the holidays are over and 2016 has begun. time to get back home with packed airports. investigators trying to fire. one employee still unaccounted. a home -- almost every soldier that has made their way through ft. hood received a hug from this lady. hear how the hugs began. let's look at your drive this morning. looks like we do

along i-70 georgetown. we have so much traffic yesterday. people heading back down the mountain, which means traffic -- we'll have a full traffic break down. police are not releasing the name of the businesses hit. we'll try to learn more through the morning. new this morning, we're waiting for an update involving a scary injury following a nugget's player. there was a brace to stabilize him after a neck injury. he took an elbow to the neck. he immediately reached to rub the back of his neck and our partners at usa today says that faried was transported to a hospital. on his way out of the game, he gave a thumb's up and officials said he had feeling in his hand and neat. no word on a time table

travel to the team to take on the trailblazers tonight. today is a special day for fans. the broncos are holding their fan appreciation day at the gate. >> the team is going to pick one kid and adult who will take photos on the field, and hopefully they can watch the broncos take down the chargers. they're going to the playoffs. can the -- denver will have to play in the first round on the road. kickoff at 2:25. 7:02. let's get a check of belinda is live in the weather center with our sunday weather. good morning, belen, much warmer. >> we had kickoff temperatures in the teens. you can see the player's breath. this time around it's more comfortable for the players and the fans sitting in the stands. the temperatures around kickoff in the mid-40s and mostly sunny skies today. take the sweaters with you. it's going to stay cool. thankfully it's going to be a dry forecast. our high today is

we're going to see sunny conditions and we got a calm day in store with you with sunny skies. temperatures closer to mid-day. upper 30s, low 40s and we'll get to the warmest part of the day around 1:00 and 3:00 and continue with the clear conditions into this evening. beautiful over boulderand scenes in northern kol -- northern colorado. we're going to see an improvement in the mountains valleys that has cold air settle in the past couple of days. temperatures warmer on this sunday. highs across the metro area are in the 40s, so we're looking at a weather pattern seasonal northbound owe-- seasonal for the rest of the week.

mountain traffic and tracy is here with that. >> we have a few cars on the road. look at this beautiful sunrise from a basin. it's going to be a great day to hit the slopes. we're seeing a couple more cars around georgetown. it's not causing major issues and drive times around 45 minutes. it's going to be eastbound today. we're been talking about it the last couple of days. with everyone going out for the holidays the last three, four days, everyone is going to come home today. plan extra hour or two, even if you're hitting that road eastbound late morning into the evening, so with that game, we could see that traffic picking up sooner. but from veil to denver. look at these times. if you're heading westbound, we wouldn't complain. we're going to see the westbound traffic -- more on that drive, jessica, ryan. >> tracy, we saw all that

so they have to come back down, right. >> absolutely. especially with work starting for people tomorrow. you can see the mountain travel radio -- between denver and veil streaming off of the cdot website. >> you can catch tracy's report on high country traffic on i news. airport crews will be busy again today. a live look at dia gearing up for another historic travel day. the airport is expecting a huge volume of travelers today. 179,000. airport managers are advising those to check their flights before they leave home and show up two hours before traveling. no crazy weather around dia. that's the good news. officers are searching for a drive-by shooter that opened fire outside of a colorado spring's mall. police say the

the sid dell mall. the man and woman shot are expected to survive. another victim was grazed and didn't need medical attention. the vehicle is described as a white four-door sedan. if you know anything about this, call police. denver police have been busy overnight investigating an armed robbery in the 1100 block of south colorado boulevard near mississippi avenue. police did not say where those robberies -- where that robbery occurred or if anyone was hurt. we're told the suspect wearing all black ran away. a standoff is over in denver. police responded to a home invasion on north crystal street. police are investigating an armed robbery in denver. it happened near west 5th avenue and bryant street yesterday. officers say a criminal took a

the suspect is wearing a red hoodie and jeans. police know the identify of the man found dead near the denver art museum. his body was found friday near 10th avenue. police have not said how he died, but they have ruled his death a homicide. call crime stoppers if you can help with the investigation. a group of that -- there were protesting branchers right before taking the empty building over saturday night. among the crowd, the son of clyde bundy -- in 2014, non supporters showed up to their ranch to prevent them -- calling on that bigs members to support two ranchers convicted of arson. hammond and

they spent three months in prison. the two are suppose today report back to prison on monday. we'll follow this story. president obama will continue his fight for gun control. he'll meet with options. president obama may try to -- license gun dealers must run background checks, but there's no requirement for those who sell guns at gun shows. colorado have their own law require back ground checks at gun shows. she's known for embracing those who have served our country. >> elizabeth laird was appreciative of our military members and she would give them big hugs and she was known as the hug lady. >> for a decade, every soldier that passed through ft.

given a hug. lard knows about serving our country. she enlisted in the airport on his 18th birthday. we hear how the hugs began. >> one day a soldier hugged me. another soldier hugged me and that one needed a hug so i hugged him. another one needed a hug, so it went. >> unfortunately last month, she needed a hug herself after a 10-year battle with cancer. she passed away and -- a great service to our country. >> you can tell she meant so much to those service members. >> incredible. 7:09. it was a beautiful day yesterday, but you need to

welcome back, everyone. taking a look at a slightly hazy downtown denver. a few cars heading along beard and logan. that's a look from outside our studio. we're in for another gorgeous day, folks. >> a nice day to get outside before watching the broncos game. >> belen de-- de leon has what to expect. >> what your -- >> you said if you wanted -- >> i have to get back in shape. do i look tight in the jacket today? >> you look wonderful. >> they're making me feel conscious. >> just joking with you. get out early if you want to go ahead and exercise. that broncos game will be happening, or if you don't care much for the broncos game, get out. a

we're starting off the day. the temperatures in the teens in northern colorado and we're around 4:00. we're going to continue with that trend of range. some high clouds could drift over every once in a while, but we're not expecting snow for the next 24 hours across the state. temperatures in the single digits in sterling. 22 in denver. teens out east in high country, 20 below in gunnison. we're going to see progress in our mountain valleys. the temperatures are going to be warmer. gunnison woke up to temperatures below -- other temperatures in the high country in the teens. 30s and 40s is a possibility in the high country and some in the mountain valleys.

we'll have clouds increase towards the western slope around 2:30 and through the evening, skies will be partly cloudy in the metro area. tonight is the last night to go to zoo lights at the denver zoo. take the family if you're not going to be watching the broncos game or after you watch the broncos game because it's something nice to see. the weather is going to be fine for that. skies will be partly cloudy tonight and through tomorrow morning. tonight, 16 lows across the state will drop into the teens. up and down the i-25 corridor and towards the eastern plains in the high countries, still looking at a possibility of below zero temperatures in here's the planning we're going to start off the new year for lots of people with temperatures in the wednesday. then we start to see that next chance for snow arrive on thursday. degrees. and then friday is a high of 32. ryan, you look fabulous. i was joking with

you don't need to lose any weight whatsoever. >> i saw him suck his tummy in after your weather. >> i can't get a break. >> you said yesterday you wanted to take better care of yourself. >> i got to maybe lose a couple. >> i'm kidding. >> that's what i said. >> thanks, belen. a cold snap means a drawback in blood donations. donations can drop as much as 20% during winter months because of illnesses like cold and flu. donor month -- they're working to get people pumped up about giving blood. they're giving vouchers for a free pint of beer or soda at rock bottom restaurant and old chicago pizza. they're giving out out free shirt and to top it off, donors will be entered into a drawing to win a trip to cancun. the drive starts today and ends january 31st. that can't be accurate. it runs all year, okay.

s will hit the road with -- the new bus transit will have six routes. fares range from $2.60 to $4.50. >> you had plenty to say about the top colorado stories. : debates about an officer officer-involved shooting to a touching homecoming. we'll see

>> debates about we'll see 9 welcome back. a decision regarding an officer-involved week. >> we heard plenty about the quarterback decision and one story that could leave to happy tears. here's chris christian son with a report.

i think it's important that as a department, we're as transparent on a day to day possible and that includes folks who may be critical of our actions at times. >> an aurora police officer was justified when he shot and killed an unarmed man says a grand jury. the report says the man made a jerky movement as if he was armed with a weapon. here's an idea, don't be a criminal. don't have police contact. no contact, no possibility of being shot in a confrontation with police. quit making it okay to be a criminal and bad to be an officer. criminals know the risks. others questioned the grand jury system. i think that police are sometimes in an impossible situation, but i do think our grand jury system contains a conflict of interest. when the accused is a member of law enforcement personnel. >> it's excitement. that's not really the wrong word. we feel

bill cosby into a courtroom as long as somebody does. >> bill cosby is out on bail after being arrested for sexual assault. multiple accusations has been made by women including in colorado. one comment, that many women cannot be making this up. he's a celebrity -- he uses celebrity as entitle. should he face justice. this won't make the victims hole, but -- his career is over. >> we have confidence in what he's doing in this football team. play san diego. that's what manning will do in the game against san diego. many of you have say the brown -- broncos's problem isn't with the quarterback.

awful offensive line, why put manning in and get him hurt again. i love payton, but he's not mobile and at least brock can run. until they fix the o-line, that ability is a plus. daddy. >> oh, my god. >> we close out the year with a look back at some of the reunions of ore-- of our service men. >> i wish i had tissue handy. as a veteran, i appreciate this. that's what it's all about. >> thanks to all of you and remember, 9 listens. you can send us your comments at kusa @9.com. we appreciate hearing from you each

here's rod macy. >> good morning, drew spent 16 seasons -- he scored another 74 in pittsburgh, colorado. he carried the one -- that's 599 goals and number 600 is special. 18 players including joe sack et reached that milestone. how fitting would it be. his new team was playing against his old team. his former team did score four. flames win, final was 4-0. on the ice, college hockey -- game ended in a tie.

a shootout win for du, but the shootout win doesn't count. the game goes down as a 2-2 tie. the nuggets looking to do something that only milwaukee and dallas has done was beat warrior state. they're 30-2. that record is from 20 15. maybe they won't be quite the jugger in 2016. or maybe they will be. this one was u ugly early. curry for the game's first point. then it's the former nugget again in a given. green, the give me to put him up 21-2. the nuggets -- there is your final score. csu hoping to do better against boise state in basketball than football. in football, the broncos won 41-10. last night on the hardwood, it was much closer, but it was for a loss. james with his six shot from under the basket.

turns out the broncos are good and lucky. how did that go in? csu loses 84-80. today, we're all broncos all the time. so much on the line for denver. a winner -- a bye. a loss, we're not going to go there. the broncos looking to sweep san diego. they took care of the chargers by themselves in san diego. danny t with the td. the perform -- the best one can dupe -- >> you have to play the same way. you got to come with the tenacity in the game. we can't make the big mistakes we had last week, and we have to play a fundamentally sound game.

after ball blow offs, a tcu down to oregon at the half. they came back in ball history. triple over time. brahm in from a 2-point conversion. he couldn't convert. the oregon back up qb coming up empty including when it mattered most. tcu wins one for the record books. what a game. 47-41 the final. stay

all the traffic we saw heading up to the mountain could impact your lane. chilling surveillance video shows what happens before and during a shooting. relief for the family of a missing toddler in the backseat of a stolen car. plus this [indiscernible] doesn't seem to mind mind or

him. he was sleeping in a tree in new jersey. >> coming up in the pep rally, the top 9 teams from 2015. we'll see if you agree. good morning, just about 7:30 on your sunday. thank you for spending your day with us. let's get to belen de leon who is going to forecast our weather. >> today is going to be nice. mainly sunny skies. check out this beautiful sunrise. not a cloud to be seen. when 10:00 rolls around, and if you're waiting around to do tailgating, the weather is going to be sunny. lots of sunshine. 4 4 degrees and -- 44 degrees and around 2:00, closer to game time, temperatures around 45 degrees. we're looking out in the distance and believe it or not, as beautiful as that shot looks, it's very cold there, but the

to be the temperatures, a little valleys. keep in mind, it's going to be a cold day, but improvement upon what we have our highs for today are going to be in the mid-40s. here's what we have right now. 20s and teens. teens in greeley and in the high country. 20 below. folks are waking up in gunnison, you're at 20 below right now, but 33 below. so, this warm up is relative of course, it's still going to be a cold day where you live, but not as cold as it has been. on the front range, temperatures in the 40s under mainly sunny skies. check out mid-day. they're going to be in the upper 30s, low 40s and clear skies will take us into this evening. what's in store for the start of the workweek. i have that forecast coming up and we look at the high country traffic and tracy anthony has that.

volumes of traffic this morning. we may see a little as the sunrises. as we look at georgetown westbound, a few people on the roadways, but nothing causing any major issues. but later on today, if you head back into denver eastbound, we could see that traffic starting to pick up late morning, but really this afternoon into the evening hours. you have to add one two to hours to that drive time. the last three or four days, we have people spending the holidays up in the mountains and everyone has to come home today. between veil and denver, we'll have those slowdowns. as of now, drive times 40, 45 minutes. we haven't had slowdowns. so you're not battling those road elements, but you'll have to -- jessica and ryan. >> tracy, thank you. you can listen for traffic conditions on i-70 between denver and veil. you can stream

cdot expects that traffic to be bad heading back, which means drivers who use that new toll lane may be in for higher rates. like tracy said, we saw people heading to the high country. summit county says they've -- loveland saw its busiest days and toll lane fees has hovered $5. they could jump up to $30 depending on the traffic. flooding is easing up. there's -- from illinois to alabama, the death toll is up 24 with 4 people missing. we have more on the damage. >>reporter: it's revealing new damage. its believed 150 properties in the suburb of arnold has been swapped.

fatalities and that number expected to rise. the governor toured the area as the -- the devastating flood waters destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and displaced thousands of people. the governor declared a state of emergency and asking for federal assistance. >> this is different. having a flood in the winter when it's 30 degrees is different than when it's 80 degrees in june. and big risk of hyperthermia. >> 9 news. a thanks to the cities along the mississippi south of missouri. they're watching and preparing as the flooding heads downstream. the river never expected to crest in mississippi until -- the water rose to that same amount.

continues in israel for an israeli arab. the killer has been identified as 31 sazub. in new footage, you can see people dive for cover and it shows the killer calmly walking down the street pretending to shop in a grocery store and firing 15 rounds. the suspect has been arrested and his father alerted authorities saying his son was mentally unstable. in iran, the study embassy was passed with protestors enraged by the execution of a prominent -- la mere was one of 47 prisoners con vicked of terrorism charges. he was executed by saudi arabia authorities. she condemned --

mayor moto was killed inside her home. police arrested two people they believe are involved and they killed two others. she has served in mexico's congress and promised to end corruption. to southern poland where city authorities are urging people to stay inside because of latest measurements say smog limits have been exceeded five times in history. officials made public transportation free to anyone -- experts say the pollution is the result of old heating systems that need to be replaced. the ski resorts in the french and italian app -- alps has been -- others left without seeing fresh snow. the family of a missing

relieved she has been found. caroline was strapped into a car stolen. police found that car, but the little girl was gone. carolyn was found in a parking lot, scared, but she's okay. a man critically hurt after he fell 20 feet in tennessee. this man fell while exploring caves in knoxville. he slipped on rock and stumbled and fell into his pit. the atlanta man was seriously injured. unusual video of a water main break-in downtown cleveland. you can see the water shooting up passed the water. it flooded streets in a 25-block area. a 48 inch pipe broke underground. the gushing water has caused the streets to buckle and officials had to close roads which causes traffic problems. crews are unsure what caused that break.

buffalo new york just after the bills asked their fans for help to shovel snow at the stadium. they asked fans to bring shovels to clear the snow against the game with the jets. they received $10 an hour and got to help the team. snow dumped a foot of snow at the stadium. former us senator and governor dale has died. bumpers died under hospice case with a battle of alzheimer's disease. 80s. he's survived by his wife and three children. this morning, blue bell ice cream is under a criminal investigation after a listeria break out led to three deaths. new reports says the justice department will investigate what the makers of blue bell knew and when.

of its products last april. an fde investigation says the company knew of its plants that was contaminated as early as 2010. it has been a tough start for a couple visiting colorado. the family pet flew away and they're trying to -- they had to head back to iowa -- they were outside of a bar friday night when the couple tried to transferring the bird from one car to another and that's when the bird flew away. they put up a ladder. >> i was calling his name and i heard him squabinging. i hope he found some where worn. my boyfriend has lost hope that he probably passed away last night. friday night, temperatures dropped, which would make it

to south america to survive. jessica is asking for nearby businesses to check security cameras. if anyone should spot tickey, let us know, and we'll let jessica know. from a distance, a bear took a nap in a new jersey neighborhood. >> it's a cute guy. barely a day into the new year. i didn't think of that. this guy showed up in summit, new jersey. police decided to let the bear be as it slept through the attention and gawking. >> i was surprised to see a bear in new jersey. it's not everyday. >> we've had a lot of wild life coming into our neighborhood, but for new jersey, it's rare. it left without incident after its nap.

>> apparently in trees. >> we're glad to have you back, taylor. >> the last couple of weeks, i've been on a winter break. it gave us a chance to reflect on the past year and the top teams we cover. those results are

welcome to the 9 news pep rally. here's taylor. >> good morning, everyone. happy sunday after a nice two winter break. pep sports are back in session. huge games. it started things up on sunday. thunderridge not taking it easy as they host denver east. only

points and east goes up early. ed thunderridge battle. cory drives hard. they led by 3 after one quarter. in the second, e started to pull away. jennings leaves the break and he'll see joseph for the basket and the fowl. ava had 9. they combine jags. he had 19 points. denver east wins this one . your final 63-59. on the ice, the defending state champs cherry looking to improve 6-0 as they play to palmer. they led 1-0, bring the bruins would score back. game tied at 1. the flood gates opened i -- it's 2-1 creek. it goes from bad to worse. creek would score the unanswered goals. 7 different players would score for the bruin. jacob has the goal here.

final of 9-2. there's dominating programs in colorado. over the past 12 months, legacies continue to grow while others blossom for the first time. to bring in the new year, we ranked the nine teams of 2015. >>[screaming] >> a big cheer for number 9. the cheer squad proved its dominance in 2-a. number 8, boy's soccer. the eagles out shocked and out scored their opponents 50-9. they moved up to the classification in 2014 and won every state title since. number 7 goes to mountain vista boy's cross country. the golden

four times in a row. they - the kender boy's soccer team claims number six. they put up 9 goal and recorded shut outs for the last 7 games. to top it off, they took home hardware for the second time. number five, the fence. finished 23-1 and took home another -- the team in tara visa -- they were a perfect 13-0 on the season. there got the 1-a football title. a 17-year-old state record for -- the pandas led by sophomore.

champs in 3a and went undefeated. >> i couldn't [indiscernible]. >> number one, field hockey. you have to dig long and hard to find the mustangs. 280 goal and their opponents 31 as to four undefeated seasons and four state wins including this year. colorado avenue, your top teams of 2015. you can see all those teams as well as highlights posted online. go to 9news.com/hs. that was impossible to pik -- it was impossible to pick nine teams. >> you did it. >> the field hockey girls were undominated. >> you can't beat that. >> thanks, we appreciate it.

welcome back. the sun is up at boulder. warmer than the last couple of weeks. it might be a good day to start those new year's resolution and burn calories. >> belen, when are we going to be done with these 40-degree temperature and head back into our typical winter weather? >> we're enjoying the 40 degree temperature for the next couple of days. jessica was beating me to the punch because i'm going to talk in your extended forecast about the chance of snow. beautiful over the city. enjoy the common dry weather today. we're going to see also improvement in the mountain valleys, with the temperatures slightly above where they've been the past seven -- the past several days. snow and cold returns later this week. the

20s in the metro area. teens in southern colorado. high country, temperatures still sub zero in several spots. check out gunnison, 20 below. yeah, it's cold, but yesterday they were at 33 below. so you see what i'm saying. the temperatures is warmer than what we had yesterday. just a progress from what we've had. the temperatures this afternoon in the 40s around the metro area. 40s towards fort collins. 30s and 40s, broncos take on the chargers at sports authority. kickoff temperature, much better than what we had this past monday. 45 degrees. mostly sunny skies. it's going to be cool and dry. take the sweater and jacket out there. as you're traveling across colorado, you're going to see nice weather. no issues on the road as far as weather goes through this afternoon, the clouds will increase out towards the west.

i-25 in the eastern plains. it's overnight when skies turns partly cloudy and it's going to take us through monday morning. a nice night to head out to denver zoo. it's the last night for the light -- head over this. the temperatures will be between 37 to 26 degrees. i think that's perfect for the hot cocoa, a few clouds over the skies at that time. 16 is the overnight low tonight. those winds are going to remain quiet, it at all. on monday, we'll have a high of 43 degrees. monday evening into tuesday is when we could see a chance of snow in the high country for owes friends in the san juan. it's going to increase the clouds here on the front range, but it's going to stay dry. the high will be 44 on tuesday. wednesday, a high of 45 degrees, and then we'll get another little disturbance arriving on thursday. it's going to bring colder temperatures. 35 degrees. that chance for snow

friday with a high of 32 degrees. so ryan and jessica, pretty mild start to january, but of course, we're going to start getting back into that winter weather by the end of the week. >> belen, thank you. the force awakens -- as of friday, it has made $686 million bucks. this surpassed the tie tan tick. the latest hall, the force awakens is the number one grossing film in 2015 beating jurassic world.

welcome back. a live look at fort collins. you can see the clear skies. it will warm up today. it might be a good day to enjoy the sunshine. 7:55

>> coming up at 8:00, a breaking story in inglewood. more burglaries. reed was taken off the court on a stretcher and did not return to the team. >> there's playoffs in the afc west. manning will be suited up to back up the kickoff at 2:25. two people shot in a drive-by shooting. it happened in colorado springs. >> also a chance to go to the superbowl and fight cancer at the same time. a colorado woman hoping she is the big winner. thanks so much for being with us.

nuggets' forward kenneth fareed takes an elbow to the neck, he didn't return to denver with the team after

stretcher, the broncos take on the san diego chargers today at 2:25 with all kinds of scenarios in the afc west and peyton manning will be suited up to back up oss. two go to the hospital in colorado springs. also a chance to go to the super bowl and fight cancer at the same time. a colorado woman hoping she is the big winner. let's take live look at your drive this morning. a little icy. still snowing along th eisenhower tunnel but traffic moving to and from the high country very smooth this morning. a full traffic weakdown coming up. but first new overnight, englewood police now say six businesses were burglarized overnight initially investigators told us it was three. thebreak ns occurred along south broadway. stores like star bucks and the copper pot restaurant were hit. new overnight we're waiting for an update on the scary injury involving nuggets' player kenneth fareed. he was taken off the court on a stretcher last night after an apparent neck injury.

while jostling for a rebound late in the game against the golden state warriors. he was taken to the hospital after spending about ten minutes on the floor there being treated by staff. on his way out of the game on the stretcher fareed gave a thumbs up and officials say he had feel income his hands and feet -- feeling in his hands a good sign there. hear more. fans. the broncos are holding their annual fan appreciation day at the game. >> pick one kid and one adult who will get to play catch and take photos on the field pretty cool. and hopefully they can also watch the broncos take down the 4-11 chargers. they're going to the playoffs, the question is, can they get a first round bye and home field advantage? if they lose and kansas city wins denver will have to play in the first round on the road. kickoff at 2:25. developing this morning, officers are searching for a drive-by shooter that opened fire outside of a colorado springs mall. police say the suspect shot several people at the citadel

the man and woman who were shot are expected to survive. officers say another victim was grazed but did not need medical attention. police described the vehicle involved as a white four door sedan with tinted windows. if you know anything about this incident call police. 8:00. on your sunday. thank you so much for starting today with us. let's get a check of the forecast with our belen de leon. belen much warmer far in game? >> -- for this game. >> oh certainly. our temperatures arnold cough are going to be in the -- around kickoff are going to be in the mid 40s. very different from the bengals game with the teens at kickoff. now by the end of game you will need the jackets and sweaters to keep you cool. i call this sweater weather but you know what? a big improvement upon what we had for the last game. a quick view of what's happen in the high country, already some skiers headed down peak 8234 breckenridge. -- 8 in breckenridge. check out all the sunshine. the weather in the high country as well as here in the front range expected to stay dry. but we are going to notice some

the temperatures are going to show some improvement. some mountain valleys have been below. still a cold day for you but the temperatures not as cold as what they have been in the past morning. notice how we already have the warmer air working its way into the high country while the temperatures here on the front range are going to be pretty similar to yesterday. right now we've got 20s and even teens on the map. we've got teens no northern colorado -- in northern colorado and then closer to the foothills temperatures in thes. kremmling -- 40s. 20 below. but temperatures warming closer to the foothills. ail long i-25 our temperatures in the mid 40s especially here in the metro area. you. we'll start to see the clouds increase through tonight with the temperatures dropping into the teens. and then you know what? we have a few more days of 40s but 30s are back in the forecast for the workweek with snow. so i'll let you know then that arrives coming up. a look at the high country drive. tracy is here with that.

smooth sailing we're not really seeing a huge amount of traffic heading out west. but i kind of have feeling a lot of -- a feeling a lot of people took advantage of the long weekend with the holidays little sooner. heading home. a beautiful shot of vail's eagle's next. we're going to see -- nest. we're going to sew beautiful conditions. get out there on the roads 45 minutes. can't beat that especially eastbound smooth sailing right now. no slowdowns but it will be later on today. anywhere from late morning through the afternoon. into the evening hours. you're going to have to plan one to two extra hours on top of that drive time all the way from vail up into denver. and with the broncos in town, we could see that influx of traffic a little earlier than normal. so because i anticipate a lot of people want to get home and watch the game or maybe check out the game and head to it or even tailgate. jessica and ryan? >> listen to the mountain

traffic reporters give up to the minute road conditions by streaming the feed off of the cdot website and right from the app. >> catch her report on high country traffic right here on 9news. she is joining us from weather nation a source for around the clock weather news. going to the airport today give yourself a little bit of extra time. crews will be busy again for another day of travel there. expecting a huge volume of travelers about 179,000 today. airport managers are advising people to check the flights before leaving home and show up at least two hours before traveling. denver police have had a busy night. one investigation involves an armed robbery on the 1100 block south colorado boulevard near mississippi avenue. police did not say exactly where the robbery occurred or if anyone was hurt. but we're told that the suspect is a 5'10'' hispanic male and he ran away and he was wearing all black. anyone with information should call denver police. investigators are trying to

massive fire at an office building in arvada. the fire started at a rehab facility located in that center. and the owner said she's worried about an employee who has not been accounted for. flames consumed that building on 64th and wadsworth yesterday morning and firefighters from multiple agencies fought this one for hours. it was one of the biggest fires in arvada's recent history. the owner of creative options said an employee was in the building and never came out before the spire started. firefighters were not able to look immediately because if fire was too sense for -- the fire was too intense for crews to go in. >> it was still obviously right away -- obvious right away that somebody was still in there. nobody could get ahold of them. >> one other person who was in the building along with a firefighter were both taken to that fire. a group of men occupy the federal building at on oregon and they're still there. they broke in and haven't late.

rights before taking the building over. among the crowd a son of clive bundy. that family was involved in the federal government dispute over grazing rights. in 2014 armed supporters showed up at the ranch to prevent the bureau of land management from seizing his cattle. he is somewhat of a ring leader calling on them to support two ranchers. they say they did so to reduce wildfire risk. dwight hammond and his son steve were convicted of the arson and went to prison for three months but a judge recently ruled that's not enough time. the two were supposed to return to prison on monday. al-shabaab is now using trump's comments in avid grow. they're using part of the speech he made days after the san bernardino shooting. >> remember this, so listen. donald j. trump is calling for a focal and complete shutdown -- total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united

opinions about muslims can be an effective tactic for the terrorists mostly because of major influence. meanwhile this is something hillary clinton warned about on stages. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. >> a white house official said it's no surprise terrorists would try to use a comment suggesting that the u.s. and islam are at war. he says the u.s. government is going to make it clear that is not the case. president obama will continue to fight for gun control this week on monday he will meet with attorney general loretta lynch to go over options. but there's no federal requirement for people who sell firearms at gun shows. the national rifle association opposes background checks saying it won't stop criminals who typically get the guns by theft or the black market. more than a dozen statingen cruding colorado have their own

have their own laws including background checks at ganaches. a woman in receive -- gun shows. a woman in denver is hours away from finding out if she won the trip. >> when kimberly found out she could raise money for cancer research, she signed right up of course. she has been battling lung cancer since 2014 and she started a contest. -- joined a contest. draft lost his wife to lung cancer in 2011 and they have something in common. they both never smoked. the idea behind the contest to get rid of the stigma that only smokers can get lung cancer. >> the thing about football especially after my diagnosis is it gives me something to cheer for other than myself. so a lot of times you know, to try to stay positive, when you're diagnosed with terminal cancer. you think you're trying to root for yourself all the time. so sometimes it's just nice not to root for yourself and root for the guys.

surprise she's a huge broncos' fan and raised $18,000. that's $10,000 more than second place. which is also held by a woman from colorado. ringen says half of the money she's raised will go to the charity of her choice and she's choosing the lung cancer colorado fund at uc health. the contest ends sunday night. it's 8:08 and it was a beautiful day yesterday. but will we need to bundle up this week? >> meteorologist belen de leon has more on your workweek

. welcomes back, a live look at boulder right now. the flatirons a gorgeous start to the day up there. not bad day to get outside and enjoy some hiking and biking whatever you like. 8:11 on sunday morning. our belen de leon is joining us in the backyard now, belen much warmer today than for the broncos' game than what we saw last time. and you're wearing your orange.

>> i am. i've got orange all over the place in my bracelet. my scarf. my dresses, for those of you that were taking bets on the dress? that's an inside joke by the way. i got a viewer e-mail who said i wear the same dress every sunday. it's my lucky dress, that's why. we want to broncos to win. let's get to the weather now. enough about the dress, take a look at snowfall we've had so far this season. november and december, pretty snowy. 11.3 inches that brings us to 22.6 as of now. by the end of january, we should have closer to 27 inches. that's what the average is. of course we're just starting off the month, we haven't seen any snowfall so far that could change by the end of the week. the temperature at dia, 20 degrees. it feels like 9 though when you factor in the southwesterly winds out here in the backyard, our temperatures are coming in at 21. let's check the weather across the state starting off with northern colorado where we've got teens in fort collins and

we have temperatures out in the plains in the teens and even in the 20s. high country temperatures are in the teens and single digits it's just all over the map really literally all over the map. but gunnison, check out where they're at. they're at 18 below zero. yesterday, around this time, they were at 33 below zero: so we're going to see some improvement in some of our mountain valleys and still going to be a cold day but not as cold as what it has been. the highs for today in the high country 30s in the forecast. maybe even some teens in some of the mountain valleys. lower elevations 40s. and even 30s up towards greeley and sterling. very dry forecast in store for you for the next 24 hours. so wherever you're headed across colorado you should be okay. here's the clock at 3:00 p.m. and notice how we'll still have mostly sunny skies so if you're in the field at sports authority that weather should be bright and sunny. on the east side need the sunglasses and out to the

high clouds today mainly in the high country. tonight in the city, skies turn partly cloudy. and then tomorrow morning, we're starting off the workweek with a mix of sun and clouds. but very dry forecast for us in the next 24 hours. tonight, skies will be partly cloudy and 16 is going to be the overnight low. more teens overnight for lower elevations. if your kids have to go to school tomorrow morning, it's going to be a cold start. and in the high country some single digits still possible in the mountain valleys. monday and tuesday, even wednesday, still dry here in the metro area. but monday into tuesday, we'll see a system dropping in the high country bringing some snow especially off towards the san juans but notice that here in the city it stays dry, what we'll have is an increase of clouds. wednesday a high of 45-degrees and then on thursday, we'll have another little disturbance arrive bringing in some cooler air. the high of 35 degrees. that will bring us a chance for some snow. and then on friday the high of 32 degrees with flurries also in the forecast. that is stock show weather right there.

and just in time next weekend, is the official start of the stock show. so 9news is the sponsor that will be out there. >> just so fun. >> you're joining me again right? >> yeah. >> can you hop out of a barrel again? >> we had the rodeo clowns. >> polish your boots and get the boots ready. >> thanks belen. the cold snap also means a drawback in blood donors, donations can drop as much as 20% during winter months mostly because of wick or illnesses like the -- weather conditions or illnesses like the cold and flu. bonifaces is working to get people pumped up about giving blood and there's some pokes. giving vouchers for a free pint of beer or soda including rock bottom restaurant and brewery or old chicago pizza and also free shirts and to top it off donors will be entered in a drawing to win a free trip to cancun. the drive starts today and ends on january 31st.

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welcome back. it's time for proctor's garden. good morning rob. >> hi. >> so to do we're talk about -- today we're talking about thousand salvage the plants that were dead from last year. >> not exactly. >> that's what we said in the tease. why don't you tell us what we said? >> do-over. the cuttings that you took last fall is what we're talking about. before it froze. >> okay. >> have been in jars on the window sill. and see they've got roots. and so we're going to pot them up. and we're going to have brand new free plants. >> cool. >> so we've got blood leaves both of you just take out your whole -- and see all the roots? now you need to separate them. >> how do you do that? >> well take them all out. yeah, yeah that's fine.

them as good as possible. and then -- >> one per pot? >> yes, what we're going to do is just take the fingers and work all the way down and make a nice hole for one. put them right there. yes. no, make the hole first. >> well, i did. i did. you missed it. >> oh okay. >> rob, okay? glen i don't have got the idea. -- then you've got the idea. then we firm it in right. then because they've -- we don't want just a single stem. we want them to branch. so we're going to go ahead and take out the growth tip and sometimes that's just the first two leaves. but that one is already pretty tall. we're going to take it all the way down there. okay? and so we're going to have this whole section of brand new plants. now these will go back into a sunny window sill. and they may need to be repotted again as -- as -- >> once they grow a little bit? >> once they grow a little bit more. then of course we have the perfect jessica plant. these are -- airplane plants. >> oh. >> these are just ones that my

sorry -- as a big hanging basket with all the -- with all the airplanes hanging down. well, these are just ones that my cats knocked off and look at how they have rooted. they are just ready -- they are hungry for soil. and you would do exactly the same thing. in fact we're going to send these home with you because they don't care -- no they won't. >> okay. >> and they won't -- they don't care if you don't water them. they don't care if you water them too much. >> really? >> they don't care if they have bright light but these are great because you can just keep populating your house and then i use these a lot as filler in shady containers: you know just poke them in so you have a nice full lush look. so we're going to have a whole plants. >> you know what rob? i haven't been making the hole. just been plotting them in there and setting them down.

>> that is not ideal. i should have used a deeper possibility because see how much rot is still hanging out? kind of poke that down there a little bit. >> put the soil on top the roofs and -- top of the roots and just tap it down. >> you have a messy afternoon plants. >> cool. >> that's true and that are low mind. >> the blood leaves, this is the red version and this is the green version. >> the red version is stunning. >> it really is. these don't care whether they're in sun or shade. they're the best filler you can have in your pots, to build a whole combination arnold. so there you go. -- around. and so there you go. by may you will just have so many plants you don't know what to do with them. going to eat those. >> i don't promise but they >> might kind of snack them around a little bit. >> once they have all the airplane plants hanging off of them. >> a lot to go over and we have the tips posted on 9news.com. thank you so much for joining

good morning. jerome mcginnless spent 16 seasons in calgary and scored 525 goals and then scored another 74 three other places, quick math carry the one. that's 599 goals. and number 600 is special. in fact, only 18 players including joe sakic have reached that milestone. and just how fitting would it be to happen last night? after all the new team was playing against the old team. flames in town but he didn't score a goal. and his former team did. scored four. flames win, final was 4-0. staying on the ice, college

irish won the first one but not the second. game ended in a tie. actually it was a shootout win for du. but the shootout win doesn't count. game goes down as a 2-2 tie. the nuggets looking to do something that only milwaukee and dallas have done this season. that's beat golden state. the warriors arery lick douse, 30- ridiculous, 30-2. maybe not quite the juggernaut of 2016 or maybe they will be. this one was u. g. l. y. early. andre iguodala from steph curry for the game's first points. then the former nugget again in a giving mood. green the give me to put them up 21-2. the nuggets made a game of it they pulled within ten in the fourth and there is your final score. csu hoping to do better against boise state in basketball. than they did in football. and football the broncos won 41-

last night on the hardwood, it was still a loss, james webb there with the sick shot from under the basket. the broncos are both good and lucky. how did that go in? csu loses by four. 84-80. today of course we are all broncos all the time. so much on the line for denver. a win earns them at least a number two seed and a bye. a loss, well, we're not even going to go there. the broncos looking to sweep san diego this season. the denver d. took care of the chargers all by themselves in san diego. danny t. with the td and the bolts only had a field goal. a performance demarcus ware feels the best defense in the nfl can duplicate. >> i think anything is realistic. if you're going to have happen once it can happen again but the thing is you have to play the same way and you have to know you come with that tenacity in the game and you have to you know -- we can't make the big mistakes we had

fundamentally sound game. offense, defense and special teams. after a bunch of bowl blowouts finally a thriller, tcu down 31-0 at the half to oregon and they came back. triple overtime. in from 8 2-point conversion failed. ducks with a chance but couldn't convert. the oregon backup qb coming up empty too often including when it mattered most. tcu that is wins one for the record books. what a game. 47-41 the final. stay with us, 9news returns

the midwest overwhelmed by flooding over the holidays, the water is going down but clean- up and recovery is just beginning. iran dealing with threats of retaliation following the execution of a shiite cleric

a bizarre and rare sight in india. cats don't like water unless they're really big cats. >> 2016 hasn't been lucky for those who put down a couple bucks hoping to win the powerball jackpot. we're going to tell you how much money is on the line now and when the drawing next drawing will be. and coming up in the prep rally, we have the top nine teams from 2015 and we'll see if you agree with her. good morning, 8:30 on your sunday. let's get straight to our belen de leon in the weather center with our forecast. belen? warmup today. >> well highs are going to be in the 40s. highs are in the 40s today and in the next several days and then by the end of the weekend we're expecting to see the colder temperatures and even a chance for snow. but on this sunday, sunday, it's all about the broncos versus the chargers. doing some tailgating around 10:00 a.m., it's sweater weather i say. temperatures at 37-degrees with mostly sunny skies and those blue skies are going to take us all the way through kickoff. temperatures around noon 44. 45 by 2:00.

mentioning, you know, it's warm for -- january. because our average high is around 43 degrees. so 45 is going to put us above average so it's all relative of course. we're going to see the mostly sunny skies and just very light weather. calm afternoon in store for us across the front range. the temperatures this morning are starting off in the teens at northern colorado. we've already got some 20s around the metro area. finally getting out of those single digits in some parts of northeast colorado and a warmer day is in store for you. meanwhile, in the high country, where some warnings -- areas in our mountain valleys have struggled to get out of the subzero temperatures today. there's a possibility that kremmling, you could get into the single digits and even teens. so warmer air is going to work its way into the mountain valleys but again this is all relative because the temperatures are still going to be on the cold side. 40s will be in the forecast along i-25. 20s and 30s closer to the foothills. and we're just going to --

today temperatures will be the warmest closer to about 2:00 p.m. and then this evening skies will turn partly cloudy. now when do those 30s return? it's going to happen this workweek. what day? i'll let you know in a few. right now look at the high country traffic. tracey anthony. you're united in orange girl. i know i had to jump in on this orange dress bandwagon. so i'm -- pretty excited to be in my orange dress and hopefully we keep winning so i can keep wearing it. but today, we do have a couple issues heading out on i-70, this accident actually eastbound i-70 in floyd hill. but as you can see i'm going to step out so you can see that web cam in full. they closed down a section of eastbound i-70 due to the sun glare. so when you have those emergency vehicles kind of coming to pick up an accident, they don't want more accidents occurring because visibility difficult. so kind of keep that in mind if denver. but if you're heading westbound this morning, your drive times still right around 40, 45 minutes and can't complain there. is.

much longer. you may run into a little traffic if you're heading eastbound. really not doing a whole lot to the drive times and drive times eastbound 51 minutes and once this accident gets cleared up we'll see eastbound reopen again and it should be smooth sailing until we see the influx of travelers really trying to head back into denver. you know that holiday weekend lots of people going out to the mountains and now we have to home. >> tracey you were saying they may come back earlier today to catch the game. >> we could see the traffic really picking up late morning into early afternoon. all the more reason to pay attention to the mountain travel raid yes every weekend. for peak travel conditions stream oat off of the cdot website or the app. cdot expects mountain traffic to be pretty bad heading back today which means drivers who use that new toll lane we've told you about may be in for higher rates. weekend saw a lot of people heading up to the high country

resorts in summit county say they have seen more than 10,000 skiers a day. toll lane fees have overred right -- hovered right between $3, $5 the past couple of weeks but could jump to as much as $30 depending on that traffic. parts of the midwest were slammed with deadly and severe weather this week. while the flooding is easing up there are new concerns surfacing about what's to come. from illinois to alabama, the death toll is now up to 24 with four people still missing. 9news reporter vida urbonas has more on that damage. >> reporter: flood waters reveing new damage. it's believed 150 properties in swamped. some won't even have a home or a roof. the water is ramly moving downstream -- rapidly moving downstream hopping 11 levies that have failed. in illinois there have been at least nine confirmed deaths and that number is expected to rise. the governor there toured the flood ravaged areas yesterday as the record high water levels start to recede.

destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and displaced thousands of people. the governor said he declared a state of emergency and is asking for federal assistance. >> this is different having a flood in the winter. almost never happens. having a flood in the winter when it's 30 degrees, very different than -- than when it's 80 degrees in june. and big risk of hypothermia. >> reporter: vida urbonas, 9news. meanwhile, cities along the mississippi river south of missouri are watching and preparing as the flooding heads downstream. crest in vicksburg, mississippi until mid month and forecasters think it will crest at 54 feet. vicksburg flooded in 2011 when it rose to that amount. on to world news now, the manhunt continues in israel for an arab wanted for a stabbing in tel-aviv. the killer has been identified mel hem. he a-- nasha'at melhem.

cover and also shows the killer calmly walking down the street store before firing more than 15 rounds. the suspect's brother has been arrested and and his own dad alerted police saying his son was mentally unstable. in iran, saudi embassy was packed with protesters who are enraged. nimr al-nimr was one of 47 prisoners convicted on terrorism charges. shiite leaders across the mideast are now swiftly condemning saudi arabia and warning there could be retaliation. the ski resorts in the french and italian apples have been slow this winter but it snowed for the first time on christmas. skier hit the slopes at this french resort and some waited for a week gunfire that snow. others left without seeing any fresh powder. the strange sights in the arabian sea. off of india's coast. local fishermen spotted that is

rock and then -- dives into the sea. yesterday. spectators gathered around to watch. a reseek teem was table to safely -- rescue team was able to lit it from the water. officials say that lion will be under supervision for the same being and after proper treatment it will be released back into the wild. look at all the people checking it out there. locals say the lion must have strayed into the port area from a nearby national park. >> i can't imagine my cat trying to swim like that. so miserable. in northern china pigs on the loose shut down this highway around 100 pigs were on the truck when it overturned. most of the animals survived but police had a tough time not to mention of course this caused quite the backup. wet roads and low visibility may have played a role in that accident. the family of a missing 3- year-old in new mexico is relieved this morning after the little girl has been found. the man is accused of -- a man is accused of stealing a car with a little girl caroline strapped inside. officers found the vehicle but caroline was gone. this sparked an intense search. officers later found that

lot and she was cold and scared but otherwise okay. authorities are now checking her injuries before reuniting caroline with her mom and still looking for that suspect. in pennsylvania, a desperate two day search for a 35-year-old boy with autism has ended. late yesterday afternoon officials confirmed they found his body in nearby canal. sevenners combed through neighborhoods and woods. with more than 20 k-9 units and almost 100 officers and volunteers. the search refounds the little boy's red tablet by the canal which the boy had with them when he left the family new year's eve party. did you buy your lottery ticket? >> i have plans to, because it's so big. >> yes. so much at stake. lottery officials say there was no grand prize winner in the first powerball drawing of the year. that also offers one of the biggest prizes in the game'sstry. >> the jackpot last night had grown to $334 million. the 12th largest in powerball history.

winner would have been $205 million. the last time the prize was close to that amount was in march of 2013. the next drawing will be held on wednesday. so to see if you won a smaller prize, the numbers are -- >> it's a dollar a dream right? you get to at least think about it for a little while. the possibilities may be minute but hey it could happen right? >> that's right. buy us more vacation time. >> a lot more vacation time. taylor teem bring in with sports. and it gave us a chance to reflect on the past year and the top teams we covered. those results are coming up

good morning everyone. happy sunday. after a nice two week winter break, prep sports are back in session. some huge games involving top ten teams started things up on saturday. thunder ridge not taking it easy after the holidays as they hosted denver east. early in the first, dayton jennings feeds harrell for the easy lay-in. 's is up early but -- east is

would battle back. east led by only three after one quarter. in the second though, east started to pull away. jennings leading the break and he'll feed joseph abea for the basket and the fall. heed a -- foul. he had nine. then the angels went to the boards off the miss, he comes find jack busmelter, and also had 19 points and denver east wins this one 63-59 your final. over on the ice, the defending state champs cherry creek looking to improve to 6-0 as they played host to paulmer on saturday. the bruins stormed back and mcdoak scores the shorthanded goal. the game tied at one. then haiyan heck lights the lamp now 2-1 creek. gates blatter makes it 3-1 and cherry creek actually scored nine unanswered goals and serve different players scored for the bruins including this one from jacob harding. creek wins this one 9-2. there's no question there are some dominating programs in

over the past 12 months, some legacies continued to grow. while others blossomed for the very first time. to ring in the new year, we decided to ring the top nine prep teams of 2015. a big cheer for number nine. held its own. number eight, brook field boys' soccer. they won 18 games this season. classification in 2014. number seven is mountain vista boys' cross-country. times in a row. together they strove to the finish line 25 seconds faster than the closest competitor at state this year.

soccer team is number six. the sun devils put up 79 goals on their opponents this season. and recorded shut-outs for their last seven games. to top it all off they took home hardware for the second straight time. number five. they finished 23-1 is and took home another state trophy in the fall. they are the fourth team of 2015. they were a perfect 13-0 on the season. and avenged they are loss last year in the championship game for the 1a football title. gymnastics broke a 17-year-old state record for team points to earn our number three spot and their school's first state title physical girls. -- for girls. the panthers were led by the sophomore who earned the around honors. volleyball. the preds were three-peat champs in 3 a and were undefeated all season losing just four sets all year long. >> i thought it was possible.

team. academy field hockey. you'd have to dig long and hard loss. 287 goals to their opponents' 31 adds up to four undefeated seasons and four state win colorado academy. your top team of 2015. you can see all these teams as interviews if all the games we've -- from all the games we've covered this year and last posted online. just go to 9news.com/hss. guys i think i can defend all of those teams. but i know there will be some people saying hey, what about ours? >> i'm sure they get a call too. but yeah that's all you can do. that number one team, they earned it. i mean the haydies killed it this year. >> how can you beat four undefeated seasons and four state titles? >> that will do it. thanks taylor appreciate it. the broncos take on the san

winning important for the playoffs.

welcome back, chargers visiting from sunny san diego today to take on the broncos in the last game of the regular season. kickoff at sports authority field at mile high 2 drank 25 today. >> our "game day live" co-hosts mike klis and rod mackey are here with the game day preview. >> a 4-11 team that's coming into broncos' home territory but still stay up on the game. >> absolutely and in fact after the bengals game, as much as the fans were celebrating, it was interesting in the locker room. because there was that brief celebration and they turned that photos pretty quick to -- focus pretty quick to san diego. >> they have a lot to lose and a lot to gain. no other team has such a variance where they can have the number one seed or the number six seeds. root for the miami dolphins against the new england

take care of business against rod, we've seen the broncos lose this type of game before. in '08 they lost to the buffalo bills the lowly bills. or they would have won the afc west. and then in '06, it was against the san francisco 49ers. so -- those other teams, even though they seemed to have nothing to play for, generally speaking they show up. >> one thing this team has that the '06 and '08 team didn't have is an absolute juggernaut defense, perhaps the best that they've ever had and they can really cement that with a good performance like they did last time. san diego last time they only allowed a field goal. >> it's the best in the national football league. and i guess for the broncos, it would be fitting if they do put their stamp on it today. you're right. only three points against san diego the last time. no points in the second half. and that game was there for get anything going. >> and the denver d. scored a touchdown in that one. which -- you know today kind of won it all by themselves.

always is when you're flaying phil -- playing phillip rivers is to get pressure on him. except like a lot of quarterbacks, he's not good at all when there's pressure on him. they got pressure on him last time. four sacks and von miller got two. they have to repeat that. the san diego chargers have a beat up offensive line. orlando franklin the broncos' old fan -- old friend i should say, he's out with a concussion. and then the chargers on the back end of their secondary, they played a receiver back there last game. so they're beat up. there's no excuse for the broncos today. >> you mentioned quarterback, you mentioned rivers, the other quarterback in the spotlight today? well, there's two. brock osweiler making his sixth start and peyton manning, as a backup for the very first time. that is something we will talk about with dave logan coming up tonight or coming up this morning on "game day live" and we'll talk about it tonight as well. >> talk about it all day. >> so many shows, guys we'll send it back to you. >> we know you will be busy today. thanks appreciate it guys. a check of the forecast now, billion dollars billion

de leon in the weather center. belen temperatures much better today than the last game. >> let's get to the game day forecast because on monday when the broncos took on the bengals the temperatures were in the teens at kickoff. this time around i'm going to help you guys out and temperatures in the mid 40s and comfortable for the players and also the fans. under mostly sunny skies and towards the end of the game temperatures around 37 degrees, take the sweaters with you. you're going to need them headed home. throughout the day enjoy that sunshine. temperatures will be their warmest around 2:30 and as we head into this evening, those clouds are going to increase. not a cloud in the sky right now as we look over the city. but it is chilly. temperatures at 20 degrees in the mile-high city. we are in the single digits up towards greeley and sterling 12. in the high country, a few spots still have those subzero temperatures. now the good news for some of our mountain valleys is that the temperatures are not going to be as cold as what they have been in previous mornings. i mean, gunnison, you're at 18 below. yep that's cold. but yesterday morning, you were

so we are improving some but it's still going to be a cold day. that's where we're at right now. let's fast forward to this afternoon. temperatures in northern colorado in the 40s. 30s up towards greeley and sterling. out towards the eastern plains in the 40s. southern wyoming i'm not forgetting about you. 32 degrees the panhandle of nebraska also in the 30s. high country temperatures in the 30s and 40s but just a beautiful day if you are going to take some turns in some of the ski resorts or do some know mobiling -- snowmobiling. the travel across the state should be just fine. we'll have more clouds in the high country through the afternoon and then the clouds increase in the city overnight. that's going to take us through tomorrow morning as you're starting off your workweek. partly cloudy skies. it is an excellent night after the broncos' game is done, turn off the tv. grab the kiddos and head on over to the denver zoo. the zoo lights will be happening for the last night tonight starts at 5:30 and ends at 9:00 p.m. that's just perfect weather for hot cocoa and making henrys. 37 degrees -- memories, 37

event and 26 by the ends. 16 will be the overnight low with partly cloudy skies. and then that planning forecast shows that very calm quiet weather will continue for the front range all the way through wednesday. monday evening into tuesday, we'll get a chance for snow in the high country. juans. that's just going to bring? some high clouds for us -- in some high clouds for us, i'm watching what's happening towards the end of the week on thursday. temperatures. and a better chance for some snow that colder weather will take us all the way through the weekend. ryan, are you ready? that's stock show weather. i think by next saturday, you and i are going to be out there with our boots and our cowboy gear. >> and a jacket or two. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> thanks belen.

recapping the top stories for you this morning. and ohmablewood police say -- englewood police say six businesses were burglarized. they occurred along south broadway and stores like star bucks and the copper pot restaurant were hit. they are not releasing suspect information right now. also this morning, we are waiting for an update on the scary injury last night involving nuggettings' player -- nuggets' player kenneth fareed. after pan apparent neck injury. he took an elbow to the back of the neck while jostling for a rebound late in the game against the golden state warriors and immediately reached to kind of rub the back of his neck and then he was

while medics helped him out. our partners at "usa today" sports report that fareed was taken to the hospital for precautionary x-rays, he gay a thumbs up and officials say he did have feeling in his hands and feet. so that's a really good sign. no word on a timetable for a return. i was going to say when you saw that picture of him being carried away on a stretcher but so encouraging. >> great sign, no timetable for when he's coming back but he's at least having feeling in his hands and feet. huge great sign when you have a neck injury like that no doubt. all right, as far as the weather story goes, our weather is just really quiet for the next several days. and we're hope -- we're grateful for that aren't we? as people are headed back to work this week. it will be on thursday and friday when we see that chance for colder temperatures and also snow return back in the forecast. so enjoy the 40s while we got them. lots of sunshine for today. great weather for the tailgating. and also for the broncos -- >> oh right. >> the game forecast will -- will see the temperatures in the mid 40s by kickoff.