Good Morning El Paso 03.02.16

a portion of u-s 54 is shut down in both directions after a deadly crash overnight—we have the latest developments in a live report. / / ” “i’m gonna go after on person – that’s hillary clinton” the super tuesday results are in. so what does that mean for american politics?—we have your complete coverage of tuesday’s elections. plus —the latest developments about the improvement plans from city council after the investigation into the city manager. ” presidential candidate) “if you’re angry with washington i understand…but donald trump has been part of the washington corruption for 40 years. . the results of super tuesday are in–and trump may not have won texas but he did take the win overall. clinton on the other hand took the majority of the state’s yesterday coming out ahead of fellow democratic candidate bernie sanders. we have all your local and national election results from super tuesday throughout good morning el paso this morning. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. we will get to that election coverage in just a bit ….but first we are following a developing story from northeast el paso. us-54 near hondo pass is shut down in both directions after a fatal crash. this is what it looks like on tex-dot traffic cameras right now. and that’s also where we find good morning el paso’s denise olivas. denise? the crash happened just before 3:30 a.m. — and left debris scattered all over the freeway. el paso police say only one vehicle was involved. special traffic investigators have been called to the scene. at this point, it is unknown what caused the crash or when the freeway will reopen. a ridge of high pressure will persist over the west coast through friday…giving the borderland mostly clear skies and continuing the well democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump are both one step closer to their party’s presidential nominations, racking up big wins from the deep south to new england and abc’s lana zak has the big political headlines this morning. it’s your voice, your vote: it’s your voice, your vote: 20:52:18 thank you. thank you all so much. what a super tuesday. with these super tuesday results, it looks increasingly likely that the november election will be a match-up of hillary clinton and donald trump– trump: “i’m gonna g after one person – that’s hillary clinton” clinton marching forward on a clear path to her party’s nomination– keeping one eye on her democratic competitor–bernie sanders–who won vermont, oklahoma, and minnesota. gfx: but with a commanding lead in the delegate count, clinton already taking on trump– clinton america never stopped being great on the republican side, ted cruz won his home state of texas and oklahoma, and marco rubio won his first state, minnesota, ensuring the race for the gop nomination will stretch on… but the night belonged to trump, who commanded the leader-board…and was a bit more gracious to his competitors than in recent days. trump 21:39:17 want to congratulate ted on the winning of texas. he worked hard on it know it was a very tough night for marco rubio. he had a tough night, but he worked hard. cruz, feeling victorious with his texas win, urging voters to think of this now as a 2-man race– 22:48:02 race remains divided, donald trump’s path to the nomination is much more likely, tag: none of the republican candidates have indicated that they will be dropping out, which could potentially lead to a brokered convention, failing that, the republican establishment will have to decide how they handle a trump nominee, who has shown no interest in playing by any rulebook other than his own. the nail-biter of the election has been the race for el paso’s district attorney. two challengers are looking to unseat long-time d-a jaime esparza who is fighting to avoid a runoff. he needs 50 percent of the vote plus 1! his opponents are yvonne rosales and leonard morales. we are still waiting on final numbers from culberson county… but right now… it looks like esparza will not cross the 50%- percent mark… and he could be facing a run-off. after serving four years — state rep. marisa mrquez decided not to run for another term in house district 77. democrats adolfo lopez and evelina “lina” ortega are running fo the seat. lina ortega won with 69% percent. a key local race we’re following is texas house district 75. the district covers most of far east el paso and the lower valley. former state rep chente quintanilla is looking to take back the spot he held for 10 years before giving it up in 2012. gonzalez is finishing her third year in office and it looks like she won’t be going anywhere: abc-7’s ashlie rodriguez has more.. of our comllete coverage. we will have more election results from across the borderland later on good morning el paso including more election results from new mexico. you can also find more results online on our website… at kvia-dot-com. city council’s improvement plan with city manager tommy gonzalez won’t be released to the public. council was in executive session behind closed doors for nearly six hours – discussing the plan. they took no action. this comes as an independent investigator found gonzalez did not abuse his authority when council green-lighted the financial advisor vote. the investigation did raise questions about gonzalez’s financial reports in 2012, the prior city council placed former city manager joyce wilson in a performance improvement plan. that council didn’t release her improvement plan either but an unnamed city rep leaked it to the media. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we still have much more to come here on your wednesday edition of good morning el paso — “”which of course is alway bittersweet when you leave this incredible place” astronaut scott kelly is back on earth after his record year in orbit– a mission that was deemed a stepping stone to mars. plus—it’s technically still winter and some parts of the country could prove it!–more on where this wintry mix will be hitting. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!