ect's car got into a car. there were then shots fired. times. he is recovering after that barrage of gunfire. >> multiple officers fired striking him multiple times. a .357 recover was recovered from the front seat of the

the suspect is in the hospital in critical condition. the slides caused some serious damage to the area. the largest rock this came down was the size of an suv. repairs are expected it to cost 2 to $5 million. full repairs to i-70 should take up to two months. we will update at 9news.com. a lot of money to fix that. we are learning just how strong that windy weather was this week and the figures may blow you awith a. winds reached 148 miles per hour on monarch pass on thursday. that's the strongest gusts ever recorded in our state. that record gust was enough to pass the record 147 miles per hour set in boulder in 1971 when gusts that strong are what you

during a category 4 hurricane. >> unbelievable. leon. anything like that this belen? >> not at all. those winds have died down and we are going to see a forecast around the foothills and front range. we are looking at a nice shaping up. mild. the high today 63 degrees. not as windy. afternoon. you will notice the winds from five to ten miles per hour and closer to the foothills up to 30 miles an hour. no 148 miles per hour. not this weekend. the winds right now gusting in and around the foothills up to 30 miles an hour at estes park, loveland pass. here in the city lighter winds. the temperatures in the 30s and 40s starting off your saturday. we should be closer to 47 degrees this time of year. on i-25 the highs in the low-to-mid 60s. closer to the foothills the 50s.

country are going to lack fan tablous. not a cloud in the sky. enjoy that vitamin d. a good day to put on the shorts and give those white legs some love. i am talking about myself, of course. temperatures and 52 degrees. around noon 61 degrees. later today. nice weekend, but the forecast next week is gonna make you say, what? tracy anthony is here with a look at the traffic. say what, tracy? say what? as you are sitting in traffic, you are definitely going to want to stay awake. we are starting to see the traffic slow down. lots of brake lights as we look at floyd hill and those drive times, we are seeing the drive times really start to spike. 71 minutes from 6th avenue to u.s. 6. the average speed has

down, like you said. if you didn't hit the road before that sun came up, you are going to have to pack the patience. through idaho springs slow going into idaho springs. a couple of slowdowns past the city as well. you know, this is just gonna continue to get worse through the next hour. drive speeds 13 miles per hour out of the metro area. if you are heading to snow pass, aspen, we have that road closure on i-70 from the rockslide. you are going to have to find an alternate route. i-70 not the best bet. lots of people are going to continue to hit the road. a beautiful shot of breckenridge this morning. you can listen to cdot's mountain travel radio. traffic reporters give up to the minute road conditions. log on to cotrip.org. by the way, you can watch tracy's reports on high country

she is joining us for weather nation. round the clock weather news. a big day in the race of the white house. democrats hilary clinton and bernie sanders face off. the gop fight for delegates in south carolina is crucial. that state's primary has a history of choosing the eventual nominee, being wrong only one time since 1980. 9news reporter vida urbonas has nor from the information center. >> reporter: good morning. as voters in south carolina head to the polls for the first primary of the south, caucuses begin in nevada. to the gop primary in south carolina. donald trump had enjoyed a big lead in the polling in south carolina before trump tangled with the pope and before he language. five points. that was cruz's deficit just before he beat trump in iowa. marco rubio pulling a strong third hopes not just to beat ted cruz today. he hopes to drive jeb bush and

now to the nevada caucuses where hilary clinton lost her big lead in the polls to bernie sanders. a heated contest is playing out between the two. both candidates virtually in a dead heat held rallies last night trying to shore up support. 23 delegates are up for grabs in nevada where the caucuses get underway starting at 11:00 this morning. in the information center, vida urbonas, 9news. presidential candidate donald trump says he is boycotting apple over the company's refusal to comply with a court order that would unlock a phone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. apple has been under scrutiny for not giving up special software that would allow the feds to unlock the phone. apple's ceo says the government wants something the company does not that. the fbi believes data on the phones could track down leads connected to isis. >> boycott apple until such time

i just thought of it. boycott apple. here's the thing. is phone is not owned by this young thug that killed all these people. the phone is owned by government. >> a lot of back and forth. pickup and the fbi are due in court march 22 for a hearing in federal court. a cloud that will likely loom over hilary clinton through her campaign. more fuel to the fire as the state department releases 500 additional documents from her seventh-mail account. the department says another 64 of the documents were upgraded to the confidential level, but none of them were considered secret or top secret. information released yesterday brings the total amount of emails release under 47,000 pages. supreme court justice antonin scalia will be laid to rest today. scalia's funeral is scheduled to be held at the largest roman atlantic church in washington.

to pay their respects to scalia as he lay in repose in the supreme court's great hall yesterday. the justice spent three decades on the high court and is widely guarded as one of the most conservative justices in history. scalia's son, one his nine children, is a atlantic priest and will give the homily today. the justice died unexpectedly last weekend. the dynel lane trial is nearing an end. she is accused of cutting a baby year. michelle wilkins to her craigslist after her baby closed when wilkins was about to leave she says lane shoved her in addition bedroom, ended up smashing a bolt on her head. all she could think about was her baby girl that she named aurora. aurora did not survive the attack.

the defense rested without presenting any evidence or calling any witnesses. our 9news legal analyst gave us some insight on that decision. >> you scant read too much into the defense not calling witnesses. sometimes it's because the defense doesn't have anybody to call. on other occasions it's because they feel that they can work with the evidence that the prosecution put forward. >> closing arguments on both sides are slated for monday morning. we are learning more about the former surgical tech that's accused of causing an hiv and hepatitis scare. rocky allen is accused of swapping need ups to get his hands on fentanyl. he pleaded not guilty in federal court yesterday. prosecutors revealed he has a blood borne disease, although they won't say what the dozen is.

hospitals in california and arizona. new this morning, an investigation is underway right now. a fire broke out at schoolhouse kitchen in arvada. this is what the scene looked like when the crews got there. the fire was contained just to the kitchen area. no word on if anyone was hurt. we are working to find out who vandalized this mural of super bowl champ dseventhmarcus ware. you can see the gaping hold on williams street. the artist named gamma said -- >> i just saw that yesterday. i walked by and noticed that. terrible that what happened. obviously, not a broncos pan. hey, eacher's pet usually doesn't bring a positive tone. one teacher's actual pet is helping students through challenging time. >> you can be the teacher's pet.

bell joins the students every week. she is a therapy dog and she asked the school if belle can be a faculty member. she says belle brings a calm to the students and helped improve social skills and grades. teachers say students practice reading to belle. she gets a treat when the students answer the questions correctly. well fed pup. we love our pets. you do, too. it is love your pet day. best day ever. we want to hear the reason your pet is special. >> adorable. i love that. tiger guarding me house. >> you can share your fondest memories of your special animal that's a part of your family. use the hashtag #beon9. by the way, this morning we have college line 9. the phones are open from now

we have volunteers from college goal colorado to answer questions you may have about the college application process, including how to fill out that fafsa. the number is (303)698-0999. again we have volunteers answering all your questions and on facebook, too. >> we will be speaking to them directly later in the newscast. give them a call. we are going to ask them what are some of the most calls that you are getting? they tend to be the same questions that everybody has. we will get to the bottom of that before everything is said and done today. 7:12. this week was a hold on to your hairspray and hat kind of week. >> meteorologist belen de leon will show us if we can expect more of the same in the next few

beautiful shot of fort collins it this morning. sunny out there. let's check in with belen de leon. she joins us from the backyard. >> it's a little cool right now. i have got a question for you guys. surprise. if you get in the car you're going to take a cruise today, what are you listening to? >> oh, belen you know this. when we went skiing on thursday i had my workout mix going. >> i know. i want to see what ryan says. red hot chili peppers. that brings me back to my summer days. >> right. i have listened to some of our viewers through facebook i had one guy who said, i am going to wash my car, go out for a cruise. that's the right idea. blue skies over the city. lots of sunshine. here are your weather headlines. i am going to step out of the frame for a minute. a nice, mild weekend in store for us. this is relative. our normal high is 47 degrees. so with highs in the 60s and

nice this weekend. we are going to see mainly dry, a little breezy this morning as a cold front sweeps through, and just brace yourself because that winter weather does return next week. here is a look at doppler 9. not anything happening across colorado. we are watching upstream of us. we got cloudiness and we've also got some snow. it's a very weak disturbance that's going to move over the north of colorado, bring a small chance for light snow showers in the northern mountains and possibly cooler temperatures. tomorrow. highs tomorrow in the 60s. we are going to warm quickly under these mainly sunny skies. temperatures around 11:00 a.m. in the upper 50s. we will top out in the 60s around 1-3:00 and the mainly tonight. temperatures in the 30s and high country, hello. leadville at 19 and 23 and our mountain valleys still chilly for you guys. 5 right now as some of that cold

the highs today in the 40s and 30s for the higher elevations. to the south 54. pagosa springs 54 degrees. visions. if you are cruising south on pueblo. i showed you where that disturbance is the look how it plays out in the futurecast. clouds in the morning mountains around lunch time. dry here in the city and out towards the plains. later this afternoon a possibility for light showers in the form of rain in north and northeast colorado. our skies in the city remain mainly clear into this afternoon, tonight, and into tomorrow. partly cloudy. tonight temperatures will drop to 27 degrees. they will turn colder with that cold front sleeping through and a little breezy at times on the eastern plains as that cold air tries to work its way through. tomorrow the high of 49 degrees. this is really close to our normal high. on monday we finally see that

it arrives in the evening into tuesday morning. now, still a few days out. so keep checking back as far as those snow amounts go. a return to winter weather on monday and tuesday. and what we'll see, a bit of ice out of coors field this afternoon. battle on blake. >> a fun day in the ballpark neighborhood today. >> thanks a lot. appreciate it. you can show some love for your homeless pets by giving them a forever home. >> can you resist this face? >> no. >> look at that mean mug. so adorable.

bella. she is not a weimer reiner. sweet. he she is going to lay down and show off. go for it, bella. bullmastiff mix. she is two years old. she is a super sweet girl. >> she is rolling over for you. she wants a belly rub. oh, good job. >> bella is a perfect quintessential colorado dog. she is great for someone adventurous, who hikes, runs, plays. home-wise, she is good with other dogs. the thing with home-wise, she can clear a six foot fence pretty well. she a jumper. if you had a condo, an electric fence, she is a great dog. >> she loves belly rubs. >> she is two years old. >> i have a golden and, yes, two to three to five years old they

exercise. aw! good girl. she is eager to please. you can see that right now. >> yeah, super eager to please. >> you have an event, meet-and-greet on march 19. that's a chance for people to meet these dogs? >> and check the mileheim weimaraner rescue. >> thank you so much. all right. >> and you were talking about, as far as the jumping aspect with the fence, you might try a special fence, collar. that might work with her as well? >> yeah, they have the electric will keep her from jumping over the fence. she is an adventurous pup. >> she wants to play. she is so sweet. so if you are interested in bella or if you have any other questions about bella, mile high weimaraner rescue, which i have have 9news.com. you're just a sweet girl.

michael malone was back in sacramento for the first time since he got the ziggy. malone was popular with his players before getting fired. that's why they came over to the bench area to hug him just before tip-off. loose ball. there goes moo-moo. maui is 17 years old and she is going to the olympics. pugh had a magnificent victory over trinidad and tobago. 5-0. i am starting to think troy tulowitzki for jose reyes might be the worst trade in baseball history. the rockies opened spring

this year they may have one. the position players are reporting next week. he is facing domestic violence charges and a lengthy process from the commissioner. >> the legal implications and everything, just got to tread lightly. i don't really know exactly all the details of it. >> first outdoor college hockey game in our state's history is a few hours away, but there has been an injury. the denver pioneers and colorado college tigers got a turn skating on fresh ice at coors field. the arch rivals meet in the battle on blake tonight. 9news sports reporter aaron matas is conducting all the interviews for us. >> i feel like a kindergartner. you are anxious. you don't know what you're gonna get. after a while then you started to focus on how is the game going to be different than what we're used to because we're outdoors and new ice and all that.

it's happening? >> yeah, for sure. i thought it would be more like -- it's just -- oh! >> reporter: wow. you okay? slapshot he is okay. much tougher than he looks. and we'll be covering the battle on blake for 9news tonight.

southern hemisphere -- makes landfall in fiji. tropical cyclone the most powerful storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere makes landfall in fiji. tropical cyclone wind winston packing winds at almost 200 miles an hour. >> the winds so strong in chicago people are told to stay indoors and buildings are being evacuated. a convenience store clerk

consumers getting an idea how unsafe these hoverboards are. safety experts say no hoverboards on the market are safe. and just one more day in the state wrestling tournament. the finals tonight. good morning. just about 7:30 on your saturday. we appreciate your taking time to wake up with us. our belen de leon joining us in the weather center with a look at our weekend weather. >> hi, guys. a great day in store. less windy. yeah! ! >> less hairspray! >> let's look at the forecast today. the high will be around of 3 degrees. this is above our normal high of 47. not as windy. no watches or warnings around colorado. yes! colorado is winning today. this afternoon we could see a few more clouds with wind from 5 to 10 miles per hour in the city. a quick look at what those winds are doing right now. right now we're seeing gusts up to 8 miles per hour in nederland.

yesterday. on friday morning. 30s and 40s on the map as this afternoon the highs are going to be in the 60s along i-25 closer to the foothills. enjoy the sunshine. a few clouds this afternoon. i want to show you this beautiful view over the city, overlooking from our tower camera. now, when will these blue skies turn cloudy and when will we see he snow gunnison again. i have got the answer coming u a look at the high country traffic. >> good morning, belen. that traffic starting to ramp up. i am going to try to make this as easy as possible. it's not the worst we've seen, but definitely you're going to need to add some drive time out there because we are talking about some high volumes. we have been checking in with floyd hill. those speeds are down in the single-digits now. you are crawling until you get to idaho springs. so drive times from 6th avenue

the average speed only about 30 miles per hour. so heading westbound a lot of people with the same idea with that sunshine. so slow going out of the city through idaho springs and even past as you approach georgetown now. so all of that first influx of traffic starting to get farther and farther out to the west. like i said, those drive times in the 80s. not the worse. we have seen 120 minutes when you are adding that hour, hour and a half, that's the worst we see on saturday morning. >> that's true. but we have seen it worse than in. got to keep that in mind. >> perspective. >> yeah, this is not too bad. >> right. just typical. listen to cdot's mountain radio for traffic conditions on i-70 between denver and vail. check this out. colorado with strong winds. we set records in some areas this week. we are not the only ones dealing

more than 70-mile-per-hour winds hit chicago forcing several buildings to evacuate. take look at that woman. >> feel so bad for her. >> the dangerous wind gusts left nearly 100,000 people without power. world news now. we will stick with the wind. tropical cyclone winston has made landfall in fiji. it's being called the most powerful storm ever recorded in the hemisphere. it's packing winds of 180 miles per hour with wind gusts over 20 miles per hour. that is equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. there are several reports of damage. flooding a major concern. the capital city is without electricity. u.s. fighter jets bombed an isis training compound in libya. the u.s. fighter jets were targeting a terrorist linked to

36-year-old terrorist has been kid in the attack. based on what investigators found in the rubble the compound was being used by isis militants. there were machine guns and rocket propelled launchers on the ground. it destroyed surrounding buildings. more than 40 people died in the bombing. new details this morning on that sightseeing helicopter that went down in hawaii's pearl harbor. moments before the traffic the pilot alerted air traffic control he was going down. it was salvaged yesterday. the ntsb will now take months to investigate the bell 206b chopper crash. it crashed into waters just off the arizona memorial visitors center wednesday critically injuring a 15-year-old boy and leaving two others in serious condition. a crazy story. in seattle, washington, a store clerk took matters into her own hands during a robbery. this shows surveillance video inside a convenience store. they started trading gunfire. the surveillance video shows she started to give him the cash

when he looks away she pulls out her gun. police say the two fired at each other. he ended up running away without the money. her shots just missed his head and his bullets went through her side and hit a cooler. she is expected to be okay but her husband says she should have just given the robber the money. the gunman was caught by police. sad news. former major leaguer tony phillips adied of a heart attack in arizona. he played 18 seasons in the mappingers for six teams. he was a member of the oakland athletics world series championship team. this is a play right now at second base where he was. sealed the a's sweep of the giants. he played 2161 major league games and retired in 1999. he was just 56 years old. the man who created several of the greatest comic book characters in the marvel universe says he will only appear at a few more conventions. stand lee is 93 years old.

doesn't know how much longer he will be able to attend the fan conventions. before that lee will be one of the biggest guests at denver comic con this summer signing autographs from june 17. a warning about hoverboards. the con summer products safety boards is saying none of the hoverboards on the market are safe. strong language there. regulators are planning to sieze or recall of the two wheeled scooters if they fail to meet safety standards. 52 hoverboard fires have been reported in 22 states. it's caused $2 million in property damage. airlines and college campuses have banned the hoverboards because of the fire risk that all together, just wasn't the best. >> not ready yet. we have college live nine. the phone is ringing off the hook. call until 9:00 with naeschylus vinzant our college questions. we have volunteers from college

anything for you whether it be financial aid fafsa, college admissions. we also have volunteers answering questions for you through facebook. if you want to chat with them for a little bit, their phones are ringing so off the hook that they haven't had a break to tell us what the popular questions are. it seems like it's mostly surrounding financial aid. >> take advantage of that. several years after an arizona couple loses thundershower wedding ring while diving in hawaii a portland woman finds it and tracks them down to return the ring. >> isn't that amazing? mary and david jefferies were on a trip to hawaii in 2013 when david lost his wedding wring while snorkeling. they looked and looked but never found it. one year later marcy of portland happened to be snorkeling on the beach and found the ring. she says after clearing off the

that wedding wring, saw the names david and mary. the jefferies found out from the ring from a story that aired on the "today" show. >> we are we were saying it's a good thing his name was inscribed inside of that ring. >> there is no way -- >> yeah, very cool story. pretty neat. >> yes. by the way, today is one of my favorite you days because it's love your pet day. with want to see your pet photos this morning. thank you so much for taking time to send them to us. we got some good ones. >> this is nutmeg. a cutie right there. it seems like every day is love your pet day for you, jess. >> that's true. i a ridiculous amount of cat photos. >> and we would love to see more of your pictures. all you have to do is use the hashtag be on 9 and keep sending them through the morning so we can put them on air.

>> aw. and jessica loves her selfies. my cat loves herfy. >> very cool. thank you for sending note photos in. we will be sharing them. use the hashtag #beon9. >> and i love the picture with your parents' dog. >> yeah. check that out. expect another packed night at the pepsi center. it's not the nuggets. not the avs. it's state wrestling tournaments wrapping up tonight with the finals. taylor has the details and the

welcome to the 9news prep rally. here is taylor temby. >> good morning.

action, new state champions in wrestling will be crowned tonight. semi-finals yesterday. let's take a look back at how we got here. 5a. romero was one of the first on the finals. 113-pound weight class. adam gutierrez made it to the championship round after defeating brandon -- >> i had to keep pushing and pushing. he was gonna get tired. whoever wanted it more, wanted to go faster. >> reporter: hopes kept you a live for a three-peat.

fight. at the 152 pounds, hunter willis took down nathan morris. he will wrestle for his third straight 4a title. number one versus number two. this time fleming and graham. >> it was awesome. can't explain it. best feeling ever. i wrestled him previously here. . >> reporter: rob unson made quick of his opponent. a perfect 44-0 on the season. he will wrestle for a state championship at 3a 185-pound weight class.

championship. air force falcon remains undefeated and will attempt a three-peat tonight. this has shown us a lot can change. some can be unexpected. we saw is a cup of upsets this week. two in particular showed us sometimes the biggest losses don't always come on the mat. on the eastern plains. >> small town. everybody knows everybody. record. >> we have been trying harder and putting out more than we ever have. >> reporter: but before the combined season, they were starting with losses. >> it was a tournament my dad >> reporter: senior as keith graham. >> he passed away on the 29th. >> reporter: and brannon anderson. >> passed away mid october. >> reporter: each lost one of their biggest cheerleaders. >> it was just hard to maintain the focus that i needed to have and go out there. >> reporter: staying on the sidelines during the season wasn't an option. it's no the what their parents

teammates for that matter. >> we have always kind of pushed for our team to be more of a family. of teams are i think. first happened and now they just kind of help us now focus on that and put -- look at the bigger picture. >> reporter: a picture that has them on the podium at finals. >> when my dad was working, he wasn't at every meet. now he is with me in every match. >> he is watching me, helping me through everything. >> reporter: wrestling wraps up after today. some of the other winter sports are just getting ready for playoffs. in fact, boys and girls basketball are finishing up the regular season games this week. persistent is number ten legend against number six rock canyon. jazz bip eight. derek goes down the court and there's the dunk. barely holding the lead. nasum nails a three-pointer. what a crazy ending.

down the court and in a last second effort draws the foul for two shots. he makes both of them. legend gets the victory 68- 68- 66. >> up and up for the and one. the wolves dom net. they lead 30-8 at half. in the second half alexis tosses one over to mikaela for a breakaway and the easy two. brandy is unfee defeated 54-37. we will have more from the state wrestling tournament tonight at 9news at ten and on tomorrow's

welcome back. a live look at boulder. guess what? the temperatures to start off

mild. here is belen de leon. jessica. lots of sunshine right now. good opportunity to enjoy that vitamin d. we have been getting social with our friends on facebook and twitter. for saturday. a couple of their replies here, i have keith that says he's going to the park with his grand-kids. graphic. ladonna is headed to the home and garden show. the mustang. a cruise. i asked him what are you going members minute music. i love it. find me on twitter, facebook, and instagram let me know how you are spending the day or if to answer them. a disturbance to the northwest of us. it's bringing in colder air some gustier winds towards the estes park as that front moves through and also a chance for some snow in the high country. mountains.

out there. it's gonna be a bluebird skiing day. if you are headed to summit county, a chance for some isolated snow showers. a little accumulation. high of 42. tomorrow high of 4 it. the rest its high country looks like this. 30s in steamboat. winter park 377. loveland 37. buenavista 41. drive on 285 should be a good one. if you fort collins plenty of sunshine over the csu campus. here is a disturbance again. notice how it's going to graze northern colorado. a small chance for light snow showers around steamboat springs near the front range mountains, possibly near the divide. also light showers into northeast colorado. here in the city it remains mainly dry. that is that front that's gonna move through this afternoon and evening. what it will do is it will cause those winds to kick up a tad around the city and out towards the eastern plains gusting up to 0 miles per hour.

nothing like the winds that we have seen in previous days. in fact, no watches or warnings issued across colorado. if you are going to cruz and listen to some music, you will be okay across colorado. through tomorrow morning clouds increase in the high country coming in from the northwest. temperatures right now in the 30s and 20s. then goes out east. high country temperatures in the teens. and single-digits out in gunnison:here is a look at the afternoon highs. in the 40s mainly for the high country. the san juans looking nice. 61. lower elevations 60s and 50s. south on i-25 temperatures in the 70 into pebly. tonight it will turn colder as that front moves through. 27 the overnight low. a little breezy. keep that in mind if you are headed to battle on blake. you need that jacket with you. can you see the gusts at times especially through the end of the game. winds tonight from 5 to 10 miles per hour. tomorrow the high of 49 degrees. this is actually really close to our normal high for this time of year.

is when we go back to the winter weather. it's still going to be a warm day on monday, above average, but into the afternoon you will notice those weather changes. those winds pick up those clouds increase. and in the afternoon and evening we will start to see that rain turning into snow after sunset and that snow right now as far as the forecast models are trending looks like it will be present for tuesday with stronger winds and colder temperatures. it clears up by wednesday with a high of 45 and thursday 50 degrees. ryan and jessica, as far as a chance for snow goes right now still a little early to determine snow amounts. we just keep asking everyone to check back. >> there may be some around the corner. >> she is focused on this beautiful day, belen. >> living in the present. >> all right. thanks so much. appreciate it. amazing images from space. video filmed this from space this week shows dramatic images of the united kingdom nighttime. shot by tim peake. shows the parkling lit up u.k.

station passed over it at night. the european space agency says the iss as flying west to east over the english channel towards northern europe and russia at the time of the filming. as always, i will say you should follow commander scott kelly, our own u.s. astronaut on the space station right now. incredible shots. virgin galactic says it's back in the race to take tourists into space. they have rolled out the newest spacecraft since a prototype was destroyed in a crash on halloween 2014. that crash killed the pilot. >> spaceship 2 looks like the first version of the spacecraft. just with a few upgrades. the biggest of the changes preventing the premature deployment of the mechanism that slows down the spacecraft when it slows slows down to earth. >> richard branson says this has to happen. we need to move forward. exciting times. stephen hawking among those who

>> he said $250,000 for a ticket to space. hawking named the new spacecraft the unity and the out line of his eye is on the ship's logo. >> stephen hawking sent a message saying he would be honored to ride in this spacecraft.

welcome back everyone. a live look over downtown denver. not a cloud in the sky. we see those drivers starting to get to the roads, starting to get there great, sunny travel day planned. >> hey, we have a lot coming up on 9news at 8:00. suvs shut down a portion of i-70 earlier this week. also, the critical day in the race for president. we are hours away from the results of the south carolina primary. the democrats also battling for the nevada caucuses.

antonin scalia will be laid to rest today. thousands expected to attend. store. that's it. behind it. we will share it in the next hour.

a suv shut down a portion of i-70 earlier this week. when will those actual suvs be allowed back on. a critical day from the race for patient. hours away from the primary and nevada caucuses. supreme court justice antonin scalia will be laid to rest today. thousands are expected to attend. a deer walks into a liquor store. a wonderful start to a terrible

a live look out on the roads this morning. quite some congestion on floyd hill as those folks head up to the high country to enjoy some weather. tracy is breaking down your high country traffic this a second. speaking of the roads, we are waiting to see whether cdot will open a line of i-25 today adonal foyle that rockslide shut a portion of the highway earlier this week. weather has set back crews trying to get rid of the risk of new rockslides. the slides caused serious damage to the area. the largest rockdale down in monday's slide was the size of ap suv. repairs are expected to cost 2 to $5 million. full repairs to i-70 may take up to two months. cdot should give us an update around noon. we are learning how strong that windy weather was this week. it could employee you away. winds reached 148 miles per hour in monarch pass on thursday. that's the strongest gusts ever recorded in our state. that record gusty was just enough to pass the previous mark

set in boulder back in 1971. wind gusts that strong are what you would typically experience during a category 4 hurricane. our belen de leon has her feet anchored to the ground. those winds have passed, belen? >> no skirt alert in effect for today. >> doing the marilyn monroe. >> none of that. you know, the winds will not be as strong. the temperatures are gonna be mild. we are gonna have sunny skies. a little breezy in the foothills. folks, when you compare it to what we have seen in briefs days, this is gonna be a big improvement. far as those winds go because right now those speeds are kind of in check. we have got speeds right now in the single-digits in estes park. it is a breezy morning. 37 miles per hour. loveland and berthoud pass typically is pretty gusty this time of morning. that's about as windy as it's going to get. the temperatures now under these sunny skies already 43 degrees at dia. more 30s springled in onto the

if we take a look at your afternoon highs, it's gonna be really nice under these mainly sunny skies. 740s in the foothills. breezy at times. over the city, if you are still in your jammies, this is what is waiting for you outside. a very dry forecast still as we take a look at the extended forecast. that's what we are gonna see a chance for rain and snow for the start of next week. here's what's in store for your saturday. it's really, really nice. now, that cool down comes next week. we will take a look at that in a few. right now tracy anthony has a few into the high country. yeah, good morning. if you are headed -- hitting the roads, hitting i-70 westbound plan for some extra time getting out of the city. it's definitely going to be some slow going. we could check into floyd hill. brake lights. traffic moving in the single-digits. maybe you're getting up into the teens. but right around georgetown this is where we're starting to see that traffic kind of lighten up

you can still see quite a few people on the roads. slowdowns. area right now, that's where slowdowns. u.s. 6. average speed about 30 hour. so for the next hour or so we're going to continue to see this traffic really continue to slow down here through idaho springs. notice georgetown. that's where we start to see little bit and your drive will be a little you nicer. the same time right as that sun was coming up. >> good news. that drive time is down by five minutes. >> thank you. >> we dropped by two, three >> very good. >> way to work the clock, thanks, appreciate it. we will see you later. listen to cdot's mountain for traffic conditions on i-25 between denver and vail. up to the minute road conditions. log on to cotrip.org. they are broadcasting fridayans

and tracy's reports on 9news. she is joining us from weather nation. a source for around the clock weather news. all new this morning, a police officer was killed during a stand-off in northeastern mississippi. reports indicated that a man barricaded himself inside a home with a woman and a girl. >> the stand-off lasted hours. three other officers were hospitalized after being shot. one officer suffered life-threatening injuries. police say the man who shot at officers was killed. new york police department officers are expected to survive after being shot in brooklyn. authorities say they were chasing jam all tunes who was going the wrong way down a road. >> investigators say funes crashed a patrol car, crashed into a patrol career. police he got into the shoot- out with the suspects. two officers were rushed to the hospital of the suspect was also hit. moving on now.

bernie sanders and hilary clinton face off in the nevada caucuses. probably more crucial is the gop fight for delegates in south carolina. that state's primary has a history of choosing the eventual nominee being wrong only one since 1980. 9news reporter vida urbonas has more from the information center. >> good morning. as voters in south carolina head to the polls for the first primary of the south, caucuses begin in nevada. to the gop primary in south carolina. donald trump had enjoyed a big lead in the polling in south carolina before trump tangled with the pope and before he promised to clean up his language. ted cruz has closed the gap to five points in the latest nbc poll. that was cruz's deficit before he beat trump in iowa. marco rubio hopes not just to beat ted cruz today. he hopes to drive jeb bush and john kerry from the race. now to the nevada caucuses where hilary clinton lost her big lead

he a heated contest is playing out between the two. both virtually in a dead heat held rallies last night. 23 delegates are up for grabs in nevada where the caucuses get underway starting at 11:00 this morning. in the information center, vida urbonas, 9news. presidential candidate donald trump says he's boycotting pickup over the company's refusal to comply with a court order that would unbe lock a phone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. apple has been under scrutiny for refusing to give you have special software that would allow the feds it to unlock the phone. the two gunmen killed 14 people in a mass shooting last december. the fbi believes data on their phones could help track down leads connected to isis. here is how trump weighed in at a rally in south carolina. >> boycott apple until such time as they give that security number. how do you like that? i just thought of it. boycott apple. here's the thing. first of all, the phone's not

that killed all these people. the phone's opened by the government. >> a lot of back and forth there. apple and the fbi are due in federal court. supreme court justice rest today. to atlantic church in washington. thousands of people showed up to pay their respects to scalia as he lay in repose in the supreme court's great hall yesterday. the justice spent nearly three decades on the high court. he was regarded as one of the most conservative justices in history. he was highly respected and beloved by even the most liberal of judges. scalia's son, one of his nine children, is a atlantic priest and will give the homily. the 79-year-old justice died unexpectedly last weekend. we are learning more about the former surgical tech accused of causing an hiv and hepatitis square. rocky allen is facing charges accused of swapping needles to

he pleaded not guilty in federal court yesterday. prosecutors reveal he has a blood borne disease. we also learned allen was fired from four hospitals in california and arizona for drug-related offenses. almost 3,000 patients who underwent surgery while allen worked at swedish medical center have to be tested for hepatitis and hiv? synthetic marijuana investigation underway into a fire in arvada. this is what the scene looked like when crews arrived. that fire was contained in the kitchen area. no word if anyone was hurt. liquor stores probably are used to seeing all kinds of customers, right? but none quite like in. >> no, no, no. take a look at this. in virginia it's a deer caught on camera in a lighting departmenter store. the doe managed to push open the door, walk right in. this gal nose what kind of

she walks right up to the bourbon aisle. my kind of doe. she forgot her wallet so the employees showed her the door. it is love your pet day. we have been hearing from a lot of you guys about the reasons your pets are so special. thank you so much for taking your time to send us these lovely pet photos. >> louis there. very cute. puts him in a sweater because it's chilly outside. adorable. i mean, these pictures are just great. love this one. you can share your pictures. make sure to use the hashtag eon9. we will do our best to put them on the newscast in the next hour or so. >> happy pet day to maggi, too. it's been fun to see the pictures coming in. we have some cute pets in colorado. >> a lot of photos coming in. love it. sugar glider, there is a different one for you. these sugar gliders are cool. i have seen one of these before. all right.

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welcome back. belen de leon in the backyard. billups, you are not going wind called down? >> rocks in her shoes? through my dress? >> i thought you were a magical being. >> that's the thing. i am so transparent and honest with you guys, you can see through my guess. >> i know you're a meteorologist, but you make a great news woman. let's look at the forecast. i decided to come out here without my jacket because the temperatures right now, they are pretty mild. you think it's a little cool because i am in the shade. if i were in the sunshine it would feel so much better. i am going to stop my complaining. it's 17 days without any rain or snow out at dia. and the next chance for us to see some moisture, at least here in the metro area, it's not going to be until monday and tuesday. so the takeaway from the forecast is that if you like that dry and mild weather, you

check out the blue skies over the metro area right now. this fantastic temperature at dia is 43. 20s for huer elevations or valleys. single-digits like in gunnison. good morning to you. warm hugs being sent and warm thoughts. afternoon highs in the high country will be in the 40s. 50s for our southern mountains. on the san juans lower elevations 50s and 60s. if you are cruising down i-25 southbound and bump into pueblo you get to the 70-degree temperatures. mainly sunny skies in the city. warm temperatures 2:00. a dry trend into this evening. doppler 9 across the state showing a little bit of activity in the northwestern corner. it's what is in upstream that will graze northern colorado, bring a chance for light snow showers in the northern mountains and possibly showers lighter this afternoon. here is your futurecast.

to the north around 1:30. seeing clouds and light snowboarding snow falling at that time. increase of clouds in the city and for the afternoon maybe some light showers along that i-70 stretch from sterling to northeast colorado. mainly that trend in the city had be mainly dry and our clear skies take us into this evening and tomorrow. right now those winds are much lighter than what they have been. but those winds will increase at this times this afternoon as the cold front sweeps through. them them out. what you have to watch out for are these bright colors. that's when we get into the 50 and 60 and 70-mile-per-hour range. around 3:00 gusts in the foothills up to 20 miles per hour. fort collins looking good. if you are gonna do a group ride out there on the bicycle, you know, things are looking great. into this afternoon watch out 8 p.m. winds out of the eastern plains increasing as that colder sar working its way through.

those winds overnight relax as the colder air pushes through and tomorrow morning the winds will be lighter as we are waking up. 27 the overnight low. turning colder with the push. tomorrow high 49. this is clowe to the normal high of for this time of year. monday is the transitional day. 5 is the high. clouds increase during the day. the winds will pick up. we will start to see some rain develop in the afternoon. turning into snow after sunset, lasting through tuesday, and tuesday right now i am looking at some strong winds. could be a blustery and cold day. definitely a return to winter. then it clears up by wednesday with a high of 45 degrees. ryan and jest jessica, a few days out. we have to get the models, a little bit of time to come into agreement as far as how much snow we could see. >> meantime, we can enjoy some of those warmer temps. >> yes. >> all right. appreciate it. >> sure. 8:16. this morning we have college line 9 open for you. the phones are open to 9:00 and ourle volunteers are here from

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the dynel lane trial is nearing an end. she is accused of cutting a baby out of another woman's womb last year. the attorneys surprise the the courtroom as they rested their case yesterday.

michelle wilkins yesterday when wilkins was about to leave lane shoved her into a bedroom, tried choking her and smashed a bottle on her head. she had named her baby girl aurora. aurora did not is survive the attack. many expected to hear fra lane. she chose not to testify. the defense didn't call any witnesses. our 9news legal analysts gave us unsight into that decision. >> you can't read too much in the defense not calling any witnesses. sometimes it's because the defense doesn't have anybody to call. on other occasions it's because they feel that they can work with the evidence that the prosecution put forward. >> closing arguments from both sides are slated monday morning. the jury is expected to get the case later in the day. an officer-involved shooting suspect is in jail this morning. officers spotted roy gilmore driving a stolen vehicle. gilmore tried to take off leading officers in gunnison on a pursuit.

the situation escalated and officers opened fire hitting gilmore. gilmore faces several charges, including car theft. we will follow that story. police are trying to track down the burglars who targeted cars and homes in louisville. boeing burglaries happened on wild roads way. this is one of the vehicles the police think the burglars were driving. they broke in the car and got a hod of ar garage door openers. they walked into a couple of homes and stole vallual items. this shows one of the suspects involved. police think the suspects could be tied to other burglaries in the area earlier this month. we are working to find out who vandalized a mural of super bowl champ demark us ware. obviously, not a broncos fan. you can see the huge gaping hole. i walked by these yesterday. sad to sea. the art isolated thunderstorms named gamma says the piece was inspired by ware's sack celebrations. a high school soccer player,

of the country. the mountain vista senior going

from colorado's sports leader. >> nuggets head coach michael malone was back in sack for the first time since he got the zig by. malone was popular with his players before getting fired and that's what we came over to the bench area to hug him before tip-off. loose ball! there goes mu-mu. he wins the race. the nuggets lose. mallory pugh is 17 years old and she's going to the olympics. pugh had a magnificent assist in the united states victory over trinidad and tobago. team u.s.a. clenches a spot in

i am starting to think troy tulowitzki for jose reyes may be history. last year opening season best shortstop in the major leagues. one. he is facing domestic violence suspension from the commissioner. >> you know, it's kind of a tough situation. the legal implications and everything. you got to tread lightly. i don't really know exactly all the details of it. >> first outdoor college hockey game in our state's history is a few hours away. it has already been an injury. the denver pioneers and colorado college tigers got a turn skating ongoing war fresh ice at cures feel. the arch rifles meet in the battle on blake tonight. aaron matas is conducting all the interviews for us. >> i feel like kindergarten.

you don't know what you're going to get, but after a while then you started to focus on how is the game going to be different than what we're used to because we're outdoors and new ice and all that. >> reporter: starting to feel lake this is actually happening? >> exactly. >> heads up! >> oh! you okay? you okay? >> aaron took a vicious slapshot it the right forehead. he's okay. much tougher than he looks. and we'll be covering the battle on blake for 9news tonight.

is. this is 9news. >> gaining ground in the fight against isis. u.s. airstrikes hit a significant target. a terrorist come in libya. dozens killed in the attack. a frightening accident

a woman is trapped in a burning car. person who hit her nowhere to be found. a close call as a man tries to cross train traction in australia. transportation officials say this happens more often than you think. they got into a car2go from point a to point b, but you won't believe the ride they had to endure with their undercover driver. and one more day in the state wrestling tournament. finals are tonight. good morning. a story that's new today. denver police are asking for your help identifying a woman. plus say this woman is wanted for financial exploitation of the elderly. she reportedly targeted an elderly woman in a confidence scam. >> she may be driving an older beige four-door sedan. if you know who she is call 720-913-stop. you can remain aanonymous. thank you for starting your day with us. let's get straight to belen de leon here in the weather center

good morning, belen. you have some guests. >> yes. happy you cat-er-day. national pet day as well. this is miss lucy. she is going to help me do the forecast. you have her handler standing by because she is a fiesty one. lucy doesn't like to be on tv. temperatures for today are gonna be 63 degrees. it's not gonna be as windy. just trying to escape. winds in the foothills will be, take a look at the winds. the winds are calmer. i'm going to hand her off. she was great to start off. right now kind of out of all righty. she doesn't like to be handled by me. i am not a cat person. now 16 and 30 miles per hour and in hour. in the city of calmer. the winds this weekend, especially will be less windy. that's something everybody wants to know about, especially because of the winds we have experienced in the past several days. no watches or warns issued winds go.

we have got 30s up in morning colorado. we are warming quickly under these sunny skies. afternoon highs above normal highs. closer to 47 trees this time of year. we are going to get 60. so 60s under sunny skies. i will tell you what. if you are in the sunshine, that's go to feel good. outside our studios not a cloud to be seen. through the rest of the day temperatures at 10:00 a.m. already 52 degrees. it's gonna warm quickly into the 60s. by noon plenty of sunshine. a few more clouds around 3 p.m. with temperatures at 62 degrees. it's day 17 without rain or snow, but that is gonna change soon in your extended forecast. right now a look that the high country. tracy anthony, you have a special guest as well? yeah, belen. i have shiloh here from petline9. shiloh has eight brothers and sisters. it's from the eapl.

she is nine weeks old. so sweet. traffic wise, shiloh, you want to help me? i think she is going to fall asleep. we are dealing with a lot of traffic out there on i-70 westbound. slowdowns will continue for the next hour or so. drive times hanging out around like i said, not the worst we've seen but plan a little extra time. the average speed around 32 miles per hour. most of the slowdowns are coming out of the city right through idaho springs. bit time you get to georgetown, that's when we see the traffic conditions really start to clear out. but as you head out of the city, be mindful, pack the patience. we are battling that initial rush out of the city. so jessica and ryan, i don't know if you -- you have met my two little guys. is it bad to get a third dog? >> no, no, you should absolutely take is shiloh. >> as long as they are not cats, that's all right. >> belen and i are fighting over him. >> everybody isfying over shiloh. >> i think he wants to nap.

>> 90% of the time. thanks, tracy, appreciate it. listen to cdot's travel weekend every weekend for traffic conditions on i-25 between denver and vail. log on to cotrip.org to hear the reports. colorado experienced winds so strong it set a record in some areas this week. we are not the only ones dealing with this windy weather. more than 70-mile-per-hour winds hit chicago forcing several buildings to evacuate. the dangerous wind gusts knocked down power lines and left nearly 100,000 people without power. >> unbelievable. in world news but particular sticking with the wind, new overnight tropical cyclone winston has made landfall. it's the most powerful storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. it is packing winds of 180 miles per hour with gusts over 220 miles per hour. that's the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. now, at least one person an elderly man has been killed after his house collapsed in on him. several reports of damage and

the capital city is without electricity. fig ingy's government declared a state of natural disaster? u.s. fighter jets bombed an isis training compound in libya and dozens were killed. the jets were targeting a terrorist linked to massacres in tunisia. a senior official believes a 36-year-old terrorist has been killed. the compound was being used by isis militants. there are machine guns and rock the propelled weapons on the grown. more than 40 people died in that bombing. lawyers for mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman says he is being deprived of sleep inside of a mexican prison. they call it a form of torture. guzman, who escaped from that same prison last year, was recaptured last month. his attorneys say prison guards wake the drug lord up every couple of hours. his lawyers also say that

planned to make a biographical movie. british prime minister david cameron is meeting with advisor after a deal was reached in the european union. the deal to keep britain in the eu was reached in brussels after 24 hours of negotiations. cameron says he will now campaign for the deal in britain. the agreement won unanimous support if all of the eu state's 28 leaders. cameron said he will set a date for a referendum most likely this summer. angela merkel ducked out of meeting last night to grab a phone of fries with mayonnaise. consider this. breakfast was canceled during the meeting. so was lunch. by the time dinner rolled around late, merkel and her aides went out to grab that cone of frit he s. >> nothing like fried potatoes and mayonnaise. >> i like it. >> you are something. >> i will eat anything. caught on camera in china. a woman was rescued from the

accident. the whole thing caught on surveillance video. the woman woman was riding a electric bicycle home when it collided with a three wheel vehicle. you see it caught fire there. a bump of people kind of rushed over to pull the woman out before it burst into flames. the woman was taken to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. the man driving the three-wheeled vehicle that hit her fled the scene but later turned himself in. a brush with death caught on camera. a man was nearly hit by a train in melbourne. this shows that man trying to cross the tracks at a train station. one train was leaving and he crossed behind it as another train was approaching. he apparently saw that on coming train -- there you go at the last second -- and could have been a fatal condition. australian public transport company leased this footage to warp people this is one of more 450 similar near misses in the past year. new details this morning on that sightseeing helicopter that went down in hawaii's pearl harbor. look at that.

pilot noticed there was a problem and alerted air traffic control that he was going down. the aircraft was salvaged yesterday. the ntsb says it will now take months to investigate the bell 206b chopper crash. the helicopter crashed into waters off of the arizona memorial visitors center on thursday critically injuring a 15-year-old boy. two others are in serious condition. in seattle, washington, a store clerk took matters into her own hands during an armed robbery. surveillance video from inside that store shows an armed rober and female clerk trading gunfire. so she starts to give him some cash in this video. when he looks away, she pulls out her gun. police say the two fired at each other. he ran off without the money. her shot just missed his head and his bullet went through her side of her abdomen and hit a cooler. she is expected to be okay. her sus says she should have given the robber the money.

the man who created several of the comic characters in marvel universe says he will only appear at a few more conventions. stan lee is 90 years old. much longer he will be able to attend the fan conventions. last. before that he will be one of comic con this summer. a new warning from the consumer product safety commission about hoverboards. the agency taking dramatic action announcing none of the hoverboards currently on the market are safe. pretty strong language. regulators are planning to sieze or recall any of the two- wheeled scooters. 57 hoverboard fires have been reported in 234 state now. those fires have caused $2 million in property damage. is several airlines and college campuses have banned hoverboards because of the fire risk.

hoverboard come out. as soon as it did the videos started rolling through of them catching fire. >> just not there yet. 8:38 now. danica patrick is in the news getting ready for tomorrow's daytona 500. she recently took some unsuspecting people for a wild ride. > [ laughter ] >> woo! >> all right. so here's the deal. danica posed add a lyft driver and took a few unsuspecting passengers for a fun spin in charlotte. she wore a floppy hat and dark glasses to disguise her itemty. she was dropping subtle hints to the passenger. they didn't know should she was. she told one of them she likes to drive 500 miles on sundays and likes to do it in less than four hours. a little bit concerning if your lyft driver says that. she asked one of the passengers who his favorite driver is and he told her it was her. >> have you ever heard of that

what do you think of her. >> man, she awesome. >> ryan, do you think he recognized her and said that? >> i am a little bit skeptical because they are in the passenger seat. i think somebody lyft is trying to do. i don't know. all the passengers seemed surprised and they all took selfies with danica afterwards. >> of course. did they have to pay for their ride? that's what i want to know. >> several years after an arizona couple loses thundershower wedding ring while diving in hawaii a portland woman find it and tracks the them. were on a trip to hawaii in 2013. david lost his wedding ring while snorkeling. they looked and look, but they never found it again. one year later is when marcy lands of portland happened to snorkeling on the same wichita and found the ring. she says she cleaned off the

undescription with the wedding date and the names. jefferies saw that story on the "today" show and flew out to portland to be reunited with the ring. we have college line 9. the phones are open to 9:00. volunteers are here to answer questions about fafsa and college admissions. (303)698-0999. we also have volunteers facebook. >> the phones have been ringing off the hook. it giveson idea of how many people have questions when it comes to anything within that college application process. >> lots of questions and calls coming in. keep them busy. another packed night at the pepsi center. not for the nuggets. not for the avs. wrestling tournament wraps up with the final.

into welcome to the 9news prep rally. here is taylor temby. >> good morning everyone. after two grueling days of action the new state champions about be crowned tonight. semi-finals went late into the evening yesterday. we will take a look back at how we got here. 5a. one of the first for the finals. arvada west in the weight class. romero takes on the winner of this bout. the battle of the [ inaudible ]. he made it to the championship

>> i had to keep pushing and pushing. he was gonna get tired. because gonna get tired. whoever wanted it more, wanted to go faster. >> a three-peat. two-way fight. at 152 pounds two-time defending state champion hunter willis took down nathan morris. he will wrestle for a third straight 4a title. a rematch from earlier this season at 132. number one versus number two. this time [ inaudible ]. >> i can't explain it. best feeling ever. i wrestled previously here. four to one. >> dawson robertson make quick

the two time state titlist for a perfect 44-0 on the season. wrestling for the state championship at the 3a 285- pound weight class. he beat sanchez at 419. finally, thompson valley over pueblo east zion freeman earned him another trip to the state championship. airforce remains undefeated and will attempt a three-peat tonight. a lot can change. some of it can be unexpected. we saw couple of upsets earlier this week. two wrestlers showed us that sometimes the biggest losses don't always come on the mat. on the eastern plains. >> it's a small townle. everybody knows everybody. >> reporter: there is a winning record. >> trying harder and putting out more than we ever have. >> reporter: before the sedgwick county fleming combined wrestling team began the season, they were starting with losses.

always came to. >> reporter: seniors keith graham. >> he passed away on the 29th. >> reporter: and brannon anderson. >> passed away mid october. >> reporter: each lost one of their biggest chief leaders. >> it was just hard to maintain the focus that i needed to have. >> reporter: but staying on the sidelines during the season wasn't an option. it's not what their parents would have wanted or their teammates, for that matter. >> we have pushed for our team to be more of a family. we are a lot closer than a lot of teams are, i think. >> they were there for us when it first happened and now they just kind of help us now focus on that and put -- look at bigger picture. >> reporter: a picture that has them on the podium at saturday's finals. >> when my dad was working he wasn't at every meet, but now he is with me every match. >> even when i am in the middle of the match, he is always right there watching me, helping me through everything. >> reporter: wrestling does wrap up after today. some of our other winter sports are just getting ready for playoffs. in fact, boys and girls

their regular season games this week. persistent. that's how we describe legend against rock canyon. jags up by eight. gerald smalls goes down the court and there is the dunk. rock cannon nails a three-pointer to extend the jag's lead. what a crazy ending. down by one. riley maddux sprints down the court and in a last second effort draws the foul for two shots. he makes both of them. 68-66. undefeated grandview now facing raptors at home. cal turner weaved and leaps up too dominant. in the is second half you a lexus tousles one to mig kayla two. they remain undefeated 54-32. tonight on 9news at 10 as well as on tomorrow's prep rally.

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8:51 on your saturday morning. let's check in with belen de leon in the weather center with our forecast. >> high, guys. good morning. all right. we are starting off this saturday in a spectacular way. i went to facebook to ask my friends what are their plans for this saturday. so here's what they replied. we have this comment sent in which anthony who says he is going to rugby match for his son. jeffrey is cleaning the garage and watch the cars. do that after the show, okay, jeffrey? mark is working. he is climbing on roofs. someone has to work, right, like

i am glad the winds will be better to do your job today. instagram stuff you don't usually see on tv. let's get to the forecast. it's dry right now as we are waking up on this saturday morning on the front range with mostly sunny skies. the clouds mainly in the northern mountains. i am watching this weak disturbance towards the northwest through the day. this little system is just gonna graze colorado to the north. bring us a chance for some snow showers in our northern mountains. colder air this evening. possibly kicking up the winds towards the eastern plains. you will feel those cooler temperatures for tomorrow. steamboat springs sleepy giant, i hear you. with weather like this, i would feel like just staying in my jammies as well. steamboat springs looking a bit more clouds out there. the temperatures are going to get to 38 degrees. temperatures for owe places in the high country, leadville 38, crested butte 41 and in the southern mountains you will see the temperatures in the 40s and 30s. very different from the front range. foothills is bright and sunny

let's take a look at how that little disturbance will move to the north in colorado. a chance for light snow showers in the northern mountains. flurries. rocky mountain national park, estes park, near the tunnel and a chance for light showers into northeast colorado as well as that colder air that makes its way through the state later this afternoon and evening. by tomorrow morning we are waking up to sunshine with clouds in the high country. your temperatures right now in the 20s. higher elevations, even some single-digits in gunnison. 40s and 30s down low. and we're really warming up under these sunny skies. your highs for today are gonna be above normal. we should be closer to 47 degrees this time of year. 60s in the forecast for fort collins and denver. ai yi yi! defensive down south if -- defensive down south. pretty big day for battle on blake. that happens at coors field. our ballpark has been turned into an ice rink as the piles take on the tigers this afternoon. puck drops at 6:10. that will be fun. 55 degrees.

could feel breezy as that front moves through the front range. 27 will be the overnight low. colder. and then tomorrow you'll see those cooler temperatures. this is actually closer to our normal high. on monday that's when it starts to shake up. 55 will be the high. partly cloudy. chance for rain and snow into the afternoon, evening, and continuing through tuesday. right now 38 for tuesday. its looking like a windy day as well with a chance for some snow. several days out. keep checking backing as far as the snow amounts go. wednesday clear with a high of 45 degrees. national pet day. i am going to leave you with this really cool and fun picture sent in by one of our viewers. this is pee wee. special delivery. >> i love it! >> no animals were harmed in this segment.

welcome back. we are waiting to see if cdot will open one lane of i-70 today after a rockslide shut a portion of the highway earlier this week. weather has really set back crews trying to get rid of the risk of new rockslides in again wood canyon. it caused serious damage to the area. the largest rock that came down in monday's slide was the size of an suvs. repairs are expected to cost two to $5 million. may take up to two months for repairs. be sure to log on to 9news.com for updates. >> crazy too see how big the >> yeah. and belen, no winds today? we will have a front pushing you are going to notice the kick up. forecast. highs in the 60s. and you will feel the cooler temperatures tomorrow.

day. 55 degrees. tuesday. finally a bit of winter. still early to look at the snow amounts. we ask people to keep checking back with us on social media, facebook, twitter. our forecast on 9news.com. >> looking forward to snow. >> we certainly need it. its been dry after that first and second of february. dia. 17 days you now. >> thanks, appreciate it. thanks for joining us this morning.

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