scott joins us from denver. scott, thank you for sharing your story. i'm a dad now.hink i approach the stories from a different perspective. you are clean now. you are running a non-profit in colorado and helping addicts. first, help parents understand, parents like me how kids got access and started using these drugs. >> yeah, i did start my use very young sanjay. i was first introduced to alcohol from seeing it in my own family. there was alcoholism in my family. witnessing it at a young age drew me to it more than other kids. once i was out drinking at a young age, i started to get into a circle of people that led me to, you know, marijuana and eventually cocaine. >> i have been talking a fair amount this weekend on how addiction is truly a brain disease. i'm preaching to the choir. you work in this area now. like you are describing, you wanted to quit at times. you tried, had relapses. what was the stage for you when you realized maybe it was starting to turn around, it was getting better for you? >> i think it took me about a year or so to actual ly get clean. f

portfolio strategist and hedge fund manager joining us from denver so we'd like to start with this video clip here that we're going to show our viewers it's a video of a greek woman she's sitting on that window ledge there and she is threatening to throw herself off the balcony in protest against these austerity measures she was eventually talked down from the ledge but still it seems that's kind of representative of what's going on there the greek people in despair at these never ending cuts do you think the government fully understands the extent of that despair. i don't actually because i do if i thought they did i think they would have already defaulted i mean the fact of the matter is that as you suggested that woman is a perfect metaphor for the greek economy i mean they're there at the cliff and at the cliff face and they're being told to jump to get a little bit more help with it after the fall and about several hundred feet below and there's no light at the end of the tunnel well there is it's an on rushing train but the absolutely no growth component in the latest package it's

passionate about clean energy as anyone i know, former democratic governor bill ritter joins us from denver, governor, thank you so much for coming and welcome to the war room. so glad to have you here. >> it's good to be here, governor, and good the talk to you. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> great to see you as well, great to see you as well. so just quickly, on the colorado caucus situation can you give us a preview? i know that obviously in past years, colorado was a red state obama changed that in 2008. i think you had a lot of help in that. how do you see the republican candidates playing in colorado today? >> you know, romney won the state pretty handily in 2008, even though he didn't ultimately win the nomination. so i think mitt romney is going to play really strong. the poll indicates that. there's nothing really that cause me to think it's going to be any different. if somebody else surges in these other states, and he winds up having a tough convention race, something may change, but i'd say the votes are going to ultimately go to mitt romney from here in colorado. and tha

jim avila joins us from denver airport. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is a huge change for the tsa. it will no longer treat everyone as a terrorist. instead, they'll allow those who will -- will submit to a background check and pass that check to go through a separate, faster line, leaving everybody else to keep their shoes off and their jackets on. shoes off. jackets off. laptops out. cosmetics in plastic bags and out. the tsa says these measures have done their job, making flying safer. but they concede it's time to end the current system that treats every passenger like a potential terrorist. >> it used to be fun to fly. i have been flying for 35 years. since 9/11, of course, the fun went away. >> reporter: everyone was considered a threat. now, a sea change. it will mean the era of barefoot screening could be over. a new fast lane called precheck to open at 30 of america's largest airports. >> it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> reporter: from boston, new york, chicago, san francisco, and l.a., fast lanes t

host: joining us from denver, on our line for democrats. caller: good morning and good morning to nolan finley are you there? host: yes, we are. caller: you mentioned gasoline price, my husband mitigating circumstance first husband, i've outhied four husbands, that were all smokers by the way, i never smoked but anyway mitigating circumstance first husband was on the national planning council for standard oil of indiana which became american oil and we went all over the -- we went to france in 1965 and other places all over. because oil company was trying to get the price up to what they were paying back at that time, i think it was $5 a liter but it was mostly taxes. you know, we used to put the tax right on the gas pumps. you haven't seen any tax on the gas pump for a long time they have federal tax on gasoline is 18.3 cents a gallon. now, in europe it's almost -- it's mostly tax and so people do buy the small cars. by the way, i live in denver. the small cars are selling like hot cakes, i happen to drive a small cadillac but i live in a

joining us live from denver, curtis robert, the editorial page editor for "the denver post." good to see you. what are the three top issues for coloradans? >> well, i think like anywhere the economy is issue number one. energy and the environment would be the second issue. and then probably number three is a trade-off and it depends who you're talking to and where they align, but it would be, you know, education is probably right up there, illegal immigration for a lot of people is another one. >> okay, we know that all the candidates have been talking about the economy no matter where they go. are they appealing to folks in colorado? are they talking about education, energy, immigration, in the way coloradans want to hear it? >> well, we just last week for the first time had, you know, the first visits. and it was, you know, more of a national campaign at this point. we're hearing a lot of the national talking points that aren't very colorado-specific. that's going to be one of the things where the candidates are going to have to try to thread the needle. in colorado, while

host: ina joining us from denver, our line for democrats. >> good morning, and good morning to nolanley. are you there? host: we sure are. caller: i'm glad he mentioned gasoline prices because my husband -- i outlived four husbands -- my first husband was on the national planning council for standard oil for indiana which became american oil and we went to france in 1965 and other places, all over, because the oil company was trying to get the price up to what they were paying back at that time, but it was mostly taxes. we used to put the tax right on the gas pumps. you haven't seen tax on the gas pumps in a long time. the federal tax on gasoline is 18.3 cents a gallon. now, in europe, it's almost mostly tax so people do buy the small cars and by the way, i live in denver, and the small cars are selling like hotcakes. i happen to drive a small cadillac but i live in a highrise people of wealthy people and they're driving priuses and small cars. on the 14th day of february, i filled up my car at the valero station on 300 south do you think in denver and paid $2.99.9 cents a gallon. in

denver, 4 to 6 inches of snow. you can expect maybe ten inches no and snow not the only concern. alicia acuna is joining us live fromporter: in addition to the snow there is the wind, blizzard conditions 45 miles per hour in some areas east of where i'm sitting, and jon, you know, being from this area, what that does. even if the snow is not coming down, if it's going sideways it makes things very dangerous, in terms of driving. i70 is closed heading east towards kansas. kansas, nebraska, iowa, they are all getting hit by this system that is just sitting here really on top of us right now. it's in no hurry to get out of here and it's going to leave us with about 18 inches by the time it actually heads on out of here. we'll take a look out here. this is south of the downtown area here in denver, and i have to tell you, jon, governor john hickenlooper has told people and urged people to stay home. don't go anywhere unless you are a vital member of keeping this city going. you've got government offices closed. the colorado legislature is not working today. schools are closed all over the place. they are telling people

alicia acuna joins us from the denver bureau with more on this. this is not a good idea? >> hi jenna. aside from smoking, the american lung association, that organization tells fox news that it predicts more people will have heart attacks and develop lung disease if this bill passes, the argument being with a higher copay for smokers, chances are folks on a limited income won't want to pay more for a doctor's visit. >> people have to pay out of pocket, they tend to not seek out that treatment. so smoking cessation being harder -- part of that treatment, we would say that people with less income would be less likely to go and seek cessation treatment >> reporter: now, part of the proposal before your top lawmakers allow that copay to go away if a person enters a smoking cessation program. jenna: this is in the state of utah but medicaid is a federal program so how can a state like utah make changes to it? >> if this passes, then the state's health department will have to seek a waiver from the federal government in order to charge more. that's an a

denver. problems from east of denver to kansas and parts of nebraska. without any cold air in the eastern side of the united states, this system will bring us rain. most of that will pass to our south. after a sun shiny day tomorrow -- after a sunny day tomorrow, clouds will move in. 42 to 43 is normal for tomorrow, but we should be getting close to 50 with a west wind at 5-10. on saturday, maybe rain or snow showers in the mountains, but only 20% chance. at the eastern shore, peaking at mid 40's and staying there on saturday. the seven-day forecast continues a trend of milder than normal temperatures. upper 40's 3 saturday. may 40's passing -- and passing showers on super bowl sunday. >> this is 11 sports. >> the adjustments continue for john harbaugh's coaching staff. two special assistance, an assistant coach. they continue to fill the void created by pagano's exit. martin dail takes over for dean, who stepped into the defensive coordinator position. it is like a string of dominoes. martindale has a long relationship with harbaugh. the terps men's basketball coach is still waiting for his road win. and when he gets it, he would like to get it

the next storm that will affect us is coming out of the rocky mountains. you may have seen pictures from denver. they will pick up one to two feet of snow. severe weather moving across the states.s mostly sunny is our forecast today. high temperature between 45 and 50. the average high is 42. mostly clear tonight. temperatures drop back into the upper 20's and low of 30's. that storm will weaken and some of that energy will start to move east. we will be dry on saturday. that storm will pass south of us on sunday and i think we will be close enough to get into the precipitation shield on sunday. i think we will get a mix of rain and snow. most of its will miss us to the south. we will be clipped on super bowl sunday. 48 today. 47 tomorrow. there could be some showers in the evening on saturday. a mix of light rain and snow is possible on sunday. high temperatures can back into the upper 40's next week. >> 8 recall. about 928,000 fax machines -- a recalls. this involves the hp fax machines that could overheat, causing a fire and burn hazard. consumers should stop using these machines and unplug

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and joining us from my hometown in denver to tell us what it's about, good morning to both of you. >>l field and his exploits, but few people know what he's like as a person, as a date. tell what yous he was like? >> he was extremely nice and he took me to take pictures. >> dave: he took you for a special nickelodeon awards ceremony and you even met shaquille o'neal. >> yes. >> dave: we saw a picture of that. what was the coolest part of the night for you? >> just meeting tim tebow. >> dave: i know you said the chocolate fountain he took you to was pretty cool. let me ask dad. anddy, as a father, i'm freaking out about my daughter's first date. and trying to intimidate the first date. but when he's tim tebow. >> you can't argue, i think they're going to be more downhill from here. >> dave: what does it say about tim tebow and his character, he cleared his schedule and wanted to do this for your family and your daughter? >> it left me personally speechless as i sat there and watched the entire event happen. and just, genuine individual. i think, is the best way to sum him up. >> dave:

that not only help us make sure the aviation environment remains safe but also makes travel more pleasant. >> reporter: from boston and new york, miami and atlanta, chicago and denver, seattle, san francisco, in most major airports akroosz the country, tsa precheck is now available for passengers who submit fingerprints and background checks in advance. travelers that do that will be able to keep their shoes on and leave laptops and cosmetics in their bags. >> it's exciting. >> i used it for the first time two weeks ago. it's a nice surprise. >> reporter: some worry it will compromise safety. >> how are you going to be able to check somebody? we want to be able to trust the airlines that we're going to be flying on. >> reporter: for now, the tsa says only that the fast lanes are substantially quicker. in l.a.x., this passenger went through in 6 minutes. another paeng went through the precheck lines in less than a minute. five airlines are signed up to participate by the end of the year. it's free to participate. not everyone who aplus will be ultimately accepted. >>> the pentagon is recommending major change to the military. under plan being recommended today, fema

from the area of low pressure to the north of us. see that right there? that's causing 18 inches of snow in denver today alone. wow, that's the only spot there's winter actually. temperatures tomorrow 60 along the coast, upper 60s flirting with 70 degrees in gilroy. otherwise, east wind 5 to 10 east of the bay. temperature-wise low 70s in antioch, brentwood, tracy, oakley, up to 72 degrees again just riding that temperature in santa rosa. 63 in novato and crystal clear skies in throughout mill valley through ross, green bay and into kentfield. the extended forecast calls for a string of 70s through the weekend. who is going to want to sit inside and watch football on sunday? check that out. otherwise, we do have some partly cloudy conditions with that slight chance of rain on tuesday. adequate snow coverage at heavenly, with three inches of snow that did fall yesterday. northstar all roads are open and make sure you have the sunblock if you are heading to squaw valley with rain in the last 24 hours. whatever you plan it's going to be a great weekend in the bay area. near record warmth tomorrow. the record for

use him out in center field. when the nba team looking to rebound from a loss, they seem to make up for it against the wizards. after losing to denverthey dominated in washington last night in front of the wizard's largest home crowd of the season. now, this group has been looking to regroup tomorrow night against the toronto team that they have already beaten one this season. to the college game, west virginia darryl bryant with a big game today and against providence. now, eight seconds left in regulation. they will get that bucket and they send that game to overtime. and then final four seconds for them in o.t., tied up at 84. they will come up big with this big three pointer to win the game. bryant with 32 points today. west virginia, they will break that three-game losing streak with the 87-84 win over providence. >>> and remember to tune in tonight after the super bowl for the complete coverage of the big game. our sports here, they will join us in the studio. plus, we'll take a look at some of the best of tonight's commercials. >>> finally tonight, a new sports is making news. the new sport i should say. they will try to scor

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from denver to kansas city. st. louis is going to be near 60. d.c. near 60 and even mid-50s as far north as boston today. >>> if you're watching us on wch 6 in portland, maine. capture the personality of famous artist and actors of the mid 20th century at make is faces at the portland mutual of art and that is your early event day of today. >>> here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. is charlie sheen turning over a new leaf. on his website the self-proclaimed war lock apologized to ashton kutcher to mocking him. he called in live to rant about kutcher saying, quote, i'm tired of pretending the show doesn't suck. i'm tired of pretending ashton doesn't suck. not cool. the newly engaged drew barrymore has punched pregnancy rumors. a rep for the 36-year-old actress only fueled speculation by refusing to confirm or deny the story. >>> finally, fresh from her six grammy wins earlier this month, singer adele continued her winning streak at the brit awards on tuesday. unfortunately, her big night was soured when she flipped a middle finger on stage after her acceptance speech was cut short. adele later defended the angry gesture s

, a cyber investigator near denver, colorado, just busted a group of 11 and 12- year-olds involved in a middle school sexting ring. they were using apps to hide messages fromarents. >> especially something parents need to know about. >> the ceo of reputation.com. business reputations on the internet. a sext in the hands of a teen can reek havoc. most parents under estimate how often their kids text about them. like my parents are fighting. my dad had too much to drink or my mom didn't get that raise. >> sometimes this has the risk of being permanent and public. having a very strong consequence not just for the kids, but also the parents. >> here's the fix. instead of searching text message folders, text free or text plus. according to that colorado investigator. small says parents really should look at all of the apps carefully. to know exactly what your kids are doing. >> i definitely think that parents should check their phones. >> experts say the apps could pull investigation from your kids phone that you might not expect, like addresses, or web surfing habits. apple is giving its biggest hit yet. the ipad 3 is on the way. over to shawn. >> up first, a

from the farm. it is made here. hist our taught us all as traditional street vendor tacos. this is mexican street fair. if the >>grant: of up next, the warriors put on a ratio in denver. if, tiger woods played his first round of golf in pebble beach. >> coming up next, some more. ah but with >>stanley: and do you want a ticket? just to do with this driver did. >> he passed a school bus with its lights on. >>stanley: in 20 minutes 5 drivers pass a school but with flashing red lights speaking of children. it just so happened i am now with traffic officers from the california highway patrol and the east palo alto police department. >>stanley: once the bus stops, the red lights come on. once the red lights come on driver is are required to stop and stay stopped. >>stanley: she has still to produce a driver's license but it turns out she was cited twice before. >> your vehicle is one to be towed. it is going to be impounded for 30 days. >> are you aware that you are supposed to stop when the school bus has a the lights on? >> i did not see. >>stanley: if you do not see the bus or stop for the bus with the flashing red lights off and an officer catches you you will get to g

from denver. first, sam, of course, tracking it all. we have the late frist denver. >> and robin, in the year where most of us have not seen snow or winter-like conditions, denver has been pounded. this is another blizzardlike situation for them. take a look at the white all around the denver area. if we look toward the west, we have snow falling about 2 inches per hour. most of the heavier snow will soon move east. that's where the blizzard warnings are. goodland, north platte, des moines, seven states with winter storm watches or advisories. here are the totals. if, in the area shaded in red, we get 10 to 20 inches of snow, if 14 inches of snow falls in denver, it's the biggest february snowstorm ever. if they get to 24 inches of snow, that's the fourth largest snowstorm in denver history. clayton sandell is standing in all of the snow right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam. well, this truly is one of the best ways to get around denver this morning. we have had about 6 to 10 inches so far. it's coming down at about a half-inch an hour. right now, driving conditions are just terrible. we have seen whiteout, blizzard conditio

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denver could pick up anywhere from 1 to 6 inches of snow. even though they were 62 degrees y. for usear skies. to the north of us, still some cloud cover. but that's moving out. high pressure builds in for most of the day tomorrow. lots of sunshine. slightly cooler air for saturday and sunday. there will be moisture headed our way. looks like most of it passes to the south. maybe a touch of drizzle. but temperatures this weekend running above normal. tomorrow, we're still in the mild air. the really chilly stuff is north of the jet stream, across northern new england, it will be a little colder. west winds on the bay, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, around 41 degrees. generally clear. average low, to 32. and the winds will be diminishing tomorrow. still present. a lot of sunshine. back up to 50 degrees once again. >> thank you very much, bob. >>> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >>> murder at the mall. i'm mike hellgren, at towson town center. i'll tell you how police made four arrests in the killing of a teenager here at the height of the holiday shopping season. and the victim's

storm warnings from east of denver into western kansas and parts of nebraska with watches all the way out into iowa. winds gusting to 40 miles an hour, but that storm will be shunted south of us as the tracks across the nation. the cold air is up in new england and it looks like the jet stream will drive just two hours out saturday night into sunday morning. other than the chance of little light rain late saturday night and early sunday morning, the system will probably scare off the coast and leave us by sunday afternoon -- probably scoot off the coast. 47-52 with a west wind at 5-10, a sunny day in the mounds tomorrow but a 20% chance of an afternoon sprinkle or flurry out west. in the upper 40's, sunny skies friday and mostly cloudy saturday. the best chance for rain is south of us. brown baltimore, cooler but still above normal for friday and saturday, some chance for showers out of the sunday morning, and back into the 50's for monday and tuesday. >> it turns out peyton manning has become the center of attention this week in indianapolis after all. we will tell you why, next in sports. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> tonight's jackpot has an estimated annu

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us magazine, or whatever it might be. i think we need to celebrate that type of culture and say this is who we are as louisvilleans, this is who we are as folks from denver, but we don't focus on, this is what it's all about in this journey, it should be full of joy. >> you start to see that pivot, too, if you look at the super bowl and you see the ads that were being played there. you're starting to see that happen, and you're exactly right, mayor. >> well, this is very interesting sort of trajectory, because again, in d.c., and frankly in state capitals and city halls, the conversation tends to be very programmatic, right? what are we going to do on tax, what are we going to do on work force, what are we going to do on land, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera? what we're describing here is a culture shift where we begin to dignify work again, and we begin to talk about craftsmanship again. i mean, one of the most interesting things i've seen around the country -- two things, actually -- is high schools that are beginning to bring back -- what we used to call locational work. we go to some inner city high schools where we're teaching manufacturing because

us a lot of a lot of negatives to take from this game. and the little things to to improve bearing in mind africa up and champions league. over in the n.b.a. hard work they denver nuggets of wonder for just the second time this month after holding off a late rally by the indiana pacers one hundred thirteen one hundred nine the final score tyler orson's game high twenty seven points with kate as denver ended their five game losing streak danny granger was the man is setting the tone for the faces scoring a team high twenty six points while the nuggets loss and showed off his marksmanship to hitting two out of three attempts from long range. neither team led by more than six until denver jumped out to a ten point lead in the fourth quarter indiana's paul george though helping top that deficit to fall late in the game are an awful o.-port in twenty three points resign including a three pointer which make the square one hundred eleven one hundred five in denver's favor. he would clutch free throws with eight point two seconds left while turnovers during the indiana one hundred thirteen one hundred nine the final score was the pacers lose three straight for the firs

us. the next big player is going to be this big storm system, which is going to probably degenerate into blizzard conditions for denver and this will move into kansas and nebraska, eventually iowa changing fromto snow and some severe weather will get across the deep south. more heavy rain is expected for from parts of the country that are very, very dry. we'll watch this. it may, in fact, give us a glancing blow of rain late saturday night, the next chance of rain for us. for tonight, though, clear and chilly. we will eventually drop to go about 36 degrees inside the beltway. and there could be some 20s in the suburbs, the winds will lighten up, five to 10 miles an hour out of the northwest. friday looks nice. plenty of sunshine. i'm seeing cool, even though it's above average this time of the year, any other february, we would call this a warm day. since yesterday with 72 will stay cooler, the temperatures will still feel comfortable and the breeze, maybe a bit noticeable out of the north at five to 15 miles an hour. we'll art is you -- start you out at 39 degrees at eight in the morning and lots of sunshine. perhaps a few clouds at the noon hour at 48 and by 5:00, nice and the temperature

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