let's go, we are super bowl bound, denver broncos take down the patriots and get ready to take down the carolina panthers. one of the most loved moments happened off the field, the world got a unique look at job, dad. big money, big crowds at this year's national western stock show. we are tallying all the numbers and what it mean for the city coming up. good morning, meteorologist, marty coniglio, traffic reporter, amelia earhart joining us this morning. we will see snow but not enough for it to stick around. pockets here and there. we were at the stock show saturday morning, it was pretty fun. around here today, the small areas of flurrys over the front range, metro area, they will go a little bit this morning, and again this afternoon, foothills areas could see quarter, half inch of snow, the rest of us, i don't think see much measurable.

measurable snow, albert county during the course of the morning, we have light snow going on highway 86. winter weather advisories through the monning in the northern and season trail mountains and 1-3 inches of snow today, moderate snow going on western nebraska, 2-4 inches new snow for us, periods of couple of little snow flakes here and there, you will see some sun, it will be obscured by clouds at times during the day. we can hit 40 today. it gets much warmer through the early part of this week, we start heading in to the 50s around here. flurries, it has been a relatively dry start. mountain areas, seeing good bit morning. >> we have, really, beautiful start across our cameras at the eisenhower johnson tunnel. we anticipate the delays on top, being icy comawt across

need to have an all wheel drive vehicle or snow tires. u.s. 6 is closed over loveland pass, means hazmat trucks pass through the tunnel at the top of each hour which can cause extra 10- 15 minute delays. expect a 5 minute commute to i- 225, doesn't get better than that. a minor problem to the east side popped up. a crash on the side streets at buckly and harvard. because of the light volume , the delays are light as well. back home, hi, mom. you will be there. >> mom is going to be there and the confetti was flying , the celebrations were awesome. you felt happy for the players and the team. fans, your champions shutdown

nerve racking but great. >> the game came down to the last 15 seconds. brady threw a touchdown and the patriots decided to get a two- point conversion to tie up the game. thanks to a bronco tipping the ball, brad diintercepted brady's pass, preventing the game from being tied and the broncos knew they won, 20-18, they are headed to the super bowl, tarhonda thomas has been following the game, the game >> yeah. the last 15 seconds i tweeted my son was so nervous, he was pull mig hair. happy at the end. you are didn't see much complaining on twitter during the game and after the game, sheer joy. the lucky thousands to got to be inside say it was more on tv. >> everybody was on their feet pretty much every play, whether it was broncos possession or patriots, we were cheering,

>> it was so fun. it was out of control. it was fop and it was worth it and a win and we will take it. >> my head hurts so bad i yelled to much the whole game. headache. living room. broncos fans are pretty happy this morning to. prove you are a real fan, you got to wear the afc championship gear. gary is ahead of us. the shirts and hats have been printed, all der never area sports authorities will open at 6:00 this morning, so you can get your hands on them early. we will get a live shot at one of those stories coming up later on this morning, too. >> they look good. the hats look really good. that's real hardware on the front. >> on the back they have a super bowl 50 symbol. >> you did you get you hands on them so early? >> we have connections. >> we have people. we have peeps. >> awesome. >> stayed up a all night

we have a lot of broncos coverage for you on 9 news.com, the most popular story came from the post game news conference. peyton manning was at the podium and had to pause for a moment to be a dad. >> the 12-yard run that led to -- get under here. >> hide under here. >> he is talking about his 4 yield son, marshal, he was with dad hanging out for the news conference he is a bit shy and stood quietly wearing his afc championship hat while his dad answered questions from the media. >> so sweet. adorable. here is a look at who will be playing in the super bowl 50, the carolina panthers gave the arizona cardinals a beating. cam newton throws a ball to a 86-yard touchdown. then in the second quarter, the

turnover for another touchdown. halftime has carolina up 24-7, takes until the fourth quarter for the cardinals to score again, but it just isn't enough to keep up the game ends with carolina winning 49-15. news station tweeted outbreaking news, panthers win. i was like , we knew that an hour ago. up. yesterday. >> the broncos have 13 days to prepare for super bowl 50 to play the panthers, sunday california. francisco. the super bowl experience is like a bucket list trip for a lot of people. tickets cost fans hundreds of dollars, ticks to the super thousands, especially if you are not a season ticket holder. nfl ticket exchange and stub hub listing tickets from $4000

if you are a season ticketholder you are automatically edgable for a random -- eligible for a random drawing, you will have a chance to buy two tickets at a little bit lesser rate. little bit lesser. >> still very expensive. >> they go expensive, didn't they? it was an afternoon game. send us your pictures and we will share them throughout the day today and of course we will have it on social media for you. isn't that great? >> broncos cheerleader. love it. >> the cat does not look happy. >> just a little bit strange. happening today, evergreen man will be in court today. leland attacked his wife at their home last may after she

attorney with her mother. he is held on 250,000 dollars bond. deputies are looking for a man who was involved in a craigslist deal that turned deadly in littleton, a man posted items for sale on craigslist when two men posing as buyers showed up at the house and deputies say the two men tried to rob the home on south taft court. the sheriff's office says the homeowner was tied up, but managed to break free and confronted the suspects with a gun. one man was shot while driving away, lost control of the car and crashed in to another home, he died a short time later. the second man got away. he is likely driving a gold mustang and it may have bullet holes in the side of the car. snow this morning, in the beaver creek area, 7 inches of snow with new snow on the way. they will get another inch or two during the course of the day today. cloudy conditions over eastern colorado, that kept

the 20s and low 30s this morning. we continue to have light snow reported in grand county up and around meeker, we will see light snow. craig reporting light snow at the present time. for us, clouds, temperatures hovering right in the low 30s this morning. you may see a couple of snow flakes every now and again. that's true during the monning and afternoon today. can't see much accumulating down here at lower terrain in the foothills, southern jeffco, might see quarter to a half inch later in the day. not a bad looking way to get back in to work. we will be melting snow even in the hard to reach shady spots around your place. in money news, zillow will do a lot of hiring in town, they plan to add 150 new positions to the existing operations in centennial, making denver the company's second biggest employment hub outside of seattle.

operations when it bout out trulia for 2.5 billion dollars last year. sile low presenting rent hikes, going up 4% this year, to a median monthly average of $2000. it was over 1900 bucks a at the end of last year. the percentage jump is expected to be only half what we saw in 2015. people are back to buying bigger and expensive homes. the national association of hold builders says the average size rose to 2700 square feet from 2660 the year prior. almost half of new homes built had more than four bedrooms and garages with room for more than there you go. >> big ser better for some. >> i guess so. the national western stock show is over, but wither are getting some good news about this year's event. >> it's hard to see the future farmers of america kids part

they were sold for a record amount and they were crying tears of joy because their college is all paid for.

the average price of gasoline plunged $0.14 over the past couple of weeks. the average price nationwide is coming in at a buck 91 a gallon, lowest in 7 years. lundburg says the drop may end as crude prices are going up a little bit. 110th national western stock show is in the record book, all done. by all counts, it was a huge success, more than 686,000 visitors, came out to see the show, that beats 2015's attendance and ties for a second highest on record. good weather and a strong economy couple of the reasons for the success. congratulations to them and congratulations to the junior life stock auction, a huge

animals sold for all time record of $412,000 combined. grand champion steer went for 117 grand. the grand champion goat sold for record breaking $40,000, more than double last year's winning bid. the money raised that night friday night, all helps kids with a college education. cathy and i were out there and john, the auctioneer, his 13th year of being the auctioneer, he was amazing. we were sitting there, normally the bidding does not last as long as it did. there were bidding wars from all over the arena. we went a few minutes over. 7 minutes. >> that steer? >> $117,000. >> do they ever cry after? >> they all cry. they are all very emotional. >> that would be hard. >> it's a huge night for them. one of them was following in his dad's foot steps, showing his reserve champion steer.

>> well, it's more happy than anything. because they know the money they get will pay for their college. that's really cool. >> big deal. >> congratulations to everybody. greg, thanks, good job. 5:44 right now, when we come back, we will look at the top stories you need to know before you head out. around here, a few pockets of flurries, i would characterize them as little more than that by 7:00 tonight, that goes south, literally, down to colorado springs and peblo. northern and central mountains, 1-3 inches additional snow. that's on top of the 2-7 inches we have already had, southern colorado this evening, we will see 2-4 inches of snow in the wet and sand graded mown tapes. amelia, this has been a easy going storm down here at lower terrain and the mountains still, piling up, decent snow around here. >> it's affecting the drive, chain laws are in effect, traction laws in effect. if you are waking up in denver,

we are seeing such a smooth start, even accident wise, checking out the speeds along southbound 25, 68 miles per hour, will be found around 12th, 65 near 112th and 55th approaching the 36 corridor. 76 and 8 a 5 to the north and east look good. here is your life view, aurora, the green wood village drive the looking great.

coming up today, democratic presidential candidates will have a final chance to talk about their platforms before voters in the iowa caucuses. hilary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley at a town hall at drake university in des moines, answering questions individually. the caucuses are february 1st. michigan's attorney general expected to give update on his investigation in to the flint water crisis.

contaminated with lead two years ago. it caused kids to have high lead levels in their bodies and a state of emergency has been declared. the attorney general is looking to see if any state laws were broken. the show host, jimmy fallon donated $10,000 put out a twitter for ten friends to match his donation. in the last ten minutes, delaware's governor lifted the state of emergency so employees will report to work today. huge construction vehicles are helping clear out the snow from new york city streets as others maybe enjoy sledding. the weekend blizzard left many people stuck as clean up efforts get in to full swing. plows need to work in full force. during the weekend blizzard, the tables were turned, people in fairfax county virginia showed up to dig out a stuck fire truck. with all of their help, the truck got back on its way pretty quickly.

the national zoo. this video is the biggest winner of the snowstorm videos, 19 year old panda at the smithsonian national zoo, loves playing in the snow. he rolled around and made a couple of snow angels. >> panda angels. came down the hill. checked out his foot. he is having a good ole time. >> throwing it all over his head. >> that video is awesome. >> best thing i have seen today. . light snow around here. good snow in mountain areas, ski resorts reporting between 2- 7 inches of snow, with another 1-2 to go. light snow pockets of flurrys around the front range and northeast colorado. after we get the backside of the system to move out, we have a couple of days of warm, dry air, to move in here, and take us in to the weekend. as the jet shifts this week, it is going to bring in a lot of

of the pacific and right on in to colorado. it's going to be warm finish to the week after really light pockets of snow. 20s, 30s here. mountain areas, typical temperatures in the singles and low teens. we may get clearing at times during the day, which may have you thinking all done. then it will cloud up later in the afternoon, give you a little snow showers, especially during the evening commute, still can't see much accumulation here, a quarter to half an inch possible in the foothill, especially south of i- 70 today. 20s, 30s in the foothills, mid 30s to low 40s, up and down i- 25. statewide, inch or two 2-4 for the wet and san grade crystal mountain, mid 40s south. and west. couple of flurrys here and

a couple of shots of sun, high near 40, gusty north wind. tonight wind dies down, partly cloudy, 14 degrees, cool tomorrow, but dry, then warm, i was talking about the ridge moving in, it's going to move in and take over the whole deal, and give us dry weather, right on in to the weekend. there has been a lot of flight cancellations out east because of the storm. anybody traveling out shouldn't have problems getting to dia today. if you are in the security line, next to a patriot's fan, be nice. you are not going to have to stay there very long. 10- 15 minutes across the different lines at the airport. parking areas have open spots. with the delays, fly denver.com is the best place to get the updates throughout the day. they update them every couple of minutes. metro drive, waking up in golden and lakewood, 6th

linking up with 25, no major construction and a dry start and here across the metro, 270 is beautiful, 70, wide open across the mouse trap. 25 looks great central corridor and c470, an easy 15 minute ride. transitioning towards i-25. we are off to a good monday start. so much green, it's nice to see. >> generally when you think of upgrading something in your car it seems light it can cost you a lot of money, mat granite will show you how to do it for a more our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn' t need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step on the journey. will you be ready when

sing along with the broncos fans. 9 news cartoontist was drawing. a horse labeled broncos defense, stamping the patriots qb, tom brady and coach bill belichick to the wall with his hoof. it's titled stick kicking. all right. this morning's sports authority and dicks sporting goods are opening early to get your afc championship gear before work. this is a live look at the sports authority store in glendale. they have a lot of shirts, a lot of ball caps there, just a few minutes they are going to open up at 6:00 this morning, so you can get all your schwag ahead of the workday.

a little bit early, tooing today. check that out. it was an afternoon game of course, which meant plenty of time to celebrate in to the evening. we would love to see your celebrations, use the hash tag, we are broncos. send us pictures of what you did after the game. super bowl bond, we are getting so many. lots of people. >> that's madison's first soup super bowl experience. >> we are breaking down the broncos afc championship game performance with analyst, ron zappolo, he walked in, coming up, we will get to chat with hum about the game and looking ahead. >> i'm curious to talk to him about the cam newton, peyton manning match up there. 9news 6:00 a.m.