Free throw a man as he is and he will remain as he can. Treat a man as he can be and he will become what he should be. And i visited denver four years ago, with john elway, sat me down can and said, peyton, heres what were going to do. Were going to win over 50 games, win four Straight Division championships, none will be on the road. Beat the patriots in championship games, win nfl quarterback player of the year, another mvp, yours of will set single season passing records, a couple more alltime records and go to a couple of super bowls. I think i would have taken that deal. John, you did tell me that, didnt you . Grateful is the word that cops to my mind when comes to my mind when thinking of the broncos. Staffs and all of the pu sort people 1k3 support people and all of this organizations. Of course, my gratitude to the broncos fans everywhere. Over my nfl career, ive had five head coaches who have helped me become better at my craft and helped me become a better human being. Jim moore, tony, john fox, gary kubiak. While ive obviously changed teams ive had the same football representation for almost two decades. I owe tom many thanks, he has represented me with class at every juncture and always be a great friend. The people who have been at my side from games at high school, tennessee, indy, and lu that incredible broncos super bowl win. You know what you mean to me. Discovered yet. Life is not shrinking for me, of possibilitys. When i i look back, i know i did everything i could do to help my teams walk away with a win. No one who could outprepare me. Regrets. Theres a scripture reading, i have fought the good fight, and i have finished the race, i have kept the faith. Well, i fought a good fight. Ive finished my football race. And after 18 years, its time. God bless all of you. And god bless football. Reporter certainly some fitting words from Peyton Manning, you know, from the broncos perspective, a lot of appreciation today, joe ellis his future. Peyton manning let him know that he was ready. What did you hear from the broncos perspective . The broncos, just the utmost respect for the way he handled himself and he came into an organization that was that had strife with it. The josh years, it instantly gave them careers. Mr. B. Wants to win championships and Peyton Manning is my quarterback. And free agents signed up. I want sop of that, because i know it gives me a chance to at championship. And thats what this organization is all about. Its been about that since mr. Bowlen took it over in 1984. Mr. Super bowl appearances since mr. Bowlen has become the owner of the Denver Broncos speaks a lot of what this organization is all about. Reporter 17 years ago, john top. Today. I was talking to peyton not a guy in the nfl that can walk away and say i have done everything. That can possibly be done at the quarterback position. In the nfl. And no one else can say that. And Peyton Manning can say that. It was a treat, the next quarterback to be able to watch Peyton Manning prepare and work and play the game. So many times when you watch, and i thoughting ill call it the old days, was we get the snap, try to figure out coverage on the way back, and go from there. Peyton manning revolutionized the game. We all used to think that a no huddle was a fast paced get to the line of scrimmage and get people off balance. Were going to get to the line of scrimmage, take our time, im going to find out what youre doing and im going to pick you apart. I cant tell you how many times, dang, why didnt we think of that . But peyton did think that and it revolutionize the game. What e was able to he was able to do presnap. He was a guy that i think, everying athlete out there should look at Peyton Manning, what Peyton Manning is about. Of course, a Football Player is a man, Peyton Manning utilized every asset that god gave him to be the best Football Player that he could be. And that is what sets him apart from anybody else because he got every ounce of the ability that he has. Great. Walk away from the game like has done. Reporter pooim Peyton Manning said no decision on his future, hes going to play golf. But for john elway and gary kubiak, they need to get back to work, they need a quarterback, free agency ginss on wednesday. Brock brock is a free agent. Theyve made him an a offer. This deal done. Its not about this the threeyear deal, its really hes not even close to the prime of his career from a quarterback standpoint. So really about that next and so, this is a prove it deal. And if its two years goes well, youre sitting here right now with a defense, that legitimately can win you ten games a year, this is about the next contract, so even if it you actually give a hometown discount, this is the place that you need to sign. And i believe that brock understands that. I know what he i know he understands the incredible defensive players we have on that side of the ball. And i believe this deal will get done. I believe that john will get this deal done and i think it will happen. Reporter it seems like a Good Opportunity for brock here in denver, but well see if someone else can throw a lot of money at him and end up somewhere else. Well have more coverage also mark will join us again for xfinity monday live at 6 30. Britt, well get it back to you. Thank you so much. And our jamie leary is live outside of the Team Headquarters and jamie, we understand that fans also showed up to say their goodbyes. Reporter lots of fans, because you just heard john elway talking about Peyton Manning revolutionized the game, accomplishing things that no player has been able to do and gary kubiak turned to peyton and said well all remember who you are as a person, alluding to his character off the field. These are two of the many things that make Peyton Manning so well loved, among indiana and colorado, and people across the nation. There are fans pied up outside of piled up outside sof broncos headquarters and that sentiment as fans echo. Some holding thank you signs, and all we spoke to agree that peytons character on and off the field make Peyton Manning the man. Some folks today, even got choked up, thinking about this legend leaving, and one fan even had another season left in him. And as disappointing as it is for many fans to see him retire after 18 long years, the ones weve spoke with all reluctantly agreed that this is the right move. What, just to see everything hes accomplished on the field is inkridable, but to to incredible, but to see what hes passed down as far as his legacy goes to the rest of the league, players are so proud that they got to take the field with him. His quarterback camps for example, all of these young kwps that are here quarterbacks that are here are a direct result of Peyton Manning. Theres a quarterback and theres a man. Thats all that needs to be told. Reading between the lines, theres no other Football Player that does what he does. Heart. Reporter and just like his fans, we saw Peyton Manning get choked up. And he thanked his fans, saying football fans need to know how much theyve meant to over the years. Jamie leary, cbs4 news it is a somber day for fans. You can find out more on mannings retirement on cbsdenver. Com. We have rain in the metro and really a tale of two weather warns and winter storm warnings, lets get over to Lauren Whitney who has been tracking this for us in colorados weather center. Snow on the western slope. The denver area, we have a couple of pockets of heavier rainfall as we head towards aurora, heavy stuff out that direction. Erie, we have heavier pockets of towards dia, youll hit heavier were starting to see more rain. We could use this moisture, and as we head touch the north, we have heavier rain, looks like a little bit of hail in some areas and been lightning near greeley and as you head out towards ramer, also up near we have is heavier rainfall. Snow mixed in towards estes park, ward, theres a Little Thunder snow near ward, a couple of hours ago. And taking a look at the Winter Weather advisories, that he was talking about, from the northern mountains down to the southwest, we have Winter Weather 6 00 tonight. And we have winter storm warning as well for the grand and battle and mesa areas, up to 16 inches of snow. The futurecast for today. The rain sticks around, and scoots off to the northeast, denver, maybe spotty thundershowers through the evening. Overall, this wont last too long. We wish it would. Thank you very much. Right now, a man faces charges of forgery, accused of selling fake drivers licenses. And investigators say Michael Hopkins sold counterfeit could not get them legally. And in addition, he also faces charges of impersonated a Public Servant among other things. A number of state and federal agencies are investigates. He never worked for the dmv. Happening tomorrow, denver is going to start cleaning up sidewalks. Workers are posting warnings today about personal items being left on the public walkways. The goal here is to clear up the area, near laurens street and park avenue west. City leaders say those homeless camps cause health and safety concerns. While some agree with this, others say the move will be hard. Going down the sidewalks, a lot of times, i cant get past. On lawrence, the street i live on. So i have to, you know, take alternate ways. Its going to be horrendous, crime, screaming, yelling. The cleanup is costly and unproduct sxif more should be needs of the home es. Coming up next, were what were learning about plans to honor the late first lady, nancy reagan. And later, what inventors,,,,, we should learn more today about the services for former first lady, nancy reagan. Are piling up the at the Ronald Reagan president ial library. The flag at the white house was lowered to halfstaff this morning. Former cabinet members say the reagans were at a amy in the white house. A team in the white house. She really completed the man. Both president obama and first Lady Michelle said nancy reagan redefined the role of first ladies with her staunch protection of her husbands. You predicted this rain and here it is. It is, and we need it, its so awesome so see it finally falling. Heres a live look from lookout mountain, flakes flying around up there and a really rain as well. Well take all we can get. It may not last long in denver, so again, well take as muf as much as we can get. Yesterday at the this time, we 18 degrees cooler in fort complins. That puts us at 49 here in denver. 64 in k a ron. Warm on the eastern plains. 43 in greeley, 48 in fort collins. And 41 over in grand junction. Its also very windy out there, we talked that this morning, the winds would ramp up. 35 mile an hour in winter park. Winds are 3045 here in denver at dia at 33 miles per hour. Some of our passes are a little bit stronger than that. It will be gusty with this rain, and castle rock. The eastern plains, we have red flag warns that went into place at 11 00 a. M. , these are in place through 6 00. Low humidity, gusty winds and then you add in the dry vegetation, the fire danger is high. Be extra careful in those areas that are red. We have snow and rain on the western slope. Some scattered rain showers down south right now. Town, pretty heavy rain at the moment. Theres been a little lightning in the area, as well. So couple of Little Thunderstorms for us, too. And heavier pockets near dia. But denver, downtown, its really coming down nicely for us. As we head out more to the east, from keenesburg, closer to ramer, couple of heavy pockets of rain. Thunder snow near ward earlier a couple of hours ago. Winter storm warnings in place for the western slope and into our high country areas. So a lot of mountain areas 510 inches. A quick look at the futurecast, well have rain in denver for the next couple of hours and could see scattered showers, snow continues in the high country. We could see rain in the northeast this evening. By 10 00, most of the activity is along the colorado, wyoming, nebraska border areas. Skies are clear with clouds, mountain snow tomorrow. Denver looks to stay dry. We may see a few more showers coming in on wednesday. 55 in denver today. A lot of 30s in the high country today. For your five day forecast, tomorrow. Sunny skies, again, we had that mountain snow, and then were wednesday. Could get scattered showers around the area and were smooth sailing into the end of the week. You had a great day on saturday with girls and science. It was the best day. It was a great day at the museum of nature and science t. The mu people was packed. Museum was packed. Science, technology, engineering, the arts and math. And the cbs4 weather lab gave the girls a chance to see the science of the green screen and make rain gauges and cloud finders and thank you to everybody who stopped on by. It was a big hit. It was such a great event. How many people again . Over 11,000 people came through. Amazing, lauren, you worked so hard on that. So fun to meet all of the young well, coming up next, if you have a fondness for kitchen gadgets. First, a live look at where th,,, a consumer alert for anyone who loves to cook, and loves kitchen gadgets. Inventors are showing off their visions for your kitchen. 2200 vendors from 47 countries are at this event in chick can chick, and you will find everything from a machine that pulls Drinking Water from the air, to light up lollipops. For the inventors, its a chance to sell their ideas to manufacturers like tidy snap. Pick your clothes up for the next day, throwing clean clothes on the floor, i lost it. Came down stair, fix this. That invention is getting interest from major retailers and theres also a pancake jacks in all of these different shapes and sizes. And some faces there. The irs is warning everyone to be aware of scammers posing as irs agents and stealing your money. This is an old ploy. If you havent gotting this voice mail yourself, you know someone who has. [ inaudible ]. Reporter the irs scam is everywhere. Especially this time of the year. Around the tax season, you see a lot of the scams increase. Reporter now, were leaking at how the scam has evolved and how theyre using technology to trick you. I was surprised when i fwot the second call and it was the same person. Reporter why cant Law Enforcement stop this irs scam and what should you do if you the answer is,,,,, we are following a developing story for cbs4 news firefighters on the scene of an apartment fire. And meet the first patient in the United States to undergo a ut rous transplant. Well take a look at the wind speeds, winds at dia, 26 miles per hour. Windy to the parts of the western slope and the high country, we have rain along the front range and can in the denver, grab the umbrella if youre heading out. We surely needed that rain. ,,,, [ birds chirping ] interested. Rick even though we are . Ridge its business. Theyll lower the price. Rick those people have had that corner store for 40 years. Ridge they sure did. Rick they have to sell it. The neighborhoods changing. Ridge which is why i want it. Rick so this is your tactic . To bluff . Ridge rick, that whole areas gonna be gentrified in another five years, and that corner is gonna be perfect for a boutique. Why dont you get that . 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