let's go to 17th and curtis, and our suzanne mccarroll, suzanne. >>reporter: look at the crowd here, there's so -- they're so polite, having so much fun and really relaxed. there's probably, i don't know, 10 deep and it goes all the way from broadway, we can walk all they're happy. now, some of them came down to see the parade, but they want to see very specific players, who is it you really want to see? >> von miller. >>reporter: why is that? >> i don't know. >>reporter: he's a pretty good player? >> yeah. >>reporter: you just like him? >> yeah. >>reporter: who do you want to see? >> peyton manning. >>reporter: what would you say to him if you have a chance to talk? >> you deserve to win the super bowl. >>reporter: and then would you do you think he'd answer you? >> probably not. >>reporter: and who do you want to see? >> is it okay that i say two? >>reporter: yeah, you can say whoever you want. >> peyton manning and thunder. >>reporter: okay, why do you want them? >> i don't know. >>reporter: you just want them. >> yes. >>reporter: do you have so

our suzanne mccarroll shows us that the broncos spirit is in full stride. >>reporter: as we stand in the crowd, we're wondering who is in these office buildings. >> you've got your colors on today. >>reporter: orange footballs are flying. high school bands are performing. and downtown workers are soaking it all in. >> anything to get out of there, for the broncos. >>reporter: some students must have darted out of class early. >> cheering the broncos. enjoying the broncos. >>reporter: how productive the crowd was when they returned from being revved up for the weekend super bowl. >> to be out here at this rally >>reporter: thank you. >> great day for this, the [ music ] >>reporter: and how do you get a dancing anchor man back in the studio? suzanne mccarroll, cbs4 news. [ music ] . >>> well, at least reggie knew what he was doing. cbs4 is your place for all of the super bowl action on sunday. wake up with live reports from our team in san francisco. then, it's the drive to the championship sunday at 8:30 a.m., and there you see it, all kinds of special cover

suzanne mccarroll live downtown along the parade route earlier, we almost couldn't hear your reporting. >>reporter: you may not be able to hear me reporting tonight because they're breaking down the party, the stage is coming down, the lights are up, it was a great day and the fans got to see their super bowl champs. >> all right. come on. >>reporter: self-assigned cheerleaders got the crowd pumped up. >> we say blue, you say orange. we say denver, you say broncos. >>reporter: they came for the team but they all have their favorites. >> von miller. >> peyton manning. >> what would you say to him if he gets out and you have a chance to talk? >> you deserve to win the super bowl. >>reporter: and then would you ask him for me if he's planning to retire? >>reporter: many here today claimed they were too sick for work or school. so had to attend the broncos parade. >> now, what exact si is wrong with you. >> bronco itis. >> orange virus. >> yeah, i got blue pneumonia. >>reporter: the fan who came the farthest. >> i'm from paris, and i think it's awesome, and my family and friends stayed up

our suzanne mccarroll live tonight and suzanne, huge crowd is expected. >>reporter: no kidding, you here working and preparing because they believe they will be 1 million people turn out for the broncos parade tomorrow. this it was last denver broncos parade, an estimated 700,000 people attended. broncos and their families were hanging out the windows of buses, and adoring fans cheered. for this year's parade, broadway is already being decorated with blue and orange lines. civic center park is being prepped for a rally with fans and speakers. and restaurants along the parade route are scrambling to get ready for hordes of new customers. >> what is tomorrow morning going to be like with this parade? >> craziness, a lot of hot chocolate, with kids, bringing extra people on staff and we're excited to see what we get. >>reporter: it's a busy day of festivities downtown. >> festivities will begin at 10:00 a.m., at civic center park with entertainment, the parade station, traveling down 17th and broadway and be a rally at civic senther park. >>reporter: -- cent

two months after he laid on the ground calling for help, he talked to suzanne mccarroll. >> i was trying to be calm and i said an officer down. i was shot. i asked for an ambulance. >>reporter: tony lopez jr remembers the gun fight and remember calling in for his own ambulance. was. >> twice in my left leg, and once in my right leg and twice in my arm and twice in my chest. >> he did survive and he's working hard to getting back to being a street cop and getting strong for the biggest moment of his life. >> we're going to have a real family. i can't wait for that. >> he was an officer down, but see the full interview with officer tony lopez on cbs 4 news at 10:00 tonight. >>> we're learning more about the confrontation which led to the death of a mesa county sheriff's deputy. here's our stan bush with the later. >>reporter: derrick gear and the 17-year-old were in a struggle before shots were fired. 911 dispatchers received calls of a man with a gun wearing a black bandana around 11:00 a.m. the find -- when the suspect was told he'd be taken into custody, he resisted. hozer said he didn'

just two months after he laid on ground calling for help, officer lopez is talking with our suzanne mccarroll tonight at 10:00. >> is was trying to be calm and i remember, i gave out my call sign, officer down, shot, and asked for an ambulance. >>reporter: tony lopez, jr., remembers the fwun fight, remembers calling in for his own ambulance. at the time, he had no idea how dire his condition was. >> twice in any left leg, once in my right leg, once in my chest. >>reporter: he did survive and now working hard to get back to being a street cop. and to get strong enough for what he calls the biggest moment of his life. >> now, we're going to have a real family, i just -- i can't wait for that. interview with officer tony lopez ,, ,, rin the middle of a time when senior povertyt is increasing. republicans and some democratsp came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of social security and expand benefits for people w

>>reporter: suzanne mccarroll, cbs4 news. >>> time to check in with ed greene, mild and not quite the winds we had yesterday. >> the wins have calmed down a little bit, they'll calm down tomorrow. thursday, they are back. first, just a few clouds around the state. all going on right now. the high pressure ridge taking all of that moisture and bringing it right on down to the east, yes, that's where they had the heavy showers and thunderstorms. that system has moved into the northeast and heavy snow and rain and thunderstorms on the eastern side of o it. right behind it on its heels, another system will come up the coast and do the same thing. cool air coming in behind it. the high pressure, in a warm temperatures will warm up once fwen. the hour-by-hour forecast. i rolled it up until wednesday, 10:00 o'clock, the clouds are beginning to move in. look to the west, you can see some snow in the mountains. so, yes, we get m some snow, rain over on the west, could be rain mixed with snow. snow at the higher elevations, pushes into the western foothills here, boulder county, larimer county,