can went touch the second story window in the back and put ladders up and that's what helped get these people out alive. he lives next door, and said says, when his neighbor came pounding on is door, yelling fire, last night, he ran to the front door, of this home, the flames were too thick to go in. but they heard ralph and josie, yelling for help from the back second story window. they grabbed ladders and did everything they could to get them out of the fire before the crews arrived. >> got the ladder, got it overr3 the fence, put the ladder up to the window, tried to go up there, as much as possible, but the smoke was so bad. that was losing my breath. so i ran around to get the attention of the firefighters. but i ame back, they pulled her out. i'm still in shock about the

seeing ralph and josie today, %- you know, they're beautiful people. >>reporter: and tonight, ralph is in serious condition. theiren so, ralph, jr., who had ms, died in this fire. they didn't want any credit for what they did, this was a community effort. obviously, back here, live, you can see the neighbors have been leaving flowers, this has touched a lot of hearts, one person told me that josie is a saint, taking care of her husband and her son. right now, firefighters still don't know what started this fire. reporting live, jaclyn allen, denver7. >> a helpless feeling for those neighbors. thank you, jaclyn. >> first responders across the front range have had a very busy -`24 hours, mountain view fire had to close a fire after a deadly crash there. one person died in that two-car crash. investigators think that the driver who was killed crossed into oncoming traffic. and was hit by a semi. two people were killed after their vehicle crash aed near the national western complex. at first, police thought this

but it turns out that the ppople that were in the car rolled,,and the crash happened around 2:00 this morning. police say the driver was speeding and failed to make a -`kefsh innthe road. a man -- curve in the road. a man and a woman have been killed. the driver of a stolen car, ended up taking the whereon get away route. accused of stealing it and crashing into a tanker truck. this is near vasquez and 69th. the driver was taken to the hospital where with serious injuries. denver police want you to keep an eye out for this guy, it's hard to see his face, he's charged with unlawful sexual contact. the inccdent happened on january 11th near 44th and chambers, so if you happen to recognize him, call the police. abducted frrm her home and sexually assaulted, she was lying, there are no suspects at large ft police say they asked the da to now charge the girl with false reporting to authoritiess. a man pulls a nife near a

collins, instead of using deadly force, the trained officers talked the man into dropping the knife. >> denver7 news reporter lance hernandez lurn r learning new detail -- learning new details about the training officers get to deal with these situatioos. lance, police say it's all about building relationships. >>reporterr anne, eric, that's the first step in the process, because as an officer, you want to know who you're involved with because you may come into confrontation with them again, about verbal communication, body lannuage and getting to know what resources are available out there to help. >> at first, he was just pacing himself.% but then he brought the knife out. where it got more serious. >>reporter: sara gooen says she locked the doors as soon as she saw the knife. >> i saw that they had haddbig guns, which was scary to see. it wasn't loud. . >> we have mental illness training that's integrated into the use of orce training.

lot of work officers undergo to deescalate the situations, just using verbal commands and body language to help talk someone down. officcrs are instructed to get to know the people they contact because there may be repeat contacts. if a law is broken, they may have to take somebody to jail. . >> but they do it in a way that respects the peel's diggity, and also -- people's dignity can and %- reasons with them. >>reporter: in the case of a man who pulled a knife outside of a coffee shape, they had gotten to know the guy over the last year. still, they were prepared. >> you may have someone you've dealt with a 100 times peacefully, but if they're bringing a gun, that's going to changg the response to it. >>reporter: now, the man who pulled that knife was arrested, he's being held for investigation of possession of a weapon by a previous offender, and misdemmanor, menacing.

just a few minutes ago, a beautiful sunset along the front sky. brought to uu by these high clouds moving through the area. part of a minor weather with tonight. temperatures currently rains from 45 in boulder to 0 at something that's going to be on the increase tonight will be the winds along the front range foothills. 30-50 mile an hour wind gusts expected over the lamer county, gilpin, clear creek, park. not as windy in the metro, but the winds signal a change in the weather. we're tracking several developing stories right now, a judge is refusing to unseal details in the case of an alleged murder plot at mountain vista high school. two 16-year-old girls have been charged in douglas county in this case. one teen, sienna johnson has been charged as an adult, but her case could be returned to juvenile court if defense attorneys get their way. the other teen who has not been

tomorrow and prosecutors will her as an adult. the retrial for one of the highest profiled murder cases in western colorado is now headed to jefferson county. michael black was convicted of shooting and killing his wife back in 2001. he won a retrial after a judge found a juror r lied about past experiences with domestic violence. both the prosecution and the defense believe jurors in jeff co will be less familiar with the case. they also say the proximity to dia and the i-70 corridor will witnesses. a former air force cadet jail. daniel was convicted of raping a cadet. probation. the air force. . colorado's 2016 legislative

morning, with the singing of the national anthem by the lead singer of the fray. %- iez sack slad, he's a colorado native ft there's a lot of formalities, the house and senate returned to renovated chammers, despite the new digs, lawmakers have to deal with the tough task of o balancing the books as our state faces budget cuts thhs year. one legislative issue is questioning safety in schools when it comes to technology. students are learning more and more on ipads and computers in the classroom, so how is the data that they're creating being protected? mark boyle is live in stapleton and lawmakers have one safety issue that parents aren't think about. >>reporter: every time your student logs on to the ipad at school or grades are entered online, there's data and thfgs on your child being spread around -- information on your child being spread around.

safe -- [ inaudible ]. >> live shot there, we'll try to get back to his story on the legislative session and how it involves technology, coming up governor hickenlooper meanwhile will present his state of the state tomorrow morning, we will carry that live on denver7 nnws at 11:00. and sunday, we debut our new political show, politics unplugged. and anne trujillo and marshall zelinger will sit down with policy makers and take an in-depth look at the issues faying colorado today. this week, we'll talk with state republican and democratic leaders about the priorities they've set for this year's legislative session, that is sunday at 4:00 right here on denver7. now, the broncos, they are chasing another championship, hitting the field today at dove valley after a day off. >> 7 sports director lionel bienvenu is in the newsroom. >> the count down is on, d-day minus four, it gets real. chase for the championship, peyton manning and the broncos,

with steelly eyed focus on the steelers, we don't know if big ben will play for pittsburgh, but 18 is a go for the broncos. peyton will start the 25th playoff game. >> i certainly am glad to be raible to play, and looking forward to being out there and fortunate to be one of the teams still playing, an exciting time. never take for granted this opportunity and looking fooward to sunday. >> so are we, peyton. >> later in sports, more on big ben and antonio brown. broncos players told us they don't care who is in the game, broncos will bring it 100%. >> we're looking for a win. the broncos fans who owned this house on depew street in broncos pride. today, they had their homes entire interior painted orange. estate partner gave the homeowners two tickets to the game on sunday. >> i think that's worth it. as the broncos hope to make

one of the biggest fans may not make it that long, cindy harris, she has spent two years fighting cancer, and she is now llsing the battle, and she really, -`really wans to meet peyton manning. -- wants to meet peyton manning. and her family is tryinggto make that happen. >> means the worlddto me, at least try to get this. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, her daughter, and friend had posted cindy's wish on facebook, they're hoping that peyton manning may catch wind of it and make her dream come trre. >> i think if peyton sees that,,3 it's not going to be a problem at all. we'll keep you posted on that. well, you better get your orange ready t the mayor of denver proclaimed friday as orange friday. . >> it doesn't apply to denver, everyone in the region is encouraged to wear orange. shopping trip, hey, come on..3 on friday, the street in front of the denver city and county

broncos boulevard -- renamed broncos boulevard. this adorable child, they posted this picture to our denver channel facebook page. this is their way to represent the broncos, their little girl. we want to see your blue and orange pride, you can post your picture on our facebook page or use that #broncos pride on twitter and yeah, you just might get to see your picture right here on denver7. >> what a cutie. >> yeah. >> adorable. >> we are hours away from learning the possible winner of more than a billion dollars in the powerball mania continues. we're tracking ways to make sure you get your winning. >> and pizza bear is back, what he did that tt2w`t2n`qt" bt@q2;x tt2w`t2n`qt" "a@q"7< tt2w`t2n`qt" bm@q)

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1.billion dollars, can you even -- 1.5 billion dollars, can you imagine. >> if you're an office pool, you should keep some things in mind, denvee7 reporter jason gruenauer is live on broadway downtown, and jason, what should our viewers know? >> an attorney tells me, number one, use common sense, this is the line here at the seven-eleven, people not stop buying the powerball tickets, all day long and most likely, odds are, i guess you could say, at least one of them, are in one of those office pools, any time you try to split up a billion dollars, it's going to come with complicationings, so if you can, the lawyer i spoke to, said, word up a contract, a one or two line one, and have everyone sign it, that way it will protect you frommlosing out on any of those winnings and stop others from making a claim to it. >> it can be a very simple piece of paper that says, hey, we all kicked in $2 for this ticket, we're all signing it.

split it and you post the contract in a conous place in the office. >> the cut off point for sales is 7:30, so just over an hour -- an hour and 15, you have to get in one f these lines to get the ticket, the drawing is at 8:59 p.m. tonight, don't forget about me. reporting live at the seven-eleven on south broadway, jason gruenauer. already, colorado powerball has sold 50 million in tickets on tuesday alone, $6.3 million worth of tickets were ld so, sales on monday. and 1.9 million on sunday, these numbers keep going up. the winning numbers will be announced tonight at 9:00. guy? little pizza bear. the adorable baby bear was found

parlor, months later, heell he's rehabilitated and gained weight and he's ready for the wide. they created a hot and ready den where they will spend the winter. >> we have to tranquilize them and take them to the den. >> the orphaned cub was rehabilitated at the wet mountain valley foundation, the bears will sleep until april or late r, dreaming about pizza. deep snows into april, we're going to get more snow tonight and tomorrow for the mountains, moving in the wasatch in utah, down here on the plains, high clouds and boy, did they give us a glorious sunset. check thii out. oh, babyy nice stuff. around the front range. just about 45 minutes ago. today, 51, 22 was the low. the normals are 44 and 18. 69. the record high temperature,

currently, it's 48 downtown. 37 ouu at the airport. humidity 64%, winds from the south at 14. pressure is holding steady. we're going to have strong winds in the foothills tonight and the winds will be gusting at times across the plains. keeping the temperatures in the mid 20s. tomorrow, highs not as warp as today but still not bad, about where they should be in time in the january, in the mid 40s along the i-25 corridor. 20ss and 30s with periods of snoed expected in the mountain -- snow expected in the moontains. coldest spots will be up in the high valleys again, 14 below at gunnison, minus 10 at alamosa and craig. teens and 20s across the eastern plains, siigle digits towards the west, grand junction and montrose. tomorrow, some snow the mountains, 3-5, central and northern mountain areas with highs in the 20s. ggsty winds at times and a bit cooler across the eastern plains. we'll see the stronger winds because of the jet stream is getting stronger, once again. and that means faster moving

winds aloft will start zipping through the area at about 100-125 miles per hour, that will sling a few cold fronts by and bring in pacific moisture down into the mountains. i don't think we'll see much at lower elevations, but we will see colder temperatures, maybe a few flurries down here later in the weekend. as far as conditions tonight, increasing winds, and 25 for a low. especially west of sheridan boulevard up in the foothills. for tomorrow, the high at 45. `indy at times, partly cloudyy looking ahead, temperatures are going to be cooling off in the weekend. 37 for friday. maybe a flurry saturday and 32. 31 and 10. that's pittsburgh, and denver right there. and our weather forecast for the broncos game on sunday, milder, with more clouds monday and tuesday. maybe snow by next wednesday. specifically, for the broncos game, about 30 at 1:00 o'clock, 31 degrees by 2:00 p.m. llte in the game, maybe a few flurries

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welcome to 7 sports extra, and the chase for the championship. tale of two quarterbacks today r at dove valley, peyton manning, healthy, ready to make his first start since the chiefs debacle in mid november. in pittsburgh, ig ben watching practice, hoping he recovers enough to play at mile-high. the steelers beat the broncos on december 20th. different story come the playoff time. >> certainly in the playoffs, everything is fair game, and you know, trick plays, and new defenses and so you have to prepare for certain things, and

is important as well. >> this is a very, very good defense that i'm sure is going to take a little bit of pride from the last game, and really get after us, it will be loud. so it's the biggest one we've ever faced. >> yeah, that first meeting has addressed. this week will beedifferent in mile-high. broncos have a different quarterback, steelers have a seriously injured quarterback. t.j. ward mised the game. they're back this week with tj telling us today, big ben, antonio brown, deangelo williams, healthy or not, i've going to be on. >> you know, we're not worried `bout injured nobody, we're playing the pittsburgh steelers, we're going to get everything we have. we're not worried about who may play, who don't play. they're going to get a 100% of the broncos d.

match up well with guys, but we have to play all four quarterss, we can't woman pete for a half. >> that's -- we can't compete for a half. again, totally different dyyamic, totally different players. whatever happened then won't have any bearing this time. >> good to see. >> and mike is predicting the score. >> colder temperatures, it will impact pittsburgh more, so i dropped them by 7.

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