-mexico the border to el paso with a border the el paso times part of the "u.s.a. today" network. you. morning to what does reopening look like in el paso compared to the rest of lone star state? >> el paso is falling a little behind. abbott has started the governor but said our hospitalizations were too close for comfort and we are about a week behind the west of state so rest of the restaurants and bars are lowerlly reopening but at capacity than the rest of the state. we are falling behind. too close for say comfort, what are the levels and what are the levels of testing and year el paso o test in >> testing is increasing here. antibody testing and tests for covid-19. 2,300 cases and all deaths. e are part of a tri-state bi-national region so we have to parts of mexico cases but 210 deaths which would suggest is weak on the mexico,side. count continues to go up and we have reported clusters care facilities,ing about becomes stores and el paso just hasn't mounted that peak the way or parts of the state have. host: let's talk about the border are. ril remind people for what the st

-mexico border to el paso. , aren joins us this morning border reporter with the el paso times, part of the usa today network. good morning to you. what does reopening look like in el paso right now compared to the rest of the lone star state? guest: good morning. el paso is falling a little behind. governor greg abbott has begun a phased reopening of the state an el paso was granted exemption last week. the governor said our hospitalizations were too close for comfort, and we are about a week behind the rest of the state, which means places like restaurants and bars are partially reopening but at lower capacity than the rest of the state. we are falling behind the rest of the state. -- say tooyou sick close for comfort, what do the levels look like now and what are the levels of testing and your ability to test you go what has the state provided? guest: testing is increasing. we have the antibody testing and the test for covid-19. we have about 2300 cases right now at 58 deaths. down here we are part of a tri-state binational region so we have to worry about what mexico, where there

-mexico the border to el paso with a border the el paso times part of the "u.s.a. today" network. you. morning to what does reopening look like in el paso compared to the rest of lone star state? >> el paso is falling a little behind. abbott has started the governor but said our hospitalizations were too close for comfort and we are about a week behind the west of state so rest of the restaurants and bars are lowerlly reopening but at capacity than the rest of the state. we are falling behind. too close for say comfort, what are the levels and what are the levels of testing and year el paso o test in >> testing is increasing here. antibody testing and tests for covid-19. 2,300 cases and all deaths. e are part of a tri-state bi-national region so we have to parts of mexico cases but 210 deaths which would suggest is weak on the mexico,side. count continues to go up and we have reported clusters care facilities,ing about becomes stores and el paso just hasn't mounted that peak the way or parts of the state have. host: let's talk about the border are. ril remind people for what the st

-mexico the border to el paso with a border the el paso times part of the "u.s.a. today" network. you. morning to what does reopening look like in el paso comparedth

-mexico the border to el paso with a border the el paso times part of the "u.s.a. today" network. you. morning to what does reopening look like in el paso compared to the rest of lone star state? >> el paso is falling a little behind. abbott has started the governor but said our hospitalizations were too close for comfort and we are about a week behind the west of state so rest of the restaurants and bars are lowerlly reopening but at capacity than the rest of the state. we are falling behind. too close for say comfort, what are the levels and what are the levels of testing and year el paso o test in >> testing is increasing here. antibody testing and tests for covid-19. 2,300 cases and all deaths. e are part of a tri-state bi-national region so we have to parts of mexico cases but 210 deaths which would suggest is weak on the mexico,side. count continues to go up and we have reported clusters care facilities,ing about becomes stores and el paso just hasn't mounted that peak the way or parts of the state have. host: let's talk about the border are. ril remind people for what the st

the same is true for el paso , where the hospital capacity is too close for comfort at this particular time. we have surge response teams actively working to increase testing and maintain hospital capacity in these regions to ensure these regions can safely move into phase two. their beginning date for phase two is being pushed back just one week. everything in today's order slated to open later this week will also open in those regions one week from this friday on may 29. these will give those communities and our surge team response the time needed to slow the spread and maintain hospital capacity. it will ensure those communities safely move into phase two. the counties that are part of this delay are el paso, randall, potter, moore, and smith. texans have always faced adversity, and texans have always prevailed. by using safe practices, we are slowing the spread. by protecting our most vulnerable, our fatality rate is one of the lowest in america. with the help of our hospitals, our recovery rate is one of the best in the country. we are getting through this. but now, more than ever, we

el paso. it was illegal and i saw things i shouldn't of seen and i'll never do it again. >> jesse: i went to puerto rico one timetake. >> greg: juan. >> juan: [laughs] you know, i don't know how to answer that. i remember hitchhiking in upstate new york. that clearly was not with my parents. got into a big fight and stuff. but yeah, i think there were some trips without parents from a very young age. >> greg: kennedy. >> kennedy: well, they dropped me off on a cruise ship that i didn't see them for three years. no, it was a fifth grade class trip to seattle. we saw the space needle and ate at the restaurant that spun around and have three little burgers on three little buns. take that, dad. >> greg: i went to santa cruz. i broke into a nude beach by climbing. then i got caught and the security at the nude beach forced me to clean up the entire beach with my clothes on. beach with my clothes on. "one more thing" is up next. they're our neighbors. and they're our friends. they're our parents... our brothers and sisters. and our children. but now, they are more than that. they are forever our heroes, too. at pruden

time to pay their taxes. >> thank you for taking our questions. yesterday, el paso county deputy health director told commissioners we can open the , it does notmorrow matter if people are too scared to go to the restaurant so shops, our job is to prove el paso county is ready to go. do you have any reaction to that, and is it possible the up?ty is ready to go back >> stores across our state are opening back up today. was there something else he was talking about besides stores? >> he talked about stores and restaurants altogether, and i think the sentiment behind some of his comments was we may be than some of the limited capacity in some counties. >> yeah, i hope they are ready. we have a process where counties have a handle on it and they are able to do the testing and tracing an early warning system. there's two counties that have already received that ability. mesa county will be moving forward with opening restaurants . we hope statewide, they are able to open and not -- in the not-too-distant future. certainly we have not received any request from el paso cou

el paso, texas. it is a minimal security facility with mostly elderly, nonviolent first-time offenders. there isn't even a fence around the campus. the inmates there are all extremely low rates for recidivism. otherwise they would not have qualified for a camp. these men are not hardened criminals. they pose no danger to the public. they made mistakes and are trying to pay their debts to society quietly and honorably. my dad is 67 years old and has been diagnosed with advanced coronary artery disease. he suffers from high blood pressure and hypertension. according to the cdc, this places him in the highest risk group for dying from covid. in late march, he suffered his fourth heart attack and was denied appropriate medical care. when he asked the staff to protect him from covid early on, they laughed at him and sent him back to his cell. my father was identified almost two months ago as high risk for contracting the virus. two months ago, this government acknowledged my father has a target on his back. but three days after the attorney general general's directive to the bop, the warden