of the lot a couple hours ago the back. right now the sheriff's office is only calling the man a suspect in the sexual assault, not in the death of the 6-year- old boy. an arapahoe county sheriff's deputy on the way to that call was involved in a crash at iliff and valentia street. authorities say the deputy did not know the call he was responding to was a homicide. four people including the deputy were seriously injured in the crash and taken to a nearby hospital. we don't know the deputies identity or details about his condition yet. a woman may have been halls yatesing at the time of a shooting -- hallucinating at the time of a shooting last night in greeley. police say they found evidence of gunfire including two weapons. they located the suspect 45- year-old kelly barnes in a store in the 2800 block of 10th street with her two children. barnes was arrested. her two children were released to a family member.

including second degree assault on a police officer and child abuse. on this ash wednesday the oldest catholic parish in colorado is picking up the pieces after an overnight fire. it happened at our lady of guadalupe in conejos in the san luis valley. the parish was founded 162 years he ago and the church was videoed in our spanish heritage church last october. the fire appears to have started in the back of the church added onto the building. there was another fire 90 years ago to the day at this church. parishioners told us last fall the church means so much to them. >> it's just inspiring. it's inspiring and so that's how i look at our lady of guadalupe church here. it's a special church for everyone in the community. >> special, incredibly beautiful. we don't have any information yet about how the fire started

the conejos county sheriff's office is investigating and the colorado bureau of investigation is helping in that investigation. a glorious day across colorado again today. temperatures soared into the 60s again this afternoon. meteorologist danielle grant is in the weather center. we like the warm-up, the wind not so much. >> it was kind of a crazy hair day, but it was the price we had to pay to enjoy the temperatures the way we did, corridor. it was a great day, middle of february, no complaints around here. if you live in the foothills, maybe you have a few complaints out there, wind gusts in the 20 to 30 mile-per-hour range. berthoud pass 55 mile-per-hour speeds and you can see these westerly winds are coming down the slopes heading into the metro area, boulder, broomfield, aurora all picking per-hour range. you know what i'm talking about if you're out and about throughout the rest of this evening. you'll feel it. this is our view outside the station. you can see our flag fluttering

we saw more of it early this morning and now some clouds are city. temps now in the mid-50s in county collins and greeley. we've cooled off just a hair in denver but pleasant at 61, mid- 70s in pueblo, lamar and springfield and look up to the high country. steamboat springs low 30s, 40s in eagle and leadville. it was a really nice day. degrees. we didn't break any records, but we certainly came close. here it is on hd doppler 9, their satellite picture showing it dipping into the denver metro area along i-70 and i-25 and they'll be with us overnight. temperatures this evening look great as we led off to work and back home you -- head off to work and back home you go. dinner time looks fine. roll the windows down and enjoy the fresh air tonight. we are looking at spring fever around colorado. we went from broncos fever to spring fever with these temperatures the way they are. will we have any snow any time soon?

that with the high country areas. you want more powder for skiers and snowboarders with the holiday weekend ahead. we're talking about your valentine's day forecast, if we'll have sunshine or maybe a little bit of snow around here. >> oh, well. >> that got everybody's attention. >> that's all you had to say. we were what? >> it looks good. >> we'll talk to you soon, thank you. four of the estimated 500 oil and gas companies in colorado have told state regulators they cannot meet an april 1st deadline to comply with new safety rules. they require precautions like remote shutoff devices for wells and anchors to keep them from falling over during floods or if they're within a government designated flood plain. colorado oil and gas commission imposed the rules after the 2013 floods caused spills and 91,000 gallons of oil in polluted water. there were as many as 15 spills. companies had until february to ask for a waiver for an extension the 1st of february.

peterson energy operating and pdc energy asked for more time to retrofit more than 200 wells, tanks and other facilities that they operate. the commission has not acted on those requests. new jersey governor chris christie is out of the gop race for president finishing sixth in the primary last night. carly fiorina finished behind christie in the seventh spot last night and dropped out as well. experts say christie had trouble raising money and building support in the crowded republican field. with christie out political experts say ohio governor john kasich and former florida governor jeb bush will be in stronger positions right now to cut down on front runner donald trump's lead. trump and democrat bernie sanders both won by double digit digit -- digits last night. one of the biggest surprises was the distant second spot in

jeb bush came in third and is expected to have a better showing in south carolina on february 20th , also the day when democrats have their third primary in nevada. candidates on both sides have been reacting to the final numbers from last night. >> i knew we were going to do well there and i guess did even better than anticipated. >> i was the only one with a really positive message. >> together we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up. >> coming up later this half hour we'll talk to our political experts to get their thoughts on what's next and what to expect in south carolina and nevada. mardi gras is officially over in new orleans, but crews are still cleaning it all up. city and state police say they cleared the crowds this morning, but now cleaning crews are working overtime. look at the mess.

to keep everyone safe worked really well. incredibly they sophisticated 30 guns over 12 days while patrolling on or near parade routes. in january the city's department of sanitation held a job fair to recruit 150 temporary workers to help with mardi gras clean-up efforts. the white house says it will support an emergency bill that would spend $765 million to help solve the water crisis in flint, michigan. the tap water was contaminated with lead after the source was switched from detroit to the pleasant river in 2014. it was meant to be a cost cutting move as the city was under state financial management. democratic u.s. representative dan kilde of michigan says officials have discussed money for flint and a $1.28 billion request to combat the zika virus. the centers for disease control says it has identified

babies who died in brazil from microcephaly, the strongest link yet between the virus and birth defect. pregnant women should avoid travel to central america, south america and the caribbean where the virus seems to be spreading the fastest. today china announced its first case and officials in alabama confirmed the first case in that state as well. there is a map of other confirmed cases in the u.s. there have been at least 35 cases of zika in the u.s. from people who traveled to affected countries. people is spread through mosquito bites to most people. there are several cases where it mate have also spread through sexual -- may have also spread through sexual contract. electronic cigarettes or vaporizers pledge to be safer than cigarettes or tobacco, but a teenager was badly burned last month after the lithium battery inside his e cigarette blew up in his pants pocket.

with against the battery causing the entire device to blow up. he was treated for second and third degree burns on his upper right leg and stomach. doctors say explosions like this are happening more frequently as more people vape. >> there appears to be some sort of connection with either rechargeable batteries having been overcharged or some moisture that gets into the casing and then it causes an explosion. >> in the past 12 months doctors in the burn center at university of colorado hospital have treated six patients from severe burns from exploding e cigarettes. this story just boggles the mind. they have just discovered hundreds of new galaxies in space just past our galaxy, the milky way. scientists from australia, south africa, the united states and netherlands used radio telescopes to cut through the haze of the milky way. the dust of our galaxy obstructs our view of deep

hard to see distant ones shining through regular telescopes. so sciences used radio waves telescopes to explore this previously unobserved area. >> we've known for a long time the milky galaxy like other galaxies has attracted gravitational waves by some mass in that particular direction and for a long time nobody knew what that mass is and so this could potentially help answer that question, what is this great attractor? could it be these galaxies? >> again most of the newly discovered galaxies are located in a previous dark or unexplored region of space. they are about 250 million light years from earth which scientists consider close in cosmic terms. a team of scientists say this is the first step to discover how big the galaxies are out there and what role they play with our milky way. are they like revolving around each other like our planets resolve around our son? it's going to answer all -- sun?

questions about previous dark places. >> big discovery. we are not finished talking broncos football, not even close, come on, basking in the glow, right? >> can't get enough of it. here's 9 news sports anchor rod mackey way look at a great fan opportunity. -- with a look at a great fan opportunity. >> reporter: we get to talk a lot to the players and coaches and let you know what they say what they're thinking. tonight in a special post super bowl edition of the broncos huddle we want to hear what you're thinking using some new technology. we'll post some questions during the show so you can let us know your opinion by logging onto 9news.com/votenow on your mobile device. the answers from you and everyone watching will appear on the screen as you vote. we'll post the questions. you vote on them. it's going to be a ton of fun. so grab your fun and get ready to play along. we'll see you tonight at 7:00 on the broncos huddle. >> we were playing with that in the newsroom today, kim and i. >> testing it. >> we were getting ready to vote.

you vote and you're in it. it records your vote. they just set up rod's fancy set over here. >> his staff. >> he's got a beautiful couch. >> he's got a finance for his hair. >> he's got -- a fan for his hair. >> he's got decorator pillows. he is going to look good over there. >> the beyonce fans, come on. >> he'll love that. all right. we are starting to see some big shake-ups from just a week ago in the primaries. >> so much going on. coming up our political experts will join us and give us their take on the races. as we head to break, we'll

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there we go. >> okay. >> never happens. >> very rarely. oh, the line just went. he hung up, good to go. now we're going to talk a little more and try and keep the lines open with our political experts as we talk about the february 20th primaries, republicans in south carolina. >> on the democratic side james mejia and on the republican side kelly maher. the question is he one and done or in the race? >> i think kasich has to look to nevada and see what happens there, see if he has really gotten any momentum because new hampshire is kind of an odd place. i did, however, appreciate out of new hampshire the massive, massive win of our friend bernie sanders. that was really exciting for me for a host of reasons. >> that brings us to this.

this during the commercial break. i mean bernie sanders won by a much larger margin unanimous expected. the clinton campaign is in behind the scenes probably freak-out mode. they'vhired new strategists. they have to be really concerned. >> listen, they expected to lose new hampshire, neighboring vermont, sanders has been there, a mayor serving as senator for many, many years, they expected to lose, did not expect to lose this big. if she could have come even within single digits, that would have been a major victory for her to stay that close. >> nevada could be touch and go, too, for her? >> she should do much better in south carolina where the african american vote makes up about half of the democratic electorate and in nevada the latino vote is substantial and could sway that vote. she is polling about 3-1 in both those communities in both

two better outcomes for clinton. >> kelly, donald trump doing very well. does he march through the south like new hampshire? what do you think? >> potentially donald trump has been i think a surprise for everybody, but when it comes to bernie sanders, i think it's really important to note that yesterday hillary clinton lost every single income segment under $200,000. >> and donald trump won all of those categories. >> he won all of those and he did really well and frankly, the fact that he has a lot of anger and he's expressing it continuously is it really something that is playing with voters who are frustrated with the course of the country right now. >> take your shot. they are a little concerned. take your shot at what you think the republicans are a little worried about at this point? >> oh, i think the republicans are way more worried about trump than the democrats are. we would love to run against donald trump. he wants to kick people out of the country for religious or

well for the republicans. so i think they're more worried about donald trump winning the nomination than democrats are. >> how long do you give ben carson? >> not very long. one or two more primaries but to not even break double digits in new hampshire, i don't think south carolina will be kind to him. i don't think nevada will be particularly kind to him. he's got more staying power than fiorina and christie obviously did but not much more. >> rubio a little worried? >> yes. marco rubio finished fifth, wasn't it? >> yes. he actually went to twitter and apologized for his debate responses. so that's going to be a good question, but i think the real story yesterday is the fact that mels really looked at hillary clinton pointing at her and saying hey, the empress doesn't have a pants suit. >> i want to know about michael bloomberg. is he going to jump in? has he become the spoiler? i think he's still on the fence, isn't he?

>> he is definitely considering it. i think he has till super tuesday to decide, first deadlines come in after that. he'll wait to see if clinton can win or it's heading that direction. if she gets in, i don't think he gets in, but i think he would be a welcome addition to the party for republicans who view him as a big city mayor and many voters would break for him if they aren't satisfied with the democrat. >> yeah. and another millionaire, another new york millionaire. >> we need another one of those. >> we don't have enough of those going around. he'll run as an independent? >> that's what i'm hearing. i think the fact that msnbc finally talked about the fact that hillary clinton is being investigated by the fbi is making probably the saddest guy in politics right now joe biden because you know he is wishing that he took that shot. i think if it continues

out how to take her entire machine and put it behind him. i think that could be fun. >> love it when you guys come in and sort in out for us. >> there's so much to talk about in the next couple weeks. >> a lot more shifts, more people to drop out. >> thank you both very much as always. if you're trying to fight off a cold with vitamin c, might not do as much good as you'd like. >> despite popular sentiment next when it is most effective to take vitamin c and what to

walgreen's is taking steps to try and help prevent deaths from heroin overdoses and that means coloradans will soon be able to buy maloxalone that comes in nasal or spray form

insurance plans. it will be $78 per dose under the walgreen's savings plan. walgreen's will have kiosks where people can safely dispose of their unwanted, unused or expired prescription drugs. americans spent over $1 billion on vitamin c supplements alone and it may seem like a good idea to take a boost of vitamin c when you have a cold. i do that all the time, but experts at consumer reports are saying that could be a big mistake. the common cold can leave you sniffling, sneezing and aching a week or longer. while you might be tempted to try anything to feel better sooner, think twice before loading up on vitamin c supplements. chances are you're already too late. >> there is some evidence that shows that taking a vitamin c supplement on a regular basis while you're still healthy might shorten your cold by a day or, so but taking a vitamin

already sick won't really help. >> and taking vitamin c supplements won't prevent a cold in the first place according to the national institutes of health. taking high doses of vitamin c can also cause other health problems. for example, studies have shown that men who take excessive amounts are twice as likely to develop kidney stones and consuming more than 2,000 milligrams of vitamin c a day can cause an upset stomach and painful cramps. in general the nih recommends 90 milligrams per day per men and 75 milligrams a day for women for maintaining good health. that's about the equivalent of a single orange. >> the best way to get the vitamin c you need is from fruits and vegetables. >> some of the best foods include red and green peppers, citrus fruits, kiwi and broccoli. as for that cold, if you need some relief from symptoms,

medications like ibuprofen or acetaminophen for aches and fever or single ingredient decongestants, throat losenges or honey for your throat and pick up a good humidifier. >> humidifiers in colorado huge assist. be aware that vitamin c supplements may interact or interfere with certain treatments and drugs according to the national institutes of health including chemotherapy and heart medications. >> it is always best to check with your doctor before taking any dietary supplement. so you're probably too late is the thing once you get sick. >> that's right. we are saying one thing for sure. you'd probably like to get outside if you could the next few days. it's going to be nice. >> we have 60s in our forecast, good-bye to all that snow.

bursting from a pipe in colorado we call this a bad day if it happens in front of your house, right? >> yes. >> a huge geyser bursting after a water main break there. this must have been a huge pipe. workers are now repairing the 45-year-old pipe and traffic is down to one lane on murray between byron drive and east crest circle. it will not be fixed until after the rush hour. in the meantime there are people all around this break who has zero water pressure. >> and that's all going to freeze overnight. it's warm now, but all the same it's going to be awfully slick and not so pleasant out there. >> i'm guessing that's 15, 20 feet in the air. that is a nightmare. >> at least it's relatively nice while they're working on it right now, highs in the 50s and 60s across our state. >> there's where you spent your day with a million of your best friends down there.

>> oh, look at your shampoo. >> well, i got to lock down the main because it's getting kind of windy out here. sometimes you got hair flying in your face. it's just not good. yeah, the winds have been the problem for today, but they helped us warm up, so that's all right. we'll take them. up to the high country it was a great day. they got to enjoy some bluebird skies, steamboat springs, northern mountains down to the central mountains, breckenridge, summit county just spectacular, the scenery unbelievable with all that blue sky in the background. we do have a few clouds pouring into the denver metro area looking at partly cloudy skies throughout the rest of the evening, but a little bit more sunshine on tap tomorrow. can you believe it? middle of february. here we are as we sat in the mid-60s this afternoon. it felt fantastic. 75 in pueblo, lamar, springfield, trinidad in the 70s and even up in the high country they were able to bask in all that sunshine and a relatively mild day in the 30s and 40s as well.

cooled off but not bad, mostly cloudy, winds sustained out of the west, 16 miles per hour. so again it's been breezy at times. here in the backyard or temperatures sitting in the low 60s as well. the winds will be with us throughout the rest of this evening, especially if you live around the foothills. you can see they've been in that 30 to 40 mile-per-hour range. i think over the course of the next couple hours that's the worst of it. they'll begin to weaken slightly by morning only to increase once again by tomorrow afternoon when you're back here joining us. we could be talking about more wind gusts in that 30 to 40 mile-per-hour range from estes park down towards idaho springs. meanwhile up and down the i-25 corridor and the eastern plains it should be quieter. the chinook rains raced off the foothills and the dry air funnels through and it picks up speed and wrings out the moisture. it helped warm up our temperatures significantly. that's why we see days like

that give you hope springtime is around the corner. here's the deal. a strong storm system pressing into parts of the midwest bringing them some cold, cold air. this lingers into new england as well. high pressure is still back in action across much of the west. we will have this little front that pushes through, just nudges into eastern colorado tomorrow afternoon. that will bring us a few more clouds, a slight cool-off compared to today, but that's about it. we don't have a ton of moisture to work with out there. it's going to be another boring forecast, if you will. by tomorrow morning you can see a couple high level clouds around the city out across kansas into nebraska if you're heading that direction. as that front pulls through, they'll be looking at mostly cloudy skies. throughout the day things still impressive in colorado and later tomorrow evening a few high level clouds build back into the center around the i-25 -- city around the i-25 corridor and partly cloudy skies.

colorado and 30 degrees in denver. the eastern plains look quiet as well. we'll fall to the teens for vail valley and leadville and gunnison and alamosa, you guys get a break from the subzero temperatures in the single digits tonight. a few high level clouds continue overnight across the area, winds continuing in the foothills but not as bad overnight into tomorrow morning. around town 10 to 20 mile-per- hour speeds is what you can expect. by tomorrow morning when you wake up, it's beautiful, another glorious thursday across the mile high city and across colorado. high temperatures soaring a good 15 degrees above where they should be and it will be another balmy one in the 60s in south eastern colorado. even up in the high country a day in the 30s and 40s as well. we'll be looking at a few high level clouds building back into the area tomorrow afternoon, the winds a bit breezy and we'll stay in the low to mid- 50s for the start of the weekend. i anticipate a little more sunshine saturday and then

that will bring some slightly cooler temperatures, but 48 still isn't all that bad. you'll notice the winds pick up a bit for valentine's day. the clouds increase and that's going to be our one opportunity really to see some snowfall in the northern and central mountains. right now it looks like the metro area, the eastern plains eastern plains, you guys might have a couple rain showers, but overall a very weak short lived system because you can see presidents day you might be enjoying a little powder in the mountains. in the city mid-50s with mostly sunny skies and then you guys, temperatures only soaring from there. there's going to be about a week, two weeks i should say of looking at above average temperatures and no real wet weather around here, kind of makes you wonder are we going to be in for it in march or april? >> first day of spring march 22nd, something like that? >> yeah. you have no cares in the world. >> yeah, okay.

another hat, the other hat. >> it's kind of my thing. faux fur. >> it's all fake. another mane tamer. >> lock it down. one team has wrapped up its season. another is starting theirs. >> guys at furniture roach racing pack up and head out -- row racing pack up and head out tomorrow for daytona, the first race for the team. they had their media day today and guess what, 9news chief gearhead, chief throttle jockey adele arakawa somehow managed to worm her way in and cover the story. >> i get swag. it was media day today, see? you get furniture row racing. this is a big year for furniture row coming off their best year in their 10 year history and martin truex, jr.

ever. a new car, new sponsor and new nascar rules in 2016. the team will field two no. 78 cars this season, one the usual black set of wheels we're used to seeing and a bright orange one with the bass pro shops as a sponsor. that's the new sponsor car. driver martin truex, jr. is fired up and ready for his first race later this week. it made us wonder now he drives on the street. does he ever think about bumping the guy doing 30 miles an hour? >> i'm always tempted to bump something, always tempted to do it. i've not done it yet. i'm always tempted to. people just don't know how to drive. you would not believe the people. i guess you would believe because you're a pretty good driver. you've done a little road course practice stuff. i mean people just don't pay attention, right? may, i swear half the -- hey, i swear half the people on the

>> you feel the same way. right. they're a season into november and true ex said they were testing november 14th -- truex said they were testing november on the new car and then they said they don't get a lot of a break, but truex chose something other than a massage on the beach while on vacation. when i asked him what he did in the offseason, he alleges over and shows me the highlight -- he leans over and shows me the highlight of his time off. it is called fly ski. you're on a jetski and propelled up on the big jets of water. we'll have video of him and his newfound sport at 9:00 and 10:00. you think these guys e going to get a massage on the beach, this they're daredevils. i asked him if he's doing flips twice. are you kidding me? give me a break. >> furniture rope racing had such a great -- row racing had

you say there are some big rule changes with the car. >> nascar went to a charter system right now which if you're in the know, you kind of know what that means. they're going to something like a franchise system, but for the cars themselves what the fans watch for every week is the cars will be lower in horsepower, lower in down force and the tires are different which means that these guys and ladies, too will have to drive the cars. it makes the cars a little looser on the track. it makes them kind of more slippery around the track. so you're going to have a lot of things going on that people may want to see, but you really have to drive the cars. so what they have coming up now is they're going to have an unlimited race saturday night february 13th and daytona 500, the big one, scheduled sunday, february 24th. so a lot of changes coming up. the team is real optimistic about the season. they had the best season of their entire 10 year lift last year and feel like they're on -- history last year and feel

brand-new car, brand-new engine. >> how many horsepower? >> it was running between 8 and 900 horsepower for these cars. it's not your mother's camry. that's what they're driving this year, camrys. it's going to be between 7 and 800 now. the whole thing about tires and down force on the cars, they won't be any less fun to watch. >> no doubt about that. >> i'm glad i'm never in front of him on the road. >> he hasn't done it yet. he said people can't drive. he says a lot of things that people are thinking. >> yes. >> when you're used to going as fast as he is virtually unobstructed except the other 32 cars. >> coming up we'll show you the video and talk about what he drives as a daily driver. you'll be surprised. >> not some supercharged thing? no? really? >> no, it is not. >> i'm anxious to see that. thank you. >> sure. still ahead some local

denver dog show. we'll hear why one of the judges was selected. >> and our favorite thing bernard bernie as the avs get

the westminster kennel club competition starts this weekend and a woman from boulder will be there to kick it off. kitty bradley is the judge in agility. one of her poodles sting is a champion four time over. bradley says she was picked as a judge based on her reputation in the agility competition community, but she still doesn't know who nominated her. >> the first thing you do think is why did you call me, but then you obviously accept it. it's a great honor to be able to do that. >> her name is kitty, which is kind of ironic. bradley says one of the more stressful parts as being chosen as judge is picking out something to wear during the evening part of the competition. she says she thinks she found

that won't distract the dogs. >> that's important. wellspeaking of agility and great dogs and our favorite dog bernie, the st. bernard, is here from the colorado avalanche. so happy to have you, bernie. >> bernie loves videos of other dogs, too. >> he was engrossed and focused on that. >> called the other dogs amateurs is what he said. the avs have been up and down and had some moments of brilliance, but that's okay, bernie, you're still in there. we believe in you. we think they can get to that playoff spot. >> bernie wanted to stop by for a little fun today. he and the avalanche want to make your valentine's day very special. there are packages for tickets at coloradoavalanche.com and we're excited about the 2016 coors light national hockey league's stadium series and the

>> that is february 26th and 27th when outdoor hockey comes to coors field. >> huge. >> hockey fans were so thrilled. the avs will take on the red wing outdoors, the dreaded red wings. so come on, go avalanche, right? there are some ticket packages available for that as well and nothing beats a valentine from bernie. >> no. be my valentine says bernie. yes, did you do that yourself? that's very special, yes, your own package, nicely done. >> it's got just healthy slobber, nice good dog slobber. thank you. >> thank you, bernie. we want to remind people the colorado mammoth cross team comes home to take on the rush tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. head to coloradomammoth.com for more information. good luck. go avs.

celebrities get at the oscars will not have jam in them from a denver company apparently. >> next why the business owner

the wheels are turning on the google driveless car. this week the national highway traffic safety administration decided that the computer controlling the vehicle would be legally defined as a driver rather than the human. the agency says it will interpret driver in the context of google's described motor vehicle design as refusing to the self-driving system and not to any of the vehicle occupants. the redefinition of drive is significant for google and automakers wanting to make self- driving cars a reality, so we'll see where it goes from here.

those google shots, they realize it's the google mapping car and wave at it and there they are in the back ground. it's kind of funny. >> it will happen. just there's some things to make it happen. there will be no jam in the oscars swag bag. >> what? the denver chef and owner of modern gingham said she said no when asked if her items could be in the swag bags. she says she's surprised by the attention it's getting. a number of publications have also been calling for her. it's simply a business decision she said. just to get your product in the swag bag you have to pay thousands of dollars. >> the company makes jam using organic fruit in very small batches and i focus on colorado grown fruit and sharing the product with retailers in the front range mostly and throughout the united states to some degree, but i'm not an

so if even a celebrity fell in love with my product, they can't pop over to the nearest grocery store and pick it up. it's an active ordering process online. >> she also says she doesn't think there would be a lot of promotion otherwise and asked who would eat jam when wearing an expensive gown? you can find lee's jams and preserves all over the front range in specialty stores and you can find them online. >> you don't take toast with you, so come on. >> she makes a point, yeah. this is a day just for mark koebrich. >> yes, indeed. i'm going to tell you all about why bulgarians are honoring bees which i think is appropriate and very timely.

very important story, mark. >> thank you. >> that's why danielle brought her hat in case she needs it all for mark today talking about bees. today bulgarians commemorated the patron saint of beekeeping. >> yeah. they had a ceremony sanctifying

>> as it should be. orthodox believers brought a buzz of celebration to the patron saint of beekeepers. who knew there was one? each year the day is commemorated with the sanctifying of honey and beehives with a ritual believed to bring good health and good harvest for the region and remember, no bees, no harvest. that's the way it works in nature. who are shippers gathered around -- worshipers gathered around candles made of honey in the shape of a large cross. queen bees in colorado this year, the hive collapse disorder continues to be a big problem. >> it's not weather related, right? >> no. it's parasite related. i will have to do another story to educate you on the problem. >> what are we going to do when you're gone? >> i'll have to mail my information to you about the bees. they must be buzzing outside. >> they should be buzzing on a

it's just a gorgeous day. look at this, 14 degrees in chicago. aren't you glad you aren't there? 12 in minneapolis, meanwhile much of the west enjoying the nice warm-up, 72 in vegas, low 80s in l.a., 70s dallas. we're sandwiched in the middle. low 60s in longmont, boulder, broomfield, downtown 5:00, quitting time. things look good outside. maybe you want to find a patio and enjoy the rest of this evening. fort fun, always fun out there. >> they're wearing shorts today. >> absolutely. things are looking good for them, might see a couple skateboarders on campus as well. tomorrow should still be nice, upper 50s. we stay in the 50s the next couple days. as the next system pushes in sunday, it cools us off but only a bit, 48. i don't think we'll have too much wet weather.

skiers and snowboarders should have fresh powder for valentine's day and presidents day if you have it off and we soar close to 70 degrees the middle of next week. it has been a wild, wild start to february. >> a couple of bluebird ski days in there, just saying. >> yes. you need the hat just to keep the sun off her face. >> the mat's back. 9news -- hat's back. 9news at 5:00 is next. next at 5:00 a crash critically injures an arapahoe county deputy on the way to an apartment where a 6-year-old boy was found dead. >> also ahead a disruptive passenger forces an alaska airlines flight from boston to san diego to land in denver. >> and the latest on an effort to make it easier to impose the death penalty in colorado next on 9news.