Good Morning El Paso 02.10.16

round the clock news — one person is taken to the hospital after being hit by a car. also overnight—water utility crews fixing a water main break. “”we are going to make ameri so great again, maybe greater than ever before” a billionaire and a self-described democratic socialist won big in new hampshire– the reaction and the fallout after the primaries. / plus— new regulations proposed for the city’s food trucks — we’ll have the details in a live report. / a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. before we get to the forecast we have round the clock news— one person is in the hospital this morning after being hit by a car. it happened at the intersection of stanton and robinson around 2 a.m. when our round the clock crew arrived el paso police had already cleared the scene. the person hit was taken to las palmas with minor injuries. no word if the driver of the car will face any charges. also from our round the clock news teams— el paso water utilities were called out to the 11-hundred of shawnee in west el paso for a water main break. it happened just before 2:30 this morning. when our round the clock crew arrived the el paso water utility crews were just finishing up fixing it and getting the water shut off it is unclear what caused it. water service for residents was reportedly not interrupted. / we will continue to see above normal temperatures today through at least the first part of next week. skies will be mostly sunny and winds will generally light. by the middle part of next week we could see an increase in clouds and winds. we’ll take a closer look at your forecast including how much the temps rise coming up in just a few minutes. the new hampshire primary is over and billionaire donald trump is waking up to his first big win in the 2016 race for president. vermont senator bernie sanders also came out on top crushing hillary clinton in the granite state. abc’s kenneth moton is in manchester with reaction. it’s your voice, your vote. nats trump “oh, wow!” republic donald trump and democrat bernie sanders?victorious in new hampshire. sot donald trump “we are going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before” sot bernie sanders “together we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. the outsiders crushed their competition?the voters in the granite state angry at washington, worried about the economy and looking for honesty not electability. emerging from the pack of republican governors, a surprise second place finisher ohio governor john kasich. sot john kasich “if you don’t have a sea belt, go get one. we’re going to shake this country from top to bottom” the fight for third i the gop race is between ted cruz? sot ted cruz “you victory tonight has left the washington cartel utterly terrified” jeb bush? sot je bush “you all have reset th race and for that, i am really grateful.” and marco rubio wh admitted saturday night’s debate was his downfall. sot marco rubio “listen to this, that wil never happen again” a tough night for democratic frontrunner hillary clinton who promised supporters she’s marching on to the nomination. sot hillary clinton “now we take this campaign to the entire country where we will fight for every vote in every state.” her opponent?proved he won’t be so easy to shake off. so today it’s on to the next one?south carolina. the state’s gop primary is set for next week but chris christie is headed home to new jersey to decide if he’ll stay in the race. kenneth moton, abc news manchester new hampshire we are now one week away from the pope ‘s visit to juarez continuing our complete coverage this morning… if you have tickets to the papal mass… el pasoans are being asked to avoid the bridge of the americas. that’s the free bridge in south central el paso by the chamizal. the bridge of the americas will be open … however, traffic is expected to back up into el paso. juarez police recommend you take the stanton street bridge downtown into juarez … especially if your tickets are near the site of the mass. meanwhile… construction is almost done on the altar. workers are already painting the swiss-designed pavilion. and the three huge rocks that will be used to support the pope’s altar are finally in place. the gates to the fairgrounds will open at 6 am and everyone with a ticket to the mass must be inside before 2pm. no one except the pope will be allowed to enter after two. food trucks are a growing trend in the sun city new this morning– city council is looking into making changes to its mobile food vending ordinance. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details…denise? some of those changes include where food trucks can post up in downtown el paso and the regulation of mobile food courts. we’ll get to that in just a bit. results of a community survey were handed to council yesterday. the majority of those surveyed– community members and stakeholders– say food vendors should be allowed in residential areas. they also said there should be some restrictions placed on how long and/or what types of vendors are allowed. and while two-thirds felt downtown vending should not be regulated differently from the rest of the city… over a quarter felt there should be some restrictions as far zones where they are permitted. respondents said did raise concerns on mobile food courts– like the availability of restrooms, electricity, water. parking, security and noise. other concerns include how close food trucks are to actual brick and mortar restaurants. some feel there should be a distance requirement. city staff will begin to create a draft of proposed revisions to the city ordinance. a man who plead guilty and took a plea deal in a rape case in las cruces is now facing nine years in prison instead of 27. from our new mexico mobile newsroom — peter dillion lucero was charged with kidnapping but in taking the plea deal yesterday, the charge was changed to the lesser charge of false imprisonment. lucero was accused of raping a 50-year old woman with multiple sclerosis in a nursing home were he visited his grandfather. he now awaits sentencing and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation in las vegas, new mexico before his sentencing. two men are facing manslaughter charges after the death of a man outside a bar last month. that bar was the “el patron” b near montana and paisano. 37-year-old raul ruiz and 42-year-old adrian chavez are charged in the death of 49-year-old arturo martinez. police say he pushed martinez who fell and hit his head on the floor. ruiz and chavez then allegedly continued to beat him. ruiz is a firefighter and was off-duty at the time. in a statement — el paso fire chief samuel pena said ruiz has been reassigned from the emergency operations division pending an investigation. dona ana county commissioners can’t get county treasurer david gutierrez to resign… and they’re taking action against him. from our new mexico mobile newsroom …. just last month, gutierrez reached a settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit, where he admitted to offering an employee money for sex . gutierrez has refused to resign…. so commissioners voted to place him under more restrictions. they include: limiting the amount of time gutierrez can be in the county building, denying him access to county vehicles, and exploring the option of having him pay back the entire $68,000 from the sexual harassment lawsuit. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… now to some abc-7 traffic alerts for this week the first one is part of the i-10 and americas project. today through friday from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.–loop 375 south will be completely closed between bob hope and americas. also over on loop 375 also today until friday–americas northbound will be completely closed between northloop and the americas interchange. that will also be between 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. meanwhile we also want to remind you that gateway west is down to one lane between eastlake and r-v circle. that closure will be in place until further notice. / we have much more to come here on good morning el paso — including some changes that are coming to the oscars that hopefully will make it more interesting to watch–we’ll tell you what it is. / and later— as concern over the zika virus spreads one prominent athlete says she is considering not participating in the olympics. meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! the oscars are hoping to make acceptance speeches less boring. they want to avoid a laundry list of thank yous – so they’re asking every nominee ahead of time to submit a list of people they’d like to thank – and when you win, those names will scroll across the bottom of the screen. hopefully that will eliminate the boring stuff, and create more memorable, heartfelt moments. this is usually the sign that marti gras festivities in new orleans are over. police did their traditional street sweep at midnight last night,