Good Morning El Paso 11.26.15

law enforecement officers across the country are on high alert—-hear president obama’s message to americans as they set out to celebrate the holidays. / the 79th annual firstlight sunbowl parade is just hours away–we have all the details you need to know heading out the door. plus—it’s official. the pope’s trip to mexico–includes a stop in our sister city. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. happy thanksgiving guys! today we’ll see on/off showers possible. in fact, el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. happy thanksgiving guys! today we’ll see on/off showers possible. in fact, there’s rain on radar right now. chance of rain at 40% rising to 60% in the night our high will still be nice in the 60s and low 70s. winds today light to breezy. best rain chance is still tomorrow. we’ll talk more about what to expect for the rest of this work week and the weekend ahead coming up in your full forecast. now to our round the clock news— a wrong way driver is to blame for a a wrong way driver is to blame for a crash on i-10 east near trowbrdge. abc-7 has just learned that the crash sent three people to the hospital. it happened just after 4 o’clock this morning. this is video we recorded from tex dot traffic cameras. police tell us that two cars were involved. all lanes are open now on i-10 east. emergency dispatchers tell us all of the victims were taken to university medical center, one with critical injuries the other two with minor injuries. nearly 47 million americans start their holiday travel on this thanksgiving less than 2 weeks after those deadly attacks in paris. t he president saying its understandable to wonder if there could be a possible terror attack on the homeland …but assuring them there is no credible threat indicating any plot on the united states. abc’s stephanie ramos has this story developing now. terror and the holidays…not what we want to think about. president obama … with his top security advisors standing by his side ….says officials are “working overtime” and “witho a break for the holidays” to keep americans safe. adding… sot obama: we know of no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland. with millions of americans expected to travel by railways… highways..and air … the president trying to decrease fears about terror threats. sot obama: i want the american people to know is that we are taking every possible step to keep our homeland safe. doing so with more police officers at airports…and train stations… homeland security authorities call it a re inforcement of existing security…. but not all travelers are re- assured.. sot chase whitaker: him saying that doesn’t really make me feel more at ease. others not letting fears control their travel plans. sot brian fernbacher: if you’re scared by it and you let it run your life, then you’ll all be in a house somewhere hiding. in new york city… the macys thanksgiving day parade floats and balloons prepped for the big strut down city streets…. with police standing guard. with thousands of police officers set to patrol the parade route?including 13 hundred counterterrorism officers. new york city bill mayor bill deblasio and the nypd saying — enjoy the parade while they do their job to protect. sot-bill deblasio: we have to stay our ground, continue going about our business. tag: a worldwide travel alert issued by the state department is still in effect …. and no matter where sunbowl parade is just hours away. and the el paso holiday tradition promises to be better than ever this year. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with a preview …denise? it’s a little quiet right now– but in a few hours the sidewalks will be lined with spectators who will begin their thanksgiving day with the sun bowl parade. the nearly three- mile long parade begins at montana and ochoa and will head east. the finish line– montana and copia. line– montana and copia. this is file video from last year’s parade. you can expect about 100 floats– many will feature hydraulics for the very first time. this year’s theme– extraordinary inventions. and if you’re a utep basketball fan– you want to come check out this year’s grand marshal. several members of the 1966 utep men’s basketball team will be honored. they were coached under don haskins and gave utep its only nc- double-a championship in the program’s history. also happening in central eel paso this morning– the 39th annual y-m-c-a turkey trot 5k run and 3k walk kicks off at 7:15 a.m. the ymca of el paso turkey trot is the largest thanksgiving day event of its kind in the region. it has now become a tradition for families across the borderland. the official start and finish line of the race are at the intersection of montana street and saint vrain. that’s near the ymca located at 810 wyoming in central el paso. registration begins at 6 a.m. we want to see your holiday photos. if you plan to attend the sun bowl parade or spend the morning prepping your meal. post them on social media. #kvia thanksgiving. we’ll share them right here on abc-7 at noon as well as on good morning el paso tomorrow morning . it’s official– the head of the catholic church, fresh off his visit to the united states… announced he is coming to juarez in just a few months! the wall street journal is reporting while in africa, pope francis told reporters he plans to visit el paso’s sister city during his four day trip to mexico in february. details on security and specifics of his juarez visit are not yet known… but we can tell you the bishop of the juarez diocese tells abc- seven the city’s faithful had been holding out hope he would make it official. bishop campos expects the pope to talk about immigration and the drug cartel violence. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… still much more to come here on good morning el paso —- new mexico’s teacher of the year from mayfield highschool in las cruces got a surprise visit yesterday at an assembly honoring him …we’ll let you know who it was. / plus— new york is getting ready for their big parade this morning as well-and thousands showed up just to watch the preparations yesterday. but first – stormtrack weather! meteorologist krystal kleihas your complete forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! new mexico’s teacher of the year will travel to washington d.c. next