Good Morning El Paso 05.04.16

“and they’re calling us all and saying we’d love to get on the train. the trump train they call it.” “does the republican party have a nominee? i’m abc’s lana zak in washington and i’ll have the latest on the race to the white house…coming up” a man is expected to make his first appearance in court today –after authorities say he kidnapped and killed a young girl. a former school district administrator will spend the next couple of nights behind bars. an update on the case against james anderson. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. temperatures will remain within a few degrees of normal today with mostly sunny skies prevailing. a slight increase in upper level moisture and a weak upper level disturbance will bring isolated thunderstorms to southwest new mexico on thursday…while temperatures climb above normal. el paso may see 90 degrees for the first time this year on thursday or friday. southwest winds will begin to take over on friday. huge developments in the race for the white house this morning. ted cruz dropping out after being trounced by donald trump in indiana–moving him from republican front-runner to presumptive nominee. and on the democratic side, bernie sanders snags an upset victory in indiana. abc’s lana zak has the latest — it’s your voice, your vote… america is waking up to a republican party in which donald trump is the presumptive nominee. trump sot: “it really looks like a massive victory” cruz i out. cruz sot: “we gave i everythgn we got but the voters took another path… are suspending our campaign? ” his supporters and cruz overcome with emotion nats crying supporter the race is over for cruz nats reporter senator, what’s next for you? now republicans will try to unite behind trump after a bitter campaign. the head of the rnc- tweeting that donald trump – will be the presumptive nominee, even though john kasich continues his campaign. and in trump’s hometown…the new york daily news featuring this frontpage, which reads “the gop, a once-grea political party, killed by epidemic of trump.” but eve though anti-trump pacts are vowing to fight? trump is focusing on the general election. trump sot: “we’re going after hillary clinton…” and for the democrats, hillary clinton, lost to bernie sanders in indiana, which sanders says gives him the momentum sanders sot: “i understand that sec. clinton thinks that this campaign is over. i’ve got some bad news for her. ” tag: abc news estimates tha it is mathematically impossible for sanders to clinch the nomination without a massive change in the superdelegates?and while that’s unlikley to happen, clinton would need to win 70 percent of remaining pledged delegates to guarantee her nomination. lz, abcn, w here is a look at the delegate count for the nomination. trump has 1- thousand-47 delegates. 1- thousand 237 are need to win. only 520 are left … john kasich would need to pull off some enormous upsets if he wants to force a contested convention. on the democratic side… hillary clinton has 16- hundred-82 pledged delgates. bernie sanders has 13- hundred-61 but when you include super-delegates… hillary clinton has 2-thousand-202… and she needs 23- hundred-83 to win. the buzz is growing around senator tim kaine as a possible running mate for hillary clinton. the virginia democrat previously served as virginia’s governor, lieutenant governor and chairman of the democratic national committee. he was also vetted as a potential running mate for barack obama in 2008. supporters say kaine can help clinton win over independents in swing states — and that he has the foreign policy background needed to run for higher office. kaine told c- n-n last week that he’s not aware of being “on any list.” new this morning… a new mexico man is in custody in connection with the kidnapping and death of a little girl. 11-year-old ashlynne mike’s body was found yesterday, about 6 miles south of shiprock monument. this all happened a day after she was taken. officials say she and her younger brother got into a van after getting off the school bus. a driver reportedly saw ashlynn’s brother walking along the side of the road hours later. the suspect..tom begaye is set to appear before a judge today. multiple state, local, and federal authorities are investigating. happening today– the price’s creameries el paso athletic hall of fame banquet. eight inductees will be honored for their contributions to sports in the sun city. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details…denise? tonight– there will be a first for the hall of fame. and the first boxer with a world title will be inducted. the eight inductees are jennifer han– brian young– scott stein– scott brooks– anthony morgan– gabriel hernandez– 100 years old and a longtime supporter of el paso athletics. shawn lehigh– robert rapanut– yesterday– most of them were in attendance during a press conference. it’s all leading up to tonight’s banquet. three athletes– one official– and two coaches will be honored. there will also be posthumous honoree. tickets are all sold out to tonight’s dinner. we will be streaming the official induction ceremony live on our website kvia- dot-com. our coverage will begin at 6-15 p-m tonight. now to our complete coverage of the episd cheating scandal. the latest district employee arrested in the case will be spending a few nights in jail. former episd administrator james anderson, the one- time assistant superintendent, is charged with– conspiracy to defraud the united states.. conspiracy to commit mail fraud… mail fraud… and making a false statement to a federal investigator. anderson was allegedly part of the episd cheating scheme– falsifying attendance records and scheming to keep black student populations below a threshhold– at which their test scores could get the district punished. anderson will be arraigned thursday at 10 in the morning. it’s 6-07!..wx and traffic temperatures will remain within a few degrees of normal today with mostly sunny skies prevailing. a slight increase in upper level moisture and a weak upper level disturbance will bring isolated thunderstorms to southwest new mexico on thursday…while temperatures climb above normal. el paso may see 90 degrees for the first time this year on thursday or friday. southwest winds will begin to take over on friday. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we still have much more to come here on good morning el paso .. thousand of residents are evacuating this morning after a wildfire rips through a canadian province. / back in our area if you’re caught burning in one area of the county, the sheriff’s office has a warning for you. / and this is abc-7, where news comes first! an