FOR A CLOSER LOOK,
WE BEGIN WITH
METEOROLOGIST
CHRISTOPHER NUNLEY.
...WINTER STORM WARNING
IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MST
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Breezy. Snow
likely. Snow
accumulation 2 to 4
inches. Highs
in the upper 20s to
lower 30s. South winds
10 to 20 mph increasing
to 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Snow likely.
Snow accumulation 2 to 4
inches. Lows 15 to 20.
South winds 10 to 15
mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Snow
likely. Snow
accumulation 1 to 3
inches. Highs in the
lower to mid 20s.
WE START WITH A LOCAL
STORY - MAKING NATIONAL
HEADLINES.
DIED IN BORDER PATROL
CUSTODY -- IN NEW MEXICO
-- SAYS THEY WANT HIS
BODY RETURNED BACK TO
THEIR GUATEMALAN
VILLAGE.
THE FAMILY OF 8-YEAR-OLD
FELIPE SAYS HE WAS IN
GOOD HEALTH
THROUGHOUT THE TREK TO
THE U-S UNTIL HE WAS
DETAINED.
OFFICIALS SAY -- FELIPE
AND HIS FATHER AGUSTIN
WERE
APPREHENDED BY BORDER
PATROL IN EL PASO ON THE
18TH.
BORDER PATROL REPORTS
THAT AGENTS LOGGED 23
WELFARE CHECKS
ON THE TWO.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE
BOY )S AUTOPSY DETERMINED
FELIPE
HAD THE FLU.
NEW THIS MORNING--
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT...AT LEAST
FOR NOW...WHILE
LITIGATION OVER ITS
CONSTITUTIONALITY
CONTINUES..
THE FEDERAL JUDGE IN
TEXAS WHO RECENTLY
DECLARED THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL IS
ISSUING A STAY --
ON HIS RULING TO ALLOW
FOR APPEALS.
THE JUDGE SAYS HE STANDS
BY HIS ORIGINAL
DECISION... BUT HE ALSO
SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS MANY
AMERICANS WOULD FACE
QUOTE "GREAT
UNCERTAINTY"
NEW THIS MORNING -
SOME LAWMAKERS ARE
CONSIDERING THE
POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING
AN AMMUNITION TAX TO THE
STATE.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW
MEXICAN--
SANTA FE MAYOR ALAN
WEBBER AND HOUSE SPEAKER
BRIAN EGOLF
EXCHANGED IDEAS ON
PREVENTING SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS. THEY TOSSED
AROUND THE IDEA OF AN -
AMMUNITION TAX.
BUT THEY )VE SINCE BACKED
OFF - SAYING IT WILL
LIKELY BE
CONTENTIOUS AND
EXPENSIVE.
THE AREA OF COORS AND
QUAIL IS RE-OPEN THIS
MORNING AFTER BEING
SHUTDOWN DUE TO A SWAT
CALL-OUT. TODAY WE ARE
EXPECTING TO LEARN NEW
DETAILS INTO WHAT LEAD
UP
TO THE INCIDENT.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
IS --- ACCORDING TO
A-P-D --- OFFICERS WERE
RESPONDING TO A
BARRICADED PERSON AT A
HOME IN THAT AREA.
THEY HAD IT ALL SHUTDOWN
WHILE THEY WERE ON
SCENE.
NEW AT SIX --
POLICE WILL BE ON THE
WATCH FOR DRUNK DRIVERS
THIS NEW YEAR )S EVE
BERNALILLO COUNTY AND
OTHER STATE AGENCIES ARE
HELPING MAKING
SURE PEOPLE DON )T DRINK
AND DRIVE.
THIS -- THROUGH THE
"TAKE A RIDE ON US"
PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW THROUGH
JANUARY SECOND.
PEOPLE CAN USE THE CODE
ABQ- NYE18.
RIDERS WILL GET UP TO
$10 OFF FOR UP TO TWO
TRIPS.
BERNALILLO COUNTY HAS
CONTRIBUTED $60,000 TO
THE PROGRAM THROUGH
LIQUOR EXCISE TAXES.
THAT )S TAXES FROM LIQUOR
SALES.
...WINTER STORM WARNING
IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MST
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Breezy. Snow
likely. Snow
accumulation 2 to 4
inches. Highs
in the upper 20s to
lower 30s. South winds
10 to 20 mph increasing
to 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Snow likely.
Snow accumulation 2 to 4
inches. Lows 15 to 20.
South winds 10 to 15
mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Snow
likely. Snow
accumulation 1 to 3
inches. Highs in the
lower to mid 20s.
TOSS TO CRYSTAL
EOS ARE WAKING UP
NRTHIS MORNING
AFTER KING DOWN
THE LOBOS ARE WAKING UP
WINNERS THIS MORNING
AFTER TAKING DOWN
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
SOUTHWEST IN HOBBS.
DESPITE THE WINTERY
WEATHER--
LOBO FANS MADE THE
MORE THAN 300 MILE DRIVE
SOUTH TO SHOW OFF THEIR
LOBO PRIDE---SAYING
THEY WOULDN )T HAVE
MISSED IT.
HEAD COACH PAUL WEIR
SAYS THE GAME WAS A
CHANCE FOR FANS
TO REMEMBER THE RICH
BASKETBALL HISTORY IN
HOBBS.
THE ARENA WAS NAMED
AFTER
COACH RALPH TASKER...
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
WINNING (12 STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS.. THE
UNIVERSITY REPORTED THAT
1,200 PEOPLE ATTENDED.
DEVELOPING THIS
MORNING...
ORGANIZERS ARE NOW
TALLYING UP THE OFFICIAL
ATTENDANCE
NUMBERS OF THIS YEAR )S
"RIVER OF LIGHTS". THE
ANNUAL EVENT )S FINAL
NIGHT WAS LAST NIGHT.
PLENTY OF NEW MEXICANS
SHOWED UP TO SEE THE
MILLIONS OF
GLOWING LIGHTS AND
ANIMATED SCULPTURES AT
THE BIOPARK )S BOTANIC
GARDEN.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
MAPS ARE:
NEWSTRACKER IS I-25
NORTHBOUND NEAR SAN
ANTONIO.
IF YOU )RE STAYING IN FOR
NEW YEAR )S EVE- YOU )RE
NOT ALONE.
A SURVEY FROM WALLET HUB
SHOWS ALMOST HALF OF
AMERICANS SPEND
NEW YEARS EVE AT HOME.
BRANDS INCLUDING
DOMINO )S PIZZA AND
NETFLIX ARE STARTING TO
CATER
TO THE HOMEBODY
ECONOMY....WITH SPECIAL
DISCOUNTS AND
PROGRAMMING.
THE FIVE FACTS IN 90
SECONDS.
.TONIGHT...Snow likely.
Snow accumulation 2 to 4
inches. Lows 15 to 20.
South winds 10 to 15
mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Snow
likely. Snow
accumulation 1 to 3
inches. Highs in the
lower to mid 20s.
TIME FOR THE FIVE
FACTS...
NUMBER FIVE...
U HAVE CNCE START
19 AS A MILLIONAIRE..
E ME LON
CKPONOW SITS AT 415
LON DOLLARS...AND
E
XT DRAWING IS TOMORROW
GHT.
E ONE TIME CASOPTION
- ABOUT 249 MLION
CKS.
NUMBER FOUR....
THIS MORNING---THE
STATE )S LEGISLATIVE
FINANCE COMMITTEE IS
LIKELY REVIEWING
OUTGOING PED SECRETARY
FINANCE COMMITTEE IS
LIKELY REVIEWING
OUTGOING PED SECRETARY
CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI )s
RECENT BUDGET PROPOSAL.
ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL
-- IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET--
RUSZKOWSKI IS ASKING FOR
$120 MILLION TO RAISE
TEACHER PAY.
HE ALSO WANTS TO PUT $80
MILLION MORE INTO THE
AT-RISK INDEX.
HOWEVER--WITH ONLY ONE
DAY LEFT ON THE JOB--HIS
PROPOSAL MAY NOT
BE USED.
AT NUMBER THREE...
OBAMACARE -- OR THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WILL
REMAIN IN
EFFECT...AT LEAST FOR
NOW...WHILE LITIGATION
OVER ITS
CONSTITUTIONALITY
CONTINUES..
THIS COMES -- AFTER THE
FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS
WHO RECENTLY
DECLARED THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
IS ISSUING A STAY -- ON
HIS RULING TO ALLOW FOR
APPEALS.
THE JUDGE SAYS HE STANDS
BY HIS ORIGINAL
DECISION... BUT
UNDERSTANDS MANY
AMERICANS WOULD FACE
QUOTE "GREAT
UNCERTAINTY" if HIS
RULING WAS IMMEDIATELY
PUT INTO EFFECT.
AT NUMBER TWO...ADLIB
WEATHER
AT NUMBER ONE...
THE FAMILY OF A MIGRANT
BOY WHO DIED IN BORDER
PATROL CUSTODY --
IN NEW MEXICO -- SAYS
THEY WANT HIS BODY sent
BACK to guatamala. AS
OFFICIALS WORK TO
DETERMINE AN EXACT CAUSE
OF DEATH - THE FAMILY OF