southwest of the epicenter. young children are among six people killed in a school bus crash this afternoon in chattanooga, tennessee. the bus carried 30 fife students from kindergarten to 5th -- 35 students from was found mangled around a tree at the scene. 23 students were taken to the hospital. the bus driver is cooperating with them. there are counselors and cap -- chap chaplains on staff. we'll continue to update this story throughout the evening. thanksgiving kicks off the busy time of the season that hasn't gotten off to a good start. the same system is expected to bring rain that will mix with snow overnight into tomorrow. that's the outlook for denver and across northeastern colorado. it's good news but could make

70. that's where i only will we be dealing with the heavy mountain snowfall, but also some blowing snowfall, too. keep that in mind if you're taking off late tomorrow, tomorrow or even wednesday. the storm system is starting to already roll into southwestern colorado bringing rainfall to starts of the low lying valleys, a little snow to the san juans, we're seeing some popping up across the front range mouns an isolated shower possible in denver but not much. it won't be until tomorrow morning, 4 a.m. we kick off with rain, but that quickly switches over to snowfall by about 6:00, 6:30. if you're heading out on the road, you'll have to deal with that. luckily the storm system is a fast mover out of here by tomorrow evening and we will be well on our way to a decent looking thanksgiving holiday. we'll go over the watches and warnings, let you know how much snowfall i'm anticipating in the high country and i'll look

>> see you in a bit. plenty of coloradans will hit the road this year for the thanksgiving holiday. more than 790,000 drivers on the state's roadways. at the pump they'll be greeted by low gas prices, just about two bucks a gallon, but enjoy it now because the price of oil is creeping back up. >> reporter: if you filled up your tank lately, you may have noticed gas prices year. >> gas prices in the rockies have been very stable all year. aaa is predicting that stability will continue through the year end. >> reporter: the average price of $2.06 comes within about eight cents of what we paid this time last year, an unusual situation experts say given heavy demand during the holiday driving season. >> we would have thought we would have seen some increase just because of the holiday travel period which usually

far. >> reporter: but will it last? monday the price of crude oil rose nearly 4% on the news that opec, the group of oil producing nations, could be moving toward limiting production. >> any time the price of oil goes up the price of gasoline will go up. we'll see that going up. >> reporter: it's not just gas, but other things related to oil, too. >> any oil product will be impacted by the price of a barrel of oil, not just what we think of. it's the oil to heat cars. it's also all sorts of products that are made with plastics that come from oil and oil derivatives. >> reporter: for now, though, gas is expected to remain steady through the holiday season which means for drivers, aaa says be ready for a lot of company on the road this week. >> a lot of people sharing the road with you. >> reporter: maya rodriguez, 9news. >> the highways will be busy but not much more than last year. the number of drivers is

by . e hundreds of workers threatening to strike at chicago's o'hare international airport say they will make good on their threat after the thanksgiving weekend. the strike is set for next tuesday and it's part of a bigger national movement. most of the group works for private contractors at the airport including baggage land hers, cabin cleaners, janitors and wheelchair attendants. the workers want $15 an hour and union rights. a business management professor workers need the public support which is why they're waiting to strike after the holiday rush. >> it's primarily symbolic and there's where you're getting to one of the interesting issues here which is what does the general public feel about minimum wage and the rights of workers? >> organizers have protests across the country calling it a

will also walk off the job on that day. a man accused of killing a single mother of three nearly a decade ago is going on trial a second time. jury selection in the retrial of lester jones began today in grand junction who is with killing paige burgfeld. it wasn't until 2012 when a hiker discovered her remains 30 miles southeast jones' lawyer said there is no physical evidence connecting their client to the killing and said one of the other men could have killed her ruled out by investigators. the first jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. about. they have been arrested over and over again, people in and out of denver's jail system. tonight 9wants to know how much the top 10 most arrested people cost taxpayers. jeremy jojola is here with a preview of his investigation

to the 10 people? >> yes. all of them are addicted to something and jail obviously is not working out for them or taxpayers either. this is a months long investigation where we analyzed five years worth of arrest data and found 10 people who get arrested inside of the most in denver are in a never ending cycle. they get cited, arrested, jailed and released, in and out, an expensive never ending pattern that taxpayers have to pay for in a system that mental health and alcohol abuse. >> that's not the place where they should be served. they're dealing with addiction issues. they're dealing with mental health issues and so the last place that they should be treated is actually in jail. >> tonight at 10:00 we'll break down the costs of the top 10 to taxpayers. we'll also show you what the city of denver is trying to do to curb this problem. >> see you tonight, jeremy. thank you.

four police officers shot in three states within a 24 hour period. authorities say in at least two shootings the police officers were targeted. one of those officers, a san antonio police detective, was killed. police in san antonio say they arrested a suspect in the shooting of 50-year-old detective benjamin marconi. they believe 31-year-old otis mccain ambushed marconi in his squad car writing a traffic ticket yards from police headquarters. the gunman pulled up behind >> absolutely a target. i feel the uniform was a target and the first person who happened along was the person that he targeted. >> in st. louis an officer has been treated and released in the hospital after being shot twice in the face by a gunman who pulled alongside the officer's car and opened fire. police call that an ambush. the suspect was later killed in a police shootout.

during traffic stops in is sanibel, florida and kansas city. both of them survived. visitors in new york today to donald trump tower included scott brown, and also interviewed was trump's primary opponent rick pe maintains the trump transition team is ahead of schedule. >> it took president jimmy carter five weeks to fill some of these positions, reagan three to four weeks, president obama three weeks for some of the top spots. we know there's facebook and twitter and anxiety, but that wasn't always the case. the fact is you have to take your time. this is serious business and he just has all these different people to interview and to consult with and until that is

those announcements. >> neither brown nor fallon said today they were offered a post in the administration. a few letters have the impact that a 6-year-old from new york's letter had on president obama. the white house posted this video last week showing the president meeting with 6-year- old alex and his family. alex who lives outside of new york city wrote the heartfelt letter to the president in september in response to a picture of a shellshocked syrian boy rescued from rubble after an airstrik bring the child to the united states offering toys, friendship, family saying, "we will give him a family and he will be our brother." president obama shared alex's word with world leader at a refugee summit telling them we can all learn from alex, sweet story. a post on social media helps make a 78th birthday one to remember for a woman from colorado. >> this friday is supposed to

period of the year.

it has been a bizarre week for even the most devoted kanye west fans. it started a few days ago when the rapper told the crowd at his concert he did not vote, but if he had, he would have voted for donald trump. then he played two songs before going on a 20 minute rant about

zuckerberg and beyonce among others. ticket prices will be refunded. black friday shopping this year is expected to be a bit less crowded. americans are expected to spend more than $650 billion on retail the coming weeks, half expected to be online. the shift is largely driven by millennials with different shopping habits. >> studies are showing the millennials actually like a if it goes back a little bit before halloween. >> again this year men are expected to outspend women during the first official weekend of christmas shopping. doctors from brazil are using virtual reality and 3d images to give parents a better visual of unborn children. the technology will help doctors assess abnormalities. so if an ultrasound shows an

imaging to visualize the airway. the 3d technique may have to be performed in hospitals and some people may not be close to them. a daughter from out of state wanted to make sure her mother in salida had a special 78th birthday, so she used social media for help. she posted her mother's name and address on facebook asking them to send a with the goal of having 78 card for her78th birthday. by the time her birthday came, she had received 115 card from different states. >> i couldn't imagine and i didn't have a clue and then she called and told us what she'd done. of course, it made me very, very happy. >> shirley said her husband is making a special box for her to

cards. >> happy belated, shirley. >> exactly. a mix of rain and snow is

when that sun came out today, it was gorgeous. >> it was nice today. it started out cloudy and you think it's going to be cold, but it was really kind of warm.

afternoon, just wild and wait till you see the temperatures drop off tomorrow and yet again we'll watch snowfall push into not only the mountains but also down to the plains by tomorrow morning. if tomorrow is your holiday travel day, you're trying to get out of town, mother nature might slow you down a bit especially if you're heading up i-70. in the mountains we're watching the heaviest snowfall coming in overnight into tomorrow morning. blowing and drifting snow will be an issue throughout the day, tomorrow afternoon, too. metrowide i think it we have rain and snow coming in. i think -- slows you down. we have rain and snow coming in. i think we switch to snow around 6:00 when everybody is still on the roads. outs there in wolf creek pass watching the snowfall coming down this afternoon. it still is the calm before the storm here in downtown denver. 65 degrees at the airport. we warm things up to the 70s in

lamar, 45 in leadville. the winds have shifted to the east, northeast at 10 miles per hour, can't really feel the wind in the backyard which is fine with me. we're in the low 50s. the winds will kick up again as the storm gets closer, especially tomorrow afternoon. in the northeast they are getting slammed with winter weather and we're just watching. the center of this storm is rotating in across the four corners and pushing into the front range overniin that's when we'll see the heaviest snow. right now heavy bands across the san juans through telluride, box canyon, along i- 70, mainly a rain/snow mix and a little snowfall coming down into parts of the foothills, nederland through evergreen, maybe a little rain toward conifer. tonight temperatures flirting with the freezing mark, cooler in northeastern colorado and up

winds kicking up from time to time. i don't anticipate the showers to move in after midnight, really about three or 4 a.m. there's the -- 3 or 4 a.m. there's the storm that rolls in tomorrow and right out. on the backside we'll watch cooler air pour in. we could watch some of the stronger storm bands roll into eastern plains as the storm starts to push out tomorrow afternoon. a slew of winter storm warnings and watches conditioning for the front range mountain areas above 9,000 feet there's 4 to 10 inches possible, for the central mountains 6 to 12 and about 8 to 14 for parts of the san juans, especially the western san juans. the west of the night quiet in the metro area. the snow is going strong. overnight into tomorrow we start to see some rain 4:30, 5 5 a.m.

cold air. it switches to snowfall, but it doesn't last long. by 2:00 the rain starts to push across the eastern plains, clear skies and a cold night tomorrow. the winds will kick up as this front pushes through, 15 to 20, possibly 35 miles per hour. by tomorrow evening everything quiets down. about 43 degrees. we'll look at 1 to 3 inches of snowfall in the metro area. the higher amounts will be to the south and west. highs reaching the 30s and 40s, some spots maybe 50s in anticipate as much snowfall for you folks. this storm is a one hit wonder out of town by wednesday and thursday. we have that little cooloff in time for the thanksgiving holiday. the winds kick up. maybe we could look at another 60-degree day next weekend. perfect for maybe setting up the holiday lights. one of the best known quarterbacks in the nfl wants to join the broncos. >> it's time to find out if the feeling is newspaper.

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from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> broncos head coach gary kubiak had the bye week of a lifetime. kubiak spent the time off back at his alma mater texas a&m where he received a lifetime achievement award and served as the aggies honorary captain for their game against texas san antonio. >> it was pretty cool, got to go to a banquet, see some old college friends. service nice to get down there, very appreciate -- it was nice to get down there, very

situation, really nice. dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo is reportedly interested in being traded to the broncos in the offseason. we're live. 9news broncos insider mike klis is at team headquarters. let's play klis and tell. romo is a potential hall of famer and broncos need a star at quarterback. they have to express mutual interest, right? >> reporter: well, i don't think they will. first of all i think why is everyone always trying to he's had nine nfl starts, 7 7 -- 7-2, 90 rating. now tony romo who is 37, very fragile, only finished 16 games in a season, four teams out of nine. so i don't think they are going

he turned around, looked at him and kept going. >> six more guys ran >>9egoodgr start line and still win. >> let it be known drew thinks he's usain bolt. >> in the beard world i am. bobblehead birthday boys, troy aikman, 50 today and ken griffey, jr. i'm >> it's a boy thing, right? >> i guess so.

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breaking news tonight. school bus horror. several students killed, many injured, when the bus slammed into a house and wrapped around a tree, splitting it in half. we have a late report. manhunt for a killer. a police officer ambushed and assassinated, a deadly stretch for law enforcement. four oic across three states in just 24 hours. holiday week storm blanketing a big part of the country, threatening to make a travel nightmare for millions. beating black friday, skipping the crowds but not the savings. how those in the know are already getting big deals right now. and glory days, our monday inspiring america. the 55-year-old father who just made college football history, proving it's never too late to live your dream.