SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN CENTER STAGE IN THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND
THERE IS MORE TO COME IN JUST
MINUTES, MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR
AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
ELIZABETH WARREN WILL TAKE THE
STAGE RIGHT
HERE DOWNTOWN TO LAY OUT HER
PLANS FOR THE STATE OF THE
COUNTRY ARE GARRETT BRNGER HAS
BEEN AT SUNSET STATION TALKING
TO THOSE THAT SUPPORTER MIGHT
SUPPORT WARREN. GARRETT JOINS
US LIVE HERE AT THE WARREN
CAMPAIGN CALLING THIS A TOWN
HALL WITH THE SENATOR AND
FORMER MAYOR AND HUD SECRETARY
JULIAN CASTRO. WHAT’S THE CROWD LIKE OUT THERE HAS A GROWN SINCE YOU KNOW I WAS THERE AN
HOUR AGO.
>> ABSOLUTELY STEEP PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TRICKLING IN AND PEOPLE
HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES
THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
WHETHER IT’S THE ECONOMY OR
HEALTH CARE
EVEN CORONAVIRUS AND ABOUT HALF
AN HOUR. WE’LL BE ABLE TO HEAR
STRAIGHT FROM ELIZABETH WARREN.
HR TAKE ON THOSE ISSUES.
NOW IT’S A
IT’S NOT ALL DIE HARD OUT HERE
WE DO HAVE A MIX
OF PEOPLE BUT EVERYBODY IS
INTERESTED IN WHAT SHE HAS TO
SAY AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WAITING A LONG TIME HERE THAT
LINE HAD BEEN OUT HERE FOR
HOURS AND ONE WOMAN SAID SHE
SAID BEEN HERE SINCE YESTERDAY,
EVERYBODY WANTING TO HEAR WHAT
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS TO SAY
ABOUT THE ISSUES.
>> SHE UNDERSTANDS MYRIAD OF
ISSUES FACING
THE COUNTRY AND NOT ONLY
UNDERSTANDS AND SHARES COACHING
PLANS TO ADDRESS IT’S SO I FIND
THAT IS.
THAT IS. >> THE CANDIDATE I JUST FIGURED COMING TO SEE HER LIKE I DID SO
I SATURDAY IT HELPED ME TO KIND OF PERSUADE MYSELF AS FAR AS WHERE I WANT TO GO THE
TEXAS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT RACE FOR WARREN AND THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ON
SUPER TUESDAY. WITH US BEING
THE SECOND HIGHEST DEATH AMOUNT
OF DELEGATES
BEHIND CALIFORNIA. NOW WILL BE
STREAMING WARRANTS REMARKS ON
OUR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO COME
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH AND CAN
MAKE IT OUT HERE TONIGHT JUST
GO TO WWW DOT KSAT DOT COM A
LOT OF TIMES THAT STATION, I’M
GARRETT BRNGER KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THANK YOU GARRET IT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE JEWELS OF SUPER TUESDAY.
THAT’S WHY SO MANY DEMOCRATS
ARE COMING TO THE STATE
OF TEXAS. I TALKED TO SENATOR
WARREN IN AN EXCLUSIVE ONE ON
ONE TODAY SHE ARRIVED IN TOWN
THIS AFTERNOON. THE SENATOR AND
PERHAPS HER BIGGEST SAN ANTONIO
SUPPORTER, FORMER MAYOR AND HUD
SECRETARY JULIAN CASTRO TOOK A
TOUR OF
MEAT HERE. RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS
HAD NO IDEA THEIR MEAL WOULD
COME WITH A SIDE OF
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. WARREN
SAYS SHE’S BEEN TO SAN ANTONIO
SEVERAL TIMES SHE HAS 3
BROTHERS WHO WERE STATIONED
HERE AND SHE WAS VERY CLEAR
THAT WHETHER SHE IS THE NOMINEE
OR NOT TEXAS WILL BE IN PLAY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. >> TEXAS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF
THE CRITICAL STATES IN
2020. BOTH IN THE PRIMARY AND
IN THE
GENERAL ELECTION. YOU KNOW THE
DAYS WHEN EVERYBODY WROTE TEXAS
OFF
ARE OVER. TAXES IS NOW RIGHT AT
THE CENTER OF BOTH
THE THE POLL IS THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR WHAT KIND
OF A PARTY WE’RE GOING TO BE
AND THE POLL IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION FOR WHAT KIND NATION.
>> WE’RE GOING TO BE.
SHE TELLS ME SHE DID GET SOME
MEAT HERE A FOOD TO GO BY THE
WAY WHEN I ASKED HER HOW SHE
THOUGHT SHE WOULD DO NEXT
TUESDAY IN TEXAS SHE TOLD ME
SHE’S NOT IN THE PREDICTION
GAME. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
TEXAS, SHE IS IN
THE FIGHT YOU CAN WATCH MY
ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN ON KSAT DOT
COM.
>> MEANTIME EARLY VOTING
NUMBERS IN BEXAR COUNTY OF NOT
BROKEN ANY RECORDS YET. BUT
ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS
STILL TIME AHEAD OF FRIDAY
WHICH IS THE END OF
EARLY VOTING. SO FAR ALMOST
80,000 PEOPLE HAVE VOTED
LOCALLY THAT BREAKS DOWN TO
ROUGHLY 48,000 DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS
30,000 REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
SUPER TUESDAY IS JUST 5 DAYS
AWAY AND MANY ARE LOOKING
TO SEE WHAT A LOT OF THOSE
YOUNG VOTERS THAT WERE COLLEGE
AGE VOTERS, THE
YOUNG VOTERS WHO WILL TURN OUT
JESSIE DEGOLLADO SPOKE TO
STUDENTS AT SAN ANTONIO
COLLEGE.
>> FOR A TIME IT SEEMS STUDENTS THAT SEND TO COLLEGE WEREN’T THAT INTERESTED IN VOTING EVEN
THOUGH THERE’S AN EARLY VOTING
SITE ON CAMPUS I HAVE TO SAY
INITIALLY WE WERE A LITTLE
CONCERNED AFTER VOICING HER
CONCERN IN THE STUDENT
NEWSPAPER THAT LATER WAS ECHOED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BY MANY OF
THE PROFESSORS HERE TO THEIR
STUDENTS I WOULD SAY IT HAS
DOUBLED OUR TURNOUT
HAS DOUBLED. I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IT TRIPLED WHAT STRUCK ME
AT THIS EARLY VOTING SITE AT
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE WAS HOW IT
CITED THE STUDENTS WERE ABOUT
VOTING.
>> SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE
ABLE TO VOTE.
>> THE MORTUARY SCIENCE MAJOR
PROUDLY SHOWED US
THE PROOF SHE JUST CAN’T
UNDERSTAND WHY OTHERS DON’T IF
THEY’RE ALREADY ABLE TO VOTE
YOU HAD THAT PRIVILEGE NO
LONGER THAN
I HAVE. SO LIKE WHY WOULDN’T
YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
IT FOR THIS NURSING STUDENT
IT’S HER SECOND TIME, BUT THIS
IS HER FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION
TO TRY TO LEARN MORE THIS TIME
AROUND DEFINITELY NOT JUST GO
FOR A PARTY THAT TRY
LEARN REALLY.
>> YOU KNOW WHO I WANT TO
IMPOSE SAYS SHE EVEN WATCH SOME
OF THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATES ABOUT
WHY THAT LEVEL OF INTEREST SO
DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE WERE
LIKE 18 IN THE LAST ELECTION WE
ARE CARRYING A LITTLE MORE NOW
THAT WE’RE HANG AROUND BILLS AND WORKING IN HAVING RECENTLY EARNED A MASTER’S DEGREE AT
UTSA A YOUNG WOMAN ORIGINALLY
FROM SYRIA SAYS
FOR HER.
>> VOTING IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE
AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF
FINALLY
GETTING NATURALIZE THE FIRST
THING I WANT TO DO WAS GO VOTE
JESSE THAT WE KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: HER BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS MORE THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT THAT’S
WHAT MEDICAL EXPERTS TOLD THE
JURY IN THE TRIAL OF A DRIVER
WHO CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR,
KILLING THAT DRIVER AND
SERIOUSLY INJURING INJURING
4 PASSENGERS. PAUL VENEMA TELLS
US THOSE EXPERTS TESTIFIED THAT
THE DRIVER ROSA LINDA ALL DAY
HAD MORE THAN JUST ALCOHOL IN
HER SYSTEM THAT NIGHT.
>> DRIVING ALONG THE SIDEWALK
ADJACENT THE LOOP,
1604 ACCESS ROAD. THIS SUV
SLAMMED BROADSIDE INTO THE
WHITE SEDAN 22 YEAR-OLD MOLLY
OF LOST AS THE DRIVER OF THE
SEDAN WAS KILLED
FOR PASSENGERS THIS CAR WERE
CRITICALLY INJURED. THE DRIVER
OF THE SUV 24 YEAR-OLD ROSA
LINDA WHILE DAY IS ON TRIAL
FACING INTOXICATION
MANSLAUGHTER AND INTOXICATION
ASSAULT CHARGES THE DOCTOR WHO
TREATED HER FOR MINOR INJURIES
SAID BLOOD DRAWN THAT NIGHT
SHOWED A LOT OF THEY HAD A
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.1 8
THE LEGAL LIMIT IS 0, 8, AND
SHE HAD DRUGS IN THEIR SYSTEM.
>> ANTI ANXIETY MEDICATION.
THAT.
♪
THAT. ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ GETS PRESCRIBED.
>> IS
>> YES WHILE SHE WAS BEING
TREATED FOR NON LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES ALLOW THEY
DISCUSSED THE ACCIDENT
WAS DOCTORS OVER HER LAWYER’S
OBJECTIONS, THE PROSECUTOR WAS
ALLOWED TO READ A PORTION OF
THAT CONVERSATION FROM A LOT OF
THESE MEDICAL RECORDS SHE
STATED TO THAT.
>> THAT SHE HAD BEEN MURDERED.
♪
>> ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS A LOT OF THE FEAR FROM THE 1604 ACCESS ROAD AND IT WAS
DRIVING ON THE SIDEWALK WHEN
SHE STRUCK THE LOSS OF HIS CAR
AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER
THE ACCESS ROAD FROM A PRIVATE
DRIVEWAY STILL TO COME A CLOSER
LOOK AT THOSE BLOOD ALCOHOL
NUMBERS, BOTH SIDES HAVE
EXPERTS POISED TO TESTIFY.
PAUL VENEMA KSAT 12 NEWS.
♪
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: HE’S AN SAPD OFFICER ACCUSED OF USING OF ALL THINGS EXCREMENT TO
HARASS FEMALE COLLEAGUES.
BUT WHAT MATTHEW LUCKHURST
CALLED A PRANK GOT
HIM FIRED. TODAY HE CONTINUED
HIS ARBITRATION APPEALED TO TRY
TO WIN HIS
JOB BACK CITY DOCUMENTS CLAIM
THE FORMER BIKE PATROL OFFICER
DEATH OKAY DID IN THE WOMEN’S
TOILET AT THIS SUBSTATION
DIDN’T FLUSH IT
AND THEN SMEARED THE SEAT WITH
A BROWN FOOD PRODUCT.
THIS MORNING, HIS ATTORNEY
CALLED SEVERAL OFFICERS AS
CHARACTER WITNESSES FOR MATTHEW
LUCKHURST SOME OF THEM
DESCRIBED A QUOTE
JOKE SUBCULTURE AND QUOTE IN
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT
INCLUDES PUTTING SNAKES OR RATS
IN FELLOW OFFICERS SQUAD CARS
OR IN HOT WEATHER LEAVING A
DIRTY DIAPER UNDER THE FRONT
SEAT. LATER LUCKHURST HIMSELF
TOOK THE STAND FOR THE SECOND
TIME THIS WEEK TO
EXPLAIN WHY HE WANTS BACK ON
♪
THE FORCE.
>> SIT HERE FRIDAY AND
♪
DONE NOTHING WRONG. THEN
♪
A MATURE.
ENJOYED SERVING THE PUBLIC. AND JOY. ♪
♪
♪ ♪ PUTTING ON THAT UNIFORM.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: IT WILL BE
AT LEAST SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE
THE
ARBITRATOR RULES BY THE WAY
THIS IS THE SECOND FIRING FOR
OFFICER MATTHEW LUCKHURST THE
FIRST ONE WAS OVER GIVING A
HOMELESS MAN A SANDWICH OF DOG
FECES LUCKHURST APPEALED THAT
PREVIOUS DISMISSAL AND ONE.
>> NEW AT 6 WE NOW KNOW THE
NAME OF A DRIVER KILLED IN A
DEADLY CRASH YESTERDAY IN EAST
BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER
IDENTIFIES HER AS 42 YEAR-OLD
ERICA
AND WORKED THE CRASH HAPPENED
IN THE 11,000 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY
87 EAST AROUND
08:00AM YESTERDAY BEXAR COUNTY
DEPUTIES BELIEVE WORKED HAD
SOME KIND OF MEDICAL EPISODE
AND CRASHED INTO A TREE.
SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THERE
AT THE SCENE.
IN HOUSTON
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF THAT CITY WILL HAVE LOW
WATER PRESSURE OR NO WATER AT
ALL AFTER A MASSIVE 8 FOOT
WATER MAIN BREAK TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOOTAGE,
THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOT OF WHAT
HAPPENED. THE HOUSTON MAYOR
SAYS A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WAS
DOING SOME REPAIR WORK ON A
MAJOR LINE WHERE THERE WAS A
LEAK. THE CONTRACTOR WAS MOVING
SOIL WHEN THAT LINE BURST
THE LINE PROVIDES UP TO 50% OF
WATER TO THE HOUSTON AREA.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THE DOW HAS NOW CLOSED DOWN AGAIN FALLING NEARLY 1200 POINTS TODAY AMID
ONGOING FEARS INVOLVING THE
GLOBAL THREAT OF
THE CORONAVIRUS IT IS THE 6TH
STRAIGHT DAY WE’VE SEEN A DIVE
IN STOCK VALUE.
IT’S SO FAR THE WORST WEEK FOR
TRADING SINCE THE RECESSION IN
2008. HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYING
TODAY CONGRESS IS COMING CLOSE
TO A BIPARTISAN DEAL ON FUNDING
TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS
REQUESTED BILLION TO BATTLE THE
VIRUS. THERE ARE NOW 60 KNOWN
CASES HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
TIME SAVER TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW
THIS IS HIGHWAY 90 AT MILITARY
AND THINGS ACTUALLY SEEM TO BE
MOVING ALONG QUITE SMOOTHLY.
ON THIS THURSDAY EVENING.
>> AND TONIGHT, ONE YOUNG
ARTIST IS HOPING FOR A HOME, 13
YEAR-OLD NEAL IS IN
FOSTER CARE ABOUT HIM RECENTLY
AT THE SAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS
CENTER ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE
WHERE HE SHOWED OFF HIS SKILLS.
AND SHARED WHAT HE’S LOOKING
FOR AND A FOREVER FAMILY.
>> WHEN I WAS 8.
♪
US ARE DRY. MY
OWN DESIGNS.
>> NEIL FIND SOLACE
IN SKETCHING.
>> WHEN THOSE CRUISE MISSILES
SO SAYS HE GAVE ME
A SKETCHBOOK.
>> HE MAKES TIME TO DRAW EVERY
DAY SOMETIMES IT’S A WAY HE
SAYS TO AVOID THINKING ABOUT
HIS PAST THINGS HE WISHES HE
COULD ERASE LIKE PAINFUL
MEMORIES OF
HIS FATHER.
>> I DON’T KNOW JUST A HEATING
CARE AND WE’LL HEAR ALL HE
NEEDS SO WHEN YOUR PASSES UP IN
TOUGH FOR YOU TO KIND OF BLOCK
THOSE THINGS OUT.
♪
THOSE
♪ THOSE DRAWING HELP YOU DO THAT YOU.
>> HE WORRIES ABOUT HIS 3
SISTERS. YOU KNOW THE
VERY MUCH. THE DEAL IS THE
OLDEST AND SAYS LAST HE HEARD
THEY WERE IN FOSTER CARE IN NEW
YORK.
>> SO AS YOU MAKE A VERY TIMELY
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
♪
YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS CAN
ABOUT ME. I CAN SEE MY SISTERS
♪
HAS.
♪ HAS. PATTERN ON JUST.
>> WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT BEING ADOPTED HE’S LOOKING FOR ONE THING JUST
A MOM.
>> JUST A MOM YOU WHY JUST A
MOM YOU KNOW I DON’T WANT TO
GATHER AND THINGS WAS THAT.
I KNEW WHERE MY WHY FOR MY
PARENTS
HAD DONE.
>> BUT HAVING A FATHER FIGURE
IS SOMETHING HE LOVES THAT’S
WHERE HIS COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATE MISTER JASON
COMES IN AND.
>> MY HEART TO
SEE JASON.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO A MOM MILLS
REQUIREMENTS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE
JUST TELL ME IT PLAY WILL MEAN
BE KIND TRYING TO WANT KIDS OR
HOW HOW A DRAW.
>> I WANTED TO HER HEART YOU
HOW MUCH I LOVE HER.
>> NEIL HOPES LOVE IS IN HIS
FUTURE AND LEARNING AND HE’S
NOT AFRAID TO WORK
FOR IT.
>> I’M NOT A FIX BY TO KNOW I
WANT I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN
WHEN BUILD CARS OR SOMETHING I
WANT TO KNOW HOW HOW HARD I
WORKED.
>> HE’S A TALENTED YOUNG GUY IF
YOU’RE INTERESTED IN KNOWING
MORE ABOUT MEAL OR HOW TO
FOSTER OR ADOPT
GO ONLINE TO FAMILY TAPESTRY
DOT OR WE HAVE THAT LINK AND
NEIL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT
KSAT DOT COM.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: CERTAINLY
HOPE WE’LL FINDS THAT FOREVER
FAMILY. I LIVE CAM RIGHT NOW 60
DEGREES OUT THERE.
>> A LITTLE CHILLY BUT ALL IN
ALL NOT THAT BAD IT’S A PRETTY
PICTURE ADAM. >> YEAH, I MEAN A LITTLE CHILLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THIS
MORNING BUT KEEP IN MIND PARTS
OF THE HILL COUNTRY WAS DOWN TO
30 DEGREES.
EARLIER TODAY SO DEFINITELY I
MEAN 20 DEGREES
SKEWS ME. 20 DEGREES WAS THE
LOW TEMPERATURE IN PARTS OF THE
HILL COUNTRY OF 30 IT’S NOT A
BIG DEAL BUT THEN YOU’RE 20 IN
KERRVILLE
EARLIER TODAY, RIGHT NOW WE’RE
AT 60 DEW POINT OF 18 SO THAT
BONE DRY AIR JUST A GENTLE
BREEZE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AS
WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING.
WE’LL QUICKLY GET DOWN TO NEAR
50 IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS
AND BY MIDNIGHT IN THE UPPER
30’S BACK TO BREAK DOWN WHERE