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Weather shutting down stretches of interstate 70 for much of friday. the dangerous conditions making it difficult for even professional drivers like emergency crews to do their jobs. meteorologist maria molina is here to do her job and tell us the latest live from the fox extreme weather center. hi, maria. >> hi. this storm packed a punch across parts of colorado. in denver colorado 15.9 inches. that number has been updated. thats a total coming out of denver. just an hour away in pine cliff we ...

>>clayton: thank you, and we will talk about the mild january weather into federal government. rick: not in denver. snow in nevada? well ... okay. in the sierras. wreck risk sure, by reno. big storm in denver as dave said moving now to nebraska and iowaing as well and that will continue all day long, and moving forward, with big storms across the south today, and, also, we are talking about end indianapolis because the game is going on. so, rain today but nice tomorrow for folks out there, and b...

Good morning. >> reporter: good morning. welcome to a record-setting snowfall. the biggest storm they have seen in denver in february. this is not the snowest time in the year. thats usually in the fall and march and april. 15 inches and still flaking and snowed 33 consecutive hours and stopped overnight a couple of hours and flaking again. 15 inches of snow is a lot of snow. their average in february is only 6. look at this. come back to the bushes. isnt this just beautiful? how it just falls o...

>> im fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. thats a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. lets get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? >> you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone r...