same across broncos country... he will be missed. peyton manning is retiring... going out on top and ending his career in the best way possible... with a super bowl win. good morning... it's monday, march 7th. you know the story everyone is talking about this

manning retiring. 9news reporter colleen ferierra is live at broncos colleen... manning is expected to give his formal at 11. and celebrities wishing him the best... but broncos country got a little emotional too yesterday... vo: you welcome the team into your home every week during football season so people feel like they know him...even though it was only 4 short years. how do you say goodbye to a legend? shortage of love for peyton. that's wishing him have something today...mostly "thank you" for being a legend and making the sport you will be missed... the mesages go on from around the from around the

last 4 years... the mesages go on from around the country have been posting about annoucment yesterday morning ... here are some... you can send your messages to peyton this morning using the hashtag be on 9. the official news conference to announce manning's retirement is this morning 11 a-m. we'll carry it live on 9news, channel 20 and on 9news- dot-com. let's get to marty now- a few cooler days to start the week... today denver will begin warning

ordinance that requires sidewalks to stay clear. the city says some people are camping on the street and their belongings sidewalks impassable. it has become a big issue along lawrence street and park avenue west -- there are several homeless shelters nearby. everyone will have 24 hours to get their stuff off the sidewalk-- if that doesn't happen -- items will be moved into temporary storage. property that is not claimed within 30 days will be destroyed. the city will begin enforcing the

the woman accused of ambushing and fire chief in january...will be in court today for a competency hearing. police say marlene rodriguez jumped into chief eric tade's suv and arm and leg. to get away and get help. he was treated for his wounds and went back to work the next day. charged with degree murder...and first degree assault. today the united states olympic committee will hold a leadership meeting to talk about the zika virus. zika has spread across latin are worried about have on the 2016 olympic games. rio organizers say august is brazil's cool season -- so the mosquito population will be they've also about eliminating

have started daily inspections of olympic venues. the world health organization declared the zika virus an international public health emergency last month. today people around the world are remembering the life of former first lady nancy regan. she passed away from congestive heart failure this weekend... she was 94. nancy and ronald reagan were married for 54 years.. the former president died in 2004. as first lady - she made an impact on the public wherever she went. 9news reporter victoria sanchez talked to a local professor - who says nancy inspired him as a young boy living half a world away. as an 11-year-old in bejing -- jing sun watched as president reagan and the first lady visited china in 1984. jing sun/ university of denver associate professor of political science 10:25-25 "i was actually left speechless." the polticial science associate professor at du said as a child, he saw nancy reagan single handedly change the american image in the eyes of the chinese public. nat cspan children cheering jing sun/ university of denver associate professor of political science 11:34-49 "i just remember this lady dressed in red doing a number of things that usually, it just never occured to me that a first lady could actually hug someone." sun described her elegance, charm and sincerity as holding nearly as much polticial power as america's military and economy --- and that "soft power" spread globally." jing sun/ university

3:47-53 "nancy reagan is a household name not just in america but on the international stage as well." sun credits president reagan's wife for setting the foundation for what first ladies could do for the county's image -- even after the powerful couple left the white house. when ronald reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 1994 and died a decade later --- she became a spokesperson for her husband's ideas and legng sun/ univassociate science 8:15-21 "i t offer

professor sun said because of that trip to china in 1984 -- nancy reagan is nearly as famous as president reagan there to this day. mrs. reagan will be buried next to her husband at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california. the day of the

that many adults use to ward off stress. and, now, kids are doing the same. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here with more. tarhonda-- lots of parents are worried about their kids being too "stressed out" that's right. i did a story about "kids and stress" a few months ago. and, since then, i've heard from a few parents on how they're helping their kids relieve stress. a method created centuries ago... and experts are now realizing the power it holds to de- stress children.

year-old katie hostetter suggest for kids who want to try "meditation." she started a year ago and saw a difference, right away, in her ability to handle stress. those types of stories are pretty common here, at the kadampa meditation center in denver. kids as young as two years old have come here... ...getting a head- start on the same thing that many adults seek: inner peace. later on this morning, we'll tell you about some of the benefits that meditation can have for kids... both at you about some of the benefits that meditation can have for kids... both at home and at school. in the meantime, i want you all to try something. sit up straight. if you feel fidgity... you can press your fingers to your thumb. now close your eyes... and repeat

begins with me." this is what my four year old does when she needs to calm down! and she's convinced... it works! dirty plane bathrooms are the worst! but one airline is working the change that... with a device that can sterilize bathroom in just three

drivers continue to pay more at the

gas prices have jumped over the past two weeks... we checked triple- a's fuel guage report and the national average is now 1-81. despite the hike... industry analyst trilby lundberg says the price is still 70 cents per gallon cheaper than a year ago. the average price here in denver is 1- 77 a gallon for regular gas and 2- 25 for premium. less than half of businesses in the united states are ready to accept those chip-enabled

they were supposed to adopt the new technology by last october -- or face penalties. but according to a recent survey by the strawhecker group -- only 37 percent are ready. the new chip- enabled cards are intended to fight fraud and protect your information. boeing has designed a self- sterilizing bathroom -- it gets rid of bacteria by using ultraviolet light. when the bathroom is empty -- the system will disinfect all surfaces, including the toilet seat and sink... it only takes three seconds. boeing says it needs to study the idea more before offering it to airlines. spring break is going to look a lot different this year. retail-me-not-dot- com finds that more people plan to spring break closer to home. airfares are also cheaper because of

down 6-percent domestically... and 15 internationally. travel experts say if you want to cash in on the savings... your best bet is to book by the end of this week. can you imagine what it would be like to travel to mars? a spacecraft that could get us there one day underwent an important test...

his year in space mission his work is tied into a future mars mission in the orion spacecraft. the spacecraft was built by lockheed martin near littleton. maya rodriguez just underwent test here in colorado. over the orion about 15-hundred of them in all. it's all part of the latest test. the space vehicle needs to pass... on the journey to mars. "instead of taking the spacecraft to a facility, we can take the test to the spacecraft." it's an acoustic test. designed to reproduce the vibrations orion will experience on its next test launch. vibrations that come from the rocket. that will pull orion out of the grip of earth's gravity. and into space. "so, the speakers that you see will essentially recreate the same sound pressure and noise that the rocket would when it was launching." all of this comes as scott kelly returned to earth. at the end of the year in space mission. kelly's time on the international space station is designed to see how the human body reacts to zero-gravity. and how humans going on a potential three- year roundtrip

orion. which is why lockheed martin engineers near littleton. say this acoustic test is a crucial one. "you get a lot of vibration with that, so we're trying to make sure that this method applies the right vibration we need to prove the vehicle integrity and the safety of the crew." a crew that will eventually pioneer to a place humans.. have never gone before. mr, 9news. the next test launch is scheduled fort is set to send o the next test launch is scheduled for

orion around the moon. now let's get a check of your

won britain's wife carrying championships. the winning couple set a british record, one minute and 40 seconds. if you're wondering why their time was so fast... the course is only 415 yards long -- that's about a quarter mile. of ale. we also have your awwwww moment for the morning. two amur tigers gave birth to three cubs in crimea. look how tiny they are.... they're so little they can't really walk yet... they just scoot around. zoo officials said one of the tigresses abandoned her cub -- but it was adopted by her sister. amur tigers are an

thanks to ongoing conservation efforts, the population is recovering... now there are about 500 in the wild that's going to do it for 9news at 4:30... but we have a lot more news and weather to cover

player. today - quarterback peyton manning hangs up his helmet and retires. we look at the tributes his fellow players are posting... and talk about an investigation that's still hanging over manning's head. strong opinions from the democratic presidential candidates... on what should happen after the flint michigan contaminated water crisis. we'll take a