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KCNC CBS4 Morning News-6A November 23, 2016

Police have not identified a suspect. A colorado mother talks to us after she was released from prison following a conviction of her in the deaths of her two children. In 2012 Heather Jensen left her children in a hot truck near the Powderhorn Ski Area while she had sex with a man in another car. The boys died. Jensen spoke with us, saying she wants to set the record straight. Her in laws say she should still be in prison. Its a life sentence regardless. Even if i its a life sentence becae i dont get to watch them grow up. The inlaws feel like they were stabbed in the back twice now that she is out of jail. She is eligible for parole next october. New video from Los Angeles International airport. Nothing but brake lights as millions get ready to go home for thanksgiving. Almost 49 Million People are expected to travel 50 miles or according to aaa, that is the most since 2007. Dia is working to make the travel smoother. Jamie learly have live at the airport where there are plenty of people up bright and early to catch the thanksgiving flight. Good morning. Reporter crowds starting to pick up. We are at the southwest ticket counter. New kiosks helping to ease the checkpoint, that was about 20 minutes. So nothing too terrible. Dia expecting to set a record with 1. 1 million visitors during the holiday week. Actually, the best thing about this really is the individual stories that we hear. So i have been talking to a lot of people. One couple in particular, they are newlyweds headed to a thanksgiving they will never forget. Its our first time meeting the family. We are going to fly back for thanksgiving. We are surprising a couple of my sisters. They dont know about it. Saturday after thanksgiving. So, yeah, pretty exciting. Reporter this is a huge deal. How are you feeling right now . I am really nervous. Reporter i cant imagine. You must be feeling some excitement. Are you looking forward to meeting the parents for the first time . Yes, i am looking forward to meeting them. I have heard lots of good things about them. I am really nervous. Reporter so a rather nerve wracking thanksgiving for the folks, wouldnt you say . Pikes peak lot is the only lot thats full right now. So definitely get here early because things will start to fill up. The economy lot was full at one point, but thats open again. For a better idea of what things look like on the roads, lets check in with joel. Good morning. You know, pretty good spirits, waving at the camera there. Hopefully the airport experience is great. We have an accident heading out to the airport. Inbound along pena boulevard at over this accident at i270 and york. We hope to get a better signal from them. We lost that here a couple of moments ago. But we have got another accident eastbound along i70 as you get to brighton boulevard. Look at that. Eastbound along i70 speeds in the 40s. Slow on parker road. Then we have i270 in that eastbound direction because at york we have got that accident. So right now 30 minutes to get you from i25 out to i70. I might suggest if you are heading to 470 or come down to i70 and cut across. If you are about to get in your car turn on our partners at koa radio to get your traffic, and you are giving the weather, ashton, every ten minutes on the 10s . Always a good time talking with them on the radio. 28 degrees this morning right now. Sun will be up in 50 minutes. A little bit of light showing up there on eastern horizon. Statewide sunshine all day long. Temperatures are colder than yesterday morning, however. Aurora is at 28. Lakewood has the same. Thornton at 26. Compare the numbers to where we were yesterday at this time, most of us are 10 to 15 degrees colder. Enough of a change that you will certainly notice it if you are about to step out of the house. You see the clear skies on doppler 4000. A few high clouds over the northern portion of the state later on. The storm system we had here yesterday making its way through places like memphis, es thunderstorms in houston. Enough storm activity down there to create some delays at houstons airport. Keep that in mind in your flight takes you that way. Mostly sunny for kids going to the bus stop this morning. Chilly temperatures 27. High temperature today around 53. Thats 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. Britt and alan. Ashton, thank you. This is new for us this morning. A pair of out of town hikers got stuck at jasper lake exist of eldora. Louisiana yesterday. Authorities asnowy say snowy conditions caused them to get lost. Both men are okay. Cdot is starting to check thousands of guardrails across the state to make sure they are safe. They say although pieces from two guardrail manufacturers they used fit together mixing and matching them that is been causing problems. Cdot says some incompatible installations. They will look at more endcaps. Most of them have already been involved in some difficulties. They have been hit and they have been replaced, and those installations are not correct. That is the issue. They got to work it out. Cdot says 1,500 crashes happen every year, they say that hit guardrails, there is not a high risk to drivers on the road right now. Tennessee is hurting this accused of killing five children in chattanooga, tennessee. Onanthony walker started trying last august. He was reportedly speeding, hit a mailbox and a utility pole before crashing into a tree on monday. One child says walker asked them if they were ready to die. He will face a judge next week. Crashes reich this like this one in tennessee often spark changes to school bus safety. Colorado does not require seatbelts on most sc the School Districts are the ones who decide. Still buses here are put through the colorado rack and load test. Following a crash in 1971 when eight students were killed. School buses sold and operated in colorado for our students have an extra safety measure to ensure that the frame of the school bus stays intact. Colorado does not allow more passengers than there are seat a belt and all Smaller School buses under 10,000 pounds must have seat belt. A Police Officer at Wayne State University is fighting for his life after being shot in the head last night. Detroit Police Arrested a person of interest. The officer was patrolling an area a few blocks off campus. There was a 911 call about a suspicious person on a bike. That officer is identified as 29yearold collin rose, a five year veteran of the Wayne State University Police Department in detroit. A colorado in court this morning accused of conning renters and stealing their identities. Two years ago andre torres was indicted for running a scam to rent a condo that was not his to rent. The District Attorney argued for prison time, but he was sentenced to community corrections. Well, now the d. A. s office says torres is scamming people once again. One victim did not want to be identified, but says she feels i really dont know what to think. I am just kind of i am worried right now what am i gonna do . I am angry because, i mean, everything seemed so real. Investigators have charged torres 76yearold mother, elena romero, accusing her of tampering with the case by telling a witness to lie to investigators. A man is in jail for pointing a loaded gun at kids who threw snowballs at his van. Scheduled for a bond he today. He was arrested saturday afternoon in boulder. He told police he was taking a nap and scared by snowballs that were hitting his van, so he waved a gun at the three boys to scare them. Witnesses say he pointed the gun at the boys. Police say they found his revolver with rounds in four of the five chambers. We will follow what happens in the court process. Temp outside chilly this morning. 25. It sure is. Just in time for the holiday. Up next, stunning new details why they may have the virus even if they dont show signs at birth. And whats going to be different with security this year at the macys thanksgiving day parade ahead. This weeks wednesdays this weeks wednesdays child is fe at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps. This weeks wednesdays child is fe. To raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. Like putting oregano in their water. It has natural antioxidants and we dont have to use antibiotics in their diet. Ducts. At perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps. To raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. For example, thyme. Its part of our 100 veggie diet 200 products. Welcome back everyone. This is the news in health. Babies exposed to the zika virus in the womb may not have it at birth, but they are still at risk for later on. The cdc looked at 13 exposed infants in brazil who were born with brain abnormalities but had normal head circumference. 11 of them later went on to develop abnormally small heads, a condition called microcephaly. This happened in their first year of their lives. More seniors are going to the emergency room because of issues with their medications. In a new cdc study, seniors accounted for more than a third drugs. Thats up from 26 . Blood thinners, diabetes drugs, and opiates were responsible for the majority of those visits. And dads, you can enhance your kids lives when they are just tiny babies. How a dad responds to becoming a new parent could have long term effects on children. Oxford researchers followed thousands of children from infancy to age 11 and found kids were less likely to have behavior issues as preteens if fatherhood when they were just babies. We have a Traffic Alert here. Joel hillan is watching the roads. Joel, i70 and york, whats the issue . He dont want to see this, right . Tomorrow is thanksgiving. Lets cooperate on the roadways, right . This is off to the right shoulder right lane blocking off eastbound i70 at york. There are some injuries involved. This is the elevated portion of highway. Can you smell the puppy chow . Its right there on the right portion of your screen there. Cars to go. So now you are down to two lanes on a major interstate. Here we are across the denver metro area. Let me show you the map. This is where the accident is. Unfortunately, you head north on york and get to i270, similar situation in the westbound direction this time. Although i am seeing the slowing in the eastbound direction, which leads me to believe it was westbound first. Its eastbound and inbound along pena boulevard. Here are the drive times. You are heading eastbound along i70. Average speed into the 30s because of that the north, ashton. I270 in the eastbound direction where we have the accident, speeds dipping into the 30s as well. A tough situation on a busy travel morning. In terms of the weather, however, no weatherrelated issues expected for traveling anywhere in colorado today. A different story tonight. Late tonight snow will make its way back into the colorado high country. Speaking of the high country, looking at the live web from Arapahoe Basin as the sun is county. Its 6, however, in leadville. 16 degrees in aspen. 19 in greeley. 28 in fort collins. So its cold for everybody. We are all below freezing. Bundle up this morning. Temperatures topping out in the 50s later on. It will be mostly sunny skies. It will be 10 degrees warmer today than it was yesterday. We are watching a few high clouds making their way into the northwest corner of the state. I think we will see a few high clouds in denver later on. Overall, mostly sunny skies. The storm inch of rain yesterday is making its way to the east coast. Yesterday was the wettest day since the first of july in denver. Weatherrelated delays from houston to cincinnati and detroit and cleveland. Our next weather maker on the west coast. This is the one that will bring snow to the mountains tonight, but not until late after most of us will be at our destination. Midnight tonight you see snow other rabbit ears pass, vail pass and the approaches to the tunnel. That snow will wrap up by 6 or the mountain areas along and north of i70. In denver its dry. 53 with sunshine today. Tomorrow 48 for thanksgiving. 60 on friday. 61 on saturday. Colder weather comes in on sunday. It will be the coldest home broncos game so far this season. Kickoff temperature 34. Back to you guys. Ashton, thank you so much. President obamas law on overtime for American Workers faces a setback in federal court, and a data breach at Madison Square garden could affectth this is the news on wall street. We have a shortened week this week. Jill wagner live on the floor at the new york stock exchange. Hi, jill. Reporter good morning, britt. I was getting ready for alans thanksgiving puns. Okay. The market is in record territory. The dow opens at 19,000 for the first time in the 120year history. The dow rose 67 points yesterday. The nasdaq was up 17. Futures right now pointing to a bit of a lower open. Extended overtime eligibility to more than four million workers. It was supposed to take effect december 1st. 21 states and some business groups sued to block the regulation. Its a blow to the obama administration, which has been trying to beef up labor laws. The Labor Department is considering all legal options. If you have gone to an event at Madison Square garden your credit and debit card info may have been hacked. There was a breach between nomb october of this year. Radio city music hall beacon theatre and the Chicago Theater also were impacted. Your amazon gifts may not get there on time. About 250 pilots for a Cargo Airline that serves amazon and dhl began a strike in ohio. Amazon works with a variety of carriers and they are confident they will keep serving customers. Britt. And in terms of the jokes, alans are so good. I am going cold turkey today. I am enjoying them. Thank you. Happy thanksgiving, jill. A look at the top stories. North dakotas attorney general has given the okay to allow the Company Behind the Dekalb County accuracies pipeline to buy the ranch. The company says the land would give workers better access to the pipeline. The attorney general would monitor how the land is going to be used to make sure that the corporate farming law that could be a factor there on the Dekalb County access debate. Well, more than 3,000 Police Officers will include heavily armed counterterrorism units and explosive detecting dogs. For the first time, more than 80 salt and sand trucks will be parked at intersections to prevent vehicles that might be loaded with explosives from the traditional thanksgiving game tomorrow. The Minnesota Vikings take on the Detroit Lions tomorrow morning on cbs4. The lions are first in the nfc north. I cant believe i am saying that, but i am. The vikings are at second. Kickoff is set for 10 30 a. M. Ford field in detroit. Our wednesdays child hopes to be the next ariana grande. Rachel is a spirited 15year old ready to life has to offer. She gets a lesson in gymnastics. She is flipping, spinning, leaping her way into your heart. Now, it could be the plume of thick strawberry blonde hair on her head or that big grin t may also be her charisma. She she is showing me the dab. [ laughter ]. Reporter you are singing it. You are meant to be a star. Yeah. Maybe. Reporter youre meant to be on stage. Okay. So between the singing and gymnastics, what other talents do you have . I like to dance sometimes. Like sometimes i see i literally go like that. Reporter reaction to the sneeze. No, you know the dab, right . Reporter show me the dab. No, its like, look at my dab. Reporter thats great. [ laughter ]. She is so talented. Much honesty and heart as she has when telling you she is just a teenager trying to find her way. Join us at fun to see her full story. A wonderful good. ,,,, welcome back to the cbs4 morning news. Time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes. A beautiful start to this wednesday, the day before thanksgiving in denver, and no weatherrelated troubles expected in our state or any of our surrounding states. Up in the pacific maybe a few weatherrelated delays today, and then from houston to memphis, cincinnati, cleveland, detroit, weather related problems expected there because of the same storm system that brought us the wet weather yesterday. East coast the rain will make its way there by tonight. Houstons airport is red, meaning delays greater than 45 minutes. If you have to work together, we are here for you. Look at these thousands of other people that are in your way between you and work. This is i25 and i70 this morning. An accident eastbound along i 70. Thats slowing things down. Its at the purina plant. You have the right lane and right shoulder is blocked off. Eastbound along i270 a similar situation on inbound pena boulevard. An accident at 56th. Here is how the drive times break down. Eastbound along i70 you want to allow extra time because of that accident. Speeds dipping into the 20s. Thank you. Lets get a preview of what you will see today on cbs this morn and britt. From prosecuting Hillary Clinton to Global Warming and torture, we will look at several issues where president elect trump is now changing his position. Plus, targets ceo is back in studio 57 today with this years holiday strategy to take on the online retailer. And the typical thanksgiving meal can top 4,500 calories. Enjoy. How to approach the big meal. The news, its back in the morning. We will see you at 7 00 sharp. Pants and its all gravy. You catch gayle king, charlie rose and Nora Odonnell right after our newscast. Thanks for joining us on this day before thanksgiving. Right now 24 degrees in denver. Shawn chitnis live at denvers rescue mission where a holiday tradition is hours away. Shawn. Reporter its been a rough month for the homeless here in denver, but coming up the Community Comes together to feed those in need. We will tell you the latest in and i am jamie leary. We are monitoring holiday ,,, this is the news at 6 30. Thanks for joining us on this day before thanksgiving. A busy travel day. Millions of americans are driving or flying home this morning for the thanksgiving holiday. Here is a live look inside dia right now. And there is no doubt you will probably need to pack your patience and plan to get to the airport just a little bit earlier than normal. Thanks for joining us this morning. I am britt

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