the speaker's speech yesterday was about colorado's way of life and the positives of colorado and ways to bring a equal to quality, the speaker -- the president's speech was more about law enforcement and protection. clearry the viewpoints on the tone of the speech were different. we're looking for three members of both the house and senate here. when i start to see those members appear in the door way, that's what i'm waiting for that will shut me upp to talk more about what will be on the debut show, we'lllbe asking leaders of the house and things, and get the other chamber to pass things. just like last year, there will be difficulties in passing compromise here without getting help from each side. >> would you say the tabor is probably the biggest challenge where the lawmakers are on either side of the aisle on to change or budge? >> reporter: if you ask the senate side, they'll talk about dealing withhthe budget that you have and refunding the money to the voters and figuring out how to spend he money that you have in your piggy bank without asking for more. the democrats will pai

but their rights to the colorado are undefined. >> the colorado river compact brought together the states but left out the navajo nation. the navajo nation should have absolutely been part of that compact. they weren't. how do we go back and - >> try to fix that. >> fix that. >> nicole horseherder grew up in this region. she says the laws that govern water in the west have left the navajo with a difficult choice. >> as a nation, the navajo people have always looked at water as something that's owned collectively. do i wanna bring my people out of that mindset to share collectively the water? or do i want to propel them into the western mindset -- and to empty the rivers. is that what i want? i think that's the real struggle. there's gotta be different answers and it's all about changing the way we live, changing the way we think and changing how we view other life besides our own. >> still living in these tent cities. >> we're back to square minus one. >> the city is a powder keg at the moment. >> you see transactional sex and no one is held to account for that. >> the united nations has

colorado springs city council will vote whether to approve a major rate decrease r colorado sprgs utilities customers. the utility has over-collected morehan 28-milon dollars from electric and natural gas stomers since oil prices stard drping. d as a not-for-prot utility, th excess renue must be retued to customers -- in this case, in the form of more an 9-dla offr f the erage residential cuomer for at least next month and "when it goes down like it has over t last 6 months to ar, allf thatavings gets passed ono r customers." coeral and indusia customers wod so see b rate drees city council will vo oth proposal ts teoon we'll let you know what they decide. looking aheafor you. at thetate capti tomorrow, a coittewill hearbout a bill that would p new limitsn where heroin addis could purrchase thadone. the bill was put forward by monunt republican "paul lundeen" and but was aigned to th"state, vetens, and military affairs" committee. some lawmars call that the "kill committee" -- where bills go to die. lundeen's bill -- came in part -- aer last year'sead baten moment -- over t proposed openg o

to deliver conjoined twins is now banned daughter who is in intensive colorado. this is video from my interview with her the day before her daughters were born. one of them did not live. in november there was an incident over young hannah's care and she filed grievance reports with the state and shortly after that her time was limited to a few hours a day and mccullough is trying to get her daughter transferred to a hospital in boston. last weekend there was another exchange and an attorney from children's sent an e-mail to mccullough's attorney saying she was disruptive to staff. mccullough says her behavior has never been disruptive and she has her daughter's best interest at heart. >>> if you have considered installing solar panels on your home, cost is something most certainly that's come up. and soon, actually now, google is able to tell you whether it would be worth the investment. the search engine giant is expanding a new online service solar and let's you see whether you should buy or lease the panels. project sunroof combines images from google earth wi

colorado jobs and tax revenues. oil and gas ari $30 billion industry in our state. the price at the pump is like alex schmatz but t also drawbacks here in colorado. >> this industry is very important to colorado. >> reporter: according to the governor's office, the oil industry has lost 6200 jobs in colorado since prices dropped 20%. that amounts to a 72% decrease in tax revenues. >> the wells we are drilling in weld county and other pa colorado are very productive. >> reporter::on the upside, suv sales. for years, the previous and the volt -- toyota prius and volt sold for efficiency is but when gas prices tanked, buyers started gobbling up gas guzzlers again. suv and pickup sales are up 10% while volt and toyota prius sales are down 18%. -`as for gas station owners -- >> it keeps operating costs lower and credit card fees repaving slower. >> reporter: stan dempsey says it's all related to supply and demand. opec keeping production high. he says it's because he saudi's and others are trying to keep their economies

they already stipulate that in colorado. they could also change the laws to prevent people with mental health restrictions from buying guns. this one has been a hot issue with republicans saying that the presidents plan is unconstitutional. >> we don't beat the bad guys i taking away our guns. we take away -- we beat the bad guys by using them. >> you know what the president is an executive order. the next president on the very first day could wipe it away. >> reporter: a colorado lawmaker says she's all in on the plan. rhonda fields will meet with the president at the white house today. she lost her son to gun violence and helped pass gun laws in colorado in 2013. >> working in his honor. thank you. >>> one of the steps obama has talked about is making the gun show background check requirement a federal standard in all states. licensed gun dealers have to conduct gun show background checks in all 50 states but in 35 states private individuals do not. colorado is one of 15 states that currently requires a gun show background

and 14 for denver. 10 for colorado springs. the highs tomorrow in the 30s definitely from denner to colorado springs and pueblo. teens in the higher elevations. so tonight, 11 degrees for the low. it will be deceiving with a high oo 39 tomorrow. but the windchill factor at 0 for much of the day. then around 40, 41, 43 through the middle of the week withh partly cloudy skies. i think it will feel comfortable once we get rid oo the wind. and a chance for show showing up back ii the forecast friday and saturday. >> the bright spot, at least we're nottin gunnison where it's negative 18 rrght now. >> at this little bit of this and a little bit of that. >>> a pilot program wants to southwest has officially been in denver for ten years. we couldn't be happier the years to come. to celebrate, we got you 56 nonstop destinations. because as everybody knows, is the nonstop destination thanks for ten amazing years, denver. what can we say? we like you back. >>>welcome back. aspiring firefighters are learning valuable lessons that could sav

colorado spends less per student to come. the national average educational week recently gave us a d+ >> developing right now health officials have launched investigation into a possible tuberculosis outbreak excellence miller creative arts academy. the same individual was diagnosed with tb during the winter break. the this goalpost aim is a location where people may have been exposed. faculty and students who may have been exposed may have already been contacted and health officials say there is no ongoing risk of exposure at the school at this time. some action by denver fire crews help save two people from an early morning house fire in the city's west side. flames were shooting through the into the firefighters arrived morning. they really get inside and pull a man and woman to safety. >> one was inside of the home and they found him. the other was broken up by firefighters. and fire crews had to back out of the home in battle with fire from the outside when the roof collapsed. one firefighter was taken to hospital and tr

emergency managers in colorado springs ... are applying for "feral grant money"o help homwners affected by "landslides"... caused by our "heavy rains" last spring news 5's andy koenoins us joins us live tonighan update on how sn at process wil begin. andy the city will host a series of informational meetings next month for homeowners affected by thlandslides. theyl apply for a fedel grant toelp buy out these people who've go throughhis same scenario before tell us homeowrs should temper their expectatns. ck eads knows a thing or two aboulaides. his faly tmove fro ckrimmon back in 1999 because of one. "in th particular cul-de-s e backrdf my neibors house slid away from the fountion a good 2 fe." his hoe wa't nicabley damaged onhe sface ... but geologtsound the same ngerous soil conditions ep underod. when he got his property tax asssment -- the house was worthls. "we ended up with a valuatio was litally penni." as ty did th, the ty's emergency management oice toy is working homeowners to try and use federal grt money to buy out

here in colorado i think it is clear that the focus is not on her. they are more focused with putting a muzzle on me. >> december 31st amber received an e-mail from boston with good news stating doctor savanna when she comes to boston's children's. medicaid won't approve the transfer without proof of an admitting doctor but days later boston told amber she hasn't admitting doctor even though she had just lined up an air in air ambulance to fly savanna to boston. >> it was a very big step forward for us and we were ready to go and then it's just another brick wall. we keep running into those. >> she and her attorney blame children's colorado for putting the brakes on the transfer. >> i would speculate that there are some backdoor conversations and colorado has been very clear to me from the beginning that they do not want me to transfer. >> children's colorado denies it is playing interference, stating there is no reason we would try to interfere with the patient's transfer at and there are many complex factors involved in a patient transfer, includin

back into colorado. more than $120 million in 2015. >> the lottery generated nearly $538 million in general revenue went to that beneficiaries. >> reporter: how does a breakdown? 62% goes to prizes. that meant more than $410 million. another 24% goes to stay beneficiaries. the handful of agencies that take care of the outdoors. another 7% goes to retailers for selling the tickets. >> the remainder, an estimated seven, an estimated 7%, goes to the administrative costs of the lottery. >> reporter: it is already generated over $40 million a ticket sales in colorado. a number that christopher says grows with each jackpot. >> that is just 20 consecutive draws in the game of powerball. >> reporter: as that continues to grow, colorado could be in store for a good year. >> even if you don't win a safe to say that as a coloradans that you are already winning.>> reporter: since the lottery began back in 1983, they have invested $2.8 billion of tickets sales and projects around the state. parks and trails and a lot

pass new gun laws in colorado in 2013. today obama will rollout his sweeping gun-control plan. the president is bypassing congress and using executive orders to impose new laws that calls for -- call for expanded background checks among private sellers at background checks -- at gun shows. republicans say the plan is unconstitutional. details coming today. >>> a militia has taken over a federal building at an organ wildlife refuge. they broke into a bunk house over the weekend and they want local control of federal land. they say they've been intimidated by the feds. this is motivated by the case of two ranchers in prison for starting fires on federal land near their ranch. >>> it is just before 7:00 and it will be a pretty nice day ahead. tomorrow and then them and then the light snow starts up. by saturday into sunday pretty cold but we pop back up and of course national western kicks off this weekend. >> yes the big parade going on tomorrow. >>> today is national bird day. there are plenty of birds who decided not to fl

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already bringing snow to colorado, but first, this nesz california, the rain continued through the day today, flooding many highways and triggers mudslides that knocked over trees. now, while in california is rain, in the mountains, they're seeing snow, that's mostly on the western slope. not much here near the tunnels, but while you sleep tonight, yes, that snow will start making its way into the metro area, chief meteorologist mike nelssn joins us now, so mike, how is the morning commute shaping up? >> wests and south, it will be a little sketchy, the storm is coming in from the west coast, a lot of moisture from the pacific, already snow developing over the western sections of the state, along and west of the divide ft nothing in the metro we do not have any advisoriess, but there are winter storm watch for southern colorado. we're in pretty good shape, locally here, the temperatures are getting colder, but still, just in the upper 20s. overnight tonight, the clouds thicken, light snow begins early tomorrow, but i think we'll get through the commute pretty well in the morning, but m

the first deadly avalanche of the year in colorado happened back on colorado avalanche information center website. the danger is rated as moderate across most regions. no watches or warnings are in effect, but there have been several recent slides - some of them deadly. the first deadly avalanche of the year in colorado happened back on january 16th. here are pictures of the slide from colorado avalanche information center. it happened near saint mary's lake in clear creek county. a climber triggered triggered the avalanche, was swept down and buried in snow. days later, two people riding a snowmobile triggered an avalanche near crested butte. here are pictures of the aftermath of that slide. one of the riders was buried in snow. he was taken to injuries. for avalanches in ten people have died in avalanches across the western u-s in the past ten days. here's a look at the avalanche danger across colorado. this is from the colorado avalanche information center website. the danger is rated as moderate across most regions. no watches or warnings are in effect, but there have been several rec

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northern colorado, northeast colorado, some 6 to 12 inches. our northern foothills one to two feet and our amounts in our southern foothills, bailey, evergreen, conifer 10 to 12 inches by the time the storm is said and done. we have right now this first round of snow trying to come through colorado and right now we have some light snow in the backyard. our temperatures are much colder. we've got 20s right now on the map in the high country 20s and teens. this afternoon your highs are below normal and we'll have 30s in fort collins and denver out warmer. in southern colorado 40s and even 50s in the forecast in the high country 20s and 30s. so here's a lookout doppler 9 -- at doppler 9. some light snow in the city but up in fort collins and longmont and love listened you're saying what we're done with it. out from behind the clouds up this storm system is still trying to work its way to the south. now our next storm is still on the west coast. it's going to gain some strength overnight and then finally move into colorado into this evening and to

the colorado legislature convened for 2016 legislationive session today. the governor outlined big topics for this agenda, which includes education spending, and the and witt the state faciig budget cuts, you can expect the democratic house and the republican senate to have different ideas on how to balance it all out. of course, a reminder tomorrow, governor hickenlooper will give his state of the state address, tomorrow morning here live on denver7 news at 11:00. >>> and beginning this sunday, you can catch our new political show, it's called politics unnlugged. denver7 reporter marshall zelinger and i will sit down with policy makers and lawmakers tt take a look at issues facing coloradoans now, this sunday at 4:00. here on denver7. >>> and the chase for the championship, is well underway. >> the broncos hit the field today for a practice and with another pivotal match-up days away, manning means business. >> and denver7 sports director llonel bienvenu is here. how is peyton manning. >> he's looking good, guys, our super bowl winning quarterback is heal

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highs will be 40s for the most eastern colorado. west. this storm system sort of comes tooether with the colder air the southwest and so the result is going to be heavy mountain snows with about a foot and as these two systems merge thursday night into friday the mild air is out of here colder wertz and one to inches of snow expected friday in denver. mostly clear cold tonight and 21 tomorrow the high temperature at 43. air quality stays poor because of the light winds. looking ahhad starts to urn cold we are the front thursday. some flurries one to three inches of snow oo friday and check out the weekend. it's cold folks. with a little more snow possible sunday. single digit lows highs only in the 20s. monday morning down to zero. so i think we'll put the bright spot tomorrow when it's still 43. >> easy pick for you. >> it's tough on that 7-day got the bright spot. >> 40 or zero. >> thank you mike. >> flying in the snow can be tense. something these travelee learned the hard way the -`. not your average snow delay at the spokane airplane

the trip- by colorado spring nd solutions. temperatures are in the 20s and 30th a quiet radar this moing. snowill be deloping, andt may en begin as coldain with temperatures in the 30s and s. will bak dowthe mi o thsnow hour-by-hr and look ahead to a warming week coming up in weather & traffic on the s. good morning, thanks for joining us on this monday, january5. i'm shellene cockrell. and m a cronin. first at 6 a big sigh of relief for broncos fans...

the university of colorado police and colorado springss, the el paso county sheriff's office, and the colorado springs fire department were all recognized. >>> students in boulder valley schools could see some changes to their school day, if a committee's proposal is adopted by the district. proposing the high school start now, on the elementary school level, the recommendation is to lengthen lunch and recess. >> getting the children out and get fresh air, physical activity, so when we have a condensed school day, then sometimes those things get shortenned or even eliminated can we want to get back. >> the committee is also recommending that some of the music offerings be shorted, no final decisions have been made just yet. >>> now, to our chase for the championship, the broncos will take on the steelers this weekend, two of the steelers top players, ben roethlisberger and antonio brown are injured and coaches hope they'll play this sunday. >> tomlin says roethlisberger has a chance after injuring his right shoulder in last weekend's game. he sprained a joint in his throwing arm. >> a

snowfall pushing into utah, colorado, and there it sits across southeastern colorado, we will get the northeast-easterly winds that plow into the front range foothills and that potentially could not only create a good up slope event but with gustier winds, possibly blizzard-hike conditions-- blizzard-like conditions. i am anticipating some good totals. this is the secondary storm system. so huge amounts up in the mountains. 8-16 inches around the denver metro area, a little less up to the north with a little more for 6-12 for the eastern plains and 1-2 feet cristoes as well as the wet mountains, sawatch ranges, etseru. tonight cooling to 20s, not bad, teens in mountains. tonight in town, snow showers kicking in 9:00-10:00, 1-3 irn like-- 1-3 inches like i mention. tonight temps mid 30s, 20s in the foothills, mid 30s in the metro area, northern colorado, same thing. it will feel cool, but that big storm system barrels in sunday night, monday, and into tuesday leaving us with frigid temperatures, not only for dayteam highs, overnight lows might have icy snow showers wednesday, and final

colorado remains high and dry for about 24 hours. it will break down after tomorrow in response to a cool front that will arrive here along the front range late saturday. southerly wind will push temperatures above average and into the mid-50s. we have to watch the cloud deck and we may see a mountain wave cloud shape up. with that cloud cover, the temperatures may be below 60 degrees. the wind gusts could pick up in the foothills and create blowing snow on i-70. relatively quiet for the front range and eastern plains tonight. temperatures in the 20s and 30s and the high country. 42 in grand junction and mid 60s and close to 70 in southeastern colorado tomorrow. i think with the wave cloud clouds and sunshine could keep temperatures down. it is gusty wind and mid 40s for idaho springs and black [ lake. tonight. fair skies and 28 degrees. tomorrow it will be partly a similar forecast is shaping up for us on saturday. saturday night, a cold front comes in and there will be snow overnight saturday. a few flurries and snow showers on sun

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the first time born in colorado 2016 close to -- foreign at midnight at the memorial hospital in colorado springs, the family not expecting her to arrive another five days but nonetheless, to have the baby girl here in colorado. it started the new year, plenty of they have a lot >> the start of the new year means new laws going into effect. birthing from how much you get paid to where you can actually smoke. breaking it all down for us. a new year means more than just fireworks. it means new laws impacting all of us. we will start with money, everyone makes minimum wage and $0.8 increase beginning today. minimum wage $8.31 an hour. business owners like ashley hill say it is so small it should not have an impact. whatever he needs to do to keep him around. more money going to count he officials to gradual pay increase starting today in some county sheriff's corner corner of the commissioners making tens of thousands of dollars more over the next couple of years. in downtown littleton smoking laws. megan casey of irish pub that you can no longer smoke on sidewalks or outside patios downtown

river, and the colorado. coming up, on "earth focus." in the united states, we have more than 3.5 million miles of rivers. that's enough to circle the globe 140 times. rivers shape our landscapes, are home to many species, fill ou glass, and even inspire filmmakers. >> if we're going to be a society that uses rivers, and lives along them, then we do need to live in a more river-conscious way. >> seeing kids get so excited about the river is, uh, probably the most gratifying experience that a filmmaker can have. >> they may start out pure, but pollution, urbanization, and agriculture have degraded rivers. in his upcoming film, "willamette futures," jeremy monroe looks at how everyone, from city-dweller to farmer, is connected in helping revitalize oregon's willamitte river. >> the water starts out some of the purest water on earth. crystal clear, cold. >> we have some of the best water quality coming out of the ground in the world. >> that's the type of water that we start with in our headwaters. >> the question is, as it goes downstream,

according to 9 news legal expert scot robinson, it is not used under colorado state law. he says forcible fondling should be thought of a description of what happened but not the charge that would be filed in the colorado court. in the 3 incidents near du campus, the crimes would be called unwanted sexual contact. >> in colorado, if you use force, in touching someone else's body where you ought not to be touching them without consent, that is unlawful sexual contact. that becomes a felony if you use force. it is a misdemeanor if it is not through the use of force, intimidation, or threat. it is a felony if you use force. >> du says it is trying to be as clear as it can about the threat with its wording. catching the person or people responsible for this series of sexual crimes. no arrests have been made in any of the 3 cases. dpd increased security around the campus. >>> albert county investigators are hoping dna and finger prints will help them find the person who killed a well-known rancher in agate. someone killed butler over the weekend. they released pictures of a pe

evening. colorado/utah border. at 20 -- at two dollars a pop, tickets.>> stores hope they sell the ticket because they get a huge -- >> they get a bonus.>> maybe you can purchase a soda and a else. >>> i heard that they have actually collected closer to $3 so, everybody is a winner, no matter what. you can look at it that way, i suppose. the state knows where you live. there is a little up to it, even if you don't win.>>> it is a massive project that will make aurora the hotel construction capital of the united states in just the next few months. street today. since the first time in 2003, oil fell below $30 per barrel. the crude oil is down 19% just new. it represents an incredible 72% plunge from the june 2014 peak of almost $108 per barrel. despite that, markets were higher today led by technology and healthcare. the tao mack was up 117 points. the s&p gained 15 and the nasdaq show the first advance of the new year at 47. after more than five years of challenges, the hotel will start coming out of the ground in

low-to-mid 50s in northern colorado. mostly 40s, but a few folks in the foothills could be bumping up pretty close to 50 degrees. there goes this morning's storm. by lunchtime it pretty much fizzles. and then the weekend storm for the mountains starts moving in tonight and then our big storm, of course, doesn't even form, it isn't even formed yet until sunday, and that's going to be around las vegas. 30s, 40s in the mountains. 50s here. 60s in the south. windy, warm, generally sunny. we start with clouds, but we will get sunny by the middle of the day. tonight clouds drift back in. at close to freezing. a couple of rain showers possible tomorrow evening. and then it looks like windy colder with snow monday tapering off to flurries on tuesday, wednesday. i was kind of hoping for a nice little warm-up middle of next week. i think i am going to be disappointed with that around here, amelia. we have to enjoy the warmth now while we have it. >> yeah. it looks like it flattens out in the 20s. >>> waking up and looking outside

both survived. colorado supreme court. they are asking details to be unsealed in the plannee parent hood shooting case. deer face as long list of charges, including murder. three people were killed in the novemberr 7th shooting. >>> hunting for treasure, missing. randy bloomfield said he planned to travel on the rio grande river nearly two weeks ago. his dog and raft were found along the river about nine miles downstream from his car. search crews are working by air and on the ground to find him. >>> this boulder immigration attorney was disbarred by the california supreme court. emily cohen was convicted of cheating immigrant families out of thousands of dollars. she promised visaa and work work permits and never delivered she collected around 41,000 but never produced the documents. since the supreme court ruling america. prorally supporters held their rally. in addition to peaceful protest, they also provide support for dealing with unplanned pregnancy. >> it is an adoption. some people are not head -- not ready to have

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in colorado. >> president followed colorado's lead. it just took two and a half yearr to do. >> president obama announced new laws that don't need congressional approval, including universal background checks for anyone selling guns online or at a gun show. he is asking congress to approve $500 million to expand access to mental health treatmeet. announccment larimer county's voice his opinion, saying this -`is a step towards the goal of registering every firearm in the country and adding "the american citizenry would be foolish to stand by and uietly allow that to happen" and called for people to defend the bill of rights. you can voice your opinion on our facebook. >>> we're learning more about one offthe high school students accused of planning a deadly attack at mountain vista high school in highlands ranch. she's being tried as an adult bond. ii court prosecutors said sienna johnson had a detailed map for the day of the attack. they say she brought a bb gun for target practice, which they say she used to hurt some pets and told po

the colorado lottery says five tickets in colorado won $100,000. ten ticket ins the state are worth $50,000. >> yeah. >> we are waiting to hear from other state to see if they have more than just one winning ticket out there tonight. >>> the best known car in all the land is no longer frozen like a popcicle. a tow truck crew freed the car at lake erie. waves and spray off the lake coated the car and froze it sunday night. the guy who parked there is getting it pretty good from his friends and his mother who say he should have known better than to park near the lake on a freezing cold night. >> easy to say after the fact. >>> i'm meteorologist kathy sabine outside in the 9 backyard. it is not too bad out here for mid january. you are halfway through the week. congratulations. then, there was this. sky 9 flying along the front range foothills producing just a spectacular panoramic sunset 25 corridor. you may have been stuck in traffic tonight. but that view, maybe you didn't mind sticking around on i-25 a little longer. the pictures just kept coming

. >> 2015 there has been a spike colorado. >> trending in colorado for highway deathicize mostly down from a record of 743 in 2002 but the 10% increase for 2015 was the highest the state has seen since 2008. >> we are down over the long term but the latest increase has us concerned. >> 30% of the crashs involve drivers under the influence of alcohol. another 50% involve motorists who weren't wearing seat belts which c dot says is a large areas. >> hat is a huge concern. we know we could save 60 people buckling up. >> he said other contributing factors include lower gas prices population. accidents. >> we are not sure if it is an a blip. >> c dot hopes reminders about wearing seat belts and not drinking and driving will send traffic deaths back down. nick mcgill, 9 news. >> the counties with the most traffic fatalities were paso. >>> milo mason on the fbi's most wanted list until agents arrested him friday appeared in court by video, believed to be one of the scream mask robbers, they believe he shot a man during a car jacking and another woman after a bank robbery in lakewood in denve

two of them happened in colorado. currently avalanche danger is moderate for the northern and central san juans. there is low avalanche danger across the sangre de cristos. they accidentally triggered a large slide. anthony was caught in the rushing snow and tumbled 100 feet down the mountain. the pair was prepared and they were wearing -- were wearing avalanche airbag switch anthony credits for saving his life. >> all of that snow came rushing down on top of me and within seconds it physically overpowered me. it was like being caught in a washing machine. one ski was like this and the other one was like this and completely down. i helped to pull him out.>> they are lucky and they walked away without injury. they say that they took precautions because they knew there was potential for an avalanche in the area of berthoud pass. anthony says he took responsibility for triggering the snow slide. he wants people that are in the backcountry to always be >>> meanwhile a snow emergency for washington, dc will be listed at 6:

we have mid40s in northeastern colorado, mid 50s down south. these numbers are nice but we go even warmer saturday ahead of a front that will bring in colder air for sunday and monday and a chance for flurries for the broncos game. highs tomorrow will range 48 evergreen to 45 black hawk and 39 grand lake. very chilly as that cold air maybell. highs tomorrow mid 30s. tonight in the city, fair skies and 21 degrees, less wind than we dealt with earlier in the day. tomorrow, sunshine, mid 40s by lunchtime, low 50s in the afternoon, and we go even warmer heading into saturday. saturday mid to upper 50s, sunday increasing clouds, colder with flurries. light snow monday with a high of 32, clearing and very chilly for tuesday. kind of an active weather pattern for the first part of right now, less than an inch of accumulation with that storm settling in sunday into monday. when the guys take the field, we are looking for a kick-off temperature about 40 degrees with falling temperatures and falling snow when they come off the field with a big win, we ho

colorado sales yesterday reached $3,000 per minute. at last count the colorado lottery put sales at $19 million since saturday's drawing. now, we did get some winners in our state. five people won 100 grand. ten won $50,000. even if all you got was the powerball number, you might have won four bucks. $4. >> times two. >> i will pitch in a little bit more for starbucks. >> all right. anyway, congratulations if you did win something. >>> 5:38 right now. a fire's job is to protect. protect the land, property and most importantly lives. but now the firefighters of south adams county are also doing more to protect themselves. we talked about firefighters having a higher risk of developing several types of cancer. it's important to track what they are exposed to on their calls. south adams fire accident is the first and only department in the called the exposure tracker. it helps them call every firefighter goes on in detail from the type of call, color of the smoke to the amount of time inside the home and time before they shower. it's some

eastern colorado, not too bad. we'll wake up to a few clouds color morning. 7:00, 8:00, a little light snow in the mountains. everything winds down by the afternoon. this storm system packs its bags, and it's on the move to the east coast. by 3:00, 4:00, we'll have some clearing. temperatures still remain cool tomorrow, and the winds will still be breezy. the big warmup is friday into saturday as high pressure takes over. we're keeping our eyes on this system. it's gonna be bringing some possibly severe weather to parts of the south as it lifts further up to the north and east, we're talking about big- time winter weather. dc, baltimore, anticipating upwards of 2 feet of fresh evening. storm out there. possibly some coastal flooding as well. temperatures in the teens and 20s for eastern colorado. cooler in the mountains with single digits. tonight cloudy and windy out here. maybe an isolated shower or two tomorrow, a few morning clouds. temperatures stay in the 30s. some spots climbing to the low 40s with a little

current temperatures all over southern colorado... satelle pictures, clear over colorado. our east. the maintorm tck will be north ofolorado for the ,, rest of the week. hour by hourclear d cold tomoow morning, temperures warm nicely during the late morning into the afternoohours. skies will be sunny to mostly sunny all day. 20's. highs torrow in the 40's and 50's mo areas. 7 day foca f the springs, high tomorrow 54, sunny and 50;'s ursday windy andm friday. saturd will be the wmest day of the weekend. snow possible late sunday in monday. eblo high tomorrow 60. dry and warm thursday into turday. lder nweek wh a chance of moiurte sunday into tuesday. canon city and woodland park, days. windy on friy. snow possible sunday into our tuesy's child segments, are all out fostering and adopting in colorado. and tonight, news 5 anchor shelleneockrell explains what it takes to become certifed. pause for en the first step in thprocess is to decide if foster parenting or adopti is for yo it's a person decision d reques yoto tnk aut a lot of aspects of your life... including youriving situatn, y

in colorado springs colorado. we understood and knew that heros are at work among us. >> the mayor also presented the spirit of the springs award. to 6 civilians he says also selflessly helped save lives >> 45 and 19. both one degree above the normal averages of 44. and 18. we didn't touch those records of 70 and 25 below. now early this morning we had a lot of wind rolling over the foothills. if you notice one thing, you can thank the wind. the big thick brown cloud. that dirty haze that we had yesterday. that wind this morning blew it away. a good looking day. a new high clouds. a beautiful sunset under way. 44. 36. out at the airport. you're still at 45 in little ton. and lake wood. we have 32 towards the thornton area. and colder up i 7 6 towards brighton. at 24. looking at greeley 14. 30 parker. 34 down in castle rock. again 24 hour temperature comparison. everybody doing well. most places a little warmer. at this hour. compared to where we were yesterday. still monitoring some wind. here in the foothills. i

northern colorado stays in the 30s, too. then look at that, possibly another disturbance rolls in saturday night into sunday. i'm thinking a few early morning flurries. however, right now it's more favorable up in northern colorado, so keep that in mind. if you're tailgating around here for the broncos game, you might have to dodge one or two. but i wouldn't count on a ton. does look like we'll have a bit of afternoon clearing. how about that? winds pick up. downsloping winds around here will pump up temps. 50 degrees on monday. we'll stay in the 40s tuesday, wednesday. another system possibly moves in bringing us a little bit of light snow. then we'll really crank up the dial, you guys. 50s by friday and saturday of next week. broncos and steelers, it's on everyone's mind. we're all thinking about this. again, like i said, possibly a depends where you're coming in. if you're driving in from greeley or fort collins, might wake up to that, might have to drive along i-25. once the game is going in the afternoon, we'll have a f

voters in pueblo and colorado springs recalled them both in 2014 for supporting gun legislation. colorado's lead. it just took two and a half % years to do. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. [ applause ] >> president obama couldn't hold back his emotion thinking about the students killed at sandy hook elementary. his plan calls for universal background checks even for sales online and gun shows. in addition to that order, he's $500 million to expand access -`to mental health treatment and fund 200 more atf agents. >>> we're getting reaction from both sides of the debate on this issue. the mother of one of the people killed in tte aurora theater yesterday for that speech. she says she was moveed. >> seeing him take the moral leadership to actually cry and share with us. survivors. and to share tears with us, because we cry ever day. >> the other side of this, smith. he posted a rather long reaction on his facebook page,, claimmng the president's actions is a step towards registeriig every firearm in america.