Good Morning El Paso 04.05.16

residents at a lower valley apartment complex were forced to evacuate overnight–we have the details from our round the clock news team. / new details of what lead up to an off- duty police officer’s arrest outside an east el paso bar. “the race for the white house heading to wisconsin, voters heading to the polls for today’s pivotal primary i’m ray ramundi, here in new york and i’ll have the latest on the campaign trail and how today’s outcome could be a game changer in this presidential race” what a win last night in the national college basketball championship game! we have the highlights. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. i’m hillary floren. and i’m krystal klei! good morning, everyone. near record high temperatures are expected today with highs well into the 80s for most lowland locations. a cold front overnight will drop temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees for wednesday. late thursday into friday there will be a chance for some light rain across the borderland as an upper low moves out of the baja region. near normal temperatures and generally dry conditions are expected for the weekend into early next week. to round the clock coverage… residents had to evacuate a lower valley apartment complex overnight. to round the clock coverage… residents had to evacuate a lower valley apartment complex overnight. this was at the pearl apartments on the 600 block of north carolina. this is video from our ’round the clock crew. it started around 11 o-clock when fire crews say someone reported a strong odor of gas coming from the storm drain. no word on what caused that odor. at around 1 this morning.the fire department allowed people back into their apartments. now to an abc-7 update– the off- duty el paso police officer that was arrsted over the weekend was disarmed by a security guard. that’s according to police. 25-year-old edgar feria was placed on administrative leave after he allegedly pointed a gun at the bouncer at teddy’s lounge off airway and i-10. feria was kicked out of the bar early friday morning. according to court documents obtained by the abc-7 i-team … the security guard asked feria to get out of the guard’s car in the hotel parking lot and that’s when feria allegedly pointed a gun at him. the documents state the guard was able to take away the gun. two bouncers were able to hold feria until police arrived. a las cruces man is facing attempted murder charges after police say he admitted to trying to kill his wife. from our new mexico mobile newsroom — 47-year-old carlos ordonez allegedly tried to strangle his wife before slashing her neck with a knife saturday night. ordonez allegedly punched the 48- year-old woman, threw her on the floor and would not let her leave their home in the zia shadows mobile home park. ordonez is the one who called police. the wife is at u-m-c here in el paso, where she is expected to recover. police charged ordonez with attempted murder, kidnapping and battery against a household member. now to the race for the white house… where all eyes are on wisconsin on this tuesday. voters in the badger state — heading to the polls – to cast their ballots. the pivotal vote — couldn’t be more important to candidates in both parties. it’s your voice, your vote 2016. abc’s ray raimundi… with a preview of tonight’s primary. it’s your voice, your vote. another tuesday….and another potentially game-changing primary. trump sot – “your vote is going to be very important tomorrow because the world is watching wisconsin. the world is watching.” republican frontrunner donald trump… subdued … and with his wife in the badger state.. admitting regrets…. for re-tweets and statements he made last week. trump sot – ” i could’ve done without it. and it’s true. and i wish i didn’t send it out. if i had it to do again, i would not have done it.” trump and senator ted cruz…participating in a town-hall forum last night on fox. cruz — giving trump a tongue lashing — and denying rumors about infedility cruz sot – mk: have you committed adultery? tc: i have not. that attack was complete and utter garbage always been faithful to my wife. a ted cruz win in wisconsin… will make a contested gop convention a lot more likely. nats the democrats meanwhile…. campaigning late into the evening hours bernie sanders in milwaukee… acting… more confident than ever sanders sot – “we have won 6 out of the last 7 primary and caucus contest. hillary clinton holding rallies in her home state of new york .. her team talking about her nearly insurmountable” delegate lead, as the candidate vowed to increase the minimum wage nationally. clinton sot – “this is somethin else americans deserve across our country… and i again will proudly take what’s happening here in new york and go to washington! the villanova wildcats are waking up champions this morning— “…villanova are the nationa champions with jenkins hitting the winner” this is moments after the game- winning shot last night in houston. the wildcats almost went into overtime with the north carolina tar heels — but a split-second move by the team changed all that in seconds. fans took to the streets after the win to celebrate and ended up getting a little too rowdy. police in villanova, pennsylvania, say three people were arrested and 22 others were injured after thousands of villanova university students took to the streets to celebrate. this was the wildcats’ first ncaa championship title since 1985. we’ll have the highlights including the game-winning shot coming up a little later on good morning el paso. new this morning– the eastlake high school colorguard team is vying for the top spot in a national competion. this morning they are on their to ohio on a bus! good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details…denise? we’re told it’s a 24- hour trip. there might a little pressure to get that national ranking. last year– the eastlake falcons entered nationals number one– but ended up walking away with second place. the team is now making its way to ohio to reclaim first place. “music playing for 4 seconds” abc-7 caught up with the team made up of nearly 60 members. the program has only been around for five years– and has already attained great success. it originally started with ten members. the colorguard world championships is taking place april 7 through 9 in dayton ohio… one senior tells me it’s a great experience: “cause you’re performing…to be proud of” “this will be memory …never forget their teachers” gallegos says there is also a middle school feeder program that has also seen tremendous growth– grooming younger students to become future performers at eastlake. now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we still have much more to come her eon gmep –tuesday edition… the daughter of a former president is coming to el paso, we’ll tell you why one high school gets the honor of hosting her later this week. and later—it came down to the buzzer in last night’s n-c double-a national championship game– if you missed it we’ll show what all the excitement is about this morning. / meteorologist krystal klei has your detailed forecast. krystal… and this is abc-7, where news comes first!