Hiring 40 more employees from outside the colorado environment to come out and scheduled for when that flying is occurring. In addition, more k9s will be on doubt. On the traffic, not much in the metro, but we know people will be aded to the high country. This is eisenhower and more coming. Checking in matter where you are, you want to know about it. Thats right. We talked about this yesterday. The cold front out there so if youre going to the west on i 70 its going to be slushy. Going to taper off and see some sunshine in the high country. Anywhere on the plains along i 25, its going to be really nice. Dry and sunny this afternoon. Front starts to pass through. Youll find it to be cooler and 40s in and around denver. Pretty nice thanksgiving. Denver at 57. Broomfield at 49 and littleton at 345067 and more on the weekend, its going to be cold police look at how a driver died. The window smashed out, the person inside and the keys in the ignition. No word on the identity or how he died.
Quite a scene out here this morning. Not the way to start. As soon as we get more information, were going to pass it on to you. In ft. Collins, arresting a man wanted for sexual assault. Happened near harmony and timberline. And a chase and a crash, taking off on foot. Police eventually caught up to him. Now knot much travel here as we get to thanksgiving day. Yesterday, we flew officer dia and you can see the parking lot just full there. And you can see the 25 and 470, not a lot of people out there. On the high country, a little bit different. Look at the map. The misery map. Few delays out there. Not the busiest travel days. The biggest issues we are seeing is chicago. The terminals are going to be bustling again, not necessarily this morning. Some last minute travelers try to make it to the turkey. The rush shouldnt be bad. Some unexpected hiccups with woke up early. Knew the traffic was going to be rough. Can be here two to four hourser early and still be late for the flight. Such
Not as hot as yesterdays 92, but well be near normal. 73 at 9 00 a. M. And partly cloudy skies. A chance of seeing a late day thunderstorm in the city. A cool down by the end of the week. Its time to talk traffic with joel hillan watching things. Good morning, dave. Looking from our cbs4 mouse tram. This is lights lane blocked off. This morning, a joint task force is going to announce a big heroin best as they go after a drug thats more common and has addicts becoming a plague in their own in places like the cherry creek bike path. Jaime leary has a closer look at whats happening. Jaime. Reporter good morning, alan. This is a really big deal this morning. The Colorado Attorney generals office, the dea and Denver Police among other agencies are going to announce down of everybody from street level dealers to high level distributors. According to the denver coroners office, four people have died. Rick salinger has been documenting this problem for years and he visited the cherry creek bi
Mostly on the south and west side of town. Heavier rainfall to our north. A little thunderstorm in that area. For the most part, the rain in denver is starting to ease off. And our inches of rain in arvada. Took a little longer than expected. It looked like it stalled over the denver area. We need this rain. So far weve only had 0. 03 of rain so far. Average. A denver officer opens fire, sending the suspect to the hospital. And the suspect is now in custody. Karen morfitt is live on the corner where cops spotted that stolen vehicle reporter exactly. That vehicle still in the parking lot here just outside of this credit union. This is also wre run from Police Officers and shortly after, they heard several shots. Withins say when police swarmed this parking lot, this gray volvo took off. Rita salazar was in the park lot waiting with her grandchildren when the shots rang out. They were right on them. Denver police, two men and a woman were inside that vehicle they believe was involved in
Learning the details of the scope of all of this, this is a plague on the streets and in homes around the metro area. Jamie leary has just stepped out of a News Conference to talk about what they did. Reporter all of those agencies were in attendance to tout this incredible discovery including a lot of the undercover agents who had an inside hand on this seizure. The total amount of heroin collected, 47 pounds. That is not all seized. They also seized numerous handguns, assault rifles and ammunition and other drugs. The operation began in august 2015 and was dubbed the nickname of the main man behind the distribution ring over a series of wiretaps. He had a home in Douglas County where he was finally arrested in july of this year. On many different suspects. The Colorado Attorney general spoke this afternoon and broke down the seizure by the numbers. 17 individuals have been arrested so far. 14 in colorado, two arizona, one in california. Law enforcement has ceased 47 pounds of heroin