then moved to the upper basin colorados commissioner to the upper colorado river basin commission and then from the state of new mexico we will hear from john dan antonio from new mexico this is a big panel. then the director of the utah division of water resources and finally i will invite my colleague from wyoming to introduce the witness from wyoming who was the final witness. >> think you mister chairman and to all of you for being here. it is my honor to introduce our state engineer to welcome him here. he has done more for wyoming and wyoming water issues that just about anybody else living today we are sad he will be retiring as of monday. but i am honored to have this opportunity to thank him for everything he has done for the state and the continued advice and counsel he will be giving us after he retires. and also for his important work on this plan i'm pleased to see the bipartisan support wyoming may not have as large of a contingency is arizona but we are certainly quality. [laughter] not that arizona is not. so i will stop there and welcome you and thank you for being he

spread the gentle man from colorado. before you got your we had every member of the arizona delegation and they made a motion and change the name to the arizona river. [laughter] . >> i suspected that may happen. thank you for hosting this important hearing. the colorado dcp is the proposal that needs to be discussed not only my state but the basin states in the country. and to serve together in the governor's cabinet many years ago. and to magnify the western united states and to be preserved and water is the lifeblood of cal of - - colorado is the headwater state as it snows it finds its way to eight team downstream states and through tribes and into mexico but it impact so many communities in the west and in my home state in particular. and stakeholders but also numerous conservationists. one organization save the colorado will raise some questions regarding the dcp's i want to focus on a few so for any witnesses who care to comment to try to understand with the dcp what prior acts of congress or potential other permi

in colorado, you halted colorado's death penalty after a man was shot and killed -- shot and ill canned four employees at a chuck e. cheese. currently there are 62 inmates on federal death row, including the boston marathon bomber. so would you halt all of those executions if you were president? >> i think the key is that what we've done in colorado is a statewide conversation on the death penalty. and i mean it doesn't deter. i mean if the states had gotten rid of the death penalty 40 years ago have no more homicides or mass killings than states that execute people multiple times a year. it costs -- you know, in colorado it costs north of $15 million for all the appeals. if you go down every sentence, all those appeals drag families of the victims through the most horrible experience of their lives. >> what's your position on the z death penalty? >> i'm against it. i started out an eye for an eye -- [ applause ] i started out an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. when i sat down -- and actually i'm not catholic, but the cath archbishop, the day he was leaving, had breakfast with me.

that took me out to colorado. i was attracted by the sense of freedom and independence that the west is known for. but when i was out there, what was so profound was the history of what really made the west and it was collaboration, the ability of people, what allowed the west to be settled was the wagon train where everyone could come together and had a role. when you think about it, the trappers, the frontiersman, the gunfights on main street, evidently there were always six you could find, could certify, six shootouts in the history of the wild west. yet there were tens of thousands of barnraisers where neighbors came together and help each other make the investment that allowed them to succeed in what was in many ways inhospitable territory. the price of gold, silver, oil, it all collapsed. everyone was laid off and i was out of work for a couple of years. i can tell you, you see that for many of the people who voted for president trump. after six months unemployed you see a different person in the mirror and

out here in colorado, we call that kidnapping.e measures progress by the number of enemies he creates. he believes that by tearing others down, somehow he raises himself up. these are not the metrics of america's greatness. we are a nation that tracks our progress by the number of working families who end the day feeling more secure about their future. [cheers and applause] >> we carry our wins by the number of children who have enough to eat, who feel safe in their homes and feel safe in their schools and have access to the skills for a changing economy. [cheers and applause] >> we broadcast america's values by celebrating those who may not have been born in america, but america was born in them. cheers and applause] >> we define our gains by the numbers who look at fellow americans of a different race or sexual orientation and feel in our hearts, neighbor, you belong here. [cheers and applause] >> we gauge our standing in the world by the number of allies who trust us and stand with us through the worst of times. on ok at our ab

we have other large ones in the northern colorado. and in colorado springs. of course, our investor-owned utilities, which we have the direct authority with the public utilities commission, which we appoint their members. and then the rural electric co-ops. most, but not all of whom work with tristate as their main provider. >> so you were at the forefront of the fracking issue back in 2014 when there was a lot of ballot initiatives suggested to deal with fracking and local control. so i'm curious if your democratic-controlled legislature decides to come to you and says, governor polis, we want you to push forward or help us support some sort of legislation around fracking about, you know, returning local control to municipalities, like the way you did in 2014. what would your response be? >> well, i mean, we were very clear, i think in the election. i think we have a unique opportunity with the democratic legislature to kind of end these divisive oil and gas wars that have threatened the industry with its very existence almost every election cycle. so if our

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colorado, no kidding. >> i've got to go to munich. [indiscernible] long as he's healthy, i know he's in love. >> he opened his first denver.nt in danny opened his and 86. >> i can only ever look at it. >> we have forgotten how to serve, right? , isong who has served understand with the transaction should look like and feel like. plexus was 15 years ago. it was so much better. the customer comes first. just you as the manager. you, sir, for the event, you do that happily and get it taken care of. million into a restaurant. [laughter] [indiscernible] >> i have seen you on both coasts. [indiscernible] i know, i know. i had a feeling. [indiscernible] >> my sister was a teacher her whole life. the couldn't be more different schools. >> especially in 2020. it's iowa, south carolina [indiscernible] , right?ic of america having the matter raised, to do , we keptolitical work her week. [indiscernible] >> for me to take your coat? [inaudible] >> nieces and nephews [indiscernible] >> nieces, nephews, they love it, they love what you've done. [in

supporting moving the headquarters to colorado more specifically grand junction colorado on the western slope. if you want a street address i can provide that grand junction situated mesa county. county 74% acres are the federally madding in 99% of the land blm manages west of the mishaps. you would think locating in that footprint would be common sense. in your testimony you alluded to the trappers lake memo authored by art carhart stating that there are place was scenic values of such great worth they arightfully the property of all people. preserved for all time for the people of the nation and the world. trappers lake sun questionably a candidate for that. there are many places deserving of protection in the west. but there are many ace which are managed by the bureau of land management made for an opportunities for resource opportunities. for grazing. others for wheeling, energy. much of it for all of the above. the prom is if you never lived or visited the areas in the western u.s. you wouldn't know that. you may be tempted to treat every public acre as if it should be a wildernes

colorado my home state and i grew up in wyoming and colorado. i love it.ght they were so smart in the way they figured out the electoral college to represent small states but now colorado, seemingly wants to throw that away comeau ross, your thoughts on that? it is a remarkable thing to see for a smaller state in a swing state and if you look at the list of states that you mentioned already joined on, deep blue states. and i think my hope that colorado is still a swing state even though we didn't vote for donald trump. i feel we can go either direction and yet a small enough state that we are unlikely to determine the outcome and the national popular vote. i feel as though this measure eliminates the need to have a presidential election here in colorado. >> dana: what is the reaction they are? what are the citizens of colorado thinking about this that you hear from? >> ross: so my listeners as you can imagine a little bit right of center are really upset. a lot of them the same way you did mention the founding fathers and mention the constitution and this

to colorado more specifically grand junction colorado. if you want a street address i can provide that could grand junction situated mesa county accounting 74% acres are federally managed. 99% of the land is west of the mississippi river. you would think locating headquarters said the agency somewhere in the footprint would simply be common sense. in your testimony you alluded to the trappers lake memo offered by our car her. it stated a number of places of scenic values of such great work that they're rightfully the property of all people. they should be preserved for all time for the people of the nation and the world. trappers lake is unquestionably a candidate for the classification. many places deserving of such protection however many places are managed by the bureau of land management that are literally made for an opportunity for resource opportunities, for grazing. others were reeling, for energy. much of it for all of the above. the problem is if you've never lived or visited these areas in the western u.s. you would know that.

there's no doubt that marijuana for young people is a gateway drug and in colorado, the colorado education association has said the biggest challenge of public education right now is legalized marijuana because of edibles and all the rest that are finding their way miraculously into the hands of kids the same way that people used to get somebody to buy them beer when they're 16 or 17 years old they're doing the same with the edibles. i don't think it's an election issue across the country people go why not, who cares but it's not going to motivate people to get out to the polls going, i'm voting for elizabeth wav warren or cory booker because they're for legalized pot. that's not driving a national debate >> very quickly back to amazon hq2 which you mentioned, salt

scott mcclain for us in lon tree, colorado. thank you very much. joining me now by phone is the spokesperson for the el paso county sheriff's office in colorado springs. thank you so much for being with us. you're still rescuing people. give us the status. >> well right now we still have about 250 open calls that we need to respond to. not sure if the vehicles are occupied or not as we can't get a hold of those individuals by cell phone. and of those 250, we've got about 20 medical calls that will take priority. >> how long, by and large, have people been stuck in their vehicles on these roads? >> well, i will tell you as of 11:00 last night, we still had 1100 people stranded who had been there anywhere from an hour to seven hours. so we're looking at a significant amount of time that individuals have been stranded, especially those with medical conditions. >> seven hours stuck in your car unable to move. how bad was this, as someone who went through it? >> you know, i'll tell you it has crippled el paso county. many of our main roads have been clo

>>> new avalanche buries cars on this highway in colorado. the warning today about the historic threat. with several feet of additional snow on the way. >>> lack of sleep and your brain. results from an eye-opening experiment. >> like a trance. >> like a trance. >> how missing just one hour of sleep can take a toll on your reflexes and alertness. >>> plus, a man strand the at sea after his kayak overturns. >> i'm getting really tired. >> i know you're tired. you're doing a good job. >> how new technology saved his life. >>> breaking news in the nfl. the blockbuster trade reportedly in the works. >> if you've always dreamed of getting paid to do nothing at all, there's now a dream job just for you. >>> good friday morning. we begin with the surprisingly light sentence for president trump's former campaign chairman, that's not sitting well with some democrats? a judge gave paul manafort less than four years in prison for defrauding banks and the government, much less time than the special counsel robert mueller had asked for. >> but what's next

on july 31 of 1998 hollis testified before colorado's legislature. they offer lawmakers a compromise rather than removing sand creek the state should provide the memorial visitors with context. informing the public about the massacre through historical markers. within a few months the legislature decided to adopt this suggestion. four years of committee readings and public outreach passed before the text was ready. four years to write a few hundred words. on november 26, 2004 senator martinez stood next to the civil war memorial that i have shown you. after arapahoe and cheyenne singers performed an honor song. martinez and build a bronze plaque. the marker narrated the politics of memory surrounding sand creek. noting the controversy surrounding the civil war monument has become a symbol of coloradans struggle to understand and take responsibility for our past. he went on to re-account the particulars of what happened at sand creek before turning the contested nature of public memory. quote, some personnel and civilians denounce the attack as a mass

this is colorado. the snow is what they're dealing with there. that same system is bringing blizzard t conditionsre today. here's a look at some of the roads. you can see very low visibility, and that's probably what led to a serious crash. i'm betting that's one of many dozens of crashes they've got there. nighways and roads all across colorado shutdecause of this. >> monstrous system out to our west. doug is standing by with what that is going to be doing. >> just look at this thing wrap up right there. eaking voc, and 97 mile an hour gusts. i've got the details coming up. >>> and we're stayingf on top breaking news all boeing 737 max unplanes gro >>> now to a neighborhood on edge. a dwp of residents in brookland tell us they don't feel safe in their own homes after a broad daylight shootout. news 4's megan fitzgerald tal to residents who say it felt like a war zone. >> outrageous. outrageous. and you try to leave it up to the parental control and that is nonexistent. >> reporter: neighbors on the 2,000 block of newton street are convinced that

freedom of in colorado's open country, a cyclist joins the freedom of an in colorado's open country,eer has not always been an easy ride. she is transgender and was known for 30 years asjonathan. after transitioning, a rule change paved the way for her to race against women. i was finally in the field i wanted, ifelt against women. i was finally in the field i wanted, i felt good against women. i was finally in the field i wanted, ifelt good in against women. i was finally in the field i wanted, i felt good in that field i wanted, i felt good in that field and i remember at the start line with 30 other women around me, i had tears coming out of my eyes. we wa nt i had tears coming out of my eyes. we want to compete and want to do it fairly and we will take whatever measures we need to. trans women can ta ke measures we need to. trans women can take part in the female category as long as they're tossed austral loan levels are long as they're tossed austral loan levels a re below long as they're tossed austral loan levels are below are prescribed limit but its controversial. recent com

stakeholders against associated governments in colorado, colorado for bureau. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. bernhardt i asked every nominee on the following two questions to begin with, since she became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted request for favors or committed verbal or physical harassment of a physical nature? >> no, as a father of a 13-year-old daughter -- >> have you ever face discipline or settlement related to this conduct? >> no. >> in reviewing your testimony we share a commitment to make public walls assessable to the american people and the sovereignty of native american tribes, and a lot of your testimony when into that which i think is very much needed and a harassment policy and to address that you mention the tremendous backlog and we obviously agree on a number of aspects, i wanted to point out to specific things related to hawaii that i would want to ask for your assistance in helping. one is, the okino observatory was completely destroyed during the eruption. we obviously need to rebuild that facility and there are discussions about building it

>>la peor parte de la lluvia, viento y nieve se la lleva colorado.policÍa falleciÓ. mÁs de 3000 vuelos son cancelados y la mayorÍa en el aeropuerto internacional de denver. en iowa y en missouri habido inundaciones en el lago mississippi. los vientos huracanados se pueden sentir desde el colorado hasta texas en rÁfagas entre 50 y 70 millas por hora. >> quÉ tal si damos un vistazo a las redes que tienen su propio ciclÓn de vÍdeos. jonathan de colorado sacÓ su cÁmara y captÓ el momento exacto en el que un carro cae sobre el carro de su esposa. >> este vÍdeo parece de una escenanavideÑa y la tomÓ un usuario de colorado al salir de su casa. miren nada mÁs el montÓn de nieve que hay en su patio. >> esta estaciÓn de bomberos confirma que hasta la policÍa los llama cuando estÁn en emergencia. >> es impresionante lo que estÁ ocurriendo. quÉ te parece si conectamos con el frente martÍnez sobre lo que estÁ ocurriendo en el tiempo. >> estÁ bomba o gÉnesis, este ciclÓn tan profundo que afecta el paÍs ya se estÁ desplazando hacia la zona de los grandes lagos aban

he then served as governor of colorado from 2011 to 2018 when he reached his term limit.nday of this week he became one of the contenders by officially announcing his candidacy for presidency. and we are glad to have governor hickenlooper joining us tonight in his first interview as a contender on msnbc. here at "the last word." governor, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> you bet. thank you, lawrence. i appreciate being on. >> one of the policies that i've implemented for my presidential candidate interviews is to discuss nothing but policy. i don't care what your poll numbers are. i don't care how much money you've raised this week. i've read about it. that's not for here. i want to know exactly what you would do and what you would support as president of the united states. and so let me begin with taxation. and the discussion that we're -- that your party's now engaged in on what the top tax rates should be and what the top brackets should be. what should the top income tax bracket be? what should the top income tax rate be? >> well, i

we just learned that colorado state trooper has now been killed. look at this tonight, powerful winds blowing this there truck off of the highway. and spotting isolated tornadoes tonight. this one spotted in new mexico. grounding all flights out and in of denver tonight. we have the track of this storm as it then moves east. abc's clayton sandell near the denver tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a monster winter storm is on the move. bringing whiteout conditions from colorado into the dakotas. okay, it's about noon. we are just east of denver and the blizzard conditions have definitely kicked in. visibility here is virtually zero. in colorado, parts of interstate 70 and 25 clogged by crashes are shut down. >> there are dozens if not hundreds of motorists stranded here on i-70 and the wind gusts are unbelievable. >> reporter: it's all thanks to a rare winter storm, they call it a bomb cyclone because the pressure drops so quickly. the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. here at the airport, we're seeing gusts of 80 miles per hour. all six runwa

the avalanche danger in colorado tonight is being called extreme and unprecedented.vy snow has triggered more than 2,000 avalanches in the state so far this season. seven backcountry skiers have been killed, one just yesterday. another avalanche buried cars and trapped several people. david begnaud is there. >> wow! >> reporter: avalanches are striking areas of colorado that have never had one, and they keep coming. this one, which leveled everything in its path, killed hans berg. he was an experienced backcountry skier. >> that's not going to come down here, deruction has ed ard e.ys, cangff crushed yesterday by an avalanche. inside was sergio and karla reyes, and in the back, was two- year-old vanessa. what was going through your mind? >> i thought we were going to die. >> reporter: as the snow poured in, vanessa disappeared. she was buried under the snow. >> yes, she was buried. the back of the seat was full of snow. we couldn't see her at all, so he was digging and digging, and then i was panicking because i couldn't take my seat belt off. >> reporter: how much s

colorado could be part of a voting history in 2020.e done the same thing hoping the final outcome of the presidential election will reflect the will of the people. errol louis host of "you decide" podcast is back with us. t >> what colorado is trying to do is to avoid the onerous process. what they are trying to do i guess have it both ways which is to say if and only if the vote turns out a certain way, colorado will cast its votes with whoever wins the majority vote. change in the constitution would require three-quarters of the states so each have a different referendum to put it on the ballot and you have to get congress to vote for it, so an easier way to yet where they want to be this which is the electoral link up than in recent years. >> you have to have enough states to join in this to contain 270 electoral votes and colorado 181 and we understand new mexico may be next. a fight. on county commissioner trying to get something on the ballot to take this away. if that number 270 is reached, let's talk about the political fights

colorado driving can't be compared to california, considering to rain and weather. >> in colorado, we's and 25% car. and very concerned that wasn't taken into consideration. >> president of john elway dealership says dealer trades with other states will be a problem and consumers will leave california for purchases. the trump administration proposed freezing federal standards. >> what the manufacturers would love to see is a full 50-state emission standard. >> we're not out of the woods by any means. >> university of denver professor andrew gatz says car pollution must be addressed. >> one way of doing that is by encouraging automobile manufacturers to improve in terms of their fuel economy and lowering emissions. >> currently 12 states and district of columbia follow california emission standards, officials with california are not commenting. >> next up with the panel, the story everyone is talking about tonight. the college admission scandal. ♪ introducing the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in

>>> this is more video from the bomb cyclone blizzard as it slammed colorado. south metro firefighters had to go out in those conditions. crews had to clear the water supply near one home after a gas line was cut. they turned on the hydrant to make sure the fumes didn't cause an explosion. dealing with a lot out there. >>> a judge has placed a gag order on proceedings at r. kelly's child support battle. the singer attended a hearing yesterday in chicago. >> his publicist said kelly can't make the payments of $20,000 a month to his ex-wife because he's not working. as he left court kelly addressed what his lawyer called accusations and lies about the singer. >> i'm not dealing with rumors. >> kelly is back in court next week. he has a hearing on his sexual abuse case. he was indicted last month on ten counts of abusing four alleged victims. >>> and let's offer congratulations to the iditarod sled dog champion. >> pete kaiser finished the race winning the 2019 iditarod. he finished the 1,000-mile race, in 9 days, 12 hours 39 minutes and 6 seconds, and his margin

in colorado springs, this park blanketed in snow in just four hours. firefighters even having to dig out police vehicles. >> we drove here from breckenridge to the denver airport and it was horrible. there were roads closed and all -- i'm surprised we got here. >> reporter: know visibility and snow ever had kucovered runways major delays in colorado's airports. >> i sat on the tarmac for about three hours. little over three hours. was pretty difficult. pretty difficult and the conditions even begin getting worse. >> reporter: weather watches, warnings and advisories spanning around 1.5 million square miles across the central u.s. stretching from canada to the mexican border. the ferocious storm system unleashing winds up to 100 miles per hour on par with a category two hurricane. in texas, gusts tearing apart these mobile homes near dallas knocking semitrucks over on to their side and flipping small airplanes like this one upside down. the wind also contributing to this 26-car train derailment new mexico. in el paso where you had those stranded drivers

and tonight, the extreme avalanche danger in colorado. two avalanches just today shutting down a major interstate. we have the track of this system, and here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, that winter storm bringing dangerous avalanches to the colorado rockies. late reports of vehicles trapped on highway 91. avalanches today already trapping a tow truck in vail pass, rupturing a gas line in copper mountain and shutting down part of i-70. >> i've been doing my business for about 30 years, and i've never seen it like this. >> reporter: crews deliberately triggering avalanches to try to reduce the risk. >> the colorado avalanche informioce ss we'r >> reporter: extreme or high danger in nine of ten backcountry zones, including aspen, vail and breckenridge. authorities fearing more scenes like this one sunday -- a wall of snow crashing down onto vehicles, including the golemon family. >> i don't see how you can see it as anything other than miraculous that we survived that the way we did. >> reporter: officials in colorado decl

>> well, you know, again in colorado, i apologize for using colorado as an example. >> that's a good example. you were the governor of that state. >> we got to almost 100% coverage there and expanded medicaid and created innovative healthcare exchanges. even colorado, we need al single pair option. that's something that we'll need in the country. the key to recognize is we all got a vested interest to make sure that healthcare is a right and not a privilege to the few. as we get to that point where every person has, i think of a medical home. a place where doctors know who they are, maybe it is a clinic or community center some where. but, once we get to that coverage, we also got to work together to control the spiral and cost of healthcare inflation that we have seen over the last 30 or 40 years. that's going to take away all of our resources to solve many of our challenges. >> when you talk about single payer, are you talking about a system that they have in kidnappcanada or the u.k. where there is healthcare coverage under one system with the option of buying healthcare or you ar

about 1100 motorists stranded in colorado. the snow is driven by hurricane force winds and had emergency personnel in full saving lives mode. officers were forced to a back do abandon their vehicles and take shelter. >> and north of denver, state patrol corporal daniel groves was hit and killed by a car while assisting a drive whose car had slid off the interstate. there was a huge pileup. and hundreds of stranded when all the runways were closed. >> i'm trying to get to the hotel downtown and i can't get an you be uber. >> we can't get there because of the blizzard, so we're camped out here. >> we ended up waiting three hours and now we finally came back but the baggage is still on the plane. >> overnight four of the six runways were reopened and who rescueses rescuers? the answer in parker, colorado was firefighters who freed this police vehicle that got stuck. in new mexico, high winds helped derail a 26 car freight train near the town of logan. amazingly no injuries reported there. the storm is heading east, expect a messy

colorado has experienced 2,000 of them. alicia acuna is live in denver with a lot of snow behind her. alicia? >> hi, harris. a lot of snow. the mountains that you see behind me in the last seven days, they've received more than 100 inches of snow. more than 200 avalanches have occurred. the colorado avalanche center has said they haven't seen a season like this in 150 years. passes and highways have been closed due to slides, inundating the roads. cars, truck, semis, even tow trucks have been getting stuck. when the snow comes down in an avalanche, by the time it stops, it's compacted. it feels like cement the right now the arapahoe basin ski basin is closed as crews work on avalanche mitigation. that means releasing the heavy snowpack. avalanches are triggered by people on snow mobiles, skis and the likes. back country experts and meteorologists chris tomer explains the recipe for an avalanche has to do with know layers and the recent storms. >> they're of different temperatures. the snow consistency is different. one migh

yes, snow guns in colorado. and it's buyingpr more erties. recently in vermont and australia, a geographical weather hedge. >> it's critical because whatee we'reg is variability, which means every resort is not having the same weather at the same time. >> reporter: the company's season lift pass o is part that too. it works at all vail resorts properties, but must be purchased before the season starts. as ski seasons like this become shorter and less dependable, there is one business strategat ould help lower the risk for both resorts and residential real estate. that is turning this winte wonderland into a summer playground. that means investingon millis of dollars in zip lines and mountain coasters for summer tourists. and it appears to be working. summer tax revenue in2016 was 34% higher in vail than four years bere, according to the town of vail. >> it's critical. we think we needo be providing a terrific experience all year round. >> reporter: for "nightly business report, i'm diana olick in vail, colorado. >> to read more about the toll

una severa nevada azota una gran parte del paÍs, desde colorado hasta el medio oeste.iclÓn invernal, porque es un fenÓmeno que golpea con vientos huracanados, abundante lluvia y nieve por toneladas. alguien desde evacuados por las inundaciones. varias ciudades estÁn paralizadas. vivian Ávila nos describe este panorama helado. viviana: mÁs de 25 estados del paÍs sufren los efectos de la poderosa bomba ciclÓnica que ha traÍdo una combinaciÓn de nieve, vientos huracanados, tormentas aisladas y desbordamiento de rÍos. el pronÓstico no es alentador. el bar: hemos tenido tornados en alabama, noroeste de georgia, tormentas severas en kentucky. viviana: en varias carreteras, mÚltiples accidentes vehiculares en dÍas plagadas de nieve. la guardia nacional o vehÍculos especializados para rescatar a los automovilistas. un patrullero estatal muriÓ, mientras respondÍa a un accidente. el aeropuerto de denver se vio forzado a cancelar miles de vuelos. he siguientes en el estado toma sus precauciones. >> tenga mucho cuidado con la nieve. >> mejor encerrado que estar en el frÍo. viviana

officials in colorado are working to change that.reau of land management is establishing colorado's first female-only wild-land firefighting crew. megan mcneil explains how the program aims to empower women. sadie: "slowly but surely women are just inching their way into places like this." sadie is a volunteer at the western colorado conservation corp.sadie: "somebody's gotta do it."and a soon to be firefighter.sadie: "it's a lot heavy lifting i have a lot of exercise that i have to start doing to bulk up for the position."a wild-land firefighter with the b-l-m. sadie: "the empowerment that that's going to give."sadie: "it's going to give us the ability to have only women in a historically male-dominated work force."she'll be on the first ever women's only wild-land firefighting team in be building fire lines and when there's no immediaof nine strong and tough women.sadie: "it just goes with the stigma that women are weak."who will show those fires and society who's boss.sadie: "it's just not true and we're going to show people that

in colorado springs one wind gust hit 97 miles per hour. the same as a category 2 hurricane. >> i grew up in new orleans so i've seen a hurricane but this is a snowicane. >> reporter: the storm forced denver's airport to close all runways canceling for than 1300 flights. on the roads, interstates 25 and 70 shut down clogged by crashes. one stretch of highway from denver all the way to the kansas border closed overnight. abc's clayton sandell is there. >> you can see here this epic snowstorm has just wreaked havoc on the roads in this area. this highway is completely shut down. these cars have been sitting here for a very long time including maybe you can see it an ambulance over here and a snowplow right over here. >> reporter: the storm turning deadly when a colorado state trooper responding to a crash was hit by a sliding car. in the rockies the heavy snow is prompting more avalanche warnings in the same areas that saw historic threats from snow slides last week. farther south in amarillo, texas. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and near logan

>> right, blizzard warnings in place in colorado. foot of snow accumulation. you can see from our futurecast right now. also what's g tng togger the blizzards are windy conditions. we're talking about gusts here 65 to 70 mile per hour. so this centraln pressure this low is very tight here and that's going to cause those winds to stir up. it will continue to track east here in the next 12 hours for your thursday afternoon, impactinghe midwest. before it starts to slide into the northeast for your friday. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>> so still very cool air, 35 across colorado, but warmer air, you can start to see it's starting to make its way in. this is sp temperatures, upper 70s to lower 80s from the south to the southeast. >>> so we love the warmer temperatures, but, man, severe weather on the way. >> all right, janessa, thank you for the heads up. if you went to bed last night and you're an nflfan, you're like, what happened to the nfl? a pair of trades shocked the nfl. odell beckha jr., i

we've done some amazing things in colorado. we've almost gotten universal health care coverage in colorado now. we've addressed some of the biggest root causes of climate change. we've taken our economy from 40th in job creation to being the number-one economy in the country in the last few years. those are things i think should be models for what the next president needs to be able to demonstrate, that they can do things. >> brennan: right. well, governor, thank you very much for joining us. we'll be tracking the race and we will be back in one minute with a lot more "face the nation." former acting f.b.i. director andrew mccabe standing by. aveeno® with prebiotic oat. it hydrates and softens skin. so it looks like this... and you feel like this. aveeno® daily moisturizer get skin happy™ you'll make my morning, buty the price ruin my day.ou? complicated relationship with milk? pour on the lactaid, 100% real milk, just without that annoying lactose. mmm, that's good. >> brennan: we're back with former active shooter f.b.i. dire

this reported tornado slamming a colorado storage facility. take a look at the dramatic images, surveillance video flipping rvs over like toys. and that blinding spring snow from colorado through nebraska, up to nine inches, making for slick and treacherous driving. that cold front pushing eastward, bringing strong thunderstorms and sending temperatures tumbling by the start of the work week. abc senior meteorologist rob marciano starting us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying images out of colorado. rvs tossed around like toys by an apparent tornado. watch as another is picked up by fierce winds. >> got real quiet and then everything, mirrors and everything started shaking on the house. >> reporter: and in nearby colorado springs, these funnel clouds spinning in the air. that noise the sound of hail brought by that storm system, peppering the streets, piling up like snow. even causing spin outs and stopping cars in their tracks. drivers using their hands and their cars to get everybody moving. and in denver, actual snow creating pro

a colorado state patrolman died in these conditions.a car helping a driver who slid off the road. as for air travel, denver international airport spokesperson says more than 2,000 flights were canceled between yesterday and today. 96 mile-an-hour winds clocked at airport last night. all runways were closed last night. 5000 people spent the night at dia. denver's mayor says things are getting up and running. they're treating today like a thanksgiving or christmas holiday. crews are cleaning up downed power lines and trees like this 80-foot tall tree. >> this tree is 100 years old. it was our christmas tree. in the kitchen making soup. next thing know, kitchen goes very bright. i heard this big crash. we're sad to see it go but this is also colorado. reporter: this storm is moving east. sioux falls, south dakota is dealing with flooding right now. there are schools closed in wyoming and colorado. connell? connell: alicia acuna, thanks. melissa: now to rick reichmuth, fox news chief meteorologist live in the weather center. rick. >> what a

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we just learned that a colorado state trooper has now been killed. look at this tonight, powerful winds blowing this truck off of a highway in texas right over. and spawning isolated tornadoes tonight, this one spotted in new mexico. blinding conditions in wyoming. grounding all flights out and in of denver tonight. the runways completely shut down. we have the track of this storm as it then moves east. abc's clayton sandell near the denver airport tonight. >> reporter: a winter weather explosion tonight putting a bulls eye on the center of the country. why white out conditions. okay, it's about noon. we are just east of denver and the blizzard conditions have definitely kicked in. visibility here is virtually zero. in colorado, parts of major interstates 70 and 25 clogged by crashes are shut down. >> there are dozens if not hundreds of cars stranded here on i-70 and the wind gusts are unbelievable. >> reporter: it's all thanks to a rare winter storm, with a technical term, a bomb cyclone. they call it as a bomb cyclone because the pressure drops so

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