chief ortiz translated for us.said there's no work, there's violence, and it's difficult. >> even though you're going to be detained, is it worth it for you to come here? >> she said everybody knows that there's no help for her or for her family in honduras, but everybody knows there's help for families here in the united states, so the risk is valid to them. >> reporter: each detainee was offered water and given a bag. everything they had went inside. they handed over those bags as they boarded a bus headed for a processing center nearby. a few miles away, that's mexico. you see the river where two people a week drown trying to cross. i'm standing on the spot where people enter the u.s. illegally. this is just south of mcallen, texas. have you gone a day on the job where you didn't encounter someone trying to cross? >> no, i haven't. ef day 24/7 you can expect someone is going to try to cross this river. we drove up after four of them were caught. chief ortiz took off running and arrested a fifth man. >> every sin

carolina: los hermanos ortiz son inseparables.sión de jinete es peligrosa, ella lo sabe, y no es algo garantizado. carolina: el rotundo no de su madre, iba para los dos hermanos. >> entonces, pues, yo trataba de persuadirlos a veces. ¿no te gustaría ser, por ejemplo, un maestro de educación física?decían: "no, yo voy a ser jinete". y fue duro. josé: hay muchas cosas que tienes que dejar. no salir mucho, estar en la cama porque al otro día hay que levantarse a las 5. es mucho sacrificio. carolina: ¿qué tipo de sacrificio? irad: para estar en la escuela yo trabajaba bastante. yo fui a nutricionista, yo hice de todo, me dieron dieta. era mucho, no aguantaba ya. carolina: el resto es historia. los hermanos ortiz empezaron a anotarse victorias. carolina: tenían todo para ser exitosos. la altura, el peso, el talento y estaban dispuestos a hacer lo que fuera, hasta dejar a su familia fuera de puerto rico. ¿cómo fue esa despedida con tus papás? josé: fuerte. carolina: ¿qué les dijiste? josé: nada. solamente lloré. carolina: se fueron a nu

carolina: los hermanos ortiz son inseparables. se llevan sÓlounos meses de diferencia.la no estaba muy de acuerdo porque la profesiÓn de jinetes peligrosa, ya lo sabes y no es algo garantizado. >> el rotundo no de su madre iba parado de los dos hermanos. >> en donde yo tratÉ de persuadirlo a veces. no te gustarÍa ser un maestro de educaciÓn fÍsica? y ellos siempre decÍa no, mamÁ, yo voy a ser jinete. >> hay muchas cosas que tenÍa que dejar. nos harÍamos mucho, nosotras a las 8:00 p.m. estÁbamos en la cama porque al otro dÍa había que levantarse a las 5:00 a.m. >> lo primero que yo para estar en la escuela yo rebajaba. yo fui a nutricionista, lo hice de todo. la dieta. un tardÉ mucho. no aguantaba ya. >> el resto es historia. los hermanos se empezaron a anotarse victorias. tenÍan todo para ser exitosos. la altura, el peso, el talento y estaban dispuestos a hacer lo que fuera. hasta dejar a su familia para buscar suerte fuera de puerto rico. cÓmo se fue esa despedida de tus papÁs? >>fue fuerte. >>quÉ les dijiste? >> nada. simplemente llore. >> se fueron a new york con la

. >> raul ortiz our escort.uty chief of the rio grande valley sector. 10 minutes into the ride along, chief ortiz drove up on people just detained. >> i see what looks like a toddler in her mom's arms. she told us her name was yolanda, her 8-month-old daughter sat detained with sister, brother. mother, who left honduras several month as go and traveled beer by bus. chief ortiz says smug sellers, dropped them off where they knew they could sneak into the country. >> chief ortiz translated for us. >> situation in honduras is difficult. the woman told us there is no work, violence and the political situation is difficult. >> though you are going to be detained, is it worth it to you? anyway? to come here? >> she says that everybody knows that there is no help for her, for her family in honduras. but everybody knows that there is help for families here in the united states. and so, the risk is valid to them. >> each detainee offered water, a bag and everything they had went inside. they handed over bags as they boar

. >> reporter: raul ortiz was our escort. he's deputy chief of rio grande valley sector. p minutes into our ride-along, chief ortiz drove up on a group of people who had just been detained. om'se what looks like a toddler s her mom's arms over here. the told us her name is yolanda. that's her eight-month-old daughter. she sat detained on a levy road with her sister, brother, and mother who told us they had left honduras several months ago and traveled here by bus. erief ortiz said smugglers likely dropped them off at a spot where they could sneak across the border. >> she said the situation in honduras is very difficult. >> reporter: the woman said there is no work, there's even though you're going to be detained, is it worth it to you you'ay to come here? >> she says everybody knows that there's no hope for her, for her family in honduras, but everybody knows that there's hope for families here in the ilited states. and so the risk is valid to them. >> reporter: each detainee was offered water and given a bag. nterything they had went inside. d ey handed over those bags

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ortiz showed us the slashing scars on his back. beating drove him north, leaving his two sons behind. he says these are the scars where he was whipped by gaining members in honduras and his family threatened if he didn't join the gang. ortiz says he left his two sons to request asylum in the u.s. but in if recerecent weeks the administration has made it more difficult for central americans to win asylum cases. >> he says he doesn't have the documentation of what he went through, only the scars. that's the only thing he has to show them. he's not convinced that would be enough to get asylum in the united states. >> reporter: he feels like the only option he has is to cross the rio grande illegally. now he plans on how to cross the river on a raft. for weeks, trump administration officials have urged migrants to seek asylum at official ports of entry. this is the bridge that takes you into hidalgo, texas. not only are migrants telling us they often get turned away in the middle of the bridge by u.s. customs officials, but they're als

commissioner ortiz? >> last friday, i did a walk-through with several key stakeholders in the mission corridor from 14th street all the way to 25th, with director ed reiskin, hillary ronen's office, and several community stakeholders, and we visited several businesses that have been askd along the corridor in the system with high market rate developments. for example, red's cafe, was paying 2500, recently had to renegotiate their lease, and bumped up to 6,000. we're having also speculators just land bank and have vacant properties along the corridor and not extend any of the local businesses and keep them on a month to month basis. so they're not allowed to reinvest in the community or their business because they're on a month to month. in addition, we highlighted with director reiskin the catastrophic decision to extend the bus lines. we -- we used to have 200 pedestrians per, i think five minutes. now it's down to 25 pedestrians, so it's really become just a highway from the excelsior to the financial

and human rights activists trade unionists student ortiz this isn't this is them opposition figure religious thinkers including sudanese boys christian activists and even that wishes and sufi mystic who have a spent many years behind bars i believe that they would have present a far more suitable choice to receive this award than i do the lives of close relatives of many of these political victims or also repress and sat it does not require a great deal to imagine the life of parents whose loved one is killed in prison and they are told by doll for that is to come to collect his or her body there is of course another side to this saga i'm green picture the side which is bright there and just hope for the future for the future of democracy in iraq this brighter picture stems from of their being the past history of contemporary wrong their struggle for more than undemocratic ideas emerge in iran at the beginning of the twentieth century. despite the fact that the new democratic values found roots in more than iran particularly amongst the more educated and organized iranians the ruling politic

done with a number of topics being discussed building up into arguments between putin and the host ortiz medina caution of a joins us now with the details hi there maginnis. certainties of things all the other way to what was discussed tell us well just as you mentioned you and i had of the president's visit to austria lattimer put in answering some questions from austria so our after television channel news presenter armin wolf and the interview first started in the rather typical manner when it comes to interviews with the russian president vladimir putin was asked to once again about russia's alleged madly in other countries elections about internet troll factories and how all this connects with mr precaution who is a restaurant owner in st petersburg who vladimir putin knows personally. because you have just said that mr precaution is referred to as putin's chef indeed he runs a restaurant business it is his job if he is a restaurant owner instant pizzas but now let me ask you do you really think that a person who is in the restaurant business even if this person has some hacking opp

they have already spotted several differences with other known species, such as ortiz and a substantialelvis. organisers are hoping this rare dinosaur will find a good home. in terms of potential clients, there are quite a few. it is a large bracket. these past years, everyone is thinking about a museum, but the problem is that museums do not have enough money at the moment. they have asked for the raise the money of the sale to go towards further excavations. three crew members from the international space station have made the journey safely back down to earth. russian cosmonaut anton shkaplerov was accompanied kuhnigh fromjapan. the three landed in kazakhstan this afternoon, having spent 168 days in space. the russian was out of the capsule first, met by support crew who checked him over ahead of his journey back to moscow. weather with darren bett. hello, it is becoming dryer overnight, and showers turning into decay. what we're seeing is cloud heading our way. there is a lot of clout in the north sea and that is going to drift its way further inland across the eastern side of the u

raul ortiz, deputy chief for the rio grande valley sector in south texas, wanted us to see the exactpot where he says more people enter the u.s. illegally than anywhere else along the border. have you gone a day on the job where you didn't encounter someone crossing illegally? >> no, i haven't. >> reporter: ortiz said people will enter illegally even if they see the border patrol waiting on them even . even if that means coming into your arms and your handcuffs? >> most definitely. >> reporter: it's worth the risk. >> for them, it's worth the risk. >> reporter: it was worth it for this family of five from honduras. they said they left on a bus several months ago and were trying to get to dallas. hello, my name is david. what is your name? yolanda's daughter angie is 8 months old. that's her brother, her sister, and her mom maria. maria told him the family was escaping violence in honduras, and they knew the risk they were taking. even though you're going to be detained, is it worth it to you anyway? her answer was translated by border patrol agent sergio tonoko. >> everybody knows th

could return to germany as soon as today to face trial just after he reportedly confesses to three ortiz's in karate cornerstone. and germany head to the world cup with a win the under their belts but it's not all smooth sailing a narrow victory over lowly saudi arabia in that final warm up match before heading to russia. i met her man welcome to the program what's of divisions on display at the g. seven summit in canada leaders of some of the world's most powerful industrialized countries have clashed with u.s. president donald trump especially over trade in tariffs and summits canadian hosts had hoped to focus on economic growth climate change and gender equality but before the meeting even began trump tossed another contentious topic into the mix he wants russia to be readmitted to the g seven. debates on climate change and the environment is scheduled for today but trump said he will be leaving earth and ahead of the session on today's session of the summit german chancellor angela merkel addressed the issue of a joint communique and she left open the possibility that it might not happ

in to offer the migrants entry off to italy a multiple both refused to let them land spanish with ortiz's say they will examine the migrants on a case by case basis to see who will qualify for asylum. and now some of the other stories making news around the world. police of clashed with protesters at the border between greece and macedonia as the two nations signed an agreement to change macedonia his name un and e.u. officials joins the prime ministers of the two countries to witness the historic signing the deal remains macedonia at the republic of middle class today resolving a decades old dispute. in nicaragua a shootout and a fire bombing in the capital managua have killed eight people including two children the violence came hours after the government and protesters struck an agreement aimed at ending weeks of deadly political unrest both sides are blaming each other for the flare up but have agreed to continue negotiations. complete with a taxi driver who in just eight people when he swerved on to a moscow sidewalk is blaming fatigue for the incident the man told police he hadn't s

jaime: julia ortiz quisiera ver nuevas caras en la junta directiva. >> que tengan pasiÓn de liderar el los niÑos no ingresan la guarderÍa preparados. la mesa directiva se ha enfocado en otras cosas que no son los niÑos. jaime: en este momento, estÁ comenzando el foro. son seis candidatosque vinieron, 3 escaÑos en juego. se harÁn las primeras preguntas y luego abren el foro para que el pÚblico pueda hacerle preguntas a los contendientes. jaime peluffo, "noticias univisiÓn 14". palmira: ahÍ mismo en san jose, esta maÑana se llevÓ a cabo una conferencia en contra de la medida b en la boleta electoral. crea un vacÍo legal para permitir construcciÓn en un bloque de viviendas en las colinas para personas mayores y veteranos de guerra, algo que desmiente el alcalde. >> esa campaÑa estÁ llena de mentiras.es una campaÑa mentirosa. estÁ usando a los ancianos, veteranos para su lucro propio. [habla en inglÉs] palmira: el coordinador de la campaÑa para la medida dijo que es una buena manera para construir viviendas necesarias para ancianos y veteranos. tiene hasta el 5 de junio para votar en contr

>>gustavo ortiz, univisiÓn.500.000.000 $ en promedio, algo asÍ como 188 $ por persona para comprar ropa, grajeda se regalo y artÍculos electrÓnicos. en otro orden de informaciÓn, una investigaciÓn realizada por los centros para el control y prevenciÓn de enfermedades, revelaron que los alimentos que se consumen en los trabajos, pueden contener mucha sal y granos refinados. el 70% de las calorÍas, provienen de la comida gratis un refrigerio seÍ como 1300 calorÍas. hay que revisar la canastilla. regresamos en breve con mÁs informaciÓn .>>en los deportes, todos los detalles del histÓrico triunfo de la selecciÓn mexicana ante alemania. brasil tuvo un debut complicado en el grupo. los detalles al volver. daniel: dÍa histÓrico, hoy repasamos el debut ante el campeÓn del mundo. lozano enganchaba y definÍa, ganaba mÉxico. primera vez que alemania pierde en el debut de la copa de la copa del mundo desde 1992. escuchamos a juan carlos osorio. >>creo yo que el triunfo es de todos, en especial del fÚtbol mexicano. una gran

esta niÑa de seis aÑos nos ha traÍdo al consulado de el salvador para conversar con el cÓnsul miguel ortiztÁ en condiciones de de tensiÓn en un dando seguimiento. claudia: cÓmo se encuentra? se encuentra muy bien. el dÍa de maÑana vamos a tener una reuniÓn con el. se habrÍa grabado este audio. usted tiene una idea? y en dÓnde? >> nosotros como consulados y tenemos asistencia en el centro Úrsula. nosotros llegam escucha en el audio, podemos asumir que puedes centro. porque es adonde nosotros estamos repito, diariamente para dar asesorÍa a las familias y para asesorÍa tambiÉn a los niÑos, a los niÑos no acompaÑados. y en este caso, para llevar un control de los niÑos que s separados de su familia. >> ahora, [yknos puede dar una idea de cuÁntos niÑos son separados de sus padres todos los dÍas, a la semana, un aproximado, que son salvadoreÑos? >> podrÍamos decir que podrían dar quizÁs entre un niÑo al dÍa. podrÍa ser entre una o dos. todo va a depender. porque cuando estÁn en el centro de procesamiento, ell van donde el juez y el juez determina si ellos regresan o van a un centro de detenciÓn.

. >> president adams: commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: thank you, everybody, for your presentation and your time today. i have more of a curiosity question. there are fast food chains that brand their straws as part of the way they drink their beverage or set their beverage apart. have you gotten any pushback from them? >> president adams: she's public. you can't. >> great question. i personally have not. we've been watching out to smaller businesses. one thing i can say is that one of the things that people bring up is a cold beverage, a lot of people drink their iced coffee or other cold beverages with a straw and starbucks is starting to use a strawless lid now. it looks like a hot coffee lid but it's clear and has the same opening and so i think like what everybody is talking about is the market will respond to this and that's the lid that could be used at a mcdonald's or burger king pretty easily, or they could switch over to the paper straw version. want to add anything? >> president adams: any other

it's where we found christian ortiz cleaning up the mattresses soaked by an overnight rainstorm.showed us the slashing scars on his back, the beating drove him north, leaving his two behind. he says these are the scars where he was whipped by gang members in honduras and his family was threatened if he didn't join the gang. >> in recent weeks, the trump administration has moved to make it more difficult for central american immigrant to win asylum cases. >> he says he doesn't have the documentation, only the scars, so he's not convinced that would be enough to get asylum in the united states. >> he feels like the only option he has is to cross the rio fwrand illegally, so now replans on how to colossross on a raft. >> for years, trump officials are urged migrants to seek asylum. this is the bridge that takes you into texas. not only are migrants telling us they're getting turneded away by u.s. customs officials, they're telling us mexican customs officials aren't letting them set foot on the bridge. >> patricia says she's brn turned away twice in the last two weeks and that mexic

. >> commissioner cartagena ortiz? >> carolina, i want to thank you. i know the mission is like a big center for displacement, but the more tools you have in the bucket, the better your chances of fighting displacement. so i appreciate this. thank you. >> i'm going to say a couple few words here. first off, i've got to thank you, and i love this legislation. and the way -- and i want to thank supervisor ronen, and the way you guys did it. you reached out to oewd, the office of small business, the mayor's office. i've been following this since the beginning, and it's the collaboration of everybody coming in to do this. and it's really exciting because in my district, we're going to have an lgbt district that we're working on in the castro. miriam -- ted's is really big in the leather district, and a new leather district south of market, and i just -- i learned the history of ted's market, and it was so touching. and they played a big part of the south of market culture, and what's happening now in the bayview with the african american district. so this

jaime: olivia ortiz quisiera ver buenas caras en la junta directiva. > personas que tienen lana en latÁn entrando a la guarderÍa preparados. la mesa directiva se ha enfocado en muchas otras cosas que no son los niÑos. palmira: estamos a unos dÍas de las elecciones del prÓximo 5 de junio, estas son algunas de las iniciativas que perecerÁn en la boleta electoral. la propuesta c la propuesta de buscar la autorizaciÓn de un impuesto adicional de 1,7% a las propiedades comerciales que tengan una entrada mayor a 1 millÓn de dólares para ayudar a las personas de bajos ingresos, tambiÉn a servicios con los desamparados y generar un fondo como para este tipo de ayudas. en los dos temas, hay 586.000.000 $ en reembolsospara vÍctimas de fraudes, para quienes fueron engaÑados y enviaron dinero a travÉs de western union. osvaldo: hay 586.000.000 $ en el fondo especial para reembolsar dineros, a clientes de la compaÑÍa western union fue la puedo monetario, el tiempo se estÁ acabando. >> 31 de mayo para poner un reclamo. personas que hayan perdido sus residuos, personas que no tenga suficiente inform

for someone who grew up in foster care with precious few good family role models, ortiz seems to have figured out how to be a great one. >> you learn along the way. you learn what you don't want to have. >> just witness what she does three times a week for her friend miriam, driving her to her dialysis treatment, keeping her company during the four-hour process. >> she needs the support, because she doesn't have many people in her life. >> miriam, you sigh, ee is also child of the foster care system. their chosen family is what they call each other. being there in good times and bad, and for miriam, things are pretty rocky right now. >> you know, i do have some rough days, but, for the main part, the most part, i'm very positive, you know, about my condition. >> miriam's condition is that both her kidneys have failed. it happened her sophomore year at uc berkley, but it didn't stop her from graduating. in fact, miriam wants to go to law school. she holds down a full-time job in a law firm and uses the endless hours on dialysis as the perfect place to study in preparation. >> i'd reall

gustavo ortiz nos explican el siguiente reporte. >> en sus miradas se refleja la angustia de su de pareses desde la Última vez que vi a su hijo cuando tenÍa 21 aÑos. >> yo hace cinco aÑos perdÍa un hijo. se perdiÓ hace cinco aÑos y no he sabido nada de Él. >> una esperanza que comparten norma acosta que para su familia la bÚsqueda iniciÓ un poco antes de diciembre del 2017. >> tuvimos que venir el dÍa de hoy aquÍ para dar nuestro caso sobre mi hermana. y mi cuÑada que estÁ desaparecida hace meses y no sabemos de ella. >> al confÍan en que esa bÚsqueda trascienda gracias a la uniÓn de varias organizaciones locales estatales y federales. >> este es un evento para ayudar a encontrar a personas desaparecidas. o si cualquier departamento de policÍa encuentra partes de cuerpos, todo esto va a un sistema nacional . >> una base de datos que cuenta con informaciÓn de mÁs de 19,000 californianos extraviados y a la cual tendrÁn acceso todas las fuerzas del hombre. >> afortunadamente hay casos que se encuentra la familia pre y otros casos que no y ya estÁn fallecidos. >> aunque la posibilidad de enc

that's border patrol's local deputy chief raul ortiz. >> they were waiting for a smuggler to pick them up. >> what happened earlier, we stopped the smuggler and were able to get four aliens out of that vehicle, and then after interviewing them, we were able to identify this as a stash house. >> there was food and plates all over the place, but every inch of tile in this house had someone sitting on it when the agents came through the door. >> quite often is somebody may have a cellphone and because conditions are so bad, they'll call 911 and that's how we were able to uncover some of these stash houses. >> do you know what's going to happen now? >> yeah, deport us to mexico. >> deport us to mexico. >> reporter: 62 people were inside this home. el ma galindo alva rose said she paid $8,000 to get here. she's been here for 15 days. >> is this your first time coming here? >> no. the second time. >> your second time. that lady's a mom. she has three kids and left mexico because she couldn't find a job. nearly every other person inside the home is from another country. it's worth noting the

we already work with the forest just ortiz to confiscate illegally how much tax some of those animals we you know kept very carefully to see if they can be released back into the wild remote village of tell you i mean it lies in watch them forest it only became excessive by dirt track a year and a half ago. time almost seems to have stood still here but the village is slowly changing. there is now a small center where women can learn reading every it may take a little and sewing. them protecting them a key is not a priority here so sam waterston seems carefully and. she makes prayers for the villagers needs will be taken into account so she explains not only why had seen wants to protect the make heelys but also how it will benefit the residents of tile you mean for them. you need to understand how the people share that my tax habits are used to forest see them attacks because they don't necessarily see them with interest as the same way as we are in from europe from europe so for example they might not see them as interesting or beautiful in themselves they may see them as an economi

reparations on top of that but unfortunately right now there are no indicators from the mia maurice ortiz that that's going to happen any time soon and mr temple you know one aspect of the story that is often overlooked is how all of this is impacting the many people of color. are they sees themselves who are already one of the most impoverished people in the world i think nearly a set of them live an extreme policy so what impact has some at least seven hundred thousand coming across the border had on people in that part of the day what is the devastation. it causes the. tree. well it's a very poor. place it's very severe. expand it. it's. and it's great a little loose. since they were dramatically. so who are especially russians i must dismiss i think bangladesh is spending something like a million dollars a day to sustain its own relief and security efforts where is this money coming from well right now there are huge shortfalls among the international aid organizations in terms of the the amount of resources that they need to provide even vaisakhi aid to the refugee population and you

. >> reporter: frank ortiz believes his truck is a total loss, and two other cars in the path of tree were damaged. luckily the family that lives in the house wasn't home at the time it happened. >> unfortunately for the family the house is torn up, but no one was hurt which is the most important thing. scene throughout the of owerd night to restore service, and they hope to have the power back on by the morning. in martinez, andrea nakano kpix 5. >>> the view from our tower cam shows the flags fluttering at pier 39. high pressure over the eastern pacific combining with a low over the desert southwest means we had a breezy day today that will continue through tomorrow as well, stirring up winds to about 40 miles per hour. we'll have the complete forecast for you in minutes. >> and the wind may have also played a role in a deadly capsize on the bay. an overturned canoe washed ashore late this afternoon at the berkeley marina with a body inside. the victim at this point is not being identified. emergency respondsers taped off the -- responders taped off the area as they searched for any

. >> nicholas ortiz is in denver, colorado practicing training.he did right over a balcony full of people. you hear one person go oh, you're crazy. he goes onto say look. i felt a little bad putting this over people's heads. >> if i was one of those people it would be like the experience of seeing bat man jump over you. >> he knew they wanted him to leave. he runs over to this pipe which he knew was there. he has never done this part before. he hops on and skoochs his pipe down and makes his escape from there. >> all right. be careful out there. it was impressive. >>> for most adults 20 minutes without cell phone is pure bliss but not so much for teens. they challenged teens to put their kren phone down for 20 minutes. >> 20 minutes is doable. >> it is like 20 minutes is like two hours. >> they left them in an empty pseudoowe. yes. thinks got real. >> okay. he is having a full on break down. >> he is stairing off like what am i suppose today do? >> close your eyes. take a nap. >> they can hear them. they can see them. they can't text him. >> he pu

>> reporter: if elected, former intelligence officer gina ortiz jones will be the first lesbian, iraq war veteran, and first-generation filipina american to represent texas in the u.s. house of representatives. also the first woman to serve from her district. >> that's a lot of firsts. >> it's a lot. >> is that a lot of pressure? >> to me, i'm more concerned that i'm not the last. >> reporter: a ground swell in a conservative climate. the state hasn't elected a democrat to statewide office in nearly three decades. and during their last session, texas lawmakers trying to pass legislation denying gay couples adoption services and marriage licenses. >> it's clear that we're being targeted. so we need to fight back and i look forward to doing that. >> reporter: the uphill battle getting harder for valdez following a report that she owes $12,000 in unpaid property taxes. a spokesman tells nbc news valdez plans to pay it off entirely, but the odds don't scare her. >> we've made quite a few advances, but we're not done yet. >>eporter: hoping 2018 will be a winning year for equality on the te

and hours after landfall, rob marciano found maria ortiz in desperate need. >> we can't let them die. we can't let them die. >> reporter: we went back to find her. >> we got the power back march 16th. but still, it goes on and off. >> reporter: one of her patients contracted pneumonia and later died in the hospital. it got to be too much. >> yeah, they can't handle so much. >> reporter: fema says deaths like this are not maria related. that caregiver does not agree. the official death toll stands at 64, but a new harvard study says at least 4,600 deaths can be linked to the hurricane. and the new season is here. >> victor is back in san juan for us tonight. so many questions about the original death toll you just reported on. and tonight, puerto rico's government seeming to acknowledge that more than 64 people died connected to maria? >> reporter: that's right. for the first time, we're seeing new official numbers that suggest a sharp spike in deaths after maria. the new numbers show, in the three months after the hurricane, 1,400 more people died compared to the previous year. but th

and hours after landfall, rob maiano found maria ortiz in desperati desperation. >> we can't let them die. >> reporter: we found her again. >> we got the power back on march 16th. but still, it goes on and off. >> reporter: the official death toll stands at 64, but a new harvard study says at least 4,600 deaths can be linked to the hurricane. >> victor is back in san juan for us tonight. so many questions about the original death toll you just reported on. and tonight, puerto rico's government seeming to acknowledge that more than 64 people died connected to maria? >> reporter: that's right. for the first time, we're seeing new official numbers that suggest a sharp spike in deaths after maria. in the three months after the hurricane, 1,400 more people died than the previous year. but the government is stopping short of saying the hurricane was responsible. >> thank you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this friday. the uber driver, accused of shooting his passenger. >>> and the former officer claiming self defense, claiming stand your ground. what the judge ru

. >> reporter: that's what police chief oscar ortiz believes his detectives are dealing with, and if suspects are caught, the charges could be significant. >> bust out one car window, it's a misdemeanor. you bust out 30 car windows, the dollar amount is in the felony realm. >> just last year this house over there got shot up, you know, by bb guns. so it's probably high school kids, you know. you know, school is out, so they have nothing to do, i guess. >> i thought american canyon is one of the safest place around the bay area, but it doesn't look that way at this time. >> reporter: well, the key evidence police are looking at right now, a clip from a bb gun. they are combing over it for fingerprints. reporting live in american canyon, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> get up. get up. sit up. i'm having you sit up. >> i can't get up. >> el camino hospital in los gatos apologizing for a doctor/patient exchange caught on cell phone video. that er doctor appears to be grabbing and scolding a patient. now, the patient says the doctor didn't believe that he was sick. he now says his

close them down if they don't respect their demands in reality we think this outlet is upsetting with ortiz because of its independence and professionalism if you. were just. that independence is crucial. r d c is a blogging conglomerate founded in two thousand and sixteen mostly funded by the dutch government promising an independent alternative voice the collective provides a platform for more than one hundred bloggers in eight cities but with just six percent internet penetration the impact of these bloggers on congolese both inside and outside the city remains low. barry's director. says that that is just one of the many challenges that remain before the media can play a central role in changing the course of the d. or c. his future. something has to change in the mainstream media because although we now have the internet and young people use it like never before radio remains the number. one medium radio stations could be big players bringing about change if they were able to choose their own stories independent of political influence i know it's very hard there is so much pressure fro

. >> reporter: maria ortiz, who runs a nursing home, is preparing for the worst. >> yep, i'm getting very prepared. i was prepared last time, but now we're getting more prepared. >> reporter: one thing all residents are worried about, electricity. america's longest running blackout continues, with at least 10,000 still without electricity. officials saying it could take another two months before power is fully restored. many weary about what could happen before then and if the new electric grid is built to last. vict onequn , >> we thank victorha tort >>> and there's still much more ahead on "woonht" trlne d tonight. a plane crash off the beaches in the hamptons. the search for victims. emergency crews now on the scene. >>> and the pet transportation nightmare. the beloved dog flying cross-country to be reunited th. why he didn't make it. >>> and the eye in the sky. police putting tir new crime-fighting weapon to use. the drone taking to the air, helping police chase down suspects. we'll be right back. kyle: mom! mom! kyle, we talked about this. there's no monsters. but you said they

which angela merkel has said is not an option ortiz medina kartchner has more on the lead up to just separate called days appointment as prime minister italy has been left hanging this past three months since its election faced with the several candidates for prime minister but it seems that political uncertainty in the country has finally come to an end with the euro skeptic collison speak is that because they lizzi forming his government but his path was a thorny one he was first suggested to by the five star movement and league party two weeks ago and it seemed all was good until the president vetoed conti's choice for a finance minister. that i allowed the italian president who was installed by a previous pro e.u. government refused to accept the minister he saw as too and see brussels to put a prime minister to ioseph about ministry political figure who is not seen as supporting a line that could provoke an exit from the euro. and that was that context quote leaving the government in limbo well you know one can say no to a minister whether was named goofy bluto or donald duck be

they have already spotted several differences with other known species, such as ortiz and a substantialelvis. organisers are hoping this rare dinosaur will find a good home. in terms of potential clients, there are quite a few. it isa clients, there are quite a few. it is a large bracket. these past yea rs, is a large bracket. these past years , eve ryo ne is a large bracket. these past years, everyone is thinking about a museum, but the problem is that museums do not have enough money at the moment. they have asked for the raise the money of the sale to go towards further excavations. here is the weather. a bit like today. we have had temperatures in the mid—20s or so, lots of blue skies, but not everywhere. we needed some artificial light for the, but i'm surejulia, one artificial light for the, but i'm sure julia, one of artificial light for the, but i'm surejulia, one of our weather watchers had a great day out. across the far north of england, storms to the far north of england, storms to the north, will gradually fade away, any showers to the south across england and wales also de

for that because member states are expected to vote on the host for the twenty twenty six world cup ortiz alexy on a chef ski sums up what the two competing bids are offering. the joint u.s. mexico and canada bid to host the twenty twenty six world cup looks like a done deal at least on paper the north american bids sole rival morocco barely passed the feat as a valuation scoring two point seven overall against for savings and accommodation in morocco were considered high risk the african country would need to invest a whopping sixteen billion dollars into infrastructure to host that event and the projected revenue of the north american world cup is two times bigger. the morocco twenty twenty six bid is well presented and strong in terms of government commitments but would need to build most of its tournament related and going to infrastructure the united twenty twenty six bid on the other hand has promising levels of infrastructure already in place and fully operational but there is one obstacle on the world cup journey across the pond and its name is donald trump starting with purely pr

questioned its appropriateness in a country that seen at least one shooting a week this year with ortiz they have defended the rhymes saying quote this is the world we live in a correspondence american reports. imagine picking up your five year old from kindergarten and seeing a strange nursery rhyme to the wall a reworked version of twinkle twinkle little star with ominous lyrics. look down look down log the door shut the lights off say no more go behind the desk and hide wait until it's safe inside look down look down it's all done now it's time to have some fun that picture was posted by a massachusetts mom who was taken aback when she learned her daughter had been doing active shooter drills as part of her pre-kindergarten program but she's not the only one another mom had a similar experience my girls were playing teacher this past weekend they had math time snack time and practice their active shooter drew earlier this week a class of a traders in pennsylvania were given bullet proof shields for the backpacks a local sports were company thought it would be a perfect gift for a mid

>> reporter: if elected, former intelligence officer gina ortiz jones will be the first lesbian iraqirst generation filipina american to represent texas in the u.s. house of representatives. also the firstom to serve from her district. >> that's a lot of firsts. >> it's a lot of >> is it a lot of pressure? >> to me i'm more concerned that i'm not the last. >> reporter: a groundswell in a conservative climate. the state hasn't elected a democrat to statewide office in nearly three decades. and during their last session texas lawmakers tried to pass legislation denying gay targete. and so we need to fight back and i look forward to doing that. >> reporter: the uphill battle getting harder for valdez following a report that she owes $12,000 in unpaid property taxes. a spokesman tells nbc news valdez plans to pay it off entirely. but the odds don't scare her. >> we've made quite a few advances. but we're not done yet. >> reporter: hoping 2018 will be a winning year for equality on theasballot. katie beck, nbc news, san antonio, texas. >>> the daughter of a fallen state trooper was suppor

so called "stash house" that's the deputy chief raul ortiz. >> they were waiting on a smuggler to pick them up. >> we stopped the smuggler earlier and able to get four aliens out of that vehicle and after interviewing them they identified this as a "stash house." >> were you able to get the smuggler. >> yes. >> it was clear there were food made with lot of flies, every inch of tile had someone sitting on it when agents busted through. >> quite often someone may have a cellphone because conditions are so bad they'll call 911 that's how we uncover some of these stash houses. >> you know what is going to happen. >> deported to mexico. >> this women paid $8,000 to a smuggler to get her here and has been here for 15 days. >> is this your first time coming illegally. >> no my second time. >> you've tried once >> elma has three kids she left in mexico because she couldn't get a job. nearly everyone else said they were from central america. border patrol are raiding these stash houses every other day that smuggler who tipped off officials gave them the garage door opener and told them what the

and shaming powers although it's not yet clear how exactly those new powers are going to be deployed ortiz pully worker there with the latest on that development thanks for the. let's go live now to justin steele international affairs commentator on this very much breaking very important global news story actually joining us good to have you on look at the bigger picture here there's been accusations of chemical weapons use on both sides by damascus by asaad by rebel and terror groups but there's always been ambiguity as there are about assigning blame about finding out exactly who committed them surely these new powers will benefit that decision making process that will help bring perpetrators to justice. well the o.p.c. w. has been working with the u.n. in the past there was a thing called the joint investigative mission which was set up you know twenty fifteen by the u.n. and by the o.p.c. w. which did actually. instance if you just touched on there were three reports in two hundred sixteen and two of them the joint investigative mission showed that it was the syrian government that hav

eric ortiz and his family now staying here because it's too dangerous to return home., many of the cars behind me are filled with people evacuating. first responders were searching for survivors at the time of that new eruption. they, too, had to evacuate. everyone heeding the government's warning, trying to prevent further loss. david? >> victor oquendo again tonight. thank you, victor. >>> and back here at home now, and a stunning and sad headline here in new york city tonight. well-known designer kate spade was found dead in her apartment today, her death an apparent suicide. she did leave a letter behind. and here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tonight, shock and sadness here in manhattan's upper east side. nypd removing the body of famed fashion designer kate spade from her home. police say the 55-year-old was found by a housekeeper in her bedroom. >> there was a suicide note left at the scene. >> reporter: the kansas city native launched her iconic brand in 1993 with andy spade, who later became her husband. >> my husband and i both knew we wanted to start a b

the get go of the financial crisis so was the head of the central bank of mexico at the time gammer ortiz so was the head of the central bank of brazil at the time so there's all of these outside countries to the g. seven that were very concerned about this policy of just infusing a sort of bone financial system with cheap money and as a result they started developing trade alliances with each other and one of the things for example that the u.s. stepped away from both under obama at the end of his term and then as a promise on the third day. his taking office some under presidents trump term was it was a t p p it was a transpacific partnership which was you know is a trade alliance between a lot of different countries including japan including china including mexico basically including countries that we do trade with but are now negotiating trade deals with each other as a result of this moving away or want to move away from from us policy from the dollar is the main reserve currency. dr ryan murphy at southern methodist university in texas is not the ryan murphy who creates the terrifyi

the get go of the financial crisis so was the head of the central bank of mexico at the time gammer ortiz so was the head of the central bank of brazil at the time so there's all of these outside countries to the g seven that were very concerned about this policy of just infusing a sort of financial system with cheap money and as a result they started developing trade alliances with each other and one of the things for example that the u.s. stepped away from both under obama at the end of his term and then as a promise on the third day of his taking office under presidents trump term was it was the t.p. pay it was the transpacific partnership which was you know is a trade alliance between a lot of different countries including japan including china including mexico including countries that we do trade with but are now negotiating trade deals with each other. as a result of this this moving away i want to move away from from u.s. policy from the dollar is the main reserve currency. dr ryan murphy at southern methodist university in texas it's not the ryan murphy who creates the terrifying.

. >> reporter: that's border oltrol's local deputy chief, raul ortiz.they were just waiting on a smuggler to come pick them up? >> yeah, what had happened earlier is we had actually stopped a smuggler and were able to get four aliens out of that vehicle, and then after interviewing those individuals, they were able to identify this as a stash house. w reporter: were you able to >>t the smuggler? >> yes. ll quite often what will happen is, somebody may have a cell phone. because the conditions are so bad, they will call 911, and that's how we were able to escover some of these stash houses. >> reporter: 62 people were inside this home. elma alvarez says she paid $8,000 to a smuggler to get her here. she says she's been here for 15 days. >> reporter: your second time. you've tried once before. e ma told us she has three kids, hed said she left them in mexico efcause she couldn't get a job. 'tarly everyone else here in this house said they were from central america. border patrol told us they are ldiding these stash houses almost every other day. and jeff,

future now the official statement also contained a hundred page document listing each and every one of ortiz advertise and promoted tweets from twenty sixteen all seventeen hundred of them but most of these tweets weren't in any way related to the election some of them even non political stories so the assumption that our networks tweet somehow influenced the us presidential election in trump's favor sounds pretty outlandish to here are a couple examples number one final act of love indian man can't afford ambulance so he carries a dead wife home from hospital and number two ghost photo bombs mother in clearest ever phantom pic so apparently these tweets are examples of the tactics and beans used by russian operators that manish influence american voters and handed trump his historic election victory so we also looked into how many tweets were actually election related about twenty two percent most and to be even more precise hillary clinton was mentioned about one hundred times and donald trump about a one hundred seventy five times but it should be noted that twitter approached us before t