Good Morning El Paso 02.25.16

“when people decide that they don’t want to give you their taxes, it’s usually because there’s something they don’t want you to see” g-o-p presidential front runner donald rump is in a new feud this morning over his taxes return–we have the latest from the campaign trail. / new details are coming out from the investigation report into city manager tommy gonzalez. a man on death row for murders he committed in el paso will once again be awaiting his sentence–the details of why his attorney is once again appealing his conviction. 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. above normal. open developing now … take a look at this! no one was injured after a coast guard boat overturned after it was sent to help a fishing boat that bottomed out near shore. this all happened earlier this morning near new york the crew on the coast guard boat and the fishing boat both made it safely ashore. no serious injuries were reported. it’s debate night for the republicans…the first since the nevada caucuses…the final before super tuesday.this morning, gop frontrunner donald trump is in a new battle. abc’s kenneth moton is in washington with the latest on the 2016 race for the white house. it’s your voice your vote. nat trump entrance hours before severe weather ripped through virginia overnight, donald trump was on the ground rallying supporters, talking running mates. sot donald trump “i do wan somebody that’s political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed” trump was a no show for a republican town hall on fox news…hosted by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the gop frontrunner. the candidates lined up as they work to take down trump. sot marco rubio we won’t allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who isn’t a conservatives all 4 republicans promised to release their tax returns this week? after mitt romney called on them to do so. the 2012 gop nominee even said he believes there’s a ‘bombshell’ in trump’s taxes. sot mitt romney phoner when people decide that they don’t want to give you their taxes, it’s usually because there’s something they don’t want you to see trump went on the attack. the billionaire tweeted “mitt romney,who totall blew an election that should have been won and whose tax returns made him look like a fool, is now playing tough guy” sot hillary clinton 15:44:04 well hello ladies of alpha kappa alpha! fewer fireworks on the democratic side. hillary clinton made her case to the sisters of aka ahead of saturday’s south carolina primary. bernie sanders who is struggling with black voters there moved on to super tuesday states drawing 9000 people to his rally in tulsa, oklahoma. that was kenneth moton reporting. as for trump’s taxes, he says there’s no bombshell other than he pays a lot. more politics – republican presidential candidates are making their way to the lone star state. just a few days ahead of super tuesday, and rivals are still trying to stop donald trump. good morning el paso’s denise olivas joins us with a preview. it’s your voice, your vote: the epicenter of the republican nomination race tonight will be texas. five g-o-p hopefuls left in the race will meet for a debate in houston. the big question now — can anyone stop donald trump? the front runner says he’ll be ready thursday night. ted cruz returns to his home state with a major endorsement from texas governor greg abbot. winning the state of texas is still a major challenge. meanwhile florida senator marco rubio, with big name endorsements and big donors flocking his way, trying to convince that there are states he can win early voting is still underway and ends tomorrow. election day is next tuesday. an abc-7 update— city council will decide what to do on monday concerning the investigation into city manager tommy gonzalez. abc-7 combed through nearly 200 pages of the investigation report. here’s a summary: according to the investigator, gonzalez did not violate the law or his authority when he green-lighted the search for a new financial adviser. there’s also no evidence gonzalez or city rep larry romero would have benefited financially from the city hiring firm estrada hinojosa. though the investigator recommends the council ask gonzalez to provide information on pay he’s received for outside consulting since becoming city manager. the investigator did discovered something that could hurt gonzalez. turns out the company gonzalez preferred to overhaul the city’s engineering department had sponsored a conference for a state board he’s on. / on the other hand … the report has a lot of criticism against former city manager joyce wilson. it says she refused to cooperate with the investigation. the report says wilson was influenced by politics when she purposely delayed the issuance of the ballpark bonds until after the mayoral election. wilson declined to identify to the investigator the city reps who asked her to delay the issuance of the bonds. the investigator says the city can subpoena wilson to potentially sue her or ask the attorney general to investigate her. meanwhile… the city ethics commission is trying to figure out what to do with the ethics complaint against city rep larry romero. the problem is that he has already resigned from office. commissioner adolfo telles quickly made a motion to dismiss the complaints against romero. saying too much time and resources would be wasted when ultimately he’s already out of office. telles later voted against his own motion. the commission voted to continue the investigation into romero they also set a hearing for the ethics violation april 13th at the council chamber. they are hoping romero will be well enough to answer questions before he is replaced. el paso’s so-called desert killer–david wood has been on death row for more than twenty years – and now another legal challenge is being argued that could get him off death row. meanwhile—wood has maintained his innocence. “and you’re telling me no ..there is no doubt yes, yes.” that was woods back in 2000 — in an interview with abc- 7’s gary warner. wood was convicted of killing six el paso girls and burying them in the desert in northeast el paso in the 1980’s. and now– his attorney is appealing his conviction again, this time requesting additional d-n-a testing … saying a former friend who rode motorcycles with wood back in the 80’s should be considered an alternative suspect. the judge ordered the attorney general’s office to come up with a list of all the items available for testing by monday and how long it would take to test them. at that point he plans to schedule another hearing. now to an abc-7 yupdate to new we first brought you here on good morning el paso yesterday. the el paso fire department is still trying to determine how a fire started around 3-30 yesterday on socorro road near granillo street. a police officer saw the flames and called emergency crews. this is video from our tex-dot traffic cameras. three men got out safely. the fire department says 25 percent of the home was damaged. damage is estimated at 30-thousand dollars. fire investigators are also still trying to determine the cause of a house fire in east el paso. it happened yesterday around 2 o’clock in the afternoon near medwood and yarbrough. no one was hurt. abc-7 spoke with one woman who said the home belonged to her son who is currently overseas. her step-daughter who lives there saw the flames and called 9-1-1. two dogs in the home were saved. the estimated damage was about 4- thousand dollars. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we have an abc-7 traffic alert to pass along… from 9 p-m tonight till 6 tomorrow morning… the yarbrough underpass will be closed. this will be so crews can paint the bridge. also… the lomaland turnaround from gateway west to gateway east will be closed to paint the underpass. that will be going on until further notice. we still have much more to come right here on good morning el paso — ” one of the more important phases to make the project successful is the planning phase.” and the planning phase is underway to spruce up a library in one part of town as part of the quality of life bond projects. we’ll take a look. vo flash floods, high winds and deadly tornadoes–that is all just a portion of the severe weather headed north. meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first! millions of americans are