the closure is already affecting tourism in glenwood springs. >> we do have some people here who have extended their stay in glenwood springs because they decided well, they don't want to spend the extra couple of hours to be rerouted and conversely we do have some people who are either traveling by amtrak train to get to glenwood springs or have to take another route around the closure. >> that route is a bear. drivers west bound are detoured north on colorado 131 at wolcott up to steamboat springs, west on 40 to craig, up to rifle to the interstate adding 146 miles and about three hours travel time. >>> the pearl harbor memorial sites in the hawaiian islands. tourists at the visitors center witnessed a fell hospital crash a few yards from where they stood. five people were on board the helicopter when it crashed into the water. all of them survived. a 16-year-old is in critical condition. witnesses say the helicopter shook before it dropped out of the sky. others say smoke was coming out the back. tourists at the uss arizona memorial were malted after the accident. >>> popes don't p

it i-70 is closed from gypsum to glenwood springs. we will start with noel brennan who is near the slide, and cdot is keeping crews out of there until they can get an idea of behind the barrier? >> reporter: exactly. we are waiting to hear how badly the road is damaged. we did hear from a cdot field supervisor that the trailer of the semitruck was hit by the slide. we are just west of gypsum about 9 miles or so away from where the slide happened. there was a gate down here, and that is blocking the entrance to i-70, and there's a cdot truck here, and a guy from cdot cars traveling around here, informing them of what is going on, and also directing them around the closure. we are told by the field supervisor here, a 15-mile stretch of i-70 is closed because of the most recent rock slide, and again, we are waiting to hear about possible injuries from this rock lied. the field supervisor says they are waiting far helicopter to go up in the air when the sun goes up, so they can get a better look at the damage and check to see if it's unst

let me take you up and over because we have a closure in place from i-70 gypsum to glenwood springs. let me break down the detour. we'll back up a little bit. you got to go north along colorado 131 from steamboat spring and you're direction to craig out to highway 40 and back south again. this is the very definition of the scenic route from colorado 13 passed beaker out to rifle and you'll be back along i-70. my advice for you, if you aren't trying to get to grand junction and rifle or battle mesa, say highway 80 to salt lake if ,, ,, ,, (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. give us a plan. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won e

>>reporter: the grill at the glenwood hot springs, work es cooked breakfast like normal, but the people showing up this last week was down. >> people know when you live in the mountains, things like this will happen. you learn to live with it. >>reporter: the director of the glenwood chamber of commerce says they won't have real numbers for a month, but local businesses are reporting taking big revenue hits. but now that cdot has allowed canyon again off night, business should be getting back to normal. and we're told that several large meetings and conferences in glenwood springs are still a good and that's good news for the hotels and restaurants that rely on those tourist dollars coming into the area. we're live in eagle county tonight, matt kroschel, cbs 4 mountain newsroom. >>> new tonight, the father of a young man killed in the aurora theatre shooting says that experience convinced him to run for the state senate. alex sullivan was one of 22 people killed in the theatre in 2012. today, his dad tom sullivan told us he'll be running as a democrat in his district from from arapahoe

after weekend getaway in glenwood springs. >> vacation. get that all the way from our kids. >> we left denver and made into glenwood springs. instead of going the detours. we woke up early just to try to get back. brad and terry are one of many followers that the pilot car program. which is guiding one direction of traffic through the rocks light damage stretch of glenwood canyon. after last week slide, see that began directing that one lane of traffic last night at 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. he goes back down again from nine until six today. earlier this morning the weight was much shorter. he says it will take more than 60 cars at a time. as a make your way through was, but a couple of boulders almost the size of a previous, about four hours later will return them to come back to the metro area, it takes an hour just to get through, but bread and >> with a one destry our la is less time than it took us the other out. >> one -year-old bible of the pitbull rescued after falling to the ice of a pond at northlake park and loveland yesterday.

they have a 300 cars that travel on a given day from gypsum out to glenwood springs per hour. and you're going to take all that traffic now and move it onto the side streets through steamboat springs and craig which i'm sure the small businesses are loving it. highway 40, and then back southbound along highway 13 from craig passed meeker out to rifle. that's going to take you we mentioned this earlier, alan, but amtrak is the way to do it. the train leaves at add hours, and it can be expensive, but better than sitting in traffic. >>> the red wing rivalry may have been the -- patrick wise man practicing to get his legs he may not be quite ready yet, but patrick is mildly competitive as you know, and we're confident he's ready. joe is also taking some time on the ice. he's going to bring the deadly risk to tore tear his old buddy chris. that shot is still a blur. >> that's the goalie. i don't think so. i like to pretend i do and i go home and tell deb and the kids i do, but i'm sure it's not the same. >> always modest joe. we asked in our sports poll, which old red wings player m

this is i-70 between gypsum and glenwood springs. we have the closures in place as crews scale the rock. they're putting in fencing and bringing in a helicopter to do that. from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., you get to go on one lane at a time using the pilot cars and it's a two-hour delay. >> we talked about that in social media. we can understand why they have to do it during the day because you cannot walk up that hillside with rocks coming down at you at night. >> you have to know what's coming so the work has to be done during the day. >>> a video shows a small plane crashing into a busy street in north los angeles. amazingly nobody was hurt, not even the pilot. the pilot walk away. witnesses heard the plane's engine sputters before the crash. >> it was terrifying because there's a moment, what do we do. we don't know what to do. >> we figured there was going to be a fire or something or something like that, and we all extinguishers.,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >>> welcome back. let's look at what's happening across the country. the wes

both lanes and both directions are shut down of i-70 to glenwood springs. highway 40 and highway 50 are what cdot are asking folks to use while they get that cleared out. they have to destroy the boulder on the roadway, but they have to repair the roadway as well. if you remember this happened a couple of years ago and the delays were huge because of that, so hopefully they can get that done and clean that up before the weekend. we're across the denver metro area. a couple of side street trouble spots out. lane closures along i-25 along c 470 tomorrow night. that's going to be closed -- i-25 in the southbound direction at c 470, a fuel -- a full closure. train restriction in place because we have flakes in the high country. >> we have snow in the high around through the high country. it should get lighter through the afternoon. it's wind in some places. winds around 50 miles-an-hour right now. waldon, the gust at 22 miles-an-hour. we're expecting to see gusty winds. it's not quite as bad as yesterday. 30 in lineman. 28 out at -- downtown, 38. 29 in castle r

rerouted and conversely we do have some people who are either traveling by amtrak train to get to glenwood springs or have to take another route around the closure. >> that route is a bear. drivers west bound are detoured north on colorado 131 at wolcott up to steamboat springs, west on 40 to craig, up to rifle to the interstate adding 146 miles and about three hours travel time. >>> the pearl harbor memorial is one of the most visited sites in the hawaiian islands. tourists at the visitors center witnessed a fell hospital crash a few yards from where they stood. five people were on board the helicopter when it crashed into the water. all of them survived. a 16-year-old is in critical condition. witnesses say the helicopter others say smoke was coming out the back. tourists at the uss arizona memorial were malted after the accident. >>> popes don't play -- halted after the accident. >>> popes don't play in primary typically, but if there's anything we can say about this political season is it's unconventional. reporters asked the pope about donald trump's pledge to build a wall along the mexico/u.

the interstate is close between an glenwood springs privity tour takes drivers about 200 miles out of the way through steamboat springs and craig. crews are working around the clock to clean up the debris from the rockslide that occurred on monday. the damage to the highway. ashley michaels shows us how people affecting one brewery. >> the great divide is one of the main sponsors of a huge music festival up in the mountains. they've been planning the logistics for about a year now, but now that i 70 is closed, the company is scrambling to try to >> there a dollar apiece. the highway has been closing monday in both directions. which is a huge problem for great divide because on wednesday they were supporters to send 100 gigs to avon for this weeks winter wonder grass music festival. >> everyone started brainstorming on ways the problem is great divides distributor is based in glenwood springs. since i 70 is close between glenwood and. zero, they can't get to denver to pick up the beer and drop it back off and avon in time. so here is plan b. is now sending trucks all the way from cheye

om gypsum to glenwood springs... both directions are shut down... while crews work to clear the boders... which fell onto the highway yesterday. dot crews spenmost of e day removing the largeks near "hanging lakeunnel"... in glenwood caon. injuries or serious dam has been reported. geolists will assess the slide area today via helicopter... d determine how lo cleaup operationsre expected to ta.. atr d fionhe 5s. chiemorning meteorologist stephen bowers is he now with first alert 5. a potent stormystem slammed the southeas.s. sterday and ought several tornadoes to theeep south. as that system slides ward it makes room r r gh essure ridge to make eastward progress, too. for now, that weern ridge still centered west of us. clouds are spilling southwar down its easte fnk and right over the top of us. warmer weather is bottled up beneath that high pressureridge,nd as it moves eastward tempatures this morning are in the 30s. highs day are going to be in the 50s and 60s. the high cloud be quk to move t this morng, but we can still see some n. temperature at

vail area, 10 to 20 inches of snow. 3 to 6 in glenwood springs, carbondale down to grand junction so again everybody getting a taste of this and by tomorrow, we will be feeling the full brunt of it around >> all right. we will be ready. accident on the westbound lane in sheridan and 6. so far the lakewood drive hasn't been too problematic. the area that has been tough is i-70, 29 minute ride from 270 >>> a retired ohio police officer and his canine companion will be able to stay together in retirement because of the unbelievable generosity of strangers. >> ohio state law requires that if an officer retires before the k-9, then they forfeit the it goes up for auction. that's kind of a strange law but anyway that is the law and it's a problem for officer matt hickey, who doesn't want to be separated from his dog ajax, so his friend started a gofundme page so he could bid on the dog. he was priced at $3500 but hickey has already received $51,000 in donations. >> i am amazed at everybody that cares about this. the outpouring -- and the calls i've been getting from other people, the suppo

. >>> developing now i-70 in glenwood springs with stay closed. this is a new picture cdot is sharing of the road. a rockslide did serious damage to the road on monday and it's been closed since then. crews are removed the larger boulders, but there is still for repairs that the road need. we're expecting another update from cdot soon and we'll bring recommends that you use two alternnte routes one north, one south. we have a breakdown of both routes on the denver 7 app. >>> a crash at a busy intersection hurts a person in %- a wheelchair and stalls traffic. this was right outside of our denver 7 studio at spear and broadway. police tell us that a car hit a person in a wheelchair. that person was taken to the hospital. police are questioning the driver to try to figure what happened here. >>> southbound lanes of i-25 near lark pur are back open. one person was thrown from onn serious injuries. investigators think one of the before it happened. traffic was detoured for about three hoursing and as can you imagine this led to some retty there. >>> th

the closure continues 8 miles east of glenwood springs. two rock cloudy skies happened within 24 hours. and a lot of people are taking the detour which is 146 miles lock. >> it's crazy that no one was hurt. and some of the rocks are the >> and it's a sign that spring is close, warm in the metro area. and the mountains are getting more snow, however. >> meteorologist danielle grant is in the nine backyard. that's how most people like it. >> looks like a little bit of light snowfall for the high country continues through early friday. we've had a beautiful day. the winds are going to be picking up. and good news, bad news. what do you want? good news first and that's just how beautiful it was today. we had the bright blue skies and truly the past couple of days have been fantastic. our average temperature now 47 degrees. we've been five to 15 degrees above average. and here it is the middle of february. and we're basking in all of the sunshine and the winds too. temperatures hit 67 out at the airport. just shy of the record of 71. 60s and 70

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the closure starts near dotsero and goes to glenwood springs. drivers are being sent about 200 miles out of their way... up to steamboat, over to craig, down to rifle and back onto i-70. this is what drivers will be dealing with at least until tomorrow afternoon. and this is why. both lanes of i-70 were covered in boulders the size of small cars. rockslide that happened in glenwood canyon on monday. this one damaged a car and a semi truck. the car was able to drive through, but the truck was stuck - pinned by a huge boulder. thankfully, the driver wasn't hurt. c-dot started to clear away some of the rocks yesterday... while geologists checked the hillside on foot and from the air. c-dot has a lot of work left to do. they've got to remove all the rocks, fix the road and put up netting on the hillside. they hope to have one lane open by tomorrow afternoon. east and westbound traffic will alternate and be led by a pilot car, cheryl. the more we learn about a rock slide in southwestern colorado -- the more amazed we are that no one was hurt. the roc

all the way to glenwood springs for a second rock slide that happened. we've had two rock slides up in that area. this is a picture of one of the boulders from the over night area. this is from c-d.o.t. that i was able to get from one of their accounts. you can see how big that rock is from that person standing there. i understand that maybe a truck was hit by that rock. these are some of the rocks that came down in the earlier rock slide during the day yesterday morning. had lanes. so they are worried about the stability of the rocks up there on that slope. % and that is why i-70 remains closed down. and a long slow commute. a four hour delay to get around it. >> jason, thank you. >>> 6:02 now. boulddr neighbors are stuck cleaning up after a soggy and muddy mess. all that water was rushing into their houses. >> this is all thanks tt a massive water main break. denver 7 reporter jason gruenauer is off norwood and oak. water no longer gushing but these folks. >> yeah. and the the big surprising part is yesterday was a really nice day. the sun was out, it

reporter: at this point, corey, there's no estimated time of reopening for i-70 from gypsum to glenwood springs. you see we are on the frontage road of i-70, and there's the actual entrance to the on ramp blocked here, and it's about 9 happened, and not too long ago, i spoke to a cdot field superriser, and he said this slide ended up hitting a semitrailer, and don't know about any injuries involved yet. we are waiting to hear about that, and the field supervisor says right now it's unstable, not exactly safe for crews to be out there. they will wait until the geologists can get thereupon this morning to check out the side of mountain to make sure it's safe while they clear away the debris this is the second slide we have seen in 24 hours. we have pictures of the one that happened yesterday morning. it was 3:00 in the morning when the slide happened in glenwood canyon. and we know crews worked hard to get that opened up again. they had it open at 7:45, completely opened up, and an hour a half after crews finished up their work, cheryl, happened. when it's safe enough for crews to get in and us t

it's close between glenwood springs the dew tour takes drivers about 200 miles out of the way for steamboat springs and craig. crews will spend the next few days removing loose rocks and putting up a fence to prevent future rock slides to perceive that they say that safety is the first priority. >> we do not get our crews are here tallest morning because we were not sure that it was able to were having a wait and see have the highway closed but from a safety perspective we can have our crews out there with the incident continuing. >> for people are in custody after crashing a stone carved into a denver police cruiser. 16th and sherman just north of the state capital. police say the officer then used his car to prevent them from escaping. the teenager accused of shooting and killing mason county deputy derek geer is being charged as an adult and accused of 21 felony accounts. prosecutors say derek geer provided officer folder but the teen allegedly fired back and hit the deputy to rest yesterday. he leaves behind a wife and two young children. >> denver police launch in a campaign trying to

. >>> i-70 in glenwood springs won't be open after all. not yet another rock slide solution. >>> what if your car had what florida is doing to take the pumps out of your daily commute. >>> let's look at the commute this morning. on sunday, the big problem is heading back. we will detail the traffic in a moment. >>> douglas county deputies need your help in identifying this man, accused of sexually assaulting a woman. a woman was driving in parker when her car broke down. attacked her. he has a white truck with flood lights above the cab. if you know who this is, please call the douglas county sheriff's office. >>> this woman disappeared walking her dog. 69-year-old rita dagrute left her home and never came back. she had obvious a back parka, she has early onset dementia, and she could be in danger. >>> four children are in the hospital this morning after being viciously attack bid dogs dogs in -- attacked by dogs in el paso county. the woman and her man went to her boss' home, and she heard screaming. great danes were attacking three of he

one lane will be open outside of that time with the pilot car guiding vehicles between glenwood springs to the east side of hanging like tunnel. delays are still expected with the open lane, detours are still an option but it could take drivers up to four hours. you can see those detours on >> police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in douglas county. they released this sketch of the suspect. take a good look. the douglas county sheriff's happened thursday night in parker. the victim was driving on the east side of the city when the car broke down and that's when allegedly. he's described as a fit white old. please call police if you know anything about this man. >>> new at noon for kids in el paso county are recovering after authorities say they were attacked by three great danes. the kids were taken to the hospital and they had surgery. right now doctors say they are in stable condition. the dogs were taken by the humane society. it happened on saturday in the small town of rush, east of colorado springs. great danes are not known to be a vicious breed of dog but o

days, because of this, this giant boulder that came down and damaged part of the interstate at glenwood springs. >> traffic will be down to one lane for at least a month during repairs. russell haythorn is live. this is affectinggvacationers, and truck drivers, especially. >> reporter: yeah, you guys, take a look at the sign outside georgettwn, two messsges on it. one, unrelated about independence pass being closed because of weather, and then i-70 closed from gypsum to rock slide. there is an alternate route, up through steamboat, that will take you an additional 5 hours, what a mess! clean it up. >>> two, one -- boulders so big, they had to be blasted off the highway. the initial slide took out this semi trailer, the driver was okay. >> we really have to evaluate how safe the slope is. >> reporter: the road, badly puncturing and damaged by the slide, leaving drivers and truckers looking for ways around it. >> they'll have to detour one way or another. >> reporter: truckers we talked to tonight say closures like this are a part of the job. >> there's a possible detour thaa's not going to take

in longmont, glenwood springs 23. another 7 in broomfield and enough for clark to make snow angels on his snow day in aurora. runs of viewers sent us their snow -- hundreds of viewers sent us their snow pictures and albert stone using some creativity sent us patio furniture on patio furniture. >>> all that snow meant a lot of closures. businesses, highways, college camps and many of the largest school districts, neighborhoods across metro denver could be digging out for several days with overnight temperatures expected in the single digits through friday. in higher elevations heavy snow has increased the avalanche threat. meteorologist kathy sabine joins us. it took just two days to blast by february's average snowfall for denver. >> amazing, it really is. you know me. i love to tell the weather story with kids and animals, so i love the start to our newscast there. we did have a lot of wind this afternoon creating blowing and drifts. we had drifts 2 to 4 feet just south and east of the city. thankfully we do have les

i-70, this is the section from gypsum to glenwood springs, the area closed down. this is the way to get closed down. highway 131 to steamboat and over to on 40 and back on 13, to meeker vice versa. it's snowy and slick. chain laws up that way. now the traffic looks okay, at least will be slowest around steamboat springs, very slick conditions. don't use highway 82 through aspen, independence pass remains closed down. to be about 10 degrees cooler. mostly sunny, not as windy. this orning still gusty in boulder. in the foothills likely will be the windiest. one spot windy overnight, aurora. we're going to send you out to dayle cedars. >> reporter: this is the denver 71st alert weather chaser -- denver 7 first alert weather chaser and it's built ford tough. we'll be taking it out into the storms to show you what is going on. tons of high tech weather equipment inssde the truck. we are able to even be out here and kind of show you exactly what's taking place. %- here's a look of what the truck looks like during the day. you can see we have a satellite dish, which the

that is at 9:00 and a hard closure outside of chips and to glenwood springs. from 9 am until 4 pm you will have closures each day. c.is suggesting instead of using colorado 131 which is an alternate, possibly using highway 9 from silverthorne. it is may be better equipped to handle the traffic and the new cross on highway 42 greg and south on highway 13 from craig meeker to rival. a big detour but that will be in place to the day. if you are lucky enough from 4 pm until 9 am to get through the plus delays. the pilot car will lead cars. >>> an update on the story of a lost wedding ring. broncos fan at that game last month. another man found the ring and contacted cbs for for help. we aired the story to find the owner. the happy ending. >> reporter: it literally was like lord of the rings, when frodo loses his ring. >> it is a wedding band adam green never thought he would see again. >> i saw it for a split second and forgot about it because we were watching the game. >> he and his wife figured it was gone for good. but now from dallas green talks to the man who

. >>> the shutdown of i-70 between glenwood springs and gypsum will likely last into the prediction despite an earlier prediction of possibly one lane reopening this afternoon. cdot says high winds and other weather conditions are slowing repair work after rock slides damaged the highway earlier this week. limited traffic could be allowed on the interstate the bike pass is closed, too. repairs could take several weeks. the cost is estimated at roughly $5 million. >>> a helicopter on a sight seeing tour with five people on board crashed today in the pacific ocean near pearl harbor caught on video. a 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after people in the harbor helped pull all people on board to shore. the helicopter went down near the uss memorial. >>> donald trump criticized the pope today for grit sizing a person's faith. -- criticizing a person's faith. pope francis said on a flight home from mexico that anyone who wants to build a wall along the u.s./mexican border isn't christian. trump has promised to build a wall and expel 11 million people in the country illegally if elected pr

it got worse when part of the detour was closed. between glenwood springs and to go through meeker craig and steamboat. part of the pass was actually closed this afternoon. luckily that is now back open. take a look at this rock slide south of durango it has lanes of highway 550 closed for up to cdot says it will take 70 dump trucks to move all those boulders. >>> as residents on norwood avenue clean up the damage done by a water plain break. the city of boulder is deciding whether to help the multiple monday night. it took 45 minutes before he water was stopped. they flowed into mulliple homes and shut down traffic in the area. city spokesperson says people with damage can submit a claim to the city. >>> edwar snowden is taking the stage sort of the nsa whistleblower is in russia ready to answer questions here. mark stewart is outside the auditorium. >>reporter: and the mere mention of edward snowden generates controversy so it's no surprise 2,000 students will come here to the auditorium to hear him for themselves as he speaks on a video link from russia. we talked to organizers he wil

within two hours cdot was pointing to a fresh slide that closed i-70 from gypsum to glenwood springs, no estimate on when it reopens. >>> some 1,500 people, many law enforcement, made the trip to grand junction to remember the life of mesa county sheriff's deputy derek geer who was shot several times a week ago after responding to a report of a person with a gun. a never veteran a deputy in may -- navy veteran a deputy in mesa county 14 years married with a 13-year-old and an 11- year-old. some officers at the funeral did not know geer personally, but they shared a bond. >> when one of our brothers or sisters gets killed in the line of duty, it's a difficult time, but we also understand that they did it one, for what they >> geer's colleagues carried his flag draped casket and saluted the fallen deputy. >>> the memorial at dpd headquarters that honored fallen police officers man vandalized again. it was red -- has been vandalized again. it was red paint again the same way it was defaced a year ago during an anti-police protest. since then police have set up cameras near the memorial.

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within two hours cdot was pointing to a fresh slide that closed i-70 from gypsum to glenwood springs, no estimate on when it reopens. >>> some 1,500 people, many law grand junction to remember the life of mesa county sheriff's deputy derek geer who was shot several times a week ago after responding to a report of a person with a gun. a never veteran a deputy in may -- navy veteran a deputy in mesa county 14 years married with a 13-year-old and an 11- year-old. some officers at the funeral did not know geer personally, but they shared a bond. >> when one of our brothers or sisters gets killed in the line of duty, it's a difficult time, but we also understand that they did it one, for what they love and two, for the community. >> geer's colleagues carried his flag draped casket and saluted the fallen deputy. >>> the memorial at dpd headquarters that honored fallen police officers man vandalized again. vandalized again. way it was defaced a year ago during an anti-police protest. since then police have set up cameras near the memorial. investigators think they know who is responsible for

. >> i 70 is still closed in both directions between glenwood springs and jepson because of the huge rockslide and now because of the weather in the mountains, reopening the highway has been delayed again. cdot says they if closed close to opening the road but because the weather crews were forced to redo rock work that they had artie done. if you're headed that direction your safest bet is to take the long detour. >> a man riding a low powered scooter this morning and loveland died after he was hit behind by a semi truck. rocky mountain avenue. the 32 -year-old victim was taken to the hospital where he died. authorities say they do not believe the driver of the semi was texting or him. at the time of the crash. a commercial vehicle inspector was called into expect the check. the learner mark county da will decide if any charges will be filed. >> where working on developing story out of southeast denver. a brazen kidnapping after three people pull up to the corner of the busy intersection just before rush hour and forced the prison into a minivan. it happened on valentine's day aroun

> still ahead at 10:00 back to the snow, kathy has a look >> i-70 reopens for a few hours in glenwood springs. >> strange sounds from the dark side of the moon, what astronauts heard nearly 50 years ago this we are hearing for the first time. >> and speaking of strange things in space, there is this. >>> there is a trickle of traffic getting through glenwood canyon on i-70 overnight. there are two hour delays as the pilot car leads cars eastbound and westbound and with daylight. traffic goes back to a five- hour detour at this point. cdot still has a long slog to repair damage from the recent rockslide. >>> we're just now getting to hear them. the apollo astronauts recorded them on the dark side of the moon in 1969. the recordings were not classified. nasa's history office says there was simply no way to get them to the public before the internet. nasa compiled the recordings so you can hear what they heard and their reactions. [ space sounds ] >> that even sound outer spacey, doesn't it? you hear that, that whistling sound? >> the astronauts describe the sounds as weird, outer spacey and eer

. >> what a mess. the closure between glenwood springs and gypsum that's going to put you out of your way north through meeker craig abandonnsteamboat and it will add a few hours to your commute. >>> four people have been arrested after a denver police officer tried to pull over a stolen car and the woman driving that car crashed into the officer's car. this happened near sherman and 17th.. the driver was tased and at least one passenger tried to run before being arrested. >>> the denver fire department is hoseing down trash at our recycling facclity near 48th and holly. it was metal that caught fire today sending a black plume of smoke into the air. it was in the yard of denver metal recycling. 13 employees were in the facility when the fire started nearby. they were not hurt. colorado. the wind. >> chief meteorologist is here with yyur forecast. >> clear sky few high clouds out there and this is part of the reason we're seeing the skies the temperatures drop down into the teens and 20s. freezing. that snow melt works down in the crevices of the rocks at night drops down below freezi

. >> i-70 reopens for a few hours in glenwood springs. >> strange sounds from the dark side of the moon, what astronauts heard nearly 50 years ago this we are hearing for the first time. >> and speaking of strange >> and the 1st half is over for >>> there is a trickle of traffic getting through glenwood canyon on i-70 overnight. there are two hour delays as the pilot car leads cars eastbound and westbound and rock fall mitigation resumes with daylight. traffic goes back to a five- hour detour at this point. cdot still has a long slog to repair damage from the recent rockslide. >>> we're just now getting to hear them. the apollo astronauts recorded them on the dark side of the moon in 1969. the recordings were not classified. nasa's history office says there was simply no way to get them to the public before the internet. nasa compiled the recordings so you can hear what they heard and their reactions. [ space sounds ] >> that even sound outer sound? >> the astronauts describe the sounds as weird, outer spacey and eerie. one of the men on the next mission michael collins said the noise w

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it's all closed down between glenwood springs to glenwood caayon. after the second slide we had huge bolders come down and wipe out this semi. the driver was not hurt. there was other trucks nearby rocks and you can see how big they are. this is another picture. you can see one of the c-d.o.t. workers next to the huge boulders lighting it up with a torch. they did close it down arounn 10:00 last night and these are piitures of the first slide that happened. they were able to get some traffic through after that first slide that happened on monday but no traffic can get through after this one. geologists are up on the slope there is a concern there is more of this freeze, thaw cycle will bring down more rock. they will determine wwen they caa reopen i-70. until then you will have to use an alternate that will take you about 200 mimes out of your way. that goes up through steam boat springs to craig. a trip that will take nearly 45 minutes will take 3.55hours. there is no estimate when i-70 will open and you will have to use that alternate until otherw

the highway has been closed between glenwood springs and gypsum. it's going to cost between $2 and 5million to fix it. >>> a surgical tech accused of stealing painkillers and replacing the needles. that tech, rocky allen is out on bond this morning and that has some former patients very angry. denver city 7 reporter lindsay watts is there. >> reporter: rocky was fired from at least three other yet he continued to find work at put people at risk. now they cannot believe that allen is already out of jail and in a halfway house. for the first time we're getting a look inside the operating room where allen is accused of stealing a powerful narcotic and replacing it with another syringe. two of those other hospitals are in arizona, the third is in california. we talked to a patient who was put at risk at swedish who is outraged. patrick evans tested negative for hiv and hepatitis. but this is something he will never forget. >> it still affects me. it just -- just being upset, frustrated with this situation. >> reporter: rocky allen's attorney says he's

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we are talking about that area about 30 miles or so just east of glenwood springs. with i-70 closed down so they could upright that. we have traffic that has been held up there. here in town it's been a much different story. however, there is still a lot of room out to the east includinggi-70 and i-76 the plain highways closed down. this is what it looks like in fort collins. you are seeing black top and roads turning slushy and wet. in town as well as we see more traffic on hose roadways and a little bit more wwrmer temperatures to break up that snow. >>> another big headacheup we -- headache we are seeing is the side streets. >> jason, you have seen plows come through, there are still cleared. >> reporter: there are. if you are just waking up at waking up to. plenty of snow to go around here on your cars and right along your side streets and sidewalks. snow here. park. it's clear. denver public works have deployed their residential snowplows. normally c-d.o.t. takes care of the highways and they take care of the main roads but the side streets don't get plowed. pl

temperature wise, it's cold in alamosa. 27 at dia and bob lockhart is our weather watcher in glenwood springs. thanks, bob, for joining us. he has 10 degrees. lots of cloud cover. a shot of moisture go through with snow. light snow in denver. parts of colorado springs. that's push to go the southeast, but it's delivering a lot clouds. we might see peeks of sun. there's a storm coming through here. on the backside of that in california, high pressure is moving in. we have a warmer day coming. and then we have another cool down coming up for sunday. it's up and down over the next several days. ads we go through day, a couple of light snow showers in the mountain. we'll see breaks in the clouds later tonight. and today's highs are warming up. despite the cloud cover, we should be in the 30s 40s in the east. and 30s in the west and 20s up high. grand junction had a record low high yesterday. they only made it to 17 in the grand valley. 37 for a high. . a warming trend to start next week. 40s on monday. 50s on tuesday. and joel, after that, we might see 6 60s return to town. >> you're not going to

. >>> a glenwood springs man is in jail accused of trying to kill his wife. this was a very interesting plot he's accused of. >> this is very strange. this is 41-year-old byron gardener. now he's charged with attempted first degree murder and two counts of child abuse. police say he gave his wife tea laced with sleeping pills and led her to the car in the suv in the garage, hoping she would be overcome by carbon monoxide. she got herself out of the car and ran for help. theefamily was brought to swedish for treatment. >>> traafic trouble spots. not only that situation at iliff and near quebec, buttalso across commerce city on the eastbound side of 270. you can see that accident on the right shoulder. used to be on the left shoulder. now it's on the right, slow by there. you can see how traffic is backed up on the map as well heavy stop and go there. heavy anyway on i-25. somebody conked out. >>> thank you. developing, three douglas county students in the hospital road. the crash happened yesterday afternoon near castle rock. hurt. parents took them to the hos

the snow continuing to come to the western slope, glenwood springs, carbondale, telluride, lake city. up and down the i-25 corridor from wall stnburg, trinidad, to fort collins, the southern suburbs in douglas, albert counties, the southwestern suburbs, littleton, you will probably see more snow and heavier bands pushing through. it is encompassing the denver metro area pushing into the finally reaching weld county. it is spreading across the eastern plains. i-70 light snowfall coming down towards burlington, it is coming for you. the timing is here, it is starting. the heaviest snowfall will be tomorrow afternoon. 3:00-4:00, it continues until tomorrow evening. late. then everything moves out by tuesday afternoon. again, overall totals about 2 feet in the mountains, some isolated spots, potentially up to 3 feet. there is a ton of moisture with the pacific storm system and around the plains i am looking at the 8-16 number with the higher figures, a little closer to the foothills and the southwestern suburbsism traveling will be treacherous, especially tomorrow night. that is when i th

. >> the glenwood springs of commerce says it's too early to tell how much of an impact the closure has had. >> that's a tough job. every single day, they're bringing down more rock. >>> daylight will reveal the extend of a tornado that ripped through the gulf coast. two people died in louisiana. another person died in lamar county mississippi. >>> rain lashed this hotel in pensacola, florida. you can see how hard it fell. a reported tornado was spotted in this area along the gulf coast. one woman said she barely survived the storm. >> okay. that's all that matters. it was like a big train running through. >> it's incredible. 26 reported tornado. one of them blew the roof off a gym in prairieville, louisiana. working employee and people working out and 8 kid in the daycare. a scary situation. >> well, in new orleans, the storm even spawn three water spots on lake -- look at that. governors in louisiana and mississippi declared state of emergency. >>> taking a look at what's happening for our storm. it's parts of the east coast. it's virginia and into north carolina that we're worried ab

either direction from gypsum to glenwood springs. the alternate route is syracuse. it may be worth it than sitting in all that traffic. >> yeah, taking a look at our bus stop forecast. chilly and wet conditions on the sidewalks and on the streets if you're in denver. have snow at the bus stop. temperatures cool on the way home. you could have more sunshine. let's check in with our weather watcher, john with 15 inches in cold creek. >> there's piles of snow. next, how people are showing support to apple over the on en ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >>> good morning. we're live in genesee where the traffic is slow going. snow is accumulating. this is overnight. we have 10, 12 inches. you can see chilly temperatures, 21 degrees with a coming down unlike some areas. this is one of those areas that got hit hard. icy road conditions, some cold weather and some accumulating snow coming down. for the bird's eye view, let's check with lauren who has the latest. >> thanks for the great updates. here's at i-70 and soda creek. we're going to see this stick around for the high count

we've been talking about this the last several days, between glenwood springs and to gypsum remains closed. there will be an update later on to give us details. until hen we have that detour in place that will take you up meeker. `raffic is light for now. reroutee to i-80. three and half to fourrhourss for that delay. >>> thank you. pope francis is speaking out this morning on donald trump's idea to build a wall between the u.s. and mexico. he said it would "not be christian." trump quickly replied saying a religious leader questioning a person's faith is "disgraceful." this comes as the pope returns to the vatican frrm mexico. he called the immigration there from mexico a trrgedy. he was asked whether birth 3 control might be lesser evil when confronting the zika virus going on in brazil. the pope suggested women threatened with the zika virus could use artificial contraception. >>> weather delays will keep chelsea clinton froo talking at denvee. then tomorrow -- they're not going to be there, becauss cheesea isn't here yet. looks like she'll try to get to an event tomorrow for a group in

crews worked all day yesterday to repair i-70 near glenwood springs after the two huge rock slides on monday. it could be this time next week before one lane is opened in each direction. >> then they are going to use pilot cars. >> you see that picture you wonder nobody got killed in that. >> it helps keep the detour in perspective. >> absolutely. >>> some scouts in arizona are earning their merit badges, doing something great for people with disabilities. >> i'm totally amazed. at my point in life this is >>> winter has started in the mountains and foothills. i don't know it has stopped over the last couple of weeks colorado. few high clouds here, clear over the plains. we have 20s, 30s, 40s and close to 60 degrees in some of the chinook winds in eastern colorado. these showers are the first foray of the new storm. the main core of storm is still in utah. look for the heaviest snow in 4:00 p.m. so by late in the afternoon, here we are at 5:00, perhaps rain, blowing over the continental divide and the snow being heaviest in the mountains. 60s in the foothills, 60s and 70s. i believe w

along the i-70 corridor toward glenwood springs and just to the west of the continental divide that's where we're picking up a little bit more of that snow and it's finally meeting the i-70 corridor. georgetown and idaho springs on the way to frisco, you will find that snowfall and i think a lot of folks might be liking that especially if you're enjoying the three day weekend up in the mountains. throughout this evening the snowfall will continue up for our northern and central mountains e i'd say the northwestern facing slopes have the best shot of seeing pretty decent snow over the curse of the -- course of the next 24 hours. we could have a couple of little isolated showers pop in across the eastern plains overnight. tomorrow morning, we'll wake up and a bit of sunshine to work with some more snow coming into mountains. and then by lunchtime, few clouds drifting in across the northeastern plains. sunshine to work with through the afternoon and some sightly but all of that because of the gusty winds coming at us out of the west. so winter weather advisories will be in place and i'm

it's closed as you get through glenwood springs. both directions due to the adverse conditions we have. you can see the show up here. look at the road weather index lit up. we're working -- as you head through i-70. if you're going into the high country, enjoy the skiing. we're across denver, metro area. you have the winds onto i-76. us 36, all of the foothill drives as well. we heard from cdot that the bennett making your way out east, so that's not going to get in your way. a lot of the construction, pause because of the president's day holiday. laur,, (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, because of a huge natural resource. not the land. or power sources. it' s the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all

. >> the interstate is closed from glenwood springs east to gip some. the crews blow up the fallen a difficult job. this was the second rock slide in glenwood canyon in 24 hours. >> matt kroschel is live for us there, and matt, they think it will take a couple of more days section of road. >>reporter: karen, they're saying thursday at the earliest, before they let cars come through here. there are still rocks coming down. and what happens, these rocks and they bounced through, smashing this guard rail, and hitting the eastbound lanes, before going into the river. causing all sorts of damage. >> there are a couple of holes through deck, and you know, boulders made it to the eastbound lanes, so it's both directions have damage. >>reporter: tons of rock covering interstate 70, and the rocks keep falling. >> this is a big one. yeah, i'd say that maybe the rocks we have on the road, we haven't been able to move the ones on the west deck to see how much damage happened to the highway. >>reporter: when the rocks started sliding at 10:00 last night, this semi dr