Transcripts For KUSA 9News At 530am 20160105 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For KUSA 9News At 530am 20160105

Nice to have you back gary. This brown cloud hanging over the city will hang around longer. We need wind to blow it out of town. Two things will help, wind is obviously the present preference. The other thing would be snow and we look at that later in the week. We already have that going on in montrose, Winter Weather advisory out towards durango and Colorado Springs for 2 to 6 of snow and mary have reports out in the present reservoir, so they will fall right in that range. We will continue to get snow throughout the afternoon and evening and by tomorrow morning, we start getting into that for to 8 range in Southeastern Colorado so they are doing really well. High clouds around here, eagle coating of sunshine. And zero at kremmling in the present light winds right now, temperatures in the 50s today. And cheryl said we will have air quality concerns and i will update that in a few moments but first lets get folks out the door as safely as we can. Amelia earhart, how are things going . Good morning, so far so good. We say good morning to folks in golden and liquid. Transitioning toward i25, downtown weather heading north or south, should be pretty easy. Speeds across wadsworth as well as sheridan, still up in the 60s. Out to our maps now, and earlier closure on i 25 at highway 34 at loveland now completely lifted, speeds in the 60s as well. Very light delays on hand in with the crash on hampton with a crash. Across from 104th avenue, word of a possible crash east of i all in all a good start to our tuesday drive but anticipate the sun glare on i25. All right emelia, thank you for that. Two teenage girls are accused of working together on a murder plot at Mountain Vista high school and now one of them is set to appear in court this morning. Colleen ferreira joins us live outside the Douglas County courthouse and colleen, do not many details have been released about this case. Reporter exactly, today could be a very important day when it comes to this case charges filed. We havent seen that yet. You will remember december, at least one of the girls prosecutors asked for a delay filing formal charges. On december 12, 216yearold girls were taken into custody girls were taken into custody on conspiracy to commit murder. One appeared back on december 17 but that was at that time prosecutors asked for a delay before making a decision on filing formal charges. We dont know the status of the second girl involved. Heres the thing, they havent said much. The only thing they said is that one of those girls will appear in court later this morning. Again we just dont know mary very many details about the allegations in this case. The documents have been sealed and 9news and other organizations have filed a motion to have those addresses documents released so we can get those details. Today president obama is going to announce his most significant action to date to change gun laws. They include expanded background checks and restrictions. 9news reporter Tarhonda Thomas is here with more than tarhonda, they are and tarhonda, they are bypassing that called for a meeting with the us attorney general to determine which changes would be constitutional. Our partners at usa today say there are some things the administration feel it does not have the authority to do. Thats why the gun control measures wont ban any high capacity magazines or require that every gun sale in the country have a gun ibaka check. The changes to require more background checks even at gun shows. Private sellers at those shows could be federally required to conduct background checks. They already stipulate that in colorado. They could also change the laws to prevent people with Mental Health restrictions from buying guns. This one has been a hot issue with republicans saying that the president s plan is unconstitutional. We dont beat the bad guys i taking away our guns. We take away we beat the bad guys by using them. You know what the president is an executive order. The next president on the very first day could wipe it away. Reporter a colorado lawmaker says shes all in on the plan. Rhonda fields will meet with the president at the white house today. She lost her son to gun violence and helped pass gun laws in colorado in 2013. Working in his honor. Thank you. One of the steps obama has talked about is making the gun show background check requirement a federal standard in all states. Licensed gun dealers have to conduct gun show background checks in all 50 states but in 35 states private individuals do not. Colorado is one of 15 states that currently requires a gun show background check no matter who sells the gun. In some states its just for handgun purchases but in eight states including colorado it is for any firearm purchase. Heres a look at the number of background checks in colorado in recent years. 200,000. By 2013 that number climbed to nearly 400,000 before dropping in 2014. In that same time period the number of people protected for gun purchases also went up, denials went from about 50 402,009 two more than 7300 in 2012 and 2013. Over that time on average, 2 of all firearm sales have been denied. It is 537 and police are trying to figure out whether was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. In the meantime 15 at fiveyear old 55yearold samir dawit is in the hospital. Two people were killed and several others were injured. Denver fire got a call sunday afternoon about a person possibly sleeping at the wheel. When firefighters got there the at least 70 mi. h. Collided. Cited for speeding. They say it will take 2 to 3 weeks to get caught toxicology reports back in this case. Coroners office has identified the two People Killed in the accident as 42yearold Anthony Mills and 29yearold jonathan nicholas. A friend of nichols told us he was a loving father and fianci. In militia thats taken over a Federal Building in a refuge wildlife refuge says they arent going anywhere. They broke into a bunkhouse during the weekend and started their standoff. They want local control of the federal land and claim local ranchers have been intimidated by the federal government. This is motivated by the case of two ranchers, dwight and steven hammond, who were convicted of starting fires on federal land near the ranch. Yesterday they reported to a Southern California prison and now the county sheriff says its time for the protesters to its time for you to leave our community. Go home to your families, and end this peacefully. They say they want a peaceful resolution but they arent saying how they plan to respond to the occupation. The Hammond Family has made it clear they are not part of the militia take over. The us fish and Wildlife Service heightening security at many of the 563 National Wildlife refuges in response to the takeover happening in oregon. That includes the Rocky Mountain arsenal National Wildlife refuge here in denver. The service says they are working with Law Enforcement to ensure the safety of all involved as well as the land. Its about 5 40 and today they will be reporting december sales for new vehicles in the country. December is expected to be the fourth straight month are we saw the pace of sales being fast and furious. Trucks and suvs are currently driving demand mainly because lowest weve seen in seven years. In the overall final numbers, auto sales are expected to come in at about 17 put 5 million, making last year the strongest year ever for auto sales not only nationally but also possibly in colorado. You may also see something missing from the packaging on me at the grocery store. Last year they repealed on meet at the grocery store. Earlier last year the World Trade Organization ruled the us labels put canadian and mexican livestock at a disadvantage. A big victory for the Meat Industry at as a whole whos fought the law since the early 2000. 2000s. One state in particular as people headed there. Oregon was the top moving destination last year for the third year in a row according to a study. South carolina ranked second, out the top three. Colorado didnt even make the top 10, just right in the middle. Interesting. There are still Tickets Available for anyone interested in going to the playoffs given two weeks they went on sale and according to the website as of this morning just a couple of single seats available. They happen to be in the club section so they will cost you 300 1000 hours a ticket. 3000 1000 hours a ticket. 2800 for a ticket. Oh my gosh. I dont know what to say about that. The nuggets arent playing so hot and its making the team a little frustrated. And fitness to mark sucker we told you yesterday he announced that he plans to code an Artificial Intelligence system to run his life but we also told you yesterday he will run 365 miles during 2016. About a mile a day. He has dubbed the challenge a year of running in says he will post updates on his progress in a facebook group. Yahoo is shutting down its video portal. Yahoo screen which was launched a couple years ago with syndicated shows like saturday night live and some original programming including comment the Comedy Community he took a big loss and its another setback for Ceo Marissa Mayer who has championed online video as a big source of growth for the company. Lg will be one of the many tv makers to show off an impressive lineup of superduper highdefinition televisions but lg they be one up on the competition here. The one they will watch is a rollup tv. Products its just one of the concept designs they will be under unveiling. Also a screen as thin as a piece of paper and a 65 inch extreme curve set of televisions that send inwards and outwards. None of these tvs will be sold next year. Its possible they may never make it to market. But they are cool to talk about. That is awesome. Thin as a paper . That is incredible. Byod bring your tv to the party because you can just roll it up. The Consumer Electronics show kicks off at the biggest and smallest of companies descending on las vegas. We are getting a sneak peek of the coolest tech. Noel brennan takes us inside the first big event leading up to the show. Reporter this room is absolutely packed with media from all over the world. Global brands and startups sharing the same Space Fighting the room. Here. Trackers are being here. How about one in your shoe . Its more accurate because its located under your foot. Reporter they showed off a smart toothbrush thats fun to use. Its about oral care and prevention. It makes your kid brush her teeth while playing a game. Reporter more press conferences are set for tomorrow. Reporting from ces, i am noel brennan. That the crowd. Already. It hasnt even started. We are already at 32 degrees, what a nice way to start the day. Good morning marty. We are looking at Sports Authority field, quiet and calm morning out there, call ms. Nice. Called his nice temperatures running between the 20s and 30s. Nice warning weather, 20s and 30s will last through the morning for us. Very little wind not only now but through the day today, we will have limited wind gusts across the area, which means of course those wood burning restrictions in effect, Poor Visibility for people sensitive to poor air quality. After the next three days it starts getting chilly. Wednesday, thursday and friday, especially friday, look for some really light snow. Amelia . We want to let drivers know about a closure across 84th avenue just to the west of by ongoing flashing lights here. You can see the traffic is getting through, mostly long i 25. Conifer is where the closures take these to the west of i25, it turns into broadway and allows you to access 36 just west of the i25 interchange. A quick look at 225 travel times, nothing to complain about here. 62 mi. h coming between i70 the nuggets have a chance to snap their sixgame losing streak tomorrow night, facing the timberwolves coming off a loss to the lowly sixers. Denver isnt playing well recently in the coach he is not mincing words. We had no energy, no effort, very flat. As a coach, i cant coach effort. We didnt defend. We are just a wow. Straight up and honest i guess. They are having a and honest a tough season. Its the coachs job to motivate the team. They need motivation. And 9news artist through a caption drew a cartoon and heres the caption. Omaha i thought we wanted to go to levis stadium. You see john elway and coach kubiak sharing the steering wheel. The caption comes from duane bailey so he wins a prize for his creativity. Thats a good one. You can see more of his cartoons on drewing. Com i am wearing the sleepless because i know its going to be 50. She was listening yesterday. [laughter] you are listening and taking and i more and cut off shorts today. [laughter] oh, dear. They will not be shown on television. Its a family show. Around here today, fairly warm. Tracking storms to the south in new mexico, arizona, parts of texas, heavy rain in central and Northern California today. Monster snow out in the sierras again today. Through the next few days, it stays to our south but it is going to allow some cold air to drop in here. Over the weekend. Thursday, friday, saturday sunday much colder and progressively colder as we go into the weekend. We do have light snow, wannabes down in south eastern colorado but that doesnt amount to anything. Snow in southwestern colorado, up into the Grand Junction area and to montrose seeing snow also. Meeker seeing a little bit of light snow. Single teens, 20s even 30s in eastern colorado this morning with temperatures up just a little bit in the valleys. Again high clouds for us today. And this afternoon its really going to look gloomy out there. Once clouds moving above, low level hayes haze. It will be mild in the 40s and 50s, mid40s in the foothills. 2 to 6 to in pagosa springs, durango cortez, and and additional 2 to 6 tomorrow. If you are lucky around crested butte, and inch or two. An intro to. Low 50s, down south and 30s and 40s in the mountains. Low 20s tonight and as i said especially friday through sunday. They snow will be light, i guess friday looks like the heaviest of the snow but even that not a lot. I think we can handle it. On the correct on the drive, kicking off with a nice start between boulder, broomfield in denver. Right now average speeds along us 36 are at about 60. 20 minutes either direction. Good news, the closure is reopened now, 25 near 34. Starting to see backups around i70 and work ward road westbound. Speed still in the 50s, maybe 40s and as for the rest of your week weve only got a couple welcome back, breaking news weve been following, 84th closed important. Because of Police Activity near i25 in conifer. Were told two women are in custody after carjacking a man at gunpoint. Is apparently started at about 60th and holly. They were armed with a handgun, jumped in the car, forced the men to drive. He called police, they found the suspects at 72nd and cherry , they eventually had a short chase and the two suspects crash that car into another again at 84th and conifer. We will bring you uptodate on this whole thing as we get more information but a carjacking chase, swat team is on the scene there and thats whats going on in thornton at the

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