Senate debate today. Two candidates fighting for your vote, the colorado vote. He has an equal opportunity insulter if there ever was one. Special prosecutor here we come. Right. But the president ial race still on many peoples minds as donald trump and Hillary Clinton continue the nasty battle. We will talk about brutal attacks that went on after the debate. The can comcast outage many wondering what happened. We want to get to amelia this morning. Theres a fuel spill on i25 and almeida. What can you tell us about that. What we know so far as sky 9 flies over the scene, multiple lanes are blocked on northbound i25 between santa fe and almeida. Crews have arrived right now. We have a tow truck. It started with a large semi truck that stalled out on the road. Were not sure if the truck hit front of the truck. There is a dump truck carrying some sort of material that will be spread across the spill to soak up all of the liquid. Its obviously a hazard as cars drive through with the fuel a
Well update you when we hear updates. Good morning. Gary, cheryl, and corey with you. Marty joins us as well. Big game tonight, bronco and Houston Texans. Sounds like a nice night for it it will be nice. Weve got a lot of nice nights and afternoons over the weekend. Phenomenal color we have seen around the state in the mornings and evenings. Showers are moving in make their way to western colorado. It will take several hours before we get there but after sunset tonight we anticipate really good rain to move into western colorado this evening, overnight, and tomorrow morning. Snow level about 10,000 feet. Id go 1 to 3 inches of snow for folks at and above 10,000 feet during the course of the night tonight. As far as weather today, we start in the 40s, finish in the 70s. We will get a few clouds around quite a warm, dry day around here. This time tomorrow, we could see a few raindrops but unfortunately, were not going to get the same kind of rain we have over on the western slope, coming
Already weighing in on this years general election. Nearly 114 thousand ballots statewide have already been returned. Voters in denver, jefferson and arapahoe counties have turned in the most in the metro area. Those preliminary numbers come just as a lawsuit over taking selfies with ballots is filed. Ballot at a polling place. 9news reporter Andrew Sorensen is live at a polling station Near Civic Center park. Andrew. One lawmaker says thats not fair. Aside from the actual issues on the ballot. Theres a new issue coming up this year. People taking selfies of their ballot. Might be tempting. But its illegal. An 1891 law makes it illegal to share a filled out ballot. This goes back to a time when bartenders would bribe people to vote a certain way. Now theres a lawsuit to change that law filed by a colorado legislator and a du student. State senator owen hill says its silly that sharing your ballot is a misdemeanor. I saw a friend of mine post about how this was illegal in colorado, and
Especially in and around the grand mesa. Good rain going there. It looks like montrose will get a good shower. We could use it. Below average rain and melted snow throughout the west and the front range. Unfortunately here for the front range, the showers we get will be fairly light. Concentrated late morning to about 2 00 this afternoon. And then clearing after 3 00 p. M. As far as total rain goes, if youre lucky, you might area. Temperatures in the low 70s. We will have to wait until after 2 30, 3 00, when the sun comes back out before we hit these highs. Thank you, marty. 6 01. Sky 9 is up and over thornton parkway. There is a crash blocking the right shoulder. Two cars with blinkers on. Flashing lights are about to arrive. Police and tow truck on its way. The backups are already starting to form leading up to well. A couple of cars off to the far Left Shoulder of your drive of 76 approaching 25. Just keep it in mind. Backups forming. Still moving through in the mid 40s to mid50s th
Southeast metro area. 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour from danger listedsf . G absolutely. Even through comments, theyve been sharing since friday. Notice the deaths happened in similar ways. These troopers were standing out of their cars when they were hit and killed the National Law Enforcement officer Memorial Fund tracks deaths of Law Enforcement officials in real time. It says since didnts are number one cause of death for law incidents are number one cause of death for Law Enforcement officials. 124 Law Enforcement officials were killed in 2015. 52 of them were traffic related. That is something we know all too well in colorado. As well traffic accidents claiming the lives of three members of csp in past two years. Latest happened on friday on as trooper cody donohue was investigating a crash there, this is taking a toll on csp. They once remind drivers about the heart break. Needless to say, its been a difficult couple of years between the troopers killed. The crash, the trooper was inv