Good Morning El Paso 04.04.16

downtown el paso is going to get a lot messier today for drivers —we have all the details in a live report. / two people are dead after an amtrak train derails — what’s next for the commuter trains? / sot full ” another bi time primary ludes over the presidential candidates. i’m abc’s stephanie ramos in washington, coming up, hear how the white house hopefuls spent their time leading up to what could be a make or break primary” a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. s warmer and continued dry conditions will prevail on monday as a ridge of high pressure aloft moves through. a disturbance passing to our north will bring increasing high clouds to the area overnight and through tuesday…along with increasingly breezy southwest winds. temperatures will drop back into the 70s for the lowlands on wednesday in the wake of a cold front. meanwhile a change is on the way as another upper storm will arrive from the southwest with increasing clouds and a chance for rain and thunderstorms late thursday and friday. a major traffic alert this morning that will affect thousands of drivers. if you are heading into downtown el paso– listen up! good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details…denise? this morning– leave early and pack your patience. let’s take a look at those traffic alerts. starting today yandell will be reduced to a single westbound lane at stanton, slowing down drivers who use the mesa- downtown ext. map w/cg if you are coming from the eastside then you’ll want to consider other exits like cotton street, piedras street or copia street exit 18/porfirio diaz street: access downtown via franklin avenue. kansasstreet beginningon monday, april 4, 2016, sanantonio avenue will be closed to east-west traffic at kansas street. the closure is expected to last for approximatelythree weeks. kansas street remainsclosed between myrtle and san antonio. starting today yandell will be reduced to a single westbound lane at stanton, slowing down drivers who use the mesa- downtown ext. map w/cg if you are coming from the eastside then you’ll want to consider other exits like cotton street, piedras street or copia street exit 18/porfirio diaz street: access downtown via franklin avenue. kansasstreet now to the latest in the race for the white house. as another primary looms over the presidential campaigns … the candidates are making last-ditch efforts to gather as many votes as they can. abc’s stephanie ramos reports from washington. it’ your voice, your vote. wisconsin —you’re up! the badger state will host the next make or break primary. nats: trump.. i’ll have an orange juice as well… making the rounds in the battleground state .. donald trump …eating his own words…. sot/reporter: do you that anything that you said in the past week and a half, maybe the retweet, hurt you with voters? sot/trump: it might. on the sunday talk shows… trump trying to again clarify his comments on abortion … trump fns sot: “i’m not saying it was the appropriate answer. i’d say it’s the doctor’s fault or whoever performs the act, it’s their fault. wallace: but why did you say the woman? trump: because it was asked hypothetically. and saying in a do- over… he would not have re-tweeted that unflattering picture of heidi cruz… trump fns sot: “i could have done without the retweet.” trum – who once led ted cruz in wisconsin .. now …. not doing as well…. hoping to pick up some momentum before polls in wisconsin open on tuesday. this – while john kasich fights to do the same?.as attacks against him ramp up. kasich tw sot : “it’s what yo put up with in a campaign and of course that distorts virtually everything.” nats: clinto or sanders rally on the democratic side … bernie sanders and hillary clinton are also neck and neck in wisconsin… and debating over debates. clinton telling george stephanopoulos that she’ll face off with sanders on good morning america. clinton gma sot – “i’ll be there. sanders hasnt committed just yet but says he’d like a debate before the big new york primary. sanders tw sot – ” suspect it will work out.” both candidates already focused on the empire state? clinton sot – “i woul be humbled and honored to have your support …” ramos tag: the new york primary is in about 2 weeks but first.. wisconsin tomrorow. sanders and clinton are in a virtual tie in the state. on the republican side?. if donald trump does not win in wisconsin ?he may have trouble racking up enough delegates to snag the nomination before the convention this summer. sr abc news washington hillary clinton’s full interview with george stephanopoulos airs this morning on “good mornin america.”. two people were killed when an amtrak passenger train derailed south of philadelphia. amtrak said more than 30 people were injured in the derailment yesterday. the train was traveling from new york to savannah, georgia. amtrak said it hit a backhoe on the tracks, causing the front engine to derail. a 15-year-old passenger told reporters he was on a car toward the back of the train. he said saw some people — in his words — “cu up and running out.” amtrak suspended servic in the region until early this afternoon. here were approximately 341 passengers and 7 crew members on board the train. an investigation is ongoing. el paso police say speeding may have been a contributing factor in a deadly rollover. it happened early sunday morning on the 13-hundred block of joe battle. police say 28-year- old joel herrera lost control of his vehicle and hit a guardrail – causing his car to roll over several times. herrera was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. still much more to come here on good morning el paso, monday edition…. the deadline to file your taxes is exactly two weeks away. we have some tips to help make it as painless as possible. plus– severe weather in parts of the country has turned deadly, we have the latest developments. / and stormtracker nichole gomez has your detailed forecast. nichole… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!