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from the donald trump that we have seen over the past couple months. standing side by side with the world leader there. he was reading note cards, took few questions, the meeting lasted about an hour. they need to work together on five main goals. ending illegal immigration, having a secure border, dismantling drug cartels nasa and -- >> when jobs leave mexico the u.s. and central america and goes over seas it increases poverty and pressure on social services as well as across border migration. tremendous pressure. >> outside of donald trump's meeting with president enrique pena nieto demonstrators lining the streets protesting his visit. president enrique pena nieto
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in the country. trump is not welcome trending on twitter across mexico city. >> let's head to abc's melissa blasius tracking what is going on outside the convention center as well. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, you can see there is a -- dance going on. one of the goals of the protesters is to highlight the culture of the hispanic and latino people to remind arizonans d things that we lose out on if you deport masses of illegal immigrants. there are several dozen groups out here representing all kinds of spots and persuasions against trump. they say this is an issue about humanity. people out here far exceeded by the number of people inside the convention center waiting for trump to speak now. we have seen long lines of
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waiting for the doors to open. young and old. and they think this is a moment in political history. [ indiscernible ] [ music ] >> i was skeptical but i think he wants to reach out and mend bridges. i am not sure if he can do that but i think he is trying. >> i think it is impressive the president of mexico invited him to come over . i believe in a lot of the people that are here, should come here legally. >> reporter: so far the protesters out here have been peaceful. we should say among the supporters going in this afternoon we ran into governor jan brewer -- former governor
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she says that it has to be more than just building a wall. you need the technology, you need more boarder patrol agents. back to you. >> all right. thank you. outside. let's head inside now. steve irvin is inside the convention center right now. >> reporter: right now several hundred people gathered here. a thousand people gathered for this. that is expected to start about now. we know there will be a number of big names here who speaking. governor doug ducey for the first time showing up at a trump rally in arizona. [ indiscernible ] [ music ] >> reporter: this is the first time he makes it to a rally. and you will see sheriff joe arpaio. along with rudy giuliani. there are names that will be absent here. john mccain winning the primary last night. and his wife.
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after his win last night. john mccain supports the party nominee. [ indiscernible ] [ music ] >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake is in bullhead city. he has been an opponent refusing to endorse him. calling him not a serious candidate. phoenix mayor also speaking out tonight. a number of people not here but still a few supporters. it is not a pack this is a huge room and most of the good seats have been taken up here but not a packed house at this point. still a few empty spaces here in a large convention center room and a lot of supporters. everybody anxious to hear what donald trump is going to say on this much anticipated immigration speech. >> thank you. . the rally the biggest headline of the night but our
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waking up to find tanks on their street. the wild scene all part of an investigation into a string of burglaries across the west valley. police had to break windows and storm inside the home north dakota to arrest the -- in order to arrest the two people. police left -- [ indiscernible ] investigators stay started as an argument between roommates and turned violent when someone pulled out a gun in phoenix two men on the run after a violent home invasion. officers responding to the house just after midnight to find a man hit over the head with a bat. he says two men kicked in the door and got away with a wallet. police officer recovering tonight after being forced to lay down his motorcycle. air 15 over the scene. within the past few hours. no word what caused the accident.
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the evening to city council approving i.d. card for undocumented immigrants. it is official. supporters say they will have access basic city services. it is free but it could only be used as a secondary i.d. your most accurate forecast much of central arizona is quiet. a few isolated showers pop up in the river. clipping down to the southwest at this hour approaching lake pleasant. light rain showers there and stronger storms in the-hit to the southwest o-- in the higher terrain to the southwest. to the east shower and thunderstorm activity to the south and west. a few more showers and thunderstorms across the higher terrain of east and southeast arizona.
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valley because those have the potential of bringing dust our way. a storm chance in the evening forecast. so far nice and dry in phoenix. today 106 degrees. right now triple digit heat still across all of the valley cities. 7:00 p.m. 90s and mid-90s at 9:00 p.m. tonight with a 10% chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm. coming up in minutes your forecast hour by hour tomorrow and what to expect towards had labor day weekend. -- the labor day weekend. the death of a four-month- old left in the care of a babysitter. abc's sonu wasu has the police report. >> reporter: police say this case is still under investigation. the family of the child very frustrated wanting to know why this babysitter hasn't faced consequences. the baby was brought to the medical center that was three
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started. [ speaking foreign language ] >> he was a happy, laughing, happy baby. >> reporter: this boy now gone. leaving behind a family devastated. three months later still asking why. >> trying to figure out what happened. trying to get justice for him. of course, closure for us. >> reporter: we stopped by the last place he was seen alive with his babysitter. his mother while she went to work. the babysitter left him alone at home while she attended her daughter's graduation party. >> are you that heartless? >> reporter: we reached out to phoenix police it get more answers. we will let you know as soon as we hear back. back to you. >> thank you. she touted it as a replacement to a system prone
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questions about why her new reporting system crashed again last night. >> accused of stealing thousands from target stores all over the valley. the mistake she made that got her caught. >> an hour out from donald trump's speech on immigration. his plan carrying him right now landing in the valley -- his plane carrying him right now landing in the valley. we will keep you updated on this developing story
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stage. we are expecting governor doug ducey at 5:30 p.m. tonight and donald trump at 6:15 p.m. all eyes on this as he is set to give his immigration speech. we will keep you updated as we follow these pictures. also just into the abc 15 live desk a voter is nishive legalizing medical marijuana will be on the november ballot after the supreme court rejected a final challenge. opponents argued the signing the petitions was misleading. arizona's new election website didn't live up to expectations. it crashed. the site keeps track of results in real time. the secretary of state says 20,000 people were using the website but the problem was a programming glitch. >> we were able to isolate the
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file. a locked file on the back end of the system. but what that means, it was a traffic jam. >> they fixed the problem in an hour. they expect everiering to work fine during the general election. a major traffic alert just into the abc 15 live desk in the middle of rush hour as well. live pictures from cameras. look at the scene. u.s. 60 eastbound at the loop 101. the crash is near dobson. hov and the right blocked. take surface streets to to get around this. no word on injuries.
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plane lasted within the last 30 minutes. the left picture there on the screen, phoenix sky harbor airport where donald trump's plane just landed. on the right the podium where he will speak in 40 minutes. we are monitoring the live pictures and we have crews in the field we will keep you updated throughout the evening. just into the abc 15 live desk new surveillance pictures that police hope will help them catch a pair of thieves with disturbing choices of weapons. take a a man armed with a baseball bat robbing a verizon store. on the right a guy armed with a butcher knife robbing a verizon store down the road. just a day later. if you recognize either guy in the pictures please give police a call. all new at 5:00 p.m. an accused thief with a taste for high end electronics busted in the valley. linked to 16 thefts at target stores in five valley cities.
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with four grand in printers, hard drives, modems and receivers. she was busted trying to bring them to pawnshops. making headlines across arizona, tucson medical center operating normally after a late night shooting. someone opened fire near a parking garage hitting one person. the hospital put on lock down. not clear what led to the shooting but the woman is expected to be okay. two people used to reporting the news with a new headline in their child abuse case. krystin lisaius and husband somchai lisaius reaching a plea deal after their baby tested positive for cocaine. by pleading guilty they are expected to get probation in october. tonight a family enjoying the backyard of their dreams thanks to make-a-wish
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conditions that causes disabilities. >> a walking path. they put in water fountains. loves the southbound of water. and flowing water. the gazebo was put in there to stay bonded with the family. >> sounds awesome. she looking forward to do her therapy temperatures cool. granting her wish a true community effort with 100% donated by local businesses. if you are heading to the -- the cardinals game tomorrow, hosting a donor registry drive. you will bet put into a database where peach are waiting for -- people are
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the game tomorrow right here on abc 15. tracking your temperatures for tomorrow night's game. kickoff 99 degrees. temperatures in the 90s throughout the game tomorrow -- good thing they got the acs pumping in. there is a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. keep that in mind if you are heading out. late afternoon and evening. right now not much to track across the valley. a few spotty showers near new river. i-17. headedow we could see some on our camera but not a lot. clouds not kicking out a lot of rain at this hour but we are watching what's happening in the higher terrain. that is where we have seen the strongest storms. rain along the highway to the west and southwest and across eastern portions of the rim. where we are seeing the most soaking thunderstorms at this hour. and to the east and southeast few more spots getting in on the action.
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higher terrain, storms pop now. if they get closer to florence there is a chance they could kick out dusty winds and dust. we will keep an eye on that. right now 103. dew point mid-50s. and winds 7 miles per hour. temperatures dropping into the 90s. upper 90s through 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. mid-90s at 9:00 p.m. and low 90s by 11:00 p.m. right now 104 tempe. 106 glendale. 101 deer valley. cave creek 99 degrees. that is the only s 90s across the valley. to the north, 82 sedona. 75 in flagstaff. tonight, chance of showers and thunderstorms. clearing skies over night. and then temperatures bottoming out at 54 in show low. 69 globe. 60 prescott and mid-80s to the west and southwest. highs tomorrow triple digits across the central and western deserts. couple degrees below average
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phoenix 102. sedona 87. flagstaff 75. globe low 90s. a better chance for showers and thunderstorms in the higher terrain to the east. possibly activity to the north in the late morning and maybe action into the valley in the early afternoon. we will start storm chances at 10% and will increase them into the late afternoon and evening. also a chance going into friday too. let's talk about that day by day forecast. best bet in the higher terrain. into the weekend we drier air. across the phoenix metro saturday and sunday and monday for labor day forecast is sunny and dry. chance for storms tomorrow. 83 degrees at 6:00 a.m. 97 at noon. triple digits in the afternoon forecast. 101 tempe tomorrow. 100 gilbert, chandler and scottsdale. 100 litchfield park. air quality moderate. ozone dust mixed in.
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very high. there is the forecast over the next 7 days. drying out into the labor day weekend. not going to see warm up when we do. temperatures stay below average in the low 100s with lows into the 70s starting sunday. a live look as arizona is in the spotlight. this is at the phoenix convention center. [ singing the national anthem ] >> the national anthem. just a moment.
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the next presidents and vice president of the united states of america donald trump and mike pence. [ cheers and applause ] >> you know, last night the primary season officially ended in the state of arizona so i want to thank all of our candidates for their hard congratulate all of the winners. but tonight is about unity and coming together in the march to victory this november. [ cheers and applause ] >> arizonans chose donald trump as our republican nominee in the primary season and now we
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candidates to round out our ticket. you know, this national election will be a debate to decide which way america will go. to decide which way arizona will go. number one, i am here tonight because i believe the right direction is the one that puts a conservative justice on the supreme court. [ cheers and applause ] >> hillary clinton will put a liberal on the bench -- [ boos ] >> to help her right over reaching new laws so she could legislate.
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will replace the justice with a conservative who will intererate the law -- interpret the law -- >> you are listening in to governor doug ducey ahead of schedule right now. this live video will continue on our facebook apan abc 15 mobile app right now. also on the other side of the screen another plane with the trump fleet just landed in the
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breaking news tonight. donald trump's surprise trip to mexico. the high-stakes gamble. traveling south of the border. meeting with mexico's president. the gop nominee standing by building a wall, but what about mexico footing the bill? >> is there any chance mexico pays for the wall? >> what trump said, coming up. state of emergency. florida's gulf coast on alert. the tropical storm on the move tonight. and in the pacific, bracing for impact. families boarding up, closing schools, as two hurricanes target hawaii. breaking news. midair collision. the search for survivors after two planes crash into each other. plus, dangerous turbulence injuring a dozen. tonight, we'll take you inside this rough ride. and, alzheimer's breakthrough?
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