Good Morning El Paso 12.23.15
from our round the clock news team— a crash in west el paso shuts down lanes on mesa street—we’ll tell you why the area is being blocked off. “she was favored to win and she got schlonged she lost, i mean she lost.” was donald trump being too vulgar with his latest comments attacking hillary clinton? the billionaire explains and other candidates react . plus— one of the four teens who led police on a high speed chase in texas that ended in new mexico now knows their punishment. so what’s next for rest of them? / it’s going to be a cooling off around the borderland as we head into the christmas weekend. we saw some light showers around the area overnight and this friday, the temperatures are expected to take a nose dive. some parts of our area could even see a few snowflakes this weekend! that”s why we’ve issued an abc-7 stormtrack first alert. we’ll have the details in just a bit but first… a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m denise olivas. hillary floren and stephanie valle have the day off. before we get to the forecast, let’s get to an abc-7 traffic alert in west el paso — the north and southbound lanes on mesa at sunland park are closed right now after a two car crash caused a hazard for drivers. the crash happened just before 2 a.m. no one was injured but el paso police say a car hit an electrical pole which is having to be repaired. if you are heading south on mesa—you can detour down balboa onto fiesta and back up to sunland park. there you can go right to get back on mesa to go around the hazard. if you are heading north on mesa you will be forced to take a right on shadow mountain or left down sunland park. this is a live look right now at the intersection .. el paso electric crews are on the scene working to fix the pole. according to emergency radio transmissions, they expect to have it cleared by 8a.m. so just give yourself some extra time and be careful as you hit the roads this morning. now let’s send this over to krystal for the details of our first alert. / 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. that preview of a general election matchup between donald trump and hillary clinton continues this morning. the billionaire went on a twitter rant to explain what he really meant when he used a sexually derogatory term while attacking clinton. abc’s kenneth moton has the latest. it’s your voice your vote. / donald trump fired back at the media overnight for his use of a vulgar term to describe hillary clinton’s 2008 loss. sot trump she was favored to win and she got schlonged she lost, i mean she lost. that bleeped word refers to the male anatomy…on urban dictionary, it’s described as a sexually degrading act. last night, trump tweeted saying he meant clinton got beaten badly in the 2008 race …he then blamed the media. sot clinton that’s why it’s important to stand up to bullies wherever they are clinton didn’t respond directly to trump during her iowa rally. but bernie sanders did. sot sanders donald trump is very upset. it’s very hard for him to deal with – i don’t know what his relationship with women has been in his life – but he has discovered that women go to the bathroom.” sanders …makin light of trump’s attack on clinton after her bathroom break during the abc news democratic debate. it’s not the first time trump’s comments have insulted women…his public battles with fox news host meghan kelly and gop rival carly fiorina made headlines earlier this year. donna brazile sot it’s the mark of a man who i believe has no respect for women whatsoever. his reaction to being challenged by a woman is to attack her with coarse, vulgar and degrading language. female supporters are sticking with trump. sot paula johnsonnh women’s coalition for trump i don’t think he is insulting to women. i think there are a lot of women who are insulting to other women and to men out there. the latest national poll has trump still at the top with 28 percent of gop voters. but quinnipiac university says 6 in 10 women voters say they would be embarrassed to have trump as their commander in chief. kenneth moton, abc news washington. the 15-year-old boy who led police on a high-speed chase in october from el paso to otero county is on probation… at least for the charges in new mexico. edwin rodriguez faced more charges in new mexico than the other four teens involved. one of them was aggravated assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon. he pleaded no contest. rodriguez was able to walk away with 2 years probation under strict guidelines, but that didn’t stop judge waylan counts from explaing his dissatisfaction. your behavior was egregious dangerous unexcusible since his arrest, rodriguez has been staying in a juvenile facility in gallup nm and will stay there for one more week before being released to his parents. but childrens court attorney ellen jessen says within that time he will more then likely be served an arrest warrant for his charges pending in texas. the other teens still face charges…. 14 year old jaquil webb pleaded guilty to other charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. also waiting to be sentenced are 15 year old evelyn brown … and 14- year-olds antonio brown and isaiah garcia. afterward all 5 could face charges in el paso county. we now know the name of the man that was killed after a motorcycle crash monday night. it happened on the 18-hundred block of zaragoza in far east el paso. he is identified as 23-year-old eder rene romero. police say the driver of that car that hit him — 52-year-old patricia acosta — failed to yield the right of way. at this time acosta is not facing any charges. there’s still no explanation as to why a man was on the freeway when he got hit by a semi yesterday. and still no update on his condition. it happened around 2 pm on i-10 west near the mcrae exit. that’s in east el paso. traffic came to a standstill and the freeway was shutdown for about 3 hours. police say the man was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… this is . . still much more to come here on good morning el paso— including a bright light shooting across the sky that could be seen in three different states in the western part of the country—we’ll tell you what it is coming up. and later—-a man buried for 60 hours, is the first to be rescued after a landslide left dozens missing. and meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! welcome back— we
