Good Morning El Paso 09.14.16

n-s-a leaker edward snowden wants president obama to pardon him…and allow him back in the states …what the president says this morning. “some new headaches for donal trump, i’m abc’s lana zak in washington with that story coming up.” plus–new details behind the motive of the alpine highschool shooting. the chihuahuas are heading into the second game of the pacific coast league championship series tonight with a win. after trailing last night, the dogs beat the oklahoma city dodgers at southwest second game of the pacific coast league championship series tonight with a win. after trailing last night, the dogs beat the oklahoma city dodgers at southwest university park. the boys even took the time before the game to thank the city of el paso for its support as it enters the p-c-l championship. we’ll have the highlights from last night’s win in just a bit… good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m stephanie valle. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. generally dry air remains over most of the borderland but a weak push from the east today will bring a minor increase in moisture over areas east of the rio grande. thus dry west but isolated storms possible east today. slightly better chances for all areas east of the continental divide for thursday as the moisture increases a bit and shoves farther west overnight tonight. dry air rushes back in for friday and saturday as westerly flow returns. the region should be mostly dry and storm free both days. sunday and onward another wave of moisture works in to provide much better shower and storm chances for most of the borderland. some of these late weekend storms could become severe with potential for large hail and strong winds. new this morning— police in las cruces are on the lookout for a man accused of robbing a dollar store. it happened monday night on the 16- hundred block of south solano…a few blocks from las cruces high school. police have released this image of the suspect. he is accused of pointing a handgun at a cashier and demanding money. he ultimately fled with just a carton of cigarettes. witnesses describe the man as hispanic, and say he was about five-foot-three. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers at 1-800- 222-8477. edward snowden wants president obama to grant him a pardon. snowden has been charged in the u.s. with violations of the espionage act for revealing classified information. he argues the leaks were moral and ethical because they revealed the scope of n-s-a surveillance. he also said they prompted significant and much need changes to surveillance laws. snowden is currently living in russia. we’ll have more about what obama is saying in regards to a pardon for snowden and what the actor playing him in the upcoming movie thinks about all this, coming up in just a bit on gmep / hillary clinton will return to the campaign trail tomorrow, but while she’s been home recovering from pneumonia….presiden t obama is campaigning for her. meanwhile, donald trump outlined his childcare plans …abc’s lana zak has the latest from washington. it’s your voice your vote / president obama–in his first solo appearance on the campaign trail took umbrage with the idea that donald trump would be better for working class americans. 13:59:08 really? like, this is the guy you want to be championing working people? wasn’t going to let you on his golf course. new this morning– the ysleta independent school district is taking safety to another level. all campuses are using a new technology to montor who goes in and out of its schools. good morning el paso’s denise olivas district is taking safety to another level. all campuses are using a new technology to montor who goes in and out of its schools. good morning el paso’s denise olivas is live to explain … denise? the new visitor management system was implemented at the start of this school year. here’s how it works– at parkland elementary school– the system is now in use. anyone entering a yisd campus from now on is required to use a new touchscreen monitor at the school’s main entrance. the visitor will have to request permission after ringing a bell. staff members will be able to see who is at the entrance through the monitor. faculty will grant access into the school. once you get inside– you’ll have to show your id again for a background check. the shool’s system will scan the i-d against national sexual offender data bases: roxanne murpha principal, parkland elementary “it targets al people, everybody coming into our system and clears everybody so we’re making sure that number one 100 percent of the time we know who is on our campus” the new visitor system was funded by the last year’s bond election. new details are coming out about last week’s deadly shooting at alpine high school. investigators say the 14-year-old girl who shot and wounded a fellow student — had planned to shoot her stepbrother who also attends the school. the girl — who was a freshman — was in the bathroom arming herself. that’s when a 17-year-old girl walked in and saw her with a gun. police say the girl shot the 17-year-old as she tried to run away. her injuries were not life- threatening. the freshman girl — who has not been identified — later shot and killed herself. police say no one else at the school was targeted. happening today trial continues for a former utep football player accused of raping a woman on campus. 21-year-old david hamm was arrested last november. but the alleged assault happened in may. yesterday we heard from witnesses including a nurse who examined the victim. she said based on the evidence collected, she could not say if the sex was consensual or not. the victims roommate also took the stand. she said the victim told her she kissed hamm and took her clothes off — but did not agree to consensual sex. 6-07… weather and traffic on the 7s… generally dry air remains over most of the borderland but a weak push from the east today will bring a minor increase in moisture over areas east of the rio grande. thus dry west but isolated storms possible east today. slightly better chances for all areas east of the continental divide for thursday as the moisture increases a bit and shoves farther west overnight tonight. dry air rushes back in for friday and saturday as westerly flow returns. the region should be mostly dry and storm free both days. sunday and onward another wave of moisture works in to provide much better shower and storm chances for most of the borderland. some of these late weekend storms could become severe with potential for large hail and strong winds. …abc-7 traffic track … now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… we still have more to come here on gmep– ” i was very upset and didn’t eat or sleep well for several days” a safety deposit box is supposed to secure a person’s valuables but now police are investigating why the bank drilled holes in one and the belongings went missing. “the audience has to pa attention to this because we’re here… the concept of privacy itself has been violated” and later– abc news sat down with the director and star of the upcoming film “snowden,” we’ll hear mor about what they have to say about the n-s-a and snowden’s actions. and this is abc-7, where news comes first! police are working to get more information about a murder in south- central el paso.