of wild times when the sea reached to colorado 100 years ago. martin lockley is a researcher at the university of colorado denver. they found fossilized dinosaur love nests. scratchings in ancient sandstone. the ritual took place during scrape ceremonies where a male dinosaurs tried to prove they could be good potential mates. >> they would scratch the surface like, i know how to make a nest. they would do it many times before finally settling on a nest site. it is unusual to find this kind of dinosaur scratching on such a large scale anywhere. >> reporter: it is similar to today. this could further support the theory that birds are the modern designed -- descendents of dinosaurs. they have found 50 of the scrapes in colorado. most are on the western -- mostly on the western slope near delta and one at dinosaur ridge.>> reporter: researchers here, just waiting to be discovered. most down so far are on public land managed by the federal bureau of land management. and explore. it for all of us. >> reporter: take care of them so they can remain part of the colorado landscape for another 100 million years. maya rodri

. >>> university of colorado denver professor is talking about the birds and the bees and dinosaurs. >> he is passionate about this. there is a new discovery right here in colorado about the ancient creatures inment professor martin lockley found evidence of fossilized love nests. dinosaurs engaged in mating behaviors there and their behavior was similar to modern bird. researchers found them on the western slope near delta and then here along dinosaur ridge in the front range. they are 100 million years old, these fossils are, and they show scrape ceremonies. that's when males would show off their acts to win over the female dinosaurs. >> we are doing bird research. call it pseudonest building. so dinosaurs, when they are getting ready to mate, will scratch the surface like i know how to make a nest. they will do it many, many, many times before they finally settle down on the nest. >> um-hmm. >> okay. >> 9news reporter myra rodriguez is working on this story today. she is going to have more on what this discovery means for the understanding of all prehis to prehistoric history. >>

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of a snowman decked out. big smile. that's a good sign. come 3:00 this afternoon, denver, colorado will be the center of the universe as the process and broncos kick off the afc championship game. we check in with butch stearns, live bright and early this morning in denver. butch, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, gene, it is bright and early. just past 5 a.m. here denver time. no snowmen out here. as a matter of fact, the lack of snow all around this place. warm out here in denver. broncos fans are pretty confident. and you wonder why, with the patriots being favorites. the ones i talk to, mainly point to the struggles of tom brady at the stadium behind me. two and six in his career in denver. this has not been a fun place for tom brady to play. >> i know we've had a lot of pretty lonely feeling it ises when you're driving out of that stadium, pretty tough losses there over the years. because they've had really good teams. i think that's what it comes down. always had a good great organization, good coaches, great players, it's a great organization. so it's not surprising we were in a super bowl two years ago last year are, they were one of t

of impact in colorado necessarily. denver 7 reporter lindsey watch i don't knows us from the state >> reporter: this is because part of the president's plan will require universal background checks for people getting guns and colorado already has a law that requires that. you may remember in 2013, right here at the capitol, legislators passed a series of controversial gun bills. one of them says, whether you buy a gun at a gunshop or are gifted a gun from a relative, there has to be a background check. president obama wants that to be the case in every state. and this specifically targets gun shows, because in some placee, you can walk into a gun show, buy a gun, without any check. other aspects of the president's plan would pay for more fbi examiners, to do background checks. as well as more a.t.f. agents to enforce gun laws. he also wants a $500 million investment in mental health treatment. the republicans have been quick to condemn his plan. particularly the 2016 presidential candidates. >> he is going to sign another executive order, having to do with the second amendment, having to do with guns, and i i will unsign that so fast. >> my new years resolltion

university of colorado." according to that report-- on 27 occassions-- people acted in a way that kept law enforcement or school officails from preventing cheryl? demonstrators protesting the death of a man who died in the denver jail.... briefly shut down king marade the group wants jail videotapes in michael marshall police say marshall while deputies restrained him. the death is still under investigation. wall street will try to put the first two weeks of 2016 behind it. the dow has dropped more than 14-hundred points, on worries about china's economy and tumbling oil prices. but stocks could bounce back today...futures numbers at last check were way up. investors seem to be shrugging off news that china's gdp slowed last year to the weakest pace in 25 years. oil is higher today, although still below $30 a barrel. look for more earnings today, from bank of america, morgan stanley and ibm. asian stock markets chalked modest gains today. in early tuesday trading, china's shanghai composite was up two-point- five percent, while japan's nikkei was flat. the taiwan stock exchange opened the morning session with a slight gain and hong kong's hang seng gained one- point-four percent. bloomed aboard the internation

denver, colorado. of the a short list events with the cabinet members are expected to travel to. host: john kerry will be at the national defense university. we are covering that at 10:45 this morning on c-span2. he is expected to make some news on the screening process for syrian refugees. the new york times has the obama administration is turning the u.n. -- to the united nations. there is the debate happening in washington, whether these are illegal immigrants or refugees fleeing violence. democrats come hispanic caucus saying the president should not be deporting them and sending them back into violent countries. john kerry will be talking about that today. ulsa, in tolls are, oklahoma. democrat. caller: i would just like to president obama's accomplishments in the last eight years. hasy president since fdr tried to pass health care and no one has been successful. not only is president obama the most powerful man in the world, but now the most powerful president in history. he did pass health care. the only reason president obama has made these exceed of actions is because every attempt he has to stretch out his hand across the aisle,

university and colorado 3 boulevard. backed up into downtown. travel time there, and it's nasty. the denver tech center. 40 minutes the northbound side. this northbound side of 470 is nasty as well. a bad crash by morrison. almost 45 inutes going from just from kipling to highway 285. a horrible crash with the who will run the world girls who will run the world girls who will run the world girls >>> welcome back, everyone, to "gma" on this friday morning. big headline about beyonce. i'll allow lara to tell you more in "pop news." >> thank you, robin. >> there's not a lot to tell. but the little bit, everyone will be happy. >> it's yours. >> it is yours. >> thanks, robin. >> looking forward to that. >>> right now donald trump attacking hillary and bill clinton at a massive rally in vermont overnight. thousands of supporters showing up. many waiting hours to get in. a lot of protesters, as well. donald trump reached out to them or at least spoke out about them last night. also this morning, white house responding to that petition from murderer." more than 130,000 people demanding a presidential pardon. the white house says the president can't do it. says the t