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Good Morning El Paso 05.09.16

a crash in downtown el paso sends one person to the hospital early this morning. the latest from our ’round the clock crew, live on the scene. questions on both sides of the border this morning — after a drug kingpin is moved to a prison south of juarez. will el chapo now be extradited to the u- s? “with another set of primarie coming up donald trump and hillary clinton are looking to the general election, while bernie sandrs campaigns on both coasts. i’m abc’s stephanie ramos in washington, the latest from the campaign trail coming up” a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. westerly winds followed by high pressure aloft will bring dry weather with warming temperatures to southern new mexico and west texas today through thursday. southeast downtown el paso. one person is in the hospital after a car crashed into a building on mesa street. this happened around 2:30 this morning between yandell and wyoming streets. good morning el paso’s denise olivas has more from the scene… take a look at what happened. a car crashed into the china pearl restaurant. two vehicles were involved. no word on what caused the crash. abc-7’s ’round the clock crew is on the scene. we will have a live report coming up at 5 this morning. now to more round the clock news… one person is in the hospital after a crash in east el paso overnight. it happened around 3 this morning near the intersection of pellicano and zaragoza. emergency dispatchers tell us the victim is in serious condition. the area was blocked off but has been cleared for your morning commute. the transfer of a well-known mexican drug lord from a prison near mexico city to a facility just across the border is raising a lot of questions this morning. joaquin “el chapo” guzman wa brought to juarez over the weekend. mexican media saying this new video shows the world’s most notorious drug boss being led shackled from a plane to a waiting helicopter in ciudad juarez. the capture just months after they recaptured the narco king. the prison el chapo is at now, is the cefereso number 9. that’s in samalayuca, just south of juarez. the prison is the worst-rated in mexico’s federal penitentiary system. a 2014 report by the national human rights commission gave the prison the lowest rating for any of mexico’s 21 federal prisons. the report also stated the prison was overcrowded–but it’s not certain that is the case today. chihuahua state governor cesar duarte said the transfer posed no risk to juarez and guaranteed there will be no escape. authorities said he was moved from altiplano because of but the move is causing concern on this side of the border. we’ll tell you why the d-e-a is questioning the move even though it could mean he will now be extradited to the u.s. that’s a little later right here on gmep…. now to the race for the white house – on the eve of another set of primaries… donald trump is looking to the general election and so is hillary clinton but bernie sanders isnt giving up. he held events in new jersey and in california . here’s stephanie ramos — it’s your voice, your vote. / donald trump is zeroing in on westerly winds followed by high pressure aloft will bring dry weather with warming temperatures to southern new mexico and west texas today through thursday. southeast winds will then push more moist unstable air into the borderland resulting in isolated showers and thunderstorms friday and saturday. westerly winds will return next sunday producing warm dry weather early next week. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… hillary keywall to an abc-7 traffic alert for northeast el paso. happening today … there will be a complete closure of us-54 north between the kenworthy overpass and sean haggerty. the kenworthy entrance ramp will also be closed. this closure will begin at 9 this morning, and last until noon. this will be going on throughout the entire week. we still have much more to come here on good morning el paso .. chaos at a soccer match leaves several people seriously injured. . and later— investigators are trying to determine what went wrong after this train derailed. several people are seriously hurt. / and this is abc-7, where news comes first! a teenager killed in a crash over the

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