Of course, downtown denver a couple drops on our camera lens hurricane but this view is relatively decent from earlier today when we couldnt see the city sky lens, but this view is relatively decent from earlier today when we couldnt see the city skyline at all. Our neighbors in parts of south dakota, wyoming and also nebraska picking up on some steady snows. For us up and down the i25 corridor weve been watching the snow coming heaviest bands across the Eastern Plains where they initially saw rainfall quickly turning to snow with cooler temperatures. The storm system will be a fast one. I am anticipating it moving out after about 10 p. M. This evening, really light snowfall across the metro area. We have been watching that snowfall kind of sticking in the grassy surfaces and keeping it cool around here, a huge dropoff from our balmy 80 degrees yesterday. We have winter storm warnings in place for the northern and central mountains. That will continue until midnight tonight with winter the front range, areas above about 9,000 feet and then across Southeastern Colorado theyre saying what storm . Red flag warnings, high wind warning in places like lamar, trinidad. Wind gusts out of the north, 30 mileperhour gusts in fort collins, 26 in greeley, the northerly winds making their way into the city in the next hour or two. As far as temperatures go. Im sure you felt the bite in the the interstate, 20s in the foothills now. Looking ahead at what we anticipate the next several hours a little bit more snowfall. I have a couple totals ill share with you in a bit. Were talking about an extremely cold night. Thats where were worried about the roads and sunshine popping out pretty soon. Wait till you see that weekend forecast. This storm system will be a distant memory. Of course, this has kind of been a good news bad news situation up in the high country. Coming down. However, our man in the mountains matt renoux has been on the roads and youve seen the wrecks and everything going on. Kind of bring us up to date, matt. Reporter you bet, danielle. A lot of closures and crashes especially on i70 throughout the day, one of those crashes a fatality near silverthorne thats kept westbound i70 closed most of the afternoon. Its only reopened here at the hn about 10 minutes ago. This day starting off warm and in the 50s and in about 30 minutes the temperatures dropped and so did the snow and that started causing huge problems along i70. If november started slow follow the trucks nice and easy. Reporter tow Truck Drivers like martin castiron. Keeping busy trying to get everything out of the way. Were making up for it today and tonight. Reporter started making up winter weather. Its slick. Reporter heavy, wet and slick snow. It was pretty much calm and then all of a sudden it was really heavy. Reporter it sent big trucks and little cars spinning along i70 in the mountains. Cars were flying all over the place, all sides of the row. It was nuts. Reporter keeping tow Truck Drivers so busy they were running to pull or push stuck traffic with dozens of calls in just a few hours. At least 15. Repr traffic and ha november business rolling. We just get them up over the hill. Reporter this storm catching a lot of drivers off guard. It has been so warm and dry this november. Then this storm rolled in so fast i think a lot of drivers werent expecting to have to react to this kind of winter weather, but it looks and is reacting on the roads a lot more of what we should be seeing this time of year. This for as bad as it is to drive, its come just in time for keystone and Copper Mountain which had to delay their openings but will be opening tomorrow putting some people to work who have been waiting for this snow to roll in so they could start their jobs. Yeah. We know they needed that moisture so badly up there. Cdot taking a zero tolerance approach to the tire treads this year. You have to make sure you have the right tires if youre headed up i70. Reporter that is that is an actual law that you must have adequate snow or all weather tires to make it up into the mountains. Its the traction and tread law in the state. Today dozens and dozens of cars just unable to make it up the pitch to the tunnel had to be pushed by cdot trucks to keep traffic flowing. People need to make sure if they havent already have good tires if theyre heading into the hills. Yeah. Must be prepared. Matt, thank you. Speaking of weather not stop for days. The water flooded the normally calm st. Vrain river pouring into streets, businesses and homes. More than three years later one family from lyons got the keys to their home just in time for the holidays. 9news reporter Victoria Sanchez was there for the special dedications. Here we go. One, two, three. Here we go. [ applause ] just nice to be back wechsler is home once again. Last night he spent under this roof floodwaters poured inside. It was dark. It was raining really hard and the air raid sirens were going off and there was 6 inches of water here and it eventually got up to 4 feet of water through here and we just wrapped up our boys and took our dog and got in the car and reporter they werent the only ones who lost their house. In the greater lyons area almost 200 homes. It was a lot. Reporter some lyons residents are still rebuilding after the devastation, but cat wexler says her family was blessed with a miracle. This is proof. This is absolute proof of it. Reporter milllander White Construction and other contractors decided to help the family rebuild, more than 300,000 of time, work and materials later the family got r its snowing. Its beautiful. My goal was before the snow flies it would be nice to get them into a warm bed and warm home. So we made it. Thank you so much. Youre welcome. Reporter todays weather is a good reminder for the wechslers how nice it is to be back where they belong. Were so excited. We cant wait for you guys to leave so we can go home. Reporter in lyons Victoria Sanchez, 9news. Get this. Before this the wechsler family had lived in an rv and in the this will be their first thanksgiving and christmas in their home in three years. We know it will be a good one. The man who admitted to killing three people and injuring nine others at a Colorado Springs planned parenthood cling will spend the anniversary of the shooting clinic will spend the anniversary of the shooting in a state Mental Hospital for another 90 day mental competency evaluation and return to court february 15th to the judge to send him back for another evaluation or find that the shooter is competent the shooter made more anti abortion outbursts in court today as he has done in previous hearings. A man in handcuffs in the back of a patrol car managed to slip away from Larimer County deputies. William morgan was arrested yesterday for an outstanding warrant. He escaped while deputies were arresting someone in loveland. Deputies are looking for him. They say hes not necessarily a danger to the public. If you know where he is, call the Larimer County sheriffs office. President donald trump is possible cabinet and staff picks. At donald trump tower today he visited with former secretary of state henry kissinger. Trumps Transition Team says the incoming president and kissinger discussed china, russia, france and the european union. A source close to Donald Trump Tells nbc mitt romney is considered secretary of state and there are also reports that South Carolina nikki haley is being considered for secretary of state. Vice president elect mike pence met with gop leaders on capitol hill and took a quick action on the donald trump agenda. Well rebuild our military, revive our economy. The Vice President elect said he is county that Donald Trumps administration can find he is confident that donald with democrats. Nancy pelosi could possibly leave her position. Ohio representative tim ryan announced he plans to challenge her. He said under the current leadership democrats have been reduced to the smallest minority since 1929. Ryan says pelosi doesnt have enough support. She says she has support from 2 3 of the caucus. About the ball spent the day in germany president obama spent the day in germany as part of his final foreign tour. Chancellor Angela Merkel and said hes cautiously optimistic about his successor. Merkel said shes heard loud and clear that the United States might back away from the Nato Alliance if other countries dont pay their shaper. President obama said if a person isnt serious about the job of president , problems will be exposed quickly. There is something about the solemn responsibilities of that demands that are placed on the United States, not just by its own people, but by people around the world that forces you to focus. Chancellor merkel did not hold back talking about concerns she has about president elect trump. She said shes mainly worried about all the uncertainty surrounding his presidency but also said shes impressed wi to have gone so far. We invited viewers to talk about the election, meet people from the other side, talk out their differences. Weve heard from a whole lot of people. So were airing an hour long lets talk special tomorrow night, voters across colorado talking about what a Trump Presidency means to them friday night 6 to 6 30 and the rest a judge granted a request from state attorneys to keep Brendan Dassey in prison while prosecutors appeal a lower courts decision to overturn his conviction. Yesterday the department of justice filed an emergency motion requesting a stay on the release of stacy. Stacys attorneys dasseys attorneys issued a statement saying in part, we are disappointed more than words can say. The fight have the correct barrier to separate people and animals when a 3yearold went into an endangered gorillas enclosure. The zoo killed the gorilla because keepers worried that the child was in danger. The prosecutor did not pursue charges because he says the child simply got away from his mom. The inspection report says the issues with the barrier that was found to be compliant in previous federal inspections. A cancer could soon become a leading cause of death in the United States. The disease is currently no. 1 with cancer at second, Research Indicates that the risk of the average person dying from Heart Disease has been declining faster than the risk of dying from cancer. Experts say less people are smoking. Overall researchers say the actual number of deaths from Heart Disease and are living longer. One in seven people will face a Substance Abuse disorder in their lifetime. That comes from a new government report today that calls attention to drug and alcohol addiction. It finds nearly 21 Million People in the u. S. Have a Substance Abuse disorder, more than the number of people with cancer. Highly addictive opioid painkillers are used more often than tobacco now. If we afford the same compassion and care to People Living with addiction that we chronic illness, then i believe we will be able to address the addiction crisis in america. This is the first time that a Surgeon Generals report focused on drug and alcohol addiction. People are having a hard time breathing in the southeast because of several wildfires. This is video from pickens county, South Carolina, near the North Carolina border. More than 30 fires were burning across North Carolina, South Carolina, georgia, tennessee, alabama and kentucky at one point that. Area i drought conditions. The fire were seeing here, about 40 contained. Its burned more than 3,600 acres. Back at home lets take another live look at i70 at beaver brook near evergreen closed for a 20 car crash, no word what led up to the crash or if anyone was injured. Evergreen fire and rescue, Colorado State patrol and crews from Jefferson County are working to clean up this mess. Theyre doing their best, but its a big one. They go like dominos like that. One person starts losing control and they keep on falling. One new art display meant to appeal to all of the sexes. And parents trying to find the right booster seat may have an easier time. Lets check on stocks as we there are two seats on products listed to avoid on child restraint seats. They put the lap belt too high on the childs belly. Still the findings are very good. Parents can feel confident when shopping for a booster, they look at will provide good belt fit. Boosters are mainly meant for children 4 to 8 years old. We have a list of all the boosters and their ratings on 9news. Com. If you plan to wait in long for a black friday deal, you play want to take notes from this play want to take notes from this guy may want to take notes from there guy. Jarvis johnson has been in line outside the black friday two weeks before the sales. The internet began taking notice of his dedication he has a canopy set up where a couch underneath it, tv, snacks, microwave, grill. He hopes to be first in line for a toshiba tv thats normally priced fever hundre 500 bucks. They have a 49inch only 200 and you cant beat that. You just cant. Could i pay him 50 bucks to wait in line for me and get the thats insane. Hes camped out like this for nine year. He kind of has it down to a science. His house must look like a sports bar with tvs everywhere. I wonder if he has a house or hes just spending his time waiting in long lines. He is in arizona now, more convenient, pleasant overall weather. Hes dedicated. Hundreds of prescription drugs are more expensive than theyve ever been before. Some say the system is finding a dentist or making time to see one isnt always easy, but it is easy to get some help. We have volunteers from the Colorado Dental Association here today that can answer questions about adult dental procedures, gum health and how to find a dentist. The number to call, 303698 0999. Lines are open until 5 30 tonight. In a multi billion dollar industry whats a few million between friends . As we continue our wanted to know where the Drug Companies are putting their dollars. Investigative reporter Chris Vanderveen shows us theres more than enough cash to go [ technical difficulties ] reporter drug and they arent shy telling people about their drugs on tv. In 2013 eight companies spent 1. 8 billion on national tv ads. In 2014 they spent 1. 5 billion. Last year they spent 1. 86 billion. Thats nearly 5 billion worth of ads. The out of pocket cost for embril at this point was about ised drug for highly advertised drug for rheumatoid arthritis. The system is very broken. Reporter drugmakers like giveaways to doctors. Weve found eight companies have tripled their payments to doctors since 2013 worrying medical ethic s along the way. He says even honest doctors can be tempted to prescribe differently due its human nature. Somewhere something will have to give. Reporter academics like ben miller work to bring states medical costs down. What do you call a cell that grows uncontrollably . Reporter cancer. If you look at something thats growing uncontrollably in healthcare, its the cost. Its the cancer on healthcare. Reporter in the u. S. Not even the largest buyer of drugs, medicare, can negotiate drug prices. Why not . Congress in 2003 voted to make just how many more price increases they can take. You cant explain that. You just have to sometimes say somebody is getting rich and it aint us. Reporter Chris Vanderveen. We want to share your side effect stories with congress. You go to 9news. Com sideeffects, there is a form at the bottom of the page and they can tell you your story you can share your story about with common drugs, how its impacted your life. We will share those with people in a position of power. The more we receive, of course, the bigger impact well have and we ask you to share that story. The response has been overwhelming to all of chris stories. Everybody has a story about some kind of medication they need daily or somebody in their family does to survive. Keep the comments coming. It helps chris do his work, too. We expect more snow tonight. Tomorrow morning could be even worse for the commute. For the weekend, of course. Danielle is back next with the well, im not entirely sure what camera that says. Where is that exactly . Is that fort collins or is that denver . Its hard to see because all the snow thats been falling throughout the day. By the way, we want to tell folks i70 westbound two lanes are over now near beaver brook where that 20 car pileup had caused commotion for a couple hours. Theyre up to two lanes now, so good news there. Real close to evergreen. Now i can see the traffic a little bit. Its getting dark. Its been cloudy, gloomy and snowy all day and traffic is moving along like a typical rush hour right now, wet. It is a little bit early in the afternoon. Everybody is driving a little bit slower. Be careful out there. Have not been able to pronounce an s all day. Maybe because i wasnt used to saying snow, danielle. That darn s word. I cant say s, f, nothing. Its like all the ss came out of my mouth. Isnt this crazy . Do you remember yesterday when i was out here and it was nothing but sunshine, practically getting a tan and now i am in this snow globe here in downtown denver as the snow continues to come down. Up so excited. Yes, this is what our Mountain Resort towns are supposed to look like, covered in white. In winter park they look fantastic and out in fort collins, more fun, maybe a couple student