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this is abc15 news, taking action. seven people gunned down in cold blood. why some are asking if the serial street shooter is acting alone. and people in one neighborhood still feeling the impact of this week's storms but will we see rain this weekend? iris hermosillo has your forecast. and we are following a controversy involving an arizona agency. why we may never learn if there was some sort of an outside influence. i'm danielle lerner. >> and i'm justin pazera. thank you for joining us for the valley's only 11:00 newscast. first we want to bring you a breaking traffic alert right now. traffic was stopped for quite some time on i-17. you can see them kind of adjusting that adot camera. there is some sort of a police situation right now but traffic is back open right now, it looks like it's running pretty smoothly. it's going to take a little bit for it to totally clear up but a heads up if you are heading out in that area. all new at 11:00 for you,
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accused of collecting $4000 in unemployment that he wasn't qualified for. the department of economic security tells us the complaint was filed against patrick bernard morgan back in january. he was taken into custody yesterday. we will let you know once the court date is set. and right now flags have been lowered at all state buildings. governor doug ducey just making that declaration in honor of a border patrol agent who died in a motorcycle accident near tucson. manuel alvarez was on duty at the time and was stationed at the casa grande border patrol station. this is not the first time jesse wilson has gone missing. abc15's allison rodriguez has the newly released police report and picks this story up from buckeye. >> reporter: i'm standing not far from where little jesse wilson was found before when he was out wandering just down here a couple houses down from his house. now, in this police report that we are getting our hands on now, we find out new details, like the fact that his mom told
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trying to leave the house without permission. the report also states that jesse's mom crystal said she put locks on the doors and windows in the home but jesse kept finding his way out. in this instance she says that he opened an upstairs window and climbed down the electrical box. that's when he was found by neighbors around 4:30 in the morning. the police report goes on to state that at the time jesse was found in his school uniform and he only had socks on. one neighbor says when they found him, he didn't say much. >> are you scared? and he waiting for the police. >> did he say anything else? >> no. >> all of this happened about three months before jesse was reported missing and police say they still need your tips. that e-mail and phone number at the bottom of your screen. reporting in buckeye, allison rodriguez, abc15. we are working to get new details about a wild police chase in the east valley, a guy trying to ditch officers while driving a stolen tow truck. >> the truck flying down i-10 at wild horse pass last night and it wasn't long before
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kyrene from the 202. >> the driver eventually stops but that was only after that truck caught fire. we have also got some exclusive video of that driver getting loaded into an ambulance. he was actually bitten by a k-9 officer after police say he tried to run away. now to the latest in the search for the serial street shooter. he has been terrorizing our streets for months now. and this morning new questions about that investigation. is the killer acting alone? abc15's katie connor has are looking at surveillance video from nearby businesses trying to catch the killer and we just learned that witnesses have told detectives they saw two other passengers in the killer's car during one of his attacks. two months ago today stephanie ellis, her 12-year-old daughter and angela leonard were killed and police just revealed witnesses reported seeing two passengers in the killer's car. he was wearing red shorts and a white t-shirt. police found shell casings in the victim's car which means
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close in range. about 30 minutes before the murder, detectives believe an empty truck was targeted about five, 10 miles away. investigators found shell casings there that tied the two cases together. now take a good look at your screen. if you recognize the man in this sketch, call silent witness at 480-witness. reporting from downtown phoenix, katie connor, abc15 news. the cleanup in picacho after our latest round of monsoon storms. pinal county sheriff's posting their pictures today on you can see really that water just filling all of the roads right there. two families, they needed to be evacuated. the big question, though, are we going to get more of this rain? >> iris, you were saying even though it's not raining, there's still a flood warning in effect? >> yeah, that area got hit so hard yesterday that that rain is still slowly receding, especially right along the mcclelland wash, if you're familiar with that area. that area still under a flood warning until 3:15 this afternoon. so stay on alert if you are in that area, of course avoid
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flooded washes here until the water recedes, again, that alert still in effect. no new rain down there, though, and the valley has been quiet all morning long as we woke up to clear skies. but we are starting to see some storms pop up in northwest, arizona, right near kingman at this hour, a few storms south of flagstaff near sedona and a few pop-ups in the white mountains too. coming up in just a little bit, we will talk about what our storm threat looks like for the valley and the rest of the state plus we will talk temperatures too because as we head into the weekend, it's going to start to get much hotter, guys. >> thank did aps buy two seats on the arizona corporation commission? it turns out we may never know. three of the commissioners voted against a fourth who wanted to force aps to open their books, calling the probe political. what's not -- it's not illegal for companies to make political contributions but some have accused of utility company of using the money to buy influence in setting rates and on solar policies. motorcycle mystery in the east valley after troopers find
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that motorcycle found at the us- 60 and loop 101 right between tempe and mesa, the initial call showed some concern the rider might have plunged off of one of the fly ramps that connects the two freeways. doesn't appear that that was the case. a gut wrenching interview you will only see right here on abc15. police say eveiledo -- evaldo martinez was hit and killed by a driver going 50 miles an hour. his family gathered last night for a prayer vigil. his dinner waiting for him to come home from work but police came to the door instead. she is heart broken over the loss and furious that the man suspected of killing her husband is already out of jail. >> it's not fair that he gets to go home and have warm food ready for him. he don't understand that he
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>> just a nightmare for any family to go through this. martinez has a 9-month-old daughter. that family now raising money to to support her and try to pay for his funeral costs. we have information if you'd like to help up on abc15.com. but that suspect, victor cepeda is facing manslaughter charges. bail was set at $100,000. he posted it. due back in court next week. in about an hour family and friends will say goodbye to a loving son, brother, friend teammate. zack camila was the u of a football player who died in his sleep earlier this week. a hard working immigration gunned down in cold blood. his family hoping this surveillance video gets some answers. amajy tour was shot in a robbery on monday at the 7- eleven on 16th street and southern. that video is showing you the killer storming into that store shortly before gunning down
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as soon as possible behind bars, to protect not only sikh community but protect all other working at their night shift or day shift at any convenience store or gas station. >> a second clerk got out of that store safely. that reward in this case, it is now up to $11,000. taking action to stop the zika virus from spreading. what officials are now doing to keep mosquitoes a and not one, but two green pools now at the olympics. new developments out of rio coming up. and that brings us to our poll of the day, would you swim in a pool as green as the ones
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now to a health alert, more bad news for people living in
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by the zika virus outbreak. there are now 25 cases of the virus. >> today air crews plan to spray the affected area and drop tablets of larva eating bacteria into the storm drains. the mosquito populations, they are reportedly dwindling. another health alert to tell you, about this one involves your kids and their hearts. apparently they are not so healthy. in fact, nine out of 10 kids in the u.s. are said to have a poor diet that most kids also fall short of physical activity guidelines meant to encourage a healthy heart. the findings coming from the american heart association. it happens when you're sleeping, most people, they are not even aware that they are doing it, but it can be incredibly harmful, not only does teeth grinding damage your pearly whites, it can also cause other health problems by putting pressure on the muscles and the tissues around your jaw before it gets this far, though, dentists recommend getting a mouth guard, try avoiding anything that contains caffeine and cut back on alcohol, it tends to get worse
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as one pool turns green, another one closes. the latest on the water situation at the rio olympics. and our temperatures are warming up under those sunny skies, already in the mid-90s. we will talk about how hot it's
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take a live look now at loop 101 in the west valley. looks great now, doesn't it? but expect heavy traffic in just a few hours from now if you need to take the agua fria freeway or the 10.
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their first preseason tonight at university of phoenix stadium and not too far away from that, jason aldean is having a concert tonight at the pavilion at 7:30. if you need to take the 101 or 10 in the west valley, expect heavy traffic. who can forget this green water right here? it's what our athletes, they have been swimming in in the olympics. now this diving pool at the rio olympics, it's closed, that happening today after a second pool turned green. so no word yet if the closure events but a spokesperson for the rio organizing committee says a sudden change in alkalinity is to blame. others blaming algae blooms and the organizers say they are apparently running out of chemicals to treat that water. it's the end of an era, an a rod era in new york, i should say. today alex rodriguez plays his last game as a yankee. the team is expected to celebrate the 41-year-old during that game, then release
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here. this woman, apparently so desperate to get from one place to the other she stole a car from an auto shop because her car broke down. that's the story coming from sheriff's deputies after they chased her down in mohave county. turns out, though, deputies say that car was not hers either. came from the same auto shop. 28-year-old sarah dumond is even more trouble because the owner got hurt trying to stop her. he was dragged by that truck when she took off. the third person who was valley this week has died. 33-year-old christian salahi was trying to save his neighbor who fell into an underground storage bin. fire crews say oxygen levels were low because of the recent rains. salahi leaves behind a wife and two daughters. a vigil for all three men planned for tonight at 7:00. new gear for a k-9 deputy and the pima county sheriff's department. he got a new bulletproof vest.
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protective vests for law enforcement dogs and looks like he's loving that new outfit right there. so every emergency, it's a little different and from the outside it may look a lot different too. now the quest is on to figure out if drones are in the future when it comes to assessing danger for emergency responders. so police and fire crews, they just met in cincinnati to really talk about this idea. the faa is expected to announce new licensing rules later this month. some in the field believe crews will work alongside drones in the next six months to a the sun devils are packed up and heading back to camp today. this is new video from move-in happening now at asu's campus downtown. don't be surprised if you see the streets full of students, parents and all their stuff, it's taking up space on the curbs there. students from tempe, asu west and the polytechnic campus start start -- moving in this
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still heading out maybe to help friends move in, make sure that you're staying hydrated and sunblock also a great idea. we are under a uv alert. talk about your forecast because i am tracking changes as we head into the weekend after a very stormy week across the valley and the state. we had some drenching storms, some flash flooding to deal with this week. this morning much quieter. in fact, looking at mostly clear skies here this morning, with just a few high clouds as we look out behind camelback mountain but otherwise looking pretty good from valley cam. our temperature is starting to warm up, a little bit further than where we were yesterday at this time. remember yesterday we started out with the rain and clouds so that kept our temperatures a little cooler through the morning hours. now with all that sunshine we are back into the mid-90s, just to compare, yesterday's high was in the upper 90s. we are going to get well past that today and get hotter with all of the sunshine. we still do have some lingering moisture near the surface where we can feel it. so it's still going to be a little humid as you step
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that actually is giving us a bit of a heat index so a feels- like temperature that's hotter than the actual air temperature sitting at 98 degrees. and we've got some light breezes around the valley too, which will keep going into the afternoon just between about five and 15 miles an hour coming in out of the west. overall, though, drier air is starting to move in, especially aloft, higher up in the atmosphere and you can actually see all of that brown indicating that drier air that's setting in. that's going to suppress the storm chances for the valley but there is still a chance for those storms in the high country and you can already e things are getting a little active on abc15 desertdoppler especially across northern arizona. seeing some storms across that northwest pocket, especially right around kingman, this little storm tracking to the southeast, so kingman looks like it's going to bypass you to the north but keep an eye on it. again, it's got quite a bit of lightning with it and some pockets of heavier rain still within some of these storms firing up so important to stay alert if you're in the high country. another storm just east of sedona, that one also tracking to the east over towards happy jack so watch for that one, again, it's producing quite a
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a few pop-ups through the mountains west of greer and around the greer area so again keep an eye out on that. here in the valley, though, things have been pretty quiet and they are likely going to stay quiet as we go into this afternoon. with just a slight chance of a few storms coming close right along that higher terrain to our north so we will have to watch those but for now keeping that forecast dry again as we lose some of that moisture, not enough to really get storms right here in the phoenix metro. but you can even see futurecast keeping storms out of the valley, a few pop-ups out to our west, but th staying dry, again those storms continuing in the higher terrain scattered in nature. not as widespread as what we have seen over the last few days. and then by this evening into tonight, things clearing out, we will start the day tomorrow with mostly clear skies and then some more storms in eastern and southeast arizona but the valley dry tomorrow and dry into sunday as well with those sunny skies sticking around. in fact, it's not going to be until about wednesday that we start to bring back those storm chances for the valley and in the high country, again, that
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chances through the weekend and then storm chances climb for the high country going into next week. temperatures will get hotter the next few days as we dry out, i'll show you those temperatures in just a bit. >> thanks, iris. lawsuits controversial and a man behind a bunch of ada lawsuits now being
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how you want to make it all sound really bad. let me tell you this, there's nothing bad there. there's no -- >> this lawyer has sued more than 1300 businesses for ada violations. his name is peter stroynick and works for a group called advocates for individuals with disabilities. >> we have been telling you
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of weeks. dave biscobing exposes mistakes in the cases and why there's now a state bar investigation. >> reporter: joanne burgess doesn't think much of the lawyer who sued her and demanded thousands to settle. >> pretty ticked off. i've got a stronger word that i won't use it. >> reporter: she owns this building. her current tenant, a coffee shop. their violation, they didn't have this van sign. >> i felt that what they were doing was totally and completely unethical so i wrote a letter to the state bar. >> reporter: abc15 corn firmed the state bar has open investigations against attorney peter stroynick. >> two of the defendants became grumpy. they try to intimidate. >> reporter: you think it's intimidation? >> yeah. >> reporter: legal experts say while his methods filing ada lawsuits are controversial it doesn't mean they are illegal but there would be an issue if he's made mistakes and our investigation found he has. >> i look at every case individually. >> reporter: the couple you've gotten wrong and had to drop? >> i know. >> reporter: for example this owner of this building sued
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he already sued them. in this parking lot a judge tossed cases against multiple businesses because they were sued even though they don't own or control the lot. he even sued this patch of dirt. apparently he mistook this dusty parcel of land for a neighboring location. and meet sharon olson. >> it's a shame. >> reporter: she owns a wedding and party rental shop in mesa and says there's a major conflict of interest in her case. >> i can't believe peter is suing us. >> reporter: peter sued her even though records show he set up her business. >> >> these are my articles of incorporation that peter stroyneck wrote. here is his signature. >> reporter: she wrote him to point out the conflict but someone with advocates for disabilities called back with an offer. >> and he said that they would drop the lawsuit if i would talk to their pr person. >> reporter: instead, she is making a different call. >> i'm actually calling the state bar today. >> reporter: if all of this isn't the first time he has been -- and this is not first
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bar's attention. >> how many times have you been reprimanded by the state bar. >> it's a wonderful question because state bar and i have a wonderful relationship. we entered into a friendly agreement that i would take 30 days off to deal with my -- >> reporter: suspended? >> you can call it suspended. >> reporter: the state bar did a 30 day suspension. in 2007 for conduct -- 2011 for conduct called frivolous, prejudicial and insulting. how many previous state bar actions have they taken you? >> i think -- i think that was it. >> reporter: the correct answer is three. in fact it's clearly marked in the state bar's website and in the last few days we have learned there are even more businesses that have filed new complaints. now, you can find all of this information on a special website dedicated to this story, abc15 news -- it's abc15.com/lawsuit. in the newsroom, dave biscobing, abc15 news. >> more fantastic work by our abc15 investigators. thank you, dave.
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front of her face. only on abc15 what a car wash worker says now about the frightening encounter. and a death investigation
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a robber messes with the wrong clerk. only on abc15 we are hearing from the cash wash employee held up by a man with a machete. >> police say he walked into a car wash near pv mall last week
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the clerk says she recognized the guy as a regular customer but this time he was waving that weapon in her face. >> he said he hates to do this to me but if i could open the register for him. i was terrified. i wanted to hurry up and give him the money and get him out of here. i didn't want to deal with him or nothing. >> so police say hambrick made off with about $250. they caught up with about an hour later. it's a gamble they weren't supposed to take, two illegal gambling operation. they both shut down in phoenix. several people arrested. search warrants also served at two glendale homes. state investigators say that they have been looking into these places for almost a year now. just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier, take a look at the headline here, it says jodi arias letters from prison reveals plans to mary another woman's man. jodi arias may have another
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according to "in touch" magazine. she details her plans to mary ben erntz. they have been exchanging letters back and forth for years but he was in a relationship all this time. the letter also talks about how arias plans to get pregnant. police on the hunt for this guy. they say he shot a security guard outside a glendale apartment complex. it all happened exactly one week ago near 59th avenue and bethany home road. thankfully that security guard was wearing a bulletproof vest that but the gunman still on the run. he's in his mid-20s about 5'9" weighing 200 pounds. call police if you have any information. listen to this, police say a fired tempe worker was caught on camera keying his boss's corvette. yeah, the employee was let go and when he went back for his tools, the boss tells us all that damage you see there was left behind. added up to $4000 to fix it. the boss's car was in the shop getting fixed but he says he's
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down and arrested. >> i just had a feeling. i even said something he was standing behind me, i said you're not going to do anything to my car, are you? $4000 is a lot of money and he will be paying it back come rain or shine. he's going to pay. >> that fired employee, nicholas western is now facing criminal damage charges. happening today in court, opponents of prop 205 are making a last-ditch effort to get the initiative off the november ballot. they don't want to see recreational arizona and they claim the petition does not accurately describe what this measure would do. new video of jerry sandusky arriving at a pennsylvania court today. he's on the stand for the first time denying the child molestation charges that he was convicted for in 2012. he's serving 30 to 60 years in prison. the former penn state football coach is hoping to have that conviction thrown out or get a new trial. all new at 11:00, hillary clinton making good on her promise to release her tax returns. the new documents out today
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clinton paid a federal tax rate of 34.2% last year, nearly 10% of their income went to charity. donald trump says he won't release his filings until the irs finishes its audit. and speaking of trump, he is not backing down after saying president obama and hillary clinton are the founder and cofounders of isis. abc karen travers with the very latest from washington. >> reporter: donald trump said some version of his new attack line nearly 20 times days. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. they are the founders. these are the founders of isis because of bad judgment. he is the founder in a true sense. >> reporter: but this morning he says everyone, especially the media, is taking this the wrong way, tweeting, they don't get sarcasm? but trump sounded pretty serious in his interview with conservative radio host hugh hewitt who tried to send trump a lifeline.
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you meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace. >> no, he meant he's the found of isis. >> but he's not sympathetic to them, he hates them, he's trying to kill them. >> he was the founder. >> reporter: hillary clinton writing on twitter, anyone willing to sink so low so often should never be allowed to serve as our commander in chief. it's been another rough week for trump and another brutal magazine cover. this time it's the new yorker with this image but yesterday a different tone from the brash candidate telling an audience of religious leaders in florida -- pennsylvania is a little further off. i'm having a tremendous problem in utah. >> reporter: and this rare admission to cbn news' brody file. >> and i'm not perfect and maybe i'm less perfect than some people but i have certain abilities that are good like being able to do things. >> reporter: donald trump is on the campaign trail today in pennsylvania, a must win state for him. but polls are showing hillary clinton is ahead by as many as 10 points.
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across the nation now, two people found dead under a tree in a cemetery now police think that they were struck by lightning. the man and woman found yesterday by a groundskeeper in upstate new york, a major storm has come through that areas -- or did come through that area hours earlier. the medical examiner is trying to determine the exact cause of death. a third amusement park accident in a matter of days. this time a 3-year-old boy fell off a roller coaster in pennsylvania, that boy was alert at the time he was airlifted to a condition at this point still really not clear and the park has not provided any details on exactly what happened. it's coming days after a 10- year-old boy was decapitated while on a water slide in kansas. that park, it is back open but the ride is still closed. and on monday night three kids, they fell from a ferris wheel at a county fair in tennessee. thankfully they did survive. we want to give you a heads up about a big road closure happening in surprise. grand avenue will close at bell road starting tonight at 10:00
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morning at 5:00. adot workers are about halfway through construction on the new interchange. they have to shut it down so that crews with pour concrete on the future bell road bridge project. adot says the project is on track. >> there's still a lot of work to accomplish but we are on a good pace in terms of accomplishing this goal getting traffic switched onto the bell road overpass in time for the holiday shopping season. >> the entire interchange is set you will see the same traffic alert the next two friday nights. we are celebrating the red, white and blue team u.s.a. taking home more gold medals. we will have highlights from the event. and we are getting an early taste of football as football returns to the valley. abc15's jason stably has a preview from the university of phoenix name. first your wild news of the week. we want to warn you this video
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goodness, when a truck ran right into him there. the driver stopped, gets out but only to look at the damage before driving away. over the next hour several people walk by without stopping to help him. the one person who did stop then stole the man's cell phone. sadly when police got to him,
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just right clean. just right price. sparkle. just right. team u.s.a. just anile lighting -- annihilating the competition in several events. >> simone biles had a breath taking performance. the 19-year-old was in tears after her final routine. teammate aly raisman capturing silver with a near flawless floor exercise and then the final duel between michael phelps and ryan lochte.
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individual meldly. phelps won his 22nd gold medal becoming the first swimmer ever to win the same event at four stream olympics. >> also in the pool, simone manuel tying a canadian for the gold in the 100-meter freestyle. this one making her the first african-american female swimmer to win a medal in any individual event. medal count now, team u.s.a. still in the lead with 39 medals. china has 31 with japan, great britain and australian rounding out the top five. because the season is officially here. >> what are you going to have tonight watching the game? some wings? >> still trying to decide. chicken wings sound really good, i'm not going to lie. >> in a few hours the cardinals are going to be taking on the raiders at the university of phoenix stadium. abc15's jason snavely has a preview of tonight's preseason match-up. >> reporter: we are down to the final hours, guys. it's here, cardinals game day has arrived. of course it's all quiet for now here at university of phoenix stadium but not for long.
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play. now, don't expect to see much of the starters in this one. they will see very little action this early on. it will mainly be the guys fighting to make that final roster, the bottom line cardinals football is back. cards welcome the oakland raiders to town. kickoff set for 7:00 right here on abc15. pregame starts at 6:30 and we will have live reports all throughout the night beginning at 4:00. but for now that's all from glendale, send it back to you. >> again, the cardinals football kicks off right here on abc15 tonight. the cards are hosti, the raiders. the game starts at 7:00, cardinals pregame 6:30 and of course our live coverage starting at 4:00 right here on abc15. >> just want to make sure you don't forget. can't say it enough. we know you love a good deal. the popular retailer just starting to see the benefits of bringing you more sales. and if you're planning on hiring a mover, don't get talked into spending thousands more than you agreed upon. joe lets you know how to avoid the scams and protecting your
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carrier, but some experts say it's the overlapping network of mobile apps and rewards programs that complicate the airline industry's computer system. just one day after we told you macy's is closing 100 stores and other -- another retailer making progress in its efforts to rebuild its business. jcpenney posting a net lot of $56 million for the second quarter but that sounds pretty bad but it's better than expected. overall year-to- up and 1 1/2 % and you will remember jcpenney brought sales back to its stores a few years back after its plan to offer everyday low prices back fired big time. here's the tough news. you will probably have to wait another year for apple's newest iphone but the company is moving pretty fast to revamp its mac book computers. bloomberg is reporting the new mac books will have a center body, touch screen for function keys and more powerful graphics processors but apple is not expected to introduce those new
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when the company normally unveils the latest iphones so stay tuned. more f16 fighter jets could be coming to arizona in an effort to train more pilots. the air force now looking to start two interim training units. luke air force base and the tucson air guard station are both potential options. any change would not be made until next year. a major showdown in court over the push to increase our state's minimum wage. people against that hike claim petition signatures weren't gathered the right way. we have out some of the signatures and is expected to make a decision as soon as monday. if this makes it on the november ballot and gets passed, our minimum wage would jump to $12 an hour by 2020. there's a big shortage of construction workers in arizona and it could mean a tougher time finding a new home but it could also be an opportunity if you're looking for work. home builders like toll brothers are seeing a demand for new housing but many of them sit idle waiting for crews to get work.
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openings. arizona contractors are paying 20% nor wages -- more in wages to lure in workers from other states. joe ducey and producer courtney homes talking about moving complaints. it's important you do your research before you hire anybody and that you get a written estimate with money amounts and no blank spaces when you sign it. >> make sure you get a bill of lading. that's everything that's going on the truck, everything that's coming off the truck. make sure you're there the whole time credit card. >> that's before. after you may have some problems. we have heard companies holding stuff hostage, keeping it on the truck until you give them extra money. it's illegal. don't do it. call the police. >> and if -- you're only going to get $60 a pound. make sure you look into getting insurance that will repair or replace your stuff. >> go to my facebook page. >> we told you how the new students are just now arriving at asu today.
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get their attention but did they go too far or spend too much? >> take a quick look at video made by alpha fi and then give you a crash course on all of the details. ?[ music ]? >> so fancy. from helicopter rides to pink jeep tours, even a custom song. fi spent between 200 and $400,000 to make this video. >> oh, my gosh. okay. so did you notice anything was missing in this? critics point out the lack of economic academic with the focus of philanthropy, many are questioning if this money could have been better spent. the girls seem pretty proud of it. we have made several calls trying to hear from all the girls. they referred us to their national office which has not
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>> at least it showcased, you know, our beautiful -- >> it was very well produced. >> the landscape and the weather. >> it should be for a few hundred thousand dollars. >> seriously. >> and all those beautiful sites too. it's the weekend, a lot of folks might be traveling heading up north to get out of the heat. it is going to get hotter here but watch for storms? the high country as you are heading out early, leaving work early this afternoon as we still have that chance. the valley, though, dry and quiet here this morning. what a difference from what we woke up to yesterday, right, and through parts of pinal county and where we had some of that drenching rainfall. not the case here this morning but we are starting to see some of the storms fire up to our north and northwest, you notice even mohave county getting in on the action with storms all around kingman so if you're in the kingman area keep an eye on the sky and remember indoors is the best place to be as these storms roll through. some are producing the dangerous lightning and also pockets of heavier rain. you can see in the red, right now a storm near wikieup and
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you've been quiet out near the river but you've got at least scattered storms developing so that chance is there for more of those as we go into the afternoon. a few more pop-ups also around the flagstaff area, also along i-10 near mayer, so if you are traveling up i-17 to flagstaff you may get caught under of the heavier showers and storms as those continue to fire up. and seeing the storms fire up in the white mountains with a few also popping up out near payson here at this hour. so things are getting going ou is well away from the valley for now. as we go into this afternoon, we will have to keep an eye out on the higher terrain just north of the valley so just north of cave creek as some storms could come close but not expecting those storms to actually make it into the phoenix metro. and you will notice futurecast also keeping the phoenix metro dry but we will watch those areas across, again, the foothills, spots like wickenburg and areas west of buckeye as we could get a stray shower or thunderstorm there. and again along the foothills but the rest of us looking at quiet conditions.
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plan on those clearing skies. tomorrow mostly sunny skies and sunny heading into sunday as well. as you look at your forecast for the next seven days as far as rain chances go, the valley staying quiet and dry until the middle of next week when those storm chances start to inch back up. for the high country a slight chance for storms today, then isolated chances as we go through the weekend and then as we head into next week, those storm chances will gradually start to go back up in the high country. temperaturewise, though, we are getting hotter as we get drier air in her the hundreds today at 103, hotter to our west near 108 today in lake havasu. mid-90s in sedona and a high of 81 today for the flagstaff area. valleywide the temperatures will make it back into the low 100s but that still puts us below the 30-year average of 105 with spots like glendale making it up to 103 this afternoon and speaking of glendale, if you're heading out there for the cardinals game this afternoon or this evening, kickoff is at 7:00. the temperature is still around 100 degrees by the time the
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walking into the stadium and temperatures will cool through the 90s through the game so by the time you're heading home, we will be in the low 90s. but the good news is they usually keep that stadium inside in the 70s. so that temperature should be very comfortable during the game as the cardinals face off against the raiders here this afternoon. and then overnight those temperatures will drop into the low to mid-80s across the valley under those clear skies so your saturday morning waking up to a low of 85 degrees in phoenix. and the weekend outlook looking hotter, sunny skies through the weekend with temperatures at 106 those morning temperatures in the mid-80s i'll show you that seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, iris. a man has quite the fishing tale to tell. >> zane rutt gets in the water with a shark after reeling it in off the coast of maryland. carefully removes the hook from its mouth as part of a catch and release plan. before he lets it go, gosh, he picks up the shark to make sure it was strong enough to swim away.
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abc15's poll of the day is brought to you by sanderson ford. >> now to the results of our poll of the day. so we wanted to know if you would swim in pools as green as those two in rio. i would say i would be among the 75%, danielle. >> yeah, i would say no, unless i knew it had been dyed with safe coloring or something. >> if it was st. patrick's day danielle would get in the pool. 25% would actually get in that water. >> best of luck with that. recapping our top story as we come up on the noon hour, flags, you will notice some lowered at all stay buildings today in honor of a border patrol agent.
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died. he was stationed at the casa grande border patrol station. >> we may never know if aps bought two seats on the arizona corporation commissioner. three of the commissioners voted against a fourth who wanted to force aps to open up their books calling the probe political. it's not illegal but some have accused of utility company of using their money to buy influence. we are expecting to get details of this police chase. a stolen tow truck racing down i-10 at wild horse pass and it wasn't too long before police were right there on its tail. the driver was eventually bitten by a k-9 officer after police say he tried to run away and that truck you see right there only stopped because it eventually caught on fire. so wild chase. as soon as we get new info, we will pass that along. i'm going to keep an eye on abc15 desertdoppler because we are going to get storms firing up to our north over the higher terrain, a few storms you can also see moving out near aguila
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looks like that's going to stay out of the valley, though so we will keep watching it this afternoon. overall beginning our drying trend in the phoenix metro with the best potential for storms in the higher terrain. heading out to watch the cardinals kick off their season against the raiders in glendale, that temperature around 100 degrees as we head towards kickoff so still in the hundreds but again inside the stadium cooler. that's the good news, as long as they will keep the roof open, which i don't think they will. 103 today, and going through the weekend staying dry rot and getting hotter up to near 110 by terrible. it's just going to be hot. >> it could be worse. >> yes. >> that's what we will tell ourselves. the cearnldz, just in -- the cardinals, in case you haven't heard, they kick off right here on abc15 tonight, taking on the raiders. the game starts at 7:00, the pregame at 6:30, live coverage
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