let's talk to amelia earhart more about the traffic. this is a big intersection, people are glad it is re- opened. >>> absolutely. as the back ups dissipate, as we get back to normal with the icy situation, we could see a slow drive for the next 20 or 30 minutes. if you want to avoid the situation, 38th avenue to zoo nei is way to get around it. lowell is a alternate route if you want to go to the west. to the east side of our city drive, a wreck northbound 225, near alameda, the slowdowns resulted in a delay of 14 miles per hour, from parker road, all the way up to the scene of this crash. we will hope for the aerial pictures in a few minutes and have that on going update and alternates for you as well. >>> let's get a check of the >> reporter: you will feel the warmer temperatures, this morning it's chilly out there. we are starting to see a bit of the sunshine, over the city right now. that sunrise doesn't happen until 7:20, dark and trying to move the camera and find the sun for you. lit come. i promise this afternoon. when it does,

meteorologist belen de leon and traffic reporter amelia earhart join meteorologist traffic reporter amelia earhart join belen - it'll warm up a little today. morning... music up to the news of david bowie's death. the icon died yesterday, surrounded by cancer. he had just released his 47th album, "blackstar" on friday.... his 69-th birthday. bowie's career lasted five decades, with hits such as "fame," ''heroes," ''let's dance" and "young americans." as we remember his life this morning, we want to know what your favorite david bowie song is? share your memories with us on social media using the hash-tag be on 9. the wife of the man beaten to death by a fellow assisted living resident, is suing the lakewood facility. it's been nearly a year since 87-year- old homer castor beat 76-year-old gerald "jerry" propp in the room they shared at atria applewood. catherine greway is suing atria claiming the assisted living facility could have done more to protect her husband. castor hit propp repeatedly in the middle of the night... he died two days later. both men suffered from alzheimer's. said the

a british judge says that russia's leader amelia earhart join us. marty-snow is not going to come this weekend! developing this morning..... a british judge says that russia's leader probably approved the killing of an ex-russian agent..... and the british government has frozen the assets of 2 suspects in the murder. former k-g-b agent alexander litvinenko claimed developing this morning..... a british judge says probably approved the killing of an ex-russian agent..... and the british government has frozen the assets of 2 suspects in the murder. former k-g-b agent alexander litvinenko claimed to have dark kremlin secrets. in 2006, he met with 2 russian men at a london hotel... and 3 weeks later, litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning. the kremlin has always denied involvement in his death. the judge made his ruling today after a 6-month inquiry... saying that the orders of russia's security agency... and that president vladimir putin probably approved the action. happening today .. the littleton public school board is meeting to discuss the findi

meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-the snow's moving in this this morning - we expect that the morning commute will be slowed down by the snow. this is a live look at . 9news reporter noel brennan is live in castle rock. noel - it wasn't bad on my drive to 9news... but how are the roads today the search for a young man will continue.... 20-year-old ryder johnson hasn't been heard from since sunday afternoon... when he left his job at eldora ski area. a boulder county sheriff's deputy found his car near gross reservoir that night. yesterday about 30 people on the ground and a helicopter searched for any sign of him. the sheriff's office also wants to hear from anyone who may have seen or talked to him. c-u boulder student leaders say they'll try not to raise the mandatory student activity fee too much this year. the daily camera reports that the c-u student government wants to keep the raise to students pay between 275- dollars to more than one-thousand each semester in mandatory fees. the fees pay for the student

meteorologist, marty coniglio, amelia earhart joining us, happy birthday amelia earhart. >> marty is going to give you a little snow after your birthday is clear for the day. >> i will take that. i love it. >>> around here today, we are anticipating fairly warm day. we start with clouds. we will see things begin to slowly clear later in the day today. high clouds, not only here but in fort collins this morning as we have this little mountain wave as we call it. for us, anticipating light wind up and down i-25, fairly strong winds, going between 45- 55 miles per hour in the foothills and mountains, slacking off in to the 35 miles per hour range later in the day. slight improvement. martin luther king parade, gathering at 9:00 a.m. by the time the parade standards, pushing in to the mid 40s today. wind in town, we have wood burning restrictions in effect. visibility poor, moderate air quality is not all that bad. again, clouds this morning, thinning early this afternoon, that's why we can make it in to the low 50s, happy birthday, a dry day for you. you are working on your birthday. th

marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart is joining us. we are have a mild start to the week, right? >> we are. pretty nice today, tomorrow and wednesday. cooling off later in the week. high clouds this morning, it is calm, dry and warm. that's true not only here but statewide. we are starting to see snow moving to southwest parts of utah, in the north western sections of arizona where they are looking for 9 inches of snow today. some of the snow will move in to southwestern colorado tonight. watch the clock spin along, noon, afternoon in to the evening we go, finally tonight around cortez, and moving up through the san juans, we will see snow. 1-3-inch snow that will spread as far north and east as crest butte. not much farther than that. more snow on the way for the mountains coming up this week. for us, temperatures from the teens, northern colorado to 20s 30s around the metro area. we slipped below zero again in grand county. not very comfortable. temperatures in the 20s to start your day. we finish up the day in the mid 40s around her

meteorologist marty coniglio and amelia earhart is here. >> we have a couple of high today. high winds warning out around wheatland, cheyenne, this goes all the way through tomorrow afternoon. they can see some wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour. we're already getting 20-50 foothills. there's not a lot of action. we're not going to be tremendously windy in the metro area. if you get west of kipling today, it starts getting gusty. we're going to feel the warmth, mid to upper 50s around town. colorado. we could even have a few of the foothill communities touching 50 degrees during the afternoon today. jet stream keeps us warm today. by thursday into friday, we move in, and with it, snow. mountain snow starts tomorrow morning. goes on and off throughout the day. the mountains. tomorrow, 1-4-inch range. we'll get additional snow coming up friday into saturday. we have light snow in our future as well. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. time to get out the door for you. amelia has the latest on what's going on in the streets. >> waking up on your wednesday drive, roads are d

amelia earhart joins us. good morning, marty. >> good morning. >>> loaded up with all sorts of issues yesterday, but today, we'll start off with brake light action southbound 25 at 88th 88th because of on going shoulder construction. the delays back to 104th, transitions down to u.s. 36. it's a standard backup as you glynn. all across the city, with all this excellent weather, it's it stretches from january 25th january 25th to january 30th january 30th. make sure you give an extra look as you're making right and left-hand turns, especially. there will be a lot of extra volume across our roads today. cory? >> amelia, thank you. a deputy is recovering after being shot. one suspect was arrested. another is on the loose. the shooting happened last night in a neighborhood adjacent to rangeview high school in aurora. 9news reporter noel brennan has been following this developing story for us. we're still trying to figure out what led up to this shooting. >> police say it was an attempted robbery that happened righ

amelia earhart, it's about the wind. the down sloping wind heats things up, we have that going in the foothills this morning. >>> today, no exception, we will have two hands on the wheel, as you are getting on the west side. the wind is not enough to keep sky 9 down. they are flying over 36 and i- 25, picked up from rocky today. it's going to be lighter than average with a lot of people enjoying a nice holiday, day off. let's look at the commute as we head to the c dot camera, i-70, ward road the west side, ex- lents conditions, no i-70 issues, heading anywhere to the west side of i-25, as we check out the drive on commerce city, popping up to 6 minutes, doing dealing with a crash, this is westbound i-70, quebec, 270 you may see a slowdown, we are pleased with the speeds for now. we will let you know as this starts to change and give you an alternate route if it's necessary. >>> with that touchdown, broncos secured a spot in the afc title game this sunday, beating the pittsburgh steelers 23-16, ron zappolo is joining me

meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-more warm temperatures new information is deadly explosion at a popular tourist spot in instanbul. within the past 10 minutes... turkey's president confirmed -- a suicide bomber with links to syria... is behind the blast. at least 10 people were killed... and more than a dozen others are hurt. several emergency vehicles filled the square... which is home to the historic blue mosque and a museum. one witness described the you'd only hear in coming in... after a deadly explosion at a popular tourist spot in instanbul. within the past 10 minutes... turkey's president confirmed -- a suicide bomber with links to syria... is behind the blast. at least 10 people were killed... and more than a dozen others are hurt. several emergency vehicles filled the square... which is home to the historic blue mosque and a museum. one witness described the explosion as "a big blast - something you'd only hear in the movies." the men and women... who were the first to enter a colorado springs planned

meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-last warm day before the cold gets here! new overnight... 5 people are out of their home... after a house fire in their home... after a house fire in denver. neighbors told 9news reporter noel brennan that they heard 2 loud explosions... came outside... and saw the home in flames. it took denver fire 30 minutes to get this fire under control. it destroyed the home. one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution. investigators say it looks like the fire may have started in the they're still looking into the cause. thousands of people waited for hours... stuck in dia's security line... in the days after christmas. some... missed their flights. and today... tsa is fessing up... and saying it made a mistake. in the middle of the madness... tsa had told travelers bad weather across the country was to blame. now, the tsa is changing its tune... and saying an investigation revealed correct staffing protocols were not followed at dia on december 28-th through 29-th. 9 wants to kno

marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-we're getting closer to a temperature drop. neighbors watched in shock as a fire home... cell phone video shows the flames covering the home... what it doesn't show -- neighbors and firefighters jumping in to help the family inside.. sadly one man, did not make it out alive. 9news reporter noel brennan is outside the home on west stanford avenue. noel - the man who died was bedridden -- a man once suspected as an of the department of corrections director... will be in court today... after apparently targeting another d-o-c employee. was arrested last month...after a shootout with colorado springs police. police say he was trying to break into a home... property records show the home belongs to a former corrections employee. guolee is a reported member of a notorious white supremacist gang. and is an associate of 28-year-old evan ebel the man who shot and killed the doc's executive tom clements. kudos... and caution were given in president obama's final state of the union address

meteorologist becky ditchfield and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. becky - the snow we continue to follow surrounding north korea's announcement that it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. overnight, south korea said it will retaliate against the test... by resuming cross- border propaganda broadcasts. north korea considers those an act of war. south korea says they will start tomorrow. and earlier today - u-s intelligence- gathering aircraft took off from an american air base in japan. it's not clear yet what they're doing -but they could be involved in trying to determine what kind of nuclear device north korea detonated. worries over the nuclear test and china's weakening economy caused a huge stock plunge in china. the stock exchanges closed early - after dropping more than 7-percent. u-s stock futures about 1-point-5- percent each. what countries have high-powered korea is claiming to have. these are the hydrogen weapons - which are the more powerful bombs: the u-s, russia, great britain, france, and china. union of concerned scientists", these

. >> holding on to kid, amelia earhart. >> the wright brothers outside what is now his window. how could you not be drawn to the history here? david stick was not. >> i don't think i ever passed a history course. >> he was a journalist in raleigh, washington, new york, outer banks. >> i never wanted to live any place else. >> he began diving on ship wrecks and the wrecks and the salt and the sea were in his blood and spilled on to the page. and the man who was never before very interested in history became the leading authority on the history of the outer banks. >> history being told in a way that people could enjoy it. >> david stick has lived much of it. >> every time a plane came down back in the late 30s, almost inevitably would circle the memorial and tribute. and look out there today, that tspal il abn ton,r svir o. dinlvot a d pprey ng. u d i anan lome erd ne t ba y one arofhiheteori itwo . twt an ok th theaaslkof f f alld ae ch cel th colk on fsy an omel e or'sakow r. reitdov hear ino alma no>>pl tabeayde veregoothli icfith nkkid footrithdindd t t >>y apll.rnsmps hi th

meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart are also joining us. let's get right to amelia... a rollover has shutdown a major road that could mess with the morning commute. north korea claims it carried out its bomb test... and this morning...a growing number of countries are condemning that test even the north's main ally - china... is joining the u-s, britain, japan, and several other countries in against the test. actually reported an 5-point-one earthquake... right where that bomb test site is in the nrotheastern part of the country. shortly after the tremor... north korea boldy announced it successfully tested the hydrogen bomb. the u-n security council is planning an emergency meeting today. last week, north korean leader kim jong un said in his annual new year's speech his country is ready for war. if the hydrogen bomb is confirmed, korea a big step closer toward improving its still- limited nuclear arsenal. the south korean spy agency reportedly told a lawmaker there that north korea may have tested an atom bomb, not a hydrogen bomb. we loo

c-dot says it's because of police activity. 9news traffic reporter amelia earhart is here with the details. amelia? learning more about president obama's plans to meet with a colorado about gun control. the president will also announce his plan for sweeping change, today. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is here with more. president is proposing several new measures. expanded checks... even by private sellers at gun shows. colorado already checks. presidnet will meet with one of the legislators who representative rhonda fields got an invitation to meet with the president at the white house, today. fields became a state representative in the years after her son was shot to death. she's made a name for herself as a gun control advocate. president obama is hoping to win support by meeting with her-- and doing several public events this week. "this"-- as we expect to hear specifics on the presidents gun control plan. he's using executive orders to pass those laws... ...bypassing republicans in congress. "they" say-- the president's plan is unconstitutional. we've learned, so far that-- in additi

. >> they learned about amelia earhart, who they weren't familiar with. >> amelia earhart was a pioneering pilot who set aviation records in the 30s, but disappeared in @ pacific on her story is here, as are the overalls she wore to service her airplane. >> so standing here being able to see her memorabilia and hold it in my hands is quite the moment. >> throughout cleveland's berk lake front airport, are exhibits highlighting females who knew or know the sky or who worked in space technology. >> flown by margaret, who was a teacher from the school district. and she took a little time off from teaching to go fly. >> millions of years ago when our ancestral man first looked to the birds in the sky and dreamed of flight, there was probably a woman right next to him who had the same desire to fly. this museum is dedicated to those women pioneers who looked to the sky and went out and found it. no item is too unmentionable. if it's all the woman's story t even unmentionables are here. >> this is what she wore under the dress. >> these were her bloomers. >> yup. you can't get anymore personal t

meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join us. marty-i like your ten people have died in avalanches across the western u-s in the past ten days. here's a look at the avalanche danger across colorado. this is from the colorado avalanche information center website. the danger is rated as moderate across most regions. no watches or warnings are in effect, but there have been several recent slides - some of them deadly. the first deadly avalanche of the year in colorado happened back on colorado avalanche information center website. the danger is rated as moderate across most regions. no watches or warnings are in effect, but there have been several recent slides - some of them deadly. the first deadly avalanche of the year in colorado happened back on january 16th. here are pictures of the slide from colorado avalanche information center. it happened near saint mary's lake in clear creek county. a climber triggered triggered the avalanche, was swept down and buried in snow. days later, two people riding a snowmobile triggered an aval

amanda airpark determined -- learned -- amelia earhart learned that the photo has been doctored. i liked it, i thought it was neat.>>> it could be covered with snow soon enough. if current models hold true, -- denver could see its first pleasured of the year. -- blizzard of the year. >>> today's panel of law line 9 attorneys can be reached at 303- 698-0999 . >>> the world's largest fast food train is adding table service at hundreds of u.s. restaurants in the coming months. customers would order and pay for their meals at a touch screen chaos and then set it -- kiosk and waiting for people to bring them their food. the service has worked in australia, germany and france. they hope the service will help parents dealing with kids and food. >>> wendy's has announced unusual payment card action at some restaurants. they are advising customers to watch for unauthorized charges data windy's restaurant. -- wendy's restaurant. they have launched an investigation and they are cooperating with law enforcement officials. wendy's is based in dublin, ohio.>>> kids need to get an hpv vaccinati

amelia earhart, how are things going? >>good morning, so far so good. we say good morning to folks in golden and liquid. transitioning toward i-25, downtown weather heading north or south, should be pretty easy . speeds across wadsworth as well as sheridan, still up in the 60s. out to our maps now, and earlier closure on i 25 at highway 34 at loveland now completely lifted, speeds in the 60s as well. very light delays on hand in with the crash -- on hampton with a crash. across from 104th avenue, word of a possible crash east of i all in all a good start to our tuesday drive but anticipate the sun glare on i-25. >> all right emelia, thank you for that. two teenage girls are accused of working together on a murder plot at mountain vista high school and now one of them is set to appear in court this morning. colleen ferreira joins us live outside the douglas county courthouse and colleen, do -- not many details have been released about this case. >> reporter: exactly, today could be a very important day when it comes to this case charges filed. we haven't

. >> amelia earhart is in the traffic center. >> the snow is coming down north and south, not so much in denver. >> we've seen light snow here in denver. it's picked up a little bit within the last 20 minutes. coming down heavier than what we saw earlier this morning. still hard for you to see. let's take a live look at what it looks like all across the front range. this is dia. a clear view of the hotel there. visibility in some spots, but the roads out there look pretty decent. here around town, closer to 9news, like i said, snow is picking up a little bit. we're also looking at some pretty nice roads in and around town. here's where some of the heavier bands are setting up. south side of town is at its heaviest. you can see it's moving a bit closer to denver. that's what's pushing into the downtown area, starting to see things get worse out there as far as the snowfall goes. around longmont, we're seeing moderate snow. that has let up as you head out the boulder. colleen was out along 119. we know that's slick. visibility is low out here because of the snow we've seen. and it is go

meteorologist,el , belen de leon and amelia earhart with us today. we have the potential for a warmer day ahead. >> reporter: we do, that will be this afternoon. this morning, you are starting to feel if you are outside, those warmer temperatures comparison to yesterday morning. we are 11 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. i know it's not a warm morning, my calves are feeling the chill. we got teens and 20s on the single digits towards greeley. it is chillier in the mountain valleys, that's the case throughout the day, that's where we will see the cooler temperatures. here warming things up, highs in the upper 40s, mid 40s, we have to watchout for particulates in the atmosphere, trapped in the lower lay r for sensitive groups, lungs or respiratory problems. when you are leaving home, temperatures in the teens, dry roads and leaving work this afternoon, dry and breezy temperatures at 30 across the state. doppler 9 not doing a thing. we had light snow, northeast colorado, coming up in the forecast, we will talk about the snow chances this wee

marty is out in the backyard and amelia earhart has been watching traffic. >> really nice day today. okay. nobody really likes wind all that much, but it does make you relatively warm. it also keeps us from having any wood burning restrictions again today. current wind gusts pretty impressive. longmont 26 miles per hour. broomfield at 40. running between 20 and 45 in most foothills locations. i have seen some 60-mile-per-hour gusts at berthoud pass. so again it's really windy coming over the top of the continental divide. that pushed temperatures in the 40s in the metro area already. we have some snow going on in the northern and central mountains as well as the yampa valley. craig is reporting snow. kremlin light snow. snowing in rifle and leadville. a stronger storm comes in for the mountains tonight and another one monday. temperatures in the mid-to- upper 50s. finish off a work week. >>> it really is. an awesome way to finish off the week. at least the denver drive puts a smile on your face this morning. if you are headed up to the high country, snow coming down. no crane restric

meteorologist marty coniglio and traffic reporter amelia earhart join >>> good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. gary, corey and cheryl with you. marty coniglio. next week looks iffy? >> i think it's going to be a combination of cold, windy and cold. i think monday is going to be the big day for the next storm. state. cold where you would expect it to be cold on a clear, calm january morning. relatively mild in eastern 30s. we are starting to slip into that near below zero territory around rangely, meeker, the for us today a lot of sun. here and there. mid-to-upper 50s. coming up we will be talking about the storm next week. does look like we are in store luckily it looks like a one day, one and a half day event. it's not a multi-day event. amelia, that's one of those things we look far off into the future to check out. folks have more immediate concerns today? >>> at least dry roads aren't a concern to worry about. a nice easy start across most easy freeways. construction on i-25 wrapped unbetween lincoln and c-470. last night, stretched through 5:15 this morning. tonight

marty, and amelia earhart are here, too. >> marty, whatever flurries we have east of the metro area, they will go way? >> yes. i wish the wind would go away as quickly. it's calm here, but from really denver to the east it's extremely windy this morning. we are seeing a few clouds around here this morning. they are not as thick as yesterday. so you are going to see that sun and some sun glare as it comes up here in a little more than an hour and a half. for us today we have cloudy conditions over the east. a few flurries here and there. clearing skies have occurred southwestern colorado. it's gotten quite cold. single-digit readings around gunnison, alamosa. here is that light show we were talking about. going on from the nebraska border to weld and logan counties. some pretty good batches of snow just east of last chance in washington county. we could see probably a good quarter of an inch of snow out 36 through southern washington county. clouds around here early. boy, they are gone shortly after sunrise today. we'll go into the 40s this afternoon and we are gonna calm the wind dow

amelia earhart is there. >> reporter: we are here at children's hospital in aurora for the second annual rodeo experience put on by the orthopedic institute here at children's and an amazing event that has kids of all ages and all types of patients here enjoying a very different type of rodeo experience, one that they probably don't get to experience very often but because of jason and jen, they get to. tell us your background here at this event is all about. >> i work here at children's hospital colorado, i'm the director of orthopedic trauma and we -- my wife and i have been heavily involved in rodeo, i used to ride bulls when i was younger and now we team rope and basically it's a wonderful sport, it's near and dear to our hearts and we wanted to start something where we could bring the rodeo to the kids that can't go down to the stock show and see the rodeo. >> reporter: right. >> so with a lot of the help from our friends and lots of volunteers and numerous sponsors like gila mat tick -- helomatic and fast back and wrangler and cinch, they have donated stick horses for the kids and

and 9 news reporter amelia earhart reports from spring horizon montesorri school. >> we are here at free horizon montesorri in golden, and while this school may look like any other, you can see the backpacks just tucked into all of these cubby, the difference with this school, it happens up on the roof. 500 solar panels, all part of a brand new solar array have just been installed and today the ribbon is cut to an incredible improvement to the school. the solar array will provide about 90% of the school's electricity and teach kids a lot about the process of alternative energy sources. so we want to talk to bethlehemkey who is an integral part of the school. horizon? >> i am the director of facilities and management. >> and it was your idea to introduce a program like this. and tell us about the inspiration and how the process has gone so far. >> it has been a collaboration between our school administration, our board of directors, and our building corporation, but ultimately, we hold pretty authentically to respect ourself and the environment and we take the environment piece pretty lit

. >>> good morning, meteorologist, marty coniglio, traffic reporter, amelia earhart joining us this morning. we will see snow but not enough for it to stick around. >>> pockets here and there. we were at the stock show saturday morning, it was pretty fun. around here today, the small areas of flurrys over the front range, metro area, they will go a little bit this morning, and again this afternoon, foothills areas could see quarter, half inch of snow, the rest of us, i don't think see much measurable. measurable snow, albert county during the course of the morning, we have light snow going on highway 86. winter weather advisories through the monning in the northern and season trail mountains and 1-3 inches of snow today, moderate snow going on western nebraska, 2-4 inches new snow for us, periods of couple of little snow flakes here and there, you will see some sun, it will be obscured by clouds at times during the day. we can hit 40 today. it gets much warmer through the early part of this week, we start heading in to the 50s around here. flurries, it has been a relatively dry start. mount

earhart takes a look so you know what you need to do to get it the game fast. >> if you are one of the over 76,000 fans that got tickets to this sunday's playoff game at 2:40, congratulations. but here's what that means. you, along with everybody else, have to get right here to the game. and that is a guaranteed traffic jam. we have compiled the top nine ways for you to get here to the stadium. loads of broncos fans will be using uber this sunday to get to the game. so let's talk about fare split and prices with uber cm. >> it's a feature within the app. hit that button and split the ride with your friends. all they have to do is accept on their site. you can always select a surge price notifier and it will let you know as the price comes down >> reporter: did you know that you can also take the platte valley trolley all the way to the game? for $7 round trip fare you begin at confluence park and go all the way to the stadium on this beauty right here. >> best way to pay is bring cash. $7 round trip. $5 one way. we have tickets down in the ticket booth in confluence park. we will give

marty is in the weather center and traffic reporter amelia earhart joins us, too. marty, pretty mild this morning? >> it is amazingly warm out here relatively speaking. here's why. it is very windy from broomfield into the fort collins area we have seen 25, 30-mile-per-hour winds this morning. it's blowing over 50 miles per hour on berthoud pass. that translates into some extremely warm temperatures. statewide we are still seeing some of the usual locations get that cold air morning drainage and going below zero. look in northern colorado from broomfield to erie, boulder up through fort collins and loveland we are in the 40s this morning because of down sloping chinook winds. at the greeley airport it is 7 above zero. these warm temperatures are gonna be confined to this morning and this afternoon because this afternoon the that brings in cooler air. you are gonna see temperatures drop off this afternoon and the wind's gonna kick up out of the northwest. it will be a cool afternoon after a relatively mild start. so don't let this start of the day let you think that

two women on the short list were fliers -- amelia earhart, the first woman to cross the atlantic solo, and sally ride, america's first female in space. so, who would you like to see on the $10 bill? >> well, a name that's been going around a lot is rosa parks, and i think that's a great one, 'cause, like, it would be a woman and also a black person, too, so i think that's great. >> i think harriet tubman. >> susan b. anthony. >> maybe... mrs. obama? >> i think it should be eleanor roosevelt or harriet tubman. >> well, like -- i don't know. i'm sure they'll pick anyone >> i think eleanor roosevelt should be on the $10 bill. >> i know -- i'd nominate my mom. i feel like she's a good, strong figure. >> [ laughs ] every mother should have such a loving son. and while many of us may want to nominate our own moms, the treasury is looking for women who've had more of a, let's say, historical impact, particularly on democracy. and one more thing -- they can't still be living. currently on the $10 bill is alexander hamilton. whether he'll be replaced by or joined by a woman is still up in the

amelia earhart is in the traffic center with a look at your commute. marty is in the backyard. marty, snow in the backyards and maybe in the metro area tonight. >> a little in the area. i agree with you. we're going to have cooler air move in. when we talk about it, we're talking about a tenth of an inch, a quarter of an inch. thing. mountains today. clear conditions from midday yesterday, gone now. we're completely overcast. now, it is calm down here in the city. we have had some gusty winds in the foothills, but we have wood burning restrictions in effect. cloudy conditions throughout the night. this morning, keeping temperatures up. it's been hovering close to freezing all morning. day. that helps us get into the 40s around here. it's going to be a good looking day as far as temperatures go. again, visibility is going to be limited somewhat. as far as the day goes, we'll have west and northwest facing slopes, getting periods of snow throughout the afternoon and evening, and then late this evening, a couple hours after sunset, we get a push of cool air in from the north. star

amelia earhart is going to take you through the traffic news and marty coniglio will talk to you about our weather. >> nice spring day? >> we'll lower it just a little bit. for us today, no snow statewide. we have a watch around cheyenne. we'll start to get some snow. we'll see snow in and around rabbit ears pass, summit county, winter park area, beaver creek and vail. we'll get additional snow tomorrow night and friday. we'll start to see areas around the flat tops up near steamboat. 4-9 inches around winter park and summit county late in the day on friday. really decent snow. it starts tomorrow. wraps up a little bit on saturday morning. we'll get additional snow later on in the weekend. so not bad at all. by the way, down in the valleys, carbondale, glenwood springs, more like a 2-5-inch snow. day. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s around here. we start cooling off tomorrow with mid-40s until noon. yes, we may get snow friday afternoon. to me it looks like an inch or should be a no account storm for us. amelia, everybody is advised for that. between now and then, it should be smo

on this date in 1935, amelia earhart began the trip that would make her the first person to fly solo across a significant part of the pacific ocean. patrick: thousands of cheering fans welcomed her in california earhart's successful flight made her the first person to solo oceans. allyson: in this morning's headlines, one of the biggest headlines in clemson football in 34 years, gameday for the college football playoff national championship. alabama at 8:30 tonight, but we and geoff: is live in glendale. good morning. geoff: we have a couple of fun stories for you, including a really positive clemson fan who booked her plane tickets to arizona in october. by the way, you likely know her. that is coming up. allyson: i think i know who that is. thank you geoff. ,dale, it will be warmer there than it is here. dale: it is much colder here than they are experiencing arizona. 30 degrees from gives field -- gibbs field. that is one of the warmer spots this morning. everybody in the 20's and team ens. mountain roads. we have a two hour delay in madison, yancey, and every county -- avery coun

but let's get a check of the weather and traffic now, with amelia earhart. and marty coniglio. good morning, guys. >> noel, good morning. >>> it has been a friday light drive. until now. and most of the crashes that we have seen have cleared out pretty quickly. including, i would say, part of this crash on i-70 at brighton. unfortunately, we have still got cars on the left shoulder. this is all moving through in the westbound direction now and the cars stacked up, they have gone with the backup to 225, so yes, it is a 30-minute wait to get to that backup. as soon as that left side of the shoulder gets cleared, we could see some improvement. other problems in the area, including, eastbound 70 at brighton and of course, our later today, they can be anticipated. marty will give you the full details on the 11:00 a.m. kickoff on channel 20. >> around here, mountain snow throughout the day today. we will get a brief round of snow this afternoon. and minimal amounts here at metro denver. half inch or less. inch or less in northern colorado. and the slightly higher amounts to our east

to help you navigate, let's talk to amelia earhart. >> good morning. that's so right. the leftover ice pack can be deceiving on the side streets. keep that in mind. also, keep in mind the 25 and parkers accident, the jackknifed truck still causing delays. from the springs or castle rock into the denver tech center or downtown, you will need extra time. the curiosity slowdown will be a major factor. just the icy and slick up to a tough commute. it's one of the busiest drives. 37 miles per hour, the average. southbound i-70 down to 25. an 18-minute commute. across the board, the slew of accidents is rolling in quickly. i-70 crash out to west side of town at 34th avenue just took place. that will cause slowdowns around the curve in both directions. another crash westbound 70 near peoria. in my next update, we'll detail the rest of the crashes south of i-70. first, we want to head out to our reporter colleen ferreira now. >> good morning, amelia. 70. i think what you just talked about, we might be seeing some of the affect of that. we have been going westbound for a little

and amelia earhart wasn't here the last time i was here but now she is, and marty coniglio joins us as well. >>> looking at a cool day around here in mountain areas in the west for the front yesterday. starting with snow out of southwestern colorado. weather advisory in southeastern -- southwestern colorado with 2" to 6" it of snow -- 2" to 6" of snow overnight. clear conditions, temperatures in the single digits too low 30s, big spread around colorado. we have snow reported in durango, pub -- pagosa springs, and around here today we will continue to see that snow in the southwest. area, very limited snow during the day and for us no snow at all. hazy, high clouds, temperatures pushing up close to 50 today. our chance for snow comes starting on thursday, we will talk about that in detail but first we have to get you out on "good morning america". >> good morning marty. >>> we've had our cdot camera on 84th avenue showing you the delays west of i 25 with 84th avenue shut down at conifer. now we've got sky nine overhead. the most important thing here is the alternate route to get you aro

marty coniglio is in a much warmer backyard and in the traffic center, a familiar face, amelia earhart is back home, back with us this morning. >> so happy to be here. >> good to have you, you have been traveling the world a little bit and doing other fun things. >> traveling the world, flying lots of airplanes, back home with you now. feels good to be back in the saddle. >> you picked a good week. breaking out the shorts? >>> you may want to. you go. >> you do it. >> that's the challenge. i'm going to do it. >> do what feels right. around here, it is relatively nice, after the super cold weather we had over the last couple of weeks, it's fairly nice around here today. we have a pretty good size system going on in the west, snow in arizona, nevada, california, going to see heavy looking for 1-2 feet of snow. we start off dry around here. from denver to boulder, up towards loveland and fort collins and greeley, temperatures in the 20s and 30s this morning, topping out in the 40s this afternoon. it won't be clear blue sky. yesterday morning it was gorgeously clear. the high clouds drifti

so 9news traffic reporter amelia earhart has it sorted out for you with some resources to get you there. >> if you are one of the over 76,000 fans that got tickets to this sunday's playoff game at 2:40, congratulations. but here's what that means. you along with everybody else have to get right here to the game, and that is a guaranteed traffic jam. ways to get to the stadium. loads of broncos fans will be using uber this sunday to get the game. so let's talk fare split and surge prices with uber cm will mccollum. >> it's a fearture within the app. hit that butt and split the ride with your friend. all they have to do is accept on their site. select a surge price notifier and it will let you know as the price comes down when you can select the ride. >> reporter: did you know that you can also take the platte valley trolley all the way to the game? for seven dollars round trip fare you begin at confluence park and go all the way to the stadium on this beauty right here. >> best way to pay for the trolley is bring cash. $7 round trip. $5 one way. tickets in the ticket booth in confluence

let's talk to 9news traffic reporter amelia earhart to see how to get around it. >>> that's right. with the road closure in place in the intersection around 24th and wenten, champa still open. additionally, with the power lines down in the area we could see closure extend through the day. if this is your morning right to work or your neighborhood, keep that in mind. we've also got big delays on the south side with a northbound if you are waking up in castle pines, greenwood village, we expect southbound delays as well. northbound i-25 north of c-470 is the scene of the crash. stop and go delays are in place. your local side streets like quebec can help you out. >>> it is a calm, quiet morning out here. relatively mild as well. temperatures have been holding in the upper 20s and low 30s. live over the area, not much happening over here. really good news again. air quality's moderate at best. so we're looking at no wood burning restrictions today. hovering at or above freezing through the commute. by the time we get everybody to their office, it's going to be in the 40s. we warm up q

amelia earhart even christened one of them. uss akron and the ussmacon as big as ocean liners. >> they can look over thes no radar looking over the horizon. there was no satellite. >> passengers, too, soon found way to cross atlantic. the hindenburg disaster in 1937 to it all. >> it's a horrific day, ladies and gentlemen, there are smoke and flames.ity. had little use for airships. but goodyear found a news floating billboards. as camera flat forms. were huge. >> they were heavy, too. >> basically studio blimp. >> the first blimp cast was the rose parade back in 1955. from then on, goodyear's aerial tv coverage redefined the way we events, says goodyear's scott baughmaz this was revolutionary. >> incredibly revolutionary andat the time was being developed as we needed it. up. >> we were discovering as we went, absolutely.ir ships remain the most recognizable eye in the sky above major sporting events, especially college football. we were up hovering above the miami-clemson game back in october a. goodyear clemson again tomorrow

amelia earhart from cincinnati was an aspiring scientist. >> recently gained some interest in studying the space exploration, rockets and things like that. >> reporter: and so did 45-year- old abigail flanagan of spark hill, here in rockland county where her sister-in-law spoke briefly this morning. >> she was doing what she always does, what's best for everybody. >> reporter: abigail had a doctorate degree in nursing but had returned to school here at columbia along with her 19-year- old son patrick, also on the trip and seen here in the white shirt at the accident scene. his mother died a short time later. comprehend she is not here. it's still a shock to all of us. >> reporter: at least a dozen others on the bus were hurt. eight, including columbia student hannah bender of scarsdale in critical condition. and regarding the crash, colombia's president states this terrible and tragic loss is all the greater because these individuals were dedicating their passion and very special talents to serving those in need. now, sources tell us there's a private vigil going on here at colombia th

amelia earhart even christened one of them. it's most famous for the uss akron and the ussmacon as big as >> they can look over the horizon. there was no radar looking over the horizon. there was no satellite. >> passengers, too, soon found airships luxurious way to cross atlantic. the hindenburg disaster in 1937 brought an end to it all. >> it's a horrific day, ladies and gentlemen, there are smoke and flames. oh, the humanity. >> eventually even the military had little use for airships. but goodyear found a new purpose for its floating billboards. as camera flat forms. >> good, lord, these cameras were huge. >> they were heavy, too. >> basically studio camera in the blimp. >> the first blimp cast was the rose parade back in 1955. tv coverage redefined the way we saw major events, says goodyear's scott baughmaz this was revolutionary. >> incredibly revolutionary and the technology at the time was being developed as we needed it. >> you were kind of making it up. >> we were discovering as we went, absolutely. >> today, goodyear