turned down super bowl tickets with the hopes he'll end up helping the team win. >> blood donors give a pint and get a pint. >> big cool down and then a big warmup on the way.

this time tomorrow tens of millions of people will be tuned in to super bowl l and today crews put the finishing touches on levi stadium. >> and we've been busy covering up the action. now that we're one day out all the fans have flooded to san francisco, and cheryl, you've been watching up with some of them. >> reporter: it's been so much fun. the excitement here at the broncos' team headquarters and also around the stadium has been contagious. no specific events today, but that didn't stop thousands who wanted to be part of it. some of the families we talked to who were the most excited to be here all the way from denver don't even have a ticket to the game. >> first super bowl, first airplane ride. go broncos! >> i'm here for the experience,

this is awesome. and the 50th golden anniversary, it's awesome the broncos made it. >> reporter: the families are so wonderful, they said they're happy to make the trip. they found a place to stay and can't wait to watch their team on the big screen. they want to support their team even though they won't be in the stadium, they say they wouldn't miss it. about a million meme expected to be here and most of them have arrived, most of them -- [inaudible] -- i think it would have been a good idea to you would have had full pads to navigate the crowd. >> reporter: that would have been great. or saddle up thunder. this crowd has gone bananas.

this super bowl, only 76,000 can fit in the stadium. that means about everybody else is here to have fun, celebrate, go to the rallies and be part of something special. san francisco might be the land of palm trees and bay bridges. but this week -- >> we're coming up here to be a part of the action. >> reporter: -- denver fans >> no. >> reporter: -- but still party. >> the environment is pretty neat, to be so close to it and not have to go to the super bowl is pretty neat. >> reporter: joining thousands of other bronco fans -- bronco family. >> reporter: -- might not be going to the game. >> couldn't afford the tickets.

the bus loads, transforming the city by the bay into bronco country. >> looking like bronco country in san francisco. >> reporter: and bringing all can handle. tomorrow, baby, let's go! >> reporter: taking part in a rally with denver broncos >> we're enjoying this. >> reporter: miles cortez, that >> like the mascot. >> reporter: who is planning on going to the game. >> we're going to the game tomorrow, but we'd be here otherwise. >> reporter: while matt watches his own way. after all, he's got a lot riding on the broncos. >> if the broncos win -- >> reporter: if that happens he gets naping rights of -- naming rights of their next child. >> in it's a boy, it's elway. >> now it's documented. >> reporter: that sounded like a great idea. we met another family who named

why not? i want to give everybody back at home an idea what it's like to walk on these streets of san francisco. it's just mayhem here. so many people in san francisco now. in fact, at super bowl city here last night at the one republic concert, there were so many people they had to shut the venue down and stop running cable cars because there were too many people on the street. so mark and christine, look at this, bronco fans there, i told you we'd run into somebody. where are you from? >> denver. >> reporter: denver. are you going to the game or just here to have fun? >> we're trying. >> we're trying. haven't bought them yet. haven't closed the deal yet. >> reporter: we're hearing that a lot. maybe they'll get tickets, maybe they won't. what they are going to do is have a great time in san francisco. >> love that. i feel like you and cheryl, when you showed up the party really showed up.

maybe a few people saw us on tv and booked their plane tickets after that. >> oh, yeah, the party follows behind you. thanks so much. so much fun out there. while northern california warms up we are cooling down. meteorologist danielle grant joins us in the weather center. pretty nice day today though. >> it was. nice to see sunshine. but this evening into tomorrow the wind will be kicking up. they already are. 50-mile-per-hour speeds aloss the loveland pass, berthoud pass. winds trickling down to the plains, 33-mile-per-hour in broom field. the winds will be with us throughout the remainder of this evening and tomorrow, with the worst in southern wyoming. high wind warnings into 11:00

at gusts 75 miles per hour for i-80 and i-25. now numbers relatively nice. 50 in boulder. 52 downtown denver. cooler to the east of i-25. greeley, sterling, akron, you are in the 30s now. we had a cloud deck shifting in. brief break of sunshine, and now all eyes to the north as this next wave pushes in. a live look in boulder, the flatirons covered in clouds, but still a nice afternoon. our storm system is further to the north into parts of the great plains and shifting to the east. if anything tomorrow, we'll be looking at increase to the clouds as well as some warm winds. gusty sunday on tap. we'll look ahead to the super bowl forecast, what are they going to be dealing with? it looks pretty good. around here, we'll be looking at a beautiful week next week.

spring. >> balmy, sunny in february? >> sounds south beach to mark koebrich. >> it will be good. we know the name of a snow biker killed in an avalanche yesterday on cottonwood path. 58-year-old ron broadbander was snowing alone and caught up. rescuers got to him too late. it's not clear what triggered the avalanche. so far this year there have deaths. it's been about two months since sergeant tony lopez, jr. was shot in denver. today little man ice cream held a blood drive in his honor. we caught up with his father. >> if you give away a pint of

back a pint of ice cream. >> no problem, thank you. >> reporter: not a bad tradeoff, considering what that blood can do. >> the more blood we have in save. >> reporter: katie doesn't know sergeant lopez, jr., but she remembers when he was shot. >> i was really surprised when it happened and that it was so close to home and someone got hurt. >> reporter: so she's doing her part to make sure those in desperate need of life's blood get it. >> they were not only giving blood transfusions, but manually pumping blood into him. he was losing blood. it scared us. probably the closest we've come to losing one of our kids. >> reporter: paramedics, doctors and lots of blood saved commander tony lopez, sr.'s son. >> he's good. tony, jr. is good. his spirits are bed. >> reporter: he goes to therapy four or five times a week, getting stronger with every session.

that age, how much i wanted to run hard and catch bad guys, >> reporter: he's chomping at the bit to be back in the community, a community doing this weekend. >> i've never seen an out pouring like this. >> it touches our hearts, my heart and the family. protect them. >> every single day somebody life. >> sergeant lopez, jr. and his wife are expecting a baby boy in may. to learn how you can donate, visit this story online at 9news.com. three notable members of the denver community were honored today. the denver public library handed out the awards, which recognized african-americans in our community.

kickoff for black history month. elle elaine neil, jara pulley and karen ash by were honored. neil worked as a probation officer for 18 years and said she tries to volunteer and help out whenever she can. >> i came up a little poor girl in the south, but one thing my parents taught me, always give back. no matter what you have, you can do something for somebody. >> neil has lived in denver the last 44 years. pulley was given the youth award for her accomplishments at grand view high school. ash by was inducted into the lawyers hall of fame for her work in the public defenders offices. one fan in september says he knew the broncos would be in

this was done far in advance. >> absolutely.

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the american gambling association predicts americans will bet $4.2 million on tomorrow's game and most will be wagered illegally. whether it's legal or not, winnings are considered taxable income. while some people don't know this, others choose to ignore it, since the irs is not aware of every single bet. a man in nedder land predicted the broncos would be at the super bowl and he did it in l.e.d. lights. david shortridge put this sign up on his fence the beginning of the season. >> reporter: a glance won't help you truly see. >> we could only find white l.e.d. lights, so we had to spray paint the orange lights for bronco and we had to spray paint the blue lights for super bowl. >> reporter: one quick look at the sign on his fence and you

and his neighbor put into it. make. >> reporter: or what david had to overcome to make it. >> his hands guided my blind hands and we shaped the letters. >> reporter: shortridge now 80, can only visualize what his work looks like. >> i can't even see anymore. entirely blind. but he doesn't need to see it. >> it's up for him. >> reporter: for him. shortridge's son gave up a career in california to move to care for his father, as a disease began to steal his father's vision. not long after that, sudden kidney failure stole his son. and cheering partner. >> sitting over in that couch, it was like we were in the cloud at the stadium.

hands up and would scream. >> reporter: the letters on this fence are more than a fan's encouragement to a team competing in a championship. they are a tribute. >> got a little bit emotional at one point. >> reporter: and they have allowed a blind man to see once more. >> as i'm putting this up, each letter goes up, i could see him. i could see him jumping up and down. i'm seeing david looking down on this and he's saying good job, dad. good job. >> very remarkable. david says andrew reminds him of his son. next year he hopes to add a bronco logo to the display. that's wonderful. we have seen a lot of die hard fans leading up to the super bowl. a woman in westminster may have been beat.

fan, but superstitious, which is why she close not to go to the super bowl. >> i went to every super bowl and they lost. then i made up my mind well, i think i'll stay home one time. i stayed home one time, they won. >> rob bysays she turned down a ticket to super bowl l because she doesn't want the team to lose. she showed us the memorabilia she's collected over the years, including several signed footballs and broncos marshmallows in her freezer, which she got when she went to see the team play in 1988 in the super bowl. >> born and raised here. i wouldn't care if they were the bronco beavers, i would still love them because they're colorado. colorado has to be proud of them. >> because she is watching the super bowl from her sofa, she is confident the team will win. >> all about that.

it works. >> i remember the marshmallows. they were everywhere. >> i love that. >> you would have loved it. the weekend. however, danielle says not for long. >> she'll tell us when we start seeing a warmup, plus our highs

here we are united in orange in colorado, and they're united in orange in northern california as well. we're getting so excited for the super bowl and the broncos will have so much sunshine on their backs for kickoff. temperatures in the low 70s out there, half time upper 60s. when things are winding down and hopefully they're bringing home a big win to denver, temperatures at 60. we'll see the 60s, it will take a few days. this is what we're dealing with. our live camera looking at downtown denver, it is wiggling out there in the wind. winds have picked up around the front range. foothills, high country, 50, 40 miles per hour speeds. pushing into the downtown area winds kicking up in the 9 back yard as well. farce us, our temperatures go, 47 degrees.

the airport, not too bad. they're at about 46. mostly cloudy skies out there. winds out of the west southwest at 16 miles per hour. but humidity is relatively low. that will change as we have a weak system pushing in from the north. you can see a cold front starts to dip right on into colorado overnight into tomorrow. meanwhile, most of the snow, energy, the rain is going to be pushing out across the upper midwest into minneapolis. high pressure anchored across the western side of the country and that will allow california to warm up quite a bit. around here it's been quiet. hd doppler 9 you'll notice not all that much. throughout this evening it's going to be same story. tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., might have butterflies, a couple of snow showers firing up in the northern mountains, but that's about it. the only thing you'll notice about this front, going to be the winds as well as slightly cooler temperatures. we'll have a few high level clouds shifting in, but that will be about it.

falling to the low 20s in the metro area. spots in the teens in northern colorado. 5in steamboat. gunnison, alamosa still cool, sub zero. in denver windy around the foothills. winds out of the southwest 10 to 20. and tomorrow northeasterly winds moving back into the area by the afternoon. temperature-wise, upper 30s at best. we stay in the 30s across the eastern plains and mountains, too. foothills in the 30s. hopefully we'll see a big win by tomorrow evening. look at this, we'll be winning in the weather department. we'll get through tomorrow. slightly cooler, slightly windy. then looking ahead to next week, a really quiet weather pattern starts to set up for us, mid-50s tuesday. looks like wednesday, hump day,

we head toward the end of the work week we cool things off a couple of degrees and possibly next sunday we could have maybe area. above average temperatures. all the snowfall you see in the melted away. >> i can feel it getting hot. wednesday will be a scorcher. >> i know. short sleeves, short shorts. >> you'll have to lose the orange puffer coat. >> luckily. i needed it just in time. >> ebay bargain. >> it was. >> how about that? thanks for the nice forecast, danielle. >> you got it. hundreds of companies from across the country are coming to denver for the garden and home show. >> one of my favorite things. thousands of our viewers love

colorado garden and home show opens one week from today in denver. the show's executive director is here today to look at nine of the fabulous products. we're previewing nine, but there are thousands of projects. they will do any shaped windows? >> it will fit any sized window, shape. fun, cool. everybody has these weird angles they can't get fixed and

>> usually they slap the siding on your existing. >> they have siding that's insulateed, great for colorado weather. the wind, damage, and the color will last forever. it's really a neat product and works on sun rooms, everything. >> here's something for the back yard. >> this is different. this is red wood kit. drilled ready to put together. when you get it, it's something maybe you or i could put together. we could try. >> you can help me. >> there are kits people can get. >> like the big swing sets. >> exactly. >> women are telling me they don't make tools to fit my hands. >> and i have little hands. these are made by sunflower seed, and they're a pruner. very nice, cool. >> i've watched several women

and these showers that don't have a barrier into the shower. >> there's no grout, there's no anything. it goes in just like this. it's actually heavy. of course this is a small model. it has this one drain in the front of it. when it's installed, it's maintenance-free. >> every year you bring new sod in. >> this is a bermuda grass. it's great for our drought conditions in today's world and in colorado, but also it's very good on different kinds of soil. and it also lasts through the winter in terms of its tolerant for the cold weather. really a great product. >> that would be fabulous. new flooring that actually has patterns and it's not just a stamp. >> correct. made with 75% recycled materials. the neat thing, it does have the texture of regular wood and again, a recycled product. comes in a bunch of different colors.

quickly, this is a heat pump idea. >> yes. galley kitchen. it's for entertaining, so you use it as a regular sink, or close it off and use it for entertaining. a really neat product. >> i want everybody to know the colorado garden home show runs february 13th through the 21st at the colorado convention center. doors open at 10:00 during the week. weekends noon. $2off with a donation of nonperishable food. something. >> try the fiskars, you'll love

not long after thousands of people started landing in california for the super bowl, something else started taking off. >> cheryl preheim joins us to tell us how vendors are trying to keep up with demand. how is the shopping? >> reporter: you know, you know me very well and you know how much i appreciate a really, really big sale. and that's not going to happen here. i'm a little out of my comfort zone with a $45 broncos cap. seriously, for fans here, this stuff is priceless, because it represents their broncos being in the 8th super bowl and it's the 50th anniversary for the super bowl. those are the things compelling people to the stadium here in santa clara, california. a lot of them mostly just to take a picture. they all want a shot of the gold 50th on every banner. it's all over the stadium.

we saw jerseys from other teams, steelers, packers, 49ers, raiders, even the seahawks. all of them telling us they want to be part of this golden anniversary. but you can tell by the enthusiasm, the bronco fans specifically, we're less than 24 hours from kickoff. >> go broncos! whoo! >> it's once in a lifetime. [ cheering ] >> reporter: when there is a once in a lifetime experience or moment in time, you just have to have a souvenir, right? the merchandise trailers have been running out of shirts and they've got. stadium. fans are willing to wait in line 20, 30 minutes for a chance to buy something they know will be expensive, but also something they know will be meaningful. the team that doesn't win historically, the super bowl merchandise for that team goes

so this is one time, even a person who loves a sale, does not want a sale. we're wanting things to be full priced. we'd like it keep it that way. you know, i've just been begging to be a 9 news sports intern for years now, and that's basically what i'm doing, i'm riding the coat tails of rod mackey and the crew here. i'm warming up his seat and he's joining you later. the broncos made their first trip to levi stadium today. they got a chance to walk through that tunnel, see the field for the first time. i can only imagine how they are feeling this close to the game. >> the nerves, absolutely. >> really special. and you're right, there's nothing sadder than a sale the day after a super bowl loss, you are absolutely right. >> reporter: yeah. you don't want a 50% off shirt under those circumstances. >> no, you don't. full price here. one and only time. we'll talk to you later, thanks. by now all the arm chair

theories about what team will win. >> sports a to z, sam and ron break down what the broncos need to do to claim another championship. >> the denver broncos are 6- point underdogs tomorrow. tell me how they're going to buck the odds and win the championship. >> they're going to take a page from the raiders in super bowl xviii. do you remember that game? >> marcus allen is going to come back? >> no, but the team, this is key, not one guy, had high scoring, washington redskins, set a record that year i believe most points scored, against the raiders. but the game started off with a blocked kick. had interception. before you know it, the high scoring team was way behind. >> a lot of weird things happening and you're expecting bizarre stuff? >> i think the broncos' defense known for turning the ball over will do that sunday. >> i think they're going to win

have to do a few things. one, make cam newton beat you with his arm, not legs. rush him. stay in the lanes. when he runs that read option all the time, which he does brilliantly, knock the hell out of him. you have to. you have to run the football. the best way is to run the football. the last thing might be the toughest, peyton manning has to have his best game he's had all year. he's been a game manager the last couple of weeks. that will not be good enough tomorrow. you buy any of that? >> i do, because i picked the broncos to go to the super bowl at the beginning of the season, and as we come down through the playoffs, you see how they've played. getting by with 20 points against the patriots is one thing. but playing a team like the panthers, yes, they have to raise it another level will. i think two things, i think last game.

you get to this point, you have to rip open that play book and be aggressive offensively. >> are we in denver just hoping for all this stuff or do in our heart of hearts believe all of this? >> in my heart of hearts, you're talking about a guy who spent time in carolina, i was there when the panthers were born. so i know how, i followed how the panthers have played year after year after year, and they are a great football team. >> they are. >> but i think the denver broncos can go in here and bust up quarterbacks. they've been doing that all season long, ron. >> defense travels, and defense still, even in 2016, can win super bowls. two years ago, they had no defense. no von miller, no chris harris. two years later, they have a defense. i think they win 23-20 in overtime. >> this is what i know, super bowls turnovers have turned

i think the broncos will force four turnovers tomorrow against the team that leads the nfl in take aways give aways. right. offense and special teams. >> they do. >> 34-16, denver broncos. that adds up to 50, i believe. broncos win super bowl l. >> 23-20 in overtime. >> that's going to do it for us. i'm a. >> i'm z. donald trump will return to the main stage to debate republicans tuesday. he skipped the last debate in fox news. this time around nbc news is hosting. this one will not include an undercard event for low polling

abc is catching some flak from some prominent republicans for not having fiorina on the main stage. sanders leads clinton in new hampshire, in most polls a double digit lead. clinton supporters hope history will repeat itself. in 2008 she was trailing president obama in new hampshire and came back to beat him. next saturday both candidates will be in denver for the colorado democrat jefferson different. bernie sanders fans are making their support permanent. a tattoo shop is offering free tattoos. the owner says the promotion will run as long as sanders

is the sun setting yet? hoping for that nice orange sky. >> the usual, broncos sunset. we have the best. i know we were having a competition with our folks in north carolina. >> uh-huh. >> we got the mountains, it's just beautiful. >> it's gorgeous.

the big game in santa clara. the coldest, warmest super bowls we have had. super bowl vi, 39 degrees for kickoff. that was dallas versus miami. in new orleans of all places, the warmest one in san diego for super bowl xxxvii, tampa versus oakland, low 80s. that's hot. and super bowl xlviii, in new jersey, you guys remember that one? just frigid temperatures. the day after the super bowl somehow we came away with kickoff temperatures in the upper 40s for that one. now all eyes out there and kickoff. can't imagine anything better than that. half time looks good. in the 60s as we wind things down. what about us in denver? about half those numbers.

>> i know, it is. winds will be kicking up. will make those temperatures feel a little bit cooler. be watching the game. >> exactly. >> having a great time. >> all about that. i know you have great news of a warmup down the road. >> i think you'll like it. >> thank you. what are the broncos doing in the hours leading up to super bowl l?

welcome back. live in santa clara, california. at this time tomorrow night super bowl l will be underway. probably about midway through the second quarter. today the broncos walked through levi stadium. they took team pictures. all that's left to do is a little bit of fine tuning and then that pregame speech.

pregame speech to help us get over the top sunday, i think our practices haven't gone real well and our game plan is not real good. i know saturday night is a special night, though, because the hay is in the barn and usually our video guy, steve boxer, who is great, shows a little highlight tape and i'm sure he'll have something special ready for us to get guys pumped up. >> reporter: in less than an hour, the 2016 half. fame class will be announced. terrell davis, john lynch and steve atwater, three former broncos. and four broncos who are already in. john elway was the first to make it, as we all know. turns out number 7 was impressive off the field as well. >> they are world champions. >> reporter: he was one of the greatest players of all time.

he's built the broncos back to the power house they were when he was playing and he's done it mostly through free agents. >> john has been successful in everything he's been involved in. and so it's not a surprise he is, obviously has tremendous football knowledge. >> march of last year i saw the broncos on espn, broncos, tj ward, demarcus ware and i'm a free agent and in kansas city, and i'm like the broncos are loading up. i told my agent, get on the phone and see what the broncos, decker signed to the jets, might be looking for a wide receiver. >> reporter: sanders and manning have been big, but building this d has been the key to success, success we're seeing this season. >> i saw a great team. i saw a great team already established, saw a great quarterback.

organization, so i wanted to win. i wanted the opportunity to be here and at the same time, opportunity to take care of my family. nd up here in denver. >> sometimes when you go through a place or get left from a place, you get released and going to a place where they want you, it sparks a little bit of fire under you, and that's what elway did for all of us guys. >> reporter: you can't talk about a broncos' super bowl without talking about the most famous play. we asked current players about their favorite super bowl memory. the leading vote getter, elway's helicopter. >> inside the 10 -- >> i remember that was one of the first super bowls i watched. him doing the helicopter. >> my goodness, he diveed. >> i was a green bay fan, and i

somebody go out there and lay it on the run. >> he wanted it that bad, you could see it in his eyes, he wanted it. >> reporter: aaron madis joins us now. that's one of the many topics we'll talk about tonight 9:00 until 10:00, you'll be on the big show. >> looking forward to that. hopefully tomorrow night we're seeing the broncos celebrate a victory. at the afc championship game, we saw dancing, confetti snow angels and tj ward's hidden talent. [ music ] >> the opportunity there, and i took it.

percussionist that played on lunch room tables. >> you got the bass drums. >> yeah. >> i like that. i'm more of a snare guy. you make it look easy. >> not bad. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that was fun. not something you get to do all the time, play with a pro bowler safety. >> reporter: we did that the other night, you two were here. t.j. was kind, tired of answering the questions. >> you were giving him a hard time because he was like the

he was the last to go. necessarily. as soon as he had a chance to play drums, he lit up. that was cool for me. >> the official final interview before the big game. we'll have much more tonight at 9:00. >> aaron has so many hidden talents, we had no idea. >> he has rhythm, who knew? the first. >> one talent and we know what it is. >> reporter: i'm really good at bugging rod, too.

the associated press is reporting north korea has fired a long rage rocket. south korea defense ministry said north korea moved up the plan from tomorrow.

other countries think this is a coverup for testing ballistic missiles. the u.n. bared north korea from using ballistic missile technology. we want to switch gears to our forecast. we love saturdays, we love when danielle grant is here. >> we have a good looking forecast. all our friends in northern california, san francisco, santa clara, couldn't be better for them. i'm glad mother nature is giving them beautiful weather to work in. low 60s now across san francisco and south towards san jose and santa clara. around here we've been looking at temperatures in the 20s and 30s. now we're at 44 here in the denver metro area, 20s to the eastern plains. for tomorrow, as that front dips in, you can see areas north of colorado will be in that chill. 30s and 40s for high temperatures with a little bit of a warmup out west. our warmup, that arrives next week. how about that?

>> 50s and 60s, and not any wet weather. >> fabulous.

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