Good Morning El Paso 03.30.16

one man is dead after a head-on collision in las cruces–the latest details from our new mexico mobile newsroom. also in new mexico— firefighters continue to battle a fire that has destroyed more than 100-acres in the ruidoso mountains. ” donald trump’s campaign manager under arrest, donald trump himself, under fire, i’m abc’s meghan hughes, i’ll have the very latest coming up” a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. the storm system will lift out over the great plains wednesday. temperatures will cool down to below normal wednesday through saturday. another part of this storm system will split off and form an upper low that will drop down over northwest mexico friday. this will bring the borderland a slight chance of showers friday and saturday morning. first to round the clock coverage— a fire broke out earlier this morning in west el paso . it was reported just after 4:30 at 59-33 north mesa t the coronado shopping cener. . this is video we recorded from our tx dot traffic cameras just after it began. you can see when firefighters arrived on the scene emergency dispatchers tell our newsroom, it’s the shopping center on the northwest corner of sunland park and mesa. no injuries were reported and no word yet on what caused the fire. fire crews have the right lane on mesa southbound closed off abc-7 is waiting to learn the identity of a man who died in a motorcycle crash last night in las cruces and why he was trying to get away from police. authorities say it started as a chase around 7-30 at university and locust. that’s across the street from new mexico state university. nmsu’s police chief says a university officer was pursuing the motorcyclist after he ran a red light and refused to pull over. we’re told when the officer backed off — the motorcyclist went the wrong way on university. he ended up hitting a truck head-on. the man was taken to the hospital where he later died. his name has not been released. / some schools in ruidoso will still be closed again today after the fire that began earlier this week on moon mountain. the fire has been burning in gavlin canyon just south of ruidoso high school since monday. according to k-o-a-t an abc affiliate in albuquerque, the fire burned about 125 acres, not 150 like previously reported. our new mexico mobile newsroom was in the area yesterday… about 100 firefighters have been working around the clock to keep the flames under control and because of the high winds in the area yesterday, the fire spread to nearly 50 yards away from ruidoso high school. the fire has many residents in the area concerned. / “if you were here during ht little bear fire all of that emotion comes flooding back and so you really start to feel unsafe” thankfully no injuries reported in this fire. the high school and middle school will again be closed today. elementary school will be open until further notice. we are still a few days away from a major closure in downtown el paso. if you work in the area– it’s probably best to start mapping out alternate routes. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details…denise? this next closure is the latest one need for the construction of the downtown streetcar pathway. this closure begins in april. yandell drive is set to be closed at stanton street. this is big because many drivers use the downtown exit — that’s exit 19– and take yandell which is a one-way to get to downtown or to get mesa. but you won’t be able to do that anymore. instead– you will have to get off on cotton and use arizona to get to areas north of i-10. right now cosntruction continues on stanton as well. stanton is part of the downtown streetcar route. the route is nearly five miles long and will have about 27 stops along the way from downtown to the utep area. the camino real mobility authority– behind the downtown streetcar project will have a presentation at today’s kern place association’s annual meeting at 6 p.m. at mesita elementary school, 3307 n. stanton street. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… in the race for the white house this morning–fighting words and accusations of physical violence are center stage. police in florida morning–fighting words and accusations of physical violence are center stage. police in florida arrest donald trump’s campaign manager for battery. abc’s megan hughes has details. it’s your voice, your vote. / all three republican candidates- appearing on stage seperately in wisconsin last night for a cnn town hall. donald trump quick to make waves- backing out of republican candidates loyalty pledge. cooper do you continue to pledge whoever the republican nominee is? trump no i don’t anymore. look — cooper you don’t? trump no. we’ll see who it is. and every candidate is weighing in on the latest shakeup in the trump campaign- manager corey lewandowski-now facing a criminal charge of battery. police-releasing this video, taken from an overhead security camera at trump’s own golf club?showing donald trump with reporter michelle fields by his side, before lewandowski moves forward to grab her and pull her back, allegedly gripping her arm. republican candidates-said he should be fired. cruz it shouldn’t be complicated that members of the campaign staff should not be physically assaulting the press. kasich when you have problems like that, you have to act. trump has stood by him? “corey is a fine person” outside trumps event last night, new tensions… a 15 year old protester was pepper sprayed as she clashed with trumps supporters. democrats have been quick to weigh in- sot – hillary clinton / presidential candidate “ultimately, the responsibility is mr. trump’s.” bernie sanders– in an interview on c-n-n – sot – sen. bernie sanders / presidential candidate “what ha concerned me very much about donald trump is the edgy-ness of calls to violence around his campaign. reporter tag: when it comes to that republican loyalty pledge-ted cruz and john kasich last night would not commit to backing trump if he becomes the nominee. we are a day away from the chihuahuas game against the san diego padres. crews are hard at work getting the ballpark in tip top shape for the padre’s visit. they have been fixing the pitcher’s mound. powerwashing the seats….and making sure the lights work. not to mention stocking the team store with some cool swag that’s sure to fly off the shelves come thursday. it’s been over a decade since a major league team was in town and a lot has changed since then. abc-seven and the c-w will be televising the exhibition game between the chihuahuas and the san diego padres. the game is tomorrow at southwest university park. the first pitch is at 6:35 p-m — you can find the game on 7.2 over the air — time warner channel 13 — comcast 14 — direct-tv channel 8 — dish 17 — and u- verse channel 19. we have much more to come here on good morning el paso wednesday edtion— “6.48 it’s a huge advantage and it prepares us better than any other training situation i can imagine. 6.54 they are not your everyday surgeons. in fact, these soldiers are working with civilians here in el paso for traing they use on the battlefield. it’s a story you’ll see only on abc-7. and later— state testing is underway in el paso schools. why changes were made to the test this year. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!