For months. And deplate gate. The disputes over under inflated footballs goes to court. Secretary o general ban kimoon speak today. The u. N. Peace keeper forced to signs after allegations of rape. This is very strong language, isnt it. It growing scandal really has caught the attention of the u. N. s top diplomat. He used the words angered iowa shamed when reacting to the alleged rape of a 12yearold girl in Central African republ republic, the killing of an elderly man and his teenage son. This scandal has caught the attention of ban kimoon. It caused the firing of the head of the u. N. Peacekeeping mission there, and he spoke of a meeting to be held tomorrow or thursday, and ban kimoon will be holding a Video Conference call with all force commanders in peacekeeping missions around the world that the u. N. Governs. This is a look at a broader problem than just the central republic. Lets listen to what general secretary ban kimoon had to say. Every allegation must be thoroughly invest
Other cases that can use our attention. Lance hernandez denver 7. And this just in this mormer westminster former westminster bus driver has pled guilty to sex with a child. All right everybody it is that time of year again. Arapahoe ski basin will open for the season the high noon trail will be the only one open. We have all the information on ticket prices right now on thedenverchannel. Com. A basins friendly rival loveland tweeted congratulations saying they will be on the first chair sunday morning. Friday morning. Its beautiful oot there isnt it . Mike nelson has your first alert that there is a freeze warning. Freeze warning in effect as we expect temperatures in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees by early morning. Your plants come up. Your pipes if you havent turned off your Sprinkler System you may want to shut off the water inside and put an old blanket on the pipes outside. A little bit of light snow falling over the northern mountains. Picked up three to six inches of snow t
Commute right now on twon two lines. Line fox5 Melanie Alnwick livela at the addison road stationniisa with more. Thore. So, mel, whats the problem today . Toda reporter well, apparently there was report of e some sort of smoke here. Here. Have not seen any of that and d. C. Fire did respond here but r they are gone now. N all were seeing are maybe m just if you can look behindyou once these buses clear just j what are generally some metro m maintenance trucks. Tck now metro rail is saying thatg they are single tracking heree right now because of theecau report of smoke in the tunnelne and that they are single tracking also and theyre andhe describing it as a track problem. We know those track problems prl can vary in severity. In ver we havent had a chance to gohao to the platform and see what sew sort of an impact that ist at having but i can tell you asl ya far as emergency responsense here, there really is none. Back to you. To all right mel. Much more on metro later this ti hour.
Downtown development. Some new living space is opening up in an historic des moines building. When theyll be available to buy. Winter break. Some ways to keep your kids busy while theyre out of school. Without spending any money. Its wednesday, december 23rd. First on 13. A black lab in fort dodge is recovering from severe burns this morning. And Authorities Say one of the owners intentionally tortured the dog. Channel 13s Justin Surrency tells us how the other owner is seeking justice. It just makes me sick while still healing. Year Old Black Lab is unimaginable. Dogs cant speak they cant tell us and thats just horrible. In mid november, the Webster County Attorneys Office says 52 year old gary wilson allegedly threw hot grease on the dog. Three days with 3rd degree burns to your face, skull, nose around the eyes with no relief. It went untreated until chasity came to pick up bob, who she coowns with gary. Bob looks at me and i was like what happened and he said i poured hot grease on
They got you in the corner. Announcer later in the day, President Biden spoke with reporters again as he departed the white house for delaware. President biden the economy is looking good so far, we feel good about it, we have a long way to go. People are taking advantage of the student loan program. Do you consider it 75 . President biden i will consider it a success when only 10 of people take advantage of it. The end result of this is, i have met with everyone from the former secretary of the treasury to everyone else. It wont cause inflation, number one. Number two, it would generate economic growth, the opposite, because you have people who are now going to be freed up to go borrow money to buy a home. To be able to start businesses and do the things that need to be done. I found it fascinating that some of the folks who were talking about this is a big spending, is the same people that got 158,000 dollars in ppp money, including the what is her name, that woman who believes anywa