community. incredible. you don t hear about that very often. snow guns to help fight these fires. dan simon, thank you. on the day that would have been his girlfriend s 30th birthday, the man known as the blade runner wiping away tears in south african courtroom. he s charged with her premeditated murder. olympic sprinter oscar pistorius claims he mistook reeva steenkamp for an intruder when he fatally shot her back on valenti valentine s day of this year. the court set march 3rd as the trial date for pistorius. the trial could take up to a year. he may be the future king of england but right now, he s just dad. for the first time since the birth of his son george, who could forget this moment, prince william is opening up about parenthood and of course, he also talked about the moment when he walked out of the hospital with his wife and son
2,200 homes and six communities. the beaver creek wildfire has burned more than 100,000 acres and is only % contained. paul, we learn snow guns are being used to protect some areas from the fire. tell us how that works. basically the sun valley resort seeing the fire could be getting dangerously close decided it would use the snow guns to lay a soggy perimeter around the resort. earlier today, i smoke spoke with someone from the resort. we have the largest computerized snow-making system in the world. we can turn it on in the summertime to wet some of the areas in case of spot fires. we are really working in coordination with the fire team that s here. they re doing an amazing job. firefighters being praised on
low this summer to. alicia acuna in denver to tell us more. we call this hero snow here in colorado. it s referred to as hero snow because of its awesome quality. it also helped save the start of ski season in colorado. runs at keystone resort and others in the area opened with a base of mostly man made snow. professional snow maker started blasting their snow guns back in october. they have been building up piles of snow which are used to groom the slopes. mother nature is dealing all the cards right now. so we ll take whatever she gives us. recent storms have been helpful but high drawl gist george ingle sole says the state s snow pack got off to a slow start. this year is an exception by far. down hill, water levels in reservoirs like in dillon, colorado, only rise from the real thing. much more is needed to catch up. it s going to mean we have to see several snow storms
appear to be going all out trying to ratchet fear on this issue, saying that gas prices could reach $5 a gallon by summer. what s your sense as to how disastrous that would be for the world s economy? in the worst case scenario, it doesn t seem so far out of reach. if iran does carry through with its threat, could throw the global economy into a depression, would drive oil prices up to unpredictable levels. he says that consumers wouldn t be able to afford it. you d see an impact on economic activity. it would really hurt consumers getting hurt in other ways, with housing prices and unemployment so high. these higher gas prices will wind up taking money out of their pockets. money that would be spent on other things. it would be spent on consumer confidence. when you see that gas sign of that gas price, people get scared by paying an extra few dollars at the gas pump, even though in reality, it s not as big an impact of getting a good mortgage rate or having a good job. thi