people need to realize that there are enormous amounts of homeless people here and downtown denver. most suspected increase font at sweetie speeds of homeless camps is here is confirm do this report the department of housing and ur saw six. percent increase the seventh biggest rise in the country. veteran homelessness up 24.3 percent that's the biggest increase anywhere. we've got our goal of ending homelessness. there is no question something must be done they governor has a new plant announcing this month he want 16,000,000 dollars from marijuana tax money to build new homeless housing units coil says you're looking at extremely tight rail market. you're looking at substantially increases and brent coil says i numbers aren't as bad as you might think colorado's rate is 30 percent lower than a was in 2010 the new report says our numbers pale in comparison to california or oregon a smaller state as for todd he's optimistic something soon will change. i'm very positive about the outlook. if you're wondering how the federal these numbers earlier these years hundreds of volunteers hit

downtown denver, 23 degrees. a chilly start to our day. you want to bundle up yourself and the kids heading to school. 20 degrees under cloudy conditions and a chance for a to not measurable heavy snow, but a few flakes across the metro. upper 30s across the western slooe. 30s for the most part. upper 20s in the mountains and across the north eastern plains. if you're heading to the parade of lights, that's tonight at 8:00. it's going to be chilly. you want to layer up. temperatures in the mid 20s and in lewisville, there's another parade of lights happening and jason, you hear your girls are going to be batons. it will be fun and cold. we're going to wear lots of layers as everyone should. it's going to be cold in downtown denver. we're not seeing road restrictions at i-76 and 270. we had an early fatal accident and all ramps reopened. we have road closures and street closures around downtown enver for the parade of lights. they'll be a lot of pedestrian traffic and for the parade route, that will be closed down. heading into downtown ton

a closure on northbound i-25 in downtown denver. traffic is now backed up all the way from 23rd avenue downtown to the tech center. this is a live pre tech center cam. the big back up there, all the red lights, that is northbound i-25. and those drivers, once they get to 23rd avenue, have no place to go. they're getting funneled off the highway. a crash involving two cars and a semi caused fuel to spill on the road. >>> a recount of nearly 3 green party presidential candidate jill stein is behind the move not only in the badger state, but also michigan and pennsylvania. donald trump narrowly beat clinton in the three states. but it's not expected to bring enough votes to change the outcome of the election. >>> mr. trump celebrated a deal that's going to keep jobs in indiana. the carrier air conditioning plant was planning on moving to mexico, but this deal will keep 1,000 tonight donald trump in cincinnati, the first stop in his thank you tour. cbs4's kenneth craig there right now. we know mr. trump just announced an appointment, ja

switching gears to pinpoint weather downtown denver. right there. what a beautiful sight w another big cool down and a chance for snow. overnight and for that morning drive. clear is a city snow is very close by here's a live view and breckenridge getting some fresh snow the lane recognition disappear yet again that snow on the mountains of been us now to the north now too far from fort collins up towards cheyenne that's the snow was turning into the metro area. some clouds lowering and some occasional snow showers to. teens and 24 down the 248 fort collins of the chilly night tonight as we cool off into those teens will be tracking that snowfall moving back into the state will talk about this winter he tried scene. afternoon drive this is the weekend and storms partially on that weekly planner. we are all ears there's a and you need to know what your commute is can a be light march you have the kids wear to school you know down that are pinpoint weather app get access to live where and weather alerts on your smart phone it is free in the apple or g

right now, 32 degrees in downtown denver where we're seeing a mix of sun and clouds and clearing this afternoon with increasing cloud coverage tonight. loveland ski area, a beautiful shot from our network. sno capped capped peaks and could use more. in the teens and 20s in the mountains. and the front range forecast for the evening. 30s and 40s and a mix of sun and clouds and looking at the time ing of when we could see more. >>> waiting on the autopsy reports of a mother and her two kids that were found dead gentlemen picked up her kids early on tuesday but never went home. the van was found in the loading dock of an old sports authority. neighbors say it was never anything they would expect. >> she was from minnesota. thought she went there and wasn't the case. >> the douglas county sheriff's office said there's no threat to the publii. right now, there is no word on when we will receive the autopsy reports. >>> a middle school teacher facing charges after being found with a 17-year-old run away. he was arrested, a pe teacherer and bond not been set. >>> this man has been charged wi

in downtown denver, mostly cloudy sky. 24 degrees. and 23 at the airport with the wind at seven miles per hour. area, 42 and congress park and montclair, around 40. we're tracking a storm system, staying dry and chilly today, that should be here tomorrow. >>> coming up in your morning sprint, continuing to track the tragedy in highlands ranch. the mom and two young boys, found dead in the family van, what authorities are saying >> inspiring to help him burn i... i... i wanted those... no you didn't... hefty slider bags cost less than ziploc. you'll thank me later. oh... . your morning sprint begins with an unthinkable tragedy. ? mom and two children are dead. tony kovaleski has more on the possible of being a murder- suicide. more on the autopsy later this morning and the community is shaken. >> jason gruenauer has been following since this broke. he join us us live. sent to parents of students here. shocked, saddened and lost. all of this after the highlands ranch mother and her two young sons, just three and five years old were foun

already up to 40 degrees in downtown denver. dia at 39. 37 greeley. chilly in the foothills with temperatures in the 20s and 30s at this hour. further out to our west, we've got isolated snow showers. that's the case throughout the day as we wait our next storm system. it sits well off to our north test west and should arrive in colorado come tomorrow. showers picking up in intensity tomorrow in the afternoon. you can see 6:00 in the morning, mostly cloudy here. then we get to 2:00 in the afternoon. light snow denver metro area. not expecting to be a lot. we'll go over how much is in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. for today, nice and dry. daytime highs in the upper 30s low 40s. with the snow tomorrow, going to be colder but not as cold as the forecast is calling for temperatures next week. going to get??h, we'll stay tunr full forecast. >> it's starting to look0@ more like winter in the mountains. keystone is letting kids 12 and under ski for free. they have to be with andult get the kids. >> aboutww 30 seconds later, kaything hit. scared. >

of course, we had a little haze this afternoon, too but nice to see those colors against the downtown denver city skyline. as we head toward this new month, temperatures, of course, cooling off. our average out at dia 30 degrees or so for the month. rainfall, precipitation, just a little over .3 and snowfall about 8 inches and if does look like there might be some coming -- it does look like there might be some coming in that extended forecast. low 40s this afternoon in fort collins and denver, a couple degrees shy why we this time of year, 50 in ray, 25 in leadville, rifle, grand junction. at the airport partly cloudy skies, temperatures cooling off already. we're at 30 degrees, winds east at 8 miles per hour. here in the 9news backyard feels pretty nice with a coat on, 31 if you're heading out. grab the gloves and hat. we're watching this next storm system push in bringing snowfall into montana, idaho, starting to roll into salt lake city. for us it's still dry in eastern colorado and will be if you're traveling overnight in that direction, you night find a little bit. -- might find a litt

plenty more news to come fox 31 we starts now is a live look downtown denver we expect a big cool down in an chance for snow thanks for joining us at ten. let's get right to meteorologist mapmaking who has what you can expect overnight in your morning drive. shannon lucan to just emailed this picture from steamboat. were getting some nice big snowflakes coming down. nice to see and a resort town additional snow far tonight and far as the roads that's the drawback. recently this evening as well the clouds are increasing across the state snow in the foot is against the divide even occasional light snow falling on bill passed give any mention travel whatsoever they'll be slick areas around the denver area much more hit are miss no an emphasis on miss i do believe right now it's 9 degrees and 26

. >> looking at downtown denver today, flags will be at half staff tomorrow. in honor of a trooper killed in the line of duty. details on that coming up. >>> first , breaking news out ?f washington state where an officer was killed while responding to a desic disturbance call. >> this is trending and nicole

downtown denver rents are high with one bedrooms running an average of more than 1300 a month. highlands ranch has the fastest growing rent with prices up 14% just over last year. here's a nice piece of property. the four seasons resort in vail has been purchased for a whopping 100 for a whopping $121 million. the buyers the development company which owns several hotels in new york city and guestrooms, 15,000 ft.2 spa and many high-end restaurants. the hotel was built in 2010. >>> starbucks ceo is stepping down. the surprise decision sent the company's stock down 3%. in april, he will focus on opening more innovative high and starbucks shops. >>> a new law that could affect you starts today. all it takes is a single search warrant a federal agents search millions of americans commuters and cell phones. the justise promises the updated warm is needed to help them investigate and track ddwn cyber criminals. >> students in wisconsin they found it on snapchat. green bay submission team is before they did their mail packees. they get them immediately because the place of play spent

today, 200 top democrat was meeting in downtown denver. >> there's a republican commander and chief coming next month and a republican controlled congress -- jason gruenauer joins us from outside the hyatt where that forum is taking place. >>reporter: good morning to you. we're talking about national democrats here, and they only have less than 2 years until many of the parties senators up for reelection in 2018, then a run of the white house in 2020. politics speaking that's not a lot of time. who is going to lead the party movinn forward? it's down to 4 candidates. this is according to the wall street journal. first, we're talking about minnesota congressman, keith allyson. he's the front runner according to abc news with top ranking endorsements including senator sanders then raymond, democratic party chair, jaime south carolina and former dnc howard dean taking a run at the job. the chairman position is going to be discussed at this forum. the last two chairs the democratic party resigned. there were scandals involves that and in any election when we're talking about candidates, this -

we starts now is a live look downtown denver we expect a big cool down in an chance for snow thanks for joining us at ten. let's get right to meteorologist mapmaking who has what you can expect overnight in your morning drive. shannon lucan to just emailed this picture from steamboat. were getting some nice big snowflakes coming down. nice to see and a resort town additional snow far tonight and far as the roads that's the drawback. recently this evening as well the clouds are increasing across the state snow in the foot is against the divide even occasional light snow falling on bill passed give any mention travel whatsoever they'll be slick areas around the denver area much more hit are miss no an emphasis on miss i do believe right now it's 9 degrees and 26 high country the storm is actually far weaker than what will happen next week speaking of next week there are times where we may be below zero as i'm looking at new data coming in tonight will talk about that weekly planner into minutes. just reminder if you're on the go to my you need to know what you communities like are what yo

it's not going to amount to in the downtown ??denver area. sun will be up at 7:02. there will not be as much sunshine as yesterday, as ?? clouds will be on the increase as we go through this thursday. thornton 20. centennial ??22. ken caryl 22 over there. genesee you're at 18 degrees this morning. at the bus stop expect 22 for the kids this morning. d there's definitely a chill in the air. then a high temperature today in the upper 30s, ??close to 40 we made it today i'm not sure we'll be able to ??manage that. it's going to be another below normal day for us and below normal temperatures will continue through the weekend and we ??drop way below normal next week. latest on the arctic air mass straight ahead. let's get over to ??joel. >>> pretty good start to the morning commute. hopefully we can keep it that way."#kdvym?r?h(qgtral park bou plenty of company on the roadway. southbound coming into town, 9minutes from 120th to i-70. i-76 looking great as well as i- 270 ??and u.s. 36. one accident, on 40th at airport. not affecting pena or i-70 this morning, if ??you ar

a very busy area in downtown denver like you would have in downtown cleveland they happen to have them all in the middle of the area. to me if you're going to spend money don't be charging more money. i feel that way to. show your receipt and prove that you. get a voucher. like in the hospital. get a validated. discourages shoppers to spend more i know like at legacy village i think i have to go even if i want to go to one more place because i have that meter running and i want to make sure i don't get a ticket or whatever i feel like they're doing a disservice. you know that money charging goes to charity. at least i don't feel horrible about it. bed putting a time limit on i thought i would only be an hour you know how shopping goes. can't relax. looking at your watch and running out. it's like that in cleveland heights if you go to restaurants there you know you park park and you have to be watching. if you're talking having dinner not paying attention all of a sudden a 15 or 20-dollar dollars ticket when you were there to support a business to spend money and i think again should g

northbound i-25 is closed in downtown denver because of a crash involving two vehicles and a semi, and there are several injuries. you can see all the emergency vehicles trying to take care of that wreckage and treat the injured and look at all forced off the interstate northbound 25 at 23rd. >>> and we're following more breaking news. a teacher arrested, accused of sexual assaulting a student at westminster high school. benjamin forbes was a math teacher and soccer coach. reported seeing strange behavior involving forbes and a female student. >>> area churches reaching out to help the homeless as winter approaches. near park avenue and broadway to clean up that area. a lot of viewers say this homeless problem does seem to be getting worse in the metro area. new at 6:00, a new proposal. rick sallinger checking in. you've learned churches want to be involved >> reporter: l jim, a coalition of groups called asap is asking churches, temples and mosques to take in the homeless and let them camp out on their land. but in this neighborhood at least, there is concern that showing compassion m

beautiful shot over downtown denver from copter 4 this morning. the clouds will be around all day long, and that's why temperatures are going to be a little colder today than yesterday. wendy our weather watcher in peetz has 20 degrees. paul in westminster has 21 this morning. our weather watcher in the san juan mountains, jonathan reporting 19 degrees down there. and he's talking about the ski area opening up. lifts will run in telluride from 12:00 to 4:00 today and official opening coming up tomorrow. let's get over to joel with the traffic. >>> we've been watching this drive southbound coming into town. cdot shifting the camera off to show you the backups. we still have the flashing lights that are in place in the left and left center lanes. the express toll lane remains trying to get on and that's causing slowing. speeds into the single digits behind this accident. 43 minutes to get you from thornton to denver. >>> joel, thanks a lot for keeping track of that. a 45-year-old veteran police officer is dead after a shooting in tacoma, washington

ten degrees in eagle and 26 in downtown denver. the temperatures today are a little bit cooler than what we felt recently. temperatures in the 30s and 40s this morning. havrj, 03s and du, 42. tomorrow, a chance for light >>> we still are a lot of traffic on 25 heading down to denver tech center, mississippi that way on 225. and look at that congestion. you can see that. northbound is not horrible and still recovering from the accident on parker and arapahoe. the rest of the drive running a little bit better. ? talk to me baby ? [ applause ] >>> they do everything he says. >> got a >> everything going on here. >> we love you right back. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. you guys are wonderful. a wonderful festive audience with us here. always fun. >> i'm looking. george, this is for you. >> this is festive as well. >> what's underneath these domes is something we talk about all the time googling. >> is it food? is it food. >> it's going to be food. >> i google recipes all the time. >> you do? >> absolutely. a lot of people do. >> l

downtown and tech center. >>> 14 minutes after 6:00 now. denver ronald mcdonald house bumping with music today for good reason. >> nice. colleen is there this morning. the radio thon kicked off 15 minutes ago. >> yes, it did guys. >> this is an awesome tradition they do. we've got all these people taking phone calls now. we have the young bronco cheerleaders getting ready to perform in a little bit. the main focus today is toe we want everyone to come together to just remember the ronald mcdonald house. kick of kosi air waves joining me now. >> that's great. >> you raised $330,000 last year. what's the goal this year? >> we want to meet that. let's do $350,000. do a million dollars. nine news viewers. they can call or jump onto our website kosi 101.com. 20 dollars a month is what we need. think of what you spend $20 a month on. >> starbucks one month. maybe help a family. it takes $20 a night for one family to stay here. >> right. you could help a family for a week. $140. if you could afford that, that's a week stay for a family here at one of hou

denver. temperaturings are cooler. free. and a look at 25 north into downtown in the express lanes and a wide open drive into town. c-470 or 222 all the way it the the harry potter. >>> an honor for two colorado veterans. >>> this weekend, the pop warner football team from ft. collins heads to the national championships. while they're preparing, happy to have a teammate back on the field with them. >> that teammate is jackson -- diagnosed with non-hoj kins kins limb >> chemogoing, never let anything stay in your way. >> jackson still has 50 months of treatment to go. and wish the team luck. they play on sunday. >> great. >>> seems the clown craze sweeping the nation isn't over. coming up, we're going to tell you about the latest sighting right here in the denver metro area. for uber and lyft rides. >>> and president-elect donald trump with more after e win, and more on the cabbnet. >>> a local mom is changing self-defense one party at a time. more more on her personal protection parties. . >>> we are driving along i-25. do you know the move overlaw? if you don't, police will make they're out on patrol. more on tha

denver. not much going on. maybe a quarter of an inch around downtown. probably pushing it. future cast says but it's measly quarter of an inch kind of on the fringe here. i would say up to an inch for the foothills and down on palmer divide although that's pushing it really the only snow that will follow at least accumulating in the mountains. one to 3 inches expected there. then we had to be extended forecast. you want one air that's the weekend right there. sunshine saturday warmer. high temperatures in the mid to upper 40s rapid up on sunday. if you want more snow you may have to wait until monday and tuesday and were also is not a definite what we will feel like is winds winter early next week monday evening cold air rushes and. snow or not and it will drive the temperatures down to the 20s as highs possibly the teens at high temperatures by the middle of next week in the lows made to below zero by this time next week. i know it's a ways away trying advanced warning could be a decent snowfall event monday night in tuesday. this thing for this ingredients kind of in the

denver, stan bush, cbs4 news. >> stan, will do. thank you. >>> quite the scene downtown this afternoon. boy, a car slammed into an rtd train. happened about 2:00 p.m. 22 and welton. police athe driver of the car was hurt, but not seriously. the d-line train service was delayed while the wreckage was cleared. >>> developing tonight, protests in charlotte after a cop is cleared in a controversial shooting. >> plus, a family's dream home is making them sick and they blame the builder. >> they never seem to admit the mold is a problem. >> the nightmare no one can fix, plus, a man intentionally rammed his suv into a hotel. they got called in to see the boss. lucky them. >> i'm in love with him. >> high? >> because he is so hot! >> and lots of sunshine today this system which is coming our way and the stronger system chris talked about bringing snow and cold directly to denver. coming up, just how cold we are going to get. >> broncos once again in wait and see mode on the starting quarterback as trevor is now z26zsz zvpz >> developing now, angry protests in charlotte, north carolina. prosecut

denver, stan bush, cbs4 news. >> stan, will do. thank you. >>> quite the scene downtown this afternoon. boy, a car slammed into an rtd train. happened about 2:00 p.m. 22 and welton. police athe driver of the car was hurt, but not seriously. the d-line train service was delayed while the wreckage was cleared. >>> developing tonight, protests in charlotte after a cop is cleared in a controversial shooting. blame the builder. >> they never seem to admit the mold is a problem. >> the nightmare no one can fix, plus, a man intentionally rammed his suv into a hotel. they got called in to see the boss. lucky them. >> i'm in love with him. >> high? >> because he is so hot! >> and lots of sunshine today around our state. but i'm going to talk about this system which is coming our way and the stronger system chris talked about bringing snow and cold directly to denver. comingp, >> broncos once again in wait and see mode on the starting quarterback as trevor is now ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >> developing now, angry protests in charlotte, north carolina. prosecutors decide not to charge the police officer who

denver's camping ban. the city started enforcing the camping ban for safety reasons. some say it's not fair to homeless people. there have been multiple sweeps trying to get people off the downtown streets recently. group is starting the peaceful parch at 6:30 tonight. >>> natives, transplants, tourists alike have one thing in common. concert site. a number of disability groups are suing for discrimination at the venue. they say the city isn't allowing people in wheelchairs to access the site. there are only two wheelchair accessible roads. frank is frustrated especially because some are buying seats in the rows and reselling them online. >> a lot of people are coming in fraudulently buying the front row seats. that's one of the ethics. >> the group says they aren't looking for money, just necessary changes. >>> we mentioned some of the valleys. this afternoon, it will begin to cloudp completely. we hold in the 30s. a few snowflakes flying around. really aren't going to have much impact on your day. >> take youo this week. small mountain town 45 45 miles west of denver. it's over one square mile. it's 8030 feet above the early days, this area started as a mining camp in 1859. br

warmer 40s to the south and east denver coming in at 40 degrees in the cow called we started 10 degrees outside 10 degrees outside right now we are below freezing downtown and 24 out at the airport. you can see the cold 20s. twenty-seven and aurora. temperatures have really fought off today. look at ten and conifer 16 in of wind out there which is good news get that can make you feel a lot colder gust up to 15 miles per hour the rest of tonight increasing cloud the next approaching storm system snow going up along the continental divide into the national park. as he gets early in the morning more scattered snow showers here in the east onto the eastern plains we see increasing clouds but really you notice much more on the way of cloud cover tomorrow. state here comes the snow pushing in the mountains southern mountains centro will all get something out of this it's only an inch are two looking fairly light with the snow and blue. another sound of single digits and low teens and will have a cold teams in the 20s. and highs tomorrow because increase and cloud cover denver hit 40 today temperatures down a couple degrees. the south and we look for a round o

downtown. 46 and 19 would be normal. 10 degrees at 1877. then they went to the record high a few years later. silverthorn, 25 the best they could do. alamosa, 32. south denver, 40. 43 in berthoud. 33 and 23. so, the airport dropping like a rock once again. southeast, 9 for the winds. barometer. william danley, copper mountain. pretty good snow up there. steam boat springs as weapon. this is is a very pretty shot from larry pierce. teens in the eastern plains tonight. single digits and below zero in the mountains. out west, single digits and teens and maybe a few low 20s . tomorrow, another chilly day around here. 30s and 40s for the eastern plains. 20s for the higher elevations. out west, temperatures in the 20s and the 30s . now, let's take a look at the denver forecast. for tonight. mostly clear skies dropping into the teens overnight. then, for tomorrow, we will take a look at increasing clouds. 39, 38 the best we will do. and for the next several days, 32 on friday. maybe, a snow shower. then, not bad for the weekend with sunny skies. low 40s saturday. upper 40s sunday. 43 monday. then, winter coming in with the next system. >> thanks ed. >>> music ofte

downtown, we were 21. 46 and 19 are normal. 73 and 10. only six years apart. are the records for this day. from our weather watcher, silverthorne, 25. 40 in south denver. berthoud, 43. 35, 32 right now. northeast 7 for the winds. barometer. look at this from larry pierce in steamboat springs. they got a lot of snow up there. they are seeing pretty good skiing. temperatures for tonight. mostly in the teens over the eastern plains. single digits, a few below zero readings for the mountains. out west, temperatures in the teens and 20s . as we look at tomorrow's highs on the cool side again. maybe a few degrees cooler than today with mostly 30s and 40s , east 20s . mountains. here is the denver forecast. for tonight, we will see mostly once again. tomorrow, increasing clouds. 39 and 38 for the highs. for the next several days. boy, we are up and down, 32 friday. a chance for a snow shower. back to 42 saturday. 48 on sunday. monday, 43. some clouds begin to move in. and, that is the leading edge of that next storm that is coming our way. this could be wintertime in full force. >> packing moisture. >> i think so. >>> coming up, the avalanche head coach has a

. >> we just finished a denver program from stapleton to downtown, we were a billion dollars under budget on time. this is before the twitter threats. >> and i drive on the hot lanes that flour built, and they were on time and under budget. >> how much do you do outside of the united states? >> about 65%. >> you care about a territorial tax system? >> absolutely. that's the key to unleashing -- >> how much money do you have abroad right now. >> probably -- not that much. not like these other guys. we work in all these tax jurisdictions, we're not benefited by necessarily parking money outside the u.s. >> do both of you gentlemen think we can do a private/public system that works? i hear a lot of times they don't work. >> both of those two examples i gave you, denver and -- >> can they go to work? >> denver and tappan zee are public/private partnerships. >> i think it varies. david would take a broad view of infrastructure, we would here, infrastructure is everything -- it is roads and bridges, it's ports, it's the inland waterways. you're going to have international paper on, mark sutton,

downtown was buzzing a week before christmas, despite a windchill of minus 24. in ohio, salt trucks were busy and drivers were warned to exercise caution on slippery roads. driving was treacherous in denverer an arctic air mass brought nine inches of snow to the city. at denver international airport, 500 flights were cancelled on saturday and sunday. in chicago, a united airlines flight slid off the runway when it turned to taxi at o'hare international airport. no one was hurt. this afternoon at soldier field, the chicago bears played one of the coldest home games in the team's long history, game time temperature 11 degrees, the windchill minus four. >> games like this in chicago when it is really cold, you get amped up, and dress for the element. it is just like any other sunday. >> reporter: despite the elements, fans still fired up at tailgate parties before kickoff. nbc news. >>> hundreds of people unhappy with the outcome of the presidential election got together outside of palo alto city hall. some are holding signs showing support for minorities and denouncing donald trump and the so-called alt-right movement of white nationalists. a similar rally held in san jose this afternoon.