The ruler stays up and down without any assistance at all. In the denver metro area, we recorded a foot of snow for the suburbs, but the front range,s was buckhorn mountain, in larimer koun, just to the west of county, just west of fort collins. In denver, officially at dia, we recorded 11. 3 inches of snow. But the average for the entire month of february in denver is 5. 7 inches of snow. So that means just out of this storm alone, we got about twice as much as we normally get for the entire month of february. As for right now, most of the falling snow is moving out of heeshg but these temperatures are going to get very cold tonight. And ed greene will fill you in on the forecast tonight. Cbs4 news. Quite a site, justin, thanks. The main roads and highways are wet, but clear, just getting out of your driveway can be a tough task, now, in denver, plows do plan to hit those residential denvers highlands neighborhood for us, and stan, those plows passing by can make it hard just to get to your car. Reporter you know, it, jim, just enough snow to get the residential plows out on city. They dont do a full job, but just enough so that you can get heres an idea. Take a look at this street, on hooker and hayward place, and the plows come through and take one pass to clear a line, they dont even get all the way down to the pavement. If youre stuck on the street, this is what youre your car will look like, 68 inches of snow and this car looked basically like an igloo. Crews have been out here since early this morning, they knew that this storm was big, once the sun came up. And you can see those plows going all over the city, we saw country skig down the street. Now, these crews will be out for the next several hours, on have to go all the way through the night and into tomorrow depending on just how bad the storm is. Or how bad the snow is, when we talked to people today, they say if the residential plows werent out, they wouldnt have been able to leave their house. Were really happen about it, because the last major snowstorm, our street was icy for weeks after, even after all of the snow had melted. Would be impossible to get anywhere without that happening. Reporter so Denver Public works still assessing just how much work they have to do around the city. And there is certainly a lot of plowing still to do. But the major concern overnight temperatures. If you look back at this car, still a lot of snow out here, youre going to have people starting to dig their cars out because once the temperatures drop, all of this snow will turn to ice and another day where you street. Bush, cbs4 news. Most schools, including the that meant kids got to enjoy the snow. Our Jennifer Brice watched the fun, shes in Highlands Ranch and jen, those big piles of white are a kids dream, arent they . Reporter oh, its a big dream, jim, indeed. Snow days are the one day or the year when you go into your kids room, its not a hassle to get them out of bed, they get out like a lot of the kids here in Highlands Ranch at paint brush park. When the snow day strikes, out comes the sleds and the snowboards, paint brush park in s warming with kids who got the day off from Douglas County schools. I got up at 5 30 and saw that all the schools were open and wasnt happy, but i got up at 6 30 and saw they were closed. My mom wakes me up and says its a snow day, you can go back to sleep, so i decided to get up any way and come out here. Reporter grab your board and come to the hill. Yep. Reporter adults out here, too. Play hooky from work, and the kids. Reporter tom owns his own business but says he knows a lot of parents have to find plans for the kids because they still went to work. I would be stumped there, i wouldnt know what to do with them. Reporter hoping for another one tomorrow . Hopefully, yes, i would love one. Reporter and i got to tell you, take a look at this, theres so many people out here, but this hill is actually steeper, wider, and longer in my opinion, than some of the resorts up in the mountains. So some of these kids on the snowboards and skis are getting great reps in today and theyre same time. But a lot of kids, a lot of parents just having a ton of fun out here. Back to you. All right. Jennifer, thanks. A snapshot of j. R. Walking through the snow, after feeding the animals in limon this morning and thanks to shannon, found all of the shovels she needs to clear the snow in steamboat springs. Reporter, send us your pictures to you report at cbsdenver. Com. Now, to that drive for the championship. No practice for the broncos in california today. However, that doesnt mean it was an off day for all of the players, mark has checking in. When playing in the super bowl, you better expect to address the media a lot. Reporter yeah, jim, we just did the big Opening Night last night, an hour long with all of the reporters and then the broncos woke up and talked to us again today. At least ten of the bigger name players along with the coach. As you mentioned, broncos getting today off, just like their normal tuesday back in denver. They got the rest of the day off. Not sure if players will be hopping on a bus today, to go check out the city, not after what happened yesterday, when on the way back from practice, the team buses got cut off, and three of the buses ended up running into each other. Gary kubiak said every player was checked out and everybody is but, that at the time, it was a little scary. On the first bus and i had my head down, and the next thing, you know, the bus swerved and i thought we was cool. Then the next thing you know its a bump. Im like whoa. I was definitely scary, i was talking and looking down. And fortunately, everybody was safe. Nobody was hurt and everybodys was safe. Reporter this afternoon, the nfl invited the media into levi stadium for one last look around. The field is painted. Most of the signs have been hung. And the place is pretty much ready for sunday. As you would imagine, security pretty tight around the stadium, you might be able to hear a helicopter over my right now, every measure in place to keep fans safe. Help of Law Enforcement that the issues youve seen in the past were unrelated to super bowl and this area, but we have redundant systems in place. Vice president john elway draws attention here at super bowl event, of course, he knows i a few things about super bowls and you would think that john knows plenty about what peyton is going through as he considers his future at almost 40 years old. We will hear from the broncos boss later at 6 00. This announcement will excite you, lady gaga will sing the national anthem, that was announced today. Good news. All right. Thanks very much. Mark. Super bowl 50 will be right here on cbs4 on sunday. Kickoff is set for 4 30 p. M. Other news, an update as we have new pictures from last saturdays motorcycle melee at the National Western complex, a member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club was killed. 6 people were wounded. Cbs4s Rick Sallinger was there that day, and right now, he has new information about the shooting and stabbings. Rick. Reporter jim, the man at the center of attention is Derrick Duran, a department of corrections employee. Picture of him, holding a gun, today, we have more photos from just after that. With one man dead and several others injured, the question being asked is why no arrests . In this photo, department of corrections employee Derrick Duran is seen holding a gun. He is in clothing associated with the iron order motorcycle club. The 16 iron order members that were there were solely outnumbered. And this altercation all started because of the mongols and their attempt to harm and or kill some of our members. Reporter in this photo, duran is seen with his hands behind his back. Presumably cuffed. Then, in another picture, hes standing with the police with his hands not cuffed. But the lawyer for the mongols claim to us that duran fired his weapon and should be in custody. The entire motorcycle that mr. Duran is being given preferential treatment because he is Law Enforcement. Reporter at a News Conference yesterday, Denver Police insisted no special treatment is being given to the iron order. Which has been identified with Law Enforcement in the past. The group that was down here, that weve talked to, that weve identified that are willing to you know, come back, do not show at least, have not identified to us, that they have Law Enforcement ties or connections. Reporter with each side blaming the other, this investigation may take time. Until any charges are filed. Duran has not been arrested or charged, the attorney for the iron order indicated to us that this could be a case of selfdefense. Duran is on administrative leave from the department of corrections with pay. Live at Denver Police thank you, rick. Coming up on cbs4 news at 5 00, virus, how people can get sick without even visiting countries where mosquitoes are spreading the illness. And years after losing her young son, a mother hears his heart beat again. See the emotional moment as she meets the little girl who lives on with that heart. Just a few snow showers or flurries on the eastern plains, here is where the snow is that. Showers and thunderstorms and in this area, they have had tornado watches and warnings all day long ch ill show you that and our next chance for snow. ,, donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Tonights health watch, a new worry regarding the zika virus. The cdc has can confirmed the illness can spread through sexual contact. A patient in dallas got the illness through sex is. With someone who visited a country where zika is present. The illness is spread through mosquitoes and already linked to travel warnings have now been issued for more than a dozen countrys in central and south america, and some of the islands in the caribbean. Well, imagine hearing your babys heart beat two and a half years after he suddenly died. It happened to a woman in california. Cbs4s Health Specialist shows us how this mother turned her personal tragedy into new hope for a little girl she never met until now. Reporter the tears flowed instantly, when Heather Clark and Ester Gonzalez met. Through their children, the mothers know the tragedy of loss the beauty of a second chance. Their story started in 2013. When heathers 7monthold son lucas died suddenly. So outgoing, he was just a little ham. Reporter still grieving, heather made the brave decision to donate his organs. At the time she thought. There is another family out there somewhere who is you know, feeling Something Like what im feeling, somewhat, and i have through what im about to go through. Reporter in arizona, its exactly what Ester Gonzalez was experiencing. Her 18monthold daughter jordan was born with a congenital heart defect. After countless surgeries and seizures, jordan needed a new heart to survive. She got lucass. The donation was made anonymously. The families hadnt met. Until now. Hi. Kiss on the cheek. Reporter the m months found each other online moms found each other online, bonded instantly and then the gift. This is for you. Thank you. Reporter a teddy bear. Thats my heart beat. Reporter that played the beat of lucass donated heart. Then healther got to listen for heather got to listen for herself. She would be so selfless to be able to think of another family while shes going through her grief. Reporter mothers brought together by tragedy. Its so strong. By the beat of a heart. Cathy walsh, cbs4 news. Beautiful. Kathy, thank you. It is ground hogs day, did you see your shadow. I did not see my shadow, six more weeks of unlimited bread sticks. There you go. Cant go wrong with that. Heres the system. You can see we had the system here, its pulled off to the east. Heavy snows to the east in the great lakes region. Showers and thunderstorms being pulled up from the gulf and look at this, the yellow area, tornado watch, and you can see the little squares here, watch right there. Thats a Tornado Warning in effect right now, so very heavy storms with this. And it pushes all of the moisture into the cold air and theyve got a lot of snow as a result. Were going to have High Pressure for one nice day or two and then here comes another little system, friday morning, more snow showers around here. When do they arrive . Rush hour. An avalanche warning through 6 00 a. M. On wednesday, because of all of the snow. That we have had. Now, some people said this storm was a dud. You might have read an article i want to show you these dud amounts. Dia 11. 3. Broomfield and aurora, a foot, over a foot in parker and arvada. Northglenn, 13. 1. 17 in fort collins. Genesee 24. El dorado springs, 25. Look at buckhorn mountain, just to mention that, 35. 6 inches of snow. Yeah, theres your amount from the dud storm that we had, and look at this from wendy brienlt, puts that weather watcher stick in her yard. 22 inches of snow in peetz. Glenn haven, and a lovely deer in it. As we take a look at our high today. 22 and 24, the lows 19 and 20. Cold tood. 23 and 20 right now, north 8 for the wind, 78 humidity now, look at this, this is from telluride. Thats his gloved hand, how much snow you have. You can hardly see anybody skiing down there. Temperatures for tonight. Look at the Single Digits over the eastern plains. And Single Digits for the mountains and west, but most of them below the 0 mark. Then tomorrow, we stay on the chilly side. Only 20s and 30s east. Teens for the high country. Teens, 20s out west. The denver forecast, for tonight. We will see skies go to partly cloudy. 7 and 5 the overnight lows. Then for tomorrow, partly cloudy skies. Well be in the mid to upper 20s and then for the exseveral days, a bit of a next several days, a bit of a warmup. Theres the next chance for showers, they come early. Saturday. 43 on sunday. Sunny to partly sunny skies. Feel like a heat wave. Thanks, ed. Thomas davis wants to play sunday despite the broken arm. Its a homecoming for the running b,,,,,, cbs4s drive to the championship coverage is brought to you by Southwest Airlines. Find Southwest Airlines on line only at southwest. Com. Well, your Denver Broncos based in santa clara, california this week, and so is kelly werthmann, and kelly, more chance to talk to the players today. Reporter we had a chance to talk to a few of them, jim, and even though it was a day off for practice for the broncos, it wasnt a day off for them to talk to reporters. Of them were asked to meet with the media again today. This time, at the team hotel in santa clara. The session lasted about an hour, and then the players were given the day off, to do as they pleased. Now, youd think that a Northern California native like c. J. Anderson would have big plans for the day off. Turns out, not so much. People think i can go home, people forget, my mom and everybody, they didnt take off work for a week. It aint like two years ago when they was in new york and they had to ask for time off. I wont be able to see my mom until after rush hour and can we know how traffic is in the bay, me getting back home is unlikely happening. Reporter all right. Darn that rush hour. Well, carolina panther linebacker thomas davis broke his arm in the nfc championship game and hes maintained he will play in the super bowl despite having surgery, which required the doctors to put a plate and 12 screws in his arm. Head coach, daf vis is on davis is on track to play. One of the concerns with it is really, just what would happen if he had to deliver it as a blow and he seemed to be responding nicely to it. He looks good. You know, again, like i said, i dont doubt thomas. Reporter now, unfortunately, for broncos defensive back, omar bolden will miss out in playing in super bowl 50 due to a knee injury, that doesnt mean he has to miss out on super bowl week. He went through this before two years ago and hes doing his best to soak up all of the fun. This time around, i took full advantage of enjoying the moment, you know, two years ago when i came, i didnt do that. When you saw me yesterday, i had my camera, i was captured moments as i could, grabbing shots of a few of my friends that i have on the team, so i you know, i just made the experience as fun as i could. Reporter of course o, omar talking about Opening Night last night, which weve told you was really incredible, jim, a very wild night, well,, with Heart Failure, danger is always on the rise. Symptoms worsen because your heart isnt pumping well. water filling room about 50 percent of people die dog whimpering within 5 years of getting diagnosed. But theres something you can do. Talk to your doctor about Heart Failure treatment options. Because the more you know, the more likely you are. V dog whimpering tonight on cbs, the super bowls greatest commercials, remember the one in 1979, nfl legend and a boy created one of the greatest spots in super bowl history. Mean joe green and that kid, just one of super bowls greatest commercials tonight at 7 00. 27 tomorrow and we get this the 30ss, 40s by the weekend and as the sunshine does return. I wonder i pelley iowa shakes up the deck. So what a victory last night. Pelley for the republicans its now a threeway race. Hillary clinton barely escaped. Ive won and i have lost there. Its a lot better to win. Pelley also tonight, terror in the sky. First a bang, and then a fire as a jetliner rips open in flight. For the first time in this country, the zika virus is spread through sexual contact. And, betting on the super bowl. Even small advertisers are hoping to score big. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening n