we ll sure you ll stay on top of it. drew griffin, thanks. up next, at denver s airport planes weren t the only thing touching down. take a look. yes, that s a tornado. the latest ahead. investigators believe colorado wildfire could be arson. tonight, we ll look at how investigators sift through the ashes to hunt down a culprit. we ll take you inside an investigation years ago that led to an arrest and conviction. . try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i m feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief!
join the louisville men as national champions. uconn did that one year. hats off to them. a great run. absolutely. we begin this half-hour with extreme weather descending on much of the country. wintry in the west. wild storms in the heartland. downright summerlike in the northeast. winter storm watches, warnings, advisories posted from amarillo to indianapolis. our coverage begins with abc news weather editor sam champion. reporter: from the northern plains to the rocky mountains. a spring storm with a lot of winter in it. denver covered in nearly 9 inches of snow, parts of nebraska and the dakotas, 2 feet or more. and this storm is packing powerful winds, derailing this train in nebraska, 21 cars, tossed off the tracks and ripping the roof right off this harley davidson store in pueblo, colorado. thankfully, no injuries in either case. at denver s airport, 500 flights
armstrong using performance-enhancing drugs or blood doping. martha: we ve seen in the past that people are hugely for giving in this country and there is always that possibility. jim, thank you so much. we will see you soon. martha good to be with you. bill: he s helped a lot of people along the way. this rg3 thing martha: oh, my gosh. bill: the team doctor sailed he wasn t given access to him. he s on record saying according to u.s.a. today the head coach said twice. martha: he was not cleared to play. bill: he said the doctors gave me the thumbs up two times. martha: there could be a lot of different stories about how that went down. bill: mri s today. jon scott is healthy and ed up and ready for a whole new week. jon: you know who the number one seed is in the afc and nfc, denver broncos, just to help you out there. bill: baltimore at denver next
ago, when he actually led in florida. and a week ago we thought newt was going to be the guy. not looking good. the ups and downs. but the vetting is good, i guess. also this morning, embarrassment for a pilot at denver s international airport. so how did a southwest airlines jet clip a light pole just outside the terminal? it led to a hassle for passengers and a big investigation for the cockpit crew. so many investigations of incidents at airports for the last year or so, which is kind of scary what goes on there. also later this half hour, a medical technician in dallas wanted to test an mri machine. so he asked his best friend to get scanned to see if everything was working okay. what they discovered purely by accident led to a medical miracle. a wonderful, wonderful story this morning. a very lucky best friend. mm-hmm. but first, after a hard-charging day on the campaign trail, mitt romney seemed to ease up last night, even breaking into america the beautiful befor