Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrapped its all football season delaying all fall sports until the spring of 2021 the logistics were too complicate
Explorer. Have for as long as people lived here, pikes peak has been a marketing tool, and we have used it to help identify this location. Pikes peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. As wethe first 14er, call it, the first 14,000foot mountain when you are coming west across the plains towards denver, and that is a beacon, in many ways, for people traveling towards the mountains. I remember many times, growing up in the midwest, coming to colorado and know when youre almost there when you start to the distance. K in you can see it a hundred or more and it seems here, to pull you in as youre coming west. Now, we are at Crystal Reservoir on the pikes peak highway. We are about 9500 feet in and perhaps one of the best views in the world. In 1770 nine, when Thomas Jefferson and others were declaring independence on the east coast, this area was , and inby the spanish 1770 nine, Spanish Colonial forces came within a few miles of where we are now, exploring the region and searching for
Pass. The temperature dropping there fast. Reporter it is quite chilly for it to still be august 18th. Under 30 degrees, 39. 8, and the humidity, 94 . We have had some rain for more than the past hour. And quite a bit of fog. Its still too warm to have any snow accumulation but we did find some today. Look at some of the video we were able to shoot from up this is looking toward the james peak area. We talked to a lady who was in the river park area. She told us this area had a really big thunderstorm come through in the early afternoon. She thought that was hail. We checked with chris spears. He said he doesnt think so. He thinks that is snow. That is also something we obviously just saw on pikes peak. We also woke up to a picture from the folks elder. At 11,000 feet, this cold front starts in settle in. We could see some snow at that elevation. Loveland pass, berthoud pass, even vail pass. Quite a bit of weather in the high country. Still some storms along the front range. That moist
Really big thunderstorm come through in the early afternoon. She thought that was hail. We checked with chris spears. He said he doesnt think so. He thinks that is snow. That is also something we obviously just saw on pikes peak. We also woke up to a picture from the folks in leadville, snow up on mt. Elder. At 11,000 feet, this cold front starts in settle in. We could see some snowt elevation. Loveland pass, berthoud pass, even vail pass. Quite a bit of weather in the high country. Still some storms along the front range. That moisture is moving in our direction. We had cool air at the same time, we had a little bit of moisture overrunning that. Thats where the thunderstorms coming from tonight. Thunderstorms rolling through boulder county, the next batch of moisture coming through. Just moving through allens park there. And if you look closely, you notice a few of those pink blobs that are showing up that is correct is rain mixed with snow. A little snow at higher elevations. Already
Summit of pike street. The mountain that inspired the song, america the beautiful. For as long as people have lived in this area, pikes peak has been a marketing tool. We have used it to identify this location. Pikes peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. It is the first 14,000 Foot Mountain that you reach one coming west across the plains. So it is a beacon in many ways people who are traveling towards the mountains. I remember many times growing in the mid west and knowing that youre almost there with you start to see pikes peak in the distance. You can see it from 100 or more it is east of here and so this thing that just pulls you in as you are coming west. Right now, we are at Crystal Reservoir on the pikes peak highway. We are about 9500 feet in perhaps one of the best views in the world. In 1779, when Thomas Jefferson and others were declaring independence, this area was spanish and in 1779, Spanish Colonial forces came within a few miles of where we are now exploring the a