okay? >> quinn: yes, and, on that the family, making sure everybody's invited? >> steffy: yep. granddad invited them. i will make sure that they are here. >> quinn: thank you. >> steffy: i'm doing it for my grandfather, quinn. >> pam: same reason i'm making a big, fresh batch of lemon bars for him. >> quinn: oh, pam, do you really think that's a good idea? you know, doctor's orders... >> pam: a couple of thanksgiving lemon bars aren't gonna kill the man. >> steffy: i think he'll be okay. don't you, quinn?