rushed him to denver help. police arrested the attacker. police believe the attack was random. >> it was very unusual, a very surreal experience without getting into denver police's investigation, probably the scariest thing was being restrained while it was going on. >> rodriguez will appear in court tomorrow morning. she has a lengthy criminal several assaults. prosecutors have filed charges in a new year's day murder in denver. police found the body of tiadero leon the morning of january 1st. police arrested calvin johnson as a suspect and did arrest him. he is charged with one count of first degree murder. there are charges against a reported white supremacist gang member questioned in the murder of colorado's prison chief, and may have been

he came to court to be formally charged for a shootout with police who were responding to a burglary. he is being held on $1 million bond and is recovering from a gunshot wound. he's better than in and out of jail for more than 15 years and has threatened prison staff. the sex offender who sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl in the tunnels of a chuck e. cheese in engelwood has been sentenced to the max, 18 years. he was on the registry before the incident. he was prohibited from having contact with children. a candle light vigil near colorado springs will honor one of the 12 marines missing after two helicopters went down off the coast of hawaii. the coast guard suspended its search for the marines yesterday, their mission now being called recovery and salvage.

crews have found wreckage but no sign of the marines. tonight's vigil will honor sergeant jeffrey simper. . his mother is holding out hope that her son is still alive. >> i don't believe that he's gone yet. i still feel that there's a chance. there has to be a chance. >> allen plans to attend tonight's vigil at the american legion post in fountain. i've been breaking colorado law! so is brandon. we're home brewers when he have unknowingly violated a state law that legislators say is outdated. in this high rent location near downtown denver, you'll find one. colorado's newest home brew stores. it made sense to open up shop here because this hobby is booming!

customers about 30% of them come in not knowing anything. >> reporter: more people care about their ingredients and finding new tastes like meskweet grain. >> -- mesquite grain. >> it tastes like barbecue. >> huh! does that come through in the beer? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: it's also a hobby built around sharing. >> i think it's the social aspect is a big part of it. i started with friends. i've always brewed with people. i've rarely brewed by myself. >> reporter: if you open the law book, in colorado home brew is meant to be done alone. >> the only person that can home brew at home is the head of family. >> reporter: if you read the law, you'll see it confines home brewing to a head of a family, to be brewed only for family use. >> could single people home brew legally? >> well! i don't know.

from 1971. a strict reading of the law means couples can't brew together, and don't even think about sharing a bottle with your friends! lawmakers from both parties signed onto a bill that would change the old wording and simply allow documents of legal age to home brew. supporters of the change admit the old language isn't actually causing trouble. >> have you ever had a customer come in and say they got busted for brewing with another family member? >> no. never. >> reporter: but much like this beer, in the law, clarity and smoothness can be virtues. house bill 1084 with its new wording gets the first public hearing thursday. a proposed state law could expand pot sales and possibly allow public smoking at special events. the bill's sponsor, dominic moreno, a democrat who represents commerce city says his bill creates special use permits for marijuana much like alcohol permits.

sell marijuana at special events if they have permits approved by local governments. whether the buyer could consume it would be up to local jurisdictions. the bill limits who could sell marijuana. it would only be for companies that own lined stores. sellers would -- licensed stores. some broncos fans wear the love of their team on the sleeve. others prefer it closer to skin level. >> reporter: as the scissor hand design studio in north glen, pride takes center stage. >> everyone trusts coming in here, getting it done right. >> reporter: for owner tj mora -- >> i'm about to do a piece on him. >> reporter: it's pride in his work. >> i'll be mirror imaging, putting patriots versus broncos. >> reporter: and is for customers in the chair, it's pride in the broncos.

lining up for the chance to show their love for the orange and blue, going beyond the pale of typical gear and opting for statements a bit more personal. >> a work of art that the city loves and we love doing them. >> reporter: each day he and his crew clip and trip their way through some of the boldest statements in fan appreciation. >> just put our team into our hearts and souls and duplicate it on someone's head almost like a billboard. >> in is like bronco day. >> reporter: >> it's like your r you're a warrior out there, supporting your squad. >> reporter: supporting his squad in his own way. by the owned of the week, they will do more than 40 broncos haircuts.

>> my craft and my passion for the broncos. they're both. i love them both. >> very impressive. >> naturally i couldn't sit there without getting a haircut. >> here we go! [ laughter ] [ cheering and applause ] >> oh, yeah. >> i don't see any orange hair going. >> no, i couldn't go that far. and i want to say it's a pretty good thing that i plan on sticking in denver because i'm pretty sure i was just disowned by everyone in chicago. [ laughter ] >> that's great stuff. thank you, nick. still ahead, tom brady on baby! >> denver didn't just set a record at rocky mountain national park in 2015, they

hikers, bikers, and runners. waterton canyon will have some closures. the lower portion, the main entrance and parking lot will be closed mondays through saturdays. crews are doing repairs at the high canal diversion dam in the south plat. the other part will be open through the colorado trail. the entire canyon will be open on sundays. the closures begin february 2nd and are expected to last through may 15th. rockies set a yesterday last year. the -- set a record last year. that beat 2014, the previous

rocky mountain national park's centennial celebration contributed to the boost. they're also looking at lower gas prices as a driver as well as all the people who live along the front range. january is national blood donor month chosen because winter months are when blood centers across the country are in desperate need of donations. they're divided into blood types and separated into plasma and rode blood cells. once they're tested for diseases, they are distributed to someone in need. the process takes a minimum of 48 hours. >> you'd, surprised there's not a lot of people that know how important it is. they don't really think about it. not until someone in their family goes through it. >> it takes about 3,000 donations each week to meet the needs of patients in colorado. the v.a.'s eastern

received a state of the art piece of technology to help injured veterans walk. a nonprofit that provides advanced medical technology to vets donated an exoskeleton today. sergeant rose was kind enough to show us how it works. he lost all movement from the chest down in afghanistan and uses a wheelchair. but using the exoskeleton gave him the ability to walk in therapy. >> i felt the image and felt the sting. you kind of get used to sitting in that chair all the time. to be able to stand up and look across the room is probably the hugest impact it has. a powerful experience for the first time. >> researchers say they'll be able to use it there for therapy. the suit is adjusted to different patients. they'll also be conducting research on how the skeleton can provide research options

>> pretty incredible. danielle says it's possible we see snow for sunday's game. tom brady thinks that's unfair.

where that big storm is about to run through them. >> oh, yeah. >> and they've already canceled school for tomorrow. >> oh, my gosh. >> 3-6 inches, something like that. >> and where does she live? >> eastern tennessee in the appalachians. >> at least 6 inches i think! >> yeah! >> up toward dc, baltimore, possibly 2 feechlt a monster -- 2 feet. a monster storm in the east coast. the system they're gonna be dealing with, the one that's sitting in colorado as we speak. mainly up to the high country. a little blue sky, then the clouds picked up this afternoon as they draped across most of the city skyline. as far as the temperatures go, not too bad, a day in the 40s for a lot of folks who were cooling thing s off to -- who are cooling things off to the mid-30s right now . our temperature readings are just about 41. not too shabby. the winds have been gusty around here too as the storm

mountains for most of the day. it's still bringing us some gusty winds around the i-25 corridor, 24 in centennial, once you move up in elevation, loveland pass, 40 miles per hour speeds. we had one disturbance move through earlier this morning. that's into parts of kansas. a second system dropping in from the northwest already beginning to bring us some widespread snowfall to the south of i-70. things starting to wind down. we should have a little more moving in overnight. some snow coming in, and around the hog backs up to the foothills, and winter park, a little light snow coming down. to the south, east, monument hill, callahan picking up on some light snow. and we might have a couple of tonight. but i wouldn't bet on any accumulation. the accumulation is gonna be up in the high country. mountains.

continue until 5:00 tomorrow morning. elkhead mountains, the san juans as well with an additional 2-4. so we'll time that out for you. things remain relatively quiet around here. eastern colorado, not too bad. we'll wake up to a few clouds color morning. 7:00, 8:00, a little light snow in the mountains. everything winds down by the afternoon. this storm system packs its bags, and it's on the move to the east coast. by 3:00, 4:00, we'll have some clearing. temperatures still remain cool tomorrow, and the winds will still be breezy. the big warmup is friday into saturday as high pressure takes over. we're keeping our eyes on this system. it's gonna be bringing some possibly severe weather to parts of the south as it lifts further up to the north and east, we're talking about big- time winter weather. dc, baltimore, anticipating upwards of 2 feet of fresh evening.

storm out there. possibly some coastal flooding as well. temperatures in the teens and 20s for eastern colorado. cooler in the mountains with single digits. tonight cloudy and windy out here. maybe an isolated shower or two tomorrow, a few morning clouds. temperatures stay in the 30s. some spots climbing to the low 40s with a little more afternoon sunshine. 20s around the foothills, then that big warmup arrives friday. friday and saturday, low to mid- 50s. loads of sunshine. and the next storm system moves in right in time for the broncos game. peyton manning will be nervous when he takes the field on sunday. and is that's good. means he's alive. broncs began practicing today. manning played for the conference final four time, three super bowls, countless other big games.

>> it's normal, it's natural. if you don't have those it probably would mean that you didn't care that much or didn't care about the outcome. i think it's healthy to be excited and to have a lot of enthusiasm and have some juice in you. encourages us to have this week. and is it's important that we bring that to the practice sunday. the broncos hultsdz begins in justa -- huddle begins in just a few minutes. 30-24 in overtime. that was the score the last time the broncos played the patriots. a week 12 win in denver. that's why this game is in denver. the broncos have played the patriots a whole bunch. >> i feel like it's different every time. i don't know what to expect. >> how different this is team now ? >> the game is just gonna be

they have our guy, we have our guys. demarcus is gonna play, we got peyton back. it's gonna be a totally different game. >> reporter: sunday will be the fifth postseason match-up between these two juggernauts. denver leads the series 3-1. and all three of those wins were in denver. tonight's special guest is demaryius thomas. we'll see you tonight at 6:30. the broncos should have a sunday. [ laughter ] >> every time he speaks to a game official, all fans could stick binkies in their mouths and scream wam!! [ laughter ] >> they called you a cry baby, a whiner. i suspect you don't want to get into a shouting match. but maybe address the question of whether you work the refs more than some other refs in

>> i'm not sure. i'm not sure what other quarterbacks do. if the refs. to flow the flag, i love when they flow flags on the defenders. absolutely. that's just part of football. >> have you used anything that those guys said -- as motivation or told your players to ignore that stuff? >> we're focused on the wrofrngos and -- broncos and the game. the rest of it is a bunch of hot air. >> we asked drew litton if he thought brady was a cry baby. and is he gave us a glimpse into the future! checkers. [ laughter ] >> my bobl head has that on it, and we decide today to leave -- decided to leave it there until monday. [ laughter ] >> i know it's a diaper but all i see is white hammer pants.

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we might have a couple of light flurries out there. nothing too wild. temperatures cool tomorrow at 38. a big warmup on the way friday and saturday. it'll feel like spring. loads of sunshine out there. and the game on sunday, looks like mother nature will be bringing in another storm system. that one possibility arriving after the 2nd half. >> ooh. >> after the game. in the 2nd half? [ laughter ] >> in the 2nd half. >> oh! >> well! we should probably talk about