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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Colorado's Morning News Chad Bauer in for Marti Lenz today
alongside Gina Gondek.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Box thirty one pinpoint weather.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Nice day to day, mostly sunny, high in the mid fifties,
about sixty five tomorrow, around sixty On Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It is thirty three in Denver.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
Aurora Police releasing the nine one one call that came
in five hours after two inmates swapped out of a
nice detention center.
Speaker 5 (00:33):
So we have to start our protocoll for save to
the residents that we cannot find that have their names.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
And now the police chief is criticizing those who say
officers refuse to get involved. Koe's David Kale joins his
life with more.
Speaker 6 (00:52):
Aurora Police Chief Chad Chamberlain says, simply his department should
have been notified much earlier the two Venezuelan minas and
had left the detention center.
Speaker 7 (01:02):
The Aurora Police Department was not given immediate notification of
an active escape. Instead, we were informed hours later after
ice GEO had already lost valuable time for their own
internal response.
Speaker 6 (01:15):
Chamberlain says it's unfair and unreasonable to call out his
department for a situation that should have been owned by
ice a Uror.
Speaker 7 (01:23):
Police department was never asked to conduct an active search
at the time of the escape, nor were we provided
with any of the necessary details to do so.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Chamberlain says.
Speaker 6 (01:31):
There are what they call hot and cold escapes. Hot
one that's reported to police within fifteen minutes, Cold an
escape that's reported later than that. The two men, ages
thirty two and twenty four are still not in custody.
They'd been arrested for theft and resisting arrest. David Kale
koa News.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
An officer involved shooting near a Denver school leaves a
man hospitalized in critical condition. This happened on North Humboldt
Street near the Annunciation Catholic School.
Speaker 8 (02:00):
All came in just after six twenty. Officers arrived probably
less than ten minutes later, immediately contacted him and for
you know, a minute or so or so, we're engaged
in conversation with him, seeing the weapon, you know, trying
to convince him to drop that weapon.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas says the suspect refused to
drop the guns, so officers fired at him. None of
the officers were hurt, and they don't believe anyone was
inside the school at the time.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
It's back to normal today after a rally at the
state capitol forced several schools to close because of a
staffing shortage from Denver.
Speaker 9 (02:35):
To the Roaring Fork School district in Beyond, thousands loaded
the capitol grounds with signs and chants, fund our schools
and no more cuts. It's a far cry from a
year ago when there was celebration for fully funding schools
after fifteen years of cuts with a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
But now there's a one point two billion dollar budget
shortfall in the state and cuts the education around the
(02:56):
chopping block. When I asked people here what should be
cut instead there and were unclear, but they said education
should be off. Linnis at the state Capitol.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Rob Das, a Kawait.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
News a driver was arrested after a deadly crash in
Wheat Ridge and has been charged with vehicular homicide and
driving under the influence. Prosecutors also filed six other charges
against thirty four year olds Jean vin Chen when he
appeared in court yesterday. Investigator say Chen was driving the
wrong way on I seventy when he crashed into another
(03:27):
vehicle March thirteenth. At crash killed thirty six year old
Jody Webber and injured her two year old son. Chen
was released on bond and is due back in court
April tenth.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Some serious travel disruptions today at the busiest airport in Europe.
Speaker 10 (03:41):
A massive blaze breaking out near London's Heathrow, flames and
smoke billowing into the night sky after an electrical substation
supplying the.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Airport caught fire.
Speaker 10 (03:49):
Dozens of firefighters responding to the scene to battle the flames.
Roughly thirteen hundred flights take off and land at Heathrow
every day, but the airport is closed until eleven fifty
nine pm, Heathrow saying in the statement we expect significant
disruption over the coming days and passengers should not travel
to the airport under any circumstances until the airport reopens.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
ABC's Marcus Moore says some one hundred and twenty flights
were in the air when the closure was announced. Some
turned around, others reverted to Gatwick or to Paris or
Ireland's Shannon Airports. Here in the US, transportation officials worried
about bridges, and TSB chair Jennifer Omandy says they need
to prevent another disaster like the one we saw last
year in Baltimore when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
Speaker 11 (04:33):
We're urging thirty owners of sixty eight bridges in nineteen
states to perform a vulnerability assessment of their bridge's risk
of catastrophic collapse from a vessel collision.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
She doesn't list any bridge in Colorado, but says the
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Brooklyn Bridge in
New York need a close inspection.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsath and Elon Musk are
all denying airport in The New York Times that the
Pentagon will brief Musk today on the US response to
any potential war with China. Two prominent Democrats are rallying
with those who don't like the direction they are seeing
the federal government heading.
Speaker 12 (05:11):
People like Musk spending two hundred and seventy million dollars
to elect Trump as president and then becoming the most
important person in government. Does anybody think that has anything
to do with the Democratic for the Society.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressoman Alexandria Ocazio or Cortes are
hosting two Colorado rallies today as part of his national
Fighting Oligarchy Tour, the first in Greeley at one, the
second at Civic Center Park at five. The Colorado Republican
Party is calling for supporters to attend a Stand with
Trump rally. It will be at Civic Center Park today
(05:49):
from three point thirty to five thirty.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
A tesla turnaround in more ways to pay for your
food deliveries.
Speaker 13 (05:55):
Patwitard will have those stories coming up next.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
First, so let's get a check on traffic the Chowa
Traffic Center.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Here's Jonathan Steel. Yeah, we're not seeing much traffic at all. Actually,
we're building certainly a little bit, especially up north or
As we're starting to see maybe a little bit of
company trickling out onto the roadways along I twenty five
out of North Glen and Thornton.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I seventy six is in good shape.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
We'll see those ramps backing up at the two seventy interchange,
but won't be much of a delay at this point.
Vulder Turnpike still wide open. Two seventy is about a
seven minute commute both directions there out of Commerce City,
I seventy to the east, coming west from Penya, that's
ten minutes back to the interstate two to five. Still
ten minute commute out of Aurora both directions. But everything's
really nice and quiet out here with no problem spots.
(06:38):
Jonathan Steel on k Wait eight tot AM and ninety
four ONEFM.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
That's good.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
An update on business and money news with Pat Pat.
A lot of Tesla's are going back to the dealership
record number.
Speaker 14 (06:49):
In fact, there have been some recalls, but in this
case we're talking trade ins. Some of this is political
because of Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration. But
where some analystsy trouble, others see opportunity.
Speaker 15 (07:01):
Tesla cars from the bottal year twenty seventeen or newer
accounted for one point four percent of all the vehicles
traded in until March fifteenth, which compares with just four
tenths of a percent in the period last year. Analystic
TD Cowan tel barons Tesla could theoretically gain a bigger
pool of buyers. Their research says if Tesla were to
(07:22):
lose share in blue counties, but gain in red Tesla
could actually net meaningful sales gains over time.
Speaker 13 (07:29):
Jinny Kosova, Bucks News.
Speaker 14 (07:31):
The Eurothean Union is delaying the first retaliatory tariffs on
US goods until mid April to allow for more time
for negotiations. Those tariffs were set to take effect April first,
a response to the Trump administration tariffs on European goods
imported into the US. Stock futures are down ahead of
today's opening bell. That's been the trend most of the week,
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with the exception of the one day rally after the
Federal Reserve meeting concluded on Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
In the most recent training session.
Speaker 16 (07:58):
Stock sending lower in the day of choppy action as
investors weighed growth and tariff concerns. At the close, the
dowdown eleven points, the S and P lower by twelve,
the Nasdaq falling fifty nine. The moves come a day
after stock surged on Fed monetary easing plans, but now
trader see rising global risks, among them slower growth in
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the US.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
In New York, Jerry Willis, Fox.
Speaker 14 (08:21):
News, there are not more ways to pay for the
food that you have delivered. Door Dash is partnering with
the finance company Klarna that's a buy now, pay later app.
The companies say the partnership will provide a broader range
of payment options that can be used to buy things
like groceries and fast food for delivery. This update brought
to you by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Our
next update is at six thirty eight Pat Woodard, KOI
(08:43):
Money News Time.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
KOA Sports.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
There were a few upsets in the first round of
the NCAA tournaments. Ten seat at Arkansas beats seventh set
at Kansas, eleventh seeded Drake defeated at six seeded Missouri,
and the biggest upset of the day was McNeese, the
number twelve seed, defeating number five seed Clemson. In the
Denver games, Wisconsin beat Montana BYU over VCU, Texas A
(09:09):
and M defeated Yale, and in the most exciting game
of the day, Michigan held off UC San Diego sixty
eight to sixty five.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
And on Saturday, in the second round games.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
It'll be Texas A and M playing Michigan and BYU
taking on Wisconsin. Twelfth seed at Colorado State will play
the five seed Memphis in Seattle. Today, Rams coach Nico
medved I know I'm biased.
Speaker 17 (09:31):
But I think this is the greatest sporting event on Earth.
It's what everybody in our business, players, coaches, you know,
dream of being a part of. We've been fortunate to
be here, you know, three the last four years. They're
all really rewarding. This one's incredibly special.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
CSU has been red hot lately, winning ten games in
a row. In the first round of the WBIT, the
top seed at Colorado Women Cruise pass Southeastern Louisiana seventy
three to forty one.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Coach j R.
Speaker 18 (09:58):
Pain any team that's right now, Like every game that happens,
somebody is going home, and there's less teams throughout the
entire country that are still getting to play basketball. So
I'm really proud and excited that we won.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Colorado will host number four seeded Gonzagas Sunday at one
pm KOA. Tournament updates presented by Exfinity stream Live Sports
from the best seat in the house.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
The Avalanche got back.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
In the win column last night, meeting the Senators five
to one in Ottawa as Brock Nelson scored two goals.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Coach Jared Bednar, I'm really happy with it. I've been
really happy with the way we played.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
I know the game of Toronto, we didn't get the results,
but it was nice to see what'll go.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
In for us.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
The Avs road trip continues tomorrow night, as we'll be
in Montreal to play the Canadians in spring training baseball.
The Rockies beat the Rangers seven to four in the NBA.
Nuggets are in Portland tonight to play the Trailblazers.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I'm Chad Bauer.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
On the home of the Broncos, Buffs and Rockies and
KOA Sports this afternoon at three Colorado's Morning.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
News AOA News Time six sixteen, the State Department says
Russia and Ukraine are just a breath away from a
full ceasefire, claiming that the two countries are close to
making a deal. Still, Ukraine and Russia have been carrying
out new attacks against each other. The news comes days
after Ukrainian President Zelensky back to President Trump's push for
a limited ceasefire with Russia.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says everything will be done legally
when it comes to dismantling the Department of Education.
Speaker 19 (11:32):
I think if we can show them that the best
plan is to have states in control of education for
their communities, for their students, for their teachers, for their parents.
That is the best thing.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Speaking on Fox's special report, McMahon said President Trump wants
to close the department.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
As quickly as possible.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
However, they will have to wait for congressional approval for
the department is shut down completely, but it's unlikely they
have the votes to do so.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Next week, Wednesday will mark one year since the deadly
collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott keep Ridge. Now the NTSB
says the Maryland Transportation Authority failed to perform a proper
risk assessment that would have shown the forty seven year
old bridges risk of collapse. Six constructions and workers died
when a cargo ship hit one of the bridge's pillars
on March twenty sixth of last year, and.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
As a result, the NTSB now recommending that sixty eight
bridges across nineteen states be evaluated. That list does not
have any in Colorado, but it does include California's Golden
Gate and Coronado Bridges, plus New York cities Brooklyn, Verrizano,
and George Washington Bridges.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
And Colorado parks and Wildlife says one of their gray
wolves was found dead in.
Speaker 13 (12:41):
Wyoming back in January.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
The wolf was moved from British Columbia to Colorado back
as part of the state's reintroduction program. The wolf was
reported dead on March sixteenth, as federal officials were conducting
livestock depredation mitigation as a response to livestock losses in Wyoming.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
The Colorado Department of Agriculture said at least eleven domestic
cats have been found with a strain of bird flu.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Only one of them survived.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Cats appear to be highly susceptible to the disease, and
infections that often result in death. Cases have also been
linked to raw pet food and raw poultry consumption.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Two ice detainees reportedly still on the run after escaping
an Aurora facility. We'll get the latest from the police
chief coming up next.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
First, though, let's get a check on traffic from the
KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Here's Jonathan Steel.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, we're seeing a little bit of traffic out here,
particularly the two seventy drive. Although it's not in a
delay mode, but I'm seeing slight slowing around York and
Vasquez there. Both directions basically out of Commerce City. I
twenty five still looks really good up north coming into
the city I seventy six. We'll see those backups here eventually. Anyway,
westbound to southbound, that always seems to slow a little
(13:52):
bit there on the merge to I twenty five and
I twenty five is pretty much wide open in and
out of the downtown area. Apparently the shovel buses are
replace the train from Union Station to Central Park Station.
We had that earlier this week, and I'm not sure
exactly what the nature of that was. And also hearing
that the A line is experiencing about a fifteen minute
delay today and that's all due to police activity, So
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keep that in mind. Jonathan Steel on KA eight fifty
Am in ninety four.
Speaker 17 (14:18):
One f.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
JOA News Time six point twenty Gina Gantak and Chad
Bauer Infra Marty lens Now on Colorado's Morning News.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
So we have to start our protocol for SA tour
the residents that we cannot find that have their names.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
That part of the nine one one called made from
Ice to Aurora Police stating two people who are detained
at the detention facility in Aurora have escaped. The escapees,
sparking a debate between ICE and the Aurora Police Department,
as ICE claims that Aurora PD refused to help in
that search.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
The escapees were able to leave the premises following a
power outage at the facility, unlocking the doors. Ice claims
local authorities were made aware of the event immediately and
decline to assist in a search, but in a press
conference yesterday, Aurora Police Department Chief Todd Chamberlain said that's
not the case.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
At nine thirty pm on March the eighteenth, there was
a power out each at the ICE GEO facility which
caused some type of security breach. ICE officials believe two
detainees escaped. At twelve thirty am, ICE GEO officials completed
an emergency headcount and confirmed that two detainees were missing.
At two thirty, four and a half, hours after the
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estimated time of the escape, ICE GEO officials finally notified
Aurora nine one one and requested an Aurora Police Department response.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Chamberlain says at three point thirty a watch commander spoke
with the facility to verify the incident and followed the
appropriate Aurora Police Department procedure agreed upon by the facility
on how Aurora PEAD will respond in certain situations.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
So Aurora Police arrived at the scene around five to
fifteen in following the events that ICE claims that Aurora
PD did not act quickly enough. Chief Todd Chamberlain says
the police department was not given an opportunity to do so.
Speaker 7 (16:10):
Aurora Police Department was never asked to conduct an active
search at the time of the escape, nor were we
provided with any of the necessary details to do so.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
At the time of the conference, Aurora Police claimed that
they had very little information on the case or how
ICE would like to see them proceed.
Speaker 7 (16:25):
ICE GEO has still not provided essential information. No escape flyers,
no booking photos, no further details. Our detectives reached out
directly to try to verify some of the facts of it.
ICE declined to offer to be involved in this and
stated that APD was not expected to assist in cold escapes.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Chamberlain reiterated the fact that ICE supervisors had no expectation
of Aurora PD's involvement in the case.
Speaker 7 (16:48):
ICE supervisors confirmed that there was never an.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Expectation for APD to.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
Leave this investigation, yet it has become basically public sentiment
that ICE has suggested otherwise.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
But National Border Patrol Council present than Paul Perez accused
as police of being political and not doing their parts
to protect the public.
Speaker 20 (17:06):
When they put their communities at risk. I don't care
what the person escaped for. If there's an escapee, every
law enforcement officer should be out there searching. That's what
we do. We want to do that. We want to
serve and protect our communities. And for the decisions to
be made at the top to say we're not going
to help, that's politics.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
That it's worse.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Chief Chamberlain also reacting to the accusations made against the
Aurora Police.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Departments, mischaracterization, in my humble opinion, is unacceptable. I think
it reflects incredibly negatively on the Aurora Police Department and
our willingness and our desire to serve this community and
to ensure that this community is safe.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
He insists this is a federal matter and there's little
local police can do since state law forbids them from
getting involved in federal immigration matters. The two escapees have
still not been found at this time. Will continue following
this story at the top and bottom of the hours
here on Colorado's Morning News News Time six twenty eight
Gina Gandek from Chad Bauer in for Marty Lenz on
(18:04):
Colorado's Morning News, the March Madness festivities continue. Coming up
at eight ten this morning, we'll actually go live to
Seattle or our very own Marty Lenz will be gearing
up for his CSU rams taking on Memphis.
Speaker 13 (18:16):
And let me just add because I'm gonna take.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
All the bragging rights for it right now, because I
know this is the only day I'll have the bragging
rights for it. I am currently number one on our
KOA March Madness pool. Chad, your number, Actually you're tied
for number two. There's a lot of ties right now
for number two, so you're right up there with Benjamin
Albright as well.
Speaker 13 (18:38):
And I know that's not gonna last long by any means.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
I know, I think I think you know more about
sports than Benjamin all Bright now, right.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Yeah, one n one hundred percent, yes for sure. And
coming up at seven nineteen this morning, Denver Mayor Mike
Johnston will be joining us, and we'll have to see
how he feels about his He's a former Yale grad.
Speaker 13 (18:56):
Correct and they were We're done.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
They're right done.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
So we'll have to see how far he had them
going there as well. But you can let us know
on the talk back on the iHeartRadio app how your
bracket may be doing, because right now I'm doing pretty
pretty well. I love it, but I know I'm just
going to brag about it now because by the weekend
I'll be shot.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Coming up next, we'll have the newscast. But first checking
in with traffic Jonathan Steele from the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Yeah, we are starting to see some of that traffic
out here. In fact, I've got a little jam up
developing on Ice seventy coming west in between two two
five and Havana. I think there's some kind of problem
that's holding up the drive in there. It looks like
it may be on the right side. Not sure exactly
what it is, but be careful as you're coming through.
It looks like it's going to be a bit of
a delay. And then I'll start backing up two two
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five also north down to westbound heading through Havana two
seventy a little bit busier east heading through York I
seventy six. Sure enough, the westbound to southbound transition ramp
is starting to back up. I twenty five coming down
out of Thornton's a little slugg but not in the
delay mode just yet. South end I twenty five to
and from the Tech Center is still wide open. Jonathan
Steel on KA eight to t am and ninety four
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Colorado's Morning News Chad Bauer in for Marti Lenz today
alongside Gina Gondek.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Box thirty one pinpoint weather.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Nice day to day, mostly sunny, high in the mid fifties,
about sixty five tomorrow, around sixty On Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It is thirty three in Denver.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
Aurora Police releasing the nine one one call that came
in five hours after two inmates swapped out of a
nice detention center.
Speaker 5 (00:33):
So we have to start our protocoll for save to
the residents that we cannot find that have their names.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
And now the police chief is criticizing those who say
officers refuse to get involved. Koe's David Kale joins his
life with more.
Speaker 6 (00:52):
Aurora Police Chief Chad Chamberlain says, simply his department should
have been notified much earlier the two Venezuelan minas and
had left the detention center.
Speaker 7 (01:02):
The Aurora Police Department was not given immediate notification of
an active escape. Instead, we were informed hours later after
ice GEO had already lost valuable time for their own
internal response.
Speaker 6 (01:15):
Chamberlain says it's unfair and unreasonable to call out his
department for a situation that should have been owned by
ice a Uror.
Speaker 7 (01:23):
Police department was never asked to conduct an active search
at the time of the escape, nor were we provided
with any of the necessary details to do so.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Chamberlain says.
Speaker 6 (01:31):
There are what they call hot and cold escapes. Hot
one that's reported to police within fifteen minutes, Cold an
escape that's reported later than that. The two men, ages
thirty two and twenty four are still not in custody.
They'd been arrested for theft and resisting arrest. David Kale
koa News.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
An officer involved shooting near a Denver school leaves a
man hospitalized in critical condition. This happened on North Humboldt
Street near the Annunciation Catholic School.
Speaker 8 (02:00):
All came in just after six twenty. Officers arrived probably
less than ten minutes later, immediately contacted him and for
you know, a minute or so or so, we're engaged
in conversation with him, seeing the weapon, you know, trying
to convince him to drop that weapon.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas says the suspect refused to
drop the guns, so officers fired at him. None of
the officers were hurt, and they don't believe anyone was
inside the school at the time.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
It's back to normal today after a rally at the
state capitol forced several schools to close because of a
staffing shortage from Denver.
Speaker 9 (02:35):
To the Roaring Fork School district in Beyond, thousands loaded
the capitol grounds with signs and chants, fund our schools
and no more cuts. It's a far cry from a
year ago when there was celebration for fully funding schools
after fifteen years of cuts with a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
But now there's a one point two billion dollar budget
shortfall in the state and cuts the education around the
(02:56):
chopping block. When I asked people here what should be
cut instead there and were unclear, but they said education
should be off. Linnis at the state Capitol.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Rob Das, a Kawait.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
News a driver was arrested after a deadly crash in
Wheat Ridge and has been charged with vehicular homicide and
driving under the influence. Prosecutors also filed six other charges
against thirty four year olds Jean vin Chen when he
appeared in court yesterday. Investigator say Chen was driving the
wrong way on I seventy when he crashed into another
(03:27):
vehicle March thirteenth. At crash killed thirty six year old
Jody Webber and injured her two year old son. Chen
was released on bond and is due back in court
April tenth.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Some serious travel disruptions today at the busiest airport in Europe.
Speaker 10 (03:41):
A massive blaze breaking out near London's Heathrow, flames and
smoke billowing into the night sky after an electrical substation
supplying the.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Airport caught fire.
Speaker 10 (03:49):
Dozens of firefighters responding to the scene to battle the flames.
Roughly thirteen hundred flights take off and land at Heathrow
every day, but the airport is closed until eleven fifty
nine pm, Heathrow saying in the statement we expect significant
disruption over the coming days and passengers should not travel
to the airport under any circumstances until the airport reopens.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
ABC's Marcus Moore says some one hundred and twenty flights
were in the air when the closure was announced. Some
turned around, others reverted to Gatwick or to Paris or
Ireland's Shannon Airports. Here in the US, transportation officials worried
about bridges, and TSB chair Jennifer Omandy says they need
to prevent another disaster like the one we saw last
year in Baltimore when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
Speaker 11 (04:33):
We're urging thirty owners of sixty eight bridges in nineteen
states to perform a vulnerability assessment of their bridge's risk
of catastrophic collapse from a vessel collision.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
She doesn't list any bridge in Colorado, but says the
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Brooklyn Bridge in
New York need a close inspection.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsath and Elon Musk are
all denying airport in The New York Times that the
Pentagon will brief Musk today on the US response to
any potential war with China. Two prominent Democrats are rallying
with those who don't like the direction they are seeing
the federal government heading.
Speaker 12 (05:11):
People like Musk spending two hundred and seventy million dollars
to elect Trump as president and then becoming the most
important person in government. Does anybody think that has anything
to do with the Democratic for the Society.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressoman Alexandria Ocazio or Cortes are
hosting two Colorado rallies today as part of his national
Fighting Oligarchy Tour, the first in Greeley at one, the
second at Civic Center Park at five. The Colorado Republican
Party is calling for supporters to attend a Stand with
Trump rally. It will be at Civic Center Park today
(05:49):
from three point thirty to five thirty.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
A tesla turnaround in more ways to pay for your
food deliveries.
Speaker 13 (05:55):
Patwitard will have those stories coming up next.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
First, so let's get a check on traffic the Chowa
Traffic Center.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Here's Jonathan Steel. Yeah, we're not seeing much traffic at all. Actually,
we're building certainly a little bit, especially up north or
As we're starting to see maybe a little bit of
company trickling out onto the roadways along I twenty five
out of North Glen and Thornton.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I seventy six is in good shape.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
We'll see those ramps backing up at the two seventy interchange,
but won't be much of a delay at this point.
Vulder Turnpike still wide open. Two seventy is about a
seven minute commute both directions there out of Commerce City,
I seventy to the east, coming west from Penya, that's
ten minutes back to the interstate two to five. Still
ten minute commute out of Aurora both directions. But everything's
really nice and quiet out here with no problem spots.
(06:38):
Jonathan Steel on k Wait eight tot AM and ninety
four ONEFM.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
That's good.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
An update on business and money news with Pat Pat.
A lot of Tesla's are going back to the dealership
record number.
Speaker 14 (06:49):
In fact, there have been some recalls, but in this
case we're talking trade ins. Some of this is political
because of Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration. But
where some analystsy trouble, others see opportunity.
Speaker 15 (07:01):
Tesla cars from the bottal year twenty seventeen or newer
accounted for one point four percent of all the vehicles
traded in until March fifteenth, which compares with just four
tenths of a percent in the period last year. Analystic
TD Cowan tel barons Tesla could theoretically gain a bigger
pool of buyers. Their research says if Tesla were to
(07:22):
lose share in blue counties, but gain in red Tesla
could actually net meaningful sales gains over time.
Speaker 13 (07:29):
Jinny Kosova, Bucks News.
Speaker 14 (07:31):
The Eurothean Union is delaying the first retaliatory tariffs on
US goods until mid April to allow for more time
for negotiations. Those tariffs were set to take effect April first,
a response to the Trump administration tariffs on European goods
imported into the US. Stock futures are down ahead of
today's opening bell. That's been the trend most of the week,
(07:52):
with the exception of the one day rally after the
Federal Reserve meeting concluded on Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
In the most recent training session.
Speaker 16 (07:58):
Stock sending lower in the day of choppy action as
investors weighed growth and tariff concerns. At the close, the
dowdown eleven points, the S and P lower by twelve,
the Nasdaq falling fifty nine. The moves come a day
after stock surged on Fed monetary easing plans, but now
trader see rising global risks, among them slower growth in
(08:18):
the US.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
In New York, Jerry Willis, Fox.
Speaker 14 (08:21):
News, there are not more ways to pay for the
food that you have delivered. Door Dash is partnering with
the finance company Klarna that's a buy now, pay later app.
The companies say the partnership will provide a broader range
of payment options that can be used to buy things
like groceries and fast food for delivery. This update brought
to you by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Our
next update is at six thirty eight Pat Woodard, KOI
(08:43):
Money News Time.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
KOA Sports.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
There were a few upsets in the first round of
the NCAA tournaments. Ten seat at Arkansas beats seventh set
at Kansas, eleventh seeded Drake defeated at six seeded Missouri,
and the biggest upset of the day was McNeese, the
number twelve seed, defeating number five seed Clemson. In the
Denver games, Wisconsin beat Montana BYU over VCU, Texas A
(09:09):
and M defeated Yale, and in the most exciting game
of the day, Michigan held off UC San Diego sixty
eight to sixty five.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
And on Saturday, in the second round games.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
It'll be Texas A and M playing Michigan and BYU
taking on Wisconsin. Twelfth seed at Colorado State will play
the five seed Memphis in Seattle. Today, Rams coach Nico
medved I know I'm biased.
Speaker 17 (09:31):
But I think this is the greatest sporting event on Earth.
It's what everybody in our business, players, coaches, you know,
dream of being a part of. We've been fortunate to
be here, you know, three the last four years. They're
all really rewarding. This one's incredibly special.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
CSU has been red hot lately, winning ten games in
a row. In the first round of the WBIT, the
top seed at Colorado Women Cruise pass Southeastern Louisiana seventy
three to forty one.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Coach j R.
Speaker 18 (09:58):
Pain any team that's right now, Like every game that happens,
somebody is going home, and there's less teams throughout the
entire country that are still getting to play basketball. So
I'm really proud and excited that we won.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Colorado will host number four seeded Gonzagas Sunday at one
pm KOA. Tournament updates presented by Exfinity stream Live Sports
from the best seat in the house.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
The Avalanche got back.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
In the win column last night, meeting the Senators five
to one in Ottawa as Brock Nelson scored two goals.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Coach Jared Bednar, I'm really happy with it. I've been
really happy with the way we played.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
I know the game of Toronto, we didn't get the results,
but it was nice to see what'll go.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
In for us.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
The Avs road trip continues tomorrow night, as we'll be
in Montreal to play the Canadians in spring training baseball.
The Rockies beat the Rangers seven to four in the NBA.
Nuggets are in Portland tonight to play the Trailblazers.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I'm Chad Bauer.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
On the home of the Broncos, Buffs and Rockies and
KOA Sports this afternoon at three Colorado's Morning.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
News AOA News Time six sixteen, the State Department says
Russia and Ukraine are just a breath away from a
full ceasefire, claiming that the two countries are close to
making a deal. Still, Ukraine and Russia have been carrying
out new attacks against each other. The news comes days
after Ukrainian President Zelensky back to President Trump's push for
a limited ceasefire with Russia.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says everything will be done legally
when it comes to dismantling the Department of Education.
Speaker 19 (11:32):
I think if we can show them that the best
plan is to have states in control of education for
their communities, for their students, for their teachers, for their parents.
That is the best thing.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Speaking on Fox's special report, McMahon said President Trump wants
to close the department.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
As quickly as possible.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
However, they will have to wait for congressional approval for
the department is shut down completely, but it's unlikely they
have the votes to do so.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Next week, Wednesday will mark one year since the deadly
collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott keep Ridge. Now the NTSB
says the Maryland Transportation Authority failed to perform a proper
risk assessment that would have shown the forty seven year
old bridges risk of collapse. Six constructions and workers died
when a cargo ship hit one of the bridge's pillars
on March twenty sixth of last year, and.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
As a result, the NTSB now recommending that sixty eight
bridges across nineteen states be evaluated. That list does not
have any in Colorado, but it does include California's Golden
Gate and Coronado Bridges, plus New York cities Brooklyn, Verrizano,
and George Washington Bridges.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
And Colorado parks and Wildlife says one of their gray
wolves was found dead in.
Speaker 13 (12:41):
Wyoming back in January.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
The wolf was moved from British Columbia to Colorado back
as part of the state's reintroduction program. The wolf was
reported dead on March sixteenth, as federal officials were conducting
livestock depredation mitigation as a response to livestock losses in Wyoming.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
The Colorado Department of Agriculture said at least eleven domestic
cats have been found with a strain of bird flu.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Only one of them survived.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Cats appear to be highly susceptible to the disease, and
infections that often result in death. Cases have also been
linked to raw pet food and raw poultry consumption.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Two ice detainees reportedly still on the run after escaping
an Aurora facility. We'll get the latest from the police
chief coming up next.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
First, though, let's get a check on traffic from the
KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Here's Jonathan Steel.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, we're seeing a little bit of traffic out here,
particularly the two seventy drive. Although it's not in a
delay mode, but I'm seeing slight slowing around York and
Vasquez there. Both directions basically out of Commerce City. I
twenty five still looks really good up north coming into
the city I seventy six. We'll see those backups here eventually. Anyway,
westbound to southbound, that always seems to slow a little
(13:52):
bit there on the merge to I twenty five and
I twenty five is pretty much wide open in and
out of the downtown area. Apparently the shovel buses are
replace the train from Union Station to Central Park Station.
We had that earlier this week, and I'm not sure
exactly what the nature of that was. And also hearing
that the A line is experiencing about a fifteen minute
delay today and that's all due to police activity, So
(14:14):
keep that in mind. Jonathan Steel on KA eight fifty
Am in ninety four.
Speaker 17 (14:18):
One f.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
JOA News Time six point twenty Gina Gantak and Chad
Bauer Infra Marty lens Now on Colorado's Morning News.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
So we have to start our protocol for SA tour
the residents that we cannot find that have their names.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
That part of the nine one one called made from
Ice to Aurora Police stating two people who are detained
at the detention facility in Aurora have escaped. The escapees,
sparking a debate between ICE and the Aurora Police Department,
as ICE claims that Aurora PD refused to help in
that search.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
The escapees were able to leave the premises following a
power outage at the facility, unlocking the doors. Ice claims
local authorities were made aware of the event immediately and
decline to assist in a search, but in a press
conference yesterday, Aurora Police Department Chief Todd Chamberlain said that's
not the case.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
At nine thirty pm on March the eighteenth, there was
a power out each at the ICE GEO facility which
caused some type of security breach. ICE officials believe two
detainees escaped. At twelve thirty am, ICE GEO officials completed
an emergency headcount and confirmed that two detainees were missing.
At two thirty, four and a half, hours after the
(15:33):
estimated time of the escape, ICE GEO officials finally notified
Aurora nine one one and requested an Aurora Police Department response.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Chamberlain says at three point thirty a watch commander spoke
with the facility to verify the incident and followed the
appropriate Aurora Police Department procedure agreed upon by the facility
on how Aurora PEAD will respond in certain situations.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
So Aurora Police arrived at the scene around five to
fifteen in following the events that ICE claims that Aurora
PD did not act quickly enough. Chief Todd Chamberlain says
the police department was not given an opportunity to do so.
Speaker 7 (16:10):
Aurora Police Department was never asked to conduct an active
search at the time of the escape, nor were we
provided with any of the necessary details to do so.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
At the time of the conference, Aurora Police claimed that
they had very little information on the case or how
ICE would like to see them proceed.
Speaker 7 (16:25):
ICE GEO has still not provided essential information. No escape flyers,
no booking photos, no further details. Our detectives reached out
directly to try to verify some of the facts of it.
ICE declined to offer to be involved in this and
stated that APD was not expected to assist in cold escapes.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Chamberlain reiterated the fact that ICE supervisors had no expectation
of Aurora PD's involvement in the case.
Speaker 7 (16:48):
ICE supervisors confirmed that there was never an.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Expectation for APD to.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
Leave this investigation, yet it has become basically public sentiment
that ICE has suggested otherwise.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
But National Border Patrol Council present than Paul Perez accused
as police of being political and not doing their parts
to protect the public.
Speaker 20 (17:06):
When they put their communities at risk. I don't care
what the person escaped for. If there's an escapee, every
law enforcement officer should be out there searching. That's what
we do. We want to do that. We want to
serve and protect our communities. And for the decisions to
be made at the top to say we're not going
to help, that's politics.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
That it's worse.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Chief Chamberlain also reacting to the accusations made against the
Aurora Police.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Departments, mischaracterization, in my humble opinion, is unacceptable. I think
it reflects incredibly negatively on the Aurora Police Department and
our willingness and our desire to serve this community and
to ensure that this community is safe.
Speaker 4 (17:41):
He insists this is a federal matter and there's little
local police can do since state law forbids them from
getting involved in federal immigration matters. The two escapees have
still not been found at this time. Will continue following
this story at the top and bottom of the hours
here on Colorado's Morning News News Time six twenty eight
Gina Gandek from Chad Bauer in for Marty Lenz on
(18:04):
Colorado's Morning News, the March Madness festivities continue. Coming up
at eight ten this morning, we'll actually go live to
Seattle or our very own Marty Lenz will be gearing
up for his CSU rams taking on Memphis.
Speaker 13 (18:16):
And let me just add because I'm gonna take.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
All the bragging rights for it right now, because I
know this is the only day I'll have the bragging
rights for it. I am currently number one on our
KOA March Madness pool. Chad, your number, Actually you're tied
for number two. There's a lot of ties right now
for number two, so you're right up there with Benjamin
Albright as well.
Speaker 13 (18:38):
And I know that's not gonna last long by any means.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
I know, I think I think you know more about
sports than Benjamin all Bright now, right.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Yeah, one n one hundred percent, yes for sure. And
coming up at seven nineteen this morning, Denver Mayor Mike
Johnston will be joining us, and we'll have to see
how he feels about his He's a former Yale grad.
Speaker 13 (18:56):
Correct and they were We're done.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
They're right done.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
So we'll have to see how far he had them
going there as well. But you can let us know
on the talk back on the iHeartRadio app how your
bracket may be doing, because right now I'm doing pretty
pretty well. I love it, but I know I'm just
going to brag about it now because by the weekend
I'll be shot.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Coming up next, we'll have the newscast. But first checking
in with traffic Jonathan Steele from the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Yeah, we are starting to see some of that traffic
out here. In fact, I've got a little jam up
developing on Ice seventy coming west in between two two
five and Havana. I think there's some kind of problem
that's holding up the drive in there. It looks like
it may be on the right side. Not sure exactly
what it is, but be careful as you're coming through.
It looks like it's going to be a bit of
a delay. And then I'll start backing up two two
(19:45):
five also north down to westbound heading through Havana two
seventy a little bit busier east heading through York I
seventy six. Sure enough, the westbound to southbound transition ramp
is starting to back up. I twenty five coming down
out of Thornton's a little slugg but not in the
delay mode just yet. South end I twenty five to
and from the Tech Center is still wide open. Jonathan
Steel on KA eight to t am and ninety four
(20:07):
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