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what happened. >> reporter: some messages are more detailed than others. >> we received a bomb threat. we want to let you know your kids are safe. the students are safe. they are in an evacuation area. >> reporter: that was thursday. compare that to monday. >> we are on lock down at this time. we received information from the police department. they directed us to go on lock down. we don't know all the details at this time. >> reporter: some parents say no reason was given why. that is led to more rumors and fear. >> when you don't know you speculate. where does everybody's mind go when they speculate? to the worse scenario. >> reporter: police are investigating this and they say they will hold these pranksters accountable if caught.
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parents informed just as quickly as possible when something like this happens but sometimes they are not given all the details from police that is why there is a little bit of a communication there. >> thank you very much. breaking political news just coming in. donald trump confirming he will be speaking at the downtown hyatt on wednesday. he will deliver his immigration pocy wednesday. we are working to get more details. coming up in this newscast, his message for hispanic voters and the latest poll numbers just out this afternoon. all right. tracking showers and thunderstorms in the higher terrain. the dark clouds you can see them building from here in the valley. and take a hook at what we are watching on abc 15 desert doppler. showers andthunderstorms off to the north -- and thunderstorms
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creek. gusty winds. a chance we could see this action or maybe even outflows pop up a new shower or two closer to the valley. things rocky in the high country. a strong storm with lots of lightning to the west of crown king moving to the south. at this point we can see the clouds building and we will keep the 10% shot for showers and thunderstorms through the next several hours. what to expect for the rest of the week coming up a new concern tonight. taking in thousands of illegal busts every week in the neighborhood, we are getting new information into the abc 15 live desk about the valley internet cafe forced to fold today. abc's chris grow picking up the story from there. >> reporter: it isn't for coffee, police say this internet cafe is a front and it
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investigators say for months thousands of dollars in cash would exchange hands, sometimes 8 to $10,000 a week in profit. not to mention a gateway for other crime. >> do what they wanted to do inside. as long as they were galbling they were okay with it. -- gambling they were okay with it. >> reporter: several people were arrested on charges of illegal gambling and racketeering. investigator see who owns the cafe. chris grow, abc 15. from on the run to incarcerated. tonight this teen behind bars accused of shooting his ex- girlfriend. police have been looking for him for a week. they say he opened fire on the woman at an apartment complex. officers catching a break, spotting him this morning.
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an update on a deadly shooting we brought you live last night at 10:00 p.m. we confirmed the identity of a man shot to death. police say somebody shot and killed him during an argument and then ran off. silent witness offering a reward for information leading to an arrest. we checked on the man shot in his front yard. he is now out of surgery and recovering. police have very few clues to go on at only revealing they are looking for a balding man driving a black pickup truck. breaking from the abc 15 live desk a serial robber putting our lives in danger is off the streets. he admits to all of this. he was caught outside a circle k, he just tried to rob. then he cold police he hit six
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he is behind bars tonight. tonight the name of a motorcyclist killed during a crash yesterday. he was going so fast he bent the frame of an suv when he crashed. moments earlier troopers tried to pull him over on the u.s. 60. quick trip back in business tonight. a car plowing through the front nobody seriously hurt. police say alcohol may have been a factor. police say this guy crashed into a water line after he fell asleep. the line provides water for every in apartments at 67th avenue and glendale. that is where we find abc's melissa blasius. is the water back on yet? >> reporter: no. the water is not back on but 150 of 300 apartments are
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the guys areane hole next to the sign there -- are in a hole next to the sign trying to restore water to the apartments. >> reporter: the crash smashed the sign and severed the water pipe. jolting residents out of bed. >> the water was hire than trees. >> reporter: others didn't realize what happened. no water and no cooling because the chiller system can't run without water either. >> nothing. >> reporter: they are plasting fans and portable acs -- blasting fans and portable acs. >> they have been awesome. offered service, time, equipment. >> the water department assisting the plumbers. >> it is a team effort. i appreciate everything they have done.
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mess before dark. >> to bathe them for school. i hope it gets fixed today. >> reporter: and the crews that are out here now say they promise they won't go home till they get this all fixed. if you are driving in the glendale and 67th avenue area, that is your route home, avoid it because traffic is tied back to you. >> thank you very much. stolen from a memorial box, the update on a pair of sun glasses that have a special meaning to so many. >> shocked by a live power line, the update on the condition of an aps worker. >> i am craig fouhy live in glendale, the arizona cardinals wrapping up practice. play hasn't been good on offense but they are trying to
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y23emy yvpy . >> reporter: good news out of goodyear. we showed you this video of a thief stealing gun classes from a memorial box. we are happy to glasses have been returned. no questions asked. with the third pre-season game coming up the arizona cardinals are focusing on game planning like during the regular season game. craig fouhy is with the team in glendale. they are hoping to see improvement this week. >> reporter: yeah. you know, nobody is happy with the way the offense performed the first two pre-season games but they will tell you they haven't had a lot of reps.
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taking a scheduled day off here. larry fitzgerald nursing a sore knee. we are not going to see him throughout the rest of the next two games. carson palmer will play more this weekend and would like to see the offense improve. >> just consistently good football. i mean, you know, you don't know how much you are going to play. you just wan play. i just think being efficient. in the run game. in the pass game. everybody go in, be on the same page, do your jobs and come out healthy. >> reporter: that is key for the pre-season. come out healthy. coming up at 6:00 p.m. with larry fitzgerald nursing the sore near he is bem canning a -- becoming a coach on the sideline and they are winding
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i am sure the players are excited to wrap up and get home and get on a regular schedule out here. right? >> yeah. not that the hotel bed isn't comfortable. >> reporter: not bad. >> thank you. you can ge t the ultimate fan experience with abc 15 and your arizona cardinals. we are giving away tickets to the cards and broncos game on september 1. all you have to do is download the abc 15 mobile app and look for the contest entry for your chance to win. firs the coyotes are breaking gender barriers. the team just announced it has hired the nhl's first full time female coach. dawn braid is now the organization's skating coach. she worked as a consultant. she has pretty impressive resume. if you want to read more i posted more on my facebook
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valley, where he will be hosting a rally and his message for hispanic voters. and a man is stabbed to death outside a valley gym. the clue the calls are revealing about his murder. >> tornadoes in indiana and the scene so desperate they are asking people to stay off the streets till 9:00 p.m. tonight so emergency workers can get through. we will have an update ahead. >> and at home dark clouds, gusty winds and a pop up
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released shows john mccain taking a lead with 55% over kelly award. against his democrat challenger he holds 52% over her 39%. donald trump too close to call in the race with hillary clinton in arizona because the marger live to mississippi, donald trump is just taking the stage at a rally in jackson. his second event of the day. he has been repeating a plea to minority voters. >> to the african american voter, great people, to the hispanic voter, i say what do you have to lose? >> are hispanics buying it.
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speech in the valley next week. abc's jason valentine joins us live. this rally will take place in downtown phoenix? >> reporter: that's right. donald trump scouting locations in mesa where we are right now but now we confirmed through sources that donald trump will be speaking in downtown phoenix around mid-day on wednesday giving the immigration policy speech and that news comes with mixed reviews in the chamber of commerce has not endorsed either candidate but told me any softening in donald trump's immigration stance would be seen as a desperate attempt. arizona is the spot for that message. >> you have people like sheriff joe arpaio show up, this is the message and the place you want to do this.
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elsewhere, where the location was inappropriate. >> reporter: according to a poll just released, hillary clinton trailing donald trump in our state by 5%. but again that speech by donald trump will be in downtown phoenix next wednesday. >> thank you very much. developing now from the abc 15 live desk a 89-year-old woman says she was abused by the woman hired to care for her. police arrested tieing the woman to a chair for two hours, hitting her in the face, hitting her in the head. records show she begged not to call police. new at 5:00 p.m. new details in the case of a man heardered outside -- murdered outside a la fitness. >> he has the keys in the ignition but never started the
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open like he is trying to get in. >> inside the car witnesses found the 84-year-old. police are now going through surveillance video hoping a clue will lead to the killer and they are going to canvance the area tomorrow and set up -- canvas the area and set up a website and we posted a link on www.abc15.com. getting new body camera video moments ago into the abc 15 live desk. deputies rescued 13 dogs from a home. look at the conditions. this is what it looked like inside. animals living in their own feces. deputies have been dealing with the owner for a while but today came back with a warnt. the dogs are -- warrant. the dogs are being examined by a vet.
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attacks against three women. it is the update we have been waiting for. tonight an aps worker is alert and conscious after being shocked. the 40-year-old worker will remain hospitalized after raising his bucket truck into a live line. the electricity surging through his arm and out his elbow. another close call. a 23-year-old shocked, also being treated. the ground guiding a metal pole being moved into place when the crane hit a live wire. he suffered first and secondburns. -- second degree burns. tornadoes in indiana, four hours ago. look at all the destruction. so many have friends and family there so we are tracking this for you. the mayor announcing there are
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8 funnel clouds, a lot of damage. mostly trees down. one apartment complex reports half the building has no roof. we saw starbucks gone as well. the employees hiding in a rest room. roads closed for at least another hour so rescuers could get in and there is 40,000 people without power there. tornado watch for all these areain shaded in the yellow. the red are active tornado warnings. tornadoes happening or rotation on the radar meaning they could be happening in places north of indianapolis and across northwest ohio. we will keep an eye on that as storms march through. back here, monsoonal moisture and showers and thunderstorms
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cam. you can see how dark the clouds are. this one bouncing around over the last 10 or 15 minutes as gusty winds pick up and as we look at abc 15 desert doppler right now we have a few showers breaking out across northwest portions of the valley. as we zoom in talking near lake pleasant highway and happy valley road and they are moving to the south. we will keep a chance for the showers and storms. north and east, lightning and showers breaking apart as they push to the south. we are looking intensity but still heavy rain and to the west, more showers and storms also headed down to the south but a couple pockets to the northeast of yarnell and more scattered across the higher terrain this afternoon. we will keep an eye on all of these. for the valley the storm chance is slight because they will
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the mountains. 10% shot through the evening across the phoenix metro area. 90s for the next several hours. 99 at 6:00 p.m. 93 by 9:00 p.m. tonight and right now 101 after a high today of 102 degrees. take a look at temperatures across the valley. you recollect see we started to see cave creek, deer valley, anthem drop off into the 90s. the phoenix metro in the low 100s and to the north, sedona 68 right now. rain cooled flagstaff 69 degrees. tonight 48 flagstaff. 54 show low. and low 60s for sedona and prescott over night. highs tomorrow in the 80s. casa grande 99. from the valley to the west, triple digit heat and in the higher terrain north and east of the valley a chance for storms in play for tomorrow while valley forecast dries out for that one day. a look at the hour by hour tomorrow. 80 degrees at 6:00 a.m.
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and 102 in phoenix. tempe 101 and in the west valley 102 in glendale, avondale and laveen. next 7 days, more monsoonal moisture from the south for friday and saturday. showers and thunderstorms both days. 99 on friday. triple digits return saturday and as we dry out sunday and next week the forecast gets hotter and
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tied up, taken advantage of by the person who calls herself a care giver. new at 6:00 p.m. that is not the most shocking twist to this story. three kids kidnapped in our state, found alive and safe. police are still looking for the people who murdered their mom. think the glucose mean pills are helping? how three lawsuit settlements could be many back for you. a look at abc 15 doppler showers in the northwest valley and more action over the next couple hours. then we dry out over night and
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tonight, the race against time. the massive and deadly earthquake. our team on the scene in italy. the trapped. the children rescued. search teams talking to a woman through this tiny slice in the rubble. our chief foreign correspondent is there. >> that's a tornado. at this hour, the tornado emergency in this country. buildings destroyed. students hunkered down in classrooms late today. and we're also tracking a tropical system headed toward the u.s. that could become a hurricane. also tonight, american university under siege at this hour. attackers rushing in. students barricading themselves inside. martha raddatz standing by. donald trump turning up the heat on hillary clinton. but the trump team is asked, didn't donald trump donate to the clinton foundation himself?
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