Good Morning El Paso: 07.07.15

two different tuberculosis investigations in the borderland. new numbers from an elementary school and now- a new scare at a halfway house, where anyone who’s been inside should is being tested. also–the county judge is talking to abc-seven about the payments el paso children’s hospital just started making to the county hospital. and– from our round the clock news team—a body was found in downtown early this morning and el paso police are trying to determine what happened. / “no amount of military forc will end the terror that is isil unless it’s matched by a broader effort, political and economic,” and– a key update in the fight against terrorists– after president obama meets with pentagon leaders. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. abc-seven first alert coverage.. let’s get straight to our stormtrack weather and first alert coverage this morning. this is a live look outside from our exclusive mountain cam up on the franklin mountans. we are getting some rain in the borderland this week good morning! today we’re under a first alert that lasts from tonight through friday! we could see some stronger rain showers, with lightning, winds, small hail or even localized flooding potential. today we’ll begin the chances with just a 30% chance of rain in the afternoon. this morning no rain on radar and we expect to remainon the dry end. that will change in the later afternoon and into the night particularly. in fact coming up we’ll have looks at the raincast and futuretrack model to look at the beginning of this long stretch of higher rain chances. new this morning from our round the clock news team. el paso police investigating how a new this morning from our round the clock news team. el paso police investigating how a man died downtown. his body was discovered by two people who were walking near oregon street earlier this morning. police told our round the clock news team that they do not know if the man was hit by a car or if he could have committed suicide. we will update you with the latest developments as soon as they become available./ there’s been yet another possible case of a tuberculosis exposure here in el paso. this time it’s at a halfway house in central. dismas charities is located on the 7-thousand block of alameda near ascarate park. the department of health held a news conference earlier this evening. they say 200 adults have been identified as possibly being exposed to an active case of tb. the active case was reported on june 24th and involves a person associated with the facility. 170 people have already been tested and results are expected by early next week … 139 of those were residents and 36 were staff members. meanwhile … the health department also gave us an update on the possible exposure at frank macias elementary in horizon city. someone at the school had active tuberculosis. we’re told 155 students and staff have been tested so far….8 have yet to be located. of those tested — 35 tested positive – 29 children and 6 adults. this does not mean those cases are active. more tests will need to be done. tuberculosis is a treatable bacterial disease that’s spread from active cases. we learned more about those symptoms at yesterday’s news conference: “there would be fatigue rapid weight loss and significant weight loss and then coughing up blood… of conversion.” our coverage continues at kvia.com. there you’ll learn more about the symptoms and details on how it’s spread. also the difference between a latent t-b infection and t-b disease … and how and when you should get tested. that’s all at kvia dot com. city manager tommy gonzalez presented to city council his proposed fiscal year 2016 city budget yesterday. there are four main things causing a tax increase: the pay and health insurance for firefighters voters approved. paying the debt and maintenance of quality of life bond projects. paying off that big street improvement plan the city took on years ago. another thing driving up taxes for many: the fact that others are going to pay less. in 2011 – the city council increased the tax exemption from 30 to 40- thousand dollars for disabled and senior residents – effective 2016. so now – 36-percent of property owners qualify for a tax decrease. and the rest of the taxpayers will have to make up the difference. the city says it saved saved 3-and a half million dollars restructuring positions. but it’s also investing in 25 additional police cadets, a downtown police patrol and 15 more 911 operators to improve response times. if you’re the average el paso homeowner… your city taxes would go up by about 42- dollars. and for the senior and disabled residents who will see a tax decrease. your taxes would go down by about 40-dollars. this is all preliminary. the city will vote on a final budget next month. the county judge is talking to abc-seven about the payments el paso children’s hospital just started making to the county hospital. “the good news is that for umc, the bleeding has stopped on a monthly basis.” veronica escobar is also talking about the first filings the county will make in the children’s bankruptcy… … since mediation between the two failed last week. coming up later we’ll have more details about what escobar says the county is considering. new this morning– an update to a story we’ve been following since yesterday– the case of the roaming german shepherd who made its way to the border highway. we spoke with a woman who says it’s her dog who has been missing for more than a month. good morning el paso’s denise olivas joins us live with the story…denise? as a dog owner myself– it was nerve wrecking to watch toby somehow make his way through the border highway… we spoke with his owner who gave us this picture of the german shepherard– she says he’s an incredibly smart dog and doesn’t know why he escaped. if you missed it– monday morning tex-dot traffic cameras followed toby for abouy 45 minutes as he made his way through the eastbound lanes of the border highway between paisano and fonseca. his owner says last month toby was taken to a family friend’s home for a few days when he escaped. take a look– it is likely tex-dot followed him for so long because it was a potential traffic hazard. toby’s owner says he’s irreplaceable: “we just weren’t going to giv up looking for him…we just want toby home” here is another look at toby– he was last seen in south central el paso around delta and paisano. castillo doesn’t live too far from that area, she says her family has been walking around hoping to find him. hillary– you also posted a photo of another german shepherd who went missing over the weekend and it got more than 200 shares …. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… president obama say the fight against the islamic state and similar terrorists groups will take years, even decades. abc’s bazi kani is in washington with more on this story developing now. nats airstrike military leaders say this was one of the most intense assaults on is fighters in syria so far. the airstrikes over the weekend… targeting the terrorist group’s supply lines. but after a rare visit to the pentagon monday– president obama stressed the fight against is will take more than coalition firepower. ==sot obama== no amount of military force will end the terror that is isil unless it’s matched by a broader effort, political and economic, the commander in chief said more must be done to recruit and train syrians for the ground fight against is. right now, fewer than 100 are being trained by the u-s. and the battle will also be waged online. ===sot president obama== we also have to acknowledge that isil has been particularly effective at reaching out to and recruiting vulnerable people around the world, including here in the united states. the president said there will be increased efforts to counter is’s propaganda spreading through the world via social media. pointing to this example: the attack on a mohammed cartoon contest in texas. .. by two men believed to have been inspired by isis recruiters. warning the fight against is will be long… president obama insisted the u-s will not fail. ==sot obama== every time, every generation, our nation has risen to the moment. we don’t simply endure, we emerge stronger than before and that will be the case here . still ahead here on good morning el paso– residents in la union new mexico, are complaing about flooding, and the culprit behind the running water. also— it seems even the water is not enough to keep cool this summer, what people in one city are dealing with this morning. meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! thousands