Good Morning El Paso: 08.02.15

three arrests made in a murder investigation in dona ana… after an attempted home invasion leaves one man dead. an update on the street nearly washed away in last month’s rains. how residents are still trying to recover now. and later – new information about that possible wing flap from the missing malaysian airlines jet. what investigators are hoping to learn in the lab today. and in stormtrack weather, iris! this is all the news you need to start your sunday, august 2nd. abc-7’s “good morning el paso weekend” starts right now! good morning and thank you for joing us… i’m andrew j. polk. a rollover closed eastbound i-10 this morning at the zaragoza exit. our ’round the clock news crew was there as clean-up began. not many details are known at this time. so far we know one jeep turned over, landing rightside up and hitting the median. the driver was taken to an area hospital with have been reported at this time. the exit was closed as tow truck operators tried to move the vehicle. but it has since been reopened. an update on a murder investigation in dona ana. three 18-year-olds and one 17-year old have been arrested in the death of a las cruces teen. they are adrian hortelano, jordan gift, d’shaun hermans, and 17-year old daniel munoz. they’ve ben charged with first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, and tampering with evidence among other charges. it happened early friday morning on the 2600 block of dona ana road just outside of las cruces. sheriff’s deputies say 17-year old jaycob alba was shot and killed during an attempted home invasion. deputies say alba and the group were trying to break into a mobile home, when he was shot and killed by one of his accomplices. the group then fled the scene. the person living inside the mobile home was injured and taken to a nearby hospital. the paper reports the men were arrestede firday and are being held without bond at the dona ana county detention center. that’s according to the las cruces sun news. investigators believe the victim and the four suspects began shooting at the home, and one of the bullets struck alba. a wanted sex offender is now behind bars. el paso county sheriff’s office tells us carlton douglas fite walked away from the el paso multi-use facility on friday. he was wanted on a parole violation which includes theft, burglary and aggravated robbery. fite will also be charged with sex offenders duty to register. deputies say he lured a 14- year old into prostitution. fite was arrested on the 10-thousand block of north loop just after 6 this last night. texas attorney general ken paxton has been indicted by a grand jury on felony securities fraud charges. he’s being accused of misleading investors before he became the state’s top law enforcement officer. paxton is facing two counts of first-degree securities fraud and a lesser charge of not registering. the most serious allegation involves paxton encouraging investors in 2011 to put more than 600- thousand-dollars into a start up company- without telling them he was making commission on their investments while misrepresenting himself as an investor. conviction of a first-degree felony in texas carries a punishment of 5 years to life in prison he is expected to turn himself in to the authorities in collin county on monday. switching to stormtrack weather now! let’s get your first forecast with stormtracker iris lopez. good morning iris! speaking of weather, the residents of swede johnson street that were nearly washed out by heavy rains in early july are still working to repair and recover. residents of swede johnson street that were nearly washed out by heavy rains in early july are still working to repair and recover. this is a look at just how bad tha area was affected. you can see the rain just flooding the front of this viewer’s home. but now it’s a different story. more than 80 people came out for an organized cleaning effort. residents tell us it’s been difficult: “”it’s been hectic. after th rain – it got in through all of my house, inside my house, full of mud, and over here we didn’t have a yard, we didn’t have anything.” while the cleaning did help… the residents can’t completely get back to normal. rock wall builders say that unles something is done about the higher rock wall diverting water into their yards it wont last for long. the community is talking to the city to try and find a long term solution. as we previewed right here on good morning el paso weekend… we hosted the humane society throught the day yesterday and it’s always a very busy day for us here at the abc-7 studios. not to mention staff and volunteers with the humane society. so we wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at what it takes to put the telethon together. abc-7’s jerry najera went behind the camera and interviewed volunteers all day. when you watch the humane society’s telethon on television you’re only getting a glimpse of whats going people from the humane society begin preperations for the telethon a year in advance. rounding up volunteers-about 75 to a hundred of them. many of them answering phones in the kvia newsroom others trying to get donations through social media. for some it’s not their first time “14, 14 years” seasoned volunteers like esther herrera say the reason for spending countless hours volunteering is simple “m loving the animals having them have a good place to stay while they get adopted” “i jus enjoy doing this for the animals and helping people out” “i love the team i wo with but most of all it’s the need that the animals show everyday” here at the studios the staff doubles up. on cameras and more cameras producing juggling between editing news and pooch video. this man right here- chris swann pretty much doesn’t leave the directors chair for 7 hours. but when it’s all said and done many of us here at kvia will agree with volunteers on this day it’s all about our furry friends. “it’ my outlet and i love it a lot” “i get joy and fun and i learn lot of stuff to care for animals” i just wanted to take a minute to thank all the viewers who took part in the event. this year we expected to make 130-thousand dollars. but thanks to your help we were able to raise a whopping $148- thousand-616-doll ars. it’s a record breaking number that wouldn’t have happened without support from our community. so from the bottom of our hearts, we here at abc-7 thank you for your contributions. the president is calling it the biggest and most important step the country has ever taken to combat climate change. on monday president obama will unveil the final version of his regulations clamping down on carbon dioxide emissions. senior administration officials say the finalized rule gives states more time to comply. until 20-22. but it also requires more cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. opponents plan to sue immediately to stop the rule’s implementation. police officers … going undercover on america’s roads. they’re not looking for dangerous drug dealers.. but for dangerous drivers..texting behind the wheel! here’s abc’s ron claiborne to explain. in marietta, georgia, a construction worker wanders idly between cars stopped at a red light. no one pays him any attention. what they don’t realize is he’s actually a police officer ? looking for people texting in their cars. and he found plenty. natsot black lexus black female driver mos: holding phone with his right hand typing with this right thumb sot: officer nick nick serkedakis “w can actually get close enough and actually get into the almost into the cars and look down into them and see what people are texting and what theyre doing on their phones.” it’s a novel way t attack a growing problem. each year, more than 3,000 people are killed and over 420,000 injured in distracted driver accidents sot: officer nick nick serkedakis “impairment is still a problem but this texting is killing just as many people as drunk drivers.” i stamford, connecticut, this officer dressed up in a surveryor’s hat and helped nab 85 distracted drivers in just one day. and in san bernardino, california, it would have been easy to miss this very plainly-clothed officers even though their signs explained exactly why they ‘re there. creative ways to try catch people doing what experts say is as dangerous as driving drunk: d-w-t, driving while texting. ron claiborne abc news ny according to texting and driving safety, text messaging makes a car crash 23 times more likely. the kraft-heinz company is recalling certain packages of cheese singles because they may be a choking hazard. the company announced that it was voluntarily recalling one pound, three pound and four pound boxes of kraft singles american and white american pasteurized cheese. kraft heinz says a thin strip of the packaging film could remain adhered to the cheese slice even after the wrapper has been removed. three people reportedly almost choked. still ahead on the borderland’s only weekend morning newscast… in the aftermath and outcry from the killing of the internationally known lion cecil… fears today that his brother may have been a target now as well. and later – a tragic end to an officer’s life – shot while performing a routine traffic stop. it is , right now we’ll take a live look at traffic this morning: and in stormtrack weather, iris! stormtrack weather is next! you’re watching abc-7… where news comes first! more evacuations were announced yesterday