Good Morning El Paso 09.08.16

“the two candidates took th stage back to back last night. i’m abc’s maggie rulli. we’ll hear what they had to say coming up.” a ft. bliss solider is presumed dead — following an accident over the holiday weekend. and new this morning—we’ll take a look at one district’s project that empowers students — and helps them apply real- world problems to learning. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. we did see limited heavy rain yesterday and overnight stream across e and c el paso county into otero where the nam initially painted it. we still see pws above record levels for our region this time of year. now with wetted ground we see continued potential for both heavy rainfall rates from any storm and flash flooding thanks to quick runoff and reduced soil retention. the widespread flash flood potential is now over the bootheel and gila, with just isolated potential with discrete storms east. the models do keep the primary rainfall compact over se az moving over the gila this evening and overnight. even there we are just not seeing much more that lgt/mod stratiform rain. the sprint towards election day continues. the candidates are keeping a busy schedule. both appearing on a townhall style candidates are keeping a busy schedule. both appearing on a townhall style event last night where they were peppered with questions about lingering controversies, foreign policy plans and america’s military. abc’s maggie rulli has the latest — it’s your voice, your vote. hillary clinton and donald trump sharing the stage in prime time… although never actually face to face. the two rivals taking questions from current and former military members during the commander-in-chief forum on nbc clinton – up first… responding to the e-mail controversy clinton: it was a mistake to have a personal account. i certainly wouldn’t do it again. laying out her plans for how to defeat isis? pledging air support and training … but… sot – hillary clinton / presidential nominee “we are no putting ground troops into iraq ever again and we are not putting ground troops into syria.” and reminding america of her experience in government… promising she has the steadiness and strength need to lead clinton: i’ve had the unique experience of watching and working with several presidents and these are not easy decisions trump – up next… also promising to have the right temperment remaing unaplogetic for his often criticized relationship with russian president vladamir putin trump: says great things about me, i’m going to say great things about him and not backing down from a statment he tweeted in 2013 that blamed sexual assaults in the military on men and women serving together dt – well it is, it is a correct tweet – right now, part of the problem is nobody gets prosecuted. and when asked about his comment that he knew more about is than military generals sot – donald trump / presidential nominee “under the leadership of barack obama and hillary clinton the generals have been reduced to rubble.” o/ close: not all voters will wait to see the two debate? starting tomorrow in north carolina – absentee ballots become available. and about a third of all voters end up voting early. maggie rulli, abc news, washington house republicans are not forgetting the sit-in protest their democratic counterparts staged on the house floor earlier this year. you may recall dozens of house democrats — including el paso congressman beto o-rourke — held a 25-hour sit-in to protest the lack of congressional action on gun control legislation. despite the protest no votes were held. now, g-o-p house majority leader kevin mccarthy says democrats who participated in the protest will be punished for breaking house rules. those rules include guidelines on who can speak and whom they can address. house republican leaders are discussing several options as potential penalties. fort bliss is reporting that one of its soldiers has gone missing at elephant butte lake… and is presumed dead. fort bliss says specialist travis powell, from farmersville, texas, disappeared in the lake early saturday afternoon. they say the 26-year-old was “tubing,” flipped over, and di not resurface. his body has not been found. take a look at this video from an abc-7 viewer. it shows an underground fire in downtown el paso. you can see the flames shooting out of the ground. those flames were spotted in the afternoon on the 100 block of san antonio. but fire crews had been working since early yesterday morning on reports of an underground electrical fire. the fire causes several businesses to close up shop for the day. no injuries were reported. new this morning– canutillo independent school district is paving the way for more opportunities in stem education– that’s science, technology, engineering and math. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live with the story … denise? in only it’s second year– project lead the way is a district wide collaboration. elementary, middle and high schools are taking part in schools projects to challenge their thinking. we caught up with a junior class at canutillo high school working on a robotics project. teacher hector acosta says project lead the way provides a comprehensive approach to stem education through hands-on activities. it also offers a rigorous curriculum– in this class the focus is engineering. projects range from building 3-d models to the introduction to civil and mechanical engineering. acosta says project lead the way empowers a student to look at a problem and come up with a solution: starts at 8: 37 “they take it to the real world immediately. but more than that, they’re very well prepared for college.” coming up in our next half– how project lead the way has helped canutillo high become a state recognized school. 6-07… weather and traffic on the 7s… we did see limited heavy rain yesterday and overnight stream across e and c el paso county into otero where the nam initially painted it. we still see pws above record levels for our region this time of year. now with wetted ground we see continued potential for both heavy rainfall rates from any storm and flash flooding thanks to quick runoff and reduced soil retention. the widespread flash flood potential is now over the bootheel and gila, with just isolated potential with discrete storms east. the models do keep the primary rainfall compact over se az moving over the gila this evening and overnight. even there we are just not seeing much more that lgt/mod stratiform rain. …abc-7 traffic track … now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… keep it here we have much more to come on gmep– police are searching for suspects this morning after a deadly shooting on a busy highway. “…19 pd shot fired …19 pd shots fired” and later— we take a closer look at the split decisions officers are faced with almost everyday./ and this is abc-7, where news comes first! police in arizona are looking for suspects in a deadly shooting that