WE START WITH KRISTEN
CURRIE.
AS YOU GET READY TO HEAD
OUT THE DOOR...WE )RE
FOLLOWING THE
DAY )S TOP LOCAL STORIES.
WE START WITH FERNANDA
LOPEZ IN THE NEWSPLEX.
SOME STARTLING FACTS
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
HOMICIDES IN
ALBUQUERQUE.
SEVERAL DEATHS JUST THIS
WEEK BRING ALBUQUERQUE )S
NUMBER OF HOMICIDES TO
71, ACCORDING TO THE
ALBUQUERQUE
JOURNAL.
WE REPORTED ON SEVERAL
THIS WEEK INCLUDING A
MAN FOUND DEAD AT A
PARK, A MAN STABBED TO
DEATH POLICE SAY BY HIS
BROTHER AND A
SHOOTING IN WHICH
ANOTHER MAN DIED.
THE JOURNAL IS ALSO
REPORTING A 17 YEAR OLD
DIED DAYS AFTER HE WAS
SHOT ON WYOMING AND
CENTRAL ON SUNDAY.
IN THE FIVE FACTS WHAT
APD IS SAYING ABOUT
THOSE NUMBERS.
NEW THIS MORNING -- CBS
NEWS SAYS THEY HAVE
CONFIRMED THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS DRAFTED
AND IS CIRCULATING A
PLAN FOR TILLERSON )S
EXIT.
IT COMES AS THE
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
OF STATE, REX
TILLERSON PREPARE TO
MEET FOR LUNCH, TODAY.
BUT TRUMP GAVE NO
INDICATION THE MEETING
WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH REPORTS
TILLERSON IS ABOUT TO
LOSE HIS JOB.
RUSSELL SIMMONS IS
STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS
COMPANIES AFTER
BEING ACCUSED OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
SCREENWRITER JENNY LUMET
SAYS SIMMONS FORCED HER
TO HAVE SEX
WITH HIM IN 1991.
SIMMONS, THE FOUNDER OF
HIP- HOP MUSIC LABEL DEF
JAM RECORDINGS RELEASED
A STATEMENT SAYING
HER MEMORY OF THAT
EVENING IS VERY
DIFFERENT FROM HIS BUT
APOLOGIZED SAYING ITS
CLEAR TO HIM NOW THAT
HER FEELINGS OF FEAR
AND INTIMIDATION ARE
REAL.
A FORMER NEW MEXICO
TEACHER ALREADY AWAITING
TRIAL FOR CHILD
MOLESTATION.. IS FACING
NEW ACCUSATIONS THIS
MORNING.
A RIO ARRIBA COUNTY
GRAND JURY INDICTED GARY
GREGOR FOR
CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONTACT
OF A MINOR.
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE
VICTIM WAS A BOY -- BACK
IN 2006.
GREGOR IS ALREADY FACING
13 FELONY COUNTS FOR
ALLEGEDLY
RAPING AND MOLESTING TWO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIRLS
HE
TAUGHT TEN YEARS AGO.
HE )LL BE TRIED ON (THOSE
CHARGES IN JANUARY.
THIS MORNING -- REACTION
IS POURING IN --
INCLUDING FROMTHE
(PRESIDENT -- AFTER A
MAN WHO ENTERED THE
COUNTRY ILLEGALY
FROM MEXICO WAS FOUND
(NOT ( GUILTY OF KILLING
A WOMAN ON A SAN
FRANCISCO PIER IN 2015.
JOSE GARCIA ZARATE (WAS
CONVICTED ON AN ILLEGAL
GUN
CHARGE...WHICH COULD
LAND HIM IN PRISON FOR
AS MANY AS THREE
YEARS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED
THE VERDICT
"DISGRACEFUL."
TOSS TO CRYSTAL
U-N-M STUDENTS ARE
HOPING THEIR MARKETING
CAMPAIGN DRUMS UP
PARTICIPATION FOR ONE OF
THE BIGGEST EVENTS FOR
SPECIAL
OLYMPICS HERE IN NEW
MEXICO.
IT )S A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH
GROUPS.
A WIN FOR SPECIAL
OLYMPICS OF NEW MEXICO--
WHO LIKE MANY
ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORCED
TO FIND WAYS TO OPERATE
WITH LESS MONEY
DUE TO STATE FUNDING
CUTS...
AND A WIN FOR
STUDENTS--WHO ARE
GETTING PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE THEY CAN USE.
STUDENTS HOPE THAT THEIR
FREE CAMPAIGN WORK FOR
THE "SANTA
SHUFFLE AND ELF SCOOT"
5-K RUN BRINGS IN MORE
MONEY FOR THE
NON PROFIT.
SO FAR 100 RUNNERS HAVE
SIGNED UP.
TODAY IS WORLD AIDS DAY
--
AND NEW RESEARCH SHOWS A
CANCER DRUG MAY BE ABLE
TO FIGHT
HIV-INFECTION.
DOCTORS IN PARIS REPORT
THAT WHILE TREATING AN
HIV-INFECTED LUNG
CANCER PATIENT WITH THE
CANCER DRUG NIVOLUMAB
THEY OBSERVED A, QUOTE
)DRASTIC DECREASE ) IN
THE NUMBER OF CELLS
WHERE THE VIRUS IS ABLE
TO HIDE.
THIS MORNING, A NEW
BILLBOARD IN TOWN IS
CATCHING PEOPLE )S
ATTENTION.
THE BILLBOARD, READS
"JUST SKIP CHURCH, IT )S
ALL FAKE NEWS.
WITH A HAPPY HOLIDAY )S
IN THE CORNER... THE
BILLBOARD, STANDS AT
I-25 AT COMANCHE THE
GROUP, AMERICAN ATHIESTS
SAYS, THEY PUT IT UP
BECAUSE
THEY WANT PEOPLE TO
THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT
RELIGION.
BUT SOME ARE SAY shoving
it down people )s throats
WILL TURN PEOPLE OFF.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
14 THOUSAND LUMINARIAS,
WILL SOON LIGHT UP THE
U-N-M CAMPUS, FOR
THE ANNUAL HANGING OF
THE GREENS.
THE ANNUAL HANGING OF
THE GREENS IS HAPPENING
TONIGHT.
BUT BEFORE THAT A GROUP
OF CAROLERS WILL MAKE
THEIR WAY
ACROSS CAMPUS TO PRESENT
THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
WITH
THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY
WREATH.
THEN THE CAROLERS WILL
MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE
"U" STATUE.
FINALLY THE LIGHTING OF
THE LUMINARIES. CAROLING
WILL BEGIN AT 5:45
TONIGHT.
ALSO TONIGHT, OLD TOWN
IS SET TO LIGHT UP FOR
THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THE
ANNUAL LIGHTING OF THE
TREE IN DON LUIS PLAZA
IS HAPPENING
TONIGHT DURING OLD
TOWN )S ANNUAL HOLIDAY
STROLL.
IT )S THE 25TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
LIGHTING OF THE TREE.
THE EVENT ATTRACTS
HUNDREDS OF VISITORS
EVERY
YEAR.
THERE WILL LIVE
ENTERTAINMENT, AND KIDS
WILL GET TO HAVE THEIR
PICTURE TAKEN WITH
SANTA.
THE HOLIDAY STROLL IS
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT
FIVE.
TIME FOR THE FIVE
FACTS...
AT NUMBER FIVE...
THIS MORNING, A PHOTO OF
A NEW MEXICO WOMAN
SITTING IN HER
HOME OUTSIDE LAS CRUCES
IS GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION ON FACEBOOK.
BECAUSE SOMETHING IS
MISSING -- A ROOF.
THE PHOTO IS OF CARMEN
CARBAJAL SITTING IN HER
BEDROOM....WITH A
BLANKET DRAPED OVER HER
KNEES AND A ROSARY
PLACED AROUND
HER NECK ....
MARCO ALVARADO - THE
DIRECTOR OF MISS SUN
CITY PAGEANTS IN EL
PASO - SAW THE
POST...REACHED OUT THE
FAMILY AND LEARNED THE
ROOF
WAS DAMAGED BY A FIRE
YEARS AGO...AND THE
WEATHER MADE IT
WORSE.
ALVARADO SAYS SOME
ROOFERS ARE NOW OFFERING
TO HELP REPAIR
CARBAJAL )S ROOF.
AT NUMBER FOUR...
THE CITY IS EXPANDING
ITS BIKE SHARE
PROGRAM...AND THEY WANT
TO HEAR FROM YOU ON
WHERE TO ADD NEW BIKE
STATIONS. AFTER THE
SUCCESS OF A PILOT
PROGRAM DOWNTOWN, RIO
METRO -- WHICH RUNS THE
RAIL RUNNER -- IS
RECEIVING FEDERAL
FUNDS TO KEEP IT
GROWING.
THE EXPANDED PROGRAM
WILL PROVIDE 250
BICYCLES AND 50
STATIONS.
RIO METRO IS NOW LOOKING
FOR INPUT ON LOCATIONS
FOR NEW BIKE STATIONS
AND KIOSKS.
THE MOST POPULAR AREAS
SO FAR: DOWNTOWN, THE
UNIVERSITY AREA,
AND NOB HILL.
AT NUMBER THREE...ADLIB
WEATHER
AT NUMBER TWO..
TIM KELLER IS NOW
OFFICIALLY ALBUQUERQUE )S
MAYOR.
HE WAS SWORN JUST AFTER
6PM YESTERDAY, IN A
PRIVATE CEREMONY
AT HIS HOME.
TONIGHT -- WILL BE HIS
PUBLIC INAUGURATION --
AT THE ALBUQUERQUE
CONVENTION CENTER.
THAT )S WHERE KELLER
ALONG WITH CITY
COUNCILORS FOR DISTRICTS
1,3,5
AND 7 WILL TAKE THE
OATH...
THE EVENT IS INVITATION
ONLY, BUT THERE WILL BE
SEVERAL WATCH PARTIES AT
FOUR DIFFERENT LOCAL
BREWERIES. THE SWEARING
IN WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6
PM.
AT NUMBER ONE...
NEW NUMBERS SUGGEST
ALBUQUERQUE HAS HAD MORE
KILLINGS
THIS YEAR THAN IN RECENT
HISTORY.
SEVERAL DEATHS JUST THIS
WEEK BRING ALBUQUERQUE )S
NUMBER OF HOMICIDES TO
71, ACCORDING TO THE
ALBUQUERQUE
JOURNAL. +
APD SAYS THEY HAVE 5
FULL TIME INVESTIGATORS
IN THE HOMICIDE UNIT
AND 2 MORE IN TRAINING.
APD SAYS DETECTIVES HAVE
SOLVED AT LEAST 39 OF
THIS YEAR )S
HOMICIDES.
A DEPT SPOKESPESON
typically our homicide
unit has an extremely
high clearance rate for
the nation. we lead the
nation almost year after
year in clearance rates
of upwards of 80 percent
normally. 4:37 this
year its a little more
difficult. i think we
are
hovering around a 50
percent solve rate
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