the crew-- who call themselves ice makers-- on the southwest rink at skyline park for a few days now. thanks to simple science-- the city says it will get done in time despite the warm temperartures. typically ice rinks requires 3 or 4 consecutive days of sub 36-degree days and nights--which we haven't seen. that's why crews are using tubed glycol-- the same liquid used in your refrigerator-- to temperature hovering just above 35 degrees during the day they'll keep it there until they spray and freeze enough water to make four inches of ice. a colorado man is spreading that little bit of positivity this morning-- using poetry. who he's calling on to help him do it just ahead. first let's get a quick check of your weather and traffic with amelia and marty. colorado springs is hoping to his idea to spread kind words to strangers - takes hold in other parts of the country. alex lewis moved to the springs earlier this year and came up with a concept he calls "car window poetry." he leaves the poems on windshields in random parking lots. for content-- he enlists the help of young creative

winter has arrived at skyline park in downtown denver and construction on the 7th southwest rink is underway. the city says the rink will be ready november 22nd despite the unusually warm weather we've been getting. that's because the city makes its own ice for the rink. the downtown denver partnership says over the past six years -- about 270-thousand people have enjoyed the free southwest rink at skyline park. if you don't have skates there's no need to worry you can rent them for 2 bucks. hitting the road this election day dressed as a superhero in hopes of inspiring you to vote. more on his quest to get you to see the hero in yourself this election season coming up. but first lets get a election season coming up. but first lets get a look at your traffic and weather with amelia and marty. hours of election season-- and despite different ideologies and beliefs-- there is one thing all parties can agree on and that's the importance of voting. today voters headed to the poles thorton could be getting that message from an unexpectedd source. here's 9news reporter victoria sanchez. nat hittin

southwest airlines brought in the flying zamboni to mark the start of construction of the southwest rink at skyline park today. this is the seventh year the downtown denver partnership created the ice rink downtown. it will be ready to open december 22nd despite our unusually warm weather we've mother nature, we might struggle a bit this year and skating is free which is one of the best parts of the southwest rink. you can rent a pair for $2 if you don't have ice skates. >> i do. this i go. it's fun. >> the downtown denver partnership said in the last six years that 270,000 people have enjoyed the southwest rink at skyline park. it does make you feel in the spirit. >> it does because you don't realize there's a whole downtown surrounded by you until you look up and see skyscrapers. it's fun. it's a good time down there. >> and hope nobody upstairs is watching your skating skills. >>> this saturday is a big day you can help people in need in your neighborhoods and hang out with the 9news team. >> we really hope you join us for our 34th annual 9cares colorado shares drive. sometimes the we

there may be no snow but crews are already working on the southwest rink at brought in the 'flying' zamboni monday. it's the seventh year the downtown denver partnership has created the ice rink. the city says the rink will be ready to open on november 22nd despite the unusually warm weather we've been having. reward yourself for voting... a number of places are offering some freebies once you've turned in your ballot. we'll tell you what new president, coming up. but first let's check in with marty. money spent in this year's election has actually gone down from the last presidential election in 20-12. the non-partisan center for responsive politics predicts the final price tag for this campaign will be about two-point-65 billion. a dip from the two-point-76 billion in 20-12 -- when adjusted for inflaction. spending less on broadcast t-v -- instead focusing on free media converage like social media. between june eighth and october 30th for instance -- trump aired about 68-thousand ads. compare that to mitt romney's 182- thousand ads in 20- 12. hillary clinton has also aired less ads than p

southwest rink is open for ice- skating. the second year it's been open and it's where we find never seventh katie lasalle. we know you you doing out there.>> grew up figure skating. it's absolutely beautiful night, perfect time for the grand opening of southwest rake and skyline park to the skaters since 11 o'clock this morning taking full advantage. it's free rentals and three ice time today. out of every 14, the rink is open seven days a week. if you come out and don't have skates, rentals are two dollars or this year, you can donate a new book to children's hospital and you get the rental kids have these little helpers so use these to get around the rink. a lot of you have asked, what's the best way to learn how to skate, if not super familiar, you cannot for date night or bring the kids. start small and before long, these guys pushing and gliding and hockey stops. those are big one. a lot of people, they just get really good for the fast and before long, you will be >> i don't think so. >> are you offering lessons? >> w

this is the seventh year for the southwest rink at skyline park. skating is free and you can bring your own skates or rent a pair for two dollars. the rink is open daily through 11:00 and 6:00. for more, visit the mile high holiday section on cbsdenver.com. >>> and ice skating weather today. >> yeah, very cool day today. we have snow in the northeast. that is the storm we had a couple of days ago. here is the storm with a lot of snow an then down into showers an thunderstorms that we had just yesterday and this morning pushing out of the state. you can see a few scattered showers out of the southeast, we have also seen clearing skies as we take a look at the big picture. there's the cool front that that is pretty close to normal. and you can see the snow and the rain off to the east. if you look off to the west, here comes another system in the pacific northwest. good rain and snow at higher elevations. let's go to lauren whitney in the colorado weather center. >> we may see a little snow thanksgiving but not much. early in the morning this is the f

. >> if you don't want to go to the airport, go to southwest rink at skyland park in downtown denver today. it's going to open around 11:00 this morning. rain and snow mix, it's cold at least. timing is good. >> you have a good memory. >> that's where i got engaged. >> i love >> mom sparked conversation on social media after she shared a video of her son doing chores. many applauded her sharing pictures of their kids. other criticized saying kids aren't there to be our slaves. many experts say childhood chores help build responsibility. chime in on our facebook page or >> if you had to do chores, did you get paid ? what age did you start? >> i can't remember not doing them so it must have been young. >> you didn't get paid, right? >> i got little bit of allowance. it wasn't tied to chores. >> i can't remember if i got paid or not. >> if it was enough money you would remember. >> true. >> join the conversation. >>um likely landing spot for romo. . >>> good morning. we're tracking snow and a lot in colorado today. high country is going to get blasted with spots expecting to see nearly

couldn't have asked for a better opening day for the southwest skating rink at skyline park, opened until valentine's day. jamie leer, cbs 4 news. >> and that looks great there and move on, jamie. thanks a lot. >>> federal investigators are at the scene of a deadly school tennessee and that driver is in custody and police believe he was driving too fast. >> reporter: a tow truck hauled away the wreckage of the school bus that flipped over o)[the side and wrapped around a tree killing one boy and four girls. >> three in the fourth grade. one in kindergarten. and g4one is in the first grade >> rt the bus told cbs news that the driver asked the students if they were ready to die. moments before the crash. >> my daughter said right before the bus flipped, that he was speeding around the curve. >> reporter: police arrested the bus driver, 24-year-old johnthany walker and charged him with five counts of vehicular homicide. ?shut the f up. , he??d4ltold >> reporter: for hours, emergency crews worked to remove kids from the mangled debris. >> the most unnatural thing in the world is for a parent

. >>> the rink is open. the southwest ice skating rink downtown is open. it opened up yesterday. the seventh year for the rink at skyline park next to the clock tower. skating is free. bring your own skates and you can represent a pair for a couple of bucks if you don't have any. it opened daily through february 14. thanksgiving hours 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. for more holiday fun in denver go to the mile high section at cbsdenver.com. >>> here is something to know before black toyland just released by the colorado public interest research group. it lists 44 toys that can be dangerous children. the toys have been recalled, but some can still be found for sale online. >> as you shop online, you cannot assume that toys are safe automatically. you need to be checking those toys with the recall notices that are already there. some of the recalled toys are available online. >> you can find that full cbsdenver.com. >>> it is that time of year once again. the cbs4 care4colorado campaign is collecting toys for kids at the boys and girls club. recently, alan spent time at the owen's boys and g

rink in sky line park in southwest denver is now open. celebrations taking place downtown, started an hour ago. the rink is free if huff your own skates. if you don't, rent them for $2 or donate a book to children's hospital colorado and get skate rental. she is ready to go have fun down there belin, this is so nice to see snowfall, snow rinks. we've been overdue for stuff like this. >> you said well, it looks like november. >> this is what it's supposed to be. we were feeling like august still. >> it's funny that last time this -- last tuesday i should say we were close to breaking a record high. here we are today with rain and snow early this morning. like they're in the 20s. rain and snow earlier this morning might have made for a wet morning commute. here's that rain and snow now. it's mainly along i-25 out in the eastern plains. here in the city, it has died down. light snow showers falling in the foothills on the eastern plains. rain and snow bands out there as well as northern colorado near fort morgan. they're getting in on snow no

the southwest lots of folks falling down. ice rink. >> . looking like a god good day. there's comes the next band of snow. northwest corp.er of the central mountains early thanksgiving. and we don't see it here in denver. more of a mountain event. highs tomorrow. warming up. not bad. we'll get back into the low 50s here. northeast. upper 50s to the southeast. and you have 40s and 50s. if you're traveling tomorrow. looking good out there. speaking of which. if you hit the roads in the morning. they'll be dry. temperatures in the 20s. it will stay that way. dr unlike this morning. >> . i promise you thanksgiving forecast. here it is. staying in denver 48. you will notice a brisk north wind. so if you're going out earlier in the day. like a turkey trot race. bundle up. you'll feel that wind. if you are shopping. on friday. looking good. temperatures easily in to the 50s. with a lot of sunshine. and here's what we're keeping an eye on. broncos game sunday. it looks to be the first cold and snow. we'll talk about that. and take a look at the 7-day forecast. >> . where there

the rink is opened every winter for the past seven years. today. it is sponsored by southwest airline so if go to today's grand opening, you have a chaace win a southwest gift they say they will have some other seasonal swag. >> th tofime year. >>> a first thanksgiving for some of denver's newest residents. this is one way to show your holiday spirit. we'll hear from the organizers coming up next. right now, we want to give you a live look outside. you will notice the roadways a little wet this morning. ?>> good morning. here is your first alert that we are starting to see some snow fall ago long the front range. can you see the storm right here, that counterclockwise spin and here is the moisture around the back side of it, the western edge. we'll don't so a little rain and snow this morning. rally the first half of our day our best shot at t a trace to 2 inches for the northeastern plains. mostly cloudy at noon, jayson, with clearing skies this afternoon. >> just basically wet still around town. not seeing any slushy roads, okay into downtown. you can see the snowy condition

southwest skg ri ght nextthe cltower. it happens t offun. video from previous years and that rink is free. >> it is finally feeling like the holidays, too, with the aforementioned ducehene finds the back of net and the avs get the win 3-2 and sure is nice to have dutchy back on the ice. >> probably a little bit of a slow start. maybe a little bit tent tive and unsure but i thought he got better as the game went on. he certainly was better in the second and finds a way to get a big goal for us drive into the net in overtime. so that's what elite players do. >> three game road trip is over. afrnoons back home, wednesday night -- avs back home wednesday night to start a five- ,, ,, ,, ,, who says i shouldn't have a soda every day? my doctor. my dentist. definitely my wife. hey wait. we have better bubbles. more water every day. sodastream. >>> we have weather and traffic together on the fours and we start with the traffic alert for you up into the high country, we have westbound i- 70, that is closed, as you get to copper mountain, due to a terrible accident, that we have, i-70, as y

the dillworth plaza rink and all kinds of wintry fun coming up around the delaware and lehigh valleys. 42 degrees right now, pretty chilly this morning and winds out of the southwest at 6 miles per hour. and as we take a look at satellite you can see that there's a lack of cloud cover so it will be important to keep those sunglasses handy. later today and tonight a little cloud cover starts to zip in and there's, excuse me, even the chance for a little bit of a shower to pop up. overall not a bad day though. 42 by 8 o'clock, 51 by 10 o'clock. by noon 59 and by 3 o'clock 63 degrees, lots of sun today. that 63 well above average. it will be a comfortable afternoon. by 5 o'clock, we are back down to 58 degrees. and then we've got high temperatures pretty similar from north to south this afternoon. 62 in allentown, 62 in trenton. excuse me. 63 in wilmington and 62 in cape may, new jersey. future tracker six shows you that later in the afternoon and evening there is a chance of a bit of patchy cloud cover and the model not showing a lot of this but we're going allow for a little pop-up shower or sprinkle anyway to come through. and then as we take a look at the month o

. >> reporter: she and her crew have worked on prepping the southwest rink at skyline park the past few days, not the easiest task for ice masters like ryan dempsey. >> i've only night, but we'll do it the next four or five days, longer, if needed. >> reporter: typically ice rinks require three or four days of sub36-degree weather, a tall order considering our recent weather patterns. >> luckily we have a great cooling system to keep the ice very cold. >> reporter: bingo. the crews use tubed glycol to keep the ice temperature hovering just above 35 degrees during the day, the same chemical we use in our they spray and freeze enough water to make 4 inches of thick solid ice. >> we're getting into that holiday spirit whether mother nature comes with us or not. >> reporter: consider it a life lack of sorts. >> no worry, we'll be open november 22nd at 11 a.m. you need to bring your ice skates, not your snorkel. >> reporter: in denver dan grossman, 9news. >> it is free. >>> from colorado's sports leader here's sip of >>>. >> hi, everybody. a -- here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. a crick