Good Morning El Paso 07.21.16

new information this morning for passengers trying to leave el paso on southwest airlines… we have our round the clock crew live at the airport with the latest developments on what you need to know. “mike pence wrapping up the night by officially accepting the vice presidential nomination but what upstaged, i’m abc’s stephanie ramos in cleveland on the last day of the republican national convention details coming up.” plus– we are learning more about how two brothers drowned over the weekend near caballo lake. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. an upper high over the southern plains will continue to drift west, over new mexico by friday. this will slowly push moisture out toward the arizona border. thunderstorms will continue the next several days but mostly over mountains and west of deming. temperatures will continue warm but just above normal. by saturday and sunday, the upper high will relocate over arizona. this will help distribute the moisture more evenly again, so scattered thunderstorms should return to all the borderland over the weekend and into next week. temperatures will warm slightly over the weekend. tens of thousands stranded passengers are hoping to leave their destination this morning after southwest airlines was hit with a technical glitch. the airlines was forced to cancel 700 hundred flights! if you are expected to fly out el paso international today– get there early. that’s where we find gmep’s denise olivas …denise? southwest flights did start releasing some flights overnight, but many others were cancelled and delayed. southwest only calling it a major outage: “we’re in our listening headquarters here in dallas experiencing high volumes on the phones …is working tirelessly” airports across the nation and here in el paso were filled with stranded and frustrated passengers. others ready to take-off were left on the tarmac for hours. the outage causing problems with southwest’s check- in website and kiosks. the glitch was fixed after several hours and the ground stop was lifted. today, southwest will be dealing with a backlog of flights– which could mean more delays: “we know we disappointe customers today and we’re really, really sorry about that. that’s unacceptable to us.” we know southwest employees went out customers today and we’re really, really sorry about that. that’s unacceptable to us.” we know southwest employees went out of their way to provide food to some of the stranded passengers. what wasn’t helpful– el paso international’s social media platforms. facebook nor twitter had any mention of the southwest outage. what you can do is go to our website’s travel section at kvia.com to check your flight status. it was a big day for the republican vice presidential candidate mike pence ..he officially accepted the party’s nomination joining donald trump on stage at the republican national convention. while former trump rivals also had their moment on the big stage. nowhere in sight though…melania trump after her opening speech monday night was blasted with accusations of plagiarism. abc’s stephanie ramos has the latest from cleveland. :19-;24 :34-:38 :44-:50 nats – “…cheering…” a huge moment for indiana governor mike pence as he accepts the gop vice presidential nomination. taking center stage on night 3 of the republican national convention.. as the party gets to know the other half of the presidential ticket. sot – gov. mike pence / vice presidential nominee ” accept your nomination to run and serve as vice president of the united states …” nats – “cheering” before his grand entrance..two of donald trump’s former rivals also addressed the convention crowd. marco rubio taped a message natsot – sen. marco rubio / florida “after a long and spirited primary – the time for fighting each other is over.” and trumps toughest challenger for the nomination.. ted cruz took the stage sot – sen. ted cruz / texas “i want to congratulate donald trump on winning the nomination last night. ” his speech leading to hig drama…. the crowd in an uproar for what cruz didnt do. nats – “boooo!!!” booe loudly by delegates for not endorsing trump…. just as trump tip toed into the arena from the back …to hear his son eric speak. sot eric trump, never have i been more proud to be a trump. nats: angry folks the crowd still angry with cruz… there were confrontations with him behind the scenes … and his wife heidi was even escorted out of the arena after threats of physical violence.. trump tweeting soon after ..wow, ted cruz got booed off the stage, didn’t honor the pledge! i saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. no big deal! tag the most important part of this convention is tonight, donald trumps daughter ivanka introducing him as he formally accepts his party’s nomination verbatim: you can watch the g-o-p convention in a live feed at kvia.com. it’s on our election center page. and look for live coverage on the air starting at 8 tonight. from our new mexico mobile newsroom … a family in deming is dealing with a devastating loss this morning. 34-year-old gabino porras and his 17- year-old brother cosme romero… drowned during a family trip to percha dam state park near caballo lake. it happened on saturday. this photo was taken shortly before the accident. the park is just south of truth or consequences. family members tried to save the brothers and pull them out of the water … but it was too late their older brother gus porras tells us gabino and cosme were trying to follow a chain beneath the water when gabino slipped and fell. he says their step-father jumped into the water to try to save them. cosme was on the football team at deming high school. gabino leaves behind a wife and two young children. 6-07… weather and traffic on the 7s… an upper high over the southern plains will continue to drift west, over new mexico by friday. this will slowly push moisture out toward the arizona border. thunderstorms will continue the next several an appeals court orders texas to fix its voter i-d law—we hear from you in the borderland about the recent decision. and later—our complete coverage continues from cleveland as we take a look at what happened outside the convention last night. and this is abc-7, where news comes first! a federal appeals court has ruled that texas’ strict voter id law discriminates