Good Morning El Paso 08.02.16

overnight has ended. our round the clock news team was on the scene. happening today–sentencing will begin in the trial of a man convicted of raping a 12-year old girl new this morning–the c-d-c is issuing a highly unusual travel warning to expectant mothers. / “donald trump remains right i the middle of controversy as hillary clinton’s poll numbers increase i’m maggie rulli in we’ll take a look coming up” a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. residents are being forced to evacuate their homes this morning after a street flooded overnight. this happened on the 83- hundred block of verde circle. el paso fire department says about 6 homes homes are flooded. the red cross is being called out to help. we have an abc-7 crew on the scene gathering more information and will bring you the very latest in a live report coming up. to ’round the clock coverage from the upper valley… where a swat situation unfolded overnight. this was on the 4000 block of emory road. this is new video from the scene. police say it began around 9 last night and ended around midnight. police tell abc-7 no arrests were made. from the abc-seven new mexico mobile newsroom overnight … a barbeque restaurant in las cruces is heavily damaged after a fire broke out last night. it happened at the mesilla valley b-b-q restaurant on the 12-hundred block of lohman. firefighters haven’t figured out what caused the fire.. but say the good news is that no one was injured. happening today— sentencing begins for a man found guilty of raping a 12-year old girl. the jury agreed with prosecutors that 43-year-old carlos holcombe kidnapped the girl from horizon high school back in 2014,. he was found guilty of 1 count of aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of indecency with a child. as for the sentencing…. holcombe faces 5 to 99 years for aggravated kidnapping and each one of the aggravated sexual assault of a child charges. he also faces an additional 2-20 for indecency with a child. the trial continues today for a young man accused of killing his 15-year- old girlfriend. adrian garcia is accused of murdering alejandra arango. the girl’s mother found her dead inside a bathtub in their home in 2013. an autopsy found she was strangled. defense attorney justin underwood asked why certain items like an empty aerosol can found on the scene were not tested. underwood mentioned the items can be used in huffing — and garcia’s fingerprints had not been found anywhere in the home. new this morning- the c-d-c – has issued an unprecedented travel warning– they are now warning pregnant women to avoid a zika-stricken part of miami. they’re also telling couples who have been in the same area recently to put off having children for at least two months. the number of people believed infected with zika through mosquito bites in the u.s. has climbed to 14. / donald trump is trying to move past his public spat with the khan family – who spoke at the democratic convention about their son’s death in iraq – he’s instead focusing on the fall election. abc’s maggie rulli has the latest from the campaign trial this morning- it’s your voice, your vote. galactic an operating license for its space tourism rocket. according to the company– the process involved a review to the system’s design, safety and flight analysis. virgin galactic’s first spaceship broke apart in 2014. investigators found a co-pilot prematurely unlocked a key system. the company has tested other spaceships at spaceport america. and customers have already paid about 250-thousand dollars apiece for a ride to the edge of space. a couple in the phoenix area is accused of abandoning their two-year-old boy outside their home while they went out and played pokemon go. authorities say the child was alone for up to an hour and a half while the parents played the game in nearby neighborhoods and parks. 25-year-old brianna daley and 27-year-old brent daley are charged with child endangerment and child neglect. authorities say a neighbor reported finding the child outside the home barefoot, “red faced sweaty and dirty” — out in ho temperatures with no water. the parents returned home an hour later and were taken into custody. authorities say they admitted – they left the child to play pokemon go. 6-07… weather and traffic on the 7s… now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… still much more to come here on gmep— we are learning more about the more about a deadly hot air balloon crash. what accident investigators had previously recommended to the f-a-a. plus— wildfires continue to rage along the west coast with more evacuations in place. / and this is abc-7, where news comes first! the sobranes fire burning in california’s carmel