Good Morning El Paso 01.07.16

north korea’s hydrogen bomb test claims are now being called into question—what vice president joe biden is now saying about our relationship with that part of the world . developing now—rescue workers are working frantically to rescue miners trapped underground in new york. we’ll have the latest el paso police are asking for your help in solving an unsolved murder case from last month that they say happened in broad daylight. / the powerball jackpot has gone up once again after last night’s drawing—making it the largest one in history. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. the next in series of winter storm systems will bring mountain snow and lowland rain to the region this afternoon and tonight. heavy snow of 8 to 12 inches is possible in the mountains above 6000 feet tonight through tomorrow. a rain snow mix will be possible over the lowlands by friday morning. showers will taper off and end by early evening. dry and much colder temperatures will occur for the weekend and first part of next week. another weak storm system will move through the area on sunday with light snow showers possible. mostly dry conditions will follow next week. a full look at your forecast coming up ! and now to north korea’s claims that it successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test, those claims now being called into question as the international community weighs in on the best way to deal with the hermit kingdom. abc’s lana zak has our top story. conducted a hydrogen bomb test, those claims now being called into question as the international community weighs in on the best way to deal with the hermit kingdom. abc’s lana zak has our top story. joe cirincione, ploughshares fund lana zak, abc news washington not likely a hydrogen bomb…that’s the latest word from the intelligence community– nats 15. soundbite shin kyung-min, assistant administrator of the intelligence committee of national assembly ” . this south korean lawmaker saying a hydrogen bomb should have registered at least 50 kilotons of power– sot: joe cirinccione /it looks like this was more around 6 or 7 kilotons. it’s far too small to be even a failed h-bomb. here’s why…a hydrogen bomb is a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. it has never been used in war. still the north korean government was celebretory on the eve of north korean leader kim jung un’s birthday– nats the international condemnation was swift–the un security council holding an emergency meeting and even their closet ally, china, rebuked north korea. the u-s immediately launched “nuclear sniffer” an surveilance planes, to help determine – what was tested… and how the us should respond “we will continue to work — believe it or not — with the chinese and the international community… it so that it becomes they’re paying an increasingly higher price for being the one nation in the world out of the world,” but it is clea that even if not an h-bomb, this is the fourth time north korea has tested a nuclear device since 2006… lz abcn, washington. “chanting and screaming an anti-north korea rally was held in the centre of seoul today to denounce pyongyang’s alleged nuclear testing. about 150 people from a conservative civic group participated. the protest is calling for the south korean government to take stern measures against north korea. protestors set on fire a structure of north korean leader kim jong un and cut apart the north korean flag. it’s been one year since the deadly attacks at the french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo. eight staff members were killed in the bloody attack … which kicked-off three days of terror in the french capital. brothers said and cherif kouachi carried out the attack. shootings at a kosher grocery store and in the suburb of montrouge would bring the total death toll to 17. happening right now… french police are investigating a knife attack at a paris police station. this is a live look at the scene. police say the attacker was shot dead by police. french officials believe it may be “potentia terrorism” related to the anniversary. in the last half- hour… police have said the attacker was wearing a fake suicide vest. developing now– rescue workers in new york are frantically working to free 13 remianing miners trapped underground. four have already been rescued this morning. they got stuck in an elevator at a cargill salt mine in central new york state last night. radio contact has been made with the miners. officials say none of the miners are injured. crews have been able to get heat packs and blankets to trapped workers while they await rescue. el paso police are asking for the public’s help in solving an unsolved murder case. forty-one year-old william john wolff was found dead in northeast el paso at about 5 p-m on saturday december 5th. wolff’s body was found on the four thousand block of skyline … next to u-s 54. his body was discovered at his brother’s heavily- gated law office … crime stoppers of el paso coordinator javier sambrano told abc-7— police believe wolff was shot sometime between 4 and 5 p-m that day, which would have been in broad daylight. el paso police to believe someone must have seen something that could help them solve this case. if you have any information on this murder, call crime stoppers at 5-6-6 … tips, or 5-6 … 8-4-7. las cruces police say they need your help finding a missing 13-year-old girl. police believe the girl, jennifer tankesly, ran away from home earlier this week and could be in danger. this is a picture of jennifer. she was last seen on sunday night when she left her las cruces home. as you can see, she has brown hair and eyes… she’s described as being 5-feet-3-inches tall, and weighs around 120 pounds. if you’ve seen her or know where she might be, you’re asked to call police at 575-526-0795. another missing person in new mexico. las cruces police are looking for 63-year-old trinidad alcantar. he’s been missing from his las cruces home since 2007 when police say he walked away from home. several attempts to find alcantar have come up empty, but now a relative says he may be residing in or around deming. las cruces crime stoppers is offering a reward for information on his location — $1- thousand-dollars. anyone with any information can call 1-800-222-tips. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… new this morning– if you were hoping to hit the powerball jackpot– you’ll have to try your luck again! that’s because there was no ticket that matched all six numbers for the more than 500-million dollars. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live … denise? i was really looking forward to possibly not coming into work this morning after winning the jackpot. no luck! this was one of the biggest jackpots in u-s history. with no winners, the pot will keep growing and the next drawing will be saturday. the jackpot is expected to be worth 675-million dollars. the previous record was a $656 million mega millions jackpot won in march 2012. powerball is sold in 44 states including texas, d-c, the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico if you missed the numbers– here they are once again. 2-11- 47-62-63 the powerball number: 17 the powerball drawing is this saturday. we still have much more to come here on good morning el paso— a state in a drought just months ago is being pounded by rain and other severe weather—we’ll take a look and later— a former governor says he’s running for president–we’ll have the details. meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! there continues