Towns, but for the most part, satellite and radar showing dry conditions. We could pick up an inch or two through telluride. And through the front range mountains, three to five tops because its a weak system. Downtown denver, 23 degrees. A chilly start to our day. You want to bundle up yourself and the kids heading to school. 20 degrees under cloudy conditions and a chance for a to not measurable heavy snow, but a few flakes across the metro. Upper 30s across the western slooe. 30s for the most part. Upper 20s in the mountains and across the North Eastern plains. If youre heading to the parade of lights, thats tonight at 8 00. Its going to be chilly. You want to layer up. Temperatures in the mid 20s and in lewisville, theres another parade of lights happening and jason, you hear your girls are going to be batons. It will be fun and cold. Were going to wear lots of layers as everyone should. Its going to be cold in downtown denver. Were not seeing road restrictions at i76 and 270. We had an early fatal accident and all ramps reopened. We have road closures and street closures around downtown enver for the parade of lights. Theyll be a lot of pedestrian traffic and for the parade route, that will be closed down. Heading into downtown tonight. Thank you, jason. The entire state remembering state trooper cody donahue. The flag is in our state and all flags on public buildings are half staff. Trooper donahue was killed investigating a crash along i25 south of castle rock. It happened one week ago today. Hes the third state trooper killed in 18 months. This morning is his funeral. Eric luper joins joins us with more. Reporter theyll be a small group there and more people will join the procession. The procession will make its way down to 285 and hampton to cherry hills. Lets remember this trooper. Donahue was from north dakota. He had been with the force for 11 years and sawed at the castle rk he was a husband and father of two daughters. His family releasing a statement about donahue saying if part theres no words to express how great our loss is. Cody was the rock . Of our family and he was there to lend a hand and give a hand. A go fund me page has been set up by the Colorado State patrol to help funds for the family. On thedenverchannel. Com. Im eric lupher, denver7. A teen kyle was killed returning home from a concert in colorado springs. Thats when police say Alex Rodriguez crashed into their car head on. Rodriguez was driving under the influence and was heading the wrong way. Todays funeral is happening in fort collins at 11 00 at the church of jesus christ of the ladder day saints. Police are this Highlands Ranch mother bought a gun used in her death along with the death of her two sons. Jennifer labor and her sons all died of gunshot wounds and police are not calling this investigation a murdersuicide, but the family close to the family says theyre at a loss of words. The familys loss is leading to an increase in calls in the 24 hours a day. They say more people are reaching out including mom is having trouble coping with things, people asking about depression and theyre seeking advice on how to talk to their kids about this tragedy. Whats most important to kids is that they feel safe in their own world. So that we can reassu them that what happened there is very sad, and well never know exactly why. What i can tell you is that youre safe in our home. T more than 600 people a day. You can also text them if you wish by texting talk to 38255. Its 5 05. Teacher and soccer coach behind bars accused of sexually assaulting a student. Hes matthew forbes. Another teacher reported odd behavior between forbes and another student. Information. Theres fires around the Green Mountain area are called suspicious. Police are stepping up patrols in the area. Last night, the west metro fire chief met with those in this area worried about this disturring pattern. These fires happened in november. They believe someone is setting these fires around dusk. The latest one burned 96 acres and forced the evacuation of 500 people including this woman. Its you know, its very disturbing, and concerning. And so i hope that they find out who is doing it and why. Some residents say they did not receive they did not receive evacuation alerts. You can sign up. The doctor who made the racist Facebook Post first the school is childrens provide services there. Denver health sayy herren will not see patients or provide anesthesia. Herren made comments about the first lady. We made several attempts to talk to herren. Heres what happened when we stopped by. Is she available. Can we set a time to talk to her . No. Is there anything she want us to know. Is she sorry . Shes not racist. She worked for denver heaath since 2007. Colorado colorado is in need of teachers. The shortage is hitting math, science and world language. Its worse in disability students are in that lawsuit it says wheelchair patron was restricted to quote all but the most distant seats and they say thats a violation with the americans with disabilities act and the city of denver hasnt commented. Leading the democrats hoping to take control over the dnc. Theyre facing off in a forum today. . Jason gruenauer joins us fm the hyatt today where theyre leading today. Just to clarify information we brought you at 4 30. One of the people up for that job, minute machine congressman keith allyson. Hes the front runner and gotten the ost high profile endorsement and were talking about schumer and sanders. The last three arent going to be in denver, but allysons competition is going to be to take place at that forum later on today. Llts show you what well start with allyson. First muse the first muslim of he calls himself the new age howard dean and former dnc chiee howard dean himself going backup for that job. A few labor and Union Official could be a possibility. Theyre going to be in denver to discuss future of the party. Many political experts says theres reeling after losing he white house to the republican. Where does the party go from here today should basically give a little bit more of an idea. Were not going to elect a new chair today, but this forum should go a long way in determining the future of the democrats. Im in denver, live downtown, im jason gruenauer, oh, right there, that is the win that propelled the buffalos and theyre ready to take over the bay area. Getting ready to cheer on the buffs tonight as they compete for their patch 12 this is at levi stadium at 7 00 our time. Recovery getting underway over the deadly tornado. Theres glimmers of among the devastation. Were hearing incredible stories of survivals. Coming up, youll hear we have good news. Details on a new rogram coming to dia in days. Its going to be another cold day across the front range. Denver in the mid 30s. Upper 30s in fort collins. Well take a look at who is affected by the my wife, maybe bring this to work for the gamm. I love it. I70 and that drive . . . When you find something worth waiting for, well help you invest to protect it for the future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. 5 14. Welcome back to denver7. A quick check at the situation at the airport on dia. Parking lots open and security times about 15 minutes wait a new way tt enroll in csa precheck is rolling in denver next week. It has a big rv that has an enrollment center. Its making stops at dia and it will tour other parts of the country. We have breaking news just in out of commerce city. Police says someone opened fire on telluride court. When police got theee, thats when they found the suspect. Heres a map were talking about. Theyre piecing together what happened, but they believe the suspect assaulted a woman inside of a home and fired shots inside of that resident. There was a 3year old child at home. The uspect has been taken into custody and will likely face Domestic Violence charges. The Construction Company responsible for killing 5600 fish will pay up. Is apart of a settlement. Contractors spill chemicals while working on highway 34 back in march theres a 5,000 reward to whoel killed animals and left carcasses find a rock. This happened in eastern colorado. Park and wild life says nine antelope and two deer were killed last month. Okay. 33 confirmed tornado ripped through the states in days. You can see the damage. Cleanup efforts continues todayg incredible stories of survival and one was a birth in the middle of the storm. Amber took shelter in her bathroom with her family and 135mile an hour tornado flew her house 250 feet into the hour. 4 hours later, little ava was delivered. 20 life dozens hurt. To tennessee and deadly wild fires Mother Nature lends a hand in the fire fight bringing much needed rain, but cruise says the threat snt over yet. 11 people in all have been killed in this wild fire. Rescuers still searchinn for dolly pardon promising aid. 1,000 a month to each family affected. Those in tennessee have been working long hours. The Johnson City Professional Firefighters Association posted this on facebook. Theres five firefighters sleep ongoing the siiewalk. Theyre so exhausted. They had been fiihting fires for 30 straight hours. They needed a little rest. Those poor guys. They work so hard when those fires are moving through. Just well deserved. We are dealing with kind of the opposste. Were getting cold weather and a little snow. Exactly. Its december, feeling like winter. We have snowwwe saw in the foothills overnight and in the mountains. Were dry this morning. A chance for snow this afternoon. Heres our radar. Were not looking at a heavy storm. A light dusting. Trace amounts of accumulation at mountain heres your cheat sheet for today. Were going to see a light snow chance in the weekend. The storm system will rollout and temperatures warmer than what well feel today. 40s for saturday. 50s for sunday and a big change will come late monday into tuesday. Heres our 24hour planner for today. Its colder than yesterday. So you want to bundle up when you head out the door. By 9 00, still uppe 11 00. Mid 30s by this afternoon under mostly cloudy skies. And best chances of seeing a few flurries will come this afternoon into the evening hours. Heres our temperatures. The du area, 36 is our expected high. Same in littleton and Highlands Ranch. Congress park around 35. And low 30s for centennial as well as in boulder. 37 in fort collins and greeley. 30s and upper 20s for the mountains. Low 40s. Future cast showing what we can expect at 12 30 this afternoon, snow showers streaming from the southwest three to 5 inches of snowmaybe accummlation across our mountain times. Down more near colorado springs. By 7 00 tonight, we clear back out and skies by saturday into sunday, well stay clear and dry state wide. In terms of how much snow, about three to five in the mountains with a storm system and trace amounts across the denve most of the plains should stay dry through the afternoon. Tonight, gettiig down to 15 degrees, so very cold if youre doing anything outside tonight, make sure youre bundled up, the hats and mittens and the warm jackets. 43 degrees is our High Temperature tomorrow. Not quite as cold for our weekend. Bright spot is sunday. Our 7day forecast. Monday into tuesday, a big change is coming. Dropping below freezing. People are freaked out. A good job on the north side. Theres been an accident not far from northwest parkway and we havent been able to pinpoint it on the camera. No delays from erie, and 144th, so im going to call it clear. C470 andd285 for now look okay. Remember, for the procession, were going to have closed. The rest of the drive looks nice. All through glen dade and throogh south moore, all wide open. Oh, you can feel all the excitement there, the cheering for volley ball day at the adaptive Athletic Program. It took place in lakewood. 20 schools participates so the games are adapted to fit their needs so those in wheelchairs got to place. Among the physical Education Program from the students participating get a sense of competition and theyre having fun so theyre engaging in these activities so when they score points you see where they get excited. Jeffco Athletic Program features a new sport every month. 5 21. Santa elfs are at their mission is a toy for every boy and girl. They expect to serve theyre collecting new and gently used toys for newborns a boy brings a gun to school and threatens his classmates and a fire is shoo before his parents arrive. You know its expensive in the denver area. The denver area. A report this is for you. You didnt really have to. Getting the gift you almost kept for yourself . Now thats a holiday mini miracle. And its easy to create your own at walgreens. With 30 percent off photo purchases, just around the corner. Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. . Happy holidays from crayola. So when do i start . Um, shouldnt it be spokescrayon . Can somebody turn on the a c . Im melting here. . Air marker spraayer . Chemistry, baby so i just hold this part and spraaaaaay. Im okay. The holidays just got more surprising. You can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. Aaaaaah good friday morning, at 5 24. Were 23 degrees. 22 at the airport where winds ae calm from the southeast around sunrise after 7 00 this morning. But this afternoon, were going to see chillier conditions and a chance for light flurries around town. 3 00, 4 00, increasing cloud cover by tonight and tomorrow for saturday and sunday, well see clearing skies and temperatures not quite as chilly through the weekend. Jason. We want to show you the that ramp from came from westbound baseline, thats repaired and open. No delays in boulder up on the buffalo highway. Take a look at the overall map. A lot of green including getting out to dia. No issues at the airport yet. New this morning, right now, the Arapahoe CountySheriffs Office is looking for these two people who they say swindled this woman out of a lottery scam. This happened in october, but police releasing the information. . Fallen, believe it or not on the list of the most expensive places to rent an apartment. Were ranked 24th in the u. S. Falling three spots since last year. Rents have dropped slightly over the past month. The average for a one bedroom is more than 1200 in denver. More than 1600 for two bedroom. Case case youre wondering, San Francisco takes the top spot. One bedroom. Thats insane. Its a beautiful city. 3300 a month. Thats rent, not a house payment. I hope salaries keep up with that. More news coming up in our next half hour including a drug bust. Officers come across 100 pounds of marijuana. We have this full story at 5 0. President elect trump continues on his victory tour as hes calling it visiting key swing states he won. The latest on the president ial transition next. How often do you get youre not alone. Coming up, find out where colorado drivers rank in the country. Fallen state trooper donahue . Sfx laughter . S. One hundred percent whole grain quaker oats is the delicious way to help reduce cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. Just about 5 30. Colorado respects to fallen state Patrol Trooper donahue. Denver7 has coverage. Jason lupher has how today might reporter were going to talk about the future of the party. Who is the next leader. Ill break down the candidates coming up. Lets look live outside. Happy friday, everything. You made ithr we want to know what the weather is going to be like this weekend. Katie, we might want to ennoy it because arctic temperatures are coming into our state . Late monday into tuesday. Today, it will be cooler, but this weekend, mild, pleasant. 40s and 50s are in store. Lets talk about light snow across the metro. Flakes are possible and not looking at heavy snow fall. This morning, were starting off