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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Friday morning on Colorado's Morning News Ginagantek and Chad Bauer
on eight fifty AM ninety four to one FM, and
on the iHeartRadio app Fox thirty one pinpoint weather.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Plenty of sunshine today.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
High temperature will be in the upper fifties, mid sixties tomorrow,
little cooler, nearing sixty on Sunday. Then it looks like
we're in for a really warm stretch of weather into
next week. Currently, though we're at thirty four in Denver.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Aurora police and federal immigration officials remain at odds over
how each responded to the escape of two Venezuelan men
from a local detention center. Aoway's David Kale joins US
Live with more on this standoff.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Aurora Police Chief Codd Chamberlain says it's as simple as
a delayed notice from ICE to his department about the escape.
It's at the crux of why Aurora officers weren't able
to help.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
The Aurora Police Department can only respond effectively and efficiently
when timely and accurate information is provided, that unfortunately did
not happen during this case.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez Fire's back accusing
police of being unaccountable.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
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.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
That's what we do. We want to do that, we
want to serve and protect our communities.
Speaker 6 (01:18):
And for the decisions to be made at the top
to say we're not going to help, that's politics.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
That it's worse. Chamberlain rejects that notion.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Ice supervisors confirmed that there was never an expectation for
APD to leave this investigation. Yet it has become basically
public sentiment that is has suggested otherwise.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
The escapees remain at large. They'd been arrested for theft
and for resisting arrest. One had been in the country
since twenty twenty three, the other since twenty thirteen. At
least one was on the way to deportation, with the
other scheduled to appear before an immigration judge.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
David Kale Kiowa News. People living in the.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Southern Colorado towns of Alacotta and Yoder have been allowed
to return home after a fast moving wild fire broke
out yesterday afternoon, coming dangerously close to homes. The ol
Paso County Sheriff's office says the fire is now one
hundred percent contained, but fire crews remain in the area
to take care of any hot spots.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Denver's auditor says the city is still having problems tracking
the money it spends on homelessness. Two years ago, the
Denver auditor made thirty six recommendations about monitoring the money
for homeless expenses, and so far Denver fully implemented only
six items and partially followed through on eleven others. The
city expects to spend fifty seven and a half million
(02:33):
dollars every year to address homelessness, aiming to serve two
thousand people. It breaks down to nearly twenty nine thousand
dollars per person given aid. Tesla implementing new security measures
after increasing attacks on dealerships and vehicles.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
L On Musk announced on ex Tesla has ramped up
security and activated Century Mode on all the cars it
its dealerships that allows the cameras on the cars to
record its surroundings. The FBI is investigating as incidents have
spread to multiple Tesla storefronts and charging stations in at
least eleven states.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Police and Lakewood.
Speaker 7 (03:06):
Colorado are looking for the person who cut all the
cords at a Tesla charging station.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Foxes Alicia Kona.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Forty two year old Lucy Nelson, also known as Justin Nelson,
now facing federal charges for vandalizing a Tesla dealership in Loveland.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Flights at London Heathrow, one of the busiest airports in
the world, canceled after a fire and an electrical substation
nearby Box's Alex Hogan.
Speaker 8 (03:30):
As many as thirteen hundred flights have been canceled from Heathrow.
Heathrow is the fifth largest and busiest airport in the world,
and Europe's busiest. So this all started late last night
when fire broke out at what is an electrical substation
about two miles from Heathrow Airports. Residents described hearing a
large explosion before clouds of smoke appeared. So about seven
(03:53):
hours after all of this started, the substation erupting in flames.
Firefighters were able to bring it under control. Over eighty
million travelers fly through Heathrow every year, showing again just
how many people rely.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
On this airport.
Speaker 8 (04:05):
Flights are now being diverted to France, Germany, Iceland, to
name just a few of the countries.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Ethrow says they expect significant disruptions in the coming days
and passengers should not travel to the airport under any
circumstance until they reopen. They say as many as two
hundred and ninety one thousand passengers are affected by this closure.
President Trump, denying a report in The New York Times
that Elon Musk will be briefed about a possible war
(04:32):
with China, Elon.
Speaker 9 (04:33):
Musk will be at the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Pete
Hegseth denying the meeting will be about China war plans instead,
Hegseth saying it will be an informal meeting about innovation
and efficiencies, although an official did tell ABC News that
China would at least be mentioned in this meeting and
the meeting would be with the Joint chiefs of Staff.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That's ABC's Martha Raddits.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Department of Justice lawyers heading to court today to answer
a federal judge's questions about why a deportation flight carrying
Migrantstell Salvador was allowed to continue when he had ordered
the flight to be turned around. Education Secretary Linda McMahon
says everything will be done legally, when it comes to
dismantling the department, she oversees.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Secretary McMahon.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Speaking on Fox News yesterday evening, hours after President Trump
signed an executive order aimed at gutting the Department of Education,
McMahon said Trump wants to close the department as quickly
as possible, citing low reading and math scores among American children.
White House officials have confirmed that they will wait for
congressional approval before the department is completely shut down.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
A wolf relocated to Colorado from British Columbia, Canada, was
shot and killed in Wyoming.
Speaker 10 (05:44):
Usca's Wildlife Services says it had responded to private land
last weekend in north central Wyoming where five dead sheep
had clearly been killed by a wolf. The USCA says
one sheep had been fed upon, the others had bibemarks
consistent with wolf attacks, and wolf tracks were found at
the scene. Wildlife Services says they removed the wolf and
(06:08):
found it how to Colorado Parks and Wildlife caller Kathy
Walker Kowa News.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
CYU facing Wisconsin in Texas, A and m playing Michigan
at Ball Arena tomorrow during the second round of the
NCAA championship games, but March Madness just happens to also
take place during Problem Gambling Awareness Month.
Speaker 11 (06:24):
Revenue from the US sports betting hit a record high
in twenty twenty four. That's according to the American Gaming
Association's annual report. They say there's always a spike during
March men is the Colorado A Lottery gave me tips
on responsible gambling. Set a dollar limit and stick to it.
Take a break from playing every now and then, know
how the games work and your odds of winning. Then
if you're unsure whether you're overstepping your limits, ask for help.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
That's smart.
Speaker 11 (06:49):
Colorado as a four hundred and thirty people have signed
up for the Self Exclusion Resource, which is where people
voluntarily exclude themselves from all forms of gaming.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
On Fox thirty one's Carly Moore for.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
KOA, you're up to date on Colorado's morning news. This
newscast brought to you by Common Spirit Health. Coming up next,
Prices on meals definitely going up. Pat Woodard will have
all the details and business and money news.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Let's take a look at your Friday morning drive. We
go to the KOA Traffic Center. Here's Jonathan Steel and
it does look like we have our first problem this morning.
Speaker 12 (07:22):
Out there on the east side of I seventy it's
westbound about Havana. It looks like the center portion of
the highway as well as the far right lane is
blocked up.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
It does appear to be a crash.
Speaker 12 (07:31):
And right now in the backup it's extending to write
out about Chambers almost back to Penya. Certainly two to
five on the northbound to westbound transition that is going
to start backing up as well. So kind of I
think keep to the left might be your best bet
because all the activity seems to be center and right side.
Two seventies a little bit busier for you coming east
off I seventy six. I seventy six near eighty eighth
a little slow, and it's just starting to see an
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increase up north. It's not really in a delay mode
coming out of Thornton, but coming into downtown is kind
of bunching up a little bit through spear. Jonathan Steel
on KAIT eight at the Am in ninety four ONEFM.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Business and Money news sponsored by the Alpha one Tax
and Wealth Management's financial radio show Pat Water joining us
and Pat what's for breakfast?
Speaker 13 (08:12):
Well, maybe indigestion once you get the bill. We're told
it's the most important meal of the day, but it's
getting to be one of the most expensive if you
decide to have breakfast at a restaurant.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
But the price hikes are not just for breakfast.
Speaker 14 (08:25):
A new study from finance Buzz found in the last
five years, popular chain restaurants hiked their prices by an
average of forty two percent. That's double the national inflation rate.
Breakfast restaurants so the biggest increases. Waffle House nearly doubled
their prices in the last five years, prices at I
Hop rising more than eighty percent. Among other chains topping
(08:46):
the list Texas Roadhouse at forty six percent and TGI
Fridays at forty five percent, and Refuge ABC News New York.
Speaker 13 (08:54):
Tesla cyber truck is facing another recall, and this on
a software update won't do. TSB says there's a safety
issue related to a cosmetic panel that can fall off
and turn into a road hazard. The adhesive use to
latch the trim pieces can come unglued. Last week was
the worst one for the financial markets in a couple
of years. No such drama heading into today's final trading
(09:16):
session of the week, but the trend is still down.
Speaker 15 (09:19):
At the closing bill, the Doubt Johnes Industrial Average lost
eleven points, closing it forty one, nine hundred and fifty three.
The S and P five hundred also down by twelve
points to fifty six sixty two. The NASDAK lost fifty
nine points, closing its seventeen thousand, six hundred and ninety one.
I'm Sarah Lee Kissler.
Speaker 13 (09:40):
Coming the theaters this weekend Disney's live action reboot of
Snow White. Box office projections have the movie making about
fifty million dollars in its North American debut. It reportedly
cost two hundred and forty million dollars to make. That's
update brought to you by the dever Meshow Chamber of Commerce.
Our next update is at seven oh eight Pat waterd
(10:00):
KOA Money News.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
In KOA Sports March Madness underway. The men's tournaments getting
fully underway yesterday, with sixteen teams punching their ticket to
the second round. The biggest upset of the day was
twelve seed McNeese knocking off five seed Clemson, who was
the program's first NCAA tournament victory of their lower seats
to advance to the second round include a ninth seeded Creighton.
(10:25):
They beat Louisville, tenn seeded Arkansas defeated seven seed Kansas,
and eleventh seeded Drake over at six seeded Missouri. In
the Denver games, Wisconsin beat Montana BYU over VCU, Texas
A and M defeated Yale, and in the best game
of the day, Michigan held off UC San Diego sixty
eight to sixty five. That sets up these Saturday matchups
(10:48):
at ball Arena, Texas A and M against Michigan and
BYU taking on Wisconsin. CSU's first round game is today
in Seattle. The twelve seeded Rams play Memphis, who are
the fifth seed. CSU athletic director John Weber.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Memphis, who is going to be a very athletic team.
They're going to be a fast team.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So you're going to see us play at a.
Speaker 16 (11:08):
Little bit of a different pace, a little bit of
a different way.
Speaker 17 (11:11):
We're going to.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Have to We're gonna have to deal with a little
bit of a longer athlete, a little bit of a
taller athlete.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
The Rams come into the tournament having won ten games
in a row. The Colorado women's team advances in the WBIT,
beating Southeastern Louisiana seventy three to forty one.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Coach j R.
Speaker 17 (11:29):
Pain overall execution of the defensive game plan was really good.
Not too many possessions where we really weren't trying to
do what we had talked about in preparation.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Top seed of Colorado will host fourth seed at Gonzaga
Sunday at one. The University of Denver and men's basketball
coach Jeff Woolbron.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Mutually agreeing to part ways.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Assistant Shaman Williams, who led the team in their final
three games of the season after Woolburn was put on leave,
will continue as interim coach in the NHL. The Avalanche
didn't have any problems scoring goals last night is a
cruise pass the Senators five to one.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Coach Jared Bednar felt.
Speaker 18 (12:04):
Like we're doing a lot of good things offensively, getting
to the net, creating rebounds, lots of deflections, pretty good
looks from umbrella and then the slot, So you have
to be pretty happy with that for the competitiveness and
the execution here tonight.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
The Abs play the Canadians in Montreal tomorrow night. In
Spring Training baseball, the Rockies beat the Rangers seven to four.
They'll play the Angels this afternoon, and the Nuggets will
try to bounce back from Wednesday's loss to the Lakers
as they travel to Portland to play the Blazers tonight.
I'm Chad Bauer on the home of the Broncos, Buffs
and Rockies and Kowa Sports this afternoon at three, looking.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
For something to do well.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
The complete weekend event list coming up in just a minute. Here,
take a look at your drive. First, we go to
Jonathan Steel and the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 12 (12:52):
Yeah, and we've got delays to the east on I
seventy this morning. Our first big crash. It's going to
be westbound at Havana. Now the far rightly's been cleared.
The center portion of still blocks, so you can get
left or right to get around it. But it's stacked
up just about back to Penya now very slow. It
really tightens up towards the accident scene itself and looks
like it's going to affect eastbound coming through. Also, let's
(13:13):
see we got two seventy east coming off I seventy
six now a little bit slower through York and then
eventually out towards I seventy I twenty five up north
looks real good. It's just coming into downtown that's slightly
sluggish and seeing a little increase on I seventy six,
as well as two TI five around Parker heading towards
about YO seventy opening up onto I twenty five, but
not really in a delay mo, just a little sluggish
(13:34):
in there. Jonathan Steel on KA eight tot AM and
Night for ONEFF.
Speaker 19 (13:37):
Longmont is also hosting a home show, offering ideas for
home renovations while meeting vendors and suppliers. The Longmond Home
Show will be held at the Boulder County Fairgrounds today
through Sunday.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
The forty ninth Danuel Denver March Powwow returns to the
Denver Coliseum today through Sunday. It's a chance for Native
Americans to come together to honor their heritage. Dancers, storytellers, vendors, arts, crafts, frybread, concessions,
and more. Many different tribes will be attending this weekend's
event in Denver. You can get tickets at the Denver
Coliseum doors or in advance at AXS dot com.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
The Tony Award winning Stage production of Life of Pie
is bringing its national tour to Colorado. Life of Pie
tells the story of a sixteen year old boy who
is stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with
four other survivors, a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and
a Bengal tiger. Stage adaptation based on Ian Martell's best
(14:30):
selling novel, which has sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide.
Life of Pie playing through Sunday, March thirtieth at the
Buell Theater.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science opens its newest
exhibition today, Jurassic Oceans koas Brenda Stewart.
Speaker 20 (14:47):
Monsters of the Deep takes you back two hundred million
years to experience a prehistoric underwater world when the oceans
were filled with fascinating and fearsome creatures. Explore the life
of ancient seas, from the Jurassic Plesosaur to the megalodon
that lived millions of years later. Jurassic Oceans Monsters of
the Deep runs through September seventh.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Refer seeing the dinosaurs that roam the land. Kaois Michelle
Belden headed the Colorado Springs Event Center.
Speaker 16 (15:15):
Today, Jurassic Quest is North America's biggest and most realistic
dinosaur event. Walk through the Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic periods
with Trudel life sized dinosaurs from the very small to
the gigantic. Kids will enjoy seeing more than eighty dinosaurs
that roar and move, with some even walking around. You'll
also find a dinosaur petting zoo, dinoscience stations, fossil area,
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dinosaur rides, and photo ops. Jurassic Quests runs from today
through Sunday.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Snake lovers invited to the Arapaho County Fairgrounds Tomorrow and
Sunday for Repticon. It's a family friendly event featuring animals
not normally seen in local pet stores. Shop for a
new family pet among the hundreds of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, spiders,
and small exotic animals. Repticon also has merchandise, cages, supplies,
live and frozen feeders, as well as expert advice.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
In sports, CSU plays their first round in CAA tournament
game in Seattle today, twelve seeded Rams play fifth seeded
Memphis tip off at noon. And spring training baseball, the
Rockies play the Angels this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Nuggets on the Road. Tonight they will.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Play the Blazers in Portland, and March Madness continues tomorrow
with two more games at ball Arena.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
They will be Michigan playing.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Texas A and m we know who Gene is going
to be cheering for there, and BYU will take on Wisconsin.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
I really have it set up for a Michigan Michigan
State final eight set up there.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
I really don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
If that's possible or not, but I would love to
see it.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Well.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
I think Michigan State for sure can make it that far.
In Michigan, you know, see if they get hot, they can't.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Last night's game was a little concerning once I saw
at the end US.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
San Diego was a solid team. But I think Michigan
has a chance to get that far.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
We'll see. If you are number one in the pool side.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Yeah, let's let's keep let's keep that going.
Speaker 20 (16:59):
Number one right now.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
I doubt it, but we'll see.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Also in concert news this weekend, Pallace performs at the
Mission Ballroom tonight, so down there tomorrow at the Oddden
It's Thought Process Tonight, Jeff Tate performs his operation Mind Crime,
the Final Chapter Tour at the Gothic Tonight. MXM Tune
is there tomorrow, and if you're looking to combine some
music and comedy, Morgan Jay is at the Paramount with
two shows tonight at seven pm and nine thirty.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Our show would have known about the Jeff Tait show.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
He's the former listener of Queen's Reich and Operation Mind
Crime is one of the legendary a concept metal albums
of all time, and he left the band like ten
years ago now, but he's going to shows.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
So is this also his final solo show? Because it
sounds like they're saying that he's done after this. I
was even trying to look into it a little bit
because I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I pay zero attention when people call them farewell tours
because they only ninety nine percent of the time they
come back and do more later.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
So I'm not even that old.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
And I've seen two who farewell tours so far, and
I know even Marty has seen more than that.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Kiss has had like twenty of them. I think let
us know what you have going on this weekend.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
You could share with us on our social media pages.
At KWA Colorado, Texas at five six six nine zero
will spotlights more weekend events at eight forty nine. Seven
o'clock newscast is coming up next. Let's take a look
at your Friday morning drive though. We go to Jonathan
Steel in the KWA Traffic Center.
Speaker 12 (18:21):
Yeah, they just cleared the accident out there. I seventy
at Hubdana westbound to the Shoulder area, which is good,
but it's backed up past Penya.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It's a real tight jam there.
Speaker 12 (18:30):
It'll affect Panya on the ramp merging as well as
tw T five northbound to westbound eastbound has been a
little slow, but it's starting to pick up the pace now.
Two seventy is just a little jammed up off of
I seventy six at York. I twenty five steal in
great shape. The only real slow down is coming into
downtown through Spear and two two five around Parker heading
towards I twenty five. Jonathan Steel on KWAIT eight fifty
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Speaker 2 (19:00):
Freeze never sounded so good.
Friday morning on Colorado's Morning News Ginagantek and Chad Bauer
on eight fifty AM ninety four to one FM, and
on the iHeartRadio app Fox thirty one pinpoint weather.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Plenty of sunshine today.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
High temperature will be in the upper fifties, mid sixties tomorrow,
little cooler, nearing sixty on Sunday. Then it looks like
we're in for a really warm stretch of weather into
next week. Currently, though we're at thirty four in Denver.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Aurora police and federal immigration officials remain at odds over
how each responded to the escape of two Venezuelan men
from a local detention center. Aoway's David Kale joins US
Live with more on this standoff.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Aurora Police Chief Codd Chamberlain says it's as simple as
a delayed notice from ICE to his department about the escape.
It's at the crux of why Aurora officers weren't able
to help.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
The Aurora Police Department can only respond effectively and efficiently
when timely and accurate information is provided, that unfortunately did
not happen during this case.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez Fire's back accusing
police of being unaccountable.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
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.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
That's what we do. We want to do that, we
want to serve and protect our communities.
Speaker 6 (01:18):
And for the decisions to be made at the top
to say we're not going to help, that's politics.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
That it's worse. Chamberlain rejects that notion.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Ice supervisors confirmed that there was never an expectation for
APD to leave this investigation. Yet it has become basically
public sentiment that is has suggested otherwise.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
The escapees remain at large. They'd been arrested for theft
and for resisting arrest. One had been in the country
since twenty twenty three, the other since twenty thirteen. At
least one was on the way to deportation, with the
other scheduled to appear before an immigration judge.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
David Kale Kiowa News. People living in the.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Southern Colorado towns of Alacotta and Yoder have been allowed
to return home after a fast moving wild fire broke
out yesterday afternoon, coming dangerously close to homes. The ol
Paso County Sheriff's office says the fire is now one
hundred percent contained, but fire crews remain in the area
to take care of any hot spots.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Denver's auditor says the city is still having problems tracking
the money it spends on homelessness. Two years ago, the
Denver auditor made thirty six recommendations about monitoring the money
for homeless expenses, and so far Denver fully implemented only
six items and partially followed through on eleven others. The
city expects to spend fifty seven and a half million
(02:33):
dollars every year to address homelessness, aiming to serve two
thousand people. It breaks down to nearly twenty nine thousand
dollars per person given aid. Tesla implementing new security measures
after increasing attacks on dealerships and vehicles.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
L On Musk announced on ex Tesla has ramped up
security and activated Century Mode on all the cars it
its dealerships that allows the cameras on the cars to
record its surroundings. The FBI is investigating as incidents have
spread to multiple Tesla storefronts and charging stations in at
least eleven states.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Police and Lakewood.
Speaker 7 (03:06):
Colorado are looking for the person who cut all the
cords at a Tesla charging station.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Foxes Alicia Kona.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Forty two year old Lucy Nelson, also known as Justin Nelson,
now facing federal charges for vandalizing a Tesla dealership in Loveland.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Flights at London Heathrow, one of the busiest airports in
the world, canceled after a fire and an electrical substation
nearby Box's Alex Hogan.
Speaker 8 (03:30):
As many as thirteen hundred flights have been canceled from Heathrow.
Heathrow is the fifth largest and busiest airport in the world,
and Europe's busiest. So this all started late last night
when fire broke out at what is an electrical substation
about two miles from Heathrow Airports. Residents described hearing a
large explosion before clouds of smoke appeared. So about seven
(03:53):
hours after all of this started, the substation erupting in flames.
Firefighters were able to bring it under control. Over eighty
million travelers fly through Heathrow every year, showing again just
how many people rely.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
On this airport.
Speaker 8 (04:05):
Flights are now being diverted to France, Germany, Iceland, to
name just a few of the countries.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Ethrow says they expect significant disruptions in the coming days
and passengers should not travel to the airport under any
circumstance until they reopen. They say as many as two
hundred and ninety one thousand passengers are affected by this closure.
President Trump, denying a report in The New York Times
that Elon Musk will be briefed about a possible war
(04:32):
with China, Elon.
Speaker 9 (04:33):
Musk will be at the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Pete
Hegseth denying the meeting will be about China war plans instead,
Hegseth saying it will be an informal meeting about innovation
and efficiencies, although an official did tell ABC News that
China would at least be mentioned in this meeting and
the meeting would be with the Joint chiefs of Staff.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That's ABC's Martha Raddits.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Department of Justice lawyers heading to court today to answer
a federal judge's questions about why a deportation flight carrying
Migrantstell Salvador was allowed to continue when he had ordered
the flight to be turned around. Education Secretary Linda McMahon
says everything will be done legally, when it comes to
dismantling the department, she oversees.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Secretary McMahon.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Speaking on Fox News yesterday evening, hours after President Trump
signed an executive order aimed at gutting the Department of Education,
McMahon said Trump wants to close the department as quickly
as possible, citing low reading and math scores among American children.
White House officials have confirmed that they will wait for
congressional approval before the department is completely shut down.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
A wolf relocated to Colorado from British Columbia, Canada, was
shot and killed in Wyoming.
Speaker 10 (05:44):
Usca's Wildlife Services says it had responded to private land
last weekend in north central Wyoming where five dead sheep
had clearly been killed by a wolf. The USCA says
one sheep had been fed upon, the others had bibemarks
consistent with wolf attacks, and wolf tracks were found at
the scene. Wildlife Services says they removed the wolf and
(06:08):
found it how to Colorado Parks and Wildlife caller Kathy
Walker Kowa News.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
CYU facing Wisconsin in Texas, A and m playing Michigan
at Ball Arena tomorrow during the second round of the
NCAA championship games, but March Madness just happens to also
take place during Problem Gambling Awareness Month.
Speaker 11 (06:24):
Revenue from the US sports betting hit a record high
in twenty twenty four. That's according to the American Gaming
Association's annual report. They say there's always a spike during
March men is the Colorado A Lottery gave me tips
on responsible gambling. Set a dollar limit and stick to it.
Take a break from playing every now and then, know
how the games work and your odds of winning. Then
if you're unsure whether you're overstepping your limits, ask for help.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
That's smart.
Speaker 11 (06:49):
Colorado as a four hundred and thirty people have signed
up for the Self Exclusion Resource, which is where people
voluntarily exclude themselves from all forms of gaming.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
On Fox thirty one's Carly Moore for.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
KOA, you're up to date on Colorado's morning news. This
newscast brought to you by Common Spirit Health. Coming up next,
Prices on meals definitely going up. Pat Woodard will have
all the details and business and money news.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Let's take a look at your Friday morning drive. We
go to the KOA Traffic Center. Here's Jonathan Steel and
it does look like we have our first problem this morning.
Speaker 12 (07:22):
Out there on the east side of I seventy it's
westbound about Havana. It looks like the center portion of
the highway as well as the far right lane is
blocked up.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
It does appear to be a crash.
Speaker 12 (07:31):
And right now in the backup it's extending to write
out about Chambers almost back to Penya. Certainly two to
five on the northbound to westbound transition that is going
to start backing up as well. So kind of I
think keep to the left might be your best bet
because all the activity seems to be center and right side.
Two seventies a little bit busier for you coming east
off I seventy six. I seventy six near eighty eighth
a little slow, and it's just starting to see an
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increase up north. It's not really in a delay mode
coming out of Thornton, but coming into downtown is kind
of bunching up a little bit through spear. Jonathan Steel
on KAIT eight at the Am in ninety four ONEFM.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Business and Money news sponsored by the Alpha one Tax
and Wealth Management's financial radio show Pat Water joining us
and Pat what's for breakfast?
Speaker 13 (08:12):
Well, maybe indigestion once you get the bill. We're told
it's the most important meal of the day, but it's
getting to be one of the most expensive if you
decide to have breakfast at a restaurant.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
But the price hikes are not just for breakfast.
Speaker 14 (08:25):
A new study from finance Buzz found in the last
five years, popular chain restaurants hiked their prices by an
average of forty two percent. That's double the national inflation rate.
Breakfast restaurants so the biggest increases. Waffle House nearly doubled
their prices in the last five years, prices at I
Hop rising more than eighty percent. Among other chains topping
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the list Texas Roadhouse at forty six percent and TGI
Fridays at forty five percent, and Refuge ABC News New York.
Speaker 13 (08:54):
Tesla cyber truck is facing another recall, and this on
a software update won't do. TSB says there's a safety
issue related to a cosmetic panel that can fall off
and turn into a road hazard. The adhesive use to
latch the trim pieces can come unglued. Last week was
the worst one for the financial markets in a couple
of years. No such drama heading into today's final trading
(09:16):
session of the week, but the trend is still down.
Speaker 15 (09:19):
At the closing bill, the Doubt Johnes Industrial Average lost
eleven points, closing it forty one, nine hundred and fifty three.
The S and P five hundred also down by twelve
points to fifty six sixty two. The NASDAK lost fifty
nine points, closing its seventeen thousand, six hundred and ninety one.
I'm Sarah Lee Kissler.
Speaker 13 (09:40):
Coming the theaters this weekend Disney's live action reboot of
Snow White. Box office projections have the movie making about
fifty million dollars in its North American debut. It reportedly
cost two hundred and forty million dollars to make. That's
update brought to you by the dever Meshow Chamber of Commerce.
Our next update is at seven oh eight Pat waterd
(10:00):
KOA Money News.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
In KOA Sports March Madness underway. The men's tournaments getting
fully underway yesterday, with sixteen teams punching their ticket to
the second round. The biggest upset of the day was
twelve seed McNeese knocking off five seed Clemson, who was
the program's first NCAA tournament victory of their lower seats
to advance to the second round include a ninth seeded Creighton.
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They beat Louisville, tenn seeded Arkansas defeated seven seed Kansas,
and eleventh seeded Drake over at six seeded Missouri. In
the Denver games, Wisconsin beat Montana BYU over VCU, Texas
A and M defeated Yale, and in the best game
of the day, Michigan held off UC San Diego sixty
eight to sixty five. That sets up these Saturday matchups
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at ball Arena, Texas A and M against Michigan and
BYU taking on Wisconsin. CSU's first round game is today
in Seattle. The twelve seeded Rams play Memphis, who are
the fifth seed. CSU athletic director John Weber.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Memphis, who is going to be a very athletic team.
They're going to be a fast team.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So you're going to see us play at a.
Speaker 16 (11:08):
Little bit of a different pace, a little bit of
a different way.
Speaker 17 (11:11):
We're going to.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Have to We're gonna have to deal with a little
bit of a longer athlete, a little bit of a
taller athlete.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
The Rams come into the tournament having won ten games
in a row. The Colorado women's team advances in the WBIT,
beating Southeastern Louisiana seventy three to forty one.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Coach j R.
Speaker 17 (11:29):
Pain overall execution of the defensive game plan was really good.
Not too many possessions where we really weren't trying to
do what we had talked about in preparation.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Top seed of Colorado will host fourth seed at Gonzaga
Sunday at one. The University of Denver and men's basketball
coach Jeff Woolbron.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Mutually agreeing to part ways.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Assistant Shaman Williams, who led the team in their final
three games of the season after Woolburn was put on leave,
will continue as interim coach in the NHL. The Avalanche
didn't have any problems scoring goals last night is a
cruise pass the Senators five to one.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Coach Jared Bednar felt.
Speaker 18 (12:04):
Like we're doing a lot of good things offensively, getting
to the net, creating rebounds, lots of deflections, pretty good
looks from umbrella and then the slot, So you have
to be pretty happy with that for the competitiveness and
the execution here tonight.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
The Abs play the Canadians in Montreal tomorrow night. In
Spring Training baseball, the Rockies beat the Rangers seven to four.
They'll play the Angels this afternoon, and the Nuggets will
try to bounce back from Wednesday's loss to the Lakers
as they travel to Portland to play the Blazers tonight.
I'm Chad Bauer on the home of the Broncos, Buffs
and Rockies and Kowa Sports this afternoon at three, looking.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
For something to do well.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
The complete weekend event list coming up in just a minute. Here,
take a look at your drive. First, we go to
Jonathan Steel and the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 12 (12:52):
Yeah, and we've got delays to the east on I
seventy this morning. Our first big crash. It's going to
be westbound at Havana. Now the far rightly's been cleared.
The center portion of still blocks, so you can get
left or right to get around it. But it's stacked
up just about back to Penya now very slow. It
really tightens up towards the accident scene itself and looks
like it's going to affect eastbound coming through. Also, let's
(13:13):
see we got two seventy east coming off I seventy
six now a little bit slower through York and then
eventually out towards I seventy I twenty five up north
looks real good. It's just coming into downtown that's slightly
sluggish and seeing a little increase on I seventy six,
as well as two TI five around Parker heading towards
about YO seventy opening up onto I twenty five, but
not really in a delay mo, just a little sluggish
(13:34):
in there. Jonathan Steel on KA eight tot AM and
Night for ONEFF.
Speaker 19 (13:37):
Longmont is also hosting a home show, offering ideas for
home renovations while meeting vendors and suppliers. The Longmond Home
Show will be held at the Boulder County Fairgrounds today
through Sunday.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
The forty ninth Danuel Denver March Powwow returns to the
Denver Coliseum today through Sunday. It's a chance for Native
Americans to come together to honor their heritage. Dancers, storytellers, vendors, arts, crafts, frybread, concessions,
and more. Many different tribes will be attending this weekend's
event in Denver. You can get tickets at the Denver
Coliseum doors or in advance at AXS dot com.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
The Tony Award winning Stage production of Life of Pie
is bringing its national tour to Colorado. Life of Pie
tells the story of a sixteen year old boy who
is stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with
four other survivors, a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and
a Bengal tiger. Stage adaptation based on Ian Martell's best
(14:30):
selling novel, which has sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide.
Life of Pie playing through Sunday, March thirtieth at the
Buell Theater.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science opens its newest
exhibition today, Jurassic Oceans koas Brenda Stewart.
Speaker 20 (14:47):
Monsters of the Deep takes you back two hundred million
years to experience a prehistoric underwater world when the oceans
were filled with fascinating and fearsome creatures. Explore the life
of ancient seas, from the Jurassic Plesosaur to the megalodon
that lived millions of years later. Jurassic Oceans Monsters of
the Deep runs through September seventh.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Refer seeing the dinosaurs that roam the land. Kaois Michelle
Belden headed the Colorado Springs Event Center.
Speaker 16 (15:15):
Today, Jurassic Quest is North America's biggest and most realistic
dinosaur event. Walk through the Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic periods
with Trudel life sized dinosaurs from the very small to
the gigantic. Kids will enjoy seeing more than eighty dinosaurs
that roar and move, with some even walking around. You'll
also find a dinosaur petting zoo, dinoscience stations, fossil area,
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dinosaur rides, and photo ops. Jurassic Quests runs from today
through Sunday.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Snake lovers invited to the Arapaho County Fairgrounds Tomorrow and
Sunday for Repticon. It's a family friendly event featuring animals
not normally seen in local pet stores. Shop for a
new family pet among the hundreds of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, spiders,
and small exotic animals. Repticon also has merchandise, cages, supplies,
live and frozen feeders, as well as expert advice.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
In sports, CSU plays their first round in CAA tournament
game in Seattle today, twelve seeded Rams play fifth seeded
Memphis tip off at noon. And spring training baseball, the
Rockies play the Angels this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Nuggets on the Road. Tonight they will.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Play the Blazers in Portland, and March Madness continues tomorrow
with two more games at ball Arena.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
They will be Michigan playing.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Texas A and m we know who Gene is going
to be cheering for there, and BYU will take on Wisconsin.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
I really have it set up for a Michigan Michigan
State final eight set up there.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
I really don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
If that's possible or not, but I would love to
see it.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Well.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
I think Michigan State for sure can make it that far.
In Michigan, you know, see if they get hot, they can't.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Last night's game was a little concerning once I saw
at the end US.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
San Diego was a solid team. But I think Michigan
has a chance to get that far.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
We'll see. If you are number one in the pool side.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Yeah, let's let's keep let's keep that going.
Speaker 20 (16:59):
Number one right now.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
I doubt it, but we'll see.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Also in concert news this weekend, Pallace performs at the
Mission Ballroom tonight, so down there tomorrow at the Oddden
It's Thought Process Tonight, Jeff Tate performs his operation Mind Crime,
the Final Chapter Tour at the Gothic Tonight. MXM Tune
is there tomorrow, and if you're looking to combine some
music and comedy, Morgan Jay is at the Paramount with
two shows tonight at seven pm and nine thirty.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Our show would have known about the Jeff Tait show.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
He's the former listener of Queen's Reich and Operation Mind
Crime is one of the legendary a concept metal albums
of all time, and he left the band like ten
years ago now, but he's going to shows.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
So is this also his final solo show? Because it
sounds like they're saying that he's done after this. I
was even trying to look into it a little bit
because I didn't know.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I pay zero attention when people call them farewell tours
because they only ninety nine percent of the time they
come back and do more later.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
So I'm not even that old.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
And I've seen two who farewell tours so far, and
I know even Marty has seen more than that.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Kiss has had like twenty of them. I think let
us know what you have going on this weekend.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
You could share with us on our social media pages.
At KWA Colorado, Texas at five six six nine zero
will spotlights more weekend events at eight forty nine. Seven
o'clock newscast is coming up next. Let's take a look
at your Friday morning drive though. We go to Jonathan
Steel in the KWA Traffic Center.
Speaker 12 (18:21):
Yeah, they just cleared the accident out there. I seventy
at Hubdana westbound to the Shoulder area, which is good,
but it's backed up past Penya.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It's a real tight jam there.
Speaker 12 (18:30):
It'll affect Panya on the ramp merging as well as
tw T five northbound to westbound eastbound has been a
little slow, but it's starting to pick up the pace now.
Two seventy is just a little jammed up off of
I seventy six at York. I twenty five steal in
great shape. The only real slow down is coming into
downtown through Spear and two two five around Parker heading
towards I twenty five. Jonathan Steel on KWAIT eight fifty
am and not even for ONEFM, make us the number
(18:53):
one preset in your car and on the free iHeartRadio
app listen for all your music radio and podcasts.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Freeze never sounded so good.
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