Been in the morning recently. Well check the temperatures and have your fiveday4cast. Joel. Were watching an accident southbound along wadsworth. Its shut it down at independence. Live pictures coming in from copter four. Two u. S. Service members dead, two others hurt after fighting the taliban in northern afghanistan. Nato made the announcement overnight. Leaders say the Service Members came under heavy fire during what they call a train, mission. This happened in the kunduz providence. Afghan police say 16 civilians also died. Here at home this is new for us, a state trooper survives a wild chase on i70, but things could have been a lot worse. Our jamie leary joins us live from the state Patrol Office in golden with the story. I understand it was a teenager behind the wheel. Reporter yeah, that much we do know. Were still waiting to learn was so desperate to avoid arrest that he intentionally slammed into a state patrollers car, using what police call an amateur pit maneuver. It sta
Morning long. Lets go to her live now. I understand this is not the teens first run in with the law either. Reporter this teenager had multiple warrants out for his arrest. We do know he was doing just about everything he could to evade police and Colorado State patrol. At one point this chase became so dangerous, that police had to call it off. It was just before 11 00 last night when the teen flew past a georgetown he was headed east along i70, clocked at 110 miles per hour. The officer caught up to him only because he was slowed down by traffic. The driver pulled over, but quickly changed his mind and took off. The chase continued reaching speeds of 120 miles per hour. Thats when the officer decided it was too dangerous and he had to call it off. But it didnt end there. About two minutes later the unsuspecting state trooper in his car. He tried to do an amateur pit maneuver on the troopers vehicle, crashed into his vehicle and fled past him. The driver crashed here at the 239 exit,
Human dignity. Reporter reverend Amanda Henderson heads the Interfaith Alliance of colorado, part of a coalition asking churches to take in the homeless, inside and out. Land that people can camp on or designate yurts or space that people can exist in public. Reporter the first menonnite church in denver is one of those considering the proposal. There would be a maximum of 8 Homeless People the congregation, coalition and neighbors. My feeling is this is an opportunity for the church to move and help the homeless situation crisis in denver. Reporter but here, there is much opposition, especially so close to schools. Theresa heads a Neighborhood Watch and sees problems related to the homeless. Stealing bikes, breaking and entering into homes. Minor by a homeless man and attempted murder. Reporter one residents Security Camera recorded drug use, bicycle thefts and other crimes they attribute to the homeless. The socalled sweeps may have moved them from here, but to where has become a mor
Times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. Senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. As weeks and months persisted here in the United States senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we dont read about because the media doesnt rush to the scene when somebody dies in a driveby shooting or in a place that doesnt garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. So i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoon in this insistence f
Increasing concern over what caused saturdays earthquake in oklahoma. The quake matched the strongestever to hit that state. 9news reporter Tarhonda Thomas is here with more. Tarhonda some are blaming this all on fracking. Thats right. The Us Geological survey released this map in march. It shows areas that their experts say are more prone to earthquakes because of fracking. And look right here. One of those highrisk areas. Northcentral oklahoma. Right where saturdays earthquake struck. The fivepointsix magnitak hit the small town of pawnee, oklahoma. Destroying several buildings. But reports say the quake could be felt as faraway as illinois. Fracking is seen as a more efficient Drilling Technique but not without its controversy. Now that the us gs has linked fracking to earthquakes. You can bet there will be even more debate. In fracking wastewater is pumped into the ground at High Pressure to extract oil. Today oklahoma regulators have shut down 37 wastewater wells connected to oil