Good Morning El Paso 03.01.16

“”let me tell the men and wome of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights.” it’s super tuesday–the first day multiple states vote for the presidential nominee, including right here in texas and the polls are already showing hillary and trump in the lead / the city manager gets to keep his job–but what’s next for city council moving forward after discussion of the results of the ethics investigation. / an el paso man is facing charges after sheriff’s say he drove drunk and caused a crash that seriously injured one of his friends. voters from vermont to colorado, alaska to american samoa and a host of states in between –including right here in texas, are heading to vermont to colorado, alaska to american samoa and a host of states in between –including right here in texas, are heading to polling places and caucus sites today. it’s super tuesday, the busiest day of the 2016 primaries. democrats will vote in 11 states and american samoa, with 865 delegates up for grabs. republicans will vote in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. westerly winds will bring warm dry weather with above normal temperatures across southern new mexico and west texas today through the coming weekend. a weak disturbance may bring breezy conditions wednesday afternoon. however a stronger low pressure system will produce windy and cooler weather with a few rain showers on monday. super tuesday-the first day multiple states vote for a presidential nominee …looms over what’s been a wild race to the white house. early states narrowed both presidential fields super tuesday-the first day multiple states vote for a presidential nominee …looms over what’s been a wild race to the white house. early states narrowed both presidential fields but frontrunner donald trump and hillary clinton are hoping to tighten their grip on their parties’ nominations today. abc’s stephanie ramos reports — it’s your voice your vote. super tuesday is here? the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and 10 delegates at stake. hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination. cruz “let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights.” te cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nomination nats rubio rally -“you know what the say about a man with small hands…” marco rubio’s barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?. but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?marche d out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. sot hrc “america’s already great- mak it whole again” hillary clinton – hoping to keep her lead over bernie sanders? sanders “now it is time for massachusetts to lead the political revolution.” but a fundraising email from clinton shows her looking beyond sanders and targeting gop frontrunner donald trump the latest national poll showing – 49 percent of republican voters would support a president trump. tag- here in virginia – voter turnout today is expected to be huge – much more than the last time both parties held presidential primaries. stephanie ramos abc news alexandria, virginia el paso county’s early voting numbers show a low voter turnout. since the 2008 elections… early voting for the democratic party is down 65 percent. the number of republican voters fluctuated within a few thousand. our election coverage begins right here on abc-7 at 5 p.m. and will continue with a special report from abc news at 8 p.m. so be sure to keep it here tonight for your election results. we’ll be giving you up to the minute results all over the country. happening today– city council will once again meet during executive session to discuss a performance improvement plan. this, after the ethics investigation on city manager tommy gonzalez, city rep larry romero, and former city manager joyce wilson. abc-seven’s complete coverage continues… the investigation didn’t find gonzalez broke the law but did raise some questions about his actions and whether he was truthful on financial disclosure forms. there was even some speculation he might be fired following today’s meeting. the city attorney listed 13 directives council wants action taken on immediately. as for the city attorney those 13 directives include the following… first that the legal department be consulted prior to any requests for proposals. that the city manager provide details regarding consulting work and other sources of income … that the mayor send a letter to larry romero asking him to respond to ethics commission questions … council also requested an invoice and proof of payment for tax services paid to romero by gonzalez. request city employees cooperate with all law enforcement in ethics investigation … and finally recess the meeting until 9 a-m today. an ethics complaint is still pending against larry romero. and the ethics commission sent him a list of 60 questions — which he has not answered. ultimately, the commission could’ve decided to recommend romero’s removal, but the city rep resigned, so there is little recourse. last week, the commission voted to continue its investigation regardless … partly because he’s still being paid by the city. as for former city manager joyce wilson, they want her to disclose the names of the city representatives she says suggested the sale of the ballpark bonds be delayed until after the last mayoral election. the delay cost you, the taxpayers, nearly 27-million dollars. council could compel romero and wilson to answer questions using subpoena powers, but at this time, city reps voted to have the mayor send letters asking for answers. new this morning— the el paso county sheriff’s office is looking for a wanted sex offender. take a look at your screen. this is ronald edward jackson. over the weekend jackson left the halfway-house out in horizon and didn’t come back. he is now wanted on a parole violation. authorities say jackson went to jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year old girl. if you have any information about his whereabout you are asked to call the el paso county sheriff’s office at 915-538-2008. / now to an abc-7 update on a rollover we brought you as breaking news right here on good morning el paso on friday. police are charging the driver who caused that rollover with intoxication assault. 27-year-old jose sandoval lost control of his jeep cherokee while driving down gateway west early that morning.. it happened around 3 :30 a.m. both sandoval and his passenger were taken to the hospital but the el paso county sheriff’s office says sandoval’s passenger was ejected from the vehicle and suffered serious injuries. sandoval is being held under a 15- thousand dollar bond. / an el paso man is behind bars this morning, accused of robbing people he met on craigslist. police say 24-year old tavon fluellyn would either act like he was selling a product on craigslist or was an interested buyer. in three separate instances — he allegedly robbed his victims at gunpoint. one woman met with fluellyn to buy a cell phone — but when she showed up … police say he pointed a gun to her head and then stole her money. police say this should serve as reminder to be cautious when using craigslist because in all three cases — the victims were alone: “never go alone certainly i you’re a female but don’t go alone…make sure there are other people around.” fluellyn is charged with aggravated robbery. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… spring is just around the corner– we’re already seeing the warmer temperatures. new this morning– if you’re a pet parent, you’ll want to keep a watchful eye on your dogs. there are some diseases you want to avoid this time of year. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details…denise? canine diseases like distemper and parvo are more common right now. both can be fatal if dogs are not vaccinated. betty hoover, executive director of the humane society of el paso says vaccines are not 100-percent effective– but at least they’ll have a shield of protection from fatal diseases. hoover says this year veterinarians are already seeing an increase in cases of distemper and parvo. distemper causes severe illness that includes coughing, diarrhea and even respiratory problems. hoover says in el paso the strain of distemper has a 21-28 day incubation period: “so these animals… throug vaccinations” coming up– we’ll talk about the process and steps you need to take to keep your pets safe. keep it here–we still have much more to come right her on good morning el keep it here–we still have much more to come right her on good morning el paso–tuesday edition .. “”i think apple leadership ris having blood on their hands.” will a judge’s new ruling help apple in their case against the f-b-i on capitol hill later today–we’ll explain. and later—a terrifying moment caught on camera as one woman tries to escape a powerful tornado–we’ll tell you how it all plays out. meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! take a look at this video, new this morning! it’s survelliance video ..that’ll take your breath away. you see wind blowing a bit and…suddenly… a tornado comes sweeping through this hardware shop. this happened last week in louisiana… you see a woman trying to get inside for safety…and that woman in the video..is luckily alive and with not even a scratch on her. the store owner was inside when the tornado hit. he describes the moments after noticing the woman surviving the tornado. sot full ” astonishing video… that could have shown the last moments of this woman’s life.. but for her