airports publish reports of the so-called braswell incidents in the new mexico desert. the alleged sightings of aliens and ufos led to numerous books, conferences, documentaries, films and museums alleging a government cover up. next, a video companion to the air force reports. this 1997 documentary argues that experiments involving high-altitude balloons, parachute dropped crash test dummies, test flights and air force accidents were behind the sightings. ♪ >> an event popularly known as the roswell incident has recently been the subject of intense interest by the media and a curious general public. numerous speculative books, magazine articles, television programs, a tv movie, two ufo museums and projects have emerged to exploit public interest in the incident. the story has gained international attention. despite the bests -- the best of interests and questionable credibility of those involved, the u.s. air force is accused of concealing a deep secret from the american people. in early 1994, new mexico congressman stephen schiff requested the general accounting off

in new mexico. it caught her attention but all the historians here in santa fe said, oh, you can't believe everything you read in those old newspapers. but the person persevered and she verified that from an 1880s texas census that james donafoe was visiting santa fe, his birthplace, indeed, had been born in new mexico. and as the story unfolded, one fact remained clear that mary had allude -- eluded historians for over 150 years. let me tell you about her. she was born in tennessee in 1870. she was the daughter of dr. james and lucy dodson. and when she was a teenager, the family moved to missouri. just south of columbia. there she met william and in november of 1831, they were married in boone county. apparently by a justice of the peace. within a year, a daughter, maryann, was born to them. shortly after his daughter's birth, william started selling off his properties there in columbia to purchase inventory to trade so when they joined the annual spring caravan over the santa fe trail, he had som

air force published reports on the so-called roswell incident in 1947 in the new mexico desert. the alleged sightings of aliens and ufos have led to numerous books, conferences, documentaries, hollywood films, and several museums alleging a u.s. government cover-up. next on reel america, a video companion to the air force reports. this 1997 document to your -- documentary argues experiments involving high altitude balloons, parachute-dropped crash test dummies, nasa test flights, and several air force accidents were behind the public sightings. ♪ narrator: an event popularly known as the roswell incident has recently been the subject of intense interest by both the media and a curious general public. in recent years, numerous books, magazine articles, television programs, a made-for-tv movie, two ufo museums, fraudulent documents, and even an alien autopsy film have emerged to exploit the media fascination with the roswell incident. the story has even gained international attention. despite the vested interest and questionable credibility of all sources involved in generating

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donoho decided to leave, new mexico. he left so quickly that he had to return a year later and then he sold the exchange hotel disposed of his merchandise sold all their mules and horses and then he returned to missouri where he took his family to texas and they operated the very successful donoho house. sadly william died in 1845 which left mary a widow at 40 years old with five children. she lived fairly long life to passing away in 1880 at the age of 72. now our next bride is susan shelby mcgoffin. who was the first woman to write an account of her journey on the santa fe trail. she was the granddaughter. are the granddaughter of the first governor of kentucky? isaac shelby she was born to wealth and privilege and at 18 she married kentucky traders samuel mclaughlin who was 45? now samuel took his bride susan on a honeymoon to new york. but while he was there, he purchased merchandise for his next trading expedition. therefore giving susan if you will and extended honeymoon on the santa fe trail. for the previous two

air force published reports on the so-called roswell incident in 1947 in the new mexico desert. the alleged sightings of aliens and ufos have led to numerous books, conferences, documentaries, hollywood films, and several museums alleging a u.s. government cover-up. next on reel america, a video companion to the air force reports. this 1997 document to your argues experiments involving high altitude balloons, parachute-dropped crash test dummies, nasa test flights, and several air force accidents were behind the public sightings. ♪ narrator: an event popularly known as the roswell incident has recently been the subject of intense interest by both the media and a curious general public. in recent years, numerous books, magazine articles, television programs, a made-for-tv movie, two ufo museums, fraudulent documents, and even an alien autopsy film have emerged to exploit the media fascination with the roswell incident. the story has even gained international attention. despite the vested interest and questionable credibility of all sources involved in generating the media hype,

but some see the events in new mexico as a warning of things to come. this is a cautionary tale to our leaders, our policymakers, our lawmakers across the us that if you don't carefully plan out your laws and regulations, it can cause a big problem. we trace the origins of this case a california and explore how a similar crisis could be brewing in oklahoma. it's a gold rush or curse, i don't know which one you call it for oklahoma. when you drive through here, the air is fresh, before the hustle and bustle. it's very mind—settling, it puts your soul at ease. bea redfeather has lived on her property in shiprock for 30 years. new development here is tightly controlled by tribal bureaucracy, but injune 2020, when the navajo nation was struggling with the pandemic, bea was shocked to find this new development across the street. out of the whole us, these non—natives came here, they picked the navajo nation to set up their shop. you wake up the next morning, boom, there's hoop houses. i'm not talking about one or two, i'm talking about 25 hoop houses tha

but some see the events in new mexico as a warning of things to come. this is a cautionary tale to our leaders, our policymakers, our lawmakers that if you don't carefully plan out your laws and regulations, it can cause a big problem. we trace the origins of this case a californian and explore how a similar crisis could be brewing in oklahoma. it's a goldrush or a curse, i don't know what you'd call it for oklahoma. when you drive through here, the air is fresh, before the hustle and bustle. it's very mind—settling, it puts your soul at ease. bea redfeather has lived on her property in shiprock for 30 years. new development here is tightly controlled by tribal bureaucracy, but injune of 2020, when the navajo nation was struggling with the pandemic, bea was shocked to see a large—scale operation across the street. these non—natives came here, they picked the navajo nation to set up their shop. you wake up the next morning, boom, there's hoop houses. i'm not talking about one or two hoop houses, i'm talking about 25 hoop houses that were put up ove

but some see the events in new mexico as a warning of things to come. this is a cautionary tale to our leaders tale to our leaders, our policymakers, our lawmakers that if you don't carefully plan out your laws and regulations, it can cause a big problem. we trace the origins of this case a californian and explore how a similar crisis could be brewing in oklahoma. when you drive through here, the air is fresh, before the hustle and bustle. it's very mind settling, you put your soul at ease. bea has lived on her property in shiprock for 30 years. new development is tightly controlled by tribal bureaucracy, when the tribal democracy was struggling with but injune 2020, when the tribal democracy was struggling with the pandemic, she was shocked to find this new development. they picked the navajo nation to set up shop. you wake up the next morning, boom, there's hoop houses. i'm not talking about one or two, i'm talking about 25 that turned up overnight. also medical marijuana is legal in new mexico, both hemp and marijuana are illegal on tribal land. from

in fact, skully said that they crash in aztec, new mexico. neither skully nor keiaho every mention roswell. and we're going to talk a little bit later about why that is. but skully said sawers crash in aztec and not only do they crash, skully said, but bodies are found, three to four foot tall alien beings, really cementing the modern idea of the little green man comes out of skully's books. he also claims that the saucers come not from mars, but from venus. and the 1950s are really a key time in a mars/venus battle over where the flying saucers come from. skully loses popularity after 1952 because true magazine publishes an extensive article debunking his entire book. pointing out the fact that most or really all of skully's saucers are professional con men and really just spending page after page making fun of skully for believing the con men and even making fun of how terrible frank skully's writing is. it is a really mean article. and it destroys skully's credibility. but skully's ideas are going to have a really long shelf life. and actu

in fact, scully says they crashed into aztec, new mexico. scully doesn't even meng aztec and we'll talk about why that is. not only does it crash, but bodies are found, 3 to 4-feet tall alien beings, cementing the idea of the little green man that comes out of scully's books. he also claims the sources come not from mars, but from venus. and the 1950s are really kind of a key time in a mars-venus battle over where these flying sources come from. scully loses popularity after 1952, because "true" magazine publishes an extensive article debunking his entire book, pointing out the fact that most of -- or really all of scully's forces are professional con men and really just spending page after page making fun of scully for believing the con men and even making fun of how terrible frank scully's writing is. it's a really mean article. it destroys scully's credibility. but scully's ideas are going to have a really long shelf life, and actually just in recent years, there's been an uptick in people trying to attract some of the roswell tourism awa

and new mexico. it looks practically like it look in 1916 it's a couple miles above the mexican border if there is nothing but dust and rattlesnakes essentially. and a mixed anglo hispanic population. >> by the way, that's not the chamber of commerce the chamber of commerce was having a little problem because the mayor of columbus was arrested for arms trafficking with mexican drug cartel. and they are actually still trying to recover from that. the ceremonies itself if you go to columbus are very different based on the time of day. the older anglo citizens many of whom had grandparents involved in the attack. they had a ÃÃto talk about the violence. ...... went in as an effort to show we had moved on from this conflict. there you hear an entirely different version of what happened. it was so much a terrorist and as in his own mind a freedom fighter who was trying to do things that cause great pain to both countries. but felt himself forced to do that because he was fighting a corrupt mexican regim

mexico. >> it's synonymous with new mexico those record high temperatures continue out west. let's bring back in nbc meteorologist janessa webb >> yeah. i really want to give them better news, but we have no rain in sight for the pacific northwest. actually, our temperatures are really expanding across this area a change in the weather pattern and that's allowing the heat alerts to really be in place now for 15 million people. i expect that to really expand the next 24 hours. we are talking about record heat for the area first time this season we're in the upper 90s. the feel like temperature across california to southern california going to be in the triple digits, guys. >> janessa, thank you. >>> after a stunning serving up support for naomi osaka that's next. this towel has already been used and it still smells fresh. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry for up to 12-weeks. rinsing the dishes before they go in the dishwasher? well, new cascade platinum has 50% more cleaning power, so you don't have to

a prayer that tomorrow will finally bring the rain gadi schwartz, nbc news, sandoval county, new mexico >>> still ahead, hollywood sequel as americans go back to theaters >>> plus the close encounter you won't want to miss >>> a boat full of research students was awed by this giant shark they spotted off of cape cod. it's a basking shark some grow as long as 35 feet. but fortunately, they have very tiny teeth that is definitely something you would not find in the classroom. >>> as covid restrictions lift, americans are headed back to movie theaters, and as steve patterson reports tonight, hollywood is hoping for a blockbuster summer >> reporter: for movie lovers across the country -- >> first one in a long time >> reporter: -- this holiday weekend marks a milestone. the movie biz is on track to break $100 million in ticket sales, something that hasn't happened in more than a year and with now more than 70% of theaters back open audiences are racing back to the big screen >> we'd like to get the popcorn, you know, get a soda and just have that experience as a family again. >> run >> repo

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all of new mexico is under some sort of drought. finally, we pick up the rainfall but that could lead to the potential for flash flooding. so we have to watch this entire area for the potential for flash flooding. christie. >> all right. thank you so much for the heads up, tyler. good to see you. >>> still ahead next hour, we will take you back to surfside, florida. there are search and rescue operations that are growing more urgent by the hour, they say, as people there, they are holding hands, praying together hoping that they are going to pull some survivors out of this today. we will have the latest developments for you. stay close. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend. the world's first fully autonomous vehicle is almost at the finish line what a ride! i invested in invesco qqq a fund that invests in the innovators of the nasdaq-100 like you become an agent of innovatio

just this monday, forest service firefighter was seriously injured in new mexico. it is a small jumper from montana. this demonstrates the seriousness of this business. our thoughts and prayers are for him and his family as i know yours are as well. our infrastructure needs are pressing as are the economic needs of americans. when we improve the infrastructure of the national forest by upgrading roads trails and recreation sites, his first job growth and boost economies. thanks to the great american outdoor act, we expect to create an additional 4400 jobs and contribute an estimated $4,120,000,000 to the gdp annually. and i understand it the expectations that come on the firefighting pics, which went into effect this fiscal year. the fiscal year 20. i want to assure you of the fourth service remains a good investment. we understand congressional expectations for increasing accountability and oversight of fire spending. and during the fiscal year of 21, we did transition to the new budget structure that helps us increase the transparency of our spending. national fo

farther south several tornados were spotted in new mexico. at least one reportedly touched down but no damage reported. on the radar storms are expected today from new mexico and texas into the southeast and some rain along the east coast as well. checking today's high temperatures, more record heat in the west. heat alerts have been issued in nine state >>> coming up, the joyride to california that did not go as planned for a 9-year-old from utah and her 4-year-old sister. >>> but first a teenager hailed a hero. how he saved his neighbors from this fast-moving fire that destroyed their homes. >>> and later the herd of elephants on the loose. if you have obstructive sleep apnea and you're often tired during the day, you could be missing out on amazing things. sunosi can help you stay awake for them. once daily sunosi improves wakefulness in adults with excessive daytime sleepiness due to obstructive sleep apnea. sunosi worked for up to nine hours at 12 weeks in a clinical study. sunosi does not treat the cause of osa or take the place of your

i was interested to hear this backlog of acres ready in new mexico. what does it take to get these projects that have already cleared the environmental controls underway? it is a single limitation, as it just money? or is it anything else? >> it is certainly resources. if you think about an environmental clearance, we, you know, we say coal projects, right? everything that really needs to be done, from restoration to timber harvest, to maybe some quiet recreation upgrades. and some of those activities such as timber sales we can begin immediately, while others we don't have the resources, the money or the service contract that are needed and that takes resources in play. as a result, we have to be opportunistic about doing the right resources and the right match for these projects. so, we are leveraging a lot more work on the ground through our good neighbor agreements, through stewardship contracting -- >> i'm going to have to you ask you to shorten it a little bit. i think your answer was essentially, yes, it is funds. >> it is funds, but there's al

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representatives from new mexico's first congressional district, melanie stansbury. she was born in farmington an grew up in the north valley and west side of albuquerque. she's from a hard working family that typifies millions of new mexicans. melanie's mother supported her family as seam stress and heavy congresswomen operator. her family owned a landscaping and irrigation business where she worked growing up. after graduating from cibola high school she attended st. mary's in california and went on to graduate studies at cornell university. she came home and served our state as a science instructor through the museum of national history visiting schools across the state. before she was elected to office she served here in washington at the office of management and budget and the u.s. sne committee on energy and natural resources. congresswoman stansbury has been shown to be a dedicated public servant and i know she does not take her new role lightly.

representatives have added to their narrow majority with a special election win in new mexico. melanie stansbury easily took tuesday's vote. she'll succeed deb haaland, who was named interior secretary. the national football league pledged today to stop using race-norming to make a billion dollars in pay-outs for brain injuries. the medical practice adjusts for race in testing for dementia. retired black players say it assumes they started with lower cognitive functioning than whites, and that makes it harder to win compensation. and, on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 25 points to close at 34,600. the nasdaq rose about 20 points. the s&p 500 added six. still to come on the newshour: the debate over unemployment benefits intensifies as the u.s. economy recovers. a state of emergency in colorado for teens mental health.

. >> jonathan, we saw a consequence last night in new mexico, a special election to fill the seat in the first congressional district. the democrat, melanie stansbury, won 60.3% of the vote. she had a 24.6% margin, joe biden had a 23% margin in that district. the continuation of trumpism does not seem to be helping. >> that was an urban district, a heavily democratic district. i don't think we should read too much into it. but the larger point is that this assumption that the democrats are necessarily going to lose seats in the 2022 midterms because of voter

i was interested to hear that they have a backlog of acres ready in new mexico. what does it take to get these projects that have already cleared the environmental controls under way? is a single limitation, is it just money or anything else? >> is certainly is resources and if you think about environmental clearance, take all projects of everything that needs to be done from restoration to timber harvest to maybe some recreation upgrades and some of those activities such as timber sales, we can begin immediately while others, we don't have resources, money or service contracts needed and that takes resources so as a result we have to be opportunistic doing the right resources for these projects so we are leveraging a lot more work on the ground through our good neighbor agreements, stewardship contracting. >> going to have you shorten it a little bit there i think your answer was essentially yes, it's funds. >> but there's always things to improve how we get work done on the ground but is funds at the end of the day, absolutely. >> 25% in oregon is high hazard a

all from new mexico. among the victims we do know about are a former albuquerque police officer and his spouse. this tragedy hits especially hard. >> for all of us in new mexico, you know, we think about la looning and what it means to us, i know this is uniquely felt and hits hard at home in albuquerque and the ballooning community. >> reporter: the ntsb has long called for more regulation of ballooning. this came after an easterly similar crash involving power lines in 2016. >> the ntsb feels there needs to be greater oversight by the regulator. >> reporter: ntsb told cnn those comments still reflect the feeling of the agency when it comes to balloons. ntsb data shows 12 fatal crashes across the country since 2008 and that does not include today's crash. evan mcmorris santoro, cnn, new york. >>> more than 18 million people are under excessive heat warnings across parts of the western, u.s. portland, oregon hit 108 degrees fahrenheit over 42 degrees celsius on saturday. saturday morning was the second wa

in new mexico, democratic state representative melanie stansbury defeated republican state senator mark moores in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by interior secretary deb haaland. the democrats now hold 220 seats in the house and republicans, 211, with four seats vacant. stansbury, who previously worked in the obama administration, has backed progressive policies including medicare for all and the green new deal. and in puerto rico, unions are planning a general strike thursday in response to the privatization of the island's power system. labor leaders are demanding the cancellation of a contract with the private u.s. and canadian company luma energy, which formally took over the management of puerto rico's electric grid yesterday from prepa, which was crippled by hurricane maria. unions have warned the agreement with luma will increase the cost of electricity, displace thousands of workers, and allow the company to leave the island if a hurricane hits.

. >>> now to that tragic crash in the sky over new mexico. a hot air balloon plummeting to the ground over the weekend. this morning the investigation is just getting under way. >> the balloon just hit the electrical pole and they blew up. >> reporter: this morning, new details about the victims of this hot air balloon crash in new mexico. >> no one has a fire extinguisher? >> reporter: witnesses rushed to help as the basket burst into flames. four people were pronounced dead add the scene. all had strong ties to the local school system. among them, susan montoya, a beloved principal. >> susan was moving to another school next year, so the staff at georgia o'keefe chipped in to purchase the balloon ride. it was a way of showing susan how much they loved and appreciated her. >> reporter: her husband, john, was a special education teacher. >> he was the kind of person that made you remember there was kindness in this world. were due to celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary next week. >> they're just loving people. they loved each other. they

farther south several tornados were spotted in new mexico. at least one reportedly touched down but no damage reported. on the radar storms are expected today from new mexico and texas into the southeast and some rain along the east coast as well. checking today's high temperatures, more record heat in the west. heat alerts have been issued in nine states. >>> coming up, the joyride to california that did not go as planned for a 9-year-old from utah and her 4-year-ola enai a this fast-moving fire that destroyed their homes. >>> and later the herd of elephants on the loose. > >>>. >>> back now with a massive sink hole in new mexico. it's growing. it's about 200 feet in diameter and 65 feet deep. residents heard bha sounded like thunder and the groupd sank and evacuated. >> 15 members of fraternity facing charges in connection with with a students death. he died in 2019 after being ordered to drink a half gallon of rum. those accused are alcohol. a milyin charges. >> a teenager in georgia hailed a hero. credited with saving several people when

representatives have added to their narrow majority with a special election win in new mexico. melanie stansbury easily took tuesday's vote. she'll succeed deb haaland, who was med interior secretary. the national football league pledged today to stop using race-norming to make a billion dollars in payouts for brain injuries. the medical practice adjusts for race in testing for dementia. retired black players say it assumes they started with lower cognitive functioning than whites, and that makes it harder to win compensation. a federal judge today ruled against south the code of governor kristi noem in her bid to have july 4 fireworks at mount rushmore this year. the national park service originally denied the state a permit, citing crowds and covid-19 concerns that indigenous tribes opposition to the fireworks. last year, then-president trump traveled to the site to give an independence day speech.

scenic hot air balloon, ride turns deadly in new mexico. the details and a live report. >> also the city of oakland is dealing with it. 63rd homicide of this year, just days after city leaders voted to defund the pol >> tonight oakland police are looking for answers in the city's latest murder. officers say the victim was found shot around 11 o'clock last night on bancroft avenue. the victim who has not yet been identified died at the scene. the murder comes just days after the city leaders there in oakland voted to slash 80 million dollars from the oakland police budget over the next 2 years. >> so our budget make sure that the investigations division of opd is going to fully staffed. we'll have no cuts back. we're going to increase is to investigations, especially for serious and violent crimes. we're going to protect our cease-fire program which has been shown to help reduce. serious violent shootings. >> the murder from last night. no oakland's 63rd homicide of 2021. scary moments for alameda county deputies coming under fire while resp

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from new mexico seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize laura garcia for being named teacher of the year by the new mexico association of nonpublic schools. ms. herrell: throughout her 12-year career at gateway christian school in roswell, she has been instrumental in educating many students and instilling in them the importance of service before self. i applaud her for working hard every day to build up our future leaders and give them the confidence and values they need to find their own success. thank you for your dedication to your students and your diligence in your work. our teachers are crucial in the transfer of knowledge and wisdom to future generations. great teachers like laura build strong leaders and strong character and educating nation is a knowledgeable nation and a knowledgeable nation is a powerful one. we owe a great debt to all of th

new mexico is a very rural— new mexico. new mexico is a very rural place — new mexico. new mexico is a very rural place. we need broadband infrastructure to make sure that we're _ infrastructure to make sure that we're addressing the did general divide~ _ we're addressing the did general divide. and we need to be investing in our— divide. and we need to be investing in our clean — divide. and we need to be investing in our clean energy future. i helped to pass _ in our clean energy future. i helped to pass a _ in our clean energy future. i helped to pass a grid modernisation bill for new— to pass a grid modernisation bill for new mexico last year, and we really— for new mexico last year, and we really need to make those investments, so it's a really big item _ investments, so it's a really big item for— investments, so it's a really big item for us _ investments, so it's a really big item for us— investments, so it's a really big item for us. ., , , ., ., . item for us. congresswoman elect, melanie stansbury, _ item for us. congresswoman elect, melanie stans

the landslide win for melanie stansbury in new mexico provides clear evidence of a biden effect. it turns out being on the side of economic recovery, pandemic relief, vaccines and protecting democracy might be a winner with voters. she defeated the republican opponent who ran on crime and tried to paint her as soft on law and order. more than 20 points. and while the decisive victory of course cannot be extram lated, politico reports that it's enough to ease the party's fears of a closer result that could have protended a brutal midterm next year. added this, democrats hailed the comfortable win that the base enthusiasm did not wane and that the gop's doubling down on defunning the police attacks backfired. one of the central arguments on policy that the gop tested as a strategy is the attack after attack against biden and his agenda. it's fallen flat in the polls.

if new mexico can lead the way, we can follow it here in congress. because taking action at the federal level is reasonable. it's common sense. as don sh rieber -- shreiber said, new mexicans built our oil and gas infrastructure. and now they can design, manufacture the technology to monitor methane. innovation, we are looking for those good jobs that will come from the methane regulation that we will have now when we overturn this -- this rule. i'd like to thank my good friend, senator heinrich, for introducing and advancing this legislation in the senate, and my great colleagues here, representatives degette, lamb, and pallone for advancing and championing the cause of my wonderful children and students and state on this rule. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. latta: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce

. >>> the deadly hot air balloon crash in new mexico. the basket hitting power lines, separating from the balloon, plunging 100 feet to the ground, bursting into flames. five onned board. no one survived. the ntsb investigating tonight. >>> the dangerous and life-threatening heat wave in the west. sweltering temperatures up to 30 degrees above normal. all-time records expected to fall. 24 million people under heat alerts, many in some communities without air-conditioning. rob marciano standing by in the danger zone. >>> the fda's new warning about the very rare risk of heart inflammation associated with the moderna and pfizer vaccines in some young people. but health experts say not getting vaccinated is more of a risk. >>> the united express plane getting ready to take off, forced to turn back after a passenger opened the door and jumped out. > andeed report. nearly 150 sightings by navy pilots the intelligence community can't explain. one expert saying, we know they're real. the question is, what are they? >> good evening as we come on

to louis roblis, one of new mexico was highest profile attorneys despite available evidence. u. s. law enforcement likewise failed to determine the virtual background of the man behind the as tech shooting had the f. b, i simply done their job and look through the online, you know, gallery of statements that were being made had the f. b, i. ashley looked at the aspect shoot a school file, they would have realized that he was serious about committing the crimes. and ultimately he commit. they knew how to identify it. and they just simply didn't do it in this case. and in germany to the authorities had clear evidence, pointing to the far right network. but despite witness testimonies, describing william acheson as a potential attacker, that information was not forwarded to agencies in the us. it is our mission to hold those accountable who allowed this tragic event to occur. and if the german authorities are in fact at fault for this, they should be held accountable and we would consider pursuing litigation. if the evidence supports it, it would be a horrible thing to find out. an

out of new mexico. we are getting late details about a deadly hot air balloon crash. the final moments caught on camera what witnesses saw and what we now know about the five people on board. kathy park has the latest and a warning some of the images are disturbing. >> the balloon just fell. >> reporter: horror in the skies of albuquerque as a hot air balloon comes crashing down after striking power lines. >> we have a fire to where i believe a hot air balloon crashed. >> reporter: authorities saying the gonda gondala with five new mexico residents on board dropped fo roughly 100 feet killing four people at the scene. the fifth victim later died at the hospital the pilot is among the dead >> range in age from 40 to 60 years old. >> reporter: onlookers watched the nightmare play out miles away. a local photo journalist snapped images of the balloon falling before rushing over. >> i've witnessed a lot of death and destruction, and personally what i saw today was very, very disturbing. >> reporter: josh pe

polls have closed now in new mexico's first congressional district. let's check in with steve kornacki to see what we know. >> rachel, we have a winner in new mexico's first congressional district, a special election. the democrats melody defeated mark moore is the republican. defeated him handily. this is not quite all the votes. but just about all the votes. you see the margin for stanbury 24 points over. you see democrats win the seat. that in and of itself is not a shock. it had been democratic seat. depaul, and now the secretary of interior, this had been her seat. joe biden, the president, had carried this district overwhelmingly back in november. not a huge surprise the democrats win, but the story and the suspense coming into this election. it was all about the margin. let me take you through that angle. two numbers here that were benchmarked coming in tonight. i mentioned joe biden won this district in november. that's it right there. biden's margin. it was 23 points. it's one of the reasons democrats felt confident they could take depaul and

he provided deals 13 back them with information about the new mexico shooter william actress. and i came across atchison because he was apparently the best player anywhere of hatred on theme. his name was natural selector, i found that impressive. and he then introduced me to the munich attacker w, somebody wheels to what he thought about the german authorities refusing to admit a connection between acheson and somebody. that's just stupid we'll. so he ended up in the terrorist community. i wanted recognition in a social group. i came to it through instagram, where i looked for past attacks. most of the people are young, around 16, but somebody with 18. i didn't have any friends at high school. i was mostly just at my computer and didn't understand of a typical daily life of others. so i felt understood by these people when i posted stuff glorifying attacks and i get 200 likes for one of those photos. in the case of the munich attack, the germinal storage, he's failed to investigate the anti refugee club with serious consequences. and even in the wake of harlow, steam does not

without objection, the gentlewoman from new mexico, ms. her roe is recognized for one minute. >> i rise as dean of our delegation to introduce the newest member of the house of representatives from new mexico's first congressional district, melanie stansbury. she was born in farmington an grew up in the north valley and west side of albuquerque. she's from a hard working family that typifies millions of new mexicans. melanie's mother supported her family as seam stress and heavy congresswomen operator. her family owned a landscaping and irrigation business where she worked growing up. after graduating from cibola high school she attended st. mary's in california and went on to graduate studies at cornell university. she came home and served our state as a science instructor through the museum of national history visiting schools across the state. before she was elected to office she served here in washington at the office of management and budget and the u.s. sne committee on energy and natural resources. congresswoman stansbury has been s

polls have closed now in new mexico's first congressional district. let's check in with steve kornacki of what we know. >> hey rachel, we know a lot and stansbury has defeated mark moores. democrats win the seat. this had been a democratic seat. we got it from the big county that makes up the overwhelming bulk of this district. we knew democrats was going to do well. we did not expect necessarily would be this well for democrats. a 32-point advantage with stansbury. it certainly puts stansbury to win this decisive margin. it was not necessarily which party would win but would the democrats win by a convincing margin. joe biden won this district handily in november. that is it. that is biden's margin. it was 23 points. that's one of the reasons democrats felt confidence they would take deb haaland in the cabinet and taking the shot in the special election. biden won this district by 23. deb haaland who was on the ballot in a house race last november, she won by 16 points. i say there were benchmarks. those are the two benchmarks coming into this. what

but it's also the single largest threat to water and drought resilience in new mexico and much of the west as well. as well as our future climate adaptation and economic security. and as was noted by chief litzenberg's testimony, we're already spending billions of dollars a year at the federal and local and tribal levels to both suppress fire and fight fires across the west. so one of the things i wanted to talk a little bit about today is our forest science. so we focused a lot here today on fire weather, warning systems, and hazards. but one of the most significant and important ways that we can address and mitigate the catastrophic fires that are affecting the west is through forest management. and this is especially true in new mexico where a lot of really exciting climate and forest management science is happening. so we're seeing a lot of really incredible partnerships between our tribes and pueblos, our local county officials, nonprofit organizations like the nature conservancy, our national laboratories who are doing really exciting, complex modeling around forest dynamics, ca

atkeson from the university of new mexico, making us proud today. your research found that election officials can administer facially non-discriminatory election laws in a discriminatory manner. i read the idea even in new mexico where we actually have a history of higher participation by hispanic voters, the local street bureaucrats would ask would be id'd more often than not. >> the factors that seem to contribute to that are the very complicated laws that we have that allow different types of voters to give different types of ids and the fact that different types of voters are required different ids. new voters, for example, who haven't voted before, have to show a physical form of id. so some voters do have to do it. once you have sort of a setup like that, it creates more complications for both voters and poll workers. what are they supposed to do, and when in doubt, poll workers rely on their own sense of what they should be doing, what their own normative judgments are about giving id or not and how they decide to do that. >> so hr 1 allows v

also breaking tonic, winter has just been declared in the special election in new mexico, seen as a possible indicator about voter sentiment for democrats progressive push to the left. and concerns tonight about a possible meat shortage, how another big ransomware attack could put the nation's food supply in jeopardy. let's begin tonight with infrastructure as time runs down on a possible deal coming together, we are just hours away from a meeting between the president and the g.o.p. chief negotiator. kevin corke has the very latest tonight and kevin, i got to say when i talked to the senator sunday, she still sound hopeful. >> she did sound hopeful. i actually had a chance to hear a lot of her comments and i must say, that positivity could go a long way towards hopefully bridging the gap, but the planned one-on-one meeting as you know between biden and the senator actually comes after senate republicans last week offered a nearly trillion dollar counterproposal to the white house's infrastructure plan. that counter, by the way, still leaves the two sides about a trillion dollars apart. even

five people killed in new mexico after the balloon hit power lines. >> the balloon just fell off, you guys. it hit an electrical pole. >> the investigation this morning. >>> damage control, president biden trying to walk back comments on that bipartisan infrastructure deal as former president donald trump holds his first big rally since leaving office. >>> historic heat alert. 33 million americans across seven states facing life threatening conditions. temperatures hitting all time highs, plus, the flooding fears in the midwest. some spots seeing nearly a foot of rain. >>> shark attack. california attacked by a great white. >> terrifying. great white shark. i've seen "jaws." i know what they can do. >> how the victim managed to make it back to shore. >>> and a big night for music. the boss back on broadway, and the b.e.t. awards hours away. "gma" there on the red carpet with an exclusive look behind the scenes. the top talent up for the awards and the record number of performances coming your way tonight. >>> good morning, america. we begin with the heartbreaking news from surfside, f

this is special election day in new mexico's first congressional district. the race is expected to be a key indicator of how voters regard the left's progressive agenda. our correspondent has the story. >> traditionally democrats dominate in albuquerque but experts say today's race for new mexico's first congressional district may expose how voters feel about democrats' agenda so far. >> the house of representatives is extremely close right now so every district matters. so yes, there is a lot of attention being placed on this race. >> republican state senator mark -- is running against democratic state representative melanie stanceberry. he accused stansberry are backing a far left agenda with her support of the breathe act, a measure which calls for defunding some police departments. >> the democrats have gone so far left, they have nominated an incredible radical that would fit right into the aoc wing of the party. >> with crime surging in new mexico and nationally, moore is embracing a pro law enforcement agenda, as the republicans compile a taj just for

. >>> tonight, another sad story, a scenic hot air balloon ride in new mexico ending in tragedy after it hit a power line. five people died. cnn's he evan mcmorris-santoro more. >> reporter: pam, when you imagine what could go wrong on a hot air balloon ride, this is one of the worst scenarios. the balloon struck a power line which separated the gondola from the balloon. the gondola crashed down into an intersection and the envelope floated along for a while before landing in someone's backyard. police arrived on the scene and found four people dead including the pilot and one man in dire condition. he went to the hospital and unfortunately passed away from his injuries. it's a terrible story, and one that hits especially hard in new mexico, which is a kind of balloonist haven. it's the home of one of the largest balloon gatherings every year. mayor tim keller of albuquerque said earlier today just how hard this is hitting that community. >> for all of us in new mexico, you know, we think about ballooning and what it means to us. i do know this is a tragedy uniquely felt and it unique

he was a hillbilly from the mountains to from the sacramento mountains in southern new mexico. he grew up on a small apple farm and that made him a hillbilly literally. i mean the the rancher family's down near alamogordo. they were more affluent. they were more worldly, you know his life really he spent most of his life at 3,000 feet or so and and he was always poor. i mean he said, you know, our family didn't even know that the great depression happened. we were broke in the 20s. he his father was an orphan part chair kawa indian had been raised in a brothel and he acted like a man who was raised in a brothel. i mean, he settled a lot of fights with a revolver. he you know was a heavy drinker kind of man, but unstable his mother was also unstable probably would diagnose her as bipolar or border. personality disorder or something like that the men in the family tended to consider bill a runt and a troublemaker. the women in the family tended to consider him a genius and they were kind of both right and the family fell apart when bill was 14 years old. he moved with his 15 year