NEWS AND WEATHER - WE
START WITH KRISTEN
CURRIE.
TODAY: BREEZY. MOSTLY
SUNNY IN THE MORNING
...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
TONIGHT: PARTLY CLOUDY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH
IN THE EVENING.
AS YOU GET READY TO HEAD
OUT THE DOOR ...WE'RE
FOLLOWING THE DAY'S TOP
LOCAL STORIES. WE START
WITH KATHERINE MOZZONE.
NEW MEXICO LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS WRAPPING
UP A BUSY HOLIDAY
WEEKEND, TODAY.
APD ARRESTED SEVEN
PEOPLE AT A D-W-I
CHECKPOINT,
SATURDAY NIGHT,
ACCORDING TO ITS TWITTER
PAGE. THAT'S OUT OF A
TOTAL 470 PEOPLE WHO
PASSED THROUGH IT. NEW
MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY
THEY WERE OUT IN FORCE,
TOO. THESE ARE PHOTOS
POSTED ON THEIR TWITTER
PAGE, SATURDAY. THIS
TIME LAST YEAR, NEW
MEXICO HAD ALREADY LOST
72 PEOPLE IN
ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES.
THE COMMUNITY IS COMING
TOGETHER TO PLAN A
PROPER
MEMORIAL FOR A CHILD AND
HER MOTHER KILLED IN A
MURDER SUICIDE.
A FINAL GOODBYE TO NHI
NGUYEN AND HER
MOTHER--CAM TO
-- IS SET FOR TOMORROW
EVENING AT MANZANO MESA
PARK. ORGANIZERS SAY
THEY HOPE THIS VIGIL
WILL HELP RAISE
AWARENESS ON DOMESTIC
AND CHILD ABUSE.
ORGANIZERS SAY THERE
WILL BE MONKS COMING OUT
TO DO PRAYER IN THEIR
CULTURE. THEY WILL ALSO
BE PLANNING A FUNERAL IN
ALBUQUERQUE SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK. COMING UP IN
THE FIVE FACTS HOW ELSE
THE FAMILY WILL HONOR
THE PAIR. FERNANDA?
THE TRIAL FOR THE MAN
ACCUSED OF KILLING A
POLICE OFFICER IS SET TO
BEGIN TOMORROW.
POLICE SAY ANDREW ROMERO
SHOT AND KILLED RIO
RANCHO POLICE OFFICER
GREGG "NIGEL" BENNER
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON
MEMORIAL DAY LAST YEAR.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE AND
HIS
GIRLFRIEND - TABITHA
LITTLES - WERE LOOKING
FOR ROBBERY
TARGETS AT THE TIME. AS
PART OF A PLEA-- SHE
WILL TESTIFY AGAINST
ROMERO. JURY SELECTION
IS TOMORROW IN LOS
LUNAS.
HAPPENING NOW--
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE
SEARCHING FOR WHOEVER
SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN
SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE
SATURDAY NIGHT. IT
HAPPENED IN THE 7-11
PARKING LOT AT SAN MATEO
AND KATHRYN . THE MAN'S
NAME IS NOT BEING
RELEASED UNTIL HIS
FAMILY IS NOTIFIED. IN
THE MEANTIME ... A-P-D
SAYS THEIR SUSPECT IS A
HISPANIC MAN... 5-2 TO
5-5... THIN... AND BALD.
AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN IS
BEHIND BARS -- ACCUSED
OF DESECRATING A
MEMORIAL FOR A-P-D
OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER.
HE WAS SHOT AT WALGREENS
ON CENTRAL AND EUBANK
LAST YEAR. IN APRIL A
PERMANENT MEMORIAL WAS
PUT THERE FOR HIM.
INVESTIGATORS SAY
40-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER
OTTE VANDALIZED IT
SATURDAY NIGHT. SHE'S
FACING CHARGES OF
AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY
WEAPON.
AN INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY TODAY-- AFTER A
PLANE CRASH IN NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO. IT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY MORNING ON
HIGHWAY 197 JUST WEST OF
CUBA. THE SANDOVAL
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
SAYS THE PLANE WAS
HEADED TO COLORADO FROM
AUSTIN-- WHEN THE PILOT
WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN
EMERGENCY LANDING. THE
PLANE'S TWO PASSENGERS
WALKED AWAY WITH ONLY
MINOR INJURIES.
NEW THIS MORNING-- U.S.
SOCCER STAR MEGAN
RAPINOE KNELT DURING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM ON LAST
NIGHT BEFORE THE SEATTLE
REIGN PLAYED THE CHICAGO
RED STARS.
RAPINOE SAYS SHE DID IT
IN SUPPORT OF NFL
QUARTERBACK COLIN
KAEPERNICK. KAEPERNICK
HAS REFUSED TO STAND FOR
THE ANTHEM TO PROTEST
RACIAL INJUSTICE AND
MINORITY OPPRESSION. ON
THURSDAY IN SAN DEIGO--
KAEPERNICK AND SAFETY
ERIC REED KNEELED DURING
THE ANTHEM
BEFORE A GAME AGAINST
THE CHARGERS.
THE ZIKA VIRUS COULD BE
A THREAT TO SOME OF THE
WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE
REGIONS. A NEW STUDY
FINDS PARTS OF AFRICA
AND THE ASIA- PACIFIC
REGION HAVE MOSQUITOES
CAPABLE OF CARRYING
ZIKA, WHICH HAS BEEN
LINKED TO SEVERE BIRTH
DEFECTS. THE STUDY SAYS
INDIA, CHINA, THE
PHILIPPINES, AND
INDONESIA MAY BE AMONG
THE COUNTRIES AT
GREATEST RISK OF AN
OUTBREAK.
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS
CERTAIN PARTS OF WINE
EXPERTS' BRAINS ARE
BIGGER. A DOCTOR AT THE
CLEVELAND CLINIC DID
BRAIN SCANS ON 13
SOMMELIER'S AND 13
"NON-EXPERTS" AS
THEY SMELLED WINES. IN
THE BRAINS OF THE
EXPERTS CERTAIN
PARTS WERE MORE
DEVELOPED. DOCTOR SAYS
THEY COULD MEAN THEY'RE
MORE PROTECTED FROM
ALZHEIMERS
TODAY: BREEZY. MOSTLY
SUNNY IN THE MORNING
...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.
in the garage
a go back and i'm ready
THE THREAT TROPICAL
STORM HERMINE FOR SOME
ALONG THE
EAST COAST LOOMS TODAY.
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS
ALREADY DECLARED A STATE
OF EMERGENCY IN SEVERAL
COUNTIES IN THE STATE .
WHILE THE STORM SURGE
ISN'T FORECAST TO BE AS
BAD AS ORIGINALLY
FEARED ...THE DEADLY
STORM COULD STILL HIT
PARTS OF THE EAST COAST
WITH COASTAL FLOODING,
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS,
AND BEACH EROSION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN
CHINA ATTENDING THE
ANNUAL G-20 ECONOMIC
SUMMIT. YESTERDAY-- THE
PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYED
CONCERN OVER HIS
SOMEWHAT TENSE ARRIVAL
TO
THE COUNTRY... BLAMING
IT ON U-S DEMANDS FOR
BETTER PRESS
ACCESS. WHILE IN THE
REGION -- MISTER OBAMA
WILL TRY TO
REACH AGREEMENTS ON
CURBING CARBON EMISSIONS
AND ENDING SYRIA'S
BLOODY CIVIL WAR.
AND-- ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL-- THE 20-16
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
HAVE THEIR FOCUS ON
CRITICAL SWING
STATES.... AS THEY ENTER
THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE
CAMPAIGN SEASON. HILLARY
CLINTON TRAVELS TO
CLEVELAND AND THE QUAD
CITIES. DONALD TRUMP
ALSO RALLIES IN OHIO....
WHILE CONTINUING TO
TAKE AIM AT CLINTON'S
USE OF A PRIVATE EMAIL
SERVER DURING HER TIME
AS SECRETARY OF STATE.
A LABOR DAY WEEKEND WIN
FOR LIBERTARIAN
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
GARY JOHNSON JOHNSON'S
CANDIDACY HAS
RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT
OF THE RICHMOND
TIMES-DISPATCH.
THE PAPER'S EDITORIAL
BOARD HAS ENDORSED
REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES IN EVERY
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
FOR THE PAST 36 YEARS.
IN AN EDITORIAL THE
PAPER SAID BOTH TRUMP
AND CLINTON LACK THE
PROPER CHARACTER TRAITS
TO BE PRESIDENT.
A NEW PIECE OF ART NOW
SIT IN PLACE OF A ONCE
ICONIC ALBUQUERQUE
MURAL.
DRIVERS EXITING LEAD OFF
I-25 HAVE NOTICED THE
"PAC MAN" MURAL FOR
YEARS. WORKERS AT THAT
WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONED
THE PIECE-- BUT LAST
WEEK IT WAS VANDALIZED
WHEN A MAN TAGGED A NAME
OVER IT. AN ARTIST
TRANSFORMED THAT CANVAS
YESTERDAY-- THE MURAL
NOW
SPORTS A PAINTING OF
MARIO AND PRINCESS
PEACH. KRISTEN?
THANKS NOW LET'S GET A
LOOK AT THAT MORNING
DRIVE... I 25 PAN
AMERICAN FREEWAY SOUTH
AND I 25 SOUTHBOUND AT
RIO BRAVO.
WITH SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE
RISE, ALBUQUERQUE
MUSIC TEACHER KAREN
CUNNINGHAM SAYS SHE'S
STARTING TO FEEL LIKE
SHE'S LOSING TOUCH WITH
HER STUDENTS. SHE SAYS
MUSIC IS THE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT STABILIZES
HER FROM THE REST OF HER
LIFE. CUNNINGHAM AND HER
STUDENTS
ARE PREPARING FOR AN
INFORMAL CONCERT AT THE
MALL NEXT MONTH AT THE
CORONADO CENTER AS A WAY
TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE
AFFECT MUSIC CAN HAVE.
HAPPENING TODAY-- YOU
CAN JOIN IN ON SOME FREE
LABOR DAY CELEBRATIONS.
THE CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
LABOR COUNCIL IS HOSTING
THEIR 8TH ANNUAL LABOR
DAY PICNIC. STARTING
AT 11 THIS MORNING--
THERE WILL BE FREE FOOD
FUN AND
ENTERTAINMENT AT TIGUEX
PARK. IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED-- THE COUNCIL
IS INVITING YOU TO WEAR
A UNION SHIRT. THE
PICNIC ENDS AT 2.
TIME FOR THE FIVE FACTS
YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE
YOU GO THIS MORNING.
AT NUMBER FIVE- ONE OF
THE OLDEST OPERATING
SCHOOLS IN THE STATE IS
CLOSING ITS DOORS AT END
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AFTER MORE THAN 80
YEARS.... SAN ANTONIO
SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ARE REMEMBERING THE
HISTORIC BUILDING. THE
PLAN IS CONVERT THE OLD
SCHOOL HOUSE INTO A
COMMUNITY CENTER. THE
CITY WILL STILL USE THE
GYM FOR LOCAL EVENTS
AT NUMBER FOUR-COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE GETTING
READY FOR A FINAL
GOODBYE TO NHI NGUYEN
AND HER MOTHER. THE 11-
YEAR OLD AND HER MOTHER
WERE KILLED LAST WEEK BY
TRINH TRAN VAN IN A
MURDER- SUICIDE.
ORGANZIERS HOPE THE
VIGIL WILL HELP RAISE
AWARENESS ON DOMESTIC
AND CHILD ABUSE A
FUNERAL IS PLANNED IN
ALBUQUERQUE
SOMETIME NEXT WEEK AND
PREPERATIONS ARE BEING
MADE
TO TO SEND BOTH BODIES
BACK TO VIETNAM.
AT NUMBER THREE -- ADLIB
WEATHER
AT NUMBER TWO- JURY
SELECTION IS PLANNED TO
BEGIN TOMORROW
IN LOS LUNAS FOR THE
TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED
OF KILLING A POLICE
OFFICER. POLICE SAY
ANDREW ROMERO SHOT AND
KILLED RIO RANCHO POLICE
OFFICER GREGG "NIGEL"
BENNER DURING A TRAFFIC
STOP ON MEMORIAL DAY
LAST YEAR. INVESTIGATORS
SAY HE AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND - TABITHA
LITTLES - WERE LOOKING
FOR ROBBERY TARGETS AT
THE TIME. THE TRAIL IS
SET TO BEGIN SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK.
AND NUMBER ONE-- THIS
MORNING FUNERAL
PREPERATIONS ARE
UNDERWAY FOR ALAMOGORDO
POLICE OFFICER CLINT
CORVINUS. FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR OFFICER
CORVINUS IS SET FOR
SATURDAY AT 10 A-M AT
THE TAYS CENTER AT
N-M-S-U IN ALAMOGORDO.
OFFICER CORVINUS WAS
MORENO. MORENO ALSO DIED
RAISED TO THE FAMILY OF
ONTO KRQE-DOT-COM.