Good Morning El Paso 11.20.15

paris—gunman shouting islamic slogans storm a hotel in western africa–killing three people after taking more than 100 people hostage.we’ll have the latest developments / “we are operating around th clock to uncover and disrupt and plot” meanwhile—is is taking aim at the white house and major u.s. cities–all while france is given the green light to continue their airstrikes in the middle east / plus—president obama’s plan to take in ten-thousand syrian refugees has hit a major hurdle–we hear from one local representative on why he was backing the president. and— questions remain unanswered this morning into the cause of a deadly head-on crash that killed two people just outside el paso yesterday morning— 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 to southern nw mexico and west texas today. a cold front will move through the region tonight causing much cooler and breezy to windy conditions on saturday. west to southwest winds will result in warmer temperatures later next week. however an approaching low pressure system will also generate a few rain showers across the borderland wednesday through thursday. now to the headlines developing now— just one week after the deadly attacks in developing now— just one week after the deadly attacks in paris—as many as 10 gunman shouting islamic slogans stormed a hotel in mali– a west state in africa. 170 people were taken hostage. the united nations confirmed that 2 malian nationals and 1 french national were killed. the u.s. embassy is just minutes from the active scene this morning. no one has officially come out to claim responsibility for the attack. at last check—at least 30 hostages have been freed from the situation floor by floor by malian special forces. / this morning, the us remains on high alert. one week after the deadly isis attacks in paris and the terror group has released another video threatening to strike the united states. meanwhile, france has given its military the green light to go after more isis targets in the middle east. abc’s kenneth moton continues our complete coverage. this morning, the is watch continues in the us from coast to coast. the terror group released its third propaganda video this week threatening the us, this time promising to turn the white house black with fire. sot loretta lynchus attorney general we are operating around the clock to uncover and disrupt and plot right now, federal law enforcement agencies are monitoring dozens of high risk radicals in the us as is pumps out 90 thousand social media messages a day. there are terror investigations in every state…900 total. sot james comeyfbi director we are not aware of any credible threat here of any paris like attack. tourists in new york city…surrounded by heavily armed nypd officers. sot celeste mergens/washington state it feels really safe right now. plus, being here is an indicator that we can’t choose to let terror end our lifestyle. the goal is to prevent a paris copy-cat attack. after a deadly week in france, new cell phone video shows the moment europe’s first female suicide bomber.. nat … donated. her cousin…the suspected mastermind of the paris attacks also killed during that wednesday raid. french president hollande gave his military the order to intensify air strikes of isis targets in syria and iraq. here at home, secretary of defense ash carter says the us is prepared to change the rules of engagement in the fight against is saying we will defeat the terror group. kenneth moton, abc news washington. today– president obama and his team dealing with a defeat. democrats joined republicans to pass a bill that would suspend the syrian refugee program — until a much tougher screening process is put in place this morning we’re learning more about why congressman beto o’rourke voted against the bill. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live … the bill says no syrian or iraqi refugee can enter the u-s until a high- level officials certifies that they are not a threat. dozens of democrats joined republicans to pass the bill. the margin exceeds the two- thirds majority required to override a presidential veto. the bill calls for f- b-i background checks. congressman beto o’rourke voted against the bill. he turned to facebook to explain why. o’rourke says the bill is unnecessary and counterproductive and will potentially undermine the security of this country. he says quote– it plays into our enemy’s propaganda as it tarnishes the appeal of our historic ability to safely assimilate the oppressed and persecuted and seems to confirm their misrepresentation of our objectives in the middle east more than 2,000 syrian refugees already live in the u.s. and none are said to have ties to terrorism. a new bloomberg poll shows a majority of voters believe the top issue for the 2016 presidential campaign is terrorism. meanwhile france’s president says he is sticking to his commitment and allowing 25- thousand more syrian refugees. the highway to carlsbad from el paso is open again this morning after a deadly crash. it happened yesterday morning on highway 62/180, just past the border checkpoint. a tractor trailer and a privately owned tour bus crashed head on. the drivers of both vehicles were killed. the driver of the semi was from las cruces — he’s identified as 64- year-old steven cunningham. the driver of the bus was 31-year-old gregory hoke — he was from round rock, texas. hoke was driving a touring band. abc-7 spoke with a brother of one of the band members shortly after the crash: / “i was worried and frightfu because that is my brother and it sucks hearing when it happens to anybody but you never think it will happen to you or anyone you know until it happens and when it does happen it throws you for a loop and you dont believe it at first.” nicks brother andrew is the drummer for the band ghost inside and was involved in this deadly head on collision. medivac crews flew andrew to a nearby hospital and treated him for head trauma and several broken bones. all band and crew are alive and were accounted for. the band issued a statement following the crash. we’ll have that coming up later on good morning el paso friends and family have said their final goodbyes to diego fernandez. the 14-year-old was killed a in a car crash on i-10 two weeks ago. this is video of a memorial held for him at canutillo middle school where he was a student. diego was riding in a truck with his parents when — police say — his mother rear- ended a semi. that led to a chain reaction crash involving 4 other vehicles. funeral services for diego took place in west el paso yesterday. both of diego’s parents have since been released from the hospital. in anthony… an 18-wheeler ended up being hit by a train. it happened on the 83-hundred block of doniphan yesterday. el paso sheriff officials say the driver of the 18 wheeler failed to stop at the railroad crossing. the driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. in canutillo –a family is picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed their mobile home. we first brought you this as breaking news on good morning el paso yesterday. this is video sent to us by one of our viewers . it happened shortly after 4 a-m yesterday on the 71-hundred block of third street. officials with west valley fire department said one person was injured as they tried to escape. they were flown to a hospital. the fire chief says the fire truck was too big to get close to the home — so firefighters had to lay about 600 feet of fire hose. the cause is still under investigation. now to another abc-7 update to a story we also brought you first on good morning el paso— police have made an arrest in an early morning stabbing in east el paso. 33-year-old daniel saldivar is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. police say he stabbed a man at the hiney’s sports bar yesterday around 2 a.m. saldivar allegedly got into a fight with the victim out in the bar’s patio shortly after closing. the fight continued in the parking lot behind the bar. police say saldivar took out a knife and stabbed the man. that’s when a witness attacked saldivar with a baseball bat. that explains the wounds to saldivar’s head in this mugshot. both the victim and saldivar were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. saldivar was taken into custody after he was released from the hospital. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… still much more to come on good morning el paso — a property in the heart of the city of crosses is cause for concern for some residents–what the mayor is saying is being done about the problem. / plus– a national basketball star is sporting some el paso pride on social media—we’ll tell you why coming up. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! welcome back–to 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