keep us updated. meantime more breaking news at this hour, the huge back up on i-17 north of valley. it started with a fire in the northbound lanes near black canyon city. as you can see the fire is out, and since 4:00, one lane has reopened, but it did create a 10-mile back up, and this is big on a holiday weekend. so drivers, you're urged to delay your trip north or find another way around this. developing now, a gilbert school community demanding answers after the sudden let nation of resignation of a popular principal. >> and students today dressed in black, walking out of class to express their discontentment. sonu wasu is live at the high school. >> and what are school administrators saying? >> reporter: a just spoke to a school district spokeswoman, and she says they're not at liberty to discuss the resignation, but parents and students definitely caught off guard. they were very surprised, and they're being vocal about it.

>> reporter: today the parents are making sure their voices are heard, even the parents are upset. >> i'm upset for lack of knowledge. if you're going to chase the principal out, excuse her, i want answers. >> reporter: the paper called >> because there are a lot of theories about why it happened, none of which we can confirm. >> reporter: and this is the woman at the center of it all. hundredsover students -- hundreds of students sat in the courtyard for almost two hours. some of them wore black to show support. >> we're just chanting over and over >> they weren't going to suspend 600 kids, so it was just get our voices heard.

does so much for the school. >> we want them to let her stay. we want her. she's a good principal. we love her. >> reporter: more than 400 people have signed a petition asking school board members to bring her back. parents demanding transparency. >> they're investigating something, which that happens all the time. we get it. but it was, yeah, i just don't like that they're not giving us answers. >> reporter: now i'm not sure they're going to get the answers tonight. we're hearing the doctor turned in her resignation, and the school board is expected to vote on it the meeting is expected to begin at 6:00. back to you. >> sounds like a very popular principal. thank you. word tonight of a possible change for private schools across the state, and it's one that might surprise you. the attorney general giving his opinion on guns saying he thinks it's okay to carry them on campus if they have a concealed carry permit. we'll keep our eye on this. new at 5:00, he admitted to killing his wife and son in goodyear three years ago, and

bodies. now he's finally behind bars again. he was just released from a state hospital and put in jail. his wife and son were found dead in their home in 2014. a knife found near one of the bodies. he told police he acted out of fear thinking he had given his wife hiv after sleeping with prostitutes. were ask from the live desk, a brand new piece of information on the man that plotted the attack at the super bowl in glendale. the second man to be convicted by the us to terror charges tied to isis. trial claiming false evidence was presented the first time around. and your help is needed catching an accused killer on the run for 16 years, and there's a $25,000 reward on the table. anthony burrows was just added to the15 most wanted list, accused of shooting and killing a 19-year-old man at a tucson house party in april of 2000. it's a slap in the face

sign in downtown phoenix making fun of a comment made by a donald trump supporter on national tv. joe bartels is near central and thomas, and joe, the sign is actually helping democrats? >> reporter: yell, that's what state democratic party leaders are taling us. the sign went up this morning, and already they had a few people coming off the street wanting to register the vote. the sign says it all. taco trucks on every corner following an appearance by a donald trump supporter on national tv explaining the consequenc o immigration reform that's sparked a backlash on social media. >> we wanted to kind of make fun of the situation, but call attention to what we're doing here in the building. >> i think that that's from a political professional stand point, that's a bad slander to me. it's a slap in the face, in a joking way. >> reporter: some say the comment is just too offensive. even to make funover it.

state democratic leaders say it's sparking a conversation about politics. back to you. guns, drugs and a game of go fish? right now the search is on for two men police say shot and killed a man during a card game in phoenix. the men busted in the back of a lounge near 32nd and cactus last night where a man was playing cards with other men. he was shot and later died at the hospital. the killer got away with guns and drugs. and a plan suspected of holding up a phoenix bank is the run, but maybe not for long. his face caught on surveillance cameras at chase bank on carefree highway. even without the hat he has the tattoos on his hands and arms. the fbi says he didn't show a weapon, but did take cash. phoenix police forced to fire their weapons on the job when a man charged at them with a knife. turns out he may be wanted for armed robbery. the man is expected to be okay after being shot near 33rd avenue and deer valley. the officer that shot him was

description of a man wanted in a robbery earlier this week. it's been a nice dry day here in the valley. warm, we hit the triple digits, and looking back to the west right now it will be a beautiful sunset coming up tonight with a little cloud cover left over. abc 15 desert doppler not showing showers or thunderstorms. we have a few over the last couple of hours in maricopa county down south of gila bend. >> >. a light shower moving in now. these have been very short lived. rain chances stay right at 10 percent for the hours, so pretty much all of us in fact valley cannotted to stay -- expected to stay dry this evening. 103 right now, southwest winds at 7 miles per hour. and a quick peek at the temperatures hour by hour. the low 90s by 10:00, upper 80s by 11:00. more on the labor day forecast and asu playing this weekend. what to expect for the game coming up. and with the labor day weekend, this crash another reminder to be safe in the roads. you may have been stuck in this traffic.

32nd street. the passengers in the suv was thrown and died at the scene, and with construction already going on in the area, signs are up asking you to slow down. and dps taking action for you this holiday weekend. >> yeah, it's with this message dumb drivers and smart phones don't mix. the goal is to avoid distracted driving. >> aaa also doing their part to keep you safe with this psa, and it's especially important this holiday weekend. move over a car or emergency vehicle on the side of the road with lights flashing. aaa says about half of drivers report near misses from people not following the law. and the attraction coming to the valley this were holiday weekend. how the aquarium the bringing more than fish to the area. >. and how the sun devil football team is trying to put a disappointing season behind them. i-17 is back open, we just found out. it was shutdown after a -- shut

paul babeu exposed in a damning home video. extreme discipline used on special needs kids at a boarding school he used to run. widespread cases of physical and sexual abuse. students were also stripped down and forced to wear nothing but a sheet. indisputable evidence that congressional candidate supported the abusive practices and even bragged about them. they're there for a reason. because they're hopeless. because they're hopeless. a long history of abuse, the students may never recover.

and the last finishing touching being put on a new aquarium in scottsdale. fish still being brought in for the opening tomorrow of odyssey, and even more after that. >> it comes at the beginning of an exciting holiday weekend, and the heels of controversy. melissa blasius is out there live tonight. >> what kind of impact could this have on the area? >> reporter: well, if you think about it, 8 million visitors come to scottsdale every year spending about 1.5 billion dollars, so here they hope to hook people in for the aquarium, and reel them in for the whole day with good food and unique activities.

odyssey this afternoon. >> they are one of our native arizona fishes for the exhibits >> reporter: part of last minute preps to an attraction that may seem like a fish out of water. >> we're obsessed with the sting rays. >> reporter: developers hope for 2 million visitors to the aquarium in the first year. >> we take the presentation of marine life, and we integrate it with technology. >> reporter: including on exhibit where novices get to feel like scuba dives. >> you literally go into the aquarium, and you will disrobe, we'll give you a wet suit, and you'll walk under water. >> reporter: the odyssey aquarium has two neighbors, butterfly wonderland, and a mirror maize attractions. they expect a swimming attraction to open in the next few months, and 30 shops, restaurants and bars for family friendly night life, including

>> they can sit on ice benches, drink out of ice cups, games, there's so much more entertainment coming to odyssey in the desert here. >> reporter: and during that polar play, it may not be a good choice for those in sleeveless tops, but they'll hand out parkas to people as they come into the that particular venue here. now, coming up at 6:00 we're going to show you my favorite attractions at the aquarium so far, and give you the details about what you need to kn you plan to come visit. back to you. >> sounds like a lot of fun. in hot water, up next what i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

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new from the live desk, we're updatings you on the 160 passengers finally getting to their destination. their flight was grounded trying to leave tucson this morning. there was a bird strike and a delta airlines spokesperson said they were headed to atlanta, but went back to the terminal. they were put on another plane that took off around 2:00 this afternoon. he just stood in court last week and said he didn't sexually assault a 2-year-old girl in mesa, but now this babysitter changin pleading no contest. he was arrested last year after the girl's mother found evidence on his phone, and several pairs of her underwear in his car. he'll be sentenced next month. he went unchecked for three years, and now kirk davis helped himself to money that wasn't hid. >> the head of the vfw memorial post 40 is facing series

>> and he's actually already out of jail? >> reporter: yes, i just saw his wife walking into the home. i tried asking her a few questions about whether she knew he took $100,000 from the pat tillman memorial funneled, and she says -- fund, and she says she has no idea. but the evidence against him is strong. 114 checks according to court documents written by davis and deposited into his personal accounts. the court documents even claim that davis used the group's money to pay for tires on his own personal car. so far we know davis works for the us air force, and was appointed by the vfw post commander the last 7 years, but the embezzling started three years ago according to the court. coming up at 6:00 we'll have more information on how he got his hands on the cash. thank you, and this guy

that wouldn't get him caught after he broke into a mesa business. he left his car at the crime scene, and decided to report it as stolen. police say there's one thing he didn't factor in. his dna was all over the business, and the stolen items were found, wait for it, in his car. right now from the abc 15 live desk, tropical storm hermine roaring into the carolinas. half a million americans without power. hermine landed as a hurricane in florida, the than a decade. ripped through houses along the panhandle, leaving a wide path of destruction. the storm will hit much of the eastern seaboard. the threat reaching north to rhode island, and laura will keep tracking that as well. >> yes, and we have hurricane lester close to hawaii, something else we're watching, and if you have plans to travel there you'll have to watch. >> yeah, that's tough. >> little different story for us. quiet out there especially

the casino cam showing cloud cover across the high country, and thunderstorms for some of you up near the grand canyon. you see quite a bit of lightning in the area. all of these moving to the northeast at this hour, so we have pockets of heavy rain acrossing i- crossing i-40 right now, and rain near prescott, and winslow a thunderstorm moving to the northeast. coming down closer to home here in the valley, spotty light showers right around gila bend. they've been short-lived, and we're quiet here in the valley tonight, and expected to stay that way over the next couple of hours and days. we're going to be talking act why that is after -- about why that is after current conditions. 101 deer valley, 102 luke air force base. sky harbor 103, and our wind are light out of the southwest direction, 5 to 10 miles per hour, so keeping the 90s, light

valley-wide through the 9:00 and 10:00 hour. then the upper 80s in the forecast by 11:00. mostly clear tonight, light winds, and then we get into tomorrow's forecast. we are headed back up into the triple digits, and going to be a sunny hot afternoon valley- wide. if you're headed to the nau at asu game game, sun devils playing. clear skies, and looking at 90s for kickoff tomorrow. low 90s until the 3rd and 4th quarter, and then upper 80s for the end beautiful saturday. drier air is moving in, and that means the rain chances will be moving out as monsoon moisture moves off to the east. this is where we've had the showers and storms today. we had a little more moisture in place up north and to the east. seeing that drying happening across south central arizona, and looing at the -- looking at the futurecast with me, if you have plans to travel state-wide tomorrow there's a continued

arizona, and that's it. we're keeping a dry forecast here in the valley, and into the sunday forecast if you have travel plans it's looking very quiet and dry state-wide. so here's the plan. phoenix keeping the triple digits, sunny skies through labor day. flagstaff in the 70s over the next couple of days with just a stray shower or thunderstorm chance tomorrow, and tucson heading to the southeast. 99 tomorrow, 100 sunday, and still sunny. upper 90s for labor day. 77 right now at sedona. 76 in payson. 48 tonight in flagstaff, 80 for bullhead city and lake havasu. yuma at 81, back up to 104 tomorrow. 104 gila bend. 87 in sedona, and afternoon highs in flagstaff saturday hitting the 70s. valley-wide again we'll be in the triple digits after bottoming out tonight in the 70s and 80s. looking at the most accurate forecast, slight changes, but not until next week.

return. storm system passing to the north, so isolated rain chances back for us, a few breezes, and dropping the temperatures into the mid and up we were 7 -- up we were 90s for wednesday and thursday. do you r do you know a breast cancer survivor or someone battling the disease currently? are they using the experience to give back to the community? nominate someone to have their story shared on abc 15, and they'll win a $500 gift card. nominate someone for storiesover strength on www.abc15.com/survivor by september 11th. getting pumped for the season. the sun devils getting ready for the new season kicking off for the new season kicking off we don't agree on everything.

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from the abc 15 live desk, a man is killed when hit by a train in flagstaff. a picture just coming in from flagstaff police. about 3:30 this afternoon the man was hit by the train. he had his head down and was walking right in front of the train despite the train sounding its horn. right now phoenix fire crews on the scene of a house fire, small house fire at 28th and roosevelt. sounds like they're getting it under control, in fact you're looking at live pictures now. they say nobody was home at the time, and the fire is under control. we'll keep you updated. asu students ready for tomorrow's season opener. we stopped by to see them camping out for tickets. >> it's a yearly tradition, and craig fouhy is here with what we can see on the field. >> i hope they're forgetting about last year. >> no question about that, and the devils have just four offensive starters and six

off last year's team that finished 6 and 7. they've been looking forward to the game for a long time, not because it's nau, but looking forward to putting last year's six-win season behind them. it's the first time the devils have played the lumber jacks since 2012, but they've won the last five games by nearly four touchdowns, but regardless of the past, the devils are ready to play. coach graham looking to sha off the problems that plagued them last season. >> man, i'm hoping to see 100 percent ball security, species, physicality, and finish. and i want to have fun. >> we just want to play football, i mean, if we play football the way we know how and to our ability, we know the end result of that can be pretty big points on the board. >> so kickoff set for around 7:45 tomorrow night, and sun

but nau is ranked in the top 20 wright now, so it -- right now, so it will be interesting. >> i love college football. >> i know, it's back. >> all right, thanks. all new ahead at 6:00, his tent, his rules, and sheriff joe arpaio is really fired up explaining his counterprotest ever since kaepernick got everyone talking. plus, there are breath tests, blood tests, but what about the truth your little white lie may put drivers in danger. did you get this e-mail from social security? is it real or a scam? joe ducey here. coming up at 6:00 i'm letting you know the one thing that makes it real. and do you have an old bike? consider donating it to a kid in foster care as part of annual recycle your bike campaign. drop it off or donate money and volunteer to help fix up the bikes.

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tonight, we're following the path of destruction. hermine now on the move, hitting florida as a deadly hurricane. winds up to 80 miles an hour. homes badly damaged. hundreds of thousands now without power. millions bracing for a possible labor day washout. and tonight, watches and warnings up and down the east coast. our am secret notes. inside the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. what she told agents, and how many times the phrase "do not recall" came up. out of jail. the case that triggered national outrage. former college athlete brock turner, pushing through the cameras. the new deadline he now faces. school bus dangers. drivers ignoring those flashing red lights at the bus stop. children, hit hard by oncoming