Good Morning El Paso 12.3.15

new developments overnight in the massacre in san bernardino. police say the two suspects are dead. westside drivers listen up! as if the traffic on paisano and i-10 was bad enough… the commute on mesa is going to be a nightmare! and happening today… thousands of children in need could use your help staying warm this winter. abc-7 is making it possible with our operation noel telethon… starting now. hands up to be escorted across the street to the golf course where we stood for hours…hours witnessing clothing of the deceased ones in the street. people crying, coworkers crying. us just wanting to get to our children, to our families, to our loved ones and just trying to be strong for our co-workers because we are a team there in the regional center.” we’re hearing from survivors who were inside the inland regional center yesterday afternoon—terrifie d for their lives and the lives of their coworkers. two suspects in wednesday’s mass shooting in san bernardino are dead… .a third suspect has been detained.. but the investigation is just beginning… good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. breaking developments in california overnight – those two suspected shooters that are now dead – have now been identified by authorities. abc’s lauren lyster is in san bernadino this morning – with the latest on this story developing now. :28 – :33 nats – shooting it ended much as it began – with a barrage of gunfire? captured on this cell phone video. nats – my house is getting shot at right now. four hours of terror in san bernardino? after gunmen stormed an office building killing 14 people. the final confrontation – on a neighborhood street lined with houses. a dark s-u-v riddled with bullets. a person with a gun – shot down just feet away. another dead inside. sot – chief jarrod burguan / san bernardino police department we are reasonably confident at this point that we have two shooters, and we have two dead suspects. police identified them as a man and a woman – 28 year old year old syed farook and his romantic partner, 27-year old tashfeen malik. the brother- in-law of one of them speaking out. sot – farhan khan / suspect’s brother- in-law “why would he do something like this? i have absolutely no idea. i am in shock myself.” la enforcement tracked down the suspects just two miles from the initial attack? at the inland regional center. nats – “?ambulance sirens?” nats – “multiple shot that were fired, we’re getting a suspect last seen wearing a black ski mask, all black clothing, carrying a shotgun.” sot – juan hernandez / witness “kinda sounded like a shootin range?” those working there including the wounded, phoned their families. sot – kathy hotetz / denise peraza’s sister “she was shot and she was scared and she said, i just want to tell you that i love you.” sot – sister “she call us from inside the hospital.. but she is doing better. she’s okay. she is alive.” investigators say the shooters targeted a workshop and training event inside the center. lauren lyster close: the group holding that meeting – was the san bernardino county public health department. farook was an environmental specialist for the county and had worked there five years. lauren lyster, abc news, san bernardino. now to stormtrck weather – this is a live look outside from our exclusive mountain cam up on the franklin mountans. a dry stretch of weather is in store for the borderland the remainder of this week into at least the mid portion of next week as dry west flow dominates. temperatures will warm to slightly above normal through saturday. a pacific trough will move through saturday night. very few clouds with this but it will cool sunday down back below normal. our newsroom has been receiving calls from resident sin east el paso who are without power this morning without power this morning without power this morning according to the el paso electirc website over 44- hundred people are without power near george dieter and pebble hills. we have contacted el paso electric but are waiting for our calls to be returned. so as soon as we get more information we will pass it along. / our “operation noel mini-telethon is underway. today we are asking you to donate 13-dollars and 50-cents– that pays for one coat. we have plenty of volunteers to answer calls. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live from our phone bank…denise? this year– we are looking to help 20- thousand children with a brand new coat. 13 dollars and 50 cents pays for one coat. for the past week we’ve shared the stories of families who will benefit from operation noel. now we need your help. if we make very simple sacrifices we can pay for one coat. for example, if you are the owner of a vehicle with an average 15-gallon gas tank … you can save enough money to pay for one coat. all you have to do is fill up with regular unleaded during two fill ups instead of filling up with supreme, the most expensive gasoline. the number on your screen 496-1775. or you can donate at kvia.com. look for the operation noel banner on our homepage. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… speaking of traffic— some bad news to report for drivers in west el paso. mesa street between north desert and remcon will be down to one lane in each direction for at least the remainder of the week. the el paso water utilities says it could be longer. on tuesday– a private contractor hit a 24- inch water main while installing a natural gas line. there’s no easy sidestreet to get around that part of mesa, from i-10 to remcon circle. your best bet — may be to avoid the area entirely, taking paralell streets to i-10 like redd, thorn, resler or sunland park. and another abc-7 traffic alert to pass along… yet another road closure in west el paso. all lanes on executive will be closed from the entrance ramp on i- 10 east to paisano. traffic coming from mesa that want’s to get on i-10 east will still be able to get through. the closure will be today and friday from 8-30 am to 4 pm. this is necessary to relocated transmission lines for txdot’s border highway west project. abc-7 is still waiting to learn more details from a shooting that happened right here in the borderland. multiple police and fire units were at a home at the 14- hundred block of oakdale yesetrday morning. . that’s right between the airport and cielo vista mall. we’re told a 30- year-old man said he was shot in the left hand. he was taken to del sol hospital. no word yet on what happened at the home new information about a deadly crash on i-10 tuesday afternoon. it happened around 2-30 on i-10 west near the transmountain exit. that’s in northwest el paso. police say 72-year old magdalena duran was the passenger in a car that was stopped because of heavy traffic. the driver of a pickup — 36-year old juan ortiz of las cruces — turned into the left lane and hit the car duran was in, which was then hit by a third car. duran was taken to university medical center where she died. the driver of both vehicles were treated for minor injuries. police have not said whether the driver of the pickup will face charges. we still have much more to come here on good morning el paso — we’ll introduce you to karina lopez —a mother who is grateful for the new coats her two daughters will be receiving this winter. plus—we’ll be taking your donations all day today by phone —the number is right there on your screen—-or head over to our website—just 13–dollars and 50- cents buys a coat for a child in need. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! welcome back—we are already underway this morning taking your donations for operation noel. lets go back to the operation noel call center. this year, we need your help paying for 20- thousand coats. that’s 1-thousand more than last years goal. again — 13 dollars and 50 cents pays for one coat. if we make very simple sacrifices, we can pay for one coat. — to stormtrck weather now– this is a live look outside from our weather deck camera on top of the abc-7 studio .