creates for us. >>reporter: johnson was in court today and showed very little emotion. she even smiled at her defense attorneys at ome points during the hearing. she's now being held on a million dollars bond. reporting live in douglas county jennifer kovaleski denver 7. >> do you recognize this guy who was just arrested for inappropriately touching a patient in ft. %- collins. we've learned he's worked at a nurse at 7 hospitals in colorado in the last 8 years. >> what'ssworse investigators think he may have more victims. lance hernandez is learning patients ate hospital in greeley have also come forward. >>reporter: one of those want to prosecute. the other did talk to ft. collins police once they widened their investigation. as you mention police are wondering how many other victims there may be out there. >> any time you have someone a nurse who is position of authority that's concerning because there's a level of trust that is important to maintain. >>reporter: thomas moore was emergency center last june after authorities learned about one of the victims there. she was at the hospital because of severe migraines. moore recordly told her he was a massage therapy effort and tried to reach lower. moore reportedly tried to friend her on facebook twice. she felt she was being stalk. the ame thing happened to a victim at peter valley hospital moore gave her morphine for pain she drifted to sleep. something occurred in scott bluff nebraska. it took a while for some of the -`victims to come forward. >> often victims say that they feel embarrassed or ashamed of what happened. and so that's the reason they don't report or they wait to report. >>reporter: now uu health the umbrella group that operates peter valley hospital greeley emergency center in greeley told me they thoroughly investigated this incident. they terminated the employee in june of 2015 and reported him now i'm told that the nursing board won't comment about casees like this won't acknowledge there is a investigation but we have learned he still has a valid nursing license in colorado. to share tears with us because we cry every day still and always will. so for him to have the moral leadership and the coorage to state his purposes and share tears with us and the nation was quite moving. >> sandy phillips jessica goudy was killed in the aurora shooting. he was surrounded by families of shooting victiis from all over the country as he announced executive actions on gun control. >> he laid outta series of nnnlegislative steps to tighten firearm sales in the u.s. strengthening background checks and kkeping the guns out of hands of dangerous people. >> we saw state representative president along with two state lawmakers recalled for their support of gun control. there were also family members of those lost at sandy hook and the aurora theater shooting. mark you talked to people on both sides of this issue. >>reporter: that's right. and that's why my osha fields pollard's brother he was killed 10 years ago by gun violence. since then she and her mother representative rhonda fields have been working very hard to get legislature laying for stronger background checks throughout colorado. that's why today's announcement by president obama came as such good news to their family. it didn't come as good news though for everybody. dudley brown with rocky mountain gun owners he says that what the president is trying to do is illegal and simply unconstitutional. brown says this is more than checks. he says the president's actions show he's trying to take away privately owned firearms. >> we believe what the presideet's doing here is not unconstitutional. >> it's just making sure that people have a background check. whoever has a lethal weapon that they are not on a watch list because they are terrorists. >>reporter: along with stronger background checks the president wants to hire more atf agenns and get funding for access to mental health records and also some technology ressarch behind some of these weapons. now, of course some of the funding that will all have to be passed through congress. we're live in downtown denver mark boil denver 7. thank you mark. we are continuing to dig into this story. tonight at 10:00 more about former state senators angela her on and john morse. two years ago they were kicked out of our state legislature over controversial gun legislation. we're following big storres for you. denver police say this man is wanted for burglary on the 20th of december. he forced his way into alpine if you recognize him call an odd crime alert out of southwest denver. police say these paintings were taken in a burglary there's a reward for anyone who may know who they are. they appear to be abstract with faces on them. a 9-year-old boy is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head at children hospital in aurora tonight. `he boy was shot by his little brother yesterday afternoon in trrnidad. police say the children found a handgun in a parked car they were in. the boys were in the care of a family friend at the time of the shooting. police haven't released the names of the children and no arrests have been made so far. >> a minnesota mom who came to colorado to have her con joined twwns last august says she's bannee by children's hospital colorado. hannah and olivia mccullough were delivered by c-section august 26th. 0 live ya died. hannah who is now named savannah survived. she wrote how children's a chance. restricted from seeing her daughter. she writes she's banned from the hospital and is suing trying to get her father moved. children's hospital says it can't comment about this pending lawsuit. some united passengers had an early morning scare their plane slid off the runway while taking off from spokane washington to dia. fortunately no one was injured no significant damage to the plane. people told us onboard said it was bump you but had no clue what was going on. the airport was closed because of icy conditions sometime after the incident. mike there is a storm creating those icy conditions in spokane and it's the same one headed to colorado? >> it's about time for us. we've had 10 days off from quiet weather. it is still very peace null in not too cold. 20s 30s and few low 40s linger on the map at the present time. already though we have a winter storm watch posted for the southwest mountains goes into effect tomorrow morning continues all the way through thursday. there's not a whole lot seen on %- the radar screen right now here but a lot of rain and snow out on the west coast. that's coming our way. tonight mild for one more day tomorrow then it's cold and snow coming up for most of the state. full details in the 7-day planner. boulder has agreed to pay $25,000 to a philosophy professor who was temporarily banned from campus making a joke about murder an suicide. % dan couuh man accused the university of discrimination and retaliation. but a judge threw out his case. he was suspended for 2 months after he told his department chair he wouldn't kill himself or anyone else unless they were quote truly evil or had hitler's soul. kauffman said heewas discriminated against because he has a depression disorder. we have a lot more news coming up after the break. commerce city is taking hiring recruits to a whole new level. what they tell us they are doing to fill critical positions. and peer-to-peer shipping. a new way to send your items from place to play. think of it as uber for shipping everyone it's that time of year again valentine unveiling in loveland. when you have to get your mail in to make it to your loved one you've basically got a movie theater in your living room. for me, it's changed the way i've seen tv. it was a huge upgrade for us. i love it. i really do. introducing prism tv from centurylink. with all your favorite channels, plus features like whole-home dvr and a wireless set-top box, it's the tv you love whenever and wherever you want it. prism tv from centurylink. . back with a traffic alert. pay attention to this one because denver water is repairing a water main break at louisianaa northbound lanes are reduced to one lane. i know this is roogh going during the evening commute you might want to avoid the area will be fixed. the commerce city police department needs mooe officers and is taking a new approach o encourage more people to apply. >> jennifer kovaleski talked wwy sergeant who's been on the fours for 16 years who says these are critical positions. >>reporter: told me commerce city is the fourth fastest growing city in our state with that growth comes the need for more officers on the streets. right now the department is capacity which is why they are now offering to pay for recruits to go through the >> it limits our ability because we are short. >>reporter: the commerce city police department is dealing with a staffing shortage. >> thht also means that we're limited n how we get to calls and what priorities. >>reporter: right now sergeant charlie she land says officers are having to work 12 hours shifts just to get by. >> those 12 hour shifts can sometimes turn into 13 and 14 hour shifts. so that puts a lot of stress upon the officers. -`>>reporter: with departments across tte metro area also hiring and the negative perceetions of police. sergeant she land says it's becoming harder to recruit new officers. >> when that happens your pool gets smaller and smaller. >>reporter: which is why they are now offering a nontraditional opportunity. >> we're looking to hire people who were-thon certified put them through a police academy. >>reporter: commerce city will attend the police academy and pay them an hourly rate while they are going through training. >> going through an academy costs $10,000. i don't have $10,000. >>reporterr new recruit justin anderson said those incentives are the only reason he made it here. >> it's a full time job if you have to pay for that yyurrelf and wife and 8 month old daughter it's not possible. >>reporter: anderson grew up in a communities where kids don't trust police perception he hopes to change. >> the kids like me why not try and be that connection, why not try and show them that not everybody is bad. >>reporter: ffr she land those are exactly the kind of new recruits they are looking for. >> there is an opportunity to have -- to go out and maybe make a difference. >>reportee: this is the third time commerce city has offered an opportunity like this. if you're interested in applying we put all the information on the denver channel.com. in the newsroom jennifer kovaleski denver 7. shipping service is looking to take off. certain destination to deliver items for other people. your shipments are insured. all drivers have to provide is their personal information before pick you. the app also requires pictures before and after delivery. the app allows you to ship large furniture fragile items and even pets. it's that time of year again the loveland chamber of commerce is unveeling the 2016 valentine card and cache. parr passionate volunteers will be stamping letters an cards with messages of love. this is the 70th year of this program. since post wwii people from all over the world have been sending their valentine's to loveland to get that special stamp. today in addition to the design reveal the chamber announced the 2016 love land valentine 3 beer and coach. all colorado mail must be february 10th to insure on time deliveries. colorado lawmaker wants to hold oil and gas companies liable for drilling. can that be proven? >> is science there? >> there have been numerous studies linking the injection of fluids deep into the crust with the creation of earthquakes. >>reporter: we talked to seismologists at the national earthquake information center in golden. they pointed to a dramatic increase in seismic activity in oklahoma and they say it's hard to link a specific quake way specific well but that can be done in certainncircumstances. representative joseph salazar lance to propose a bill that would make oil and gas companies in colorado pay for property value loss or damage caused by drilling. opponents say the measure would hurt the economy and likely won't pass the republican controlled senate. >> rocky mountain national park is looking to manage larger crowds. last year the park had 4 million visitors. 2016 is expected to be even busier with celebrations for the park's 100th birthday. espn says they won't use drones to videotape the 2016x games in aspen. just last month an austrian ski er was almost hit by one of the devices during a world cup event. espn tells the aspen delay news the decision is unrelated to that incident and was decided several months ago. last year a 20-year-old spectator was cited during the x games for trying to fly a drone from a nearby bus stop. it's pretty quiet in colorado but there's a big storm commng in on the west coast. all that moisture is going to head our way but right now it's high clouds. check out this type laps of the sunset along the front range this evening. very pretty conditions as the sun drifted down into just a little cirrus cloud ago at this time. camera views camera located to the east of he i a. 45 and 23. that's little warmer than the the records are 72 and 17 below 1956 and 1974. 39 downtown. 36 airport. winds from the west at 6. pressure 2981 and rising. tonight not all that cold. elevations in the mountains single digits and teens everybody staying at or above zero. and then tomorrow pretty much like today in the mid 40s over the denver area. upper 30s greeley and forth morgan and 20s to mid 30s expected in the mountains. acrosssthe state tonight good news for the folks in gunnison you stay above zero tonight. five degrees the predicted low temperatures almost balmy 9 at steamboat. teens and 20s on the eastern plains. tomorrow we start to get snow even by daybreak in the southwest mrs. that will increase looking at a foot of snow up there in the next 36 hours. central mountains a few inches on the plains we stay dry until thursday afternoon into friday morning. highs will be in the 40s on the plains. 20s and 30s in the mountains. jet stream winds shifting a little bit now. flow of winds coming in from the west coast. you can see the wind speeds here going into mexico about 125 miles per hour. this flow is pretty far south but it's pumping in that pacific moisture. -`there will also be colder air dropping in from the north. so we're going to turn into a colder and wetter pattern for the next several days after tomorrow. mostly clear cold tonight. low at 21. light winds and cold temperatures the air quality has not been good you probably saw that looking around today. tomorrow 43 partly cloudy skies but still that poor air quality looking ahead flurries coming in thursday 1 to 3 inches of snow thuusday night friday morning for denver about a foot of snow expected for most of the mountains especially along and south of interstate 70. then a cold weekend coming in. and probably a little more snow highs only in the 20s. byymonday we start at zero and then have a high of around 25 degrees. >> you know it's serious when >> that's right. little entertainment. >> we need a little uplifting. >> definitely. >> singing. >> coming up the broncos in the middle of 3 days off for the southwest has officially been in denver for ten years. we couldn't be happier to be here or more excited about the years to come. to celebrate, we got you 56 nonstop destinations. because as everybody knows, the ten-year anniversary is the nonstop destination amazing years, denver. what can we say? we like you back. (sfx: clap, clap, ding) . >> wellome to # sports extra the broncos are off today so it's all quiet on the western front. the calm before the storm. which kicks up on thursday when the broncos get back to practice. gary kubiak gave the one seeds three days off right after the chargers game they didn't go back to practice and take next week off. gary told us why. working a few days and everybody running out of here for long weekend you know. i'd rather take our break right now evaluate where we're at as a team physically and put a plan in place i want everybody back here football is back on flex weekend even though we're not playing but i want our focus on football flex weekend flowing what's going on around the league and those type of things you know. so that's the way we'll go about it. >> well, talk about football this weekend gary. denver 7 has afc wild card game there saturday chiefs and texans 2:35 p.m. the winner could be coming to denver. also after the game special denver 7 news with extended broncos coverage on 7 sportss extra. huge moment in in this many history last night right here at pepsi center. kings and avs jarome iginla got goal number 600 in his careerr only 19th player in history to rack up that many puuks in the fleck. he got a standing o from the 3 avs fans he said after a goose >> fleet to get it here at home and the fans were great and i appreciate that and those are things that today and also remember one day. epic college basketball game number one kansas beat number 2 oklahoma. 109-106 in triple over time. wayneesell don the crowd goes wild. heavyweight slugfest. >> triple overtime. wow. >> ggeat stuff. centurylink prism tv has tons of live sports, and more -- all in crystal-clear hd. watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless set-top box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. of great packages to fit your home. call... the prism essential tv bundle. you'll get tv plus up to 12 megs of centurylink internet. this deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. get prism essential tv and up to 12 megs of internet for only $55 a month. score! or, if you love great movies... 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