WE )RE HOURS AWAY FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP )S VISIT
TO NEW MEXICO.
its his FIRST VISIT TO
NEW MEXICO AS PRESIDENT.
HIS CAMPAIGN AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW
MEXICO BOTH SAY
THE STATE COULD BE A BIG
CONTENDER IN NEXT YEAR )S
ELECTION... AFTER
HE LOST NEW MEXICO IN
2016.
THE PRESIDENT IS
EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE
STATE )S ECONOMY
AND JOB GROWTH.
HE )LL TAKE THE STAGE
TONIGHT AT SEVEN.
THOUGH THE PRESIDENT
WILL BE IN RIO RANCHO
TODAY-- YOU CAN EXPECT
DELAYS ON THE ROADWAYS.
ALBUQUERQUE CITY
OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING
EVERYONE THAT
PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADES
WILL TAKE PRIORITY. ROAD
CLOSURES AND BACKUPS
FROM THE SUNPORT TO
SANTA ANA STAR
CENTER ARE TO BE
EXPECTED.
ALBUQUERQUE CITY OFFICES
WILL CLOSE AT 3 P-M.
ALSO HAPPENING TODAY....
A CONTROVERSIAL
BILLBOARD IS EXPECTED TO
GO UP AHEAD OF THE
PRESIDENT )S VISIT.
THAT BILLBOARD...
LAUNCHED BY U-S SENATE
CANDIDATE AND NEW MEXICO
SECRETARY OF STATE
MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER
SAYS QUOTE
"PRESIDENT TRUMP -- GO
BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME
FROM". YOU CAN SEE THE
SIGN ON NORTHBOUND
I-25... JUST SOUTH OF
I-40.
NEWS 13 WILL HAVE LIVE
COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP )S CAMPAIGN RALLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY-- ON
AIR AND ONLINE. YOU CAN
ALSO WATCH HIS VISIT ON
OUR WEBSITE AT KRQE DOT
COM.
THIS MORNING-- A NEW
MEXICO STATE COP IS
RECOVERING from
injuries...he
suffered in a HEAD-ON
CRASH.
STATE POLICE SAY THE
CRASH HAPPENED ON STATE
ROAD 90---BETWEEN
SILVER CITY AND
LORDSBURG.
POLICE SAY OFFICER
THAXTER RICHARD AND
ANOTHER UNKNOWN DRIVER
were taken to the
hospital.
no word on their
injuries.
NEW THIS MORNING--
GAS PRICES ARE EXPECTED
TO RISE IN THE WAKE OF
ATTACKS ON SAUDI
ARABIA )S OIL FACILITIES.
THE ATTACK KNOCKED OUT
FIVE PERCENT OF THE
GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY
AND OIL PRICES SURGED TO
FOUR- MONTH HIGHS THIS
MORNING.
PRICES AT THE PUMP COULD
INCREASE BY AS MUCH AS
50 CENTS A
GALLON.
THE PRESIDENT BLAMING
IRAN FOR THE ATTACK.
LOOKING AHEAD--
THE WHITE HOUSE IS
CONSIDERING AN APP FOR
GUN CONTROL REFORM.
IT )S GOAL-- WOULD ALLOW
PRIVATE GUN SELLERS TO
CONNECT TO THE
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
CHECK SYSTEM.
OFFICIALS SAY OTHER
OPTIONS BEING CONSIDERED
INVOLVE STIFFER
PENALTIES FOR SOMEONE
BUYING A GUN FOR SOMEONE
ELSE.
HAPPENING THIS MORNING--
LAWMAKERS, LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND
EDUCATORS ARE EXPECTED
TO GATHER FOR A
CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE.
THE GOAL... TO DISCUSS
WAYS TO IMPROVE ISSUES
LIKE MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL ABUSE,
EDUCATION, AND CRIMES
THAT AFFECT CHILDREN IN
THE STATE.
THE EVENT KICKS OFF THIS
MORNING IN SANTA FE.
SANTA FE POLICE WILL BE
OUT WATCHING DRIVERS -
TRYING TO CUT
DOWN ON CRASHES.
THE SO-CALLED )FALL
BLITZ ) WILL BE FOCUSED
ON INTERSECTIONS
WHERE A LOT OF CRASHES
HAPPEN... AND AREAS WITH
SPEEDING AND STOP
SIGN VIOLATIONS.
THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS
PEOPLE CAN EMAIL OR CALL
THE DEPARTMENT IF
THEY BELIEVE A SPECIFIC
AREA NEEDS EXTRA
ENFORCEMENT.
HAPPENING TODAY--
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN
GRISHAM IS PRESENTING
THE "GOVERNOR )S
HUMANITARIAN AWARD" TO
THE CITY OF DEMING AND
LUNA COUNTY.
THE AWARD IS to honor
their PUBLIC SERVICE IN
HELPING ASYLUM SEEKERS
AND IMMIGRANTS THIS
YEAR.
TODAY--
NEW MEXICO )S U-S
REPRESENTATIVES-- BEN
RAY LUJAN AND DEB
HAALAND WILL
BE AT U-N-M HELPING
REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE.
THE EVENT IS BEING
HOSTED BY U-N-M COLLEGE
DEMOCRATS.
BOTH LUJAN AND HAALAND
ARE ENCOURAGING YOUNG
VOTERS TO
TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN
THE ELECTION PROCESS.
THE VOTER REGISTRATION
DRIVE WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE CACTUS GARDEN AT
U-N-M.
GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE
ARE LEARNING
ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN
STEM FIELDS... THANKS TO
SEVERAL
STATE COLLEGES.
U-N-M... NEW MEXICO TECH
AND THE AIR FORCE
RESEARCH LAB
CREATED THE )MOBILE
MAKERS EXPRESS LAB."
THE MOBILE LAB GIVES
KIDS HANDS- ON
EXPERIENCE WITH PRINTERS
AND
LASER CUTTERS.
THE LAB WILL START
TOURING THE STATE LATER
THIS YEAR.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
THERE )S A NEW BALLOON
FIESTA PIN OUT THIS
MORNING.... AIMED
AT HELPING OTHERS.
GARRETT HEATH, WHO GREW
UP GOING TO BALLOON
FIESTA -- BUT LIVES IN
SAN ANTONIO, CREATED
(THESE PINS THAT SPIN
BETWEEN THE RED
AND GREEN CHILI BALLOON.
THIS YEAR, HEATH WANTED
TO FOCUS ON THE
NEVER-ENDING CHILE
DEBATE.
ONE DOLLAR FROM EVERY
PIN SOLD WILL GO TOWARDS
THE ROADRUNNER FOOD
BANK.
TO BUY THE PIN-- HEAD TO
"ALWAYS ON" KRQE DOT
COM.
AT NUMBER FIVE...
TWO NEW MEXICO BROTHERS
ARE GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION THIS MORNING
FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO
THEIR HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN AT
ONATE HIGH SCHOOL LAST
WEEKEND.
IN IT--ISAAC AND AIDAN
BREALY-ROOD.
ISAAC, WHO IS
INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED,
IS PLAYING HIS HEART
OUT.
THE BOY )S MOM SAYS AIDAN
BEGGED HER TO LET ISAAC
JOIN THE MARCHING
BAND THIS YEAR.
NOW--THEY )RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO PLAYING IN
THE ZIA MARCHING
FIESTA IN ALBUQUERQUE
NEXT MONTH.
AT NUMBER FOUR...
BALLOON FIESTA IS RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER--AND
NOW--THERE )S A
NEW GAMING APP THAT
BRINGS THE FUN TO YOUR
PHONE.
CREATED BY U-N-M
STUDENT--LEONARD O
PEREDA-- "GLOBO" IS A
RACING APP.
YOUR MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION IS A
BALLOON AND YOUR GOAL IS
TO
COLLECT CHILES WITHOUT
HITTING OBSTACLES LIKE
TUMBLEWEEDS AND
BIRDS.
IT WAS RELEASED IN APRIL
AND PEREDA HOPES IT
CATCHES ON.
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AT NUMBER THREE...
ADLIB WEATHER -
AT NUMBER TWO...
TWO TEENS ARE AMONG THE
FOUR KILLED LAST WEEK
--IN A SHOOTING IN THE
SOUTH VALLEY.
POLICE SAY THEY FOUND
THREE PEOPLE DEAD NEAR
BRIDGE AND GOFF
ON THURSDAY AND A FOURTH
PERSON DIED AT THE
HOSPITAL.
A-P-D HAS IDENTIFIED THE
VICTIMS AS 16-YEAR-OLD
VICTORIA
CERECERES, 17-YEAR-OLD
DANIEL BACA, 36-YEAR-OLD
CHRISTINE BACA,
77-YEAR-OLD MANUELITA
SOTELO.
SO FAR - POLICE HAVE NOT
NAMED A SUSPECT IN THE
ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
AT NUMBER ONE...
IN HOURS - PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL BE IN NEW
MEXICO -- TRYING TO
WIN OVER OUR SWING STATE
FOR HIS RE-ELECTION IN
20-20. RIO RANCHO IS
EXPECTED TO BE HOPPING
WITH EXTRA SECURITY,
ROADS ARE ALREADY
CLOSED...AND SCHOOL IS
CANCELED AS THE CITY
PREPARES FOR DONALD
TRUMP )S FIRST VISIT TO
NEW MEXICO AS
(PRESIDENT.
TRUMP )S CAMP AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW
MEXICO SAY THE
STATE COULD BE A BIG
CONTENDER IN NEXT YEAR )S
ELECTION... AFTER HE
LOST NEW MEXICO IN 2016.
ACCORDING TO HIS
CAMPAIGN, TRUMP IS
EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE
STATE )S IMPROVING
ECONOMY TONIGHT...AND
JOB GROWTH SINCE
TAKING OFFICE..
ANOTHER HOT TOPIC...SURE
TO COME UP, THE
PRESIDENT )S
CONTROVERSIAL BORDER
WALL..
DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP )S
LAST STOP IN ALBUQUERQUE
A VIOLENT PROTEST