Clean it up. Two, one boulders so big, they had to be blasted off the highway. The initial slide took out this semi trailer, the driver was okay. We really have to evaluate how safe the slope is. Reporter the road, badly puncturing and damaged by the slide, leaving drivers and truckers looking for ways around it. Theyll have to detour one way or another. Reporter truckers we talked to tonight say closures like this are a part of the job. Theres a possible detour thaas not going to take us too far out of the our route, they ultimately leave it up to us on whether or not we feel safe. Reporter dan delivers loud the western u. S. , and avoid i70, usually opting for i80 thrrugh wyoming, because of things like this. If youre right there when it happens, youre kind of stuck. Cdot plans to open one lane the westbound i70 this thuusday, and then theell use a pilot car to guide traffic through, one way at a time. That will last for about a week, and then they hope to have one lane open in each
In the wind. Not going to hang off or fall we saw something was up and not safe. Reporter 2040 mile an hour winds. We were fearful that winds continue to blow and pull it further loose the panels could come off. Now ekea is looking at what went wrong. Is there something wrong with your sign that it could not handle the winds. No, strong winds that happened in a loss of places here. Loosened it. We are working with the fire company and it will be takee care of. Now, the wind gusts we saw uncommon during windstorms in colorado that ikea spokes woman said they will have a team out here to take a look at the sign. In the meantime, they said they are confident it is safe. Upon reporting live, jacqueline allen, denver 7. High and 52 feet across. Each of panels, 6 by 10. They are all steel. The size caused controversy in biggest sign. Eveetually it comphraoeupbed it complied with the sign size. A homeowner told us this sound was familiar. I grew up in tornado alley. The howling of the big sto
It was a staffer who alerted School Administrators to get eric. Reporter Cherry Creek School district says Michael Hobbs got behind the wheel of the bus here at West Middle School yesterday afternoon. 30 kids were on that bus. The shocking story has parents when you hear stories like this it makes you mad as a parent. Youre like, these are people in charge of making sure my child gets home safe. Reporter this cherry creek parent was shocked to hear the news. Youre mad . Yeah, mad is the first reaction i think most people have. Im scared. Reporter because this man, Michael Hobbs, was just arrested on suspicion of dui. The arrest happened with 30 kids on the bus. The bus driver walked by a staffer on the way to the bus, think i may smell alcohol. Reporter hobbs left the school with the students. My question is should they have not let him leave . What are your thoughts on that . They did what theyre told to do, to report it. Reporter hobbs made it to the first stop before School Administ
Some consider him a traitor, others a hero of tonight Edward Snowden talks to a sold out crowd at cu. This was filled with keys. Those are all gone now. The real life version of gone in 60 seconds, someone stole 11 vehicles from a local dealership. Patients come forward with their first test results after a surgical tech is arrested following a medical scare at a 9 want to know continues its dishonor roll with how a teacher kept hanging onto his job. And how a rockslide will cause problems on i70 for weeks to come. 9news starts now. From russia with no love for u. S. Government secrecy, Edward Snowden spoke at cu boulder tonight via video feed. Student and Community Members packed Mackey Auditorium to hear from the former nast contractor who leaked massive amount nas contractor who leaked massive amounts of security information. Reporter we all watched at google imagineout between former wall street journal reporter run suskine and Edward Snowden. No video or audio recording of could o
Leaked massive amounts of security information. Reporter we all watched at google imagineout between former wall street journal reporter run suskine and edward snowden. No video or audio recording of the screen was allowed and we could only snap still pictures 10 minutes during the event. Snowden is still wanted in the u. S. For unauthorized communication of defense information. He told the crowd this evening that his disclosures he made three years ago have not resulted in anyone being harmed or killed. He said theres a difference between legality and morality and he said that this was never about him. It was about the public and if he ever ends up in prison, he could live with it. Most students we talked to tonight seemed to appreciate what he had to say. I thought it was very eye opening that to see someone so, i guess, influential in our society and see what his life impacted us over the last, you know, three, four years and how hes affected our government, the way they think. Our