now we're examining the newest push to get more control over va projects. protecting football players is a mission both on and off the field. now we look at how colorado state is trying to change the culture of concussions. >> i want to extend to you the annual tradition of the white house. i hope you guys can get here before i leave office. >> a presidential invitation and congratulations after an awesome super bowl win. a call from obama and the comparison he made between the broncos and his favorite team. >> can you imagine that? i would be, is this really happening right now. marty, sounds like today will be the warmest day of the week. >> it's looking that way to me. there's even a little bit of a breeze. no gloves this morning. relatively warm, dry, clear here. we're going to have wind in the 20-35 miles per hour range on the west side of town

in the foothills, 40 and 50 miles per hour, it's going to translate into temperatures. we're in the 30s here. as we go through the day, we're going to rocket up. it's 50 plus. we'll be joining them very shortly over much of the metro area and popping up into the 60s today. you can thank the dry westerly wind for that. it may have you thinking, when is the next time it will snow. we'll talk about that for right here on the front range. it's a quiet wednesday morning weatherwise. high profile

those restrictions yesterday. we wreck up -- woke up with a restriction on kenosha pass, but today, nothing in effect. we're looking great southbound. 73 at the e470 and even 52 as you head to the u.s. 6 and i-76 interchange as well. 25 at arapaho is looking great. transitioning side streets or freeways, you're off to a really smooth beginning. coming up in my next update, we'll talk about your drive to the airport. >> all right, amelia. glad it's a good start. police in fort collins are investigating a late night stabbing. according to our partners at the coloradan, it happened in fort collins on dover street. two women were sent to the hospital. we don't know how badly they were hurt.

information as we get it. >> it's 55:32. it will be -- 5:32. lawmakers are hoping to tighten control over future veterans administration construction projects. noel brennan joins us live from the site in aurora. noel, you're looking at the newest bill that will effect big construction projects. any project that cost more than $100 million. the budget here is expected to be $1.7 billion. that's three times the original estimate when this whole thing started years ago. we know yesterday that the house decided to move forward with the bill that would increase oversight and management of these so-called super construction projects. the va would have to let the u.s. army corp of engineers

the va would are to report back to congress to keep lawmakers up to date. the bill also says congress must be notified 60 days before any money is spent on advanced planning or design. that legislation passed a voice vote in the house today. now it will move on to the senate. now, investigation looked into what the problems were with the va hospitals were in aurora. they say it really came down to mismanagement and a lot of design changes with the hospital and a complicated contract process that the va didn't fully understand. so, corey, now the targeted completion date for the hospital is set to be in january of 2018. >> we hope it stays there and doesn't continue to get extended. noel, thank you. it's 5:44. the police are investigating a shooting near greenville large. the area was blocked off late last night. police say they were

one man who lives in that area tells us he was in with his family when he heard gunshots. he said when he looked outside, he saw several men shooting dozens of rounds. we have a call into greeley police to find out for information. a 2-year-old girl is safe after an amber alert was called. the toddler was thrown from the car during a high speed chase and then a crash in southern colorado. the girl's day, 19-year-old ramiro terado had a fight with his girlfriend and he took their daughter. troopers spotted the car on i- 25 yesterday morning. there had been a chase. the car reached speeds of 100 miles per hour. and then it rolled near a frontage road. they were hurt but are expected to recover. >> police in boulder believe an organized ring is responsible for two dozen car thefts around there. now they're trying to find the

in most cases the cars were stolen after the owners left the cars inside. crime stoppers is offering a reward for any information to help. you could get a reward. >> an old empty k-mart is about to get new life in broomfield. property owner has several other interested ten -- tenants for open spots. it will give all consumers access to vehicles that are previously available to gm employees. consumers can compare suggested prices to other car buyers. that site, by the way, is

the percentage of autoloans to buyers with the poorest credit ratings is growing faster than market. 28% of open loans are now held credit ratings. experian also found an increase in autoloans at least 60 days >> 5:36. donald trump and bernie sanders don't have much in common, but they share one big similarity this morning. both won the primary. tarhonda thomas, both won by double digits. >> they sure did. early polls predicted trump and sanders would win big. today the candidates are hoping to ride the wave of momentum. they each think their wins last night prove that americans want a new type of government. sanders beat hillary clinton by 20 points. it's quite the shift from the caucus in iowa that clinton

trump came in second in iowa. he topped john kasich by 20 points. trump ended up with 35% of the vote. sanders got nearly 60% of his vote. it was enough to get donald trump's attention. >> first of all, congratulations to bernie, in all fairness. we have to congratulate him. we may not like it, but i heard part of bernie's speech. he wants to give away our country, folks. >> the government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super pack. >> the line was literally a mile long to cast the vote. we'll see if the turnout at the next primary is that strong. the south carolina primary is in ten days. >> with the new hampshire

mirror, at least a lot of road ahead for the candidates. saturday. south carolina will have its republican primary next saturday, and the democratic primary on the 27th. and on march 1st, colorado takes part in super tuesday. republicans will vote in a dozen states and american samoa. anybody also living abroad can cast a vote as well. only democrats are going to take part in super tuesday in colorado. republicans will not vote canceled the preference poll. >> all right. thank you much. 5:39 right now. well, broncos country turned out in huge numbers yesterday. hundreds of thousands of people

civic center park. organizers asked attendees to leave alcohol and marijuana at home. one person was arrested for making a threat against someone who wasn't involved in the event. not only was there a parade and rally, someone on the team took a very important call in person. >> what i want to do is obviously extend to you the traditional visit to the white house. hopefully you guys can get here before i leave office. >> well, we can't wait. we look forward to that. i know our whole organization looks forward to coming down there and getting an opportunity to meet you. it will be a special day for us. thank you so much for inviting us. >> i look forward to seeing you. congratulations. let the whole team know they have bronco fans in the white house. >> i will definitely do that. thanks for your time, mr. president. >> can you imagine? oh, my goodness. >> he's smiling.

so president obama told coach gary kubiak that they have about as good defense of his '85 bears. >> did he burst into the super bowl shuffle at that point. >> it's so neat. looking at the images from the parade, it takes the breath away to see the huge cloud. i mean, i wouldn't be surprised the they said more than a million people were there. >> you asked how it was different than the '98 parade. >> i said the energy level is the same, but there are so many more people. >> there's probably more bronco fans now. >> when people had been watching the parade, when the last of the fire trucks passed them, they joined in in the parade and walked to the civic center park. you can tell that the players were kind of blown away too. >> that was so neat. when they made the turn, we were at 17th and broadway. when they made the turn, you

the crazy crowd that their breath was just taken away. >> they're steaming. >> good stuff. >> that's a way to feel loved. >> good stuff. i like that a lot. >> all right. marti, the weather was perfect. everything was great. >> we really couldn't have done better on the weather. today it's windy. the next chance for snow, it's not going to be very much. only an inch or two at best. for the front range, i've been looking out, way out. it might not be until february 20th before we see another round of snow here. 30s, 40s, 50s in the metro area. it gets colder as you head up the river and, of course, much colder on the west side of the continental divide. no wood burning restrictions. through the day we go with a rapid warm up. a nice peak in the mid-60s this afternoon. still 50 plus by the time the sun is going down at 5:30

>> i'm going for a walk. >> get outside. we couldn't sing the happy birthday song because of royalties we would have to pay.

america has too many job openings, just good news, the number of job openings are increasing but bad news is people may not have the skills required. this is called the job skills gap. people can lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits and that can hold back growth. i haven't had region to mention

weeks, until this morning. disney said earnings are up 32%. the release of star wars, the force awakens gave a nice boost to the film business. theme park visits were fairly strong, but the media business is struggling as more people are cutting the cord. that's why disney stock fell. the music publisher that claimed to own the rights to happy birthday song will return fees. a federal judge agreed and back in september ruled that no one had the right to charge for the song. the refund of fees puts this whole dispute finally to rest. >> thank goodness. >> thank goodness. >> we can move on. >> what a mess. 5:46. we know a lot more about the symptoms of concussions and the long-term effects of them now. researchers are working to find out why so many kids are still not reporting their injuries to a coach or parent. the same thing is happening

so the department of defense and the ncaa have teamed up with two colorado researchers to study reporting. they say there's a culture of covering up injuries. they want to encourage more athletes to report concussion type symptoms that lead to injuries down the road. this is one of the largest problems in sports. >> we have many clinical tools to examine and treat and health athletes. what we need, though, is a way to understand in the culture how we can get them to talk about this injury to get them to that point. >> and the u.s. military hopes the use of this research will help more active duty members report their injuries as well. researchers believe more athletes reporting when they're hurt means they will get the help they need. that can limit the long-term effects. i'm just so happy we're talking about this so much. it is so important to get the conversation going. >> absolutely it is. it's 5:47 right now. we're learning about how the

we're going to have details. marty and amelia. you know it's going to be a warm day when it's already 40. >> on the west side of town, it's dry here. snow in the upper midwest. i talked to my brother in lincoln. the wind chill is killing me here, that's why a lot of people move out of northeastern nebraska. single digit readings. they have more cold air on the way. we get a little cooldown coming here on sunday, but watch what happens friday in the upper midwest, temperatures are going to dive below zero. amelia, on friday we'll stay in the 50s. >> looking forward to a nice warm week. really easy conditions. only one exception near northbound i-25. crash fits right at sixth avenue.

we're in the green. now, i'm excited about this. i don't know if you are. today's sunrise, now officially in the 6:00 a.m. hour. 6:59 is when we'll start to see things factor in. airport. our security wait time. up to 20 minutes. it's a little on the high side. if you're catching a flight, as for parking, you can choose between economy lots.

the president asked congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to research and develop a vaccine and cure for zika virus. he doesn't want to use the money that was set aside for an ebola cure. the health and human services

viruses can be fought separately separately. >> around here we're looking at clear skies over the area, and really nice warning around here in metro denver. dry conditions in the state. dry and clear here. i think we stay that way throughout the day. we'll have a few batches of high clouds, so they're going to start drifting into western colorado late tonight. tomorrow. now, i talked about the cold air in the upper midwest. jet stream continues to be a direct pipeline into central canada. that's going to create cold conditions there. we have a weak disturbance that's going to cut down through here, bring us cooler air on sunday and really light mountain snow. cold in the western and central valleys. pretty mild here along the front range. cooler readings as you move out onto the eastern plains. sunny skies for you today. we'll have dry conditions and low 60s.

mainly clear and dry statewide. the only strong winds will be right here on the mountains and foothills. 40s and 50s in the mountains. slightly cooler northeast. and, yes, 70 plus in southeastern colorado. today, sunny, windy especially west side of town. mid-60s today. near 30 tonight. and then we roll into the low 60s tomorrow. clouds pick up a little tomorrow. we have a slightly cooler day friday and saturday and then a brief cooldown on sunday. that takes us down to an average temperature. it looks light here so far this morning. >> yes, it does. good morning to you. as we get out to our cdot cam, what a ride we have in store. 225 is in awesome shape here. speeds are in the 60s.

toward i-25 i-25 i-25. c-470 is looking good. for right now, all speeds are indicating a really easy drive, even with that in mind. as for the big patch of yellow, yes, windy to the west. high profile vehicles on 93 and i-70. we'll need to use a lot of caution. as for yesterday, we had the closure in place. nothing like that today, but we could see it changing as the day continues. amelia, thank you. it's almost time for us to introduce you to our adoptable pet this morning. we're going to give you a hint this.

welcome back. this is hobbs. he just jumped right up on this chair. he's a sweet little lap dog. i understand he will do just about anything for a treat. he is at the denver animal shelter if you would like to have hobbs join a piece of furniture in your living room. hopefully you can find all the information on 9news.com. let's find you a home. you're sleepy, hobbs. >> i feel you. we're all yawning this morning. >> so cute. so you know the song i get by with a little help from my friends.

we're going to show you why one panda cub may change the lyrics to i get a little help from my mom.