WATCHING FOR A CHANCE OF STORMS
ACROSS THIS PART OF THE STATE.
IT IS THE PEAK OF THE HEAT WAVE,
THE HOTTEST DAY SO FAR THIS WEEK
AND WE HAVE SEEN.
IT WILL BE COOLING OFF AFTER
TODAY.
IF YOU DON'T THE HEAT, YOU WILL
LIKE THE FORECAST.
BREEZY TO WINDY.
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
NEAR RECORD HIGHS.
103, ALBUQUERQUE.
CLOSE TO THE RECORD.
WE HAD A RECORD YESTERDAY.
I THINK WE HAD A RECORD IN
FARMINGTON.
93 AT RATON.
YOU SEE THE THUNDERSTORM BOLTS.
WE ARE WATCHING THE NORTHEASTERN
PART OF THE STATE FOR THE RISK
OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER.
MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
YOU CAN ALWAYS TRACK IT WITH
YOUR KOAT AND LIVE SUPER DOPPLER
7 APPS.
MARISA: I REALLY LIKE YOUR
GLASSES.
BYRON: THANKS.
MARISA: CAR CRASHES ARE UP IN
STATES WHERE RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA IS LEGAL.
NOT BY MUCH, BUT THE HIGHWAY
LOSS DATA INSTITUTE SAYS
COLLISION CLAIMS IN COLORADO,
WASHINGTON STATE, AND OREGON
WENT UP NEARLY 3% IN THE YEARS
SINCE LEGAL POT SALES STARTED.
RESEARCHERS SAY THEY ACCOUNTED
FOR A NUMBER OF FACTORS,
INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES
ON THE ROADS, AGE AND GENDER OF
DRIVERS, WEATHER, AND EVEN
THE DRIVER'S EMPLOYMENT.
TODD: GLOBAL WARMING COULD LOWER
THE QUALITY OF YOUR COFFEE.
A NEW STUDY SAYS ETHIOPIA COULD
LOSE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
SUITABLE FARMING LAND BY THE END
OF THIS CENTURY BECAUSE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
ETHIOPIA IS THE WORLD'S FIFTH
LARGEST COFFEE PRODUCER.
RESEARCHERS BLAME A COMBINATION
OF LOW RAINFALL AND RISING
TEMPERATURES.
WE WILL BE RIG
BYRON: A LIVE LOOK FROM THE
SANDIA CREST CAMP LOOKING DOWN
TO THE VALLEY.
THIS IS THE RIO GRANDE.
A SHOT OF THE RIO GRANDE THIS
MORNING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A QUIET
MORNING.
IT IS A WARM MORNING AND IT WILL
BE A VERY HOT DAY LATER TODAY.
THE WAKE-UP GIVES WAY TO
DANGEROUS HEAT THIS AFTERNOON.
NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
LATER FOR TODAY.
103 FOR ALBUQUERQUE, ONE SHY OF
THE RECORD.
YOU SEE DURANGO AND THE FOUR
CORNERS, 94 DEGREES.
108, LAS CRUCES AND CARLSBAD.
THE ONLY PET STORE KIDS IN THE
CAR'S.
DINNER HEADING OUT TO THE -- IF
YOU ARE HEADING OUT TO THE
'TOPES GAIN, DRINK LOTS OF
WATER.
WE ARE TAKING ON EL PASO.
99 FOR THE FIRST PITCH, 95 FOR
THE LAST OUT.
STAY HYDRATED.
CHECK OUT THIS CRAZY VIDEO
SHOWING -- I KNOW YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THIS COAST LINE.
YOU HAVE DRIVEN THIS ROAD.
MARISA: THIS IS SAD.
BYRON: BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA.
THE ROAD HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF
BECAUSE OF A LANDSLIDE IN RECENT
WEEKS.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA ARE
CUT OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD
AS A RESULT OF THAT LANDSLIDE.
WORK TO CLEAR THE ROADS IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE MONTHS AND COST
MORE THAN $1 BILLION.
CRAZY STUFF.
BEAUTIFUL VIEWS.
MARISA: THAT ROAD IS THE ONE
WHERE YOU SEE CAR COMMERCIALS.
IT IS THAT ROAD.
SO SAD.
THE BERNALLO COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SAYS OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING
THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
REPORTER SASHA LENNINGER SHOWS
US WHAT RAUL TORREZ WANTS
CHANGED.
SASHA: DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAUL
TORREZ SAYS CRIMINALS NEED TO BE
IN JAIL AND NOT OUT ON OUR
STREETS.
THIS IS MORRIS MORA.
COPS KNOW HIM VERY WELL AND
TORREZ SAYS HE IS AT THE CENTER
OF OUR CAR THEFT PROBLEM IN
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
COURT RECORDS SHOW HE'S BEEN
ARRESTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT SOMEHOW MANAGES TO GET BACK
OUT.
TORREZ SAYS THIS MAN IS ONE OF
SEVERAL CRIMINALS WHO HAVE
BENEFITTED FROM LAXED COURT
RULES IN BERNALILLO COUNTY.
HE WANTS TO CHANCE THE DEADLINE
FOR CRIMINAL CASES SO JUDGES
HAVE MORE LEEWAY IN DECIDING
WHAT TO DO WHEN DEADLINES FOR
PROSECUTORS ARE NOT MET.
HE BELIEVES TOO MANY CRIMINALS
ARE BEING REPLACED -- RELEASED
ON LOW BONDS.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS
HAS TO BE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE HAVE TO HOLD THESE
INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE OR ELSE
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET A HANDLE
ON THE DAY TO DAY CRIME.
SASHA: TODAY TOREEZ IS MEETING
WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
COUNCIL, THE PEOPLE WHO
RECOMMEND TO CHANGE THE RULES IN
COURT.
YOU CAN ATTEND THE MEETING.
JUST MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE AT 2:00.
I'M SASHA LENNINGER, KOAT ACTION
7 NEWS.
TODD: IN WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.
SENATOR FOR NEW MEXICO MARTIN
HEINRICH CONTINUED TO ASK ABOUT
RUSSIA'S POSSIBLE MEDDLING IN
THE ELECTION, ASKING CURRENT
HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE IN
THE INTERFERENCE.
>> BY AFFECTIVELY REINFORCING
THE RUSSIAN NARRATIVE AND
PUBLICLY SAYING THAT OUR SYSTEM
IS RIGGED, DID THEN-CANDIDATE
TRUMP, NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP
BECOME WHAT INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS CALL AN UNWITTING
AGENT?
TODD: HOMELAND SECURITY REFUSED
TO ANSWER.
WHILE OBAMA AND TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS HAVE STATED IN THEIR
TESTIMONY THAT NO VOTES WERE
EVER CHANGED BY HACKERS.
CONCERNS REMAIN ABOUT THE
SECURITY OF VOTERS' INFORMATION
AND WHAT RUSSIA INTENDED TO DO
WITH ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED.
AND IN THAT SAME HEARING THE
FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY TOLD SENATORS THE
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT HAS A DIRECT
ROLE IN THE INTERFERENCE.
>> THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AT THE
DIRECTION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
HIMSELF ORCHESTRATED
CYBER-ATTACKS ON OUR NATION.
THAT IS A FACT, PLAIN AND
SIMPLE.
TODD: HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT
A LOT OF STATES CONSIDERED
ELECTION SECURITY THEIR ISSUE
AND DECLINED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
HE ALSO SAID THE U.S. SHOULDN'T
LOSE SIGHT OF THE BIG PICTURE,
STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS.
FROSTY RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND THE UNITED STATES MAY
CONTINUE FOR A WHILE.
RUSSIA JUST CANCELED A MEETING
BETWEEN SENIOR U.S.
AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS AIMED AT
RESOLVING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE
TWO COUNTRIES.
IT COMES IN RESPONSE TO THE U.S.
TIGHTENING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
TUESDAY IN A BID TO FORCE THE
END OF ITS OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA.
THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
SAID WASHINGTON'S DESIRE TO SEEK
COMMON GROUND WITH RUSSIA SOUNDS
UNCONVINCING.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE
U.S. REGRETTED RUSSIA'S
DECISION.
MARISA: WE ARE LEARNING MORE
THIS MORNING ABOUT THE MAN WHO
OPENED FIRE ON A REPUBLICAN
BASEBALL PRACTICE IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA LAST WEEK.
THE FBI SAYS JAMES HODGKINSON
CARRIED A LIST WITH THE NAMES OF
SIX MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
OFFICIALS WOULD NOT SAY WHO WAS
ON THAT LIST, BUT NONE WERE
INJURED.
THE FBI ALSO SAYS HODKINSON
ACTED ALONE AND THERE'S NO
CONNECTION TO TERRORISM.
HODGKINSON WAS SHOT DEAD BY
POLICE SHORTLY AFTER HE OPENED
FIRE.
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL
ONGOING.
THE CONGRESSMAN INJURED IN THAT
ATTACK IS IMPROVING.
THE HOSPITAL WHERE STEVE SCALISE
IS STAYING SAYS HE'S IN FAIR
CONDITION AND IS STARTING REHAB.
THE HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP WAS SHOT
IN THE HIP.
HE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD.
ONE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE INJURED
IN THE SHOOTING THREW OUT THE
FIRST PITCH AT THE CONGRESSIONAL
WOMEN'S SOFTBALL GAME YESTERDAY.
NEW MEXICO CONGRESSWOMAN
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM PLAY
-- WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT
PLAYED AGAINST FEMALE MEMBERS OF
THE PRESS CORPS.
THE GAME RAISES MONEY FOR A
BREAST CANCER CHARITY.
THE PRESS CORPS ENDED UP
WINNING, TWO RUNS TO ONE.
I LOVE WILDLIFE PICTURES.
MY DAD WAS IN ALASKA LAST WEEK.
HE SENT THIS PICTURE.
HE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE I
SHOWED IT TO MY SON.
TODD: THE BEAR WAS TRYING TO
HIGH-FIVE HIM?
THAT IS AWESOME.
MARISA: LOOK AT THAT.
BYRON: IT LOOKS A LOT BIGGER
FROM THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS NOT A BIG BEAR.
THAT IS GREAT THAT YOUR DECK WAS
ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE SHOTS.
MARISA: HE SAID HE RAN AWAY LIKE
A LITTLE PUPPY.
THEY ARE SCARED OF YOU.
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THEIR
ATTACKS, YOU WERE PROBABLY
AROUND BABY BEARS.
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO PROTECT
THEIR BABIES.
BYRON: I WAS IN THE WILD AND
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
I LOOKED OFF TO THE SIDE AND
THERE WAS A LITTLE CUB.
A FRIEND I WAS WITH WAS LIKE
LET'S GO --
ARE YOU CRAZY?
THE YOU SEE THE VIDEOS?
TODD: THERE WAS A MAMA NEARBY.
WHAT A COOL PICTURE RIGHT THERE.
YOU WONDER WHY YOUR DEATH WAS
ALASKA SO MUCH.
NO FIRST BIRTHDAYS TODAY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE ONE
CELEBRATING A FIRST BIRTHDAY,
SHARE IT WITH US.
SEND IT TO THE ADDRESS ON YOUR
SCREEN OR UPLOAD IT TO OUR
ULOCAL SECTION ON KOAT.COM.
JUST REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR
CHILD'S NAME AND BIRTHDATE.
MARISA: GET TO THE PHONES.
ALL THIS WEEK WE'RE GIVING AWAY
TICKETS TO SEE COUNTRY MUSIC
SUPERSTAR BRAD PAISLEY IN
CONCERT.
IT'S HAPPENING FRIDAY, JULY 14
AT THE ISLETA AMPHITHEATER.
TO WIN 2 TICKETS, BE THE 7TH
CALLER TO 1-800-717-7107 RIGHT
NOW.
GOOD LUCK.
TODD: AVOIDING POTHOLES IN ROADS
CAN BE TOUGH.
THEY ARE SO BAD ON ONE ROAD,
DRIVERS ARE NOT EVEN DRIVING ON
THE ROAD ANYMORE.
THE VIDEO IS INCREDIBLE.
MARISA: PLUS, IT'S ANOTHER
TRIPLE DIGIT DEGREE DAY IN NEW
MEXICO.
THERE IS A SKI AREA THAT IS
STILL OPEN IN THE U.S.
WE WILL TELL YOU WHERE.
COMING UP TONIGHT ON KOAT 7 AT
7:00, "BOY BAND."
FOLLOWED BY "THE GONG SHOW" AT
THEN DON'T MISS ACTION 7 NEWS
LIVE AT 10:00.
BYRON: THOSE ROADS THIS MORNING,
TRAFFIC WATCH 7 SHOWS YOU LOTS
OF GREEN.
STILL LOOKING GOOD ON MOST OF
THE THOROUGHFARES.
I-25 NORTHBOUND FROM LOS LUNAS,
70 PLUS MILES PER HOUR.
ALAMEDA, PASEO, MONTANYO ALL
LOOKING GOOD.
NO ACCIDENTS OR MAJOR DELAYS.
THE RIO RANCHO AREA ALSO LOOKING
GOOD.
DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU.
NORTHBOUND I-25. BELEN TO THE
BIG I HAD 25 MINUTES.
RIO BRAVO TO THE BIG I, 12
MINUTES RIGHT NOW.
GRAB YOUR SUNGLASSES AND A BIG
THERMOS OR BOTTLE OF WATER.
IT IS A HOT ONE TODAY.
STAY COOL ENTRY LOTS OF WATER.
103 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR
.
IT WILL FEEL LIKE A HAIRDRYER
WITH THE BREEZES.
WE COME DOWN AND TEMPERATURES
FOR FRIDAY TO 90 DEGREES.
WINDY.
CANYON WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY PUMPS AND
MOISTURE AND DROPS THE
TEMPERATURES TO THE LOWER 90'S.
IT MAY STILL FEEL PRETTY HOT OUT
THERE.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF STORMS
ON SATURDAY ACROSS A LARGER PART
OF NEW MEXICO.
WE HANG ON TO THE RAIN CHANCES
THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS
WELL WITH TEMPERATURES FINALLY
COMING DOWN TO THE UPPER 80'S BY
MONDAY.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THE
WEATHER THE PAST WEEK.
SNOW AND LOTS OF IT IN
CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS RIGHT NOW.
AT MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, THERE'S
STILL 165 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND.
YOU CAN SEE SOME WINTER SPORTS
ENTHUSIASTS ARE WEARING SHORTS
ON THE SLOPES.
TANK TOPS.
THEY ARE HAVING THE TIME OF
THEIR LIVES.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRIPLE
DIGITS HERE.
THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT FIX FOR
THAT.
HE WILL BE OPEN UNTIL AUGUST AS
A RESULT OF ALL THAT SNOW.
CRAZY STUFF.
MARISA: THAT IS AWESOME.
POTHOLES ARE A BIG PROBLEM FOR
DRIVERS ANYWHERE YOU GO BUT NOW
, THEY'RE GETTING TO BE AN ISSUE
FOR PEDESTRIANS.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
A ROAD IN OHIO IS SO BAD, SOME
DRIVERS WOULD RATHER DRIVE ON
THE SIDEWALKS.
NOW NEIGHBORS WHO USE THOSE
SIDEWALKS FOR THEIR ACTUAL
PURPOSE, WALKING, SAY SOMETHING
HAS GOT TO BE DONE.
NOBLE THOMAS: THEY COULD AT
LEAST TAKE THE TIME TO FIX THE
STREET.
JONATHAN WALSH: THAT'S A BASIC
SERVICE.
NOBLE THOMAS: YEAH.
THAT IS.
MARISA: I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY
ARE MONITORING PEOPLE ON THE
SIDEWALK.
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY'VE SEEN A
COUPLE DRIVERS WHO DID DRIVE ON
THE ROAD HAVE THEIR CARS BREAK
DOWN BECAUSE OF THOSE POTHOLES.
TODD 167 PEOPLE AT A MCDONALD'S
IN KENTUCKY PAID FOR THE ORDER
OF SOMEONE BEHIND THEM.
>> GETS A GREAT FEELING TO KNOW
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE
OUT THERE STILL.
TODD: AN EMPLOYEE WHO SAW IT
HAPPEN SAYS A REGULAR SIDE DAD
AND KIDS AND DECIDED TO GIVE HIM
A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY BY PAYING
FOR HIS FOOD.
THE EMPLOYEE SAYS THE CHAIN WENT
ON FOR THE NEARLY FOUR HOURS.
THE ONLY REASON IT STOPPED WAS
BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT HAD TO
CLOSE.
IT WAS MIDNIGHT.
MARISA: THAT IS SO COOL.
BYRON: AWESOME STUFF.
TRAFFIC WATCH 7.
MAYBE SOMEONE WILL BUY YOU A
NICE CAN COME TODAY, THAT WOULD
BE NICE.
LOOKING AT HOT WEATHER FOR
TODAY.
SPEED LOOKING GOOD.
WHENEVER THERE IS GREEN, SPEEDS
ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
DRIVE TIES FOR YOU.
-- DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU.
ST. FRANCIS ALBUQUERQUE AT 48
MINUTES.
NEW MEXICO 599 TO ALBUQUERQUE AT
43 MINUTES.
DRIVE SAFELY.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER FOR TODAY
AND ALWAYS CHECK THAT BACKSEAT.
103 IN ALBUQUERQUE TODAY.
TODD: COMING UP, A COMMUNITY
COMES TOGETHER TODAY TO REMEMBER
A FAMILY KILLED IN A MURDER
SPREE.
MARISA: PLUS, MULITPLE CRASHES
WE FIND OUT IF THE PURSUIT WAS
JUSTIFIED.
TODD: SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE
REVIEWING THEIR HEALTH CARE
PLAN.
WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR YOU.
ACTION 7 NEWS MORE IN THE
MORNING CONTINUES RIGHT NOW.
>> NOW, KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS
MORE IN THE MORNING, COVERAGE
YOU CAN COUNT ON.
TODD: MORNING,
I'M TODD KURTZ.
MARISA: I MARISA MAEZ.
TRY TO GET YOUR TEMPLATE --
EXERCISE IN EARLY, BUT IS A
DEGREES ARE READY.
BYRON: A RECORD WARM
TEMPERATURE.
REALLY TOUGH STUFF OUT THERE.
GOOD MORNING ON THIS THURSDAY.
IT WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY WE'VE
SEEN SO FAR.
THE SUNSHINE ALREADY.
THE CLOUDS OVERNIGHT ACTED TO
KEEP TEMPERATURES UP.
A WARM WAKE UP.
DANGEROUS HEAT HAD A REACHING
NEAR RECORD LEVELS.
AS YOU WAKE UP, NOT TOO BAD.
BUT STILL WARM.
YOU SEE THE 70'S, LAS CRUCES,
CARLSBAD.
55 INTO RAY GO.
LOOK AT THE HEAT ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT AND -- IN ORANGE.
DON'T LEAVE THE PETS OR KIDS IN
THE CARS FOR ALL PARTS OF THE
STATE.
IT WILL BE HOT.
YOU SEE ONE OF THREE ALBUQUERQUE
IS A DEGREE SHY OF THE WEATHER
-- IN THE RECORD.
WHAT AWAITING CARLSBAD.
98 IN SILVER CITY.
EVEN MID 90'S FOR THE FOUR
CORNERS, DURANGO INTO THE VEGAS
AREA.
WE HAVE SOME IMPROVING WEATHER,
COOLING TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY.
TODD: A COMMUNITY WILL BE SAYING
GOODBYE TOGETHER TO THREE PEOPLE
POLICE SAY WERE MURDERED BY ONE
OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
SASHA LENNINGER TELLS US WHEN
THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE.
>> FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE IN
SHOCK AND TRYING TO GRIEVE AS
THEY SAY GOODBYE TO A MOTHER,
BROTHER AND STEP OTHER WHO WERE
SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK.
HUGS AND TEARS FILLED THIS
FUNERAL HOME LAST NIGHT AS
FRIENDS OF BRENDA GALLEGOS,
BRENDAN HERRERA AND HIS
STEPFATHER SAY GOODBYE DURING A
FINAL VISITATION.
INVESTIGATORS A DAMIEN HERRERA
SHOT AND KILLED HIS MOTHER,
STEPFATHER AND BROTHER INSIDE
THEIR HOME LAST WEEK.
>> NOTHING WE CAN DO BUT MOURN
FOR THE GUY.
THEY WERE AWESOME PEOPLE.
>> BEST PEOPLE YOU COULD ME.
A FUNERAL MASS -- >> A FUNERAL
MASS WILL BE HELD FOLLOWED BY
THE BURIAL.
I'M SASHA LENNINGER, KOAT ACTION
SEVEN NEWS.
MARISA: THERE WERE TWO OTHER
VICTIMS IN THE SHOOTING.
POLICE SAY DAMIEN HERRERA KILLED
ARCHAEOLOGISTS -- ARCHAEOLOGIST
MICHAEL KYTE AND STOLE HIS
VEHICLE.
MANUEL SERRANO WAS KILLED AT
BODE'S GENERAL STORE.
OVER THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE
SPOKEN WITH A LOT THE VICTIMS
FAMILY MEMBERS.
YOU CAN WATCH ALL OF THEIR
INTERVIEWS ON KOAT.COM OR
DOWNLOAD THE APP.
TODD: INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW A DANGEROUS
FELON DRIVING AND ARE THE CAUSE
SEVERAL CRASHES ACROSS
ALBUQUERQUE.
CHRIS GUARDARO LOOKS AT WHETHER
POLICE FOLLOW THE RULES WHEN
STARTING THE CHASE.
>> THE RV CHASED DAMAGED IF YOU
POLICE CARS, CIVILIAN CARS AND
SENT ONE MAN TO THE HOSPITAL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
POLICE SAY IT STARTED WHEN I
TRIED TO ARREST DAVID BARBER IN
THE NORTH VALLEY TUESDAY.
BARBARA GOT IN A STOLEN RV AND
TRY TO GET AWAY.
THE CHASE ENDED WHEN OFFICERS
WERE TOLD TO STOP THE SUSPECT BY
ANY MEANS NECESSARY AND USE
THEIR VEHICLES TO RAM INTO THE
RV.
FORMER APD COMMANDER SAYS
OFFICERS HAD TO MAKE A TOUGH
DECISION.
>> IS IT MORE DANGEROUS TO HAVE
THIS INDIVIDUAL ON THE STREET AS
A CLIENT -- VIOLENT FELON PRONE
TO HURT PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO
TRYING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE TO
APPREHEND HIM.
>> HE THINKS POLICE MADE THE
RIGHT CHOICE TO GET THE
DANGEROUS MAN OFF THE ROAD AND
INTO CUSTODY.
TODD: DAVID BARBER HAS AN
EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY
DATING BACK MORE THAN A DECADE.
HIS MOST RECENT CRIME WAS LAST
MONTH.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE BROKE INTO
AN ALBUQUERQUE CLEANING SUPPLY
STORE AND STOLE ABOUT $2000
WORTH OF MERCHANDISE.
HE IS ACCUSED OF STEALING 12
GUNS WERE A FIREARMS STORE IN
APRIL.
POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM
TUESDAY IN CONNECTION TO THOSE
CRIMES AND OTHERS FROM LAST
YEAR.
>> HE IS VIOLENT.
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE CHASING
HIM, THE CITIZEN OF ALBUQUERQUE
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER.
TODD: BARBER WAS ARRESTED FOR
DRUG POSSESSION, BURGLARIES AND
BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER.
THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE
HAVE, INCLUDING WHO WAS THE MAN
HURT AT COORS AND IRVING.
WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHO HIT THE
APD OFFICER EARLIER?
WAS IT BARBER, A DIFFERENT
OFFICER OR ANOTHER CAR?
BARBER HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED FOR
THIS CRIME.
WE ARE PUSHING FOR ALL THESE
ANSWERS AND WILL GET THEM TO YOU
WHEN WE GET THEM.
MARISA: SENATE REPUBLICANS WILL
UNVEIL THEIR PLAN TO REPLACE THE
FORMAL CARE ACT.
THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN WEEKS IN
THE MAKING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
NIKOLE KILLION IS IN WASHINGTON
WITH A LOOK AT THE PLAN.
>> THE SENATE PLAN IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE HOUSE BILL WHICH THE
PRESIDENT ONCE DESCRIBED AS
MEAN.
>> I HOPE WE WILL SURPRISE YOU
WITH A GOOD PLAN.
I'VE BEEN TALKING OF A PLAN WITH
HEART.
>> THE SENATE PROPOSAL DROPS A
HOUSE PROVISION THAT WOULD'VE
GIVEN STATES WAIVERS TO LET
INSURERS BOOST PREMIUMS ON SOME
PATIENTS WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
CONGRESSIONAL AIDES SAY IT ALSO
LARGELY RETAINED SUBSIDIES TO
HELP PEOPLE BUY INSURANCE,
ENDING PENALTIES FOR THOSE
WITHOUT COVERAGE AND CUTS AND
REVAMPS MEDICAID.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL, WHO SPEARHEADED THE
PLAN, SAYS SENATORS WILL HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW IT EVEN
THOUGH HE WANTS A VOTE NEXT
WEEK.
MARISA: ONCE THE PLAN'S RELEASE
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ON KOAT.COM
AND OUR APP.
TONIGHT ON ACTION SEVEN NEWS WE
WILL HAVE REACTION FROM OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AS WELL
AS MORE ON WHAT THE PLAN MEANS
FOR YOU.
TODD: FIGHTING FOR CHANGE.
WHY ARE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS
HE IS FED UP WITH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HIS PLAN TO
FIX IT.
BYRON: GOOD WITH TRAFFIC WATCH
SO FAR.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN KEEP LET
THAT WAY.
GREEN MEANS DRY -- DRIVE SPEEDS
ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, 73 MILES
AN HOUR.
LOOKING AT GREEN TOWARDS THE
CANYON.
ALL LOOKING GOOD.
WESTBOUND I-40 EDGEWOOD, 25
MINUTES.
WE HAVE GREEN AT SEVEN MINUTES.
IT WILL BE A NEAR 80 DEGREES AND RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER.
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