Good Morning El Paso 07.22.16

morning el paso …! “i’m abc’s stephanie ramos in cleveland and it’s a wrap.details from the final night of the republican national convention coming up. in el paso… the end of an era for university medical center… as jim valenti ends his term as c-e-o. plus–we are working to get more information about a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. an upper high over the texas panhandle will drift over new mexico this afternoon and then up to the four corners region later saturday. expect another round of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, mainly north and west of las cruces. northeast flow develops saturday, so thunderstorms will begin in the mountains and then move down to the lowlands by evening. this pattern will repeat each day for much of the new week ahead. temperatures will be well above normal through sunday and then drop back to near normal monday through most of the week. the cap is on the republican national convention. a wild week leading up to donald trump formally accepting the party’s nomination ….as his family beamed on the convention floor. a presidential candidate at one point considered a joke?now one step closer to the white house. abc’s stephanie ramos reports from cleveland. donald trump – sealing the deal. sot trump i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states on the final and biggest night of the republican national convention the billionaire businessman turned gop nominee?ended his party’s convention the way he began his campaign?.attacking the political establishment. sot : i have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. and painting a dark picture of america, but one he promises to fix? sot trump the day i take the oath of office, americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the us are enforced. trump’s speech jumping from terrorism ?the economy?even remembering the 49 people who lost their lives in orlando sot : trump as your president, i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens this part of his extra long 1 hour and 15 minute speech ?bringing a trump supporter to tears. sot kathleen burgin on the floor sot and then came a familiar theme throughout the convention?. trump intensifying attacks against his democratic rival hillary clinton ? the legacy of hillary clinton: death, destruction terrorism and weakness verbatim: time/initial: abc-7 spoke with one texas delegate from el paso. mark dunham was elected as a delegate in march. this is his first r-n-c. dunham is a retired army intelligence officer who serves as state republican committee executive. he tells abc-7 — he was there for it all — melania’s speech, and the ted cruz controversy. he says he understands cruz’s stance — but thinks he handled it poorly: happening today… jim valenti is leaving his post as c-e-o of university medical center. valenti spent 12 years in charge. the 60-year-old is credited with expanding u-m-c and its services… as well as changing its name from thomason hospital. valenti is being replaced with jacob cintron who just served as del sol medical center’s c-e-o for the last ten years. “i’m very humbled. it’s a privilege to have served el paso. it’s a privilege to serve university medical center in such a profound way, and it’s been a team effort.” cintron’s first day as u-m-c’s new c-e-o is on monday. this summer– educators will be the students. for the first time ever, google is hosting a summit for teachers on how to keep your children engaged in the classroom with some of the technology they’re already using. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the details … denise? the ysleta independent school district is just one of many borderland institutions changing the way students learn– and it’s main source– technology. yisd wants all educators to be ready for the school year. google for education has apps that many of us already use– google docs, google sheets etc. yisd’s students already have access to the tools. the district’s engage me iniitiative allows are students in third through 8th grade to have access to chrome book device. the google summit will show educators how to expand those apps into the classroom. “when they start seeing the eas of use …change this in my classroom” villarreal says yisd’s educators have spent the summer taking the summit is next week july 27 and 28. a man is dead after being hit by a semi- truck in the lower valley. the crash happened just after one o’clock yesterday on the 800 block of americas. police say the man was trying to cross the southbound lanes of traffic when he was struck. he died at del sol medical center. police say it appears he had just gotten out of a car when he was run over. the man has not been identified. 6-07… weather and traffic on the 7s… an upper high over the texas panhandle will drift over new mexico this afternoon and then up to the four corners region later saturday. expect another round of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, mainly north and west of las cruces. northeast flow develops saturday, so thunderstorms will begin in the mountains and then move down to the lowlands by evening. this pattern will repeat each day for much of the new week ahead. temperatures will be well above normal through sunday and then drop back to near normal monday through most of the week. …abc-7 traffic track … now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we still have much more to come here on gmep— problems remain for southwest airlines after two days of cancelled flights and delays for passengers—what you need to know if you’re flying out today. and this is abc-7, where news comes first! a settlement in the case of a