within a mile radius. coming up at 6:00, a look at their mission to give hope, and is it working. >> yeah, people just need to feel safe in their own neighborhoods. >. and we're working to learn the identity of a person taken into dust can i after a -- custody after a deadly shooting in chandler last night. we were there as police dogs searched through a grassy area, eventually finding a gun. no word on what led to the deadly confrontation. and there's also a serial killer on the loose in and even though we're taking action, talking about it every night, some people still don't know about the danger. jason has been talking with hispanic leaders. what are their ideas jason to get the word out? >> reporter: one of their ideas is spend the spanish version of the silent witness flier home with all the school kids in the valley to get the word out to tens of thousands of parents who may otherwise be out of

killer's victims, more than half hispanic, and the shooter himself yelled at two victims in spanish, yet the community doesn't know enough about the case according to same. >> he found that people are afraid, that's what we found knocking on the door, however he's feeling that over the last three months it's a little different. people are being less fearful because of the efforts. >> reporter: these block watch captains have been going door to seven murders here in this community, but even the most dedicates efforts aren't hitting everyone. >> if we could get all the schools involved in the areas that he's targeting, i think that would be the most inexpensive way and the best way to raise public awareness. certaining the fliers home to the -- sending the fliers home to the families. >> reporter: now sending the fliers home would require

cases. one school member said they're already in the process of getting that approved. back to you. >. all right, thank you. and there's a special section of our website, www.abc15.com, dedicated to capturing this guy with sketches and interactive maps. >. all right, this news changing moment by moment, breaking, a political surprise again. donald trump now will be here next week. this tweet just coming out. will be in phoenix, arizona wednesday. changing the venue to a one. demand is unreal. polls looking great, hashtag i'm with you. now 207 minutes ago -- 20 minutes ago we talked to the republican party, and he said he wasn't coming. 6 minutes ago this tweet came out, but this is the latest tweet, and we'll keep you updated right here on abc 15. pretty quiet here in the valley this afternoon, but take a look at the photos from

much marble-sized hail came down over the last couple of hours. look at that, it looks like snow there on the top of the peak. temperatures behind these storms have dipped into the 50s, and that's where they is it now, and abc 15 -- sit now, and abc 15 desert doppler showing the storms trying to work back into the flagstaff area, but it's much weaker than this afternoon. stronger storms near prescott, and a lot of lightning across mojave county moving into the gran also heavy rain falling there, and still expecting some hail mixing in as that moves to the east. here across the valley it's pretty quiet. couple of thunderstorms out east near queen valley, and moving into superior, thunderstorms near globe moving east tonight. there will be a slight chance of a few storms in the valley over the next couple of hours, and looking back with me toward the queen creek cam to the southeast, you see some soft showers and thunderstorms out

putting us all in danger, there's an fbi task force on this one asking you to take a good look at these pictures right here. this guy connected to two bank robberies in the valley. one at the chase in phoenix, and yesterday at a deer valley credit union in phoenix. he's called the golden eye bandit due to the gold-rimmed glasses. call silent witness right away if you spot the guy. >. new information on an abc 15 exclusive we brought you last night at 10:00. we got the released mug shot of a moon deputies say escaped their custody. he has a long rap sheet and got out of prison less than a year ago, and he's facing new charges after he stole a car, was taken into custody, and escaped from a hospital after swallowing drugs. police and firefighters finally were able to wrestle him into the back of a patrol car but not before it rolled into a wall.

infant reunited with his family tonight, and now his father is the one facing serious charges. police able to track the father and baby down near 3rd avenue and indian school after they addition appeared wednesday afternoon. inside the truck an assortment of dangerous drugs. luckily the baby was unharmed, and is back with his mother tonight. phoenix city crews working around the clock to repair a busted water main and seal up a sink hole on the west side. the problem hard after a bus plunged through the pavement. melissa blasius is out live where the repairs are happening right now. >> reporter: that's right, let's talk traffic first. tyke a look at -- take a look at this. it's 35th avenue, and it's backed up, but van buren is totally shut down as they replaced the water main pipe down in the hole, and they keep

the 75-year-old cast iron water main that cracked and crumbled under van buren street, and when it did it tried to take a bus with it. >> it was a hard crash like that >> reporter: now traffic is backed up in both directions, crews asking you to avoid the area for the weekend as they first replace the pipes, then the dirt, then the asphalt. the sink hole did so much damage they'll need 6,000 square feet of new pavement, equal to three houses. >> coming out of work and to work is a hassle. i don't know why they don't detour it. >> what happened yesterday with the water is making it worse than it was. >> reporter: phoenix city officials say the water main under van buren is at the age where it's supposed to be replaced. >> and we're looking at the types of materials, the age, and the number of breaks, and we develop data saying when the

>> reporter: and after this soggy mess, you can bet the whole van buren main is being burned unon the priority -- bumped up on the priority list. and within the last hour or so the water crews left, and the road crews came in, compacting the dirt down and preparing it for the pavement for over the weekend. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk about the used car business just feet away and why they went scramblinwh started coming up. >> quite a mess. thank you. >. he was wearing nothing but his boxers, escaped police, then drove a stolen truck into an airplane. the new information about this guy's wild ride. plus it's the 20/20 special set to air right here tonight.

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>> new information right now about a major scare at the omaha airport. a guy slamming a pick up into a jet liner filled with passengers. we broke the story last night at 10:00. it started with a guy in front of the airport screening that people were -- screaming that people were trying to kill him. >> they ride to calm him down. he bolted for the parking garage. >> he then jumped a fence, started running on the taxi way, took off his clothes, then got behind the wheel of an unlocked and running truck, and rammed it into an airplane. tonight for the first time terrifying new insight into the final days of american hostage

incredible bravely facing down one of the world's most feared terrorism. >> she refused to bend, she kept her christian faith. >> her parents also sharing this proof of life video isis sent them shortly after her capture. she died in isis hostage, her body now remains in syria. watch the entire interview on 20/20 at 9:00 right he 15, and at 6:00 why they say president obama went back on a promise he made to the family john mccain is falling down on the job, he's gotten weak, he's gotten old. >> so much for age being nothing more than a number. the response from john mccain. final practice of the year

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democracy 2016, and a free day off for both candidates after a week of nasty back and forths on the campaign trail. >> hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only >> this is someone who retweets white supremacists online like the user who goes by the name white genocide tm. >> with just 73 days until the election, the white house announcing president obama vice president biden will be campaigning for hillary clinton in pennsylvania and ohio next week. both major swing states, and both won by obama and biden in the last election. back here in arizona senator jeff flake gaining

refusal to endorse fellow republican donald trump. we caught up with him today, and asked if he still plans on sticking with his guns and if not trump who. >> you can always write somebody in. there's a libertarian on the ballot, and i think somebody has to push back and say this isn't the republican party. this isn't where we are or should be. if we don't i think he consign ourselves oblivion. >> he's been one of trump's most vocal critics, recently calling out the nominee last week for not getting specific enough in his regret for offending some people. >. senator john mccain in tucson today ahead of next week's primary, but tonight his challenge every kelly word is making headlines suggesting john mccain that turns 80 monday is too weak and old to remain in office. >> reporter: so you think he's too old in serve in the senate?

almost 40 years has been there too long. >> reporter: but you brought up his anal, that's a tough attack. >> -- age, that's a tough attack. >> well, i'm a physician, i see the normal aging in patients. >> reporter: so your diagnose -- >> i do know the body and mind. >> she went a step further in another interview saying he could die in office, and his aging could be linked to angry outbursts. in response mccain called the attacks a dive to the bottom. you probably just got an alert, word just in that former nfl star darren sharper filed an appeal in his rape chase. earlier this year he got a 20- year prison sentence. the former new orleans saint and packer is accused of drugging and raping women in several statements including ours. well, that's it. that's a wrap for training

the regular season routine. it's not the regular season just yet though. still two more pre-season games to go, but today after the final practice in glendale they say they feel one step closer to real football, and it's a good feeling. >> it's nice to wrap it up and get ready for the actual season to start. i felt like this camp has been a great camp for me, especially being my second one, and team- wise i feel like we're ready to go and excited for the the regular season will be here soon. >> i'm excited to be an arizona cardinal for sure. our job right now is lay new bricks. the past is over with, so it's a whole new season, and hopefully we can have as much success as we've had. >> tomorrow they're on a flight for houston, and suit up for pre-season game three sunday afternoon and that's the game we'll see the most of the starters so far in the pre- season. >> so that's the nail biter.

pre-season. >> but it doesn't count. >> still pre-season right? >> and a quick reminder, we're giving away tickets to the cards and broncos game september 1st. just download the abc 15 app and look for contest entry for a chance to win. >. and a trending picture that has us all a little rattled, and rethinking our next hike. mcdowell mountain park rangers stumbled across a den of baby rattlesnakes. they esti snakes inside! >> not hiking there. >> yeah, they've been relocated by the way. >> account for all of them. >> wow prettyice hiking weather today. >> this morning. >> after that no it's not! [ laughter ] >> hey, i'm trying to be positive about this. 70s! >> yes, beautiful weather this morning >> forecast tonight, slight rain chances in the valley,

downtown, and look back to the east with mel, pretty nice storm to the east of queen creek, we're tracking a few of those tonight across the abc 15 desert doppler near superior and storms near globe with a little lightning there, and the valley dry. not that we couldn't see a couple of pop ups because we could, and there's a disturbance moving in rain chances about 20 percent overnight tonight. looking to the east and southeast we me we've had showers and thunderstorms rumbling in and down across pima county over the last couple of hourings. high country, more showers and -- hours. high country, more showers and thunderstorms there. and here's strong storms moving through the grand canyon tonight. a lot of lightning, producing some heavy rain, and they move off to the east. i-40 quiet right now where we did have showers and thunderstorms earlier with a few spotty showers and storms just to the south of sun valley moving off to the east and northeast. back to the valley we'll keep the rain chances around 10 to

evening, and overnight hours through tomorrow morning. and then tomorrow we'll have another slight chance of rain in the forecast. we'll look at that coming up in a couple of minutes. right now though, 98 degrees, we stayed under the century mark today. north/northeast winds at 7 miles per hour currently. plan tonight to stay in the 90s through the 9:00 hour, then the upper 80s by 10:00, and keeping the 80s in the forecast by 11:00, and upper 70s by tomorrow morning. wind speeds staying light tonight, radar composite today, again the highest coverage of storms crook northern arizona. a few -- across northern arizona. a few strong storms there. and they continue to move east this evening, and there's a little drier air back to the west, but a disturbance is moving in from california keeping slight chances across the valley. better chances tomorrow across northern arizona, so if you have plans to travel this weekend north or to the east you can see where the coverage is going to be highest. spotty chances still in the

then a much drier forecast shaping up for us as we have a ridge of high pressure building in taking the rain chances out sunday, monday, and tuesday. not cleat mri out of the -- completely out of the forecast for the higher terrain. better chances as we wrap up the week again across the high country, and here in the valley the rain chances return at least slightly around 10 percent as we get into the thursday and friday forecast. so any storms developing could produce heavy rain and gusty winds. might see a little dust with any storms across the desert, and even small hail not ruled out with the stronger storms, especially into tomorrow afternoon across northern arizona. here's the forecast right now we're at 57 in flagstaff. rain-cooled air there today. 73 in sedona. 40s north tonight. 60 in sedona, 57 in froth. 80 -- prescott. 80 tomorrow in bullhead city. 101 in he would, and looking at

70s tonight, tomorrow in the upper 90s to near 100. we do continue with the ozone high pollution advisory through saturday. traces of drugs found on a campus of a valley school. how officials at mountain point say meth got into at least three class rooms. and here's what's coming up next on world news. steve, the airport chase, the man who

potent drug found in a valley high school. >> skill officials at -- school officials at mountain point in ahwatukee say students were moved out of class rooms after tests came back positive for method. joe is there live, and officials say an on campus apartment could be to maim? >> reporter: yes, apparently there was a security guard that lived here on campus, and he moved out, but the drug discovery was made. the school sent out a letter detailing the disturbing find. they say the apartment was very clean after it was inspected. the security guard resigned and moved out in july, but weeks later the apartment was found to be inen horrible condition, and it tested positive for

they're thinking. i wish there was more education for maybe the kids or whoever that drugs can ruin their life. >> reporter: and we're told the traces of meth found were not an amount that can harm anyone, but they did take students and staff out of the class rooms to have them tested and cleaned professionally. back to you. new at 6:00, despite the hard times a new adventure for a valley business once featured on shark tank. what the owners have been up since we last chatted with her. plus, life isn't always easy, especially for this guy constantly called the freeway shooter. the newest challenges in leslie merritt, jr.'s life. >> reporter: a small dealership in mesa is ripped off and robbed overnight, and they're saying that it's not such an open and shut case, despite some surveillance video they're hoping will give police the clues. if you thought this irs

soon, you're wrong. how the clowns are now targeting our kids coming up at 6:00. and a look at the forecast to go through tomorrow, temperatures still going to be slightly below average at 100 degrees. 20 percent chance for a few storms through tomorrow afternoon, then high pressure building in. 102 sunday, 104 monday, and coming up at of we'll -- 6:00 we'll have a look at the seven- day forecast. >> it's been feeling a lot nicer in the mornings especially. >> yes, definitely. world news is and we'll see you back here at

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tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. an abc news exclusive. the young american daughter kidnapped by isis. her parents making a direct plea to isis themselves. tonight, right here, what they say the president promised. and now, the white house responding. also tonight, the airport security scare. a man iv a jet, terrified passengers onboard. a community in shock. two nuns murdered. and now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. shot by mistake. the armed robbery. the homeowner, the husband who calls police. he and his wife need help. police arrive, and the homeowner is shot by mistake. and, the tropical threat. we're tracking the system right now. getting closer to the u.s.