we have picked up 3 inches here today at the eisenhower-johnson tunnel. it continues to got a this rate overnight, we'll get another 2-3 inches up here, so it will put us in the 5-6 range, so the travel will be mainly isolated to the high mountain passes, and the temperature right now is really what we're dealing with, down to 5 degrees right now here at the eisenhower-johnson tunnel and the mountain towns will be in the low teens for tonight. i'm meteorologist cory reppenhagen. >> warm up, thanks, cory. >>> faced with a big budget short falls, denver public schools is prepared to cut a lot of jobs. rrssell haythorn is live, this is related to the housing boom in denver. demographics, and the housing boom in denver is actually forcing out low-income families. school districts get more money per pupil for students who are on free and reduced lunches, so as a result, d approximate, s forced d -- dps forced to make bold moves. denver painting a pretty picture of next year's budget. >> we're projected to receive less funding in 201662017, than we did 7 years

. >> we have, really, beautiful start across our cameras at the eisenhower johnson tunnel. we anticipate the delays on top, being icy comawt across need to have an all wheel drive vehicle or snow tires. u.s. 6 is closed over loveland pass, means hazmat trucks pass through the tunnel at the top of each hour which can cause extra 10- 15 minute delays. expect a 5 minute commute to i- 225, doesn't get better than that. a minor problem to the east side popped up. a crash on the side streets at buckly and harvard. because of the light volume , the delays are light as well. >>> back home, hi, mom. you will be there. >> mom is going to be there and the confetti was flying , the celebrations were awesome. you felt happy for the players and the team. fans, your champions shutdown nerve racking but great. >> the game came down to the last 15 seconds. brady threw a touchdown and the patriots decided to get a two- point conversion to tie up the game. thanks to a bronco tipping the ball, brad diintercepted brady's pass, preventing the game from being tied and the broncos knew they won, 2

overnightt vail and copper mountain, and eastbound i-70 from silverthorne o the eisenhower and johnson tunnels. ever vehicle needs to have snow tiies or four wheel tires or traction device. >> a couple of tools, download the storm shield app. you can be alerted to any dangerous weather. you'll get texts sent to your phone. we have the snowcast an available. you can find out how much snow to expect in your areaaand how much actually fell. and share your pictures with us. you can up load them to our web site, thedenverchannel.com or the free denver 7 app and you might see them on the air. >>> it's not unusual to see snow in january in denver, there's a reason our state is getting it now. >> el nio, we hear a lot about it, meteorologists have talked about thhs for months and it's it's when warm weather in the pacific ocean mixes with the atmosphere, creating strong storms like the ones we're seeing now in california and they roll east and dump snow in colorado. >> that should many heavier storms not only for the mountains, but denver especially in march and april, probably big snows. as it weaken

reporter: then today with rising temps, the snow started sliding near i-70 and the eisenhower/johnson tunnels with the most active weeks for avalanches yet to come. >> we see most of our february. >> reporter: meaning for brian, the avalanche work in colorado may have only just begun. >> avalanches for us continue well through march. like last year, it was a great example. cycle into late may even. >> reporter: on average, about six people every year die in colorado from avalanches. as far as mitigation work goes on colorado roads, it's rare when an avalanche actually does reach the road unexpectedly. cdot installed the new gas x system at loveland pass and berthoud pass, allowing them to pump gas into the snow and send avalanches down. this way, they can do more avalanches and have a smaller impact to traffic. hopefully we'll see that this weekend if they do any mitigation work in the highcountry. >> well, a good reminder, matt, that you have to pay attention to your surroundings when you're in the backcountry, because even if you've got a big motor below you, it's not avalanches. right. you

we've got a couple of inches up here at the eisenhower johnson tunnel, an hour and a half, two hours, but it's let up a little bit right now, it's hard to tell because the way the wind is blowing this snow, it looks like heavy snow, these are actually tiny flakes, but it's looking. lanes are ssow right now, but this is going to be a difficult driving process throughout the night. >> okay o. stay warm up there, cory. part of a big storm system, once it sweeps through here, it will cause headaches for the eastern united states. remember, you can get your latest weather on your phone or the new snowcast app, anne. >>> we are learning more about the bizarre chain of events that led up to denver's fire chief getting stabbed. it happened near a busy intersection of colfax and speer and chief eric tade says he never met the woman until yesterday. denver7 reporter lance hernandez talked to the chief and he tells you he was leaving the station when the woman jumped into his car? >>reporter: anne, he had pulled out on colfax and stopped at the traffic light there, he was talking on the phone wh

we are talking a basin and the eisenhower/johnson tunnels up to winter park and farther north. the rabbit ears pass area, four- inches -- 4-8 inches for you. out toward montrose and glenwood springs, an additional 4-eight, an additional 4-84 -- 4-8. tomorrow morning is when things start to wind down. most of the snow happens from now until about 6:00 tomorrow morning. we will wake up to a few clouds around here and then by 3:00- 4:00, there is clearing going on. temperatures will be a a little bit cooler and then we will have a huge warm up on our hands. i want to show you the jet stream forecast. you can see this big trough which is the storm system we are experiencing now. this system will move in and parts of the east coast as we go into the weekend. the trough will deepen and pick up moisture from the gulf coast and also an invasion of cold air from the north. those ingredients will help the storm system explode. that is why they already have winter storm watches in place from the mid-atlantic to parts of the northeast. there are blizzard warnings for places like baltimore

this is the eisenhower and johnson tunnel, traction restrictions in place from idaho springs over vail pass. chain restrictions over vail pass as well. this is a look at i-70, the rest area. this is the ramp out to the rest area, not the roadway itself. you can see the headlights moving through. high country, lower visibility. heading along highway 40 out to winter park, a much better drive than what we have been seeing with all the winds. take a look across the metro. along 285, that's a tough drive as well. wouldn't be surprised if we have passenger chain restrictions in place there. c-470, slowing to get around that bend and make it up the hill. we have some accumulation on the highways. average speed now about 54 miles an hour but that's all going to start going down as we get a few more cars on the road and get that splashback. >>> a man is in the hospital after police say he tried to beat a train across the tracks but lost. looks like things could have been a lot worse. it happened yesterday north of downtown san diego. a construction worker saw the coming right at it, and rushed

. >>> check out the c dot camera, eisenhower johnson tunnel , the roads are icy and snow packed. traveling through 40-50 miles per hour. we will see the stops at the tunnel. u.s. 6 is still shutdown over loveland passing as safety closure because of the snow out to the west, multiit multiple chain laws are in effect. traction laws as well, you need snow tires or an all wheel welcome back, billion back blizzard of 2016 is over. the clean up is just getting started. >>> the snowstorm was the biggest ever on record for three cities 30 inches of snow fell in baltimoreing allentown, pennsylvania and harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> digging outment freezing temperatures are slowing the snow removal work, there is so much to do. edward lawrence is live in washington where there are piles everywhere. it's good to see a little pavement behind you though. >> reporter: this is a snow emergency routes that's why it's been cleared. they were very aggressive in keeping it clear. tens of thousands of people from the maryland suburbs to new york are digging out. at the u.s. capital, see about 20 inc

's the big area of wind that will affect us near the eisenhower and johnson tunnels. across 270, off to a perfect beginning even through the ongoing construction zones. that wrapped up in time. coming up on any next update, we'll talk about your commute to the airport and your drive >>> to see a fire that close, that big, that entire house, 30 feet high, it's like, wow. >> a house explosion in ohio killed a family of four. neighbors say they heard a blast and then they saw flames shooting from the home. just look at how much smoke is pouring out of the roof. the explosion happened in northfield ohio last night. it's about 20 miles south of cleveland. firefighters say a mother, father, two daughters died in the crash. the family dog escaped. investigators have not said what caused the deadly explosion. a new explosion in a popular tourist spot in istanbul. turki's deputy prime minister said a man from syria is responsible for the attack. the prime minister says most of the victims are foreign. several emergency vehicles filled the square, which is home to the historic

team restrictions in place in the eastbound direction activity eisenhower and johnson tunnels. and eastbound over vail pass. us 6 over loveland pass, team restrictions there as well. here we are on the mountain drive. lower visibility over vail pass. the winds that chris have been showing us, the suspect on highway 103, highway 40, i-70 as you go through georgetown. hold onto the steering wheel and be prepared for blowing snow as well. here we are in the denver metro. 21st still in accident. an earlier accident with a fuel spill. that has closed a portion of mlk to be shut down at rim area. if that is part of your morning to -- create. turnpike 88 from louisville all the way up to table mesa in boulder. lanes project. at least in the paving portion. that section will be free if you are headed easter westbound on portion number one which is already opened and tolling. >>> many or brady, that's the question stephen colbert posted to former bronco and current jets receiver, brandon marshall. >> pound for pound he was the better quarterback? >> we know breida is handsome. >> brady'

in fact, there's a slide right behind me that happened today here near the eisenhower/johnson tunnels. yesterday, two small slides reached highway 40 near berthoud pass. a 32-year-old died in an avalanche yesterday as well near crested butte. the first avalanche fatality in colorado, but there have been nine so far this season across the west. conditions are only moderate to considerable right now, but warmer weather is making avalanche danger rise and also keeping forecasters with the center pretty busy. they not only go out and check backcountry, but they also work with cdot to mitigate avalanche danger around colorado roads. it has been a busy season already, with hundreds admissions in the highcountry. now with warming temperatures, they expect to be busier. yesterday, a person died in the avalanche and two slides near berthoud pass. today, the small slide at i-70 apartment the eisenhower tunnel could be the start of an active weekend. >> got some modest snowfall with a lot of wind. that create the wind-drifted slabs on top of weak snow. so we saw a cycle of human and naturally ru

the odds are we're not going to be drilling a new tunnel through the eisenhower johnson tunnels. so the solutions we have to look for are big time around this panel, vehicle-to-vehicle communications and alternative transportation, methods and modes. so just a couple of questions, i think, that go beyond this committee. we have questions with spectrum. how are cars going to communicate with each other. do we have enough spectrum to make sure that cars can communicate with each other. we have issues, the moral authority that are going to have to be determined. is a car going to make a decision to drive by itself to take the ditch to hit wildlife and maybe cross the road because there's another car coming. these are all questions that, overtime, are going to have to be worked out. it's the kind of communications that an older vehicle makes. it's interesting in agriculture, of course, that we have been using driverless tractors for over a decade now. you can retrofit a 30 or 40-year-old tractor with a self-steering mechanism. what does it mean to solve transportation clogging the ar

i was ourisaiah we are not going to be drilling a new tunnel through the eisenhower johnson town, additional tunnels anytime soon. the solutions we have to look for a being talked about on this panel, vehicle to vehicle communication and alternative transportation methods and modes. a couple of questions that go beyond this committee. we have questions of spectrum. we have issues of moral authority that will have to be determined. when a car will make a decision if driving by itself to take the ditch the wildlife that may be crossing the road because there is another car coming. these are all questions that over time will have to be worked out. moral choices to the kind of communications that an older vehicle makes. in agriculture we have been using driverless tractors for over a decade now. good retrofit a 30 or 40 -year-old tractor with a self steering mechanism. now what it could mean to solve transportation, clogging the arteries. and this morning it was announced that the national renewable energy laboratory had entered into in mlu the department of transportation in colorado for resear

now, we still have that snow falling near the johnson eisenhower tunnel and we also have a winter weather advisory in effect to 9 a.m. that snow will wind down through noon. then it's expected to increase overnight again for the mountains, especially the north and central mountains. your futurecast is gonna keep us now, it's not until about 3, 4:00 we see the clouds increase, and then overnight we will see that snow trying to make its way into northeast colorado. so light snow a possibility into northeast colorado and the eastern plains through tomorrow morning. we could see some very small flurries here in the city, but by and large it's gonna be a dry forecast overnight. skies will be mostly cloudy. those winds will be stronger at times, especially closer to the foothills. the front range mountains, and some mountain slopes also. gusts up to 30 miles per hour. so watch out for that. especially if you are gonna be on the summit doing skiing or snowboarding. we could have stronger winds at times. tonight 16 will be the overnight low. again watch out for those winds closer to the foothills

thoughts aren't we are not going to be drilling a new tunnel through the eisenhower, johnson anytime soon. so the solution we have to look for are being talked about in this panel, vehicle to vehicle methods and modes. so if you questions that go beyond this committee. we have questions of spectrum, how are cars going to communicate with each other to have enough spectrum to make sure cars can communicate with each other. we have issues of moral authority that will have to be determined. when a car is going to make a decision driving by itself to take the ditch, to hit the wildlife that might be crossing the road because a car might become a. these are questions over time that need to be worked out, under thomas will have to make those decisions, the kind of communications an older vehicle makes its interesting and agriculture that we have been using driverless tractors for over a decade now. you can retrofit a 30 or 40-year-old tractor with a self steering mechanism. it brings increase of productivity to agriculture so what it could mean to sell transportation, clogging daughters of

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