Good Morning El Paso 12.09.15

“are you a bigot?” “not at al probably the least of anybody you’ve ever met. has donald trump finally gone too far? the latest from the fallout of his most recent remarks. meanwhile–the house has overwhelmingly passed legislation to tighten the “visa waiver program how it could affect those coming from middle eastern countries. / after nearly two years of details from bankruptcy court and what it means for the taxpayer a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. a live look at stormtrack doppler radar is showing… currently around our region… here’s your day planner for today… expect skies, winds and temperatures in the by 8 am, by noon and for your drive home around 5 pm. 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. and now to the latest on the taking a live look outside — traffic conditions with tx- dot traffic cams… and now to the latest on the fallout from republican frontrunner donald trump’s call to block muslims from entering the united states. the controversial proposal is being met with a chorus of near-universal condemnation. abc’s lana zak has the latest. “donald trump has jumped th shark he’s gone too far sharp condemnation for donald trump from everyday americans to fellow republicans — lindsey graham on- cam, new day 12/8/2015 “you know how to make america great again? tell donald trump to go to hell.” ?.all in response to trump’s most recent controversial proposal: 19:36:00 trump: donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states the head of congressional republicans saying trump doesn’t represent their views paul ryan: on- cam 12/8/2015 this is “not what this party stands for,” but for young muslim americans, its hard to see the republican front- runner’s opinion as a one-off… teacher: these children are kinda walking around carrying the weight of their religion on thier shoulders. my teachers told me specifically not only to hold my head up high. i’m used to hearing things like “go back to you country.” really discriminatory phases like this and i’m really sick of hearing it, this is my country. gfx 10: on the front cover of the new york daily news, a paraphrase of that famous poem about the hollocaust: it reads…”when he came for the muslims , i did not speak out… but in an interview with abc news’ barbara walters, trump disputes the comparisons to hitler … 141430 are you a bigot? 141432 not at all. probably the least of anybody you’ve ever met. the house overwhelmingly passed legislation on tuesday that would overhaul the federal visa waiver program. it would bar those from iraq, syria, iran and sudan, or those who have visited those countries in the last five years, from traveling to the united states without a visa. action on the proposal comes in response to the is inspired attacks in paris, france and san bernardino, california. the senate may consider the bill… but republican leaders have not said when that would occur. now to abc-seven’s complete coverage.. … of el paso children’s hospital fighting to keep its doors open. after more than a year and a half of big financial troubles… , the judge approved the joint plan to save children’s yesterday afternoon! so children’s is now a subsidiary of university medical center. it also means children’s won’t have to pay back nearly 50 million dollars to the county hospital! el paso children’s will have to pay the dozens of other creditors first! u- m-c said children’s owes it 106 million but 48 million … mostly unpaid rent … is being forgiven. so as of right now umc will only pay back 58 million at a later date— as for the rent children’s pays to umc … it drops from 800-thousand dollars a month to 500-thousand. umc says that rent money is for upkeep and depreciation on the building. despite yesterday’s agreement taxpayers are still on the hook for the 120 million approved in 2007 to build the hospital. those payments run through 2038. if you missed any of our complete coverage throughout the day yesterday.. just visit kvia.com right now. you’ll find a timeline of the major events… you can also view the news conference with children’s hospital … and all of our articles and videos from march 2014. coming up later on good morning el paso, well have more about the expected leadership expected for the children’s hospital now that the deal has been made. now to an abc-7 update— remember abc-7 told you how a man killed in sunday’s rollover crash in northeast el paso… was on the phone with police asking for help? well, the driver is now charged with murder. the court documents abc-7 got state 25-year-old daniel mendoza called told the 9-1-1 operator his boyfriend was driving 100-miles an hour… and wouldn’t let him out of the car. eleven minutes later, police officers found the car rolled over in a parking lot. police initially charged 23- year-old jesus mireles with intoxicated assault. but because of those details i just mentioned, police upgraded that charge to murder. mireles was also injured and he is still in the hospital. abc-seven is also learning a more about this man, hector reyes. he’s in jail in the el paso county jail charged with killing 27-year- old miguel rivera. border patrol agents found rivera’s body in a desert area not far from cattleman’s restaurant just off i-10 near the fabens exit. court documents obtained by abc-7 state rivera’s family says he was in a relationship with hector reyes. investigators also say a witness claims reyes admitted to killing rivera, saying he couldn’t trust him and he had to do it. and another body was found in that same area yesterday morning. the el paso sheriff’s office says it is not connected to the rivera case. we’re told deputies responded to a car fire and found a body. a sheriff’s spokesperson won’t tell us who that person is… … or if he or she was found inside the burning car or near the vehicle. officials in hudspeth county are investigating a plane crash that happened yesterday evening. we first brought this as breaking news last night during our 10 o’clock news cast. it happened just before 6pm at the guadalupe peak. that’s about 90 miles east of el paso at the guadalupe mountains national park a spokesman with dps says — crews noticed some flames coming from the top of the mountain. a medical helicopter was called in to do a fly by — and the crew confirmed a plane had crashed. it’s unknown the type of plane — the number of passengers — or if anyone was hurt. the spokesman told us they will release more information later today. it’s a difficult scene to investigate because of the plane’s location. he added that the f-a has been notified. now on a much lighter note– new this morning we’re introducing you to an 81-year-old grandmother who loves to run– and most recently took her hobby to another level. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with her story …denise? elvira montes is a runner. at 81– she runs 3 miles everyday and has even competed in the boston marathon. but earlier this month– she took part in a race that included chugging beer– becoming the oldest finisher at the race: “really i don’t drink beer…bu it tasted real good” but she made an exception on decmeber first when she took part in the flo-track beer mile world championships. this is video of her running up to the beer table and chugging way. participants run a quarter mile then chug a beer until a mile is complete. montes– in the end– chugged four beers. she says she finished with a time of 20 minutes and 14 seconds. you heard her say she’s not much of a beer drinker– but does enjoy her scotch a couple times a week. she retired about a year ago from the city of el paso parks and recreation department. montes credits her daughters for keeping her active: “well when my daughter told me…and i finished” she couldn’t help but tell us that she beat her daughter– who is a marathon runner. the lesson here– staying healthy at any age is possible. montes says she encourages those around her to do the same. we have an abc-7 traffic alert to pass along for el paso’s east side— starting tomorrow night at 9 p.m.– the westbound lanes of i-10 between the lee trevino exit ramp and the yarbrough entrance ramp will be completely closed until 2 a.m. friday morning. all the ramps along this stretch will also be closed. this is part of the operational improvements projects. crews will be replacing the lane control head on the interstate. / an happening right now on el paso’s westside—- drivers heading east are being forced to exit at sunland park— still much more to come here on good morning el paso — dysfunction in dona ana county. the sheriff given a restraing order during a news conference, following the arrest of the county’s jail administrator…we’ll have more on that story. and it’s something out of the future that a lot of kids are asking for from santa this christmas—but it’s putting people all over the country in danger.. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!